Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ra* 8CMTJBK WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850? "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Alms x at oe thy Country s :hy God s and Truth's. THE TR CS SODTHRON, Established Jane, 1S3 Oosolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 1. 1905. New Series-Yol. XXV. So. IS Cfc alr?ljircm w? J^?jim PabUsfrod S78T7 Wednesday, -BY OS?EEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : j $1 50 per aaoom-in advance, 1STSB7IB1?1IT! Oae Square first iosertion..........M.?...$l CO ? .-erv su bsequeat insertion. 50 Contracta ror three months, or longer w iii b made st reduced rates. AH coauauaicstione which subserve private ;atere;?s will be charged for as advertiements. Obi-caries aad tributes of respects will, be Aarged for ????OK ON AMERIGAN ADMIRAL C3HXESE MOB \ MAKE MURDER? OUS ASSAULT OX ADMIRAL TRAIN. V The Outrage Was a Serious One and Could Be Made the Excuse for War With China. London, October 30.-The corres? pondent of Evening Standard at Shan? ghai wires the details of an attack jj. made on Admiral Train, commander C in-chief of the American Asiatic Squadron, and his son, Lieutenant Train, by a Chinese mob outside of Nanking. Admiral Train accidental ? ly shot a Chinese woman while hunt? ing with his son. The woman was wounded slightly. Hundreds of villagers attacked the officers, knock? ing Admiral Train down and taking the guns from both men. Young ! Train was held as a hostage. A rescue party of forty marines, i which went to the assistance of the g officers was attacked and the marines were obliged to fire twice on the mob, which tried to pitch fork the officers. The Chinese officials are supporting the villagers and have refused to re . store the arms of the officers. Nanking, where the assault occur? red, has-'been one of the storm centres daring the boycott of American goo;ds. The aifair, according to the corres? pondent, is regarded as serious. Lieu? tenant Train, who was seized by the Chinese, is commander of the gunboat Quirers. t - ' wm m ? ^ MURRAY GOES TO GANG. > . Supreme Court Refuses to Grant the Petition for a Rehearing of the - Case. Columbia, October 30.-George P Washington Murray must go to the penitentiary. That is the decree of the Supreme Court of the State. Murray was convicted in May, 1904, arc. ? of having uttered a false lease," by which he meant to defraud one Scipio Chatman. Strong efforts have been made al? ready to get a pardon for him. The papers were forwarded to Sumter last night by the clerk of the supreme court, Col. U. R. Brooks, and Murray will be served at once. The supreme couit a few weeks ago decided that there was no error in the rulings of the lower court as had been alleged in the complaint of Murray's attorney, Maj. Marion Moise. Thereupon Maj. Moise appeal? ed for a stay of the remittitur on th 2 ground that the court had overlook? ed some of the points in the argu? ment. The court of course granted the stay of the remittitur until the case could be looked into. Yesterday an order was filed by Associate'jus? tice Gary, who had written the opin? ion of the court, and that order was concurred in by the members of the court, who declared that there had been no important points overlooked \ and that Murray must serve his sen? tence. It is said that Pennsylvania railroad officials have become satisfied that I electricity is the coming power, and have decided to equip an electric line / between Camden and Atlantic City. The authorized capital stock of the Mexican Central Railway Company has been increased to $100,000,000. Another new railroad project is that ?/ of the St. Louis and North Arkansas, a feeder of the Frisco, which proposes to extend north from Seligman, Mo., near the Arkansas line, northwest to Pittsburg, Kans., giving a straight haul from the new zinc fields of "Northern Arkansas to the smelters at ' Pittsburg. Roanoke, Va., October 30.-in the P?oyc! Crient court this morning the ; > :ase of John Richards, chars with the murder of his rival, Maurice ; rands, disagreed. Rous? Vexas, October 30.-Al? most the entire population of Rk Grande City were poisoned yesterday by eating "preserved" oysters. Fortj persons are seriously ill. The minis? ters and city officials are among th< stricken. AKARCBY IN RUSSIA. !_ GENERAL OUTBREAK KEPT DOWN BY TROOPS. i i . The Situation is Growing More Criti ? eal Hourly and Bloodshed Has Oe* curred at Several- Places. j St. Petersburg, October 23.