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THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April,. 1850. "Be J'?st and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's."' THL TXUK SOUTHKON, Established jonp, 1366 Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1895. New Series-Vol. XIV. So. H. Published Esery Wednesdays -BY [ IM. CS-. Osteen5 ( - S?MTER, S. C. TERMS : Two Dollars per annum-in advance. ADVERTISEMENT: , One Sqaare first insertion.Si 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will becbarged foras advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. Unconstitutional ! Judge Simontpn so Declares the . Liquor Law. CHARLESTON, March 12.-The State dispensary law is now on its way to the United States Supreme Court. In the United States Circuit Court to-dar Judge Simonton handed down a de? cision io the habeas corpus cases of the master and crew of the schooner Carolina, who had been arrested on a charge of violating the dispensary law. Their vessei contained a cargo of li? quor brought from Savannah to this port, was seized by the police and State constables and conSscatcd.* Suits were brought to transfer the case to the I Federal court, and the master and crew i of the vessel were brought into that courC on habeas corpus. In the decision which orders the re < iease of the men from custody, Judge Simonton expresses the opinion that the arrest and detention of the defend? ants was against the interstate com? merce law, and that the dispensary ?aw is unconstitutional, and indicates that it would be best for the State and the public for the case to be carried speed v iiy before the Supreme Court of the United States. Eyans on the Decision Of Judge Simonton in the "Carolina" Case. COLUMBIA, March 13.-To-day when Governor Evans's attention was call? ed to the decision of Judge Simonton in the Carolina case he had but little to say, but in that little he made it manifest that the State proposed to stick to its determination to go ahead and seize all contraband liquor brought into the State upon its arrival within the jurisdiction of the State. Gov? ernor Evans said: "I don't want to comment on the decision until I look into it thoroughly. I cannot see how? ever, how he caa find as he does, for the facts do not support the position he takes He finds that the goods were still in transit The faots as "given to me show that the boat was in port at the time, was at the place of her destination, that the line had been thrown from the shore. I will say that we are going ahead seizing every boat as it comes in, and that we are doing business at the same old stand. The constables are to go ahead and seize every vessel by my orders. Judge Simonton decides that so far as these prisoners are con? cerned the dispensary law is null and "void, on the grounds that they were engaged iu Inter-State traffic, and the goods had not arrived at the point o? destination. The Inter-State com? merce law is, of course, a feature of the law, but Congress is the only power which can have anything to do with that. We claim that under the Wilson Act we can seize anv liauor upon its arrival at its destination. The dispensary law is an exact copy o; the Wilson Act and the United States revenue laws If he holds one unconstitutional he must also hold the others unconstitutional. We are uot interfering with Inter-State com? merce at all." When the Governor was asked about Judge Sirnonton's suggestion that it was for the best interest of all parties concerned to have a speedy settlement of all questions as to the dispensary law in the United States Supreme Court, he said: "We will do as we see fit about that without any suggestions from Judge Simou ton. The decision he renders does not affect the operation of the dispen? sary law in the slightest, lie simply holds that we cannot arrest parties actually engaged in Inter-State com? merce. WTe cannot arrest people for bringing liquor into the State, but we can take charge of the matter just so soon as the liquor arrives at its point of destination." FURTHER REMOVAL OF NOTARIES. The removal of the notaries pub? lic, the matter which has been excit? ing considerable comment all over the State in the last few days, is still ?oing on. To-day two interesting cases developed in Columbia and two heads went into the official basket, the outlook being that both men are to be prosecuted for forgery. The j removed men are Sam A. Nix and Prof. T. A. Saxon, both negroes. Supervisor Green