The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, March 23, 1898, Image 1

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~ ' H VOL. LEL WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 23, 1898. NO. 33. ODE AVAILABLE NAVY [ 1 DESTRUCTIVE ENGINES THAT WOULD DO UP SPAIN. Ao Intending Article on the Condition ol the Ships of the United States Nary sad Where They Are at Present. For reasons, which scarcely require detailed statement, man y of our peo0 pie are much interested in the subject $yhe present condition and position ojghe United States navy, and not a 'fen persons among us who are much given to discussing the question of its fighting- capacity would be pleased, we arc sure, to be able to discuss it with information, as well as with au -crr? ?A fv,a TCow uuwiitjr^ f? g aio luuvtraou m/ ?**w *w?? York SunfTra complete roster of the available<*rriors of the deep, large and small, with sis complete a description of each as can conveniently be given in the circumstances of a general review. To begin with there are in North Atlantic and Gulf waters alone eleven armor dads. They are as follows: The battleship Iowa, of 11,410 tons, with 14 inches of armor on her sides and 15 on her turrets, four 12-inch, eight 8 -inch, and six 4-inch guns, with 28 *'smaller pieces." The battleships Indiana and Massachusetts, of 10,288 tons, 18-inch svmor on the sides and 17-inch on the barbettes,carrying four 13-inch, eight 8-inch, and four 6 inch guns, with 30 secondary pieces. The Texas, 8,815 tons, with 12-inch armor over all, carrying two 12-inch and six 6-inch guns, and 24 smaller pieces. ? The armored "cruisers" are the Brooklyn of 9,271 tons, and a speed of 2L9 knots, with 53 inch turret and 3 inch side armor, carrying 8 8-inch, twelve 5-inch and twenty smaller guns; and the New York, of 8,200 tons, 21 knots, &i-inch turret, and 4-inch side armor, carrying six 8 inch, twelve 4-inch and sixteen smaller guns. The monitors are the Puritan of 6,060 <ons, with 14inch armor, carrying four 12-inch, six 4-inch and twelve smaller guns; the Amphitnts, the Terror and the __ Miantonoma^ of 3,990 tens each, carf lying 11^ inch barbette or turret armor and an average of 7-inch side armor, with four 10-inch and eight secondary guns, the Amphitrite carrying in addition two 4 iach guns. Besides xi ii? uicsc won is uuc na{wi i?in?tmi iwu Katahdfn, of 2,155 tons,carrying only four 6 pounders, for the entertainment of torpedo boats, and relying on her formidable underwater "beak" as her aggressive weapon. The total is, three battleships of the first class, one of the second class, four monitors, two armored cruisers and a ram. The unarmored vessels in Atlantic waters include the Columbia and the Minneapolis, of 7,375 ions, "with nine main ' battery guns" the Cincinnati. 3,213 tons, with eleven such guns; the Detroi^Marblehead and Montgomery, of 2,089 tons, and nine or ten guns each. The Lancaster, 3,250 tons, is l wooden, bui has "a good modern batB ^ *ery," The gunboat including train" ing ships, are the Wilmington, 1,392 tons ana eight guns; the Nashville, ^^,371 tons and eight guns; the AnnaVicksborp and Newport, 1,000 six guns; their sister Eixip, Wljunceton, which is to be launchHTthis month; the Castine and MachW^ias, 1,177 tons and eight guns each; the pneumatic dynamite boat Vesuvius, and tile dispatch boats, Dolphin, , 1,485 tons, and Fern. Work is hurrying on the Chicago, 4,500 tons, and the Atlanta 3,000. The torpedo fleet includes the Cashing, Ericsson, Porter, Dupont, Foofce, Rodgers, Winslow, Talbotj -Q-win, MacKenzia, McKee and Stiletto. "In this list are some not yet in commission, but none the less certainly to be counted on, while serorafctfhers are not far from. completion;7* The Pacz&cs<^UKironinclude3three ironclads, of which the Oregon, a sis ter of the Indian^ is a first class battleship, whitethe monitor Monterey, 4,084 tans; carries 13 inch armor and two 12-inch, two 10-inch and twelve smaller gun< and theMonadnock is a sister oftne ioiSidable Amphitrite. The unarmored ships now in commission include the Baltimore, of 4,413 tons, and four 8-inch and six 6-inch main battery guns, and the gun boats ft Bennington, 1,710 tons,and six 6-inch guns, and the Wheeling and the Marietta, 1.000 tons and six 4 inch guns. There are also useful old-time ships, like the Adams, Alert and Mohican, and there are more modern ones un der repair. On the "Asiatic Station" there are the flag ship Olympia, 5,870 tons, and four 8-inch, tan 5-inch, and 24 smaller guns; the Raleigh, a sister ship of the Cincinnati; the Boston, ef 3,000 tons and two 8-inch, six 6-inch and 12 smaller guns; the Concord, a sister ship of the Bennington, and the Pet rel, a little gunboat of 892 tons and four & inch and seven smaller guns, besides the old Monocacy. On the European Station are the San Francisco, 4,098 tons and twelve 6-inch guns; the Helena, ? sister of the Wilmington, and the Bancroft, Sim* X J A !..k nnno Qnmo Si O vuua ttttU 1UUX *??' gmn, kuuic famitiar names will be missed from the foregoing list, but their owners have not been overlooked. The list is . of vessels now available. There are to be added to it as available in the very near future the cruisers Charleston, 3,730 tons and eight main battery gun*, the Newark, 4,098 tons anc twelve guns; the Philadelphia, 4,324 4Pos and twelve guns and the Yorkt^jn, 1,710 tons and six 6-inch guns. JSinere are also several old style cruising vessels, like the Essex and the Alliance, while some powerful navy tugs could be made useful." The two great battleships Kearsarge and Kentucky are not counted, because, while they will be launched this month, a long time will be required for their completion. Such, says the Bun in conclusion, is "our availaDle naval force, which each day increases by hurrying forward the ships fitting out or under rejrair, and the torpedo boats building, and the regular navy cculd be largely reinforced from the mercantile steam marine. Certain large and swift ves seia engage in LUU trcmaauaufcic passenger service, it will be remembered, are designed for speedy conversion into fighting or cruising craft, and are subject to Government service on