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..-.R VOL. XI. MANNING, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, MARCH11186NO3. NRM MUR)ERE ). STORYOF THE MASSACRE BY SDAN ISH SOLDIERS CONFIRMED. Spains Mode of Warfare in Cuba--Prison rs Butchered In Cold 1:lood The Dead Bodies of Twelve Victims4 Lefc in the Streets. NEW YORK, March 4.--A dispatch from Havana. Cuba. under date of Feb. 27, says the affair at Guatao will not down. Capt. Gen. Weyler, after officially announcing that nothing out side of'the ordinary combat between troops of Spain ard armed rebels oc curred, has begun an investigation. He was waite d upon by a delegation of women from the little hamlet of Guatao and the town of Punta Brava, and heard with his own ears the story of the killing from the wives, mothers and sisters of the dead, and listened to the appeal for the lives aLd liberty of the 15 prisoners. He also received of .icial notice from Consul General Wil liams that among the prisoners taken from the unfcrtunate town and now lodged in Morro Castle is an American citizen who was shot in the arm while hiding in his own house in the pres enee of his wife, and, though, unarm ed and guilty of no actAftist b'vn, " gtahen prisortjna'nd held for the milia uinal. The story of the killing of 18 pacificos by the troops is confirmed be-ond the questian ot a doubt. In the endeavor to prevent it from being proclaimed to the blunder of arresting Charles Michelson, a cor respondent of the New York Journal, and his interpreter, Lorenzo Betan court. They wire taken from their beds at 2 a. m. on Tuesday, lodged in Morro Castle, 'incommunicado," un til Wednesday afternoon, by which time the officials discovered that they had the wrong men. All the other American correspond ents have been shadowed since, but even if the two who did zo to Guatao are found out, it is doubtful if they Will be arrested, for the reason that another arrest would be a confession that the first was a mistake. The au thorities also know that it is too late to prevent the story going to the States and that they have no case against the man who went to Guatao There have been stories of other affairs of a simila nature in various parts of the island, but owing to difficulties placed in the way of correspondents it has been next to impossible to verify them, and the assuranc:s of the officials that they were untrue were given full weight. The affair at Punta Brava and Guatao, however, was within 12 miles of the city and two American correspondents went to the two towns as soon as rumors of the nature of the occurrence was received. The killing took place Saturday afternoon. The bodies had been buried on Sunday but the earth was still moist on the graves when the correspondents reached the scene. They walked about the town. which was well-nigh deserted, talked with neighbors and relatives of the --dea inspected the houses in which unarmed men had been shot and bay oneted to death, and women who prayed on their knees for the lives of their husbands and sons had been knocked insensible. The fronts of the houses showed- no signs of having been fired upon as would have been the case if insurgents fought from them. No outer doors nor windows were broken. All but half a dozen were thatched roof hats, affording no protection and from which no resist ance could be made. The only build ing which could have been used for defense-the stone church-had been entered. There was every visible evi dence that the stories of citizens, of wives and of mothers, most of whom were eyewitnesses were correct, and further proof was furnished by Spain ish volunteers who were present and lay out the dead. The correspondent took photographs of the streets, houses and cemetery at Guntao, and these are indisputable proof that no battle occurred in the town, as is now claimed by the Span ish authorities. Putting together such facts as are verified, the attair at Gua tao was plainly nothing but a butch ery. The Spanish troops under Captain Calvo met and dispersed a handful of insurgents at the eastern entrance to the town o1 Punta Brava with no loss es on either side. Some of the insur gents having taken the direction of Guiatao one mile south, the troops moved upon tbe town, shooting right and left as they entered, killing the inhabitants who ran from their hous es in alarm upon hearing the firing. Others concealed themselves in tned rooms and in any place which seemed likely to help them from being discov ered. Some men and women reached {hosoods in safety. About 40 men were left in the town. Some were too old and infirm to run, some were loy al Spaniards, and others were Cubans who had taken no part in the rebell ion. The troops seemed bent upon a mad hunt for blood and shot down every one in sight. Sev-eral Spaniards were found among the dead. The mounted guerillas pursued fleeing in habitants across the fields, shooting at them or cutting them down with their sabres. Others rushed into houses. clubbed women who impeded their entrance,shot men hiding under beds, killed one man sick in bed and drag &the bodies of their victims out into te streets. Somue of the troops con tented themselves with making pris oners of all the Cubans they could find. After pinioning the arms of an inoffensive citizen behind his back, his captors marched him to the centre of the town, clubbing him and making him shout "Vive Espana,"as he went. The cavalry who killed men running across the fields brought their bodies in, carrying them acrons the horn of a saddle or dragging them if the dist ance was short. The boaies were laid on the ground in front of the main store. One troop er who was kicking and spitting at the body of a man whom he had kill ed, was stopped by an otlicer, who told him not to abuse the dead. One of the inhabitants of Guatao was Lad islao Quintera, an American citizen. He had not been fighting with the in surgents and he had no arms. lHe hid in hiis house and though his wife, with a two months old babe in her arms, threw herself in I runt of the soldiers, they forced their way in and shot Quintera, the ball passing through his arm. He was made prisoner