this morning sent ! to Governor Evans certain affidavits made out by these two notaries and asked him if he should accept them. The Governor says he found that on the application form the names of the applicants were written by the notaries with the proper "his mark" being put in, but on the affidavit attached the names of the parties certifying were written out by the notaries and there were no marks at all. The Governor not only promptly removed the notaries but will place the papers in thc hands of the solici? tor charging them with forging the names, and order him to prosecute them. This is the information that Governor Evans gives -Newa and Courier. That Spanish Insult. Minister Muruaga Thinks It Was Justified. WASHINGTON, March 13.-The Spanish minister, Senor Maroaga, cabled the Governor General of Coba to-day for information regarding the firi?g upon the American steamer Allianca by a Spanish gunboat on the morning of the Sib instant. At a late hour this afternoon no answer had been received. Senor Muruaga assumes that the captain of the gun? boat bas not jet had an opportunity of making his report to headquarters. Wheu it ie received, its substance will be at ODce telegraphed to the legation here. Senor Muruaga feels that the state? ments published in the American newspapers to-day are somewhat mis? leading, and he believes that when the otherside of the story is printed it will pot the matter in a different light. He ridicules the suggestion that the action of the Spanish captain in firing upon the Allianca was an indication of hos? tility on the part of the Spanish gov? ernment. The relations between Spain .and the Uuitad States are of the most friendly nature, and the Spanish cap? tain, he says, must have felt justified ?a pursuing the course that he did, as will doubtless be shown later. "The Allianca," continued Senor Muruaga, "was running through the windward Passage, between the Keys, taking the short cut to the Atlantic Captain Crossmau says he was fuliy six miles from shore. Maritime law, in such cases, does rot compute dis? tances at sea from the mainland but from the capes and promontories. Tnis wa3 the contention of the United States in the dispute with Great Britain in Bering Sea and it was allowed. It will be seen, I think, that uuder these circumstances, Captain Crossman was not six miles from Cuban shores. Cuba is full of excitement over the domestic troubles aud our cruisers are unusually vigilaut at this time in watching for vessels carrying arms aud reinforce? ments to the insurgents. In these cir? cumstances, closer attention is paid to unknown vessels nearing out shores than would be ordinarily the case. So far as I know, this is all there is to say about it." Another Seizure. Whiskey Shipped From Savannah to Wilmington, Arrested at Beaufort CH ARLESTOX, March Iii.-A special to-the News and Courier from Bean fort, says : This afternoon, the State constables seized on board of the sloop, "Our Fritz," of Charles? ton, sixteen barrels of whiskey and five barrels of export beer, marked Stincken ?? O'Neal, Wilmington, N. C., snipped from Savannah. Mr Benjamin Elfe, represented as super cargo, in charge, was arrested upon warrants issued by Trial Justice T. G. White, charging infraction of the dispensary Saws in bringing contra? band whiskeys and liquors into the State for use therein, upon affidavit of the State constables. The defendant claims that he was only passing through by the inland passage on account of rough weather, and that he was bound for Wilmig ton. The constables claim to have evidence to the contrary and have telegraphed the Governor the situa? tion. The vessel and cargo are in charge of the sher ?fi' to abide de? velopments. The defendant was re? quired to furnish bail. While we arc suffering from the enid, j it. is pleasant to read that for three j weeks tho Puget Sound country has en - J joyed most delightful mid-winter wrath- I er, nf which b::lniy Buoshine ami bud ding flowers have been the chief fea tores In two weeks it has rained less th a n hail an inch, and the temperature has ranged between 40 and 48 degrees j above Rosebuds are beginning to ap j I pear and buds on fruit trees arc swell- I ung. J An Extra Session Asked. Negroes Make an Appeal as to the Registration. The State Feb. 15. Yesterday morning a committee from the Colored Ministers' Union, composed of the Revs. R. E. Hart and W. D. Chappelle, headed by retiring Con? gressman George W. Murray, as chair? man, called ou