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fttthmftn m 8UMT2K WATCHMAN, established April. 18SO. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't a.t, be thy Country's, thy God's andiTruth's." THE TBVK SOOTH ON, Bstabllftbed Jone. 1206 Sew Series-Yoi. XYIII. No. 48 Pghllahftd 7077 Vedaesday, -BY Nt G. Osteenj SUMTER, S. C. TCBX8 : $1.50 per annum-io advance. ADTIITHIMIHT; OnbSquare first insertion........c.$1 00 Every subsequent insertion ....-.- 50 .Contracta for three months, or longer wil be made at reduced rates. JJ} communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as ad vertieren ts. V Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. TBE PHILIPPINE WAK. Insurgents Pursued Beyond Das Marinas. .Washington, Jane 20.-Gan. Otis, in a cablegram to the war department (oday gives the following brief account of the operations south of Manila yesterday : Manila, Jane 20. Adjutant General, Washington. Wheaton at imus, Ca vite province, with four guns, four battalions Fourth and Fourteenth infantry, Nevada troop cavalry ; sent battalion sooth on reoon . notssanee direction of Das Marinas yesterday morning, where enemy re ported concentrating scattered forces ; battalion encountered enemy's force of 2,000 marching to attack Irnos, sao* oessfully impeding its progress. Whea ton with two guns and two battalions harried forward ; repulsed enemy with heavy loss ; enemy leaving over 100 on field; oar loss five killed and 28 wounded. Wheaton reinforced last night by by battalion Ninth infantry ; is driving enemy beyond Das Marinas, nov in bia possession. Casualties to day not reported. Wheaton's qualities for bold and successful attack unsur passed. Otis. THE TOWN ABANDONED BY REBELS. i Manila, Jana 20, 8 p m-The troops commanded by Geo. Wheaton entered Peres Das Marinas today without opposition except apon the part of small bodies of rebels, who inflicted no losses upon the Americans. The list includes no officers. The wounded were brought to Manila from Baeoor in oasooes. AN EARLY MOVE ON PERES DAS MARINAS. Manila Jane 20, 9 a. m.-Gen. Yv heston's command has renewed the attack upon Peres Das Marinas. Early thia morning they moved OD the town, hoping to reach there by noon unless very strong opposition was encoun tered. The latest list of A mer i aaa casual ties io yesterday's fighting shows that fits were killed and 23 wounded. The town is aa unimportant plaoe surround ed by swamps and Gen. Wheaton will probably return to Imus. ADMIRAL WATSON TAKES COMMAND. Manila, Jane. 20, S p. m.-Rear Admiral John C. Watson arrived here today on board the United Sutes trans port Ztfiro from Hong Kong and raised bio flag on the United States cruiser Baltimore. The commanders of all tbe warships called apon the admiral during tbe coarse of the day. Capt. McQuesten Returned From Man!la| xpre8ses Himself. San Francisco, Juoe 21.-Dr. Charles A. McQuesten, who was oo the staff of Gen. E. S Otis, and who was health officer at Manila, baa return ed home invalided by tbe climate Capt. McQ(testen made a close study of the conditions of tbe Philippine si tua* io oj [He is of the opinion that it will take from 100.000 to 150,000 soldiers to propely subdue and boid the islands He also says that the peace commission was an absolute failure and that its work from the etart was with out effect. He strongly supports the military goveroment of the islands, except that he thinks more mes will be necessary than has been estimated. Dr. Schorman knows that the commission is a failure and is comiog home io Joly, added Capt. McQuesten. "Unless troops, thousands of them, are sent to the aid of our m sn there they will bc driven back into Manila in in the course of tbe next few months, daring the rainy season. Our men simply cannot 6tacd the climate. Fifty per cent, of them will be incapacitated by sickness and the territory overrun will have to be abandoned and Manila will be io a state of siege again. "Our officers and soldiers have accomplished wonders and have proved themselves tbe best soldiers io the world. But nothing decidive bas come of it because our men were not in great enough forA Peace Conference Fruitless. Will Agree on an Arbitration Project That Won't Hold Water. Washington June 20 -Privat^ad Fices received here from a high aa thor i ty ate to the effect that the con ference at the Hague probably wilt be redeemed nominally from failure through an agreement on an arbitration project that will satisfy the apparently general demand on that point but which at that same time, by carefully framed safeguards, will so narrow the field of matters that may or must go before the arbi tration tribunal as to make it little more than arbitration in the name. The attitude of Germany is said to be only a little in advance of that of some of the other powers after all in opposition to the plans submitted, and the dissatisfaction is more gener al than appears on the surface. As for the other projects that were specially desired