Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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McLaarin Helps Hanna. HS MAKES A STRONG SPEECH IN FAVOR OP SUBSIDY STEAL. "Washington, Feb 7.-The senate bad both day and night sessions today. The pension appropriation bili, appro? priates $144,000,900, was passed ?fier a few rain?tes' consid?ration. The ship subsidy bill was theo taken np and Senator MoLaario aonouccsd nb ictentioa to support the bill, and Senator Morgan opposed it io vigor?se language Senator SfoLaorio, of Sooth Caro? lina, presented the certificate of reelec? tion of the Hon B. R. Tillman as a United States senator. Tbe bill to pay travel allowances on the discharge from the volunteer army to officers acd enlisted mea of the 11th cavalry and 86:h and 37th regiments cf infantry, who entered the military service of tba United States in the Philippines, was passed. POSTAL BILL PASSED. Washington, Feb 7.-Tbe postoffice appropriation bill, debate oa which bas consumed almost; an ec tire week in the house, was finally passed today. The debate hovered about three topics railway mail pay, pneumatic tube service ac? special fast mai! facilities -bot it bore no fruit. The amendment to reduce tba rate of railway mail pay was roled oat on a point of order, the amendment to oontioae the pneumatic tobe service to Nsw ?ork, Boston and Pbi?apelphta was abandoned, with the purpose of ?okiag tbe fight ia the senate? aod tee motion to strike oat the appropriations for special mail ;facilities were 33fea:ed Mr Moon, of Tennessee, spoke against the special facilities proposition. He said ti the people of his district should deliberately and knowingly instruct him to vote fer this subsidy he would thrown down his commission and walk cot of the bouse. (Applause ) Fearfci Mice Explosion. Denver, Col, Feb 7.-The News has a special fre?a Chihcboa. Mes, which says r Several fcuadred coos of dynamite stored ia an ua?ergroaad chamber of the San Autres mioe, situated in the Sierra Madres, in the western part of j the State of Durango, espio?ed ' with -terrino fore?, b?owiog the rchole top of the moon tain cf? and destroying a portico ft! tho village of miners there. jS?g?vy sevsa msc, women and children were kilted and many others badiy injuree. Nose of the men in the mise wer? senosely hurt. . ? WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH SUMTER ? "The greatest obstacle to the sue ces3 of the Charleston exposition that j < sow remains to be overcome," says the Sumter Daily item, 'is the lack of hotel accommodations, it is up to the people of Charleston to pro? vide ample and comfortable quarters for the crowds that will attend the exposition if the exposition opens without an improvement in the hotel situation io Charleston the enterprise wili be a failure and the fault will be Charleston's99 That is weil pot; bat oar friend ?nay rest assured that "the hotel situation" wiU be greatly improved, and improved- io such a way chat all who come io Charleston will want to stay here, they viii be so comforts b!y provided /or. Tbe old Charleston Hotel is being pot in exposition order ; the old St Charles Hotel is being rebuilt the old Mills Hoose has changed bands, or the negotia tioas for its purchase have reached such a point as to aseare its conver sion into s modern hotel by the time the expositioo gates are opened, and the splendid new hotel on the Bat? tery will be ready for the reception joi vistor*, by the fi rat of January nest year The plans upon which this hotel w?U>e boilt have received tb? approval of the best financiers in the city and one third of the amount necessary to build and equip the bcu?e has been secured, taeeubsorip tiona yesterday amounting to $10, 800, with premises of many more sobscripttoos today and tomorrow Bankers antf other w^ll informed mon*y rcahiog men regard the bonds wbich witt be issued tn aid of this project aa a perfectly good invest? ment, and it is expected that the j bonds will elf be taken without diffi- J eclty The hotel business can be made a most profitable industry here, sud the exposition will afford an onrivaled opportunity for advertising this city as a desirable winter resort. We hope that tbe subscription lists will be filied {before the close of the present week, and that the construe tion of the new betel will begin by the first of March. Our friends io Sumter will find in Charleston accommodations to suit every taste. Io the meantime, we woold suggest that so far Sumter has made oo response to the challenge from Chester coaaly. Surely it is oct possible that "the Gamecock Cocnry" is .fraid of Chester. And yet it woold appear that something is folding it back. What is the matter with Sumter ? Is Somier ell right ? -News and Goerier. Mrs Nation Arrested. HER PARTY IS FIRED UPON. Topeka, Feb 5 -Mrs Carrie Nation demolished ooe of the Soest saloons ia the oily at six this morning. Her party was fired npoo bat none were injured. She is now ander arrest. ? big orowd is gathering in the streets. Topeka, Kan, Feb 4 -This after? noon Mrs Nation met the first dtfeat ia her saloon smashing career. Later, at the poiioe station shs laughingly declared that it was by no means her Waterloo and she would soon again be at her chosen work. With six women each traed with new hatchets she had st&rtred oat at 3 o'clock to wre*k a restaurant in Eis: Sixth Street tba. also dispensed liquors. Before she could wield her hatchet she was disarmed and a free for all struggle between restaurant people and wreokers was begun. Numerous eyes were blackened Mrs Nation