The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 13, 1897, Image 2
WEYLER'S MODE OF CON?
DUCTING WAR.
Harrassing Peaceable Citizens
of the Island- - An Edict
to Permit Thefts
From Cubans.
HABANA, Jan. 6.-Another edict
has been issued by Gen Wey 1er un?
der which all owners, managers and
overseers of estates and farms in the
provinces of Pinar del Rio and Mat?
anzas shall within eight days from
the dat? of the edict appear before the
mayor of the fortified towns nearest
to their homes and prove their -own?
ership of estates or the capacity in
which they are employed thereon
Owners of estates will be required to
show their receipts for the last taxes
paid by them and statements will have
to be made of the number of hands
employed on each plantation
Should the examination by the
mayors result in the finding of state |
ments submitted to be correct, the
persons summoned to appear will be
allowed to return to their homes,
after having obtained proper certi?
ficates and passes In all cases
where the authorities discover any
irregularities in the statements, the
persons subjected to examination will
"' be obliged to remove at once to the
*" fortified towns nearest homes At
the expiration of eight days allowed
for compliance with the terms of the
edict, troops will be ordered to con?
duct all persons found without cre?
dentials issued by the mayors to the
towns and proceed according to.the
instructions issued to them.
All foreign residents of the three
provinces named who are employed
in agricultural or industrial pursuits,
either as owners, managers or over?
seers, must prove their nationality
and famish full information regard*
ing the persons employed by them,
xhibitiag their police documents,
tl live stock found roaming .the
country will be seized by the au?
thorities until its ownership can be
proved, and all cattle owners are
notified that their cattle must be kept
confined and that certificates of own?
ership must be shown'to any official
authorized to examine it during the
passage of troops through the pro?
vinces s
A party of insurgents under com
manrJLpf tbs leader Enrique Penaver,
made an attack last night upon the
town of Arroro Navajo, cloded to
e city of Habana They were
stoutly resisted by the local forces,
who Fepuleed them and prevented j
the town. Penaver and three others \
ofThe rebeta were killed and several
were wounded The garrison lost |
one sentinel killed.
MR. THOMAS PROTESTS.
?st the Commission's Ac?
ion. The Chairman
Talks.
Commissioner" H. R.
rn jj y announced that he
InB^BLWmake a minority annual
report to the general assembly..
WbeJi he handed it .in he was in?
formed that the law made no provis
\n for the printing of minority re
^rts, the attorney generals opinion
[ing beeii asked on the matter. In
[equence, the following was yes
prepared by Mr Thomas and
the press :
Columbia, Jan. 5. 1897.
[ming to General Statutes,
fiZI, I respectfully protest
action of the chairman
of railroad commission
foQ?rr% from the annual report
legislature, my minority re
rin regard to the f>-i ?ihz r ra e
respectfully protest against the
action of the majority pf the board
in printing, at the expense ol the
State, a full showing of their t-ide
of the question and denying a like
- privilege to me.
Respectfully submitted,
H R. Thomas,
Railroad Commissioner
In connection with this matter
Chairman W. D Evans of the board
yesterday said :
"I just wish to state that Mr
Tnomas asked me to go to see the
attorney general yesterday and in the
presence of the attorney general it
was agreed between Mr. Thomas and
myself that the letter of the attorney
general in the report should be with?
drawn and the protest that he made
at Charleston during the sitting of
the court should go into the report
Mr. Mr. Thomas made these corree
tion8 himself as per agreement with
the attorney general and that was to
end the matter To day he comes
over here and wants to make other
changes not in the agreement of yes
terday, which I declined to agree to,
as the attorney general had vouched
for both of us standing by that agree?
ment "
Perish in Flames.
Special to The State.
Pickens, via. Easley, Jan 6.-The
most appalling calamity that has ever
befallen any ons in'this county happen?
ed to the Rev. M. L. Jooee last night
His residence, five miles north of Pick
ens, with the entire contents was de?
stroyed by fire. His son,*Elbert, and
daughter, Mary, both about grown,
perished in tbe flames. Mr. Jones was
absent. An inquest was held to-day.
