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THE UNITED STATES ARMY. SECRETARY OF WAR LAMONT MAKES HIS ANNUAL REPORT. State of the Army 1Mhcii*s?(1 and Srhomrn For ltd Improvement Proponed?Dlncnn* slon of Coaat Pefense Improvement* ?Final Recommendation. Washington, Nov. 20.?In his annual report, which was made public today, Secretary Laniont renews his Drevious recommendations that the infantry be reorganized ok the general idea of three light and mobile bat talions of four companies each to the ^ regiment, instead of the cumbersome ?ten company formation adopted a century ago, and abandoned by other nations since the development of modern magazine rifles, and he (juotes Generals Sherman, Sheridan and Lieutenant General Scholield in support of the necessity of this rcorgani^zation of the infantry. The completion already of some coast defences and the approaching completion of other modem batteries render necessary a larger force of ar tillerists, but no other increase of the army is asked for. The plan of sev coast defense involves 100 distinct batteries in over 20 harbors. The number of line oflicers serving gs. "with their comaiunds is larger than at "Sfiv time since the last war and the Secretary expresses the belief that still further changes can be made to advantage in this direction. The report shows that according to the statements of department commanders, the discipline of the troops was never better than now. The number of trials by general court martial was about 15 per cent, less during the past year than the year before. In no previous year of the history of the army has the health of the troops been so satisfactory. Under the new system established by Secretary Lamont, the army has for the first time been paid monthly. Over $14,000,000 was distributed. The saving to the government by the system is about $25,000 annually and it onnaovc in onfnnrnw pcnmmv am one nppvwu ?v ? o the men, as soldiers' deposits this year are over $100,000 more than last year. Under the new recruiting system 8,888 men were enlisted last year, of whom nearly one-half were secured at garrisoned posts without expense. Desertion in the army is decreasing. Deserters in 1883 numbered 3,578, in 1893 only 1,682, and last year 1,365. The post exshange. the general cooperative store, maintained without expense to the government at nearly all military stations, by the enlisted men, in which are kept for sale most of the commodities thai are in demand at military posts, is now generally approved. The receipts last year from all souices were more than one and a half million dollars, wilh a net profit of about $350,000. The thirty-five army officers assigned to duty with the national guard of the States report steady improvement in the militia. Investigation this year has shown serious deficiencies in the arms and equipment of this branch of the service when the States furnish the armories and defray all expenses incidental to keeping their forces in training fjamont suffests that the United States should provide them with the implements which they will need in active service?arms and field equipment?as the supply on hand is totally inadequate for serious and prolonged field operations. The Secretary recommends that the Springfield Rifle calibre .45 be issued to State troops, that the States be allowed to return to the War Department obsolete arms and equipments to be sold and the proceeds credited to the States and that the States be allowed to purchase from the department supplies at regulation prices. Fifteen regiments of regulars are on duty East of the Missouri and the meridian of Kansas City, twenty are located in the plains and mountains betweeen the Missouri and the Eastern boundary of the Pacific States and fivfturftrm lhft Par*ifir? mat. Thftrpi are seventy-seven military post. The army consists of 25,426 oflicers and men, or 284 below the legal maximum. The effective field strength on October 31 was 23,382. The report shows that whereas, on the first of July, 1892, at our modern defenses but one high power gun was mounted, by the first of July nest we will have in position seventy high power breechloading guns and ninety-five brechloading mortars of modern design, and by the following July on completion of work already under way or provided for 128 guns and 153 mortars. A battery of two or three of these guns takes the place of the former pretensious fort ani is vastly more