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(Dreadful Words For Gov? ernment Employees. "8TAND AND DELIVER I" (High Handed Methods of Repub lican Campaign Managers. IDEM1HD 60 PEE OEHT OF SALARIES 'Otneaboldern Moot Giro Vp or Loa? Tbelr Job? ? ( abaa Scandnl Kol ( ?nlnod to the Poitottec-How the Boer Knvoyi Were Received by Mr. Brynn?Snorsreetlon For n Joint Debate?lourernlng the Open Door la thlaa?The Democratic Lenders. I8peclal Washington Letter.] "Stand and deliver!" was the ominous Kmraand which Paul Clifford and his bber crew used to thunder Into the ?ears of travelers on Ii out) slow heath and In the pleasant lanea of England. ?Stand and deliver!" are the Jrcadful ,worda whispered In the ears of govern? ment employees at Washington and, as for that matter, all over the country, /or there Is no Republican officeholder big enough or small enough to escape the modern highwaymen?the Repub Ucan campaign managers. Rsthbone, Necly ?t Co. steal oo a huge scale in Cuba; the Republican campaign man? agers bold up and aaudbag the defense leva employees here at homo. Civil service rules don't count when a cam pa gn la on?no. not on your life, they don't! Blsckmnllers appear to grow with what they feed on. In 1SS0 oao Jay Hubbeli made his name loathe-1 until It became a hiss and byword by black? mailing employees out of 10 and 20 per cent of tbelr vages In order to raise the slush with which to buy Garfleld's ?lection. The hatred of the American people drovo Hubbeli Into private life, but Hubbeli was timid at the business compared with latter dny Republican i managers, who demand and get 50 per cent! "'Tis true, and pity 'tis 'tis true!"-thnt Is. If the Washington Tost la to be believed, and remember that It la a stanch friend to McKinley. Robborr nad Blnckaaall. Here Is a short extrnct from a two column expose which The Tost makes of a transaction which Involved both robbery of the public and blackmail of the employees: OoogTeas took SSO.OOO out of the treasury Juat before ad)ournmoSt at.d presented It to the em* ployeee of the senate and house. This was in pursuance of sn old established custom?I custom n?or? generous than, creditable?of voting an ga> tr? month's salary to each man or> the capitol pay roll. Nobody has ever seriously contended that there ts any real Justification for thia give? away of the people's money, but both political parties) do it. and it has b<-en done so oftin and eo leaf that .he big annual gift?it I? sVgSSSf Oift?has ceased I ?? provoke more than a feeble and passing protest from even the watchdogs of the treasury. But (his year's presentation to the force of cap? ital employee* has l.ad a seq'.'cl more scandalous than the presentation itself. Congress having lib? erally \oted tSO.OU) in O ? sii i;?? t f sa uric*, the llcpul'llcan eongrvrsiona, committee has stop? ped in and as**** the b*neflciarics on the house roll to give up one naif of the sum they received lor use In the campaign. In other words, an >??? ?art has been made to utilise bo pt-r rent of a large appropriation of public money as a ni clous of a fund needed by the c>ni;re*juoP"'. committee to aid in the election of KcpuKicatis to the I'ifty orveoth congress. A failure to rvfpond freely by the employcea has BtSVSBSSt] the complete con ?ummation of this remarkable project, but it is no fault Of the rongrvsiiional committee th it it tailed to get hold of a considerable share of the SSO.OSO ao generously donated. There was a teilet that Slo.OQO at least would be foluntarily eur readered. but It ts understood that less than hslf of this ajBOuot srlU be realized. Glvo 1 p or Got Out. IIow do the taxpayers of the land like to have $80.000 of their money pre? sented In one gob to a Job lot of Repub? lican ottlceliolders and then have the officeholders plundered of one-half of It to bold the freclwotlng administra? tion In power for four years more? It's a pity that a resolute prosecuting at? torney does not get hold of the black? mailers atid send them to the psSJsttSSV tlsry! We hud to pass n new extradi? tion law In order to get Rnthbone und Neely back here from