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Vol. XIV. MANNING, S. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER VISITED THE SOUTH. President McKinlev invades the Late Confederacy. HE IS CORDiALLY WELCOMED Spent Two Days in Atlanta, Then Visited Montgomery. Savannah, Macon and Augusta. President 1eKinley and his party 16ft Washington last Tuesday afternoon week fur a trip through the South. The primary object of the tour was to be iresent at the Atlanta Peace Jubilee which took place la-t Wednesday and Thursday. The foilowin personscunm prised the part : Tne Presideut and Mrs. McKinley. Secretary and Mrs. Gage, Secretary and 3r-. Alger, Sec tarv and Miss Long, P.master General and Mrs. Smith. Sqertary and M1:ss Wilson, Secreta;y a.i Mrs. Porter. Assistant Secretary (,rtelyou; Gen. Joseph Wheeler, Mi1s Wheeler. Gen, Henry W. Lnwton, Mrs. Law ton, Capt. L. C. Scherer, Mr. Adelbert S. Hay, Mr. B. F. Barnes and a number of newspaper correspondents. The President's train, which was excep tionally fine in all its appoint ments, r, as under the immediate di.ec tion of Col. L. S. Brown, general agent of the Southern Railway Company. The train arrived at Atlanta on Wed nesdiay, and the President and his par ty were msst enthusiastieally received. The crowds in Atlanta were very large, enormous, excursion trains ar iiving at short intervals from all direc tions. The hotels have been turning away people since noon Tuesday but the overflow found accommodation in the numerous boarding houses through out the city. Gen. Wheeler was cheer ed at every step and c en. Lawton. Young, Oates and other army officers we:e heartily received at each appear ance. The feature of the occasion was the civic military parade which passed through the streets during Wednesday afternoon. The parade consisted of ten divisions under command of Grand Marshal Wes'. Six thousand jnfantry, ten thousand school chil dren, 400 carriages containing 1600 peo ple, 1,000 members of secret socie ties,. 500 Confederate veterans under comand of General Wheeler, 1,000 laboring men. 100 officers and marshals 1welve bands, 100 Grand Army men, a squad of policemen, 200 mounted po lie, members of the Y. IM. C. A., min istera of the Evangelical Association, 200 members of the Capital City Club and the Fulton Club, the Atlanta fire department, the representatives of 500 civia organizations from all parts of the South took part in the parade. The president and other distinguished guests rode in carriages at the head of the pageant. They were escorted by the Third New Jersey and the Fif teenth Pennsylvania. The President was compelled to bev almost continuously to the cheers which assailed his ears from the crowded sidewalks along the line of march. .A roar of welcome denoted the position af Gen. Wheeler and the band of eaval ,t who followed him through the civil wa n the wizenedileader was at times ,epgdto force his horse through ,the Abysgs of would be worshippers eho block*ed his path. Afte? 4the p.rade passed the review ing stand the Itoajdent and the other guesw of the city were driven to Pied mont Park, where they were guests of the Piemnt Driving Culb at an elabo rate luncheon. The Presient addressed the pubbec in the auzditorium at Piedmont Park The building has a seating capacity of 16,000 and was jammed. President Heiaphill of the Jubilee Association was master of ceremonies and after a short addess introduced Masor Collier, who welcomed the distingused gaests sad visitors to the city. Gov. Candler pkeon the part of the State, and for ially weleemed the distinguished prty to Georgia. The President, whc was snteadnced by Col. Naemphiil, was given a tremendous ovation by the au dince. He spoke in part as followrs: Other parts of the country have haA~ public thanksgiving jubikes in honoi of the historic events of the past year, bt nowhere has there been greater re joicing than among the people here theed, representatives of the South, o[ngratulate .them upon their a.eoi rate observation of events, whie enabled them to fit a d.ate which in sured them the privilege of being thn irst to celebrate the signing of thn treaty of peace by the Amnean anc Spanish commissioners. -Under a hostile fire on forcign so ngin a common cause.,thse xnem my.g~old disagreements fade tnto his .tofy. Fyom ecamp and campaign com .the mage healing which closed an an .cient ~osd g.nd effaced its scars. Fo this result .cyery American pario hould forever aejoice. It is no smal fjedemnity for thecost of the war. Th< gor*coment proved sitlf invincible 1~ te teegnt war and ont of it has comn - a~atioe ,:vhich will remain snineibl< for .evermw2. No worthier cotrbu gon have Men made in patriotisc sa valor .than by ,the Southern States Eb\Wi at last the apportunity cam they w~ere eager to a.et, and wit] promptus5 responded to jie call 0 tther ,eo-,stry. Intrusted vWth abl ledership, men dear to -them, W'h ha m~azcehed with their fathers, nde noter d~ag, hut .uow are fighting un der .?ae dld dag again. tai-e glorious1: helped to deend its spotless tolds, an' have added .new lemater monits ahbnin Tshat flag has been planted iin ,w ga~igpheres, and there it rema~ins th ,syb4 of iliberty and law, in peas :adp~~s.Who will withdraw ~'rm hepe~leovr whom floats ii ac~tetng :-W~ Wowllhu e ould have .andO all the dii deties Abat lie aero-es Ahe WthwayC i.be unation # a few months agQ s aha Myud~ ignored !the piteous , appeals tle **t ng and~oppressed inhabitani .f 'Cuba. if we had biiided ourselve .o conditiona so ier.OUr 4hores gn turned a deaf ,ear ;to ,au~r safferiu neighbors, the iss ue of .teitaal .es pnsion in the AntilLes and the -Ea Indies would not have been raiset .t could we have justified such course? Is there any man who would nIow declare another to have been a better course? With less humanity and less courage on our part the Span ish flag instead of the Stars and Stripes would still be floating at Cavite, Ponce and Santiago, and a chance in the race of life would be wanting to millions of human beings who today call this na tion noble, and who. I trust, will live to call it blessed. Thus far have w e done our supreme duty. Shall we now when victory is won in war and written in a treaty of peace and while the civilized world applauds and waits in expectation, turn timidly away from the duties imposee upon the country by its own great deeds? Ana when the n-ibts fade away a'.4 we see with clearer vision may we not g forth rejoicins in our strength which has been employed solely for humanity and always temper td with justice and mercy, confident in our ability to meet the exigencies wbich await us, because confident that our course is one of duty, and our cause that of right." Among the arrivals Wednesday were Gen. William R. Snafter and his aides. Gov. Jos. F. Johnston and meni hers of the Alabama Le;;islature, a num ber ot army officers from Anniston, John W. Thomas, president of the Na.shville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad, and Mrs. Thomas of Nashville. President McKinley left Atlanta Fri day and visited Tuskeogee. Montgom ery, Savannah, Macon and Augusta, at each of which place he was accorded a most cordial and enthusias'ic recep tion. The party passed through Co Inmbia on their way back to Washing ton late Monday night. They arrived in Washington Tuesday morning. HORRTBL NARRA TIVE. The Vile Treatment of Friars and Nuns by Filipinos. The Manila correspondent of the Hong Kong Press gives the details of the shocking treatment of the friars and other prisoners captured by the insur gen'Q *a the northern part of the island of i "zon. General Leybe, who was sent by Aguinaldo to attack the cities of the extreme north of Luzon, sent a report to his chief that he had brought the en tire section raided completely under the control of the Filipinos. Leybe men tions the capture of one hundred and twenty-four friars and lay brothers, many Spanish soldiers with arms, and property and silver and gold valued at $800,000. The Press correspondent states that from Spanish sources have come the re ports of terrible atrocities committed by the rebels who looted the churches and several towns. The correspondent says: "The bishop was subjected to the grossest indignities. The friars were beaten with sticks, kicked and hung up in the torrid sun for several hours. The natives were forbidden to render the friars any assistance. During the greatest suffering while hanging hun gry and naked, in the burning sun, Chinese and natives supplied them food and water. One aged friar was placed upon a horse's saddle and jumped upon until the bl->od poured from his mouth and nose. Another lothed only in a rain coat, was carried in triumph for two hundred yards and then cudgeled to death amid savage cries. Nuns in the convent were sub jected to the mest shameless treat ment." An Expansionist. Editor Bacon of the Edgefield Chron ile is an expansionist. H is treasury receipts showing a deficiency in cash, due to a lack of circulating medium in his vitinage, he inaugurates a spirited campaign of annexation against all the raw materials and finished products of Edgefield county; making proclamation as below: "Two or three weebksago we wrote this: 'The Chronicle will take wood, hogs, chickens, eggs, meat, flour, meal, greens, turnips or corn in pay ment of the arrearages 6f subscribers who have not the money for paying up.' Wa now enlarge the opportunity as follows. Pumpkins, potatoes. peaches, popcorn billy goats pigs, horses, hay and land, mules and cows and calves, rabbits and wheat and turnips, turtles and tomatoes, and any old thing you've got. We have on rare occasions even taken money on subscriptions." A Tragic Death. A special from Athens, Ga., says: Wednesday afternioon at4 o'clock Lieut. James H. Hoskiuson, adjutant of the first battalion of the fifteenth Pennsyl vania regiment, met a trgcdaath on Clayton street, in front oftepostoffice. He was thrown violently frcrn his herse, his head striing the hard ground with great force. A large artery, in the brain was ruptured, compression was followed by paralysis and in two hours jhe was dead. Lient. Hoskinson was one of the most popular young officers in the P nyyania regiment. He was the son of Mi. and Mrs. Wra. Hoskin son, of Brie. Pa., .ad prior to his en listment was assistat cashier .of the Keystone bank of that city. Th~e re mains of Lieat. Hoakinson will be sent to Erie Friday morning for interment, A Fatal Fall. ~Wednesday afternoon at half-past 4 &'dock an accident occurred at the new Sared Seart church, Augusta, Ga., in which one r~~ was killed and anothex rso badly wounded that he will die. The man killed was Lewis llohland, white, a t.rieklayer, late of Kansas City. Both men were, working on the gable of the church, one hundred and ten teet from the ground. They were on the ve ,to, standing on a board ol SIthe seafold &.ing the last line ol 1bricks, when the brisa toppled and Afell, carrying the two men to the groud below. Rohland was alhve foi 1scne jtmo, but his brains were crushed ot. gop Wiliams, also a e~klayer was i.nteniy ,injpie5 and wji die. The Abbeville Medias 'ils ap&olc fwatch that was swallowed seven ypari iago by acalf waich found