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Tillman on the Campaign. As. Senator Tillman's views on the plan for the coming campaign have been looked forward to by many, we publish what he said on "that matter in his speech at Manning last Friday : " There is a matter of deep interest which will come np for discussion and settlement in the coming May conven? tion, and as I am the representative of the Democracy of this State, upon the national committee, it may not be im? proper for me to express my views on it and to inform you as to the senti? ment and feeling of the Democrats in Washington on the subject. The Dem? ocratic party in South Carolina has occupied a peculiar position for twen? ty-five years. The whites are in the minority in this State and under the reconstruction dispensation there .were some 35,000 more negro voters than whites. The consequence was that after the overthrow of the carpet bag government in 1876 we adopted a system of party government and the white people of the State were edu? cated in the employment of political methods that obtained hardly any? where else. We have had an "imper inn in imperic," or a government within a government. Democracy has meant white supremacy, and Republi? canism meant negro equality. The necessity for white unity overshadow? ed the other considerations and the Democrats of the State were taught that submission to the- will of the ma? jority and loyal support of the nomi? nees of the party were paramount to ali other considerations. The lament? ed Hampton taught us that an ' inde? pendent was worse than a radical.' Like all of his actions and utterances ' in those trying days that advice was the very essence of wisdom and pa? triotism. His clear judgment, his most distinguishing characteristic saw the danger to the State, of a Democ? racy split into factions and appealing i to the colored vote. And I take this occasion to say that no other living South Carolinian more willingly or gladly pays tribute to. his leadership or.has a better realization of the in? valuable services to his people and the State rendered by this great man ?&.J876. ''It was only after the revolution of 1890 that there was anything like freedom of political utterance and ac? tion. The convulsion which brought this about also brought with it an at? tempt on the part of those who were in the minority to withstand the pop alar will, and some of those who had been most clamorous for .party regu? larity and submission to the dictates cf . a convention in selecting candi? dates, bolted and ran Judge Haskell ^or CrOvernor. The Haskell movement was based largely on personal opposi? tion to me, and there was never any opposition in regard to the loyalty of those who supported Judge Haskell to the general principles of Democracy 5a the nation. Following th? inde? pendent action of the Haskellites came the rebellion of those who voted against Cleveland for Weaver in 1892, amounting to some two thousand or more white votes, mainly in Pickens and Oconee counties. Then in 1894, there was another rebellion on ac jcount of the adoption of the ' Colleton plan. ' Dr. Pope ran as an independ? ent candidate for Governor "and receiv? ed several thousand white votes. So there have beent-hree attempts to re -f?st the will of the organized Democ? racy speaking through regular chnan ne?s. Tn each of the these instances those who had broke nealty with their Allows and who failed to support the nominee of the party as they had pledged, at the primaries to do were forgiven and admitted back to fellow? ship without any question. "In each case those who resisted the will of the party of course felt justified in acting independently, but they were private soldiers so to speak, and the desire of our people for con . tinued fellowship and good will among the whites, prevented their ex? pulsion from the party. Now we are confronted with a different condition of affairs. The new constitution adopted in 1895 has eliminated for the present the negro majority. The num? ber of negroes eligible to vote does not .exceed 15,000, but it is constantly in? creasing and there may be a good many thousand who are not registered who would be eligible to registration. There have been in the recent past ^evidences of Republicanism cropping ont in South Carolina in various directions. There is no doubt we ?hall soon lia ve a white Republican party appealing to these negro voters. The "action of one of your U. S. Sena? tors in advocating Republican doc? trines and voting with that party on all essential measures, contending all the while that he is a Democrat and that he has the right to define what Democracy means has brought things to a focus. The Democratic party in South Carolina and it is well under? stood that the State is overwhelming j Democratic, has a right to be honestly represented in the Senate and in the House, and in fact I do not believe the Democrats of the State would inten? tionally and willingiy elect any man to any office whose Democracy was un? sound if they knew it. Our present danger is Republicanism in