The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 17, 1900, Image 1
MTHK WATCHMAN. KMftbllahad
Coasolidat(Ml Aus:. 2,1881.
(The fflatrbman ant) Southron
TubUoatd Srtry Wednesday,
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NT. Ok Ostoon,
?UMTOB, 8. c.
TERMS :
(I 50 per toooro?io advance.
Oe ' Sa,u*r?i Brst loser Don.$1 00
Setrr sebteqnent intertioo. 60
Contract! for tare* tnoalhs, or loogtr wil
be made *t redoeed rotte.
All eomttaofnttont which sobseree private
to tercet* will be charged for ss ad?erti*meots.
Obit ?arte* ted tribtttt of respects will be
*b*rged for.
GOVERNOR S MESSAGE.
A Lengthy Document With?
out Striking Features.
?OFfOiTt THl DISPENSARY
ST ST KM Alf D SUGGESTS
QilTAIH CHAMOH8.
Too first st sees of e of Governor M
B. MeSweeaey, wbieh wo? reed to too
oooate sod boo** of representatives
?woo tfaee tbey ooseoabUd oo Tuesday
io qeit* o leo'gtby dooomeot, bot is
wiibowi a etaglo eirikiag fbatoro
Tbe io trod a story portioo bas refer
?oos to ^be deatb of Got Eilerbo aod
bbo iooo so boat's toooeoeioo to tbo offioe.
Tboo follows a review of tbo iedostrial
ocogroco of tbo Stste daring the post
year rod tbo evtdeooe* of prosperity to
Oo obewev*d oo every bsod
Rvferrtog to the Aotooitl oooditioo
of tbo Stoto bo stye : "Tbe Stste
tvoosoror bos booo sblo to meet all of
tbo obligations of tbo 8?ato promptly,
ood also tbo iotorost oo tbs public debt,
wit boot tbo oee-ssity ot havtor to
borrow aoy taooey or to overdraw bis
>aot, aod still las a baiaaoo to tbo
iroaoory."
Tbo Logislatore is asked to tabs
aottoo ?bat will load to tbo settle
?i of tbo eloioa* of tbo State ogaios'
tbo (Jehad States govtromoot ood tbo
olaisss of tbot govsromeot agaiost tbe
Ao appropriate of $100.000 to
kOieodod to provide poosioos for
?oody Ooofodorato reiorsos
Tbo logiotoiore io appealed to io do
vioo eosje sa*ao* for seeonog a uoiform
rotoro of property for taiatioo, bot oo
rUo Io eoggosted
Tbo oooditioo of tbo 8tate'e poosl
aoi oka iiobl* iottitoiioot is reviewed
aod s^owo to bo good.
Tbe State oollsges ore reported io
bvoltby oooditioo and doiog sieelleot
work.
Tbo portioo detliog with tbe dtspec
sary is tbo siost Importe t, aod is as
fillows:
Tboro is oo efsastioo tbtt wid eogtge
yoor altoatioo at tbio session tbtt will
demtod store otrefo' ' h tugbt tod io
wbtou th-re i? otoro lotereat manifest? d
ibao tbtt of tbo so troi of liqa ?r. Yoo
will oo doubt have several p'opoaitioot
prooemod to yoo by dtfferoot members
of yoor body for yo.r oon#id?rauon.