Cuba, but these blackmailers nre carrying on their ne? farious operations In the full light of day at the Raleigh hotel, on Pennsyl? vania avenue, in the nation's capital. We are told that r*. F. Schr?der, w)io Is doing this precious business for the Reptibliean congressional committee, assures a startled public that no coer? cion Is used. Oh. no! Perish the thought' Hut there Is not an employee who res|K?nds to Schroder's Invitation to wnlk Into his parlor at the Raleigh who does rv>t know that If he refuses to come down with the dust to the tune of 50 per cent of bis salary he will lose his official head. Ho rather than give up his Job he whacks up. Schr?der has been caught In the act and In history will Join Jay IlubbelU of odoriferous memory, but no doubt tbere are others at work In every de? partment of the government, busy as beea bleeding the employees In order to re elect this administration of puri? ty, sweetness and light. Assassination In Kentucky, blackmail In Washing? ton, plain but colossal stealing In Cuba, ere toe starters In a campaign destin? ed to be the corruptcst In the history of the republic. All deceit* * dk will l>e compelled to bold their no.> s long be? fore the frost of November nips the Republicans on election dny. l ike Snnqan's CJhrtet. The Cuban scandal*, like the ghost of tbo late lamented Itan<|iio. will not si jwn. The stench Is so strong that even s >me of the McK.idey orgnns are com? pelled to give a lusty and far resound? ing snort occasionally to keep from bursting. For example, that perfervld McKinley shooter, the Indianapolis Newa, bee a Iis vans correspondent who, among many other warm things, ears: j It wen? a Utile unfair that the department ot posti In Cuba should be made the scapegoat for all I I the corruption on the island's administration { when it is well known in Havana that the postal I irregularities and defalcations tN hut a bagatelle I tn comparison with Mio ?tupondous frauds that I bave t'ocn perpetrated and judiciously covered up I In this city alone, to say nothing of suburban I military railroads, etc. Havana has always had I the reputation of being a warm place, hut if the I political pot continues to boil over much more it I will toon he pronounced too Itot for comfort. The military muddle is getting thicker than I ever, (ieneral Adna It. Chaffee, late chief of I atari, got away Just in time, Before leaving he remarked to a friend: "We all knew it would I have to come, and I thought the sooner the bet ter, but those tem'.r toes up there in Washington I wanted the cyclone staved off till after election. I 'Keep quiet down there or tlx- Democrats will I ratch on. and then the devil will be to pay.' So I we kept quiet until some jay squealed to congress, and theo?well, now the fat Is in the tire, and no 1 body know* who stole the fish." I For many months?in fact, since January?the military authorities tn Cuba knew of the gross I extravagance, the criminal carelessness and the I glaring inaccuracies,, not to use stronger terms, I that existed In the department of posts, but they I atso knew of tin amar.ing rottenness of the city government, which waa under military jurisdio I tion and for which army officials li Cuba were re? sponsible, snd they hesi atesj to stir up auch a cesspool ot corruption, realizing that all the vir? tues ot the $125,000 electrozone plant and other I disinfecting fakes would not be sufficient to de? odorize Daws' doings, let alone purify tho city I expense account. Besides, the constant admonitions from the I White House?"Keep Cuba out of politics"?could I not be Ignored, to the military authorities in con I trol followed as long as possible the advice of tho late Colonel Ingersoll. "Never look for what you I don't want to find," and were happy. On the Stool of Repentance. Now, mark you, The News has been a atancb supporter of the McUanna administration. But rats desert a sink log ship. The same correspondent gets off this startling paragraph for the amazement of a gaping world: I The real facts are that the present admlnistra I tion lacks the foresight to discover, the courage I