The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 05, 1901, Image 1

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THK SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1S50. "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 SOOTBROM. Established ?cue 3 266 Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 5. 1901. New Series-Tol. XX. Yo. 45 Cljc ?htfljiimii w? ^outbro?i Pubiislied Every Wednesday, -Br 2>ff. <3k Osteen, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : 5I.5O per annam-in advance. AOTIBTISSMSKT: One Sqnare first insertion.$1 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wil be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged foras ad vertiemen ts. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. TILLMAN'S ADDRESS. Senior Senator Gives His Reasons for Resigning to Oppose McLaurin. CALLS UPON DEMOCRATS TO VINDICATE HIS ACTION. Special to The State. Trenton, S. C., May 28.-Senator Tillman famished the press the follow? ing address this afternoon : To the Democratic Voters of the State. Feilow-Citizens : An extraordinary and unparalleled situation has unex? pectedly arisen in the State, and as I am mainly responsible for this, I feel that a proper respect for you, requires an explanation of my actions and mo? tives. Eleven years ago by a very large vote you elected me governor of the State, and two years afterwards I was reelect? ed by an overwhelming majority. In '94 I was sent as your representative in the congress of the United States as one of the senators from South Car? olina. After six years service in that body I was last year chosen without opposition to be my own successor. I was sworn in on March 4th, last for the six years' term ending in 1907. The ink has hardly become dry upon my oath of office and yet I have tendered my resign? ation to take effect September 15th next. My colleague has also ten? dered his resignation to take effect the same date, and thus there will be two vacancies to be filled Syy appoint? ment of the governor until the legis? lature can elect our successors in Jan? uary next. I desire to announce my candidacy to succeed myself and ask you to vindicate my action by your votes in the priman*, which will be ordered by the State Democratic com? mittee. This is an off year in politics and but for the conditions which had come about my action in precipitating a political campaign, and primary election would be inexcusable. A brief review of recent political events will be necessary to give that explana? tion. My colleague. Jno. L. McLau? rin, was elected to the senate at a pri? mary held in *97 to succeed the la? mented Earle. He was elected as a Democart standing- on the Chicago platform of 1896. Early in '99 Sena? tor McLaurin parted company with his Democratic colleagues in the senate, and has since voted for and advocated everything that the Republican party now stands for, and has persistently antagonized his own party in all of his public utterances and acts. Notwith? standing that a new State convention last May laid down the principles and policies of the party, and a new na? tional convention at Kansas City in July announced the principles of Dem? ocracy as now understood throughout the union, your junior senator has acted as though he were entirely inde? pendent of the people who elected him and has felt under no obligations to obey their wishes or do their will as their representative. When the C mgress adjourned last March he and his sympathizers in the State began at once an active propaganda of his new doctrines, which he claimed were Democratic, but which all true Demo* crats must know are only Republican? ism in disguise and very thinly dis? guised at that. He made a speech at Charlotte. April 16th. in which the Democratic party is sneered at and as? sailed. He made another speech at Greenville last week filling out and developing his new theories, and took pains to indicate his perfect accord with Mr. McKinley in all his poli? cies. He had appointments already arranged tb make speeches at at least three other places-Gaffney, Vorkville and Spartanburg-and had begun an active canvass for reelection, fifteen months before the regular campaign, which would choose his successor, in the Democratic primary of 1902 would open. It was natural that these gen? tlemen who proposed to contest for his seat should be unwilling to premature? ly announce their candidacy and take the field against him. He had the dis? pensing of federal patronage placed at his disposal by the Republican presi? dent, and he had unlimited money furnished by his Republican allies, or McKinley Democratic followers in South Carolina and his purpose was to go up and down the State unoppos? ed and unanswered to organize his new political machine. This was the situation up to the Gaffney meeting and I was confronted with the ques? tion of what was my duty under the circumstances. Recollect that I am a member of the national Democratic committee, as your representative: I was on the committee on platform in both of the last national conrventions and helped frame the declarations of principle and policy upon which we went to battle, and I was chairman of the committee, on platform in your last State convention. Remember too that both at Charlotte and Greenville, dicrectly and indirectly, I had been assailed by Mr. McLaurn