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WARSHIP AT BL EFIEL S. State Department in Hourly Expectation of Important Advices. Washington, May 3.-Advices re ceived here from Blue fields, Nicara gua, indicate that the situation there, so far as American interests are concerned, is extremely unsatisfac tory and discouraging. It is being impressed opon the officials here that persons high in Nicaraguan govern ment are pursuing a po:" JV calculated very deliberately to crush the Ameri can business interests, now of con siderable magnitude, in the Mosquito country. The reports are to the effect that aver since the Clarance rebellion some years ago, the Nicaraguan government has been jealous of the growing importance of the American settlements, and the -Reyes rebellion seems ter have confirmed it in the determination to destroy the Ameri cas influence in that section. The Nicaraguans bold the American merchants responsible for the Reyes rebellion. They have consequently determined, according to the -reports ? received here, to impose upon these American merchants the entire ex pense to which the government was put in repressing the rebellion, amounting to about $600,000 This could not be done directly without a breach of international law, hence the attempt was. made to collect a large part of it through a demand upon the merchants for a second payment upon imports paid to the defecto government of Blue- < fields while Reyes was in possession of the place. The reports show that this govern ment of Beyes was actually de facto in the sense of the term In proof of tuts it is shown that Estrada, the Nicaraguan governor of the place, sought and waa given refuge in the United States consular agency Also the does collected on imports were collected fer Reyes by the same treasurer who had held the place for the past titre years. The American interests in Bice fieldft alone now aggregate folly $2 000,000 In gold, and the state depart ment ia dete rmined that they abai! be protected against the proposed extor tion, so that interesting news is expected at any moment, io view of the presence of a United States man of-wiir there, the Detroit, to execute the orders of the department. Speedy Trial sud Swift tice. Mr. Morris, a member of the Geor gia Legislature, it is reported, will isftrcduoea bill relativa to i y neb i o gs at tia next oestioo of that body. The bill as very briely outlined 4 * will pro- \ vide for tba trial of tba accused within five days after his arrest sad, upon conviction, for hm hanging in publie; five days later." "A unique provision of the bill," it ia added, "is that the testimony of the assailant's vietim may be taken in pri vate by a sp cial eos mission, ia the presence of the accused, while the triai is in progress " The measure, aa appears from the ca;cue provision, relates only to per sons accused of rape, and the moat that seed be saii about it, perhaps, is that it ta plain tbat some such mode of deal ing with them by the Courts most be adopted, if they are to be tried by Courts and hanged by an officer of the law. The limit cf five days between "arrest" and trial, and between convic tion and hanging, is short enough io reason-it may be donbted whether it will be found to be short enough in practice. "The mob" demands tee instant trial of men who are charged with the erirae io question, and short shrift in disposing of them wheo they are convicted, and that the mob is ito be considered io framiog the proposed law is sufficiently proved by the fact that it is proposed. The provision for taking the testi mony of the vietim by special commis sfoo, in private and io the presence of the aaoused, while his trial is io pro- j gress is a good one in itself and will , remove ona of the main excuses offered in defense of trial by the mob ; wheth er it will pasa the test of constitutional rt ~ ai rem so ts is a question which we are not prepared to answer, but which of course, will receive due attention from lawyers io and out of the Legis lature We have only to suggest, finally, that if Mr. Morris's proposed law is adopted io substance and shall prove acceptable and well adapted for its pur poces, after a fair trial, its scope might weil be extended so as to include oases of brutal homicide with those of rape under its special provisions ; and that, if it is still found to work well, the general criminal law3 of Georgia and of other States might br so amended nd changed as to provide for the more speedy trial and punishment of orimi na! of every class and degree.-News and Courier - I.-BB - ?? - -Oluili - Mothers, we call joar atteoiion to Pitts' Carminative. It acts promptly, it is pleas ant to the taste, and the children will take it without coaxing. It relieves promptly and j>ermaB80ti;y. If we can get yoa to uae it, yon will get others to do likewise. Yoar druggist sells it. J. F. W. DeLcrms. To see is to try, to tr/ is to buy the COUNTERFEIT CIGAR STAMPS. Method by Which Innocent Holders May Not Suffer. Washington, May 3.