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The Press and Banner. ~ feY HUGH WILSON. AEtBETILLE, ?. (p. PIU ^ E fcSM RliERE IK STORY OF THE MASSACRE BY SPANISH SOLDIERS CONFLRMED. Spain* Mode of Warfare iu Cuba--Prinouer* liutchered la Cold ISlood Tlie Dead IiixUr.* of Twelve Victims Left in tlie Streets. "Kkw York, March 4.?A. dispatch from Havana, Cuba, under date of Feb. 27, sajs the affair at Guatao will not down. Capt. Gen. Weyler, after olKcially announcing that nothing outside of the ordinary combat between troops of Spain and armed rebels occurred, has begun an investigation. He was waited upon by a delegation of women from the little hamlet of Guatao and the town of Punta Brava, and heard with his own ears the story of the killing from the wive?, mothers and sisters of the dead, and listened to the appeal for the lives and liberty of the 15 prisoners. He also received official notice from Consul General Williams that among the prisoners taken from the unfortunate- town and now indood in n!ictl?isan American citizen who was shot in the arm while hiding iu his own house in the pres ence of his wife, and, though, unarmed and guilty of no act against Spain, was taken prisoner and held for the military tribunal. The story of the killing of 18 pacifioos by the troops is continued beyond the question of a doubt- In the endeavor to prevent it from being proclaimed to the blunder of arresting Charles Michelson, a correspondent of the New York Journal, and his interpreter, Lorenzo Betancourt. They were taken from their beds at 2 a. ui. on Tuesday, lodged in Morro Castle, "incommunicado," until Wednesday afternoon, by which time the officials discovered that they had the wrong men. Ail the other American correspondents have been shadowed since, but even if the two who did go to Guatao are found out, it is doubtful if they will be arrested, for the reason that another arrest would be a confession that the first was a mistake. The au thorities also know that it is too late to prevent the story going to the States and that they have no case againsl the man who went to Guatao There have been stores of other affairs of a similar nature in various parts of the island, but owing to difficulties placec1 in the way of correspondents it has been next to impossible to verify them, and the assurances of the officials that they were untrue were given full weight. The affair at Punta Brava and Guatao, however, was within 12 mile-; of the city and two American conespondents went to the-two towns as scon as rumors of the nature of the ruvnrrflnrp wn?s r#>r.pivpd . The killinff took place Saturday afternoon. The be dies had been buried on Sunday but the earth was still moist on the graves when the corresoondents reached the scene. They waiked about the town, which WwS well-nigh deserted, talked with neighbois and relatives of the dead, inspacted tbe houses in which unarmed men had been shot and bayoneted to death, and women who prayed on their knees for the lives of their husbands and sobs had been knocked insensible. The fronts of the houses showed no sigus of having bean fired upon as would have been the case if insurgents fought from them. No outer doors nor windows were broken. All but half a dozen were thatched roof huts, affording no protection and from which no resistance could be made. The only building which could have been used for defense?the stone church?had been nritowl TVioro up00 ptrpru -uisihlfi ftVl dence that the stories ol citizens, of wives and of mothers, most of whom were eyewitnesses were correct, and further proof was furnished by Spainish volunteers who were present and lay out the dead. The correspondent took photographs of the streets, houses and cemetery at Gu?tao, and these are indisputable proof that no battte occurred in the town, as is now claimed by the Spanish authorities. Putting together such facts as are verified, the atfair at Guatao was plainly nothing but a butchery. The Spanish troops under Captain Calvo met and dispersed a handful of insurgents at the eastern entrance to the tor n ol Punta Brava with no losses on either aide. Some of the insurgents having taken the direction of Guatao one mile south, the troops moved upon the town, shooting right and left as they entered, killing the inhabitants who ran from their houses in alarm upon hearing the firing. Others concealed themselves in bed * 1 - - 1- ! _1_ 1 rooms ana in any piace wnicn seemeu likely to help them from being discovered. Some men and women reached the woods in safety. About 40 men were left in the town. Some were too old and infirm to run, some were loyal Spaniards, and others were Cubans who had taken no part in the rebellion. The troops seemed bent upon a mad hunt for blood and shot down every one in sight. Several Spaniards were found among the dead. The mounted guerillas pursued fleeing inhabitants across the fields, shooting at them or cutting them down with their sabres. Others rushed into houses, clubbed women who impeded their entrance,shot men hiding under beds, killed one man sick in bed and dragged the bodies of their victims out into the streets. Some or tne troops contented themselves with making prisoners of all the Cubans they could find. After pinioning the arms of an inoffensive citizen behind his back, his captors marched him to the centre of the town, clubbing him and making him shont "Vive Espana,"ashe went. The cavalry who killed men running across the fields brought their bodies in, carrying them across the horn of a saddle or dragging them if the distance was