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T?* SUMTBK WATCHMAN, Established April, is50. '*2e Just and Fear not--Let all the Ends thou Aims t at be thy Country's thy God s and Truth s " THE TRUX SOUTHRON. Established jni>e,iS& ?oselid?tedkag. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. M ARCH 1. 1905. New Series-Vol. XXIV. No. 32 PabUsked Svsry "Wednesday, --BY OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C, TIBIES : $? 50 per annum-io advance. 1STIKTI8BIIIS: One Square first insertion..................$1 CO ?very subsequent insertion.......... 50 Contracts for throe months, or longer will be mads at reduced rales. - All eoacsaQicatioo8 which subserve private Interests will be charged foras eESvert?ements. . Obituaries and tributes of respects will be Sharked for. mm FIRE ?H NEW ORLE&NS. Twelve Squares of Wharves and Freight Sheds and Two Grain Elevators Burned. Xew Orleansv La., Feb. 26.-Fire i nvolving millions of dollars loss in ^abysmal property and chat strikes a serions? il temporary, blow at the im menss taxport trade of New Orleans, swept the riser front tonight and wiped cut the vast .freight; terminals of the Illinois Central^ known as the Stuyvesant docks. Nearly a dozen t ?qnares of modern wharves and frieght : sheds, two magnificent grain elvators, $randreds of ' loaded cars and vast quantities of frieght, including 200,000 = bales of? cotton, were destroyed, tO-^ gather with a large number of small, residences. The fire was still raging, furiouslyat midnight, at which! time it bad almost reached the upper end^ of :the Illinois Central property. It ?has not been determined whether Jthere has been any loss cf life. T?e= peean-going shipprng seems to have escaped serions damage. A number of firemen . and employees of the docks; . were ; injured. Actual estimates of \ the losses are impossible tonight,; thoogh they may exceed $5,000,000. X The Stuiyesant dooks extend from! .J-ouisiana avenue almost to Napoleon ?venue, a distance of twelve squares. ? The wharves between those two points] tfere covered with miles of ' trackage; and steel and iron sheds ran the whole j ?isfcan?s. The two grain elevators! were of the most modern construction, * the upper one having a capacity of a! million bushels. Thousands of bales: of cotton, several hundred thousand; 'packages* of sugar, great qxtantities! o! cotton seed Oil and oil cake, lumber1 and every conceivable variety of freight'filled the, ware houses and sheds. Pr?tically all the export busi? ness handled by the-Illinois Central was put aboard ships at ; these; docks. ? The docks and improvements have been! nuder construction for cen yeats past, elaborate extensions and immense in? vestments having been made after the constitutional Convention of ' 1898? made it possible for the road to in -vest permanently at this point. ? :__' - \ ? "New. Orleans La., Feb 27.- Great 'water ' fronV fire which did five mil-' lions dollars' damage during last night Is still burning this morning,1 but is. now under control. The fire dealt a severe blow,, to the city's grow-i ing export trade, having destroyed eleven blocks, wharves* freight sheds? and grain elevators. Seven thousand men axe thrown ont of employment. TRUSTS KNOCKED OUT. THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS TEXAS ANTI? TRUST LAW. Washington, D. -C., Feb. 27.-The anti-trust law of Texas was upheld today by the Supreme Court of the United States in a decision affecting the judgment of the State courts en? joining the National Cotton Oil and Southern. Cotton Oil Companys from doing farther business in the State and forfeiting their oharters for hav? ing 'violated the anti-combination statute. The companies claimed th? law was unconstitutional, since it caused the taking of ? their property without due process of law. LOST WITA ALL UiHDS. A British Steamer Wrecked on Possession island. Capetown, Feb 27-The Brit? ish steamer De Beers has been wrecked on Possession Island. It is b^eved that ail on board wereTiost. The steamer was com? manded by Captain Mason and sailed from Dominion, Marques? as Islands, on January 23 for Haver. She was rated at 1,150 tons. BLOODSHED IN mm Strike Situation More Serious Policemen Join Workmen. . Warsaw, Feb. 27.-Sixty per c?nt. of the city police today went on strike, openly joining the workmen. Numerous fights between the troops and strikers occurred this morning. In the fight in Novelipki street one: soldier and one policeman were killed and ten policemen were wounded. GOL. j. L ORR IS DEAD. South Carotina Loses a Noble and Splendid Son. Greenville, Feb. 26.