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' * ______ WINNSBOEO, S.C., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 16, 1898. NO. 32. ? . ? 1 ' jm ? MILLIONS FOR DEFENCE, A PATRIOTIC SCENE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Filty Million Dalian Voted In Anticipation of War "With Spain-Party Ures Wiped Oat and All Sections Harmoniously Biozded. In a spirit of patriotism, with elo B auent words rinzinjr in their ears, T every member ofthehouse of representatives Tuesday responded to the president's first call to meet the Spanish situation by casting his vote for a Dill placing in President McKin lay's hands fifty millions of dollars to be expended at his discretion for the national defense. Party lines were swept away, and with a unanimous -voice, congress voted its confidence in the administration, Many members who were paired with absent colleagues, took the responsibility of breaking their pairs, an unprecedented thing in legislative sumals, in order that they might go on record in support of this vast appropriation to maintain the dignity and honor of their country. Speaker Reed, who, as the presiding office, seldom votes except in case of a tie, had his name called and voted in his capacity as a representative. The scene of enthusiasm which greeted the announcement of the vote?ayes, 311: nays, none?has seldom been paralleled in the house. All day long the gallaries were jam med. witn entnuaiasnc spectators applauding the patriotism of the words of eloquence which were uttered by the members on the floor. The speeches were all brief. Although four hours were allowed for debate, so great was the pressure for time that no one member was given more than five minutes, and most of them had to content themselves with a beggarly fraction of a minute. In ail fifty-nine speeches were made. With one acclaim members from the north, the statesfrnd the territories, battle scarred veterans of the Union and the Confederate armies, all joined in proclaiming their support of the country's chief magistrate m the face of a possible foreign war. In the whole debate there was only a slight discordant note caused by the speeck of General Bingham, of Pennsylvania. who served with distinction J TT 1_? TT_ 4. unuer nariumas.. i_wp apu^o ma/ wuservatively for the aroused temper of the house, and when he insisted that our relations with Spain were as friendly as they had been for years, many of the members hissed him. While almost every member who spoke deprecated the possibility of war a wide divergence of opinion as to how close were hostilities manifested itself in the debate. The general contention by the majority, among them the leaders on both sides, was that this appropriation by preparing for war would prove the surest guar . anteeof peace. Others insisted that war alarms would soon be heard, and Mr. Man 7i, of Illinois, declared that war actually existed in all save name. ^WThe speeches which attracted most wittention were those of Messrs. Cannion, Henderson and Dolliver, on the * Republican side and Messrs. Bailey -and Sayres on the Democratic side. Mr. Cannon in opening the debate on the bill, said that in the present critical condition of affairs the committee had deemed it wise to appropriate this sum placing its expenditure in the complete discretion of the president He referred to the fact that the committee had been unanimous in its action and had only changed the working of the bill he * ' * ? -1* At. . introduced yesieraay oy matnng uie appropriation available until January 1, 1899, instead of June 30, 1899. "We have the money in the treasury to meet this appropriation if it is expended," he continued, "and there fore there is not presented with this proposition one to borrow money or to increase taxation to which almost any other nation on earth would*have been obliged to resort" (Tremendous applause) He insisted that this appropriation must not be construed into a threat. Nothing was further from the minds of these who reported, he said: This appropriation was to be placed in the hands of a wise and patriotic executive to make proper preparations to maintain the national honor nothing more. "It is not a war appropriation," said he emphatically. "I say that in my judgment, measuring my words that it is a peace measure. (Great applause.) The government of the United States would not, if it could trench upon the rights of any nation on earth." (Renewed applause.) After several other members had enthusiastically endorsed what Mr. Cannon said, Mr. Bingham, caused the first note of discordance that was heard. While supporting the bill on general principles was avowedly out of sympathy with the common interpretation of the meaning of the bill, and as a cons? quence he was vigorously hissed twice during the progress of .his remarks. Mr. Bingham began by referring to the day's proceedings of the house as akin to the "methods of yellow dog journalism.*' He had no sympathy, he said, with the apparent tendency of the house, and especially none with the evident disposition to seize the opportunity for a display of jingoism that was by no means edifying. "I care nothing," he ex aimed, "for the bravery and courage j0^of Mr. Lee, of which we hear so mucn on mis nooiy anu x-a yru ceeding to say that what we want in General Lee at the present time is exhibition of his best judgment and common sense, but the sentence was almost drowned in the shower of hisses with which the remark was re ceived. This evidence of disapproval came especially from the Democratic j side. It did not appear to disconcert Mr. Bingham, who continued his re marks by a general dispargement of the war spirit. ''I favor this appro priation," he said in conclusion, "but I condemn on this floor to day theut terance of any declaration that the relations of this country with Spain are other wise than they have been for years past?friendly, reasonable, international relations." This utter ance was received with hisses which were only suppressed by a vigorous pounding of the speaker's gaveL After several other members had spofcen Mr. Bailey, the Democratic leader supported the bill in a five minute apeech. Mr. Bailey said: "It cught to be unde2st09d in Spain and it ought to be understood in every ountry on the globe that while this zeat republic sincerely desires to be at peace it is prepared for war if war becomes inevitable. (Loud applause.) I fear that we have gone too far to escape the worst and I believe that we have gone further than would have been necessary if at the proper time we had granted the prayer of the Cuban patriots and had simply recognized their right to fight for the independence of their own country. (Loud applause.) Yet the time for Ibat discussion has passed. We must deal with this question as it is, not as we would have it to be; and approachI ing it in this broader spirit, we stand " ' - ? - j.