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Asociaui~l II AD2 V(il Vf7-- ~- -- MANNING, S. C.,, WEDNESDAY. MARCH218.NO3. OUR AVAILABLE NAY DESTRUCTiVEENGINESTHAT WOULD DO UP SPAIN. An Interesting Article on the Condition or the Ships of the United States Navy and Where They Are at Present For reasons, which scarcely require detailed statement, many of our peo ple are much interested in the subject of the present condition and position of the United States navy, and not a few persons among us who are much given to discussing the question of its fighting capacity woula bz pleased, we arc sure, to be able to discuss it with information, -as well as with au thority. We are indebtsd to the New York Sun f:r a complete roster of the available warriors cf the deep, large and small, with as completes de scrip tion of each as can conveniently be given in the circumstances of a gen eral review. To begin with there are in North Atlantic and Gulf waters alone eleven armor clads. They are as follows: The battleship Iowa, of 11,410 tons, with 14 inches of armor on ber sides and 15 on her turrets, fcur 12-inch. eight 8-inch, and six 4-inch guns,with 28 "smaller pieces." The battleships Indiana and Massachusetts, of 10,2SS tons, 18 inch armor on the sides and 17-inch on the barbettes,carrying fcur 13-inch, eight S-inch, and four 6 inch guns, with 30 secondary pieces. The Texas, 6,315 tons, with 12-inch armor over all, carrying two 12-inch and six 6-inch guns, and 24 smaller pieces. The armored "cruisers" are the Brook ly, of 9,271 tons, and a speed of 21.9 knots, with 5- inch turret and 3 inch side armor, carrying 8 8-inch, twelve 5-inch and twenty smaller guns; and the New York, of 8,200 tons, 21 knots, 5-inch turret, and 4 inch side armor, carrying six 8 inch, twelve 4-inch and sixteen smaller guns. The monitors are the Puritan of 6,060 tons, with 14 inch armor, carrying four 12-inch, six 4-inch and twelve smaller guns; the Amphitrite, the Terror and the Miantonomah, of 3,990 tons each, car rying 11J inca barbette or turret ar mor and an average of 7-inch side ar mor, with four 10-inch and eight sec ondary guns. the Amphitrite carrying in addition two 4 inch guns. Besides these there is the experimental ram Katahdin, of 2,155 tons,carrying only four 6 pounders, for the entertainment of tarpedo boats, and relying on her formidable underwater "beak" as her resve weapon. The total' ree a of the first class, on, ol the second class, four monitors, two ar mered cruisers and a ram. The unarmored vessels in Atlantic waters include the Columbia and the inneapolis, of 7,375 tone, "with nine main "battery guns" the Cincinnati, 3,213 tons, with eleven such guns; the Detroit,Marblehead and Montgomery, of 2,089 tons, and nine or ten guns each. The Lancsster, 3,250 tons, is wooden, but has "a good modern bat tery." The gunboats, including train ing ships, are the Wilmington, 1,392 tons and eight guns; the Nashville, 1,371 tons and eight guns; the Anna polis, Vicksburg and Newport, 1,000 tons and six guns; their sister ship, the Princeton, which is to be launch ed this month; the Castine and Mach ias, 1,17-7 tons and eight guns each; the pneumatic dynamite boat V esuvi us, and the dispatch boats, Dolphin, 1,486 tons, and Fern. Work is hurry ing on the Chicago, 4.500 tons, and the Atlanta 3,000. The torpedo flees includes the Cnshing, Ericsson, P or tar, Dupont, Foote, Rodgers, Win slow, Talbot, Gwin, MacKenzie, Mc Kee and Stiletto. "In this list are some not yet in commission, biut none the less certainly to be counted on, while several others are not far from -completion." The Pacific Equadron includes three -ironclads, of which the Oregon, a sis -tar of the Indiana, is a first class bat tleship, while the monitor Monterey, -4,084 tons, carries 13 inch armor and two 12-inch, two 10-inch and t welve .smaller guns, and the Monadnock is a -sister of the formidable Amphitrite. The unarmored ships now in commis sion include the Baltimore, cf 4,413 tons, and four 8 inch and six 6-inch -main battery guns, and the gun boats Bennington, 1,710 tons,and six 6-inch guns, and the Wheeling and the Ma rietta, 1,000 tons and six 4 inch guns. There are also useful old-time ships, like the &dams, Alert and Mohican, and there are more modern ones un der repair. On the "Asiatic Station" there are the flag ship Olympia, 5,870 tons, and four 8-inch, ten 5-inch, and 24 small er guns; the Raleigh, a sister ship of the Cincinnati; the Boston, of 3,000 tons and two 8-inch, six 6-inch and 12 smaller guns; the Concord, a sister ship of the Bennington, and the Pet rel, a little. gunboat of 892 tons and four 6 inch and seven smaltler guns, besides the old Monocacy. On the European Station are the San Francisco, 4,098 tons and twelve 6-inch guns; the Helena, a sister of the Wilmington, and the Bancroft, 976 tons and four 4-inch guns. Some familiar names will be missed from the foregoing list, but their owners have not been overlooked. The list is of vessels now available. There are to be added to it as available in the very near future the cruisers Charles ton, 3,730 tons and eight main battery guns, the Newark, 4,098 tons and twelve guns; the Phiiadelphia, 4,324 tons and twelve guns and the York town, 1,710 tons and six 6-inch guns. "There are also several old style crui sing vesseis, like the Essex and the Allhance, while some powerful navy tugs could be made useful" The t wo ,great battleships Kearsarge and Ken t ucky are not counted, because, wnile :they will be launched this month, a long time. will be required for their completion. Such, says the Sun in conclusion, is "our availanle naval force, which ,each day incree~ses by hurrying for ward the ships fitting out or under re ipair, and the torpedo boats building, and the regular navy could be largely reinforced from the mercantile steam marine. Certain larze and svif -es els eisgage in the transatlantic pass enger service, it will be remembered, .are designed for speedy conversion into fighting or cruismng craft. an are subject to Government ser; ie on -demana; they are probably the "mner ,cantile" steamers the Sun