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. '<? .'V y%-jv ' ?*'**& ' A\ % ''-X*K ?? - - . - r _ ,- . VOI^"^I^ " NO. 35. ! cAuoitfi AwnwvMnnc i CTTCD. 1 NPFD NOT FEAR FROST. I WAR TS TATFVfTA "RT.T? * A SQUARE MCKDO\Sf ^ W SUCH 15 MCKINLEY'S ACT50N rNtfHE MAINE AFFAI ** 1< . > y Th? Hook of ItapiescntatKes Meats to H?&r a Ringing Mefsag^ #Bd Adjourns in the Deepett Disgust?Ti e People Be-1 . trayed by the Fr*aldeat. " v? President McKinley has completely ji betrayed the American reop]e;?njd Senlri thpm /<ri? at it wrv Inw T)rice to ihe Spaniards. On Monday,- Natch. 28, a patriotic audience dense] j.packed the galleries the. House of Representatives at Washington to hear the President's message .concerning the destruction of the-3?alie read; on the floor below 355 nsembers of tSe American Congress ^ sj^ejes ' watching eagerly for cause that meanM.he coming of^thel message from th'e^: Gi^ief jjSjecutiye; tense interest sho%x^r: sJej^ ;<soonta-, nance. That -was'ctbe.: p^nrein the House before noonl* .&iss^e^di eiice twenty minot^ajOT^Hea.c# inaction kne^ vhaMtmeaiit. ' K "President McKin^sy has ^backed down," they said, 'The >r??s of the -.26t> gallant men of the baiCwLI^ Maine* snuffed out by treachery and perfidy in t^hac-. borof Havana, had been pla^i in the scales against the gold and silver of commerce?th e bends and stocks of Wall Street"?was the thought occur* insrto all ... I Thousands of people tried vainiy fo get admission to the . galleries. Fag, me yras marked by disgust and m some instances tears of latter vexation; ^earftras 9o'elock guards were ste-:; tzoned ^at'ther doors to prevent their being brokenr* By ILo'clock not a' . sjacant seat could iBefound, and well 3mbwn members of Congress were ^Sialrly besieged by applicants for tieth wiich would give them any view? Bfc>?SVoin 21 to 12 7?as ac bottr of susHtense. Far six weeks the American Hfeple had waited'for this day. They Bad been; weeks c? suspense and care, HSBFout never oiioiicertainty. They knew ^ff^thut SpanisK' treachery dastrpyed the 4^Maihe; they knew that it was ::he S|&hand of a Spaniard that fired the ^i.xnine, and they were waiting simply ,;fMo have all this confirmed and to hear y-i^ the decree of exact justice meted out J to Spain by the President of this na |tioiL m So when the gavel of the Speaker Jp announced the House in session it was i a minute of dramatic interest Ten< sion kejed to highest pitch riveted *S? close attentton to the scenes in the "* -T? n ?1 ? A - (1.. - Climax JUI IBIS was uuuijlu^. aa uc f pray-haired chaplain prayed fervent. ?S for peace, but also asked divine as sialance if war became necessary to ' uphold the right and to exact justice with lonor, a sympathetic response came from the waiting crowd. Then came the messenger from the White House bearing tne massage of the President and the, report of the Court of Inquiry. A faint murmur of applause traveled, wave-like, from floor to roof, but quickly subsided. It was not a time for applause. And when the reading clerk began the message from the President the deepest attention was given to every word. It was thought by this eager crowd that now would come the siory of the loss of the ship and her crew, backed with a stern demand for exact justice. As the reading progressed the audience grew restless. Men on the floor looked at one another and shook their heads. The message, in their judgment, did not have the proper ring. The message dealt entirely with the destruction of the Maine, fully en doraing every word the Board of Inquiry had said concerning it, and wound up as follows: "1 have directed that the findings of the Court of Inquiry, and the views of this Government thereupon, be communicated to the Government of her Majesty, the Qaeen Kegent, and I Co not permit myself to dcubt that the s^r.se of justice of the Spanish nation will dictate a course of action suggested by honor and the friendly relations of the two Governments. It will be the duty of the Executive to advise the Congress of the result, and in the meantime, deliberate considera w .tion is invoked." Wrhis complete back down on the Jakri of President McKinlv fell like a - wet blanket on the members as well as the two thousand patriotic Americans in the galleries. On the conclusion of the readincr. Mr. Bailey, floor leader of the Democrats, asked the Speaker if the message was to go to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. Reed replied that it must go there j under the rules. "A parliamentary inquiry, Mr. * Speaker," said Mr. McMillin, of Tennessee. "Does the chair think it will be competent to take thi3 matter up Wednesday of this week for discus sion?" y?. "it would not be proper," was the L quick response of the Speaker. I Immediately the gavel fell aid the House adiourned. The multitudes of Hdisgusted people streamed from the galleries, and the destruction of the H battleship, together with 266 members of her crew, was temporarily shelved. The Columbia Kecord says Commissioner Vance has received a letter 11*% from E. T. Morris, of Newberrv, requesting shipping permits to return W&S. his liquor to Augusta. S. Zaigler, at ' Dillon, asks also for permits to ship < his liquor back to 'he party for whom "if^ ^ agent' .''