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? . ..'-. A/*r ' .- ;* ^ . ** ^ i ;i- __________ UNION'S ADVANTAGES. ^Tp XT T1 T T 1VT T IT 1\T T X X T~"l ??1 POPULATION OF UNIONTwo cotton mills (total capacity 100,- I I I U I III I I I ^k /1 |T 000 spindles-one mill thei largest in the | ] J I I V I ^ I I f I |]i i ^ U. S. Census 1890 1,670 South) one oil naill, one knitting mill, i 1 I 1 F X I I ? I I A k / Police Census 1896 2^990 one brick plant, two banks, ten churches, M - ?M M JL w m w JL JL V JB. 1 M r\?/ V Police Census 1897 4 679 five schools, artesian water. ~ ' ______ L__??i VOL. XLIX. NO. 2. UNION. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13. 1899. $1.90 A YKAR. crisis in m. PRESIDENT OF THE COURT OF CASSATION KESION3. FRANCE NOW HAS A NEW LEADER. The Frcifnt Krgline In Doomed and the Kepubllc In In Urent Danger. A Paris special says: The Dreyfus affair has now entered one of its bit orpnt phantom. A <>f<n nations vitmiArn. tions and threats are raging in the cafes and among the scores of boulevard sheets, many of which have found their sole reason for existence for months past- in the unhappy strife they foment. M. Quesnny Beaurepaire, president of a section of the court of cassation, resigned his position in consequence of a disagreement legarding the Dreyfus inquiry. The Echo de Paris publishes a statement by M. Beaurepaire of the reason for his resignation of the presidency of the civil section of the court of cassation. In a long document, he virtually protests ngninst what he suggests is a conspiracy on the pnrt of the court of cassation to exonerate Dreyfus. But 1.^ . i. - II 1 1 A.. 1 _ _ J! I?i 1 ue pracucuiiy auums iiis pamamy ivy declaring that his resignation was in- | tended to avenge the army and its | generals for the sufferings they have had to endure in silence. It is regarded l>y impartial observ- i ors as the most dangerous factor to the institutions of the republic the i affair has yet developed that the presi- I dent of the chambers of the court of cassation should assume the rolo of ' lender of the agitation against the tribunal, declaring that sixteen of his colleagues are conspiring to defeat tho ends of justice. The method he employs of nppeal- j ing to the populace through tho news- ! papers in the eyes of the most con- i servative aggrivates his course by its lack of dignity. It is evident tlint he, believing that the court of cassation will decide in favor of Dreyfus, intends to divest the j decision of all weight by impeaching ' its fairness in advauce, and ho seems ' likely to succeed, so far as tho anti- I Drcyfusards, many of whom have liith- j erto respected the court, but are only ! caper to find excuses for discrediting it. The opinion is gaining ground that the opponents of the republic may find in this man, M. Quesnay de Beaurepaire, a leader, the lack of which hitherto has been the chief guarantee of the continuance of the present regime. M. Beaurepaire contributes to the papers another rhetorical denunciation of the court of cassation. lie exhorts the government to take the Dreyfus case from the hands of the criminal chamber and to entrust it to the fortynine magistrates composing the wliolo court or to live of the oldest justices, lie appeals to the Dreyfusards in the following language: Repudiate M. Loew and the others who serve you too well not to serve you badly. Accept instend magistrates without preconceived opinions, men who are honest and slaves of the law. The gist of M. de Beaurepaire's charges is that M. Bard and Ah henw conferred with Colonel Picquart privately in an ante-room and also instructed the clerk of the court to express him the court's regret at having kept him waiting and being unable to hear him that day, which the clerk /" w' "refused to do, requesting a messenger to take Col. Picquart a glass of wine. The Matin asserts that when General Billot, former minister of war, was before the court, drink was offered him also. To such trillcs has the strife descended. The papers heatedly affirm and deny the statements as to Billot, who has been appealed to to settle the matter, hut he refuses to speak. It is believed that only fifteen judges in the whole court have Dreyfus leanings, so that the hearing thus far is to the advantage of the anti-Dreyfusards. The discussion of the affair in the chamber of deputies elicited the usual cries of "Vive Purinee," and "Abas t/|C> llirt. ? ADMIItAl. RF.WEY'S SWORD In TnrneU Over Iii Secrctiiry I<oi>C lly Tiffany .V <"?