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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-12-17
TRAINS GOING NORTh

eDaily. fDaiiy except sundsy.
No. 50 runs tarongh 70 Columbia vie Cer
ral r. R. of s. O.
Trains Nos. 70 snd 80 run via Eilson AHA
taystteviile-Shors Line-and make c!oa'
,onnection for sll points North.
T-ains on O. i D. 2. z. leave Flo.enc'
isiv EXCEPT Sunday so a %, arrive Darling
son ol5ap, Hsr:svilla 8 is 8 N, chefsS
Il 80 m, Wadesboro 2 35 p n. teav'
elorance daily except Sunday Z 6S n, ar
i've Dsrling.cn 20 p n, sennestsyille 9 Il
/, m, Gibson s45 p N Leave Florenc'
Sunday only 8 80 m. arrive Darlington
l066sm n
Lesve Gibaon daily except Sunday 6 0:
N, Benpettsyi!le co 6, N, arrive Daring
son 90 N, leave Darlington 90 n, aF
i've Florence 9 Is II. Lesye Weie5hors
tally except Sundss 3 90 p Il, Cheras 8:
. n, Esrtsvi,.e o5 c,, Dsrlirgton 3;
0 o., arrive Florence % p u. Leave osF
!ingtoa SaadEJ Only 80 n, sTr;ve &C
saos s:sui
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No. 81 runs through from Charleston via
Central Il. r., leaving Charleston 40 a. nl.,
Lanes Is a. NJ. Manning 81 a. m.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
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THE BANK OF SUMTER.
SUMTER, S. C.
City and County Depository,

Capital stock paid il, $4,000 90
Undivided surplus, - 10000 90
Individual liability OF stockhold-
ers in excess of their stock, $4,000 90
Transacts general banking business;
also has Saving Bank Department. De-
posts of 81 and upward received. Inter
est allowed at the rate of 4 per cent. per
annum, payable semi-annually.
W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH. President.
MAR1oN NOISE, W. F. RHAME,
Vice-President. Cashier.
Jan, 81,
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.Daily. +Daily except Sunday.
No. 53 runs through to Charleston, s: C.. via
Lanes IS p. M, Charleston 20p. m.
Trains on Conway Branch leave Chadbonrn
II OF p. M, arrive Conway 20 p. NJ, returning
leave Conway IS p. ua., arrive Chadbourn
5 20 o. m. leave Chadbourn IS p. NJ, arrive
Elrod 20 p. M, returning leave Elrod 40 a.
NJ, arrive Chadbourn IL 25 a. 10. Daily ex-
cept Sunday.
Gen'l Pass. Agent.
TN. Emerson, Traffic Manager.
II. n. Emerson. Assistant Traffic Manager.
The Washington times., 1902-08-31
SERVICE
FOR A TOMBS PRISONER
FRENCH WAR BALLOON
TO GO ACROSS SAHARA
Pigeons Will Be the Only Occupants of
the Carlo Be Liberated.

LONDON. Aug 30.-"Engineering"
prints description of the type of bal
loon ordered by the French war office.
which is 10 attempt to cross the Desert
of Sahara. The balloon will not be
manned The sole living occupants will
be six pigeons, who will be in the lower
compartment of small car. Water
ballast viii be carried In a tank sus-
pended by wire ropes below he car.
The tank will be divided into COM
parfments by perforated diaphrag GINS
The lowest OF these will have a re-
ceivinP brass conical valve. exactly in
closing an orifice by which the water
will be allowed to flow out. The valve
Will be entirely OF bronze.
The ear Will also carry hydrometer.
barometer, and thermometers. All
the Instruments are capable of working
five days. There are also arrange
ments for the escape of the pigeons
when the balloon strikes the ground.
There will be a small internal air bal
loon OF 56S cubic metres. The balloon
itself will be of 1000 cubic metres
Another balloon of 81 cubic metres
will accompany the main balloon. 1t
VIII he composed OF vanished cambTic
and inflated with illuminating gas, and
will carry a sail.
The Washington times., 1902-08-31
OPPORTUNE EVENTS
FOR BOER LEADERS
DIFFICULT WORK ON
SUBMARINE BOATS
Seaman Tells of His Experiences on
Board Vessel in Stokes Bay,
England.

