The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 19, 1900, Image 7
AMICABLY CHOSEE.
Cnildish Bahavior of Gen
Cna?ea and Count Von
Watdersee.
Barlio, Dae ll -Tbe German for?
eign offiice authorize the Associated ,
Pres to masa the following statement j
regarding tbs Waidersee CbafFee ioci |
dent, based apoo a cable dispatch just j
received from Field Marshal Count von |
Waidersee :
"Geo Chaffie wrore Feld Marshal
Count von Waidersee a letter in a j
rough tone. Field Marshal Count von |
Waldersc refused to receive ic, return- j
ing the same to Gea Chaffes The j
latter then vrrote a s?coad tatter apoio- j
giztog for his objectionable expressions, j
whereupon Field Marshal ceu-.t von i
Waldersee invited Geo Cbaffee r? j
breakfast and tba incident was amicaby i
closed." i
GEN CHAFFER'S EXPLANATION j
Washington, Dee ll.-The war de |
partmeo; b&3 received a report from j
Gen Charlee of the Wa?darsee incident i
It appears rbac Gen Cnafne did use j
some pretty vigorous language in pro ?
testing against the tbieviug and iootiog j
of ibo foreign troop What p^ricular- I
ly hart the feelings of Waidersee was
a poi ni ed reference by Gen Chaffee to j
the fact that this disgraceful and no
military p-^crice cf looking was being j
indulged in by the iate comers who j
had borne none cf tb^ btuoc of con?ict
and bard-h::;
Is Souil) Carolina
& i
to Lase a Member ? \
Th9 C?Q?US Committee of:
Congress Says So
W&sh-ogrcr. Dec 14 -Chairman'
Hopkins : * ih-.-, house comi?ictee on
census ii ..'.MV cali? ? a 'v "-*:::;; o' tba:
ComrJi?tri:-: ; ;.r ni r : r- night to coo
sider rho question of r- -.?; ." i'O'Q'saen.: o: j
tho rep?c*e.ss??iea of S.*3.?S-? io tba ?
house
Mr P>nk:-"^ . *.'.; :- ">'..""' d 'i rear:
p<?rt:o:?:i3i :;t b:il ?j-ko^ rho house :
t C'j CG;.:n iu- are :
Losses, ' ne < acb Ind a tvetstticky, ;
Ma;ap. Xcbrask .-, Oblo, Soatb Cs.'i
lisav Virginia
Ga:^~. -se r a.ih- J, ;oi - ia-,a, M tc rr; -
sota. N-v? Jersey, Nsw iork, West
Virgica. Tes ts, 2
Representative Brosius of Peoosyj
vanta today introduced a r?solution for
a constitutional amendaient designed to
permanently fix the house rtembererhip
at 356, the presjnt number
KR?GER TURNED
DOWN IN HOLLAND.
Tb.fi DUTCH GOVERN?
MENT MUST REMAIN
PASSIVE
The Hague, D.>o ll -Th? Dutch
government today fiaaiiy and definitely
refused to take the initiative in behalf
of arbitraron between the Transvaal
and Great Britain.
The decision of the government wag ]
communicated in an interview between
Mr Kruger and Dr L?yd3 OL the one
?ide and the Dutch foreign minister and
the ministter of finance, N. G. Pierson
>n the other
Mr Kruger explained, that the object
of his journey was to disseminate the
?Gea of arbi?ra?ioo, aud the Datoh min?
isters replied that the role cf the
NV.ueriands mu*t be passive The ni
ttio.tive belonged to the great powers.
?hey added When the powers had
reached a decision the Datch govern?
ment might see what it ooold do
A serenade of Mr Kruger by the
scholars fixed for tonight has been pro?
hibited by the police for fear of a d:^
turoanco.
Volunteers lo be Mustered
Out.