> . tl?i? MakiTH. The sword of honor voted to Rear Admiral Dewey, the naval hero of Minila, l?y joint resolution of congress in June last, was received at the nnvy department Tuesday from the makers, Tiffany A Co., of New York, and has been placed on exhibition in the office of the secretary of the navy. It is said to be one of the finest specimens of the sword-makers' art ever seen in this country. With the exception of the steel blade and the body metal of the scabbard, tho weapon is composed entirely of twenty-two karat gold. I C'HICAWO i'LATFOHM ItKAFFI KMEl). HMMchuMtU Dfinmmta Indorse the Work or Col. W. J. Kryen. The democratic) state committee of 1 Massachusetts met at Boston Tuesday and orgauized for the ourrent political year. A resolution was adopted declaring that the oommittee "reaffirms its allegiance to the great principles of democracy as enunciated in the party's na- j tional platform adopted in Chicago in j 1896 and the last Btate convention at ' Worcester; and takes special pleasure in recording their appreciation and indorsement of the splendid campaign waged in behalf of the people's rights by their iutreped champion, who raqks in merit and esteem with the historio leaders pf the democracy, Col. W. J. uryan." ALL RELATIONS SEVERER. Filipino* Will llitTf Nothing More to Do With the Amerlcnu*. > The Filipino committee at Hong Kong, according to n dispatch, has broken off all relations with the United States consul, Ronnsevello Wildman. The committee issued a writ in the supreme court to recover the sum of 847,000 which the Filipinos claim to have deposited with Mr. Wildman as treasurer of the Filipinos independence funds, in June last. The members of the committee further allege that sensational disclosures nre probable showing they add that the American government recognized the Filipinos as belligerents by affording them assistance in arms nml moral influence to co-operate against Spain, 1 thus indorsing the agreement made with Aguiualdo at Siugapore 111 April. FLAN ARAN'S NECK SAVER. Judge Candler (.rant* a Continuance of Double Murderer'* Ca*r. In the fourth trial at Decatur, Oa., 01 r.uwaru i> lanngan, the double murderer, .Tttdge Candler granted n mo- ( tion for eontinunnco. The granting of the motion virtually ended that noted case, and it is believed by tlio prosecuting attorneys that ' lanagau will now never bang, j but will finally be sent to the insane asylum. This sudd .mi torn in the case was the result of a strong"legal fight, and resulted iu securing a decision from the court which was paramount to a dec- t luration that Flanagan is now mentally unable to stand trial, and this, so it is , thought, means that he will never be arraigned for trial again on the charge of murder. i INSPECTION OKDKItKl) BY WILSON | I'liiiii*'<1 Meut< to lit" ,\ diiI> zi-il liy the ArH 4'iilliirul l>r|inrinn'iit. Secretary Wilson lias directed Chemist Wiley, of the department of agriculture, to purchase canned meat in j the open market in Washington, the products of the same concerns as furnished it to the government during \ the war, and after identifying such j purchases as the products of tho same j parties that supplied army expedi- ! tions, to make analysis of the can's contents to determine if they were j treated by chemicals. This action on . the part of secretary Wilson is wholly ' voluntary. SKA It KEY WHITS 31'COY. Ii-IhIi I'iikIIIhI Now IIah a CIiaikv For <'liiiiii|iioiotlil|> Honor*. A New York dispatch says: Tom Sharkey, the American sailor, now stands the only heavy-weight possibility for championship honors and the title now held by Bob Fit/simnions. He whipped Kid McCoy good and hard in the tenth round of what i was to have been n twenty-round hat- ! tie, and by doing so the Irish-Anteri- | ran pugilist forged his way so posi ively anil undeniably to the front rank that Fitzsinimons must now consider the sailor pugilist's claim. MINK \V0ItKKItS ItlSAtiRKK. Dfli'KBli'i1 WihiirIc Over Appointment of l ('roil vii I tills <'011111111 tee. The bitter wrangle over the appoint- ; mcnt of the credentials committee, which occupied the entire session of ! the national convention of United j Mine Workers at Pittsburg, Pa., Moil- | day was renewed immediately npoii J the opening of the convention Tiles- j day. Charges of unfairness wero 1 freely made by the anti-administration j factions and these accusations were promptly denied by President Hatchford, Acting President Mitchell and Secrete! y Treasurer Pearee. MKNINtmiS Kl'IDK.MlC. I WI'IVP I'llHt'M <>r III*' I>|M*'IIM?* III Alllllliy. | < 11., I{i'?nlt Fatally. There is nn epidemic of meningitis in Albany, (la. Twelve eases have been reported in j the past ten days. All of the twelve j patients died. There wore seven deaths in one day. All of the patients, , except one, were negroes. The Albany physicians Hay the out- | look is very alarming. No satisfactory explanations of the epidemic has boon suggested as yet. Every effort is be- 1 ing made to prevent the further spread I of the disease, which is sweeping the i section of tho city in which the negroes live. ilESlO 6UGIIM INSURGENT LEADER IS PREPARED TO RESIST GENERAL OTIS. WILL HOLD OUT FOR INDEPENDENCE S?ya No Ap?rmrnt Win Mnile to Reeojnls? American Kovrr*l|nt]r?Lattlt Advice* from Philippines. Advices received at Washington Satnrday from Manila atate that within a a few houra after the proclamation by Major General Otis in behalf of Presirlanf Af nli inlow n f?nn A a r\t A mit ilAVMIIJIVJ , ?fSCUVO naldo billed Mnnila with a manifesto which attracted considerable