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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-20

this assertion he is seconded by the
war office. Gossip will have it other
wise, however and connects the visit
closely with the military situation in
South Africa.
These persons, many of them OF au-
thority, point out that Lord Wolse-
ley's knowledge of South Africa,
gained as a fighter and administrator,
might be highly useful to Lord Kitch-
ener. ..either at the base, Cape Town,
or at Pretoria. Others declare that his
mission may be in the nature of a
peace commissioner.
OF course there is not the slightest
possibility that Lord Wolseley will SUI
persede Lord Kitchener in command
of the South African forces. He is too
old for such duty. His departure, how
ever, indicates that the confidence
which the cabinet had in the wars
alleged progress has been much
shaken
Whatever the true story may be,
Lord Wolseley sailed today on the
Walmer Castle. He was accompanied
by Colonel Thornycroft, who, as com
mander of force OF irregular horse,
did splendid service in the earlier days
of the present campaign. Colonel
Frank Rhodes and Arthur Rhodes,
brothers OF Cecil Rhodes, and Lady
Methuen were passengers on the
same steamer.
That the situation is still serious
enough for even Lord Wolseley is
shown by dispatches which state that
in another drive of Beers, Sunday by
the five columns of British, who are
sweeping the country between Frank
fort and Lindley. Orange River Col
ony, the Beers, who were under Com
mandant Metz, escaped by stamped
ing herd of cattle through the Brit
ish lines, and breaking through the
Hebron Wolve Holk blockhouses.
Fifty Boer stragglers and quantity
of stores were captured.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-20
NumberA4
VON HOLLEBEN ACCUSED
Emil Witte Charges German Am
bassador With Spying.
OTHER SERIOUS CHARGES MADE

Witte Also Asserts That He Sent
Plans For the Mobilization of Ger.
man Forces Here In Case of War.
Accuser Would Not Produce Proof.
New York, March 14.-Emil Witte,
formerly connected with the German
embassy in Washington, who has
made serious charges rejecting upon
the official character Of Baron Won Hol-
leben, the German ambassador. made
public the full text of his allegations
late yesterday afternoon
There are seven allegations. among
them that Germany became aware of
the United States plans for naval de-
fenses through DR.. Won Holleben, and
that through his aid there is q perfect
system of spies overrunning the United
States. Witte asserts that on this in
formation Germany has based plans
for a mobilization of her army and
navy in event OF war with this coun-
try.
Through Baron Won Holleben and
Professor Blumentritt, of Austria,
Witts further declares, connections
have been established between Count
Won Buelow, the German chancellor.
and the Fflipinos, who are fighting this
government in the Philippines.
His most sensational charges, how
ever, are that Professor Munstsrberg,
Of Harvard University, is, with the
knowledge of Dr. Won Holleben, chief
of a German secret press bureau in
this country, established for the pur-
pose of bribing and corrupting the
American press, and that through DR..
Won Helleben and. Professor Schoen-
field, OF the Columbian University at
Washington, and the Ottoman consul
general there, the recent trouble with
Turkey was brought to head.
Witte,who is about SO years old,
was found in this city in a small fat
at 1882 First avenue, where he lives
with his wife and child. He would
not tell what proof he possessed OF
the charges made by him against DR..
Won Holleben, but said thai la had
documents of various kinds which
were, unfortunately, in the possession
of agents of the secret service, and
that he had made repeated but inef-
fectual eff It's to get them back.
Blackmail, Says Won Holleben.
Washington. March 14.-Ambassa-
dor Won Holleben is said to have de-
clared to the authorities at the state
department, when the charges were
shown to him, that an attempt was
being made to blackmail him, that he
had done nothing improper, and that
he was prepared to meet any accusa-
tion that might be made against him
by a reliable person.
These complaints made against DR..
Won Holleben deal with tho second
Bryan campaign in 1900. 1t is under
stood in a general way from these
charges that the ambassador, having
failed to make any headway with the
Mckinley administration in accom-
plishing the desires OF his government
regarding coaling stations in the
Caribbean Sea, decided finally that
these coaling stations could best be
obtained under Mr.. Bryan. This is
the understanding OF the officials as to
tho aseribed motives which prompted
the alleged subsequent action of the
I'm inr
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-20
Ambassador White to Retire.

