The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, November 17, 1898, Image 7

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NORWAY DEFIES SWEDEN The Motion For a Semite Flag Passes the Storthing. WANTS A NATION'S RIGHTS. The Stubborn Constitutional Struggle Hetween the Tr.n Sections of the Kingdom May End in Civil War Norway Takes the First Step Leading to Separation Oscar Loses li s Army. ? Christ: vma. Norway Dy Cable). The Bf Storthing has taken what diplomats believe to be the lirst .-tep toward a breach of the union of Sw Ion and Norway. A resolution introduced by a leading member of tho Radical party to provide a purely Norwegian flag, without tho old emblem of tho union with Sweden, was adopted. WM-Wi&WW KING OSCAR OF SWEDEN. * : t?K*V crtcs!c\r tho Stn?pthin<? hfl5 ; been a very stormy one, ami for the first time in the history of Scandinavia the champions of Norwegian indepcndauce are in the majority. One of the first proceedings of this sessiou was to invest the Storthing with the power to turn the regular troops into the'-Landevaern"' (militia), the use or which, according to the old constitutional provision, is forbidden beJond the Swedish frontiers. This deprives dng Oscar of the last chance to use the Norwegian army for the common defence, j * Before the Storthing adjourns it is be* lieved that Norway will demand her own consular and diplomatic service. Since the beginning of the year the stubborn Constitutional struggle between Norway and Sweden has very often caused the European press to predict civil war in the peninsula at no distant day. The rupture, however, had been steadily growing since November 13, 1835. when King Oscar II. ! appoiuted a commission of seven Swedish and seven Norwegian members of Parliament to examine the Act of Union (Riksakt) of 1815 and to suggest amendments calculated to obviate future friction. The commission brought in four reports last spring?a majority and minority report ' for each nation?documents which. Between them, discussed a multitude of thorny questions without suggesting what the King considered an acceptable solution in any single instance. Two important points upon which tiie Norwegian Com^ missloners insisted were a separate ConB sular Service and the display at legations Bk - -&&d ea^a^s'ss of the ancient Norwegian as f well as the Swedish national standard. LEAVES WRECKED A TRAIN Clogged Air Brake* Caused a Fatal Col ligion Near Wilkesbarre, Penn. WiLKESBAKKE, Penn. (Special).?The Buffalo express oa the Lehigh Valley Railroad ran into the New York and Philadelphia express going east on Wilkesbarre Mountain at 3 o'clock Friday morning. The killed and wounded taken from the wreck are: Killed?William Toxheim >r. fireman; Fred Glasser. fireman; J. C. McGregor, express messenger, Easton; Jacob Engleman, brakeman, Easton, and John McXally, engineer, White Haven, Injured?I). E. Price, engineer, New York, badly scalded; John Kohbliug, engineer, Wilkesbarre, badly scalded; Charles Morgan, express messenger, scalded about head, and John Shanfleld, brakeman, Mauch Chunk, cut about head. The Buffalo express, in charge of Engineer Rohbling, bad orders to stop ou a siding on the mountain and let the New York express pass. As Rohbling approached the siding he discoverod that the air brakes would not work. The train was moving about thirty miles an hour down a ninetyfoot grade. The engineer whistled frantically for the hand brakes. He knew the other train was about due. He reversed his engine and stuck to his post, but could not avert the collision. In less than a minute the express from the west, drawn by two heavy engines, hove j in sight. A terrible crash followed on a curve in a deep cut. Nearly all me passen- j gere on both trains were asleep. Many of | these were thrown out of their berths by J the shock, but none was severely injured, j An investigation shows that a heavy windstorm prevailed on the mountain the night before which cause 1 the leaves from the forest to accumulate on the track. The engine plowed into these leaves, which clogged the braking apparatus. KILLED HIS WIFE'S FAMILY. Domestic Trouble Leads to a Triple Murder at Glasgow, Ky. Glasgow, Ky. (Special). Robert Crown shot'and killed his father-in-law, Louis McClellan; Mrs. McClellan, and their daughter Bertha, and dangerously wounded one of their sons, at their home near this town a few days ago. The tragedy was