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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-04-17
Claims Against China.

Washington, April 9-The state
department has beard further from
Mr. Rockhil. our special commission
er at Pekin, touching the effort
making there to reach an agreement
respecting the indemnity to be de
manded from the Chinese govern
nent Mr. Rockhill's principal Effort,
acting under direct instructions from
Secretsy Hay, to induce the minis
ters of other powers to keep down
the total of their claims to the amount
which the financial experts, headed
by Sir Robert Hart, have decided to
be, within the ability of China TO pay
The United States government has
felt that on no account should the
total indemnity claim exceed 10000,
900 pounds sterling, and has stead
fastly sought to make that figure the
outside limit OF the claim For itself
the state department claims $4,000,
900 indemnity and has supplied Mr.
Rockbill with data for the presenta
ton of an itemized account showing
the expenditures made by the gov
ernment of the UuDited States in the
transportation of our military contin
get iD China, it's maintenance there,
and the just claims of the missionaries
who were American citizents and
suffered in property and person from
the Boxer outbreak
In its anxiety to avoid expressing
China and to secure speedy settle
ment of the Chinese question. the
United States government stands
willing to make a heavy cut in it's
claim. provided the other nations
represented at Pekin will abate their
claims in proportion
The administration is satisfied that
the great danger of the situation at
Pekin lies in delay Had the repre-
sentations of Mr. RockhiI been heed
ed the officials are confident that the
formidable rebellion which has now
broken ou. under the lead of Gen
Tung Fu Siapg in SbeD 81 province
never would have occurred 1t is
the hope of the officials here that
Tung Fu sisbg's movements will
stimulate the tagging ministers at
Pekin to 6nal action. If it does not.
if the court is obliged to fee from
sinau Flu, and the great Yang Tse
viceroys are overslsughed by Gen
Tung Fu Slang, as seems entirely
probable, then all China will be
plunged into anarchy. in the estimate
of the officials here.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-04-17
PHILIPPINE NEWS.

lloilo, Island Of Panay, April III =
Gen. Martin Delgsdo, the chief in
surgeut commander in the island oi
PaGay until his surrender in January,
has been appointed governor of the
province OF lloio, created by the
United States Philippine commission
today Gen Delgado was recon
mended by Gen Hughes, his sub
ordinate officers and the natives, as
honest, capable and popular.
His salary will be So 600 in gold.
the highest of all the provincial
governors Lieut. Thompson, Of The
Thirty eighth regiment, was appoint
ed treasurer. The other officials are
natives The province contains
nearly half the population of the
island of Panay. estimated at mil
lion persons
A feature of the session of the COM
mission was the opposition to the
land taxation provisions. but fuller
explanation Of the American system
suficed
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-04-17
For Water, Lights and
Sewerage.

Rock Hill, April ll.-As an adjourn.
ed peenog Of the ci,iseas this after
noou. Nc Borduan. an expert from
Ra!eteo. Il q. made bis report 10 The
mater of toe valuation of the Rock
Hit Wa'er. L'gb; aad Power Com
paDy. His estimate of the wa'erWorks
pian, vas $4,000 The valuation
made las, year upon the electric light
plaot zas SIT 600. making 'oss! of
$50 900 for toe plauss and irsucd'ses
After lively discu-sioo. motion Vas
carried that sbe CITY Council should
order so oleo,ioa, a. early as practica-
BILE, to cay ~6eroer an issue of bonds Of
toe amoaa, Of S95 900 should be made
for he ourpose Of buying these plants
aud ,raooS,ses. and 10 addition, il
Deoess4eg. to put 10 system of sewer
sre
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-04-17
TRAINING STATION
FOB THE Z. S. NAVY.
Port Royal Loses Dry Dock
But Gains Important Prize.

Washington, April II Admiral
Crowniusbield, VINO has just returned
from an inspection of southern ports
with a view to the establishment of a
naval training station, has recon
mended TO the secretary of the navy
that the naval station at Port Royal,
s. G be utilized for this purpose.
The secretary heartily approves OF
the recommendation and Informed
Congressman Elliott today that the
buildings at Port Royal would be
used and improved Cor the accommo
dation of from 500 to 1000 boys,
chiefly from the south. The station,
be told Mr. Elliott, would be made q
most important one The machinery
nov at Port Royal dry dock will be
transferred to Charleston in accord
ance with the recent act of congress
removing the dock station. aud new
buildings will be erected near
Charleston for its reception, it being
Impossible to remove those at Pors
Royal
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-04-17
CUBAN CONSTITUTION
CONVENTION.
g Negro Blood " Opposed to
American Rule.

