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The Press and Banner ~" BY HUGH WILSON. AltBETILtE, M- ?. ' PRISONERS MURDERED. STORY OF THE MASSACRE BY SPAN ISH SOLDIERS CONFIRMED. Spaiug Mode of Warfare in Cuba?Prison' - ? ? - *" _ erg Butchered in cold tsiood Xlie umv Bodies of Twelve Victims Left in the Streets. New York, March 4.?A dispatch from Havana, Cuba, under date of Feb. 27, says the affair at Guatao will not down. * Capt. Gen. Weyler, after officially announcing1 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 wivea, 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 Wil1 ~ A' 1 ^olrnn iiams mai amoag me pnsuucia from the unfortunate town and now lodged in Morro Castle is an American citizen who was shot in the arm while hiding in 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 pacificos by the troops is confirmed beyond the question ot 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. m. on Tuesday, lodged in Morro Castle, "incommunicado," until Wednesday afternoon, by which time the officials discovered that they had the wrong men. All the other American correspond ents have been shadowed since, but even if the two who did eo 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 ana that they have no case against the man who went to Guatao There have been stories of other affairs of a similar nature in various parts of the island, but owing to difficulties placed 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 miles of the city and two American correspondents went to the two towns as soon as rumors of the nature of the occurrence was received. The killing took place Saturday afternoon. The bodies had been buried on Sunday but the earth was still moist on the graves when the correspondents reached the scene. They walked about the town, which was well-nigh deserted, talked with neighbors and relatives of the dead, inspected the 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 sons had been kv. ocked insensible. The fronts of the hoVjes showed no signs of having beeat- 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 dafoncn?ftio ct/ino ?hflrl hftfln entered. There was every visible evidence that the stories oi 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 battle occurred in the town, as is now claimed by the Spanish authorities. Putting together such facts as are verified, the affair 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 town ol Punta Brava with no losses on either side. Some of the insurgents having taken the direction of Guatao one mile south, the troops moved upon the town, shooting right and as thev entered, killing the inhabitants who ran from their houses in alarm upon hearing the firing. Others concealed themselves in bed rooms and in any place which seemed likely to help them from being discovered. Some men and women reached the woods in safety. About 40 men were left in tin 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 draeged the bodies of their victims out into the streets. Some of the 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 caDtors marched him to the centre of the town, clubbing him and making him shout "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 shol Quintera. the ball passing through his arm. ne was maue prisoner ?uu. ? now in Morro castle- His wife and mother have made full statements of I 'm the atfair to tlie American consul, : which will be forwarded to Washington. "I Twelve bodies were left itf the ? streets for the inhabitants to bury. One of them, that of-a milkman, was f shot on his cart while filling milk cans in front of his house and afterwards pursued into the house and fin" ished. The 12 bodies were buried in the cemetery at Guatao. Five additional bodies, identified by neighbors r . as those of peaceable residenis Guatao, e were found in a field nearPunta Bra- r 1 va and said to have been taken prison, ers at Guato and afterward killed by \ the soldiers. Fifteen prisoners were o compelled to walk to Mariano, five o miles away and were so badiy bruised n and cut from blows received on the d way that they required medical atten- v dance upon arrival. Three physicians o from Punta Brava and Mariano, who g are members of the Red Cross society, 1 went to Guatao to attend the wound- tl ed. They found the dead in the street, d but no wounded, quintera, tuejp American prisoner, had his wound t! dressed at Mariano. The arrival of a the troops with their prisoners late c Saturday night Marianao and the in- t< formation of what had occurred, ter- a rified the residents of the delightful c suburban town so that many came to c Habana. One of the volunteers, a f, man named Ed wardo Sanchez a store- i] keeper of Marianao, openJy boasted that he had gone into a house and a killed a man in a bed. S tl Kllerbe For Governor. ^ Columbia, S. C., March 4.?Gen. 0 William H. Ellerbee of Marion is a $ candidate for Governor. a This announcement was made yes- o terday by a member of the Colleton 5i /1/>1a?a?inn in Ihfl rt-Pnerfll Assemblv. P iV^UUUU AAA ??? V ^ F who said he was authorized to speak h for General Ellerbe. This announce- a ment was not unexpected, for The e Rigister several weeks ago contained $ an interview witn a Legislator, in