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T.BE CDUIH^^y Published Erery Thursday ?at? TOaSTBEE. SOUTH CAROLINA. ?by? C. w. WOLFE . Editor sod Proprietor. ' New Orleans insurance experts warn fin nortj-iio th.it tin eltv mnv bo burned <down any time if the present careless methods of handliner oil are tolerated. The death penalty for murder has teen restored in Colorado and Iowa. In both States the imprisonment for life experiment resulted in a largely increased list of homicides. There are now only four States in which the Oeath penalty is not inCictcd?Wisconsin. Michigan, Maine and Rhode Island. The life in the country is being more and more appreciated and the income is sure. The young educated farmer is the coming man. Irrigation and forestry are bound to reclaim what is now arid land for the use o; tiie larmer, and the broad prairies of the country will continue to invito our best your.? i?en to a calling more desirable and remunerative than pushing pens and pencils by the glare of a gas jet. There is an acrimonious discussion In progress in England precipitated by an assertion made in the Contemporary Review by the author of "Drifting," that Croat Britain is living on its capital. Sir Robert Giffen and H. Morgan Browne have attempted to refute the arguments and dispute the facts advanced by "Drifting," but it is notewonny umi uuiu vi im-ui 6eek to do more than show that the United Kingdom is not actually going backward. These gentlemen ought to make a better showing. If they do not they will have to confess defeat, for the country that does not keep advancing is sure to lose in the commercial race. Thackeray truly remarked that the world is for each of us much as we show ourselves to the world. If we face it with a cheery acceptance we find the world fairly full of cheerful people glad to see us. If we snarl at it and abuse it we may be sure of abuse in return. The discontented worries of a remorse person may very likely shorten his days and the general justice of nature's arrangement proAides that his early departure should entail no long regrets. On the other hand the man who can laugh keeps his health end his friends are glad to keep him. To the perfectly healthy laughter comes often. Too commonly, though, as childhood is left behind the habit falls, and a half smile Is the best that visits the thought-lined mouth of a modern man or woman. People become more and more burdened with the accumulations of knowledge and with the weighing responsibilities of life, but they should still spare time to laugh. Let them never forget, moreover, and let it be a medical man's practice to remind them that "a smile sits ever serene upon the face of wisdom." Salt production has made great strides in the United States in twenty years, reducing the imports from thirty-nine per cent, to six per cent, of the consumption, the domestic output rising in that period from 5,961,000 barrels to 20,869,342 barrels, valued at nearly $7,000,000. One-half of this increase has been made since 1S93. The business is reported to have been an unprofitable one, until a combination of the producers was formed, following the restoration of the tariff on salt in 1S97. From 1892 to 1897 the United States held second place among the salt-producing countries. In the latter year it took first place, ranking Great Britain by about five per cent. This advantage was increased in 1S9S by a gain in the production of the United States and a decrease in the output of Great Britain. Both countries increased their production in 1899, the jUnited States by nearly oOO.UOO tons, and Great Britain by a little over 4u,<300 tons, so that the lead of the United States over her principal rival was increased. The United States produced in 1S99 nearly thirty per ceut. more ealt than Great Britain. SCHLEY GOES Relates a Graphic Story of The Great Naval Engagement 3 COURTROOM PACKEj WITH PEOPLE < ?? A Thrilling Account By the Admiral That is Straightforward and to the Point?Much Interest. Washington, D. C., Special.?The Schley court of inquiry adjourned Friday at 3:40 p. m. This adjournment, 30 minutes in advance of the usual time, was due to the fact, that the admiral's throat had become somewhat sensitive as a result of his continuous talking. He had marie complaint to the court of the condition of his throat immediately after concluding his recital of the story of the battle of Santiago, and Admiral Dewey, who evidently himself had noticed the difficulty, responded by showing a willingness