Washington, Dec 14 -The secre?
tary of war has cabled instructions
to Maj. Gen. MacArthur ai Maniia to
begin the work of returning the
volunteer troops from the Jr/hilip .
pices in order to permit of their die
charge in this country by the 30th of
June next
This action han been taken io anti?
cipation of the authorization by con
gieps o? the enlistment of the regular 1
regiriie;;?s to ?eplaoc the re called
troops Plans for the organization
>..'= th? proposed new regiments haw
be*jri perfected a; the wai department
and coc?o?e?e arrunge m er: ts roadr* ? >r
t?:eir speedy recruitment ;?:;.? eqaip
Actioti ;:; matter awaits only
i!. -ii )\ l?i '.j ? ?". it 'S l?0^)
ed by secretary ot war and th*?
[?ii?tarj auihoritie^ that the bili foi
reorganization of the army now
:> fore senate will beei me a ?w
n rec*t->r tr:
aol i? ? .. on the 21st :?.si. ine a
cords o? the department ai: t?:i:(j ti:
sh . sv th a! cn?y a small p reeotage t I
loe State 11 p-^ arc iiki ly t<; serve
beyond their present term <>? enlist
meut
Christmas cards, caieodsiy, :..;? !<.>. s, uri j
ed? i >r.s ol fatuous poets* in gr? ?c. v <r?- ?* ?od ;
exquisite designs ar ti. G O?teen ? Ci/s , i
cook store ,
I CHINESE WILL AGREE.
I To Ten Principa! Demands of
the Foreign Powers
i
i
j Tieo Teio. l)<-c 14.-Aoco.-dio?' ro
I creditable Chines ; sources of informa
I Emperor Kwaog Sa wiii sg.'eri ro toe
j following 10 demands- of the powers :
I 1. Indemnity to the amount of seven
buodred mii?Dn tales, payable within
60 years, and guaranteed ny ibo iifcin
1. The erec iou io Pekin of a sulta?
n's mooumeot to tbe memory of Baron
von Ketteler.
3 A prinoe, a osar relative to the
emperor, to go to Berlin to apoi
ogize and express regret for the mur?
ders.
4. Foroigo troops to hold the right
of communication between Taku and
Pekin
5. Punishment of the Bjxer oi? ii a ls
6. Candidates from dis.riots where
ant! foreign outrages have been per?
petrated not to be aliowe-d to ocmp?fe
io the Chinese pxaoiioatens in Pekin
fur five years
7 Abolition of tbe tsung it yams.o
8 Foreign envoys to have aocess to
ibe emperor at ali times
9 Importation of arms and ammu?
nition ioto che province of Coi L: be
abolished
10 Toe lar.d and sea forts ber weeu
Shao Hat Kwan. Take and Pekin t.j be
destroyed
-nm T>- -^3B-*? ?
Hester's Cotion Statement i
_
New Orleans. DJC 14 -Secrersry !
Bester'? weekly New Orie^n-i ootton ?
exsh'dO^e ^rarement si?ows for i'b'e 14 j
days i* Deoembor an increase o^?r j
Ust year of 160 OOO F >c the 105 j
days of v.w. season "har have elapsed :
tbe ag?regate i* .?ih-\? of th? IUD ??y* j
or ks- ye-:: 459 OOO
Th 5 amount brought into f is ht dor- ;
- he. r<;:-" week bas b-^en 445,057 ?
;?n* ?40,SJ I tor rhe seven di - :.. ri
:u2 tb ? -cte ?-.S' y*ar a:.d for -I-.- 14 ;
d-iy.4 : f. ?) ir.K-ri bas beca 88o 48 S j
aalest 726 918 ks* yeer
t O' s-* ??.--... t frt?fi-l (t; (?. vc tu e ./. for
rh? 105 doys Iron S.-pr. I to d^e |
5 705 639 a2a cst 5 246 578 year: j
Too m-,vernenf s-.no- -:;t ! i-h thc :
receipts al! Unir ed tv ates ; ;r
3 975,t>47 a?aisj: i> 4?=?) 557 Sa-; v-:ar :
across rbe M ;.>is,ipp.. ' (
aivd C-ca.'t. 582 i 53 aghast 7Pi -Sii> .
ir - ; ;:.:.rt r src-C^ it, exe se
cia! ?tar ."65'?) 6S3 a?atast 524:801
yoi? ; -cu h rn '?.i!; tal;i?.-^ 497 256j
?I2H?'IS" 5011.404 ia-: year.