t* which he stated that if Governor Ev- & a as became a candidate to succeed $' Hon. John L. II. Irby in the United a States Senate, General Ellerbe the ten- # ant of the Executive Mansion. While p there has been no authoritative declar- a ation from Governor Evans or any of a his friends as to his intentions, the an- N nouncement of Ellerbe's gubernatori- $ al aspirations, coming from the source p whence it issues, is almost tantamount n to a declaration of Evan's Senatorial f< candidacy, as it would be a waste of f time and money for Ellerbe to run it for Governor if Evaus were seeking sj re-election. General Ellerbe was one si of the original Reformers and did si much to bring about the triumph of tne movement in 1890 when he became e: Comptroller General, which office he held four years, filling it to the entire ei satisfaction of the taxpaying public, of whose interests he was always a ei vigilant guardian. In 1894 General Ellerbee was a candidate for Governor, ei canvassing the State and making vigorous snepnhfis from the stump in ev- ?] ery county. When John Gary Evans defeated him for the Reform "sugges- h tion" in the the Colleton primary, he p; gracefully submitted and turned in b; and helped Evans defeat Dr. Samps e: Pope, the Independent candidate. F This conduct made him many friends, li especially among the supporters and admirers of Evans, who vowed then n that if the chance ever came they ti would make amends by supporting tl him for Governor. The only other s? openly avowed Democrotic guberna- n: torial candidate at present is Co. R. B. fi Watson, Senator from Edgefield, w whose platform is opposition to State w support of institutions for higher edu- * cation. It may be that other caryli- tl dates will enter the Democratic pri-< al mary. There was some talk yester- t; day of the possbility of General Mc- tl Laurin's entering the gubernatorial b race, but the general consensus of a< opinion was that he would go back to h Congress, in which he has made a q particulary good record. Whoever t* t.Vift nftmonrats name as their candidate h he will have to beat that chronic office- ti seeker, Samps Pope, who is reported ci to be determined to play a lone hand n once more. fi Fatal Fire in Utlca. h Utica, N. Y., March 3.?The Gen- a nessee apartment house in this city k burned this morning. It was seven J stories high. The occupants number- *' ed 176, composing CO families. The ?. losses of these sixty families amount to over $200,000. The building was 11 worth $120,000 and was insured to the tl amount of $9u,000, and the property of the tenants to the amount of $45,- ? 000. Four persons are known to have a lost their lives as the result of the fire tl and it is feared that two other persons B and possible more, perished. The e names of the dead are: Mrs. Hugh P Hughes, 70 years of age, killed by " follinr* frr*m tho strtrv "wVlilft ^ being lowered to the ground by a rope. s1 Mrs. George Wood, forty-five years of age, a nieoe of the late Governor Seymour and her daughter, Mary, fif- G teen years of age, and Noble Hopkins, k 69 years of age. The bodies of the c three last named are in the ruins. 1 The Waters Subside. O Boston, March 4.?With the subsi- ti dence of the waters, which during Sun- i) day night, Monday and Tuesday, over- t! whelmed a greater part of New Eng- y land, f^ures of losses sustained are t. coming in, and from those received it e is apparent that the total damage in i' the section will be considerably more 11 than $2,000,000. This does not include J the wages of thousands of laboring P men through suspension of manufac- s turing and other industries. Six lives o have been lost. The main financial t. loss is divided between the States of ? Maine, New Hampshire and Massa- t. chusetts. Maine bears about one-half, d New Hampshire has been swept from b one end to another, and heavy losses d at Manchester and Dover will bring ! ' the total in that State closely up to a s million dollars. Massachusetts, at v Lowell and Lawrence, and the Merri- I i-?i tr-11? -.-iT 1. n? u.,4. f mac ruver vaney, suucra ncavxiv, um< ? $250,000 will cover what she loses. * v Senator AKnuulted. t Richmond, Va., March 4.?Senator t Flood entered the Senate Chamber d this morning, and walking up to Sena- I tor Flanagan, belabored him over t'e a head with a cane, inllicting a painful p > but not dangerous wound. The as- \ i sault caused much excitement Flood 1 was arrested and bailed. The assault i was provoked by the fact that Flan- e agan, a day or two ago, said on the i fioor that Flood had falsified. The i condition of Senator Flanaga is not so favorable to night. His physicians fear now that there is concussion of ; the brain. They say it cannot be de- C ? finitely known within the next twelve s i hours what the result will be. He has 1 been delirious for some hours. [t iEPLY FROM MR. MIXSOf 'HE LIQUOR COMMISSIONER A^ SWERS THESTATE TREASURER. Io CIiti:n? that the Dispensary luis Ttec a Profitable Iii8tltutioii--Somo Fljjnre# t Substantiate His Abortion. Editor Register: But for the la; ?aragraph contained in State Treasu: r Bate's communication touching th iroposed changes in the Dispensar aw and published in today's issue < our valuable paper,I