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ELECTION THIS YEAR. PRESIDENTIAL, STATE, LEGISLATIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL. Twenty-Four United States Senators Wil be Affected?Abrupt Changes in the Got ernmental Policy Which May Result. la t*i) iill )f fur; ia p >licic?ttn ilia o>liti-;iia. ^iili'ia* u v tn cia sun of '.h ? cp> i >i??a? 11 ni thu is a ontnton n i' >a. pri^s fo.* thi ??if* c> niij o'" cii y)ir Waaa u. c> mi txs f lirly rjvels ia politic. 3) ai eathasiasn wittiia hiaiult tti it is iup >s$ible at aay ottisr tiai) aii pits all his energies iati the Tad avara^j clcizjii is aff ^c-ei in a similar miaur. H) 0117 hw* dis. daiaed to talk pjlitiiis ia tn> off years aadaho^eda anrkid nreferiacs for -. 4 conversitioa abiii Will street, the comparative advaaU?3s of life across tire North Riv-er, or ia Harlem, the -difficulty of gettiaj servaats ia the country, ths aurits of th9 differeut V. classes of bicycles, or aay other topic || jof equally, absorbia? iaterast. Batia >the Presideatial year he loses his aplomb and excitedly discusses politics, R. attends political coaveatioas and meat E iogs, aad cheers lustily for his caadidate, never ceisia* uatil the electioa is orer. A Presideatial yaar cDmiag oaly once ia four years is iadeed aa eveat in politics, aad 1896 will b3 uo excep"tirrn tr? fKo ??iila \ ftr>r thft ! contests before th9 political conventions over polici js and candidates will come the align nant of the national parties against each othsr in every state in the Union, and a long, intensely interesting campaign. In other years States are not all greatly interested, bat in the Presidential year they all are. The general election will ba held this year on November 3. On that daveverv State in the Union will choose as many presidential electors asit has members in both houses of (/ongress. These presidential electors ia turn are to cho^sft the next President of the United States, who will hold for a term of four years. Their choice may involve a change in the politics of the entire national administration, withjke 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 government and take the tariff from a revenue basis to a nrohibitive and robber basis. It may also involve immense unnecessary and fraudulent expenditures of money for dishonest pensions. Furthermore, it may involve a change in the ?inancial conditions of the government All these things are very important Every member of the present national House of Representatives must giin go before his constituent this /A1.1. It is possible tftat the overwhelm l?X. majority of Bepublicans in th. House mar be changed to a minoritye Them will be conventions and elections in every Congressional district. Twenty-four United States Senators wiu oe anecieu Dy me results in me various States in the legislative elec tions this year. The class of Senators whose terms expire March 4, 1897, comprise twenty-nine members, but five re elections or elections of successors to members have already been consummated. The elections for all these Legislatures will be held on the date of the [Presidential election, November 3, ex| oept Arkansas and Vermont The : Legislature to select a successor to Senator James K. Jones (Dem.) will ; be elected September 8, and the one that selects the successor to Justin H. Morrill, (Rep.) September 1. The other Senators that will be affected are: James L.Pugh, (Dem.,) Alabama; Henry M. Teller, (Rep.,) Colorado; 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 ? m? \ rr /-i n xx. i cutci, v,j. u(j.,; jxausas; vjwrge vjt. Vest, (Dem.,) Missouri; John P. Jones, (Pop.,) Nevada; Jacob H. Gal linger, (Rep.,) Maine; David B. Hill, (Dem.,) New York; Peter C. Pritchard, (Rep.,) North Carolina; H. C. Hansborough, (Hep.,) North Dakota; John 0. Mitchell,. (Rep. ,) Oregon; James Don Cameron, (Rep.,) Pennsylvania; James H. Kyle, (Pop.,) South Dakota; Arthur Brown, (Rep.,) Utah; Watson C. Squire, (Rep.,) Washington, and William F. Vilas, (Dem.,) Wisconsin; George C. Perkins, (Rep.,) California; Fred T. DuBois, (Rep.,) Idaho, and J. L. M. Irby, (Dem.,) South Carolina. The vacancy in Kentucky caused by the inability of the Legislature to elect a Senator to succeed Joseph C. S. Blackburn will not be affected by the tAWUVSUL l/l bUld iUli. | Appearances indicate that two of the most offensive of the Populists -who I came into power on the tidal wave of 1890,. Senators Peffer and Kyle, will be forced into private