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m ? it Xas S?MTEK WATCHMAN, KatahHehed April, IE50. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Trnth's." Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26,1898. THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Eet&bLlahed June. 12*6 Kew Series-Vol. XVII. So. 26 JM. C3k Osteen. SUMTER, S. C. TC RUS : $1.50 per annum-ia advance. ADVBBTISSMHNT: Oca Square first insertion...,..'.....,.$1 00 Kvery subsequent insertion_......... 50 Contracta-for taree montos, or longer wil be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as ad ver dements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. Great Riols in Paris. The Excitement Over Drey? fuss the Cause of the Trouble. Paria, Jan nary 17.-The lobbies of the Chamber of Deputies were crowded, and there were heated discussions even acooog the usually cool-headed politi? cians. The. session opened with a speech frew M. Joorde, Republican, o& a minor question respecting prisons, ia view of the impatience of the mem? bers he abandoned bis speech on the question, w hieb was adjourned no til to? morrow. The minister for the war, Ge?. Billot ; the premier, M. M el in e, .and M. Cavngnac here entered the Boone, and the president of tba Chamber, M. Brisaos, announced that he had receiv? ed a request from M Cavagnao to the Govern taeat regarding the Dreyfuss note. M. Meliae asked bim to adjourn the matter, requesting the Chamber to reassure the eonotcy by continuing its legislative labors-. Se said the budget must be voted, and the Drey foss affair, which bad bes?me a party question, should be set aside. Continuing, the Premier said: "The Government's policy has already bad excellent resalt? at home and abroad, and we appeal to the wisdom of the Chamber to pat an ead to tba excessive agitation." The Premier concluded with a refer? ence to the hoBor of the army e nd the respect due to the Judges, v and asked for a vote of confidence in the Govern? ment. M. Cavagnao refused to ba satisfied with thia harangue He declared the terms of the semi-official notes were not acceptable; (cheers from the Left;) pro? tested against the silence of the minis? ter of war at the rime the army was at / tanked? and urged tbs publication of / th 3 alleged confession of Drevfuss When the vote was taken the House, bj 310 jess to 252 nays, decided to shelve the discussion. Several small Antt-Dreyfass demon strationstook place this morning in vari? ous parta of Paris None of them were of a serions nature, and those taking part in them were quickly dis? persed. N ? great Anti-Dry fuss and Anti? semitic meeting to-night, at the Ti voil Vauxhall, produced extraordinary scenes The neighborhood waa paraded by police mounted and on foot, aod the rapidly growing crowd increased the excitement. At 9 o'clock, on the open? ing of the meeting, the hall was a seeth? ing mass of humanity, crowding every cart, gesticulating, shouting, **A bas Zola r ..Vive L'Armee !n and "Vi?e La Revolution Sociale !" The members of the Anti-Semite committee dialayed banners beariDg the inscription, "Death to the Jews," and other ioeriptions. It was seen that the 5.000 present consisted largely of Anarchists, and of ethers bent on opposing the students. Gen M Gnerin, the president, pro? posing that the honorary presidency be conferred upo o M. Roohefort and M. Drnmont a great uproar eosued, the Anarchists trying to wrench the ban? ners from rhe Anti-Semites. Scuffles toak place, io which two officials were injure! , M Thiebaud delivered an address denouncing the Jews and urging the meeting to support the Government. Tumults and fights for the banners cootioaed. with shouting, whittlings end siogiog of the "Marseillaise," and the .'Csrmsgnole." while M. Thiebaud protested, in a violent speech, declar? ing that the Drey foss scandal wa? the commencement", of a social revolution by a "band of scoundrels," desiring to overthrow everything io order to rescue a traitor." The scene now became a saturnalia. The Anarchists removed the iron stair? case giving access to the tribune, so that the committee was noable to de? scend. Free fights began around the flags. Fioalty the students chased the Anarchists out of the ball. The or? ganizers of the meetiog theo seised the flags decorating the ball, and arranged a rendpxvou? at the military club, cry? ing. "Vive 1/Ar mee !" The bail was partially emptied, bnt soon the Anarchists returned, and, breakiog opeo the great doors began further fighting It is alleged that several were injured. Finally the stu? dents were vanquished and the Anar? chists masters of the situation. The meetiog broke op, aod the anarchists replaced the ladder and invaded the tribune, led by M. Courtois, floarisbiog a red flag, and all shooting, "Coos paez Kochefort !" (Spic upon Roch? fort,) and "Long liVe Zola!" Tfc disturber ce oontioued, the Anarchic declaiming froto the tribaoe against tb army and acclaiming Dreyfuss. Som of the iujared people were carried ot with their faoes covered with blood. The interest was DOW transferred t tbo streets, where the police bad bee reinforced by tbe Republican Guards At 10 o'olook th is evening large bodie of Staden ta, flourishing the tri-oolor ao shouting, "Vive L* Armee,** proceede in the direction of the military club, i the A veone Dd L'Opera The troop cleared the place De La Repobliqu and charged the bodierof students. 