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I*HK SUMTER WATCHMAN, established April, 1850. "3e Just and Fear not-Let all toe Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy Grod's tandsTruth's." THE TKLE SODTHKON, Established June 1SGG Consolidated lng. 2,1881 New Series-Yoi. XX. No. IS Puhllshod 2?9T7 Wslussclay, -B? IM". Gr. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS I $1.59 per annum-in advance. ADTESTISBMSK?: Oao Square first insertion.$1 00 Kvery subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wil be made at reduced rates. AU communications which subserve private interests will be charged foras advertiemeDts. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. THE CHINESE NEGOTIATIONS. Believed In Washington That Some European Countries Seek Pretext for Parti? tion Despite Dec? laration. Washington, NOT 20.-The Chinese situation was the main topic ander consideration at today's cabinet meet? ing. The administration is not dis posed to join with the other govern aseste ia making demands apon the Chinese imperial an th orines wbioh the Chinese go verooeo: cannot comply with. So far as oar government is advised, the foreigo ministers at Pekin have not yet agreed upon ail points under discussion Mr Conger bas reported from time to time tbe various proposions ander consideration bat be bas cot yet indicated that the cad is at baud or that anything io the nature of an agreement has been reached which ! is to serve as a basts or negotiation with tbs Chinese authorities. Mr Gor? ger has not however, been beard from for a week. Having passed over the stags of pro j ssrip ion to the Chinese leaders who j were responsible for the Boxor out raged the foreiga ministers are be? lieved now to be engaged with the diffi? cult subjects of i ade cor:': ties ar;d guarantees. The iast Uoited States proposition was in line with with tbe Kassian projeot. to allow The Hague commissioners to adjast the indemnities. It it? believed that this proposition bas never commeoded itself to thc British or the German Governments, and fail? ing snob concurrence of tbe question of indemnity, it is believed thar it will be a most difficult, task for the minister ac Pekin to reach and an agreement on this subject, particularly in view of the existence of a very strong suspicion of the motives of some of these ministers. This apparent difference io tbe erig? oil purpose bstweeo the Uoired States government and some of che other powers has operated to preveo: a settle? ment of the Chinese question op'ou the broad lines laid down in tfce state department's proposition, lt ?3 true that ail of the powers subscribed a more or less reluctant assent to such proposals as look to the prevention of the partition of China and the guar? antee of an "open door*7 to ail coon tries, yet ic begins to appear from the course of the negotiations that either these; promises were oot sincere io all ?asea, or that some of the makers have changed their mind* as to what shall be done for the the presenc io China. It may be stated, however, regardless of tbe embarrassment and delays that follow from the existence of this state of affairs, that the Uoited State? government does oot propose to be drivea out of the concert relative to China at this juncture io the negotia? tion ; for, notwithstanding the wi?b cherished by the administration to free the government from the entanglement* a: the earliest possible moment, and to withdraw our military forces from China, it has been determined definitely that this snail not be done until al! pro j per interests of the United States io Chi D? bave been conserved Negro Drowns a Boy. Macon, Ga-, Nov 21 -A story j reaches here from Dunbar, in Houe I ton county, that Fannie Pa?Boe, a j 16 year old negro girl, has been com nutted to jail at Perry for drowning a j 10-year old son of Joseph Wilder, i colored, on Jae Permeator's planta ! lion She threw two little brothers, aged j b and 10 years, into a 33 foot well j because they would not agree not to tel! about seeing her commit a theft. The elder boy climbed out and j she threw him back and held him nader the water by means of a long pole. The younger one saved himself by ; holding to a piece of curbing - ?m? i i mum - Mr. R. Z Weisb bas road* 400 bushels of qrain on 31 acre3 of land this year. He first sowed tbe field dowo in oats and threshed 300 bushels. He then planted the same field in corn and boosed 10b bushels from it last i week. Mr W, also made some very j fioe sweet potatoes, a sample of which bat been left with tbe editor -Lancas ter Ledger. 