the dis? guise of Democracy. Therefore the question has been raised and it is now an issue and it must be settled as to what constitutes Democracy and who shall define it. It is contended that we should leave the primary just as it is and make no new rules and regula? tions to prevent a recurrence of the election of a man or men whose Demo? cracy does not tally with that of the national party. We are urged to per? mit every man to vote who will take the pledge and not to require of the candidates any other pledge than the one now in force. To the first proposi? tion there can be no serious ob? jection. We need not be solici? tous about the rank and file, at least I do not think the time has yet come when we must drive ont of the party individuals who will pledge themselves to support the nominees, State and national, though they be disloyal, lt would be manifestly unfair to permit Republicans to vote in a Demmocratic primary thereby en? dangering, if they were in sufficient numbers, thf election of a genuine Democrat as against s^me mugwump or traior. I do not think, however, there are enough avowed Republicans who will take the oath to make it nec? essary to trace their records back to the preceding November election and see whether they voted as they pledged themselves or not. .'It may in time not become necessary to use the registration lists at the legal election to purify the club lists, but ! we can not well make the rules . exacting that we will bar out men v want to act independently in mei local matters. The fact that our fi< is in the primary and not; at the le election and therefore hardly half the Democratic votes are ever pol at the legal election, would make difficult to devise a scheme to pr< who or who had not supported ; * nominees of the party.* I will n therefore, discuss that phase of 1 subject, but it is a matter of vi necessity that we should make can dates define their attitude and g: explicit pledges as to their ac tic while in office. Senator McLau: was charged with Republicanism his race and the primary of 1S97, a I thought he was honest, but he < nied it bitterly. He denies it sti but his utterances now are all in e dorsement of the Republican poli< and his votes tally with his speech We must have a revision of the pied given by candidates which will ma it impossible for any honorable m not a Democrat to secure the nomir tion if we are to keep the party frc being stabbed in the back and n have a repetition of the present d: graceful state of affairs. At this til South Carolina really has no voice shaping public matters in the Senat or if she has a voice the votes of t two Senators are nearly always on o posite sides of any given propositio This Is something that does not o tain in any other Democratic Sta and I know of no way by which \ can guard against a recurrence of th condition except to require all cand dates f or the Senate, State officei Congressmen and other positions honor and trust to pledge faith ai loyalty to the doctrines and principl of the party, as announced in Sta and national conventions. This wi leave their status as far as it can 1 devised in words absolutely knowi Senator McLaurin is no longer a fa> tor. in dealing with this question. ? is simply an illustration of wh; might happen again under the presei loose regulations. " While his actions have shown ti: necessity for a revision of the pledg to be given by candiates, the part can act without considering his caf at all. It is even desirable that he I given ai opportunity to go before th people and let them show him ho they feal about his treachery. Th revised pledge can be required of a other X'emocrats without any charg of pers?cution or personal applicatioi This is important for the fnture wei fare of nhe party. Let him run if h desires to face'the people and be elect ed if he can get the votes. If he ca win in the primary after his record i set before the people he can win muc easier as an independent if he i Idenied admission. We do not want t be unju??t to him or to his followers. "If the Democracy of South Carolin; wants tc put none but Democrats OJ guard it must decide the Democrac, of each candidate by requiring pledge in writing that will defin clearly what the candidates' opinion are and a solemn pledge to stand b: those opinions. Of course, men ma; sign such a pledge and then deceiv< the pople afterwards, but we owe it t< our fellow Democrats of the countr to at least safeguard our Democratii primaries; as far as possible. "There is one other subject con neeted with party policy that demand: serious consideration. The larg? numbers of candidates who seek th< various State offices and Congression al and Senatorial honors render it im possible in one day for those candi? dates to have even a respectful anc decent hearing. Any man who is fi' to be Governor or Senator can no1 discuss pnblic questions in any intelli? gent way if his time is limited. Some plan must be devised by which those candidates, who fill the really im portant, offices and who will shape and control aff airs, must be given sufficient