Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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mm ROASTS ROOSEVELT. Senator From Alabama Scores President, and Denounces Bu aac-Varilla, the Minister of Panama. ^8fts Stained With Fraud and Gathered Frwo the Wreck of the Constitution, thc Statutes and the Laws of Na? tions." Washington, Feb. L-In the Senate today Senator Deitrich, of Nebraska, ^raade a request for an investigation into the charges upon which he was recently -tried by a Federal Con rt in -3?3 own State and the Senate granted the requests the President pro tempore appointing a committee consisting of Senators Hoar, Platt of Connecticut, ' Spooner, Ccckrell and Petts? to make ?he inquiry. Senator Tillman's resolution in? structing the Secretary of the Treasury to send to the Senate information in -regard to the appointment of William XX Cram as collector of the pors of Charleston, S. C., was laid beofe the Senate. Senator Tillman said he be Jieved he had all the information need- j " /?d, which could be given by Secretary "Shaw, and he- asked to have printed in the Record, and as a document, the communication from the Secretary of War in regard to recess appointments. Se said .the information contained in that communication had a direct ^bearing on the Cram case. The iorder was made as he requested. The remainder of the day was devot -ed to an argument by Senator Morgan ?ix support of the resolution introduc? ed "oj Senator Stone directing the Senate committee on foreign relations -Jo make an investigation into the t?Panama revolution. Senator Morgan -again criticised the conduct of M. J&znau-Varilla in connection with the revolt, and'spoke of the* treaty as a concession to the commercial spirit of the age. The present minister from Panama TOS held up hy Senator Morgan in a most unenviable light. He read ex? tracts from utterances by M. Bunau Tarilla to support his accusations against him. The attendance in the Senate was at this time very slim, h?rtere being only there Democratic Senators present, and they were en? gaged in conversation. Noting this ?rcuinstance, after reading one of ibeee excerpts, Senator Morgan said: "i'll read it again to ,this side of the skamber which is so much interested ?rn what I have to say." Senator Morgan traced the connec? tion of M. Bnnau-Varilla with the r???!3fi9D> and detered, ; "?ccor?i?g to his own showing, ?unau Yarilla should.be pronounced persona jso-a grata in the United States. He asserted that if a member of Congress ?ese guilty of such conduct as Jteaau-Varilla had been guilty of, he would 03 made the subject of ' ' condign punishment." "*About this treaty," he went on, "there is rn atmosphere of degrada? tion against which the people revolt." -Senator Morgan closed with a refer? ence to his long advocacy of an isth? mian canal and to the attitude of the South towards the canal project say? ing that secci?n was still "unmoved by ^mercenary temptation." Be proceed? ed: "The people of the South will 2?ty *ud forgive, but will not forget such as can find excuse in their fears ?f upstart despotism for the acceptance -sf the gifts that are stained with fraud and are* gathered from the wreck of &e Constitution, the statutes enacted %. Congress and the laws of nations. We cannot, if we would, convince T.hQ l^vej or those who will live, Hist it is fcofi?r^bl? Or just or reason ?ole, to assist any man who may be President in the violation pt the Con? stitution or the laws of the land. We cannot mark down the people of the South to the figure in commercial poli? tics that accepts a favor Of any party, sf ?hy man-, as the price of its support \ef men who disregard laws and trample tn* rights of the weak under foot, or sf measures that ara wrong and dis iioaorable. We have never been rob? bers or faith-breakers, and we wil l not Jeed our assistance to those who are" The Senate adjourned until to? morrow. The Hampton Monument. Senator Marshall of the Hampton msnnmort commission, has now on i*ad about $6,100 of the $10,000 neces? sary in the way of voluntary contribu? tions before the State appropriation becomes available. During the past Jes* days the money has been coming ?rn quite rapidly, and it is not thought -Jtsat the appropriation suggested at Skis session will be over $3,500. Ih?? beduoLog ruu< thc roads in Ung land freely, tie is a quaint little fol? low, our Ih*dgWiOg. having far more Intelligence tuan jK'ople giv<> him credit -ier. it is curious, as you stand per fectly still in the middle of the road, tc aee him come running along, then stop? ping to sniff and whine and examine -tiie high, str?ngt? object that hardly breathes lest he startle the little crea -ture. Thea, with a gentle grunt, bc will puss you by. A very low yet de? cided grunt be gives, ami he whines as weil.