<g2S?S' . TpRPSjpO FUpTfctjt. J*t< v . Apprwich^^^ . * Pg^^^^tfcKiidev ^^^^aferred regard toth^comag/ofSfe^paiiijfii torpedo^flbtill8,; "saj's % "TOashiBgttub dispatcbl- ^rar^?ppreiie|mon is felt :-coB6eniiiig <hi?liostilg aaaSrement of ^^g^rnnieiiirjftt Madrid; and tbere [isa^sptotiaii^'toprcinptlyiQterefere witltttiA arogrewpf that fleet, j PresideDt-^bas Wen advised to ^jimSriajmcdore^chJev^with the fir -V' ' " ffifinPF^ aJlral'Y' jiff fYrirr^^? * Owing to the creation of ae)T counties it has become .necessary to reap? portion the six^-eight ^baneficianr scnoiarsmps ,ar, uu oouui uuuuua c Military Academy, and some changes have had - to be made. The matter was considered at the meeting of the board of visitors at Qharleston Monday night, and it being found that a question of fractious aroset there not being quite tw^riadetships to the conn ty, it was decided to dra w lots, and the matter waafmally settled satisfac torily cy drawing from a hat the names of the counties that would receiye only jctne schoolarship. The result was as -follows: Charleston 5, Anderson 3, jGhsoenviUe 3, Orangeburg 3, SpartanS, $eaufort2: Berkeley 2, Richian'd 2, Sumter 2, York'2, Abbeville 2, AiVcict 5? fihester 2. CTLar enciozL 2, "Kershaw X? Lancaster 1, Colleton 2, DarlingtonS, Edgefield i, Fairfield 1, La^rens l; Florence 2. Marion 2, Marlboro 2, Newberry 2f Williamsburg 1, Bamberg 1, Cherokee 1, Chesterfield 1, Greenwood 1, Georgetown 1, Hampton 1, Horry 1, Pickens 1. Total 68. THE HEARING POSTPONED. Tie Suzvey H*d Not Been Ocmple^el lor Fee Dee County. The Columbia Record says a number of nrcminent gentlemen met Governor EUerbe in the executive office Friday morning to confer with him as to the formation of the proposed new county of Pee Dee, but they were given only a partial hearing, it having developed that the surveying had not been completed. It is held by the opponents of the new county scheme Ppa TW* is fflwiPil ornnWHriff to the lines proposed there will not be left enough dirt in Marion county to meet the constitutional requirement In view of these circumstances the hearing was postponed until Saturday morning at 11 o'clock. Those who met the governor Friday morning for !the new countv were Judge J. H. Hudson, Colonel Knox Livingston, Mr. P. B. Sellers, Mr. T. W. Bouchier, Mr. J. H. Manning, Mr. D. W. McLaurin and Dr. David. Those present opposed to the scheme were Messrs. C. A. Woods, J. W. Johnson, W, J. Montgomery, J. D. Montgomery and Joseph Brunson, the surveyor. BURNT IN EFFIGYSack Was the F?te ol McKlnlty and Mark Huuts. In the western suburbs of Richmond, Va., Thursday night a crowd headed by William Hattess, a well to1 do butcher and well known Democratic worker, hanged and burned President McKinley and Senator Mark Hanna in effigy. The crowd called themselves the "Pib Hill Brigade," and during the performanca Hattess mounted a box and made a funeral oration. He criticised the President and Hanna severely, asserting that they had by their failure to call upon Spain to at once cease hostilities in Cuba,dishonored this country and the offices they hold. He was loudly cheered as he made this statement, and in order, he explained, to emphisize his disgust at the manner in which the Spanish question has been dealt with, he jerked a pistol from his pocket and opened a fusilade upon the figures, fairly riddling them with bullets. This was a signal for tne rest of the crowd to do likewise. Body Found In the Wo and. A man was found des.d in the woods near Walhalla, 8. C., last Wednesday. Near the body a value was found which contained some letters and a uhoi^grapn. wlucn were tne only evidence to identify the person. It is be lieved by some that there has been seme foul play, but the physician could find no trace of violence. The name of the unfortunate man could not be learned. The man had been dead about a month. A Burning Coal Bed. A burning coal bed, covering several square miles, from 25 to 300 feet below the surface, was found by prospectors in the western ]>art of South Dakota last week. It shows indications of having amouldeired for years. Sulphurus fume3 attracted the prospectors, who gave the subterranean fire a careful examination. Coal was found in unlimited quantities. A DECLARATION OEfP& aftl %i ?*4 AGAINST SPAIN PROPOSED f-N THE a & '^HOUSEAND SENATE- - . I M %? ' rc 'ig Jl tag.tinpjpt* ' aad.B ^coenIzlD^tbeX^JependeBc . of HJgfcTenalon. Interest in the Jl^an^ situation reached a c&niax in t^^n^&^ftates Senateton lastTaesday as onpjfcvious <daysjbf discission o&ke Cuban"--ques fipn^i^nsftn ds of : people Rocked to j tie canKoK onfra few of wiig^ -com- ; |.:ir^4^sMp.a^dTB38t of the"men ia.Jhe seraceof-t^.etr country, by ib^j^ ; plosion of asiibmamte mine ,irere viifa$y? : TOckedlyondtis^eronaly mangled and'd^ 'stroyed;and, i .- ^iere? theiihgdomof Spain has proven haself incompetent to tranquiHze the island <rt Cuba -either .by the methods of peace , yr by means of civilized warfare; and accordingly ;ha& proceeded to mal;e desolate JQnp homes' of its peaceful inhabitants, driving men, wo! men and:'children-into guarded camps, detaining them there -^without making - provision to shelter, clothe or feed theni^thus'mU fally causing their extern) matron to the number of hundreds of thousands?by the alow and tortuous process of starvation; and Whereas, against these "wrongs, againstthese revolting acts of inhumanity this gov * J 1 eminent nas ume anu mime protest to the kingdom of Spain, at the same time endeavoring by a helpful charity to relieve those whom she has brought to such dire distress, and our repeated protests haying been disregarded and our efforts of