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VOL. XIV. 1ANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1899. A Niuil1 AT '1A . Filipinos Fire on the Americans at Midnight. THE EMEMY IS ROUTED. Gen. Wheaton is Now Preparing to Punish Then. Lawton's Success at Santa Cruz More Complete. The folkowing ih h been re ceived from (e::. ( i iaila. April 11. Adjutant Gnera'. % &bingtonl. Insur-zen ts attacked. 3!1eArthur's line of railway communicatiot list night in considerable force; repulsed by Whea ton with heavy loss. Wheatoi's casual ties three killed. 20 wounded- Otis. TE SANTA CRUZ' FI&1 IT. The followiri dispatch gives addi tional information coincering the fight of Santa Cruz: Manila. Apir il 1: Adjutant General, asingt Lawton's ,uccess at Santa Cruz more complete than reported yesterday. En emy left 93 uniformed dead on field and numbers seriously wounded. Ltton caotured the city without destruction of property. His loss ten. wounded, slight, except twe: one seine cied. Lieut. Elling only officer wounded, slight in hand. Enemy retired east ward: La.vton in pursuit early th is morning. 0ts PREC )NCERTET ATTACK.' , Manila, Aipril 3. -At about mi' night the rebels eut the telegraph line at several places between here asd 31alolos and signal fires were lighted and rockets sent up alo-g the foothills to the right of the railroad. Later the enemy attacked the outposts of the Minnesota regiment between Bizaa and Bocare, five miles south of 1alolos. killine two men and wounding 14. Simultaneously the outposts of the -Oregon regiment at arilao, tne next station on the way to Manila, was at tacked, with the result that three Americans were killed and two wound ed. The loss of the enemy was 10 men killed and six wounded. The Ameri cans also captured two prisoners. Troops were concentrated along the railroan as thickly as possible and the rebels driven back to the foothills. The roadbed (.f the railroad was damaged, but it was repaired almost immediately and traffic was soon re sumed through to 31allos. FILIPINOS WIL. BE VrNISHED. Manila,- April 11.-It is supposed that many of the rebels who attacked Gen. McArthur's line of coin municat ion and who were repulsed by she troops commanded by Gen. Wheaton, were natives, who entered that region in the guise of friendlies. They had seem ingly secreated arms in several places, and fired on the Americans from the bushes at so close a range that they could be heard talking. One of th.7 Filipinos yelled in English: "We will give .au damned Ameri-I cans enough of this before we are through." The rebels un'.rmiuned the railroad at Marilao and unspiked ihe rails in an effort to wreck a traiak w hile the railroad gang participated in- the fight. The work of the rebels was discovered and. -repaired before the train arrived. Gen. Wheat on is preraring to puniish the Filipinos. d~ The nulitary gunboats Napida and Langua de lay have auccectuea in en tering the Santa Cruz river a'nd have captured a small unarmed Spanish gun boat and three launches whichi the' dis covered there. - I The military guaboat Oes:e has brought 32 rebelN wounded. one dead Filipino and six wounded Americans to the hospital. It is now known tt?at 93 insurgents were killed during the cap ture of Santa Cruz., The following cablegram has' been re ceived at the war department: 3Manila. A pril 12. Adjiutant General, Washington. Yesterday in the Lake region Law ton pursued insurgents eastward from Santa Cruz, dispersing them. Captured all the larger vessels used in the lake trade and Spanish gunboat. He is now endeavoring to pass them from the river where they aire concealed into the lake. Wheatoa dr.ove the enemy ten miles to the eastward of railway line of communicatio2 with M1alolos. Lawton's and Wheaton's casualties are few and slight, as caemy made no stand. Notified by Spain that she will evacuate 31iudoro and Polo soon. Otis. A N~ew Cotton Plant.i Some interesting experiments are going on in the agricultural department at Washington in connection with the cultivation of cotton. Mr. Webber showed a correspondent some beautiful spccimens of hybrid cotton plants. By crossing the sea island cotton with the short staple. or upland cotton, gratify ing results have been obtained. In the hy brid the staple is not quite as long as the ordinary sea island cotton, but it is considerably longer than the short sta ple variety. and. in addition, it is hea vier and of superior quality. The plants of the hybrid cotton rre twice the size of the largest sea island plants, showing that the h;ybrids are more vig orous than their parents. These expe riments in cotton growing are not con fined to the hot houses of the agricul tural department, for numbers of cotton planters in South Carolina and Georgia are keeping right abreast with the de partment in this work. Some of the finest specimens of hybrids are expect ea to produce a better quality of cotton and each plant will probably produce twice as much as the ordinary sea island plant. It is expected that h3 brid cot ton can be 2rown in the climate and under the same conditions as now pre vail in the upland cotton belts of the South. Sowing the Wind. This attemnpt to make millions out of nothing which has taken fast hold on the speculative world add the epidemic of stock comnpanies, many of them ex ploite' solely for the purpose of taking in the unwary and selling stocks which will nentr bring in dividends, must sooner