-Ad? vices received from provincial centres I show that serious rioting which has j boon "dreaded so long has at last be I gun. S,o far, however, the disturb j anees have not become general. In ; stances are recorded, however, where ' troops have fired on the people and demonstrations have been attended ?with bloodshed. What effect these encounters will have upon the people here can only be guessed. If it stirs them to the point of demanding re? venge for the wrongs to their fellows, terrible times are certain to follow. Strenuous efforts are being made to call out all telegraph operators and this, the only remaining means of communication, may be stopped be? fore the night is over. Dispatches coming into city, telling of disorders are meagre, and give few details of the rioting which has occurred. At Gomel three bombs were thrown at the chief of police, one officer and two guards were wounded. At Reval the mob fired the local theatre and prevented the attempts to extinguish the flames until the troops were call? ed out and charged the rioters with bayonets,and clubbed them with guns. A number of casualties resulted at Tomsk where the mob marched through the streets singing revolu? tionary songs and demanding a com? munal republic. When the rioting started the troops charged the ,mob and forced the people to disperse. Many persons were injured before this was accomplished. This attack was followed immediately by a strike of all the railway employes. At Kioff a mob collected and threats of vio? lence were made. The troops have placed maohine guns at the railway station to assist in guarding it against the expected attack. ENDORSES ROOSEVELT'S PLAN. Views of John Sharp Williams on Railroad Legislation. Nev.* Orleans, Oct. 27.-The Pica? yune has begun a canvass of Southern Democratic * members on President Roosevelt's plan to give the interstate commerce commission authority to fix ! maximum railroad rates and in re? sponse to telegraphic inquiries a num? ber of senators and representatives have expressed their views on the sub? ject. So far every member of con? gress heard from has declared in fa? vor of the legislation demanded by the president. Congressman John Sharp Wlliams of Mississippi, Democratic leader oC the house, says: j "Mr. Roosevelt is doing a good and brave thing in maintaining his un? compromising attitude upon this question. Since Andrew Jackson took up the cudgel against the national bank, entrenched and fortified in commerce, finance and in politics as it was, no president has done a better thing than Mr. Roosevelt did when he took up the cudgel in this behalf by boldly advocating in his message the remedy already proposed by the Democracy. "It is going to be a desperate fight and many plausible pretexts will be given to any national legislator who desires to desert the cause of the peo? ple and of justice in order to maintain the present power of favoritism vest? ed in railroad managers. Nothing has so much contributed to the birth and upbuilding of trusts as this very pow? er of favoritism." Among the other congressmen who expressed themselves fin fav<"?r of rail? road rate legislation are Sentor C. A" Culberson of Texas -and Representa? tives J. T. Watkins and S. M. Robert? son of Louisiana. The Fireman Killed. Greensville, October 27.-Local passenger train No. ll. on its way to Atlanta over the Southern Railway, was derailed at Norris, thirty miles (from this place, at 7 o'clock this even? ing. Reports are meagre, but it is certain that Fireman R. J. Hamilton, white, of Atlanta, is dead. Baggage master Chestnut, of that city, is se? riously hurt, with the mail clerk, whose name cannot be learned, slight? ly hurt. Engineer Oneal was not in? jured. A contract calling for the imme? diate delivery of one thousand barrels of the best grade Portland cement has just been closed between the city of Orangeburg and a local firm. This cement is to be used in the work of putting down a cement sidewalk on Russel! street as far down as the Southern depot, which will complete about a mile of this work. FAIR WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. Hie Admissions Have Been Large ami the Finances of the Society are Left in Fine Condition. Columbia, October 27.-The great? est State Fair in The history of the as? sociation closed today. It has been a success in every sense of the word. It is a fai t that a great fair was expect? ed, but the crowds, the continuousness of the throng, was a surprise even to those who anticipated large things. This betokens two things; first, the general prosperity of the people of Carolina and, second, that everyone recognizes the annual State Fair as the one time and place for an annual gathering of the clans. The Fair itself was better than us? ual. Persons who have wares to ex? hibit must realize "that tens of thous? ands of the better classes visit the Fair and that there is no better op? portunity of having their wares ad? vertised in this State-outside of the newspapers-and many who visit these reunions are not regular read? ers of the newspapers. The cattle, stock and horse displays have been much greater this season than usual. This means that there are better cattle and finer horses and cost? lier pigs and hogs and the like in the State and that the prosperous farm? ers understand that the place to show these evidences of progress where the best exchanges can be made is ai the State fair, where there is a maxi? mum aggregation of industrious and wid?