the result of domestic trouble. Brown escaped, but was pursued by officers and a posse of citizens. He was finally surrounded in a barn, and a desperate fight took place, in which over 100 shots were fired. The crowd threatened to burn the barn, and Brown surrendered only after matches had been lighted to carry out that purpose Threats of lynching were freely *" - - -w ioAnfl. woa hprtllffht to in&Qt?, UU. * UD nwv iv. VHO_. ?? Glasgow and lougH in jail. A Vienna Editor In Donbt. The Beichswehr, of Vienna, Austria, doubts whether the British Islands still belong to the European continent or to America. It dwells amusingly on the tneme, saying that England is tired of Eu. rope and "wishes to emigrate to the United xT, States. Admiral Schley Returns Home. Rear Admiral Winfleld Scott Schley, of the Porto P.ican Evacuation Commission, arrived in New York City on Friday from San Juan on the cruiser Newark. Admiral 8ch.ey immediately went to Washington to submit his reoort to tba Govelbment. \ 1 THE NEWS EPITOMIZFQ.. Washington Items. Tn hi? annual report to the Seer. ?.*>iry o? TTnr Adjutant-General Corhin strongly advises an increase of the army and a greater proportion of officers. lie also rerom-, mends the revival of the grade of Lieutenant-General. , Secretary Alger has npproved the locri tion selected !>v the Hecker hoard for tlio I principal garrison of Cuba. It is near the town of Mariano, which is eight miles south of Havana. The hoard recommends | that the Guardla Civilla be retained for police work in Havana. It is estimated that thirty-seven out of I ninety Senators will oppose a pence treaty giving all the Philippines to America. The newly accredited Siamese Minister to the United States will re-establish a IfKHUOU UtTf, Secretary Long ordered that thetorpodoboats at the Brooklyn Navy Yard remain ia commission. The Nicaraguan Canal Commission has nearly completed its work, and will soon submit a report declaring that the project is entirely feasible. The Controller of tho Currency bas ordered the First National Bank of Flushing, Ohio, to close its doors. Bank Examiner J. W. Delap has been appointed temporary receiver. Dry rot is said to have caused the failure. Pompntlc. In a tenement house flro which occurred at New Bedford, Ma?s., two persons were killed and others received injuries which were fatal. Patrolman Searcy, of Lexington, Ky., attempted to arrest a crowd of colored soldiers and was attacked by Private Ben Dick of the Seventh United States Volunteers. The officer shot Dick in the head and chest, iuflictiug fatal wounds. Memorial ceremonies were conducted on Friday in Chicago over the graves of the Havmarket Anarchists who were hanged eleven years ago. Several hundred people visited Waldhelm Cemetery, sang songs, and decorated with flowers the graves of Spies, Fischer, Parsons. Lingg and Engel. A man found dead in a freight ear at Waverlv, N. J., was identitled as the son of a wealthy mail of Plainfleld. He was at first thought to have been shot, but afterward poison was found to have caused death. Murder is suspected, i A fire which started in the town hall at Covington, La., destroyed three blocks of buildings. The loss is estimated at ?100,000. Theodore Perry,of Acqnackanonek Township, while driving tiohiud a spirited team of horses from his home to Paterson, X. J., died of heart disease. Mr. Perry was a Township Committeeman and a veteran of the Civil War. The little town of Defuniak Springs, Fin., was swept by Are. Eight buildings in the business part of the town were destroyed. The loss was ?15.000, two-thirds of which was covered by insurance. Walter M. Stevenson resigned as a mem " berof the Philadelphia Common Council v r is ui. k.. U: DeCHU>e X'eier r.. omu.l. atcuscu uy mui i of bribery, was ac?juitte?I, aud he was | "left to light single-handed the f-orcq? of evil." The PostofUce at Arago, Oregon, which Is located in the residence of \V. H. Sehroeder, Postmaster, has been robbed. Tho robbers secured S-1300 belonging to the Arago Creamery and *20t) of postal funds. Forest and prairie fires have raged all over the Seminole country in Oklahoma. Emahaka Mission and property valued at sdSO.OOO have been destroyed. The Grand Jury in Covington, Ky., found indictments against fifty-three leading fire insurance companies. Mr. and Mrs. John Bah Is, aged seventysix and sixtv-flve years respectively, were brutally murdered in