The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, December 25, 1901, Image 1

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jOL XI MG . VOL XVI MANNING, S. (3~WEDNESDAY, DECEME 5.1OI O2 SCHLEY UBLCJS. His C-uns~t! F ics Rscns for S-4tutrg Ati -a V.e;dict. THEY USE PLA di L ANCUAGE. The Cff:cers cf t'-, C-urt Are Carged Wrn b I rg im'presse d tile Wm s. Admirrd S: y t.rerugh hia e~unsel Wedreed;y filed with the secretary cf the navy the Mil of exceptions to the wjarity flndirgs <f the court of irqui ry and alto a leuer aking toal alowed to be heard in connection with the ob jeotions to be filed by attorneya for Admiral Sampson !o the individual opinica of Admiral Dewer. THE GROUNDS FOR COMPLAINT. The bill assigns -he following grounds in support of i he ejeotion: 1. The maj -rity of the court have given their opinion that Cemmodore Sohley ahould bave, P-oceedcd with the utmost dispaea 12 Cieninegos when there was no specifiotion covering this subject, and when the sppicnt did not bave sufeient oportunity to brine in proper and convincirg evidence in refer.nce thereto, and when the only ree taken by the court on thi butject was directly contrary to the opinion rendered. 2 The i.j rity of the eurt have held that the applicant shsuld have e deavored to open tmmunieation with the insurgents at the p;ica desi;nated in the memanu by Commodcre MoCalla, delivered to him Cr the morn irg of =he 23:d of May, 1898, wrheo, in iset, there was no pisce mentioned in said memorandum a: being a place at which a camp of iz!urgents wa3 lo oated. 3. !he majority of the court have arrivtd at the opinion stated in the foregoirg paragraph withcut regarzd to the iaet, which was proven by a: over whelming we-ght of tettime-ry; that the saia McCalla memorandum was sent to Commodore Schley only 'or use in connection witi' the informetsion it contained relative to certain batteri at, or being constructed in the vi.inity of the entrance to the harbor of O fuegos, sa attested by the order N) 6, dated sMay 19, 1898, andi ;ent to Com medore Schley by Admirai Sampson. 4. The msjerity of the ecurt in the opinion rentaered hold that Commodc'e Sohley ahould have maintained a clore blockade of C;enfue;os, when by over whelming testimony it was proven tht a close -and cffeive blockads of that port. was maintained, the judge advo oate having substantially abandoned any charge to the contrary. 5. The maj.rity of the court in the opinion rendered have entireiy ignored the uncontradicted testimony proving that the British steamer Adula wae permitted to go into the harbcr of Cienfuegos in order that information ight be obtained through her as to whether the Spanish fleet was the. in that port, it having been early es tablished that the captain of the said British steamer Adula promised and agreed before permission was give: him to enter the port that he would brnng his ship out in fewer than 24 hours andluznih the information do aired. 6. The-msjarity of the court, in the opinion rendered, have entirely failed to refer, to- dispatch No. 7 admitten to have been sent ey Admiral Bamnpson to Comn odtore Schley, the consrn tion of which was arei upoen in the argument of the cue. to ft at it was an imperauivo coer ferCcm dore Schiey to hcM h*e e.adr:;: cf Cia'fuegos whether* the Son~ish see: ws o.r m. rot 1e tre~ p'. 7. Te maj .;yof the court in the opmi!ca resem nave entirely ignored the adminred fnot that the commander of the Easie ian d to commnicate the siEubauenf at Ca~niuzgos to Conmodore Schley. 8. The majority of the court iu the opinion rendered have entirely ig::ored the urncontrad:ertd es~dence in the case that Capa. Boony D). m, kroting the m.eamng of the sign.l sogh s on shere at Cienfugos, faued o m este his iormation co~gi: them to Commodore Secy 9. T2ne ma joriL the eoret in the report of the ats su' miaed dQoSe; that the signai I . on sacre ne ar OCerifuegos wer ta e C m'dr Sele o the6 tig,.f Xi y 22d, 1898, when. in fact the 'v rLe-.fl g wmi~a c.f roth oral and dcues y ev.decos proved that Cor.dore Sihh.y eaw and had kLcowledge o: these inss only on the nmght of M~ay 23rd, ar-d at no other time. 10. The majority of the court in the op:n~ion raLdered are silent on rde sub ja:. of t'e ici.'owing chargo preferred oy the jiadge advocate :amst Com modore Sch-ley dnrirg the p.royess of the itevest:apan, narely, that he did not mask his movemn-nts in derti:: from in :ronr of the port of Cichfegos, but by using A&dois a:.gs he reveaad the destination ot hi2 Equadrotn to the enen:1 on shore; dcepite tde fact tha: by cyv whelnairg weight of t:tou this chiargew et'~;c red disprC-v:~r. 11. Tie me jority of theo court h:e based their ositnin in referernce to the retrogade move.menL n;:ou a sirztemer-t made in their report ol facts that Com modore Schley, before easiing from Cicifuegoe, received reliabio idtorma tion that sips conjd be cote "-a 'vicinity of Cape Crrz ae~d GonLaim channel, and~ it is ron r:speefa ilyd nied that there was any euch po0iv. tes-,imory in this este; event wina with one eOcption Who nae .5 i on the subjecs disavowed a-I knsdg in refeec entrao, an tme "m r diOce tetmory of U-Pt. F. . Cook enabild e. the facot that the o~~ charu w.ah whion the flegsi Bron~ lpn was spotied 1Y p:2win on modore rea was compelled to rely for inform- on, showea. esi':; as Cape Caoz 'o reeither nsiin not practioaJe, ar~ the recorde' cler rhow that ro; until te 27th' of May, three dsys siter having Cinuos, 'when Catt. CTharle:: b. Cotton vi ritd the filzgobig Brec'.:yr. did a.mmod:: Schley receiv; ans crie idors:LAJn concerning the fe-sitility or prae ica bility of coaling hit ship3 frcm a clir in Gonas chanrel- all of which fac s have been wholly ignored by the ma jity of the court in formulating their said report of facts. 