demand; they are probably the "mercantile" steamers ih9 Sun had in view. To the Sun's long list of "av&il'* ables" is to be added, finally, the two fine unarmored cruisers Amazonas and Admiral Abreuail, just bought from the Brazilian Government, and the former of which is ready for immediate service. As described she is of 3,600 tons displacement, and carries si" 6-inch guns and a number of smaller pieces. It is a tremendous war power that is represented by all these costly and formidable fighling machines, and we are assured that "it is much more than a match for Spain's besides having the incomparale advantage of a base on the Cuban side of the Atlantic." THE STORY OF A COLD NIGHT, The 21lBh?p thkt Bel ell Two Ardent Yocsg I> overs. "TalkiDg about the cold snap reminds me of a funny thing that happened out our way," said the little man with a bad cigar as he tilted back his chair and pat nis feet on the steam coil. "You see, it was this way?but may*** you fellows don't want to hear this story,r he went on as he glanced around suspiciously at the crowd. A chorus of approval moved him to proceed. "Well, you know, I live out South in a flat, and it's the coldest flat in the world. I always thought the south side was cooler than any place else, but any how this house I live in is a corker. Why, these cold mornings I have to hurry up and drink my coffee as soon as it is poured to keep it from freezing, and the bed clothes are stuck to the bedstead every night But, as I started to say, down stairs, in the fiat below me, lives a couple who have a daughter, a fair and fascinating maiden. Now, that wouldn't be so bad, only she has a fellow who comes to see her, as usual. "Funny thing, ain't it, how these girls will? Bat, anyhow, this fellow comes to see her. And they do have an awful time saying good night. I can hear him start to go, and about an hour after that ? hear him shut the door, and he's gone. But I w?s telling you about the cold snap. It was the coldest night we had, I guess. I got sick looking at the thermometer, so I just went to bed and listened to the vrlion rvoAnla wra?f Kv 34uy?ram viaubl TTUWJUL nvuv n/7 I could hear the nails flying out of the house?say, if you fellows don't want to hear this, why, all right" Once more the crowa begged him to go on. "Well, this night, as I was saying, I heard the fellow start for the hall door, and there they stood chattingI was jost dropping to sleep when I heard a great clatter down on the front porch. Seemed as if some one was trying to kick the door in. I thought the house wa3 on Are, so I jumped up and made a break for the door. When I got down on the porch, I almost fell in a fit. "That fellow had started to kiss that girl good night, and they froze! Ye&, sir; fact! He was sort of a slow fellow anyhow, I guess, and he took 4-*\. ort trrliavt Via fviorl Ift 1MB mito bV id) OV n JJiUXi. uu IUAVM ?v break away he found their lips were frcza together, and he kicked on the door for help. Well, sir, we had to get salt and ice water to get 'em loose, and he ain't been up there since. Funny thing, wasn't it?" and. he glanced about him. But the crowd of listeners gazed on him sorrowfully, and silently and reverently withdrew. AGAINST WAR, HE SAYS. Farmer Attache of the Spanish Legation Calks of MeKlnley. Lieutenant Commander Sobral, forwi?* offa/iVia nf Qnanish Id. uaTdi mvMvuv v* vuv gation at Washington, in an interviaw at Barcelona on his arrival there, is qaoted as say in e: he is convinced that President McKinley, who is a correct president, and the government of the United S&tes do not wish war "and will resist to the utmost the intrigues of the war party." Continuing, Lieutenant Sobral remarked: " "Thoughtful Americans also oppose war, which is solely desired by the adventurers and agitators who compose the jingo party. The majority of of the house of representatives is composed of men without prestiege and of little education, who-regard politics as a trade and who would have already voted the jingo proposals if they had not encountered the strength of character of President McKinley whose authority is dictatorial. The serious opinion of the country, composed business men dreads war with Spain, which they believe would be a veritable misfortune, as shown by the fact that the new Spanish squadron had /AM A tMAMAAVI molaiie naruijr sunbcu. xur niuciiuiu when a panic seized all commercial and industrial centres "The jingo campaign is fomented chiefly by two American daily newspapers, whose insolvent language is a positive shame to Americans. "It is evident that the United States intends Spain shall be the actual declearer of war." Lieutenant Sobral added: "If the Spanish government decides to issue a national loan and build a squadron, the patriotism olJSpaniards residing in America will impel them to subscribe a third of the amount and they will give their money without regard to the issue price and without considering the conditions of the law" Big Mistakes. Preachers who get sour and cold when things do not go to suit them, make a big mistake. People who iea\e their politeness at home when they travel on railway trains, make a big mistake. Young men who think they know it all, and that father and mother don't know anything, make a big mistake. Fathers who whip their beys for doing on the sly what they themselves are doing openly, make a big mistake. Men who are afraid to give their wives a word of praise, for fear it will spoil them, make a big mistake. Young people who put off becomling Christians because they think ETA ? ~ ^ U A uicv nave ou jroara wj uu it lu, uu.an.u a big mistake. Farmers who feed their pigs and cattle good corn, and pay no attention to what kind orbooks and papers their children are reading, make a big mistake. People who expect to get to heaven just because they have s&aken hands with preachers and had their names enrolled on the church book, make a big mistake. Parents who want their children to keep out of the church until they are old enough to understand all the doctrines and decide for themselves, make a bie mistake. Projectiles for Spain. A dispatch from Birmicgh&m, England, says the Kynochs Company has already dispatched part of a large Spanish order for special projectiles, standing 4i feet high, the largest ever j made by the Kynochs. J TILLMAN IN BALTIMORE. HE DELIVERS AN ADDRESS TO A LARGE CROWD. H? Firea Hot Shot Is to the Gold Men and Tells the Maryland Democrats Plain Troths About Their Condition?He Scores the Bepabllcans* "There is one thing," said Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, of South Carolina, while addressing a Targe and enafr "Rniwfi'R TTall buuax?