1 I FRENCH WELCOME j TO KRUGER. j I Kruger Did Not Arrive at I Marseilles Wednesday as Expected. ? _ Marseilles, Nov 21 -A blonder in the calculation of the time the Geiderland would require between Port Said and Marsilles resulted in the fizzling ont today of the intended demonstration in honor of President Kruger and imperilled the success of the reception tomorrow The French reception committee did not take into account the gale that is sweeping the Mediterranean and the low speed of tbe Geiderland, but allowed all their arrangements to stand. The Geiderland signalled Cape Cepot cff Touloo, at 2 p m and j continued *her voyage to this port j She reported that she was delayed by a slight accident to her machin? ery. The Geiderland cannot arrive here before nightfall, and the former pres ident of the Transvaal will not land j notil tomorrow. The Boer delegates, I victims of the organizing committee, awaited expectantly at their hotel from early morning until the after noon for the arrival of the cruiser For several hours the carriage intend? ed for Mr Kruger remained at the entrance of the hotel, the horses, which were decorated with rosettes of Boer colors, pawing the ground impatiently until the equipage was dismissed Various delegations and societies that had assembled at the landing stage remained through heavy showers until they realized in the non signalling of Geiderland that their presence was fotile They then disbanded Early in the day Dr Leyds sud j Messrs Fischer and Weasels and the j other Boer delegates boarded tbe ! launch of the captain of the port for j the purpose of meeting and boarding j the Geiderland outside the harbor. ! The sea proved too rough, however. j to permit-of their carrying ont their I intention, and they were obliged to I return. I The scene at the dock was very I picturesque Every coign of vantage ! was occupied by sightseers The I landing stage was gaily decorated ! with tue Transvaal and Free State j colors, the French i';-color and . shields bearing the blue cross of the . arms of Marseilles. Marseilles, Nov 22.-Today proved a triumph for Mr Kruger such ?3 even tee B ;er delegates &od bis most ardent admirers failed to anticipate. Tbe de? lirium of enthusiasm which marked every step of bis progress froca the time be ?anded until the hotel was reached was a revelation even to the people of Marselles themse.ves. It folly equalled if it did not surpass tbe frantic demonstrations of patriotism with which France opened her arias to Maj Marohand at Touleo on his return from Fashoda. Mr Kroger was borne on an irresist? ible wave cf enthusiasm from the land ing stage to his hotel The broad treet* and boulevards through which the rou e lay presented a perfeet fea of j human beings, all gathered there j prompted by the unanimous desire to j welcome the aged Boer statesman, j From the moment the white 12 oared I barge left ibe side of the Geiderland ; with Mr Kroger, who appeared to be , in good health sitting in her stem sur : rouoded bv the Boer representatives, ; including Dr Leyds and Messrs Fischer I and Wessel*, a storm of cheering broke j and never ceased until Mr Kruger i entered bis hotel. Even then a va6t ? concourse of people remained in front 'of the building until Mr Kruger appeared ot; the balcony, acknowledg? ing the acclamations of bis thousands of admirers, who continued cheering until thi-y were hoarse with shouting BEING EVERYWHERE AC? CORDED ENTHUSIAS? TIC WELCOME. Dijon. France. Nov 23.-Mr Kru ger has become, for a moment at least, the popular idol of the French. His triumphant progress, northward, through the country from Marseilles to Dijon, has placed this beyond doubt He met with a tremendous reception in each town along the rome where tbe train stopped, culmi? nating in scenes of frenzied enthusi? asm here this evening, calculated to turn the head of any man The population of Marseilles gath ered in thousands to escort him from the railroad station and gave him a ? rousing s^nd ofi", while at Tarasc?n, j Avignon, Valence, Lyons, Macon and ; Dijon, the inhabitants who crovrd^d the railroad stations made the rafters ! i tremble with enthusiastic shouts of j "Vive Kruger" and "Vive les ' Boers " The demonstration was all the more significant because it shows that the perfervid acclamations at ! j Marseilles were not merely an explo j sion of exuberance on the part of the ? warm hearted and excitable populace ! of a eunny ciime, but