had in view. To the Sun's long list of "avai ables" is to be added, finally, the tw. fine unarmored cruisers Amazons and Admiral Abreuail, just bought from the Brazilian Government, anc the former of which is ready for im mediate service. As described she if of 3,600 tons displacement, and car .i six6ic gns and a number o: smaller pieces. is a tremendous war poder th-.t is representcd by all these ecstlv and formidable f 1ghing machines, and we are assured that "it is much more than a match for Spain's besides having the incomparale ad vantage of a base on the Caban side of the AU:rttic. THE STORY OF A COLD NIGHT. The MIshep tht Betell Two Ardent Yonng "ylt-irg about the cold snap re minds me of a funn'r thing that han pened out our way." said the little man with a 'ad cigar as he tilted back his chair and put his feet on the steam coil. "You see, it was this way-but maybe you fellows don't want to hear this story," he went on as he glanced around s'Usniciousiy at the crowd. A chorus of approval moved him to proceed. "Well. you kro-w. I live out South in a flat, and it's the coldest fl t in the world. I always thought the south side was cooler than any place else, but any how this house I live in is a corker. Why, thes, cold mornings I have to hurry up and drm my cc tree as Soon as it is poured to keep it from freezing, and the bed clothes are stuck to the bedste d every night. But, as I stsr:ed to say, down stairs, in the flat below me, lives a couple who have a daughter, a fair and fascinat ing maiden. Now, that wouldn't be so bad, only she has a fellow who comes to see her, as usual. "Funny thing, ain't it, how these girls will? But, anyhow, this fellow comes to see her. And they do have an awful time saying good night. I can hear him start to go, and about an hour after that [ hear him shut the door, and he's gone. But I was telling you about the cold snap. It was the coldest night we had, I guess. I got sick looking at the thermometer, so I just went to bed and listened to the sidewalk crack when people went by. I could hear the nails flying out of the house-say, if you fellows don't want to hear this, way, all right." Once more the crown begged him to go on. "Well, this night, as I was saying, I heard the fellow start for the hall door, and there they stood chatting I was just dropping to sleep when I heard a great clatter down on the front porch. Seemed as if some one was trying to kick the door in. I tboughb the house was on fire, so I jumped up and made a break for the door. When I got down on the porcb, I almost fell in a fit. "That fellow had started to kiss that girl good night, and they froze! Ies, sir; fact: He was sort of a slow fellow anyhow, I guess, and he took his time to it, so when he tried to break away he found their lips were frcze together, and he kicked on the door for help. Well, sir, we had to get salt and ice water to get 'em loose, and he ain't been up there since. Fanny thing, wasn't it?" and he glanced about him. But the crowd of listeners gazed on him sorrowfully, and silently and reverently withdrew. AGAINST WAR, HE SAYS. 'Former Attache o. the Spanish' Legation Talks of McKinley. Lieutenant Commander Sobral, for mer naval attache of the Spanish le gation at Washington, in an inter view at Barcelona on his arrival there, is quoted as saying he is convinced that President Mc~inley, who is a correct uresident, and the government of the United States do not wish war "and will resist to the utmost the in trigues of the war party." Continu ing, Lieutenant Sobral remarked: "Thoughtful Americans also oppose war, which is solely desired by the adventurers and agitators who compose the jingo party. The majority of of the house of representatives is comn nosed of men without prestiege and of little education, who regard politics as a trade and who would have al ready voted the jingo proposals if they had not encountered the strength of character of President McKinley whose authority is dictatorial. The serious opinion of the country, composed business men dreads war with Spain, which they believe would be a verita ble misfortune, as shown by the fact that the new Spanish squadron had hardly started for American waters when a panic seized all commercial and industrial centres. "The jingo campaign is fomented chiefly by two American daily news papers, whose insolvent language is a positive shame to Americans. "It is evident that the United States intends Spain shall be the artual de clearer of war." Lieutenant Sobral added: "If the Spanish government decides to issue a national loan and build a squadron, the patriotism ofiSpaniards residing in America will impel them to subscribe a third of the amount and they will give their money without regard to the issue price and without considering the conditions of the law" Big Mletzkes. Preachers who get sour and cold when things do not go to suit them, make a big mistake. People who leas e their politeness at home when they travel on rail way trains, make a big mistake. iYoung men who ahn ther knw know anything, make a big mistake. Fathers who whip their boys foz ding on the siy what they themselves are doing openly, make a big mistake. Men who are afraid to give thei; wives a word of praise, for fear it wil.l spoil them, make a big mis Young people who put off becom ing Christians because they thin's they have 50 years to d2o it in, make big mistake. Farmers who feed th ;r pigs and cst te good corn, and pay no attention tc what kind of~books and papers theil children are reading, make a big mis take. People who expect to get to heaver just because they have snaken hand: wm:h preachers and had their names enrolled on the church book, make big mistake. Parents who want their childrer E.n seep out of the church until they ae old'enough to understand all the dcctiines and decide for themselves. make a big mistake. Wieemes~e~ Zor SpaIn. A da 'r nom Birmingham, Eng land, says ;se Kyneenzs Company has already dispatened part of a large Spanish order for spcisl projectiles, standing 4j feet higha, the largest ever TILMAN IN BA ITiMO HE DEL!VERS AN ADDRESS TO A LARGE