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F. o.STACV. I'rcsIUcnt. J. O. W'auui.aw. Vice PrcsidiMit THE NATIONAL BANK OF GAFFNEY. Capital $50,000.00. \V 1 i.t. buy county uluimH, rfcelvo tlcposit, uml niitlic tilx liii loans on uppeovcd paper 1*. Hoss. Cashier. A I Ledger SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Advet tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County, ESTABLISHED FEB. 1(5, 1894. GAFFNEY CITY, S. C., TUESDAl, MAY 30, 1899. 151.00 A YEAR. 8BE.« DAY AT THE 3ATTLE GH0UND, Thousands of People Konor the Heroes of Cowpens. MR. CUMMINGS’ SPEECH. Sp by Hon. S(ar.yiirnt* V» i!*oai, Hoii. A. < . lion. I>. E. Finlay. Major Jobn F. .'ou< Kov. •!. 15. IJaU-i’y ■ Frof. Hrimth The -Till has come ard gone! The Cowpens celebration >s now as taken by Cowpens for converting the j It was not to their advantage to do battlefield into a national park. At j so from a business standpoint and the close of tiis speech he read a poem by the Cowpens Chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution. lion. A. C. Lattimer, member of congress from the Third district, was introduced. He gave an account of his stewardship and made a good impression. Hon. I). E. Finley, member of congress from the Fifth congressional from a moral standpoint it was wrong and un-democratic. .Mr. Lat- timore’s sentiments were well re ceived. The hour of midnight having ar rived the master of ceremonies an nounced that he regretted to state that it was accessory to adjourn be cause it was un-Christlike to con tinue a banquet into the Christian Sabbath, and after a hearty hund- 8LACKSBURG BUDGET. district, was introduced and spoke under some diflicullies, being alTecled 1 shake and pleasant aduesall repaired with some throat trouble. Among other things, he said there were more dattlatields in his, the Fifth congres- I sirmai ct much a part of history as the famous battle it of. hi was hen d in was a great and victori- cclobration a great suc- 11,1 oft therokee count y ! iy. splendid arrange- crowd, perfect nusic, noble and itirmnls were the '71 1, nvd begun to collect in Gaff- Fridav. '1 hey. came from T ous oih cc , -'s am A her dents, order, most p feaiurt The ( ney in evi ry section of ttus county, from adjoining counties in this State and North Carolina, and from other States. Among the prominent men who arrived Friday were Hon. Amos D. Cummings, of New York; Mr. X. G. Gonzales, of Columbia; Dr. I’. 1’. Butler, of Union; lion. A. C. Latti mer, of Anderson, accompanied by Mrs. Lattimer. d hoy were met ui the depot by proper committees and were taken charge of as Hu the Cowpens guests of Memorial Ass-iciution. In the afternoon they were carried in carriages to all parts of interest in 'the city. ^ Early Saturday morning the whole city was astir, and soon the start was made, and then there was a long stream of vehicles stretched out on the Battle Ground road. There was no rush and perfect order prevailed. The same conditions existed on every road from everywhere leading to Cowpens Battle Ground. When we arrived on Die ground thousands were there and they kept coming. Spartanburg was out in full force; Union county had her hundreds there to triad the ground where their ancestors fought; York, also anxious to do honor to the memory of He heroes of Cowpens, had her yoemanry there; ituthorf <rdton had her scores i tin re; . w h- iby and Cleveland county j their numbers upon numbers, and ! Polk diil her full duty. It would be j hard to appritkimate the number in attendance from the Old North ' «8! ale. The meeting at the Battle Ground ^vas called to order by W T. Horton, chairman, and after prayer by R-v. J. D. Bully, in which he asked God’s richest blessing on the meeting and the cause for which so many had as sembled, and that it might be a reminder of the da\s gone by, Cul. II. I\ Griffith then, in a beautiful and scholarly mamur, made the address of welcome. Hon. Amos .1. Cummings, from New York, was the lirst speaker. Mr. Cummings commenced his speech with an apt quotation from Bryant: ‘The wo temples.’’ lie recalled t he fuel never before had he addressed an au dience in one of God’s first temples, as the people he representea were in thickly s* tiled New York,where some times eight hundred families lived un der a single roof,and six thousand souls in one square. And noticing the uncultivated areas around him the speaker said .he had no doubt many froin tl is teeming mass would F'ke to be settied on farms in our midst. It was an « a-‘y transition from this to recounting the glory of the nation’s history on land and on sea. In this lie showed that South Carolinadield no insignificant place. Beginning with Fort Moultrie, where England’s ships were given many a black eye and ordered back to their not hern rendezvous, lie recounted graphically Carolina’s condition in’the grasp of Cornwallis and the more infamous Tnrleton. The smouldering tires in the bn asts of our patriot fathers were being rekindled; and Fimill bands, under such leaders us Sumter, Marion and Pickens, made it possible for Morgan to make a stand before his wiley antagonist and administer a crushing defeat. trict, than there are in all New England. Maj. John F. .Tones, of Blacksburg, was next introduced. He made some good remarks and gave the assurance commemoration that anything lie could do to make the Cowpens battlefield a national park would not be omitted. The in xt speaker was Rev. J. I). Bailey, of Cowpens, who made an historical address and gave a full ac count of the battle ami tlie circunr- stances which led to it. ’1 he lines of bastle were fully shown by the speaker, and the different motions of the troops, the distribution of the troops and the various officers iu command of the different regiments. John Savage, of Union county, was the first soldier to fire a gun in the Cowpens battle, in which he brought down a British officer who had made himself conspicuous and obnoxious to his enemies. Tho Cowpens Memorial Association has worked assidiously to have the Cowpens hat tie ground converted into a national p-irk, and it wili continue its ,c fl irts until the fondest iiopes of the liberty loving citizens of Chero- kci and neighboring counties of this and other states are fully realized. The Memorial Association was met on the Held Saturday by the Cowpens Chapter of the Daughters of the Rev olution of Spartanburg, ’t he Daugh ters will be co-workers in the future and will make the movement a suc- ill ids are God’s first i that Tho h peakor deprecated a large Mantling army. While opposet 1 to a standing aitii.H, he was fqually us emphut it j in ihe iHM .’CHsity for a na- tlon like this t o I k? equipped wit It tilt! I)C-»I t. navy poss ii)’y. And from history i list a nee was piled upon in- stance s! mwing that his position was In; firegm able. He in ado un elaborate and \ imely Adilrcsu, r» cul i in g the many L •tittles of the Uevohtt iun. and used some (-xceltcnt uttecd Ot UB to illustra le his points. He said, in referring 1 o 1 he \:ivil war, that it was the I nited Slates i :mvy w h ich turned tin - tide. JIo compliment Ltd ’ the gallan try of the Southern i soldiers. The best soldiers of the South were t he I rislt. The fiert >e march of Sherman through the Hunt li oid an n fittch ditir-! tge to tlso Sout h as tlo In a vy ie-mniir tment in the It < volutin >1). lli> t-uid w e now have no North, i no S< iiith, hut a conn- try centi i-red for mut ual good a; r.d the pro*peti tV f) f 1 Uh* ( 'uion. Th ere is no fear ( >f a noth up rtf' ■purut ion. Jlon. Ftanyar ;\ iji hi wm h rn xt int rodu< 4 U, 21 l 11 made a li ne mi- dress, re viewing tlU! i part now btdng cess. Dinners were served from well tilled baskets. Tho crowd began to disperse in the afternoon, and ail went home glad they hud again hon ored the heroes of Cowpens where they fought. . The Antioch band, under Capt. .John Dixofi, furnished soul-inspiring music which added to the pleasure of the occasion. The number present on the Battle Ground was estimated at from 4.000 to a,000. The most perfect order prevailed throughout the day. Ev erybody seemed to be trying to make everybody else happy. A perfect love feast prevailed. The Itamiuct. Saturday evening ihe distinguished guests were entertained at a banquet at Lipscomb’s hotel. Host Lip scomb had prepared a feast of the most palatable viands. The ban quet hall was tastefully decorated in the national colors and appropriate mottos were grouped on the wall. After the guests had partaken of the sumptuously prepared supper Mus ter of Ceremonies J. B. Bell called on J. C. Jefferies. E-q., to respond to “Our Guests.” Mr. Jefferies’ re marks were appropriate and eloquent. Tiic speaker felt the sentiments he utt■•red and tho guests were in sym pathy with his remarks. The lion. Amos Cummings, of New York, responded to the sentiment of the North and the South. Mr. Cum mings said t hat to him there was no North and no South. This country was one grand reunited brotherhood of the bravest and truest of loyal citizens. He reviewed the causes that led up to the war and the pro gress of the same, giving due