Verdict, accident.
Six Nuns Burned.
Rober val. Que , Jau. 7.-at6o'clook
this morning fare broke out in the
obapel of the convent here caused ky a
lighted candle near th ? cradle of the
Infant Jesu9, setting fire to the drap
eries and floral ornamenations, and in
and instant the whole was a mass of
flames. The alarm was given by a sa?
cristy nun, but the fire spread wirb
such rapidity that nothing could be
done to save the building. Seven nuns
were smothered in the smoke Their
names are : Mother St. "Francois de
Paule ; Sisters Providence (Emma La
Touroeau of Quebec) ; St. Ursule (Cor
inthe Carnean of \ Foye) ; St. Annie
(Laure Hudon of Hebertville) ; St
Antonie de Padorie (Cathernine Bouille
fo Deschambault) ; St Dominque
(Marie Louise Girard of Roberval),
and Et. Louis (Rise Gosselin of St.
Jean Cbrysostome)
Another nun was badly burned in
trying to extinguish the fire. The con
vent and school are a mass of ruins
The total loss is ?75,000 with only
about $12,000 insurance. The school
was closed on aocouot of holidays and
most of the pupils bad gone home.
The Mysterious Murder of a
Negro.
Special to The State.
ORANGEB?RG, Jan. 6.-The people
of our city were thunderstruck this
morn?og when it was made known that
there had been a lynching within three
miles of here last night
The following are the facts as ascer?
tained : ?arly this morning the lifeless
body of Lawrence Brown, a well-built
negro of about 20 years, was found
hanging from the danger signal at the
crossing of the old stage road and tbe
South Carolina aod Georgia railroad,
one mile from Stilton, and about three
miles from Orangebarg. How it got
there is still a mystery to every one.
Several ballet and guoshot wounds were
found OD tbe body.
The post from which the body was j
hanging is about 15 feet high and 3
feet from the tr?ck. The face of the
corpse was turned towitta the posfc and
bis back to the railroad. Pinned to his
back was found a placard with.the fol?
lowing inscription :
"Notice to all who rn*y concern :
Judge Lynch's court is in session to?
night for toe protection of our property,
and by the help of God he will convict
and execute any man, woman or child
that burns or destroys our property
with fire. We will proteot oar homes
and property and oar -oeighbors shall
not suffer loss from he hellish fire?
bugs. Let this be, a warning to otb
Hunters Murdered.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 6.-L. F Brswr
and Stephen Mazyck were killed sf
Otranto, about 15 miles hom Charles?
ton, to day by John Poppenheim. A l
of the parties are white. Br'owo and
Mazyck had been oat hunting with a
party and were orossing Goose creek in
a boat when Poppenheim came up and
fired Very meagre particulars have
been received here of the shooting,
but it is ?aid. that it resulted from
Mazyck and Brown's attempting to
follow a deer into Poppenheiro's prop
erty. Poppenheim to-night surrender?
ed to the sheriff of Berfcely. county.
The Loud Bill Passed by. the
House.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6' -After, two
days' debate, the house this after?
noon by a vote of 144 to 105, passed
the bill introduced by Mr Loud,
chairman of the committee on post
offices and post roads, to amend the
laws relating to second class mail
matter The principal features of
the bill were those denying to the
mails, as second class matter, sam
pie copies of newspapers and serial
novel publications and withdrawing
from news agents the privilege of
returning to their principals at the
pound rate unsold copies of periodi
cals. The general debate was cloRed
by Mr. Loud in a half hour's speech
in favor of the bill, preceding which
Messrs. Miliken (Dem ) of Missis
sippi ; Wader (Rep ) of Pennsylva
nia ; Tracy (Rep ) of Missouri ;
Morse (Rep ) of Massaeusetts, and
Bingham (Rep .) of Pennsylvania,
addressed the house in opposition to
the bill. The two hours devoted to
the consideration of the bill under
the five minute rule was productive
of no change in the text as referred
to the committee of the whole, and
at 4 o'clock it was reported to the
house for final action
Mr. Washington Duke, of Darharr,
N C , has recently given $100. 000
ro Trinity College, N C , on coodt
tion that the institution shall open itu
doors to young women as fully as to
young men. Mr. Duke had already
giv^n ?85,000 to the College. We
coograulate President Kilgo and young
women of the Old North State.
