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Sill QMS BEGGING il.
The Queen Has Commanded a Sus
pension of Hostilities.
FIGHTING IN CUBA STOPPED.
Spain Orders An Armistice, Cut No
Conditions Are Nuined A Reminder
That the Queen Sent Her Condo
lences for the Ijoss of the Maine.
Washington (Special.) On the 9th
President MoKinley received a cable
from Minister Woodford at Madrid,
Announcing that the Spanish govern
ment had granted an armistice for
Cuba. In making this announcement,
Minister Woodford conveyed it as a
piece of news, in which this country
was vitally interested, but not as an
official communication from the Spanish
government to this government. None
the less it conveyed the essential fact
that Spain had conceded what the pow
ers of Europe and the Pope had for
many days been urging upon her, and
that the concession dispelled for the
moment the, darkness of the war-clouds
and brought in their stead what was
regarded as at least a faint hope of a
peaceful solution of the pending diffi
culty. Easter Sunday brought little rest to
those who are dealing with the Spanish
situation. With the President's mes
sage ready to go to Congress, Spain's
.grant of an armistice had brought
about a new condition which compelled
the President and his advisers to meet
and consider how far the situation was
affected by Spain's concession. As a
result, the unusual, if not unprece
dented, condition arose for two -cabinet
meetings on Sunday, one about noon
tide, lasting an hour and a half, and
another at 8 o'clock.. It seemed evident,
however from the new conditions pre
sented by the grant of an armistice,
that the message should deal with these
conditions in order that Congress might
be fully advised on tho latest phases of
the subject. Cabinet officers were ex
tremely reticent over the changes in
the message, although it seemed to bo
understood that tho facts relating to
the armistice would at least be incor
porated, even though the general policy
of the message underwent no change.
The Spanish government, through its
minister,' Senor Polo de Barnabe,
delivered au important document to the
State Department, stating that tho
armistice which the Queen Regent of
Spain had commanded General Blanco
to proclaim, was without conditions;
that Her Majesty's government had
granted liberal institutions on
the island of Cuba, which the coming
Cuban Parliament would develop;
recalling the condolence and
sympathy expressed by the Queen
liegent and her government on the dis
aster of the Maine, and the horror the
disaster had occasioned in Spanish
hearts, and appealing to the courtesy
and sense of justice of the United
States government to enlighten public
opinion upon the attitude of Spain. The
note also repeats the offers of the Span
ish government to submit the Maine
question to experts designated by the
marine powers of tho world.
This document was the official noti
fication of the Spanish government to
the United States of the granting of an
armistice and its essential terms. Min
ister Woodford's dispatch has briefly
stated the fact that an armistice had
been agreed upon, but it was not com
municated as coming from the
Spanish government. Today's com
munication cleared misapprehen
sion on the most vital point of Spain's
concession, namely, that the armistice
was without conditions. The note was
received by tho State Department after
the first cabinet meeting, and was one
of the main subjects of consideration at
the second cabinet meeting held to
night. Although the Spanish note was
surrounded with the usual secrecy of
official negotiations, the following sumj
niary of its contents was secured:
"The Spanish minister at Washing
ton, deeply impressed by the numerous
errors which seem to have obtained
credit in public opinion in America iu
regard to the Cuban question, consid
ers it his duty to call again the at;
. tention of the Secretary of State
of the United States to the following
points:
" 'First Her Majesty, the Queen
Regent of Spain, desirous of ending
the troubles which are desolating Cuba
has commanded a suspension of hos
tilities. Geu. Blancobas been ordered
to proclaim today an armistice without
conditions. He will determine the
duration and details of this armistice,
so as to carry out the generous inten
tions of Rer Majesty and the wishes of
the friends of peace.
'Second Her Majesty's govern
ment has granted to the island of Cuba
institutions as liberal as those enjoyed
by Canada under the British flag. The
Cuban Chambers will meet on the 4th
of next May. It will be their duty and
privilege to put into practice and de
velop these institutions. .In addition to
this Cuba is represented in the Parlia
ment at Madrid.
