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SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 27. 1901.
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MAURA'S PLAN.
McKinley and McLaurin are
Gbreat Chinns and Fast
Friends.
Washington, March 19 -Pr?sidant
McKinley's Southern appointments
are being awaited with considerable
interest bj Souhthern politiciens.
Very few appointements will be made,
it is said at the d apartments except
log postmasters, for some time, bot
eves these appointments will be
somewhat of an index as to the policy
the president is to pursoe in r?f?r?
ence to the Sooth Since the rumor?
ed disaffection of Senator McLanrin,
of Soath Carolina, it has been stated
that it is the president's intention to
canse a halt in negro appointments,
and that he would appoint only snb
stantial white men to office in the
'Sooth, and woold aid to the beet of
hie ability in the upbuilding of a
strong white republican party in that
section Since the adjournment of
Congress Senator McLanrin has been
a frequent Tisitor to the White House,
and it is said that he has talked with
the President in reference to South
Carolina appointments, bat whether
this is true or not, it is not stated by
authority of the Senator. He is, na
f8 well known on tienne of persona)
friendship with President McKinley,
and the visits may not have any
political significance, but nevertbe
ress taken in connection with his
rumored intention to withdrawn from
active participation in the Demo
eratic Senatorial ciiocoe, much in?
terest is felt in Southern circles The
Soath Carolina appointments will
famish an index of the President's
policy. If friends of Senator Mc
Laorin are appointed to office in the
State, or if the present regime in the
Siate is tamed down by the president
io hie coming appointments, it will
be taken to signify that movement to
establish a strong opposition party
in this eectioa ie more far reaching
than has been heretofore supposed
THE CUBANS
MAKE CONCESSIONS.
Gen Sanguily Now Advocates
Cuba's Accepting the Platt
Amendment
Habanoa, March 2 IL -An element
of doubt now exists as to what will
be the final attitnde of the Caben
constitutional convention. The pre?
ponderance of publie opinion in
favor of the Platt amendment during
the last few days is having its effect
upon the radical members, and Gen
Sanguily's press utterances today
farther tend to weaken the strength
of the radicale. Gen Sanguily was
the most radical of all the delegates
He favored dissolving the convention
when the United States congress
adopted the amendmec t
Recently he bas expressed in pri
?ate the vie we to which be has now
given public expressioa, bot few ex?
pected him to maintain the stand
He now says : "A literal interpreta
tioo of the Platt amendment might
meas the loee of Coban independ?
ence ; but the liberal view which
President McKinley and the conven
tion woold give woold leave nothing
to be feared by the Cabane. I do
not believe that by waiting we woold
get better terms from the next con
gresB Independence with some re
strictions is preferable to a continu
ance of military role, which woold
sorely follow the rejection of the
Platt amendment.
..If the Americans want the Isle
of Pines, I am in favor of giving it
to them. I am also in favor of estab?
lishing coaling stations on some of
the keys or at some of the email
ports The presence of :he authority
of the United States will be a
guarantee of oar independence so
fer as exterior safety is concerned
and will save us the enormous ex?
pense of maintaining sn army and
navy "
It is understood on hi^h authority
that the president bas decided to
appoint P. C. Knox of Pittsburg to
fill the vacancy in hie cabinet thet will
be oaoeed by the retirement of At*
tarasy General Grigge os April 1
Horrid New England Crimes
Two Families Butched by In?
sane Parente,
Goldbrook. Mau, March 21-Mrs.
Lizzie Naramore, while in a.f?t of in?
finity this afternoon, killed ber six
children at ber borne, a farm boase
half a mile from thia Tillage, and then
tried ta take her owa life The chil?
dren ranged from tea years to a babe
of ten months and their lives were
taken bj the mother with an axe and
a club. She laid the blood drenched
bodies on the beds, two on one bed
aod the other foar on a bed in an?
other room and then attempted to
take her *own life by catting her
throat with a razor Wheo discover
ed she was in the bed co which the
bodies of foar children were lying.