credit to the heroes of the South us well as the North and declared that the ef fect of the war was not unlike the inun dation of a vast territory of land— that the soil was left in better con dition than it had been before. He declared that Booth believed he was performing the be»t service he could render to the South when he assas sinated Lincoln but that it was the greatest calamity that could have be fallen the South, for had Lincoln lived peace and prosperity would have visited us fifteen years earlier than it did. Mr. Cummings stopped in the course of his remarks and apologized for the length of his speech but the listeners were to in tensely interested that he was urged to continue. He spoke for an hour, during which ho truthfully declared that Tammany and the Northern Democracy had always been the friends of the South, lie deplored the advent of the carpetbag and scalawag rule of the South just af- J ter tho war and said that these i scoundrels had done more to retard ! the prosperity of our people than any ! other agency. Mr. Cummings re- , luted a number of amusing incidents | in the course of his remarks and kepi | lii.s audience in perfect good humor. | As a historian and story teller he has J few equals in this country. Ho took i his seat amid a storm of applause. Major John F. Jones responded to I | “Blacksburg and Gaffney Welded by I ! Bands of Steel.” Major Jones re- 1 | marks were most appropriate. He j i alluded to the prosperity of Gaffney | j and Cherokee; he had been iu the | 1 South for a number of years and had , j cast Ins lot in Blacksburg hut no ] | envy existed in his heart because i 1 Gaffney hud outstripped our sister city in the onward march of progress. He was prouud of Gaffney and of i Cherokee county and no man felt a I deeper interest in tho material pros- ! I perity of this courury than he did. The next speaker was the Hon A. C. Lattimer, who spoke on “Ex pansion.” Mr. Lattimer declared that this government hud no right to . annex the I'uillupinos and Cuba to their respective abodes to dream of the pleasures of a beautiful e\e- ning well spent with our invited guests. of Ihe Revolution. A delegation, composed of Miss Gumcwell, Mrs. Geo. \V. Nichols, Mrs. \Y\ M. Jones, and others, rep resented the Cowpens Chapter of tho Daughters of the Revolution, of Spar tanburg. at the celebration on the battle field Saturday. These ladies are descendants of some of Cowpens’ i most daring and brilliant heroes, are j enthusiastic “daughters,” and can i be counted on for judicious and earn- ! est work in all efforts to preserve i and beautify Cowyens battle ground. ll.iltle lirouml I’eoph'. Too much credit cannot be given to tho battie ground people for the great success with which the celebra tion was attended. They have worked in season and out of seasn. When we think of one of them who has exerted himself greatly all of the battle ground peo ple loom up before us as equally act ive. They all did their full duty, and their work was only surpassed by the good women of the battle ground section. lion. Amos I). CuniuiliiKH. Hon. Amos D. Cummings left tho city Sunday morning on the 7 a. in. vestibule fur Washington. Mr. Cum mings was one of the great attrac tions of the celebration. He knows the world and lias the happy faculty of making it feel better wherever he is <Uir people were much pleased with him and insist that Gaffney bo bis first stopping place whenever he visits the south. Ii<>n* A. C. Lattliuii*. Hon. A. C. Littiinerand his accom pli? lied wife left the city Sunday on Ihe 7 a. di. vestibule train for Wash ington, where he gOt-s to look after ulfi-.-Ul duties. Mr. Laltiraer is a working congressman. He does his work on business principles and usually succeeds. Our people were delighted to have him with us and fee. grateful to him for honoring us v-i 1 h ids presence. Cui gressmen D. E. Finley and Stanyarne Wilson attended the cele bration Saturday. They are our home foias and are well known by all of us. and they received hearty greet ings by their Cherokee friends. No South Carolina enterprise or interest will he neglected while they are in congress. A Wonilcrful Medlilne. Me El ree’s Wine of Cardui is a pure, harmless, vegetable wine. It was originated by Rev. R. L. McElree, a minister of the Presbyterian Church. It has been used by more than a mil lion women and seldom if ever with out benefit. It cures Leucorrhoea, Fallingjof the Womb, painful, irreg ular, suppressed, scanty or too fre- quint menstruation. It is valuable during the period of pregnancy, after