The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 07, 1898, Image 6
Effort Being Made to Re
tain the First,
COL. ALSTON IS HERB ON
THAT MISSION.
From The Sute, Sept. 5.
The presence io Columbia yesterday
of Col. Alston and Maj. Earle of the
First regiment, provoked considerable
discussion oo the streets, and many
wild stories were flying about to ac*
count for their trip here. The news of
the master oat of the First regiment
and the retention of tbe Seoond had
been received and it was surmised that
the officers from Jacksonville were here
ko asake au effort to have the orders
knocking OG; the First revoked, and it
was thought that if this succeeded the
Second would have to go So, natu?
rally, mach interest was centered io the
visit.
Tbs two officers upon j arriving weot
a*.ODOO to tbe executive mansion, where
taey bad a loog conference with Gov
Eilerbe, bat it was stated that DO defi?
nite understanding was arrived at be
' tween the ooo ferr?es, the matter being
' iefc over on til to-day for farther talk
When he wa? visited Gov Eilerbe
did opt have mach to say. He evaded
the direct question as. to whether the
officers had made an appeal to him to
nee his influence to have the First F3
taioed, aod said that the officers wanted
the regiment to stay io, which was
quite evidsnt.
Col. Alston, who was seen later, said
he waa here to ge; definite news. He
had received no official notification of
the coming master oat, and he wanted
to find oat "where he was at " He
does not believe that a majority of the
men io the regiment desire to come oat,
and he alleges that what disaffection
there has been was caused by political
schemers. The men have beeo misled
Into beiie vi og that if the organization
was retained in the service it would fae
broken as a whole and the men distri?
buted among the northern regiments,
which, of coarse, woald be very repug?
nant to the Sooth Carolinians. Speak?
ing of the petition gotten np to have
the regiment mastered oat. Col Alston
said he and his officers bad not been
able to see it The paper was alleged
to bear 800 names, bot a man who had
seen it, and carefully econted all the
names, said to Coi. Alston that the
petition bore only 600 names, and it
waa stated that many of the signers
were sot members of the Socio Caro?
lina regiment.
Maj Earle said that an effort woald
be made to have the regiment kept in
tte service, and he was hopeful that
it would succeed
Coi. Alston said that the question of
the retentioo of either or both regiments
tay entirely with Gov Eilerbe. If the
governor wanted tbe First to stay io,
there it woald stay, aod its disposition
one way or the other 'woald sot affect
thia-fate of the Seoond, as from several
States three and four regiments b?d
been retained. He said he had not ask?
ed the . governor whether or not he
would lend his efforts to the retention
of the First. He had simply bad a
telk with the chief executive and it to
further confer witb him today. Col.
Alston said he won ld not decide anti!
today whether he woald go to Washing?
ton oroot.
Of course considerable pressure will
be broaght to bear on the governor from
both sides. His position is naturally
onenviable under any circomstances,
ant?particularly so io view of the fact
that his predicament comes on the eve
of election. Wbiebever side is not fav?
ored to his decision will of coarse fight.
Both sides, it is stated, are confident of
winning.
That the orders have gone oat from
the war department to master oot the
First is shown by the following tele?
gram, give out the press yesterday
by Capt. Faller:
Washington, D. C., Sept. 4. 1898.
Capt. E. B. Faller. United States Mus?
tering Offiser, Colombia. S C :
Secretary of war directs that you per?
form the duties of United States mus
teriog offiser io connection with the
furloughing for 30 days and master out
at the expiration of this date, ordered
by the secretary of war, of the First
Sooth Carolina United States volooteer
infantry at Colombia, S. C., according
to the provisioos of general orders 123,
A. G. O . ourrent series, as amended
by general orders 130, AGO., cur
rer*t series. Lieut. Wm. Newmao,
Thirteenth infantry, now understood to
be with you as commissary, will per
form the duties of acting assistant
quartermaster commissary and acting
ordnance officer. You will direct to re?
port to the heads of supply departments
for special instructions. You will
telegraph direct to heads of departments
io all matters relating thereto, io order
to relieve this department of the burden j
of correspondence, to which the force
ia the office cannot attend Com
manicata freeiy with the chief mustering
effioe a.t Jacksonville, Fia., as to the
movements of thia regiment. Acknowl?
edge receipt, the travel enjoined is ne
eessary for the public service
By direction of the secretary of war
H. O S. Heistaod.
Assistant Adjutant General.
