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MARION. .. C, FRIDAY. DEC KM 15 KR 2.I8H8.
S Per Year in Advance
4
Mwa m
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She Has Exhausted all
Resources.
10 1
mnj iu
r:: to the Terms to Avoid
Further Bloodshed.
'HINKSTUECONDITIONS HARSH
' :-.r ! $-i;,Of!!U;(K) Accepted, Cuba
' i ..J aiid Porto Rico, Guam and
i'i t li'tipf iii-o islands Ceded Without
; in"!!-;-(krnunv Is Satisfied.
: i r fy Cable'.! Srain Las accepted
. I :ti-l State.-,' offer of $20,000,000
i '. i ;".ut e ..-ion of the peace coin
- .-.'enduy afternoon, consented
'! ::' "!: n, to relinquish Cuba
it' . !'.,ito Bico, Guam and the
. ; i i' ! .!:; n Is. The document pre
..i1.;. f;M (K ce.pt an co contained on!
1 -.is. jt opened with a ref
i r . tho liual terms of the United
.m )i:nt s-!t;i that tho Spanish coru
: J c.fter having taken cogni-
- ..; the terms propo-ed by the
.: !!, s, replied that their govern-
ir;- (i to gtvo as equitable anan
mi i - j I but thatthey were not
.! !(! : con! nut their government
. iu i.t hiicc of the principles eui
' d mi til-; American argument.
. i . .. )'( c ed t !ifse principles, the note
"iii she alwaya rejected
' !'.::! u her attitude upon the
' i of hei v ause.tho note then Bay?,
!tii u Ihert-s to these principles
i i -bf. p. is heretofore invariably
i. .Ir'ed. " Howyver, thenoteadds,
"' 1 ' : i'j -iro for peace, she has gone
. la' .h to ; a opojt) certain cotnpromia-
, v :; h t'.t Americana havo always
; ' I She bus also attempted, it is
1 ". . . ",u tmbmittud to
!.!.; . : el the material partio
- -". - - too two governments
i;'!-M I. i.iopoi-uls for arbilra-
it ' n Mel, tho Americana had
'i'i' These allegations in
! i"i us to attempted nrbitra
1 'i:. .! i-i her proposal to arbitrate
i--':: ;ou of the third article of
1 ' "'' i a!id alo submit the bpan-
'i ' in i; (i. i.t of Cuba and the l'h:i
i pi;" - i. in i it; ,iMon. The last propo
' i.i' I . oi: i.i.i io iu u written com
' i ' - ' 1 1 i 1 ' i Imiu'o its presentation,
' i i ' : r 1 1 tor t lich arbitration,
' 5 i n o U: cvle tho territory in
1 ; J l-e Americans refused botJi
i ; .-itii iis for arbitration. SSpaiuV
:(! :'. Mnied l - decianug that tho
is : i .-'iai.'.s liiid ofl'ered as a kiud of
!,":o ' -at i"" to Spam, somethiuir very
'-::: "! r to the Paci ilices that the
' i't. ' . .lint: - uiaivos at this moment,
'i lid ' ft . N i;irefort, that tho
i iiiii il stMi. pri-i'O.sah cannot be con-
- ; j.; -t mid quitable.
! .. i S..t , liowt ver, exhausted all the
i I'm :.! -s t ; i i 1 1 ; o uncy in an attempt to
i-i'iv i: i i.tMuide. Seeing that an ac
i I'taiu'" (. i" tho pioi'osal made to Spain
- ii in . jsr-.i y condition to a continu
; ; "o i t iav lit 'at ions, and teeing that
ti.M :t" "un es ot Spain are not euch as
! i iMial!o her to re-enter upon war, she
i- i : e u e d, m her deiro to avoid blood--:al
'Mid from considerations of hu
l:l:iTilty a'1-1 atllotism to submit to the
i.ii'iit:o!is t f the conqiui iug nation,
iawe,.'r l.ai sh tiiey may be. She is,
i lo-i'i'l'oi e, ifii'lv to accei'! the proi'Oals
i t ti t' A .nc: .. .i;i comino'Siou as pro
t . '. i ri -it i i-t meet iug.
Two r.ro H eeks in Taris.
- i;-. iii-iv (Special) It id tho ini-iio-Mi'M
iu tho State Department, in
tiie al !-'H.-o i.f h n tinug save press re-l.ri-'t
; lie proceedings at Pans, that
tiii .-.MrMiii.'.-ioirs N'ork ia now near an
et'.v!
V. 1 . i
I'M-:
t i ' i"
Ul
1 I'"
Ml t
ties
. an t tioit about two weeks time
: -.Miiee ek'.o it up. This itlea is
it t :i tiie bci.ei that instead of un
'to a: i aiiije tho several mat
yet : !e :-t.u.ed in tho treaty of
i, a ( ;:-.! clause will be placed
io. tir.ttv : i, p.d i tig each of tho par
to be ..'mi t. eg of at ions iu the near
ire vi t mi tlai-o subjects.
ftriTiany is Satisfied.
V:Mu- .ri'N i Special ). Earou
Spre,,. v.iu ."tcvriberg. charge d'alTaue-j
it iie'iutiiv. oiutvi at the State De
pa; leu t .'"' t.nday and had a conference
v m :i : e re'.iM v itav ou current topics,
.mm KMi'.Hi ly tnose growing out of tha
l.iit! '.t nr. hi fne courie of which Uaron
Sieeii took oi'o.'is'.oa to express the
iiaot lrifii'iiv sentiments on the part
;' (if!!:un;v euiictiuiug the present
M:iti ot aiYairs. 1 no call was chielly
sM'iitt.e.r'.t a- an ovideuco that Germau
( : : a i d- Mie to counteract the reports
fi M. 1. ri.uMiy is about to assumo an
af.. tide of rMesf a;id to lay claim to
t!a f -it u archipelago, which is to be
M;c!i..;t.d iti tht peace negotiations at
1'ari :.
i itter Feeling Proails.
