The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, January 04, 1899, Image 4

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CUBA IS FREE. Spaniards Give Up the Ever Faith ful Isle. A PROCLAMATION ISSUED. To the People of Cuba Warn ing Them Against Undue Excitement' and Violent Demonstations. On last Wednesday the American evacuation commissioners issued the following proclamation to the inhabi tants of the island of Cuba. The un dersigned commirssioners on the part of the United States, havini been invest ed with power by the President t ar rangu - *- d execute the evacuation ot the island of Cua.-i d a..eent ishu s and also takiii over the publie proper ty of Spain. have enterei into an agree ment with the comwniiers on thle part of Spain forthe final et renonis and regulations to be obered andar ried out on the- ti!t day of .Januar. and thereafter until all paniish troo;, shall have emb rked for re patri - and the same i< publihe-i f.r the a ance of the inh:tbitant, and ithers ot' side of the Santiao district: . The undersigned desire in this pub lic man ier to impress and enjoin upon all the people of the island the necessi ty for stict compliance with the term.s of this agreement, to the end that pub lio order and due respect for the !:rovi ty of the occasion may previe. al es pecially to admonish all classci (f peo ple to exercise self-restraint and mtoder ation and refrain from givini! cause of offence or irritation, and from the ex hibition of excitement, undue manifes tation of feeling or from doing aLy act calculated to produce irrit. tion or bad feeling. For nearly four months this commis sion and other officials of -the United States have been under the protection of the Spanish authority. They have extended to us the most scrupulous courtesy and consideration, and not one unpleasant incid-at has marred our so journ in their midst, and now that our positions are soon to be reversed. and they are to become our guests and en titled to our protection, we must see to it that they enjoy the same immunity and consideration. Apart from the eminent propriety of such a course. the best interests of all classes. Cu bans, Spaniards and Americans, will be thereby subserved. Acting under a sense of duty to the people and our government, we give no tice that any violation of the terms and orovisions of this agreement will be re sented and the offenders brought promptly to justice. Representing all classes and interests we shall be gov erned by the strictest impartially, with the sole purpose of promoting the reha bilitation and pacification of Cuba. The preservation of peace the security to persons and to pronerty and the estab lishment and maintenance of govern ment. with just laws impartialally ad ministered, are indespensible to the welfare and happiness of the people. We, therefore, confidently invoke the aid and co-operation of the inhabitants in accomplishing these ends. The agreement is as follows: Whereas, the convention entered into on the sixteenth day of November, 1898, between the commissioners of the United States and the commissioners of Spain provides that the final evacua tion of the territory of Cuba and adja cent Spanish islands by the forces of Spain shall be completed at 12 o'clock. meridian, on the first (lay of January, 1899, and says that if for unavoidable reasons the embarkation of the Spanish forces shall not be completed on the date herein fixed, in such case suitable and convenient places shall be designat ed for the residence of the remaining Spanish troops until their embarkation shall be accomplished, it being well understood, however, that these troops will not be ejected from their quarters during the time that they must neces sarily remain there; leaving them in their quarters. and the sick in hospitals under the safeguard of the United States, until they can be sent home: and Whereas, notwithstanding the efforts made by the Spanish authorities faith fully and promptly to carry out the pro visions of the aforesaid convention, there will still be a number of Spanish troops in the Provinces of Matansas and Santa Clara, whom it will have been im possible to embark for their native coun try before the 1st of January next: Now, therefore, be it agreed between the commissioners-of the United States and the commissioners of Spain, in joint session assembled, possessing for this purpose, under Article IV of the proto eel agreement between the United States and Spain, signed at Washington on the 12th day of August, 1898, full authority from the Government of the United States and the Government of Spain respectively as follows:. First. The Spanish troops remain ing unembarked on the 1st of January shall remain undisturbed until their embarkation to Spain, in their respec tive quarters, buildings and grounds actually then occupied by them, and du ring that period shall enjoy the privi leges and immunities usually accorded by the rules of international law gov erning foreign troops in a friendly coun try. The quarters, buildings and grounds actually occupied by said troops will be considered as being covered by the privileges of extraterritoriality, the responsibility for keeping good or der in places thus occupied being upon the authorities of the U'nited States. The commanding officer of the Spanish forces, in the event of public disorder, will place himself at once in communi cation with the commanding officer of the United States forces, and in con cert with him carry out such measures for the suppression of disorder as they may jointly agree upon, or which they may have formulated in advance, for the prevention and suppression of such disorders. Second- The Spanish officers in com mand of troops will give due notice to the nearest commanding offieer of the United States forces of intended depar ture from quarters for their respective points of embarkation. Third. Provincial and municipal an thority will not be allowed to tax in any manner the Spanish forces, nor their be longings, nor give any orders which will increase the price offeatables or other effects necessary for the subsis tence of their troops. Combinations to raise the prices of supplies or to de prive the Spanish forces of what is ne cessary for their subsistence while in camp or en route will not be permitted. Fourth. Employees of the postal and telegraphic service will