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FIGURING M WAR.
EUROPEAN' EXPERTS PREDICT
THAT JAPAN AND UNITED
STATES WELD FIGHT.
Kaiser William is Deeply Interested
and is Discussing the Matter Gen?
erally-He Believes the Conflict
Inevitable-Philippines Would Be
the Storm Center.
_
Berlin, Dec. 15.-The Japanese
controversy in the United States is
arousing great interest here, as well
as in other capitals of Europe. This
? is? due to the prevailing feeling in of
i fica al quarters that a war between the
United States and Japan will ulti?
mately result.
Kaiser William has discussed the
question of a possible war with va?
rious visitors and his belief has :*n
? creased that war is inevitable.
Tn case of war the naval experts of
Europe say Japan would seize the
Philippics necessitating the United
States nducting an expensive land
and sev campaign across the Pacific.
Bri* xi experts are known to have
calculated, theoretically, on a possi?
ble war between -Japan and the Uni?
ted States.
Opinions vary as to the time within
which it will occur. Twenty-five years
is regarded as the maximum limit.
SILVER SERVICE PRESENTED.
Virginians and Tennesseeans Make
Handsome Presents to Battleships
Named/ for Their States.
Newport News, Va., Dec. 15.-Gov.
Swanson and a party of distinguished
, State officials oday attended the
} presentation of a silver service, given
by the State'to the battleship Virgin?
ia, in Hampton Roads. Gov. Swan?
son made the principal address. The
service cost the State $4,500.
At the same hour and only a short
listance away, Gov. Cox, of Tennes?
see, at the head* of a delegation of
TO hundred citizens from that State
>resented a $7,000 silver service to
the battleship Tennessee.
FIRE IN TT3010NSVLLLE.
Damage Amounts to Ten Thousand
Dollars-Good Work of the Fire?
men.
Timmonsville, Dec. 14.-This town
was visited by another fire tonight
with disastrous results. The damage
is estimated to be $10,000.
Fire that had been left between the
ceilings from last night's fire broke j
out in the second story of Dr. J. A.
Cole's building. The offices of Dr. C.
A. Foster, S. Kershaw and Dr. J. A.
Cole were completely wiped out, and
the stock of W. M. Copeland & Co.,
was rendered worthier by fire and
water.
The fire department responded
promptly and excellent work was
done in preventing the spread of the
flames.
SONS OF THE REVOLUTION.
Annual Dinner of the Society at the
Commercial Club.
Charleston, Dec. 14.-The annual
banquet of the South Carolina Socie?
ty of the Sons of the Revolution war
served tonight at the Commercial
club, and it was an elaborate and de?
lightful affair. The menu was choice
and well served and the speeches
I added no little to the charm of the
i evening. The following responses
were made: Col. J. J. Dargan of Dar?
lington, "Th? Day We Celebrate;" Col.
fl?, G. Greenough, "The Army;" Capt.
^^fL. Dyer, "The Navy;" Col. E. W.
j Durant, of Minnesota, "The Purposes
P of Patriotic Societies;" Hon. R. T.
Manning of.?Sumter, "Our Citizen?
ship;" John Marshall, "Present Day
Patriotism."
The city of Georgetown hi. sold
$35,000, 5 per cent school bonds for a
premium of $719.60.
P?CKIN6 HOUSE SCANDAL
UNEARTHED IN GERMANY.
NEWSPAPERS HAVE DISCOVER?
ED OONDITICN RIVALING
CHICAGO' "JUNGLE."
MANAGER OF CANNING FACTORY FLEES.
Government Officials Begin Investiga?
tion of Charges That Wagon Loads
of Diseased Meats Have Been Used
For Canning Every Week.
Hamberg, Germany, Dec. 17.
Scandalous meat canning conditions
approximating the "junge" revela?
tions have been disclosed here in the
public press.
The manager of the Brins corn?
ed beef factory is reported to have
disappeared. Wagon loads of dis?
eased meat are charged to have been
used every week. The authorities are
investigating the charges and revolt?
ing revelations are expected.
LECTURE BY/MR. EDMUNDS.
Supt S. H. Edmunds Will Deliver a
Lecture Thursday Evening Under
the Auspices of the Civic League.
On Thursday evening, >?>ec. 20th,
at S.30 osclock, in the studio of Mr.
TM C. Moise, Superintendent Ed?
munds will give a lecture under the
nus- 'ces nf the Civic League. His
subject swill be "The Influence of
Beauty on the Mental and Moral
Nature," cr cl Mr. Moise and Mr.