sentiments ; shared with even greater intensity by the usually lees demonstrative and colder blooded inhabitants of the northern provinces T!ie warmth of the enthusiasm in? creased instead of decreased, as might have reasonably been expected from the difference of the character of the in habitants of the provinces through which Mr Kroger passed, but one of the most important phases of the demonstration was the torn it took in a British direction. The few criminally foolish Englishmen, whose iii timed levity at the Hotel du Lovre in Marseilles exasperated the people in the streets there, never dreamed of the serious consequences of tteir act They sowed the wind and today the English people are reap ng the whirlwind The news of the supposed insult to Mr Kruger seen s to have spread across France, at all stations, but especially at Lyots and Dijon, shouts for the Boers were mingled with loud cries of "'Down with the English " In? deed, at Lyons the denunciations of the English drowned the shouting of the Boers. This is a disturbing fea? ture which is universally discussed. Fear? are expressed that tomorrow's reception in Paris may assume a cbaracte* calculated to arouse the feelirg of Great Britain against France to such an extent as to result in unpleasant relations between the two countries. The warmth of en tbusi.ism reached in Marseilles yes? terday palpably raised the spirits of Mr. Kroger and bis advisers to a high pitch. The faces of Dr Lydes, Mr F sher and others, which, on the eve of tho arrival of Mr Kruger revealed the anxiety felt regarding his reception, were today lighted up with happiness and confidence Evi? dently hope bad revived in ali that his mission to Europe would be crowned with success. mutm ? ? - Hil? Life Wa? Saved. Mr. ? . E* Lilly, a prominent citizen of Han? nibal, Mo., lately bad a wonderful deliverance from a frightful death. In telling of it he says: '.I tra? taken with tvphoid fever that ran into pncaoji nia- My lung* became hardened. I was co weak I couldn't even sit up in bcd. Nothing helped aso* I expected soon to die of Consumption, when I heard of Dr. King's New Discovery. One bottle gave great relief. I continued to use it, and now am well and strong. I can't say too much in its praise.'1 This marvellous medicine is the surest and quickest cure in the world for all throat and iuns trr ub'.e Regular sizes 5') cts and $1.00. Trial bottle free at J F. IV. DeLorme's Drug Store, every bottle guaranteed. 2 HESTER'S COTTON STATE? MENT. New Orleans, Nov. 23 -Secretary Hester's weekly New Orleans cotton exchange statement issued today shows a decrease in the movement into sight compared with the seven days ending this date last year, in round figures, 41,000. For the 84 days of the season that have elapsed the aggregate is ahead of the 84 days of last year 215,000 The amount brought into eight dar? ing: tte past week has been 371,-j 805, against 412,394 for the seven days e.ading November 23 last year The movement since September 1st shows receipts at all United States ports S,<373,825. against 2,768,954 last y ?ar ; overland across the Mis sissippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern mills and Canada, 399,287, agains t 514,836 last year ; interior stocks in excess of those held at the close cf tbe commercial year, 525, 189, against 477,388 last year ; south? ern mill takings, 383,426, againt 395,574 last year. Foreign exports for the week hare been 186,710, against 132,295 last year, The total takings of American ariMs, north and south and Canada, thus far for season have been 986,651 against 1.245,186 last year. These include 596.044 by northern spinners, against 840,279 Stocks at the seaboard and the 23 leading- southern interior centres have increased daring the week 86, 0'38 balee, against an increase dur? ing tbs corresponding period last season of 102.578. and are now 397. 666 smaller than at this date iu 1899 Trouble Witb Turkey. Constantinople, Nov23-The Porte has definitely rejected the request for an exquateurfor a United States con? sul at Elarpool This refusal is re? garded by the United States legation as a direct violation of treaty rights ; ?nd,consequently, despite the refusal. Dr Thomas II Norton, who wae? ap? pointed by President McKinley some time ago, to establish a consulate at ila;pool, bas been directed to pro? ceed tr> ')i? post The ?. cpected visit of the battleship 1 Kentucky to Smyrna is believed to relate qr.ite as much to this matter as ? to the indemnity question Naples,Nov 23-The United States j battleship Kentucky, which arrived here Nov 19, sails tomorrow for Smyrna. j Let the Railroads be Ruled. Commercial Bodies Tired of ac Unenforced Law. St Louis Nov 20.