The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 10, 1895, Image 3

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Telegraphic Briefs. April 6. John Tierney, ohief clerk of the Park Hotel, Macon, Ga., has been arrested for barning a hotel in Hender? son vi lie, N. C., more than a yea? 8go. Jerry Jeffreys, colored, was hanged at Qu it m an, Ga., yesterday for thc murder of Coe stable Maaldin. Jeffreys claimed that he committed the crime while ander the spell of a hoodoo. A tobacco warehouse will be built at Lamar, Darlington Conn ty. Harry Kellog, an eighteen-year-old Chicago boy, died from the effects of confinement in the * 'sweat box" in a police station. The officials were en? deavoring to force a confession from him. A passenger train jumped the track on a trestle near Summerfield, Obio, yesterday with fetal effect. The engi? neer was instantly killed, also three passengers, and several injured. One thousand rifles and a balf mil? lion cartridges have been shipped from New York to Savonilla, Colombia. It is thought that they are for the ase of the Coban revolutionists. The shortage in the accounts of the Carson, Nev., Mint amounts to ?90. 000, and the investigation has not been completed. Oscar Wilde lost his libel suit against the Marquis of Qaeensbery, and has been arrested himself. The theatres throughout England and America, where plays written by Wilde are run? ning are withdrawing the plays and erasing bis name from the programme. \ A desperate battle took place between train robbers and officers at Bo Mar? rara, Oklahoma, on Thursday. #One robber was killed and another wounded. Secretary Herbert has cabeled to Admiral Kirkhead, of the ?. S., ship San Fancisco to go at once to Smyrna, Asia Minor. He has given orders to protect christians and missionaries, who apprehend a massaere. i ? April 8. Miss Ella Skill, of Petersburg, Va., and Earl Manson, of Titusville, Fla., went oat sailing at Titusville yesterday morning. Late in the afternoon the boat was found drifting ashore with ail sails hoisted and Monsons coat and vest ir it. It is supposed the young couple were drowned. Four young white men, named Law? rence Reynolds, J. F. Preston and Bud and Sid Preacher, of Houston, Texas, became so angered at the jeering re? marks of a crowd of negroes as they were returning from a day's hunt Satur? day night that they opened*fire with their Winchesters, killing two negro men-and one negress. Several shots were fired on each side, but none of the white men were seriously hurt. The young mea were arrested. Clark & Wheeler's electrical works, near the Ampere station, on the Dela? ware, Lackawanna & Western Rail? road, five, miles West of Newark, N. j J., were destroyed by fire yesterday morning; Over $50,000 worth of; motors aod dynamos, which were stored j in the building, were destroyed, to- i getber with about ?30,000 worth of ? machinery. Total loss will amount to ! about ?110,000, on which there was j an insurance of ?38,000. The cause j , of the fire is unknown. The potteries of Knowles, Taylor & Knowles shut down in several depart? ments Saturday night, throwing out of work. 300 men. Overproduction is given as the cause. Brit Glenn, a Columbia negro, got j into a row in Jacksonville, Fla., yes? terday morning, and killed another negro. Glenn was desperate and when officers attempted to arrest him fled. The officers and a crowd of negroes pursued. Glenn shot several negroes and killed policeman Jim Minor. His conduct infuriated the crowd and it was with difficulty that a lynching- was averted. April 9. Robert Davenport, a farmer of Well ford, Spartanburg County, killed him? self yesterday by taking strychnine. The snow fall in the vicinity of Chey? enne, Wyoming and Eastern Colorado has been so heavy that trains on ah roads are stalled. Gov. Clarke, of Arkansas, who had a personal difficulty with Representa? tive Jones, and drew a revolver on him has plead guilty to the charge of carry? ing concealed weapons, and he may be impeached. The United States Supreme Court has granted a writ of certiorari in the Agricultural Hall case, which allows the case to come before the court. At? torney General Barber is cf the opinion that the State ;viil yet win. Mrs. June Paris and Miss Lizzie Owens, both of Augusta, Ga., attempt? ed suicide yesterday The first with a razor and rope, the second by drown? ing. Ida Wells, the notorious negro agita tor, Su?ao B. Anthony and a Texan, said