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<? - - - ? - ? - - -- - ? ? ? ? MK SUMTER WATCHMAN, Kstabllihed April,,1850. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTBKON, Established June, 13<>6 Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1895. Sew Series-Yol. XIV. No. 33 Cdt SWratan at? jicii?lpii. Published Eraxy Wednesday, 3ST. Gr. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : Two Dollars per annum-in advance. ADVERTISEMENT: Oue Square first insertion.$1 00 Every subs?quent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. AU commu5icatioo8 which subserve private interests will be charged foras advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. Gov. Eyans' Manifesto. -- ? What lie has to say About the Convention Muddle. Governor Evans* tnrn to issue a manifesto on the Constitutional con? vention situation came yesterday, and this member of the Tillman-Hemphill Barnwell pacification combination came to the front in good shape, giv? ing to the press a very interesting interview, which goes a few steps farther than any of the reecnt talks of Governor Tillman. Governor Evans was too busy attending to other mat? ters to ta^k upon his return the after? noon before, but he was at his office yesterday and talked freely and at some length. The Governor prefaced what be had to say as follows : "I suppose you expected to find me married according to the plans of the press. Well, I am not, I am sorry to say, but I think that my case is not hopeless. I saw a great many at? tractive young ladies, but they were in the great many educational col? leges of Philadelphia, New York, Brooklyn and Boston, fitting them? selves in tue art of domestic economy to become proper helpmates of men. We have gained a great deal of infor? mation as to the Industrial School for Women, and I am sore will be enabled to save the State thous? ands of dollars in the proper launch? ing of onr college at Rock Hill." "Was this the only object of your visit ?" I asked. "No, I went to see the Commis? sioner of Internal Revenue in refer? ence to the dispensary. There is a disposition, as you know, on the part of a few political henchman to pre jjdice the outside world to our law. and all manner of misrepresentations are made. I lound the officers in Washington, however, very cour? teous, and after explaining the law and its operation, had no difficulty in arriving at J* satisfactory arrange? ment that will save us considerable money and annoyance Great inter? est is being manifested in our dispen? sary law, and it gains friends wher? ever it is understood. It will be adopted by all the States in a few years, mark the prediction." "Have you read the interviews of Senator Irby 'and Congressman Wil? son ?" I asked him. "Yes, upon my return yesterday. I was greatly surprised at Senator Irby as we left him apparently in full accord with Senator Tillman and my? self. I can't imagine what has come over the spirit of his dream, and I feel satisfied that he is resting under some misapprehension of facts A public man is compelled to lend an ear to ail designing lagos as we)! as the true patriot. The function of good judgment is to sift the true from the false and act accordingly. We are confronted in South Carolina by a condition that could have been pre? vented if wise counsel had been heed? ed fifteen years ago, but it was not done, and we must meet it to-day like men and patriots and stand aside the designing politicians. A Consti? tutional Convention called in 1878 would have settled our affairs for fifty years. We were then a unit ; to-day we are divided and a Constitution must be framed for white men to live under for possibly fifty years. No constitution, to use the words of Cal houn, can live that does not spring from the hearts of the people. It is then essential in order to secure a fundamental law, satisfactory for all interests and all our people that politics should not enter iuto its for? mation." "How is this to be accomplished by factional fights, etc ?" was asked. "Certainly not; the only way is first to get our white people into a white man's primary and pledge them to abide the resuit. This has been and will continue to be the only salvation of white supremacy until the new Constitution is framed. The next thing is to secure unity of mind among delegates as to the matters that should be incorporated in the I new Constitution. This accomplish? ed, there should be no faction what? ever as to the election of delegates and no distinction sh_uld be made as to factional differences. As to the matter of confidence ?a the Conserva? tives, we have always realized that MP--BMW this is the stumbling block in the w? of unity. Our people very proper distrust a certain element in the Co servative ranks who have heretofoi gone to the negro and they should t kept there ; once nigger always ni ger, is the only way we can presen our institutions. No such men shou aad will not be allowed to come I the convention. There are mei however, who can and should t trusted as delegates from the Conse vatives and who are willing and so emnly pledge themselves to what w desire put in the Constitution. Whe this is done can we ask for more They have been tied to a politic* corpse and they are crying who sha deliver us from the body of this