The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 19, 1901, Image 1

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?tait Tas SUMTES WATCHMAN, Established 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 TKUJS SOUTHRON, Established Jane, 186$ Consolidated lng. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE ?9.1901. Sew Series-Vol. XX. No. 47 MatrfctaiT m? jSau?Ijnnt Publishsd Evary 'STe?Laesdsy, -Br BT. G, Osteen? SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : $1.50 per annam-in advance. IDTISTIEI?IST: One Square first insertion.$1 00 ?very subsequent iosertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wil be made a; reduced rates. - All communications which subserve private interests will be charged forasadvertiements. Obitaaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. PUNS TO FIGHT STRIKERS. National Metal Trade Association Will Have Half Million For Strike Committee. New York, June 12.-The convention of the National Metal Trades associa? tion continued its session today. The closing hours of the convention are being: devoted to the completion of or? ganization and' the final arrangement of plans designed to strengthen the hands of the manufacturers in their fight against the striking machinists. The sum of 8500,000 raised by assess? ment, is to be placed at the disposal of a strike committee to be used in behalf of the employers. Asked as to the use of this fund, TV. J. Chambers, chairman of the press committee said : "I suppose we will use it as the strikers do. to support their fellows, pay tickets and meet other general expenses. We used 8166, - 000 in the Cleveland strike, where we paid some men a bonus of 84 a day. There are millons more if they are needed. We know nothing of a concil? iation committee from Toronto or else? where and no man not a member will get a hearing before us. We seek no trouble, but propose to protect our in? terests and industry.. The convention decided to make no definite declarations as to the length of a days work, leaving the question to settlement locally. After discussing the matter all the afternoon the fol? lowing resolution was passed : "The declaration of principles makes the'question of hours and wages a local issue. '"Resolved, That this association will support any regular member in his endeavor to conform to said decla? ration of principles." After passing the resolution the con? vention adjourned and the affairs of the association with regard to the ma? chinists' strike are in the hands of the finance and strike committee, subject to the general supervision of the ad? ministrative council. STRIKERS TO GET HELP FROM ENGLISH UNION. New York, June'12.-The Herald will say tomorrow of the machinists' strike and the National Metal Trades asso? ciation's recent action: "At the headquarters of the striking machinists in this city yesterday, a cable dispatch was received from the Amalgamated Society of Engineers in London," promising financial aid. This society is the strongest trade union in the world and is said to have over $8,000,000 in its treasury. The Amer? ican Federation of Labor, it was de? clared, will tax its two million mem? bers 10 cents each for the striding machinists. "Furthermore, it was announced last night by the strike committee of the New York district lodge of ma? chinists that the iron molders, electri? cal workers, pattern makers, tool makers and metal workers in general had promised to go. to the assistance of the machinists in the event of a combination of manufacturers against the strikers. It was asserted that a general sympathetic strike.of machin? ists on all railroads in the United States and Canada was among the pos? sibilities. " Newport News, Va.. June 12.-The strike situation in Newport News has reached a critical stas:e. In addition to the striking machinists about 500 in number, 200 skilled men from the electrical, plumbing and pipe fitting departments were laid off yesterday. Today 150 more, chiefly laborers, were laid off. In each case action was due to the interference in the progress of the work of the departments by the strikers. It is stated men in other departments will be laid off as rapidly as they finish their work ahead of the machinists and can do no more with? out aid of the machie shops. TO HANG "FOR BURGLARY. Asheville, N. C., June ll.-In the Superior Conrt today Rush (rates and i Frank Johnson, white, and ty-n Fos- j ter. Harry Foster and Harry Mills, col- ! ored. were found guilty of burglary in the first degree. Under North Caro? lina law the penalty for burglarly is death. All five men will be sentenced to be hanged before the term of Court ends. On the 3th of February these men entered the store and postoffice as j Emma, two miles from Asheville, j and. holding pistols on Samuel Alex? ander, opened a safe and began t<> rifle it. Alxander watched for an opportu? nity, and when the burglars* attention was diverted grabbed a pistol and open? ed fire, seriously wounding twp of the men and receiving almost fatal woudstt J himself. Th?- burglars hVd, but were captured. Postmaster General Smith 1 wrote Alexander a personal letter com- ! mending his bravery. Manila. June 12. -Lieut. Henry T. j Mitchell, of the Forty-first regiment, has been arrested and will be tried by conrtmartial on the charge of embez? zling at Bacolor, 8227 of the public funds. THIEVISH ARMY OFFICERS. Government Has Been Systemati? cally Robbed at San Francisco. San Francisco, June 12.