"Third--Pjiblic opinion in this coun
try appears to ignore the fact that the
loss of the Maine was immediately fol
lowed by official and reiterated expres
sions of cond61ence from Her Majestj',
the Queen Regent, from her govern
ment, from her charge d' affaires in;
Washington, and from the authorities
in Havana; ail of which tended to af
firm the horror which the disaster had
caused to arise in Spanish hearts, as
also the sympathy felt for the United
States government and navy and for
the American nation.
" 'The Spanish minister feels confi
dent that he cau count upou the cour
tesy and sense of justice of the United
States government to enlighten public
opinion upon this subject.
' 'Fourth As to the cause of this la
mentable condition, it resoives itself
into a question of facts, which can only
a settled by jnaterirl proofs. The
Spanish minister reiterates the assur
ance that his government is ready to
submit the question to experts desig
nated by the maritime powers, whose
conclusions are in advance accepted.' "
The attitude of the ins;r gent advisors
atWashtngton is that of rejecting the
armistice. Senor Qnesada, of the
junta, declared today that the armic
tice was simply a Spanish trick, design
ed j to create the impression that the
insurgents were unreasonable. From
his standpoint nothing fchort of inde
pendence ..will satisfy the Cubans. It
remains to be seen how far General
Gomez and tho insurgents in the field
entertain this view. If they also reject
the armistice, Spa:u is not likely to con
tinue it, and thus the resort to arms
will continue as during the last three
years.
There is little doubt, however, that
strong influences will be brought
to jbear to induce the insurgents to
suspend hostilities, eo that terms for a
complete settlement may be reached.
WILL STICK TOT II K PIIKSIDKNT.
Said Foreign Relations Committee
Agrees to Simple Intervention.
There no longer appears to be doubt
that the Senate foreign relations com
mittee will change its verdict on the
method of recognizing Cuban inde
pendence, so as not to include tne
present government of the insurgents,
and to practically make the declaration
ou0 for intervention only if the Presi
dent represents the necessity for thus
limiting the official action of the coun
try. IJATTERY SKR(i IANT JASPER.
Sullivan's Island Fort Named for Him
of Revolutionary Fame.;
By direction of the President, the
new 10-inch battery on Sullivan's Is
land, Charleston harbor, S. C. , will
hereafter be known as Battery Sergeant
Jasper, in honor of Sergeant William
Jasper, Second South Carolina regi
ment (Continental army) who during
the attack of the British fleet on Fort
Suilivan on June 28, 1770, heroically
restored to the fort the flag which had
been shot away by a ball from a British
ship.
! COXSUL-CIKNERAL LKK
Has Kid Farewell to the Bloody
Shores of Cuba.
On the 9th Consul-General Lee, the
Red Cross people, newspaper corres
pondents and naturalized Americans,
all set sail from Havana, Cuba, for the
United States. There were large crowds
to see them off, but no demonstrations
of violence were made. Gen. Blanco
was too . "busy" to teil -Lee good-bye,
but they may meet again.
Consuls May Leave Spain.
Permission has been given by the
State Department, at Washington, to
the United State's consuls in Spain to
leave that country, if they so desiro,
pending the threatened severance of all
diplomatic relations between Spain and
this conntry. It is said at the State
Department United States Minister
Woodford, at Madrid, has not been ac
tually recalled, but has been given
full discretion to govern his movements
by the progress of events at the Span
ish capital.
3Ionitors and Torpedo iJoats.
i On the 9th the sub committee con
cluded consideration of the naval ap
propriation bill. The principal addi
tions to the portion of the bill provid
ing for the increase of the navy, were
the following: Four monitors for coast
and harbor defences $'), 000, 000 ; four
torpedo boat destroyers, $15200,000.
TWENTY-FIFTH RKGI3IENT
To be Detained at the Chtcamauga
Battle Field.