Governor Evans in regard to the registration matter, and made the request of him to call the State Legislature in extra session, for the purpose of allowing further time for the registration of colored voters, avering tbac the ten days allowed by the act. which have now expired have been entirely insufficient and inade? quate to permit of the registration of those qualified voters who applied. The committee waited on the Gov? ernor at the executive chamber about 1 p. m., and they presented to him the following paper, making state? ments in accord therewith : "As representatives of the Minis? terial Union and the Republican party organized to aid the masses in quali? fying themselves to discharge the high- j est function of citizenship in order that j they might take part in choosing dele? gates to the Constitutional Convention. ! iu which the status of their citizen? ship is tobe fixed or destroyed, having i received advices from al! paris of the State relative to the manner, conduct, and extent of registration during the ten days set apart for registration, which are exhausted to-day we assure you that not more than 10,000 electors were registered within thc entire State and that many more than 100,000, after uoparelleled exposure, suffering and sacrifices, remain unregistered and disfranchised and that the four remain? ing days uuder the law, namely the first Mondays in April, May, June and July are wholly inadequate, therefore in be? half of these thousands of wronged and injured persons, we call upon your ex? cellency to pray that the Legislature be convened in extraordinary session to provide means whereby these more than a hundred thousand citi? zens, may qualify themselves to exer? cise their constitutional right in the selection of delegates. "We respectfully submit that stat? utes creating such conditions as require electors to travel from ten to fifty and seventy-five miles to the various county seats and to expose themselves in sun? shine, rain and cold for weeks in en? deavoring to qualify themselves, and to have them sent away at the end of which without even an opportunity to register, to say nothing of their uncon? stitutionality, are too cruel and bar? barous for the civilization of the age. "We further submit that the time set apart for registration is whoily in? sufficient. Under a recent decision of the Attorney General in relation to placing the penalty on delinquents in the collection of taxes, persons who were iu the tax office during the pe? riod for paying the same and failed of an opportaoity, are exempted from the penalties, and we claim that registra? tion as conducted in our Slate is anala gous to paying taxes, and that, elec? tors who did all they could to qualify themselves within the prescribed pe? riod and manner are not entitled to the penalty of disfranchisement. "W. D. Chappelle, "fl. E. Hart, "Geo. W. Murray." THC GOV?RNORS ANSWER Governor Evans informed the com? mittee that he would take the matter into consideration, and a^ked that thc paper be ?urned over to his private secrerary. He told the committeemen that he thought they were unduly ex? cited over the matter. The matter was resulting in no more injury to them than to the white people who had not registered. He, however., promised the committee to let them have a ropl}' as early as possible. INTO UNCLE SAM'S CO ['RT. Hut the move made above was not ali that developed yesterday on the last day for thc registration of the voters under the special registra? tion act. The Ministerial Union has takeu charge of matters and it is preparing to fight all the way down to the last ditch. It now ap? pears that they inteud to make use of all the data obtained recently, and in? tend to go into the United States Court immediately to test the legality of the registration laws of the State, with a view of having them nullified. Such a fight, has been hangiug fire for some time, hut it now seems that the crisis hah come and action is to be taken im? mediately Tho following circular, is? sued last night, explains the move : Headquarters Ministerial Union, COLUMBIA, S C., March 14, 1895 l>ear brethren, ministers of all de- ? monioations : Whereas, a determined purpose has beeu reached <>n th" part ; "? the faction now in control "t th" aovi rt?ment to disfranchise and bru? talize the masses of mir peopi.