childbirth, and invaluable in Change of Life. It is not a strong medicine, but may be taken every day the year by any woman with benefit. It does not force results but corrects derangements of the menstrual or gans. It strengthens the nervous system, gives tone to the bodily functions, acts directly on the gen ital organs, and is the finest tonic for worn*11 known to tho science of med icine. It is nature’s provision for regulating the menstrual functions. Tho nations sof Europe will honor Admiral Dewey on his way home through the Mediterranean. A TIioiiHaml ToiikiK’K Could not express the rapture of An nie E. Springer, of 112.”) Howard st,, Philadelphia, Pa., when she found that Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption had completely cured her of a hacking cough that for many years had made life a burden. All other remedies and doctors could give her nq help, but she says ot this Royal Cure—“it soon removed the pain in my chest and I can now sleep soundly, something I can scarcely remember doing before. I feel like sounding its praises throughout the Universe.” Ho wijl every one who tries Dr. Ding’s New Discovery for any trouble of the throat, chest or lungs. Price «”>0c. and #1,00. Trial bottles free at Cherokee Drug Store: every bottle guaranteed. Tho Chicago platform Democrats will form an anti-Tammany organiza tion ia New York. * I).-Witt’s Little Early Risers act as a faultless pill should, ch ansing and reviving the system instead of weak ening it. They are mild and sure, small and pleasant to take, and en- tindy free from objectionable k d ru o s * They assist rather than compel. Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney, 8. C., and R. S. Withers, Blacksburg, 8. C. New gold discoveries are reported ! in Alaska, said to exceed in richness ; thu*e of the Klondike. You get up in the morning tired, a bad taste in the month and a head ache. Know what’s the matter? Bil- liousnoss ! Take DeWilt’s Little Early Risers. They regulate the liver and cure constipation pleasantly and promptly. N ver gripe. Cherokee Dru ' Co., Gaffney. 8. C„ and R. 8. j Withers, Blucasburg, 8. 0. BfiEET THIS WEEK McKinley and Senator Hanna Interested Parties. FOFJdER TO BE INDORSED Character «'f I In* Deli gallon That Will Goto the National* Convention May Depend Ijmgcly on the 8tate lieli- el’s .Makeup. Cincinnati, May 29.—The Republican state convention at Columbus this week promises to bo an extraordinary politi cal event, not because of the fact of the state ticket alone, but also because of its effect t.u the presidential election next year iu tho president's state. It has been ten years since the Repub.i- cans in Ohio lost a state ticket. As most of the state officers, including the governor, are elected for two years and accorded a second term, there is a new deal once in lour years. This is tho year for a new deal from governor down to the minor state officers. And it so hap pens ihat the lull new state tickets are nominated the year preceding presiden tial campaigns. As the new state administration will have all the machinery in its control next year when delegates to the na tional Republican convention are to bo selected, tho president, Senator Hanna and others are considered interested parties iu the present contest at the state capital. Members of congress ate also interested, as the legislature that is elected with a full state ticket next No vember will have tho apportionment of the state under tho census of 1900 into districts for congressional purposes, as well as for legislative and other pur poses. As all the counties have indorsed the national administration and all the can didates for governor and other offices claim to b- strongly in tavor of the re- nomination of President McKinley there is no doubt whatever about tlie conven tion adopting a strong resolution tor tho reuominarum of President McKinley, but the character of the Ohio delegation that will be seut to the national conven tion for h :u next year may depend to j some eit' at on the makeup of the state ticket and tho new state centraJL corn- j mittee, a* the Kurtz-Busbueil-MtFis- son eieun-ui want to secure control now with a view to preventing ikmator Hanna from being one of the Ohio dele gates st large tu-xt year. la addition to the advantages to be secured now for the presidential year, there is an unusual number ot candi dates for the <Iate ofikes and the power that goes with them and a new legisla ture. The two leading candidates for governor are Judge George K. Na-hand Hou. Hurry M. Daugherty, both friends of President McKinley and the former of Senator Hanna also. The third ia the race is Lieutenant Governor A-a W. Jones. Among tho other gubernatorial can didates are Albert Douglass of Chilli- cothe, Frank A. Durban of Zanesville, L W. Heall of Sandusky, W. P. Orrof Piqua, M. L. Smyser of Wooster and other local favorites. MERICAN SAILOR KILLED. His Terr lily Mutilated llody Pound Hushed to a K-ifr. San Francisco, May 29.