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?tchm? n ftiiw ?outl)r<m SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, IS50. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June. 13f?6 r Consolidated Aug. 2,1881 SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY AUGUST 31, 1898. >k ?&|MB ?ma .Soatjnra. Publislwi S'7?T7 Wednesday, -BY 3M. C3r. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C. oO per annum-in advance. ADVKF. TIS2UBKT: On? Square first insertion.......$1 00 Every subsequent insertion-. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wil be made at reduced rates. . Ali communications which subserve private interests will be charged foras ad versements. Obituaries and tributes of respects wi?l be charged for. AGUINALDO AND TBE AMERICANS. Humors of Trouble With In? surgents Unfounded. MaDila, Philippine Islands, August ^23.-The rumors of troubles between lae natives and the Americans are for tbe most ; ?rt unfounded. The fact is th. t the insurgents have seen unwill? ing to disarm until assured of the permanence of American protection Tbe distrust felt as to tbe Spanish bank, which originated in rumors as to an excessive note issue to aid the ! Spanish authorities, led to a run on ; the institution, but the British bank ing houses came to its assistance and averted a failure. Business is now booming The ob? structions in the river Pasig, which flows through the town, have been removed and the water works have resumed operations. SAME STORY FROM LONDON. London, August 23 -The Asso ciated Press learns that the Philip? pine junta in London received a dis patch from Manila yesterday an? nouncing that matters there are rap idly quieting down and that the fric? tion between Gen. Aguinaldo aud the Americans is disappearing BELIEVE IN DEWEY According to the junta's advices the insurgents for a time regarded Ge*?. Merritt aud Gen. Anderson as martinets and feared they wouid adopt harsh methods like the Span iards toward the filipinos, but the X insurgents from the first have had the greatest confidence in Admiral Dew ey, whom they r^g-ard as a sort of father and the mest important Ameri? can at Manila. NO TROUBLE ANTICIPATED i The junta is satisfied that all fric lion will soon disappear and that there wiil be no trouble from the in? surgents if the Americans decide to 4 retain the Philippines. A POPULAR SENTIMENT According to a wealthy filipino now in London, the filipinos in *Eu rope are all well to do people Hith erto they they have heid aloof from the insurgents, but they now realize that their interests demand action, and they are about to form a com? mittee to open negotiations with the jon:a here. They are all in favor of having the archipelago retained by the United States So strong is their conviction of the desirability of this course that they had contemplated approaching the British foreign office to iavite Great Britain to intervene, and in any event to prevent the isl? ands being returned to the control of Spaiu. They decided, however, to await American action. Miles Was Delayed. af MUCH SICKNESS IN POR? TO RICO. Ponce, Porto Rico, August 23 - The departure of Gen. Miles who was to sail to-night for New Orleans ha? been delayed. Illness among the American troops i* on the increase and there are EOW nearly a thousand cases of malaria and a few typhoid There ?9 absolutely no recuperating property in the climate, and Surgeon General Grcenleaf has urgently recommended that tbe sics be seut north as early a;> possible. Ic is reported that there is yellow fever at Sao Joan, but Surgeon Gene? ral Greenleaf's advices do not confirm ; ne rumor Last night the heavens seemed ablaze to the eastward and the fire alarm was given out. A detachment of the signal corps went as far as Santa Isabeli, but fouod all quiet there. The fi-e was not located Narragansett Pier, R I , Augast 26 -Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of Jefferson Davis, is seriously jil at the Rockingham, where she has been con fined to her bed several weeks. Mrs. Davis is at the beside of her daughter. Say They Wont Stay m rn/ .* Under Rule of Spain. POSITION OP PHILIPPINE INSURGENTS MADE CLEAR. Manila. Philippine Islands, August 24 -At a conference to day between the insurgents and the Americans, the former declared emphatically that they were willing to cooperate with tbe Americans and to surrender their arms promptly, if assured that the islands would remain either an Amer ican or a British colony, sr under the protectorate of the United States or Great Britain. Otherwise, the insur? gent leaders asserted they wonld not dare disarm They threaten a fresh rebellion within a month if the Amer? icans withdraw $ MERRITT AS GOVERNOR San Francisco, August 24 -A spe? cial from Manila, of August 23, says : Gen Merritt has assumed the gov? ernor's duty and transferred the com? mand of the Eighth corps to Maj Gen Otis. Brig Gen H. G. Otis of California