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mira ft?i out I) ron THE SUMTER 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 SOUTHROX, Established June, 1S6S Cesoiidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. G.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 24, 1906 Sew Series-Vol. XXV. No?? Published Every Wednesday, -BY ?STEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C. Terms: $1.30 per annum-in advance. Advertisements: One Square first insertion.$1.50 Every subsequent insertion...... 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects . will be charged for. DARG?N'S BODY EXHUMED. THE BODY IDENTIFIED AS ROB? ERT KEITH DARGAN. * Re preseruatives of the Insurance Com? panies Are Now Satisfied That He Is Dead. v-_ Darlington, January 19.-The bod} of Robert Keith Dargan was exhumed I today at ll o'clock in the presence of representatives of the Fidelity Life Insurance Company, in which Mr. Dar? gan carried a $25,000 policy. The of ?c?als of the company are satisfied as to the death of Mr. Dargan and the ft policy will be paid. K . Only a small crowd was present when the body was removed from the grave, and there were no sensational ' features attending the exhumation. This will unquestionably establish the death of Dargan and foreur put a stop to the reports that the suicide was a fake and that Dargan is still' alive. TILLMAN'S RESOLUTTION To Investigate the Rough Treatment of Mrs. Morris Defeated *m the Sen? ate Today. Washington, D. C., January 18.-By a vote of 54 to 8 the 'senate to? day laid on the table Senator Tillman's resolution calling for an investigation of the recent ejection from the White Blouse of Mrs: Morris; The negative votes were from Democrats. Hale, the Republican leader, refrained from voting. PEACE IN ST., PETERSBURG. Government Exerting AD Its Power ito Prevent Rioting. St. % Petersburg, Jauuary 22, 1 p. m \-At % this hour the city is still quiet, and only a few shops are closed. The government has announced that every ?ctor and actress who declines to take part in this evening's performance will te expelled from Russia. This action was induced by the announcement that the theatres could notv open this even? ing as a mark of respect to the vic- I tims of Red Sunday. The government : is taking extra precautions against ! rioting. All priests have *been forbid? den to celebrate masses for the dead, j The Siberian rialroad has been placet, under martial law. It is believed the day will pass without any serious out- j break. LEE COUNTY DEBTS. BiH to Validate Indebtedness to thc Bank of BishopviHe. Columbia, January 22.-The Lee county delegation today Introduced a "bill to validate the Lee county indebt? edness to the Bank of BishopviHe and to provide for its payment by pledg? ing a special levy. Mr. Haskell introduced a bill to re? peal the act passed last year to require a license for collecting shell fish and the like. McCaw. Presidential Appointments. Washington, January 22.-The pres? ident sent the names of Luke E. Wright, of Tennessee, to be ambassa? dor to Japan; Secretary Clay Ide, of Vermont, to be governor general of the Philippines and James F. Smith to be vice governor of the Philip? pines. _J__ Eaitimore, January 22.-The Cro no Works, which are the oldest in the country, owned by the Klairn Chemi? cal Company of Philadelphia, was partially destroyed; by fire this morning. The loss? is $250,000. Portland, Maine, January 22.-A collision of trolley cars occurred be? tween Woodford and Cumberland Milyls this . morning in a fog. The motorman and two passengers who were injured are in a critical condi? tion. Twelve jjiore passengers 'were more or less seriously injured. George Dargan shot and fatally wounded Leslie Fred near Florence Saturday. MEMORIAL EXERCISES, TX HONOR OF THE LATE HON. ALTAMONT MOSES. The Senate and House of Representa? tives Met in Joint Session to Pay Tribute to a Worthy and Honored South Carolinian. Columbia, January 19,-Yesterday at noon the Senate was announced and the memorial services in .respect to the memory of the late Mr. Alta I mont Moses were held. Resolutions indicating an adjournment in respect to the memory of Mr. Moses were pre sented by Mr. Clifton, of the Sumter delegation. : C ^Mr. Clifton, of Sumter, in speaking to the resolution, stated, that thi death of Mr. Moses had been a per? sonal loss to himself. After giving a brief sketch of Mr. Moses' public career, Mr. Clifton told of his charac? teristics as a legislator. His impress has been felt on all forward legisla? tion. Senator Manning also paid a tribute to Mr. Moses. He feels that th?? State of South Carolina has expe? rienced the loss of this loyal South Carolinian. He told of the many ways in'which the people of Sumter had expressed their interest in him. He attended the South Carolina Mil? itary Academy in 1863, and at the close of the war he was a telegraph opera? tor