HsbaDs, April 10 The Cubao
constitutional conveotiou at today s
session took 20 action regarding the
proposal to appoint commission TO go
60 Washington in reference to the
future relations between Cuba aod the
United States The whole time was
taken op BY seOor Juan GualOeFto
Come aud Gen Saoguily, Wbo made
loog aud iupassioued speeches, the
former against the Plat amendment
and the latter in its favor.
Senor Gomea sa!d 10 substance that
sbe black blood 10 bis veins made him
opposed TO the Americans. iusimating
,bat their treatmen: of his race stamped
them as unfrieodly to the oegro
II would rather be uader the soy
ereigoty of Spain" he exclaimed, than
under that of the Uoited States The
Pla,s amendment eudaogers the lpde
peudence of Cuba. It means the pre-
dominance of American ioauence |
aould die Of grief or leave the ouotry
should it De accepted."
He admitted that be was not particu-
laelv opposed TO sending ounlssloo
to Washington. bu, be said be believed
the Plat amendment should be rejected
Grss
Gen Sanguily wade s'roog appeal
to he delegates to accept the ameod-
meut H. cited the reasons he had
already g,ven il public et,cr 10 favor
of such a course and emphasized the
fact tba, the ameodmeot in DO way
endangered the independence of Cuba.
but really provided guarantees that II
vould be CnaiD: aimed
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-04-17
The Gutenberg Scandal.

Stuttgart. April IL Baron Scbott
vou Sohotteaste;n, minister of war for
Wur.enberg. concerning whom reports
Of resignation under pressure and of
suicide pending disclosures were circu
lated last uop,h. resigned bis portfolio
today. For niDe years the baron. who
is general of iofau'ry, vas minister
of war Cor Wur.e % berg Last month
a woman vas arrested 10 Stuttgart, at
whose fashionable residence. it vas
alleged, scandalous orgies bad occurred.
Baron vou Sobottens,ein was accused OF
beiog ore of the priooiral participants
and vas called upon to testify ct the
preliminary hearing of the charges
against the sccused woman. Shortly
afterward be was given leave OF absence
by the king of Wur,eubeTg, AID there
was report that be had committed
suicide From the outset bis dismissal
or his resignation was expected as the
Inevitable cutccme of the scandal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-04-17
THE DRY GOODS TRUST.
Making Beginning With s2o,-
100000 Capital.

New York. April 9.-of6oial notice
of the rumored combustion Of depart
mens stores vas given today by J
Pierpous Morgan & Co, who solicit
subscriptions to the stock of the Asso
ciated Merchants Company. The CON-
paDy is capitalized at $4,000. 900 aud
proposes to acquire dry goods bssi.
nesses or interests 10 this ssd other
cities TIE prospectus states that a
onehalf interest has been secured in
both the n. B Claain Company and
the Adams Dry Goods Company aod
that the James McCreery & Co.'S
Tweuty-Tbird Street store has been
bought outright
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-04-17
PHILIPPINE NEWS.

Manila. April 1o-Lious Mapes Of
the Twenty third iufautry has captured
$40. 900 Of iosorgoat funds ADD has
ssk,o prisoner three cfhcers belonging
to Geo Caille's staff pear Manila
Uoder tho old regulation cockplts
will be reestablished 10 Manila. the
privilege Of conducting them being
ransed to the widow of Capt Lara. who
commanded che native police Of toe
city Formerly the uuolcipal revenue
der we'd from sook6ghsiOg amounted to
$50 900 spaasIly
[, is stated that before Aguinaldo is
liberated be uill be required to obtain
che snrreoaes Of Gen TiDio. the iOsur-
gent leader.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-04-17