effective. The defenses now under considerate tion are distributed among the ports of Portland, Me., Portsmouth, N. II., Boston, Narragansett Bay, to New York, Philadelphia. Baltimore, Washington, Hampton Roads, Wilmington, Charleston, Savannah, Key West, Pensacola, Mobile, New Or leans, tiaiveston, ban Diego, San Francisco, the mouth of the Columbia River and 1'uget Sound. All of the emplacements have been located with a view to carrying out the project of lhe|Endicott board on fortifications organized under the Act of Congress of March 3,1895, as revised by the permanent board of engineers. The Secretary says that the department in making these allotments was guided by% desire to protect as many of the sea ports as practicable against marauding attacks of isolated cruisers as well as to provide a more efficient defense for the important places, and also to utilize to the best advantage the guns for which carriages could be most speedily furnished. The total number of guns completed to date since the first appropriation are sixty-one 8 inch, fifty-six 10 inch, twenty-one 12 inch and eighty mortars. With the money already provided there will be completed: by June 30, ^ 1897, seventy-two 8 inch guns; eighty-seven 10 inch guns; forty-seven 12-inch guns and eighty-eight 12 inch motars. The estimates of the department for the next fiscal 3 ear aggregates $10,482,268. In closing this, his last report, the Secretary says: k"I have satisfaction in placing on record my high appreciation of the character, ability and zeal of the officers of our army, and the general spirit of loyalty and patriotic inspiration which pervade its ranks. To these officers and men and to the heads of departments in the war office all of whom have given faithful support to the administration of this department, I make the acknowledge mUinli TO /I 11A " lUCUb TV UXl/ii id V. Democratic Vote of the South. A large number of the Eastern papers are statin? that Mr. Brjan lest heavily in the South as compared with the Cleveland vote of 1S92, and that his nomination was, therefore, a blow to the Southern Democracy. This theory, while quite a favorite one just at present, is not sustained by the figures. Mr. Bryan, as a matter of fact, polled a much larger vote in the south than Mr. Cleveland, as the following table shows: Cleveland. Bryan. 189 2. 1S91*. Alabama 138,133 131,211 Arkansas 87,834 110,103 Florida 30,143 32,21.'! Georgia..... 120,361 94,232 Kentucky 17:"? ,4 III 217,820 Louisiana 87,022 77,i)!)(j Mississippi 40,288 63.253 Missouri.... 20S,31)8 359,114 North Carolina 132,951 174,488 South Carolina...... 54,092 57,908 Tennessee 138,874 108,176 Virginia 163,977 155,988 Texas 239,148 339,582 Totals 1,626.907 1,977,251 There is an increase of 350,344 or nearly 22 per cent-, a very handsome increase, and much larger than the average throughout the country. Although defeated, the Democracy even in Kentucky is much stronger in point of numbers than it was four years ago. The only states where there was a decrease in the Democratic vote are Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Virginia. In all these states, save Virginia, the loss was dlue to the fact that there had been an exciting state election immediately before the national one. This inevitably tires the people of politics, produces a reaction and cuts down the vote. In Georgia linfnrfnnflffl nomination of Wat son injured the Democracy. In Louis iana the Australian ballot cut down trie vote, but no one would venture to sugggestthat the local Democracy is not far stronger ihan it has been for many years. Here and there the old struggle between the Democrats and Populists was kept up; but with the possible exception of North Carolina the result of the election was to bring back many Populists into the ranks of the Democracy, and to strengthen the latter. Mr. Bryan not only poJled a larger vote in the South than Mr. Cleveland, but received a larger plurality.?New Orleans Times-Democrat. Inquisition Revived. San Francisco, Nov. 25.?News from Manilla hrnnoht hv the stoamer City of Pekin from Hong Kong:, shows that the Spaniards' have resorted to tortue of natives and half casts of the Philippines which surpass in cruelty that practiced by the Chinese mandrains in cases of the most atrocious crimes. They are also charged with confiscating the estates of wealthy half casts and deporting these wretched victims to Feraiandopo, on the West coast of