short. The bodies were laid on the ground in front of the main store. One trooper who was kicking and spitting at the body of a man whom he had killed, was stopped by an officer, who told him not to abuse the dead. One of the inhabitants of Guatao was Ladislio Quintera, an American citizen. He had not been fighting with the insurgents and he had no arms. He hid in his house and though his wife, with a two months old babe in her arms, threw herself in front of the soldiers, they forced their way in and shot Quintera, the ball passing through his arm. He was made prisoner and is now in Morro castle. His wife and mother have made full statements of the affair to the American consul, which will be forwarded to Washingtun. Twelve bodies were left in the streets for the inhabitants to bury. One of them, that of a milkman, was shot on his cart while filling milk cans in front of his house and afterwards pursued into the house and finished. The 12 bodies were buried in the cemetery at Guatao. Five additional bodies, identified by neighbors as those of peaceable residenis Guatao, were found in a field nearPunta Brava and said to have been taken prisoners at Guato and afterward killed by the soldiers. Fifteen prisoners were compelled to walk to Mariano, five miles away and were so badiy bruised and cut from blows received on the way that they required medical attendance upon arrival. Three physicians from Puata Brava and Mariano, who are members of the Red Cross society, went to Guatao to attend the wounded. They found the dead in the street, ? . ? Oiiinterft. the DUl HO wuuuuv?. X/ ? - 1 ? American prisoner, had his wound dressed at Mariano. The arrival of the troops with their prisoners late Saturday night Marianaoand the information of what had occurred, terrified the residents of the delightful suburban town so that many came to Habana. One of the volunteers, a man named Edwardo Sanchez a storekeeper of Marianao, open]y boasted "that he had gone into a house and killed a man in a bed. ' Ellerbe For Governor. Columbia, S. C., March 4.?Gen. William II. Ellerbee of Marion is a [ candidate for Governor. This announcement was made yesterday by a member of the Colleton delegation in the General Assembly, who said he was authorized to speak for General Ellerba. This announcsment was not unexpected, for The Rigister several weeks ago contained an interview witu a Legislator, in which he stated that if Governor Evans became a candidate to succeed Hon. John L. M. Irby in the United States Senate, General Ellerbe the tenant of the Executive Mansion. While there has been no authoritative declaratien from Governor Evans or any of his friends to his intentions, the announcement of Ellerbe's gubernatorial aspirations, coming from the source whence it issues, is almost tantamount to a declaration of Evan's Senatorial candidacy, as it would b3 a waste of time and money for Ellerbs to run for Governor if Eraus were seeking re-electiou. General Ellerbe was one | of the original Reformers and did j much to bring about the triumph of tfle movement in 1890 when he became Comptroller General, which office he held four years, filling it to the entire satisfaction of the taxpaying public, of whose interests he was always a | vigilant guardian. In 1894 General Ellerbee was a candidate for Governor, canvassing the State and making vigorous speeches from the stump in every county. When John Gary E vans defeated him for the Reform "suggest, tion" in the the Colleton primary, he gracefully submitted and turned in and helped Evans defeat Dr. Samps Pope, the Independent candidate. This conduct made him many friends, especially among the supporters and admirers of Evans, who vowed then that if the charce ever came they would make amends by supporting him for Governor. The only other openly avowed Democrotic gubernatorial candidate at present is Co. R. B. Watson, Senator from Edgefield, whose platform is opposition to State support of institutions for higher education. It may be that other candidates will enter the Democratic primary. There was some talk yesterday of the possbility of General McLaurin's entering the gubernatorial race, but the general consensus of opinion was that he would go back to Congress, in which he has made a particulary gocd record. Whoever the Democrats name as their candidate he will have to beat that chronic ofliceseeker. Samps Pope, who is reported to be determined to play a lone hand once more. Fatal Fire In Utlca. Utica, N. Y., March 3.?The Gennessee aoartment house in this city burned this morning. It was seven stories high. The occupants numbered 176, composinf CO families. The losses of these sixty families amount to over $200,000. The building was worth $120,000 and was insured to the amount of $9U,000, and the property of the tenants to the amount of $45,000. Four persons are known to have lost their lives as the result of the fire and it is feared that two other persons and possible more, perished. The names of the dead are: Mrs. Hugh Hughes, 70 years of age, killed by falling from the fourth story while being lowered to the ground by a rope. Mrs. George Wood, forty-five years of age, a niece of the late Governor Seymour and her daughter, Mary, fifteen years of age, and Noble Hopkins, 69 years of age. The bodies of the three last named are in the ruins. The Waters Subside. Boston, March 4.?With the subsidence of the waters, which during Sunday night, Monday and Tuesday, overwhelmed a greater part of New England, figures Of losses sustained are coming in, and from those received it