The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 06, 1901, Image 6
TSE SORLEY COURT OF INQUIRY.
Arguments to Begin on Monday
Morning.
Washington, Nov. 1.-The hands of
the elongated antique timepiece which
stands against the hall occupied by
the Schley court of inquiry pointed
12.45 o'clock today, when * Judge Ad
T?cate Lemly announced that he had
no more witnesses to call, and when
Mr. Raynor, following him, said that
no witnesses would be summoned on
behalf of Admiral Schley in surrebut
tal. For a moment it appeared as if
the now famous case was about to
reach a sudden conclusion. But this
delusion was soon dissipated by the
announcement on the part of Captain
"Lemly that he might ask to be allow?
ed to bring in one more witness on
Monday and also a statement from Mr.
Raynor that Admiral Schley would
{himself desire to return to the stand
on Monday to correct errors in his
-evidence as officially reported.
There is probability that the admi?
ral will consume considerable time
in going over the printed record of
what he said, and there also is an
understanding that he will make some
additions to his former statements.
But it is not believed that beyond
what he may have to say there will be
much more testimony taken in the
case. The only witness that the judge
advocate still has in mind is Lieut.
Strauss, and Captain Lemly said to
day that if the lieutenant's attendance
could be secured he would detain <. the
court for a short time only. Captain
Sigsbee also will return to the stand
Monday to make a correction in the
testimony given yesterday by him.
These details completed, the argu?
ment of counsel will be begun, and
then counsel and the public will with?
draw and leave the court to its delibe?
rations. The task before the court is
not a light one, and it may be weeks
before the final verdict will be reach?
ed. How long the court may take to
consider the evidence is entirely
problematical The members of the
tribunal are evidently preparing to
devote considerable time to the con?
sideration of the testimony, for they
?ave taken rooms in the city for that
purpose. The testimony covers 1,600
.printed pages and the court sat 36
days in listening to it. With the addi?
tions yet to be made in the way of j
arguments and documents the record ?
probably will run over 1,700 pages.
Admiral Schley was in the court
room half an hour before the proceed?
ings began, but he announced that he
would not be able to undertake the
correction of his testimony before
nert Monday. "There were five whole
days of it," he said,"and to go over
it and make the necessary corrections
is not a light task." It is probable
that he will have something to say
concerning his interview on May 18th
with Admiral Sampson relative to
which Captain Chadwick spoke yester?
day.
Today's witnesses were Syl?
vester Scovel, a former news?
paper correspondent who saw
service in the Cuban campaign :
lieut. Hood, who commanded the
Hawk during the Spanish war,' and
also a number of officers who were
^ heard yesterday and who returned to
the stand to correct testimony. The
court held only one session and ad?
journed over . until Monday. The
attendance upon? the court today was
the smallest since the sessions began.
The court wassixminut.es late-in
entering the hall today, titis being
the first time that absolute prompt
' ness has not been observed. Judge
Advocate Lemly announced that coun?
sel had agreed on the order of the
speeches in closing the case, subject to
the sanction of the court. Mr. Hanna
is to open for the department. He
will be followed by Captain Parker
and Mr. Raynor for Admiral Schley,
and Judge Advocate Lemly will cel?se
for the department Admiral Dewey
announced that this arrangement was
satisfactory to the court
Captain Lemly then brought up ths
ccestion of the character of the argu?
aient to be made, saying :J
""I would like for my own informa?
tion to ask the instructions of the
court as to whether or not we are ex?
pected in the closing argument to con
fine ourselves to the evidence and to
*he scope of the precept as defined by
the court. I mean the arguments
&oth of counsel for the applicant and
Isy my associate and myself."
Mr. Raynor: "We have to confine
ourselves to the evidence but I do not
want to be entirely restricted. We
cannot allude to any facts that are not
ia the evidence, but we will in mak?
ing our allusion do it very respectfully
and within proper bounds."
Capt. Lemly: "I think that should
-be the general scope of the argument.
The court has defined the scope of the
"precept, but of course we could not
undertake and the court won't under?
take to restrict ourselves entirely, I
assume, in stating just exactly the
words and the manner and so on. That
.would be a question which at the time
they would have to say whether it was
proper or not."
