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jp> KIUDAV. A Pli 1 1. H isns. NO. 115. ? - ? ? THE MM IS ?SI INDEPENDENCE. " flf -- N M V> ? "? "* 1 '? " , He Wants Armed Intervention to /, Stop Hostilities AND HELP THE STARVING, Ireiueiidous Kftorta Aro Itoli>K Ka - ortcU (o InUueo Congress to Sup* port tho President's Policy. x "Waehiugton, (Spocial.)? Tho l>rosi* dent's message on Cuban affairs is rt document of 7,000 words and rocom* attends armed intervention (but so fur an "known without stating that this "should be immediate) by tho United /States to RtoR hostilities aud succor tho starving peoplo . It makes an argutuont \ against rocoguition of iudepeudonco at fthia tiiuo, and leavos it clear that in tho opinion of tbo administration it is tho * duty of , this government to superviso tho affairs of the island until, in the light of fuller aud later knowledge, a ^.JjkMe government can be established. Tho attitude of Congress to the poli cy cannot bo foretold at this time. The powers of Kuropg; cannot agree on inodiation aud tlioir interference would not ^6 acceptable to the United States. "S 'Tremendous efforts are being exert ed to induce Congross to support tho President's and carry out his dosiros in the mattor. A. Madrid correspondent to the Lon don Times says that hopo scorns gone, aud tho Tope has boen warned that in tervention might retard the progress of Catholicism in America. The movement of tho powers of .Lu rope for a joint offer of mediation be rtweeu the United States and Spaiu litis recoived a sovero a,ud probably fatal rebuff in the form of a. def inite refusal upon tho part of the British government to participate in it. Among tbo Republicans of tho House thorp seemod a marked conflict of opinion as to whether, in the eveut. tho President recommend intervention only, and not tho recognition 6t tbo independence of Cuba, they will ac cede to his viow of tho question. The same conflict oxists among the Repub licans of tlio foreign nJB'airs committee. The leaders are oxtromoly anxious that jf possible thero bo unity of action be- ^ tweon tho executive and Congress, and </lho8e who are now utronsly insisting that Cuba has won heft indepondonco and should be re cognized, may bo convinced by the President's mossago that the United States should not go beyond interven tion. Tho Democrats havo conferred and scorn united upon independence both in tho foroigu aflairs ooinmittee aud iu the House, aud if the reMutions finally presented to the House are only for intervention, Mr. Bailey will doubt less present a proposition either in tho nature of a substitute, or an amond- j mentj, for tho recognition of Cuban in* dependence. SJgabee Before the Hou?c. Captain Sigsbee, of the Maino, ap- . poarod before the House committeo on j foreigu affairs ou the 0th. In the course of hia examination he stated it to ho his opinion that his vessel, the Maiue^ was blown up by a submarine mine lo cated by the^Bpanith authorities. As to whether it was fired bythe^panish authorities or not he declined to ex ^ press an opinion. , . General ]jm Cool. ... A flNfitll from H*T?n4. Cab*, of tho At h toy ? t b?r ? i? ?o oAwtrd ?>*&? of oxeitoment in HaVana. Coasul-Gonora1 -fcor, b*4? W?frfg1 ? , tosnja tbtt Qra. Leo ba? boo? in : atrnaUdto ; took spar <5oo?ul. in Cab*, aoA, it ^wwiiij, biro vom*I* ; to briag tb?m away from ibo ialood al ! THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. ' 1 ho South. | The Confederate Veterans of J ?oi k? . ley county, W. Va. , have nauiod thclt patup,OQU*(iiting of 1>3 tneinbwY*, "Fits! j hugh lie? Camp. " j Tho annual convention of tho West Virgiuia Editorial Association will QpOh ; at Uofnautown .May 11. j NeairI*yi?ohbttr|s, Va , Wm. Tl.Snow, I Jr., bhot att&jliilled Henry \y. McVeigh, Lis brother-in-law. ' Governor Hob Taylor, of Tennessee, will probably deliver tho annual a<l dr^RB at Guilford Battle Grouud, July ' j 4th. < ? Tlte eight year-old sou of J. A. W hitt ? man, of Dosior, soveral miles north of ' Winston, N, (*, , foil into a tub of hot Blop at a blookado still house and was bo badly scalded that ho died. Tho steamship City of Macon. fron Boston to Savannah, fJa. , was discov ered to bo on flro when neurintr the lat? j tor port, '.I ho blaze was extinguished ? with tho aid of tugs and tho passongers ! carriod off iu safety. AtBnigeoH, W. Va. , Thomas Belcher, 1 ug<*T seventy years, foil into tho lire | and was burned to death. In Oraugebmg county, South Caro? ! j lina, four negro chiidrou were burnocl , | todeath in a cabin. They were left alone. 