Although she cat a deep gash in her
throat and suffered the lois of mach
blood, it is believed she will recover.
Clinton. Me., March 21 -Jacob
Dearborn Marr, a farmer living eight
miles from this village, killed his
three children, Alice M.. aged 13,
Elwin, aged 9 and Helen, aged 7,
with an axe shortly after the family
had risen from the dinner table to
day Mr. Marr bas been despondent
for some time, bot his actions were
not soco? as to make his wife believe
that he had any serious trouble to
brood over The eldest daughter
was washing dishes at the tink when
her father went by her to the shed
and got an axe fie came back into
the kitchen and strack the girl a
single blow on the bead, killing her.
Mrs. Marr saw this and ran scream
ing to the house of her husband's
father, Samuel Marr The husband,
apparently, walked upstairs to where
dbe younger children were playing
and dealt each a single blow with
the axe handle, killing them both
When Mr Marr, Sr , came in, the
younger Marr was washing his hands
at the aiuk He waa asked why he
had done the deed and he said-."I
don't know." Later in the day be
was placed ander arrest and taken
to Waterville
AIKEN TO BE MADE
A CENTRE OF SPORT.
Messrs Whitney and Hitchcock
Give Valuable Property to
be Perpetually Uused for
Sports.
Aiken, March 20.-It was an?
nounced today by W. C. Whitney
and T Hitchcock, Jr, that they
would turn over the polo grounds
and golf lioks to a board of trustees
to be used by them in the interest of
sports. This includes two race tracks,
and raciag will be made a feature
next year This property ia worth
about $100,000, and the trustees will
be selected from among the owners
of winter cottages here.
Mr Whitney says that this land
was purchased several years ago
very cheap and the cottages and polo
aod golf players have helped to make
it valuable. It was originally pur?
chased for sporting purposes and
taming it over to trustees ensures its
perpetual use for that purpose.
At the Aiken Gun club this after?
noon D. Long Miller won the George
T. Smith cup, 10 birds handicap rise.
Mr Miller killed 10 straight ; six
seconds killed 9 each
Moonshiner Would Not Work
on Sunday.
Opelika, Ala., March 19-An
amusing case came up in the United
States court here today Some time
ago a white-man in Randolph county
went to an old negro who was in
hard lock and was not welt posted on
the revenue laws of the government
and suggested to him that they start
a still The white man was to fur
aish the apparatus and the negro
was to do the work As the old
darky had nothing else to do he be?
gan making good corn whiskey and
all went well until Sunday came and
the negro would not work on Sunday
and went home and the white man
came in his absence and made the
run and disposed of ali the material
on hand When the negro came
back and fonnd the condition of
affair? he decided to bunt for justice
and found that it would get him into
trouble, lie cared not, however, eo
he could get even, so he reported
the fact to the deputy noarsbals and
came into court today and pleaded
guilty and convicted his man
Imitation thunderstorms, with the
electricity generated by Nisgara
Fails, wii! be one of the features of
the Buffalo exposition The thunder
ia produced by means of large glass
condensers, and, while realistic, is
warranted to be barnies*.
GENERAL BOTHA WILL
N?T SURRENDER.
Government Censured For At?
tempting Negotiations
Demand Made That
War be Pressed.
London, Marth 21.-Joseph Cham?
berlain, the colonial secretar j, today
informed the boose of somat?os that
Geeer-i Botha had rejette d the ffeaee
terms offered him.
General Botta, Mr Chamberlain said,
bad eeneladed the information in t
letter to General Kitchener, in which
he annoaooed he was not disposed to
recommend the terms of pesee General
Kitobeeer was iastracted to offer bim,
to the earnest consideration of bis
government. General Botba added
bis government and his ehisf officers
entirely agreed with this view.
Mr Chamberlain added : 'I propose
to lay the papers connected with the
negotiations on the table tonight."
