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THE C8U8TY RECORD. j| Published Every Thursday at UXGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, ; B T LOUIS J. BKISTOW, F.dltor and Proprietor. To-day japan imports cotton princi- I pally from the United States, hut other centers of supply are necessary, in view x>f the state of advancement which cotton spitting has reached there. The copra is a preparation of the cocoaunt made in great quantities in tropical islands all over the world. It , seems to he a relatively new product ] for the Philippines; 11,500 tons were ] exported in 1893. The cocoa palm is very common and highly prized in the ' Philippines. All parts of it are used. Strictly speaking, there are no roads in Cuba, and what are known as such are mere trails, often coming to an abrupt termination in the swamps and everglades, locally known as cienaga, one of which, for instance, has a length of sixty miles and is little more than a quagmire, with immense pools of stagnant, brackish water. All that portion of the coast sheltered by archipelagoes is one great marsh, the dimensions of which are largely increased during the rainy season. With the ex- j ception of a few turnpikes in the vicinity of Havana there are no certain i ' - ? * T 1 11 i. 1 means ol travel ov iana aunug me wei > season. ' While Lieutenant Hobson fared bet- ' ter than Ensign Bagley in that, with. ' the stout-hearted men who shared with him the perils of his expedition, he managed to escape to land, still the nature of the enterprise upon which he volunteered stands out with such unique prominence ou account of its peculiar dangers that ho is clearly entitled to the hero's laurel. When Lieutenant Hobson undertook iV. /V ttt r? f r\f lior. u? cuter iuu xiaix vj ?? wmvxt? v/x mv uUt bor at Santiago de Cuba for the purpose of accomplishing his bold design, he had every reason to believe that whatever his success might be in his efforts to close up the channel he would never be permitted to return again to his comrades of the squadron. He went with the spirit of the martyr i to sacrifice himself at duty's call upon ' the altar of his country's cause. Let i pessimists who bewail tho degenerate \ civilization of the nineteenth century contemplate the spectacle of this , intrepid officer in sinking liis own vessel under the frowning shadow o* Morro castle. There is nothing finer in Spartan annals than the exhibition of unruffled fearlessness presented by Lieutenant Hobson in the face of circumstances which might have awed the bravest. A committee of the English Parliament was lately appointed to investigate the causes of England's falling off in certain industrial orancnes. The committee's investigations, which took them over to the Continent, resulted In finding that England's failure was due largely, when not entirely, to her lack of secondary education for the masses. The English youth dp not get the thorough training for industrial life that Germany, for instance, is giving to her people. The committee's findings were especially flattering to Denmark, which, within this century, has risen from being one of the poorest to being one of the richest countries in Europe, second only to France, and in part for the same reason, namely, first, that its land is divided up aino|ga large number of small freeholders, and second, because these small freeholders are ovtrnnrdinarilv enlightened and SARfiAGO AMBBIGAHIZED |; Business Houses Reopen end Al! is ,, Bustle and Activity. i ^ I h j o THE RIVAL ARMIES FRATERNIZE, il . ? i" nffir?-r* I.ountre in tlie C:if?s, ^oldirr* Iluy or Exchange Souvenirs, and No , a Itace Hatred U Anywhere Apparent? ! Itelleving the Distress of the liefu- | g gees?Our Men in Spanish Uniforms. '' Santiago de Cuba (Cv Cable).?Santiago presents a bright and cheerful picture to s what it did before the surrender. Over thirty steamers living the stars and Strip< s lie in or near the harbor. Small boats are plying l risklv to and fro on the b!u? waters, t Along the water front, under every awning, (1 dozens of women and children may l>e seen , ?T ~~]l IMERICAN AND SPANISH TROOTS FRATERNIZE '' IN THE ABANDONED ENTRENCHMENTS. munching American hardtack, and food is )eing distributed very rapidly about the , r slaza facing the palace. , In short, everything denotes bustje and ictivity. To the