Madrid is ea!m. There have been no
disturbance.'' resulting from the an;
Tiouncomeiit of Spain's acceptance o
liveteinnof the Americans. The pa
j oi s, however, piiblish gloomy article,
-rtdlv reminding the country that the
. i i j
" J
ouo long to be remembered as
day
liar
"the closing scene ol a gion-
Kidtnri' " All ncrpA that
tlH'
pos
ovemment ha adopted the only
bio policy, though much bitter-
ness is
displaved toward tne cnnea
T that Don Jaime, son
of 'lou Carlos, the pretender, is now at
haint Jean de Luz. U Fraao.
State-i.
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Ifllli!fflyf!lEllj611ll!iISll!!IB
Many Bodies Being Washed Ashore
Along New England Coast.
THE PORTLAND GOES DOWN.
Not a Soul Left to Tell tlie Taie-Tbe AUon
School Case Macon Greatly Exsi'eJ
(lis Speech Was Clear.
Bosxox, Mass. (Special). Tho steam
er Portlaad, of the Loston fe Portland
Steamship Company, plying between
Boston and l''rtiaud, was totally
wrecktsd Sunday morning oil Highland
Light, and the entire crew and pas
sengers perished within a short dis
tauce of laud. A large quantity of
wreckage, includiug trucks and other
material, have coteo ashore aud St
bodies have been recovered from tho
fcurf by the life-saving crew at High
Head Station. One body was that ot a
woman. The passenger list numbers
ol and tho oliicers and crew number 4i.
The Portland was built m iJath, in
lyOO, and was a side wheel steamer oi
l,o!7 tons net burden. Her length was
feet; beam -i feet, and depth 1"
feet. She was valued at i'SL0oiJ aud
was fully insured.
Vineyard IIavx.v, Mass. --Three live-,
were lost iu the wreck of tho schooner
Addio Sawyer, from Calais, .Maine, to
New York, with lumber, which was
wrecked ou the noitu sido of tho in
land. GiiOrcnsTTR, Ma-'S. Tho schooner
Hiram Lowell, Cr.pt. Henry Nelson,
arrived from tho shore fishing grounds
and brings tho rescued crew and pas
sengers, numbering titj persons, of the
British fichoouei Narcissus, apt. Mc
intosh, from Boston for Shelburuo and
Liverpool, X. H., with a general cargo.
Capt. Mcintosh brings a atory of teui
b'e experience and of great heroism on
the part of his rescuers.
Plymotmii, Mas. ihe "lurnet life
having station piC'keii up tho body of a
man this morning. A iishiitg hob oner
was wrecked oil iiraot Buck and cigh:
of the fourtoGii men on her were saved.
A herring (schooner was also tie?lro3ed
there, and the life saving crow picited
up three bodies.
Halieax, X. S. An unknown four
masted vessel is a-dioro at Herring
Cove, entrance to Halifax liarbo:-. Ono
body has washed usboi o. Tho vessel is
fore and aft rigged. All on board have
perished.
Pkovixcetown, Mass. Tweut y-f even
vessels were driven a1 bore aud totally
wrecked iu this neighborhood. From
the majority of these, tho crews were
saved, although several lives were lortt.
Four or live of the wrecks were coast
ers and the rest wei lihermen. Four
ico houses a:id ft 'ob hatchery, situ
ated at Lea n 1' but. ,er-j destroyed.
Several bod:o. ais, havo drifted a.-hote
near Highland Jtght. and pait of t,
tes-el marked "Steamer I'urtlaiul. "
Puovin'cetoVsx, .Mass. -Two 1-odies
that came adioro at Highland Light,
and are supposed to be from tho Port
laud, have been brought here.
Boston, Ma.-.s. A f-peeial from High
land Light says: "A largo three-masted
schooner, name unknown, ia ashore
oa Peaked 1J ill bar. J wo sailors and 1
passenger wereloi t. Tho captain and
two eeaman were saved. Tho schooccr
will be a total wreck. A two-mated
schooner, (-upposcd to be tho t'hilia
mon, of rrovincetov.n, was picked up
by tho steamer Lougtedew. Tlio
schooner was dismantled aud the latj
of tho crew is uhkhowh.'"
New York, N". Y. A special f om
Providence, II. I. says: "Block Islau 1
has been heard from for tho lir.it Ihum
since tho blizzard began. Tho islam !
is a wreck, hotels being shattered ami
vessels torn to pieces by ihe st.Tm.
The eutire fishing fleet of '-4 vessels is a
total loss. The three-masted schooner
Lexington, of Machms, Mo., is lost.
Tho Hartford .Dredging company's
plant is gone. "
Norfolk, Va. News of the storm
comes iu slowly, but it is fea; ed here
that when ail is known there will bo a
large crop of disasters to shipping,
homing or carryiug from this port.
During the last week iu the neighbor
hood of twenty Bchooners and eight or
teu barges sailed from Norf.dk to New
England ports, and fears aro fell for
their safety.
New Yokk. The steamer Cemauehe,
from Jacksonville, aud Charleston,
reached port about teu hours late, ow
ing to the storm sho encountered. She
reports that a m.lo north of Northeast
End lightship, she passed a spar stand
ing out of tho water, aud attached to a
sunken vessel. Ofr .Mai tin's Industry
lightship two lloatiug wrecks, upi ar
eutly bottom up, were passed.