would not ha\ ne word to say in repl/. And m bjection to that paragraph is not s auch in what he said as in what h id not say and the false constructio rhich the average reader places then n. It has been misunderstood by reat many as meaning that the Stat 'reasurer had made the bold assertio bat the dispensary had not made ollar of net profit for the months c lovember and December; and this i be face of my special report of assei nd liabilities" and profits and loss* overing these two months, which : o be found on pages 27 and 28 of m nnual report, and is also verified an on firmed by the special legislativ ommittee, whose report also can t ound on pages 115 to 119, inclusiv< a the same report. For the two months of Novembf nd December, the gross profits of th tate Dispensary were $102,872.11Tan tie total expenses for the same perio rere $66,242.05, making a net prof n the sales for the two months c 36,630.06, whilst the net profit whic! ccrued to the State during the month f November and December was $33 63.34. Adding to this the unearne rout of $25,571.85 on goods in tb ands of county Dispensers on D< smber 31st makes an earned and ue arned profit for the two months c 59,J38.19. On December 31st the tc il assets of the State Dispensary wer 314,070.24 and the total liabilitie 70,253.67. The difference between th ssets and liabilities is a balance c 243,816.57, which is the net accrue rofit to December 31st. Of thi mount, $110,348.80 represents the ne ccrued profit for the eighteen montb [r. Traxler was commissioner an 133,467.77 represents the net accrue) rofit for the eleven months under m; lanagement. The net accrued profit >r the two months of November an' ecember were greater than the prol s of any previous quarter (3 months ive one, in the history of the Disper iry, as is evidenced by the followini atement: Net accrued profit fOr three month ading April 30, $48,327.66. Net accrued profit for three month ading July 31, $31,066.65. Net accrued profit for three montb ading October 31, $20,507.12. Net accrued profit for two month ading December 31, $33,566.34. Net accrued profit for three month ading December 31, $133,467.77. Of my ret profit of $133,467.77, on undred thousand dollars has beej aid over to State Treasurer Bates an 7 him used in defraying the genera cpenses of the State governmenl ifty thousand of this amount was ii quidation of the State appropriatioi >r starting the business, and the re laining fifty thousand was in the na ire of a loan to the State paid out o le commercial capital of the dispen try which had accumulated unde ly management. This loan was mad om the dispensary fund at a tim hen the State was out of funds an as compelled to have money wit] hich to meet the current expenses c le State government and by beinj ble to draft on the dispensary fund > that amount, the State was savto le expense of interest. Sinoe Noyenc er the 1st, (the time the $50,000 wai ivanced to the State Treasurer,) ' ave had to purchase heavily of li uors to meet the demands of the win ir trade and, in consequence nav ad to meet heavy drafts, and at me when I had lessened mycommei ial capital by $50,000. This loan wa lade by me in defence to a reques om the State Board of control. At the time the loan was made, ad to my credit in the State Treasur; ad in the banks $104,422.54. My tc il liabilities were $74,327.88, or rorking cash capital of more tha: 30,000 after paying every dollar o utstanding indebtedness. But at tha me when $50,000 was drawn fror ly cash surplus, I was in less tim lan it takes to write it and by th roke of a pen placed in the positio: f owing, in round numbers, $20,00 lore for merchandise and supplie lan I had cash with which to pay lut in that short time I have suffic: ntly recouped to De enaoiea in iu ear future to again commence plac ig on deposit a greater amount tha rill be necessary to meet future oui Landing indebtedness. As to the St&te Treasurer's prophec; hat the honorable members of th reneral Assembly will make a mu ike in basing their tax levy in a< ordance with the idea that the Stat )ispensary will pay into the Stat reasury within the next fiscal yea ne hundred thousand dollars, I hav o say that, in my humble judgmen t is a manifestation of wisdom o beir part to assume +hat that amour rill have accumulated within tht ime, and they will not be disappoin din their assumption. I think m utimate connection with, and manag< aent of the dispensary for the pa* ear justifies me in saying that m rediction of its capabilities and r< ources should outweigh those of an ther man not officially connecte herewith. So far as the honorabl State Treasurer's complaints again: hose provisions of the proposed ne1 iispensary law wuereoy nis omce wi ie made to do certain portions of th letails of the dispensary business, tave to say that I am in no wise r< ponsible therefor. On the contrary rhen the suggestions were first mad< opposed them strenuously, purely o he grounds of unfeasibility and bus less impracticability. But when ras assured that it was an administri ion measure and that the peopl< hrough their representatives, wei iisposed to enter upon the experimen bowed in submission and withdre ,11 objections. As a Reformer froi irineiDle