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THE SUMTER WATCHMAN", Established April, 1S50. 'Be Just and F?ar not-Let all the ends Thou Ainis't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHROX, Established June, 18?? Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. Q* WEDNESDAY. MARCH 14. 1906 New Series-Vol. XXV. No 34 Published Every Wednesday, -BY OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C. Terms: $1.50 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 an?T tributes of respects will be charged for. BA"TTLE OP MOUNT DA JO. Officiai Report of Severe Engagement lu the Philippine Islands. Manilla, March important action between American forces and hostile Moros has taken place "near Jolo. Fifteen enlisted men were kill? ed, four commissioned officers and 30 enlisted men were wounded, and a naval contingent operating with the malitary/ sustained 32 casualties. The ?/ Moros lost 600 men killed. Major General Leonard Wood, com? mander of the division of the Philip? pines, reports as follows from Jolo, capital of the Sulu Islands: "A severe action between troops, a naval detachment and constabulary, and hostile Moros has taken place at Mount Dajo, near Jolo. The engage? ment opened during the afternoon of . March 6^and ended in. the morning of March S. The action involved the cap? ture? of Mount Dajo, a lava cone, two thousand, one hundred feet high, with a crater at its summit and .extremely steep'. The last four hundred feet were at am angle bf sixty degress, covered with a growth of timber and strongly fortiSed, and defended by an invisible yOfofee of Moros. "The *army casualties were fifteen enlisted^ men killed, four commission T7 ed officers and thirty enlisted , men wounded- The naval casualties num.- j bered thirty-two. Ensign H. D. Cooke, Jr., 'commanding the United States steamer Pampagna, was severely wounded and Coxswain Gilmore was severely wounded in the elbow. "The constabulary . casualties were Capt. -John R. White, wounded in the thigh,-severely'; three enlisted 'men killed and thirteen wounded. Capt ?Tyree Fevers sustained a slight flesh ? wound in the thigh; Lieut. Gordon was slightly wounded in the right jr hand; Lieut. Wylie T. Conway, of the 6th infantry, was slightly wounded in ' the left tye. Ali the wounded are do in^ well. > "Col. Joseph W. Duncan, of the 6th infantry, directed zhe operations. All the defenders of the Moro stronghold ? were killed. Six hundred bodies were found on thes field. ."The action resulted in. the extermi? nation of a band of outlaws, who, j recognizing no chief. Jhad ween raiding friendly Moros, and, owing td their defiance of th^^-?^rican,jj?thorities, had stirred up a dangerous co5di?lonJ of affairs. "The artillery was lifted by block and tackle, a distance of 300 feet, into a position on the lip of the crater. Brig. Gen. Bliss and myself were present throughout the action. "The attacking columns were com manded ty Major Omar Bundy. Capt. "Lu M. Koeh?er. Capt. McGlachin and Lieut. Johnston. "The officers and men engaged highly commend the Moro constabu? lary, who did excellent work, their casualties numbering seventeen out of the force of forty-four engaged. "It is impossible to conceive a stronger natural position than that at? tacked." The fighting lasted two days among the lava ridges, which had been strongly fortified by the Moros. Ar? tillery had to be hoisted by meansf of ropes up the last five hundred feet at an angle of 60 degrees. XEW ENGLAND STORM. Boston, Mass., March 10.-Three " deaths by falling wires, Jacob Weno core and Samuel Bernstein at Chesla, Guy C. Coperthwaite at Salem; in? numerable shocks and narrow escapes, miles of telegraph poles down across r2*lroad and trolley tracks, crippling train and telegraph service, shipping along the coast storm-bound and busi? ness at many places at a standstill are the features of a heavy snow and wind storm which swept through New Eng? land from early yesterday until late last night. Many thousands of dollars of damage are reported and it will be several days before tho telegraph, tel? ephone and train service can be re? stored. Judge Klugh has filed his decision in the Lucas-Millikin case in which the injunction restraining Millikin from voting his stock is sustained. THE HOUSE IS RED HOT OVER SEN ATE S ACTION OX STATE? HOOD BILL. Hie Speaker and Leading Republican 3iembers Declare That They Have Stood all They Expect to Stand From the Senate and Will Kill the Statehood Bill Before It Shall Pass in Emasculated Shape. Washington, March 12.