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VOL. XII. MANNING, S. C., WEIDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 189(. NO. 17. ON TO HAVANA. SOME IN~ERESTING POINTS AS TO ] THE TWO ARMIES. The Friends of Cuba In'hi Country are Speculating as to What McKiuley will Do When He Takes Charge of ThIings. NEW YORK, Nov. 12.-Ncw that McKinley has been elected President of the United States, Cuban sympa thizers are beginning to sk what steps he will take to put an end to the bloody struggle now going on in that unhappy island. There was no uncertain ring to the Republican platform adopted in St. Louis. and the very least the new President can do whent, he takes the Presidential chair will be to brin- the matter before a sympathizing 7con. gress. In the meantime, what are the Cu bans going to do to help themselves? t For the last si3 months they have re mained practically idle as far as etftc- I tive warfare is concerned. They have burned several towns and have fought several battles, but nolthidg strategic ally important has been elfected. A --geat deal of this idleness has been im ol posM by the rainy season. It is no easy matter to move troops over a country that is knee deep in water and reeking witfi fever and ma- I laria. Another thing that hampers the Cubans just now is their lack of hor- I ses. Thousands of animals were rid t den to death on that long zizag march down the island to Pinar del Rio, and thousands more were shot by the Spaniards. At present the Cubans are in a bad way for horses, and without s horses they cannot move with a celer ity sufficient to circumvent mounted e forces such as the Spaniards have. I This, according to reliable Cuban - information, is why nothing has been I heard from Gomez in such a long time and why Maceo has remained so quiet in Pinar del Rio. The latter has done almost all the fighting during the last summer, but he has done the most of it with his I foot soldiery. At present it is said that r he has barely sufficient horses to trans - port his camp equipages. All this, however, is to be remedied t at an early day. Until then the Cu- I bans will remain quietly in the moun tainous districts, avoiding open en gagements and confining themselves to occasional sorties on the Spanish lines. I am told that arrangements have been made to land between 4,000 and 5,000 horses in the Vuelta Abajo dis trict at an early day, and an equal J number will be landed in the vicinity J of Cape Maisi. Then the patriots will begin their old scheme of marches and counter-marches and their quick at tacks on the Spanish positions. These horses will practically drain ' the Cuban treasury, but if they can be safely landed the wornout soldiers C will welcome them with far more sat isfaction than they would welcome ' guns and ammunition. -It is not likely that 10,000 horses would last tine Cubans over a season ..oeelstJnacclimated horses are in evita, stricken with fever-a sort of equine yellow fever in fact-which carries them off in great numbers. Within two months, however, it is t expected that the Cubans will make a decided move in the direction of Ha vana province. Maceo has already de- ( monstrated that he can cross the rocha when and where he pleases, and as soon as Gomez gets his horses he will move westward from Paerto Principe. Will they attack Havana? Most cer tainly, if the Spanierds do not beat . them back before they reach that city. Not that they would have any chance t of capturing the place. Such a thing ~ without seize guns would be practical- C ly impossble, but an hour's dash I through the streets of Cuba's capital I and a possible dynamite attack on the S palace of the Governor General is by ~ no means an impossibility. E The Cuban Junta says that such at thing will happen within the next ~ three months. it would be a serious thing indeed if , Havana, the last t stronghold of the Spaniards in this( hemisphere, should be attacked by the ( Cubans. As for the Spaniards themselves,I thiy would not hesitate to bombara their own city in their efforts to oust the Cubans. From the Moro Castle, the Cabanas and the Punta there would come a steady rain of shot and shell. It is doubtful, however, if such a bombardment would do much dam age to the invading forces. Havana streets are so narrow and the houses are so strongly made that hitting an invader would be a work of art. Most of the forts are exceedingly antiquated. The guns on the bastions of Moro Castle are all of the ancient Dahlgren pattern. Two or three shots from a modern battleship would utter ly dismantle the fortification. The -Moro stnds at the mouth of the bay. In teo times- that is, hundreds of years ago- hen it was built, the fort might have been formidable. At present it is not worthy of the name.1 Just behind the Moro is the Cubanas, a .little more modern, a little more roomy and a little more formidable. At the same time, both of these forts, I even assisted by the low stone fortifi cations of the Punta or Lt Reina, could not stop a modern battle ship on her way up the bay, provided there were enough water for her to proceed. The fort on the Punta is just oppo sits of the Moro Castle, and it is quite as futile in the matter of defence. Further around on the ocean side is< the Batera Ia Raeina, at the foot of] Calle del Belascoin. It is a rickety sti-ucture of stone and will probably prove quite as dangerous as old Fort William, on Governor's island. These three forts, without ever catching a sight of the invading Cu bans, would probably bombard the town in a blind way, without d i other damage than tearing down build ings and playing into the insurgents' hands by setting fire to the city. Far more effective would be the two forts Santo Domingo de Atares and Castillo del Pr-incipe, on the Southern and Southwestern borders of the city . The former fort is situated at the head of the Western arm of the bay and commands the country to the South in the direction of Cerro and Jesus del Monte. The relative importance of the forts around Havana can only be judged by the rank of the commanding officer of each- According to this basis the Castillo del Principe and the Cabanas come first. The list is as follows: Castillo del Principe, brigadier gen eral; Castillo de la