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I TBK SUMTER WATCHMAN, Kttablithed April, 1850* "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's.' THE TRUE SOUTHRON. Established Jane XS66 Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881. SUMTER, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 8, 1901. New Series-VoL XX. No. 41 Published S78T7 Wednesday, -Br KT. Gr, Osteen^ SUMTER, S. C. TSBMS : $1.50 per auoum-io advance. IOTIBTISIKIBT: One Square first insertion.$1 00 Srery 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 advertiements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. PACIFYING TBE PHILIPPINES. MacArthur Reports Several Important Surrenders. ? Washington, April 30 - Three im portant cablegrams were received today at the war department from Gen MacArthur at Manila In the opinion of the officials the news con tained in them marks the almost com piete collapse of organized rebellion ia the Philippines The cablegrams are as follows : "Gen Tinio surrendered with his commaod today at Sihait. He will deliver all men and goos in his com mand as soon as they can be gather ed together This completely pacifies the first department, northern Lozon, for many months the worst in Lozon." "Cols. Ciprano Callao and Gregorio Xatibac, Malvare, best officers sar rendered to Col Jacob Kline at Lipa on April 28th with 23 officers, 108 men and 86 rifles '' "Joan and Blas Yiliamor, leaders Abra, surrendered Bangaet April 27th ; DOW engaged assembling scat tered commands, delivering arms, Aglipay, ex priest, leader Hocos pro vince, Lozon, surrendered at Laoag, April 28th." Tinio is said here to have been with Alejandrino, one of the highest offi cer8 in the insurrectionary force He was io commaod io northern Luzon during the famous chase after Commander Gilmore Malvare, whose colonels surrender ed to Kline also, was one of the best known Filipino leaders He was Lawton's most formidable foe, and commanded the insurrectos at the fight at Zapote river, the most serious battle fought io the Pbillippines He was confined to southern Lozon, which never has been completely subjugated, and Lipa, where the sur render occurred, bas been one of the principal insurgent arsenals. It ts stated at the war department by officers recently back from the Philippines, that there remains in field in Luzon only one chief whom they are particularly d?sirons of catching, namely. Gailles, the head bunter This man bas violated eve y rule of warfare and it not expected that be will be taken alive The Cudahy Kidnappers. Omaha. Neb. April 30 -An on known person, purporting to be an agent of the kidnappers has made a proposition to S A Codaby to return $21,000 of the money paid .for the ransom of bis son, wno was abducted Dec 18 last The offer de man?>d in return a withdrawal of the $25.000 reward and a cessation of th* determination to punish the crim? inals Tbi< proposition came in a letter from E:gin, III, and Mr ^ndabv ie c<^n vin<?*-rl of its au?hfri*?cify He went to C',:,"*?*o r*.cer?*?v he?"?*.?".":?-? r?f yyf i being nmmoned 'nerf1 by hi* brother in response to overtures that had been m^d** Mr Cudahy bas refused to consider the proposition and declared his determination to prose? cute the search to fihe end "I received a letter about ten days ago." said Mr Cudaby 'It was dated April 15 at Elgin and bore the Elgin postmark I have turned it over to the detectives and did not make a copy. It was very brief and recited that the chief kidnapper had | communicated with the writer and was getting uneasy It set forth that j the chase by the detectives was get ting uncomfortably close, and asked if I would withdraw the offer of reward now outstanding and let up on the effort to find the criminals and have $21,000 of the $25,000 ransom returned to me "It seems that the writer got some? what in a burry, for as soon as he mailed the letter he went to Chicago where he called on my brother Michael the same day Before I reached Chicago he bael disappeared, leaving no directions as to how he coald be reached " Beaumont, Texas, April 30.-In? formation was received here this afternoon to the effect that an oil gusher wae struck today at Sulphur, La, forty five miles east of Beaumont, OD the Southern Pacific THREE DESPERATE CONVICTS ESCAPE. Overpower a Guard ancLFly to Wateree Swamp. Eagood, May 2 -Ono of the moe daring escapes that was ever m ade from the State farm was made by three convicts yesterday morning The plow detail was at work near a thick branch when Israel Sims, a life prisoner from York county, slipped op behind Geard M. Borkett, strack him a stunning blow on the neck and took his goo from him After get ting the gan Sims attempted to shoot Burkett, bat did not know how to manipulate the rifle He immediate ly took refage in the branch, carrying the rifie with bim and was followed by two other desperate convicts, Grant McNeill, sentenced for life from Charleston, and Tom Haystack, sentenced for 20 years, from ?Salada The other prisoners made no effort to escape, though it is said tbat