it iin 'the oo'wcet of a vest hanging on a fence. l tmo g mot very strange, but the Medi sm r says Ro was butchered for bee dl ast weekan& ?ostween the lungs the jwath wps found, stl 4,gg the re . spiration ;having.acted.in such a gy a~ y y jpd up the'watch, which was a sten .wj4 nJdes the blue' nbbion. broth THE DEATH KNELL Of Sectionalism Sounded in At lanta by President McKinley. HIS MEMORABLE WORDS. The Northern Chief Executive Pays a Just Tribute to the Heroic Confeder ate Dead. President McKinley made memorable the first day of the Atlanta peace jubi lee by a notacle utterance in his speech before the joint session of the Georgia legislature Wednesday afternoon. His reception by the general asseiii bly was warm and hearty in the ex treme, and his speech was puncturea with frequent outbursts of cheeriug. It is admitted on all sides that the ad dress marked at) epoch in history and is tonight on every lip. Upon the president's arrival at the capitol he was greeted with a field ar tillery salute and was at once escorted to Governor Candler's office. There a short inforgal reception took place. Upon its conclusion the president was cnducted to the assembly chamber, where he occupied the speaker's chair with Governor Candler on his right. When President Doison of the senate called the legislature iLz order the gal leries were thronged with men and wo men. The body of the chamber was well filed with State senators and asse blymen, while the uniforms of various officers and the governor's staff gave a touch of brilliant colerto the gathering. On the first row facing the speaker sat Secretaries Gage, Long, Wilson and Smith and Secretary Porter. Besides the speaker's desk and below the president Gens. Wheeler, Lawton and Young, in full uniform, sat on chairs. The speaker rapped for silence and introduced the president to the audienee after congratulating the State of Geor giaupon the presence of their distin gaished guests. As the president arose the audience applauded. MEMORABLE PASSAGE. During the coursed.f his short speech Mr. McKinley referred to his notes and constantly paused for the cheers to stop. A scene of intense enthusiasm followed when amid impressive silence these words fell from the lips of the presi dent: "Every soldier's grave made dur ing the unfortunate civil war is a tri bute to American valor. And while, when these graves were made we differ ed widely about the future of this gov ernment, those differences were long ago settled by the arbitrament of arms --and the time has now come in the evolution of sentiment and feeling un der the providence ef God. when in the spirit of fraternity we should share with you in the care of the graves of the Confederate soldiers." A wild cheer went up from every throat in the typical southern audience, a cheer that echoed and reachedthrough the chamber until it was taken up by the crowds outside. A TOUCHING INCIDENT. Old men who fought for the south, rose from their seats and waved their hats. One Confederate veteran now a venerable legislator had passed forward until he was leaning against the speak er's desk, hanging on each word the president uttered. When the reference was made to the Confederate dead, this old man buried his head in his arms and while cheers rang out, cried like a little child. Of all the many conciliatory speeches which have been made since Grant said "Let there be peace," nothing has more deeply stirred a southern audience than the simple words of President McKin ley Wednesday. 'THE SPEECH. The president spoke as follows: "Sec tional lines no longer mar the map of the United States. Sectional feeling no longer holds back the love we bear for each other. Fraternity is the na tional anthem, sung by a chorus of 45 States and our territories at home and beyond the seas. The union is once more the common atlas of our love and loyalty, our devotion and sacrifices. The old flag again waves over us in peace with new glories which your sons and ours have thisgyear added to its sacred folds. What cause we have for rejoicing! Saddened only by. the fact that so many of our brave men fell on field or sickened and died from hard ship and exposure and others aturn ing, bringing wounds and disease from which they will long suffer. The mem ory of the dead will be precious legacy and the disabled will be the nation's care. "A nation which cares for its disabled soldiers as we have always d-me will never lack defenders. The national cemeteries for those who fell in battle are proof that the dead as well as the living have our love. What an army of silent sentinels we have, and with what loving care their graves are kept! "Every soldier's grave made during our unfortunate civil war is a tribute to American valor. And while, when those graves were made, we differed widely about the future of this govern ment, the differences were long ago set tIed by the arbitrament of arms-and the time has now come in the evo lution of sentiment and feeling, under the providence of God, when, in the spirit of fraternity we should share with you in the care of the graves of the Confederate soldiers. "The cordial feeling now happily ex isting between the north and south prompts this gracious act, and, if it needed further justification, it is found in the gallant loyalty to the Union and to the $ag so conspicuously shown in the yea.r just passed by the sons and gr~andson's of these her oic dead. "What a glorious future awaits us, if unitedly, wisely and bravely we face tbb mew problems now pressing upon us, detejmimed to solve them for right and humanity ".THAT LITTLE MAN." No