-Gol. James Lawrence Orr died at bis home on College street, this city, at 9.20 o'clock tonight. He had been des? perately ill with erysipelas since Fri? day of last week. While bis condi? tion was known to be critical, his friends bad hoped that his strong con? stitution would enable bim to with? stand the ravages of the disease. A sudden and fatal collapse came to? night. The city of Greenville is in deepest sorrow at the news of his death By many Col. Orr waa looked upon as the foremost man in this part of South Carolina, and there are not a few who would have placed him at the very front of living men in the State for the qualities that make for leadership. He was president of the Piedmont Manufacturing - Company at Piedmont, and of the Orr Mills in Greenville, and director in various banks and other business institutions. The funeral will take place Tuesday from Christ's Church, Episcopal, probably, of which he was a leading, supporter. The details of the funeral have not been Arranged. Col Orr is survived by his widow, and ?he following children, all of whom live in Greenville : Mrs William P. Hall, Mrs. Nell Orr Burrnss, Dr. J. Lawrence Orr. The three latter, "are youths. Mrs. Martha Orr Patter-; son; Mrs. Pr?v?ts and Mrs. W. E.; Earle are his* sisters.. Dr. Samuel Orr* of Anderson, is .his surviving brother. : HIS LIFE. Col. Orr was the son of the late Judge James L. ' Orr, of Anderson, who4 was Speaker- of the . National House of Representatives before the1 war, Governor of ?outh Carolina im? mediately after the war and American; minister to the Russian Court. His mother was a member, cf .the distin? guished Marshall family of Abbeville,! and he was born in Abbeville at the home of Dr. : Marshall, her father, August 29, 1852. .The .gallant Col. Foster -Marshall, of the Mexican war,| who was afterwards ki lied while com-! manding a regiment of the Confeder? ate army* was. his uncle. , CoL Orr's first pubilc service was as; private-secretary to his father at the' Court of the Czar's in 1872 and 1873. ? In 1876 ha was .elected.by the Demo? crats a member of the South Carolina General -Assembly from Anderson County. /He was then a young law? yer. . He was . an active, aggressive: and daring participant in the fight led by Gen." Wade Hampton for the re? demption of the State; His splendid services in the long,' bitter .contest after Gen. Hampton's election for the possession . of ' the State House will never be forgotten. It was he who led the advance on the Republican '*MaCkey House," when the "Wallace House," which had been meeting in, the,old Carolina Hall, deterimned to en ter the hall of the House of Repre? sen ta ti vesj. where E. W. M. Mackey and his motley crew were in session. His six feet five or six inches, tow? ering above his fellows crowding at his elbow at: the entrance. to the hall, as big a man in body as in brain, Law? rence Orr threw his great strength against the locked jdoor, brushed, aside the sergeant-at-arms and the "Wallace House" following, ia his wak9 took possession. Col. Orr became a popular idol. In 1878 be was elected solicitor of the 8th circuit to succeed Col. W. H. Perry. As a prosecuting officer he W8S a marked success. He was not an orator iu the ordinary accptance. He was a man of common sense. His mind went straight to the meat of every subject. He could speak good English if he chose, but frequently he "murdered the King's English" and spoke regardless of grammatical and'rhetorical rules. But he never uttered a meaningless word. He was always clear. His homely, vigorous, clewing phrase was ucdertsood by the yeomanry of the Piedmont and they "swore by Law Orr". As an effective i speaker it is doubtful if he had any ; equal in South Carolina except Sena? tor Tillman. t Retiring voluntarily from the Eoli citorship, Col. Orr settled down to the practice of law in Greenville in th3 early eighties. The firm was at first Wells & Orr, the late Capt. G. I G. Wells being the senior member, i Afterwards Mr. M. F. Ansel end1 Judge J. S. Cot h ran entered ihe firm j and it became Wells, Orr, Ansel & ? Cothran. In 1891 Col. Henry P. Hammet, \ president of the great- Piedmont Man ,'ufacturing Company, whose daughter Col. Orr had married, died. The tex? tile business in this State was ycung then. Col. Hamme.tr was one of the most successful cf the pioneers. Who should sncceed bim? It was a grave question, but thc directors chose wisely in [ selecting his son-in-law, though his experience had been limit? ed to the law and the general business life of the pnblicjspirited man. A GREATER SUCCESS. Col. Orr. proved a greater success as a mill president even than as a law? yer. Under bis administration the Piedmont mills have been a irore pro? nounced success than under Col. Ham? mett. The plant has been doubled and today the. stock command, a higher price prehaps than that of any ether South Carolina mill. He has been a leader of the industry in the South, and airing with his neighbor, Capt. Smythe, ol Pelzer, has belen chosen frequently as the spokesman for South ern mills generally when their inter? ests needed to be publicly presented. About four years ago he built the Orr Mills in the suburbs of Anderson, a large plant, and this, too, is success? ful. Ke is interested in the mill at Honea P?tb, of which his brother in-law, Mr. Hammett, is president. -New3 and Courier. j S4N DQMIK60 ?Ff?IRS. The Protectorate Created by Pres ident Will Cause Trouble. The Treaty Making the Plans of the President Effective Will Meet With Strong Opposition in the Senate. Washington, Feb. 25.