to denounce and the ability to bring to Justice I the real thieves a*?J political parasites, both civil I and military, that bave disgraced our occupation I ot the Island. Whereupon the agile editor of The I News, determined not to be caught as the snip goes down, makes a brave leap for the shore, remarking on the way thrtugh the air: i Bui the p. M)!e will not have it to. They will I insist on knowing the worst in order that the I proper remedy may be applied. Tho president I cannot afford, no matter how completely some of I his friends may be involved, to ignore this mat I ler. and we cannot believe that L '.11. When I the whisky ring *< andals touched tne most 'inti I mate friends ot QsSSSfil Grant, the members of I his own official household, he said, "Let no guilty I man escape." Here is a precedent for President McKinley. j Evidently The News is on the stool of rcpetunnce, and it may seem ungra? cious to Jog its memory with unpleas? ant tilings, but the fact is that, not? withstanding General Grant's tine epi? gram, several guilty men did escape, among them his military secretary. General Hancock, and at tho ensuing election the Democrats swept the coun? try, electing Samuel J. Tilden presl lent by n popular majority of a quar? ter of a million nod by a substantial majority of the electoral college. Two Picture*. It will bo remembered that when the envoys of the two bravo little South African republics presented themselves at Washington to seek tho sympathy of the greatest republic uudcr the sun in their heroic but unequal death struggle with the vastest monarchy upon the face of the earth, the admin? istration, headed by President McKin? ley, gave them the cold shoulder and the marble hand. Mr. McKinley and his premier. Colonel John Hay, receiv? ed 'them as private citizens only and turned them away empty handed. Gaze first on that picture of heartless BjsjM and then on this of American cordiality. When an ovation was given these same envoys at Omaha, William J. Bryan ffSj the chief orator. During his speech, which was American throughout, he uttered these noble words, which thrill the heart like strains of martial music: 1 trust the day will never come when a nation fighting for liberty will look in vain to the American people for sympathy and aid. These envoys have honored us by coming to teek our sympathy, giving us as Americans the opportunity to assist them to gain that liberty which is so dear to us. It is to our honor tlut the Boers have come to us to receive our sympathy. It is hard to under atand the feelings of the man who haa sympathy for the'Boer cause, but who is concealing it for political reasons. When a young roan, 1 Iteard a very able sermon which haa always clung by me on the text. "As he thinketh, so he is." Why should any American citizen who feels for the Boer fail to express himself as auch? 1 do not See how one can do other than to choose the cause ot the two republics in preference to that of a monarchy. Essence of Amcrleanlsm, Those words were fitly spoken and nre like apples of gold in pictures of silver. I humbly and fervently thank Almighty God that America is still able to nurture I man such as Bryan. His career demonstrates that the breed of men who formed this republic has not run out. "1 do not see how one can do other than to choose the cause of the two republics in preference to that of a monarchy." That is a simple statement. It contains the very es? sence of Americanism. Two years ago to those words and to that sentiment there would not have l>een a dissent? ing voice In all this broad land; now official America?Murk Hanna \meri cs?dissents toto endo. 1 doubt If any other nation since the morning stars I first sang together for Joy has traveled the r >nd from republic to empire as faat as has America in the last IS months. Which represents most truly the great body of the people In this Boer matter ? Bryau or McKinley? There can be but one answer. Reran nod McKinley. My more or less esteemed and always amusing contemporary, the St. Louis CRol>c-Dcmocrat. suggests that a Joint leimte between William J. Bryan and Theodore Itooscvclt would be a fetch? ing performance. Teddy's friends ought to have The (I. D. urrested under the statute ag?ilti*t cruelty to animal*. The G.