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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
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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
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We are.now offering
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Beet Patent Flour at 4.25*barrel
Choice Family Flour at 4.00 barrel
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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
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tn 3 pound cans at ...6c a can...72c a dozen
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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
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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
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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.
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CHARLESTON, S. C.
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A Revolution in the Piano and <
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iod. New Fall Offers that);
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? 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 < >
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AH Sheet Music at Half Price. < I
* Small Instruments at Wholesale Hatee. * 1
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ro Newspaper MiD.
AN ALL-ROUND PRACTICAL PRINTER
nd newspaper man desires change of resience.
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Advice to Mothers.
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We take pleasure in calling your atten
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blessing to mother and child. If yoa are
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It will cure Dysentery and Diarrhoea,
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bowels. The sick. puny, suffering child.
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yon of this f fl
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