The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-18

understands that the General did not
request to come here, but was sent
hcrc. Finally, the correspondent un-
dcrstandS that General Lee has not
made an application to remain aud
that he will not do So"
When court met in Sumter q few
days ago Judge Klugh charged the
grand jury to exhaust every means to
bring the lynchers Of Simon Cooper,
the murderer of half IL dozen people,
TO Justice. Tho july makes the report
ChaC 1T Is useless to attempt to get cvi-
dcncc against the lynchcrs. AS Il stand
OH TO this Isaac Baylc and Jim Me-
Lcod, negroes charged with being ac-
ceSSorles to the murders committed by
Cooper, have been acquitted. but the
latter, who runs u farm and restaurant,
has been notified to leave the State
ana Is selling out preparatory TO doing
SO.
"A young man answering to the
description OF james Jones, IL rofugec
from Texas, is being detained in
Anderson by Chief Of Police Dilling-
ham, who is awaiting instructions from
the authorities in Hamilton County,
Tex, who want him for the murder,
on December s, 1893, Of Deputy Sherin
Thomas Eaton. The name given by
the man under arrest is Will Jones.
tie answers In every way the dcscriD-
tion given OF the man wanted and bears
an exact resemblance to the accom-
Panylng Photographic cut. The re-
ward offered is 1850. The prisoner
volunteers tho information that he is
wanted IN Walker County, Ga, for as
sault and battery.
"A dispatch from jefferson, Ca, so
the Atlanta journal, says that Grady
Il,,l l..
murdered NJ. G. Hunt in that county
on the 18th OF February, have been
sent to the Fulton county Jail in the
custody OF Sheriff Brasclt0n for safe
keeping, by order Of Judge N. l..
Hutchins. On account OF the great
feeling aroused by the crime and the
very general Indignation which has
been manifested, it was thought
| advisable to remove tho prisoners
away from the scene OF the murder.
Few threats OF lynching have been
heard and 1T has not been thought there
was any danger OF mob violence, but it
was deemed best to guard against
every emergency.
The latest sensational news from
CUBA is given by the war CORRESPONDENT
OF tho Chicago Record in letter from
Havana, dated llth inst, in which he
declares that General Wcylcr has re-
ceivcd positive orders from .ladrid to
end the Cuban war at once, even by
gong TO the extent Of selling the island
to the insurgents, if need be, to ac-
complish that bjcCt. General Wcylcr
has set out for Villa Clara to find Gen
cral Gomez to undertake negotiations
Weyler has said the war will enc
within three weeks. General Wcylcr
orders arc, it Is claimed, to sccur,
peace at any terms, and he Is instructed
to ctler Gomez bribes, autonomy or the
island itself. Fear as to President Nc
klnley's position Is given as q leading
cause for tho Spanish change Of policv
Hon. Joseph N. Dolph, formerly
United States Senator from Oregon,
died on tho 10Th inst at Portland. His
leg was amputated tho day before, as
his life was threatened with blood
poisoning, but the shock was too great,
and there was no chance Of his rccov-
cry. He was born in 1880 at Watkins,
N. Y, and went to Oregon in 1862. He
was appointed United States District
Attorney for Oregon by President Lin
coin in 1862. He was elected United
States Senator and served two full
| torms. He received tho caucus nomi-
nation for third term at the session
OF the Legislature two years ago, but
wac uSIShoCu dlO OCf uCdulOCK, WnlCn
lasted until the last day OF the session,
when Mcbride was elected. Since his
retirement from tho United States
Senate, Mr.. Dolph has practiccd law
in Portland.
The State board of control has
| decided upon new plan as to the in
surancc OF the various county dispcn-
saries. Heretofore all OF the dispcn-
sary insurance has been placed in
Columbia. The new plan decided
upon Is that all insurance be placed by
the local dispcnsarics in reputable in
surancc companies. When the local
dispensers decide upon the amount
and the agencies they arc to report to
the State board Of control, and before
insurance IS placed it is to be approved
by the State board. This plan ought
to work very satisfactorily, and the
idea Of distributing the insurance
among the agents OF the towns whore
dispcnBarics arc located will, no doubt,
pc welcome to the local agencies,
where companies writo this class OF
risks. The scare about dispensary
risks seems to have pretty we'll died
out.
1t is beauty's privilege to kill time
and times privilege to kill beauty.