and is now in Morro castle- His wife and mother have made full statements of the affair to the American consul, which will be forwarded to Washing ton. Twelve bodies were left in the s+tet for the inhabitants to bury. One of them, that of a milkman. was !shot on his cart while tillinz milk cans in front of his house and after wards pursued into the house and fin ished. The 12 bodies were buried in the cemetery at Guatao. Five addi tional bodies, identified by neiglhbors as those of peaceable residetis Guatao, were found in a field near Punta Bra va and said to have been taken prison ers at Guato and afterward killed by the soldiers. Fifteen prisoners were compelled to walk to Mariano, five Miles away and were so badiy bruised and cut from blows received on the way that they required me dical atten dance upon arrival. Three physicians from Punta Brava and Mariano, who are members of the Red Cross society, we at to Guatao to attend the wound ed. They found the dead in the street, but no wounded. Quintera, the American prisoner, had his wound dressed at Mariano. The arrival of the troops with their prisoners late Saturday night Marianao and the in formation of what had occurred, ter rifed the residents of the delightful suburban town so that many came to Habana. One of the volunteers, a man named Edivardo Sanchez a store keeper of Marianao, openly boasted that he had gone into a house and killed a man in a bed. Ellerbe For Governor. -ynLdi*g S. C., March 4.-Gen. William H. 'Ellerbee of Marion is a candidate for Governor. This announcegient was made yes terday by a membe'- of the Colleton delegation in the G'eieral Assembly. who said be was authorized to speak for General Ellerbe. This an nou nce ment was not unexpecteufda - t Rigister several weeks ago contained an interview witn a Legislator. in which he stated that if Governor Ev aos became a candidate to succeed Hon. John L. M. Irby in the United States Senate, General Ellerbe the ten ant of the Extcutive Mansion. While there has been no authoritative declar ation from Governor Evans or any of his friends as to his inren'ions, tae at nouncement of Ellerbe's gubernatori al aspirations, coming from the source whence it issues, is almost tantamount to a declaration of Evan's Senatorial candidacy, as it would be a waste of time ant money for Ellerbe to run for Governor if Evaus were seeking re-election. General Ellerbe was one of the original Reformers and did much to briog about the triumph of tae movement in 1S90 when he became Comptroller General, which office he held four years, filling it to the entire satisfaction of the taxpaying public, of whose interests he was always a vigilant guardian. In 1894 General E lerbee was a candidate for Governor, canvassing the State and making vig orous speeches from the stump in ev ery county. When John Gary Evans defeated him for the Reform "sugges tion" in the the Colleton primary, he gracefully submitted and turned in and helped Evans defeat Dr. Samps Pope, the Independent candidate. This conduct made him many friends, especially among the supporters and admirers of Evans, who vowed then that if the chanze ever came they would make amends by supporting him for Governor. The only other openly avowed Democrotic guberna torial candidate at present is Co. R. B. Watson, Senator from Edgefield. whose platform is opposition to State support of institutions for higher edu cation. It may be that other candi dates will enter the Democratic pri mary. There was some talk yester day of the possbility of General Mc Laurin's entering the gubernatorial race, but the general consensus of opinion was that he would go back to Congress, in which he has made a particulary good record. Whoever the Democrats name as their candidate he will have to beat that chronic offiee seeker, Samnps Pope. who is reported to be determined to play a lone hand once more. Negro Fanatics. A'rmnST, Ga., March 4.-The negro Ascensionists who expect to be carried up into Heaven on Friday morning received a. cablegram this morning from a London newspaper informing them that the date of the ascension had been postponed for seven years and seven months. The Ascension ists are greatly excited and declare that they will go up any way and that no London authorities can defer the trip. The idea of the Ascensionists is that a power which will come in a whirlwind will lift them up into the clouds, where they will reside for five years, when they expect to return to earth. In the meantime, however, they say that the earth will be burned over and only the righteous will re main. The band of Ascensionists number about 100 members here. Their faith is strong. One of them left home yesterday morning, locking her two children up in the house. She was so carried away with religious fervor that she forgot to return home and tonight the police broke into the house and found the children nearly starved. The members of the band are giving away or selling all their possessions. Most of them give their chattels to friends, believing that they will have no further use for house hold articles. The leader of the band is an ignorant negro named John Smith.- He has been holding nightly meetings in the southeastern part of the city for two mouths. The cable gram was an advertisement for the London paper. A Cuban Rtefugee's Story. PETERSBURG, Va., March 5.-Ed ward McCollough, a Cuban refugee of English birth and education, is strand ed in this city, having made his way here from Norfolk, at which city he arrived on a sailing vessel yesterday. He claims to have been an officer on General Gomez's staff, and says he was forced to flee from Cuba for hav ing shot and ailled Col. Ciencious, a Spanish officer, who had insulted his iancee. The tragedy, he says, occur red in a plantation in the Province of Mantanzas.- McCollough was captured but escaped by giving his guard $2,5300 in Spanish gold. Disaster of the Deep. GAIvESToN, March 4.