12. The majority of the court in stat ing in its report of facts that Commo dcre Sahley received to positive in :Prmation frcm the scout ships as to the presence of the enemy's fleot in the ha.'rbor of Santiago utterly ignores the bverhelmirg testimonv in proof of the fact that Capt. C. D. Sigsbes did actu aiy repor; to Commodore Schley, and to oers that the Spanith fleet was not in ths harbor of Santiago. 13. The opinion of the mj.ority of the c.urt and the report of vao.s is en Sroly Silent on the subjaet of tho r.ven and a dmitted failure of Capts. WVIS stad Jtwli: to comtunicate the informzuon they had r'eived in refr ence to the pr.;seln ' th"Le 8panish fleot in the ha bur (f .tiago to CoM modore Schley. 14. TLat the report of the facts oub mitned by the courts states that the condiotou of wind, sea and weather iro a noon on May 26 so June 1st, were favorable for taking coal from a collier at sea .ff Santiago, when this statement has been airectiy controverted by ti'e ev;dence of the witnesses for the gcv ernment. 15. The tables prepared by govern inent experts and admitted in evidence before the court showirg the coal sup jly of the vesaels of the flying squad ron, with refarence to their chasing ca pacity, procieding at fuli speed with ' orced araught, have not even been -ad vsrsed to in the repor& of facts. 16. Thtra has not been the slightest referenos made by the majority of the court to the ol ders of the bonorable see retary of the navy, offered and proved in evidence, forbidding the hazarding o- American ships aganst shore ba eries, and the court nias d acided against tie supplicant upon the seventh speci ficaiion~ of thle precept, withous, in the sighe. degree, referring to this impor Unt evidence. 17. The majority of the court have entirely failed to give any opinion as to ue characetr of the blockade cf Santiago, although the same was in ciur, in the eighah specification of th: gecapt, and by specific direction the cou:s was obligated to give an opinicn thereupon. 18. Te majority opinion of the cour. thLat Commodore Schley should have cdeavored to capture the Spanish vesseis at anchor near the entranca of Srntiago harbor, on May 29 and 30, and that ho did not do his utmost with the force under his command to sap ture or destroy the Colon and other veseis of the enemy. on may 31, is wholly at variance with the orders un der which Commodore Sohley was aeb ing before Santiago, said orders, a! is attested by No- 8, datsd May 21, 1898, and eeat ty Admiral Sampson to Com modore- Schley, restricting his opera vwn to tae enablishment and mainten ance ci a st.citade o, Uhe port of Santi ago, if the enemy ahould be found therein; and aIso said opinion iz utterly and absolutely at variance with the overwhelming weight of testimony which clearly established the fact that the afair of May 31 was predetermined upon and executed as a reconnaisance ,cnd tot rs a formal attack upon the Spanis-h vessels nor upon the land bat teries at the entrance to the harbor of Sanmiago. 19. The majority opinion of the court is ambiguous and indeterminate in that the count holds the turn of the Br-ook lyn to starboard was made to avoid get ning her into dangarous proximity to the Spanish vessels, without stating vhether evasion of such dangerons proximity o-n his psr; was tue to the personal fears of Commodore Schley, or to a desire on his part to preserve thie ship intact, and ready for further work in the effort to win a victory from t e enemy. 20. Tfne mnsjority of the court have ~onurely ignored the ovmrvhelming tes ?uony suommtted in the c-te inr arriv :ng as the opnion taat tCommodore Saaley erred ii commnencing the en I gemene on Jis 3 with the port bat I c:;, the evmuenee in the ene cleariy eateolishos the :set to in the exeu ion CI the Etandang urair to "close in tad antack ini ihaber e-4rance," it was impossioie for tne Bzo-,tlyn, without I urabng away from the enemy, to open tr~e ergagenaert exerpi wi:. her port .auerr ; and the evidence aleo cleariy estabiss.es the fact that the turning of tue Brooekiyn in wne maaner and direc -.i.n in Lnch snie aid tarn cid not cause her to lose eimaer nzi.ance or pe ti.iufn wiun the Spanish veseis, ee con rery ojpion ot the court upon this eu-:jecc Dem smnve at only by eiste ga:eng au tne evidence in bensif t.f Iormodre kaiiey. 2L. ine me ~jut opinion of the court is a bruetus a:tn indeterminaole i u~at n.ino staunLg that t:o Brockine tumg cemo'ie snc Igxas it 6top ani sorrcadd oy the 9th specification .A thei p.recepi '1as real or imnagma~ry, wherba:- tre overwhelming weight et :.lfumocY clearly estabua~hed ths fa utat no time was there danger of coi lison netween the Brooklyn and the :i2. The testimony of Cap't. F. E. Coak. a witness cadled by tho jcdge rad ve:e, in rdferene to the proximity of a- :akiyn to the Texas at the time ai tan B:coulyn's turning, has been i nored and Lot even adverted to in th V. . eon of -eninznz fac:3. 23. there nj sy of the court havo t-v'umed sh:ot the testimony of Lieot comeAder A. C. Hodgson, notwith e d.ag asreptated contradiation2i reference to tae alleged conversation re ardtng the proximity of the Texas at the timce of the B:ooklyn's tunisg, is true ad have enti-siy ignored tho tsioyof Ceimo-dore schley and Cap3. F. E. Cook to the contrary, with cut evon rering to its a teir state ment of pertinsa2 fasts. 