CROWD He Fires S t Shct into the Gold OMen and Tells the Maryland Demccrats Plain Truths About Their Condition-He Scores the Republican! "There is one thing," said Senator Beniamin R Tillman, of South Caro lina. while addressing a large and en thusiastic audience at Raine's Hall reccntly under the auspices - of the Democratic Committee of '98. "in which we can join hands with our goldbug friends, and that is in defense of the national honor. "It is gratifying to me that I was able to do consistently a few days ago in the United States Senate an act in whichDemocrats, Populists, Republi cans, goldbugs and silver men all joined together enthusiastically, and that was in voting an appropriation for national defenses. (Great applause) It illustrates, to my mind, that there is one thing that we all can join to gether in, and that is defending the American flag. When it comes to national honor re know no party or faction.' (En:husiartic applause and cries of "You are right !") Senator Tillman's address was a characteristic one, and bristled with denunciations, which highly uleased the audience present. Maj. John I. Yellot, of Baltimore county, presided, and opened the meeting with a clever little speech, in which he defined the theories of free silver. When Senator Tillman came to the front of the stage he was greeted with long and loud ap plause. He said, in part: "You have heard much abuse of me through the capitalistic press, and no doubt think me a strange article. But the people often love men for the ene mies they have made. I have received a little free advertising from the gold bug dailies. But what of that? If you trace back our country's history you will find that there were other Dublic men entitled to the recollection of the American people who were also abused by an opposition press. Jeffer son was the target of the abuse of plu tocratic papers, and so was Jackson, and so was Lincrln. But, although they were denonr.nced by newspapers, the people rallied to their support. You are also ignrant of me as I am in reality, as well as you are of the true merit of free silver, because you have not a single newspaper in this city to advocate free silver, and that stands for Democratic principles. You are blindfolded, because you are kept in ignorance by the goldbug press. They keep you in ignorance and then ask you to vote their ticket intelligently. I come before you as the apostle of the only Demoracy. "I am the apostle of the new Demo cracy and of that party which has issued a new Declaration of Indepen dence. You must study the financial questions of the hour and enlighten yourselves if you would be free. So phistry and falsehood is now your daily food as furnished in the daily press. In 1896 the Democracy of Maryland, as ruled by your bosses, contented itself with adopting a gold stsndard platform and sent a delega tion to the Chicago Convention. But when William Jennings Bryan was nominated by that convention the course of some of your leaders was not an honest one, and you were stabbed in the house of your friends. Last summer you did poorly because the party straddled. And you were de feated, as you deserved to be. "No man is fit to lead a people un less he is disposed to be honest with his followers. The question of the hour is whether the people or money shall rule. (Applause.) It is pluto cracy or Democracy or genuine Repub licanism. The opponents of free sil ver want dear dollars and cheap men, (applause.) They denounce the new Democracy as anarchy. "And yet the condition of the work ing people of this country todiay is a more galling servitude than that of the black slave of ante-bellum days. The negroes of the old South were better off than are the miners of Penn sylvania today. The so-called Cleve land ideas of Democracy mean five white slaves for every black one that used to exist. (Applause.) You have been bamboozled by the politicians for years, bEcause the leaders of both parties conferred and settled all policies beforehand. It made no dif ference which party triumuhed-gold bugism sur vived. (Applause.) The eaders of the Democracy of Maryland now say to you that a fight can never be won on the Chicago platform. They are afraid to say anything. But I tell you that with a rejuvenated party, with new leaders, and that equality of opporunity and of money which the Chicago platform sets forth that men will raily round your standard in this State. I believe that with a square, honest fight, on a free silver platf orm last year the present Legislature would have been Democratic (Applause.) "Your great dailies all say that silver is dishonest. Well, why don't rosperity return? Why don't the good times come back? Where are they gone? (A voice "Out West.") Oh! no; they are not out West; they are just nowhere. (Laughter and ap plause.) Why die. wheat go upi Simply becsuse the European crops failed. Wheat went up because the Euro peans needei our wneat, and we, hav ing more than we wanted, could sell it to them. Next year, when tne Euro pean crops are all right, we shall see another condition of tning. In fact, the laws of supply and demand govern wheat, as well as all products. The laws of supply and demand govern moey, don't they? tA voice. "O1 course. ' I say they do also, but the goldbugs say they don't. Those peo pe contend that you can't make a silver dollar out of a gold doliar. No. of course not, because they legislated all the value of the silver dollar. They made it a commodity, and not money. I do not, however, class all of the gold bugs as our enemies. Some of them are greedy, and the balance are igno rant. Some are wealthy, and the rest are poor as Democrats. (Applause and laughtera How long are you men of Maryland going to listen to bosses:i We are going to win out in 19010, and we want old Maryland oae mn the Democratic column. Your bosses want the offices. They don't want anything else. That is why they are airaid of whzt they call our radicalism. Are ou going to stay sway from us and jlstn to the bosses or not:- What is money? A creation of law~. It has three fu-nctions--it is a measure of value; ft determines the price of oth'er ,hgs:a anits a legal tender for taxes and debts. And yet the news 0 papers tell you .hat gold is the only standard of value What is intrinsic value, anyhow? It is that which is E properly necessary to man's conveni ence and life. The goldbugs say that F law has nothing to do with making a dollar a dollar, and yet, in 1S73, they, by law, unmade the silver dollar as a T standard of value. Sach is the incon sistency of their arguments. (Ap plause) McKinley will not dare to sign a coinage bill at present without pressing the button and calling up Wall street. (Applause). Well, that is what they elected him for. They knew that if Bryan was elected they could not control him, and that is the tl reason that Mark Hanna could milk 0 $16,000,000 out of the national banks k to defeat him."