Long Says tho Report of the Board
^as ^ot Arrived.
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A SPECIAL '.MESSAGE LIKELY.
\
lkreHldriit In Consultation With Ills
Cabinet, liut I hero Was No Inol
iff*
dents of Itcat Importance
Lust Saturday's uews from Washing
ton ?ays I'vOHidoMtMoKinley, members
of tho Cabiuot, Cougretimuen. (ill offi
cial Washington ami tho public gen
erally aro eagerly, noxiously awaiting
thoiopurt, of tho naval board of inquiry,
whioh will Hot forth the cause of the
explosion that wrecked the "Maine,''
ami perhaps fix tho guilt or innocence
of the Spanish people.
Heorotary "Long doolarss that the
report has not as yet boon received.
All that onu bo leamei is that the|ad
ministratiou expoots to have it In the
cburKo of tho noxtjow days.
Thirt may bo true, but there is good
toa&ou to believo that tho President
will know what tlw?/ verdict is sooner
than "in tho ooursatf a few days."
Tho (special message of tho President
is not likely to go to Congress until
tho lantot tho week. lu.the ineantimo
Congress is very restive. Reports that
tho administration isiu favor of further
trial of autonomy in Cuba excites in
diguation au?<iny the members of Cou
grosB.
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Administration Will Stand Firm.
Assistant ^eoretary of the Navy
lioouetolt s# Mb there is and will be no
recession frcrn tho stand taken by this
government towards Spain. The ad
ministration, l)t> declares, has mapped
out its plans/ and will/firmly carry
them out,
... Ordering the "Massachusetts" and
"Texas" to Hampton Roads, where
they aro to be joined by tho "Brook
lyn," "Columbia-' and "Minneapolis"
was for the purpose of better protecting
the Atlantic coa3t, ho says.
The intimation that Spain did not
like tho lleet at Key West had nothing
to do with tho ordering of the war ves
sels to the northern Atlautio.
President Was Busy Sunday,
President Mckiuloy, did not attend
church Sunday, as la Jiis custom, but
instead spent two hours; and mora in
conference witlt several members of the
cabinet. Assistant Secretary Day called
and remained an hour, Secretary Long
and fe'ecLatary* Bliss were the other
mem bcure present. They remained less
than an hour.
Commander Clover, in company with
Mr. Flint, who has boen acting for the
government in tho negotiations for the
purchase of warships also called and
wcro shown to the President's private
office. The members of the eabraet on
leaving the White House, said that
there was no special significance
in the meeting. The report of
the Maino court of inquiry had not been
received, nor was it definitely known
when it would leaoh here. It was ex
pected, JiOWTBYer, early in the present
' week aud as soon as received it would
r be handed at once to the Piesident,
and when it had boon read and consid
ered by the President it would be made
publio.
Secretary l.ong in spoakiug of the
report, said that while fully realizing
its importaucorthe country, in hisopiu
ion, would willingly accord to the Pres
ident a day or two if necessary for its
considerations. The indications seem to
be that the report will be made publio
by the middle of the present week.
Asido from the meeting of several
members of the cabinet at the White
House there were no incidents pt im
portance duiing the day. Judge Day,
Assistant Secretary and Chief Clerk
Mioha'61 and other officials were at the
State Department, but thife has
been quite coxnmdn during the recent
months. Also at 'the War and Navy
Departments a number of ohiefs of
bureaus were at their desks {or several
hours, mainly for the purpose of dis
posing of the business whioh reoently
has accumulated so rapidly.
The most interesting topic of the day
was based ou the dispatohes from Ha
vana indicating a prospective confer
ence between General Pando and Gen
erals Garcia, Gomez and others of the
insurgent 'army, for the purpose of sub
mitting to the latter a formal offer fo
autonomy. The basis of autonomy as
outlined in the dispatches apparently
found no credence with the omoials of
the Spanish legation. They stated
their disbelief that a conference on the
proposed lines was probable and added
that they bad no information on the
subjeot. Minister Poloy Bernabe ex
pressed the opinion that the report
from Havana waa unfounded, a* he
said the basis upon whioh it was pro
posed to grant autonomy waa absurd.
A Cuban Relief Train.
