Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?OUtl)l"O? THM 8DMI?S WATCHMAN, established April, 1850. kBe Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's landlTruth's." THE THUS SO?THRON, Established Jone. 1S66 Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 26, 1900. New Series-VoL XX. No. 22 $>k W&??mm n? ?Sfarfljron. Publish! Evory Wednesday, INT. G-. Osteen5 SUMTER, 8. C. Tt&MS : J1.50 par tnnaai-io advance. iETlETISS?IST; Ono Square first insertion.............$1 00 lfrverv subsequent insertion... 50 Contracts for three moaths, or longer wil be. made at induced rates. Ali communications which subserve private Interests will be charged for as ad versements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. POWERS MAY YET AGREE. Dispatch Says AH tbe Powers Have Yielded to Great Britain. London. Deo ?9 -"Great Britain's proposed alterations tn the preambla of the joint note have been practically ac eep?ed by all the powers," says the Pekin corresponden!, of the Daily Mail, wiring today "Both Kassia and Japan, whose support was regarded as doubtful, hare agreed." The attitude of tbe United States re? mains as yet not clearly defined, bat tba acquiescence of America is aotici pated aad it is probable that the joint sote ?iii be signed sod delivered to the ?b?nese plenipotentiaries within three er four days. The Germana minister has warmly supported ?be British proposal. PARCELING OUT THE PRIZE Pekin, Den 18 -Count von Waldor? sse bus issued an order assigning varion/, districts io the neighborhood of Pekin for snpervieuoo to the military repr?sentatives of til? varioui powers Tbe ot der says .that tbs extent to wbiob the cooperation of tbs French and American troops can be depended apon is a uvatter to be determined by agree meurs sade with the generals com* wand tog these ito reen Under .tbs plan the United States troops witt supervise the district roath east of Pekin from the road to the Tshaog-Tsboog to the road extending from Naku-Karin to Ho Sa Wo Coo ot voa Waldersee says he knows that there ? a considerable force of Chinese ander Gen Ma in the northern part of tbe province of Shao Si, and another sooth of Tshaog Tshaog; bat, daring the severo winter that bas now set io b* does raot expect any aggressive Chinese movement. On the other band, wherever the allies leave a district for any length of timo, bands of robbers and Boxers will congregate. For this reason the field marshal desires tbs cooperation of all abe elUes to cover the vari?os districts with strong patrols It is now understood tea; a meeting af tbs foreign envoys will be held to? morrow SITUATION NOT IMPROVED. Lmdon, Dso IS -A Pekin dispatch to tte Pail Mall G'razette, Dated Des embsr 17tb, says : "The situation bas not improved by the repr?sentatives of the powers hav isg reaohed an agreement, as the soope af the negotiations is limited and the effect is neutral is sd. The allies have eegleoted to close the arsenals and factories at Hankow and Shanghai and have failed to cheek the transmission of supplies of ammunition to tbe Chinese Tung Fah Stang thus has every oppor raoity of railyiog and equipping bis army He has secured the position of dictator, terror!??? tbe empress and controls the whole movement of troops. It wi il be necessary to give the military operations of the allies a wider area." New Orleans, Dec 18.-With a gaping wound in the back and an other in the left wrist, inflicted by tbe police, Channing; B Barnes, ti air* robbep, drew tbe kees edge of a hunting knife across his throat in a swamp near this city today, and end? ed his career His body bore two boilet wounds-one in the back, the other ia tbe wrist 'Ia the pockets vere found the watch of the conduc? tor of the mail train, many registerrd letters and a quantity of dynamite Tbe body was brought to police head quarters and identified as that of Channing B Barnes, with many aliases, who was wanted for partier pating in the daring hold op of an Illinois Cential express train at Wick liffe, Ky , iaet July. London, Dec 18 -The govern? ment publicly requests employers who have kept open situations for yeomanry, colonials and volunteers to continue their patriotic efforts to minimize the saciifices of these men in the service of their country. The contemplated thanksgiving service in St Paul's Cathedral, in connection with the return of Lord Roberts from South Africa, bas been abandoned THE ADMINISTRATION PRESENTS ITS CASE. Attorney