life. In Alabama Senator Pugh is making his fight on free-silver lines. Ex-Speaker Crisp is following his example in Georgia, 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 against protection until free silver should be given by the Republican party. In New York, Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin the Republicans claim that they will be able to change the political complexion of the Senators so far as this year's elections are concerned, oiiu xiuuiv.xuui3 vauuiuaics aio aiixauj 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 probable as regards Senator Brown in Utah. General State elections will be held in twenty-nine of the States, while some others will select Governors-oi administrative or judicial officers. In very few, only Congressmen are elected. Municipal and county elec tions are also to be held in many ol the States. Those which will hold general State elections are: Alabama, Arkansas. Colorado, Con necticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Mas aackusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mis aouri, Nebraska, New York, Nortt Carolina, North Dakota,Rhode Island South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas Washington, West Virginia, Idaho South Carolina, Vermont and Wis consin. Maine will elect a Governor Hagood'* Famous Brigade. ; The ^movement has been afoot ft ' some time to have a reunion of Hi : I pood's famous brigade in Charlesto during the approaching meeting of th South Carolina Division of the Unite Confederate Veterans there. Th 1 matter has been widely discussed an . it has met with universal approbatior Gen. Ha?rood has endorsed it unresei vedly and letters have been receive by gentlemen interested in the movt ment from men who h -ive a large shar in the elorious record of the brigad all heartily favoring the undertaking Tne following address to tne member of the various companies in the brig ade will doubtless miet with chi-s rail.? resojne which it so justlv merits: To the Survivors of Hi?o>d'sB*ig ale?Comrades: Tne approaching maetingof theSrithCarolina Division j of the United Confederate Veterans ia I Cnarleston on April 22 and 23, will, we trust, bring together a number of j the now rapidly diminishing members j of those who wore the grey. It; seams !to us a fitting os3asion for those who 'served in Htgood's Brigade t5 hold a reunion. Our commander is heartily ' in favjr of the movement and will be with us. We have a record that each member of that historic command must feel proud of. Let uj meet as comrades from the humblest private to th9 mo3t meritorious otfi J8r and recall the glorious pirt and grasp each other by the hand once more aud exchange a word of greeting. Will not each member of the brigade try and attend? All will be welcome. Extend this invitation to those around you. Names and po3toffice addresses are not now easily obtained and the time is short, but we trust the reunion will be a source of pleasure to the survivors. Will not the newspapers of the State give a placo to this call and aid us in bringing together the men who followed where Hagood led, often to danger, but never to dishonor? vVilliam E. Stoney, captain, inspector general, brigade staff; William Clybun, 7th battalion, South Carolina Volunteers; J. H. Brooks, 7th battalion, South Carolina Volunteers; J. J. Westcoat, 11th regiment, South Carolina Volunteers; George W. Moore, 11th regiment, South Carolina Volunteers: J. Hirleston Read. 21st reeri meat, South Carolina Volunteers; li. G. Howard, 21st regiment. South Carolina Volunteers; James F. Izlar, 25ih regiment, South Carolina Volunteers; T. Grange Simons, M. D., 25tn regiment, South Carolina Volunteers; I. Dwight Stoney, 27th regiment, South Carolina Voluntoers, H. H. Baker, 27th regiment, South Carolina Volunteers. A Human Fiend. Rock Island, III., April 2.?Hundreds of persons today visited the Bastian farm, which is under the posses sion of Sheriff Hemen way and a corps of deputies. TJa^^wfaig of th? decompo^-uSSiy"of John Louderbach uizder a pile of rubbish on the farm yesterday strengthens the general beliaf fViot TTorn.tr k1 Raotian ronQ ft Vill X1UI UUUW IJiUUt J A" ? WW UM mail fiend,and that he committed sui cide March 13 last because he feared his criminal record was about to be laid bare. Following is a list of men who worked upon Bastian's farm and mysteriously disappeared shortly after they were paid off and discharged, as all of them are believed to have been slain