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'.s ' ' k The_Press and Banner.a I ~ BY HUGH WILSON. f, J : ~ j) AltltEVILLi:, ?. C. s, RESULTS OF CUBA'S WAR. 1! - a THE INTERIOR OF THE ISLAND HELD 11 BY THE PATRIOTS.- p si Spanish Armies Numbering 238,293 Men 3 Unable to Check Them? Organization of ^ *1 the Cuban Government?-The Futility of TrocliaH. ^ U The importance of the results achiev- t> ed thus far by the Cuban insurgents is ti demonstrated by tbe nowe.Tui army ti which Spain is obliged to keep in the ti island and with which she is still un- K able to put down the revolution. Ia i; "El ano Politico" (the political year) a, a book just published at Madrid by a e( member of the cortes, SenorSolderilla, q tbe following estimate is made from g( official sources, of tbe number of men q sent to the feld against the patriots by p: the Spanish government: rc Rnamsh regular troops in Cuba e, 'when the revolt: tioa bro'ze th out Feb. 24,1895 13,000 G First expedition from Spain... 8,593 w Second expedition 7,477 af Third expedition 1088 to Fourth expedition 2,962 in Fifth expedition 9,601 p; Sixth expedition 29,055 gt Seventh "expedition 20,639 w Eighth expedition 9,033 cc Ninth expedition 18,901 tb Troops at Po.-to Rico sent to e> Cuba 1,562 J, Cavalry detachment paid by the R merchants at Habana 300 in Naval infantry incorporated in fr the army. 3,000 Volunteers of Habana 2,000 th Volunteers sent from Spain.... 2,500 M Criminals pardoned in Spanish qi prisons and enlisted as sol- tr diers 2,500 w Reserves called out to replace oi the dead 23,000 al New reserves called out at the cc end of 1895 8,000 ai tl Total men 172,295 g To these may be added the expedi- , tion of 16,000 men sect to the island in February, 1896, and not included ? in the estimate of Senor SolderilJa, which refer3 to the year 1895, and the * 50,000 volunteers employed for the j~ garrison of Eabana and the principal towns of Cuba. Thai makes a total of wt 238,295 men in arms on tbe Spanish 03 side. And it was said lately, that General Weyler had asked ior more u re-enforcements. 01 The above figures are eloquent to w prove that the revolution is not a ne1 tu U1UVC1UCUI auu au upuatug vr* wv*. 1 Jaws, having against them the large '( majority of the Cubans, as tbe Span ish government usually states. They rl! prove also that the Cuban army is not a band of bandits without a military \a organization and intelligent leaders. dt A band of bandits does not require P5 238,295 soldiers, under the command ri( of tbe best Spanish generals to sup ar press it Y The Cubpn army number 45,000 ^ men, as stated before in The Sun. It OI is divided in five army corps, the first y four operating in the provinces of Santiago de Cuba, Puerto Principe, ~ Las Villas and Matanzas, and the last, called also the invading army, oper- ^ ating iQ Habana and Pinar del Rio. At the present moment the Cubans J*' are in possession of the six provinces "3 in which the island is divided, with le) the exception of the seaports and the principal towns in the interior. Out- *1 side tne towns the Spanish have no Pc control. The soldiers hold only the m land on which they step as they pass / /VWA t/vmn onntVior Thft ^ iAUUi UUC ivnu iv ^ whole country is in the hands of the patriots, and m some parts of the island, as in the Orient, their troops are undisturbed. General Calixto Garcia, ba "with the men of the Bermuda expedition, landed there. He is unmolested Ai by the Spanish, and employs bis time ut at present in organizing and training th his troops for an attack upon the eni- bj my. co People not conversant with Cuban affa?rs cannot easily understand two w< things: First, how it is that the Cu- ^ bans are not in possession of an im- M portant town or seaport, and, second, tii boar with only 45,000 men, and not so pi well armed as the Spanish, tbey can a* stand successfully against 238,295 men. of With regard to the interior towns the situation is explained by the fact that su in an attack upon them many Cuban ed families, including those of some of Pr the Cubans in the aimy would perish oe either from Spanish reveDge from le bullets of the patriots. When the re/- th olution broke out Cubans and Span- Gr * j -l i mu? tn laras jivea logemer iu me tuwus. j.nc ? Cubans for the most part were married cc or had parents and relatives, while S< the Spaniards were single, having their th parents and relatives in Spain. The Cubans Jeft in the towns their families di when they went to the country to join w the insurgent army. Having rimem- tii brance of the experience of the war of ^ 1868, when the women who took the m field proved a burden for the Cuban m soldiers, and some of them were the Si victims of infamous outrages by the w Spanish, they preferred to leave their ^ families in the towns, where cruelties ^ cannot be committed openly without arousing public indignation and per- ?s haps inviting the protest of foreign representatives. But notwithstanding bf the danger of their families, the CuDans would seize an important town, ^ especially a seaport, if they had bel- ^ ligerent rights and were in possession "i of a navy which would enable them w to keep it. At present the Cubans Cfi cannot hope to possess war ships. The American nublic is well aware of how C many difficulties the Cubans encount- m er in sending even an expedition to Cuba. Their ships are liable to seizure H and detention, and