-Gen. Shaf ter and Col. Mans, inspector general of the department of California, and the federal grand jury are investigat? ing the many reports of fraud com? mitted in the commissary branch of the army service in this city. That the reports seem to be based on some? thing more substantial than idle ru? mor is evidenced by the disclosures following the arrest of Lewis Abrams & Sons, dealers in second hand cloth? ing. The extent of the alleged frauds has not been determined and there is a divesity of opinion on the subject. Capt. Seymour of the local detective force, who is assisting the federal grand jury, said today: "The government has undoubtedly been robbed for a long time past, and I believe the amount of the losses sus? tained by Uncle Sam through the treachery and dishonesty of some of his army officers and others will reach into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. "The federal grand jury has the matter of prosecution in its hands and the secret service men are doing its bidding:, the police merely rendering assistance when such is found necessary and is called for. I believe that ar? rests will be made probably by the federal officers that will startle the community. - Maj. Gen. Shafter said the maatter had not been fully investigated, but admitted the thefts of clothing have been going on. He claimed there was no shortage in any department, how? ever. For months past the various stores about the city have been exhib? iting signs, "government goods for sale here," and advertisements have been placed in the daily papers. As late as this morning the follow? ing advertisement appeared : ""Wanted-1,000 men to wear go vern jnent shoes. SI a pair." Inspector Mans and a number of local detectives began some days aero the in? vestigation which resulted in the ar? rest of Abrams and his son George, for buying and selling government supplies. Their baiLwas fixed at 85, 000. Both Abrams and his son deny the charge, but a second-hand dealer, Jacob Ste vier, stated that Abrams sold him 20 pairs of army shoes. Three big; wagon loads of goods have already been taken to the hall of jus j tice and in every instance the men I from whom they were seized have ad? mitted buying goods from Abrams and his son. From a statement made to? day it would appear that the frauds were not confined to clothing and shoes alone. It was stated that'upon investiga? tion of the supplies furnished for the army horses, it was found that the "rake off" some people secured amounted to 200,000 pounds of grain. The army officials are now making every effort to learn who profited by this extensive fraud. Late this afternoon Capt. Seymour stated that the government officers had discovered large quantities of goods stolen from the government. The goods were stored in a warehouse south of Market street. The property consisted of all kinds of military sup? plies. Capt. Seymour would not give the address of the warehouse. AMERICAN PENSION SYSTEM. Nothing is more disgusting than the frothy declamation we hear sometimes from pension agents and pension sharks, and the knaves who work the pension business in politics, that the republic is ungrateful in its treat? ment of the veteran soldiiers of the civil war. There is no instance in his? tory, ancient or modern, sacred or profane, where there has been such profusion and liberality as in the American pension system. It would have bankrupted the country but for its marvelous wealth and resources. From the close of the civil war to the end of the current fiscal year the pen? sion disbursements from the United States treasury will have been 2,545 millions of dollars, a sum very nearly as large as the maximum of "the na? tional debt in 1865. In addition to this outlay worthy veterans have had the benefit of artificial limbs for the disabled, preference :in political ap? pointment, nationl and state homes, soldiers' orphan schools and over 70, 000,000, acres of bounty land. There is nothing to compare in history with the liberality and generosity* with which American citizens have repaid their debt to the American soldier. There is a question, however, that while the pension has been in every way advantageous to thousands, its very liberality has had a demoralizing effect in pauperizing other thousands. -Pittsburg Post. ALL NEWS TO Hl|fl. Th?* Hague, June ll.-Mr Kruger has issued a statement to the effect that he knows nothing of the peace negotiations said to be procee??iig with the Boer leaders. Ii?- says that, if there are any negotiations on foot it is not through any action of his. London. June ll.-Lord Kitchener reports to the war office from Pretoria pune ll. as follows: "Commandant Van Rensburg and Iiis commando have surrendered, at Pietersburg: One hundred men have come in and others are following. " Tare.ma. Washington, June 13 The Grand Lodge of Masons have rescind- ! ed the resolution adopted two years j ;i'jt> recognizing negro Masonry. The; action of the lodge at that time was severely criticised all over the United States, and as a result the next ses? sion of the Grand Lodge attempted to return to the old established princi? ples, but the resolution was so artfully drawn that sister lodges refused to construe it as an honest expression. The lodge has now in unmistakable language made its position known. Summer School For Negro Teach? ers. Columbia. June 12.