is apparent that the total damage in the section will be considerably more than $2,000,000. This does not include the wages of thousands of laboring men through suspension of manufacturing and other industries. Six lives have been lost. The main financial loss is divided between the States of Maine, New Hampshire and M?ssachusetts. Maine bears about one-half. New Hampshire has been swept from one end to another, and heavy losses at Manchester and Dover will bring the total in that State closely up to a million dollars. Massachusetts, at Lowell and Lawrence, and the Merrimac River Valley, suffers heavily, but $250,000 will cover what she loses. Senator AanauUed. Richmond, Va., March 4.? Senator Flood entered the Senate Chamber this morning, and walking up to Senax ^1 1 t _ 1 .1 u: ? ior r jauaga.il, ueiauureu uiui u?ci >. <= head with a cane, inflicting a painful but not dangerous wound. The assault caused much excitement. Flood was arrested and bailed. The assault was provoked by the fact that Flanagan, a day or two ago, said on the floor that Flood had falsified. The condition of Senator Flanaga is not so favorable to night. His physicians fear now that there is concussion ol the brain. They say it cannot be de finitely known within the next twelve hours what the result will be. He has been delirious for some hours. REPLY FROM MR. MIXSON THE LIQUOR COMMISSIONER AN ' SWERSTHESTATE TREASURER. lie CUlms that the Dispensary has lleei a Profitable Instltution--Some Figures t? Substantiate His Assertion. Editor Register: But for 'the lasi paragraph contained in State Treasur er Bate's communication touching th< proposed changes in the Dispensarj Jaw and published in today's issue ol your valuable paper,I would not hav( one word to say in reply. And mj objection to that paragraph is not sc much in what he said as in what h( did not say and the false constructior which the average reader places there on. It has been misunderstood by j great many as meaning that the Stat< Treasurer had made the bold assertior that the dispensary had not made f dollar of net profit for the months oi November and December; and this it the face of my special report of asset; and liabilities and profits and losses covering these two months, which ii to be found on pages 27 and 28 of mj annual report, and is also verified anc confirmed by the special legislativt committee, whose report also can b< found on pages 115 to 119, inclusive, in the same report. For the two months of Novembei and December, the gross profits of the State Dispensary were $102,872. llTanc the total expenses for the same perioc were $66,242.05, making a net profil on the sales for the two months ol $36,630.06, whilst the net profit which accrued to the State during the months of November and December was $33, 566.34. Adding to this the unearned profit of $25,571.85 on goods in th( ' -J - -e TV: TW nanus 01 couniy i/ispcuaora vu ?->^ cember 31st makes an earned and un earned profit for the two months ol $59,138.19. On December 31st the to tal assets of the State Dispensary were $314,070.24 and the total liabilities $70,253.67. The difference between the assets and liabilities is a balance oi $243,816.57, which is the net accrued profit to December 31st. Of this amount, $110,348.80 represents the net accrued profit for the eighteen months Mr. Traxler was commissioner and $133,467.77 represents the net accrued profit for the eleven months under mj management. The net accrued profits for the two months of November ard December were greater than the profits of any previous quarter (3 months) save one, in the history of the Dispen sary, as is evidenced by the following statement. Net accrued profit for three months ending April 30, $48,327.66. Net accrued profit for three months ending July 31, $31,066.65. Net accrued profit for three months ending October 31, $20,507.12. Net accrued profit for two months ending December 31, $33,566.34. Net accrued profit for three months ending December 31, $133,467.77. Of my net profit of $133,467.77, one hundred thousand dollars has been paid over to Staje Treasurer Bates and by him used in defraying the general expenses of the State government Fifty thousand of this amount was ip liquidation of the State appropriation for starting the business, and the remaining fifty thousand was in the nature of a loan to the State paid out of the commercial capital of the dispensary which had accumulated under my management. This loan was made from the dispensary fund at a time when the State was out of funds and was compelled to have money with which to meet the current expanses ol the State government and by being able to draft on the dispensary funds 13 mat amount, me oiaie was savcu the expense of interest. Since Novem'ber the 1st, (the time the $50,000 was advanced to the State Treasurer,) I have had to purchase heavily of liquors to meet the demands of the winter trade and, in consequence have had to meet heavy drafts, and at a time when I had lessened my commercial capital by $50,000. This loan was made by me in defence to a request from the State Board of control. At the time the loan was made, 1 had to my credit in the State Treasury and in the banks$104,422.54. My to tal liabilities were $74,327.88, or a working cash capital of more than $30,000 after paying every dollar of outstanding indebtedness. But at thai time when $50,000 was drawn from my cash surplus, I was in less time than it takes to write it and by the stroke of a pen placed in the position of owing, in round numbers, $20,00C more for merchandise