-A large holder of cigars purchased from Jaoobs & Kendig, and bearing counterfeit stamps, made rersonal application to oom missioners of internal revenue today to modify conditions contained io bis recent circular letter requiring innooent holders of these cigars to pay the tax before releasing the same from seizure and this was urged opon the ground that he government was for quite a period of time aware of the existence of these counterfeit stamps and their use before the guilty parties were arrested and their factories seized. The commissioner said that the relief thus claimed was based opon strong equitable grounds, aod said that be wonld grant it if it was in his power to do so, bot that the law providing for the forfeiture of these cigars left him no coarse open bat that of accept ID g a compromise which should at least j include the payment of the tax by the holders of the cigars. He suggested that these claims appeared to be eo strongly grounded in equity, however, that it would seem but just and proper that the holders of these cigars should be allowed to file claims for the ref aod of the tax they were required to pay. with the view that these claims should be called to the attention of congress, through the secretary of the treasury, with a full statement of all the facts, and that such legislation should be reootumended ae would authon'zi the commissioner to refund and pay back the taxes wbioh should be exacted from these innooent holders of the Jacobs Kendig cigars. ABUSE GOMEZ AND AMERICANS. Habana, May 5 -The banquet given last evening by members of the recent ty dissolved military assembly in honor of the aged Salvador Cisneros, Marquis de Santa Lu o a, the first president of tba second republic of Coba, and of Geo. M ay ia Rodriguez, was the occasion for an anti-American aod anti Gomez demonstration. Gen. Manuel Sacguilly, Col. Juan Goalberto Gomez, a member, of the assembly's executive committee, aod other speakers deaouoe ed Gomez as being a traitor to Coba io having given aid to the intervening j power-"los Yankees," who were referred to in terms of dislike and 'suspicion. The only voico raised in protest against snob assertions among tbs hundred well known Cabans who were present, including the editors of most of of tbe looa! papers printed in Spanish, was that of Senor Fidel Piena, editor of 1 Iodependente, who said that tbe Cabana would most speedily gain their independence by cooperating with the Americans, adding that "tbe pcrpose of tbe United States military authorities is to aid Coba to prepare for self government and to leave as soon after as possible." According to a dispatch from Cieafaegos, Senor Jieotef Perez, a Spaniard of high obaraoter and stand ing, disappeared on Sunday and today hts eorpse was foood near the city, terribly maobeted. The crime is attri buted by the authorities to the same band of outlaws that burned the cane on the Constancia plantation. Bandits in the same district attacked the plantation Unidad, owned by Mr. Cuileraoh, and the plantation Angelep, owned by Senor Franoisoo Garcia ; but ! they were 8nally repulsed by the rual, J guards, who killed two members of tbe banu that have not been identified and j u third who was reoognizsd as Alfreda j Rodriguez a well known brigand largely responsible for disturbance in Santa Clara White Woman Fardjned. Yesterday Goveraor Ellerbe grant ed a pardon io Mrs. Cornelia S Bryant, a white woman, who was convicted in Clarendon County on March 1 last, and sentenced by Judge Aldrich to six months in the county jail Numerously signed petitions were presented by Senator Appelt, together with a certificate from the jail physician that the woman was in a weak and delicate condition, and could not be given the attention necessary iu the jail A very earn est and vigorous letter was written the governor by the Rev ?. B Wells, pastor of the Methodist church at Manning, setting forth that j the woman was confined in a cell shut off from air and light, and ad joining that in which a condemned murderer was kept. All agreed that the ends of justice badi been fully met --The State, May 6 HANGED"IN MANNING Manning May 5-Scrip Rbame, colored, was hanged here today for the murder of Ellerson Butler, also colored, on October 29, 1898, at a sell supper near Summerton. Bob Pearson, colored, was also convicted of the same crime but was recom mended to mercy ai>d sentenced to life imprisonment. - m mmmW* * -i Go to H. G. Uateea & Co. ter pretty Paper Dolls, ladies, misses and babies. Paper Dolis, dressed or otherwis e at H. G 03teen & Co's. Bradstreet's Weekly Rep Both Wholesale and Rel Business Above the Average. New York, May 5 -Bradstre tomorrow will say : That this is, deed an era of trade and indust combinations 6eems evident from long list of announcements of n consolidations, rumored or actoi floated, coming to public view t week. Whether this tendency as yet reached its culmination c not, of course, be easily predict I but in some lines of industry j announcements of projected const dations would seem to have left lit ! room for further operations of t kind. Easily first in this direct is the