philanthropy having proved unavailing and Whereas, firmly convinced that further peaceful protest will prove equally in vain and that the xecognition of the independence of the republic of Cuba and armed intervention in its behalf by this government -will alone be effective for the redress for the past and the prevention of future wrongs, and Whereas, while regretting -the -receisity? now imperious?for such action, but mindful of our duty to a neighboring people and to humanity and with a consciousness as to the justness of our cause and that our action will meet with the approving judgment of all civilized people, new, therefore; be it Resolved, By the senate and the house of representatives, of the United 8tates of America in congress ass jmt led, that the independence of the republic of Cuba be, and the same is hereby recog:iized, and that war against the kingdom of Spain De ana me same is hereby declared, and tie President is hereby authorized and directed to employ the land and naval farces of the United States of America to wage such war to success. Mr. Mason first spoke of the condition of affairs in Cuba and the picture painted by those who had visited the island. Speaking of the destruction of the Maine, Mr. Mason said: "The battleship Maine, our gallant ship, went down and 208 of our gallant citizen sailors with her. At the'time, every citizen of the United States, familiar with the Span1j ish character, felt it was Spanish treachery, i Suppose 90 of the sailors who were murdered j had been United States senators, suppose the balance had been members of congress or made up of judges and leading professional and business men, would four weeks have elapsed before war began? And suppose each senator had a son or father there? Do we tell our children the truth when, we say tnat the life of every American citizen is of equal value before the law? They were not senators, they were sailors. Their widows and orphans cry aloud to us, the silent appeal ol 268 seamen comes to us again and again, saying, we are flesh of your flesh, bone of your bone and blood of your blood, we loved and died for the flag that shields you. What is to be our answer? Shall we answer with money? Mr. President, I speak only for myself, and I am for war. But gentlemen may say: 'Don't say you are for war?say that you are for armed intervention, which means war.' I believe in calling things by their right name. If we belive that murderinz our men, sinking our ship and lowering our flag is not cause for war, say so, and refer it, a3 they did the Virginius affair, and allow our brothers to be sold like stock fox gold. If it is a cause for war; let's assume the responsibility put upon us by the constitution, and say so, not only to Spain but tc the whole world. Let us not say one thing and mean another. For God's sake let ue not Spainize our diplomacies, but rathe: speak the truth and prove ourselves true disciples of James G. Blaine. We can hide no longer under the executive wing. He can neither declare war nor refuse it. Congress alone can declare war. I, for one, am ready to vote now. But there are those whc sayjthat the court does not fix the responsibility. It was not neccssary, the 'peace a! any price' man cannot -;scape so. The la* fixes the responsibility. The explosive was owned, located and exploded by Spain, and Snain miiot rniawar "IT shall OTmnse am plan to assist Spain to place any kind of automony on Cuba. Spai:i cannot be trustee to keep her promise, ani we cannot under take to compel her. Lei, us awake; shake of the Chinese narcotic thai, locks us in drows; indolence, murmuring 'peace at any prfce: awake as our forefathers did at Concord anc Bunker Hill; awake to glorious war agains a nation that burns homes and murders wo men and children, awake to glorious wa: that seeks to gain for us in treasure or ter ritory, but a war to drive the oppressor fron the continent, to set the Cuban Sag in th< sky forever, and a. war that -will lielp as for generations to comedy giving notice that tie honor of onr flag and the lives of our citizens must be respected among the hai'ons of the world. IN THE HOUSE. ^ - Tuesday the House quietly proceeded with the otdttvof the day?the con-' " ' t-Mlw -KT~ siderataon 01 nnvnie ollu*. upyui.I ttiniiywas afforded urider'the roles of debating the all absozxlHig topic, but members stood abo^zttth'e cloak rooms and lobbies all. day^long discussing I the situation. The n^osi intense; 'JeelJ ing was manifested- # Mter thevb^ns action of some minor matters Bepre-* sentative Marsh, of Illinois, chairman of the house committee on the militia, introduced a joint resolution declaring war between the government of Spain, afd&s dependencies and? the United f&$$rs and her territories, and that the President of the United States is here'te^uthorized to use the whole land md^aval force of the United States ^^udihg the miiitiaj and the naval ^aintiaHhereof to carry ths same into / . .. m .>' ? "j. V': ... JHELA.TE 8ENAT0REARLE. * .vv., ..v. Xhe-IIalted Etatea.Senita P#ys Tribute to \i'?. . His.Gharsctrr. 'h 2 _ 4* ft i af . Vi'V. ' . Affervliie ^i'swJsifibn o( the CufcaiL "matter in :^hi%,Uigited States Senate on an ia--: a ccor:^^"J^viot^hotice, presented re^ufio^^<^cerm_Dg the death <?f ? M??rie? Young .Girl |tr^^aa'AMamecl Name. ; A d ispa t c h. ire 12 Chariest on to The State sa# s^Hunter E. Sharp, a wellkiiD^^Hftn about town, was arrested there Thursday at the instance of Dr. J. L. Miller of Fitzgerald. The charge against Sharp is bigamy. Dr. Miller's only daughter, Bessie, came to Charleston some months ago to be treated ? ?' 