Gen Griggs Speaks for Five Honrs on Exten? sion of Constitution. Washington, Dec 19 -The United States supreme court again was crowded to its fall capacity today to hear the concluding arguments in the cases involving the status of Puerto Rico and the Philippines Among those who secured points of vantage in the area reserved for the bar was Judge Day, who as secretary of state daring the critical stages cf the war with Spain, and later as head of the American commissioners who nego? tiated the treaty of peace at Paris, was one of the most influential fae tors is shaping the conditions now under discussion before the court Former Secretary Carlisle and other prominent members of the bar and of the two houses of congress were present Attorney General Griggs coocluded the presentation of the government's case, elaborating the points he enunciated yesterday One of these was the distinction between organized territories and unorganized territory under the jurisdiction of the United States Justice Brewer had asked the atiorney general to make clear his views on this distinc tion . Mr Griggs took up territory after territory, showing: in each case that it came uBder the opera ? 'on of the -laws of the United States by an act of congress specifically extending the laws to the territory and not ex proprio vigore. He said that while Rhode leland and South Carolina stood outside of the union they were treated as foreign states, and when Ihey ultimately assented to the union congress passed a law extending the revenue laws to them In the case of Louisiana, the attorney general pointed out that all the declarations of Jefferson were to tbe effect that in order to come under the operation of the laws of the United States these laws must be explicitly extended to new acquisi? tions. Jefferson selected certain acts to be immediately extended and oth? ers to be extended from time to time as might be found practicable. The attorney general directed at tention, in the instance of the acquisition of Florida, to the fact that three American statesmen-Monroe, John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson-each of whom was elected president of the United States, uni ted in declaring officially that the constitution did not apply of its own force to territory newly acquired by this nation, by virtue of the act o? acquisition, but that such extension must be accomplished by the action of congress Mr Griggs also specified the terri? torial organization of Oregon, Mis? souri, Montana and Wyoming, in each case showing that coagrese specifically extended tbe laws to there territories Finally as to the extension of laws to the territories, Mr Griggs said that by act of congress in 1874, con gress had expressly extended the constitution and federal laws to the "organized territories" and to every territory "hereafter organized 99 But the act went no farther than "organ ized territories" and could not be interpreted to mean that expanse cf country entirely unorganized The Guano Islands were cited in support of the proposition that terri? tory may belong to or be under the jurisdiction of the United States Over 70 different islands, keys and groups of islands have thus been taken possession of and made for such special purposes the property of the United States They enjoy certain I privileges under the law and the j United States supreme court recog j nized their status, but they are cot a ) part of the United States j Justices Brewer and Harlan asked I 8 number of questions. Justice I Brewer asked if the attorney general j held that as congress extended the I constitution and law? to the organized ! territories, congress also could take ; them away from the territories i Mr. Griggs answered that this was j a most serious question but he I thought it safe to ssy'that when the i laws were once extended to territo ; ries an inviolable contract was created ' and could not be broken j Justice Harlan asked tb* attorney j general to arate later on to wbar estent ; congres* could irano.?