-Dalegrtes repre peoting 37 commerial and industrial organizations, national and local, oalied together to take action looking to the passage of Senate Bill No 1,439, bet? ter known as the Culloa bill, to amend the Inter State commerce law adopted a memorial to Congross today as fol? lows : "To the Senate and House of Representatives of tbs United States, io congress assembled : "Delegates duly appointed by the various commercial and industrial or organizations' assembled in Convention at St Louis, Mo, on tbe 20ch day of November 1900, for the purpose of considering amendments to tbe Inter? state oommeroe law, whereby it may be made more effective io accomplishing the results sought in its original enact? ment, do hereby respectfully but earnestly memorialize your honorable bodies to speedily enact Senate Bili No 1,439, known as the Cullom bill, now on the Calendar of the Senate, believ ing it to be a wise and judioious measure, weil calculated to remedy the defects found to exist in the present law and insure its most complete enforce? ment in the interest of the public with out infringing upon the vested rights and privileges of oommon carriers This is a measure in which the busi? ness interests of the country are more eargdy concerned than to any other that has recently been brought to tba attention of Congresa, and its enact? ment will more directly effect a larger number of citizen* thin any other now pending. The bill has been before the public during the past twelve months and bas been freely discussed io public press, with almost unanimous approval It bas been formally endorsed by nearly all the commercial bodies cf tbe oountry of any character and tbe demand for its immediate en? actment from all sections o? the country seems to be universal. This Conven? tion, therefore, earnestly desires that your honorable bodies will give this measure the precedence to which its im port ance seems to entitle it and afford ?peedy relief to the public from prev<til ing evils in the transportation service of the country, which the present law has proved inadequate to remedy, by the early enactment of the aforesaid b:M." Resolutions were also adopted prov?d that an executive committee of five members be appointed by the 'Chair, with full power to carry out the purposes of the Convention ; that it shall be the duty of this committea to employ a suitable person to take the general direotion of the work of bringing the influence ot the commercial and indus? trial organization of the oountry to bear upoo members of Congress, that he shall also spend such time io Washing too as may seem necessary to accomplish the purpose. The resolutions also recommended that each body repressnted in the con? vention send ooe or more delegates to Washington upon the reassembling of congress to work for enactment of the bill All commer?ai and indus? trial organizations throughout the oountry were invited to unite in this movement President Standard appointed the fol lowing delegates as members of tfee executive committee provided for io the resolutions : E P Bacoo, Milwaukee; C p. Stevbt, St Louis; S H Cowan, Fort Worth, Texas; J E Howard, Wichita, Kansas; R S Lyon, Chicago. On motion Mr Standard was made a member of this committee ex oScio. -? ? ? mmm - THE VALUE OF COTTON CROP. Baltimore, Nov 22.-The south1* cotton crop this year will be worth from $450.000,000 to $500.000,000 against an average of $300,000,000 of late years, an increase of from $150,000, 000 to $200,000,000 Including the seed, the value of the cotton crop will exceed $500,000,300. Elaborating these facts the Manufacturers' Record says : "Southern mill? will consume prob ably 1,750,000 bales against 1,500,000 bales last year. This cotton, whioh will cost southern mills about $75,000. 000 to $80.000,000. will io its manu? factured shape be worth more than $225.000.000, thus adding $150.000, 000 it; the process of manufacture. To >his add an estimate of $100.000. 000 as the value of cotton seed oil, hulls, etc, and it is found toat the co.'foo crop this year will yinid to thc sou-b the foUGwiog : Cc-?ton ao : >cc? $?CO,'v!0O,U00 Added value ot cotton o'anu factored in the south 150.000.000 Naloo of ol' and hulls, csko. etc. for feeding 100.ODO.000 Total $750.000 OOO "Thi-s is one of the macy scores tb;s occ belog worth $750.000.000 forming thc foundation for the south's business etruoture." American Army of Conquest Gen MacArthur Now Com? mands 70,000 Men. Manila, Nov 21.