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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-02
A BROKEN soURED MAN.

London, March 26.-The death of
Cecil Rhodes came as no great surprise
to those who saw anything of him
during his last visit to London during
the winter. Whether it was due to his
experiences during the long siege of
Kimberley, or the accumulated anx-
ieties regarding the war in South
Africa, with an accompanying change
of public feeling in England toward
him, there is no doubt he vas almost
completely broken down within the
last two years. Even his appearance
changed. His once finely chiseled face
had become bloated and his always
huge frame filed out until he became
so stout as to make walking matter
of difficulty. He was frequently at
tackled with severe heart troubles dur
ing which he exhibited the stoicism
which marked his extraordinary career.
Nor did he allow his bodily ailments
to interfere with business. Among
his associates in the city he never
mentioned them, nor did he permit
them to be mentioned to him. Up to
the last Mr.. Rhodes kept a firm grip
on all those vast South African inter
ests created and controlled by him.
Except that he was more irritable and
more dictatorial, there was no out
ward changes in his method of handling
men, millions and empires.
Towards the social side Of life, how
ever, he soured visibly. Oucelhis days
work at the Offices of the British Char
tered South African company was over
ne shut himself up from the curious
in an unfrequented London hotel,
where he utterly denied himself Of all
except half a dozen favored intimates.
DR.. Jameson was his constant COM
panion. Indeed, none of DR.. Jane
sons indiscretions ever affected the
warm friendship existing between
the two hen. Especially did Mr..
Rhodes sbun the present governmental
leaders. He bitterly expressed his
contempt of British army methods in
South Africa and probably never quite
forgave Mr.. Chamberlain and Lord
Miner for not consulting him or en-
deavoring to utilize the powerful fnan-
c5al-political machine which Mr..
Rhodes undoubtedly manipulated over
the whole of South Africa. With in
creasing irascibility which he did not
hesitate to vent on duke Or plebeian
who crossed his path, he grew more
and mere restless as the end of his life
drew near. His closing days develop
&c. into an unceasing, purposeless quest
Of change Of scene.
Owing to the very great success of
the Debeers mines, the British Char
tered South Africa company and other
great South African ventures, Rhodes
fortune has been steadily accumulating.
He lost money over the war, but what
inroads that made must nave been
trifing with the many millions he
possessed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-02
COLOSSUS or AFRICA DEAD.
Cecil Rhodes, Diamond King and
Greatest Man Of South Africa.

Cape Town, March 26.-Cecil 2 .odes
died peacefully at 5. 81 p. m. = slept
during the morning and again in the
afternoon, but his BREATH, became
more difficult and his strene =, dimin-
ished until he passed away.
At his bedside were DR.. ia eson,
DR.. j. W. Smartt, the commissioner
of public works. Col. Elmhurst
Rhodes, director of signalling of the
Walton, member of the assembly of
Port Elizabeth.
Mr.. Rhodes last words were the
names of his brother and some OF the
others present which were meant to be
goodbyes. The only person who at
tended him during his illness and who
was not present at his death was DR..
Stevenson all the others. his boys
and personal servants, were admitted
at the last.
The body will be taken to Grootes-
chuur, the residence Of the deceased,
near Cape Town, on a special train
tomorrow. There it will probably lie
in state for day or two and the pub
lie will be admitted to view the
remains. It has not yet been deter
mined where he will be buried. It
was the wish of Mr.. Rhodes to be
inferred at Matoppo Hills, Rhodesia.
Certain of his friends will proceed to
Matoppo Hills to determine whether it
is practicable to carry out this wish.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-02
Miss Kelly Home Again.

