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GoYeroor El?erbe Replies To Insinuations Against Him Him-Will Stand for Be .Election. Governor Eiierbe on Wednesday for the first time, came ont in an in? terview, tc aoewer the numer?os charges and insinuations made '-against him He denies all connec? tion with the Newbold affair, and ?aye he gave him no advice what? ever. He comes ont squarely in favor o the dispensary, and proposes to am?ne the law by doing away with the pre?t feature, and, if necessary, lim ?ttng the sale to medicinal and sacra mental purposes. He announces his candidacy for :y the governorship on bis record. The following are his remarks : I see in thc News and Courier of Tuesday, an editorial commenting on the report from Hs Chester corres? pondent, which, while not directly doing to, may, by insinuation, lead peaple to believe that the governor t advised Newbold not to surrender. The language used by the Chester . correspondent reads : ' "He was instructed by the State Authorities not to surrender until to? day or until the court of general ses? sions of Spartanburg county bad ad : journ?e! " I wish to denounce the statement as absolutely and unqualifiedly false I sent Mr Newbold no message, gave him no advice and made no terms with anyone for his surrender. I am getting heartily sick and tired -of each dirty flings and insinuations. It seem? that a gentleman has no pro? tection, bot has to submit to such slanderous insinuations I have, also, been harshly criticis? ed for pardoning May and Buice for the killing of Sims. Sims was a des ? perale moonshiner who was openly violating the laws of the Stafce, and when May and Buice attempted to seize the licuor, Sims started to fire on-tue officers, and bad they not kill? ed him, men in the discharge of their duty woul d hay e been killed. M ore over, Mr. Crawford, who was pres eat, testified that the killing was in self defense. This is entirely aside from the petitions and the endorse mont of seven, of the jurors These were in addition to other petitions, I one signed by many of toe very best ofSpartauborg's citizens. There seems to be a common on demanding on the part of certain people-" to destroy the dispensary law, , and they take advantage oil all these; unfortunate occurencee to use them *g*iost the law. Since I have been j goveroor, ? have tried fearlessly lo perform my official duties, and-will j not be swerved by idle clamor or j senseless criticism Several days ago an interview waa j printed from Rev. Carroll, ia which ? ? was reported to have said that ; rather than "join' the liquor xnen, I would go to-A great many have asked me to fill out that blank What I said was : "Before ? would torn this s?ate over to the liquor ele : meat, I would go home and go to plowing." The most difficult problem that confronts ns . to day. is that of the liquor traffic. The dispensary I think' is the best solution of the question, but as the courts have decided that the dispensary is not a polioe regu? lation, I ara in favor of amending the law so as to make it. a police regula? tion by eliminating the profit feature and, if necessary, not lo sell it as al beverage, but only for medicinal and acramenial purposes. Those who advocate high license have surely not read carefully the de? cisions of the courts, for in the caae ef Scott, vs Donald, the courts ad vanced the view that the state could prohibit, they could in? spect, but could do no more. If the diepensary ia not a police regulation and the state cannot control the liquor under the dispensary law, it certainly cannot do so under high license. Besides, under a high license system, it would in a few months degenerate into the open barroom As a rule, men who would buy a license to sell wbis key, would bava no moral character, and would be altogether irresponsible and perfectly indifferent to the wei fare of the state and of the people. Their only object would be to make money, the constitutional restrictions would be disregarded. This liquor fight is not a factional issue. It ia a fight between the moral elements of our people and the liquor men. Do you propose to make a fight on this next year ? I propose to go before the people on my record, and, if necessary, to advocate the policy just outlined. Some of my enemies have said I might be re-elected because of the unwritten law to give a governor two terms. I want it understood that no one need keep out of the race, on tbis account, and I would not have it as a mere matter of precedent if my eforts did not warrant an en? dorsement If I cannot refute the numerous cherges that have been made against me, and eannnot show to the peo? ple that I have honestly and faithful ly tried to discharge the duties of the office, I do not care to be re elected Some people may think it is a very fine thingto be governor, bot there are other