the village of Misiiicott, Wisconsin. Mr. Bahls was killed in his barn and his wife was slain in their cottage. Robbery is supposed to have been the motive. At Hubbard, Texas, Resare McCarthy, Josepby Rambyand Jefferson Squires were killed, and J. F. McCarthy and Riley Squires mortally wounded in an election quurrel. Wade Hampton, the one-legged negro convict who a little ever a month ago murdered another one-legged convict at the camps near Atlanta, (la., was hanged a few days ago. Hampton broke down, professed re':"ion and services were held in his cell aud cn the scaffold in tho new jail at Atlanta. Robert F. Shaw. Postmaster at Weymouth Centre, Mass.. was held for the Federal Grand Jury at Boston, on the charge of embezzling -?2400 from tho 'postoflice during the last three years. It was announced in Philadelphia that the steel rail manufacturing companies had agreed to maintain the price of steel rails, the contract to remain in force for live years. Besides this, the price was to be advanced from ?1S to ?20 a ton. At Mishicot, Wis., Mr. and Mrs. John Bahis were killed with an axe. Ernest Messmanu. a tramp, is under arrest on suspicion of being the murderer. Tho only motive that can he assigned for the crime is robbery. Bahis was seventy-six years old and his wife was sixty-five. A. C. Widber. Countv Treasurer of San Francisco, Cal., who stole y 117,000 from the city treasury, has been sentenced to seven and a half years in State prison. Boatswain Charles Wilson, of the British ship Peleus, while at San Francisco a few days ago became greatly incensed because the crew refused to wash down the decks. He seized a knife and ran amuck among tho crew, slashing right and ieft. John Mcintosh was fatally wounded by cuts in the throat and ?ide, and Michael Scot: was badly injured by a stab which nearly cut his throat. Miss Bae Hague, aged eight" >n, of Greenwich, Conn., drowned herself because her mother reproved her for attending a party. Jay T. Staley, of Grand Island, and Charles Burke, of Buffalo, N. V., lo<t their lives in the Niagara River. The men attempted to cros? the river in a small boat during a gale and their boat w.is swamped. Foreign. The results of elections in the United . nifo.l u enrr.ricrt niwl ,1 wnnrinint. ment to Premier Sagasta o! Spain. M. de Bille, formerly Danish Minister at. Washington, is dead. Carl Steen Anderson de Bille wis Danish Minister at Washington from January. 1SS2, to March, 1SS5, and was prominent in diplomatic and social life. A claim for damages from Peru has been presented by Merchant Gottfried, on American, outraged by Peruvian marauders. A double tragedy occurred at Montreal, Quebec, a few evenings ago. Jean Croteau, a French Canadian, thirty-five years old, went to the house of William Lavigaeur and shot, Mathilda Lavigaeur. seventeen years old, killing her instantly. He then i shot and killed himself. The girl had refused to marrv him. Great Britain, France and Italy accepted Russia's nomination of Prince George of Greece for Governor of Crete. Colonel Charles W. Williams, the Chief . Uov...?.o r.iho Una vol. I IJUiUiailltWlUl ni. ..?V> J x-m I low fever. He was removed to a house at { Vedado, near the Trocha Hotel, rented by the American Commission as a fever hospital. Major Almy will perform Colonel Williams's duties during the latter's sickness. The French Court of Cassation will hear Minister de Freycinct on the Dreyfus case;' it was decided to release Colonel Picquart. The steamer Gran Antilla arrived at Malaga, Spain, with repatriated Spanish soldiers from Cuba on board. A hundred men died on the voyage. ) ECHOES OF THE ELECTION.]' The GDvemors, Congressmen and Legislatures Elected. NEW YORK IS REPUBLICAN. I i ^ Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Elected Gov (j o ernor of New York State Twenty-one , States Elected Governor* Twenty- j SU< three State J,ej;i?latures AVill I-leef * j United Stat.