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The Fashoda Qaestion. French Wish to Avoid Con? flict-What London Papers Have to Say. Parie, Oct 20.-Tho drift of opin iou OD the Fashoda qaestion among commercial men in Paris, was shown by a resolution adopted this after? noon by the municipal council of this city, urging the French government, without sacrificing the material inter esta of the country to use its utmost efforts to avert a conflict with Great Britain over the dispute* M. Delcaese minister of foreign aSairs, has ordered that the report of Maj. Marchand as to the situation at Fashoda, which is expected at Cairo tonigbt, be telegraphed textually Owing to its probable length, it is expected that at least 48 boars will be required to reduce it to the French cipher code at Cairo and to translate it in Paris. LONDON PAPERS COOL, London, Oct. 21 -The London morning papers have cooled down to an exceedingly cautious and conser? vative tone in dealing with the Fashoda question, apparently realiz ing that the public on both sides of the canal is heated to the danger point. There is a marked effort to avoid an offensive tone. The Times - - says : "Sir Michael Hicks Beach bas gone some way to persuade our negbbors that we mean what we say Tbe time bas come when it is abso lutely necessary to dispel French dreams on this subject, unless very dangerous consequences are to re suit ; but the charcelior of the ex chequer might have performed the operation more dexterously." - I? I I ?! Him Si Dilation in Philippines. Washington, Oct, 20 -The war department to day posted the fol lowing bulletin : Under date of yesterday Gen Otis cabled the war department "The sit nation in Luzon somewhat improv? ed Influence of Filipinos of educa Mon and property, not desiring ind** pendent government, but hostile to . Spain, gaining ascendancy in revol? t?onary councils Promising- ?otb ing ; bot enforcing the law Com plications seriously affect inter island commerce and diminish revenue Affairs progressing favorably, though sick report increasing, owing mostly to carelessness of enlisted. men. Health of officers good Condition of city and facilities for quartet ing troops improving Fever decreas ing. Intestinal troubles about the same Many slight ailments ; small pox apparently arrested Daring month 28 deaths, eight smallpox ; eight typhoid fever ; five malanal and intestinal complaints ; three ac? cidental " Gen. Otis cabled considerable more tnan the above, bot the depart ment does not deem it advisable to make ina other portions of the dis? patch poblic, because cf its bear? ing upon the peace negotations it contains suggestions made by Gen. Otis regarding the disposition of the Philippines and also information' about the insurgents, The Old North State. News from North Carolina is oot reassariog. The poetical conditions there are as dark sad gl:omy as can well be imagined, bat it is a life aod death straggle with the De CE o sra C9 From reading the dispatch printed i&st week it would seem very mach as if North Carolina is now going through what we, in South Carolina endured, tn *76 Bat there ie an essential differ? ence io conditions The negroes wh > sought to smuggle io arms aod ammu? nition coder the guise of "shoemakers' tools" and "agricultural implements," were practically by ..hem*e3ves The few waite men who bad incited and en? couraged them became exceedingly s:a-ce when the trouble began to brew Ti.e negroes lacked counsellors, ad vicers aod leaders. Io Narth Carolina i: is not so. Marion C Butler as ieader of the Populists, tried ever j 22ea.-Js in his power to fuse with the Democrats. Committees were appoint? ed and effort after effort was made by the Pops to ioduce the Democrats to near their prayers. Bot the Populiste in North Carolina have proved io be sucb a bad lot that the Democrats per? sistently refused ali demands. Fuse they must, so the Pops fused with the Republicans And this is tbe trouble. There are thousands of white men io the Populist party and while the high banded proceedings of the "fused" ag? gregation has disgusted a large propor tioo of the more thoughtful and self respeetiog men, yet tbere is a sufficient following left to Mr. Butler to make trouble We very much fear r'oere will be Crooble, bot if the Democrats of the .*Old North State"' are made of the gruff we take them to bs, they will remain steadfast to the last. Desperate diseases require desperate remedies. The malady in North Carolina will sorely prove fatal if left alone.