The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 10, 1896, Image 1
CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY
NO. 40.
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SOUTHERN
gji 1 1 PLANTERS
ta|?KS!DENT LANK- CALLS T1I1CM
TtiiuKTUElt.
He Sayt That lly Reducing the
Cotton Produotlou tiny Can
liaise the Prlou 25 Per
Cent.
eat Heotor D. Lano, of tha Amerioan
rowore'Trotectivo Association, ha.s
lrculnr to the cottou growers and
throughout |he South asking gon
attendance at a mcotiug at Mornpbis on
January 31. The meeting Is to take action
regarding the aorcogo of ttio orop for the
Ufestmt year. Mr, Lauo's association helped
the cotton planters. lost year by bringing
about 4 considerable reduction of aorcage
and a consequent increase in tho prlco of tho
o etaplo. As is ludieuted in bis letter Mr. Lano
'belle Ve? that ai'nilnr eonoertcd action this
\year will result in similar benefit to tho
.*ower?. The following is tho text of Mr.
life's letton
'? * ? - Idtn. LAKE'S ADDRESS.
The time has arrived when next year's
acreage lu oofton should receive your most
eerlous consideration/ Onr enemies, tho
eotton "bears," are anticipating matters by
industriously circulating reports that it is tho
intention of tho eottongVoweis to enormously
Urtcrease the cotton aoroago And double tho
use of commercial fertilizers tho comiug sea
hjoh will result in tho production of a
f from ten to twelve miflipn bales,
'ormatfon comes from Texas that Now
"> ejrb" aru reporting that Texas w 1
our inilliou bu es. These repot s
tod to induce the Southern people
balance of this small crop at pres
ont low flgutfes.
According to official data America has ex
ported to Buropo one million three huudrod
and 'twenty-three thousand bales less than
?- last year. The Northern mills have tuken
four hundred and fifty thousand bales less
than last year.
Stoons of cotton at American porta and in
- terlor towns are about the same as last year,
but as the season progresses tho stocks at tho
ooi-t* will daily grow less aa oompa($d with
???Itrt-yeafc-,---- ,
On me other hand, tho mills of England,
America and4he- Continent are running lull
time, and if they keop up tho present con
sumption until next September they will need
nil of our cotton; th?y cannot wait for tho
next crop.
What then prevents your obtaining re
-ibuneratlv? prices for thetemaining portion
of this crop?
This is easily answered. , Tho speculative
,, "bears" of Now Orleans, Now York and Liv
erpool. They tiro thoroughly indifferent to
your oordfflon, and reckon little of your,
welfare. They would be glad to seo ootton
selling at four cents, and would contribute
their old in prosing it down to tho /lowest
point, regardless of the destitution and aor
rbw that would ensue throughout tho Bouth
under such conditions.
" II* THE POWEtt OF DESPOTS.
The 8outhern plantor has tho power to de
pose theeo reokloss despots and wholesale
despoilers of our prosperity. Destroy the
annual Surplus, their ublo coadjutojv r>y a
Judicious decrease of acreage, and gen
tleman will be out of a Job: Tiaflt only a
modflkato drop and you will bo botter off
with a seven to n seven aud a .lmlt^iLIiojj^
halo crop, selling at ton to elevon cej/K^CBan
\ t*n million baio crop solliug at flVe to six
i ents.
Do not be led Into the error that you can
decelvo the great firm that buys yortr pro
duct. They have their agents In every town
and village;- they are ever scrutinizing your
actions and know more in regard to tbo
general acreage than you can possibly find
out yourselves. ;
Conceiving this to bo a matter of para
mount importanco to tho matorlal interests
of the South and being inpprosfcod that this
question In its most comprehensive form
. rhpuld be considered gravuly, I therefore
deem ft advisable that tho cotton growers
meet In convention, thnt wo may formulate
and adopt some intelligent rule of action
through which we may be enabled to combat
these agencies who9o pernicious methods are
so destructive to our prosperity.
V AXl/ COTTON MEN INVITED.
On acodunt of lta general accessibility, I
dercby came Memphis as tho place and
Tueacfu/, January tho 21st, as the time of
I earnestly Invito all classes of our citizens
that are directly interested .in protecting the
? values of'our main commodity, cut tun, -to
join with us In our deliberations. Tho invi
tation is extended to all ag lcultural so
cieties, Alliance s, Oranges, Cotton Exchanges,
com mission merchants, factors; associations,
eto. ?
The movement is strictly non-political, but
essentially industrial ; thereforo Ub man
should say us nay on account of political
affiliations.
1 respectfully Invoke the aid of the press.
Itecognlzlng the demand for heroio action
?ud the disaster that is to rollow without It,
1 appeal to ail patrlotio people to Join in this
struggle to onoanolpate our people from a
bondage that is as oppressive and ignomin
ious as was ever inflicted by the Czkr upon ?
