Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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mm Tm\M 8UMTMB WATCHMAN. Katabliahed April. 1850? lBe Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth-s." THE: TB?E SOUTHRON, Established Jan?. 13*6 Consolidated Aug. 2, ISSI. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7.1898. New Series-Yoi. XYIII. So. 19 C|f SSa?tjnra at? j?rai|r?!t rablishod Every Wednesday, ?1ST. Cat. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C, T8RMS : $1.50 per anna m-in advance. ADTISTI8I?SIT: Ono Square first insertioo..~..............$l 00 S very subsequent insertion........ ......... 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wit be made st red aced rates. Ali communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as ad vertiera en ts. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. The~Fary of Sunday's Storm. _4_ IMMENSE DAMAGE TO SHIPPING. Boston, Nov. 29 -The passing boors co not bring a? end to the reports of wrecks sod loss of life op and dowo tba New England coast as the outcome of S an day's terrifie storm, each & one as Nev England never heard of before. From Cape Cod the most terrible accounts of min and death are coming and of these the loss of the steamer Portland, a side wheeler plying between Boston sod Portland with all OD board, nearly 100 souls, overshadows ali The graveyard of the coast, the treacherous bars and rips on the ootside of Cape Cod have claimed victims without com? ber. Miles and miles of coast Hoe are piled high with wrecking, most of which ie ground so Soe by the waves that identification of hapless craft is impossible. As the fury of the wind was as great on the Meak-sand bills whieb make up the cape*, it willbe many . boers before all places are beard from.. . Telegraph wires ure down -and railroads cannot break oat the snow drifts and this feature is distressing, as mach suffering from cold and hunger must eosoe as jog the poorer people ta the oearby baroietu. To-night the ooly meaos of reashing Cape Cod is by steamer across Massa? chusetts bay. \vord from Province towo tells of oearly thirty total wrecks, with the ottmber of lives lost onkoowo. Mailers are improviog slightly aloog Vineyard soood, so far as meaos of communication is concerned The best summing op of the disasters io that section is made by Capt. Hard, of the revenue cotter Dexter, who ha? cruised aloog shore all cay. He says that io Vineyard Ha veo bolls are piled upon the s bore and those vessells which are afloat seem mere shells. The Dexter reporte possible additioa3 to the wreck Bat, ia two schooners sank of Menen? gs? Bight and two big ones sank abreast of Presque Isle. The fate of their crews is ookoowo. Three wreck? ing steamers are around the Fairfax, ashore en Sow and Pigs reef. THE LOSS OP THE PORTLAND Bcstoo, Nov. 29.-? special to the Herald from ?North Trnro says the stesrser Portland, of the Boston and Portland Steamship . company, plying between Boston aod Postiand. was totally wrecked at 10 o'clock Sunday morning off Highland light, and the enti re ores? of passengers perished with? in a short distance of land A large qsaiatity of wreckage, including trucks and other material, have come ashore, and at dark last night 34 bodies had aeeo recovered from the surf by the life saving .crew at High Head station. Ooo body was that of a woman. The Portland had a crew of 48 and a passenger list of 51. All are be? lieved to have beeo lost. NO. S. C. DISPENSARY. People in Sooth Dakota Vote Against Adoption of the System. 8?OOX Fallo, S. D., Nov. 29.-Final returns bave been received from the various counties on the constitutional amendment submitted at the recent el action. Woman s?ffige was de? feated by 4,008 and the South Caro? lina dispensary system by 955; while the. initiative and referendum bsa been curried by s majority of a little over 6, OOO The vote on the three amend? ments reached only about one half the total vote polled at the election. Roanoke, Va., Nov. 29 -A special to the Times from Bedford City, Va., says : "Yesterday a? indi^to/cLn. ?as fouc-d by the grand jory against James Webster, . negro for rape committed on Miss Mary Aoospaogb, an aged white lady^of this city on Novemoer 19. To day the case was called at 10 o'clock ; ac 3 30 ir was given to the jory, and at 4 05 a verdict was rendered of guilty with the death penalty Tbe prisoner will be sentenced to-morrow morning. Thousands Hops ? This is the Truth. Said That the Black Diamond Road Will be Built Atlanta, Ga , Nov. 29 -A special to The Constitution from Knoxville, Tenn , says: The local promoters of the Black Diamond railroad scheme to-day received information that Sir Thomas Tancred, the English engineer . ssct to thia country by ac- English financial syndicate woold recommend that the road he built by his people. Before starting for Lon doo the engineer stated to Coi. Albert E. Boone of Zia es ville, 0 , the ohief promoter and other prominent men interested in the deal that he would approve the survey aod recommend the investment. This is considered a consommation of the financiering. Coi. Boone has the contract for jiraiidiog the road, aod expects to com? mence work the first of next May. The road will extend from Port .Royal, S. C . Columbus, 0 , pene troting all the coal fields of Eist Tennessee and Kentucky, and passing through this city. It will be 322 miles long, double tracked and cost ?40,000, 000. Telegraph Company Wins, New York, Nov. 30.