Sch^macl?er are to assist him in mak?
ing thc occasion delightful.
The gen ""?us and Icrtg-suffering
citizens of Lumter eire entreated to
iake notice that -his is no device for
getting at their doilars and dimes or
for interferring with their plans for
civic improvement-it is not an
eleemosynary scheme and does not
touch upon jail sites.
The admittance is entirely free,
?nd everybody who wishes an evening
;>f intelligent enjoyment is urged to
attend. Should the public respond to
this effort, they will be favored with
similar entertainments from time to
time.
THE MARLBOROUGH SCANDAL.
Reported in London That the Vander?
bilt Duchess and Her D' ke Had
Made Up.
London, Dec. 15.-There is a report
in circulation that a-recommendation
has been effected between Duke and
Duchess of Marlborough, or that a
settlement of their martial trouble has
been reached. The appearance of the
Duchess, socially, looking radiantly
happy, has caused the rumor that the
differences of the Duke and Dutchess
have been made up and they are to
spend the holidays together with the
children at Blenheim.
LOW LIFE MURDER.
Joseph Neil, Blacksmith and Athlete.
Killed With a Hatpin-Actress
Bride Arrested. ,
New York, Dec. 18.-The authori?
ties are investigating the alleged kill?
ing of Joseph Neil, the giant black?
smith and athlete, who died from a
hatpin thrust, penetrating his brain.
The police are holding Catherine
Neil, the actress bride of the dead
man.
The officials have a theory that the j
^vornan, while under the influence of j
dr J gs, may have murdered her hus?
band, while in abnormal condition of
mind, believing herself another per?
son. The authorities think che wo?
men is a morphine fiend and possibly !
a modern Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde.
The alleged crime was committed in
Greenwich. Mrs. Neil claims that
her husband died from heart troubles,
after z. heavy spree.
TEXTILE TROUBLES.
Lowell Mill Owners Grant Increase in
Wages to Avert Strike.
Lowell, Mass., Dec. 15.-The mill
owners anticipating the possible ac?
tion of the textile council at the meet?
ing tomorrow to demand an advance
of wages, voluntarily announces a
five per cent, increase, effective on
Monday. This is half of what the
operatives want and it may not have
the desired effect. The increase effects
15,000 people.
KING OSCAR ILL.
Stockholm, Sweden Dec. 15.-King
Oscar, who was attacked day before
yesterday with heart trouble, is re?
ported better. The King's fever is
milder and his pulse stronger.
SING SING FOR HIM.
ONE INSURANCE GRAFTER GETS
THE PUNISHMENT HE MERITS.
George Burnhall, Vice President of
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance
Company, Sentenced to Two Years
in the Penitentiary.
New York, Dec. 17.-George Burn
hill, vice president and counsel of the
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Com?
pany, was found guilty of grand lar?
ceny and misuse of the company's
funds and sentenced to two years in
Sing Sing today.
CLAIMS REPUDLVTED.
Austrian Fire Insurance Company Re?
fuses To Pay the Loss Growing Out
of San Francisco Earthquake.
Vienna, Austria, Dec. 18.-All San
Francisco claims against the Austrian
Phoenix Insurance Company, grow?
ing out of the recent earthquake have
been repudiated by the company. The
claims exceed $2,000,000.
The claimants against the company
are preparing a suit to test the legal?
ity of the refusal of the company to
settle.
THE BROOKSVILLE AFFRAY.
Secretary Taft Orders Two Officers
of the Twenty-fifth Regiment to Be
Tried by Court martial.
Washington, Dec. 14.-On the re?
commendation of the general staif.
the secretary of war has ordered the
trial by court martial of Major
Charles W. Penrose and Capt Edgar
A. Macklin, of Company C, 1st batal
lion, 25th infantry, under the 62d
Article of War "for conduct to the
prejudice of good order and discip?
line," in failing in their duty in pre?
venting and suppressing the riot at
Brownsville, Texas, last August.
The specifications will include
among other things the charge that
the two officers named failed to ex?
ercise due diligence in preventing the
occurrence when the condition of af?
fairs at Brownsville made it necessary
that all proper precautions should
be taken to prevent a clash between
the troops and citizens; and also that
they did not examine ?the rifles of the
men until daylight, a??hough they
learned of the true state of affairs by
1 or 2 o'clock in the morning.
The details of the membership of
the court, and the place where the
trial will be held have been left to
the discretion of the commanding
officer of the department of Texas.