New Your. Tho I'reiieh Cablo Com
panv has received a dispatch f: om it-
office at Cape Cod, Ma-s., sayug toat
12 bodies from the stc-nmor Portland
havo been washed ashore at that sta
tion. The Alton School Case.
The celebrated Al'.ou school ease h.-
been decided by a jury iu the Circu.;
Court at Edwardsv ille, 111., agamst the
;o'ored people, who had protested
igainst separate schools. Beeeutty.
uecause of a new order issued by tue
chool authorities pf Altcn, 111., white
and negro chi.dreu were a-sigueil to
iiti'erent public schools. 1 he coh-i cd
people resented th s and refu-ed to
?end tlieir chddrcn to school. When
the case came to tr.al in Mad'son county
1 ircuit Cout t. to w hich it iiad i ceu re
ferred, the defence contended that the
colored children in Alton havo thesauie
opportunity for securing an tducatio:.
as the whites, and that no disenmuoi
tion had beeu practiced. The case v.". 11
now go to the Supreme Couit.
M2con Greatly Exc'ted.
Macox, Ga, .'Special). Er.mor has
been rife in the city that the rugro sol
diers of the ilr.rd North Carolina Bcg
an ctatinnpLl here, intended U break
j out of camp and destroy the city, an 1
much uneasiness has Peeu .e.i i-otn t-v
white citizens and soldiers. Ihe ex
citement among the uegro soldiers wa
caused by the shooting of Pi tvate Vi.i
Kempin, of Company F, Third Norte
Carolina, by W. F. Simmons, propri
etor of a saloon. Kempin is thought
to be fatally wounded.
Swept Over the Greater Portion of
New England.
PILED HIGH WITH WRECKAGE.
Over One Hundred Vessels Ashore and
Seventy Lives Known to be Lost With the
List Growing Hourly.
Boston (Special). A record-breaking
November biizzard swept over the
greater portioa of New England Satur
day night and Sunday, completely de
moralizing traffic of every description
aud well-nigh paralyziue telegraphic
aud telephonic commur ication, whiie
the northeast gale, coming oa a high
course of tides, drove the eea far be
yond is usual limits aud made a mark
along shore exceeded only by the
memorable hurricane of ls.il. Yh:le
the storm was heaviest in tho southeast
ern j art of New England, the whole
district was atlected, and experienced a
snow fall of from eight to twenty-four
inches.
it iB known definitely, that more
than teventy lives have been lost in the
wrecks of tugs, schooners and ctal
barges during the storm, aud if the
steamer Portland has also gune down,
as now Heems possible, the list of
casualties will rise to Ho, with over 100
vessels of all descriptions ashore.
There is scarcely a bay, harbor or inlet
from Penob. cot, Maine, to New Lou
don, Conn., that has not on its shores
the bone of some staunch craft, while
along Massachusetts Bay, especially
Boston harbor, the beaches are piled
high with the wreckage of schooners
aud coal barges. The record, although
hourly lengthening, is stiil incomplete
for that ocean graveyard of Cape Cod
is yet to be heard from, and as it, has
never failed to give up some grim tale
at such a time, it will not be fouud
lacking on such occasions as this. Ihe
islands of Boston harbor are without
exception strewn with wrecks ar I
wreckage. No less than ?i vessels aie
ashore at Gloucester. Over 20 in the
supposed safe harbor of Yiuevarl
Haven parted their anchor chains and
are high aud dry on the beach. Every
life-saving crew performed deeds of
heroism in rescuing crews of teamen
from standed vessels aud tug-boat
captains risked life aud properly i.
their endeavor to save life.
Baltimore and Ohio History.
The chronology of the Baltimore and
Ohio Flailroad is interesting at ti i-.
time, as it will not be many months be
fore it will cease to be operated under
tue original charter. The first general
meeting of citizens, contemplating the
building of a railroad to the Ohio Biver,
wan held in Baltimore Ou February 12,
1SJT. The other important events oc
curred as foliows: Act of incorporation
granted by Maryland, February 2,
1S27. Act of incorporation continued
by Virginia, March 8, 1327. Ileqmsite
amount of stock for organization tub
scribed by April 1, 1S27. Company or
ganized, directors elected, April 23,
1527. Preliminary surveys begun July
2, 1827. Actual surveys begun, Novem
ber 20, 1827. Charter confirmed by the
State of Pennsylvania, February 22
i32S. Maryland became a stockholder
March (3, 1828. Cornerstone laid Ju;y
4, 1829. Bailroad opened to EiiicotCs
Mills, 14 miles (horse-power), May 22,
i3o0. Trial of the first steam locomo
tive on the Baltimore aud Ohio Bail
road, August 2", 1830. Bailroad opened
to Elhcott's Milts 14 miles (steam pow
er), August 80, 1S30; Frederick, 01
miles, December 1, 18 !1; Point of
Bocks, GO miles, April 1, 1S2; Harper's
Ferry, SI miles, December 1, li-'A;
Hancock, miles, June 1, 18-12; Cum
berland, ITS miles, November 5, 1?42;
I'ledicoat, 2uo miles, duly 21. 18"1;
Fairmont, Su2 miles, ,7uno 22, 1
Last spike driven, finished, Baitimor-j
to W heehug, b70 miles, December 2 1,
1802. First train reached Wheeling
from Baltimore January 1, 18"L5. Bail
road oi eued, Baltimore to Wheeling,
370 miles, January 10, 1Sj3.
Row Over Picquart's Case.