and you will understand why I was anxious to meet my colleague at Gaffney, and when invited by a large number of citizens of Cherokee county I willing ly accepted. The reslult of that meet? ing is now well known. Mr. McLaurin was unexpectedly brought face to face with the'question of resignation and appeal to the people whose confidence he had abused and whose trust he had betrayed. He tried to dodge the thrust, by charging that I was at? tempting to dictate and boss the peo? ple and interfere in a race with which j ? had no concern and was safely eseon ed in my seat for six years, and had nothingto lose, but could weil afford to lay down a code of moral ethics, for another which I was unwilling to follow myself. I saw the opportunity to precipitate a battle at once rather than wait fifteen months and I offered to resign if he would, and the result you know. I acted from impulse it is true, but I have always acted upon impulse and as a public man I can affirm with the sacredness of an oath that all of my impulses have been to serve the best interest of the people vrho have honored me. I had every opportunity to weigh the consequences of my action and to get out of it with? out discredit, but I felt then and still feel that my duty was to force the fighting and" rid the party of all trait? ors. The situation as I understand it, is this. The people who are interested in having two senators at Washington to do their will and stand by their principles will have an opportunity of being honestly and honorably repre? sented. This has not been the case dur? ing the last two years, and as long as McLaurin remains in the senate it could not be the case. As to the burdens of the contest. The citizens of a given county will lose but two days, to bring about this much desired result, one day to at? tend the campaign meeting and the other to go to the primary. While I willi have the fatigue and expense of a State canvass which I could easily have avoided. The contest between the Democracy and the man who seeks to betray it will be fought without any local com? plications whatever. Voters will not be influenced in this'contest by the de? sire to elect local favorites and thus swapping will be prevented. The is? sues will be clear cut. The organiza? tion of the " Commercial Democra? cy," another name for McKinley De? rne racy, will have to be consummated in much shorter time and under much less favorable conditions. Our party J?as the opportmity to rebuke and pun? ish treachery at once as a warnig to those who may be wavering. Many good men will be prevnted from be? coming Republicans in fact, though not in name by having the issues explained before they have aligned themselves under the new banner. The democatic uniform will be struck o;ff of those who have proven unworthy to wear it and they will be made to understand the difference between honorable and dishonorable dis? charges. Civil virtue, the sacred rela? tions which should exist between the representative and his constituency, will be more clearly understood and all true democrats must rejoice at the result. For myself and the sacrifice [ have made I will say nothing. I pre? fer to let the people of the State con? sider the matter for themselves and pass upon my conduct as they may determine, whether it was right and proper or rash and quixotic. I have served them to the best of my ability with zeal and honesty since I have been their servant aud shall continue to do so, if they continue to honor and trust me. When I cannot truth? fully say that I represent the majority of the people of South Carolina and vote and speak as they desire, I be? come "as sounding brass and a tink? ling cymbal." And prefer the retire? ment of private life to the degraded elevation of a high position obtained by deceit and held against the wishes of the people. I put my case in your hands and will explain and vindicate my case more fully in the coming pri? mary canvass. B. R. Tillman. Cuban Convention Yields. Havana. May 28-The Platt amend? ment was accepted by the Cuban Con? stitutional Convention today by a vote of 15 to 14. The actual vote was on accepting the majority report of the committee on relations, which embod? ied the amendment with explanations of certain clauses. The Radicals made a hard fight at the last moment . and Se?ores Portn ondo. Gomez and Tamayo bitterly ar? raigned the Conservatives Senor Tamayo was particulrly vindictive and declared that everybody who voted in favor of the Platt amendment was a traitor to his country. Thc Conven? tion compelled him to retract this statement. On several occasions per? sonal encounters seemed imminent. Senor Gomez spoke for more than an hour, and his speech undoubtedly won over Se?ores ('astro. Roban and'Man dnley. lie appealed to the patriotism of the delegates and rehearsed the long fight for independence, denouncing as perjurers all who favored the Platt amendment, on the ground that they had sworn to draw up a Constitution for an independent republic. Several Conservatives rose and asked Senor Gomez to retract, but he abso? lutely refused. The following delegates voted against the majority report : Gomez, Gener, La Cret. Portuondo, Manduley, Cisneros. Ferrer, Foortun, Roban. E. Tamayo. Silvia, Castro, Zayas and Alem?n. Se?ores Rivera and Bravo were ab? sent. The Convention will continue its sessions, which will be devoted to drawing up the election law. La Discussion in an extra this even? ing exclaims: ''Now will come imme? diate independence.