—The Em press of China, from Hong Kong via Honolulu, brings news of the murder of a sailor named George Ryan near Ma- lolos. His frightfully mutilated body was found by Company D, Thirteenth Minnesota, April 27. The body was lashed to a raft floating iu the river. The skull h id been crushed and both arms had been cut off at the elbows. Ryan was a man who, in 1S9J, while Serving in tho provisional army of Haw aii, sioie the crown jewels. He was sentenced to a long teryj, but was par dotted Decemter, 18ib. Ho stowed away on a transport lor Manila, where he re-entered the ranks. Kvan was a native of Lexington, Ky., am^ was about 47 years of ago. Work of tin* l*t-ace M-e Mug. Tiik Haol'k, May 29 —A brief official record of the doings of the peace con ference during the last week says: “Provisional proposals for mediation and arbitration have been submitted by the repr* entatives of Russia, Great Britain, Italy and the Untied States.” The correspondent here of the Associ ated Ptess learns that the statement that the Americans have submitted au arbitration proposal is incorrect. The proposals for a permanent tribunal are not ready, as a French translation is necessary. They will probably be sub mitted on Wednesday. N'egco Filially Injures Tvv ». MrMtNNViLl.R.Tenn., May 29.—Sonny Crain, a negro murderer confined in the county jail here, fatally injured .two white pii-o-i this morning. Craia got out of bud at an early hour, secured a heavy Ix-dsluf, and going to where John and William Brown were sleep ing, vioenrlr struck b>th of them on the head. Neither of tiio victims bad a ctianeu to defend himself. Crain was finally overpowered by tho jail officers and chained to tiie floor. He lias been pretending to bo crazy for some time. Dr. I*. It. Garrett lC’'sigus. Chattanoooa, May 23.—The resigna tion of Dr. U. B. Garrott of tho E.rst Bapti‘t church has been tendered to ! the congregation and formally ac- | cepted. A committee of 23 was ! appointed to select a successor. Dr. White of the First Baptist church of Macon, Ga , seom i to bo tho most popu lar name with the congregation so tar mentioned. Mi Mot her For Gaije r.uua, Ills., May 29.—Mrs. Mary E. lluss -il of Wataga lias sued her mother, Mrs. Elen Sopor of Wataga, for ♦2. r »,00(<. Mrs. Soper is a wealthy woman The daugeter alleges that for five years her in ther has been c rcnlat- iug damaging and slanderous reports nbout her and that sho has been greatly burrasoe.i and injured thereby. Newsy Items Conccrnlni; Our I'rleiitls Across the I trout!. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Blacksburg, May 29th.—Since the change in the management of what is still commonly called the .4 C’s R. R., many so pleasantly remem bered as connected with the road have returned to this place. The ladies Guild of the Episcopal church will hold a Bazar at Chero kee Inn Hull or, Wednesday evening May ISlst, for the benefit of their church. A nice line of fancy and useful articles will he sold, attd ice cream and cake served. An admis sion fee of 5 cents will he charged at the door. Walter B. Moore, one of the most progressive business men of York- ville. has purchased tho telephone system at this place and is not only putting it in a better condition, hut extending it in many directions. Mr. Moore is President of the Home Telephone Company whose system, wherever established, has given en tire satisfaction. Mr. A. li. Eskridge, formerly of Shelby, is completing the side track to his largo brick plant, near the dr- pot of the 8. C. & G. Ex. Company. Mr. Eskridge is one of our most energetic and progressive citizens and there can bo no question but what his enterprise will be a success This company of which Mr Eskridge is the leading spirit will build a cot ton seed oil mill, and many believe, result in the building of a ottou mill. The youth and beauty of Winthmp College was displayed in our town one day last week. The young ladies of that institution on their return from the picnic at Cherokee Park on Broad river, visited the many pictur esque spots on Whittaker Mountain, enjoyed tho view from that peak, which is unsurpassed in upper South Carolina, and then took in the town, stopping at the splendid mineral spring which they were loth to leave. h. A. T. NOT IN SOAP TP.nST. The N. K. I'uirhHiik < onipi-.ny Ollteially De clare T hat They Will Not lu. a Chicago, May 2ff.