continue to car ry the correspondence of the Spanish forces, and transmit their official tele graphic mesazes under the same condi tions as heretofore. aft an kind ur ebar~er -will be levied by culltomi house officials upon matari al of war of the Spaniards. or upon the personal effeets of Spanish soldiers and otieers. or on those of their families. Sixth. Hospitals with their sick, at tendants and medical officers in evacua ted territory will be under the protee tion of the army of the United States. the Spanish authorities providing ev erstbino necessary for the care, subsist eneo :noi tranportation of the sick so detained and for repartriation upon re Seventh. le encral in chicf f the Spainish tarmyv gree tl:it his ofiicers and soldiers will prcse-rve the most exact discipline and iu event that any should enter the houses and hod of private persolls without eeInseint of owners he shall severel. puni-h the offnoers. ihtih. hould any offence be coil mitt d bv anI%- oelitr r -'eier of the Spanit-h fr-.ais -the inhabitants he will be promp-Itly broug0 ht to trial by the pnoer mnilitary authorities of said forccs 1before a protper Spatil-h military tribunal. Any otfeni committed by any1V inThbitant against any person Of th;spaishf-rces- will be promptly bnindlt to jt1itic by tile coitiniader of the Unite. Statcs forces in connection SitI the commndini g offler of the 5pann-h forces. Nintlh. la eNt.ct of any injry er dlnte to persons or property being oii teId by Spanish troops the in jIi:c pirties shall have the richt to aUit theVir Claims for i ldeiiticat ion to the patiflh Govvrinmttenit. it beitg fully under-tood that Spaiu is aceouti taie for injuries to persons and private property established by proper proof. It is undertood that this paragraph is stui(ject to any provision the peace com Smizsioners of the United States and Spain may. have ma-ie oi the subject of settl. nemit of claims arising thereafter. Tenth. Punctual paiment will be made for whatever is purchased of in habitants by or for the Spaniards. Eieventh. It is understood that the Spanish authoritieswill use duediligence in , mbarking for Spain at the earliest possible time the Spanish troops re maining in Cuba. The commissioners of the United States and the commissioners of Spain, in order to accomplish with due for malities the oficial delivery of Cuba by representatives of the Government 31 Spain to representatives of the Govern ment of the United States. in accordance with the agreement between both nations we lnue resolved by common accord upon the following: First. At 12 o'clock on the 1st day of January. 1S99, a battery of salutes at Cabanas will discharge twenty-one cannon and immediately thereafter the Spanish flag will be lowered from Mirro Castle and from all official buildings where disilaved. and the flag of the United States shall be raised in its place, saluting with another discharge of twenty-one guns from the same bat tery. theie salutes to be fired by Ameri ean and Spanish artillerymen respee tively. American and Spanish ships of war that my be in this port, properly eqipped, shall also salute both flags, discharging the proper number of guns. Second. Land and naval forces of the United States which may have been designated by their respective com manders, -and who shall have entered Havana in advance, and shall have located themselves at aconvenient place,. upon hearing the salutes shall proceed to occupy the fortifications, edifices and places in the city, which the American authorities may desire to occupy, and that at all military places a Spanish of ficer will await the arrival of the Ameri can forces and will deliver the place to them, leaving it in their possession. If, on that day and hour, there shall yet be Spanish troops in Havana, they will remain in their quarters, and will form Iranks during the time of the delive-.y of the city, saluting American troops, which pass there, presenting arms to sound of march from musicians and bands. The American troops will re turn the salute in identical form. Third. At the same hour of 12 o'clock on the 1st of January there shall be present at all centres, tribunals, offices and civil dependencies of the Spanish Government the respective function aries and employees who may have not yet ceased discharging their a.uties, and they shall make delivery to the Ameri can functionaries who may present them selves for that purpose, and will then receive proper instruction. Fourth. Before the time of delivery commissioners of the United States and the commissioners of Spain, to gether with the two Governors General and their headquarters' officers and guards, will assemble at the palace of the Captain General to decide on the moment and by common accord any doubt or ditficulty which may occur over the delivery. and to receive immediate ly any person who may desire to visit them, either in recognitiou of new authority or in farewell to the one that ceases. Fifth. Although it is not to be ex pected from the culture of this city that anyone will disturb order or the gravity of the delivery of the island, but if anyone should so disturb it he shall be immediately suppressed by public force and the American authori ties will punish the guilty with severi Sixth. On concluding the delivery, the Spanish troops wvhich may yet ne Imain on the island shall be consid.ered as a foreign army in a friendly country, and as such respected by all. James F. Wade, M1ajor General, U. S. V. MIatthew C. Butler, MIajor General. U. S.'V. Attest: John WV. Cleus, Brigadier G.eneral, U. S. V., Secret-ary. Stokes and His Anti-Option Bill. n -peaking of the above bill "R. 31. L. he Washington correspondent of the News and Courier, says: "Pend ig consideration of the agricultural ap propition bill in committee Congress man Stokes neatly forced the hand of the committee in the line of his anti option tiht. The committee has sev eral times shown a disposition to side track the iesue. and M1r. Stokes deter mined to force the fighting. When the item for " special investigations and complications" was reached he moved to amend by "including the effect of speculative dealings on cotjon, grain and pork exchanges upon the pirices of actual commodities." This left no room for dodging. and the issue was fouht out at length. M1r..Stokes made a strong piresentationm but, by a strict party vote, his