4 j Tho Republicans of Alabama havo i ? decided to put out a State ticket, and j ! will hold a nominating convention in : Montgomery on Juno 1th. Two heavy freight trains on the ; Western and Atlanlio Railroad collided ; I near Adairsville, Ga. Engineer E. S. I Elliatt was instantly killed, and En gineer John McDado was fatally in- ; jured. An unidentified body, found alloat : near Norfolk, Va. , is supposed to bo that of Charlos Morris, of Philadelphia, j who was lost overboard from a tug j March 11. A delegation from tho Women's ! Christian Temperance tyuion of Rich- j mond, Va., called on Superintendent . of Public Instruction Houthall and j urged tho teaching of a course of hygeiuoiu tho publio schoals. The Columbia (S. C. ) Stato savn do- j spite all tho precautions that the Stato board of health has been taking to pro- j vent a spread of the dreaded disease of j smallpox iu this State, it Feems that it ! is steadily spreading and breaking out j here and thero. A special to the Constitution from j Columbia, S. C., says: Near Newberry, *j on the uight of tho 5th, there was a ! battle between eight or teu whites and i a score of negroes. A deputy sheriff, j with a wawwut for Monroe Leitzsey, j cbargifrsfhim with assaulting John F. Banks, a membor of tho Legislature, , swore in a posse and went to the man's ; houso late at night. Tho negro called for help and twenty negroes irorn ad jacent houses rushed out with shot gnus, thinking it a lynching party. Firing on both sides was lively. Four whites and four negroe-B were wounded. Tho whites retired . The Nortli. Now York's Comptroller savs the city debt is now 880, 000, 000 beyond the legal limit. Pnblio School Teacher Jesso Bell,- of Binghamptou, N. Y. , was beaten by two men for whipping his pupils. Eight thousand school teachers in New York will receive an average ad vance in pay of $102 a year. Work has been suspended in all tho coal mines of tho Ohio district", over the 10 per cent, advanco demanded, but thero is hopo of a settlement. New York's Stato tax has bcoti lixed at 2.08 mills, the loWest rr.to for several yeprs. Twenty-eight ice compauios of Chi cago, 111., havo formed a trust with COO, <>00 capital. At Richmond, Va. , a crowd hanged and burnod President McKinley and Mark Hauna in effigy. Steve Brodie, the ?eelebraffod bridge jumper, died suddonlv on a railway train near Adrian, Mich. Ohio coal miners are demanding a half-holiday on Saturday, and may strike in nine counties. E. K. Woodbury, 80 3*ears old, of -Port Chester, N. Y. , was killed whilo trying to rescue his bicycle fropi under a pissing train. , ? S Silt cclliwieou% A disi&tch from Lima ways that 800 native fcj?i*icullural laborers and ser vants have boen shlUped from Japan to Peru. Charles (Jutes, a toniaie vender at ' * Oakland, Cal., was tied to a table j and pouuded to death with a piceo of ; iron. The Mexicau government has made l publio it? determination not to rcrmit I the recruiting or Rifling of regimenta i of Spaniards resident in this country, i or otherwise, within the borders of i Mexico. ? A land grant has been made by Can- ! ada to the Manitoba Univorsity of 150, 000 acroa. v The Canadian" Government has re- . jected tbe Yukon Railwnv. bill, on the ! ground that tho laud grunt was exces- I aive. T. M. McBride, nuepe<sted o( mur dering four member* of tho Lee fam ily, at PaUtt Jtock, Tex., committed eoicide.'-^ The President has arprovwLthe bill for tbe relief of the famil ie* of the dead eaUora who were killed by the "Maiae" espteeloa, - Tbe FiftMei*! m?WU?* of the New York Life Insurance Conspeny here telegraphed President MoKinley. ex* ? -? *- -a 1. k. ^ Ii t_. ? mi in RESPaasiBtf. Tho Senate is Impatient and Galls for R nven HOUSf IS RESTLESS, TOO., Pi i k'.iiA Charge* 1 hut the DUmlcr (o 1 1s fo Maine Whs Brought About t?y Spanish Treuchoj-y. T1IE SENATE. 71. sr 1)ay. -?