PakI9 (By Cable). The Chamber of
Deputies was crowded Monday, much
interest being taken in the announced
intention of feome of the Deputies to
interpellate the government on the Pic
quart case. M. Paul Deschanel, Be
pubhean, announced that he had re
ceived a request to interpellate the gov
ernment regarding the Picquait pro
ceedings, and the Premier, M. Dupuy,
proposed an immediate discussion of
the matter. A Badical Deputy, M.Boa,
opened the discussion. He said thut
while there had been some houesty in
the Dreyfus prosecution, there had been
nothing but dihhonesty iu the 1'iequart
flair. These remarks caused an up
roar. Coutinuing, M. Bos detailed tue
history of the Picquart "proFeciiiuU."
recalling Col. Picquart's exile to ? u:. .s,
and asked the Minister of War, 'I. De
l reycmet, why he permitted tj court
martial to be summoned for Pceniber
i J. The Deputy also acou-ed,'. ieuei ul
Zurlinden, the military ernor of
i'aris, who, he said, had j ica.sed a re
vision of the case, of having rokeu his
word. This caused another uiroar.
M. Bos concluded by insisting thai the
government ought to postpone the trial
of Picquart by court-mariil until the
decision of the Court of assatiou in
the revision of the Drvfus trial is
made known. Tni9 brou.ht forth live
ly applause from the m'.jority of the
Deputies.
Senator Qua)'s Cafe in Court.
Ihe cae of Senator Quay and others
charged with conspiracy m the misuse
of the rnoney of the tate on deposit in
the People's Bank came up in the
Court of Quarter r-essions, in Fhil
delphia. The deendnts were not
m court, their interests beiug
locked after by Attorneys Bufus E.
-;.a;'ey !nd A. S L. Shie.ds. imire
d:rrely upon the'ipeniug of court, At
Torney Shapiey filed demuriers to ft ur
of the rive indictments fourd a-ainst
the defendants iy the ciand jury, and
also a motion tc quash the fifth indict
ment. Argunyenta on these demurrers
was proceeded with by Mr. shapiey.
L pen concluon of the argument- the
court took he papers under a ivise
ment. He Jid not intimate hea ha
would annoince his decision on the
motion pr
The Battleship Slided Down ths
Ways Amidst Much Nois:.
A 27 FOOT FLAG PRESENTED.
2ut'er liorne From Havana A Rich Old Lad)
Murdered Pasha a.ii the Christians
RtfuseJ to Free His Prisoners.
San Francisco (Special). The bat
tleship Wieconeiu ia3 successfully
launched at 0:22 rt t'iHry tr'iit'.
When the big vessel slided down the
ways, the ships in the harbor fired
salutes and there was a terrible d:u
from the steam whistles. The contro
versy over the kind of wine to bo u-ed
ia the christening was settled by tb
use of two bottles of champagne, ol.o
of French make, provided uy the Wis
consin christening committee, aud aa
other of California uain ptiL'ne, pro
vided ly the Fnion Iron Works. Prior
to the iaunchthg a gigantic flag of th-j
Fnion, measuring 27 feet long aud
feet Wide, was presented iu honor of
the Wisconsin. The f!g was the u
siilt of the combined elf jit tf :j )
ch'.ldreu of the Irving M. Scott Publ.il
sschool. Following the presentation
f the flag, a poem to the Visc.u:-m
was lead by Miss Clara lzo Price, lfj
author. The battleship Wisconsin,
designed by tho bureau of construc
tion and repair of the Navy Depart
ment, is a sister ship of the Alabama,
bnddiug at the Cramp's yard ia Phil
adelphia, und also of the Illinois,
bniidmg at Newport News
Tue dimensions of the Wisconsin are
as follows: Length of load, water line,
o'S feet; beam extreme, 72 feet 2)
lrcbes; draft on normal displacement
of ll,C2"j tons, 23 feet 0 inches; mini
mum displacement, ail ammunition
and stores on board, 12.S25 tons; max
imum indicated horse power (estimat
ed) lo.uuO; probable speed, loj knots.
Normal coal supply, HM tons; coal cup
ply, loose storage, 1,200 tons; fud
biibker capacity, 1,400 to 1,500 tons.
Complement of officers, 40; seamen,
'Uiw.ues, etc., 440. The main battery
vid consist of four 13-inch bieech
lo'iding lilies iu Hichboru balanced
turrets, ovai in shape, and placed iu
th centre line if tho vessel, and four
teen G-iuch rapid-fire guus.
Euifcr Lorn; rreiu Havana.
Washington (-'peciai). General M.
C. Butler, oi South Carolina, member
of the evacuation commission, arrived
h'iv-d -aturday direct from Havaua, iu
response to a telegraphic summous
ironi President Mckiuley, and iu the
afternoon he had t two hours' consul
tation with ihe Fi'Skident at the Whito
House. lie made Vu extended report
of the negotiations of th evacuation
aud of the teims upou whui'u th Span
iards had agreed to complete it by Jan
uary 1. Genera! Butler gave it as his
opinion that al. the Spaniards have met
the American cummis uouers with great
fairness and that there has beeu littie
fr.ction. Some of the claims they made
tor compensation for Spanish property
havo been rediculcus, Efeidfd'gEtWi.l, of
course, be abandoned in tbeu.. the
A K:ch Oid Laiy Murdered.
Agod Grandma Wynn, the richest
resident of Brooklyn, Hi., and owner
of half tho towu, which lies across the
river from St. Louis, Mo., was murder
ed by robbers who cut her throat and
left her dead in the fiont yard af.er
lansacking tho house. Mrs. Wynn,
w ho frequently had considerable money
in the house, lived entirely ah-ue. Shu
managed iter own estp.te, personally
cobeotiug her rents, banked her money
and invested her f-aviugs without cuii
(uitiiig any one. Mrs. Wynn was
est routed to be worth from $00,000 to
:.-iM,u:o. The murderer or murderers
left no clue. It is not known how
much mouey was obtained, but the
amount, must have been considerable.