others were ?D the plot ?s soon as it was poesibie Mr Gardner the manager of the DeSaas sore farm, was notified of the escape and as is the custom every effort was made to effect their capture It was not long before the guards and trusties bad the escapes surrounded in the swamp With the edges well guarded on ali sides, several entered and searched the almost impenetrable swamp It was not long before Isaac Sims, tbe ringleader, was discovered up a tree He still had the rifle with him and on being com manded to surrender, opened fire on Mr Morris tbe manager of the ?eid farm, and another mao who was with bim ?s there was only one ioad in the rifle, Morris knew that no harm could then be done, so be covered Sims with bis pistol, and effected his carpture without any further trouble Sims was theo surely tied, turned over to one of the guards and was soon landed in the stockade. The pursuit of McNeill and Haystack was then continued. Another drive was made through the swmp wheo Mc Neill was discovered He broke aod rao aod attempted to make his escape across an open field but Mr Gardner, who was mounted oo his boree, sooo overtook him On being commanded to halt, McNeill showed fight, turned on Gardner and had to be shot be fore be would surrender The wound, however, is io tbe erm aod is not considered a dangerous one He was returned to the stockade and the pursuit was continued for Haystack With the swamp weil guarded on all sides, search after search was made, but the fugitive could oot be fouod A iarge guard force was kept on duty ali of last night but at this writ I iog Haystack has eluded his pursuers and it is supposed has made good his escape It is simply marvelous how be effected it under tbe circumstances Tbe plot to escape was well laid, for the prisoners captured were supplied with rations sufficient to last two or three days aod also had a small qoau tity of turpeotine which they use, it is said, oo their feet to keep the dogs from trailing them When Sims took Mr Burkett's gun Burkett attempt ed to shoot bim with bis pistol and after snapping every cartridge it refused to fire Tbe damage to the oat crop oo the State farm, caused by the dams giv ing way, will not be as great as was at first supposed While the entire crop oo tbe river bas been under water it is thought that the most of it now will be saved The breaks are b^ing mended as rapidly as pos ?ib?e All o the cotton that was panted pp'or to the rfc*-nt heavy rain will havp to be planted over again Th* heavy rains and extremely cool weather that followed caused the seed to rot iu the. ground Seed are in great demand, but the usual crop wi;? be put in McCravy's Democracy. Charleston, May 2.-George S Mo Cravy, tbe newly appointed deputy United States marshal, is here to as sume charge of tho office Marshal Malton is expected here tomorrow from Washington, when McUravy wUl be commissioned. Mr McCravy announced himself to day as a Democrat, bat be said that be was opposed to several planks of the Democratic platform. He qualified the statement by saying that be was *'a Democrat today " He weot on to say that be was an expansionist and a protectionist and was opposed to the free and unlimited coinage o' ?. iver, a? be was "a wage earner aod objeofed to beiog paid io fifty cent dollars." He ? said that bis defeat for 6Leriff of Lin reos county last August was due to hi* support of MoL-urin but ho gave il bs bis opinion that he was beaten by fraud Mary Irwin is said to be the riebest actress io this country, rated at $600, 000. 1 TOBACCO EXHIBIT. Delegation Reports of Trip to Charleston-To Get a Spe? cial Building. Florence, April 30 -The tobacco interests of the State will receive the same consideration at the hands of the exposition directors as the cotton industry does if the tobacco men do their doty half so well as the cotton men have done. This is the result of the visit of the special delegation to Charleston yesterday W. E Lea of TimmoDS ville, the chairman of the general tobacco committee, and Hartwell M Ayer, who bas been in this tobacco display since the incipiency of the movement, went to Charleston by appointment with Col Averill yester day to talk the matter over. Col Averill assures the delegation that if 80ch an exhibit as is proposed is got? ten np by the tobacco section, that he can arrange with the directots foi the building. The demands on the exposition company recently have been very heavy, the company is severely taxed to meet them The matter of the government exhibit that has been secured by Senator McLau rin is going to be a heavy cost taxed j on them instead of a source of reve nue Instead of getting the aid for the exposition that was boped, the $250,000, the company will be at an expense of $25,000 in getting the government property to add to the attractions of the show Tobacco is, however, one of the main resources of the State, it ie a great and growing industry, it is one thing that will attract attention and give the State advertisement and thus serve the purpose of the exposi tioD, therefore the