-D. otn;ht to suggest somebody of Bryan's alze. or. falling that, whh li Is Impossible, somebody who measures up somewhere to his intellectual stat? ure. He Is easily the greatest living orator, perhsps the greatest that ever lived, itoosevelt would have about as much chance with him In an oratorical slugging mnteh mh Terence McGovcru would have had with John Lawrence Sullivan when "Sully" was In his prime. I have not eeeo Brvau since Anril. and am no more authorized to speak for him than is any other Democrat In good standing, but if The G.-l>. is really hankering for a joint debate in which Brjan shall figure 1 can suggest one which Will add to the gayety of na? tions. Let William McKinley and Wil? liam .1. Bryan have one Joint discussion in each of the 45 states of the Union! I am absolutely certain that Bryan will accept. Can The G.-D. bring William of Canton to the scratch? 1 trow not, and why not? Because The G.-D. knows full well that McKinley can't hold a candle to Bryau In a full and com? prehensive discussion of the issues now before the American people. I feel so certain that Bryan and Democrats generally would favor a discussion between the presi? dential candidates that, while I am not authorized to speak for the Democratic natloual committee, and while that committee Is not burdened with funds, I feel perfectly safe in say? ing that rather than not have these 45 debates between Bryan and McKinley the Democrats will defray the entire cxpeuse of the performance. If we can't get the necessary money any other way, we will raise it by popular Democratic subscription. The poorest Democrat in the land would be willing to contribute his mite in order to see the peerless Nebraskan thump the present occupant of the White House. This Bryan-McKiuley oratorical scrapping match would attract more attention than any debate that ever took place on earth, and The G.-D. will miss the greatest opportunity of its career if it fails to join me in the ef? fort to pull it off. The Open Door In China. A recent declaration by a high Ue publicau official at Washington recalls the famous lines which Bret Harte puts into the mouth of Truthful James: Do 1 slrop? Do I dream? Do 1 wonder and doubt ? Are thing* whet they seem, Or are vbious about? It our civilization a failure, Or is the Caucasian placed out? The aforesaid declaration of the high Republican ollicial is, in words and figures, as follows?to wit: "The so called guarantees relative to the 'open door' in China are not worth the paper they are written on." Jupiter Olympus! What are we com? ing to? For many moons we have been told, with frequent and monot? onous Itei on, that the achievement of the "open door'' was of itself alone amply sutlieicnt to secure an immor? tality of glory for this Republican ad? ministration. At the annual banquet of the merchants and manufacturers of Baltimore last spring I heard my brilliant and expansive friend, Hon. Charles Emory Smith, postmaster gen? eral of the United States, laud it to the skies as the sum mum bouuin of all diplomacy aud In a rhapsody of iridescent rhetoric place William Mc? Kinley and Mr. Secretary of State John Hay on the pinnacle of fame for having negotiated it. General Smith is a handsome man, a prepossessing gen? tleman, an artist In the use of word ;, and he enthused his audience and car? ried it off its feet, or, rather, out of its scats on to its feet, as lie pictured in gorgeous colors how we were, one and all. to be made rieh beyond the dreams of avarice by reason of the "open door" policy. 