[>'.):>.>', exhorts fer the week ii av .
bees 176 2*5 against 122 615 i as: ;
year, making '.he total thus far for the
season 2,76.286 sgains; 2.218 157 Ust
jeir.
Northern mill takings sod Caosda
daring the past sevprj c*ys sbo? a
decrease of 11,593 T?e t->tal r.?.ki
of American mill" uorth aod sooth and
Cana v-i ?hus rar f.?r the Reason have
been 1,410 646 against 1.727 961 Usc
tr.
Srockv af the 8i?*'bnard and th? 29
leading sojutVcvn in'.exto? p oiw have
increa.**d dubing ihe 134 322
baies ?nd are now 283,592 s nell< r than
?it this dat- io 1899.
Inoiuding stocks i eft over ar ports
aid iorerior towos trow r h r> l?st crop
and the camber of o^'^s brou ?bi into
sigh: ?bus far for r h e* new crop, the
-upoiy to date is 5,828,173 against
5 865,476 for the sau)'? period la^t yt-ar
Vice Consul Wraith, of Moscow,
states that the cotton crop of central
Asia is expected to be excellent this
year. In many instances the area of
the sown cotton fields has increased
over 30 DPT cent, and in some even
more L<?st year's demsnd fur cotton
amounted approximately to 15.000,
000 poods (240,395 tons), of which
aboot 6.0C0.000 ponds (96.774 tor;s)
came from central Asia This year's
crop is expected to bo between
7.000.000 and 8,000,000 poods, or
enough to meet half of the general
demand The remaining cotton re
quired for manufacturing purposes in
Russia wi!! have to be imported
The Christines ao5i?*>s at rb<: Sou b
Carolina ooi'lee? b*?in on F'idav
and continue until Tuesday Januiry
ls As Chris-ma. day comes in 'be
middle of tb? w:ek, ;h * f-?cuisy allowed
tbs students a o>: gr holiday tba3 usua
this year.
Washington. D^e 13 -The aen?te
today by ? vote of 05 to 17 adapted
the foreign relations committee
amendment to th? Say Paunctriole
treaty. The amendment follows :
wt
"Insert til end of section 5 of article
2, the following: 4 "Il is agreed, bow
( " ~>':L.\I none of the immediately
for? C ?ditions ai:d R-:DUia?.i"I!H
ur'
:u: in
nan :
1 i -
knutsen t vO i>.
?afb < Isro?toa tr-?\
\i -1 iC'?? man .)
.?r:*:tr . s i?O?'Cd f'i r.?;. wort
J100,000.
FROM THE WIRES.
j Jackson, Miss Dec 13 -The Missis
i j"ip{>! eap?f?! corum^eioa rbis afternoon
let the contract for tb? new state hoa-e
to Messrs Welle & Wells ot" Chicago,
for $831 OOO. Tbe next bid was that
of George Pagan, of Kansas City, who
bid ?833.000. The Mjc-e.-sful coo
! tractors agree to commence work OD
jJa'-U3r? 1st, and complete the work
j wit bin 28 rooo?b*.
j Texarkana Ark, Dec 13 -A bold
robbery un the Cotton Belt railway oc?
curred to day at Basse;ts. Texas, 30
miies soofh of Texarkana, on the train
coming north, io which Postal Clerk
j John N. Danois was aimost killed and
! tbd the mail poaches of his car rifled of
j their oonteots. The amount stolen is
! not known.
j London, Dec 14.-The Cape Town
j correspondent of the Daiiy Mail re
j ports the arrest at Worcester, Cape
i Colony,, of ii?aro!d Darringaie, alleg
? get! to be an American, on a cha'rge
j of fomenting an Afrikander rebellion
j "The arrest." says tbe dispatch, "has
J made a groat sensation and startling
j disclosures tire promised
! Washington, Dec 13 -The pension
j appropria icn bill was completed today
by the hjUne sub committee on appro?
priations. [. carries abeu- S145 250.
I 000 of which about ?144,000,000 is
j tor pensions and th^ b ?lance for ad
I miot-rr&rjor,.