-Baltimore Herald. P Xn WORSE THAN WAR. n The M1aine DIastbter Farnished an Unex- t} ampled Death Roil. b P Never in the whole history of the t United States has there been a naval il catastrophe so destructive to human n life as the wreck of the Maine. More s] brave men were killed by the destruc- c, tion of the Main in Havana harbor n than have perished in any single Eea b fight cf the Republic. The bloodiest c day in our naval history was that fatal ti 8.h cf March, 1862, when the iron- S mailed Merrimac came into Hampton tl P.oads and crushed successively the p frigate Corgress and the sloop-of-war T Cumberland. Though these two ships e, were defended with extraordinary f, heroism, hurling their last defiant t) broadsides at their impregnable fce just as the flames and the waves over- a whelmed them, the deaths on neither d vessel were equal to those on the e, Maine. The Congress lost 130 out of p a complement of 434; the Cumberland d 120 out of 376. c: Strange as it may seem, the dead of T the Maine outnumber several times f] over all the men who fell in the Union - fleet at Farragut's first victory of New I Orleans. Thirty-seven officers and S sailors gave up their lives in that . fierce night battle on the Mississippi- ti One hundred and forty-five perished ti in the fiercer encounter of the Mobile h Bay, but ninety-three of these sank at their posts with the torpedoed monitor s Teunmmseh. Only 20 fell in Admiral v Porter's first attack on Fort Fisher, y on December 24 and 25, 1864, and 82 a was the total loss of the fleet in the b second and victorious combat. Not only is the death roll of the a Maine greater than that of any sea p battle which the United States has si fought, but it is greater than that of t] any battle save one of the British T navy in the past hundred years. Tile E British loss was somewhat larger at h Trafalgar, reckoning the casualties of P the entire fleet, but no single ship 0 suffered more than a fraction of the o loss which the Maine sustained by a this terrible explosion. Nelson's flag- f] I ship, the Victory, was under fire for g five hours, and was reduced to a mere 0 wreck, but her killed were only 57 out s, of a full crew of 600. At the battle of t the Nile the Bellerophon, which was b mst cut up of all of Nelson's ships, d lost 49 men out of 584, and the whole 3 fleet lost 213. Jervis won his Earldom 1 at Cape St. Vincent with a loss of 73 men, and 203 fell on the British side at s Camperdown. r HOW WAR IS DECLARED. _ _ _fl The Coda of Nations. as Some Diplomats a IUnderstand IC. I'How is war declared?" some one b asked a statesman this week. "Usual- t ly by a cannon shot," was the reply. d This country did go to war once by p adopting a resolution. Most of the ti fighting had begun without legislative ti preliminaries. The civil war opened e with the firing on Fort Sumter. Just fi how the war with Spain will begin, if I there is one, cannot be forecast from ti anything in the rules of Congress. It p may be that war with Spain has al- s ready started. That will be known si when the court of inquiry on the b Maine reports. If the ship was de- o stroyed by a torpedo, that was an act ti of war, whether Blanco knew the tor- 'I pedo was to be dragged against the 1i bo w of the ship or not. Hfanly half a dozen Spanish officers were in the y plot and towed the engine of destruc- h ti'n to its place, Spain has committed a the over act of war just as much as if a e gun squad had wheeled one of the big [ guns of Morro Castle into position a and sent a shell into the magazine of e the Maine. f All that the court must do is to re- c port to the President that the Maine b did not blow up, but was blown up. v Taat will mean the war has started. C Uncle Sam must get ready to fight. a The chip has been knocked from his b shoulders. There is nothing for him ti to do but to come back at his enemy.r If there is to be any parleying, it must c come from Spain. That country can - offer defence, or explanation, or in- r demnity, or reparation. If Spain does I n~thing after the court reports that z the Maine was blown up, a return p blow must be struck by tne United z States an as quickly as the ships can move. Such is the code of nations, i as some of the best diplomets at Washington understand it. H arrowing Fall Grain. Mr. Henry Stewart says: 'Some years ago I was obliged to run an "Acme" pulverizing harrow clod crusher and leveler across a field that had been sown with wheat. The h-ar row had to be taken to a distant field1 fori spring work, and as it was una voidable I ran it across the field. I thought the wheat would be killed, bat it was not, but on the contrary the path of the harrow was soon as green again as the rest of the field,a and in a short time became conspicu - ously greener, and the mark of the harrow was visible until harvest, when the straw was some inches tall er, and much more heavily filled with grain. This accidental experience( led me the next year to harraw all t my winter grain in the spring, with the same desirable result. They Will Fight. I"The Southern people to a msn," says the Topeka, Kan, Capital, "will, if necessary, embark their last life and their last dollar for the cause of the Union. There is no doubt of it. Thie Southaern people showed in thes r bllo their ability to