! It has been decided to detain for a
time at the Chicamauga battle; field the
Twenty-fifth Regiment of Infantry,
which is about to leave the various
forts in .Montana for service at Key
West and Dry Tortugas. The reason
for this action is said to be the fact
that the water supply at either of the
above named places is not satisfactory
at present, Chickamauga, General Miles
gays, is an excellent place for the con
centration of a large body of troops and
it is believed the location has been ser
iously considered by Secretary Alger as
a point for the preliminary gathering of
troops in case of war.
Not So Many Were Drowned.
The latest from the Shawneetown,
Til., flood is that twenty-three known
dead, a possibility that the list may
reach thirty, 1,500 reople in actual
need of the necessaries of , life, 700
people homeless and damage to the
amount of $-00,000 is the net result of
the flood which swept through Shaw
neetown. The town stands in fifteen
feet of water, and the surrounding
county is swamped. The town election"
that was to have been held on the 5th
was not held owing to the fact that
dry spot could not be had.
News Briefs.
The Lake Superior grain shipping
season has opened at Duluth, Minn.,
and the 10,000,000 bushels in store there
is being rapidly moved.
Edward Everest Hale preached at the
Hampton Normal School,! Newport
News, Ya., cn the accession of his 70th
birthday anniversary.
While attempting to grab Miss Julia
Opp in the "Tree of Knowledge," at
New York, Actor Hackett madeaA er
ror and she was severely strained) in the
neck and back.
Rev. Edith Booker is delivering a lec
ture through Kansas on '"What Is a
Man?" A man, dear Edith, js a tender,
shrinking creature, whose Wide fawn
eyes look out into the great whirl about
him with .startling inquiry -an inno
cent, trusting dove, nestling upon the
neck of a hard world a sweet field
flower, lifting up its face fpr the sun
light of your womanly affection. That
is what a man is. Edith. Ypu yourself
are the sturdy oak. Don't forget that.
is lit lit no?
To the Question That is Daily
Asked, What is the Cause
OF, THE WAR IN CUBA.
Every Horror and Every S!:ame is
Written Upon Almost Every Page !f
Spain's Dealing With Cuba.
R. H.' Welch, of Newberry, S. C,
asLs the Columbia State to ansewer the
following question in its issue of the
Gth: "What is the ause of the war in
Cuba? That is, what are the facts, the
immediate facts, which led up to the
war?" . , :
The State, in repTy, answers as fol
lows: "The answer might be given in one
sentence: Intolerable misgovernment,
spoliation and oppression, au all-devouring
taxation and utter hopelessness
of relief under Spanish rule, coupled
with the aspiration of a tyrant-ridden
people to be free. But specifications
are probably desired, and we shall give
them, beginniug with an extract from
the Encyclopaedia Britannica, an im
partial aiithoritj'.
" (-)n the deposition of the royal fam
ily of Spain by Napoleon,' says the
Britannica, 'tho news of which arrived
in July, 1808, every member of the
cabildo (council) took oath to preserve
the island for the deposed sovereign,
and declared war against Napoleon. ' It
was this act, by the way, which earned
for Cuba from the crowuat the restora
tion of the Bourbons the title of 'The
Ever Faithful Isio. ' Was there a more
substantial recognition of this gallant
103'alty? Wo shall see. Continuing,
the Britannica savs:
" I
BATTLESHIP IOWA.
(Our greatest warshij, now coinmaudod ly Captain It. D. Evan?.')
Since that time the island has been ruled
over by a succession of governor-captain-genera
Is from Spain, armed with almost ab
solute authority, some of vhom have con
ducted themselves honorably, while the
n.imes of others are leaded with infamy, the
office having been frecmently sought and be
stowed only as the means of acquiring a for
vane. The deprivation of political, civil and
religious liberty, aud exclusion from all pub
lic stations, combined with a heavy taxation
to maintain the standing army and navy,
h'U-e resulted in a deadly hatied between the
talive Cuban aud the mas? of officials sent
from Spain. ThL has manifested itself ia
frequent risings for greater privileges and
freedom. Of ihis kind were the conspiracy
of the "Black Eag e"iu 1829, the insurrection
of tho black population in 1844, the conspir
acy of Narciso Lopez in 1848, his landing
with 600 men.from the United Statts in 1850,
aud his third attempt in 1851, which cost his
life and that of many of his followers.