Cabana, brigadier general; Fuerte de San Diego, first lieutenaiit; Castillo del Moro, major -o infantry;: Fuerte del Pujnta, captain >f infantry ;Fuerte de Atares, first ieutenant vf infantry; Fuerte de la eina, captain of artillery: Fuerte de a Santa Clara, captain of artilleay. At present the Guardia Civil in Ha rana, which corresponds somewhat vith our militia, numbers about 5,000. hese soldiers could be relied upon to epel a Cuban infan.ry attack with far treater certainty thai the forts, be ause the Cubans would not be foolish nough to attack the city by daylight. It is not generally known that once >efore during the present war the Cu ans were upon the verge of attacking lavana. It was during the insurgent aids in the neighborhood of Regla ad Marianao. Some time after these raids it was aid that the Cubans had bribed the ommandant of Fort Atares and that he gates were to be opened to the in urgents at a given signal. Had this en done Havana would certainly >eia laid waste before Atares could tave been demolished. It is said tnat he plot was discovered and that the ommanding officer of Atares was sent >ack to Spain in disgrace. If the. insurgents contemplate an at ack on Havana during' the present vinter the very best they can expect vill be to make a destructive dash ato the city at night by way of the ,alzada del Cerro, work their way wiftly up into the Calle de la Reina nd cut toward Vedado without a ause. It is a daring scheme, and if accom lished will only be another proof of he utter impotency of the Spanish orces. "They will never see Havana," say e Spanish otlicials. "Such a thing impossible. We have too many ldiers." It does not seem impossible, howev r. to capable non-combatants who .ave studied the situation carefully, lthough such an attack might prove ractically fruitless. There are not a undred regular Spanish soldiers in lavana, and all the defensive fight ag would have to be done by the ,000 men of the Guardia Civil. The Spaniards are supposed to have 50,326 soldiers scattered about at va ious points on the istand. There is .o doubt that this number of men has etually landed on the island, with ae Durpose of fighting for Spain. but ; is doubiful if more than 125,000 can e accounted for at the present time. Altogether eleven expeditions have een sent over froa Spain. They are s follows: larch 15, 1895................. 8,593 pril 15, 1895. .......... 7,477 pril 24, 195........ .... 4.008 ay 20, 1895 .................. 2,962 une 10, 1895.................. 9,601 aly 20, 1895..................20,055 ctober 14, 1895...........26,639 anuary 4, 1896 ............... 9,033 ebruary 15, 1896 ...........22,432 eptember 20, 1896............ 9,000 basseurs from Port Rico...... 1,526 This gives a total of 150,326 men. f this number the Spanish officials in uba say they have lost only 4.271. hese they account for' as follows: illed in action........ . 1 ied of wounds................ 160 ellow fever..............3,500 Oher diseases.................. 290 A FEW SPANIARDS KILLED. This is according to the records of ie Spanish medical corps, and is up ) and' including the month of Sep mber. An estimate made by a prominent uban physician, and which is proba ly far nearer the truth, is as follows: illed in action....... . 9,500 )ied of wounds........... 1,000 ~elow fever.............. 10,000 )ied of othei diseases........3,000 This gives a total of 23,500. There Sno doubt, according to the best ob inable authority, that the Spanish ffciais in Cuba are drawing money n the basis of 145,000 men, but this roves nothing. Spain lost nearly 00,000 men in the last war, but this he would never admit. It was known imly because the- men never return d to their homes in Spain. Against he probable 115,000 soldiers which spain now has in Cuba,the insurgents ave about 30,000 men,divided among he leaders as follows: komez.... .............. 5000 jalixto Garcia.............. 4,000 faceo..................... 4,000 scre.........................500 innez. ............1,600 1=1................ .... 2,500 )ortina........... ......... 1,000 luintin Bandera............ 1,000 %ayas....................... 500 ~uen..................... 200 ~uarez.................... 200 arcia....................... 600 jardenos................... 500 arillo..................... 400 sermudez................... 500 erez...................... 800 )ia................ ...... 50(1 xuerra..................... $00 no Perez................. 700 Jastillo.......... ......... 50 idal........ .............. 600 jabreco..................... 500 lafael Socorro................ 200 iro......... ..............00 ravo........................ 201) 3bapotin................... 400 loban............. ........ 500 1unoz......... ............ 40() This gives a total of :30,'i00, which >robably falls short-of the mark. It is asy to be seen that, with a coalition f the forces of three or four leaders, rapid march on Havana would be xtremely possible. But -will they do t? Nobody knows. New York Her Id. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Defend the seacoast. TALLAHAtSSEE, Fla.. Nov. 11 -Gov traor Mitchell has addressed the fol owing letter t'> the Governors of southern and Western States calling a Sharbor defense convention to . meet Lt Tampa: "In view of -the dangers which breaten the defenseless Gulf and south Atlantic seaports of the United tates, we have deemed it proper to ssue a call for a convention in the in. erest of the Gulf and South Atlantic arbors and their defenses. -The ob 'ect of this convention, which will as emled at Tam pa, Fla., cn the 20th >f January, 1867, is to discuss methods or the proper defense of Southern arbors. As loyal citizens of this Re ubic, it behooves us to heed the ad nonitions of wisdom and endeavor to peedily place our defenseless South rn ports in a condition to protect us from the possible peril of fore~gn in: ~asion. In the interest, therefore, of ,his imuortant subject, we respectful .y requ'est your Excellency to honor his convention with your presence, d also to appoint delegates from your omonwealth to attend same. Kind forward the names of such dele rates, when appointed by your Excel iency, to Mr. Ii. J. Cooper, secretary f the Board of Trade, Tampa, Fla. (Signed) "I- L. MITvCIIF., FARM ER'S CONGRESS. Declaration for ;metallism and Taritr for I arm ?roducts. I1i! %-ous, .In., Nov. 1.