-awake farmers. From a monetary standpoint the State Fair has also been a success. The admission fees virtually poured in Wednesday and Thursday and to? day witnessed the most unusual sight of a large sprinkling of people on the grounds with paid admissions. As a general rule Friday finds wagons and express conveyances on the grounds carting away the exhibits. This was not done at the fair this year and no exhibits were allowed to be removed until after the closing ?/our-2 o'clock. It is inspiring to President Guignard and Secretary Love to see so many people on the grounds today. All of the side shows were in full blast and drawing well, and the good humor and good weather continue. The weather has been particularly favorable for the Fair. On Wednes? day it rained pretty much all after? noon, but after the crowds had got? ten out to the grounds. The indica? tions were threatening for Thursday and no d$ubt kept many away from Columbia, but in Columbia it was an ideal day, rather chilly and bracing. The treasury of the Fair Associa? tion received quite a help from the State Fair this year. Treasurer La Motte, who is not a bit enthusiastic in his counting, reckons that the paid admissions for the Fair of 1905 have been the largest on record. He fig? ures that yesterday was the best day that the State fair has ever had in its thirty-seven years of existence, and that Wednesday was equal to Wednes? day of 1900, which that year was equal to the Thursday's business. The Association received in cash re? ceipts for cash admissions and priv? ileges enough to pay the premium lists which this year aggregate about $7,000. Under the arrangements made with the railroads the receipts for coupons attached to all railroad tickets are not turned over to the Fair Society for several weeks. All of the selling ticket offices have to report to the general offices, and the payment is made in bulk by the railroads for all tickets sold to the State Fair. The Fair Association owes money it took considerable to purchase and equip the present grounds, and it ls expected that with all ease a payment of $5,000 will be made on account of the back debts of the Association. There have been some rather "wide open'' shows in and about Columbia during the week. Some people must like that sort of diet or the shows could not live. Xo doubt some think a bit of chance or betting on the races makes up sporting life, and they come to Colum? bia to have that taste gratified and go home with empty pocket books and experience, but it takes all such things no doubt to satisfy the varying desires of the multitudes that come to Co? lumbia during Fair week. Today, the last day of the State Fair, the attendance at the grounds was so large as to surprise the street railway, the management, and the people themselves. It is true that the throngs of yesterday were reduced, but for a "last day" the attendance was remarkable. The Fair grounds opened as usual at 9 o'clock, and the cattle were displayed in the arena an hour later. The shotgun tourney was kept up all day. At noon the executive committee of rhe State fair met at their office, and a inure highly pleased executive com? mittee could not be found. The pay? ment of premiums began at 2 o'clock' and then the big event, the review of the Clemson Cadets by Governor Hey? ward, attracted ali eyes to the foot? ball field. Tonight the street illumination -.vas continued and the side shows made one last effort to extract the fleeting coin. The day closed with the pre? sentation of "The Geisha" at the Co? lumbia Theatre and free acts along Main street. The Clemson cadets have had a fine week of it here. They have enjoyed their trip keenly and expect to leave here this morning. The entire corps has been much petted, and leaves here with the be.st of records and with kind expressions from everyone. Capt. Clay has not worked his corps hard but has given everyone ample time to se^ the sights and to participate in the joys of Fair week. Camp will be broken early in the morning, and arrangement?.have been made with the railroads for the spe? cial coaches to take back the "Tigers. ' The love feast between the Cadets and the students of the South Carolina College did more for both instiutions than ?nything else. Those in charge of the Clemson boys are grateful to the people of Columbia, the Fair of? ficials and the street railway manage- | ment, and the actions of all concerned j have gone a long way toward arrang j ing for the Clemson-Carolina football game next year, something looked ! forward to with much eagerness by J all lovers of the sport on the checker ! board.-Xews and Courier. SEXSATIOXAL MURDER. A Young Man Killed in Crowd at Co? lumbia Union Station. 