Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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All the ReconcQfltrados Said to Be Dead or Seff^ Away to Die. MANY TOO WEAK TO LEAVE, ?Flocks of Vultui'i's Clrcllug lu the heNC Hlrdt Are Now . < alio**! "Woj'lor'KCblckeu*," U \y ' A special from Key West, Fla. , says; The conditions in Havana, resulting tho blockade, mo being gradually 1'iought out by information obtained from Hahing smacks and other email \e?KOis caplurod off the ooaat. ' Tho situation in t ho blookadod city appears to bo worse than at any other time since tho Weyler rogime ended. Tho lishoruioti who ut first braved the blockade for the high ptioos whioh fish brought in llavaua, now run the risk not for money, but for the food whioh they* get from tho son. A number of these men have boen captured at differ out times by tho vessels of the bl^Vkad ing ileot, nearly all of them being re leased after having boen questioned by American officers. They unite in pic turing tho statoof things at Havana as critical in tho oxtreme. Tho latest news of this description was obtained through two captures made by the United States gunboat Ma duns, which has just roturnod herj Cor the brut timo since tho blockade opened, making the longest single sor viyo of any blockading vessel off Cuba. Tho Mnohias caught two fishing boats off llavaua just before her return hero. The Americans offered tho llshornien nionoy for part of their catch, as the iish wore noodod on the gunboat, but 0 tho fishermen demurred at taking Ynoncy, having they preferred to have bread and that they were desperately hungry. When questioned as to the prevalence of yellow fever at llavaua, the fisher men said thoro was little sickness at the < 'uban capital, but, they added, there ?was much 'Starvation. The reconeen trados, they oaid, aro nearly all dead or hnvo boon expelled from the city to die in tho suburbs. This agrees with othor reports from Havana and Matanzas, to tho offset that tho Spanish authorities, on tho departure of tho Amerioan con puis, seized all tho relief supplies and amdied them to tho use of the army. The Spaniards then drove the roconcen trados into tho desolated sections of the country between tho coast towns and tho insurgent lines, tho regions do ner ibod by Senator Proctor and others us beiiig loo barron and desolate to sup port grasshoppers. Tho insurgents themselves have been oliary of receiving reconcentrados. and hundreds of tho latter who had no per sonal friends in the insurgent camps have been left lo starve between the linos. Near Havana the situation is even Worse. Hundreds of reconcentrados fromvlios I'osas, the big reconcontrado barracks, wero too woak to walk out of town and fell in the stroets or died in tho suburbs, whore flocks of vultures, "Weyler's chickens," as they are now termed in Havana, have fasted on the bodies. In.Matauzas this element of tl?6 ^iluation is equally bad. Tho flshfeuuon who have been brought heio are soon reconciled to capture, whioh meauA food and deceut treat ment, They \ay that if the blockade Continues much longer bread riots must follow in all tho largo towns of Western Cuba, as food is reserved exclusively for the army, thus forcing many per sons to enliBt who would not otherwise do so. Tho fishermen also say that fcome of tho most desperate Spaniards threatnn to bVun Havana or blow up tho city in (he event of the authorities decidiug to capitulate to the American forces. STAIN DDKS #ut Like (he JulU of mi