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VOL. II. NO. So.
MARION. N. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 8. 1893.
s. Tor Year i.i A.I.-aneo.
l IS I
i.Msc-tion That is
Dailv I
:A, What is the Cause
HE WAR IN CUBA.
tror find livery Shame Is
Cpnn Almost Kvery Page of !
!'0 ilifig With Cuba.
Welch, of Newberry, S. C.,
Co! 'i mhia State to ansewer the
. 'I ;te tio'i iu its i.isue of tha
1' i . Ik ti cause of the war in
I !".r i- what are the fact:-, the
Af) fa- t ', which, led up to the
dnb iu reply, answers aa fol-
urj might
e t;iven in one
nauvernmetit.
rcs-ion, an all-de-i
uttor hooele.snoss
a. on
pain ii n;ie, coupled
I'it'HtK
of a tyrant-ridden
i'i.
i'Hf specihcatioiis
jred, and i ; had give
an extend from
J;i itinni' a. fn im-i
J
li n of the royal fam- !
of v. Inch arrived
nii-r.i )or of the
ouii to prc-Rerc
;'-; I sovereign,
".st Vaix!e.,n. ' It
ty, .,li:ch earned
I. !:
in- i e.-1 un
title of ' 1 he i
t !::: e a mol'
' this Julian
( '..'.ilinniu''
r.ATTLK nrr kwa.
-sr-hle, now ..'uiamau id bC.-v.t'
l'.a-. i '.-!! ;
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t ii.i r uv oi,lk;k.
f s Attempt to Mob
it- Number.
male by fifty-five
t:i t M aioi-v 'Lautey
i nio.iu.-i Military
.iv. ht on a riot that
cl. I ; was charced
'.'o-ino 1 on live ca
avrion. The Leys
-i ...tr taken luck.
;o brr.i aiout
. r.t tempted to mob
much uistmbauce
to called in. It is
cts v ill be expelled,
indents it mnv
On
-.- t Iiaie lrop
. cf 'iiinia, is- ie-
is to raise military
it i 1 1 for use in the
- iices not think it
'o nuthorizo the form
new organization.
;'.y in a position to
ing Day.
-. work:
Ul tho
.d and
ng d;vs
L'nited
207 ia
i Inj? to crush th insurgent", Spain La i pent I
; to Cula 145,t 00 to;i.-i.- ....o n-r rno.-t favor- j
i e l eomaiaiia---r-i but with iit-d-; or no rtisulr.
I On tho other hind Cu.;i. uu br thy prpet-
U'U ,ir pr-hcnloa cf th-j r-rh 'i:ion. has I
6en her trn.ln 1.'Crn-,P ,f.r r-r,,i s r...ln-. I
an'1 a,!r Creoles desert ing to the Uuit-I
jtntHj r.n 1 i,anih r.-iuidia-: a. .1 in r '
Uvc-jj havi been trebi-j-J in vain to rne.t I
tho ever-meroa.-.ms esi.;n;0i ani ri. iliac; '
d-i'ts I
41 The Britaimica's account ends two
years before tho tlos-o of the war. lu
tirou-'ntheinfnpnMfIf Mnrtjno
i amrfl', wno iiad been sent over
captain-creneral with full tiowers to
conclude a peace on terra" acceptable to
the insurgents, the to-called 'treaty cf
Zanjon' was signed and the revolution
ended. I his paper plelgvd Spain to
eivo the Cubans the right of Buili-rK.
luil representation in the Spaiish par
liament administrative reiorin-i and so
forth. Within two years after ward
lieu. Carapos wa-i moved iuthecoite-s
to reproach the povermuent for not car
rying out its vie-lges to the Cubans.
Ihey were, indeed, never fullillol in
pood fa.th. As in many other cases,
ttnaiu 'jnado the word ofYromise to the
ear and broke it to the hope.'
"Cuba did cet representation ia the
Spanish curios, but tho fculfrao was so
restricted for Cubans and enlarged for
Spaniards that nearly all the members
elected weio . Sjaniaris, and in tlio
Cortes no attention was vouchsafed to
Cuban Krievauces. As for local self
povfirrnneut, liorewas none whatever.
Cllicia! speculations inci eaced instead
of diminishirjs:, the Spaniard:; lilliuna'l
tho oihees. ihe eutiro cost of the war
about s j .' ,b'J ),ijO'J was naddled uron
ulta, and from a milhon and a half
people .vi",0:jO,)-;i) to J?:'),0rX.O')) weio
annually wrun' in taxe'', nine-tentns
of whicji were drained nwa- to Spain.
