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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-07-26

Marconi has two rivals in his wire
less telegraphy, one 10 Austria, who
claims to have Sc dispatches dis
tance of 80 miles without the tall
steel towers employed by Marconi.
the other young Eugljshman, who
not only dispenses with the towers.
but has improved transmitters and
receivers which focus and con6ne
the message to space of not more
than an inch wide. thus preventing
messages being caught by others.
He claimed also that be can send
messages a distance of $50 miles.
People interested in condolences
are noting that Raphael Semmes's
Confederate vessel, the Alabama,
which was sunk by the Kearsage,
was numbered 1870 by the English
builders, and that the United States
battle ship Alabama, now being built
at Cramps' ship yard, bears the same
builders number-190
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-07-26
STANDARD COTTON
TARIFF FIXED.
New Rates Lower Than Geor-
gia or North Carolina.

After many months of deliberation,
during which period the railroad
traffic managers and cotton men have
been given lengthy aod complete
hearings, the State railroad commits
sion has at last adopted a new stan
dard tariff of rates on cotton for the
State of South Carolina. The tariff
as ad opted the commission proposes
to let stand and will rot make any
changes. Yesterday copies of the
new tariff were forwarded to the
traffic managers Of all the railroad
lires in Souh Carolina, and the COM
mission does not anticipate that there
will be any complaint from them.
The new tariff is considerably
Tower than that recently suggested
by the commission and is lower than
either the present Georgia or North
Carolina rate Indeed the new tariff,
it is said, will likely be lower than
any in the country. The commission
proposes TO give the tariff sheet to
the public on Monday next, and it
will be published Tuesday. It will
become effective 80 days after the
25.h iDst thus giving the notice
required by the railroad law of the
State.
The commission in making up the
new tariff has given the most careful
consi deration to the arguments pre-
sented by the interests and has pre-,
pared tariff that is considered just
and equitable One factor in the
cotton problem in this State now is
the rapidly increasing number of cot
ton mills and the consequent increase
in the number of short hauls.
There has been demand for some
time for the reduction of the rates on
cotton in South Carolina, and no
doubt many will hail with pleasure
the announcement of the reduction
provided for by the commission =
The State, July %.
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/ went to Gen OTIS palace, having
ridden iu froaa the battlefield. The

/ went to Gen OTIS palace, having
ridden in fro1a the battlefield The
general insisted on changing the
dispatch I submitted to him, and
actually struck cut the pame of Col.
Funston, whose regiment swan the
river under fire that day, saying T
propose to make all the heroes that
are made in this war" Col. Thomp.
con, the press censor, has refused to
allow me to mention regiments dis
tinguishing themselves in battle.
saying he was ordered to do 80 by
Gen. Otis.
During Gen Wbeaton's advance
to Parig and beyond with the flying
brigade Otis ordered all press dis
patches stopped unless they described
the enemy fighting furiously and said
enormous losses were inflicted by our
troops. As a matter of fact, on this
occasion the insurgents were con-
temptible in numbers and ran away
except in cases of one or two small
bands, and their losses were very
slight. Gen. Otis' conditions for
press dispatches were 80 outrageous.
~ dishonest that I refused to send
any dispatches rather than to tele-
graph official lies.
Corroborative testimony of wit
nesses who have had no opportunity
to agree upon story is very valua-
bic and the similarity between Creel-
mans account and the eleven's state.
ment adds weight to the words of
each and the two reports correspond
so fully as to establish the truth OF
both The State.
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clsms, but their "Walt until we are
mustered out ~ had a significant
ring. However, there were many
bolder ones who spoke out frankly,
and what they said had the unani-
nous saction of their comrades.
The Oregonians declare that Maj.
Gen Otis is a failure and that the
campaign will be futile SO long as the
government delays sending out
competent general They expressed
the belief that the war was being
permitted TO drag along in order that
clique of high officers might win
rapid promotion, and asserted that
the situation around Manila was
VI orse for the Americans when they
left than it was on the day Of the first
insurgent attack upon our lines.
The Worlds dispatches goes on
to give brief statements from scores
of the soldiers bearing out the FORE
going summary. The names of the
men are given and their companies
designated. The most noticeable
thing about the interviews is that
although most of the men hold a
very bad opinion of the Filipinos'
character they do not at all underrate
their capacity for resistance and have
no illusions of early conquest. AS
Tie World shows, nine tenths of the
men believe it will take FIVE years or
more to subdue the insurgents. and
a good many think that if Otis is
continued IN command they will
never be subjugated. the general
commanding clearly does not have
the confidence of his men, and these
interviews will heighten the belief,
already rapidly growing, that Gen.
Otis is incompetent for the work 10
which he has been assigned
The imperiaIists will of course en-
deaver to weaken the effect of this
testimony. but it cannot fail to have
much influence upon public opinion.
These soldiers are not "weak sen:i-
mentalists" nor "traitors to the flag"
They cannot be accused of wishing
to destroy American prestige. They
are plain, practical, hard-headed men
from a Pacific State in which" expan.
sion"is supposed to be overwhelming.
ly in favor. They do not as rule
sympathize with the Tagals-Judging
from their expressions they hate them
quite enthusiastically. They have
been on the ground and fought over
| it for months they have had practi
cal experience of the climate in the
dry season and the rainy season !;
they have dispersed the rebels'' to
the admiration of the country :;
and SO their testimony is worth more
than the hopes of all the imperialist
politicians and the editors who
hold that We have an easy job
| in Luzon. These men are not
shirkers they have done their
duty and more than their duty
They are rot talking for effect. to Sc.
cure their discharges-they are about
to be discharged. Their testimony,
therefore, as to the inefectiveness of
the brilliant and successful" opera
lions Of the last few months and the
hopelessness of permanent conquest
without years of sacri6ciai warfare
cannot be sneered away.
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Tallulah, La July 2l.-Five Ital-
ians were lynched here last night for
the fatal wounding Of Dr.. j. Ford
Hodge. The dead men are Of a class
which has been troublesome for
some time, and it is believed that
they had planned to kill the doctor.
Some of them, it is said, have families
in Europe, but they have no relatives
here.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-07-26