1 Columbia, October 27-James Trot? ter, a young unmarried farmer of the Leesville section, was shot through the heart at the Union station at 4:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon by Wil? mer Mitchell, about the same age and also of Leesville, the two being fast friends. Dr. Smith of Wards, who happened to be present at the time of the tragedy, pronounced life extinct in i the wounded man in less than -ten minutes, death resulting from an in jternal hemorrhage. The weapon used was a 3S-calbre, the bullet entering straight from the front. Trotter had been drinking, but the arresting offi? cers say Mitchell was perfectly sober. He gave as an excuse for the shoot? ing that Trotter continued to slap his face, after he had several times wran ed him to quit and after walking away from him. Eye witnesses say the two men appeared to be jesting. Trotter striking at Mitchell in play, as the two were waiting for a train home. A woman relative was the first to Trot? ter's side. Mitchell gave himself up promptly to a plain clothes man, and was car? ried to jail in the hurry-up wagon. He appeared to be not the leas" dis? concerted. His family is about the most prominent and influential in Leesville. He is the son of Mr. Crow ell Mitchell of that place. Trotter was unarmed. Both bear good repu? tations. The killing occurred in the presence of a large number of people, the sta? tion being crowded inside, on the ver? andas, in front and under the sheds downstairs. The. shot was fired on the veranda overlooking the sheds imme? diately in front of the colored wait? ing room. Perhaps two thousand peo? ple were at the station waiting for special or regular trains home. High Taxes in Darlington. A special from Darlington to the Charleston News and Courier says: "Mayor McCullough called the town council together the night after the election in this county on the ques? tion of dispensary or no dispensary, when it was learned that the dispen? sary profits would be withdrawn, and after viewing the situation, a raise of 6 mills in the levy was made. The citizens of the town were paying un? der the town assessment 9 mills; now they will pay 15 mills. Add to this the county and state levy and the citizens of the town of Darling? ton will pay about 32 mills. Next year when the county supervisor and the township assessors raise the state citizens of the town will then pay about 36 or 37 mills. And in addi? tion for one year at least, there will be the 1-2 mill that was levied under the Brice bill when the dispensary was voted out." According to this taxes in Darling? ton will amount $36 or $37 on each thousand dollars worth of prop? erty. This is pretty high, even for such a desirable end as getting rid of the dispensary.-Anderson Mail. mw? * i mmm The Civic Improvement League will hold a meeting at the Elks' club at 4:30 o'clock Monday afternoon. - m iiii ^ Health certificates are still required by the Charleston health department. The quarantine has not been raised. THE ?UTGCBAT YIELDS. MANIFESTO OF CZAR GRANTING COXSTITUTTONAL GOV ERNMENT. i i _ i j He Could No Longer Witlistand thc ! Pressure and Bows to the Demand of His Aroused Subjects for a Measure of Liberty. St. Petersburg, October 30.-When Czar Nicholas II tonight affixed his signature to 'the . manifesto proclaim? ing a constitutional government, he ceased to be autocrat of all the Rus? sians, in name even, and became merely a figure head-a monarch by courtesy. Tonight Count Stegius Witte is the real ruler of Russia, and henceforth even this strong man will direct the government only as the representative of the people of Rus? sia, j Emperor Nicholas has surrendered, and Count Witte comes into power as minister-president, with an imperial mandate, which will enable him to convert the farcical National Assem? bly into a real legislative body, elected by greately extended suffrage and to confer upon the people fundamental civil liberties, including free speech. These welcome tidings reached St. Petersburg shortly before 6 o'clock this evening, Count Witte had spent the day with the Emperor at Peter hof, going over the final draft of the manifesto, to which he insisted that certain minor modifications be made, and before taking the train for St. Petersburg he telephoned to a friend ?that the Emperor had affixed his sig ? nature, and that the imperial man? date, comprising the conditions upon which he had agreed to r "cept of? fice was in his pocket. Tb Ce inHude freedom of the press, the right of as? sembly and the immunity of the per? son, including the right of habeas j corpus. Count Witte insisted on a cabinet on the British model, with a selected premier responsible to the Imperial Douma, or parliament, while the Em? peror clung to the appointment of members of the cabinet, on the Amer? ican plan, by the Emperor as Chief of State. ^ The Manifesto. The following is the text of the imperial manifesto: "We, Xicholas the second, by the grace of God emperor and autocrat of all the Russias. grand duke of Fin? land, etc., declare to all our faithful subjects that the troubles and agita? tion in our capitals and in numerous other places fill our heart with ex? cessive pain and sorrow. "The happiness of the Russian sov? ereign is indissolutely bound up with the happiness of our people and the sorrow of our people is the sorrow of the sovereign. "From the present disorders may arise great national disruption. They menace the integrity and unity of our empire. "The supreme duty imposed upon us by our sovereign office requires us to efface ourself and to use all the force and reason at our command to hasten