to be a theological student, created a sensation in Rochester, X. V., ia>t night Ida Wells was lecturing anil brought in her usual slanders of the Southern people, when the Texan in? terrupted and a*ked a few questions. Then Miss Anthony took the floor and denounced the Northern people for dis? criminating against the negro. The negro, she said, was treated no better io the North than in the South. j Sn.al! pox lias broken <>ut among the negroes of Chnrles enuity, Maryland j Z F V?':?fifv H 'utiatic it; the A-y lum. \v?i'> w ?s :"*?Jiniired from Edge j field County rhirreen years ago, hanged himself Sunday night. j The Japanese are preparing to attack j the city of Canton j A forty thousand spindle cotton mill ! will be built at Central, Pickens Coun ?ty Advices received in Key West, Fla., i it 1 of fightiog in the neighborhood of j i Havanna. The revolutionists are gaiu ing strength and are growing bolder. The Jacksonville Meeting The Department of Justice Gets i Hold of Some Crooked Informa- ; WASHINGTON, April 5.-This state j ment was given out at the Depart I ment of Justice this afternoon : I "The Attorney General has received j authentic information from Jackson j ville, Fla., to the effect that neither ! United States District Attorney i Clarke nor United States Marshal McKay participated in the meeting of Cuban sympathizers at Jackson? ville, Fla., yesterday and all reports to the contrary are false." THEY DON'T DENY IT JACKSONVILLE, April 7.-The . i United States officials who attended ; the mass meeting held in this city ; last night to express sympathy with the Cuban revolutionists, do not ' : seem at all disturbed by the report j from Washington that their pre- j sence at the meeting is disap- i proved of by the Federal authorities. United States District Attorney Clarke and United States Marshal I McKay, when shown the dis? patch from Washington stating that Attorney General Onley would demand an explanation of their presence, said they did not think ? they had violated any of the pioprie ; ties. They stated that they took no ! part in the proceedings whatever. They say they did not vote on the ; resolutions that were adopted. In reference to the later that Attorney General Olney had received inform? ation that the officials did not attend the meeting, it is necessary to say that if he (Olney) has received such information, it is absolutely false Messrs Clark and McKay were at the meeting and hundreds saw them, j They do not deny that tbey were present and they came to the. South- j ern Associated Press agent this after- j noon to explain their presence, which explanation is given in the be? ginning of this dispatch. In the report of the meeting sent j out last night, it was not stated that j Attorney Clark and Marshal McKay ? took part in the proceedings in the j sense of making speeches. Their \ presence was simply noted as was that of other prominent citizens of! Jacksonville. It would be interest-j ing to know who is Olney's authority for the statement that ''neither Clark ! uor McKay was at the meeting. Going Back From Dixie, i New England Mill Men Leave the Land of Cotton. RALEIGH, N. C., April 8.-The New j England party of mill owners reached Raleigh on a special train Sunday | night. Mr..Ashley, president of the j Chamber of Commerce, bad gone down on the Raleigh & Augusta train to meet them at Appiaforum and welcome j them into our city. Talking with a Southern Associated j Press correspondent, Mr. Lovering said, speaking for his party of mill men : "All we have to say is that we ! are profoundly thankful to the people of the South and to the railroad author? ities for having received us so cordially and given us such ample opportunities ' to inspect the cotton manufacturing j sections of the South. Tho proverbial ! hospitality of the South has been fully maintained throughout, and we have received nothing but kind words and ; encouragement from every section, i "The impression that has been abroad in some places in the South lately that, the Eastern manufacturers are about f-? move their mills bodily to the South has been very much modi? fied, if sot done away with, by this visit. It is not that the manufacturers of the East are going to make any whole? sale movement in this direction, but they do recognize the fact that the South presents remarkable advantages and opportunities for the extension of cotton spinning, and that it is perfectly natural that cotton should be spun where cotton is grown. Undoubtedly the immediate increase in the spindles of the South is destined to bc near the cort?n fields. The proximity to cotton, in many sections, and ihe abundance of water power, together with a plentiful supply of coal close at hand, are advan? tages nottobe ignored The. gentle? men of the party have been deeply im? pressed with all these things, and re? turn to the East satisfied thar rii-ir cursory exploiting of thc South is lia? ble to result in mutual advantages t > b th sections.v A man in a towt! it? Ireland, i?