Soon afier this a resormist party sprang
up, desirous oLcomingto a settlement which
bhould insure the rights of the colony with
out imparting the interests of Spain, and af
ter protracted efforts this pany s-iceeeded in
obtaining an iuquhy at Madrid on the re
forms needed by Cuba; but the only altera
tion decreed was that of a new system of
taxation, more oppressive than the former.
When the SpauLsh revolution of 1868 broke
out, the advanced party in Cuba at once ma
tured their plans for tho liberation of the
iaiaud from the military d(S ,tism of "Spain,
rose in arms at Yara, in the district of Bay
amo, and made a declaration of independ
ence dated at Mauzanillo, on the 10th day of
October of that year. This insurrection soon
assumed formidable dimensions in the east
ern portion of the island; on the 18th eff Oc
tober the town of Biyamo was taken. ai.d n
the 2-Sth the jurisdiction of Holguin rose in
amid. Early in November the patriots de
feated a torce which had been sent against
them from Santiago de Cuba, and tho great
er number of the Spanish-Amerieau repub
lics hastened to recognize the Cubans as bel
ligerents. During subsequent years, in spite
of the large and contiuued increase of the
number of troops sent from Spain, and or-
j ganized by the Spanish authorities in the
island, the yearly campaigns up to the pres
ent time (1877) have shown that iu tLe ast
ern interior the Cuban patriot are praL-ti-inliy
invincible, and that by maintait-ijg a
guerrilla ' warfare they can attack and
harass and even defeat their enemies who
may Le bold enough to act oa the aggres
sive. ';
In a debate on Cuban affairs in the cortes
of Madrid in November, 1876, it was stated
that, during the past eight years, in attempt-
UIOT AT A MILITARY COLLEGE.
Xarl'y 100 Students Attempt to Mob
One of Their Number.
An attempt was made by fifty-five
cadets to force Sergeant-Major Chantey
tc leave the South Carolina Military
institute, which brought on a riot that
the police had to quell. It was charged
that Chantey had informed on five ca
dets for breaking garrison. The beys
were suspended and later taken back.
The cadets, failing to bring about
Chantey's dismissal, attempted to mob
him, and created so much disturbance
that policemen were called in. It is
said that eighty cadets will be expelled,
and as there is'ouly 150 students it may
close the institution.
Virginians Offer to Raise Troops.
Governor Tyler, of Virginia, is re
ceiving many offers to raise military
and naval organizations for use in the
event of war. He does not think it
proper at present to authorize the form
ation of any of these new organization?,
as Virginia is hardly in a position to
equip troops. ,.
Number of Working Days.
Laboring men have 312 working days
a year in Hnnrary, 80S in the United
Mate'. 278 ia England and 207 in
Russia. " I
Ing to crush the Insurgents, Spain had Bent
to Cuba H3,cOO soliien.-. hui nor most favor
ed commaiideri but with little or no result.
On tho other hand Cu)h, under the perpet
ual apprehension of the rebellion, has
seen her trade decrease, her crops reduced
and her Creoles deserting to the United
States aud Spanish repuolics; and her
taxes have bee-n trebled ia vain to meet
the ever-iucreasiug expenses and floating
debts.
"The Britannica's account ends two
years before the close of vhe war. In
1878, through the influence of Martinez
Campos, :vho had been seat over as
captain-geDeral with full powers to
conclude a peace on terms acceptable to
the insurgents, tho so-called 'treaty of
Zanjon' wa3 signed and tho revolution
ended. This paper pledged Spain to
give the Cubans the right of suffrage,
full representation in the Spanish par
liament administrative reforms and bo
forth. Within two years' afterward
Gen. Campos was moved in the cortcs
to reproach the government for not Car
rying out its pledges to the Cubans.