\ ?- - .3? reaay to say to mose too aamunsber the government that may be needed for the national honor aDd the national defense we are ready to give and give ungrudgingly. (Applause.) Peace is desirable, but not so desirable that it be purchased at a sacrifice of national honor. Let us in this day adopt the motto of our fathers in the older and better days of this republic let us say to all the world now as then: 'We are ready to spend millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute.' (Applause.) And let us add another and nobler motto, 'We are for peace as; long as it can be maintained with honor, but we are for honor if war is necessary to defend our or protect the rights of American citizens anywhere throughout the worid.' (Applausa) The debate closed at 4:20 p. m. When the question was put on the passage of the bill the whole house rose en masse in its favor but Mr. Cannon asked for the ajes and noes. He did so, he said at the request of many members who desired that every member should go on record. Every member present voted for the bill. When the speaker announced the vote, 3U ayes, noes none," an enthusiastic demonstration occurred. The bill was unanimously passed by the Senate the day after it' passed the House and was immediately signed by the President. ENGLAND IS WITH US. Any Trouble T lire stents the United States will be Shared by Great Britain. England apparently wishes it distinctly understood that in case the United States becomes involved in a foreign war that she would side with the United States. In the British House of Commons, which is now in session at London, Mr. Bonald Munroe-Ferguson, liberal, asked the parli ameniary secretary xor ma iurcjgu office, Mr. Curzon, in the house of commons Thursday, whether there is any truth in the reports that communications on the Cuban question have been exchanged between the British ambassador at Washington, Sir Julian Pauncefote, and the government of the United States. Mr. Curzon said that no communications had been exchanged. Hon. Hubert Valentine Dun combe, conservative, gave notice that he | would ask Mr. Curzon, whether, with the view of recognizing the identity of the interests of all English-speaking people, her majesty's government will consider the advisabilitv of placing the * * -it. - n?L ^ services ui tee JonuBii tu uio disposal of the United States in the event of complications between the United States and any foreigD power. The question, however, was not put. Relative to the withdrawal of his question, Mr. Duncomba said: "After consultation with my frienas, I decided that the exact form of the question made it inopportune to put it. It was framed owing to the widely held opinion in the house of commons that it is high time the foreign powers should bs told in unmistakable terms that any blowstruckat either Great Britain or ; the United btates was equally a blow at the ether. I was profoundly convinced of this today. Many moi*e members than I supposed would do so came to me in order to say they hearti ily endorsed my question. I am convinced the government wculd have desired to answer my proposed question affirmatively, and would hav* done so had it not involved other considerations, besides expressing what I believed the present government sincerely holds?that in the face of foreign complications tie interests in the future of Great Britain and the United States are inseperably intertwined. To-day's expression and endorsement we will eventuate so soon as we can frame the question in the exact terms which clearly express the feeling of the house of commons?that any trouble threatening the United States will be shared by Great Britain." Other members of the house of com monswho were interviewed on the same subject all spoke in a similar strain. Salaries of Coamy Officers. Although several new counties harve been formed since the adoption of the constitution of 1895, the salaries of tne officers of the old counties which are paid from State funds are no less than formerly, while the salaries of the officers of the new counties make an increased demand on the general fund. Comptroller General Derham Wednesday furnished the following list of the salaries paid the county auditors htr arhif?h it will s*fln iViat. t.hft rtpw counties have added an expense of $2,600: Abbeville, $700; Aiken, $700; Anderson, $700; Bamberg, $600; Barn well, $700; Beaufort $700; Berkeley, $800; Charleston, $1,800; Cherokee, $4.00; Chester. $600; Chesterfield, $500; Clarendon, $500; Colleton, $600; Darlington, $600; Dorchester, $500; Edge field, $700; Fairfield, $600; Florence, $800; Georgetown, $500; Greenville, $600; Greenwood, $600; Hampton, $500. Kerehaw, $500; Horrv, $500; Kershaw, $500; Lancaster, $500; Laurens, $600; Lexington, $500; Marion, $700; Marlboro, $500; Newberry, $600; Oconee, $500;Orangebur<r, $700;Pickens, $500; Richland, ?.600; Sumter, $700; Union, $500; Williamsburg, $500; York, $700; Saluda, $500; Spartanburg, $800. la Death Undivided. Mrs. John L. Driscoll was found dead in her room at the chamber of commerce building at Nashville, Tenn., Thursday afternoon, while her husband, in a dying condition, was seated in a chair near her. The discovery was made by a physi cian who received a note from Driscoll asking him to call at his room, stating that his wife was dead and j that he would ba dead when found, j Morphine had been taken, probably on account of ill health. Driscoll was a shorthand teacher. iho Result of