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II I"" Work of tho Sonate and House :iofly Told, CUBAN QUESTION DISCUSSED, Penaion lllli Pusscd Without Amend l?VOHt~ rotltloi?B Favoring ( lie Ding* ' lev 1)111 Received. rr.v?1 ,-.v? THE BEN ATE. Ti.'jbdav. ? Tho Senate had 11 short session May. Tho TfCSklotU prCbOiited a conumml (ropi tho Secretary o( Uio Treasury, giving tho .number of a I ion a employed In tlio rrenanry Department, as called for by reso lution of May full last. It stales tf.at tho U'-lJfotyer' of s?<?h aliens at tho time of tho adoption of tho resolution was J)5, but that ?lnoo thou almost all- of thorn hud bccome naturalized. Various other departmental communications were presented and refer, red, Petitions from Philadelphia and St. fiOUltt wore received favoring the passage of W>o i)|ngleyT)ill; also several memorials in <&Mu}qn to American outrage*, after which rtftJfeljUto adjourned In rcspcct to Crisp's wWrfiory. w"ttpNKKi>AV'? The session of tho Senate today was attended by several interesting arid Important Incidents. A Joint resolution to continue the powers of joint committee on lh$ ~K>tt\0\ftl of taxes on alcohol lined In manufacturing and tho arts was. reported ?ud phased. Tho independence of Cuba was the ^Object of three joint resolutions intro duced hy Senators < ameron, Republican, oi Pennsylvnuia; Mills. Democrat, of Texas, and Call, Democrat, of Florida. Tho first ac knowledges tho independence of tho Island , and directs the tender of friendly offices of Ihe United States government to Spain to bring the wnr to a clos?. Tho second directs the President of tl^?? Uirtled . Btntca to tnke possession of Ihe Island with tho military and naval forces of tho United States and to hoi I possession till tlu? Cuban people can organize a government, and tho third recoj ni ies the republic of Cuba hs a free and Independent government and extends to it nil rights in the ports and with "in tho jurisdiction of t.'ie United fc'lates. Tho first two were referred to tho- committee on foreign relations n;:d tlio last was laid on the table temporarily until such time as Mr, Call may desire to address tho Senate on th\) sub ject. The Dingley bill was taken up and dls v!ti$ted at some length. ThuasnAV. ? The indopendenoo of Cubnand the recognition of thelnsurgontsasA regular ly organized government had two advocates In the Senate Thursday in the persons oi BenHtors X Ullom, ltopublican, of Illinois, and C?Ht- Democrat, of Florida. Mr. Cullum de livered a carefully prppnrod speech in support of his viewer -"WHIftt' Mr. Call contented himself with n briiM1 discursive statement. \Mr, CuHoln prefaced his speech with the ln induction of a joint resolution, declaiing |?-U "Uio extinction of tho Spanish tit!<> ami |:JIo"Wmln alion el Spanish control in the is )/i"hut' nt lho</<nlowuy of the (lulf of MexK'o lu-.tv-.i- >o the welfaro of those islands . JFIo'SVftS cbubuvw c,f tho United Stales." Mr. elf-*- /lutlon was refc'ied to the Au<l J iaUf^k relations. The bill U> rejl \ Vfntlon was taken up for con A ttink ol iV "*as post/ oncd till tlio second 8oou Ka.Vv-'^C-fVaving been defeated by a dreautv^ \j,e Senate then adjourned Ila spako not a ~~~r" ? lu\"en, of Nebraska, And filled all the 6topla Renouncing the issu Antonio Macco, wluTeomler a /lag of truce, was tho toxt of a resolution offered in tho Soi.hIo by Mr. ( all, Democrat, of Florida, and referred to tho committee on foreign re lations. The resolution ohara^tnrlJ'.cs the nftair as n violation of tho rules of civilized warfare and as a cowardly nct> cf treachery , It declared tho government which au thorised and permitted it, or failed to punish the assassins, "an outcast from tho familv of nations and from the pale of civilization ,c?n(). public la --v." Thf. committco on foreign relations wore in truded to Inquire into the facts and to re port to tho Senate at an crrly date. Another resolution of Mr,- Gall's, which was similarly ' refer rod, requires the President of tho United States to demand tho release of allv.the United States citizens held by the SpanWh government as prisoners In t ubn. .V war blast was also )j?'Vwn against Turkey, in tho shape of resolutions passed by a church congregation In New Hampshire, presented ' and approved by Sonator?Qnlllngcr, of that Btate, dcclaring-tlmt tho Armenian outrages phould be suppressed by tho < ivlllzed powers ofoji nt the cost or dismemberment of tho Turklfch Empire. ' Fifty-live private pension bills were taken up and passed, nearly all of them fo^itjerease of pensions. A resolution by Sonaro* 'Morgan, requesting tho use by the twnato ollhe Cuban papers In tho haudaof tho Department of Slate was presented. { -%PK~IIOU8g. \ TOKBDAT.?'fho House promptly got down to business, resuming tho call of committees, where It loft.ofY at the closo of tho Jjist ses sion. Under the call tho commlttco on post offices and railroads occupied nearly throo liourfl of tho St-6Hlon In t Hat period (wearing tbo passage of threo bill*. Thcso were.- (l.) Authorizing tho use ol prlvato postal cards; (2) authorizing tho Postmaster General to J^/low an Indemnity, not dxecodlug $10 in ny oneenstf, for tho lo&sof regl lerod pnek? ages or icttors; (3) nuthori/Jug the appoint ment of 'letter carriers at-- office's whoro tint freo delivery system is not established, tho cost thoroo'f to bo borno by tho patron.?. When 4rffl second of these bills whs under discussion, Mr. Bingham. Itopublloan, of Pennsylvania,- supporting tne bill, claiming st of insurance. " rv* The general pension appropriation bill ?tt on taken up and Mr. Crow, llopub'Ican, of _ j |n fAVAV ttWUflTMUMlUf .... t that the investigations by tho rostofllee Dc -/-Vk.