They were, indeed, never fulfilled in
good faith. As in many other , cases,
Spain 'made the word of promise to the
ear and broke it to the hope.'
"Cuba did get representation in the
Spanish cortea, but the suffrage was so
restricted for Cubans and enlarged for
Spaniards that neavly all the members
elected wore Spaniards, and in the
cortes no attentiou was vouchsafed to
Cuban grievances. As for local eelf
government, there was none whatever.
Official speculations increased instead
of diminishing, the Spaniards filling all
the offices. The entire cost of the war
about $21)0, 003,000 was saddled upon
Cuba, and from a million and a half
people 25,000, 000 to $30,000,00:) were
annually wrung in taxes, nine-tenths
of which were drained away to Spain.
Cubaus had to support a Spanish army
of occupation numbering 20,000 men.
There were annual and increasing de
ficits in the revenues after all this tax
ation, and repeated issues of bonds
were made to cover them. A deputy in
the cortes declared: 'Cuba is sunk
under an inundation of abuses, and a
plus ultra is impossible unless indeed
tho extermination of the whole island
ers be decreed.' The historian Froude
wroie: 'The government is unimagin
ably corrupt, and the fiscal policy op
pressive and ruinous. ' Our former min
ister to Madrid, Dr. Curry, paraphrased
Gladstone's words and asserted: 'Every
horror and every shame that could dis-'
grace the relations between a strong
country and a weak one ia written upon
almost every page of Spain's dealings
with Cuba. '
:'.-5Uch was the condition of Cuba
when, about ten years ago, Jose Marti,
a youuc: Cuban exile, who as a lad had
been imprisoned in the African, prison
of Ceuta and bore on his wrists the fears
of Spanish manacles, inspired by faith
and indomitable aspiration for the lib
erty of his country, conceived the plan
of organizing his fejlow exiles into clubs
and raising funds in preparation for a
final revolt. He made this his life
work. For five years or more these
'Cuban Revolutionary Circles' in the
United States, in Mexico, Central and
South America, in Paris, and wherever
else the exiles could organize, applied
themselves with patient devotion to the
task set them by Marti. In the Florida
cigar factories they regularly set apart
one day's wages each week for the cause;
elsewhere they adopted other methods.
When the time came to strike they had
accumulated from .500,000 to 81,000,000
and had smuggled into the island sev
eral thousand rifles and a quantity of
ammunition.
"In January, 1895, ou a day agreed
upon, patriots rose in most of the : pro
vinces, and, immediately after, vet
erans of the Ten Years' war began to
land on tho coast from different quar
ters of exile, taking with them leader
ship, arms aud munitions. The revolu
tion spread rapidly aud scon controlled
the eastern province of Santiago. Marti
appeared iu person, with Gomez. Soon
after he fell in battle, leading a charge.
But the cause to which he had devoted
his life and to which his death Was a
sacrifice, went on to victory. This
is the story. The cass belli is ninety
years old. " j
I Indications point to a strike of ten
! thousand diggers in the Monongahela,
i Pa. , river mines.
XaturaHSridgc Sold.
Mr. H. C. Carruth, i weathy Boston
man. has about concluded negotiations
for the purchase of the famous Natural
Bridge property in Rockbridge couuty,
J Virginia. The property embraces a fine
estate of several tnousand acres in ad
dition to this great Virginia wonder.
The land bridge belongs to the widow
of Col. Henry C. Parsons, whose rour-
i der three years ago at a Clifton Forge
hotel by Condnctor Goodman attracted
J so much attention.
j Only Sixteen Millions Left.
j Th rty-four of the fifty million dollar
emergency fund for war purposes ap
j uropriated by Congress has already
Lean expended.
i Sixteen Million in C!lin i
I Claims against Spain aggregating
1 SIC, 000,000 for injury and loss incident
to the war in Cuba have been filed with
the State Department by the citizens of
j the United States residing in that coun
j try. They cover claims for personal
injury, imprisonment, loss of stock,
1 burning of sugar plantations, etc.