New York, April 12-Wm c
Cofio of this city, who vas former
partner in the banking house Of Coffin
& Stautoe, which made general
assignment in 1894. fled a petition in
bankruptcy 10 the United States district
court today. He schedules his labili
ries st S4.15O.907 aud assets at $25,
which is cash in ba"k. The secured
claims amount to 50 1861
A few years ago the merchaots OF
Charleston took up With much concern
an Investigation of the condltioos which
made possible the tremendous mail
order business that furnished in that
city The Investigation developed that
Cbarlessoniaos we're sending of thous-
ands of dollars for goods Of identical
class aud quality with those TO be found
on sale 10 Charleston at less prices aud
free of postage The local merchants
association studied the matter, appoint
ed Committees and adopted resolutions
and got their con plants into the papers
at length The wherefore of the whole
thing cuotioued TO be mystery until
one day there appeared 10 the Charles
ton Post a communication which. 10
substance was as follows: "Northern
merchants have these goods and let the
public kpow Of be fact by advertising
in the newspapers and magazines Char
lesion merchants have the goods also abd
! leave it largely to the public to hnd ou'
about them as best they can. Through
the advertisements the people learn
of the goods North; they do not learo
of the goods here except by accident
The sense aud logic of this solution ol
the mystery vas 50 convincing that the
merchants association dropped the
subject at once, aod since that time the
mali order business in Charleston has
decreased only 10 proportion to the
extent that the local business men have
taken steps to let the public kuoW Of
the thiags they have for sale.-YorE'
vile Enquirer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-04-17
A Protest Filed.

Gov. Mcsweeney has received pa
pers 10 q oovel case The people of
Ssluds held 9 primary election to name
a dispenser The county board ignored
the primary nominee aod appo'nsed q
man Of their choice dispenser. The
people now ask the governor 60 With
bold his sigoa,ure from the commission.
This caupot be done, as the appoiotive
power rests With the county board.
which. wben approved by the State
board. makes the signing Of the CON
mission a mere matter of form The
State
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-04-17
WHO GOT THIS GOLD :?

Cberbourg, France, April 9--Oo
the arrival here today Of the North
German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Viii
helm der Crosse. Capt Englebard, New
York April 2, i. was announced that
three gold bars, worth 1000 pounds
each, had beeo stolen during the voy-
age.
All the baggage landed here vas
examined with the utmost care byl the
custom officers and detectives but the
gold vas not discovered. One hundred
and 6fty passengers landed for Paris.
and several detectives travelled in the
special t7sin with them.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-04-17
PLAGUE AND SMALLPOX.

Prkiu. April IL Robert McWade.
Uoiied States ccusut at Canton, China,
reports that 10000 deaths from the
plague have occurred there during the
past six weeks. aod that there are l3
cases OF smallpox oo board the Uoited
States nooisor Monterey. Onlg one
death hes resulted 90 the Monterey.
spd the other cases OF smallpox are
progressing fa0orabiy
Tue meetings Of the foreigO ministers
at Pekin have been postponed at the
req1ess of I'd de Giers, oO account OF
the E star holidays
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-04-17
e Black Death . Walks
on Five Continents.
Plague Still spreads-Thous-
ands of Cases Reported to
Marine Hospital
Service.

Washington. April lI.-Thousauds
of cases Of bubonio plague 10 all parts
of the uofld since Nov Isl last have
been reported to the msriue hospital
service. AZ Bio Janeiro from Feb l
70 10 there occurred I've new cases
aud three deaths At Hougkoug,
China, Sd al! fatal, occurred during
che week eoding Feb. l6 The plague
is steadily iocressisg in Cape Colony
according TO reports received both 10
London aBd Paris The ofhcial report
rom Cape Colony for she week ending
March 2 shows 81 new cases, two
deaths aud four suspects. for che fol
lowiog week so case-, Is deaths and
IL suspects Several Europeans have
been attacked and a number Of natives
have been found dead from the disease
The rats aee reported to be "srekkiog"
from Capesovo 10 great numbers aOd
as SimoostoRu are reported to be dying
from the plague. Al Maurisius during
she two weeks eoding March 9Th there
were 10 the islsud l8 cases of plague
and % deaths. On March II .Wo
fresh plague cases are reported TO have
occurred 90 Perth, West Australia.
The uarioe hospital service surgeon
in charge at, s,Loudon hes reported that
she rpmor of suspected plague at
Sou,hanpsoo, published 10 toe Paris
papers, probably is uOfouDaed, bat
extra preeassio0s are being exercised
at that port 10 viea of the large nam.
Der of troops reeurOiOg from South
Africa. sThe plague at Ksrakugs.
Russia. IS stated 10 the oficisl repors
from Paris 20 be oo ebe decrease, the
same report Saying that Is deaths from
cholera occurred ct Singapore. Strait
sessleaeets. during she last week Of
January.
a report pablisbed IN Berlin paper
and forwarded here says the plague at
Cape Tovu is aow STACKING the veil
20 do people. The marine hospital
service surgeon. Dr. Green Albsrsin,
has lust reported that il the Kirgiseh
reservation. Kosaouk, Russia. l5 per
sons have tasleo victims TO the plague
and ia toe presidsucy of Boub bay.
British .Esss slndia. during the week
ending Rsb :Ssh there occurred 1.770
plague cases aud 1898 deaths, an
ipcrease of SIS cases aud 3l4 deaths
over the prsvious week In Bombay
city that aeek. there we're l.056 cases
of ,be plague, aD increase Of 3O9
and 1859 deaths due to the plague
Up to March 2 City plague cases bad
in Cape ToWo Of which II
,sermiassed fesslty In Argeosioa i've
plague patients we're in the isolation
hospital at Sao Nicholas oa Feb Z and
plague was suspecsed 10 the cities OF
BelleVille and Marios JusreS.
Oneial aesioe has been received that
the goverouent of the Danish West
Indies had raised she quarantine
agaioss Port Said and Smyrna ADD
declared the port of BrisbsDe, free
fron plague
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-04-17
AN ENGLISH FORTUNE.
Wife of the Governor Said to
be One of the Heirs.