amendment was defeated. le called the yeas and nays so as to put them on record, and served notice that he would renew the motion at a subsequent time." Army Officer's Suicide. Captain John 31. Tobin, commissary of the First brigade, stationed at Camp Holland, Knoxville, Tenn., committed Isuicide Wednesday by shooting himself in the head. His resignation had re ently been accepted- His home was in Boston. Hie had been with the bri A SPARTAKBURG TRAGEDY, A Grocery Merchant Shoots and ills His Bookkeeper. A dispatch from Spartanburg says John Sevier. a native of Tennessee and a relative of Col. Sevier, of Revolution ary history was shoL in the s ore of .John K. Stuckey Tuesday mouring be tween lo and 11 o'clock. Sevier has been working for Stuckey, keeping books and collecting for him. le stated after lie was shot and carried into Rig by's drug store that he went to Stuckey for a settlement. While they were re viewing the account tuckey pulled out a pistol and tired three times, hittin, him twice. People in adjoining stores hardly noticed the reports of the pistol. Sevier walked out of the store and fell at the curbing. He was carried into the drug store, where he made tl' report as to the shooting. and says thmr was no cause for it. J. K. Stuckey has been a prominent grocer here for years. Ile was arrested at once and carried to jail to await the re-ult of the shooting. Sevier died as friends were carrying himi home about two hours af ter ile Was shot. Stuckey will not ,tate his side of the case for publication. IIt has emiploved Duncan & Sanders a, attorneys. The coroner was holding an inquest Tuesday over Calvin Melowell, who dropped dead Monday at his home at Boiling Sprig!, and --ill not hold the inquest over Sevitr until Tuesday night or early Wednesday morriing. The homicide has been the talk of town. Sevier leaves four children, whose mother died about three years ago. Mr. Stuckey came here twenty years aao from the eastern part of the State. In addition to his store he has been con ducting a farm also. The Corn Opportunity The Columbia State says we recur to the corn question with another remin der to South Carolina farmers of the importance of planting this grain next year not only for their own needs, but for a surplus money crop: Dunn's Review said on Saturday: The corn movement is the most aston ishine feature of the business the ex ports for three weeks having been 7. 167,302 bushels, against 6,326,894 bushels last year and the price has ad vanced 1 cent for the week. Should such a demand for American corn con tinue it would be of enormous value to western farmers. The New York Tribune, comment ing on the continuance of the great foreign demand, say.: Corn began the half-year nearly 6 cents higher than in 1897. and has been most of the time considerably higher--now about S cents -but the gain was not large enough to nearly balance the loss on wheat. It is growing more remarkable with every month that such a quantity of corn is taken for foreign consumption, at a price considerable higher than was paid last year, when the extraordinary move ment was regarded as natural only be cause of the extreme scarcity of wheat, which was also far above twice the price of corn at our Atlantic ports. But that nearly as much should be taken with foreign wheat crops very much larger, and wtieat here much cheaper. while corn is dearer, appears to indicate that the enforced use of the American grain for food of men and animals dur ing the prolonged trials of last year in European countries proved so satisfac tory that corn is now and is likely to be extensively preferred to other food for merly used. Should this preference continue it will materially stimulate corn production in this country, which has been in a measure restricted by the want of adequate demand except for feeding and that demand in turn has been limited by the unsettled price of meats. It would mean a good many millions to American farmers of such a demand for corn as has been seen this year and last should become customary. As we pointed out recently, the corn shortage predicted for next year will ensure higher prices for a southern surplus, no matter how much the wes tern crop may be increased, for the south can put corn into the market long before the west can do so; it can sell its surplus before any western corn comes in. Keep cora in mind through the winter and prepare for a record break ing crop. It will pay, and pay cash. The South Against It.. Two prominent southern men spoke out last week in clear tones against Philippine annexation-Senator Bacon, of Georgia, in an interview at Macon, and Reoresentative Williams, of 31issih sippi, in a speech in congress. Both gave strong reasons for the faith that is in themi, and both spoke for the south. With the Atlanta Journal "we believe that a majority of the people of the whole country are opposed to the impe rialist program; we are absolutely sure that a great majority of the people of the south are opposed to it. The south is the most conservative part of the coun try. It believes in the constitution as the fathers believed in it, and reads it in the same sense. The south does not favor the simultaneous liberalization of one people and the subjugation of an other. It does not believe that "mani lest destiny," common sense or our du ty as a people call us to the control of islands in the far east. It sees in such a policy no prospect of advantage of any sort, moral or material. T he south is dead against the scheme of imperial ism and conquest. We hope that other southern senators and representatives will speak out as Senator Bacon and R~presentative Williams did. Our Soldiers Fire. A crowd of negroes entered a Span ish cafe on the Calle Ville Gas. corner of Bomba street, Havana, Wednesday evening and ordered drinks. They re jused to pay for these, and in the dis pute whici followed the proprietor of the cafe and his assistant were stab Sergt. Adams, with 15 men of Com pany 31, Tenth regulars, hurried to stop the row. On entering the cafe. they found no one in the room, but a minute or two later they were fired upon from a room in the rear of the cafe, one bullet cutting the coat of Sert. Adams. The Americans then broe into the rear apartment. firing as they entered, and chased the negroes out of the building and down the street arresting four. Sergt. Adams says