have to sail as ^ merchant steamers when at last they ij1 find a chance to start. It is a mistake, therefore, to compare the situatioa of hi the Cubans with that of the Confeder- M ates during the civil war in this coun- d( try. The seaports of the Confederacy ol were not occupied by the Federals th when the war began. It was a strug- st gle of the south against the north, hi each side having its own territory and ds its own cities. Cuba's war is the up- Si rising- of a colony against iis govern- fr ment, of the natives of an island al against their oppressors, with the lat- 11 tor possessing all the benefits of bel- w ligeYency. hi The following sketch of the progress d< of the revolution from its humble be- C ginning until December, 1895, is taken K from a book by Senor Fidel Gr. Pierra te urc'er the tittle of "Cuba, Physical h Features of Cuba; Her Past, Present 2< nd Possible Future." ''The uprising took place on the 4th of February, 1895, in the provlce of Santiago de Cuba and in othei laces. During the first month the access of the movement was rathei oubtful, and it was only saved bj ie firmness and resolution of some ol ie chiefs, especially by Bartolome nd Guillermo Moncada, who, allough they saw that the people did ot respond as quickly as it was exected, refused to listen to any propo tion to give up the attempts. On th( 1st of March Gereral Antonio Maceo, is oroiuer dose, nor uromoet, aui Rustin Cebreco, all veteran leaders, ith 22 others, lauded at Duaba, neai aruacoa, and as soon as they joined ose wuo we e already in arras, and le news of their arrival reached Sanago and other cities, the aspect of lings changed, and men who until :eu hesitated to support tl.,6 movelent began to join the army. On the Lth of April Gen. Maximo Gomez ad Jose Marti with six frends land' 1 at the southeastern extremity of uba, and having joined Maceo, a eieral plan was arranged whereby eneral Maceo was to remain in the rovince of Santiago, and Gen. Golez was to proceed to Camaguay aa jneral-in-chief of the army. Before le landing of Generals Maceo and omez the majority of those in arms ere co'ored men, but immediately ter, the proportion of white began i increase, and altnough in the prqvce of Santiago the colored element eponderated in the rank ahd file,the eat majority of the officers were hite, while in Camaguey, on the fKo ovmv iTnr?a ? fi-nmP7. from FUbiai bUV Htuij lAuvtv. *.v? ie beginning was composed almost cclasively of whites. On the 25th of ily, the expeditions commanded by oloff, Sanchez and Rodriguez landed l the province of Santa Clara not far om Trinidad. From this moment the success of ie revolution was entirely assured, aximo Gomez estsfolished nis headaarters not far from the city of Pue0 Principe, pnd devoted himself ith great energy to the organization : the army, and to devising a generplan ol campaign. The first en >urter between the Spanish army id the Cuban forces took place in ie province of Santiago at Los Ne os. The Cubans were led by Jesus abi, now a brigadier general, and though the Cubans were very poor' armed, the Spanish forces were tuted. The second encounter was EI Guanab?.na, the Spaniards comanded by Santocides and the Cubans j General Moso The Spaniards ere again routed, having lost 206 en. The Cuban loss was 35. The jxt important move made by the ubans was the simultanious attack 1 the villages El Cristoand El Caney, o fi>oi'n r>arpuinff arm)) and nmunition. Both villages were cap ired by the Cutans and the barracks jstroyed. The strain was also capired with 200 rifles and 40,000 cartdtes. These operations were directI by Gen. Maceo. Next came the atck and capture of the fort of Ramon s las Yagjas, where the Cubans took >ssession of 150 rifles and 30,000 cartages. Shortly after they attacked id captured the port of Campechueia, hich they held for two or three days, nother important ercounter was that Yuragnanas, where the Spaniards sre routed, leaving on the field 77 >ad, arms, ammunition and baggage, fler some othe^.* minor encounters, irmt fViA mH of Julv the imnor nt battle of Peratejo was fought, le Spaniards were commanded by sn. Campos himself and the Cubans r Gen. Maceo. The former was utrly routed, losing over 400 men, Qong them one of their generals, del Saatocides, and Martinez Campis himself came very near falling to the hands of the Cubans. Next me the capturer of Baire by the ibans. Afterwards came the battle Descanso del Muerto, where, the >aniards suffered heavy losses and landoned arms, ammunition and ggage. "The increase in number during ugust and September of the army ider Gomez in Camaguey, and in e army in Santa Clara commanded r Ro^ff, Sanchez and Rodriguez, enuraged General Gomez to prepare l important movement toward the est, and he announced that by Christas he would be with his army near atanzas and Habana. At the same ne he issued an order to all the anters of Santa Clara. Mantanzas id Habana forbidding the grinding sugar cane this year. Gen. Marti;z Campos then answered that the gar crop would certainly be gatherI this year, and he would see to it, omising that by the last of Decemir there would not be a single rebel ft in Santa Clara province. About e bee-inninc of October. General omez began to prepare for his march the west, and ordered Geneial Ma:o to join him as soon as possible. )me weeks later it was reported by ie Spaniards that General Maceo was ;ad; then