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if; VOL. LIII. WINNSBORO. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1898. ~~~ NO. 13. TERMS ACCEPTED. " r- ? This Country Assumes no Portion of the Cuban Debt. ?? DUII IDDIftjr IfeCflCC K1CYT I. I lik.il I liVbi 1 WW V 1?V life/A I ? mk ? Demands of Protocol as to Puerto Rico and Cuam Agreed To. No Trouble Over Other Clauses. Thfi Snanish neafie commissioners Lave accepted the negative view of the United States commission toward the proposed assumption by the United States of the Cuban debt. The American commissioners have firmly but courteously declined to asU sume for the United States the entire or joint responsibility for the Spanish financial conditions. < Senor Montero Rios, the president of the Spanish commission and his colleagues, with faithful insistence, sought another result But they failed to attain it and have finally abandoned the ; effort and have agreed that FEe Cuban article of the protocol shall, without condition, have a place in the ultimate treaty of peace. Though, through several sessions the Sp? uish commission ers have had before them the irrevocable presentation of their American colleagues, it was not until Monday that v they became absolutely convinced that the Americans bad from tbe outset of their refusal to accept the Cuban debt, n?^ meant^exactly what they said. '"v In spite of the fact that the Spanish commissioners had, as a background to their efforts, doubts of succeeding, . \ their hope of so doing has been so keen and their contention has been so vigorously prosecuted that the final conviction of their inability to win their point brought to the Spaniards such a shock and depression that, consistently with ? * 1* .1 I Jl j _ _ 1 1 tcese aispatcnes at cne ume, mere were grave doubts as to the continuance of the negotiations. In support of these statements is the k fact that Senor Montero Rios, after Monday's session, and on Tuesday last, C would have resigned the presidency of . the Spanish commission, had he not believed that his doing so may have greviously shaken, even if it had not unseated, Senor Sagasta's government. From this standpoint, if for no other reason, Senor Montero Rios retained his position, and at Wednesday's sesLsion, acting under the conviction ar, rived at on Monday, the Spaniards announced that they would forego further argument on the Cuban debt, and --J il.i _ xL . ^ agreea mat praccicaiiy in me terms i and absolutely in the spirit of the protocol, the article about Cuba should go forward into the finai treaty. Thus - Spain agrees to relinquish sgyerpigc-V) 6a without either terms V conditions. All differences, if any existed, regarding Puerto Rico and the selection of the island of Guam, were also arranged by a mutual understanding, and * * ? J l1 1 UB uumuiibiiuuers IUUUU meiuacivea nigh, touching the Philippine ques^?tion, which will be taken up next week. k-. It should be said that the adjustments already accomplished will stand in the final treaty, unless opposing views and positions on the Philippine question should develop hereafter to bring to naught the efforts of the fu1 I iV X? il . U rare ana at me same time tee results already obtained. v- The session of the joint commissioners which began Wednesday at 2 p. m., " ended at 4 pm. THE ONE CONCESSION MADE. The intimation conveyed by the N . American commissioners to the Spanish If . - commissioners at Monday's session of V the peace conference in Paris, that the position of the United States with re spect to Cuba and the Cuban debt could not be regarded as subject to j | change, and that, consequently, the American commissioners were ready to proceed with the consideration of other - heads under the protocol, the Paris ad? vices show, had the desired effect. The one concession as to Cuba that our commissioners will make will be to guarantee for the United States that : Hfe and property shall be secured in |*r Cuba. This responsibility the United States will assume only until such time as a stable government shall be formi _ ed and operative in Cuba. There will be no perpetual guaiantee on this score. jfe? THE PHILIPPINES, k It is expected that the commissioners will now take up the subject of the Jm Philippines. The American commjsH sioners have given this subject much Jtk- Mention, but so far it has never ap pearea oetore tne joint commission save in the shape of one spasmodic efi. fort made by the Spaniards at the very beginning of the sessions to have the United States to abandon Manila as a precedent to further negotiations on the subject of the Philippines. The American commissioners among other - " things have been looking into the subject of the PhiliDDine debt about" which there is much ignorance at this end of _ . the line. It is unlikely that the same rule will be applied to that debt as was insisted upon relative to the Cuban debt. In other words if the United States annexes the Philippines, which ^fceems now to be the logical outcome of JPhe situation, it might be reasonably , . ~ ^contended that at least so much of the debt as represented moneys expended ^ for the improvement of the island shnnld nass tn the TInitechStates with the title. The situation is regarded as materially different from that in Cuba, where the United States gains nothing substantial, for, with the annexation k - of the Philippines we should acquire a fcr-' territoiy almost as large as the British Isles with a teeming population of more than 8.000,000 people. It will be for the American commissioners to ar1-Via AT tlie troncPor nf t.hp Philippines to the United States, as it ~ -I is expressly stipulated in the peace protocol that the disposition of the Philippines shall be arranged by the peace commissioners, so that there is 1 i l-L- ^.