-The suit of the Atcbison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway company in the United States district court to compel the Western Union Telegraph company to affix and pay for the revenue stamps required by the war revenue law on the telegraphic messages transmitted under its contract with the railway company, bas been dis? missed at the railway's cost. ; The contention of the railway company was that the service which the telegraph company agrees to give to the railway company is to be free of all charges The telegraph company's answer was that it could have no responsibility for the taxes laid by the United States government on telegraphic messages, and espe? cially in view of the repeated rulings of the commissioner of inicrnal revenue that the law requires that "the maker, signer or issuer" of tel? egraphic messages must affix and pay for the stamps. ----- THE CUBAN COMMIS? SION. . Washington, Nov 30 -The mem? bers of the commission delegated to visit the United States to discuss with officials cf this government the many problems which confront both Cubans and Americans on the island arrived in Washington this evening from New York The commission is headed by Gen Calixto Garcia the veteran soldier and leader. It is the present expectation of Geo. Garcia and the other commissioners to re? main in Washington about ten days To-morrow Gen Garcia will call opon Secretary of War Alger, bot no arrangements have been perfected for the movements of the commis? sion. Guess We Won't Do lt. From the Philadelphia Record. Rea? Admiral Miller, who was retired from active service in the navy on Tuesday last, improved the oppor? tunity afforded by his freedom to regretfully observe that "there is a tendency io this country to think that because our navy sunk two Spanish squadrons we can whip the whole of creation." Which, . of course, we undoubtedly ean But it is creation that is building up our export trade, and what would be the good of killing off our best customers...... Where is the Doctrine. What bas become of oar Monroe doctrine ? We oooe refased to allow that any Earopeao power could acquire territory in this bimvsphere, and Sec? retary Olney informed.Lord Salisbury in that wonderful dispatch about the Venezuelan boundary that Eoglaod mast expeot to clear out from Canada and the West Indies. Oar position was this : "Earopeao powers must keep out of this western hemisphere, just as we keep out of tho eastern hemisphere by seizing the Philippines. We might dominate one hemisphere, bot we can hardly expeot to lord it uVci uutu. ?tie Munroe doctrine is not elastio enough to he stretched over the entire globe Wheo Germaoy 6ome days seizes a provioce in Southern Brazil we shah have no logical basis on which to rest a demand for her to clear out It will he simply might against might.-Baltimore San To see is io try, to try is to buy the "White." Talking Over the Terms of Treaty. mt Articles Relating to Cession and Evacuation. Paris, Nov. 30.-The joint peaoe commission devoted two boars and a half to day, from 2 to 4.30 p. m., to drafting the three first articles of the peace treaty protocol, dealiog with the cession of Cuba, Faerie Rico and the Philippines, opon which the commis stoners agreed in principle. ? general discussion oo the other articles followed, bot no decision was reached and the joint commission adjourned until to-morrow. There were thirteen articles laid before the two commissioners covering the following subjects : First-The relioqoishmeot of sover? eignty over and claim of title to Coba. Second-The cession of Poerto Rico and other Spanish possessions io the West Indies, together with Guam, io ! the Ladronee. Third-The cession of the Philip? pines. Foorth-The terms of the evaooation of the Philippines Fifth-The pledge of the United States to preserve order io the Philip? pines pending the ratification of the treaty. Sixth-The release of military pris? oners mutually. Seveoth-The cession by Spain of the Island of Kasai, or Stroog island, in the Carolines. Eighth-The mutual relinquishment of indemnity claims. Nioth-The religious freedom of the Carolines, assuring the rights of Amer can