byBastain: Fred Kuschmann, whose bodv was found a month ago by the road a mile from the Bastian farm; John Louderbach, whose remains were uncovered yesterday, more than a year since he vanished from sight; Fritz Kiernzen, who has not been seen or heard from since the spring of 1894; Marshall Lewis, who also disappeared in 1894. Bastian testified at the Kuschmann inquest that be had paid Kuschmann $79 the night of his death. From the nature of the wounds on Kuschmann and Louderbach and the circumstances surround* ???? DrtKa/) on. lli? tucir UC^bUO, JJOOtiau O uiokuvai ?1' pears to ha?e been designed to avoid meeting his financial obligations. Another Advance Made. The Keeley cure has been introduced into the St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, Md. The good Sisters realize that in the Keeley cure is found the only hope for those addicted to the liquor and morphine habits, and have made a contract with the Keely Institute of Maryland by which the Keeley treat ment shall be administered at their hospital by regular physicians instructed bv Dr. Keelev. This is another argu ment proving that the Sisters of Charity occupy the front place in the care of the diseased and in the service of suffering humanity. The treatment was adopted four years ago by the United States government and is used at the National home. Proving so efficacious the treatment is now given j'at Fort Leavenworth Post, to the ofliI cers and enlisted men of the regular army. During the past two years the States of Maryland, Minnesota, Colorado, Louisiana, North Dakota, Wisconsin and others have by legislative enactments provided that indigent liquor and morphine habitues be given the treatment. The Keeley Institute of South Carolina continues its good work at Columbia, and any information desired may be had by addressing that institute or drawer 27. Pianos for Wlnthrop. In August last five pianos from one maker and one each from two other makers were purchased by the Winthrop Normal College of Rock Hill, S. C., as trial instruments, with th? understanding that if satisfactory others froaa the same makers were to be added. Time and test does not seem to prove them entirely satisfactory since when eight more pianos were needed they were not chosen from either ol the makes before taken on trial. This time the selection was made from a nurfilv musical staadnoint bv those qualified to judge the actual merits oi , a piano; and, as a result the masok and hamlin and mathdsek were chos en from some twenty-two competing makers. We shall be pleased if thos< who are thinking of buying piano; i will write the music department ol this college asking how they like th< L MASON AND HAMLIN and MATHUBEi i pianos, and why they were choser above all others. Ludden & Bates ' Savannah, Ga., wholesale agents fo] i Mason and Hamlin and Mathusei pianos. , Killed by an Explosion. Danoerfield, Tex., April 1.?Thi boiler in a saw mill belonging to J ota i C. Connolly, eight miles South o , here, exploded yesterday instantly , killing J. W. Peliter, fatally injuring , Souaal, seriously injuring Bob Bank - and his ten-year-old boy and scaldinj . I John McCartney. THEIR REQUESTS GRANTED. >r i_ The Commliilon Accedes to the Desires o Q ie the Railroads. d Columbia, S. C,, April 3?The j Railroad Commission was in session all t yesterday morning considering the r- requests and arguments submitted d Wednesday by representatives of the railroads doing business in South Carolina. At a late hour last night the ? sub joined circular was given out, con taining the decision of the Commiss sion. It will be seen that the request of all the roads for time in which to prepare their tariff books before the new rates went into effect and of the | smaller roads to charge higher rates J than 314 and 2 3-4 cents per mile, L; those fixed in the Act regulating charges for passenger transportation, was granted. The circular is as folIrv nrra To enable the railroad companies operating in this State to prepare and promulgate their passenger rates sheet ' in accordance with the Act of the General Assembly, approved Mirch 9th, 1866, and the actioa of this Commission pursuant thereof, the passenger rates now in force will ba continued until the 1st day of May next. On and after that date the following rates will be enforced by the Commission on the railroads doing business in S)uth Carolina, to wit: Three and a quarter cents (3 1-4 cts.) par mile for first class fare; two and three-quarter cents per mile for second class fare, on the following named roads: Asherille and Spartanburg Railroad. Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railroad. Spartanburg, Union and Columbia Riilroad. Southern Railway in South Caroli. na, the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta and Columbia and Greenville Railroads. Central Railroad of South Carolina. Florence Railroad. Northeastern Railroad. Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad. Charleston and Savannah Railroad. Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railroad. Port Royal and Western Carolina Railroad. South Carolina and Georgia Railroad. Green Pond, Walterboro and Branchville Railroad. Three and one-half cents per mile for first class; three cents per'mile for second class, on the following named railroads: Blue Ridee Railroad. "Ri?Qn/?hTTtlIo onrl Riiwmin 72<rffrnarf I L -Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway. Carolina, Knoxville and Western Railway. Carolina Midland Railway. Cheraw and Darlington Railroad. J Cheraw and Chester Railroad. Chester and Lenoir Railroad. 1 Columbia, Newberry and Laurens ( Railroad. Georgetown and Western Railroad. | Glenn Springs Riilroad. , Hampton and Branchville Railway. 1 Manchester and Augusta Railroad. Ohio River and Charleston Railroad. Palmetto Railroad. 1 Port Royal and Augusta Railway. , South and North Carolina Railway, j Wilmington and Conway Railroad. Wilson and Summerton Railroad. t On all railroads a half fare of not ] more than two cents per mile for chil- ' dren under twelve years old or over six years of age shall 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 J 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 dis- j tance. In addition to these rajes, passengers : unprovided with tickets, when opportunity has been afforded them by the railroads to procure the same, may be required by the railroads to pay to the J conductor twenty-five cents excess of the fare, upon receiving from the con- j ductor a draw-back ticket for the j twenty-five cents, which shall be \ cashed on presentation at any ticket office of the company, within twenty j days after date. This circular super- J ceds all other circulars in conflict. W. D. Evans, Chairman. D. f. Duncan, Secretary. Blast 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. All of [ the members except one were present The object of the meeting was to devise the means of running the institution upon the reduced apppropriation made by the last general assembly for the education and maintenance of the 68 beneficiaries in that institution. In the last annual report of the board of visitors to the general assembly, by an itemized statement of expenses, it was shown that the cost of educating agd 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 expenses. From the reopening of the institution until last year the annual appropriation was $20,000. The appropriation the current year, of 12 months, is $18, uuu?a ainerence 01 *su per cuueu After full discussion of the situation 1 and in view of the fact that ?very ; economy has been practised short of impairing tbe efficiency of the school, 1 ana doing justice to the pay cadets who pay for all they get and whose > parents demand the hign grade of education for which they pay, the board r felt themselves forced to adopt the measure of requiring each of the beneT ficiary cadets to contribute $30 of the 3 amount heretofore allowed on his per> sonal account.?State. 5 The fact that Spain has sDent $70,: 000,000 on the Cuban war ana has pracr tically nothing to show for it; looks , like a gigantic piece of folly, but, as r the Kansas City Journal &ays, it is t really a small matter compared to the ; piling up by the Cleveland administration of an indebtedness three or | four times that large, with nothing 31 whatever to show for it. l J 1 | JL XIJCj VjLliUlgU XUbC/i Wvau 11 r \ Secretary Carlisle wants to be the I Democratic candidate, and wants s Cleveland's influence, the sooner he I rents a duck blind and buys fishing tackle the better. Fleeing from Fiends. Habana, April 1, via Tampa, Fla., April 2.?Jose Ramon del Valle, a Spaniard who has been alcalde for some time of the important town of i Jovellanos, Matanzas province, has I resigned his position and brought his family here. He sails for Mexico to1 morrow. He states as a reason that ! he can no longer stand the excesses i committed by Spanish troops. Senor del Valle is a man of culture and