A letter has been received in this
city saying that Mrs McSweeDey. wife
of the governor of South Carolina, is
among the heirs entitled TO fortune Of
one buudred and forty uiue millions Of
dollare in Eogland This fortune is to
90 to the heirs of Gov Moore of colo
pisl times, 1900 Co 1920. aud Mrs
MoSweeoey and several Others in this
State are descendant Of that Official,
and che family tree has been very veil
preserved What steps will be taken
by the heirs io this State after confer
ence With one another remains &c be
seen The State, April 10.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-04-17

Rock Hill. April l2.-The voters of
this civ do not propose to have more
liquor sold here than is done already.
By vote of three to one, With
margin of two, they expressed them
selves a, The ballot box todav. the
figures being For dlspeusary, Sc 90
dispensary, 40
New York, April 10 1t was an
bounced today that the Two stock
exchange members who sold their
seats recently for $4,000 each, the
highest price ever paid for q seat,
are Edward Talcott and Louis V
Bell MIR. Bell is retiring on the
twenty FIRST anniversary of his en-
trance TO The exchange Both meD
have been among the most daring
room traders on the exchange floor.
Indianapolis. April ~ -Rsjab, the
Bepjal tiger that fatally injured one Of
the keepers at the "Zoo" 10 this cry
several mouths ago. after desperate
fight in the animals cage. today attack.
ed Frank c Bestock, proprietor of be
Zoo" and dangerously injured him.
Il is feared by the surgeons that
Bossock will lose his left arm His
right leg aud biz face we're badly lace
rated.
Louisville. Ky. April II Geo
Thos II. Taylor. veteran OF the
MEXICAN aud Civil wsra, died today
feom pneumonia, aged IS During the
Mexican war he was elevated for dis
tipguished services through the various
grades from private to major aod 10 the
Confederate army from captain to
brigadier general.
Union. April l2 News has just
reached here of horrible murder com
ui.ted a: Wbi.mire, l8 miles south of
Uoiop Mr. W s Lee Is the victim.
L. appears ths, Mr. Lee, merchant aud
cripple, sleeping iu his store house,
vas awakeued some time during last
pleht and admitted some parties sup
posed to be customers Wheu be vas
found today his head vas beat ioto 8
ielIy and be vas in bic night clothes
His store was robbed and considerable
amount Of money ADD three pistols had
been taben. There is no clue at this
tine as to who were the perpetrators OF
this crime.
Charlotte. N c.. April "a mol
pros with leave was today entered in
the United States district court at
Greensboro in all the cases brought
against Democratic registrars for
their alleged action in refusing to
register certain Republican voters
prior to the State election last
August Many leading citizens had
been indicted in these cases and the
dismissal of the cases is generally
commended The district attorney
stated in court that as means to
peace and harmony among oil citl.
zens he thought best TO mol pros the
cases, reserving the right to try
them in future if deemed best Judge
Boyd agreed with him and the matter
is now regarded as settled.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-04-17
Aguinaldo's Successor Has Sur.
rendered.

