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VOL. XlII. MANNING S. C., WEDNESDAY, eJCLY 20. 1896. NO.52. SANTIAGO IS OURS. THE FINAL FALL OF THE CITY CAMETHURSDAY. Some Fifteen Thousand Men Taken Prisoners of War and Will be Sent Back to Spain. The Of ficers With Their Side Arms. "Santiago surrendered at three- is the significant offii:: announceeinmt that reached the President at 3.06 Thursday afternoon. It came in a dispatch from a signal service official at-Playa del Este! and told tile result of the meetinz of the capitulation commissioners in the most brief and concise form of any of the numerous dispatches laid before the President during the day. The dis patch was well ahead of the oficial message from Shatter. Santiago time is 55 minutes ahead of Washington. which accounts for the quick receipt of the result, the commissioners not meeting until 2:30. GEN. SHAFTER'S OFFICIAL REPORT. The adjutant general received the following from Playa Thursday after noon: Adjutant General. Washington: Have just returned from interview with Gen. Toral. le agrees to sur render upon the basis of being returned to Spain. This proposition embraces all of eastern Cuba from Asserado on the south to Sagua on the north via Pal ma with practically the fourth army corps. Commissioners met this after noon at 2:30 to definitely arrange the terms. W. R. SHuAFTER. Major General. FROM MILES BEFORE THE SURRENDER. Thursday the war department has received the following dispatch from Gen. Miles, written apparently before the final surrender of Santiago at 3 o'clock: Before Santiago, July 14. Gen. Toral formally surrendered the troops of his army-troops and division of Santiago-on the terms and under standing that his troops shall be return ed to Spain. Gen. Shafter will appoint commissioners to draw up the conditions of arrangements for carrying out the terms of surrender. This is very grati fying and Gen. Shafter and the officers and men of this command are entitled to great credit for their sincerity and fortitude in overcoming the almost in superable obstacles which they encoun tered. A portion of thearmy has been infected with yellow fever and efforts will be made to separate those who are infected, and thus free others from it, and to k'eep those who are still on board ship separated from those on shore. Arrangements will be immediately made for carrying out further instruc tions of the President and yourself. _NELsON A. MILES. Major General of the Army. CAME WITHOUT ANOTHER SHOT. Gen. Toral, commanding the Spanish forces in Santiago de Cuba. Thursday morning sent a communication to Gen. Shafter. indicating his willingness to accept the terms of surrender proposed Wednesday and asking the American commander to appoint commissioners to meet the Spanish commissioners to arrange to send the Spanish troops back to Spain. The surrender of Gen. Toral not only means the fall of Santi ago, hut by the terms of surrender the whole eastern end of the island falls into the hands of the United States without a shot being fired. The sur render is to include all the Spanish troops at Santiago, G3uantanamo, Cai manera and .Sagua, composing the fourth corps of the Spanish army. The portion of the province of Santiago de Cuba that lies east of the line from Las Palmas, to Aserradores, is surrendered to the United States. THE FINIAL NEGOTIATIONS. Full Story of What Transpired Be tween the Lines At Santiago. Thursday morning it was decided to hold a personal interview with Gen. Toral. G en. Miles and his staff accom panied by Gen. Shafter and his staff rode out to the front shortly before S o'clock under a flag of truce. A request for a personal interview with the Span ish commander-in-chief was made ac ceded to, and at -about 9 o'clock G3en. Miles, Gen. Shafter, Ge ci. Wheeler. Gen. Gilmour, Col. Morse, 'Capt. Wiley and Col. Mans rode up, passed over our entrenchments and went down into the vatley beyond. They were met by Gen. Toral and his chief of staff, .UNDER A sPREADING MANGO TREE, at the bottom of the valley 'dout half way between the lines. 'lI: iterview that followed lasted an hour. The situati-m was placed frankly before Gen. Tora] and he was offered the alter native of being sent home with his gar rison or leaving Santiago province. The only condition imposed being that he should not destroy the existing forti fications arnd should leave his arms be hind. This latter condition the Spanish general, who does not speak English, - explained through his interpreter, was impossible. He said the laws of Spain gave a general no discretion. He might abandon a place when he found it was untenable, but he could not leave his arms behind without subjecting himself to the penalty of being court martialed and shot. His government, he said. had granted his permission to evacuate Santiago. That was all. Further than that he was powerless to go. SAID) LiKE A soLDIER. Without saying so in words, Gen. Niles said the tenor of Gen. Toral's re marks all betrayed his realization that he could not hold out long. When Gen. Shafter explained that our rein forcements were coiming up, that he was completely surrounded and that new batteries were being posted, Gen. Trl simpilly shrusred his shoulders. "Iam but a subordinate.'" he said. --and I obey my gzovernmient. If it is neces sary we can die at our posts. ANTD oUR Ni EN Ai'11RED) IT. Gen. Toral is a muan of o years of aae, with a strong. rugged, face and fine soldierly bearing. His brave words inspiredl a feeling of respect and admira tiobn in the hearts of his adversaries. Neverthclcss, the Spanish general's .anxietv to avuoid further sacriiiee of life in his ceommand was manifest and he <did not hesitate to ask for time to com municate the situation to Madrid, al though he dubiously shook his head whenli poke of the probable response. LAID DOWN THEIR ARMS. An Impressive Scene Between the Spanish and American Lines. Amid imnpressive ceremonies the Spanish troo.ps laid down their arms be tw~een the lines o! the Spanish and .