deaf and we shall not be deaf to their aj peals. These men must go befor the people like the rest of us and ac vocate the demands of the people be fore the primaries and if the peopl see fit they will elect them ; if not they will stay at home and accept th results. All this talk about Senato Tillman and myself agreeing to divid delegations is made upon a misuc derstandiug of the facts. The cou ference was bound to nothing excep as individual Democrats and not a Reformers or Conservatives. Wi distinctly had it understood tba nothing but our individual opinion were expressed and we would ai Democrats go before the people ir the primary election and advocate ? non-partisan convention. We do no criticise others for haviug differen views ; it is human But after all the people are the judges and the) will be govrrned by what they believe to be right and proper for their owr protection. Conventions and eau cuses in Columbia of disgruntled politicians and would-be leaders, whe are attempting to hoodwink the peo pie under the guise of patriotism and peace will be repudiated as presump tuons demagogues. No conventior can frame a policy for the variou? counties of the State. What is besi for Charleston may not be best foi Aiken and the only way to accom? plish anything ie to let each county act for itself and let those who really want a convention of patriotic citi? zens take the stump in their respec tive counties and work for this result. Any effort to forestall the people by convention will be promptly repelled, you may rest assured.'7 THE PACIFICATION" SCHEUE. "Have you any objection to let ting the people know exactly what was done at the conference with Sen? ator Tillman and yourself?" "Certainly not, especially as our motives have beeu questioned. Neither Senator Tillman nor myself, nor any others of the conference will recede from what we believe to be best for our people. Herc ie the agreement, you may publish it. COLUMBIA, S. C., Feb. 18, 1895 "We the undersigned, citizens of South Carolina, desiring a restoration of peace and harmony, and to pre? vent a bitter factional fight for con? trol of the Constitutional convention with its inevitable appeal to the ne? gro, after a careful consideration of the conditions and conflicting inter? ests of all our people, bind ourselves to advocate before the white Demo? crats of the State the following scheme. "First. That each county, acting for itself, as to the question of elec? tion by primary or otherwise as deemed best by the county Demo? cratic executive committee, shall as near as possible give each faction equal representation in the whole convention "Second. That the managers and clerks of such primary election be equally divided between the factions and that all persons participating in the same, take a pledge to abide the result and support the nominee of the general election. Or where the nom nation is made otherwise than by the primary, both factions in such county are pledged in like manner to support such nominees. Third. That it is understood that the following principles or basic conditions 6hall govern the election of delegates to which both sides are pledged : "(a.) No white man to be dis? franchised except for crime. "(b.) Such qualification of the suffrage as will guarantee white su? premacy. "(c.) Constitution of principles and not dealing with legislation ; but leaving to the Legislature full control of the free schools and re? quiring the Legislature to liberally support them. "(d.) The Constitution, whee adopted, not to be submitted back to the people. "B. R. Tillman, "Jos. W. Barnwell, "Jno. T. Sloan, Jr., "J. C. Hemphill, "(ico. S. Mower, "Jno. Gary Evans, "ha B. Jones. "W. C. McGowan, "C. M. rJfird, "Altamont Moses.'' "I will say, however, that we had j -. not intended publishing this without consent of all parties to the agree? ment acquiescing, but I am sure there will be no objection as our ene? mies have stated that there was more behind. This is all." "What plan do you propose for qualification of suffrage ? "The Mississippi plan or some? thing better, and I am opposed to any delegate who will not pledge 1 self to vote for the Mississippi pi .a in case no better is offered the people. We might as well be frank and speak out to the people, for it must come sooner or later. This plan can be 60 modified as to save every white man and at the same time preserve white supremacy.'' "What were your impressions to national politics ?" "Well I am satisfied that the next Vice President will come from the South, no matter what party is suc? cessful The fight in '96 will be be? tween gold and silver, and geograph? ical lines will govern instead of party lines. The South and West will ine? vitably come together and fight frr free silver or they are doomed "Who was spoken of most promi? nently to lead the combination ?" "Senator Tillman, and if he were not from the South and the State which led Secession, he would cer? tainly be selected. I am satisfied when, the revolt comes he will be the central figure. I would talk to you and open your eyes on this subject, but I must go to other business." Killed, Red Handed. An Iowa Bank Robber Quick? ly Punisehed DES MOINES, Ia., March 6.