- in this State, and with the machinery o? the | sovemtneut and court- in thoir nos- ! . ..." j session their designs and conspiracies ? are easy of accomplishment, as is evi? denced by the manner in which the registration ha? been and is heine coo ducted ; and as such wo can hone for very little either from 'the government or courts of the State. Our only hope and safety, therefore, are in the Fed oral courts within the guarantees of the Federal Constitution. Suite to test the constitutionality of the laws by which we are being brutalized must be brought in the Federal courts at once, and the means for defraying the expenses of prosecuting the same must be obtained from the masses, whose protection we are seeking. In fact, a civil suit has already been commenced in the Federal court? hy Congressman Murray, which must languish unless the means for its immediate prosecu- j tion arc secured. Therefore rbis i^ to ? request each and every colored minis? ter in South Carolina co set apart the fourth Sunday in Marc.-., or not later than the first Sunday in April, for the purpose of raising the means for the above mentioned object'. The masses j should be thoroughly educated and j aroused to the importance of f:ivin" iib cra?y. As the case will be tried in Charleston, S. C.. Congressman Murray has employed the attorneys tor the j prosecution of the case, aud as the money should bc put or sent where it will be available when needed, without j being put to thc trouble of correspond- ? icg with the Tarions committees of rho j counties. I would suggest that the j money be sent to the First National j Bank. Charleston, to the credit of ! George W. Murray, and forward die figures to me, No. 17 Hast Laurel street Columbia. William D. Chappelle, Chairman. T. J. CLARK, Secretary. Sailed for Savannah. A Ship for the Negro Emigrants Liberlan Liberality. PHILADELPHIA, March 14.-The Danish steamer Horsa sailed from here this evening for Savannah, having been chartered by the International Emigration Society to take about 200 negro colonists from Savannah to Mon rovia, Liberia. The steamer is under command of Captain Henry Wibourg. The emi? grants will be accompanied by an agent of the society. The Horsa will prob? ably arrive at Savannah on Sunday, and, if possible, sail for Liberia the fol? lowing day. The society has organized its first party ot emigrants with great care, se? lecting them mainly from Mississippi. In making the selections, only men, both single and married of good phy? sical condition have been chosen and permitted to join. The married men will bc accompanied by their wives and families, and the society has made ar? rangements to give thc unmarred col? onists ten acres of land and the mar ried ones twenty-five acres upon their arrival in Liberia. The Liberian.government will shel? ter the colonists for three mouths, until they have built their own houses Good mechanics, carpenters especially, it is claimed, can have plenty of work at good wages, while those familiar with farm work can engage io coffee growing. A Flood at Columbus, Ga Heaviest Rainfall in Twelve Years - Paddling m the Streets. COLUMBUS, Ga., March 14.-During i the past forty-eight hours, Columbus j has experienced the heav.est rain storm j in twelve years. A great downpour ! of rain occurred carly chis morning, though rain yesterday und last night j was continuous and heavy. Washouts I have becu reported on ali railroads aud j nearly every train coming to the city j to-diy was delayed from oue hour to three hours. The lower portion of the city is overflowed : houses washed away and every bridge in the immediate vi? cinity ut the city and across the river J in Girard and Phenix City have disap? peared. People are cut off from their homes and paddling about the streets in batteaux. A number of gardens are seriously damaged. All cotton mills on the river front have been compelled to shut down on account of the high wa? ter. The river at midnight is still ris? ing and navigation seriously interfered with. Murdered in His Bed. A IK KN, March 13 -Bland Watson, a ; colored man in the employ of the Stead? man House, wa* found murdered in his bed this morning. His head and throat wert; fearfully cut with a hatchet. Watson slept in the basement and ins body was discovered by thc j (.?lok. A bloody aprmi in possession of Jane Wilsen lias lcd r-> the arrest of herself ?ind Tom Prince, ber husband, ou suspicion The coroners jury will nor render a verdict before to-mor? row. "Coba Will be Free: Gen. Maseo's Answer to a Peace Commission. TAMPA, FLA., March 14.