Berlin. March 17.--With expressions
of regret the newspapers here print
dispatch from Washington to the
effect that Andrew d. White, the
American ambassador to Germany,
will retire next November
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-20
MAY POSTPONE CORONATION

Belief TT = It May Be Delayed On Ac
count OF Auth African Casualties.
Sheffield, March 15.-The Telegraph
yesterday said that suggestions and
official representations have been
made in influential circles with
view TO postponing the coronation. not
only because of Lord Methuen's disas
ter. but also because of the long daily
lists of casualties received from South
Africa. The anxiety and grief that
these cause hundreds of homeless
ones, the paper says, would be in
painful contrast to the reJocings and
feastings of the coronation.
Millionaire Injured In Wreck.
St Louis, March 17.--ln a wreck in
the East ST Louis yards yesterday,
Mitchell Harrison of Philadelphia, mil
lionaire and representative of j. p.
Morgan; Dr. Cornett, Mr.. Harrison 6
physician, and the valet of the mil
lionaire, were injured. After treat
ment at the ST. Louis Baptist Hospi-
tai they We're able to leave the city
last night Mr.. Harrison was on his
way from st. Louis to Atlanta in his
private car when the accident oc-
Cured. The train to which the car
was attached ran into freight in an
omen switch.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
FINANCIAL STORM COMING.
Look Out For the Collapse of the
Big Trust.

London, Aug. 25.-In an editorial
article this morning discussing the
present economic situation in the
United States the Times says it con-
siders that, although the commercial
credit of the United States is perhaps
not quite so good as it was year ago,
and the actual situation, not entirely
free from disquieting features, yet,
being favored with good harvests and
promising cotton crop, business
prospects appear to be healthy for an
other year. For the next few months
at least the big harvests of the United
States will probably secure the busi-
ness world against the collapse of cred
it in New York, but, the paper con-
tinues, unless we are to accept the
new-fangled doctrine that in some
mysterious way economic laws need
not be taken into account where Amer
lea is concerned, the present state of
things and the present fashion of
finance cannot continue forever. Mere
magnitude of resources, however, daz-
zling to the unthinking, Will not save
their owner from embarrassment, or
worse, if he allows his liabilities to
grow in excess of them. y
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
RACE RIOT IN ENDIANAPOLIs.

Indianapolis, Ind, August PA
race riot broke out at Haughyille, a
suburb OF this city, this afternoon
between two hundred negroes and
whites employed by the National Nal
aeabls Castings Company. There
has been bitter race feeling between
them for several years and trouble has
frequently broken out. A ball game
this morning between the two factions
caused excitement. AS the crowd left
the field hostilit ties commenced. Stones.
bricks, clubs and other missiles were
used.
Two hundred persons Immediately
crushed together in a fighting mass.
Twelve or fifteen shots we're fred, and
&c IS reported one negro was shot, but
he was taken from the field before
the police arrived. The whites were
victorious, driving the blacks from the
field and wounding number Of them.
Several white people were badly injur-
cd. Ten arrests have been made and
others will be made as soon as the per-
sons can be found. The police re-
sponded to riot call, but on account
of the distance did not arrive till the
Fight had been fought to finish. Off
GERS Of the company fear other out
breaks will follow.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
BLOODsHED IN MINING REGION.
William sheuch Kicked and Stab.
bed Almost TO Death.

Hazleton, Pa, Aug. 25.-August
Sheuch, aged 56 years, q special police
man in the service of the Lehigh Val
ley Coal company, was assaulted and
stabbed on the outskirts of the city to-
day while attempting to rescue his
son, William Sheuch, a non-union
workman employed at the company's
No. 4 colliery, from mob OF about
1900 strikers who had gathered from
all parts Of the Hazleton REGION on
the roads leading to the mine to frus-
trate the plans of the company for a
partial resumption Of operations with
a non-unionS force of 250 hands.
A majority of the non-union enm
we're taken to the workings in spe-
cial train with which the strikers did
not attempt to interfere. VIM. Sheuch,
who lives in this city, walked from
his home toward the colliery and
thus fell into the hands of the pickets.
Most of the clothing was torn from
his back in the struggle which follow
ed. When Sheuch's father rushed TO
his aid the mob set upon the elder
Sheuch who was finally rescued by
mine foreman and removed to the
ims'ner hospital
sheuch was stabbed in the breast.
and on each hip, kicked in the abdo-
me hand struck on the head with a
stone. His injuries are not very seri-
Gus. The knife which was sunk into
his breast struck a rib and that fact
probably saved his life. The effort to
prevent work at the mine was success
full.
The report of a resumption at the
Cranberry colliery of A. Pardee q
Co., caused about 500 men to gather
near the mine today, but no attepmt
was made to start work.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
Disastrous Freight Wreck.