that his army had been spersed, and later that nobody knew here he and his army were. At that me General Maceo was going over ie distance of 300 miles at forced arches to join General Gomez. They et about riaceta, in the province of inta Clara, and continued their estward march, carrying before iem everything which obstructed lem in their forward movement, and j Christmas eve both generals were tablishing their headquarters withl a few miles of Matanzas and Haina, while Gen. Campos was flying Habana, as he said, to direct operaons from the capital. When Gen. artinez Campos entered Habana on ie 25th of December he did not know here his army was, as all oommuniition between himself and the vari - - 1 1 1 1 iu. is divisions nau ueeu cut uu uy tuc ubans. Gomez's promise had been ade good, while General Campos, as i himself declared in his speech at abana, had been entirely undone by iose of whom he haa spoken so lightSince that time the Cubans have id one triumph after another. Gen. aceo invaded the province or Pinar il Rio, and on Jan. 23 took possession : Mantua, the most western town of ie island. From Nov. 3, when he TTaI r*n i n nn Tan. 23 hp aiicu. iium jw? ? id marched, iightiug nearly every ij against the Spanish troops, 37S panish leagues, and had captured om the enemy three cannons and jout 3,000 rifles and 90,000 cartridges. !e had only 39 men killed and 16C ounded. From Feb. 9 to March 19 e abandoned the province of Pinar si Rio and retired to a place near olon. Then he invaded Pinar del ,io again, defeating in every encoun:r the Spanish who tried to oppose im. During that time he marched >2 1-2 Spanish leagues, capturirg several thousand stands of arms and i much ammunition. The principal battles of these successful campaigns are those of Jobito, Mai Templo, Cali5 mete, Ratabano and Candeiaria, all described in the report of Brigadier ' Miro, chief of Maceo's stalF, published f in The Sun. In the mean time Gomez ! moved to the -Orient, making also a successful camnaigrn in Las Villas. He I attacked Sauta Clara, capturing a large supply of arms and ammuution, but abstaining from harm to the city ! for the sake of the Cuban families liv, ing there. I The present situation if as follows: , In the province of Pinar del Rio is Maceo. with more than 12,000 men,' I encamped near the trocha or military wall made bv the SDanish from Mariel toMajanato prevent him from passing into the province of Habana. Gomez is marchiner to the Occident probably, with the intention of attackt ing the trocha and aiding Maceo in passing it. Great concentration of Cuban forces are being made in the province of Habana, and an important engagement is expected at any moment. The battle of Lechuza, which i was fought a few days ago, was a brilliant triumph for Maceo as Perat1 ?jo, gives hope for a result equally satisfactory to Cubans in the luture encounter. i From these facts it will be seen that the Cubans have accomplished important results, even if they are not in possession of any important city. Now, as to their ability to defeat the j Spaniards, although fewer in number i and under many disadvantages. It i can be explained by two principal facts. First, the superiority of the ; Cuban generals over the Spanish com! manders, and, second, the superiority of the Cuban soldiers over the Span. ish rank and file. The Cubans are fighting for an ideal and the Spanish because obliged to do so by their government. Gen. Martinez Campos was bitterly attacked in bpain ior nis ian ure to stop the revolution. Notwith; standing this, hfl was a brave soldier ' and an able political leader. But i Gomez is undoubtedly a military genius, and Maceo has proved the possession of no less skill and courage. After Campos, Weyley took comi mand of the Spanish army. He has demonstrated his cruelty upon dei fenceless and peaceful people, but has 1 not shown talents as a military leader. What he is doing is considered proof i of his incapacity by some critics. In i the former Ten Years1 War trochas proved to be a failure from a military i standpoint. The formidable trocha of i Mormon was passed by Gomez in i 1875. In this war it was passed again i several times by Gomez and Maceo. i The same trocha from Mariel to Maja. na was passed before by Maceo himself and other Cuban leaders with small forces, and by Gomez three months ago. Now Weyler has coni centrated there his main forces, and to do this he has been obliged to aban don the other parts of the island, while Maceo, in possession of the Pinar del Rio province, does not intend to cry to pass until he can do it with success. Nothing can be better for the Cubans than a trocha, the patriots say. While the Spanish are kept in one small line, the Cubans, on one side and the other, without the least disturbance, levy their taxes and enforce their laws over the whole country. The formidable arm v which Spain is obliged to keep in Cuoa is one proof of the strength of the Uubans ana their control over the country. Another proof is the fact that they stopped sugar grinding throughout the island. The first order to stop the grinding was issued in July. Then the purpose of Gomez was attained. To some complaints of sugar estate proprietors he replied in another proclamation under the date of November 11, in which these words occur: "I therefore, place the responsibility for so great a ruin on those who look on impassively and force