The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 25, 1898, Image 3
MANILA TAKEN i
BY MERRITT :
AN9 DEWEY
AfW Ztivavi Cirihfinri tbo Phil.
nilCl UGICiU ilgUllUfS luu iuir
ippine Capital Sarrendered
Unconditionally to tlie
American Forces.
m. AD6USTIN FLEES,!
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Our Troops Swept Over the Spanish
Entrenchments With the
Greatest Ease.
Commander of the Spanish Force* In the ^
Philippines Arrived at Lions Kong on |
the German Cruiser Kaiserin Augusta j
Consul Wildtnan He ports That the ]
liombardment Took Place on Saturday, ] .
the Day Atter the Peace Protocol Was i
Signed, and That the Surrender Was I
Unconditional. | '
Manila, via Hong Rons (By Cable). j j
Manila was captured on Saturday. August *
13. by the combined land and naval forces
of the United States under General Wesley ,
Merritt and Bear Admiral George Dewey, j
At 9 o'clock in the morning Admiral J
Ar.anAtl flrp An Mftltttf* frrfc 1
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end the Spanish tranches, and continued (
two hours. There was no response on the j
r- MANILA RAEPOR AND THE DEFEllSf
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SooT, but a heavy Ore on the troops rush- i
ini: along the line. After a formal surren- |
der in the afternoon the Spanish flag was j.
repjaeea oy a iorty-iooi Anioncuu nug, 1110
fleet firing the national salute.
We capture,! 7000 prisoners, 12,000 rifles
and unlimited ammunition. General Merritt |
has assumed command, restoring temper- j
arily the civil laws.
Eight Americans were killed and fifty
wounded. The Spanish loss was much
greater. The ships were not struck. The
blockade has been raised, and the shops
are reopening. The people are pleased.
The Americans at noon on August 7 addressed
to Captain-General Augustin, the
Spanish commander at Mnuila an ultimatum.
demanding the surrender of the
city and the Spanish forces within fortyeight
hours. During the interval of grace
the Germans embarked all German subjects
and others under German protection.
The dtman 1 for surrender was repeated
on the afternoon of August 2. but the Spaniards
requested a delay to enable th?m to
obtain instructions from Madrid, by way
of Hon'- K<uv? Thf re ina-t was refused.
Admiral Dewey guve General Augustiu
an hour in which to surrender, at the
timo of the last demand, made on Saturday,
August 13. General Augustin refused
to comply.
The bombar i:r.ent by the warships,which
began at 0.30 a. m., was continued for two
hours, and then the Americans stormed the
trenches, sweeping all before them. The 1
intramuros (those within the walls) attempted
no resistance.
Defending the long line of at least ten ?
miles of trenches were not over, and probably
under, 5000 Spanish regular troops,
* volunteers and natives. About half that
number were in hospital. The attacking
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ADMIRAL GEORGE DEW2T.
force numbered from 10.000 to 2Ci,0C0
natives and 10,000 Americans on shore
and aboard the fleet. In every respect
the advantage was on the side of the attack.
The American tieid guns threw
heavier metal an 1 had longer range than
the Spanish, the marksmanship of the
United States gunners was much superior
Judge Hukion Accepts Appointment.
*t?When Judg-* Hobson,of Greeanboro,Ala., .
j*t>ened the letter from Washington announcing
his appointment as Postmaster at
that place tie wis the most astonished man
In the State. His friends, without consulting
him, had urged the President to appoint
you:.g Ho-son's father to the place,
and 3ir. MciLiuiey anpcare 1 to And pleasure
in accepting the suggestion. Judge Hobson
will ac *ep: the place. He wasthe Democratic
Probate Judge of his county for j
sixteen years, bat joined the Popuiists and j
lost his office. He returned to the Deal- ;
ocratic party in 1896 and has since been an j
enthusiastic Democrat.
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to that of the Spaniards, and the men were t
stronger and in better condition. I
Looking over the bay, it was curious to I
notice that the foreign fleets arranged
themselves according to their sympathies?
the English and the Japanese near the
Americans, and the Germans and French on ?
the opposite side of the bay, north of the "
Pasig River. The British cruiser Imraortalite
and her consorts kept fairiy near the i
American line.