or later result in disaster, and the disaster w ill afict stocks rad se -uite rand as sound and safe. A BRUTAL CRIME. A Man Murdered and His Defenceless Wife Assaulted. A special di-;atch from Palmetto. Ga.. to the Atlanta Jouroal says Al fred Cr::frd, a hiahlv #steemed citi zn oif t ha: county. re.siding three mile. fromi Palutto. was nurdercd and his wifeaaraulted by Sam lo-e. a notori ouZ, ni egro of the cu munit at 7 o'clCk 'li~ursday night. Th negrro slipped UL) behiud Cranfo'rd while the hltter Aiid family were seated at the table eat ing supper, an(i before the nesence of the rwgao was known Cranford was fell ed "o the floor by a terribie blow on the head with an ax. The powerful negro Uded the weapon with terrific force, the keen edge erushing through the skull and brain of the defeneeless man and almost killing him instantly. Afier the shoeking murder the negro overpowered Mrs. Cranford and brutal ly assaulted her in the presence of her 'our small sereaming children. The brute then ran from the hnusc and made his escape. and he has not been captur ed this afternoon, althogh a large posse of enraged itizeUs and several bloodhounds are after him. If the ne gro is captured there will be a lynching on the spot, as the negro was clearly identified by Mrs. Cranford and his guilt is fixed beyond a doubt. It is be lieved that he oannot evade the posse long, as the bloodhounds have traced him many miles through the woods and swamps. and it seems there is a good opportunity of capturing him. The crime was a terrible one and it has embittered the feeling against the negroes in this community and it would take only the slightest disturbance to start serious trouble. The Palmetto 1.1nching of several negroes several weeks ago is still fresh in the minds of the people, and thern is a determina tion among the citizens to avenge such crimes as have been committed by ne groes recently. notably the burning of Palmetto and the crime of last night. After recovering from the grasp of the negro brute, Mrs. Cranford made her way to the home of her husband's fath er, Mr. G. E. Cranford, about one half mile from her own home, and there she told of the murder of her husband and how she had suffered at the hands of the negro. Mr. Cranford quickly sounded the alarm and the neighbors gathered at the Cranford home ad quickly organized possees to scour the country with a determination to locate and lynch the negro. There has been great excitement in the community today and a report of a lOnching is minutely expeeted. The negro is of a yellow color, fire znd one half feet high, one or two front teeth out and he carries his head a little to ne side. He is 21 or 22 years old and had on a brown spotted hat, THE LAKE CITY CASE. The Case Before the United States Circuit Court. The Lake City case was called in the uited States Circuit Court at Charles on oI M Iud-y of last week, but on ac ouuut of the absence of one of the law ers nothing much was done until Wed esday. On t..at day two of the most. iportant witneses of the government centili d. Th-y were J. P Neivhamn, *):e of the menU who turned State', evi ece, and M. WV. Springs, a biey cle nder, who swears that one of the de eciaants aeked him to join the mob ~hat killed Postma.,ter Baker. New bami sa white ma-.n of ordinary intelligence. ht says h~e cannot readi and write. Hie uacd to live la Lake City. but since he urned Siate's evidee~ he has been pro ided for in Washington. Ou the stand he swore that he met Stokes, Ep'ps. Webster, Alonzo and Rodgers, defendants. and others at toes storc. Stokes planned the lnehing, przoposiug to set fire to the ostoiiee and kill Baker when lhe came ut. It was agreed to do this Monday ight. At that time the meu armed ith Mc~night. Ward aud others, went o the place. lie and Early P. Lee set fire to the place while the ethers hid in the bushes and tired into the place. ewhaam was rigidly cross-questioned, but stuck to his original story. Springs said Stokes tried to get him o go to kill Baker, but he refused to o so. Springs was beins cross-ex mined when court adjourned on ac ount of the illness of J1urer Murphy. he case made out by the government was a str-;ug one. There are nearly l) more witnesses tobe examined, but eu an's story of the crime is the cen tre around n hieh the others will re volve. Newham declared that he did not see D~efendants Kelly. Rodgers and !arke in the mob that killed Baker. Three Historic Guns. Mayor Smyth has received a dele gram from GJen. Bufflington, chief of ordnance, U. S. A.,- stating that the war department had consented to the loan to the City of Charleston of three big siege guns that were used on James sland during the latest real war. The guns were formerly munted in Johns ou's battery, on James Island. where they were dismounted by the Federal troops, and have for over thirty years been lying on the beach at James Island, exposed to the weather. Two of the guns during recent years have been ompletely buried by sand, and they had to be dug up. The three ieces of historie Confederate ordnance have been brought to the city and will be ounted. Two of them will be placed n position in the Auditorium park, on either side of the main entrance, while the third will occupy a prominent place on the Battery, near the foot of Meet ing street. These guns are only given over to the custody of the City of Char leston and will always be subject to the order of the war department, which, in ll probability, means that the relics will remain in this city forever, as they have no intrinsic value at all.