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BLOODY RIOTS
IN FRANCE.
Anarchists and Socialists
" Work Their Wills.
Paris, Aug. 20 -Paris was* today
the cene of most serions distur
bances, recalling some aspects of the
-commune. In response to an appeal
of the jonrDa 8, Dspaeple and La
Petite R publique, crowds of anarcb*
lets and socialists gathered about 3
oVtock in the afternoon in the Place
de la Republique. The police had
taken precautions and there seemed
no danger of disorders
Sebastion Faure a ad Faberot, well
known revolutionary anarchists, were
the ring leaders Faure, standing on
the pedestal of the statue which rises
III she centre of the Place de la Re
publique, addressed the crowd
Among other things he said that the
anarchists should be masters of the
r8treets.
The police then interfered and dis
lodged Faure and Faberot, making
three arrests The crowd at this
-dispersed, led by a column of demon
strators headed by Faure and Henri
B'florr made f Vthe Piace de la Na
tion.
The police broke through the col
nam and a struggle for the mastery
followed Shots were fired and M.
Goallier. commissary of police, was
twice stabbed with a knife.
S This threw the police into momen
tary confusion The mob reassem
bled and ran toward the Place de la
Kation. The police, reinforced by
* squad thaw had been held in
reserve, made another attempt to
stem the current, and fresh, fierce
fighting occurred, three coner ables
being wounded Faure aud D'Horr
jumped into a passing street car
that was going to the Place de la
Republique and the car driver on
arriving there, gave a signal to the
police, "who immediately arrested
them both together with two other
anarchists, Joseph Ferrier and Jean
Perrin. Ail were conveyed to the
Chateau Eau barracks.' Only D'Horr
was found in possession of firearms
In the meantime the anarchist mob
retraced It course to the Piace de la
R publique, smashing windows of
religious edifices on the way.
Suddenly, either at the word of
command or in obedience to impulse,
the column made a loop and curved
toward the church of St Aubroise,
where the rioters smashed the win
dows.
Proceeding thence toward the Faa
bourg du Temple, hieb they retched
mt the caro er of the Eue Dar boy sod
the Bse St. Macr-Popincourt, they
formad up into a compact body. Hatch
ts were suddenly produced, with long
knives stolen from the counters of
shops, and a concentrated rush was
made os the oh urah of St. Joseph
The aged sacristan, seeing the mob,
hastily closed the outer gates-, hut these
were soon forced open with hatchets
and bars of iron The massive oaken
doors were then attacked.
According to the first aooooat the
wild horde burst into the church, which
instantly became a seceos of pillage
and sacrilege. Altars aod statues were
hurled to the floor and smashed ; pic
tures were rent, candlesticks, ornaments
sad posts frcm high altars were thrown
down aod trampled under foot. The
crucifix above was made the target for
missiles and the figure of the Saviour
was fractured in several places. Theo
while raucous voices sang the ' Carmag
sole,'** th chairs were carried outside,
piled up and set on fire to the centre of
the square fronting the church
When this stage was reached the
crucifix was pulled down and thro so
into the flames. Suddenly the cry was
raised that the statue of the Virgin
had been forgotteo, and the crowd
returned and tore this down also.
Meanwhile, the sacristan, who bad
been captured by the anarchists,
escaped and called the police aod Re
publican guards, who promptly arrived
with maoy constables. They were
empelled to fall b ack tn order to form
sp io to Hoe of defense, as the anar
ohists attacked thea fearfully with
ksive*.
At length th s officers began to g ai o
the mastery. A score of anarchists
took refuge io an adjacent house.
Chbers entrenched themselves in the
belfry and fiercely defended themselves
by showering missiles on the Republi
can guards, bot fio al ly these were
dislodged. Twenty anarchists were
arrested, taken to the police station,
searched aod foood to be oarryiog
revolvers, loaded sticks and knives.