-Blackwood'* Magazine. CARPET BAB BONDS VALIDATED. Five Justices of the U. S. Su? preme Court Decide in Favor of South Dakota, And the Chief Justice and Three Other Justices Dissent. Washington, Feb. L-The eas?* of the State of South Dakota versos the State of North Carolina was decided today by the United States Supreme Court favorably to South Dakota. The case involves the validity of a mort? gage on stock of the North Carolina Railroad Company, given by the State of North Carolina to secure tho pay? ment of State bonds given ia aid of the road in 1867. The State of South Dakota holds ten bonds of $1,000 each, i under a gift from Simon Schafer and Samuel M. Schafer, of New York city, the amount due on the bones and cupons attached being $27,000. The opinion wast rendered by J ustice Brewer and the decree of the Court was emboided in the following order : "A decree will, thereofre, be enter? ed, which, after finding the amount due oh the bonds and coupons in suit to be $27,00, no interest being recover? able, and that the same are secured by one hundred shares of the stock of the North Carolina Railroad Company, belonging to the State of North Caro? lina, and directs that the said State of North Carolina pay said amount to the State of South Dakota, and that in deafult of such payment an order of sale b6 issued to the marshal of this Court, directing him to sell at public auction all the interest of the State of North Carolina in and to one hun? dred shares of the capital stock of the North Carolina Railroad Company, such sale to be made at the east front door of the Capitol building, in. this city. Public notice to be given of such sale by advertisement in some" daily paper published in the city of Raleigh, N. C., and also in some daily paper published in the city of Wash? ington." The Chief Justice and Justices White, McKensa and Day united in a dissenting opinion. The decision of the Court is con? sidered an important one, and it marks a new departure in ordering the sale of property in dispute in case of failure to satisfy a judgment Coming to that point, Justice Brewer said there was "no reasonable doubt of the valid? ity of the bonds and mortgages in con? troversy," nor "question respecting the title of Sooth Dakota to the bonds." He also asserted tlie jurisdiction of t'be ?ourt ia cases brought by one State against ??dte to Ghf?K? pro? perty rights. 00 added : ' ' We are confrouted with the con? tention that there is no power in this Court to enforce such a judgement, and that such lack of power is conclu? sive evidence, that, notwithstanding the general language of the Constitu? tion, there is an implied exception of actions brought to recover money. The public property held by any muncipal city, county, or State, is exempt from seizure upon execution, because it is held by such corporation, n??t, as a part of its private assets, but as a trustee for public purposes. "There is in this case a mortgage of property and the sale of that property under a foreclosure may satisfy the plaintiff's claim. If that should be the result there would be no necessity for a personal judgment against the State. That the State is a necessary party to the foreclosure of the mortgage was settled by Christian versus Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company. Equity is satisfied by a decree for a foreclosue and sale of the mortgaged property, leaving the question of a judgment over for any deficiency, to be determined when, if ever, it arises. And surely if, as we have often held, this Court has jurisdiction of an action hy on? State against another to recover a tract of land, there wculd seem to be no doubt1 of the jurisdiction of one to render a decree for the sale of personal proper? ty." The bonds were presented to South Dakota for the aid of the State Uni? versity, and with the end in view of prevailing upon that State to bring au original action in the Supreme Court, which action has now proved success? ful. There are about $21)5,000 worth of other bonds outstanding. The Col? Pipe. Corncob pipe* arc as old as the settle? ment of this country, anti the proba? bilities ure that the pilgrim fathers found the Indians sucking hollowed out cobs through reed root stems. There is a historical warrant for say? ing that Andrew .hickson smoked cob pipes and was fond of them. Tradition has it that after that famous dinner of sweet potatoes General Francis Marion proffered the British officer who was his guest a corncob pipe and a mole? skin pouch of sun cured leaf lobacco. Savannah News. Sot to Be Rudjtred. "Move on. now.