24. The majority opinion of the e: that Commodore Sehley's con d o n-t om:miion vwith the eveants of iKso ems.paign, prior to June 1, 1898, was oharactorized =by vsocilation, Ius:.i Zco-2 nd lach of smverprise, is in miso une by the evidenee sub 'i~ n"o case and could only h-ae en srived -' by the action of the curtin twholly igorig all of ti-c evi donesC of witasa cal-ad by the jnd~ge adoe ne whc wat favorabie to fate 'aid Commrr-cdore Beley'. 25. majorty opinion of the eurt is incon~clu3ve in tssa it is entirely ii lent upon a charge preferred by the jadge advoaste dtuing the sournse of Lhc pubic investigation and claimed by him to come within the purview of th first specification; to wit: That th. said Commodore schley was derelhc ii: the dicoharge of -Is duty and unmind ful of the relegaLsons for the govern ment of the navy of the United State in that he did no' presocroe ard pro mulzasI e anmcipatory orders of battle. 26. The msjerity of the court hav: entirely failed to determine as to wb 7as in command of the American nava forces engaged in the battle of Sar tiago, the finding of whiilh faot was ab eoluteiy neesssar? in orier to deiermint proptriy tme flis sptid:a.ion ci th precept as to the conduas of CMomm) oret Schley in connetion witih the evInte of the sB.ntiego eznpaign. 27. The Meja1rity of the g u-t hav rejeced the wrooe Of the testimony o:1 fered on behalf of the appi;csnt, an: have roi acvertcd to eu3n teinumLn and h&;o en.irely ignore-d dhe tes:m.n ot the appucans himseli, who v.&s ci the stand for many houre andsubj c.c< to the most s a by so coaig they have pervetrtea tri endu of jansice. That if this testimor was alt faise they shouid have so an nounced, and if al' or any par& of i was true the said applicant was entitie to the benefit of it and by declining tc o3nzider or pass unon it they have de prived him of his common law a5Ld con stitutionai rigats. 28. That the majority of the cour founc.d tha ap.icant guilty ut:on spci fications wnic wera suo nualI aband-oned by the jadge a.vecate, a. will appear from argumcnt in the case 29. That tho wuoLe prcoeed; ' show tha; the mijarisy of ate coaar, in the opInion and report of facts rendered have selected ;te testimony of a fee hostile witnesaes and upon tha tesi mony have based the said opinion anc report cf- facts, d aoarcing alI the othe: testimony in the case without making the slightest referenue to it, as thea were directed by the precept to do. 30. The spJeaut, besioes the rea ons herein given, hopes to be abie dur ing the further investigatuon of the in quiry to ad2ce other samous and im portant reasona why the nir jxity opin ion of the court should Lot be ap preved. 31. The applicant is prepared to show that the whole proc:.u ngs upon the part of the rnajrity of the couri have been entirely irregular; that hi rights have been prejadicec ard ig nored; that his testimny in many more particalars than have been herein ctA has not oeen considered, and that the evidence is absolutely insuffiaient t< sustain the op.nion which has beer rendered by the majority of the court, that a grave injustice has been commit ted, which would become irreparabie and bcoams perpetuated unless this opinion of the mejozity of wne court sAould be disapproved. Wherefore teo said applicant most respeofuilly prays that approval of the opinion cf the majority of said c:urt of inqu:ry be wittheid and that said opin ion be disapproved and that he may be afforded the opportunity ta ,aye the testimony of record of himsLf and his witnesses properly considered and passed upon, and that ha be given such otaer and further relief as he is cntitled to in the premises. W. S. Schley, Rear Admiral U. S. N. (Retired.) Isidor 16aynor, James Ptarker, Counsel for the Apphecant. A Big Increase. It will ito d oubt surprise many to know that there has been greater aO avty than' in a long time among the county boarde of eqatizatin and coun y auditors in the matter cf sccaring fuller returfts of property for taxan~on. In fac', during thcs tar juot olosing more has been saaomplisnea in this dirctica tnan for somn' years. Wod nsay ine ioutinigs of de abstraats in the~ compareller geeraL's ofh-:e fr the year were madie ann thiere will be nc hange untss in is a muter of a few thoan.d doita:a only in the person~iity fgures. The figures compared with aoeof las: year show that ther~e has been an incre ssa in taxeble properet unl the books this year of nearly Swelva milons of dullare. The exnet figures are $11,870,212. This meane a good deat aiA anonad that there has Deen greater ac .ivi~y 'this 3 ar in die mat er c1 havis g properly assessed at its proper Vaine. (J; conrse a grcat deal a~s yet so be accomzplua-., bei enis is coses rda a v;ry g soa sesrL in dhe u.t cuednoa. Tne sa?ustio of prp -n~y :r txxiui t-use war as kn uIeLc from tho aatre-:s is as l C0-: .er..a................$ 62 6S1 366 .ea....... .........1 3 16990~t TotAal......... .. .....19 a530 La.t year'S fitres a, uni om pletd .iter the~ rcjyr of tLs e opro Ir was inuecn, were as .m Prsonai.............$ 53 428 047 .al................ 1t2 137,777 R6ilroad............. 25 359373 Total ..............$8(.925,097 ThiM sflowirg is very gra .ying to those in oaarge of the finances of the 8tate.-Tae smae. Safe Blowers at Peizer. The jcelery store of Mr. GQ. E. Marhbankr. in the town of Pelzer was rken :nio between 1 . 2 o'cl'o Wenad~y mrning and 11.3 raters appi.-d dynamte to his jeaeiry ese, .