missionaries there. Tenth-Cable landing rights at points within the Spanish jurisdiction Eleventh-The release by Spaio of political prisoners for offenses io Coba and the Philippines. Twelfth-The pledge of the United States to inaugurate io the Philippines ao "open door" policy ind to guarantee the same to Spaio for at least twelve years. Thirteenth-A revival of the treaties broken by the war. The first three articles were mutually agreed opon to-day, as was also the article embodying thc terms of the evaooation of the Philippines, which will be practically the same as in the evaooation of Coba and Poerto Rice. The mutual release of military prisoners was agreed opon, S pair liberating the rebel prisoners and the United States liberating the Manila garrison and the Spaniards held by Agoinaido. The political prisoners to be released by Spaio are such as are now in exil3 at Ceuta, io Morocco or at other Span? ish penal settlements. Daily sessions will be held hereafter aod it is now believed that the work may be possibly concluded this week, although so early a termination is not probable. Commissioners Look Out for Her Weat Indian Trade. Paris, Dec. 1.-Anxioos as bo'ih are to conclude their work, the United States and Spanish peace commissions did not hold a joint sessioc to day. Their next meeting will be heid at 2 o'clock to morrow afternoon. This delay arose from the fact that the Spanish commissioners at yes? terday's session offered several orgont propositions which called for special deliberation upon the part of the Americans. Spain asks the United States to grant for a term of live years to Spanish ships carrying Span? ish goods or producta to Poerto Rico and Cuba the same privilege as American vessels engaged in the sanse trade may have, and she qualifies this request by a proviso that trade privileges be extended; to Cuba so long as the United States government is dominant over the island. In support of this request the Spanish commissioners assert that Spain cannot, without vital harm, immediately abandon or cut the busi? ness relations so long maintained between the mother country and the West Indian territories They declare that family ties and social relations, added to affairs of trade maintained through centuries, require gradual dissolution They invoke the terms of the treaty of 1819 by which the United States took over Florida from Spain and in the fifteenth article of which granted Spain for 12 years the right to send her goods and products to Florida in Spanish ships, on the same terms as the ships carrying tither goods and products of of the United Mates The Spanish commissioners cite furber the fact that the treaty of 1803 with France for the cessation of' Loui8ana granted French and spanish goods and products the same terms as Americans in New Orleans and other ports in the ceded territory. Finally Spain points to the Amer? ican proposed "open door'7 policy in th 3 Philippines and asks a guarantee of the same advantages in her late West Indian colonies, until trade re? lations can by degrees accustom themselves to the change of sover eignty. This proposition and the arguments by which it was supported are con 6?ered strongly stated and the American commissioners desired time for deliberation Thus, though busy uatil nearly 2 o'clock this afternoon, they were not fully prepared and Judge Day sent a message to Senor Montero Bios requesting that the joint session fixed for this afternoon be postponed until tomorrow. Meanwhile the Spanish commis? sioners had been preparing a list of subjects for negotiations, supplement ed by suggestions counter to and amendatory of the subjects the Amer bans submitted yesterday This came to the American commissioners to day in Spanish, rendering it even icore desirable to postpone the joint session in order to give time for translation and consideration The translation is being made this even? ing and the subject will be laid before the American commissioners io morrow morning Now, that the first gust of grief and chagrin has passed, the Spanish commissioners are meeting the Americans in a frank spirit that is helpful to an early completion of the negotiations Give England The Salus? V --- London, Dec 1 -The Globe suggests that the United States, ia order to show the sincerity of their acknowledgements of gratitude to England for ber friendly attitude during the war, should cede the Sula archipelago to Great Britain and also thinks that British products ought to bev admitted to the Philippines on the same terms as those of the Uoited States. The Salo Islands, the Globe says, are not wanted by the Uoited States and would be very useful to England. "A graceful concession here," the paper adds, "would cost the victors nothing and would be appreciated by England as a gratifying demonstration of (he frieodly feeling