things I value more highly, and before I would sacrifice manliness or any principle, I wonld be defeated a thousand times. While I like to please I had rather have the con? sciousness of having done my doty than the applause of the world. A SPLENDID ENTER? PRISE. Plans of tbe Charleston and . Seashore R. R. Company News and Courier, While tbe promoters of the Charles? jon and Seashore Railway core pan y bare positively declined to disease this mat? ter for publication, it has bee o impos? sible to keep from the publie tbe faot that Long island, ecnbraciog a magoi fioent stretch of nearly nine miles of unbroken beaob and thousands of acras of splendid shade trees, tall pines, ce? dars, live oaks, magnolias and palmetto, bas been purchased and paid for, aud thct an engineering corps has bees on the island for weeks, surveying and lay iog or! streets ?nd avenues, with a view to developing this magnificent property into a summer and winter re? sort. -It bas learned that rights of way have been obtained through Mount Pleasant, and that plans are being pre? pared, one for a steel bridge and tres? tle asross tbe Cooper river, aod a second for tbe cove between Mou ot Pteasaot and Sullivan's Island, and a third for a railroad bridge and driveway to span tbe inlet between Sullivan's Isl? and and Long Island. This splendid enterprise is much farther advanced than tho people of Charleston dream of, and the enterprise is backed by every steam road entering the city. A prominent railway official of one of the prinoipal steam railroads enter? ing Charleston remarked yesterday that he looked upon this an one of the most important enterprises that Charleston bad ever the opportunity of securing. Once built it would bring to the city thousands of people, not only from che upper portions of tbe State, but from, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and even from Ohio and Kentucky, and that thes* parties being provided with from 10 to 30-day tickets would be running over to the city every day during the term of their tickets, and a large portion of their trade would be given to wholesale aod retail merchants of Charleston. From what be learned of Long Island he thought it was unlike most of the sea islands along oar coast, for while it bad every facility for making a splendid summer resort, it was protected from the northeast winds, and capable of be? ing made a splendid winter resort. The island is provided with such an i abundance of shade trees in the sommer j visitors would get rid of the terrific ghi? usually prevailing on the isl ands, While parties at interest have de? clined to discuss for publication their plans, it is understood that the idea is to obtain power from the prisent City Railway company's power house by means of aa electric cable thrown across the Cooper io thc neighborhood of Calhoun street. At this point a steel bridge and trestle will be built sufficiently staunch and strong to admit of steam railroad trains running over it, so that a through train from Montgomery, Ala., or Atianta, Ga., can, if so desired, run direct to Sullivan's Island or Long Island with? out change The large and valuable track business, now embracing thou? sands of acres of asparagus and other valuable truck in the neighborhood of Monnt Pleasant can be loaded on board the cars and carried through to the nerta wi'hcat change. Thus tbs value of these products to an enormous ex? tent would be enhanced Near Mount Pleasant over 1,300 acres are now planted in asparagus alone, yet ia the early season it is often with the great? est difficulty that this valuable product can be gotten to market promptly on account of tbe planters of this section having no railway eommuoioation with the north and being dependent upon sail boats aod tugs to get their produoe to market. WILL KILL ALL GERMS. Physicians Makes Large Claims For His Discovery. Springfield. 0., Nov. 26 -Dr J. 0. Davy, a veteran physician of this place, has made a medical diecovery which promises to prove one of the most important of the oentury. After years of experimenting, be bas pro? duced a compound oalled zymotioene, the ingredients of which are secret It is, he claims, a sare remedy for all diseases caused by germs, and has beeo used with great efficacy in treat? ing typhoid fever and yellow fever, especially. Dr Davy is now negotiat? ing to have the Cook county hospital, Chicago, take bold of the remedy, with the ultimate object of having the State of Illinois take it up, and make free distribution of it - ? ? - Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC. s^W^ter A biil was introduced io the Georgia Legislature granting free license to Yankee soldiers residing^ io that etate. The bill was killed. Latest Phase in Agricul taral Hall Case. Mr. Lyles, counsel for Wesley io the Agricultural Hall case, bas just re? turned from