When th3 police entered the church
the anarchists had just set fire to the
pulpit The interior of the edifice was
a complete wreck. Several valuable
old pictures that can never be replaced
were ruined.
After the mob had been driven away
Abbe Laeour, the incumbent, collected
the fragments of the sacrament aod
replaced them io the ci borium. As he j
did so he was heard bitterly lament- j
g.
The people liviog in- the houses
searby extinguished the bonfire.
Ponce, P. R , Aug. 21-It is now
estimated that the bodies of 2.500 vic
tims of the recent hurricane have beco
buried ; that 1,000 persons were in
jured during the storm and that 2.000
people are still missiog.
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Cal), see and buy, embossed or floral Crepe
SCHUMAN RETURNS
FROM PHILIPPINES.
The Commissioner is Very
Guarded in His Utterances.
HIS BSPORT TO PRESIDENT.
Chicago, Aug. 20 -Jacob Gould
Schormao, United States commis
sioner to the Philippines, arrived iu
Chicago today from the islands of
which he has just completed a
6 months* study at the instance of
President McKinley. He left tonight
for his home io Ithaca, N. Y , and
will report to the president as soon
as a meetiug can be arranged In an
interview he said :
"So far as the results of my official
negotiations with the representatives
of Aguinaldo or other Filipino officials
are concerned, I am not at liberty to
talk till I have made my report to the
president. Concerning the islands in
general, however, there is mach to
be told. In my opinion the rebel
lion, the last of which we are trying
to suppress, was due in the first
place to several causes, the principal
of which were the tyranny of some
of the religious orders, the exercise
of arbitrary power by the governor
generals and the delay and corruption
of jostice.
"The leaders of the rebellion tell
their followers the most astounding
tales of the Americans and the com
mon people believe that the priests
under American rule would subject
them to the same tyraony. That the
American army killed priests or oth
erwise maltreated church men or
church property is, I believe, utterly
without foundation.
"Aguinaldo is believed in the isl
ands to be honest and I think that
he ie acting honestly in money mat
ters, but whether from morai or polit
ical reasons.I would not say.
"While I do not care to discuss
the reai motives behind the rebellion
at this time, I will say that if it were
suppressed there would be many
prominent native officials out of an
occupation "
Mr Schurman declined to answer
the question whether he had been
the subject of any anti-imperialist
communications, saying that, on that
question, or any which touched it
eve ri indirectly he wonld not speak
He also declined to give an opinion
on the length of the time it would
take to suppress the rebellion.
When asked if he considered the
retention of the Philippines good
policy on the part of this country,
Mr. Schurman said that the resources
of the islands were great, but that
he mast decline to commit himself on
the subject of making them a part of
this country.
Mr Schurman told how the Tagala,
who outnumbered ail the other tribes
in the vicinity of Man Ma, kept natives
of other races from showing their
friendliness towards the United
States, even when it was impossible
to secure their active participation in
the war against us "The Tagala,"
he said, "have sent out little bands
of men/ to the chief towns of many
of the islands They send 75 or 100
armed men, and it is easy for them
to keep the unarmed population of
several thousand in a passive state
The principle is the same as when
three or four armed highwaymen
hold np a passenger train By sheer
force of nerve and ga ns they make
the passengers all submit to being
robbed Tbs Tagals are equally
highhanded in their methods "
One observation which Mr Schur
man made of a hopeful nature con
cerned the increased respect the
Tagals have felt for the Americans
since the fighting began.
"Before the first battle," he said,
"the Filipinos teased and tormented
and insulted our men at will, and
because there was no fighting in
return they thought the Americans
were all cowards Since that first
night with one or two exceptions,
there have been no strong stand up
fights and I think they have come to
have a wholesome respect for the
Americans. A man who recently
came io from the country told me
that the case now was that the
Tagals began to fear God right away
whenever he saw an American sol
dier " ._
8outh Carolinians Given Com
m 88 0D8.