suffer and deo:a cause they believe in. When tey- are right they are an invaluable el~etof the~ people and on the ques ties of th Caicai~ they are and al wys wil berih. Five New Dry Docks The naval committee of the House e a aeed to provide for the constrac-f tion of five dry docks. The docks are jto be located at Boston, Portsmouth, 1 N. I., Algiers, La., Mare Island, Cal. c andi TLeagne lsind a. LIDTJME NAVAL TRAGEDY KPLOSiON OF THE PEACEMAKER ON 'OTOMAC RIVER MANY YEARS AGO. bo Secretaries of the Navy and t-.te ard Othev Eminent Persons Were Instantly Ktmed-Many Others Wounded-A Call for the President. The destruction of the warship aine recalls a fearful tragedy in nited States naval history, in which ie secretaries of state and navy and ,her eminent persons were instantly illed, many were wounded, and the resident and several prominent states ,en and high officials had extremely arrow escapes from death. This ca LstroDhe occured 54 years agro. on ie afternoon o? February 28, 1844, on oard the United States war steamer 'rinceton, Commodore Stockton, on ie Potomac river, about 15 miles be )w Washington. It was the Peace Laker, one of the larger guns of the iip's armament, a rnew, and to the )mmander, a favorite piece of ord ance. The steamer itself had just een constructed at Philadelphia, ac Drding to improved plans enthusias cally advocated by Commodore tockton, who had also superintended ie casting o' the guns-on a new rinciple and of great size and power. hese guns had been thoroughly test i for several days previously, and so Lr proved all that was claimed for iem. To exhibit the superiority of these ew and formidable cannon, Commo ore Stockton had invited and receiv i on board a large and brilliant com any of both sexes for an excursion own the river. In this party was in luded President Tyler, Mrs. Robert yler, Miss Cooper, John Tyler, Jr., -om the White House: a large num r of officers in f all uniform; all the embers of the cabinet, except Mr. pencer; many other persons of high ficial rank, senators And representa ves, attaches and secretaries of lega on; General Almonte, minister from [exico, etc. In all about 400 persons. When the Princeton had fairly pas id Fort Washington,the Peacemaker ras shotLed and fired; the effect of Khich proved its remarkable power, ad won the admiration o all on oard. An hour afterward, by re est, the piece was loaded for firing second time. The gun was now olted to leeward, and behind it ;ood Conmodore Stockton; a little to ie left of him Mr. J. Washington yson, assistant postmaster general. y the side of the latter, a little bs ind him, stood Mr. Strickland, of hiladelphia, and a little to the right E, but behind him, Colonel Benton, [ Missouri, who had a lady at his rm, and Judge S. S. Phelps, senator -om Vermont. To the leeward of the an stood Judge Upshur, the secretary f state, and Governor Gilmer, the Tretary of the navy; and a short dis me behind them, Mr. Maxey, the Lte charge d'affaires to Belgium. By ie side of him stood Hon. Mr. Gardi er, of New York, and Commodore ennon, chief of the navy bureau. On firing the gun a murderous blast cceeded-the whole ship shook and 5eled-and a dense cloud of smoke veloped the entire group on the 3recastle; but when this blew away, n awful and heartrending scene pre ented itself to the view of the hushed nd agonized spectatorr. The gun had urst at a point three or four feet from t breech, and scattered death and estruction all around. The lower art of the gun, from the trunnions the breech, was blown off. Secre ry Upshur was badly cut over the ye and in his legs, and expired in a sw minutes. Governor Gilmer, of rirginia-under whose official direc ons, as secretary of the navy, the ower ofJ this great gun was tested ras likewise mortally wounded, and on breathed his last. Mr. Maxey ad his arms and one of his legs cut ff. Mr. Gardiner, of New York e future father-in-law of President 'yler-and Commodore Kennon died 1 about half an hour. About a dozen sailors were badly rounded; one was dead, and behind im, Colonel Benton, Judge Phelps nd Mr. Strickland, as if dead, were ntended on the deck. Mr. Tyson, of hiladephia, near by, was unhurt, though a piece of the gun had pass i through his hat about t wo inches om his skull. President Tyler es aped by a close margin, he having en temporarily called back from here he stood just a moment before. ~ommodore Stockton, knocked down nd somewhat injured, the hair of his ead and face burned oE, rose at once , his feet, mounted the wooden car jage, and surveyed the scene. Snriets f woe were heard from every quarter -death and desolation, blood and iangled remains were all around. Iayor Beaton, of Washington, had early as narrow escape as did the resident; he had started to accompa y Mr. Gilmer to see the cannon fired, t was delayed by a difficulty in find ag his cloak and flat. The funeral procession a few days fterward was one of the most sad and posing ever seen in Washington. t was led by Generals Scott and ones, with a splendid military escort. Lmong the distinguished pallbearers ere Messrs. Archer, Morgan, Bolton, otten, Worth, Gibson, Aulick, Shu rick, Crane,Towson, Kennedy, Hunt, ~arnard, Fish and KendalL. All de. artments of the governmnent-legis ative, executive, judicial, military, nd naval were largely represented mn he vast and magniaicent procession; ad minute guns and toiling belis dded their voices to the general re uiem. _______ A socking Accident. Thursday afternoon about 6 o'clonk hile Mr. John B. Mayes and Miss arrie Godfrey of Cheraw, teacher in he graded school at Newberry were ut ariving near Helena, a mile dis ant from Newberry, the horse became rightened at a box car and bolted cross the railroad tracks nearby, hrowing Mr. Mayes and Miss Godfrey *iolently to the ground. Miss God rey, in falling, struck her head gainst an iron clin':er, fracturing her aull in two places, causing concus ion of the brain. After Iiaigermng atil 8 p. mn., she expired. M-. Mayes~ ras sightly injured and is lraatic with "Ojibway Joe," a Chippewa chief, rho ied in Superior, Wis., not long go, is said to have