LONDON, Aug. 30.-A seaman who took
boat No. in Stokes Bay gives an in
tcresting description of his experiences.
He says the sensation when the boat was
diving was very singular. The increa sed
pressure on the hull caused by the sub
mersion could be distinctly felt. He at
tributes to this the deadening Of vibra-
ton through submersion.
There is plenty of light from the elsc-
trio lamps. sort of grecnish haze
slants in through the glass scuttles of
the coming tower. At the depth of two
fathoms one can tell by peering through
one of these whether the weather is
cloudy or if the sun is shining on the
water
The first sense is one of numbness. but
he was inclined to believe that this was
more fancifu than real and was caused
by feeling of hrlplesSneSs. There is
no perceptible vibration to the boat
even when the hull is submerged at
speed of seven knots. except for slight
tremor. which is caused by the working
of the gasolene engine. The sense of
silence is profound.
The longest time they We're under
water was three hours and twenty-seven
minutes. Toward the finish. he said. he
felt slightly nauseated. Two of the men
aboard were very sick. The ringing i'll
the ears seemed to he the chief trouble.
He said he was of the opinion that the
nausea was not caused by the submer-
sion, but - the foul vapors which ac
cumulateo while the boat was sub
merged.
All seamen on submarine boats. so
this sailor man said. speedily grow
very pale. He did not like the life of
a seaman on submarine boat. II was
too perilous. and there was great dis
comfort. At the same time. he volun
teered to go to Barrow to help bring
around submarine boat No. /. whose
trial has just been successfully com
pleted.
The Washington times., 1902-08-31
ANNUAL REPORT CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION
Sixty-nine Per Cent of Per-
sons Examined Passed.
There Were 47,o75 Examined and
Nearly Half Were for Depart
mental Service.

The eighteenth annual report of the
Civil Service Commission. covering the
time between July /, 1860. and July /
1901, has been printed and will soon be
ready for general distribution.
The report shows that 47.075 persons
were examined during the year. and
that of these q OPS were examined for
departmental service. This service in
cludes all the Federal classified serv-
ices outside as well as in Washington.
with the exception OF the postal, Gus
toms, internal revenue, and Govern
ment Printing services. Almost Il 900
persons were examined for the Postof-
fee service
OF the total number who took the
examine tiOns during the time specified
about 60 per cent, or 81. 139, passed. and
1859 failed. During the period which
is covered by the report. $3.50 persons
were appointed Positions in the Phil
ippine service and the municipal serv
ice OF the District Of Columbia are not
included in this number. These ap-
pointments were distributed as follows:
How They Were Divided
Departmental service (excluding the
Railway Mail and indian serv-
ices). 1898; Railway Mail service. s16;
Indian service. 276; Postoffice service,
1 .2SS; Custom House service, So. Two
The Washington times., 1902-08-31
In Sore Straits.
AMERICAN IN LONDON
C0NFESSES TO MURDER

LONDON. Aug. 30.-A man describing
himself as an American citizen has sur
rendered 10 The police al Colchester.
saying that he committed a murder A.
Kansas city. The police are holding
him in custody Will" they inquire as
to the truth of his story
The Washington times., 1902-08-31
MAY LOSE WARS GAIN.
General Views the Political Situation
in South Africa as Unsatisfactory.

SOUTHAMPTON, Aug 3O.-General
Brabant. the commander of the Brabant
Corps during the fighting in South
Africa, sailed from here today for the
Cape.
Speaking OF the political situation.
General Brabant expressed the opinion
that it was not satisfactory. He added:
We are in danger of losing every
thing We have gained by the war
The Washington times., 1902-08-31
New English Minister.

LONDON. Aug. 30.-A parliamentary
movement Is on 10 secure minister OF
shipping or else the specialization of the
shipping department OF the board Of
this connection is predicted at the reas-
sembling of the House of Commons in
October.
The Washington times., 1902-08-31
American Players Deserved Victories.

QUEENSTOWN. Aug. 2O.-Dr. Joshua
PIN. of Dublin. who. with the Doherty
brothers, competed for he Davis Inter
national Tennis Trophy at Bay Ridge.
Erooklvn. arrived here on the Cunard
steamship Umbria TODAY. He said tha
the American tennis players we're su-
rerb and well deserved their victories.
The Washington times., 1902-08-31
stork Visits Lieutenant Blues Home

NEW YORK, Aug. 3O.-The stork has
visited the home of Lieut.. Victor Blue
of the United States Navy. who dis
tinguished himself in the naval cam
paign about Santiago. and who located
Cervera's feet in the harbor there The
name OF Lieutenant Blues son Is John
Stuart Blue.
The Washington times., 1902-08-31
Many Killed by Floods.

