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I yol.xiv. ?; ?? bad as weyler. Gen. Otis' Nefarious Work in the PhilippinesDICTATED ALL DISPATCHES. Phrases and Adjectives Put Into ^Them Magnifying Ameri* can Military Opera nuns. ut. Tho correspondent of the Associated ^ l'rcss at Manila writes as follows via llong Kong: The Filipino rebels appear to retain much more of a lighting spirit than might bo expected after their recent San Fernando experiences and General Lawton's drubbings in tho south. After giving up San Fernando with a fecblo struggle they entrenched themselves at Angeles, working for several days and impressing non-combatants into the work, thus saving the armed men for the lighting. They engaged Lieutenant Colonel Smith's regiment and the artillery warmly for four hours, making one of the most stubborn resistances of tho campaign. Hut, tho Americans aro indebted to tho usual poor marksmanship of the Filipinos as well as to their own strategy for their Hinali loss. In the piovince of Cavite, where it was supposed the rebels had been scatY tcrcd and demoralized beyond recuperation, they have assembled an army of sovcral thousond men distributed among the important towns from the lake to tho bay. After the San Fernando engagement the rebels attempted to deter tho Americans from a further advance northward by menacing the railroad communications. Several hundred of General Pio del Pilar s men crossed the Rio Grande between the American outpost towns, and threatened Haliuag, Quinqua and other places with small American garrisons, while, during Sunday and Monday nights, smaller bands tried to tear up the railroad tracks at several points between Rigaaand Malolos. Reinforcements of American troops, however, were sent along tho railroad from Manila to San Fernando, while the forces at Raliuag and Quinqua sailed out against General Pio del Pilar'smcn and the insurgents were easily driven away. In brushes between these Filipinos and the Americans during three days the Americans lost scvoral men, while the Filipinos loss was heavy. nr .:?? ii.? a v/i buuou upuianuuo inu iinauuiiiiuu I'ress correspondent was pormittcd to send only an inadequate dispatoh, dictated verbatim by Major General Otis. Tho censor writes stereotyped official phrases and adjectives into tho dispatches, tending to magnify the American operations and to minimize the opposition. General Otis says newspapers arc not public institutions, but privato enterprises, and the correspondents are only h^re on suffrance. All reports fiotn the rebel territory agreo that the tearcity of food is increasing and that t he rebel commanders at Aparri and other points refuse to oboy Aguinaldo's order in regard to closing tho ports held by the rebels against American ships and say that ?i.: ~ L-! - * Mi* ? Huy snip unuging a tores win do welcomed. Several ships from Manila are now at such ports. Hundreds of people coino into Manila daily and return to the rebel linos with food and other commodities. The guards stationed along one road reported that f>,000 persons passed through the lines in three days and that 15 tons of rieo was car ricd out, in small parcels, on the same road, in ten days. Much of this undoubtedly goes to aid the rebels, but the authorities permit this tratlio from motives of charity towards the women and children, who arc undoubtedly suffering. General MacArthur is establishing iunicipal governments in the villages north of Manila. Tho mayor of lialiuag, the first town where General Lawton established tho samo rule, who was supposed to be ono of the most friondly and trustworthy of tho natives, has been placed in jail, charged with f.rranging with tho rebels for an attack on the town. The American troops have been withdrawn from all that part of the country which was half cleared of rebels in i. 1 ? ? n ?i a ino expeuiuon 01 me Americans in .Juno last. The rebels have returned to San Mateo, which was abandoned for the third tmio after its recent capture. It is alleged that more than half tho Howitzer ammunition during tho fight at Angeles was defective and failed to explode. Negroes Excluded, "Tho town of Fitzgerald, (la., which was built up by (1. A. 11. men from Northern states and their descendants exclusively, docs not allow negroes to bocomo inhabitants," said MrJ O. B. O n a uiaaing8, 01 navannan. J ins may seem to be discriminating against the