-Newa d Courier. Shot Like a Squirrel. George Wic-kerstrop, a Negro wanted for murder, was killed Thursday ne ir Galion. Ala., by a posse who were in search for him. The Negro was discov ered in a tree with his rie drawn on the sheriff. A well aimed shot from ie of the party brought Wickerstrop tumbling from the tree. lie was dead when he reached the grourd, fire hav ing been "pened from every gun in the ,mov a he came down. REUNION FA(TS. Timely information for All Who May Take It In. LIST OF BOARDING PLACES. And Much Other Valuable Infor mation to the Prospective Visitor to the Good Old City. The committee on pro gramme, con sisting of Gen. C. I. Walker, chairman and Messrs. A. R. Marshall and J. C. Hemphili coadjutors, have prepared a folder, which contains much valuable information for the public. If vou have friends who co?template visting the city during the Reunion get one of the folders and mail it to them. The following is the inaformation as com piled up to date: HOTELS, 1)IoRMITOR!E5, ET. The committee (;;l inforwation. RI. P. Evans. chairman. will give veterans and visitors all needed information as to ob taining accommodations in the city. a-:d .,ill place thcinselves at the disrosal of intEnding visitors to engage for them suitable accommodations before their arrival in the city. The committee on information has establisbcd headquarters at the South east corner of King and Wentworth streets, and sub-btations will be opened Monday, May 8. opposite the South Carolina and Georgia, A!lantie Coast Line and Plant system passenger de pots, and remain open day and right , until the close of the Reui;ion. The hotels and boarding houSes wil receive visitors as usual. IUmttIITORIES FOR MEN ONLY. Reunion Hotel-Adger's wharf, (foot of Tradd street,) and B~yce's wharf, im mediately north of Adger's wharf, have bsen fitted up for pay dormitories, with al! practical conveniences. where lodg ing can be had at 25c per night. Free dormitory for Veterans will be fitted up on Commercial wharf, East Bay, below Tradd street, for such Vet crans 4s cannot afford to pay for lodg ings. The Roper Hospital, Queen street, west of Mazyck, (not used for years as a hospital,) will be open for the accom modation of men. Catholic Cathedral Parish school, Broad street, near Friend. DORMITORIES FOR LADIES. Courtenay School-Meeting street, near Mary. by ladies of Spring Street Methodist church. Crafts School-Friend street, be tween Broad and Queen, by ladies of Hasel street synagogue. High School-Meeting street, corner of George, by King's Daughters. Menmminger School-St Philip street, between Wentworth and Beaufain, by ladies of Trinity Methodist church. Charleton College-By ladies of Second Presbyterian Church. No. 110 Broad street-By ladies of First Presbyterian church. Caroline Wilkinson Home-Cannon street, near Rutledge avenue, by ladies of Holy Communion church. Church Parties St. Andrew's Luther an church-By ladies of the church. St. Philip's Church Home-Church street, corner Queen street, by ladies of the church. Unitarian church Sanday-school building- Xrchdale street, between Qaicen and Clifford streets, by ladies of ne church. Most of the private residences in the city will accommodate Teterans and vitors. Rates at hotels-From $2.50. to $5 per day. Rates at boarding houses and private houses-Sl.50 to S2 50 per day. Lodging from 50 cents to $1.00 per night. Meals can be furnished at from 25 cents to 75 cents ei'. RESTAURANTS AND EATING HOUSES. For veterans without ch'arge, the Con federate commissary will serve meals only. Union Cotton Press warehouse, East Bay, between Hasell and Market streets, two squares east of Charleston Hotel. Will serve meals at the follow ing hours: May 10-Dinner, commencing at 11 oclock. Supper, commnencing at G o'clock p. nm. May 11 and 12-Breakfast, corn mencing at 6 a. m. Dinner, commenc ing at 12 m. Supper, commencing at 6 p. mi. May 13-Breakfast, commencing at 6 ocock a. mu. And other meals at same. hour as previous days if the convention remains in session. Meals-To accommodate ti-e Veter ans and other visitors many private parties have arranged to furnish meals, a list of which are as follows: R. H. Austin, opposite A. C. L. de J. 11. Becroge, opposite Marion sq4uare. Cooley, opposite A. C. L. depot. Ellis, 295 King street. Hemme, 228 King street. L. R. Murphy, 123 East Bay. Olympia, 136k Market street. Palace Cafe, 278 King street. Ristig, 173 Meeting street. Stelling, 145 East Bay. Sandford's. 215 King street. Sottille, opposite Washington square. Wikerts, 539 King street. Zissett's, 326 King street. D. A. Ammne, King street. Mills House, Meeting and Queen streets. Mrs. Cameron, il Bay street. Mr. Graft, Cannon and St. Philip streets. Mrs. Walker, 11 Alexander street. Mrs. Sneed, 17 Alexander street. Mrs. Riley, 2i Alexander street. Mrs. Lynch, 139 Calhoun street. Mrs. Westendorf, 143 Calhoun street. Mrs. Herbert, 14 Elizabeth street. Mrs. Burns, 37 Gieorge street. Mrs. Alley, 7 George street. Mrs. Towlet, 32 George street. Mrs. Petsch, 2 Giebe street. Miss Brown, 6 Glebe street. Mrs. Stokes, 314 King street. Mrs. Walton, 427 King street. Mrs. Barlow, 473 King street. Mrs. 03eill, 517 Kmng street. Mrs. Austin, 514 King strenet. Mrs. Johnson, 570 Kinmg street. Mrs. Surbeville, 6U3 King street. Mosele3 s House, 272 Meeting street. Mrs. Blakeley, 314 Meeting street. Mrs. Tarsille, 472 Meeting street., M1ri. Reynolds, 57 Radcliffe street. MIrs. Bellinger. SS Society street. Irs. Sweegan, 71 Society street. 