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THE G AMD EN 4 VOLUME X. ) ('AM HEN, >S. 0., FRIDAY it i.wi amlt Tragic Ending of a Stupendous Farce. THt FRfJiCH PEOPLE OUTRAGED by a Mi&erah e Tmest) on Justlct ? The ^ hot e Ch.hied NVorld Condemn! the Verditl? >\a> b.' K leased Soon. 'I he long trial of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, the much persecuted Jew, un the chirgs <;f trearon, ended at Rennes, France, cn Saturday in a way that was not at all unexpected. The military (tribunal ct whose bar he stood accused, has froru the first been deeply preju diced n^air.&t him, and has not lost an opportunity to display that bitter prej udice, arrogantly flounting it in the face of nil out raged public at all times. The triil has been a farce from the beginning. Dreyfus has shown the bearing of a man and a noldier throughout the terrible ordeal, and to day stands immeasurably above the pigmies who accuse hjm anil the perju cd judges who condemned him with out a scintilla of evidence on which to CiriA!>* ALYEED T/KEVrr? base a conviction. The firs' act In (bc treat drama that may disintegrate anc' destroy t h t republic hns been played The ccuscrjuenccs will be revealed f ly In France's The follo'vinsr is an irr cunt in detail cf tbo'ccnvlctlon Rcur.e?. Frar.:e, By Cable. ? The ex pcctcd has happened. Dreyfus has teen condemned but though a majority ot those in the ccurt rccm fully expcctcd the verdict, they were completely stupefied when it was given, and the si lence whkh prevailed in the room ai d (he way m:n turned pale and caught their breaths was more impressive than any other manifestation could have been. ? As the audience left the court room fully 10 or ! 5 m:n were crying openly, and the majority of these present walked quietly down the stret for more I than a block without speaking a word. It was like a funeral procession , Meanwhile a tragedy was being cn acted in the little room off the court room, where Dreyfus listened to the reading of the verdict. He had been told the result by his lawyers and had w ept bitterly, but when in the presence of the officials of the court martial, he listened impassively to the sentence. His wife, who was wailing in torture and Busrprnsrtnrt.- he*., house, bore the news br-ively, and whe'ir- visiting her husband-iii'the overling, showed the on lookers who were in the streets no sign of her sufferings as she walked from her carrlag^vto-ihe prison. Matbieu Dreyfus was not present in court, but visited his brother after tbt verdict had been rendered. He found him perfectly calm and without any ma.nj testation of surprise at the finding of the fourt. The prisoner simply snrugged his shouldetc, uttering an expressive "bah!" udding as he embraced his brother as thQ. latter was preparing to leave, ''console my w|fo." The general belief is that Dreyfus will be pardoned; but this will not sat isfy his friends, who vehemently de clare that thev will continue the battie until the. judgment is reversed. Th? verdict, they say. ia directed,., more against the Jews than againRt Dreyrua, nod if allowed to stand will make thc!r existent in France Impossible. Mail re J^abori and Maltre Demange took lb? midnight train tot Paris. They drove to-MHtfUMoiv 4WA e.ln**4 carriage, -??? corted by four mojnted gendarme*. The road was practically deserted and ?o demonstration occurred. Maltre Dem*a?* Mid Maltre Laborl will sign an application for a revision of the rate, although there Is no hope that lii# verdict will be revised. Both are much opeet, though it can hardly be said il?at tbay -are surprised. ? ? - ; The appearance ^>n the streets when Henna* ajroke Saturday morning l^ft mm denbta la the m^nda^aajc j?s llwt the flnaV crisis of tKegreat trial had' beeprroached. Instead of scattered gendarmes guarding Hie vicinity of tho prtsoe sad the Lycee, the wbote Urn bristled with soldiers, all tfes street* sttr the pearl wars guarded at htir. ?aSa hy doable Uasa -of tefaatir, twa csasaslaa sC hlwinr 1 J?t . ? th* rtntcft steps e<IJo|ning the I Wit* ihifr arnd ts frost of tint %^te|Msoagjgrd <tts W~~- ' ! could bo ecen in readiness It is reported here that ns Drcy?UP has ben condemned to ten years de tention. and as he haa alrMdy sufiVcd vo years *o)iUry Jrvpvlfoumeiit win. i: eounts as double tb*> ordinary deton lion, he will be 90O a l the r?u?] i.f a fortnight Meanwhile unless the |>K';>td?i:< of the rftpnbli'- pardons him which many think certain being ?h<? onlj f-t.ln tiou <"if the pfe.