Lawrence Wilson, of Baltimore
aged ll jears, one of the eight boys
who were bitten by a mad dog on Dec.
1, and who was the first of tho eight to
go to the Pasteur institute in New
York for treatment, dieiin convulsions
Tuesday morning. He was the fourth
to die from the effect of the dog's bite
The other four victims of the dog's
attack arc out thought to be in any
danger, although James Buhl has been
reported to be developing symptoms ol
hydrophobia. Hflfcfc
That Commission Row.
Mr. Thomas Has Yet Another
Communication to the
Public.
V
Railroad Commissioner Thomas
has yet another communication to the
public This time it is in regard to
the refusal of the majority of the
commission to allow him to print his
minority report. Here is what he
says :
I desire to state for the information
of the public that I put a minority
report in the hands of the printer to
be published in the railroad coromis
sion?rs' report along with that of the
maj'ority of the board. On last Mon?
day when I came to the office I sent
for it to submit to Chairman Evans
and was very much surprised to find
that he had forbidden the minority
report being "priuted. I then went
with Mr Evans to the attorney gen?
eral's office where we made the fol?
lowing agreement : That a letter
written by Attorney General Barbet
as to whether or not there was a
trade made at Charleston should be
eliminated. We agreed to substi
tute instead the protest which I made
at Charleston against the trade. Then
Attorney General Barber w<^ to pre?
pare a paper to be signed by Mr.
Evans and myself, asking the legis?
lature to investigate the fertilizer
rate. Conforming to our agreement
to ask the legislature to investigate
us ? published yesterday my protest
against excluding the minority re?
port to be laid on the desks of the
legislators.
Yesterday the secretary, Col Dan
can, asked Mr. Evans to do away
with all this agreement if I would
eliminate everything of a personal
nature from my minority report. Mr.
Evans told the secretary to help rae
to prepare it and submit it to him
He left the office and never returned.
Chairman Evans says he would not
allow the minority report to be pub
lished because of the abuse of the
other members of the board, which
I desired to have printed in the re
port.
1 deny that there is a single word
of abuse in anything that I propose
to report. In the reports I .did not
propose to mention a single name, but
to confine myself entirely to the re
cords of the office
This is the most objectionable part
of my report, which Commissioner
Evans construes, I suppose, into per?
sonal abuse : "The blanket rate in
the sixth congre88sional district was
fixed without calling the board to?
gether as is a custom and the law.
No blanket rateexisted in this territory
before and no cause has been assigned I
why this congressional district
should be made an exception The
rate 5xed was purely arbitrary and
cannot be figured by any rule ever
adopted by the board of commission?
ers " (See Atlantic Coast Line joint
freight rates, effective Jan. 27, 1896;
also supplement effective Feb. 7,
I ?96 )
I tried to eliminate from that
everything of a personal nature and
agreed to change that sentence to
read instead, "The blanket rate in
the Pee Dee section is an arbitary
rate, which cannot be figured by any
rule herefore adopted by tho board."
The majority of the board
have made a full showing of
their side of the question
at the expense of the State
and all that I asked was
the poor privilege of allowing me to
submit a minority report as I am in?
structed to do in general statutes,
section 1637 Surely Commissioner
Evans does not desire rae lo go be?
fore the legislature as we agreed
without some orinted statement of
of my objecth * to the rate made
by the majority of the board.