<jviv? cbw.vtiv.u.x/w MW M _____ recently under the auspices of the Democratic Committee of ;98, "in which we can join hands with our goldbug friends, and that is in defense of the national honor. '*It is gratifying to me that I was able to do consistently a few days ago; in the United States Senate an act in which Democrats, Populists, BepubJi cans, goldbugs and silver men all joined together enthusiastically, and shat was in voting an appropriation for national defenses. (Great applause) It illustrates, to my mind, that there is one thing that we all can join together in, and that is defending the American flag. When it comes to national honor we know no party or faction.'' (Enthusiastic applause and cries of "Youare right!") Senator Tillman's address was a characteristic one, and bristled with denunciations, which highly nleased the audience present Maj. John L Yellot. of Baltimore county, presided, and opened the meeting with a clever little speech, in which he defined the theories of free silver. When Senator Tillman came to the front of the stage he was greeted with long and loud ap plause. He said, in part: "You have beard much abuse of me througn the capitalistic press, and no doubt think me a strange article. Bat the people often love men for the enemies they have made. 1 have received a little fres advertising from the goldbug dailies. But what of that? If you trace back our country's history you will find that there wera other public men entitled to the recollection1 of the American people who were also abused by an opposition press. Jefferson was the target of the abuse of plutocratic papers, and so was Jackson, and so was Lincoln. But, although they were denonunced by newspapers, the people rallied to their support. You are also ignorant of me as I am in reality, as well as you are of the true merit of free silver, because you have o cnytsvlo nonrcnorscsv 4VI tliic /?|?TT fo advocate free silver, and that stands for Democratic principles. You are blindfolded, because you are kept in ignorance by the goldbug press. They keep you in ignorance and then ask you to vote their tick?t intelligently. I come before you as die apostle of the only Demoracy. <;I am the apostle of the new Democracy and of that party which has issued a new Declaration of Independence. You must study the financial questions of the hour and enlighten yourselves if you would be free. Sophistry and falsehood is now your daily food as furnished in the daily press. In 1896 the Democracy of Maryland, as ruled by your bosses, contented itself with adopting a gold standard platform and sent a delegation to the Chicago Convention. But when William Jennings Bryan was nominated by that convention the course of some of your leaders was not an honest one, ar.d you were stabbed in the house of your friends. Last summer you did poorly because the party straddled. And you were defeated, as you deserved to be. "No man is fit to lead a people unless he is disposed to be honest with his followers. The question of the hour is whether the psople or money shall rule. (Applause.) It is plutocracy or Democracy or genuine Republicanism. The opponents of free silver want dear dollars and cheap men, (Applause.) They denounce the new Democracy as anarchy. ''A nrl -irflf; fhft f?rvnditinn nf tTva work ing people of this country today is a more galling servitude than that of the black slave of ante-bellum days. Tiie negroes of the old South were better off than are the miners of Pennsylvania today. The so-called Cleveland ideas of Damocracy mean five white slaves for every black one that used to exist. (A.pplause.) You have been bamboozled by the politicians for years, because the leaders of both parties conferred and settled all policies beforehand. It made no difference which party triumohed-goldbugisxa survived. (A.pplause.) The leaders of the Democracy of Maryland now say to you that a fight can never be won on the Chicago platform. They are afraid to say anything. But I tell you that with a rejuvenated party, with new leaders, and that equality of opportunity and of money which the Chicago platform sets forth that men will rally round your standard in this State. I balieve that with a square, honest fight, on a free silver platform last year the present Legislature would ! havA hftftn fAomausa.1 "Your great dailies ali say that silver is dishonest Weil, why don't [prosperity return? Why don't the jgood times come back? Where are| they gone? (A. voice "Out West.")' Oh! no; they are not out West; they i are just nowhere. (Laughter and ap- j plause.) Why did whsrit go up$ Simply because the European crops failed. Wheat went up because the Europeans needei our wheat, and we, having more than we wanted, could se]l it to them. Nextyejir, when the European crops are all right, we shall see another condition o:l tiling. In fact, the laws of supp! y and dsmant1 govern wliAat ac w<*)l as al! mrnHiifttSL Thp laws of supply and demand govern money, don't"they? (A. voice. "01 course.") I say they do also, but the goldbugs say they don't. Those people contend that you can't make a, silver dollar out of a gold dollar. No, of course not, bscause they legislated all the value of the silver dollar. They made it a commodity, and not money. I do not, however, class all of the goldbugs as our enemies. Some of them are greedy, and the balance are ignorant. Some are wealthy, and the rest are poor as Democrats. (Applause and laughter.) How long are you men of Maryland going to listen to bosses? We are going to win out in 1900, and we want old Maryland Dack in the Democratic column. Your bosses want the offices. They don't want anything else. That is why they are alraia of what they call our radicalism. Are you going to stay away from us and listen to the bosses or not J What is money? A creation of law. It has three functions?it is a measure of value; it determines the price of other i things, and it is a legal tender for. taxes and debts. And yet the news papers tell you that gold is the only standard of value. What is intrinsic value, anyhow? It is that which is properly necessary to man's conveni- r ence and life. The goldbugs say that law has nothing to do with making a [ dollar a dollar, and yet, in 1873, they, | by law, unmade the silver dollar as a | standard of value. Sach is the inconsistency of their arguments. (Applause) McKinley will not dare to sign a coinage bill at present without ?r j.