graveyard appearance ot t the city Monday has succeeded a scene of life and energy, traffic and general activity. ^ rhe immense sheds along the water front j I * cfloridA vrvvt % V) \A . KCVWtyVit-''<> *\r< " V V ^ . ''' c i5 p * i^V^,4T;2^> 5 Op S H ) A hD ' I Oar-' ( 5*lT.t*) SCENE OF THE PORTO RICAN CAMI ire already packed with merchandise, and a the large stores renteu along Marina street a are busy receiving goods which are being steadily unloaded. Everywhere there are r< signs of a revival of commercial activity c ind prosperity. The trade and business houses opened their doors for the ilrst time Tuesday, cleared their warehouses and made ready lor the receipt of goods. All the stores are spen this morning by General McKibbin's orders, but the saloons remain closed for :he present in order to avoid the possibility tf a clash between the soldiers in the case >f drunkenness. Cigars and tobacco arc nowhere to be found, as all the factories have been closed for months and they had no stock on hand. [)ur men expected to find quantities of :obacco when Santiago fell, and they were rreatly disappointed at not being able to ind anything to smoke, so we shall have to ?nrry coals to Newcastle, or, in other vords, imj ort tobacco into Cuba. The ice factory and electric light plant ire working, the houses are brightly ighted, and the pawnshops aro doing a rushing business, their counters being rrowded by people of all sorts of color and renditions, pawning heirlooms, clothes, tresses and furniture. Officers tender their uedals, spurs and swords, and civil employes offer their tortoise-shell, gold-head- (' ;d canes of office for a mere song, which ire in turn bought at fancy prices by ~ Vraeriean soldiers, officers or newspaper a: torrespondents as relics of the war. 111 There have been more machetes sold to Dur men as souvenirs than were laid down 0 on the morning of the surrender, and | crosses, service stripes, and orders, are cheerfully parted with for American cash ?r exchanged for articles as mementos. 1/1 jX 1 REFUGEES IX A SA? There is no ready-made eiothincr in the ; a city. except blue-nnd-white, stripe-lineil I ^ uniforms, and many of our men are dressed ' in these Spanish uniforms, They present l c a strange appearance, and are greeted with I laughter. <j Hun Jreds of American an l Spanish sol- i diers. who but a few days ago were shoot- ! ( iag at each other, crowd the streets of 1 Santiago, meeting an A 'nixing uu im- . must friendly terms. A general teeling of < good fellowship is evidenced everywhere, j< victors ami vanquished apparently being ! I Tlio Earrajjut Launched. The torpedo-boat destroyer Farragut was j launched at San Francisco, Cal. The ship ^ was christened by Miss Betty Ashe, of San r Fruncisco, a distant relative of Admiral Farragut. The Farragut is a 273-ton boat, j Her speed is thirty knots. She will be t placed in commission as soon as possible. The Troops Are in Excellent Health. The condition of the troops around Santiago is reported to be excellent, and the 1 bulk of them have been removed to healthy 1 mountain camps. There is little sickness, ! ^ Msucn ta at angut contagion. ) * intelligent class. And this the com- j mittee believes to be largely due to their system of rural high schools for the people. These schools are private, and are supported by the fees of students, but recently the State has perceived their vfclue, and now makes them a graut, which, however, reaches ; them indirectly in the form of pres- | ents to peasants to enable them to attend the courses, the payments being made through county councils. There are seventy of these schools in all, and they are really secondary schools, all the students who enter thorn having r?ns<5#?d thronodi the elementarv 1 "O r -- - - \ State Heboois. The wealth of the Danish peasants consists largely m their dairy industry, and England is their chief market. Dauish butter is for Loudon what Philadelphia butter is to New York, a luxury fur the rich. _ _ American Newspapers. In the year lT(.'l) there was only one newspaper in the United States. Now there are more lhar in England. France and Germary put together. TYhen people listen attentively to a story of a man's wrongs, it indicates that they are wondering what the oth- 1 gr side of the storv sounds like. ' unity re" ' ?e.i tin;- fhr? slr'fe nn ! bloodar>? over and 1 lint tho horrors of t!i*? ifO" are ended. In the mroteroaft airv ufes f ho officers of the opposing armie.