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m?n ?no outljron SUMTXB. WATCHMAN, K?t?bl??hed April, 1850. "Be Just and j^ear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SODTHKON, Established Jone, 12*9 Awr. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 25,1898. New Series-Vol. XVII. So. 4$ Published Srary Wednesday, |N3\ C3k O?teen? SUMTER, S. C, TCR5CS : $1 50 per ?noam-in ?Avance' 10TSSTI8IKKT. Oue Square first ia8ertioo..,WM.w......$l 00 ?Trv sobaeqneni insertion....... ......... jBO v >nrracta fo;m three months, or longer wil ?be m*de*t redaeed rates. All commur icatioos which sabserve private interests wi ia be charged foras ad versements. Obituaries fc?d tribntes of respects will be charged for. %LAB?MA LAUNCHED. %? First of Thlreo New Bat tles&ps of Her Type. ' \ ,. ? t l l? I BL . ?vj.? . .ir- . :. ?.-: Philadelphia. Maj Iff -The bat A labam a was success fa 1 ly launched nt Oramp'a^hrpyard at 12 50 | today ' ?. ? There was nota! hitch of any. sort sd mer the sucfcesesjlc the lanochiog rjl?? Mary B ' Morgan, daughter of j Senator Morgan of A ??bama, named thejsfcip for her native State The r weather "was beautiful, bot only a persons witnessed the ceremony, fear of Spanish treachery keeping the gates of the shipyard closed against all ezeept about 200 invited guests and newspaper men. Tue ship can be made ready for commission in a year if the armor is delivered The Alabama *s the S ret to be 'launched of the three new battle ships of her type*, tH? other two be* "~ ing the Illinois and Wisconsin She ' presents marked divergencies of de I Hsiga from the first three, the Oregon, Indiana and Massachusetts. These deferences involve t>oth the arrange? rait of the battery and the siz> o? Tte ^ inch gnns-of the Indiana type; axe done awaQf* with ent?teiy. The main battery of the Alabama type consisting of four 13 inch guns in turrets and fourteen 6 inch rapid ?r?Qg goos, of which 10 are mounted on the ^gun deck, eight- is? broadside between the .turrets and two firing straight ahead forward of the fore turret on the gan deck Four are moon ted in a small redoubt on the casemate 'deck, two on each side. The broadside 6- in ch guns instead of . being mounted ic projecting sponsons are mounted in recess ports in order to secure extensive train forward and abaft the beam The general dimensions of the Ala? bama class are as follows : Length over all, 374 >feet ; breadth 72 feet ; free board, forward, 20 feet ; free board, abaft the after turret, 13 feet, 3 inches ; draught, 23 feet, 6 inches ; displacement, 11,520 tons The guaranteed speed is to 'be 16 knot < and the estimated horse power 10,? ooo The main battery bas already been described The secondary battery consists of seventeen 6 pounder rapid -fire guns, six 1-po on der rapid fire goos sod four gallina The Oregon Home. Believed to Have Joined Sampson's Fleet Washington, May .18-Secretary L>og gave ont the welcome raforma t OM to day (bat the battleship Oregon, tie second largest craft io (be America nary, bad successfully completed ber long trip from San Fran cuco, making the entire circuit of Sooth America, aod ?as cow sate. - Whether or oot ehe bas joioed Admiral Sampson's fleet the secretary would not sa? The rigid secrecy of the navy department -vas relaxed ooiy enoagh tc ruske kocfwo the best nesrs the navy department bad re? ceived sinos rbe battle of Manila,, as it meant, not only that the Oregon was out %f harm's way from a ?oncer ted attack oo this one ship by the ?bole Spanish squadron no? io southern wa? ters, hat also tbat her great fighting s'reogth would be added to Admirai Sampson's force io the near future, if indeed ic had not already augmented the admiral's streogtb. Tbe Oregon left San Francisco about six weeks ago. before the ?ar bad opened, and arthat time it was not ad? mitted that t*bc ?as to join the ships io Atiaono waters. She stopped at Callao for dispatches and then went roaod the Qom and t?en up ibe east coast of South America Io ail the trip cover? ed more than 13 000 mtres. Aside from this bit pf information, Secretary Long said at tbe elose of office boors tbat there was no farther new? fa be ?iven oat Late io tbe day Sdoefary hovg joined tbe war board whiob bad beeo io session for some hours to partieipate in the discuesioo of their pisos, which be believed to bare beeo materially modified by the news reived from tbeOregoo. The Grand Old Man Dead. William Ewart; Gladstone Passes Peacefully Away. Hawarden, May 19 -Mr. Glad stone died at 5 o'clock this morning. He had been unconscioos practically all day, though at times he seemed to recognize for a moment some of the watchers about him Certainly he did recognize his wife, who was be? side him all day except when the physician prevailed npon ber to rest. She tenderly clasped her husband's hand as she watched bim Apparent? ly be slept a good deal ; occasionally be uttered a f?w words in an incohe? rent, dreamy way, words which those who were watching were unable to catch Their only consolation was that he was not suffering pain No narcotics were administered. Though ? national funeral will