-The steamner Pensac>la arrived this morning from a relief t--iep along the Texas and Mexico coasts in search of the steam ship Monstow. found disabled off Point Isabel. On her return, the Pensacola sighted the schooner Willie Ann, wrecked. Tne o n has been missing one month. she married the following crew, all of w~i~m were drowned: Captaia Simon Baker, of Lake Charles, La.; Larry, seaman; William Anderson, cook, and M. Moguat, of Rockport, Texas. The lat t er a anger. REPLY FRO1 31R. MIX80N. THE LIQUOR COMMISSIONER AN SWERS THE STATE TREASURER. H1e Clamos that the Dispensary has lleeu a Profitable Institution--Some Figures to Substantiate His Assertion. Editor Register: But for the last paragraph contained in State Treasur er Bate's communication touching the proposed changes in the Dispensary law and published in today's issue of your valuable paper,I would not have ont word to say in repl:. And my objection to that paragraph is not so much in what he said as in what he did not say and the false construction which the average reader places there on. It has been misunderstood by a great many as meaning that the State Treasurer had made the bold assertion that the dispensary had not made a dollar of net profit for the months of November and December; and this in the face of my special report of assets and liabilities and nrofits and losses covering these two months, which is to be found on pages 27 and 28 of my annual report, and is also verified and confirmed by the special legislative committee, whose report also can be found on pages 115 to 119, inclusive, in the same report. For the two months of November and December, the gross profits of the State Dispensary were $102,872 1 1,and the total expenses for the same period were $66.242.05, making a net profit on the sales for the two months of $36,630.06, whilst the net profit which accruedto the S.ate uring the months otNovember and December wasl3, 566.34. Addint to this the unearned profit of $25,571.85 on goods in the hands of county Dispensers on De cember 31st makes an earnel and un earned profit for the two months of $59,13S.19. On December 31st the to tal assets of the State Disoensary were $314,070.24 and the total liabilities $70,253.67. The difference between the assets and liabilities is a balance of $243 816.57, which is the net accrued profit to December 31st. Of this amount, $110.34S.SO represents the net accrued profit for the eighteen months Mr. Traxler was commissioner and $133,467.77 represents the net accrued profit for the eleven months under my management. The net accrued protits for the two months of November and December were greater than the prof its of any previous quarter (3 months) save one, in the history of the Dispen sary, as is evidenced by the following statement: Net accrued profit for three months ending April 30, $48,327.66. Net accrued profit for three months ending July 31, $31,066.65. Net accrued profit for three months ending October 31, $20,507.12. Net accrued profit for two months ending December 31, $33,566 34. Net accrued profit for three months ending December 31, $133,467.77. Of my net profit of $133,467.77, one hundred thousand dollars has been paid over to State Treasurer Bates and by him used in defraying the general expenses of the State government. Fifty thousand of this amount was in liquidation of the State appropriation for starting the business, and the re maining fifty thousand was in the na ture of a loan to the State paid out of the commercial capital of the dispen sary which had accumulated under my management. This loan was made from the dispensary fund at a lime when the State was out of funds and was compelled to have money with which to meet the current expenses of the State government and by being able to dr-aft on the dispensary funds to that amount, the State was saved the expense of interest. Since Novem ber the 1st, (the time the $50,000 was advanced to the State Treasurer.) I have had to purchase heavily of li quors to meet the demands of the win ter trade and, in consequence have had to meet heavy drafts, and at a time when I had lessened my commer ial capital by $50,000. This loan was made by me in defence to a request from the State Board of control. At the time the loan was made, I had to my credit in the State Treasury and in the banks $104,422.54. My to tal liabilities were $74,327.88, or a working cash capital of more than $30,000 after paying every dollar of outstanding indebtedness. But at that time when $50,000 was drawn from my cash surplus, I was in less time than it takes to write it and by the stroke of a pen placed in the position of owing, in round numbers, $20,000 more for merchandise and supplies than I had cash with which to pay. But in that short time I have suffici ently recouped to be enabled in the near future to again commence plac ing on deposit a greater amount than will be necessary to meet future out standing indebtedness. As to the State Treasurer's prophecy that the honorable members of the General Assembly will make a mis take in basing their tax levy in ac cordance with the idea that the State Dispensary will pay into the State Treasury within the next fiscal year one hundred tho'tsand dollars, I have to say that, in my hutable judgment, it is a manifesta-tion of wisdom on their part to assume that that amount will have accumulated within that time, and they will not be disappoint ed in their assumption. I think my intimate connection with,and manage ment of the dispensary for the past year justifies me in saying that my prediction of its capabilities and re sources snould outweigh those of any other man not officially connected therewith. So far as the honor-able State Treasurer's complaints against those provisions of the proposed ne w dispensary law whereby his oflice will be made to do certain portions or the details of the dispensary business, I have to say that I amn in no wise re sponsible therefor. On the contrary, when the suggestions were first made, I opposed them strenuously,purely on the grounds of unfeasibility and busi ness impracticability. But when I was assured that it was an administra tion measure and that the people, through their representatives,. were disposed to enter upon the experiment, I bowed in submission and withdrew all objections. As a Reformer from principle as well as profession, I would have failen