-1u tho Somite, ffnwlev, of Conneotieutt, prosontcd in amended form the joint resolution ofiforcd by LJn con, of (loorgia, coneonilng tho crea tion of temporary fortifications. Ho sanl that tho resolution uh now amended mot all objections that Inid boon raised against tho original fnie. It is a* fol lows: "That m cane of emergency, when in tho opinion of tho l-resident tho immediate eroction of any trmpora ry fort or fortification is deemed impor taut and urgont, such temporary fori or fortification may bo constructed on written consent of tho owner of tho laud upon which such work is to bo placed; and tho reqiuromonts of taction i?.M, of iho revised statutes shall uot bo applicable in eu$h cases." iho rcsolu tion was passed. vx'n Day,- After aquiet session, dur ing whioh the resolution' oll'ored tho day before by Senator Chaud er calling for the Cubau correspondence, was referred to tho committee, and a secret session on tho bill to purchase the Danish West Indian Island heretofore reported, tho Senate adjourned until Monday. ??ii> Day. ? It was frankly and openly charged in tho Senato by I'erkius, of California, iu a set speech, that Spain was responsible for tho Maine disaster, as it had beeu brought about by Span ish machiuat ions ami Spanish treachery. Turner, of Washington, introduced a resolution to take action without wait ing on any department of the govern ment; Clav, of Georgia, spoke at longth on the l'orakor resolution. Other speecltes were delivered for freo Cuba, after which tho Senate resumed the con sideration of tho sundry civil bill, and finished thirty-tbrrte pivges bofore going into exeoutivo session. - J 74th Day ? In tho Senato fierco Cuban speeches were* made. "Tho United States ounht immediately to declare war against Spithi and toToaintain that wax* until tho people of Cuba are made froe from Spanish starvation and cruel ty, aud the government of tho island firmly established as an independent repubH^.' This utteranco by Senator Chandler, of New Hampshire, in a carefully propared ptatemout oi his po sitiou on tho Cubau crisis was tho climax of an extended discussion of tho subject, participated in by several members in the Senate. Speeches had been delivered bv Turner, of Washing ton; Harris, of ]\ansas, and Keuney, of Delaware, all of whom took htioug ground for vigorous and instant action by the (Jnitod States. At tho conclu sion of the speoehos on the Cubau question, the Senate resumed the con sideration of the sundry civil bill, the only important program being a slight ly 'modified form of tho committee amendment suspending the forestry reservation proclamation. thFIiouse. 80tu Day. ?For thrco hours tho packed gallaries and excited members of tho House listened to a i assionato outburst of oratory on the Cuban ques tion, during which tho intensity of feeling was. alternately yianifeMed by cheers, jeer* and hisses. Timo and again the excited tlirou^s in thogaller ios weie admonished to bo silent. At ono time, at least, it seemed as if n mo tion would bo made to clear tlff.iu. The three speeches which stirred the assemblage to its depths .'were made by Grosvenor, of OMo, who./ it was assumed, spoke for the administration, and who practically pledged it to tho cause of free Cuba; Uailc.v, of Texas. > the Democratic leader, who anu< unced the. Democratio position at for Cuba without war, if it could bo avoided, but with war if necessary, and Johnson, of Indiana, who spoke for peace, declaring that it was our duty to go to tho extreme iu magnanimity to avoid the horrors of war. Lewis, a Democrat from Washington, pro voked the speech of Johnson, which aroused the membors and the gallorics to the fevter pitch of excitement. Lowis had denounced the proposition that X'uba purchase hor freedom from Spain, which, it was alleged, tho admiuistra-r tion was fostering. Thon it was that Johnson, in a brilliant specch, pleaded for peace, lie faced tho storm of bus es which swopt down upon lilm from tho gallerios like a Spartan, and with passionate utterance adjured rooinbers to pauso beforo they plunged the coun try into war, tho evils of which would follow after in endless train. Little progress was made with tho naval hill. The only important amendment adopt ed was out apppropriating jJOOO, 00<) for tho ercction of new buildings at the Naval Academy. ^ KIht Dat.? Attar an eioeodiugly tar- 1 btilent session of *ix hours, the House ! passed (be naval appropriation bill aud then adjourned until Monday, liie war spirit was manifested in atl tbo speeches and overrode the naval com mittee itself by increasing **be number of torpedo boats and torpedo boat do* ? troy ec* tb 24,-fffi bill as reported pro viding for bul'12, and the appropriation to $4,600, OOQf instead of 92,800, 000. 82d. Da.