The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-09-20
ON, S. c.. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 1890.

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and glorious success.
The local papers of Manila assert
that Corporal Damhoffar and Private
Conine, of Company B, Sixteen In
fantry, United States Army, have
been sentenced to death and Private
Burnett has been condemned to 20
years imprisonment for having Grim
inally assaulted a woman. Presi-
dent Mckinley, it is also stated, has
been asked to approve the sentences
and that the condemned men be exc
cuted in public as warning against
repetition of the crime. This story
is probably a canard of the first mag
nitnde circulated to excite sympathy
fer the insurgents.
There is great kick among the
Charleston soldiers against the rail-
roads over the matter CT the fare
from that city to New York on the
occasion of the Dewey celebration.
The rate, as fixed by the railroads, is
$1,000 for the round trip which is
considered excrbisant by the sol.
diers. They think that 50 would
pay the railroads handsome profit.
The soldiers will probably make the
trip by ocean. Charleston's proclivi-
ties for kicking against every thing
that she cannot control, are so we'll
known that the only surprising thing
is that she does not kick against God
for permitting the sun to shine on the
balance of the State.
Dreyfus, a Captain in the artillery
arm of the French army has for the
second time been convicted of selling
the secrets Of bis government to
foreign power. About four years
ago be was first convicted and SEN
fenced to spend the remainder Of his
life on lonely island off the coast
of French Guinea, known as Devils
island Since that time up to a re-
cent date he has been there suffering
all the egonies Of solitary confne-
ment, his guards, the only persons
except himself on the island, were
forbidden to speak to him. Grave
doubts as to his guilt was entertained
by the populace and such pressure
was brought to bear upon the govern
ment that it was deemed expedie1 t
to give Dreyfus new trial, which
was done with the result mentioned
above. Undoubtedly Dreyfus is the
victim Of deep laid plot on the part
Of high army officials to save them
selves from disgrace for their own
wrong doing. The judges on his
last trial were SO prejudice and so
clearly parties to the conspiracy as
to excite the contempt and indigna-
ton Of the entire civilized world.
Dreyfus is sentenced to ten years
imprisonment. He will probably be
pardoned by The French cabinet,
but says he does not wish pardon
without complete vindication.
The State Board CT Control has
announced lis decision to cancel all
beer privileges after November 1st,
and thereafter lovers Of the foamy
beverage will have to get their sup
ply from a dispensary, the same IS
whisky drinkers have to get theirs.
There is 10 doubt that the beer
privilege men have grossly abused
the privilege in selling beer contrary
to The spirit and letter Of the dis
pensary law, and therefore, they have
only themselves to blame if their
privilege is taken from them ard
their business broken up. We
are opposed to this beer privilege
business anyway you look at it. 1t
was never the intention Of the franz
ers of the original dispensary law to
grant such a privilege to any set OF
men. and Senator Ti!lman the other
day in speech has done much for the
cause OF temperance and her hand
maid morality when he denounced
the pernicious evil which was daily
growing in enormity and varied ram.
| ifcations. Morally the State Board
of Control hes no more authority to
grant beer privileges than it has to
grant privileges to men to sell whisky
outside OF Stale dispensary and
we congratulate and commend the
Beard for the step forward, or more
! correctly speaking step backward, it
! has taken in this matter. At the
next meeting Ct the Board an effort
will be made by these beer privilege c
men to get the Board to recede from
it: apl cedposition and clothe them
again with the power Ct selling heer
at will to whomsoever and wherever
they wish. We trust the Board Will