The Olympia flred the first shot at 9.40,
and a fairly continuous but by no means ^
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GENERAL WES LET 3IEBRITT. h
(He has hoisted the American flap in Ma- r
nila and assumed control of affairs.) e
furious cannonade was kept up until 11.20. ^
By that time the Malate fort was 6ilenced ,
and the American troops then stormed the '
intrenchmeuts. '
Resistance to the American attack was
impossible. The First Colorado Regiment
was the earliest to charge the Spaniards. s
K part of Malate suffered severely from the
bombardment. The vaunted intramuros 1
defenses were not tried.
The First Colorado Volunteers stormed *
the out* trenches, and drove the Spaniards
Into the ?econd line of defenses, they 1
having evacuated their southern position
it Malate. Then the Americpn troops *
?wept on. driving all the Spaniards into v
the Inner fortifications, where the Spanish
commander, seeing that further resistance
was useless, hoisted the white flag and sur- *
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CAPTURED BY THE AMERICANS. 0
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rendered. The old town of Manila, despite i
the heavy fire, remained completely un- ! t
harmed. | c
The foreign fleet? watched the bombard- r
ment with acute interest. The American
warships engaged were the Olympia. Petrel,
Raleigh, MeCulloch, Boston, Monterey,
Charleston and Baltimore. The Spaniards .
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CAPTAIN-GENERAL ACGCSTI*. j <
;:csert that the fire of the Americans for the
most part fell short, the only effective fir? j -a
>eiag from a small gunboat armed with c
qui'di-firinggaus that was close inshore. *
The Spanish trench extended around s
Manila at a distance of from two to four t
miles from the walled city, forming a elrcle J
tea miles iti circumference; and it was im- f
possible, the Spaniards say, to hold so
Jong a lino against the American attack*. s
Admiral Dewey and General Merritt is- *
sited orders to spare all except armed defends
of the city, and consequently the
town is understood to have been but littlo
damaged. Some street fighting between
the insurgents and Spaniards occurred on ! t
the outskirts, bat order prevailed In the
intramuros section.
Governor-General Augustin aatl his i ^
family, by prearrangeaicnt, were taken on I s
board the German cruiser before the bom- 1
bar lment of Manila, which steamed at a, ?
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?pee?i o; ku ?. > iv auua ,
lint (or the German action General An Justin
would have been a most important pris- !
oner of war.
Ausustin 1'iess on German Warship.
H isn Kono. China (Oy Cable).?The German
lirst-class oruisw Kalserln Augusta
arrived her-.' from .Manila v. ith Captain*
General August's au 1 his family onboard.
The cruiser sailed from Man lift on batur- f
dav. t
General Augustln refuses to grant inter- t
views, and will say nothing more than that
he is going to bpain at tho first oppor- j
tuuitv.
Serious lire in Wheatland, Cal.
The. entire business poition of TVheatIstid,
Cal., has been destroyed by fire.
Only one small grocery store is left stand- r
iug, and there are dOdi) pt rsons, inclu ding r
transient hop-pickers, to be fed. Tho B
* %r\ Kuui-tia r!o*nna nnil
began plunder:a.; the town. A large force ^
of deputy sheriffs was sworn in fro:n citi- v
zens to protect property. It is believed
that the lire was incendiary. One C'linaman
was burned to death and a number of
persons were overcome by the heat. The
total loss was $135,030, of which 540,003 r
was on grain. The insurance was about t
one-half the loss. c
MED AWAY TO DEATH
i Cloudburst Causes a Flood, Which
Drowns Six Children.
I WOMAN'S BRAVE STRUGGLE.
treat Wave Sweep* Awav Porch Where
the Little One*. Ignorant of Dancer,
Were Standing?The Mother'* Heroic
Kflorts to Save Her Children?Considerable
Damage to Property.
PiTTsurr.rt, IVnn. (Special).?A cloudmrst
up Sawmill Run Friday caused a
lood in that stream and endangered the
ives of a dozen person*. Six children
rere lost. They are: Irene Loftus. Reels
.oftus. Anna Holzapfel. Genevieve Shaugh- |
tessv. Margaret Shaughr.essy. Nellie Sauls.
The water in the run began to rise Friday
norning. and at 0 o'clock a great volume
if water came down. The missing children,
:ogether with some other persons, were
standing on a porch of a brick tenement
louse near West Carson. This porch overling
the run." When the great wave, [
wentv feet high, came down the porch was
carried away and the people went with it.
Mrs. John Lottus. mother of the two !
hildren llrst named, an 1 two men were the
.dtilts in danger. The woman made an |
terolc effort to save her chil.lren. but to I
10 purpose. Mrs. Loftus is dying from the
ifTects of the shock and exposure.