??rMem.
Sfctlonger can we live prosperously anil
happily under 60 tyraunlcal n pystom. The
demand of tho occasion is for honest, earn
est men, who bavo tho intelligence to appre
ciate prevailing conditions and theoourage
fake up arms against n sea of troubloe,
c and hy opposing them end tbem.
I remain, sincerely yours, _/ \
IlECTOn p,_Lxrtt,
President American Cotton Qrowera' Pro-,
f eoti ve Association.
PRAYKR FOR PEACE.
Two Great EvaugcLical Alliances Join
Hands Across the Atlantic.
~ A oabiegragrhro bceir T006lv?r~Tf0m~TBe~
British Evangelical allianco, requestln
^ OhrisAan3.in the United 8tates be>nVfted to
"join EVJtisLi Christians in (orve^fprayer and
that ChrBvl^ke counsels m^jrprevail In the
.present cricis
j Io res "onse to the' above the executive
com mitt co of the Evangelical aliianoe for the
fUnited States passed the folkwmg reaola
tlon: ' ' C r
!. "Besolved, that in e accordanee with a)
cablegram Irom tho Evangelical alliance of/
Oreal Britain the Evangelical nlliiace for tb^
?United States invites the Christ Uns of Amer^
dca to nhlte In prayer with thdlf British
'brethren on Wedneeday of the week of prayer,
that in tbe?r?iations of their respeoUve goT?
oents paclflo eotniaels may preralh"
OffrorAfrisa.
~ TwNsty negroiaihlliea^numborfng together '
100 l enions, are scheduled to ieave Lenoke
' eoonty, Arkanaa^, for the- African Canaan.
?. repreeeeietl ve st the Afrioan Colontxatioa
<^aodety has been at Work in that neighbor*
koou for some time p??i, m>1 nil the aegrcee
therea)M??a are w6rked dp over the won
drome pktarea of the land eT promieepre*
. Mated to thean, and are wlfdly auxioastogo
to Africa. It la believed that, several han
dred ommm nervosa wlH follow the pioneer
? party. Tfeey are to tto int to Bitftuk aod
Tir tlw Ana
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A VERY GLOOMY OUTLOOK.
Condition Of Ailuirs lit the I'hospliate
Territory.
Tho annual report of tho State phos
phate inspector lias been filed with
Governor Evans, showing llie condi
tion of ths phosphate industry in tho
fitute. Tho inspector deals with hard
facts. The outlook as viewed by Mr.
Jones is gloomy indeed, and and will
doubtless receive the rftroful attention
of tho lefiisiftttiro. Wo givo below
somo figures and facts contained in tho
roport:
? During tho year the mining opera
tions have been carried on by tho fol
lowing companies:
Coosaw Mining Company ? Five
dredges and wash boats, 1G lighters,
40 tonging flats and 5 tug boats.
Farmers' Mihing Oompauy ? Throe
dredges, 10 lighters, 40 touglng flats
aud \ tug bpat.
Beaufort/Phosphato' Company ? One
dredge, 13 lignters, 70 tonging flats
and oue tug boat.
? Carolina Miuiog Company ? One
dredge, 22 lighters and two tug boats.
W. Y. Fripp ? JEight tonging {Iat9.
James O'Hcur ? Suspended.
James 0. Nclsoil ? Suspended.
James Reid ? Included in Farmers'
Mining Company.
CONDITION OF THE W^INO PLANTS,
At the beginning of tho year, Sep
tember 1, 1894, tho above compauies
had fully recovered and rehabilitated
their mining plants wrecked by the
cyclone of August 26, 18fl?, nu$ hjive
added saving devices so (is to reduoo
the cost of mining to a minimum aud
are today in better condition to mine
and handle phosphate than ovor be
fore.
SHIPMENTS FOR THE YEAR.
? The total number of rocks shipped
for the year commencing September 1,
1894, and ending August 31, 18M^watf
174,400.25 tons. OF tho rook raippod
or sent to market there havo been
shipped.
Tons.
To foreign porta 125,822.00
To coastwise (outside of State). .. 30,451.25
Taken at Clirt . Icston 6,573.00
Taken at Beaufort 7,654.00
Total shipments (tons) 174,400.25
ROYALTIES.
Tho amotfnt of royalty paid tho
State, under the act of 1893, for actual
shipmoute, without regard to the jjrico
of the rock per ton, is as follows:
Tons shipped, Royalty.
Coosaw Mining Co 78,120.00 $89,060.00
Farmers' Mining Co.... 84,468,00 17,234.00
Carolina Mining Co 83,426.00 16.713.00
Bonn fort Bhospbate Co. 28,181.00 14,090.50
W. Y. Frlpp , 205.25 102.03
Total 174.100.25 $87,200.13
Second ? Additional royalty paid the
StatQ, for excess of value* "1'rco on
board" over &4 per ton: ? - ?