gigantic iron and steel com nation, announced with seeming c Science as in process of formatit Second only to this, however, 3 t actual floating of the great" copj combination. Outgrowths of th< great combinations are of immer industrial changes in many line they possess a special interest in i world of trade and finance beear, of the immense aggregations of c; ital or industry involved in their p jectiou or their carrying out to a si cessful finish While wholesale trade continues a between seasons volume, very gi eral evidence is forthcoming that t aggregate is in excess of last yea undeniably good proportions, and i tail demand is of an encouragi character That the volume of f business booked is in excess of t average, is very generally concede Advances in prices and report great activity abroad point to t widespread demand for iron a steel and render less doubtful t hold of American products on foreij markets The tone of general valu is notably strong for the season the year, a prominent exception t ing pork and bog products general which have been the subject of bet ish manipulation Cereals are ge erally firm, cash wheat being fra ion ai ly higher at the seaboard < interruption to movement by tbe w ter route, cause by tbe grain bandlei strike at Buffalo, while option bm nesB is in a waiting stage, pendil the government report on wheat co ditton and acreage next weee Crop advices are contradictory, b good weather seemed for success! planting and growth of spring whes while foreign crop advices contint good, and export demand is of on moderate proportions, This, couple with smaller tban expected decrease in world's supplies reported to 3ra< street's thia week, acts as a cbeck I values wbicb might otberwii record tbe admitted damage to tl winter wheat crop Copper among tbe metals, retail all its strength, speculative int r t in copper consolidation being a sui taining feature, offsetting depressin effects on consumptive 'demand < the recent advance. A special featui this week is the activity in buildin and Tn real estate reported from number of widely separated point! material generally are cons quently firm or tending u] ward. In textiles, raw cot to ia rather weaker on improvin weather and the crop conditions, bc manufactured goods are very firn and some brown and bleached expoi grades have been advanced Wo< markets nols a change in the buyin of some large lots of domestic wool for speculation, and prices are fin in sympathy with tbe advanced que tations paid fer some large lots c Australian bonded wool brought fe re export. The strength of sugar shows n diminution, despite recent advance and further gains to be noted, chief; owing to good domestic demand an< advance in European markets Leather and hides are firm, and boot and shoe manufacturers are realizing advanced quotations. Business failures are down to thei lowest evel, numbering only 164 thii week against 184 in this week ! year ago. ? Bl- ? ? ? . - aa The British Government Has Sent an Ultimatum. Cape Town, May 5.-The reply o: President Kruger to the British de maud for th * cancellation of the dynamite concession contends that that the concession is bona fide and constitutes no breach of the London convention. Ile says that the amend ment to the concession asked by the Brisifeh government will be a breach of faith in regard to other parties London, May 5 -The Outlook publishes a special from its Cape Town correspondent which states that the British secretary of state for the colouiee, Chamberlain, bas dispatched a firmly worded demand to the Trans vaal government that it must observe its obligations to the queen as the paramount power by secureing peace and order within there public. This demand supplementary to demand for the cancellation of the dynamite cou cession and is taken to mean that the British government deems that the time has come to invite President Kruger to observe the letter as well as the spirit of the Londott convention it is r.ot stated how far the demand takes the form of an ultimatum or if a period is fixed within which the re dress of the grievances of the Out landers shall be made. THE CUBAN SUPREME COURT. Havana. May 4 -Governor Gener al Brooke has signed the commissions of the President and Associate Jus tices cf the recently constituted Supreme Court of Cuba The tribunal, as now made up, consists of Senor Antonio Gonzales de Mendoza President, and Se ores Pedro Genza les Ll rente, Jose Garcia . Montos, Luis Esteves Romero, Udaldo Tamayo, Angel Betancour and Rafael Cruz Porez, Associates. Senor Federco Mora, who has held the post of Civil governor of Habana, is appointed Attorney General, with Senors Octavio Giberga and Carlos Revila as his assistants. All the Justices are well known jurists, men of untarnished reputation, and possessed of wealth enough to place them beyond temptation to abuse their trust. More than this, the selections satisfy legitimate political considerations, the four principal provinces being represented in the tribunal-Havana by Senor Ll rente, Santiago by Senor Tamayo, who was formerly an associate