*./? In the Hoase the Senate sesolntion for temporary fortifications trae passedA While there was no a X tempt to force, consideration for a reso Iution r eKardirSrfhe Cuban situation in the Home, there wee a brief outbreak, in the eonree of whieh the'jrarltke tem per of the crowde4. |r*lier???, wee so manifaat thst ftpaekef S?^toietw>i to deer thejn *f rl? wa? outbreak occurred over * a taction by Cannon to pese the BeeaU two Int iep.J6 ^tksrirs the Preei4ent to erect teiepdrsvy fortifications In eaae of anwgeney.Nywi lend, when the writ ten eomeeat of the owners was oMeined, wllhenl eeaUinn It? Isur ursMM of iSlSaSSttm Thft ledtoTdT ....... t &8nt)iT. ?The crowd* w hioli thronged tho gallerion of tho House wore disap pointed. 'l'hore wore no outbreak* t.f any kind on the floor on the Cuban ouestipn. The whole day wa* spent on tho privatft O&leudar, with tho result that several bills woro parsed, nmou.; i them one to pay tho heirs of Jt.hu Roach, the ship buijder, 3380, 000 on ? claim which ban boon pending ft dozen years, and auothtr to pay <> C. Hosbv shell, superintendent of tho Fhilado phi a mint, $17, 0ui\ extiacCul from the gold vaults by a woigh clerk At r?:u> p. m. the House took a root*** until * p. m. , tho eveniug session being do voted to the cousidoration of pension legislation. A COMPARISON or PliRRT*. In Kvory Particular Ours Are Su perior anil More Than n Miitcli. The Spanish warship Foiayo has of j late been mentioned as tbont equal 111 Htron tr t U to our own Indiana. and a coiithot between tho two has boon ? pec ulated upon as evenly balanced and j indeterminable in advanco. Such talk j is based upon gross carelessness of i observation or misinformation,, as j reference to tho facts in tho case will show. Tho Feiayo is a smaller ship tlian tho ; Indiana, being of 883 tons loss displace ment, Itt foot shorter, 8 1?4 feet nar rower and of 8 feet leas draught. Mio i has loss powerful onginos, developing: 1 only 8,000 hprao power to the in- j diaua's 0,78S. lier new boilers may j give her greater power, but that is >??" to be demonstrated. She is six yearn j older than the Indiana. She is jum about aa heaslly armored as the In diana, in souie parts more, in some j less. She carries only 800 tons of coal j to the Indiana's 1,040. She has the i (.arne number of torpedo tubes. 1*V j pally, in the ordinance sho is far in ferior to tho Amoj;V?an ship. She ha four big guns, two of inch and two of 11 inoh calibre; but tho Indiana ha* four of 13?inch calibre. Tho Feiayo has ono 6.3-iuoh aud twolve 4. ?-iuoh gun's, against the Indiana's ei^ht 5 inch and four U-inoh guts; and tho Feiayo has six quick firing and twelve machine guns, against the Indiaua's twenty quick-firing SJO-pouuders, nix quick-tiring Impounders and four ma chine (jnns. It is not extravagant to cay that the Indiana is, iu point- of oftousivo armamo'it, fully 80 per cent moro effective than the Foiayo. Much lias been paid olso, about the Emperador Carlos \'. fehe is not a but tie ship, but an armored cruiser. 1 ol us see how she compared with, for ex ample, the Brooklyn. The .Spaniard is l.r> tons lighter, 2i'feet shorter, 8 fevt broader, 1 foot tdiallbwer, has SOD lesn horso power, and is /nearly two knots Blower. She is le*h heavily armored than the Brooklyn,/ excepting over her guns where her arujior is thicker. Sho oarries 800 tons lost^ coal. She has tho same number of torpedo tubes. She hap two ll*inoh guns, which are much heavier than any on tho Brook lyn, but whether they will, on tho whole, prove more effect ivo tbau tho Brooklyn's eight 8-inch guns is an open question. Certainly the Spaniard's eight GJ-inch quick tiring guns ere not equal to the Brooklyn's twelve f>-incb, nor her ten BraalleiSones to the Brook lyn's sixteen; nor will her six machino guns against the Brooklyn's four give her a winning preponderance. Spain has seven other smaller ar mored cruisers, heavily armed, of which the Vi^scaya may be taken as a tyne, of about 7,0U0tons, and 10 to 12 inches of armor, and eaoh with a couple 10 or 11 inch guns and t-enM-iuohcfuue. Against these tho United Slates has three moro battleships, each equal in fighting strength to two of the Hpnni*li cruisers and the two armored cruisers each about equal to one of them. $ I n coaspdcfonce vessels, monitors, etc. , tho United States is far superior to Spain, the latter hav ing practically none to be compared with our Monterey, Puritan, Terror, Amphifrite, Miantonomoh and Mpnad nock. In gunboats and cruisers, too, tho advantage is decidedly on the side of the United States. If to thee techuical conditions we add tho differences iu geographical position, and in skill and resources between the nations behind these fleets, the odds are seen to be so hopelessly against Spain as to make it a cause of wonder that any rational Vrrt?