short of my duty had I done aught else. I keenly real ize the fact that the people are sover eign and that I am only their servant. Respectfully, F. M. 311XSON. Commissioner. Columibia, S. C., March 4. DR. BATEs'S REPLY. Editor Evening News: What the Commissioner objects to in my brief article is as folbows: "Because I know that since Novem cumulated one dollar above actual necessary commercial capital." I did not say he had not accumulat ed assets or stock, but that he had not accumulated one dollar above actual necessary commercial capital since November 3d. In his article in this morning's Reg ister he says: "But at that time" (vi2 November 3d, 1895,) "when $50,00C was drawn from my cash surplus, ] was in less time than it takes to write it and by the stroke c f a pen placed in the position of owing. in round num bers, $20,000 more for merchandise and supplies than I had cash with which to pay." This admission from the Commis sioner, coupled with the fact that on Thursday, February 27th, the special dispensary account in the State Treas ury was drawn down to $17.23, proves the absolute correctness of my state ment. I have written from the standpoin1 of this office alone. It takes actual money-cash-not dispensary asets, to pay claims against the State. I do not think it prudent legislatiou to count on such a contingency as the $193,000 of dispensary assets ia mak ing provision to raise supplies to run the State government. It is well known that I have not been prompted by prejudice against the Commnissioner or the dispensary in what I have written. I desired to place myself on record and discharge a duty I owed to myself and the puo lio. V. T. C. BATES Columbia, March 5. There Will be a Bolt. NEW YoRK, March 4.-A special to The World from Nashingtoa says: If the R-publican-party i -flarm'u at Si.. Louis refuses recognitiou of sil ver and nominates a man known tc favor the gold standard, the silver R publicans will bolt. There is no long er any doubt of this. The action of Senators Teller, Dubois, Carter. Man tle and Cannon in joining with the Democrats to strike down the horizon tal tariff bill was intended as a formal notice to their gold standard associates that they were ready to bolt. Senator Dubois was asked: "If the Republican party nominates at St. Louis a gold standard candidate for the presidency, will you silver men bolt?" Senator Dubois, in reply, dictated this statement: "We will not support a gold standard man on a gold standard platform. In my judgment the Republican party cannot carry a state west of the Mis souri river if they declare at St. Louis in favor of the gold standard. I might go further and say that there must be a plain declaration in favor of the're storation of silver as standard inoney by the St. Louis convention if they expect or hope for the electoral votes west of the Missouri river." This statement of the Idaho senator expresses the feeling and purpose of every one of the five Republican sena tors who voted as ainst the 'tariff bill. This is well known to the Republican leaders in the senate who oppose free silver. Senator Carter is known to hold the opinion expressed by Mr. Dubois. Mr. Teller has not been willing to declare for publication his position, but it is understood that he is also in full ac cord wi-.a Mr. Dubois. The silver Republicans who are de fying the party whip and threatening a bolt are in deadly earnest. None can doubt the sincerity of Mr. Teller or Mr. Dubois. There is not in the senate a Republican more loyal to the cardinal principles of protection than the former. Yet he did not hesitate to strike do wn a tariff bill in the inter est of silver. He and his associates saw in it a political move likely to ele vate the tariff issue over the financial issue in the coming campaign. This was thbe secret of their action. Their purpose is to put silver fore: most 'in the campaign and to declare unequivocally to the eastern leaders that protection for eastern manufac turers must give way at last to protec tion for western miners, or the Repub litan party must surrender control in the western silver states. Fatal Fire in Utica. UTICA, N. Y., March 3.-The Gen nessee apartment house in this city burned this morning. It was seven stories high.- The occupants number ed 1763, composing GO families. The losses of these sixty families amount to over $200,000. The building was worth $120,000 and was-insured to the amount of $9u,000, and the property of the tenants to the amount of. $45, 000. Four persons are known to have lost their lives as the result of the fire and it is feared that two other persons and possible more, perished. The names-of the dead are: Mrs. Hugh 'Hughes, 70 years of age, killed by falling from the fourth story while being lowered -to the ground by a rope. Mrs. George Wood, forty-five years of age, a niece of the late Governor Seymou~r and her daughter, Mary, fif~ teen years of age, and Noble hopkins. 69 years of age. The bodies of ' the three last named are in the ruins. south Carolinians In Washington. WASHINGTON, March 5-A South Carolina society, composed of citizens of the ~Palmnetto State temnpprarily in Washing~ton, has been organized, with the folldwing officers: President, General Johh B. Irvin; first vice pres ideni; C. A. Douglass; second -vice president, John G. Capers; secretary, James M. Baker ;treasurer, Charles H. Brice; executive committee-Thoma F. Brantly, Benjamin Martin, J. J. Darlingtoni, E. M. Rucker, ex-Con gressman J. J. Hemphill, D.- C. Roper and WV. M. Aiken. The South Cjaro lina Congressmen were elected hono rary members, and other applications will be considered by the executive committee. The society wiil meet on the tirst Friday of each month and the annual meeting will be held on May 23 the day on which South Carolina ratified the Federal Constitution. Senator Asbsaulted. RICUMOND, \a., Mar-ch 4.