Mr. Raynor: "Of course, in making
aa argument we won't pretend to
?fer to anything not in the# record.
We are bound by that, but I*do not
want to have any more restrictions
placed upon my argument than I
would have in any other court. I want
the constitutional right to argue this
case within proper bounds and with
great respect to everybody concerned,
bat to make criticimss as they appear
proper to me or to make comment. If
I should find for instance, that I be?
lieved a witness has not told the truth,
I should not hesitate to say so."
Capt Lemly: "That is right"
Admiral Dewey: "There won't be
any trouble about that Until we
come to the bridge we will not cross
it"
Arguments Begun in Schley Case.
Washington, Nov. 4.-The Schley
court of inquiry reached the argument
stage at the beginning of the afternoon
session today. The morning sitting
was devoted to listening to Admiral
Schley and Capt. Sigsbee, in making
corrections of their testimony, which
had been given previously and the in?
troduction by Judge Advocate Lemly
of numerous documents bearing upon
different phases of the inquiry. Admi?
ral Schley did not make material ad?
ditions to his previous statements, but
devoted himself largely to the clear?
ing up of ambiguous points in his
evidence. An effort was made to in?
troduce two new witnesses, who were
expected to give testimony in Admiral
i Schley's behalf concerning _ the con
I troversy as to what information Capt.
Sigsbee communicated to Admiral
Schley when he arrived off Santiago
! in May, 1898. One of these witnesses
I was Frank B. Richards and the other
George Lynch, both of New York and
both newspaper correspondents who
were on duty in Cuba and in Cuban
waters during the war with Spain.
Mr. Lynch was on the press boat
Somers* N. Smith, and Mr. Richardson
the Premier. They were to have testi?
fied concerning the meeting of those
vessels with the St. Paul of which
Sigsbee was in command. The court,
however, decided not to hear them.
The opening speech of the argument
in the case was made in behalf of the
government bv E. P. Hanna, assistant
to the judge advocate. He began his
presentation of the case a few minutes
after the court convened at 2 o'clock,
and when the court adjourned two
hours later, he had not covered more
than half of the ground involved in
the coritroversy.
ii^- ? ? --
Boers Strike Heavy Blow.
London, Nov. 2.-Lord Kitchener
has reported to the war office a disas?
ter to the British near Bethel, east?
ern Transvaal, in which two guns
were lost, several officers killed or
wounded, and 54 men were killed and
160 wounded.
The following is the text of Lord
Kitchener's dispatch dated Pretoria,
Nov. 1:
"I have just heard of a severe at?
tack made on the rear guard of Col.
Benson's column when about 20 miles
northwest of Bethel near Brokenlaagte
during a thick mist.
"The strength of the enemy is re?
ported to have been 1,000. They rush?
ed two guns with the rear guard, but
it is uncertain whether they were able
to move them.
"I fear our casualsties were heavy.
Col. Benson was wounded, but not
serverely. A relieving column will
reach him this morning."
Later, Lord Kitchener telegraphed
as follows:
"Col. Barter, who marched from
the constabulary line yesterday, reach?
ed Benson's column early this morning
(Friday) unopposed. He reports that
Col. Benson died of his wounds.
"The other casulties are the follow?
ing:
"Killed-Col. E. Guinness, Major
F. D. Murrav, Capts. M. W. Lindsay
and F. T. Thorold, Lieuts. E^V. I.
Brooke and R. E. Shepherd, and Sec- ;
oral Lieut. A. J. Corlett.
Died of his wounds-Capt. Evre
Lloyd."
Lord Kitchener then gives the names
of 13 other officers who were wounded,
most of them severely, and announces
that 54 non-commissioned officers and
men were killed and 160 wounded, j
I adding that four of the latter have
since died of their wounds.
The dispatch then says :
"I assume ?that the guns have been
recovered and the enemy has with?
drawn, but I have no further details.
"I deeply regret the loss of Col.
Benson and the officers and men who
fell with him. In Benson the service
loses a most gallant and capable offi?
cer who invariably led his column
. with marked success and judgment.