and supplies than I had cash -with which to pay;, But in that short time I have sufficiently recouped to be enabled in the near future to again commence plac ing on deposit a greater amount that will be necessary to meet future out standing indebtedness. As to the State Treasurer's prophecj that the honorable members of the General Assembly will make a mis take in basing their tax levy in ac cordance with the idea that the State Dispensary will pay into the State Treasury within the next fiscal yeai one hundred thousand dollars, I nav< to say that, in my humble judgment it is a manifestation of wisdom or their part to assume 'hat that amouni will have accumulated within tha time, and they will not be disappoint ed in their assumption. I think mj intimate connection with,and manage ment of the dispensary for the pas year justifies me in saying that mj prediction of its capabilities and re sources should outweigh those of anj other man not officially connectec therewith. So far as the honorabl* State Treasurer's complaints agains those provisions of the proposed new dispensary law whereby his office wil be made to do certain portions 01 th< details of the dispensary business, have to say that I am in no wise re sponsible therefor. On the contrary when the suggestions were first made I opposed them strenuously,purely 01 the grounds of unfeasibility and busi ness impracticability. But when ! was assured that it was an administra tion measure and that the people through their representatives, wen disposed to enter upon the experiment I bowed in submission and withdrev i all objections- As a Reformer fron principle as well as profession, would have fallen short of my dut] had I done aught else. I keenly real , ize the fact that the people are sover eign and that I am only their servant i Kespecuuuy, jp . m. mixsun. i Commissioner. Columbia, S. C., March 4. i DR. BATES'S REPLY. f Editor Evening News: What th Commissioner objects to in my brie s article is as follows: [ "Because I know that since Novem ber 3d the Commissioner has not ac cumulated one dollar above actual necessary commercial capital." 1 did not say he had not accumulat ed assets or stock, but that he had not accumulated one dollar above actual necessary commercial capital since November 3d. 1 In his article in this morning's Reg> isterhesays: ''But at that time" (viz November 3d, 1895,) "when $50,000 was drawn from my cash surplus, I i. was in less time than it takes to write . it and by the stroke cf a pen placed in ; ? the position of owing, in round num- ; 'r bers, $20,000 more for merchandise . f and supplies than I had cash with , ; which to pay." J "r This admission from the Commis j sioner, coupled with tne iact mas ?u ? Thursday, February 27th, the special \ [ dispensary account in the State Treas . ury was drawn down to $17.23, proves ( t the absolute correctness of my state- , j ment. # ( t I have written from the standpoint , t of this office alone. It takes actual ' f money?cash?not dispensary assets, , t to pay claims against tbe State. I do ( 5 not think it prudent legislation to . count on such a contingency as the ' j $193,000 of dispensary assets in mak- , r ing provision to raise supplies to run I the State government. 5 It is well known that I have not , j been prompted by prejudice against , the Commissioner or the dispensary ' in what I have written. I desired to . place myself on record and discharge j a duty I owed to myself and the pub [ lio. W. T. C. Bates. , Columbia, March 5. , | Negro Fanatics. L Atlanta, Ga., March 4.?The negro , 3 Ascensionists who expect to be carried up into Heaven on Friday morning , ^ received a cablegram this morning ! 5 from a London newspaper informing i them that the date of the ascension j had been postponed for seven years . ? and seven months. The Ascension- 1 ; ists are greatly excited and declare . , that they will go up any way and that j | no London authorities can defer the ( . trip. The idea of the Ascensionists is ' :ii ? f mat a powur WHICH Will WUJC m a { whirlwind will lift them up into the ' clouds, where they will reside for five . years, when they expect to return to J earth. In the meantime, however, I they say that the earth will be burned over and only the righteous will re; main. The band of Ascensionists . number about 100 members here. | Their faith is sirong. One of them left home yesterday morning, locking her two children up in the house. She | was so carried away with religious | fervor that she forgot to return home 1 and tonight the police broke into the , house and found the children nearly starved. The members of the band ( are giving away or selling all their possessions. Most of them give their 5 chattels to friends, believing that they will have no further use for houses hold articles. The leader of the band is an ignorant negro named John . Smith. He has been holdiug nightly meetings in the southeastern part of /*i^Tr fnii 4- nTA m/vnthc Thft P.QHIP- I * j ILLO WVJ iV/I HIV uivuvutu amw j gram was an advertisement for the ( [ London paper. For Free Silver. f Washington, March 4.?A promi- 1 nent member of the executive com- ' mittfie ot-the Bimetallio Democratic ; National Convention, whose head, quarters are in this city, states that the committee is confident tii?t the free silver Democrats will control th? J Democratic National Convention by | a decided majority. This committee, ; ; he says, is actively and earnestly at work, is or^aniaed in nearly every ' I State and Territory of the Union and J is in constant and regular