us to the extreme measures which they then condemn like dolts and hypocrites that they are. After so many years of supplication, humiliation,* contumely, banishment and death, when this people, of its own will, has arisen in arms there remains nothing else to do but to triumph; it matters not what means are employed to accomplish it." The severity of these measures was palliated to some extent by the provi sional government of the republic, and for the sake of the Cuban families living in the interior towns, beef and catflo qo an unmfi other Drovisions 1 were allowed to enter upon payment of a war tax. Furthermore, as stated in the proclamation of President Sal vador Cisneros, issued at Najasa in last February, those sugar plantations were allowed to grind whose proprietors had made special arrangements with Cuban chiefs before the decree of Gomez of July, and had paid a heavy contribution. As stated in the letter of T. Estrada Palma to Richard Olney, secretary of state, under the date of January 7, of this year, and reprinted for the use of the senate at Washing1 ton, "the reasons underlying Gomez's orders are the same which caused this country to destroy the cotton crop and the baled cotton in the south during the war of the secession." The effect of Gomez's order is clearly seen at pre1 sent. The island is ruined and Spain is obliged to furnish all the money required for the war out of her own ex1 bausted treasury. For one year, for two years perhaps. Spain may be able to borrow. But afterwards what shall phe do? The war expenses of Spain are estimated at $(>.000,000 every month. If it asked from what sources the Cubans derive their money, it is necessary first to explain what is the Cuban government and how it works. On 1 April 1. 1895, Jose Marti landed in Cuba. His firststep was to issue a call 1 for the election of representatives of -i i ? 1. A_ t 1 me uuoan peopie 10 lorui a civil guvernment. He was killed in an encounter with the Spanish, but his call was complied with. Twenty representas tives from all the provinces were elected to the constituent assembly, which ' met at Jimagnayu, province of Puerto . Principe, September 13, 1895. On ' September 16 the assembly adopted a i constitution of the Republic ol Cuba, i And on the 18th the provisional government was elected in accordance with the terms of the constitution. It i is composed thus: i President, Sabrador Cisneros Betan court of Puerto Principe. ? Vice president, Bartolome Masso of > Manzillo. Secretary of war, Carlos RololF of ' Santa Clara. I Secretary of the interior, Santiago Garcia Canizares of Remrdios. i Secretary of foreign relations, Ra[ fael M. Portuondo of Santiago de I Cuba. Y/V'' Four sub-secretaries were also elected, among them Dr. Joaquin del Cas tilio of the treasury, who came to New York on a special commission from the government, and is now sub delegate of the Cuban revolutionary party in the United States. At the same time General Gomez was chosen commander-in-chief of the army, General Antonio Maceo as the second in command, with the title of lieutenantgeneral, and Senor Thomas Estranda Palma as delegate plenipotentiary and general agent of tbe republic abroad. As soon as the members of the government took possession of their offices orders were issued to divide the provinces into prefectures. On each of these taxes are imposed on all articles of commerce entering into the towns. For the purpose of properl v collecting the taxes, the roaas to all the cities, as well as the coast are patrolled by the Cubans. The money collected, which amounts some months to se veral thousands of dollars is sent to New York to Senor Palma to be spent for arms and ammunition. The fund so formed is called here the treasury of of the republic. There is another treas ury in the junta, that of the Uuoan revolutionary party. The Cuban revolutionary party is the organization founded by Jose Marti in the United States by which he obtained the necessary elements to work for several years in preparing for the revolution. The party is composed of the many Cuban political clubs which exist in the United States. The clubs elect the delegate and treasurer of the party, and there is a council formed of the presidents of all the clubs. The members of the clubs include most of the cigarmakers and employees of the Cuban cigar factories in the United States. They number over 18,000 and contribute for the Cuban fund 10 per cent, of their wages and the whole product of one day of labor during the week. They do even more. When money is needed for some special purpose, as after some unfortunate event which has entailed extraordinary expense they give one day ot labor mere to "Cuba Libre." After the wreck of the Hawkins, for instance, this was done in order to prepare the next expedition of General Calixto Garcia. After the first unsuccessful attempt of the Bermuda to sail from this Dort. they offered to make the same contribution, but Delegate Palma did not like to accept the offer, having then money enough to proceed with his work, The patriotism of the Cubans seams exhaustless. ; They all contribute to the Cuban fund, from the highest to the lowest. The amount collected monthly by the Cubans, without including extraordinary gifts of sympathizers, is from $80,000 to $100,000. It is employed in buying arms and ammunition for the Cuban army and steamers in which to send the