A relief fund of &d,08# in oub and
twenty-one car-loads of provisions and
clothing collected in Missouri, Kansas
and Oklahoma, for the starving Cubans
\>f Matanzas, have been forwarded
Mitt from Kantu City. These relief
measures are being carried out under
tbe management -of the Kansas City
Btar, and agents of the Star will aid in
the distribution at Matanzas, under
the direction ~of * United Statee
Consul Br ice. This ? relief is
being carried. f(M on a special train
over the lfemphie road to Meuspfcie,
thence over the Illinois Ctolrnl to If ew
Orleans. The United States govern
ment haa guaranteed the transportation
frees New Orlenna to Metenfg. The
?sindynl nrtidcnof foodeentarewhcnlw
pose was to include in the i-untin^ of
tho new department that pai t^of the
country which would bo in iu fill likeli
hood nearest to the Hold i* hostili
ties, iu cane it should Voiuo to
that. The department in iu
<}lude tho State# of South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississip
pi, EouUiaua.aud Texas, all of which,
except the last are at present attached
to tho Department of the 1 ant. Atlanta
wan chosen as the headquarters of the
new department beuuuie of >its tine
strategical situation, beiug tlye centre
of so many railroad connections. The
Department of the Missouri and Texan
are abolished, and the headquarters of
the fatter, whioh have been ut Ban An
tonlo ' for ao many years, are aban
doned.
Navy Wants More 31ou.
The navy department is preparing to
lend out several thousand notice* to be
posted iu the prinoipal town# through
out the United States culling for en
listments for the navy. The advertise
ments call for men betweeu eighteen
and thirty-flve years of age, except or
diuary seamen who muat be between
eighteen and thirty. The navy depart
ment is experiencing the most difficulty
in seouring seamen.
TO CHUCK SMALLPOX.
tloveruor Appoints Officers to Knforce
Vaccination.
The smallpox situation in tho neigh
borhood of l'elhniu Mills, situated on
tho line between Spartanburg and
Greenville couuties, seems to bo got
ting more uud moro alarming, l>r.
James Evans, secretary of tho State
board of health, aud l>r. J. A. White,
of i'elharn Mills, called ou Governor
Ellerbe, and quite a long conference
in regard to the outlook ou tho
H)th. When it was oy 'ftv Governor
Ellerbe announced throe appointments,
S. T. Green, A. B. Richardson and
Peter Bucot eaoh received a oomniis
sion appointing hiiu "sanitary in
spector iu Spartanburg aud Greenville
counties, iu the State of South Caro
lina, at l'elham Mills uud vicinity,
under and by authority of tho btatuto
iu such case made aud provided, to be
vested with all powers and duties pre
scribed by law, said appointment hav
ing been made upon tho recommenda
tion of tho chairman of tho State board
of health, the appointment to continue
iu force until revoked.'*'
There are now uot more than twenty
persons in tho pest house at Tellium
Mills. Nearly all ihoao who have not
bad the srbullpox have been vaccinated,
aud it is not thought that there ismuoh
danger in the town. But in the sur
rounding country there are about H00
cases. Tho disease has spread a dis
tance of eight miles.
The inspectors appointed will make a
determined effort to control the disease
and prevent a further spread. They aie
clothed with the proper authority, and
will go from house to house. Every
perstm who has not been vaccinated
will either have to be or be compelled
to leave the State forthwith. Tho board
ot health feels that in no other way can
the disease, which they are fiilly satis
tied is genuiue smallpox, though of a
mild form, be stamped ottt.
The only other place where the dis
easo now exists is iu Spartanburg coun
ty.
A letter from Dr. Blake to the board
6ays that there are but thr?<5 cases in
the oity of Spartanburg, bin that thero
are several cases among the operatives
of the Arkwright ahd Beaumont mills.
Here the operatives say they Iwould
rather havo smallpox than be vaccina
tod. In fact they refuse to be yacci
nated, and the mill management, it is
said, are waiting, the operatives threat
ening to leavo in case vaccination is
made compulsory. ?The State.
r.\!iWKTIO KCIIOE9.
Two colored prisoners were caught
while trying to out out of Kershaw
jail.
The Secretary of State has issued a
com uiiwsioM to VV. T. MoFoll, J. McD.
liruco, J. P. Carey, J. T. Youugblood,
f. M. (Stewart, H. A. Richie and Julius
3. Boggs as corporators of the Pickens
Hunk. Tho capital stock is to be gii.5,
000 divided into shares at 3100 each.
A special from Kershaw to the State
says nearly all tho talk upon our streets
is war. Very few, comparatively, aro
"spoiling for a tight. " There was a
countryman here .Saturday who wanted
to enlist himself and seven sons in ?
company that he was told our friond,
Williams, #as raising. Tho negroes
ate *by no means anxious to enlist,
Many of them say that they will not go.
Four caV-loads of amunition tor use
in tho big forU on Sullivan's Island
have been received and another supply
is expccted soon. At Charleston ar
rangements are being made to siuW tor
pedo mines iu Charleston harbor.
Some of the material ueoded has al
ready heen received. Work on tho
fortifications is being rushed. Many
of the heavy guns have been mounted
and are ready for action. Jt is said
that orders have been received from
Washington to wAsto no time in getting
the f<?rts in shape for emergencies.