** a tariff to be 1 collected again?' good* cooring from Nc-w Mexico, Arizona ard Alaska Justice Brewer also reminded Mr Griggs that Oklahoma was nor included in the treaty taking io the Louisiana and Mexican territory, and was an apparent exception to tho ml^ stated by the attorney genera'. Mr Griggs said that congrrps at its la-r .??.sion, in effect, declared that tho existing tariff laws were applicable agair H: the z?od* of Puerto Rico. This wa? io thc act of last March, remitting to Puerto ? Rioo certain do ties collected "under existing law.,; This, Mr Griggs declared, was an assertion bj both branches of tbe present congress that ! tbe tariff act wai ch was the "existing law" operated against Puerto Rico. Jas tice White af ked tbe attorney general if he claimed that congress could so exempt territories from the laws as to give them privileges not enjoyed by tba States. Mr Griggs reepooded tbat he did so claim, that in fact the territories had been for years exempted from internal reveone acd direct taxes Tbe attorney general referred to the celebrated ease of Loughborough v. Blake, whereupon Justice Harlan, reading from tbat d?cision, asked Mr Griggs and Chief Justine Marshall meant io saying : "The power to lay and oolleot duties, imposts and excises may ba exorcised, nod mast be exer? cised, 'throughout the United States.* " Mr Griggs said that "throughout the United States" referred to the States of the anion, bot Justice Harlan poioted cat that it referred also to the District of Colombia aod the torritory west of the Missouri. Mr Griggs dosed bit? five hoar speech with a brilliant and eloquent perora? tion Instead of seeking strict and narrow oonstraotioo, be concluded, the powers of the executive and legislative branch ea bad been so construed as to give them a wise and safe discretion, so that the day would be hastened when we might give to these new peoples self government and to some of them per haps a place io the galaxy of States. Mr Aldrich will dose for tbe plaint iff in tbe Philippine case tomorrow and tie oases then will be submitted COST OP ENGLAND'S WAR Baltimore San. It looks as if the Anglo Boer war will cost England some $600,000,000 before she is through with it Of this earn but little will be got back by requiring tbe two ex republics to pay Tbe conquest will bring in some valuable assets in the shape of railways, mining rights, lands, etc. but these will have to be used for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Vaal and Orange Kiver colonies, so that England will get nothing from them The mining industry* however, affords a prospect of a large revenue after several years, and this indus try, if required to pay no more m taxes than it paid President Kruger, will recoup the British treasury, it is estimated, to the extent of about $165.000,000 A public debt of this amount eau be imposed, it is be? lieved, on the country with the pros peet that the interest on it will be met by the taxes on tbe mines. The fact that nearly all the mines are . owned by seven companies, most of which are controlled by foreigners, will facilitate any scheme of taxation that is desired There is little be? sides the mining industry to tax The Boer farmers have never paid much in taxes, and now that they are generally impoverished by the war they will for a time require the gov ern meat's help instead of new bur? dens. Much revenue will be re quired for the support of the police and army of occupation, and still more will be needed for the civil government and schemes of internal improvement Upon the whole the British taxpayer must be thankful if he gets back as much as $165,000, 000 of his war expenditure, and may make up his mind to bear the loss of the remaining $435,000,000 He will have to extract sncb comfort as be can from the fact that the war has brought the colonies closer in feeling to the mother country, baa revealed the defects of the army,, developed a willingness to pay for its enlarge j roent and improvement and greatly ? strengthened the imperial idea j These things may be worth some j thing But not a few Britishers will think the consolidation dearly bought at a cost of $435,000,000 and thou sands of lives i - 11 A Horror and a Lynching. New Orleans, La, Dec 18 -A speciai from Lake Provideooe, La, says : The Belle of the Bands, which ba3 srr.v.'d here irom Arcadia (Mi.