"The fighting was at very close"
quarters and maintained with great
determination by both sides. The
enemy suffered heavily, but I have not
vet recived a reliable estimate.
"The Boers retired east."
Building a Great Navy.
Washington, Nov. 1.-Over and
above the four warships for which con?
gress directed him to prepare plans, as
a basis for appropriation at the next j
session, Secretary Long has before i
him the recommendations of the !
I board of naval construction, looking to
the authorization by congress for the
building of 40 more naval vessels of all
classes from battleships down to tug?
boats. The plans for the two armored
cruisers and two battleships, projected
by congress last session, already have
been prepared, and look to the con?
struction of about 16,000 ton battle?
ships and 14,000 ton cruisers. The
battleships and cruisers additional to
these which the construction board
proposes probably will be of about the
same size and general type.
New York, Oct 30.- The apple fam?
ine which dealers has been predicting !
for several months is now an assured j
factv says The Tribune. Ever since
the unfavorable apple weather in the
spring buyers and growers have antici?
pated a short crop and now local deal?
ers announce that the situation is even
worse than anticipated. One dealer
is quoted as estimating the crop at
23,000,000 barrels, as against 48,000,
000 last year and 70,000,000 barrels the
year previous.
Carterville, Ga., Nov. 1.-Will
Jackson, a negro, was legally hanged
here today for assault. Nearly 2,000
people winessed the execution.
Tobin Hanson, in Montreal, mur?
dered a boy for money and when he
got only fifty cents got so mad at
himself and his luck he went to a po?
lice station, told what he did and
gave himself up. The police found
the body of the boy at the place des?
ignated by the murderer. He was the
son of a weil known coffee merchant.
-Wilmington Star.
The Chinese government has decided
to recall Wu Ting Fang, their minis?
ter to this country.
The financial loss of the Pan-Ameri?
can Exposition is about 83,000,000.
It is reported that an unsuccessful
attempt was made to assassinate the
Dowager Empress of China.
The S. C. Marshalship.
Special to The State.
Charleston, Nov. 1.-Col. R. M.
Wallace collector of the port, is be?
ing, mentioned for United States mar?
shal, to succeed Capt. Lawson D.
Melton. It is said that the appoint?
ment is likely to be made in the next
few weeks to take effect immediately.
Capt. Melton's term does not expire
until next. April.
Col. Wallace was asked about the
rumor connecting his name with the
office today, and he said that he
would take the office, if it was offered
to him.
The salary of the office which Col.
Wallace now holds yields about $1,500
a year, while the marshalship pays
$4,500. Col. Wallace, consented to
take his present office, it is said, only
upon the solicitation of many friends,
and it is not commensurate with Col.
Wallace's standing in his party.
THE COTTON SITUATION.
From Atlanta Journal.
The present statistical position of
cotton is today stronger than it has
I been in several years, yet the price be
! ing paid to the producer is $E> per
bale less than for the same period last
year. For three weeks the market
has been successfully hammered down
by the bear element, solely upon the
deluge of cotton put upon the market
by the producers. Each day's quota?
tion of the spot market shows a
gradual depression in price based
entirely and alone upon heavy
receipts. The iarmres have deliberate?
ly placed ia the hands of the bear ele?
ment every weapon needful to force
prices dow:a, and have actively cooper?
ated with that element by putting the
staple on the market and accepting
whatever price has been offered. This
is the whole situation in a nutshell
and will continue to repeat itself so
long as the farmers follow the pres?
ent system of selling. It is true,
each and every man has the right to
dispose of Iiis products as he pleases,
and if he is satisfied with a price offer?
ed him whether it be fair or other?
wise, there is no power which can con?
trol his action in the matter. On the
other .hand, however, there are impera?
tive duties which every man owes to
his family and his country. It should
therefore be the obvious duty of every
cotton producer to recognize the first
fundamental law of nature, self-pre?
servation, to study every phase of the
situation surrounding the supply, de?
mand and price of his money crop, and
then adopt such intelligent and busi?
ness like system of disposing of that
crop so as io make it command in the
open markets of the country a fair
and legitimate price. There, are
thousands cf farmers in the south who
earnestly desire to do this, but they
are powerless to acomplish the ends
sought when the large majority sell
their staple at the bidding of others.