More troops have also been ordered
here. ,
While torpedoes And mines Are being
planted at the enterance to Port Kbyat
harbor it is almost certain that several
of the monitors will be stationed there
permanently if hostilities begin. ITe
cause of the depth of the barter, ade
quate protection cannot be supplied by
mines. Thero are no fortiticAtions to
protect Ihe government dry dock And
station, so that the towns of Port Royal
and Beaufort could be destroyed In e
Tew minutes by dne ship. Jt is the only
port in the South where any battleship
of ttpeftrcnu steamop to the wharfs.
An. enemy Undine there could eat the
Plant railway at Yswims. a few miles
away, the main line between the north i
Md Florida. Beaufort, the most ex
posed town on the eoeet, is also one of
?the oMeH. It hae nearly ft, 000 in
Frrfoal "Ob. T
i TtHi ftut htir r**1*
fM m,* **l fsr?w Mm n j
WAS
to eaiMfed hs
lfce? 6t wnnted to I
he Ihun^l he had
? FllfFl Ml.
How Presidont McKinley Will Pro
ceed When He Receives it.
WILL BE SENT TO CONGRESS
And u Copy Will lie Laid Before the
Spuutali Qoverameut<-\Vur Prepa
rutlQiix Still Active.
The latest news from Washington
says the procedure in oonneotiou with
tho submission of the report of Maiue
court of inquiry by the President to
Congress iu uow oloarly outlined, and a
cabinet o fiber ban explained the
general line of action at present iu
tended to be pursued upon receipt of
tbe report, which t8 expeotadt* roach
Washington on the iMth. A oopy of it
will be laid beforo the Spanish govern
ment very early, and as soon aa can be
consistently done, the report will be
hoc t to Congress and made public at
the name time. The report to Congress
will be accompanied by a meabage from
the President stating that after 1 ecoiving
the report the conclusions were laid be
fore the Spanish government ami ap
propriate action from that Quarter ask
od. It is slated positively that no
part of the roport, ami no intimation
of the liudings, has reached the execu
tive authorities in Washington uh yet.
At the same time it is a noticeable
fact that the ourrent of oiticial opinion
is beginuiug to follow that of the uu
ollicial opinion, expressed so positively
and persistently at Havana and Key
West; that the cause of tho explosion
was external. Officials high iu tho
administration state that whilo tlie*o
were wholly without exact information
as to the findings of tho o#urt of
inquiry, they found themselves shar
ing in' the apparently intangible oon
viction that the cause of the ex
plosion was noi accidental, Opiniou
expressed by the Alaino survivors who
reached hero on thekH?th, doubtless has
contributed largely to this view in offl -
cial circles, in this counectioa it is
understood that 0110 of the officers. who
arrived on that day stated, not as an
opinion, but as his personal observa
tion ou tho night of tho disaster, that
there wore two distinct explosions. Tho
tendency of this iB to support tho the
ory of external cause, as this is based
ou tho idea that the first external ex
plosion was followed by a soc'ond inter
nal explosion.
intense interest iu tho roport was
manifested on the 21st at the White
iiouee and at tho War, State and Navy
Departments. The President received a
number of congresnioual leaders,
among them being Speaker Reed and
Chairmad llitt, of the House committee
on foreign affairs. The visit of .Mr.
lleed naturally attracted much atten
tion, aa he seldom leaves the congres
sional sphere to make calls on tile exec
utive brauob, and it was naturally in
ferred that the purpose of his visit was
to confer upon the Cubau situation and
its future beforo Congress, though
neither he nor Mr. liitt was commu
nicative. Secretary Loug also had an
extended conference with tho Presi
dent, but so far as could bo learned it
devoloped nothing additional relating
to tho Spanish question.
The army and navy preparations are
continuing without interruption al
though they have now become so reg
ular aa to lapse into routine on a
gigantic acale. No further purchases
of warahipa up to thin date have been
concluded and the negotiations aro not
assuming a promising aspect, except in
showing that the United States cau
command tho market as against Spain.
EMERUENCY CONTKACTS.
The Nnvy D^pttrtment ll'iyn Supplies
^ of Pork, Beef, Flour, Eto.
It^as been ' announced on thhb pro
duce exchange ft* New York, that tho
Navy Departuiee* had entered into
cmergcnoy contracts for 1,000 half
barrels of pork^nd 1,000 half-barrels of
salt beef. These contractu were in
addition to the -.contracts for regular
supplies for the Department, and the
terms were that the pork and beef
should be delivered at once.
The chief supplies are salt potk,
bacon, lard, ood fish, flour and heana.
Wlh.".' B. Craigin, of Armour Co. ,
eaid that the latest contract he knew of
was one made last week to supply the
Spanish with 1,500,000 pounds of
bacoq.