-^peaker , Cannon, Representative Watson, Re? publican whip of the House, and a number of other important men in the lower branch of Congress declared to? day that they would fight to the last ditch ajjainst the senate's "emascula? tion" of legislation and the impression grows that the Statehood bilf -j^ill die in a deadlock between the conference committee. % \ "I do 'not know what the House will do with the Statehood bill," exclaimed [ the speaker this morning, with rising tv anger, when asked about the mattet? after a call upon the president. "All I know is that I will register my vote against any agreement with the Sen? ate. Go ask Mr. Aldrich, Mr. Burrows & Co. What do : *:>u take us for up there in the House? Do you think we are going to stand such -." Here the speaker lasped into language that almost melted the linoleum on the floor. "You,can bet that we will not agree to the changes made by the Senate," exclaimed Mr. Wilson, who followed Uncle Joe a few minutes later.^ "The senators have emasculated our rail? road bil!, have killed off our Philip? pine tariff measure and now have cut V j the deuce out of our Statehood bill. You think we are going to ^tand for [treatment like that? Well you can bet that we wont. I wonder what the Senate takes the House for anyway?" TO R^ilSE THEIR OWN COTTOX. English Spinners Trying to Purchase Cne Hundred and Forty-Five Thou? sand Acres of Cotton Land in Georgia. .Dublin, Ga., March S.-It is stated that the English spinners are endeav? oring to purchase one hundred and forty-five -thousand acres of land in this section of the State on which to grow cotton. There are in Laurens county 25,000 "acres of the land in question. This land is the property of Xorman W. Dodge, of Xew York. * It is said that recently an Englishman and a man from Virginia approached the Georgia agent of Mr. Dodge and asked for a price on this land. A trade was not made, but the two men went on to Xew York to conclude the negotiations with Mr. Dodge person? ally. LAWLESSNESS REIGNS. Good People of I.ouei?cn Aroused Over tlie Reckless Shooting of Pistols in That Vicinity.. L^uf?len. March 9.-Our- ^usually quiet community "is being rubied a bit over some shooting that took place at .various times an-ijn a manner which ? all decent, law-abiding and ?^od peo? ple must condmeiv. In the early part ot January, while returning from a social gathering. or?pe in ano'c?er buggy iired a pis tol^R-era! times overdue buggy of a young man of the community, greatly frightening the Jady^ ridir.cr with him and scaring his horse so th.v. he could with difficulty, manage him. Some weeks afterward 'he samt thing was repeated ever the buggy oi another citizen of the community who with his daughter were returning from the city. Xo one with any grit or race can be silent and indifferent when such high-handed lawlessness transpires at his door and should help to put it down. I am not saying who did it, but knowing the spirit and pluck of our community I assert that while I deploxe such p. thing, had sus? picion rested strongly on some poor, ignorant negro he would have been spared the trouble of a trial. I have not. and do not say, because I co not know, who did the deed, but I sincerely hope the person or persons guilty will not repeat the offense, for besides the punishment the law may visit upon them it may lead to more serious consequences. In behalf of peace and quiet I have written these lines, having no other aim nor desire. THE FI HST VETO. President Roosevelt Refuses to Ap? prove Bill to Give Another Court to Florida. Washington, March 12.-President Roosevelt today sent to Congress the first veto of the season. He declines to approve the bill providing for fit? tings of the United States court at Miami, Florida. RAILROADS SWAMPED. Railroad Commission Issues State? ment-Roads Caught Napping-Did ? Not Expect Such Big Volume of I Traffic. i Columbia, March 9.-The railroad ' commission, feeling that it should give j some explanation of what it is doing j to relieve the. congested condition of ! railroad traffic, today issued a formal statement for publication. "On account of the great number of complaints that have been filed in this office within the past three months, as to unsatisfactory passenger service both as to connection at junction points as well as universal delays on all passenger trains, to the great in? convenience and expense to the trav? eling public, and further the com? plaint of want of cars for all classes of freight movement having been un? precedented, creating a congestion that has never before been equaled in the state, we desire to say that upon receipt of the first of these complaints we took the matter up wi{h the trans? portation departments of the railroads (both local and general officers) with a view of remedying the evil. "We found upon investigation, that the entire freight business of all the roads had increased beyond the most sanguine