Cubans htd to ftujiport a .Spanish army
( I' occupation ii.nnberns 2),'-") men.
i'liero were annual and inereain do
licits in the revenues after all this tax
ation, and r-i rated issues cf bonds
wei o mi lo to c ver them. A deputy iu
tl
cottes dr-clared: 'Cuba is Mink
nnd'jr an inundation of abiwv, and a
p! (i ; ultra is impossible unless indeed
tho extermination of the v. hole island
ers bo decreed.' Tho hir.iorian l'rotuio
r. P. r.var..
wrote: 'i he government is i:nim.i'jrin
ably corruit, and tho rbcal policy op
pressive and ruinous. ' Our former min
ister to Madrid, Dr. Curr3 para-jhrai-ed
O !ad;done's words and a-i'erttjd : ' i '.very
honor an 1 every tshumo that co-Id dis
grace the relations between a s.rong i
t cotiutrj- and u weak one is written upon j
' alir.ort every a-o of Spain's dealings i
' with Cuba. '
.-".'.-ii was tho cdiiiucn ci t :ti'.T
" l-.en. abouf ten years ft-.ro, .to-o 3 i a r t i ,
a youui: Cuban eiie, who as a !ad had
been in:prio!ie.i in the African prison
t d ( 'fut a ;:id o eon iiis wrists the f-cu
of Spanish iiiiinacSe, inspired by t'auh
a'id inctoniitiible esp:rruion f'.r tho iib
t i i v of iiis co'tntrv, conceived tho plan
of organizing bis fcllo -.resiles into c':ui)s i
iind raising muds iu preparation for a
iinui revtdt. Jle made this his life
wc! k. 1'or five years tv uioro the:;.o
H'nban evolutionary Circles' in the
1'iiited States, in Mexico, Central and
South America, in 1. avis, and wherever
c l?e the exi'e.- could organize, nnplid
theu"seiv-)j with patient devotion to the
task sat them by Maiti. In th riorida
cigar factories they reirnlarly set np.iv!
one day's wages each week, for the cuttle;
elsewhere they adopted other ?nethids.
V"iieu thi) time camo to tnke ihey ii:;d
acouiun'.ated in-m ."' K, to .l,fa O.Lv .
r.ud had smuggled into tho island sev
eral tLotisii.n'1 titles and u .juautLty ci
niiiUiuiiit'.on.
"in Janr.arj-, on a day acgrcjtl
upi ii. patriots rose in most of tbe p" r
Mutes, and, imniediatelv til'ter, vcl
erans of the J en Yearr.' war i'ean to
, land on the coast from diuerut quiir
teifl ( f exih taking with them lea?er
bh t arm- and munitions. Iheretfolu-
( ti'. n Kpri.id liipi.ily ami scon cotili'f liel i
the eastern ', io ince of Santiago. ?'iHrt; ;
appi ured in person, with (lomez. Soon i
filter ho feil in l,it:ie, lcadini; aid'argo. i
iut the cause C which he liad tie voted 1
his lite and to whicu ins death was a
' sacrifice, went on to victory, ibis
is the story. Lhe ca-us belli :s ninety
ea: old. "
vindications point to a strike of ten
thousand diggers in the Monangahola,
: 1'n. . river mines.
Natural Irid-e dd.
' Mr. H. C. Cairuth, t weatbtJ I'oston
man. has- abesut concludel negotiations
for the pnvchae cf the famous Xa.ura!
Ib ide pro; e:ty in llookhi idge c.-ir.ty,
; Virginia. The property embrace - a line
estate of .several thour-and acre - iu a i
dif.on to ihis great Virginia wnn.h-r.
ihe land bridge belongs to t!:e widow
of v oh Henry C. Parsons, whose mur
der three vears ago at a C.ifton I ov-o
; hotel by v. luctor lioodinuu attracted
so mucn attention.
Only Sixteen iilip.;is Left
1 h rty-four of the fifty million dollar j
cmergi-ncv fund for war purposes ac-j
propriated by (.'ongress has already j
1 e?a expended. ;
Sisteen Million in Claims. j
Claim against Spain aggregating J
Sl,;. 'i;Jv',0i'd :or injury and los incident j
to the w ar- in Cuba have been filed with '
tne Mate Department by the citizens of j
the United States residing in that coun- I
try. They cover claims for personal'
injury, imj risonmeut, lo-sof stock,
burning of tugar plantations, etc.
Tost Oflioe Hobbed.
The postoHl'e at Aberdeen. X. ('. .
was entered by burelars and tne saf.
blew a up and "iT'L-bsd c; nosey, ataaiPd
aso" jtw dry,
HAS BEEN ID BP.
TU CmJ.h pr, r:rfinir ,
,ne Pan,sn aDtna bcemg that
tho (J. S. Meant Business.
WANTS TO RF-OPEN THE CASE.
I'xpectcl I liat Every Demand of This
Cou :try Will lie fi ranted The
Io'ers of Europe Hrins Influence
to Tie nr Upon Spain to Drins Peace
Out of the Gathering War Clouds.
Ilepresentatlvcs of the Six I'owcr
Held a .Meet! is nt the liritish
ICrnbassy in Washington.
Wa-hiugton (Special) Swift as a
cannon's flash tha Cuban situation was
changed on the Cth. The galleries of
Congress were crowded, Senators and
ilcpreoentatives were auxious and agi
tated, and even the diplomatic corp:
w.vs in a ferment, awaiting a me-sage
from tic- FrosiJeut of tho United States
to the Congress of the people which
might mean war, when, with excite
ment at the very highest, liko an
electric flash, the AVord was passe!
that there would be no message today,
ts fctuldenuess stunned tho public,
which heard tho news in distorted
forms, and amazed veteran members
of Congress. Ultimately it became
known that not only would thero bo no
message today, but no message this
week, and that it was at least a possi
bility that the message written and ap
proved might never go to Congress
at all.