black race with a vengeance, but so far thcro has been no complaint at the operation of this municipal exclusion aot, and there is no probability that it will bo modified or repealed in the near futuro. Fit/.gerald is rather unique among Southern towns in this regard, for I do not know of another in which the nogro is absolutely barred. What the penalty for violating tho will of tho Fitzgerald whites would bo 1 am not informed, but so far no negroes have been rash enough to try to forco themselves into the town." ^ Believes in Bryan. Tho Augusta Chroniclo says: "Our friend, Mr. Comer, is not a good judgo of "back numbers" when he calls Hryan one. In 1000 wo expect tho Nebraska statesman to poll 7,000,000 votes and ho will do so, in our opinion." $1 A BIO SAVING. Comparative Costs of the State Constabulary Force A recent comparative statement compiled by Mr. W. W, Harris, constabulary clerk, shows that the 114 dispensary constables now employed by the State arc accomplishing as much as the .r)t> who drew salaries until about tho middle of .Juno. Tuesday he mado public a comparison of the three months juat past. The decrease in cost to the State has boon & 1 H!)7 .'M minr?n tl\n cnrnitnliiilnru irnu reduced, these figures being the difference between tho expense accounts of May, $-(,4H3.tif), and of July, $2, (>!)(>. 35 1 r? .Juno when the 50 constables served half the month the cost to the State was $3,5(11.10. Tho total saving for a year at this rato will bo $21,058.08, based upon the difference between May and .July. This is an average of $50 a day. There appears to be no udverse oominent on the polioy of the governor in thus reducing the cost of maintaining tho constabulary, for the results with the small forco are as satisfactory as with three score constables. (Jov. McSweenoy is getting a heavy mail now. Mayors and intendents from all over the State are writing him in response to his circular letter asking their support in properly enforcing the law. Some of these officials aro loud in their praises of the dispensary law, and promise to go to any means to enforco it. But whila there may be some blarney, many of iho mayors are ovidently sincere in saying that they arc anxious to enforce this law just as any other statute. Those who have expressed themselves upon the main point at issue do not hesitate to say that the local police can accomplish more than tho constabulary. ?Tho State. HEART RENDING CONDITION. Three Thousand Are Dead and Misring in Porto Rico. A dispatch to the New York Herald from San Juan says: The board of charity is sending out supplies by land and water daily, but petitions keep coming in from all over the country requesting food, medicines and money. There are no means of raising funds in the difTercnt localities. At Waunabo an etTort was inado to start a popular subscrii)tion, but only (en pesos were contributed. In consequence of tho putrefaction bodies typhus fever has developed at Arrojo. The captains of coastwise vessels complain that the had odors at the various ports have caused them more suffering than the hurricane. Tho reports of tho hoard of health up to last Friday gave the number killed at 1,073, missing 1,000, houses destroyed (5,421, persons homeless 12,04(5, cities in need of physicians, drugs nnd hospitals t'aguas, Yabueoa, Waunbo, Utuado, Coamo and Corosal. Advices from Ponce state that there has been slight rioting at Yaueo, but that it has been easily quelled by the local guard. The local authorities arc running short of money with which to pay workmen. There arc no reports of fever as yet from the southsidc of tho island. Tho authorities are mak'ng strenuous efforts to relieve the country districts, where grout distrcs.-. is reportel. An Unholy Alliance. A dispatch from Manila says: (Jen. Hates has returned from Sulu, having successfully accomplished his mission there. After five weeks negotiation with much tact, an agreement was signed which in substance was as follows: American sovereignty over Moros shall be recognized and there shall be no persecution against religion: the I niter] States shall occupy and control such parts of the archipelago as public interests may demand; any person can purchase land with the sultan's consent; the introduction of lire arras shall be prohibited; piracy shall be suppressed; the American courts shall have jurisdiction except between the Moros. the