as well as Drofession, rould have fallen short of my dut lad I done aught else. I keenly rea ze the fact that the people are sove ign and that I am only their servan Respectfully, F. m. Mixson. Commissioner. Columbia, S. C., March 4. dr. ratks's reply. Editor Evening News: What tt Commissioner objects to in my bri< irticle is as follows: "Because I know that since Noven >er 3d the Commissioner has not a I cumulated one dollar above actual P/ ' necessary commercial capital." I did not say he had not accumulat J- ed assets or stock, but that he had not TH accumulated one dollar above actual necessary commercial capital since November 3d. >n In his article in this morning's He^to isterhesays: ''But at that time" (viz s, November 3d, 1895,) "when $50,000 was drawn from my cash surplus, I Cl was in less time than it takes to write ( r_ it and by the stroke cf a pen placed in ie the position of owing, in round num- jjn _ bers, $20,000 more for merchandise and supplies than I had cash with an( ,e which to pay." err y This admission from the Commis- for .Q sionor, coupled with the fact that on jnt [e Thursday, February 27th, the special citn dispensary account in the State Treas- ^' 3. ury was drawn down to $17.23, proves erg a the absolute correctness of my state- 0f q ment. the ? I have written from-the standpoint t,vt a of this office alone. It takes actual ^ jf money?cash?not dispensary assets, g0 n to pay claims against the State. I do ?nj ^ not think it prudent legislation to ^ jg count on such a contingency as the "ph [s $L93,000 of dispensary assets in mak- e(j _ ing provision to raise supplies to run f0j ^ the State government. ] e It is well known that I have not arr ^ been prompted by prejudice against acc j the Commissioner or the dispensary l ' in what I have written. I desired to '] ,r place myself on record and discharge ' a duty I owed to myself and the pub h& I lio. W. T. C. Bates. ap( ^ Columbia, March 5. a , ^ Negro Fanatics. l Atlanta, Ga., March 4.?The negro atj Ascensionists who expect {o be carried _ up into Heaven on Friday ngwning a(j( j received a cablegram this trorning p0, from a London newspaper informing ^ them that the date of the ascension jn , UOU UCCU JJWOtJkA/uvw ivi MW?V4* j v.. ? ygj # and seven months. The Ascensionj_ ists are greatly excited and declare r(? " that they will go up any way and that ^ ,s no London authorities can defer the ^ e trip. The idea of the Ascensionists is 0f ^ that a power which will come in a ^ whirlwind will lift them up into the ^ s clouds, where they will reside for five an. years, when they expect to return to mg g earth. In the meantime, however, ^ they say lhat the earth will be burned _r( jj over and only the righteous will re- *0, main. The band of Ascensionists eja ^ number about 100 members here. Their faith is strong. One of them OUi s left home yesterday morning, locking t^a a her two children up in the house. She [m was so carried away with religious we ' fervor that she forgot to return home an( * and tonight the police broke into the eas s house and found the children nearly ^ starved. The members of the band s are giving away or selling all their ^ possessions. Most of them give their , chattels to friends, believing that they g will have no further use for house- ti?, hold articles. The leader of the band n is an ignorant negro named John ^ Smith. He has been holding nightly ' meetings in the southeastern part of the city for two months. The cable- u gram was an advertisement for the ^ London paper. 0j ( For Fro? Silver * r a a i lab " WASHINGTON, Marca 1.?a*, pruminent member of the executive committee of the Bimetallic Democratic :re * National Convention, whose head'* quarters are in this city, states that f tne committee is confident that the l" free silver Democrats will control the suc Democratic National Convention by *f6 a decided majority. This committee, .? ? he says, is actively and earnestly at w , work, is or^aniaed in nearly every so.u , State and Territory of the Union and * is in constant and regular correspond- 8 . | ence with leading and influential sil- ?P1 I ver Democrats in evefy section of the douaty. Th?*a ^reports show beyond ~~e question, the committee claim, that j the mass of the Democratic party is in ?y( favor of the free and unlimited coinL* age of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, and "I? L" that the silver sentiment is everywhere . ? growing in strength and earnestness, Ty ? its advocates daily becoming more j . * zealous and aggressive. a01 South CarollDians Id Washington. Spi T Washington, March 5.?A South 1 Carolina society, composed of citizens dl? y of the Palmetto State temporarily in SP* Washington, has been organized, with J a the following officers: President, 1 General John B. Irwin; first vice pres- *j*e * idflnt. C. A. Douerlass: second vice president, John G. Capers; secretary, C01 a James M. Baker treasurer, Charles H. 7e? 6 Brice; executive committee?Thoma 1D? e F. Brantly, Benjamin Martin, J. J. ^ Darlington, E. M. Rucker, ex-Conu gressman J. J. Hemphill, D. C. Roper a?