*' Washington, May 29. Secretary Koot has decided that all of the second lieutenants of the cavalry, who were such on February 2 last, and ali o? the second lieutenants of infantay, who were such at the date of the organiza? tion of the volunteer army in 189?", are to be at once promoted to the rank of first lieutenants. Senator IMauriiTs Address, Statements Made Necessary by Tillman's Malicious Falsehoods. An Appeal to the People to Help Defeat Tillman. Bennettsville, May 30.-Senator Mc? Laurin today issued the following ad? dress : To My Fellow Citizens: The ad? dress of Senator Tillman to you ren? dered it necessary that I should say something in explanation of my mo? tives and actions. I sincerely regret that you are to be subjected to the ex? pense and excitement of a senatorial primary this year, but I feel that I am not responsible. Had it not been for Senator Tillman's intrusion upon the Gaffney meeting there would have been no necessity for it. A joint de? bate was precipitated by him contrary to my wishes and of the gentlemen who invited me. He forced himself upon the meeting by his own admis? sion. No other honorable course was left to me hut to accept his propo? sition or lay myself open to ihe charge of cowardice. It is too late now to consider whether it was wise or unwise, and the people must judge between us. I desire to announce my candidacy in opposition to the senior senator for the unexpired long term and will discuss with him in a fair and reputable manner the national is? sues of the day and leave it to you to judge who can the more "honestly and honorably'' represent you in the Uni? ted States senate. In 1897 I was elect? ed to the senate as a Democrat and I am still a Democrat. In everything I have said and done I have had the good of my people at heart, to them I am ready to render an account of my stewardship, but not to the senior senator: perhaps in this lies my chief sin. In my recent speech at Greenville I gave the people the reason for my offi? cial action since 1899. It is useless for me to reiterate what I said in that speech as it has been extensively pub? lished and I presume generally read. Were it not for charges made in the ad? dress of the senior senator, it would be unnecessary for me to say more. But I cannot allow him to assail me and my Democracy without saying something in my vindication. He charges that, after the adjournment of congress in March last, with the aid of my friends, I commenced in the State ari active propaganda of my new doctrines, /'which are claimed to be Democratic but are nothing but Re? publicanism in disguise." He arro? gates to himself the power to decide for the people as to the righteousness of my course and views, and is not willing for them to hear and judge for themselves. His indecent intru? sion upon the Gaffney meeting illus? trates his methods of "bossism" and his desire toorale or ruin." After my return home in April last I receiv? ed invitations from citizens of Green? ville. York, Cherokee. Newberry and Spartanburg counties to address the people on the national issues of the day. As their public servant. I could not disregard their imperative calls, and I accepted the invitations. Had I not done so, my xjolitical opponent? would have charged that I could not meet my constitutents face to face and explain my poli? tical action. It was not my pur? pose in accepting these invitations to inaugurate my campaign for reelection more than a year in advance of the primary, but to attempt to enlighten the people and remove false impres? sions produced upon the public mind by the senior senator and his sympa? thizers. I had been persistently ma? ligned and misrepresented and the only means afforded me for my vindi? cation was to get the ear of the people. This was my only object in making speeches where I was invited to go, and had it not been for these invita? tions I should have remained silent. Have we reached the point where a number of private citizens cannot in? vite one of their representatives to ' address them, without including the senior senator or first obtaining his permission? The senior senator," it seems, willed that I should not1 be heard at that time and determined that I should wait for his bidding to go. before the people. The senator also charges that I am a Republican1 and was organizing a Republican par? ty here. If he he le i ved this charge, why did he consent to run with me in a Democratic primary? I denounce the charge as an infamous falsehood and the senior senator knows what he says is untrue. In his recklessness, the senior senator further charges that tlie dispensing of the public patronage has been placed at my disposal and ** unlimited money"* is furnished me by the Republicans to aid in the scheme of the organization of a new party. I denounce this as a malicious false? hood. In my Greenville speech I ex? plained why I had ; been consulted about the federal patronage and at Gaffney I denounced, in his presence, both of these charges as wilfully false, i and yet?he reiterates them in his ad ! dress. His purpose in repeating what he knows to be slanders must be evi? dent to all. The senior senator undertakes in his address to throw the whole