Anglo-Saxon Alliance. Spain t(5 not ploaBed with tho utter nuces on live subject of the possibility of nn nllinnco between the United ntntoa nu<l ' ii'crii uii'alu. Bpniu, it is 8?i(l upon good authority, will draw tho attention of the' powers to the transcondencv of tho suggested Anglo American nllinnco, with respect to Kuropean interests. Feds the Sharp Criticism. ? Tho administration evidently ? feels tho nharp criticism of hip appointments of wealthy young oluljjrnen and those (whoso only recommendation is that they are their fathers' sons) to impor tant commands. Tim has caused a storm of indignation, and the adminis tration hastens to announce that these birds of llue feathers will be pat in the background as muoh as possi blo. '*> ?4^1U(cxl Sensation In Ten AttornoyVefleral Morane. otfe of the leading candidates for the U^mocratic nomination for Governor bT Texas, has created a sensation by/Withdrawing from the rac?,_ ThU feilves Congress man Bayer* the leading candidate, and his victory/seems assured. The Dem ocratic nomination 'Is equivalent to ?lection. \ - ' " |a^(0Q03oO SupplUMiUI toHavj. The Secretary of the Navy sent to the Hotue on the 16th an estimate for an ? ai?i?vyil?Uou of IW^OM ia r??s4 numbers to cotw Uw wbtj of the nayjr. ft "" 7 ??? Advice to Aduilntl Sampson. j Sail i'it. "Mlr-lt* r Samp*-, oi wM yo' Hoot j Kaao <l?*y ain't no time tor spares liut - j?ln' yo' way in do iiIkIU en u?y,? * Uou t vou lain out yo' hair! Miu' dflrn words *1 say: Watch out in ile hIk'H en d ty ! ^ No 1 1 mo for f-leop, ou uono t?*r spue, ? ? l>on t you lo'tu cut yo' hai ! Ball on. Mister Bampson, wid yo' th'ot, Eu fail whar <l?> wild l l >\\ fair, Kaze deeuomy'll come \v d de Hag on drum, ? Don't you to' in out yo' hair! Miu' doni 1 say Besbo' dftt you watch ? u p ay! No tlino f<-r oil ?> i?i' tor ^j an^ ? | Don't you lv'm out yo' 1 nir' Yo knows what doole-t.m>t Kain?on don>\ Wout tor sloop in ito httf folks' hall, En bo wnko en swear: "Whar is my h nrV" Jlut dny'd orappod en tuok it all! Min' Uoin words 1 say : Dou't you walk ta do Sainton way' No time tor sleep, on nono tor Bparo,? ? Don't you lo'm out yo' hair! ? Frank Btaoton in Atlanta (Oa.) (Constitu tion. THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. Tl?e South. The National Association of Chiofs of Police met in annual session at Mil* waukeo, Wis. The animal reuuion of the National Bonevolont Protective Order of Elks was lield in New Orleans, La. Japanese naval oHioers have arrived at San Fraucisco, Cnl,, to oommaud the two cruisers being built in that city. At the American Tiekot iJrokors Convention in Louisvillo, Ky. , Josoph M. Keener, of Cleveland, (>. , wusolect ed preside nt. At Savarnah, Oa., (Sen. Honry 1$.^ Jackson, tho famous Confederate major general, a veteran of the Mexican war anil minister to Mexico during tho Cleveland ndministratiou, was stricken with paralysis, llis ontiio left side is paralyzed and ho is not ex pected to live. * The North. Wood Workers' Union men, number ing 2,000, are on stfiko at Oshkosli, Wis. (Irieying over tho death of his wife, Dr. Evans, a well-known physician at Canton, (). , shot himself and died. Two men were killed and a dozen in fured at Conway, JMich., by an explo sion in J. C. jNIcFarland's sawmill. Charles Glaso^ ox-Comptroller of West Bay City, Mich., accused of steal ing public funds, shot and killed him self. Tj'io Amalgamated Wood Workers' Union at Oshkosli, Wis., have de manded an ttdvanco in wages of US per cent J. M. Bates' watch