-The Adel State Bank at Adel, twenty miles west of here, was robbed al 9.10 this morning by two men who mor? tally wounded Cashier S M. Leach, seriously wounded a customer named Baily, who was standing at the win? dow when they entered. The cash? ier had just unlocked the safe and vault, and both Leach and Baily had their backs to the door whei the rob? bers entered and opened fire. The desperadoes then entered the vault and carried away the entire contents, supposed to be $15,000, jumped into a buggy at the door and drove west to? ward Redfield. The entire country is aroused and in pursuit, The robbers were captured at O'XeaPs Ford, on Raccoon river, five miles south nf Adel Being hotly pur? sued, they left their buggy and one hid in a brushheap. the other took re? fuge iu John Killon'8 barn. The for? mer was quickly captured, and com? pelled to set fire to the barn on which the crowd poured keroseue oil. The robber remained inside until his cloth? ing, hair, and whiskers were blaz? ing, then rushed out shotgun in hand The mob yelled "throw up your hands.'' He refused, and a volley of a dozen guns riddled his body. Au enveiope in his pocket was ad? dressed Landers Wilker, Patterson, Madison county, Ia., which the other robber says is his true name. Before the mob was aware of it, the sheriff had the second robber in his buggy and hurried him to Adel jail, where he is locked up. He refuses to give his own name. The excitement is intense and the prisoner will proba? bly be lynched before night. Both robbers were plainly dressed, aud are evidently amateurs The second robber says his nama is C. W. Crawford. Ile is nineteen years old. Ile says Wilkers forced bim to join in the robbery threaten? ing to kill him on the spot unless he did. None of the citizens shot in Adel will die. Ho! for Liberia. PHILADELPHIA, March 7.-D. J. Plummer, presidcBt of the Iuterna tional Migration Company, Birming? ham, Ala., to-day chartered the Danish fruit steamer Horsa to convey to Liberia the negroes of the Southern States who are to be taken as colonists to that country. The Horsa will leave here on Tuesday for Savannah and is expected to sail from Savannah on the 12th of the month with 200 negro colonists for Monrovia. Other steamers will follow the Horsa. Representative Cabiuiss of Georgia has received from J. F. Zahn of Toledo a bible which he carried during the war and lost on the battlefield of Carrick's Ford, in 18G0. Mr. Zahn, having ob? tained possession of the Bible about one j year ago. advertised io southern papers I for its owner. At Ludlow, Vt., there is a curious j looking tomb, which has been erected j by a well-known miller of that place. j It is in tlie exact shape of a millstone, and stands on four granite supports, dc signed especially for thar purpose. . The owner, who expects to be buried in it, sooner or later, is so proud of hin 1 monument that he exhibits an exact j model of it every year at the country fair. ? Cuba's Fight For Freedom. Gonzales de Quesada Inter? viewed at Tampa. TAMPA, Fla., March 6.-Gonzales de Quesada, secretary of the Cuban revolutionary party in the United States, arrived in this city this morn? ing, and is the guest of Col. Figu eredo, the leader of the movement here. To-night a multitude of his compatriots assembled at his stop? ping place to compliment him with a serenade and to hear from his own lips the certainty of rumors afloat on the streets. He is sick but yielded to their wishes and made a talk. Soon after the Times- Union corres? pondent called on him, and he talked quite freely on most points, but re? fused to say from what point he came to this city. He said he knew the Spanish government was watching his every movement. When told that W. M. .Pinkerton, the detec? tive, had arrived last night, he said : 'All right. Let them spend their money freely, but Cuba will be liber? ated." He stated that he knew of his own knowledge that Generals Marti and Gomez were iu Cuba, but would give no definite information as to their movements. He said that Tuesday a battle was fought between the Spanish General Lachambre and the Cuban General Guillermon near San? tiago de Cuba. The government had a force of 1,000 men and the Cubans 700. The Spaniards were routed with heavy losses. He said one could not get correct information by wire as the government had oossession of all the cables and every telegram had to be plainly written and submitted to the authori? ties, no cyphers being allowed. The hope of the Cubans, he said, is to develop such a strenght as to com? mand recognition at the hands of foreign powers so they can raise their own flag and sail in and out of port without molestation on the part of foreign powers. When that was accomplished Cuba will be free in one year. In regard to the efforts made by the government to suppress all infor? mation he said : "Their own move? ments demonstrate the strength of | the revolution. Spain would never send 7,000 men, 11,000 stands of arms, millions of cartridges and four men-of-war to Cuba., three cruisers to Key West and others to different adjacent foreign powers, if there was nothing in it, as they report But Spain is weak. In 186S, she issued paper money which was redeemed at half price and less. Xow she is issuing paper money again If she had credit she would never do it.7' Ile would give no information as to his movements in the immediate future. FROM OLD MADRID. MADRID, March 6.