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^ T"hey Had no B?a?ra Against Spain : and Consequently Have None I Against the United States Under the Treaty of V Paris. ij : i Washington, March 6.-The Spanish jS?ie?ty claims ^ commission handed P^pa- ? ?dh?siqn '-today -against the ?^??almants^?ar . death and injuries jp?^?cei^ed by' officers and seamen in the :?-v.wreck of .the battle ship Maine in l^^^tana harbor. The commission holds |p|^J^&^ citizens of one ? nation may arise against the Gove rn l^^?ajemt <>f another -nation for. redress iSp^injttries to persons and property ?llpffi have sustain ^eSsp?rb?i' s^ of its Spirts. J&flt such, individual claims ^^|?^K^^rJ&?^n^v?r^bf; Ji? bfficers and i^^Wn-^^^Ship* .of .war who" receive, ^^^f?^liiie>of;^irty, injuries to their ^r^Ksons f^*h?<& ; a foreign* ;Gpv?rn ^00j&$s j^s^^?e. Th? claim against t||ti||^c^?^ na ?^lilSfs^ah^t MeL'me?S^ ^n ^? ^tio?^s |^^^^by<e^t?ejit ?or' such ixemunera l^^^^x?j^ja^y.chpbse to. giv?!th?n?V I. f|??^^ ?sean^^niured by the explosi?n ^.m-.the' hairbor'':of' Havana, "Cuba, cn ^P^&xnarj.^,' 1S98, ?tad no individual ||ppH^^ if tbat'G?y l^^^neht ^^li!e^>onsible tothe^^ted ?--; States for "the explosion and therefore S; ^such a seaman is not entitled to 3n B???p?din': ??s" favor from, the Spanish ^ .treaty claims commission, organized i<;;i>2'ihe Act bf Congress bf JMarch 2, ^??S^"to^ (Ca?iu<?cat? "t?i? individual ||&c!a5^ of citizens of the United States ^^^mi^;yS^in,r. which the Ujuted ^^^Iife: released :to Spain and. agreed to ^^^^^.ti?.'6fea^y bf peace of Decem BP^The claims so far filed with the corn |g^TnfssTon, . ' which will be affected by, ^^^?de?asf?^" "amount to about $2, pp5??30$: which probably would hive ^^^increasea to^$3,000,000 had the: ^^^^wn'jb^nfayorable to the; claim-! |^:3Gfer^th5sioner Chambers filed a dis ^^B|iShg ojajal?n. .-? The Commissioner '0; laid"-down the following proposition : ^^^^:s^ojr:*neither ,waives nor for ^^^^^y;?^:mdividuai' rights as a ^pp^nf?j?^^cK- as . conflict with ^;c&rfy\as a sailor ; that he assumes no ^p^fef^at'liesult from fonees'wrohg-* ^^^^pufc ^ ??^fatibn r by theculpable ^^e^Bgen?ecof lacis ?af a foreign Govern ^^j^^?tat Jte has the same rights as? ^^^^?ie^ic ciiazen ha?? .to cMm indem- ] llai^^ wrong^y?on? by foreign " go v ^^op?n?nts^i? 'tunes of peace*?*'. '> \ tte IfiB? lake^Actlon Monday, ffjgp^ashington, "March 6.-A notable |p*?>eecfc wa&made in the senate today '^?3^5?Sx.Hanna ci Ohio, on the pend p^ing. shipping bill, which he discussed jop&^vm American Sggpgginess nian: His arguments were ^carcfuBy arranged, he' was always m?oncefcj and earnest and at times ~be ^^f?B&?eloqtt??^V He winmand?d the ^S?nStvided. attention of the senate 3nd ??^$hei jgjaBeries and when he closed he ?^5o^v^ of many i?p$^ly in' the session Mr. Frye, in * charge of the pending shipping bill, Q^?&?ne?^ ?n agreement that the senate ^?^L?i'ybf?' on the measure and all ^^id^ng^amendments at 3 p. m., ^??^day; March .' 17, that , time being.1 Banfo^ to those opposed S^^pre^ebnsideration of the]?Jshipping gpi?ll was resumed, an extended debate ipec?^r?d on themeasure providing for l^ihe urotection^of the -president of the JliUriited States. Mr. Bacon of Georgia took toe irroand that in its present ?: isiape the bill was an invasion bf the juris?iction of the States and that it ^OFught to be amended radically. Mr. Patterson of Colorado; while he agreed Ife?o-.tbe general poposit?ons of the bill, ^j?rged that it ought not to pass in~its |:?vpresent form. No action on the bill : was taken. Acasta. Ga., March?.-Four hun ; died feet of the river bank above Mc? Kinney street ca ved i n rb is morning, carrying with it over 300. feet bf the .. Charleston and Western Carolina rail .: : road track. The warehouse of Rogers "v <&. Gx, was also undermined as ? ^Kssult of the freshet in the Savan? nah river. ^?^;,; Savannah, Ga., March G.-Benja ' :min -D. Greene and John F. Gaynor, the -j?ri ncipal defendant^ in the case of : <Gfeeene Gaynor et" aL, charged with conspiracy against/the United States, : did not aopear in the United States Court this morning when their case L .. was called. The Court passed an <ar3er allowing them until tomorrow morning to be present. Their attor ?? neys said they did not understand why : their clients were not on hand. E H. : and Wm. T. Gaynor put in an appear? ance. ._ . Monongahela, Pa,, March .6.