-Gen MacArthur was asked today whether the result of the presidential election in the United btates waa in any way responsible for the rush orders to posh operations against the Filipinos He replied that the result of the electioj was merely coincident with other features of the sitaation. He added that the return of the soldiers and marines from China, with the recruits who had arrived recently, would increase the number of troops to 70 OOO men. The enlarge? ment of the forces, the ending of the rainy season, better roads, improved transportation and the desire to mase the most ef?sieot use of the volunteers before tb.^ir term of service expires in Jane, arc all cootributary to the most active campaign. Concerning the replacing of 35,000 volunteers, Gen MacArthur said he favors the establishment of a standing army of 75,000 men and authorizing the president to increase it to 100,000 men. The general also said he was enlarg? ing the force KU Gen Young's district t3 nearly 7,000 men, that heavy rein? forcements were being sent to Gen Hughes in the Island of Panay, that more troops bad been ordered to south? ern Luzon, and that various column movements bad been planned. The stranding of the ooastiog trans? port Indiana is causing a long delay io reaching a number of the remote coast stations io southern Luzon, which have sabsi8teoce to November only, and will have to depend largely on forging until thc Indiana is floated or another steamer is seoured. The custom warehouses are congest? ed, which is delaying the commerce of Manila. Gen Smith, the collector of the port, at a meeting today of Manila importers, urged the necessity for the removal of the goods The merchant? talk of organising a company for the erection of bonded warehouses. The soldiers and marines who have returned from Cbioa are selling qaaot' tiea of curios looted from the residences of the nobility or wealthy persons at Pekin and Tien Tsin. Many of them aro valuable and ridiculously cheap and a camber of presents of such loot have j been mailed to tho United States for Christmas LORD ROBERTS INJURED Lcodoo, Nov 21.-The Evening Standard in a ?pecia! edition this even? ing says : "Just as we are going to press the news has reached London that Lord Roberts bas been thrown from his horse and received severo ??jaries " The officials of the war office say they are "not in a position to report anything in connection with the rumor ed nocident to Lud Roberta.1' This utterance is interpreted here as giving iodirect support to The Evening Standard's statement. London, Nov 22 -Lord Roberts' ac? eideot ocourred on Sunday last, while he was riding. His horse fell with him, and be was shaken and bruised, but no limbs were broken. As be has since sent dispatches to the war office, it is believed that he is performing his usdal duties, especially as he ha^ not mentioned the accident. Volunteers to be Discharged. Washington, Nov. 21.-Adjutant General Corbin authorizes the state ment that it is the intention of the war department to bring home from the Philippines to the United States every one of the volunteers who cares to come, and discharge them here, on or before the first of July next, when, under the law, the volunteers must be mustered ont It is the expecta? tion and the hope of the war depart ment that the coming congress will, at an early period in its session, enact legislation which will enable the department to replace the present volunteer force by a permanent force of soldiers. In that case, such of the men in the ranks as care to continue in the service will be reenlisted as regulars, and any vacancies that may exist through the muster out of the volunteers will be supplied by origi? nal enlistments in the United States. It is believed that these enlistments can be made in time to replace all the retired Philippine volunteers before the first of the next fiscal year with- j out causing any hiatus. Two Old Women Murdered. I ?Charlotte, N C., 21.-Two old j '.adie?