expeditions Although all the power is in the hands of the delegate, who appoints the secretary of the tfarty, now Senor Gonzala de Quesada, who is in Washington, Senor Palma consults voluntarily on important matters some prominent Cuban living in New York. The informal councillors constitute what is improperly called the Junta in the American newspapers. No such organization as the Junta really exists. It is a word which remains oyer from the last war in 1868, when an organized Cuban Junta existed in New York, presided over by the wealthy Cuban, Senor Miguel Aldama. The treasurer of the revolutionary party is Senor Benjamin Guerra. When the time for the election of delegate approached this year all the clubs decided that the delegate should be the plenipotentiary appointed by the government of the republic, now Senor Palma, who will probably hold the office until the independence of Cuba. The letter addressed by Senor Palma to Secretary of State Olney, and quoted above, ends with these words: 4'In view of the history of this re volution as nerein siaiea, in view ui the causes which Jed to it, its rapid growth' its successes in arms, the establishment, operation and resources of the government of the Cuban republic, the organization, number and discipline of its armies, the contrast in the treatment of prisoners to that of the enmey, the territory in its control and subject t^ the carrying out of its decrees; of the futility of the attempts of the Spanish government to crush the revolution, in spite, of the immense increase of its army in Cuba and of its blockade and the many millions spent for that purpose, the cruelties which, on the part of the Spanish, have especially characterized this sanguinary and fiercely conducted war and the damage to the interests of the citizens of this country undei the present conditions, I, as the duly accredited representative, in the name of the Cuban people in arms who have fought singly and alone against the monachy of Spain for nearly a year in the heart of a continent devoted to republican institutions, in the name of justtice, in the name of humanity, in the name of liberty, petition you, and through you the government of the United States, 'to accord the rights of belligerency to a people fighting for their absolute independence." A Case of Self.Defttnce. Spartanburg, S. Cm April 29.?This morning about sunrise a stranger called at the jail and asked to see Deputy Dean, if he staid there. Dean said he did. The stranger, whose name was W. M. Scruggs, said he had killed a man by the name of Turner, and had come to surrender. On Sunday night two men, Henry Blackwell and Turner, went to the House of Scruggs, near Ezell's postoffice, aroused and threatened him, and then went off. After they left the parties said that they intended to return, and Scruggs loaded a single barrel shotgun. When they returned. Turner alone went to the house, and was forcing his way in a threatening manner when he shot him. He did not wait for arrest but came to town and surrendered. Those who were at the inquest yesterday say Scrugg was acting in self defence. He was about 54 years of age. / Fatal Error After Forty Years. Charleston, S. C., April 30.?Dr. A. M. Cohen, a druggist of long standing, on upper King street, has been charged with causing the death of a negro child, last Friday by carelessly compounding medicine. A coroner's inquest has been held and the verdict states that the child came to its death through Dr. Cohen's carelessness. The accused was Douna over lor iriai Defore the next term of the sessions court. It is claimed that Dr. Cohen put into the medicine five cents worth of strychnine instead of one-fifth grain of the same poison. Dr. Cohen is well known in the city and has been in the drug business for forty years. i DISPENSARY FIGURES." REPORT OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE. ! The Dispensary la Now Running on a Cash ! Baals?Lots of Accrued Profits Tied Up ^ la Stock?Clerk Scruggs Commended. ; The special legislative committee charged with the duty of examining the books and financial transactions of the State dispensary for the quarter ending March 31, 1896, made a report U- .1 j -e tome otaie x>oaru ui uuuhui jwk;iday. The report is signed by but two members, as the third, Hon. F. H. Weston, was off on a wedding trip when the investigation was made. The report shows plenty of profit in the way of accumulated paid for stock, and the business is now being run on a cash basis. The report is as follows: To the State Board of Control: We herewith submit our report of our examination of the books and financial transitions of the State Dispensary for toe quarter ending March 31,1896. Mr. (J. W. Garris, of this committee, with representatives both of the State Board and the State Commissioner, took stock at the close of the quarter. On the 20th day of April, the committee assembled at the office of the State Board of Control and after a careful examination of the books and vouchers of the State Commissioner, we find the following: ASSETS. Merchandise in hands of county dispensers, Stated profit added, $145,038,20; less the State's unearned profit added at time of shipment, $41,453.77; value of above merchandise at cost price, $103,634.43. Amount due by ex-Dispensers and in process of settlement, $4,526.43. Personal accounts due the State, $4,408.06. Cash balance in treasury, $3,921 