*-<* - ? TS* - ing possessed of thc idea that his wife was a witch, tore the clothing fruto her body and covering her with paraffine applied a torch The woman was burn? ed to death in the presence of her rela? tives. Washington Letter. WASHIGTON, April 8, 1895. It looks now as though the Ad ministration had won a very credit? able diplomatic victory from Great Britain in that little affair of Nicaragua's seaports. Nothing offi? cial has been given out about the diplomatic correspondence on this matte?within the last few days, but there are good reasons for stating that Ambassador Bayard has been most positively assured by the British government that nothing will be done in its dealings with Nicaragua that can be properly construed into a violation of the Monroe doctrine. This assurance was naturally very gratifying to President Cleveland and the other members of the Adminis tration. It way saying in a round? about way that Great Britain never really meant to carry out that bom? barding threat, and it was also in a way of recognition of the Monroe doctrine. That this assurance from Great Britain was the result of the courageous position taken by the Administration as to the maintenance of the Monroe doctrine is certain. And nothing was lost by the knowl? edge on the part of Great Britain, that the United States had a sufficient naval force in the South Atlantic to back up the position assumed. The arrival of the new Spanish minister is anxiously awaited in Washington, as it is believed that he will have several important commu? nications to make to this government. The Allianca incident is still open, and the belief is growing that Spain is trying to play a double game in connection therewith, notwithstand? ing its promise to make it satisfac? tory as soon as it was in possession of the necessary information. As the new Spanish minister is to spend a week or ten days in Cuba before coming to Washington he will be expected to acquire all the needed information and if his government t . still delays making a satisfactory settlement he may find himself very disagreeably surprised soon after his arrival. And his surprise is not likely to be displeasing to the Cuban revolutionists. Postmaster General Wilson drop? ped into his new duties as( naturally as though he had been dealing with postal affairs all his life, ; and he is the same urbane gentleman ! in dealing with his numerous callers ; that he always was during his ex tended Congressional career. Ile bas long ago proved himself well ! protec^d against that insidious dis- j ease known to ordinary folk as the "big head".; therefore no one is i surprised to find him just as accessi- ; ole now as when he was a member of ; Congress. The projectors of the new silver1 party profess to have encouraging reports from a number of States, but their professions are largely discount- | ed by their claims as to the States of; Pennsylvania and Connecticut. The ! only claim these people make that is ? backed by common sense and hard | facts, is that a large majority of the voters of the couutry are bimetallists. That claim is unnecessary because it | is known by everybody, but that doesn't mean that all the bimetallists are ready to drop their party affilia? tions and unite in an assistant re- j publican party, which is about all the i new silver pauty is. The decision of the Supreme Court j in the income tax cases is disappoint- ! ing to everybody, and probably to : nobody more than to members of the court. The constitutionality of the law stands, not by an affirmative de- j cisi?n, but because the eight justices sitting were evenly divided. In- i comes from rents, municipal and State bonds are exempted from the tax. But what most disappointed the members of the court was the ! stealing of a copy of the decision in 1 advance of its being officially made. ; It was sold to the correspondent