-The Farm- rs ~a-inal C-ngress at its ses sion to day, by resolution, requested ex-President Harrisen to 'ddress the bo)dy. The president u the Congress, referring toa bill pendii.6 in the Unit ed States Senate, proviling for an in dustrial commission, said thAt action should be taken by the farm rs con vention looking to the appointment of one or perhaps two of the li ve mem ber; of the commission from t ie mem bership of this congress. The session was largely devoted to resolutions, "nd they were referred to the commit tee on resolutions as follows: Sug gesting S. W. Wallerton of Illinois as Secretary of Agriculture; requesting the Congress of the United States to appoint a corps of civil engineers to examine and report as to the practica bility of constructing a ship canal con necting the Atlantic with the Great Lakes by way of rivers and the Gulf of Mexico; that it ic tie sense of this Congress that xomsu should be given the right of suffrage; that the Con gress of the United States skould take active measures to restrict undesirable immigration; discouraging class legis lation and discouraging sectionalism. W. II. Hofiman of Illinois intro duced a resolution to the effect that inasmuch as the Supreme Court of the United States had decided that tie tax on incomes is constitutional and where as the farmers' income includes all the products of the farm, all farm pro ducts should be exempt from assess ment or taxation. Mr. Stahl, of Illinois: Whereas trusts are annually robbing the Amer ican people of millions of dollars, be it, Resolved, That this congress de mands that the laws against trusts be enforced and such laws as are now in adequate - be strengthed. The com mittee on locating the next meeting of the congress reported in favor of St. Paul, Minn., and suggested that it be held at least two months earlier in the year than the present congress. A resolution was offerred favoring the initiative and referendum. J. Adam Bede of St. Paul said he was a Democrat, but he knew that sil ver could be mined by the wealthy, by great corporations and that they alone could get any profit out of it. A resolution with a decided silver ring, introduced by Mr. Offutt of In diana, was substituted by the follow ing resolution from the committee on resolutions and adopted against the warm protest of Mr. Offutt: "Whereas, the general concensus of opinion of the people of the United States in that, gold and silver coin on a just parity of value should be equally money of ultimate redemption without limit. in which this farmers national congress concurs, but differences of opinion exist as to the methods by which this policy can be secured; and, whereas, the recent election resulted in favor of binietallism by interna tionil commercial nations; therefore. "Resolved, That -the Farmers Na tional Congress urgently requests the incoming administration of the nation al'gdirernment-to speedily adopt all practicable methods to obtain the con currence of a sufficient number of na tions to secure. international bimetal lisai with th6e dnlitnited coinage of gold and sil'-er as equally money of ultimate redemption and thereby to restore bimetallic prices for the world's commerce " Mr. Lawrence. chairman of the committee, said the committee with one exception were of the opinion that the resolutions expressed the opinmon of a vast majority o1 tha Unit ed States and the substitute was a proper one. The afternoon session was devoted to the reading of -papers of interest to agriculturists.* The following committee was ap pointed to Congress the memorial of the Farmers Congress under course of preparation: Messrs. B. F. Clayton of Iowa, T. J. Clardy of Kentucky, W. .B. Powell of Pensylvania and Win. Lawrence of Ohio. The memorial which is to be pre presented to Congress and which will be adopted without change is being written by Judge Lawrence, chair man of the committee. The memori al covers the whole subject of protec ti'fe duties relating to agricultural in terests. It says that in order to give effect to the policy of protection three things are to be observed: - First, that American farmers can supply nearly all farm products in suilicient amounts to meet the needs of the American people. Second, as to farm products there can be no combination or monopoly to exact exorbitant prices. Third, it results from thcse facts that as to such farm products the du ties should be such as to secure to American farmers the whole Ameni can market. Among the products where such duties are to be required are cotton, hemp, flax, wheat, corn, barley ; oats, potatoes, hops, dairy products, garden vegetables, poultry, eggs, livestock for food, many kinds of tobacco, apples and other orchard fruits. As to sugar, wool and rice, which the American farmer cannot sulliciently produce to supply all our needs, the duties should not be pr-ohib itory, but they should be amply pro tective, so that in due time we shall be enabled to supply all. Ad dress~ to the Farmers. The following address was issued yesterday. To the Farmers 6f the Cotton States: During the past year we have been oppressed by a merciless trust that has forced up the price of cotton ties until their -use was becoming a question of serious consideration. The fact of a combination existing was not made public until it was too late to materi ally aid ourselves for the season now nearly past, but we made some pro gress looking to the adoption of other means with which to bind cotton bales; our sole and only object being to defeat the cotton tie trust. And, whereas, through the efforts of Mr. Williami W. Bierce of Ne w Or leans, the trust has been forced to abandon its purpose and the price of ties is fast being restored to their nominal value. We entreat and. urge upon all the farmers of the Southern States to give to Mr. Bierce their earnest support in his further endeavors to keep up the campaign against the trust Dy insist ing that their merchants handle ties not heretofore aililiated with any trust, and we for our own State do take the initial step by plelging our selves to give to Mr.