Washington, Aug 19 -The fol
lowing have been appointed majors
in the new volunteer regiments : D
A Frederick, Georgia ; Joseph F. !
Armfield, North Carolina ; A. A.
Wiley, Alabama
To be captains-W. J. Kendrick,
Georgia ; Claude E. Sawyer, South
Carolina
To be first lieutenants-Silas J.
McCaugbrin, Fred Mobley, Lewis
i A Griffith, Clarence S Nettles, South
I Carolina ; T. B. Seigle North Caro
lina
To be second lieutenants-W. 0.
Thornton, Georgia
Manila. Ang. 21-5 40 p m.
While a reconnoitering party of tba
24th infantry, nuder Capt. Crane, was
crossing the Mariquina River on a
raft today the hawser broke Tbe
current very swift at that point,
capsize drowning nine enlisted men.
The United States transport Tarter,
from San Francisco, July 24, with
Gen Joe Wbeeler and his daughter,
troops of the 19th infantry and more
1 than $1,400,000 in coin, has arrived
Attorney General Given Au
thority.
Ia response to the request of Gov.
McSweeney, as advised by the attoroey
general, the board of directors of the
: penitentiary met here Friday for a
conference with those officials io regard
to the penitentiary shortage.
The board was represented by Col.
T. J. Cunningham, and Messrs. . K.
Sanders, S. P. J. Garr s aod W. 0.
Tatum. Col. Neal was not present,
j Nor was he represented by an attor
ney. s
Mr. John Taylor, eecretary of the
board, was authorized to give the press
the foilowiog resolution which was
adopted by the board.
"Resolved, That the attoroey general
be, and hereby is, empowered and
directed to collect the amounts due by
the various parties as set forth io the
report of the investigating committee
to the governor, aod io oonoeotion
therewith to briog snob suits as he
deems proper aod defend such as he
may advise may be brought against the
penitentiary authorities, and, in general
to take control from a legal standpoint
of ali Tatters in connection with this
report."
This action removes all restraint
which might have tied the Attorney
General's hand?, aod gives him all ple
nary power aod legal support.
Mr. Bellinger's task is not a pleasant
ooe, but in the prosecution of the
Broxson bridge whitecaps he showed
that be will shriek no duty. He stated
yesterday afternoon that be would for
the present have nothing to say of his
p aos and purposes.
Aftsr the governor had conferred
with the board Messrs W. A Ciark
and S S Moller representiog the Car
olina National bank aod also some o
Col. Neal's bondsmen, bad a talk with
the board. Last week attorneys looked
at the bonds which are on file in the
State treasurer's orne?, aod found the
papers to be valid for the full amount.
-The State, Aug. 19.
ORDERED TO MANILA.
Washington, Aug. 19.-Secretary
Root issued orders for the 27th, the
311st and 34th regiments of volun
teer infantry to proceed to San Fran
cisco at once These regiments will
sail for Maoiia When transportation
is provided.
The 27th regiment, commanded by
Col Bell, is at Camp Meade, the 31st
at Fort Thomas, Ky, the 34th at
Fort Logan, Colo.
The first ten regiments of volon
I teers are complete and there is a
surplus of about 2,000 meo for the
regiments in the Philippines and the
next ten being raised, the enlistments
yesterday were 236, making a total
ofl4, 65.
Speaking of the orders issued
today to tbe three regiments to pro
ceed to San Francisco, Gen. Corbin,
said that not only would the other
regiments follow soon bot the ten
recently ordered would be sent to
Manila as soon as they could be
organized.
Key Distillery Selzad.
Raleigh, N C.. Aug. 19.-A special
to The News aod Observer from States
ville, N. C , says :
Reveooe Officer Britt detained the
entire wholesale whiskey aod rectifying
establishment of the Key Manufac
turing aod Distilling Company of this
place late last Wednesday for alleged
violation of the internal revenue laws.