that none of the negroes were hit by his mn but according to other reports one was killed and six wounded. Butchered a Boy. A special from Raleigh, N. C.. says: Tuesday night Thomas Simth. colored, was brought here and jailed to save him from lynching. He lives near Smith field. Tuesday three white boys pass ing his house threw in some firecrack ers, Smith ran out with a pocket knife and cut the throat of one boys named Cawthorne. The boy fell dead. Smith then cut the throat of another boy, but missed the jugular vain. Bloodhounds from Goldsboro trailed Smith to Smith field where he was jailed. Had he re mained there a few hours longer he PUBLIC S HOOL STAIIUCS. Extracts from the Report of Superin tendent of Education. The statistical report of State Sup erintendent of ducation W D. May field has been compiled. or at least that part oif it woich has to do with the pub lie school . There are also some inter esting figures in cion nection with private sehools and acadeimies. but this is in complete, as it was a diffeuit matter to get then to respo:nd. The enrollment. in the public sc!.ools by counties for the scholastic year July 1. 1897. to July 1. 1S98. is as follows: Total Total White Colored Abbeville.............4.;35 7.7S5 Aiken.............17 4.014 Ander-son...........7.178 4,666 Bamberg..............1.025 2.640 Barmwell.... .......2.301) 3.545 Bevaufort........... ..449 5.4461 Berkeley...... ......1.364 3,5945 C harle-t' ............4.525 7,ti12 Cherokee...... .....2.833 1434 Chester............ 1.971 4,498 Chestereld.... .......2.720 1.621 Clarendon...........1.64 3.051 Colleton............ 2.385 2.38S Dirlington . .........2.928 3.995 Dorchester. . . . . .....1.207 1.3SO Edgetield.............2005 4.321 Fairdeld... .........1.671 4,951 Florene!...........2982 3.448 Gcorgetown:.......... ..85 2.781 Grecnville.. ........ .100 4,020 Greenwood. .........2.356 4.479 Hiampton...... .....2.2011 2.619 Horry............ .3.874 1,479 Kershaw. . 2.776 1,834 Lancaster..........2.776 1.877 Laureni...... .......3,563 4.699 Lexington...........3.730 1,95S Marion.... .........3,978 4.167 Marlboro.... ........007 2.950 Newberry...........4 242 4,700 onee.............5,770 1,199 Orangeburg.........4,715 8,319 P iekens..............366 1,197 Richland...... .....2,181 4,844 Saluda........ ......2.188 2,571 Spartanburg.........9,535 5,172 Sumter.............. 2.820 7.730 Union. ............2,209 2.3SS Williamsburg.. .....2,724 3,735 York .. .3.907 5,673 Totals, .. .........125,102 150,787 Enrollment in Public schools July 1, 1897. to July 1, 1S98: Total white males. . . 63,716 Total white female-s.. .. 61,386 Total whites........ 125,102 Total colored males.... 71,559 Total colored females... 79,228 Total colored ........ 150,787 Total males.. .. .. .. ..135.275 Total females.. .. .. .. ..140.614 Grand total ......... -275,889 Average attendance public schools July 1 1897 to July 1SS8 Total white males...... 45,477 Total white females 45,779 Total............... 91,256 Total colored males.... 53,147 Total colored females.. 61,004 Total average colored attendance .114,151 Total males.... ......98,624 Total females... ....06,783 Grand total...... ..- 505,407 The total amount expended for em ployment of colored teachers was S179.350.00: for building school houses, SS.426.14. 'Total amount expended upon colored schools was $204,383.30. The total amount expended upon the white schools was $526,858.20. The amount of salaries paid was $454, 259.13. For building new school houses, $22,322.52, and the rest for sundry accounts. There were 1,161 white male and 1.915 white female teachers, total 3,074. There were also 1,121 colored male and 1,045 colored female teach ers, total 2,166; making 5,242 teachers in the State. Number of months schol- white Black ars were in session dur ing the year. average, 4 92 4.20 Senators in Trouble. Two United States senators are under indictment for felonies. One of them, 31. S. Quay. of Pennsylvania, has not had a trial and has been endeavoring to stave onf his appearance before a jury. He will. however, have to face the mu sic next month. The other indicted senator, Richard 1R. Kenney, of Dela ware, has just had a second trial, and, like the first, it resulted in a failure to find a verdict. On both trials the jury was about equally divided. It is not probable that Kenney will be tried, but he is left iu a very bad light. Some of the Delaware newspapers are demand ing his resignation, but there is no iros pect of it. Both Quay and Kenney were indlicted on a charge of comphec ity in bank robberies. T he trial .of quay wi:ll attract much more attention t aan both trials of Kenney because of his promiinence. No man in politics was ever more bitterly abused thaa Quay has been. lie has been accused of. most of the crimes in thc calendar. No man in Pennsylvania has more bit ter enemuies or more devoted friends. The former believe that lie should bein the penitentiary~ on many counts, while the latter believe hitn absolutely. His trial will bring out a vast volume of tes timzu,,. andI~ after it is over we shall be able to form a more e-.rrect judgment of Quay's moral complexion. Pay All You Can. One of the best cures for dull times is to keep money on the move. Let all the people who o.we small bills they can pay at any time, pay them now, and let people who have the cash pay for what they buy instead of charging it. It is aistonishing how the presence of a suficient quantity of circulating medium .ivens up trade. Smith pays Brown, and this enables Brown to pay Jones, and Jones in turn pays Williams who pasacs it on to Johnson, and so it goes on and on, gettlng one debt after another and improving the general coa dition of business. It is astonishing how many obligations in a community can be cancelled with a hundred dollars kept actively in circulation and going from one to another. Now is the time to pay y our small obligations and enable as tmany people as possible to wipe out the slate and start debt-free on New Year's. Trhe above from: the Augusta Chronicle we commend to the considera tion of all. "That is Love." A; 1)uluzth, Mlichi., 3Mrs. II. L. Borg lund Wednesday shot and killed Peter Hanson, a tailor, and then cut her own throat, but was not effective in her own case and will probably recover. 