for the Confederacy.y From then until 1876 he shirked no responsibility, and his neighbors felt so much confi? dence in him that they elected him a member of the city council, and re? peatedly as intendant until 1886, when he was elected to the legislature, where he had served continuously for nineteen years. Mr. Manning also paid a very beautiful tribute to his unvarying good temper, his kindly na? ture, and a sense of loss comes over the hearts of his friends. In the years gone by, when he was a member of thc State Democratic Executive com? mittee and three tim?s a delegate to the National Convention, he was given evidence of the confidence of his friends. He stood as the advocate of ' peace and with rare tact endeavored to heal the wounds of party strife. Mr. Fraser, of Sumter, seconded the resolution. He had known Mr. Alta? mont Moses from earliest clidhood. Frequently they did not think alike on political questions, and did not vote alike or for each other, but nothing disturbed their personal relations. For five years they had sat side by side, sometimes voting differently, but never d'd he receive an impatient word from. Mr. Moses. And . yet his ^amiability was not an indication of want" of con? viction. In his life high position had been open to him, and yet he would accept nothing which required a sac? rifice of firm belief. Mr. Dabbs, who now occupies Mr. Moses* seat, told of the fact that the first ballot he had cast in 1886 con? tained the name of Mr. Moses, the first year he had offered for the Legis? lature. Mr. McLeod," senator from Lee coun? ty, and formerly representative from Sumter county, paid a fine tribute to Mr. Mose.-* He possessed the attrib? ute of a legislator- a strong and vig? orous intellect, a heart which beat in unison with those of his people. He rendered efficient service, and they appreciated it. H? had a deeper hold on the affections of +'.ie people of Lee county than almost any other man. Senator J. B. Black, of Bamberg, told that he and Mr. Moses came to the legislature together, each for the first time, in 1S86. Very soon he learned to admire and appreciate Mr. Moses, and to love him as a friend. In his long service Senator Black had never met a more honest, more pains? taking and more upright man than Col. Moses. South Carolina can ill afford to lose such a man. Mr. J. G. Richards, chairman of the ways and means committee, told of their association for eight years, and he had learned to respect and honor Mr. Moses for his nobility of charac? ter and his profound thought. The greatest work of Mr. Moses was in be? half of education. Mr. Richards con? cluded by saying: "Rest, thou true hearted gentleman." Mr. D. D. McColl. Jr., of Marlboro, of the young members of the House, stated that the pall of death had come over the life of Mr. Moses in its noon? day splendor. He was in the full de? velopment of his power. His ances? tors purchased their citizenship with blood and treasure. He inherited his talent for such services from Myer Moses, who. as a legislator and a sol? dier was commended by Gen. Sumter. Mr. Altamont Moses exhibited t\v<, qualities of true greatness-modesty and simplicity. Mr. McMaster, of Richland, had known Mr. Moses in the legislature but one year, yet it was apparent to all that he was a faithful South Caro? linen. Mr. Frost, of Charleston, told of his introduction to Mr. Moses a year ago. He had then believed him to be a man who could be trusted. In the ways and means committee .room he had j been taught the first lessons of how? best to serve the people of South Car? olina. The confidence of the House in Mr. Moses was shown last year, when it accepted, without amendment, the entice appropriation bill, and had later . acq?pted without debate his sugges- \ tions in regard to the Senate's amend- | ments. Major Haskell, of Richland, told of j the confidence of the members in the perspicuity of Mr. Moses. With Mi. Moses in favor of a bill the battle was half won. He was dignified without being austere. He was genial and ? kindly. He was in every way a gentle? man. Mr. 3eamguard, of York, had been associated with Mr. Moses in one way j and another for ten years. In all of ! that time he had found in Mr. Moses ! a man whose heart always pulsated with patriotic emotions in his inter? est in the welfare of the people of South Carolina. Mr. Sinkler, of Charleston, spoke of Mr. Moses as one who would not try to dazzle with brilliance, but w,ould try to accomplish with careful and persist? ent effort. He concluded with an earn? est recognition of Mr. Moses's steadfast friendliness for the City of Charleston at a time when it required no little manhood to do so. He was noz a bril? liant man, but he was a true man, an able man and he loved South Carolina. Mr. Banks, of Orangeburg, told that Mr. Moses had turn?d to him that tribute of soul which is the highest type of the mind-kindness. Mr. Higgins