probably be accepted by tbe family, there is little doubt that the remains of Mr Gladstone will be laid in the peaceful graveyard at Hawarden adjoining the church where be was married more than half a century ago At Hawarden the happiest portion of bis life was.passed, and it is truly a retreat 6weet enough for any laborer London, May 19 -Every other topic in Great Britain dropped out of sight before the passing of Mr. Glad? stone, in two places, perhaps, was the tension most keen and most heart? felt-the house of commons and Hawarden Jost before "the hoose rose yester day a telegram from Mr. Herbert Gladstone reached Lord Stanley announcing that his father was sink ing. Already before his death the huah of grief seemed to fall over the scene of his triumph It was generally felt at St. Steph? en's that bis dying was out the sequel to that great scene witnessed four years ago, when his last speech apo ken, he quitted the house without one . word of adieu. In anticipating the. inevitable, the mbarbers of the government discuss ed the appropriate procedure to be observed and resolved that no effort on their, part should be wanting to mark a suitable sense of their loss Disregarding recent procedure it was decided that the programme should be the same as that adopted in the cases of the Earl of Chatham and of the younger Pitt, namely, an address to her majesty for a funeral at the public charge and a monument 'erected in Westminster abbey Throughout the whole kingdom ev? ery public gathering added its words of deep grief to tbe volume of na? tional mourning clearly versed in the telegram from the Prince of Wales to Mr Henry Gladstone : 4 'My thoughts are with you, your mother and your family at this trying time you are experiencing God grant your fa ther do not suffer. (Signed) Albert Edward " Abroad the evidences of sympathy were almost as universal M. Faure, president of the French republic, daily enquired and bas regularly re? ceived every bulletin The press of Belguim. France, Italy and Greece, in a spontaneous outburst recalled how many oppressed peoples during Mr. Gladstone's life have offered hymns of praise for bis intervention in their behalf; while in Madrid even the prospect of his death has caused a 24 boors' suspension . of war ani? mosity against England Not the least point in this tribute to Mr. Gladstone was its profound nnanimity. A Wolf Cease in Fort Mill A report came to Hock Hill on Monday tbat a wolf had made its ap pearance^ in Fort Mill and that on Sunday 'John Spratt, colored, had quite an exciting spat with the "var? mint " While on the way from church he was attacked bv the wolf, which he believed to be a mad dog He ran to his home to get his gun, and ?itfyr going back upon the scene the animal made another ferocious spurt at him. He pulled the trigger, a report followed, but his aim was untrue, and the wolf hopped away and was soon out of sight. A crowd gathered with dogs and after chasing the animal for several hours it was captured and turned out to be a gen nine wolf A little girl, child of Mr. James Sutton, was attacked by the wolf, but she was not hurt Her clothing, however, was much torn - Rock Hill Herald ?Will I I -I - Charleston?. May. I* - County Audi? tor William G Eases committed suicide early thin morning by shooting himself ia the left breast with a "pistol. The bali entered near the hear: and death must have followed almost instantly, as be was cold io death when foood this rnorotog about 7 o'clock by a member of bis household. If yeo wast a good, honest sewing machine trade, see Randie. Tlie Southern Methodists. No Reconsideration of the Election of Drs. Morrison and Candle as Bishops. Baltimore, Md , May 18 -The General CoofereDce of the Methodist Episcopal Chorea, Sooth, contrary to general expectations, made BO attempt whatever to day to reconsider its action of yesterday in electing the Rev. Drs. Morrison and Candle to Bishoprics, and the expected action of the body in amending the recom mendations of the committee on Episcopacy,.so as to permit the choice of a third Bishop, in the person of the Rev. Dr E. E Hoss. of Nashville, who received 149 votes for the place, did not take place, it is said that an arrangement was made during the uight by which, in order t^ insure harmony in the Church, it was agreed to let the matter stand as it did yesterday, when the session was cot short by "an adjournment. At any rate, when the Conference opened this morning the Rev Br Hoss posi? tively declined to accede to any' plan looking to the reconsideration of the vote or the election of an additional Bishop. This being the case, the Conference promptly took op the election of minor officers, and, on the flrst ballot, chose Dr Hoss to succeed himself as editor of the Daily Advo? cate, the official organ of the Church, published in Nashville, Tenn It then took? two ballots in an effort to elect a secretary of the board of church extension, but had reached no conclusion when to day*? session adjourned The new Bishops will be ordained to-morrow afternoon *mmm ? ? mimt CHARLESTON HARBOR PROTECTION. Major Raffoer, chief