-L - /I__1_ _ ampie warrant unase tne case 01 v^uoa I . for a full discussion of all questions of the Philippine debt, municipal and insular. ^3; Married a Duke. ? In Berne, Switzerland, on Tuesday, ^ at Nyon in the Canton of Yaud, his V serene highness, Duke de Litta, Viscount Imrez, was married to Miss Jane "i Johnston Perry, daughter of the late A. S. J. Perry of Charleston. S. C. |||j^ \ THE CHRISTIAN CHTJECH. Some Interesting: Statistics Concerning its Membership. T&e national convention of the Christian church, just concluded in Chattanooga, -was a largely attended, repre SCU U2.H > C dliU i/uoxuvgg-iiav miVu and women from all sections. This body represented a constituency of 1,060,613. of whom there are, whites, 989,613; colored, 71,000. The menjbership by States is as follows* Alabama ' 11,049 Arizona , 350 Arkansas 58,000 California 18,785 Colorado 4,550 Connecticut 800 Delaware 125 District of Columbia 1,296 Florida 1,920 ^ 1t AAO Ueor#ria xi,u?o Idah^ 795 Illinois 103,717 Indiana 102,000 Indian Territory 2,740 Iowa 52,952 Kansas 45,750 Ken tucky 105,000 Louisiana 1,200 Maine 600 Maryland 2,420 Massachusetts 1,602 Michigan 8,356 Minnesota 6,076 Missouri 154,300 Mississippi 6,867 Montana 1,335 Nebraska 23,000 Nevada 100 T 1 -- i>ew jersey New York 6,959 Mexico 325 North Carolina 15,450 North Dakota 450 Ohio...- 69,000 Oklahoma :... 7,022 Oregon 6,416 Pennsylvania .? 18,580 Khode Island 65 South Carolina 2,980 South Dakota 2,885 Tennessee 45,011. Texas 68,000 Utah 480 Vermont 300 Virginia 29,830 Washington 6,000 "West Virginia 13,176 "Wisconsin 1,417 Wyoming *360 Total 989,613. Colored 71,000 Total... 1,060,613 JLJi J?'U.KJSiAx> -L.AiN.US. There are also in foreign lands 40,568, as follows: Australia 12,000 British America 10,160 Great Britain 12.0(Hi -SoceirgTf Stations 6,408 Total 40,568 Total by states 1,060,613 frra/nd fnfal 1.101.181 This mighty movement began almost j within the memory of men yet living. Four preachers. Alexander Campbell, ! Thomas Campbell, Walter Scott and Barton "W. Stone, led in making a plea for the union of all Christians to the end that the world might be evangelized. They rejected all human creeds and claimed that as the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were the only inspired writing, that they were ,an all sufficient as a rule of faith and life. THE CHRISTIAN S BELIEF. They claimed that baptism was the immersion in water of a penitent beliver into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, that the death of Chris t shonld be commemorated on the first day of every week in the Lord's supper; that the followers of Christ ought not to bear any name other tham those found in iv. XT? l cue new xeBvaiiiciit, auujj. AO vuiiowauj disciple, etc. president Garfield's starement. The following is President James A. Garfield's statement of what we believe as a religions people: 1. We call ourselves Christians or Disciples. 2. "We believe in God the Father. 3. "We believe that Jesns is the Christ, the Son of the living God. "We regard the divinity of Christ as the fundamental truth in the Christian sys tem. 4. We believe in the Holy Spirit, both as to its agency in 'conversion and as an indweller in the hearts of Christians. 5. "We accept the Old and New Testament Scriptures as the inspired word of God. 6. We believe in the future punishment of the wicked, and the future re J -i? iT : ~i.i. waru ui i-ue nguwyus. 7. We believe that Diety is a prayer-hearing and a prayer-answering God. 8. We observe the institution of the Lord's supper on every Lord's day. To this table it is our practice neither to invite nor debar. We say it is the Lord's supper for all the Lord's children. 9. We plead for the "union of all n . j? i. J - T>: vjroa s peopie on tne x>iDie aau uie jdible alone. 10. The Bible is our only creed. 11. "We maintain that all the ordinances of the Gospel should be observed as they were in the days of the apostles. Fire in Brooklyn. Fire broke out shortly after 3 o'clock Wednesaay afternoon at pier 39, Ea3t river, Brooklyn, and did damage to the amount of half a million dollars, At the pier the four masted British ship Andorenha was .lying, discharging a cargo composed principally of jute butts and saltpetre. She soon caught fire and will probably be a total loss. rn' ,1 . i J _ . r TTT - inetnree mastea scnooner >v accamaw. loaded with benzine, alcohol and turpentine, which arrived from Georgetown, S. C., earlier in the day, and was tied up at the foot of Coffee street, caught and was towed out into the stream where the flames were extinguished without any great damage being done the vessel. Bryan III in Savannah. Col. W. J. Bryan, who is in Savannah, Ga., with his regiment, the Third Nebraska volunteers, as a part of Lee's corps, is ill at the De Soto hotel. He is suffering with fever, but his condition is not regarded at all serious. STONEWALL'S WAY. An English Soldier's Life of the Great General. WAS A GREAT STRATEGIST. The Story of Manansas and the Shenandoah Campaign as Seen Through a Foreigners Eyes. The New York Sun of Sunday fills an entire page with a review of a life of Stonewall Jackson by Lieutenant Colonel G. F. R. Henderson, of the British army, professor of military art and history in the English army staff college. The work is in two large volumes and deals with Jackson from the standpoint of the strategist__and the purely military man. Col. Henderson considers Jackson and his campaigns professionally and after access to all official records. In a preface lie says: "It was not on the battlefield alone that Jackson's capacity for war was strikingly brought out. His time and thoughts were more occupied by strategy?that is by combinations made out o .1 j_ xi T oi me enemy s signt?man uy utuucs, that is, by manoeuvres executed in the enemy's presence. Unfortunately for the fate of armies, strategy, even among soldiers, is an unpopular science, requiring, both in exposition and in practice, a constant and careful study of the map, the closest computation of time and space, a grasp of many factors and unwavering attention to the various steps