Africa, a place which has a climate that will quickly prove fatal to the stranger. These statements are not given on the strength of reports of refuges. James W. Davidson, a well known correspondent, was recently commissioned by the Hong Kong Press to go to Manilla and cautioned to evade the press censorship, and in several letters which he smuggled through tfxe lines he tells of what he has seen and what he has heard on good authority. According to him, the instruments of torture used in the Spanish iniquisition three centuries ago have been kept in the monasteries of Manilla and were brought out recently to extort confessions from natives and mestizo suspects, who have been arrested and kept in .jail in Manilla subjected to hideous treatment. Mr. Davidson also intimates that the leading powers of Christendom will be called upon to interfere and put an end to the tortures, which revive the worst features of the Sn.inish inn nisi tinn. I lorn blower Has Ideas. New* York, Nov. 25.?The 113th anniversary of the evacuation of New York by the British was celebrated by the New York State Socicty, Sons of the Revolution, at Delmonico's tonight. The principal speaker was W. B. Hornblower, who responded to the toast, "American Common Sense.,' He said in pari: "What of the future? Suggestions are made that old party lines must be abandoned and that all men who are in favor of sound currency and of honest enforcement of public and private obligations and of the maintenance of law ancl order should combine in one party against the elements of discontent and disorder and dishonesty. Such a result would be most unfortunate. If the day snail ever come when all sober minded men are on one side and all extremists and revolutionists on the other side, lined up in party alignments, the knell of republisan institutions will have sounded. Our form of government cannot continue unless there are two sreat partits who are divided upon questions on which men of sound judgment and honest principles can fairly differ. I believe that party lines will be reformed, based upon the same general lines of division that have heretofore separated the two great parties, and I believe that thus and thus only, can our institutions be preserved." An Impending Conflict. One of the really great works on the economic topics of the day is that of Charles B. Sparks, of Brooklyn, entitled "An Essay on the Present Distribution of Wealth in the United States." published by Thomas Y. Croweli & Co., in their library of economies series. The Springfield Republican reviews it elaborately and says: "There is here presented a problem which the people of wealth and influence must face whether they will or no. It cannot be laughed down or beaten down. We have only just seen the first lifting of the standard of revolt against the present social order call to its support over 0,000,000 of the 13,000,000 voters of the nation. That vast power was not concentrated by any whim of the moment, but a deepseated sense of wrong and injustice in the control and direction of industry. And as surely as there exists good ground for complaint, so surely will this movement grow up to a day of change - and whether change shall come gradually or radically or violently will depend, as all history shows, upon whether the problem is earnestly and conscientiouly faced by the influential classes early or late or nnt. at all." OPPOSED TO CHANGE. la PRESIDENT CLEVELAND WANTS THE w TARIFF BILL LET ALONE. g tn C. S. Falrchlld'a Views?Thinks the Present ^ I.aw Should Receive Further Trial?Sen- bl Si ator Carter Talks Turin'. The impression is spread from Washington that the programme of the Administration will be to discourage the passage of theDingley bill at the com ing session of Congress. The main reason for this position of l'resident Cleveland is said to be that Jhe WilsonGorman bill has not yet been given a ^ fair trial. The policy of Mr. Cleve- (v, land as far as it can be gathered from r'c the views of men believed to be in Co sympathy with him, will be to stave Dc : oil'all kinds of legislation this winter, F1 except the appropriation bills, and let G< Major McKinley wrestle with tne I(1 vexed Questions of tariff and finance. "I This was the plan pursued by Presi- jn i dent Ilarrison just before Mr. Cleve- J? i land was inaugurated the second time, JV so the latter's friends say, and there is j therefore good precedent for such a ^'j > course of action, Besides this, Mr. ^ Cleveland does not want to be forced Jyj into the position where he will have to I veto "the Dingley bill, and hence he ^ , will use his influence in obstructing m . its passage. M It is well known that the friends of M the Administration in this city are de Nl , cidedly averse to any legislation this j-*1 i winter except the appropriation bills. JV i Their views on the subject are best expressed by Charles S. Fairchild, Sec- ? retary of the Treasury in Mr. Cleve- ^ land's first administration. 