Naval Appropriation Rill.
The Noune committee on naval af
fairs have completed the naval 'appro
priation bill, and it will be reported to
tHonse right away. While the foot
i of the various items were not corn
ed when the committee adjourned,
bill is roughly calculated an carry
between $?H,000,000 and $87,ODO,OUO
bicb $8,000,000 will be expended on
this year's work on the three new bat
tleships, six torpedo boats and six tor
pedo boat destroyers.
Time of Inaugural Changed.
The United States Senate committee
on privileges and elections havtf au
thorized a favorable report to au amend
ment to the constitution infrodftaed by
Henator Hoar changing the time of year
for the expiration of the terms of the
President, Vice-.Fresident, Senators
and Repreeentativea in Congress from
March 4th nntil the last -Wednesday in
April, to take effect in 1901. The ob
ject is to avoid tho harsh weather of
March for tho oeremooiee.
V n co astl t ? 1 1 o na 1 .
~ Tho Mieeeori Biate Soprano Court
deoided the inheritance tax law, enact- !
od for tho benefit of tho State Universi
ty nnoonetitotlofcal.
Nul^ #er Mmrtfer.
Ia Appomettilk m*, Virginia,
Emmatt MmfcfM.Vglf tt? iato Dong
bee Marthatt, thotnltaHafflfftiM
Us teoftfcee> wife* Mrs. W. B- Mar.
eheTT. %e thesi fired ijf hie brothy^
( A11INKI KIKftl.
Tlifi Action on Culm ia Certain by M?e
United States,
Wauhingtou, (Special). The Cabinet
meeting on tho lasted something
ovev tin hour and was devoted o?,clu?
ively to the Spanish situation iu ?tmo: til,
uud to tho iotthoommg report of the
Maine court a# inquiry, in particular.
The tone of the discussion was very
firm aud determined that there must
tfoiue an ond to the present state of af
fairs in Cuba, Seoretary Long author
i/ed the Btatementthat the understand
ing before the Cabinet was that the ro
l?ort would reaoh Washington Thurs
day or Friday, that it was voluminous
and that its publication and transmit*
sion to Congress would not occur until
next Monday or Tuesday, as tho Frosi
dent would require that much time to
give the dooument mature considera
tion its momentous chararte* Squired.
All Against Arbltrutlon.
There is a strong feeliug in Congress
against international arbitration, which
it ih now believed Spain will request
upon receiving the report of the I'nited
States oonrt of inquiry.
Auy proposition from Spam for tho
appointment of anontral court of naval
experts to review tho findings of the
oonrt will be considered an uupututiou
of unfair dealing on the part of the
Ameiioan naval officers.
Holding lJttrk Its iiopurt.
t The Spanish government has receiv
ed its report of the blowing up of tho
"Maine," whioh it is witholdiug until
the report of the 1'nited Staten board
of inquiry is made public. Tho Span
ish report may be issued in an amend
ed form.
Inspecting the Fortn.
(leneral Graham, commander of tho
Department of the Gulf, has left At
lanta on a tour of iuspootion. llo was
acoompanied by Lieuteuant Barney and
Lieutenant Rabor. Tho officers go first
to Charleston and then to Savauuah,
St. Augustine, Key Wost, Mobilo,
Pensacola, New Orleans and (Jalvoston,
in the order named. The party will no
down the east shoro of Florida to Koy
West and return up the west coast.
The military stations to be inspected
are: Sullivan's Island and Fort Sum
ter; Tybee Island; St. Francis liar
racks, St. Augustine, Fla. ; Key West,
Fla. ; Koy Wost Barracks, Key West;
Fort Mangum, Mobile, Ala. ; Forts
Barrancas and Pickens, Florida; Forts
St. Phillips and Jackson, Louisiana;
Fort Point, Galveston, Texas.
Fort Caswell Heady for Business,
Battory I, Seoond Artillory, which
l eaohod Fort Caswoll last Saturday, is
now fully prepared for serious work.
The position commands at Bhort range
the water approaohes to Wilmington,
and is. one of the strongest on the ooaBt.
Though already well fortified, two ad
ditional ten inch guns will soon bo in
position .
The Maine's Dead Number 20<l.
Chaplain Chidwiek ban completed his
mortuary report-, which shows that 257
men and 2 oflioers perished in tho
catastrophe, 6 sucoumbert to their in
juries iu the Sanambros Hospital in
HaTaua, one died on the Spanish trans
port Colon; 171 bodies have been re
covered from the wreck, of which 01
have been identified. 1(10 have be
buried in Colon cemetery ami ll1
Key We6t. This is tho official report,
inatle public, after careful correction,
for tho first time, ft is probable that
many more identification* will be es
tablished when the enlistment records
are compared with the notes in Chap
lain Chidwick's possession of marks on
the corpses.