The first reason for the delay was that.
the administration received advices
from Oeneral Leo, at Havana, indica
ting that ad Americans could not be
goLteu oft' the i -land tada3r, and would
bo in grave peril if the message preced
ed their departure.
Tlirt second reason, and perhaps
eoually potent with the other, slowly
j drifted into public comprehension late
j in the day, chiefly through tho medium
oi piumsneu Associated press dis
patches from Madrid, for extreme reti
cence, was maintained on the subject by
the few in Washington who knew the
fact s, and even cabinet oilicers were un
advised on the subject. This impel
lent news was that the Spanish govern
ment, after what had plainly been
most exciting times in the inner Span
ish circles at Madrid, had decided to
reopen the case closed, so far as this
government was concerned, by there
tunai of Spain to make s-atisfactory re
spou r-e to the representations raad6 by
t lie United States last week, aad iu
order to avert impending war, had de
cided to mke concessions heretofore
refused.
What will be tho final outcome it is
too early to say, but the aspect of af
fairs c-rtainly is considerably more spe
cific, and Fuliicient to renew the hope
of the I 'resident in a eoiution of tha
Cuba i question satisfactorily to tho
American people, and one achieved
without bloodshed. The details re
main to be worked out, but it is ex
pected that between now and the 11th a
clearer light will bo thrown on the future
by an action at Madrid, of which oim
important feature at least is tho decla
ration cf an armistice by the Queen
iiegent of Spain. This armistice, it is
e xpected, will lead to ultimate indepen
dence of Cuba from Spauish rule, but
by what intermediate f-teps, perhaps
evening the governing powers donotat
this time kno"v. Much, it is supposed,
i v. ili di end upon the Cuban insurgents
I and the people of the two countries of
j the United States and Spain.
'1 he powers of Luropo. material and
moral, it is known, have brought to bear
all their influence on the government of
Spar i and still are actively at work
seeking by the wi? e?t and most politic
course necessary in view cf the circum
stances and sentiments of thetwogrtat
nations involved to biing pence (tit of
the- gathering war clouds. All the capi
tals of Lnrope have been n communi
cation to this end, a fact evidenced by
the assemblage at the British embassy
in this city yesterday of the representa
tives of the six powers of Europe who
then aud there were ma le mutually ac-
p.iamted with what has been done
abroad and with the desire cf t:io-e
who accredited them to Wash ngton
that thev should work in accord iiere.
this conceit, however, in tho Uniie.l
States, uot to go beyond a mild tender
c f good offices to secure peace and de-
i ley a definite declaration of war n hos
i tihties finally become inevitable,
j The improved condition of affairs was
retiected throughout all puVbcquarters.
j It was manifested at the Vh.te House,
among cabinet otlicers and at the e-:n-i
bassies and legations, including the
! S :tn:?a legation. At the latter estab
; hshmcnt reaor Polo sail that while he
j i.ould not disclose any of tho n.forma
; ti- n reaching him in an official char
: acrer. he felt that the strain of a few
j h iirs ago wa materially lelieved, and
I that the prospect for i eace looked much
i lighter, rie in no v. ay connrniei. nor
would he even discuss, views entcr
tt'.ined in orfieial quarters that Si ain
was slowly but surely yielding, and
(..mined Lis utteiances to the genera!
-fatenitc. thot conditions w ere lm. rov-
the ur.ccitaiuty following a great
disappointment was the condition ex-j-tmg
at the capitol at the close t f the
dav. xv hen tho expected did not hapi en.
reratois and meml ers were at s a as
I t xv i. a: xvas coming next. While the
j Mf'vj.-e was awaited, thero came a
hurried summons of leaders cf the
i Senate and House. The;.- were iuf rm
; e l tha: the mes.-age was to bo withheld
i-.po-.i the information received licm
' C onsu! -iJeneral Lee. The reasons he
! gvo were' d.;-?;ueJ entirely fatisfactr-iy
j cy fill, ftudsecaicr rftrinefcrar-i 9
ried the news to that body. That the
danger to American lifo was considered
sufficient rea-on for non-action ap
r-euted ri the postponement of all
p: oposid meeting
'anon.
s to consider the sit-
. 'resent From Mr. .JciT.-rson Davis.
Mrs. JefTerson Davis has sent to the
a l:es of the Confederate Museum the
et of furniture u-cd by her and i rsi
leiit I avis during; their occntanevot
;he building known as the wh.te hon e
i the Confederacy. This will be
i laced in what was the President's
ihamber, which is now the South
arolina room. It was in this room
that Winnie L'avis was born.
TnnuuunuuihiE COUNTRY.
The South.
There are sa:dto be thirteen cases of
smallpox in Columbia, ti. C.
The Plant Line eteamers will enforce
quarantine regulations on passengers
from Havana.
Near ML Jackson, Shenandoah coun
ty, Va., Miss Nettie Peace was thrown
from a wagon and, killed her neck be
ing broken.
By an explosion of boilers in the
Wheeling Y. Va.) Steel Works, David
Gleary was killed and several seriously
iajured.
The Confederate Veterans of Berke
ley county, W. Va., have named their
camp, consisting of 125 members, 4 'Fitz
hugh Lee Camp."
The annual convention of the West
Virginia Editorial Association will open
at Horgantown May 11.