expectations of the carriers, the tonnage of the past season ex? ceeding the preceding vear by 317, 377 tons. The movement of this ex? cessive heavy tonnage of lumber, fuel, wood, fcoai and fertilizers over tracks with light rails during the very wee weather, put the road beds in such conditions that it becomes impossible for the roads to make proper passen? ger schedules or to " move freight trains in anything like reasonable time, so as to keep out of the way of passenger schedules. "The serious mistake made by all railroads was in not making more pre? parations for the winter's business by re-laying the light track with heavy rail, using more and better ballast during the past summer and early fail, which we urged done when we rnade our summer inspections. Possi? bly not anticipating such a heavy in? crease in the wniter business, the railroads did not make the proper preparation for handling the same, by during the summer putting their en? tire motive power in first class" condi? tion so far as it could be done through their own .shops. Therefore, when 33-1-3 per cent, more fertilizers were offered for shipment, instead of any diminution in the usual movement of heavy freights, like lumber, coal, wood, live stock, etc., the same was on a marked increase. The railroads were confronted with a live business proposition, instead of prospective business, and under the existing weather conditions they seemed un? able to prevent one of the worst rail? road congestions that our state has ever passed through. "As soon as this situation became apparent we' urged that extra force be placed on the road bed of the Southern railway, as it has so much track in the city section of our state and therefore subject so quickly to ihe ch^^iiiC^or^m-.ri?ns.,, /??r?s>wasJ "^'rr?e"' immediately and a large force was placed on the road. "On personal inspection we found the bridges and trestles in good con? dition, but continued rains had so ex? posed the ties, that otherwise would have held the track, and bcca.me in some places-really dangerous. New timber is now being placed in the track and we are assured by the gen? eral superintendent that heavier rails will at once replace the present light track. "We have had up with, the passen? ger department the matter of some improvements, not. only in the passen? ger service, but as to prompt connec? tions and schedules more suitable to the convenience and accommodation of the public. We have several pe? titions for the changes of schedules of some trains coming in and going out of the city of Columbia, and are giv? ing these matters our earnest atten? tion and have called a conference with the passenger management and the petitioners for the 16th instant, and shall endeavor to so arrange these schedules to accommodate the greatest number. "In conclusion we desire to say. in justice to ourselves, that we deemed some expression necessary as other citizens have appeared in the public prints as critics of the present unfor? tunate railroad situation, and the un? informed might conclude that this board was nof doing all they can un? der the law to remedy these evils." Harry C. Malliar. the Chicago rep? resentative of the pickpockets convict? ed last week and who himself was placed in jail on the charge of bribing Deputy Sheriff Cathcart, of Richland, was released Thursday on a cash bond of $1,500. FRENCH MINE HORROR, MORE THAN TWELVE HUNDRED COAL MIXERS PERISH IX A j FEW MINUTES. I ? The. Catastrophe Demonstrates the Falsity of a Scientifis Theory for j Protection of Mine Workers-Under Old System Such Disaster Was Im? possible. Paris, March 12.-The latest reports from Courriers as to the approximate number of of casualties in the mine disaster on Saturday give the figures between 1,200 and 1,300. It is probable the exact number will never be known owing to the fact that many bodies were probably destroyed by the fire. The shafts are guarded today by the military and the rescue work is being continued without cessation. The fun? eral of the victims will be held tomor? row. - Those burned or mutilated be? yond recognition will be buried to? gether and a monument to commem? orate them will be erected over the spot by public subscription. The catas? trophe marks the collapse of the scien? tific mining theory alleging that pro? tection is furnished by joining galle? ries to allow means ot, escape for the miners in case of accident. With the old system of double or single galleries disasters are limited to 200 or 300 casualties at the most, whereas the modern idea, of connecting all galle? ries render holacausts similar lo this possible. LIQUOR SEIZED. Marshal Takes 7.000 Gallons From State Dispensary. Columbia. .March 9.