-Spar taoburg Herald. - -?a > . -? - Old Sewing Macbioea made new at Randie's. To see is to try, to try is to buy the "White.'? The Berkeley Case. a/ _ JUSTICE MCIVER WILL NOT RESCIND HIS IN? JUNCTION. Cheraw, October 21 -It will be re membered (hat OD th? 4th of October the attorney for Mr C. W Sanders appeared be?ore-Cbie? Justice Mciver, at this place, and co a petition for writ of certiorari obtaioed as order restrain? ing the county executive committee from holding a seoood election, as or dered by the State executive committee j j to decide whether Mr C W Sanders or Mr. J. B. Morrison should be the candidate of the Democratic party for sheriff of Berkeley County Mr Sanders had beeo declared by the county executive committee the nominee for tbe party, and Mr Morri? son stated that he would eootes; the primary elect too. The executive com? mittee refused to sustain his ooo test, and he stated that he would appeal to the Suts executive committee. That committee ordered the coan ty con-m it tee to hear tba contest, aod they agaio decided that Mr. Sanders was the norn inee Mr. Morrison again appealed to the State executive committee, who ordered a s eco od primary Mr San ders, through his attorney, asked for an injunction, which was gracud At the meeting of the State executive committee last week the committee tried to rule Mr. Sanders out of che party because he had appealed to the law for bis pro tee i on, and a resolution was introduced declaring Mr Morrison ? he nominee of the Democratic party ic was pointed oot that if they did any such thing tb ay would be io contempt of Judge Mclver's order, aod it was theo dec?dcd that Mr Morrison be empower? ed to employ counsel, and that Judge Mciver be asked to rescind and vacate OH order Accordingly, Mr. Julian Mitchell, Jr,, of Charleston, was employed, and tie and Mr Morrison appeared before Judge Mciver b?re to-day asking for such action. ' Mr. Hawkins K. Jenkins, of Monck'a I Ooruer. representing Mr. Sanders, was also oo hand. The cooosei submitted argumeots fte.r which Jostice Mciver rendered voe following opinion : Chief Justice Mciver statpd that this a very important matter and one bat he would much prefer some time '0 consider more ?oily before rendering ni" decision, bot that recognizing that it was a question which demanded prompt attention, be would not keep . bern waiting. He stated io sub ranee that thia was a question which tbe whole State wae interested in. That i be only question before bim wa3 one of law. He said that it appeared to him tbat tbe Legislature had aced very wisely io making snob a law as tbey bad io reference to primary elections. The Legislature io its l&w making power bas seen fit and very ipreperly to provide for the holding of primary elec? tions for State and county offices sepa? rately. that is noder separate beads. The executive oom air tee most follow the mles of the party right or wrong ; and they appear to me to be very good roles it appears that the State exeou tive committee bas no jurisdiction- o or right ?o bear a coolest io reference to county officers The constitution and ruie; most b> construed separately. The constitution itself seems to me to provide and dec?ate bow these rules should be ooostrued. Coooty eiecu tive committees have tbe right, and tbe sole right , to decide io reference to county candidates. The State execo tive commut?e deals with reference tn State and Congressional candidates This appears to me to be tbe true con? struction of tbe rules aod the cocstitu tioo. I don't think the State executive committee bad any right to review tbe action of the county executive committee ; these mles take the place of a statute. It seems that after the primary the county executive committee declared Mr Sanders the nominee They re fused to hear Mr Morrison's contest on the ground tbat proper notice bad not been served on Sanders Th' Sia-te executive committee ordered that they hear the contest They complied and again declared Mr Sanders the nominee The State executive committee then ordered a second primary He said that under the rules and consti? tution they had no right to order a second primary. He holds that no man can be called npon to answer a charge without having bee? served with proper papers Common jus? tice demands this in this case It is very clear that this was not done, and, admitting that the State execu? tive committee had jurisdiction orig? inally, they exceed their jurisdiction by depriving this man of his rights without giving bim a propt. ehauce to defend himself. Assuming that they had jurisdiction, they failed to acquire. If