-Superintend? ent of Education McMahan today gave out the following information concerning the summer school for Ne? gro Teachers : Applications are coming in to the State Superintendent of Education, for entrance into the summer school for negro teachers at Benedict College. It is expected that 'a large number of teachers will be in attendance on this school. The dormitories and the dining; room of Benedict College will be open to the teachers who will be in attendance, and Dr. Osborn and Prof. Ralph Osborn of Benedict, are making preparations to have them well cared for. The representative teachers of the negro race throughout the State will attend this school, as will be seen by the applications which have come in to the State Superintendent. Some of those who will attend are: E. L. INights, Celia D. Saxon, ^izzie L. Nelson, Butler "VT. Nance, Columbia: Carrie Reaves, Thoe B. Gordon, Dillon: El? vira B. Nixon Dozier W. Davis, Mary E. Gordon, Mabel L. Keith. E. B. Burroughs. Darlington : T. E. Johnson, J. W. Johnson, Easley : Thos. E. Sanders. Laurens: Janie E. Mc Crovery. Chester: Wm. F. Holmes, Florence: Judith Lr Chambers. Roe? buck: W. T. Andrews. Sumter: Amanda E. Smoot. Cheraw. The superintendent of Education has announced to many inquiring ones that those who will teach in the Summer Schools for negro teachers throughout the State will be selected from those in attendance on this school. Much suspicion has been aroused in some of the church conventions, ?cc, among the negroes, that the fact of there being white instructors at this school indicates the intention on the part of the State Superintendent to displace the negro teachers by white teachers. Of course, this is absurd. Otherwise, there would not be such a great effort on the part of the State Superintendent to train up teachers among the negroes: for this is the meaning of the Benedict school-to better fit the negro teachers for their work, and to establish, if possible, among them a teaching profession. The cheap board and the many advan atges at this school ought to be very attractive to the negro teachers, and doubtless will be. The instructors who were in charge of this school last year-some of the ablest educational men in this State, spoke very complimentary of the ability and culture among some of the negro teachers. The question of education among the negroes is one of the biggest questions of the South. The prominence given to this subject at the last meeting of the Southern Educational Association, and at the various conventions and conferences held throughout, the South, is indica? tive of its importance in the minds of professional educators, philanthropists and social ' reformers. An excellent opportunity *is f gi ven to the negro teachers to improve themselves, .and to catch the spirit of education, as represented by the . leading white 'superintendents in-the State: on the other hand, an excellent opportunity is given to the instructors, who are stuaents of educational problems, to learn the .condition of affairs in the negro schoolt. McLAURIN S PLANS. Washington, June ll.-Senator McLaurin, who is in the city, de? clares he will wage a campaign this fall according to his own desires, and does not propose to have Senator Till? man interfere with him. He will con? tinue to address the people in all parts*of the State until August, when he will quit the stump for a month under the urgent advice of his physi? cians, and resume his speechmaking tour in September or October, contin? uing to make addresses at intervals until after the election next year. The senator admits that the chances would have been poor had he gone into a contest at the present time with Tillman, because he says Till? man completely dominates the existing machine, which gives him a tremend dous advantage in the primaries. But this machine, he declares, will be disrupted by the campaign of eduction he is now waaging so that in another year the voters will have an opportu? nity to assert themselves at the polls. Senator McLaurin talks with an opti? mism that is becoming infectious among his friends in Washington, who, when he fist threw down the gauntlet to Tillman, thought he stood no possi? ble, show of victory. Cubans Swallow Platt Amendment Habana. June 12.-The Cuban con? stitutional convention today accepted th?- Platt amendment by a vote of 10 to ll. A resolution to accept was car? ried wi th? ?ut discussion. Immediate? ly after the opening of the session Se?ores Tayamo, Viiluendas and Quesada. constituting a majority of the committees <>n relations, submitted has a substitute for th?' committee^ former report tie- Platt amendment as passed by congress, recommending that it be accepted arni made an appendix to tie- constitution. Charlottes Tournament. The North Carolina Slat?- Fireman?s Association will hold ii?-, annual tourna? ment on July 2?>. 24, 2? and 20 in Charlotte and it promises to lu- the biggest ever h?-l?l in This section of the count ry. Twenty-five hundred ?lollars will be offered in prizes, and the first prize in each contest will be?250: the largest ever offered in any tournament in any Stat?