31rs. Borglund is a widow 40 years of age. She kept a number of boarders, among them Hanson who is her cousin. He is 30 years of age, and although ten years his senior, the widow was wildly in love with him. Hanson paid her consider able attention for a time, but later has been quite devoted to a younger and fairer woman. Tuiz late John L. Gardner, of Boston directed the executors of his will. no to collect any debts due him of Ics 2HILIPINES AND AMRICANS. Believed There is Tronbe Ahead of Our Forces. T1r.-uble seems to be brewing between the American troops and the insurgents in the. Philippines. A. dispatch was reecived at the war department from Gen. Otis on Thursday informing the officials of the capture of Iloilo by the insurgents. It appears that the Amer ican forces who were dispatched there arrived too late and that the insurgents had added to the difficulty of the pro blems already present-d by hoisting their flag over the city, which they have been beseiging for months. The news was contained in the following message from Gen. Otis: Manila, Dec. 27th, 1898. Ad Ijutant General, Washington. Sent Col. Potter on fast vessel to Iloilo on Dec. 24th to communicate %Nith Spanish Gen. Rios; latter evacuat ed evening of the 24th and Potter 39 hours late; insurgents took possession of the city on Dec. 26th and Potter found Aguinaldo's flag fi3ing. Cannot now report probable results; will not hear from there for four days. as no cable communications. Spanish forces have evacuated all stations in southern islands, except Zamboanga, Mindanao, by orders as they say from Madrid. Otis. The evacuation by the Spaniards of all the Philippine ports as reported by Gen. Otis, although doubtless inspired by a desire to secure their safety by concentration. undoubtedly has done much to complicate the problem already presented t') the war department of ex tending the military jurisdiction of the United States over the islands. It will now be necessary to expedite the execu tion of the original plans and it may be fully expected that within a week important events will have happened in the Philippines. It is presumed that Gen. Otis will demand the surrender of Iloilo into his hands, and this demand may at once raise the issue between the insurgents and our government of pos session of the islands. The province of Iloilo is set down in the official direc tories as having a population of 472,000, and it is the second seaport in iniport ance in the Philippine group. It is lo cated on a river navigable for vessels of 15 feet draught, so that very few of our gunboats would be available to assist the troops in caie it should be necessa ry to take forcible possession of the city. The Bagging Question Settled. The Charlotte unserver says a good deal will probably he heard and seen of the Lowry cotton bale next season. It has passed the experiments, stage and all that has been promised for it has been fulfilled. One of its advantages about which but little has heretofore been said, is the big saving to the cot ton planters in the matter of cotton bagging. It seems to completely settle that question. The Memphis Commer cial Appeal, of a recent date, says: "The Lowry system isgaining great fa vor with the cotton industry. Some three weeks ago Messrs. C. C. Cewan& Co., shipped 100 Lowry balesof cotton to the famed Lonsdale Company's mill at Lonsdale, R. I. The seamless sacks in which these bales were shipped were returned by the mills to Mr. Jerome Hill Wednesday. All who examined them were greatly surrrised, and agree able so, to see that they had net been injured, but were in fine condition;and .ill be immediately used on another shipment of cotton to the mills. The mills sell these sacks back to the produ cers at half value. They can be used at least six times. This wouldreduce the cost of covering for the cotton croj of the south from 80 cents per bale, which would amount to $9,000,000 on the growing crop to, say, 10 cents per bale of 500 pounds. This feature of the Lowry bale is the one that will appeal most strongly to the farmers, for they have had to pay an immense tribute to the bagging trust. The other desirable features of the Lowry bale have been mentioned in previous articles. The fact that the press which puts up this bale is as simple as the old box press, easily operated and can be put up at any ginneries with the greatestease, is a very favorable element for its general adoption by the farmers. The days of the old square bale will soon be num bered with the yast. Entirely too Liberal. Henry Ward Beecher was a very "liberal" preach -r. His liberality often went to a point which subjected him to severe criticism. He was the first f-a mous preacher in this country to pro elaim evolution as the true theory of the creation, the first to deny the ple nary inspiration of the Scriptures. 'rhe Plymouth church congregation was therefore educated to what is called liberal preaching, but it seems that in 3Mr. Beecher's successor Plymouth church found too strong a dose of new fangled interpretation of the gospel. One of Dr. Lyman Abbott's theories, says the Atlanta Journal, is that it is not necessary to believe in the divinity of Christ in order to be a Christian. lie preached a creedless religion so per sistently that even Plymouth church finally rebelled The dissatisfaction with Dr. Abbott's ministry became so pronounced that he felt called upon to resign. His resignation was prompt ly accepted, and the church is now looking for a pastor. It is probable that the next one it accepts will be a man who will preach the gospel and treat Christ as something more than a man. "The old time religion" still has a strong hold even on persons who are accustomed to preaching of the Lyman Abbott variety. Such preaching is not calculated to make men and women better. It gives little hope for the fu ture and no consolation for the trials and sorrows of this life. There is lit erally no use for it. 3Mr. James 31. Smith of Columbia, S. C., writes: Dear Sir-It giveB me great pleasure to say tnaa tne uid North State Ointment bought of you has entirely cured me of eczema when everything I had used previously failed to give any relief. It is a great medi cine, and I would not be without it in my house. I use it for almost every thing, where any medicine is needed, and have gotten the best of results every time. Respectfully, James 31. Smith. THE Washington correspondent of the New York Herald