The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-06-04
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Capt Ws Wagner of Charles
zSsE1 is spoken Of as a successor IN sae
United States Senate to John L.
eIaurin, when the latter resigns.
arrangement has been made by
witch the United States Senate will
take final vote on the Philippine bill
5omoErow, Tuesday, at 4 o'clock P. M
To-merroW, Tuesday, June 8, is
fhe birthday Of jefferson Davis. The
occasion will be appropE ately ohsery-
ed in Charleston, Aagussa, At tlanta
and other Southern cities.
Yrs. Sol Graysoas sneas tlantas
shot and Instantly III her brother
IL law, Henry Ggay.spass Saturday.
Grayson gave himself and his wife
nn to the sheriff. The woman has
zseen acting strangely fos some time.
The Governor has receiyed q report.
of the appearance Of s1nallpo1 at Sal
ley S, in Orangeburg County. He has
advised DR.. James Evans, OF 5ne
Stake board of health, and asked hirn
togiFe the matter immediate atten-
ton.
Acting President Steyn, of the
TransyaaI lis snferipg from paralysis
and VIII not participat@ further In the.
peace conference at ereeniging. He.
has giveI his parole and has gone to
rngersdcrp, abous Fifty miles south
Fes5 Of Pretora.
Ex- President Grover Cleveland has
accepted an Invitation to speak at the
opensng of the Tii lden C1ubI New York
Jnne la. About 500 leading men in the
Democratic party have been invited.
This is the first. time that Cleveland
has consented to address a political
audience since his retirement from
osEiee.
The report that Gaynor and
Greene, who are now In Quebec, had.
lsEiied the Attorney General that.
they are willing to return to the lnSs
Gsd States and stand trial beofre any
Judge Of q United States court except
TAG Judge Emory Speer, OF Georgia, is.
denied on the authority OF Attorney
General Knox.
Secretary Roothas issued general
osder decreasing the strength Of cur
permanent military estabi bishmeat and
changing the ratio Of It's makeup.
II the general order issued last,
May the total ssrentgh OF the army
vas fixed at Il, ,22sS7 men. The order:
iinst issued reduces this figure to &C.,
4S7 seduction OF 10, T90.
The unanimous verdict Of the
members of the State Press Associa-
Zion who attended the Georgetown
meeting is that. 1t has been the most
sa5isfac5ory and enjoyable meeting
that tie convention has held in years.
Itsseemtd TO be positive pleasure to-
the people OF Georgetown to entertain
the editors. and their friends
The Suburban handicap, the next
big turf classic in the East, viii be.
decided on June "a at the opening Of
the racing season at Sheepshead Bay.
Of the fifty three starters named to
20 Watercolor is held as faEorite at
the short odds OF Is to IN the future
books, with Advance Guard and Gold
Heels second choices ait to ].
Continual morbid brooding over
real or imaginary troubles led Josiah
George, an Indian musician, at the
Charleston Exposition. to swallow
nearly an ounce of carbciie acid Sat
urday. He suffered terrible agony for:
about fifteen minutes and died. The
sxagedy took place in a room on Com
ing Street, where George resided with
ms wife and little girl Whiskey was
She cause of the rash deed.
yAncther eruption Of heyolcano at
Martinique took place Friday after
noon, the craters pouring out great.
torrents of mud, black smoke and
steam. Loud detonatsons were heard.
No lives were lost, but the govern
nent party engaged In burning the
bodies of the victims Of the first great
disaster were compellsd to stop work
and leave the island.
The views Of the minority mem
bess Of the Senate committee on inter
oceanic canals on the canal bill have
been presented TO the Senate. The
rencrt advocates the substitution for
the House bill Of the Spooner bill,
leaving the selection of routes for an
Tsshmian canal TO the President, but
lE is del7ote6 largely to the purpose Of
showing that the Panama route is.
preferable to the Nicaragua route.
The Charlestons Exposition was
formally closed at midnight of Satur-
day. 1t went out literally in blaze
.os glory. a grand sham battle, par
Gicipated In by local military and the
United States marines, late in the
aafernoon, was one of the principal
features Of the day. There viii be
no further celebration at the Ivory
CITY except upon the occasion OF the
removal Of tile Liberty Bel on the
5th instant.
One man was Instantly killed and
three persons were injured at Gras-
mere, Staten Island, N, Y, ON Satur-
day, where automobile speed trials
wese being made under the auspices Of
ssle Automobile Club of America to
break the wosld's record for mile.