1 confess that 1 was so wrought upon by his flights of imagination and eloquence that 1 began In my mind to figure out the date when 1 could quit practicing law and lecturing aud go to living in clover on my part of the divvy of the Illimitable wealth to come to us through this much vaunted "open door." 1 lived iu ecstasy for weeks afterward. Now comes toll cold blood? ed, heartless, uuimaginatlve, matter of fact "high Republican official" at Washington and pulls the underpin? ning out from under General Smith's air castles In China as ruthlessly as blind Samsou pulled down the temple by pulling down the pillars that held It up. I feel a sad sense of personal bereavement as 1 see my Individual portion of wealth through the "open door" receding In the dim distance. And so "the guarantees of the 'open door' are not worth the paper on which they are written?" Too bad! One by one the roses fall. "The high Republicau official" who ruined Gen? eral Smith's speech and blasted my hopes ought to be prosecuted for lese majesty. The Ticket. It is useless to say that Bryan's nom? ination is n strong and i>opular one. Also the platform is strong and popu? lar. It Is generally conceded that the nomination of Adlai K. Stevenson for vice president strengthens the ticket greatly in that section of the country where It most needs strengthening. A conservative estimate of what would happen were the election held today Is that the Democrats would carry Kentucky, Indiana. New York and Delaware, thereby electing Bryan, and by a haudsorne majority, and. as the tendency is constantly In our favor, he may sweep other states which voted agaiust him In 1800. S|inrro?v CnrrltTN. A man in Uc*orglu some time ago OJtnght sonn- sparrows and trained them so that he can open their cage and they will fly back again without any other Inducement than the love of their hone'. This trainer watched the birds carefully and made up his otlnd that spatn?ws could lie trained to do the work of carrier plgeotni and that, an they were smaller, they would be more valuable In ease of w ar. He gave OH? of his sparrows to a friend who was going a distance of 150 miles and told him to free the bird when he had reached the end of his Journey and at the same time to telegraph him when he did SO. The bird reached homo and went directly to Its cage, making the journey in a little over an hour and u half. From Lieuccnan S. Carson. dipt. K. Scott Carson, father of Lieu tenant Ii. S. Carson, has receiv? ed from him the following letter which wo are permitted t?? publish: Bnroute from Manila to Masbate on board l\ S. A. T. Indiana, May 1, 1900. My dear father:?We left Manila on 21st ult., en route to the islands of Marindugue, Ticao, and Masbate. We left the bay of Manila on the Indiana, accompanied by the Hele? na, Villebois and the Baltimore. We carried the 1st Battalion, Col. Hardin, his stab!, and Maj. Case went with us. Our trip was to capture, and occupy these islands. We took Marlndugue with little resistance the enemy Hying before us, scarcely in sight. Boac was the first city we readied. It has a population of 111,000 people. There are several cities on it. Santa Cruz, the next largest, has 14,000. The island has 48,000 people on it. Companies B. and C. landed and inarched up through the jungle to the city, Boac, the capital. They had some fine trenches, and about 200 Mausers, but they did not have the grit to face us. The tcwn and country was completely devastated; excepting chickens, hogs and empty houses, there was no other sign of the in? habitants; every thing fled before us. We tried to get them to return after we got in town, but having been once badly treated by the Span? iards, they mistrusted us. We made an erTort to get the colonel of the insurrectos to surrender, but he refused and was allowed to return after his interview with our colonel. He was sent for, for an interview. We inarched across the island 24 miles to Santa Cruz, expecting to meet with resistance, but saw about 12 people in the whole trip. Every? thing had fled to the mountains. Our trip the first half was a very hard one. We crossed a small river about 24 times within a distance of 5 miles. We' bivouaced on top of one of them. We were all wet and had to sleep or sit up on the ground. It was impossible to carry blanket rolls. The men could not stand it. As it was, several gave out and had to be helped along. It was about as hot a day as that was you saw at the review at Chattanooga. We readied Santa Cruz on the other side of Marindugue about S.00 