correspond- ' ence with leading and influential sil- J 1 ver Democrats in every section of the j ' county. These reports show beyond question, the committee claim, that 1 the mass of the Democratic party is in \ favor of the freo and unlimited coin- j age of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, and thatthe silver sentiment is everywhere ' 1 growing in strength and earnestness, 1 its advocates daily becoming more ! zeaious anu aggressive. ' South Carolinians in Washington. > Washington, March 5.?a South ; Carolina society, composed of citizens | of the Palmetto State temporarily in 1 ' Washington, has been organized, with 1 the following officers: President, \ General John B. Irwin; first vice president, C. A. Douglass; second vice President, John G. Capers; secretary, ames M. Baker treasurer, Charles H. 1 Brice; executive committee?Thoma' F. Brantly, Benjamin Martin, J. J. 1 Darlington, E. M. llucker, ex-Congressman J. J. Hemphill, D. C. Roper ' and W. M. Aiken. The South Caro* lina Congressmen were elected honorary members, and other applications 1 will be considered by the executive committee. The society will meet on 1 the first Friday of each month and the annual meeting will be held on May 23, the day on which South Carolina [ ratified the Federal Constitution. A Cuban Refugee's Story. * Petersburg, Va., March 5.?Ed* ward McCollougb, a Cuban refugee of . English birth and education, is strand' ed in this city, having made his way ' here from Norfolk, at which city he ' arrived on a sailing vessel yesterday. . He claims to have been an officer on . General Gomez's staff, and says he was forced to flee from Cuba for hav" ing shot 8nd killed Col. Ciencious, a Spanish officer, who had insulted his . fiancee. The tragedy, he says, occur rod in a nlantatiou in the Province of [ Mantanzas. McCollough was captured but escaped by giving his guard $2,500 ^ in Spanish gold. * Disaster of the Deep. * Galveston, March 4 .?The steamer i Pensacola arrived this morning- from * a relief triep along the Texas and I Mexico coasts in search of the steam1 ship Monstow, found disabled oif Point Isabel. On her return, the > Pensacola sighted the schooner Willie ' Ann, wrecked. The Willie Ann has 1 been missing one month. She carried ' the following crew, all of whom were 1 drowned: Captain Simon Baker, of * Lake Charles, La.; Larry, seaman; ? William Anderson, cook, and M. 0 Moguat, of Rockport, Texas. The lat' ter was a passenger. 1 A Costly Fire, I Danbury, Conn., March 3.?For p four hours this morning, the fire de partment battled with a fierce fire ' a f wiiicn rageu laiae ceuier ui mc cw/, ,. and before it was subdued property worth $150,000 was destroyed. Half the damage is covered by insurance. Captain Hoyt and Frank Eastwood, a hoseman, were badly injured, and e Mrs. Sadie Carpenter, colored woman, f who jumped from a window, was internally hurt. Fifteen buildings, all i- but one wood, were burnt to the :* ground. PAT. WALSH'S PATRIOTISM THE MAN WHO HOLDS THE SOUTH INTERESTS SO DEAR. Ro Addresses tlie General Assembly on tl Subject of the Cotton Exposition at Cli cago- An Eloquent Presentation. Columbia, S. C., March 5.?Tl Hon. Patrick Walsh, formerly tl United States senator from Georgii Lhe editor of the Augusta Chronic' and one ot the most patriotic of Soutl em men, a man always up and doin for the advancement of the materii interest of the south, arrived in th city yesterday afternoon and at 6 ] m. addessed the members of the gei eral assembly in the hall of the hous of representatives, by invitation, upo the scope, aims and purpose of tt great Southern Cotton expositioi which it is proposed to hold in Chio go. There were many outsiders pre ent to hear the address, which wj an able, eloquent and impressive on< The audience was thoroughly interes ed, notwithstanding Mr. Walsh spol for an hour. Mr. Walsh entered the hall on tl arm of Mr. Weston of Richland, beir accompanied by Messrs. Pollock ar L. J. Williams. He was introduced by Mr. Westoi who said that the governor was have introduced the distinguish speaker. He was to spfeak to them c a vital Question. His lone servi had endeared him to the whole soufc Mr. Walsh was profoundly apprec ativeand grateful for the mvitatic which had been extended to him address them on the scope and pu pose of the Chicago Cotton expositioi They knew that expositions i in great centres were host means of a vertising the resources of any cou try. The advanced countries of E rope realized this. This country hf held several notable expositions. Ch cago had surpassed in the excellent Df her exposition as compared to tl Dther notable ones. The exposition i Atlanta was not to ba minimized t any of those referred to. It was marvelous display of the progress i Lhe southern States. It would c Ejreat good to the south. He wou ot minimize the effect. It was a re slation to the southerners themselv that the south possessed such marve aus resources. The only criticism wi Lhat the people of this great countr; whom it was intended to influenc were not there?the people of the we ind northwest, the farming classes,tl eastern manufacturing and other i: terests. They would have been the; if it had been in one of the great cei tres. All could easily see the justne nuih'mom TT# til An crnVA t.