I? io imported the yoo sbooid take
bold of tbo qoettioo ia a positive aod
d'.ioot ottooer tod men tbe iseoe
sqotrtly Uoder tbe (Jocstiturioo ot
lb* State tbero ore oolv tnree m ?des
sllowed for detliog oitb this qa*?tion<
* Tbe Oeoortl A?st mbly may hoeneo
ptreoot or eorporttioi s to taaauftotom
tad sell aod to'ttl aicohnlio ? qunra oi
beverages witbio the 8 tie ;" or * tbe
Oeoortl Assembly any prohibit tbe
Bttooftotoro tod ?tle ti>d reitii
tloobolio nqoors tod beverages wiibli
tbo Stale ;' or it 'may authorise too
empower State ooooty tod munmpal
officers, all or either, uoder tb3 tothor
ity aod io tbe tieum of iho Sia o, tt
boy m toy market aid retail within
tbo Sttts liqaort ted bbVetago* io such
pooksget tod qua*.mo-, under soot
roles sad regolttiooe te it oeema egpe
d oat." Aod to oo etse shall it bo ?oid
io lost qoaotitiet tbso ooe btlf pint or
b*twseo eoodowo aod sonnte, aod i
eball oot bo drook oo tbe premises
Neither eto tbo Oeoortl Assembly
"delegate to toy mooioipel oorporttioo
lbs power to issue lioeont to sell tbe
stoat " Uoder tbt last slteroativs tbe
ditptnstry law is to force At tbo
prtaeoi tisao aod io view of tbo era of
material progress tod dsvelopmeot
opoo wbiob lb* Sitte bts eoisrrd I do
aot bell??e it woold bo wite or good
boeioeeo jodgsatot to 'refer tbis qatttioo
to o popolor oltstioo Not that tbere
io ooy ooeosioets or oowilliogosss to
Irost ibo people, but it wooid btve a
leodtoty to rooow etrifei end bitteroett
ood togsoder bod feeliog ot d 1 believe
woold rtitrd tbo progress o tbe Stats
io its mtienal development Mooh
of tbs prejooieo ibtl bts heretofore
eilsied ogtioet tbe dtspeosary law bas
boeo brokto dowo tod mtoy of its
saoet bitter oppooeois btve ooae to
rot 11 oo its good featoree ood oro ready
aod williog tod toiiooa to to* it
improved tod toforoed. With o rtain
aoaeodoasots wbiob seem oeoesssrt,
ood wbiob will oomsaeod tbemstlvet to
yoor good jodgoaeoi, sod wbieb eboold
bo eaade at lb* preiset session, ood
wtab tbo proper ooforoooasot of 'be law,
It If lb* boot ooiotioo of tbo liquor
April. IS SO.
"Be Ju
SUM*]
<] i*?ttoo yet devised Even tho*e who
oppose the dispensary Uw admit ?out
it ha* good feature* Whi-k.y has
beeo put coder the bio and whether
you prohibit it, license it, or take entire
charge of it. the prtooiplo ll tho same
It eeems to me that it would he good
judgment to take hold of tho pr<*eot
law aod araeod and improve it. Pro
hib'ii nt i* very moe in theory, bat. in
mating cireuwatano?* and conditions I
do not believe It would be practicable
Kitrnordioary maebnery would be
necessary to enforce it, aod there woold
bo oo means witb which to employ the
machinery exoopt by additional taxa
tioo. aod even theo whiskey woold be
freely aold and bar rooms onder the
gniie of drug stores woold spring op
aod flourish io ovary town and hamlet
io South Cerolioa. 8ooh bas beeo the
experience wherever prohibition has
beeo tried. Loeal option woold be
aveo worse tbao prohibition To have
prohibition io one ooonty, a tieeose
system to so adjoining county, and the
I dispensary io another woold create oo
tad of confusion aod trouble throughout
Iba State
No law bas beeo enacted in this
State to reoeot years that has beeo as
bitterly opposed aod as strongly sop
ported ss lbs dispensary law. Aod
yst. witb tbo exception of a few looali
tie*, it baa beeo as wsll enforced as
ooald bs expeeted, beiog revolutionary
as it was. No law oao be thoroughly
enforced tbat bas oot behind it aod to
support it a bealtby pablio sentiment in
tto favor Now tbat puhlio stotimeot
ia crowing io its favor, it seems to me
tbat it would be uo wise aod had judg?