factory, at Attlo boro, Mass., bus boon burnod. Nino teen jewelry firms wore burned out. Tho loss is 8900.000. The Ohio State Henato has adopted a resolution, which "noys Sep.,, Manila attempted to bribo members of tho [ Legislature to proenro his eloction. A Kansas ovangehst has written to President MoKinley ottering to raise a regiment composed .exclusively of church members. At Cleveland, O. , throe mon were killed and seven woutfded by tho ex plosion of gas in tho water works tun nel by ono of tho men striking a match to light his pipo. At Philadelphia, Pa., three persons wore burned to death, and proporty amonntiug to $225,,000 was destroyed by 6re which originated in the big- six story building occupied by McCadden Bros., wholesale dealers in to3rs and firowt>rks, 010 Market street. The Cleveland liubbor Works has t'ust received a rush order from tho Jnited States government to furnish 15,000 ponchos for tho volunteer army. Tho ponchos are light rubber blankets, 72 by 25 inches aud ure adapted to threo uses, or four of them may bo laced to gether and mado intern tout. BllSCClIUllCOtlS. Manj' houses wero wreckcd by ft tor nado in Lincoln county, O. T., nud several persons seriously injured. Contracts for over $1, <>00,000 for In dian rations for the cowing year lmvo been awarded by the Indian Bureau. C. W. Mock, of tho Tocoma (Wash.) School Board, was killed in a bicycle collision with an unknown woman. The Belgian (iovernniont has offered a prizd of $10,000 to the person whocan invent a atiqfac^ory cbe^nical to ropliiee phosphorous in the njfaking of lucifor watches. Dr. Elizabeth II. J'atos, of J'ort Chester, N. Y., bequeathed $133,000 to the University of Michigan to establish a chair for diseases of women nnd children. W nshlngton. President Dolo's itemized bill of ex penses for his recent trip throng^ this countrv amounts to $7,000, to which ho has added his donation of $.r>00 to the Maine reliof fund. The Navy Department has just closed the account of the contractor^ for wrecking the Maine. These were) the Merrit and Chapman wrecking rbitN pany and the Boston Towhoat Com-, pany. The .department settled their claim* for an aggregate of $50,0t)0 which if about one-half of - the appro priation made by Congress for the work of wracking. The House oommitteo on foreign af faire by a YOU of Id to 4 Lava agreed on -UuLHawlAndi . resolution for the im medrata annexation of the Hawaiian I el and*. ? War Note. will noi itn fcaa eoised tho cable leadiBg the Canary Monde. ?MS. dm* 1,100 Spaniards baek of uiilMgoi and Secretary Long Issues An Order \o This Effect. ? ?-? BLOCKADE OPEN 10 VESSELS, <#eu? Leo Is l>o$lKitiito<l a.s ( omnia imIcv of tlio Scveitlli Corps, Willi lloatl quarters at Tampa. Washington.--- (Hpooial. ) ? Au ordor lias hon u ported and signed by Soere tary Long, -tolativo to tho publication of news emanating from tl?o Navy l>o partment, which will have tho effect of considerably curtailing tho supply of iuformutiou that heretoforo has bcou rather frocly given out. Tho Secre tary's order was dirootod to Captain ('rowninshiold, chief of the Navigation lhtrean, and ho in turu gavo itolTeot by making an ordor in his own name that portions connected with hia bureau in ] lias <'l|Ai rtoter, rather than food *np ? pi ma whleh makes it nil the iriOro im portant that Sampson and Sohloy ( J should nneeeod in keeping \dmiral j Corvora from fourliiii); Havana, or i Cionfuogoa, or any important coimec i tion with Havana t>v lail. . i TIih War I >opurtiueut has njAiied ahead its preparation foi tin* mol>ili, 4 tion un<l thorough o< |iiij>in?.'iit of tin* volunteer army w hu h is l>oiny inn lo eomplot. The designation ot Uoneral I Fitzhngh l<oo as oommaudor ft tho I Soveuth Corps, with hend<}iui tors ai j Tampa, would aoevn to indicate that ho f ts To accompany tho army of invasion i to Cuba. ' Assignment of Otlleers. In a general order issued at tho W ar Department, tho following assignment ! of gwuoral ofllcorft in command is ! ni ado: Major < Joneral Wesley Moi 1 lit, I I'uited States Army, to the Department j of tho Paciiio; Majoi (loneral John l> j Mrooko, I'nitod St At oh Army, tho First [ ('orpH ami tho Department of tho itfnlC; Major Oouoral William M. (Jra I ham, I'nitod Statew Volunteers, tho I Second Corps, with headquarters tit j Falls Church, Va, ; Majoi Oonoral .las. j F^Wutle, I'nitod States Volunteers, | tho Third Corps, reporting to Major 1 4tenoral lirooko at Chickamnnga; Mujor tflili GOVERNOR GENERAL'S TALACE AM) AN ANGLE OK THE HAN JUAN FORTIFICATIONS REDUCED HY AD Ml HAL SAMPSON'S FLEET. anj' capacity, should linve no conversa tion whatever upon subject in any way pertaining to tlio navy, with represen tatives of the press. The opening of the blockade ut Ha vana to certain vessels is a rather cat i ons proceeding and one that may load to a very considerable widening of tho blockade itself, so that in the end tho neutral vessols not loaded with Contra, - baud or supplies, the currying of which into Havana would interfere with tho naval and military regulations of our government, may pass tho blockade un der suitable regulations laid down by tho United States. Tho troops going, to Manila are to bo preparod for a six months' stay, accord ing to the number of rations furnished, l?,lt)0,0U0, uud preparations for their de parture are boing pressed with greatest on orgy. intimations havo boon received hole that Captain tieneral Mlanco, nt Jin vana, is very short of ammunition, in which case the powerful batteries at General John J. Coppingor, I'uitod ! States Volunteers, tlio l-'ourth Corps, ! Mobile, A In; Major (ion oral Win. U. I Shaftor, tinted States Volunteers, t ho ! Fifth Corps, Tntupn, I'hi. ; Major (inn ?oral F.lwoll S. (Mis, Cnited States Vol ! u ulcers to report to Major General | Merritt, United States Army, for duty with troops in the Department of the Pacific: Major General James II. \Yil j hoii, United States Voiuuteers, the ; Sixth Corps, ChickuinauRa, reporting I to Major General Brooke; Mujor Goueml i J'ttz. iiOO, I'nited States Volunteers, Hyr" I Soventh Corns. Tamnn, K!?. ; Maivi' ! (ionoral Jo*. 1 1 . Wlioolcr, I'uitod States i Volunteors, the Cavalry JJivjlion, j Tampa," 'l1' I a. Tlio Time at Manila. Tlio diHorenoo 111 Washington lime > and that of the Philippine lshifids is , thirteen hours and sixteen minutes; threforo. according to our time, the : battle of Manila was fought at It : 4 i p. in., Saturday, April ISO. PORTO RICO AND TKE SCENtT OF NAVAL OPERATIONS. Carolina tofantr y ud opa baitary Ifawfjr), one btttelioa of ..Vtfg?i? in faotry. to WMhUihw, P. Cr gi* mutt Jiotlh.CygltftJB/iSlyrJg Twftv pa. Fla>, *la? tworacinantatf Virginian i beinu aro (y tho entranco of Havana harbor, of coarse, would bo deprived of u largo part of their defensive strength. This state of alluiiH may lead to some dos peraio attempts ?t blookade ruuuiug on the part of tho Kpaniitrds in the, hope of getting more ammunition into Havana. It in believed that tho ?iip'-j plies bo froquoutly referred to as beinj on the Spauieh flying pquadron oro ~ Thousands Perish la a Cyclone/ A dispatch to the Jiondou {Standard from tho Hague, says: "According to atprivatd telegram from India, a terri ble cyclono has destroyed a great part of Biina, a seaport town of tho Inland of ftumbawa, Malay Archipolago. Tho The shores of Humbawa Hay aro covered with thousands of victinin. The town of Kupanjr, Island of Timor, escaped the force of tho hurricane." The Orders to the Troops. Washington. ?