of the engineer 03rps at Charleston, received yesterday a i arge and powerful electric search? light and tbjs will be mounted at once on the opper fortifications at Sullivan's Islaod. It will be operated from the electric plant already installed ia toe mortar battery, aod will be used to assist the patrol boats in watching the channel entrance at oif;ht. The harbor is now thickly ''sown" with mtoes aod all vesuels coming io or going out are shown tba way by tbe patrol boat Ceoilia. If it should He come necessary. the channel can, and will bs, laid with "contact" mines, such as now protect New York harbor at night. These latter war maohioes are put do wo every night and taken up in toe morning. While they are io position no vessel, foreign or friendly, could enter or leave the harbor without the greatest danger.-News and Cou? rier, May 19. The Position of Prance. Tbe apprehension tbat France would take a baod agaiost us in our war with Spain ia being rapidly allayed.* The French government baa never j dooe aoytbing to arouse such expecta? tions aod the tone of the French preta is by DO meaos as threatening toward the (Jotted States aa it was some days ago Io fact, some of the leading newspapers of Paris, while' deploring tbe war, declare that our government bas acted with entire propriety. Tbe action of the French authorities io the Harvard case shook, be aeoepted as proof positive that they may be relied upoo to maintaio strict neutrality. Wheo it was announced that our dis abled cruiser was to De permitted to re? main at St Pierre, Martinique, seveo day? to make necessary repairs, the Spanish government protested that this was an unreasonable concession. The French foreign office promptly and em? phatically declined to recede from its position Sorely no power which had the slightest intention of interfering in in a manner unfriendly to us woold have taken ?ooh a course, France acted in tbn matter with decided libera itv toward the Uoited States, and the officiai statement cf our government that the attitude ol: France bad been m?8reprecented in this county was prop? er and timely. N ? That the weight of popular sym patby in France is with Spain is prob? ably troe, and there arc resoos.why it should be' There is a racial' tie be? tween the two nations; they are neigh bors and have often been aUies; the French people have an immense finan- ] cial interest ic Spain, tbeir Spanish in? vestments nf all kinds amountiog, it is said, to $800.000 ?00 We cannot reasonably object to French popular sympathy for Spain, but we have no reason to believe that the Freoob goveroment intends or de? sires to take part against us.-Atlanta Journal. The populists of Georgia bave nomi nated J R. Hogan, of Line?lo couoty, br Governor. Fraok Caldwell, a boy fourteen years old. was thrown from a dog cart in Co? lumbia yesterday afternooo and killed Mrs. Fraok Leidy who was with bim was seriously injured Tne State Democratic Con vention. Colombia, May 19 -The Demo eratic May State convention has beet held and nothing very astonishing bas resulted therefrom All effort? to do away with the State campaign this year or to reduce the number o: meetings failed utterly and the sched ule will call for 41 of the meetings The candidates for public office th ie year will accordingly get bardei campaign work no doubt, than the soldiers in the army. A resolution endorsing the State administration was presented and referred to the committee on resolutions, but when the committee's report came in that particular resolution was missing The convention's action as to the prohibition movement and the dis pensary law is embraced in the fol lowing, which was everything adopt ed on the subject : "That we pledge the Democratic party to a continued support of the dispensary law as the best solution ol the liquor question and call upon all lovers of temperance and good order to hold up the hands of our public servants ir their efforts to administer \l i- We terest of morality, good con du ad prosperity." It was a fine and a representative body of men. All classes and condi? tions were present. The attendance was not as large as usual, 'ome of the'delegates were absent, and some ! had to skirmish around and try to fill up their delegations, and even by getting friends into the Convention many of the delegations were short several members. At 12 08 o'clock State Chairman Tompkins called the convention to order and asked for nominations for chairman. / Senator Mayfield nominated "the tried Democrat from Abbeville," Senator I H. McCalla. Senator McCalla was unanimously elected and was conducted to the chair. A committe on credentials was ap? pointed and the convention adjourn? ed until 3 o'clock. On re assembling the temporary organization was made permanent and the convention then proceeded to elect one vice president from each congressional district, the election resulting as follows, each being unanimous : First-Jcs W Barnwell. Second-D S Henderson. Third-Josh W Ashley. Fourth-M L Donaldson. Fifth-Wm Jeffries. Sixth-W J Montgomery. Seventh-D F Efird. Committees, consisting of one from each county, on Platform aod Besoin ticos aod Constitution and By-Laws were appointed, lt was agreed that all reso? lutions should be referred without dis? cussion, to these committees. Tbe following was offered by Col. Robert Aldrich, whiob he read himself, from the press stand, concluding amid applause : 1 Bc it resolved by tbe Democratic party of South Carolina in convention assembled : That we reocw oar reality to the Democratic party of tho United States, and agaio endorse in principles as eouooiated io tba Chiotgo platform of 1896, and deolare anew oar unabated confidence io its peerless leader-Wm. Jenn mg 3 Bryan. 