attention. The revolutionary president protested against Qeneral Otis signing himself military governor of the Philippine islands. Aguinaldo, in liiB manifesto, declared he had never agreed at Singapore, Hong Kong or elsewhere to recognize the sovereignty of the Americans, and insists that he returned to the Philippines on an American ship solely to conquer the Spaniards and win independence. He asserts that both his proclamations, on May 24th and Juno 12th, stated this fact officially, and he claims that Major General Merritt confirmed this by a proclamation several days before the Spaniards capitulated, stating clearly and definitely that the American forces came to overthrow the Spanish government and liberate the Filipinos. In conclusion, Aguinaldo declared that he had natives and foreigners as witnesses that the American forces recognized, not only by acts that the Filipinos were belligerents, but bv publicly saluting the Filipino flag "as it triumphantly sailed these seas before the eyes of all nations." Aguinaldo then solemnly protested, in the name of the diety who empowered him to direct his brethren.in the difficult task of regeneration, against the intrusion of tho American covernmout. reiterated that ho can produce proofs Hint ho was brought here on the understanding that tlio Americans promised Hi in their "? operation to attain independence. The revolutionary lender then called upon all his followers to work together with force and assured them he is now convinced that they will obtain absolute independence and urging them never to turn "from the glorious road" on which they have "already ho far advanced." Major General Otis attaches no importance to the manifesto. He says lie feels confident that the opinion of the better classes of the Filipinos is not expressed in it, but as to whether the Filipino masses can be controlled and the Filipino army kept in check, he does not know, althougli^ho hopes for a satisfactory outcome of the trouble. Message Kiom Oils. The war department received another dispatch Sunday from Major General Otis, commanding the United States troops in the Philippines. The officials observe unusual reticence with respect to its contents, but it is understood that the information contained is of and unfavorable character or such as to give undue concern to the administration. So far as the officials are wijling to admit, the dispatch shows no material change in the conditions existing at the time of previous advices. One officer said it contained nothing of a character alarming, sorions or exoit- j ing. Tl?pro had been no collision with , the insurgents, ho milled, and not a shot had heon tired. The president's proclamation to the Filipinos had heon published in Manila, hut General Otis did not say to what extent it ha 1 heon made known to the inhabitants in the other parts of the group of islands, nor whether it had been published at Iloilo. At the latter place General Miller has been directed to land the troops under his command now on the transports there, but the dispatch from General Otis did not indicate whether this had been done or not. I iihii i'K*'iiIh !Mi?Ur Threat*. . A later dispatch from Manila says: Colonel Potter, the special eminisary of General Otis between Manila and Iloilo, at rived at Manila Sunday afternoon with dispatches from the latter point. The streets were barieaded, unci n whs reported that the principal buildings had been "kerosened," the insurgents having threatened to destroy the whole business section by (ire at the lirst shot of bombardment. The banks were shipping treasure to the United States transport Newpoit and other vessels. The family of the American vice consul has gone on board the Newport. Colonel Potter reports that President MeKinley's proclamation had to be typewritten nboardship, as the printers on shore declined to do thework, and when the text of the proclamation was read to them they ridiculed the notion that conciliation was possible. SOUTH CAROLINA LKOINLA'IL KK Krflni Hrailon In Columbia tlovernor Kllcrbo'i MriMKf. The general assembly of South Carolina convened in annual session at Columbia Tuesday. There are 8(T new members in the body. The supreme court ban decided that the formation of Lee county in unconstitutional, and two membern were seated pending a decision as to their right to sit as members. In the house the former Speaker, Frank B. Gary, was nnanimouslv r? eleoted. Governor Ellerbe, in his message, took occasion to refer to a matter now very much in the jxuhlic eye, the subject of lynching. He says at the outset, "During the last several years there has been apparently increasing disposition among us to attempt the righting of real or supposed wrongs by the law-breaking practice of lynching." He suyH it means the abolition of the regular order of justice and this is the first step in the destruction of the social order. Concluding, he says, the remedy suggests itself. "See to it, as conservators of the peace of the state, as makers of its laws, as the guardians of ! its