opportunity to make the people under? stand whether or not they are compe? tent. Mary of the positions which are sought are largely ministerial and the duties are well defined and these offi? cers can not change or shape public jolicy in any material degree. There is no good excus3 or reason why seven or eight candidates for railroad com missicner and fifteen or twenty for the other State offices shall be given time at a State campaign meeting, or SQ little time as to merely get up and ; make their bow. In the last State ! canvass it required about five hours j for the respective candidates to speak, I allowing only thirty minutes for the ! candidates for Governor and ten minutes for the others, not counting the candidtae for United States Sen? ate, who usually came last. The limit? ation on the time of the candidates for the important offices if it be con? tinued, will absolutely destroy all in? terest in the State campaign meetings, and finally destroy the primary system itself: and I am strongly of the opin? ion that it would be weil, indeed, nec? essary, to have two campaign days in each county, say six weeks or two months apart at which certain speci? fied candidates shall address the peo i pie. The suggestion has been made that there ought to be a limitation on the number of meetings to one in each Congressional district. This will never do, because the people are en? titled to see and hear the men who s^ek their votes and if such a system were adopted there would be few if any citizens at such meeting other than those who live in the county where the meeting is held. The news? paper reports would have to be depend? ed on entirely in order to get any sort of information as to what the candi? dates were saying and what impression they made, and this would mean the use of the press by those who aro able to obtain its support to control elections. Money wonk! be freely used I have no doubt, and this docs not j imply that the press is venal. But ; few people take daily papers, and ! nearly all ti e weeklies have patent J outsides. Somehow ali of Senator j McLaunn's speeches were published ! in these outsides or sent as supple j ments. lt was legitimate advertising, but we do not want rich men who arr able to pay .'or such advertising to have advantage of the poor men who I can not. The only safe way is to have ! the candidates face the voters and let I each man decide for himself. I warn j the people against surrendering the j right to judge for themselves. Govern ? ment by newspapers may be a very ; good thing, but the people of South ; Carolina repudiated it in 1S90 and I have no idea they are going to return . to it, and I air therefore prepared to urge the scheme I have outlined as the best which suggests itself to me. The two sets of candidates could begin on opposite sides of the State and thus not interfere with each other. The people ought to devote at least two days to the selection of the best mer. and this can not be bronght about without hearing them fully. If the people lose interest in their gov? ernment that government must become bad. 'Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty' is as true now as when it was uttered." TO PICK ~GuTT0?T BY MACHINERY. A New Invention Model, Perhaps, After the Mason Cotton Harvester. Birmingham, Ala., April 28.-A special to the Birmingham News from Jackson, Miss., says: The first regular contract ever made in the world to pick cotton by ma? chinery was closed in Greenville a few days ago since, and the first experi? ment with the machine will be made on a plantation in "Washington County next fall. A Pittsburg man is the in? ventor of the device and for the past ten years has been conducting experi? ments in the vicinity of Greenville. He now claims that the device has been modeled on a practical working basis and feels confident that he will revolutionize the cotton picking indus? try in the south. The machine, he admits, is valueless except on the up? lands, low valleys and prairie grounds, but even if it should prove successful with this limit, its effect on the labor question in the south will be very marked, _ _ May Wait for Years. There is in the jail at Georgetown a negro barber, John Brownfield, who has a sentence of death hanging over ! him, yet he may have to remain where he is for some years before he will know whether it is to be executed or not or . before the State courts can order its execution. The case is a striking illustration of how the law may tie up a case. John Brownfield killed a white man in 1900 in Georgetown, and the affair brought about the riot trouble there, which caused the governor to send the militia there, and finally cost the State about $2,700. Finally the negro was tried and convicted of murder, and was senetnced to die at the rope's end. His negro lawyer, Whipper, appealed to the State supreme court. Mean? while the negro managed to escape from the jail, but was too weak from the confinement to run. He was quickly recaptured and has i,been in the jail since. In the meantime Sheriff Skinner died and the present