Capt. Muller says be will not know j
just how the muster out will be effected
aetii he receives ths orders mentioned
in the telegram It is thought, how?
ever the men will be brought here io a
week or 10 days Upon arriving here
every member of the regiment will im?
mediately be givet: a 30-day furlough,
in order to relieve the go vero me nt of
the expense of feeding the men daring
that time. The preparations of reports
and proper accounts will require about
that length of time. So tbat whee tbe
men come back at the expiration of
tbeir furloughs everything will be ready
for the muster oat formality to proceed.
After tbe muster out tbe men will re?
tain their uniforms without charge,
but though the transportation preeeed
tog the musterout will be paid for by
the government, after that tbe men
will have to pay tbeir owo way from
Columbia to their respective homes, un
less the governor sees f?t to have the
State bear this expense.
It is understood that a statement,
signed by all the officers of tbe First
regiment, with one natural exception,
bas been sent to President McKinley,
saying that the officers have been in
formed that a petition has been forward?
ed to the war department that the First
be not retaioed. The officers ask that
3-bey be beard before tbe petition is act?
ed upoo, alleging that tbe petition is
fall of glaring frauds and irregularities,
and pray to be allowed to expose these
frauds before fioal action is taken.
This paper was forwarded three days
ago, but it is possible that it never
reached its destination until the order
to muster out was issued.
A copy of the officers7 paper was
sent to Governor Ellerbe. Interesting
developments are expected to-day.
Formal Possession.
Blacksburg. S C , September 3.
General Manager Sands, General Sup?
erintendent W. S Jones and Traffic
Maoagar Emerson, of tbe South Car?
olina and Georgia railroad, are bere
this morning to take formal possession
of the offices aod shops of the Obio
River aod Charleston railroad.
For tbe present, at least, tbere will
be no changes made among tbe officers
aod men who have been operating tbe
Ohio River aod Charleston road.
A Summer Boom ic Business. I
New York, September 2 -R G
Don & Co's Weekly Review of Trade
wii? say to-morrow: The smallest fail?
ures ever recorded io any mooth for
five years were those of August. No
other month since the monthly reports
were commenced hy Dun's Review ex?
clusively has shown defaulted liabilities
as small within $1,000,000, aod the
ratio of sus h defaults to solvent bas i
o ess represented by exchanges through
all clearing bouses, only ?108 70 io
$100,000, is smaller by 26.5 per cent
than io any previous mooth, the clear?
ing haviog been the largest ever
known in Augnst, and 23 per cent
larger than in 1891.
The enormous volume of business
in a month usually one of the most
inactive of the year demands atten?
tion. Postponement during the
months of war of some contracts and
purchases which have now come
forward explains part of the increase,
and the strong absorption of securi?
ties explains part, but there has also
been a decline in the average of
prices for all _ commodities, so that
it takeB a much larger volume of
business in tons or bushels to make
up transactions amounting to a mil
lion than in 1892. It is therefore,
strictly true that business is larger
than in the very best of ail past
years, and yet there is every pros?
pect of much further iucrease.