Loodon, March 20 -The issiaoee of
parliamentary papers on t*,e negotia?
tions between Lord Kitobener and Gen
eral Botha is delayed General Botha's
refusal to aooept the peace terms offered
bim is commented apon whioh en evi?
dent sense of relief. The idea r.hat
Lord Kitchener initiated the negotia?
tions instead of Geaerai Botha, as bas
beca supposed, is unpalatable to the
British press
Tbe Daily Mail ander the editorial
caption ''Our Rejected Suit,'11 asks why
the government instructed Lc rd Kitch?
ener to sae for peace after the maddie
of tbe peace envoys and coooludee as
follows :
"Let tbe war bo pressed to the
utmost, and let farther reecforoements
be prepared, for they may be needed,
bat above all, Ut as havo no more
.negotiations.'99
HAMILTON DESTROYS STORES
Mafeteng, Basutoland, Monday,
March 18 -General Brace Hamilton's
force wbiob is swooping over the south?
east portion of Orange River Colony
has reached Wepeoer, where the troops
found heavy stocks of grain and cattle.
Toey carried awaj as mach as possible
boc bad to destroy 30.000 bags of
grain. The booses ef Wepeuer were
found to be intact.
SIGNED LAWS ON SUN?
DAY.
McKinley's Act Causes Son^e
Worry in Washington.
Presesideni McKinley's action io
approving appropiation bills on Sunday,
March 3. has. bad all official Washing?
ton on a fret lest the laws should be
declared void. A declaration of the
illegality of such laws by the uttoroey
general woold require an extra session
of congress to reappropriatt mote than
$800.000,000 ta keep tbe wheels of
government running daring ifcie next
fiscal year.
Tbe question of the legality of tbe
laws was first raised in the office, af thc
comptroller of the treasury, one of the
officials of wbiob communicated with tba
State department. Mr Allen, the
librarian of the State department, who
sees to tbs printing of all these laws,
foand apeo examination that the appro?
priation laws named had beea approved
on Sooday, and concluded after consid?
eration that if the matter was brought
ioto the coarte tbe judiciary woold
sBstaio the legality of the laws nctwith
staodiag their approval on Sunday.
The only question which Mr Allen
thought might arise grew oat sf the
fact that the senate bad adjourned,
aooordiog to the record of its proceed?
ings, on tbe "legislative day of Satur?
day, March 2," and the house sn its
' legislative day of Friday, March 1."
It might be contended that because
these laws had been approved by the
president after the adjournment of
congress, cbey were not legal. Refer?
ence of the question to the attorney
geoeral resulted io an opinion tout as
the reesrds of the proceedings of con?
gress eootaio statements showing that
congress was actually io session on the
calendar day of March S, as weil ?B on
the calendar day of Marob 4, cbc laws
were legal.
icqairy at the department of jamies
brought forth the statement that even
though the president had approved tho
appropriation laws oo Sooday, it was
the belief of the iaw officers that the
courts would sustaia their validity.
An interesting case in the police
court in Anderson this week was
that in which Mr Jas T. Roberts was
defendant Mr Roberts had cut
down some shade trees on the side
walk in front of his property on
North Main street He claimed tiiat
the land was bia own, the city never
having acquired titles to it. but i.he
city attorney produced witnesses to
show that it had been need by the
public as a sidewalk for about 50
years There bad been eight trees
cot down and he wee fined $00,
which he pm'd.
SPEAKER OF WALLACE
HOUSE DEAD.
William Henry Wallace Goes
to His Reward.
Union, Marah 21.-Judge William
H. Wallace died at hil home here today
at 2:80 o'clock ef an attack of grip
He had been ill, bot was np again and
thosght to be doing nicely wheo he
soddenly paned away. He bad been
expecting death for soase time, and
laid io. All of the immediate family
were wired for and tbs remaini will
probably ba laid at rest tomorrow.