ailzlng. In New York last Thursday night Kate A. Puilison, 24 years of age, a white woman, was choked to death by Lou Puilison, a negro with whom she lived as wife in a West Thirty ninth street tenement. Puilison was . insanely jealous of the woman. AN ASSAULT ON WAGNER. JUDGE TWIGGS OF GEORGIA DE SCRIBES THE MEMORABLE FIGHT. For Eleven Hours the Genu Poured Forth There Dec tractive Fir??The Fierce Aa??alt and it* Bloody Bepulge- Tribute to the Brave Men Who FellThe following is a review of an address delivered before the Confederate Veterans of Savannah recently by JudgeH. D. D. Twiggs: Judge Twiggs began his address -4-^- - J*-.?AM ^ViA ^AFov>CCC WltXX il UUVripiilUJU. Ul who uucuom around Cluirleston, and the positions of the opposing forces, the federal forces beseiging Charleston, the harbor of which was defended by Forts Sumter, Moultrie, Gregg, Battery Wagner, and other fortifications. The battery was a very strong earthwork, located on the upper end of Morris Island, the work having been constructed under the direction of the best engineers of the Confederacy. There was considerable preliminary fighting leading up to the main attack. The Federals had constructed batteries under the direction of Gen. Gilmore on the other end ot Morris Island and I were preparing to make thines decidedly uncomfortable for the Confederates. An attack on the fort on July II was repulsed with severe loss to the Federals." Col. Charles H. Olmstead and the Savannah troops participated in the defense on that occasion. Gen. W. F. Taliaferro, of Virginia, whose death tras recorded recently, was in command of the fort, and Judge Twiggs spoke feelingly of his old commander. He was assistant inspector general on the staff of which Lieut. Henry C. Cunningham and Dr. Joseph Clay Habersham of Savannah, were) also members. Besides the batteries which General Gilmore had constructed on the island, the enemy had a number of monitors and gunboats in the river, which daily shelled the fort and made things as unpleasant as possible for the Confederates. The garrison was composed of less than 1,500 men from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Geor gia. Opposing them were the enemy with over 6,000 men, forty-two large seige guns in their four land batteries, and a number of 8, 10, 12 and 15 inch guns on their monitors. rPk** /law tttqo svno tirhinli Will T1A7AY1 | xuo uaj naa wuu uauwm ???v?w* . i be forgot, Judge Twiggs said. Early in the moraine be breakfasted with Dr. Harper of Augusta, one of the surgeons, their breakfast consisted ol hard crackers and butter, the latter being considered a treat. Their meal was interrupted by a Parrott shell which buried itself in the earth out side the door and then exploded, throwing up a large amount of eartn filling the pail containing the butter with sand. It wss the beginning of the bombardment. They foresaw that the fort was to be assailed by the entire land and naval force of the ene; my. The whole seventy guns of the enemy opened, and for eleven hours the air was filled with shot and shell of every description. The Confederates replied as fast as they could but their armament was far inferior to that of the enemy, and many of their guns were soon disabled. The infantry resorted to the bombproofs, the roofs of which were almost torn away AVWIamavi filiollc uy ijllo uuiiavaub camavoxuu huu ouvu^ which fell- within the fort. The wooden buildings in the fort which had been used for officers' quarters and medical supplies were torn into splinters. It was a hot July day and the men in the bomoproofs were most uncomfortable. Gaillard's batallion from Charleston prepared to remain on the outside, sheltered under the ! wall of the parapet The blazing July sun was obscured by the clouds of smoke from the | bursting shells. Th6fort shook like a ship in the grasp of a storm. All :the heavy guns on the sea faca of the fort were scon disabled and but for the boomnroofs and the parapets the garrison would soon have been annihilated. The halliards were cut by the shot and the garrison flag fell. A. score [ of men ran for it at once. Four officer seized hold of it carried it back to the parapet and ran it up again. This j occupied some little time. Capt. Rob: ert Barnwell, seing that the flag had fallen, seized a regimental battieflag and rushed.out upon the ramparts, held it there while the garrison colors were replaced. The scene of Sergt. JasDer's exnloit at Fort Moultrie was in full view of this scene. "There was one Jasper at Moultrie," said Judge Twigg. "Theri was a scare at Wagner." Thousands o* paople at the Battery land on the housetops at Charleston watched the bombardment with eager interest When the garrison flag fell their hearts fell with it, for they feared the garrison had surrendered. When the flag was: replaced a shout went up from thousands of throats and thousands of women waved their handkerchiefs towards the men in the fort. duugo xwiggs ruuiariieu upuu me sentiment attached to a flag of one's country aroused great applause. "Had the Confederate states," he said, "adhered to the Stars and Stripes thousands would have flocked to their caus9 who remained away and other thcu3 ands would have refused to fight against it. The Stars and Stripes are again the Hag of our united country. Long may it wave over the land of the free and the home of the brave. It is the symbol of a union that will never be sundered. The people of the South are as loyal to that flag to day as are those who live to the northward." There was further applause when the speaker alluded to Fitzhugh Lee, who fought so well under the stars and bars but nobly upholding the honor nf tViA cfoTB onrl ctvnnoc at: TTo-rrona \JK tMW dUbUU MUM KUi^VS. MU T MUU* This was followed by an eloquent panegyric upon the Confederate banner. As the sun was sinking in the West the bombardment ceased, to the great relief of the garrison. The ominous pause was well understood however. The supreme moment had arrived. Having failed to reduce the fort by bombardment the enemy's entire force was to be hurled against it. The assault was about to take place. General Taliaferro had wisely taken the precaution early in the bombardment of removing the smaller guns out of the way of the enemy's shells. They weie promptly remounted and the ram ? parts manned, ana tae wnoie sea ana land face of the fort was lined with ! glistening steel. 