There is no roora to doubt that the
wheat crop, even though it may fall a
shade below some estimates, will
prove the largest ever harvested,
and although Beerbohm estimates
Europe's crop at 232,000,000 bush?
els more than the last, that would be
only au average yield, while other
evidence is less favorable Corn
has fallen a fraction, later reports
indicating a less satisfactory yield,
and probably not more than shouid
beconsumed at home in enlarging
the stock of animals. The advance
of a 8ixth in cotton to 5 81 has fol?
lowed a little better milling demand,
with rather less favorable reports of
probable yield, but the crop is at
the worst likely to exceed the world's
needs The New Orleans Cotton
Exchange makes the output for the
past year 11,199,994 bales, the South?
ern consumption 1,192,621 bales
Justice to Dreyfus
Paris, Seot. 4.-Owing to the resig?
nation of M. Godefroy Cavaigoao of
the roioistay of war. President Faure
returned to Paris this morning &nd
conferred with M. Deicasse, minister
of foreign affairs, M Borgeoif, minister
of public education, and Gen. Zurlinden.
The oabinet will meet tc morrow ex?
pressly to deal with a request from
Mme. Dreyfus for the revision of the
proceediogs of the courtmartial that
condemned ber husband.
As the cabinet is cow practically
unanimously in favor of revision
-partly becaufec the ministers are
aware that there is no other mti?od of
satisfying public feelings-the outcome
of the meeting is -??most a foregone
conclusion.
It is not thought thu; M. Cavaignao's
retirement will involve the resignation
of other ministers Tbe tact that Gen.
Zjrlinden bas beeo iu conference with
M Faure is taken to meao that he will
succeed M Cavaignac at the war office.
The ministerial conferences, which
baye been continued throughout the
day, have had to do with the details of
revision There is no foundation for
the report thai; the chambers will be
immediately convoked.
ENGLISH VICTORY
IN SOUDAN.
The Khalifa Defeated - Fifteen
Thousand Killed and Om
I
durman Taken.
London, Sept 5 -The war corres?
pondent of the Daily Telegraph with
the Anglo-Egyptian forces says:
"Khalifa Abdulab, with his harem,
and Osman Digna, his principal gen?
eral, managed to escape; but Ab
dullah's banner and thousands of
prisoners are in our hands.
"It ie estimated that 15,000 of the
enemy were slain. Our total casual
ties were about 500.
"Besides Col. Rhodes, another
correspondent was slightly wounded.
Mr Howard, the New York Herald
correspondent, was slain by a shell in
Omdurman. "
The war correspondent of the Daily
News says:
"Our victory was not easily or
cheaply won The dervish loss was
enormous It is estimated that the
killed of the enemy were no fewer
than 8,000.
"Our whole force was engaged in
the fighting from 6 30 a m , until
sundown. The dervishes displayed
marvelous bravery to the last. In?
stead of waiting for us in Omdurman,
where they could have made a reeis
tance that would have cost us thous?
ands of lives, they advauced to meet
us. The sight was extraordinary.
Some 12,000 men in four brigades at?
tempted to rush our Zseriba.
' With desperate gallantry they
were repulsed, suffering huge loss.
Our maxim guns especially made ter?
rible losses in their lines and the
artillery dealt havoc in the town
which was full of women The
dervish army of 60,000 is utterly
broken, but v?e are fully prepared to
fight to morrow if they wish it
Direct From tren. Gomez's
Camp.
Mr. N. G. Gonzales Back from
the Prostrate Isle.
The Stale, Sept. 6.
Surprising tho force of The State as
completely as if he were an ap?
parition, Lieut. N. G Gonzales, of
Gen. Nunez's staff, the editor of this
newspaper, walked into the office
about 8 30 o'clock last night, and for
se sera's hours the editorial rooms were
transformed into reception balls, many
or the returned soldier's friendei cali
ing to extend to him the cordial wei
come that had already been given him
by those with whom be had worked
for seven years.
Nothing had been heard from Mr.