If there is any abuse whatever in
the blanket rate for the Pee Dee sec?
tion I am not at all "responsible, be?
cause both the record and the rate
were made by Chairman Evans with
out consulting me and the question
for me is this: "Shall I be sient a.id
be made a party to the making of an
unjust rate, or shall I do my duty as
the law requires me?" I prefer to
pursue the latter course. If it re
fleets on Chairman Evans at all I am
very sorry for it and had no part in
making the record because I was not
consulted or informed of the meeting
at which it was done.
I have done all that I possibly
could to prevent annoying the legis?
lature with this matter, but it seems
to me that Chairman Evans demands
of me that I shall be silent and allow
him to make trades in Charleston and
to make rates iii congressional dis
tricts, and to make discrimitative
rates in favor of the interior mills
without a single word or protest,
when 1 believed this manner of
making is unjust and detrimentarate
the best interest of the people ofl to
?tate H. R THOMAS, the
Railroad Commissioner.
Anderson Intelligencer: A para?
graph is going thc rounds of the State
press to the effort thai the Legisla
turc will ignore i he primar vote in
the Senatorial election and elect Gov.
Evans as Senator in place of the reg?
ular nominee. Hon J. fi. Earle. We
do not believe any such s-tuff. Every
Democrat in the Legislature who
would be a parry to such an outrage
would be perjurer, and could be in?
dicted and punished as such.
FROM THE WIRES.
January 8.
MACON, Jan. 7.-A special to The
Telegraph from Unadilla, Ga , says:
Anthony Henderson, the uegro who
was arrested Monday night tor the mar?
der of old man George Sumner and at?
tempted an assault upon his daughter
Christmas week, was lynched hare la?t
night.
There was a ?50.000 6re in Athens,
Ala., yesterday. Iut-urance $40,000.
Musida V Hoagland, private secre?
tary to Miss Mary Garrett, was killed
by a fall down^n elevator shaft in Miss
Garrett's mansion io Balnaiore yester?
day.
News from Athens, Tex , says :
Fire at Athens, Tex., yesterday de?
stroyed a dozjo places of business ou
the court house square L >ss is esti
mated at ?100,000. Fire believed to
have been the act of incendiaries.
The Decamp Levy company, whole?
sale saddlery manufacturers. Cincin?
nati, afgigoed last night Liabilities
?80,000;
The Georgia railroad commission bas
decided adversely to the roads in the
fertilizer rate case and the companies
will probably ask for an injunction to
prevent the commission from enforcing
the cut. rate.
In Wilkes county, N. C., yesterday
Mansfield Parsons. 15 years old, sou of
a widow, committed suicide to spite bis
mother for whipping him. The son
hanged himself with the same strap
that the mother punished him with.
In a wreck on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad near Terro Alta. W. Va ,
lu*t night, Worthington Smith, fireman
of a freight, was killed and John Gil
baugh seriously injured.
In the inquest into tbe cause of the
death of James Duffy, the Boston pugi?
list, the jury found that death was eu
perinduced by excitement following bin
boxing contest with Justice, and was
acc lerated by disease of tbe heart.
The jury exonerated the defendants and
recommended that a law be enacted re
quiring athletio clubs to employ com
potent physicians to examine all nersoo
before they are allowed to participate
in athletio exhibitions of any kind.
Tbe Youngston, O., oar w us,
which has been idle for more tb au a
year, will resume work OD Monday.
Moritz Baurer-, a real estate dealer
of New York, was arrested yesterday,
charged with swindling people out of
real estate to the amount of ?100.000.
He was president of the Manhattan
Investment and Construction company.
CUBA VIA. ATLANTA.
Story That Gomez Shot 114
Spanish Prisoners.
ATLANTA, Jan 7 -The Constitution
has a dispatch from Key West which
says General Gomez has begun work
of reprisal against Spaniards In au
attack upon the central trocha, near
Moron, he captured the Spanish gar?
rison of Iago Avile, 114 men. They
were notified that, according to pre?
cedent set by their own government,
they should prepare to meet their
fate. They were given an opportu
nity of writing mesages to their
friends in Spain, and then, in grounds
of -5, they were shot to death.