<iuis said to have mace it a perdet nreck. A number of ntiees and qitise of jewely were spodled by thie explosion, and 50 gold watches were carried off by the burglars. The im presion is thast the nen esaged in th~is dastardly work went there in a bugsy, wich they used to make their escape, and thus thwarted the efforts nade to rak them with bloodhounds. No cico has been discovered as to their whnre abor, but it is aot likely that thoy can get aar~ from this section without big apprehended. The lees to Mr. Marchank:. is very considersale, and te has the rysopahy of the commnnits in his misfortuas. A Strange Kind of Peace. There were six skirmishes in various parts of Batangna previt' c Wednes day. The ineurgeats cia inia make a sinle stand. Ma~ny Filipinos wre killed. The American; had ernly a few men wounded. Additional tro'ps have been sons to Qaon. Bell, who is carrying on aggressive campaign in Batangas, Traaa and L ana provincess. THE STATE CAPITOL. Facts Ab-ut the Building New N arirg Csmplatiflon. OF INTEREST TO MANY. When end Hcw the Work WAs Begun. The War Period. The Rtsumption of Opsra-Jon. The splendid trinite 6dilice which is the offi3ial domicile of the State of South Carolina, aher having beer. 50 yeari in building, is at last nearing comp!r~ion. Dazigned o: igin%.!y to cost $5,000 000 and intended , as sn of the poitical pairiarohs cf the Sate avsr, to servs as the capitol of the southern Co.nfsderacy, it in today but a semIanoe of the c~wcep-ion of John R. NiernEee, ?.ho debigned it. As i sandi, it has cost th*e State of Sou--h Caroina $2.50u010. IL is ititim awlse as soiated wiAi many tragio inoidents in the bzase's i-otory, and has become at ready one of sne historio sNruoarea of the country. At th. session of the gea2eral ascnm bly of 1850, w Lile the Sae was in the tbroes ot the first greas aximiion of tho Peoession question, wh:ch ended in tne affirmauon of the righ& of a State to Eecde, the legislattive commisiee on tae 8.ate house reportsd thas the maze records were in danger of deasruosion by fire, and rec.>mmaded that a fire proof building be -sr.od for tasir safe-keeping. In oun.Lq'iance of this report., the appropriation L ill that year contained a olause authorisng the use of the proceeds of the sale of lot-s in the city of Columbia for this purpose. No bili authorising the oreotion of a new State houe. was pass ,d, although it is clear that it was the intention Qf the leaders at that time to provide for the erection of a oreditable publio building. Jtt e O'Neai 1;ave the cred it to Ron. Berjamia Hunt of -leading the legiaiature impercepiibiy into the scheme of building a new ;3ate house." Tie cornerst. of a w a-atory buiid ing was laid December 15, 1851. This bulding was erecmed z. tme Equare then coeupied by %he o'd S;ate house, fronting.on Main strest, the oil bulid ng iten and:ng at ths corner of Sen ate and Assembly streets. It was a modest strauture, intended to serve as a wing of the projected ca pitol. I was abous completed as a coa t o: $250,000 and some of the records had bosn re moved to it, in the sumner of 1854, wren the commitsioners in charge no ticed crtaks in the door and wi:Mow arches. These defoots, becoming more pronounced, the comm:tsaioners em pioyed JukZ R. Nierzsee, then residing in Baltimore, as coniag aichiLca. Niernsee had designed the Smithsonian inetitute and many other famous build ings, and was one of the f 5remost ar ohi teoss of his time. Azchitect Niernsee absoit-ely condemned the structure, and under -his advice, it was razed to the ground, only a ponrion of the foun dations beiag iefs, whicas now remain under the west wall e:! the present cspitol. It was then that Niernsee de signed the srusture which now stands, the general assemaly givi~ig sanction to0 an ibsue of bonds for tie "contina tion" of the construotion of a new~tSe capitol. Thle aij ining Equiere was purohased, and wne building locate on its preselnt site. In antoaciaon of the approaching great canfies~ the work was feverishiy pushed until the war practically .pped it. A tramway wtas co0s--rlit eQ .o thle granite gaarrie! on tne river, and hunaroe of laborers were em ployed garrying and dressing the rnuge pseace of granite required. When the w-jrk of naing was thus rudeiy stopped, the saleeted architeet ex ebauged his drawing in Iturmeonts for die sword, anid di-n vsiiuns service in' tne army of the southern Conaderacy. Oni thatt momnensons dasy to thlepo pie of this S..e, Februasry 15, 1865,~ when the army coumanaed oy Goa W. T. Snorman reotnei sne n:gm across Liie Uun.ree river overiding I on.nbia-at Uae/'s-Mayor GuA4 41iA urrendered she ciay, as is was b IUinIey deXttseles. N )Wittandairs LLeia etbeiess CuJndiiOA tC e cizy was shou.i andi me aaV cap1ol, wit-a na wi-ue watsa esmrucited to tue frein~ line, we ao mun of every guus~er. 8-va: 0hei- esre the~ bare wxiid-ow opoeZJILs, a n i .ruick tire oui!dfg, lot lnd iluo ipleoln npot its mAe.ve wans. Tal oii .to huse twas ono of the 1 430A iligs daye: by Gen. Shor inan a army, aind tuo jra!s?e at the wia~ea corner o:~so., now capiol. iias fiskad off by the lira whiahr Ce anroyoa rihe ota buuing. At the time Cere was a large gantity of dreased !marbo and otner material for the rnitaidg on the ground. The aiohite3 L eLiated the valnn of that du;royed by (Gen. Sa?erma as $7,u0,000, becsi:-es tae mamazoun of the beausful marbii in thei piace on the fans~i an~d rear par tics waica is still ripp re. A mine was paj~red under tae building to compietL?y destroy it, when a report rached theo ciiy that a wing of the army above Coruzmbis had been at tacd by HEmptomn's cavalry. Gen. Snerman orderd thie powder removed, wia the remak thet it would be a utelesi WaneC of ammaunition, and that he would "leave the people so -- poor that they woaid :aever complete it," hastening his departure from the eity, then in smoking ruins. Work comrinued in a desultory man ner antil 1390, when it was estiroi discontiued, until the session of the general anembly of 19C0, which