*" ?aid the policeman. "No, sired" replied Mr. Ha ?cede dog? gedly. "I guess ye will. Ye've been uangin* round here half an hour." "Yes. an*. lVgosh. here's whar T stick! The gent that tuck my watch to have my RHUM' engraved on io it told me to stay right here till he got back."-Phil? adelphia Press. THE GRAZE FOR COTTON. The Staple Goes Above Seventeen teen Cents in New York-This Price has not Been Exceeded in the Last 29 Years. New York, Feb. 1.-Speculation in the cotton ? market carried May and July cotton options above seventeen cents a pound on the local market to? day, for the first time in twenty-nine years. Cotton has not passed 17 cents a ?pound in New York since 1875, when it went to I734. It touched 18% in 1874 ; 21% in 1873, and 21% in the year of wild speculaation, 1872, when the crop, as against 4,347,000 bales in the previous saison, turned out only 2,974, OOO. The high price of war times, when the South waa blockaded, was $1.90 per pound, in 1864. The rise on today's market was j scored in spite of heavier receipts and I the failure of Southern spot markets (save New Orleans) to advance. There was the same wild and o ver? ba rdened market here as on Saturday. Brokers despaired of exexecuting their orders according to bock. There was intense confusion and an enormous volume of trading. The market opened excited and high? er. Notwithstanding the sensational advances of Saturday Liverpool again cabled higher prices than expected, and the opening hei^e was strong at an advance of 6 to 20 points, carrying July through the 17 cent mark and making a new high record of the sea? son. Following the call the market advanced still further, though in a somewhat irregular fashion. Notwithstanding the heavier receipts indicated for tomorrow, the market, after reaching to within a few points of the opening figures, was rallied again, chiefly as a result of aggressve buying by New Orleans, and was soon selling at a level still^higher than that of the early morning. March, in the late trading, sold at 17.04, May at 17.46 and July at 17.55, a net gain of 65 to 70 points and an advance since last Fri? day's closing of nearly a cent and a half a pound. Trading was active on the second advance, including contin? ued buying for the account of spot people, who were believed to be cover? ing hedges, and for public accounts. The close was firm at nearly the best, with the more active months 47 to 82 points higher. j PANDEMONIUM IN NEW OR? LEANS. New Orleans, Feb. 1.-This has been a day of unusual excitement, even in this season of extraordinary occurren? ces in the cotton future market. When the opening of the session was an? nounced pandemonium apparently broke loose. Advices in Liverpool and New York had already been posted on the Cotton Exchange boards, and the first call, of the local market showed an advance of 18 to 41 points. The fluctuations during the session were frequent and at times vey wide, but prices were always well above the closing figures of Saturday, with an upward trend predominating, the day's trading resulting in net gains .>2 80 to 84 points. The market closed very firm. Although the range of prices appeared to create au ideal condition for the scalper, it was said about the ring that this class of traders today from some cause almost invariably ''caught on the wrong way." The bull leaders here advise buying, notwithstanding the present high level. Leading houses have reports from their travelling men in Texas, who now express the opinion that the Tex? as crop will not exceed two and a half million bales, and that there is now but little cotton in the interior of the State. A cable from Brem&n reports that j spinners in Germany and Austria wem carrying very light stock-,, and expressing the opinion that this crop or its equivalent has already been sold. LIVERPOOL MARKET UNSETTL? ED. Liverpool, Feb. 1.