in the problems it presents. If it were generally understood that in regular warfare success depends on something more than the ability to handle troops in battle, many farreaching mistakes might be avoided. The campaigns of our civil war show T>at^ mncli msv Avftn with relatively feeble means, by men who have studied strategy and possess the character needful for its successful practice; they also show, not a whit less forcibly, what awful sacrifices may be exacted from a nation ignorant that such a science exists." After following Jackson's early life, "West Point and Mexican war experience, his work in the Virginia Military Institute and the organization of his brigade, Colonel Henderson narrates his part in the first battle of Manassas. He evidently thinks that the Confederates were beaten at noon, when the "TAVA ?AA^t? +A T?ArA 11 r?AT? XCUCXAIO VT^X^ X^auj uv iuv ? ^ uyuu vjuv position which Jackson, like Bee and Bartow, had been ordered to defend. Hearing the heavy fire to his left increasing in intensity, Jackson had turn-^ .?&-the~frea3ToF -ys-t^krnm?xowarJ tETf j most pressing danger, and had sent a> messenger to Bee to announce his com' ? ' IT 11 i? J j mg. as ne pusnea rapiaiy iorwaru, part of tlie troops he intended to support swept by in disorder to the rear, j Imboden's battery came dashing back, [ and that officer, meeting Jackson, expressed with a profanity which was evidently displeasing to the general his disgust at being left without support. -'Til support your battery," was the brief answer. "Unlimber ri^hthere." At this moment appeared General Bee, 1 i *11 11._ J T> J approacnmg ac rail ganop, aau x>ee auu Jackson met face to face. The latter was cool and composed; Bee was covered with dust and sweat, his sword in his hand and his horse foaming. "General," cried Bee, "they are beating us back!" "Then, sir," was the j reply, "we will give them the bayonet." The thin lips closed like a vise, and Jackson's brigade. Dressing up the | slope, formed into line on the eastern edge of the Henry Hill. Jackson's determined bearing inspired Lee with renewed confidence. He turned bridle and galloped back to the ravine, where his officers were attempting to reform their broken companies. Riding into the midst of the throng he pointed with his sword to the Virginia regiments deployed in well-ordered array on the height above. "Look!" he shouted, ''there is Jackson standing like a stone wall! Rally behind thi Virginians!" The men took up the cry, and the happy augury of the expression applied at a time when hearts were failing and defeat seemed imminent, was remembered when the danger had passed away. Colonel Henderson says the position chosen by Jackson was the strongest he could possibly have chosen and that his keeping his brigade lying down and having it to rise, fire and charge to meet the advancing Federal centre illustrates his faculty of doing exactly the right thing at the right time. He expresses the belief that had Jackson been in command the Confederate army ?WT rrf An fViA wuiuu nave ueeu iu tt aiuiugivu iu^ day after the fight and quotes General McClellan and Secretary Stanton to prove that the capture would have been easy and Jackson himself to proTe that he would have undertaken it if he had been authorized to do so. The valley campaign of the winter of 1861-62 is thus reviewed: On Xov. 4th, 1861, Jackson was assigned to the command of the Shenandoah Valley, embracing the northern r>art of the area between the AllegLa nies and the Blue Ridge. More than 200,000 Federals wer.i prepared to inI vade Virginia. McClellan. before McDowell was held back, reckoned on [ placing lSO.OOO-'men at West Point. Fremont in West Virginia commanded [ 30.000, including the force in the Kanawaha Valley, and Banks had | crossed the Potomac with over 30,00f. Less than 60,000 Confederate soldiers were available in Virginia at the date named to oppose this enormous host, and the North posssessed a vast preponderance in respect of material resources. Yet within three months of the day when McClellan started for the peninsula the original odds against the South had been much reduced. The Confederates, it is true, nad won no startling victories. Except in the valley, where only relatively detachments were engaged, the fighting had been indecisive. The North had no reason to believe that its soldiers were any way inferior to their adversaries, except in respect of cavalry. On June 26, however. "where were the big battalions?" To be sure 105.000 men were intrench ed within sight of the spires of Kichmond; but when were the rest? "Where were the 70,000 that should have aided McClellan, have* encircled the rebel capital on every side, cut the communications, closed the starving garrison? \ How came it that Freemont and Banks were no further south than they were in Mareh, that the Shenandoah Valley still poured its produce into Richmond, and that McDowell had not yet crossed the Rappahannock? What mysterious power had compelled Lincoln to retain a force larger than the whole Confederate army ''to protect the national capi A * i t, ?