>?*h statesman should for a moment oonsi ler the possibility of war save as a ih?i desperate resort for national de fence ~>i?w York Tribune. TRANS* MISSISSIPPI KXPOSITION. The Buildings Will be Finished by the Opening pay, Juno 1. The announcement has been made upon authority of the chief arohitect of the Trans- Mississippi Exposition, that all oonstruotion work will be finished up in ample time for the installation of exhibits and the perfection of conces sions by the opening day, June 1. The large buildings are nearly ready for the artistic decorations, save the line srts buildiu< and the immense struoture which the United States government is building. On the latter the staff work is nearly done i*nd the dome is receiv ing-the finishing touches. The conces sionaries are pushing construction work rapidly, as ar? the various States, fif teen of which are erecting buildings. thabnnho* Dunk Wrecker* Convicted. Frank B. Leefe and JoMph N. Wolf son, obnrgtd with participation in the vneklaf of the Union National' Bank, ?tN*wOrIuui, woro both oonvieUd on tfcoSd in the United State* Circuit Oomri. The jnrj hnd been oat nil nifhl Leefe hykiw one of the book-keeper* ftrthe bttk, and Wlof ?oa ? lawyer of oomo jmpiliMM, with 1 1IHM HOOP. Two Score of Bodies Havo Alrond) Been Recovorod. DESCRIPTION OF THE DISASTER The flood Hurst t'pon t ??c PeopK Without Warntng.-rolorod Popti* | hit Ion tho Heaviest SuflVrers. The latest from tho Sohawnoetowu, 1)1, flood disaster of tho 1th, is that two acoro bodios of tho victims of the flood havoboon reoovered and hundred* of homeless pooplo aro dopendont upati ohunAii't food una shottor. 1 ho \loath list itWTkely to l>o largely incroasod when dollnite information from tho negro quarter, wfiiuh sullorod mo 4, ?a I securoJ. Th? Hood burnt upon these | pooplo without warning, and owiug to tho weak construction of their tdianties I they toppled over in tho rush ol va loaviug thoir liimatos no mouu.i ot I cupu. lluudred* of people wno lived further from tho river front I sought safety on roof* ami in upper stories, or ma io a rotroat to ! tho hilU at tho wont, a noso aro being I vomoved a? rapidly a* possible to placon ; whoro they can bo givon proper care. , I No otlort has yet boon made to boiu U I for bodies, the attention of tho ro.iol parties being directed almost entirely i to providing impplios and making the homeless as comfortable a- l'?*">klo. The relief work ift well oi g inued and the tents, blanket* and ft ode, {?out by the Governor, will bo promptly dis tributed. Those \vho escaped lo.t everything and theijhomes are in ruins. T. J. llouau, ot Omaha., HI., ?i%oh thie deeoriptiou of the flood: ?u?>0U!i f, o clock on the evening of t no 81, no paid, "the levee on the noi th side ol tho towu gave way, at tho north end of market street, near tho court Iioubo. An opening ton feet wide wan irst made I but it quiokly spread to twenty, and a | wall of water ten o^ fifteen feet high ! poured through tho mam street ing everything before it. About lifts I small frame hour, oh along tho lino of tho levee U> the south were crushed like toys and none of tho occupant*, most of whom wero poor colored tolks, ; Those living in the inoro aubatant a hounes managed to climb to the . *eou d stories where they clung for Iioiuh through the chilly night. Houbob in the wosteru part of tho town did not at onto feel the effects of tho Hood aud residents made for safely, most of them Hoeing to tho too of the levee ou tho south Bido of ?he town. A large number also reached tho little hills which aro a mile from tho town and from there saw tlioir property crumbling in tho muddy waters, \\hon daylight carno the streets woro fu.l of water to a tlepth of ten or tw?Wo feet. Only the mo*t substantial buWiugs in the ceutral business distiict remain standing. Water i? everywhere and tho relief work is being carried out undor crreat difficulties. .i . llidge way, a town twelve miles from Bhawneotown, was made tho basis of relief work. All rail cuminunioation being cut off four miles out, boats wore constructed and a committee H,ar,.e*lto the scene. They reached Cypress Junc tion hulf way to Shawneotown, aud found dry land extending toward tho river, iollowing this they armed within two miles of the ilooded town. More bouts were started and tho rosea ?o otoMod to i^bawacotow,,. ?