sheriff, Mr. McKiethen, was appoint? ed. Not long ago the State supreme court sustained the circuit court and the negro was ordered resentenced. Before a new day could be set for the execution, Whipper appealed to the United States supreme court, this act? ing as a stay of proceedings in the State court. It is problematical when the case will ever be reached in the United States supreme court. In the meantime the negro must remain in jail, and no further step can be taken until the highest tribunal in the Uni? ted States hears the case and hands down its decision. The fellow, it is said, has now com? pletely recovered his health, and bears his confinement, which may last for several years, remarkably well. The case is a most unusual one. Wind Storm in Petersburg. Pittsburg, April 27.-The wind storm of almost cyclonic proportions which prevailed in this section during all of yesterday and the greater part of today was followed by much de? struction of property and was the cause of the loss of at least two lives. Last night as the Cumberland accommoda? tion on the Baltimore and Ohio was approaching the city the engine was thrown from the track and overturned at Port Perry by the roof of a freight car standing on a siding being blown in front of it. Edward G. Sperow, the fireman, was caught under the wijeck and so badly scalded that he died shortly afterward. None of the passengers were hurt. Today at McDonald, an Italian whose name cannot be learned, was crushed to death by an oil derrick being blown over him. Another death, the result of the storm is reported from Rochetser, Pa., but not confined as yet. - -m -??--???' ? - "Greenwood Day" at Exposition. Next Thursday, May 1, will be "Greenwood Day" at the Exposition, and an effort will be made to bring one thousand people from that county to the "Ivory City." Greenwood is one of the most prosperous counties in the State. Its people are intelligent and progressive. They have good newspapers, excellent schools, enter? prising merchants, profitable manu? facturing industries, up-to-date farm? ers and fine railroad facilities. They ought to show themselves at the Ex? position. We should all like to see them here in larger numbers, and we wish that they would agree on a gene? ral three-days' holiday at least, so that they could visit the Exposition in force. And after "Greenwood Day" there ought to be "Darlintgon Day" and "Sumter Day" and "Florence Day" and a special Day for every other wide? awake county in the State. There have been a great ina ny prospectors in Charleston since the Exposition open? ed, and many inquirers as to the State I and its opportunities are visiting the j Exposition every day. Special DaysV will be set apart by the Exposition au ! thorities for all the towns and counties I that would like to enter the competi i lion and realize! some benefit from the j great undertaking.-News and Courier. We regret to note that the governors of Virginia and Pensnylvania returned from some days' at the Charleston ex? position in a frame of mind because of ' the failure, ns they think, of the gov? ernor of South Carolina and city au? thorities of Charleston to pay them the proper courtesies due themselves and their states. Wc repeat, we deep? ly regret if anything occurred or failed to occur to mar their happiness: but would respectfully and in the kindest of spirit, suggest they happened ?o strike Charleston and the governor of South Carolina just after the governor of North Carolina had been with both fora week, and said something. There is really a limit to human enjoyment, at least reouiring that a rest be taken. -Raleigh Post. GROWTH OF STATE PENSION LIST. Lack of Care in Approving Appli? cations. Some Cases of Down? right Fraud. Columbia, April 26.-It may sur? prise some people, but not those who have be<m watching the trend of the pension feeling in this State, that the State pension rolls have increased 1*185 over what they were last year. In 1901 the pension roil showed that 6, 503 Confederate soliders or their wid? ows were getting pensions because of service in the Confederate army, and al? though a large number of those who received pensions last year have died the pension rolls show 7,688 for the present rpayment,- a net increase of 18 per cent. In Oconee and Chesterfield counties the lists have increased more than 50 per cent in a single year, while in oth? er counties, York, for instance, the county boards have held the increase down to 1 and 2 per cent. The General Assembly and the State board of pension commissioners have done everything that they could to hold the pension list within legiti? mate bounds and to see that all who are on the lists are entitled to the small allowance, but the fear is that there is too much carelessness about the granting of pensions. Of course the State board has to accept the work of the county boards, and it has no facilities for knowing the merits of th? individual cases, and, as a matter of fact, the county boards cannot know every applicant or whether fraud has been practiced, as was done in one case where a man drew a pension as a Confederate soldier from this State and also a pension from the Govern? ment as a Federal soldier. . The following statement, which has just been completed, but which is lia? ble to be increased to a small extent, shows the number of pensioners in each county and the percentage of increase for the year : Percent County. Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Darlington, Dorchester, Edgefield, Fairfield, Florence, Georgetown, Greenville, Greenwood, Hampton, Horry, Kershaw, Lancaster, Laurens, Lexington, Marion, Marlboro, Newberry, Oconee, Orangeburg, Pickens, Richland, Saluda, Spartanburg. Sumter, Union, Williamsburg, York, 1901. 137 192 378 51 100 28 88 82 176 95 134 m 293 197 69 97 110 131 38 338 120 126 156 lil 222 221 148 193 117 146 166 132 244 166 140 52S 174 139 119 287 1902. 140 229 442 55 121 36 116 107 197 116 204 138 332 227 76 103 124 172 42 393 133 177 207 137 254 240 167 232 139 152 263 158 248 190 152 655 199 163 160 292 age in? crease. 19 ~ I734 8 21 30 32 30 13 22 52 ll 13 16 10 6 13 31 10 16 10 40 37 25 15 8 17 20 22 4 59 20 2 6 9 24 14ii 17 35 1 Total, 6,503 7,68S IS It is thonght that the amount of the pension that will go to the largest class of pensioners, C. 2 and 4, will be about S20. Class A will get S96, Class B $75, Class C. 1 and 3 843. W Ebensburg, Pa,. April 27.-This af? ternoon shortly after noon the monas? tery of the Benedictine Brothers at Carrollton was burned to the ground, with all its contents, causing a very heavy loss. "When first noticed a small flame was coming from the roof of the main building, but owing to the high wind practically nothing could be done to check its progress. The building: was partially insured. South African Situation. London, Aprill 23.-Cabling from Johannes under date of Friday, April 25, the correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that General De Larey, with his staff, arrived at Klerksdorp, Transvaal, yesterday. Special dispatches received here from Pretoria show that Gen. De Larey had been in consultation with his commando two days previously, and that the other Boer leaders are still moving about consulting with the burghers. From this it is infer? red that the prospects for peace are improving. Soi Smith Russell Dead. Washington, April 2S.-Sol Smith Russell, the actor, died at the Rich? mond hotel, in this city, at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon of perpetual hiccough. Mr. Russell had been ill for some time from this malady but during the past few days the disease took a serions turn and since early morning the end had been hourly expected. Tho funeral services will take place Wednesday afternoon from the resi? dence of Mr. Berger, a brother-in-law of '.ir. Russell. Mr. Russell leaves a widow and two children, Miss L. Alice Kussel], and a son, Robert E. Kussel! of Min? neapolis. Mr. Russell's death followed an illness of more than two years. He was considered one of the wealthiest actors on the American stage, his real estate holdings including many proper? ties in Minneapolis. The total value of the etsate is said to be more than 82,000,000. The deceased was a native ot' Maine. Men-phis. April 27.-Rear Admiral anil Mrs. W. S. Sch ley arri veil in Memphis this evening. A reception committee met the distinguished visi? tors at Grand Junction and escorted them to the Gayaso Hotel, where seve? ral hundred people waited to bid them an enthusiastic welcome. Admi? ral Schley will be the guest of the city until Wednesday night, when he will visit several cities in Mississippi. THE HORRIBLE WAR UPON THE FILIPINOS. Speech Applauded by Democrats and Met With Evidences of Approval from the Repub? licans. t Washington, April 28.-Representa? tive Sibley, of Pennsylvania, created something of a sensation in the house today during the general debate on the agricultural appropriation bill by severely denouncing Gen. Jacob H. Smith for the orders he issued in the Samar campaign. Mr. Sibley's speech was enthusiastically applauded by the Democrats and was received with"some evidences of approval on the Republi? can side. The spceeh was considered the more remarkable in that it came from a Republican who left the Demo? cratic party on the issues raised by the Spanish war and who has since been an ardent supporter of expansion. Mr. Williams, Democrat of Mississip? pi, endorsed what Mr. Sibley had said. Mr. Sibley said he had been an ex? pansionist and defended the policy of the administration in the acquisition of the Philippines; that duty and honor justified our position there; that the commercial welfare of the ? nation demanded that we should con I trol that archipelago, which stands as Lthe gateway to the oriental world. "A BRUTE EN UNIFORM.? He then continued : "Therefore, when I am compelled to read utterances contained in mili? tary orders that make the blood of men run cold, when I have heard the statements made that we were cruel in the conduct of that war, I have thought perhaps the partisan was speaking. But when I have read, as I have within the past 48 hours, that a general