-'There are breakers ahead of the San Domingo treaty, in the estimation of leading Democratic Senators, who declare that had not the Senate so recently op? posed the President's wish by amend? ing the several arbitration treaties, despite his vigor?os protests, a major? ity of Republican Senators would vote against the San Dominan protocol. That some Republicans may do this seems extremely likely, among them Mr. Hale of Maine, who is above all else a conservative, who did not hesi? tate to oppose the Spanish War to the last ditch and who also opposed the acquisition of the Philippines, for a time. ; A very serions problem is pre? sented by the San Domingan agree? ment, in the estimation of many Senators its approval would lead to a period of ''frenzied finance" in the South American republics. inan ciers, confident that eventually they could prevail upon the United States to compel the payment of their loans would* lend the improvident South Americans abundant funds, at exhor bitant rates bf interest, and their proffers of cash would be promptly ac? cepted; Later, when the day of reck? oning came, European nations would call the attention cf the United .States to the San Domingan precedent, drop a significant remark or two re gardine the probable necessity of their using force to protect the interests of their citizeus, creditors of the South American republics, and then J this cou?try would be compelled to step/ in again;and* again.and play the roll: of receiver for irs insolvent neighbors; to the South. Such a: programme would call for a large navy,' an in? creased marine corps and other ex? pensive outlays, for which there would'; be no possible way of collecting from ? ?tbe\ South "American-nations or their foreign creditors. . * ? * . In the case ; of San Domingo it is: pointed out that haraiy'more than one .fourth pf the sums for which that un? fortunate and spendthrift country lias obligated itsellf were ever advanced to .it ia actual cash. Loans ot a million doltats were made on whicn the "pre? mium", amounted , to fifty per. cent, more, and the interest was fixed at from 5 per cent, ? month upwards and; compounded each month. Of course, ?'the san Domingan. protoo?l provides that 'the/United? States shall have power td adjudicate all claims, but thai of itself is likely tb prove an al-: most interminable task and, may pro? voke as hard feelings among European creditor nations ?s would direct re? fusal either to interfere br to permit them to exert force. . . * * *. ' , ' r ' It' is still too early to make any de-j finite predictions, although present ap-1 pearanc?s are that t'be convention will1 ultimitely be ratified ; after being1 materially amended; A long and . very serious debate is certain, b'ow ever,and it is not impossible that cer? tain amendments may be incorporated in th? treaty with the hope of making it ineffective as a precedent to which European nations may appeal when they have difficulty in collecting the sums advancd by their citizens to their South American borrowers. * * * Little short of a travesty on legisla? tion was the consideration of the naval appropriation bill conducted by the Senate committee on naval affairs this week. The committee occu? pied just an hour considering measures which appropriate over ?100,000,000 and the prospects are that no adequate time will be devoted to the measure on the floor of the Senate. The methods by which Congress does busi? ness are such that when a standing committee reports a measure a major? ity of the members of either house accepts such report, for individual members of Congress have neither time nor the information which would enable them to make any detailed ex? amination of the various measures on which they are called upon to vote. Incidentally the President appears to have won his fight for two battleships despite the fact that a majority of Congress believes further construction of these monster engines of war, which cost fabulous sums is injudici? ous. * * * Congress has finally determined it would seem to conduct an investiga? tion of the now famous Osage Judiau oil lease. Nearly ten vears ago, one Edwin B. Foster was granted with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, a ?blauket leas6 covering 1, 000,000 acres of land prtsumed to con? tain oil with the provison that Fester, or his heirs or assigns ray to the In dians 10 per cent of the gross receipts for the oil extracted. In time. Fester assigned his lease to the indian Ter? ritory Illuminating Oil Company and 1 it subleased the land for various' bonuses and approximately 5 per emt j of the gross receipts. Secretary Hitchcock denounced the Foster lease i as a scandal and declared that Foster] and his succesor had done nothing in return fer their bonuses and royal? ties that he lea^e should be extended to protect t!;>' sub-Iesses who liad invested their capital in good faith, and I br Senator introduced legislation providing for snch extension. New Secretary Hitchcock has