\mnerican forces at 4)'clock Sunday morn inll. Gen. Shafter anld tile Ame11cr icall div ision and brigade coll:aliders and their staffs were VescIrted by a troop of cavalry and Gen. Toral and his staff by 10 picked men. Truijpeters on both sides saluted with flourishes. Gen. Shafter returned to Toral the latter's sword after it had been handed to the A\merican comnan der. Our troops. lined up at the trenches. were eve-witnesses of the cer emony. Gen. Shafter and his eseort. accompanied by Gen. Toral. rode through the city. taking formal posses sIon. The city had been sacked before they arrived by the Spaniards. At a palace elaborate ceremtlonies -*,)k place. Ex actlv at noon the Anierican flag was raised over the palace an(d was saluted by 21 guns by Capt. Capron's baitery. At the saime tine all the regimlental bands inl our line played "The Star Spangled anner.' ater which Presi dent .leKinley's congratulatory- tele -raimi was read to each regiment. The 13th and tl regiments of infantry will remain in the city to enforce order and exercise municipal authority. The Spanish forces are to camp outside of our lines. A THRTLING SPECTACLE. The Hoisting of the American Flag Over Santiago. The American flag is floating in triumph over the governor's palace at Santiago de Cuba. Gen. MIeKibben has been appointed temporary military governor. The ceremony of hoisting the Stars and Stripes was worth all the blood and treasure it cost. A concourse or 10.000 people witnessed the stirring and thrilling scene that will live forever in the minds of all the Americans pres ent. A finer stage setting for a dramatic episode it would be difficult to imagine. The palace. a picturesque old dwelling in the 3oorish style of architecture, faces the Plaza de la Reina. the princi pal public square. Opposite rises the imposing Catholic cathedral. On one side is a quaint, brilliantly painted building with broad verandas, the club of San Carlos; on the other, a building of much the same description, is the Cafe de la Venus. Across the plaza was drawn up the 9th infantry, headed by the 6th cavalry band. In the street facing the palace stood a picked troop of the 2d cavalry, with drawn sabres under command of Capt. Brett. 31assed on the stone flagging b.tween the band and the line of horse men were the brigade commanders of Gen. Shafter's division, with their staffs. On the red tilled roof of the palace stood Capt. McKittrick, Lieut. Miley and Lieut. Wheee:-. Immlnediat-ely above them, upon the flagstaff, the illuminat ed Spanish arms and the legend "Vive Alfonso XIU.- All about, pressing against the veranda rails, crowding to windows and doors and lining the roofs, ere the people of the town, principal ly womien and non-combatants. As the chimes of the old cathedral rang out the hour of 12, the infantry and avalry pre-e it ad arms:' Every Ameri -an uncovered, and Capt. McKittrick oisted the Stars and Stripes. As the brilliant folds unfurled in a gentle breeze against a fleckless sky, the cav ary band broke into the strains of 'The Star Spangled Banner,"' making the American pulse leap and the Amer ican heart thrill with joy. At thle same instant the sound of the distant booming of Capt. Capron's bat tery, the firing of a salute of 21 guns. drifted in. When the music ceased, from all directions around our line caine floating across the plaza the strains of the regimental bands and the muffled. hoarse cheers of our troops. The in fantry came to 'order arms"' a moment later. after the flag was up. and the band played "Rally Round the Flag. Boys." instantly Gen. 3MeKibben called for three cheers for Gen. Shafter. which were given with great enthusiasm, the band playing Sousa's "~Stairs and Stripes Forever."' The ceremony over Gen. Shaf ter and his staff returned to the American lines. leaving the city in the posse-sion of the municipal authorities, subject to the conltrol of Gen. M1eKibben. The Spanish Way. One of the reasons for a truce at San tiagro was to give time for the non-coml bantants to leave the city and thus escape the fire of Shafter's guns. Among the few who failed to avail themselves of this opportunity was a rich widow. 3rs. Rosa (Chacon de Odis. Shafter's missiles had no opportunity to injure her. Before the; truce was ended. Spanish soldiers, learning that her house was filled with jewels, money and valuable property, sacked it aiid murdered her. All species of barbari tics were perpetrated upon the unhlappy woman, who was fairly hacked to pieices. Such little diversions as this. practised by Spaniards. explain why Cubans in fierce rage sometimes put Spanish prisoners to death. Given Up Hope. Spaniards at Hong Kong are now convinced that Camara's sq uadron is not going~ to the relief of 3Manila. They have givein up all hope except of making terms to save the Church pirop erty. Procurator FernianIdez. of Shang hai. arrived at Ilong Kong recenitly and held a long conference with Consul Wildman. Fernanidez wishles to go to M1anila to treat with Dewey and Aguinaldo. 3Mr. Wildman declin ed to give himt passports or aid hlim to retainl the property of his Church. It is said onl good authlority that the Curch stands ready to surrender 3la nila if its millions can be saved. Wmn. Perry Murphy Dead. ('ol. WmI. Perry 31urphy of Charles tiln di':d at Summenrville, S. C.. early Friday nmore in i fiter lIngering illness. Col. M.