they failed to take the proper steps to acquire jurisdiction, it makes their acts null and void. He did not know who was the author of the election law with reference to primarj elections, but thought it a very wise law. He said that the rules and constitution must be con strued together Now. taking all the matters before him into consider? ation, he must refuse to vacate and rescind his former order. Wisdom to-day means comfort to-morrow' To prove it noy a White aod use it. Four Convicts Escape From State Farm. ONE WAS SUBSEQUENT? LY KILLED AND TWO OTHERS WOUNDED. The State, Oct. 19 Monday evening at desk four negro convicts escaped from the State farm near Camden * Subsequently one was killed, another was wounded, and still a third was supposed to have been wounded, ail at the bands of Guard R. A. Joho'Oo, who had recently returned to bi? duties after having served as ao enlisted mao in Co. *T,M of the First regiment. The escaped prisonerri were Riobard Garrett, of Lancaster, who had two years more to serve ; Marion Dawkins, of Newberry, who had ?erved ten years of a 30 year sentence, and John Wil? liams and Ed. Slater, of Mayes vi He, eaeh of whom was serving a life sen? tence Tbe irony of fate decreed that the man wirb tbe shortest sentence was killed, the ooe with tbe next shortest was koown to be wounded, and bas been oaptored, while the two serving tbe longest sentences escaped Col. W A Neal, superintendent of the penitentiary, happened to be at the farm at tbe time, and returned to Co? lumbia 'last night with the news of the tragedy. The men had just koooked off work and were being brought up from the field where they bad been gathering hay Two of them, Dawkins-and Gar? rett, were trusties ; the other two, serv tog life sentences, could not be made trusties, bot, on account ol good ooo duct were allowed some privileges The four were straggling along io the rear of the ?quad under guard, and escaped in the woods and had gotten a ?cod start before they were missed. As shackles are never used on the eon vic's at the farm, unless ic cases of very unruly or danserons characters, tbe fugitives bad nothing to impede tbeir way The guard reported tbeir escape to the superintendent, and the blood? hounds were immediately put on tbe trail They followed the meo to a cabin about two miles from the farm and there lot the trail. It had been drizzling rain during tbe afternoon, and it was d'ffieutc for the dogs to follow the scent eveo that far Guards were placed on all roads leading from tbe farm, und other pre cautions taken to catch tbs fugitives Guard Johnson was placed on the road leading to Camden, and within four miles of that place, at a point knowo as * Cjmp Ground crossing At about ll o'clock Monday night Johnson saw the four negroes coming up the road abreast. When they bad approached within a very few feet of bim. he ordered them to halt Tbe convicts theo turned and ?ed, attempt? ing to gain cover. Jobusoo deliberate* iy fired and Riobard Garrett feel in his tracks dead When Johnson attempted to extract tbe empty cartridge from the gun, a Winchester repeater, he found it driven fast, fie lost several minutes io getting the empty shell out. By this time the negroes had scrambled op the embankment Sinking the road. One bad'detached himself irom tbe other two and escaped without being shot at. Wit b tbe secood fire, Marion Daw kins fell bsok into the road But ooe mote shot was fired. From blood stains found yesterday morning, it is thought very probable that he, too, was shot However, both Williams and Slater, the life sentence men, escaped Mr Johnson examined the body of Garrete, and found bim dead beyond a p^redvet;tu*e. He was shot through tbe neck, the ball disiocatiog the spinal column Dawkins, too, was ro all ap? pearances dead The guard eben came back to tbe farm and awoke Col. Neal, telling bim that be bad killed two cf the escaped prisoners. Gol Neal ad? vised bim to wait until morning and then to notify the coroner at Camden. When they returned for the bodies yes terday mon usg Dawkins was gone. However, there lay Richard Garrett, cold in death A jury was impanelled and the verdict rendered was that tbs deoeased came to bis death from a rifle shot wound a* tbe hands of R. A. Johnsen, in the d?charge of his diity as guard. Toe negro wa.