-United States Marshal J. Duncan Adams has taken possession of 144 packages of whiskey, aggregating about 7,000 gallons and worth more than $10,000, at the State dispensary for violation of the inter? nal revenue laws. The seizure was recently made by the internal revenue department and later turned over to' the marshal's de? partment for it invoh es a violation of the Federal statutes which subject the shipper of the whisky, the Big Springs Distillery Company of Savannah.' to prosecution. The whiskey was improp? erly l>runded and stamped and there is a. question as to whether the liquor has not been put in keg.- which had been previously used, thus violating one of the main provisions of the in? ternal revenue statutes. TV:'- United. States gauger, stat: one J at the State dispensary had held up a number of packages of liquor from ?liis distillery an J put them in one Darner of the big rum shop, allowing the p-iekages to accumulate, and with the recent seizure, which was a much larger^ quantity than had previously been held up, formal possession was taken and the goods turned over to United States Marshal Adams. -It is the largest seizure of the kind that has been made at the .big rum" shop, but the matter has been/ quiet until the present time, when' the facts ot the seizure w&ieTfirst gotten today from the marshal's department. li is understood that the distilling company pleads a technical violation that the improper marking and brand? ing of the liquor were a result of an oversight. The matter has not yet been acted upon by United States Dis? trict Attorney E. F. Cochran, as it has reached his office only in a prelimi? nary way. and he was not able today to make any statement about what steps the government will take in the prosecution. Marsh? 1 Adams will advertise the whiskey for sale and there will doubt? less be lively bidding. The liquor has now been correctly gauged and the purchasers will Icnow exactly what they are buying, which, it appears the dispensary people did not know until the*seizure was made by the United States officials. The dispensary may purchase the entire lot of liquor. Unless the dis? pensary buys the liquor, the purchas? ers will have to be representatives of parties out of the State, where the liquor, will, of course, have to be shipped, as the dispensary law does not permit the carrying of any such large stock of whiskey within the State. WHITE STOXE BURNED. Spartanburg. March ll.-White Stone Springs Hotel, located about six miles from here, a short distance from the Columbia branch of the Southern railway, was totally destroyed by fire tonight about-S o'clock. The furnish? ings were saved, but the building was lost through tho lack of fire fighting apparatus. Preparations were being made to open tho place for the sum? mer. The loss is estimated at $30. 000. The hotel has been the scene of many conventions during the last few years. It will probably be rebuilt. I Buckwheat Cakes made with Royal Baking Powder Are delicious and wholesome-a perfect cold weather breakfast food. Made in the morning j no yeast, no set- / ting" over night; never sour, never cause in? digestion. To make a perfect buckwheat cake, and a thousand other dainty dishes, see the . " Royal Baker and Pastry Gook." 1 Mailed free to any address. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK, % DOMESTICAN REVOLUTION. The Revolutionists Violate Agreement and the Bloodshed Continues. Washington, March 6.-The revolu? tion in Santo Domingo will not down. A dispatch has been received stating that while the terms of surrender re? cently negotiated were being carried out the revolutionary lea lers violated their promises, and in the ensuing fight two officers, including General Cepin and six men were killed. The dispatch does not state whether those killed were revolutionists or govern? ment adherents. The revolutionists escaped to the bush. This profc&bly means the indefinite continuation of the trouble in the northern par: of the Republic. AX ATLANTA SENSATION. Promirent Woman K3!s Her Sister cn Account of Jealousy. Atlanta, March G.-Mrs. W. M. Standifer. the w-*e o? E. M. Siandi fer. of the American Canning Co. ' nis morning shot and killed Miss Willie Whisenant, her sister. It^is alleged that she was jealous on acocunt of her husband's attentions to her sister. She was arrested and her husband was also taken into custody. HIE SHOE TRUST. Lynn Capitalists Forming Company to Fight tiie United Shoe Co. Boston, March S.