Americans shall protect the Moros against foreign invasion and tho sultan's subsidy fronSpiin shall be continued. The sultan and scvcial chiefs signed the agreement. Plant Wheat. A farmer writing to tho Macon Telegraph tells how any farmer can make wheat enough for home consumption, and why ho should make it. lie says: ' An ordinary farmer can spare two acres of land; let him take this land, turn it well with a plough in September, and about three or four weeks later put ten bushels of cotton seed broadcast. also broadcast two hundred nounds of phosphate, sow his wheat crop on this land with a turning plough shallow, all ploughing to be well done, insuring the ground to ho well broken. This will make about (iftccn bushels of wheat per aore. Two acres tried in this way will furnish about six barrels of flour at a cost of about fivo dollars. To buy this flour in tho market would cost about thirty dollars. Fighting the Railroad Tho truck growers of Charleston county have boycotted the railroads and in futuro will ship by steamer instead of rail. Some timo ago tho Charleston Truck Growers association askod for a cheaper rate to eastern markots by rail. The roads refused the request and as a result the railroads will looso all tho vegctablo shipmonts out of this territory. Arrangements have boon made with the Clydo steamship lino to handlo all tho truck business out of Charleston. Additional steamers will be put on and tho shipments will be made quick. Tho ratos aro considerable lower than tho ratcs?by rail. ? ...... ?. pit CONWAY. S. C? Work of the wind Eleven Wrecks About Hatteras During the Recent Storm. MANY LIVES WERE LOST. The Heroic Life Savers With Breeches Buoy, Rescue Many oanors. wreck or Uark* entine Piiscilla. Another chapter in the history of the horrors of the sea was added by the recent hurricane which dealt death and destruction in Puerto Kico and apparently lost none of its fury by reason of its visit to the Atlantic coast. No such damaging result lias attended a storm in the past quartor of a century, and the stretch of beach from Ivinnakcot to 1 Patterns, N. (J., a distance of about 18 miles, bears evideneo of the fury of the gale in the shapo of spars, masts and general wreckage of five schooners, while now and again a body washes ashore to lend solemnity to the scene. Waves mountain high, seas which by reason of their power carried everthing before them, winds which blew unceasingly day and night at a 7f> mile velocity. were the causes of the disasters, and that not moro lives were lost is considered by many survivors nothing in?lM limn .1 lliifimln Thirty-live shipwrecked seamen who had nothing in the world hut the few tattered and torn clothes on their backs some injured, all miserable, arrived at Norfolk Wednesday from ilattcras, N. C., byway of the Norfolk and Southern railroad from Klizabeth City. It is from them that the fearful story was learned. They report no less than 11 vessels ashoro on the eoant between llattoras and New Kivcr inlet, and estimate that no less than .'50 lives were lost. Among those who arrived at Norfolk Wednesday are 10 of the crow of tho barkentine I'risoilla, J)apt. Menj. 11. Springstcin, of Baltimoro, which vessel lies broken in three pieces on Cull Shoals, 18 tn'lcs north of Cape llattoras. There wore four fatalities shortly after the Prisciiia went ashore, the captain's wifo being washed overboard and drowned within 10 minutes from the time the bark struck. Tho others who lost their lives were tho captain's two sons, aged '21 and 12 respectively, Coldcnborough, connected in tho Loo family, und a ielativo of one of the vessel's owners, (5. Morton Stewart & Co. The older of tho Springstoin boys was first mate of tho I'riscilla. He and the Goldcnborough lad were both washed overboard. Mis brother was drowned in the cabin, l Alex von KcstorfT, one of the orew, was caught in the cabin, and while holding on to a window to prevent being drowned a heavy sea came which resulted in tho dislocation of his arm. Seeing that death was certain if He remained longer in the cabin, von llcsderlf leaped through the cabiu window and landed on deck. He was attended at I ho office of the Marine 1 lospital surgeon, in Norfolk custom house. (Japt. Springstoin escaped from the wreck with tho remainder of his crew, but be is still at llattcras, suffering from a wound in his breast, which is said to bo three