Coosaw Mining Co. . . . ; . ,y/; ?256.57
Farmers' Mining Co. . .y<\. 137.50
Beaufort MJniag Co.- ? a
"Tiirollna Mining Co 63.00
W. Y. Fripp
. , <<457.07
RECAPITULATION. ?
Royalty paid tho State bu ship
ments. . . . .v. , .T?jS87,200 18
Royalty additional for excesq or
value ' 457 07
^Total royalties for the year. $87,657 20
Statement of number of tons mined
during the year is estimated at 201,400
tons. The number of tons on hand
Sept. 1.1 ?95, is estimated at 85,857
tons, as follows:
Tons.
Coosaw Mining Co 10,925
Farmers' Mining Co." ?... 11,823
Beaufort Phosphate Co 7,487
Carolina Mining Co ; 4,044
John C. Nelson 452
W. Y. Frlpp 158
James O'Heac. C"
Total on hand..,. 85,857
- OUILQQK Og'.imfl BUSINESS.
The outlook of the bp/jiness is gloomy
in the extreme. Prices have" sunk' to"
a figure never before reached, and the
greatest discouragement prevails both
in South Carolina and Florida. It is
impossible to get in Europo now. even
ns high as six pence a unit; the price3
vary from five penee to five peee and
three-quarter pence. At these pricoa,
after paying royalty, and with the most
favorablo rates of freight, the mining
oompanies are unable to net mjA than
$2 per ton for their rock. TlW does
not enable them to liqe. ' The strict
est economy is being praotieed, wages
are being redueed, saying devices are
being adopted, and the cost of mining
has been reduood to a minimum. But
even with this, unless there is an im
provement in the market, the phos
phate oompanies mufti stop.
THE FOKTY-SBVHNTH YEAR.
Annual Report of the Institution for
the Deaf, Dumb and Blind.
TheJbrtyr*evonth annual report of
the South Carolina FnetiFuGbn tor the
education of the deaf, dumb and blind,
has just been issued. The board ~re
porta that tho management has been
"most satisfactory indeed" for- the
paat year; that the health of the pupils
baa been excellent, and reopmmenda
t 917,500 be appropriated" for the
?ut4Ktrt of he institution for the com
ing yefcrrjtadt $1,000 for repairs. It
suggests] the im mediate erection of a
new building for the colored inmates,
suggeeung that $8,000 would be suffi
cient. The suggestion is made, too,
looking to the construction of an elec
tric light plant at ? cost of $1,620. The
institution h?s cared for 162 pnpfls
the paat/ear, representing 80 oountjfei,
lt2 being deaf and 50 blind. The per
capita expanse for drags and medical
attention for the paat year has been
only 66$eufk? probably the smallest
on r
i average annual expenee per
of all Such aohoo?* in tnisoonntrr
_ ? ? D. The per capita of this inati*.
lotion baa been only $180.97? another
rkable record.
It Is sal* lha BattrUn il,*W w War wj
cirsss ;
TUB POLL TAX AND SCHOOLS.
A Deotalmt of General Intrre?t
Throughout tlio State.
Below in ft synop&iu of tho \IooIbioq
of tho Supremo Court iu tho
matter of tho poll tux school fund ques
tion raised by tho school district of tho
city of Columbia through John 1\
Thomas, Jr., Esq. Tho mutuy iuvol
voa a considorublo amount of i^onoy in
ttiohlmd oouuty ,^wul no doubt in u
good many others, fur tho custom ?i
tho tux department h:*s boon knocked
iuto a ooekod hut, and tho mouoy will
no longer go into tho ordinary county
fuud. '
? Tho court says in substauoe;
This was an act of tho board of
soliool commissioners of t ho city of
Columbia vs. L. XJ. Folk, oouuty treas
urer, praying for ft writ of mandamus
requiring tho treasurer tohold certain
raouey rooeivod by him as poll taxes V>
tho orodit of tho school district of the
c?ty of Columbia oud report tho siuno
fts ii ooliection of poll laxes to tho board
of commissioners of tho school district
of Columbift and that ho shall pay out
tho oumo upon tho warrant of tbo suid
board of suhool commissioners.
The facta out of whioh tho contro
versy arises do not seem to bo disputed
and are as follows : On the 81st of,
December, 1894, tho time limited for
the payment of taxes without penalty,
levied for tho fiscal year 189$.v91,
chore wore a largo number of persons
r? siding within tho limits ot tho school
dl^rict of the-eity of Columbi%..who
in a rip default in the payment of thoir
poll* taxes. Thereupon tho county
treasurer made lists of such defaulting
tux-payers, adding tho penalty of 15
per cent, on tho poll tux duo by effeh,
as proscribed by law and placed tho
s uno in tho hands of tho two trial
justices for tho 6ity of Columbia ?