says, that promi nent Democrats in Washington are not united in approving MIr. Bryan's utter ances on expansion. Senator Jones says, on the contrary that his utterances ar approved by the Democratic party. At any rate, the people want better au hority than a Washington correspond cat. THE New York Times says, "two sen sible ideas in one newspaper interview are enough to give distinction to a re port of the utterances, even of a states man. We find that number of sensible ideas in the interview with Col. W. J. BRYAN SPEAKS OUT. Eloquently Points to the Foundation Principles of This Republic. A complimentary reception and ban quet to Col. W. J. Bryan was tendered Friday night by the Nebraska Traveling Men's Bryan club at the Lincoln hotel. Invitations were sent to 250 admirers of Mr. Bryan. which were with few excep tions, accepted. The only notable ab sentee was Congressman Bailey of Tex as, who was to have responded to the toast "Democracy,." but who telegraph ed from Washington his inability to be present. Mr. Bryan responded to the sentiment "America's mission: let not the crimes of the east e'er .crimson thy name, be freedom and science and vir tue thy fame." Mr. Brydan insisted that a colonial policy was wrong in principle and un wise and he predicted that it would prove unprofitable in practice. le said in part: "You have labored dili gently to prevent foreign financiers from disregarding the rights of the Ameri can people, now you are called upon to use your influence to prevent the Amer ican people from disregarding the rights of others. Self restraint is a difficult virtue to practice. "It has been the boast of our nation that right makes might. Shall we aban don the motto of the republic and go back a century to the monarchial mot to which asserts that might makes right? "Be not carried away by the excite ment incident to war; it will soon sub side. Our people will turn again to the paths of peace; justice will resume her reien. "Be steadfast in the faith of the fath ers. Your fight is for yourselves, as well as for your country. In the words of the distinguished Georgian, Hill: 'Who saves his country saves himself and all things saved do bless him. Who lets his coantry die, lets all things die, dies himself ignobly-and all things dying curse him.' "Imperialism finds its inspiration in dollars not in duty. It is not our duty to burden our people with iacreased taxes in order to give a few specula'ors an opportunity for exploitation; it is not our duty to sacrifice the best blood of our nation in tropical jungles in an attempt to stifle the very sentiments which gave vitality to American insti tutions: it is not our duty to deny the people of the Philippines the rights for which our forefathers fought from Bun ker Hill to Yorktown. "Oar nation has a mission, but it is to liberate those who are in bondage not to place shackles upon those who are struggling to be free. "We rejoice in the marvelous victory won by Dewey in Manila bay, we would give to him a sacred place in history and crown his memory with blessing-. To us he is a hero; to -the Filipinos he can be a savior. "Let him be known to posterity not as the subjugator of an alien race, but as the redeemer of an oppressed people -not as a Lord Clive, but as a Lafay ette. The gratstu-le of a people is bet ter th.n a jeweled sword." A number of other speeches were made. GEN. LEE SHABBILY TREATED. He Will Not Be in Command in the City of Habana. The war department, Friday night is sued an order establishing two depart ments in and about Habana. viz.; the department of Habana, comprising the city proper, suburbs, and an area of about 10 square miles; and the depart ment of the province of Habana com prising the territory outside of the city proper. Maj. Gen. Ludlow is assigned to command the department comprising the city and suburbs ani Maj. Gen. Lee is assigned to the department outside the city- The order is as follows: Headquarters of the Army. Adjutant General's Office, Washington, Dec. 30, 1898. The following order has been received from the war department: War Department, Washington, Dec. 30, 1898. By direction of the president the f01 lowing geographical military depart ments are established: 1. A department to be known as the department of Habana, to consist of that portion of the island of Cuba em braced within the following boundaries: Beginning at the mouth of the Almen dares river, thence south and west, fol lowing the Almendares to its tributary, the Rio Grande; thence along the Rio Grande to near its head; thence north via Santa Maria del Rosario to the head waters of the Rio las Vegas; thence along the Rio las Vegas and the Rio Cojimar to the sea. 2. A department to be known as the department of the province of Habana, to consist of all that portion of the is land of Cuba within the limits of the province of Habana except such portion as is embraced within the department of Habana. 3. Maj. Gen. William Ludlow, United States volunteers, is assigned to the command of the department of Ha bana, with headquarters in the city of Habana. 4. Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, United States volunteers, is assigned to the command of the department of the pro vince of Habana, with headquarters at such place as may be designated by the comanding general of the division of Cuba. R. A. Alger, Secretary of War. By command of Maj. Gen. Miles. H. C. Corbin, Adjutant General. A Sad Wedding Day. Christmas day was to have witnessed the marriage of Miss Lillie Gruber to Mr. Folsom, of Sumter, but the bride was confined to her home with what her friends fear may prove a fatal inju ry On Christmas eve, while standing on the porch of her home, corner of Taylor and Winn stre3ets, she reached for a bunch of mistletoe which she had placed in the branches of a tree near the porch. She lost her balance and fell to the ground, a distance of 15 feet. and sustained severe injuries. 11er physician thought her condition ex tremely critical fer a day or two. Thursday morning the marriage was con summated and the bride immedi ately afterwards sank into a comatose state from which she was with dfficalty revived by three physicians.