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ELECTION THIS YEAR, f" ' S( PRESIDENTIAL, STATE, LEGISLATIVE ? AND CONGRESSIONAL. g C Twenty-Four United States Senator* Will q be Affected?Abrupt Ch^njes in the Got D?itn? Which Mav Result. _ vruiuvuvai JL WIIVJ ?r . Y la th> <i ill of yiirs ia p>Utici tfn b iil-j pilitfc'ua, w>ili*ia* h) v ha cia ? in'c j of thi tr>olis?n> eaaii thi! 11 is a c.?nuit?5>n >ii<. > a. prays f >r tha ? asrifi c> nia{ o' tn Pt'dsiiiatUl ynr * Waaa iu)n? In fiirly rivals ia pol- 0 itici. H j aa eathuiiastn with- a* ia hiamlf thi, is iaap >i-$ible at aay Pd otttsrtioaj ail pits all his eaargie3 iati tha ti.fV,. Taa av.ipi'i citizia is aff uiel ia a ^ similar miaav. Kb miy biva dis- ? diiaei to talk p >litijs ia thi off peirs 0." aid showed a mirk ii ireferaaci for ! W; CDaversiUoa ab)it Will stfae!;, tha conaatrative advaaU^as of life across ; the North Rivar, or ia Eirleai. thi;'? difficulty of gettiaj servaats ia the Sil C"?aatry, thi anrits of the cliff jreut, fe classes of bicycles, oraayothar topic 1Q. of equally, absorbia* iaterast. Bat ia W1 the PfMsidnntial vfttr Iruas hu ao ' ^ ?- lomb and excitedly discusses politics, . m attends political c3nventions aad meet-'CJ $ ings, and cheers lustily for his candi- i ^ date, never csasing until ths electioa Cl is over. otl A Presidential year cDming only once in four years is indeid aa evsnt in politics, and 1896 will bs no excep- ? f tionto the rule. After the exciting contests before th9 political conven- 7? tions over polici >s and candidates will a.rc come the align n9nt of the national tla Parties against each othsr in every *} tate in the Unioa, and a long, in tensely interesting campaign. In other years States are not all greatly inter- ai<] ested, but in the Presidential year they all are. t0 The general election will b3 held this year on November 3. On that day every State in the Union will choose as many presidential electors X1 as it has members in both houses of Congress. These presidential electors y in turn are to choose the next President of the United States, who will J-1*1 hold for a term of four years. Their te choice may involve a change in the politics of the entire national adminutration, with the Cabinet, and the ?" hundreds of thousands of employees of the Federal government in every part of the nation. !?{ It may also involve an abrupt change in the economical policy of the ya government and take the tariff from a j'1 revenue basis to a prohibitive and rob- te( ber basis. It may also involve immense unnecessary and fraudulent expenditures of money for dishonest pensions. Furthermore, it may involve a change <jr in the financial conditions of the gov- ^ eminent All these things are very 81C important. of Every member of the present na- qq tional House of Representatives must UD again 50 before his constituents this ye fall. It is possible that the overwhelm ing majority of Republicans in th. mi House may be changed to a minoritye c[( There will be conventions and elections in every Congressional district. jaj Twenty-four United States Senators w] Will be affected by the results in the m tarious States in the legislative elec- th' tions this year. The class of Senators au whose terms expire March 4, 1897, sj? comprise twenty-nine members, but w] five re-elections or elections of success- b-v ors to members have already been consummated. m. The elections for all these Legisla- ^ tores will be held on the date of the Presidential election, November 3, ex- ^ ArlranRAs anrl VwrnnnL Thfl Legislature to select a successor to a^. Senator James K. Jones (Dem.) will tif be elected September 8, and the one that selects the successor to Justin H. 0f Morrill, (Rep.) September 1. The W( other Senators that will be affected we: in James L. Pueh, (Dem.,) Alabama; pe Henry M. Teller, (Rep,,) Colorado; in Orville H. Piatt, (Rep.,) Connecticut, Wilkinson Call, (Dem.,) Florida ;John B. Gordon, (Dem.,) Georgia; John M. Palmer, (Dem.,) Illinois; Daniel W. . Voorhees, (Dem.,) Indiana; William A. Peffer, (Pop.,) Kansas; George G. Vest, (Dem.,) Missouri; John P. Jones, y3 (Pop.,) Nevada; Jacob fl. Gal linger, fo (Rep.,) Maine; David B. Hill, (Dem.,) m New York; PeterC. Pritchard, (Rep.,) North Carolina; H. C. Hansborough, M (Rep.,) North Dakota; John H. Mitch ell, (Rep.,) Oregon; James Don Cam?