Riobmond. where he went to argue the Agricultural Hail case be? fore tbe court of appeal?. The argu? ment was heard Wednesday, aod Mr Lyles states that tbe court gave no indication of its possible decision. Upon his return to Columbia, Mr. Lyles got to work on his action for damages and rent of the property in dispute. The ?tate demurred agaiost the com? plaint of Mr. Lyles aod this was to have* been heard yesterday afternoon, but as Judge Simontoo bad just finish? ed tbe Thompson case thc bearing was adjourned until this morning. The complaint of Mr Lyles bas al? ready been filed and now the demurrer on tbe part of the state is given. It cites as follows : ' Tbe defendants by way of protes? tation, cot confessing all or any of the matters and things io said complain? ants' bill contained, to be true in such manner, and form as the same are therein set fort!* and alleged, do de? mur to the said bill upon tbe following grounds : 1. That the bill presents oo question arising under the constitution or laws of the United States to give this court jurisdiction. 2 That as it appears upon the face of the bill this court has no jurisdiction of the matters and things formiog the subjeot of this suit 3 That the bali presents LO case upoo which the jurisdiction of a court of equity cao be found, as there are plaiu aod adequate remedies at law for the correction of any of the mat? ters aod thing3 alleged, if so be that the allegations are true. 4. That the bill does not show upon its face any equity, such as to give jurisdiction to a court of equity. 5. That the causes of action set forth io the bill have not yet accrued and no snit can bc maintained upon him. The liability of these d?fendants on both bonds depends upon the affirmance of the judgment in the caso or in which they were given and there has not beeo such affirmance of the judgment io this case. 6 That several causes of action have been improperly united, that complain? ant bring suit on two bonds executed in part by different parties, which sui: is against different defendaots and there is a mi-joinder of causes of action and of parties. WM. A BARBER, Attorney General IQ case tbe demurrer is overruled, the nest step will likely be to appoint & master to take testimony aod fis a rental value and the damages to the building.-Columbia Register. Bradstreet's Observations. New York, Nov. 26 -Bradstreet's tomorrow will say : Notwithstanding the appearance of a demand for holiday specialties at some points in the south, at Chicago, St Louis and in sections tiibutary thereto, general trade throughoot the country bas shown no general im provement this week. The eastern cotton goods industry continues de pressed Consumers evidently do not intend to buy extensively until they believe the prices of raw cot ion is ready advance. Competition from southern mills, more particu larly overproduction by manufact? urers wbo produce a single staple, underlies existing large stocks and the heaviness of prices Converters and manufacturers of cotton yarns are situated relatively more favorably. Other lines report ing seasonable distribution are manu? facturers of woolens, clothing, shoes aBd jobbers of fancy groceries. Iron and steel have not been in as active demand as expected, and are lower, notwithstanding furnaces and mills are supplied with orders suffi cent to carry them well into next year A favorable feature is found in advances in wages of operatives in various industrial lines. Wheat exports, affected almost en? tirely in the holidays, showed consid erable decrease from last week's to? tal. The aggregate ezports of wheat (flour included as wheat) from both costs of the United States and from Canada this week are 5.465,153 bush? els, against 6,513.000 bushels last week and 3,513,000 bushels last year. Corn exports also would have been larger but for this reason, amounting to 2*269,000 last week and 2,920,000 last year There are 235 business failures re ported throughout the United States this week, compared with 235 . last week and 296 in the week a year ago. Conway, Nov 28 -Thc murderer of Joo. Stevens, who bas been put in jail bere. has made a full confession -o The State's representative. He claims that he was Walking about 30 steps behind bim and wa* "projecting" with a gnu and it went (.ff. blowies the boyV brniou out He became fright^ed aod boriod the remains and went off in the cart. This murder was one of the most dastaid ever cora muled in Florry county John Lucas, of Pun?a Gora?. Fia , was killed on Saturday .afternoon hy Dennis Sheridan, who wis crazed wi:h drink. The wife of Lucas and a mao named Love were wounded by Sheridan. The Kaiser's Demands Upon the O' ^stials. EXTREMELY EXCESSIVE. London. Nov. 26.