sooner had President McKinley concluded before there were loud cries for Wheeler, and when that little man got up, his h,ead scarcely higher than more gave vent to wild enthumiasm. Gen. Wheeler referred eulogistically to the efforts of the president towards pre serving peace as long as the countrys honor would permit such efforts and of his masterful policy after war was in evitable. Gen. Wheeler paid a tribute to Admiral Dewey. and added: "The army, in conjuction with the navy, was ordered to attack and destroy the Span ish forces at Santiago. In four weeks that order was obeyed, and its purposes accomplished. The proud Spanish na tion stood suing for peace from the na tion which a month before, it had held up to ridicule and scorn." Calls for Maj. Gen. Young brought that officer to his feet with a short speech regarding the conditions of the army camps in the south. He said that no troops in the world were better. more regularly fed and treated, than were the troops in South Carolina and Georgia. Gen. Lawton was loudly cheered, but refused to make a speech. le simply thanked. on behalf of his men at San tiago. the legislature and people of Georgia for their tribute to himself. Secretary Alzer refused to speak and the legislature dissolved. . The president held a private recep tion in the senate and afterwards a public reception on the steps of the ro tunda. There were hundreds of south erners who crushed and jostled each other in their anxiety to shake a north ern president's hand. Many had come from miles distant, and when. at 2:15 p. m., the president left the capitol, there were still hun dreds bitterly disappointed because they had not been able to make their way through the surging throng to get a sec ond's hold on his hands. The day's festivities included a unique floral parade, which was reviewed by the president, and a reception Wednes day night to the distinguished guests at the Capital City club. Wednesday night the members of the Capital City club opened their club house to the President and Mrs. Mc Kinley and the guests of the city. The occasion was notably brilliant. The receiving party consisted of a number of Atlanta's representative women and a large company of club members. The decorations were flags, American smilax and American beauty roses. The late arrivals Wednesday were Hon. Evan Settle of Kentucky, who will speak in the place of Congressman Bailey, Richmond P. Hobson and Miss Hobson, and Gov. Voorhees of New Jer sey. CUBA'S NEW RULERS. Military Governors for the Cubans in Place of Spaniards. It was formally announced Wednes day that the President had designated Major Gen. Brooke to be tne military Governor of the island of Cuba. The new post carries with it all the control over the military and civil branches of the island formerly exercised by the Captain General under the' Spanish re gime. Gen. Brooke arrived in this city to-day from Fort Monroe. Each of the six povinces of Cuba will have its own military Governor, just as Gen. Wood is now military Gov ernor of the province of Santiago, but all of these will receive their instruc tions directly from Major Gen. Brooke, who is in supreme authority of the is land. Thus, in Havana, Gen. Ludlow will be Governor of the city, but answerable to Gen. Lee, the Governor of the prov ince of Havana, who. in turn, will be answerable to ~Major Gen. Brooke, the Govereor of the island. -In answer to a question as to when he intended to assume his new duties Gen. Brooke replied that he would proceed to Havana and take charge just as soon as he could organize his staff and forces. Such disturbances as occurred in Ha vana night before last, it if believed, may be expected to reoccur there, and to happen in some of the other Cuban cities and towns. And, as the United States is pledged to restore the reign of law and order in Cuba, Gen. Brooke will be under the necessity of provid ing an elaborate system of administra tive machinery in order to hold the dis orderly elements in check and secure a proper application of the laws. Gen. Ludlow, the Governor of Hava na is already giving his attention to the organization of a semi-military force, to take the place of the orden publico and garde civile, the Spanish police forces, which maintained order in towns and country. The repatriation of these forces recently has left this country, and particularly the city of Havana, exposed to an epidemic of crime. The Delights of Boyhood. I'd like to be a boy again without a woe or care, with freckles scattered on my face and hayseed in my hair; I'd like to rise at 4 o'clock and do a hun dred chores, and saw the wood and feed the hogs and lock the stable doors; and herd the hens and watch the bees, and take the mules to drink, and teach the turkeys how to swim so that they wouldn't sink: and milk about a hun dred cows and bring in wood to burn, and stand out in the sun all day and churn, and churn, and churn; and wear my brother's east of clothes, and walk four miles to school, and get a licking every day for breaking some old rule, and then get home again at night and do the chores once ,more and milk the cows and feed the hogs and curry mules galore, and then crawl wearily upstairs to seek my little bed and hear dad say: "That worthless boy! He isn't worth his bread !" I'd like to be a boy again; a boy has so much fun, his life is just a round of mirth from risc to set of sun; I guess there's nothing pleasanter than closing stable doors, and herding hens, and chasing bees, and doing evening chores. A Wrong Righted. Michael O'Donnell has served ten years of a thirty year sentence