we have beard so each about 1 INSURGENTS CLAIM IN? DEPENDENCE. Manila, P I, Dec 1 -The Inde pendent party of the Filipinos ia not disposed to accept the reault of thc deliberations of the peace commis stoners at Paris, judging from the tone of the native press The Inde? pendencia publishes a particularly bombastic leading article to the effect that the Filipinos will de? cline to permit their homes to be bought and sold like merchandise It then repeats that the Filipinos are ready to fight in defence of their rights and asserts that the govern? ment and people are unanimous in claimiug nothing less than inde? pendence The paper also claims that the Filipinos have incomestible claims upon the island of Luzon, part of the Visayas islands and the island of Mindano by right of conquest. It concedes that the Americans helped the insurgents "indirectly by block? ading Manila." But the Independen? cia claims that even without help the revolutionists must have ultimate? ly won Finally the Independencia holds that Spain cannot cede the Philippine archipelago "because it was never hers " The United States transport Indi ana arrived here this morning and the Nero sailed for home. Two companies of Pennsylvanias have been transferred to Corrigedor island With the exception of a battalion of the Washington regiment, the new troops have not been landed. ADVICES "VIA MADRID" Madrid, Dec 1.-Advices from the Philippine islands say the insurgents there have decided not to recognize the cession of the island to the United States which they will resist to the last It is also claimed that the United States will require 70.000 troops to put down the revolution and it is alleged that the insurgents hold 10,000 Spanish prisoners whom they will force to serve against the Americans The Philippine insurgents demand 7,000,000 pesetas for the release of the 40 friars imprisoned since the commencement of the war. BUCKLENV ARNICA SALV^. The best Salvo in the world for Ca's Bruises, Sores.. Ulcer?, Salt Rheum, Fever, Sore Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,.Corns and all Skin Emptions and positively cun, Piles or no pay required. It ?3 guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money reiunded, price 25 cents per box; For sale by Dr. J. F W. I). Lorme. Aguinaldo and ' His Attitude. SAID TO BE CERTAIN THAT IT WILL BE - CONCILIATORY. Ma*-*' * I f Dec. 2-Owing to the fact tuat the result of the Paris conferences has long been anticipated here, the agreement of Spaio to cede the Philippine islands to the United States created no excitement. The Americans were indifferent ; some of the American volunteers were disgusted at the prospect of being detained here now that fighting is finished. Agni naldo is certain to assume a conciliatory attitude, because his position is daily beoomiog more untenable His rival intriguers are become more uncontroll? able, especially siooe funds have run short and the outlying provinces have become disaffected Although never much more than a figurehead, Aguinaldo has been consist? ently temperate, and the authorities have no reason to fear that he wiil depart from this policy ; Nevertheless, the native newspapers continue to publish inflammatory articles The Rep?blica Filipina to-day publishes an article headed "The Momeot Has Arrived." "When the conference terminated its labors," says this paper, "the Filipinos had already conquered all of the island of Luzon and the adjaceot islands, except the town of Iloilo of Cebu, Leyte and Samar. Therefore, Spain has ceded authority which ehe could not possess. The Filipinos will never consent to the ignomy of being treated as chattels. They will shed their blood io torrents again before jowing to foreign dominion, however light. "America brought the great chief Ag?inado from Hong Kong and recognized our nationality by blowing onr flag to be raised at Corregido island and to sail the bay io foll sight of all the foreign fleets. None dared to interfere. If America now declines to openly acknowledgement onr inde? pendence, a great injustice will be committed. Had Spaio asked ?40, 000.000 for the island, the Filipinos would gladly have given twice that amount, or more, to preserve their rights, ruthlessly set aside by tue enemy and the nation without a true understanding of the aspirations, rights and sacrifices of those who have stood torture enough, and who are left to fight and suffer io defence of their country from new slavery " In coDclusion, the article affirms the friendship of the Filipinos, for Ameri? cans, insists that the insurgents will never fire the first shot, and adds that the harmony existing will only be broken by "priests or traitors inducing the Americans to attack us." Can Germany Get the Carolines ? Negotiations With Spain for Their Purchase. Berlin, Deo. 1.