William Henry Wallace, formerly
judge of the seventh judicial oircoit of
Sooth Carolina, aod one of the State'i i
moit distinguished and popular eitiieos,
wai born io Laurent County, 8. C , oo
March 24, 1827 Hie parents were
Gen Daniel and Elisabeth (Davis)
Wallace, the former being a native of
Laurens, aod the latter of Greenville
County, 8. C. The grandfather of
Judge Wallace was Jonathan Wallace,
who wai the first of the family to some
to Sooth Carolina. He was born on
the Rappabannook Uiver, in Virginia,
and before the Revolutionary War he
removed to Lierons County, 8. C ,
where he settled and'was a planter for
many years. He served with the
Continental foreeB during the Revol?
tionary war. He reared quite a family,
of which Daniel Wallace was the
youngest soo
Judge Wallace was the eldest son of
Daniel Wallace. He attended school
in Union County and was prepared for
college at Cokesbory. He entered the
Sooth Carolina College in 1846, gradu?
ating in 1849 From bis graduation
until 1857 he engaged in farming and
then studied law and was admitted to
the bar io 1859. In 1860 he was
eleoted to the legislature and at the
expiration of bis term be enlisted as a
private io Company A, 18th S. C
Volunteers. He was in active service
until tbs close of the war, surrendering
as a brigadier general He was speak
er of the famous Wallace House io
1876, serving until he was elected judge
of the seventh circuit Deoember 7,
1877. He remained on the bench for
sixteen years, serving four successive
terms, being reelected each term with?
out opposition.
Since bis retirement from public lift,
Judge Wallace has lived quietly in
Uoioo, bot taking a deep interest in
publio affairs and the industrial devel?
opment of his town aod State. He was
a stockholder io cotton mills at Uoioo,
Pacolet aod Lockhart.
Jost a year ago Judge Wallace's wife
died Four children survive him : Mrs
John C Sheppard, of Edgefield, Mrs
James H Maxwell, of Greenville, Mrs
Victor Gago, of Alabama, and D. M.
Wallace, of Uoioo. He has two sisters
living. Mrs Dr Nott and Mrs Lydia
Sams, both of Sparenburg.
DEATH OF JUDGE
WITHERSPOON.
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i
For Sixteen Years on the
South Carolina Bench,
Yorkville, March 24.-Judge I. D
Witherspoon died at hit home here this
moroiog about 2 o'clock, after an ill?
ness of two weeks. Isaac Dooom
Witherspoon was boro io Yorkville, on
Feb 24, 1833, aod was, therefore, 68
years of age on the 24th of last mooth.
He volaoteered as a member of Com
paoy A, 12th tegimeot, in August,
1861. and was an ifficer in the compa?
ny He resigned his commission the
following spring to accept a government
position tn Columbia, wbieb he filled
until tbe close of the war. His publio
career began in 1876, when be did bis
fall share in redeeming the State from
Republican misrule aod at which time
he wai eleoted State senator from York
county. He wai reelected ia 1880,
and ia Deoember, 1881, was elected
judge of the 6ih circuit, to succeed
Judge T. J Maekey. His term of
ornee began Feb 15, 1882 He served
for foar cons?cutive terms, or ontil
February, 1897, when be declined re?
election aod was succeeded by Judge
G W. Gage of Chester. His record
as a Judge is koowo to the people cf
the State, aod while he was not ooosid
ered brilliant according to the common
acceptation of the term, be always
enjoyed the full confidence of the
bench, bar and publio by reason of the
fact that all koew that he was a safe,
honest and conscientious interpreter of
the law.
Manila, March 25-The municipal
codes provides that those io rebellion
after April l9t sbtll be ineligible
henceforth to vote or to hold offioe.
Upon the request cf Geo Trias, who
is winding up the rcmoanta of the
insurrection, the Philippine commission
bes extended this date to May 1st
The Philippine commission has sailed
from Iloilo to Jolo to make a three days
visit to endeavor to come to an amicable
understanding with the sultao regard?
ing various matters There will be no
legislation According to treaty tbs
seUan'a goveroaaeet castr?la tba Sala
grrap.