-Colum bia Record. Loses His Mind. John Peters, of Co. L, Third Connec ticut, stationed at Camp Marion, near Summerville, Thursday attempted to cut the throat of the wife of Parson Belamy at Lincolnville, a negro village, about five miles from the camp. She dodged and he cut her in the right cheek. lie is supposed to be crazy. He was found preaching to an illiter ate congregation near Camp Marion re cently. He is now under treatment at the brigoa hospital. Makes the food more del ROYAL GAVNO POW01 IIANGEROUS DUTY. INSPECTING DOUBLE BOTTOMS IN OUR NAVAL VESSELS. It Is Extremely Hazardous and Try Ing Work, and Many Precautions Are Necessary to Prevent Loss of Life During the Operation. There is one phase of the ship life of the American naval officer that is scarcely known to the layman and that can hardly be understood by him as he looks upon the modern ship in all her attractive cleanliness and meets her neatly uniformed officers upon the spot less upper deck. Not only are the parts of the ship in sight kept clean and free from rust and decay, but also those far down, contracted spaces that never see the light of day. These include the cel lular compartments between the inner and outer skins of the ship, known tech nically as the "double bottom," and other places that separate the magazines and various built up structures within the ship from the outer skin. These narrow compartments are espe cially susceptible to dampness and rust, and in order that those who have the care of them may do theit duty well and so prevent the decay of the ship a system of inspection has been devised, and the inspectors must be, under the naval regulations, commissioned offi cers. A permanent board of inspection is formed upon each ship, which must consist of one engineer and two line of ficers. The duty of this board is period ically to make personal inspections of all the parts of the ship, examine every thing critically, suggest remedies for any evils that may be found to exist and to report to the commanding offi cer, for transmission to the navy de partment, the condition of the vessel in detail. Uniforms are discarded while mak ing these inspections, and clad in sea men's ordinary working suits these offi cers crawl upon all fours throughout the length of the bottom of the ship, wrig gle snakelike through narrow openings and examine with their own eyes every Inch of the surface of the thin steel plates. The paint of these compart ments, softened by dampness in some places and by heat and the steam laden air of the boiler' rooms in others, rubs off upon the working suits, and an hour's crawling transforms the neat officer into a very sorry spectacle. In some modern navies this duty is per formed by the enlisted men, the officers being excused from it, but in our navy the feeling exists that an enlisted man should not be asked to go where an offi cer is not willing to lead. The result is that "things always work" with the Americans and the efficiency of the fleet is assured. Numerous precautions must be taken to avoid the risk of losing life while performing this duty, for it is attended with no little danger. The atmosphere of confined spaces entirely or partly closed for a considerable length of time becomes robbed of its oxygen in the formation of rust and is soon made unfit to sustain life. If possible, such com partments are blown out with pure air led through a hose from a blower duct and all manhole plates removed before being entered. A lighted candle is al ways carried by the inspecting officer upon his crawling tour. If the candle burns dimly or seems upon the point of being extinguished, there is a deficiency of oxygen, and he will immediately seek the nearest opening leading from the compartment and leave it at once. Men are stationed at places as near as possible to him, so that they may hear his vcice and render immediate assist ance in case of need. No one is allowed to enter any confined space on board ship without an uncovered light, al though in addition a portable electric light is carried frequently t&-render the inspection more thorough. It not infrequently happens that offi cers and men become so wedged between bulkheads and beams while performing this duty as to make it extremely diffi cult to remove them, and more than one officer of the navy is upon the retired list today because of permanent injury to his health contracted while porform ing this arduous labor. Because of the care exercised it t4p rare that a life is lost in this service, but in one case at least the rashness of a man proved fatal to him. One of the main boilers of the cruiser Newark, while flagship of the south Atlantic station, having been tightly closted for a month, while empty, in order to preserve it from deteriora tion, the coppersmith of that vessel, an energetic, faithful man, thought its in terior should be examined and, al though warned repeatedly never to en ter such a boiler without an open light, removed an upper manlhole plate and crawled in upon the braces with an electric light. He told no one that he was going into the boiler, and no one was stationed to assist him in case of need. His dead body was found half out and half in the boiler manhole with the electric light still burning brightly within the boiler. lHe had evidently crawled in upon the braces, felt a faint ness creeping over him and had en deavored to regain the open air, but lost consciousness just as life lay within his reach, and so died of asphyxiation. The air in the boiler had been entire ly robbed of its oxygen by the iron of the shell in the formation of rust, and the residuum was unfit to breathe. A lighted candle was snuffed out immedi ately upon being thrust into the boiler, and this condition prevailed until a lower manhole plate was removed, when the heavy gas ran out as water might, and the air within soon came to be quite pure. No mere vivid illustration of the dangers to be en:countered in the care of ships afloat and the precautions necessary to be taken in this duty could be given than this ine:'ent, which shows that shot and shell and'bursting steam pipes are not the only dangers that confront the officers and menx of Unclo Sam's navy.-New York Son. Greatest Living American. An Oiio newspaper asked its readers to send in their votes for the "grreatest living American."~ and the count runs as follows: Adiral Dewey............. 9.500 W. J. Bryan................ 7866 President McKinley..........7,758 Admiral Schley............. 5.580 Lieutenant Hobson......... 4,674 Thomas A. Edison..... ... ... 