directors are aoxi ours to make all the concessions in their power to secure a really repre sentative exhibit. Upon the assur? ance of the delegation that the to bacco men would put up an exhibit which should represent four or five thousand dollars, Col Averill said that be could then assure the people of this section that they wouid have the building for it. It will not be hard to realize this promise and to meet it, the plan pro \ posed is to divide the expense as follows : one thousand dollars to each Florence, Darlington and Marion counties, and the other two thousand divided between Horry, Clarendon, Williamsburg, Orangeburg, New berry and Sumter How this money value will be divided and what the I exhibits will be will have to be I decided upon at once. There are several plans proposed, one to have the whole exhibit together, each con tributing its quota and joining in the credit and the honors Another is to have a center piece representing the combined efforts of the counties and the different counties as gems around the center piece, a cluster of diamonds around a ruby A third is to have each county and each market separate These matters will be laid before the general committee j at a meeting to be called by Chair mao Lea in the near future In the meantime the committee begs each and every paper in the counties nam ed to copy what is said in this article and to cal! a meeting of those inter? ested at some convenient center as soon as possible and summon either or both of the representatives named to meet with ttum and tell them exactly what is wanted This thing most be carried through successfully It is folly to say than an industry re presenting a million of dollars an nually cannot raise $5,000 to adver tiae itself to the world when it would mean ten times that much in ii>cre?s ed demand and eales and higher prices. The work will have to be undertaken by somebody who has patriotic fervor enough about him to carry it through An effort will be made to find two or three such men in each county The committee wants volunteers It is urged that $5,000 iu a spec ia! building will be more of an ad vertt8ement than $25,000 spent in an exhibit in either of the general build inga South vs North in Polo? New York, April 30 -Lakewood 6? goals, against 4| goals for Cam den, was the score bulletined at th?* Georgian Court polo grounds, at Lakewood, N J , this afternoon Quite a number of persons from Camden, S 0 , were on hand to up hold the courage of those wearing the colors of the Southern club The game was the second one in the series of five for the Herbert trophies and neither team was handicapped at so high a rating as those in yester? day's contest Camden's team was the same which played in thetourna ment at Aiken last month and includ? ed only single goal men. Bryan's Prediction of McLaurin's Move. Beginning of Break of South? erners for the Flesh Pots. Liocolo, Neb . May 2-"Senator MoLaurin's Boot" is the theme of the leading editorial io William Jennings Bryan's Commoner, which will be is sued tomorrow Io bU discussion of the subject Eiitor Bryan says : "The Republican papers are making muon of the speech receotly delivered by Senator McLaario of South Caro lina at Charlotte. North Carolina, aod well they may. for it marks the begin? ning of a movement io the south which will have an iofiaenoe upoo the politics of the nation. It is not likely that Mr McLaario will be the jeader of she movement because he is handicapped by the fact that he ts using bis official position to misrepresent the views ?nd interests of his constituents, but some leader will arise to give direction and force to the aristocratic and plutocratic dement for which Mr McLaurin ?peaks There is such ao element io every community and now that the race question no longer unifies tbe white people of tbs southern States it will doubtless manifest itself to them too The corporations are ir-oreasing io number and magnitude io the soufb and with their growth will come at temp's to secure from the goveromeot privileges, favors aod immooities " "Senator Tillmao bas already taken up the guage of battle thrown down by Senator McLaurin, and will doubt less be able to marshal a considerable majority in that State, bat che same in? fluences are at work io other States, where there is greatest danger of their success The Democratic seotimeot is strong enough to resist the McLaurin move? ment, but those who believe the mao is worth more than the dollar will have to bestir themselves " Mr. Bryan warns the Democrats of the sooth against the commercial infla enees at work to win them away from Democracy and dehaooh the electorate. * BRADSTREET'S REPORT. The Enormous Speculations Cited as Good Sign. New York, May 3 -Bradstreet's to? morrow will say : The sanguine feel iog as to trade aod speculation finds reflection in the enormous activity io stock speculation which has attracted mach money from the usual commercial chancels and expanded oleanogs to unheard of totals. Warm, sunny weather is helping retail trade io the cities aod is