The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 03, 1896, Image 6
Shot And Shell Fell Fast
Around The Filibustering
Steamer Bermuda.
PHILADELPHIA, May 31.-All con?
jecture regarding the whereabouts of
the now famous filibustering steamer
Bermuda were set at a rest to day when
she steamed up the Delaware river and
made fast to her pier She came from
Puerto Cortes and instead of arms and
ammunition ber cargo consisted of
8,400 bunches of bananas and 8,000
silver dollars. The silver was taken
out to buy fruit, but a strike among
the fruit cutters, coupled with the be
lielf that the vessel was not bound on a
legitimate voyage, made it impossible
to secure a full cargo. The attempt to
land her outward cargo and passengers
oo Cuban soil was a flat failure and the
escape of the vessel fi om destruction
by Spanish shells was little short of
providential.
The Bermuda sailed from Philadel?
phia April 23, in command of Captain
O'Brien, for Jacksonville. She sailed
from the latter port on April 26, in
command of Capt. Riley, who succeeded
O'Brien. The expedition was made up j
of 96 men from Key West, Tampa and
Philadelphia, in command of Gen j
Leidal Vidal, a soldier of the former !
revolution and a native of Santiago de
Cuba. The cargo consisted of two gat- j
tiing guns, 1,000 ri?es, a half million
rounds of ammunition and 1,000
pounds of dynamite. An attempt was
made, under General Vidal's orders, to
land on the night of May 4, ata point
OB the coast of Cuba, ten miles west of
Cardenas. A Spanish gunboat was
seen early in the evening, but it was
thought soe did not notice the Bermuda
and eight boats with 49 men were in
the water, about one and a half miles
from the coast, when a search light
from anjapproachiog cruiser was Bashed
over the entire party. All hands were
instantly in a state of hopeless demor?
alization and a desperate attempt to get j
back to the steamer was made. Only j
a few, however, reached the Bermuda, !
which started at once at full speed, j
She bad only run about eight miles j <
whee a second gunboat started in pur- j 1
suit, which was kept up until daylight, j 1
There were repeated flashes and roars j 3
from the guns on the Spanish warship, i (
Solid shot and Dursting shell fell thick
and fast until the distance between the
vessels increased, the Bermuda being
forced to her utmost speed, and wheo
day dawned the gunboat could not be
seeo. Two days later the steamer ar?
rived at Truxiib, Honduras, the bal?
ance of the war material having been
thrown overboard during the race.
Five of the party were drowned io
attempting to make the landing, among
them being Nicolo Cardenas, brother of
Col. Cardenas, an insurgent chief. The I
fate of the others is not known, but it j j
ts believed that the greater number j
were caught on the coast and probably
shot by the Spaniards. At least 32 of |
the party are missing. The other pas- j ^
sengers were landed on the coast of .
Honduras, between Truxilla and Puerto j
Cortez and afterwards reached Mobile, ? i
Ala, cn the steamer Clearwater, j ^
Hayden West of Camden and Afrian j Jj
Eldridge of this city returned on the j
Bermuda The fate of Dr. Etcilo j ?
Cabada is unknowns, but he is believed j
to have been among those lost. It. is |
said there is now little doubt but that ? ^
the intended landing place of the Ber- T
muda was known to the Spanish offi- J A
cials in New York before she left Jack
eonvilie.
SILVER VICTORY IN KEN?
TUCKY.
F
LEXINGTON, KY., May 31 -The j r?
free silver leaders are jubilant to day j 1
over their sweeping victory throughout s
the State yesterday. Accurate figures a
on the returns from the State show 670 x
silver delegates to the State convention c
against 240 of gold. The silver men s
carried every congressional district ex?
cept the Fifth, which is the Louisville h
distric-. The western end of the 3
State, including the First, Second, s
Third and Fourth districts did not send f
a sound money delegate, and for that a
reason, the leaders, who have consulted I
with Senator Blackburn, think it will,
be proper to make a western Kentucky s
man chairman of the convention. The | p
choice will probably fall between ex- S
Congressman Goodnight of the Third 5
district, and Congressman Stone of the r
First.
