Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TBK SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 18S0 "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's andSTrutn's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established june \SH6 Consolidated Ans. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 5.1899 gablisfrsd STOTT Wednesday, 2M. C3k Osteeii; SUMTER, S. C. TS ass : $ 1.50 per annum-io sdvanre. 19TI1TIIIXIIT: DEC Square first insertion........ $1 00 Every subsequent isserlion........ 50 Coo tracts for three months, or longer wil be made at reduced rates. AH commanic&tion i which subserve private interests will be charged for as ad rertiemen ta. Obituaries and tributes of respecta will be charged for. ????????????? ???????I Thirty-Five Thousand Volunteers Needed. They Will be Enlisted Right Along and 20,000 Rushed to Manila. Chicago, Jane 27.-A special to The Tribune from Washington says : As a resal of a .ponierence between the president and Secretary Alger, it bas been decided to begin the enlistment of volunteers for two years' service io the Philippines. Orders to recruiting officers to this effect will he scot out tomorrow It is proposed to arm and eqrnp at osee three brigades, or about 10,000 men, and then tc continue the work cecil the whole 35,000 authorized by the law are secured. There will be no call upon tbe States. Toe regiments will be organised as United States vol an seers. Officers will be appointed by the presi dent and assigned to regiments without regard to State Hoes. Hie maximum of the regalar army of 65,000 men bas been secured, and now enlistments will be for the provi sional army to make op the total strength of 100,000 men. Geo. Otis has 29,300 meo on the ground or nader orders, and volunteers will be rushed to bim astil he has an efficient force of 50,000 meo Io the CD list meets for the United States volunteers, veteraos of the late war, inolodiog those who did not get beyood the home camps, bot were sea cooed, will be given the preference, and the same will be true of the cfc cere. A brigadier general for every three regiments aod a major genera! for each division of three brigades will be appointed. These will be part regu lars and part volunteers, and Geo. Joe Wheeler will be amoog the camber. Will Begin at Once Under Authority of Last Con gress. Washington, Jane 28 -Secretary Alger, A djs. Geo. Corbin and Col. Bird, assistent quartermaster gener al io charge of transportation, had an hoar's consultation with the presi dent today relative to the question of reenforcement for Geo. Otis. A def nate decision baa been reached to continue recruiting men at all the recraitiog stations for service in the Philippines and Secretary Alger said when he left the White Hoose, after the conference, that Gen Otis would have 40,000 men when the rainy sea son closed for a resumption of active operations There are 70 recruiting stations in the United States and enlistments are to be taken at all these stations. The enlistments are to be for service in the regalar .army and recruits are to be organized into regiments formed after enlistments or assigned to regiments already formed. No organizations as such are to be accepted, if sufficient recruits can be obtained by regalar enlistment. Gen. Corbin said the enlistments would be for ' ree years, altbongh the law for the creation of the pro visional army of 35,000 io excess of the regalar army of 65,000 provides only for such a force until 1901. Arrangements are to be made at once for increasing the transportation nec essary to get these additional troops to the Philippines. The decision to reinforce Gen Otis by the end of the rainy season is interpreted to mean that aggressive campaigning will cease until the bad weather ends Until that time oar operations will probably be confined to occasional excursions to places in close vicinity to oar lines, where the insurgents may have congregated in force. By remaining quiescent under good shelter during the rainy season it is hoped the health of our troops will be conserved and the damage from climatic fevers reduced to a minim sm Gen. Otis has cabled the war department that he has the skeleton organizations of two or three regi ments which it 3 proposed to raise in the Philippines At the war de pariaient this is said to mean that Gen. Otis has the officers for these regiments selected and that they are readv to be filled with enlisted men. How manj of these can be secured from the volunteer regiments now in the Philippines is not known. It is stated at the war department that the recruits now being enlisted at the rate of 1,000 a week cannot be used S for tbe volunteer army provided for in tbe act of March 2, anthorizig ! 