*- butted at the State farm yesterday afternoon. What had become" of Dawkins ? He had io some way escaped. A diligent search through the country was made and Dawkins was found in a cabin abont six miles from :be farm He was shot through the shoulder. His wound was not at all serious When be wa<i struck, be fell prone upon tbe ground, aod played 'possum. Wheo Mr. Jobnsoo oame to examine bim, be held bis breath and thus deceived the guard The negro is now back at. tbe farm. The other two negroes are stiil at large. Col Neal reports Mr Johnson as saying that he oould have killed them all had his gun worked properly, for they were impeded by the embark ment, and though the night was very dark, he could bave picked them ??ff The ''White" is the pride of borne. Vancouver, B. C., Oct. 19.-News? papers received here by the steamer Empress ot Japan, which arrived this morning from Hong Kong and Yoko bama, published tho statement that Li Hung Chang and dowager empress of China have been recently married. A Loving Couple. A rural bridal couple board a train out Weet the other day Their "spooning" attracted the attention of the passengers and caused some au? dible criticism, whereupon the burly groom arose and said : "We are married. It was a case of luv. We sparked fur seven years She's my vilet, and I'm her towerin oak. We've got 180 miles to go. and we are goin to spoon every durned rod of it, and if thar's any critter here who thinks he can't stand it, he can git out and walk !" The Manufacturers' Record reports that the Seaboard Air Line "has in eluded in its plans for the general benefit of the territory which it traverses a library system which is probably the only one of its kind in the world " These libraries will be collected, consisting of a varied as? sortment of books, and they will be distributed in as many towns along the road and redistributed at inter val?; the residents of each town be ing allowed free use of the books It is a novel enterprise, and a most commendable one Other roads and many communities might profit by the suggestion it affords -News and Courier. Death of Col. Alston. Columbia, Oct. 21 -At 3 o'clock this morning news reached Columbia of the death of Col. Joseph K Al? ston, the popular commander of the 1st South Carolina regiment, which occurred at Yorkville, S C., his wife's home, after a brief illness An anxious inquirer who baa been keeping op with rbe correspondence published in tbe News and Courier about the Wilsoo aod Summerton Railroad wants to know bow it happens, if lhere \* oo connection between the Wilson aod Summerton Railroad and the Atlantic Coast Line, 'hat io the Raliway Guide for the mooth of October tbe Wilson aod Samn?erton Road i* shown a? "tbe Suinter and Wilnou Mills and St Paul Railroad Divinion of the Coast Line ?" He says further : "They advertise that their train No 37 leaves Sumter at 2 30 p. ni , reaching Summerton at 4 40 p. m , thence to Wilson's Mills, (wbicb is the eastern reraiinus of the Wilson and Summerton Railroad, if an independent railroad, reaching there at 6 30. If this does not ioc:oate that the Wilson aod Summerton Railroad is a part of tbe System I would like to know what it does show ?" Oar cor? respondent would also liks to koow whether the contemplated extension of tbe Wilson and Sum merroo Railroad is really not ''contemplated" for the pur? noo of discouraging the building of the Sumter and Wateree Railroad. We cannot answer such questions off baod. but io commoo with the rest of curious people will have to watch for developments -News aod Courier. Houston, Tex., Oct 20-The wind and electrical storm wbicb swept over Texas last night was very se? vere in south Texa3 Damsge to cottou is enormous. At Deer park. 20 miles from Houston, the residence of C. E Adams was demolished At Pasadena the residence of John Stevens was wrecked and the six oe cupante were injured At Missouri City a number of freight cars were blown from the siding out on the main track The California express, running 40 miles an hour, dashed into the cars at full sp^ed George Johnston bf San Antonio, the engi? neer,, was killed None of the pas? sengers were badly hurt Yellow Jaundice Cured, Suffering humanity shouM be supplied with ev? r> moins possible f?r its relief. It is with pleasure we publish the following : "This is to certify that I was a terrible sufferer from Yellow Jaundice for over six months, and was rested by some of tbe best physicians in our* city and all to no avail. Dr. Bell, our drug? gist, recotnmemled Electric Bitter? ; and after taking two bottles, I was entirely cuitd. I n->w take great pleasure in recommending them to anv person'suffering from this terrible raaU ady. I am gratefully yours. M.A. Hogatty, Lexington, Ky." .S<11 by J. F. W. 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