1 large farce is protecting the militar club. Several v caen were arrested ' Th demonstrators theo proceeded, shoutioj ..Coospuez Zola/' to the offices of th Temps, the Aurore aod the Libr Parole, but the police again disperse* them. Near midnight 500 students led by M. Millevoy?, reassembled at th* Military Club, but they met with thi same fate. In the melee some wen wounded and others arrested. Ulti stately, M. Millevoye obtained permis sion of the police to march before th? club, orying 44Vive L'Armee !'* By midnight those who had been ar rested were released, and quiec hac been restored in the Place De L'Opera There were only trifling manifestation* elsewhere. At this hour (midnight] M Blanc, the prefect of police, has just personally taken the direction of the men who are protecting the militar* club through fear of further troublo Telegrams from numerous provincial towns report student manifestations at Marseilles, where the w io dows of Jew? is h shops have been broken. At Nan? tes there have been some attacks on shops aod on the syo8gogue. The orowd rescued those who were arrested. The events of the past few days are beginn log to produce a feeling of panic in Jewish circles Both the business and private houses of the Rothschilds and other wealthy people are guarded by special detectives and gendarmes, for fear lest the "Dromont" crusade pro? duce a sudden popular outbreak. The Cabinet was only saved from defeat by the votes of Monarchists and Boolan gists. The Libre Parole accuses Geo. Billot of illegally spending 150, 000 francs pf war ofice funds in bribing the press daring the present crisis. No Need For High Tariff. ~~--~ ?j. Washington, January 18.- The clearest exposition of the real extent of American competition in Europe that bas ever been presented officially is probably that given tn a report to the State department from Frack Mason, United States consul general at Frank for, and publishhd in the Daily Conso? lar reports. Mr. Mason treats the sub? ject broadly, bot naturally. Ho finds the main points for his theme directly under his own observation in Germany, where the struggle is now most bitter. He recounts tbe various matters that have been considered and others that are now before European Governments looking te co-operation in reference to the encroachment of American trade and enterprise on European markets, but concludes that as to food, certainly there can be no suooef&ful eombieatioo to make the cost greater, notwithstand? ing the strong agrarian agitation. In manufactures America has been mak? ing inroads io Europe beyond the com* mon knowledge, and Mr. Mason points out some lines to whioh we have over? whelmed opposition, and says that in spite of the teachings of European economists in those lines the sceptre of economical production with hiebest wages bas passed from the Old World to the New. Shoes, steel and iron in various forms, mining and electrical machinery, bicycles, sewing machines, lathes, milling machines and tools, he specially mentions as articles with whioh we compete successfully against Europe. ? -jj II mw What was It In Orangeburg? Governer Elle.-be hzs received the following "observations by Dr. Wm R. Lawman made on a visit to the pest house. State Colored College, January 18. 1898:'* J. L Howell-Fully reoovered from attack af emptive fever; spots where scabs have fallen off dark areola. J. L. Douglas--Fully reoovered; spots dark areola. Jas. Montague-Folly recovered; spots dark areola. Montague recovered; vaccinated OD 12th; taking slightly. R. H Banks-Recovering; vaccin? ated on the 12tb; taking. Cornelius Hanna had -chicken por. years agc; has been with patients for twenty-one dave; no eruption; vaccina? ted on the 12th; taking Wilie Williams had chieken pox years ago; roomed with Montague; expo?ed since December 8, 1897; no eruption; vaccinated on the 12th. Jan? uary, 1898; taking. There is no smell or discharge in any nf tbe cases; co coryza or affection of the mnouous surfaces. Ali the patients are up and about the house. No new oases. The Riots Kill Autonomy. The Spaniards Don't Want It and the Cubans Won't; Haye lt. Habana, via Key West, Jan 15 - Never has Habana witnessed four days like those jost passed. The trouble began on Wednesday at 9 o'clock in the morning, and ever since tbe city bas looked as if be? sieged. Soldiers of all the corps are parading and guarding different parts of the town except the volunteers, who, since Thursday, have not been called to arms because the govern? ment saw that they sided with the rioters and could, not be counted opon. > Tbe riots have been the death blow to autonomy, as they prove that not only the Cubans do not want it, bot that tbe army, the volunteers and the Spanish element generally will not consent to it and are determined to fight against. Bayonet and cavalry charges have taken place in the parks and thor? oughfares of the city, and 7,000 re? gular soldiers have been necessary to keep order. The attacking mobs were composed at first ef army of? ficers of different corps and grades as high as colonels, but afterward of the social classes of Spaniards. : The most serious and imposing moment of trouble was on Wednes? day night at 9 o'clock. Blanco had placed the Fifth