1 The enemy evidently supposed the fort to have been practically destroyed iby the bombardment and that they; would meet with but little resistance, j While the fort had been battered be-! yond recognition almost and the heavy guns disabled, the garrison was still in good shape and in gocd spirits. The Federal column was 6,000 strong under command of General Seymour. It consisted of three brigades from the Tenth and Thirteenth army corps. The column moved forward in regi mental front led by the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts, a negro regiment commanded bv Col, Robert G. Shaw. The federals were ordered to use the bayonet only. Not a shot was fired from either side as the column advanced. There was an oppressive sil ence and the rays or the setting sun danced and shimmered along the lines | of bayonets. Th6 federals were in a short distance'of the fort when they gave a cheer and rushed upon it Immediately a deadly fire crashed forth. The fort was lit with fi ame from bastion to bastion. The 1,500 rifles and the artillery poured in a deadly fire at short range- The federal troops came gallantly on, gating against the fort likes the waves of the sea. There was a harvest of death and men fell like ripe grain before the sickle. The enemy pushed gallantly on. Hundreds crossed the ditch at the base of the fort and many leaped the parapet to be transfixed by bayonets or hurled below by the defenders. Owing to the failure of the federal commander to allow for the proximity of the creefi: near the fort. This resulted in confusion and the crowded mass offered splendid opportunity to the men in the fort, thus greatly augmenting the loss. The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Uwa IrA n VI fl ft/1 VkWAft M ft* rtAllUn-MC uru^c ajLiu. uou, uioaAiu^ i.uu wiuuiiio of the regiment behind it and the entire brigade rushed to the rear completely routed. Gen. Seymour then ordered Col. Putnam to advance to the attack with his brigade, but he refused to do so, saying that he had been ordered to remain where he was by Gen. Gilmore. Afterwards, however, he gallantly led forward his brigade without orders. They were received with terrible fire, but cross ?d the ditch, entered the fort by the southeast bastion and poured into the parapet. Another brigade was ordered to advance, but Gan. Seymour was shot down after giving the order. He repeated the order as he was being borne from the field, but it was not obeyed. A number of Hutman's men had found refuge under the parapet, followed by his officers, and called upon his men to hold their position to the last. He was shot down. He was as brave and gallant a man, said the speaker as ever marched beneath the stars and stripes. His brigade was repulsed and a terrible fire poured into it as it retreated. The T..3 AT. - 1 i-T ? I men irurencnea. in tne u^uuu reiuseu to surrender, however, and poured a destructive fire upon the defenders of the fort. Volunieers were called upon to dislodge them and several gallant officers lost their lives in loading the attack. Brigadier General Johnson Hagood fortunately arrived from Charleston with his regiment at this time and the men in the bastion, seeing they were overpowered, surrendered. The loss in the battle, Judge^ Twiggs said, was unprecedented in the: history of the war for the number engaged. The whole area in front of the fort was strewn with dead and dying. Gen. Beauregard estimated the federal loss at 3,000. There were 800 buried in front of the fort next morning. The Confederate, loss in killed and wounded was 175. Battery Wagner, Judge Twiggs said, was never captured, but was abandoned by the Confederates several months later, on account of the near approach of G-ilmore's engineering operations. "As one of the survivors of that conflict," he said. "I still believe the cause to be just. And yet the people of the North call us rebels. I do not exactly understand what they mean by the word 'rebel.' Was Robert E. ?ee a rebel? If so George Washington was a most illustrious rebel. Unsuccessful revolution, it seems, is termed rebellion. Successful revolution is termed patriotism. There is no sting left in the soldier heart of the South towards the men who fought for the North. The God of battles directed the movements of the war and made this union of states indissoluble. We have freely forgiven the boys who wore blue, the more . so as time has them like ourselves now wearers of the srrav." Both Xioved the Same Girl, Roy Gehrig of Milton. Pa., shot and perhaps fatally Will B. Davis, of St. Clair, Pa., at Millersville Wednesday and then killed himself. A note written by Gehrig and found near his body gives his explanation of the tragedy as follows: "We are dead in love with Alice Cummings and Annie Holmes, and not being able to see them, and they keeping away from us we resolved to take our lives. My name is Roy Gehrig of Milton, Pa., and the little fellow is William Davis, of St. Clair. Please notify our parents at once. We would like to be cremated, so notify our parents at once." Davis says he knows nothing of the note and denies there was any compact to commit suicide. From what can be learned it seems that Gehrig, who was introduced to the ladies by Davis, was desneratelv in love with Miss Cummings and tbat he and Davis had a dispute over her. Gehrig then, it is supposed, decided to kill Davis and then take his own life, and wrote the letter to make the alt'air look like a double suicide. They were each about 19 years old. South Carolina Leads. To those skeptics who balieva that the southern press indulges in mere idle talk when it asserts that this section is becoming a formidable rival to New England in the field of cotton ?~ r* /* T*rfl V\xerar? 4- f tia ]/%trr_ Liiauuiaubuim^ no bug w ~ ing table compiled from the latest available statistical returns: Looms. Spindles. Alabama...... 6,102 274196 Georgia 17,598 713,411 Kentucky.......... 939 80,602 Mississippi 2,092 70,602 North Carolina....23,066 941,784 South Carolina.... 