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tn?n an THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. rBe Just and Fear not-Let all the ends Thou Aims't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 186* Consolidated Aug. 2S1881. SUMTER. S. CL WEDNESDAY. JTT?Y 18. 1906. New Series-Vol. XXY. No?2 Published Every Wednesday, -BY OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C. Terms: 51.50 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 I lor as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes ot respects* will be charged for. HIS COPY ALL IX. Roswell T. Logan, the Veteran Mem? ber of the News and Courier Staff, Bead. Charleston, July ll.-Roswell T. I Logan, for nearly half a century tele- j graph editor of the News and Courier, ] died in this city this morning, after a j brief illness. His headline editorial- j izing had been a distinctive feature of that newspaper many years. SENATOR NEWLANDS INJURED. Senator From Nevada Thrown From a Horse and Has Collar Bone Broken. San Francisco, Cal., July 13. United States Senator Newlands of Nevada, is suffering from a broken collar bone the result of being thrown from his horse near. San Mateo. He had a>aarrow escape from death. ? ? A BRUTAL MURDER. A Jealous Fiend Kills a Woman With Diabolical Cruelty. v Minneapolis, Minn., July ll.-One of the most shocking murders in the history of Minneapolis was committed last night in the National Hotel b>re. H. B. Wilson, who is said to liv~ a - Milwaukee, killed- Grace .Moore. _ ^ motive is believed to have been jeal ousy. Wilson pounded the girl's head almost to a pulp, then poured al? cohol over her clothing, and set her on fire. x The body was almost con? sumed before the crime was discover? ed. Wilson escaped and so far has eluded the authorities. NOT A CANDIDATE. Secretary Taft Says Positively That He Is Not Seeking Presidency. Detroit, Mich., July ll.-"Don't ask me about it, I am not," was Sec? retary of War Taft's reply to the ques? tion, "Are you a candidate for the presidency," here this morning. Mr. Taft is on his way io Put-in-Bay to address the Ohio Bar Association. i AMERICAN BREAKS RECORD. California Mountain Climber Ascends Mount Blanc in Nine Hours and Fifty Minutes. Geneva, Switzerland, July 14-John Calvert, of San Francisco, today as? cended Mount Blanc in record time of nine hours and fifty minutes which is considered an extraordinary feat of endurance. It ordinarily takes four? teen hours of climbing and a night's rest at the half way point, but Calvert left Chamonix, France, at 4 * o'clock this morning and arrived at the Summit at 1:50 p. m. Calvert will now atempt to make a new record for the Matterhorn, another famous moun? tain of the Alps. CONNUE MAXWELL ORPHANAGE. Baptist Institution at Greenwood Re? ceives Large Legacy From Mr. Isaac Callaham. Anderson, July 13.-The will of Mr. Isaac Callaham, who died yesterday at his home in the county, was probated this morning in the judge of probate's court. He left his estate, after mak? ing a number of small legacies, to the Connie Maxwell orphanage of Green? wood. The estate consists of several hundred acres of good farming lands and under the will the executors are authorized to sell the lands and give the proceeds to the orphanage. It is estimated that the bequest will amount to $10,000 or $15,000. Mr. Callaham was an old man at the time of his death. He had nev-.r married. He was somewhat eccentric and lived a quiet, secluded life. A verdict for $22.500 was rendered against the Seaboard Air Line in the Richland Court of Common Pleas Fri? day in favor of the heirs of Railway Mail Clerk H. C. Pat?lo, who was killed in a wreck at Blaney last fall. CANDIDATES AT MANNING. DISPENSARY REFORM BILL STILL TS CONTROVERSY. Mr Blease Says He Will Answer Mr. Manning But Will Take His Own Time About it-Jones and Branson Make Faces at Eeach Other. ----. ? <> Manning, July 12.-All the candi? dates stood on- the same platform here today, some purposely, some unwit? tingly and some perforce, but all lined up together on a whiskey basis. Startling, but metaphorically true, the same old liquor barrels upon which Tillman and his opponents stamped their feet fourteen years ago, still support (the platform whereon stood prohibitionists, . dispensantes and "as you like it," candidates today and "looked in the eye" the 200 or more citizens of Manning, who stood and sat as quiet as mice under the tree? in court house square. County Chairman A. J. Richburg presided and the Rev. A. Brunsen offered prayer. Ansel stood for everything that will help upbuild the State. That Dispensary Mill. Mr. Blease referred to Raysor's signed statement in the newspapers this morning concerning the father? hood of the Raysor-Manning bill and his platform remarks about it at Or? angeburg. He said he, with Raysor's help, wrote the statement published in The State and that Raysor read and approved it. It was exactly as agreed upon between them and The State's