battalion of volun? teers inside the courtyard palace. Outside the Plazas Armas large crowds had gathered, shouting, "Long live Weyler !" "Death to autonomy I" "Death to Blanco !" and the volunteers inside the palace began shouting tbe same. They were subdued by the energetic action of several officers of the reg? ular army, who, with swords in band, enforced silence and made them fall into ranks. The correspondent was at the pal? ace at that moment. Gen Blanco ahd ali the palace officials were in great suspense, for had not the volunteers beeu subdued, there is no telling where the trouble would have ended. Seeing that the volunteers could not be counted upon, the civil guards from the nearby ?owns were imme? diately called. Col. Paglieri came with 500 civil guards, who can be said to have saved the situation. Since then about 7,000 cavalry and infantry sol diera have been ordered from the country into the city .to keep order, as Bianco knew he could depend neither on the volunteers nor on the orden publico or military police, who also sympathized with the mutineers Some say Bianco was weak at first bot, taking into consideration that be had no backing either of the volun? teers or the orden publico, it is be? lieved that he did all he could. He feels very downhearted over the oc? currence, and, and bas repeatedly begged bis friends not to abandon him in these trying moments. The Demand for American Horse. We have beard a great deal about the passing of the horse, but the troth is there is an increasing de? mnnd abroad for American horses, and thousands of them have been shipped in recent years to Europe at a fair profit to the raisers. This country In 1897 exported 39,532 horses and 7,473 mules making a to? tal value of which was $5,314,000, making a rather important item of foreign trade. The exports of horses have increased over five fold since 1893. There were never as many as 5.000 sent abroad prior to that year. The increase is due to the decline in the value of horses in this country resulting from their displacement by cables and electricity on city street car lines, and the general depression in the country. Tucson, Ariz., Jan 19.-It is re? ported that Blackjack's gane: of out? laws was surrounded in the moun? tains near the boundary line by sev? eral possees, including the posse sent ont by the Mexican government and a fight occurred in which one of the outlaws was killed and four cap? tured. Two attempted to escape after being caught aad were shot in flight. The other two were in the hands of the Mexican officers, and it is claimed met their death in like manner The remainder of the freebooters, went out in every directiou and supposed? ly in tho in the interior of Mexico in the Sierre Tadre Mountains. Bryan's doom is settled-that is plain Senator Gorman of Maryland, is being held out as a candidate; in distinct opposition to the 16 to 1 no tiou, and Carter U Harrison io to be his running mate The skirmish pre sages the disposition of 16 toi ; there is no more virtues in it as a rallying cry-Detroit Journal. Go to; the wish is father to the thought.-Au? gusta Chronicle. FOR GOOD ROADS. A Memorial to be Presented to the Legislature. Earnest Endeavor to do Some? thing Practicable. The Good Roads convention met in the court house last night and nearly every part of the State was represented Among those present were Col. Thomas of Richland ; King of Darlington ; HyatS of Richland ; Mitchell of Charleston ; Spiers of Darlington ; Lyons of Abbeville ; Majors of Greenwood ; Langford of Lexington ; Chandler and Eady of Williamsburg ; Maaldin of Green? ville ; Howell of Spartanburg ; Sael grave of Anderson ; Gaines of Edge field and others Col Thomas, president of the as sociation, called the convention to order, and in his brief address, he spoke of the fact that good roads were in fact the agents of civiliza tion. It is a matter that should be pushed If those present had en? ergy and zeal enough, they could carry the idea out Col Thomas spoke of the financial benefit the people would receive by having good coun? try roads Mr Hyatt moved that a committee be appointed on resolutions This was agreed to, and Messrs. Mauldin o? Greenville. Hyatt, of Richland and King of Darlington were appointed on that committee. This committee retired and the Hon. R. A. Moar?s, being called noon, made a few remarks on the subject of good roads. He felt that the era of prosperity was rapidly ad? vancing and nothiug helped it to advance with more rapid strides than good roads. As a member of the general assembly he would do every? thing in his power to aid io securing good country roads He thought sn active progressive policy was the thing. Senator Gaines being called upon, in like manner said he thought the first thing necessary was to have a per capita road tax. The law at pres? ent was practically nullified in its own provisions Conoty boards should be allowed to levy the tax There should be no option given to anybody. He thought it would be well to extend the work of convicts on the public roads. The State now bas a lot of convicts making five cent cotton. This puts money in the treasury perhaps, bot tenfold more benefit wonld result if they were put to work upon the roads. When he referred to the wide tire law, he said it would be years before the State had a system