has been ordered to report to Gen Anderson and Gen MacAr? thur has been assigned to command the Second division. Col Ovenshine, of the Third regulars, will commaud the brigade in place of Gen. Mac Arthur. RELIGIOUS ORDERS MEDDLING. Manila, Philippine Islands, August 24 -The natives assert that the re iigious orders are instigating opposi tion to American supremacy Many Spaniards assert that they are eager to invest their fortunes in new entei prises, but that they fear ruiu if the Americans withdraw. A few monopolists, feariug competition, are secretly intriguing against the new regime Newspapers published in both the English and Spanish language, have already appeared The United States transports Rio Janeiro and Pennsylvania arrived to? day, the former bearing two battal? ions of South Dakota volunteers re? cruits for the Utah Light artillery and a detachment of the signal corps, and the latter of the First Montana vol? unteers and 300 recruits for the First California volunteers. STILL FIGHTING IN VISAYAS. Madrid, August 24., 4 30 p m - The government has received a dis? patch from Gen. Rios, governor of the Visayas islands, acd the success? or ofjGen. Jaudemes in the governor generalship of the Philippines, say? ing that there had been bloody fight? ing between the Spaniards and the insurgents with an estimated loss to the latter of 500 men The Spanish losses were "unimportant." The dispatch says that a number of insurgent chiefs were captured and shot. A sergeant of gendarmes who attempted to incite a rising against the authoiities. barely escaped lynch? ing at the hands of the poplace He was turned over to the courts and shot. Gen Rios adds that he has organ? ized six battalions of natives and Spaniards for the purpose of resisting a threatened invasion of insurgents from the island of Luzon, and also a small squadron to watch the coasts and rivers of Mindanao island and the Visayas. The government is highly satisfied ! with the services of Gen. Rios ! ! Want to Leave the Service. It iooks as if macy members of the First regiment are anxious to get cut j of the service and that tbeir wishes j will be complied with in thc very near j future A member of the regimeni J who was here yesterday on a iurioogb ! said that a petition looking to thc j rcusterirjg out. of the regiment had j been signed by over 700 of the pri? vies, and that the petition, io spite j of the protestations of the officers, j would be *>eot in It will be observed j that the petitioners are in a majority, ' and it is stated that rno;e names are being obtaioed every day.The lead ers io the scheme are confident that the project willi be carried to a ?ueeens ful termination.-The State. Aug. 24 j ! China "Pays the Freight." : ~ "" London, August 24.-The Daily : Mail's Copenhagen <-orreepondeot re : ports that a compromise bas been arriv j ed at between England and Russia, the : latter getting ber way in the railway ' questioo in China, and England secur? ing concessions ia other directions. "Io any case," says the correspond? ent, "China must pay for it all." A DIFFERENT STORY. What Castillo Says About the Trouble With the Cubans. New York. August 23 -Brig. Gen Joaquin Castillo, who accompa? nied Gen. Shatter to Cuba as a repre? sentative of the Cuban army and the Cuban civil government, has just re? turned to this city He was at the Cuban junta here to day, and when asked as to the friction existing be? tween Americans and Cubans at San? tiago he said that the matter had been grossly exaggerated and that, so far as the Cubans are concerned, they have the utmost faith in the American government and are confi? dent that the pledges made in their behalf will be carried out He said that Gen. Shaffer's misun? derstanding with Gen. Garcia was occasioned by the fact that specified promisas had been made to the lat? ter, which Gen. Shafter either would not or could not carry out. .'Before the American forces land? ed,'' he continued, "Gen. Shafter and Admiral Sampson met Gen Garcia at Aserradores for a conference, at which i was present Gen Shafter there, of his own accord, promised Garcia that on surrender of the city it would be turned over to him. So late as the day before the surrender Gen Shafter told me that the Span ish prisoners would be marched out of the city and the Cabans would be allowed to enter " Hobson Goes [Back to Santi? ago. New York, August 23 -The trans? fert Seguraooa sailed for Santiago at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon. Among ber passengers is Lieut. Richmond P. Hobson, who is going to try his rubber bag scheme for raising two of the sunk? en vessels of Cervera's squadron. The lieutenant is accompanied by his private secretary. Roland S. Gie'ow, of the na? val reserve, and A. Gill, representative of the Merritt Wreokiog Co. Thirty? nine members of the Third volunteer singal corps, in charge of Col. G. 0. Squire, are also on the transport, j There were 60 members io the corps ? when it left Brooklyn for the soatherc camps Three of the men are now sick and the remaining 18 having tired of j army life declined to go to Santiago \ now that peace reigns in Cuba. Eighteen members of the Eighth lili ? nois volunteer infantry (colored) who j were left- behind when the auxiliary oraiser Yale started for Santiago 10 j days ago, will also be taken to their j regiment on the Seguaraoca. Saotiago de Cuba, August 22.