had warned the proprie tors she would raid the plaoe if they did not stop selling liquors and were prepared for the attack. The hatchet, was jerked from her hand by a stoat man and the women were forced back: A fierce fight followed between the restaurant men and Mrs Nation's defenders. For a quarter of an hour they struggled in the street, while the mob yelled encouragingly to Mrs Natios. Many personal enooanter6 took place but the police seemed with? out power to stop it. Finally in despair they arrested Mrs Nation on a charge of disturbing the peace and took her to jail. The crowd followed her and the restaurant was left unharmed. Mrs Nation was not injured. Daring ail the fierce struggle that went on io the street while women and boys were knocked down and trampled on, and the crowd was shouting and yelling, Mrs Nation never lost har presence of mind. "Ladies" she cried, "you are armed, j If you can't get to the place throw your hatchet through the window." Ba: the women were too demoralized toohey Ber, and stampeded Mrs Nation was led away between two big poiioe officers, AN AMERICAN BOER j LEADER. London, Feb 5 -The British for Hgo office bas received -semi official j ? jonSrmation cf reports that the Bsers, j < >omtnanded< by Blake, are threatening ! < :o enter Loureczo Marques, and that ! ? :he local Portuguese authorities had re- ? guested British assistance It is fur- ? uer asserted that a British squadron < eas been ordered to Lorenzo Marqaes < Ic ts also reported hero that British j :roops are advanoing rapidly towards j ;be Portugese frontier. i The Biak? referred to is probably I John Y? Filmore Blake, who was io jomma:id of a regiment of Irish and j American rough riders in tba service ] )f the Transvaal. Blake, who is an )!d West Pointer, went co the Trans- 1 ?raal in 1894 or 1895. ENGLAND'S HEAVY LOSSES, London, Feb. 6.-Th? war office , issued a very heavy South African eas- ] salty list yesterday, showing in addi :ion to thirteen killed and seventy-seve , wounded in action, eighty-two deaths from diitease daring the present mooth, , Last month 31 offisers and 800 non commissioned officers and men were killed iia action or died from disease. Total death list from the beginning of the war shows 12,989 victims. AFRAID OF INVASION B? SEA. Cape Town, Feb 5.-Officials have bean dispatched co watch all the bays along the west coast of Cape Coloay against the landing of mercenaries or arms. With tbs ezeeptioa of oie all the gua? of the British ?raiser Sybille, wrecked last month near Lambert's Bay, have bees recovered. FARMS LAID WASTE. CUmwilliam, Feb 5.-Col Brasier drove the Boers cot of Varryhasdorp, capturing a aaaber of wageas and a tjaantitir of aerthandise. AU the taras is this rogioa ara deserted. Tbs os ly being found, except armed Boers, was an English governness on one of the taras. Stars and Stripes Absent. London, Feb 4 -H. Hale, the Australian newspaper correspondent, in the course of a description of Friday's naval pageant in the Daily News, says: .I looked for Russia's flag, and looked in vain No Russian flag marked the last pathway on the seas which our great Queen should take. I saw the flag of France, and saw how every mark of courtesy was shown our sweet Queen by those who manned tho French decks I saw the flag of Spain drooping in honor to our sovereign lady, and then look ed afield for the flag of all flags I thought to see hard up against our own, the star spangled banner of America, and I saw that it was not. ^s memory so soon outrun her race that they who live, beneath that flag can now forget the debts they owe to us? We stood between them, and a frowning world bot yesterday." Soutti Carolina Pictures. Clemson College, Feb 8 -Prof Lewis is beginning a collection ot photographs to iilastrate tbe physical geograpby and industries of Sooth Carolina He would be glad to have the cooperation of teson? era aod others who maj be interested io the undertaking, lc is his purpose to prepare laoteru slides of a serie> of typioal views ; aod he will be glad to exchange either photographs or laotsrn slides for characteristic views of any part of the State, particularly suob as show the relations of industrie? to geographical eooditiooa Prof Lewie would also like to havo the names and addresses of photographers who offers views for sale. It is a notorious fact that, for genera doos past, geography has been ene of the worst taught subjects in our public school curricula, it is only within the past decade that scientific methods and principles have been somewhat general? ly applied to the study and teaching of this subject Educators are also coming io realizo more asd more the fonda? mental importance of geography as a foundation for the best work ia history, I languages, and the "humanities" ia | general, as well as the ecieoces Io this awakening a revolution is j being wrought in methods of teaobiag. Instead of the empirioal statement ol a I vast array of faots to be memorized, ?nd to be straightway forgotten, the true teacher cow appeals to the pupil's reason and understanding In this work the next bss? tbiog to traveling and seeing che worid itself is to see faithful representations of it in photo? graphs and stereoptieco views. Thus it can be shown graphically how tbe most elementary knowledge of a reston furnishes a key to tba understanding of irs physical features ; and these, io turo, account in a large measure for the geographical distribution ot' resources and industries. It is this larger conception of South Carolina that Prof Lewis would ser. before the ecboois