1 Q1 for some irouoiewitn oer eyes onarp, under the name of W. 0. Wilson, paid , her marked attention, subsequently following her to Fitzgerald, wnere he married her on February 3. He re mained at her father's house with her for some weeks, but then without hei father's knowledge, took her to Macon and then brought her here, arriving Thursday night. The girl was sent tc a boarding house, while Sharp wenl to the St. Chartes hotel. At the board' in? house the girl was told that Sharp was already married, having a wife and two children living in Charleston. She taxed him with it at once, and then hearing that her father was in town, looking for her, she went tc him. The authorities were notified al once, and Sharp was arrested and locked up. Dr. Miller is a well-known physician in Fitzgerald and his daugh ter is a pretty girl of about 18 years oi age. , 3? Yo Waixei In lime, A letter from Mr. John S. Storrs, oj Cincinnati, 0., to the News and Cou rier should be of interest to our farm ers just at this time. Mr. Storrs believes he has informatien, from inside sources, which brings him to the coa, elusion that war will certainly come, and that it will be a long bloody and desperate one, and advises, or askt the News and Courier to do to, the Southern planters to put in more corn and decrease their cotton acreage, or the theory that all cereals will command good values, while cotton wiU . decline, in case war is declared. The ' Dorchester Democrat thinks this if ' very good advice, whether war is d& clar^d or not, as an abundant grain 1 crop, and a limited cotton crop would be beneficial and encouraging, and the price of the cotton produced would likely real:'z a about as much cash & would a large crop at low prices, and the grain crop could be utilized, ii prices did not warrant its sale, in re mforcing home supplies in various ways. xmnK 01 it, planters. Sick of the Plftt. The 0 P. men are getting sick 01 ; the fight against the disaensary. Tht competition is too much for them. and. they are gradually go: ng out oi the business. The Columbia Recorc says Mr. Guigenheimer, a prominen" wnishey man of Savannah, who hai ; sixteen agencies in this state, callec on Commissioner Vance this morning and asked to be allowed to withdraw all his liquor from the state. He 1 didn't want any more agencies tkii | his'n.'' This he said he wanted to d( ! whether the Vanderco ok decision wa< | in tne State's favor ornot. Tnere waj ; no money in the U. Jf, lousiness ever . if that dsciston was against the state > Mr. Guigenheimer has an agency her< ; and one in Charleston. H;s othe] agencies are distributed through thi i siate. Commissioner Vance also re > received a letter this morning frcn E. G. Fant, who is agent at Lauren: ' for the Po:ts Thompson Liquor com pany, of Atlanta, asking for psrmis ' si on to ship his Jiquor back to Georgia r BujIdjj Males. " Senor Julian Azcue, an agent of thi 1 Spanish government from Havana " and Antonio Maestia, of St. Louis J are in the Kansas Citv market, buyinj Hmules for the Spa.isi army. The; ~ I Itt />Ioq r\or\ t hM martn J JLlaVO ?? t of medium siz?d mules, havinj . bought 600, to be delivered at a whar r ia New Orleans Dy April 5. Fou. - carloads of mules were bought hei i last week by another Spanish contrac e tor. MCKlNLKi J'UMBLUS. > 4 ; WAR MUST CEASE! CUBA MUST BE , '. 'a *,.v ,^ 5- FREE. : & ; ThJs is tfcjir Ultimatum that Oar Goldbag V?' . ; Pf63ideat Hvjent to Spain Under Piessuiefrom Coagi???A1 Gracd Victory for the People j: ' * " * ' 1"!* ? i r The action of Congress in virtually declaring war on Spain had a wonderful effect on Pr^sideot McKinley and Hate ok decisiv&'actian in the Cuban matter xuursutty. - ?uc fiiu^uoxtxuu submitted by himto?pain contemplate accmplete and iminidiate cessation of hostilities in duba, the return of the reconeentrados td^leir usual a vocations, and the independence in Cuba, this last feature to be secured probably on an indemnity baas by which the island would pay a substantial sum for its freedom from Spanish rule. ; These propositions take a wide scope and there are j many details in the alternative propositions, the purpose being to preseat every possible plan promising a solution of the Cuban problem so lone as an end of the Cuban war and Cuban indspedence were embodied in the ultimate result. 'It has been "made perfectJy clear to Spain that nothing less than the close of the war and tbe iadependence of 4he island will suffice as an adequate settlementVoVinlair on/1 learHner -*vJL IcoAWU^r tfuuoamoj ^natoss qf both parties had a conference.Thursday [morning at which the ii^ta*s;plaijdy' told him that con, greess cannot b3 held in check mue&i I informed him that-unIess.he immediately proposed a .definite and decisive-pisa of action, congress wcuM 20!: -wait on*him, but i^fUla deal with the situation according Wittfown judgment. ^ .freely admitted to the iicp?U^t that: the negotiations with S^anij sriape -rapidly approaching a crisis and s?id that ne felt quite confi^ni &^jn^asion- would ba reached by ?