-An ex? plosion in the Catskill Mine of the Monongahela Consolidated Coal and Coke Cmpanj* today resulted in the death of five men, fatal injury of two and serious injury of several others. Zion colored church of Spartanburg - completely collapsed from the weight of be-Tvv snow which collected on the roof during the big snow recently. Thi^v^s broke into the Seaboard Air rjjrne depot at Cheraw on Saturday >;v night and cut open the mail pouches that the night train had left there, getting about $100 out of letters. An effort, which is meeting with 'much'success, is being made to build -another cotton mill at Easley. The - capital stock will be $200,000, "and of this amount $60,000 has been sub? scribed. jMark Andrews, an 18 year old negro of Greenwood County, pointed a gun at bis sister and playfully said he was going to kill her. The gun went off accidentally and did kill her, shooting > off one side of her head. The capital stock of the Southern Shuttle and Bobbin Company of West? minster has-been increased from $5,000 to ^0,00a That of Seneca Cotton 3?il? of Seneca has been increased from $28*1000 to $300,000. - THE OPEN DOOR IN CHINA. j j ~ Russia and Germany Again Pledge to the United States their Word that they will not Exclude Others from the Ben? efits they Enjoy. ; Washington, March 6.-The United States has received fresh pledges from Russia and also from Germany as- to the conservation of the commercial rights of other nations in China with? in the zones of influence of the above named powers. The Russian promise bas been repeated at short intervals and regarded as quite as binding as any written statement can be made. In the case of Germany, which power has been projecting some railroads and r kindred enterprises in Shan Tun pro : vince; back ot Kian Chaou, the Ger nian on the Chinese coast, ^the state department in " answer to its inquri es on the subject has -been as? sured" that^ there is no intention to ex? clude the citizens -of other . nations from any-advantages to be - enjoyed in ; that quarter ;of China -by- Germans. The irigation Sraib. The new Rivers and Harbors Bill which was cbmpleted and ? announced last" Saturday carries with it appro? priations amouirtarhg to - ?60,OOO,OOO. The^sum is a large one,\ but-A tne most bf it isffor necessary. work, and it is a. bagatelfe as compared with what France; Great Britain and the Nether? lands have ?sjpe?? upon their rivers and harbors and are continuing to spend. Sse really extravagant bill was pass :e^in the Senate, oh the same'day. It was the " flansbrough irrigation : act, and if it becomes a la w and is carried ont as its ' provisions dictate it will .cost the Government about $300,000,OOO i-wi?h a good chance for doubling-the money. : Jl'The Hansbrqugh act is about the imost paternalistic measure that has yet come before Congress with such a prospect of becoming legislation. It is the finest tribut? possible, to the political influence of the West . The ! estimate of the Industrial .Commission is-th?t^thefe are ^,0^000 acres ot and land in the- States mentioned, which,; it is vaguely estimated, can be irrigated at a cost of S?5 an acrel However, as these lands are the ones I which private capital has not deemed i fe. profitable to improve, the bill will be much bigger than that before the job is finished, if it is ever finished. J Senator Hansbrough's bill stipulates *cthat in all -construction ' work-i eight hours shaft constitute a ?ay?s work and no Asiatic labor shall be emplpy e^.theron. " Ti?isis a device whereby the work is to be made as expensiye as possible. The. Govenment, under the most favorableconditions, pays lp to 25. per 'cent, more for work than private enterprise, and with stipula? tions Ixke this it may cost $25 or S30 or evemnore per acre for irrigation. I^The bill stipulates that the irriga? tion work shall be done out of the proceeds bf.the sale of. public lands, and it does, not say that the. whole 20,^ f^OOO acres shall be improved at once, but that is not ? vital matter. Qnce the-work has been b^gun, its ?ends -may; be trjnsted to keep it f:oingV no matrter what the cost The >tates that are named in the bi H to ijn&i.by this dispensation of the pub? ]icjp bowatj "axe Arizona, Califor? nia, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Mon? tarna, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North and South '{Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah', Washington and Wyom? ing-sixteen in alli ' In ad(Ktioh: to the fact that if ?this bill is ?n?ct?d it may become a prece-; dent for numberless other instances of expensive paternalism, x there Tis the objection that it "is so loosely drawn that no one can tell how the lands will be. disposed of af ter being improved. It is proposed to distribute the land among- small 'settlers, but the provis^ ion specifying this is so indefinite that almost any construction is possible.; It