Russia and England
Withdraw Troops.
NO DANGER OF FIGHT AT
TIEN TS1N.
London, March 21.-In the boase
of lords today the foreign secretary,
Lord Lansdowne, announced that
Kassia and Great Britain bad agreed
to withdraw their troops from the
dispeled territory at Tien Tsin and
reserve the question of title and pro
prietsry rights for subsequent exami
tion
Lord Lansdowne supplemented the
announcement by explaining that
this dispute concerned an extensive
area on the left bask of the Pei Ho
river, which the Russians occupied
in the autumn and claimed by right
of conquest Subsequently the gov
ernment was informed that China and
Russia had reached an agreement
placing the arts under Russian occu?
pation. The area, however, com?
prised plots belonging to the northern
Chinese railroad aod was therefore
part of tbe security of the British
bondholders.
BUSINESS DEPRESSION
IN THE SOUTH.
Reports Have Become Unfav?
orable-Textiles the Sore
Spot in Trade.
New York, Mareh 22 -Bradstreet's
tomorrow will say :
Trade is still active, though per?
haps not so buoyant 88 in weeks psst,
partly owing to the natural snbaidence
of tbe spring demand at wholesale and
partly because of the interruption to
demand shipments by snow and rain
storms in the northern half of the coun?
try. From the south the first distinctly
unfavorable advices received for some
time past comes as a result of the
heavy aod continued deelioe in the
price of oottoo.
Trade comparisons with earlier years
favor the present seasoo, as maj be
gathered from the exceptionally good
railway earoiogs, retorne aod the eoor
?3008 iooreaeo io clearings, some of
which, are oo doubt explained by tbe
preparations for large financial opera?
tions aod the bullish speculation in
stocks wbiob bas resulted io new price
records for many securities. Southwest
ern advices are especially cbeerfal sod
farmers io that section hope to repeat
or even improve on the good results of
last year.
Textiles are still the sore spot io tbe
trade situation. Cotton is Jo lower oo
tbe week, 2f cents below the top of the
rite last year aod 15 8 cents below a
year ago For the first time tn months
the southern trade advices are depress?
ed. Cotton goods are depressed and
pride cutting is the role, but signs of
improvement are to be fouod io the
agreement of Fall River mills to roo
OD half time for the next two months
aod toas keep 500,000 pieces of pri?t
oloths ctT the market
?roa aod steel are strong and even
buoyant, bot, as in times past, the
westers trade displays the greatest
activity aod the most strength, while
eastern markets have rather lagged
behind. Cbieago aod Pittsburg display
great animation aod oeotral western
mills are crowded with orders. For
oaees are sold ahead to Joly 1 aod
prompt deliveries ecmmaod a pre
miom.
War talk iodooed some short cover?
ing in wheat this week, aod flnur
strengthened on better demand, bat
crop reports were to the main favora
ble. Coro has keen io good export
dtsaaod, bot is held dowo by increase
io sapplies, weather at the west keep
tog good.
The streogtb of hog products aod
higher prices for live hogs has resulted
in talk of a eoroer being worked io
May delivery at Cbieago. Present
prices are the best reoorded for years
pass. Sogar has shown some recu?
perative streogtb, and a fractional gaio
is noted after the lato marked deoline.
Failares for the week io the United
States were 231 against 207 last week
and 192 a year ago.
Io Canada 44 against 28 last week
and 23 a year ago.
The fertilizer shipments from
Charleston during February broke all
records Two hundred thousand tons
were sent out in the 28 days.
PLAYER CONT JOTED
OP ROBBING HIMSELF.
First Conviction ft? Stealing
From DispeBsaries.
_ \
Special to' the-State.