-s) Laodiog, reports a murder aod robbery at that piace on Sunday, which, it is thought, resulted iu a lyncbtDg of two negroes tbete today. Tv7o rc^roes from a neighboring levee camp w^ot to 2 trading boat, kept at the Unding by a white man. killed biro and bn wife and baby. They then ribbed the boat and left, after bunning ibe craft to the water's edge Today the Degrees were recognized t-v the property of tbe white family and arrested They oocfei-scd and it is ? said were taken io charge by a mob. J ?ni ? ? rn Chicago, Dec 18 -President Har- j per announced today that John O i Kockfeiler had made another 'gift of ; 81,500,000 to the University of Chi? i cago, $1,000,000 ?s an endowment j fund and the balance for immediate ! needs. Crushing the Filipinos. Proclamation Issued by Gen. MacArthur to Terrify the Natives Into Submission to Foreign Kule. Manila, Dec. 19 -Tomorrow Gen MacArthur will issue a proclamation warning the inhabitants of the archi peiago that hereafter strict compli ance with the laws of war w'll te re quired of non combatants as well as combatants The proclamation will set forth the principal laws of war. It will refer to recent proclamations issued bj insurgent commanders threatening natives who are friendly to the American forces and also to the orders issued to their men to kidnap and assassinate residents of towns occupied by Americans. The insurgent leaders will be notifie*? that such practices, if continued, will put an end to the possibility of their re? suming normal civic relations and will make them fugitive criminals Residents of places occupied by Americans will be notified that com? pliance with the demands of the enemy will create a presumption that such acts are voluntary and malicious They will also be notified that pleas of intimidation will rarely be accept? ant that where secret committees are permitted to exist in be bali of the in? surgents even well disposed persons will be exposed to the danger of be? ing tried as traitors The proclamation will say that its warnings and requirements are to ap ply with special force to Manila, the "rendezvous of the emissaries of in? surrection " Newspapers will be warned against publishing sedition and the proclama ?ion will declare that the rebels, who are not part of an organized force, are not entitled to the privileges cf prisoners of war, adding that the fact that they have not hitherto been beld responsible is "evidence of the solici? tude of the United Star.es to avoid the appearance of harshness " The proclamation will clearly dis? avow any recognition of technical belligerency The Taft commission is still at work on the tariff Others here con? sider that the retorn of the volunteers will necessitate little abandonment of stations and that Congress will pro vide an immediate increase in the number of regulars It ie believed that many volunteers will reenlist here if bonuses are offered, the amount to be equivalent to the ex? pense cf equipping and bringing out a recruit. j The Senate Discusses Treaty, Washington, Deo 18.-Again to day the senate bad under discussion the Hay Pauncefote treaty in execu ti ve session. No business of conse? quence was transacted in open ses sion Mr. Tillman of South Carolina had read the following resolution : "Resolved, That the president be and is hereby requested, if not in his judgement incompatible with public interest, to furnish the Senate all information and copies of all cor respondence between this govern ment and the government of Colom bia, showing what steps, if any, have been taken by this government to secure a treaty between the two governments or a modification by Colombia of existing treaties or con cessions with the view of securing to the United States the right to con struct a canal over the territory of Colombia, between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans " At 12:30 the senate went into exe? cutive session The senate then ratified five treaties of comparatively little consequence. These included an agreement supple mentary to the Hay Pauncefote treaty itself and extending the time within which it may be ratified Under the terms of the original treaty the time for ratification ex? pired five months ago. The agree ment favorably passed upon today extends the time until March 4 Wasbing?on Dec 19.-Toe fell senato j committee on military affairs has adopt J ed the army reorganization biil reported I by its sab-cocDtnittee this afternoon j The maximuc! strength of thc army is to j bc;i()0,000 men. Thc bill is a complete j substitute for the bouse bill and while j ciuoh of thc language is ."he same as i that of the house measure there are onmcmus cbaugss. The bill wiil be reported to the .senate tomorrow. Pro? bably the most important change effie's :he ar ' i 11er y arm, Tho sub committee recccimend* the retention of the present regimental organization of the artillery j and does n< <t give its assent to the j corps organtzation proposed by Seore { 'ary Root and aaoopted by thc house. I Io the c?