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m a n ft?i? fBX 8VMTXB WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 1S66 Cosoiidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 18, 1903. New Series-Vol. XXII. So. 33 Get Next jOoeomobile Steam and Gasoline 650 to Owen rn Locomobile And stay in your class. No need to step down. E. A. Jenkins secured the agency for the world-famous Locomo? bile cars, and has sold several of Sum? ter's most influential and best citizens. In a short while we will have on our floor some of the latest and best Locomobiles. The Place, 10 Esumte?ysscreet' The Name, E. A. Jenkins, Are You It ? Come and Take a Look Whether you want to buy now or not. If you have the fever we will take you for an exhaustive practical road test, on roads of your own choos? ing. uNO PUSHEE NO PULLER" N. B. We are still "THE PEOPLE" when it comes to Plumbing, Domestic Water Supplies, Tobacco Barn Flues, Stoves, Ranges, Tinning, Roofing, and Pumps. Also Roofs Painted. "The Plumber, Stove-Man and ? . . . ??^^s?^ AUTOMOBILE EXPERT.5. Published Srary Wednesday, JNI\ Cat. OSTfcOOiO., SUMTER, S. G, "SEMS : $1 50 per annum-in advance; ADVE3TI8ZK2ST: One Square first insertion.$1 00 Svery subsequent i 33ertion.> 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wili De made at reduced rates. AH ccmmanicatiDos which subserve private ^interests will be charged for as ad versements. *. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. glOROlN 010TITES TO SENATE. Jpoiser Law Made Part of Ca? nal Treaty. SENATOR MM BEGINS SPEECH. AU Papers and Correspondence Relating to Treaty Will be Laid Before Senate. Washington, March 10.-Senator Morgan today secured the first material concession that has been made to him by the senate in connection with the Panama canal treaty with Colombia. This consisted of an agreement to at? tach tho Spooner canal act bodily to the treaty. This change was made in compliance with a request which was presented by Senator Lodge during the day's executive session of the sen? ate and after the necessity for it had -?been discussed by Mr. Morgn and also by the members of the senate. Senator Daniel expressed the opinion that as the preamble to the treaty calls for the attachment of a copy of che act ?J that attchment was necessary to pre? serve the terms of the document in? tact. Senator Morgan contended that without thia attachment the treaty was absolutely invalid. Senator* Teller and Hoar took the opposite view urging that as the act was in existence and of record in the statutes of the United States the physical annexation was ^of no consequence whatever. Sen? ator Lodge, however, suggested that no injury could result from the at? tachment of the act and requested un? animous consent for that .purpose. There was no objection and Senator Morgan's wish in thi3 respect was gratified. It was specifically stipulat? ed, however, that this concession did -'not amount to an amendment of the treaty. Soon after the senate met today Mr. Cullom, chairman of the commttee on foreign relations, referred to the action of the committee yesterday in passing a resolution calling on the secretary of state for the copy in Span? ish of the Panama canal treaty. "1 'have it,'' said he, ''andi think it proper to present it." Mr. Cullom had overlooked the fact that the senate was in legislative session and was proceed? ing to discuss the document when Mr. Allison moved an executive session. During the last session of congress Mr. Cullom was very careful to see that the treaty was not discussed except * in executive session and he showed signs of embarrassment as he prompt? ly acquiesced in the motion to close the doors, which was done eight min? utes after convening. The other sena? tors enjoyed the joke at the expense of the Illinois senator. Senator Morgan consumed the entire time of the remainder of the closed ^session discussing the canal question from various points of view, and go? ing over much ground which he had already covered. Most of his speech was written and when Senator Cullom asked asked if the speech he was read? ing was a new one or an old one he replied with some manifestation of vexation that it was new, adding that he did not have to repeat his address? es. He discussed particularly toe at? titude of the isthmiaL canal commis? sion of which Admiral Walker is the head and criticised to some extent the change cf view taken by that commis? sion in its last report. He also dwelt upon the variation of the terms of the treaty from thosfc of the Spooner law. During the pr cress of his address Senator Morgan expressed a desire to have copies of the correspondence be? tween the United States government and the new Panama Canal company bearing npon the acceptance of the op? tion given by that company to the United States to pnrchase the canal for $40,000,000, and the senate con? sented to make a reqnest on the secre? tary of state for those documents. They had not arrived at half past 3 o'clock and, as Senator Morgan stated that he would be unable to proceed without them, Senator Cullom moved that the senate adjourn and this mo? tion prevailed. During the day there was moro or less informal discussion