37,011 1,192,156 Tennessee.......... 3,319 138,800 Virginia 4,909 152,518 ?Columbia Register. A SlgUteons Yerdlc:. At Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, in the case of Jones vs. the Nashville, s Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad j ana tne uumDeriana xeiepncne ana Telegraph company, appealed from; Bedford county, the supreme court affirmed the verdict of the jury giving the plaintiff $15,000 damages for the killing of her husband, an employe of the railroad, who was dragged from the top of a car by a low hanging telephone wire, 1 | THE NEXT PRESIDENT, | BRYAN SPEAKS AT GREENWOOD AND DUE WESTHe Was Greeted at Both Places by Immense Crowds of Pesple Who were Eager to See and Hear Him?A Gala Day for South Darollntt. Friday was Bryan day at Due West. I It might also be termed the day of days for a grander gathering of people ! of that section and the state for that matter. The occasion was the visit of Hon. W. J. Bryan, and his speech on the silver question. Everybody who could reach Due West was there. From the rough coated farmer, whose heart felt admiration of the great Nebraskan, shined forth in his face to the well groomed politician resplendent in his. silk tile and broadcloth Prince Albert was in attendance. Not only were the visitors from this state alone, but they hailed from many others, and all seemed as happy as the ideal spring day is pleasant. There was not one single episode to mar the day, and the weather was absolutely superb. Mr. Bryan arrived at Donalds from Greenwood at noon. Here a brass band from Clemson college played "Dixie," as the train came to a halt The depot and all available space surrounding it were thronged with neo pie. President Grier, of Erskine college, was on hand at the head of a commiite, and Mr. Bryan was given a most cordial greeting. On the hill leading down tc the depot were gathered vehicles of all sizes ?nd description to transport the many visitors to Due West, four miles away. It is safe to say that when the first vehicle of this enormous procession was entering Due We3t, the last was about leaving Donalds. About half way between the two places a cavalry cavalcade of about one hundred young men, well mounted, met the carriage in which Mr. Bryan was riding and became an escort of honor. Due West had put on a gala appearance. From the first house reached to the last, all were decoration and the populace were decked out in their best bib and tucxer. Mr. Bryan was driven to the home of Prof. B. Y. Pressley, where he dined with other distinguished guests of the party. All the hotels and boarding houses, and there are many in this college town, were running to their greatest capacity to feed the crowds, and thcsa not sufficiently distinguished to receive a special invitation, found food in abundance at the hostelries. The speaking was scheduled to take place in the magnificent auditorium of Erskine at 3 o'clock. The large hall was packed when the appointed hour arrived, but Mr. Bryan did not make his appearance until 4.30, In. the meantime, the crowd amused itself by growing larger sxd cheering the distinguished visitors as they made their appearance on the stage. When Mr. Bryan made his appearance the applause was tumultuous, and it was some minutes before President Grier could command order. The auditorium, which seats normally 1,600 people, was packed with fully 2,500, and everyone of them, man, woman and child, was making all the din possible. When quiet was finally restored tiie exercises were openedl with a prayer by Rev. Mr. Daniel of J Abbeville. President Grier then ad-J vanced to the front of the stage and announced this is Bryan day at Erskine, and stated that a pleasure and honor was conferred on the college by the visit of a man whose name and fame grow brighter as they are subjected to the searchlights of public criticism. Prof. Grier then introduced Governor Ellerbe as a man, who was honest, fearless and intelligent. Gov. Ellerbe then in a very neat and enthusiastic address presented Mr. Bryan to the audience. Mr. Bryan spoke for two hours, and nrnvfid himsfllf a thnrnnorh mnoto* bimetallism in all its many branches. Only once or twice did lie attempt any tiling like oratorical fights, but -when he did the audience responded promptly to the eloquent words and thrilling action of the orator. Mr. Bryan's voice is in very bad shape. He has made speeches on an average of two a Hay for the last four or five weeks, and It is safe to say that he has delivered < more addresses in the past year than any other public speaker in a lifetime. As a result his throat is quite weak and he cannot attempt the grand bursts that characterized his canvass for the presidency. In a calm tone, raised just a little above the conversational, he delivered yesterday's ad dress, interest was intense at all times on account of the simple manner in which difficult subjects were handled and the earnestness of the speaker. Mr. Bryan began by thanking the people for their attendance and said he was particularly delighted to speak to so many of the student body, as when once a student was converted he immediately became an apostle and would preach the doctrine lucidly at every opportunity. In ordinary times, the speaker said, the money question was in his opinion paramount to all ethers. In times of danger the safety of the nation takes precedence. He mbn weni mio ine suDieci; 01 nis ais course. Bimetallism, he said, was the old historic standard of value that had come down through the ages since money had been adopted as a medium of exchange. Gold monometallism is only an experiment and has proved a disastrous one for this country. Bimetallism is the only economic principle that has never been denounced by any political party until the bolting Democrats of 1896 declared that gold was the only hope of the country and that party received less thin 1 per cent. of votes of this country. It carried only one precinct in the United States, and that was one in western Ksnsas where there were six votes. All three of the great parties, Democratic, Republican ana Populist had always advocated bimetallism; therefore it