inches in depth. Tho onptain is 54 years of age. Tho 1 Viscilia left Baltimore for Rio .Janeiro, Brazil, on Saturday, the 12th inst., with a general cargo. She passed out the Capes on Monday, the 1 1th. and it was 0 p. m. Thursday when she struck. All of the vessel's crow were injured more or less. Andrew Larson is suffering from internal injuries, and Win. I. Henderson, the colored steward, has a mashed kneo. The schooner Robert W. Dazy, Capt. Olscn, left Philadelphia Aug. 14 for .Jacksonville, Fla., with coal. She was partially washed away as soon as sho struck the beach, which was about (? p. m. Thursday. Tho crew of six wcro all saved by the breeches buoy. The schooner Florence Randall, Capt. Cavalier, was bound from Long Island to Charleston, S. C., with fertilizer. Sho struck at 5:15 p. in. on Wednesday and was soon washed to pieces. The crew of 10, as well as tho captain's wife, were rescued by tho breeches buoy. The schooner Minnie Bergen, Capt. Bowman, sailed Wednesday from Philadelphia, bound for Xcuvitas, Cuba, with iron, coal and coal oil. She anchored on Thursday and slipped her cable Friday morning. Sho lost several sails and struck at 8 a. ni. on Friday at ChicAmicomico. Ilcrcrcwof 10 men were rescued by lifo savers with tho breeches buoy. The schooner Percy and Lillie, Capt. Millor, of Now York, which struck tho storm last week while bound from New York to Charleston, S. C., with a cargo of fertilizer, arrived at Norfolk Wedrfosday morning leaking and otherwiso in distress. Whilo tossing helplessly _ l t .i a. l: e - i * - - * .v. iiuuui in uiu uccau mo 1110 uoaism mo acliooncr were smashed and the vessel's main gaff broken. The schooner Lottie E. Whito, Capt. Mann, of Tappahannock, Va., bound from Baltimore to Newborn, N. C., with a cargo of corn, arrived Wednesday evening in distress, she having cnejuntcrod tho storm lost week. The schooner will bo repaired and proceed to Newborn. AWFUL HAVOC. Accounts in many respects conflicting continue to como in from Albfmarlo and Bamlico sound region and tho coast from llattoras to Body's itland, in which section the greater number of casualties occurred as a result of tho great storm of August If) to 18, inclusive. As this section of broad waters is tho artery for small craft from tho region tributary to (Jhesapcako bay \ wrjj ; . THURSDAY. AUtilJS and as far north as Philadelphia to tho north Georgia coast, tho number of vessols traversing these inland seas is always great and it is oven yet almost impossible to stato how many wero caught in the storm and anything near the number that will fail to answer roll call, hut masters of craft in from that region stato that small schooners, pungics, sloops and Ashing craft wrecked, ashore, broken up, sunk or turned ovor are to bo seen almost hourly in a trip through tho sounds, and it is norf thought that the total drowned will run close to 100, if it does not over reach it, while at least, on Swan, Hog and other islands in the vicinity at Ports mouth, liig and Little Kinnaket. Oeracoko and smaller points, fully (SO to 70 houses, four or live churches and numerous stores, hams and warehouses were either washed away or damaged looyond repair, and as a result numbers are homeless and destitute, and many others have lost crops and flocks. Stock and implements aud the fishing interests have sutforod greatly. In a few days a fairly complete report can ho made, but at present rumors outweigh true statements and an accurate footing of tho damage cannot he roachod. washed ashore, crew of about '25, all lost PUKTHKR I>ETAl!,S. Further details of the terrific storm have boon received. In addition to tho vessels already reported wrecked arc the following: Schooner Aaron Rcphard, live lost, threo saved. Bark, unknown, crew of 11, all lost. Diamond Shoals lightship, crow of 23, all saved. Unknown steamship, whose cargo has Three big schooners in tho surf, now breaking up, crews probably aggregating 30, unheard of. The Diamond Shoals lightship which was stationed 15 miles off llatteras, and which had withstood somo fierce storms, was torn from its mooring by the 100-knot hurricane and blown high and dry at llatteras. Tho schooner Frank MeCullough, 11 ...III. n,.?l f V. f-ll iuvii, nun tVMi, I 11VIII iliMHIIK IU OilVUIInah, is unheard of, and probably went to tho bottom with all on board. KILLED HIM AT SIGHT. Negro Had Attempted to Assault His