- P1 ron, (Rep.,) Pennsylvania; James H. A.yie, urop.,; oouta uaKOia; Arinur Brown, (Rep.,) Utah; Watson C. Squire, (Rep.,) Washington, and Wil- ?' liam F. Vilas, (Dem.,) Wisconsin; 81 (Jeorge C. Perkins, (Rep.,) California; ^ Fred T. DuBois, (Rep.,) Idaho, and u J. L. M. Irby, (Dem.,) South Caro- at lina. "( The vacancy in Kentucky caused by the inability of the Legislature to elect c< a Senator to succeed Joseph C. S. Blackburn will not be affected by the ? election of this fall. n Appearances indicate that two of the C( most offensive of the Populists who ? came into power on the tidal wave of 1890, Senators Peffer and Kyle, will " do lorcea into private me. in Alabama Senator Pugh is making his fight li on free-silver lines. Ex-Speaker Crisp h is following his example in Georgia, n and Senator Vest has made the same issue in Missouri. Senator Brown, in Utah, will be compelled to face his record in declining to act with his colleague, Senator Cannon, in voting c against protection until free silver c should be given by the Republican t party. ( In New York, Illinois, Indiana, and c Wisconsin the Republicans claim that f they will be able to change the politi cal complexion of the Senators so far I as this year's elections are concerned, i and numerous candidates are already t conducting campaigns designed to secure the support of the Legislatures. It is believed that the Democrats in North Carolina will be able to regain control of the Legislature and select a Democratic successor to Senator Pritchard. The same result is proba ble as regards Senator Brown in Utah. 1 General State elections will be held 1 in twenty-nine of the States, while 1 some others will select Governors or < administrative or judicial officers. In J very few, only Congressmen are i elected. Municipal and county elec- i tions are also to be held in many of > the States. Those which will hold general 8tate elections are: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota,Rhodelsland, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, West Virginia, Idaho, South Carolina, Vermont and Wisconsin. Maine will elect a Governor. ft Hagood'd Famous Brigade, The movement has been afoot foi )me time to have a reunion of Ha oods famous brigade in Charlestoi uring the approaching meeting of th< outh Carolina Division of the Unitet Confederate Veterans there. The latter has been widely discussed am . has met with universal approbation 1-en. Hagood has endorsed it unreser edly and letters have been receivec y gentlemen interested in the move lent from men who have a large share i the glorious record of the brigade 11 heartily favoring the undertaking, he following address to the members f the various companies in th9 brig .3 will do l V.Usi m sat with tl 5 n ii/ so >a3 wiiic^ it sj j'ntlv m srits: Tj the Sa-vivof fi >l's B *is?.3?Cjji'ides: Tas aopr >i jhinj )3tin*of th3S>ith Ciroliat Diviiioa cb.3 (Jaitei Cmfederite Veteraa? ia urlestja oq A.oril 22 aid 23, will, i trait, bria^ to_?itu^r aaiimrof rapidly ditniaishia? nuuaiers thosj win wjre the gay. I.sanai usa fittia^ o33isioa f ir th.>33 wh> vel ia t>h>lda uaioi. Oar c:>ari maier i* heartily favar of the aureniataid *ill b3 .th u?. We haye a reord that each ember of that historic omuaad ist feel pro ad of. Lit m anetas mfadis from the humblest private the ui)si unritorioai olfi ier aad rail the gloriouj pirt aid grasp each ier by the haad oaie m)rj aaieraa?e a word of greetia?. Will aot each member of the brigade r aad att9ad? All will be welcome. :tead this iavitatioa to those aroaad a Names aad pD3toffice addresses ) not now easily obtaiaed aad the ia is short, bat we Irast the reuaioa II be a source of pleasure to the surroes. Will not th? newspapers of ) State give a placu to this call aad I us iabriazia? together th9 mea 10 follqwed where Hagood led, often danger, but never to dishonor? William E. Stoney, captain, inspac general, brigade staff; William ybun, 7th battalion, South Carolina >lunteers; J. H. Brooks, 7th battall, South Carolina Volunteers; J. J. I e3tcoat, llth regiment, South Caro1a Volunteers; George W. Moore, th regiment, South Carolina Volunsr3; J. Harleston Read, 21st regimt, South Carolina Volunteers; R. Howard, 21st regiment, South Carna Volunteers; James P. Izlar, 25ih jirnent, South Carolina Volunteers; Grange Simons, M. D., 25tn regimt, South Carolina Volunteers; I. vight Stoney, 27th regiment, South Molina Voluntoers, H. H. Baker, th regiment, South Carolina Volun;rs. A Human Fiend. Rock Island, 111., April 2.?Huneds of persons today visited the Basil farm, which is under the posses>n of Sheriff Hemen way and a corps deputies. The finding of th? aemposed body of John Louderbach Kiel* a pile 01 ruooisa on tue xar'xx sterday strengthens the general bef that Henry F. Bastian was a huin fiend,and that he committed suile March 13 last because he feared 3 criminal record was about to be id bare. Following is a list of men 