* Senator*. to pu Wasiusotox. D. C. (Special). The eloc- 1 . - .u- Co tions just closed tnrouguoui mo cuuuuj | assumed an unusual importance. Besides j pjf a Congress to bo elected, there were at j foi stake twenty-one Governors, thirty-one j 1*1 State Legislatures, twenty-threo of which i will choose United States Senators. The Republicans will have a majority in ! elc both houses of the Fifty-sixth Congress, j j* Losses in Republican Congress districts j tnj throughout the country have not been | Dc enough to tako the control of the House j l)a from the Administration party. The ma- , jority has been reduced by thirty votes, but | h the Republicans will still have about a score | plurality over the combined opposition. . P. The Republicans will gain a.Senator in each I of these States: California, Delaware, In- j diana. Maryland, Nebraska, New Jersey, ? New York, North Dakota, Washington, ... West Virginia and Wisconsin, now repre- s , sented by Democrats or Populists. This addition'gives them a majority of twenty- 00< six in the upper house. .. Much interest was manifested here in the Now York election, and no little surprise .. created at its close results, jColonel Thoo- , t dore Roosevelt was elected Governor by about 18,000 plurality. Timothy L. Wood ruff, the candidate for Lieutenant-Gover- J ! nor. ran behind his ticket over 1000 votes, 1 while his opponent, Elliot Danforth, polled . nearly 0000 votes more than Augustus Van , Wyck.the Democratic nominee for the 'le Governorship. The Republicans elected Ufteen aud the Democrats elected nineteen , Congrcs-raen. What seems a peculiar feature of the Congressional elections hero is J 0 that William Sulzcr, who openly made the 'j? silver question an issue, was returned to | Congress with a bigger majority th;n? 1S. has been given for some time to a ' Congressman from New York County. The ?*j contest between Congressman Quigg ami J;? William Astor Chanler was watched with keen "interest here, and the soldier will take the placed! the civilian with about ('.000 plurality back of him. The Legisla- J ture will be Republican by about thirty- *' two on joint ballot, and a Ilepubliewi Sena- jlu tor will represent the Empire. Statwin the Ll, new Senate. T. E. Ellsworth, who introduced the famous press censor bill carried '' his State Senatorial district by forty-nine eI* votes. The vote for Governor in the city of New York was: Roosevelt, 203.881: tu; Van Wyck, 292,819; Van Wyck's plurality, 83,933. Most of the cities in tfce State went ^ti Republican, but Erie County with the city '*ri of Buffalo gave a Democratic plurality of ?e: 2400. Roosevelt bad a plurality or 455 in Rochester, which is the home of Superintendent of Public Works, George W. Al- ?*j dridge. The closest vote was jn Middle- J town, where the majority was a tie, while one Alderman was elected by four and an- ^ other by five votes.. The soldier vote, how- e'!j ever, which has not been counted, will af- J feet this election, as it will some other districts where the votes are close. For instance, State Senator Coggesballbas a majority of seventy-nine, which ho had received after a hard-fought canvass. But when the 250 Oneida County soldier votes are counted his majority may be increased or decreased, although it is not expected that he will bo defeated. The election in Pennsylvania was a hotly *" contested one. The Republicans won. and Colonel Stone was elected Governor by over 100,000 plurality. They will have a #large majority in the Legislature and as United States Senator Quay has an- ( nouueed his candidacy for re-election he will, without doubt, be returned to the 00 Senate. The Congressional delegation is: Democrats, ten; Republicans, twenty, a Democratic gnin of seven. tbI Foster M. Voocbees, Republican, was *e? elected Governor of New Jersey for three years from the opening of the new year, p The Legislature has a Republican majority 1 0 of twenty-one on joint ballot, which means an' that Senator James Smith, Jr.. will be re- . placed by a Republican Senator. The Re- PJL1 miMioona civ nnf of the 1'irrht Con gressmen. m Connecticut went solidly Republican. George E. Lounsburv was elected Governor by about 15,030 plurality. Republicans have a majority of 126 in the Legislature, T1> and they also elected the four Congressmen. United States Senator Joseph B. ^ Hawley will succeed himself. sjx In Massachusetts Governor Wolcott, Re- "f0j publican, was re- {|0 elected by about 85,000 plurality, as | . against 154,512 in Xri 1S06. The Congres- Cal sional delegation will Col stand ten Republi- *01 cans and three Democrats, a gain of two ' for the Democrats. pia Congressman Joseph Ilii H. Walker, Chairman of the House Com- j \<>v mittee on Banking } jV|' and Currency, was ; OOVEKNon WOLCOTT, ! ^ V Tt % "V "* 1 OF MASSACHUSETTS. 'y ' 0 . \rf ' ;,a Democrat. The Leg- Ma islature is Republican, and Senator Lodge i *j.'