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A SOLDIER OF FORTCXE.
The Romantic Story of . Maj. Gen.
Henry R. D. Mclver. Who Served
I nder Eighteen Flags.
From the New York Sun.
Major Gen. Henry Ronald Douglas
Maelver, a veteran of eighteen wars
and a soldier of fortune w"ho has re
ceived many medals for distinguished
service from sovereigns the world
over, died alone yesterday in a board
ing house at 262 West Twenty-second
street. He got his title of major gen
eral in the Confederate army, -but in
the course of an ac^eriturous-life^he ac
quired many others, among them en
sign in the Sepoy mutiny in India;
lieutenant under Garibaldi:in Italy;
captain under Don Carlos; lieutenant
colonel under the 3Emperor-^.Maximil
ian; colonel undar'Xapoleoai in; in
spector of ?avaElsy ^for - the .Khedive of
Egypt, and chief of -cavalry and. gen
eral of brigade of the army of King
Milan of Servia. ZHe was; the author
of "Under Fourteen Flags," '.published
in 1SS&, which gave'his-story ^up to
thaz date.
Gen. Maclvser 3bad llrv?d : in New
York oi late and about two months
ago ?ngaged a rcomfrom^Mrs, Mabel
Campbell, ai -fhe Twenty-second street
house. He often -spoke of ' his wife,
long since dead, 'and x>f' -l?s married
daughter, mow lith^ m London. Ac
cording lo the ger^eralithere' had been
an esTraiTgenrent"sbeweerT -him and his
daughter, "but rt wae happily settled
omly a -few days ago. H3e spent much
time in compiling xa.-~ series of reminis
?nces, which were ' completed and
according to Mrs. - Campbell he ex
pected to fall heir shortly to a for
tune in Scotland *by virtue of being
the last living :person in al long line of
nab?rty. it is said .that- he intended
gening married soon.
The general apparently had been
in robust heSith, but t>n Sunday night
"he complained of noc feeling welL
When "he did not put" in his appear
ance as usual on Monday morning
Mrs. Campbeli-went-to'-his room. He
appeared to be asleep. vNot being
able. io rouse him she called Dr. W.
F. Yarcoe, of 232 West _22d street,
who said that ?se had been dead for
several hours. Coroner's Physician
Lehane later gave the cause to be ne
phritis. The body was removed to
She Stephen Merfitt undertaking es
tablishment where it was said later
in the nhrht no one had called to
claim it A valise {f?ll of paj>ers and
a small amount of money was found
in ihe room- There *svas nothing in
the papers to reveal the address
of relatives <tr friends.
Gen. Maelver was bom December
25. 1S41, at sea just off the coast of
Virginia and Siis father was Ronald
Maelver.. a young son of ihe chief *j.f
the Clan Maelver. In or?er that be
might be educated he was sent when
10 years old to an uncle, G?r?. E>onald -
Graham, in Edinburgh. He got a |
commission five years later ay ensign
in the Honorable East India Compa
ny, and at 16 was fighting in the In
dian mutiny. He was wounded .and
for a time his condition was consider
ed critical. Following this he served
in the ten years war in Cuba, in Bra
zil, in Argentina, in Crete, in Greece,
in two Carlist revolutions in Spain, In
Bosnia and for four years in this
country's civil war, most of the time
under Stonewall Jackson and Jeb
Stuart. He was wounded four times
in the civil war.
Just after the civil war he was in
terested in an expedition which met
with failure, as many of his adven
tures did. Its members called them
selves the Knights of Arabia and
their object was to seize and colonize
an island. The expedition set sail
from San Francisco. One report wis
that they intended to subjugate ti^e
blacks of Hayti and form a. republic
for white men in which slavery would
be recognized. As one of the leaders
of this filibustering expedition Mae
lver was arrested by Gen. Phil Sheri
dan and spent some time in prison.