-Special dip patches received here to day from Shanghai say that Baron von Heikiog, the German minister to China, present? ed to the Chine-e government the de? mands of Germany for reparation for the recent murder of German mis siooaries aod the destraction of Gor? man mission property. These demands include the discovery and execution of the murderers of the missionaries Nies and f?enle, the pun? ishment of the official?, the reconstruc? tion of the mission building and the payment of an indemnity of 600.000 taels to the relatives of the victims, aod also the payment of a heavy in? demnity to cover the expenses of the German naval expedition and the main? tenance of a German force at Kio Chu? bay The Chinese government replied that Kio Cnaa bay must be evacuated be? fore the demands can be considered. Baron voo f?eiking refused to consent to this, and a deadlock was the result. The. foreign diplomats, the dispatches further announce, say that the German conditions are impossible of acceptance, aod they assert that they were only presented to enable Germany to reraio Kio Chua bay and to enable her to ex? tend northward ber hold of Chinese territory It is reported that Chang Koy Yan, the Chinese general who was com? manding the fortifications at Kio Chua bay, and who surrendered to the Ger maos without firing a ?bot, bas been condemned to death by the Chinese war council The viceroys of Canton, Foo Choo and NaDkiog are trying to put the coast defeoses io a proper state of re? pair, with the view of preventing pos? sible further seizure of Chinese ter '. tory. The London Conflagration. The Boston Transcript says : "Comparison between the fire in Loudon last week and the conflagra tion that swept the city in 1666 are natural ai first glance, but in realty there is not the slightest resemblance between the two. Last week's fire was diminutive in its proportions as compared with what will always be known in history as 'the great fire of London.' The conflagration which began September 2, 1666, and raged for four days, swept over 436 acres, destroyed fully 100 churches and public buildings and 13.200 dwel? lings It rendered 200,000 people homeless. A considerable section of the city burned over was practically a survival of medieval London of dark and narrow lanes and bouses that simply stcod because they bad got into 'the habit of living.' The conflagration was in fact a purifica tion by fire Last week's fire was confined to a few acres in the busi ness center of London The proper ty loss, taking into consideration the scarcity of money two centuries ago. was not as large last week ao in 1666, nor are any considerable number of people rendered homeless The buildings destroyed were business blocks While some of these struc? tures had been built or modernized within tbe last fifteen years, more of tha blocks resembled the older style cf business buildings wiped out by our own fire of 1872, with the addi? tion of a frowsy dinginess of aspect due to the foggy and grime spread atmosphere ot London " <^m i * i M - Reduced the Prices. Dispensary Beer at Three for a Quarter. Columbia. Nov. 27.-The dispen? sary is about to cut its prices and begin to fight the O. P stores. The com? petition of the O P. stores bas uoques ? tionably affcoled the business of the j State's big gin mill and it is to be met by a reduction io tne prices of certain i goods. At the last meeting of the board of control a special committee was appointed to look into the question of the necessity for a reduction and to act as it thought best. Yesterday Mr. Douthit, the chairman of that commit? tee was in the city. While here he handed to the printer the revised sobed ule of prices for official liquor. Up to a late hour yesterday afternoon the printed lists bad not beeu turned over to the clerk of the State board by the printer. In a general way, however, it may be stated that there is no obange whatever io the prioes of the ordinary grades of liquor sold io the dispen? saries. The reductions have all been made on the floe whiskies, case goode, etc., ?ri?es, ales, porter and beer. Thc chief obange consists in placing on the market of a threc-lor-a quartsr b?er. The new price lists will d?nenles? be sent out in a very few days and the d?a pender?- all over thc State instructed to muke their sale* in accordance tvith then?. This is tho Er*t. time that an ef? fort has beta made by tba dispen-ary authorities to meet the competition of the O. P. stores in various sections of i fhe rfrate, but. o ow O. P. agencies are running in nearly erery town, and ii became necefSiry for thc State ro toci:t the competition square iv and fairly. It vtili be interesting to note what effect tbe reductions willi have during the next month upon the business ot the dispensary. Starvation Stares Miners in Face. The Dismal Stories Continue to Come From tbe Yukon. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 28.