a. in., the next day, but as usual, everything had departed and the town was comparatively empty. Plenty of White Hags were out. We rescued two Spanish priests who had been captives for two years. They wore certainly glad to get away. We left Santa Cruz the same day and joined the boats which had been sent up the buy for us from the Indiana; the latter went around the island to meet it and shell tiie town if they resisted. They had some fine breast? works but no one was in them. I got tome nice curios to bring back. While on our trip to Bosc I got a fellow's gun, and cartridge box tullof cartridges. It is in line order. I think the fellow was too hotly pur? sued and dropped it. No one was wounded in this capture. We are now on our way to Masbate. We will get there in the morning, aud will land. They have entrench? ments on the shore there too. I un? derstand, but I guess they will be empty as usual. The insurrectos have a powder manufacturing estab? lishment on this Island? 1 und erst and. We expect some resistance, but don't thinu this will be much. 1 have been appointed Captain of the Port, Inspector of Customs, and Internal He venue Collector by Col. Hardin, for Masbate. Maj. Case, knowing that I had been appointed, called me in his state room und ask me would I be his quartermaster and commissary. This is quite a lot to do, but I considered it a compliment, and said, "Yes." I have a clerk, interpreter, and will get a caramot ta if 1 need it. I will be excused from all duties with my company except when there is a "scrap," and then I will be allowed to go into it. Most of the otHcerB of ports newly opened over here are filled with offi? cers of the army. I will stop now, will finish before the Baltimore re? turns to Manila. May 2, liKX).?We arrived in this bay early this morning and saw in the trenches and fort along the water front about 200 armed insurrectos. The Helena was in the bay and cleared for action. We boarded sma'l boats and as w? were going to make flank attack, the Helena let go and shelled the fort, tearing it to pieces. They stayed in their trench? es and as we landed they gave us a volley and scooted ; noons on our side was hurt. We got a few of them and captured several prisoners. They can get through the jungle like a rat in his hole. I took 30 men and fol? lowed them about ', nfile through the jungle but could only get a glimpse of them, when we let them have it. The attack while we were going up to the bay by the Helena with her rapid (Ire guns and our at? tack was simply grand. They left aud are said to be at the capital about 5 miles away. As soon as we are done unloading, we will take that town. It is said that all of the insurrectos have assem? bled on this island?Masbate. They are at Moba, the capital, and I guess prepared for us. If they run like they did to-day, we will make a short order of them, ?o, B. captured two small brass cannons. We expect to present the Indiana with one of them. The insurgents here are arm? ed with Remingtons and they use brass tip cartridges. I suppose these are some of tii" guns Dewey placed in the hands of the insurgents before the latter turned against us. Along tin' water front are some film warehouses used by Spanish people, but who now live in Manila. I have one large one for my (J. M. and Com. stores. The residence is quite flne. Headquarters will oc-' copy this. I have my offices in it. Well, we will get through unload? ing in about two days. We will likely go up to the capital to-mor? row.