2 Tbat we view with pride aod sat? isfaction the Democratic administra t oi of our State government for tbe present term, and coofer upon it tbe well done of an approving coostitu en|)r, 3. That we pledge the Democratic party to a continued support of the dispensary law, as thc best solution of the liquor question and cal}, upon all lovers of temperance acd good order to bold up the hands of our public ser? vants in their efforts to administer it in the interest of morality, good conduct and prosperity. 4 That we pledge the State of South Carolina to a royal supporc of the gov? ernment of the United States in the present war with Spain, and assure our fellow countrymen throughout the Union that the spirit which animated our fore? fathers in the olden time, still lives in the heart aod minds of their descend? ants. ? That we bid on? gallant soldiers who have taken up arms in defense of tho country God spteed, ?cd promise that io the hardships they undergo and thc sacrifices they may make that at home they will not be forgotten The committee on resolutions re? ported favorably on Mr Gaines' res? olution empowering County Execu? tive Committees to fill the chairman ship by election in case it should become vacant by death or resigna? tion. "Mr. Patton's resolution to permit volunteer soldiers who shall be ab- | sent from the State to vote by proxy in the democratic primary was adopt? ed. The effort to have Masters, Super visors and Magistrates nominated at the primaries was defeated.. AU resolutions looking toward holding fewer campaign meetings were killed. The minority report and Senator Mayfields substitute were voted down aud the majority report adopt? ed. Mr. Blease offered a resolution pro? viding for a separate box on the pri? mary for the "dispensary," "prohib? tion" or "high license" votes. It was killed. The convention adjourned at mid? night. At a subsequent meeting of the ex? ecutive committee the following offi? cers were elected. State Chairman-Willie Jones. Secretary-U. X. Gunter. Mexico as aa Ally, Austin, Texas, May 1(8.-President Diaz, of Mexioo, has witten to Govern? or Culberson that be bas ordered the Mexican troops on the border to render assistance and protect oitizsns on the Texas side, if called on. [ He says he bas sent additional troops to tbe border, with orders, to co-operate with the Uoited States troops in preventing de predations on Texas soil, and bas in? structed them to ask the co-operation of Uoited States troops, if necesary. He closes his letter by saying : "With the hope that the good relations of true and candid friendship, which for so many years have united the two Repub? lics of North America, may continue, and with the purpose of cultivating them on my part, interpreting the will of this county towards yours, I sub? scribe myself your atteetive servant and friend.v A Lesson. When President Cleveland and Sec? retary Whitney in 1885 urged the re construction of the navy in accordance with modern science tnere were narrow minded men in congress who. opposed the necessary appropriations as a waste of the dear people's money. At every subsequent stage of this great reform tbe same class of hickory-nut > heads have popped op io both bouses of con? gress. Fortunately they bave not been strong enough to prevent the progress of the good work but they have deterred it in several instances and then gooe home to boast of their watchfulness at the door of the treasury. If these petty demagogues bad coo trolled legislatioo duriog the past twelve years where would we have been when the occasion for war arose ? There is hardly a South American republic tbat would not have been our superior on the seas and we would have been helpless against the navy of Spain. Tbe war will teach us many useful lee? sons, but one of the best of them will be that there is ao economy which is tbe worst possible waste and that the obee8e-paring congressman is a bad guide to sate public policies.