*U ~ ^ ^ pressing me uutiuu auu taxiing up Wall street. (Applause). Well, that is what they elected him for. They knew that if Bryan was elected they could not control him, and that is the reason that Mark Hanna could milk $16,000,000 out of the national banks to defeat him."?Baltimore Herald. WORSE THAN WAR. The Kalae Disaster Farniahed an Unexampled Death Boll, Never in the whole history of the United States has there been a naval catastrophe so destructive to human life as the wreck of the Maine. More brave men were killed by the destruction of the Main in Havana harbor than have perished iD any single sea fight of the Republic. The bloodiest day in our naval history was that fatal Sth cf March, 1862, when the ironmailed Merrimac came into Hampton Roads and crushed successively * the frigate CoDgress^and the sloop-of-war Uumberiana. xnougninese two snips were defended with extraordinary heroism, hurling their last defiant broadsides at their impregnable foe just as the flames and the waves overwhelmed them, the deaths on neither vessel were equal to those on the Maine. The Congress lost 130 out of a complement of 431; the Cumberland 120 out of 376. Strange as it may seem, the dead of the Maine outnumber several times over all the men who fell in the Union J fleet at Farragut's first victory of New Orleans. Thirty-seven officers and sailors gave up their lives in that fierce night battle on the Mississippi One hundred and forty-five parished 1 m the fiercer encounter of the Mobile | Bay, but ninety-three of these sank at i their posts with the torpedoed monitor i Tesumseh. Oniy 20 fell in Admiral Porter's first attack on Fort Fisher, on December 24 and 25,1864, and 82 was the total loss of the fleet in the second and victorious combat. Not only is the death roil of the Maine greater than that of any sea battle which the United States has fought, but it is greater than that of any battle save one of the British navy in the past hundred years. The British loss was somewhat larger at Trafalgar, reckoning the casualties of the entire fleet, but no single ship suffered more than a fraction of the less which the Maine sustained by this terrible explosion. . Nelson's flagship, the Victory, was under fire for five hours, and was reduced to a mere wreck, but her killed were onlv 57 out of a full crew of 600. At the battle of the Nile the Bellerophon, which was mcst cut up of all of Nelson's ships, lost 49 men'out of 584, and the whole fleet lost 213. Jervis won his Earldom at Cape Vincent with a loss of 73men, and 203 fell on the British side at Camperdown. HOW WAR IS DECLARED. The Ooda of Nations, as Soma Diplomats Understand It, ''How is war declared?" some one asked a statesman this week. "Usual! ly by a cannon shot," was the reply. | This country did go to war once by | adopting a resolution. Most of the fighting had begun without legislative m.oliminoniDt Tha miril tera? rrnonor? [ with the firing on Fort Sumter. Just J how the war with Spain will begin, if | there is one, cannot ba forecast from anything in the rules of Congress. It may be that war with Spain has already started. That will be known when the court of inquiry on the Maine reports. If the ship was destroyed by a torpedo, that was an act of war, whether Blanco knew the torpedo was to be dragged against the bow of the ship or not. If only half a aoz3n Spanish officers were in the A AM/MVtA /N# /I Ml */?. JJ1UU <*11U. tp\J YT but? OJJ.giJU.vj Ml UWOU.UV | i lion to its placs, Spain has committed j the over act of war just as much as if a gun squad had wheeled one of the big guns of Morro Castle into position and sent a shell into the magazine of the MaineAll that the court must do is to report to the President that the Maine did not blow up, but was blown up. T&at will mean the war has started. Uncle Sam must get ready to fight Xne chip has been knocked from his shoulders. There is noihing for him to do but to come back at Jits enemy. If there is to ba any parleying, it must come from Spain. That country can offer defence, or explanation, or indemnity, or reparation. If Spain does nothing after the court reports that the Maine was blown up, a return blow must bs struck by the United States and as quickly as the ships can move. Such is the code o! nations, as some of the best diplomats at Washington understand it. Harrowing Fall Grain. "RTanrTr Sf-otxrsvf l years ago I was obliged to run an 'Acme" pulverizing harrow clod crusher and levelei across a field that had been sown with wheat. The harrow had to be taken to a distant field for spring work, and as it was unavoidable I ran it across the field. I thought the wheat would be killed, but it was not, bat on the contrary the path of the harrow was soon as green again as the rest of the field, aud in a short time became conspicuously greener, and the mark of the harrow was visible until harvest, when the straw was some inches taller, and much more heavily filled with grain. This accidental experience "? 