35,000 men, although it would be an easy matter to transfer these men with their own consent to the vol un teer service if it shenld be determined to raise additional troops Later io the day it was definitely decided to begin the enlistment for the first volunteer service under the act of last congress The reports to the adjutant general based on the reports of the recruiting officers and on close estimates as to the number of soldiers in the Philippine islands and in each command in Cuba and Puerto Rico show that the regular army is np to is full authorized strength The additional soldier? needed must be obtained under that section of the act of congress authorizing the enlist* ment of volunteers. The ooly excep tion will be io the case of the few enlistments that will be made from time to time :o fill gaps io the regular army caused by casualties and by tbe expiration of enlistments. The officers scattered among the principal cities of the country who have been enlisting regulars only, will be instructed imme diately to prepare to ealist volunteers. The present indications are that about 10,000 men will be wanted. Volunteers will not be accepted io organizations. Secretary Alger ia determined to adhere to that rule. Locking over the act of congress, be has concluded that the authorization to raise these volunteer troops "at large" indicates a purpose on tbe part of congress to follow out tbe plan suc cessfully operated in the case of the immune regiments. It is the present purpose to disregard State and local lines is securing the recruits aod weld ing them into organizations. Thus the regiments cannot be known by State names, but simply coder the designation of First, Secood, Third, etc., volunteer United States infantry or cavalry. No difficulty is anticipated io securing the men needed, for it is believed that the 1,000 who are weekly offering them selves at the recruiting offices wiil be even more willing to enter the army as two-year volunteers thin as long-term regolars. As to the officers for these volunteer regrments, the war department intends to fill the commands in the first place by promoting officers now in the regular army who give premise of showing ability as organizers and managers of the raw recruits, and io the second plaoe, by commissioning maoy of the officers of the volunteer organizations which covered themselves with glory during the war and have been or are about to be mustered out of the service. Tbe war department bas carefully preserved the reeords of these officers and already bss at hand a long list of soch of them as have exhibited soldier ly qualities calculated to make them of service in organizing the voluoteer forces. Spanish Riots Continue. Sarragossa, Spain, Jane 27.-Maoy people were injured during the rioting here yesterday. Seventeen persons received dangerous wounds. The troops were obliged to fire oo the peo ple. Martial law bas been declared at Valencia aod fighting has occurred at Grenada, where the troops charged and wounded several people. Anti-budget demonstrations have also occurred at Burgos; Toledo and Lo grooe. The riots were continued today and all the ehc-ps were closed in conse quence. The troops fired on the mob io the Plaza de la Construction, killing one person and seriously wounding two others. The Baker-Howard Feud. Louisville, June 27.-A special to the Times from London, Ky , says : A report from apparently reliable sources says hostilities have been renewed in the Baker Howard feud A. B. Hampton, one of Tom Ba ker's attorneys, while drinking, it is said, became involved in a quarrel with some of the White sympathizers When Sheriff Beverly H. White at tempted to arrest him, Hampton drew a 45 calibre Colt pistol and fired three shots, two of which took effect in White's head, killisg him instantly Hampton then fed to the moun tains He is being followed, accord ing to the report, by a number ol Whites, who swear vengeance against him. Excitement is higher now than eve \ and more trouble ie feared Hampton belongs to the Philpot family, one of the strongest in the mi^ntains Paper Dolls, dressed or otherwise at H. G Oiteen & Co's. Privates Only Wanted. The Officers for Brigade Already Chosen by Gen eral Otis. Washington, Jaoe 29.-The first volunteers to be raised for service io the Philippines will be those for the skeleton regiments now being formed by Gen. Otis. It is not believed there will be the least difficulty in obtaining these men. It is probable that some time will elapse before the troops of the provisional army are sent to Manila, bot meanwhile they will be drilled and taught marksmanship in camp. The officers of the war department think that a number of volunteers now coming nome will desire to return to the Philippines for short service after they have had an opportunity to see borne and friend*. These men are regarded as the most desirable for the regiments being organized by Gen. Otis. It is learned at the war department that there is no actual rush to get the new organization to Gen. Otis at the present time. The rainy season hav ing set in it is not believed that these troops will be necessary for servioe, except to relieve those who have been on active duty. The announcement that a portion of the provisional army was to be raised bas caused a swarm of applications to be sent to the war department by those who are seeking commissions in the new regiments. There are two regular transporte now at San Francisco, the Pennsylvania and the City of Para, one sailing June 30 and the other Joly 12, carrying 55 officers and 3,300 men. TheZ Iaodia, Sheridiao and Valencia with 56 officers and 2,875 men arc now on the way to Manila and are expected to arrive between Joly 20 and 26. There are now on their way from .Manila the Ohio, Newport and Indiana, carrying 123 officers and 2,204 men and are expected to arrive between Joly 12 and 18. At Manila there are the Hanoook, Sherman, Senator, Morgan City, War ren and Grant, capable of carrying 278 officers and 6,456 men men It is expected that these ships will bring back the State volunteers as soon as Gen Ons decides to send them. FILIPINOS FORTIFYING. Victoria, B. C., Jane 29.