- Bierce the wor thy support he deserves. Fraternally, D. P. Duncan, Manager Farmers' Alliance Exch any, of South (arnlinn. SHOWS HIS HANI. WATSON TRIES TO MAKF tAPITAL OUT OF BRYAN'S UEFEAT. s A Senseless Arraignment -f the Demo- t cratic Leader for Not A'.owing Him to Ros Them-Hle Up',A High Idea of ils Own Importance. ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 1L-The letter of acceptance wri :ten by Tom Watson accepting the Populist nomination for Vice President was today made public. Seven columns of Watson's People's Party Paper are devoted to it. The letter is supplemented bv four col mns of advice to Populists to "sit steady in the boat and hold their party together." The editorial tone of the paper is one of fulfilled prophecy. Watson declares that the faiture of the Populists to sup port Bryan in the close:States brought about McKinley's election. He goes into a ]on review of the circumstances leading to his nomination at St. Louis 1 and accepts the Vice Presidential no-. mination "because I said I would." He declares that if the St. Louis Populist convention had nominated a straight f Populist ticket it would have been e elected. It would, he said, have driven the Hills and Gormans where they be long-in the Republican ranks-and the Bryans and Blands would have joined with the Populists. He com plains bitterly of the treatment he has received at the hands of the Populist leaders and addreses nimsel f particular- r ly to S-ator Batler in this way: "Senator, a reform party has no right to exist if it has no valid com plaint to make. Populists cannot de- a nounce the sins of the two old parties 0 and yet go into political copartnership with them. The moment we make a treaty the war must cease. And when We cease our war upon the old parties e we have no longer any excuse for liv iWhenever right compromises with wrong it is the right which sulfers. The Democratic managers seem to re sent as a strange piece of impertinence the fact that the Populists decided to nominate a ticket differing at the rear end from theirs. Coming to them with the 2,000,000 votes they were beg ging for and piteously needing. I can say with a perfect assurance of n telling the unqualified truth that my N arrival on the field of battle was not welcomed as heartily as Blucher was c5 received by Wellington at Waterloo. They want my reinforcement, but they 0 do not want me to lead them. They d need Blucher's troops, but they draw the line at Blucher. That is hardly fair either to Blucher or his troops nor is it the best way to defeat Napoleon. For this attitude upon the part of the Democratic managers I believe that you. Senator, are largely responsible. s You made no effort to have me recog- f -nized. You publicly stated that I would not be notified of my nomina tion. You went into the fusion poli- a cy, over my written protest, with all the zeal of a man who wanted to elect the Demccratic ticket. In this Ithink you were wrong. As chairman of the p Populist committee the party certain- d ly expected you to do all you could to r elect the Populist ticket, "Had you demanded Mr. Sewall's C withdrawal from the ticket, he would have been withdrawn. I have a letter of yours in which you state that the Democratic committee expected you to make a demand, but that you did not make it. From the perversity of tem per with which the Democratic mana-a gers have refused to do the right thing t by the Populists it would seem that they prefer McKinleyism to any thing c which might seem to be partly a Pop list triumph. Their subtle purpose is to couple the Bry an election with the complete destruction of the Populist party. The position take-i in this let. r ter will be bitterly assailed. Wouldr that the pathway of duty were always carpeted with flowers. It rarely is. By making myself and the great party I represent a mere footrat for the De mocratic politicians to wipe their feeta upon I could win much applause from ~ that quarter. But if I were now lack ing in the loyalty which was expected of me when chosen I would grieve the ~ men who have honored me, trusted ~ me and defended and loved me. "No one regrets more profoundly 6 than I do that the Democratic mana- s gers have so shaped the campaign that r the South has again been told that she 5 must grovel ini the dust and let an tl Eastern pluocrat put his:foot upon her r neck. Nor does any one regret more r< than I do that the Democratic man a-I gers in shaping their fusion deals 1 have considered those Populists only b who were getting loaves and fishes. t3 They have lost sight of the great army b of privates whose honest hearts anda sincere souls froma the trengthi of t'he reinforcement Mr. Bryan needs. These Populists of the rank and file have the spirit of the crusaders, and they would die for a principle more (4uick- ~ ly than tney would sell it. These men e will not vote for Sewall nor for Sew all electors. if Senators Jones and Gormnan really wish to defeat Me Kin ley let them lose no time in realizing1 this truth." Mr. Bryan's Program. LaICOLN, Ne b., Nov. 12. -In a speech to be delivered before the Lincoln Traveling Men's Bryan clu b and other local organititions favorable to free 2 silver, next Saturday evening, W. J. Bryan, it is ex pected, will, in a mecas-h ure, outline his future program and 2 the policy of the bimetallists of the ~ country. This will be the first formal utterance of the Democratic candidatet from the rostrum since the electicn, and there is much speculation as to the trend of his remarks. In the afternoon of the same day Mr. Bryan will ad- 2 dress the Ladies' Mary Bryan Silver club, which was quite a factor in the late campaign. Next week Mr. Bryan b intends to visit southern Missouri and northern Arkansas in company with Governor Stone and Senators Jones. but the trip is expected to be more of an outing than a speech-making tour. From the southern states lie will go to Denver, make a fe w addresses probably h and spend a number of days with per- t oraul and political friends. H orse shiow .sensarion.S NFEW YoRlK, Nov. 13. --The aristo- 1 cratic horse show provided a mild srn sation to those in attendance tonight. A music hall artiste now performing in this city had entered a white stall- ~ ion and the entry list being open to V all, her entry was received. Tonight a the lady appeared ready to mount and s ride in the rink, when it was discover- c ed that the horse was equipped with a man's saddle. Further investigation r showed that the lady was picturesque- 9 ly attired in a long drab paddock coat, ~ which only partially disguised a pair a of top-boot~s sannou oted by pink Ilesh- t lings. 