declared his intention of extending the original lease en 680,000 acres4'to protect the vested righ:s of the snb-lesses," but Congress is inelined to ask why it was necessary to extend the original lease to accomplish this end. Repre? s.'utative stephens cf Texas and ethers ask why tb?? snb-lesses could have been protected by making directly with them renewals of the leases they held from the assigns of Foster, thus eliminating tho Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Co. and securing for the Indians the full rental value of their lands. The House has passed a resolution asking some very pointed questions of Secretary Hitchcock and his explanation is awaited with in? terest. * * * Speaker Cannon has announced that he will permit no concession tb the Senate on the Statehood bill and the measure seems destined to fail, despite tho fact that a majority of both houses of Congress would gladly vote for the admission of one State to be composed of Oklohoma and Indian Territory. Friends of Oklohoma are humbly sup? plicating the all powerful Speaker for njercy but there seems to be little hope of his relenting. NO CONSTRUCTIVE RECtGS. Senate Committee Makes a Report That Rebukes President Roosevelt. Washington, Feb. 28.-The senate judiciary committee to? day made a report, written by Senator Spooner and approved by the Democrats of the commit? tee, declaring there is no such thing as a "Constructive Re? cess." It is considered-a rebuke to] the president. The question arose last year, when the extra s?ssion merged into the regular s?ssion on December 7th. The r?cess appointment of Gen. Wood, Collector of Customs. Crum and several others had not been confirmed by the special session, and in order; that they might not fail the president held that there; was a constructive recess be? tween the two sessions and is-j sued other recess commissions to the officers in question, thus con? tinuing them in their advanced grades and salaries. FIRE Itt NEW YORK. Manufacturing Establi s h m e n t Damaged One Hundred Thou sand Dollars. New York, Feb. 28.-Th? ex-; tensive plant of the Iron Clad; Manufacturing. Company was! ^destroyed by fire this morning,; entaling a loss of $100,000. The: buildings , contained several tanks of whale oil and the explo? siono! these endangered the lives of a number of residents in yearby tenements, but none were seriously injured, however. WOULD NOT ?GCEPT APPOINTMENT. Ex-Senator Mclaurin Declares He Would Not Accept Place on Proposed Cotton Com? mission. Bennettsville, Feb. 27-Having seen a dispatch from Washing? ton, published in the New Or? leans Times-Democrat, to the ef? fect that because Mr. McLaurin was supposed to desire a place on the proposed commission to extend our cotton trade in the East, it was antagonized in the senate,, the former senator has written Senator Clay, who is in charge of the bill, authorizing him to say that he is not a candidate for this or any other place in the gif ht of the president, but that he would not accept a place on the com? mission if tendered him Mr. McLaurin was hurt and indignant at the unwarranted assertion when, he declares, his sole purpose is to help Ms peo? ple and with no idea of self-in? terest. Senator McLaurin has gone to Washington and will probably do some active work for the bill. fNVESTIS?Tf^S Gr?UBGH S?LLSPSF. Coroner Flaharty Trying to Fix Responsibility fer Tragedy in New York. New York, Feb. 28.-A search? ing investigation was begun to? day by Coroner Flaharty into the cause of the collapse of the St. African Methodist Episcopal church last night, when eleven r.cirroes were crushed to death, and over 100 injured. All the in? jured at the hospitals are doing well this morning with the ex? ception oftwo who are not ex? pected to recover. Coroner Fla? harty says the accident was due to gross negligence on the part of some one and he intends to fix the blame. CORRUPT JUDGE WHITEWASHED. JUDGE SWAYNE DECLARED NOT GUILTY BY PARTY VOTE. * The End of the Swayne Impeachment Case Shows a Whitewashing by Strict Party Vote by the Republican Majority. Washington, Feb 27.-The senate at IO o'clock this morn? ing began voting on the Swayne impeachment case. On article one, charging Judge Swayne with wrongfully collecting $10 a day at Waco, Tex., the vote was not guilty by a vote of 49 to 33. strictly on party line. On article 2, charging him with wrongful? ly collecting $10 a day expenses at other points he was voted not guilty, by a vote of 50 to 32. On the third article on a similar charge he was voted not guilty by a vote of 50 to 32. On article 4. charging unlaw? ful free use of private car and transportation on Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West railway, then in hands of a receiver, not guilty, by a vote of 69 to 13. Article 5, another count of same charge, not guilty'by a. vote of 69 to 13. On this article a number of Democrats who pre? viously voted guilty, changed their vote. On article six, charging non residence in his district, not guilty by a vote of 41 to 41. On article 7 charging another count, same charge, .not guilty by a vote of 63 to 10. On article 8, charging unlaw? ful imposition of fine of 100 and imprisonment for contempt of? court upon Attorney Davis, not: guilty by a vote of 51 to 31. On article 70, charging similar offense in case of Attorney Bel den, not guilty by a vote of 51 to 31. Article 12, similar charge in case of W. C. O'Neil, not guilty^ by a vote of 47 to 39. This completed the call of the various articles and a resolution was forthwith adopted declaring. Judge Swayne acquitted and the senate court of impeachment, adjourned. JUDGE SWAYNE WILL RESIGN. Washington, Feb. 27.