ment to repeal the dispensary law aod
!? make trial of* so ose other system of
controlling tbo liquor business
That tbsre bas ba?n bad manage
so cot io tosoe department* is not an
argument against tbo system Tbat
there should bava beeo disagreement
and contention amoagst tboso io eoo
trol is unfnrtoaato
I would recommend for your ooo
oidsrarioo tba abolition of tba State aod
eoooty boards of oootrol aod tbat tba
duties of theae officers be devolved upon
otbar officials You should elect a
State commissioner of high ebaraetar
aod good bosioess judgment, aod give
bin? sufficient ooosr iosation to command
tbo aerviooa of sueb a mao Bo should
bo givao more autbority aod discretion,
aod required to giva a good sod suffi
oient bond sod ba subjeot to removal
by tba fnvermr. As tba present law
stands, be bas very little discretionary
power io tba management of :bs bosi
?tat, and is oot couch more tbao a
clerk to carry out tba rules aod regola
tiooa of tbo board of oootrol. As so
advisory board to the State oommis
sinner I would suggest the comptroller
gaoeral. tbo state treasurer and the
state toperioteodent of edooation, with
sueb powers aod duties ss io your wis
den you may tbiok proper to confer
?poo them. I do oot deem it wise to
pot the governor or tbs attorosy gen
oral opon tbis advisory board. Yoo
mif h' add to tbia board the chairman of
tbs finance committee of the senate aod
the eh?irmao of tba ways and means
| committee of the bouse It would oot
be neccsassy for tbis board to meet
mere than four times a year, and at each
meeting competitive scaled bide oould be
I submitted and these h da opened io the
presence of tba commissioner, and snob
purchase* ma le as would be needed to
?apply the demand Tbe 8taie
treasurer is the eustodisn of the funds,
tbe ei mptfoller general distributes tbe
school part of ihe fund arising from ihe
diaperstry and tbe State superintend
ant nf ednoation is the head nf the
cduc%rin>f>al department, whioh is the
b'-'i^fioisry of the food These officers
are oieo *d by the people, and have to
give account to them for tbe maoner in
which ?hcv discbarge their duties, snd
sre always men of ability and obarao
?er ?
It plaoe of the county boards I
woold soggrst tbat tbe oouoty super?
visor the oouoty auditor and tic
mayor of tbe eoooty seat town, if a
dispensary be located tbere, if not tbe
mayor or Intendant nf some town in
tbe coanry in wbieb there is a dispen?
sary, constitute tbe oouoty board, sod
tbat tbey aervs without extra compen?
sation They, too, srs elected by the
people aod would bava to give account
af ih-ir stewardship to tbe people I
woold also suggest thst the eoon'y
di*peos*rs be eleotsd by tbe ^?ople ai
itber county rffieertv are elected and for
a term of two years.
These changes are suggested oot
only because in my judgment tbey
would improve the administration of
the law, but oo tbe groood of eeonomv,
I regret tbat I have oot tbe figures for
the last fiacal year. Tbey oould oot be
obtaioed oo aooooot of the assembling
of tbe legislature coming so near to the
close of the fisoal year.
Tbe figores. however, will oot be
materially different from tbote for tbe
fiscal year 1898, so fsr as tbs eoooty
boards are cnoosrned, but the cost of the
rt-ate board will undoubtedly be very
much iooreassd. In tbis year tbe
to al enet of tbe eoonty bosrds was
$9,724 2'> For tbe ssme yesr tbs
eoei of the State board of oootrol was
#4,890 01. wbieb makes a total of
$14 144 21 as tbe cost of tbs State
aod oouoty boards of oootrol, aod
Lst and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou
rER. s. a, wednes:
which by their abolition would b# turn?
ed lolO the profits of tho dispensary.
I would alto HUgsrst that the law be
??n amended as to brim* violations with
in tho iorlsdiotioo of tho uao?;.ptrAtcfi,
ho that all oases roiflh' bo promptly
and Hummar^'v arijudinuteri.