22. Teams and1 wagons, inventory, $1,257.25. Machinery and office fixtures, $2, O Merchandise at State Dispensary, $73,06*7.17. Supplies at State Dispensary, $47,741.54. } Total assets, $241,131.25. LIABILITIES. Personal accounts due by State, $4,065.36. Due the general fund of the State from former earnings, $192,247.80. Net accrued profit for present quarter, paid to the credit of the State school fund* $-14,299.32. Of the net accrued profit for this quarter ($44,299.32 as above) the amount of $31,300 84 represents an unearned profit on goods in the hands of county dispensers on December 31, 1895, additional with an increase in valuation of goods in consequence of an advance in p rices of goods in the month of January by order of the Chairman of the State Board of Control. The remainder, $12,998.48,is an accrued profit on sales for this quarter. PROFITS FOR QUARTER. City of Columbia's 1-2 profit for quarter ending October 31, withheld by order of the State Board of Control, $565.12. City of Columbia's 1-2 profit for the quarter ending December 31, withheld by order of the State Board of Control, $1,000. Gross profit on merchandise for present quarter, $105,557.50. Contraband seizui-es, $2,807.75. Profits from beer dispensaries, $4,754.06. Discounts, abatements on whiskey purcnaies, $i>,zu/r.zz. Total gross profits, $119,954.65. LOSbES. Losses by fire, Florence dispensary, $188.58. Losses by fire, Bamberg dispensary1, $812.56. Supplies used during the quarter, $18,027.42. Breakage and leakage, $182.95. Insurance, $390.29. Constabulary for the quarter, $15,523,50. Freight and expres3 charges, $21, 048.79. Expenses, stationery, printing, postage, salaries, etc., $4,593.78. Labor, $4,734.53. Net profit oa sales for the quarter ending March 31, $54,452.25. Total $119,954.65. Of the net profit of $54,452.25 on sales for this quarter, the amount of $12,998,48 is an accrued profit; the remainder $41,453.77 is an unearned profit on goods in the hands of county dispensers at the end of this quarter. RECEIPTS. Balance in Treasury on December 31, 1895, $54,107.07. January receipts, $96,614-46; February receipts, $93,391.70; March receipts. $113,630.65?receipts for the quarter, $303,636.81. Total to account for quarter $357, > 743.84. r\Tor?TTr?OT^'vc tn vrpc! JL/iOOl/AOIKiUbii January disbursements, $116,685.79; February disbursements, $116,708.97; March disbursements, $120,427.86? total disbursements for the quarter, $353,822.62. Balance in State Treasury on March 31, $3,921.22. UNEARNED PROFITS, Unearned profits on goods in hands of county dispensers on December 31, $25,471.85. Advance in prices on above made in January by order or the State j Board, $5,728.99. Unearned profit on March 31, $31,300.84. Your committee beg leave to say that they have taken every precaution to do their work properly. They have carefully checked every voucher on the books of original entry, and thence the different postings to a general ledger, from whence this statement is made up. A comparison of this with former reports will show that the State dispensary is in a very neaitfty condition. Our work was very much facilitated by Mr. 8. W. Scruggs's comprehensive style of bookkeeping. We are indebted to him for courteous assistance also. Respectfully submitted, T. S. Brice, C. W. Garris, Committee. Killed by Lightning. Buckhkad, Ga., April 30.?Richard Flerno, a negro preacher, was killed by lightning about six miles from here, on the farm of Mr. Live Watson. The negro was standing by a tree when struck. f TROUBLE AMONG THE LLOYDS. Claimants Against Them Can't Collect _ , TH Their money For Losses, The Columbia State, a few days ago, published the following in refer- ih? ence to the above insurance compan- gj ies: The fact was discovered yesterday that last week several attachment T' suits were begun against the Lloyds, M represented by Mr. W. S. Monteith ( and an inspection of the court house showed that papers had been filed in ??t: the following cases and attachments til had been served? Mrs. L. B. Will- j10* iams, J. E. W. Haile, L. B. McLaurin tW( and J. S. Moore. Suit has also been ^ brought by Izlax & Fairey of Orangeburg. Mr. W. S. Monteith was called 360 upon to explain, and he was very CO] unwilling to . speak on the subject. "wa He stated, however, that towards the eai close of the last month he was sum- aD? moned to New York and there inform- P21" ed that the South and North American na< Lloyds, of which he has had the south- an' ern management, had decided to go out of business and would at once re- rr on/1 Via tttoc rlintpfo/) tn *A- i ur^auiw, ftuu uv rtov turn hbme and after a certain day to write no more for them, but to send , in all the policies he Had and new pol- . . icies of the reorganized Lloyds would be supplied. Mr. Monteith said that if this had been done he could have , continued business without interruption. The reorganization, however, ? did not take place until about the 8th , or 9th inst., and then it ws * decided to write all policies in New York on ap- ' plications to be sent in from this and other points. Meantime several losses had reached a period of maturity and J as Mr. Monteith had up to that time a., paid all losses promptly, and as the P. interruption above stated had stopped 5 his collections, he went back to New York to urge upon the underwriters the importance of paying the losses then mature a*>d also to