in Sing Sing prison, New York, for a burglary which his brother James and two other men committed. On his death bed in the Presbyterian Hospital James con fessed the crime for which his brother is sufferi::g. Investigation by detec tives of the district attorney's oflee hs confirmed' this confession, and Wednesday District .Attorney Gardner snt an official letter to Governor Bladk ,.c-mmnain O'Donnell's pardon. THE PEACE TREATY. The Terms Agreed Upon Between the United States and Spain. INTERESTING DOCUMENT. Spain Loses Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philippines and a Half Dozen Other Islands in the East. The Paris correspondent of the Times gives the following as the text of the Hispano-American treaty, omitting diplomatic circumlocutions: "Spain relinquishes all claims of sov ereignty over and title to Cuba; and, as the island iS, upon its evacution by Spain, to be occupied by the United States, the latter will, so long as such occupation shall last, assume and dis charge the obligations in respect to pro tection of life and property which may, under international law, result from its occupation. "Spain cedes to the United States the island of Porto Rico and the other islands now under Spanish sovereignty in the West Indies, with Guam, in the Mariano or Ladrone islands. Spain cedes to the United States the archipe lego known as the Philippine Islands 'The United States. for a term of ten years from the date and exchange of ratifications of the present treaty, admit Spanish ps and merchandise to ports in the Philppine Islands on the same terms as the ships and merchan dise of the United States. "The United States will, upon the signature of the present treaty, send back to Spain, at its own cost, the Spanish soldiers taken as prisoners of war on the capture of Manila by the American forces. The arms of the soldiers in question shall be restored to them. Spaiu will, upon the signature of the present treaty, release all pris oners oi war and all persons detained or imprisoned for political offences in connection with the Insurrection in Cuba and the Philippines and the war with the United States. "On their part, the United States will release all persons made prisoners of war by the American forces, and will undertake to obtain the release of all Spanish prisoners in the hands of the insurgents in Cuba and the Philippines. "The United States will, at their own cost, return to Spain, and the gov ernment of Spain will, at its o n cost, re turn the United States, Cuba, Porto Rico or the Philippines, according to the sit uation of their respective homes, the prisoners released, or caused to be re leased by them respectively-under this provision. "The United States and Spaiu mu tually relinquish all claim for indemni ty, national and individual, of every kind, of either government or of its citi zens or subjects, against the other gov ernment that may have arisen since the beginning of the late insurrection in Cuba and prior to exchange of the rati fications of the present treaty, includ ing all claims for indemnity for the cost of the war. The United States will adjudicate and settle the claims of its citizens against Spain relinquisheds un der this stipulation. "Spanish subjects, natives of the pe ninsula, residing in the territory over which Spain by the present treaty re linquishes or cedes her sovereignty, may' remain in such territory, or may remove therefrom, retaining in either event all their rights of property, in cluding the right to sell or dispose of such property or its proceeds, and they shall also have the right to carry on their industry, commerce and profes sion, being subject in respect thereof to such laws as are applicable to other foreigners. In the event of their re maining in the territory they may pre serve their allegiance to the Crown of Spain by making, before a Court of of Record, within a year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of the treaty, a declaration of their decision to preserve such allegiance, in default of which declaration they shall be held to have renounced it and to have adopt ed the nationality of the territory in which they may reside. "'The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the terri tory hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by congress. The inhabitants of the territory over which Spain relinquishes or cedes her. sover eignty shall be secured in the free ex ercist s of their religion. "Spaniards residing in the territories over which Spain, by this treaty, cedes or relinquishes her sovereignty shall be subject in matters civil. as well as criminal, to the jurisdiction of the courts of the country in which they re side, pursuant to the ordinary laws gov erning the same, and they shall have the right to appear before such court, and to pursue the same course as citi zens of the country to which the courta belong. "The right of property, secured by copyrights and patents acquired by the Spaniards in the island of Cuba and in Porto Rico and the Philippines and the other ceded territories at the time of the exchange of the ratifications of the treaty, shall continue and be respected. Spanish scientific, literary and artistic works, not subversive of public order in the territories in question, shall con tinue to be admitted free of duty into such territories for a period of ten years, to be reckoned from the date of ratification of the treaty. "Spain shall have the right to estab lish consular offices in -the ports and other places of the territories sovereign ty over which has been either relin quished or ceded