-Ad vices from Hakodate state that Capt. Sakichi, of the steamer Hokoku Maro, jnet returned from the Philip pines, reports that in the southern islands the young Filipinos are con structing fortifications against emer gencies. Every port is garrisoned by a thousand or so of volunteers, whose weapOiis, however, are very crude, only abont 20 per cent, being armed witb rifles (Remington). They are, however, full of patriotism and state that they will not yield to the Americans tboogh the whole of the islands are destroyed. The Hokoku Maru was warmly welcomed by the Filipinos, who con sider the Japanese to be of a kin dred race and boped for assistance from them. The Filipinos were prepared to pay for arms and ammunition and said the Japanese vessels visiting the islands contd take return cargos of hemp Capt Sackichi says he only sold the insurgents two revolvers and the cooks knives. MANY WANT OFFICES. Gov. McSweeney bas reveived a large number of letters from young men in various portions of the State asking bim to use his influence with the president and war department to get them commissions in the volun teer service about to be organized for the Philippine service. He has yet to receive an offer from any one desiring to volunteer for this service in the ranks -The State Wilmington, N. C , June 27.-Th George W. Clyde steamship, Capt. Robinsoo, of the New York Clyde Line, arrived in this port at ll o'clock this morning with Capt. A. D. Iogram and crew of the steamship Pawoee on board, the Clyde having picked them op from the small boats very soon after they abandoned the Pawoee, leaving her wrapped in fi mes. An Associated Press representative called opon Capt. Iogram soon after bis arrival here and and was told that the Pawoee was abao ~ned off Currituok on the coast of thia S:ate, a little pas; midnight on Sunday night. - Ilpili - Habana, June 27.-There have been 13 cases of yellow fever in Habana this year. Of this number five were fatal and eight recovored. Of the deanbe, one was on board a ship in the harbor, ooo was the case of a marine, ODO soldier died and one civiliao wc? fatally stricken. At preseot there is DO yellow fever eristiog in Habana. Collector Bliss ezpee's the reveoues for June will erceed 1,000,000. PERMANENT TRIBUNAL. London, June 27.-The correspon dent of The Daily News at the Hague says: "The German dele gates today privately informed their colleagues that they had received instruction!! to accept the principle of a permament tribunal of arbitra tion as outlined in the Anglo-Amer ican plans. "This and the speech of Gol. Gross von Schwarzhoff plainly inti mating that Germany had made up her mind against the Russian idea of disarmament and has reached the conclusion that the time had arrived to tell the world so, are the two great events of the whole conference. "Today I interviewed many dele gates, some friendly to Germany, others hostile. They were unani mous in declaring the Schwarzhoff speech a smashing blow, pulverizing the argument uf General Den Beer Poortogael and Col Jiminiski." The effect was tremomdorjs within the conference when Schwarzhoff pointedly exclaimed : "Germany is not ruined Cb the contrary, her wealth, contentedness and standard of life, (he used these English words), are daily increasing." Altogether his speech was the greatest sensation of the confer ence, heretofore nobody expected Germany to reject the Russian pro posaljn so brusque and uncondition al a manner. The Peace Conference. The Hague, June 30.-Today's proceedings included an eloquent speech by Baron Diidt of the delega tion of Norway and Sweden. He deplored the failure of the conference to achieve as much as might be desired, but ventured to say that the czar's idea was noble and could not die, because supported by thousands upon thousands of men. Baron Dildt declared that if the Russian emperor would add to the nobility of heart and generosity of mind which he bad already displayed the talent of per severance, the triumph of bis majes ty's work would be assured. "Not only bas the Russian emperor received from Providence the gift of power. He has also the gift of youth ; and if our generation," contin ued the Swedish delegate, "1*3 not destined to accomplish the task, we may count upon the next generation doing it Fully remaining for us'as delegate and for the governments we represent to consider whether the beet means of obtaining the desired end were to be found in new con ferences, in direct negotiations or simply in the policy of setting good examples " The speech was greeted with pro longed applause. ?