4lI think it would be better for Con- qi i gress to wait and see how we come out p, next summer before attempting to hi i pass any tariff legislation this winter," Sc said Mr. Fairchild. "We can much Sc better get along with our present in- Tc nr\ma iVion liatrA HiicinAec wnpld Tf kept in a state of suspense and uncer- Ui tainty by tariff-tinkering at either the V< short session or a special session for that purpose. "Thecalling of an extra session would ^ be a serious blow to the business world, w and would be a very grave mistake for i Major McKinley to make. _ ' Besides this, I think that it would be foolish for Congress to pass the Dingley bill. The Government is not jg so bad off as many people imagine. _1 We have plenty of money in the "~ Treasury?enough at least to keep the Government running all through next summer. Thete is no need of being so th precipitate in such an important mat- er ter. And, besides, the business world ^ certainly needs a chance to recuperate and recover from the drastic depression of the past few years. a "The returning prosperity will very tw much increase the Government's rev- E enue. The Custom House receipts th will certainly show improvement in the coming months. And the Gov- C< ernment's revenues cannot fail to be Di materially affected by the industrial Io revival on all sides. * K "There is nothing to fear from a M Treasury raid just now. We have M gold galore. Indeed, the chances are N that we shall get mor6 gold within the Ni next few months. 01 What should concern Congress P< more than anything else, is how to cut Vi down the government's expenses. To Vi increase the revenues would only be to invite more extravagance. The nation's finances should be administered with as much care and economy as A those of a private corporation. Con- Ci gress is becoming more spendthrift G every year. The question to my mind K is not how to increase the income of M the government, but how to retrench M and reform our extravagant methods N of carrying on the government. Sc "It is in view of this condition of af- T< fairs that I think it would be unwise U to pass the Dingley bill at the present W short session of Congress, and I am giaa 10 see mai mere is mue prospect of it being done. "If now a special session can can be avoided the business world will have a W chance to rest and recuperate, and th next winter we shall be able to see ne more clearly than at present exactly pa what legislation we needth It will thus be seen that ex Secreta- n( ry Fairchild favors a "let alone" plan, at Just how far Mr. Fairchild echoes Mr. ui Cleveland's views is not known, but ill there are good grounds i'or believing ca that many of the sound money Demo- ca crats in the Senate entertain prrctical- so ly the same opinion as that advanced th by the ex Secretary of the Treasury. ar Senator Thomas Carter of Montana m is at the Holland House. He is a free silver Republican, but he heartily sup- ill ported Major McKinley for President. Ki It is a well known fact that he does co not believe in trying to obstruct tarill pu measures because he cannot get free vi silver. He was among the first to de- ne cry the dog in the manger policy of ill some ultra free silver Republicans, ac When a Commercial Advertiser re- vc porter saw him today he was walking flnnrn "Fulfill oxronno wilh "P Porter and other Republicans. In answer to a question he said: fr< "I would no more attempt to locate sh the grave of Moses than to say what the hi programme of the Republicans in tbo th Senate will be. I do not believe a;iy be one can say what it will be. From ail yo I know, no prggjpmme has been ar- ha ranged." wl "Will the free silver Republicans as work with the other Republicans!" U| The Senator pulled his cigar philo- up sophically and replied: "The Repub- oil licans are together in the Senate on ou everything except the silver question, be They will work together, I think, and