Near Lynchburg, Va. , Wm. II. Snow,
Jr., shot and killed Henry W. McVeigh,
his brother-in-law.
Governor Bob Taylor, of Tennessee,
Trill probably deliver the annual ad-
dress at Guiiford Battle Ground, July
4th.
The eight-year-old son of J. A. Whit
man, of Dosier, several miles north of
Winston, N. C. , fell into a tub of hot
fclop at a blockade still house and was
bo badly scalded that he died.
The steamship City of Macon, from
Boston to Savannah, Ga. , was discov
ered to be on fire when nearing tha lat
ter port. 'Ihe blaze wa9 extinguished
with the aid of tug3 aud the passengers
carried off in safety.
St Burgees, W. Va., Thomas Belcher,
aged sexenty years, fell into the fire
and was burned to death.
There was a row between colored peo
ple xvhile returning from a funeral in
Bichmond, Va. . during which Irving
Allen was killed anil two others
wounded.
An unidentified body, found afloat
near Norfolk, Va. , is supposed to be
that of Cherles Morris, of Philadelphia,
xvho xvas lost overboard from a tr.
March 11.
J . Pi ay ton Nabors. a white man living
two miles from Hodges, Oreenwoed
county, South Carolina, killed his S-jear-old
son. It is thought the killing
was accidental, as Nabors was elruuk.
A Winchester rifle elid the work.
A delegation from the Women's
Christian Temperance Union of Kieh
mond, Va., called on Superintendent
of Public Inst ruction bouthall and
urged the teaching of a couree of
hygeinein the public schoals.
A special to the Constitution from
Columbia, S. C, pays: Near Newberry,
on the night of the oth, there was a
battle between eight or ten whites and
a fcoi e of negroes. A deputy fdieriiT.
xvith a warrant for Monroe Leitzse.y,
charging him with assaulting John i
Banks, a member of the Legislature,
ewore in a posse and went to the man's
house late at night. The negro called
for help aud twenty negroes irom ad
jacent houses rushed out with shot
funs, thinking it a lynching party,
iriug on both sides was lively. Pour
whites and four negroes xvere wounded.
The whites retired.
The North.
New York's Comptroller says the city i
debt is now SCO, 000,000 beyond tho legal i
limit. " ;
Pnldio School Teacher Jesse Bell, cf ;
Binghamr tou, X. Y., was beaten by '
two men for whipping his pupils. i
Eight thousand school teachers in
New York will receive an average ad
vance in pay of SI 02 a year. ;
Work li83 been suspended in all the
coal mines of the Ohio district, over ',
tho 10 per cent, advance demanded, ;
but there is hope of a settlement.
New York's State tax has been fixed
at 2.0$ mills, the lowest rate for several ;
years.
Twenty-eight ice companies of Chi
cago, 111., have formed a truttwith
GO'J.i'OO cai ital.
At Richmond, Va., a crowd hanged
and burned President McKinley and
Mark Ilauna in effigy.
Ohio coal miners are demanding a
balf-boliday on Saturday, and may
strike in nine counties.
E. K. Woodbury, 89 years old, o!
Tort Chester, X. Y., was killed whiio
trying to rescue hi bicycle from under
a passing train.
Miscellaneous.
A di'patch from Lima says that c0)
native agricultural laborers and ser
Tants have leen shidped from Japan to
rem.
The Mexican government has made
public its determination not to i erm t
the recruiting or raising of regiments
of Spaniards resident in this country,
or otherwise, within the borders of
Mexico.
The Canadian Government Las re
jected the Yukon Railway bill, on the
ground that the land grant was exce&
sive. Steve Brodie. the celebrated bridge
jumper, died suddenly cn a railway
train near Adrian, Mich.
T. M. McBride, suspected of mnr
derinc four members of the Lee fam
ily, at Paint Bock, Tex., ccmmitied
suicide.
Ihe President Las approved the bill
for the relief of the families of the dead
tailors who were killed by the "Maine"'
explosion.
'Ihe Financial committee of the New
York Life Insuiance Company have
telegra; hed I resident McKiuiex. ex
j reusing their confidence in his jelicy,
so fur a made public, and offering to
lean .? 10, ..., km.? to the government i:a
2:ed;a!ely, iu cnta cf war, at stieh
terms &i t-e jorr55if5t say Jt
JUBt. . .
The Positively Promi53d Message
Did Not M ateria' ize.
LEE CABLED FOR DFLAY.
Tbousauds bo Had W.dtcd to il-M
tlie rresiden: 'h Cuban Mc.-a-i
Turner Axviy Disgusted
.2d Day,-AfU; aqti et icssic-t, m?
' ing which the reso.utioa o lie red the day
beicre by euator Lhand er calling lor
; the Cul ance i re-pondeuce, wa3 reft ried
I to the committee, and a secret ses;cn
on the bill to purchase the Pauish Wet
: Xdiau Island heieiofore repoiteu, the
S'enate adjouixe i until Monday.