declared Mr. Moses to be a man who stood for the right. Newberry county wants to lay Na wreath hi immortelles on his grave. Mr. Z. H. Kershaw, of Florence, re? called the fact that he and Mr. Moses had been young legislators together in 1886, when the House of Representa? tives met in the old Agricultural Hall. He had been impressed then with the fact that Mr. Moses was able and was broad-minded and with it was willing to help others. He had come back to the Legislature after a lapse of years and had found him the same man. The value of his services cannot -be calculated and will never be known. The House then adjourned until noon on Monday. SUICIDE FOR LOVE. Miss Sallie Ham, <oi Timmonsville, Kills Herself in Darlington Be? cause Her Mother Sends Her Back to School Instead of Letting Her Get Married. Darlington, January IS.-Miss Sal? lie Ham committed suicide here to? day about 2:30. She was boarding w'th her cousin, J. K. Doyle, and at? tending the graded school and had just returned from a holiday visit to her mother, Mrs. J. F. Ham, of Tim? monsville. Not the slightest intima? tion on her part was given of her in? tention. She was about 19 years old and had declared she did not intend going to school any longer. Her mother and brother came up today to see her, and she appeared to be in her usual spirits, and they had just dined with her and left the house, where she was staying, when the fatal shot was fired. They were overtaken and notified of the tragedy, and returned to town at once. Mr. and Mrs. Doyle were dining af? ter the other members of the family, including Miss Ham, had dined, and as they took their places at the table they heard a pistol shot ring out in the house. "Investigation revealed Miss Ham lying on the floor in her room, with a smoking revolver by her left side, the fingers of her left hanc burned with powder, and a bullet hole in her chest, just above her heart. Her clothing was on fire at the point of entrance of the bullet. Mrs. Doyle extinguished the fire before it had done any damage, the place burned being not much lanrger than the bul? let hole. Miss Ham had just returned to her residence from a visit with Mrs. Doyle from down town, where they had purchased new hats, and two minutes before the fatal shot was fired she was showing the new hats to the members of the family with apparently much elation. It is reported that Miss Ham wished to marry a young man of the Tim? monsville section, and that, instead of consenting to the marriage, her moth? er had sent her to Darlington to school, in order to get her away from her home, and to prevent, if possible, the marriage, to which she was very much opposed. Coroner J. X. danton held an in? quest this afternoon, and the verdict of the jury was that the deceased ramo to her leath by a self-inflicted wound.-News and Courier. TILLMAN ON ROOSEVELT. The Pitchfork Senator Makes Bitter Attack on Imperialistic Tendencies. Washington, January 17.-The re? cent forcible removal from the White House of Mrs. Minor Morris was made the subject of emphatic deununciation by Mr. Tillman in the Senate today. His remarks called out remonstrances from Messrs. Hale, Hopkins and Dan? iel and led to the very abrupt closing of the doors of the senate in the mid? dle of the afternoon. The speech abounded in Mr. Till? man's peculiar expressions and was characterized by many severe and exceptionally personal thrusts at the president. The reference to the treatment of Mrs. Morris constituted the latter half of a speech based upon the senator's resolution making inquiry of the pres? ident concerning the status of our re? lations with the republic of Santo Do? mingo, and was added to illustrate his theory that the preseni; administration is tending toward imperialism. In the last part of the address he character? ized the course of the United States in Santo Domingo as a great extension of the Monroe Doctrine and said that if pursued the policy would lead the country into many serious complica? tions. He accused the president of put? ting the treaty into execution in the face of the senate's refusal to act, de? nounced the senate as willing to sub? mit subserviently to all that is ask? ed of it, and implored senators to show their independence and thus teach the executive a lesson and at the same time serve the country. The Morris Incident. With reference to the Morris occur? rence, he declared that the president has been derelict in failing to punish his subordinates for their course and quoted statements from persons said to have been witnesses, to show that the proceeding had been inhuman. Ho informally presented and said that he would tomorrow formally present a resolution for an investigation of the entire incident. It was the introduction of this resolution which called out the protest from Mr. Daniel, while Mr. Kale objected to the presentation of the. matter at all -except