Near the mouth of the ruu the sand j
I red go Pittsburg was moored. and when j
he men in it saw the wreckage coining j
lown the stream and the people struggling
or life they stopped all work and went to
he rescue. The men and the woman were
arrie 1 out into the Ohio River, Uit were
aved by the sand diggers.
The woman excited the admiration ef all
rno saw the catastrophe. She was almost
verwhelme l a number of times, but each
irae fought off the debris and came to the
urface. The great body of water did
utich damage.
There was a heavy and continuous downtour
of rain throughout Western Pennsylvania
from midnight until H o'clock Friday
corning, and considerablo damage was
~ ~ or?.l U ll AV 9 fl ?*? tX- i fl C* rtf
mall streams, l>ut as far as known there
rere no other casualties.
CORNICE CRUSHED OUT LIVES.
'our Men Kille<l and Five Hurt ia a
Building Accident.
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Philadelphia (Special).?Four men were
illed and live others badly injured Thursay
afternoon by the collapse of a cornice
n a new building In course of erection.
The dead are: Albert Green, bricklayer,
ged thirty, leaves a widow and three ehilren;
Thomas Lyon, bricklayer, aged
hlrty; Christian Schoelter. proprietor of
i cigar store, aged fifty-nine, leaves widow
nd two children; Harry Evans, bricklayer,
ged twenty-five, of Camden, N. J.
The injured are: Walter B. Gorman,W111arn
Murphy, Frank J. McAtee, Joseph Goraan,
and Thomas Mundy.
Green and Lyons were at work on a seafold
directly beneath the cornice, and the
thers were on the sidewalk. The cornice,
rliich weighed nearly ten tons, in falling
arried the scaffold ami men to the street.
Ireen and Lyons were instantly killed, and
oine time passed before they and the
thers could be taken from under the debis.
Schoelter and Evans die 1 in the hosdtal.
The building was nearly completed, and
he accident is supposed to have been
aused by the shortening of the purchase
ods in the cornice supports.
REVIEW AT CHICKAMAUGA.
"orty Thousand Men in the Most Striking
Pageant ot ltecent Yearn.
The review at Camp Thomas, Cliickanauga
Turk, held Wednesday, was one of
he most striking pageants of recent yearst
tnd one which will long be remembered by
dl who had the opportunity of witnessing
t.
More than -to,000 men. marching in pereet
order with bands playing and colors
lying, made the occasion a truly inspiring
>ne. A crowd of nearly 50,000 persons were
inthusia?tic spe -tators.
At S.dO a signal gun was fired and the
ong column moved up to and past the
ower on Snodgrass Hill, where General
Jre kinridge, and his gwsts were seated
n the reviewing stand. The cavalry came
lrst. the artillery next, and the infantry
ast. Although the column only passed the
eviewing stand once at the review, it oc upicd
nearly five hours.
SIX MURDERERS IMPLICATED.
["ajlor Coii Tew* That Tln>y Killed XV. A.
Tuompson in Alnbainn.
Bisohav, Ala. (Special). When Chess
dotes, Walter Mote?, Robert Taylor, Jasper
lObertsou, John Littiejohu and Dodge
dlaukenship, of Talladega Comity, who are
iharged with the murder of W. A. Thompion,
were put on trial before Commissioner
Yilson. Taylor broke down and confessed.
The six defendants, he said, are moonihiners.
an Isuspeeted Thompson, a farmer,
>f assisting t!i? Government to locate their
tills. Accordingly they deliberately n*
iolved to murder Thompson, and stationed
hemselves behind trees, waited on public
oads at night for Thompson to return
rom Sylacauga.
The confession was unexpected, and
eattered lismavamong the culprits. Sec ral
hangings may follow.
Knockout I)roj>* Vol- Trooju.
Over eighteen soldiers were brought ino
the Provost Marshal's office at Jacfcsoa ille.rin.
-uf.Ting intensely from knockout
lro;s. Many w, ro brought in o:npleteiv inensible.
seemingly li[el?ss. The surgeons j
nade .1 ca- 'f'.i! examination of the :n<-u. ami
dated that kric.- c..at ??f some kind
tad been freely u>el. A number of their
onira.les attn -ke.l l'at Chappelle, keeper
>f a colored bar, alleging that it was <]ono
n his saloon. Only the quick work of
dajor Harrison. Provost Marshal, in orderng
out u reserve court, save,l Ohappelle's I
ife. lfo was terribly beaten and kicked. I
Two Cuban Towns Surrender.