} Bgures, comparing; the attendance i the Atlanta and Chicago exposition The purpose of the coining expot tion was to show the people of tl svesi and northwest the wonderful r sources of the south. It was also 1 3how them the marvelous products < Dur soil, of our gardens; the diversil ?f our agricultural products the cii 3f Chicago was the place. This was labor of love with him. He had r axe to grind?political o/ other wis He had reached the conclusion th there was no area of land any whei that God had bestowed upon so mar bounties. No country abounded i mch resources for agricultural ar neohanical pursuits as the south. I the period following the war, nc withstanding Torn early JL1 years tl :niit.hflrn Htatwi Vtohr Annmssed I ^government, they Bad made lor 3trides, wonderful progress in uping their resources. In this reap? qo State had accomplished more tns the State of South Carolina. Som Dne has said that the south is likely i overdo this business of manufactu ing cotton. All should bear in mir that the cotton would be manufactu ed somewhere, and would compe with our goods. This argument was fallacy. There was no danger of ove doing this matter. He contrasted tl number of spindles in the mills i Spartanburg a few years ago #wil those of the present time. He pr dieted that we would have 1,000,01 spindles ere long. Mr. Walsh went on to quote the fi ures showing the wondrous growth the cotton manufacturing industry the South in the last 10 years. If continued at the present rate for J years the south would be manufactu mg half the cotton crop. We ne< more money. They say we owe tl New England capitailists somethin and we should not go to Chicago to i vite those people to come in and coi pete for our territory. He wis abo' passion and prejudice, but when came to inviting capitalists to .lid the developmeut of the southern cou try he wanted all to come in. The people of Chicago were doii all they could. The idea of this e position had taken root in August being suggested to some business m< there, and there the movement w started. They sent to an agent Chicago. Then he detailed the pi ceedings of the recent conference Chicago. Chioago proposes to furnish t buildings, the money and manage t exposition, continuing for 90 days, we furnish the exhibits. This was t personification of generosity. South Carolina had been mostcred ably?handsomely?r epresent( among the exhibits at Atlanta- ? nilrnose here was to ask themtodup cate that exhibit at Chicago. The e position coming on was in his opini< ',he greatest thing ever conceived bring about a speedy development the south. New England had made wonderf Progress in manufacturing purauil [e remembered when the southe States did not furnish a single Belgii block. Now, our quarries are furnis ing all this class of material. V could build all the public buildin and pave the streets of the cities of t whole country, soproflific are our ( posits of granite. We have suflicie marble to build the palaces of t world. He referred to Carolina's ma nificent deposits of phosphates. Th he contrasted the natural resources the New England States. He quot with those of the southern States. ] quoted the Hon. Wm. D. Kelly Pennsylvania in regard to the bie ings of climate and resources whi had been showered on the southe States. Mr. Kelly said they were i comparable. Mr. Walsh then quot Mr. Edward Atkinson on the sai line. Mr. Porter the superintende of the U nitea siaies census was aiao i record as to the superiority of the sou in the resources for individual develt ment. We produce more coal and^ iron today t han the whole count produced in 1870. We have ever per cent, of the entire forest area f th? country. You can all see thi but we need people. We need tho who have gone out and conquered tl 'S wilderness of the nothwaat to con down here and settle on our surpli lands. We could take the 70,000,0 of people in this country and put the ,e in the southern States and the counti ,i. would not be one fourth as dense populated as England is today. T] State of Georgia was nearly as larj ie as all the New England States. Tex ie was larger than the New England ai a capital, skilled labor, more poop] Ie good Milddle States together. V a. have 500,000,000 acre* of land in the southern State. Not in 100 years cou 2 wft*get too much population. e What is the best way to develop i 3 That's what I am here for. I wa you to duplicate your Atlanta exhib: ,0 It will do more good than if shown n 50 southern expositions, because t] ie people we want to attract won t see j at a southern exposition. He had t a. ready printed an address on this qu( g. tion to the governors of the southei * States. He hoped the governor e South Caroliaa would make this mj t'_ ter the subject of a special communic [e tion to them. He hoped they wou make a generous appropriation for tl ie purpose. The State would receive tl greatest benefit from it. He did n lcj know how to impress the magnitui and the importance of the matter up( them. There never was a day wh( to all the circumstances were more pr pitious than now. There never was m time when there was less sectionalis ce than today. The State that failed ^ embrace this golden offer of Chicaj ,jl would miss a grand opportunity to a m vance her most vital interests. It w to to his mind the most magnificent o r. portunity to advertise to the ptonle 3S the northwest the unrivallea i sources of the grand southern count lu tti iu: u: 3 ,j. Hi very luiug uuluuiucu iu tuc ouu q. to produce cotton in the greatest abu u. dance; coal was produced at less a l(j than anywhere else; we make pig ir< j_ $6 a ton less than anywhere else. ,e Mr. Walsh made an eloquent pei je ration, saying no man living could i n justice to the subject. God had fill his cornucopia full and scattered a contents all over this broad southe country. The