BARREL MURDER MYSTERRY.
Slavonan Arrested in Pennsylvania
Charged With Killing His Wife.
Haelton, Penn., Dec. 18.-In the
arrest of Sobiat Anslovak, resident of
Swampton, near here, the police
think they have a clue to the perpe?
trator of the brutal barrel murder,
which was revealed by finding the
body of a woman in a barrel on a
mountain near this place.
Anslovak is a Slavonian, 23 years
old, and he is charged with the mur?
der. His wife has been missing several
days and the police think she may be
the victim of the barrel mystery., A
description of the man's wife and that
of the body tally. Anslovak declares
his innocence
RUSSIAN TERRORISTS.
Attempt Made to Assassinate Admiral
Dubassoff in Moscow.
Moscow, Dec. 15.-The terrorists
are again at work with a view to kill?
ing high personages connected with
the government. An unsuccessful at?
tempt to kill Admiral Dubassoff, for?
mer Governor General of Moscow,
was made to day while he was in his
carriage. When the bomb was thrown
at him by two men, Dubassoff was
slightly injured. The would-be assas?
sins wer?. - Tested.
Today's outbreak gives indication
that the terrorists? are preparing to
put in execution their threats to as?
sassinate the officials of the upper
classes.
A RUSSIAN PROPHET.
Cleveland, O., Dec. 18.-Dr. Shmar
yahu Levin, a member of the last Rus?
sian douma, declared that the Rus?
sian autocracy would fail in an ad?
dress delivered here. He said the
Jews in Russia now see that they
have nothing to expect from the
reigning powers In Russia. He plead?
ed for a strong national awakening
among American Jews, urging that
they should stand as one for the
country they could call their own.
SCARED CONGRESSMEN
KILL SALARY INCREASE
THINK OF- POLITICAL GRAVE?
YARD AND SAY $5,000 IS
ENOUGH.
MORE PAY FOR THE CABINET.
They, the Vice President and the
Speaker to Get $12.000-But Rep?
resentatives Stay Hungry.
Washington, Dec. 14.-"It is im?
possible to maintain an average fam?
ily in Washington, with all expenses
considered, on $5,000 a year," said
Representative Clark of Florida in
the house this afternoon and every
man within sound of his voice agreed
with him. Yet the assembled patriots
voted down the proposed increase of
congressmen's salaries to $7,5" 3 by a
vote of 188 to 107 on a roll call, after
first voting it down by 161 to 135 on
a rising vote.
The ghost of the salary garb of
1872-3 stalked omniously through the
hall, and scared the hungry solons
stiff. They had before them
the picture of the political
cemetery that was built after
that bill passed, and while they
the political cemetery that was built
after that bill passed, and while they
looked longingly on the Littauer res?
olution they voted it down. One after
another got up with watering mouth
and despairing voice and announced
that he was irrevocably against any
such iniquitous proposition, and that
$5,000 was enough for him.
"Where, are you going?" asked one
congressman who had voted for the
resolution, as another who had voted
against it went out.
"To get my shoes half soled and
stand off my landlady," responded the
patriot in a hollow voice.
"Most of the men who vote against
this resolution will do so hoping to
God it will pass," said Clark in his
speech, and George * Washington in
the cherey tri:? - incident was?on -a
plane with Clark when he said that. ;
Before that self-sacrificing and pa?
triotic astion the house decided to fa?
vor the rise of the salaries of the
vice president, the speaker, and the
members of the cabinet to $12,000 a
year. The reason that was done was
that everybody knew the cost of liv?
ing in Washington was such that the
present salary of these officials doesn't
suffice for anything like their legiti?
mate, moderate f expenses, yet the
shivering patriots who have not been
able to take their overcoats out and
who are wearing leaky rubbers on
cold days didn't dare to raise their
own.
"Why did you vote against this res?
olution?" said Sherley to Underwood
in the corridor.
"Because $5,000 is enough for any
congressman," replied Underwood.
"It would be if you kept it, but
how is it enough when it is taken
away from you?" inquired Sherley.
But it was a great debate. It re?
stored the traditions of American
oratory. Not since Daniel Webster
spoke his piece about liberty and
union, one and inseparable, has any?
thing like it been heard at the foot
of Pennsylvania avenue. Lamar of
Florida carried off the honors of the
day.
"The people of my district," cried
Lamar in thunder tones, planting one
foot far before the other and advanc?
ing his chest a couple of inches, "are
being robbed of their earnings by the
railroads and this congress will not
relieve them. While they are suffer?
ing, shall I accept an increase in my
salary? No!"