Refused to Free His Prisoners.
A special from Manila says Agui
naldo, the insurgent leader, has ad
dressed a second communication to Ma
jor General Otis, the American military
commander, on the subject of the Span
ish prisoners in the hands of the insur
gents. He has declined to release the
ciericals and civilians, urging that both
carried arms voluntarily against the
insurgents. Aguiualdo then refers
General Otis to the local paperB pub
lished since the insurrection for "irre
futable proof" of his assertion that the
t clericals -were the "most active aud
vengeful agents iu sacrificing the lives
and honor of innocent natives."
Topgallant Sold for S20.000.
At the Eastern sale of thoroughbreds
in Lexington, 1x3., tue ii-ear-om mil
lion, imported Topgallant, owned by
j John Ik Ewiiig, of Nashville, was so! I
' to W. J. Alexander, of Cuicago, for
i $20,00i.
Prince Geor?c App-i nted.
ATifj-fs iBy Cabiet. ihe ministers
of tho four powers interested in the
proCfeding.Great Britain, France. Bus
eia aud Italy, weut at noon Saturday in
royal carnages to the paliic ad for
malty announced to King George, in
the presence of the royal faint y of
Greece, tue appointment cf ins soc,
Prirce George, to be high comm: Moner
of the powers in Crete. Tue Pimce
later received the congratn:ations of
the ministers.
The Lnion Jack 0er Tinf Hai.
According to a dispatch from hanz
hai to a London news agency, tne
Brit sh admiral has hoiated the Union
Jaci over ling Hai, capital of the is
land of Chucan, and over several other
iiauds in the Chunan archipelago.
Pasha and the Chr stians.
A special from Candia, Island of
Cre, savs: During the trial of the
xnurdt-rers of the Tsaneaki family, tne
dt position of a Mutuiman was re-1.
It sa'd that at the ttmof the ma-saric,
E-'.hLm I'asi.a, the Turkish commind-r,
a-semi'led tue int!ue-ti 1 -lussulman
and invited them "o rai' e ri a the
Chu-tian fo.xnd in Caud. 2;- h .'ir- af
ter t be meeting. i he I a h .'a r.mariis
were uttered in the ire. ene cf .ia;'..r
( hurcnill, the commander of tue geu
d r.erie, who 1 r'te-ted trongly and
fa, ordered by Edhm Pasha, to leave
L-o xeem.
IS 1J0E IDE
Open Door Po' cy in the Philippines
Defined by Chairman DinSey.
COURT MARTIAL OF PICQUART.
His Friends are Furious at Th s NeT? At
tempt to Defeat Justice The Ciad and
Wounded at Anmslon, Ala.
Chairman Dingley, of the ways and
means Committee, in au interview with
a Washingtou star reporter, explained
the "opeu door" policy as applied to
the future Commerc-J of the Philippines
in case they should be acquired by the
United States. "The phrase 'open
door policy,' which is now beingtalked
about iu the newspapers," ttaid Mr.
Dingley, "meaus simply equality of
treatment pud not fee trade. As ap
plied to the dependcucy of a colony it
(imply means that luipo.u from all
countries are to be a iui.tted on the
same terms us imi oi ts from the mother
country. As appiied tu tue Philippine
it would mean that imports frv.m iiieat
Britain and all oluer foreign countries,
are to be admitted at tue came ra'csof
dutv as imports from the United
Stales."
Court.Marttal cf Ficquart.
Paris (By Cable). the Picquart
case seems in the wav of raising even a
greater storm than tue Drej'ius affair
Ihe papers favorable to the general arw
dumb m the lace of the barefaced de
cision of the military governor of Paris,
Geueral Zuriiuueu, to try Colonel Pic
quart by court-m.irtial; while those fa
voring revision are furious -t th'.s new
attempt to defeat just;c and protest
against the c urt-martial being order
ed. Nobody beiieves thit Colonel Pic
quart is guilty of any crime except a
Courageous desire to render ju-tice to
Dreytus.but on ail sides it is recognized
that, in a piaeticully secret trial, he
may be condemned on some technicali
ty, thus attaining the apparent object,
which is to throw doubt upon his depo
sitions before the Court of Cassation in
tho Drevfus irial.
Tha DcaJ and Wounded
A special from Anniston, Ala., Fays:
The revised list of casualties resulting
from the rmting, is as fallows: head
Corporal dames k ai e. on, colored. Third
Alabama. Danger. u-dy wounded or
pot al Smith, colored, I Lad Alabama,
shot through the aodomou; Private
Gildart, Second Arkansas, (-tabbed in
the back witu a kuifo or bayonet, and
severely cut iu head. Slightly wound
edPrivate Echols, colored, ihird Ala
bama, tlesh wound tho .tft shoi;.der;
Sergeaut Prank Dud son, third itn
nessee, right arm shattered; Private J.
E. Graham, Ihird Tennessee, fleh
wound in the abdomen. Two negro
civihaus were shot and will probably
die.
Cardinal Giboon's Views.
Cardinal Gibbous, in discussing the
recent race troubles ia the South, said
to a representative of The Baltimore
Co"-i: "In the history of mankind it
lhl"e 'i-n observed that when two dis
tinct "Jl.ces co-existed in the same ter
ritorv, one raco has always eiern.l
certain supremacy over the other.