in, telligenoe, and has no leaning toward the insurgents. His testimony is, therefore, uabiased. He says: "Spanish troops are killing innocent people rignt ana ieiL ine people or Habana have no idea what atrocities are being committed. In many parts of the island the troops pillage stores, residences and estates and kill unarmed men. Unquestionably they are more to be feared than the insurgents. There is no safety for life or property outside of the cities and large towns. While Colonel Vicuna's column was at Jovellanos, three weeks ago, they met three men on the outskirts, coming toward the town on the main highway. The men were unarmed. Tney were halted and asked for their papers. They had none, and were immediately shot Colonel Vicuna reported this officially as a victory over a party of . insurgents in which the enemy had ( three dead and tHe troops no losses. . Ten days ago a detachment of mounted : gueHllas, under Lieutenant Paula' ' while foraging near Jovellanos came 1 upon ten laborers at work in afield. The laborers shouted 'Viva Espana, ] oa fViA f?AAy\c Vkilf fViA lof. I uo KUO f*. l/UJ/J U^i UHVUVUf k/MV VUV AMV I ter fired a volley at them, missing the laborers, who threw themselves on their faces on the ground, but a chinaman who was standing near by received a bullet in the le?. He went to Lieutenant Paula and showed his wound to him, complaining at the action of Paula's men. Paula said; 'You are going to tell tales, are you? and, drawing his sword, he killed the Chinaman. These intsances came under my personal observation while I was alcalde, or mayor, of the town of Jovellanos." Clark. SPANISH BUTCHERIEb. Habana, April 2.?By the finding of a court martial seven more insurgent s prisoners have been condemned to r death under the recent proclamation ( of Captain-General Weyler, declaring r armea enemies of the government to j be bandits, incendiaries, etc. xne ex- s ecution of the condemned men has f been deferred until Monday, the re- a maining days of this week being hoi- s idays. According to the government a reports Maceois still west of the trocha c line. r Death In a Tenement. E New York, April 1.?Ten persons c perished by suffocation in a Brooklyn * tenement house early today. The c namerTrf-tinr-wafixas sre; Augustjii Buno, his wife and two children, 8ally five years old and Johana eighteen t< months; Lena Calabia, 18 years of age; '' Nicola Tralia, 80 years, his daughter, b Lena Tralia, 24 years, Dominick, his son, 24 years, and an eight days old it baby; Cornelia Marretti, 26 years, a The fire started in the lower hallway d of the building, which is a four-story ti tenement in Union street, and before C the sleeping tenants could be warned F of their danger, all escape was cut off. "S The flames swept up the stairways and s< hollo on/1 rnnmo arprA nilirlrlv S KUV UIUIQ UUU Jk WIUU fl V*W filled with smoke. Ten of the tenants C were suffocated in their beds. The o: section of the citv where this terrible it disaster occurred, is near the water front. The majority of the residents u we Italians of the poorer class and ? they form the biggest colony of their a race in Brooklyn. The firemen sueceeded in getting the fire under con- ti trol after a short time. The damage p: to the building is estimated at $4,000. it A.fter the fire had been extinguised P John Calabria was found unconscious J lying on the fire escape. He had got- ^ ten out of a second story window so b completely exhausted that he could go no further. He will recover. Hii wife was dead in her apartments. Subsequently nine other bodies were e] found. When he had somewhat rallied from the effects of suffocation and heat, Calabria told the story of how a he escaped and left his wife behind. T In most cases death was due to suffo- b cation. The bodies of the Buno family t. who lived on the top floor, were found j huddled together, showing that the *i family woke during the fire and made efforts to escape. Buno's body was P found near the window. The Italian t, family were on the floor below. Fire Chief Dale expresses the opinion that the fire was the work of an incendiary, He sats that the firemen did not know v Lhat there was anybody in the house until after the fire had been extinguish- ,1 ed. The chief is not at all impressed with the story Calabria tells. The lat- t ber says he made several attempts to get 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 J firemen. The man was fully dressed and before he fell on the escape, he was t