Senator Blackburn is disposed to he I
magnanimous. He said to-night: c
There is no time for quarreling. The a
success of the Democratic party ought d
oow ?o be the ?:m of every true Demo- i
erat. We have fought a good fight n
and we have won. We ought not no s
say au unkind work of our late oppo }
Dents nor censure those who came to us i
at the eleventh hour." t
The friends of Carlisle and Cleveland v
are not so easily propitiated, for they
say they will not vote for a free silver [ 1
candidate for President. They opeo ly j r.
avow their preference for McKinJey or r
another Republican for President over a ? 1;
silver Democrat running on a free sil- ! r.
ver platform.
Senator Blackburn will probably be j \
made temporary chairman of the con r
ventioa Wednesday. He is in spieo- (
did spirits to-nigbt over yester- t
day's victory and the hnndreds of coo- t
gratulatory telegrams he has received 1
from all over th6 Union. c
s
All kinds of Sewing Machine Needles a '
Sumter Music House. i b
Eleven Hundred Dead.
Extent of The Calamity OD
the Hcdynsky Plain?
Moscow, May 31.-The city lias
not yet recovered from the shock oe- j
casioned by the frightful calamity ?
that occurred yesterday on the Body
sky plain during the progress of the ;
great free feast and entertainment in
connection with the coronation cere?
monies given at the expense of the
czar to whosever desired to partake
The extent of the disaster was not !
exaggerated in the first reports.
It is officially announced this morn?
ing that the total number of victims
was 1,138 Most of them were
moujiks from the provinces, a poor j
class of people, butamongthe number
were many of the proverty stricken
residents of Moscow and the villages in I
the neighborhood of the city The j
fete was practically for the benefit of j
this classof the population and the mid- j
die class generally held aloof from j
the entertainment, or else visited the ;
plain in the capacity of spectators.
FOR THE POOK SUBJECTS' SOULS.
At the request of the czar, there
will be a solemn requiem mass in the
chapel of the Kremlin to monow
morning. All th?. members of the
imperial family will attend
The bishop of Peterborough, who ?
is in Moscow as a representative of j
the established church of England,
preached a sermon in the English
church here to-day. Among those i
who were present were the Duse of ;
Conuaught, who represents his |
mother, Queen Victoria, the Duchess !
of Connaught and their suites A j.
collection was taken up for the bene- I,
St of the sufferers and a goodly sum 1 j
was raised. ,
FIDDLING A3IOXG FUNERALS j (
i I
The statement that the disaster I
svould bring the coronation festivities ! j
to a close, has not the slightest basis j
>f truth. The functions have not
seen stopped A ball was given at
;he French embassy last evening,
lt was attended by the members of
,he imperial family, the foreign prin?
ces diplomatg and the highest Rus
nan and visiting aristocracy. The j ?
unction was one of the most brilliant j e
;hat has taken place in connection f
?vith the coronation ceremonies.
ALL NATURE WEPT.
I a
fl Day of Gloom und Sadness ? e
in St. Louis. ic
j J
ST. Louis, May 31.-Grand and ! s
^Ionisant avenues, the main through- ! a
ares of Bellefontaine and Calvary I 2
;emeteries, were covered to-day ? t
.vith a continuous stream of carriages ? 1
ollowing the victims of the tornado j 1
o their last resting place. The ap ?
>earance of the hearses in the sad i 1
)rocession alone punctured the j u
joints where one funeral party end- : o
?d and another began. There was a j r
?unless sky and the sombre clouds ! t
Iropped a mist}7 rain, as if nature j t
vas weeping at her own dreadful j t
vork. Fifty one of the victims were ? I
>uried in this city and thirty nine in t
Sast St. Louis. j \
The work of searching the ruins i a
us gone steadily on Two hundred ! 2
v-oi k house prisoners were set to
cork upon the ruins of the city hos
nt&K Health Officer Starkloff is of
he opinion that a number of bodies
ire under the ruins and the work was
>ushed with vigor. Up to 6 p. m., j ti
io bodies were found. Lack of j o
abor in East St Louis hampers ; I
earch work. The labor agitator is j c
broad in that city and his infamous ! ti
Fork has had its effect, as in some ?