-Violet J Colley, aged 75, and j ber niece. J&no Cath Colley, who lived ? alone in a house on a main thorough fare, riv.? miles frooj Charlotte, were last night murdered, robbed ard thi>ir bodies burned The old ladies were g^nersliy reported to be wealthy. It is known that they had a go^d deal of , money. Tory had lived a retired life ? for years and seldom ventured away i rrom home, not even to the city except ] wheo business compelled a vist. t I Board of Canvassers Has Declared the Vote; The Two Republican Candi? dates for Congress Who are Contesting Were Given Little En? couragement. The State board of canvassers met today in the office of the secretary of state. The members present were Treasurer Timmerman, who presided; Secretary of State Cooper, Attorney General Bellinger, Comptroller Gen? eral Derham and Adjutant General Floyd. Mr. Jesse T Gantt acted as secretary. The board met to declare the vote as cast in the State, and had not there been two contests presented to and beard by them the session would have been merely of a rontine charac? ter, for the oficial vote bas already been tabulated and given in detail to the public through the State The contests were from the first and seventh congressional districts. In the first, W. W. Becket, wbo opposed Col. William Mott and was defeated, protested against the certi? ficate of election beinp: given Col. Elliott. In the seventh N D Dantz ler, colored, made a protest against Dr. StokeB being declared elected-. The grounds upon which thes? de? feated Republican candidates made their contest have already been pub? lished and the whole matter was gone over again today. Beckett was re? presented by John D Edwards, a colored lawyer of Charleston, and Dantzler had as bis attorney Jacob Moorer, a negro lawyer of Orange burg, Congressman Elliott was repre? sented by Mr. William Elliott, Jr, and Congressman Stokes had as bis attorney Mr. 3 H. Moss of Orange burg. The first case beard was the Beckett contest. The same old stock protests were made by Attorney Edwards, which have been beard by the board for several years past. He sa:d that the first ground of protest was that the tickets did not show for what congress Col Elliott was a candidate, and he claimed that it should have appeared that be was a candidate for the fifty-seventh con? gress. He objected on legal grounds io the words "For representative in congress, first district," without the ! addition of the words, "fifty seventh ! congress." He also raised the ques? tion as to the color of tbs tickets, saying that many of them were print ! ed on tinted paper, j 03 being asked to present 002 which I had been voled he said that ce could not do so. but be banded io one whick, he said had been offered voters It ooald not be exactly be discovered what that particular ticket was pat in evi? dence for, because it wa9 white and of" the regulation size Mr Etliott prompt? ly acquiesced in its being put in evi? dence Mr Elliott io his argument was brief and showed that the protest was the regulation one which had been made before, and that the same point bad been decided agaiost by the boar<$ several times before. Tbere was absola ely ao evi?enc? . ! presented to the hoard that there had ! been any fraud or violatioo cf law in j tbe election and the contest was j promptly dismissed. ! In the case of' Dantz-er v. Stokes the j geeneral contention of tbe counsel for j the contestant was 00 the ground of rho i il legality of the election laws of the I Srate,special reference being made to the ! suffrage provisions. Mr Moss replied I briefly, showing incidentally tbsfc the ! election laws were legal and poionog out specifically that no evidence had been presented which showed that qualified electors bod oct bad a fell and free expression of their choice for congressmen in the seventh district. Having no evidence to sustain the contest before it the board dismis'ed it and awarded the certifican of election to Congressman Stokes. Otherwise the board had ootbiog else to do except to receive and verify the tabulated returns which have already been published in detail.-The State, Nov 23. SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN DEAD. LOB don, Nov 22.-Si? Arthur Sulli? van, the musical composer, died of heart failure at 9 o'clock this morning. Sir Arthur Sullivan bad been ailing since be returned from Switzerland, in the middle of September. He caught a chill there and his chest and lungs became affected. He took to bis bed a fortnight ago, but was convalescing and sitting up io his bed laughing and talking jost before be expired. The afternoon papers print long eulogies of fbe deceased - mm ? ? ? * -mmm A Greenville m*n has invented a burglar-proof padlock to wbich he has applied the principles used in combi? nation looks and bc -has made it euch i valable invention that this patent bas commanded large edits from man* ifaoturere. j