tilled more North rners than any other man in the Con ederate armies. He is said to have Iled 113. He was a sharpshooter, aving joined the Confederacy be ause of a personal gr:.evance against h natirma1 goevern ment. UNDER A NEW FLAG.' The Ceremony of Transfer ing the Cruiter Amazonas. The cruiser Amazonas, built by the Armstrongs for Brazil and purchased by the United States, r as formally transferred from the Brazilian flag to the stars and stripes Friday morning at Gravesend, England. The ceremo ny was simple and dignified, and to the Brazilian officers it was somewbat pathetic. Lieut. CommanderColwell United States naval attache, accom panied ey Ensign Roberts, Assistant Enginter McMorris and Consul Gen eral Osborne, arrived on board shortly before 11 a. m. The chief officers of the. coast guard and a number of cus. tom officers, all in uniform, were al ready on board. Lieutenant Com mander Colwell and his party were received by Commander Corres. Lieu tenant Commander Colwefl, saluting Commander Corres, said: "Captain, I have here a contract of sale to whicih you were a witness, and whereby this vessel is to be transferred to me in behalf of the United States.' Commander Corres replied, through an interpreter, saying: "In handing over the ship I desire to say that it is done with the sincere friendship of Brazil." Lieutenant Commander Cclwell, sa luting, replied: "In behalf of the United States I thank you for the sentiment." In the center of a circle of officers of both nations, Lieutenant Com mander Colwell then faced the Bra zilian flag flying from the cruiser's stern and, as the officers bared their heads, the flag of Brazil was hauled down at 11:10 a. m., after which, fac ing about with their heads still uicov ered, Old Glory was run up at the main. The United States cruiser San Fran cisco arrived here at 3:30 p. m, Pass ing the Amazonas, after saluting Til bury fort, the band played "The Star Spangled Banner," with the crew standing at "attention." PEACE AT ANY PRICE. This is Said to ba the Programms of Presa dent McKinley. Advices from Washington say that it is a notable fact that there is a great deal of talk 'around the State Depart ment about arbitration in respect to the Maine disaster. It is further said that the more important features brought out in the investigation of the matter is known to the President, and that his mind is made up as to what that report will be. It will declare that the Maine was destroyed by ex ternal causes. The Spanish version, however, is directly opposite to this and the impression is strong that the president and his advisers are serious ly contemplating letting other na tions have a hand in the settlement of the differences. The president knows that such a step will meet the almost unanimous disapproval of the p.ople of this country. He knows that such a step cannot be entered upon or ac ceded to except at the cost of the na tional honor, and yet so anxious is h e to prevent war that he is listening to the siren song of the little coterie about him which is calling for peace at any price. It is pointed out to him oy the people who are the mugwumps of dipormacy that now that the Span ish bo.rd, under Captain Pearl, de clared that the destruction of the Maine must have been due to accident, th~e only way to satisfy the nations of Earope to the contrary is by submit ting to an international board of arbi tration or inquiry, both the American and the Spanish reports. As long as Congress is in session the President is afraid to adopt the peaee-at-any-price policy, but as soon as that trouble some body adjourns he will tasre tne bit in his mouth and decide tile mat ter in accordance with the wishes of Hanna & Co., who are willing to comn promiise the matter on a money basis. In the meantime the preparations 1o. war will go on. but it wili mean noth ing, except to acceive the people. Gov. EUerba to the Fronr,. Gov'. Ellerbe has the impression very decidedly that there will oe s war with Spam so when he was asked what he thought of tne prospects of a war with Spain, he said: "War is a very serious matter and should not at any time be .undertaken except for special and sufliient rea sons. If, however, the coart of in quiry decides tnat tne Spa aisnagovern mnent is responsible for the nio mag~ up of tile Maine it seems to me that war is inevitaole. The dastardly act of taicing the lives of 256 unsuspecting Americans while quietly asleep ina friendly port snouid not be treated lightly by any nation oftounrage. Tne consciemious course which ha&s been pursued by the administration is to be much commended." "If war be declared and you are called upon what do you propose tc "I would order out the S:ate troops immediately. "How many men can you put ou on short no:iee?" "Il have about 4,000 armed and equipped who would respond to mana and figat a circliar sa v to pro tec: the honor of mne Aericaa Ilig." ~Wno would you put in command l "If the troops of my S:ate are put is the light, I will tane commano. my self. .L have ordered Adjatant and Inspector General Waus to fully equip every company and to direci tne captains to reerait their camnpa nies to the number req uired. ohIerago Names. A man of humor and statistics has discovered that ths Caicago city direc tory coutains 1 Deadmnan to 26 Catri ins, 1 Pa~li, 1 Spade, 58 Sma~as aad Snades, which seems out of pro Portimn An imnprovement is noticed in 1 Dan row, 1 Cuss, 1 Gosh, 3 Paunches, Pee :ers and 3 Cells. Tnen there are 2J Bards to 3) Springs and 15 S~yaI lows to 10 Sammners. Wearing appar el is scarce. There are only 3 Catrs,.J Corset, 1 Shirt, 4 6mocks and 1 Boa net, and there is only 1 Bare. The provision departinent is represe nted cy 1 Batter, 3 Uhiers, S Hams, 1 Eg anid 17 Peppers, andl fr ait by 1 Or ange, 19 Piams, 63 Peaches, 5 Pears, Peanut and 21 Apples. Taere are or sid~es enough animnals, wild and tama to stcs a co s menageries, 75 Love. anid some G-oodfelo s and 223) Sseats Gan. Graham~ in .mian:a. Brig. Gen. William H. Grahamr the commander of t ae ne w deparzaen of the South, and his chief off stad Lieut. Adams, arrived in