ca1 agree on all things, except silyer." wl When asked what programme the mi silver Republicans would adopt, he in1 said he did not know. In regard to I-?u the Dingley tariff bill he said: S. "In my judgment it will not pass." Pr In regard to business out West, he an stated that great depression existed in coi the wool industry. But as to other is i staples in Montana, such as gold, cop- ag per and other products, the outlook cal was not bad. He did not care to say coanything about establishing permanent national Republican headquarters.?New York Commercial Adver tiser. ad th< How They Fooled Thousandth in Richmond, Nov. 24.?A Marion, Va. de; special to The Dispatch says. At the by Mathieson alkali works in this county, mt which had been partially closed for re- sec pairs ud to a short time before Lhe elec- in tion, it was reported just previous to mi the election, that in tne event of Mc- trj Kinley's election the works would be go run on full time without a cut in coi wages. The men went out yeterday sas on account of a reduction in wages, mt and last night the company tried to fill cai their places with negroes, but the strik- foi ers resisted and forced the negroes out. bei THE POPU We have had several inquiries for tl ,te presidential election. The fusiion hat confused the popular vote. For ryan and Sewall electors and also a I lis latter ticket are riot counted ici the i ?cn4 I ann Kl tt oVi mil iH 1\o f<ny Via tnoo ACOblUUai/lJ OUVMIVI l/Vj JV1 HO TT Mil IUU irough any set of elictors. The ofBci it in the majority of instances the fe] -ates they are substantially correct: " " f O STATES. $ s* e> ti Icaiisu < ~ 7}7,5l2j I ahama ?4,737 j 1 .lifornia 145,431 j 1 lorailo ?2 785' 1 nncclicut 110,297 slaware ?0,452 orida.. .*. "J 1 ,389 iorgia I 00,05)1 j aho o,H28 linois r.03,817 A (liana 32-3,828 S wa 280,573 2 insas 150,541 j unlucky i 218.073) 5 misiana I 2-1,011! aine ! 07,9381 innesota 193,295i 1 aryland 137,358j ] ississippi 4,84!); issouri 290,522j i assachusetts 272,1)90j ] ichigan 2(17,010| i ontani? 15,020] ebraski 102,108 ] evada 2.811 aw Jersey 221,897 1 cw York 81'>,210 f e\v Hampshire 55,071 srth Carolina 155,222 1 Drth Dakota j 21,970 rcgon 43,079 liio I 527,937 4 innsylvania [ 720,823' 4 bode Island i 30,417' mill Carolina 9,643 mth Dakota 40,989snnessoe 148,773' ] sxas 155,805; J uih 12,042. jrmont I 49,4501 ?15Rfir.ll I LlglUItfc.. | JIW,'4UI ashington .34,145 est Virginia I 91,213 isconsin j 2613,050 1 yominj; j 10,073 Totals ,7.7.. i 7015 051 <7: McKinley's plurality, 767.9555. This makes a total of 13,567,172 vot :,600,C00 when the vote in all the Stat Uow the Illiterate Voted. The New York Mail and Ea:preas, e New York Evening Sun, and oth* newspapers in various states, appear find a deal of satisfaction in the fact at the twenty-twc Bryan states have larger average of illiteracy than the renty-three McKinley states. The rening Sun cites these figures from e census tables of 1890: FOR MCKINLEY, jnnecticut..* 5.3California.... 7.7 slaware 14.3 [llinois. 5 2 3.6 Indiana........ 6 3 entucky 21.6 Maine 5.5 aryland 15.7 Massachusetts. 6 2 ichigan 5.9 Minnesota.... 6.0 . Hampshire. 6 8 New Jersey... 6 5 ew York.... 5 5 North Dakota. 6.0 bio 5.2 Oregon....... 4.1 jnnsylvania. 6.8i Rhode Island. 9.8 ermont 6.7|West Virginia.ll 4 riscons:in.... 6.7j 1 Total 181.8 Average....... 7.90 FOR BRYAN. labama 41.1 Arkansas,.....26.6 Dlorado,...., 5.2 Florida *.27.8 eorgia ......39,8 tdaho . 5.1 ansas. 4.0 Louisiana......45.8 ississippi....40.0 Missouri 9.1 ontana...... 5.5 Nebraska...... 3.1 evada ..12.8 North Carolina35.7 >uthCarolina45.0 South Dakota.. 4.2 mness^e 26.6 Texas 19.7 tah.. 5.6 Virginia 30.2 rashington .. 4.3 Wyoming...., 3.4 Total.,,..... 440.6 Average.... 20.02 In commenting on the above the rashington Post says it does not ink it unfair to assume that the swspapers which institute this com* irison know that the great mass of e illiterates in the Bryan states, did )t vote J'or Bryan. The Evening Bun id the Mail and Express cannot be laware of the lact that most of the iterates in those states are Republins. So far as they voted at all. lixey st their ballots for McKinley and und money. It is not their fault atthoir cannot read and write. Thev e the freed men or the sons of freed en. In. Maryland, Kentucky and rest Virginia the votes of the black iterates assured those states for Mcinley. In states farther south the lored men cast the bulk of the