appro priased $175; fo~i r the additions new being made, unde:: plans of Arehitesis Frask P. Milburn. A dome waa adopt ed in liu of the Ersuice tower o~dg~n ,ily intended to tarmount the atruc ture. Thes granite wors up an the old :Etild ing is pron~ounceC by e::parts to be wihout exeeptionl the fineat in the United Stasec, not exepting splen dd buildings of the~ national govern zent at Wa:hington. The massive qaare pillarn in the lower sorridor are hewn from a single block of grat~ite, and are finished in the best manr known to atone cutters. I; was in tended that that entablature of the ront pediment should ha cut from a singe Stone, which w as actually quar ried and on the ground at the clo-e of the war, but was never drebsed, and during the reconstraction period the legislature donated a portion of it for a monument to a regro politician, when it was cut in two. This is said to have been the largest piece of granite at that time ever qarried in the United States. Durir-g the disgraceful period which followed the war, when the peeple of the north were endeavor ing to socure the politica: rights of the negro by overriding those of the intel ligent and property owning people cf this Siate, all material on the ground small enough to be moved was "ap propriated," with all other property of the Smte, by the sclawa;s ard thieves then in conirol of the govern 'ment. Oe hundred thousand doliars was expeored in "fornishing" the State house with desks, eto., that would have been exhiorbhitant at one quarter of the prices charged, and in cluded such items as a silver pl ted water piceer for :zho guvernor's effi* at $1,500, cusp.dars &i. $18 each, aLd other r, ic:es in proLorion Amajbri tv of the members of the house of rep resantatives could not write their names, wnile a majrity of the mam bera of the Penato wtre in tuo haba of eetding their personal accyunts by or ders upon the contingent fund of the senate. Inladed in naoesary "Sup lieCa" for the general asseably were enormous quantisies of champagoe and whiakey., ,eigh was lrsey diparosea in the lioim room on the right as you enter the g.allery of the aens:e. it was in this room that John J. Pattereon, oleo~ed to the Uaited 8+ates wenate, de elared that there would oe *fire years more of good stealing in S.auih Caro lina," which became a Democrntio sIOgan. ' Tne beautiful Corinthian columns, cut from a aingle pisee of granite, are notoworhy peocimnss of the stone cuters' skili, while the maAs:ve foun dations of cut stone Gontainiag many invered roheos to distribute the ight, are marvels to modern build ers. The building was first ocaupied by the general assembly of 1869. Daring the excitir.g e.-v nts whica foilowed the campaign of 1876, it was literally bom barded by the opposing. political par ties, and two boaies each claiming to be the legally e.e.ted house of repre sentatives L.ad eaTh with its comple ment of offizere, meetig in the same room-the nali of the hcuse of repre sentative-a piiahied battle was imi nent, untd the recognition of the Dem ooratio tpaakar by former Republicans gave a decisive turn to afairs.-The State. Negro Dines Whites. Charlie Mitchell, a prosperous negro firmer of Smithville, near Atlanta, has caused much comment throughout the state, favorable and otherwise, by hav ing to dine at his home a party of the best known white people in his comma ity. Mischell is a shrewd planter, -has a large farm and is very populai among the white people. He recently decided to give a dinner to hie white friends, iLustrative to what he pro d..ood on his farm. Among thore in vited were Mr- and Mrs. Orrie Thomp on, W. W. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brton, Mr. and Mrs. MdIton A. Smith, Atlante; Mlrs. Cherry, Macon; Mrs. Howell McAfee, J. B. Edwards, Dr:. J. W. Clark, besides a number of children. Mitchell did not sit at the table with his guets, but played the host by directing the mutera, whom he had imported from Smithifid. At the conclusion of the dinner the viei:ors examined the well filled store houses oa their host, anid returned home expreas ing themselves pleased with his flnspi alty. ___________ Industries in This State. The ceasus tureau proum.nas y reportI on the manufaurores of South %Jroitr~aa shows a totai of 3.762 establishmen sa mth products in 1900 valued at $58,C 748 731 ann total cepital investeo *67, 356, 6i. Other figures are: Average nuu~er of wvage earners 48,135; total wages $9 455'900; miaoellam-.oui ex- ' pnaed $3,111,b87, and Oess of materiali usd $34,u27,'795. The capital bhows an incroamo oi 130 per cent, over 1890 and value of proczae an -increase o: i per cent. Tne cost of materiala increas cd 80 per cent. The city of Caad-,ston sepra-.ely reported, has a rotal of $12, 473 187 in capital invested, and $9, I 562 387 mn iatue of products. These a u oreases a 70) and 6 per cent. re-a spcuveis, Umar;eaton bas 364 es taanmenas, 5.527 nce ear.nera, get tig atotal ui $1,459 966 mn wae. tue il -coaa.