* .one" t'<r?>?:*r:i the <!av. There seem* to l>o no r./n hatred, the ? 'trerne.ss being all directed against the fadrid Government. wl?i<*h is charged i111 cro^s mismanagement of Cuba ami tingling tlnrinc the eontluet of the oresat war. Man v of the Spanish soldiers re anxious to become American citizens, nd ;ir-' implying for naturalization. Commodore Kclilev. with a party of of ers. visited the city Tuesdav niorninc. ominc up the bay in a steam launch. The 'ommodore called on General MeKibbin nd strolled about the streets, making sevral purchases, and apparently creatly oniving shore leave. He was received with rent resneet by ti 0 Spanish officers who >nrnflil liis name. TO TAKE PRISONERS HOME. panUli Transatlantic Company Secure* the Contiact. Washington. 1>. C. ('SpecialT Arrange, tents were concluded l?y the Government >r the transportation of the Spanish ri.-oners at Santiago to Spain. The conrn<*t was awarded to the Spanish Transatintie Company, represented b\* .T. . Cehallos ?fc Co.. of New York, lie Company agrees to carry the ri?oncrs from Cuban oorfs to Spain at tlie ite of f'30 foreach enlist?'l man am! ?63 >r each commission? i officer, subsistence > l>e furnished by the eomnany on the rmy ration basis, as provided for in the overnment's advertisement for bids. The award provides also that the comany shall have live ships at Santiago in ine days, two in seventeen days, and nousrh to complete the transportation of ie prisoners in twenty-ono days. The ships will fly the colors of Spain, nd will probably be manned entirely by panish crews. It was remarked as one f tlie curious developments of the war ?? the United States Government should lake ft friendly contract with a company mnv of whose vessels are auxiliaries to lie Spanish Navy, and some of which have een cantured or destroyed by the navy f the United States. CONFEDERATE VETERANS CHEER. 'atriotic .Scenes at the Tteunion of the Old Southern Soldiers. Atlanta, Ga.?The annual reunion of the nited Confederate Veterans' Association ras held at the Confederate Auditorium at Ixposition Park. The building, which has (i e ? ? ^ V J >AIGN UNDER GENERAL MILES. seating capacity of 12,000, was jammed t the opeuiii/r session to overflowing. Before the opening of the exercises, the ?union band played patriotic tunes. The heering for "Dixie," "Yankee Doodle" ' ~7' \\ V) GENERAL .TOTIN E. GORDON. Commander-in-Chief o( the Confederate Veterans' Association). nd "The Star-Spangled Tanner" was tulUltUOUS. When General John B. Gor Iod. the head f the organization, entered the hall the pplause and cheering were deafening. Vermont Democrats in Session, Vermont Democrats met at Burlington I I (I, f . drhi t J ' I \TIAGO STREET. ad nominated a State ticket, reaffirmed ho Chicago platform, lauded Bryan, delared against "the proposed imperialistic 'oliey of tho republican party" ami >pposed thcadmissiou of Hawaii to State100 1. Th? following are the nominees: iovernor, Thomas \V. Maioney, of If atand: Lieutenant-Governor, A, A. Olmtead, of Newbury; Treasurer, L. W. 'lough, of Lotliei: Secretary of Stale, ioorge 1}, Davis, of Danville; Auditor, tiehard I>. Treble. of Sliorehara. Tvro Cent Postage to Hawaii. As soon as the United States flap is icisted at Honolulu, Hawaii, and that fact ommunieated to the Postofllco Departcent, at Washington, the Postmuster-Gen>ral will issue an order reducing tho postige, and a two-cent stamp will carry a Jeter to Hawaii, the same as to any other >art of the United States. Spain tVill Not Be a Great Power. As one of the results of the war Spain vill probably be reduced from her techjical status of a great power, to wnich she ras raised in 1SS3, wlieu her Legations HUM i DICTATOR |. The Philippine Insurgent Leader As- " sumes Supreme Authority at Manila. \[ ii SPAIN RELIES ON GERMAN NAVY, fj 1\ G Ajruinnlilo Calls on All Inhabitants to a jr. Ailon-htnro to Him?Names His t| Cabinet and Prescribes Insignia of Office He Will Wear a Gold Collar and Carry a Whistle. Ic ti Manila (By Cable). General Aguinaldo, j| the President of tbo Philippine rebels, is- a sued a proclamation proclaiming himself n dictator, with supreme authority and call- f h ing upon all citizens of the so-called repub- 0 lie to take the oath of allegiance to the new f< government. II" name- his Cabinet and designates the styles of canes its members shall carry. The Cabinet is composed as follows: e Secretary of War and Public Works. ?' 