Washington, Dec lo -A treaty j
! has been concluded between the j
I United Ma?<r9 and Great Britain j
! amendatory of the existing extradi j
I lion treaty The chief item is a pro
vision cir.ssi?yitif? as a crime subject J
! to extradition, theobtaintog ol motley j
under false pretenses At present i
the--"treaty makes exlraditionabie the j
recestioti ofA money obtained nuder !
false pratenses, and omission of the j
principe! in the cri.&ie, constituting' :?
manifest ab ?': rd ky the amendment is
made
De kv-i; N V. ? 14 -- Fro J jj be;
s^JO'jioe ; z . '?;-.: m lix* Jp erica sa
tien N.t?r.?4i aa-i Traichs <c . . .;. w.vi-.b I
seven
Ht i, Ala, Dee 14 --G ')
Vj j { ? J ; . . .? f- 'j ' s ' "1 ' ' . ' :
?. ?'i'ii ._:-?;! n:,Q po.??!.; K:.V- >.-: . ?
rbis ??Vfi ?).?.';.. V?? '.-. V.;. G ti ?
15c-?:rrr* w::* tb?; ?>i?ev 0-O?V-:<-;aVc i
V-?:.. n ?vi'ji?. being 100 y :?.?- ot ve. j
Bi 1'? . a ci ni-r ot ?re ?ece-; ;-?n c
v: :.:::." rt Sion ?? :.. . y and lcd ti e ti. St
against,?eces?i*>a H WAS I ?ascida?e ?
for governor of Alabama soon after 'bc j
civil war.
The Uoited Stste3 transport Haocock
arnved at Sao Francisco yester?
day from Mar iia with from 1,000 to
1 500 dead soldiers either ki?ed io
battle or died fr.^m diseases This
shipment, was probably held back until
airer the recent election
Union, Dec 13 -J. M. Spiawo,
spicr/iog room boss at the Union cotton
mi?s, was shot throe times this evening
by Tom Goings, a section hand. The
j wounded man is doing fairly well, bot
1 may sot live
Canton, Deo 13.-The failing over
board of a mao from a passenger boat
on the West river, near Ho Kan. lcd to
a rush of some 4f'0 passengers to the
side of the vessel, which caused her to
sink, ovar 200 persons being drowned.
Sbenesviilc, O, Dec 13.-Four
masked men discovered io thc act of
? dynamiting the vaults of John
D Hersch nek's private back early today
drove off ali who attempted to interfere
and got away with betwcn $3,000 and
$4,000
Ooiumbua, Osio. Dec 14.-The Su?
preme Court today .dismissed the pro
ccedicgs brought by former Attorney
General Mormetf, charging that t?se
Standard Oil Company was in contempt
f f C-oart far having fsilf d to comply
wi.b an order isru^d in 1892 directing
a dissolution of i be Standard CU Trust
on the grounds of its existence was
against public policy The six mem?
bers of the Court divided cquslic
Tho average salaries D"?id school
teachers io the United States last year
wcro $-15 25 a month for men and
?33 14 for women, and 'he women did
aboa*- as good servier, as thc men did.
Dr Broughton, the s^m^bat famous
Atlanta pulpit reformer, has su^ceedsd
in ge'ting toto an ntTiy rot? with tbs
ebief of police- r.t Meridian. Mi?:*, where
he is coucactrng :? meeting, avd has
bf?en c??led a - 'liar'' by that cfihsr for
statements made in r! o oti'pii And
rue worst ot ;i is tba: the statements
?ave been provc-d oorrus by ?\?. police
recordfi tar: 'irv -Greenville News
VT 3'AY TO E?T CHEAP?
A ch??? retacdy for eccgh an.i c-Ms is al!
y.-i; v.-?:? tha? VT;!] rc*
'. .. :tu?! rhe ;r. r- severe ar. ? ila:><rer< us
?ri*: s tb ?*.... '.. ?'-.r sitlcbv \ .) China. 3
Bol: !.'?.!:. b o/.--, ar: calendars: ci rd?,
hr.ofc! ts, po pa i ar :ir>r;:? .?-,^3 cniMren's
Secies uVusually ?argo si'vi; TC select from.
Come to cs for Chrlsttcas goods. H G.
Dsteeu & Co.