-T weoty five men arrived here to-day ou the City of Seattle direct from Dawson City. They came ooc over the Dalton trail. They are reported to have be tween them $60,000 in drafts and $200,000 in gold dust. All tell stories of a food shortage io Dawson that is al? most a famine. The last person to leave Dawson was Jack Dalton. When Dalton left, the steamers Alice and Bella had reached there loaded light, it is eaid that the Bella's cargo consist? ed of whiskey aod billiard bails. She brought oo provisions. The Canadian government mounted police chartered the Bella and gave ail who wished a free pass to the Yukon The Bella is reported to have left aboot Oct. 12 with 200 men According to the statements made by members of the Dalton party there is liable KC be troable of the most serious kind i big winter tn Dawson. Billy Leak told one of the meo in a party ahead of bim, whom he met at Dyea, that all tbe*people talk about at Dawson were the food famine Men were gatheriog io groups and curpiog with might and maio the nen comers.that were constantly coming into the Klon? dike loaded witb scarcely any provis? ions. The mounted police were offer iog free transportation to the grub piles further down the Yukon, but to countless hundreds who had labored hard all through the summer accumulating a grub stake, the prospect was unioviting to say the least. The men figured that it would take all their earnings io gold to pay their living expenses at Fort Yu? kon during the winter and that in the spring they would cot have even enough to pay passage money back to Dawson, to say nothing of purchasing enough food to subsist on until they could get started again. To these poor fellows the offer of the mounted police was no better than the prospect at Daw? son of being compelled to live on half rations until the supply boats could reach the diggings ia the spring. HORRIBLE PATE OF TWO ! WASHINGTONIANS. _ Washington, Nov. 28-A startling and horrible story of the killing of two Washingtonians and the mutila lion of their bodies by the natives of the Congo Free State has jost been received here in a letter to Mr. Leo Harmon of this city. The men were members of a party who, during No? vember and December, 1894, and January, 1895. went from this city to enlist in the Belgian army for ser? vice in the Congo Free State Those enlisting included Edward Thornton, a commissioned officer of the National Fencible8, employed in the war de partment : Lindea}' G. Burke. Frank Batchelor, Harry R Anderews, Bar? ry Spariin and a Mr Mellin, who was at one time a non commissioned officer of the United States army. All except Thornton and Mellin were members of the National Guard of the District. The information re ceived by Mr Harmon is that Burke and a party of 50 natives who were sent out to dislodge a band of dwarfs who had revolted, were ambushed and killed An Arab who was with the command, but who was some dis? tance off at the time of the ambus eade, states that he knows Burke was dead before the natives reached him. and that the most hideous look ing little man he ever saw walked up and cut Burke's head off with one low of a knife The chief then be gan to silice of his legs and arms and to distribute them among his fol? lowers There were so many of the fiends that the pieces were very small, and before, they had concluded the work of distribution there was a free fight to see who could get the little remaining. In some manner the dwarfs became alarmed and left the place, one fellow carrying off Burke's | arm The Arab saw the cause of j their alarm, as Windey, a New Yorker, who had command of another detachment of soldiers, sent out on the same errand, arrived a few hours after the natives left. Windeey gathered up the remains Burke and buried them. When Windeey learn ed the strength of the rebels he hur? ried back to Michau and notified the commandant of the post. The other Washingtonian who lost his life was killed on March 1st when i the troops, under the command of Baron Dam's, revolted near Kaban barre and assinated a number of of ficcers of their regiment, among them being Mellin. The body of Mellin was butchered almost beyond recognition, his heart having been cut out and burned so that bis courage could not again be used against the rebels by the whites. It is their be? lief that unless the heart is burned and the ashes scattered to the four I winds, the spirit of the man descends j to his brethem Thornton is said to ! I be in a very precarious situation at ! Basaka, but another expedition bas j been sent to his rescue Gage, an I other American, is very sick with the fever at Nyangine* The killing ? of Burke occurred in December 1896 R li Rochester, treasurer of the Weitem Union Telegraph Co., died j suddenly yesterday. Thousands Perish Terrible Disaster in Philip pine Islands. San Francisco, Nov. 27. - The typhoon which swept over the Philip? pine Islands on Oct. 6. was the cause cf one of