Tradowell and Troy? together with
affidavits that the persons therein
named tad lbacte default in pajttaent of
their poll trtxo?. In a fow instances
warrants were issued against the de
faulting tax- payors, charging ttiom
witl^misclonieanor under tho provis
ions of Section 377 of the criminal
statutes as revised in 1893. In those
lnstanoes where the parties were tried,
conviotod and fined, the fines were
paid over to the county treasurer as
required by Section 896,. of the revised
statutes, for county purposes. For
tho fin^a thus paid over tho county
treasurer, tho relators make no claim,
bccauso at that time the net of 1894,
approbating such linos to s.<*hool 2>ur
posos had uot been pasted, and henoe
under tho law as it stood tho county
treasurer was justified in holding tho
same for county purposes generally.
But in a largo mujority of instances
tho defaulting tax-payers paid their
poll ta'xos with the penalty added to
the trial justices without having been
tried or oonvicted'and without being
lined for tho misdemeanor in failiqg to
pay their poll tuxes, and tho contro
versy is as to tho moneys thus oolleoted
by tho trial justices aud paid over %o
the county treasurer, thatoffioerolaim
iug that such moneys are applicable to
oouuty purposes generally, while the
relators claim that such moneys being
the poll taxes . voluntarily paid by the
defaulting tax-payers exclusively for
school purposes and should be so held
by the county treasnrer. Inasmuch,
as one of tho conceded facts in the
case is that when a defaulting tax
payer* made tho payment t<J tho-t^ial
justico, he was given a receipt on* a
blank prepared by tho comptroller
g^npral and deliverod to the county
j&jJaaurer and by him delivered to the
justices, epeoify is# that ? the
monoy paid was for a poll tax with the
penalty- added, -we ~dtr not Boe how 1t
can bo questioned that such money
wiis the jrreeecvie of the poll. tax? and
as Such by tho express terms of the
Constitution as well as by the torms of
tho statutes under which such tax was
levied, exclusively applicable to sohool
purposes. This money certainly did
not arise from fines imposed by the
trial justices for the paftjes .jpnying it,
never arrested, tried or coifir&ted for a
misdemeaufor for not paying their poll
tux, aud Ihoreforo were not and could
not have been fine?.
It is contendod, however, that after
tho expiration of tho time allotcd for
tho payment of tho poll tax, the county
treasurer has no authority to co'Jou^l
the Hfiinf, and can only prosecute the
defendant for a rnisdemonor, and if the
treasurer cannot collect it himsr-lr,
n other a trial justice nor any other
person could act as his agent in the
ooliection of it. We cannot accept
this view. Tho object of all tax laws
is to securo the colletion of the tuxes
imposed by lawful authority ? and if
enrb htwe-eootatn- provisions - for en
forcing tho payment of taxes it by no
meaus follows that the collecting
officer is forbidden to receive the taxes
and penalties thoreon after the. time
(.limited for their payment without
r sorting to tho stringent remedies
provided for enforcing the payment of
tixcs. Such a view would sacrifice
? lbdtanco to mere form. The end de?
sired is the flection of taxes and if
a defaiUtingl&xpayer defaults volun
tarily to 'come forward and pay his
taxes with all penalties and legitimate
costs ad ted before the stringent rem
edies provided to enforce payment
sLaU be put into operation, we see no
reason why the same may not be* re
ceived by the officer charged with the
collection thereof. BotbeViftfi as it
may, the fact remains in this case th*t
here is a sum of money la the baud*
of the"Oovoty treasurer arising ftcsa
poll taxes paid by defaulting tax-pay
er> and for which they hold receipts:
andtheteean b# no Question- under
the constitution as well as the statute
that each moos j i? exaMvely appi
?ybletosahial ptrpoan and for tfttte
A ItiVlIiltOAOtfcmiOU.
TlxQ. Carolina Midland May l?o leased
or 8ol<t.
It luis hpon rumored for several
days, says (lift Chfti loston News and
Courier, that negotiations w^ro pend
lug looking toward tho wdo or loA8? of
IhoOuroUoA Midland Railroad to ft
hvudioato of capitalist* from tho \\ eat.
While tho names of theso gentlemen
ft?rrw*?^UH>\vn they arc said to bo
from Chief#* and it i? "tatod that ei
ther they or tWr representatives have
been" in Charleston reoently taking
putt in the negotiations which are said
to ho on foot. The people of Carles
ton are and have alwayn been deeply
interested in the Carolina Midland
Road. It is as everybody knows a
Charleston enterprise; Charleston
money built it and Charleston men
have owned and controlled it till tho
prosout day. Under those voirouin
stauoes it will bo readily imagined that
the report that the Oaroliua Midland
is about to ohauKe haudH either by
lwiuio or sale would awaken a great
deal of interest in business and oorn
luercial oi ri;les in that city.