Soon after 1 came into office I re?
duced the constabulary force nearly
one half, and endeavored as far as I
knew and could secure information to
select men ot character and discre
lion to perform the duties of State
constables As public sentiment
grows in favor of the law, and magis?
trates and other constables and other
officers realize that it is as much their
duty to enforce this law as any other
law, I am satisfied thai the force can
be still further reduced and finally
entirely abolished
During; the past year I issued a
circular letter to all the magistrates
and eherifld of the State, and the
mayors and intendants of the incor
porated oities aod towns, calling
their attention to the fact that the
dispensary law was much a law of
the State as any other law, and also
directing their attention to tbeir duty
to enforoe it just as they would the
statute against larceny or any other
crime, and osking their oid and co
operation in the wise and humane
execution of all laws The responses
were numerous sod unanimous in
expressions of hearty oo operation
8ome of them were fronk enough to
soy thot they bed been, and were,
opposed to the diepenssry Isw, but
manly enoungb to acknowledge it as
a law of the State, and to pledge
their support aod co operation in its
proper enforcement I am satisfied
that this circular has resulted io
good, and that in many of the cities
and towns the local authorities are
doing what they can to apprehend
violators, and that there are fewer
violations of the dispensary law
than of maay other laws now ou the
statute books.
Mr W W. Harris, who is olerk,
and is in charge of this deportment,
ooder my direction, in bio report to
mo says : "There is less oomploint
of the illicit traflfie in liqoor coming
to his office from throughout the
Stoto tbon ever before daring the five
yeoro I hove been connected with
tbio department, and it io very
evident that there io less violation of
the diopoooory low over the entire
State, with the possible excep?
tion of the city of Charleston and two
or three of the counties in the
northwestern portion of the State,
and it is probtble that even in those
sections there has been improvo
ment." I submit herewith a table
showing the comparative cost and
the work done i>y the reduoed num?
ber of constables for the lsst six
months of 1899 and the correspond
ing six months of 1898 It will be
seen that so far as the work done, the
number of seizures is about the same
while there has been a saving for the
six months of 1899 over the same
six months of 1898 of $8,238 60 in
the one item.
1898
Num Total cost
ber Con of Con? No. of
Month stables stabularv seizures
July 52 $3,596 25 97
Aug 63 3 730 27 82
Sep * 56 3 829 96 99
Oct 54 4.140 60 193
Nov. 53 3 841 75 167
Dec 62 4 734 94 244
Total $23,973 77 882
11109.
Num Total cost
ber Con of Con- No. of
Month stables stabulary seizures
July 34 $2,696 35 72
Aug 34 2 6157 27 70
Sept 33 2,58* 47 122
Oct 33 2,587 29 133
Nov 32 2 582 53 109
Deo 32 2,519 08 167
$15 634 89 673
These figures include the cost of
buggy hire, railroad fare for the con
stables and the salary of the clerk to
the governor
1 am glad to be able to state that
during my term of office, with but
one exception, there bos been no
conflict between the constables and
citizens, and in this exception one
coustsble was killed ond another
wounded and oue citizen was killed.
This unfortunate trouble cannot any
more be charged to the dispensary
law than could a similar difficulty in
the enforcement of any other law be
argued against it
The annual report of the State
board of control for the fiscal year
ending December 31, 1899, will be
submitted for your information as
soon as it can be made up As al?
ready stated, the fiscal year ending
so near the assembling of tho legists
ture, it was impossible to obtain in
formation showing the business and
condition in time for my message. I
sm informed, however, that the profits
will be much larger than in any pre
vious year since the enactment of the
dispensary Isw This does not neces
sarily mean that the consumption of
whiskey bos iocressed, but rather it
orgueo that less whiskey bos been
Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's
DAY. JANUARY 17,
I shipped in the Stat^ lor personal use
I and the blind tigers have decteased
l and mucn ol thexprejudice agaist the
dispensary law no longer exists
I have received from the comp?
troller general the following Htate
nient of receipts and rjfsbtirserjieots
on account of the ?pecial State dis?
pensary Bchool fund for 1898-99 :
Received from State dis
peneary, 1898-99 $130,000 00
Disbursed to the several
counties under act
1898 $G7,204 35
Disbursed deficiency sev?
eral counties ander act
1899 $9,338 02
Disbursed surplus sev?
eral counties underact
1899 43,457 53?130,000 00
I am sure that you will be guided
by a wioe discretion and exercise
good business judgment in dealing
wila this Bubject and I trust that
whatever action you may take will
redound to tbe good of the State
An appropriation of $10,000 to erect
monuments to South Carolina troops at
Obiokamauga is recommended.