1 TILLMAN ON THE RESULT. Ve Would Not Have Carried aState on a Gold Platform. Senator Tillman in an interview dys that Bryan will be the nominee of he Democratic party in 1900. "The battle has been the most heated nd hardest fought political contest in iur history and the Democrtic party Las never shown to better advantage," aid Senator Tillman. "Ihe issues have been clearly de med and bravely sustained, while our ,reat leader, Bryan, has covered him elf with glory and is the idol of the )emorcatic masses." "To what causes do you attribute dcKinley's triumphF' "There were several causes, all of hem making a combination that it Vas impossible to overcome. In the irst place, the odium attaching to De nocracy from Cleveland is more and .11 that it implies drove from us hun Ireds of thousands of men. Hard imes; the issue of bonds in time of >eace; the so called free trade tariff 4il1; th-e loss of employment: all these Ferechargtd to the Democratic party .nd the Democratie speakers and the ew Northern newspapers which reach d the masses in the Northern cities ere powteriess to obliterate the im ression. The Democratic party suf ered, although it had repudiated both 'leveland and his policy. "Then the unblushing use of money a unlimited quantities controlled rany - thousands of the votes. The ampain of the Republicans was con ucted by the Republicans with great igor by a large corps of well trained peakers, many of them men of nation I repute, while the Democracy, with ut means, relied upon volunteer peakers and these could 'not cover de fietd thoroughly as their oppon nts. "A. third factor was the threat open r implied, by thousands of owners of ianufactories and workshops that 'ryan's election meant the closing own of work. The army of the idle rere 'promised work if McKinley 4ould triumph. The Republican lasses in the country or agricultural istricts were promised a return of ood prices aud prosperous times un er a Republican tariff policy and rith a restoration of confidence. The atural alliance of the South and Vest, though not complete, has re ived an impetus which cannot be opped or prevented. The issue of nancial reform and the restoration f the money of the Constitution is not ead and will not down. "We have broken the solid North, rhile the outh is practically solid. 'be tyranny of the Federal judiciarv nd the greed of the plutocrats will rive the masses by the milhon to our ipport in the next great stu.rgle. Jef ,rson lost his first battle in 796, but ron in 1800. The Republicin party ras over-whelmingly defeated in 1856 ad Lincoln was defeated for the Sea te in 1858, but he was elected Presi ent -in 1860. We will win in 1900. IcKialey cannot give relief or restore rAs jeriiy unless the law of supply and emand, as it etyects money,'ha;-been ,pealed." "Will the policy of the party lead rs look to conciliating the gold Demo rats?" "No; they hive got in the party to rhich they belong and are a good rid ance. Tthere can be no step back rard. The Southern people and the 'astern Democrats are separated by n impassible barrier. They are our ask-masters and we know it. We have arned to the West and must look and rork in that direction. If the Demo rats had put up a gold platform, we rould not have carried a single State. 'he men which claimed to be gold >emocrats voted for McKinley almost ylidly. There may be a spasmodic ise ii prices and a resumption of busi .ess activity, but it cannot last." "What do you thing ot David B. [ill's future?" "IHill's a dead duck and will never gain rise to the surface," was the em hatic declaration of Senator Tillman. Increase of Tarifr Rates. NEW YORK, Nov. 11.-Senator John herman of Ohio, in an interview to ay, said it will be necessary for Con ress to pass a tariff measure at once. The Dingley bill," he said, "with >me changes, will do for the present. 'he Demccrats made a great mistake 1 not permitting that bill to pass in ae last Congress. It was only a tem orary measure intended to raise the evenue that the government absolute 7 needed, and if the~ Democrats had it it go through there would have een no necessity for bond issues and 2e Democratic administration would ave escaped a greatdeal of the censures nd criticism that was heaped upon it. "I doubt' the Senator continued, if thae Democrats in the Senate will pDose the bill. I think they, like the Iver Senators, would not oostruct agislation. I understand all the silv r men except Teller and Dubois are pposed to a policy of obstruction. if [e D~ingley bill is passed at the com 2g session of Congress there will be o necessity for an extraordinary ses ion after Marei 4I. Considering ev rything, I think that the outlook for be passage of the bill if bright." The venezuela I)spuute. Wasirisavas, D. C., Nov. lu. -The rbitration of the Venezuela dispute is ettled fairly. All arrangements have een completed and all details of the rbitration treaty between the United tates and (Great Britain arranged. 'he final terms of treaty of arbitra con were arranged in this city last .ight, cabled to London today and ave been accepted. The treaty covers en zuela only and does not include general treaty of arbitration. The en zuelan arbitration commission .ill consist of ive arbitrators, two to e named by the United States, two y Great Britain and these four to se ct a fifth. The term of occupancy ecessary to exempt the British set ed in the disputed territory from ar itration, is fixed at sixty years. In ther words the British government as agreed to the unrestrained arbitra ion of all territory in dispute with a eriod for acquisition of title by pre :ription fixed by agreement of parties 2 advance at sixty years. The Populists are Learning. KAssas CITY, Mo., Nov. 11 .