General Maelver fought several
duels, in two of which he killed his
adversary. In one of his numerous
scrapbooks is an account of one of
his duels written by a war corres-J
i
pondent at Vicksburg at the close of
the civil war% It tells hov.- Gen. Mac
Iver* accompanied by Major Gillespie,
met, just outside of that city, Major
Toniin, of Vermont, of the United
States Artillery Volunteers. The com
bat was with sabres. Maciver ran
Toniin through the body. In the words
of the writer:
"The Confederate soldier wiped his
sword on his handkerchief. In a few
seconds Major Toniin expired. One
of Major Maclver's seconds called to
him: 'He is dead; you must go. These
gentlemen will look after the body of
their friend.' A negro boy brought
up the horses, but before mounting
Maciver said to Major Tomlin's sec
onds: 'My friends are in haste for me
to go. Is there anything that I can
do? I hope that you consider this
matter has been settled honorably.'
! "There being no reply, the Con
federates rode away."
j On his way to join Maximilian's
: army in Mexico Maciver was captur
! ed by Indians and held for a month.
Later he saw big fighting at Monte
rey, where for personal bravery he
received the title of Count and the
order of Guadeloupe. "When Maxi
milian was executed Maciver moved
on to Rio de Janeiro, where two
months later he was wearing the uni
form of Emperor Dom Pedro arid with
the rank of lieutenant colonel was in
command of the foreign legion of
the armies of Brazil and Agentina,
fighting against Paraguay. This band
was nearly wiped out by cholera, to
which Maciver fell a victim. Upon
his recovery he found that, the legion
had been sent to the front, where it
was disbanded. He then went to
Glasgow and later enlisted in the
Cretan insurrection. After this he
crossed to Athens and served against
J the brigands in Kisissia, on the bor- ;
j ders of Albania and Thessaly, as vol- ?
unteer aide to CoL Corronous, who j
had been the commander-in-chief of ;
the Cretans against the Turks. He j
j fought the brigands in the mountains
for a time and was recommended for >
the highest Greek decoration,
i Gen. Maciver came to New York i
and soon after appeared in the Goi-:
couria-Christo expedition to Cuba, of;
I which Goicouria was the co nunan Ser
in chief. Upon his return to New,'
York after stormy ad\-entures he tte--;
cepted the commission -of a colonel of .
cavalry in the service of the Khedive .
to reorganize the Egyptian army. On!
arriving at Cairo Maciver was ap
pointed inspector general of the caw-"
airy. The climate of the 'country cid:
not agree with him, and after sixi
months he got an honorable dis
charge, signed by Stone Bey.
He recovered sufficiently *o take
active part m the Franco-Eussian.
war with the rank of colonel of cav-;
airy of the auxiliary -army. At the;
battle ot" Orleans, while on the staff;
of Gen. Chairzy he was wounded.;'
Maciver afterwards formed a "league,
in the Carlist uprising and carried'
important messages from Don Carlos1
to sympathizers -of the -cause in ad
I joining countries. He fought against
I the Turks in Herzegovirihi with the
Montenegrins. When the Servians de
clared war against the Tttrks he re
turned to London to organize a cav
alry brigade to fight with the SerVren
army. This venture was nor, success
ful owing to a lack of recruits. Later
in the Servian army he was made a
general de brigade.
Upon the conclusion of his service,
with Servia the general went io Cen-j
tral America, reorganized the armies!
of the small republics and afterward
acted as United States consul. He la
ter offered his services to President
McKinley in tho Spanish-American
war. The most active part of his ca
reer ended with his connection with
the Servian army. At the time of
his death he was a naturalized citi- j
zen of the United States. j
EXPERIMENT PROVES SERIOUS.
Several School Boys Hurt by Practi- j
cal Demonstration of Volcanic j
Eruption.
I
Darlington, May 16.-A teacher at j
the graded school here this morning
was planning to give her class a
practical demonstration of volcanic
eruption. A pile of dirt was heaped
up over some gun powder. By some
means there was a premature explo
sion and three or four of the boys
were blackened and painfully burned
about the face and hand . Medical
aid was summoned, however, and
there were no serious results.
STRIKE IN BIRMINGHAM.
Birmingham, Ala., May 20.-Two
hundred out of five hundred motor
men and conductors who have or
ganized a union failed to report this
morning and as a result only half of
the cars are running. The union de
mands recognition. No disorder so
far.
BOOZE MONEY DISTRIBUTED.
Comptroller General Issues War
rants to Various Counties.
Columbia. May IS.-The comptrol
ler general yesterday issued warrants
for the last distribution of dispen
sai y school money, the sum. repre
senting the remnant of the fund left
over after the old State institution
went out or business. The total
amount distributed amounted to $63.