< .will be returned to tho Senate. t ;;\ The New Hampshire Republicans elected jRollins Governor and control tho Lcgisla- Mo jturo in both branches. Ne! In Ohio the Republican plurality is over (00,000. There will bo 13 Republican to C Democratic Congressmen. j tj?* , In Illinois the Republicans carried the ! ^0I ''Legislature ami elected llfteen Congress- j Soi 'men. while the Democrats elected seven, a | Ohi Republican loss of three. | Ore In Indiana the Legislature is Republican, j j^'1 The Republicans elected nine and the bom- ^ ocrats elected four Congressmen. ^uU West Virginia's legislature is Republi- Tor can, and a Republican Senator will be re- Tex turned to tho United States Senate. Tho Uta Republicans elected three out of the four ^er Congressmen. In Delaware the Legislature to elect a \\ c United States Senator will be Republican \Vi? on joint ballot by 20 to 23. Congressman Wy Handy (Dem.) Las been defeated by John i: Hoffocker rRen.l bv a majority of 2000. T North Carolina is Democratic. The | 'J Democrats elected seven out ol the nine i Re Congressmen. 7. In Missouri the Democrats have carried the State ticket by 30,000 majority, and j will have a. majority on joint ballot in the ( Legislature to elect a United States Senator. Twelve Democratic and three Repub- aie liean Congressmen will represent tho ! col State. j coRussia to Pay Sealers' Claims. The Collector of Customs at Vietoriu, ] B. C., has received advices from Ottawa, Ont., that the Russian Government will pay eo, sealers' claims arising out of the illegal seizure in 1892 by the Russian cruiser Ka- I syi tick, of four sealing schooners. jl0' coj Insurgent Successes in Philippines. The Philippine Insurgents have taken tho island of Negroes, one of the,Philippine group, separated by narrow channels from 11 Panay and Zebu, and they have beseiged Sh Iloilo, capital of the island of Panay and At the second.laig<^t _poxt in the PhilipDinee. tix [n Wisconsin, Scofleld, the Republican candidate for Gov/ ernor has between I 30.000 and 35.000 v.--. plurality. All the ^"23 Congressmen are Rei . . MB/ publican, and the V*^yjjry'/ Legislature will be T~ overwhelmingly Re ^A\ :u 1 1? \^v publican also. California the ' y/ Republicans elect"! 'i - fa//' W Henry T. Gage for A?/.\y P y Governor by almost '< / t/y 30,0^0 plurality. The w*1}'/ Democrats have elected only one ConVF.nxoit scofielp, gressman. The J.eg?>r Wisconsin. islature, ro elect a ccessor to United States Senator Stephen White, is Republican, iowa lias gone Republican by from 45.000 00,000 plurality. All of the eleven Ileblican Congressmen were elected, llhode Island re-elected two Republican ogress men. In Nebraska, Toynler Fusionist, is 'cted Governor. The Fusiouists elected lr out of the six Congressmen. The Legiture is Republican on a joint ballot by a ry suiau majority. A nepuuicau oeuuiur IIsucceed Senator Allen. I'he following Southern States also held etions: Texas went solidly Democratic; anessee elected McMillin, Democrat. Governor and a Democratic Legislare: South Carolina and Florida elected imocratic officials; while Kentucky. Alama, Louisiana. Arkansas. Maryland. Virlia, Mississippi and Georgia elected Conessmen. The al>ove States will send to ngress ninety Democrats and eight Reblicans. Texas, Tennessee and Florida 11 send Democratic Senators to the lited States Senate. Maryland \Kent Rebliean. General Wheeler was elected to ngress from Alabama without oppoion. In Michigan Governor Pingree, Republin, has about 70,) plurality, while / the Congress- f A m will be Repub- A an. The Legis- yT ure is Repubii- H a by a large ma- f v a n s p. s has r\^\ cted the Repub- .^5p / an State ticket, ViJft,y aded by Stanley : Governor, by 000 majority. ;*en 0! the eight governor finoreb, of ngressmen will Michigan. npniihlicfina .Torre S2?mi?unn tine hAPn foated for re-election. The Legislature Republican. In Minnesota, John Lind, the Deraoitic candidate for Governor, is elected, publicans have been eleotod in all seven ngressional districts. In South Dnkota the Republicans elected eir State ticket. In Nevada the Republicans elected Median Governor. The Legislature is Ileblican and will send a Republican to tho lited States Sonate. rho Republicans in North Dakota elected eir State ticket, Legislature and will ct a United States Senator. Wyoming is Republican. The Lcglslare will send a Republican to the Sonate. Montana elected