*mt situation. 1'reyi -in ?vl!l have to b? d^g'aded here aga.'n within eight days fU van in Nevada Carson. Nc-v., Special. ? Friday was a general holiday throughout western Nevada, nil business being suspended in honor of the vlelt ?>f Hon. W. J. Hryan. All the mines -were closcd down for t'Uc da:1 aud Virginia City rf'out 1,000 underground workers to the i^ss-meetiug held here in Capital failure. Mr. Hryau was brought over from hake Taheo in a coach drawn \v six horses and escorted by the leading Democrats and f>?l vei l tea of Nevada. Savs Drev fus Will be Pardoned London, by Cable. ? The Paris corre spondent of the Dally Chronicle claims to hi ve vgood authority for tho stato mert that Dreyfus will be pard'oued, although Fresldc-nt T.oubt! will not ex ercise his prerogative until after the met ing of th^ eounrll de revision. He a'Jdr; r'n-r i'lptnln Hetnivjis and Major Braon were tho only two members of the court- m il tial win votp1 f -r a~qu.i: tsl, aivl 1" was C? plain Paif^lt wf.10 In sisted upon the re>i?iou r?girdlng ox lenuatlrg clroum -tanve-, Deaih of Col. MtMasterf. Columbia. ? C.. Fpeciai.- Colonel F. W. McMacter. former mayor of Colum bia, up^t vho??o administration much done for the advancement uf tho city, died Sunday, in the mountains of N'rrt h f'arollna. yvhTP he had gone ernic t}m? sen foj5 bis health V\'hcn Q<ar.?-rq) no? wounded in the I- 1 >\t r,{ ?j1t. r nt,-y Colonel MrMaM.'f h m'.wind'r hit- Confederate I L'r:g3'?n r'o?enei McMftster v 70 vnr' of ag" THE PRl'CE MYSlCRV, * Syiirsta rvill Prosecute the Claim *o the Dukedom of Portland. rhe Til! M,all Gazette e.oys i syndi cate in London has subscribed $30,000 to prosecute .the Dibee claim to the Dukedom of Portland, and that ar rangement* have beeu concluded ?01 the subscription of another $50,000. The Druce vault In Uigligatc Ceme tery, London, contains, as alleged, the remains of Thomas C. Druec, who, it Is asserted by his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Anna Maria Drnce, was the fifth Duke of Portland. The .faculty of the Diocese of Lon don, in compliance with an order of the High Court of Appeal, on Novem ber 25, 1808, granted Mrs. Anna Maria Druce a permit to open and inspect the coffin containing the remains of Druce or a man buried as the latter. When the decision was rendered by Chancellor Triston, at the Consi6tory of the Court of St. Paul's, fifteen days were grar.ted for an appeal, notifica tion of which was given at once, and on February 17 last the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice granted a rule to prohibit the order of the Consistory of the Court of St. Paul's being carried into effort without the sauctlon of the Homo Secretary. Mrs. Druce claims that her father In law's death aud burial under the mime of Drue were deceptions, and thnt ho died later in n lunntie asylum under the name of Dr. 11 miner. Her son, to whom she says the title of Duke of Portland is due. is In A us tralla. employed as a servnnt. A recent estimate of the rent roll of the Portland estate placed It nt $2,000. 000 a year. It Is elniined that Druce suffered' remorse and abject fear, an J that bf adopting the name of Tlmmas O. Druce ho transferred to himself as Druee an Immense property from him self as Duke of Portlaud. After realizing the risk of exposure from his double existence, he decided to end his life a? Druce. and caused a coffin to be buried witn his supposed remains. ' gT It \rio announced last December that Mrs. Druce wovild 'carry the case toi'lhe House of Lords, and In order to ob tain the necessary expanses was about 'to Issue of "Druce- Port land bond*," the holler*' of which, she claimed. would receive for every $5 within twelve inonths after her son succeeds to the dukedom and estates. She declared that $.'