-Senator Flood entered tile Senate Chanmber this morning, and walking up to Sena tor Flanagan, belabored him over t e head with a cane, inflicting a painful but not dangerous wound. The- as sault caused much excitement. Flood was arrested and bailed. The assault was provoked by the fact thAt Flanr agan, a day or two ago, said on the thor that Flood had falsitied. The condition of Senator Fianaga is not so favorable to night. His phlysicians fear now that there is concussion of the brain. They say it cannot be de finitely known within the next twelve hours what the result will be. Hie has been delirious for some hours. PAT. W ALSH'S PATRIOTIS. THE MAN WHO HOLDS THE SOUTH'S INTERESTS SO DEAR. He Addressem the General As.nbly on the Subject of the Cotton Exposition at Chi cago- An Eloquent Presentation. COLUMBIA. S. C., March 5.-The Hon. Patrick Walsh, formerly the United States senator from Georgia, the editor of the Augusta Chronicle and one of the most patrio:ic of South ern men, a man always up and doing for the advancement of tae inaterial interest of the south, arrived in the city yesterday afternoon and at 6 p. m. ad-dess-d the members of the gen eral assembly in the hall of the house of representatives, by invitation, upon the scope, aims and purpose of the great Southern Cotton exposition, which it is proposed to hold in Chica go. There were many outsiders pres ent to hear the address, which was an able, eloquent and impressive one. The audience was thoroughly interest ed. notwithstanding Mr. Walsh spoke for an hour. Mr. Walsh entered the .ball on the arm of Mr. Weston of Ricland, being accompanied by Messrs. Pollock and L J. Williams. He was introduced by Mr. Weston, whosaid that the governor was to have introduced the distinguished speaker. He was to speak to them on a vital question. His long service had endeared him to the whole south. Mr. Walsh was profoundly appreci ati ie and grateful for tbe invitation which had been extended.t-hm-to .adress_thbm--M-,r-s 'ope and pur pose of the Chicago Cottoa expositions They knew that expositions in in great centres were be!st means of ad vertising the resources of any coun try. The advanced countries of Eu rope realized this. This country had held several notable expositions. Chi cago had surpassed in the excellence of her exposition as compared to the other notable ones. The exposition in Atlanta was not to be m-inimized by any of those referred to. It was a marvelous display of the progress of the southern States. It would do great good to the south. He would not minimize the effect. Ir was a rev elation to the southerners themselves that the south possessed such marvel ous resources.; The only criticism was that the people of this great country, whom it was intended to influence, were not there-the peoole of the west and northwest, the farming classes,the eastern manufacturing and other in terests. They would have been there if it had been in one of the great cen tres. All could easily see the justness of this criticism. He then gave the figures, comparing the attendance of the Atlanta and Chicago expositions. The purpose of the coming exposi tion was to show the people of the wes- and northwest the wonderful re sources of the south. It was also to bhow them the marvelous products of our soil, o. our gardens; the diversity of our agricultural products the city of Chicago was the place. This was a labor of love with . him. He had no are to grind-pittical 'or otherwise. He had reached the conclusion that there was no area of land anywhere that God had bestowed upon so many bounties. No country abounded in such resources for agricultural and mecnanical pursuits as t':re south In the period following the war, not withstanding for nearly 11 years the southern States were oppre-ssed by taisgovernment. they had made long strides, wonderful progress ini devel oping their resjurces I.n this respect no State had accomplished more than the State of South Carolina. Some one has said that the south is likely to overdo this business of manufactur ing cotton. All should bear in mind that the cotton would be manufactur ed somewhere, and would compete with our goods. This argument was a fallacy. There was no d anger of over doing this matter. He contrasted the number of spindles in the mills of Spartanburg a few years -ago with those of the present- time. He pre dicted that we would have 1,000,000 spindles ere long. Mr. Walsh went on to quote the fig. ures showing the wondrous growth of the potto~n manaufacturing industry in the south in the last 10 years. If it continued at the present rate for 50 years the south would be manufactur ing half the cotton crop. We need more money. They say we owe the New England capitailists something, and we suould not go to Chicago to in vite~ those people to come in and com pete for our territory. .He was above passion and prejudice, but when it came to inviting capitalists tc aid in the developmeut of the southern coun try he wanted all to come in. The people of Chicago were doing all they could.- The idea of this ex position had taken root in Augusta, being suggested to some business men there, and there the movement was started.. Tney sent to an agent to Chicago. Then lie detailed the pro ceedings of the recent conference in Chicago. Chicago proposes to furnish the buildings, the money and manage the exposition, continuing for 9)0 days, if we furnish the exhibits. This was the personiticntion of generosity. South Carolina Lhadbeen most credit abl--handsomely-r e p r es en te d among the exhibits at Atlanta. His purpose here was to ask them to dupli cate that exhibit at Chicago. The ex position coming on was in his opinion he greatest thing ev-er conceived to bring about a speedy development of the south. - New England had made wonderful progress ~in mianu factu ring pursuits. Ie rem'embered when the southern States did not furnish a single Belgian block- Now, our quarries are furnish ing all this class of material. We could build all the public buildings and pave the streets of the cities of the whole country. so proflitic are our de posits of granite. We have sallicient warble to build the palaces of the world. Hl-e referred to Carolina'% mag nticent deposits of phosphates. Then he contrasted the natural resources of the New Eagland States. He quoted with those or tihe southern States. He quoted the JHon. Win. D. Kelly of Pennsylvania in regard to the bless ings of