time will come wh j0 these southern States will become t [d great and thriving centre of succei y. ful agriculture and of manufacture es and other industries. It is our mai fest destiny. as His highest ambition was to ? tomething to fill up and utilize t g' waste places of this great contry un s? peace and happiness shall possess tl ie land. You have it in your hand 1 Q. day to bring about the grandest i re suits for your State and people. a_ As Mr. Walsh closed there was co gg siderable applause. ie Mr. Magill then offered this resol tion, which was unanimously adopte s Resolved. That the general assei bly has heard with pleasure and pro je the able and instructive address of t 0. Hon. Patrick Walsh and the than of the general assembly of South G olina are hereby tendered the disti v sruished visitior for such address. ^ State. o The Cuban Resolutions. g? Washington, March 5.?The co at ferees of the two houses on the Cubi re resolutions, consisting of Senato (J Sherman, Morgan and Lodge on t Jjj part of the Senate and of Messrs. Hi a McCreary and Adams on the part ?t- the House, reached a conclusion mo 16 speedily and with less dii V culty in their conference i '? day than had basn anticipated. T1 -aoti&zliatioii' WW Of aoOUl '4C uiinu* ct duration, and it became apparent ii m mediately that the representatives e- the Senate would be satisfied with tl to House substitute. r' Senator Morgan was strongly in 1 ld yor of that clause of the House res r- lution which contemplates interve t? tion, a declaration which he had su a gested should be made when the que r- tion was before the Sena19. There was mention made of the pc of sibilities of war with Spain as a resi of the action by Congress, and tl e- exclusive statement concerning tl 00 position of the administration in opf sition to recognition made by the A g- sociated Press was also the subject of some talk. in So far as the House is concerne it the resolution is a closed question f 50 the present. There will be no mo r- debate because it is only necessa sd for the Secretary of the Senate to : port to the House that the Senate co g? ferees have agreed to the House res a- lutions. n- The resolutions agreed upon are follows: it "Resolved, That in the opinion in Congress, a state of public war exi; n- in Cuba, the parties to which are en tied to belligerent rights, and t ig United States should observe a str x- neutrality between the belligerents, a, "Resolved, That Congress deploi the destruction of life and propei as caused bj the war now waging to that island, and believing that t only permanent solution of the cc in test, equally in the interests of Spai the people or uuoa ana omer imu?j be would be in the establishment of he government by the choice of the pi if pie of Cuba, it is the sense of Corigr< he that .the government of the Unit States should use its good offices a it* friendly influence to that end. id '-Resolved, That the United Sta [is has not intervened in the strugg li- between any European go^ernmei and their colonies on this continei but from the very close relations I to t ween the people of the United Sta of and those of Cuba, in consequence its proximity and the extent of t ul- commerce between the two people, t is- present war is entailing such los: m upon the people of the United Sta m that Congress is of opinion that t h- government of the United Sta should be prepared to protect the gs gitimate interests of our citizens, he intopwAntinn if nerfcssarv. le- ' at llud Fire at Florence. he Columbia. S. C., February 2i). ig- The Ellis block at Florence, S- < en including the stores of Sligh & Ru< of er, dry goods, and Isaac Sulzbacti ed jewelry, the Banner and Mtssenf 3e newspaper office, the Western Um of telegraph office and a barber's sh< ss- and the Lake block containing t ch stores of Mrs. O. L Morgan, mill rn ery, the post ollice, Lake & Co., dri in- and medicines, Charles Bultma ed stores, the county dispensary, hall ne Knights of Pythias, offices of D nt McLeod and Gee aud a photogra on gallery, were totally destroyed by f th early Thursday morning. A prin >p- named George Williams was burr >ig death. He and others who were ga ry bling and drinking in the Ellis blc 50 are said to have started the fire. L of $40,000; insurance $25,000. j LYNCHED OYER IN AIM. | le CALVIN KENNEDY SHOT TO DEATH Jg FOR THE USUAL CRIME. rj The Fiend Confessed His Crime and Imlj plicated Others?The Viotiin a Pretty vq Young Girl of Fifteen Years?Two Ter? as slons of the Crlmn. *ed Bi^ckville, S.C., Feb. 29.- W- || ^ Vin & liOffMA waa r O J J - n?Jijuvuv??w se Windsor, 18 miles west of here, at | .30 o'clock last night. The crime pf ' Kennedy's was one of the most horri- -::i ble ever committed in this state. :M pt About eight months ago Kennedy . ^ it. with Major Wade, another negro, /' at visited the home of Miss Sallie Ww>b, he five miles from Windsor, a*** while 1 : it she was alone in the house, her par- " ents being temporarily aosent, the iS" two negroes forcibly carried her off to rn the house of Edna Jones, a negreis, ia": ot where they compelled hei to submit to it- their outrageous assaults. After committing the fiendish act Id the negroes only agreed to release the -^^Kg ?is outraged girl upon her faithful prombe ise not to divulge the names of her 33H ot ruinators. She was told that if she reie vealed the story th9y would kill her, M >n her father and her mother. Mitt m Webb, fearful that her assailants o- would execute their threats and mcr- ' a der her and her parents, returned m home and bore her shame in silence. J] to As she is to become a mother in a ?o month's time her parents became sua- ;; d- picious of her condition, and after as persistent efforts finally suceeded in D- orpif.inor fnnm ah enter th ft storr of of the heinous offense committed. As soon as Miss Webb told of the JT outrage committed upon her the story ?