|ri$sy night at the latest. He viewsf-i-he fact no acn|^|np:^7 either house until ipfe^tltat.'ameo; until tne present ne MffliSmbu gmildAe.brought to a 'close. Ivar, which he I have been in *eeeaptoif:nunareas of letters from cilizansin'iny^district," said he, "offering their services in case of hostilities, and I have decided to organizs a regiment of my own. I have spoken and irntAri and will jmftak and will speak and vote for war, and I am willing and uaaokt- fev^b&sk uo_.my vote-.and words with a sword or musket" Mr. Broussard is not'the only representative who has announced his intention of giving up a sea; in the house for a sword and blue uniform. ; Representative SuJzer, of New York, was the first to announce that he would ' raise a regiment in his district, and , Representatives Colson and Berry both , of Kentucky, have expressed their de. termination to go to the front The , latter was a colonel in the Confeder; ate army. j THE PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY. t Iiupsctor Joie3 S*jb Its Condition Hu Greatly Improved, [ While on a recent visit to Columbia Phosphate Inspector Jones was asked | about the status of affairs in the phos : phate territory and gave a most en [ couraging report He stated that aU the companies are now hard at work again. TheCcsaw company, whici ! left the territory on account of the action of the board, has been at work again for some time. Inspector J ones , says that this company now has two ' dredges at work. The Central Phosphate company, which came in and took the place of the late Farmers' Mining company, is mining righl ' along, and doing well, according tc the inspector. He says that the companies are at present taking out from 1 10,000 to 12,000 tons of rock a month. When asked about the market he said that it had improved, but there was not a very great demand for the rock. The Central company and Mr. Bsed, however, have virtually already dis posed of all that they can mine in the course of the present year. Going ta Plant Wheat. Georgia farmers are making extenI J. - iU* ? ^ L S1V6 preparations to uecieiw: uic aura 1 age of the cotton crop. The effect ol t overproduction has fallen heavily i upon their shoulders, as it has lowered I the price of the product upon which I the masses depend for a livelihood. - It is just the season now that the seed i must go into the ground, and it it estimated that but little more than hall the usual crop will be planted. It has been clearly proved tUat cotton can1 not be raised for less than 7 cents per 5 pound. Hence at 5 aud 6 cents, the > price it has been bringing for the last few years, it is unprofitable. Many . of the farmers will not raise a stalk ol l n 3 couoa una year. I G?n. Lee Threatened. ; A dispatch from Havana says Conr sul General L9e continues as cheerful i as sunlight, despite the fact that he i was warned last Sunday and Monday > of five distinct plots against his life, 3 Of course he does not give credence tc J such stories, and he is carefullj i guarded by the government, but con . linued warnings of this kind are not ? 5 pleasant mental di9t. The last storj r was that he would ba poisoned oy f 3 bribed employe of his hotel. To this Gten. Lse replied by asking the news i paper correspondents who sit neai s him at meal times, in case he is sud - denly taken ill, first to shoot bis waitej - s?nH then run for a stomach pump. Who Owns It? During the investigation by Attor a ney Grneral Monette, of Ohio, and th< , taxation committees of the senate anc , house of representatives at Clevelanc Z the fact was brought out that then 7 was no ownership to more than $3, t GOO,000 of iron ore on the docks ii I that city. This led the attorney gen f eral to make the statement that tin r state would confiscate it. The inves e ligation has made some astounding : discoveries so far in the way of big concerns avoiding taxation. rniTi vwu nnvji i mvwv kh i?it* Received by Getoral Lee?8aya Too 1a Who Sit Mine Were Killed. Ail interesting feature of the published report of the Maine testimony, issued from the government printing office, was the famous anonymous letter mentioned in the evidence of Henry Drain, trie ciers or tne .American consulate at Habana. The letter was received by General Lee & few days after the Maine disaster. It is dated February 18th, 1898, and signed "Adnv'tcr." It is in Spanish, written apparently by a fairly well educated person. The certificate translation is as-follows: "It should be remembered that at dawn of the day of the terrible catastrophe an individual was killed in a small boat, together with another who was found wounded and a prisoner. They were going about the cruisers Maine and Alfonso XII and as the said individuals are of the worst antecedents a? harbor thieves, I have interested myself in investigattttV. of onnmodtinn thio could have had -with the explosion of the Maine and I have discovered that those two men, together with another, who is called Pepe Taco, had bought in a hardware store in Mercaderes street, called la Marina, a hcse such as is used by divers, and that the three left Regla in a small boat which they placed under the wharves of Santa Catalina, and they were loitering about more than an hour and a half, while Pepe Taco, who is a corker and a diver, probably the best in these parts, did the work to bring about the explosion of the Maine. With the data I went to "ReamA r?ic/?riT70WJrt that thfl fftTTlilv of gm auu uawv TVAV?? **?<> ^ the dead man who lived in the utmost misery in a house in Rodriguez Batista street, had moved to a well furnished one on Gilbert Street. There I learned that they had agreed with some merchants of Muralla street for the work of blowing up the ship for the sum of $6,000?