ST. Louis, Aug: PA special from
New Albany, Ind, says:
In a disastrous freight wreck on the
Southern Railway near Georgetown, 10
miles west of here, early today, Engi-
neer Duval. Fireman B. Cox, and
Brakeman Ross of one train, were
killed outright and Engineer Harry
Goodall and Fireman Myers of the 9th
er were probably fatally hurt. Fourteen
box cars loaded with wheat with two
locomotives were tumbled over a
trestle to a ravine 40 feet below and
were demolished. ALI the traffic on
the Southern Railway between Louis
vile and st. Louis has been blocked.
Two sections of the through freight
were coming east and the first section
in charge of Conductor Walter Avis
had stopped at Duncvan's to switch,
leaving a cut Of two cars on the main
track. There is heavy grade at this
point and by some means the cars
broke away and rolled down the track,
gaining momentum at each revo]u-
ton Of the trucks. Just as the run.
away cars were approaching the trestle
the second seton, drawn by two big
mogul engines, came laundering owe,
the hill and the crash occurred mo-
ment later. The cars piled over the
locomotives and all went down into the
ravine in heap.
The loss to the railroad company viii
amount to about s75, 600.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
CHARLESTON NAVAL STATION.
Bids Advertised for Stone and
Granite For Dry Dock.

Washington, Aug. 25.-Rear Admi-
raj Endicott, chief Of bureau of yards
and docks has advertised for bids for
the constr action of stone and granite
dry dock for the new naval station at
Charleston, S. G. Specifications for
the work will be sent out in a few
days, and the bids are to be opened at
the navy department On Ocotber IL.
The dry dock structure proper and the
entrance to the same are to built Of
concrete facing and coping. with a
continuous water proof course of felt
laid in asphalt, unless during the
progress of the work it is found pre-
ferable to use piles under the entire
bottom of the dry dock proper and
entrance. The dimensions OF the dock
are e431l44 in length and breadth,
with greatest depth of 42 feet. The
limit Of the cost for the entire work,
including pumping plant and other
apparatus, is 81, 200, 600. The amount
of appropriation available for the Work
under the specifications about to be
issued is $3.50, 900.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
TlE1,s APPOINTMENTS.
Hs Testifies 10 the Good Char
acfer of lnsurgsnt Leader.

Manila, Aug. 24.-The defense in
the freedom sedition case has called
Gov. Taft as witness to show that
many former insurgent leaders who
were guilty of various aofenses not
recognized by the laws of war have
been appointed to civil positions;
Gov. Taft gave testimony to the effect
that many such former insurgents had
been appointed, but that they had
proved honest, Straightforward and
earnest. He said that some OF them
had been guilty of murder from Amer
ican standards, but that from their
own standpoint they undoubtedly be-
lieved their conduct of the war to have
been legitimate.
Gov. Taft said that he had found
these appointees to be loyal and that
they we're not chosen because they hap
pened to be insusgent generals, but pc
cause they were men OF influence
among their own people. He said the
experience Of the civil authorities with
these mon had been most satisfactory
Gov Taft resumed the goyernorship
of the archipelago, rlieying Luke +.
Wright, who has been acting governor
during Judge Taft's, absence. Com
missioner Wright is preparing to visit
the United States.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
MARRIED 4 CRAZY man.
Foolish Freak of a Sixteen Year.
Old Georgia Girl.