.*>.000 of those bonds Lad already Iteen taken up. TTip- large hrrrt of fattow Jeer in R^TDtnghnm park, the seat of the late 8Jr Frederick Mllbank. near Barnard caatle, has been sold en bloc to Capt. Ormrod of Wvreadale park. Lanrn shire. The herd* Is one of the I* the north of England. Thf?'deer 4?f? caught tb? other day, and placed la ?peHslly constructed wooden cases, whirtj were drfren fit ton* rart* to tlrt station at Barnard raatle. whence they j wsrar<wte*0d by train to Oarwtang. ?out eidtlaf chase la the park, ami wars ultlaMloty laavoed by a. aunt bar j of Walts? "T Mr dotfiH hart the actors ylaya ?*cy ^ wtesa yoo m4 I jvntZ: pwt*? **T*?t'? right? daya can rqnal 'The at IVctt Tort4 or 'Cm^j Tom'c . 1. .... ? ^ _ I ADMIRAL DfWEI'S lllff. ? ? Sword Voted by Congress to Bo Presented ? ? ? - - A GRAND GALA OCCASION. ? ?.? ? # ? -? A Tmnendoui Concourse of People I v pev ted ? The Preslderti- and Cabinel to Participate in the Ceremonies The central idea underlying the grand welcome to bo given Admiral Dewey in Washington tho first week [ tn October is Its national character. His arrival at the capital will mark his real home-coming to the American people, where the officials of the gov ernment will participate, and the mag nificently Jeweled sword votod by i Congress will be presented. To that end all the arrangements will be of a simple but most dignified character. The welcome to tho hero of Manila at , the National Capital will probably oc cur on Monday, October 2. although the date will depoml upon the length | of the celebration in Now York, which is still unsettled. Tho principal 6WORP VOTED BY CONOHE?S TO DEWEY. features of the recoptlon In Washing ton. a3 planned by tho citizens, with the co-operation of the President and Cabinet, will bo two in number ? the presentation of tho sword voted by Congress and a night parade. A pub lic reception at the White House will be followed by dinner to the Admiral by President MoKlnley. The sword will be presented by Secretary Lon*, at the east front of the capltol, in the presence of Mr. McKinley and all the members of the cabinet, \ late In the afternoon, while the para4e, consist ing of organizations of all kinds, will be accompanied by an illumination of the city on a ^cale of beauty nover be fore witnessed Jn Washington. Tim different. \ features of the pre parations uro >in Yhe bands of a cen tral body of citizens njuk'tflevei) com mittee*. embracing in all over a thou sand people. Preparations for tho celebration have been In band for over a month. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and other railroads entering Washing ton have agreed upon cheap rates for the celebration, and the committee ex ports that there will be an outpouring of patriotic citizens almost equal to the Inauguration of a President. B. & O.'t New Locomotives. Tho Baltimore and Ohio Tailroad bos ordered thirty "three cylinder compound consolidation" freight lo comotives from the Baldwin Locomo tive Works, for December and Jan uary delivery. These -machine*, when completed, will represent the highest class of heavy freight power, both in pulling capacity and economy in opera tion ever built in this country. The cylinders an* to I*a l.> inches and 2f? inches in diameter, with 30 Inch stroke. Tho total weight of engine J exclusive of tender, is to too 17tf,00if pounds." The drivers are 54 inches jn diameter with a driving wheel base of 15 feet. "4 Inches, and total wheel base of 23 feet 8 Inches. The tenders will have 6,000 gallon water capacity. 8 ton? coal capacity and weigh 95,000 pounds. The boilers are to toe of the extended wagon top type, 64 Inches in diameter at front end. The firebox Is to toe 41 Inches wide and 118 Inches long. When* these locomotives are i eoappfoted the Baltimore and Ohio I railroad will luy ? !l? fr???ht engines, each exceeding In .weight 17*. 