While this principle is admitted, it is
the miuifet duty of every patriotic
etatesmau and i hri-'tian to see that the
relation- between the races shmud be
friendlv, harmonious and mutually
beneficial. "
'
Russia Will Not Interfere.
The St. Petersburg correspondent of
the Berlinger 1 ageblatt, says: "A P.us
6iau diplomatist, in tho course of an
interview. h:t declared that Eussia
will not stir a linger to prevent tho
United states from occupying the
Philippines, 'nut 1m; said he was unable
to conce tl his eouv:ctioa that the in
justice of America's attitude presaged
the tei minatiou of the friendship wLich
has hitheito existed between Busoia
and the United State?."
New Major tor Santiago.
Gen. Wood has appointed Senor Ba
cardi mayor of Santiago vice Mayor
Mc "reary resigned. Ihe first otEc.al
net of Mayor Bacardi was to discharge
the entire" force in the mayor's cilice
aud to employ Cubans who had served
in the war. lie will shortly issue a
manifesto to tne enect tnat ne lnienua
encouraging the city's development
and giving employment as far as con
ditions will permit to worthy persons.
Losses on Acc1u.1t of the Blizzard.
Beports from the cattle and sheep
raising districtsof southwestern l'exs,
Oklahoma ud the Indian Territory
1 pIhmv Heavy 1 .s-.es becau-e of tue b
I zaru tual Lai prevailed m those sec
tions.
A Banquet to AJp ral Schley.
P,ear A-ifri.ral Wiuib-i-i S. Schlev
was teiuiered a cmn Mnentary dinner
I in tue BrvKi .iyn i:iu by its members.
I ( overs were laid tor 1V. Ber A l
I mirai Sch'ey was escorted to the cub
j by ongremaa Bennett, and he was
acc-.rded a hartv reception by te
igueitswhen be took b place at the
guests' table, a ong with ( hauucey M.
l)eiew, i;enjmia r. iracy, .o.oiiei
Utater and St. Ciair McKe.way.
The Attempt Fo.led.
tn Rttemrt was made at Ga?ow,
Kv. bv a mob of o men to breai into '
jad aud lynch two mea wn- were
awaiting trial for murder, but were i
foiled by the bravery of tue guards. j
The Fall of a Cattle kinf. !
A failure involving catt e interests '
throujtiout the outhwest was jire- :
cipita'ed in Abilene, Kan., wten an
attachment suii tor S-i ',WJ was rile i
against firant C. Gillett, of Woodbine,
bv ti.e Gillespie Commission Com; a'; y,
Kansis City Gii.e:: ontrols ct' e
on the Southwestern ranges arid his
hab.i'ties are be ieve 10 Le over 1, y jo,- .
Ojo.
Telejraphic Br.efs. 1
Gen. Sbafte- was the rftscipal guet
St a bairqaet at D!mor t-'. w
loxk.
iiaiB'siii!
t
. .
Ambushed by Members of the Tfv'rd j
Alabama Regiment.
ONE NEGRO SOLDIER KILLED.
White Soldiers Gathered Around the Pro
tost Heawqmrters and Befj?.1 for Gu .
and Am.Tian tion. Crin Like Children Be
cause their Request Couid .Not be GrantcJ.
A special from .Vnnistoa, Ala. sa.:
Member cf tba ihi i Alabama egrc
P.egimeut, tah tuut Icr 111 their beans,
caused great cxeiteiut-ut Lcre. Private
Gildhart, cf Ce-mpaay P, Second
Arkansas hi'.e going towards hi
regimental camp f.om town, Lot
1:1 the Lead by a uero coidier. who
ti'.to blabbed him in the back. Gil l
Lilt was takvii to the regimental
Lespit:d. A httlo later a uietnbcr
of tho Fourth Kentucky ' shd
on Walt.iil btrert i y uegr t
tliers, v.ioliy 1:1 a g'uoy Phoufiig ul
the white men v. h v-'-set. X'iring was
i;eaiit 111 J ilcria, ihe ue:ro quarter ( f
the city, which is ntt tar fK u Walnut
su eet, aud a 1 1 p.;a l tf pn v st g ...uds
weut to investigate. As it turned the
corner tf Fifteenth und Pino oireets a
largo c-'ov-i )f ugro sol 1 era opeue 1
lire without w araiug upou t'ua gurd
with s pi ir.gtiei.is. i he guard returned
tho lire, Tut had but tew cat trtde u:d
s. oa had to retieat. l.e eufone
meut nIuj luore amiuuR.tion eio cent
for, but when they arrived thv uego-re-.
had disappeared. The numoer oi uo
groea in the mob is variously eetima'.fd
at from oO to 20''. In the engagement,
Sergeant Dod-ou, cf tho lLnd lennes
se. wai shot in tne arm, aud Pnv ito
Graham, of the Third Teuuessee, re
ceived .i painful, but not necessarily
dangerous, wound in the sttmaci. j wo
otner members d the provost uirdnre
mi -sing and cannot Po fouud.