correspondent is in no wise ,to blame for any misunderstanding. This leaves the matter solely between Blease and Raysor. Blease said that Manning had seen fit to make explanations at his home in Sumter yesterday. He would accordingly select his own time and place to reply, but it would not be at Newberry. Mr. Manning Speaks. Mr. Manning was heartily cheered when he arose. He advocates no new laws or radical changes in state gov? ernment, but stands for the firm and unfaltering enforcement of the law. The people ought to realize that the evil of liquor is here and cannot be eradica-.ed and accordingly unite in practical plans for controlling its use. He offered such plans in the Raysor Manning bill. He -said he had spent much time and effort in framing it so as to bring about better conditions, promote temperance and remove op? portunities for wrong doing. He is sat? isfied its adoption would eliminate all objections to the State dispensary. Only Pledged Candidate. Mr. McMahan declared he advocat? ed definite and specific measures and is accordingly the only candidate who is pledged. Only by voting for a can? didate who presents his ideas in de? tail and stands for something explicit can the people select some one who will give them a progressive adminis? tration. He is not afraid to make enemies, bdt would administer the law as it is written. Ansel Stands for Nothing. Many anti-dispensary people are backing Mr. Ansel because he stands for nothing and they believe he will make an easy going chief executive who will hold a loose rein or throw the reins over the dashboard. He would do very well for governor in placid times when there is no prob? lem to solve, no serious condition to meet, and the governor needs only to entertain and smile and smile again. He says he leaves the liquor question to you. He ventures no advice. I warn against the danger of county dispensaries. If one purchasing ma? chine in Columbia breeds corruption why multiply it and put one in each county? Let the intelligence and courage of the entire State greater than the average county alone be devoted to preventing corruption. Branson on Opponents. Mr. Branson said if it were not for the votes behind it not one of his op? ponents would be found advocating the dispensary. He saw no lessening of crime as the last report of the at? torney general records forty-eight case of manslaughter and 193 trials for murder in South Carolina. Mr. Edwards entertained the crowd with his usual burning castigation of his specialty, the Southern railway. Jones, No Salary for Him. Mr. Jones, of Newberry, spurned the governor's salary and appeared only in order to give the people an ex? perience of thirty years' toward up? lifting the name of the people. He called Ansel a fence-rider and said Branson, was just the sort of man that the dispensary people want in this contest, because they know his candi? dacy means noihing and can accom? plish nothing. If Branson had beer, loyal in 1895, Featherstone would have been elect?>-l governor, and the whole system would have been chang BRYAN FAVORS PEAGE, DISCUSSES WITH WAR MINISTER HALDINE REDUCTION OF ARMIES. He Dines With Head of British War Department-Outlines His Views on Army Reduction in an Interview j With Correspondent of Publishers* j Press. London, July 13.-Mr. Bryan dined I with War Minister Haldane today. The two statesmen discussed more completely the project advanced by Haldane in the House of Commons yesterday for the reduction of arma? ments in outlining the plans of the British government for army reorgan? ization. This is one subject in which Mr. Bryan has long been interested and as he favors the reduction of armies is pleased at the stand the British gov? ernment has taken in the matter. In an inten/iew with the corres? pondent of the Publishers' Press on the subject Mr. Bryan said: "I listen? ed with great interest to War Minister Haldane's speech, I believe the scheme he advises may mark a new era in the "eneral reduction in the strength of the armies. I am much opposed to any increase in the fight? ing strength of the American army or those of -t.her nations. What is wanted is application of intelligence to the principal in the organization of the forces on the basis of efficiency and economy. I cannot say whether the United States will follow the ex? ample proposed by Haldane, but hope the scheme will go a long way to bring about peace in the world." Mr. Bryan said that the stand taken by the British government would prove gratifying to the next peace conference. BIG COTTON SMASH. Alexander & Alexander Gone to the Wall-Member of the Firm Skips, Leaving Letter Saying He Won't Be Seen Again. Augusta, July 12-The financial em? barrassment of Alexander & Alexan? der, the largest cotton factors in the State, involves discrepancies of about $145,000, following the disappearance of Thomas W. Alexander, head of the firm, and a member of a prominent Georgia family. Mr. Alexander left Saturday, ostensibly