Paris, April II -Agoncillo. the
agent of Agoinaldo in Paris. received
q cablegram this morning announcing
that the Filipino general Sandico has
been elected to succeed AguiDaldo
as commanding general of the Filipi
no forces as we'll as director during
the continuation of the insurrection.
ssndico belongs to q distinguished
family residing in Pandaka. near
Manila He is man of energy and
is we'll educated, speaking several
European languages
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-04-17
New Barratory Law in Texas.

Austin, Texas. April 12.-Tbe gov
eruor yesterday signed the barrafory
bill. This measures imposes heavy
Zoe aod Imprisonment against lawyers
who foreot suits against railroads and
other corporations. or who advance
munev to clients to secure such cases
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-04-17

As announced by the Associated
Press Monday. April 8, in dispatch
from Manila, Gen ssndico surrender
ed TO the American authorities at
Cabanataau. in the province of New
Ecija, island of Luzon 1t was added
that Ssndico has bad record and
may he tried
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-28
ERIE TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE
COMPANY is GOING TO RE0RGANIZE

issue. and. SIG, 5000. 900 common stock, par
value of each 500. This stock viii be
subject only to an Indebtedness Of
S10.0000 900 gold bonds.
The 1928 and 1929 bOndhOldeTs Of the
present company are offered $500 3 per
cent bonds of the new company, due
in 1882, and two shares preferred stock
of the new company for each $1,000
bond of the present company. The
1909 and 1926 bOndhOlders of the pres
ent company are offered S1,O50 per
cent bonds of the new company, due
in 1892, for each 81, 600 bond Of the pres
ent company.
Present stockholders may purchase
preferred and common stock in the
new company upon payment of S25 per
share Of the present stocks, each holder
of the four shares to receive one share
preferred stock and three shares COM
mon stock in the new company.
From the remainder of the securities
of the new company a majority Of
both preferred and common stocks will
be sold TO the American Telephone &
Telegraph company, and the outstand-
ing notes of the present company Of
600 viii be Cancelled, while $1,000, -
! 600 will be paid into the treasury Of
the new company fer the improvement
of the plant of the subsidiary COM
] panies.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-28

London, Dec. 27.-Details of plan for
the reorganization of the Erie Tele-
graph & Telephone company, with a
capital Of $S2, 600, 600, involving a trans
fer of control to the. American Tele-
phone & Telegraph company. are made
public in a circular to the sharehold-
ers of the Erie company issued today.
Kidder, Pea body & Co. viii carry out
the plan if it is accepted by the share
holders That the step will be taken
is thought to be assured, in view of
the statement in the circular that the
financial condition of the company is
critical and the declaration that
50. 600 900 in notes, with interest from
July 10, 1901. at per cent per annum,
fall due Jan 10, 1902, while "the COM
pany has on hand to meet these matur-
ing notes no cash or securities upon
which cash can be raised, nor any
other available resources, and it will,
therefore, be unable to pay them"
The circular also refers TO the neces-
sity- of spending $6,0OO.OO0 on subsidiary
companies, which amount the Erie is
unable to furnish.
The reorganization plan, which the
Erie directors recommend. involves the
formation of a new company with S16
900, 900 in preferred stock, to be 6 per
cent cumulative after two years from
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-28
MoosIC POWDER WORKS.
They Explode and Injure Several
People Very Severely.

Scranton, Pa, Dec. 27.-An explosion
in the barrel mill Of the Moosie Pow
der comrany at its Jermyn works to-
day blew the mill and some adjoining
buildings to pieces and broke windows
for miles around The shock was
plainly felt in this city, a distance Of
fourteen miles.
Jacob Hitler, who was in the engine
room in an adjoining building, was ia
tally burned.
John Gibbs. George Gebhardt and
George FOrkeI were caught by flying
debris and badly injured Glass blown
from a window in Albert Carey's house
struck his daughter and cut a deep
cash in her neck. It is feared she is
fatally injured Scarcely a store or
residence in Jermyn escaped with a
whole pane Of glass.
A Delaware & Hudson passenger
train, which passed about a quarter of
a mile from the scene Of the explosion
at the time of the accident. was
swayed by the force Of the explosion
and the passengers screamed with ter
ror as the train gave a sudden luTch.
The cause Of the explosion is not
known.