Keiblican vote. It seems strange, in ew of these facts, that intelligent iwspapers will try to con vine 5 the -informed and credulous that illitery is'a characteristic of the Bryan >te. A Convenient Invention. An Oranfffthiiror farmer mmfs lo the ? * "y 1'~ "j? I )nt with a new invention in the ape of a Lubricator for oiling vecle wheels without taking them off e axle. It is inserted in the hub tween two of the spokes. When u want to grease your wheel all you ve to do is to withdraw a plu ager, lich operates with a spring, ami put much oil as is needed on the axle, son being released the spring closes i the oil hole until it is opened for ing up again. It is a very inganis and clever device, and is bound to used generally. With these lubritors a vehicle can be oiled up anylere along the road in less than one inute. The patent for this valuable pention is owned by the National ibricator Company of Orangeburg, C. Mr. Jas. L. Sims, Editor and oprietor of the Orangeburg Times d Democrat, is the manager of the oipany, which is a guarantee that it all right. The company wants an ent in this county to sell the Lubritors. See advertisement in another lumn. Murdered by Mexicans. 3an Francisco, Nov. 25.?Private vices received in the city today from 5 American colony at Metlaltonca, the State of Pueble, Mexico, gave Bnito information of assassinations Peons, which the Mexican govern>nt has until now baen able to keep :ret. There are several Californians the colony and in view of recent lrders they are lleeing to this counr for >heir lives. The Mexican vernment has sent troops to this iintry in hope of capturing tli9 as:sins, who during the past four mths have murdered three Araerias in cold blood. The colony was med about four y^ars ago and numrs 200 souls. LAR VOTE. ie popular vote in all the States, In the tickets in some of the States have some- i instance in Texas where there were I Sryan and Watson ticket, the votes on popular vote for Bryan, as they un- 1 choice of the man who voted for him i al vote in Texas is not yet complete, llowing figures are official, and in all j W3 ^ I c I C3 I Ui ~ p i?' CD n , ? ?-? ? I n < ? B 2. > P S o g 5? S i pi-1 ^ c 2 ^*2. P ? jnP C * I SB rvj s-jr 2 2-? T 85 - -r r 2 3 ? 5. & 5-S r- F" F* !* 10,103 ??; sua; , 31,214 0,400 12,147 , 40,018 ri 1,070 1 Of,,740 4,330 1,800 ! 1,233 ' 10,015 000 518 | 32,213 808 1,778! 04,232 2,70S! 5,013 407 18,307 ! : 150,700 1 105,125! -2,140! 3,050 2,208 323 23.200 4,000 2,437 " 71,810' I I 517,8211 5,103! 4,470! 77,008 1,8101...., ! | . 20.085 1 0071 1 . 139,537 3,157 4,135 8'.H 04,041 2,28<< 5,001 03,253 1,021 340 t.... 159,114 ( 104,208 11,805 ?00,059; 32,2281 . .14,404 j 8,082: jL 134,995 0,474; 5,541 >54,807! 12,044! 0,500 21,090, i 030 174,488 578; G7C 245 18,210' 40,533 177,540! 1,7051 5,002 2,775 1,105 125,217 10,878: 19,374 14,439 1 57,903 825 40,870 1 08,170 1,951 3,098 [39,582 1 1 I 50,0*30 | 10,789 155,088 1,398 710 43,030 78,322 102,009 2,210; 2,347 10,389 | 547 I'M 84,!>|4i~H5,6!>y 0,183 4,Oly es, which will bs increased to about tes for the minor candidates is obtained. Proof from the Eaemy. The Augusta Chronicle says some of its esteemed southern contemporaries are chiming in with northern goldbug papers about "the silver craze being dead," If they really think so their dream will suffer a rude awakening. 1 Certainly Mark H&nna is not of their j opinion, for he has ordered a new campaign to begin forthwith, and is about to establish headquarters at Washington. We were willing to give the matter a rest, but we can scarcely pick up an exchange from the north that does not contain assaults upon ' the free coinage party, and already it- - T* Lt! ine ivepuuiuaub arc spinuug uvot mo single gold standard and international bimetallism. But perhaps the most significant proof of the vital character of the silver question comes from Senator Burrows, of Michigan, who, J in a recent interview, uses these mem- ' orable words: "The Republican party comes back to power, burdened with j great responsibility. It promised the ( people that its restoration would be ' attended with individual and national prosperity. If these results should not follow, it will speedily fall into disfavor and at the earliest opportunity be deposed. The people will be satisfied with nothing short of a general 1 revival of business and a safe and : sound condition of the public treasury. 