- oud fxpe2 i.u $796, 573, raA s.o.t or maenait usos $5.6JJ, Ws~ere the Mo:ney Goes. L troasuo our lore of fS~ece and oar a-ir be at pcte: wnth the worid. Is wiii ;:hoek him toread the late~s r-aury bulletin and learn that the ex-i pendimues of the wnr dap:,rtmnent for the presenut fiscal 3ear exceed by more san thrzec eiuoas the civdl and mis eslanous expenditures. Accordin: so hs ariwimg the only de~pancmeni wz-hu grenor ezpen.ditures is the pension of fie, and that iacludes; pensioas paid to the turvivora of ail of our wars. The svy dep>.r:.ment ecmes forth with an expdiri nearly twice as large as sn nation's i:..trest account. Sampson Protests. Stayiton & C.mpbell, who appeared before the courot of inquiry as autc-neys for Admi W.ratpson, have applied to Secretary L-ag for permission to be heard in proat against the approval by the secret:.ry of thie miaarity report written ny Admirnu Dewy and append ed to the Maj :rily report of the ceurt of injuiry. hae secratary has eon- I eted so eeive any papers they may care to Eubmit. Killed by Burglar. Mis Harret Murphy, owe ef the bet known young womtn of ?ittsburg, P~a., war, mnutand in her home by a burglar Woduerday rnorning, X'he as sailant entered through the rear of the haune. The disordered roomevdnd a deaperate struggle. Miss Murphy was treasurer of the Hinsley House un.a popular charity. The money( is missing. 1 During the past year have you been borrowing your neighbor's paper? If I so quit bothering you neighbor and I get one of your own. 1 TEN PEOPLE KILLED. Tons of M e]ted M Mal Pmured Up on Halploss Victrnms. HORRIBLE DEATH SCENES. A Pittsbu g Gas Furnace Expleded and Caused the Terrible Dastruction of L fU and Prpirty. Ten men were burned to des::h and four ir jired by an explosion of gas at the Sor-o furnace of Jones & Lughlin, in Second avenue, near Brady street, Pittsburg Pa., Trursday. The ex pLAian was ciused by a slip in the fur nace, the ga and games belching up ward through the bell. The men were on the furnace platform, 85 feet above the greund. The.re were 19 men on the rurnsee when the explosion occurred. F.f:ecn of them wcre caught in the names. Two cf them escaped with siight icjaries. The other four were he regular men employed as top fillers -2d eaepr d without injary. The expicsion was caused by the gas becoming enesed in a crust of cinder orming at the bottom of the furnaes. k wheelbarrow containingore had Dean etnt up to the man and when they went ,o dump it into the bell of the furnace hey 1ushed it ever too ar and i& roll ,d into the hopper. The narrow weigh 3d 900 pounds and ws- too heavy for ihe men to raise. The 15 laborers, all Haugariano, .vere then sent up to as ist them. Eau it not been for the arrow asOident no oce would have ,een hurt, as the regular men know 2ow to protect themselves as such times, is similar eiplosions are of frequent scourrence. The explosion occurred in one of the ig blast furnaces. The men were at work at the top of the furnace over 120 eet from the ground. Gas, whien had lecumulated in the furnace, exploded md tone of molten metal and eizg were rawn over the u2fortumate men on the op of the stracture. All the men made rush for the elevator, but it had gone iown rnd there was no escape. lo amp meant osrtain dea..h, and to re nam on the platform was just as cer aM doom. Tones of molten metal and flames e lupon the men and burned nine of dien to dath. Their bodies fell to he roef of the mill, 85 feet below, avery bone was broken and an unrecog nlz.,-le mass of human fbash. Orainarily only three men work on op of the furna3e, but this morning .bout 6.15 o'clocr one of the heavy ron wagons used in taking up the re to the top of the furnace got stuck )n the top of the siracture and the zhree. men sent for asaistance. A few nen went up, but they could not move ,he wagon and more went up, until he number reached 14. It was while hey were trying to get the wagon re eased that the fatal explesion took alace. All the men at work on top of he furnaces were Slave and Poles. Bye witnesses say that it was the nost horrible sight they ev.r witness .d. They say that when the explosion ook place tnero was one grest loud eport andl the heavens were illumi ared with a sheer of flame, showing he men on tep of the furnsce run ing about, geariculating wrndiy. The ames and hot metal looked like a olcano in action. Five of the men ere biOwn off the top of rae furnace ad a range as it may deem, these men re sne one~s that aro sAt niving. Tue chers hang on the ra;ing, some on a~s outsice, octhers on the in'idle, until heir otrhin.2 was barnea off. Two f tlie vims hangiing on the outside eld on, ar~d remiained tenagiously liiiging to sue raihaug until their fin era w-re burned off. Lhey then fell o the roof of the mill, dead. Seven f tne victims were found dead on she dtf orm et she ouposa. ?bese were completely denuded of ohigby, site Lnmes and their Dodteu Iere Durned aimoss to a orisp. Hu.dreas ot juredestrians on Second vau h.-d nor on escesyee fronm deas grou1 ti.reL ex e~ coOuri~d. Lone of r., cake mi bo. c..d..s, somue we gco us (.im..s ahree puuai., ratued cowna u 5.com( ave.nt ana. manay had so uniit a oL~ t-s nc store for pie &euo.u U.. 4 369 .,t tae Himeas.ad 1 .avai.>~a "sb pas jya a; sne~ ume Laar: famaZS. on L.41 car, wnich netd 5 pasecn6ers aoard, .causec a panic niauy jar~p.c '.fl and more would a&ve fuihowc~iui iad oi. the CaosDess I the co..uuior saned them. Nonoa I Lhe pa ses was inl the leas in ir, bu; all were baelsy scared. Onr two ions of the aebrie fell on I.eosnd avenue andt a foa.,e ot 50 men rs put to Wcr:. to eixan it off the racks. Tri. was imxpeei~d, but within ,huif ho.ur afe the acuicent all the racks were ci.rrd. The people resid ng about he fuaace and for biocks on itiher side were badiy frightened. ehy raahed from their homes and a on muutes after the report had ounded throughout Soho thousads of >eople gath.ered about the furnace. J.Two of the viatims were found in he stack yards of the plant, 250 yards orom she iurnace. They were horribly :urned, but had they not been they rouid have been killed by such a force. Ev.:ry bone in their bodies seemed to >e broken. The most distressing feature of the ceidernt was the burning of a man amet. Fwvlonoiez. H~e was see2 by he thousanda of peopbe en their wsy o work to run to