-6 j P. M -Oo the breaking up of Gen | Wheeler's camp on the Caney road on j Friday the tents and general equipment of toe division headquarters were lefc in charge of the quartermaster's depart? ment. During the night the Cubans I stealthily confiscated all the tents, stores, j arms and personal effects of the soldiers. ' There is no clue to the robbers. Oo Saturday Gen. Lawton ordered! the ammunition and arma to be brought ! into town, but ic was too late. Every- ! thing wa? gone. Gen. Kent's brigade, stationed three miles from Santiago, also lost their tents, and the soldiers marched into town barefooted, their shoes and every? thing having beeo stoleo. thc Cubans equipping themselves with the arms tents and provisions of the Americans. They are continualiy sfalkiog about the camps and constad vigilance is neces? sary. - Mill -mt-m^ ADMIRAL SCHLEY'S ILL? NESS. His wife Says It Amounts to Nothing--"Bob" Evans to Get Leave. Washington, August 22 -The navy department received a dispatch to-day from Rear Admiral Schiey's wife say? ing that tu her opinion his ill ness was not serious and that he probably would be around in a few days. With this reassurance there is felt to be no oe casion for substituting another namo for that of the rear admiral oo the Porto Rican military commission un? less his illness should become more grave The illness cf Capt. Evans of the iowa has been reported to tho depart? ment, and, in this ease as well as all others where officers are sick after their long service, leave wiil be grant? ed, and every opportunity given for recuperation. New York, Aug 26.-The gov? ernment transport. Prairie, with eight hnndred troops on board from San? tiago, went ashore off Long Island during last ni?*ht, the ship breaking to pieces All on board were res? cued but with great difficulty. The sick soldiers were taken off first. Secretary Alger Visit Soldiers. Arrived at Camp WikofF Yes? terday To Inspect lt. New York, August 24.-In the elec? trical storm which continued for four hours last night the wind blew down many of the soldiers'tents, blew down the Red Cross hospital tent ia the gen? eral hospital, and caused havoc general? ly. Two tents were picked up from the ground and carried into the ocean. The wrecking of five unoccupied tents in the detention hospital wili prevent the landing of some sick soldiers on the transports. The large Y. M. 0. A. tent in which the soldiers speod much of tbeir time writing to relatives or reading was also leveled by the gale. The news that aa order is soon to be isstsed at Washington to muster ou!; the volunteers in camp including the Rough Riders and the Seventy-first regiment bas been received with much satisfaction by the volunteer troops. Many soldiers have been discharged from the hospitals, but there are others sick to take tbeir places as soon n? they vacate. Secretary of War Alger arrived at the camp to-day on a special traio. To the newspaper correspondents Secretary Alger stated that he hoped to make as thorough inspection as possible of the camp in the length of time he had at his disposal. He rode with the army officers who met him at the depot to headquarters and as soon as he was re? cognized by the volunteers and regulars the secretary was loudly cheered Sec? retary Alger was especially interested in the condition of the sick men and how they were being cared for. He intimated that President McKioley was much concerned io the matter of caricg for the sick soldiers. The secretary will make a complete tour of the big camp before he returns to New York, ile will aiso be fully informed when be ?eaves as to how the volunteers feel as to their being mus? tered out. CHURCH AND STATE AT SANTIAGO. The Entire Clergy Made Their Claim for Salaries. Santiago de Coba, August 24.