\lrhy~ wa l'a iited States district atto rney if . uth Caroli na during Prsidett( Cie-ai' adinistration. and at the t Iime of hi eathm was a cani didate f or c'ongrs frnm this d istrict. HeI was an able lawvyer, and was a can didate for attorney general of the State n ticn Shennard tie in 1i9-> THE TRUE STORY. OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SPANISH FLEET. Thrilling and Graphic Description of the Great Naval Engagement by a Correspondent who Stood Almost at Commodore Schley's Elbow. The following description of the bat tle between the American and Spa nish warships off Santiago was written by the only non-combatant who witnessed the entire fire. The iion-combatant was the correlspondent of the Associated Pres. who saw the engagement from a position alost at the elbow of Conuno dore Schley on the United States ar morcd cruiser Brooklyn: Sunday. July 4. the fifth Sunday for the Amierican squadron before Santia go. and the ninth weekly anniversary of the day of the Dewev victory of Cavite. and the fifth of the discovery by Commodore Schley of the where abouts of Admiral Cervera's squadron. brought no particular different situa tion from that marking the preceding Sundays. The motonony. the lack of picturesqueness at daybreak. the heat of the tropical sun-all were there. The vessels on the blockade were the Iowa, Indiana and Oregon. battleships: the flagship of Commodore Schley, the Brooklyn, and the small yachts Glou cester and Vixen. The iowa was swinging a mile further out than the rest of the squadron. trying to fix her forward 12-inch turret, which was out of re'pair, while the Indiana was doing the same thing to her forward 13-inch turret. The absolutely available ships in the squadron, therefore, were only the Oregon, Texas and Brooklyn. al though later both Captain Evans and Captain Taylor fought their ships. It is a custom on ships. regulated by the rules, that there shall be a general muster at least once each three months. and that the "Articles of War" shall be read. First call had been sounded at 9.15 a. in., and the men were assem bling on the decks. The lookout in the masthead of the Brooklyn had some time before reported smoke in the har bor, but as the same thing had been noticed several times, no special atten tion was paid to it. The Brooklyn and the Vixen were the only ships to the west of the entrance; the other ships having drifted well to the east. On the bridge, Navigator Hodgson, of the Brooklyn, said sharply to the lookout: "Isn't that smoke moving?" and the lookout, after a minute's inspection with the long glass. dropped it excited ly and fairly yelled; "There's a big ship coming out of the harbor, sir!" Hogdson, who is a particularly cool man, looked once himself; and then, grasping the megaphone, shouted: "After bridge, there! Tell the com modore the enemy's fleet is coming out. Commodore Schley was sitting un der the awning on the quarter-deck. Going to the bridge, he said: "Raise the signal to the fleet," and turning to Captain Cook; who stood near. he said: "Clear ship for action." Then he went forward and took his place on a little platform of wood running on the out side of the conning tower, whieh had been built for him. He was dressed in blue trousers, a black alpaca jacket and the regulatimii'ap, without the broad band of gcldbra:d. The men with a yell went to their guns and the rapid preliminary orders were given. Schley, glasses in hand. watched the first ship turned out and saw her start for the west. Still he gave no signal to fire or move. The Oregon opened with her 13-inch shells and the Indiana and Texas followed suit But the range was a long one. Still the Brooklyn waited. But down below the coal was being forced into the furnace, every boiler was being worked and every gun made ready to fire. Sehley wanted to know which way they were going, or whether they would scatter. In the meantime the Oregen began to turn to the west and the Taxas moved in closer and was damaging the leading ship, the Infanta Maria Teresa. "They are all coming west, sir." shouted Lieut. Zars, and just then the western batteries opened up. "Full speed ahead! Open fire!" shout ed the commodore. "Fire deliberately and don't waste a shot." he added. and the orderlies car ried the word to turrets. In an in stant the Brooklyn's terrific 8 and 5 ine~ batteries on her plort side op)ened anoa the cruiser headed for a point in front of the first escaping ship, firing at and receiving thme fire from two of them. Then Commodore Schley saw that the fir'st ship was coming out from the shore. headed directly for the I3rooklyn with the evident intention of ranmmingr her. A clever manoeuvre w~as here ae complished. ''Hard aport with y'our heln," shouted Schley' and the cruiser began to gro around. Quickly she turned aind quickly her big steel ram was pointing at the first ship. The Infanta M1aria Teresa had to work in shore to avoid being ramed. The shells of the Texas and the Oregon with the terrible storm of' shell from the Brooklyn, had done their work and the smoke began to appear pouring from her decks. At 10 o'clock the entire Cape Verde squadron was outside the harbor and going rapidly westward. The Iowa and Indiana could not keel) up the pace but the Oregon w~as coiimng across to the assistance of the 1Brooklyn,. which at 10.0.) was engaging the tirst thmrce ships. the Infanta Miaria Teresa. the Cristo bal Colon and thle Vizcaya. At 10.11 the Spanish ships had all concentrated their shots omn the Brooklyn, and she was in a perfect raini of shells, most of which w ent over her. Stand1ing in this hail of shells' Coin modor'e Schley asked a young man nmecd EllIis. who stood necar him with ' stadimeter. ''What is the distance to tme Vizeaa?" The man took the ob servationl. "Tw'Venty-tw o hundred yards sir." lie said. and there was a whistle. followed by a splsh as is head was literally torn f rom is shoulders by an inch shell. --Too bad. said C ommodore Schley. as the body fell at his feet: and then. with his glasses, to ism eyes. he added: 'The first ship is done for. She is runninir ashore." The M1aria Teresa was running her a mass of flames. The Brooklyn was orderc(i t" con en t rat te her fire on t1e