-After opening lower and fluctuating a little cotton today began to advance, owing, it was believed, to speculation February and March going up 20 points from the lowest quotation of Saturday, April and May going up 22 points, May and June 30 points, July and August 29 points, and August and September 20 points, but prices gave way a little before 12.15 p. m., the official figures being 10 to 21 point? over Saturday's closing prices. The market was thor? oughly unsettled. During the afternoon prices some? times showed indications of advanc? ing but a pre ponde .ance of sellers brought prices down. A large amount of business was enacted amid consid? erable, excitement and prices were very irregular. The market closed in an excited state with quotations ."> points lower to 4 points higher. . The people of McCall, Marlboro county are bunting a negro named Joe Johnson for criminally assaulting a IO year old white girl. It is stated that he will be lynched if captured by the posse. The sheriff is also pursuing him and will seek to lodge him in jail and prevent a lynching. Johnson is said to be a small, black young I negro. ? DISRAELI EPISODE. How th? Statesman Took H1H Brandy \cat In the Common?. I was stationed in London nearly two years daring the seventies, when Dis? raeli was prime minister, and often heard him speak, frequently saw him upon Whitehall, walking home with Lord Russell by his side, once "inter? viewed" him and witnessed the so? lemnities of his elevation to an earl ' dom. But tho most characteristic and thoroughly Disraelian incident I recall has never been told. About 1 o'clock in the morning, short? ly after the return of the earl from Berlin bearing ''peace with honor," I left the press gallery of the house to go to the cable office. Passing a stand j in the lobby where a stoop shouldered woman was wont to sell spirits and "soft" drinks. I dropped into line with half a dozen men and waited my turn to be served. I paid no attention to the man directly in front of me except to notice that he was hatless and to com? ment mentally upon the dangers of such conduct In that cold and drafty place. '.'Sixpenny 'orth o' brandy, neat," said the broad shouldered little man directly ahead. The dame . courtesied, an unusual attention to a customer, served the spirits, and the purchaser drained the glass at a gulp. "Put it on the book," said the cus? tomer as he replaced the glass upon the counter. Then he turned, facing jue, and made his way through the erowd toward the house of lords. The nan was unnoticed in the badly light? ed corridor, although his name was ringing throughout the civilized world, the Earl of Beaconsfield! The interesting feature of this epi? Code was not that his lordship took a drink of brandy during a long night's session, but that he had an account with the woman tapkeeper and from sheer force of habit had walked over to the commons cud of Westminster palace to get his "brandy neat" at the familiar place.-Julius Chambers in Harper's Weekly. WORKED BOTH WAYS. Clever Manner In Which a Parin Concierge Was Ontivitted. Honore Palmer once outwitted a con? cierge in Paris very neatly. A lad of sixteen or thereabout at the time, Mr. Palmer was spending the winter in Paris with his mother. One cold night in February he stayed out unusually late, and desiring io get in without awaking any one he rang up the concierge .softly. The concierge, with equal softness, came downstairs. He whispered through the keyhole, "Is that you, Mr. Palmer?" and then -he said positively: "I can't let you in, sir." "Why not''" asked the young man. "Because the rules are very strict," sa id Hie concierge. "Xo one ever Is ; let in after midnight." The boy desired ardently to enter. He thought a moment and then he slipped a gold louis under the door. "I have just slipped a gold louis un? der the door for you, concierge," he whispered. "Now, let me in; that's a good fellow." The concierge instantly drew back the bolt. "Come in softly. Make no -noise, monsieur," he said shamelessly. But young Palmer was already re? gretting the gold louis, his last one. A thought struck him. and he had no sooner entered than ho said: "Oh. by the way; I left a book on the stone balustrade outside. Do you mind gelling it for mo?" With great politeness the concierge, in his bare feet, tiptoed out upon the cold stones. While he fumbled the boy pushed to the door and