by the present treaty. The government of each country will, for a term of ten years from the ex change of ratifications, accor to thed merchant vessels of the other country the same treatment in respect of- all port charges, including entrance and clearance dues, light dues and tonnage duties as it accords to its own merchant vessels not engaged in coastwise trade. This provision may at any time be de termined on six months' notice given by either government to the other "It is understood that any obligation assumed in this trea~y by the United States with reapect to Cuba is limited to the time of the occupation by the United States. o~f that island, but the United States goveranent will, upon the termination of such occupation, ad vise any government established in the island to assume the same obligations." BRYAN'S RESIGNATION. He Is Highly Complimented by His Superior Officers. The war department Thursday made public the following letter from Col. William Jennings Bryan, resigning his commission as a volunteer officer: Camp Onward, Savannah, Ga.. Dec. 10. 1898. To Adjutant General U. S. A.. Wash ington. Sir: The dispatches fiom Paris an nounce that the terms of the tieaty be tween the United States and Spain have been fully agreed upon and that the commissioners will sign the same as soon as it can be engrossed. Believing that under present conditions I can be more useful to my country as a civilian than as a soldier, I hereby tender my reoignation to take effect immediately upon its acceptance. Respectfully, etc., W. J. Bryan, Col. Third Reg. Neb. Vol. Infy. The letter bears the following en dorsements from the division and corps commanders under whom Col. Bryan served. First endorsement: Headquarters First Brigade, First Div., Seventh Corps. Dec. 10. Respectfully forwarded. It is with sincere regret that the First brigade should lose the services of so efficient an officer W. H. Mabry, Col. First Tex. Vol. Infy., Comn'dg. Second endorsement: Headquarters First Division. Seventh Army Corps, Dec. 10, 1898. It is with regret that this resignation is forwarded approved. Col. Bryan's regiment, the Third Nebraska volunteer infantry, is in a high state of efficiency and discipline. and his efforts for its welfare have been untiring Loyd Wheaton. Brig. Gen. U. S. V. Commanding. Third endorsement: Headquarters U. S, Forces, Camp Onward, Dec. 10, 1898. Respectfa.lly forwarded, approved. I deely regret that Col. Bryan is called on to tender his resignation. I concur in whatis said in the foregoing endorse ments. J. Warren Keifer, Maj. Gen. Commanding. Fourth endorsement: Savannah, Dec. 10, 1898. Having turned over the command of the troops here to Gen, Keifer, I will not be prevented as Col. Bryan's for mer commander on the eve of my de parture for Cuba from sa3 ing I greatly regret that the colonel has decided to. sever his relations with my Seventh corps, for our relations have been very agreeable, and he has ever been most faithful ud conscientious in all duties confided t him. Fitzhugh Lee. Major General, U. S. V. Accepted, by order of the president. R. A. Alger. Dec. 12, 1898, Secretary of War. The response to the letter was con tained in the following telegram, dated Washington, December 12, 1898: Col. William Jennings Bryan, Third Nebraska Volunteer Infantry through corps commander, Savannah, Ga.: Resignation received and arcepted. H. C. Corbin, Adjutant General. A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. The Giving Way of aHuge Tank in New York. When dawn lighted up the district of the devastated collapsing big gas tank iu New York Wednesday morning of the Consolidated Gas oompany a spectacle of ruin was prosented. Twen ty-first street was barricaded with twist ed and bent iron stanchions, girders and uprights piled to aheightof 25 feet. Twentieth street was filled with bricks, household goods and timbers piled high in one promiscuous mass. All night long hundreds of men worked assiduous ly to discover bodies that might be in. the ruins. The basement of the furniture fac tory of Henry Fuldner had six feet of water. Three men were on a raft which had been floated, searching for the body of the engineer, who is missing. Pious Baum was in the basement when the tank swept: away the rear wall of the building. His body was found un der a mass of debris. Seven others are missing. The tank that collapsed was about 175 feet in diameter and 160O feet in height. The iron supports over which the immense cables ran were about 200 feet in height. The lower tank, into which the upper fitted, was 25 feet in height and rested on a mason work pit. Tbe pit was 15 feet deep. The build ers were testing the strength of the tank w ith water pressure. The work men were prprigt leave the place when the miasoni work on the pit crum bled away like clay. It is said that there were eight mil lions of gallons of water in the tank at the time of the break. The steel plates of the tank were rent asunder by the pressure like paper. The great force of the water vented itself on the rear walls of the buildings. Avenue A is all torn away with the exception of a part of the rcar of the gas company's engine house. The masonarv brick were thrown into the street and piled into hallways of houses and buildings. Tre mendous iron beams and uprights, swept by the water, were carried away down Twentieth and Twenty-First streets. to the river front. Th~ arms and legs of a man were found entangled at Twenty-First street. Six were Killed. A passenger train on the Florida Cen tral and Peninsular railroad was wreck ed Thursday afternoon near