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SITUATION YERY ENCOURAGING. Gan. Otis Makes Report Tbat Gives Satisfaction. Washington, Maj ll.-Gea. Otis sss cabled the war department concern ing the situation in tbs Philippines. He says that it is very encouraging. The tone of the dispatch leads the officials here to believe that the end of the Filipino insurrection is near at Imbi. Following ts the text of the dispatch from Gen. Otis : Manila, May ll. Adj a tant General, Washington. / Situation as follows : Succeeded in passing army gan bear ts to Gal a m pit for use in Bio Grande ; railway connec tion with that poiot secured this week ; passage of gunboats through Maoabebe .country hailed with joyful demonstra tions by inhabitants. * * * * Io ooaotry passed over by troops tem porary civil administration inaugurated nd protection to inhabitants against insurgent abuses given as far as possi ble Signs of insurgent disintegration .daily manifested. Obstacles which natural features of country present can be overcome. Otis. Washington, May ll.-In reply to a cable to Adjutant General Corbin last night regarding return of volunteers, Gen. Otis cabled this morning : Manila, May ll. Adjutant General, Washington. Volunteer organizations first to re turn now at Negros and 45 miles from Manila at front. Expected that trans ports now arriving will take returning -volunteers. Volunteers understand they will begin to leave for United States the latter part of mooth ; know importance of their presenoe here at this time and accept sacrifice which United States interests make impera tive. Hancock now entering harbor. Transports return i og this week carry sick and wounded mea. Pennsylvania mad St. Paul not needed longer in cuthero waten, they have been retain ed, nance dispatch ; transports Nelson and Cleveland brought freight ; return without cargo. Otis. The Hancock which Geo. Otis reports entering the h or bor sailed from Sac Francisco April 18;b, carrying the Twenty-first infantry and Light battery E, First artillery, 39 officers and 1,451 enlisted men, Col. Jacob Kline, Twen ty-first infantry, commanding. Nebraska R giment Request Relief. 20 FEB CENT OF THE BEGIMENT HAVE FALLEN. 'Manila, May 8, via Hong Kong - :5i ay 12.-The First regiment Nebraska volunteers is takiog the unusual step of eepeetfaiiy pe tit io ci eg the division -commander. Maj. Gen. MacArthur, to temporarily relieve them from duty at "the front. The regiment is exhausted by tbe campaign, io which it has taken ??an acute part and not many more than 300 meo' of the organization are at present fit for duty. On Sunday last 160 men of this regiment responded to .sics cali. The meo, io vt w of the facts, have p?e pared a res pee if a i memorial to Gen. MacArthur asking that their regiment be withdraws for a short time from the lighting line, to order that they may recuperate. The memorial states that tho men are wiUiog to fight, bot are in o ooadition to do so, owiog to the train of loag marching, continual Bgbtiag aad outpost aVy in which they .have bien engaged li ss added - that many of the men have been unable to Lave their oiothiog washed for months past, having been oompalled during ail abat Mme to sleep io their uniforms, to be in readtoees for figbtiog. The nemorial adds that since February 2 tbe regiment bas lost 225 men ic ki!! ed and wounded, and 59 sioce the battle of Maiolos. The officers of the regiment propose to preseot similar memorial on behalf of ibo moo Toe splendid record of the First Nebraska to the entire cam paisa and the tooe of the memorial prepared by be meo are such that oo imputation of insubordination can bc broojght against them OfBsers of the regiment said to the correspondent of the Associated Press ere today that they tbought the men ad been worked beyond endurance sud should bc given a rest, and some of the regatar regiments which are now guarding the city seot to the front. F:ve voluotcer regiments and the Utan battery of artillery are at San Fernando. They muster in ali about 2,500 me i. Many of ih* soldiers in bospitals, suffering from the heat and Other causes Tba wounded were all i entering aoutely, and showed the effeots of exposure to the sun when they ad canoed. Three days' rest has already worked wonders. Since the army entered Maiolos the soldiers have had little water to drink .exoepi that which was brought on railroad trains from Manila, and that was of poer quality. The artesian .wells at San Fernando are doing much toward making the men coatenfcsd. Manila, May 12-4.40 p. m - Fresh troops are beginning to go