Wife. A special dispatch from Tusoaloosa, A'.a., to the Atlanta Journal says: "People in tho vicinity of tho courthouso, which is in tho center of tho business part of town, were startled by a loud report of a shotgun fired twico in rapid succession at 6.20 o'clock Wednesday morning. Investigation showed that John Thomas, would-be assailant, bad been shot to death with bird shot. At Cuba station, about three weeks ago while Mr. C. M. Stallworth was absent from bomo, John Thomas, a negro employed at Stallworth's saw mill, entered tho room where Mrs. Stallworth, was asleep about 10 o'clock at night and after choking her into insensibility, attempted to ravish her person, but was frightened away before his hellish purpose was accomplished by the approach of the overseer who was attracted by the screams of Mrs. Stallworth. Tho negro was shot at several times, but succeeded in making his escape. Mr. Stallworth had since that time done nothing but search for the brute. Thomas, who was a good machinist, camo to Tuscaloosa about two weeks ago, and socured employment with the electric lii'lif r>r?m tmn \r I I lm/1 l>o<l tin V...... ??? inn uiujfclc sent from Cuba to Tuscalooso for repairs beforo he attempted tho outrage, and wrote a letter to Cuba to forward the handlob.-.ra to Tuscaloosa to a tietious name, which ho gave in the lotter. This gave his whereabouts away, and Mr. Stallworth wont to Tutoiloosa on tho northbound Q. & C., at 4.10 o'clock Wednesday morning, and whilo standing talking to his brother, who lives thcro saw tho nogre coming up Crconsboro street on his way to work. Mr. Stallworth stopped inside tho market houso and got his brother's gun, which was loaded with No. 8 shot, and crossing tho street, called to tho ncgro: "Is that you, John?" The negro turned round, and seeing Mr. Stallworth, roplied, "No, sir, this ain't me," and started to run, when Mr. Stallworth emptied the contents of both barrels iH his back and shoulders. Thomas ran about a block and foil, where he died in about fifteen minutes. Stallworth offered to givo himself up but no one scorns to want him. Wind Storm at Florence, A sovero wind storm, accompanied by sonic hail and a heavy rain, passed over Florence about 3 o'clock Thursday. The wind blew a terrific rate, and many thought a cyclono was approaching. A largo portion of the tin roof on tho round houso of tho Atlantic Coast Line shops was torn off. A new frame build ing, belonging to Evans McCall, colored, in East Eloronco, was blown five feet from its pillars and otherwise damaged by being twisted up. Numbors of largo treo limbs wcro broken off, and the poles and wires of tho telephone and electric light companies also came in for a share of tho damage. Tho cloud which was an angry-looking ono passod from northwest, to southeast. Tho lightning flashos wcro very vivid, and tho loud peals of thunder were sovere on norvous pcotdo. Cotton in Texas. A special from Delias, Texas says: "Tho hot winds which huvo provailcd for tho past month havo destroyed all chanco of a largo cotton crop in Texas. Reports from all over tho northorn and central sections of tho Htate aro that tho crops will not average moro than a quarter of a balo to tho aero. This indicates not to exceed 2,000,000 bales for tho ontire Stato. me vat >T :!l, 1891). STAFF NAM ED. The Governor. Makes His Selections Known. ALL YOUNG MEN CHOSEN. Several of Them Have Been Connected With the State Militia or Were in the Army. (iovernor McSwocnoy Thursday announced tho appointment of his stall. The selections wore made without regard to politics, and tho members of the stall are as a rule personal friends of the governor. Several of them have served in tho State militia or in the Cuban war. All are young men, some having barely attained their majority. The following order was promulgated through the ollioo of the adujtant gen eral, who is chief of stall: Headquarters Adjutant (Jonoral's Oflieo. Columbia, S. C., Aug. 2d, IS'J'.b General Order No. Ily direetiou of his exeolloncy M. 15. MoSwconey, governor and commanderin-chief of tho military forces of tho State of South Carolina, the following ollicers aro hereby appointed members of his stall, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly: Adjutant and inspector general, < Jen. .). W. Floyd of Kershaw county. Assistant adjutant and inspector general, Col. dno. I). Frost of Kichland county. Quartermaster general, Col. \V. C. Mauldin of Hampton county. Commissary general, Col. \V. 15. Wilson of Charleston county. Kngineer-in-chicf, Col. .). F. Folk of I> 1 - - munucrg county. Surgeon general, Col. !'