Major Miley returned to Santiago, Cuba,
rom Earacoa and Sagua <le Tauamo, on
be north coast of Cuba, where he received
he surrender of 1756 Spaniards, with 2.121
itand of arms. 41'>,0o0 rounds of atmnuniion,
and tivo Krupp guns.
Five Killed l>v a Sheriff.
Sheriff Fisher with thirteen men raided a
olored gambling house in Bayboro, Ga? |
,nd shots were exataanged between thA inantes
and the sheriff's force. Two of the
>osso were slightly wound" 1, while the
her Iff was struok in the hand, inflicting a
winful wound. Five of the inmates were
;llled outright, and six were seriously
rounded.
Favors Trade ltlijMs in Philippines.
The American Asiatic Association passed
esolutions declaring against any peace
reaty which does not allow this country
(qua! trade rights in tho Philippines.
CENERAL WHEELER IN COMMAND. C'
> Ordered to Relieve General Voting, Who '>1
Will Command Ills Cavalry Division.
Washington-. D. C. (Special).?Major*
: General Joseph Wheeler has been assigned
to the command of Camp WikofT, Montauk
Toint, L. I. At the same time Major-Gen- ce
! eral Young was relieved of the station and |n
I ordered to command the cavalry division
; in place of General Wheeler. The change
, is made chiefly for the reason that the war ^
j beiug over. General Wheeler wishes to re- '
turn to Congress at the opening of the ses_
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MAIOK-REN'ERAL SAMD-C.L E. jr. TOCNO.
(Who has been ordered tb command General
Wheeler's cavalr" division.)
sion in December. The camp at Montaulc (E
Point will have been abandoned by that
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command provided, it is then nuisterod out
of the service. The cavalry di\'isiOD, being
composed mostly of regulars will be *a
maintained permanently and wilt need a M'
regular commanding officer. For tf. 's command
General Young is eminently well an
fitted, for he belongs to the cavalry branch
of tho regular service. s. f'
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GOVERNOR SCOFIELD RENOMINATE?. el<
No Reference to Territorial Expansion in ta
Wisconsin Republican Platform. ce
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Milwaukee, Wis. (Special). The great- ^
est political battle in the history of Wisconsin
politics was fougnt. when the State
Republican convention at the big ExpoSition
Building assentbled
for the selection ?*
I ?*a ^u" ticket su
I Governor Scofleld tVas op
^35 irS renominated. req?iv- Ar
i . If/ lng 620)f to R. M.; La- su
JK' follette's 436)^ vites.
^ It was the largest
>? gathering ever held in
^Y-'rar^^V' tilis st!lte- Thd ten Hi
hundred and siKtySy/jf
seven delegates ocVu2^/
V f f Pi?d hal( the flo^jr !
/ 7^ space, and the galleiv Cc
ies were filled with's ?r
spectators. ^
govebsob scofif.ld. The Committee on
Resolutions presented majority and minor- \ 1
Ity reports. They were identical, with the 0\
exception of the paragraphs indorsing the 0>c
State administration. 80]
. The platform adopted endorses the Ad- |n
ministration of President McKinley and jn.
commends the Administration's action in wn
the war with Spain: welcomes the return
of peace and expresses gratitudo and fa(
thanks to the brave men of the army and p0
navy who have maintained the honor of our [,e|
flag; reaffirms the declarations of the last ka
Republican convention; congratulates the jj6l
nation on the return of prosperity. jn
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Tennessee Republicans Nominate. pg
The Republican State Convention met at oo
Nashville, Tenn.. and nominatod James A hii
Fowler, of Anderson County, for Governor, sje
and James A. Greer, of Loudon; Robert f
Haggard, of Wayne, and Zachary Tayior, $ti
of Shelby, for Railroad Commissioners. The ha
resolutions,endorse the Administration of
'resident McKinley and his conduct of the j
Spanish war. favor the construction of the pr,
Nicaragua Canal under strictly American m(
rontroi, and the annexation or control of 0I1
ill the possessions which have been con- toi
piercd by the military and naval forces of bjt
:hc country. ]
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ORDERS TO CENERAL MERRITT. I en
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S'o Joint Occupation Willi Iii*ur;enli in | i
Philippine* Allaireil. j Co
Washington". D. C. (Special).?The War an
Department made public the order sent to if
jeii-m! Merritt regarding the occupation i)a
>f the city of Manila by the American ^
oreThe order follows:
ADirTAXT-GENF.KAl/s OITJOE, )
Washington, I). August 17. ?"
ilajor-Gsneral Morritt, Manila, Puilip- H?
nines:
The President dire."is that tlt?re must bo ,
10 joint occupation with the insurgents.