must be the choice of the people of this country. The democratic defeat rtf 1SQR was o /lofoaf r\f Kimolsd lism because the republicans promised to endeavor to establish it by international agreement, and the election of Mr. McKinley only meant that the people were -willing to defer a straightout fight fo? four years in the hope that it could be obtained in this way. Mr. Bryan next explained the claims of different people that silver had Deen ^demonetized in 1834 and in 1851, and demonstrated that the law of 1834 merely let up on the coinage of silver dollars, but kept up the coinage of the smaller denominations and at that i time they were full legal tender. The j act of '51 merely changed the ratio from 15 2 4 to 16 to 1. That the desire for bimetallism was not confined to this country alone, Mr. Bryan proved by the records of the lower house of tne German legisla ture, which had passed a resolution declaring for bimetallism, a convention of agriculturalists in France had done the same thing and the house of commons in England passed a resolu tion ui sing on the government the ne cessity of making some contract with the American bimetallic commission which was then in that country. Mr. Bryan then rehearsed his argument about leaving the financial fate of this country in the hands of British financiers and ended with an eloquent peroration purging all to study the vital question, and having once been con verted, to war for it on all occasions. Pandemonium broke forth as Mr. Bryan retired. People stood on chairs, waved hats, umbrellas, flags and cheered until the sides of the auditorium fairly shook. Pr esid ent Grier next in trod ucc d Senator MeLsurin, who paid a glowing tribute to Due West's educational in smunons ana tne "next president of the United States, William Jennings Bryan." Possibly the most pleasing and interesting episode of the day was the presentation of a bunch of beautiful lillies to Mr. Bryan by the graduating class of the Female college. To make the presentation address the young ladies selected Congressman Leutz of Ohio. Mr. Leutz represents Mr. Mc Kinley's congressional district, and in his address he recited these facts and ended by declaiing that it was only right for the present president's representative in congress to present the next president with flowers. During the evening Mr. Bryan was tendered a banquet by the faculties of the three colleges and leading citizens of Due West On his way to Due West Mr. Bryan stopped over at Greenwood and made a speech to a large crowd. WHJkT IT.WILL BUY. Whtt President McKIflley Will Do With the Emergency Fund, The fifty million dollars which Congress voted to make the country ready for war would not ?0 far toward defraying expenses of a struggle with Spain. -The Cuban war has already cost Spain $^0,000,000. President Lincoln got an appropriation $400,000,000 at the outbreak of hostilities between the noith and south. President McKinley would probably spend, or contract to spend, this initial $50,000,000 as follows: For warships now in the market: Norway's Torkensjold, $1,000,000; Norway's Harold Haarjogre, $1,000,00C; Brazil's Marshal Floriano, $1,500,000; Soiranga, $1,500,000; '.fimbria, $400,000; Almirs nte Simpson, $400,000; Amazonas, 000,000; Amaz anas' sistarship, unnamed, $2,000,000; two" iirmampd .Tananrisfi ahim at P.inimr?'c and at San Francisco, $3,000,000 each; four hundred men per ship, provisioned and accoutred for six months, $3,600,000; arming and manning merchantmen, $2,000,000; ship ammunition and project!] as, $1,000,000. Total for the navy, $21,800,000. The initial expenditures for the army, supposing 100,000 National Guardsmen would be called out, would be as follows: For 100,000 improved rifles (present make of rifla no match tor Spain's) $1,750,000; rations, contract for six months, $1,800,000;uniforms, $1,750,000: ammunition for six months, $2,000,000; machine guns, $1,000,000; initial expenses of mobilization, $500,000; additional employes in war department, $500,000; pay of army, $10,000,000. Total for the army, $19,300,000. For coast defenses: New guns and mortars, their emplacements and carriages, $2,000,000; ammunition and projectiles, $1,000,000; submarine mines, torpedoes, cables and chains, $1,000,000; -ia aaa 1 paj lur jlv/,vw auuxuuuiu ijucix iur manning batteries, and miscellaneous and emergency expenses, $4,900,000, On the outbreak of actual hostilities the president would undoubtedly ask for $200,000,000 or $400,000,000 more. Jcutlce at ?.aat. The Newberry Voice of the People says: "President McKinley has approved the Newberry College claim and there is great rejoicing here in consequence of the good news. The college boys have been given an entire day in which to give vent to their ' feelings over the victory of Latimer and Tillman, and they are enjoying themselves as only college boys can. in our eauoriai last wees, we snouia have made mention of the fact that Senator Tillman stood shoulder to shoulder with Congressman Latimer in his fight for this claim. We regret the unintentional omission, and take pleasure in giving our farmer Senator due credit." Aa Interest May Dictate. A Washington dispatch says it is understood there that Senator Tillman is interested to a certain extent in the gubernational aspirations of his personal friend, R B Watson, of Edgefield, and if he was called upon to select the nominee, it would probably be Mr. Watson. Representative Latimer and some of the other members or the delegation are disposed to look with favor upon Governor Ellerbe for a sscond term, on the ground that he has tried to give the State an honest, straightforward business-like administration. Big Gang For Pensacola. Five carloads of war materials for Galveston and three big ten inch guns bound for Pensacola passed through Atlanta. Friday night, in the Galveston consignment were four steel mortars wighing 117,000 pounds and two carloads of gunpowder. The big guns for Pensacola weighed 67,000 pounds each. All of the way-bills for these instruments of war are marked rush. Might bo Settlea by War. In conversation Thursday at Augusta, G-a., Mr. Bryan declared that the cause of bimetallism was growing