!. .J. Wannamaker of Hichlnnd county. Paymaster general, Col. Geo. I). Tillman, .Jr., of l'Mgefiold county. .Judge advocate general, Col. I J. X. (Juntcr Jr., of Spartanburg county. Chiof of ordnance, Col. I.. J. Hristow of l>arlinglon county. Aides-de-camp ? Liout. Col. II. F. GalFney of Cherokee county, Liout. Col. Jas. A. lloyt, .Jr., of Urccnvillo county; Lieut. Col, Jus. S. McCarley, of Newberry county, Lieut. Col. A. 11. Moss of Orangeburg county; Lieut. Col. W. C. Hough of Lancaster county; Lieut. Col. 0. 0. Sullivan of Anderson connty; Lieut. Col. Willis J. Duncan of Darn well county; Lieut. Col. .Julius Heading of Charleston county. By order of the commander in.chief. J. W. Floyd, Adjutant and 1 nspcctor General. Gen. .J. W Floyd was a gallant Confederate soldier, having lost an arm in service. This together with his natural oratorical powers and his work in the constitutional convention and in tho legislature brought liini, prominently before the people and made him adjutant general in the last primary. Col. .J no. 1> Frost is a citadel graduate; was captain of the Itiohland Volunteers, adjutant and afterwards major of the First regiment in the Cuban war. Col. \V. C. Mauldin is a son of Sen ator Mauldin of Hampton and a bright young man who is engaged in the railroad business. Col. \V. M. Wilson is president of the Carolina (irocory company of Charleston. Col. .J. F. Folk is a prominent merchant and insurance man of Hambcrg. Col. I'l. .). VVaunatnakor, M. I)., was surgeon of the second South Carolina in the Cuban war. Col. Geo. I). Tillman, dr., is a son of the ex-congressman and is a court stenographer. Col. U. X. Guntcr, dr., formerly private secretary to Govornor I'.vans, is the assistant attorney general of the State. Col. Louis d. IJristow is editor of the Darlingtonian. lie was lirst sorgcant of the Darlington Guards and afterwards second licutcn. ant of Co. ''L," Socond South Carolina. The aides arc also rising young men. Lieut. Col. II. FayGaffney is secretary of the carpet factory at Gaffney and noius otncr important positions, liicut. Col. .James A. Iloyt, .Jr., is on the editorial stall of Tlio State. Lieut. Col. .James S. McCarlcy is a progressive young farmer in Newberry county. Lieut. Col. A. II. Moss was captain in the Second South Carolina. Lieut. Col. \V. C. Hough for several months acted as solicitor in the Seventh circuit, and is now senator from Lancnster. liicut. Col. G. C. Sullivan was quartermaster of the Second South Carolina. Lieut. Col. Willis S. Duncan was first lieutenant Co. ''L," First South Carolina regiment. Incut. Col. Julius Redding is a son of Mr. James F. Redding, a well known Charles tonian. A Conyict's Book. A convict in the Kansas Stato prison has written a hook on prison lifo. 11o urge* tho granting of permission to smoke and tho abolition of the lockstop, and says: "Without doubt there are men hero who are where they should bo; thoro may bo somo who should havo boon born hero. On the other hand there aro unquestionably somo men hero who will mako good citizens somo day. The writer bolioves that tho avcrago convict loavo* tho prison a bottor man than he was when ho entered thoro." Thieves Killed. Two Negro thieves were shot and killed at Springfield, Ohio, Wednes day by polico officers. Tho thievos wore William Wontycl and Samuel Isle/.. They had stolen somo harness from 1 irbana and wero osoaping when overhauled by the officers. They opened fire but wero killed beforo any of tho posso wero injured. ft* FORTUNE HUNTERS RESCUED, Tho Suffering whs Great and Many Died from Starvation. ('apt. Shoemaker of tho revenue rut ter service Thursday received a report from liicut. I), li. Jarvis, commander of the revenue cutter Hoar, containing a .. r .1 . _ . a* a i . ?iu uuuuuiil ui mo rescue 01 iiic gold Hookers who rushed into the Kotzobuo gold country, Alaska, in tho summer of 1 Hi AS. Lieut. .Jnrvis was taking the Hear north to Capo Harrow on her regular trip. At Capo I'rinco of Wales ho learned of the awful destitution which had overtaken tho gold seekers seekers at Kot/.obuo sound. On arrival there ho found a terrible condition of affairs. Men had died of starvation, sourvy and by drowning, and ho obtained a list of IS deaths, but the list is by no means complete. This list has boon published in the Associated Cress dispatches. Ovorono thousand of the gold seekers had wintered there. 