for New York, and the following night his brother, Bishop Alexander, found a letter from him saying that if he was not back by Wednesday night he would never be seen again. In his letters T. W. Alex? ander says he alone was responsible and that his brother had nothing to do with the financial business of the firm. ed. Brunson got up a petition in his county under the Brice act which makes him local optionist.. A "Day Scrap." Mr. Brunson: "You had better not go into that; you will get the worst of it." Mr. Jones: "Don't interrupt me, or I'll give you more than that." Mr. Jones was in good vein today and apparently had a sympathetic au? dience, evoking the first applause from the mice. He referred to the Richland distillery as the concern that makes one, two, three and four year old liquor all on the same day. Lieutenant Governor Sloan appeal? ed for promotion as is customary in business. He had a vast business ex? perience and had fought for all the colleges side by side wi.th Tillman candidates. Ragsdale on Lies. Ragsdale was glad of this primary as he thus had the chance to contro? vert the dirty lies of some of the newspapers. The Greenville News in? sinuated that his motives are improp? er and that he only came in to defeat Lyon. Yes, he would say, he will de? feat Lyon. The people's votes are in no man's hands. He is the candidate of no section or faction. Lyon wants election so he can jail the grafters. Why, if he is elected, I am afraid we will have to enlarge the penitentiary at Columbia. Lyon is the oroginal grafter and the original graft hunter. The grafters are not superior to the people and the people will select their own attor? ney general. Lyon Trios to Be Sarcastic. Mr. Lyon said he had no personal grievances, although some rt "he newspapers had thrown mud ;.t. ?im. He would ?not dignify thom by name as they had very little circulation and 3idn't count for much. It is true some 5i the evidence before the investigat ng committee is insufficient, but when i polecat goes in his hole why deny ts pursuers the pick and shovel to get im out unless they are afraM of the .mell.-Columbia Record. FRENCH DEPUTIES FIGHT. BLOODY DUEL FOLLOWS DREY FUS ACQUITTAL. Chamber of Deputies Scene of Disor der-Despite the Conflict Law Were Enacted Restoring Dreyfus and Piqnart to Their Rightful Places in the Army. Paris, July 13.-The scene of tur multnos disorder which marked the enactment today of the law restoring Alfred Dreyfus to the army was fol? lowed by a bloody .duel tonight in whi?h Under Secretary pf State Sar rautjjwas dangerously wounded by the swo|d of M. Pugliesi-Conti. The duel J assumed an aspect of a veritable com I bat between the government and the opposition, as M. Sarraut's seconds were Ministers Clemenceau and Thom Json, while M. Pugliesi-Conti's were M. j Miillevoye and Gen. Jecquet, who were I drawn from the elements which bit I terly resist the government's rehabil I itatibn of Dreyfus, j The meeting followed a fight on the j floor of the chamber of deputies in j which M. Surrat sprang from beside J Minister of the Interior Clemenceau, J sitting on the ministerial benches, on I M. Pugliesi-Conti, who had been heap I ing denuciation on the members of j the government as scoundrels. Sar I raut struck Pugliesi-Conti a stunning blow in the face. A scene of the wild 1 est uproar ensued, compelling the sus? pension of the session. It was after J the close of the session that the duel j occurred. Late reports show that M. J Sarraut is suffering from a deep j wound in the right breast, penetrating j the dung. While the wound is consid I ered to be serious it is not necessarily I fatal. Dreyfus Reinstated. I Despite this sanguinary conflict J laws were finally enacted today by the J chamber of deputies reinstating Drey ! fus, who obtains the rank of chief of j squadron of artillery and Picquart who j is made a brigadier general. Both J houses were overwhelmingly favorable J.to Dreyfus and Picquart. Throughout j the day feeling was stirred intensely I between the Dreyfus and anti-Dreyfus J elements. This was heightened by j fierce attacks by Dreyfusists against J Gen. Mercier and other prominent J officers who were responsible for j Dreyfus' condemnation. Early in the j day Minister of War Stienne pre I sented the government bills restoring j Dreyfus.