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SPAIN'S FLEET |c'
HEADING FOR OS;Action
of the Torpedo Flotilla
Considered Almost Hostile.
WAR MEASURES HASTENED.!
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Naval Strategist-; S.v Hotiila
. sit
Should Not lie Allowed to
Reach Wed rn Waters.
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T1
Washington, Maivh ii4 - The
: VC1
last day before the arrival of iho
report of the Maine court of in- |
ipiiry was one of unexampled ae- '
tivity in all ollieial i|uai;ters. Advices
came early that the Spanish j
torpedo flotilla had sailed from
the Canaries for Puerto Rico and I'j
from this moment the most energetic
warlike measures followed
. . t ti<
one another in constant succession.
The movement of this fleet had
been watched with the keenest
r I . w<
interest, as it was felt to involve
?r i
serious possibilities which might *V
compel the I'nited States govern.
tei
ment to protest against Hie movement
as of a hostile character. .
, , ... n?<
Immediately upon the receipt of ^
the ollicial dispatch from one of
our naval attaches abroad, hriellv '
announcing the sailing of the
fleet, the fact was made known to
the President and an earnest con- j
ferenoe was held between him and
, . ! >n;
i50c rotary Long and Assistant ,.
r ? til
Secretary Roosevelt. The seriousness
of the movement wus fully
considered and the President was ('l:
advised that naval strategists re-1 th
gardod it its essential that this ?h
torpedo fleet should not l>e allow- n(]
ed to reach western waters. What
if any conclusion was reached, is
not known. Later in the day the Wl
Spanish minister, Sonor Polo v |1,1
liarnuhe, called at the state de fin
partment and spent some time n(]
with Judge Day. It was natural- ;
?y inferred that the approach of
the Spanish flotilla was one of the i 1
subjects referred to. Whether, |118
however, there was not disclosed gc
bv either Judge Day or the Spun jM
ish minister, both of whom main- ....
i v tiained
the strictest reticonco ro- m
awarding their conference.
! pr
Koport of tho Board Reaches .
Washington. >c
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Washington, March 24.? The te
report of tho naval hoard of in- an
juiry into the Maine disaster was e(j
a-eceived in iVashington at 9:351
tonight. | ^
Lieut Hood carried the bulky | ur
doeutneiit in a white canvass hag ne
slung under his arm. It must ve
have weighed 10 or 20 pounds, i all
without its carrying case. (>n
The report, in due process of
Haw, must first be delivered to the 111
secretary of the navy, and then m
according to all precedents, will ni
l?e at the navy department. It co
will then be submitted to l'resi L},
<dent McKinley upon whose decision |)(
its future migrations will depend. |
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Opposed to Arbitration.
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Washington, March 23. ? If ,n
ttb? report of the naval hoard of ls
inquiry is that the Maine was de i'1'
stroyed 1?v an external explosion, ro
indemnity will be demanded. nf
Spain in expected to refuse and t)T
request arbitration. Whilo the ,is
odininiat ration may bo incline I to ?*
nccodo to thin requoat, tlio maj >r- 1"
ity in congress in unalterably op.poaed
to Arbitration.
Spain WaiiU Money.
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Madrid, Spain. March 24 The |>?
rSpaninh government will inane
#<14,000,000 of b:ntU.
leration its momentous chnrae 1
r required. Other cabinet otlirs
stilted that the general plan
eluded the sending of a prosi- d
ntiul message alnn<; with the re?rt,
stating that Spain has heen
lied upon to make suitable res- ,
nsi- to the case presented l?v the
urt of inquiry. While the!
hmet associates of the President (
aiutain their usual rescrx c a^ to
e exaet elmrueter of the deli her- ^
ions, it was r mceded that the S
sens-ion proceeded on the theory <
at the coming report would p
o.w thattke Maine explosion was s<
it the result of an accident, but c<
is due to an external cause. This .\
is not beeuuso of any positive h
> hor part with re>pei'l to Cuba ^
shall command llin approbation a
! tin- country and tliu j t onoo n
it an cn<l to all difference#.
Itackicn'* Arnlcu Solve.