-'iai complaints of losses of registered "raafFln Ifttt'Irtfit fiscal year demonstrated a liability by tho government, unless tho terms of ihe i roposod act W.oro put Itto effect, for six hundred losses out of over IKteen million packages registered, air. UluKham statod that tbo axporl&nco of ovdry country whWrS bad adopted'tho system of "indemnity /6r losses had- been that tho rovenuo frorfln creaaed bnslnesa wao vastly greater thoVlbo cost of Insurance. ^Th? i thOO (Ainu ufioiiM ?*-? , - . Pennsylvania, niado a brief snecch In faypr **4 protective., tariff Wll, The pension Mil was passed Without amendment. - W bokbsdat.? -The adjjfllon of the House to day wss conducted under; the influcnco of IfiOfplrlt of labor.' Nine bills were consid ered 4ttd two confmence reports agreed to, laTFUdttton to scrnrctrth^r buslao**. Tho u#? -ualJre?olaUotLdi#trlbu<I.og tho topics of the Pf??deot'a td tho appropriate Sem joalUeea was roporf< <l from the Ways aud <JS^?Mf?lttceifad :K. ' T?i moat.? At tfce nimtng of the Houfte -T*VrU4r^a eoouplttco Thursday, Mr. Catron. W irM* from Nt?w Me*lco, endeavor^i Wtira Iha con^r-oftfar-coinuiltfc* lfeMifitfjiUiebood bill *> as I Uioilomo ndiournod until Alondny. Monday, - Hilla were passed constituting a now division of the eastern Judicial district of Texas iiyq proviuiiur 'or holding lortns of court (it Il?w>n>o(rtsViY,\?s, also permitting I ho mayor arid city Wmwll of Monroe, La., to bridge (tio Ouachita river, opposite that city. A Joint resolution recognizing tho inde pendence of Ouhft was Introduced by Mr, Howard, 1'opuHst, of Alabama, It recite* tho profound regret of the American people at tho roportod "brutal assassination of tho Cuban lender, Maooo." It declares lliat Spain U ccuiducUug a brutal and. guorrllla-liko war faro against a patriotic people who are drugging for indepondoneo, even as did tho founder* of this Republic, 11 resolve*, there fore, thai tho United States ahull rooonnizo Cuba as a frco and Independent Kovernmont nml shall tieeurd to lior- people all nlich riuhta In 1 ) i o porl? and within tho Jurirfdh'tion of tho United States. A Joint resolution was parsed providing for a holiday recesa from Decem ber 2'2d to January 5th, IJy a voto of yeas 08, and jfcays tho Houso refused to pass oyer the President'* veto, u t>ill granting a pension to the divorecd wile of l.owcll Taft, 1 of tho Eighteenth Regiment > onneetleut vol \. iteer infantry, who died of ulcoh Usra in p boldlers' homo. HITS IX IOSS IS 1)1' I ih. R, C.J ? On 11 ?t Co. ami Orndstrcet's 4 NVcokly ( 'oiii mercial Reports. pNkirs. It. (I. Dun ft Co., in their weekly Jrado roviow, say: "Tim approaching of tho holidays and doubt about the action of Con greavhas put oiT further Improvement until tlio New Year. iVhilo Indu&^rUM havo gained In working force, they ?ro waiting for a commeusuralo gain in demand, and in<jun? while are trying to clear away emlmrrliss. mi'nts which restrict them. Speculation/has been halting and timid There is no sober minded fear of foreign dillleulty, but some have succeeded In Imagining that "Con Kj5?sg might go so fur beyond the Presi dent's prudent message regarding Cnba~ as to embroil (his country with Spain. Money is iu abundant supply; lending to London continues, and there in nothing to cnu?o lops activity in general business exci'pt that the rush of orders deferred until after t ho election has not been continued. Tho volume of busiucss shown by clearings lias been for the week 5.2 per cent, smaller than iu"?l your. Scanty returns for December em brace so bud a report t^r St. l'ant that they foil 10.4 per cent. below those of 1KU2, and earnings on Unit' <t States muds amounting to $!I7,G2G,20C in in November were fO.^-pcr cent, less than in 1HU2. *'J'\ ?'Cotton has declined .'1-1(5 in spite of all the stories that thecrop has been nearly inarket od and continued to coiuu forward -<t?adily. "Textile Industries aro working a larger for"e lhati'ln October, but there, ii not much evidence of in wr demand, and soino kinds of goods are uccuHnulnliiur. As raw commo dities arc lower, Jiel'JIng In prices of staples is expected and buying is on that account more restricted. il few qualities of goods having slightly declined. Print cloths are weak id tone, with enormus stocks. . Wool en woods arc not in better de li and ami there Is general indisposition to make commitments ahead. .S:ilos of wool iu two weeks," 1 -i .37.V.WO pounds against 11, 090,200 last year, are largely this year between trader.'