3 If these conditions are not attained ' without much delay the cause of free silver will receive a fresh impetus,and in 1900 become an alarming if not a ( resistless force. A. sound currency. 1 with closed mills and idle workmen will not meet the public demand. | There must be a restoration of good times and if not attained under sound money there is dacger that the people < will resort to any method, however i questionable, which gives promise of ] relief. Something must be done, and j that something is such legislation as will insure a full treasury and a pros ' nerods people. This accomplished, we J have heard the last of the silver ques tion. Without it the contest of 1896 was but a skirmish compared with the battle to come in 1900." I The Death Penalty Barcelonia, Nov. 21.?The attorney general, who is personally con- < ducting the prosecution of the prisoners who ara under arrest for connecting with the throwing of a bomb in a ! crowded street while a religious prjcesssion was passing on June 7, last, \ has announced that he will ask the court that 28 of the prisoners be sentenced to death and 56 condemned to penal servitude for life. Great pracautions will be taken against disor- , der when the sentences are published. The court will sit in the vault of the fortress of Mont Juich and only military officers will be admitted to iti' , proceedings. The crime for which the 1 prisoners are to answer to a mi/itary J court, was one of the most fiendish of < the many similar outrages committed j by anarchists within the last few years, i The usual religious observances of the J feast of Corpus Christi were being ob < served and thousands of people < lined the streets to witness the proce3- J sion on its way to the ancient Church < of Santa Maria del Mar. Just as the j procession was entering the church a < bomb was exploded in the crowd, J killing a dozen persons outright and , wounding 50 others, some of whom < died from their injuries. ) K an bum Alright. I Some of the goldbug New York and ( Chicago papers are saying ugly things of Kansas just because that State de J feated the Republicans horse, foot and i dragoons. The fair-minded Spring- J field Republican shames these critics , thus: "Other points of comparison J between Kansas and our two imperial ( cities would be interesting. For ex- < ample, there is four times as much J church-going in Kansas, in proportion < to the population, as there is in New J York and Chicago; four times as much ? sobriety, and four times as much mor- J al cleanliness. If more than half of the people of Kansas want cheaper r money, they have not yet developed . 'financiers" who become millionaires by railroad wrecking and breaking a the laws. If Kansas lias her Tellers, j New York has her Jay Goulds. Any w observer with half an eye can see all these things." It la Said That of all the diseases that affect mankind, diseases of the kidneys are the most dangerous and fatal. If this be so, how important it is that the kidneys be kept in a healthy condition . The use of Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kidneys will do this. It is the "ounce of prevention" in these troubles. The trustworthy cure for the Whiskey, Dplura, Morphine and Tobacco Habits, for farther information address The Keeley Institute, or Drawer 27, Columbia, i o. AGENTS WANTED In each county in South Carolina to introluce a LUBRICATOR for oiling vchicle wheels without removing the wheel from the ixle. It is a recent South Carolina inven.ion, and will sell rapidly, a9 it is a very convenient device. Exclusive territory given a the right man. For particulars address, -NATIONAL LUBRICATOR COMPANY, Lock Box No. 43. Obanoeburo, S. C. A JLJL. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY doesn't always mean a chance to get work, lfs a business opportunity to have a chance to save money on the necessities of life. Yon can tind a chance' like that at our store. We are.now offering WELCH & EASON'Sj PERFECTION FLOUR Superfine Qaality at. |4.50 barrel Beet Patent Flour at 4.25*barrel Choice Family Flour at 4.00 barrel BEST GRANULATED SUGAR Ln 100 pound sacks at.... -5c pound In smaller quantities at 5^c pound GOOD GRANULATED SUGAR [n 224 pound sacks at 4&c pound In 100 sacks at ?.4^c pound Ln smalller quantities at 5c pound RICE At 40, 50, 64, 70 and 80 oftnts a peck. GOOD TOMATOES [a 2 pound cans at ...5c a can...00c a dozen tn 3 pound cans at ...6c a can...72c a dozen PURE LAKD-BEST QUALITTT. SO pound cans per