Tbe work of tbe State Board of
Health is reviewed and a liberal appro
priatioo is reoommeoded.
Tbe prosecution of tbe olaims against
tbe Uoited States government for osp
tured property sold during tbe war is
recommended
- ??aesav^'W?asa??
Suicide of Naval Officer..
Washington, Jan 11 ?Tbe follow
iog cablegram was received at the navy
department today from Admiral Soblcy:
"Montevideo, Jan 11, 1900.
"To tbe Secretary of Navy :
"Lieut Commander F. E Green
committed suicide Wednesday evening.
Arrangements have been made for
burial ashore. A board is ordered to
examine tbe oiroutnsiaooe of the care
and report.'1 ,
No cause is suggested by friends here
and be ban an excellent reoord
Francis E Grceo was boro in
Indiana and was appointed a midship
mao in 1867 He graduated io 1871
When the war broke out be became tbe
executive offioer of tbe Montgomery
He beoame a lieutenant eommaoder io
1899. and was agaio ordered to tbe
Montgomery oo tbe Sooth Atlsotio
station, where be was serving at tbe
time of bis death
Friends Will Not Fight For a
Few Sacks of Flour.
Washington, Jso 11 ?The answer
of tbe British government to Mr.
Choato':- representation respecting the
sdisnres of Ameriosn flour and other
goods oo tbe three vessels Beatrice,
Maebona and Maria baa been received.
Just as the officials of the state depart
ment expected, it amounted to a partial
answer, very satisfactory, as far as it
goes, disposing of tbe character of
come of the goods seized, but oo
finally deciding broadly whether or not
foodstuffs are to be regarded as contra
bind. The British government adopt
cd precisely the point of view regarding
the seised goods that was assumed by
tho state department sod embodied by
Mr Cboate in bis note on the sobjeot
sddiessed to tbe British foreign nffioo.
In brief, Mr Cboate reuorts as fol?
low ?? : That the aoswe/ ' <gbly sit<
is'actory that it 13 1 .oad and liberal in
ternif. The position assumed by the
British government io that food stuff
in tian&it to a hostile destination oin
bo regarded os contraband of war ooly
when tbev are supplies for tbe enemy's
forces It is not sufficient that they
ate capable of being used for the beo
cfit. ot the enemy ; it must be shown
that they are so io fact through tbe if
deftioatieo at thd time of tbe seizure.
Tbe British government does not claim
that any of the American goods on the
German bark Maria, and tbe British
bark Mashooa were contraband of war.
The British government is investigating
the faote in connection with tbe goods
seizau uo the third vessel, the Beatrice.
? i ? i ?i
Russia Showing Her Hand.
Vancouver, B C , Jan 11 ?Tbe di
gest of opiuiooB of tbo principal Chi*
nese and Japsneeo papers as received
todsy by tbe steamer Empress of tbe
Japan, 30 days from Yokohama, in*
dicate that Russia is unmistakably
revealing her intentions in tbe far
east Tbe Chins Gszette saye that,
taking advantage of England's prees
ing engagements in South Africa, tbe
Russian government through its
consul st Ilauki w, has revived its
claim to the Jardine-Mathesou land
making a demand for tbe property in
tbe most peremptory fashion Tbe
Russisn consul claims that tbe qnes
tion of tbe disputed owenrship of the
land has been absolutely decided in
favor of bis government sod be an
nouueed his intention tc take foroible
possession of the property without
further negotiations His actions are
said to have been extremely high?
handed Tbe relations between tbe
British sod Russian residents sre
etrsined to the breaking point
Twenty-six cotton mills wsre built
io Mexioo Isst year.
THE '
1900. New
SAID SHE CHOKED
HIM TO DEATH.
Wife cf McSwam Attaway
Makes Wilds Statements
Concerning His Death.
Tboro seems to be wad circumstaooes
that cluftcr around the receot sudden
death of Rev McSwain Attaway in
Piokens 00 the Sh inst
He died at 2 o'clnok in the morning
and it is said that no one except hie
wife was in the room at the time.