( 18 and W. M. Aiken. The South Caro- vlt / lina Congressmen were elected hono- Pet l" rary members, and other applications P3* e will be considered by the executive '' committee. The society will meet on J1 the first Friday of each month and the 'r2 annual meeting will be held on May J 23, the day on which South Carolina y ratified the Federal Constitution. P?i e bei A Cuban Refugee's Story. ^hc *' Petersburg, Va., March 5.?Ed- *** ? ward McCollough, a Cuban refugee of ? English birth and education, is strand' ed in this citv, 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 exJ L. General Gomez's staff, and says he we , was forced to flee from Cuba for hav- P6^ _ ing shot and killed Col. Ciencious, a * Spanish officer, who had insulted his , fiancee. The tragedy, he says, occur- am ' red in a plantation in the Province of ^ Mantanzas. McCollough was captured ' but escaped by giving his guard $2,500 R?! I in Spanish gold. Disaster of the Deep. the 5* Galveston, March 4.?The steamer ^ Pensacola arrived this morning from P*"( II a relief triep along the Texas and 10 MWiVn masts in search of the steam J ship Monstow, found disabled off .Dlc 5" Point Isabel. On her return, the la? r' Pensacola sighted the schooner Willie 001 Ann, wrecked. The Willie Ann has a1^ ? been missing one month. She carried the following crew, all of whom were P0i I drowned: Captain Simon Baker, of ma Lake Charles, La.; Larry, seaman; w.? 3? William Anderson, cook, and M. e Moguat, of Rockport, Texas. The lat- j*? ter was a passenger. w - Wll II A Costly Fire. qU( I Danbury, Conn., March 3.?For Pe y four hours this morning, the lire de- inf 1- partment battled with a fierce fire ha r- which raged in tne center of the city, St? t. and before it was subdued property coi worth $150,000 was destroyed. Half Mr the damage is covered by insurance, lin Captain Hoyt and Frank Eastwood, a of hoseman, were badly injured, and rec le Mrs. Sadie Carpenter, colored woman, in 3f who jumped from a window, was in- me ternally hurt. Fifteen buildings, all iro a- but one wood, were burnt to the pr< c- ground. pej LT. WALSH'S PATRIOTISM. khu w] IE MAN WHO HOLDS THE SOUTH'S wi INTERESTS SO DEAR. Of Addreises tbe General Assembly on the fn abject of the Cotton Ex position at Clilpo ?go- An Eloquent Presentation. g? Columbia, S. Cm March 5.?The as in. Patrick Walsh, formerly the W{ lited States senator from Georgia, ca i editor of the Augusta Chronicle %? 1 one ot the most patriotic of South1 men, a man always up and doing 80 the advancement of the material erest of the* south, arrived in the y yesterday afternoon and at 6 p. addessed the members of the genil assemhlvin fh? hall nf thft house . representatives, by invitation, upon > scope, aims and purpose of the P? :at Southern Cotton exposition, lich it is proposed to hold in Chica- F?1 There were many outsiders prest to hear the address, which was 5^ able, eloquent and impressive one. e audience was thoroughly interest- J?1 notwithstanding Mr. Walsh spoke "c an hour. ml tfr. Walsh entered the hall on the Pu n of Mr. Weston of Richland, being j?r sompanied by Messrs. Pollock and *E J. Williams. Efe was introduced by Mr. Weston, lr. 10 said that the governor was to . ve introduced the distinguished P.1 jaker. He was to speak to them on r!r rital question. His long service ^ d endeared him to the whole south. en ilr. Walsh was profoundly appreci- w< ve and grateful for the invitation 7a i j i to HULL 11 au UCOU CA LCUUCU IV lilUi bU iress them on tbe scope and pur- IJ5 se of the Chicago Cotton expositions ey knew that expositions in 80 great centres were best means of adrtising the resources of any coun- *? The advanced countries of Eu>e realized this. This country had "J id several notable expositions. Chijo had surpassed in the excellence her exoositionas compared to the T8 ler notable ones. The exposition in J1? lanta was not to be minimized by y of those referred to. It was a 00 irvelous display of the progress of > southern States. It would do sat good to the south.. He would ?r t minimize the eifect. It was a rev- fu tion to the southerners themselves *l Lt the south possessed such marvel- lei i resources. The only criticism was it the people of this great country, 80 om it was intended to influence, Wi re not there?the people of the west J* 1 northwest, the farming classes, the *a: tern manufacturing and other in- da ests. They would have been there su t had been in one of the great cen- . s. All could easily see the justness Slt this criticism. He then gave the . ures, comparing the attendance of tlc i Atlanta and Chicago expositions. ,, ?he purpose of the coming exposia was to show the people of the si and northwest the wonderful re trees of the south. It was also to ?j. >w them the marvelous products of oiJ soil, of our gardens; the diversity ^ our agricultural products the city Chicago was the place. This was a or of love with him. He had no 5 to grind?political or otherwise, had reached the conclusion that *ei re was no area of land anywhere res ,t God had bestowed upon so many gh mties. No country aoounded in h resources for agricultural and chanical pursuits as the south. In period following the war, not- th< hstanding for nearly 11 years the gp< ithern States were oppressed by cu jgovernment, they had made long da des, wonderful progress in devel- coi ng their resources. In this respect du State had accomplished more than m< State of South Carolina. Some- th< * has said that the south is likely to ??