responsi? bility of the present situation in the State upon me. After defining my Democracy and branding me as a : traitor to the party, he meekly says that he and his Democracy were assail? ed by me. and it was incumbent upon ; him to crush me and my influence in this State. -The senior senator has undertaken a herculean task, for ."truth crushed to earth will rise again." The senator forgets that he insidiously and maliciously assailed ' me last summer, when I was unable ; to defend myself, and after my Char : lotte speech, in an interview, made ! false and slanderous charges against i me. I did in my Charlotte and Green i ville speeches criticise his Populistic I Democracy, and I have nothing to re j tract. He impugns the motives of others, but when a reply is made he cries out that he has been attacked in an unjustifiable manner. The people ; shall judge of our Democracy and not the senior senator. It is evident that the senior senator fears that he cannot defeat me on a fair field with no fa? vors. Else why is he assailing me in his address and threatening to -put out other candidates? What was said on the stand at Gaffney and the corres? pondence between us will convince any fair-minded man that our resignation was with the understanding that the race was to be between us only and the campaign was not to take place until the fall. The senior senator said on the stand that he would unite with me in a let? ter to Gov. McSweeney requesting him to withhold action until a decis? ion by the primary. The address is characteristical of the man and his political methods. He is addicted to making reckless and false charges against others which he never sub? stantiates. An honest man is always chajy in charging others with dishon? esty. The thief often cries "Stop thief." He is an ambitious boss and habitual disturber of the poliiical peace and harmony of South Carolina. Last summer for the sake of peace he was given no opposition, and as soon as the doors were closed and all en? tries barred, he made a slanderous at? tack upon the Bible and the ministry of this State. Fellow Citizens, there will never be anything like unity or quietude among our people until he is relegated to private life. His incen? diary appeals to class hatred and pre? judice, such as he made at Gaffney to the factory operatives, and his dicta? torial spirit and utterances, will keep up dissensions, divisions and discord in the State. With the aid of the peo? ple I will make a heroic effort during this campaign to break down "boss? ism" with its train of political evils and invite all good citizens to assist me to inaugurate an era of free thought, free speech and independence of action on the part of the people of South Carolina. The senior senator, in the quietude of a farmer's life in Edgefield county, could be viewed as a pitchforkless pigmy and a blessing to the State. (Signed) John Lowndes McLaurin. READY TOTROP MCLAURIN. Special to the Xews and Curier. Washington, May 30.-President McKinley's return to Washington gives ren?wed interest here to the Tillman-McLaurin controversy. There are several Republican missionaries here from South Carolina endeavoring to ascertain how much substantial in? fluence McLaurin has with the present Administration, and also how far the President and his party associates pro? pose to assist McLaurin in his combat with Tillman. Several Democrats, who are inclined to wear the Republi? can collar in return for offices that pay, are also here taking an inventory of McLaurin's supposed pull with the Administration. There is no doubt that the Adminis? tration is friendly disposed towards McLaurin. All of the prominent Re? publican bureau officers appear to have taken their cue from the Administra? tion organs, which have been exploit? ing McLaurin so freely of late. They express great interest in his political welfare and exprss the hope that he has not made a mistake in under-esti? mating Tillman's power and influence in South Caroilna. From an eminently reliable source I am informed that the President and his friends do not intend to become involved in the South Carolina senato? rial struggle. It is claimed that the administration is under no further personal or political obligation to Mc? Laurin. The latter was offered a place in the Philippine commission last winter, but he declined it. It is fur? ther said here that McLaurin blunder? ed seriously in resigning his seat in the Senate. If there has been any po? litical dealing between McLaurin and the administration in the considera? tion for the support he has given the Republican measures in the senate, he became valueless for further dealing without his senatorial toga. His friends and his foes confess that he has little or no chance of supplanting Tillman, and many of the administra? tion officials concede this. It is claimed that more importance is attached to the appointment of Mr. Capers as district attorney than the conditions warrant. South Carolini? ans of every shade of political faith concur in the opinion that while Mr. Capers may l>e a capable man for the position lie has no political following in South Carolina and has not strengthened McLaurin's almost im? perceptible lines in the slightest de? gree. With the administration declaring its hands off, McLaurin's prospects at this end of the line are apparently languishing. R. M. L. The