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rti *-o> -it, t" , <> i .! um ,
*V*? Hori-H 'I' 1?'f ' ! J! i, .
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?' tori |V<?i|ivfh o?|ct pl/r*. nr it |(
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A III MKT HOLDS LONG SFS
SION.
. ' I 1
resident Said to Cherish the Remarkable
IIopo Tlmi Spain
Will Arrange Fvor\
thing in Cuba.
Washington, March 'J:!. Th"
binct meeting today lasted s mq,
ing over an ho it* aa I w. .
exclusively ' > th SpnTh
Mat i >11 in g "j >! r; 1 1 > th
rtheoming report o. ' io M :>
urt. of iioptii v i i ir*' ! ". S
io, tuna of th <1: l' t
fy Arm and del timt
ere mn-t e. miic an en to 1'.
eseut. state of a! air-- in (".ii:.s. o
Secretary Long ash r ! tr w
11<*?: i >nt that the tunlcf : I in;
fore the eahinet was that t ie re a
n't would reneh Washington ??
uirsila" or Friday, that it was n
luminous and that its puMien- t!
>n and transmission to congre s d
Mil 1 not occur until n.?vl \l.n? t>
? Jy
or Tuomliiy, as tho I'roMde.nt
mid rcquiro that much time t ? r
vo tho <1 )onmcMit tho mature om
rormution, However, as to the (
ulin^s of the court. There is b
i douht that substantial ununi ei
ity exists on the part of the a
resident and all his cabinet, both|C<
to the Maine question and thc.si
incral subject of Cuba. The c<
>ssibility of a recourse to inter- $
ntion in ease Spain declined to ' ii
like suitable response to the ro- p
esentation wo will make regard- w
g the situation in Cuba, has c<
en discussed. Necessarily the
nsideration of the Maine disas- | f
r has been abstract thus far, . a<
id no conclusion has been reach- tl
I or is it possible until the vital p
icstion as to the court's findings b
e before the President and cabi- ^
t. At the same time there is a (
iry evident intention to consider j(
I eveniualities, including the re- ; p
urso to intervention, the rotrog- s
tion of independence and other
etliods which appear to suitably ?
eet the requirements of such a <
ndition. It is believed to be p
e intention of the President, tl
>wovcr, to bring about a very e
atcrial and satisfactory condi !l
>n in Cuba by what shall seem to Jj
5 the lx*st and most practical
othod of obtaining this end. It ?.
the hope of the administration fi
at Spain herself will so far c:
alizo the ilii'ition as to wo the "
(cessity tor such radical action.
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NEW L A W P. ]
I'O At'TllOlllZKFltKKFK11HY
.11 Act to Authorize ami Empower
the County Hoards of ('<?:?imissioners
of the Several
('ounties of ThisState
to Kstnblish and
Maintain Free
Ferric-;.
Section I. !>;j it ? :? acted by the
enerai rt.-.senihlv of the state of
i t' ' ' ' ?? act the
urity I) 'i-U of commissioners
f s 'V I counties ot this state
the ni't or ollicers upon
> i i.n > or similar duties
i iv devolve. In- and are hereby
ithoriz <1 an I empowered, jointly
r separately, to establish and
laintaiu such free ferries over
le streams of this state, and to
iscontinue the same .as in their
element may seem best.
.Approved i .e I'.'tti ilay of Febuary,
A D lsl)K.
'I'liLIi; SCHOOL TEXT
B< )OKS.
in Act to Amend mi Act Entitled
an Act to Provide the Public
Attending the Free Public
Schools With School
Text Books sit Actual
Cost.
Section 1. Bo it enacted by the
enerul assembly of the state of
outh Carolina: That an act,
ntitled "An sict to provide the
ublic attending the free public
;*hoo!s jvilh text books sit actuul
ost,'1 approved February 17,
h ion* i ' 1
i 1/ loin, or, anu uie sumo is
ereby, Amended us follows:
Section 1. Tlmt the county
oards of education of the several
aunties of this state be, and they
re hereby, authorized ami requir1
to set aside from the public]
ihool funds of their respective
aunties an amount not exceeding
500, for the purpose of provid
ig the puhils attending the free
ublic schools of their counties
'ith school text books at actual
ist, or exchange prices.