1rs. Northrop, 76 Society street. 121rs. Wigfall. 75 Society street. 31r L'iiun, 2 \anderhorst street. .1rs Me.gett, 65 Vanderhorst street. MIrs. F lrlbeck. 119 ?eaufain street. M1rs. John Baker, 8 Franklin street. 1rs. Wyndham. Carolina House, 177 'LJetit street. Ilrs. S. t. lHaecock. 97 Ieeting street. MIs Ilarleston, f90 Meeting street. M1rs Lesne. 11 Gibbs street. 3Mrs. Ferguson. 41 Church street Pre fers ladies. Christ Love Mission, Mrs. Kershaw, MKills House. Commercial House, 261 King street. M1rs. B1az, 18 Meeting street. 3Miss Hazelharst, 44 Church street. -1rs. S. H dc. 117 Wentworth stree:. Miss Gregorie. Miss Enslow, 23 Meeting street. Mrs. C. S. Swith, 176 Wentworth street. Woman's Exchange, King street. Mrs. Richard White, 4 Franklin stree. Mr4. 1ischoff. German Artillery Hall. A1 P. Loeke,on Auditorium grounds. Mlts. LAWtonl. A number of other places conducted by church societies and other organizi tions will b. opened. the places already being secured. I7NeIIE$ ONLY. wi:l be furuished by, R. 11. Austin. opposite A. C. IT.. lepot. J. II. leoge. opposite Marion squ Te. Cooley. opposite A. C L depot. L. R. Murphy, 123 East Bay. Olynpia Cafe, 136. Market street. Ristig, 173 Meetinig street. Sanford's 215 King street. Union News stand, A. C. L depot. Weikert's, 539 King street. -Withington, opposite Auditorium. Zissett's, 226 King street. Palace Cafe, 27S King street. 3Mrs. Cameion, 71 Bay street. 1is. Bischoff, German Artillery Hall. HEADQUARTERS. General headquarters, U. C. V.. Gen. J. B. Gordon will be at the Charleston Hotel. The official headquarters of the Con federation will be on the first floor of the Hibernian Hall. on Meeting street. There will be the official book, in which delegates should register immediately on their airival and from this ^ffice will also be given the official Reunion badge, which will entitle them to ad mission to all the entertainments. MEMIORIAL DAY CERE3ONIES. MAY 10. "The Ladie's Memorial Association of Charleston have, Eince the furling of our "conquered banner," and the lay ing down of our arms, and the burying of the bright hope. of the Confedera cy, each year decorated the graves of our fallen heroes, the ceremonial tak ing place annually on May 10, the an niversary of Stonewall Jackson's death, which falls this year on the day select ed for the opening of the Reunion of he United Confederate Veterans in harleston in 1899. The Ladi,-s' Me norial Asociation has asked the Veter as, the~r frieuds and sympathizers from all over the S'outh gathered in harleston to join them in the sacred eremonies of ttu' day. It has been found impracticable to rausport to Mlagnolia Cemetery the rrat cro.vds who would wish to gather t the Cemetery, so that it will be ne essary to hold the formal services in he city, at the Auditorium, and only a pe-ial detail of honor. representing the hole South, will go up to M1agnolia emne ery to lay a loving tribute on the raves of the heroes of the Confedera HOUR OF FORMfATION. The Veteraus will therefore parade to he Auditorium. It is proposed to move promptly, and he hours named are meant, not put in dance of the intended time to allow for procrastination. The various divisions, United Con ederate Veterans and United Sons of onfederate Veterans, will form on the round respectively allotted hereafter t 3 o'clock, Wednesday afternoon MIay 10, 1899. Line of march will be up 3Meeting to asell, up Hasell so King, up King to alhoun, turning east to M1eeting, up eeting to Henrietta. whence they will turn to the left and cross M1arion sguare here the procession will be review'ed y Gen. Gordon and the Governor of Soutn Carolina. The procession will then pass into King street, down King o Calhoun, up Calhoun to Rutledge venue and into the Auditorium. For further particulars see order of chief marshal. Horses for mounted officers can be secured at a uniform price of $2.50 for the parade on application to 3Mr. A. J. Riley, chairman committee on horses nd carriages. THE AUDITORIUMI, splendid andjmposing building erect d for the Veterans' Reunion, is situa ted on Rutledge avenue, the grand was tern thoroughfare of the city, near alhoun street. It can be reached by ll electric car lines, by taking any car and asking the conductor to properly. transfer you. It is within easy walking distance of ll parts of the city. ONVENTION UNITED) CONFEDERATE VETERtANS. The fir-st session will open at 10 clock a. m., M1ay 10, at the Auditori um. It is proposed to have this ses sion a short one, to allow time to pre pare for the memorial ceremonies and the parade thereto, which takes place in the afternoon. A night seesion on the first day is proposed to hear the annual ddress, other eeremonies which will be f deep interest to Veterans. The second and succeeding days the onvention will get down to business, ommencing at 10 o'clock in the morn ing and having such other sessions as the Convention may determine on. A part of the Auditorium will be set apart for the exclusive use of the dele gats, and no one will be admitted to. that part of the Auditorium who has not a delecate's badge. The Veterans and the general public will enter at the front doors of the Au ditorium. The delegates will enter at the side CONVENTION OF THE