409.94, and a part of it was on the
basts of the deficiency in the amount
given each scholar by the respective
counties and the result by the enroll
ment. The amount by counties fol
lows :
Counties. Deficiency. On En
rollment.
Abbeville.$ 299.20 $1,547.91
Aiken. 156.35 1,530.3$
Anderson.- 2,600.96
Bamberg. 1.52 717.35
Barnwell. . . .. "222.S0 1,245.75
Beaufort.- 6 72.5 S
Berkeley. . . .- 971.17
Charleston.. . . - 2,451.So
Cherokee. . . . - S51.16
Chester.- 1,154.00
Chesterfield . . . 1,565.75 788.00
Clarendon. . . . 364.25 1,155.02
Colleton.-- 981.38
Darlington. . - 1,216.81
Dorchester. . . - 578.96
Edgefield. . . 58.50 1,018.66
Fairfield..... - 1,256.31
Florence. 38.57 1,199.80
Georgetown. . . - 688.10
Greenville. .. . 43.72 2,453.90
Greenwood. . . - 1,291.05
Hampton. . . . 714.00 906.15
Horry.2,100.0 1,112.46
Kershaw. 44.00 954.85
Lancaster. . . . 393.50 1"154.$8
Laurens.136.92 1,418.88
Lee. 100.58 907.85
Lexi:tgton. . . - 371.40 1,22 .90,
Marion. . - 1,49:2.98
Marlboro. . . . 141.34 .,1,089.48
Newberry. . , - 1,3*3.82
Oconee. 895.21 1,1S1,22
Orangeburg. . . 98.44 2,73-8.00
Piclcens.. 128.3$ #44.95
Richland. . , . - . "I#y4.&2
Saluda. , , I32f.-:* ." $50:21
Spartanburg . . 4 .86 2,976.67
Sumter.. ... , - ?, l'320:66
Union;. . - i;i80:0o
Williamsourg. ... . 240 1,335:29
York-... .. , . ... 72 ,922:2o
Total-. ...-33^263."51 !$5ti&ttX2
CLAIM PAM).
Dispensary Commission Settles With
Internal Revenue Collector.
The dispensary commission has
;paid the claim <ft Hie internal reve
nue department for $4,525.<* L, back
; license fees alleges to be due on ac
; count of dispensers under the old
I regime having sc&d beer in such
quantities as to ta te them izable to
rthe wholesale liquor dealers" license.
The ;payment was made un.x5sr pro
test and steps wil? ;be taken i>y the
commission to recover the amount,
ht was necessary to make the ^pay
ment withrn 10 days after demand;
was made "br the revenue deparrment
in order to ave additional peat^ies. !
it is lear&ed that Jttr. U. B. Kam
mel, former hief of tko State cwnsta
bulscry, who accepted a position -Kith
the internal -Revenue epartmeni in
January as deputy collator, worded
up the case against the State, v
Some of the dispensers claim that
they signed the papers presented ?.o,
xhem by Mr. Hammet without knoir-;
mg them true eortents.
It w?"s stated that the dispensers in
the State make interesting explana
tion of tfoafrr reasozic* for siggins the
affidavits.
One of the men connected with Maj.
Micah .Jenkins* office was asked con
cerning the report that Mr. Hammet
worked up the cases and it was de
nied in part. He informed a reporter
for the State that the work was done
by a special agent and Mr. Hammet
together. He stated that Mr. Ham
met was apprized of the fact that the!
law had been violated by dispensers'
throughout the State. He visited some '
of them and learned from their own
lips, it is stated, that they had sold
more than 4 7-8 gallons of beer to
customers. Mr. Hammet then visited j
all of the dispensaries in the State,
accompanied by the special agent and
secured the affidavits on file at the
collector's office.
If the dispensary commision fails
to recover the amount paid to the col
lector, the dispensers who have vio
lated the law in making sales in
greater quantities than permitted un
der the law will be required to make
good to the commission. The amounts
charged np against the various dis
pensers run from $75 to $150.-The
State, May 18.
The chamber of comemrce of Co
lumbia has invited the American
Manufacturers' association to hold
its next annual meeting in Columbia.
'lie only excuse for buyiRj
anything but
a Pare Grape Cream of Tartar Baking
Powder is to save a few cents in price.