900 pounds. _ Ump?mm C? ws Mtwrr Act i Washington, D. C.. Special.? The pica? t nalnntandlng at tbm Nary De psrtsaent fa DmI i iiliml fl?aaaon will rellnfnMi He rommmm i oftfe North Atlantic ? Osttbsr ?rd., CRUISE OF THE WILMINGTON. : South Ntnericanfi Object to th* I \plorio; 1 \peoition. Washington. IV (V, Special. --Th* ' rumors of pomible combination among tlx? g:&tca of Central and South America, ill rooted against the l'n.ite<l States. arc revel veil wltli some ton ecru by officials here. Nearly a year ag .? this spirit of distrust on the part of tli" hatin-AniPil'nu people was tlrst exhibited in the Homi*ollk-i.il disvu.-. nion hy the press of the United Stntos of Columbia, of a proposition to com blne the anions of Sou.th and Central America. In that ea >o, r he ostensible purpose w?is to resist unjust demand* for. inuemnltdes by foreign Slates. But Incidentally during the dtecu&slon. it appeared that the Bcopf* of the combi nation would be broader than this and there was more than one Intimation oi a deep-seated distrust on the part of tlio United States. Two or thrco events have occurred since that dis cushion to strengthen this feeling. First there was a dccisiou adverso to Colombia In the (Vrrutl ease, and .is President Cleveland was the arbiter, tihat unpopular decision was charged against the United States. Then, last spring, came the cruise of the United States gun-boat Wilmington up the Amazon and the Orinoco. These voy ages were undertaken from Innocent s.o4entific and commercial motives. Commander Todd, of nhe Wilming ton. found that there were no oh arts of ttliepe vast rivers, and consequently \v;ia obllgeil to take souydings as he proceeded. Incidentally Ik* was en abled to make rough running cbautr> of the river, that may be of value to romiwrce thereafter. His actions were, however, misinterpreted by Fivme of the natives though In the end Captain Todd is 'believed to have perfectly *-atisfled the Bjpzillm officials as t:i the rectitude !>f 'hl.s purpose. It Is s-aid ?t tho department nhat th?re is not the slighest foundation for thv story that scere* agent^ of either the State or thp Navy Departments have been sent Into South America. and it is quite certain that 'there have never been any negotiations with Bolivia re specting the acquisition by the United States of lands In the Interior of South America. As for the visit to that continent of Wm. E. Curtis, Chief Clerk Michael, of the State Department, "himself n member of the government board of managers of the BufTalo Exposition, is authority for the statement that Mr. Curtis' visit i? absolutely T.'lthout official authority or direction. Dewey on the Home Stretch. Wn-hinEton, D. C., Special.? A cable gram was received at the Navy Depart ment Monday morning from Admiral Dewey, announcing his departure or. the Olympla from Gibraltar Sunday. The dispatch Is confined to a few wui Js merely. "New York 28th," Indicating that the Admiral expects to arrive in thi6 country on the date named. The naval officerB Bay that running at her ecouomlcal speed, the Olympla can scarcely consume more than fourteen days in making the passage from Gi braltar to New York and they are spec ulating where the Adoiirul Intends to spend the other three days. It Is be lieved Azores, or perhaps at Bermi.ua, coining nerops. ^ f What Will Congress Do? f Washington. , D. Special.? -11 is oolloved tibat when Congress ass^mbtes there will be considerable agitation of .1 proposition for t ho t government to abandon Its participation in the Paris exposition It Is known tint expres slons host i Jr? to t h?