CALCUTTA. Aug. 30-The rivers
Raghmati and Nishnumati. in the state
of Nepal. have overtiowed their banks.
causing serious landsldes in the Khat-
mandu Valley. The cities Of Bhatga on
and Parna are greatly damaged and sew
eral hundred persons have been killed
The Washington times., 1902-08-31
Mr.. BurtOn's Opponent.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. Aug SO.-E. c.
Vail was nominated by acclamation ny
the Twenty-first district Democratic
Congressional convention today. His
opponent is Representative Theodore f.
Burton. now serving his third term in
Congress
The Washington times., 1902-08-31
WEST INDIANS DESIRE
TO BECOME AMERICANS
Feeling Growing in Trinidad
and Jamaica
British Colonists Becoming More Eager
Daily to Become Citizens
of United States.

KINGSTON. Jamaica. Aug. 30,-Th,
last two or three months have witnessed
a remarkable renewal of the American
annexation idea In at least two OF th'
largest and most important of Grea
Britain's West India possess ions-Trini-
dad and Jamaica.
The leaders of the agitation are gen
orally planters and business men These
point to the growing prosperity of Porte
Rico, and denounce the system of Brit
ish colonial government. They also
point to the desperate state of the sugar
industry and to the deplorable cOndi-
tion of the people Of the British islands,
seriously suggesting annexation to the
United States as the only possible
chance of reviving their fallen fortunes.
Natives Talk of Lynchings.
Such Is the view of the planters and
business men; and both together form a
highly influential class-perhaps the
most influential of the community. The
natives, on the other hand, resurrect
stories of lynchings and the workings
OF the anti-negro movement in the
Southern States. They declare Them
selves emphatically against annexation
and strongly in favor of British rule.
which, some of the leaders saw gives
them "a freedam that has become to
them even more precious than indus
trial and financial prosperity"
Between these two factions comes an
other class. influential enough. though
in hopeless minority, holding that fed
Grafton with Canada Is the only remedy
for the ills from which the islands are
undoubtedly suffering. All the newspa'
pers have been busy publishing letters,
recommendations and protests. One pa
per had finally to decline to publish any
letters bearing on the subject
Sick of Colonial Policy.
The truth is that intelligent people
here are becoming altogether sick OF the
British colonial policy-a policy that has
resulted in the almost total destruction
Of the sugar industry of the islands. The
fruit trade with the United States is the
most prontaDle undertakinB IN Jdinaicd
at present It's growth is continuous and
and 1t is the mainstay OF the
island Nobody attempts TO deny that
without the United Fruit Company, an
American concern. the island must long
ago have given up the struggle.
The depression over the country Is as
acute as it is real Government depart
mental reports teen with references to
it. Taxes are becoming harder TO col
lect because people are daily thrown out
of work in consequence OF the failure
of the sugar industry. Within the last
few months thousands upon thousands
of persons have been prosecuted for non
payment OF taxes. They are generally
given a month or two in which TO pay up
their dues, or in default take a term OF
Imprisonment, which does not cancel the
debt
The Washington times., 1902-08-31
Ocean Steamship Movements.

NEW YORK. Aug. 30.-Arrived: St
Paul, Southampton; Etruria. Liverpool; ;
La Savoie. Havre; Statendam. Rotter-
dam; Bohemian. Liverpool; Arkansas,
Chris;iania; Celtic. Liverpool.
The Washington times., 1902-08-31
Grapfe-Nuts.
Get in line.

Getn n line
Try leaving off old eating ands 70 yourself
breakfast o
No
Our word for whole body will Energy" of returning
nd
brain do tmnqs.
Of
his of
These facts attention. ndcareGl thought
The Washington times., 1902-08-31
PNEUMATIC TUBES
WILL AGAIN Be USED
Order Made Relative to New
York and Brooklyn.
Lines Previously in Operation Will Be
Operated Pending Further Con-
tracts Being Made.

Second Assistant Postmaster General
Shallenberger yesterday sent the follow
ing telegram TO Leroy C. Baldwin. presi-
dent OF the New York Mail and News
paper Transportation Company, 1875
Broadway New York:
assuming that the inforxation called
FOR in our communication 20 your COM
pany CT the 2Sth instant will be satis-
factory. as touching pneumatic tube lines
previously in operation in New York and
Brooklyn. department will authorize SER
vice at once in New York and Brooklyn
between points covered by former con-
tracts at pro rata OF rates named in
your proposal. IL company and sureties
viii agree.
Figured or Full Contract.
limited service would have already
been authorized in New York and Brook
Ign but fer the fact that the New York
Mail and Transportation Company did
not make separate bids for the various
routes. but cnly sum for the entire
service.
Owing TO the limited appropriation
made by Congress. 1t will be necessary
to do without some of the proposed
routes in New York and Brooklyn. and
the Postoffice Department officials were
unable 10 make exact estimates. The
pro rata method will. it is thought. be
entirely satisfactory to the company as
II is to the department.
The Washington times., 1902-08-31
|. P. MORGAN at NeWport