Eleven different fats in emulsions
have been tested to determine
whether they would ailay cough and
increase weight The effects with
cod liver oil proved to be variable
The best results were given by beef
fat, olive, peanut and cocoanut oil, and
che experimenter has concluded that
a mixture of these four fats, with the
addition of little Glove oil, is much
superior to cod liver oil.
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SERENE AS A MAY DAY.

Washington. Jaly 1s.-Tha follow
ing statement was given ou. this
afternoon at the state department:
"The state department yesterday
received from the Philippine comm,s-
sion an important dispatch conveying
these facts:
..By the cooperation of the military
and the commission, municipal govern
ments have beer established ia seven
important towos in the provinces Of
Mabiia aud Cayise. These are working
sduirably. aud one good effect Of them
is shas considerable numbers OF toe
insargeass are constantly deserting and
coming in, some of them with srms
The sYstem will soon be extended to
other towns which are asking for it.
Continued success 10 this direction will
mean the beginning Of the end. The
commissioners state that The genera!
situation is as described 10 the message
Of Gen. Otis OF the 26,h of Jupe,
except chat number of ports in tie
southern part of Luzop, in Leyse ans
other islands to the south have since
then been opened to trade Dispatches
from Dr.. Schurman Oh his return from
his trip thsough the southern part of
the archipelago we're of the same
purport. A disposition to accept
American sovereignty and to welcome
our troops vas everywhere manifested.
.'The report of Gee. Otis. of the
26,h Of June, referred to by Commis-
sioner Denly in the above dispatch,
stated that as consequence OF the rainy
season little island campaigning was
nov possible in Lozoa. We occupy,
said Gen. Otis. large portion Of the
Tagalo csuntrv. The lines stretch from
linus 90 she south to San Fernando on
tie north, nearly 80 miles, aud east
ward into the Laguns pro-ioce. The
insurgeot armies have suffered great
losses and are scattered. The only
large force which holds together is
about 1900 10 Tarlac province and
northern Pamgauga. There are scat
tered forces in bands Of so and 500 in
other portions of Luzon. 10 Cavise
end Basapgas provinces they could
possibly assemble as many as 1000.
They are demoralizsd from recent de-
feat. The most of the people are ter
rorized BY the iusurgens soldiers and
desire peace and American protection.
They DO logger Zee fro1 our troops
unless forced by insurgents, but gladly
welcome them. There has been no
recent burning Of towns. Tie popula-
ton within our lines has become dense,
taking up land cultivation extensively.
They are kept out Of Manila as much
80 possible. as sbe city population was
becoming too great to be cared for. The
only hope of the iusurgeat leaders is in
MD from the United States. They pro.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-07-26

The A. g. P Roberts Company. of
Phi'adelphia, has received contract
from the Seaboard Air Line for the
building of two plate girder bridges
one to cross the Copgaree River.
near Columbia, and the other to span
the Wateree River, near Camden.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-07-26
YHE MEN WHO KNOW.