?ases $1 an hour was demanded for j
earchiug the rains. i
Three patients died in St. Mary's j
lospital in East St. Louis to-day j
lost of the work there is directed to j
earching the ruins of the Vandalia i t?
reight depot and other buildings ; 0
bout the eastern approach of the ! j
Cads bridge. . j 0
All the railroads have placed on j j
ale "tornado rate" rickets at all j F(
?oints within a radius of 250 miles of j g
it. Louis, and to-day there are j a
.0,000 strangers here viewing the j jt
uins. 10
Relief work has been systematized. ! p
)r. W. W. 3oyd, chairman of the j "
?ommittee, says that 3,500 deserving j 8j
ipplicant8 received assistance to- j <j
lay The fund for this purpose this ! a]
Qorning footed up $91,568 The : 7
nails are beginning to bring sub- ? S(
criptions from the whole country, j 5
Vhile the demand for help is great, j tc
t is still believed that the citizens of j t|
his city will be able to care for all ? j,
without appealing for outside help j 0I
The exaggeration of damage to j ^
arge buildings and hotels by news- !
>aper correspondents is the cause of
ouch indignation. Sot one large j E
iotel in this city suffered even tem j C
?orary inconvenience. rr
The convention auditorium, which ' ti
eas represented to be obliterated, is h
eported to be slightly damaged, n
Contractor McCune has repaired the T
wilding and to-morrow it will be TJ
urned over to the Business Men's t!
"ague ready for occupation. The 31
;ity is rapidly recovering from the el
hock of the disaster and very soon d
he storm will be only a ?lato in local ri
listory. I ti
RICHMOND'S WELCOME.
RICHMOND Va , May 30 -The fol?
lowing card has been issued because
of the many inquirers made concern?
ing arrangements for the entertain
ment of the visiting veterans during
the reuion to be held here June 30
and July 1 and 2 :
Headquarters Executive Committee,
to Arrange for the Reception and
Entertainment of the United Con?
federate Veterans :
Richmond, May 30, 1896.
With a view of answering many
inquiries in the connection of this
letter, I want to say that we are
preparing with all our might and
main for the grand assembly of our
comrades and with all the loving
care and devotion of which we are
capable. We have grown neither too
old nor too callous to love the Con- j
federate soldier with all our hearts |
and minds and strength, and he will
find himself treated notas a stranger, j
but as a brother, when he arrives.
No one need fear to come for lack j
of accommodations The provisions
we are making in this respect we
believe to be ample for every emer- j
gency.
Wc are frequently asked whether j
we will furnish quarters and rations i
to veterans who will attend the forth- j
coming reunion We some time
since, in an official circular, promised |
quarters for all visiting organizations
that might need them. We perfectly
recognize the fact* that there are
many of our dear comrades to whom
for many, reasons, it will be a great
sacrifice to endure the travel here,
ind to whom, in times like these,
further sacrifices are too difficult
All such will be the honored guests
:>f my committee and will be lodged j
ind fed to the utmost limit of our i
Heans. All others should provide ?
for themselves at the very reasonable 1
-ates which will prevail among the
lotels and boarding houses, and the
jommittee would be greatly assisted
}y their engaging their quarters at an j
early day Address, in this connec
;ion, C. T Loehr, Richmond, Va
Peyton Wise, Chairman.
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KATE FIELD DEAD.
CiircAGO, May 30.-Kate Field is
lead. The sad news was received this
vening in a cable message reading as
ollows :
"Yokohama: Kohisaat, Times-Her
.ld. Chicago-Kate Field died May 19,
,t Honolulu, of pneumonia.
Thurston.
The sender < " he cablegram was the
x-tninister fro^i Hawaii to the United
kates. The latest advices received by j
Che Times-Hcald from Miss Field !
itated that she had made the perilous j
iscent. to the crater of the active volcano !
Jauoa Loa. where no white man had j
rod before and that she had been great- !
y beneficed in health by her trip, j
This letter was dated May 4
Miss Fieid was boro in St. Louis in i
S54. Her father. Jos. Field, and her ;
nother, who was Eliza Lapsley Riddle ?
f Philadelphia, were ahle to give her I
are educational advantage:- and through ?
hem she inherited briiiancy and versa- |
ility, ber mother being a charming ac- !
ress. Kate was educated in Boston \
taly and England and traveled all over j
he world. S5"*; made severel long ;
i
'isits to Europe and during her stay 1
broad became correspondent of the i
?ew York Tribune, Philadelphia Press ?
nd Chicago Tribune, besides doing :
?ork for periodicals In 1S74 she ap- !
eared as an actress in Booth's theatre,
new York. Since leaving the stage I
he has devoted her talent and energies j
:> lecturing and journalism. Last fall j
liss Field was sent tu the Hawaiian j
siana's by The Times-Kerald as special j
orrespondent and was so engaged j
rhen removed bv death.