* e\poslllon quoted from Senator Si?wart are widely sympathized In and !t is though-: that If th?? conviction of Dreyfus l? per mitted toystanrl. Where will be little friendly feeling for France arocng moial>ers of either t h<? , House or Hen ate. No Trace of Andree. Gothenburg, Sweden, By Cable.? The Reamer Antarctic, which left Helslng berg, Sweden, May 25th last, with a?i expedition under Prof. A. G. Nathorst was spoken off the Skaw, the northern extagmity of Jutland, Denmark, on her return from her search among the northeast eoast of Greenland for Pi of. Andree. flhe reported that she had found aio trace of f.he missing man. Ten Miles of I ort st in Flames. Marseilles, By Cable. ? Extensive dreg are raging In the woods near Marseilles , and Teuton, and at l^Jtst ten miles -of .forest are in flames. A number l6f chateau? have been destroyed and oth ers are threatened. New Fever Cases. .Ta? kHonvllle. Fla., Special?The State Board of Health has received reports to the effect that thtre are nine new cases of yellow fever in Key Weal, and one death. F. McDonald. A corrected | Ait show?; that up-to-date there have K/fwtti 136 caaew and 10 deaths. The | aquation at Miami *how? no new devei opmsnts. Washington. D. C. Special.? The Na ry Department readied a flnal jk.t? la mination to assign Hear Admiral Nor man H. Farqaaher to command ? the North Atlantic sqoadnaa, to aveeotd Admiral flnmpaoa. aUTio place the fat | tar In command ut tlsa Ooatoa nary ..' rtlf tft rpctlHT by th* of Admlra^PH*^ 1>e Mil tnko ftoc^li Octrtpr It ~r Some Talk of 't Among Members and Others. CORNELIUS VANDERBIt T DEAD. Mead ?? f the \ an Jcr hit ( I anill> I'as.vts Mid dcnl> Return of Cashier S'oan. I?r o> f 11 v to ttc I ardoned. ...... ? - Washington. |) Special. Talk of I an extra session of Congress has b^en revieved recently, but Senator Mcl.au rln, of South Carolina, who was soon by a Tom reporter, as ho was leaving the White House does not believe ! there ii> aui fuuuJatioii for the rumors. "I do not expect an oxlra session," mid he. "Nothing has come from an ofll ' clal source which would In any way in dicate that the President contemplates stieii artion." Senator McLaurln says, however, that Congress, when It does meet, ought to get to work as prompt ly as possible because it will havi an unusual number of important nuta tions to consider "If the war in the Philippines is still in progress." said he, "we will have the future disposition of the Islands to discuss. The people of m.v State are very much divided on the polb-y of the administration regarding the island, but the general concensus of opinion is thai, hh we- have got into tb? situation, we have got to May. We cannot afford !<? retreat now. Whatever may have been the propriety of get' lug Into the Philippine war. we must see it settled with hunor to mn country. If the war continues, it will be a political issue, bu t if it ends, I doubt whether the question <>f t )m pormau"?it retention of the inlands will figure so largely in tho nftxt campaign. The trouble with all of us is that we lack information. I confess that there iw the great trouble with m<\" Cornelius > anifcrbilt Dead. Now York. Special. ?Cornelius Van derbilt. head of the Vanderbllt family, died at his residence In this city o? 5:45 o'clock Tuesday morning, from a stroke of paralysis. Mr Vanderbllt was in bis fifty-sixth year. His wife wn> at hlr. bedside when he died No physi cian wo? in attendance. The attack was very sudden and entirely unexpect ed and it was impossible- to reach any doctor before death occurred. Dr. I ran els Delafleld, who ha? been at.tenrilr.g Mr. Vanderbllt, arrived at the house after Mr. Vandcrbilt's death. Ouke of Orleans to Pay the Penalty. Paris, by Cable. ? The Journal say? the Duke of Orleans will have cau^c to regret, the part he has taken In tlw Dreyfus affair, adding that the ISngllsh royal family decline 1 to attend the inarri'Jge of " his fon, the Duke of Chartres; the king of the Belgians has requested th e Duke of Orleans n )t to stay In Belgium, and that the King of Italy has forbidden his nephew, the Duke of C'OBta. whose wife is the sister of the Duke of Orleans, to receive the Duke of Orleans If lie come" to Italy. Indignation Meeting in