One year ago the cotton market was
absolutely controlled and dictated by
the farmers under conditions which
were much harder to control than
those which confront ns this season.
The entire situation was controlled by
holding back the cotton from the mar?
ket, which forced the buyers to offer
the highest price paid in years, and
the market was held strong and un?
broken until the Texas farmers began
to deluge the ports and interior towns
west of the Mississippi with heavy
receipts made possible by enormous
sales during a short period of time.
The result cf holding cotton last sea?
son and selli ng slowly forced the pay?
ment of the largest amount of money
for that crop ever received for any pre?
vious crop in the history of the south.
The crop of last year, though it was a
million bales less than the big crop
made in 189$ nevertheless brought to
the producers 75 per cent in value
more or nearly twice as much money.
In other words the bumper crop of
1893 which was sold at the dictation
of the buyers brought $21L.000,000
less than the crop of last season, al?
though we made a million more bales
in 1898, than we did in 1900. In the
first instance^ the spinners made the
price which was below the cost of pro?
duction to the farmer, and the fann?
ers sold it regardless of the price "of?
fered, while in 1900 the farmers took
a strong and positive stand for higher
prices and secured a profit on the crop.
These are facts which cannot be
denied. It presents a fair illustration
of the plain business proposition, that
if we quietly accept the spinners'
price there will be no profit left to the
producer. The spinners will in every
instance look solely to their own in?
terests. If the spinners can buy our
cotton at present or lower prices, it
would be an absurdity to presume that
they would voluntarily advance prices
no matter what the true value of the
staple might be.
THE PRESENT CROP.
It has been notoriously advertised
all over the south for the past three
months that the present crop could
not be as large as the one gathered last
season. From September 1, 1900, to
February 15, 1901, the average price
for middling cotton in New York was
10c per poound. This season, owing to
the heavy rush of the staple on the
market since the crop began to move,.
we find the New York market quoted
at 8% cents on this date, October 26.
Although the crop opened up nearly
three weeks late over the belt this
season the reoipts have been so heavy
as to about catch up with the receipts
of last year up to the present time.
Note that lasi; week the receipts were
enormous and ran up to 425,000 bales.
Another week or two of selling like
the past and our receipts will outstrip
those of last year and prices will
continue to sag down. The crop is
short, but it seems as if the farmers
are anxious to get it out and market
it all at once.
There have already come out a num?
ber of estimates on the probable yield
of the crop this season. Nearly all
the statisticians in this country figure
the maximum yield all the way from
9,500,000 to IC, 200,000. It is only from
Europe that we have estimates placing
the probable yield at 11,000,000 and
over. Mr. Boston, who figures for the
European spinners, anticipates a large
yield, and it has been rumored recent?
ly that Mr. Neil would issue a bearish
circular. All the reports from Texas,
Indian Territory and Oklahoma indi?
cate a loss of a million bales on the
crop this season for that section as
compared with last season. Arkansas
is said to be short 200,000 bales, and
Tennessee 65,000 bales. This would
indicate a shortage of 1,250,000 bales,
and the other states east of the Missis?
sippi must make up that shortage in
order to have this crop equal to that
of last year. It is generally under
stood that aside from Mississippi none
of the old states will produce much
more than they did last year, some of
them not as much. Hence the ques?
tion naturally arises, where is a big
crop to conn1 from? We all realize
that there is but little or no top crop in
any of the states, and that in nearly
all-sections th:* crop is fully matured
and opened. Many fields have already
been picked clean, and the gathering
of the crop ls rapidly drawing to a
closed. Messrs. Scott cfc Stringfellow,
of Richmond, Va., have recently is?
sued a circular estimating the yield of
the present crop at 9,771,5SS bales,
their estimate being based on the gov?
ernment report issued October 1, 1901.
In their figures they give an increase
to the following named states over the
crop of last vear: North Carolina,
137,580 bales: South Carolina, 234,
123: Georgia, 303,848: Mississippi,
231,157; Louisiana, 104,712. Total in
crease 1,071,420 bales for the stat
named.