<h was quickly spread in the neighbor* Jig n* hood and in a short time the citizens >st organized and commenced a search Xjjjm for the rapists. The negroes got wind that the story of their crime was known *o- and that lynchers were on their tracks '- J do and they at once fled the country. -J|| ed Kennedy didn't succeed in escaping. ?2 its He was caught in Williston last afterrn noon. After his capture two const*en bles boarded the West bound 8. 0. A he Ga. train and started for Aiken to 53- place their prisoner in jail for safe >| ng keeping. ai- Just belore the train reached Windsor a masked mobb o 125 or 80 men " . do boarded the train, overpowered the he officers and took their prisoner from til them. Kennedy confessed his crime lis to the constables. The lynchers draggle. ir itn .:\a Mv/ cu ncxiiioujr awub jlukj jaiua irviu vuv f \ re* depot to a tree where they pinioned him. They did not hang him, bat n- after binding him to the tree, they riddled his body with bullets until it *.j$i u- looked as though it had been run d: through a threshing machine. n- The lynching was conducted so qui- J fit elly that the people of Windsor claim ^ he to have heard nothing regarding the ks work of the mob. Not even the pisir tol shots were heard. The mob is n- now scouring the country for Wade ? and Edna Jones at whose house the crime was committed and if they are ' caught they will suffer the same summanly punishment inflicted upon ' ,n* Kennedy. Miss Webb is young, beaum tiful, well educated and of good parrs entage who are highly respected fl vffi h throughout Barnwell county. She is B a half sister of the chief of police of 1 "? Black ville. All is quiet at Windsor pSe of today.?Charleston Post. ^3 ire another version. ;$g| fi- Branchville, Feb. 29.?Tho fol- Wflfi ? lowing rather unsatisfactory details of .'|?g le the lynching that took place near mm -Wifidnoor, CQP^r, Utllih(t) n- I obtained on tMmaoCui^TQt^i^ v 9:|j| of ton tonight from a conductor?4^4^ jjjgg tie freight that passed 'Windsor todflrt#'WQ Qallia WoV?h IB f.VlA dUllinWl^Hn 'a- ter of Mr. Samuel Wet>b, a well-to*io H:|8 10- farmer and miller living about five -9 -j|? n- miles from Windsor, a small station g g| g- on the South Carolina and Georgia . fl :s- railroad, in Aiken county. The report sayf that an old negro woman -m >s- named Edna , living in the neighilt borhood, had persuaded the young H || he girl to allow herself to be ruined by a || tie negro boy named Major Wade. Cal- -M to- vin Kennedy, a large, black negro 3Sg lS- man, on learning the state of affairs, of also by the aid of the old woman's persuasive powers, committed the crime. d, This was some months ago. Thie 01 week the girl's disgrace becoming re known, the negroes naturally became ry alarmed. It is said that thevounger re- negro persuaded the girl to nee with n- him, and they left her father's home. to- The man, either being found oat or m.ilf molrinn Vlim afraid nf lwintf Ills ^UUb UJauuig ? as accused, also flea. He was captured, it is said, by officers of the law?wheth- v.| of er sheriff's posse or magistrate's sts constable could not be learned ti- ?and put on Friday night's train at he Williston to be taken to "jail at Aiken, ict When the train stopped at Windsor the negro was taken from the train-by res a mob. My informant says that when ty his train passed Windsor about 11 in o'clock this morning he saw the negro he tied to a tree about 200 or 300 yards >n- from the railroad track, dead, with a in, hole in his head. Appearances led ms him to believe that a shotgun must f a have been put under the negro's head so- and fired. The mob evidently flred at ;ss him with pistols also, as the tree bark ed was cut up by bullets. The people of nd Windsor were this morning innocently ignorant of who committed the tes deed, saying that they did not even les hear any shots fired the night before, ats ?Columbia State. it; Killed by hi* Prisoner. tes Spartanburg, March 4.?Another of bloody tragedy must be set down to ,he the illicit sale of whiskey. Deputy J. he D. Kirby was killed early yesteraay ? i /tonhiNvl fn* ses morning uy a unwuci w.f.u.vtes making blockade whiskey. On their ;he way to this city on Wednesday aftertes noon, Kirby, Miller, Brown and Kirle by's two sons, Jim and Loyd, all Uniby ted States marshals, left for a raid in the upper part of this county. They went to capture a still operated by the Dill brothers. The raid took place this morning, and Joe Dill and his 3., son John were arrested and 60 gallons :k- of whiskey captured. John Dill proer, tested vigorously and he was over?er powered and handcuffed. After a on while he became quiet and the hand-p; cuffs were removed. The party start he ed for this place. On their way they ' -i ..i Cnninirotn /flsd. .Tim Ill* | StOpptU iilt iiunjr upjiugw igs and Lloyd Kirby went to a nearby n's | mill pond to hum ducks. Deputy of J Miller had gone ahead with the wars. eon load of liquor. John Kirby and ph Brown were in charge of the prisonire ers Kirby was in the act of getting ter into the wagon when John Dill picked ted up the weapon and fired at Kirby. m- The bullet went whistling into his ?ck brain and the soul of Kirby took its oss flight. Both of the prisoners made their escape.