CJROYAL costs you a few cents more per can than Alum or Phos
phate of Lime powders, but it is worth far more than the difference
to keep your biscuits, cakes and pastry free from the injurious
effects of these cheapening substitutes.
<|Continued use of Alum means permanent injury to health.
Avoid Alum Ailments-Say plainly
ROYAL BAKING
POWDER
STATE LEAGUE BAU
j StJMTER LOSES THE FIRST tS A
TEX INKING CONTEST.
! Darlington Won 'in Greenville and Or
angeburg Defeated Anderson-The
Outlook is For Fast Ball-Sumter
- Lost on Errors After Out Inlaying
3partariburg.
j Spartanburg, May 20.-Although
there was a heavy shower of rain fhis
af tern oem, delaying the game until "5
o'clock, there was a large and enthu
siastic rerowd at the park to witness
; the opening game between SpaTtan
: burg and Sumter. The game wassail
ed at "5 o'clock with the grounds still
wet and muddy, and the game was
playea um der difficulties.
The line-up and batting order fol
: lows:
Spartanburg: Cranston, e.; Mc
Makin, -cf.; Coles, rt; Eskridge, If.;
Benbow, lb.; Johnson, 2b.; 31artin,
3b.: Sinon, p.: Hoops, ss.
Sumter: Wynne, 2b.; G ster, If.;
Mclaurin, rf.; Linds-.iy, ss.; Murrow,
lb.; Springs, 3b.; Allison, cl; -Steph
ens, c. ; Dru mm, p.
There 'were no ruzis in the first and
Sumter failed to score in the second.
For Sparcanburg, Benbow fait to right
field. Johnson beat -ont a bunt to
pilcher, ar>d Martin bunted to third.
Springs threw wild "to first, 2nd Ben
bow scorer. Sitton hit to second.
Wynne threw to third and there was
no one on the sack. Johnson and
Martin scored. Cranston fanned.
Three runs were chalked up to Spar
tanburg-e; credit.
In the third Stephens hit safe to
jj left field. Dru m m was out on a fly
to left. Then Wynne hit a home run
over left field lenee. Gunter hit safe
over second, ax>d McLaurin followed
wri'h a safe hit ever third. Gunter's
hand hit the ball on a throw to third,
and was called out. Lindsay went;
out n a fly to center. Two runs for j
Sumter. Sparenburg made no score i
in their half. Xo seores in the fourth. \
Tn the sixth Gunter was called out
on strikes; McLaurin hit safe over
third base line. Lindsay safe to right,
Murrow fanned. Springs hit safe to
center, and on a series of wild throws
McLaurin and Lidsay score. Springs
goes to third and scores on a wild
pitch of Sitton, Allison fanned. Three
runs for Sumter.
Xo scores were made in the sev
enth.
In the eighth Sumter failed to
score. In Spartanburg's half. Hoops
fanned, McMakin forced Hoops out
on grounder to short, Coles was hit
by pitched ball, Eskridge hit to left
field for two bases, scoring McMakin
and Coles, Benbow struck out. This
! inning netted Spartanburg two runs
and tied the score.
In the ninth neither side scored.
In the tenth Gunter was out on a
fly to left field, then McLaurin hit
safe to same place, Lindsay sent a hot
one through short. Springs gets a
three bagger, which the umpire calls
foul. A rough decision. Springs then
fans. Hoops hit out to short, Crans
ton gets base on balls, but was killed
stealing second, McMakin hit through
shOTt, Gunter dropped Coles' fly,
Eskridge gets base on balls, and all
sacks were covered, with Benbow at
the bat. Drumm threw a h*gh one,
which Stephens could not handle,
and McMakin was called safe at plate
on a close decision, and the game
^was'over.
"SUMTER WIN'S SECOND CAME.
All of the Clubs Play Better Ball the
Second Day-Greenvale Defeats j
Darlington and Orangeburg Wins j
Second Game From Anderson.
Spartanburg, May 21.-As predict
ed yesterday the Game Cocks defeat
ed Spartanburg today and did the job
in a decisive and workmanlike man
ner. The game was "won by the con
sistent hitting of the Sumter players
and but for inopportune errors the
drubbing adrninis&rred to the Musi
cians would have "been even more se
vere. The Game Cocks are just get
j ting mto their gait and when the
; team work is perfected they" will Ts*
.'winners ixi any company the State!