When news of Ihe troub'o became
known, the white soldiers who wete iu
the city gathered arouud tho provo-t
guard headquarters aud begged for
guns aud jimiuii'iition, crying likeelni
ttt eu htcauso tneir request cwtiid iod
be granted. C'ltizens armed themscives
and rei airtd to tfie scene of the b. it
tie Mayor II iht at once ordered al i
saloons cU sed. .-ev ral iiegro si :iei-.
one witli aSp'. inoeld, wpicii 1. : 1 j -T
been li-e i, were aire: ted in ft oU
parts of theory and loc iel up, tnouu
t was with tlihicuity tnat the infun.it
ed while soldiers ami citizens wore pi e
vetited from wreaiii'jg suinniary vi-..-geauce
upon tuem. A11uur.es of ihe
two local military companies were bro
ken into and every gun and cartridge
appropriated by unknown 1 uri.e-.
ticuuial Colby, comiua i.ung t:.e Sec
ond Brigade, ordeied out two ruiupa
nies eacn of the ihird Tennessee and
Second Arkausa-, and brought tlnm to
t.'je 'uty for whatever serv.c i:.e
might he requited, i bey scoui ed 1 io
city aud carried all soldiers not ou ;
back to camp. A negro soldier wa
dangerously beateu up by some white
holdiera on 1 euth street, aud this in
cident is su p sed to have caused the
notous actions on the part f thu tie
grows, who are said to huve shpri d ti
of tho camp through tne gmnd 1m. e
(One negro soPber was brougiit in dea 1
n.l aaothei: dnt'4iioualy wouiitiwd-
America.i Sec'ety Cat'quet.
The Thanksgiving banquet of the'
American Society in Loioion. Lug,
which was held at the Hotel ccii wa
a glorification of Anglo-Amor. eai
friendship. 1 iiree hundred .m iiciui
and their Engiih gun-ts sat at a t ;
unocr tlie entw .mug ll.igs ff to u
'ions. Two notable spee bos we.,
in ide, one by Mr. Henry White, tv
American ctM-rgo d'atV,iireu, arnl it;
other by Sir Edwin Arnold, who wa
suppo.ed to be nearly at tho joint ot J
d'-ath from parioy-1:', but who oiagged
himsed lat'j the the If.. m net l a
against thy orders of his pr.v,,M-"MMi.
leaning on the arm of his Japan; .
wife and supported bv a cane. J. L
Taylor, presnlent of the society, pr.i
1 osed toastn to Her Majesty, the
Queen, and to Presideut McKinley,
and Mr. C. F. Van Duser, tte secri
tary, read Presideut Mciuuley'ft
lhanksgiving j roclamation.
Var 0,t the Aurchisfs.
PiOMr (By Cable;. The anti-auarch-lst
officd was opene 1 herj iu the Corst
ar.a Pa ace by Admiral Caaevaro, Mia
I'lei of Foreign Arl'-irs. All tho Euro
pea u nati'ns were represented. Jn a.i
address of welcome to the delegates on
behalf of K.ug Humbert. Admiral .
nevaro said he rccogniz-rd the d.fli
culttes before the conference, but tne
universal recognition of the neoe-sit
fcjr c iij.iU'jii action against the a a arc
1-ts j-re-uged a hap. v issue. Adm .a.
1 'auevaro w as elected prei-i leut. 't i
expected that tLe ooutferenco wi 1 be
I'l oloi-ge l until hi l-t-tiia".
W faure Goes l v.n lito a Vire.
Wita a view of avert. Mg u'ir.x of
m.hers at I.e.s, iu trm I epay.r:i-;.t t,f
Pa- do t a .a, i'ie-ldeiit ft. ir-.', of
Fiar.oe. accompanied by ' his -rote,
ma'.e a jfcr9oni vi:t y- tho town,
w here he donue 1 miLerVclothiag and
M-cended iat j toe pit. .he i'residert
cM.iVerel w.th the m u ( lJ n.a 13 a
i rifM s t-ec.i to t.'.em, rj t..e ooufe f
.vo eh Lfe fal'i he desired tobrii.gto tue
woTtiera j roof of toe govertiient' fco
l.c.tuie tor them. M. Faure received
au ovatiou from tVie miner,
23.000-A.re Wheat Field.
What is e.d to b the largest single
wheat field m i. a.ifoi n.a is now b-ic?
p.antrd ia tbe gtain that makes the
Mail of i ife. It covers over 2-j,wj acres
or 4) square mile.
Vesse's Wrecked on Lake Superior.
A ?;ec al fr.-a Du.uth, Milu . tay
the stfciiiiers Tamj a aud Arthur Orr ar.
wrecri'fi n the north hhore of Lake So
jer;o.-. 1 ho two vessels rejiesea
atout S-iV.i.oOJ with their cargos, and
t t.ey 1 .e withia Dine mi its of each other.
1 t.e 1 ml.. 1 a wa loaded with cul and a
a r m: late wreck. '1 te Orr in not in
as i ai she a. though she is br .ken
into.
A dispa'cn from Manila aavs that re
enforcemeuts of American troojis, num
bering 4.000 men, have been landed in
ib t hiiixDine I Land a.
SPARKS FROM OFF TrlC WIRE.
Little Ncwslets Cu led Trcn i'arts 0!
the WcrlJ.
Three negroes were lynche I near
Meridiai. Miss., fjr au assault upon
hite man.
The cotton ra.ll strike of Augnta.
Ga., now involve- six tuou.-and opera-
tiTe.
The transport Chester, with tb
Fifteenth Unued States lnfantry.bouml
for Nuev.tas. ("una, agouni nr
miics from nvaunah.
Joha smart!, a w,-,l d.sjosed color eil
eifzeu, living at C liaj etowu. ar
reu founty, Tenn., . nhot and killed
I y wmteCapjr.
Chief Peiurv John Warnock. of Bir
miugham. Ala., wa- Loi and killed by
a Lrxro named W id Goi-iuO.
Joha H. Powder, ca-d tor l the 00
ocd Nat.otisl batik of Baltimore, drop
pea dead of 1 ariyit cf tho heart.
Misoun Pacific j assOi.ger train No.
U, was held up lour and one h i mdes
west of r edana. bv three m-ked U)fD,
one cf whom Jim West, au entceer in
the con. j anv's einj lev, captured.