seen by the firemen on the roof of the hnminc huildinc. ? ~ " u To Wreck the Capitol. li Jackson, Miss., April 2.? An at- t tempt was made last night to wreck 1 the State capitol. At 10 o'clock while t Secretary or State Power was engaged in his office at the capitol, be heard a ? noise outside. Going to th< window c 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 < from the wall. Had the work gone < on a little longer a section of the wall -1 about four by twenty feet would have ? fallen, ihus wrecking the whole build- t ing. Strenuous efforts were made 1 daring the recent session of the Legislature to provide for a new buildihg, but nothing was done in the matter, \ and it is thought some miscreants < took this means of securinc immediate < action. < W elch & Kftflon. The advertisement of Welch & Ea- ] son, of Charleston deals with a subject of universal interest. It gives in for- ! majion which every housekeeper seeks ?information about actual living. From their statements some idea may be formed of the character and variety | of their 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 tiie , business, and the reputation which ( they have acquired sufficiently indicates their manner of dealing with 1 their customers. i Uncle Sams 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. HUMAN VULTURES. Oat of Suffering and War They Make a Living?Robbing Cuban*. Washington, March 31.?The mem bers of the Cuban junta in this city are very much annoyed ami irrigated at the efforts being made by persons claiming authority from the Cuban Republic to enlist citizens of the United 3tates for service in the Cuban cause. The reputed Cuban agent engaged in recruiting divides his time between Baltimore and this city. He is said to be remarkably discreet, and is in the habit of maintaining an annoying si lence even toward those whose aid is sounght, until the character of the men is fullly assured. It is stated, however, that the party is already very large in numbers and will be in readiness to move within a few days. The larger part of those enlisted in this city are at present residents of east and southeast Washington, and are, as a rule, from respectable and well-known families. According to the proposals made to f-lio MAniita fhfl Amorirnrw not tn be officers in the Cuban service, but the understanding is they will enlist In the ranks. The contract calls for a Balary of $25 per month, Cuban currency, with a proviso for a certain lump sum in the event that the insurgents are successful. CUBANS NOT SOLICITING MEN. Senor Gonzalo de Quesada, the representative of the Cuban republic in this city, was very indignant when bis attention was called to the work of the alleged Cuban agent. "The whole is an absolute fraud," ?id Senor Quesada, with vigorous emphasis. "The Cubans are not enlisting any men in the Uunited States, ind no one has any authority even to mggest such a course. I receive hunireas of letters every week from Amercans who are willing to serve in belalf of Cuban independence, without j remuneration, and who are willing to Jay their own expenses and their sublistance wnile there, but I do not even inswerthem. Sometime ago a man lamed James Hoyt, who called him* elf a colonel in the Cuban army, and j tn VinU o (inmmitcinn fmm Jomez, began to enlist or rather to en- j jage men in New Orleans. He prom- | sed them commissions of lieutenants, it so much per commission, demand- . ng $5 down from the applicants, who ire at his call. He was a vile fraud, ind every man who pretends to have c luthority to. enlist men for the Cuban ause is in the same category. Such f en are only attempting to make noney from those whose ardor overomes their wisdom. I i-epeat that a 10 one who is engaged in the business if enlisting parties for service in Cuba i anything but* fraud."- * ' c "SSnor "$uesada then called attention n ) the folio wine circular, headed, Cuban Libre," copies of which have * een distributed all over the country. "All friends of progress and humany are invited to contribute money nd material to the cause of Cuban inependence. Please send contribu- 11 ons to the following gentlemen: lolonel Fernando Figuereao, Tampa, 'Ja.; General Gonzales Quesada, New rork city; J. D. Christopher, Jackjnville, Fla.; William H. Sloane & I ons, Cincinnati, 0 ; Captain Ortan I !. Cullen, Cuilen, Va. The services I f well-equipped parties are also solic- I ed. Address as above." 1 i!