to adjourn the court. Mr. Rayner, however, expjessed a desire to proceed, saying that he had a number of questions which he "wished to ask. and Admiral Schley assented to his counsel's suggestion. A quarter of ; an hour later Admiral Dewey himself i renewed the suggestion for an adjournment and all concerned agreeing I to this proposition, the court adjourned J until -Monday at 11 o'clock. Admiral Schley then took the stand and resumed hi3 story. With the court's permission, he said he would j go back to Cienfuegos, in order that his narrative might be clear. He said ha hnri not bombarded the earthworks at Cienfuegos because ho was eonvinc- | ad that such bombardment would to unavaili: j. Subsequent experience in the war, he thought, bore out this option. Admiral Schley was proceeding to say that a dispatch. No. 10, concern ng which Lieutenant March had testified (the dispatch containing positive information that the Spanish fleet was in ! Santiago), was not received by him until June 10, when the judge advocate ; objected to the witness making an argument. Mr. Rayner contended that Admiral Schley was not giving opinion; that ho was simply testifying to facts within his knowledge. Admiral Dewey anncunc:d the court's decision as follows: "The court thinks it is eminently proper for the witness to make tlio statement that the dispatch was dated May 27 and not received until June 10 i ?then drop it. just g.ve the facts." To this Admiial Schley responded that this was ail that he had intended to do. Thirteen days hid elapsed before he received the dispatch. Proceeding Admiral scniey leswuvu that he believed Captain Cotton's statement regarding the offer of Lieutenant Field to go ashore at Santiago to learn positively whether the Spanish fleet was in Santiago was somewhat faulty, and he detailed some facts relating to Field'^ offer, which fixed his own impression of it in his mind. On Monday 31, after the bombardment of the Colon and after Captain Cottc-n had gone for Mote St. Nicholas with a | report to the Department upon thiti subject, Admiral Schley testified thst ' he sent Nunez, the pilot, westward to ! communicate with the insurgents. I Nunez landed near Ascrederos, 15 or I 16 miles west of Santiago and Joining J some of the Cuban insurgents went j into the interior. He returned June 1 I or 2. with detailed information of the ! location of the Spanish ships in the t harbor. "I sent him," added Adimral ! Schley, "to the commander-in-chief with that information." Once on board he had, he said, engaged in a conversation with Captain (now Admiral) Higginson, "I was not excited," he went on, "nor nervous, for I need not have undertaken the reconnoissance if I had not desired to do 60. I had some regard for those standing on the turrets, thinking they were Charleston Exposition Endorse*. BufTalo, Special.?The Executive f Commls. loners' Association, composed of commissioners to the Pan-American Exposition, from the various states, of which Joseph McMullen, of Minneapolis. is chairman, have adopted re3olu tlons endorsing the Charleston Kxposition and advising all Pan-American Exposition exhibitors to exhibit there. Fire at Raleigh. Raleigh, N. C., Special.?Friday morning at 4 o'clock, John Russ, 17 years of age. a negro boy sleeping in a restaurant booth on the midway at the State Fair, was burned to death. His legs and arms were completely burned off. He went to sleep in the booth and the door had been locked outside. He beat frantically on the door, but the fierce flames drove the midway people back. Two other booths were destroyed by fire, and Dr. W. White, of the Alligator Boy show, was robbed of $350. There i3 evidence of foul play. j ON STAND.! 1 exposing themselves to danger from shock which was unnecessary to them, I though I was differently circumstanced [ and I so supposed myself. Com- it mander Potts is entirely in error in l; saying that I took advantage of cover. ; i I did not do. for I was not concerned ' I about myself." Speaking of the range 1 of 7,000 yards, the admiral said that j Commander Potts had himself report- . ed on that range and he had not known | for several days that the range had i been altered. i "The moment we began tiring," he ' "ion* /->" "fVio cVinro Inttprips rC'SDOnd ed. Some of them used smokeless pow- | der. There was quite a stream of projectiles and I was impressed with the idea that they must be from gun 6 cr 8-inch calibre. The shot from the Socapa battery evidently reached the fleet. Some went over our ships