to the ioct. Two battalioos of the Seven teenth infantry (regulars) that had been Voiding the Hoes about the city of Manila wilt join Maj. Geo. Mac:Ar thor's division at Sao Fernando tomor row, aod one battalion of the sam regiment will re enforce Maj. Gen Lawton's division near Baoolar. Thes will be replaced here by the Twenty first infantry (regalar), which arrived from the United States on board the transport Hancock yesterday. Capt. Grant of the Utah battery, whose suooess in managing the army gunboats at Laga a de Bay and Va dooga bas won for him the sobriquet "the Dewey of the army," bas been pat in command of the recently pnrohased Spanish gunboats whose arms tbe insurgents captured. These vessels are now being prepared for operations on the rivers and along the coast. The refitting and arming of the gunboats is being poshed with all diligence. London, May 12-A speoial dis patch received here today from Manila says the Filipino congress not sitting at San Isidro is composed of 56 members, of whom 24 favor peace and an equal number are irreconcilables. The otb ers, holding the balanoe of power, are ready to admit that absolate indepen dence is hopeless of attainment, but i demand better terms at the hands of j tbe United States. j How Trusts Affect Prices. One of tba great falli les of the eager friends of the grasping and tyrannical trust is that these monsters in iniquity and oppression makes prices lower. They poin'i to one trust only to make good their contention-ts the Standard Oil Company. They fail however to state, which oandor and fairness certainly require, that this company has monopolized not because there was no opposition to be offered, bot because the opposite was made ineffective boot, use of the great diserim nation in rates against it and in favor of tbe trust. That is true, and it was so great as to positively prevent oom* petition on the part of several compa nies. But do the trusts really favor tbe people by redociog prices and main taining the average quality of goods ? governor Voorbees, cf New Jersey, de fends the action of bis state io fostering so many monsters on the score of "economy io production'''-in making pri es lower to the buyers. That it is a deceptive, base plea is probably true. The governor pointed to two examples and said "the low prices at which oil and sugar sell are pretty good evidence that the public does not suffer from these gigantic combinations This matter is of so much imp rtanos to a long-suffering and outraged publie that we yield mach space to show that tbe ! pica set up by the grabbers and afilio- j tera is specious and nairne in the light of facts The New York World has rendered good service and supplied mach needed information io this partioolar. It gives many examples and facts as to the operations of but one mooth, April we think it ia. It says : Since the organization of tho Amer ican Steel and Wire Nail Company there bas been an increase of 100 per oeot. in prices. With the latest advance of 15 cents, small lots now cost $2 30 a keg, cr $46 a loo. In addition to this, thousands of workmen in shut-down plants have been thrown ont of employment. At tbe meeting of the Missouri Retail Hardware and Stove Dealers' Association in St. Louis it was decided that 'there is no alternative for retailers but to advance their prices for stoves,' as the manufacturers' combination bas advanoed pricea 20 per cent, since March 1. At a meeting of the Gas and Vapor Stove Manufacturers at Cleveland on April 6 the prices were advanced from 15 to 30 per cent. Galvanized eaves-troughs, water paiis, fire pails, eto , were advanced I2| cents at the same time. At an opening of bids in Chicago for j oast iron pipes the United States Com pany of Cleveland, wbioh controls 90 per cent, cf the output, fixed the price at ac increase of $8 a ton over last year's contract-an advance of more than 50 per cent. At the same time a brick trust in Chicago raised the price on 50,000,000 brick required io city work this year from $4 75 to $6 and $6.50 per 1,000. Iron castiogs were raised five-eighths of a cent a pound on April 1 through out New ogland The American Window-Glass Com pany, controlling the supply of the Eist and the Central West, bas with drawn irs schedules 'preparatory to a general increase of prices on all its goods ' Preparatory to this the company shut down a large portion of iis work at Pittsburg for tbe purpose of creating an artificial scarcity on which to base its rise in prices. Tin plate bas been so mnch advanced io price that importations were threat ened, and the