/lhoy foiiml it I-H'l ooDdilio" exiotitig ill the ill-fated town. Hundreds of thorowho escaped tho rush of water wore perched on roofs, trees and along the top of the levee. They woro taken from their dau trerous positions asrajtftlily n? possible. Swing to the scarcity of boat* the work was verv ?low, but over persona, including many women and were taken to the roadway, two miios from Shawneotown, to Cyprens Junc tion Hero the greater part of them are camped, with very little to oat and exposed to the driving rai. i and piero intr wind. Cypress Junction is almost lu?r?.iniea by wator which ha. over flowed tho honks of tho W?bo?h, tml l? rnvfiriii" the entire country 1 be over flow from the broken dike at Shawnee town was backed up two mil le* inland, but is aiovly receding. ! ? a ill itn possible to reoover uny bodioa until tho wators recede very materially^ In fact the rescuers aro maU i??r very little effort m that diroctum. b t a^o working to save those who es caped ahvo. The Riverside Hotel and court house, and the Kidgcway bank are intart, and v.ero found to have been used - by the lleeing inhabitants for shelter. Tho upper stnrics wero crow.l e<l Scvoiftl hundred people wero prom on?.li"K ?? the to,, of tll? levee ?.w?Uy | B'snnfl?y* eohooln hml i?et eloao.l .od i the children trii>ped merrdy along th ! smooth walk enjoying th6 bright sun i shine. This i?rovetla blessing to them ! a large crowd had Just passed Market j .ireet where tho break occurred, l.uck j ilyno one was passing thero just at tin. moment. ? 1 ho lower portion of Cnrmi, III., on the Wabanh river, in entirely flooded The water reached half w?y up to the eeoond Btorie? of the hou?ea. The water is level with the floor of tho iron ron<l bridge, but the railroad bridge i* still two feeet above at one point. On the Big Four, a miie north of Csrmi, the track ia bat one foot Above, water for a quarter of a mile. Oovernor Tanner has atarted from Springfield wHh lOOtentaand blanket* enongh for 300 people and a ?nlftcieiit amouut of prepared'food for the imm* diate relief of 1,200 people. ; He *bc wired Attorney fr. B.^(lHj)?,"'riren do n t of tfcr Gallatin coti&iy b an k h c r ? , I to draw nt>6IMmT()r "|l,<)00 M an itU'* I mediate relief fond. Oovemor Tannet ia?n*d a rr^lamiHoa to the rnKlic Uwa aad Maaemie lodgee mtf raperria* iftb# diatrit "?"""" -"WS.. "rvpwBtmrlE? [ fiat boate for per li i >u i , with rain that out S if Vviu- is felt for tho rescue force now in Slut w in ou>w ii, ut nothing can stand tho Wiivot, which aro rolling ton Coot high. 1 ho report# co mo from ft torn* I'ovni y telephone station on tho hilt, j n -- 1 t ins side of Shawnaotowu. If ilio k'nie keeps blowing tho 6Ul?re town ia doomed. PAl MI TI'O >'f"\TK KC IIOKS. Tho following items of news arc culled from Uio Now 8 and t'ourior's able cor* rOf>l'OM?lolll? fit tllO tollowin^J points Nil 1 11(1 It ? It may he ?9| ooiftlly intoroAting to tomo >outh Curolininn* ?t this* tunc to know tliat William Jcr.mngi} lirynn han many kinftmon within hor borders. Throughout thin county, famous for croat men, urn mtiimroiiH families ro lutod closely to tho groat leader of the DoniOiiiitio Jpariv. liis uiuudfathor VHsboril liblftl oi^ht Utile* tin") iiiit town, ami nmnn sixty years mro moved to Illinois. vftituiy older citizen* il i s tinotly romember Tvro .) .mhuiikh and easily recall many of his characteristic tlllUs. < minion. 'I he i osM'ct of another railroad to Camden, via I'horuw, ia rccomul with plenuu re < ntmlon would weicomo this road, it would gi vo 11 direct r>iuio to tho North and would doubtlcsft bring Many uioro Northern toui uta lioro ... i ho war reports for the oust ft w days excited much interest in CuuidoD. Many peoplo from tho rural districts hi o alno aroused. It. in reported as a ( positive fact that one follow who wut spoiling for it f i h < came to town with nn old musket, and a lntm. Ho sold the ham for tho ciihIi m order to get hoiiio : money Willi which to i epitir his musket, j and got Homo buckshot for tho "old ! lady." llo mid that ho had ''hourn toll that Tillman was pushing tho war on, ; and ef it tint ntart ho wan agwino inter it. " Minuter. Tho license tax light is coming to it hoitd at lit it, and witlun a idiort tiino tho anti-tux crowd will know positively Whether they will have to pay tlto pen alt} and ookIh nddod, or escape entire ly. On March :J{Uh the city clerk and Ircasuror, noting under orders from tho oouncil, lH'-uoil cxeoutionw against all license tax delinquents, ami placed the paper intho*hands of tho Bhorill' for hoi vice. Ah noon as tho sheriff bogies to levy under tho executions the attor neys of the ant i-hconse combination will apply to tho ronrts for nil injunc tion as a preliminary to bringing tho ease up on it? merits. Thoro will be two or more 'opt cases made. . . . Major W. !?'