1 - xl- -i- T -11 iea me jne next year to narrjw aii my winter grain in the spring, with the same desirable result. They Will Fight. "The Southern people to a man," says the Topeka, Kan, Capital, "will, if necessary, embark their last life and their last dollar for the cause of the Union. Tnere is no doubt of it. The Southern people showed in the rebellion their ability to suffer and die for a cause they believe in. When they are right they are an invaluable element 01 tne p *)pie ana oa t ie question of the Union they are and always will be right." Five Now Dry DocXs. The naval committee of tha House has agreed to provide for the contraction of five dry docks. The docks are ] to be located at Boston, Portsmouth, | N. H., Algiers, La., Mare Island, Cal. I ana League Island, Pa. / OLDTIME NAVAL TRAGEDY. EXPLOSION OF THE PEACEMAKER ON POTOMAC RIVER MANY YEARS AGO. Tfcc Secretaries of the Navy and State acd Othev Eminent Persons Were Instantly Kllled-SIan:r Others Wonnded?A Call for the President. The destruction of the warship Maine recalls a fearful tragedy in United States naval history, in which the secretaries cf state and navy and other eminent persons were instantly killed, many were wounded, and the president and several prominent statesmen and high officials had extremely narrow escapes from death. This catastrophe occurred 54 years ago. on the afternoon of February 28,1844, on board the United States W2r steamer Princeton, Commodore Stockton, on the Potomac river, about 15 miles below Washington. It was the Peacemaker, one of the larger guns of the ship's armament, a new, and to the commander, a favorite piece of ordnance. The steamer itself had just been constructed at Pniladelphia, according to improved plans enthusiastically advocated by Commodore Stockton, who ^iad also superintended the casting o{ the guns?on a new principle and cf great size and power. These gups had been thoroughly tested for several days previously, and so far proved all that was claimed for them. To exhibit the superiority of these new and formidable cannon, Commodore Stockton had invited and received on board a large and brilliant company of both sexes for an excursion down the river. In this party was included President Tyler, Mrs. Robert Tyler, Miss Coop3r, John Tyler, Jr., from the Whi?e;House; a large number of officers in fall uniform; all the members of the cabinet, except Mr. Spencer; many other persons of high official rank, senators and representatives, attaches and secretaries of legation; General Almonte, minister from Mexico, etc. In all about 400 persons. When the Princeton had fairly pas S3d Fort Washington,the Peacemaker was shotted and fired; the effect of winch proved its remarkable power, ana won the admiration o: all on board. An hour afterward, by request, the piece was loaded for firing a second time. j. The gun was now pointed to leeward, and behind it stood Commodore Stockton; a little to the left of him Mr. J. Washington Tyson, assistant postmaster general. By the side of the latter, a little bshind him, stood Mr. Strickland, of Philadelphia, and a little to the right of, but behind him, Colonel Banton, of Missouri, who had a lady at his arm, and Judge S. S. Phelp3, senator from Vermont To the leeward of the gun stood Judge Upshur, the secretary of state, and Governor Gilmer, the secretary of the navy; and a short distance behind them, - Mr. Maxey, the late charge d'affaires to Belgium. By the side of him stood Hon. 'Mr. Gardiner, of New York, and Coznmodor8 Kennon, chief &\the navy bureau. On firing the gun a murderous blast succseded?the whole ship shook and reeled?and a dense cloud of smoke ClAtCIU^iU bUO QUKUO giv/uy VM HUW forecastle; but when this blew away, an awful and heartrending scene presented itself to the view of the hushed and agonized spectator?. The gun had burst at a point three or four feet from the breech, and scattered death and destruction all around. Tne lower part of the gun, from the trunnions to the breech, was blown off. Secretary Upshur was badly cut over the eye and in his legs, and expired in a few minutes. Governor Gilmer, of Virginia?under whose official directions, as secretary of the navy, the power of this great gun waa tested? was likewise mortally wounded, and soon breathed his last. Mr. Maxey had his arms and one of his legs cut off. Mr. Gardiner, of New York? 4*1*a fofViaw.in.lonr rtf Pi?ftC7r?Ant IlUO lUbULC i(*KUU^ iU Vk A JIVW1WWMV Tyler?and Commodore Kennon died in about half an hour. About a doz9n sailors were badly wounded; one was dead, and behind him, Colonel Benton, Judge Phelps and Mr. Strickland, as if dead, were entended on the deck. Mr. Tyson, of Philadelphia, near by, was unhurt, although a piecs of the gun had passed through his hat about two inches from his skulL President Tyler escaped by a close margin, he having been temporarily called back from where he stood just a moment before. Commodore Stockton, knocked down and somewhat injured, the hair of his head and face burned off, rose at once to his feet, mounted the wooden carriage, and surveyed the scene. Snrieks of woe were heard from every quarter ?death and desolation, blood and mangled remains were all around. Mavor Seaton, of Washington, had nearly as narrow escape as did th6 president; he had started to accompany Mr. Gilmer to see the cannon fired, but was delayed by a difficulty in finding his cloak and nat. The funeral procession a few days afterward was one of the most sad and imposing ever seen in Washington. It was led by Generals Scott and Jones, wi:b a splendid military escort. Among the distinguished pallbearers were Messrs. Archer, Morgan, Bolton, Totten, Worth, Gibson, Aulick, Shubrick, Crane,Towson, Kennedy,Hunt, Barnard, Fish and Kendall. All departments of the government?legislative, executive, judicial, military, ! and naval were largely represented ia tne vast ana magninceat prouussiuii, jand minute guns and toiling balls | added their voices to the general requiem. A Sacking Accident. Thursday afternoon about 6 o'clock while Mr. John B. Mayes and Miss Carrie Godfrey of Cheraw, teacher in the graded school at Newberry were out driving near Helena, a mile distant from Newberry, the horse became frightened at a box car and bolted across the railroad tracks nearby, throwing Mr. Mayes and Miss Godfrey violently to the ground. Miss Godfrey, in falling, struck her head against an iron clinker, fracturing her snull in two places, causing concussion of the brain. After Jingering until 8 p. m.? she expired. Mr. Mayes -rrrac clicrhf I-cr inliu-oH am/4 is f rvmtif. with grief. J Killed Hla Siuure. "Ojibway Joe," a Chippewa chief, who aied