Miss Henrietta AIKEN Kelly, of
Charleston, who has been devoting
her attention for some years to the
study of sericulture in Italy with
view to introducing it in her native
State has reached America again.
The New York Tribune of Monday
said of her:
Miss Henrietta A. Kelly, of South
Carolina, former school principal in
that State, who has been abroad for
the last six years studying science in
the universities at Cambridge, Paris,
Bruxelles and Geneva, reached this
country yesterday, and will 90 South
at once to try to introduce the scien-
ti6c culture of silk in that section.
became interested in the silk grow
ing industry year or two ago while
visiting Lombardy, she said .yester-
day at the st. Denis hotel. When
saw that the climate, the sell and
the fora Of that country were so much
like that of my native State. / asked
why the same industry could not be
carried or at home, and the now waste
places of the Carolinas be made as
productive as Lombardv and the reo-
pie be given a profitable occupation.
| learned the language and proceeded
to study and translate the textbooks
which bear on silk growing. I am
now convinced that if the people of
the south can be taught TO grow, silk
scientifically, as it must be grown to
be a successful industry, and in 10
years the Patterson and other Ameri-
can silk mills need not send cut OF
this country for one ounce of their
raw silk. The Due di Litta-V -Visconti-
.Aresl, prominent landholder of LON
hardy, has promised to help me. and
he will look after securing native silk
growers who are willing to immigrate
here to start model farms. The prob
lem of education III the south is
very serious one, and is to be solved,
l think, only by giving the ignorant
classes training in industries fitted to
the soil. Such an industry silk grow
ing will prove, if we can raise the
money to start it on a business ba-
sis. .
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-02
Rathbone Must Stay in lail.

Havana, March 2G. Estes G. Ratb-
bone, the former director of posts, who
was arrested last night, remained in
the Tivio prison all night. Today he
was taken to the carcel, GAIL, accom-
panied by number of friends. Rath-
bones bondsman, Senor Lopez, a
Spanish merchant, went to Court this
morning and announced that he was
willing to furnish bonds in any
amount, but bail was absolutely re-
fused. Acting Governor Scott says
the case is in the hands of the Court
and that he cannot intervene in the
matter of fixing bail if the court re-
fuses TO accept bail.
W. II. Reeves was also removed to
jail today on an order of arrest.
Neither Reeves nor Rathbone has the
option of bail.
Counsel for Rathbone and Neeley
will appeal the cases of their clients.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-02
Pullman Car Porter Lynched in
Colorado.

La Junta, Colo, March 25.-W. Fl.
Wallace, negro sleeping car porter.
was lynched at s o'clock tonight in a
corner of the court house square, be-
ing hanged to an electric light pole
by howling mob Of 1000 persons
who had been hunting him all day.
After hanging the body of the negro
was riddled with bullets. Wallace
had been kept out of town all day by
Sherff Farr, in an attempt TO save
him from the mob. The prisoner
made no resistance to the lynching
and died protesting his innocence.
Mrs. Henrietta H. Miller, gray
haired woman aged 81, going from
Los Angeles, Cal, to Denver, to visit
relatives was brutally assaulted in
the Santa Fe Railroad yards here last
night by negro porter on Pullman
car running between Denver and La
Junta.
After leaving the Chicago limited
train here Mrs. Miller asked porter
whom she met OH the station platform
where the Denver sleeper was. The
man offered to conduct her to the car.
After going with him considerable
distance Mrs. Miller became suspici-
Gus and started to return to the sta
ton
She was then knocked down by a
blow on the head and after struggle
with her assailant was choked into
insensibility. When she regained con-
sciousness about an hour later, she
crawled back to the station and gave
an account of the assault and a
description of her assailant Wash
ington H. Wallace, a Pullman car
porter who runs between Denver and
this city, stopping here on each run
from 8. 45 at night until noon the fol-
lowing day, was arrested in the car Of
which he had charge lie was identi-
fed By Mrs Miller Bloodhounds
were brought from Canyon City and
they trailed the man who accompanied
Mrs. Miller through the yards to the
car in which Wallace was found.
Eight assaults have occurred here IN
the past few months, and it is believ-
cd all were committed by one man.
Mrs. Miller's condition is critical.
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PRESIDENTS DAY 1T EXPOSITION.
Programme Arranged for His En-
tertainment.