-A deal that may revolutionize the shoe machinery maufacturing industry and ce of great importance to shoe manufacturers all over the world is said to be about put through with Lynn as headquarters. Large capitalists are alleged to be be behind the project. The scheme is the formation of a great corporation to tight the United Shoe Company, which has large factories at Beverley and other places and agencies all over the country. The "ulm is to bring into the world the only real competition the United Shoe Company has yet had. Farmer's Best Backing. Mr. D. Roe Coleman, who was in town ytsterday, reports that his Red Poll cattle are doing well. We are glad that he has introduced this breed, as it will improve' the beef qualities of cattle in this section. Mr. Coleman diversifies not only in cattle but in crops. He believes in the ' doctrine announced by President Harvie Jor? dan yesterday, that "the strongest financial institution a farmer can have back of him is a full corn crib and a full smoke-house."-Chester Lantern. A Proposed Cable. Washington, March S.-Secretary Shaw submitted to congress today an estimate of $927.000 for the construc? tion of a cable from Key W^st. Fla., to Guantanamo, Cuba, and thence to the Panama canal zone. Virginia's Appropriation. Richmond, Va., March 10.-The conference report on the appropria? tion of $100.000 to the Jamestown ex? position was agreed to in both houses of the general assembly today. This assures the appropriation Two South Carolina Pensioners. Washington. D. C.. March 9.-The House today passed two bills intro? duced by Representative Finley grant? ing increases in pensions from $12 to $20 to William Woods and Samuel P. Newman, Mexican war veterans. CHIXA MOVING FORWARD. t Reports to United States Government Show Great Progress. The United States government now ? has scattered throughout Southern China officers of its army gathering in? formation rebating to the ? military strength and preparations. in? those provinces of the ' Chinese empire, These officers are traveling incognito, j but have already furnished some high I ly valuable information-To the War j Department, which shows that the ' Chinese troops are a very mueh better ?army, equipped'and trained than had. ' been generally supposed. . ?. . ? In view of the feeling oir.-the: part or ; the State Department that a general. : uprising throughout China is to be ex i p?cted and that it will become neces 1 sary for this country as well as other ! foreign powers to send armies into ? China, the information relating to the military preparedness of the Chinese? is one of utmost importance. Since 1900 the Chinese have made rapid strides in military efficiency. Un? der a clause in the treaty of peace made at the conclusion of the Boxers uprising the importation of arms and ?ammunition into China was prohibited ! but positive information has been re-* I j ceived 'cy the state and War Depart? ments showing that not only has the importation of weapons continued: since the signing of the treaty, but that the Chinese themselves have since then learned how to manufacture high grade arms and now have two arse? nals, at which they are turning out as; efficient a Mauser rifle as is^anufac-^1. tured anywhere in the world. No long? er are the Ghinese troops armed withs archaic wer pons; they now have mod? ern magazine ?iries, breeehloading; cannon and instead of the Fiblicai. ?spear, which many of them carried i during the Boxer uprisings, the troops ! are now uniformly armed with effic? ient swords. The actual strength of what might be termed the standing army of Chi? lla. War Deua rt ment officials say. is problematical. Its national star?dincr j army is comparatively small, cut each: J viceroy maintains his own standing-: j army, which, like the militia organiza j tions of the United States, can be call I ed upon in time of nee:! ly the centrai'^ j government. It is thoroughly realized by military experts in this country that an ,invasion, of China ty foreign: powers today would be far m >re se? rious a proposition, that it was six: years ago. when the combined forces of Europe and America marched to Pekin to relieve the foreign legations; there. It is not for an instant supposed' that if general uprisings weearr in. I China in the near future ute Chinese I government will stand aside and allow j Europe and America to invade its ter? ritory without resistance. It is for tb/is. reason that so much anxiety exists as t.i what efficient military force China, could muster, and all information per ! raining to the arm?" and equipment of the Chinese is being eagerly sought by the United States and by European powers. HABEAS CORRI'S. United States Suj>r4 in?> Court Sustains Now Jorcsey Court in Case of Mur? deress. Washington. Mareil 12.-In the ap j peal of Arma. Valentina, the.condemn-? ed New JVrsey murderess, from the refusal of the Circuit court of New Jersey to graut a writ nf habeas cor? pus, the Supreme Court of the United? states court today affirmed the lower court's decision.