in Superior, Wis., not long ago, is said to have billed more Northerners than any other man in the Con| federate armies. He is said to have killed 113. He was a sharpshooter, J having joined the Confederacy ba| cause of a personal grievance against [the national government. UNDER A NEW FLAG. The Ceremony of Transferring the Cmleer Amszoms. The cruiser Amazonas, built by the Armstrongs for Brazil and purchased by the United States, was formally transferred from the Brazilian flag to the stars and stripes Friday morning at Gravesend, England. Theceremo ny was simple and dignified, and to the Brazilian officers it was somewhat pathetic. Lieut. Commander,Colwell, United S'ates naval attache, accompanied by Ensign Roberts, Assistant Engineer McMorris and Consul General Osborne, arrived on board shortly before 11 a. m. The chief officers of the coast guard and a number of custom officers, all in uniform, were already on board. Lieutenant Commander Colwell and his party were received by Commander Corres. Lieutenant Commander Colwell, saluting Commander Corres, said: "Captain, I have here a contract of sale to which you were a witness, and whereby this vessel is to be transferred to me in behalf of the United States." n ? J?r* 1 " * iv v uomiiiiumer uorresrepjiea, mrougn an interpreter, saying: ' In handing over the ship I desire to say that it is acme with the sincere friendship of Brazil." Lieutenant Commander Cclwell, saluting, replied: "In behalf of the United States I thant you for the sentiment-" In the center of a circle of officers of both nations, Lieutenant Commander Colwell then faced the Brazilian flag flying from the cruiser's stern and, as the officers bared their heads, the fliag of Brazil was hauled down at 11:10 a. mM after which, facing about with their heads still uncovered, Old Glory was run up at tne main. The United States cruiser San Francisco arrived hera at 3:30 n. m_ P&S3 ing the Amazonas, after saluting Tilbury fori, trie band played "Tiie Star Spangled Banner," with the crew standing at4'attention," PEACE AT ANY PRICE. Thla !i Said to ba ths Programme of President KcKlaley, Advices from Washington say that it is a notable fact that there is a great deal of talk around the State Department about arbitration in respect to the Maine disaster. It is further said that the more important features brought out in the investigation of the matter is known to the President, and that his mind is made up as to what that report will be. It will declare that the Maine was destroyed by external causes. The Soanish version. however, is directly opposite to this and the impression is strong that the president and his advisers are seriously contemplating letting other nations have a hand in the settlement of the differences. The president knows that such a step will meet the almost unanimous disapproval of the people of this country. He knows that such a step cannot be entered upon or acceded to except at the cost of the--nfe tional honor, and yet so anxious is ha to prevent waftSat he is listening to the siren song of the little coterie about him which is calling for psace at any price. It is pointed out to him oy the people who are the mugwumps of diplomacy that now that the Span t_ -L" j > n i__ - _ r% i 3. isn Doara, unuer v^apiain reari, declared that the destruction of the Maine must have beau due to accident, the only way to satisfy the nations of Earope to the contrary is by submitting to an international board of arbitration or inquiry, both the American and the Spanish reports. As long as Congress is in session the President is afraid to adopt the paaea-at-any-price policy, but as soon as that troublesome body adjourns ha will taie the bit in his mouth and decida the matter in accordance with tne wishes of Hanna & Co., who are willing to com promise the matter on a money basis. In the meantime the preparations for war will go on, but it will maan noth ing, except to dccaive tne people. Gov. Ellerbo to the front, Gov. Ellerbe lias the impression very decidedly thai there will be a war with Spain so when he was asked what he thougnt of tne prospects of a war with Spain, he said: "War is a very serious matter and should not at any time.ba.undartaken except for special a ad sufficient reasons. If, however, the court of inquiry decides that the Spaaish government is responsible for tha blowing up of tne Alaiae it saems to me tnat war is inevitable. Tne dastardly act of taking the lives of 256 unsuspacting Americans while quietly as leap in a friendly port siiouid not ba treated iigntly by any nation of courage. Tne conscientious course which has bean pursued Dy tne administration is to bd much commended." "If war be declared and you are called upon wiiat do you Droposa to do?" "I would order out the S;ate troops immediately. "How many men can you put out on short notice?" "1 have about 4,000 armed and equipped ^who would respond to a man and figdt a circalar sa vv to protect the honor of tbe Aerieao. flig." "Who would you putiacommand?" "If the troops of my State are put in the figCLt, I will take command myself. I have ordered Adjutant and Inspector General Watts to fully tquip every company aad to direct j tne captains to recruit their compaI nies to the number required. Chicago Names. A man of humor and statistics has discovered that the Chicago city directory coatains 1 Deadman to 26 Covins, 1 Pall, 1 Spade, 58 Ssxtons and 3 Sasdes, which seems out of proportion. An improvement is noticed in 1 Dimrow, 1 Cuss, 1 Gosh, 3 Punches, 3 Peelers and 3 Cells. Then there are 20 Bards to 30 Springs and 15 Swallows to 10 Summers. Wearing apparel is scarce. There are only 3 Caffs, 1 Corset, 1 Shirt, 4 Smocks and 1 Bonnet, and there is only 1 Bare. The provision department is represented oy 1 Butter, 3 Chick?, S EUms, 1 Egg and 17 Peppers, and fruit by 1 Orange, 19 Plums, 6 Peaches, 5 Pears, 1 Peanut and 21 Apples. Tnere are besides enough animals, wild and tame to siocs a acz2n menageries, to juoves ; aad some Goodfeliows ana 220 Siints. -I Gen. Graham la Atlan;a. Brig. Gen. William H. Graham, the commander of the new department of the South, and his chief of staff, Lieut. Adams, arrived in