UNITED SONS OF CONFEDErATE VETERANS. The sessions of the U. S C. V., will be held in the Hibernian Jill. second floor, on Meeting street. The first ses sion will be convened at 10 a. in.. on Wednesciay, May 10. and all delegates must be present at that time to present their credentials to the committee and be assigned a place in the hall. The aiddress of welcoom and otner speeches will be delivered at this tine. O0 Thursday, May 11: Friday 12th and Saturday, 13th. the sesions will be held at 9 a. m The afternoons will be left fre. for visiting the U. C. V. meet ings and places of interest about the city. GENERAL INFORMATION. Apply to the chairman or any mem ber of the committee of the various lommittees (selected from tht numer ous committees engaged in providinz the entertainment as those whose duties throw them in connection with visitors) respectively, as fol!ows: Committee on Veterans.-C. L Wal ker. Committee to Receive Visitors-W. H. Welch. Committee on Information-Robert P. Frvans. Committee on Comnmissary-W. W. White. Committee on Rstaurant-J. P. O'Neill. Committee on Darmitories-J. M. Connelley. Committee on Confederate Hotel R J. Morris. Committee on Arditorium and lhalls -Samuel Lipham. Committee on Amusement.,-George S. L-gare. Committee on Saeial Functions --T. W. Bacot. Committee on Steamboats and E: cursions-D. L Sinkler. Committoe on Ilattlefields-The Rev. John Johnson, D. D Committee on Carriages and Horses -A. J. Riley, Committee on Ambulance Corps James M. Eason. Committee to receive visitors will be designated by a red badge and will meet all Veterans and other visitors, and cheerfully give them all needed infor mation. Ask and you will be politely and heartily answered. Visitors cannot ask too many questions. - REGISTRATION AND BADGES. Veterans wiil please register at their respective division headquarters. They will receive Veteran badges when they register. Delegates' badges will be distribat3d through the division commanders. DELIVERY OF BAGGAGE. The committee on terminal facilities has arranged for the prompt delivery of baggage. It will be preferable to give your checks to the agent of the Trans fer Company on the train. Price of de livery 25 cents. Pullman and other private cars will be placed on the water front of the city, on the tracks of the East Shore Termi nal Company. - HISTORIC POINTS. The committee on battle grounds will distribute gratuously to the thous ands of visitors a military and histori al directory of Charleston harbor, with map and many particulars of in formation. Will also designate by relI and whi::e lags the places in the niarbor and ou :e adjacent islands distiaguished as he scenes of engagrmeuts or bomnbard nents during Lhe Confederate war, ex ept the conspicuous forts, Sumter and oultrie. This plan will include: Ozi James Island, the sites of Fort oinsou, Battery Simkinm. Fort L enar t Seceessionville, Bat ery Pringle on Stone River, Rivers's and Gri aball'sI au-e way. Om M1orris Island, the sites of Bat eries WVaguer an.l Gregg. together witl he soutthem~ end of the id4aud. On Sulliv-an's [sla'nd, the sites 1f Bett eries Bere. M1arion, Rum ledge, Beaure ard and M1arshall The comtnitte will al~o arrange to ac ompany visitors 'in the~ priueipd ex ursion boats to Fort Sumter. and bef eady to give all local inforwation that ay be asked for. EXCURsIONS To IPort Suwter-A ferry line to Fot Sumter will be establi~hed, leavius 3yce's wharf, one wharf south of foot f Broad street. Will run at fewa ntervals. Boats returning from Fort Sumter will go down the harbor, passing he site of Baittery Wagner, Fort MIoul ne, etc. To Mount Pleasant. Sullivan's Is Land and the Isle of Palms, the two let ter magnificent seaside re-orts. take he Seashore Railway from foot of Cumi erland street, near the Custow [louse. To MIag iolia Cemetery, Chicora Park tnd phosphate works take cars of ee rie line running up Meeting street. To the battlefield of Secesioniville hive across the New Bridge, (sest end f Spring street;) a charming drive of bout two hours. AMIUSEM1ENTS. There will be a grand concert at the uditorium, Thursday evenine. May 11. ~ommencing at S o'clock. The pro ~ramme will embrace a splendid "Wel ~ome Sing,"' and thrilling and beloved Jonfederate songs. These will be ren lered by a vocal chorus of one hundred voices, accompanied by a fine brass >and. Bands will be at toe Auditorium dur ug the sessions of the Convention. Other amusements will be provided or the entertainment of visitors. Besides this very valuable list of in ~ormation the folder contains a well narked map of the city of Charleston hich will materially assist visitors in nding their way about the city. A Queer Law Suit. A suit of Oklahoma city has brought ut a most curious train of circum mtances. A woman secured a divorce From her husband together with a large mount of alimony. The divorced hus and then entered into an agreement with a good-looking young man in the neighborhood whereby the young man was to pay court to the women, marry her, get control of all her property and ivide it with tho divorced husband. 'he young man carried out his agree ment to the letter, and then fled the ountry. The suit is now brought by the woman to recover the property of which she had been <iefraude by the :nspiracy. Cayenne i-epper is highly recomm'end ed for driv ug asvay ants. It should be spnled aronde their haunts. PEACE PROCLAIMED Last Formalities in the Restora tion Take Place. IT WAS A NOTABLE EVENT. The Ratifications Exchanged. B-ilamy Storer Appointed U. S. Minister to Spain. Ef fect of the Act. The condition of war which has exi ted between the United States and Spaiu since April 21. 