10 worked upon Bastian's farm and psteriously disappeared shortly after ey were paid off and discharged, as I of them are believed to have been lin by Bastain: Fred Kuschmann, aose bodv was found a month ago the road a mile from the Bastian rm; John Louderbach, who?e reains were uncovered yesterday, more an a year since he vanished from fht; Fritz Kiernzen, who has not en seen or heard from iince the ring of 1894; Marshall Lewis, who 30 disappeared in 1894. Bastian tesied at the Kuschmann inquest that i had paid Kuschmann $79 the night his death. From the naturo of the Dunds on Kuschmann and Louder.ch and the circumstances surroundg their deaths, Bastian's method aptars to have been designed to avoid eeting his fiaancial obligations. Another Advance Made. The Keeley cure has been introduced to the St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, d. The good Sisters realize that in e Keeley cure is found the only hope r those addicted to the liquor and orphine habits, and have made a ntract with the Keely Institute of aryland by which the Keeley treat ent shall be administered at their hostal by regular physicians instructed y Dr. Keeley. This is another arguont nuABi'nff tViof fhn Sisfpirs nf Dhftr j occupy the front place in the care : the diseased and in the service of iffering humanity. The treatment as adopted four years ago by the nited States government and is used ; the National home. ProviDg so efcacious the treatment is now given t Fort Leavenworth Post, to the ofli;rs and enlisted men of the regular rmy. During the past two years the tates of Maryland, Minnesota, Coloido, Louisiana, North Dakota, Wisansin and others have by legislative aactments provided that indigent quor and morphine habitues be given le treatment. The Keeley Institute of South Carona continues its good work at Coiimbia, and any information deeirea lay be had by addressing that instiute or drawer 27. Pianos for Wlnthr*p, In August last five pianos from one aaker and one each from two othei nakers were purchased by the Win hrop Normal College of Rock Hill, S 1, as trial instruments, with th* un tV.of if rom the same makers were to be add :d. Time and test does not seem t( >rove them entirely satisfactory sinc< vhen tight more pianos were needec iiey were not chosen from either o he makes before taken on trial. Thi ime the selection was made from i jurely musical standpoint by thosi qualified to judge the actual merits o i piano; and, as a result the masoj lin) hamlin and mathusek were chos in from some twenty-two competini nakers. We shall be pleased if thos who are thinking of ouying piano will write the music department o this college asking how they like th mason and hamlin and mathuse pianos, and why they were chosei above all others. Ludden & uatef Savannah, Ga., wholesale agents fo Mason and Hamlin and Mathuse! pianos. Killed by an Explosion. Dangerfield, Tex., April 1.?Th boiler in a saw mill belonging to Joh C. Connolly, eight miles South t here, exploded yesterday instantl killing J. W. Peliter, fatally injurin Souaal, seriously injuring Bob Banl and his ten-year-old boy and scaldin John McCartney. THEIR REQUESTS GRANTED, r The Commlulon Accedes to the Dealres o 1 3 the Railroads. * Columbia, S. C,, April 3?The j Railroad Commission was in session all yesterday morning considering the - requests and arguments submitted I Wednesday by representatives of the railroads doing business in South CarI ' olina. At a late hour last night the 5 sub joined circular was given out, containing the decision of the Commis1 sion. It will be seen that the request | of all the roads for time in which to, ?u?:. krmlrs hftforo tbft I I previre men iauu ? ?new rates went into effect and of the | smaller roads to charge higher rates ' Ithan3l4 aad 23 4 cants par mile, :thoja dxad ia the Ao1 regulating ' jcharges for pman^ar transpstation, , was granted. Tne circilir i3 as follows: ! To eaaMe tha railroad companies operating in this State to prepare and 1 promulgate tkxair passenger rate3 sheet , in awordance with the A?t of the Gbneral Assembly, approved March 9th, 1886, acid tne astioa of this Cocn- , mission pursuant thereof, tha passen gar rates now iQ force will bacontin- ' ued uaiil the 1st day of May next. On and after that dat9 the following rates 1 will b? enforced by the Commission , oa th9 railroads doiag business in 3rath Caroliaa, to wit: | Taree and a quarter cents (3 14 cts.) par mile for first class fare; two and , tLree-auarter cents par mile for sec ond class fare, on the following named roads: Asherilld and Spirtanburg- Railroad. Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Riilroad. Spartanburg, Union and Columbia Riilroad. Southern Railway in South Carolina, the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta and Columbia and Greenville Riilroads. Central Railroad of South Carolina. Florence Railroad. Northeastern Railroad. - 4 Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Riilroad. Florida Central and Peninsular t Riilroad. I Charleston and Savannah Railroad. < Georgia, Carolina and Northern < Railroad. * Port Royal and Western Carolina t Railroad. < South Carolina and Georgia Rail- I road. * Green Pond, Walterboro and i Branchville Railroad. I Three and one-half cents per mile J for first class; three cents f>er mile for second class, on the following named railroads: ? Blue Ridge Railroad. [ Branchville and Bowman Railroad. : Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chi- j cago Railway. Carolina, Knoxville and Western t Railway. j Carolina Midland Railway. ] Cheraw and Darlington Railroad. a Cheraw and Chester Railroad. |. Chester and Lenoir Railroad. ? Columbia, Newbsrry and Laurens c Railroad. t G9or?etown and Western Railroad. Glenn Sprinrs Railroad. Hampton ana Branchville Railway. Manchester and Augusta Railroad. Ohio River and Charleston Railroad. Palmetto Railroad. Port Royal and Augusta Railway. South and North Carolina Railway. Wilmington and Conway Railroad. Wilson and Summerton Railroad. On all railroads a half fare of not more than two cents per mile for children under twelve years old or over six years of age hall be charged. No railroad company shall be allowed to charge more than 10 cents as a minimum full or half rate between regular stations, when the fare would be less than that amount. The fare shall always be made that multiple of five or 0, nearest reached by multiplying the late by the distance. In addition to these rates, passengers unprovided wiih tickets, wh?n opportunity has been afforded them by the railroads to procure the same, may be required by the railroads to pay to the conductor twenty-five cents excess of the fare, upon receiving from the conductor a draw-back ticket for the twenty-five cents,- which shall be cashea on presentation at any ticket office of the company, within twenty days "after date. This circular superceas all other circulars in conflict. W. D. Evans, Chairman. D. P. Duncan, Secretary. Mast Tax Beneficiaries. Columbia, S. Cm April 1.?A meeting of the board of visitors of the State Military academy was held yesterday morning in the Hotel Jerome. Ml of * 1 A ? f | I tie memoers except uuc r? crp pcocuu . The object of the meeting was to de- ( vise the means of running the institution upon the reduced apppropriation 1 made by the last general assembly for J the education and maintenance of the 68 beneficiaries in that institution. In the last annual report of the board oi visitors to the general assembly, by an itemized statement of expenses, it 1 was shown that the cost of educating and maintaining this class of cadets required an annual appropriation of $20,0000 and the point was distinctly urged that if a less appropriation be > made, the beneficiary must necessarily " be required to bear a part of his ex penses. From the reopening of the institution until last year the annual appropriation was $20,000. The appro3 priation the current year, of 12 months, is $18,000?a difference of $30 per cadet. > After full discussion of the situation | and in view of the fact that tvery I economy has been practised short of f impairing the efficiency of the school, 3 ana doing justice to the pay cadets * who pay for all they get and whose 0 parents demand the hign grade of edu' cation for which they pay, the board * felt themselves forced to adopt the l" measure of requiring each of the bene' nnnlviklltft A30 rtf tVlft ? UUICU'JT UaUOLiS bv WUV&AVMW TW -? ? 6 amount heretofore allowed on his pers sonal account.?State, if ?. e The fact that Spain has spent $70,K 000,000 on the Cuban war ana has uracil tically nothing to show for it; looks i, like a gigantic piece of folly, but, as r the Kansas City Journal says, it is k really a small matter compared to the piling up by the Cleveland administration of an indebtedness three or four times that large, with nothing e whatever to show for it. n >f The Chicago Inter Ocean thinks if y Secretary Carlisle wants to be the g Democratic candidate, and wants :s Cleveland's influence, the sooner he g rents a duck blind and buys fishing ' tackle the better. / Fleeing from Fiends. Haiana, April 1, vin Tampa. Fla., April 2.?Jose Ramon del Valle, a t Spaniard who has been alcalde for some time of the important town of Jovellanos, Matanzas