! ?.;D Dav. It was frankly an I openly
i charged in the Senate bv i eikius, of
! 1. alifornia, in a set si eecb, that pain
was lesi'ousible for the Maine di.-aster,
! as it had been brought about by pan
i ish niachinatioufeaud: panish treachery,
i Turnerj of Washington, introduced a
j resolution to take action without wnit
i mg on any department cf the goveru
! ment; Clay, of tieorgia, Fpoke at length
on the 1 oraker resolution. Other
; speeches xvei o delivered for free Cuba,
j after which the Senate resumed the con
: 6ideration of the sundry civil bill, and
I finished thirty-three i ages before going
into executive sessiou.
( 74rit Day In the enate fierce Cuban
speeches were made, "iho United
'. States ouirht imiiiediatelv' to declare
! xvar ngatn.st S; a'u and to maintain that
I xvar until the people of Cuba are noo'e
free from Spanish starvation a:;d c;
j ty, and the government of tho inland
firmly established as an independent
I republic. J his utterance by Senator
! ( handier, of Mew Hampshire, iu n
' carefully prepared statement ci his po
; sitiou on the Cuban crisis was tho
I climax of an extended discussion of the
: subject, participated in by Pevera!
' members in the Senate. Sp.eeches had
i been delivered by Turner, of Wahing
i ton: Harris, of ivansas, and Kenney, of
. Delaware, all of xvhom took tttong (
; ground for vigorous afid instant action ,
l3' the United States.' At the conelu- '
j sion cf tho speeches on the Cuban ;
question, the Senate resumed th con- ;
: sideration of the sundry civil bill, the!
! only important program being a slight- ;
, ly modified form of the committee j
i amendment suspending the forestry j
1 reservation proclamation.
I ?Sih Day. When the Senate con- j
I vened intense exieetane. amounting:
j to excitement, prevailed on both the !
j lioor and in the galleries. The Presi- i
: dent's messaye Jjf I been positively -j
promised, aud its coming was awaited i
i with genuine anxiety, 'leu minutes :
! after tho Senate met consideration of j
the sundry civil bill was resumed and j
I with the exception of eignt minutes !
j ns med by an executive session, in i
! wiucti Senator l'avis auneuneed that j
j no message xvou'd be feut into-dav, ai- j
I most the entire session xvas consumed
! bv the ai ironriation bill. It was ora?-
tieally completed when laid aside fori
j the day.
THE HOUSE.
61st Dat. After an exceedingly inr- j
bulent session of six hours, tha He-use i
passed ihe naval appropriation bill and j
theu adjourned until Monday, 'lhoi
war spirit was manifested i;: all ihe j
speeches and overiode ihe naval com- '
mittee itself by increasing the number ;
of torpedo boats ami torpedo boat de- J
etroyers to 21, the bill as reported no :
viding for but 12, and th.eai propriatio:.
to .?4, (), COD, ic dead of j?2.y.),0 -u.
&2r. Dat. Tu the House the Senate j
resolution for terni orary foi title ttions
was lasted. V bile t here was no at- i
tempt t ) force considcra'ioii for a res-.-
lution regarding tun Cuban situation iu j
the Home, there was a I nef out! real;, ;
in the course oi which the warlike te:n- i
per of the crowded galleries wa- so
manifest tl.it Speaker Lleed threat, ne t
to clear them ii it xvas icieated. '1 iie
outbreak occurred over a molioti
ly Cannon to pn s the Senate reso
lution to autb.orir.e ti e l"re.-ide!it to
erect tempo! nry lortificntionr, in e-.-e of
emergency, upon bn, -i. when the writ
ten consent if the- o-.vnr-
d,t
a I,
without awfiiii-ig the long proce-8 oi
legal condemnation. This led to a de
mand by Badey, theBemr crat:c leroler.
for information a; to tho lacts which
warranted a I these war maa-nres. 1 be
particular statement which arou.-ed lite
galleries w as to the elTect that whi e
the Democrats were w iliiug to wait any
reasonable t:me for the President to
transmit a message that would meet
the approval if the American r-eop ".
they would lu t wait a rairute for h :n
to continue nei'cdiations with th
"butchers of St am.
&-3dL)at. The crowds which thronged
the galleries of the House were disap
pointed. There were no outbreaks f
my kind on tho floor on the Cuban
qne-tion. Ihe whole day was sp--; t o:i
the private calendar, w;th the re-;!
that several i-ibs w-r a-sed, among
them one to pay ihe heirs .f John
Roach, the ship bui! der, :J.'i, O-'t on u
claim which ha b-eeu lending a dozen
years, and another to pav C. C. Bo-t.y-shell,
supet meu' le'.jt of the Philade -phia
mint, lT.'fr', cxt-a-d-d fr'.tii tho
gold vaults by a weigh c!-rk At .
p. m. t!:e Hoii-e t. . k a lec- ss ur.th
p. m . the e'ening .. ion being de-
vote t to tne con-;-.ie:
legislation.
l-ili D.vr. f: v
in the galier:- aul
Houe for l...n --. ii.a-i
o'clo"1'.: n"i!il si.--r: y i
m . the th'.U-a: h ' w
..tion !
waiting
I
T at ;e:
cm r:w'
r I t:.--
eio" e (
ho Lai
ii oi:i
k p
hear the fir-id- : :'s Ci:! ..ii
turned awav v, r and di?
r.-' 5 a;
t-d
the delay. Nevr was the.'-i ". h d:--pppoiatment
at t:.e capitol. ihe me:.i
lcrs feit :t ev..r. m re keenly than t'.:n
spectator?, and f-.-r t . h.-.rr atttr-v-d
they stoo l about t;ie lobb-ies di---uss -ing
the latest pha--3 cf the tituatton.