says : I ? ? That upon the determination by the Secretary of the Interior that any irrigation project is practicable, he may cause to be let contracts for the construction of the same, in whole or in part, providing the necessary funds therefor are available in the reclama^ ti?n fund, and thereupon he shall give public notice of the lands irrigable; under such project, and limit or area per bantry, which limit shall represent: the acreage which, in the opinion of the Secretary, may be reasonably required for the support of a family upon the lands in question ; also of the charges which shall be made per acre upon-the said entries, and upon lands in private ownership which may be '.irrigated by the waters of the said irrigation project, and the number of annual installments, not exceeding ten, in which such charges shall be paid and the time when such payments shall ^commence. The said charges shall be determined with a view of returning to the reclamation fund the estimated cost of construction of the project, and shall be apportioned ac? cording to benefits." The bill passed the Senate without j roll-call and seems likely to go with j equal speed and ease through the j House. What will be the ultimate results no one knows but as it stands it bids fair to become one of those laws some of whose direct effects may, be good, but whose indirect possibili? ties for evil are vast.-Louisville Courier Journal. Could Not Breathe. Coughs, colds, croup, grip, bronchitis, other throat and lung troubles are quick? ly cured by One minute Cough Cure. One minute Cough Care is not merely an ex? pectorant which gives only temporary re? lief. It softens and liquifies the mucuos, draws out the inflamation and removes the cause of the diseased Absolutely safe. Acts at once. "One Minute Cough Care Will do all that is claimed for it,"* says .Justice of the Peace, J Q Hood, Crosby, Miss. 4iMy wife could not get her breath and was relieved by the first dose. It has been a benefit to ali my family." J S Hughson. London, March 6.-According to the text of. the international sugar conven? tion, issued tonight by the foreign office, Great Britain agrees during the continuance of the conventions to refrain from paying bounties, directly or indirectly, on sugar - grown in Crown colonies and not to give pre? ferential treatment to colonial sugar against sugar imported from foreign countries. RUSH TBE GALLOWS, Negro Rapist Awaits official Or der of Death-Special Court Asked For at Florence. Julius Gibbes, a negro, was placed I in jail early this morning charged j with the crime of assault upon Mrs. ? K. R. Haynes, a well known white ? lady of Hymansvill?. The crime was ' committed late yesterday afternoon, j and, notified by telephone, Sheriff Burch hurried to the scene. Gibbes was captured at his home a mile distant from the Haynes home and after being fully identified by his victim was brought to Florence ?nd lodged safely behind the bars. MT. K. R. Haynes, husband of the lady, was away from home at his -work. The negro, evidently aware of Hs absence, knocked at the back door of the house, "Mrs. Haynes appearing with her baby in Jh?r arius. After a few mhiutes conversation: about' an ox, the negro's jpr?tend?d business at the house, he rushed up. the steps' arid overpowered Mrs.' JH?y?esr He snatch? ed the child from her. arms and .threw it aside." JMrs. Haynes was terribly frightened, Irat never lost^'conscibusT ness, and when,- the brute released her she ran. to a neighbor's house and gave the alarm. A. crowd quickly gathered and it is said there was. a cool determination to avenge the deed. When .Sheriff Burch arrived, it was then about nih? o'clock,' .'he faced an anxious situation. He urged the men to allow the law to take its course, and was aided in quieting the "intense - excitement by Messrs. Beal and G. " L. Dewitt, Mr. Al H. Haynes arid other influential iheri or .the community. The hubsand of the lady was also among the num? ber. ; The negro Gibbes was suspected. In'an orderly manner the crowd ihat accompanied the sheriff surrounded the house, and the negro was taken away arid carried before Mrs. Haynes, who at once~identified him as the man. A thrill ian through the crowd, and had it-not been for cool heads, the negro would-have been swung up to the ; nearest tree. The sheriff again urged them to be law-abiding citizens and . under the promise that there would be a speedy "trial, the men remained quiet. Today Sheriff Burch wired the^ov ernor as follows: ** * Hon. M. B? McSweeney, Governor, "Columbia, S. Ci: Negro raped white woman in lower part of county yesterday. Large party present when negro was arrested and desisted from lynch law on condition a special term of court be convened to try him at once. I promised and have negro in jail. Make good my promise, otherwise there may be trouble. Everything is quiet awaiting your -action. "T. S. Burch. * * Sh eriff Florence County. ' ' AS TO EXTRA COURT. . ? The sheriff received the following at 3" o'clock : Columbia, S. C., March 6.