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Hanged on the Way to ,latl.
In Dallas oounty, Alabama, Sam El
lis, a negro, confessed in a justice's
court of attempting to assassinate H. A
Hardy, who was shot while in his store
in Ootober. The court ordered tho ne
gro to jail, but a mob took the prisoner
to the woods and hanged hiiu to a limb.
His body was found and out down.
Probably Killed by Jfoonshiuers.
W. O. Thompson, ^ white farmer,
was fouud murdered ' in the w6ods,
throe miles from his home, near Svla
cauga, Ala. He had given testimony
againtttheillioit distillers of hie section
and it is generally beliovod that they
murdered him, as he bad been sum
moned as a witness in other cases
against them.
Killing of Postmaster linker.
After five weeks of consideration the
ooroner's jury at Lako City, 8. C.,
found that Postmaster Raker and obild
came to their deaths by gunshot wounds
in the hands of persons unknown to tho
jury. The reward of Si, 500 for ouch
conviction, offered by the government,
is said to be the largest of ?'the kind on
record, and as the State also offered
$50d, it is probable that the detectives
are holding their evidence until the
coroner's jury had disposed of the case.
Dig Swindle In Time Check*.
Information has reached the govern
ment, through a number of banks at
St. Paul, Minn. , that daring the past
year end more, these and other nearby
bonks have boon made tho victims of
?olossel frauds through the suspected
collnaion of governmontelerks connect
ed with the commission having in
oherge the improvements on the upper
^Miooteoippi river. Fall details of tho
affair here not yet reached the govern
ment. but thA statements submitted bf
?be banks ?dicate tfeet the sum of
$800,000 or- more baa been procured
from them through fraiReleoi time
cheeks for serTtaee norer performed.
hjon Will Be Appelated .
The President, baa innounced to mem ?
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DWv VI lew lvW ? vvfivwIvNI MfVfgl
ftou the! he had decided to appoint
th? JMKtt BepaWicen
Ill I MM 10 iH MS
Ho Will Tako a Hand in tho Coming j
State Campaign,
SAYS ONE WHO SHOULD KNOW.
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What Is (iolnd^ou lu (Ik* W'rtili^of
State Politic* nei|>llo War l'alk*
l lit? May Couvoiillun,
A mutt well known in politioa an d one
who in in u position to kuow whereof
ho speaks, in talking of Ut* outlook
for this year's State campaign,
said that Souator Tillman hud do
toi tnined to make several speeches in
tho State dining tho caiupaigu tins
your. ( )f course they will not he do
livorod at tho regular campaign meet
ings, but at poiuts to ha arranged for
later. When asked what would ho tho
burden of tho speeches, the speaker
said that they would bo in defense of
the dispensary system ami tho Heforni
paity. It is s'lid that Scuator Tillman
intends to take a hand on these linos
notwithstanding. Ilio fact that his elder
broihor is expected to attack both
mutters referred to throughout the
canvass.
Tho time is rapidly coming for the
Stuto political pot to begin boiling, and
though tho war scare is occupying the
attention of tho yeoman to each an ex
tent that ho is at present oblivious to
politics, the candidate will soon appear
fi din tho bushes and wake him rudely
by yelliug, "Com? on aud vote for
me." Thai's tho way Btuunton puts
it, and there's more truth than poetry
in it.
Tho active politicians at present ?lo
not appear to lie vory niuoh afraid of
any ticket tho Prohibitionists may se
lect on April 14. It is freely said that
an attempt will bo made to draw fuo
tionul lineH as clearly as can bo douo.
It is taken for grunted that Governor
Ellorbo, Mr. Archor aud Col. Ceorgo !
I). Tillman aro going to stay in tho
race to the end, ami there is much
speculation as to w bother' Col. 11. II.
Watson will continue <4 camiiduto or not.
All interested say that tho campaign
will have to open earlier tluin usual this
year ou account of tho increased num
ber of counties, and not a few are in
favor of a start being made about dune
1, in order to yivo ample tluio for the
canvass to be comleted without too
hard a strain upon tho candidates.
The Ma^' convention is being looked
forward to with much concern by the
actual and prospective candidate. It is
to soleet tho now State executive
committee and do anything else it
deems proper. It has the power to
make changes in the party constitu
tion. Some have suggested that the
campaign scheme conld be changed to
onemeotiug in cach congressional dis
trict, hut this has not taken shape an
yet. K
The ward and preoiuot \Domocrntio
clubs all over the State are\to meet oil
tho fouuth Saturday in next Imonth for I
the pu^>ose of reorganization and elect
ing dolegates to tho cWnty conven
tions in the sevoral counties a* ill meet
on the first Monday in May. This con
vention will elect a county executivo
committee and delegates to the State ;
convention of the party which meets on
the third Wednesday in May. ? The
State.