Atlans Thursday. Gen. Graham will, iti said, at once establish his headquar ters, and remove the ofliee of himsei! IT LOOKS LIKE WAR. The Government is Gztting in shapo for it. PreparationS for war are being push ed by the United States government as if it regarded war with Spain as an assured fact. Special attention is be ing given to perfecting the coast de. fenses, strengthening the navy and providing an enormous supply of the munitions of war. Orders have been issued for the manning of the newly established fortifications on the Atlan tic coast from Boston to Galveston, on the gulf. The orders for the manning of the new batteries demand the utmost promptness in their execution, and it s expected that the movement of the troops to the various places assigned them is now going own. Inasmuch as the new fortifications are not pro vided with either quarters or barracks, it will be necessary for the troops or dered to them to go into camp and live just as they would in case of ac tive military operations against an enemy. The new fortifications on Long Is land h-sd, at the entrance of the har bor of Boston, will be guarded by the second artillery, now at Fort Adams, R. I. For the operation of the big guns at Sandy Hook, New York Har bor, t po batteries now at Fort Slocum. one at Fort Hamilton, and another at Fort Wadeswerth, will be utilized, One battery of the first artillery at Fort Monroe will be transferred to Fort Morgan, Ala., which, in con junction with Fort Gaius, commands tne entrance to Mooile bay. Another battery of first artilery will be sent to Tybee island, Ga., for the protection of the mouth of the Savannah river. The garrison headquarters' band and one battery of the first artillery sta tioned at St. Francis Barracirs, St. Au gustine, Fla.. will be transferred to duty at Sullivan's Island, Charleston harbor. The garrison at S:. 1 rancis barracks will be abandoned. Battery 1, of the second artillery, will be as signed to duty at Fort Caswell, op posite Smith island, near Wilmington, N. C. For the better protection of the national capitol, one battery fourth artillery at Fort Monroe has been ordered to Sheridan Point, Va. This fort is nearly opposite Fort Washing ton, and in connection with it com mands the approach to Washington by water. The batteries of the fourth artillery, stationed at Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, will be distributed between Fort Delaware and Fort Mott, N. J., thus providing for the protection of Philadelphia, Trenton, Camden and other cities in that va cinity. Fort St. Philip, on the Mississippi river, just below New Orleans, will be garrisoned by a battery of the first artillery, now at Jackson barracks, New Orleans. The other battery at Jackson barracks has been assigned ;o duty at Fort Point, harbor of Gal veston, Texas. Directions have been given to the various arsenals and armories con trolled by the government to increase the working force to the fullest prac ticable extent with a view to hurrying the completion of existing projects. Likewise, all firms having contracts to supply the government with ord nance have been requested to work their men night and day in order to finish the work in hand, and arrange their business with a view to increased orders. As to small arms extra am munition orders have been already placed with the Union Metallic Cart ridge company, of Bridgeport, Conn., and the Winchester Arms company, of New York. The following order has been issued by the War Department: A depart ment is hereby esta blished to be known as the department of the Gulf, to con sists or the States of South Carolina, Gaorgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississip pi, Louisiana and Texas, with head' quarters as Atlanta, Ga. The ordei f urther states that Brigadier Genera] Wnm. M. Graham is assigned to the department of the Gulf. Gen. Graniaz has established his headquarters a' Atlanta. Spain Would Profer War. The Vienna Neue Freie Presse pub lishes an int~rview with a Spanish statesman, evidently the Mlarquais de Hoyos, the Spanish ambassador, whc is represented as saying: "Spain would rather have war with the Unit ed States than pay compensation foi the Maine, for oy the latter course sh~ would forfrit her honor through at admission of guilt, which would erase her name from the list of civilized na. tions. It could not be E aglad's in, terests to see the Spaniards expelled from Cuba, as there might rise a' Wasington an inclination to declare Canada's independence. If c.uring war the United States should incit* the Phillippines to revolt spain conld revenge herself by raising revclts it the American Southern States." How Hie Gets His Pay. Although the Shah of Persia does not devote a penny to supporting his ambassador at Constantinople, Mirze Mahmaoud Kaan, his representative ai at Stamboul has a handsome income, raised by meaus characteristically Oriental. The Saah has ia Constan tinople about 15,000 subjezts, and these are taxed for the purpose. Mirza Mahmoud has no reason to complamn -of the arrangement, for by the help ol naif a dozen able-baied collectors he secures an incOmna of about $100,000. A Levei Headed J adge. Judge Saaiih. of the anty Couri oi EKs Liverpool, Oaio, has. not only daciared tnat s.man is jlas'.ided in Lil ing or- attempting tok id another vht nad broken uo his home and led hk wife astray, but scolded tae grant jury for diading an indictment i suc a case. Henry Meininger-, h ~as trid before Jadge Smnita o sa.;'ting and wounding Joan Mert -the~ ca responient in Ateininger's di vorce suit, was let off wii~a a dlue of 1 Met modiat clim lum1 egnea. The president has signed the bl?. aooropriating $2SS,u00 to be pa d t' tie book "gentsof ate Met .:d2UMis caa Quch Sam as f all campen saition for ..a prop~er..y of i-1AL capor 'ion, used, tanen away, iljared. con amed or- destroyed ,oy t'e Ln mte St:.o:,or isarm;, at N asaviue, iTenn. Ohimjos ia Gooid Chape. Glen::an allege has money to burn Th e treaurr Las received $50,cJ a seaoaI. the fertilizer tag tax. \. a eeting of the trustees recently1 was dried to appropriate $12,500 