< srdo itiBr business of monofactur- * j ; cotton. All should bear in mind >o ,t the cotton would be manufactur- iu somewhere, and would compete tic hour goods. This argument was a g& lacy. There was no danger of over- tio ng this matter. He contrasted the ' mber of spindles in the mills of sit irtanburg a few years ago with 0f ise of the present time. He pre- ex ted that we would have 1,000,000 po ndles ere long. sit dr. Walsh went on to quote the fig- go< ss showinc the wondrous growth of so; i cotton manufacturing industry in j i south in the last 10 years. If it th itinued at the present rate for 50 th irs the south would be manufactur- <je r half the cotton crop. We need f0] ire money. They say we owe the no w England capitalists something, fe] 1 we should not go to Chicago to in- lu e those people to come in and com- 1 e for our territory. He was above f0; ision and prejudice, but when it ne to inviting capitalists to aid in C< i developmeut of the southern coun- in he wanted all to come in. tie Che people of Chicago were doing XJj they could. The idea of this ex- ne iition had taken root in Augusta, ng suggested to some business men th jre, and there the movement was ca rted. They sent to an agent to th icago. Then he detailed the pro- or dings of the recent conference in tei icago. th 3hioago proposes to furnish the w< ildings, the money and manage the gc position, continuing for 90 days, if pi furnish the exhibits. This was the th sonification of generosity. St south Carolina had been most credit- frj [y?handsomely?r epresented ,ong the exhibits at Atlanta. His ha rpose here was to ask them to dupli- be e that exhibit at Chicago. The ex- an sit^on coming on was in his opinion bu > greatest thing ever conceived to tw ng about a speedy development of ar s south. its ^ew England had made wonderful co )gress in manufacturing pursuits, pr i remembered when the southern uf ites did not furnish a siugle Belgian th ick. Now, our quarries are furnish- go r all this class of material. We sh lid build all the public buildings gi i pave the streets of the cities of the in LOle country, so proflifie are our desits of granite. We have suJIicient irble to build the palaces of the rid. He referred to Carolina's mag- Tt icent deposits of phosphates. Then in contrasted the natural resources of er 5 New England States. He quoted je th those of the southern States. He ne oted the Hon. Wm. D. Kelly of te nnsylvania in regard to the bless- at js of climate and resources which st< d been showered on the southern er ites. Mr. Kelly said they were in- at nparable. Mr. Walsh then quoted st< Edward Atkinson on the same K e. Mr. Porter the superintendent M the United Staies census was also on gs :ord as to the superiority of the south ea the resources for individual develop- m snt. We produce more coal and pig dt m today t lian the whole country bl nluced in 1870. We have ever 50 ar r cent, of the entire forest area of $4 e country. You can all see this; T. it we need people. We need those 30 have gone out and conquered the lderness of the nothw^st to come C/ wn here and settle on our surplus ads. We could take the 70,000,000 people in this country and put them the southern States and the country T* )uld not be one fourth as densely , pulated as England is today. The ate of Georgia was nearly as large all the New England States. Texas ? is larger than the New England and pital, skilled labor, more people, od Milddle States together. We ^ 500,000,000 acres of land in these ^ uthern State. Not in 100 years could 9 j get too much population. K, What is the best way to develop it? bl tat's what I am here for. I want a iu to duplicate your Atlanta exhibit, w will do more good than if shown at vi southern expositions, because the fii ople we want to attract won't see it si a southern exposition. He had al- ei idy printed an address on this ques- tv in to the governors of the southern th ates. He hoped the governor of -w uth Caroliaa would make this mat- tl ? the subject of a special communicam to them. He hoped they would th ike a generous appropriation for this 0i irpose. The State would receive the is eatest benefit from it. He did not Pl iow how to impress the magnitude y< id the importance of the matter upon h< em. There never was a day when V I the circumstances were more pro- yj lious than now. There never was a d< ne when there was less sectionalism hi an today. The State that failed to A ibrace this golden offer of Chicago m suldraiss a grand opportunity toad- pj ince her most vital interests. It was p< his mind the most magnificent op- g< rtunity to advertise to the people of 01 e northwest the unrivalled reurces of the grand southern country 0i Everything combined in the south w produce cotton in the greatest abun- h ince; coal was produced at less cost 01 an anywhere else; we make pig iron f< a ton less than anywhere else. tl Mr. Walsh made an eloquent nerotion, saying no man living could do ai stice to the subject. God had filled K s cornucopia full and scattered its B ntents all over this broad southern n untry. The time will come when