the worst disasters that has been re? ported from theSocthern ocean in many years, if not in the history of that sec? tion of th? world. Thousands of lives were lost and the damage to property was something appalling. The diffi culty of getting news from the islands is very great at any time, and owing to the remoteness of some of the provinces visited by the hurricaoce, full details of the storm did not reach Hong Kong until Nov. 1 The steamer Gaelic, from the Orient to-day, brought letters and papers which contain tho accounts of the ravages of the tidal wave and the winds. Several towns werp swept or blown away. Fully 500 Eoropeans were drowned aod it is estimated 6.000 natives perished. The hurricane struck the island at the Bay of Santa Paula; io the province of Samar. It devas? tated the entire southern portion of the island and cut off communication with the re6t of the world for two days. On the 12th the hurricane reached Lsyte and struck the capital of Taclo Ben with great fury. Io less than half an hour the town was a mass of raine. Tbe natives were panic stricken and they tried to make their way to clear ground. Four hundred of them were buried beneath the debris of wrecked buildiogs and 125 corpses of Europeans were recovered from the ruins wheo tbe native authorities instituted tbe search for the dead. Reports from the southern coasts were rece ved, which claimed that a score of small trading vessels and two Syndney traders were blown' ashore and the crews drowned. The seas at Samoa swept inlacd nearly a mile, de? stroying property valued at several mil? lion dollars ati causing wholesale death among 'he natives GEN, HAMPTON TO TEE VETERANS. Some time ago the State historian re? quested through the press all veterans in the State to aid him earnestly io the work of making up the rolls of these who served in the several commands from the Palmetto State tbat served in the late war. The responses have been as general as desired. Gen. Wade Hampton, whose record in that war shines out among the brightest of the galaxy of commanders of the southern army, is taking a deep interest io the work. He believes that no time should be lost. Feeling thus he yesterday penned the following which was handed the press : Noticiag that Col. Thomas, State historian, has called for the rolls of all tbs regiments, battalions, and other military organizations that served South Carolina in the war between the Sta'es, I take 0CC38?00 to say that 1 hope the appeal will meet with a full aod a prompt response: Especially do I cal' for a fall'retara, to a mao, cf all the companies, infantry, cavalry and artil? lery, that formed the legion bearing my c?me. It is due to the South Carolina troops who served the State so well, that they go io full ranks upon record To this end I hope the State historian will get the historic data WADE BAMPTON. The Sratc historian yesterday receiv? ed from G*n A W Greeley, briga dier general and chief signal officer in charge distribution of war department dooumeots, under date of Washington, D C , a letter in which he says : "I understand that you have been appointed State historian, and are now engaged in collecting literature relative to the Civil War. In this coenectioc. [, therefore, send you Subject Cata? logues 4, 5. aod 6 I would like to know from you whether the adjutant general of South Carolina published aoy reports during the war. '.Inviting your attention to pages 170-171 of Subject Catalogue No 6 I would Bay that since it appeared we have added Ioglesby's Artillery acd Reed's 4th Infantry to the library. Nash's Harvey's Scouts is yet wanting. If you can contribute any titles or for? ward any pamphlets, either biographical or historical, that bear on the part played by South Carolioa in the war, they will be welcome additions. "Any other war literature will also bs 'weloome, as we shall always be pleased to send suitable exchanges." In addition to the letters received from Gen. A. W. Greeley. U. S, A. bearing upon the Confederate war rec? ords, the Staie historian is in possession of one from Melvin Dewey, secretary of the University of New York, re requesting information upon the same subject. Letters are being received request? ing publications of history or ether documents usually distributed by other States upon the subject of the "War between the States," and many en? quiries, which it is imposable to ac swer at this juncture.-The State A new record for ooffee was made b? tbe December future on the New York city Coffee Exchange in the course of the week On Monday the future de? clined 10 poiots, 5 5 10o. a pound, which w^6 thc piice at toe close, as well as the ?owc?t orice oo record. The weakness of the nnarket was at tri - bu fed to fhe heavy crops reported in al! the coffee growing countries of the world and to the weakness of the Euro ? pean coffee market. (