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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.
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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