Madison, caused by a collison with cattle on the tracK, although the engineer made every effort to stop the train. Six were kill ed as follows: E. H. Chandler, engin eer: Jiames Evans, colored, fireman; John T. Sullivan, of St. Augustine, at tche to the army; Rev. S. H. Coleman a colored preacher, of Jacksonville; doahn A.. Rhoades, of Pensacola; Alfred uain, of Chaire coinred. HE LOVED THE SOUTH. The Pathetic Funeral of Captain C. E. Chichester. One of-the most pathetic funerals, says the Anderson People's Advocate, and one that appeals to the hearts of every old Confederate soldier, and sends the blood tingling along his veins, was witnessed in Charleston last Friday week. It was the funeral of Captain C. E. Chichester, who, although a Northern man, and went to Charleston about a year before the war began, was an old Confederate captain and had died the day before. He had written down minute directions for his funeral four years ago, and they were that he should be buried "right under the sha dow of the large soldier monument, in the centre of the confederate plot, in Magnolia cemetery," and that "the burial take place, if convedient, at the close of the day, to terminate about sundown," and "that a salute suitable to the rank of a Captain of Artilery be fired over my grave after all other ser vices are over," and telling where his old Confederate captain's uniform could be found to bury him in and then comes the last, the tenderest, and the most touching injunction as follows: "Just as the sun is setting, and everything connected with my buial is finished, let my friend and brother, Mr. F. F. Whilden, or some other proper and competent person, step to the head of the grave, and with his cornet sonud the 'Tattoo,' and then the signal, 'Lights Out!"' It makes the heart of an old soldier grow tender and his eye moist to read it. 'Lights out' in this world, but resplendent and eternal lights shining in the other world for the brave, gallant, loyal old soldier who had "kept the faith," and "was faith ful unto death." He had loved the "bonnie 1blue flag" when first it rose, fair as the morning in all its- dewey freshness. He had loved it, when, like the sun mounting the. heavens toward the zenith, it fluttered in a sea of glory, and waved over many a victorious field. He loved it still when its sun went down at Appomattox, and its precious folds, stained with the blood of heroes, were furled forever. He loved it to the end, and was faithful to his trust. Brave, noble old veteran, we send thee a soldier's salute. Let thy grave be the Mecca of every old veteran who attends the reunion in May. THE PEEE MASONS. A List of the Newly Elected Grand Officers. The Grand Lodge of Free Masons held its annual meeting in Charleston last week. The following grand officers G ter, X;J. Witherspoon, Lainener S. C.; Deputy Grand Mas ter, Orlando Sheppard, . Edgefield, S. C.; Senior Grand : Warden, W. M. Whitehead, Charleston, S. C.; Junior Grand Warden, Rev. Byron. Holly, Greenville; Grand Treasurer, Zimmerman Davis, Charleston S. C ; Grand Secretary, Charles Inglesby, Charleston, . C.; Grand Chaplain, Rev. S. P. H. EIwell, Charleston, S. C. The following grand officers were appointed: Senior Grand deacons, E. C. Secrest and J. M. Spiratt; Junior Grand Deacons, J. L. Michie and S. B. Moore; Grand Marshal, John Kennedy; Grand Pursuivant, .W. M. Crawford; Grand Tyler W. A. Winkler. The Grand Mast'r named the follow ing District Deput? Grand Masters: First District-W. G. Masyck, Char leston. Second District-G. M. Buckner, Ridgeland. Third District-J. R. Bellinger, Bamberg.' Fourth District-W. A. Giles, Lan caster. Fifth District-S. J. Watson, John ston. Sixth District-T. E. Harrison, Ab beville. Seventh District -T. F. Hill, Ander son. Eighth District-R. M. Wertz, Lib erty. Ninth District-W. K. Grant, Green ville. Tenth District-J. W. Nash, Spar tanburg. Eleventh District-H. F. Gaffney, Gaffneys. Twelfth District-J. W. Ardrey, Fort Mill. Thirteenth District-M. A. Bridges, Columbia. Fourteenth District-F. L. Zemp, Camden. Fifteenth District-Louis Jacobs, Kingstree. Sixteenth District-W. E. James, Darlington. Seventeenth District-C. P. Quattle baum, Conway. Eighteenth Distrit-W. L. Glaze, Orangeburg. Home Happiness. Probably nineteen twentieth of the happiness you will ever have you will get at home. The independence that comes to a man when his work is over, and he feels he has run out of the stormi into the quiet harbor of home, where he can rest in peace with his family, is something real. It does not make much difference whether vou own your house or whether you have one little room in that house, you can make that room a true home to you. You can people it with such moods, you can turn to it with such sweet fancies, that it will be fairly luminous with their presence, and will be to you the very perfection of a home. Against this home none of you should ever trans gress. You should always treat each other with courtesy. It is often not so diffieult to love a person as it is to be courteous to them. Courtesy is of greater value and a more royal grace than some people seem to think, If you will but be courteous to each other you will soon learn to love each other more wisely, profoundly, not to say lastingly, than you ever did before. American Messenger. A Railroad Horror. Eight men were killed and four in jured at Winspeare bridge, near Corfu, on the New York Central railroad, Thursday. They were Poles, with the exception of John Warner, their fore man, who is among, the killed. Th'e men were engaged in shoveling snow, of which there were numerous