Amnirante Ojuendo. and with lie ( )re n assistance, ill ten ul tes mor the Oquendo was sent ashore a burning wreck. but a short distance from Santia go. At 10.49 the Brooklyn turned her at tention to the Vizcaya. the Cristobal Colon havingr passed the latter and now being inl the lead. well ip thi. coast. At the time the only vessels inl sight friom the Brooklyn were the Oregon, about a mile and a half astern and tie Texas. about three miles astern. At 10.54. the Vizeaya was raked fore and aft. clean along her gun deek by an , inch shell from the Brooklyn. Another olie. a minute after. explod ed in her superstructure with territic force, killing eighty peop~e. She was afire. and at 10.55 she headed for the beach at Azerradores. where she went ashore. The Brooklyn did not stop but went on after the Cristobal Colon. the Oregon closing rapidly up and fol lowing ier. The other vessels at this time were from six to eight miles behind. and Admiral Samiison's flagship. the New York. was not in sight. At 11.15 the the BIrooklyn. slIghtly injured by the hail of Spanish shells. stopped firing and the chase began. The men came up on deck and began to cheer. never heeding the whistle of the Spanish shells. They cheered for Schley and Clark and for the Oregon. and the Ore gon's men returned the cheer. Up to the masthead of the Oregen went a pennant. "Remember the Mainte. read the signal officer. "Tell them we have. said Schley. and there was a roar as the answer went up. The chase was in full force at 11.55. the men out on the deeks watching with great interest and as happy as larks. The Colon, at a distance of five miles: hugzed the shore. but Sch!ey ordered the Oregon to follow her and then, with the Brooklyn. lie made a straight course for Cape Crus, around which she would have to steer on a long detour to get away. All three ships were pumping along at great speed. In an hour the Brooklyn had gained appreciably, and so had the Oregon. and Captain Clark, of the latter ship. sig nalled over, "A strange ship, looking like an Italian. in the dist:nce. He alluded to the fact that the Cris tobal Colon was bought from Italy. Schley, sitting on the edge of the forward eight-inch turret. swinging his legs and happy, said: "Tell the Oregon she can try one of those 13-inch rail road trains on her." There was a terrible roar as the big shell went by the Brooklyn, a moment of suspense and watching, and then a hearty cheer as the big thing struck the water close astern of the Colon, four miles away. Another was tried, which reached the mark. and there were more cheers. Then the Brooklyn open ed her forward and starboard 8 inch guns and one .shell was seen to go through the Colon at the top of her armored belt. At 1.05 .p. mi.. both the Brooklyn and the Oregon were pounding away at the Colon, and in another ten minutes. after returning the fire in a desultory sort of way and rapidly losing ground; she turned toward shore. At 1.15 she hauled down her flag. With yells of delighlt, the mien poured out of the tur rets of the two ships. anid when a broom went up at the nmainmnast of the Brook lyni. they began to cheer and did not stop for ten minutes. At this time the only ships in sight were the Vixen, about five miles away. and the Texas, about seveni miles away. The New York was not in sight. As the big ships mnoved in on the quarry, the smoke of the New York could be seen coming hiver the horizon from the east, but sheC was fully twelve miles away. A boat was lowered from the Brook lyn and Captain Cook whent aboard to receive the surrender. The rear admi ral in charge, said with tears in his eyes; "I surrender unconditionally to Comi modore Schley. We were badly hurt and could not get away." While Captain Cook's boat was comi ing alongside, the Spanish captives shouted, "Bravo. Anmericano!" and the rew resp)onded "Bravo, Spaniardio! (Si.) While Captain Cook was running to the Brooklyn. the New York. with Ad miral Sampson. came along ran in be tweeni the Brooklyn and the prize, and ordered Captain Cook to send to send the prisoners on board the New York. Commodore Schiley, seeing this, meg aphoned over: "I request the honor of receiving the surrender of the officers of thle Cristobal Colon., Nc answer was vouchsafed him from the New York. and the ship that hadI not fired a shot took the honer. Conm nodore Schley then raised the pennant: "A gloious victory has been won-de tails later.~ The answer froma thle N ew York was ~:Report your casualties. T1he Broolyn washIit twenty-sixtitmes. but onlly one man, G. 11. Ellis. was kill ed. and otnly one man, J. H1. Burns. fireman; wounded. Thle Colon went ashore at the place where the V irginius expeditioni tried to land and was captured years ago. The chase had lasted four hlours. and the Brooklyn. Oregon, Texas aind Glou eester had saved the United States fleet from the stain of allowing the Spanish vessels to escape-the Oregon and Brooklyn, by their splendid chase and great gunnery, the Tlexas by her determined work oni the first two ships ad the Gloucester by her imarvelous attack on the destroyers. The Ahnirante 0.iuiindo. at 1 0::%0 o clock in the eveninng, turned iver oil her side and is now being beaten to pieces by the waves. 