trust keeps the price just at the point to prevent foreign competition." "These aro but samples. They indi cate what the trusts are organized for. Monopoly can always be trusted to make the prioo 'ail the market will bear.7 7>-Wilmington Messenger. - Tay t> g. ~< L i II Mothers, we cal! your attention to Pitt*' Carminative. It acts promptly, it is p:ea > ant to the taste, and the children wiil take it without coaxing. It relieves promptly and permanently. If we cac get you to use it, you will get others to do likewise. Your druggist selia it. J. F. W. DeLorme. To see is to try, to try ia to buy th White. ' SUDDEN DEATH OF EX-GOV. FLOWER. TAKEN OFF BY ATTACK OF ACUTE INDIGES TION. New York, Maj 12.-Former Gov ernor Roswell P Flower died tonight at 10 30 at the Eastport Country club at Eaatport, Long Islaud . Mr. Fiowler was taken ill early in the day with a severe attack of acute indi gestion. In the afternoon symytons of heart failure set in, and he grew steadily worse until the time of his death. Mr. Flower has been a sufferer from gastritis for a long time, with every now and then an acute attack For a month or two past he had been a regular visitor at the Eastport Country club in the hope he would find some relief in the outing. He appeared in robust health yesterday morning, and this morning when he arrived at Eastport, where he intend ed to remain until Monday, his health j was apparently excellent. The at j tack from which he suffered today came on suddenly, was of a more severe type at the outset than any be had previously suffered from, Frederick S Flower took charge of the remains, but no arrangement for the funeral has yet been made The body wiil probably be trans ferred to Manhattan tomorrow morn ing. Rosweli Pettibone Flower was born in Theresa, Jefferson county. N. Y., AuguBt 7, 1835 His fathet' was born in Oak Hill, Green county, N. Y , and hi ancestors were from Connecticut Roswell was the sixth of the nine children, and when bis farther died he was 8 years old He worked with his brothers on two farms his mother owned, and spent his time between school ses sion8 in the hardest kind of labor. Mr. Flower came to New York in 1869 to take charge of the estate of Henry Keep, whose widow was Mrs Flower's sister. Mr Keep owned a great many railroad and other stocks, and during the mon.hs before bis death he spent much time in instruct ing Mr. Flower about them. Having thus gained an insight imo Wall street and its methods, Mr. Flower formed in 1870 the firm of Benedict, Flower & Co , in which he joined E 0. Benedict and Q H. Truman. This firm was dissolved in 1872, when Mr. Flower was ill for several months Not long afterward he or ganized the banking firm of Flower & Co., which has since been a power in Wall street Mr. Flower always was a Democrat. In the early seventies he helped j Samuel J Tildeu to develop the fa [ mous organization which exposed j Tweed and enjoyed many other tri umphs Mr Flower was chosen chairman of the Democratic State convention io 1877, and in 1881 he defeated Wil liam Waldorf Astor for congress after a hot campaign in the Eleventh dis trict He refused a renomination. He was elected governor of the State in 1891 In the cholera epidemic in the late summer of 1892 thousands of passen gers arriving from Europe were quar antined on shipboard down the bay. Ae an emergency measure Gov Flower bought with his own money j the Fire Island hotel, in the name of the State, and ordered that the pas seogers be sent there Mr Flower took up Brooklyn Rapid Transit less than two years ago, buy ing from 20,000 to 30,000 shares at about 25 when the capital stock was only $25,000,000. He absorbed many subordinate lines, among them the Nassau Electric company, and in creased the capital stock to $45,000, 000, and by his extraordinarily suc cessful manipulation put the price up to 137. His holdings in Brooklyn rapid transit alone, which cost him two years ago little more than 500, 000 are worth at today's market price more than $3,0u0,000. Mr. Flower was one of the founders of the Federal Steel Tru6t, whose stock already issued is $99,737,800. Good authorities estimate that Mr. Flower's profits in the last 18 months in Wall street have exceeded $10, 000,000 He had become in that time tbe acknowledged speculative leader in the financial markets of the United States. Mr. Flower married Sarah M. Woodruff, a daughter of Morris M Woodruff, of Watertown, on Dec. 26, 1859. Three children were born, of I whom only one survives, Emma Ger trude, who is the wife of John B. Taylor Mr. Flower had been for years