White House For McLaurin. The Tillman-McLaurin episode in South Carolina has also caused a great deal of comment upon the President's train. The sympathies of the Admin? istration are very strongly with Sena? tor McLaurin. whose support of the President during the last 12 months is fully appreciated. It is doubtful, however, whether this sympathetic feeling will take any outward or prac? tical form, in view of the fact that a public effort to assist Mr. McLaurin would probably injure him. The fight in South Carolina, which promises to be a memorable contest, will, how ! ever, be nowhere watched more close ! ly than in the White House. H. L. i West, in the Washington Post. London, May 30. A sensation has been caused at Birmingham by the discovery of the bodies of 31 infants ; in a cellar beneath an undertaker's I ? establishment The bodies were in j various stages of decomposition and ; huddled together in soap boxes. The j establishment was conducted by a I widow who today was charged with ! causing the infanis' deaths. The prisoner was remanded. Ho Summer Canvass Wauled. SENATOR fvioL??R?N WHITES CHAIR? MAN JONES. He Wants to Fight Tillman Sin? gle Handed. Columbia, May 28-Chairman Wilie Jones of the Stale Executive Commit? tee received today the following letter from Senator McLaurin : Dear Colonel Jones : I note in to? day's paper that you speak of the cam? paign between myself and Senator Tillman beginning about August 1st. This is entirely ont of the question so far as I am concerned. I made it a point to date the resignation Septem? ber loth, because I knew that it was absolutely impossible for me to can? vass the State until the weather be? came cooler. I resigned in good faith to submit the question to the voters of South Carolina. I want fair treat? ment,and an opportunity to present my case to the people. Senator Till? man intruded himself into this fight. I am ready to fight to a finish, but want no ''draw"' or "fouling."' My suggestion would be, as congress does not meet until December 4th, that the committee request Gov. McSweeney to withhold action until the result of the primary is announced, and then ap? point the man receiving the highest number of votes. Let the legislature elect my successor as it is ouly a short time, or let you gentlemen who desire to contest arrange your canvass en? tirely apart from mine and Tillman's. I would also suggest that you per? mit he and I to arrange the schedule .for our meetings. It is my desire to conduct a clean, decent canvass, free from personalities, if permitted to do so: but I am ready to take what comes. I wish it distinctly under? stood, however, that I cannot enter? tain the idea of canvassing in August, and that one man at a time is all I care to fight. I had enough of the four to one business in 1897. I appeal to you as man and chairman' of the party for fair play. The reason I suggest withholding action on our resignations until after the priman- is that there are many postoffices and other matters of inter? est to the State, among which I might mention the Charleston Exposition, which demand the attention of a sena? tor. To take away from the State this protection for even six weeks may cause trouble. I do not care personal? ly, however, what is done about this, but think it my duty to mention it. Yours respectfully, John L. McLaurin. Go!. Jones Replies to McLaurin. Columbia May. 30.-Col. Wilie Jones, chairman of the State Demo? cratic Executive committee, yesterday addressed the following to Senator McLaurin in reply to the latter's protest against a canvass of the State in the month of August. Dear Sir: Upon my return home yesterday from Chickamauga I read your open letter addressed to me in The Evening Record and I will now aswer it. I simply stated that I thought that the canvass would commence in Au? gust next because at that time the crops are laid by and the farmers are at leisure, and the merchants have little to do, and I thought that it was the best time for the people to hear public speaking. It has always been customary since we have had the primaries to have the canvass during August. This is a matter entirely for the committee to decide. I really have no authority in this matter ex? cept to call the committee together. This I will do in a short time. You can rest assured of one thing, and that is that the State Democratic Executive committee will be abso? lutely fair in all that it has to do. I have never been associated in my life with a body of men who desired to act more fairly, and did act fairer, than this comimttee has always done. It is compoesed of some of the best men of our State, and they will give everybody absolute justice. ALABAMA'S CONSTITUTION. Several Ordinances Introduced in Convention Thursday. Montgomery. Ala., May 30.- The features of todays constitutional con? vention, wen' ordinances introduced, providing for electing the railroad commission by a vote of the people, paying them out of the State treasury and rendering them inelligible for reelection: fixing their term of office at four years and giving them plenary power to fix rates: to require the legis? lature to stop lobbying by making it a penal offense. ~. Mr. Sanders wanted the "grand fa? ther clause" to be a part of any reform adopted, and introduced a resolution to that effect. Mr. Ashcroft intro? duced the following: To organize the whites and blacks into separate school districts without regard to each other, with separate territory and officers. Also for special local taxation divided among the races in proportion to what each pays. The taxation on corporate proparty is to be divided among the races proportion to color of stockholders. Makes the food more d< ROYAL BAKING FD Manipulation of Legislation. Some of the Combinations Republi? cans are Making to Shape Laws as They Wish. Washington, May 30.