climate and resources which had been showered on the southern States. MIr. Kelly said they were in comrpar-able. M1r. Walsh then quoted Mr. Edward Atkinson on the same lhue. M1r. Porter the superintendent of the United Staies census was also on rcord as to the superiority of the south in the resources for individual develop ment. We produce more coal and pig iron today t han the whole country produced in 1870. We have c ver 50) per cent. of the entire forest area of the country. You can all see this; but we need people. We need those who have gone out and conquered the wilderness of the nothwest to come down here and settle on our surplus lands. We could take the 70,000,000 of people in this country and put them in the southern States and the country would not be one fourth as denselv populated as England is today. The State of Georgia was nearly as large as all the New England States. Texas was larger than the New England and capital. skilled labor. more people, good Milddle States together. We have 500,000,000 acres of land in these southern State. Not in 100 years could we zet too much population. What is the best way to develop it? That's what I am here for. I want you to duplicate your Atlanta exhibit. It will do more good than if shown at 50 southern expositions. because the people we want to attract won't see it at a southern exposition. He had al ready printed an address on this ques tion to the governors of the southern States. He hoped the governor of South Carolima would make this mat ter the subject of a special communica tion to them. He hoped they would make a generous appropriation for this purpose. The State would receive the greatest benefit from it. He did not know how to impress the magnitude and the importance of the matter upon them. There never was a day when all the circumstances were more pro pitious than now. There never was a time when there was less sectionalism than today. The State that failed to embrace this golden offer of b would miss a grand? ogt2gxty to ad [vance her mopt vtai interests. It was .ai -ifiTnf the most magnificent op portunity to advertise to the people of the northwest the unrivalled re sources of the grand southern country Everything combined in the south to produce cotton in the grer.test abun dance; coal was produced at less cost than anywhere else; we make pig iron $6 a ton less than anywhere else. Mr. Walsh made an eloquent pero ration, saying no man living could do justice to the subject. God had filled nis cornucopia full and scattered its contents all over this broad southern country. The time will come when these southern States will become the great and thriving centre of success ful agriculture and of manufacturing and other industries. It is our mani fest destiny. His highest ambition was to do something to fill up and utilize the waste places of this great cc.ntry until peace and happiness shall possess this land. You have it in your hand to day to bring about the grandest re sults for your State and people. As Mr. Walsh closed there was con siderable applause. Mr. Maill then offered this resola tion, which was unanimously adopted: Resolved. Tuat the general assem bly has heard with pleasure and profit the able and instztive address of the Hon. Patrick Walsh and the thanks of the general assembly of South Car olina are hereby tendered the distin zuished visitior for such address. State. The Cuban Resolutions. WASINGTON, March 5.--The con ferees of the two houses on the Cuban resolutions, consisting of Senators Sherman. Morgan and Lodge on the part of the Senate and of Messrs. Hitt, McCreary and Adams on the part of the House, reached a concl usion more speedily and with less diffi culty in their conference to day than had been anticipated. The consultation was of about 40 minutes duration, and it became ap~parent im mediately that the representatives of the Senate would be satisfied with the House substitute. Senator Morgau was strongly in fa vor of that clause of the House reso lution which contemnlates interven tion, a declaratton whiich he had sug gested should be made when the ques tion was before the Senate. There was mention made of the pos sibilities eIwar with Spain as a result of the action by Congress, and the exclusive statement concerning the position of the admniastrati.on in oppo sition to recognition made by the As sociated Press was also the subject of some talk. So far as the House is concerned, the resolution is a closed question for the present. There will )e no more debate because it is only necessary for the Secretary of the Senate to re port to the House thit the S-?nate con ferees have agreed to the House reso lutions. The resolutions agreed upon are as follows: "Resolved, That in the opinion of Congress, a state of public war exists in Cuba, the parties to which are enti tied to belligerent rights, and the United States should observe a strict neutrality bet ween the belligerents. "-Resolved, That Congress deplores the destruction of life and property c used by the war now wvaglag in that island, and believing that the only permanent solution of the con test, equally in the interests of Spain, the people of Cuba and other nations would be in the establihmzent of a government by the choice of the peo ple of Cuba, it is the sense of Congress that the government of the United States should use its good offices and friendly influence to that end. "Resolved, That the United States has not intervened in the struggles between any European governmients and their colonies on this continent; but from the very close relations be t ween the people "of the U'nited States and those of Cuba, in cousequence of its proximity and the extent of the commerce between the two) people, the present war is entailing such losses upon the people of the United States that Congress is of opir ion that the government of the United states snould be prepared to pr-otect the he gitimate interests of our citizens, by mtervention, if necessary. Bad Fire at Florence. CoLMMx. S. C., February 2'. The Ellis block at Florence, S. C.. including the stores of Slighi & Ruck er, dry goods, and Isaac Sulzbacner, jewelry, the Banner and Messenger newspaper otlice. the Westerna Union telegraph (tlice and a b.rber's shop; and the Lake block ctaitaining tue stores of Mrs. 0. L Morgan, millin ery, the post oice. Lake & Co., drugs and medicines, Cnaries Bultmnan's' stores, the county dispen sary, hall vi Knights of Pythias, olleces of Drs. McLeod and Gee and a phiotograph gallery, were totally destroyed by lre early Thursday mnorniug. A prudetr named George Williamus was burnedj death. He and others who wer'e gamn bling and drinkingr in~ the Ehs block are said to have started the iire. Lossj IS DECIDEDLY WARLIKE. Foreign Press Coment on the Action of the House. LoNDON, March 4.