Wa&hingtoa. Washington. D. Spccinl. ? About u thoiiMind persona attended n ni a kh meeting ni th^ Ma*oui<" Temple Tues day night to protest against the ver dict *bf the llcnnc* cnn'-martial in the Dreyfus easr. The r- peak era Included all crocds. IJehrcw. Protest int, and Cat h..!i<\ Af< rr .1 number of add roayes the meeting adopted a t-H rf resolu tions affirming belief in tlu- innorejicc of Dreyfus, condemning 1 lie proceed ing* of 1 he court -martial and pledging th('je present to use every lawful and proper means to prevent the co-opera tion of this country in the Paris expo sition. Against Expenses. The board of directors of? the New England Tobacco Growers' 'Association held 3 meeting in Hartford, Conn., Tuesday. A letter was addressed to United Statcf? Senators Piatt, and Haw ley and the four Conncotleut congress men. protesting against the odmis&lon of the new possessions ai tor r I lories, end demanding thai they continue as at present under ttje coltrol of <he ex ecutive _^iK^war department*. Cashier Sfoan Returns to Wlim'njMn. Brooklyn, N. Y., Special. ? Mt, Geo. Sloan, ex-cashier of the Wilmington Savings and Tru*t ompany; has l>e?n in Brooklyn during the, east twenty four hours. Mr. Sloan strenuously de? nied that he bad misappropriated any funt^ of the bau.k and attributed bin departure to mental aberriiCFon caused by overwork. Ho teft for Wllmlng^n in company with his brother, Mr. R. C. Sloan. He saya in a short while he will be able to straighten ou? his ln>ok? to the complete satisfaction of h 1 1 :on cerned. Mr. Sloan went from Wllming to Baltimore th*nee <0 PIHabwrg and from there to Detroit. Hob o . CM> r?sm AroiHK* me flat, Annim?>n. Al?.. ripecial.~liob!too CHy, the new negro town, baa it? cliat ter, Ita major and council and its city offlcera. but It lacka money. It baa no power to a*a**a (tin until nest year. 1. and the police cemti la not yet a wy I IMjtor Iturfltnl mn, but ta*U mrm ed for TirtOM tttigi. tfeau ? atrto meet ft> DiaaaloM *ft? nri. or * T? t>an?, baa aafc^l iWfree-wlil j offervnga^ew September it. Ha expcct a ' %Mt day. to tfctt THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. I he Son i ii. I'lin ?? hundred im n. employed n Mw eoppur ui I in at I >ut,ktow n, lV;n; hi r> ( i lu U beoa 1 1 the companies rcfiiHc t.> rcognize (heir union, iiml .uucis i* ex period n :\dJow. \V. II \Ya 5>i. .1 n rrlwill i ' ciifiilH t r, of Uichn. -ii.i v'a . . who had In t n ?-?m i r *'l onlrol of t h ? Wilinlr.K'iui. N C. . Kit., work.-*. t? ?- drow nod v bile b.ttjili.p near W'ili'i i. " > Will in in \ Cool. !. I >< iiuk'I a( it i. .11 didai" fur i.i>\ (.M n.ir Knumkv. re plied to his i iilic-, i'h 11 1 ug flu in n.< n da<ious I'wo hundp'd iium.m-. ImicK ,0 IS' Suit i reek I inim- al I ' 1m 1 1 a no. a Tenn.. in sympathy with t ii?" li.ivioii ml no strike. It Is proposed to celebrate a* Haiti more Pay ono of the days of l lie com ing Wxport l)\po.-itlon at Philadelphia. Yellow fever ha:i brokcu out at JutU son. Miss., anil a suspicious ca-.e Is ie ported from Port Tampa, Pla. Hie Nor Hi A double W atorspoUl Oil U sod nill* stornation at Atlantic City Ceorgo T. Sollow has reslgnn. as Instructor of mathematics at Yale I ' n I - verslty to accept a professorship at Knox College. Galcshnrg. 111. Wreckers after upending ii/0.000. Imvo abandoned the steel ship Harlem, of the NVw York Central line, stranded at IhIo Royalc, l,?ke Superior, last No vo m be r The American Bankers' Asso ''union Convention, at Cleveland. Ohio, hcaid papers on currency and other tuples, elected officers and adjourned. The tJrand Army of t hA Rennblie. In V session at Philadelphia, voted against return of Confederate hat Unlays. The Alumni Association of the York!? l'a.. HIkIi School h??ld a reunion at York. Senator Clark, of Montima, has bought foi $1 lii.CilH) i he hoin?' of Sna'< r Stewart in Washington known as "Stewart castle." !!'? will build a inan nillcent structure on i he idl?< of tl>? present building. Ureal. damage wa.