of ' a Chicago paper and telegraphed to j that city. The decision will make : lots of worry and litigation for the government, but Secretary Carlisle is very positive that it will not make necessary the calling of an extra . session of Congress, although the ex- , ceptions will probably reduce the receipts from the income tax at least one-half. But even if not a nickel was received from that source by the Tieasury, Secretary Carlisle says there will be money enough and to ; spare to carry the government until the regular session ol' Congress with? out any embarrassment. A Chicago democrat of the sort that cannot be discouraged is Mr William P. Wood, at present in Washington. Ile says : "The dem? ocratic party Butlered a bad defeat the other day, but we will pull our? selves together in time fur the big battle next year. I have no doubt whatever that Illinois will cast her electoral vote for the democracy, providing, of course that our can? didate is made ot* tho right sort of stuff. Business is booming al a great pace Everywhere 1 have been in tii<r last few .weeks I found trade irn orovinir. I look for a general revival >.{ business tiiis summer, and that is ail the democratic party j needs. With good times next year democratic success ;> assured.*'' AI: t.oi?k=i used in the classes of the Sumter Institute ?n?i the Graded School, al Whole ale Prices at H. G. Osteen k <_.</?.. next io the Watchman and Southron office, Liberty Russia Not in Favor. Emperor William Thinks he has Been Slighted. - BERLIN, April 7.-The maturing1 conflict between Norway and Sweden has given rise to strange reports in Berlin. Since Tuesday it has been ; a common statement that should the two kingdoms resort to force, Em? peror William would take up arms rather than permit the threatened in? terference of Russia. Ile is said to ; have promised King Oscar as much. : Although the official circle discredits ; this report, the mere thought of it has | sufficed to fasten general attentior , upon the swift course of events in the I Scandinavian peninsula. Yesterday's dispatches from Stock- j holm, while not confirming the pre- i dictions of war, describe the situa lion as very serious. Since King Oscar returned to Stockholm, negotiations have been resumed in Christiana be- i tween Michelet of the Conservative Right, Minister Stang and the Liberal leader, Steen, but with little pros? pect of success, as Stang insists upon his resignation. Michelet admits that he cannot form a ministry with any hopes of governing under the Consti- j tution, and Steen threatens to im peach the members of any cabinet j trying to override the majority. Although this antagonism seems to render any peaceable settlement im? possible, it is still a good way this side of civil war. Russia's aif.itude ; to the conflict ' is in doubt, but, as j as usual, she is suspected of designs ! on Norway. With the alarmist rumors of the i Emperor's promise to King Oscar has come a batch of gossip as to the rela- j tions between St. Petersburg and Berlin The two courts are supposed to be lees friendly now than a few weeks ago. The Tageblatt says the Czar gave Emperor William no ad vance information as to Prince Loba noff s appointment to the ministry of foreign affairs. Although the Prince ? at the time was ambassador-elect to Germany, the German Emperor first learned the news from Emperor Franz Joseph. The Tageblatt says Em? peror William was so chagrined by this snub that he at once recalled Gen. Von Werder, whose business i=; was to learn the change of plau in St. Petersburg. The statement that the Czar and Czarina will not come to Berlin this year is regarded as additional proof of the estrangement, although as the Czarina's accouchement is expected to take plaee early in September, it is difficult to see how the visit could be made even if Russia and Germany were on the verge of an alliance. Prince Radolin's appointment to suc? ceed Weider is said to have been made out of spite. Radolin is an en? thusiastic Pole and once advocated Polish autonomy openly. Such a character is not adapted to please the Russian official circle, although as a diplomat of the first rank, Radolin may be able to make a place for him? self at the Russian court. Whatever the relations between St. Petersburg; and Berlin, they did not prevent thc Czar from giving Weider a grand farewell banquet Thursday. The Czarina and several other members of the imperial family were present, be? sides