. ii. llayiios'.vorth, wiio controls a large.ftinonnt of prongrtv m tho town of r.ishopvillo, the connfv Rcat of Loe oounty, has civeu two acreB of land for n location for the court liouso and jail, ftnd tho commiKHioners for the new county have accepted the donation. . . . A Jl-yeur-old boy fell iu a woll on tho placo of Mr. 'J'. .T. Baker, a few miles from MnyoBvillo, recently and was drowned. jffMgs wm ndimLMtpk tolnfrtpb comiMMtwrttwi with mmowv ?m sndftsnly cot o& tends to coo firm the repoft, 1 mora baa learned. It is 1 ibftt ?*#? soo Umw>w lwi> ? it 1* b?tm*d Ibk Mtinita in t , _'4 ffgritaj tt>t liMiwllti THIS STATK't* SOLDIERS. Wliat Conjjrfdsinnn ?tokrs Promised in Tlirlr flehitl P. When congress reoontly had tin dor discussion the appropriation of $M, 000,000 for the national defense Con gressman StokeB marto a two-minute speech, in which ho marto some prom inoMon behalf of this iStute'a soldiers in oai'o of war. Hero in what ho said: Mr. bpcaker, I tako it thut no ar gnmont is nec?*?iary to commend this bill to the judgment of this bouse or ?;f tho Country. It is, in fiffet, but an ex p ?khioii *tf the conclusions which have already hcon reached in the mmdtt of all informed people in thin house and in this country ut largo. it is scarcely necessary, either, .Mr. Speaker, that J fboiild stuto w hat all must be aware of, that tho people of tho 8tate which I represent are in favor of thiB aud of i overy meaMir.o whioh may be deemed nocessaty in Die wiBdom of our ch:ef executive for tjio preservation of ?? >r national honor ari(p vindication ol the traditions of whioh our ilag m the syui bol. J here ia scarcely a day, Mr. Hpeaker, I might say scarcely an hour, since the relations between tnia country aud the Spanish government became strained that the people of my tttato have not been sending words of encouragement and assurances of support to the execu> u?i3 department of this govornuient. The entire militia of onr .Stute ? in- i fantry, cavulrv und artillery? are al- 1 ready pledged. l^y BOOpta are ready for peace, aud troy aro reu?iy for war. In calm expectancy they await the is- j tmo. Within twfenty-four hours they j 1 may be mobil^MBjAOd once in the fluid, ; they will gjraH far as the furthost in | support of/the dignity of the flag. 1 liuvo today. Air. Spoaker, transmit- ! j tod, at the request of parties from my j Stale, assurance of that sort aud ro quets for the addresses of onlistiDg of fice?. In short, Mr. Hpoaker, novel* in h?r history has booth Carolina more sincerely nor more unanimously ilms- j trated tho motto which tor well-nigh j a century ha* inspired hor sons--44Al wuys ready with our lives aud our property" for the defense of liberty, and for the honor of our entire country. ; (Applause. ) TOWN 8WKPT AWAY. Fully 200 People Drowned by a Flood In an Illinois Town. A%pecial to ths St Lonis (Mo.) Re public frbm Girard, III., Bays: A tala phono maaaaga has been rscsivad ban from Shawnsetown, III., aaylng That at 4:30 o'clock on ths afternoon of ths ad tbs IsTee above tbs city broke and tho city in inundated. The water hu badtad, noier tire mii?LAsdjnuhed. downttpox^ Ho Says, *'l Arn Still Vory Hopoful of Poace," THIS IS HIS INDIVIDUAL Judgment, llitKod Sotoly on His Con* v let Ion That Two Soir- Roapcotlng Nations Wilt Not <Jo to Wur. Washington, (Special. ) ? The Spanish minister, Senor I'olo y Uernabe, was *con at tho Spanish legaliou and con* seated to talk on tho prosoat condition of ? 1 o spoko frocly uiul at tuna, with intoiiho carnostuoHB. The interview i>< authoritative throughout. "1 nin still hopotul of poaoe, " naid ,hc. "that may uoem uptuuisuo at a moment wtion Mich passions are arous ed, such naval ami military operations are going on, ami when the enrrout of pubno i-cntimeut aetius to L>o that war is inevitable). 