the entire Democratic ate ticket. The Legislature Is Demoitic, and will elect a Senrtor to succeed nator Lee Mantle. Utah has gone Democratic for Congress>n, and the Legislature, to elect a United ites Senator, will bo Democratic, in the State of Washington the Republins have made a clean sweep, electing o Congressmen at Large. They will ct a United States Senator, in Idaho the Fusion State ticket was elected by about 3300 plurality. The |r M Legislature is ltel"Hf iSt publican. ' V In Colorado tho I / entire Fusion ticket, ' r- I 'So* / headed by Charles Thomas (Dem.), ' ^'wiv' f?r Governor, has 'jeen elected by 50,fi 000, the largest raaJY ,j?rity ever e**611 u ; I f Jt/'J > Governor. i \/??f ''jfya ^ Oklahoma Terrir yr^ torv went solidly ' 4?i Republican. vekxob steusex- Here, then, is an bkuo, of Idaho, epitome of the elecns. There will be many new faces here s winter, and some who have hitherto presented their States in the Senate and ngressional districts in the House, but led to be re-elected, will be missed, litic?, however, means ceaseless change, i this was never better illustrated than the elections just over, which retired to vate life many prominent in the nation's airs, and tilled their places with new yet to bo tried in public life. TUL NEW CONGRESS. c Ilcpublicans Control the House by a Small Plurality. Vashingtox, D. 0. (Special).?The Fiftytli Congress will bo Kepublican. The lowing table gives the State represeutan in tho House; Kep. Dem. Pop. Sil. ihama... u a 0 o kuiisas 0 0 0 (I itoruia 6 10 0 orudo o 0 1 1 ineciicut 4 o 0 ? o aware * 2 U 0 0 rnla 0 t 0 0 ireiu 0 12 o 0 llo 0 II 1 0 nois 35 7 0 0 liana.. 1W 4 o u i a 31 o 0 o " 0 l i> lturky 1 lo o o lUiana o 0 0 o iue 4 l? o o ... I.,...! A > l< II -iacbueeiu lo 0 " o rhijr.ui 12 o o o ir.ga>>: j ,.... 7 " '* si?!"i{>pi (I 7 ?> i) 'souri 3 , 12 0 o ntai.a o l o 0 <raska 2 ? l o rarta.... 0 0 0 1 vllamji-uire 2 0 o 0 v .Tcrw. 0 ~ ? o vYork*. ".5 li* o 0 ill Car.. ma ill) 0 thDuLa 10" o o '.5 ti 0 0 ?oa 2 0 0 0 lueyivat.ia 20 10 0 o jde Isiii .id 2 o o o thCar.'iiiH 0 7 0 o Ih Dak'.u: 2 0 0 0 iiicsscc 2 a 0 o M 1 12 0 0 lis 0 10 o moat 2 0 0 0 ?inia 0 10 0 o sbnignm 2 o 0 0 stW-uia aio 0 :co:im 10 o 0 o' ornin 1 0 o o Oil 1?4 104 7 2 'he i United States Senate will stand: ;>u! .-aus, 5H; Democrats, 25; Populists, 1.. publican majority, 2S. ? lit--it-1 ? i niiuiiiiirupic .uoTemenr, JoLeral Wheeler has started a movent .0 educate Cuban youth in American let:e'-, over 100 of which have promised o; 'ration in the scheme. (jl:ive Way to American Capital. ["lie British Minister to China, SirClaudc Tlacdonald, on being apprised that a Qcession to build the Hankow-Canton i.road had been granted to an American ihicate, refused to support the applica'i of the Anglo-Eastern syndicate for the i.tract. Murderers of Americans Hanged. Fhirteen natives who took part in the issacre of American missionaries in the erbro district of Sierra Leone, South rica, in May last, have been hanged at reJlu. II lil JUIEI JltCTI The Entire List of Oemocratii Nominees Elected. A LIGHT VOTE WAS POLLED Congressmen Get Handsome Majorities, Ever in tlie First Dis'.rict -The Negroes Didn' Do Any Harm. Have for the totally unexpectec bloody riot in the neighborhood o Phoenix, in Greenwood county, th< election in South Carolina would hav< l.rtan ono nf fl>? nni?t?st in the hiaton of the State. The vote everywhere wa: light, exceedingly light, bat the Be publicans seemed to have remaiaec away from the polls as well as th< JJemocrats, judging from the report) sent in from various points. Con gressman Elliott's majority is suffi cientlv large not to endanger his sea by contest. Here is the Democratic State ticket elected without opposition: Governor?Wm. H. Ellerbe, incum bent Marion. Lieutenant Govornor?M. B. Mc Sweeney, incumbent, Hampton. Secretary of State?M. R. Cooper Colleton. Attorney General?G. Duncan Bel linger, Barnwell. Comptroller General?J. P. Derham, incumbent, Horry. State Treasurer?W. H. Timmer man, incumbent, Edeefield, State Superintendent of EducationJno. .T. Mc.Mahan, Richland. Adjutant and Inspector General?J, W. Floyd, Kershaw. Railroad Commissioner?C. W. Gar ris, Colleton. (Only one elected thii year). The following shows tho vote by dis tricts for the candidates for Congress ii the several districts: % First District?William Elliott, in i 1 / T*v \ 1 rt.H). r! TV cumoeni, j i, joo, ueurjjo >?