Atlants. Thursday. Gen, Graham will, it ia said, at once establish his headquarters, and remove the office of himsslf j aad staff from San Antonio. J IT LOOKS LIKE WAR. She Government is Getting In Shape for It. Preparations for war are being pushed by the United States government as if it regarded war with Spain as an assured fact. Special attention is being given to perfecting the coast defenses, strengthening the navy and pruviuiiig &LL CHU1IL1UUO UJL fciXO munitions of war. Orders have been issued for the manning of the newly established fortifications on the Atlantic coast from Boston to Galveston, on the gulf. The orders for the manning of the new batteries demand the utmost promptness in their execution, and it s expected that the movement of the troops to the various places assigned them is now going own. Inasmuch as the new fortifications are not provided with either quarters or barracks, it will be necessary for the troops ordered to them to go into camp and live just as they would in case of active military operations against an enemy. The new fortifications on Long Island head, at the entrance of the harbor of Boston, will bs guarded by the second artillery, now at Fort Adams, K. I. For the operation of the big guns at Sandy Hook, New York Harbor, t wo batteries now at Fort Slocum, one at Fort Hamilton, and another at Fort Wades worth, will be utilized, One battery of the first artillery at Fort Monroe will be transferred to Fort Morgan, Ala., which, in conjunction with Fort Gains, commands me entrance to Mobile bay. Another battery of first artilery will be sent to lybee island, Ga., for the protection of the mouth of the Savannah river. The garrison headquarters' band and one battery of the first artillery stationed at St. Francis Barracfcs, St. Augustine, Fia.. will be transferred to duty at Sullivan's Island, Charleston harbor. The garrison at St. fcrancis barracks will be abandoned. Battery 1 rxf conAKi^ owli 11 o*tt 1>c% act. X) U1 bUU O^V^JJLW. aLUXXXCX J J TIXXL UU Ai3 signed to duty at Fort Caswell, opposite Smith island, near Wilmington, N. C. For the better protection of the national capitol, one battery fourth artillery at Fort Monroe has been ordered to Sheridan Point, Va. This fort is nearly opposite Fort Washington, and in connection "with it commands the approach to Washington by water. The batteries of the fourth artillery, stationed at FortMcHeniy, near Baltimore, will be distributed between Fort Delaware and Fort Mott, N. J., thus providing for the protection of Philadelphia, Trenton, Camden and other cities in that vacinity.' EYiTt St. Philin. on the Missiwrimri river, just below New Orleans, will ba garrisoned by, a battery of the first artillery, now at Jackson barracks, New Orleans..1 The other battery at Jackson barracks, has been assigned ;o duty at .Fort Point, harbor of Galveston, Texas. Directions; have been given to the various arsenals and armories controlled by .the. government to increase, the'working^forca tothe fullest practicable extent with a view to hurrying the completion of existing projects. Likewise, all firms having contracts to supply the government with ordnance nave been requested to work their men night and day in order to finish the work in hand, and arrange their business with a view to increased orders. As to small arms extra ammunition. orders have been already placed -with the Union Metallic Cartridge company, of Bridgeport, Conn., and the Winchester Arms company, of New York. The following order has been issued by the War Department: A department is hereby established to be known as the department of the Gulf, to consists or the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, with headquarters at Atlanta, Ga. The order further states that Brigadier-General Wm. M. Graham is assigned to the department of the Gulf. Gen. Graham has established his headquarters at Atlanta. - Spain Would Prefer War. Th.9 Vienna Neua Freie Pressa pubiisb.es an ir-.tirview with a Spanish statesman, evidently the Marquis de Hoyos, the Spanish ambassador, who is represented as saying: *'Spain would rather have war with the United States than pay compensation for the Maine, for bv the latter coursa she would forfrit her honor through an admission of guilt, which, would erase her name from the list of civilized nations. It could not be England's interests to see the Spaniards expelled from Cuba, as there might arise at Washington an inclination to declare Canada's independence. If during a war the United States should incite 4-Ka PWillinninoo yjULU X HV IWTWiK WUUU4 revenge herself by raising revolts in the American Southern States." How Ho Gets Hla Pay* Although the Shah of Persia does not devote a penny to supporting his ambassador at Constantinople, Mirza Mahmoud Khan, his representative at at St&mboul has a handsome income, raised by means characteristically Oriental. The Snah has in Constantinople about 15,000 subjects, and these are taxed for the purpose. Mirza Mahmoud has no reason to complain of the arrangement, for by the help of half a dozen able-bodied collectors he isvurp* an of ahcmf 41 AH ftflfl A Level Headed Judge. Judge Smith, of the County Court of East Liverpool, Ohio, has not only declared that a man is justified in killing or attempting to kill another who had broken up his home and led his wife astray, but scolded the grand jury for fading an indictment in such a cis2. Henry Meininger, who was tried before Judge Smitn for shooting and wounding John Mertz, the co respondent in Meininger's di. vorce suit, was let off with a fine of $1, Methodist Claim BUI Blgced. The president has signed the biU appropriating $288,000 to be paid to the book agents of tie Methodist Episcopal Church, South, as full compensation for the property of that copora tion, used, taken away, injured, consumed or destroyed by the United States,oi its army, at Nashville, Tenn., during the war. ?lemson La Good Shape. Ciemson College has money to burn The treasurer has received $50,000 this season from the fertilizer tag tax. Ai < meeting of the trustees recently i1 was decided to appropriate $12,500 oi this surplus to the erection of a textile mill. Work will be begun