can 13.00 20 pound cans per can 1.25 L0 Dound cans Der can 75 S pound cans per can 40 3 pound cans per can 25 COMPOUND LAKD. $0 pound cans per can 12.75 20 pound cans per can 1.15 L0 pound cans per can..... 70 5 pound cans per caa....M 35 3 pound cans per can 25 Stood Klo Coffee 18c pound Best Kio Coffee 20c pound Higher grade Coffees at very reasonable prices. CANNED MEATd CHEAP. Uorned Beef 1 pound cans 10c Corned Beef 2 pound cans 20c Boast Beef 1 pound cans. 10c Roast Beef 2 pound cans .....18c Potted Ham, small cans, 6c can, 50c dozes Potted Ham, large cans, 103 can, f 1.00 doz. Potted Tongue, email, 5c can, 50c dozen Dried Beef, Armour's, 1 pound, 18c can, 92.00 dozen. Dried Beef, Armour's, X pound, 10c can, 91.20 dozen. Teas at 25' 50, 75 and 91.00 pound. Kv)ry style and variety. We make it to your advantage to buy four Groceries of us- Try us. Gat a copy of our Prices List. It is a i?ndy and noway little book,t WELCH & EASOJT, UNlTJtRSAL FKOVIDHK-S, 83 aud 187 Meeting and 117 Market St9., CHARLESTON, S. C. ; Down Go Prices j| I Clean to Bed Rock. J \ A Revolution in the Piano and < * Orj;an Trade. Old Prices bur-J J iod. New Fall Offers that); Break the Record. o ? Elegant New Upright Piano, only $183 < ? 1 Best Pianos, Old Makers. only $237 < J j ] Mirror Top Parlor Organ, 11 stops, $57 ( , p Superb Organ, Richest Case, only $63 < > !? Sample bargains?Our Kit tire I.iue TJednced?< ? I I.iitvi'Ht Prices ever known oa Standard lustra- ( i ?uieiits?Thousands i'f dollars wived liuyers. < > , lenders always we s? t the puce in Low Prices 4 > 1 ?This Ad. nivalis business, better answer it. < > ? Send for New Special Offers, Fall 1896.< I ti UDDEN& BATES, <! ^ Savannah, Ga. \ | AH Sheet Music at Half Price. < I * Small Instruments at Wholesale Hatee. * 1 4 1 ro Newspaper MiD. AN ALL-ROUND PRACTICAL PRINTER nd newspaper man desires change of resience. and wants steady situation at fair ages. Refers to present employer. Address, "COMPOSITOR," care Box 122, ^Orangeburg, S. C. ' " WE f ... "Mm WANT V'fJ A PARTNER IN EVERY ' TOWN. Postmasters, Rallroil Agents Ceaeri Store Keepers, Clerks, Ministers, or *07 other persoa, lady or gentldmin, who <hq . A . vfS devote a little or all of their tlmj to oar busl ess. We do not want any nnaey la advance, and piy large cainnlsaloa* to those who work for u*. We have the bask . Family Medicines on earth, aid cai prodace lots of testimonials from oir horn? people. Send for blank application and circular. Address BRAZILIAN M8DI01NK 00.,^ \ 841 Broaiwaf, Aa^atfa, Ui ttJNbrL,l?BJh;Kbr RICE HULLER. The only machine that In one; op ^ration OLKAN, BULL AND POLISH *'7, rough rice, putting It In merchantable condition, ready for table use. SIMPLE AND EASY tn maniim Write fnr nrlrni tntl forma ALSO Uom Mills, Saw Mills, Planing Machines, ' - and all kinds of Wood-working Machinery. Talbott and Llddell Engines and Boilers on hand at factory prices. ? ' V. C. Badham, General At^ent, COLUMBIA, S. C: Advice to Mothers. ~ ' ' <> * .. >** ' V v-"-$53 We take pleasure in calling your atten tion to a remedy so long needed in carry ' - tag children safely throagh tbe critical stage uf teething. It Is an incalculable blessing to mother and child. If yoa are disturbed at night with a sick, fretful, teething child, use Pitts' Carminative, it will give Instant relief, and regulate tbe bowels, and make teething safe and eisy. It will cure Dysentery and Diarrhoea, Pitts Carminative is an Instant relief for oollc of Infants. It will promote digestion,. give tone and energy to the stomach and: bowels. The sick. puny, suffering child. will soon become tbe fat and frolloklug Joy of the household. It Is very pleasant to* _ the taste and oaly cost 23 oentd^per bottle, *)ld by druggists and by THE MURRAY DRUG 00., / Columbia, S. 0. seE I HERE. i 1 K YnilR I TVi?R A I [. RIfi 4T?il n 1 Arrf your Kidneys in a healthy condition ? 1 il If ho, Hilton's Life for the Liver and I Kidneys will keep them so. If i '-JM not Hilton's Life fo- the L ver " jM and Kidneys will make /I them so. A 25c bottle i M will convince M yon of this f fl Taken regularly after meals It 19 an aid to digestion, cures habitual constipation, and thus refreshes and clear* both body and mind. i SOLD WHOLKSA1E By \ > Th? Murray Drug Co, ; COLUMBIA, 8. C. AND Dr. H. EAEK, Charleston, S. C 1 ENGINES, " i BOILERS, | SAW MILLS, | GRIST MILLS, | AT II FACTORY l] PRICES. || E : W. SCREVEN, J .COLUMBIA, S. C. H 1