*, as tho mills Had at present little en couragement to buy, and .London sales aie a shade weaker. Quotations are not changed, though nuro frequent concessions are re "0^,h:& for tho week, have been -WO in tho United Staies against 3^3 last ^ year, aud iti Cannda against ol last year. Dradstrc.et says: "Thcro has been no im provement iu general trade lkl? week except in holi'lav specialties. At Augusta, Louis ville, Nashville, Charleston, Chattanooga, Cincinnati and Memphis, the con'lition of business is ijychan^cd. Like reports fomo from ? lowland. Providence. Chicago, Oma ha and Dulutli, Wlicro activity Is confined to tho jutail demand lor holiday goods and requests for stables continue moderate, Tho situation at Milwaukee, Oiitxtx ton and llirminghnm, Ala , is characterize! I as diappoiutiug, but at Hi. Paul and Min neapolis thcro la -more aetlvft derna-.d lor drugs. yroCoi'l^, shoos fi'itd niit$p v? ' Jacksonville, Havaouah, Atlanta and New Orleans for staple goods. Distribution ot merchandise in Texas lias be?yi chocked by those who have held back cotton awaiting higher prices. Unseasonable weather lint agaiu delayed the demand for wlntei goods, and tho approach of the porlod for stock taking will prolong tho season of dullness well Into next month." HARMON ON TRUSTS. What tho Attprnti^jiOcMcnil Has to Way of Them. Attornoy-Goneral Harmon in his annual rc|iort gees at somo length Into tho subject of truats. Ho snysnaendments' to thooxlst Ing anti-trust law are ncccssary. Utisldcs this, tho funds lit the disposal of tho Attornoy-Ctonoral arolneufllciont to meet tlio expense of preparing and prosecuting euite. ?Ue further says: "Many complaints have boon made by prlvnto citizens nnd oilier of combinations in restraint of trado and com merco and of alleged monopolies. I havo caused to bo Investigated, as well as tho means ami force 'at my command permitted, such of them ns seemed likely to eoinu within tho scope of Federal authority over Intor stato trado and coinineroo, to which alone this law extends. * The only case, however, In which ovhlenco was discovered to justify action was that of tlic joint traffic association of tho trunk lino railways, against which a bill was filed by the United .States January 9, 1800, iu the Circuit Court for tlio Southern District of New York. Although thb case, was ably prepared and presented by Mr. Wallace Maclarlanc, Uni ted States attorney for that district., under my supervision, the court, Judge Wheeler presiding, dismissed the bill, holding that tho articles of agreement of tho association were not in violation of tho law. The enso Is now pending la the circuit court of ap peals and. will soon bo argued." II? cites older cases, especially that of tho ^I'rnns-Missonrl Traffic Association which. Viyog >no against the United States on tecii nfft^'.Kies, showing t!io inadequacy of tho prtseiiii^ajnr. ?Favorlfc?0.ip:>mment is mado on tho aboli tion of fco*,'i?irn >n his department. A sav ln|of ortfr b iln marshals' fees Sr.* Harmon advocates tho jitohsago of tho PaiMe^allway funding bill nnd urges that tho United States maintain Its present atti^ tudcand refrain If posilble from going into court M tho foreclosure "case. Ho doubt* tho Ability of tho United Mates to preserve thin situation touch longer. Important sugges tion* aro mado regarding . the revision or frl frtat'itca and ntutplUylafi, the same. IlitngMllii Fini. At OmXhiv. Neb., Vernon Whit, a. J8-y?ar 6 Id boy, ?m accident^ hanged us thoYciult -oT<rt5?yi3h pTWrtr.?-W>Ht~hl? playwat^ was pliyloit polled. Whou they c?ptl criminals they were condemned So be han j. 1 He condemned." and A pHlOW ?Ml? ?rA. tjed around no4v?pd ho suspended hlfB*. \ eclf by lha lo * no.1 room .iXoou. ? arrived h^was dead. Perm??n?#t X?ciifiro ??rrlre. In i^ofatagd 'With - tfce- prerlpie? - o? ? rrtK>futk?} the of Ubor &?^fOeaU eoiitr?iS ? ptoa f?r r? ? -jsy- r- _ s ___ i ?**!?. -X? rxt^. Tl? N STATU IHRPKNSAKY. The I.rtw Will lit* Amended, Hut Will Not lie Abolished. Tho Columbia Register of ft recent date says: "Now that it is only about 'a month boforo tho Legislature meet#, thoro is a great ileal of discussion as to what will bo dono in roforonei) to tho Dis ponsary, tho general fooling being that some radical ohango in ponding. It would l>o a (lillloult task to foroenst what tho changes will bo, but it may bo stated with some degree of certainty that tho Dispensary will not be abolish i/d and that liquor will continue to bo sold by the State, probably under a dilloreut administration of tho law or probably under greater restrictions, or both, ah time and circumstances may develop, "That thoro will bo a change of ho mo Hort i? almost certain, but that tho present law will bo abolished and ft high license system established under the Constitution, seems at this time highly improbable. "While tho law as at present admin istered, lias some features about it tha*. aro highly objootionnblo to all classes of citizens, still it lias good features that commend it to overbody. Even tho strictest prohibitionists ad mit thin, but they contend that any sort of license, except for "mechani cal, medicinal and sneramental pur poses," is wrong and should not be countenanced, () "Thoro aro on tho olhor hand advo cates of Iho Dispensary who do not en dorse tho way it is now conducted and many politicians who would liko to de nvo benefit from it aro advocating changes in tho low. Whatever dillur out shades of opinion may think, there seems to havo been a general idi a that tho law should bo abolished and a high license system instituted by the coming Legislature. "A gentlomau prominently connect ed with tho State government, said in reference to the agitation: 'It mny bo certainly stated that the law will not bo abolished by tho Legislature nor will tyigh liconto bo onaotod. Tho law will bo materially amended, but tho Dispensary as a system will con tinue.' "Tliorocent activity of tho Prohibi tionists against tho law will likely lntvo its effect on the fight in the Logisla ture. Thoro can possibly be no doubt that they will havo a vast inlluoneo in shaping legislation on tho subject. In addition'to their natural strength it is learned that they will havo thosupport of those who aro opposed to'Hho Dis pensary syatom, but not Jto liquor sell ing generally. Should tlieso two opin ions combine it will be seen that the Dispensary system will havo a closo call in the next Legislator?. "Whatever changes in tho law may bo made, it is understood that' -tho per sonnel of tho Board of Control will bo radically changed. It haG been known for Komo timo that Col.. Wilio Jonc$, chairman of tho ?idtir<J>. will. coign om January 1st. lie lias comtfcmplated do ing this for^dmfe Vrao, but only desist ed by reasoii ofi'tho importunity of friends. It irstatfeu that Mr. W. A, Nicholson will also.sejj.d his resignation at tho samo tiQii3j*1ifi!