3.952 General Fitzhugh Lee........ 3.624 TE richest man in the state of Mich igan. H. C. Chapin, is dead, after hav ing failed once in business. His career illustrates the truth regarding the fickleness of fortune-laud that he tried to give away provIng a veritable gold mine laerm. IA KINO LowDEI URE icious and wholesome R CO., NEW YORK. T1:,e N~oe # r Vioel T -% !.Interestina' iy to : :.e:,-zter. The.HoiIr 'st w:ia, isy when the T;lcs of the Tou-a ::.an called upon mn. "Gad vou car.:e in," he said. "Not that I've be-n--hat that's General New's itory. Genercl New of the Indi anapolis Jhouri:al called on General Gr:n during- the latter's first term and found th president warrior laughing hea.rtily. .)f courae New looked as though he ;wanted to know the reason, and the gene:ral told him. He said he'd jast had a call from an old friend who lived in (lalana. Ills ., one of his early day acquaintances, v'i.o said he'd been in Washiugtcn for two or three days. but had been so bury t.;t h- n.as i.z. able to call upon L:- l . fm..ud, the president. any s x ner. and be apologiz. et for the eilay (Wneral Giant looked at hini in his cou.ical fashion and gravely said: " 'Well, .lohn, I havena't been lene some !' "You see, the visit occurred at a tin:e when the president was being barassed to death by callere from all directions, v ho had driven him nearly to distraction. "A m.an who travels a good deal comes to know towns because of certain points that are usually entirely person al with him. Sometimes a bad hotel, sometimes an extremely early train, will stamp a characteristic on a town. I remeniber that my old friend Bill Nye was once chatting with Senator Shirley of Ma:ne and remarked upon the fact that he (Nye) was born at Shirley, in the senator's state, adding that the town had doubtless been nam ed for one of the senator's ancestors. S'I didNu't know,' said the senator, +that there was such a town in Maine as Shirley.' " 'I didn't know it either,' said Nye, 'until I was bern there!' And the poet went on with his writ ing.-Cleveland Plain Daler. HE COWED THE BULLY. Harold Frederic's Encounter With a Lordly Prussian Lieutenant. Harold Frrieric's self confidence and power cf doxinating strangers stood him in good stead in one of his first visits-if not his very first visit-to Berlin. The incident as he related it ,emced natural encagh to an American not brcogbt up in awe of a military :aste, but to those who knew Germany it was almost surprising that he eame through it with his life. He had been paying some formal diplomatic calls, and in the evening dropped in at the Cafe 13auer in the unwonted glory of a frock coat and a tall silk hat. This hat was carefully hung on a hat stand, and Frederic sat down to read an English newspaper just arrived. Enter a particularly fine specimen of the lieutenant, booted and spurred and sworded and epauletted. He brushed against the hat stand. knocked Frederic's hat over into the sawdast and swag gered to his seat witbout so much as looking around. The slight to the hat was more than Frederic could endure. In a towering passion he went to the lieutenant, stood over him and pointed to the object on the fioor. "Pick up that hat, sir!" he roared. The officer stared amazed; the waiters were par alyzed with terror at hearing one so much more than human so addresed by a civilian. "Pick up that hat!" re peated Frederic in a tone more menac ing than before. And the lieutenant did what he was told. He was as irresisti biy dominated by the courage and force of' the man as a schoolboy before his master, or perhaps he thought Frederic carried the customary west American revolver -Saturday Review. The Danger of Disease. The danger from a case of diphtheria in New York at any season of the year is far greater than the danger from a case of yellow fever in the samne place. Still persons who would shun a street,. where a case of yellow fever existed would deliberately ener the apartment of a person sufferirag from diphtheria. A serious outbreak of typhoid fever creates but little consternation, and the presence in our midst of innumerable cases of tuberculosis, a disease which is respnsible-for an incredible number of deaths, is looked upon with indifference by the public. The misconception in regard to the danger from this class of diseases often renders the effots of health officials ineffectual.-Alvah H. Doty, M. D., in North American Re view. Too sogestve of Luxury. "Dector."~s-aid the mjember of pailia met for a rural district. "are you sure it's go-at that has attacked me?" "Positive. But you needn't be alarm ed. It's nothin.g very serious." "Doctor, you don't appreciate the situation. You don't know what a prej udice against gout there is in my-com munity. I don't ask you to do anything cotr~ry to your conscience, but if 1 manage to get thbe story started that I caught my toe in a piece of machinery think of my prospects and the welfare of your country and don't contradint it."--London Tit-Bite The First Celebration of christnmas. Christmas was first celebrated in the year 98, but it was 40 years later before it was officially adopted as a Christian festival. Nor was it until about the fifth century that the day of its celebra tion became permianiently fixed on the 25th of December. Up to that time it had been irregularly observed at various times of the year--in December, in April and in Many, Lut most freguently in January -Ladies' Ho~me Journal. J-a.t W.'hn: lIe Meant. "'I: was itch hattle,"' he said. "'Pitchcd.' you mean, ".she correct "I don'tzmean anything of the kind," e replied. "I mean 'piteh.' It was a fight b'etwee tars. "-Cbicaufo Post. Convicted of Murder Mrs. Cordelia Bodkin, of San Fran cisco, Cal., was found guilty Friday night of murder in the first degree for causiog the death of Mrs. John P. Dun ning by sending of po)isoned candy to her temporary home in IDover, Del. The condemned murderees will be epared the ignominous death on the gallows however, the jury that found her gatity imposing only the penalty of life im prisonment. The verdict was unex peted. __ _ _ _ _ _ THE Japanese always bury their dead with the head to the north, and for this reason no Japanese will sleep with his head in this position. Many private houses and hotels hav'e a diagram of the points of the compass pasted on the bed room ceiling for the convrenience of guests.