province, has resigned his position and brought his , family here. He sails for Mexico tomorrow. He states as a reason that 8 he can no longer stand the excesses 8 committed by Spanish troops. Senor c del Valle is a man of culture and in- j telligence, and has- no leaning toward the insurgents. His testimony is, therefore, unbiased. He says: "Spanish troops are killing innocent I j people right and left The people of; i H&bana have no idea what atrocities , are being committed. In many parts i of the island the troops pillage stores, residences and estates and kill unarm- 1 ed men. Unquestionably they are ? more to be feared than the insurgents. There i9 no safety for life or property * outside of the cities and large towns ? While Colonel Vicuna's column was A at Jovellanos, three weeks ago, they met three men on the outskirts, com- 81 ing toward the town on the main high- a way. Xhe men were unarmed. They * were halted and asked for their papers. , They had none, and were immediately L shot. Colonel Vicuna reported this ^ officially as a victory over a party of insurgents in which the enemy had " three dead and tlie troops no losses. Ten days ago a detachment of mounted , guerillas, under Lieutenant Paula' while foraging near Jovellanos came & upon ten laborers at work in a field. The laborers shouted 'Viva Espana, is the troops approached, but the lat- a Ler fired a volley at them, missing the i laborers, who threw themselves on ;heir faces on the ground, but a chinanan who was standing near by revived a bullet in the leg. He went a Lieutenant Paula and showed his > round to him, complaining at the aciop of Paula's men. Paula said: You are going to tell tales, are you?4 , ind, drawing nis sword, he killed the Dhinaman. These intsances came un- , ler my personal observation while I vas alcalde, or mayor, of the town of * rovellanos." Clark. g spanish butcheries. ai Habana, April 2.^By the finding of ^ i court martial seven more insurgent M )risoners have been condemnea to pi leath under the recent proclamation q >f Captain-General Weyler, declaring irmea enemies of the gorernment to ^ >e bandits, incendiaries, etc. The ex- a{ >cution of the condemned men has >een deferred until Monday, the re- ai naining days of tkis week being hoi- ai days. According to the government at eports Maceois still west of the trocha ^ tae. m Death In a Tenement. m New York, April 1.?Ten persons ? >erished by suffocation in a Brooklyn n< enement house early today. The ?f lames of the victims are: August is 3uno, his wife and two children, Sally ive years old and Johana eighteen to nonths; Lena Calabia, 18 years of age; Nicola Tralia, 80 years, his daughter, be jena Tralia, 24 years, Dominick, his ion, 24 years, and an eight days old it.1 >aby; Cornelia Marretti, 26 years, ai Che fire started in the lower hallway de >f the building, which is a four-story ti< enement in Union street, and before C< he sleeping tenants could be warned F. >f their danger, all escape was cut off. Y Phe flames swept up the stairways and so he halls and rooms were quickly & illed with smoke. Ten of the tenants C vere suffocated in their beds. The ?f action of the citv where this terrible it< iisaster occurred, is near the water ront. The majority of the residents ire Italians of the poorer class and &d hey form the biggest colony of their ai ace in Brooklyn. The firemen sue- fr :eeded in getting the fire under con- tr rol after a short time. The damage o the building is estimated at $4,000. in Ifter the fire had been extinguised pi John Calabria was found unconscious Jying on the fire escape. He had got- Y .en out of a second story window so bi completely exhausted that he could go io further. He will recover. Hi* ivife was dead in her apartments. Subsequently nine other bodies were ei iound. When he had somewhat railed from the effects of suffocation and leat, Calabria told the story of how a' le escaped and left his wife behind. T tn most cases death was due to suffo- b cation. The bodies of the Buno family J who lived on the top floor, were found j auddled together, showing that the 'amily w(%P during the fire and made jfforts to escape. Buno's body was r "ound near the window. The Italian .1 family were on the floor below. Fire Dhief Dale expresses the opinion that ;he fire was the work of an incendiary. .1 Ee sajs that the firemen did not know ^ -hat there was anybody in the house mtil after the fire had been extinguish- .1 3d. The chief is not at all impressed ^ with the story Calabria tells. The lat- tj ter says he made several attempts to & *et out of the burning building, but ^ on account of the heat