-Atlanta Journal. WHAT SPAIN INTENDS TO DO. London, May 20 -The Madrid correspondent of the Daily News says: The Spanish correspondent says that Gibraltar has received with? in a fortnight one hundred thousand tous of coal and large quantities of ammunition. The new Spanish Cabinet nearly came to grief on Senor Gamazo's de? mand that it should not be bound by the outgoing ministry. The Gov ernment intends to increase the means of defence of territories ex posed to foreign greed, and is con? sidering the necessity cf keeping a basis of operations in Spain In the Phillippitie8 a majorftv of the people are loyal, and the Amer? icans and their few native soldiers are unable to conquer another acre of soil. Spain will, therefore, ke<*p at home the 7,000 troops intended for the Philippines until further notice, and will immediately send the Cadiz reserve squadrou to Manilla to chas? tise^ e wey. e had to go aod mose beside a car load of guano to get a good smell io our nostrils when we beard of the ac pointment of Jobo Gary EvaDS to the Uoited States army. However, be has bis uses He will be a valuable officer if a raid is planed oo tho enemy's treas ury and a most active leader io time of retreat. Were be commissioned to raise a regiment, it would be neces? sary for him to scour the country from the niouotaios to the eea to get the re? quisite number of men to foilow him. If he is ro be connected with the militia ? of this State a further oali for volun? teer troops will be met by absolute si- ? lenee in South Carolina.-Greenwood ! Index. I -mm . ?. Paris, May 10.-Senor Leon y Cas? tillo, Spanish ambassador to France, who has been tendered the foreign office portfoiio in vhe reconstructed cabinet of Senor Sagasta, bas re? plied to Senor Sagasta declining to Mackey in Morro Castle. An Interesting Story that Sounds Like Part Fic? tion. Wheo io Washington a few days ago we met Hon Thema? J. Mackey, who some years ago was a familiar ligare ic Soarh Carolina politics. He was ia fine health and f pirks and told ns one of his interesting adventares at the close of the Civil War. When he sur? rendered be was captain of Engineers in the Confederate States Army. He surrendered in Texas and as it was the rule to give paroled soldiers transporta? tion borne be got a ticket to Charleston by way of Havana. His wife and one child were with bim on tbe trip. Like most of the Confederate Soldiers be was without money but good luck came to bis assistance. He sold his sword to a United States officer for fifty dollars. I And about tbat time be was attacked by a number of roughs. Aitbougb tbe odds were against bim be drew bis Colt 's Navy and in - he fracas killed three of the roughs. A United States offi? cer who saw bow be bandied bis pistol wheo he turned it boee on tbe roughs, paid.bim five hundred dollars for the weeper. Judge Mackey was glad enough to get rid of his pistol for be did not care to keep it after killing so many men with it. Just at this t:me the United States officer in command seized two baodred bales of cotton which belonged to a young Cuban and was worth forty cents a pound, in gold. The young Cuban was sent to jail and shortly afterwards sent for Judge Mac? key who dnriog the investigation bad declared in Spanish that tbe yoong Cu? ban had a clear legal right to tbe cotton and it was not subject to confiscation. Be?og on good terms with Gen. Smith, of the Uoited States Army, who was in command of that department. Judge Mackey succeeded in having tbe oottoo restored to the y oma g Cubao. He declined to charge any fee for the service, bot the young mao compelled bim to take a large som of money and wrote a letter to^his father setting forth the handsome way io which he had been treated by Judge Mackey. Tbe father wan a mao of high social posi? tion in Havana and of immense wealth. When Judge Mackey and his "wife and child reached Havana be stopped at the English Hotel, but the old gentle? man took htm to his home aod made bim bis guest of honor. It happened that the host was a brother-in-law of tbe colonel w,ho was io command of Morro Castle. The colonel invited the whole party to a swell dicing and in? sisted up*ou Judge Mackey spending several days with him. He thought Judge Mackey was a lawyer and had no idea that be was a military engineer? During tbe stay Judge Mackey had the freedom of the fort aod misled the col? onel by asking if powder was kept in certain big water tanks. Tbe colonel then pointed oat where tbe magasines were located Daring his stay Judge Maekey found oat all about Morro Castle and pat his information down in writing after be retired to bis room at oight. Wheo he returned to America be pre? sooted a diagram of Morro Castle and of surrounding forts to the War De? partment His diagram is highly prised by tbe Department at this "time and it is expected that it will be used wheo Havana is besieged -Abbeville Medium. Washington, May 20.-The navy department states that the Oregon and the auxiliary cruiser Harvard,are cruising off the Coa6t of San Domingo in search of the Spanish fleet and will be ready to go to the assistance of Sampson in the event of a?battle occurring in that quarter cf the sea. Good sewing machins from $10 np at Randie's. BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE. The best Salve in the world for Cats Bruisese, Sores. Ulcers,Salt Rheum, Fever, Sore Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cure Pilei or no pay required It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money relncded price 25 cants per box. For sale by Dr J. F W. J>Lorme. Royal makes the food pure, who ?esc me and dei lex is. POWDER Absolutely Pure