(T ^Ir. Douthit, it is Haid, will do tho samo. The so gen tlemen resign not from any opposition to thy law, but from tho fact that their privato .business arrangements provent thom frrotoa giving tho business proper attention." TOWN OK-HAMIIVIU;. John A? Chapman's History of IDdgo County. ^ Thopteam presses of Mr. E. II. Anil, of Nowborry, aro now busy with Mr. John A. Chapman's sew book, "His tory ofEdgofield County," {^Tho fol lowing in n selection ftud sample of what tho pages will oontnin: "It in curious to noto tho changes that havo taken place in the names of some places since tho country was first occupied by tho whites. Hamburg was originally Suvaunah Town, talcing its name from the nativo Savannahs. It was ait important trading station, and about tho year 1710 Fort Mooro wa? orectcd noar it fdt its better jiro tcction. v After that tho place was us ually referred to ud Fort Mooro. In tho year 1747 a ferry over tho Savan nah Hivor was established at tho garri son of Fort Mooro in Now Windsor ? recbartered, an already montioncd, in 1 705, from Now Windsor to Augusta, G a. ' "Foflsoroo yearn Savannah Town, or Fort M.jore, was a vory important ! trading station, tho Indians ihemsclves cutting a trail from their uppor towns down the cast bank of the Savannah to that place. After Augunta was founded, in 173C, tho trado wns drawn away; Savannah town wai desortod, and Augusta hood bccamo a largo town, with many houto* and people, -hml a bu^trading curt. T^^City is the first cxmHfplo on tho continent of the rapid growth of a Western village into u populous town. "Mapy year* after an enterprising Hollander, named Schnltz, of whom a eketah will be given further Ob,x/^iIt tho dtty of Hamburg aa a rival to Au guet*. A For a long time 'it Was an *et? ivc, bro plaoe, doing.* largo trade. .Itw?* tfie tormina# of the Booth Caro lina Kfilroad. wMofi conneotedjt wHfT Charleston. At the ti(D6.ofitl?om -puWn this was the largest railroad in IheffbrM. ratnburq was a fonfcida UeflRal to JTOgusU. batJU glorrl"#e long since daparted/' " ir we are ~gU6ffraert br^pprom^ wt? must be saddened hy censure ; If we Are muda -bnppy try friendship^ we mpel anSZrfttma aHenalFon. Bfabop Brooks leterweree will* oor another, tLC sa> . ASffJKeof onr eecrodeai rtUtloOlpa, to W ' ? " ? : ? ' !jKM*Ki> to itis moATii. fhc dork Of Court for banouHte* Takes Ills Own Life. (.'?lt<rk of tho Court \V. W. Perry, of J,anoa*tor, committed suicide Wednes day morning of last wool;, by jumping into Hear crook from tho Ohio Iliver find Charleston luwlroad trestle, three fourths or n inilo southwest of tho town. Tho whole oommunity, was shocked when tho nows enmo in that Jtill IVrry hud drowned himself. Mr. Perry was ft groat tmtYoror from dyspepsia and fiinoo hiM defeat hint Bummorin tho primaries for re election has boon very much depressed. Ho ft to his breakfast as usual and about 0 o'clock went to Ins o!l'uvtand asked his deputy, Mr. J onus, if ho was busy. Mr, jonc-H ropliod thftt ho had utuno work ahead. Mr, IVrry then left tho oflioo and vent to tho orook, on tho track of tho rniiroad, but on roaehing the treatlo turned andoamo back in the direction of town, but noon roturnod to tho oreelc, A school boy paw him walking hur riedly on the trestle with his hat o(Y. On reaching tho middle of tho struc ture over tho channel of tho creek, ho climbed down carefully to somo plank neiled about ton feet from the top and jumped ofY into the swoolon wator? be low. Tho boy who saw him gavo tho alarm and ft man ou tho public road ran down the orook to reader help. Ho Buooooded in getting bolow Mr. Perry, who, by this time, hud on tho public road ran down tho orook. When ho saw Perry ho \vnn holding hislio-ul ftbovr water with ono hand grasping a buHh nud luul hiu hat in thoothor. Tho man oallod on him to hold on and ho would help him. Mr. Terry turned his head, looked at him for ft moment, turned loose tho bush and sank for tho last time. Mr. Perry was 45 years of ago. Ho was a credit at the King's Mountain Military institute just after tho war. Several years ago ho hold tho otlloo of county auditor and wan clootod clerk of the court four years ago. Ho nuulu a model clerk. Ho was gonoroua and kindhcartcd to a fault Jiud was hold iij high estoorn by nJl who knew him, H' saves a wife but no children, ANCI10NT FKKIC MASONS. Thoy Met in Session in tho "City by tlio Sen." Tho Grand Tjoilgo of Anoionb Froo Masons mot at. tho Masonic Tomplo in Charleston lust week. Committeea on unfinished business and other matters reported aud tho reports wcrii nctod upon. Most of tho business was of a routino nntuvo. At noon the Grand Iiodgo wont into tho election of oflicera for the ousuiug year. Deputy Grand Master J. T. .Bar ron was unanimously ','lootod Grand Master. Heuiox; Wurdon 13. J. W?Jhar apoou was olootod Poputy Graud Mas tor, and Junior WardOn Orlando fihep pard was elected Memor Grand War den. For tho election of Junior Grand Warden thero waa a coute^t. W. M. Whitehead, of Charleston, Woratilpful Master of Orango Lod^e, \v<vh uleotod on tho aeeond ballot by a handsome majority. Charleston wnu e.g?iin se lected for tli6 nixtfc annual grand cu~ eainpmout. A.