-Thos. . S.: Burch Florence county. Under the act of 1?00 providing for special terms of court, such suplica-* tions must come through the solicitor and can only come through him under the statute. If the matter is present? ed to the solicitor by your people I ?ave no doubt that he will ask for the. special tenn of court you indicate. This is a requirement of law, person allly I favor a prompt trial, but under the statute I can only call the extra term upon the written request of the solicitor. Have the petitions sent to me and will haye the extra term of court ordered with pleasure. Have wired Solicitor Wilson fully. : , . M. B. McSweeney, Governor. Later the following was received : "I rely on you to protect the prison? er, arid* if necessary bring him here to the penitentiary. Wire me if necessary. "M. B. McSweeney, Governor. As everything seemed to be perfect? ly Quiet nothing further has been done, waiting >he call of the court. The peti? tion is being prepared and the corres? pondence with the solicitor opened. Florence Times, March 6. SHERIFF OE FLORENCE BRAVELY DOES HIS DUTY. Faces Fifty Armed Men and Re? fuses Demands/to Let Them Have Prisoner. Special to The State. Florence, March 7.-By taking a bold and, fearless stand against a party of masked men Sheriff Burch last night averted a lynching in Flor? ence county. . Under virtue of the sheriff's promise for an immediate trial the negro rapist Julius Gibbs, everything was thought to be quiet, and there was really no fear of a lynching. Things turned out differently, however, toward morning. About 3 o'clock no less than 50 men, it is thought, appeared at the jail door and demanded the surrender of the prisoner. All were masked and fully armed, and from the way they went about the work, seemed determined to have the negro at any cost. The sheriff himself armed, went to the door and refused emphatically to give way an inch. A part of the crowd had gone'in the meantime to the rear door, and threatened to batter it down. Here deputies had been stationed and the men outside looked into the muz? zle of Winchesters. They were told that to enter the jail meant instant death. No further ^violence Was threatened. When Sheriff Burch cooly stated to the crowd at the front that he meant to protect his prisoner with his life if necessary, he was covered with a gun and some one extinguished the one lantern that shed a feeble light on the scene. Again the demand was made, but the sheriff never wavered from his determination. His coolness and that of his deputies seemed to have an effect upon the ardor of the would-be lynchers, and taking advan? tage of the opportunity the sheriff began to reason with the men. He explained his situation fully, and told of the arrangements that were being made for a prompt trial. The mob remained at the jail for over half an hour, but finally went away without accomplishing their end. Sheriff Burch did not recognize any , of the men in the party, and says ! the spokesmen made evident effort to i disguise their voices. It is thought j they "came from the neighborhood of ? the commmunity where the crime | upon the person of Mrs. Haynes was committed yesterday afternoon. Oth erss may have been in the party. Sheriff Bruch is to be congratu? lated upon the stand he took and its successful issue. Gibbs confessed his guilt to his fa? ther yesterday evening at the jail. The old man turned his back upon his son, leaving him without even a good bye. The father is highly respected by the whites. Solicitor John. S. Wilson arrived this afternoon and is making arrange? ments for the extra term of court which the law allows in such cases. The jury will doubtless be drawn tomorrow. It is desired to have the court convened as soon as possible. Sheriff Burch, by ^way of precaution, has increased the guard at the jail, and if any further attempt is made to get at the negro, there will undoubt? edly be bloodshed. - i i um CAPT. GABTEB'jS PALS FllglTiVES. Green and Gaynor Fail to Appear at Savannah for Their Trial. Savannah, March 6.