Macon, Ca, August 23.-L. A.
Roach, of Corden, Ga, father Of the
fifteen -year-old Agnes Roach, came to
Macon and spent last night trying to
find some trace of his daughter. He
reported to the police that James l..
Tindol, who was recently in the
asylum, but who escaped, had gone to
his house on the afternoon before and
at the point of a pistol forced the girl
to run away with him. He said it was
clear case of kidnapping and he fear
ed that his daughter would be murder
ed by the insane man. 1t developed
this afternoon, however, that it was
simply love affair in which the old
folks had been blinded. The couple
drove through the country to Jefer-
sonville, in an adjoining county, and
reaching there at daylight waited until
the ordinary appeared. They got q
license and were married. They have
returned to the home of the groom s
mother and the irate father of the girl
is irreconcilable.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
The Home Merchant and the cata-
logue House.

Who sympathized with you when
your little girl was sicks Was it your
home merchant or was it Sears, Roe
buck 6 Coz Who carried you last win
ter when you were out of job and
had no money? Was it Montgomery
Ward & Co., or was it your home
merchant? When you want to raise
money for the churches or some needy
person in town, do you write to John
Wanamaker, or do you go to the home
merchan6ss How much do Siege
Cooper & Co. give towards keeping up
the sidewalks Of the town or paying
the minister's salary When you were
sick, how many nights did Chas. A.
Stevens d Co. sit up with you? When
your loved one was hurled was it
your home merchant that dropped the
tear of sympathy and uttered the
cheering word, or was it Marshall
Field 6 Co.? OF course it was the
home merchant. You can get Just
as good goods and Just as low prices
with them as IN the city. Besides,
they are here to right and wrong.-Ex.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27

Emperor William has given orders
to stock his game preserve near Pots
dam and Berlin with American quail
as an experiment.. The Emperor is
quoted as saying that he wants Ameri-
can quail because, like American citi-
zens, they are satisfied with their sur
roundings, while German quail, like a
great many German citizens emigrate
every fall.
Mississippi's convict farms are said
to be models of humane and business
management and are yielding hand
some income to the State. Under the
lease system the conVicts were badly
treated, so that system was recently
abandoned and the State is row work
ing its convicts on farms either owned
by the State or leased for term of
years. The warden's report for the
first six months of this year shows that
the cash receipts Of the system for this
period have been $3.50, 436. 32, while
the total expenses were s89, ,004. %,
leaving a profit in six months of sl0l,
432. O9.
Norfolk, Va, Aug. 24-In a head
on collision betewen two cars on the
Bay Shore terminal line late this after
noon three people we're killed and
many others badly injured.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
GUESSING AT The VOTE.
An Analysis of the Probable Result
of the First Primary
By One Who has had for -Four Months Ex.
ceptionai Opportunities for Feeling
the Public Pulse.

Columbia, August 23.-As the day
of election approaches there is increas-
| ed figuring on the result. Interest in
the Gubernatorial contest has reach
ed the climax. Not only do the 'swise
ones'' try to decide how the vote will
stand in the first primary, but they
apportion to this one and chat one in
the second primary the votes received
by those who will be dropped from the
race after next Tuesday.
All of the candidates are hopeful -
all of them have received "encourag-
ing reports;;'' most of them, in the
nature of things, must be disappoint-
ed. AS rule they do not care to give
figures. AS there is so much specula-
tion on the race for Governor it may
be of inerest to give the figures in
that race prepared by a gentleman
who is not a candidate, but who has
had exceptional opportunities for four
months of feeling the public pulse and
gauging the sentiment of the people
in every county of this State.
In making this estimate, - he said,
"care has been taken to weigh the evi-
dence-and this evidence is not that
given at the public meetings, but
comes from men of supposed judgment
in every corner of South Carolina.
The comparatively small vote accredit-
ed the two lowest men on the ticket is
no reflection upon them, their worth
or their popularity. Conditions were
such that early in the campaign it was
recognized that three men we're IN the
thick of the fighting. Two worthy
champions were not considered in
7oived in the "mix-up" and thou
sands of their friends, each having his
second choice, rushed in to take
sides in the melee. And so it is that
goo men willsnot have near SO many
votes as they have friends.
"The minimum vote given each can
didate seems to be in sight at this
time. The maximum is supposed to
be what they might receive in certain
circumstances peculiarly favorable to
that particular candidate. The mean
average will be found to figure up 92,-
SOC. This is about 1000 more votes
than we're polled in the first primary
two years ago, but the increase seems
justifable.
"Well. here are the figures:
DR.. Zimmerman 5000 to 5000.
"Mr. Ansel 10, coo to Is,
"Mr. Tillman Is, 900 to $4,000.
Mr.. Talbert Is, 600 to %, 600.
Mr.. Heyward 2S, 900 to SO, 600.
"Well, suppose this is the result,
how will these votes be distributed in
the second primary was asked the
estimator.
ssOh,'' he said, "that will be anoth-
er story.
These figures are given for what
they are worn. 1t may be added, how
ever, that they we're prepared by one
who made remarkably accurate fore
cast of,the result of the Senatorial and
.Gubernatorial campaign in 1856
News and Courier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
Accident Near Columbia.