There is a prosiac person from
Massachusetts hearing the name of
Sullivan who was not impressed by
this argument.
"We haven't all of us married rich
wives," said Sullivan with a glance of
painful severity that paused at inter?
vals in the sweep around the house.
"Mediocrity," he continued, "ls safe
while the salary remains at its pres?
ent figure. If you raise it the cheap
men are likely to be displaced by bet?
ter ones, for it will be then an object
to them to come here.
"There are some men in this house,
who, judged by the value of their ser?
vices, are worth not $5,000,* but $25,
000." Here there was wild cheering.
"And there are others," he added,
"who are not worth $1,000." A death?
ly silence followed. "Either the
salaries will be raised," continued
Sullivan, "or else two classes of men
will come to Washington-the idle
rich and the shifty ward politician,
with no visible means of support. The
idle rich will barricade themselves
behind their pocketbooks and the
professional politicians will live by
their wits."
Sims of Tennessee wanted to have
the salaries raised at once, Instead of,
MANCHURIA TO BE CLOSED.
JAPANESE PLANNING TO SHUT
OUT AMERICAN WHEAT .
AND CORN.
They Will Accomplish This End By
Legal Means As They Propose To
Colonize Manchuria And Grow All
The Grain There That Asia Needs.
San Francisco, Dec. 18.-Dr. J. E.
Jones, United States Consul to Dalney,
says Japanese are carrying out a
plan, which, ii! successful, will close
Manchuria as a market for American
wheat and corn.
The Japs are colonizing Manchuria
on an extensive scale with the idea of
raising sufficient wheat to supply
Asia.
In Korea, Dr. Jones says, the Japa?
nese are carrying on an elaborate ex?
periment in cotton raising.
WAS TO HIS CREDIT.
Ambassador White Transferred From
Rome to Paris Because He Refused
to Receive Notorious Society
Women.
Rome, Dec. 14.-A story told here
explains the transfer of Ambassador
White from Romev to Paris. Mr.
White declined to allow several noto?
rious society women to attend the
functions at the Embassy, saying that
the purity of American woman?
hood was at stake. He struck the
names of some of the notorious
princesses from the list of visitors,
causing a furor. Society the bocotted
the American Embassy and Mr.
White became persona nongrata in
Rome.
WORK OF CONGRESS.
A Busy Week in Both Senate and
House.
Washington, Dec. 15.-Congress
passed a busy week, both houses
completing important work. The
senate confirmed the transfer of At?
torney General Moody to the supreme
bench and j Secretary Bonaparte, of
the navy, to be attorney general, Sec?
retary of Commerce Metcalf, to sec?
retary of navy, and confirmed Oscar
S. Strauss, secretary of commerce and
I labor. All changes will be made next
week.
; The senate ratified the Algeciras
? treaty and heard debate on the Smoot
j and Japanese questions. The house
killed simplified spelling and initi?
ated an investigation of the lumber
trust, killed the salary grab and pass?
ed the legislative, judicial and execu?
tive appropriation bill, carrying $31,
000,000.
Next week the senate continues the
j debated on the Smoot case, may adopt
the Congo resolutions, and hear spe?
cial messages from the president re?
garding the Panama au? Japanese
situation.
The house is expected to take up
District of Columbia affairs and more
appropriations bills. Both houses
will adjourn from Dec. 20 to Jan. 3d.
Luther Hughes shot Lu dy Willis in
Laurens coun-y Saturday night. ?
having it put off to some future con?
gress. 'We know that prices are high
I in Washington now," said Sims, "but
' we don't know what they will be then.
By 1909 the Democratic party will
have destroyed all the trusts and liv?
ing will be cheap."
The cost of living in Washington
was the burning question with Sims.
"I have a letter from Senator Till?
man," he cried, "in which he says he
will starve to death unless his salary
is raised. Who wants to see Senator
Tillman starve?"
John Wesley Gaines was another
man with the courage of his necessi?
ties. "George Washington," he said,
"approved a bill increasing his emol?
uments to $25,00." Then Gaines
thrust his thumbs into the armholes
of his waistcoat, threw his chest out,
and cried: "Who am I, that I should
hold myself greater than the Father
of His Country?"
Then the rising vote was taken, and
the proposition beaten by 26 majori?
ty. On the roll call, where a congres
man has to go on record and his
eagle-eyed constituents can see how
he voted, the majority rose to SI.