'I he Hear, after relieving as much of tho distress as possible and leaving stores, lime juice, etc.; for the survivors, took 82 of tho survivors toSt. Michael, whoio they were turned over to tho military authorities. Lieut. .Jarvis reported that he left between 22."> and 2~>() sur vivors at Kot/.obuo sound. He inform ed the department that he would probably proceed to Cape Harrow and upon bis return would touch at Kot/.obuo sound and pick up any who desired to return with hint. The rush into the Klondike country was caused by falso rumors of rich strikes and misleading advertisements. Two women and a young baby wcro among those rescued. Another woman too ill to move, was left in care of a Quaker missionary and his wife. Among the list of destitute persons found there by l.iout. .Jarvis is mentioned <I. \V. Horry of Virginia. Hiout. .Jarvis, who accomplished the rescue of the gold seekers at Kot/.obuo sound, is the revenue ollieer who distinguished himself in the winter of 1SP7 PS by loading a relief expedition from Tansauk, MOO miles below St. Michaels to Point Harrow. Over 1,500 miles of snow and ice in tho dead of winter he pushed an expedition for the relief of the ice-imprisoned whalers at Point Harrow, lie arrived therewith almost 500 reindeer after four mouths of almost indcsoribahlo hardships. It was the only Arctic relief expedition ever attempted in mid wintor. For his heroism on that occasion the President recommended that congress give him ii VaIa nf jlinnl/a anil ntwA?/1 ...... ?% iviu v? viiuunn auu anaiu Him a gold medal. Suicido at Darlington. A special dispatch from Darlington to tho Augusta ('hroniolo says Dr. John A. Hoyd, a leading business man of that city, committed suicido Monday night, 21st insttant. Tho dispatch says no reason is known for his action. It was probably duo to a gloomy and despondent state of mind and poor health. The deceased was proprietor of the oldest drug stoic, and one of the most successful, in the place. lie was about lo years of age, unmarried, and lived with his sister, Miss Mary Hoyd, on Florence street It is thought that he was attempting suicide once before when he took an overdose of morphine, which cani(! very near resulting fatally, lie was, however, brought through this safely. Monday afternoon his sister went, out driving, leaving him at home. On her return late in the afternoon ho was found dead, and terribly cut by a razor, with which he had opened veins in his arm and leg. Dr. Itoyd was a man of somewhat retiring disposition, but was much liked by those wh ) k new him well. Touched a Live Wire. A special dispatch from Kock Kill to The State says: "What came perilously near being a fatal accident occurred Tuesday afternoon at the residence of Mr. 11. K. Sadler on Johnston street. The storm of an hour before had blown down one of the electric light poles. Littlo Kufus Sadler, a six year old son of Mr. II. K. Sadler, caino along and in somo way touched a wiro with his hand. In an instant he was thrown upon his back with one live wire in his hand and another on his neck. Mr. Sadler was near and fortunately an axo or hatchet also. He ran to the boy and with a stroke out off tbo deadly current. The boy was unconscious for some time but gradually regained his senses and will be all right in a day or two." South Carolina Tobacco. It is estimated that the tobacco crop in South Carolina this year will roach 20,000,000 pounds, worth from 1 to 20 conts a pound. 11 is only within tlie last few years that tobacco has boon cultivated in South Carolina as a money crop, but tho farmers find it more profitable than raising "> cent cotten. Moreover, tho cultivation of wheat in tho I'almetto State has boon so successful that the acreage will likely bo doubled this year. Baltimore Sun. Without Competition. A newspapor recently started in Alabama is called "Spot Cash.' The newspaper that tries to run on that basis in this latitude will be liko Bob Toombs' man who was going to Atlanta "to make an honest living entirely without competition."?Augusta Chronicle. I ROYA ' t Absolutely t1 Makes the food more del 0OV?t OAKINO PQwr NO. 7. 