-When 1e Kansas legislature convenes this inter the first thing on the program fter the election of a United States snator to sue::eed P.effer is to push a angressional distribct reauportionmenl~lt irouxh. The plan of the democratic opulist members, who will control 2e legislature, is to divide the State ito eight districts instead of seven as t present, and to sC) arrange the dis icts as to manke seven of them safely LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE. What An Old Man Predlcts IV Iil Happen in the Future. "You can depend upon it," said an old gentleman who has seen the frosts of many winters, "that we have some rough weather ahead. I have noticed for forty years that the best indication as to the coming weather is furnished by the peeling of apples. I live in the apple section of North Carolina, and we can always judge when the winter is going to be severe, the peel ing is thick and very tough. I have n3ver seen it tougher or thicker than it is this year. Take a limber twig or pippin and the peeling is as thick this year as the King apple of ordinary years. You may deperd upon it, we are going to have some rough weata er. This old gentleman's observations may not be accurate, but they are ] strargely in accord with a recent as tronomical forecast, which says that < the coming winter will be the severest I since 1313, and colder than can be re- ] called by the-oddest inhabitant. This t forecast makes the stiil further un- ( promising prediction that the South 1 and West will especially suffer; that I we are to have unusual iain and snow t storms and many meteors will fall. j But this noted astrologer, who sees I such terrible weather in the stars, sees t more wonderful things. He bases his 1 predictions on the fact that during t this month the majority of the planets I are centering in the mystic and ac- , cursed sign Scorpio. As a result, we E are to have one surprise after another s until the world is stirred from centre s to circumference, the catastrophes t coming directly after the lunation of z the moo.. Political upheavals will i sweep the land1 at home and abroad. I England is to mourn the death of t her noble Queen, who will not sur- i vive the winter, and the passing away i of this wonderful woman will mark e the greatest change in the annals of the English Parliament since the days i of King George III. War will be i rampant. The downfall of Spain and I the freedom of Cuba are to come. i Turkey will be disposed of and Russia I will assume a dictatorial front, with t the result that the English govern- ( ment will lose some of its valuable E concessions. t There will be more unrest among i the great foreign powers than for I many years. Deaths of prominent < people will occur, and under peculiar circumstances. Daring robberies will t take place, and there will be an ava- I lanche of crime of a shocking and i heinous natute. During this month ] of Novemb3r stocks will advance rap idly and conimodities of all kinds wi: I command higher priees, but will re- - cede again and trade wilki3trevive i until after April, 1897. New ebt I startling discoveries will be made in i science, and with the incoming of t spring we will have made wonderful 4 strides in the modes of traveling on land, water and in the air. 1 Besides the Queen, the planets fore- i tell the death of England's brightest man and the mortality among the I learned men of the world will be se- t vere. In this month of November i will be born a ruler whose power will 1 b3 long and mighty. There will be 1 extreme suffering among the poor in I the cities, and acts of lawlessness and ] deperation from them will be fre- t quent; never in the history of living 1 man will ther e be recorded in so short < a time such carnage, wreck and ruin< as this present year will live to tell,< with the worst yet to come. Making Children Happy. The rearing of children is a sub- i ject which always has been and al ways will be a source of much discus sion. We shall never arrive at the point when the application of labeled rules will meet each day's experience; but there are general principles which< ought to give definite aim to our gov ernent. We assume that all good mothers wish to see their children obedient, truthful, intelligent, but do r all teach them to be happy? Some a taay say: "This is too evasive a thing to be controlled, children are natural-t ly happy." Thank Gcd, the dear little ones do start upon life's pathway with hearts ready to absorb all the sunshine that comes to them, and now is the op portunity to make their world so rich, s so beautiful, that its rays may stream c over into mature life, and carry with c it some of the freshness and enthusiasm 3 that gladden childhood's days. No s hardships or trials can so paralyze thle c will or make existence such a tread- t mill that life is not worth living. *We e believe that through the period ofr childhood the heart and intellect can t be so trained and interests so multi- s plied that however dark the days may ; be which follow, the feeling will never c come that it is not worth while striv- e ing. As to the plan to be pursued in this education, we would put lirst and above all the force of example. Let the home atmosphere be bright and cheerful, and all disagreeable things kept in the background. This will far I outweigh all desired teaching. Make t. your children feel that you regard ill temper and being cross as very serious y faults, and making those about them E happy, the right expression of a right r spirit. iThe cultivation of love for ani- I mals is an important element in a t child's educatio'n. Nature in all its t varied forms should be a daily lesson, r and impressed upon tihe sensitive mind, will be through life a source of I joy. Try to keep them from looking g upon their tasks as disagreeable duties. t and encourage them to feelthat there a is great satisfaction in being useful. ( Children so trained ate thle ones who push forward and make a career of I usefulness and honor. what the I undians Cost. WXasmixroNo, Nov.. 12.