stronger. Should there be war it would be overshadowed for the time being, for war overshadows all other questions, but war might result in settling the money question, Killed by a Burglar. William 0. Hutchins, one of the best known manufacturing jewelers in the east, was shot and killed by a burglar, Wednesday night at iris home in Providence j R. L SPANIARDS READY TO FIGHTTroops Arrive in Havana Amid the Boar and Hiss of Bockcts. By the hiss and roar of rocke.'3 and military music Havana was awakened Sunday and at sunrise the harbor was alive with craft, rummoned by signals flying at Morro castle, announcing the arrival of another ship. It turned out to be not the expected cruiser Cristobal Colon, but Alfonso XIII, of the Spanish line, and on her decks thronged 1,500 soldiers from Spain. As she moved to her anchorage tugs shot out from tha piers with bands on board and rocket batteries afloat and ashore roared a welcome to the new regiments which Spain pours into the western world to the wonder of all natiors. On the tug which circled the Alfonso XIII were bands playing patriotic airs and the soldiers | zeplied with a mighty cheer as the ship crept by the trim crusiers, the Viscaya and the Oquendo and across the smooth water from Morro. Cabanas and the weakening city floated the music of the bugles and the far off cheers with which Havana greeted her friends in need. Rockets and batteries for an hour were never silent, and bugles sang accompaniment to the steeple bells ashore. The arrival ^ t xT a 2-/L. at * ui mo opaxusu war-smp ^.liiurante Oquendo, while the Spanish population was still rejoicing over the coming of the Viscaya, has given the Spaniards an exaggerated notion of Spain's naval power. The tendency is to cause a feeling that -war with the United States -would not b9 so serious for Spain. The idea may seem ridiculous in the states, yet the existence of this belief among a large element of the population of Havana should not be ignored. These Spanish warships encourage the notion that the result of the Maine inquiry is a subject of indifference to the Spanish government SStltcn Appointed Marshal. CapL Lawson D. Melton, of Columbia, S. C., has been appointed United States Marshal for South Carolina by President McKinley. For the past month many names were considered bv the authorities in Washington, but candidate by candidate was struck off until onlv G-. I. Cunningham and Chairman Tolbert of the Republican State committee were left Then it was that Young Tolbert applied, his father withdawing in his favor. Mr. Tolbert, JVs., application was endorsed by his father and Colonel Wallace, and it was thought that their influence could get the appointment and save Mr. Cunningham from picking the plum. AS this juncture Captain Melton's name was suggested as a compromise, and be got the plum. Melton is a Lily White Republican. Tried to Get Oat. An attempt at a break in the prison at Michigan City, Ind., Thursday night by 300 convicts, led by William Sauerwine, a 14-year man from Virgo county, was made while the convicts were at supper. Captain Barnard had charge cf the dining room when Suerwine, followed by 200 convicts, who began to fire the large coffee cups at the guards. By accident Night Man Anderson happened to be on the scene, seeing the situation, drew his gun and fired, hitting Sauerwine and another leader named Suber. The leaders being quelled by the shots quieted the other convicts and they " T L 1 were auuii unuur cuairui. it, is thought the two wounded men will die. A Spanish Butchery. On the 31st of October, 1873, the steamer Yirginius, sailing under American colors and carrying a United States registry, was captured on the i high seas by the Tornado, a Spanish 1 war vessel, and. on the afternoon of ; the 1st of November taken into the : port of Santiago de Cuba. 'General ; Burrill, the commandant of the city, summoned a courtmartial, and in ( spite of the protests of the American consul, condemned to death at the ' first sitting four of the passengers. ; They were shot on the morning of the ill /N il . Mil / 1 4sil unme vtn tweive more passengers were executed, and on the 8th j Captain Fry and his entire crew num- ; baring 36, making the total number of executions 53. Grood Advlca. The Carolina Spartan is not a Jingo. It takes a calm, level-headed view of ' the situation and gives this sensible ad- 1 vice to the farmers o? the South: "If war should come the South will b8 in a bad way. The people will have do meal ana bread st iffs to spare. They do not manufacture the munitions of war. Only a small portion of cotton will be required for tents. Let the cotton acreage be reduced. Plant just half as much as you had set aside for teat crop. Raise corn, meat, sorghum, potatoes and prepare the land for a large small grain crop next faU." That is good advice, whether war comes or not. The farmer who follows it will have no regrets next falL In Memory of Jefferson Davis, The stained glass window to be < placed in St Paul Episcopal church, , P m Ari/1 iy* *\4 J.ViUUUiVUW) xxl iiiCUJLUlJ UJL UQUCIOUJU Davis, will be unveiled on- Easter Sunday. Some well known clergy men will be invited to preach, and an appropriate musical programme will be rendered by the vested choir. They will bear the following inscription: "To the glory of God and the memory of Jdfarson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America. Born June 3, 1808; died December 6, 1889." The amount necessary to pay for the window has all been subscribed. What Bryan Says. When asked his opinion as regards the action of congress in placing $50,000,000 at the president's disposal for the purpose of defence in case o'. war, Bryan said: "I am glad the hcuse acted promptly and unanimously. In fact, it might have been better to have made it an hundred millions, to show the world that congress and the American people, without regard to nolitical differences, are readv to support the administration in any . action necessary for the protection of the honor and welfare of the nation." 