Never a dollar away from home, says
an exchaoge. when the article that the
dollar will parch a6e can be obtained at
heme. Money is our financial, blood.
Its circulation keeps the business body
alive. Bleed that body by sending the
money awav from home and business
pron will pur on a look of lethargy and
inactivirv. Always trade at horne.
The local paper ai wats urges its rea.
dpr* to spend their money at. home, but
it is not an unusual thing for some mer?
chants to send their orders abroad for
commercial printing It's a poor rule
that don't work both ways.
There is hardly a country under tb<?
sun in which tobacco is not used and
grown, and yet, it is only within the
past few years than an attempt has been
made to cultivate it for commercial pur
poses in those of our S'ates which were
looked noon as outside of the tobacco
belt. Now it is grown to a greater or
less extent in nearly every State in the
Union, and also grown to a greater or
?esa extent in nearly every country in
the world The-average world's orop
is estimated at 2 200,000 hogsheads, of
1.000 pounds each, of which the
United States produce 530,000 hogs?
heads. British India comes next with
385,000 hogsheads, Russia next with
154,000. Austria-H au gary following
with 143,000. China produces 110.
j 000 hogsheads, Germany 77.000,
I Cuba, Dutch India and Turkey in Eu?
rope 66 000 each, Brazil 60 000.
Japin 49.000. France 44.000. the
j Philippine Islands 44.000, Persia 40;
! 000, Turkey in Asia 33,000. the Cape
! Colony 22.000, Bosnia and Hertze
I govioa 20.000, Colombia 12,000, Bel
j gium 10,000. Algiers and San Do
' mingo 9,000 each, Argentina, Para
j guay, Mexico. Porto Rico, Australia,
j Holland and Greece, 6,000 each, while
' other European and Asiatic countries
? all raise some. With a showing like
this the question should not be where
j ''tobaooo can be grown'' but where it
j can't be
Gold and Silver Papers for sale by H. 6
Osteen & Co.
Celluloid novelties for Christmas gifts for
sale by H. G. Ostun & Co.
A Quick-witted Minister.
The Courier 6ays the following is
a true story : Two young ladies of
this city were desirous of joining one
of the prominent Episcopalian
churches, but as they had been
taught that immersion was the true
form of Baptism, they wished, on
joining themselves to the church, to
be baptized in that manner They
stated their wishes to the pastor, and
he expressed himself entirely wil
ling to administer the ordinance in
that form ; but as there were no con
veniences in the church edifice for
the purpose, it would be necessary
to go outside-to the frog pond on
the common, or thepretty lakelet it)
the public garden They looked
upon this proposal with horror. They
could not thrnk of it, could not think
of making such a spectacle of them?
selves.
"Then," said the genial pastor,
"you had better go to a Baptist for
the purpose; and after baptism, if
you desire it, you will be received
into the Episcopalian fold."
The ladies were delighted with the
suggestion, and as soon as convenient
called upon a prominent Baptist pas?
to and made known their wish to be
baptized
"Certainly,r replied the pastor.,
"but there are certain preliminaries
to be gone through before baptism,
certain preparations to be made It
is a solemn ordinance, one not to be
lightly submitted to-and,-by the
way, it appears to me strange that
you have not previously consulted
me. that the preparations so neces?
sary-"
"0, we are already prepared,"
said the young ladies
"Already prepared ?"
"Yes ; we do not intend to become
members of your church ; we only
want to be baptized, as we believe
immersion to be the proper form of
baptism We are going to join the
Episcopa'ian church r
"0, that's it," said the pastor, ris
ing ; 1 then permit me to inform you,
my dear young ladies, that we do not
wash Episcopalian sheep here "
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How's This.
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
?nv case of Catarrh thal cannot be cured by
Bull's Catarrh Cure
F J Cheney A Co, Pro: 8, Toledo. 0.