—In an interview to-day Mr. James B. McMahon, Second Vice President of The X. K. Fairkattk Company, speaking offi cially in behalf of the Company, ex pressed himself as follows. “We are not identified in any man ner with the movement to combine the leading soap manufacturers al though such a movement is well under way and may eventually ma terialize. Notwithstanding the con ditions in the soap trade are very badly demoralized, the Fail bank Com pany are not seeking or encouraging any combination of manufacturers as a means of improvement. Soap prices are relatively the lowest in the history of the trade. The tallow market has advanced fully one cent per poutid in the past few months without any corresponding improve- tnent in tho selling prices of soaps, hence the present movement towards combining interests. Any combina tion embracing the principal manu facturers throughout the country might naturally and legitimately be in a position to advance soap priceu proportionately to the enhancement of ail raw materials, but beyond this effect on our trade we are positively not interested or concerned in any consolidation of soap interests. We are encouraging our salesmen in all directions to work with perfect confi dence in the permanent Independent e of this company of all “trust” ufli- hutions, and we are pleased to state that tho soap trade continues very- brisk, because, aside from the natural effect of tho expected combination, the current cost of all raw materials warrants materially higher prices on soaps, and sensible buyers arc anti cipating future requirements to the full limit of their convenience in carrying stocks.” Star Farm Statoint-iitM. Star Farm, May 29.—Mr. Gray Goult has been boring a well for Mrs. M. H. Jefferies. Several went to Cowpens from Star Farm. There will be preaching at Elbethel the first of June, on Friday night, Saturday afternoolf, Saturday night, Sunday morning and on Sunday afternoon at Mt Mariah. Our paster, Rev. N. E. Crocker will lead services. The Dadies Memorial Association will meet at Elbethel the first Satur day iu June at 2 :.‘I0 o’clock. Mrs. Davis Jefferies is in this sec tion to spend the summer. Mrs. W. L. Goudlock an i Miss Lizzie Morehea 1 spent the day with W. A. Jefferies of Star Farm last Thursday. We have had quite a cold spell. The farmers around Star Farm are needing rain. Mr. J. L. Kirby, of Star Farm, has been buying cattle. KoMu-d the Gr-.i >e. A startling incident, of which Mr. John Oliver of i’hiludelpliia, was the subject, is narrated by him as follows : ‘1 was in a most dreadful condition. My skin was almost yellow.eyes sunk en, tongue coated, pain continually in my hack and sides, no appetite— gradually growingjweaker d*y by day. Three physicians hud given me up. Fortunately, a friend advised trying Electric Bitters: and to my great joy and surprise, the first bottle made a decided improvement. I continued their use for three we< ks, and am now a well man 1 know they saved tn> life, and robbed He l'iuvo of another victim ’ No or e sho-ild fail to try them. Only .oOctn guaranteed at Cherokee Drug Store. AMERICAN DEAD MUTILATED. 1-llipliioH Miow No IDsjuot. V) Fallen United States Soldiers. Washington, May 29.—Information received hero in private letters from officers serving in the Philippines state that ihe Filipinos show no restiect to the American dead. In one instance an officer who was on the firing line says be was shocked to see three bodies of American soldiers who had Ixsen killed in an advance, and which were brought with n tho American lines, badly muti lated. The ears of each had been removed, tho uo-es cut off and the hearts torn out. Such mutilation disproves Agui- naldo’s chum that tho insurgents are conducting a civilized warfare. Tne American troops give the Philippine dead a decent burial and provide every comfort and afford the best medical treatment possible to tlie wounded. CABLE PARTY FIRED UPON. Natives Df»piay u White Flag and Then Attack Signal Cut ps. Manila, May 29.—Captain Tilley of the signal corps, with a detachment made up of other members of the corps, lauded at Escaleute, oa tho island of Negros, to pick up and repair the cable. The natives had a white flag over the cablehouse when tho party landed. They were, however, no sooner on shore than they were fired upon by the na tives. They ot once took to the water and a number of them were picked up by a boar, but Tilley and two nativo men of the party ere missing. General Smith, with a detachment of troop«, has started on board a gunboat to investigate tho affair. f 4 r '** * f I f« !