NEWPORT. Aug 3O.-Mr. ]. p. Nor.
gan arrived hsre this afternoon on IN.
yacht Corsair on briei visit.
The Washington times., 1902-08-31

thirds of the appointments of the de-
partmental service proper and nearly
one-half of the appointments in the In
dian service were OF persons who had
passed non educational examinations.
These examinations, which are some
times termed registration or experience
examinations. are mainly based upon a
consideration of the length and quality
OF the experience and the physical fit
ness OF applicants. They are usually
held for positions requiring a knowledge
of one OF the mechanical trades or
skilled manual occupations.
From statement of the extent OF the
civil service subject 10 the rules ard
act. i! appears that in the entire exeru-
tive service % the Government tbers
are il. reund numbers 900 places. O;
which number about 12l ,0O0 are classi-
fed. Oh the Il4,C01 remaining IN
classified. -. i9S are those Of fourth
class postma sters The annual eXpendi-
ture for salaries for the entire execu-
tive service is stated to be about $780,
000. 600. and of this S85.C00.000. or near
ly two-thirds. goes TO salaries for posi-
lions subject to the civil service rules
Extension of Classification.
The view OF the Commission as 10 what
positions should properly be classified
appears in the following quotation from
the reHort:
Substantially ell Of the positions in
the executive civil service. with The
exception of those requiring sdministra-
tive ability. those of confidential ma
ture. ard JhCsc CT mere laborers. can be
properly made subject to practical tests
Of fitness by this Commission. The posi-
tions requiring administrative ability or
supervisory capacity should az a rule.
be filled by promotion or transfer. and.
as a matter of fact. the positions OF
nature. or those which are
Of fiduciary character. could also be
better filled in most cases by the trans
fer or promotion OF qualified persons al
ready in the service. The number OF
positions which carnct with advantage
10 the service. be made subject to COM
Detitive examination in some form is
very small. and is confined to that lin
ted class of positions the occupants OF
which are required TO originate action
INVOLVING the general policy of the Ad
The Washington times., 1902-08-31
Arson Suspect IS Con-
flrmed by Bishop
Potter.
CEREMONY In VIEW OF INMATES
Fred Wagner Was Formerly a Lutheran
Influenced by the Talks of Prison
Missionaries - Many Convinced of
Mans Innocence.

NEW YORK. Aug. 30.-For the first
time in the history OF the Tombs.
and probably the first time in the his
tory of any of the city prisons. the Epis-
copal service Of confirmation was per
formed on a prisoner there this norm
ing Bishop Potter held the service,
and Frederick Wagner. who is confined
in the Tombs awaiting a retrial on a
charge OF arson. is the man who was
confirmed. He is now a full-fedged
Episcopalian.
Wagner's conversion is directly due to
the efforts OF the prison chaplain Dr.
r. G. Quennell and to Alexander Had
don. the st Andrews Brotherhood man
who has done mission work in the city
prisons for long time.
Prisoner a Young Man.
Wagner. who is a young man-only
twenty-two-was impressed by the Sun
day talks which DR.. Quennell gave the
prisoners. as well as by Mr.. Haddon's
words, and he recently expressed his
intention of becoming a member of the
Episcopal Church, requesting that the
rite of confirmation be performed
Bishop Potter drove to the Tombs
shortly after O'Clock this morning. and
in his robes accompanied Dr. Quennell.
Commissioner Of Corrections Hynes and
Warden Van de Carr TO the second tier
of he Jail. where Wagner is shut up.
That is the old "Murderers' Row." and
Wsgner's cell is 81.
Full View of Inmates.
He was admitted to the bridge. and
there in full view of the prisoners in !
adjoining cells. where they could hear
every word Of the ritual, Bishop Potter |
recited the service and laid his hand on
the prisoners head while Wagner knelt |
this signifying the act of confirmation. /
The Washington times., 1902-08-31
HOLBElN'S FEAT A
TOPIC OF INTEREST
Swimmer Almost Crossed
the English Channel.
Took Wrong Course-Pilots Say He
Should Have Gone From England
to France.