9 I) Baldomcro Aguinaldo, the General's p nephew: Secretary of the Interior, I.eandro v Ibarra; Secretary of Agriculture, Mariano 11 Trias. The President will wear a gold breast- I: plate and carry a gold whistle. Each member of the Cabinet will wear a similar p breast-plate, ^ut of silver. The breast- s plato will have a pendant in the shape of a n triangle. On this will be engraved the sun, a moon and stars, arranged lileo the sign of a r pawnbroker. g L..1,. ^InfotAr Trill Alan PflrrV A lUU m-wijr lica^t;uu??.kufcW4 ?? ?? a sceptre made of gold, from which will f depend a golden tassel. Each member of the Cabinet will wear a breastplate of silver, duly setting forth their rank of office. All the details of ? these vnrious ranks of distinction were brought out in Aguinahlo's proclamation. The insurgents continue active. There has been heavy fighting in the neighbor- ii hood of Malate. Fifteen rebels were e killed. Six of the wounded were taken to the camp of the California volunteers for c treatment. C United States Consul Williams wrote to C United States Consul Wildman, saying: h "If the United States would be the suzerain and protecting power, Aguinaldo would hoist our flag and look to us for honor and emolument which would be liberal and lasting, and would be followed by the largest measure of solid advantage to his people." AUGUST! RELIES ON GERMAN NAVY. General Greene With 3000 Men Reinforces Our Troops at Manila. Manila (By Cable).?The second expedi- I tion to the Philippines under Brigadier General Greene has arrived. The 3000 troops were in excellent health, and lost no time in landing at Cavite. There were four deaths on the voyage. Private Maddox, of the Eighteenth United States tniantry; Lieutenant Lazelle.of the Eighteenth United States Infantry; Bundsm an Wise, of the First Colorado Volunteers, and Sergeant Geddes, of the First Nebraska. They were buried at sea, with the exception of Lieutenant Lazelle who was buried with military honors at Cavite. 0 t __ is isjl * *:/ ^ i; '<7 v* t' admiral vox diedf.richs. ^ (Commanding the German Asiatic Squad- ^ ron.) il Captain-General Augusti is trustiug to t the German squadron under Admiral a Diederichs. He has issued a proclamation fl declaring that the Germans are sure to T keep the Americaus from bombarding and u capturing the city, and added that before ti long Spanish and German vessels will drive si the Americans out of the harbor. f< o Our N'cwcst Possession. a Manila (By Cable). The second Manila 9 expedition, like its predecessor, added a possession ia the Pacific to Uncle Sam's string, and did it appropriately on the Fourth of July. The correspondents with c Admiral Dewey's fleet report that on that day General Greene rediscovered and took formal possession of the long lost Wake Island. j( The island is only thr'-e miles long, instead a of twenty-five, as has neen reported. The American flag was hoisted and a record of ^ possession was placed in a box and covered with stones. There Is n flne harhor, out ? outside is a coral reef. There was no tl trace of human beings. The island has S not been inhabited for sixty years. It is a tl useful place for a coaling station. r Troops to Join Miles. ti Washixoton, D. C. (Special).?The following brigades were selected to reinforce the armv under General Miles for , the assault upou Porto Ilico: General Haines's brigade, General Ernst's brigade ti and the division under the command of f Brigadier-General Grant. These three 3. brigade, together with the troops already ' taken by General Miles, constitute an ag- 3 gregate force exceeding fourteen thousand e men, including eight light batteries of ar- o tillery anil ten regiments of infantry. Of * the latter three are from Illinois, two eneii t from Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Wis- b cousin, and one from Ohio. b Our Magnanimity Impresses Spain. A special dispatch from Madrid says: "The courtesy the Americans show th" Spanish prisoners has made a profound a impression in t pain, and is materially as- * sisting the prospects of peace." J Fnstofllee For Forto ltico. rostmaster-GeneraJ Charles Emory Smith made another extension of the postal ser- n vice in establisliing Porto Rico as a mil- ^ itary station under the postofflce at Wash-J a ington. Postmaster J. P. Willett in charge, j the order to go into effect immediately c upon the landing of United States troops at any point in Porto Rico. Cartridges Cannot lie Used. The useable ammunition of the Spanish li iroops at Santiago was exhausted before l) t'.ie surrender, as the 12,000,000 cartridges u found in the magazines of the city do not ^ U cho Cidtf*. P ON TO PORTO RICO. 