-It is understood that Judge Swayne will send his resignation to the president without delay. Senator Bacon introduced in the senate today an amendment which he yrill propose to the constitution providing for the removal from office of all civil officers, except the president and vice president by the vote of two-thirds of each branch of congress for immorality, imbe? cility, maladministraton, mis feance and malfeasance. NEW STATES BILL. Senator Bailey Proposes Amendment io Consolidate Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Washington, Feb. 27.-Sena? tor Bailey today, by request, of? fered an amendment to the In? dian appropriation bill to make a state of Oklahohma and the Indian . Territory. He ' an? nounced, however, that he would not press it as against any re? port that might be made from the conference committee on the statehood bill. Dispensary Investigation Oommissiosr Columbia, Feb. 27.-The dis? pensary investigation commis? sion met and organized today by electing Senator Hay chair? man, sergeant at arms, J. Fred Schumpert, of Newberry; Mar? shall and A. H. Booth of New? berry stenographer and clerk. There is one other position to ! be filled, that of expert account? ant. There are egiht appli? cations from within the state, but a man from outside the state j will likeiy be chosen. The com ! mission will likely hold its first j meeting to take testimony about j the first of May. Washington, Feb. 2cS.-The j senate today took the first step toward ordering an investigation of the needed freigh? rare legis? lation during the recess of < on- \ gross by referring to the com? mittee on continued expenses the appropriate resolution reported ? by the committee on interstate commerce to passing of which there is no opposition. A MATTER ?f HEALTH POWDER Absolutely Pure ?ASMOsttBsmum NO PEACE PROPOSALS. STATE DEPARTMENT HAS LAID NO JAPANESE PEACE OVER? TURES BEFORE RUSSfAK MINISTRY. Washington, D. C., Feb. 27. The following, official announce? ment regarding the alleged peace proposals was made by the state department this morn? ing. The government of the United States never received from the Japanese government any re? quest to lay .a proposition for peace before the Russian gov? ernment, and of course, has never, in any manner, directly or indirectly approached the Russian government on the sub? ject. FOURTH B?LTIC SQ??OHOM. Another Squadron of Warships Making Ready to Sail for the v Far East. Kronstadt, Russia, Feb. 27; The fourth Baltic .squadron for the Far East, consisting of two>. battleships, six cruisers, 'four torpedo boat destroyers and two transports will begin arming to? morrow for. the voyage of the Eastern waters. St. Petersburg, Feb. 27.- General Kuropatkiu reports that the Japanese have commenced cannonading- ifre Russian positions at Goutoline and Canfanline. EX-8?V. 8Q?TWELL OEM. Prominent Republican Politician Dies at Groton, Mass. Groton, Mass., Feb. 27. Former Governor George S~ Boutwell died this morning af? ter a long illness. He was also ex-senator and formerly secretary of the treas? ury. He was born in 1818. COTTCX LETTER. New York, Feb. 28.-The large estimate at Houston for to? morrow brought about another break in the cotton today and July sold at 7.20, the lowest fig? ure in some time. But the de? pression was short as the mar? ket ran back to 7.31 for July during the early afternoon. The situation was unchanged. The r movement is as free as has been. expected for weeks but this does net change the character of the market nor the real situation. Cotton is being held in the south, because growers refuse tb sell at a sacrifice. The dry goods condi? tion is excellent, the best im manv vears and cotton is now 7 1-4, not 17 1-4. This makes ali the difference in the world. It will be some time before the world is convinced that cotton is cheap, but as New York prices get towards 7 cents there is ev? ery inducement to buy on any break and sell on advances. The situation seems to be gaining in. strength rather than weakness. We have a very different kind of a market on the decline towards 7 cents a few weeks ago. The market is likely to be narrow but: we would buy on good breaks; now. Ware & Leland. Si. Petersburg, Feb. 27.-The situation in Caucasia is rapidly becoming more serious. At Ba? ku armed men invaded Me?- , koff's factory and massacred 4% * Russian workmen who re'useo!^ to participate in the revoluti??4/ arv movement. \ . \ fy