bl ese southern States will become the Q eat and thriving centre of success- pj 1 agriculture and of manufacturing l/1 ntJion inriiiatiMoa Tf ia miF mani. 3t destiny. ' . sc His highest ambition was to do b< mething to fill up and utilize the ol iste places of this great contry until tl ace and happiness shall possess this to ad. You have it in your hand to- ec v to bring about the grandest re* d< Its for your State and people. hi As Mr. Walsh closed tnere was con- al lerable applause. ri Mr. Magill then offered this resolu- i0 tn, which was unanimously adopted: tl Resolved. That the general assemy has heard with pleasure and profit et e able and instructive address of the to 3n. Patrick Walsh and the thanks w the general assembly of South Car- to na are hereby tendered the distin- n< ished visitior for such address.? ai ite. cr ca The Cuban Resolutions. m Washington, March 5.?The con- k ees of the two houses on the Cuban til jolutions, consisting of Senators erman, Morgan and Lodge on the ^ rt of the Senate and of Messrs. Hitt, gj ;Oreary and Adams on the part of to ) House, reached a conclusion more jedily and with less diffilty in their conference to- lo y than had been anticipated. The th asultation was of about 40 minutes W ration, and it became apparent im- I < idiately that the representatives of to 3 Senate would be satisfied with the fr >use substitute. v Senator Morgan was strongly in fa- te r of that clause Of tlio Hvuhe rtsno- fa don which contemplates interven- m n, a declaration which he had sug- oi sted should be made when the ques . ra m was before the Senate. p< rhere was mention made of the pos?ilities of war with Spain as a result be the action by Congress, and the gi elusive statement concerning the n< sition of the administration in oppo- vi ion to recognition made by the As- m liated Press was also the subject of al me talk. su 3o far as the House is concerned, Tl e resolution is a closed question fox w a present. There will be no more k] bate because it is only necessary al r the Secretary of the Senate to re- n< rt to the House that the Senate con- hi rees have agreed to the House reso- Tl tions. hi The resolutions agreed upon are as ac llows: , it "Resolved, That in the opinion of er mgress, a state of public war exists cc Cuba, the parties to which are enti ? id to belligerent rights, and the aited States should observe a strict ^ lutrality between the belligerents. th "Resolved, That Congress deplores a e destruction of life and property hi used bj the war now waging in o' at island, and believing that the ti ily permanent solution of the con- fr 3t, equally in the interests of Spain, hi e people of Cuba and other nations h; Duld be in the establishment of a hi tvernment by the choice of the peo- ai e of Cuba, it is the sense of Congress h at the government of the United w ates should use its good offices and V iendly influence to that end. lj "Resolved, That the United States d< is not intervened in the struggles h< tween any European governments ? id their colonies on this continent; f-nm tVio iror>ir nine A rplftt.inns he Lb 1J.U1U VUV j w?www . -I I __ 'een the people of the United States id those of Cuba, in consequence of bl i proximity and the extent of the tt mmerce between the two people, the D es^nt war is entailing such losses m ion the people of the United States m at Congress is of opinion that the w (vernraent of the United States n< ould be prepared to protect the le- b; timate interests of our citizens, by te tervention, if necessary. tt w Bail Firo at Florence. D Columbia, S. C., February 21).? tb le Ellis block at Florence, S- C., sc eluding the stores of Sligh & Ruck- ol , dry goods, _and Isaac Sulzbacher, te welry, the .Banner ana Jiessenger pi ;wspaper office, the Western Union w legraph office and a barber's shop; c\ td the Lake block containing the et Dres of Mrs- 0. L Morgan, millin- st y, the post oJIice, Lake & Co., drugs ai id medicines, Charles JJultman's ir 3res, the county dispensary, hall of M nights of Pythias, offices of Drs. g( cLeod and (iee and a photograph B illery, were totally destroyed by fire ei rly Thursday morning. A printer ir imed George Williams was burned u iath. He and others who were gam- T ing and drinking in the Ellis block bi e said to have started the fire. Loss fl 0,000; insurance $25,000. U YNCHED OVER IN AIKEN. \LVIN KENNEDY SHOT TO DEATH FOR THE USUAL CRIME. .. ie Fiend Confessed Hi* Crime sad Imlllcated Others?The Victim a Pretty ^ IfoungGlrl of Fifteen Years?Two Ver- ;^f ; ilons of the Crlmn. Blackville, 8. C., Feb. 29.?Cal- -Jjjl n Kennedy, a negro, was lynched at - 9 rindsor, 18 miles west of hew, at 30 o'clock last night. The crime of '$m ennedy's was one of the most horrie ever committed in this state. jg&t bout eight months ago Kennedy ; ith Major Wade, another negro, ' 'Mi sited the home of Miss Sallie Webb, re miles from Windsor, and while ie was alone in the house, her parits being temporarily absent, the 70 negroes forcibly carried her off to ie house of Edna Jones, a negress, here they compelled hex to submit to - Jrl leir outrageous assaults. After committing the fiendish act ie negroes only agreed to release the Hrt, itraced girl upon her faithful prom-: e not to divulge the names of her -Wk linators. She was told that if she reealed the story they would kill her, er father and her mother. Ml? Tebb, fearful that her ould execute their threats and mursr her and her parents, returned 4|hS Dine and bore her shame in silence. sshe is to become a mother in a -i'M lonth's time her parents became sus- ? ? icious of her condition, and after sraistent efforts finally suceeded in jtting from their daughter the story - ^ f the heinous offense committed. As soon as Miss Webb told of the utrage committed upon her the story . Mm as quickly spread in the neighborood and in a short time the citizens rganized and commenced a search >r the rapists. The negroes got wind lat the story of their crime was known ad that lynchers were on their tracks .'|5| ad they at once fled the country. Kennedy didn't succeed in escaping. $38 [e was caught in Williston last after- :y^j oon. After his capture two const*- >j5B| les boarded the West bound S. 0. & a. train and started for Aiken to lace their prisoner in jail for safe ^il Bepins:. Just Defore the train reached Wind>r a masked mobb or 25 or 30 men warded the train, overpowered the " Seers and took their prisoner from Lem. Kennedy confessed his crime the constables. The lynchers draggI Kennedy about 150 yards from the spot to a tree where they pinioned ; 'Ja im. They did not hang him, but fter binding him to the tree, they ^ ddled his body with bullets until it ... sjjffl oked as though it had been run trough a threshing machine. The lynching was conducted so qui- - . ' ly that the people of Windsor claim have heard nothing regarding the ork of the mob. Not even the pis1 shots were heard. The mob is? >w scouring the country for Wade ^ id Edna Jones at whose house the ime was committed and if they aire lught they will suffer the same sumarily punishment inflicted upon ennedy. Miss Webb is young, beau:ul, well educated and of good paritage who are highly respected roughout Barnwell county. 8he is" half sister of the. chief of police of iackville. All isqiiiet at Windsor . day.?Charleston Post. another version. Branchville, Feb. 29.?The fol- ,'||j wing rather unsatisfactory details of e lynching that took place near ' rindsor, in Aiken county, last ningi, Dbtained on the train from Charles- \ n tonight from a conductor of a local eight that passed Wintimr UxWf "iKm Bailie Webb is the 16-year-old daofk r of Ifcv Samuel, Wests well rmer and miller liTiag abont flus iles from Windsor, a small statfMf > i the South Carolina and Qeorgia raffiS ilroad, in Aiken county. The re>rt aayi that an old negro woman Mgjjajj imed Edna , living in the neighirhood, had persuaded the young Mm rl to allow herself to be ruined by a H >gro boy namsd Major Waae. Caln Kennedy, a large, black negro "|||? an, on learning, the stated affairs, | so by the aiiofiheold woman's per- M lasive powers, committal the crime. lis was some months im. ...Thjt^Jjj eek the girl's disgrace becomiag-., ^ aown, the negroes naturally jjeoaiae,;|B'' armed. It is said that the younger ' jgro persuaded the girl to nee with /rgr^a m, and they left her father's home.^B^|j| le man, either being found out or r*. M is guilt making iiim alraia or Deing :cused, also fled. He was captured, is said, by officers of the law?wheth sheriffs posse or magistrate's instable could not be learned ZM and put on Friday night's train at ftlliston to be taken to jail at Aiken. 7"hen the train stopped at Windsor ; ie negro was taken from the train by mob. My informant says that whan is train passed Windsor about 11 clock this morning he saw the negro ed to a tree about 200 or 300 yards om the railroad track, dead, with a ole in his head. Appearances led im to believe that a shotgun must ave been put under the negro's head ad fired. The mob evidently fired at im with pistols also, as the tree bark as cut up by bullets. The people of Windsor were this morning mnocent' ignorant of who committed the sed, saying that they did not even ear any shots fired the night before. Columbia State. Killed by bis Prisoner. Spartaxburg, March 4.?Another ioody tragedy must be set down to ie illicit sale of whiskey. Deputy J. . Kirby was killed early yesteraay lorning by a prisoner captured for S*' aking blockade whiskey. On their ay to this city on Wednesday afterx>n, Kirby, Miller, Brown and Kir- -* p's two sons, Jim and Loyd, all Unid States marshals, left for a raid in .a nnnor narh nf this COUntV. They lv r-' - w ent to capture a still operate by the ill brothers. The raid took place lis morning, and Joe Dill and his >n John were arrested and 60 gallons f whiskey captured. John Dill pro* sted vigorously and he was overDwered and handcuffed. After a hile he became quiet and the handjIFs were removed. The party start1 for this place. On their way they opped at Holly Springs to feed. Jim id Lloyd Kirby went to a nearby till pond to huns ducks. Deputy filler had gone ahead with the waan load of liquor. John Kirby and rown were in charge of the prison's Kirby was in tbe act of getting ito the wagon when John Dill picked p the weapon and fired at Kirby. ho bullet went whistling into his pain and the soul of Kirby took its ight. Both of the prisoners made 1 leir escape. %S3