Post Office Robbed.
The postofSce at Aberdeen, X. C,
was entered by burglars and tnesafe
blown up and robbed of money, stamps
and jewelry,
in
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The Positively Promised Message
Did Not Materialize.
LEE' CABLED FOR DELAY.
Thousands Who Had Waited to Hear
the President's Cuban Message
Turned Away Disgusted.
THE SENATE.
74th Day In the Senate fierce Cuban
speeches were made. "The United
States ought immediately to declare
war against Spain and to maintain that
war until the people of Cuba are nrade
free from Spanish starvation and cruel
ty, and the government of the island
firmly established as au independent
republic." This utterauce by Senator
Chandler, of New Hampshire, in a
carefully prepared statement of his po
sition on the Cuban crisis was tho
climax of an exteudeddiscussionof the
subject, participated in by several
members in the Senate. Speeches bad
been delivered by Turner, of Washing
ton; Harris, of Kansas, and Kenney, of
Delaware, all of whom took strong
ground for vigorous and instant action
by the United States. At the conclu
sion of the speeches on the Cubau
question, the Senate resumed the con
sideration of the sundry civil bill, tho
only important program being a slight
ly modified form of the committee
amendment suspending the forestry
reservation proclamation.
78th Day. When the Senate con
vened intense expectancy, amounting
to excitemen!, prevailed on both the
floor and in the galleries. The Presi
dent's message had been positively
promised, and its. coming was awaited
with genuine anxiety. ,Teu minutes
after the Senate met consideration of
the sundry civil bill was resumed and
with the exception of eight minutes
consumed by an executive session, in
which Senator Davis announced that
no message would be sent in to-day, al
most the entire session was consumed
by the appropriation bill. It was prac
tically completed when laid aside for
the day.
79tu"Day. In the Senate there were
one or two war speeches delivered.
During the consideration of the sundry
civil bill, Morgan accused the appro
priation committee with discriminating
against the proper measures and threat
ened to assist iu dissolving the com
mittee. He also stated that he had
heard of a great combine to control the
government's coal supply. At 2 o'clock
the bill was laid aside and Walthall, of
Mississippi, presented resolutions on
the death of his late colleague. Senator
Jas.Z.George, after which, as a further
mark of respect, the Senate adjourned
until Monday.
. THE HOUSE.
83dDay. The crowds which thronged
the galleries of tho House were disap
pointed. There were no outbreaks of
any kind on the floor on the Cuban
question. ' The whole day was spent on
the private calendar, with the result
that several bills were passod, among
them one to pay the heirs of John
Iloach, the ship builder, 350,000 on a
claim which has been pending a dozen
years, and another to pay O. C. Uosby--sheli,
superintendent of .the Philadel
phia mint, $17,000, extracted from the
gold vaults by a weigh clerk. At TclTj
p. m. the House took a recess , until 8
p. in. , the evening session being de
voted to the consideration of pension
legislation.
84th Day. After waiting patiently
in the galleries and corridors of tho
House for hours, many of them from 8
o'clock until shortly before 3 o'clock p.
m., the thousands who had come to
hear the President's Cuban message
turned away weary and disgusted at
the delay. Never was there such dis
appointment at the capitol. The mem
bers felt it even more keenly than the
spectators, and for two hours afterward
they stood about the lobbies discuss
ing the latest phase of tho situation.
The news of the proposed armistice,
which came ou the heeU of tho
announcement that General Tee
had cabled for delay received quite
as mneh attention as the request of
General Lee. The debate in progress
in the House over the army reorca.-i'a-tion
bill attracted little or no attentiou.