Exposition Bureau of The State,
Charleston, March 26.-The directors
of the exposition and Mayor Smyth
have received information from Presi-
dent Roosevelt that he will leave
Washington for Charleston, over the
Southern, Monday afternoon, April Z,
and will arrive in the city on the
morning of april 8 and will spend two
days in Charleston. Tuesday will be
devoted to seeing the places of interest
in and about the city and Wednesday,
April 9, will be Presidents Day at
the exposition.
The president will be accompanied
by Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Alice Roose-
velt, DR.. and Mrs. Rixey, Mrs.
Cowles, several members of the cabi-
net and their wives. The party will
travel in special train fitted up by
the Southern which will be one of the
handsomest trians ever sent out by
that system. Only few stops will be
made between Washington and
Charleston.
The programme as arranged by the
exposition officials has been approved
by the president with the exception of
one or two minor changes. Instead
of breakfasting in the city the party
will take breakfast aboard the train,
and upon their arrival in the city will
90 direct to Chicora park where the
site for the naval station will be in
spected. The revenue cutter Forward
will be in waiting for the party. and
the distinguished guests will go aboard
and take an excursion around the har-
Dor and to Fort Sumter. Only the
members of the reception committee
and few invited guests will go on the
excursion as President Roosevelt has
expressed desire for it to be as pri-
vate as possible.
Tuesday night a banquet will be
given at the Charleston hotel by the
citizens of Charleston to President
Roosevelt. At the same. time Mrs.
Roosevelt and Miss Alice Roosevelt
will be given reception at the st.
John hotel.
Wednesday will be Presidents Day
at the exposition and thousands of
citizens from all parts of the State and
the south will be here to welcome
him. Public exercises will be held in
the auditorium and President Roose-
velt will deliver an address to the vast
multitude Of people which will be as
sembled.
The reception committee of the
woman's board will give reception
to the visitors at the Woman's build
ing Wednesday afternoon. Besides the
members of the presidential party there
will be 60 guests from the city of
Charleston, 80 ladies and 30 gentle
men. President Roosevelt and party
will leave for Summerville Wednesday
afternoon, where banquet will be
given by Capt. Wagner at the Pine
Forest Inn. Thursday morning a
visit will be made to Pinehurst tea
gardens. The party will leave Sum-
merville Thursday afternoon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-02
CUBAN RECIPROCITY.

Washington, March 26.-As result
of numerous conferences today among
the Republican leaders of the house
the advocates of Cuban reciprocity be-
came confident that the measure could
be reported by the ways and means
committee by republicans without re
lance on Democratic votes and with
out amendments. This was reversal
of conditions supposed to exist earlier
when the friends of Cuban reciprocity
were said to be one vote short of the
necessary number to resist amend
ments and to report the bill In view
of the changed conditions Chairman
Payne has under consideration the ad-
visibility calling special meeting of
the ways and means committee the lat
Ter part of this week to pass on the
Cuban hill
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New series-VoI. XXI. yss. 35

partnership with the late W. Peron-
neau Finley. Winning in manner, ir-
reproachable in personal and profes-
sional life, gifted with talent of the
highest order, thoroughly trained as
an intellectual athlete in the best
schools of books and men and high
endeavor he found favor in the eyes
of the people that has grown with the
passage of the years until he has
become the uncrowred leader of
thought and action in the county of
his adoption. A safe adviser, an in
corruptible advocate, a steadfast
friend, a superb man Of affairs, in the
sunlight Of the bills where he made
his home, every bloom of promise has
ripened into perfect fruitage, and from
the brawling, tawny Savannah to the
limpid, soft flowing Edisto, his name
is an honored household word, the
synonym of manly worth and virtue,
in every home, be it the costly pile of
the multi millionaire or the cabin of
the humble toiler whose daily labor is
coined into bread for the wife and lit
tie ones.
"Some men are born great. others
achieve greatness. - Senator Hender-
son, born a gentleman. has lived life
SO white and clean and full Of inspira-
tion to all who have come within touch
of its ennobling.. influence that none
can say of him that any talent has
ever been buried, nor has his light
been hidden from tie public sight.
He has achieved a greatness and
goodness that give nndolbted assur-
ance of an exalted future. To those
that have watched with faithful eyes
his past career it has seemed that in
the ways Of Providence men are built
to meet the needs of the time in which
they live. Having measured up to
every duty and every response bility his
friends call him to make the race for
United States Senate, believing,
knowing, that in the high noon of his
manhood, of perfect physical vigor, of
ripe intellectual culture, Of ready and
! resourceful equipment, an orator with
all the force Of logic, and the poweryof
words, a thinker who reasons from
foundation principles, a student who
has enriched the treasure house of his
brain with the best thoughts and
knowledge of all the ages, he is first
among the sons ready to serve the
State in her highest chamber.
And he, loyal son of State so rich
in her children, answers Present to the
summons as he has answered to every
call she has given him, and is ready
at her bidding to go to those heights
where grow the bravest laurels that
men may gather, and plucking them
unwithered and unstained to lay at
the feet of the mother State with all
the love and alteration that glows in
the heart of the little maiden as she
pins to her mothers bosom springs
first violets for the guerdon of kiss
from the lips that have sung sweet
songs and taught pure lessons to the
innocent one lisping at her knee.
And with such champion in her
cause South Carolina may look with
confident hope for the coming back of
the golden age when in all that goes
to make true greatness she was first
in all the sisterhood of States.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-02
Patrick Found Guilty.