They also figure a decrease in the f<
lowing states: Florida, 16,853: Al
bama, 6,000; Tennessee, 62,512: Tex*
1,317,088: Arkansas,- 120,472: Indi,
Territory, Oklahoma and others, 20.'
907. Total decrease for the stat
named, 1,724,832 bales.
Deducting the increase from the d
crease we have, according to their esl
mate, a net decrease from last yea
crop of 653,412 bales, which deduct
from the crop of 1900, which was 1(
425,000, leaves a yield of 9,771,5
bales for the present crop.
My own judgment is that they ha
made the increase in the old states t<
much, and figured too low on tl
actual decrease in the trans-Mississip
section. My opinion is that the cn
will reach *10,000,000 bales' judgii
from all the information had up 1
date.
Whether or not the crop can be <
will be increased in Texas by a t(
crop if frost is much longer delayed
put but little faith in.
COTTON FAMINE IN PROSPECT
Mr. Ellison, the statistician for ti
European spinners on consumptio]
has made the statement recently th?
the world will require not less tha
11,500,000 bales of Amerian cotton du
ing the next 12 months to meet th
demand of consumers. There was bi
little or no good cotton on hand at tl
opening of the present season carrie
over in stock from the crop of la?
year hence if Mr. Ellision is corree
and he usuallv is, and our crop do<
not yield mor? than 10,000,000 bale!
! there will be"a big cotton famine ne:
! year unless trade conditions should ge
j decidedly worse than they now are.
Quoting from one of my New Yor
correspondents, whose letter was r<
ceived on October 26, reviewing th
cotton situation, he says: "The futur
market in New YTork has been ur
mercifully hammered the last te
days by Philadelphia spot people i
conjunction with others for no othe
reason, the writer believes, than t
weaken the faith of holders in th
south in their staple. Unless all ra
ports coming into our office are wi]
fully and basely exaggerated, whic?
we do not believe to be the case, thi
crop of cotton will possibly be th
smallest which has been made sine
'96. In this case cotton should bring
instead of 7% cents, 12*0 cents. W
will have next summer, unless trad
conditions are miserable or we shouli
have international wars or some grea
calamity should overtake us, tb
greatest cotton famine we have eve
seen in this country or in Europe
The people who handle the actual cot
ton are using every endeavor to get th<
farmers' production for nothing thi:
year, and while I do not know hov
you can prevent it, you should certain
ly use your utmost endeavor to induct
farmers and merchants to hold th<
remainder of their crop for at leas
a legitimate price, which would cer
tainly not be less than 10 cents per
pound, and the writer believes thai
it would bring much more later on.
"The market here is being sold no^
on big receipts in the south, also or
the theory that cotton is making ever}
day as fast as it did in August, anc
that should we not have frost for three
weeks longer this will be a bumpei
crop. Of course, this is ridiculous, ai
we know, but it is hard to convinci
people who know nothing of the staple
of what are actual facts. With all oi
your airing last summer of the rules
of this exchange, they have not beer
changed."
There is considerable truth in the
letter quoted, as every farmer south
who is posetd on the situation must
admit. I have all the season contend?
ed that if we could get ten cents last
season we were certainly entitled tc
it this season.
The stock of cotton in New York at
present is quite low, and if the farm?
ers and merchants should now hold the
balance of the crop and insist upon
better prices we could control the
market in less than 30 days. If the
farmers will read the daily market re?
ports in their papers they will see that
the only factor which has enabled the
buyers to depress prices this fall has
been heavy receipts. Cotton has not
been bought on a bsais of value, but
solely on the power to.. dictate prices
,on an overcrowded m?rket during a
short period of time. We must study
the situation more, have more concert
j of action and gradually demand what
is our due.
Harvie Jordan.
Asylum Nurses Charged With
Murder.
Chicago, Nov. 3.-Two female
j nurses at the asylum for the insane at
Dunning, 111., will tomorrow be for?
mally charged by Secretary Follett W.
J Bull of the Civil Service Reform as?
sociation of having caused the death
of two patients in the asyslum, Kate
Nedudo and Kate Kurkowski.