Section 2. Said act is hereby
urther amended, in section .'5, by
tiding to the cad of said section
io following, viz: 44And the
laces, where said school text
ooks are kept and sold shall be
eemed depositories, under the
ontrol of tho state, as provided
i the seventh article or provison
i the contract in 1898 with the
ublishcrs of school text books," j
o that said section when so amendi!
shall lead as follows, viz:
'Section 8. That the amount so
et aside hv tho county hoard of
ducation shall be and remain a
crmnnnnt f.in.l 1- * '
111 nit: nana* oi
)? county superintendent of eduution,
to I?o used in purcim.sin^
nil L'iinr\i i.? 1 1 1 1
imi mum srilOOl TO Xl
ooks f??r sale t i pupils attending
lie freo public schools of hi*
ounty, fr?r cash, at actual cost or
xdmngo prices, ai J to bo used
>r no other purpose and in no
ither nuinwsr; and the places
,'hcro said school text hooks arc
cpt and sold shall he deemed de
ositorios, under the control of tiir
late, as provided in the seventh
i tide or provision in the contract
Tado in I8'.t3 with the publishers
f school text hooks.''
Section 4. That in all schools
nd colleges within this stuto wh eh
ro npjiorted in whole or in part
rom the free school funds it shall
.c i ui iwiul to u ? any text hook
irhicn has hcon condemned or disI
proved by the stato hoard of
'donation,
Vpproved the 2lst day of Feb*
uary, A D lh98.
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. LI IK WAR IN CUBA.
I
! Tile Three Years History of
Third Military Attempt l<
K-ee the Island.
Washington Post.
The Cubans have never b
t':" willing Mihjoe'sof the Spar
1 rrown. The blood of many r<
. ' els re-V me 1 the -oil of
' 1 i Km jf " '>re t hero w as
t: that mijrht bo enl
dlilam. H was not until 1 S
i>; r * pealed failures to ind
t :i ile t ? eon-pire ajrai
-i i dominion, that any 1
uidabie revolt oeeurred. Iv
t' en : year sullired to suppress
i leader, Nareiso Lopez, peri
i _r on the seatTold in Ilabana
1 s.Vi,
In tile succeeding Is years (
|.ba like all other southern dep
deneics, saw the blood of litis
cessful plotters How, but at
time did the number of their 1
lowers exeite the fears of
, Spanish rulers. But in 1m?s
revolution broke out in Vara t
wah more than commonly thro
ening. While there was lil
fighting, a Imrrassing and cos
guerilla war was earned on
In > oat's, and Spain was glad
gain peace at the price of cert
c< 'lieessh >ns.
Six or seven years ago a Cul
exile living in this country, .1
Marti, saw or corresponded w
representatives of the vara
social clubs of Cubans living
the I'nited States, and of rep
seutatives of these lie organi
the Cuban Revolutionary pur
The purpose was to raise fund:
i make a third military attempt
free Cuba. From the re ores
tatives were selected, at lii
three men, who were known
the Cohan delegation, or popula
as the. Cuban junta?.lose Ma
j Benjamin .1 Guerra and Gonz
Quesada. Marti lived nearly
hi* life in Cuba, Guerra is a N
York merchant, and Quesada i
lawyer and a graduate from
College of New York. The
ganization began work in 18!
Thomas K l'alma, who had fouj
in the Ten Years' rebellion, v
udded to the delegation and lat
when Marti had been killed,
Joaquin Castillo, a surgeon in
United States navy and a mem I
of the Jcenette Arctic expo
tion, became a meml>er. The
elusive business of this body \
o raise money and authorize
expenditure. Before the pres
outbreak all the funds were I
in an unsucessfnl attempt to s<
an expedition south.