Count VorontzoffDashkoff, minister of the imperial household and Gens. Richter and Tchervine. No importaut developments are likely to come before both of the new am? bassadors assume their duties. Prince Bismarck has had a rest from public receptions, but will re? sume 4work to-"morrow when the teachers of ihe Prussian high schools will go to Friedrichsruhe to present a statuette of* Emperor William I. The figure is worked out in silver and gold. The line of depuiatioiiH stretches out indefinitely The dele? gates from the technical schools must be received, then the rectors of the colleges in Aachen, Brunswick, Dres? den and a score of other cities, and finally the societies, municipal bodies and guilds. As his health has not given away at all under the strain of the celebration, Bismarck will ex? tend the programme of receptions. He has agreed to address a party of Posen Gentians on April 21. They will come with their wives ana daughters and will give the old ; chancellor a costly shield, bearing the arms of the province. They expect to hear something* from the Prince , regarding the Polish question. Prince Arenberg, who represents a Bavarian constituency in the Reich? stag, has been turned oat of the ; presidency of the Berlin colonial society because he voted against con? gratulating; Bismarck. Arenberg is a Catholic, and went with the rest of the Clerical party when they helped demolish Herr Von Levetzow's pro? posal, lit) was told curtly early in thc week {hat, although he had served bnt a few months of his term, his resignation was desired at once, since all the leading members had de? clined to attend meetings helo under iris chairmanship His successor has nol been chosen. Another anonymous author has put forth a sensational story based on the Kilt/-- letter scandal and "viclerleui Wai ch ter s affair with Polstoiffof the Kladderdatseh Thc book title is, fm, J > i * . 11 s c drs Rothen Adlers " (hie ol its conspicuous characters is the Em? peror's brother-in law, Duke Ernst ( i neuther of Schleswig-Holstein. The Duke is introduced as a nameless prince who is intimate with a French female spy named Saintaire. The wo- .? man tries io earn her French pay hy worming military secrets out of the Duke, and several conspicuous offi? cers are paid i ich ly with money from Paris for their silence as to lier de? signs. Baron Schr?der, Kotze's chief accuser, Kiderlien-Waechter i and Ernst Von Wildenbruch, the court dramatist, are introduced under | names which afford but thin disguises. The book is selling like hot cakes, as i everybody expects the police to seize : it. The Japanese are much poorer pa? trons of the theater than their American cousins, In that country a man oare ful of his reputation seldom goes; a lady nsver. They do, however, enjoy theatrical performances by hiring a traveling troupe. During the year 1894, the Church of Eogland received voluntary contribu? tions to the amount of ?5,650,490, io addition to which ?1,482,898 was spent building, restoring and otherwise improving the fabric of the church. Io speakiog of this, the London Daily News fays: "This enormous income from voluntary sources, with iss almost infinite possibilities of expansion, throws a curious light upon the lament? ations of those clergy who see in endow? ments the only divinely appointed source of their maintenance. It is startling as well as gratifying to note that the voluntary contributions even in Wales exceed the net clerical income by ?54,597, being a much larger per? centage than obtains in Eogland. Lon? don, by the way, sets the best example of generosity, the three dioceses of London, Rochester and St. Albans contributing the handsome total of ?1,-. 247,739." The newest society "sensation" in St. Petersburg is ao old peasant woman with a wonderful memory. Her name is Irina Aodrejewna Fedosova ; she is seventy yenrs of age, caD oeither read nor write but knows by heart over 19, 000 legends, folk songs and poems. When she gives a public recital the scene is a striking one. A little bent figure appears, hobbles on to the plat? form, sits down on a chair, with hands folded, and withered face quite expres? sionless. Amid a hush of expectation she begins to speak ; then her face brightens, her eyes open widely and sparkle, while her voice grows clear and penetrating. She looks ten years younger in her enthusiasm, as she half speaks, half sings the legends of her youth, tales of great wars, old fairy tales, long-lost tragedies or tender I love stories, while the audience, carried away by her strange magnetism, listens : spellbound, laughs and weeps at her ? will. She is the "rage" in the Russian capital, and it is said that two eminent literary men have written down a num? ber of her memory-stored treasures which they intend to publish ic book form, which-will prove a rich find for lovers of book lore. Delaware's Governor Dead. ! WILMINGTON. DEL., April 8.