**? n i l tal from danger ana msuic: uoionei Henderson answers that in the four intervening months the brains of two great leaders had done more for the Confederacy than 200,000 soldiers had done for the Union. Without quitting his desk and leaving the execution of his plans to Jackson, Lee had relieved Richmond from the pressure of 70.000 Federals, and had placed the remainder in the position wherein he most wished to see them. The author of these volumes is far from averring that mere natural ability had triumphed. He expresses the opinion that in this respect Lee was notrfnore highly gifted than Lincoln or Jackson than McClellan. Whether by accident or design, however, Jefferson Davis had selected for the command of the Confederate army, and for retention in the Valley, two consummate adepts in the art of strate gy. If it was accident, he was singularly favored by fortune. He might have selected many soldiers of high rank and long service who would have been as innocent of strategical skill as Lincoln himself. As a fact, it was not accident that led to Jackson's retention in the valley, although his oirginal designation to that field may have been owing to chance. It was due to Joseph E. Johnston that Jackaon was kept in the valley when McClellan moved to the peninsula; Iiis, too, was the fundamental idea of the campaign, that the Federals in the valley were to he prevented from reinforcing the army which threatened Richmond. To Lee is conceded credit for a still larger share in Jackson's success. From the moment that Lee assumed command, the Confederate operations were directed on a definite and well considered plan, comprising a defensive attitude around Richmond, a vigorous offensive in the valley, leading to the dispersion of the enemy, and to the ultimate concentration of the Confederates on the Chickahominy. From Lee came the suggestion that a blow should be struck at Banks, that he should be driven back to the Potomac and that the North should be threatenend with invasion. From him, too, when the Federal lines could be actually seen from Richmond, came to Jackson the reinforcement of 7,000 men under Whiting and Lawton, the news of whose arrival in the Valley spread consternation among the Fed* -' 1 ? A* 11- lO fA IvA Krais. \JU tuc Utiici uauu, AU is w ub remembered that Lee made no suggestion whatever as to the manner in wbicli his ide^j[er^o_,J]^wjl^d--^afei?In respect of execution everytbingwas left" to Jackson. The swift manoeuvres which surprised his various opponents in succession emanated from Jackson alone. ' It -vas his brain that eonceived the march by Mechum's Station to McDowell, the march that surprised Fremont and bewildered Banks. It was his brain that conceived the rapid transfer of the valley army from one side of the Massanuttons to the other, the march that surprised Kenly drove Banks in Danic to the Potomac. It was his brain that conceived the double victory of Cross Keys and the Port Republic; and. if Lee's comprehensive strategy was brilliant, that displayed by Jackson on the minor theatre of war was no less admirable. The instructions he received, for example, at the end of April, before he moved against Milroy, were simply to the effect that a successful blow at Banks might have the happiest results. Such a blow was not easily delivered. Banks was strongly posted and numerically superior to Jackson, while Fremont, in equal strength, was threatening Staunton. Taking instant advantage of the separa^ tion of the hostile columns, Jackson struck at Milroy, and, having checked Fremont, returned to the Valley to find A 4- +-V* i wtAiviArtf V* a X>clLIll3 r?biCd.biiJ?. xxu CJJ.XO ujvmguu uu received orders from Lee to threaten Washington. Without an instant's hesitation he marched northward. By May 23rd, had the Federals received warning of his advance, they might have concentrated 30,000 men at Strasburg and Front Royal; or, while Banks was reinforced, McDowell might have moved on Gordonsville, cutting Jackson's line of retreat on Richmond. Jackson, however, took as little account of numbers as did Cromwell. Concealing his march with his habitual skill, he dashed with his 16,000 men into the i n t T\ Tl _ 1__ midst ot iiis enemies, driving .Dan^s before him, and well aware that Fremont and McDowell were converging in his rear, he advanced boldly on Harper's Ferry, routed Sazton's outposts, and remained for two days on the Potomac with 16,000 Federals within afewdays's march. Then retreating rapidly up the valley, he turned fiercely at bay beneath the southern peaks of the Massanuttons; and the pursuing colums. mustering together nearly twice his numbers, were fr.hrnsf. hnnlr wit.h hp.a.vv loss at the verv moment they were combining to crush him. It was this operation which, in the judgement of Lord Wolseley, stamped Jackson .^s a military genius of the highest order. A week later, Jackson had vanished, and, when he suddenly appeared with fell results on the Chickhominy, Banks. Fremont and McDowell were still guarding the roads to Washington, while McClellan, within the sight of Eichmond, was waiting for McDowell's aid. Thus were 175,000 men paralyzed by 16,000. It is when regarded in connection with the operations of the main army that Jackson's Valley campaign stands out in its true colors; at the time, same as an isolated performance, it is edifying in a high degree. It has been compared with Bonaparte's Italian cam paign of 1796, but the author of these volumes is disposed to deem it more meritorious. Undoubtdely the odds against the Confederates were far greater than those against the French. Then, again, Jackson had to act against a homogeneous enemy, with generals anxiouss to render each other loyal support, and not against the mutually jealous contingents of different powers. His marches were far longer than Napoleon's, the theatre of war was not less Ai,li TTTA*?A uiinuuic, uxs iyupo ?tcac uvc but, in great part, tlie very rawest of recruits. The enemy's officers and soldiers were not inferior to his own; their commanders are pronounced at least equal in capacity to Colli, Beaulieu, and Alvinzi, while assuredly the states men who directed them from "Washington were not more purblind than the Aulic Council. Moreover, Jacsson was merely the commander of a de- g, tached force which might at any moment be required at Richmond. The risks which Napoleon freely accepted he could not afford. He dared not de- i liver a battle unless he was certain of success, and his one preoccupation was to lose as few men as possible. Be this Ar as it may, Colonel Henderson maintains | fTiof in aafrcoxr /if fVio r!rkn+<aHprflfco movements, the rapidity of the marches and the skillful use of topographical features the valley cam paign.bears strong traces of the jN'apoleonic methods. Seldom has the value of these methods been more forcibly exemplified. Three _ time was McDowell to have marched to join McClellan; first atthe beginning Pe of April, when he was held back by Pr Kemstown; second, on May 26th, when he held back by Front Royal acd WinChester; third, on June 25th, when he was held back by Jackson's mysterious p disappearance after Port Republic. ^ The material results of the Valley ?