Today, acting nader orders from
Collector Harkios, who received instruc
tions from toe commissioner of internal
revenue. Deputy Collector J. M. Davis
seized the entire establishment. About
8,000 galions of spirits were seized.
Thia establishment was the largest
whiskey house io North Carolina, aod
it shipped immense quantities of spirits
to all parts of the country. The
seizure is probably the 'argest ever made
io the State. The officers do oot dis
close the oature of the violation or the
evidence cn which the seizure was
made.
The geotlemeo composing the com
pany are among States viile's most
energetic and popular business meo,
aod it ie boped that the little tangle in
their business will soon be straightened
out
Greenwood Whltecapers Give
Bond.
Greenwood, Aug. 21 -R. J Mc
Caslan, Wm. Wilson, Jesse Corley
and Joe Jones, the four men charged
with complicity in the recent white
cap outrages in this county, were
arraigned before Magistrate Austin
for a preliminary hearing this after
noon.
The men waived the preliminary
and expressed their readiness to give
bond br their appearance at the
circuit court.
A the request of Solicitor Sease,
who was present the amount of the
bond for each was fixed at $1,000
which the men promptly gave and
were released from custody.
Solicitor Sease stated this afternoon
that at the November term of court
he would hand out indictments charg
ing the defendants with riot, conspir
acy and assautt and battery with
intent to kill. The preliminary this
afternoon attracted a large number of
people to town, including several
hundred negroes, but the day passed
off quietly. There have so far been
no further arrests in the matter.
REPUBLICAN
MISMANAGEMENT.
Tue Queer way the McKinley
Crowd Have of Doing;
Things.
Washington, Aug. 21.-If the ad
j ministration follows its present method
of showing its confidence in Gen. Otis
to its logical conclusion, there will be a
new commander in the Philippines
before the campaign opens. It began
to ehow its oonfideooe io Gen. 0 is,
who had cootionally declared that 30,
OOO men were all he needed, by-issuing
the necessary orders to make the full
streogth of the army in the Philippines
40.0.00 men ; then it was decided to
make it 50,000, and the orders under
which the ten new regiments are being
recruited will raise the number to
63,000. To be logical the next order
should came a new commander for this
large army. The proceedings in con
nection with the order to recruit these
last teo regiments which, by the way,
will almost bring the volunteer army
op to the limit set by congress, were an
object lesson in the wiblywably polioy
which this administration has so often
adopted. At first it was positively
denied that the order would be issued at
all ; then it was said that the regiments
would be raised, but would merely be
held as a reserve, and at last, when it
could no longer be hidden, it was
acknowledged that arrangements had
been made to laud the last of them at
Manila about the 1st of December,
which means that they will leave San
Francisco early in October
The sending of a big army to the
Philippines is a political play on the
part of the administration. This is
recognized by all close political ob
servers. The opinion of Col. W E
McLsao, of Indiana, who wa deputy
commissioner of pensions under the
Cleveland administration, and who is
now io Washington, on his way to the
G. A R. encampment, to which he isa
delegate-at-large, is that of thousands,
regardless of politics. He said : "One
thing is oertaio ; if-the Philippine war
is not ended before the presidential
campaign comes on, it is good-bye to
President McKinley. The war over
there is fast growing io unpopularity.
The policy of expansion is opposed by
a great many western republicans, and
the democrats are nearly a unit against
it." Speaking of politics ic his own
State, Col. MoLeao says : "The Indi
ana democrat who is not for Bryan and
the Chicago platform is a man without
a party, and bis position is so lonesome
that he almost feels as though he had
BO country.'' The colonel koows, as
he was that sort of a democrat himself
in 1896.