-- iL.i iL - I " i ou nouce rnai iue uume ui nu erido, as well as my own, is mispelli. Th? whole thing is absolutely ttnuthorized, and. in my opinion, is a aud. The only person in this coun y who has authority to receive mony or supplies for the cause of Cuban idependence, and who can ?ivea roper receipt for same, is Benjamin G-uerra, 192 Water street, New ork, who is the treasurer of the Cu* an party." Spanish Barbarity. Havana. March 31.?Never in mod rn times has there been a more sickling spectacle than that which to day ttended the execution of five Cubans, 'he men had been condemned to death y the garrote as "murderers, viola>rs and incendiaries." Troops were rawn trp in a hollow square and in le middle were placed the chair and ost. Ruiz, the public executioner, ad deputized an assistant to conduct ae affair The condemned men havig received the offices of the church, rere brought into the square to meet aeir fate. One of them had confessed is guilt and affirmed the innocence of 11 the others who also protested that bey were guiltless. The first man to ie took his seat in the chair calmly, he 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 hat his hand slipped repeatedly, with he result that that the victim died by low strangulation, emitting: the while he most distressing cries. The second xecution was accomplished with even Qore distressing awkwardness and deay, the executioner being almost on he verge of collapse as he performed lis horrible function. The protests of he officers and priests forced Ruiz to mdertake the third execution, but he lid little better than his assistant had lone. The fourth victim of bungling farrotera was likewise tortured and hen Ruiz literally fled from his post, eaving his assistants to put to death he fifth unfortunate Cuban, who es aped none of the agonizing experien?s that had attended the execution of lis fellows. The whole atfair nas leu lpon those who witnessd it and upon hose to whom it has been described, a Reeling of the utmost horror. An exchange says "e" is the most infortunate letter in the alphabet, be;ause it is never in cash, always in iebt and never out of danger. Our ixchange forgets that the aforesaid letter is never in war but always in peace. It is the beginning of existence, tiie commencement of ease and the end of trouble. Without it there would be no bread, no meat, no water, no life, no gospel, no redemption. The trustworthy cure for the Whiskey, Opium and Tobacco Habits is administered at The Keeley Institute of South Carolina. Fjr further information ad lress The Keeley Institute, or Drawer 27, Columbia, S. C. INTELLIGENT PEOPLE Do not feel tattered by the methods < those who seem to think they c*n bull them Into buying. Most people know wha they want a great deal better than th merchant knows. They know too whs their means are and what to pay f< their goods without extravagance. Know ing all these things perhaps they do n( know the place where they can buy 1 the best advantage and would be glad c a hint where to go. We cah only say w do our best by all and Invite buyers whei looking around not to overlook us. Rea balow a fe w of our many reasonable o ferlngs: Good tomatoes 2 pound cacs. 60c dozer 6c can. Good tomatoes 3 pound cans, 75c dozer 7c can. Green com at 61-4,10 and 12 l-2c can. Green Daa9 at 8 10.12 1-2 and l#c can. Peaches In cans at 8,10,12 1-2,15,17, 21 25 and 30c can. Potted bam and tongue at 5c can. Lard, compound, 50 pound cans, 6c lb. Lard, compound, 20 pound cans, 91.2 CAD. Lard, compound, 10 pound cans, 75ccao Best lard, 50 pound cans, 7 l-4c pound. Celt lard, 26 pound can?, f 1.60 ca^. Best lard, 10 pound cans, 90c can. Finest Irish potates in barrel sack? ?l.li per sack. Best cream cheese, 15c pound. Dried apples, 5c pound Evaporated apples, 8, 10 and 12 l-2c i pound. Good starch, 5c pound or 25 pounds foi P1.00. Laundry sjap in 2 pound bara, t, 10 am 12 l-2c bars. Toi!et soap from 25c dozen up. Matches 5 and 10c dozen, 50; and ?1 00 i jross. Plug tobawo in 10 pound coddles 2lc < jouod and upwards, Jess than cod ay 'a jound and up. Good/ smokln g tobacco at 18s pcund )ipa with each p ouod. % Fine fresh fruit jams iu 1 pound cais, 10 :au. Biscuits In boxeJ of from 20 to 25 pound rom i 1- 2 to 7c pound. Raisins from 5z pound and upwards. SegirsSO,75, 9100, $1.25, 91.50 and |2.0( . box of 50. Lots of other goods in 6tock Juit & heap. Get a copy" of onf-prfcs ifc'f, it: lighty interesting reading and will show ? u"- * " ' minan nt cn l p nilm huM UU liU TT bU Jillu ui^awj ?