(Special. ) ?After go ing1' fever the situation with General Miles, Adjutant-General Cotbin and the heads of the supply departments,, the Secretary of War has made an or der for tho assignment of volunteer troop* now* being mustered into the sarric* of the United Ktatas a%d de signated pointa where tbay will assem ble with the jeiat possible delay, as feMewej Op* regime at of Nor th C*ro< ? _a o *1 liiitik Wrcrher In State l*rlf?oi?. Charles Warren Spalding, president i of tho Cllobo Savings Hank, Chicago, , has been taken to Joliot penitentiary-, whore ho will servo an indeterminate I Heuteuc.*^ li is crime was tbe embezzle mo 11 1 of 710,000 worth of bonds belong I ing to tho University of Illinois on ! dowmeut fund. r- - - - ? I'oittofllce Robber* Convicted. ? In the United State* Court at Ahing ? don, Va. , Ja?. \V. Moore, alias Filkins ; and William Hoard, alias , Wil liam Houlihan, who woro ar* ! rented in Norfolk on Buspioiou of being ] safe-blowers and the parties guilty ol. ! robbing/rihe Salem postofflce, were found guilty of the latter charge anH i sentenced to five years in the Albany I ponitontiary. : Proposed Keglment of ShiirpitliooterH> Hepresentativo Oummings, of New j York, has introduced a bill authorizing ! the Secretary of War to organise one 1 regiment more of shar-pshootoi * j possessing upocial military qualifies. | tious, company to consist of 10C : expert marksmen from different States, ' to be between the agos of twenty oik And forty year a. H'ha ?L?ld ofiicern m?v bo veterans of 'the civil war on both aides, wlio were distinguished for gal lantry in action, or whc^were recipient* of medal* of honor for meritorious con ~dnot in battle. Tbe command is to b*j it no** as A merlin In Jependeut sharp shooters. . ---? Battleship to Cost Ova?? 4 000,000. The sew British battleship Imp! sea dfer JM.000,000, fl^T} iMpit nu? stst spent ia the building of a man-of-war. The s%o?~p!at?* af^ae will eost 440&9OG, aalfHhe gnns awrijr aa mneftu MeKlalajr. tka (hMaofi AswcMmoIi faaads at their I y & * | Mil ? . ,? | Military Feature Was 1 hat Proper) at tii* Funeral of a Urip-Gon. # WAS A GRhAT Dt'MONS THAT ION. I I', lluis I'l'oiii t?oti Scinv I't'tl nu<l Olvutuli1!1 lio.v W est ? ? I mprv>Hl \ <> See ii os . On tho l ?.*>t b . ?l llaloigh, N. (\ , tli? 1 ?nitoit StutoH anil North ( 'arolina paid iiolilo tn.l>'ito t<> tho juoinory of the ^til Ian ( uiibi^ u, WDi tli Ihijjloy, tho liift ollioor Inllod in tho war with tfpam. Tho liotlv wan mot 1 1 v an ottooit of tlio Fust liu^imcnt of Volunteers and taken to tho homo of I'nuiKn Mauley ? widowed niotlior, where a detail of troops kept ooimtaiit una:;!. Tlio ncfluo tit tlio homo wftn moniutul in tlio ox troino aiul tlio tender lovo of all i-lashOH of pooplo for tlio dead wfin b how li in tho iitromu of ciillors and tho wealth of floral tributes. On tho cask | ct wero tlio (load ollieei's chnpomi and ?word. Anton;; tho tloral ollotinxn wliioh literally haiiUod tho onxkot mid tilled all avmlnhlo space in