of macadam roads This, therefore, was the best thing to aid in the maintenance of good highways. The roads would bc greatly imp ru ved by the use of wide tires and a great saving wonld result to the people. In many foreign countries where they had macadam roads they still made the use of wide tires compulsory Mr N. G. Gonzales spoke of tbe necessity of having the tires of a cer? tain size, and pointed out what the result would be by use of wagons with tires of certain diameter. Mr. Gaines agreed folly with this, but said that bis bill waa an innovation, and he was afraid that details could not be carried ont at once. As to de tails, be had no special scheme. What he wanted was a law which would do something to improve the roads The committee on resolutions re? ported favorably on the following, by Mr. Wilson : Resolved, That the legislature now in session be requested to pass an act authorizing the governor to appoint a commission of three members to make a thorough and exhaustive examina? tion into the question of road im? provement in South Carolina ; to de? termine the conditions and needs of each county ; to inquire into the sys terns in use in other states and coun? ties ; and to report all the facts be? fore the next meeting of the legisla? ture, together with an outline of a general road law for South Carolina, and that the eura of $600 be appro? priated, if so much be necessary, to meet the necessary expenses of this commission There was considerable discussion over the resolution, but there was no opposition to the general principles of it, and it was adopted. The committee on resolutions sub? mitted the following as a substitute for a resolution introduced by Mr. Mitchell requiring a fee to be paid for membership. Resolved, That the vice presidents of the several counties be requested and urged to raise the sum of $5 and forward the same to the treasurer to defray the legislative expenees of this session. This was adopted? The committee also offered the fol lowing, which was adopted : i Resolved by this convention, That the legislature be requested to amend i tbe proposed road law of the state so that the limit of the time of convicts sent to the county chain gang be ex? tended to len years. On motion of Mr. Hyatt a commit? tee of four, with a chairman, was ap? pointed to wait on the ways and means committee to insist on the passage of the resolution ; Col Thomas, Hyatt of Richland ; King, of Darlington ; Howell, of Spartan burg ; Mitchell, of Charleston. Mr. Lyons, of Abbeville introduced the following, which was adopted : Resolved, That the association commends the wide tire bill and any other good roads measure now before the legislature The secretary, Mr. Wilson, read a letter from Gen Stone in reference to postal savings banks, and the effect of good roads upon them. Mr. Wilson had lesponded that the asso? ciation was heartily in sympathy with the movement. Tbe Death of the World's Richest and Most Eccen? tric of Women. The cable dispatches announce the death in Paris of Mrs. J. C. Ayer, widow of the famous patent medicine manufacturer, and one of the most re? markable women in the world, says W. E Curtis in The Chicago Record. She was the richest woman in Paris, had the costliest diamonds, the largest number of gowns, the finest horses and carriages and spent more money tbao any woman in that city. Her wealth was estimated at $20,000,000; her in? come at $2,000,000, and she spent every dollar of it. Although she was a liberal contributor to charities aod as? sisted many poor American young men aod women who appealed to her for aid, most of her expenditures were for the gratification of her love of display She purchased one of the largest and most magnificent private palaces ic Paris, located in the aristocratie. Saint Germain quarter, and furnished it at a fabulous expense, and about ten years ago, soon after she toook possession, gave a series of entertainments that astonished the most extravagant princes of Europe. Of late years she has been in the habit of giving ber entertainments else? where for a peculiar reason. It is said that she never appeared in public twice in the same gown ; that sho purchased from 200 to 300 costly dresses every year, and that she never gave one away but when it was once worn it was placed upon a wire dummy and set up io one of the rooms of ber bouse, whore she could look at it and eojoy its beauties herself. Her collection of gowns increased so rapidly that it filled her great house from cellar to garret. Mrs Ayer was the best known woman in the American colony. She was one of the best koown women in Paris. She was as familiar to the public as Sarah Bernhardt. Her appearance was as peculiar as her eccentricities. In ber desperate fight against death aod tige she employed a small army of attendants. She bad a skillful physi? cian employed whom she is said to have paid 25,000 francs a year for bis ex? clusive services. He examined her carefully every morning aod evening and gave her remedies for the slight symptoms of an ailment that be could perceive. She had a messeur from Sweden, said to be the most skillful io Europe, who rubbed her twice a day ; she had a maid who did nothing bot paint ber face and her eyebrows. Like the wife of Nero she bathed io milk, aod there was not a trick known to the art of