1 cannot say that A baBO my \ iow tnat peaco will prevail upon any direct or otlioial information. Ou i tho contrary, it^w my individual judg ment, based solely H|>ou tho eonviotiutt tnat in tho-o enlightened days two aelf roHpooting nations, mado up Of rnaa ami women of high aspnaiioiiH and no* hlo nihtuicU, cannot and will not re* nort to that iaot and brutal oxi>odiout, i war. To bo sure, X cauuot oIobo my oyea to ouitaui obvious cirouuifctaucos existing both hero and in bpaiu. "consider for a moment some of tho elements of thin present crisis," tho minister went on, Bpeaiuug with much vigor. "Cau it bo possible that your , people will consider duly one aide of thooaBO V .Lot uh tor a moment admit : thut there are two sides to it. "Cuba ban been a colony of Spain iroin time immemorial, from, the tnue of discovery l?y t hftatophor Co minima, and as part of Spain tlioro is clustered . about it u reverence aluioat aacrod. i uba is regarded I13' our people just as ' you regard- one of the State* of you* j Union. What would bo said if soma j foreign power Bind to tho United States that lllinoisorTftXa^ or California mult ? be free and independent of tho United j States? io bo Hiiro. your press toils of : brutal ravagery existing 111 Cuba. ? t do not wish to deal with roortauinatiou. ! 'J'ho timo'for that has gone by.* JiutI give you my word tnat this savagery { does not exist at alt; that all roliablo reports agree that whatever may have ; been tho condition of affairs a year or ! two years ago, (ieueral .'Jlanco has | inaugurated a humane and beneficent i system characteristic of the man. * * ".Now hh to autonomy: l'"or somerea iion intense foehn g has been aroused ia this country against the homo imon gime svlnc-L Spam lias inaugurated ia Cuba, it seems to be overlooked, ia the ptKDion of the moment, that this home rule lw?n been the aspiration of the Cubans for yearn. It seems to be overlooked alno that President ('lev#* land and Becreiary Olney urged a fall measure of home rule as the meana likely to brinur about a termination of the Cuban oonfliot. bpain has granted that, panted it with the deepest sin cerity. t do not wish in this to rei*at an argument for automuy, but simply to call attention to tho fact that plain justice dictatox that a system of home tuie,' brought iorth after tho deepest solicitude and consideration, aud based upon what the Cubans theniBOlves hove lorur desired and on what the United Mihu'r government deemod most fitting an a nettlemeut, hhould not be Iwfctly. dismissed on implementations of the proas, or even on the representations of men of sober judgment. "As to tho reconcentrados I can only say that the deoiees of concentration ; have beeu revoked and urgent step* are being taken for the relief of these poor | creatures. While there is no doubt of | tho misery of their, condition, yet tha go Vermont U making the nwst heroio eirorts To alleviate this condition. As tc the insurgents, they have boYne twas against rtpain for three years, en tailing terrible Iohs of life aud mono*. And ya^. believing these men to be misguided," The government has sought < to regaiu their. confidence. Even today , the Official Gazette at Havana, pub* lishes an appeal by the home rule got ernment, urging all thoso in arms, in* ?urgonts as well as Spaniards, to cease hostilities, to join hands and unite ia celebrating the restoration of peace. It tells them also that if this home rule l is not perfeot that it mav be improved. In short, the insnrgonts are incited to join the Hpauinh soldiers" In/lay iug down their afias, saying that a period of calm may bo given, during whioh just and wine councils may prevail .for the permanent betterment of Cab*. ? "You a*k me as to the later phases of negotiations. Of this I cannot speak, owing to the restrictions of my posi tion. 1 believe that calm council will yet prevail aud that the United titetea and Spain will bt> able to solve this problem on a best* junt and bo??r*b)e to all concerned and withont rcoonrse to arms. I fatly recoguize the ear nest ness, patriotism and intense vigor of the American people, but f fuel that it is not im proi>er for ma to suggest that at aach a profoundly solemn moment ?arnestnesa and strength should be tempered with calm justice and a dis position to look at both sidaa of the question, end not alone to oee side." v- ? ? a The Cost of Wen.