the platform rniling ud leap into the air. He was a mass f flmes as he went through the air. :io fell t.o the stock yard s'hed and li, irally butr to death before the eyes ;f the crowd fifty feet below, who had to way to reaoh him. The Biggest Fool Yet. T. M. Exum, a farmner living neat 3ntzeville, Tenn., went home and rhen his wife of jaeted to hi. shooting nto the floor about her feet, shot her ead. He carefully laid her en the bed ith the assistance of his er-ldren and BCHLRY HAS PRENDS And They Propose'.o See That He Goti Justice. In the H2se of Representativee Wednesdav Repregentative Wheeler of Kentucky, a member of the house com mittee on naval affirs today introduc ed a resolution for an investigation of the Schiey case. The resolution re cities the results of the recent court of inquiry, and adds: "Whereas, Admiral George Dewey, recognizid as the foremost naval of cer of the republic, entirely disagrees and dissents from the opinion of his collegaes on said board of inquiry, and. "Whereas the American people desire that the conduct of Rear Admiral Sabley shnid be investigated and pas ed upon by oitimns ths republic in nowise connected er identified with the navy department, therefore b it. "Reselved, Tttat the committee on caval afLire of thi house of represent atives be directed to inquire into the conduot of Rear Adxirai Schley from he tue he asum!d control of the fly ing tqaidron up to ad including the enagement wih the Spanish squadron cff the coast of Cuba." Provision is made for a report to the house of representatives and authority is given to send for persons and pa R -presiita'ive Grifith of Indiana, introduced a reao'udion for a investi gation of the navy department and of sta Sohley case. Represensa:iv* Schirm of Maryland, introduced resolutions whcih, it is said, to a contiderable extent represent the views of the Maryland delegation in congress. Th. reiolations read: "that 'he opinion and finding of Ad mirl George Dewey be And it is here by endorsed as the only opinion and finding justified by the evidence ad duced and pertinent facts established before the court of irquiry. 'That the thanks of congress are hereby extended to the said Rear Ad miral Schley retired, and to the offi ers and men under his command for their brava and affiient coneuct in achieving the victory over the Spanish Let under the sommand of Admiral D ervera: "That Rear Admiral Sehley be placed upon the list of retired raar admirals af the United States navy with the full rank, grade privileges, emolu entas and pay of offisers of said rank in the ative service." Repreaentative Mudd of Maryland ao introduced a rstolution tendering the thanks of congress and of the American people to Admiral Sehloy. Representative Gaines of Tennessee, introduced a resolution reciting the "unparalleled achievement of Admiral BShier in destroying the entirc Span ish *quadron with consummate skill and terrible celerity." Resolution mikes the opinion of Ad iral Dewey the opinion of oongress. In the house two Democrats, Mesers, Vandiver of Missouri and Cooper of Tex Ls, attempted to secure unanimous con sent to consider Sohley resolutions but klr. Payne, who had the floor declined to yield. Mr. Cooper's resolution declares Shey in command and entitled to redit for the victory of Santiago and lirecting that h~e be placed on the no dve list with as rank he held before etirement. Mr. VEndiver's resolution recites that ~he language of the court of inquiry re lcted upon Admiral Sohley and calls or an investigation by seven members if the house. Miles for Schley. General Miles made an open declara ion approving Dewey's verdics on Waeiy and especially arranging the rhole administration for the attempt o steal Schiley's glory. He is ap roved ahke by Democrats, Republi ~ans, Senarors and Congressmen. This s a hard blow to the navat clique. ogrees w~ii un~doubtedly order an iu esigaiu, if punlic sentiment does oa compel .he prenident to reverse t e icdings of the majeriy of the court. leneral Muie3 eadi: "I am willhng to ake the j id~ens of Admiral D4'v'.y n the mater. H was commianeer of i Len and as; Ln a has kuown thle est on a m..n uader snesie cirutem aices. He was ;eramutal inl Lu estruction eif one~ dpeoih Let and newos at~d rea; zes tthe feoangs thaI neocmpa a sa effieer under suon oordi ~ionu. 1 thik DJu-ey has anmmoed up ~he matter in a clear and c..nc.se man or ,nd 1 :e leve hid coinnons ;wli ie mu~ordee~ b; ate patmotsie people of he Unisea Statea. I have no syaapa by with the efforts which hiav ben nade to destroy the honor of an offisar tder such cncumstances." To be Very Cold. The waatherwise prophets declare hat she winter now began will be the oldegs ever known by the presens gen raion. Pessibly these prediosions ie inspired by the emiesaries of the ,al trust. As all events the predie ions are very ,imilr.r to what was iard last year jast about this season. stn year the prophets said that the ur bearing ani.mals had isoats much hiekar than usual and that :herefore he winter would be mach colder than he average. As a matter of record nat winter was rather mild and open. ?erhaps the prophets have readeemed heir failure of last year by a sueness al predicsion now. Possibly if they eep on making these predicsions long nough they will hit it right some time. She Blinded Him. OCart Lindsay, an emplo of the imeriohn Ltap and Brats Compt~ry, at rensen N. J., was made 'cind by ydrichicrie acid, threwn in his face by youag woman who worked at the ame bench wish him. The two had a lispute over a piece of wotk and becom ng enraged the young woman picked p a pan of the acid and hurled the ~ontents at