sacred honor, that its laws are so ! j enacted and so administered that con' vietion and punishment shall follow j crime with the certainty that links i j effects to causes. It is possible, it is j necessary in more protection of sooiety 1 and vindication of justice that a stop ! | be put to those legal quibbles, those astute technicalities, that vice enconr- ; aging <lilatoriness in the administra- ' I tion of justice which tends not so | much to the protection of individual j : rights as to the subversion of the | rights of society and to utter loss of ; confidence in the stability and even in j the possibility of government. "The officers of the law must be chosen for probity and for courage; I and it should become of itself a high crime and misdemeanor for sheriff or , ! constable to allow a prisoner to be , j taken by violence from his hands even | though his own own blood should j I have to he shed to protect the erirnj itial. "The an officer charged with the ! j duty of holding and of protecting a i prisoner should suffer him to be seiz* j J od and snatched frohi the hands of the ; representative of the state's power and sovereignty should constitute for- ) teiture in itself of his office, for it is confession of indisposition or inability j to perform the high duty committed to him. Such officers will never cor- j ! rect lawlessness, for they are either in I sympathy with it or they are afraid j of it. " "As additional measure of restraint, , | it would lie well, and f recommend ! that any county in which the crime of , | lynching is committed, shall be linblo ! to the heirs of the victim of the lynch- i ers in the sum of five thousand dolI lars, and that men who shall be convicted of participation in lynching : | shall be deprived of the right to vote j or hold office in this state." lie dealt with the ever interesting . subject of the dispensary in extenso. He recommends the submission of the question of dispensary or prohibition ! to the people for a popular vote and lotting each county decide on which it will adopt. High license a? a factor in the vote is omitted, though it was generally expected. The law's delay is vigorously handled in what he says about the courts of the state. DECISION AO A INST Ol'AY. r?Mia*.vlv>!iiI>i Supreme Citurl IMxin I*h?h Application For Crrtiornri A Philadelphia dispatch says: The supreme court Tuesday dismissed the application in the Ck>uay conspiracy J case for a writ of certiorari. The petition of the defendants, I'nited Senator AT. S. Quay, R. It. Quay and Henjainin It. Haywood, averred that on account of political prejudices they were of the belief that they could not obtain a fair and impartial trial in the Philadelphia court of quarter sessions where the suit against them was instituted. There was no dissenting opinion. The charge againt the defendants is that of conspiracy with John S. Hopkins, the cashier of the People's bank, wiiii comiiniieii suicide in March last ? in ihi- misuse of state funds on deposit in that hank. The defendants wore placed under arrest in October last, and as a result of a preliminary hearing entered hail for trial. The court in its opinion holds that it has no authority to review the action of the court below on the demurrers and the motion to squash. CONVICTS ASSAULT (JCAKD. Denarii's Skull Wim I'riihlicil ami Six Prisoner* llrcnk Away, Mr. .Fop Denard was fatally hurt by a convict Sunday night on Mr. W. J. Adam's plantation, eigliteen miles 1 north of Washington, (5a. Mr. Denard was convict guard for Mr. Adams and while '.he convicts were eating slipper one of them slipped up behind Mr. Denard and knocked him on the head with some heavy instrument, crushing his skull. Immediately six of them escaped, going in different directions. One of them was captured Monday ' morning and lodged in jail. . s Wm. A. Nicholson J RESPECTFULLY S< i BANKING BUSINESS ft YO And promise you tbe best prote< I ^TH I Prudential Insuri ^OF A ME Home Office, ggg Newark, N. J. SK Assets, July i, 1898, - - Surplus, July 1, 1898, - - STRONG AS THE Insurance written in iSgj, - - Insurance in force iSgy, - - Income for iSgj. The Prudential has forged its way front rank of the great life insura offers all that is good in life insura JAMES O. WYNN, Manage C. T. RAWLS, General Ag M. A. flOORE, Jr., Union, f MODERN PLANT! AM LUMBER!! I Our capacity in our line is ui iumoer is sold in nearly every tov If your dealers do not keep Aide they get it at once, or write to u into buying a substitute, under th good.'* Our ceiling will make your ro your grand-children may every where grand-father stood, if you \ Our shingles will make yoi dreary" days. iVhy throw away good mone winter; just weather board your enjoy the tropics in your own hon No shrinking, no hand dressi We manufacture a superb line shingles. Our mouldings cannot lumber from us, and put your mo ciunuii unit jiumiit* your wisnoin. Full stock kept on hand alwn RODGERS BRII Yoi D. W. ALDERR CATAPHORESIS. DR. H. 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