* Wo want to give them time to prepare for us. There won't be much left of them when we get through with them. We have two Nordenfelt guns which we may use. Weil. I will close for to-night and will finish after the battle is over. Good night. May 7th, 1900.?The colonel of the iiiKtirrectos, well-dressed came in to see Col. Hardin on 3rd inst. He had heard of the proposed attack. Of course ho came under a flag of truce. Considerable time was spent in con? sidering the matter. The Ineurrec? tos Colonel said he was willing to surrender, but the men were not, and that before they would bring in their arms, they would have to hear from 15 Presidents of various barrios. They wanted 16 days for this, as the island was quite large. The Gov? ernor came with him. They are just the slickest diplomats, you ever saw. Military men, I mean professional? ly, make poor diplomats. At the end of 15days we will be just 15 days behind time. They have no idea of surrendering, and it will be impossi? ble to get 15 Filipinos to agree to anything. They have about 300 well armed men up at Moba, but they are poor shots and don't amount to much. They are very scared of the gunboat, Helena. It transpired the other day during the conference, that these Filipinos knew the day we left Manila, and the object of our trip. It is aston? ishing how quick they get the news. They have a fine code of signals. They burn signal lights on: the mountains at night. We see them. We are anxiously awaiting these 15 days to be out. when the capital will be ours. It seems that all the insurrectOB have assembled over here. In Luzon they are pretty well sub? dued. There are so many islands it will take quite a number of soldiers to hold and garrison all of them, which will be required. We are occupying all the ware? houses along the water front. They are owned by Spaniards, who have deserted them and who live in Ma? nila. I guess they will come back now. We live in one fine dwelling rijriiton the bay. The tide here rises about 7 feet and comes right up to the back steps. It is pretty hot here during the day and at nights when it is still, but soon the breeze springs up at d we feel very cool and nice. "Will somebody please set a stand? ard for the spelling of Chinese names ; For instance we see it : Chefoo, Chee Foo, Cheefo, Che Fa and Che Foo ; sod TsuDgiiysmen, Tcung Li Yamen, Tsuog It Yamen ; Prince Cbir.g, Cheng Ch'iog. These a*o only a few samples o the endless variations of those celes? tial tongue-twisters."?Raleigh Post There cai and will be no common standard until the learned men of the world gives us an International Diction? ary of Geographic Names and it is accepted as authority in the effices of all editors and publishers. Io the case of a language whose written characters d tier from ours each original writer on the country attempts to indicate the sounds of words by meios of his owo alphabet. He sorxcitmes misses, some? times hits ; but whether be misses or bits bo usually rjpreeents the sounds by a combination of letters differing from other combinations. The long e sound is variously represented by e, ee, and i; the 6ouod by u, by oo, by c. ee, and i; (be sound of u by u, by go, by o, by uh ; syllables are joined or disjoin od, or hyphenaicd. So it goss ?The State. R^v Dr. J 13. Shearer, president of Davidson college, has secured pro? perty at Fayettcville, aud will establish a high school a? s preparatory feeder to Daeioson. Most cf the better col legos bave feeders now Randdph Macon coiiegc the excellent Meihodist Virginia college has two great feedcrp, one costing ?80,000 sod the other 885,000. One is at Bedford City and the other at Front Royal?Wiiming? too Messenger. The eultivatioo of the sugar bset atill interests Americans as well as Europeans. In 1889 Germany bad 1.090.521 seres. Franoe G85 391 aeres, Russia 1,356,075 aores, Bel? gium 170,028 acres. Hollaod 112,878 aores, Sweden 71,271 aores and Deo mark 34,594 acres What the figures are for this country we are not able to give. But a great deal of beet sugar is produced io some of the western states. William E Curtis, writing to the Chicago Record, says: "Senator Tillman exercised a great influence in the convention, and now ranks second in importance to Jones among the Democratic leaders He will take an active part in the man? agement of the campaign and spend most of tho summer and fall at Chi? cago No man in cither party has advanced so rapidly in prominence of late years as Mr Tillman When be came to the senate four years ago he had only a local reputation, aud that chiefly as the author of the dis? pensary law in South Carolina, but be is now s fullfledged public cbsrac ter, whose name aud influence are known and felt in every