1'IVK MEN HTLED In a Battle Between Soldiers and Policemen. TROUBLE ABOUT THE PAY. Faulty Records Make Payment Very Slow and Many Cuban Soldiers Angered and Hence the Fight. A dispatch from Santiago, Cuba, says live mon aro dead and ten wounded ana result of a light Wednesday night between gendarmes and disappointed Cuban soldiers at Cuovitas, thrco miles from Santiago, whero the payment of the Cuban troops in progressing. Fivo thousand Cubans had gathered there to receive pay and after three days only "?K0 had hocn paid. Thousands who had been disappointed at other points had come to Cuovitas, as the last placo of payment in the province. The imperfect list caused groat dissatisfaction, and a rumor circulated that the paymasters would loavo Thursday, alarmed the men who had not been paid. They began to collect in groups and to show their annoyance. Finally their threats bccamo serious. Capt. Iteliat with twenty gendarmes was present to preserve order among tho applicants and the United States troops protected Col. Moalo, the officer having ,.i,........ ~r . i * 011 i < wi ino payments. ouuuoniy ('apt. Boliat, who was mounted, was surrounded by a mob, struck by stones and bottles and shot in the arm. 11 its iiton promptly fired, a volley into the mob, three persons boing instantly killed and thirteen wouuded, two of whom died Thursday morning. Col. Moale's guard promptly surrounded the money ollieo, but took no part in tho lighting. For a few minutes there was ? lively conflict, carbines and machetes being used freely, ('apt. Boliat was tho only gendarme wounded. All tho dead were colored Cuban soldiers. Thursday morning payment was resumed under a heavy guard. There are rumors that a force is being organized to attack the pay office, but theso are probably unfounded. Con. Castillo, civil governor of Santiago do Cuba, was at Cucvitas at tho time and soon restored order. Thcro is no doubt that the inaccurate list will cause a great deal of hardship. Many veterans havo vainly followed tho United Stacs commissioners for six weeks, only to find that their names are not listed. Gen. Leonard Wood, military governor, docs not, however, anticipate serious trouble. Gen. Otis Scored"The censor writes stereotyped ofiicial phrases and adjectives into tho dispatches, tending to magnify the American operations and to minimizo the opposition. Gen. Otis says Lewspapers arc a menace to public institu tions, are hut privato enterprises and the correspondents arc only hero on suireraneo." This is what we get from tho Associated I'ross man at Manila. 11 is hardl 7 necessarv tn add I hat if comes via Hong Kong and is unoonsorod. Qcn. Otis's views as to newspapapers havo been held l>y a long succession of tyrants and incompotonts, and by a good many rascals besides. Regarding himself as a "public institution," it is natural that he should feel that way; but ho is not wiso in saying so. In about one month the newspapers of tho II nited States, if they chose, could have him roeallod. He is in Manila now only by "sulfcranoo" of tho pres.", and it may bo that the press, believing in the right of tho people to know what is really going on in tho Philippines, will make President McKinloy understand whore his interest lies. A successful general might afford to talk liko Otis, but not a fizzling failure.?Columbia State. A Snake Story. There is a Pennnsylvania man who isn't bothering himself much about snakes. Some way he discovered that they were fond of nitro glycerine. Ho puts this in their haunts and follows it up with an innocent-looking bait into wbich he inserts a lot of red peppor. Whon the coating melts and tho peppor gets hot, the suakes get mad and go to lashing the ground, and then comes tho explosion which disposes of tho snako. The Penalty Just. Julius Alexander, colored, was hanged at Charlotte, N\ Thursday for assaulting a whito woman last February. Ho showod no signs of nervousness, confessed the crime and said the penalty was just. A colored preacher in talk on the scaffold said Alexander's crime was "one in which wo are glad to soo tho law carried out." Strikes it Rich. Coxey, who led a tramp army to Washington in 181)."), is now tho head of a mining company, which has just mado a strike of lead ore that will m&ko Coxey a tnaguato. He organized a company at Massillon, O., and began operations on tho Shoal Creek Mining company's lcaso last spring. Baking i Powder VRE licious and wholesome >tn CO., NEW YORK.