'ilea's Kxpedition Convoyed by a Tlig Fleet of Warships. W'asiunv.tox, D. C. (Special).?General ilos cabled the Secretary of War that ho tiled from fluanianarao, Cuba, for Porto ieo at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon. His eet of transports was accompanied bvtho ittleship Massachusetts, the auxiliary raiser Dixie, the cruiser Cincinnati and. le gunboats Annapolis, Gloucester, Wasp ad Leyden, and the cruiser Columbia, eneral Miles is on the Yale. The Yale has powerful battery of Uve-iuch rapid-fire ubs. Other transports with troops were ic Nueces, Lampasas, Mississippi, Cheroeu and Iroquois. The despatch from General Miles told the epartment that ho had ton transports >adod to their full capacity with 4300 oops and supplies, and that, at the time f writing, the fleet had been augmented y the arrival of two ships, the Lampasas nd the Xucces, from Tampa. The last amed vessels were loaded with about 000 ion. consisting mostly of engineers and eavy artillery, and with a large quantity f cumbersome ammunition and supplies >r the urmv of invasion. With these ivolvc ships the combined naval and miliary fleet composing the first expedition to orto iiico consists of twenty-one ships. The size and for.midableness of the naval seort provided by Admiral Sampson are a urprise to many persons, inasmuch as the elief was entertained in some quarters hat only three or four vessels of the navy rould accompany the troopships comlanded by General Miles. Secretary Alger, on leaving tho Whito louse early Friday morning, said: "Tho Porto llican expedition will bo ushed with all possible spoed. The first ectlon of the army started from Guantaiamo Thursday afternoon at five o'clock, nd within a week General Miles will he einforced by from 13,000 to 15,000 troops, living him for immediate operations an .rmy approaching 20,000 men, and the orce will be added to." CENERAL CARCIA REBELS. trained Relations Exist Between Shafter and the Cuban Leader. Santiago, Cuba (By Cable). The ill feeing produced among the Cubans * by Genral Shaffer's latest orders in Santiago ulminated In a serious rupture between ieneral Shafter and General Calixto larcia. As a consequence General Garcia ms withdrawn with his army from the general calixto garcia. utskirts of Santiago to the Interior, akiug the road to Jiguani, which i flftv miles northeast of Santiago, le first held a council of his officers, nd tendered to Genera! Gomez, the Cuban ommander-in-chief, his resignati on as ommander of the Cuban Army of the last. A special courier wa3 sent to Gen- | ral Gomez's headquarters carrying the esignation. General Garcia also transmitted a long etter to General Shatter, declaring him>elf as about to- discontinue co-operation vith the American troops. TO KEEP PORTO RICO. iovemment to Hold the Island as a Penalty of the War. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The auioritative declaration was made that the dand of Porto Rico is to be held as a permnent possession of this country as the rice of the war. The subjoined practialty official statement was made Thursay: "Porto Rico will bo kept by the United tates. That is settled and "has been the lan from the first. Once taken it will ever be released. It will pass forever ito the hands of the United States and liero never has been any other thought, ts possession will go toward making up lie heavy expense of war to the United tates. Our flag, once run up there, will oat over the island permanently." The same authority says the future of he I'hillipines is a matter of development nil that so far there is no certain policy nally adopted regarding theso Islands, hey are subject to developments In the ar" situation in the Paciilc. It was inimated, however, though not definitely assrted, that the Ladrone Islands might allow the fate of Porto Rico and become ur permanent possession, being valuable s a coaling and supply station for our hips when en route to Eastern Asia. WATSON'S RAID POSTPONED. amara's Iteturn Nullifies Its Immediate Object. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The projet to send Commodoro Watson's fleet cross the Atlantic has been suspended. It rill not leave American waters at all unless ome contingency of war makes necessary terner measures to secure peace than have hus far received the President's approval, eeretary Long said that the departure of lie fleet bad-been deferred until after the orto Rico campaign, at least, but further tan that ho declined to indulge in prediciens. Basltfulness Causes Two Suicides. Two suicides, direetly traceable to the ash fulness of a seventeen-ye.r-old girl rho broke her engagement on the day set or the wedding, occurred at llallsvillc, lo. C. H. Fait, a young farmer, and .Miss [avers were to have been married on July , but :it tbe last mom out the cirl broke her ngagement. For two days Fait brooded ver bis humiliation and then killed liimelf with morphine. Mrs. C. II. Havens, lie mother of the bashful maiden, also rooded over tbo affair. Fait having long era to her like a soa.and she drowned herelf. T:la 1:00 VTill Destroy Our Navy. In a sjvech from the balcony of his paler, (lenerai Blanco promise I several thou, and ] eoph> tliat he would destroy fbe .merieaa navy if it attacked Havana. Testimonial to Commodore Schley. It is believed at Cumberland, Md., Comaodore Schley's birthplace, that the fund >eing raised in Maryland to purchase him 1 testimonial will reach at least ?25,000. t is the intention to buy the Commodore a ountry seat, he to select the location. General Gordon Ke-Klected. General John 13. Gordon was unanimousf re-elected commander-in-chief of the inited Confederate Veterans at their renlon In Atlanta, Ga. All the other officers rere re-elected, amid a scene of great entuLsiasacu A NEW NAVAL VICTORY. The Wilmington and Six Smaller Vessel? Made Havoc at Manzanillo. Flaya del P:-te, Gr.antanamo Bay, Cuba Ty Cable). Following is the official ac:ount of the latest naval victory, that at llanzanlllo, modestly told by Commander Fodd. of the United States gunboat VTilnington, in his report to Admiral Sampion: "At seven o'clock on the morning of July 18 the vessels on blockade duty in this ricinitv the Wilmington, Helena, Seordon, Hist, Hornet, Wampatuck and Os- ^ jcola approached tho harbor of Manzan'lin from tho westward. At half-past seven the Wilmington and Helena entered :hc northern channel, toward the city, the Scorpion and Osceola the middle channel and the Hist, Hornet and Wampatuek the southern entrance, the movements of the vessels being so timed as to bring them within effective range of the shipping at about the same moment. "At ten minutes to eight fire was opened on tho shipping, and after a deliberate fire, lasting about two hour* and a half, three Spanish transports?El Gloria, Jose Garcia and La Purisiroa Coneepeion?were burned and destroyed. "The pontoon, vhi a was the harbor guard aud a store ship, probably for ammunition, was burned .w\ blown up. Three gunboats were destroyed. One other was driven ashore and s:;ri!c. and another was driven usher? r-nd is believed to have been disabled. "The llring was maintained at a range A which is believed to bo beyond the range M of the shore artillery. ?* was continued Jm until, after a gradual closing in, the shore^Hj batteries opened lire at a eomparatively^^H short range, when the were recalie l^^H the object of the expedition having accomplished anc' the ideas of the com^JH mander in chief carried as I , stand them;that is, to destroy the enemy's^^B j shipping, but cot to engage tli * field hnt-^M teries or forts. 