/u ;u- ? ? WELCH & EASOjS" , UNIVERSAL PROVIDERS, 83 and 187 Sleeving aal 117 Mirk^t 3 s , CHARLESTON", S C. A $25 Cooking Stove WITH A. COMPLETE OUTFIT TOM OXTJLTZ- $12.00. Delivered to your railroad depot, all freight charges paid. Read this description carefully. Thia apleadld Cooking Stove is No. 8; haa four 8 inch pot noies; 10x10 men otcd, 10 inch fire box, 24 inches high; 21x25 inch top; nice smooth casting. I have had this stove mads for My trade, after my own idea, combinlaf all the good points of all medium priced stoves, and leaving out the objectionable features. Beyond all doubt the best No. I Cooking Stove made, for the price. Fitted with 2 pots, 2 pot cover*, 2 skellets, 2 griddles, 3 baking pans, 3 joints of pipe, 1 elbow, 1 collar, 1 lifter, 1 scraper, 1 cake polish, 1 iron tea kettle, 1 shovel. We want to make customers and friends in evory part of the South, for the purpoee of introducing our business to new people, and to renew our acquaintance with old friends. We will ship this splendid Cookiag Stove and the above described ware to any depot, all freight charges paid, for only $12.00 when the cash comes with the order. Thia stove is a good one, well made, and will give entire satisfaction. Our illustrated catalogue of Furniture, Stoves and Baby Carriages nailed free. Address Hi 3* PA.D3ETT, 846 Broad Street, Augusta, Gjl S PR A.n 11 o 111 NEW "THE 1439 and 1443 Miin Stre OUi 1 INK 0? NEW SPRING Gt AND COMPRISE A FULL 2)KT QOOl'S, /^LOTHI vGr. gOOD*, /JfAKl'ETfi, j v. e invito mi cius'i uajun u 11 ii Lfui i All goods ordered of us aruojntin.; i free of charge inside of the St?te. aDd quality you may desiie ii for quo:atlons. "THE OPPOSITE GRAND COL UAL 0 } -* . - ' ; \r'v "Z; '^V: Delightful Results. iy it ie LETTEK tfROM JUDGE BALD it WIN, OF MADISON, OA. )r Dr. W. Pitts, Thomson, G<v >1 0 Dear Sir:?After having -wight In vain )f for various remedies for the tils of teething I tried your Oarminatire with mo#t satta6 factory and delightful results. It Is peasa int to take assuages pain and produces real d without stupor. No parent should be withf out it during the tee hint? period who has once tried it, for it is indeed a magic medl( cine for bablos. Very respectfully, JUD+K a. W. BALDWIN. For sain by THtt A1URRA.Y DRUG CO., ) Columbia, S. C. A la UtM toys *f j TALL TALK ! Actual Acnitremtnu often aera to baat a 4U- < j count, but alter all Actual Acwimmi an J tb? onlj thing* tbat oeuat. i ] It U suv to talk In General Temu about tto i } cmtIu of PIAN OS, bat-to nor* ipocilo- i J TEE MATEESBEKf The trait liithra fmriti. ;( M - - --- m AAA rm? tn I 1 W MWUUWW W ?W|VW uwn u* wp r 1.1 Sold by n* for ? year*. Not* tiusa T?luHi i i (i ntmU4 Improvements? i v Patent lepeatinjietlM. !| Fatent Rounding Baarfl. ' I Patent Tuning Fin Inking.; i Fatent Improved Agraffe t Fatent Soft Step. i 1!1 Om of the only twe Runs mate innilHi1J , turn part) In ita own factory. Om m ttl ? Y M* mads In the U. 8. Sold lowsr than say1 c i1 otter Blgb Grade Piano. Ons_proflt only trom 1 ?111 bust to pnrcitussr. WBIT* CB. ' ;LUDDEN k BATE8, o j ATASHAK, OA. LIFE s for the Unv *a J Kjktoff. Gax 3 atlve, Cathartic, Dlaretlto and r . Tonic. Its action Is mild and pleasant. U/spapsU aad Indigestion are at once relieved bj Its use. Bad fedllig^ from a siugglsb liver are dispelled. It Is 4 most agreeable, easy aad certain reaafcI dy in Habitual Constipation. In kidney troubles its benefits became apparent with the first dose or two. Try it. f^ld wholesale by The Murray Drug Co., COLUMBIA, 8. C. MACHINERY. ENGINES, BOILERS, SAW MILLS, CORN MILLS, ROLLER MILLS, BRICK MACHINES, PLANING MACHINES and all binds of woodworking machinery. Also Shafting, Follies, Box-is, etc. I am the General A?eat for TALBOTT & SONS, THE LIDDELL COMPANY, WATERTOWN ENGINE COMPANY," H. U. SMITH MACHINE COMPANY, and can furnish full equipment in the above lioes at factory prices. V. C. Hadham ? COLUMISIA. S. OSBOH-JXJaj'lffi Szjudwiead AJ)? {/ School oT Bh.ortli?ndi AUGUSTA, 9k. IiMO bMki fMi 4?mJ kiihwkiB 4at 4 liMi Butwi Hm V' Msdi uti hU hi Slii^ jOrti^Wh. vi*. tw< i>ni. t- *. (M im to U(Mtk ________ i o e m e nt >F GOODS VT HUB" -t. I) )l.l!M! ?(A. .NO. UA., )ODS *KK NOW BKINo Ol'fcNKL) AND COMPLETE LINE OF ^gHOES, TfA.Tr, JpUKNlSHlN<} JUGS AND .J*J*ATTIN(iS. ir^? st jft}< or ?Frito t> iu fir ?t a ?l ; fca over tea do!Ur-i will i>n i.!li/jrjl Oik stock cocsNts of wrery prioa 1 our different lines. Write us Ver/ respectfully, HUB, CENTRAL HOTH. oiA, S. 0. *