-Cus? toms Collector Donaldson is finding the duties of his office more extensive than he probably had any idea of at first Hs had this morning the difficult task of dealing with the entire ecclesiastical es:ablishment of the province of San? tiago. The entire clergy, from Arch? bishop Crespo down, sent in the regu? lar monthly "impress^ for the payment of salaries. The archbishop's salary originally was ?18,000, but had been reduced to ?12,000, owing, as stated ic the "impress," to the bad condition of the treasury. To Mr Donaldson were also presented claims for the pro? fessors of the institute schools, police and other bodies, all of whom were paid under the Spanish regime by the head of the customs department. The claims were tabulated and sub j ranted to General Sbafter, who will ? ask for instructions from Washington. ? Of the two companies of Second im ! manes retarning from Guantanamo, ? many are sick from? fever. Mfjor I Boetner, commanding, is very ill j Brigadier General Ewers has also re ; turned. Bogus Negro Constable. j W. H Harris of the State constabu? lary force has received reports from Sumter and Florence counties to the ; effect that a faegro, whose name the in ! formants said they could not give, was j passing himself off in that section of j the State as a constable for the dispen? sary. It is not presumed that be has had the effrontory to make any arrests or seizures, but ic is stated that be is i advertising himself as a constable, pre sumably being incited to do so by white i men for political effect. Mr. Harris I emphatically states that there is no ; negro employed cn the constabulary ; force in this State. A constable has i been sent over into that section and \ if the negro is caught he will likely get i a dose of justice he won't fancy - ! The State, August 25 And Still They Come. Washington, August 23-The fol I lowing dispatch from (jen. Shaffer at ; Santiago was received by the war de : partaient : j "Transport Menneswaska with sec ; ood cavalry mounted so^adroo. head? quarters and 25G men First District of Cciumbia, two companies and 95 men Thirty-third Michigan battalion of en? gineers, baloon detachment and 35 horses belonging to light batteries sail? ed to day. The Specialist with four officers. 110 men and horses belong? ing to light batteries wili sail soon. Signed. Shaffer, Maj Gen. WARNING FOR FIRST CAROLINA. Washington, August 24.-A spe ! cial to the Star from Thoroughfare, O' i va , says that the foops are being moved to Middletown, Penn., as rapidly as possible. Two battalions of the Second Tennessee left camp yesterday evening. The remaining battalion of the Second Tennessee will leave to-day in company with the provisional regiment composed of the Thirty-third and Thirty fourth Michigan and Ninth Massachusetts recruits. A portion of the Sixth Pennsylvania regiment may bo sent later in the day if transportation fa? cilities permit. Corporal W. F. Quinn, Co. G, Seventh Illinois, is under arrest for circulating a paper which gave the members of bis company an oppor? tunity to express their views on be? ing mustered out. Sixty-one out of the 65 men now on duty signified a desire to be mustered out. Corporal Quinn will be court martialed for violating articles of war army regu? lations making his action an offense against good discipline. The examination of witnesses for Capt. Duncan, of the Twenty second Kansas, charged with opening graves, continues to occupy the attention of the court. No new features have been developed. The conclusion of the case is expected Friday after? noon - '?ga-.??--wu Jamaica's Talk About Annex? ation to the United States. Kingston, Jamaioa, August 23. Co incident with the West Indian su? gar conference, to assemble at Barba does on September 3 for the purpose of protesting agaiost a sacrifice of the colonies, Jamaica is preparing a plebi? scite to the British parliament request? ing permission to endeavor to arrange for annexation to the United States. The promoters of this movement are j endeavoring to secure inter-colonial co? operation, but they are not depending upon it. FOR FRAUD. As stated in The State several weeks ago five fertilizer companies have been reported by the Clemson board for sell? ing fertilizers which were oot up to the required quality, or commercial guar? antee, and it was announced at that time that these companies would imme j ?lately be prosecuted for their alleged j frauds, but for some reason the offend j ing companies have been given a breath ! ing spell. It is aonounced from the attorney general's office now, however, that Secretary Smith of the Clemson board has been authorized to at once get out warrants for their prosecution, and that it will be seen that this will be done right away. These companies are the Navassa of Wilmington, N. C., the Carolina Guano company, one in Charlotte, one in Richmond, and tbe Berkeley Fertilizer company of Charleston. Glad to Get Out. Washington, August 25.