CAPT. C'HIL L UUVERNUU.
He Will I'rolmblj'^JIlie Prolilbltloii
lst Candidate.
("apt L. i>. Child*, if bis health will
permit, will bo the Prohibitionist nom*
iuoe for governor. This information
\vu8 gotten from a well known Prohibi
tionist lead or, says the Htato. II? fur
ther snid that the convention, which
meets in Columbia on April 14th would
put a full ticket iu the Hold.
Representative J. A. McCullou^h, of
Greenville, baa been spoken of as the
Prohibitionist nominee for lieutenant
governor. Ho liau accoptod an invita-'
tion to'nddress a Charleston mass meet
ing on the liquor question. Mr. Mc
Cullouuh said ho was undecided as to
whether ho would be a candidate for
iieutonunt governor.
CLKMSON'8 TEXTIIjK SCHOOL.
Work to be Commenced Soon? Con
vict. Labor for College.
Col W. A. Neal has returned from
Clemson Collego, wUexp lu? went to
make inquiry about the con vict labor to
be employed there this year. That col
lege is entitled to thirty- three convict*
each year. Last year it did not call for
these conviots and Col. Neal went to
see if the college could get along with
out them this year. The collego can
? net, so they will be sent. They will b?
employed in erecting the building for
the textile school to be started at Clem
son. While the convicts are at Clemson
they are clothed and guarded at the
pense of the ' oollege. It is the inten
tion to rush the work on the textile
school building. T-The Register. /
Silt. JOHN MAItKLKY.
South Cai&>llnlan May be California's
Next Governor.
A special to the btate from Green
ville says: There is a possibility that a
Honth Carolinian may tJy the next
Governor of California. In the days
of the gol? excitement John Hartley
vent from Greenville to Cattfcrnia,
where he hae einoe lived/ He is a
brother of Mr. H. Ct Mark ley, pro
prietor of the Oreenville ooacfa factory,
and one of tbe weelthidet elUxeas of
Green ville. Iff. Mark ley bat attained
considerable prominence in California
aod i? ?owEn?|g * * -
FIPlY-f IF1H CONGRESS, |
rroceeil t nfffi of Itotli the Senate ami
llooae Day Hy Dity.
TUK HKNATK.
?i 'i> D\v,~ HumnoRn m the legislative
session of tho Senate was oonflttfid to
tin* passage of a few bills largely of a
local character. l'he nation quurautino
hill whs not considered. When the
senate convened Davis, of Minnesota,
chairman of the committee 011 foreign
rotations, reported a resolution to pro
vide foi annexing tho Hawaiian island
to tho I'm toil Status. The resolution
was read by tho title only, and placed
t>n tho calendar.
Day. ? lu tho Senate, Mallory, of
lunula, delivered an oxtondod speech
in opposition to tho national quaran
tine bill. No hold strongly that the.
national government ought not to
trench upon tile limits of the constitu j
tion by I invading ihe rights of tho.
States to' establish their own quatan
tine regulations. He advocated
strengthening' tho national inarit-imo .
Muarantiue. Ifacon, of Ooorgia, main
tained that tho matter of quarantine
was not a sectional question, all parts
of the United being liable to epi
demies. "I favor, " said ho, "all tho aid
tho government can give in the preven
tion of epidemics and tho stamping out
of disease, but I do not favor a regula
tion which will deny a State or com
munity tho ri^ht to protoot ititolf by
onarantiuo regulations. Previous to
this, Mr. Hutler, of North Carolina,
made a few remarks in denunciation of
the Torroy bankruptcy measure. At
1:50, on motion of Krye, of Maine, tho
Senate went into exocutivo session,
and at 5 o'clock p. in. ad journed until
Monday.
(ilrn Day. -No business of gonoral
importance was transaoted by the Ben
ate and quite unexpectedly an adjourn*
moat was taken before 3 o'clock. A
batch of bills from tljp gonoral calen
dar was passed, but aside from that only
routine businoss was accomplished. Ma
con, of Uoorgia, introduced an amend
ment which ho nnnoifticed he would of
fer to tho resolution providing for the
annexation of tho Hawaiiau Islonda to
tho United States. Tho aiuendmont
provides that tire resolution shall not bo
eftoetivo until the question of annexa
tion shall havo boon submitted to the
qualified elootors of Hawaii, and passed
upon allirniativoly by them. Tho
amendment is tho satno which Uucon
offered to the Hawaiian treaty and
which is still pending.
tlfiTH Day. - In tho Senate Caflfroy, of
I.ouy*fa^<- 1 iT u spoech in support of
tho ^National Auurautino bill,. Btated
that ho wantod % ho whole powor placed
in tho hands of tho govornmont.