It mo understood that in the nego
tiations said to bo iu progress for tho
lust few days that the present owners
of the road were represented by thC
illon. Jamos Simons and that the West
ern men's representative was Mr. I.
Moultrie Mordeo^i. When called on
by a roporter for Tho J*ows and Gone*
ier theso goutlemeu deoliued to say
auvthing for publication regarding the
matter. T^ftre is little doubt, how
ever, that the rumor has a foundation
in fact and that negotiations aro iu
progress.
too Carolina Midland runs now for
Sixty miles or ^y>io through tho most
fertile and yatf^uctivo part of .Barn
well oounty. The main stations along
its lino are Severn, Barnwell Court
House, Allendale and Blackvillo.
When the road was first built it was
proposed to extend it further to tho
West, and this intention hns nevor
been finally abandoned by tho present
owners. Tho people of Greenwood
have long boon unxioua to liavo tho
Midland come to their thriving little
oity, and considerable w<>rk has been
done looking to tho accomplishment of
thoir wishes. Greonwood peoplo havo
always been roady to contribute liber
ally to the proposeil extension.
As to tho intentions of the propos
ed purchasers of tho road noth
ing is definitely known. It is not
probable, however, that Westorn
mouoyod. men would l>tty the property
unless they intended to extend it at
one and probably both ends. Many
people think it likely that if the nego
tiations, result'in a trausfer of tho road
that tho present lino will be extended
to Green woodland probably further on
to tho wost and tp Charleston on this
side. At Greohwood the road would
make connection with tho old Port
Royal nud Western Carolina, tho Col
umbia and Greenville' division of tho
Southern system ond the Georgia,
Carolina and Northern link iu the Sea
board Air Lino system. With theso
connections on,ttfe wost and an e>astcrn
terminjjj^rtf (5harlefitou the Carolina
MidlaSd would be a most valuable ad
dition toHho transportation facilities of
the oity.
Tho officers of the^?ompany as lb
now stands aro Mr. Goo. A. Wegener,
president; Col. iuike Brown, yice pres
ident aud treasurer; Mr. E. H. Oak*
man, auditor; Mr. J. C Keys, super
. iutendent, and on tho board of direc
tor# are Messrs. Goo. * A. Wagener,
Miko3rt>wn, B. F. Bremer and D. H.
Salldy.
TORN LIMB FI103I LIMU.
Terrible Futo of \V7ilil?m Tobjj^ Du
* -Bom. _? _
Wm. Tobias DuBose, a colored car
penter in tho employ .of the Stono
Phosphate ?Coxapanjy aes*- Charleston,
wa.i killed in a most horrible manner
at tbo company's worltn. \
DuBose had. been ordered by ffy
perintendent Porebcr, of the works,
to do. so (no work cn machine No 8.
DuBoso secured a ladder .to comply
with his orders and left tho office for
the machine. A few moments after
ward some pf tho employees heard a
noise as if some of tho machinery was
broken. Mr. William Lowndcn, the
shipping ck-rk, and Jacob Stalls, a
negro mill hand, ran to where the
sound came from and oaw DuBose n
body being torn to pieccs between the
revolving shaft of tho machinery near
machine No 4 and the rafters of the
ceiling.
It was a sickening sight. Tho main
patt of D11 Bore's body fell to the
ground, but most of the clothea, con
taining part of the liobs, continued to
revolve around with tho shaft until the
machinery., wm stopped . It arae all*)
done in tho twinkling of an eye, for
the unfortunnte man did not ntter a
cry. Ho was evidently at work on the
box tbHt surrounds the - shaft at one of
the poets. His apron must have been
caught by the revolving machinery
and his body held tightly to it, while
his limbs were torn away one by one,
his blood beaten into the beams and
posts around the machinery. When
bis reroa-.ns were carried to a room
the workmen had to carry them piece
by piece. Both of legs were torn
completely from Ihe body, ono of them
being jerked clean from the rocket and
the other torn in two hear the crotch.
Hie left arm was torn from the socket
ond.hiri right arm crashed completely
off near tho elbow. . ?
DuBose w?e one of tbo oldest and
mosttmited of the company's employ
ee*. He has been in iti employ ?vc?
aince tho works were built,- which la
over twenty ycara. ^
?. Myers Oris m l*o?tnl Plum.
4 Postmaster Gtpcrfel Wrfson bat appointed
L. L. Myers, fit IUchraml, asalstaot
faseitlaopertateadeat of the B*lhhty X*J>
~Ws en]?e has b*>a wwrter
- * .
T ho Insu^cnt Forces Within Sight
of Cuba's Capital.