wearing the uniform of the army of the United States, one who stands under the shadow of our fl?g, issues orders, not to conciliate a pro? vince, but to leave it a howling wil? derness and to kill all above 10 years of age, then it seems to me that humanity must have marched back? ward for 18 centuries and that Herod again appears. I have read of Timour, the Tartar. I have read of Achilles, I have read of the Saracen, scourage bat thank God that since the tragic scene on Calvary, it has taken 18 cen tures to produce a Smith. I have read of the water cure. I believe that was exaggerated. Can any man whose blood pounds in his pulses, any man who had read his Bible or who has been reared at the knee of a Christian woman, justify the perpetration of such cruelties upon another man who wears the guise and the image of his Creator? And yet, we hear this man attempt? ing to justify acts by which men are pumped so full of water to nearly drown them and then brought back to life by thumping them over the stomach with the butts of muskets. That is not civilization, that is not Christianizing the world. I am thank? ful that these are sporadic cases. WILL NEVER PACIFY. "They will never pacify any race of human beings on this earth by first drowning them and then bringing them to life with the butt of a mus? ket: and against that, as a member upon this side of the chamber, against that, as a man who belongs, I hope, not alone to the Republican ranks but to the whole brotherhood of man the wide world round, I want the mem? bers of this house on this side of the chamber and on that, to voice their protest, and against all such measures. (Applause.) A friend of mine said a few minutes ago, 'Oh, you had bet? ter wait and hear his defense. ' I hope the president of the United States will have the courage, upon what the man admits, to discharge him dishon? orably from the service that he had di sgraced. ( A pplause. .) EQUALS KING HEROD. "He admits that he issued the order to leave the province a howling waste and to kill all above ten years of age, the innocent with the guilty. That man never ought to be permitted to stay in the service of the United States until the sun goes down. He is a disgrace not alone to the party, but to every man who ever wore the uniform of tho United States, and he is a blot and disgrace to our present civiliza? tion. Wait and hear what his justifi? cation may be. That man does not live who can justify such orders. (Ap? plause. ) There is no justification. 1 care not how adroitly his lawyers may frame their plea or how subtle be their reasoning. The fact admitted by his own mouth that he issued such orders is sufficient for the hope that there is the. courage and the patriot? ism and the humanity and the Chris? tianity at the other end of the avenue that will not let him wear the federal uniform 24 hoursfhence. Mr. Wiliams of Mississippi heartily endorsed Mr. Sibley's onslaught Jupon Gen. Smith whom he described as a i "brute in uniform." "But I am a little afraid," he con? tinued, "that he does not strike the evil in the right quarter. It is the system which should be struck at not the man whom consciously carries out the spirit of the system. Wherever j there is a war of conquest against a weak and inferior colored people deeds of brutality naturally occur. The chief danger is not the injury to the weak race, but that the temptation to tyranny will react upon the strong race and make brutes of its soldiers. For that reason such wars should be avoided. I agree with the gentleman from Pennsylvania that there can be no justification for a civilized man i to issue an order t!) lay waste a whole country and kill everybody, including children over ten years of age." A Gentle Hint. In our style of climate, with its sadden change? of temperature,-rain, wind and sunshine often intermingled in a single day. -it is no wonder that our children, friends and relative; are so fre patently taktn from us by neglected cold?, half the deaths resulting directly from this cause. A bottle of Boschee's German Syrup kept about your horne for immediate use will prevent serious sickness, a large doctor's bill, and perhaps death, by the ase of three or four doses. For curing Consumption, Hemorrhages, Pneumonia, Severe Coughs. Croup, or any disease of the Throat or Lungs, it- success is simply wonderful as your druggist will tell you. Get a sample bottle from De Lorine's Pharmacy or Sumter Pharmacy. Regular size. 75 cts. Get Green's Special Almanac. TRIAL BY COURT MARTIAL OF (?EN. JACOB H. SMITH. Government Witness Testify to the Difficulties Encountered in zc War of Subjugation. Manila, April April 28.