Hu!e a secon.l is bel t-veil to Lave been
wounded aud tne third escaped.
General Lee, commanding the Sev
enth Armv Corp-, Savannah, has been
directed to iu"tiuet the ol'.icers of all
tran-poits leading that city to unload
them und 1 etui 11 to f-avannah as qilick
iy us osmble, it. e intention being to
move the tmo( to nba as rapidily aa
tho worh can be tioiie.
Gov. Bbish'uu's call for a national
couveu'inii to aseuil e at J ami a, Fla.,
l'ebrii... y Slit, to mggest and toi mulate
j. lull. jJr reorguu Zing the National
Guaid, is icce.ving favorable auj'Port
fr m "tute executives. 'Tim object of
the convention will To to aid tbe gov
ernment in placing the guard on the
moet elective footing.
A northbound fast freight ou the
Shenaud ah division if the Norfolk
aud Western railway went through a.
bridge near Biveixule, Va. Fireman
Jofeph Mevetii was instantly killed,
Braaeman David Wit ger. fatmly in
jured, and Eugmeer t j'hu Mayo
was FeiioUaly scalded by escaping
(team.
The North.
Excitement wa- caused in San Fran
cisco by tho death of a Chiunman of
a liscase resembling tho bubonio
1'lague.
Georgo Pixon, the colored feather
weight champion i-ugilff, fought 2
favt rounds with O-car Gardner, "the
(lumlia Kid. " before tlie Lenox Ath
letic Cub, New York, and Beferee DoO
Bocae decided iu favor of the chaia
1 ion.
Anattemjt to break uj tbe annual
tneetiug of the eighteenth ward Bejmb
l.cau iuf, at Brieklayeri Ball, at Pe
or.a and et Monroe streets, hicatro,
111., resulted m ihe b-ah of u of the
atta-k.n patty ail the wounding of
seveia. vi those . oo pu liei.'a to J in the
light.
The jury in the ca-e of Walter Ros
ser, at -au Francisco, the Tennessee
soldier, who on .-.e 'el.iO.T Kith fhot
and kd ed Henry Hil.it-rbtan.lt. a civ
ilian, while under the 11. ll it nee of liquor
w inch ha I i.eeu tlrttgt-i, l as beeu un
auieto agree, six jur.r lieiug for con
viction in the second degree and the
other six favoring absolute acquittal.
The Baldwin Hotel at San Fiauciaoo,
'al. , caught lire and was eutirely des
troyed. 1 here ere ti'jo peoj'l, gueate
ami employes, 111 the hotel when tne
liim bioiie olit, aud two of these jieopl
are thought to have -ii,ir Uvea.
A. J. Wh.te and a man niij-d Meyer
are the victims. Before White irave
no Irs life, he haved the lives of three
women.
A spec-al from Concord. N. IT., aaya:
"Mrs. Mary Brker Ed ly, discoverer
and founder of Christian -cience, ba
just completed th exrttiiinatiou of a
c.a-s of about heventy of the active
workers in Chri-tian c.enre mind
heitiing to confer upon them degreeaof
tl,.. Ms(hn-.etts Metanh vsical Col
lege, as healers and touchers of thii
Hv-stem 01 me iic.u'', whose only crown
ed head is divine sovereignty, whoa
OQ.y president is spiritualized man."
Sllarellaoeoiia.
It it reported that Major Epterhaty
has sailed for the United .-date.
John W. Keely left hia secret in writ
ing, aud ellort will be made to perfect
his invention.
Ihe Official Gazf-tte at Madrid pub-lishe-
a decree accejiting the remgnation
of Marnbal Blanco an captain general
of Cuba.
Eighteen pcstofSres have Teen named
in honor of the hero of Manila.
The most rabid of all the negro meet
i'.gs yet held was that in Washington
ity." 'I hey denounced President Mc
Kmlev, Booker T. Wahmifton and
other leaders; called Governor Bunnell
a 1 hvical monstro-ity and a political
norieiititr.aid prai-e l The WahiDgtoa
tarlisthl friend of the Degro, while
1 he Washington I'o-t denounced.
1 t.e resolution a lvp-ed that force be
u-cd agam-t the whites in the South.
Ihe annual retort cf Eirnt Assistant
Po'-tu.a-der (ieaerat Hea'h diow an in-crea-o
iu the bUsi.iesn of the depart-m-..tof
.'., i-jo, 0 , but, as an addition
al at propn tiou nt a-ke I f-r next year,
it is supposed the fost increa-ed in pro
portion, though no hguret are given as
to the cost cf o; erations. He urges va
cati ins for corns aud an additional
gr ad-- 0 c-rr ler 3.
UTr (irant. son of tho late general,
i a P.e public- a candidate for the
United .-ta'en Senate from California.
He it opposed on the ground that until
recently he was a Popuht.
eTere fctorm have raged in South
ern France and Northern Italy. Much,
damage Las been done at Marseille!,
( auces, mu Borao, a'.d Cenoa. Along
the Btveia ea wails and eea fronts
have autlered esj c::al!y.
It is naii Lieut. IIobon received aa
offer of Z'jt'rM from each of two maga
zines simuitaneously for an article de
ci iptive of his exploit with the Merri
rukc at Santiago and put the affair in
tie haids of a legal agent, who suc
ceeded in ruaniDg the oilered jrice up
to vhdJ, at which figure the bargain
va concluded.
O car C. Straus United Staes Min
ister at Constantinople has oidaiDed a
a conce-sion which the united jowers
Lad beeu for !"J months vainly endeav
oring to secure, namely, the granting
cf traveling pcrm.ts to foreigners in
the interior of Ami Minor.