11cr crew scut tied her before hautling down her fla. The paymaster divided uyp the money onl hoard, and all thle Spanish sailors were well supplied. Albert Guerry Dead. The Atlanta .Journal annoiunlces thle deathl at Wasintonm. Ga.. of Albert Guei(rry. tile portrait paitnler, wholt is well knoi wn in G.reenlville. lie lived here~ a niumberi ot years ago :and several portrits p aiinted by him are ini resi dnces in this city. lie also lived at Galicy- City for a time and his first wie died there. h~is death was catusedt h- Brht's disease. lie residecd fin many years at Washinmgtou,. andi thiere he spient his last days. 31r. G uerry leaves a widow and thlree brighit little sons5 who have begun to battle with the TIIN S GREW IIOT. CANDIDATES HAD A MONKEY AND PARROT TIME. Thomas Called Evans an Ape and Evans Said He Wouid Prove Thomas a Liar and So On. Ther- was a regiular monkey and ar rot tin-it among some of the candidates at the Darlin ton meeting last week. The necting ope neld iy Tmiikin-. Thin the candidates; for Adjutant anid In sletor-Gen erial had l thir sav. After 31r. Featherstone had spoken Senator Archer t(4k another shot at ('(l. Larry Gantt today in exchange for tle latter's cight columini broadside. haid he: G;ntt proposed to me inl his otie that if I would put imp 25O to buy (ongress man Wilson's stock in his paper. lie Would support meas a candidate fo r congress in Wilsmn's plae. Ile has seen fit to call ime all manner of thiin-g-s in a sheet which Mr. Epton. a candi date for comptroller general. is circula tin,. in whichl my record is -exposel". and if anybody else wants a copy lie will furnish it. Rather serenely Mr. Archer smiled as he read this choice eullim about himself to the audience: -Why you could entwine the character of Judas Iscariot in a, arland and place it upon the brow of such a man. and it would appear as a halo of glory." (Laughter.) Well. remnarked 31r. Archer. -I can only reply as did the preacher to his blackiuard neithbor. 'I dont cuss. but you are the saaie. ir.' 1 am not here to be elected. on the impurities or tin worthiness of others. It is absolutely inmossible for me to mcasure words ac cording to this man's style. Mr. Archer said that in passing he would add that in the face of Gantt's Alarging him with penuriousness. he had received a letter stating that two of his neighbors had just named their infant sons "Ed. Archer." (Laughter.) A DYNAMITE GUN. Dynamite Walt was the next candi date to tread the winepress. and tears of laughter began to flow. He referred to 3Ir. Archer as the purest of the pure. but just a little cranky. A few years a-o he himself had been considered a crank because lie was enough ahead of the rest to get left generally. le was a man of education, law. medicine. metaphysics and other physics. arts and sciences. Some of the candidates were climbing on his platform. He had made the issue of opposition to higher education by the State and now that it was popular lie was having lots of imi tators. He scorned such cowardice. and if elected he would swear to hold a check rein over the legislature until they gave the people relief. (--Busts* of applause.) DEFENDS HIS Al (MINIsTRATION. Governor Ellerbe made a plain but firm defense of his administration. Unless a governor had a legislature in symLpathy with him his hands were tied. Because a candidate favored prohibition or high license it did not indicate that he could bring about such a law. If the legislature passed it lie would en force it. Prohibition was a miserable failure as far as reducing the consump tion of liquor was concerned, and it en couraged hypocrisy and lying. If Col. Tilhnan knew there was anything wrong about the fertilizer tax lhe should have expressed it at once and not waited un til now. His information came from Coiinor, who had been fighting this law for years. and according to Connor's own statement. that he used the tags a second time, lie ought to beC in the pen itentiary today. IN A SERtIoUS WAY. Col. Tillnman spoke in a vein of ear nestness. Hei had a competency of this world's goods, but, thaunk God, lhe did not steal it. IIe wanted to be governor for the honor, but lie realized that the people- wanted good. honest service. All his life had been dcvoted to politi cal study. ie had been elected foir over 4(1 years whenever he asked elee tioni except onlce, when the subitreasury scheme broke loose, and if lie had ta vored that political makeshift he would have felt so mean that the dogs would have barked at him. le was the only man living in the State who had been a member of the constitutionial conven tions of 1865 and 1895. Col. Tillmian touched up the fertilizer 'tag bnsiness, alleginig that it was left to a little clerk at Clemson to collect or not collect the tax as he chose. The system at Win throp and C'leimson was wrong. lIndus try or handieraft could not be success fully taught in a college. Th le young men were thinking about positionis and the girls about husbands. ((N TinE SA.ME LINE. Col. Schumpert said lie would go to the governor's othice with ((nly one Iro milse-to) ex ente thme la1ws and do his best to suggest improvemlenit therein. His frieiids said lie had the experience and ability and he would modestly sec ond their claim, lIe said that prohiibi tion was a delusion and a dream. Col. Watson denied vigorously the Cotton Plaiit's assertion that there was mudslingring in his criticisms o(f Gover no(r Ellerbe. lie was incapable of moud sliiging and lie had not made use of the personal reimarks that Ellerbe had used towards himi. P'arenthietically. lie remarked that thme governior had skip ped the llurry mneetinmg. Ellerbe dhi not want to see the peoplIi Pe and they returned the c(omiioinc nt. We have had enough of hav in bz ys for go4verno4r. said he. who doi t know what t4 do. and we hiad better have a grrowni iani fr rovernior. Ellerbe had wxritteni down Wardlaw'rs niame for ciolonel (if the See ond regi ment. but alter Ihis criticism that lie was ignorinig the lietormn party that created hint political ly. the over nor substituted dJones. EPTO~ N FIn;T niP lENL. Calndidate h-ptoii. Iii rellyingt 1r. Archers allusion. gloried in hav ing cir culated thle papers wh ichi lie said lier eivyed today:1 from iT'. I. Triinunier. Ie wisheci t' Gid lhe had eminuht sup1-lly the demiulld. If any nian had4. te igiht ti circulatt them it.was he A rier 1had( opposed h is camndicamcy. sy two can-lidates. ;ilid that (lie I i tm iiiust dii. anid thiat lpton was miadito die ini the -ienitc by .