"Are You An A. P,A?"
FRANFOUT, Ky.. May 31 -Father j
'bomas Major, pastor of the Church of ?
ie Good Shepherd, created something :
f a seusatioo in bas sermon today, j
kiter reading a letter from the bishop j
f this diocse directing the Young Men's j
ostitute' a Catholic organization, to ?
?nd letters to Governor McKinlev, !
enator Allison and other Republican j
nd Democratic presideential possibili- ?
es, asking them for a written statement I
f their sentiments in regard to the A. I
\ A , he said that the time bad come !
hen Catholics, in self-protection, |
iiould know the sentiments of Ciudi
ates for office on this subject. He
Iso asserted that many Catholics who
oted for Governor Bradley were now
)rry that they did so, he predicted that
ut few of those to whom the letters are
) be addressed will give an answer to '?
ie query in regard to?the A. P. A*., but.
idicated that Catholics should affiliate ;
niy with those who speak out in open j
ostility to the order.
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ATLANTA, June 1.-A special from
lome to the Constitution says that
bari es Thompson is in jail there for 1
iurder. He lived on John's raoun
lin. On Saturday he reported that
is housekeeper, Mrs. Tudor, was
liesing. The country was scoured
o day her body was lound in a well,
inder pressure, Thompson confessed
lat the woman wanted to commit
tiieide and he assisted her by tying
tones to her body and lotting her
own in the well The coroner
jshed Thompson through the conn- j
?y to keep bim from being lynched.
Lynched in Daylight.
A Negro Ravisoer Taken Out
of Court in Columbus, Ga.,
Aiul Banged on the Street With An?
other of His Class.
COLUMBUS, GA., Juoe 1.-Two ne?
groes were bung to a tree io the middle
of Broad street, the main business
thoroughfare of this city, and riddled
with bullets by an infuriated mob at 10
o'clock this moroiog. They were Jesse
Slaytoo and Will Miles.
Last Thursday Slaytoo outraged Mrs
Howard Bryan, a respectable white wo
mao of this (Muscogee) county. He
was captured that day by officers io the
city and placed io jail before the crowd
lookiog for him fouod him This
moroiog he was carried to the superior
court room for trial. He had beeo in?
dicted and a jury was beiog impanelled
wheo a mob rushed up the steps into
the court room, yelling' and brandish?
ing rifles and pistols, seized the terrified
man, threw the rope around his neck
and dragged him a hundred yards down
Broad street, riddled his body with bul?
lets at every step Tbe body was then
swung up to a tree and left dangling
there
The crowd theo weDt to the jail after
Will Miles, another negro, who in the
night time about two years 3go, at?
tempted ac outrage upoo Mrs. Al?
bright, a lady of this city.
The jailer pleaded with the mob, but
to no avail, and was compelled to eur- j
render Miles to eave his life and the
jail from destruction He surreodered
the keys and the doomed man was led
to where the body of Slaytoo dangled
Miles had been tried and convicted
twice a?d his cale had beeo twice seot
back by the supreme court, on techoical
ties for a new trial. His last trial re?
sulted in a mistrial and he was in jail
awaiting his fourth trial. The law's
delay in this instance had much to do
with causiog to-day's mob to override
the law and the court itself this morn?
ing
PHILADELPHIA, June 1 -British
Consul Clipperton to day revoked the
registration paper of the filibuster?
ing stamer Bermuda Captain Clip?
perton gave his reasons for revoking
the steamer's paper that she was not
owned by British subjects, but it is
not hard to believe that the owner's
activity in the Cuban cause brought
about the consul's action The Ber?
muda will not be able to leave port
until she is registered by some gov?
ernment and can go to sea flying the
flag of some nation.
Dr. Kirkland's Death.
The news of the death o? the Kev
! Dr. W. D. Kirkland, who resided
? here for a good many years has been ,
: received in Columbia, with many ex
j pressions of sorrow. Tue following
! sketch of his life published editorially
in the Charleston News and Courier
will be read with interest :
"The Rev. Welborn Davis Kirk?
land. D.D., well known throughout
South Carolina, died in Asheville, X.
C., yesterday morning. Dr. Kirk?
land was born in the old Cypress
circuit parsonage, near the State
road, in Orangeburg County, August
17,1849. His father, the'Rev. W.