-i II i i t Greatest Burliness Concern in the World. Maoy people will be surprised to learn that tbe postal establishment of the United States ii the greatest busi ness concern in the world. Charles Emory Smith, the postmaster genera), tells us that it handles more pieoei, employs more men, spends more money, brings more revenue, uses more agen cies, reaches more homes, involves more details and touches more interests than any other haman organiza tion, poblic or private governmental or corporate. The postoffice depart ment directs 73,570 postoffices, musters an army of 200,000 employes, spends this year $105,000,000 and counts receipts of nearly the same amount. It handled last year 6,214,447,000 pieces of mail matter, of which 2,825, 767,000 were letters, so that every minute confides 12,080 new messages to its hands. It manufactured and delivered postage stamps tc the number of 3,623,821,608, and the value of $81,788,333. It carried 20,69,742, 000 newspapers -Cosmopolitan Maga sine. Gen Sing on the Filipinos. Milwaukee, June 26.- Brig Gen. Charles King who returned from the : Philippines a short time ago, in a letter to The Milwaukee Journal published today states that the capability of the Filipinos for seif government cannot be doubted and if given a fair start, they could look out for themselves infinitely better than our people imagine. He says they rank far higher than the Cubans or the uneducated negroes to whom the United States has given the right of suffrage. Baltimore, June 29 -The steamer C ueen Anne, of the Princess Anne Railroad company, was launched here today, a notable feature of the occa sion being the omission of the time i honored custom of breaking a bottle of wine over the vessel's bow as she flided from the ways Instead of this two white doves were released as the vessel began to move and her deck was strewn with wreaths and garlands of flowers TO COMPLETE. THE CAPITOL The Old Question Under Consideration Once More. Columbia, June '^2Dv== fee^firit_ question that thousand of visitors have asked sioee the war upon their arrival in the capitol grounds has been, "Why doesn't the State finish that magnificent building ? How eau she afford to let it stand there in that shape and go to ruin ?" The answer bas always been given that the State was too poor to stand the necessary expenses Of late years the refunding of the State bonds, coupled with a number of things increasing the general expenses of the government and the taxes have caused those who have been looking to the welfare of the State to regard the completion of tbe State bouse as some thing for consideration, in the dim, distant future. Ali knew that bands eould not be issued for the money neoessary, and they have simply not thought of any other way to bring the desired end about. But better times have come to the people, and there ie a prospect now that there will be several more millions of taxable property placed in South Carolina by the rail roads in the next year. Io the meantime the building has been suffering badly and tho water is getting in its work on the maia walis. In the office of the Adjutant General, for instance, the effects of the preeent condition of the structure can be seen. Since Secretary of State Cooper has been in charge of the building he has realized that something will have to be done io the near future. Io order to see what it wiil cost to complete the building according to its original design, he has bad some investigations made. On the grounds are to be found many of the massive granite columns io complete form and the granite blocks from which most of the others are to be cut. A rough estimate as to the cost of the completion of the structure with dome and all as originally designed by the architects is that the work can be done for between 250,000 and $300,000. It wcuid take several years to do the work, even were all the money available at the start, but it ie figured that a tax levy of not over one-sixth of a mill, collected for a period of about five years, would bring about the completion of the building and none would feel it to asy extent. It is understood that the Secretary and the State house commission will bring the matter to the attention of the General Assembly next winter, coupling the recommendation with accurate figures. In the meantime the members of the General Assembly wiii be io a position to look into the matter for themselves and decide whether the time has come to at least make a start. Though it is not known that such is the case, it is understood that Govert cr MeSweeney is heartily in favor of the commencement of the work upon some such basis. Pardons by tbe Governor. Columbia, S C , June 28.