LONDON. Aug. 30-MOntague Hol-
bein's almost successful attempt to
swim the channel from Cape Grisnez to
Dover is a topic OF universal interest.
The general opinion, especially among
channel pilots. is that Holbein added
immensely to the difficulties of his task
by selecting the course from France to
England. The currents most set in to-
ward the French coast, and this is
proved by the fact that wreckage gen
orally drifts there rather than to the
English side.
Might Have Succeeded.
with the conditions as favorable as
they were the consensus of opinion is
that he would. have succeeded if he had
followed the course taken by Captain
Webb. Holben himself is almost con-
verted to the same opinion. He is Won
derfully well after the severe strain.
Beyond a stiffness of his arms, shoul-
ders and legs and sore throat and
mouth. caused by swallowing salt water,
he feels little the worse for his swim
After temporary collapse when he
was taken out of the water he walked
the length OF the pier with the assist
ance of the arm of a friend on their re-
turn.
Captain Webb. after his swim. waded
ont and walked on the beach without as
sistance.
In describing his swim, Holbein says
that for the most part OF the time his
mind was a blank. as he tried not tc
think of anything. He calculates that
he made $4,000 strokes in his swim
across the channel and this fully ac-
counts for the stiffness in his limbs He
says he had the greatest hopes of sue
ceeding when he was half mile from
the shore on st. Margaret's bay, but the
western tide was very strong and set
him out again.
In Sore Straits.
The president of the Swimming Club,
who was in a tug discovered that Hol-
bein was in current, which. in his fee
BILE condition, would be sufficient 10
drown him. Holbein admits that at the
time he was in desperate straits Re
plying TO a question. which was much
debated on the tug and in Dover. wheth-
er. during the last hour or two. aIco-
holic stimulants would not then have
been advantageous to him. he said that
he did not believe they would
The Washington times., 1902-08-31
Cape Parliament the
Scene of Two Important
Happenings.
DR.. JAMES0N'S APPEARANCE
Raid Authors Assumption OF the Role
of Head of Opposition Causes Joy in
Afrikander Ranks A Curious Pre-
dicament for Chamberlain.

LONDON, Aug SO.-There were two
notable events in the Cape parliament
during the last week. which will have an
important bearing on the racial crisis
in South Africa. Both come at a most
opportune moment for the Boer leaders
in Europe in their struggle with the
British government for concessions to-
ward rehabilitating their people.
The first is the decision of the Cape
legislature to appoint a commission OF
its own to take evidence and report on
the operation OF martial law in the
Colony throughout the war.
The second. which is perhaps more
significant. is DR.. Jamesons assumption
OF practical leadership of the opposition
tc the ministry of Sir Gordon Spriggs.
with the immediate suspension OF the
constitution as policy.
Effect of These Steps.
The effect of each of these steps is 20
make deeper and clearer the alignment
of the forces of the Afrikander bond.
which is now master OF the parliament
airy situation in the Colony, the rem
nants of the Rhodes party and the So
called progressives.
The appointment of the commission is
a distinct challenge to Colonial Secre-
tary Chamberlain. whose commission on
the same subject, composed of Lord
chief Justice Alverstone, Judge Bgham.
and Maj. Gen. Sir John c. Ardahs. will
Colony. Despite of the prominence and
standing of these men, it is already
obvious that it is the parliamentary
commission alone which will enjoy the
confidence of the Cape Dutch. who were
chiefly affected by martial law.
Joy in the Bond.
The appearance of DR.. Jameson as
party leader can only be said TO mark
the present barrenness of Cecil Rhodes
political heritage. The appearance of
the author of the famous raid in the
center of the political stage at this
juncture is one of those things that
make the bond leaders rub their hands
and laugh. 1t will surely spare them
the trouble and expense of electoral
canvassing.
For Mr.. Chamberlain however, 1t IS
a more serious matter. His refusal 10
suspend the constitution was condi-
tional on the good behavior of the
Cape Parliament. But, however trou@l
blesome the politicians in their Boer
sympathies at the Cape have now be-
come. it is out of the question that he,
Mr.. Chamberlain. should take his or
ders from Dr. Jameson.
Advantage for Beers.
the Boer leaders who are coming 10
London tonight with their political man
ager. Delegate Abram Fischer. will GER
tainly not fail to urge their political adj
vantage. Precisely what they seek be- !
sides money and an understanding on
the question of education is not known |
as yet but their claims will probably 1
appear more reasonable TO Secretary
Chamberlains eyes when he looks at the !
dire trouble they can make with the /
racial commission in South Africa. by
reviving all the army passions of the
past three years and the spectacle of !
DIR. Jameson as a lcyalist political /
leader