of the propo? sition to permit Senator Morgan to publish his remarks in the Congres? sional Record, but there was no effort to reach a conclusion on this point. Senator Cullom, chairman of the committee on foreign relations, . has taken the position that this permis? sion to print shall not be granted un? less Senator Morgan will agree to al I low a day to be fixed for the vote ; upon the treaty. On the other hand, Senator Morgan says that he is en? tirely independent of the senate in this respcet, because he says he can discuss to any extent he pleases in the public prints a former treaty between the United States and Colombia, which is almost identical with the pending treaty and which has been made public ' THE LAST SLAVER. Taken by a Southern Naval Offi? cer in 186!-Was Owned in Boston. From the Baltimore Sun. Messrs. Editors: While the negro queston is being agitated and the southern people are having forced upon them objectionable federal officehold? ers, it might be well to call attention to the true inwardness of the African slave trade. My father, Captain John Julius Guthrie, then of the United States navy, while executive officer of the sloop of war Saratoga on April 21, 1861, captured at the mouth of the Congo river, on the west coast of Africa, the slave ship Nightingale, with 900 slaves on board. This slaver was owned, manned and equipped in the city of Boston, Mass., and by re? ference to dates it will appear her capture was after the assault upon Fort Sumter and the Baltimore riot consequent upon the passage of the Sixth Massachusetts regiment through the city. This was the last slaver captured byan American warship, and as my father soon after resigned and entered the Confederate service, her captain and owners were never brought to justice. All this is a matter of re? cord on file at the navy department in Washington. Thus it will be seen the last capture of a Slaver was by a southern officer and the good people of Massachusetts were engaged in this nefarious trade at the beginning of our unhappy war. J. Julias Guthrie. Portsmouth, Va., February 20th. | CO TTOlTSi LL* PETTTl 0 N. Columbia. March 10.-The cotton mills of the Piedmont section of the state will file, a petition with the railroad commissin tomorrow, asking for a further reduction in the rate to cotton mills in the state. The petition has been printed in pamphlet form and covers forty-eight pages, lt asks for a rate of freight for all cotton mills not exceeding 21 cents from any part of the state. It is not expected that argu? ment will be made tomorrow, though the commission will decide whether the question shall be reopened or not. Good Advice. The most miserable beings in the world are those suffering from dyspepsia and liver complaint. More than seventy-five per cent, of the people in the United States are afflicted with these two diseases and their effects ; such as sour stomach, sick headache, habitual costiveness, palpita? tion of the heart, heart-burn, water brash, gnawing and burning pains at the pit of the stomach, yellow skin, coated tongue and disagreeable taste in the month, coming up of food after eating, low spirits, etc. Go to your druggist j and get a bottle of August Flower for 25 or 75 cents. Two doses will relieve you. Try it, China's Drug Store. MOB RIOTS IN OHIO. Four Hundred Strikers Attack Non Union Men. Gov. Nash Appealed to For Troops to Protect Life and Property. Toledo, O., March IO.-Owing to an i attack made on non-union teamsters here today by striking teamsters, the ! Toledo Cartage association has declared ? its intention of asking Gov. Nash to send troops to this city to protect its non-union men. Scenes of violence have been repeated on the streets since last night, revolvers have been flashed and the people have refused to interfere. Today has been one of the most ex? citing in the city's history, nor is the excitement abated by the strikers' declaration that a general strike will be called, and that no Toledo freight will be hauled by teamsters in any part of the country. The trouble be? gan at noon when an enraged mob of 400 strikers and sympathizers followed a truck through the principal business streets, endeavoring to knock and pull from his place a non-union driver. The mob also attempted to do violence to Manager Turner of the Moreton Truck company. In whirling around a corner the truck was overturned and the next instant the non-union driver and manager were on the pavement with the mob on top of them. In the melee the two objects of the attack escaped into a restaurant where wait? resses screened them from, and defied the howling mob that was at their heels until the police interfered. The police escorted the fuigtives to safely but then gave notice that any further provocation given the strikers would be the fault of the employers, and they would not interfere hereafter. Later the report was received that an at? tempt had been made to throw a "scab" driver into the river but had been frustrated by the bolice. Not half an hour later another non-union driver was torn from a truck in front of the Moreton truck office and at the point of a revolver was compelled to run for his life. Similar fate befell a non-union teamster within a block of the police station. Police Sergeant Conway, the only officer detailed to watch the case says that the employers precipitated the trouble by threaten? ing to brain any union teamster who attempted ot climb on one of their trucks. * _ Man Stabbed With Hatpin. New York, March 6.