-Gov. MoSween y today pardoned Geoe-ai Evans Davis, of Clarendon, convicted of manslaughter. Pardon was recom mended by :he solicitor, Judge Bec st, and all the jury. Robert Witherspoon, who is dong time in jail and whose term expires in October, was pardoned. John Dill, who bas served four aid a half years of a seven-year sentence, was pardoned The solicitor, judge, jury and citizens of Spartaoburg recommended the pardon. David Murdock, of Marlboro, con victed of beating bis father-in-law, was pardoned The solicitor, jurors and oounty officers recommended pardon. Governor MeSweeney refused to pardon T. Ezell Thackstcn, of Green ville. Parties wrote that he is t=ot deserving of pardon. Robert Crocket, convicted of stealing live stock, was refused a pardoo. Birmingham Ala , June 29.-The miners and operators have one more day during which to reach an agree ment on the wage scales. The con ference with the operators today when the slight concessions of tue miners were made known, was fruit less The operators claim that they cannot pay the scale of the miners and will cloBe the mines July 1. The old contract expires tomorrow night and in the event of a strike more than 20,000 persons will be affected. There are 10.000 miners in the dis trict. GOEBEL NOMINATED Has Proved Himself a Mana ger of Kentuckians. Louisville, June 21 -William Goe bel, who with an Iren grasp, has rul ed the Democratic State convention since it assembed, nearly a week ago, was tonight nominated for gov ernor on the 26th ballot, after a con test unparalleled in this State for bit terness and determination, and on the part of the winner, for skillful man* ipulation. The end of the long, ex hausting fight brought a reasonable degree of harmony to the factions which have carried through the fight relentlessly and battled for every inch of ground. Nearly every body join ed heartily ia a demonstration whee the candidate appeared for the first time before the convention to accept the nomination and return bis thanks. The Goebel forces held the opposi tion down to business closely all day, forcing balloting, defeating them when they showed signs of weakness, and sought a sine die adjournment, compelling a vote on a proposition to drop the hindmost man on each ballot after the 25th, and came ont of the final trial of strength shortly after 10 o'clock tonight with colors flying. Stone was dropped on the 25th ballot, and Hardin proved unable to control enough of the Stone votes to win. The scenes during the last ballot were dramatic, though not so exciting as many in which the delegates had participated. After the nomination the convention enjoyed a few minutes of relaxation and reconciliatron. Speeches were made by Congressman Wheeler, Judge Tarvin and other members in from of the three candidates, and the theme of all was "get together and win " Huston, Tex., June 29.-A special from Athens, Tex , says : Waltet Wilkinson, Joe Wilkinson, Polk Weeks, Wm Brooks, John Greenhaw, Arthur Greenhaw, W. E. Johnson Wm Gaddis, John Stevens and Samuai Hali were today remanded to jail without bond, charged with having murdered James, John and George Humphreys, by taking iem from I their homes and hanging them. The ! prisoners will institute habeas corpus j proceedings. The case is the most ! celebrated in Texas criminal history j and the state bas sent assistant i attorneys and rangers to aid in appre I heeding the lynchers. Three of the I men have confessed and others have pleaded to be permitted to do so. The Philadelphia Record says : "A young Philadelphian, Albert Skean, sleeps nightly on the wreoked Paris which is still fast on tho Manacles in the English channel, and, though the wrecking people are constantly blasting the rocks under the big vessel, he has no fear that the unfortunate liner will be blown up. Mr. Skean is third officer of the Paris, and remained on the vessel with Capt. Watkins in order to help in the endeavors to save the ship. According to a letter just re ceived io this eily from bim, great hopes are entertained that the Paris will be got off the rooks. The third officer lives in the oabin of the vcstel, and writes that the sight made by the wreckers in dynamiting the rocks, j with the tossing sea thrown io, is a rare one Pumps are kept in constant operation, forcing out cf the held the water that rushes io through the opening in the ship's bottom made by the sharp rocks." When Mr. Jonas Howard, aa esteemed citizen of Jefferson ville, Ind , weot to Washington from bis congres sional district several years ago, sayt the Detroit Pres?, be left behiod him a devoted and affectionate body of consti tueots in town and county, who fancied that great personal benefits would come to them through Mr. Howard's power ful presence in the halls of national wisdom. One of these rural adherents, a small farmer, with somo momentous political design on his mind, followed Mr. Howard to Washington, in eager pursuance of that mysterious object. He returned in about five days, seem ingly not mach elated. '.Well, Bill," a town acquaintance saluted bim, "did you seo Washington and Mr. Howard, and did you get what you went after V "Ya-as ; I seen Waabin'toc," he replied grumpily, "and I seen Jonas p but Jonas couldn't do nothin' fer me ; he was a-bavin' hard work to keep from gittin' tromped on bisself. POWDER PUKE lic ous and wholesome GER CO.. NEW YORK.