- in the south. The Charlotte people are getting a move on them and firemen from several States will move on to Charlotte on or about July 22. WASHINGTON NEWS. Turkey Turns Down the Damage Ciaims of American Mission? aries. Washington, June 12.-Once more the country has received an exempli? fication of Secretary Hay's "splendid diplomacy." After several years of insistence, coupled with the withdraw? al of our minister and several threats not to speak as we pass by, Turkey has paid the claims for damages made against her by French citizens and has again turned down American ones. As if to further1 rub it in on Mr. Hay, the amount paid was almost exactly that demanded for the American missionaries. As a natural "result of this, the State Department is gritting its teeth and muttering bad words under its breath and threatening-in the ad? ministration papers-that there will be serious trouble with the Sultan if he doesn't pay up promptly. \Abdul has heard something like this several times before, notably last year, short? ly before election, when it was neces? sary to put up a big bluff to capture the missionary and church vote, which was wandering off to Bryan on account of the attitude of "the Administration towards the army canteen and the Sulu polygamy-slav? ery treaty. This demand ended in what the State Department succeedeed in mak? ing the country believe was an offer of the Sultan to pay the missionary claims while paying for a new cruiser ordered to be built in this country, thus "saving the face" of his Imperi? al Majesty. This report, after a long time-and after the election-turned out to be untrue. Since then Mr. Griscom, our Charge d' Affairs, at Constantinople, has continued to make unwearied demands for the money and to send encouraging cables to the Uni? ted States. But Turkey has hung on to her money all the same. It was fondly hoped that the draft sent by the Ottoman government to the Cramps the other day would include a remit? tance for this Govrnment, and a hint had. been thrown out that the Turkish government might settle the matter in some such fashion if it does not care to remit directly. But it did not. These claims include the standing demand for reimbursemnt of damages sustained during the Armenian trouble several years ago. Nearly every civil? ized government has some such "demand pending at Constantinople, and all of them but France have met with like failure in getting money from the Sul? tan's treasury. If the Sultan has set? tled with France, the State Depart? ment people say there will be trouble of an exciting nature for Turkey, nn less similar claims from other na? tions, including: the United States, are are met "promptly. At any rate renew? ed eflort will be ae to bring the Sultan to terms, Secretary Hay having cabled our representative at Constantinople, urging him again to make a formal de? mand, in imperative tones, for the money which is due the American sufferers during the Turkish uprising against Christianity. Considerable interest is being arous? ed in Republican circles here over the threatened contest between the protec? tionists under the leadership of the American Protective Tariff League a:ad those'few western members of Con? gress, who are following Representa? tive Babcock of Wisconsin in his fight against the trnsts. The sentiment against |the great in dustrial combinations is strong in western Congressional circles, where the opinion prevails that remedial legislation having been promised the people it is good politics to enact a law that will curtail the power of the trusts to monopolize trade. The west? ern members say, what is undoubted? ly true, that unless something is done in thi direction at the next session of Congress the issue will be raised in the Congressional elections next fall and will probably result in the loss of the House to the Repub? licans. The American Protective Tariff League is receiving the support of eastern interests and intends to wage a relentless fight to stamp free trade out of the party. Having back of them the great moneyed interests of the country, there is little doubt that they will succeed. CUBA'S FUTURE. Washington, June 13.-It is expected at the war department that Cuban in? dependence will be an established fact by next Christmas. The next step in order, now that the Platt amendment is adopted by the constitutional con? vention. {is for that body to take up and pass an electoral bill which will provide for the election of the officers necessary to set up an independent Cuba. It is said here that such a bill is already framed and is ready for sub? mission to the convention at any mo? ment. There is good reason for the belief that Secretary Koot lins seen j this bill and has approved of its pro- i visions, if. indeed, he has not actually had to do with its construction. It is thought that the convention can dis? pose of t li is measure in a week or two and that will complete the labors of that body. A period of 90 days, it is said here, must be allowed for publication of the electoral act before tile necessary flec? tions can be had. It may be necessary and probably will be. to maintain some United States troops in Cuba after the new officials are inaugurated and until the Cubans have had time to set up a Cuban mili? tary force or gendarmes, but the length of this stay probably will de? pend upon the wishes of the Cubans themselves. These must be very trying days on Senator McLaurin who finds newspa? per notoriety so nauseating.