and ; one went beyond and over the Vinen, which was haif a mile distance. The strength of the batteries being established it would have bten military ; foliy to have risked the battleship to further fire from these shore batteries under my instructions. If we had lost one or two of our sire or seven vessels, the loss would have been a very great disadvantage and it might have inv.ted attack with disastrous results. I thought it better policy to save the ships for wider and better service, and subsequent events justified the decision." "I saw Lieutenant Simpson's first shot and then I saw the first vessel in the Spanish line take a rank sheer to the westward, leaving the Viscaya coming straight on. Then the latter also turned to the westward. It was apparent that the original plan of the Spaniards had failed, and that the Spanish fleet, in order and apparently at distance, had succeeded in passing the battleship line. A new feature of the fight became immediately apparent Captain Cook now gave the order to port the helm. I did not. I should have done so in a second. I said to him, 'Is your helm aport?' and he replied, "It is aport or hard aport?I think the latter.' Coming to the turn of the Brooklyn Admiral Schley, speaking clearly and never hestitating for a word, said that he had never seen a ship turn more steadily. "The turn," he said, "was absolutely continuous; there was no easing of the helm, and I never saw the starboard side of the Texas. I am sure we were never nearer that vessel than COO yards. We were never across her bow. She never entered into my head at all. as a menace or danger." He said the closest range was 1.101 yards. "We were S) close," he went on. "that I remember I could see men on tno spanisn snips ruumug u-i?cc.-u m superstructure; I could even see the daylight between 'heir lees. During the turn Lieutenant Commander Ho !gson very properly made the ob3eivat;on that we would 'look out for the Texas, but then was never any colloquy between us?never any colloquy of any character between Hodgson and myself; first, because he was too good an officer to have so transgressed, and second, because if he had undertaken it. I would not have permitted it. That is fiction; there was no colloquy." At this point the admiral said the leading one of the Spanish ships was on the Brooklyn's starboard bow and that not only all of the enemy's ships, but the forts as well, were firing apparently at the Brooklyn. "That moment and the next fifteen minutes were the most serious of the combat." he said, and he told how deafening was the noise of the guns. "The roar of the projectiles," he said, "was such as can only be heard once, and once heard can never be forgotten. All four of the Spanish vessels were firing on the Brooklyn and none of the Spanish vessels at that time showed any injury. Then the thought passed through my mind that they might get away and I feared we should have most of the fight as I did not know that the battleships could keep up their speed. I aald to Cook that we would 'stay with this crew.' i Almost a Row. St. Joseph, Mo.. Special?Prominent members of the State Federation of i Women's Clubs, in convention hers, , prevented a clash of the factions for j and against admitting colored women < to membership. A motion to postpone action on the subject until lat? this afternoon was speedily carried. ( Before adjournment sine die, the < convention decided to lay the matter ovec until the next annual convention. , Of General Interest. It is said that Frank J. Gould, who is to marry Miss Helen Kelly, will abandon sports and will soon dispose of his kennel and show horses. * T KM .nl.lnrr.nm rtfalt.n 4V.*f A UJUUUU lauicji am ouiuo u??k King Edward waa firmly opposed t? the punishment of General Buller. John Redmond, in a speech at Cork, ^ said he would unite the world-wide race for Ireland's freedom. , 1 Plans to unite the steel manufac- I ( turers of England into a trust are coq- j sidered futile. { The Duke of Cornwall and York ar- , rived at St. John's, N. P. , ; Signor Luzzati, an Italian economist 1 predicts retaliation against Germany i if a new tariff is enacted. I CHARLESTON EXPOSITION. ["be Midway Features to Be Best Obtainable. A Charleston Special says : With all of the great work that is j :oted by the visitors on the exposl- j ion grounds there are few who have >een on the premises who do not look j >ver from the Court of the Palaces to ;he eastward, and ask, "Well, how tbout the Midway?" It is only a natu al question, for