Hie United States in the possession of Go
Manila City, Manila Buy and harbor, must EI:
>re9erve the peace and protect persons and
noperty witiiiu t i * territory occupied
>y their military and naval forces. Tlie
nsurgents an<l all others m i-t recognize
he military occupation an I authority of
;he United States an I the ssutlon of hostilities
proclaimed by the president. U?o
whatever means in your judgment are necissary
to this en 1. All law-abiding people
nust be treated alik?.
By order Secretary "f War.
II. C. oauiN, Adjutant-General.
Tlie official- of the Department hope
:here ntay be : > trouble with the insurgent
forces in the ' tip-; in s, although tne disjatches
which ihv>- ; n received.together
ivith the <| *:n i?t- <? Aguinahio for joint
jecupation, h ?e in-ii/at-d a temper on j
:he part of ta- Ic^urrent leaders which is I
nt C'ltl'cfaAfA / ;
The text of r u* Pr -i-l-ar 's order cannot
)o misnnd'T- ?o l.a id 11- * insurgents will /
M kept out ' Manila, and tlit* city, bay ^
id11 harbor w I bo held as an American ^
possession. :e i>- dbility of an attac k
>n the city by i insurgent forces has been '//.
onsidered. the bay in possession of
\ Itnirul Dev.* . anil ten thousand Ameri;an
troops n ir the city, it is not believed \<
:nat they \rili e very formidablo in case of \
in attack.
SoMlci . Sentence For Murder.
t>-:....... t .. ;*,1?a rr,nf irilh t)i?? flrmv
I rn>lUCi. i 'uar, t? ..v II .Uk ?J
:o Porto lit . shot his comrade. Private
Stafford. \v enlaced in a drunken quarrel.
The a. r ii*r was deliberate, as lie ^
breatened ? kill Stafford a lew minutes
sefore the > jv 1 was committed. Laduko
),-as tried b <,<,urt:?nrtial and sentenced to ,
ii'e inipris .im-nt. lie will be transported
o this cou trv and confined in the peni- "f1;
rentiary ai Leavenworth, Kansas.
Spalii'*
Coinmisiionrrs For Cuba,
The Spanish Cabinet at Madrid, has ap- jj
pointed General Gonzales Parrado, second
in co:nn md in Culm; Pear-Admiral Lais .jje
19 . ..ndflrn w!'a cnnr?af><lo<1 Admiml
Xavarr . tae Spanish commander in Cuban
waters. and Marquis De Montoro, Minister ' _
of Fin ice in tbe Insular Cabinet, .as the luj'
CoaiiL: -don of Evacuation for Cuba.
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Heavy ilood* in India.
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He "oods caused landslides near j
Isaii !. India; the European residents ' :ho
esca..^.. but many natives were killed. ao
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OLONEL HAY TO SUCCEED DAY.
resident McKinley Appoints Our Am has.,
sador to England Secretary of State.
Washington, D. C.?Tbo President has
^pointed Colonel John Hay, the United <
ates Ambassador in London, as the sue*
ssor of Judgo William R. Day as Secrery
of State. Mr. Day's resignation will
ke effect when he has organized the Teace
jmmission, some time next month, and
dor to his departure with the other com- |
Iss&ners for Paris, where their sessions
til ho hold in accordance with the nro
sions of the protocol signed at the White
ouse.
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COLONEL JOHN HAY. I
'nited States Ambassador to London
whom President McKinley made his !
Secretary of State.)
Colonel John Hay has cabled his aceep- j
nr?A rtf Hia f!nhinpf nnslfrfnn tn Pr#?*i?1pnf
MVW V1 rvN...VM - cKinley.
President MeKinley's great friendship
id admiration for Colonel Hay is well
town, and in appointing him Secretary of
ate he has gratified a desire that dates
Dm the time he began to consider the I
mposition of the Cabinet, just after his
action to the Presidency. i
Just when Mr. Day's resignation will (
Ice effect nobody appears to know.' It is
rtain, however, that he will cease to be
cretary of State before the American
sace Commissioners sail for Europe.