THE MEN WHO KNOW.
There has been rather general
belief among the opponents of i'm
periaiism that when the volunteer
troops should return from Manila
they would, so to speak, take the
lid of the Philippine situation.
This conviction is now justified by
facts
A San Francisco dispatch to the
New York Wcrld begins with the
following summary statement:
Volunteers of Oregon and Califor
MIA who have just returned here from
Manila on the transports Newport
and Ohio were polled last week by
The World regarding their opinion
of the Philippines, the Fiiipinos and
the war. The twelve hundred men
were practically unanimous in saying
that.
The expansion policy is proving a
costly failure 1t will take years,
perhaps generations, to conquer the
natives
The Filipinos. if eventually subiu-
gated, will never make even moder-
ately good citizens, and will be a
source of constant trouble and ex
pense, necessitating an immense
standing army, with large garrisons
on each of the more important islands
to keep them in subsection.
The World sent stenographers on
board the transports on their arrival
Wednesday to take the answers Of
the returning soldiers 10 these ques
tions
1. Do you think Philippines worth
fighting for
2. How long do you think it would
take to conquer the rebels ?
8. Would you live there if you
could !?
4. What do you think of the
natives
On the first question the sentiment
of the men was overwhelmingly in
the negative
The First Oregon is a body of
picked men above the average in
intelligence 1t was the opinion of
four -fifths of them that Uncle Sam
made grave mistake when he set
about to annex the eastern archi-
pelago.
The veterans varied IN their views
as to the length of time that would
be required to conquer the Filipinos.
Of the field officers and men I per
cent were OF the opinion that subju-
CATION could be effected within one
year if the campaign were in the
hands of competent men 81 per
cent placed the maximum limit at
FIVE years. Is per cent. at ten years,
and of the rest some believed that it
would mean an intermittent warfare
for generations, and others that the
islands and tribes could never be
entirely pacified
The volunteers were practically
unanimous IN saying that the Filipi-
nos would never make good citizens,
tbas the benefits of civilization would
be wasted upon them, and that the
Americanization of the islands would
necessitate the determination of the
Malay as the American Indian was
exterminated
Few of the soldiers would care to
return to the Philippines TO live.
The majority declared that a white
man could never become acclimated
there, and of the handful! who ex.
pressed desire to go back nearly all
admitted that they were actuated by
the belief that fortunes might be made
during the boom following American
supremacy
Not one man could be found on the
transports who cared to reenlist.
The men are very bitter in their
comments regarding the conduct of
the campaign around Manila. As
they had not been mustered out, most
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AT TIE WAR DEPARTMENT.

Washington, 3sly 18.-It was stated
ss the war department that no attention
whsteyer would be paid to the Ground
robia" Of the Manila correspondents.
The protest Vas not sent to Gen. OTIS,
sad it is said it will not be. aud Gen.
Otis viii not be called upoa for an
explanation. 10 addition to this it was
insimated that very encouraging news
had been received from the Philippines
and that the situation was much better
than had been generally believed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-11-10
FAST TRAIN DITCHED
On Michigan Central Near AIixes
Mich. About 80 Injured.
Three vii! Die-Nine Seriously Hur!-RaiIs
Spreading the Cause.