* campaign were by no means inconsid- ^ erable. Thirty-five hundred prisoners !ia were either paroled or sent to Rich- ^ mond; 3,500 Federals were killed or wounded. An immense quantity of ra' stores was captured and probably as Pr much destroyed. Fine guns were taken and over 10,000 rifles. On the other nu hand, the loss of the Confederates was m.( no more than 2,500 killed and wounded, W1 600 prisoners and 3 guns. It may be Pr added that the constant surprises, to- P* ?.? p i T--i r_ IS geiner witn tne iaci mat jacitson, m ? spite of the relatively small force at his c.? disposal, ordinarily had the larger nam- ^1C ber ef men upon the field of battle pro- an duced the worst effect on the morals ye of the Federal soldiers. The troops SP comma-aded by Frement, Shields, mi Banks, Saxon and Early, were all in-' fected with misgiving. Officers resigned and men deserted. On the Cc least alarm there was observed a de- P* f a efnrvi y-va/3 tlia ^vf,' IslUCU IJCUUCUV/J w aiM*LUjswtv? J.UV general thought only of retreat. Fre- be mont, after Cross Keys did not think Cc that his men would stand, and many CI of his soldiers declared that it was 'only murder' to fight without reinforcements, all When to such immediate tangible re- tri suits is added the ultimate strategical tr< I t.Ko r>?rrmn?or? if, onii Tiardlv hfi T1 denied that the success he achieved th was out of all proportion to Jackson's fo: strength. Few general have done so th much with means so small. ex FIRE IS SPAETANBUEG. wa * Cc The Eiggest Blaze the Town has Ever Witnessed. de Mi The third fire has come. It was the largest blaze that our town has ever bu ^ha^^'ifc^stSfted in the Carrie __ livery_ J>o stable, a large two-story wooden building, with a shingle roof. John Hart, a fQ contractor, had a lumber yard and of- Ja fice on the corner of Main and South th Liberty streets. Next to him came So the Carrier stable, occupied in part by ei the Rev. G-. F. Mills, a colored Bap- ga tist preacher. Then came Morgan's th livery stable and harnes? shop. Then Co there was one one-story block contain- m, - - *? i-i ii -v?? -L lug iww or tuuree swan auu|jo. j-julgj qi were all on Main street. On Liberty a there was another livery stable build- re ing. There were four or five shops hi along the street. All these were ra burned. On the east side of Liberty pi there was a one-story brick cottage be- th longing to. and occupied by Harry ba Thompson and family. That was fa burned, but the furniture was saved. fr John Hart lost everything. jtiis loss bj is estimated at $1,200 and no insurance. St He says this is the ninth time he has ar been burned out, and he never had car- dj ried any insurance. On the Carrier fir livery stable there was ?1,000 insurance or Carrier lost seven horses, several wag- b? ons and buggies and the harness be- M longing to them. Mills-lost all the ey horses he had there were ten or twelve ar of them. R. L. Taylor, of Rutherford- of ton, N. C., had just arrived Wcdne^- to day afternoon, with.five horses, a wagon ac and buggy, all of which were put iu a Morgan's stable. Theso were all lost, m " 1 1 1 Jl.ll _ 1? Morgan saved nis iiarness ana an 01 se his horses except a very line stallion, is' which cost $500. He had $500 insur- cr ance on his stable. The Bell Telephone ar Company lost $300 to $500 by having or all connections on East Main street, ar destroyed. The total loss is $12,000 to $15,000, and the insurance is hardly w< one-fourth the loss. It is said that fla twenty-eight horses were burned. The bj fire started about 2.45 Thursday morn- wi rrrti a 1 a A/VT7iarA/3 V\T? TTori - r lug, cXLivi n?cI vnow?v/iwvi ?ii. derson, a white man, who had a room in pi Morgan's livery stable, next to Carri- re er's. When he was aroused the whole be of the roof was blazing. Something se more than an acre of ground was burned te over. The Morgan Iron Works on the su south, and the ^tton Row, on the wl West, were in danger, but they were er saved. The wind was blowing at the th rate of about fifteen miles to the hour tn diretly from the north. The tempera- st ture was 36 degrees, the coldest uight flc of the season. The origin of the fire is dr * * * 1 ! J unknown, out it was bo ootids acuiuen- m tal. The reason that the insurance was re not greater was because the rate was di very high in consequence of the wooden s'able and 'much combustible material -w; about the place. The water pressure be was rather low Wednesday night for ed some reason and some blame was at- se tached to the water-works company. pc ' re Gin Accident. be Mr. Hugh Scott, of Wisacky, Sumter of county, had his left arm cut in the gin pe at Mr. W. w. L>esunamps ginnery on ap Saturday afternoon, and it had to be ce amputated near the shoulder. The ev injury was very serious, and he lost a ki great deal of blood before he could be extricated from the gin, and it is fear- av ed that he may not recover, although at is! last accounts he "was doing as well as ue could be expected. He was attending th to <-Ka ffin. and in attemotinsr to remove di: the motes from beneath the gin his to sleeve was caught by the saws and his th arm frightfully mangled. The front of li| the gin had to be removed before his up arm could be extricated, as it was re wound completely around the saws. re< hi The Death of Mrs- Atkinson Avenged, an Un Tuesday, after a coroner s m- m' quest, during which Jim Mackie and ve Luther Sullivan implicated each other go in the murder of Mra. J. 0. Atkinson fe at Republic church, Edgefield county, an both men were shot to death