SPANISH TROOPS DEMORALIZED, j
i
j,r ? ? i
j
End Js F n?t Appv >Hchtng-?Th?
rierco Cautltoa't T.tne?.-Toiilll?tt Oitl
* jens Froparori to Evaeuata tho City
Cuban Fatriot? Ma>l? a Vigorous l>a?li
??T|iWo ImiWiii Iit?nojo(i u\ Fir#.
A disontoh from Havana. Cuba, g.v ?
Unless all iu'llOHtlon9 aro dacelvmi?, thft ond
o? tho Cuban insurrection is approaching,
aU'1 tho result, It wonta sf'oom, must b? In fa
vor of the tafturarout nrnitvj. Maximo
Corner, Antonio Mao?o and Quintln Bandera
nronatrtug this oily from three itfferout dl*
motions.
It b no lonsrer a cry of "On to HavrohI"
from tho Oubani. Th?y aro hero, slowly but
surely iurrouivllnpf th's C.ipita1, aftor a trl
umnhant mnreh trom tho o..storu end of
SHutia$?o*do Cuoa, in apiio of all tho b<*5>t ?
troops of Spain ooul'l do to provont thorn.
?Stoo bv o.oo. Caotaln-G-ouoral Martinez d?
F0RTY.FIV2 STATcS NOW.
Tho rv?6lilo?' sic?"? I'mclnin ntl?" Ad.
i mieilu,; 'j
Utah una admitted to tho jtst?rhoo;\ oh
' Stfit??a Mt 10:03 o'alo^k a. uv, vrbon P**o?Id nt
Clovo nu\ h.srntcitlm proclRuaatlou to that
nffeot. Tb?rt? was >'0 eevamouy, Mr. CI?vp?
Inivt an i PnvMo 8*orot ?ty Tburbf.r woro
ftlonft in thw oftV'M nt tho tti<u?, j
and th?j 8i<joti>K was itooo with ft eteul stnh* !
TTtT. XEW riAQ,
(Showing th? position Utah's stftv will
I occupy.)
pun point Rfl\x<?(\ to t\ \voo<h>n penhotacr.
XHoponttu i penho'der woro prvfcouted to
Govwrnor W'ost, ot Utah, who oame to tho
Whttrt Hon?? about tho timo tho proelama
tk.ii was am ?
? O.SLAND OF CUB4.
CSl>ow!n? thn position of Fiwa?a tiD'J th? of'or olttfs.^
Campos lins been rtylvon back before the ad
vance of tho .yWforl^ns army, until here
preparatlona^itre belt* completed on both
.sldtwJgj^Uro dooislve struggles.
^ATTthfoH iusnrgeut columns havo been
continuing the, work of destruction, burning
o.uui fluids and plundering ih? houses of tho i
better classes as thoy push onward. T'?o j
Providence Nombro do Dlas, Julta la Qia, j
Mercodita and other plantations in tho
Guinea district, through which tho Insur
gents have juMt paused, bnvo been comploteiy
wiped out by tho toroho? of tho onemy.
Tho-utmost constornutlon prevails tn Gov
ernmont olrolcs. There 1b no denying that
Havana is now to all intents and purposes
invested by tho insurgents. Their oolumns
aro pressing unohocked around tho ?itv nnd
tho military, authorities seom to have fallen
into uncomplete yato of helplessness.
At this cr.sis tho Gov?rnmmu officials hero
ntQ childishly blaming the diflter-nt Spanish.*;
Generals for tho present state of affairs, .ut- '
t?riy regardless of the^fact that it was
Oampos's plau of campaign, the wild soat
teriuur of his forces all over the island, which
is mainly to blame for this orlsis, although
other .influouces hav# had a great share
in 'the bitter humiliation of the Sp.in*
iards. Incapacity nas baen supplom?uted
by siokuoss nnd treachery. Tho Spanish sol
diers, in spite of all donials. have deserted
in considerable numbers and have In many
instances shown sympathy with tho insvu?^
gent ^muflc. Stories are afloat here of &?
wholesale reimblieaiu propaganda at work
among ihe'rfoldters from Spain, and it is said
that it/will yet bear astonishing fruit.
A Inter cablegram dated Havana states
that the rebel fores, commanded by Gen*
eral Maximo Gomez, have oaptured several
of the towns near the olty, nnd the citizens
of Havana are in a statu of intense excite*
mentkand terror. Under General <iomea's di>
'?reatifen the insurgents made a vigorous on
AN ARMENIAN HECATOMB.
Nino IXiin.U'O.1 rermm ICUlod at BlridJlW,
^enr Alntub.
i Tho corrosponlont at ODUbtantiaoplo tele
1 graphs, uudor date of January 3, that a terrl
blo misaaoro has tukou plaao at JBlridjlk,
no:ir Aiutab, In A?la Mlnox*. The official re
port of tbo occurrence statos that 800 pe?r? ,
sons wefb kl'ied.
It Is b'olievod that tho massaoro nt
Blrldjik was committed by tho Kurds of tho .