After it was all over, one of the most
leather-lunged of the patriots who
had voted against the resolution on
the ground thr.t $5,000 was enough
for any man, went out and bought
himself a safety razor and a box of
shoe blacking, and bade farewell to
his barber and his bootblack.
"The landlord has just put my rent
up." he said, "and the barbers have
raised tre price of shaves to 25 cents.
Twill be a fearful winter.-New
York Times.
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THE WHOLE NORTHWEST
FACES COAL F?MININE?
DOZENS OF TOWNS WITHOUT;
COAL TO LAST A WEEK.
RAILROADS WON'T FURNISH CARS.
The Situation is So Serions That TVo
ple are Making Frantic Appeals to
Governors and Authorities in.
Washington to Take Action That
Will Force Railroads To Supply
Them With FueL
Minneapolis, Dec. 17.-The north?
west faces the most serious fuel fam?
ine since 1903. The situation became
grave a week ago and now the wbote
northwest region is awakening to the*
seriousness of the fuel shortage. '
It is claimed the famine could be
averted if the railroads would fur?
nish the motive power to move the
coal stores in Duluth and other cities
in the west. While the coal compa?
nies are clamoring for cars the rail?
roads are making excuses.
The mayors in a dozen towns in
Montana, Dakota, northern Minneso?
ta are besieging their Washington
representatives, the governors in
their respective States and the editors,
in an apparently vain hope of arous?
ing public interest and forcing the
railroads to take immediate action.
Unless relief comes before the end of
the week half of the northwest will
be freezing.
SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING.
A Substantial Fund Raised to Pro?
vide Christmas Cheer for the Poor
off the City.
From The Daily Item, Dec 17. -
The annual Christmas Mass Meet?
ing of the Sunday Schools, which was
held in the First Baptist Church Sun?
day afternoon, was attended by so
many children and interested adults,
that the church was filled to its ca?
pacity. The usual interesting and -env
joyable song service preceded the in?
formal addresses in which the object
of the meeting was stated.
The collection was taken and
amounted to $146.73 and the follow?
ing special contributions were an?
nounced: Eagles, $25; Sumter ? Light
Infantry, $10; Junior Order, $5; Red
Men, $5; Claremont Lodge, $10;
Knights of Pythias, $10; Delgar Reel
Squad, No. 3, $5; Monaghan Reel
Squad, No. 2, $5; Woodmen of tho.
World, $10; Mrs. Hattie V. HursfS
Sunday School Class, of the Firsts
Methodist Church, $15.15.. Total*
$100.15. The grand toal of collec- .
tion and the contributions was-;
$246.88. To this will be added other
voluntary contributions, which are^
always made by charitable and"
generous citizens, ,and it is expected
that the total fund will reach at least
$300 as it did last year.
The following committees was ap
appointed :
L. L Parrottt, Chairman.
First Baptist Church-Mrs. H. G..
Hill and Miss Augusta Folsom.
First Methodist Church-Mrs. Hat?
tie V. ]?urst and Miss Hattie Phillips.
Presbyterian Church---Miss Moneta
Osteen and Mrs. J. T. China.
Lutheran Church-Miss Lizzie Mul?
ler.
Bartlette Street Baptist Church-- .
Mrs. E. C. Haynsworth.
Magnolia Street Methodist Church
-Mrs. Brinkley.
Episcopal Church-Miss Tasie Man?
ning and Miss Mary Burgess.
Congregation Sinai-Miss Virginia
Harby and Mrs. Julia Schwerin.
Christian Church-Mrs. Worthing?
ton and Mrs. Alex Pitts.
Catholic Church - Miss Isidore
Teicher and Miss Francesca Teicher.
Chairman Parro tt requests the
members of the committee to meet
him at the Court House at ll o'clock
to-morrow, Tuesday, morning to
make all necessary arrangements fer
the purchase and distribution of
Christmas gifts to the poor of the
city.
HARRY THAW'S TRIAL.
Pittsburg Millionaire To Be Tried
in January.
New York, Dec. 18.-Harry Thaw,,
the Pittsburg millionaire, will be
tried for the murder of Stanford
White, the architect, on January 21?
next. The date was set today at &
conference of attorneys for both
sides. Thaw was delighted at the
news of his early trial.
A dispensary constable shot a hone
belonging to Sottile Bros. in "Charles?
ton Tuesday. It is said to have been
the result of the refusal of the driver
of the wagon to stop when ordered to
do so. ,+j
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