Gonzales since July 9, and in the
office existed the gravest apprehen?
sion as to his safety. Eveu at the
moment of his appearance plans were
being laid to endeavor to secure some
informaron from Cuba concerning
him. His best friends at first could
hardly recognize Mr Gonzales in the
rather gaunt, dark, sun burned, dust
covered and uniquely attired indi
vidual who presented himself. He
had endured great hardships and pri?
vations with the army of liberation,
and his surplus flesh had melted away
even as does the Cuban cigarette
taken from his scanty baggage-the
writer is smoking.
Mr Gonzales was among the first
to suit his actions to his words and
when war was declared against Spain
last spring, having done yeoman ser?
vice for the cause of Cuba Libre with
his pen. he cast it aside, and started
for the scene of action to give his life
if need be for the cause so near his
heart He was soon appointed a
member of Gen. Nunez's staff-in
May-and sailed with the Florid a
Fanita expedition to join the aimy of
Gen Gomez in South Central Cuba.
The details of his landing and joining
the noted insurgent chieftain have
already been given in The State.
Since early in July no word has
come from him. During that time he
has seen service and learned perhaps
more of the inside of the situation in
Cuba than any other American He
returned to Key West on the Wan?
derer, the steamer that carried his
chief down recently, haviug started
home, however, on a schooner, j
Through varied experiences, losing
bis baggage and relics, he managed
to arrive in Columbia last eveuing so !
unexpectedly with a total of seven j
coppers in his pocket, and is now in
a position to acquaint the public with |
the real conditions in the prostrate |
Pearl of the Antilles He has done
his duty in accordance with his pa- j
triotic spirit, has lived up to his
teachings, and comes home to be \
most cordially welcomed by his
friends K J. WATSON.
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The American Hog Vindi?
cated.
The great American bog bas been
vindicated.
A number of years ago in Germany j
public sentiment was turned against i
pork imported from America because a !
number of learned gentlemen gravely j
announced that it contained the germs
of trichinae. Every prospective buyer
of American pork conjured up visions
of animai life imbedded io the meat
and resembling something between a
lizzard and a boa constrictor.
The American hog has never
recovered from the shook.
During the past few days, however,
Consul Barnes, at Cologne, whose
recent report on the preparation of
American fruits for the German market j
attracted much attention, followed it
with a report npon trichinae, which is
a splendid vindication of the American
bog from the viliifioation of his German
accusers. The report says :
"Through the medium of a eooiety
of German foreign meat importers,
whose object ts the protection and
promotion of German trade io meats
and fat products, I learn that for the
last fifteen years, beginning with the
decree of 1883 prohibiting the
importation of American meat, and
ending with the close of last year
there were officially confirmed in the
Kingdon of Prussia 3,003 reported
eases of illness from trichinae. 207 of
whioh resulted io death. Of these
there could be traced to the eating of
European meat examioed io Germany
and found to be free from trichinae,
1,242 oases of illness and 102 deaths.
Thus 41 35 per cent of all ?he cases of
illness and 49 7 per oent of all the
deaths were caused by the consumption
of European pork which was examined
in Germany and found to be free from
trichinae The remaioing cases could
also be traced to importations of
European meat, partly examined and
partly oot examined, and found to
contain trichinae, and yet handled by
the trade In not one of the above
3,003 oases could it be proved that the
illness was caused by the use o'
American salted, pickled or tinned
meat, nor by smoked sausage (imported
under imperial decree of the 3rd of
September, 1891) This statement
holds good for all Germany. In
confirmation of this fact the society
beriobefore mentioned has issued
posters wherein a' reward of one
thousand marks (?233) is offered to
the person who can prove that trichinae
has been transferred to human beings
by the consumption of American salted
or pickled pork or smoked sausage,
imported under the imperial decree of
Sept. 3, 1891, cancelling the edict
forbidding the importation -Augusta
Chronicle.
A Contrast.
The same morning that saw the publi?
cation of the czar of Russia's call for an
international conference to arrange a
scheme of European disarmament, car
ried to the people of tho United S:ates
the views of Cushman K Davis, one of
our commissioners to arrange terms of
peace with Spain The contrast be?
tween these utterances is sharp. Oat
of darkest Russia comes the note of
light and leading ; from an official of
Republican America we have words
full of the frenzy of war and the intoxi?
cation of new and strange experiences.