could not. He finally fell exhausted on the fire es- ^ cape, from where he was taken by the firemen. The man was fully dressed 1 and before he fell on the escape, he was tj seen by the firemen on the roof of the g burning building. n To Wreck tta* Capitol. ll Jackson, Miss., April 2.?An at- tl tempt was made last night to wreck b the State capitol. At 10 o'clock while tl Secretary or State Power was engaged u in his office at the capitol, he heard a d noise outside. Going to the window d he saw several men digging at the ? walls. His appearance frightened t away the men and an investigation 1' showed that two pieces of stone about t two feet square had been removed c from the wall. Had the work gone f 1 if I on a nine longer a bwuuu ui about four by twenty feet would have 1 fallen, thus wracking the whole build- t ing. Strenuous efforts were made * during the recent session of the Legislature to provide for a new buildihg, but nothing was done in the matte**, i and it is thought some miscreants ( took this means of securing immediate c action. < Welch A Euon. The advertisement of Welch & Ea- ] son, of Charleston deals with a subject of universal interest. It gives infor- j ma] ion which every housekeeper seeks ?information about actual living. From their statements some idea may be formed of the character and variety of tbeir goods. Further particulars may be found in their regular priceliit, issued every month, which will be promptly sent upon application. Welch & Eason have been long in the ( business, and the reputation which ( they have acquired sufficiently indicates their manner of dealing with ' their customers. i Uncle Sam* Gold. Washington, March 3.?The treasury gold at the clese of business today stood at $128,105,404. The withdrawals for the day were $268,300. / . . . j HUMAN VULTURES. >ut of Suffering and War They Make a Living?-Robbing Cabana. Washington, March 31.?The mem- thl )ers of the Cuban junta in this city th ire very much annoyed ami irrigated m( it the efforts being made by persons ^ :laiming authority from the Cuban iepublic to enlist citizens of the Unit- tb d states for service in the Cuban cause. jn) The reputed Cuban agent engaged in ecruiting divides his time between kr Baltimore and this city." He is said to >e remarkably discreet, and is in the abit of maintaining an annoying si a jnce even toward those whose aid is Dunght, until the character of the do !- * 111? 1 T?. l.l.J ma is luiuy assured, it is situeu, owever, that the party is already erv large in numbers and will be in aadiness to move within a few days, fe he larger part of those enlisted in lis city are at present residents of ast and southeast Washington, and 5(5 re, as a rule, from respectable and rell known f^pailies. Tc According to the proposals made to le recruits, the Americans are not to a officers in the Cuban service, but ie understanding is they will enlist i the ranks. The contract calls for a 25 ilary of $25 per month, Cuban curincy, with a proviso for a certain imp sum in the event that the insurents are successful. CUBANS NOT SOLICITING MEN. ca Senor G-onzalo de Quesada, the repssentative of the Cuban republic in lis city, was very indignant when is attention was called to the work of ie alleged Cuban agent. "The whole is an absolute fraud," kid Senor Quesada, with vigorous pe nphasis. "The Cubans are not ensting any men in the Uunited States, nd no nnfl has anv authoritv even to igeest such a course. I receive hun- j reas of letters every week from Amer- poi ans who are willing to serve in be- , alf of Cuban independence, without ^ >muneration, and who are willing to ' ly their own expenses and their sub- * stance wnile there, but I do not even lswer them. Some time ago a man ' amed James Hoyt, who called him- j ilf a colonel in the Cuban army, and gru retended to hold a commission from j omez, began to enlist or rather to en- pov ige men m New Orleans. He prom- poi ea them commissions of lieutenants, G ; so much per commission, demand- p|p ig $5 down from the applicants, who e at his call. He was a vile fraud, * id every man who pretends to have , " ithority to enlist men for the Cuban. ? - - ? n 1- twr\ luse is in tbe same category, oucn en are onlv attempting to make I oney from those whose ardor over- s >mes their wisdom. I repeat that a 5 y one who is engaged in the business ' enlisting parties for service in Cuba L anything but a fraud." che Senor Quesada then called attention the followine circular, headed, 3uban Libre," copies of which have 7?" sen distributed all over the country. "All friends of progress and humanj are invited to contribute money id