The charge"will be made that the
nurses deliberately withheld food from
the patients, sometimes giving them
nothing at all and for weeks nothing
but breakfast and tea. It will also be
charged that medicines provided for
the patients were not administered to
them. The motive to be assinegd in
the charges is that the patients were
especially obnoxious to ?the nurses and
that their course was prompted by a
desire so to weaken the patients that
they would become ill and be sent to a
ward for the sick, thus relieving the
nurses of the care of them.
Hodgenville, Ky., Cet. 31.-A mob
of 50 or 75 citizens came down upon
this little town about 2 this morning
and took from the jail Silas Esters, a
negro charged with forcing Granville
Ward, a 15 year old boy of near Upton,
to commit a crime, and strung him
to the court house steps.
Aldershot, Eng., Oct. 31.-It is un?
derstood that as a result of the conclu?
sion arrived at by the cabinet Mon?
day, every available effective infantry?
man here will be sent to the front in
South Africa between now and Christ?
mas. The departure of the cavalry
brigade fronvt herr, orders to which
effect were received here last night,
the troop being instructed to start for
South Africa about* the middle, of
November, will leave only a single
regiment of regular cavalry, the twenty
first Lancers, in the United Kingdom.
Price Arthur of Connan<rh who
is a second lieutenant in the Seventh.
"Queen's Own, " Hussars, goes with
his regiment to South Africa.
-? . ? ? . --
Washington, Nov. 2.-The president
has reapointed J. F. Ensor postmaster
at Columbia, S. C. ?J ftflffillJ^j:
MINISTERS DISCUSS
MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGN.
The Maladministration of City
Officials Discussed From
the Pulpits.
New York, Nov. 3.-The feature of
the local political campaign today
was the active part taken in it by the
pastors of the churches. Thirty-one
pastors, cslergymen and two leaders of
independent church societies adver?
tised themselves to speak on the issues
of the election and all these clergy?
men took for their subjects the alleged
maladministration of the present city
officers. Rabbi Schulman, the one
Jewish priest whose sermon was re?
ported,) urged on his hearers the sup?
port of the fusion ticket because of
tho revelations concerning vice in the
tenement districts.
All the Protestant pastors reported,
except two, talked for the fusion tick?
et, asserting that vice and unsanitary
conditions existed and a change was
needed. The exceptions were Dr.
David G. Wylie of the Scotch Presby?
terian church and the Rev. Van De
Water of St. Andrew's Episcopal
church, who advised their congrega?
tions to examine the two tickets close?
ly and vote for the best men on them.
Henry Frank of the Metropolitan*In?
dependent church, advised his hearers
to vote "against bosses whether they
came from this city or Tioga county."
The Rev. Father J. Ducey of St.
Leo's Roman Catholic church was
alone in those reported who spoke on
the election for the Shepard side.
I One of the features of the fusion
combination has been the work of the
women's campaign committees. A re?
port issued today says this committee
had distributed several hundred thou?
sand copies in English and German of
a amphlet purporting to be an expose
of vice in the city. Democrats also had
a woman's campaign committee ac?
tively at work during the canvass, but
I no report j of its labors has yet appear?
ed.
While the fusion campaign practi?
cally closed last night a few meetings
have been scheduled for Monday and
Monday night. Senator Depew is
down for a speech during: the day at a
meeting to last from noon until 5
p. m.
The Democratic campaign was car?
ried on with vigor tonight, the party
leaders having engaged five theatres,
and from the stages of these the ora?
tors cheered their supporters with
words of coming victory.
The Democrats intend to carry the
work up to the last moment, and to
day have not changed their forecast,
which is that Mr. Shepard will re?
ceive a majqritv in the greater citv
of about 50,000."
Robert C. Morris of the Republican
county committee today repeated his
assertion of Saturday that Mr. Low's
majority would be 70,000 in Greater
New York.
Census Officer Issues Interesting
Report.