Ike- news of the pror&td arcii-tici,
which came ou the Le.-l4 :' thie
announcement that ienerl I.e-e
Lad cable 1 for delay received q-pe
C' ranch at:e.Ti.i a-i the re-'piest t f
ik-r.-eral Le-?. Th- del ae in j ri gre's
in the IIor.e ovr the urmy re :ga . .s
t.on bill attract 1 little r r no ate:.:i
It was com mete!
m-'.rc- al sorbtug -op:
o-.t.on to th
ground that i'.z 1
of the !ta-u!
over-hudove by l:.e
--'.ion Con-; 1-rab e
developed Oil the
jvi-.i.n fwr rti extea
i : g j i u t i A cl v. a.
;:d Is iaiaicii'i to tL
to E-:-
nro which the eonn'ryhe 1 heretofore
relie 1 in time of ette-s I hre while
a strong effort t i rota'B't the bill.
a coirAi:iso or tlf.etv
In
F.wry Partlcuiar Oiirt Are Sn- i
Parlor and More Than a Matrlt.
Tha Spanish warship Telavo bus of
1st been mention.! as rbout eo,nl in
strength to cur own Indiana, and a
c iid;ct between the two ha been tpc
ulated upon an evenly balanced and
iudeterminabie in advance. Such talk
i bi-e l upon gross carelessness of '
observation or misinformation, a
reference to the facts xn the case wfil
show. . j
Indiana, hem." o' onsl-"-dk-rdfcC-"
ment, Is feet t-hortcr, 1? 1-4 feet r.ar- ;
rower and c! ;'-feet les draught, she t
has les powerful engine-, developing ;
only horse power to the in- j
d:ana's .,7.j'. Her new boilers may j
give her greater owtr, but that is ve; j
to be demons. rted She is tu year ;
older tnan the Indiana. She ii jut !
about as heavily armored a the ;n- j
diaua, in some paits more, in bOiae I
less. She carries only uu tons of ecal 1
to tho Indiana s 1, -P. i:e lias tn
tame r.uud-r of torpedo tubes. IT
naliy, in the ordiuanco she is far in
ferior to the A mt r:iun hhip. She has
four big gun, two of pj inch and two
of 11 inch calibre; but tho In. nana has
four cf lu-iuch calibre. 'Ihe Pe ayu
has one :.2-inoh and twelve -1. 7-iucb
gun's, against the Indiana's eight
inch and four i;-inch guru; and the
Peinyo has six quick fiiitig and twelve
machine guns, against the Ind. ana's
twenty quick-firing tf -ponuders, mx
quick-firing l-pi unders and four ma
chine guns. It i not extravagant to
fay that th Indiana iu pom! f
otlensive arm&mo'it, fully 'AO per c-ut
UHre elective th in tho I'clayo.
Much hi4.s been said also about the
Em; eia lor ( 'erto.-. V. .-he i l ot a bat
tle t-hip, but an !tri:Ki ed cru"-er. l et
us see Low she compare with, for ex
ample, the I r.'oklyn. Tho Spaniard
is b; tons light-, i, v 'leel thorter, li feet
broader, 1 fot stiallower, has 'Jti'.t less
horse power, atid is nearly two knots
slower. She i less heavily armored
than the Brooklyn, excepting over her
guns whore her armor is thicker. She
carries :Ji'(J tons less coal. She has the
fame number of torpedo tubes. She ha?
two 11 -inch irunt, which are mu h
heavier than any on the Brook
lyn, but whether they wi!', on the
whole, prove more ellectne than tho
Biooklyii'H eight s-mch guns is an open
question. Certainly the Spaniard's
eight jj-inch quick firing guns are not
eqiiikl to the Brooklyn's twelve o-iuch,
nor nor ten smaller ones to the Brook
lyn's sixteen; nor xvill her six machine
puns agaiut tho Brooklyn's four give
her a winning preponderance.
Spain Las Mjven other smaller ar
mored embers, heavily ai med, of which
the Vizcav a may be taken as a tyi e, of
about 7,0 -) tons, end io to 12 iiuhes of
armor, and each xvith a coiiole lb or 11
i n c h v. u n s a n d 1 e n - i n c h g n n s . Against
th'-'-e the United States has three more
battle-hips, each equal iu fighting
strength t two of the -par.iTi cruisers
and the tw o armored cruisers each about
tonal to one of them, lu c( a-t-defence
reEse. a, monitors, etc , the i uite.i taes
is far bui ei lor to Spain, the latter hav
ing practically none to be compared
with our Monterey, Puritan, Terror,
Ainphitrito, Mitntonomoh and Monad
nocx. In gunboats andcmirers,too,the
advantage i detide-lly on the side of
the United States. Ii to the-e technical
conditions we add the differences iu
geographical position, and in ski. I and
resource-, between the nations behind
these fleets, the odds are seen to be so
h pelessly agatnst Spain as to make it
j- a l'-e of wonder that any rational
h statesman f-houhl for a moment
cons! er the possibility of war save a a
.. t -..eiqerate resort for national de
fenca New York Tribune.
fsUl'POHT-' .MoKINLKY.