New York, March 26.-Albert T.
Patrick, lawyer, this evening was con-
victed of the murder on Sept. %, 1900.
Of the aged millionaire recluse, Will
liam Marsh Rice.
AT the word guilty pronounced
by Foreman Machell, in a tone low,
but distinct enough to be heard
throughout the court, not the slight
est change passed over Patrick's face
and he remained standing in an almost
listless attitude while the customary
poll Of the jury was being taken. His
aged father, Capt. Patrick, sitting
near him and straining to catch the
statement of the foreman, started for
an instant as its import reached him
and then sat calmly awaiting the
further proceedings.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-02
GOOD, IF TRUE.

Business interests of the north have
been aroused by the Crumpacker reso-
luton to investigate southern election
laws. Since the publication of the
fact that the Republican members Of
the house committee on rules had voted
to report the Crumpacker resolution,
the Republican leaders have been fair
ly overwhelmed with letters from the
business men of the north, protesting
against what they term an attempt to
revive the ''bloody shirt" and "Force
bilF' issue.
The letters have been so numerous
and vigorous as to have had an appre-
ciable effect on certain Republican
members. It was stated last night
that the committee on rules will take
its own time in reporting the Crum-
packer resolution to the house, not
withstanding that the majority of the
committee-Speaker Henderson, Rep
resentatiyes Dalzell and Grosvenor-a
week ago last Saturday, voted to re-
port the resolution.
Now, it is claimed, since a number
of Republicans, in private converse
ton, have freely spoken their mind
against the wisdom of the resolution,
and on top of this the threat of the
beet sugar men to vote with the Demo
Gratis against it, the Republican lead
ers are in quandary-
On the other hand, Republicans like
Mr. Crumpacker, who have substan-
tial colored vote in their respective
districts, are insistent that the COM
mittee on rules give them an oppor-
tunity to vote on the Crumpacker
resolution and the opportunity cannot
come too soon for them.
Speaking of the Crumpacker reso-
luton, Representative D. Linn Gooch,
of Kentucky, who is one of the most
conservative men in the house, said
last evening that s. for once the Repub-
licans have placed themselves in a
hole. He said further: eve remem-
Der what followed the force bill legis-
lation of the fifty-frst congress-the
election of a Democratic house and
two years later the election of Mr..
Cleveland I do not hesitate to say
that in my humble opinion we will
elect Democratic house this fall and
thus pave the way to carry the presi-
Dental election in 1904, and the Crum-
packer resolution will prove to be
worth thousands Of votes to Us next
November. Washington special Of
Thursday to Atlanta Journal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-02
Funston Talks Again.

Topeka, Kansas, March 26.-Gen.
Frederick Funston was in the city to-
day on his way to California. Gen
eral Funston delivered himself OF a
scathing denunciation of the eastern
papers, which criticised his speech be
fore the Lotus Club II New York. He
said:
II have been nagged by that class
of papers until l am tired Editorially
they wilfully misinterpret my remarks
and I am glad to express my inde-
pendence Of their opinion and their
talk and that of their kind about my
using dishonorable and unfair means
in the captue Of Aguinaldo; also that
I violated the articles of war. They
know a great deal more about the ar
tieles of golf than they do about the
articles Of war Everything is per-
Missile in campaign except the use
of poison or the violation of flag of
truce.
"As matter of fact only four of
my men on the expedition were dress
ed in the insurgent uniform. The
Others were dressed as Filipino peas
ants.
President Roosevelt approved hear
tily of my remarks before the Lotus
Club banquet and was anxious to
have me 90 to Boston on the invita-
ton of Senator Lodge and make the
same speech there, but my orders
were such that it was impossible for
me TO go. "
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-02
RlHPTON'S TREASURY
ROBBED BY BURGLARS.
Blow Open Safe With Nitro-GIyce-
rine---cIerk of Court Causey
Gave Chase, But Robbers
Escaped.
Special to The State.