*r?er of appointment of staff officers the btll foilowa largely the it ne* I of reemmeudHfioos made ny Secretary J Root, bat makes some changes from ! the house bil'. Negroes in Excess in Attendance at Schools. The Black Brother Thirsts for Knowledge While White is Satisfied. State Superintendent of Education McMahan's aoDual report will be a most interesting docameot wheo it is completed. The total eoroliment of school children io the state is 271,787 It is surprising probably that more negro children are being educated than white children, tbe totals being 126,395 whites and 155,602 colored. ID only eleven counties do white papils predominate ; colored papila predominate in 29 ooanties. Tbs greatest excess of whites over blacks is >a Greenville where the figures are whites 8 318, blacks 4,434; white majority 3,884 The greatest excess of blacks over whites is in Orangebarg; blacks 9,466, whi'ea 5 659 Sumter shows the greatest proportion of blacks to whites-blacks 7,196; whites 2.886 And Oconee show? the greatest proportion of whites to blacks -whites 4.072; blacks 1,259. Florence shows a total enrollment of of 6.040; blacks 3.493; whites 2,747. Marlboro 5.327: whites 2,161; blacks 3 166 Darlington 6,665: whites 2,820, blacks 3,845. Marion 7,901 : whites 3815, blacks 4 086. Williamsburg 6,498 : whites 2,636 blacks 3.862. White papils predemioate ia Ander soo, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Colletoo, Greenville, Horry, Kershaw, Lexiog toa, Oconee, Piohens, Spartan burg counties British Had Narrow Escape. Johannesburg, Monday Deo 17. Derails of the defeat of tbe British at Nooitgedaobt indicate that Geo Clem? en t's entire force had a narrow escape from capture. The Boer plans were splendidly laid. If the main British column bad tarried a little longer there would have been a complete success ol the Boers, who exposed themselves undauntedly, yelling and waving their Arms Their rashes were only stemmed by artillery After the British retreat tho Boers held a prayer meeting. Theil byrnes could be beard by tho retiring Bnrieb. All aocounre indicate a heavy Boei loss. BOERS RAID CAPE COLONY. Londoo, Deo 19.-"The Boers have raided Cape Colony at two separate points, 100 miles distant," says the Cape Town correspondent of The Dailj Mail. "Ooe commando advanced opoi Pbilipstown, between Colesberg aac Kimberley. The other, supposed to b< Herzog's commando, crossed tb( Orange river between Odendaal Strooa and Betholie, northwest of Barghers do-p. its objective apparently beiojj Cradock ' Geo MacDonald is engaging tb? invaders, who have no gaos, 20 milei aoirtbwest of Burgheredorp. The lates news is that they are being slowly forced back to the Orange river, when a warm reception is being prepared foi them." Burglars Strike it Bich. Special to the State. Sally, Dec 18 -The store of Duket & Sally was entered this morning between 2 and 4 o'clock and the iror safe blown open with dynamite The robbers secured about $7,000 ir. j gold and currency besides bonds and I mortgages valued at over $2,000 I The robbers had with them tbe I drill with which the hole was made I in the safe, but the reet of the tools j were stolen, 6orae from the cornmis I 8iary of the section master of the j Sonthern railway and others from the j blacksmith shop cf White & Inabnet, ? while a screw driver was taken from ! the stock of Dukes & Sally. The report was beard by several citizens, but it being so near to Christmas they paid no attention to it, think inc; it wan some one celebrating pre? maturely .Messrs Dukes & Sally offer a re? ward of $500 for the recovery of the money and another of ?100 for the arrest, with evidence to convict, of the safe crackers 1 think a detect? ive would do well to come here im? mediately and see the situation. The authorities of the law at all adjacent points have been notified and requested to keep a watch out for the robbers - inn -o ^.-r Paris. Pea 18.-The government baa decided that ail objects, no less ma: erial cf war, which have been seized or shall be seized by 'be French expeditionary force in Chioa shall be restored, whether belonging to the Chinese government or to private individuals. A Big Fire io Colombia. Colombia, 8 C , Deo 19 -Tonight Columbia was visited by toe most dis? astrous fire in twestj years. The Jerome Hotel and three large mercantile establishments, on Maia street and four smaller ones on Assem? bly street were destroyed. The total estimated loss is J142 OOO ; ID sa ran ce $53 000. . Tbs fire started at S o'clock io the rear of Yan Metre's furniture store, a lamp having exploded. A livery atablo and a bay warebooss adjoining caught in almost a second's tim's and the fire started to horning through Main and Assembly streets, clearing everything until stopped by an alley dividing the equare. The Jerome has beeo political head? quarters for the St?t?