Colonel Hay Ksteemed in London.
London (By Cable). The papers, witht
exception, express regret at the return
Ambassador Hay to the United States to i
cceed Secretary Dav, nnd are of the ,
inion that it is a "pity to interrupt an
nbassadorial career promising great relts
for the future of the two nations."
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CORBETT'S FATHER'S CRIME.
e Shoots His Wife and Then Himself
in San Francisco.
San Francisco, Cal. (Special). Patrick I
>rbett, the father of James J. Corbett, the
ize fighter, shot and killed his wite and
en turned the weapon upon himself.
The shooting occurred at the residence
the Corbett family shortly before five
\ock Tuesday mornipg. Mr. King, a
i-*r-law of Mr. Corbett, who was living
the Wuse, heard two shots in his fatherlaw's
V11?. Hurrying to the room he
is horrifleoito find Mrs. Corbett lying in
9 bed cove^fe&\ with blood, while his
;her-in-law lay* xpn the floor with blood
uring from his "'-,mouth. Mrs. Cortt
was in her night juvJ.ro, while her husnd
was fully dressed. EK^ath must have
en instantaneous. There t<as a wound
Mrs. Corbett's temple and Corbett had
ot himself in the mouth. From ^'ie aparance
of the bodies it is believed \that
rbett arose early in the morning, dres^d |
nself and shot his aged wiie while sh&?
,pt* V
5he had evidently died instantly, for she b
11 lay in a perfectly natural position. Ho
d just returned from Bartlett Springs, 3
tere he hid been stopping for his health. l
dr. Corbett lost all his money and 1
operty on his son's fight with Fitzsim- <
>ns. The banks were about to foreclose ,
him, and it is believed he became i
npornrily insane through brooding over .
> losses.
Both husband and wife were highly re- 1
acted in the community, and the tragedy
mted intense excitement throughout the
yinnnno
XT T /CfVOlloll T fl Tl Og 1
X Al.tV, 41. 't .
rbett was shocked when ho received 1
telegram from his brother Harry (
nouncing tho tragedy. Ho said that ]
tho news were true his father must
ve become insane. Ho could not ac-' ,
ant for it in any other way. Corbetfc
II stop training for tho present.
CENIRAL BLANCO RESICNS. 1
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> Does Xot Want to Superintend the ^
Evacuation of Cuba. |
Hadkid, Spain (By Cable). The Spanish 1
vernmeat received fro?Captuin-General
moo a dispatch tending his resignation.
0 reason given by General Blanco for re
it 'If i
CAPTAI!C-Cr:.*r.RAl BLANCO. 6
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niDff ia that ho floes not wish to superin- f
id the ovnountiou of Cuba.
Blanco "lust Remain.
iIaprib, Spam (Dy Ck'oIoi.?The Cabinet I
s directed Captain-General Blanco and 8
:?r officials to retain their posts until the 1
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Pennsylvania's ltis Camp,
[ajor-General Graham and his staff_ a
h one company of the Signal Corps and ^
Ninth Ohio Infantry Battalion (Vol
I), arrived at trie camp near mr>urg.
Peun., and establish1 tlie hen I- '*
irrers o t the Seeouil Army Cw:>s.
onei .Tames 31. Moore, Assistant Quni 1
uaster-Geueral of the United Stales
ay, is directing the preparations for the
camp. It is said thai not fewer than j
100 troops will bo under canvas before
end of the present month. Sixteen r(
usaud men are already under orders to I3
ve to the camp near Harrisburg p
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Mi ll CIS 1118.
[898 Will Be Memorable in Hartsville
For Fine Crops,
SOTTON MILLS DOING WELL
V Laurens County Farmer Killed by Hi*
Son?Pecan Culture Profitable in South
Carolina?Important Happenings.
White cap raids in the quiet old
:ounty of Lexington is something entirely
new, but this miduight gang put
on their war paintrecentlv and started
out to end the mundane career of David
Coleman, a well-behaved negro
farmer. It was about 11 o'clock at
Dight when the raid was made. Coleman
and his family were asleep when
the manraders came to his house, and
after making violent demonstratioms,
broke in the door and took Coleman
out, with the inteutioa, as they told the
negro, of taking him to Saluda river
aud drowning him. They, after a
litte parley, secured their victim and
started off with him to the river, which
is not far off. One of the white caps
pulled out his pistol, and Coleman
thinking he was going to be killed od
the spot, watched his chance, and when
a piece of woods was reached he made
a dash and in the darkness he managed
to elude his captors. While he was hoeing
from them seven pistol shots were
fired at him, bat none took eftect, and
alter out-running the white caps, he
escaped unhurt.