* tf IL oLi Vv tins? pum hfcW UiViL OBOEHS AEE ISSUED j The President Exempt Four Thousand Ofiiees. I A SWEEPING AMENDMENT Paderewski Is a Hen'-dtct. New York, May 29.—A dispatch to Tho World from Paris says: Ihe World’s representativo here learns on unimpeacbabla authority that Ignaee Paderewski, tlie pianist, was secretly married last December to Mme. Elena Gorski, tho divorced wife of Ludislas Gorski, a well known violinist. Mme. Gorski and Paderewski are now living quietly in Paris together, awaiting the pope’s dispensation before having au ecclesiastical marriage. Eighty Prospectors Missing. Seattle, Wash., May 29.—R. B. Rob. in son of Oakland, Gal., who has just re turned from Copper rivor, Alaska, says that he knows i f bO prospectors iu that section vno are luissing. If not already dead they will die iu an effort to teach civilization. Most of them went out m small parties with only provisions to last theiii at best a f(Av months. Rescue par.i.s have been unable <o get trace of them. Fatal Row In a licstaurant. New York, May 29.—Three men were etabbed in the abdomen in the course of a row in a restaurant in Fifth avenue early today and two of them are said to be fatally wounded. Adolph Rubb, the proprietor of the place, and John Mo- Yea, a waiter in his employ, are in cus tody charged with doing the cutting. Thomas McQuade, John Cash man and Owen Thompson are tho wounded men. A Cabinet It-ari-uiigciiit-ut. Sr. Johns, N. F., May 29.—In au election just held iu the Pluoeiuta dis trict, Mr. McGrath, a member o^ the opposition, defeated Hou. W. J. Dun- nelly, minister of finance and customs, by 223 votes.! This wiil involve a rear rangement of the cabinet officers, Mr. Morme takihg the linau -Oj portfolio in stead of the portfolio of the fisheries department, which he now holds. Decision Uuliolds Hallways. Nashville, May 29.—The supreme court of Tennessee, iu the case of Post versus tho Southern railway, holds that a rftlway company can refuse to accept goods for shipment by a route demanded by the shipper. Tho road is empowered to fix tho route, so long as the consign ment reaches the required destination. Tho case has been closely watched by cotton men throughout the douth. More Troops li-uch Manila. Washington, May 29.—The war de partment has received the following cablegram from General (Jiis: “Trans ports Ohio and Senator with tho Thir teenth infantry just arrived; Private David R. Johnson, Company E, drowned and five men deserted at Honolulu; no other casualties.” The transports re ferred to left San Francisco April 23. Forty Pardons In a Week. Frankfort, Ky., May 29.—Lieuten ant Governor Worthington, acting gov ernor during Governor Bradley’s two weeks’ absence from tho state, broke the record of the present administration and reached even the pace sot by Gov ernor Blackburn in granting pardons. He exercised clemency iu 40 cases. Cargo of 8iilpliur on Fire. Algiers, May 29. — Tho French steamer Alosia, Captain Coste, from Marsoilla, on May 19 for Palermo and New* Orleans, with 2121 passengers on board, lias arrived here with her cargo of sulphur on lire. The cook of tlie ves sel was asphyxiated and several passen gers were burned. American Cattle Slay Kilter. Washington, May 29.—The United States embassy at Brussels has reported to the state department that the Belgian route has, by decree issued on May 23, rescinded the interdiction upon the im portation of American cattle. The de cree takes effect May 31. No Wreck at Gi-iggsville. Sr. Lons, May 28,—Wabash railroad officials hero deny the report that a Wabash train was wrecked at Griggs- ville, Ids., last night. A washout oc curred near Griggsville last night, but ail trains were warned iu time to pre vent wrecks. Chiiu'se Atttai-ho .Suicides. Berlin, May 29.—An attache of the Chinese ministry at Paris, Cho Mm, has committed suicide hero by shooting himself with a revolver. Ho w-as suf- fenug ftom an incurable malady. Among the Pieces If -leased Froin tho Old Daw’s Operations Are Pension Examining Surgeons, Many Jobs lu tile M iir Department, Etc. Washington, May 29. — President | McKinley today issued the amendment to the civil service rules which he has i had under con.