-So anxious is the administration to force its canal surrender to Great Britain upon the country that in order to carry out its purpose, it is willing . to block all efforts to make effective the interstate commerce law. At first blush the connection between the two matters may not be seen, but it exists just the same. The fate of th? canal depends on the selection of a chairman for the Foreign Relations Commitee of the Senate. When Sena-1 tor Davis of fMinnesota, who was' chairman of that committee died, the three Senators next in order were Frye of Maine, Cullom of Illinois, and Lodge of Massachusetts. Senator Frye is chairman of the Committe on Commerce, and as such, is committed to the ship subsidy bill, and is unwil? ling to change his post until this is disposed of. In default of him, Senator Cullom will succeed to the chairmanship, but it has been understood that he prefer? red to remain at the head of Interstate Commerce, where a splendid chance is offered to do effective work-the first chance that has offered for years. If he refused the chairmanship, Mr. Lodge would come to the head-*'of Foreign Relations and for a time it was believed that this would happen. But the administration became alarmed. Mr. Lodge let it be under j stood that he should at once introduce j a resolution to abrogate the Clayton j Bulwer Treaty for the purpose of j sharply defining the issue between ! the United States and Great Britain j on the canal question, as well as to uncover the domestic influences that are arrayed against the canal enter ! prise and that employ the old Clayton I Bulwer convention as the shield of j their real motives. Such a resolution, j popular as it would be with the people of the country, would be destructive to Secretary Hay's Anglomanical treaties. This brings the situation down to the fact that any sudden disavowing of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, such as is advocated openly by Senator Lodge, is not likely to pass unless he is chairman of the Foreign Committee, and hence it follows that on the result of this peculiar Senatorial complica? tion defends the whole canal question, and this fact now is said to have been reported officially to the foreign office by Lord Pauncefote, the British Am? bassador. Accordingly the fiat has come forth that either Cullom or Frye must take the chairmanship and keep Lodge out. As Frye is needed to jam through the shipping steal, the sacrifice de? volves on Cullom, even though his surrender of the head of the Interstate Commerce Committee will bring Mr. Eklins, a strong railway man, to its head and stop for the next decade all chance of much needed reforms. For years the committee has been hampered by the open enmity of Sena? tors Chandler and Wolcott to all re ! form measures, and by the tacit oppo ! sition of Mr. Elkins to anything that j hampered the railways. Now that ! both Chandler and Wolcott are out, ! Elkins will be nearly powerless un i less he is made all-powerful by Sena j tor Cullom-s surrender of the chair I manship into his hands. These changes are inevitable, de? pending on Senate precedent. If Mr. Cullom leaves the committee there is no way of preventing Mr. Elkins from succeeding to its headship. The Privilege Tax. The privilege tax receipts this year ' show that more guano was washed into ! the sea by the May freshet than in any I year since the State has been exacting I this royalty for the inspection of fertig I lizers. This tax is 25 cents a ton, avowedly I to pay for the chemical examination c f the fertilizers to protect the farmeis from adulterated fertilizers. By this means is ^accumulated a sum which very nearly pays the running expenses of Clemson Colige where the stuff is analyzed. Tlie total amount received from this source since the first of the year is 877,528.43: against ?75,214 fer the whole of hist year and.$65,497 for 1S98. The receipts for the remainder of thc rear will be very small, yet the fig? ures show that the sales this year will be very nearly 10.(XX) tons in excess cf last year. Havana, May 29.-Bids for tie sewering and paving of Havana were opened today- Only one bid was r< - ceived and this was from Onderdonl. McClellan & Dady, of New York. Tl e amount specified was 813.855,574 10. The idea prevails that "sky-sera]. - ers" are of modern American origir, but Prof. Lanciana declares that ii: ancient Rome, as early as the time ci Augustus, buildings ten or twehe stories high were common. Later the? are believed to have been much higl - er, rivalling our most modern apart? ment building in size and height, it is well-known that at Constantinople the Emperor Constantine found his view of the water cut off by the sk} - scrapers erected between his palace and the water front, though he ha..* placed his palace on high ground. iL BAKING POWDER PURE Vicious and wholesome WDER CO., NEW YORK. J