-Augus? ta Chronicle. THE MANILA FRAUDS. Manila, June 13.-The trial of H. W. Happle, port steward of the com? missary department, charged with re? ceiving in monthly installments, mon? ey from a stevedoring company, began today. The defense is that the money was received as salary for extra ser? vices. The alleged transactions appear on the company books and it is claim? ed that Happle figures under an as? sumed name. D.M. Carman, the former Califor? nian who was arrested in February last on the 'charge of furnishing sup? plies to aid the insurgents, but whose prosecution was abandonedjlast month, is going to the United States shortly and has asked for the return of 810,000 paid as security for his appear? ance when summoned for trial. Gen. McArthur has declined to order the return of the money, but probably it will be returned after the insurrection is over. i Geo. Sumner has returned here and has reported the failure of the negotia? tions for the surrender of Cailles, the insurgent leader in Laguna province. The Filipino apparently believes he can hold out, now that the rainy sea? son has begun. Disappointment is felt here at the backward conditions in southern Lu? zon. Some insurgent camps have been discovered and destroyed. Lieut. Cowen, with 50 men. killed five insur? gents near Jo velar. Alabama's New Constitution. Montgomery. Ala, June ll.-The first part of the new constitution was today adopted by the Constitutional Convention. The office of Lieutenant Governor was created and the Govern? or's salary raised from 83.000 .to 85. 000. The "terms of the executive officers were lengthened from two to four years, but they are ineligible for re? election. The Governor cannot become a can? didate for United States Senator with in one year of expiration of his term. The most sweeping suffrage scheme yet brought forward was that intro? duced today by Burns, of Burns vi lie. It provides that the following classes shall not vote: "Those who are bastards or loafers, or who may be infected with any loathsome or contagious disease. Those who have been convicted of treason, bribery, forgery, larceny, robbery, bigamy, seduction, incest, murder, rape or attempt to rape, arson or burglary. Those who are descendants of parents who are of or descendants of two or more different races: those who shall have married any women having a liv? ing husband, from whom she has not been legally divorced : those who have committed any assault and battery on his wife or step-daughter.'' This law destroys 90 per cent of the negro vote and the ex-slaves who are not debarred will be less than 5 per cent. . . CRIMEIN'LOLMSIANA. Shreveport, La., June 13.-This city and vicinity has been in a state of feverish excitement and unrest since yesterday when John Gray Foster, prominent planter, was shot and kill? ed by Prince Edwards, a negro em? ployed on the Foster plantation five miles east of this city. Armed posses of white men have been scouring the country for miles around in an at? tempt to capture Edwards. A dozen or more negroes are under arrest in Kennebeck's store and their fate to? night is uncertain, Foster was wide? ly known and very popular. He was a" brother-in-law of" Gov. McMillan, of Tennessee, and belonged to one of the oldest families in this State. There has been bad feeling for some time past between the negroes and overseers on the Foster plantation and Foster was applied to to settle the differences. The planter started for the plantation and upon reaching^ a negro cabin was fired upon and kill? ed." There were a dozen or more ne? groes in the cabin and they broke and ran in all directions. The over? seers were quickly joined by white citizens and it was not long before all the negroes were arrested, a single ex? ception being Prince Edwards, who did the shooting. Posses were quick? ly formed and started on a hunt for thc negro, but as yet have made no fur? ther arrests. There were many wild rumors afioa*; throughout the day. the most sensa? tional being that the negroes in the Kennebeck store were in imminent peril of being lynched. This rumor proved to be untrue although many threats are heard against the prison? ers. The store where the negroes confined is guarded by a possee of 25 men armed with Winchester rifles and unless sentiment changes the disposi? tion tonight would indicate that the majority if not all the prisoners will be let off with a thorough whipping. Edwards if caught will be burned or lynched. There is much feeling against "prophet*' Smith and Edward Washington, both of whom are under arrest. Smith is believed to be at the bottom of all the trouble while Wash? ington is said to have been active in aiding Edwards to escape. CHARLOTTES ROADS. Washington. June 13.-D. P. Hutchinson, president of the board of trustees, of Charlotte. X. C.. testified today before the Industrial commis? sion concerning the successful effort mad" by Charlotte to establish good roads in the surrounding country. He said that 90 miles of macadam road had been established at a probable cost of 8250.000. Convict labor, he sa.id. is used in constructing the road? beds as free labor would cost from 30 to 60 per cent. more. Mr. Hutchinson said that the saving in cost to rolling j stock was more than equal to the cost of the roads and that the value of farming and other lands lying upon the improved highways has been en? hanced 50 per cent, since the construc? tion of the new roads. THE BATTLESHIP ILLINOIS. Fastest of Her Class in the World. Boston. June 12.