$2,000 in advance and the other $4,000 after seeing the result. But they did not come out of the adventure very well, having been attacked when they were retiring, the result of which was the death of one, who left his teeth in the boat, and another one wounded, the third one has not presented himself to collect the rest of the money, and it would be probably secretly done that, by paying him the rest that the others will not now pay him, he would declare the truth of all this. Tne one whom 1 canea tne uura is iue aiver Pepe Taco, who is unwounded, who is no doubt afraid to present himself to collect the rest. In Muralla street, they tell me was the place where the business was arranged with Messrs. Garcia Corujedo, Yillasuso, Maribona and one whom I do not remember. The man who is arrested is being administered morphine constantly to sea if he will die and not give evidence, so as not as they express it, to spoil the affair after it has come off so much to their taste." A BANK CASHIER'S FATE. . He Commits Suicide Becauae of ? Bemuk About a Slight En or in hla Eoikj. I _ i Cashier Louis FJemmg, or tne Brunswick, Ga., Savings and Trust Company, was drowned Thursday. Indications point to suicide, but several theories are advanced. Bank of[ ficials announce to night that his cash and book accounts are straight except i for an error in addition of $100 on his discount book. Bank examiner Speer reached Brunswick to day. Ee checked up Mr. Fleming's cash and it proved correct He then checked his books and found the small error of 1 $100. Fleming's attention was called to the error. He put on his hat and said he would be back shortly. Two i hours afterwards his body was found floating in the river. A run com' am 4-Vi A knn ]r ATI UlCiil^U UJLi bUO uaiiA. AU U6HiniiHa I were promptly met and the bank re. mained open fifteen minutes alter ' banking hours to pay depositors. It is believed that Thursday when Ex. aminer Speer spoke of the small error : that Mr. Fleming became temporarily | unbalanced. He had been working unusually hard, day and night, for months, and his high-strung, sensitive I nature is believed to have given way. . He is believed to have misunderstood ' the examiner and taken the remark as a reflection on his-honor. 1 EARTHQUAKE IN CALIFORNIAi I Great Damage Done at the Mure Island NaTy Yard. San Francisco and a portion of the HA 11IawmiA . nrnvn diolron of I ObttbO U1 KSCkUUJlUM neiu uuaavu ? half past eleven o'clock Thursday night by the most severe earthquake experienced here since 1868, when several persons were killed. This ; time, however, no fatalities have been reported, although there were several narrow escapes. Vallejo and Mare Island suffered much damage. The - naval hospital was wrecked and the government saw mill blown down. : Work has been shut down in the navy } yard temporarily and the 1,700 employes are idle. Only two of the 1 building escaped damage. After the board of survey had made a partial examination of the state of affairs at > the Mare Island navy yard today, it : was announced that the damage sua , tained by last night's tremble had been somewhat exaggerated. While the survey has not yet been completed the board is of the opinion tbat the damage will not exceed $150,000. Work has, however, been discontinued and in ail probability will not be resumed for several days. Tackle 1 the Wioag Messenger. An attempt was made to hold up the west-bound Santa Fe passengei train near Grant, New Mexico, earlj Wednesday. The train was flagged some distance from the lonely station. Robbers opened fire and wounded the fireman. Five masked men approached. Express Messenger Fowler opened fire with a brace of pistols. The robbers were unprepared for this and do*} nf thpm was wounded, bul Jais comrades got him away. Fowlei joined New Mexican officers, wno are - now following the trail. 3 A Spanish. Outrage 1 The American schooner Hester oi 3 Pensacola, Fla., loaded with lumber, . arrived at Kingston, Ja., Wednesaj i evening, and her captain reports thai - while on the voyage he was boarded 3 by a Spanish gunboat, which towed - the schooner into Casildeaand detain r ed there for three days. The captain j of the Hester has reported the matter to the United States consul here. Director Bauer Beaaenrcc the Eoabtfnl to That Effect. The Columbia Becord says that owing tD the sharp and decided drop in the temperature Wednesday night and the frosty feeling of the atmosphere Thursday morning some fear was entertained for the fate of the fruit and early vegetable crops. And there were those who were uneasy as to what Friday night might bring forth. Atl o'clock Thursday afternoon, however, Director Bauer assured a Becord reporter that there was no owH +T"iaf finhrHv T7ftftd he UCbli^^J. SkUV4 alarming himself about the matter. The temperature, he said, -would fall still lower but there would be no frost in this section. There would be no general frost in any part of the State, though some portions of the upper part of the state might see a little of Jack. But this would injure nothing. The southeastern states is the only section of the Union that has escaped the feeze. Montana and the north* west have been treated to 10 and 20 degrees below zero and northern Texas has just had killing frost, but this condition has been relieved to some extent during the last day or so. The frost has extended as far east as central