Early in 18!>5, Marti had rcce
ed pledges of support from t
wellknown military leaders in
preceding rebel ion, Maximo <
inez and Antonio Macco. Wit
fund of only $70,000 in the hai
of the delegation, Marti went
Santo Domingo, gave orders
the uprising, and issued a revc
tionary manifesto. A few n
in Balre and Manzanillo took
lield against a Spanish fm-re nn
General Lachnnibre, on Febrw
J4. Marti joined Oomex i
landed, April 11, at Snbnn lit J
on the southern const of t'u
In the next live weeks? he had <
ed for an assembly of all the r
rpHcntative* of all the provir
to elect aproviai >nal governim
On May 19 he whs killed in
charge at Dos llios. The ger
al assembly did not meet until
next September, when, at Jii
trnnyu, liartolouio Ma ho was el
I
oil president. The captain geiu
ill of Cuba made proposals of lion
* K to M:iso, I nit they were rcjectc
In March, soon after the lii
pun was tired < February 2+, ls;i
Antonio Maoeo lan<lo<l at l)ua\
') Santiago dc ( hiha province fro
(jsi a small hoat, in which ho h
. ooii" from .Jamaica. Ho ami I
{|K? hrothor .Jo.-o Maoeo, wit.li a f?
an followers, hroko through t
Spanish lines, and reached t
pa country. In a few days inai
n,.(. rebels pat'iored a hold him 1'
Inst ,M,n ls -'id The news of t
landing of Maco reached Mad
vcn soon after the overthrow of i
it, Sapista ministry. C'anoxas, 1
sh- siieoessor, resolved to send Spain
m ablest commander and most polit
ruler to the island, tumoral (a
i(( loja was recalled and (ieimral Ma
tine/ Campos, w'th 2fi,0"() troo
uc landed on April I ?I.
no During the tirst half of 1
fol. j there had been little more tin
the guerrilla fiurhtinir, the insurgon
a keeping away from the larire h
hat dies of Spanish troops and niakn
at- dashes, here and there, on supp
Ltle trains, and this chiefly in tl
11v province ol: Santiago do Cuba,
the themselves to attacks on the sul
her sistencc trains sent out t<> the sea
di- tered Spanish forces. On Febri
ex |ary lt>, 1SU6, Weyler issued h
vas j decrees of concentration. Cndt
its these, all who were not in tin* ii
cntlsurgent camps were ordered
ost concentrate in the nearestfortitu
nd , towns, thoir houses were burnt
land their crops destroyed, so th
iv. thev could not feed the insurpen
ffo,Of the effects of these decre
the there are different accounts, hi
j,,. it is agreed that an itnmencc nui
h tl her have perished by starvalio
ads On Occcmbsr T, 180t>, Maci
to was ambushed and killed in II
f
for bana province. lie was succeed*
?lu- by Calixto Garcia, who had Ian
ten ed in Cuba the preceding Marc
the (iomez won the battle of Saratoj
der and trained control of Santa (Ma
aty province. Ho was reported
in? 1 have defeated the Spanish a r.a
>1at in February, I*m7. at.loan Ci'l
ba. while Garcia won the battle
all* j Victoria do las Tunas. The
op- victories resulted in a strong fci
ices ing against Wovler, although I
nt. j recall is said to brio been due
i h the influcnco of President X.
ler* Kinlcy. After the death of Car
the vas Weyler " .as recalled, and (.1
ma- Blanco to take his place, the n
ret commander reached Cuba Move
*
for wliieli the ttoublo was cnnlitutu
In July Campos, with s,00(? uu
am aid Macoo, with t?,o00, met not
I IVraleiu It ?% ??
' I"1' "??1
ami the Spaniard- wcip <l"f. :ito<
use\ Among their dead was (ieuer
ith Santoclides. who foil in si^ht i
[)lM; Campos. It was with dillienlt
m that Campos escaped captor
lie. J Gome/., during the summer, ope
zed "ted in Puerto Principe provine
t,. In Septem!>er ho was appoint)
4 to! couim airier du-eiuof of tho insn
to pent for-es, and soon after I
en- 8<5I'CM acco with 2,000 men to tl
rst, west. In Noveinhor he join*
as | them, and on Deceml?cr tin
civ defeated Col Segura; on Decernl?
rti ; 15 they routed tho battalions (
itt]0 Canarias and Trevino, and <
all December 21, by a victory at 1
ew ' Destpiite, they cleared tho war 1
s a i the province of Ma tan/.as. Can
the I,os m{d them at El Colisco on tl
or. 23d and was defeated.