It is a reversal of roles, and as such
strikingly instructive
The rude, barbaric, un-Christian
utterance is from the Jip* of the Repub?
lican, ours is the monarohial philiiplc:
and the czar of all the Russia? speaks
the voice of Democracy 'Never,
perhaps," comments cbeLoodoo Time?,
"in modern history have aspirations
which good men of all ages have regard?
ed as at once ideal and unattainable,
found so responsive an echo io the coun?
sels of one of the greatest and most pow
erlul of the world's rulers." "The
Uoited States," S3ys Senator Davis,
"has ceased to be the China of the west?
ern continent. We are alive, thank
God, and must not be insulted by aoy
power, great or small ,?
Hitherto wedded to the arts of peace,
we have been busy with full employ?
ments in all those ways that make for
the material and moral upbuilding of
of the people-pushing with resistless
energy the great experiment of a trium?
phant democracy. This, to the mind
of Cushman K Davis has made u?
"the China of the western oootinent "
But now, he deolaims, 4'the interests o?
the United States must be zealously
guarded from this hour onward."
What interests ? ''Can we contemplate
for aD instant the interference of any
power that shall abridge the majesty j
and glory laid at our feet, by the incotn- j
parable Dewey ? ? say,'' adds Davis,
..never ?"
Aod yet a greater than this wiidly
aggreesivc sonator of the United States
saw the kingdoms of ibo earth spread
out before him and and was not to oe I
moved from his mission of peace on ;
earth and good will to men. In that j
fact mankind is blessed forever. It ie i
thc luminGU* inspira.ion and example, j
and tried by \l our commission of peace
compares most unfavorably with the
ruler of the mighty Russian despotism,
lt ie for the people of tue United
States, the sovereigns upon whom the j
government rests, to :-e.- to it that pass- ?
inj* agencies are not permitted to uti
deroiioe "the great experiment," to ex- !
alf. militarism at the cost of Democracy, j
to betray those principles which the
fathers held to be essential to the de '
veloproenf and permanency of the re- !
public -Spriog?ele Republicen
A CRITICAL TIME
During the Battle of
Santiago.
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The Packers at the Battle of Santiago
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the Day.
P. E. Butler, cf pack-train, No. 3, writing
from S-iotiago, de Cuba, on July 23d, eave:
"We ail had diarrhea* in more or lesa vio?
lent form, and when we lauded we had no
time to see a doctor, for it was a case cf
rush and rush night and day to keep the
troops supplied with ammunition and ra
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to keep Ht work and keep our health, io fact,
I sincerely believe that at one critical time
this medicine was the indirect saviour of our
array, for if tae packers bad been unable to
work there would have been no way of get?
ting supplies to the front. There were no
roads that a wagon train could use. My
comrade and myself bad tbe good fortune to
lay in a supply of this medicine for our pack
train before we left Tampa, and I know in
four cases it absolutely saved life."
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German Ships Laave Manila.
Beriio, Sept. 2.-A semi-official
note issued to-day says: "A state of
peace hartog beeD reestablished be?
tween the United States and Spain,
orders have beec given that the German
naval force at mao ila be reduced to one
or two suips, which, pendiog the com?
plete restoralioo of order io the Phil?
ippine islands, will suffice for protec?
tion of Germao subjects aod interests
io that regioo
A special disoatch to tbe Landon
Evening Staodard from Par publish?
ed yesterday afternoon, say6 tbe French
cabinet- ba-* decided oo a revision of the
Dreyfus case. The cerement is a pop?
ular one. Mauy are talking of a pos?
sible war to follow, ir. looks a9 if all
the facts are about to come to light.
Pessimistic feeling prevails throughout
Paris War with German? is mooted.
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