by the Americans, soch as protection of individual pro perty from seizure at sea, they have alt been irredeemably lost, according to this report Mitigating War's Horrors. Some Progress Made in that Direction at the Hague. The Hague, June 22 -The Amer ican demand for the protection o private property at sea has not yet been presented to the peace confer ence. On Tuesday Andrew D White, head of the American dele gation, requested the president of the conference, M De Staal, to sub mit the question to the conference, at the same time suggesting that the proper way to bring the matter up for discussion would be to assemble the plenary conference, submit the ques tion, and have it referred to a com mission for examination, M. De Staal bas not yet arrived at a decision, as the American proposal has not been translated into French. It is the general opinion that the delegates of the great powers are absolutely opposed to raising the question, arguing the incompetence of the conference to do so uoder the terms of Count Muravieffe circular, M. De Staal having declared at the opening of the conference, with the approval of the delegates, that under no circumstances would the con ference discuss any question not contained iu the circular. Several delegates declare there is little chance of the question being discuss . ed, but that if it is discussed Amer ica will be opposed with the utmost energy. After short sessions of the sub committee of war and navy, at which reports by Major Gen Den Beer Poortugael, of the Dutch delegation, and Count S ol ty k, the Austrian naval expert, were respectively adopted, the first committee met to discuss the same in the above order The delegates declared in favor of any state using any new explosives or new inventions for ordnance, Kassia and Bulgaria alone refraining from voting The question of dumdum bullets was discussed, Major Gen. Sir John Ardagh, of the British delegation, declaring that dumdums sbonld only be used against an uncivilized foe. 1 The conference finally resolved in favor of prohibiting the use of bullets which easily spread or flatten out in the human body, such as explosive bullets, bullets in a hardened case, which does not entirely cover the point, or bullets with an incision The British and American dele gates alone voted in the negative The nee of any new explosives io projectiles from ballons was prohibit ed for five years Count Soltyk's report wasthen taken up lt declared that the sub com mittee, though unable to agree re garding the proposed abolition of naval rams, submarine torpedo boats and the use of explosives, had declar ed against tue cse of asphyxiating gases, which the first committee also approved. ASTONISHING LOSS. Cihcago, June 20.-Fifty hospital ambulances, shipped to Tampa, Fia., over a year ago by local army officials, to be forwarded to Cuba for the use of the United States troops have been lost. The matter was brought to the at tention of Gen Anderson today by a letter from Washington stating that the war department's search for the missing property has been unsuccess ful and suggesting that the Chicago officials join in the hunt. What makes the loss ali the more astonish ing is that it took a freight train of ! 17 cars to haul the ambulances from the city. Paper Dolls, dressed.or otherwise at H. G. Oeteen & Co's. SHE MURDERS HER HUSBAND. A Georgia Woman Restrict ed as to Her Company, Used a Pistol. Valdosta, Ga, Jone 22 -Mrs. Jane Graves, cf Alexandervitle, was brought here this morning and lodged in jail on the eharge of murdering her husband. The tragedy occurred Sunday and was reported as a oase of suicide. The citizens in that oommnnity were not satisfied with this theory and the coroner's jury I'D ve et ig a ted the oase for two days. Eaoogh circumstantial evidenoe was gottoo to justify the arrest of the woman. It was feared for a while that the hearing would develop oto a lynching bee so strong was the feeling. The most startling testimony was- that of George Reg'Her, who stated that he saw Mrs. Graves shoot her husband, then throw the empty oar tridges out of the weapon and hastily place the pistol in his hand as he lay upon the floor in the throes of death. Ic was also stated that Graves and his wife had quarrelled because she had been out riding with a yoong man. She intended going out again in the af* tsrnooc,but be forbade ber and the quar rel was renewed. According to the etatemeot of Register, she was io the kitchen when her husband started to the lot to stop a boy from hitching np a horse with which she was going driving. As he crossed the porch two shots rang out and be dropped to the floor dead in a moment. The woman is intelligent, neat and attraotive, aged abont 40 years. She says that she does not know who did the killiog. The ease will preba bly outrank the famous Nobles ease, as the parties stand higher in the commu nity than Nobles did The murdered man was a prosp rons farmer and machinist. A BOSTON BANE HOBBED. Boston, Jane 22.