\rch. iniI: ente TiliE V.\U iEV 1..8 ' M11E'im i. Mi. Sl i ch real a letter fro (ere tary Dunm-an 4f the railr :idel cmi sioni, sho0wing that the- laitter had au rizImi mim 144 pyre- anid sign the. docuiient about which Mr: Thomas had tried to create the impression that lie forged. Was it possible there was a miian in South Car li i o unjust as to intimate such a tiii'! Thomas. like the Spanish. didn't know when he was whipped. Thonias had attempted ti show by the records that he. Sligh. had not attended a neeting inl five nontls when a meniber of the board. :11n(l Ivy ii e same ti keni li, 1proveil that Tl iilas hil4l not beell there inl nine nuiIths. TlE FiRST tOUNlD. Coliiissioner 'Ihonas was rich. rare and racy ir referring to his opponents. Barner E ivans. e said. was --some body's ape. and simply imitated a senatorial campaian which defeated Bubber Johnny. lie lid not have time to waste on imitations. Garris had boasted of his record in the legislature. There is one record. said lie, about which lie has been profoundly and straniely sileut. and that is as dispen sary ispuector. and I call upon him to day to make public his record. (Ap jilause.) This looked like hot-shot. Mr. I arris was up in a twinkling with this reply: "Thanks be to God you have called on me. and I'll do it." (Ap plause.) EVANS SPEAKS PLAINLY. Mr. Evans minced no words in his reply. "You have had a tirade." he said. from one who is unworthy to be noticed. I have never been guilty of deyiiingr my birthright and never refus ed to meet the tears of. my country. This creature said I was an ape. I will prove him a liar. For false statements and dodging he is the most artful one it has ever been my misfortune to come in contact with. - When lie tells you he saved you money by lowering the cot ton and the fertilizer rates lie uttered what is not true. Ie does nothing but draw his salary. and it has even been intimated that lie got a salary on the outside. Thomas-" Oh you know that's false." Evans-"He inspected an iron bridge on the Port Royal and Augusta road and in three weeks it broke down. kill ed four tramps and destroyed $30,000 worth of property. (Laughter.) GARRIS REPLY. Mr. Garris replied to Mr. Thomas with great spirit and dignity. He would not abuse the courtesy of the audience. God knew his heart and that he was not willing to uncover every public act of his. Ile had heard Thomas had whispered it around that lie had been connected with the dis pensary scandal and like a serpent it was trailing behind his back where he could not see it. The presumption-was that Thomas referred to the Beekroge trunk matter.. He was to state fully his connection with the matter. He knew that the dispensary had some trunks and valises to dispose of. He secured permission from the board to purchase a trunk, as he needed it to carry home some purchases. He select ed one and on inquiring for the bill was told by Williams or Douthit that they had adjourned. that they would fix a price at the next meeting. "That's all there is to it, Mr. Thomas. Is there anything more you want to ask me?" - Mr. Thomas-* When the case was tried in Charleston the State was asked to produce the trunk. and as it could not be produced the State lost the case and hiad to pay $300 for it. 31r. Garris failed to see how he had anything to do with that. FIRING FAST AND) FUIOUS. The spiciest incident was reserved for the last during Congressman Nor ton's speech. 3Mr. J. E. Ellerbe had spoken with reference to the reason for his candidacy and had dared his oppo iient to conic on the stand and show up records. 3Mr. Norton took the ground that Ellerbe dare not ehargze hinm with lying on him. but that he was trying to deceive the people by insinua tion. Ellerbe jumped to his feet with the iniquiry: ''lDe you mean to say that I lieil?" Ir. Norton's reply was not audible. awn to the checring of the crowd. and i'. Ellerbe flashed on: "If you will conme outside of this house and say so, I will frail you down to a stand at onice." (Great cheering.). When 3Ir. Norton could be heard lhe was saying that truth and honor stood above life with him and Ellerbe would find it so. Hie despised the low plane by which Ellerbe tried to make him responsible for by insinuation and not by open charges. Spain Wants Peace, The MIadrid . correspioindent of the London D)aily Telegraph says: '"The government has definitely decided to open peace n egotiations without delay. proposing as a basis the renunciation of all rights over Cuba and the iue diate coincession ef any reasonable pro posal the United States may make. The MIadrid correspondent of the Lon don Daily M1ail says: ''Despite thie of ticial denials. it is strongly suspected that preliiinairy niegotia tiiins for peace ard~ already under way in the shale of indirect inquiries iregarding the terms of America which Spain might accept. It is asser'ted that 31. Camibon, the -e~nchl amnbassador at W\ashington. and Sit'r lenry ) Drnnnnd-Wolff. British ambassador at M idrid. are acting re spectiv'ely uon behailf of' Spa'in and Amer~iica ini the cnduitot niquir'ies whiichi at prceint arle Iuite informal. 'Dutke Almiodovar de liio. minister of foreign :iffa'irs and Senor Gamazo. minister iof public institutions, have been appoinuted by the grover'nment to ciraduti' the iiegotiationms. Seln 'r Ganmazo 5maid Thr .a tanwspaper recpre eintaitivye: -1 cannoi't tl1k on the sub ject, ais any indisi'et in mi:ight spoil the w irk and create di :icult ies. Spain Fears Attack. It was aninounced ini a special dis patch f'romi Barcelonia Friday afternoon that the inuhabitan ts of that city are pniii-strieken. They believe the Americans will select defenuseles Bar eeliinia as thle first poin it to bombard. There is great excitenent in Cadiz. owmig Lto lie expe'cted couiming oi the American teet. and' a baittle off the Spianish coast is cinsidleredl ian ien t. The governo r of' Bareon a hias iiilforille' the Piiop ie that t hey ceuli't extect help frini thle civei'inimilt. Dismissed. 