likewise affording the farmers favorable opportunity to com? plete crop planting General business the oonotry over may be classed as sat? isfactory The iron and steel trades though reporting somewhat of a loll io the cruder forms, continue to famish the best reports, while the textile io dastries return the least favorable aooouot8. The textiles are relatively the worst situated of all the industries. Tbe slowness of demand for cotton j goods on domestic account bas been the cause of a redaction of print cloths of 3 16.?. which, following the decline of 1 8o last week, makes a net decline of 5 16o in ten days Curtail ment of production by tbe mills limits srocks t>ut does not help demand Ex port busioens however, is better and berets scarcity of brown cottons re? ported Tne crop situation at present is qui e eoe o " ?..g W rm -unny weather is .'?ein .: ? . ?*?" -od OOM -o, and w^eat ma ?L?iui* ? geucr?;:y go?d condition ?ctw^httfarHirg repor's of damage hv ? n- - -U ?VS.8 Co*-oo crop advice ur? tairiy go d, and ao increase i sceale IH BI ii! foreshadowed, despite mach replanting having been necessary in Ai-bama, Georgia aod Tennessee *hero the scarcity of seed for this purpose is remarked. Grain planting is a'most finished io the oonbwest. The iron trade production naturally appears to >>e marching up with the de? mand in 'h'^ orud^r forms first Bes werner pig iron is 25o lower this week, ano salee r.ive been made of southern pig 50.3 below the asking prico of some weeks ago, although Birmingnam re? port Hobodules adhered to Failures for the week number 163 as compared with 214 last week. 153 in this week a year ago, 164 io 1899 and 240 in 1898 France Taking Our Gold. New York, May 1 -Lizard Freres will ship $1,000,000 o?? the French steamer sailing Saturday. A provisional engagement of $1, 000,000 gold bars made by Ileidel bach. Ickelheimer & Co , has been ratified and it will be shipped to? morrow on the French steamer The National City bank will ship $250 000 gold on the French steam ship 8ailiog tomorrow The gold The Corruption in Manila. Oapt Reid "Held Up" Holders of Army Contracts. Manila, April 30.-The trial of Capt Jas C Reed, ex depot commis sary at Maoila, charged with solioitiog and receiving bribes, aod other official misooodoot, which began here yester? day, war* condoned aod was fiercely coo tested Toomas Harris, a bookkeeper of the firm of Robinson & Macoodray, test! ?>d that Mr Robiosoo paid Capt Reed $881. The firm's books contained entries to that effect. Fred Macoodray testified that be arranged to give Capt Reed 10 per ceot commission on the sale of vegetables tarnished to transports Before testifying Barry Baldwin, formerly Uoited States marshal for California, and now maoager of tbe Robiosoo Company, sbippiog mer chants, made a statement to the conrt He said that attempts bad been made to intimidate bim aod be asked for tbe protection cf tbe court. He had ao affidavit prepared, which be offered to tbe coart Bat tbe latter did not receive it and returned it to Mr Bald win unread Mr Baldwin testified to having a $100,000 beef contract Mr Reed came to bis office and claimed there were slight shortages io tbe beef deliv eries, on account of which Mr Bald? win gave Capt Reed $348. Adjr Gen Garliogtoo testified that Cap Reed said Major Davis was short 14,000 pooods of beef. He admitted receiving money from Mr Baldwin, bat said the sam be received would be applied to the beef shortage. Mr Wolf, a partoer io the firm of Castle Bros, testified concerning attempts to secare commission for Capt Reed oat of the eales of vegetables, ete R. Casson, cbief derk of the depot commissary, testified to once obtaioiog foods from tbe bank, and to a shortage beiog covered by placing five laborers, at 40 cents per day, oo tbe. emergeooy payroll This witness also testified conoeroiog tbe investigation ioto the irregularities of the depot commissary J. J MacLeod, manager of tbe Maritime Ccmpany, testified that he procured for Capt Reed receipts from the General Cigar Factory showing the amount of commission paid by Castle Bros & Wolf. Tbe prosecution theo retted. Tbe defense will begin tomorrow. Dispensary for Florida. Tallahassee. May 2.-Io the house yesterday Mr Wall of Potoam intro doced a bill to abolish liquor saloons aod establish a State dispensary The bill is based on the South Carolina dispensary law, and a duplicate will be introduced in the senate today This measure is a lobby bill, and its provisions are as yet known to a few legislators and outsiders, lt is framed to offer a solution of tbe good roads movement which has received a fa? vorable consideration all over Florida for several years past, aod was made ao issue for settlement by tbe last Democratic State convention. A new and leading featore of the proposed Florida di6peosary law provides for the expenditure of all net proceeds from the dispensary system in con? structing modern through public highways between important points io the State Supporters of the biil are confident of its pausage and claim that under the