The Commercial Itodlrsof f iiarleston
Adopt i:.c nt ion.
The commercial bodies of Charleston,
B. C, the cotton exchange, the chamber
of commerce, the merchant!' exchange
and the Young Men's BusiuesB League
a'i met en the lluthof .March, and unan-imotls'13-
al:ted resolutions calling
on the Senators and Representatives of
South Carolina to stai.u by 1 resident
Mcivinley in Li efforts to maintain
peace, i he resolutions adopted, which
were signed by the pri ients of tho
bedie i.atl.t d were addres.-ed ta Sena
tor I 1 mrta and are as follows:
"Asastiong -eiitiment and desire
exists among the busmen men f L tar
leston mat i res. dent McAinley le
given fiili time to eomple'e his plan d
ma:ntniu j ta"e witn :iit.-, con-i-tertt-ly
with the Louor of cur rountry, e
ie?pectlu.ly urge our - t-nat'.r and 1 lep
retteiitHtiveit to suppoi t and uj bol-1 tne
1 re-inent in such tlTort. Jdeae com
muQieite thi-. telegram to the entire
South Carol.na de.egation."
TKANP-MISSiSSIl'IM EXPOSITION.
The Duildlngt WIS: be Fliiihed by the
Opening Day, Jun 1
The announcement La been made
npcii author. ty of th c:il aicnitect of
the Irans-Missi-sippi Exposition, that
a. I construction wore will be finished
up in ample time for the instnlla'ioa of
exhibits and the perfrrtion of conces
sions Ly the oj eninr day, Jnne 1. ILe
iarg building are nearly reaiy for tLe
artistic decoitioa i-ave the fine arts
building aid the immense rtructare
mhicn ti.e L'ni'e i States government in
buiid.ng. On the itter ti.e ttatT work
is eariy done -n 1 tne dome is reced
ing tLe finisLing touches. Theconces
si jrjr:e- are pu-aiag construct.on work
rapidly, as are the varices States, rlf
teen of whica are rect:ng bu..d:ngi.
Hank Wreckers Convictr!.
Ertck B. Leefe and Joseph N. Wolf
on, cha-gel with rrticirtion in the
wrecking of the Cnion National Bas.k,
at New Orleans, were both convicted
cn the 2d in the United States Circuit
Court. TLe jury had been out all
night. Leefe hal been one of the
book-keej ers ia tie bank, and WTof
oa a lawyer of seme rrominence, with
high connections Leefe falsified the
book , and Wolfsoa rotted the Lank of
OTii' oi'.-O.L'-U
YT rersr kxt- a man rto ecu1. 3
kcp Ttwst9 lwc'i-ii Csscnt la wla
II IKJHJI IMS.
T,:nuinary Outers of an Election
in Br:w,i3vi!Jo.
AN ED TOR KILLS TV0 KEN
Ui"n He i Wo.mdnl, Ltcr Shot to
De.itli in .l.ili and liol rrrpr.rvd
for Huriidi.
Tct;..-, 0:1 ;hv f. i tlr-dm muola
I'lood.-hed ai a ieu t ul the con'.ust be
tween tne two tactions aao u a. th
BedN ami the idut. in t-e libl ot
the lua.n mctfUl Uo t--..n. twiu.ea
xveio kh.e 1 a.i-i t a o w -.i.i e i. c hoitiV
uf.er this a ii.lv:. bi .-e iu C'." ;a:l
where whs con .u.-.t n - 1.. '.. oui
doi.c tlie wur-i w .ru oi u-i --ay n-i
killed uim. i iiey on, g-.'. .. out
lUiO tut! bti't'Ot Hiiil Ae.e ;U'Jii: tv -.'.ia
it wnea w.sc Co ;a-ci pica e 1 a. id it
wa iuAe!i to an U'. t...e.' s
Tne ..cd mclitt. wi'u - iei 00b at
its iicad J.-i' inayoi lU'.ifi hi. j'-iui
LuiU'i., v. no ii.ts ;ne t 1 m. e - u .-i
tiCKet sii, ..'iiivi In me , oils, Vic
torious. i n-Jii tiia iea i.1 iu uiO
UUowu tao i.e-'l- ut o..ii- .-el up a ... oi
tiliUd. eolUUtl'l l:!'.!' tU' l..l"i- oy
the.r oppouciiin a. oi Uie ni.u.i um eli
minate, i in . lit t.ui v .lig k. i i.n ..l i..."
laiL-r - - i : 1 1 1 c 1 1 . :i . Lie, tile ci.l V of
IV :i ,!! at .1 o . lioMl.e, m cel e-l 11 1.1 t
Volllld. iitl lii-i oil i.i He s ivf. ii -
j.;.upe I on a P im- aa-l - ti n s pi-ud.
. ui.ot" oi ... wi.o w.i iu iiu'.'.'.l ai tuci
!.u.c s;. .v ti.e 1 11: ea. ;. ..- cl o!
tlliiig. .il e. pod to ai.t . ...... .-a,
1 ut ti.e i.iiur v. a. ..;. k w ; 0 1 .-u.!