There is a paragraph io au official
report just received by Surgeon General
Sternberg from Major Jnhn R Hoff,
Chief Surgeon of the military district
of Porto Rico, which is not calculated
to make new shouters for imperalism
among the thoughtful. Io considering
this very serious matter, it should not
be forgotton that Porto Rico is the
healthiest of our new Island posses
sions. The paragraph is almost too
plain spoken to bc quoted in a family
paper. Suffice it to say that in it
Major Hoff speaks of the alarming
prevalence of private diseases among
our soldiers over there and says the
indications arc that it will cot be long
before a large precentage of them will
be as thoroughly infected as the native
population. He also points out the
danger of retuoring soldiers spreading
contamination ac their bornes, a danger
which Great Britain bas found to be of
the gravest proportions io her experiacoe
with ber tropical possessions. Some
thing like this bas been said before,
but it was hooted down as the talk of
an alarmist. It begins to look as
though the man who said, "the more
you know about the tropics the less
desire you have to live there/' was
right.
According to high republican author
ity; Alger never wss a real can
didate for the Senate and his an
nouncement to that effect was made
after a fell understanding with Mr.
McKinley: solely for the purpose of
preparing a reason for his resignation
from the cabinet. This may or may
not be true, but the announcement
several days ago by Mr. Alger that be
was entirely out of politics, seems to
bear out the story. There has been so
much republican thickness in Washing
ton that one is never surprised to dis
cover something new in that line. The
Hanna-McKinley crowd seem to prefer
doing even the most simple things in
a mysterious way. According co the
above mentioned republican authority,
"The real truth is, probably, that the
cbaoge finally in the war department
was compelled, not so mooh by the
bitter opposition to General Alger
personally as to the necessity confront
ing the administration of infusing new
vigor into the war in the Philippines,
which was languishing beyond the
peroid set for its successful conclu
sion."
Mormons in the South.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 19 -Tne
report of President Rich of the
Mormon society shows that 490 elders
are laboring in the southern field, and
during last week they walked 9,260
miles, visited 3.500 families and held
950 meeting. Tho report says io the
Georgia oooferenoe 67 eiders are at
work and during the week they waiked
909 and visited 169 families. They
were refused entertainment 35 times.
War Cloud in
South Africa.
English Officials Consider
Figbt With Boers
Inevitable.
Capetown, Aug. 21 -The report
that the Transvaal government had
banded down its reply to tbe British
agent at Pretoria, to be forwarded to
Sir Alfred Milner, British high com
missioner for South Africa aod
governor of Cape Colony, is confirmed,
t is believed however that the proposi
tion of Great Britaio for a joint
oommission to investigate the effect
which the franchise reform legislation
would have on (he Outlanders, bas cot
been accepted, but that fresh proposals
have been advanced.
London, August 21.-There is DO
longer any doubt that President Kruger
bas refused to submit to the demand of
Mr. Chamberlain- for the appointment
of a court of inquiry. He may have
done so diplomatically, bat that his
answer is regarded by che British gov
ernment as tantamount to a positive
refusal is now established.
The report that President Kruger
has proposed new term is somewhat
verified by the guarded comment of the
colonial officials and the irritability
displayed there. There is net the
slightest doubt that they believe war is
now the only way to settle the contro
versy. They woald far rather had a
cart, defiant answer than tbe temporiz
iog reply which the Boer president has
sent. With the former, Great Britain
would have plain grounds for a quick
commsLcement of hostilities. Under
the circumstances which ic is believed
now exist aggressive action needs con
siderable explanation to juslify it io the
eyes of the world and the Eogiieh
minority who still declare that war
would be an outrage. However, if
Mr Chamberlain had his wa*; it is be
lieved President Kruger's counter pro
posais will meet wich scant attention,
and unless the Boers completely back
down, which is not likely, the crisis
will quickly develop into war.
It is gathered that the colonial office
has been aware of the cature of the
Transvaal's reply for some days. Hence
it is probable that Great Britain will
delay the denouement as long 88 possi
ble.
YELLOW FEVER GERMS
The Commission of Experts
Appointed in 1897, Re
ports.