It was completely overshadowed b- the
more absorbing question. Con&ideiable
opposition to the bill developed on the
ground that its provision for an exten
sion of the regular army in time of n-
to 104,000 men would be inimical to th
National Guard and the volunteer forces
upon which the country had heretofore
relied in time of stress. There will be
a strong effort to recommit the bill.
85th Day. There was a scene of
great excitement in the House. It wa3
caused by Lentz (Dem. ), of Ohio, who
made a vigorous assault on the admin
istration, charging that the policy of
delay was in the interest of stock job
bers" in Wall street. He alleged that
Wall street was in the possession of in
formation that the message would not
go in lorig before it was known at the
capitol, and profited by the advance in
the price of stocks which resulted. lie
even charged that there was no warrant
for the alarming statements about
the situation in Havana, which were
made as a justification for the delay
of the message. Lentz's speech created
a profound sensation, and was met with
an emphatic reply from Grosvenor,
now recognized as the administration's
spokesman on the floor. A great deal
of opposition developed during the dav
to the army bill. Hull tried to save the
bill by ageeing to strike out all of its
provisions, even the three-battalion
function features, but it was in the end
recommitted by n vote of l.V to ci.
The House adjourned until Monday.
Paris Cab.
A citizen jn-st returned from Paris
describes a very ingenious device, that
has. been adopted there for use in eabs.
It is a. register that indicates the exact
distance automatically the cab travels
on a trip, and at the end displays the
amount of the legal fare for that dis
tance, for the information of the pas
senger. .
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-jauStJAV m aaaqj. natn l Lupntoqs
qjcq rpns 'asunoo jo ;nji CiiJoqmt;
lBoipani v s Ics ..'puira pejj r joj juaui
-jcoaj ;uaiiODX3 uv a qq oisnui y
SIXTY-FOUK KXPKLLEP.
S. C. Military Academy Young Men
Sent toThelr Homes for Rebellion.
The board of visitors of tho South
Carolina Military Academy on the Sth
expelled sixty-four cadets, who partici
pated in the rebellion which took place
at the academy on the Crd of April. The
cadets had become incensed nt the con
duct of Cadet Cauty, who had reported
men for breaking barracks when he was
not on dut, and they resolved to force'
him out of tho institution. A letter was
first sent to Canty's father asking for
his withdraws!, and when this failed of
effect, the boys sigued a pledgo to re
sort to violeuce if necessary iu expell
ing Canty.
They attempt to carry out their de
sign on the night of April I'd. when
they were met and opposed by tho - su- -penntendent
and commandant, Lieu
tenant McDonald, United States Army,
and thoy' broke into open rebellion.
They refused to obey orders, and riot
ed arouud the building all night, tho
police having to bo called iu.
A meeting of the visitors wa3 called
at once and has been in session several
davs. Tho order of expulsion gave tho
cadets two hours in which to leavo the
building. The boys belong to many of
tie most prominent families of the
Sla'e. Tho order sent from tho acade
my two-Ihirds of the students. The in
stitution is under the management of
the State, and the action of the young
men everywhere is much deplored.
A Woman Pack Peddler.
"I saw the first woman pack peddler
I ever ran across, while on a tobacco
buying trip on Green River last week,"
said Fred Thompson last night. "I
was goinn from Woodbury to Morgan
town and while at a village store talk
ing to three-growers I knew, saw
walking up the road a swarthy com
plexloned woman, swaying under a load
on her back that would have made mo
cry 'enough' before I had toted it
very far. The female peddler, for
such she proved to be, said she came
from New York to Tennessee last year
and had started near Milan tramping
back in thi3 direction. She looked to
be thirty-five, had strength like a
wpodchopper and seemed well pleased
with her novel profession. She said
she was making money and expecd to
return to the East this year to marry
the man she loved, who was taking
her earnings to put with his own and
pay for a little cottage." Louisville
Post. 1
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IN EFFECT A-RIV IOTH, 1898.
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Lv. Stokesdale 517pm
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Lv. Greensboro
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