;.n t at u.e l;rt .1.0. i 1 V m,.i..i.cd
tli-jitoir. v ilis-....le too, w !; 1 .i.-uetl
to lu- ori tl.el ii.it, .;. 1 1 - a ''..I
let i: ot.i 0UI..1I1 s 1 . v .... 1 - 1 .'.
I
L.S ll.". ! Cil.'.o .ilii.v-!,
tl e c-ititor, lu-ai itig lie M:-
oil Of
1 u.-u -
ed otil 1 1 ihe 1 lln-o (I U.e ii.t .. ws
puj er, and tp..:uia y :- ! i.ii wii;g
wliat ne lli il .in;, lie I'.ew li.o li.a..i
out ol tlie oea.1 01 me 1 I c :i -i.i'.'.e n-s
lie lay on ibe bKlew.i.K.
PiUll.un. it wa-i l. &.ae t, v .o :
by a nun named e h o ic -.
iirieste.l iind to-eti.er v. .th t
J.o:en.o iiui.len, was i.ii.c:
(.iiuileu then gave L:u: -eii nj.
iiftoen liiiii'ites li-i t pa-Mt 1 l -'t
. -not
l . : o
c boy.
V 111 i 1
ilui-liy
n mot
of men lor med and m.t.c.ed to ;m
jail. lhe-loorof tne Hal t-LU--.i.r
was soon l.i.tie;e-l down an' in tu-.t,
two minutes ciili.lt-n was dead - UU
bodv ocrloratcd bv b.iiietn. ot b.ili .-
fifd"w;!i t-i-i- v !;; tho .mi -u.-.d eiti-7-'.-iis
diaggeil t o? body oat n.i ttio
street and wete ab..;it to bii.-n it when
vvi'-er coiiiisel pievuib;-! and U:e iiuner-take-i
was urmitte I ti t.ih" chargn
of it.
i'uring tho ex'it' l-.eiit ti.e boy e.s
cai c-i. 1 he tow. 1 id one- u.-'.-l .ocvu
Mild no fuitocr t'Ollui-i 1- w -eet.-d I
. obbs weie biotheis oi th-j Ltd candi
date for mass mil.
The haughty youns typr-wrlter lro
herself to h r queenly heighr. "(b-orge
Vermillion." ike Kiid, in by tone-, "io
once could .nista!:- your attentions t
me. My lawyer says I bive a Ic-auM-ful
cn-f. PiilK-r I will 'if- you f'r
breai !i f j-roinNf or be you must
fgiv- in- the b uril ri.!.t to xvrtte '.Mr.
;.-org" Verniiolon' : my :illin
ar-h
Write !t" f.TJl"'d the un-
r: -r. gh-S.
'. v.. u sp.d it."' O'. ' km'!
Bl.i'n '
Southern Railway.
Fui'mn Czr Srvx9.
In effect March 1.
gallnbury, A!ioI!le, Hot S-rln2't
KnoxvllI 'd b:' tati'Hig,
West 1'nllman Drawing-Room EBi,t
botnd Sb 1 p'-r.g Cmtx. Loniii.
N B (EnMern li'j.e ) N' lr
ToOim Lv..Slii'y ..Ar 93')nr:i
fC ntral Time.)
8 30 pm Ar. . Si..t sviilo . . Lt ft 13
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B.!J
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pin
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fl0 23 pin "
fll OS pm 44
121'i-rn "
1 2rJ urn 44
3 OftHtii '4
4 13 am 44
! 7 40 am 44
. MorgHnlon, . " 7 2b
M if ion ... 44 ft i't
. Ib..::i i K-iob. 10 12
. . As! t v ide . 44 o 1G
. Ho' S ftr,:-. 44 4 f
. M-.rri-.,ut. . " 2 3"
. . 11 t.f xv lib-. . 44 11"
. ti"ttat 00 k a. 4 10 bO
(Central 'Iim-.)
0. lb & G. R. R.
co5;r.fCTi.T sriTa tnt
South Carolina fnd Giaria R. H.
8?h iule in cT-ct O.rt. 1. !'!.
S rth'ou:.!. H. V. 4 O. i-itb!oat.d.
Lavtf 7 10 a ra . 0- tr . -t.-i Arr:rS0l r rr
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41 -n. w-t-',ir. 10 10 m
44 L 20 m .-ti-.r r " 9 Z3 ro
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" fjl; ti Kor-: C ty. " B i') a m
K 'ii ra liu'.f -rfor It - H Cj a m
Arriv-7 Z-l p m . . yrU,u I.-av 7 00 a in
;.ortLrcu-1. QtZwy l'v. atboucJ.
I.eav C y :n Iila tk.arg..Arrlv 7 ii a fa
Arriv--7 00 p -a. . . OaJT.-iey-.. . . L-a .. Ctari
" Trams Lcrta of CaxOci rur,s -taliy ex -pi
IraiL-s ltw-nt Larleston ar.i HlE?svi;i4
ruii. -iabv.
I'or mtorn at.,ii b to ri?-, Hr-l-i Lar.
SailiLg. etc.. ca.l oo 1 .eai -.:ra- uu,s ai
traveliaif ag-r-tii of t oib r.'Pj, r
t. t. Vil'.Al,
TrarTt.- M'ijir .
I A. EM EIi'OS.
T. M., a. C. 4 o.
6. B. I TMP.-'iy.
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