< Murray, (Rep.) 000. Second W. Jasper Talbert, incum bent, (Dem. )529;D. P. Chatfield, (Rep. 30. Third A. C. Latimer, incumbent, (Dem.) 903; R. R. Tolbert, Jr., (Rep.) 107. Fourth Stauyarne Wilson, incum beat, (Dem. )230; Pratt S.Suber, (Rep. 37. Fifth--D.E.Finley, (Dem.) 583; Jno, F. Jones, (Rep.) 50. Sixth- James Norton, incumbent, (Dem.) 970; Junius II. Evans, (Rep. 33. Seventh J. William Stokes, incum bent, (Dem.) 567; J. H. Weston (Rep. 129. IN THE STATE PRISON. The Tolberts are Now Locked up for Safi keeping. The chief development in the Phoe ix race riot business occurred it Columbia and but for the prompt ac tion on the part of the county author itios, Jno. R. Tolbert and hia sor Joseph Tolbert, two of the leading fig ures in the terrible trouble, woult likely have met their death at th< hands of numbers of men who hai from the up-countrv. The intensity o their feelings had been increased by i report that young Private Miller o the First regiment who had been firei upon from ambush near Phoenix hac died. It was about two o'clock in the after noon when the news became curren that two of the Tolberts were in thi city, having gotten thus far on thei: flight from Phoenix. At once excite ment ran high among the up-country soldiers in the First regiment am /Jkavd frrtm iUafr r f 4 it, EfcLUVSUg Uiucio aavtau tunv v vra, w*-t? State there. Men kept an eye to wind ward along Main street It was re ported that the Tolberts had a room a Wright's hotel, though they were no registered there. Later on Joe Tol bert was seen on the fltreet by somi men from Abbeville and Greenwood It then became certain that the repor was true. TLe crowd on the watch was not cer tain where the men were and no movi was made. Iu the meantime Lieut Wyatt Aiken, having heard the men were there, went before Magistrat Smith and swore out a warrant for th arrest of J.R.,T. R. and Joseph Colbert charging thorn upon information am belief with inciting to riot Tnis war rint probably saved the lives of tin 4 - - - ? 1 3 L A I L 1 IWO 1J3J, ior niiu 1101 iuc nrny uuei taken they would hardly Lava gottei away from Columbia. The wcrrunt was placed in Folic Sergeant Jones hands for service. Se lectrig one of the best inenon the fore and ta'ting constable- along, Sergean Jones Vgan tho work of locating tin men. Ho finally four.d them in a roon at Wright's hotel. Foth were heavih armed and Juo. E. Tolbert did not fee like submitting to arrest though he wai weak from his wounds almost to th point of 'delerium. Finally tho men were taken down anc placed in a carriage, being quickly driv en to the magistrate'* office. They sen for Judge Andrew CraVford, engagini him to handle their case. Jndge Craw ford waived a preliminary and the met were escorted to his office. In thi maintime Judge Crawford, knowing the /danger that threatened the men if they were known to be in the eity, had arplied to Judge Gary for an ordei for t'ie commitment of his clients to th< State penitentiary for safe-keeping, The order was promptly granted anc Sheriff Cathcart then took charge o matters. The cT'eotor of customs, John R Tolbert, is certainly a man of iror nerve aid will power. And what ii more, he does not seem to know who constitutes fear. His body is a mas: of wounds from tho crown of his hea< to below his hips. The wounds hat been bandaged by his son when he be gan his llight and from that time unti he reached the State prison Thursday pfternoon had never been dressed, Clotted blood could be seen on th< mass of rough bandages. Thougl physically so weak that he totterec when he stood, the wounded man pre ferred to Btand and walk alone. Hit eyes dashed fire when Jte sjpoke and ij seemen no n He was p*b*. #<! o^^BB||^^H perEuman will power. He eaid tbi^^BHB|^B bad done nothing; tbat no %ne b^^^B^H^B right to rend him to prison; tbat at raid of nobody, and Judge CrAwfa^^HgHBHE bad to use harsh words with him^^^^B^^fl make bun consent to go to a place^^^HR^^B rafety. He is a mac about 70 years^^HB^^^J age, has a long grey board, is abcBHnfflj^HB six feet bigbj and is erect save foz^^^HB^BB slight droop in tbe shoulders. The m^HHSBBH notable feature of bis personality is steel gray eye and clear-cut i>ature^^HH^H9| All who saw him. wounded as he tottering beside the sheriff to take th^BBhsnS t carriage for the penitentiary, declinin^^^^B^^fl any support whatever, marveled at the manner of man be showed himself