Liudeny, striking him full n the face. In ad~dition to the loss of is sight Lindsay is terrbly marked by he acid. The young woman has not ben arrested. FILIPINOS HOSTILE. The Who!e People Have Tumed War Traitors S0 SAYS OENERAL CHAFFEE. They Pretend Friendship But All th i While Secretly Support the Fight Against Amerin can Rule. "History affords no parallel of awhole propie thus practically tuning war trai tors, and in the genius of Do other peo ple was ever found such masterful pow era iscfs: 0y and diasimulation, but it is neidiess to say that no pjwerful S:ate W&3 ever ereeed er ever .can be erecte d npon such immoral and unen l:gn *ene.d founcanons." s a tment i made bs Gan. Cha fee, iiary govornor of ihe Paii pines, ia a rtvtiew of oni of a number of cour martiai cases in the iiands,, the rcads of whici havi been re ceived h he wardt p artmens. The case which oroasm forth this e m zen from Gaa. Ca.ffe was- one wberiu seven naiives were red joinly on acharge of mud,:r. Theac ousid veo soisers in rhe inuricent army and after defeat by the Amnurian armiy in the field, abandoned even ade show of opea oppstsioa of the half ndalformed. guerrilla bands, a; d -sook up this resiaenco in Taytay in Aorong province, Luzon, a plaae protected by an American garson. Tnen, flicwing - the proolzimed policy of the insurgens e iiefs, they proceeded to organizse s cretly a bolo band. After the native population within the liaes of sne army of -.edaation had been authormid to establish civil government, the , band came #orward under the leadership of a readent padre, dictased and secured their eiection as municipal offieers of Taytay and entered upon thenr duties under American authonty. Then en sued a remarkable attempt to serve two masters. In all lawfal atte they served with dua appearance c loyalty the American government, while at the same time they labored secretly and diligently in the interest of the insurrection. This dual form of government, says Gen. Chaff!e; x isted everywhere, in strongly gar" risoned cities like Manila as well a the smallestplaces. Ihe municipal oflicers - of Taytay next entered upon a series of murders and continued their work. until the growing number of mysteri ous . disappearances -from the co munity led to the diseivery of-the per petrators by the American authorities. "One undeniable truth," says Gen. Chaffee, "stands out in this case as in hundreds of like cases of murder, tha the average native of these islands 2 has not more than the merest rudimen tary conception of his individual rights and dusies as a man, and no one knows this so well as the wily chiefs who use him for their nefarious purposes." Six of the seven natives were sen teznced to be hungbut Gen. Chafes commued the sentence in the cases of - three of them to imprisonment at hard labor for life. Tho seventh native, Leonardo Pceoy, a regularly ordained priest, aske for and was granted a separate trial. At his trial Posoy, who was held to be the chief agent in the Taymy mur ders, took advantage of the loophole' - which apared to be afforded by his position as priest, by consenting that while the participatora in the wholesale murders in Tayray would confess the same at confessional, he waarestrained by his offic to keep silence. Gen. Unaffee pronounced this defense of na value, saying taat "s~ne confes sionei does not lay upon anty mant, priese or iayman,s the obligation of sup- - pressicig Kowledge or crimes being comru:ed by third parties, the con eummation of which could have been prevented without violasing the so erecy of the confessionaL" in this par ticalar cae, it is esated the knowledge mfte enmese was brought direetty to the prileis notice and was nos gained LhZ.u..n Lne coatessonal. His aentence was coml.t~d to imprionmens for 20 year.. Murdered and Bobbed. ~he body' of James B. Hay, secretary o? theo Pac.fis Lutnoer company, was WAdne d4e f.rjn. naried in a shailow truec: a amiie e .R.O Grande traeas, ner ista and Tarr.eesn emr'es Sait L ko Cgy. Mouday nighs Hay cuied at the i.,me of Peter Lrtonsen, a con trisoringat 2210 Wainut avenue anrd coae.:- $383 Si ala Mofrcsen owed ve Pacj ~e Laimoer comapany, and* hc ia:s in the aiernoonl iay had re fusta toi sacep;, nos caring to Ihave tat mt L2 the vffice eafe at nighs. He give a receipt so Morkensen for the m. ey and i.ets the laiter's house with trae rimok that he was going to tike the monecy to Manger Q. .E Ra.mney of tr-e lomn'er company. Since asa ianc not.ing has.~ onhearo of Hay u.-: Wdseeday when his body was ivaiad. Tus money was gona and in the back of H17s head was a great jagged wt.d. Hay was 31 years of age and na prominlent in Mormon churen work. He came to Salt Lake from Australia several year.' ago. Peter Mormenaen was arrested Wednesday afternoon charged with being connected with the murder. Mortensen, it is stated, gave the psolice thecir first infoamation in re gard~ to location of the body. He denies au iknowledge of the crime. *An Uprising Feared. The authorities in Manila evidently fear a ruiing, far Manila papers report that artisery is being placed in places about the city heretofore practically unprotected except by small infantry guard deizehmenta. Gamling guns have been piased in the headquarters of the department of Southern Lun~n and it is udestood that a email gunboat will take up a position in the lagoon at the rear of the headquarters building. Old Fort Snatiago too, is bristling with guns. Two raid-fire guns have been mounted on the ramparts, one of them commaartdieg a f all sweep of Call Prin ipe and the river front. A emal Gat ling has been mounted on the Buffaio, Gen. Chailad' private lanch.