9D ' No casualties oecirrei! on board any of our vessels. Grnat care was taken in dlI rectinc the fire that as little damange as possible should be done to the city itself, V and as far as ccald be observed little if any was done. v "All ot our vessels were handled with sound discretion and excellent judgment by the several commanding officer?, which was to have been expected from the men commanding the vessels of this force." Commander Todd has thus led one of the most successful expeditions undertaken so far by the navy. FATAL THUNDERSTORMS.1 Death and Destruction Caused by Lightnine Throughout New England. Arlington, Mass. Lightning caused the death of ono man and injured five other men in a severe thunderstorm. The storm was at its height when an electric bolt struck the cupola of the old Locke School Building at Arlington Heights. John H. Cur, of Weymouth, who was standing in the door, received the most direct effect of the lightning, and died within six minutes after he was wounded. Five others were badly shocked, but soon recovered. Farmixgtox, N. H. A heavy thunderstorm wrecked a number of small houses, unroofed a block, and two shoeshops, and did other damage, fortunately without loss of life, although Frank Haynes, a truckman was severely injured. The damage will amount to thousands of dollars. Haverhill, Mass. The lightning during the heavy thunderstorm struck four shoe factories in this city, but the damage was slight. Two barns in Bradford, two miles from here, wero burned. Nashua, N. H. The severest rain, wind and thunder storm known here for many years caused much damage. In ninety minutes 3.28 inches of rain fell, besides considerable hail. The lightning struck in many places, setting many fires. Frank W. Hall, thirty years old, married, while in a field, was struck by a bolt and instantly killed. North Axdovee, Mass. The farm barn of J. W. C. French, of Boston, was struct by lightning aud completely destroyed. The loss Is estimated at 370(H); partially insured. BAY OF NIPE SEIZED. * First Base Secured on the North Coast of Cuba A Cruiser Destroyed. Washington*, D. C. (Special). The following message has been received at the Navy Department: "Plata del Este. "Expedition to Nipe has been entirely successful, although the mines have not been removed, for want of time. "The Spanish cruiser Jorge Juan, defending the place, was destroyed without loss on our part. "The Annapolis and Wasp afterward proceeded from Nipe to assist in the landing of the Commanding Genera! of the army on arrival at Porto Rico. "Sampson." The success of the expedition to Nipe is really Aore important than appears on the surface. The Pay of Nipe lies on the north coast of Cuba, almost directly across the Island from Santiago. It is purposed to establish a base there which will save at least two days' time iu getting supplies into Cuba, as compared with the Santiago route. It will also form a good point of operations against Holguin, not far distant, and if it should develop unfortunately that a restraining hand must be laid upon the Cubans themselves, Nipe, in connection with Santiago, would be an elective means of doing this. To Experiment With Steel Rails. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has purchased forty miles of eighty-flve-pound, sixty-foot steel rails and will experiment with them on the Pittsburg division and in tbo Baltimore tunnel. These rails were originally bought for the Columbia aud Maryland Electric Railroad, which was designed to parallel the B. and O. between Baltimore and Washington. The project failed and the material which was purchased has been sold. Ilero Hol>*on Welcomed. Lieutenant R. P. Ilobson arrived on the St. Paul unexpectedly in New York City, and immediately went on to Washington. Crowds who cheered him in New York" saw him blush, aim an ageu nppic-n./iuciu brought tears to the hero's eyes. Lieutenant Hobson thinks two ot Cervera's ships can be saved, nun he came North to report ori the matte.* to the Secretary ot the Navy. A Great Fire in England. A great fire occurred at Sunderland. England. destroying a greater part of the place. The total less by the lire was f 2,000.003, Several men were arrested for looting buildings while the police were extinguishing the Jiatnes. Crowds of men rtt-led in and carried off evervthing ovablo in the shops, bauks, hotels and other buildings. Man and "WiTe Seat to Prison. Stephen Ilills, a well-to-do farmer Of Cheshire, Conn., and his wife wero each sentenced to three years instate prison for an assault with intent to kill Lewis Nibron. Nihrou was a farm hand, and attempted to pass tr.rough some of Hill's property despite warnings and was shot in the pack, and ahniildtr To IiM?e*tl;;ate the BourRojne Affair. The maritimo authorities and the police of Havre, France, will investigate the charge that sailor.? on tho ill-fated Bour?ogne seized one boat aud drove off persona who triad to enter it. "TJ3V