1 Bryaa in Macon, The Hon. W. J. Bryan spoke at , Macon, Ga., Wednesday night to an audience of 5,000 persons. His reception was an enthusiastic one. Firing cannon and music by a brass band were the main features of the demonstration. T>w?io/1 If In finatn There has been a bread riot at the 1 village of Pobalderra del Valle, in the province of Zamcra, Spain. The 1 gendarmes inverted, three of whom . and two rioters were wounded before ! the disiurbanca was suspended. J; SPANISH OFFICERS DID IT. SUCH WILL BE THE DECISION OF THE COURT. Appointed ti Investigate the Gaums that Led to the Blowing Up of the Battleship i Mftino In the Harbor oi Havana Lut February. Ilie board of inquiry appointed to investigate the cause that brought about the destruction of the United States battleship Maine in the harbor of Havana has about concluded its work and is now getting ready to make its report to the proper authorities. Advices from Washington say that there need be no doubt about the character of this report It will state unequivocally that the opinion of the Court that the Maine was blown up from the outside, and that from the character of the damage done the explosive force used could have been furnished only by Spanish officers, or parsons given exceptional opportunities by some Spanish official in important place. The report will be carried to Washington personally by Judge Advocate Marix, who will submit it to Secretary Long. Then it Txrill ho m?/)a YIMJk WW M4MMV XUVJ UUWVOl IV the Maine has now reached the stage of being regarded as merely a tragic incident, which may or may not have a direct bearing on a prospective caase for war, which is regarded as inevitable if Spain's present attitude continues. Several salient points have been established by the court: First?A piece of cement found only within the "outer skin" of the Maine was blown high in the air and landed not only on the after deck of the Maine, but on the deck of the City of Washington, many feet away. Second?The outer sheathing of the Maine was found within two feet of the surface of Havana harbor?something that could not possibly have occurred had the explosion been internal in character. Third?The fact that a certain seaman who" was in the bowels of the ship at the time of the explosion was blown into the air and subsequently picked up in the water. rm_* i - * -? xrna man a sxory, wnea it 13 male public, will live in history as probably one of.the most hairbreadth escapes on record. According to the testimony he gave, corroborated by others, he was not more than three feet above the keel when the Maine went up. Of necessity he was below the magazines. He is a living document that the explosion came from the outside. Had the explosion occurred in any of the magazines he would have been blown downward. This man's testimony will occupy several pages of the report, and will furnish the most convincing evidence that the disaster was due to an external cause to those who refuse to accept a scientific deductions from physical conditions. For the banefit of those persona who want peace and nothing but peace, and who may be inclined to witifflsm Bvfln thft finding nf o reliable Court of Inquiry as Captain Sampson's, it may be explained that the character of the explosion has been determined to a mathematical certainty. Not only will the report state that a hole was found just above the keel on the port side; that a part of the port side and a greater portion of the forward deck were blown off; that her ten inch guns are lying twenty feet % way in the mud on the star board side; that all her plates from the keel to the water's edge at the deck are pushed up; that the powder magazines and shell rooms are intact; that her bottom is all gone, and that the boilers did not explode, but it will also contain the following statements: First?The disaster in Havana harbor was due to the explosion of a tabmarine mine. Second that this mine was planted ay officials of the Spanish Government ana expiociea oy Bpanisn officials in Havana. Third?That the Maine was purposely moored in the vicinity of this mine, and the explosion was evidently timed when the Mains ihould, through the influence of wind and tide, lay directly over it. Fourth?That traces of a sub-marine mine were discovered. Fifth?That Lieutenant F. W. Jenkins, who was killed in the disaster, had discovered a shore connection with mine located in the harbor. It may now authoritatively be stated that the recent hasty preparations for war, including .the appropriation of the $50,000,000 national defence fund, were not inspired by Spain's desire to have Consul-General Lee recalled nor by Spain's desire to have merchant vessels transport the relief supplies, but because President McKinley had been informed officially by Captains Sigsbee and Sampson and Lieutenant Commander Marix of all the damning evidence, J ' T 1 i. 1 1 ovary uiver oeiore ne went ueiuw was carefully instructed as to the construction of the Maine. Diagrams : ana blue prints were utilized in imparting this information. The Maine was built with a certain number of frames extending in an elliptical shapefrom the keeL The ellipses varied in size from the prow and stern to the point where the ship has its gzatest beam. The sheathing was in plates of known dimension*. The diver, by measuring the size of the plate with which his hand came in contact, could tell to an absolute certainty where this plate had originally belonged. Thus, despite the mud covering the bottom cf Havana harbor, and the darkness of the water which prevented any ocular inspection, the seizi of the hole blown in the side of the Maine and its location have been accurately determined. A 4X2.UmQIOf VUmCBSQIf A special to The State says the negro, Charles Williams, who was suspected of the murder of Mr. Lse, near Carter's Crossing, and so narrowly escaped being lynched when arrested, has broken down and confessed the crime. It was thought that he had an accomplice and so stated, but now he says that he alone is responsible for the crime. Throngh a B arcing TetuUe, A mixed train on the East and West railroad, running from Cartersville, Ga.. into Alabama, went through a burning trestle near Rig land, Ala., Thursday morning. The engine and five cars went through the trestle. Enginear Spencer Phillips waa instantly filled.