material to the causo of Cuban inipendence. Please send contribu- 183 sns to the following gentlemen: alonel Fernando Figuereao, Tampa, la.; General Gonzales Quesada, New ? ork city; J. D. Christopher, Jacknvilie, Fla.; William H. Sloane& 1 >ns, Cincinnati, 0 ; Captain Ortan . Cullen, Cullen, Va. The services well-equipped parties are also solicsd. Address as above," "You notice that the name of Figjrido, as well as my own, is miapelll. The whole thing is absolutely unithorized, and, in my opinion, is a aud. The only person in this couny who has authority to receive monr or supplies for the cause of Cuban [dependence, ana wno can give* oper receipt for same, is Benjamin Guerra, 192 Water street, New ork, who is the treasurer of the Cain party Spanish Barbarity. Havana. March 31.?Never in mod n times has there been a more sickling spectacle than that which to day tended the execution of five Cubans, he men had been condemned to death y the garrote as "murderers, violatrsand incendiaries." Troops were rawn up in a hollow square and in le middle were placed the chair and ost. Ruiz, the public executioner, ad deputized an assistant to conduct le affair The condemned men havig"received the offices of the church, ere brought into the square to meet leir fate. One of them bad confessed is guilt and affirmed the innocence of 11 the others who also protested that ley were guiltless. The first man to ie took bis seat in the chair calmly, le iron core was fixed about his neck nd the cap drawn over his face, hen the executioner undertook to pply the screw, but was so excited I aat his hand slipped repeatedly, with 11 ie result that that the victim died by I low strangulation, emitting: the while R ie most distressing cries. The second I xecution was accomplished with even | lore distressing awkwardness and de iy, the executioner being almost on B lie verge of collapse as he performed L is horrible function. The protests of be officers and priests forced Ruiz to = indertake the third execution, but he id little better than his assistant had one. The fourth victim of bungling arrotera was likewise tortured ana hen Ruiz literally fled from his post, eaving his assistants to put to death he fiftn unfortunate Cuban, who esaped none of the agonizing experienes that had attended the execution of _ lis fellows. The whole affair has left ipon those who witnessd it and upon hose to whom it has been described, a eeling of the utmost horror. An exchange says "e" is the most mfortunate letter in the alphabet, be- | ;ause it is never in cash, always in lebt and never Out of danger. Our jxchange forgets that the aforesaid etter is never in war but always in jeace. It is the beginning of existence, ie commencement of ease and the end 5f trouble. Without it there would l>e no bread, no meat, no water, no life, no Fosnel. no redemption. The trustworthy cure for the Whiskey, Opium and Tobacco Habits Is administersd at The Keeley Institute of South Carolina. For further information address The Keeley Institute, or Drawer 27, Columbia, S. C. / / ?v'. \ IsTELLIGOTPBOPLi Do not feel flattered by the methods of ose who seem to think they can bally em Into baying. Most people know wha t ey want a great deal better than the irchant knows. They know too what air means are and what to pay for elr goods without extravagance. Know? all these things perhap3 they do not iow the place where they can buy to e best advantage and would be glad of hint where to go. We can .only say we our best by all aod Invite buyers when >klnx around not to overlook us. Read low a few of our maoy reasonable of Inga: Stood tomatoes 2 pound cars. 63c doz?n, can. tnmatoas 3 Douni cans. 75c dozen can. ireen corn at 6 1-4,10and 12 l-2c can. Jreen peas at 8 10. 12 1-2 and 18c can. 'eaches in cans at t, 10,12 1-2,15, 17, 20 and 30c candotted bam and toogoe at 5c can. Lard, compound, 60 poand cans, 6c lb. Lard. compound, 20 pound cans, 11.25 i. , * Lard, compound, 10 pound cans, 75ecao, 3est lard, 50 pound cans, 7 Mcponnd. 3e3t lard, 2# pound cant-, |1.60 can. Best lard, 10 pound cans, 90c can. finest Irish potates in barrel sacks fl.15 :sack. 3ett cream cheese, 15c pound. Dried apples, 5c pound Evaporated apples, 8, 10 and 12 1-Jc a ind. itood starch, 5c pound or 25 pounds for 00. - ' Sundry s:ap In 2 pound bars, 8,10 and l-2c bars. roi'et soap from 25c dozen up. 1 r Kn, ocH SI nn a LLttbCllCS U auu lug UV<iOU} w?< uiivt y*.vw ? ?s. 