upon proojf.. Mr. Tillman declared his determina tion not to be guided by their advice and closed with the reiteration of his determination to bring in the resolu? tion tomorrow. The announcement oc? casioned a number of hurried confer? ences and it is understood that as a result Mr. Tillman will be urged not to carry out his purpose. Prominent senators on both sides said that the resolution would command few vote* Mr. Tillman's reference to the Mor? ris incident was preceded by some re marks on the power of the press in which he charged that the president had gradually assumed to direct the efforts of the press until White House news has become colored and doctored in the interests of the administration. "Secretary Loeb is the apothecary," he said, "and pills on Panama, pills on Roosevelt, pills on' railroad rates and pills on .everything pertaining to public affairs are administered in this way. The newspapers have been the funnel through which this quack phy? sic has been sent abroad and when some newspaper man refuses to print that which the president wants there ls great wrath at the excutive mansion." Illustrative of some stories which crop out "over and through the bars," j Mr. Tillman said that the saddest ami most pitiful example of anything that i has ever been associated with the name of a president' was the rece?? outrage on Mrs. Minor Morris at the White House." He said that because only of the transgression of some rule the woman sitting quietly in the of I fice had been dragged rudely away, her clothes torn, and ear ring torn out, and thrust into a carriage and taken away. Senator Kale Protests. At this point Mr? Hale interrupted Mr. Tillman to protest against the lat? ter's presentation concerning the Mor? ris incident. "I hope." he said, delib? erately, "that I may never fig'ire in this body as a general apologist of the administration or any one connected with it," and continuing said: "But I say to the Senator from South Carolina that he is making statements and assuming facts for which there is no warrant, and that he is making the most seri ms and defamatory charges against the executive of this country, the president of all the United States, having nothing whatever that he ad? duces as proof. "I must say tn tho senator that I do not doom it seemly that here in the senate he should make this the occasion of discharging before us tho personal feeling of ill-will he has against the president of the United States, lt is not a spectacle that any of us can look upon either with satis? faction or toleration." The interruption had not be< n rx / i Does your baking powder contain alum ? Look upon the label. Use only a powder whose label shows it to be made with cream of tartar. NOTE. - Safety lies in buying: only the Royal Baking Powdery which is the best cream of tartar baking powder that can be had. pected and it created general interest throughout the senate chamber and in the galleries. The quiet that prevailed was almost oppressive, and it was none the less marked when Mr. Tillman rose to reply. He said: "I have sugh respect for the great ability, high character and patriotic services of the senator from Maine, and have had such intimate associa? tion with him during my service here, which is not half so long as his own, that he cannot say anything in tht way of reprimand to cause me tor lose my temper. T want to say to you, sir (addressing Mr. Hale directly), that I am not defaming Theodore Roose? velt and I have not -allowed j my per? sonal feelings, supposing I have-any, to dictate one utterance of mine to? day. I want to say to you, sir, that if you will offer a resolution appointing a committee of this body, composed of Republicans alone, to examine into the facts, I will give you the names of four witnesses as reputable as you or I, who will-swear to the statement I have made as to what actually oc? curred.'' "I say-before Almighty God, it is not true," he exclaimed v^ith feeling. Mr. Tillman then read a typewritten state? ment from a newspaper reporter, who, he said, was an eyewitness of the White House incident in which the re? porter stated that he had seen Mrs. Morris carried off "like a sack of salt with a negro at her heels and her dress hanging over her knees." "Give us the name of the witness." Mr. Gallinger suggested, but Mr. Till? man declined, saying that he prefer? red holding it for the proposed inves? tigation. He added that he had names of four men who would testify to these facts as stated. Here Mr. Tillman stopped abruptly to move the appointment of a commit? tee of investigation. He suggested that five senators be named for the pur? pose of inquiring into the incident. Mr. Hale suggested that as the pro? ceeding was informal the motion should be withdrawn and brought in proper shape tomorrow and Mr. Till? man consented. Here Mr. Hopkins interposed an ob? jection to the entire proceeding