Hampton, March 25.-This morn
ing between $50 and 8 O'Clock most
dariug burglary was committed in the
town of Hampton. Safe crackers en-
tered the Office of County Treasurer j.
6. Langford and succeeding in demol-
ishing the safe and escaping with the
contents. They made an entrance by
breaking the lock on the door 80 the
Office, which is in the Court House.
There were only two in the party OF
burglars. The safe was blown open
by a charge of nitro-glycerine. The,
hammer drill and other tools used in.
making the hole for the charge we're
taken from the shop of Mr.. J. I. Rob
erts after he left the shop about 11.30
O'Clock.
The explosion awakened Clerk of
Court w. b. Causey, who lives about
% yards from the Court House. Ee
ran out and saw the burglars in the
bright moonlight. Realizing what had
happened he secured his shot gun and
using shells loaded with buckshot gave
chase, firing at them twice at the
range of about 100 yards. He and
Mr.. w. 7. Johns, who was also
awakened, gave the alarm. A party
was formed before day and with the
assistance of two bloodhounds began a
hunt for the robbers, but their search
was futile, the dogs not being able TO
run the trail for any distance.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-02
DANIEL S. HENDERSON.
Barnwell People.

The writer hopes and expects to
make good this year voluntary
promise of himself to himself, that
has not beer forgotten since it was
made in the Fall of 1876. No previous
opportunity 30 keep it has been pre-
sented.
Near the close of that now historic
campaign between the republicans
under the direction of Chamberlain
and the Democrats under the leader
ship of Hampton the writer was re-
quested by Daniel S. Henderson,
Esq, then young attorney of the
sister town of Aiken, to come to his
home and be one of conference with
few others who were taking an
active part in that contest. On the
appointed night upon arrival at the
quarters Of Mr.. Henderson he was
found in bed. suffering from injuries
received while riding with other brave
young spirits to quell the riotous pro-
ceedings precipitated in the Southern
part Of Aiken county by the republi-
can managers to secure the presence OF
United States soldiers at the polls.
His physician had forbidden the ad-
mission of visitors into his room, but
disregarding that advice Mr.. Hender-
son dismissed his attendant nurse and
called his friends around his bedside.
From a safe place of concealment he
drew a bit of paper that many leading
Democrats bad sought in vain to OBJ
tain-one of the republican tickets to
be voted at the election on the follow
ing Tuesday. It was surmounted by
an eagle, printed with red ink, and
had been sedulously guarded from
Democratic knowledge by the most
faithful OF the republican precinct
leaders. He gave no intimation of how
it had been procured. a committee,
the writer being one Of its number. in
pursuance of his suggestion, went to
Augusta on the next morning train for
the purpose of having Democratic
tickets printed in the same style, with
ink of the same color No such eagle
could be found in the Democratic
printing Offices, but an artist was
discovered who made a wood cut and
the press of the Constitutionalist was
kept busy in printing in red ink and
under the eagle the names of the
democratic Candidates IN the western
and Southern Counties of the State.
Before the election they were spread
from the nils to the sea and many an
unsuspecting Republican voted for
Hampton and home rule and by his
ballot helped to end the carnival of
the scalawag and carpet bagger. And
there and then the writer promised
himself if ever opportunity presented
TO cast his vote for Daniel S. Hen
derson for any Office for which he
might in the future be a candidate.
Years after it was incidentally
learned that Mr. Henderson had paid
seventy five dollars for one ticket above
described, and no nobler contribution
was ever made to the State than this
gift from the first earnings of young
lawyer with his way to make in the
world.
And all the life of the now favorite
and foremost son of Aiken has been in
keeping with that act which is re-
membered as we'll as if it had occurred
only yesterday.
Just thirty years ago he chose Aiken
as his life home and entered upon
the practice of his profession in CO.