Fine Crops in Hartsville.
The people of Hartsville will longremember
the year 1808 as one of the
most favorable in many years for farming
operations. Corn is excellent,
cotton promising, tobacco fine, and
other crops doing admirably. Wheat
has been an astonishing success. A
few'vears ago the farmers didn't think it
paid to sow wheat but the yield tbis
year has been so phenomenal that
there will be a large planting this fall.
Experienced tobacco growers prophesy
thht the growth of the tobacco industrv
in that section will soon be^so
great that the people of North Carolina
and Virginia will have to give np to^HHfi^H
bacco and go back to small grain, grasHHOBflj
and stock raising. H
Laurens Boy kills His Father.
James Tamer, a well to do farmer
Laurens, was abusing his wife, and th^ggj^mf
fourteen-year-old son interfered to
tect bis mother, when the father drev^BBH^H
his pistol. By some means yonn^^HDH|
Turner got possession of the weapoJ^Hj^BH
and bred at his father. The ball en-BnH^H
tered the right eye and came oat on the^^M^^Hj
top of the head. Turner fell to the^H^^B
floor and expired in a few minutes. HHffi
The sympathy of the community is al- KggUSHj
most entirely with the young man, as
his father was known as an overbearing,
high-tempered man, and not at all oon- | Hj
genial in his family relations. 9B|Nm
Pecan Culture Profitable.
Dr. 0. D. Faust, in a paper read before
the Institute, at Clemson College, HB|
said in part: "The pecan, which grows
naturally over a large portion of the mH
United States aud is the most impor- VM
taut of our native nuts, has assumed
h/nsiderable importance as an industry
in South. It is remarkable as the ffl
most jVptitable of all our nut-earning M
;rees. Novnau can leave a surer laga- JK
jv to his family than a good pecan fl|
;rovo. An oltTjtfentleman at Denmark ISP
- i v i_ _ ..n- Am
aas two trees tromV^i^co j** ""
:o $."?U worth of nufBi Think what
jrove of such trees woViyf,p*yi
South Carolina Cotton Mills.
All the cotton mills in Sonth Coroli- v
is are doing well, earning good divilends
for their stocaholders and keep*
ng right at the head of the cotton
iianufactnriug industry ot the South,
the proud distinction which this state
>ccupies in leadiug all other Southern
States in tho cotton mill business has
jeen won by hard and intelligent work
:ogether with the many natural advantages
offered by South Carolina in
:his special Held of industrial development.
Palmetto Notes.
Prices have been so low this year
hat few melons have been shipped
rom Williston.
A mad dog waR killed at Columbia
ecentlv.
An old colored woman, said to be
>ver a hundred years old, died in
Ionesville recently. *
Footpads recently held up a darkey
n Columbia, but were frightened away
jefore securing any booty.
Preparations are being made at
Holnmb'.a lor the State .teachers Association,
which meets there on the
Uth.
The citizens of Bennettsville are jujilaat
over the prospects for a cotton
actory at that place.
There is a movement on foot in Char- x
eston to build a permanent amiitoritin,
to be erected in time for tho Conederate
reunion in lbU'J.
Work ou the canal locks, at Colum
>ia, the woou portion 01 wnich was
otallv destroyed by nre a few weeks
,go, is progressing a3 fast as such work
:aa be carried on.
G or mail it Wright's new tobacco
temmery, at Florence, is preparing
ibout 2u,IX)'J pounds of tobacco a day
or export, Gdrmon ic Wright export
uost of their tobueco to Japan, where
hey have large orderr placed. 'ihe
temmery is a "big thing,"and will be
, great factor in building up that
narket.
Two business men of Greenville had
, lively set-to recently over a bill.
Corn crops are good in the section
round Prosperity, and cotton, now
leginuing to open, promises an abunant
yield. Potatoes are growing nicey,
and winter turnips are being sown.
l hie neavirift ernn will b? cnthorprl
Wants the Spanish Prisoners Released
The Kome correspondent of the Lon?
on Daily Chronicle saya the Pope has
equested Archbishop Ireland to ask
'resident McKinlv to sanction the
roznDt release of the Spanish orisonrs.
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