Toledo. Ohio. Nov 9.-MichGan Central
train No. 80. from Toledo to Detroit. was
ditched by the spread OF rails between
Alexis and Vienna. Mich. about O'Clock
tonight. About 50 persons were injured.
The following We're fatally hurt: John
McCay, Indianapolis; John ONciH De.
troit, fireman: VIM. Hamilton. engineer.
The seriously injured are: Charles cal
vert, Detroit: Maxine Paneuff, Wal
bridge Ohio: Charles kress. Detroit; ia
cob Rosensall. Detroit: Devorc n Ash
ton. Detroit; Mrs. Sarah Whipple. Mon
roe. Mich; Dean Ashmore, Detroit: S. y
Fresney. Fort Wayne. Ind: Ralph Snare.
New York: Conductor Markins
Nearly % other passengers were bruised
and shaken up. some of them receiving
slight wounds. VIM. Hamilton, the en-
sineer was thrown through the window
Of his cab. but though badly injured. he
had sufficient presence of mind to hurry
to his engine and draw the fire thus pre- .
venting an explosion.
The accident was the result of a delib
crate piece of work by unknown train
WreCkerS.
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ONE MAN LOST.
Rough Experience OF Thomas!on Schooner
Charles L. Davenport in Hurricane.

Boston, Nov. 9.-After most trying
experience in the hurricane which
swept the South Atlantic coast, the
four-masted schooner Charles L.
Davenport of Thomaston, Me. wa>
towed into the harbor, today. byt he
tug Herald.
The schooner loaded cargo of mo-
iasses near New Orleans and sailed for
this port, oct. 10. on the night Of oct
80, the schooner which was then q
miles from Savannah. was struck by
northwest which rapidly Increased in
force until it blew Il perfect hurricane
The captain Immediately ordered tht
vessel hove to for safety. but before
this could be done. she lost nearly an
entire suit of sails. The decks Were
deluged with heavy seas which carried
away the water casks and everything
movable from the decks.
A Swedish sailor whose name the
captain did not know was swept from
the boWsprit and drowned. Tho same
sea carried the second mate. a French
man, overheard. but he was fortunate
in grasping the jib sheets as he went
over the side and the next sea threw
him back on the deck.
The vessel was hove to until the
storm abated. Between Savannah and
Cape HatteraS immense quantities of
lumber and other Wrcckage was passed
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A 6OO.POUND BUCK.
A Boston Hunter Beats the Record in the
Somerset Woods.

Bingham. Me, Nov. 9.-(Special.)
The record fer big game was broken,
by II. V. b. Hersom of Boston who
brought out a 600-pound deer. this
week. The deer was shipped to Boston.
this morning. Mr.. Hersom had been
spending short vacation with his
brother in Oakland and started the first
of the week for the game region in this
vicinity, he had been out but a few
days before he sighted the buck. AS
the result of his shot he was able to
bring in the game. This buck is in de
cided contrast to those that have been
shot earlier in the season. Then the
deer We're rather small as the larger
animals were driven farther into the
woods while the little ones remained in
places easier for the gunners to get at
them.
The deer is said to be one of the larg-
est ever brought in from any section
of the State.
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FIRE AT PRESOUE ISLE.

The fire alarm called out the Presque
fire company, at 4 o'clock Wednesday
morning. to aid in putting out fire in
Will Luces barn about a mile and a
quarter from town, just across the
Aroostook river bridge. By the time
the boys got there the fire had gained
too rapidly and it was impossible to
save anything. The barn burned fiat
and with it went everything which was
in it. four horses. three cows, potato
planters and diggers and ether farming
tools. with several tons of hay. and
wagons. etc. The loss is estimat I'd at
$4,000 and was covered by insurance
until Oct. /, when it ran out and was
not renewed.
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NOT so EASY.
Bates Will Have 10 Hustle to Win from Bow.
doin. Saturday.

Brunswick, Me. Nov. 9.-tSreciaD.-
The game between Bowdoin and Bates,
Saturday. is being looked forward 70 with
great interest Bowdoin has all her fight
ing blood aroused and lacks none Of her
old-time grit. Although She does not expe {
u win. she will make some one hustle the
piEskin very lively before she is defeated.
Sh. will 20 into the game with an earnest
determination to win il il can possibly
be done. ana no one can tell what may
happen. although the odds are against
her. The team has had hard luck but its
courage and grit are still intact and III.
game At any rate will not be slow Som"
good practice was put in. Thursday. AMI
Friday will be devoted to the running Of
signals. The final Instructions for tn
game will also then be given.
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THE SHRINERS
Having Captured Montreal,
Leave for the States.
Great Interest in Bowdoin-Bates Fool
Bali Game for Saturday.
Bowdoin Practicing and Bates Will Have Il
Hustle to Win.