- fdr ' years The building and furniture were valued at $75.000 ; insurance $20,000 Other losses : J M Tan Metre, two store buildings, $15,000 ; stock, (furniture,) $30,000; insurance, $28,000 M. MoCrary, stock groceries and household effeots, $9 000 ;-ros?ronos g4 OOO, Kiog Racket Store,. stock;, $6,000 ; insurance. $6,000. May's, stables, contents, $1,000 ; insured B* F. P. Leapbart; two1 brick store buildings, $4.OOO Wm H. Lyfe?' store build? ing,$3,500 ; insurance/$3,000. Thc are was ander control at mid? night. ---mmm>~ H? A Remarkable Missionary* Dr. Thom as P Crawford, of China, arrived io this city a few days ago, aod is the guest af Mr. George A. Nor? wood, Pendleton Street.; Dr.. Crawford is next to the eldest awssionary now eerviDg to Chios, aod bo went there ia 1852 under the auspices Of th e Southern Baptist Coaventioo: ' He is io the 80th year of bis age, and is in excellent health and spirits. He bas always bee? an active, energetic man, and his labors amoDg the Chinese were incessant sod ootiring. His vigor?os bodily health enabled him to do a prodigious amount of work, while bis iotelleotaal powers are io keeping with bis physical strength. For many years be was looked opoo as tbe premier amoog missionaries of the Southern Baptist Convention, but some years ago be severed the relation so loog existing with its board-of foreign missions, aod has beeo pursuing an independent lioe of work as a missionary. Dr. Crawford is very mach attached to China and regards that country as bis home, to which be will return when the present OD rest a ad agitation bas ceased. His Inst field of labor io China was at Tiau, from which city he and 40 others fled for their lives on the 21st of Jane last, to escape the wrath of- tbe- Boxers. The insurrectionary movement of the Boxs rs bad its origin near Tian xcd moved northward to Pekin. Mrs. Crawford has be?o visiting friends io Atlanta, aod will joio her husband here It is their-intention ta make Greenville a temporary abiding place until next fall, by which time they hope to leave for China Mrs? Crawford is a native of Mississippi andr went as a yoong bride to the arduous work of a missionary among the heathen, where ber labors have becft signally blessed aod very abundant, keepiog pace with tba energetic work of ber distinguished husband. Dr? Crawford and bis wife visited our eity 18 or 20 years ago. aod made many acquaintances amoog the people, form? ing friendships which have caused them to come bere for a season of rest aod recreation -Greenville Mountaineer. Wioosboro, Dee 18.-Aootber ter? rible tragedy has been added to Fair? field's already too long list of murders for this year. It ooourred at the coun? try home of Mr Starke P Martin sear Rooky Mount, 18 miles from here, last evening at 8 o'clock. Mr Martin ans? wering a koock at bis front door, was fired upon with a gan by the assassin, who had coocealcd himself close by. The whole load entered bis stomach and at so close range was tbe shot fired that his cloth?Dg was horned by the powder. Only one shot was fired, bat it inflicted a mortal wound from which tho murdered mao died today at 1 o'clock. It Saved His Leg. P. A. Dan forth, ol' LaGr.?nge, t?a.. su?ered intensely for sis months witb a frightful run? ning sore on his leg. but writes tbat.Bucklea's Arnica Salvo wholiy cured it ia tea dav.?. For Ulcers. Wounds, Burns, Boils. Pain or Piles it's tho best falvo in the world. Cure guaran? teed. Only 25c. Sold by J. F. . DeLorme Dru?irist. 6 Washington, Dec 20 -The s?nate consumed an hour and ten' minutes this afternoon io a m end io g and ratifying as amended the Hay Paonoefote treaty for the modification of the Clayton Bulwer convention of 1850 -There were six roll calls and several viva .vo3c votes. Ali of the fimendments, except those offered by Senator Forakerand reported by the committee oo foreign relations, were voted down by majorities averaging about 19. The ratification resolution was adopted by a vote of 55 to 18.