lock?! it. "Let ni',' in. monsieur." whispered thc concierge, who had nothing on but a nigh?dress of white linen. "I can't let you in. We let no one in after midnight, unless" Rut young Palmer had to go no fur? ther. Tne concierge, freezing In the cold, perceived he had been outwitted, and. in lu's turn, slipped the gold louis under the door. Pocketing it. the boy admitted the mau and then went quiet ?y to bod. Thieve* and Bibles. Bibles are said by detectives to be more rarely stolen than any other ob? jects. This is not because Bibles are worthless to a thief, but because few criminals are sufficiently depraved to steal the good book. A detective said recently that in an important case which lie had followed up some years ago a thief had entered the house, stolen some valuable jewel? and left untouched ? Bible bound in white chicken skin and studded with pearls. Thy dereel ive caught the thief, and the man who had been robbed, a dealer in curios, visited his despoiler in jail, took an interest in him because he had not Taken the Hillie and eventually reform? ed him and got him a good job. "1 knew." the thief said, "that if I took that Bible it would do nie harm and if I didn't take it it might do inc good. 1 let it alone, and now. thank heaven. I'm an honest and a righteous man." The detective added that in another ease where a thief had stoleira Bible thc book lind been returned. "Another thi:c,' few thieves will take," he added, "is a child's savings bank."-Chicago Tribune. Dorijtluw * I.ittM Hunter. The fondness that nome people have for contact with notables is not al? ways shared by ihe notables them? selves. lt is told by the late Baron Huddleston thai he once tried to ob? tain a seat next to a ?luke at the table d'hote in a hotel where both were gu??sts. That this proximity to the great man might be brought about the baton gave the waiter a sovereign. The servant proved a traitor, and. au ex planai ion being demanded, he con fessed that the ?luke had given him two sovereign* not io ?rive the baron the coveted seat. TOLEDO BLADES. Those of Modern Sinke Xot Compar? able W'ltli the Ancient Ones. Toledo blades are still made in the government weapon factory, but those of modern production do not compare with the ancient work. It seems to be a lost art. The genuine Toledo blades, made by the Moors, were so elastic and tough that they could be curled up like a watch spring. You can see them in the armory at Madrid, but only ordi? nary swords and bayonets for the army are made there today. The secret seems to have been forgotten. The steel came from England. It is the 6ame as is used for ordinary purposes, and, as in Japan, where the art reach? ed an equal degree of superiority, the difference in the product lay in the skill of the armorer and the process he used. In the secondhand shops of Toledo and of the bric-a-brac dealers you can buy old swords for reasonable prices, but genuine ones, made before the six? teenth century, when the best were produced and the art began to decline, are very rare and are promptly pick? ed up by connoisseurs whenever they are offered. The names of the old mak? ers are as well known as those of the painters of great pictures, and a sword made by Nicholas or Dune or Don Isio or Correnties in the fourteenth and fif? teenth centuries is worth several times its weight in gold. . Each armorer of Toledo in ancient times, as in Japan, had his cipher, which is to be found on his blades, and there was as much rivalry among them ns there is today among the opera sing? ers. Julian del Rei, the most famous of the Moorish swordmakers, always cut the figure of a dog on the blades of his swords near the hilt, and Mor? rillo, who was also famous, used a wolf for his coat of arms. The sword? makers of Toledo had a guild for mu? tual protection, but they worked sepa? rately. Each had his own secrets for refining and tempering steel, which he concealed from his rivals, but trans? mitted to his children, who inherited the business.-Chicago Record-Herald. PICKINGS FROM FICTION. A woman knows a woman, no matter how different they've been raised. "The Substitute." I hold there is but one irremediable evil in life, that of growing tired of oneself.-"The Carissima." Juge the future bi the past, but when you nav a past you ain't got much fu? ture.-"Little Henry's Slate." Perhaps it is from overwork among the poor that death has been reduced to a shadow-"The Gray Wig.'