Montreal. Nov. 9.-The Mystic Shrin-
ers of kora Temple, Lewiston Ne. who
have been visiting this city, left for
nome on special train. this afternoon.
The function which was the real object
Of their visit the institution of 4 Mon
treal shrine. Karnak Temple, and the
admission to the order Of some 80 new
members occurred, last night. About
o'clock the visitors. arrayed in much
Of the insignia of the order. including
the fez, and carrying many American
flags, formed in front of St. Lawrence
hall and marched to Her Majesty :
theatre. where the mysterious rites in
connection with these two functions
We're carried out.
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EASY GOOD. EASY BAD.
Discovers a Difference,

After 20 years of coffee drinking
and good portion of the time suffer
ing from severe headaches and nerv-
BUSINESS. l finally walked up to the
fact that the coffee was the cause OF
the trouble.
Il was led to accuse coffee of being
the cause of the difficulty by reading
about Postum Food Coffee. Since
using Postum, l have been singularly
free from any of the ailments men
toned.
1T is easy to make good Postum and
easy to make bad. The difference is in
the boiling. / send you herewith list
of friends | know would be benefited
by leaving off coffee and using Postum
Food Coffee. Kindly send them infor-
nation on the subject" G. H. L. Mel
son, Principal, School No. =, Green
field, Mo.
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AN I'M MENSE WORK
Accomplished by the Quartermaster's Depart
ment in Past Year.

Washington, Nov. 9.-The report of
Quartemaster General Ludingtcn, made
public by the war department. today.
shows an immense amount of work ac-
complished by this department in con-
nection with the military operations of
the past year. This included the or
ganization of the great transport fleet.
the moving of two armies to The Phil
ippines in addition to the troops trans
ported to Cuba and Porto Rico, the re
patriation of over $4,000 Spanish SOL
diers from the various islands cap
tured. the care and transportation of
the immense quantities of animals and
supplies necessary for the support of
our own forces. and the disinterment
and return to the United States of the
bodies of over 1900 soldiers and civil
Continued on page 81
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Death Of Jas. N. Knight. Wiscasset.

Wiscasset, Me-, Nov. 9.-Jame5 NJ
Knight, 81 years of age, died, today.
He was a merchant here for So years
He was a prominent Mason, had been
selectman several times, and county
treasurer, and was a Republican in the
Legislature in 1865.
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Mr.. HOBART STRONGER.
Has Good Day and Takes Large Amount Of
Nourishment

Paterson, n. J., Nov. 9.-Vice President
Hobart was little brighter. today, than
he has been since the beginning of his
illness. He took solid nourishment and
was in good spirits. He secured much
natural sleep. The President sent his
usual telegram asking for Mr. Hobarts
condition and a number Of other tele-
grams expressing sympathy and best
wishes were received.
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Weather Conditions and General Forecast.

Washington, NOV. 9-Modera;e tenn
perature has prevailed throughout the
country. Thursday. Fair weather and
for all districts, except in the s.. Law
renee valley, and from the Pacific coast
region and in the upper Missouri valley
where rain will occur. Friday. Fresh
westerly winds will prevail along the
New England coast and light westerly
winds along the middle Atlantic coast
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OHIO.
Democrats Claim Election OF Patrick Tor
Lieut.. Governor Over Caldwell.

Columbus, Ohio. Nov. "a furry was
created in political circles. today, by the
claims of the Democratic state commit
tee that Patrick. Dem, had been elected
for lieutenant governor over Caldwell,
Rep. The returns showed that Caldwell
had been heavily cut as the result of the
Continued on page So
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MAINE PENSIONS.

Washington. Nov. 9.-The following
pension changes in Maine are announced:
Renewal Jonathan Dawson, Togus. 49,
Increase, Cyrus +. Golf. West kenne-
bunk, So to 81; Charles II. I[idder, DIX
field IS to SO Original. widows etc,
Ellen hlley, Lewiston. S.
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II had running, itching sore or ~
leg. Suffered tortures. Doans Ointmen,
TOOK away the burning and itching in
stantly, and quickly effected permanent
cure {. W. Lenhart. Bowling Green, D.