B Columbia, August 24.-There was
an accident on the Southern Railway
Eve miles north of Columbia, at Crane
Creek. The wreck was serious as to
what might have happened, but fortu-
naseIy the only injury to person was
that. OF Mail Agent B. 4. Bryce, OF
.Walhalla, who has been In the rail-.
way mail service for many years. He
was dashed against the distributing
table and his leg broken.
The: train vas coming here from
Asheyille and left, Aston about ten
minutes late. The schedule beteeWn
Aston and Columbia is very fast, but
the train was running SO as to make
ND this lost time. and after crossing
Crane Creek the speed was pretty i've
~, say fffty miles or more an hour.
Behind The engine there was a carload
of eggs, and in some way, whether
from the breaking Of a truck or some
thing else, the car with the eggs Jump
ed the track and turned a somersault.
The egg car Jumping the track, broke
The air connection and started the fol-
lowing cars on the jump, The mail
and express car, which followed imme-
diately after the egg car, was thrown
completely off the track and down a
heavy embankment. Mail Agent Bryce
was thrown with such force as to
break his thigh. The express agent,
Mr.. Sanders, held on to the stove
pipe, and In that way saved himself
from a blow, and the baggage master
also had narrow escape. The bag
gage and express car Jumped the track
and went down the embankment and
carried along the half Of the combine
tion baggage and colored coach. This
coach partly left the track, but was
not thrown over. and none of the pas
sengers were disturbed. The two first
class passenger coaches jumped the
track and ran along for some distance,
but fortunately did not leave tie en-
bankment. Mr.. Presley, one Of the
regular passengers, received slight
ouise, but otherwise not one of the
passengers was injured.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
A Rich Charleston Boy.

New York. August 2s.-Mrs. Mary
Whaiey Chisolm, who, with her
nephew, until recently resided at
Charleston, S. c., where the boy was
preparing for Harvard, applied today
TO the Supreme Court to have the al
lowance for the lads maintenance in
creased from ST, 900 to $40, 600 a year.
She says he needs horse, valued at
not less than $3.50, and watch at cost
not less than 500. The boy, Francis
Marion Whaley, is only Il years old.
He will be millionaire when he is of
age. He stands six feet and declares
he cannot struggle through life in
comfort on less than ten thousand.
He is grandson of Nathaniel L. Nc
Cready, millionaire and formerly pres
ident OF the Old Dominion Line of
Steamships. The estate from which
the boy now derives income is in the
hans of the Farmers Loan and Trust
Eompany, which declines to give him
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
i RIVAL E0R The SOUTH.
Great Britain Threatens to Plant
Fifteen Million Acres in Egypt
in Cotton.

London, August 25.-The British
Cotton Growing Association, which,
with the hearty cooperation of the
colonial secretary, Jos Chamberlain,
is striving to render the British En-
pire independent of the United States,
SO far as raw cotton is concerned. is
now paying special attention to upper
Egypt, where, it is asserted, the asso-
citation can develop cotton belt dwarf
ing that of the Southern States of
America. Major Count Geichen, Sec
retary Of the Sirdar of the Egyptian
forces; Major Gen. Wingate, address
ing the ASSOCIATION at Manchester re-
Gently, said the experiments now
concluded on the banks of the Nile
show the. quality Of the cotton grown
there to be. the equal of any in the
world. There are available Is, 600, 600
acres of irrigated land and the only
difficulty is the labor supply, the
Deryishes having depopulated the
Soudan, but the completion Of the
Suakim- -Berber Railroad Isl expected
to solve the problem, besides furnish
ing an outlet for the crop.