<\ excursion wao gJTCis to tho visiting Masons. Tho Plaaltw steamed out to Fort Humter and *Iw>? to tho jottiof, affording oxcolfea' view of tho two points. Tho viaitor.j woro especially interested in buitle scarrod fiumtor. Tho jetties also claimed a largo ^haro of attention. On board tho Planter a banquet was aervod, i tx which oYoryono joined. Tho trip was highly nucceHaful, tho visitors be* ing well plcaucd with tho entertain ment. Mr. J. T. Barron, tho nowly-elcofced Most Worshipful Grand .Master, in " prominent lawyer of Columbia, rtnd in well known in Masonic circleo. Mr. Barron ia comparatively young, but has boon a leading Mason for a long time. Ho has for many years boon in demand at Maaouio celebrations, and is a splendid lecturer on Masonio sub jects. Mr. Bnrron married tho daughtor of tho lato Colonel Jamei H. llion, of Winnsboro, who wau during hia lifotiino ono of tho most loarned Mnxnno in fVi? KUto.^ ?Vt Kingatrec n Desperate Prisoner Choices Mr. Drltton. A special from Kingstreo to tho Co lumbia Htnto aaya: Just about dark hist Wednesday evening tho cry of "mur der" was hoard ringing up and down our usually quiet stroets. In about fifteen minutes a goodly'number of the male inhabitants of our town had col lected at tho jail, from wjienoo tho cries of distress acomod to como. Upon ir/rfcjtigation it scomod that as Mr. Jfonry Britton, tho jailer, had gone, as was his custom, to givo tho pjiioners auppor before locking them up for tho night, ono of tho prisoners sprang upon him aud chpkod him to the floor. Mr. Britton being taken in an entirely unexpected way had no mean a to dofend himself ezcopt his lists, and had to fight for doat life for about ten minutes un-' til help roaehod him wheathe desper ado wwb overpo worad <wh1 Iooko4 in chain?. . .It hspppned there were only two prisoners in ' jail and they would but u havo made good their es cape if Mr. Britton had not thought* fnlly Inftltftil Hia! linttftiii door hthipl him *e he proceeded tipst?ire, ?s- al* ready stated. Aa it turns ont, Mr. Briuoa fortunately e*CAp*& with a?is Tore hiai^pg, aad ho doe# not thi nk that he is eerionftly bnrfc The two prisoners are negroes and the manwho tried to kill Britton is named Henry Jouca and hail? from . C^ordia's sta tion, The other negro took no per ft in the eeaffl*, Only Attempting to get on! Coi iUMttfA. wwW. 1NI>Ut NATION M K.KTlMi. Cubans n( Jucli$nu\ lile, 1 I ? * . ? I't'olosl Against Spanish Trcttehery, At Jucksonx illo, Via , tho Cubans held a torchlight procession and a great m;v-s moot ng o( citizens lo express t hoi r indlg.iallou at ho cowardly assassin tdon of tlen, Macco nad tho unci* iiii'.od methods of warfare prtto-> tlcod l>y Uu> Spaniards under Uen. Woyler in Cuba. Speeches wero inado bv prominent Americans wull as t ubans. .^oaiptiu For tun, tJu> pr<*$14<it\t .of Kl Clrculo Cubana, onb of the representatives of tho lunta it Fiorl* da, said; ''Thooowardiy murder ?>f the nal l?nt MaiWidty the Spaniards docs not veiy far to prove tin' .se lend id patriotism and an>lehf*Mn o( luo Snuniai'd*, luoutloucd In thrt J'rosideyt's message," lie gnvo several tJistano<ff? of Spanish treach ery during the la>t t ?*n years war in ( 'ubu ami recalled that when (lens, .lose Macco, -(11111 lormo. Moneada and (>ulnlan Handera cele brated a treat) -of peace with Spain in 1 H70, they were promised that If they laid down ll;?*ir arms they and their families would Ito permitted to embark to Santiago do { uba and the government would pay (heir pas sage to any country they wished to ^o. They embargo I, but nil were immediately put in chains ami sent to African prisons. In 18iS'J many mspocta were arretted nt Santiago do Ouha and carried to Man/aiulla and /.iguani and there beaten and put to death in tho most bridal manner. Lola llu* nites, a bnndito who served tho Spaniards in tho ten years war was rewarded by being thrown (uto a Spanish prison, lie was re leased last year and is now ai the head of a band of desperate criminals, whoso ta>k Is to assassinate Cubans. In iKSOCol. Kinllio Nti ness, now in Jacksonville, negotiated with Clou. Itianoo for final surrender. Two assas sins wero placed in Col. Nunez's escort with instructions to kill him at Ihv llrst opportuni ty. As a reward for this they were to bo paid >t?l(>,000. Numerous oilier well known incidents wero recalled by Mr. Foriun. Mr. Fortun concludes: First, Spain lms falsified the spirit of (ho Bod Cross society In Cuba, where this Insti tution is not allowed to euro our injured, Hocond. Tho Spaniards attack our hospi tals, which (hoy destroy, killed tho inmates. I>r. D?Mgn.lo, now in Jacksonville, barely escaped a raid on the hospital where Im was foolng altendod. The disci lption tlmt this < uban patriot gives of how tho wounded had to crawl to tho woods to escape tho Spanish fury is heartrending and excites tho wildest indignation against the Turks of America. Third. The Spaniards invhriably shoot prisoners of war. Wo are relieved from tho proof of these three fuels, because they aro daily oflleially admitted by the Spanish gov run moii 1. "A (tor all (his, to speak to tho world's chivalry is the faith of sarcasm." Flood*. of Appllc?