^and Picquart to the army, j The army committee quickly and I unanimously reported the bills and the j debate in the chamber of deputies was j decisive, Dreyfus securing 473 votes j against 42 and Picquart 467 votes j against 27. The feeling had then become very I strong. The storm broke when M. J Pressense, Socialist, urged a suple I mentary proposition for the punish I ment of the officers who had accused I Dreyfus and Picquart and whom he J designated as a gang of malefactors j and forgers who deserved branding j with red hot irons. I It was at this moment that the Sar I raut-Pugliesi-Conti encounter occur I red. M. Pugliesi-Conti aroused by M. Pressense's deunciation, shouted at j the ministerial benches, "You are j scoundrels for permitting these in {suits to officers." General "Rough House.'' Immediately from the ministerial j benches there sprang the lithe, wiiy j figure of Under Secretary Sarraut. He made straight for Pugliesi-Conti, j seized him by the throat and planted I his right fist squarely in his face, Pu I gliesi-Conti reeled, dazed by the blow, I and was caught by his fnends, while j Ministers Clemenceau and Thomson J grasped Sarraut's coattails and drag I ged him back to his seat. Pandemonium immediately broke Ile. ie. Deputies gathered ir groups in j the centre of tue house, fighting, their j bk?ws raining iTJ-'scriminalely. j President Bi ir.'-or ineffectually en ! deavored t:> quell the tumult, but find? ing his efforts in vain, he left the chair I and suspended the sitting for a quar I ter of an hour. The public galleries j were cleared. Order Restored. During the interim the excitement continued but at the resumption ;gi the sitting the members were some? what more calm. Eventually, after Premier Sarrien had promised that tlie government would take the necessary measures to ileal with the of? ficers who had been witnesses against Dreyfus, a motion was passed express? ing confidence in the government. The chamber also voted to transfer the body of Emile Zola to the Pantheon. I The senate also had an exciting cession in connection with the Drey? fus rehabilitation bill, which was passed by 1S3 votes against 30. The J result was greeted with enthusiastic I applause. The Picquart bill was pass ed by the senate by 195 to 26. MAYESVILLE BANK CLOSED. BANK ACCOUNTS 3FOUXD TS BAD SHAPE AND ORDERED CLOSED BY INSPECTOR HOLLEMAX. Discrepancy of $4,000 in Cash-Will Be Placed in Hands of a Receiver. Bad Management Alleged. From the Daily Item July 14. The Bank of Mayesville has been closed. State Bank Examiner Hol leman yesterday completed a thor? ough investigation of the accounts of the bank and found them in such a shape that he ordered the doors of the bank closed and the institution placed in the hands of a receiver. There is a shortage of about 4,000 in the cash and other discrepancies in the books. * The bank was organized nearly two years ago with a paid in capital af $14,700. Mr. S. M. McCall was pres? ident, and during his administration the bank cleared a net profit of 20 per cent., 8 per cent, being paid to the stockholders in: two equal semi-an? nual payments and 12 per cent, was placed on the surplus fund. Owing to a determination of the board of directors not to pay the president any remuneration Mr. Mc? Call resigned as a member of the board and refused to stand for re? election. Mr. Croft, of Wilmington, N. C., who owned the controlling in? terest in the bank, was then made president. After his death, near the first of the year, the board ran with? out official head until the recent elec? tion of Mr. J. M. Johnson of Marion to the presidency. Mr. Robert Chaffin, a very highly respected gentleman, is the cashier. No one thinks of imputing any wrong? doing to him and attributs the cause of the bank's condition solely to bad management. It is understood that the last quarterly report shows that the amount of the bank's loans were in excess of the capital stock ind the de? posits. From the best source obtainable it is learned that all of the depositors will be paid in full, and that the loss will be confined to the stockholders, who will be out about 50 per cent, of the paid in capital stock. Mr. Chaffin is under bond in a relia? ble company for $10,000. SCHOOLSHTP SAFE. The Reported Wreck of British Ship Proven to Be Untrue. Gibraltar, July 14.-It is stated that there is no truth in the report that the schoolship St. Mary's went ashore off Cape Spartel. Wrecking tugs sent to her relief report the St. Marj'? at sea, bound for this port. LOXGWORTH'S IX PARIS. They Attend French Army Review as Guest of French President. Paris, July 14.-Mr. and Mrs. Long? worth attended today the review at Long Champs in celebration of the French National holiday commemo? rating the destruction of the Bastiie during the French revolution. The American visitors were guests of Pres? ident Falliers and occupied places in his box. Canton, China, July 14.-The Brit? ish ship Sainam was attacked by pi? rates near here. Dr. McDonald was killed and Captain Kosling and four sikhs wounded. After the sitting of the chamber of deputies and while the members were still in the lobbies Mr. Pugliesi-Conti sent his seconds to Under Secretary Sarraut. It was decided to fight im? mediately with swords and principals and seconds proceeded by automobiles to the Ville d'Auray, where the corn mat ocurred or. the property of Depu? ty Edmonde Gast. The fight was short but desperate, lasting only 30 seconds. Sarraut made a quick onslaught and blood soon flowed. Sarraut cried. "I am hit," and then fainted. Expecto? rating blood he was conveyed to Mr. Gast's residence. The doctors who examined him found a deep wound in the right breast penetrating the lung. The surgeons consider the wound se? rious, bi not necessarily fatal. Madam Sarraut, who was informed immediately of what had happened to her husband, went to the Ville d'Au? ray, where she will remain in attend? ance on her husband. Paris. France, July 13.