-A sneak thief entered the Metropolitan National Bank here today and stole $10,000 while the payiog teller's attention was drawn away for a moment. The man entered the bank at about ll o'clock and asked the teller for some directions about sending a money order. The teller gave the information desired and the stranger stood at the counter apparently making making notes. Just then the teller was ailed to aoother part of the office, and the visitor quickly thrust his arm through the grating and took fifty $100 notes and five $1,000 notes. A young lady stenographer io the bank saw the man's action, bat be escaped. He was apparently about 28 years of .ge and weil dressed. THE ROBBER CAUGHT. New York, J one 22 -A detective from the central office arrested the Boston bank robber as be alighted from a train at the Grand Central station tonight at 6 o'clock. The stolen money was found on his persoo. He gave hit came as George Shea and said be was 21 years old. His real name is Philip Zimbel He lives in Chicago and is a well know crook. Knights Increase Insurance Rates. Detroit, June 20 -The supreme lodge Knights of Honor today dis posed of the most important question before the body during its annual session, viz : The fixing of a new table of assessment rates. The com mittee of fifteen submitted a report on the subject which was adopted by 87 yeas, one member voling blank and two being absent on leave. The yearly step rate plan of the order was not changed, but the figures of the present table, which range from a monthly assessment of 98 cents at ages 18 to 21 to $6 for ages 60 and over for insurance of $2, 000 were increased to $1 20 at the youngest ages and $8 at 60 years and over The new rates are to go into effect on the August assessment. - - i i ii Bombay, June 20.-The riots in Southern India have spread to Travan core, where the police have been severely beaten and forced to retire The rioters have seized a number of goos aod a quantity of ammunition. They are cutting off the ears of their opponents in order to obtain their earrings more expeditiously. About 450 bouses have been burned at Sam boovadagaral Memphis, Tenn. June 20.-Green Deny Reddit, a white farmer of con siderable wealth and influence, was convicted today by a jury for murder ing a negress Reddit shot Maggie Hobbs, who, he claimed, tried to kiii him with a brick The jury, compos ed entirely of white citizens, returned a verdict of guilty of murder io the second degree, and Reddit was given ten years io the penitentiary. NO MORE KINGS FOR THE SAMOANS. That is tile Recommendation Made by the Commission. Apia, Samoan islands, Jone 14, tia Auckland. N. Z., Juae 21.-Mataafa has surrendered 1,850 rifled, and the loyalists have given op 2,000 After Jane 20 a faea?y penalty will be enforced apoo Datives found -. th rifles io their possession. Mataafa promises to toro in more weapons. The natives have retorced to their homes. Malietoa Tann was recognized as king bj the commissioners of three powers and the decision of Chief Justice Chambers io the matter of kingship was proolaimed valid and binding. Malietoa Tana then abdicated in favor of the commissioners, who ap pointed a provisional government con sisting of the consuls of the three powers, empowering a majority to act io all oases where unanimity is not required by the Berlin treaty. Chief Justice Chambers continues to hold office and the varions municipal officials are confirmed. Doctor Wil helm Self has been authorized to aot as president of the municipality of Apia. The commissioners expect to leave on Jane 28, bat they have requested Chief Justice Chambers to remain Their report recommend the abolition of the kingship and the presidency of Apia and the appointment of. governor, with a legislative council consisting' of three nominees of the interested powers, assisted by a native house. Under this Boheme the governor have a veto over general and munici pal laws ; the nominees would be the departmental heads ; oonsular, diplo matic and judicial heads would be abolished ; revenues would be raised by an increase of duties and a diminu tion of the poll tar, the jurisdiction of the supreme court would be increas ed ; the municipality under a mayor aod council, would be extended and the postoffice would be under the general government. Apia and the ooontry aroundabout are resuming normal conditions. Americans and British express satis* faction at the decision of the commis sioners. Among the Germans it is rumored that Dr. Self will be the ^miuietrator in the new native government. CUBANS ASTONISHED. Habana, June 20.