>i<iii|jtt-- ^ . ' In New York the Cuban junta bus had a***oaUera of late than on any one day' *m<* W* eatablUfcroeot. Not I ?epted . TbO law* of th? United State* pr<V htbtt tbe^enlhrtraect of men for towBiym !tt<; II ASS >1 !<;?'?, I I N(i. Toxhiih ICxpress Tlulr Sympathy for Ciilxin Put riots. At Dallas, Texas, Inst Sunday, ?b largo a mass meeting as was over hold in Texas on a like occasion was tmi| which' mot In Dallas at fl j>. in. to impress sympathy for the Cubon patriots and for Iho organisation of a perma nent Cuban aid association. Tbo mooting was called by tho local Cuban committee of twelve. The Auditorium hall was packed and contained nearly, if not quite, 2,000 per sons. Andrew Jackson Houston, a son of Mini Hon; toil, the Texas liberator, was chosen president of the meeting and James Me Noel us secretary. Two strong letters wove read from Luis lVnoo, of Galveston, head of the Cubnn Junta in Texas. Thomas Kstiada Palme's telegram conced ing Macoo's death was (read. A communica tion from United fttateA Senator linger Q. Mills standi/ g bv his resolution in ih? na tion il congress and declaring that it meant war with Spain if necessary, was mod and created the wildest enthusiasm, Speeches were made by prominent Tex an s. JUkoIu tfons endorsing the stand taken by Senator Milla were pit&syd by a unanimous vote; also a resolution deploring tlio death of Autonlo i\I actio. The Cuban aid association of Dallas watt permanently organ tnul, more lhan ^0 ) men putting tJiolf iiiiiui'M on the roll. Til 10 MiWSPAPICIl TRUST. e. Wnld to I?c i'onsolodntt'd Into n Con trolling Monopoly. The conferences that Jiavo been in progress* for ten days in New York bet wet n tho princi pal manufacturers of white newspapers have remitted in a practical agreement of all eon corned to pool intercuts and to deal with consumers only through a general agency which !u to bo established In that city. Tho plan iuvojves tho formation of a National nidation, capitalized at a modest nmount, I tflilcll is to control the product of all Din Ljnllls. JJy till# arrangement tho manufac turers expect to reduee running expenses, to re-organ Irte the trade and to promote friend lier relations betwc4h all concerned. They expressly deny that Iho prices will bo udr vnncod as a result of the agreement, but con tend that they are obliged to follow tho ex ample of other men directing other great in ddstrics and eo -operate I <> prevent ruinous competition. The city conij anies aro Inter ested in tho movement. They aro said to control tho industry In this country. Alon/.o Wallinu must dljr with Hcolt Jack son for the mtirdef of Pearl liryan, at Cov ington, Ky. Tho i ourt of Appeals has re fused to- grant Walling n new trial find tho sente^rd of death of tho Campbell county cyfffT wii>; .".fl'.rmed. Washington Uriels. Tho holiday recces of Congress begins Dec, , I 22. v. Tho Supreme Court takes a recess froin Docombor 21 to tho first Monday in Jan uary. Hon. J. E. IJoyd, of Oreensboro, N. was here last week. Ho wants a portfolio In McKlnley's cabinet, and some say ho Is to succeed Francis as Secretary of the Inte rior. * Wheeler O. Vunsey, of Vermont, has re signed his plnco on tho interctato eommerco commission, and It Is understood that tho nomination, or Ilia successor will bo sent to tho Hen a to atnl acted upon at once, Representative Settle, of North Carolina, is elated over having hla bill for A 'public building nt Durham, N> C., reported from tho commltteo on public buildings. The chances of tho bill forpa-^nK<- this session aro now in excellent shape. Little else Is discussed hero among diplo ma!* and politicians beyond tho tragio death of tho insurgent, den. Maoco. omoag - all- - ebtfacs r.la. deejdedly wltb Hie" insurgents, ^Horewfons oi aympathy is board on alt pides for the ultimate aueccas of tbo ? umq cause. Tbere to i i both branches of grefs a large number who are ready to reo pgnUq Cuban bcMige ency, whether the Ma qeo Scldept proTw correcf ; WEEKLY NEWS BUDGET, .Southern INmk'H INiliitero. Tho National Good Jtuvh (.'ojiKresi will moot iu Orlando. Flu , early next your, its session eummomunj; <?i* I'elminry Und. Miss l.i*7.io Miller, foil rt h of tho victims ol John Johnson, tlio nojjro who butchered llio Uotton family, year Now Orleans, 1 <u. , In dcrnl. At Woodstock , Va., aa unMiecotfsi'ul at tempt was tniido t ? ? lv ?*??!* Hlmor WcatUor holt/, who t was ivce'iilly no?|\iit|oi\ o( wife murder, Taylor I)?lk has boon convicted of murder in t ho (lr*t decree at Ga,,nnd will bo j handed on tho Miiao ^allows with his ton, tinder sontonv'o for lho?aiuo etlifte, Washington Duke, tho mlllloitairo philan thropist tobacco manufacturer of Durham, N. has recently j*i von ono hundred thousand dollars to tho* 'rthiily Oolletfo ondowmont. Itc makes a condition <? f his ^Ifl that ^ii Is bo admitted on equal tonus with men. Ilo has previously fjivon ?85,000 to Trinity College. T'jift OollcKO Is located rt Dm ham, Felix Ho Fontaine, a wall known journal-' 1st, died hi Columma, C., uftor a few days illness of pnoumonht. O. M. Mc.Ghoo, of Now York, has com plot - o<t a deal by which ho obtains ooiilroJ of tho oleelrio railway hyatom of Nnahvillo, Tenu. Tho executive committee of tho Virginia Republican association lias indorsed tho ap> polutmontment of Mr. Charles .1. Doll us chairman of llio loau^'inl committee. Tho steam yacht '"Vamoose" which lias Ik on chartered to curry dispatches from Ha vana to Key West, mailed from W'lllmlnnton, N. (. ., last week. Tho Drown llroH. Tobacco company, of Winston, N. f. , whoBOluotory was destroyed hy flro