Justice of the Provincial Supreme Court, a post he resigned to become Gen. Wood's chief Cuban adviser, Puerto Principe by Senor Betancocrt, and Matanzas by Senor Porez The other members of the tribunal are Havana meu. The Court, at 5 p. m , proceeded to the examination of the applicants for admission to the Bar who present ed themselves and were examined on Witten questions. If /GO. want a nice organ aa easy term see Randie. MISS MCDONALD Would announce to ber customers in town and country, as well as the public generally that she is cow prepared to display a FULL LNIE OF MILLINERY Consisting of the newest designs in Trimmed Work, also the latest novelties in Flowers, Fancy Ganzes, Jetted Nets, Wings, cc MISS MCDONALD'S long experience io this line of business, as well as ber quick dis cernment of the wants of cc J toners, will prove a guarantee for the satisfaction of par chasers. A MOST EFFICIENT MILLINER And capable salesladies are ready to respond to the wants of customers. Orders by mail will be promptly and ac curately filled. Good Flour and Good Soda Moko Good Cookery m Poor soda will spoil good flour while good soda will make poor flour better. ANVIL BRAND SODA is a good soda. Not like the ordinary kinds, some times good and the next time poor, bus _BOOD EVERY TIME._ First Class Iron Tobacco JBarn FLUBS. JBLUL S Z6I9, For saie by A. A. STRAUSS, M AYE S VILLE, S C. Mcb 29-2m NEW MAN IN TOWN. Blacksmith and Wheelwright. IHAVE OPENED ON IIBERTY Street near corner cf HarviD Street, acd solicit any work in my line and guarantee satisfac tion. Horses Shod for SC;, all round, if Horso is in good condition-Cash, or Equivalent. General repair work of all kicds done at correspondingly low prices I have references from bes: people of Majes ville where I workfd the pest }ear aDd from Cadden, where I did businea3 for 17 years. Special promptness given to work for phjsiciacs aLd caees of urgency. W. T. HALL, Wheelwright arjd Blacksmith. Feb 2 i-2t OSBORNE'S Angosta, Ga. Actual Business. No Text Books. Short time. Cheap board. Send for Catalogue. SEND US ONE DOLLAR V ' S 1 new ISM pattern hi;h- r de RKSEKTOlR COAL ASD WOOD COOK STOVE, by freight C.O.D., subject to examination. ufa the i-^'v ]fi\vRiTF. FOR ora ruo FREE d^or' i'oo^^ STOVE CAT A LO CU E. and freight chartres. This stove is size No. 8, oven is 16' xl8xll, top is made rom be>t pig iron, extra ?arge Hue?, heavy cover.--, heavy linings .ind prates, lanre oven shelf, heavy tin-lined oven door, handsome tiiekel-pl tcd ornamentations and trimming*, er'ra Innre deep, genuine Sisndi*h porcelain lined ri-srooir. hand some larpe ornamented basie. BoM rn.il bamT maje, and we furnish FBKB an extra wood grate, making it a per fect wottf bnrarr. WK ISS1.K A BIXfelNHGCARAXTEX with every stove and guarantee safe delivery to your roil | road station. Vourh ail dealer would charge yout25.06 forSUCh ft Stove, tin- freight is <:.!v about il.<*> fol each 500 miles, 0 we sate OMI nt Ips^t il!'.(S*. Address SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. lNC. i CHICAGO, ILL \5car , Roebuck *t'o. exe Utoroa^hSj reliable.-Kilter.. . RfcS WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Con ch Syrup. Tastes GooC Usc in time Sold by druggists. O N SUM B T I T$ Probably you use it Nearly everyone docs, and if so you know all about how far superior it is to either baking soda or baking powder. is the latest advance in baking prepara tions, and if you don't use it you should. Ti Zs Better Than Soda beean e it will make biscuit just right every time. No more yellow spots or soda tu ste. lt Is Better Than Baking Powder because it is half as strong again and ene heaping teaspoonful will do the work ot two rounded teaspoonfuls of the bc st baking powder ever made. It Don't Spoil but i- so prepared that with ordinary care it will retain its full strength for years. We do not have to pack it in tin cans like baking powder, and this saving, enables us to give you better va'ue for your money than you ever had before. "A UttU caven leaveneth the whole ton >." .'?> une-* for ver. cents.- -5 ounces for five. eec.ts. FIRE UFIRE! is ao ominous sound to the man who isn't insured, when he secs bis home disappearing io flames and smoke. We can hardly have any compassion on bim, when it is so.easy std at such a small outlay to provide against snoh loss A policy in the Hartford Insur ance Co. costs yon but a small sum wheo we draw it for you, and gives you security as safe as the Bank of England. A, C. PHELPS CO,, Gen'llnsuranoe Agents, Sumter, S. C Mch 15-0 NEW SPRING BS IL Ii i IV IT The Ladies of Sumter and County are solicited to oall and buy their Spring Hats FROM THE $ NEW t MILLINERY I STORE I of Mrs. L. Atkinson. Oar good are all new and the very latest New York style. Our f. ices are low- Our terms strictly cash. Call and see us before buying. We will be glad to help you select a be coming bat. Respectfully, Mrs. L. Atkinson, Next door to Bank of Sumter. Mcb 29-v The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. I Complaint Served ) Burge93 Gaiiher