-The governor general of Cuba has telegraphed requesting that reinforcements be sent directly to Santiago and that they be made ready to take the field forthwith. The war office is pushing actively the preparations for the ex? pedition. There is remarkable en? thusiasm in military circles. Detach? ments from all garrisons are muster? ing rapidly at Santander, Cadiz, Coruna and Barcelona They will embark at the end of the week. Two million cartridges will be ship? ped on the cruiser Queen Mercedes. THE USUAL ONE SIDED REPORTS OF SPAN? ISH SUCCESS. HAVANA, March 6.-The funeral of the Marquis de Duquesne, Vice President of the Reform party, took place to-day. The services were very imposing, and were attended by a large number of prominent persons. Alfredo and Arango of Matagas band have surrendered to the authori? ties at Rodas. The mayors of that "locality report that Mataga's band consists of a hundred men, most of whom were impressed into the ser? vice of the bandit. The Gauntamo troops have attacked and dispersed the band under Perez Brooks at Luzo. Several of the band were wounded. The troops captured all their arms, ammunition, etc. The provinces of Puerto Principe, Ma? tanzas, Pinar, Rio and Havana are quiet. If Christianity stands for all that is Christlike in humanity, it will show its true mean io g in the lives of all those i who call themselves by His Dame. In the world of business it will shine forth in honesty of all dealings: at home an?i in society it will be noticeable io courtesy of manner and purity of con? versation; wiih the poor and needy it will be manifest by a quiet charity, which blesses both thc ^iver and reci? pient; it will produce a spirit noble, yet gentle, an integrity as unflinching as j tlitr everlasting bills; a sympathy as ten? der as that of a child; a humanity as broad as all mankind, and a loyalty to j friends, country, ('burch and God that will be unmistakable -Church Bells. Reverend Rascals. Systematic Stealing Prom a Soul-Saving Society. NEW YORK, March 7.-The alleged d?ficiences in the accounts of the American Church Missionary Society, and which have resulted so far in the secretary of the body, Rev. W. ?. Newbold severing his connection with it, promise to be brimful of scandal. The deficit amounts to some $19,000 and the chairman of the finance com? mittee. George C. White made a state? ment this afternoon in the matter. When he concluded it he declined to say whether or not proceedings would be iustiuted against the alleged ofender. Mr. White said : "I'm comparative? ly a new member of the executive board, and in January last at the meeting of the board, I was put in as chairman of the fioance committee. Immediately upon looking into my duties, I found the books called for a large cash bal? ance in the hands of a trust committee. I was informed by the secretary of the society, H. A. Oakley, that there was an error io the accounts, as he had DO such money in hand. I was afterwards informed that the general secretary knew there was a discrepancy some months prior, but did not inform the board at the January meeting. The treasurer was at once called on by me i to produce his books and to show where the difference existed. Also, in looking over the books, i discovered some mat? ters that seemed to be irregular, and I immediately put an expert on the books I brought him to the office and introduced him to Mr. W. A. Newbold, who was the general secretary, and di? rected bim to produce all books, vouch? ers and papers he might ask for. There appeared to be several items in regard to Mr. Newbold's accounts that required inspection. At the eDd of a few days, Mr. Newbold finding the temperature of the office getting too hot for bim, gent his keys to the fioance committee and announced that he had severed his connection with the society. "The result of the expert's investiga? tion showed that Mr. Newbold has over? drawn from the society the sum of about $1*2,000 over and above the amount due him for salary, and fur? thermore that moneys received from in? terests and other sources to the amount of about ?7,000 he has failed to ! credit on the books, and the checks for the same were not deposited in the so? ciety's bank account. Mr. Newbold has confessed to four different members : of the society these defalcation?, and we have also a letter written by him confessing his crime and pleading on ? the score of the past service, for leui- : ency, and claiming that he was obliged to take this money to support a large and expensive family. Mr Newbold lives in a fine place at Mont Clair, N J., which he states to the press he es? timated to be worth $25,000, and also keeps horses, a cow and carriages. Mr. Newbold's statement that he was allow? ed ?1,000 for traveling expenses is in? correct, as all his traveling expenses I were a proper charge agi.inst the ex? pense accouDt. The house is mortgaged for about ?11,000 and he has expressed his willingness to deed whatever equity is in it to the society. He has been secretary for twenty-six years and bas always been most implicitly trusted by j t he officers and members of thc board. The expert accouot .ot has ascertained thai for certainly the past ten years, and Low much longer we don't koow, he has been