-A German govern meot official, io an interview with the correspondent here of the Associated Press, confirms the report that Germany is negotiating with Spain for the purchase of the Carolioe islands. Ic is understood that Spain expects to got 10 000 000 francs for them, wbioh Germany considers excessive Germany also made the proviso that the negotiations shall be contingent upon no international complications arising, especially with the Uoited States. Prince von Arenberg, president of the colonial society, assures the corres? pondent of the Associated Press that "the acquisition of the Caroline islands is important less from the standpoint of commerce, which is insignificant, than from a naval standpoint/' AN OPINION. London, Dec. 2 -The Berlin corres? pondent of the Daily Telegraph expresses the opinion that Germany would prefer to buy a coaling station in the Philippines from the Uoited States. Life on torpedo boats must be rough. According to Lord Charles Beresford, oue year's continuous servioe will mentally and physically incapacitate a nan. In the British navy they gi*u the men one week off io every mooth to rpli^vo the strain HOAR DECLARES AGAINST EXPANSION. Says None Has a Constitu? tional Right to Purchase Sovereignty. Worcester, Mass, Nov. 30. Senator Hoar announced himself to day as po88itively opposed to the acquisition of the Philippines by the United States In a communication to the Gazette, be says : "We have not, so far, any news which is absolutely trustworthy of what they are doing in Paris. Bot if the report is true that it is proposed to buy of Spain the sovereignty of the Philip? pine islands, and to pay ?20,000,000 for it, I do not believe that such a treaty will be agreed to? and I do not believe it ought to be agreed to. Spain has very little sovereignty in the Philippines to sell just now, and I do not think the people of the United Sutes are in the market to boy sovereignty, or that the consti? tution bas conferred on anybody the right to buy any such commodity. The constitution was framed upon the theory that sovereignty ie not a salable article. The people of the United States have conferred upon nobody the power to make such purchases in their behalf. W e have acquired territory either vacant or so sparsely settled that there was no people capable of governing it and no germ of a national life. We have also, io one recent case, acquired a territory wheie the original germ of national life had perished But neither of these precedents applies to the Philippine archipelago, with its millions of inhabitants." INSULT TO THE NATION." Philadelphia, Deo 1.-Senator Ed? munds, author of the an ti-polygamy law, paid to The World correspondent the other day that, in bis opinion, Brigham H Roberta's election to cou gross in Utah was an insult to the Dation, Mr. Edmunds believes that Roberts should be kept out of the hou?e if possible. He admits (Lat there ts no law to prevent him from being sworn ic, but seys that there is a provision by wbich the house, by a two-third vote, may unseat a member OD justifiable grouods. The situation io Utah Mr. Edmuo?s considers unfortunate, as when the Territory became a State the Federal statute against polygamy become operative Now, congress, be declares, oould go no farther than to charge breach of faith agaiost the State-it could cot interfere with its administration of State laws. Government of the Colonies. From the Milwaukee Sentinel. ^ Before civil government in our dependencies can be an assured success we must make civil service in them almost as attractive as naval and military service There is nothing to keep us from making civil service in the Philippines or Porto Rico a career which wiil attract many able men. To do this we must make the service permanent, we must guarantee that ability and integrity will never be disregarded in favor of the man with a "pull," and we must spend time and money in training men for a kind of work which Americans have not hitherto been calied upon to do. --i Our government bids fair to con? tain at an early date a greater mixture of races than its founders and even the fathers of the present generatiou ever dreamed it would have The New York World makes the following impressive statement of the complexion of this mixture : Indians. 250,000 ; colored in Ameri? ca, 8,000,000.000 ; Chinese in Amer? ica, 1,000,000 ; Hawaiians, 100,000 ; Porto Ricans, 750,000 ; Cubans, 1,500,000 ; Filipinos of various yellow and black breeds, 8,000.000. Total, 18,700,000. In addition to this vast host of people, so dissimi? lar from the white race, we have about 9,000,000 foreign born popu? lation of Europeao origin who are assimilable in greater or '.ess degree, but not yet wholly assimilated. Good Sewing Machines from $10.00 up at Randie's. ? BAKING POWDER URE icious and wholesome < CT co., wg?y YORK.