-A wild wail, ringing out shrilly from his audience, disconcerted E. H. Sothern at the Garden theater tonight and caused a commotion that interfered seriously with the smoothness of the play. The man who cried aloud is Philip H. Levey, manager of a leather goods establishment, who had been impaled upon a hatpin. Directly behind Levey sat a young woman who endeavored in the fashion of young women at a play to secure her hat to the seat in front of her with the hatpin. Instead she fastened the hat to Levey. The long steel pin slipped through the plush chair back and ran an inch or two into the man's body. An altercation en? sued, which was interrupted by a policeman, who removed both parties. There was a discussion' in the lobby, in which the young woman upbraided Levey for causing such a commotion over a trivial matter and bringing humiliation on her. William I)ixo;\ a negro laborer was instantly killed Tuesday while at work on the big sky-scraper office building in Columbia. His head was caught by a descsending elevator and crushed. The richest man in the world is said to be Alfred iteit, who was Cecil Rhodes' partner. His wealth is estimated at from $300,(XX),OOO to near? ly a billion. Tragedy Averted. "Just in the nick of time our little boy was saved,'' writes Mrs. W. Watkins of Pleasant City, Ohio. "Pneumonia had played sad havoc with him and a terrible cough set in besides. Doctors treated him. but he grew worse every day. At length we tried Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, and our darling was saved. He's now sound, and well." Everybody ought to know it's the only sure cure for coughs, colds and all lung disease?. Guar? anteed by J. F. W. DeLorme, Druggist. Price 50c. and $1. Trial bottles free. QUESTION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE PART OF THE RAILROAD COMPANY AS BETWEEN PLACES. Washington, March 9.-The United States supreme court today rendered its first opinion in an interstate com- j merce case in which the Elkins act, j passed at the last session of congress | was dealt with. The case was that of the Missouri Pacific Railroad company vs. the United States involving a question of discrimination on the part of the railroad company as between places. It was brought at the instance of the interstate com? merce commission, but without any previous proceedings on the part of the commission. The railroad company filed a demurrer to the bill, challeng? ing the regularity of the proceeding, but the circuit court and the circuit court cf appeals for the eighth circuit held the proceeding to be regular and ? decided the case in favor of the con? tention of the United States. These decisions were reversed by today's opinion, which was delivered by Justice White. He said that by the terms of the law, under which the case was tried, the proceeding would not have been regular, but that under the Elkins law it would be. The court therefore reversed and sent the case back for a new trial under the Elkins act. Justices Harlan and Brewer dissent? ed. And the Man Died Poor. Andrew Carnegie is reported to have said that some years ago he wanted to cross a mountain in Pennsylvania and a youngster offered to take him over for 50 cents. Mr. Carnegie thought the price was too great, but, after long argument, paid it, "not be? cause the trip was worth it," as the story goes, "but because I had to get on the other side of the mountain." Mr. Carnegie adds: "I predicted that the boy would some day make a fortune, and he has. His name is Charles M. Schwab." That reminds me of a story, says a writer in the Brooklyn Eagle. Years ago a young man owned the only wood yard in a prairie town out west. He had a goodly store on hand when heavy snows came and blocked the roads. For weeks no wood could be hauled to the town, yet the young man went on sell? ing at his regular price of 82.75 a cord. A friend said to him that he could get 85 as easily, because the people mast have wood. The young man said he knew it, but that he was making a fair living profit. So he continued to sell his wood at the ,same old price. Everybody predicted that he would always be poor, and he is, God bless him! Never mind his name: you wouldn't know it if you heard it. but it is a synonym of human love and tender sympathy throughout all that prairie country. Prof. Edv/ard Horry Strobel. Cambridge, Mass, March ll.