Uoraker, of Ohio, prosented tho ere
doutials of his colleague, Honmyyor
for tho torm as United .States Senior,
covering six years from March 4, 18DW.
Tho credentials wore read and ordered
filed.
THE HOUSE.
(ISth Day. ? The rumor that thePresi
dent tixed ft day far Congress to ad
journ hasn't any foundation, us ho lias
not decided to fix a dato for adjourn
mont by a certain day. The postotHctt
appropriation bill, which was techdH
caliy tho subject before the Houbo,
WftH almost lost track of in tho debate
an on yestorday numerous topics were
disoussvd, hut for the first tunc
tho < 'Ahan-Spanish question, which
had bt'on kept in the hack ground here
tofore forged to tho front, The sub
ject of Hawaiian annexation also cainc
in fonfuuch attention today.
OUxir Day. ? No political questions
were discussed in the House. The
whole Session was devoted strictly to
the pojftoflico appropriation bill, which
wan taken up for amendment under the
live mlnitlo rule. Tho quustiou which
consumed tho major portion of thetimo
related to the allowance of clerk hire at
postofllcos aud to rural freo delivery.
The House increased the allowance for
rural freo delivory from 8100,000 to
$#00,0.00 and defeated tho proposition
for increapod clerk hire. The amend
ment to increase the appropriation for
rural delivery was ottered by Stokes,
Deiffocrat.
70 m Day. --The House spent another
day on the po'stoflice appropriation bill,
but only disposed of two pages of it.
Most of the day was devoted to a debate
/-on the merits of the pneumatic tube mail
service in New Yor^Uostou ami Phila
delphia, and the 'Advisability of con
tinuing the existing contract*. An ef
fort to strike out the appropriation of
$22.5,000 was defeated, but the opponents
of the apjeopriation euceeeded in secur
iug an amendment providing that no
additional contracts should be made.
An amendment was adopted making it
a misdemeanor for any person to "pad"
the mails during the period when they
are being weighed to determine the
componsation to be paid to the railroads
for thoir transportation. The amend
ment was recommended by the Depart
ment. The conference report on the
agricultural appropriation bill was
agreed to. (
?1kt Da v. ?Tho House passed tho
postofllco appropriation bill, which has
boon undor discussion for three days.
Tho main points of attaok were the ap
propriations of $,-50,000,000 for railroad
transportation of mails, and $171,000
for special facilities botween New York
aud New Orloaus, and $25,000 tor spe
cial facilities from Kansas City to New
ton, Kansas. Theso items annually at
tract or lets of a contest. This
year the Opposition seemed to be less
intent. All efforts to reduce the ap
propriation for railroad trauuiortaion
signally failed aud the votf on the
Southern mail subsidy was 77 to 08
against striking out.
72ni>Dav^? The Houso unauimously
passed amiftor the relief of the sur
vivors and victims of the Maine
disaster. The bill reimburses tbe
surviving officers and men for tbe
losses they sustained to an amount
not to- exceed a year 'a sea pay. and
directs the payment of a sum equal to
? year's pay to tbe e.al h>irs of Jhose
who perished. There was quite a
spirited debate over an amendment
submitted by Mr. Cannon to give tbe
?nrvtvors each a year's pay out of tend
instead of attempting to reimburse
them Jot antnal loleest .fMuoji, .uriL
Veutelle having"* particularly ^Warm
kmhIA in omeetka with tbereSm"
bursement eT tbe . ewtWHl
,dIbSr^^e^^ertf%Sr ItJti
rather sordid te?s by a bsnaltfal tribute
T.Jo 1 ^ A v. ? *1 lit* naval appropriation
bill whs reported to tho House, but ns
it had not boon punted, the contested
election case of l'liorpe vs. Fpes, from
tho fouith Virginia district, was tokou
up. The prnyailing impression iu that
Epos, tho aitfiug tuwubw, will bo. un
seated, aa upon tho decision in thin case*
will largely depend tho decision in t)?<*
two other Virginia rases, iu which
practically tho saino questions are in
volved. Epos had ?,02l plurality ou
the iaco of tho roturnH. Ixteusivo
fimuls w oro churned, and"i4jo majority
of the commit too found that Tuorpo
should have received 807 plurality, aud
upon their finding recommeud that ho
bo seated. The naval appropriation
bill, an reported to tho Honso today,
carries a total of $86, 088, 058, an in?
crease over last year of $8,764,489, and
over tho clg?joi?? estimate of #$4I)14,8^% A
l^avybody interested in sooiug the
lattvt developments in high-grade
wheats shj>?fd send a postal to tho John
P. LovBTl Company, Boston, Mass., for
their now catalogue. It ooutains val
uable information.