Hamadloii Cavalry.
Tho recent mussaoro at Orfah was a terri
ble affair. Tho Porto admits that 905 per
sons wore kUlud there, out other aoooums
say that 200'J were slaughtered.
Au Imperial trade hhs buen issued ordor
? In* tho rnorgauiEjtion of tho Turkish Army
? ana Increasing rim 'JLurkish forces in Mace
donia, Crete and ?1 Hujaz. Arubia., Tuo inf
crcasu will bo completed ?y spring*
Carl Sclfllrz's I<lea.
At a regular mooting of tho chambor of
C9mmorco of Notp York, Carl Sjhurz Hub*
mlttod a resolution that tho president of tbo
chamber appoint a special committee of
members, of whom tho president shall bo
one, to consider tho expediency of nn offort
(o to auuleau 1U pari, iif *TWiJ unution wllli
similar organizations, In tli? Interest of in
ternational peace and good understand! g\
and to propose a joint ooininlttoo to bo com
posed of qitisaus of ' tho United States hnd
Kntflaud, to bop resided ovef by some man
of omluont avtmy to be agreed upon by both
ublet>, tho commission to be considered as.au
ftnvteory council. It was adopted.
TJTE rBVDO. LEADING 8TBEET IN HAVANA.
fllaupfhf upon tb? centre of General Campns'a
line and, after a fleroa fight. thev ?w?pt ibo
opuniarns ??ide. forced their miy tbrouorh
f ho line, and are now marching triumphantly
we?tward toward th? Province of Vinar ^el
lUo. .in ibi* province are the lines: tobafcjo
plantations iu Cuba, and fheseeeem to be.
now at the metoy of tbe robels.
6AT0LLI A CARDINAL*
rormwlty Vo%tc?l With tl?? ?c.-?r!*t nt tl:o
f^nltimoro (U<M Cathedra/.
Is the '.) Cathedral P/andi
Satolll, titular AreUbiitiop of Lepauto anA
Papal Ablegate t<y^tho l^iUcd SuU-'a. was e'.e?
elisor ix uroxJuu
?U** t? tfc* OardMtfaN #a4 totm^azjm^
^Sic ???: *? '* -
THE PlirrY-FOlTKTII CONORKbM.
A Synopsis of tii<? i'i iu ccdlngs of Both
llOII&CWa fi
THE SEJUJT2, ..??
In the Sennt? on Tu'ytZy 4 resolution wns
Introduced loitructin^lho flurfooe committoo
lu report an amendment to ?lio Hous^ reve
nue bill provldiug for on additional d-uy on.
raw sugar equal to tho proposed lucreane on;
other article*; a bill was. introduced to can
cel United StateS legaMendor notes. The
remainder of the time waa devoted to tho
discussion of tho financial question. Tho
Senate adjourned until Friday. %
For over ttvoliours on Frtdnyttie Senate
was In a turmoil of a financial discussion. A
resolution was introduced declaring it to be
the sense of the Senate tbat bonds shall not
bo sold nnder private contract; the reeolu
tion is still unfinished business. The Senate
adjourned until Tuesday.
TUB HOCSB.
Many more mem ...urn ui*the Rouge were
present iu their seats Tuesday than were ex
pected to bear thw Journal of Saturday's pro
ceedings read and to vote in favor of the
motion to adjourn until Friday. Tbatoon
etltuted the entire progmmfno of business
and the session lasted Just 12 minutes,
?bout 1 0 members were on the floor. .
The House re-assembled on ' Friday uno?r
ths arrangement heretofore announced, for
the purpose - of adjourning until Monday
Speaker fiet-d announced that he had signed
ti?o bill to aoeept tberram Katahdln, and theft.
Jounigsnfe ?a? taken.
resolution appointing Wn?. L. of W^
Va.. a member of tho board of regent* of tba
Sm^bsonlan IasUtute in plaaa of Henry
Goppe, '
Goae In f?r Hepalrs.
TIM fcattlssUp Texas has been
Norfolk, Ta." 'where i
VENEZUELAN .
COMIISSIOH
CLKVELAND APPOINTS FIVJO
strong
They Will InQiitro Into the Boundary
Lino, bhort Sketches of Their
Lives*
Tho resident Woduoatliiy announced tkf
composition ot tho Venezuelan oommlasloo,
whloh will consist of flte moinbora, ?a fol
lows: v*' v'
David J. Brewer, of Kansas, associate
Justice of tho Bnpremo Court of tho United
States; IUahard H,<\lvoy, of Maryland, ohief
Justice of tho Court of Appeals of the District ? -
of Columblu; Andrew D. W'hl.to. of New York|l' J
Frederick R. Ooudort, of Now York; Daniel
C. Oilman, of Maryland, president of the
John Hopkins University. v
Juduo Brewer, tho loading member ot the
ooxnmlHSlon, whs born In Smyrna, Attn
Minor, in 1837, his father at that lime being
ono of tho Amei loan missionaries in that part
of the wqrld. Uo is n graduAto of Yale and
a nephew 6f David Dudley Field, in Jffhofte
oflleo in Now York city Jud?o Brewer .was a
a law student. In tho year 1858 Judge
Brewer romoved from New York oily to tbe
West, whore he cngac;od in tbo practice of ^
his professsen In ({annas Cito. Mo., and v
alterwajjils In LeavonWortli.Kans. Ho has alio k
occupied various important |X*UkHt#( ia?