o0 this surgius to the erection of a texti Ii!. work will be begun on ths A STARTLING STORY. A LETTER SAID TO HAVE BEEN WRIT TEN BY WEYLER Be fore the Maine Went to Havana He he Prepared the Harbor for Such an Emer gency, and Hoped A Spaniah Hand would Punish inault, The New York Journal Thursday afternoon prints a statement written by Honore F. Laine, the newspaper correspondent recently arrested and searched by Spanish officials in Caba nas prison. Habana, and later expelled from the island. This is the opening of Laine's statement: "On Jan. 24, at 10 o'clock at night I met in the Cafe Ingleterra. the head quart6rs of the reporters in Habana, Francisco Diaz, a reporter of the rabid Spanish paper La Union Constitucion al, with whom I frequently exchang ed news. On asking nim if he had any thing to give me, he took from his pocket a letter and handed it to me, saying, "Weyler wrote this letter to Santos Guzman, who sent it to Nove (the editor of La- Union Constitucion al) for him to read and write an article on the acesptane. by Weyler of the candidacy of deputy to the cortes for Habana. I took this copy, which you can keep:"' The following is the al leged letter referred to above: "His Excellency, Don Fracisco de los Santos Guzman, Habana: "My Distinguished Personal and Political Friend: Since the latest events I have changed my views about the attitude which our political party in Cuba ought to assume. if I nave thought before that it was more dignified for us to abstain from the electoral contest. I believe now that it is a patriot's duty for us to go to the polls. Our success cannot be doubted; neither can our majority of voters, nor that with a programme of defense of the national honor we will have side by side with us all the lukewarm politicians, who, though Spaniards at heart, are deceived by the inside com binations of Moret and Sagasta, and take as s:ientific solutions of our colo nial problems what are really dishon orable humiliations of our country be fore the United States. Write on your flag, the flag of Spain, 'Defense of National Honor,' and I offer you my name as your candidate. After hav ing commanded during two years 200,000 Spanish heroes in Cuba the title I shall ba more proud of is that of deputy from Habana at the cortes of Spain. By the way, I have readthese days that the Americans are ponder ing about sending one of their war ships to that cit- . During my com mand in Cuop. -ney did not even dare to dream ab -ut it. They knew the terrible puni- ment that awaited them. I had Habana harbor well prepared for such an emergency. I rapidly finished the work that Martinez Cam pos carelessly abandoned. If the in suit is made I hope that there will be a Spanish hand to punish it as terribly as it deserves. Romero is in better health than his friends could have expected, and notwithstanding how morally sick I feel breathing this hu miliating atmosphere, is well; also your affectionate friend and servant. Valeriano Weyler. Madrid, January 8, 1898." Laine says that he read the letter and pigeon-holed it. When thre Maine arrived he called at the office of the U~nion Constitucional to see Diaz in an effort to secure the original of the let ter. Some days after the Maine ex plosion Laine met Diaz, who asked nim if he remembered the letter and what its contents were about an Amer ican warship. The American corres pondent replied that he did and that nie believed some one nad followed WVeyler's advice. Laine says that he has since found out that Diaz inform ed the chief of police that he (ELaine) had a copy of a letter written by Wey ler whica might bring trouble to the Spanish government, especially as he was an American newspaper corres pondent who was associating with Captain Sigsbee, ;lence his arrest on March 4. Continuing his narrative, Laine says: "I haa noticed for several nights mysterious work which was being done in the fortress. On inquiring from a soldier whom I knew, wnat it was, he informed me that they were carrying from the magazine of the fortress large quantities of dynamite, which were being laid in the har bor. '-My investigations during my peri od of imprisonment were carried as far as a political prisoner could do in a Spanish fortress, but it was sufficient for me to ascertain with certainty that the quantity of dynamite placed in the harbor in diffrent places was two tons and that the wires of the mines riere connected with the Cabanas fortress andtre Capitania do Puerto, or marine headquarters."'. A Tragedy of the sea.. The bark British Princess, from Leith to Liverpool, was to wed in Lowestoff Thursday with her bows stove and her forepeak full of water, having collided at 3o'clock that mor ning off Gibbard light ship with an unknown steamer. Tne steamer sank within three minutes with all 'on boar d. Capt. Scott said: "The steamer simply dropped out of vision within the brifest space of time. A member of the crew of the bark said that the force of the collsion was so great that the steamer was cut in two, and as the steamer's crew tumbled out of the forecastle they simply stepped into the sea and dropped out off sight withcut uttering a word. There was no time to discover the name of the luckless steamner. Bragg's Baii Bre k. Bragg, of Wisconsin, in a recent speech in Chaicago smirched a well earnei repa tation as a brave soldier by making a furious attack upon jSouthern Democrats, declaring that theywere trying to do politically what tiley failed to do in battle, namely, destroy the government. Had the Southern delegates supported the Gen eral for Vice President in the Nation al convention, he would doubtless have expressed a different opinion of Southern democracy. But such is the frailty of vain, weak, human na ture when "sicklied o'er with the pale cast," of blighted ambition.-Spartan burg Herald. ~c ar foI. Holocust. The worst fire that has occurred in Chicago since the cold storage wara house nolocust at the World's Fair broke Out in a building, corner Wa bash avenue .-nd Jackson boulevard Thursday. The death list will proba Ibly reach fifteen and may excede that, The injured numbe 30