31aj. hianisay anid Lienit. Leary.of thie Sixtyv-nint h New Y'or'k regrimnmt. who were inivolved in a dm.ira'efnu ow ser emal weeks airo and f'or whiichi a c'oui't martial was held at Tan p~a Thiur'sday was NOW FOR PORTO RICO. Thought That Resistance Will Not Amount to Very Much. "Next is Porto Rico. said Secretary Aliger. after receiving the news of San tiago's formal surrender. "and then, if need be. Ilabana.* The secretary was in excel lent spiriti. lie lias been more anxious than he dared show as to the condition of our sick soldiers and look ed with apprehencsion upon the possi bility of a prolongation of the struggle inl the unihealthy Valley of Santiago. The see retary said that the Porto Rican expCiti'on would go forward iminedi ately. It will comprise new ini en tirely. The warriors in the trenches before saitiago have distinguished thenselves and it is not deemed pru dent to briin! them in unnecessary con tvt with lew troops in view of the duoer spreading conta-rion. The sick s oldiers will be nursed back to hialth and brou.;ht to the United States as, suon as they can be safely removed. Inuune regiments will be ordered to I Santiago to garrison the town. and. as stated in these dispatches yesterday. two of these regiments are already un der orders to proceed. The Porto Rican expedition will be commanded by Gen. Miles in person. though Gen. Brooke. now in command at Camp Thomas, is expected to be his main dependence. The size of the expedition will depend upon Gen. Miles' wishes,. although it is believed that 2.U00 men will be sufficient for the purpose. At San Juan the navy will be of greater assist ance than, it was at Santiago, owing to the possibility of approaching the town more closely without risking contact with mines. Gen. Brooke is now on his way to Washington by direction of Secretary Alger, so that he will be in a position to make his views known to the department. The experience gain ed in dispatching Shafter's expedition is expected will aid the officials in their determination to make short work of the Porto Rican affair. There will be plenty of transports available for the expedition, as the government has de vised other means of removing the Spaniards captured at Santiago to Spain than by carrying them on these trans ports. That the navy is ready to do its share at short notice goes without saying. Porto Rico is not expected to I offer a very formidable resistance. It is believed that the moral effect of to day's surrender at Santiago will be to discourage the defenders of San Juan. There is, however, always the prospect that peace may ensue before hostilities have progressed against Spain's easter most West India Island. Rumors were afloat this afternoon to the effect that the Spanish government at last had made overtures in that direction, but their basis probably was the current be lief that one more reverse to the Span ish arms would be sufficient to compel the Spanish government to sue for peace, and this reverse was furnished by the surrender of Toral's army. SPAIN UNDER MARTAIL LAW. Constitutional Rights Have Been Sus pended by Royal Decree. The Madrid official Gazette published a decree Friday temporarily suspending throughout the Spanish peninsula the rights of individuals guaranteed by the constitution. The decree adds that the government will render an aceount to parliament of the use it may make of this measure. The publication of the decree is generally accepted as being convincing proof that Spain is now ready to sue for peace and that negotiations to that effect are actually in progress. The government wishes to have full power to suppress any evidences of dis content or rebellion wherever they ap pear. The Carlists are furious and are sure to attempt to create trouble. One minister expressed the convic tion that official overtures for peace will be made before Sunday and there is reason to believe France has offered her services to Spain. and that Spain has drawn up conditions for peace which offer a basis for negotiation. Premier Sagasta is quoted as saying that Spain wants peace. but that "it must be an honorable peace, as Spain deserves." "The army." the premier is said to have added, "is anxious to resist to the last, but the government cannot con sent to such a useless sacrifice. Had we our fleet the situation would be very different." A decree of the captain general of MIadrid, which has beenm affixed to the walls of' this city, says decrees suspend ing the coistitutional guarantees throughout the kingdom having been published and a state of war existing, it is ordered that no meetings take place without the previous authorization of the military authorities. It is also for bidden to publish without previous authorization any writings, engravings or designs whatever. The decree con concludes with specifying the punish ment which will be meted out to those who disregard the orders issued. Honoring Schley. At- Frederick, 3ld.. where Commo dore Sehley was born in 1S40, there was an enthusiastic demonstration in his honor one night last week. After patriotic addresses resolutions were adopted amid great enthusiasm con eratulating Commodore Schley upon his splendid victory. These were signed by the city offieials engrossed and for warded ''to the vice-admiral of the I'nited States navy." Fatal Boiler Explosion. By the explosion of a boiler' in the INiagara Starch works at B~uffalo. N. Y'.. Trhursday' the building was wrecked~ six persons killed and 26 injured. TWO others are missing. who are supposed to have perished. MIost of the iinjured persons were persons outside of the works. Scracely a house within 1.000J feet of the factory escaped being hit with bricks, twisted iron or heavy timibers. Capture of T