'lag tobacco in 10 pound coddles 2lc a iod and upwards, Jess than coddy 25c ind and np. rood smoking tobacco at 18c pound, a with each pound. iae fresh fralt Jams in 1 pound cats, 10c t. liscaits in botea of from 20 to 25 pounds m 4 1-2 to 7c pound. latalns from 5c pound and upwards. egirs50,75, $1 00, 91.25, fl.50 and |2.06 ox of 50. <ots of other good* in stock Just as ap Gat a copy of our price list, its jhty interesting reading and will show i how to save nnaey on you r pure bases WELCH & EASON, UNIVERSAL PRO 7 IDEKS, ' - 5 --1 117 U* Jraf < a 3UU 10f Utttniug am ill u?inLatud| charlest6x, S C. A $25 Cooking Stove WITH A COMPLETE OUTFIT FOB OXTJLTZ- $12.00, * Delivered to your railroad depot, all freight oharges paid. Head this description carefully. This splendid Cooking Stove is No. 8; has four I inch pot holes; 16x16 inch oven;. IS inch fire box, 24 inches high; 21x31 inch top; nice smooth casting. I have had this stove made for ay trade, after my own idea, combining all the good points of all medium priced stoves, and leaving out the objectionable features. Beyond all doubt the best No. 8 Cooking Stove made, for the price. Fitted with 2 pots, 2 pot cover*, i skelletS, 2 griddles, 3 baking pan*, 3 joints of pipe, 1 elbow, 1 cellar, I lifter, 1 scraper, 1 cake polish, 1 iron tea kettle, 1 shovel. We want to make customers and friends in every part of the South, for the purpoM of introducing our business to new people, and to renew our acquaintance with old friends. We will ship this splendid uoonif Stove and the above described war* I to any depot, all freight oharfaa I paid, for only $12.00 whea th? I cash comes with tha order. Thia I stove Is a good one, well made, and I will give entire satisfaction. Our I illustrated catalogue of Furniture. B Stoves and Baby Carriages mailed I free. Address ? Xj. IF1 PA.D&ETT, | 810 13road Strkkt, Augusta, Ga. | SPR A_n n o u n o: NEW < A' LTHE 1439 and 1443 Mala Street OIH LINE OF NEW SPRING GOC AND COMPRISE A FULL A T>KY /fOODS. rtLOTHIVG, i i/ cr ' i/ * g?OODS, ?fARPETS, Jgl We Invite all clos3 buyers to vl-it our lar All goods ordered of us amounting to free of charge inside of the State, and quality you may deslie in for quotations. "THE OPPOSITE. GRAND COLUML / i i . * * " . ' - . ' V* Delightful Results. I LETTEh jt^ROM JUDGE BALD , WIN, OF MADISON. GA. | Dr. W. Pitta, Thomson, G*. Dear Slr:~A.fter laving sought la vain for various remedies (or the Ills of teething I tried your Carminative with mo?t satisfactory and delizhtful results It la pieaant to take assuage* pain and produces raU without stupor. No parent should be without It during the tee bin* period who has once tried it, for It is Indeed a magic medicine for babies. Very respectfully, JUD4B H. W. BALDWIN. For sal? by THE MURRAY DRUG UO , ' Columbia, 8. C. rxjlri ' * _ ' II la tkm dijrt ef j ITALL TALK i J i Actual AoMefementa often aeemtobeatadla-1 i i count, bat after all Actual ACHIiyimbot in ( i" i tha only things that ceuat. i i i It u out to talk In General Term* alxxrt the i" i martu of r IAN OS, but?ba Bora ipecUto? i1 THE HATHUSHEK Tfc? |rei( tuthn Faisrtts. 1 Zatabllabed 90 jeara. 80,000 naw to Ma. i <,' Sold by na far SI yean. Nou than Taluala < III fataatad Improramanta? i !j? ' Pateat upmtinc acMm. , Patent Soaadlnr Board. Patent Tanlng Pia Boahlag., Pateat Improved Agraffes. <j ; 11 Pateat Saft Step. ; i > One of Om only twa Planoa made wnMl1 \ 1,1 Jewry part) in la own factory. Ona of tfce i, i beat made in tha U. S. Sold lower than any 1 111 other High Grade Piano. Oneproflt only Iran 1 11' Hkar to purohaear. WRIT* VS. LUDDEN 4 BATE8, aATAHlTAK, OA. LIFE for the Liver an I Ktdaeya. Lax atlve, Cathartic, Diuretic and Tonic. Its action la mild and pleasant. Dyspepsia and Indl gestlon are at once relieve! bj in use. Bad feelings from a sluggish liver are dispelled. Ids * most agreeable, easy and certala remedy In Habitual Constipation. In kidney troubles its benefits become apparent with the first dose or two. Try it tWd wboJesale by The Murray Drug Co-t COLUMBIA, S. C. MACHINERY. ENGINES, BOILERS, SAW MILLS, CORN MILLS, ROLLER MILLS, BRICK MACHINES, PLANING MACHINES and all binds of vroodw?rkiat{ machinery. Also Shafting, P illieu, Box-n. etc. I am the General Agent for TALBOTT & SONS, THE LIDDELL COMPANY, WA'l ERTOWN ENGINE COMPANY, * H. S. SMITH MACHINE COMPANY, and can furnish full equipment in - the above lines at factory piicdS. V. C. Badham COLUMiUA. S. O. OSBORIOJ'O kSt V ohool of SliortliAXLcl ?>7 INGc e m e nt GrO OD S r HUB" , COLUMBIA, bo. OA., )LH Mlifi NOW BKlXo Ol'fNED ND COMPLETE LINK OF JHOE>, JjjP-T". pURNISHlNQ UQS AND iSJUJATTINGS. stores or write to tu for sv lilt; over tea dotUrs will be fltslivarj 1 Our stock consists of every price , nnr difivrant lines. Write U8 ' ^ Very respectfully, J HUB, CENTRAL HOTEL 5IA, S. 0. r | / ?..J