189S, terailated Tuesday of la!t week when the last for walities in the restoration of peace were performed by the exchange of ratifications of the peace treaty at Washington. Coineident with thi., President NIeKinley issued his proclia mation deearing thet the war was atan end. a-d the appointment of Belilaav Storer was determirid upon -as U iLed tat--s miaister to Spain. He pri3nipal crremy of the cday occurred in the reception room at tne White Hoase when the exchaugv oi ratifications took place at 3 o'clock. In antici.ation of the historic cbaraeterf the event. many members of the cabi net and ofheials promineut in the ad ministration gathered at the White House. Shortly bfore 3 'eIO1k the French ambassador. .1. Catubon. arrived, in company with 31. Thiebaut, first ,ecre tary of the etubassy, the latter bearing the Spanish copy of the peace treaty. Mr. MeIinley cordially greeted tihe ambassador, and after a brief exchange of well wishes the formal ceremony be gan. The powers of M. Cambon and Sec retary Hay were examined, a protocol concerning the day'u ceremony signed and other formalities concladed. These preliminaries took some time, so that it was nearly 3 30 before the actual ex change began. The signing of the pro tocol of exchange occurred at 3 28 p. in., Ambassador Cambon signed for Spain and Secretary Hay for the United States. The protocol was in French and briefly recited the circumstances leading up to the exchange. This cleared the way for the exchangeitself, constituting the final act. The presi dent took from the desk the American copy of the treaty, handsomely engross ed, bound in dark blue morocco and encased in a black morocco portfolio, and handed it to M. Cambon. At the same time 1. Cambon handed to the president the Spanish copy of the treaty, also engrossed, bound in mo rocco and encased in a maroon colored morocco box. There were deferential bows as each received from the other this final pledge of peace. The ex change of ratitiations occurred at 3 35 p. m- The president was the first to speak. "Mr. Ambassador," said he, '"I will issue my proclam tion at once." ' 31. Cambon thanked the president for tue promptness with which the pro elawation followed. This ended the formnal ceremony. and after brief felici tations the ambassador and other offici als withdrew. Th, iee~t of the actiont taken today is to completely r-nesv the peCaefLt re la ions, trade, official, diploatic. con aular and in all other ways. between ths cou-,try: and Spaun Foilowingr the appuit.tiut oif at Umited States minis ter to M1'drid and a Spani~h minister to Washinigton, it is expet-d that a cou ,at will be sen- to Barcelona an:i oth'er large plac.:s ini Spata, wnerc our coieu lar representat:nus wvere susi ended t:. :x:'. war. At the same tim- paursh isii e~uutra. For a time the tade .? m nJ-ilJai(io nitersee the tw couies wilt proceed without treay 1r 'setio'. a the .var put an end to L's .>m liU ret at treaty. ber a treaty of trade, nai-'a tion a d co~iamere, sutitaal.: to) t h- nes eonditions aud the needs of both e~.u' trie:<, aud also au extradition treaty sti~l De negouiate-d so. TE PaoCLeATAroN After the cer'emoiiy Priesident Mle Kinley issued the following prociana WXherus a treaty of peace between the. LUited States of Aeira and hr majesty. th-e queen reen: of Sptin. i thie name of her august sua. Don A i1an-o IX.ill wa., I1cncli d sia u by tri.qr respeerive pilar ,terjtlaries a Pars ou the 10)Lh day of D teember 150$ the origind~ of shieb eenieution bet i~i n the Eisiish au i Spa'ih bIa &ruie. is word for word as follow: (Hee full text of treaty is ineluded). And wvhereas the said e')uvent ion has been duly ratified ou both partsi, and the ratitication of the two govern ments were exchanged in the city of Washington, on the 11th of A pr:o, one thousand eight hundred and ninety mine: Now. therefore. be it known that ,I, Willliam 3IeKinier, president of the United States of America. nave caused the said conventi->a to be made publice, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be ob served and fultilled with good faith by the United States and the citizeus thereof. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this 1Ithi day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun dred and ninety-nine, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty third. William MceKinley. By the president. John 1lay./ Secretary of State. A New Rush for Pensions. Officials of the pension ofiee report that the departmenlt is almost over whelmed with aipplicatious for pensions now being fited by9 the soldiers who served ini the Sp nish Amteri.a:n war. Ia the Thirty-foneth \1 ebigan the nm ber of applic'tions~ thus far received is 380, or over one fourth of the enlisted strength of the regiment E .ery sol dier deser'vinrg a pension should have one. but when 3-80' men out of a r->gi tuent ask for aoverauzlt help it is evi dent that sonie one has started to ride .a free horse to death. MORE TROUBLE AT SAXOA. A Number of American and British Sailors Killed. Dispatches received from Apia, Sa inoa. April 1. sa'y, that a party of 1U5 Americans and British sailors were forced to retreat to the beach. af cer hav ing been cauzht in an