by the en- j T] raged people of the neighborhood in er which the murdered woman lived. w< / ' OUR STATE FAIR. j < /ery Indication of a Large Attendance and a Great Success. r PAIN'S "FALL OF MANILA." rangements Completed for the < Presentation of this Striking } Spectacle. The Fair Itself 1 Promises to Draw a J Great Crowd. < Columbia, S. C., Oct. 29.?Special: ( ic usual interest aroused among the , ople ?f South Carolina by the ap- ( oach of the annual fair of the State j nicultural and Mechanical Society is ] parent all over the State this year, j le county papers unite in urging their ( ousands of readers to gather in Co- , mKio A Tirinnr foir TroAl' TKa Affi/?nrc UiUiW UUllUg Attn ?T V/V/O.I VUiVUlU the society several weeks ago com- ? meed their preparations. The grounds ^ ve been cleaned off, and the build- j gs have been put in excellent trim. ( le railroads have given especially low ( tes, and the accommodations here j omise to be better than ever. The < tels will stretch their dimensions and < imbers of private families will accom- j jdate visitors. An intelligence office j 11 be opened, so that visitors may omptly find agreeable quarters at { Dderate rates. Everything possible ^ being done to make things easy and ] mfortahle. The local Fair Associa- ] >n will look well after the amusement j A nnfnrfoimnnnf rvf* f Vi a Triaif/\ro U ^UV^/1 VOflUUlVilW VA tUVy TigiWiiC* JLUlkJ | | ar, too, there will be psesented a ] ectacle that has been admired in ] my cities of the United States. "THE BATTLE OF MANILA." ^ A leading feature of Fair week in j ilumbia will be the presentation of j lin's great production, the Battle of ] anila. Some idea of this feature may ] gathered from what the News and 1 >urier said of its presentation in i larleston: ] ''TVip 1ar?r/? 5.ndionf><? was at first most dazzled by the long row of elec- ] c lights which hung across the cen- j i of the grounds from east to west, len, as the eyes bccamc accustomed to ] e white light, all saw stretched out ( r apparently many miles before them < e calm waters of Manila Bay. At the < treme west was discerned the bat- \ rier of Cavite and near the centre ] ir Morro Castle. Over to the east j trrigor Island was plainly seen a small [ juntainous point upon which appear: ] a battery of heavy guns. Close un- . r the otitis of Cavite were found the 1 aria Christiana and several other ( >anish vessels lying quietly at anchor, ] it with wicked look-rog-'guixa at every j rt ho_I<^ The scene was perfect in j (tail and ^ftsq^tive., and it seemed deed real. In front oF~t?e^t."AeJL rts and near Morro Spanish soldiers y on their arms, apparently little ! inking that the American ships were near. For a while the vaudeville itertainers held the attention of the .rrison as well as the audience, and en a sentry is seen to rush to the ( mmander of the Spanish forces. His . essage is not audible to the onlookers : it is nevertheless of great import. ( ctmty prevails and the garrison make ady to resist a land attack. Just he- J nd Corrigor Island the prow of Admi 1 Dewey's flag ship, Olympia, is seen oughing through the waters towards < e Spanish batteries and fleet. The , ittle opens and for half an hour rages ( xiously. The Spanish forces retreat , om one battery to another, pursued r marines and soldiers bearing the , ova on Sf/M noa Trim r\ia^aa 1 kJ UUU X U V UViU e landed by the Americans and are i iven up close to the Cavite forts, ing steadily. The Olympia sweeps j t towards the Maria Christina and , ihind it comes the Baltimore. Boston, . cCullough and other vessels of Dew- ; 's squadron, each one belching fire ( id smoke with incessant din and clouds i battle smoke. The fire is directed , wards the Spanish ships and forts, ( id, although these return the fire for time, the Spanish flag ship is blown ] ), lollowea oy lana Datteries an ar- < nal, with terrific noise. The Span- , h ships take fire and sink, the batteries ] umble before the fearful cannonading ( id the Spanish troops are taken prislers by the men of the American army id navy. During the battle the land ;ht was realistic to a degree, even the ( jrk of the hospital corps, under the ig of the Red Cross, being carried out . r men with stretchers. The artillery , is brought up at a rapid pace by ] >rnes which had been trained for the irpose. As the last sbip flying the j d and yellow stripes burned and sank ( slow the waters of the bav and the ar- . rnal at Cavite was blown up with a j rrible sound, the Spanish con\:nander ! rrendered his troops. The band, . biich had been playing patriotic airs to j icourage the fighters, now swept into J e "Star Spangled Banner" and the , Dops passed in review of the grand . and. The Stars and Stripes were , lating gaily in this parade of five hun ed men, but the Spanish solders arched with arms reversed and the ( d and yellow banner dragging in the I3t. It was a fine spectacle, this mimic ir, and so carefully had each detail < :en planned that the spectators seem- ] . looking on while two great nations ( ttled their differences at the sword's ?int. The arrangement of scenery to < present Manilla Bay left nothing to < : desired, and the stately movement I Dewey's ships, correctly drawn and j rfectly appointed, drew storms of i plause. It was altogether a magnifi- < nt, m-ndnrttimi. miite the best that has 1 ~ ? ~ ?; -1 j e: been presented by the pyrotechnic < ng, Pain. t When the smoke of battle had cleared 1 :ay and while the wrecks of the Span- \ 1 ships lay, broken and helpless, half ] ider water, the Americans celebrated ( eir victory with a grand pyrotechnic < splay. Flights of rockets were sent ( pierce the canopy of night and pale < e stars with their dazzling colored ;hts. Hundreds of bombs hastened >wards a thousand feet, then burst to lease a hundred gold and purple and 1 d and yellow stars. Fiery snakes 1 ssed as they leaped from tbe ground s d darted here and there in the at- 1 osphere. Then there were several ] ry handsome set pieces, notably a 1 lden six-pointed star about twenty 1 et in diameter, with colored centres < id fountains of fire from each point. 