of the State by the aid of photographs aod lantern elides ; and thi3, it is hoped, will pave the way for the preparation of a rational geography of the State for use in tbe schools. Tee work of a geological survey, in dealing with the knotty problems o? age and structure, would greatly facil?tate this undertaking in many ways, and it is hoped that such a 3urvey may soon be organized and put into operation. mmmi-T> n m qnw Charleston's Final Victory Washiogton, Feb b\-The senate committee on naval affitrs has con joncluded its consideration of the naval appropriation b?ll The committee amends tbo bill so as to provide for the parobase of three Holland torpedo boats ind instead of authorizing the secretary a? the navy to contract for four new sressels as provided in the bill as it j passed the house, he is required to j fcrnish plans for four vessels, the plans to be completed by the beginning of tbe irst session of tbe nest congress The committee declines to reconsider its former decision to remove the Port Royal naval station to Charleston, S. C. - - ???-^-i Savannah Don't Want McKin? ley. Savannen Ga, Feb 6.-The Confede? rate Veterans Association of Savannah last night passed resolutions against the invitation to President McKinley to atteod the reunion of Confederate vete? rans io Memphis. The resolutions re ai?e that the association entertains pro? found respect for President MoKinley and his exalted station, but, "believing his presence on this oocasioo, as the guest of the city of Memphis, is sought by a few of the citizens of Memphis to further their political aspirations aod is, therefore, derogatory to our idea of tbe prop?r respect due to the president of ibis great nation and contrary to the spirit of the U. C V., partisan politios and ali tends to it being strictly forbid den to ?ll meetings and reunions of tbe U. C. V. or?aoization," the tesociation calls upon Geo Gordon, commander-ia shief, te name some other eity than Memphis as the pjacs for the reuoieo, and says it will not send delegates te Memphis if the invitation to the pr?si? dent is adherent to. WERE ACQUITTED. Gov McSweeney last night reeeived a telegram from Bampton informing him that a jury had acquitted the two oegross, Brown and MOPS, charged with arson. It will be recalled that some months age these two meo were arrested aed feeling rae sc high that the governor ordered them brought hero to the penitentiary for safe keep? ing. They were brought aod sect back at the last term of court. They were given a trial which ended in a mistrial. At the present term of court the oase came to trial again, and the negroes have been deolared not guilty.-The State, Feb 8. -??-????^?^i Savannah, Ga, Feb 7.-At ll o'clock tonight the shops and round house of the Seaboard Air Line, in the suburbs, were discovered to be ott fire. The buildings are beyond the corporate "limits An extensive car shed, the round house and two locomotives were burned A third locomotive was damaged. It is be lieved the fire was from spontaneous combustion in a lot of greasy waste in the round bouse. The loss will approximate ?50,000, though definite figures cannot be had tonight. A restaurant and passenger shed were abo burned, ? Barnine of Columbia j To the Eihof of The Scale : lc is Bb* ?ears this mooth since one of j the great crimea of toe Nineteenth cen j iury was committed-a crime which i j will ever ?;aio ai;d darken tae pages o? j i America history. Tnat crime was ?be j ! burning nf Columbia by to Federal ! ! soldiers under the command of the I great vaodai, William Tercm-ieh Sher? man Thc anniversary of the barbing fail?. OB Saoday, bc; some time daring the month I bops all the teachers of Colum bia who teach South Caroiiaa history, will read to their pupils the aosount of tbs burning con toiofd in Col D. A. Dicktn'i His? tory of Kershaw'e Biigade." I mention the account in this work because it is a comprehensive and singularly graphic one-i? 13 written in just each a style as wiil make a lasting impression on thc minds hf the children entering their teens F*w people c*n ever realize what Columbia passed through with on that 17th day of February, six and thirty year3 a?o. aod as a Dart of the hidtury of cur State, this barning ought to be portrayed to the school children BO tb*c they wili j have a comprehenr-ivs idea of the shame and oiaguiude of this great crime. It would be well to read Col Dickerc's accouut to the children, if for no other reason, simply because he makes cor-utMu of the grand neroism displayed by fwo of Columbia's ladiee, Mrs Miller and Misa Loner. I hope the teachers wi.l no: confider me forward in making this suggestion When the history of our State js taughi in the ssbo??d, let it bc- taught in sacb a way that wi il prove u.te<e?fisg to the children, and sometimes by reading ex?r?cts from works t?uch as Dickert'^ history, it witl not oaiy make ibe subject interesting, but it will also make a ias?ng impres-ioa cn me minds of thc suhoiars. McDonald Furman. Privateer, Sumter County, February 4, 1901 Tie Larpi ii Host Complete Mitt M Geo. S. Hacker & Son. .-MANUFACTURERS OF SOORS, SASH.' BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material. offico and Warerooms, King, opposite Can noa Street, CHARLESTON, S. C, ^S^Pnrcaas* onr make, which we gu?rante superior to any sold Sou'.b, and thereby pave money. Window and Fancy glass a Specialty October 16-> The Commoner, Issued Weekly, William J. ?ryan, Editor and Publisher. LINCOLN, - . Nebraska. Terms-Payable in Adranee. 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