Washington Aug. 18.-The report
of the commission appointed by the
president in 1897 from the Marine
Hospital service staff to investigate
the natnre of yellow fever was today
made public by Surgeon General
Wyman The commission was com
posed of Surgeon Eugene Wasdin
and passed assistant Surgeon Ged
dings, both of them experts
The conclusion of the commission
is summarized as follows :
First-That the micro organism
discovered by Prof. Giuseppe San
arelii, of the University of Bologna,
Italy, and by him named "bacillus
icteroidese/' is the canse of yellow
fever.
Second-That yellow fever is
naturally infections in certain animais
the degree varying with the species,
that in some rodents local infection
is very quickly followed by blood
infections ; and that, while in dogs
and rabits there is no evidence of
this subsequent invasion of the blood,
monkeys react to the infection the
same as man.
Third-That infection takes by
way of the respiratory tract, tue
primary colonization in this tract
giving to the earlier manifestations
of tne disease.
Fourth-That in many cases of the
disease, probably a majority, the
primary infection or colonization in
the lungs is followed by a secondary
infection, or a secondary colonization
of this organism in the blood of the
patient This secondary infection
may be complicated by the coinstan
eous passage of other organisms into
the blood, or this complication may
arise during the last hours of life
Fifth-That there is no evidence
to support that theory advanced by
Prof. Sanarelli that this disease is
primarily septicaemia, inasmuch as
cases do occur in which the bacillus
ictroides cannot be found in the blood
or orgaus in which it might be
deposited therefrom
Sixth-That there exists no casual
relationship between the bacillus
"X" of Sternberg and this highly
infectious disease, and that bacillus
"X" is frequently found in the intes
tinal contents of the normal anima s
and of man, as well as in the urine
and the bronchial secretion.
Seventh-That, so far as your com
mission is aware, the bacillus ictero
ides has never been found in any
body other than one infected with
yellow fever, and that whatever may
be the cultural similarities between
this and other micro organisms it is
characterized by a specificity which
is distinctive
Eight-That the bacillus icteroides
is very susceptible to the influences
injurious to bacterial life ; and that
its ready control by the processes of
disinfection, chemical and mechani
cal, is assured
Ninth-That the bacillus icteroides
produces in vitro, es well as in vita,
a toxin of the most marked potency ?
and that, from our present knowledge
there exists a reasonable possibility
of the ultimate production of au
antiserum more potent than that of
Prof Sanarelli.
Neal Wants to Pay Up.
Col Neal has written to the governor
and to the attorney general asking for
a few days in which to be given a
chance to come to Columbia to settle op
his affairs. The delay is occasioeed by
the fact that bis attorney is at Buffalo
Li thia Springs, Va.
It was rumored yesterday that orders
had been given for Col. Neal's arrest.
Mr. Bellinger denied that this was true,
and declined to discuss this phase of
the developments of the penitentiary
shortage affair.-The State, Aug. 23.
mm* i i ? mm
Norfolk, Va, August 21.-A spe
cial to the Virginian-Pilot, from
Washington, N. C, says that the
storm played havoc on Ocracoke
Island, destroying thirty houses and
two churches, washing. away the
Norfolk and Southern Railroad
piers, grounding' steamers and
. schooners wrecking smaller crafts of
fishermen, drowning net less than
twenty men, and all thc horses and
cattle on the island. It was the most
de 8tructive storm that section has
ever known. The island was under
i water three days.
Walhalla, Aug. 21-Io a difficully
Saturday night, Sam White was struck
with a rock by Sam Elkins. White
died Snnday. Elkins fled. ? The sherill
'with a posse is io pursuit.
Farntian University,
GSBEN7ILLE, S. C.
THE XliXr SESSION will open Septem
ber 27, 1SP9. Full and tborougb in
struction, leading to several degress, is offer
ed. Boarding in private families moderate :
in tbe mess the fare is ezceileot and cheap.
For catalogue or farther particulars, apply to
the President,
July 19 DB. A. P. MONTAGUS. .
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