IWieciccinTM vflllpv Rut in BO iostan ces has any serious injury to crops resulted, because in those sections where the fretz3 occurred the crops were not far enough advanced to hs hurt. WILLBE TAKEN CARE OF. Gee. lee WU1 Pro wet the N?wapsper Men in Havana. A spccial dispatch from Washington to the News and Couriir says in case war is declared Consul General Lee and the correspondents of American newspapers now in Havana will be taken aboard the Government vessels now in that harbor. Senator Piatt of New York had an interview Thursday morning with Assistant Secretary Dav in behalf of the war correspond ente in Havana, and Mr. Day assured him that there will be no objection to the newspaper men bein* famished with transportation on United States ships if hostilities are declared. Mr. Day says there are now two Government vessels in Havana harbor, which would be placed at the disposal of Consul General Lee in case of an emergency. He has also been notified that he may have additional vessels there if be wants them. Mr. Day informed Senator Piatt that the Spaniards are particularly unfriendly to the American newspaper men assigned to duty in Havana, because of the reports they have been called upon to send to their respective papers, but he assured Senator Piatt that Gen. Lee has full authority to take care of all American citizens in Cuba, and he can be depended upon to take good care of his journalistic friends, who have stood close by his side during al! the trying times in Havana. PREPARED FOR ACTION. Woodwork SeaoTcd from Wan&tpt and Kntrasce to Harbor FktzoUedt L ? "?* Every preparation for action has been taken by the United States war ' ships at Key West. All wood work yas stripped off exposed spots and sent ashore. The wood pilot houses on the cruisers were taken down. Tc a certain extent interior woodwork was also removed and sent ashore. Even the sailors' wooden boxes were removed from some of the ships. 1 These precautions have been adopted to prevent, so far as possible, the danger of flying splinters in case of action. I The officers sent their personal valua! bles and belongings to be stored on I shore. The Castine and two torpedo j boats left their anchorage after dark i and steamed southward, where they will patrol during the night Capt ' Sampson is particularly anxious to i watch' closely the Havana entrance to thishasbor, and also to afford add!1 tional safety for the Towa, Indiana : and New York, which lie unprotected six miles out The naval station offi' cials have received orders to overhaul their marine engineering stock, so that it could be used instantly in case of emergency. The establishment of I o natwil ia hw tVlA fAV wVlfl know of it, as most significant. The entire fleet is now in readiness to more in 15 minutes. THE 8 AM E OLD YARN That Hat Been Seat from Cuba for a Number of Years. The Spanish Minister at Washington late Thursday night received a , cablegram from the governor general of Cuba, saying that the captain general reported tne pacification of the eastern provinces so far advanced that it had been decided to rescind the re' concentrado order in these provinces and allow all subjects of this decree to rat am to their homes in the country. To aid in the reestablishing o 1 the reconcentrados upon their farms, , the cablegram states the government will errant them nroteefcion of the Spanish military forces augmented bj local relief committees to look after their immediate needs. Economic kitchens, it is said, are to be established to support the reconcentrados while waiting for their first crops to mature, ; and they are to be furnished farming implements and seeds by the government. To supply them ready money, | such of them as are able, will be given employment upon public works, and | it is asserted by the authorities that these measures will result in the speedy rehabitation of the rural communities in the eastern provinces. The 6arm*n W?y. nofmomr Viaa mmmpjirw) Hinlnm&t ic representations to Spain relative to the Cannamaba case, as d the German ' cruiser. Geieron her way to Bahia, waf ordered to get ready to go Cuba, if sat' 1 isfaction is not quickly forthcoming, The German version of the Cannama1 ba case is that some Cuban insurgents, during the night of March 18, attacked a German refinery at Cannamaba, 1 belonging to the firm of Fisher & - Schmidt, of Trinidad, province of San; ta Clara.. The insurgents are said tc 1 have rifled the safes, burned the build' ings, killed four prisoners and wounded 10 occupants of the refinery. Spanish War Sbip? Arrive. The Spanish torpedo flotilla has arrived at Porto Bico. Dispatches from Washington say that naval officers are surprised that it should have made trin jurrftsa the Atlantic in so shorl I a time. The Spanish cruisers Vizcaya and Oquendo sailed from Havana late l Friday evening, and no doubt have gone to Portorico io convey the torpedo flotilla to Havana. TV ail J.U Ulll T IXJUIliUi 8PAIN REFUSES TO ACCEDE TO MCKINLEY'S TERMS. Waxlike Fol'cy Decided Upon by the Cablet t-State me at of a Cable et Officer?The Latest Proposals of Spain?Playing for. Time. Advices from Washington Saturday says there is little doubt that the President and the members of his cabinet now regard war with Spain as almost certain. The cabinet meeting Friday morning was unquestionably the most important held in many years. It received Spain's answer to the ultimatum of this government, and finding it