tho rooms (>i(( pal ins Hoiit l\v < i onoi al llroekon ridj^o in moinory of Ins turn, tlio la menled Cuholl I >roekoii r id:;e, yoimn Bu^loyn ciasiHiiiato. There woro alpo (lowers eovoro 1 with a national I1uk> nont by tlio Itroekon rid>jo family, Noawood and oloundor I NSKIN ?OH I II PAOt.KV. < First Amerionu kilted i it < l?e war wllli Kpnffr.1 from tho people of Kov West; flowers from ('apt. Cheater, of Iho eruisor Ciu <-innnti; porcelain Mowers from tho men of tho torpedo boat Wiutdow; palms tied with tho iiavv colore, orange ami blue, sent by Mich (iertrudo Phillips, of Washington, ami a Nortty Carolina flay of (lowottii fro m Savannah. There wero ccorfiK of Moral pieces from towns in North Cnrojinu. ? I Tho body remained at Iho Iiouko uu- | til 5J:30 . this oftoruoon, whoa it wa? takon 1o tho capitol ami placed in tho roluiida. The rotunda was draped in tho national and Stato colors. A steady stream of pooplo flowed by for two honrB. Tho faro wan not oxposod. It bad boon reported that it was disllgur ed by tho explosion of tho slioll, but this was inaccurate. Tho faro wore a yuilo. , _ Tho casket iirmTived-from tho ro-" t iinda at O o rtrwil* afol placed irrfiotR of the statute of Washington, whoro tho oxereisoij were held in Iho presence of tho family and the city clergy and Id, 00!) people, including all t lie United States, State and city ofTioinla, military, veterans, cadets and school children. *Col. Thomas S. Kenan wau masire of coiomohies. 'J'ho exorcises wero as follows: llyiun, "The Hon ol Uod (lues Forth to War;"' prayer; solo; "There Is a Land Mini) Kycs Have K?*??n Hie JOtli Psalm; <p?ar~ "AMile Willi M?'i" Beripture reading () ittid prayer liy He . I>r. Ketone iMnlels. Kitsign Parley's paMof; liynin, "Just A-< 1 Am. ' 'f'ho procession at 0:30 moved to Oak* 1 wood cemetery, as follows: I'oliee, Fir*! and Heeond Ueutnionts of United Btates Volunteers; muslej l>t?ily in lu neral ear draped in black, drawn l>y six horses with Ida-.k trapping*; clergy, family an<l relatives, together with Lieutenant AdaniM tJutled Klalea Navy; Agricultural and J Mechanical College cadefF; Confederate veterans ertfnp; flr<u>d Army Foul {Governor Kusftell, Henntor itutler and other national, Htato and oily <>ni?'lal*; Katelgh Mnlo Aead- j omy students, Including Jlagloy'a classmates, and pupils of public. schools. Fifteen thousand persons saw the procession. Alnmsines* was suspend ed during the mutroi.sof. The cere monies at the grave yrerO brief, con sisting of tho committal to tho gravo, prayer and benediction ; hymn, "Now tho Jiay is Ovor, " a solo, "Tho Last Sontonca of a Chord," and a hymn, "Tho Nauian's Prayer," Ah the procession arrived, eleven , guns were fired by a battery, and sa lutes were fired at the gravo, and then two regiments fired thrco volloys. Tho body w'as buried quite near tho grave of Ensign ..Parley's grandfather, (idv ernor Worth. * Tho ceremonies wore marked by deep public fooling, and tho milKary portion of them was that proper at tho burial of a brigadier Jtopgrftl. Dltdurgo of Enllited Slen. The Secretary of War has made an order that men enlisted or re-enlisted ia tho regular army jianng the war shall be infofned tbt they will be I i Oil 4l>aif a\ .41 i|ag4rn ft Al I ?Wwfi *1 ^ V" ^ il ilw 1 the cloaa of. the war, upon their indi ridnol application. Facta A boat Calk U ihBBfcii httga ? iWUsta at | PMHjrlmia, containing M/it doae about 43*000 square atlaa. \ fcj cant. i? soaae Agates #iv re ry much imr totals. 