operation of the law $1,000,000 per annum net will be available for builindg good roads Tourist hotels are allowed certain exemptions under tbe dispensary regulations Wines made from Flor ida grapes and fruits may be sold under liberal dispensary Berlin, May 2-A dispatch from Pekin, dated May 1, to the Kolnische Zeitung, says that a bloody battle bas occurred betweeu the Russians and Chinese near Mukden. The Rus sians lost 60 in killed and wounded Four Russian officers were killed, and among the wounded was Gen Zerpitzki Berlin, May 2 -The Vossische Zeitung prints a special dispatch from St Petersburg announcing that Russia has virtually arranged with France for loans amounting to 500, 000 000 francs and that another Rus stan loan is being negotiated with Eng Heh and American bankers in London. The dispatch further says that the czar is planning for a trip abroad dur ing next August and that he will visit Copenhagen, Denmark SHIPPING COMBINE STARTLED ENGLAND The Details of Morgan's Trade With Ellerman-He Paid Well for the Stock. Londoo, May 1 -The Leyland line deal provokes unusual discussion in the English papers, which reveals the existence of not a little appre? hension as to the possibility of the United States dominating the Atlan? tic carrying trade The general impression, however, is that the transfer is connected with the proba? ble passage by the United States senate of a subsidy bil!. It is conceded that the terms of the transfer are so profitable to the Leyland line people that there could be no question of the acceptance and that other shipping companies woald gladly sell on the same terms The effects of the transfer are dis? cussed in all their bearings Sir Christopher Furnes, who contributes to the Daily Mail a long article, dealing with the steel and other trusts in the United States, insists upon the necessity of the country waking up to meet the new cont petition. The Daily Telegraph asks, editori? ally, whether the whole British em? pire is to be bought out by Americans* millionaires It calls Mr Morgan? "the Bonaparte of trade,7' and thinks,' the British public will be very foolisb if it is Tolled by statements that there is no intention to withdraw the vessels of the Leyland Hoe from the Union Jack "This ie a serious situation,*7 says the Daily Telegraph, "which calls for concerted action on this side, especially looking to the enormous growth of the American export trade and the increase of the American and German shipping tonnage." MARGARITA "iSL?ND. Washington, May 2 -Although the matter never has figured before the state department, the navy department bas been closely watch? ing the happenings near Margarita island, off the coast of Venezuela, which have given rise to the report that a German coaliog station is to be established there. The facts have been reported to the department by some of the United States naval offi? cers who commanded vessels which have cruised in those waters recent? ly Last year a German warship spent ten weeks in looking into the possibilities of Margarita island, and this fact led to an examination on our account which developed the presence on this strategic poiot of ooe of the best harbors in South America, the possession of which would afford the Uoited States or any other nation with a navy practical cootrol of the coast from the eastern side. Aside from this island, some of the best posted naval authorities bold tbat the Golf of Cariaco, on the north coast of Venezuela, offers by far the most advantageous site for an American coaling station if ooe is to be located in that part of the world In view cf the reported German sur? veys in that quarter, the naval authorities here are showing unusual interest in the points available for American use The state depart ment oever has been called upon specifically to construe the Monroe doctrine so far as it might relate to the attempt by a European govern ment to secure a coaling station io the Gulf of Mexico or the Carribeao sea The Chinese Indemnity. ^aris. May 1 -The foreign office bas received a disparen from Pekin an nouuoiog that M. Pich?n, tbe French minister presented today the report of the committee OD indemnity The amount China is to pay 1 365 000.000 francs. How it is proposed tbe indem nity be distributed among the powers is not set forth, bot. as the dispatches does not mention The Hague, it i* thought the minsters are hopeful of being able to settle the proportion to be received by each power by discussion at Pekio WashiDgtOD, April 30-The census bureau issued a bulletin today an nooncing that tbe centre of pop?la tioo of the Uoited States, excluding Alaska and receot territorial acc?s sioos, oo Jooe 1 last was six miles southeast of Colombia, Bartholomew County, in Southern Indians. I TBK SUMTER WATCHMAN, Kttablithed April, 1850* "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's.' THE TRUE SOUTHRON. Established Jane XS66 Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881. SUMTER, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 8, 1901. New Series-VoL XX. No. 41