-The afternoon papers of this city again refer at length to the Cuban situation, in which every body here is much interested. The Westminister Gazette, coment ing unon the action of the house in recognizing the Cubans as beligerents by a vote of 290 a 17, says: "The house of representatives' reso lution is stiffer than the senate's, and is calculated to further the excitemen in Madrid and other European capitals. It will also probably help materially to bring the enlighted citizens of the United States into line with the jin goes. "How muchfartheris the pronosition of Democratic ,overnment for election eering purposes to be allowed to go? The American congress' acticn is steadily destroying not only respect abroad, but its influence in the con duct of foreign affairs, and the strange result of this rabid republicanism is that it is daily forcing one man more and more into power." The St. James Gazette thinks that the language of congressje"drep vocative than th~r-e icelona disturb ance," adding "Spitsi now face to face with the dechi ed hospitality of the representa tives of the American people, and an immediate reply will be given by the proud Spaniards that will be credita ble to their spirit and deserve the sym pathy of Europe. If war be the re sult, the jingo politicians may be sur prised. W'e do not see where, outside of the United States, the Americans will find any support for their policy of aggression." The Globe says: "Spain, having politely expressed her regret at the Barcelona incident, the house of representatives seized on the opportunity to be characteristically offensive. The situation is very peril ous. - The paper compares the strength of the two powers and contends that the ad vantage is on the side of Spain, add ing: "There are other interests in Cuba besides the American and maybe there are European powers that would not quietly look on while the United Sates develops their remarkable Mon roe doctrine which seems to forbid anybody to interrere with anything on which the eagle has its eye, while it encourages that officious bird to poke its beak into the business of every body else." Ttie Pall Mall Gazette expresses the opinion that "the house of represen tative has done well to smooth the rough edges of the senate's resolu tion. The recognition of the rebels need not necessarily be precipitated. If Spaiu is the conqueror, awkward complications migti be brought about. On tte other hand there is nothing to zhow thatGeneral Werler will fare a a jot better than Martinez de Campos. "Great Britain, -in any case, is but remotely concerned in the business. There is the broad fact that Cuba, under Spain, is perpetually revolting or wanting to revolt. Nobody, thre fore, is especially anxious to back Spain through thick and thin, espec ially through this affair." UNFAVORABLE COMMENT OF FRENCH PAPERS. PARIs, March 4.-The newspapers of this city continue their unfavora ble comments upon the action of the United States congress on the Cuban question. The Figaro, for example, savs: - - Although President Cleveland is n~ot a man to recoil from a conflict ;vii Spain should his electoral interests require it, he will resist the excitement of congress. The American statesman will do well to xaspe-rate Europe with the Monroe doctrine. It is certain that Spain will not recede, and it is difficult to see what benefit the United states will de rive from war." The Matin publishes an interview with an "important Spanish politic ian," who is quoted as saying: "Spain regards the situation with calmness and resolution, ready to meet any contingency. With Spain, the present question is one of honor. She will strain every nerve if it means war." Commenting on the situation, the Mati~a say s: "Spain's indignation is justifien, but we advise her not to take extreme de eisions by which she would injure her own interests. Americans are accus tomed to these superb declaration; but they are often without effect, as in the tase of Venezuela." The Estaffette suggests that Presi dent Cleveland "will hesitate before proclaiming the independence of Cu ba," adding: "Spain will not all allow herself to be intimidated by the arrogance of the American senate." The Soleil says: "The Spaniards who did not trem ble befo:'e Bismarck will not tremble before Americans when the day of action arrives. S pain is strong in her independence and intractable pride will not recede." A Costly Fire. DANBt-RY, Conn., March 3.-For four hours this morning, the fire de partment battled with a fierce fire which raged in tne center of the city, and before it was subdued property worth $15Q,000 was destroyed. Half the damage is covered by insurance. Captain Hoyt and Frank East wood, a hosemnan, were badly injured, and MIrs. Sadie Carpenter, colored woman, who jumped from a window, was in ernally hurt. Fifteen buildings, all but one wood, were burnt to the ~rounid. Music Teacher Murdered. P~ATERsoN. N. J., March 5.-Mabel Buliivaa, 2S years of age, was murder ed in this place last e-vening. She was a nmusic teacher. and had spent the evening with a married sister, whose ho.use she ieft unaccompanied, about 9:30 o'clock, for her home. A lile la:er sh-: was found unconscious by tue side of a fence, her head battered sud :uer et ~:ing torn. S - died soon sirer\2eds. No ar-rests nave been made. A hiridegroom Suicides. MIANASsas. Va., March 2.