) league affords.
J Poole, who iras with Sumter afcd j
j was released last Saturday after "be- j
j lag gives, a tryout by Manager Gun- I
ter, has been signed by Spartanburg '
arri was worked at short. He made ;
j three errors, cue of them a bad furn- \
j "Me. and is b2amed by some of the
j Stoirtan^urg dSans for the defeat of
I their team.
3
RACE JUOT FEARED, f
?. - jj
!**?i2Mi!ig of "Negro in Williamsburg j;
Arouses Blacks.
- i
t Gv-or^etown. May 20.-In response
I to a telegram from Rhems stating *
j that a race riot wus imminent there. !
j Sherill -C. W. Scurry and a small j
j posse of cithwns sr t out early this ;
. morning by private conveyance for :
;the seal of the disturbance. Tele
phonic report* later in the day were
to the effect that conditions were not
so threatening and that thing? were
apparently assuming a normal state.
F^ars are still reit that tho outward
show of quietude may be a r^ask for;
some ugly disturbances during the!
night, and the White men who in that
locality are numerically about one io
fifty blacks, are prepared for any
emergency.
The disturbance darted with a per
sonal encounter on Saturday night be
tween one of the clerks in F. Rhem &
Sons' big store and a n *gro by the
name of Tony Scott, who was acting
in an insolent and unruly manner.
A number of other white men took
part in the affair and the result was
i
that the negro died from the injuries ^
sustained in the fight.
The funeral took place on Sunday
and four to five hundred negroes, it is
said, composed the funeral cortes,
vowing vengeance against all white i
people for the deed that had been 1
committed. a
These threats and the surly look? t
of the blacks are the cause of appre- s
hension among the white people, ti
many of whom are scattered in re-1 r
mote and Isolated places throughout
the neighborhood.
Capt. H. B. Springs, commanding
the Georgetown Rifle Guards, tele
graphed as follows to Governor Ansei ;:
today:
"Governor M. F. Ansel, Columbia*
S. C.: Disturbance at Rhems, S. C. E
hold my company in readiness subiecfc
to orders. H. B. Springs, Captain,
Company F, 3d regiment
This dispatch was received tonight
by Capt. Springs from the Governor.
"Capt H. B. Springs, sheriff of
Georgetown and sheriff of Williams
burg wire me that race riot expected
at Rhems, Hold your company In
readiness and if needed report to
Sheriffs, braham and Scurry. M.
Ansel Governor." ... \
Quiet at Rherns^
Columbia, May 21.-AU efforts- to
hear from Rhems failed this - morn- -
urg, and there was uneasiness in the
governor's office, as it was feared'
communication might haxe been cut, -
hut at 2 o'clock this afternoon Pri
mate Secretary Bethea go*-: tfalSj'reply,
jin response to a telegram* a-sfcing .for ~
I information:
! "All quiet at Rhems. May have;'
trouble at inquest tomorrow. ^
(Signed) "Graham, Sheriff.""
Governor Ansel went to Charleston-4
[this morning, hoping the trouble was 5
all over. Mr. Bethea is now trying, tc
iget him. over telephone "as to whether
at will be advisabie to send the.
j Georgetown military company io
Rhems for the inquest tomorrow.
The understanding h re is that
hundreds of armed white men have
now arrived on the scene from near
.hy towns. .
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subgallette, to allay any inflammation ?
of the stomach and bowels; cerium
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nerves; sodium bi-carbonate,- to neu
tralize the poisonous acids : that are '
present in stomach troubles; and nus
v mica, which restores vigor-to the
digestive organs and +ones. up. the
whole nervous system.
This combination of valuable rem>
edies is found only in Mi-o-na stom
ach tablets, and it so rarely fails to
strengthen the digestive system, and'
cure even the worst form of stomach
trouble, that J. F. W. DeLorme sells":
the remedy under guarantee to refund:
the money unless it cures. 22-2t:
A force of laborers while makingj
excavations in suburbs of Charlestorr
dug up the skull and bones of a dead
man. A clay pipe and the buttons off
lis clothing were in a state preserva-.
:ion. ; -
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