-When the Olivette arrived this evening from Ha? vana, a rush was made for the passen? gers in search of Cuban revolutionary news. Very few would admit knowing anything until finally the Times-Union correspondent struck a Cuban who had come on an important mission. He stated that a provisional government : had been organized and that General Marti had been made Provisional Presi? dent, General Gomez was made Gener al-in-cl:ief. The revolutionary army as now organized, consists of five thous? and infantry and three thousand cav? alry. The Cubans are armed with machetes and rifles, while the Spanish forces are armed with rifles and thc old : st}le sword, which is very clumsy. This morning Edward Castleton, the | man who created a sensation yesterday S by shooting into the office of tho Soan ?sh vice consul at rbis port, was fined j $5 in the major's court and was taken j in charge by the State. lie is now in jail This morning he sent three tele grams to the Spanish consul at Wash-1 ington, but up to this hoar no reply j had been received. Depury Vice Consul j J. M. Fernandez, wired to the consul | at Washington yesterday concerning j Castleton and the replv wr..-, "We know nothing of him/' The telegrams 1 sent by Castleton to-day were in cypher. Last Saturday a peace commission in j behalf of the government visited Man- ? zaniila and conferred with the insur- j gent Commander General Maslo, with a view to inducing that officer and his ? command to lay down their arms and! take the oath of allegiance to the gov? ernment, io which case they would be granted pardon. The commission con? sisted of General Marco Garcia, one of the most noted rebel leaders of the last insurrection, and F. Spoturoo. Tuesday they returned unsuccessful and ; thoroughly disgusted. Gen. Maslo re-1 ceived them courteously, listened to their arguments and granted them an hour in which to leave camp, or else sufferjhe penalty of being shot. "Cuba will be free from Spanish mis? rule,'' said Gen. Maslo, "for war will endure ten years or longer if neces- j sary." From Santa Cl^.ra in the eastern part j of the island, come reports of a general \ uprising during the past ten days in ; Havana there are no signs of rebellion, I although during Tuesday night the po- ; lice quietly raided a h^use on St. I Nicholas street and confiscated a maga- ; zine of cartridges and powder stored ! there. No arrests were made, as the 1 house bad no occupants at the time of I the raid. In Havana, up to the time of ' the departure of the Olivette, no word had been received regarding the firing | upon the Colon-New York mail steam- j ship Alliance by a Spanish gunboat. "If the outrage occurred, as there is ! no reason to doubt from the statement : of Captain Crossman," said a well in formed passenger. "It must have been ; the torpedo boat Nuevo Kspania, which ; has been painted black since being as signed to shore patrol duty." The j Nuevo Es pan ia is known to bc on the j east coast, and is onlv capable of run- > ning fifteen to seventeen knots an hour, j which accounts for the ease with which ? the Allianca distanced her. Rumor* have for several days circu? lated in Tampa that a consignment of j arms was en route to a gulf port for re- j shipment to Coba in aid of the Cuban! insurrection. Rumors further seemed founded that a filibustering expedition | wouid receive the arms at this place and sail for Cuba. On Tuesday morn? ing Edward Castletoo, evidently an American, visited Gavino Gutierrez, the Spanish Vice Consul at Tampa, presenting a pa-sport, issued in New \ York, to Cuba, .^od asking that it be 1 endorsed. Ile presented r.o credentials, yet be represnted himself as an Ameri? can agent of the Spanish government and requested the Consul's cipher code, j stating that he must have it. Ile also J requested the names of all the Consul's j secret service agents in Florida, '/hese were refused, and the Consul's suspi- ; cions were aroused. Cast leton ex bib- j ited a telegram from the Spanish Min- ! istcr at Washington of identification. The Conbul wired to Washington to verify it, thinking it a forgery. Castle? ton was shadowed. He chartered a yacht and a schooner. These were fol? lowed and examined. Nothing suspi? cious was found Castleton was arrest? ed. The Consul construed thc move as ' strategem covering up the real motive, and came here last night. To-day ali freight houses were examined for con sigomeots of arms. Nothing was found that could be shipped aboard a fishing yacht and transferred at sea, A suspi? cious person nae- been discovered and is being shadowed. There are no boats in port or about to leave port deserving suspicion. A secret agent has been stationed here. MADRID, March 14-Th:: govern? ment has begun exercising the strictest censorship over all dispatcnes to and from Cuba. Nothing unfavorable to the government, is permitted to .pass. No cipher messages are sent unless the key be given to the government. THE GOVERNMENT BLUFFS. LONDON, March 14.