-The trial by conrtmartial of Gen. Jacob H. Smith, on the charge of condnct pre? judicial to gooc order and discipline was resumed here today. Major Lit? tleton W. T. Waller ?f the marine corps testified to receiving from Gen. Smith the orders to "kill and burn" and render Samaria howling wilder? ness," previousy referred to in these dispatches. The natives of Samar, sai Maj. Waller, were more treacherous and implacable than the tribesmen of the Soudan. Without Gen? Smithes drastic measures the war there would not have been ended yet. Gen. Smith never intended killing women or children. Corporal Pritchard of the Ninth in? fantry, who took part in the fight at G?ndara, testified that he saw boys cf 12 years of age fighting and slashing, with bolos. Sergt. Bonicastle of the Ninth in? fantry, an Apache, testified regarding Capt. P. K. Schoeffel's fight in Dapdap province, Samar, against Dios Dios' fanatics. He saw a soldier attacked by two boys, under 15, one armed with a bolo and the other with a dagger. Private Nickel of the Ninth infantry explained the dangers and difficulties in the island of Samar. Private Nanjot of the Tenth inf an-?" try told how Americanistas (natives friendly to the Americans) were butch? ered there in cold blood. S?rgt. Brumby of the Ninth infan? try, a survivor of the Balangiga mas? sacre, described that disaster, includ? ing the mutilation of the American,, dead, by the Samar natives. Tornado in Texas. Dallas, Tex., April 28.-A telephone message from Morgan, Tex., received tonight states tnat a tornado passed over Glenrose, a small town in Somer? ville County, between 5 and 6 o'clock this afternoon, killing five persons, injuring more and demolishing much property. The constant recurrence of rumors of Senator Hanna's aspirations.for the*, next presidential nomination, notwith- ' standing the senator's gentleXdenials, renders his political methods particu? larly interesting at this time. Appa? rently the senator from Ohio is par? ticularly proud of his reputation for i4 standing by his friends, " ' ' standing by one's friends under fire;" I be? lieve it used to be called in the time of President Grant. Two conspicuous examples have recently attracted pub- _ lie attention ; one, the case of Rath? bone, the Cuban postal-fund embezzler who was found guilty and sentenced to a long term of imprisonment. Sen? ator Hanna has made the most strenu? ous efforts in Rathbone's behalf, and has finally succeeded in securing his release under heavy bail. Mr. Hanna even goes so far as to cast reflection on Gen. Woods in his efforts to influ? ence public opinion in favor of his "friend." As a candidate for the presidency the senator's course will doubtless stand him in good stead with a certain element of his party. ' An? other instance of this same admirable-" trait has recently come to light in the case of one Harrison Wagner whose military record Senator Hanna intro? duced bill to correct. The house com? mittee which investigated the case found, that numerous forgeries, iin cluding a senate bill and senate re? port, had been filed by Mr. Wagner, but doubtless Senator Hanna will stand by him and it is doubtful if he will ever be prosecuted.-Washington correspondent. Senator Money, of Mississippi, is past understanding. That United States senators have an exalted idea of their importance and their privileges is well known, and that a southern sena? tor should especially resent being hus? tled out of a street car is but natural; but what must puzzle the State of Mis? sissippi, and the whole south, for that matter, is how Senator Money could descend to squabble about so petty a matter as a five-cent or three cent car fare. Herein the senator does an in? justice to his action. The spirit of the south in such matters is illustrated by the ante-bellum story of a South Carolinian who, being addressed^ im? pudently by a colored waiter in a northern hotel, kicked him. "PH make you pay for this, sir!" exclaim? ed the" enraged minion. That'll cost you ?5." "If that's your price I'll take another kick," answered the southerner, suiting the actionn to the word-then, throwing a $10 bill to the kickee, he departed with serenity. State. The Hon. E. Barnwell Rhett, the distinguished editor of the Charleston Mercury before the the war, and of the Journal of Commeice in post-bel? lum days, is in Charleston on a visit tc his relatives. Mr. Rhett, whose name is familiar to all Carolinians, has lived in Alabama since he left Charleston in the '80s, where he has been engaged in the business of plant? ing.-News and Courier. Norfolk. Va., April 28.-Two hun? dred horses wen- shipped from here today to Now Orleans whore rh ey will be trnsported to Sonrli Africa for ser? vice in the British army. Maj. Thomas of the British army has been here for some time selecting the bcrses. It is said that other consign? ments will follow. The Times is glad to see a movement in the state to get up a stock company to enable the Chiquola Club, of Dar? lington, Col. Dargan and his daugh? ters, to proseuto to better advantage their historical lectures. We wish we were able to subscribe largely to the fund, but wo will do all wo can, and wish'vou do to likewise. Florence has .?ve?"Col. Dargan very slim encour? aient in his work.-Florence Times. Vt Newberry recently Jud?:e Gary rendered a decision declaring that excess charges bv railroads, where pas? sengers fail to purchase tickets, are invalid. An appeal was taken, and the question will come up befoie the Supreme Court.