in securing the unity and co? ordination of the power of the central government and to assure the success of measures for pacification in all circles of public life, which are es? sential to the well being of our peo? ple. "We, therefore, direct our govern? ment to carry out our inflexible will in the following manner: "First-To extend to the population the immutable foundations of civic liberty, based on the real inviolability I of person, freedom of conscience, speech, union and association. "Second-Without suspending t.io already ordered elections to the state j duoma, to invite to participa- j tion in the duoma, so far ! as the limited time before the convocation of the duoma will j permit, those classes of the popula- ? tion now completely deprived of elec? toral rights, leaving the ultimate -de? velopment of the principle of the electoral right in general to the new? ly established legislative order of things. "Third-To establish as an un j changeable rule that no law shall be enforceable without the approval of the state duoma and that it shall be possible for the elected of the people to exercise real participation in the supervision of the legality of the acts of the authorities appointed by us. "We appeal to all fathful sons of Russia to remember their duty to? wards the fatherland, to aid in ter? minating these unprecedented trou? bles and to apply their forces in co? operation with us, to the restoration of calm and peace upon our natal soil. "Given at Peterhof, Oct. 30, in the eleventh year of our reign. RUSSIANS NOT SATISFIED. St. Petersburg. October 31, ll a. m.-The delirious rejoicing of last | Make Your Grocer Give You Guaranteed Cream of Tartar Alum Baking Pow? ders interfere with digestion and are un? healthful Avoid the alum. night and early morning over the> manifesto of the Czar is being follow ed today by the adoption by the peo? ple of a more critical attitude toward the reforms. The opinion is becom? ing general that reforms promised must be widely extended or Russia will continue under autocratic rule, although with the popular assembly substituted for the bureaucracy. The first examination of the manifesto in which the constitution is proclaimed does not reveal any substantial gain of civic liberty over previous promises v , which have not been kept except th? extension of the franchise and the es? tablishment of a cohesive cabinet. There ;s nothing in the manfiseto or* the two vital principles of a constitu? tional government having entire con? tre! of finances through the popular assembly and the exclusive responsi? bility of the cabinet to the assembly* Unless the Czar's advisors go far be? yond the wording of the manifesto in working out the details of the new form of government the agitations which have continued so long, cul? minating in the present gigantic strike, will be resumed. f The leaders of the radical party will not support the manifesto. They intend to begin immediately the or? ganization of the working men into a party to demand; First, the abol? ition of the nobility: second, universal suffrage, including the extension of the franchise to wmen; third, com? plete local atonomy with local par? liaments, similar to the various state legislatures of America, for Finland, Poland and Caucasus. Russia Is Aroused. St. Petersburg, October 31.-The workmen are parading the streets,, carrying flags. The principal build-, ings are also decorated with flags. Enthusiastic meetings are proceeding^ in all districts. Fiery Proclamation. Warsaw, Poland, October 31.-=^The: social Democrats issued a fiery proc? lamation inciting workmen to con? tinue the revolution, saying that Rus? sia is not yet; free. WHERE WAS HARVIE JORDAX? Farmers Crowded Carrollton With Cotton Wagons Tuesday. A special to the Augusta Chronicle from Carrollton, Ga., under date of: October 25 says: Carrollton had an ideai day for cots, ton marketing yesterday. The im? mense square was covered with wag? ons all day, while others reached in continuous line to ail warehouses and on all entering streets as far as could be seen. Over $33,000 was paid out to those who brought this to market today. It being estimated that 1,000 or more bales of cotton were hauled in from the count:y during the day, a groat part of it being sold. Ware? house, shipping platforms and ground in wagon yards were flooded to over? flowing with it. and weighers, ship* jers. buyers, merchants and banks, were worked unusually hard. FELL THROUGH SHAFT. Starling Brannon, of Camden. Suffer?, ed Serious Injuries. Camden, October 27.-Mr. Starling Brannon, a machinist at the Hermit' age Cotton Mill, fell through an ele? vator shaft 45 feet last night and se? riously crippled himself. He walked through the wrong door with a lan? tern in his hand. The attending phy? sicien is unalWe to say as yet whether or not Iiis injuries will prove fatal. He is ab.>nt 55 voa rs of age and a iT.Mxi citizen. - - I i mmm . London, October 30.-According to a Parisian financial firm Count Witte iias boen offered the premiership of Russia and has declined to accept it.