-The Administra tion Econ mica, which is charged with the disbursement of the finances of the provisional government of Habana and the province, published a statement showing that; from January to May, inclusive, the receipts were $763,194 and the expenses 178,228, thebalanee being cash on hand. This causes general astonishment among the Cubans and is unprecedented in the history of Habana. Never before have the figures been openly published. The officials formerly merely made semi official statements whioa were not itemized. No two years of the Spanish regime have yielded as much as the (tit five months. The English La Lucha ie an edito rial based on this fact, says the Cabans and Americans are watohing the resolts of military role, recognizing the immense ioflueoce whioh will be ex erted in tbe future political struggle by the present campaign, and adds : "The greatest praise is due to the Americans here at this evidence of their intent to maintain methods of the strictest honesty." The New Trial of Dreyfus. Paris. June 20.-The approaching arrival of Dreyfus at Rennes is caus ing an influx of foreigners there. The hotels are besieged with appli cants for rooms, which command immense prices. The arrrangements for the conveyance of the prisoner from Brest have been made with the greatest care, and it is believed there is no danger of demonstrations Dreyfus is expected to reach Brest early in the morning and precautions have been takeu to prevent anybody from seeing him either at Brest or Rennes. The Figaro says it under stands that Dreyfus will arrive at Rennes on June 30, and that he will be landed elsewhere than ta Brest The conrt house at Re nes adjoins the prison. Capt. Dreyfus will be brought into court through a special ly constructed door. It is proposed to fix a screen in front of the win dow of his cell, so as to prevent him communicating with the houses op posite. No Pardon for Murderess. Gov. McSweeney has announced that be bad definitely decided not to grant a pardon or commutation of j eentence in the case of Mrs. Carson, the white woman serving a life sen tence in the 6tate penitentiary for the murder of her husband. The Crops in the Field. Washington, June 20.-The weekly crop bulletin of the weather burean issued today says : "While heavy rains have delayed cultivation and caused damage to crops in portions of the Mississippi and Missouri valleys, and drought contienes over portions of New England and the Middie Atlantic States, Tennessee and the Central and Southern Kooky Moan tain region, the week as a whole has been very favorable to agricultural interests. The telegraphic summary of elim ate and crop conditions in Coba, received from Havana on the 19th, indicates the general prevalence of drought, although local rains occurred over limited areas. The Cubao plant ers have sown souce cane, but are waiting for general rains, which are mach needed, especially in Santa Clara province. "Corn bas made good progress in all districts, althongb in portions of the Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys excessive moist ore bas retarded cultiva tion. A part of the crop bas received its fioal cultivation as far north as Missouri and Southern Illinois "Winter wbeat harvest has contin ued ander generally favorable condi tions, being in progress as far North as Central Illinois, although interrupted by raios in portions of the central Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys. While the yields are light, they are better (bau were expected in some sections, and the quality is generally excellent. Grain in stock has sustain ed injury in portions of Texas. "Oat harvest is practically completed in the Southern States. In the central valleys the condition of the crop is generally improved "Reports from nearly all sections of the ootton belt indicate a general improvement in the condition of cotton, the least favorable coming from Eastern Texas, Arkansas and Okla homa, where tho crop is grassy aod Georgia, where caterpillars are causing injury. Ia the oentral portion of the cotton belt, where the stands have been unsatisfactory, seed long since planted has germinated and is coming ap to improved stands. "Worms io the Carolin au and grasshoppers in Kentucky and Tennes see are causing injury to the tobacco crop, aod the acreage in the last named State has been reduced from this cause and dry weather. In the other tobacco States the jutlook is promising. Some, has been cat in Florida. "Haying has continued with light yields in the Middle Atlantic States, and portions of Michigan and Central Illiooia In New England, owing to the oootinaed drought, the bay crop is almost a failure, bat io the States of the central valleys the crop is generally satisfactory." Jail Delivery ia Florence. Florence, Jaoe 20.-There was a wholesale jail delivery here this after noon, every one of the prisoners taking flight, except one whose mind was too unsound to realise the splendid oppor tunity of escape, and another who was too sick. Two of the pnsooers were tn jail for murder. One of them, James Abraham, was to have been hanged on the 7th of Joly Four prisoners made good their escape, James Abraham, convicted ol murder, Jobo Creech, murder, Horace Branson, a little negro, ap for stealing, and another negro boy for the same offense. Murderer Abraham Again in Custody. Florence, June 21.