- done hi liowiiiig Green. Ohio. Tuesday nlaht. by a toi in do. ty Jacob Anibcrg. a bricklayer. w , s shocked to death by an underground trolley/while repairing the tondu??. tn Ne w," York. James II. Johnson, fate sergeant First New Hampshire Volunteers, has been appointed second Lieutenant and assigned to the Korty-slvth i ry . Mayor Jones, of Toledo, now nn jr. dependant ccndldato for governor of Ohio, has issued an address in which he seore?> both political parlies, t.ay Iing i hot tb?->v r snnot live without 'boss es. r orciffn. Tho Filipinos make nightly demon strations around Imus. A new judiciary system has been put in operation In Porto Rioq, A nnv cnbinet ha -< I fcOn fornud in Fern. Gcneial Fio del l'jlai'f; <.-0111 nut :mI he 1 01 reatod to t ho not 1 ii. An American foiv undoi ('ap.iiin Mullor defeated :i body 1 ? f Filipino:- at San R.if ie!. Luzon. Tho prpwnl weoU i < xpi'< led 1.0 !><? itn lin|>ort,inl 0110 in <i< t<-r mining tlx* question of peace or war in South Af rica. FCVeral offers ha \ <? been made In ( I <? 11 rn 1 .limine/ t:> f 1 1 r 1 1 i h h >;oM for redeeming (lie paper money fur Kamo Domingo. Th" Filipinos have recently .ittaihed a numb' rW?f small A)uwl''flii poxls, mil in ov< ry have bren driven a'-vay. Th* Cuban National League ami l ho Cuban National parly have offered to ( rtia lli' t 1 (i floiiM /. and Uen. Maximo fiomcz th" jolm presidency. Tho of fer lias horn declined hv (inalhoito ? Junmz. who say;; ho wi.-hex lo M ? p hif? independence. A NV\v YorKer. I > ilt\ ?? Joseph Flori inond do Louhat, a resident ?>( Pan*. ho>. founded prrfe?.soratn In tho I n> vrs-i t y of .. 1 ? t?u fo>* Americans ai a 00 -t of $mi(V?h>o. Tho VoMi iaad. ;'i FreioVia. had ar. exciting debate on tho pre/eneo of lir.g lifh troops on tho Transvaal fronUer. Tho Chare?" d'ATairen of Veiic/nidn in Wa?hingt'>n received n dlspat<h| from his government denying that .1 I revolution has broken out In Venezue la. Miscellaneous. The pres^ of almost the whole world condemns the I)reyfue v?*rd M . Th* cruiser Olympla. with Adm1r.1l Oewoy on bonrd has 1 1#??1 from tli brnltar for New -York. More than i!.*? per cent, of Genera!^, MacAithur'a troops In Luzon are re ported Hlek The f* asl of the Virgin of 101 foluo whi celebrated at Ml Cobre, near .ian lago, Cuba. It in Bald that Baron Von H amnio . *teln-I/Oxten, Prussian Minister of Agrieulture. has been dismissed from offlco for the part ho took with reared to the canal bill. On the arrival at Glasgow of th* bark 1/anarkshire, from France. (he" c hief mate, Charles Black, of MonlrtM. was arrested cn charge or shooting and killing a colored seaman named TnutU The gun i hat flretl fho first fiiot in the Hp^wh- Amerbwn war en the Raleigh. at Manila, will be a feature of. ?he Dewey parad* in New York. In * Tetter to f'ongr'VJsmn W?tt1am Daly, of New Jersey, William J. Hrj/ n faffed to taentton fivrr, 1 hot*** Ot'MT political ioMlM. Navy Department official* do not ex pect (be WHTe ship Kearsafte to at tain a greater speed tbaa 17.knota.aa hovroa her official trial trip. ..... ^ Oeneral Jlmlnes la betas recelvUi Vftfe ecaoast ovatima o> bt? trip Dr. lrt|?ff ?n AiMffe** phyikivm. I baa con* to !*9rt?f*V to tt?4y U>e tfeiwe - - V.J .vrr"j ' - - - ~ 4' , H MM ^ CROP C o 1 1 o 11 t'l. king Is Profrcislnj: Kapldl> - Cul mjf Tobavco is Practically Over. J ho mean temperature. during t lie wft-u ending September 11. ISOW, aver age! about ks degrees, which ?s nearly seven degree* per day above thu nor mal. A maximum of K?1 was re-corded ?it Clicraw, and a minimum cf <?S ?? Temperance. There were local showers over lbs unfile Slate, 1 1^; h t along the coast and over tbe Foo Dee region, huvy over the central and western counties where man> localities had wet Uly amounts In excess <>l I vvo,inches. The need of iftitt Is' indicated for the two it&ions tlr?t named, while dry weather is needed to permit gathering crops n\er tho greater portion of the Slate. Army worms either have already dis appeared. or nre fast disappearing. Corn