say? ing that he saw "no more reason why the senate should investigate the af? fairs of the president's household than that the president should investigate the personal affairs of the senator from South Carolina." Mr. Hale said that he had not pre tended to bind any senator by assent? ing to such a resolution, but that so far as he was concerned he would not oppose the resolution. Senator Daniel's Plea. Mr. Daniel then took the floor and entered a most earnest plea with Mr. Tillman not to present the resolution. He evidently regarded the matter as of very great moment and scarcely raised his voice above a conversational tone. He referred to his feeling of* at? tachment for Mr. Tillman, and said: "This is a very delicate matter and I hope the senator will refrain entirely from presenting such a resolution as he has indicated. It is to be pre? sumed," he went on, "that the presi? dent will do what is right in his own house, the house of the first citizen of the country, and I regard such a resolution as an invasion of the com? ity of government." Not only did he reprobate the pre? sentation, but he expressed regret thai any allusion had been made to the Morris affair and hoped that nothing more would be heard about it "?i the "floor <>f the senate. "This is not a tribunal which ought take juris? diction in such a matter/' tie added, and after expressing his own attitude of respect for the female sex repeated his request to Mr. Tillman to let the matter drop Mr. Tillman declined to accede to the request, declaring that his resent? ment -.[" the mistreatment of a lady was such that he could not reconcile silence and inaction with his idea of propriety. Referring again to the tes- ^ timony of witnesses his eyes filled withs tears and his voice was almost chokedL with emotion when he quoted one of the newspaper men who had beert present as saying that "he had since, upbraided himself with tears in his eyes, even at the risk of personal in? jury, that he did not rush to the res? cue of Mrs. Morris." "And what are you going to do about it?" he asked! in a voice now attuned to a high key "Let these imperialistic practices con? tinue? Nothing! Then, indeed, will the senate sink into contempt of ev? ery good man and woman in the country. I cannot be a party to sucht a course, but I will take the conse? quences: I will offer the resolution, and the senate can do as it pleases with it" Mr. Tillman closed with a declara? tion of his high regard for woman* hood, taught him by his association* with his mother and wife, and said: that they had taugh him to love wo? men, and when I see a man\ ignore his; plain duty to a right a wrong to the sex I would be false to my nature, if I remained silent." ? The South Carolina senator closed abruptly and was evidently deeply af? fected as he took his seat. It was understood that Mi*. Spooner and Mr. Lodge were to make repfy. Eut neither rose. Instead, Mr. Hale again addressed the chair. } The chair was asking "what shall be done with the resolution," when,, ignoring the query, the Maine senator moved an executive session. The mo? tion prevailed and in less than two* minutes the doors were closed andi one of the tenses days in the recent history of the senate came to an end GEN. WRIGHT GOES TO JAPAN. Governor Genertf of Philippines Made First Ambassador to Japan. Washington, January 19.-It was announced at the state department this morning that the first Unite?. States ambassador to Japan will he Gen. Luke E. Wright of Tennessee, who is at present governor general oil the Philippines. It was further announced that Davide E Thompson, former ambassador to Brazil, will be sent to Mexico anet Lloyd Griscom, minister to Japan, wilt be sent to Brazil. Governor Wright saw service in the.' Confederate army, was later attorney general of Tennessee and occupied? other high positions. He has beens ! governor general of the Philippines I for two years. ROAD ACROSS MOUNTAINS. Southern Leis Contract to Completer Old Three C's Project. Chief Engineer of Constructions Wells, of the Southern railway, has awarded a contract at# Knoxville, Tenn., for the construction of the Johnson City railroad, a coal road" which will run from Embreeville, ?Tenn., to Marion. N. C. I The Southern has been practically forced to build this line proposed by the construction of the Southern ancV Western railroad along the Wautaugst river into the Carolinas. The uev* road will be about ninety miles long: and will have many tunnels, it vi'! save the Southern a haulage of about seventy miles, the r<\t<I now hauling: all coal from the Virginia fields into the Carolinas hy way of Morristown. The Southern lins awarded this con? tract to W. J. Oliver & Co.. of Wash? ington. P. C.. and the price will be i:i excess of $5,000.000. Ii will require fully throe years to complete the en? terprise. Anderosn capitalists will build a large summe rhotel at Calhoun Fal