-Three of the prisoners who escaped from the county jail yesterday afternoon were captnred in Darlington early this morning by a posse of young men headed by Deputy Sheriff Thomas Dennis. The three captured were James Abraham, the man who will bang July 7 and the two little negro boye, Horace Brunson and Charlie Alford. John Creech, the suspected slayer of Sarah Homes, is still at large, and over his cesspe Sheriff McLendon is not worrying himself, for the negro is not identified as the right man. ----tmtmmWimm-mm St Louis, June 20 -It is announc ed that as Governor Stephens has signed the street railway bill, tho negotiations for a general consolida tion of ali the street railways of St. Louis which have been in progress fer some time, bave been practically com pleted. The deal involves nearly 100,000,000 Over $5,000.000 will t>3 extended in improvements and a larger number oi meo will be employed (han ever before. Makes the food more de ROYAL BAKING POW! THE SUDDEN DEATH OF HENRY B PLANT. Head of Great System of Railroad in the South. New York, Jane 23 -Henry Brad ley Piaot, president of the Plant Invest ment company, controlling the great system of hotels and railroads on the west coast of Florida and the line of steamers from Tampa, died suddenly tonight at his residence in this city. Mr. Plant, who was in bis 80th year, bad not been io tho best health for several years, but, except brief intervals of illness, was actively en gaged in the direction of bis enterprises up to within a few hours of bis death. On Thursday evening when he arriv ed borne at the usual time Mr. Plant complained of suffering from internal paia from a disorder from which he bad long been suffering. His condition was somewhat worse during the night, but BO alarming symptoms manifested themselves until a few minutes after noon today, when it became apparent that be was sinking. He soon lapsed into uneonsiousoess, heart f -e developed and be passed quietly away. Mrs.'Plant was with her husband at the last. His only son, Morton Free man Plant, was out of the city, but was informed of bis father's death, and will arrive in New York in the morn ing ---- i Serum for Yellow Fever. New York, June 20.-Dr. Alvy P. Doty the health officer of the port, is much elated over the successful resulte of the experiments with a serum produced at his laboratory for the prevention of yellow fever. For the past eighteen months Dr. Doty and his assistants have been produc ing this serum at the quarantine laboratory, and have inocculated a number of guinea pigs previously fed with germs of yellow fever. For some time the experiments have been doubtful in their results, but for the past month or six weeks they have succeeded io preserving the lives of the animais, thus affording sure evi dence of the value of the serum in the prevention of yellow fever. Dr. Doty says he will send samples of the serum to his agent at Habana, where it is expected that it will be used with success in the preservation of the lives of yellow fever patients. * New York, June 22 -The directors of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail road Company met today and ratified the agreement under which the com pany sells for $1, 100,000 oash to the Louisville and Lash ville and Southern. Railway companies its railroad property tn Alabama, these two roads, at the same time, entering into a contract with the coal and iron company to reduce by 30 per eent. their present rates for orrrying ore, coal and coke and dolomite to the latter company's plants. The directors of the coal and iron company also ratified tbe recent purchase of the property of the Shef field Coal, Iron and Steel Company, at Sheffield, Ala , on tbe Tennessee River, as a result of which parchase the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company bas has now a larger number of furnaces and a larger amount of coal and iron land than any other corporation in the world. Bridgeport, Conn, June 22-It was learned today that within a short time to piaot of tbe American Ord nance Company has been visited by a representative of the Czar of Rusria. It is stated the Ordnance Company was asked by the representative of the Czar whether the following order could be filled : 100 field batteries of 6 guns each, 6 and 12-pounders, quick fire guns, and 1,600 caissons and limbers. The vaioe of the order would be about 6,000.000. Th3 officials of the Ord nance Company refuse to admit or deny that each an order bas been placed. - -ra ' i i i -- Convict Killed. Batesbarg, Jane 20 - W. H John son was killed tais eveniog by Deputy Sheriffs Whittle and Berry, cf Salada County. Johnson was an escaped con vict of Georgia. It seems that Whittle and Berry bad a warrant for bis arrest from the Georgia authorities. After the shooting Whittle and Berry left here for Saluda The coroner of Lex ington has been wired and will be here in the morning to hold an inquest. Johnson leaves a wife and three small children.