drifts on, the ine. HE OPPOSES IT. Colonel W. J. Bryan's Platform Against Imperialism. A MOST LOGICAL PAPER. He Thinks The United States Government Should Treat the Philippines the Same as Cqba. Upon leaving his command at Savan nah last week Col. W. J. Bryan, of the Third Nebraska Regiment, gave the fol lowing interview: "My reason for leaving the army was set forth in my letter to the adjantant general tendering my resignation. ow that the treaty of peace.has been o eluded. I believe that I can be ore useful to my country as as civiin t~ia a soldier." Col. Bryan then proceeded tothe cussion of public questions,,saying; "The people of the United: States , having rescued Cuba from foreign trol, many now resume the discussion the domestic problems whie eonfront this nation and turn to the coiniidera tion.of the new questions arisinjent f the war. "I may be'in error, but, in my ment, our nation is in greater ae just now than Cuba. Our peopled fended Cuba against foreign aMN they must defend themselves and-ei country against a foreign id ._th. ,i colonial idea of Eurppean natons. . Heretofore greed has' perverted Gdvernment and usedits instrunian talities for private gaag, but now th very foundation principles of o'ur ov ernment are assaulted. "The imperialistic idea is directly antagonistic to the idea -and ideals which have been cherished bythe. American people since the signingof the Declaration of Idependence. Our nation must give' up any intention of entering upon a colonial policy, (such as is now pursued by European coun tries,) or it.must abandon the doctrine -. that governments derive their just pow. er from the consent of the governed. "We may believe that government come up from the people, orwe may b lieve that governments come downto the people from those who possess the heaviest cannonsaed the largest ships, but we cannot advocate both doctrines. "To borrow a Bible quotation, ' house divided against itself annot stand' paraphrasing Lincoln's declara tion, i may add that this nationcannot endure half Republic and half colony11 half free an&-half vassal. Our formf government, our kadi*u our.ppesent - interests and our future welfare 1l1 for bid our enteringupon a career of con quest "Jefferson has been quoted in sup-t port of imperialism, but our opponents 4 must distinguish between imperiam and expansion; they must also'.distin-A guish between expansion that involves us in the quarrels of Europe and the Orient. OThey must still further dio tinguish between expansion which secures contiguous territory for future settlement and expansion which secures us alien races for future subjugation. "Jerfersoft favored the annexationo o - necessary contiguous territory on the North American Continent, but he was opposed to wars of conquest, and ex pressly condemned the acquirng of re mote territory." When asked how the colonial policy, could be prevented. -Col. Bryan said: "Some think that the fight should be made against the ratification of the treaty, butlI would prefer another plan. If 'the treaty is. rejected negotiations must be renewed, and insteadof settling the question according to our own ideas we must settle it by diplomacy, with the possibility of international cm plications. It will be easier, I think to end the war at once by ratifying the treaty and then-deal with the subject in our own way. The issue can be pre sented directly by a'resolution of Con gress declaring the policy of the nation - upon this subject. The President says in his message that~our only purpose in taking possession ot Cuba is to estab lish a stable government and then turn2 that government over t~o the people of Cuba. Congress could reaffirm this purpose in regard to Cuba and assert the same purpose in regard to the Philippine Islands and Porto Rico. Such a resolution would make a clear cut issue between the doctrine of self government and the doctri'ne of imperi alism. We should reserve a barbor and a coaling station in Porto Rico and the Philippines to return for services 9 rendered, andI think we would be justi fled in asking the same concession from Cuba. "In the este of Porto Rico, where the people have as yet expressed no de sire for an independent government, we might with propriety declare our willingness to annex the island if the citizens desire annexation; but the Philippine Islands are too far away and their people too different from ours to be annexed to the United St. tes, even if they desired it." Col. Bryaii left Savannah Tuesday for Washington, D. C., and will arrive there Wednesday afternoon. He in tends to enter actively into the fight against the colonial policy. In fact it is evident that this was the main cause that led to his resignation. A Fatal Accident. Engineer Arthur E. Williamson has for 14 years guided ponderous locomo tives over peri'o .is places, and has al ways come home safe. But Wednesday afternoon he started out in his buggy on a business errand, and was brought home cold in death. His neck was bro ken by falling from his buggy within the corporate limits of the city. Wed nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock he left home to buy some lumber for improve ments upon his home. ,His family was much worried when the night wore 'way and he did not come back, for he was .a sober man, and his absence under such circumstances was somewhat un usual. Thursday morning his body was found cold in death. and almost frozen, in a ditch at the foot of Lum ber street, where it intersects Huger street. It is not known when his death occurred, b t life had evidently been etintfolo annas-Columbia~fae :