within the past half :entury every big show of any imparlance has always had an amusement idjunct of more or les3 merit an*l It las thua become a feature of no small consequence. The Midway at the South Carolina Inter-State and West ; Indian Exposition will be both inter- i JSting and amusing. Nearly thirty ! acres of good, level, high land uas been set apart for the pleasure I grounds and the walks anrl streets are STOundo and the walks and streets and features of this amusement section Lave been carefully planned ar.d arranged. Contracts '^ave already been signed for the majority of the space. The concessionaires who have secured the privilege of giving their performances. exhibiting their curiosities and doing their share towards entertaining the visitors to Charleston's ' big fair have been selected from the ! very lest of those who have done business at the Pan-American Exposition, if m- rVif ho said that everything in the groat Midway at Buffalo was off- i ered to the South Carolina show, but j there was not space enough for all the j concessionaires and so the Exposition j Company made its selection and wiil i offer to the patrons of the Exposit'on j here only those thing3 which have ; proved their worth and interest during ] the summer. The Midway sectiou is only just beginning to show signs of ! life now. but within a few weeks there will be all kinds of work going on :n the broad and ample lot that adjoins j Rutledgo avenue. Some of the con- | tracts recently awarded have brought j out at least a visible mark of the coming event, as in the case of "Fair Japan." Thi?; concession has been lo- j rated on the Midway by an enormous sign, and it is understood that the beautiful "Tea Garden," to occupy the ; space assigned, will be started very ' soon. Work on the "Shoot the j Chutes" will also t>.> -n?-r<>d wifhii. . week or two and the building for the scenic railway will no doubt be wall advanced by the end of another fortnight. Bostick'is Wild Animal Show is one of the best features of the PanAmerican Exposition and will be brought to Charleston intact Killed by an Engine Explosion. Spartanburg, Special.Tuesday morn-1 ing at 8 o'clock the engine of the I nrlnnort- r\f IT- TC 5 Smith a-hns(! farm is two miles from Glenn Springs,! exploded, instantly killing Mr. W. H. | Wofford, who has been employed in the gin for a number of months past. Mr. Wofford was standing n^-ir the engine at the time of the explosion. The engine had just been started up. and everything appeared in goo I; working order. Mr. E. S. Smith and his -son were up in the ginnery build- i ing. Suddenly the boiler bursted. and the pieces of machinery of the engine ! and boiler wero scattered everywhere about. Mr. Wofford's body was hcrri-1 bly mangled. He was 30 years of age.1 and a wife and three children survive him. He was a quiet, honest, hardworking young man. Found Bullet Scars. The workmen who have been engaged in cleaning the old granitework of the State house have been duing their work well and the building presents quite a handsome appearance. Chief Clerk Gantt had some difficulty in getting the men not to disturb the marks left by the cannon balls sent over from across the river by Sherman's army, but they have been preserved. The men who have been doing the work yesterday called attention to the fact that on various portions of the building they had come across small scars evidently made by rifle or pistol balls, scars that are not visible from the ground and whosa presence has not been suspected. Ono old citizen when he heard of It said r they must have been made by bulle?a \ fired at the building during the reconstruction days. New Enterprises. The H. K. Sturdevant company of Greenville haa served notice with the secretary of state of the Increase of Its capital stock from 120,000 to $30.300. A charter was granted the Henry Bayer & Son company of Charleston, capitalized at $25,000. The officers are Geo. A. Henguelet. president; and Henry Bayer, vice president, secretary ind treasurer. Important New Steamer Line. Savannah, Ga., Special.?Arrangements have been completed for the Tnmnn ft. rV. T Ino nf CtOl moKlrva JA11ICO U1TTC11 OL W.> AJ1UO VI UbWOUJUlti(;o between Savannah, Fernandina and New York. The prlcipal freight for the first trip will be lumber. Two ships, the Northland and the Northwest, are to go on at once. These ships, of 3,500. tons, were intended for the direct line be:ween Chicago and Europe through the ?anals and the St. Lawrence. That line, however, was found Impracticable on account of excessive insurance and other items and the experiment was ibandoned. As the business of the new line increases two other ships of equal size will be put on. It is believed full freight can be secured from the first. madeTBOIH^H An Exciting Chase in Nash? !