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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.
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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- ? ? !!?
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