-Gov ? ernor Marvil died at 8:15 to-night, after : a lingering illness. . By his death, William P. Watsou, Speaker of the c?nate, who is a Demo ' crar, becomes acting Governor. By the I elevation of Mr. Watson to the guber ; oatorial chair, the Senate of this State becomes a tie, fuur Republicans and four Democrats. Mr. Watson will not ; serve out Governor Marvil's unexpired term, bnt will act as the Chief Execu : tive of the State until the next gene ! ral election io November, 1896. What effect the death of Governor Marvil will ! have upon the Senatorial contest DOW being waged in the Legislature be? tween Higgins and Addicks is difficult : to forecast. If the Legislature fails to elect, the acting Governor of the Stare I can nominate a Senator, but whether the United States Senate will admit one so accredited to their ranks is prob? lematical. Death Was_Preferable To Prostration After the Grip Hood's Sarsaparilla Built Up and Cave Perfect Health. W. H. Williams This is a well-known merchant at Key West, Florida. His account of his condi? tion after the grip, and how it was cured, should be read by all: ".[ had t lie grip twice, which came near ending my es istence on thc earth, and lett me 'ii a condilion to *"hich Death was Preferable About five months back I started to take Hood's Sarsaparilla. I felt the good effects from the lir-t bottleand by the time I had taker, three littles I was 5C per cent, a better tuan physically than before. I am now full of ambition end feel that had I VV?V Sa*Si?3 h not taken Rood's Sarsaparilla T should now be deadand buried. I am thankful to Hood's Sarsaparilla, which has been instrumental of so much good lo me as to t housnnds of others of our fellow men." W. H. WILLIAMS, B., Kev West. Florida. Hood's Pills become the favorite cathartic y> \ih everyone who uses them. 2?c. per box. Chronic Nervousness Could Not Sleep, Nervous Headaches. Gentlemen:-I have been taking your Restorative "Nervine for the past three months and I cannot ~sav enough in its praise. It has Saved fly Life, for I had almost given up hope o? ever being well again. I w'as i chronic sufferer from nervousness and could not sleep. I was also troubled with nervous headache, and had tried doctors in vain, until I used your "Nervine. Yours truly, MRS. M. WOOD, Ringwood, 111. Dr. Miles' Nervine Cures. Dr. Miles' Nervine is sold on a nositive guarantee that the first bottle will "benefi:. All druggists sell it at SI, 6 bottles for 85, or it will he sent, prepaid, on receipt of price by the Dr. Miles' Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. For sale hy Dr. A. J. China, Sumter, S. C. T. C. Scaffe Would inform his friends and customers that he is prepared to manufacture TOBACCO FLUES, A?y dimension or thickness, mere reasonable than any cf his competitors ; haviog many advantages over then : having 20 years experience it? this kind of sheet metal work. ?89a ?89'L A7C7PHEL?S&CO. General Insnrance Apt?, Sumter, S. C. Fire, Life, Accident, Steam Boiler, Piate Glass, Bonds of Surety for persons in posi? tions of trust, and Liability Insurance in every branch, written in the very best Acer? can and Foreign Companies. Over sixty-five millions cf capiial repre? sented. OflSce at Messrs. J. Rettenberg & Sons, 2d Floor, Front. Mehi 4-0 SUMTER TINmW. HAVING PURCHASED th? tools snd outfit, of the shot; forxeriy of E. UarcUre?i, I will conclue' the Tin business in its different branches H? ih* same stand, cr. Republican Street ne?.r Graham's St*-):*;'. Orders for Rocfinz, G ?:>r:ng aod genera! Repair Work will have [.rompt attention I have good worku.rn employed, tod guarantee satisfaction Feb. 20. H.A. HOYT. Agent. PATRICK mm ir~ AXDERSOA', S. C. Seventeenth Session OPENS SEPTEMBER I2TH. GOOD COURSE in English, Mathematics Latin, Greek, German, French, Drat, ng. Book-Keeping, and Tactics. Send for Catalogue. COL. JOHN B. PATRICK, Aug. 15 Supt. COLLEGE, Augura, ur?. 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