eluding those of Judge of tho tlrat Judicial
circuit of tho State of Kansas, and from 1870
until 18M1 filled tho oflleo of judge of tl\S
Kansas Supreme Court. Judge Brewer ban
a!v> takon groat Intercut in educational
nftlalra and was at ono timo president of the
Kansas board ot education. In polities be
turn boon a Ropublieun. Ho was appointed
associate Justice of tne Supreme Court ot the.1
United States for the eluhth olrouit by ?*- '?
President Harrison In 1890.
Daniel C. Oilman In distinguished as an
educator. Ho Is a graduate Qf Yalo College
and has been nn extensive travolor in Europe
where ho paid groai attention to the swtiral
political and educational conditions of vari?
ous oountrloo. in lb75 ho was elated (be
ilrst president of tho John Hopkins Univer
sity, in Baltimore. Among tho many works -1
that he has written is n memoir Of Jumea
Monroe, whloh was prepared tor the Ameri
can Statesmen edition. His fame as ?ftol?ntl?t; ? -
and historian is world-wale. Mr. Oilman la
sn id not to bo athllatod with any politic^
party, but his tendencies are inclined to the
Republican organization. He is a native of
Connecticut, and in his G5th year. <1
Frederick H. Coudert Is tho hoad of the
law firm of Coudert Bros., of New York Cjly,.
Ho bus a world-wide reputation its an advo*
? cato and an auUiority on international law.
lie served with' dietiuctiou ou tho Bohring
son commission, and was cbmpllmentod by
tho President of tbo French Republic for )>W
spoeoh before the commission nud waa ev
tertalned at tho p&lacb. He Is a Democrat
ftnd is classed as rihtl-Tammany. He 1*tt " *
brilliant ofiitor and a shrewd advocate.
Andrew Dickson White, of New Yor*, la
also distinguished as nn educator. He l| ?
natlvo of Now York, having been borrt at
Homer, in that States in November, 18W.
He is of New Ungland parentage and "n
graduate ot Yalo University. Ho waa pjre#? r
clout of tho Republican State Convention 0 1 ?'
Now York in October. 1861, and waa Uulted
Htatea miuister to Germany from 1?70 till - .
-1881. Mr. Whito was also one of the United
States commissioners to Sauta Domingo 404
aided In proparlngtho roport of the codJtftl^
slon. Mr. Whito was for a. brief period do- '
dor Mr. Harrison's administration, .. tjpr :
American minister to St. Petersburg.
Judge Rlobard Henry Alvey is a natii
Maryland. Hewth on tbe Judiciary Qpar
tee of tbe constitutional contention of .
and was olectod chlof Judge of the fOt
?ircnlt under tho new constitution, and
re-bleeted In 1883. He wae
Governor Hamilton aa chief
Court of Appeals of Maiyl_
Judgo Bartol. Jfbls place he
cept tbe olfice/ff chief Juattce of 1
fl ft|. n| n f i ^ iiaile t n fli ?
VOnxTOT AppOTl^ Tit \ut? IJT
This court had Joat been w..v. .
Congress and President Cleveland
urged Judge Altey to take
chief justloe and organise the
Upon the death of Oblef Justice
lug Mr. .Cleveland's first term*
Justices ?f the Supreme Court, w'
Impressed with tbe opinions t
J udge Alvey on tbe appellate bench'
land, urged the President to
cbiof Justice of the United Stat
President waa dlapoaed to do but
been said, that Judge Aire* la
man and it was feared that for ?
to jzo to theJkmth might
RETURN OP TUB HDKRTY
It Will Atop Ht tvlHiiibla, ttM?|
Charlotte afiid Oreenfbor^
The Joint special oommtttee ?t?ottK0
the Atlanta Exposltfon h&ro - deetda*
at Cbarlotto and Greensboro, J?. 0.,. tft
retnrxr trii?of4h?Ltt>w?tyBiH In Artful
a request frftm Suiator Butler. o* Sk*?&
ollaa. Other p||?jM
on ttio route ere Macoo. Sartpjett,/
l-'fitc.D, Columbia end BataMIL'wO
mittee trill I Oft to {MritedolbfcU ?* 'mti[
morwioflr, . Th?rtam trip eflttfaPM
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