-A special to The Star from Thoroughfare, Va., says the greatest delight is evidenced by the Sixth Pennsylvania over the official announcement that they are to be mustered out. The other regiments at Thoroughfare are fully as anxious cor their servioe to end, and petitions I are in circulation everywhere. Maj. Prices's battalion, the third of the Sixth Pennsylvania, left camp for Mid? dletown, Penn , at ll o'clock, and the first and second battalions will leave later in the day. The Seventh Illinois will go to-morrow. Private Geo Mayes, who was pro? nounced cured of measles and late on the same day returned to the hospital in an unconscious condition, died to? day of spinal meningitis. It is said j that when be was reported cured of ! the measles ali bis clothes were burned j to destroy germs, and he was provided j with only a rubber poncho as cover I ,D? j The trial of Cap?. Duncan. Twenty ' second Kansas regiment, probably will bo completed to day. He is charged with having desecrated graves of Con? federate soldiers. - - ?w - .???. -cn- - Toledo. Ohio, August 26 -The Commercial will print the following to? morrow: Dr. Will Keig, surgeon in ! cbargc of the Olivette on its last trip, ! said tonight: "The Olivette was cer? tainly in a terrible condition. It bad! more patients than it should have bad. ! I was the only surgeon working, and bad no medicines for h*]f the patientp. All I could do wa3 to let them die. As far as provisions were concerned, they were plentiful, but not of the prop? er kind. When we reaohed Beston many had died of exhaustion. I do not know who was to blame for loading the trans* port io such a manner." Youmans Deals With the Cotton Yield The followiog letter on the vitally important subject of the handling of this year's cotton crop has been received by the president of the South Carolina cot? ton Growers' associaicn : Fairfax, August 22, 1898. Ron. J. C. Wilborn. Yorkville, S. C. My Dear Sir : I have just returned from Memphis, Tenn . where I have been as the vice-president for South Carolina to attend a meeting of the executive commitee of the American Cotton Growers Protection association. At this meeting, after electing Col. Maxwell, of Louisiana, presiden?, to succeed the late Hon. Hector D. Lane, deceased, and after simplifying the title of the organization by changing it to that of the National Cotton Growers Union, it was determined by the presi? dent and vice-presidents to inaugurate a vigorous policy on the psrt of the cot? ton growers of the south to meet the re? quirements of. the present threatening exigency of lower prices and impending ruin. From the best informed and most re? liable sources of information, the com? mittee unanimously arrived at the con? clusion that the present crop would fully equal, if not exceed the las1:, and, if rapidly thrown upon the market, would in all probability sell far below 5 cents In view of the fact that the cotton growers have the present crop of from ten tc twelve million bales now -in hand, while manfacturers and specu? lators have only about three million bales, if that, and that if the cotton growers would withhold the present crop from the market for 90 days, say *till December let, the world would be bare of cotton and at the mercy of the cotton growers for their supply, it was deter? mined to effect a thorough and complete organization of the cotton growers be? ginning with the smallest geographical sub division with a view of holding the present crop and followiog up this line of action, through the medium of town? ship clubs, by enrolling all land holders io a contract to reduce next year's acre? age one-balf. It is manifestly clear that such a Hoe of proceeding would place the cotton grow?'; in command of the situation, change the outlook .from one of bank? ruptcy and ruin to one of profit and competency. It further 3eems that an effort in this line would meet with the aid and ap? proval of almost every business interest in the South Well knowing that the principle ob? stacle , to the accomplishment of this undertaking would consider in the ma? turing obligations of the cotton grow I ers, incurred in the production of the crop, a special committee bas been ar? ranged for, consisting of one member frcm each State, to confer with capi? tals s and provide the necessary funds to take up these liens and carry the cotton until such time as it can be dis? posed of at fair profit Uoder instructions from the execu? tive committee cf the National Cotton Growers Unioc, with a view of placing South Carolina in a position to carry out these prooositions. I now call open you as the president of the organiza? tion in this State to call a convention to meet, ic Columbia at the earliest pos? sible day Please use such diligence as will secure a full representation from each county in the State. Should our State act with promptness and decisioo, it wou'ei in all probability have a most happy effect on all the oth? er cotton growing States. This is a matter of vital consequence I to the entire cotton belt and too im ? portant to brook any unnecessary delay. While I have thought proper to give I you an outline of the committee's plan of procedure, it was thought best by the committee cot to make it public just yet. Yours very sincerely, L. W. YCCMANS. Washington, August 27.-Secretary Alger returned to Washington this morning. It is understood that fae an? nounced an eariy investigation of all abuses io military camps. He confer? red with the President before the de? parture of the latter. POWDER Absolutely Puro PQYAC BAKING POWDER CO.. NSW YORK.