1 ae pictures of Dewey and Joe Wheel- < , outlined in fire, about thirty feet, ] 5re received with cheers and the audi- < ? & slice stayed in their seats until the last Roman candle or rocket was touched CHUECH PEOPEETY BUENED. Fhe Marion Street Methodist Church of Columbia Destroyed. The Marion Street Methodist church, Sunday school and library, two-story parsonage and a cottage adjoining, were ill destroyed by fire Tuesday evening Detween 7 and 8 o'clock. The destruction of the most of the property was lue almost entirely to the inability ol -1-* /\ /J AT\fl wi 4" /\ f> A All K/\ TTTO JUC UIC tiucut tu cc^uic naiKi. Why there was none to be had from >ne hydrant, no one was heard to explain. The only stream obtainable was jonfined to the saving of the residence lext to the Sunday school room, on Lumber street. Had a stiff wind been >lowing, the loss of property in the visinity would have been very much n-eater. The arlarm came in a few minutes ifter 7 o'clock. By that time the large Food en church was a roaring mass of lames. It burned like tinder, and so lid the adjoining property, all being ;ons true ted of wood. Practically nothng could be saved from the church ox Sunday school room, but most of the ;ontents of the parsonage were removed n time. The fire was an exceedingly ierce one. The Rev. Mr. Kirton, the pastor, who greatly deplores the loss of the property, *as seen after the fire was nearly over. He said he supposed the fire was due to a amp left burning in his study, in the ear of the church building. He had 3een in his study, and at supper time ie went to the parsonage, leaving the amp lighted. After eating his suppei le came back to find smoke pouring :rom the windows of the room. An ilarm was promptly given, but tlie lames had gained such headway that lothing could stop them- The fire de partmenfc was quickly on the ground, jut as stated above, only one engine was available for service, owing to the .ack of water. The church organ, pews, pulpit furliture, Sunday school library and othei property were burned. The chuch building was worth peraaps $3,600; the parsonage about $2,)00, and the Sunday school chapel $80C )r $1,000. The church, one of the stewards said, he thought was insured 'or $2,000 and the parsonage for $1,800, T j- Tj.1 1 2 "L - aui lie was not sure; neiuier couia ecall the agency holding- the policies, rhe one-story cottage adjoining the parsonage was occupied by two families. All their effects weresaved. The Dnilding was probably worth about $1,)00. It was owned ? by Mrs. L M. Burns of North Carolina. " It could not oe ascertained whether there was anj insurance.?State. _ SPIDERS INVADE A HOME. MillioiSrQf Pests in Mrs. Pierce's Besi denceaT^tfiJOi^--?-? Mrs. Julia Pierce and daughter Em ma, of Southport, Me., have beendriv en out of their house by an unaccount able visitation of spiders, which to tli< number of millions swarm in everj crack and cranny between the partition in the floors, fences, outbuildings, windows, doors and on the walls everynnf.cnrJn on/1 in They called in a physician ahoj&i two weeks ago to ascertain what-itwa< that was causing them so much discomfort, they being bitten or stung bj something they could not tell what The bites were ed readily to trea^en?f*^^>^effort that could be tWaght of the pests has/fteen made, ancfjevera hundred dolors worth of furniture"1?^ been destroyed, but in vain. Finally they appealed to the Board of Health, which after investigation ordered th< house vacated. Health officers are no?i "J ' xl _ . J ./? 5 a considering me aavisaDimy 01 destroy ing the buildings, in which case thej will probably be paid for by the towr Dr State. The spiders are said to hive beer brought in some clothing from the South, and it is thought they may be s species of tarantula. A live specimen has been sent to Professor Robinson, of Bowdoin College. Engineer Dead In His Cab. TTT1 J.1 Z'Li - j. * V. 1 O u ueu tue uigut eipress irajn xio. ?&, sastbound, arrived at Susquehanna. Pa., at midnight Wednesday the engineer, Henry Kingsley of Susquehanna was found dead in the cab, with hi* head crushed. After the train lefl Binghamton. 23 miles west of there, trainmen and others noticed that th< engineer failed to give the usual signals at crossings and at small stations, md that the train was runnidg at ar unusual speed. Fireman Cowgill noticed that the whistle was not blowi for this station, and going forward intc the cab found the dead engineer. Th< train had run at a terrific speed 2( miles without an engineer. Then were over 200 passengers on board. r, 1 , i , 11 Lt is supposea tnat tne engineer wai bit by a water crane at a point jusi sast of Binghamton. / Wrecked On Cuban Shores. The schooner Cora Dunn went ashore Sunday morning on the shoals known as the Cabezas de Cayo Romero, slose to Diana key, Cardenas, and ha: proved to be a total loss. Her cargc ;onsisted of 3,500 tons of coal. Th< schooner Kate, which left Key Wesl ^ rtl AV> AW 1 O II U A A? A*A^ rt o'UoUUCi J*/, ?Yi.wi a vi aiu:ca duu nedical supplies for the Cuban forces mder General Jose Miguel Gomez al Sancti Spiritus, with Frank Bolio and Fernando Lera in charge of the expeiition. was overtaken by a storm during :he afternoon of October 21 and totaly wrecked. The crew was rescued, rhe Kate belonged to Key West, Vlanuel Sanguilly, delegate to th< ^ubau assembly representing the Second, Third and Fifth Cuban army :orps. left Habana Wednesday morning Santa Cruz del Sur via Batabano. A Sad Tragedy near Bock Hill. \TnTT7C O CO/] r?ATT?