-Prof. Edward Horry Strobel, of tho Har? vard Law School, a native of Char? leston, S. C., where he received his early education has just been appoint? ed legal adviser to the King of Siam, which is tantamount to becoming prime minister. The office carries with it unlimited power and influence in Siamese foreign relations, and will undoubtedly have an important bear? ing upon United State relations with the White Elephant country. Prof. Strobel was born in Charleston December, 7 1855. Ile was a graduate of Harvard Law School in 1S77 and was admitted to the New York Bar in 1882. He atracted considerable atten? tion by a political pamphlet published during the Baline-Cleveland campaign of 1SS4 and was appointed by Cleve? land secretary of the legation at Ma? drid. He was appointed third assistant Secretary of State under Gresham in ISM, and has been minister to Ecuador and to Chili. Working Overtime. Eight hour laws are ignored by those tin-le-s little workers-Dr. King's New Life Pills. Millions are always at work, night and day, curing indigestion, bilious? ness, constipation, sick headache and all stomach, liver and bowel troubles. Easy, pleasant, safe, sure. Only 2,5c. at J. F. W. DeLorme's drug store. Fill out this blank,, mail or deliver it in person to T. B. Jenkins, Jr., Sumter, S. C., and your name will be entered as a competitor in our Big \Vord Contest, which will close on the First day of May. 1903, the contest to be decided by the fol? lowing rules : Anybody will be allowed to compete. No re? strictions as to age or sex. The competitor who shall make the largest number of words from the single word wnr wtf? WI?F ww f wpm ww ww www ww wwff^ I GREYHOUNDS j shall receive as his or her prize our handsomest Drop Cabinet, Automatic Lift, Ball Bearing, NEW HOME Sewing Ma? chine, which retails at In case that two or more persons have the same number of words, the one sending in his or hers first shall receive the prize. No proper names shall be counted, and anyone using a letter not in the word, shall have their entry forfeited. You will be allowed to use the plural of a word already used ; for. instance, making the word ground, and making again, grounds. No letter can be used twice in on.e word. The name of the winner will be published in all three of the weekly papers published in Sumter, with all the words given in full, and the date of delivery. Competitors are advised to keep a copy of their lists, and remember that the NEW HOME Sewing Machine is without a rival for beauty, ease of running, and durability, and is sold in Sumter only by T. B. JENKINS, JU? Any other information furnished cheerfully on application. CUT THIS OFF AT BLACK LINE. T. B. JENKINS. JB., Sumter, S. C. Dear Sir : I wish to have my name filed as a competitor in your word contest for the handsome, Drop Head NEW HOME Machine, and agree to abide by all rules governing the contest. Name. Address . Age. Name of Machine u-ed in Family. How long in use. Yours respectfully, Hubbard's Cotton Letter. New York. March ll.-Our market opened with sales of Mav at 9.92-93 and after selling at 10.01 "ruled ar- 9.93 at 1 p. m. European markets closed strong under arbitrage buying orders from America against sales in th.is market. Spinners were not anxious buyers on tho advance, their purchases in Liverpool being tho smallest for several weeks. Our market opened slightly lower to gradually improve some ten to twelve points on local buy? ing which abseorbed the arbitrage sell? ing. As the local traders attempted to realize this morning purchase and | found every one long and when south? ern selling orders appeared there were no buyers. The advance of the past two days eliminated the short inter? est formed on the recent decline and the market is again in a vulnerable position, depending on the weather. The Mississippi river is very high, but no break in the levee has yet been reported. Liquidation set in during the afternoon which continued to the close, which was weak at the lowest. Yesterday's advance eliminated the short interest and from a local stand? point all tried to sell out their pur? chases together. The spot market was quiet, five points advance. Hubbard Bros. ? Co. The latest in fine stationery just re? ceived and placed on sale at H. G. Osteen & Co's book store. Gov. Keyward In Demand. Columbia, March li.- Only a day or two ago Governor Heyward accepted invitations to deliver addresses at. Clemson College, at the inter-collegiate contest at Greenwood and at Furman. Within the last two or three days he has received invitations to deliver school or college addresses at the Col? lege of Charleston, at the Citadel com? mencement, before the general Alumni Association of Washington and Lee^ at the Sumter Academy, at the Black vile Graded School, before the Kara. Teachers' Association, of Oconee coun? ty, and before the teachers of Bickens County. This does not include the re? quest of yesterday to attend the good roads confrence, at Florence. Governor Heyward naturally feels very much pleased and ilattered'at this series of requests, but he wants his friend and admirers to have some con? sideration for his other work and to realize that it takes time to do all of these things. He is willing and anxious to please his friends, but it can readily be seen that several of these celebra? tions take place about the same time. It Saved His Leg. P.A. Danforth, of LaG range, Ga., suf *' "ed for six months with a frightful, run? ning sore on his leg ; but writes that Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly cured it in five days. For ulcers, wounds, piles, it's the best salve in the world. Cure guaran? teed, Only 25c. Sold by J. F. W. De Lornie, druggist.