ambush on aGer maim plantation th4t day. The -xnedi ti)i wa< led by Leut. A. H Freeman ot the British third-cltzs cruber Tau ranga. Lieut. Fr'emau and Lieut. P L. Lansdale and E ,sign J. R. 31ona ghan. b.'th of the Unitted States cruiser IP:ilade!phia, were left dead on the field. Eni;n Nonazhan remained to assist Lieut. Laus lale, and was shot in re tiring. Two British and two Amer can sailors were also killed. The na tives engaged were some of Mraafa's warri-rs, estimated at 800. They severed the heads of the British and American offieers kJled. Pritzsts of the French uai;6icn afterward brought the lieads into Apia. The intaaer of the German planta tion his been arreted and dt-inei on board the auranga. on affidavits de claring that he waz e-an neiug the reb e! to aight. In a previus eur igmeut 27 ot 3taafa's warriori wore kill-d: there w"-e n) casuaties ammin; the E ropuau forces. IFr:h:- ad-iees frm Apia say that oo the arrival Of the British cruiser Paurano- at loia thj British aid An erican c insuls i -sued a proclan a ion to tIvs Aitaafa a last chance and toat the French priests also used their in!!uence, but all efforts failed and the rebel con tinued their depradations. Property vas destroyed and bridzes and roads were barricaded. Oa 41arch 29 the en eaiy was sighted at 31agaigi and ma chine guns and a seven-pounder were uwied. The friendlies also attacked the enemy during the latter's retreat and several rebels were killed or wounded. The friendlies carried one head through Apia, which made Capt. Stuart so furious that he went to the king and threatened to shoot any man found tak ing heads. The king then issued a proclamation forbidding the practice. The same night the friendlies found the bodies of all the officers headless. The bodies were buried with all honors at Mulinua on Easter Sunday. Their heads were subsequently brought in by some French priests. The graves were opened and the heads buried with the bodies. OfInterest to Syrup Makers The Irwinton, Ga., Bulletin tells a story which may prove of value to some of the syrup makers in South Carolina. It says: "Judge W. F. Cannon told us the other day that he had one of the best barrels of syrup ever made. He has been farming extensively nearly all his life, making a lot of syrup using the best and latest improved methods of boiling, always rec.,iving best results. L ist fall when the first cold snap ca me sufficient to kill cane his field was white with cotton, and he could not spare the time to make his syrup. He ordered his hands to dig the cane at once, pre pare a bed j list as they woul i fr seed cane. IHis instructions were carried out, and the hands returned to other needed work on the farm. The cane rem iued in this state until all the other crops ou the plantation were housed, and 'tands out of a jib. The cane was .lig up then, siripp--. and Loade ready for the mill. By thtis mnetho-d the cane was uitharined by ecid, aui the hands wero no.t rushed to death to get through Sinding to go at sonething else. They vere thriug'. in time to -takei Citrit mas.' and best of all, ma-de the fi rest lit if syrugi eve m-idt on the place." Batteries on the Wing. In the Scienitie Am-eri.ea, Prof v4Ti,'i oin the u erjio:t5 ot ii-ect' 0) c~- in the Stn () tbriel vailey of Cili ornia ne sayv a tie't of yellow butter :ae or fourliavs to the north-east. Fir saxteen sq t tre miles the e ilu nun n.>ved~ and one cju'd no' look out door .ithout se'eing the ii ittering bira of .oios in th. air. Yellosv butterfise, are famo- fir th-ir msrerious niart ti-,ns. -and so nitles oat a' se i t sill cover the deeu aaid riyzings of A .Pompt Trial Jats Robinson,. a youngr white '-m ws ihutrs-fay in'd:cted ny a seei? gr~tnd jury for tho mu'-der of Gilber iiSonn, colored., at W\ay nesb-oro. G3-a. A,~ t-old in t'e-e di~patchies E li-,u a presh~er wvas ecThed to the d ,or of hi, Cnarchl on Sauday dight last and ,shot ti deat1. Thie regula grand jury had been di:-charged. but a special one was inmeiiately ewpannelled and took up the case. Aesording to the indtc; :nent the mnu'der was willful and deib. erat-e, and Ribinsoa had no accom plices. The case will go to trial at once. Killed on Harlem 2l:idge. Thirteen lives were lost shortly after three o'clockt Wednesday afternoon by an accident on the bridge across the H arlem river at 132ad streetNe w York, which was in course of construction. The vi~titns are all said to be workmen Three were killed outright, ten were drowned and injured. The number of drowned is estimated any where from six to twelve, but apparently reliable reports place the number at ten. The accident was caused by the overturning of a large derrick which carried the men with it into the river. M.urdered for a Load of Wood. James Hood was fatally shot by Manning Tripp at Dublin, Ga., Wednes day night. The shooting occuared on Jeffers-mn street. The street was crowd ei at the time. The men had quarrel> ed about the price of a load of wood. Both were unarmed at the time of the quarrel. 