-The army commision to arhich the Dreyfus and Picquartrpromotion measures were re forr-.-'l met th:'.;? afternoon and unani? mously approved them. The com? mission conists cf a parliamentary committee appointed to consider all questions in re.'iition to the army. RUSSIA TS REVOLUTION. Complete Transition Resembling the French Upheaval and May Over? whelm Dynasty. Paris, July 10.-Anatole Leroy Beaulieu, Director of the Institute of France, and the foremost French au? thority on Russian affairs, whose "History of Russiia" is recognized as being one of the most accurate pre? sentations of the affairs of that Em? pire, which he visited, recently l'or the purpose of observing the results ol the first election, said in an interview today: "It should be understood that the Prussian situation is one of actual rev? olution. It is no crisis which can be measured by days, weeks, or months, but is a vast and complete transition, resembling that of the French Revo? lution. "When I say revolution I do not mean that the monarchy is certain to be overthrown, although it is possi? ble that this mav follow. The great? er part of the* leaders oj the Consti tional Democracy desire to save the Throne from wreck, but they recog? nize that they are not masters of the future. If the government does not satisfy the nation's demands catas trophies of the. gravest nature are ahead for Russia." M. Leroy-Beaulieu was asked if the I preservation of the Throne meant a> continuation of the autocracy. "By no means," he replied, "cn the contrary, arbitrary autocracy is doom? ed. All that the present monarchy can save atthe best is power within consti? tutional, or well-denned limits. The Emperor has good intentions, but he knows very little of his own country outside of the limits of the palaces. He is always hesitating, is himself terri? fied by the example cf the French rev? olution, and does not wish to have the same end as Louis XVr. aJthugh he forgets that Charles I cf England ar? rived at a simi.'ar end by another route. "Perhaps it is already too late to save the dynasty from going down with the autocracy, but the Emperor might stay the storm by permitting the formaion of a ministry representing Parliament, which represents the pe-.i pie. He has already lost much time, and the feeling of discontent is con? tinually increasing." M. Leroy-Beaulieu then discussed the agrarian and other leading ques? tion. The land, he said, xt?s the most difficult question, owing to the intense feeling among the peasants. The gov* ernment recoils before the enormous cost of partial or total expropriation, of the ancient estates, yet unless the* emperor satisfies the expectations of* the peasants he will transform them^ into an opposition element and pet haps into revolutionists. -t .-i-n*^ "The question of nationality is al? most equally difficult," continued M. Leroy-Beaulieu, "for since Finland secured autonomy Poland and the oth? er branches of the population demand the same autonomy. They are all, doubtless, entitled to the same liber? ty, but I believe in leaving to future determination which of these peoples have enough national cohesion and? enough maturity to be intrusted with? autonomy. If outside of Finland there is such a people ripe for the w?rgest exercise of liberty \t is Poland."" Concerning the Jewish .question M. Leroy-Beaulieu said he was struck with the tenacity with which the Jews demanded the same civil and politi? cal rights as the Christians. ? "There are 5,000,000 Jews in Rus? sia," he said, "and if so many of them are among the revolutionists the rea? son is to be found in the xceptional laws to which they are compelled to submit. The Jews thus become irre? conciliable adversaries of the govern? ment. The sole means to end the up? risings and bring about the withdrawal of the Jewish masses from the rev? olutionary propaganda is to accord them equality before the law. The Russian parliament demands this, but the government hesitates, persisting in considering the Jews to be the prin? cipal organizers of the revolution." "I am inclined to believve that this revolution will continue in various stages of intensity for ten and perhaps twenty years owing to the magnitude of the questions involved and the dan? gers along the way."-New York Times. Ervin Crane, a white drayman, wa* run over and fatally injured by a freight train at Walhalla Thursday, dying that night. M. Heldman, a well known business man of Spartanburg, dropped dead in a restaurant in that city Friday. Mr. J. M. Baxley, an aged white man. was beaten almost to death at Lake City Friday by Will Smith, a ne 9gro, whom he caught stealing water