get them to re; sume business in a way to restore con- ? fidence: This he was unsuccessful in doing, and the holders of mature loss es od the policies have brought suit and attached the business in his hands. He says the reason of his unwilling- Tj ii ess to speak is that he has hoped and still hopes that the underwriters will take steps at a very early date to settie these matters and go on actively. He declares that they are all persons F? of means and can be made to respond, but he does not think that the suits will be allowed to go to judgment I Commenting on the above the Sum- M< ter Watchman and Southron says: m< "The above article will be unwelcome sqi infnrmflt.irm tn manv fiitizans nf this n county who hold policies of insurance th in the Lloyds. vlt is true that it will not be a surprise to them, for they th have been prepared for some such in- po formation by the well founded rumors th concerning the shaky condition of thi the Llopds that have been in circula- ca: tion for a month or longer. These rumors have been confirmed in a very th< tangible and unsatisfactory manner av by the failure of the Lloyds to pay 1 the half dozen or more losses that Je they have had in this county within at the last three or four months. Settle- co: ment has been postponed and delayed fK on one subterfuge or another from Qi time to time, and the policy holders ev have been led to hope and to believe that they would receive this money in th< a short time until recently. Within th< the last ten days Mr. W. 8. Monteith, en the State agent of the Lloyds, has written to the policy holders who nave So sustained losses that they had best th< place their claims in the bands of an Sti attorney and follow his advice, if they soi wish to obtain anything, thus snowing to that the Lloyds had no intention of m< paying the los.?tes except under com- 1 pulsion of law. cv mi nil Li i:_i .i i.I ' 1 ? ine IOlXOWing is a xiat ui muae wuu in have claims against the Lloyds in art this county: K. F. Jackson, L. S. na Vinson, E. C. Nicholas. L. D. Jen- 1 nings, R. C. Westberry. Dr. B. Mc- to Lauchlin, J. S. Booth & Co., Mrs. S. 1 Keels, Hazelhurst and Sanders." ed Dp The Candidate and the Editor. A candidate sent an editor a note i! informing him that he was in the race for a certain office and requested the editor if he said anything about the candidate's candidacy to send him a , marked copy of the paper. This was too much for the editor and he indig- il nantly published the following: "We didn't do it. We ain't going to do t it. We ain't saying a word. We ain't going to say a word unless the ^ cash is in sight. And we can see smil- . ing of the Goddess of Liberty on one side of the dollar of our dad's, and . count the tail feathers in the Great American eagle on the other. la times past we have given away columns of paper, and reams of paper, and great gobs of iok in a political campaign. And what did we get in TJVw+Vii?<? Knf fVipt nrivilpafl of 1 wading in the mud behind the band coi waepn, and spilling coal cil on our of' only coat and getting shot in the tie ty with a Roman candle. But times mi have changed and our feelings have uls changed. Everything have changed hai except our pockets. There is no tro change there. We ain't no pack mule tal to carry no candidate*into office and rec get tne cold shoulder. And perhaps we the cold mutton after the election. ] Our enthusiasm is gone. It has leak- pa< ed through the holes at our elbows. le& Glory is a good thing but cold cash is to better. Campaign thunder will no an< longer reverberate through these col- dis umns, except so much per thunder, in ? cold cash. Our campaign rooster has ria to be fed, and wherewith shall we feed mc him without the cash. He's lost his 30, tail feathei-s from the lust campaign, and needs some extract of gold or sil- urg ver right now. Our tow J.'ne is sag- dat ging in the middle, and u/iraveled at ] the ends. The candidate is r?t for the shi office. Wears for cash." foo of: A Sea Horror Near Shanghai. j London, April 30. ?A dispatch from use Shanghai received here today says g that the steamer Ohwo hafe been sunk cej by colliding with the steamer New unwang on w oo ouag, ieu mii? v. north of Shanghai. The Onwo went arb down immediately and the New bal Chwang was beached to prevent her from sinking. It is feared that the cor accident has been very disastrous. Five foreigners and 250 Chinese of those who were on board are missing. I A News Agency dispatch from Shang- fac hai published in the Globe says that 000 by the sinking of the British steamer bro Onwo many lives have been lost. The der European survivors of the sunken wit vessel are Second Officer Cooper and ed Third Engineer Allen. The drowned Th< include the captain and live English pla oflicers and 300 Chinese. The United doc States war ships Olympia, Boston, der Yorktown and Detroit sent boats to ker the assistance of the Onwo and saved the many lives. ed. DESTROYED BY FIRE. - i'" E WHOLE MINING TOWN ALMOST SWEPT AWAY. ?'Fire Vu Small at First Bat Soon >read?People Barely Escaped With lielr Lives?The Town to be Bailt Again , * ore Substantially. Cripple Creek, Colo., April 25.? . ^ e million dollars is a conservative ? imate of the damage done by fire In > heart of Cripple Creek this after- . '.r^lj ob. Some estimates are as high as - ^ 0 millions. The amount of insur- \ raj :e will not exceed $250,000. iiVhen the fire broke out in Carey's J|S ond hand store, the danger of a big . $2 3 flag ration was not perceived, and y|jjj s thought that the firemen, who were . .