TO ENFFItOW THK liAW.
The State Hoard of Pharmacy Make*
a Very lMatn Announcement.
The Htato Hoard of l'harinaoy met iu
Columbia few da,yo siuco. Tho board
consists of Or. Oharlos E. Burnham, ol
Charleston; R. B. Loryea, of Manuingj
,T. 11. Henderson, of Bpartanburg; O.
V. Owiugs, of Columbia; Peter Robin
son, of Newberry, and O. E. Thomas,
of Columbia. Five applicants present*
ed thomsolves for examination,
They proposo to omploy a detootivo
whose duty it shall bo to report to the
solicitors of the several circuits for
prosecution any persons found violat
ing the law. The opportunity wil],
however, bo given all persons now iu
business to prepare for aud take tho re
quired examination when (he board
meets again in Charleston iu July next.
Those who do not appear at that time
for examination will bo proseotiled
forthwith.
Josiah J. Obear, of Winnsboro and
Charles E. Bagley, of Greenwood,
passed. A certificate was granted Jno.
tjuiney Philips, of Beaufort, upon the
presentation of hiB diploma from the
tho Maryland College of PhArmaOy.
The chairman of the board announced
that it hud been determined that the
pharmacy law of the State would here*
after bo riiddly enforoed, and that th*
funds of'tuo asHociation would be ap
, propriatod to tho prosecution of viol**
ftors of the law.
TIIW MAKKKT3. +
NKW YOU K OOfXOJ* VUXWBE8.
Now York.'- Cotton quiet. Middling
upland, (>i; Middling Gulf, OjJ.
Futures oloBed stoady.
Opening. Closing.
?March
April 5 01 5 8j>
May 5 93 5 92
Juno 5 05 5 98
July 5 08 5 90
?August 0 01 5 98
September ... .
October 5 09 5 9T
November 5 08 5 97
Po^ember 0 00 0 99
January 0 02 0 0o
February "... ....
OTHER COTTON MAHKKT8. ?
Charleston. ?Cotton steady ; middling
Afl.
Wilmington. ? Cotton ciuiet ' and 1 ,
steady ; middling 5].
Savannah. ?Cotton sternly; middling '?
5*. .
Norfolk. ? Cotton steady; middling ?
6j.
Memphis. ? Cotton steady; middling
?>
Augusta. ?Cotton steady; middling
H.
Baltimore. ?Cotton nominal; mid- :
ling?$. '
Now Orleans? Cotton easy;, mid*
dling 5 9-10. . ~f
haijTIMobe pjioouoe mabkbt.
Baltimore. ? Flour quiet; Western .
super. 82. 70<2>3. 10; do extra ?8.85<gl4.00?
do family$4.80((?l4,fl0; winter \vbeat pat
ent $4.76@0. 00; spring do $3.20@5.40;
spring wheat straight 35.00^5.15.
Wheat? Unsettled; *|.ot- and M,aroh
April, 99i<3>W)j|{ May;
I.00; steamer No. 2 red, il6j bid; South
ern wheat, by sample, 95<$1.0O; do on
grade 96J@9tM.
Corn? Steady ; spot and month, 88^
mSii April, 88i<a88j; "May 83??881. ~
steamer mixed, 82 j^34;.fijmthern. white
corn, 881<g)84?; do yellow, 82}<$3#it>
Oate? Quiet; No. 2 white, Western,
84<?)8#f; No. 3 mixed do, 81 J <082.
NAVAL 6TOHR8.
New York? Rosin steady. Tnrpen*
tiue weak at 83<&88A.
Charleston? Rotin firm and an- -
changed.
Savannah. ? Rosin firm; A, B, C and
D 1.20; E 1.15; F 1.40; G.1.60; Jtt
1.00; K 1.65 ($1.75; M 1.07&1.89;' N
1.7.3 <3)1.85; window glass l_Jia>'water
white 2.00. Turpentine (Trm at 82.
Bosin firm and unchanged!
wiimingt<)M. ? Kosin st??d3^r t 2-mr:'
1.80. Tur|>eutine firm at 28(c6284;
Crude turpentine ' UfnT'SrT^ $0?3,00.
Tar steady at 05.
cofrroN seed oil*. ?
New York-? Cotton seed oil quiet? -
prime crude 19} @20; prime yel'ow
22^28.
i -an vrr.r.E, VA., TOBACCO KABKBT.
Common dark...., $ 3 00?$ 4 50
Medium dark 4 6 00
Manufacturing lags ft 00w 6 50
Oranulatore . . & OOM 8 00
Gattvm common. . ....... dODfr ?
Cutters median...... ...^*2 00^ 19-00
rBitwa faaiijr , r^...yntMA ka>
. ....... VB sy.
Common ;r... 4f*"
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