We ihe umiersgned, have known F J.
Cheney for the last 15 year?, believe him
perfecly hooorahir in all busine-9 transactions
?od financially able to carry out any obliga?
tion made t'y their firm
WM ? Truax. Wholesale Druggists". Toledo,
0. Wulding, K'.i<04n- ? Marvin. Wholesale
Druggists, J ol- do, 0.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is raken internally,
?cine directly upon the hiood ?:>d mucou9
surface* of the system Price 7?c per r>ot
f.e. Sold t?y all Druggists Testimonials
free
Is essential to
health. Every nook
and corner cf the
.system ?3 reached by the blood, and on
its quality the condition of every organ de?
pends. Good Llood means strong nerves,
good digestion, robust health. Impure
blood means scrofula, dyspepsia, rheuma?
tism, catarrh or other diseases. The surest
way to have good blood is to take Hood's
Sarsaparilla. This medicine purifies, vi?
talizes, and enriches the blood, and sends
the elements of health and strength to
every nerve, organ and tissue. It creates
a good appetite, gives refreshing sleep
and cures that tired feeling. Eemember,
arsapanna
Is the best-in fact the One Tme Blood Purifier.
c, ,.. tr>'ti cure Wver Ills; easy to
M OOO S Pl I IS take, easy io operate. 2.%
BEAUTY HATH CHARMS
and all the charms which beau?
ty likes best to don are shown
in our grand display of fash?
ionable jewelry for this season.
Jewels like these would en?
hance the charms of the most
fascinating belle, and surely no
fair one would despise such
brilliant aids to her beauty.
Like personal loveliness, they
conquer admiration on sight;
they score new victories at ev?
ery inspection. Those who
look over our stock do not
willingly stop with examina?
tion. Beauty may now be
made ea,ny irresistible by a
few judicious purchases from
our display of up to date jew?
elry.
L. WfcFOLSOM,
Jewelled Optician,
SIGN (M m!^' WATCH,
Oct. 16.
Tfa^^imter
Music House,
MAIN STREET, NEXT TO CROSSWELLS
GROCERY.
Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines
of the best grade sold cheap for cash
or on easy terms Old ones taken in
exchange for new ones.
CLEANING AND REPAIRING
DONE PROMPTLY.
We r.lso keep
NEEDLES, OILS,
And parts of every Sewing Machine.
We have some rare bargains in
j Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines,
i
M. B. RAN.DLE,
Jan Manager.
DR. fl. Mil SOLOMONS,
DENTIST.
office
0?*B 8TORB OF SUMTER DRY GOODS COMPANY
trance on Main Street,
Between Dry Goods Co. and Durant k Son
OFFICE HOURS :
9 to 1 30 ; 2 to5 o'ciock.
April 0. 2
Order Your
PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES
. FROM
GEO. f. STEFFENS & SON,*
Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S C
--Agents for
MOTT'S CID3S
BED SEAL GIG-ABS,
AND DOVE HAMS
STANTON
HOUSE.
D. J. JONES, Poprietor.
Rates $2.00 Per Day.
SPECIAL TERMS TO FAMILIES.
Two Minutes "Watts From Central
Depot.
Chattanooga, Tenn.
July 29.
ORDER FRUIT
-FROM
THE SOUTHERN FRUIT CO.
CHARLESTON, S. C.
And get best value for the
money.
Orders carefully and prompt?
ly filled.
W. H. MIX>ON.
Manager.
Sept., 30.
Tte Larpst ai Most Gollete
Estaislui? M
Geo. S. Hacker & Son.
-MANUFACTURERS OF
DOORS, SASH, BLINDS,
Moulding & Building
Material
rl?ce and Warerooms, King, opposite Can?
non Street.
CHARLESTON, S. C,
J^?~PurcBft$f our make, which we gu?rante'
superior to any sold South, and
thereby eave money.
Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty
October IC-o