Washington, Nov. 1.-The census
report on school, milita and voting
ages for all States and territories
shows the following summary for the
country as a whole :
Persons of school age, five to twentv
years, 26,110,788 of whom 24,897,130
are native born, 22,490,211 are white
and 13,086,160 are males: males of
militia age 16,360,363, of whom 13,
132,280 are native born and 14,495,396
are white: and males of voting age
21,329,819, of whom 16,227,285 are na?
tive born and .19,036,143 are white.
Of the total number of males, 21 years
of age and over, 2.326,295 are illiter?
ate. Of the 16,227,285 native born
males, 21 years and over, 1,706,293 are
illiterate, and of the 5,102,534 foreign
born, 620,002 are illiterate. Native
white males of voting age who are of
foreign parentage show a relative in?
crease in their proportion since 1890,
while the colored males of voting age
have increased throughout the north?
ern and western sections, with a few
exceptions like California, where
.there, has been large .decrease in . Chi?
nese population. In many southern
States, especially Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Louisi?
ana, the colored element of yoting age
shows a decreased proportion. For?
eign white males of voting age show
an increased proportion in all New
Englanud except Vermont. There has
been a relative decrease in all of the
remaining States and territories except
New Jersey. A little over 28 per cent,
of the entire alien population of the
country is illiterate. This is notably
so in Louisiana, where they constitute
nearly one-half cf the aliens.
The statistics show that the average
number of persons to each potential
voter range from 3.1 to 3.5 in the
north Atlantic Statse ; 3.4 to 33.6 in
the north central States : 4 to 44. per?
sons in the south central States; 3.3
to 4.7 in the south Atlantic States.:
2.4 to 4.1 in the western States, and
1.7 to 1.9 in Alaska and Hawaii.
Something the Matter With Wu.
Pekin, JV^ 2..-Yesterday the recall
of Wu Ting .Tang, the Chinese minis?
ter at Washington, was decided upon.
He will be offered, it is announced
a subordinate post in the foreign office
beneath his abilities, which it is be- i
j lieved he will not accept.
Li Hung Chang's interpreter,
j Tseng, adopted son of the Marquis
j Tseng, is a prominent candidate for
? the Washington mission. He is 30
i vears of age and was educated in Eng
! "land.
Change Te Yi has been appointed
minister in London. He is 55 years of
age and was formerly interpreter at
j the Chinese legations in London and
j Berlin. He is a progressive.
Jumped on a Ten Penny Rail.
The little daughter of Mr J N Powell
jumped on an inverted rake made of ten
! penny nails,*and thrust one nail entirely
through her foot and a second one half
way through. Chamberlain's Pain Balm
was promptly applied and five minutes
later the pain had disappeared and no
more suffering was experienced. In three
days the cuild was wearing her shoe as
usual and with absolutely no discomfort.
Mr Powell is a well known merchant of
Forkland, Va. Pain Balm is an antiseptic
and heals such injuries without maturation
and in one-third the time required by the
usual treatment. For sale by Dr |J!
China.
JEREMIAH J. BRAMLEY
EXCOMMUNICATED,
He Defies Chancellor Barry.
Chicago, Nov. 3.-There was an in?
tensely dramatic scene in Sholyname
chatedral today, when in the presence
of fully 1,000 parishioners, Jeremiah
J. Crowley, the excommunicated
Koman Catholic priest, was publicly
humiliated by order of the authorities
of the church.
Father Crowley had entered the
church unobserved, passing up the
centre aisle, and had taken a seat
almost under the pulpit. Solemn
high mass was being celebrated at the
i time. When the presence of Father
Crowley became known Rev. Francis
J. Barry, chancellor of the arch dio?
cese of Chicago, was hurriedly sent
for. Upon entering the cathedral he
went to the seat where the excommu?
nicated clergyman was kneeling and
ordered him to leave ^the church.
Father Crowley refused to go, saying
" put me out if you dare. "
The strain was intense, and one
woman in the congregation fainted.
There was no resort to force, howev?
er. Chancellor Barry signalled to a
man in the choir and the sound of
the organ ceased and the singing of
the choir was hushed. The priests in
the altar stopped the solemn service at
the end of the "Gloria" and walked
to the benches and laid aside their
golden vestments. The altar boys
marched out of the sanctuary through
a side door, and the priests, clad in
their cassocks, followed. The next
moment the hundreds of incandescent
lights in the arches were extinguished
and the candle lights on the altar were
put out.