on th< ! building at an early day. A STARTLING STORY. A LETTER SAID TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY WEYLERBefore the Maine Went to Havana He hed Prepared the Harbor for 8nch an Emugenej, and Hoped a Spanish Hand ironld nrniBn mmitt The New* York Journal Thursday afternoon prints a statement written by Honore F. Laine, the newspaper correspondent recently arrested and searched by Spanish officials in Cabanas prison. Habana, and later expelled from the island. This is the opening of L une's statement: (<On Jan. 24, at 10 o'clock at night I met in the Cafe Ingleterra. the headquarters of the reporters in Habana, Francisco Diaz, a reporter of the rabid Spanish paper La Union Constitutional, with whom I frequently exchanged news. On asking Dim if he had any thing to give me, he took from his pocket a letter and handed it tome, saying, "Weyier wrote this letter to flon^Ao TTTV* oawr U kjwutivu V4UAUMIU) TTUW OOUD IK HV 11UYQ (the editor of La Union Constituciona]) for him to read and write an article on the acceptance by Weyler of the candidacy of deputy to the cortes for Habana. I took this copy, which you can keep:'" The following is the alleged letter referred to above: "His Excellency, Don Fracisco de los Santos Guzman, Habana: "My Distinguished Personal and Political Friend: Since the latest events I have changed my views about the attitude which our nolitirral party in Cuba ought to assume. If I nave thought before that it was more dignified for us to abstain from the electoral contest. I believe now that it is a patriot's duty for us to go to the polls. Our success cannot be doubted; neither can our majority of voters, nor that with a programme of defense of the national honor we will have side by side with us all the lukewarm politicians, who, though Spaniards at heart,' are deceived by the inside combinations of Moret said Sagasts, and take as ssientific solutions of our colonial problems what are really dishonorable humiliations of our country before the United States. Write on your floor tho flaw rtf flnain 'Tkofflvieo ?->f J 1 w61 *** & V* 4/VlUiiSW V* National Honor,1 and I offer you. my name as your candidate. After having commanded during two years 230,000 Spanish heroes in Cuba the / title I shall be maze proud of is that of deputy from Habana at the cortes of Spain. By the way, I have read these days that the Americans are pondering about sending one of their warships to that city. Daring my command in Cuoa they did not even daze to dream about it They knew the terablepunishment that awaited them. I had Habana harbor well prepared for such an emergency. I rapidly finished the work that Martinez Campos carelessly abandoned. If the insult is made! hope that there will be "> a Spanish hand to punish it as terribly as it deserves. Eomero is in better health thanhis friends could have expected, and notwithstanding how morally tick I feel breathine this hu miliating atmosphere, is-well; also your affectionate friend and servant. Valerian? Weyler. Madrid, January 8, 1898." Laine says that he read the letter and pigeon-holed it. When the Maine arrived he called at the office of the Union Constitucional to see Diaz in an effort to secure the original of the letter. Some days after the Maine explosion Laine met Diaz, who asked nim if he remembered the letter and what its contents were about an American warship. The American correspondent replied that he did and that ne believed some one aad followed Weyler's advice. L?aine says that he has since found out that Diaz inform ed the chief of police that he (Lame) had a copy of a letter written by Wey- * ler whicn might bring trouble to the Spanish government, especially as he was an American newspaper correspondent who was associating with Captain Sigsbee, Whence his arrest on March 4. Continuing his narrative, Laine says: "I had noticed for several nights mysterious work which was being done in the fortress. On inquiring from a soldier whom I knew, wnat it was, he informed me that they were canning from the magazine of the fortress large quantities ot dynamite, which were being laid in the harbor. ' 'My inrestigauons daring my period of imprisonment were carried as far as a political prisoner could do in a Spanish fortress, but it was sufficient for me to ascertain with certainty that the quantity of dynamite placed in the harbor in different places was tiro | tons and that the wires of the mines were connected with the Cabanas fortress and the Capitania de Puerto, or marine headquarters.". Tragedy of th? Sea., The bark British Princess, from Leith to Liverpool, was towed in Lowestoff Thursday with her bows stove and her forepeak full of water, having collided at 3 o'clock that morning off Gibbard light ship with an unknown steamer. The steamer sank . within three minutes with all on board. Capt, Scott said: "The steamer simply dropped out of vision within the bnfest space of time. A member of the crew of the bark said that the force of the collision was so great that the steamer was cut in two. and as the -A- - * i 1 1-3 A. ? * A.X sieamer s crew lumDiea oat 01 uio foi8castle they simply stepped into the sea and dropped out of sight without uttering a word. There was no time 1 to discover the name of the luckless i steamer. Braci'i Bad Break. i Bragg, of Wisconsin, in a recent speech in Chicago smirched a wellearned reputation as a brave soldier by making a furious attack upon Southern Democrats, declaring that they were trying to do politically what they failed to do in battle, namely, destroy the government. Had the Southern delegates supported the Q-en1 eral for Vice President in the National convention, he would doubtless have expressed a different opinion of Southern democracy. But such is | the frailty of vain, weak, human, na' ture when "sicklied o'er with the pale 1 cast," of blighted ambition.?Spartanburg Herald. FeaiXal fioloctus. The worst fire that has occurred in - * Chicago since the cold storage waref house holocust at the World's Fair i broke out in a building, corner Wa bash avenue and Jackson boulevard J Thursday. The death list will probai bly reach fifteen and may excede that, The injured number 30.