Pierson, plaintiff, against Isaac Ballard individually, and a3 trustee, Solomon Ballard, Isaac Ballard, Jr., Bar gees Ballard, Nancy Ballard, Julia Ballard, Eveline Ballard, Joshua Bal ard, Katie White and Marcus G Rettenberg, Harry Ryttenberg and Abe Rettenberg as co partners as J. Ryttenberg <& Soo3; defend ants. To be Defendants above named Yoe are bert by eummoned anc required to answer the complaint in tbis action, of which a copy ia herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy cf your enswer to the said complaint on the 8_u?crirers at their effioe ic the city of Sumter, Sumter couoty, South Carolina, within twenty days after tbe service hereof, exclusive of the day of sui;h eerviee ; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintif! in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demrnded in this complaint, and tbe defendant Joshua Ballard wbo is a non-resident of this State will take notice that the complaint in this action has this twenty-fiftb day of April A. D. 1899, been filed in tbe cfEceof the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Suiter County, State of South Carolina Dated Atril 25tb, A D 18f9. PURDY REYNOLDS, April 26 6t Plaintiff's Attorneys. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER, STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid up Capital.$ 75,0C0 CO Surplus and Profits - - - - 25,000 00 j Additional Liability cf Stock holders in excess of their stock. 75,000 00 Total protection to depositor?, 175 000 00 j Transacts a General Banking Business. Special atteation iven to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. Io- ! terest allowed at tbe rate ot 4 per cent, per j annum, on amounts shove $5 od not exceed- j ing $30?, payable quarterly, cn first days of.1 January, April, July and October. R M. WALLACE. L. S. CARSON, President. Cashier. ! |LANT LIFE, to be vig orous and healthy, must have Phosphoric Acid and Nitrogen. These essential elements are to plants, what bread, meat and water are to man. Crops flourish on soils welt supplied with Potash. Our pamphlets tell how to buy and apply fertilizers, and are free to all. QERnAN KALI WORKS, 03 Nassau St., New York MEDICAL WORK FOR MEN, FREE SEND KO MONEY. My new revised ecientiflo work treating on every weakness ana disease pe ca liar to men is jost from the press. Every man, no matter what his occupation or position in life, will find this work unlike anything ever published. It is of vital interest to the married cr unmarried ; to the healthy and strong or to the weak una broken-down. While the edition lasts I will send H copy securely sealed in a plain wrapper, peat age prepaid, to every man whr writes for it. This edition is limited and chose desiring a copy mast write promptly. Address B. M. KOSH, M. D., Pub lishing Department D. 175 Clark St., N. E. Cox. Monroe. Chicago, Illinois. t aid Most Coil t Geo. S. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS] SASH. BUNDS] Moulding & Building Material. office and Warerooms, King, opposite^ Caa non Street, CHARLESTON S. C, ST* Purchase our make, which we gu rante superior to any sold Sooth, and thereby Fare money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October 16-o? WAR! WAR! WAR! But the "White" is vitcori ous. We are now selling sew ing machines from ten dollars up. We have a few machines that are slightly used that, we will sell cheap. We also have a nice line of Organs that we will sell on easy terms. We are head quarters for Sewing Machines and supplies. Old machines taken in exchange for new ones. Iff. B. RANJDLE, I Slimier Music House. SUMTER, S. C. '.75 BOX RAIN COAT t K EUI LA lt SS. 00 TTATKRPBOO "^"SACKIITOSH FDR S2.75. Send No Money. S^ilal ^ *:ut . your bci?ht and we-jlit, state number of inches around body at brf-st taken over rest under coat closeup under arms, and: we will send you this coat bj express, C. 0. . I)., fcubject to examination; examina and try it on &". your nearest ex press office and. if found exactly as represented and the most won derful value you ever saw or heard of and equal to any coat you can buy lOrS OO. paTtbeexpre a ?*nt onripeeial otr*rprir*, $2.75, and express ch.irges THIS MACKINTOSH la lite ISW^tvie. nm'leirom bwj waterproof, (ascalor, cenata.Daii.CoTtrtCloth;extra loig, double breasted. Sager velvet collar, fancy plaid lining, waterproof ..wed, strapped and cemented seams, suitable for both rain or owcoat* ana guaranteed gr ateit raine ever offered by us or any other house. For Fr** W Cloth Sample of Men's Mackintoshes up to es 00, and Made-to-Measure Suits md Overcoats at from 5.00 to 1 .O0. write tor Frat i&RS^OEBuSt & CO., CHtCACO, ILL, , a^? Bo ek * CoTar* thrombi, Habt*.-Editor.) i W0I1 4 Fire Insurance Agency. ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, among oiher Companies : LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,000,000 Feb 2 Order Your PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES FROM GEO. f. STIFFENS & SON Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S C -AgeDts for MOTT'S CIDER BED SEAL CICfASS. ANS DQVS HAMS