wo Vessels. Two small ves,-els were captured last week while trying to) run tihe blockade into H avana. -The captain of one of the vesels thought the Americans were in fun when thecy tired on himi. but when he found himself a prisoner of war he became badly frightened and spent the whole of the time between capture and arrival at Key' West in NEWS FROM IMANILA. ADMIRAL DEWEY HARRASSED BY GERMAN OFFICERS. Their Warships Interferes With His Orders and Violates Regu lations He Established for Mani la Bay. They Ignore Courtesies. The Americans captured the Sparish garrison on Grande Island. in Subig Bay. the chief harbor outside of Mani Ia. On July 6 Aguinaldo informed Admiral Dewey that the insurgents held all of Subig Bay, except the large island controlling the entrance, with a strong garrison, which they were unable to take. Admiral Dewey forthwith dis patched the Raleigh and Concord, with emphatic orders t, take the island gar rison. They arrived on July 7, aid shelled the principal points, destroying the torpedo station and earthworks. No response being received the Ra ligli sent a 6-inch shell through the commander's house. A white flag was quickly run up. A landing party was sent in a launch to demand the abso lute surrender of the garrison. The Spanish commander complied, surren dering 500 men and rifles, 40,000 rounds of ammunition. and one Hotch kiss gun. The capture gives Admiral Dewey control of Subig Bay. a splendid strate gic point, and frustrates the Spanish plans to protect the harbor mines and make ready for the new fleet which is still supposed to be coming. It also puts an end to possible German designs. The capture was made with a dash that surprised the Germans and other for eigners. The insurgents have captured a val uable Spanish merchant coast steamer, named the Philipinas. The native crew killed the Spanish officers. The insur gents are now using the vessel as a I transport. They prepared to attack Grande Island alone, but a report that the German warship Irene was anchor ed near the island prevented the attack. The insurgents then came to Cavite and reported the situation to Aguinal do, who, in tnrn, informed Admiral Dewey. When the Raleigh and Concord en tered Subig Bay the German left very suddenly. On returning to Manila the Irene explained that she interfered "in the cause of humanity," and offered to hand over to the Americans the refu gees she had on board. Admiral Dew ey, however, declined to accept them. Although the attitude of the Ger mans is still irritating, Admiral Dewey is managing affairs with great diploma cy. He does not expect any trouble. The blockade will be more rigid hereaf ter. Only supply ships of the Ameri can and foreign fleet are allowed to en ter. Heavy Losw of Men. The siege of Santiago had .lasted two weeks and was remarkable in many respects and in none more than the heavy percentage of loss through death, wounds or sickness of the soldiers and sailors engaged on both sides. Looking back over the record of these two weeks it is seen that a great ironclad squad ron has been destroyed, that nearly a thousand soldiers have died in the trenches of Santiago. On the other hand aL it 250 American soldiers have been killed, and in round numbers 2,000 more have been sent to the hos pitals from -wounds, fevers and other ailments. Our fleet had a remarkable exemption from disaster in the many engagemlents it had with the forts at the entrance of the harbor and with the Spanish squadron. Eleven Persons Killed. Two explosions, which killed eleven men. wounded about 20 others and wrecked two buildings, occurred at the Laflin-Rand powder works at Pompton, N. J., Tuesday .morning. The first ex plosion was in the house where gun-cot ton was being made and the second, presumably superinduced by concussion, was in the drying room, close by. Three men were in the mixing room when the explosion occurred~and they were blown to atoms. Chief Engineer Craig, who in the engine room, had his hand crushed to a jelly in the wreckage of the boiler house. the side of which was blown out. John Philips was standing near a tree some distance from the mix ing house. His head was blown from his body and was picked up 80 feet away. Now This Is Nice. Manager W. L. Woodson of the At lanta office of the American Press asso ciation has issued an invitation to edi tors and 'w blishers attending the Con federate reunion in Atlanta to make their headg ters at the office of the associa tion. 2.: East 31itchell' near Pryor, two blocks south of Union station. A room provided with writing material and the latest exchanges from five States will be placed at their service. The manager says he will consider it a personal favor to be permitted to serve the guests in any way within his power during their stay. This is not for the association's customers, but for every newspaper man who comes to Atlanta. Curious Fatality. A special from Van Bluren. Ark. says: News of a remarkable fatality at Salisaw. Indian Territory, a small sta tion on the Kansas and Arkansas Val lev railroad reached here tonight. Ex City M1arshal .Joe Morris shot William Allison this afternoon killing him in stantly. .John Sellers. a bystander died from heart disease before medical at tention could be summoned. Mrs. Al lison. the mother of the murdered man was told of the tragedy and died before the family could carry her to her bed. A Fearful Accident. W. M. Crayton. grandson of the lHon. B. F. Crayton. was killed Thursday at his grandfather's home. at Anderson, S. C. while working with a shredder. A loosened bolt caused a disarrange mient of the machinery. The machinc was entirely torn to pieces, a fragment cutting the young man's throat and another striking him in the breast. is death was instantaneous. A negzro ma~n was also struck by a piece of iron, breaking his thigh and leg causing his death also a few hours