C. Kirkland-relative to the Barn?
well family, of that name-was an
honored member of the South Caro?
lina conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church, South His moth?
er was Miss Galluchat, of Charleston.
Her father also, had been a Metho?
dist preacher
'.Davis Kirkland, as he was famil?
iarly known, was graduated from
VVofford College, in 18T0 In De?
cember following, at the conference
held in Charleston, he was admitted
as a travelling preacher into the
South Carolina conference He la?
bored on circuits three yeras, on
stations nine years, and presiding
elder's district three years Ile was
elected editor of the Southern Chris
tiau Advocate, December, 1885, and
in May, 1894, at the general con
ference at Memphis, he was elected
editor of the Sunday school literature
of his church, one of the most im?
portant posts in the connection, in
which he remained to the end of his
life. He was a member of the gen?
eral conference at Richmond in l?"86,
at St. Louis in 1S9?, and at Memphis
in 1894.
"Dr. Kirkland was a man of great
vigor of intellect, of strong will, and
wielded a large influence among his
brethren of the ministry. He had
never been in robust health : having
from time to time had to take a
forced rest for health. So, it is un?
derstood, he was at the time on his
way for his health to his native State,
having crossed the Cumberland and
Blue Ridge mountains (from Nash?
ville, Tenn., to Asheville, N. C.,) in
a buggy, when he was overtaken by
his last illrfess.
"Dr. Kirkland leaves a widow, one
daughter and two sons, who-, in their
bereavement, have the sympathy of
very many friends. He was a broth?
er of Dr. James Kirkland, chancellor
of the Vanderbilt university, Nash?
ville, Tennessee ,?-State.
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T?e Position of Cotton.
-'
j With the close ot May the ^hird
\ quarter of the cotton season of 1895-96
ends, and rhe practical r-sulrs o? the
crop movement, which wili uot b- com?
pleted until'August 31. can be fore
I shadowed. As a general thing the
[ outturn of the cotton crop has disap?
pointed a majority of the estimators of
last November and December, io that a
yield considerably in excess of that
then predicted has already shown itself,
while there still remaiu three full
mouths of the cotton year to elapse
A number of the estimates published
toward the close of 1895 pointed to a
yield of about 6,500 OOO bales. Ex?
amples of this may be cited in the case
ot the government estimate, popularly
regarded as 6,375,000 bales, the La?
tham. Alexander & Co. estimate, 6,
450,000 bales, and one of Neill Broth?
ers' several estimates, 6.500,000 bales.
An average of the guesses made on the
New York Cotton Exchange, 7 025,
000 bales, bids fair to come very near
the mark, but the individual estimates
themselves naturally varied widely.
The total quantity of cotton which
came ioto sight between September 1,
1895, and May 22, 1896 (8 months
and 22 days), was 6,792,000 bales, a
decrease of 29.5 per ceut. from la t
year, a falling off of 6.3 per cent from
the preceding year, and an increase of
6 6 per cent, over the amount in sight
at. that date in 1893. L'ist year's crop
of cotton was 9,901,000 bales, and the
amount which came into sight after
this daie last year was 2j per cent, o?
the crop, or 264,000 Dales. On the
basis of a similar movement from cow
on to the close of this cotton year, the
yield the Dresent season wiil aggregate
about 7,036,000 bales. It is impor?
tant to observe that the movement from
May 1 to May 22 this year is consider?
ably in excess of a year ago, so that a
maintenance of the percentage of ex?
cess io May this year over last (25 per
cent.) would give a movement during
the rest of this season of 330,000 bales,
pointing to a total yield of 7,122,000
bales. On the basis of the recent crop
movement, it therefore seems probable
the yield this seasoo will be equai to.'
if not in excess of, 7,100,000 hales, or
about 2S per cent, less than a year ago,
and about 600,000 bales in excess of
estimates prevailing last fall and win?
ter.-Bradstreet's.
ATRACT OF 250 ACRES, situate about
3 miles from Effingham, bounded by
Lynch's Creek, the public road and land cow
or forerly of Jesse James. The last named
tract of land well timbered, and admirably
adapted for plantiee and pasturage. Terms
easv. Apply to
PURDY & REYNOLDS,
Attorneys at Law,
Oct. 30. Sumter, S. C.
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