systematically robbing the sacred treasury of the society." Mr. White would not say who the members of the society were to whom . Newbold is alleged to have confessed, I nor would he produce the letter which I he said had been received from New- j bold. Rev. A. B. Kiusolvingof Brooklyn, who has been appointed secretary pro tem, was present while Mr. White made his statement. At its conclusion, he said: "Please put down Rev A. B. Kirjsolviog, who bas been appointed secretary pro tem, as believing the above statement absolutely./' Treasurer Oakley was present at a private meeting of the board this even? ing. -- - ^ By using the canyons of arid Cali? fornia as storage reservoir aDd build irg dams 200 or 300 feet high. Col. W. K Hall of San Francisco believes it possible to bring G,500,000 acres of land, now useless under cultivation. There are several places in the west, especially in the Rocky Mountain region where large frees, standing erect and perfectly transformed to stone, may be { found. Highest of all in Leavening Pow Trials of a "Tramp." Remarkable Experience ' of the Steamer Istrian. NORFOLK, YA., March 7.-A special from Newport News to the Landmark says : "After beiog out forty-three days, the steamship Isirain came up to her pier this morning at 8 o'clock with 8,200 tons of cargo from Liverpool. Capt. Creamer gave your correspondent the following history of his long voy? age: "We left Liverpool at midnight on the 24th day of January, and had very severe weather coming down the chan? nel, being obliged to sarry our pilot to Waterford Island, as it was impossible to land him at the Liverpool pilot sta? tion on account of the heavy weather. The storm continued till the 27th, when we had it fair till February 2d, when we again encountered a hes.vy gale from the north-west, lasting nearly three weeks, becoming so severe at times that my ship was obliged to stop and we were at the mercy of the gea. We were then 600 miles from Bermu? da, on February 10, for which point we were making, as there were only about eighty-five tons of coal on bos.rd, and we were burning thirty-five tons a day. Up to the 20th, we experienced the most severe gales and the storm was indescribable. For five days we had no fire at all. If we had kept up steam duri?g this weather and had tried to make Bermuda, we would never fcave gotteo into port. On the night of the f.2d we were again compelled to stop, letting our fires go out again. At mid? night on the 23d the ship started again. The wind became in our favor, set available sail and put every man to work breaking up between decks, bulk? head, cargo, batting, spars, hatches and any available wood. On the morn? ing of the 26th, we reached Bermuda ; with the last stick of wood burnt and could not possibly have gene ten miles j further. .'Considering the very severe wsath ! er the Istrain encountered during the voyage, and the fact of her having to stop during the worst of it, and not I being under control, proves ber to be a stauuch and seaworthy vessel, notwith j standing what has been published to the cootrary. Her cargo is in good condition, and you can see she is none S the worse for wear. Her engines are ! good, and the chief engineer is worthy of praise for the manner in which he handled her." ANOTHER WANDERER SAFE. NORFOLK, VA.. March 7.-The schooner George L. Dickson, Captain Kelly, which left Clarks'Cove, Maine, on January 30, with a car^o of ice bouLd for Norfolk, and which vessel was given up as lost, arrived here to? night after an eventful voyage, replete with thrilling incidents, one of rvhich was the rescue of the crew of the sink? ing schooner John W. Moore, on Feb? ruary 16, in midoceao, Captain Kelly was taken to St. Vincent's hospital on his arrival here The Dickson after leaving Maire en counted the severest storms ragiag at the time, and for the most part was at ! the mercy of the wind and waves. On : the 15th, when in latitude 35.83, long? itude 66.38,' she saw signals of distress and bore down ou the vessel, which proved to be the Philadelphia schooner John W. Moore, from Brunswick with ; railroad ties, and which was in a -ink \n<r condition. The crew were taken off .and the vessel abandoned. The Dick? son then headed for this p<>:r.r. and after a verv rough voyage reached here to-night, being towed ir. by the tug Mercy Bud. The industrial Art. Museum of Ber? lin has purchased a number or specimen productions of American art an i skill in fashioning the precious meta s that were exhibited at the World's Fiir and these are now being publicly shewn in the Gernjan industrial cities, meeting with cordial encomiums on the part of the expert judges. Biixt's confession io the Hayward case is said to have been brought about in a peculiar way. The 'crrible stra'i after the murder made the maa very uneasy and finally his wife suggested he go to the Bible for advice, -eading the first verse that came under bis thumb. He did so and read Maik. xiii chapter and 11th verse, as "ollows: "But when they shall lead you and de? liver you up. take no thought before hand wha*. yo shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall he given you in that hour, that speak ve, for it is not ye thai speaketh. bur the Holy Ghost. Biixt then dicidcd to confess." -er.-Latest U. S. Gov't Report ELY PURE