-The. Centra! News correspondent in Madrid says: Private telegram^ from ('aba do not confirm the cnieial statement that the rebellion has been virtually crushed. They declare thar the insurgents gain strength daiiy. SENSATIONAL REPORTS. SAVANNAH. GA., March 14.-Tin yacht Pedro Pablo, which, arrived here yesterday from New York via Norfolk and Wilmington, is lying at Rourke's dock undergoing repairs and wiil sail . s ?ooo as the repairs ate completed. There is no suspicion attached to ?he yacht and she is not und^r serveillance. ?he is a new vessel and i- being taker: to Cuba by Captain Greenwood under contract to be used for towing ?ogs. As is-customary with all arrivals with south? bound yachts, she was inspected by th" customs ofneer. tier Spanish name and the fact that sae is on her way t ) Cul-; gave rise to a rumor to-day that she was to take on board a number of suspi? cious boxes lying at her dock. The customs authorities were sent for and the boxes were found to contain steam pipe belonging to a repair shop. Neith? er the custom authorities ncr the Span? ish consul here have received any in? structions io regard to either Pedro Pablo or the British steamer Elliott, which bas cleared for Costa Rici for fruit. The Elliott has been running be? tween Savannah and Blue?e?ds for a year until a couple of months ago, when she was laid up awaiting a char? ter. There is no representative of the Costa Rican government here, and R. S. Silas felegraped the Gmusel Gen? eral in New York for authority to give the vessel a bill. He was instructed to do so, and to see that nothing contra? band was on board. The Elliott will saii L a day or two. The customs authorities are acoyec be sensational repor's that have ber-n sent out from here ii- regard to the al? leged suspicious character of the vessel. - mi i i --J- -?? Pope's features wer-.' small and deli? cate. All his life he vt is very pale aud looked sickly. False teeth for horses, which were suggested by the president of a French humane society a few years ago, h;<*c actual!v been invented and are coming into general use in Europe Humboldt gave it as his opiuioti thar the earth contained 56,000 species of plants, 51,000 species of animai s, 44 000 species of insects, 4,COO species o : birds and 7,000 species of reptiles. A young girl in some of the Persian tribes-costs her first hu-band 100 te? maos, or abou; $300. Should the first husband ?ie, the second suitor , must pay 200 tomaus before he can make the widow his own, and so on up to the tenth time. Ti.is mending scale is because her value is supposed . to increase as she gains greater experi? ence as a carpet weaver ano housewife. The money i-< pai J to her fafb?r, and if he is not living to her nearest male rel? ative. One hundred arid four thousand pounds of melon seed is the amount raised in Kearney county, Ka::., last year, which brought f ? thirty producers nor less than $10.400 Chicago has ever rhirfy eh vafors, which handle 140.000 OOO bushels ot graio every. The [Inion Stock Yards cover 350 acres and cst $3,000,000 Thev have eighr miles of street, and re ceive S.OOO.000 head ot .-t ?ck every year The meat export- exceed ?100, 000. mm> . -?...? -it "Perhaps you would :.>>* th?r.k io. but Ja very large proportion cf ii.-vus s ir. New York come from carelessness about catching cold," says Dr. Cyrus Edson "I: is such A simple thing and so common n at eery few P'-ople, unless it is a case ot pneumonia, pay any attention to a cold. There arc a great many enies ct entarrh ?nd consumption which have their origin ia ibis neglect ot" the s.ropiest precaution ot" every day hu*. Th-? lUOft sensible advice is, when you have one, pet rid ot" it ?HS poon ns possible By a!! mein? do nor neglect it." Dr. Edson does not :e!l you bow to cure a cold but we wi!!. Take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. it\\;l relieve the lungs, aid expectoraron, open il e secretions and goon etTect it permanent cure. 23 and 50 cents bottles for st le bj Dr. A. J. China. Highest of all in Leavening Power.- Latest U. S. Gov'i Report PURE