one of the wardens in St. Thomas' Episcopal church in Fifth avenue. Simmons Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets soften, relax and expand muscles involved, Decreasing Labor Pams and Sborteuing La i bor. Humiliating Examinations bj physicians ; are avoided by use of Simmer-s Squaw Vine j. Wine or Tablets which ci es t?9 out of every ; 100 cases of Female Disorders. Ilon^tou, Tex , May 12. - A special I from Eagle, Pass., Tex , says : News ; received today from thc Hondo coal mines places the dead resulting from : a tornado at 22 and over 100 wounded ! Many persons arc still missing and : probably in tho ruins The American I killed was Lawrence Kinney. . E. Lee, Jr., Defeated For Commander. Considerable Peeling Mani fested in Sons of Veterans Election for Officers. Charleston, May 12 -The United Sons of Confederate Veterans today elected officers and adjourned the re union of 1899 Walter T Colquitt, of Atlanta, Ga , son of ex Governor Colquitt, was chosen commander in chief, M. L Bonham, cf South Carolina, commander of the division of Tennessee ; and H. B. Kirk, of Texas, commander of the trans-Mis 8 88 ppi division. The election was "a spirited one, and considerable feel ing was manifested in the nominating speeches Mr Colquitt's only op ponent was Robert E Lee, Jr., of Washington, D.C .. who was solidly opposed by the Virginia delegation, while bis nomination was made by a Charleston delegate and supported by the solid South Corolina contin gent. Mr Symthe, the present com mander, was nominated by Delegate Mann, of Virginia, and developed a strong backing, but he positively declined lo again allow his name to go before the convention. This left the contest between Lee and Uoiquit. The vote stood 144 to 119, and, on motion Mr Colquitt's election was made unauimoue. The opposition to Lee was based on the fact that he was not a member of the association until yesterday, when he was ad mitted to Camp Moultrie, of this city Dalton, Ga, May 10 -The resi dence of Dr L C. Bagwell, 10 miles east of here, was burned early today Dr. Bagwell, his three children and their negro housekeeper were burned to death. " Only the First Step is Difficult" The first step in Spring should be to cleanse Nature's house from Winter's accumu lations. Hood*s Sarsaparilla dees this work easily. It is America's Greatest Spring Medicine. It purifies the blood, as miltons of people say. It makes the weak strong, as nervous men and women gladly testify. It cures all blood diseases, as thousands of cured voluntarily write. It is just the medicine for you, as you will gladly say after you have given it a fair trial. Bad Blood-'4 Although past 70 years of age I a~i thoroughly well. It was three bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla that made me so after spending over $60 in medical attendance. My trouble was a raw sore on my ankle." MRS. LOUISA MASON, Court Street, Lowell, Mass. Running Sores-" After worrying four months I gave my children Hood's Sarsa parilla and it cured them of running sores. Hood's Pills cured me of dyspepsia and constipation." MRS. KATE E. THOMAS, 31 Governor St., Annapolis, Md. Consumptive Cough-"Five years ago I had a consumptive cough which re duced me to a skeleton. Was advised to take Hood's Sarsaparilla which I did and recovered normal health. I have been well ever since." MATILDA BRIDGEWATER, Cor. Pearl and Chestnut Sts., Jer ersonville, Ind. Hood's I^lls cure liver Ills, the non-irritating and only cathartic to take vrith Hood's Sarsaparilla^ First Class Iron Tobacco Barn FLUES. .All Sizes. For sale bv A. A. STRAUSS, MAYESVILLE, S. C. Mch 29-2tn NEW MAN IN TOWN. Blacksmith and Wheelwright. IHAVE OPENED ON LIBERTY Street near coroer of Harvio Street, acd solicit any work m my Hoe and guarantee satisfac tion. Horses Snod for 80c. all round, ii Horso is in good condition-Cash or Equivalent. General repair work of all kinds done at correspondingly low priers I have references from best people of Mayes vilie where-1 work(d the pest j ear and frcm Canr.den, where I did busings for 17 years. Special promptness given to work for physicians and cast-s ot' urgency. W. T. HALL, Wheelwright and Blacksmith. Feb 2 4-21 _ OSBORNE'S AustiNia, Ga. Actual Business. No Text Books. Short titne. Cheap boar J. Send i'jr Catalogue. (richman mw .Southron SUMTES WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. '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 Jnoe, JSftS Consolidated Aug. % ISSI. SUMTER S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 17.1899. New Series-ToL XTIII. No. 42