rocontly, have resumed business in another building, kIvIiik employment to over 400 hands. Tho man ufuotu rlii}; plant of tho llrown Dros. Tobnooy Company, of Winston, N. has boon destroyed l?y iho. Loss about &lf<0, 000, with Insurance amounting to $.V.t,fioo. Mr Jules tfpule, editor of tho Diloxi llo vlow, was shot ami kijled at Diloxi, Mis.',, bv J. II. Mil 'or, editor of tho Dlloxl Herald. A bill has boon 1 1 it reduced in tho Georgia Lcuialaturo requiring minisb is ami others authorized to perform '.ho marrhiKo eore mony, to rot urn tho marring licenso within !JW days or pay a lino ol Tho W'ithtngton Dussell Company, of Wo.st Nashvillo, Tonn.. manufacturers of n^ rlcullural Implements, has noon dost roy oil by Uro, Tho loss Is estimated at $80,000, par tially covered by insti ranee. Fight y hands arc out of employment* fho comptroller of tho ourronoy hn? do* olarod a sixth dividend of 5 por cent. to tho creditors of llio Coinmoi-olnl National Dank of Nuuhvillo Tonn. Near Druaswick, (la., a rfollor oxplodod and two men woro dan^orou.sly acaldod and onn killed,. A bill has boon bilroducnd In tho Alabama I.oyislatmo lo cjumiit from prosecution any ono who kills tho dlspollor of fomalo rolativo, Bovontuon solid car loals of lard, from a J.oulsviilo, Ky., house*, consigned lo Main lu:rf{, (tcrmany, pas.v.ul through Halihbury, N. C., last wfok. Goo. 11, Holler,' oafrlilor of tlio first National Dank of Iiobanon, Ky., Is a solf confcB od ombo/.zlor to thu Orient of iJllO.OOO. Jlo has boon at it forslx iOa^. A Hpociai to tho LouIhvIIIo 'J'Iiiios from Hanvlllo, Ky., myn: Anatlvniptto liurn llio h.wii of Oanvill'A has boon m?i*loand property to tho e.v:rnt of !jl5,0U0 was dirt roy oil. Au unknown uc^ro. who was drive. i from a liv ery stable Is (n^pocted, A ppccfnl fw>m VorenllloH, Ky.,enys all toll jjates In Woodford county lias hoon out down and dcairoyod I ?y a mob. Hiiitilai doprcdu tlons havo been committed recently In V'rank 1 lit, Owen, Anderson and Washington oouu tkn, 'i'ho inobn nro coinjioned of men who demaiul freo turnpikes In Kontucky, - At St, L,ouar Mo., (ho nationol convrntioii of thu W. O, 'J1. U. adjourned fllno tlio Wed - nofldny. To tho cxecutivp comiulttoo Is loft l|io duty of HoleethiK tho placu for tho twen ty-fourth annual convention, /i. nuinbor of eltios li'ii vo UrKed their Clainis. It Jaboliovod that tho cholco 1108 botween DufTalo, N. Y., and Detroit, filloh., but tho choico may not bo mado foraomo time. looking lualneM Ail About the North. Jacob Huror, posi master at Onrnnvillo. Iowa, committed uul.'ido l?y wwallowlng car bolic acid. IIo was short in his funds to tho amount of $250. At Han l'rnncfsco, G'al,, tho otriko at fcilo Pacific Ilolllng Mills Is at pn end. Tlio xaon liavo agreed to ? 10 per cont. roductlou of tlM'lr WAgeB. ?"?> Near Delaware, <>,, a daughter of Mr*. JJ.~ Clooso, wbllo building a Mro In n kltchon stovo narrowly cscapou death. It Is suspoct <il that Homo ouo placod a tttiok of dynHinlU and cap In Roino wood uwd to burn in tho stovo. Tho building was shattered. Nearly. 1.000 men hnvo resumed work In the window glnfca factories at Munclo, Ind, In New York, Frank P. Hlavln, of Australia, and Hob Armstrong, of Chler.go, fought. In tho fourth round Hlavln after two mluutcs and fl fty-?f x seconds of fighting, throw up bin hands nud quit. Tho Rev. Dr. T. DoWItt Talmago hns denied tho roport that ho was going to bo married to Miss Suslo Mangum, his daughter's shtor-t in-law, at HingHing, N. Y. Health), Wnsh.Vfcf' suffering a second Hood visitation. OffCit damage to railroads nnd o'.hor property hnvo boon reported. Henry Ojyen O'Coner, oiio of tho principal witnesses for tho protection in tho famous Oronin murdor case, committed euicldo by shooting himself iu Chicago, III. John II. Fellows, district attorney of New York, and a former member of Congress, is ?lend. Cornelius V underbill has bought the Knower cottage on Tho Cliffs, near Newport, It. I. Tho prico puid was a quarter of a mil Hon. Wm, Drtiry, of Mercer county, 111., a multi millionaire an i the largest land owner In the Unltod Htntes, Is dend. AgjjKL'BG. A hundred bushels ofy^ain 'have been burned at Ht. iyfil, Minn. Loas, $100,000) InsurAOCO, f30jj The Vafli^ut I^gielaturo has panned n bill prohlb^MK Hundny excursion trains, and a bill exempting per cent, mortfctegeMrohi taction, _ v ? ? ? - ?? i- ???? . . , . Mhcell*tt?oun. .The Weatern roade, which were 4oT"a <lfecided iuorcaip In tbo freight' after tho excitement of the electf ikwayv bajin iidl.ln $rcat measure fuijijkd. - Up ixr ?th M th* Ui government tuul dUp<*ed Of Mi, of tho public domain. Mwfog o" m *3?Sti?S34 SCtMStSSi : TWmmrc mt***. ra raw ?mm The S, A, L, Takes Ono Step in Ad vance of Every Other Railroad. - ? SMALL EXPERIMENT STATIONS For Showing What Can l?o Done la tho Diversification of Kuria latoi' ests and for the throwing of Form r?od uo(8? Tho Manufacturers' ltooord, of last wonk, ?uyrt; "Tho Monbcnrd Air Lino has tnjton ono stop, which m'oiiih to bo in advanco of every other railroad in tlio Month, looking to tho boaoill of tho agricultural Interests of tho country tributary to it and totho ^nlarg meat of its oftoita to attract immigration and nml capital for investment. This is to bo found in tho orgoni/.utlon of pinna for tho oh tUbllfilwucnl of 100 oNporliuontnl Hlatiomt along tlio lino of lt? roa?l, giving ono experi mental point to every ton miles of us system, it is proposed by tho management to tako 100 small tracts of land Immediately along tho