>2. j This succession of insured
^ht | victories lead to a demand for tl
was resignation of Campos, ana Com
er, vas sent NVeyler. Gome/. ar
Dr Maceo separated and contiiu
Wc Undersell All (Kins la
< 0 I
,i. Groceries.
?t
I .. H S T S 7S z
> i
is J.OIIt (N millHlliltcll P?lljr:>l' fur 1 0(1
' ' "Jo |kmiiu!k I t;11* uro'.vii Kii/nr ] 00
i ii * 7"' We have liic cheapest lino
;i<l of ('hewing and Sinokinn Toi.nern
in town. Also we carry a nice "line
of Notions, s11;*11 ns handkerchiefs
I tidies* niii 1 (ients* 11use. < t e., rit
he
>' Iter *J.?. 1 ;s'.? 7.
Spain jjranled to ('it,, :itonomist
system ana in si i't" protost
of the Spaniards i:i lied.ma.
no This tlie insurgent- i? i.> t? .. <"
lls oliirinj; death to those who accept
1 s it. Tliev have handed S, , d h
lU" agents who have none to tlion in
''' the interest of autonomy. Since
r the killing of Arannurcn, wlrle,
!,s visit inn a younn woman near 11ahanu,
there has heen no trust
5 worthy news of importance from
tin the insnrnents.
TH10 M K N WHO Ol'A HD
CHARLESTON".
ly
U 15 Artillervmen Sent away to
Drill Recruits, lint others
(hnninn.
mi
11 Special to The S'ate.
. Charleston, March 1.? Fifteen
(i?. ' '
I i<>i niv .-i1111\ ;i11 < 1 si.'iiiii
..garrison left here vosterdav for
'
Fort Mellenrv, near Biltimors,
! v
wnere thev ?n to assist in the in.
e.
strwetion of the raw artillery re
r I
emits at 1 hat plane
e. | 1
, The detachment of these men
2(1
r_ leaves ahont TO men, or just about
I ' one full battery to man tlie forts.
IM, ' Cnpt llnbhell will not, however,
,(j be many days with this small force
under him, as troops will bo ar(>r
riving in a few days from the St
Francis harraeks at St Augustine^
>n Bids are to he opened this week
l-i at St Augustine for thetransportati?m
of a battery from that place
tl to Charleston.
u, Bids have been submitted by
the l'iant System and the Clyde
. line of steamers. The business is
at!
desirable, as it embraces the trans^
101
t portation of some 75 men and a
, quantity of household goods,
, small arms, ammunition, field
^ guns, books, accoutrements and
armv bnj*<ni<*n
?. J OO' ow*
The troops from St. Augustine,
j including the regimental staff and
band will swell the Sullivan's Jssr
^ I land garrison to about 175 sol
diers.
to
, Lieutenant Colonel liawls will
}d 11
, l>e in command, Colonel Frank
jcl
. having recently been detached
at n
.J from the regimental and detailed
for special duty at Fort Monroe.
A large crowd went down to the
island yesterday to take a look at
n- J J
^ the troops and the new batteries
i which have been and arc now boj
ing erected. A large force of
1 men were at work on the fortilica?d
. ., - ,
^ t.ions as it Sunday was no more a
, day of rest than any of the other
* i days of the week.
The two big 10 inch gun > 1 \ ing
near the rille battery will lie
to | . , . , ,
, mounted in a tew cnj\ I wo
guns l.ave already Irani m ma. -1,
Jo
and the implaccments : >r tlie remaining
two are aim > -1 ? >inplote,
'SO ?
i In thonext week or 10 d vs th 'so
big rifle*, wei diin <57," >0 pounds
1,sleaeh, will be in po-iti l.
to It is under atoii ! u1 several
fe. large guns wi'l -.'mil; <>? in .utio
rM' 0,1 Fort Suuiter. Fort Moultrie
will be o-od only i a storehouse
for \ revisions and in c i-o of
Cw war, its magazines will also bo
ui* brought into uso.