-In the United States district court today Judge Emory Speer estreated the bonds pf J Benj. D. Greene and John F. Gaynor, l charged with conspiracy against the United States , and bench warrants were at once issued for their arrest. Willliam T. and Edward H. Gaynor were in court and were arraigned on the new indictment recently found against them and the others. A plea in abatement was pr?sent?e! by their attorneys. Bonds of B. D.. Green and John F. Gaynor are for $40,000 each. The Greene bond is signed by James D. Leary-of <New York, and Gaynor's by Wm. B. Kirk of Syracuse. Jadge Speer -took Occasion to an? nounce from the bench his disapproval of the manner in which the missing defendants have treated the case against, them. He said they had been trifling with justice. Judge Speer said: "This is a case which calls for the prompt, and unremitting exericse of the executive powers of the govern? ment until thes9 recalcitrant defend? ants, B. D. Greene and John F. Gay? nor, are brought to the bar of this court for trial. They have been indi? cated by two successive grand juries for alleged "frauds upon the public treasury of the most stupendous char actedr. If the charges in the indict? ment are true their peculations amount to hundreds of thousands, per? haps millions of dollars. They were first indicted more than two years ago and after .successively delaying the execution of the process of a court of the United States and placing an enormous cost upon the government in the attempt to enforce its authority they were finally compelled to appear for trial at this term of court. "The term has lasted for nearly a month*. It has been almost entirely devoted to the laborious and careful disposition of dilatory or preliminary objections interposed by their counsel and when finally ordered to appear and plead, as they were bound to do by their bond, in apparent disregard of the-authority for the law they are ; now fugitives. They as well as do their counsel here and elsewhere fully understand- their duty to be present. The government officers have been at great labor and the government itself at great expense in preparing for their trial. Indeed, the conduct of these men,- unexplained with regard to their non-appearance, is an outrage upon public justice. From the inception of their efforts to delay br defeat the trial upon indictment for ?tbe serious charges preferred against them, this court has done all in its power to en? force its regular process to bring about the speedy and impartial trial contemplated by the constitution in the usual and orderly manner estab? lished, not only in the statutes, but by the time-honored precedents of the United States courts. The case drag? ged its slow length along before the commission and district court in New York and was then carried to the su? preme court of the United States. After final judgment of that high tribunal the accused were compelled to come here for trial and its most baneful effect is the example it offered of the paralysis of the law" Having a Run on Chamber? lain's Cough Remedy. . Between the hours of eleven o'clock a m and closing time at night on Jan 25, 1901, A F Clark, druggist, Glade Spring, Va, sold twelve bottles of Chamberlain's cough remedy. He says, " I never handled a medicine that sold better or gave better satisfaction to my customers." This remedy has been in genera1 use in Virginia for many years, and the people there are well acquainted with its excellent qualities Many of them have testified to the remark? able cures it has effected. When you need a good and reliable medicine for a cough or cold or attack of grip, use Cham? berlain's Cough "Remedy and you are certain to be more than pleased with the quick cure it affords. For sale by Dr A J China. The Conquest of Mexico. San Antonio, Texas, March 6. Mrs. E. H. Harriamn, wife of Presi? dent Harriman, of the Southern Pacific Bail way, is in the city and will be joined by her husband Saturday. Mrs. Harriman arrived tonight on a special with a party of friends from Houston. From here President Harriman will go direct to Mexico and will be met at the boundary line by officials of the Mexican Central Railway. President Harriman will be accompanied from here by Manager Van Vleck, of the Southern Pacific-Atlantic system, and rumors are rife that the trip into Mex? ico is for the purpose of inspecting the Central with a view to the purchase of the same by the Harriman interests. Chronic Diarrhoea. Mr. C B Wingfield, of Fair Play, Mo., who suffered from chronic dysentery for thirty five years, says Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera aed Diarrheoa Remedy did him more good than any other medicine he had ever used. For sale by Dr ? J China. WANTED-Hickory, Dogwood and Persimmon Logs. SOUTHEBN HARDWOOD COMPANY, Charleston, S. 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