| Express Robber. A BID MAN FLUSHED AND LOST. Clubs His Way Out From Policemen And Makes n Daring and Successful Creak For Liberty. . Nashville, Tcnn., Special.?A deS? perato man fought his way clear of ^ two city detectives here Sunday and after a thrilling chase made good hi* escape. In his race for liberty b& utilized a two-horse wagon team, A horse and buggy, a riding he:so, all forcibly taken, while two dead blood' hounds mark the first portion of hi3 trail. Officers believe the man is one of the gang that hold up the Cfreat Northern express near Wagner, Mont., last June, h'n attempt to get change for a $J0 bill of the series so. u: ed in that robbery attracting attention of nnli^A tn him Sunday morning a rawbone 1 man about 5 feot 10 inches high, with florid complexion, offered the bill in payment of a small purchase made in a store house on the public square. Difficulty in making the change caused the salesman to closely not', e the bill, which proved to be on the Montana bank. The polica were quietly notified, the clerk meanwhile delaying the matter of change. Detectives Dwyer and Dic-ken3 were socn on ii3Ud and approaching the man demanded his name. "Ferguson," was the reply. and another question or two. Detective Dwyer informed the man that he was under arrest. Quick as a flash Ferguson had a revolver in each hand and started for the door. A hand-tohand fight ensued, both officers grap-. pling with the stranger, who proved more than a match for them. I'sing his pistols as clubs he fought his way to the doer 2nd fled down the street. A passing ice wagon caught his ntten tion and tne negro occupant were econ oat of hi3 way. Then a: a fireengine clip the wagon was headed across the Cumberland river bridge into East Nashville, a fusilade cf shots following it. Out Woodland street went the man and a sudden turn into First street bro>ght the wagon to grief. Or.: of the horses fcli and broke his leg. The figitive, however, waa not t: be delayed. Running across East street he - held up an old negro who was d-iving in a buggy and the flight was continued. Out into the commons h? spedOnce the buggy overturned, but was quickly righted. Finally the tired horse was abandoned and a?:er a diveinto Shelby Park on foot, the supposed bandit .secured another horse hitched at a point near the park. Th:n. afic.* a sensational ride, the horse was left and the flight continued oa foot. Further out pursuers found two of their blood-hounds shot to deaih a short distance apart and after that trace of man TO.1.2 Inet- T'no chr>rifF T-.-'fh rt large posse is out scouring the country for the missing man. When tin buggy was abandoned the man threw away a wallet containing $1,010 in 1<> and $20 bill-3 of the Montana bank.. The money was recovered by Chief of Police Curran. Production of Precious Metal*. Washington. D. C., Special.?Director Roberts, of the mint, has prepared a statement, showing the production of precious metals for the calendar year of 1900. It shows that the production of gold in the world was 12.457.287 ounces, of the value of {236514,700, a loss in value of $49,070,200 from 1899. The silver output of theworld amounted to 17S.796.79'> tin* ounces, the largest ever knowu. Official Records. Washington, Special?General Fred C. Ainswoith, chief of the Record and Pension Office, in his annual report to the Secroatry of War. says that thefiscal year has witnessed the practical completion of the work, so many years in progress, of tho publication of the official records of the Union and Confederate a'-mies during thecivil war. They make a total of 125,- k*. 730 pages rt text. Dr. Rlxy's Report. Washington, Special.?"In the line of duty, while receiving the people was shot by Leon F. Czolgosz" is the official statement filed with the surgeon gore-al of the navy by Dr. P. A! .Jlixey, medical inspectcr. U. S. N.? as the introduction f)r his report upon the wounding, illness and death of the late President AlcKlniey. The cause of death is thus stated: "Gangrene of both walls of s'orach and jarcrcas, lollowing gunshot wound." The report itself is remarkable for its exhibition in the clos? st j'.tsible detail of the exact state of he palient during his mortal iilacss.