to be. Quite a crowd had collected wheb ^^B shortly before dark Sheriff Cathcart ^ 1 and Constable Bishop accompanied the f two men to tbe prison. There were 4 9 number of negroes in the crowd, but thore was nothing said by either wbiteB 3 or blacks who looked on. And so thfe 7 curtain fell on this portion of the 3 story. Dr. B. W. Taylor was summoned to attend the wounded collector at the 1 State prison. J A POST-MORTEM VTEW. A CastllLan Expert Write* of Coltetf b States Warships as Mere Tabs. It seems almost incredible that the 1 Spaniards should ever have considered ' . Cervera's fleet supeflor to anything we could send against it, yet such seems to be the case. If they believed comparisons of the ' correct their These s^^B^BBfl9^EBHB^E written strJHHHHH reprcd^BflHEH^^^B^Bflfl^BI absolutely valu?flKH^H^^0f^9B|^3^Hfl| ^vnHHHnHi popular |HBHBnBnn| remadB|^HflHH^HBBj^BBHH^B Illustracion Ni^fpHH^^BBBfllfl^BHB^H quite sufficien^BHBHBB|^^^nH cop^BHSsflflBB^BHK^E^fl admits u^BBB^^BBB^S^^^H^^B i larger Ae^B|^9flB^^BBgB^BBB^^B dregs ^BH^^^HB^KBBBb^BH population?c^B^^B^HBB^BBHB^^B fo^^^BBb^^^BBEBI^BBI^^B foreigners wit^BBBfl^B|^B|^9^^HBflB^B Th^^flflB^HBB^^HH| ii 111111 M i g i titute oT that Sp'^HHHHHI canM9B^BRBgnnH^9n thereforJ^DHBHfiSfl^B^^^^H is to tbe quantity is great^|BHH|^^H^^B|RB| since our sailfl|9^^fl^^mB^RBRB transceudenlflg^N^^HRj^HHlBa^H universally ackno^H^H^^^SH^H^^^^fl enthusias^B9K^^^HK^^H^^BBfl tbe Yankees Having demonstrate^H^^H9H^^^^H^H| worthless character of t9^^^^RHfl^^nHRBH I man our ships, tbe rival !!_1 ^fnWnV oiiPftw iry Vi r\ *?iuuv,uauocu iu cue au compare the ship^f^H^Rn^H^HflHe describing that ships faultless^^^^^^^^^^^^^J tion, armored and armed ^H|HBH|^^9|^BH| queen regent's taste, marvela^^HnHHj^^^H veritable things of beauty. Words almost him makes a sanguinary attack upfljM^HMKHH ships. He declares that thefl^^HHH^^H ships Indiana, Oregon and chusetts, which he calls "crui^HBH|MB^Hl the first class," cannot go to seal^BHflj^^^H anything like full coal bunkers.^^^BBj^flflj they should the "waves would wa^^HB^H^^H over them." They are only suit'^^^BI^^Hj for coast guards. Ihe recent sal^B^H|HHH record of the Oregon somewhat credits this criticism. He says the battleships California^^HH^H aftid Pennsylvania are under construe 11 tion, which will be news to Americans. 3 He declares the Texas to be woefully " I deficient. "Her machinery is bad bej yond repairing her torpedoboat tubes t are Useless. She is a bad lot." jSM The only American ship of which a he speaks kindly is the Brooklyn. He says she is fast and "can. therefore, re- V 1 fuse to fight at all," a point which the J Spaniards in the Caribbean appear to 3 appreciate. Is Laughter Dangerous. e If physicians keep on making tilede seal discoveries life after awhile will not be worth the living. People wifl spend so much of their time in flndj in^ out what not to do if they dej sire to remain on this mundane sphere j tliat they will prefer to get out and take the chances somewhere else, e The latest nonsense, or at least it ... 11,1 - SCCIUS HOHSCUSC IU il UUU'UII'UII.11 UIIUU, 2 is perpetrated by a writer in the "Brit* isii Metjieal Journah" who says that 3 laughter in itself caimot very well kill, but it may do harm. Hysterical girls I and boys with kindred nervous affecj tions are often given to immoderate < laughter, which tends to increase nervous exhaustion. Dr. Feilchenfeld re1 lates a ease in which a little girl suf fcred from very definite cardiac synip' toms after immoderate laughter. The ? patient was thirteen years old, and x had previously been free from any 8 sign of heart disease. After laughing ? v?n and off for nearly an hour with i some companions she suddenly felt stabbing pains in the chest, and was r seized with fits of coughing, fol3 lowed by cardiac dyspnoea, very j well marked. Feilchenfeld believes f that the cardiac disease directly resulted from immoderate laughing." Looked at from an every-day standi point most people will still believe j that it is better to laugh and die than t not to laugh and live. Heretofore the | world has thought that laughter J lengthened life, and most people, in spite of l>r. Feih hcnfeld, will conj tinue to think so. RET A BAD EXAIII'LE. 3 "I've got to stop my paper." i "What's the trouble ?" I "Why, there's 110 living with my ~?2 since she commenced read in* ^ how that Chinese Empress was carry* in' ou."