It is known that Mr Attaway and bis
wife were inmates of the asylum several
years ago but they did not remain long
and it was thought that a permanent
euro had been affected. Mrs Attsway
now makes the statement, so it is said,
that sbe choked her busbaod to death
Friends think she is uobalanoed
mentally A coroner's ir quest was
held over the body of Mr Attaway on
account of the self aoousatioo of his
wife The verdict was that "McSwaio
Attaway came to bis death from heart
failure, caused from a fit
Mr Attaway was subject to fits sod
on the night of bis death it is said a
bitter quarrel took place between the
minister and his wife At'he coroner's
inquest no evidence was brought out to
show that any violence had been osed.
Mr Attaway was a member of the
Methodist eonferenoe and is oonoeoted
with one of the best families in the
county ?Anderson Mail
Rev. Mr. Attaway Died
a Manic
Coroner Jones, of Piokeos oouoty,
who was here yesterday, gave an
account of the sad and tragic death of
the Rev A. MoSwaio Attaway, a
prominent young Methodist minister,
who is a brother to the Rev Mr Atta
way, of Traveler's Rest, aod sod of the
R v Joho Attaway, of V? illiamstoo
His death occurred at bit home, six
miles west of Piokeos, oo Thursday,
aod was caused by heart failore soper
iodooed by a violent attack of insanity
It it thought tbtt be lost bis miod by
reason of the death about too days ago
of a eoo. Mrs Attaway is oow also
insane aod is being goarded. Both
have beeo treated io the State Hospital
for the losaoe.
I Mr Alt a way's destb was attended by
barrowiog circumstances. First be
went into the yard aod killed his favor
ite dog by cutting its head off with ao
ax. Next he killed a hog io the same
way Then be went into the bouse
aod lay dowo. Suddenly he was
seised with a spism and jumped out of
bed aod began to destroy the furniture
Then he seized his wife's clothing near
her neck betweeo his teeth. In her
terror sbe told her daughter to kill htm
The daughter had a carving knife in
her hand
"Gst him ?ff," the mother screamed
to the child, frautio with fright, "cut
his throat with the knife ; it it neoes
sary ; if you don't he wilt kill me aod
all of you 99
'Oi, no; mamma" replied the
daughter, exhibiting remarkable oour
age and preseooe of mind ; "(bat
needn't be done. "I'll just cut the
piece of dress loose be has in bis
mouth "
This was done and immediately the
suffering man fell and died.
Mrs Attaway became violently insane
in a short timo The corooer though:
beS', in the o.roumstaoces, to hold ao
inquest A verdiot of doath from *oaf,
ural causes was rendered ?Greenville
News .
--^mmmUWB*- I I ?
Manila, Jan 11?C>1 Bmlard with
tbo Thirty ninth infantry moving io
three columns from Calamba, with two
guns, attacked 10 companies of iosur
gents stroog'.y entrenched on the Santa
Tomas road They resisted stubbornly,
makiog three stands Twenty four
of the rebels were killed ai d 60 prison
ers were taken The Fiiipioos retreat
ed, carrying their wounded toward
Lake Taal. One American was killed
tod two officers were slightly wouoded
Two 6 ioob bronze Spaoish cannon
formerly a part of the defenses at Fort
Sao Felipe, Manila, have been present?
ed to Atlanta to he used at the base of
the monument to be erected to the
memory of the late Lieut Brumby by
the people of Georgia
Victoria, B C , Jan 11 ?Advices
by tbe steamship Empress of Japan tell
of a fieroe storm sweeping tbe Japanese
ooast oo I) c 24, by wbiob 35 junks
were lost while being towed fro i Osaka
ti Kobe and 171 persons perishod. A
tiial wave accompanied tbe storm, by
which 411 lives io all were lost
Rota
Makes the food more del
._aovAL ajatjt sows
IK (je SOUTHRON, Established Jone 13*?s
Series?Vol. XIX. >o. 25
The Same Old Question.