The strain was broken when Chan?
cellor Barry appeared in the pulpit
and said :
"Owing to the presence in this sa?
cred edifice of an excommunicated
priest, the solemn high mass has been
suspended. We will proceed with a
low mass. ' '
No sermon was delivered, however, .
and the mass was at an end before the
congregation was calm again. The
parishioners lingered around the ca?
thedral and watched the deposed
priest as he hurried away. None
spoke, to him.
In a statement issued tonight Father
Crowley insisted that it had been his
desire to avoid involving any of his
brother priests in contesting the order
depriving him of his privilege of
worshipping in Catholic churches and
that, accordingly, he had attended
the church of Archbishop Feehan's
own parish, which is the cathedral.
He announced that he should continue
to attend the services of the Roman.
Catholic church. ,
Roundlap Bale.
Under its new management the bus?
iness of the American Cotton Compa?
ny is being vigorously pushed. The
Southern farmer is fast coming to see
that his interests and those of the
American Cotton Company lie in the
same direction. Every unnecessary
expense in marketing - cotton is that;
much taken out of the farmer's pock?
ets, and every dollar he saves by hav?
ing his cotton put ?p in roundlap
bales is that much added to his
profits. The American Cotton Com?
pany's interest lies in enabling the
presses it builds to bale as much cot?
ton as possible. In order to secure
this result it is essentiall that cotton?,
growers shall continue to find advan?
tage in the use of these presses.
There is no requirement that a single
bale of cotton be sold to the American
Cotton Company. Roundlap bales,
with all of their advantages, can be
bought in open competition by any
responsible buyer and handled through
to the mills, but whenever the ordi?
nary cotton buyer declines to purchase
roundlap bales on this basis the
American Cotton Company . stands;
ready to buy them.
The farmer who hauls his seed cot?
ton to a roundlap gin may retain as:
complete control over it as if he took
it to an old-style ginnery. He can sell
his cotton with or without the seed,
or he can have it custom ginned (sell?
ing or keeping the seed) and hold his
roundlap bales until he is ready to
sell, witb the assurance that they are
always salable at the full market value
of roundlap cotton. The American
Cotton Company makes liberal ad?
vances on held roundlap bales.-Dis?
patch. _ _
A Memorable and Sumptuous Expositions
The Enquirer, The Commercial,
Tribune ana other leading papers, both
German and English, of Cincinnati, .
are prolific in their praises of this
new and most impressive of all specta?
cles, which, at an expense that would
seem fabulous, the enterprising mana?
ger of the John Robinson's 10 Big
Shows Combined produce this year in?
connection with their myriad other
attractions. There is no sense so
vivid, so lasting and so conclusive as
the sense of seeing, and however
studiously we may search the .Scrip?
tures or ether sacred history, the
ideas that we may receive concerning:
the patriarchs and sages, and the
other scenes, incidents and events con?
sequent to their time, can be but
fractionary and imperfect. To have
reproduced those personages and
events and have placed sceneographic
effect before you: to hear Solomonri
re-utter his wise and prophetic words ;
to see in person Sheba's illustrious
Queen : and the pomp and circum?
stance of her surroundings: to view
the great Temple of Solomon, not by
description, but by actual inspection r
to witness personally the sumptuous
and resplendent festivals of the great
Solomon's court-these are the inesti?
mable privileges which the John
Robinson 10 Big Combined Shows
accords its patrons in connection with
the great circus, the menagerie, and
the royal Roman hippodrome. The
spectacle of Solomon, his Temple, and
the Queen of Sheba, will be exhibited
at Sumter Friday, November 8.
London, Nov. 2.-It is announced
in a dispatch to a news agency from
St. Petersburvg that scores of fishing
boats were wrecked and that 170 men
were drowned during a recent storm
of Lake Baikal.
Have you ever seen a collection of
Perry pictures? Call at H. G. Osteen
&, Co's book store and inspect the .
large and beautiful lot just opened.
Oct. 30-4t C