thai has recently eome Into ?:lk and tassel, and on bottom lands, looks promising, but generally Ihe i rop baa not Improved and Is a poo." ono. Fodder pulling Is nearly finished and the fodder has been secured in good condit Ion. Locally heavy raius and high wiuds damaged open cotton, and a few reports of rotting and sprouting were received. Picking was started In a lew western count len. by wet weather. b?it generally It made rapid progress as from half to two-thirds of the bolls are open, caus ed by the continued excessive beat. In sections, about all tbe cotton will ba gathered during this month. There will ho no top crop over moat of th*? State, although late cotton Is still grow inn and blooming, lit It is improbable thai fruitage now being put on wl^l have time to mature before frost. Also much cotton is not growing at all, thp stalks having reached full maturity. Poor yields arc reported from all fac tions. and as picking advances, the ten 1 dancy is tc? reduce previous estimate*. Sea island cotton has improved slight ly. all hough it Is rusting and Is open ing slowly. Second growth i* also a damaging prevailing condition. The weather wan Ideal for harvesting nee. and about half the crop lias been cut and stacked while the remainder is ripening fost. Sorghum If being pressed and boiled with fairly good yields of excel lent guilty of syrup. Grass for hay cud pastures is making rapid growth. Pea vine# being cut for forage. Peas have Improved except in Marlboro and Ches terfield counties, whore hot, dry weath er ruined them. The general prospect for minor crops is now quite promising, especially so for sweet potatoea. In tho truck regions, fall crops aro belus planted, and the second crop of Irlah potatoes being gathered. v J. W. DAUElt, , Section Director. I roponcd New Count}'. Tin.' new county Idea has struck Clinton :i n<l vicinity. The proposed territory is iho tow wh hps of Hunter, Cror?* 1 1 1 11 and Jacks in Laurens and perilous of Spartanburg and Ncw I ?crry counties, with the court house at Clint o. of course. Clinton 4s a pro urcasivo town and her people are of 'ho ben tyqcs of Southern citizenship ami Lauren* or any portion of the couir'y adjacent lo blie proposed line of division will protest against the whacking off of any part of Laurens. Palmetto Notes. A eoniinl^skm for a cbnrtcv was to day issued to the South Carolina Fire Insurance Company, of Columbia. The capital hto'-U of the company Is to bo JK'O.OOO, which if; to be p^id on t?he in .-tallmeiu plaai. The corporators are ; .(Monir I'Jho ?no>i suhVantlal citizens of Columbia and are: B. K. Palmer, W. K. Duffle, Jchn T. Sloan, C. Fltz Simons, W. J. Murray, WJlle Jonec. \V. . H. Lo \< ranee, T. J. Harper, J. Caldwell Robertson. T. H. Klrher and J. B. Fri day. The company ha* the right, to do a Koncral insurance business, but the it'ii'b<! .-(Milling Is that the- purpose I? to <!o more largely a local business on a / strictly safe basis. - V The State board of control Saturday had a hearing of the Newberry beci ? privilege matter wblch almost reminds on* of the Dreyfus case in tedlousness nild circumlocution. Tho beer dis penser at Newberry seems to have got ten in hot water because he had his dispensary too exposed to certain ? nfighborn. This t^eenis to be about all ih re wag In the matter, and^cotinsal got considerable argument ami test!* mony out of the matter. Saturday Governor McvSweeney re fused to grant a pardon in. Lhe caae^>i .. Thoj. von Blockhaven. who wa# con victed In Chesterfield county In ^Aprll. 1898, of forgery an J sentence* to tlwoe yeaira on the chalugang. Th?. man pleaded guilty to > the charge against him and there were no exten uating circumstances. , A charter b^en issued' to the Kcrsttyjr. MUlln#' and atoning OMb- ? pauy. 7>r Kershaw. The capttal stock of the oaxBptny ts to be $5,000. The f. offlcf rs iH-e ? J. O. Welsh. preelde?t< W. ' i; Hteckm|(n, secretory; ~mxA It . Jt Floyd, .trnmuw. The name . oc(rpoffUov' SBtSMBBBE WHefrprls*. -v