^C frATT O UA U kjuu VittgVUJ VVUiVkl iivu. Edgemore. near Rock Hill. Mr. P. M, Blanks, a respectable farmer of thai section, purchased Tuesday afternoon ? )ottle of chill cure from Mr. Sianej Robinson's store, taking it home witi lim. Wednesday morning he adminis:ered doses to his wife and four chilIrAn The effect was nnlnoked fnr. Mrs. Blanks died that morning, the ildest boy. aged six, died a few hours later, and a little girl vras expected tc lie at any moment. i TILLMAN SPEAKS To a Large Crowd at Richmond, Virginia. HE THRILLS HiS AUDIENCE. Few Speakers Have Been Accorded the Applause That Rang Out in Answer to His ; Speech Last Week. Senator Tillman has made a great . impression on the Democracy of Yir! ginia where he has been assisting the people in their congressional struggles against the Republicans. The following extracts from the Richmond Dispatch will show the reception ac- v > corded him in Richmond, where he ' loni vwaaU Tm AAA ~~ SpUKC Ictst WCCA.. ILL auuxuuu CU IUCOC favorable comments there is a four* 1 column report of his speech, which report is well punctuated with the words "applause" and "great applause." Here are the Richmond Dispatch's comments on Senator Tillman: The high-water mark of the present campaign was reached last night with the arrival in this city of Senator Ben- ' jamin R. Tillman, of South Carolina, who addressed an immense audience at the Academy of music. The sena tor announced at the outset that he : was "on his good behavior," but that - aid noii prevent mm irum auuug up w his reputation as a speaker who does ! not "mince matters," and some of his points were as virile as they were glit-: > tering. He is nothing if he is nofc 1 original, but behind the rugg?d speech there is no room to question his sin- % '< cerity. From first to last Mr. Tillman swayed the audience, and at times he car; ried his auditors to a high pitch of en- v -j? thusiasm. While his address was thoroughly characteristic of the man, jr it dealt in a practical way w-t-feu uue r present issues, and met the present situation fairly and squarely. Senator ' Tillman arrived in the city oyer the Southern railway at 6:25 o'clock, and .:r' 1 was met at the depot by a represeatav tive committee of the Old Dominion Democratic Club. The carriage in weich the senator | rode to the new Ford's hotel was drawn by white horses, a delicate compli' menfc to the great Democratic doctrine of which he is such a bold champion. j In the lobby of the hotel he was met by Hon. J. Taylor EHyson, Major J. D. Jfatton, Judge Witt aaa air.. xu>Derc. .... Mcleod. After a brief interval of rest r he was entertained at sapper by the*r~ executive committee of the Old Dominion club, and sat at the bead'of the table with Major Patton on his right and Congressman Lamb on his left. ' In discussing the outlook in the fifth _~ j , district, where he has just ln^jS^Qt^Tinmans^t^ffiatpresent - indications^oigjte-fe^a very large exs jorityfor Swanson, "unless there has Kaan cnmo ttoto tall linnop ilanA " i The reception accorded the South r Carolina: senator when he appeared on 5 the platform was vociferous, and dur ing tHe interval which elapsed before the ball was set rolling,.other notables upon the platform came in for the comb"' pliments of the house. Dickerson's 5 band, too, contributed to the enthusi asm with frequent repetitions of Dixie r and other national airs. Senator Tillman was heartily congrat ulated at the close of his speech, ac^ t he was some time in. making his way^. ^ ^om the stage to the carriage waiting i at" the public entrance. 7 H Accompanied by several members ot ; t -the reception committee lie was driven ' , totkeNew Eord's, and for an hour or ^||S i more informal reception, many r prommenTOesaocrats crowding into the ^ . parlor to sha&Khis hand. Captain r Frank Cunningham was called on for a i song, and sang "Mother's Way^' with a great deal of expression, arousing the t hearty applause of the distinguished s guest. l To a Dispatch importer, Mr. Tillman i expressed his hearty appreciation of , the_ warm reception accorded him^ by a -KicUmond. audience. "X couian c help thinking of the appropriateness of the tune the band played before the --- -, speeches, he said, "I mean A Hot , Time in the Old Town To-night" It - was a hot time. I wish I could stay i here longer. I have to go away at 9 s o'clock in the morning to Fayetteville, t N.C. I hear there is a great deal of , opportunity for missionary work down ; there. We'll see what we can do for - them. I have a number of appoint, ments in that state. But I am coming i haflk to Richmond.' he continued, t . "maybe in 1900. I wanted to go up in t the ninth district this year and meet , Walker, but maybe I'll have a chance > some other time," and he sighed-as I though regretting his disappoietment. Mr. Tillman was escorted to the station by a committee from the Old Do; minionclub the next morning. ' Costly Conflaragatioii. About 2 o'clock Wednesday morning the new^asylum barn, just outside the t city limits, was destroyed by fire. The s building cost about $800. It was filled , with hay and other stuff. Eight fine 5 mules and a mare were burnd in the ) building. It is said that the loss is es- ?x, '::K i timated at about $3,500, No alarj; t was sent in, as the fire department L could Lave been of no service." At 4 > o'clock "Wednesday morning Dr. Babt cock said the insurance was $500 on I the building, $1,000 on the foxage therein, and $700 on the stock burned. ; He says the watchman there was in the - building 15 minures before the fire was . discovered. It started on the upper . portion, north slue, and the origin is a IS i mystery. There had been no fire about V ! the barn so far as can be ascertained'. V ci.i. I ?outte. r ' A Bear end Collision^ On Wednesday, in Omaha, ^braska, a rearend collision on the Union ^acifi^B i road resulted in the death of three? . and the serious injury of one o^| b The dead are: Samuel Hindman, eflj i neer; William Ranan, fireman; 1H r Shannon, brakeman. Seriously injurecH i John Griffin, fireman. An extra freidjfl - train was standing on the si^^d - and the switch being XT ?V , i>o. si going at^ i crashed into^flM i The ) four a| kijjm