lino of its road, and under tho direction of tuo beat ox porta to util.'zo these bodies of land for showing what can bo dono in tho diversification of farm interests and fir tho growing of frm products not now raised in tho Mouth. Tho experiments of this company In proving that nops and other prodni'tH not heretofore raised U\ that section oan la* successfully grown intlu.l ter ritory havo shown to tho olllcors tlio wisdom of vary greatly enlarging tho seopo of the.so experimental operations. These experimental stations will not ho largo enough to bo a llnahelal burden totho railroad, bin nt tho wiian tlino will bo large enough to amply demonstrate tho best methods of crop-grow 1 lift ami iho bust crop? adapt> ?! to^io various sections of tho country. It l.s proposed to ex periment with a Inr^o number ol crops not now produced in Hint territory, such aw hopu, broom eorn, New England beaus, celery, hii gar beets und othor products whloh may bo mado to profitably diversify tho agricultural interests of tho region hot wot' a Norfolk and Atlantii. " I ho Month annually spends immense sums .'or products of this kind, which arc brought from othor suctions, and which cou.d bo raised at homo to ovoa 1 otter advantage than i Isowhoro In taking tho lead in this kind of educational work, tlio Monbonrd (lev serves tlio heartiest commendation of ovory-"'" ono Interested In Moulhorn ndvancotnout,' Tluuo experimental station^ will not only provo of linmonso vuluurfo all farmers now located nlong tho lino of the road, but will bo the means of showing to thousands of pros peoll vobetttora from other yeotlons what enn bo done In* tho Mouth, and will thus bo tho means of greatly Increasing Immigration to that rcglou. "This, however, is only a part of tho plans of tho Mcaboard looking to tho development of the territory along Its llnO.-Itls pro- . posed to organize a department, which will , not only havo charge ot tho experimental, stations, but which will also g.'.vo caoful at tention to the btudy of tho best markets to which such products should bo shlppud, thus aiding tho farmers in scouring tho grciitcB^ returns. Included httthis general work will also bo special olTorts to Itn provo tho grudo of tho llvo stock on adjacent farms, "Iu connection with the^o plans, thcro will, nlflo bo established an induBtrlnl dephrtmont, in chnrgrt of Mr. John T. Patrick of Pino 1,'luff. N. t %, who for Homo years wnsBtnto immigration agent of North Carolina, and who has of recent years been identified with exiousi vo immigration anil clovelo|>ment|work at Mouthern Pines and other points along tho lino of this road. "This foaturo of tho work will tako In the question of making known tlio Induslrlat re uourcos and capabilities of tho country nbil t l aiding to tho utmost oxlout in tho devel opment of muiiufacturing interest#." / rGiilvni. TruWUllOl'y. J. A. lluftu, tlio agent of tho Cuban juntft nt Jacksonville, I'ln., has received a letter from llttbaua which confirms the roporl of tho death of Antonio Maceo, but also indi cates that tho Cuban lender was tho victim of a treacherous plot formed by bis own physi cian, Dr. Zertuoha, and the Harquis de Ahu madfl, who .osts zs ospialn geitwirti oilinbaua wluiii Weyler is absent In tuo field. The let ter, which was writton by a prominent oil i rln of Habnna, is withhold in order that he nW not fall uador tho dUploasuro of tho HAanish authorities. Must I'ntlently Abide tho Result. In an addreas iwued to tho bl-metalllits of iho United Stateiy.,<Uiairin?(v-Cha?.:]>. J^ano, of the national bl-metaTiint committee, urges thoin to accept tho verdict of tho country and < UfdiOld Mwj o r Me K I a ley as I're^ideu t , Uo ad- " vUoethemto cease active agitation on the subject of free colnago in the hope that the' - theories advocated by tlio Republican party will bring rollof, but savs tho struggle will b? renewed uutll bi-metnllfsnt Is an accomplish* od fact should tho Bopublicans break tht ' pledges and rosprt to tuo issuing of maintain tho country's credit. mm Hale Won the Baca. ?-' At Now York, Ed'war<l Hale, of Ireland, won the elx-day bioyele race at Madison Square Garden, having ridden l.tflOmilca ond 8 laps botwocn midnight Jnst Sunday nnd 10 o'clock on Saturday night last. J. H. Rico of Wlll^nbarre finished second, with 1.882 miles and 6 laps to his credit. "TiVclvo riders broko tho worlds rccofal for 142 hours rondo by Albert Schock In 1893, 1,600 miles nnd 1 lap. Twonty-olght mon started nnd fifteen rode at the finish. The strain on all lias boon' groat and all showod tho effects of loq* of uleeo. m Small Pox hu<1 Yellow Fovcr. Tho Marino Hospital Survive at Washing ton lifts red vi )l reports of ?mnll-pox and y<;llow fnvrr In tlio Cuban, .seaports, 'iho Unit< <l States sanitary Inspector at Havana reports 220 now case? ami 87 ^ualhsfrom yel low fevo ami f>4 death* from small-pox uur Imj tho wcok onded N^voiiihaf 215. " Eighty*" ' three of tin* f>7 deaths lr<?;u yellow (?vvf dur* iuu Iho w?*:k omlcd November 20, wvro ii!nong in| nnlsh soldiers in military lir>xpliaU. - In-llio ?i?kIi1 guvcrnniuut military hospitals in Iho city and yiihurlu ihera aru .ovtr .10,000.^. lick ami wounded Spanish soldier*. ^ I'o Kcduce UiivAerense. \ .. // The Augustn Chrotdele eayaf cot* 'too plantojs arc taking steps to bring about^) tho South. Mr. J. M. Patterson, oom?po*d- ~ Ing tecrctnry of tboFstimerV^lftb, TW#?- - tou, Tex,, miawta <?nncr? UjjrottRfcout tk? | Sooth to oTfaoico i ftiirowMt next rottoa < ?MBk Uatolkm Iftbfsl