-The esti mates for the entire Indian service for s the fiscal year ending June :V), 18% a to be submitted to Congress at the a cpening of the session, call for an ap- e propriation of $7,200.000O in round t numbers. -This is 100,0'0 more than t the appropriation for the current us- o cal year. The increase is due to the policy of the govecrnament adopted at the last session of congress to abolish gradually contract Indian schools and e place all Indian schools absolutely b under g-overnlment control. One-half r of the number of Indian pupils are s now attending schools within twelve mnths from the end of the present e lscal year. The additional exoendi- r ture is further necessitated by tile in- b :rease of 1,U00 Indian pupils a year, I stimated by the Indian bureau. Of is the total estimates. the detailed items f of expenses for tile support of schools 3 and for the fulfillment of ready stipu- a lations of various tribes make upt EXTRA SESSION LIKELY. HANNA SAYS PRESIDENT MCKINLEY WILL ORDER IT. ThInk-4 There Will be a General Tarlifr Re vision. but no Financial Legislation-The Government to be at Once Pt on a Pay ing Baals. Chairman Mark A. Hanna of the Republican national committee said in New York the other day: "I have had comparatively brief conversations with Major McKinley since his election. Next week I ex pect to meet him in Cleveland, and as he has had time to think over matters, I pres me he will have more details than I a2 at present aware of. But this much I know, he feels that he owes much to the patriotic Democrats who prefer principle to strict party ties. Indiana, for instance, was un questionably carried against fusion by Democratic votes. "Majori McKinley will endeavor to see collected a great national party that will give prosperity to the coun try. Ile expects and hopes that men of all shades of former political belief will be united to this end. I have talked with some of the most in tluential of the o'd Dem ocratic leaders, and I am glad to say they are in accord with Major McK in ley's hopes. "The first movement he will make will be to obtain sulicient revenue to conduct the government. Further is sues of bonds would b- altogether too dangerous. Business prosperity and stability demand that soon as pbssible the government should be on a paying basis. "To this end an extra session of Congress will be necessary, and Pres ident McKinley will undoubtedly call one soon after his inauguration. "Legislation will be required to se cure the desired revenue. and Major MeKinly will do everything in his power to secure it, as well as the legal establishment of a policy which will tend to put everybody at work. In all this he hopes and expects that he will be backed by patriotic men, regardless of party lihes." Mr. Hanna was asked what Demo crats of note he had talked with on the subject of the future. "I do not wish to name them all," he said, "but I may mention Messrs. W. C. Whitney and Abram S. Hewitt asexamples." In an interview in the Philadelphia Press Senator John Sherman is quoted as saying: Aa extra session of the Fifly-ffth Congress will be convened by Presi dent McKinley shortly after the 4th of next March, and the revenue ques - tion will be taken up and legislation passed tha. will provide ample receipts for the needs of the government, and give a reasonable protection to.Ameri can industry." He is quoted further as saying that: '-There will be, in my opinion, a gen eral revision of the present tariE law. The Wilson tariff law, as it is known, is full of inconzruities, inequalities and injusticies. There is scarcely a sched ule in the whole law that does not de mand correction. This does not nec essarily mean higher rates of duties, but there should be an adjustment of the rates so as to do justice to all the articles embraced in the bill. "The bill was admittedly incomplete and full of blunders when it became a law. The ad valorem system of duties is repugnant to Republican principles, and, of course, that feature of the present law will be corrected. The rates of duty should be so fixed as to provide all the revenue needed for the proper conduct of the government, and also to afford a reasonable protec tion to those American industries that come in competition with foreign institutions." Mr. Sherman placed particular emphasis on t~he word "rea sonable." The Senator was asked: "In your opinion, will the reciprocity feature of the McLinley law be restored in the bill to be prepared in the next Con gres i" "I would not make a positive state ment with regard to that," said the Senator. "It must be remembered, however, that the reciprocity clauses in the law of 1890 had a tendency to reduce the revenues of the govern ment, and to some extent brought that law into disrepute. There are certain features of the present law that de mand immediate attention, and will form special features in the new law. "One is the article of wool, now on the free list. As long as the manufac turers of woolen goods are protected byna duty on their produacts t he wool grower in all justice should receive equal protection. There should be an adequate specific duty placed upon raw wool." "Will Congress at its next session undertake any tinancial legislation:' Senator Sherman was asked. "I think not," hae said. "There is no need of financial legislation. The people of the country have just decid ed by a tremendous popular majority that a change in our financial policy is not desired. We have plenty of money and plenty of gold in the treasury, and I do not think that Congress is called to take up tho con s'.deration of any radical change in our pr-esent financial system." "Will there be any attempt at the coming session of the present Congress to pass a revenue measure ?" The Sen ator was next aeked. "Yes, undoubtedly there will be," he replied. "I think that very short. ly after the convening of Congress in December we will make an etl'ort to pass the Dingley revenue bill, which was blocked last session by the oppo sition of several Republican silver Senators. This bill proposes only temporary relief, but is nonpartisan in its propositions, and would, I be lieve, produce a sutlicient revenue to meet the cur-rent expenses of the gov ernment. To Continue the Fight. P'angEnsIunu, *W. \'a., Nov. 12. Dr. M. S. Holt of Weston has received from Hon. William J. Bryan a letter approving of the work which Dr. Bolt began of organizing permanent silver clubs in this State, preparatory to the campaign four years hence. Dr. Iblt was formerly a Republican, but bolted McKinley and supported Bry an. After the latter's defeat he organ ized a silver club a Weston, with I 1 members, and the club sent a letter to the defeated