* I ain't what they call a pessimist, but I thinks poorly of most things. It's safer.-"The Adventures of Harry Re? vel." Good breeding sums up in its in? stinctive attitude all the efforts a man has made toward perfection; aye, and all that his ancestors have made be? fore him.-"John Percyfield." It is no use to pretend that hard luck does not take the manhood out of a mau. When he has an inferior part in life io play, he begins to look the part, and bc looks the superior part when he has that to play.-"Letters Home." Saved His Friend. This little story is told of two Scotch j laddies who. while fishing in strictly j preserved water, for which only one was provided with a permit, were sud? denly confronted by the bailiff. One of them quickly collected his tackle and ran his might across the field, the bail? iff in quick pursuit. After covering a large tract of country the angler sat down completely exhausted and await? ed the panting and enraged pursuer. "Do you know that you should not fish in that water without permission V" asked the irate man. "Yes." said the lad, "but I have per? mission. I've got an order." What made you run then, you young scoundrel ?" "Oh. just to let the other lad a way he hadn't got one." A Horse Apiece. First Comedian-I know something awfully funny. Second Comedian What is it? First Comedian-Why, I was held up by a highwayman last night. But the joke was on him. 1 told him there was no use searching me as my wife had been through my pockets just live minutes before. Sec? ond Comedian-But I dou't see that the joke was on him. It was on you. First Comedian-No, you're wrong. It wasn't on either of us. It was on my wife. There wasn't any money in my pockets to begin with 1-Detroit Free Fress. What Did He Want? A certain professor is a very absent? minded man. He was busily engaged in solving some scientific problem. The servant hastily opened the door o?' his studio and announced a great family event. "A little stranger has arrived." "Eh?" "It is a little boy." "Little boy! Well, ask him what he wants."-pondon Standard. Earning and Getting;. "It was only five .veal's ago that I started in with our firm at $5 a week." said Bragg, "and now I earn $50 a week without any trouble." "That's so. It's easy to earn that." remarked Newitt, "but how much de you get?"-Philadelphia Press. Aa Taaal. "When I looked at this picture las! week I failed to observe those goats down in the corner.5* "Probably they butted ip ginee then." -Kansas City Journal. The Time to Think. dar*-1 suppose 1 ought to stop and think before I accept him. Maud-Oh. no. You'll have Plenty of time to do that afterward. - Detr.?;t Free Pres?. Fighting on Panama? Panama, Feb. 2.-Report has reach? ed the isthmes that Colombian troops are fighting with the Indians on the San Blas coast, which is in Panama territory. It is impossible, however, to obtain reliable confirmation of this.. The United States gunboat Bancroft .was to have sailed today from Colon to Bocas del Toro, but these orders* were countermanded at the last mom? ent because of the report of the fight? ing on the coast. ~ A letter was received here some time^ ago from Capt. Torres, commanding the Panaman troops at Chepo (on the - south side of the isthmus and directly south of the San Blas country, ) saying he had decided to cross over to the At? lantic side."There is a possibility that the Indians are fighting with Capt.. To*res* command, mistaking them for Colombians. Shad! Shad! Shad! Now in Season. Place your orders fer Oysters and Fish with COLUMBIA FISH AND ICE CO.. COLUMBIA, S. C. Satisfactory prices, quick service. You can make money now pelling our large South Mullet while eggs. etc.. are KO very high. Dec. 2. 26t " NOTICE. Having purchased the stock and good will of the drug bus? iness of J. S. Hughson & Co, I desire to inform the patrols of this drug store and the pub? lic generally that I will con? tinue the business at the same stand with a full stock of drugs and sundries The prescrip? tion department will be in charge of experienced, licensed druggists, and the business will be under the management of Dr. E. Mood Smith. Respectfully. O. B. DAVIS. Jan 23-iw N. Q. Osteen, Jr., SURGEON DENTIST, OFFICE : No. 18 W. Liberty St., (Over Osteen's Book Store.) SUMTER, S. C. Office hours, 9 to 1.30 ; 2.30 to 6. C. P. Osteen, M. D. No. 18 W. Liberty St., (Over Osteen's Book Store), SUMTER, S. C.