etate of the unfou " The Chinese residents of Berlio have kept carefully under oover tioce the news of Baron voo Kettleler's murder was oonfirmed. They have adopted European attire, eveo sacrificing their pigtails, end are proouriog wigs Tho Chinese minister is said to be frighten? ed worst of all. He is reported to be sick abed. Within the next twenty days an? other brave South Carolina soldier will be fightingp uon Chinese soil An order was recently ieeued moving one of tho companies of the 7th infantry, of which Lieut Ben Tillman, Jr , is ranking lieutenant, from Alaska to China He is a son of George D Tillman - ?^mmm> ???? -mmm^? - The fact is, ss (he New Orleans Times Democrat puts it, the Repub licsus have no Philippine policy and do not know what to do They very likely meditate a colonial empire, the overthrow of constitutions! liberty and a new era of steeling, but fear to say so in their platform tk? ff ? Vif vi J? ff 0> ii ff ^ ii 0? vli w ff ? i; *L ff ff ff ff 1 Three Papers a Week | s i i 9 FOR ABOUT THE PRICE OP ONE. ! 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Call on me, at my residence, Liberty Street, for both Life and Fire Insu? rance. Only reliable Companies rep? resented. Phone No. 130. Andrena ifloses. Oct25-o. South Camlna and Georgia El? ten R. R. Company. Schedule No. 4?Io effect 12.01 a. m , Sun? day, December 24, 1899. Between Camden S. C, and Blacksburg, S. C WEST. EAST. 2d cl 1st cl *35 *33 Eastern time. 1st cl 2d c ?32 ?34 p m p in STATIONS. p m pa 8 20 12 50 Camdon 12 25 6 3: 8 60 1 15 Dekalb 11 02 4 bZ 9 20 1 27 Westville 11 50 4 2Z 10 ?0 1 40 Kerehaw 11 35 4 1c 11 20 2 10 Heatb Springs 11 20 3 15 11 35 2 15 Pleasant Hill 11 15 3 0C 12 30 2 35 Lancaster 10 55 2 25 1C0 2 fO Riverside 10 40 1 00 1 20 3 00 Springdell 10 30 12 4c 2 30 3 10 Catawba Junction 10 20 12 M 2 50 3 20 Ltelie 10 iO 11 0C 3 10 3 40 Rock Bill 10 00 10 40 4 10 3 55 New Port 9 35 8 2C 4 45 4 02 Tirzab 9 30 8 CC 6 30 4 20 Yorkville 9 15 7 30 6 00 4 35 Sharon 9 00 6 5c 6 25 4 CO Hickory Grote 8 45 SM 6 35 5 00 Smyrna 8 35 6 00 7 00 5 20 Blacksbarg; 8 15 IM pmpm a m a ai Between Blaokeborg, S. C, aod Marion, N. C WEST. EAST 2d cl let cl ?11 *33 Ehelern time. lot cl 2d c ?32 ?12 a m 8 10 8 30 8 40 9 20 iO 00 10 10 10 25 10 50 11 15 11 35 11 45 12 05 12 25 12 50 p m m 30 45 50 00 M 2o 38 55 10 35 40 5? 7 7 8 15 p m STATIONS. Blackcburg Earls Patterson Soriogt Shelby Lattimoro Moorr?boro Htotistia Forest City Rutherfordton Millwood Golden Valley Thermal City Glenwood Marion a m 7 48 7 32 7 25 7 15 G 55 6 48 38 20 05 65 40 37 17 00 p tu 6 40 6 20 12 CO 50 40 30 a m 3 5C 3 05 2 6C 2 4!* 1 20 2 O -O p m West. GatToey Division. let Claee. 15 I 13 EASTERN TIME. STATIONS. East 1st Cles* 14 I 16 p m I 00 1 20 1 40 p m a m 6 00 6 20 6 40 a tr Blackebnrg Cherokee Falls Gaffney a m 7 50 7 30 7 10 a m p u. 3 M 2 10 '2 2C p m ?Dany eicept Sunday. Train No 32 leaving Marion, N C, at 5 a m, making close connection at Blarksburg, B C, with the Southern'* train No 36 for Char? lotte, N C, and all point* East and connecting with the Southern'* vestibule going to Atlanta. Ga, and all point* Weet, und will receive pas? set gere. going Kart from train No 10. on the C A N W K K, at Yorkville, S C, at 8 45 a in. connects at Camden, S O, with the Southern <* train No 78. arriving in Charleston, 8 17 p no Train No 84 with pnornger coach attached leaving Blacksburg at 5 80 a ni, and connecting at Rock Hill with the Southern's Florida tra: = f<>r ill points South, Train No IS leaving Camden, S C. ?t 12.5^ p in, aftftf the arrival of the Southern's Cha leston tr:iin connects Rt Lancaster, S C, wtti the 1. A OK R, at Catiiwba Junction with Iba i A L. going Fa t, at Rock Hill, S C, wi? the Southern's trail, No 84. for Charlotte, N P, and all points ??st. t'tnnects at York? ville. S C, with trai. No 9 cn the C ? N IK R R, tor Chester, B C. At Blacksbutg with the Southern's vestibule going Fast, and the South? ern'* tiain No 35 going Waes, and connecting at Marion NC with the Soulhern bota Fast ana Wast, SAMUEL HUNT, President. A. TRIPP, Superintendent. 8.B. LUMPKIN, Gao'i Passenger Ag-nt