'lripp armed himself and meeting I~Iid on the street shot him. Tripp took to the woods. A posse ia hunticz him. Whceler to Fight or Resign. Genf J1 weph Whimeler was at the White !i-aue Thuxrsia-. ie said that he (iesires :uetive dnt-y in the Plii ices. and if not asig to active duty will re-ign. ie expe~cts to resign be fore the .t;h Comzress meets in order to take his scat in the House of Recpre 1VETERAN'S PARADE Text of The General Order Issued from Headquarters. TO SOUTH CAROLINIANS. Where and When the Men of the Palmetto Division Will Gather for the Big Parade in Char. leston. The followinz general order has been ssued from the headquarters of the South Carolina division United Con federate veterans at Charleston: 1. The general order for the parade on May 10, 1899, at the time of the re union of the Uuited Confederate vet erans at Charleston is transmitted for the information of all comrades of the division. 2 Th- division will form on the east side of \ ing street, facing the west, the right of th First brigade resting 0 S .ifihael's alley, the right of the Send bridt-e resting on Tradd street, at 3 o'Cio.k pu'rctually. The various camps will form earlier at hour as fixed by their com nanders so as to be ir their brigade position at 2 o'clock. 3. The commander of the division having been appointod chief marshal of the parade, Gen. Asbury Coward senior brigade commander, will com-. mand the South Carolina division. Col. Z:mmerman Davis, the senior colonel will commaad the First brigade. 4. A call has been made from Gen. Gordon, asking that as many historial Confederate battle flags as possible be brought and used in the parade. The bearers of these flags will report to Col. Edward McCrady on South bat tery, opposite Meeting street. As a special guard of honor to such flags all the members of any command of which the battle flag was the color will parade with their colors and not with their camp. They will report to the bearer of their colors on South battery, opposite Meeting. For ex ample, if the flag of the First South Carolina regiment volunteers is on the parade, all the survivors of that regi ment will parade with the colors as a special guard of honor. So with the flags of ether commands. It-is desired to give the highest dignity and honor to these worthy emblems of southern valor. 5. The Mexican veterans of the Pal metto regiment having been invited to join the parade, will, under the com mand of Col. J. D. Blanding, form be tween the two brigades of the South Carolina division. 6. The commander desires to say to the comrades of the divison that he hopes each brigade, regiment and camp of the division will appoint a sponsor and her maid of honor, and assures them that they will be welcomed to Charleston and to the reunion. Ap point the descendants of some veterans to these offices and encorrage the rising geaeration to revere the cause we fought for and ennoble the memory of those who laid down their lives for the Southern Confederacy. We want the dear girls with us at all such gather ings, and they will always find a warm place in the hearts of every true vet eran. 7. The comrades of the division will assemble at their headquarters. Mar ket hall, Meeting street, at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning, May 10th, when their spmnsor and her maids of honor will be presented to them. 8. Comrades will register at the Srmth ''arolina headquarters, Market nail, Meeting street, where they will eeiv their delegates and veteran asIges. D~iegates will there present their eredecitials and receive the badges .vtich atoj ie #ill ecable them to be ad flitted to thit part of the auditorium reserved f.>r delegates. 0 ie or mare staff officers of the di Viuo will be at division headquarters fro.. 12 m. to 10 p. mn. MIiy 9th. and IroS 6 . mi to 12 an. ilag 1th to issue totiz., anid give any otther information foar tai comfort anid pleasures of coin ra les. 9. The foll oring changes on the di vsiJu -tadf are hereby auOOutace3d and at e tue ueers commissioned will be o~beyed aid respected accordingly: Lt. Coal R HV. Shind judge advocasbe ~ecrat. naving res'.ue-i Lt. Col. Fucl icr L on laS been appoiaited ri) suc eed aim. l'vo of tae ailes, Maj. N. laerahamn Haisell and Maj. U. R. om naving also resigned. Majsi. E. U. Sperkman and S Reed Stoney have Oeeni appointed in their places. By o.der of C. Irvine Walker, Co umander S. C. Div. U. C. V. J.ame, G3 U >mes, Adjt. G-.n., Chief of Staff. Ratiniag Her Hat. A lady who caime down one of the fire escapes on the rear of the Windsor Ho :et relates how she progressed rapidly earthwvard until she reached a ladder to .hich another lady was clinging, abso !ately paralyzed with fright. After calling to the terrified creature in vain for a minute or so, the first lady tapped her with her foot on the head, which was covered by a large "picture", hat. -You are very rude, you are ruining my hat," said the woman below, and immediately resumed her descent. To this day she is indignant, although her hat was on fire when she reached terra firma. Farmer's EFatal .flghlt. In a free fight at Deview, Ark., B. C. Ashburn has been instantly killed; A. J. Black and his son, Lee were fatal ly wounded. Alex Miller had his arm broken and Henry Miller was badly shot in the arm. B. M. Ashburn and several others were shot and more or less .eriously wounded. The trouble grew . out of a case in court. The Millers and Ashburns are among the most prosper ous farmcrs of the section. The Demon War. Turkey has been engaged in war thir ty-eight years of the present century considerably more than one-third of the time. Spain comes next, with thirty one years of war; France has had twen ty-seven years; Russia, twenty-four; taly, twenty-three; England, twenty one: Austria, seventeen; Holland, four teen; Germany, thirteen; Sweden, ten; Portugal, ten and Denmark, nine.