-ideratiou for about a | year. It releases from the operations ' of the civil service rules about -l,Ct)9 j offices. Among such places arc the fol- j lowing: Pension examining surgeons, Indians ! employed in tuc Indian service not con- I neetod with the Indian school service j and many places iu tho engineer de* I partnient at large, the quartermaster’s department at large, tho subsistence do- j partnient at large and tho ordnance de partment at largo of the war depart ment. j With reference to the c o places in tho j war department service it is provided I that they shall bo subject to regulations j to be prescribed by the secretary of war I and approved by the president, thus j placing these branches of tho service on i substantially the saiuc basis as tho j navy yard service. j ENTIRE FAMILY CREMATED. I Nino People Htirued to Death on a Farm N-iii- Hurdcovllie. Charleston, May 29.—Advices from Hardeeviile, S. C., eay that about 3 miles from that vilia&o, on the Oes- truicher funn, occurred a terribly trag edy. A 2 story frame building on tho farm was occupied by Jacob Solomons, his wife and seven children, the eldest aged Iti years and the youngest an infant of i year. Some one pansmg saw that the house Was gone, atid cm approaching to inves tigate Ic.uml that c-verv vesture of it Was burned,, and the bodies o.' the nine occupants, orraiber tho charred n units of nine human bodies, were ly;;i* iu tho ashes. The corouer’s inquest disclos d them facts: That the house was occupied by Soiumoas and his faintly and was scat- ; te-red in the lower story by the ia-r. au» | tuninal storms, which -also carried away i thd raimuejs; that Solomons had re- j sorted to the makeshift of building two fires—one to cook on and tho other for warmth—inside too lower story of tho house, on two circular miil saws raised from ihu board floor on email pieces of iron. ^ jiv.doutly after the family had retired upstairs, a b ow came iv> ou t tanned the flames, which communicnt*. d to the partition of the stairway and set tho Louse afire. Jacob, tho father; Amy, tho wife and mother; Rollins, Mattie, Cuariey, Nome, Isaac, Wiilic and Mamie were ali burned. The verdict oi the coroner’s jury was in each case that they came to their death, through the cu pa hie negligence of Jacob Solomons in uegiecmii, to bffiid a chimney for the family’s u- <?. Col. Fleming Gardner I> ■ad. Wilmington, N. C., May 29.—Colo- nc-1 Fleming Gardner, duel engineer PC tho Atlantic Coast Line, died smhifculy at Denmark, S. C., where he was ^ik > intending tho survey urd coustXucii ;n of a branch road of the Coast L no. Al though S3 years old. !hi continued ac tively at work up to the day tyeiore his death. He served in the Meccan war, and in the early part of tne war be tween tlie states was oa the staff of General J. A. Earn . Ho was a nuiivo of Virginia. Cub.ins Give L'p Their Arm*. II wan a, May 29.—Fully ICO men with i,th"; were waiting in lino today for the opening of the office for the pay ment of Cuban soldiers who will givo up their anus, and there were also pres ent about eight men with recc.pls for arms delivered up to tLu- civil a at in ri- ties. The majority of those with rifles say they have had all the lighting they want and add that they donut care wiio takes tho arms so long as they receive their , •». N-grii Hioot!* n Merchant. CoLi Mtii's, Ga., May 29.—Intelligence has reached here of tho murder of Jule C. Smith, a well known planter ami merchant, near Columbus, by B.l! liar- i is, a negro. Harris shot Mr. Smith as he was entering ids residence. Ic is said that Mr. Smith had reproved tho negro for stealing chickens. Tho. au* thoruiei are after tho negro. Qin-en to t’oloin-I Wright. Nashville, May 29.—Colonel T. x '- Wright <f Nasliviile, who origii‘- H d tiiid organized the Queen’s birtbd^ 0fc ^ ebiAticii at Port r £ampa, Fla ' 1Ja le * coved the follow'tr.g dispn'?,, ,r Windsor: “Tne queen sitii-^' t:ie lO.ei/v ..mu!leans at iuutir k.ud congratulations.^ (iMvernor Elierbe sinRinj;. Columbia, S. C., May 29.—Mrs. Boyd Evans has arrived hero from G- ten.or Lilerbe’s homo in Morion. 2 i i nays tho governor is ‘■inking. H i» very weak. Three or four doctors arc i j c a- slant attendance, out in tm* .as: three days Governor E.it-rbe has taned very rapidly. Joe Wheeler For Governor. Montgomery, Ala., May 29.—A num ber of newspapers in Alabama are sug gesting General Joe Wheeler fur gov ernor. Tho suggestion we ms to meet a hearty approval tbrongnout the state. Plague C.isi » In Eg> pi. CAtno, Egypt, May 29.—The actual nnml>er of plague ca-es reported at Alexandria is eight. Two of tb aie stricken have dud and two Lave to- covered. x