candidate. Thue letter received by Dr. Bolt, who is president of the club, is in ackowledgment of the club's greeting. Mr. Bryan ad vises in strong terms a continuation of the discussion of the silver question,. and A SUGGESTIVE JOY rHE MONEY KINGS OF THE WORLD REJOICE AT BRYAN'S DEFEAT. I Timely Article on the Rejoi.ing of the European Money Kings ov Account of McKinley's Election from the New York Journal. The continuing joy in Europe over he defeat of the Democratic party in he United States ought, it seems to is, to move all Americans to sober hought. The dispatches have told us >f the satisfaction of the London )ress, the anxiety with which the roy L family awaited the returns, and miled with gladness as they came in howing the triumph of McKinley nd the gold standard. Premier Sal sbury has announced the readiness of ngland to take "common action in lefence of the common heritage of so iety" in case the Democracy should iappen to win a Presidential election 1ereafter on a platform unfavorable o the fleecing privileges of the piu ocracy. His phrase at the Lord dayor's banquet, in an address folow owing Ambassador Bayard's unpa riotic and disgraceful speech, means ust that or nothing. The bourses of ?aris and Berlin and of allother Con inental cities, as well as the newspa >ers which speak in the interests of he ruling classes, have expressed a tappiness as great as that of Wall street itself. To judge by the dispatch s, one would think that Eur:) is olid for McKinly, the gold stan rd nd non-interference with the exploi ation of the masses by the predatory ich. But the people of Europe, the aultitude who do not operate in the ourses and have no influence with he respectable commercial press, have iot been heard from at all. What hey think about the American lection has not been thought worth scertaining and telegraphing That vhich we have learned with certainty s that the aristocracy and the rich of he Old World are in the most cordi 6i and intimate sympathy with their >rethren of America. They feel that he earth is theirs, and that the small st attack anywhere upon their exclu ive ownership must be repelled with heir whole strength-that the assail Lts must be crushed into the dust, est the tiniest victory should en :ourage them to more formidable as aults. That is the spirit of the pl ocracy everywhere. Progress of any ind is regarded with suspicion and ntense avertion. They would, as ilmerson said, nail the stars to the ky, if they could. They know noth eg of the wisdom of statesmanship, vhich yields a little in orderto retain nuch. Always they fear the deluge, Lad always they encourage its coming rheir dull opposition to everything hat r for the benefit of oth rs than the es. The conservaiD stinct of great >odies of the Ameri -' were Lrtf ally appealed to by the IzjPb-w :ans in the late canvass, and these )odies, who have no communityof in erest with the forces of greed, were nduced to vote with the party of he trusts. They were alarmed into he belief that the moderate, constitu ional and American proposals of the )emocratic platform concealed sinis er purposes hostile to property and he national honor. Reflection must :ause these patriotic, if timid, Ameri :ans to ask themselves if a cause that [raws to its ardent support not alone he money power of their own coun ry, but of the whole world, can be a :ause the triumph of which is good for he people of the United States as a !hole. If a political party in this :ountry may not propose any reform ithout being reviled as if it designed he destruction of civilized society, vhat is to become of the Republic? If to party may propose the slightest :urtailment of the privileges of the >reying rich without being accused of oving lawlessness and anarchy; what irogrets in the government can be cade? If opposition to the political s well as the industrial rule of the rusts is to be ranked as disguised reason, what has the future in store or popular government in the United tates? No matter what any man may think bout our currency, whether its basis hould be one of ihe precious metals r both, none can deny that the result f the Presidential election has given ratification to and increased the ense of security of every trust in the ountry. Neither is it to be denied hat the plutoracy and aristocracy of very European monarcy hails that esult with joy. Can it be held by the houghtful that a victory which trengthens the trusts and cheers the rivileged classes around the globe is ne that should please the pride and ncourage the hope of the patriotic mnerican, whatever his party may be? Teller is Cautious. DEnER, Col., Nov. 12.-"It would e very impolitic for us to show our ands now and make our intent plain the opposition," said Senator Teller 'hen asked if it would be possible to ass a tariff bill through the coming ~enate without a silver rider. "I have eceived several telegrams from the lastern press requesting an answer to hat same question," the Senator con inued, "but I have refrained from aaking a definite reply. Speaking or myself, I can ssy frankly that I ave not as yet made up my mind re 'arding the comparative strength of hie parties in the Senate. When the ilver forces meet at the convening of eongress I anticipate that a caucus vil develop a plan. No, the Repub icans will not urge or push a tariff >ill when Congress opens. It would me useless. for in case such a bill hould be passed, President Cleveland could veto it. If the Republicans are incere, however, as they assert they re, a special session will be called nd the Dingly tarif f bill or some oth r one will be passed, in case such a hing is possible. I do not care to is of the plans of the silver forces ntil I am fully advised." Weyler Met Defeat. Kin- WEs-r, Nov. 12.-Captain Gen ral Weyler has at last met the Cu ans on the field and has suffered a epulse, according to the advices per teamer Olivette, from Havana, last ight. Weyler, it is said, was attack d while encamped in the Gobernado a hills, in Pinar del Rio, by the Cu ans under Perico Deigado and Perico )iaz. The Cubans surprised the Span ;h outposts and for a time great con usion prevailed ini Weyler's camp. Veyler is said to have fallen back bout eight miles. During the retreat he Cabans killed thirty-four Span