Even Cato and Scipio Dis?
cussed when the Cent- -
unes Began,
la the vear 600 ai d C01 A IT. C,
or Aooo Urbis Couditae?tbat is, af'er
the baildiDg of Rome, or 154 tod 153
B. C, eeys tbe Baitimose Sao, the
question was discussed in Rome whether
600 or 601 was tbe beginning of tbe
seventh oentnry after the founding of
Rome
While, as io oar days, tbe standing
question in the oapital of tbe Romans
was "Quid novi ez Africa ?" (What
is the news from Africa 7) a third war
with tbe Republio of Cartbage seeming
imminent, Cato, tbe elder; Sei pic; the
younger, and other prominent men of
the day, found time for tbe discussion
of the century question and disagreed.
Some bcid tbat 600. others that 601,
was *he first year of the oew century of
old Rome.
I So Caipuroius Pieo, tbe Roman anal
ist, teile us in bis reoords. He alter
I ward, io 148 B C , commanded tbe
Roman legions in Africa against Car?
thage, which, two years later, suo
oumbed to Soipio Afrieaoue, by whom
it was destroyed
i No doubt hardly a oentury passed
I after the times of Charles the Great
I (Charlemagne) in wbiob tbe eenturial
commencement problem did rot agitate
the minds This wss especially the
case in Italy in tbe thirteenth and four?
teenth centuries
I Io the year 1600 there was snob a
I bot discussion on the question in Ger
| msn^ that a medal was struck in oom
| memoration of it. with the German iu
| eoription, which, in Roglieb version, is.
i Oh, wonder of wonders, man counts
?ixteen hundred, and still be ponders
bow old be may be "
Toward tbe end of 1799 the same
dispute arose in ibe Fatherland and tbe
disoossioc was especially hot at Weimar,
at tbat time tbe ocotre of Germao cul?
ture There were two opposing par?
ties, called, r?spectively, tbe 'Ninety
niners" aod *'Hundrcders,,f aooordiog
to their belie?iog either 1799 or 1800
to be tbe last of tbe eighteenth ceotury.
Goethe aod Schiller, as may be seen
from their letters, at first siding with
the "Ninety niners/' finally were con?
verted to join tbe "Hu< dredere," but
oot without first baviog celebrated,
over a bowl of champagne, tbe olosc of
'be eighteenth eeotory or December 31,
1799, and again celebrating in the
same way tbe beginning of the nine?
teenth century on January 1, 1801.
Dearest fr?c^d. i9 there no refoge
To be fciind for liberty aod penct-?
? mm
Advance of tbe Plague.
Washington, Jan 12 ?Tbe state
department, has beeo informed by Mr
Heyward, United S'at?s agent at Hob
ololu. under date of Jao I, that ?igbt
deaths bavo occurred from the bubonic
plague at Hooolo u since the last
telegrsphic report, Dec 26. last, which
announced three deaths from that
cause Mr Heyward also states tbat
the entire city of Honolulu is io quar?
antine.
DYING LIKE SHEEP IN
BOMBAY.
w *
Bombay, Jan 12 ?The number of
deaths here, largely from tbe bubonic
pUguo, jumped up teday from 282 to
376 Tbe normal death rato is 75
PARAGUAY TAKING PRECAU?
TIONS.
Assumption, Paraguay, Jan 12 ?
The health authorities have declared
plague infected all vessels which have
left sospeeted ports witbio ten days
prior to Jao 11.
St John's, N. F.. Jan 13. li.ro
Tbe wrecked ana burning bull in St
Mary's bsy of an unknown two masted
steamer with its crew of probably 60,
aod perhaps some passengers, ail per?
ishing, is one of the worst marioe
disasters io this section for a consider?
able period. There is not the slightest
prospeot that aoy soul aboard esoaped
death, as tbe intense mid winter cold
would kill any who escaped drowning.
Tbe ill fated vessel was of nearly 3,000
tons burden. She weot ssbore before
daybreak Thursday, striking a ledge at
the foot of tbe cliff, where escape was
hopeless. Tbe crew launched tbe
boats, bot probably doriog the paoie
some were oruehed against ber sides,
others being swamped, aod all the
occupants apparently perishing
LBaking
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