$ iy on the scene would have the ea under control in a very few \ij8 rmtes. But in a short time tne fire 1 spread to the adjourning building :'*2 i a brisk wind sprang up. The ocaants began to move out, but many i waited too long and were unable ''iaj get their goods. Some barely ah ?jmj >ed with their lives. Several women >i io uaugciuuoij uuxu^u. xug ?tme so intense that buildings on j9|| 0 service, and goods were hauled 19 ay. Not a tenth part of the goods :Bga re saved. By the time the postoffloe 1 caught, it became evident that the ly way to stop the progress ofrthe ' \ 3 was to blow up the buildings with. Jgp aamite. This was done under the jgU jervision of the firemen, and a mber of buildings had to be sacriid, before the fire had reached them. bile one of the firemen was placing jBH >ig charge under the Sister s Hocal the dynamite exploded blowing JSfl Che fire was started about 1 o'clock, ||H 1 by four it had demolished the >cks between Third and Fifth streets, 'ytfm Myers, between Third and Fifth , eets, on Bennett street, stopping beeen Third and Fifth, on Carr. ith the exception of a few buildings HMW the Third street side, nearly all the: . Ridings between Third and Fifth ;re destroyed. Many people lost erything they had. The people not 'ected have offered shelter to the \ rrifilAss nf whif.h thflrft .arfl spvprfll &.tSH ndred. The burnt district is to be juilt at once with brick and stone ildings. Thrown oat M a Ttaler. Columbia, April 30.?CoL F. W.. jMaster has taken hold of a move- .?& mt to have a Convention hereof r.$aa und money men. He urges that me action be taken, and has issued' P a following address: ''"''-ffiBM "It is manifest that a majority of ' b business men of the State are opsed to the free coinage of silver, and ;4||i at if there is a free silver plank in ?|S b Democratic platform the Kepubli- 7/ a party must win. "By prompt action on the part of b business men of our State we may oid the catastrophe. "Let a convention of self-appointed fferson Democrats met in Columbia it 12 o'clock M. May 13. Let ten men _ . me from Charsles'ton, five or more -:;M >m Columbia, Spartanburg, and ''fim eenville, and two or more from en?- town and village in the State. "Let this Convention, representing' >#$8 emselves to be true Democrats, pass >1$ b following platform or some paper lbodying the idea: "We, a Convention of citizens of ' ^ uth Carolina professing to represent \ i majority of true Democrats in the 7;y^| ite, declare that we dre in favor of and money, and a tariff sufficient meet the expenses of the Govern* 5nt. \ "That we heartily endorse the poli- i <$4 of our noble President, Cleveland, maintaining our present gold stand- .. M 1, and in preserving the credit of the tion. 'That we are ur alterably opposed ,>''5 coining silver at 16 to 1. 'Let the Convention thus constitut- #?[ elect delegates to represent the true, ? imocracy of South Carolina. Let lae delegates go to .Chicago and Am their seats on the ground that $3 3 Tillman delegates are not Demoits insomuch as they advocate cheap d therefore dishonest money. 'If the delegates thus appointed by . * r business men succeed jn gaining ijH )ir seats the National (Convention ty and probably will have a majcriof votes for sound money, and the -J tculent Benjamin will receive a 1 b under the tifth rib and the weight >$3 his mailed hand being removed, ."'1$ i deluded satelites will nop over to ? le Democracy and South Carolina 11 be delivered from Egyptian dark- '.-vi F. W. McMastkb, "Columbia, S. C. Unif6rm Bales. ?rom time to time there has been ' ; nplaint in the great cotton markets the world at the want of uniforms ,\p in baling cotton. There has been ich talk of docking cotton not regirly baled, and in some cases this 3 been done. To avoid further ;/j uble the cotton exchanges have . :en the matter up. At a meeting '4 ently held in Augusta resolutions ': re adopted recommending: ?irst, That producers, ginners and ikers use bagging weighing not s than 2 nor more than 2i pounds the yard, the bagging to be woven i calendered to allow for clear and tinct marking. Second, six ties to the bale of mate1, weighing not less than 45 nor ire than 50 pounds to the bundle of 11 to Hi feet in length. * Third, Farmers and manufacturers jed t? conform to these recommen;ions. fourth, That compressed bales have ?v yj pside density 22i pounds per cubic :-i? it and 8 bands, weighing an average ' t li pounds per band. i"ifth, That sample hole patch be :d in compressment ol bales. lixth, That railroads decline to rere compressed cotton of lesser denr than 22$ pounds per cubic foot. Seventh, That attempt to enforce :i /\f fitrA nnnnHs nftr '1I401J pt/AJtfcx uj V/A v r_ e by Liverpool exchange will only ard every movement looking to rection of evils complained of. Betrayed Confidence. LONDON, April 30.?Dr. W. Plavi, against whom a verdict for ?12,i was recently rendered in an action mght by Mi-s. Kitson alleging slan1 and defamation of character, has hdrawn the appeal which he enteragainst the judgment of the court. a terms of settlement with the intiif are not made public. The :tor betrayed professional conflict1, and it was charged was mistai in his conclusions besides, and result was the heavy verdict statJ ^ ' ' '^111