-With the proud distinction of being the fastest battle ship in America and the speediest of her class in the world, the new sea fighter Illinois lies at anchor in Presi? dent's Roads tonight after a most suc? cessful trial. Over the government course from Cape Ann to Cape Por? poise and return, a distance of 66 nau? tical miles, she raced today under the watchful eyes of the United States naval representatives and established a new record by maintaining an aver? age speed of 17.31 knots for four con? secutive hours. Not only did she de? monstrate that she was faster than any warship of her size afloat, but she proved her ability to turn upon an en? emy with extraordinary quickness by describing a complete circle within 300 yards, or little more than twice her length, in three minutes and ten seconds, while ploughing through the sea at full speed. Steadiness and re? serve power characterized the per? formance of the ship throughout the severe test. The work of her engines was smooth and even and the records of the day showed but one-tenth of a knot differ? ence in speed between the northern run and the return. The machinery easily met every requirement and not an accident of any kind marred the success of the day. A Hypnotist's Victim. The Gaffney Ledger says: John Smith, one of Prof. Boone's best subjects, created some excitement Wednesday morning by suddenly fall? ing in the Gaffney Cotton Mill, where he is employed as an operative, and lying in a comatose condition for sev? eral hours, despite all efforts to arouse him. John had been hypnotizedjby Prof. Boone both nights that he was herey and all kinds of opinions were rife in regard to the cause of his ?ction, or rather, the carnie of his inaction. Some thought that Prof. Boone pur? posely left him under a "spell," oth? ers, that he exercised a hypnotic influ? ence over him f:*om Charlotte, and still others that the noise and buzz of the mill machinery were too much for him in his weak state Tom having been hypnotized on the o preceding nights and were ir ?mental in bringing on the ccllapj; Anyway, John sle^ for several hours, and as no one cou> ' ;'bring him to, ' ' Prof. Boone was wii^d to come back and awaken him. Finally, how? ever. Mr. Rufus Littlejohn went down and roused the sleeping boy by laying; his hands upon him. Mr. Littlejohn does not claim tc be hypnotist, but says he can place his hands upon a. man and make him do as he wishes, though as soon as he removes -.his hands his power over the subject is gone. John was surprised when he came to himself and found so many people standing over him: but the situation was explained and he was soon on his feet again, apparently no worse for his deep sleep. A Worse Tnan Barren Victdry. London, June 13-Sir David Bar? bour, whom the chancellor of the ex? chequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, sent to South Africa to investigate the sources of revenue of the trans-, vaal and Orange River Colony with the view of estimating how much they should contribute towards the cost'of the war, reports in favor of a 10 per cent tax on the prsfits of the mines., vielding on the basis of the profits of ?89S ?450,000 yearly. After paying this Sir David Barbour considers the mines will be better off than before as they will save ?600,000 per year on dynamite' owing to the abolition of the monopoly on th?t commodity. The Orange River Colony will be unable for some years to meet the ordinary cost of administration and pay its share of the cost of the constabulary* "It cannot therefore," says Sir David Barbour, "so far as can be seen at present, pay anything toward the cost of the war. " The Transvaal, he thinks, can, two years after the conclusion of peace, be? gin out of its ordinary/revenue to pay part of the cost of the war. He is. unable nov/ to estimate how much, He proposes also to apply all revenues from thefjsale of lands or mining rights to the war liquidation. Strike Trouble in Savannah. Savannah. Ga.. June H.- This after? noon Mayor Myers swore in a force of 30 extra policemen, who were armed with Winchester rifles and sent to the machine shops of the Seaboard Air. Line to protect the property of thev railroad and machinists at work there' from the striking machinists and' ?eir - friends and sympathizers. Th<*y w??i be commanded by a sergeant of the - regular police force. This action was caused by the visit, of a large force of .' the striking machi? nists and their sympathizers sb the* shops of the company last night. They desired to talk to a force of men tfi?* company has at its shops and the only way to do that was to break through the ranks of watchman and get at the men, who were sleeping in the shops. This the strikers and their friends succeeded in doing after a sharp scrim? mage with the guards. Governor McSweeny has appointed Mr. E. Maxwell Lucas as county treasurer for Georgetown County. Governor McSweeny asked the delega? tion to suggest a name, but the Sena? tor and the democratic members thought it best to leave the sugges? tion to the democratic executive com? mittee, and that committee selected Mr. Lucas.