unsatisfactory, practically decided upon a policy which at this hour seems certainly to'involve hostilities. The whole record will be laid before congress, and the question is now under earnest consideration what shall be the particular form our policy shall take in bringing to an end the horrors in Cuba and securing the independence of the island. One member of the cabinet, 5 in speaking of the meeting Friday,'spoke substantially as follows: "In the morning it was apparent to all of us that, having exhausted all diplomatic efforts to bring about a better condition of affairs in Cuba, and they having failed, the whole question must be submitted to Congres?. At our afPnsciVan^ wnnM. KSIilWU UlVVUUg MUU A. 4MHUWMI ted each member of the cabinet to express freely his individual opinion as to what should be done. The discus-' sion was entirely on the lines indicated by the members. Nothing definite was decided upon and no conclusions were reached. The President will now take the views submitted to him under consideration, preparatory to his message to Congress. There appears to be three courses open to y the President in dealing furth- " er with this matter. The first of these is to accept the proposals submitted by Spain in reply to the American representations; the second, to relegate the whole matter to Can- gress and let that body do as it sees proper?which I think would mean intervention; and, thirdly,- to take a middle stand. But, as I said before, nothing has yet been determined upon by the President, or if hejias reached a decision he did not communicate it to the members of the cabinet this afternoon. "Yes reference was made by Spain to the Maine matter in thereply she sent through Minister Woodford. She made no offer to pay for tha Inea font anfrapitfid that the mat' ter be settled by ^arbitration. So far as I recall, she expressed no regret for the sad. occurrence, and the whole thing was regarded as a cold-blooded / statement . A special, dispatch to the Atlanta i journal from Washington .under date of April 1 says Spain's reply to the ultimatum presented by. Minister Woodford is wholly unsatisfactory and the request for time will not oa given. The administration is advised that Spain positively declines to make - any-other accessions to the United j_ States, and the membersof the cabinet ' V ' - : ; extremely critical?all hopes of peace - i f being practically abandoned; 1 IT MEANS WAR. i ___________ : UalHi mt Uoltkt SUMS Backs Completely Down. I The Washington correspondent of the Atlanta Journal says Spain's re; fused of the demands of the United States means war. It is a flat refusal to grant independence to Caba, Bapresenfcative Grout, member of the^ap, propriations committee, when shown the official statement of theletter said: "Gentlemen, it means war, and war at once." , The administration views the reply i of Sagasta ss meaning nothing less than a flat refusal to grant the dej mands of this country. The president authorized Assistant Secretary of State Day to communicate with the Madrid government to the effect that the rei ply of Sagasta was unsatisfactory to this government, , Communications have practically i ceased between the two governments, i the reply of Sagasta making another , ultimatum to Spain out of the question. The president is already drafting a message to congress, in which the reply of Spain will be given in full. It is thought this message will ' practically turn the matter over to congress, with a suggestion that the , time has come for armed intervention. There is but one construction put on the answer of Sagasta, that -is that Spain's response is war if we interfere i with Cuba at the present time. SPAIN'3 REPLY AN INSULT. ' Sb? Eridci the Qacstlon Directly nd Fight* for Tim*. ' The reply of Spain to the United States is said, in effect, to be: The independence of Cuba means i the parting or cession of Spanish ter' ritory which cannot be done without the consent of the Spanish cortes, ! which is not in session and will not be in session until April 21, and conse i quently no definite answer can b9 rereturned to the demand of the United % ; States until the cortes assembles. . Then a counter proposition is submitted that the Cuban matter shall be settled upon a basis equitable among . nations. The United States is asked ; to give Spain time to treat with the insurgents, and ascertain, what can be - done in the nature of a peaceful settlement. Senators who know the nature of the reply say it is a very shrewd niece of diplomacy and made ' for its effect upon the world at large. L The End of th4 World. i "The end of the world may come before the middle of the year 1888." , This is the statement of a minister now preaching in Greenwood county. He , does not make the statement as a conviction of his own, but ss a result of , the careful compution of others based ; on the prophecies of Daniel and Isaiah. So far the prediction has not excited i very great alarm or involved the peo pie in serious fear. But it isannounc ed in ringing tones, is supported by ingenious arguments and falls largely on not unwilling ears. Mice Cftiued the Fire. The destruction of the railroad i freight station at New-Tripoli Pa., by > dynamite on Sonday is attributed to ; mice. It is supposed that the mice i nibbled at the dynamite, causing it to i explode. There was a coop of chick* i ess in the building, and nothing has . been discovered of them except a few feathers. A