beauty that she did not practice in order to give ber a youthful appear? ance. Although ehe was over 70, at a distance she looked like a woman of 35, but when ono observed her closely her face was so completely made up that she seemed to wear a mask. So rich a woman could not, of course, escape adventurers, but Mrs. Ayer was a shrewd woman and was impervious to their blandishments. At one time it was reported that she was engaged to Don Carlos, the pretender to the Span? ish throne, and intended to marry him and furnish him the means to recover power. It is probable that there were negotiations between bis representa? tives and the American millionaire, but how far they advanced will never be known. Mrs. Ayer was a genuine Yankee. She was born and bred io Lowell, Mass., and married Dr. Ayer while he was a drug clerk in that city. She came of good family and at one time was a sohool teacher. Dr. Ayer's first medicine was a cough remedy, whioh proved so profitable that he abandoned tho general drug business and went to compounding patent medicines exclu eively until he became tho largest man? ufacturer io that line in the world. As the writer in the Journal says "Bryanism is a bigger thing than Bry? an Ar * Bryanism will oontinue to grow, whatever Mr. Bryan may do." "Bryanism'' is also a bigger thing than any newspaper. It is bigger than its eastern critics and opponents. It is bigger than the pivotal states and big? ger than any element of opposition it is big?rtr than all these, and is grow? ing all the time.-Atlanta Constitution* The Cigarette Defended. The cigarette has at last found a champion We do not mean a dode or a wo? man who smokes, but a learned and very respectable champion. A defense of the cigarette has been pot forth by no less august a body than the Medico legal societytpf New York. At the last meeting of this distin? guished organization the maligners of the cigarette were called upon to' substantiate their statements, and the result of the discussion was that the ' smoking of cigarettes by other than little children was shown to be a comparatively harmless habit when the fumes are not inhaled into the lungs As a matter of fact, it was contended, a whiff at a cigarette often temporarly satisfies the craving of an adult for a pipe or a cigar, and so checks the tendency to the exces? sive smoking which works such havoc on the nerves and on the hearts of so many people. Recently the British Medical Jour? nal took a coroner severely to task for declaring that the death of a cer? tain yoong man was caused by cigar? ette smoking. The Journal said there was no evidence to justify such a verdict and that in many cases injurinus effects and death were attributed tto cigarette smoking when in troth were doe to entirely differeot causes The cigarette, it appears, has won some very stout defenders. Atlanta Journal. A Discovery by Edison. Thomas A, Edison has made a dis? covery which gives promise of re? volutionizing the iron trade. It is a new metal, which, mixed with iron, renders cast-iron as tough and strong as wrought-iron. The discov? ery was made purely by accident Mr. Edison has been at work the last year at the mines in Edison, N. J., in bringing his great magnetic ore separating process into practical commercial form. He has practically solved the problem and has gotten the plant into full operation. Dar? ing the last few months he has roo throngb the mills experimental test lots of from five thousand to ten thousand tons each Most of the products of the mills have been mar? keted at the great blast furnaces at Catasaqua, Pa The last lot, shipped to Catasaqua about a month ago, developed enri? ?os characteristics. It is well known that after pig iron is ron ont of tte blast furnace it is broken op* by sledge hammers into pieces for ship? ment and for handling, but this lot proved refractory. Fifteen ponnd sledge hammers were used with all the force that sturdy men could em? ploy, and repeated blows failed to break the pigs Twenty five-pooud sledges were then used with the same result Mr. Edison was notified of the re? markable discovery. Sections of the refractory pigs were submitted by bim to a half-dozen eminent chemists whom he keeps constantly employed. Mr. Edison formed the theory that there was some hitherto unknown substance in the iron which caused the differences. He suspected that it was a new metal The reports of the analyses by the chemists have been made and all co? incide with the Wizard's theory. Io fact two of these men have no hesita? tion in saying that in the process of exclusion they have obtained portions of the new metal.-New York Dis? patch to the Baltimore Sun. - II ? i The Dreyfus riots in Paris may have no serious results, but France is ao ex? ceptional country, and many times in ber history trifles have changed her government and even ber map. II- ? ? !!? BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE. The best Salve in the world for Cati Brriscs, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sore, Totter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cure Pilot or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money rei anded priao 25 cents per box. For sale by Dr J. W. D-Lcrmo. Royal makes the food pure, ?? wholesome and delicious. I mmm Absolutely Puro BOVM. MXm? POWDER CO., NEW YORK.