.Ki og atrae, Mareo 22>-3be case of
the State-against Brauk ? Player waa
called for trial io the eon* Thursday
moroiog* Judge Watts was oo the
beoca sod.'Solioitor Wilson far proseoo*
(icio W -F Clayton, Js^, of Ffor
ecce, aad LeBoy lise, Ss^. were for
th.3 defense
Ex-Dispenser Player was indicted
for breach of trost wrto fraudulent
intent, the definite oirevcastance being
th? alleged Christmas dispensary rob?
bery of more than two tbooeaod dol?
lars. It*wae claimed by tbe proecution
tout there was oo robbery except by
the dispenser.
Excepti on al interest waa manifested
ali through the trial aod sentiment
wa? strongly against tb? defendant.
The o amber of robberies committed
during the past year bad Jostly caused
the fading that something was wrong,
aod frequent . shortage? eonftrmed the
fact. Thtagh tbe evidence was entire?
ly circumstantial, yet Sctts?or Wilson
skillfully satisfied the JBTJ of Player's
guilt. The defense worked hard aod
well. The argument lasted four boors.
AU the attorneys in tbe case are enti?
tled tc great praise.
At 1 o'clock this afterooon Judge
Watts charged the jorj, commenting
oo I be strength of oircoastaotial evi?
dence. He gave tbe retold io the jory
at 1 30 p. m.
The jury oo the Bril ballot stood
eight for ccnviotion, foot for acquittal.
The secsnd ballot resorted io teo for
conviction and two for ae?aittal. At
7 40 p. m. the Jury rendered a verdie*
of guilty with a recommendation to
mercy.
On motion of W. P. Clayton, Esq,
the court will son sider Ibe matter of a
new trial tomorrow, lt ia the general
opinion that a new trial will not be
granted. " ^
Williamsborg convicts the first dis?
penser for*irregolarity and thus up?
hold? the law.
Kitchener. Shooting Burghers.
Cape town,'. March 20-JVP.
Minaber an^ ,J A. leawood t were
shpt at - D?Aaar last evening for
treason and, murder in pursuance of
the sentence of a coortmartial The
death sentence was passed a week
ago iq connection with the wrecking
of a train near,. Taasboscb, by which
five, men were killed Gen. Kitcho
ner., confirmed, the verdict The
garrison' w'a^s paraded aod the prison?
ers were led opt at sunset. Death
was instaoteneooe. A Butch minis
ter aad relative? remained with the
prisoners tij! the end. Hwo others
concerned in.the train wrecking were
sentenced .to five years at penal servi,
tude! >
WHY THE BOERS WATT?.
London, March 20-The West"
minister Gazette this ' afternoon
makes pessimistic comment on Gen
Botba'ii refusal to accept the peace
terms offered by Lord Kitchener, and
connects this refusal with the sitos
tion in China The Gazette says the
powere are. at sixes and sevens in
the far east and tbat any day may see
the commencement of a struggle
from which the Boers may recover
their own.
Gov. licSweeney bas appointed
Miss Sola Willis of Charleston to be
one .of the lady, commissioners from
this State to the Pao American ex
position at Buffalo. TA Y Mis?
Willis was given a similar commis
sion to the Par?s exposition She
has jost reached borne from Paris.
and has been made chairman of the
fine arts committee of tbe Charleston,
exposition.. The Governor has also
given Prof W. E Breazeale, former?
ly of Winthrop, an honorary com
mission to investigate the norma!,
school system pf France, the young
educator expecting to spend some?
time there.
- -i i e ? ? mmm
While Mr Carnegie was depleting
his fortune by ?5,200,009 for libraries
in New York, .Mr Jobn D. Rocke?
feller was increasing bis by $6,200,
000, representing a siogle quarterly
dividend on bis Standard Oil stock
If Mr. Rockefeller wanted to get rid
of his profits on that stock alone he
would have to build aboot one $S0,
000 library a day -51- Journal.
BAKING
POWDER
Makes the food more delicious and whotesorae
wyr KL yama w?csa co., ?gw vot?.