-C. Hi. Me Auley, 31 years of age, committed sateide at Marahall yesterday after noon, by shooting. He was married on Wednuesday last. No cause is ap parent for the act, which was com mitted in the presence of his bride. LYNCHED OVER IN AIKEN. CALVIN KENNEDY SHOT TO DEATH FOR THE USUAL CRIME. The Fiend Confessed His Crime and Im plicated Others-The Victim a Pretty Young Girl of Fifteen Years--Two Ver sions of the Crime. BLACKVILLE, S. C., Feb. 29.-Cal vin Kennedy, a negro, was lynched at Windsor, 18 miles west of here, at 9.30 o'clock last night. The crime of Kennedy's was one of the most horri ble ever committed in this state. About eight months ago Kennedy with Major Wade. another negro, visited the home of Miss Sallie Webb, five miles fiom Windsor, and while she was alone in the house, her par ents being iemporarily absent, the two negroes forcibly carried her off to the house of Edna Jones, a negress, where they compelled hei to submit to their outrageous assaults. After committing the fiendish act the negroes only agreed to release the outraeed girl upon her faithful prom ise not to divulge the names of her ruinators. She was told that if she re vealed the story they would kill her, her father and her mother. Miss Webb. -fearful that her assailants would executs isir ia s - mur der her and her parents, returned home and bore her shame in silence. As she is to becomea mother in a month's time her parents became sus picious of her condition, and after persistent efforts finally suceeded in getting from their daughter the story of the heinous offense committed. As soon as Miss Webb told of the outrage committed upon her the story was quickly spread in the neighbor hood and in a short time the citizens organized and commenced a search for the rapists. The negroes got wind that the story of their crime was known and that lynchers were on their tracks and they at once fled the country. Kennedy didn't succeed in escaping. He was caught in Williston last after noon. After his captare two consta bles boarded the West bound S. C. & Ga. train and started for Aiken to place their prisoner in jail for safe keeping. Just before the train reached Wind sor a masked mobb or 25 or 30 men boarded the train, overpowered the officers and took their prisoner from them. Kennedy confessed his crime to the constables. The lynchersdragg ed Kennedy about 150 yards from the depot to a tree where they pinigned him. They did not hang him, but after binding him to the tree, they riddled his body with bullets until it Looked as though it had been run through a threshing machine. The lynching was conducted so qui tly that the people of Windsor claim to have heard nothing regarding the work of the mob. Not even the pis tol shots were heard. The mob is now scouring tb country for Wade and Edna Jones at whose house the crime was com iitted and if they are caught they will suffer the same sum marily punishment inflicted upon K.:nnedy.- Miss Webb is yonng, beau tiul, weli educated and of good par entage who are highly zted throughout Barnwell county79b - a half sister of the chief of police of Blackville. All is quiet at Windsor today.-Charleston Post. ANOTE VERSION. BRACHVILLE, Feb. 29.-The fol lo wing rather unsatisfactory details of the lynching that took place near Windsor, in Aiken county, last nihgt, E obtained on the train from Charles ton tonight from a conductor of a local freight that passed Windsor today: Sallie Webb is the 16-year-old daugh ter of Mr. Samuel Webb, a well-to-do farmer and miller living about five miles from Windsor, a small station on the South Carolina and Georgia railroad, in Aiken county. The re port sayi that an old negro woman named Edna--, living in the neigh borhood, had persuaded the young girl to allow herself to be ruined by a negro boy named Major Wade. Cal vin Kennedy, a large, black negro man, on learning the state of affairs, also by the aid of the old woman's per suasive powers, committed the crime. This was some months ago. This week the girl's disgrace becoming known, the negroes naturally became alarmed. It is said that the younger negro persuaded the girl to flee with bim, and they left her father's home. The man, either being found out or his guilt making him afraid of being accused, also fled. He was captured, t is said, by officers of the law--wheth er sheriff's posse or magistrate's :onstable could not be learned -and put on Friday night's train at Williston to be taken to jail at Aiken When the train stoppe at Windsor te negro was taken from the train by a mob. My informant says that when his train passed Windsor about 11 >'clock this morning be saw the negro tied to a tree about 200 or 300 yards from the railroad track, dead, with a hole in his head. Appearances led aim to believe that a shotieun must aave been put under the neg~ro's head mnd fired. The mob evidently fired at tim with pistols also, as the tree bark ivas cut up by bullets. The people of Windsor were this morning innocent Ly ignorant of who committed the ieed, saying that they did not even 2ear any shots fired the night before. -Columbia State. Kaled by his Prisoner. SPARTANBURG, March 4.-Another >loody tragedy must toe set down to he illicit sale of whinkey. Deputy J. D. Kirby was killed early yesterday morning by a prisoner captured for naking blockade whiskey. On their way to this city on Wednesday after aoon. Kirby, Miller, Brown and Kir y's t'vo :sons, Jim and Loyd, all Uni ed States marshals, left for a raid in he upper part of this county. They .ent to capture a still operated by the Dill brothers. The raid took place .his morning, and Joe Diii and his ion John were arr-ested and 650 gallons >f whiskey capturedi. Jobn Dill pro ested vigorously and he was over ywered and handcuffed. After a while he became quiet and the hand :uffs were removed. The party start ed for this place. On their way they stopped at Holly Springs to feed. Jim uid Lloyd Kirby went to a nearby aiil pond to hut1'. duck:s. Deputy Niller had gone ahead with the wa ron load of liquor. John 1Kr by and Brown were in charge of tue prison rs Kirby was in the act of gettung Lto the wagon whben John Dil picked .ip the weapon and tired at Kirby. rhe bullet went whistiling i:2to his brain and the soul of Kirby took its fight. Both of the pioesmd