1 MO\l \ l ot; WAK IM'I'A^KA ! I lit Si'iMlo Mimmiic Will Kalse All- ' I II tit 1 1 \ >1, i 1 , I IMlti. I UK si.\ \ it. M?t lliii Ji it tli;> Senate the fyllow j mi-: i ?? ?.i| dt in'/vn1- ? Iwptod "IU'soJ vt'il. , I !i-\! t'lc i ? i > l : ) i . 1 1 1 1 1 * o ell ft ii \ til iill'iliVs bt? iittiioi Ivf i it it U o i ii' | ii lis loiiivinin,; : lilt t' \ j ( . I i,c\ ,.| srilll III;,; Itllil fdllb- > ,1'shlli^ I i'i ti. ? I Stuti'H of uddl i U'l I :i ! ?'i lit 1 II j; til It I ioitjt it t >l| 1 1 libit" I 'tillt 1 .1 . lit l> lrl.;li W Iili'f . nil. I IIS III Olll'll t'l'ltl tii,: ? tniU'ii w liu li mat i *' tlct'inod net* j vvM?r\ to it*forliiin what nhonld ho tH | I lult'llsll'lis, till) Ct'lllhl IOUM t) 11 1 1 ON I I oiiHCK til ot'fii |iitiic v, mill 1 1 1 n i it lotiani'O Hltll lllt> bl?st lllctllttd oi KOt'll I i I1JA' tin' ! i u;lit to maintain si ? bit ion ait?l ro I plil't by lilll Ol otllOI WlSO Mw l?rn. A Hoi it prolonged dis ! (Mission t lit* Senate panned tlio bill "OOll i*ornni? carriers on^a^ed in uitor Statu OOliimei t o and their t*iu ploy t*s, ' poptl ? liti l v know ii as tin* luilwttv arbitration lull. ,v bill wim passed rcinoxtii^.' nil | ilisa|nlitii'a imposed by tho fourteenth | amemliuont to tho const itutioii upon | person# who vt'io nt ono (into on^a^ed . in ipboiiirui ii;;iiiii?I tlio l lilted States II nw lot pio.stui I mI tlio ftni f??? oiioo re port upon tlio bill providing for tlio j furnishm*; of supplies to tlio people of j Cuba, ami arms ami aniiiuml ion ami military atoms to tint ('iibttn imtriotd. j rito roport wits agreed (<?. Senate t licit ? fuijournod until tlio lath. AI vv I i'i it. Tlio debate tijaui tKo war ; revenue bill was be^un ill 1 1 < <* Senate. | I'lio opening statement was made by i Mr. Allison, of Iowa, tlio ranking I lui'iiibt'i in I lio ab.toutv ? of Mr. Morril, ; ut Vermont. It wua estimated Unit tho I lull, us il canto fi'om tho Ibmsoof lli'p resenta! i vo;\ would iai.-?o uboiil ?100, :ti)t?,t)tni a your. A:i rnKirletT fTonl*! ho ? ?'onnto committee, Mr. Allison o:Tt<j mates I hat it will rn i so j? I ?'? I , lib , in 111. M a \ Kru In tlio Seual o consider- i I *ble progress was n i ii * b* in I ho war lev- I i-iiuo nu'iu-uio Jones, of Arliiiusan, *? t ivt ?*?! in a ^'onoral k I >t t ?? 1 1 1 ?.* n I that Ilia | taxes should bo loviutl upon properly uid not upon consumption. A bill \yt? passed providing that tho pay ami *1 lowatioo of tlio volunteer# enliatod in j tho I'uited StatoH army mIihII bc^in on tlio day u.f tlioir ourolliuent at tho Stalo ramps, with n proviso that voluntoor troopa Bout to tho I'liilippitio iHlamlH may draw ono inuiith's pav in advnnoo. It w as oNplauiod that tho bill applied to IhoHo who liad as volunteors onlist Cil in tho I'nitud StatoH Army, Tho tobacco Hohoditlo wan passed ov6i* for tho present. ?i n i; uou.sk. Mill low* tm IX v Mend*. The American Tobacco eompMjr, at itr annual iiflwUug lit Xtwui. TS. J.? reported net ctfongi to bo 14.119,460. Qoftrfoctj divldydo oftj^oTowa fctoek Xper^oeaL taSK May 1 1 in. At" lor refusing to oonaid i i tho Senate lull restricting immigra I to II . Iho I I Oil SO took up Uiul 1 1 1 SCtl SSod llio llou.so resolution to hubuut to tho Stat cs a | -reposition to amend tlio con it nt ioii h<i iih to provide for tlio I ion nl Senators by a iTiioct vole. Tho IMUCUdlllOllt pl'OpOHcd III I liy lCKolutioil lis I'MpOltcd t" tilt* llotlSO lull it to tlio liHCiotion of tho Stiitou to elect. their ? i ... i . . . .i I iUf. mitt! lit vn, I*|?< 4111 ti I JM7II M 1 1 1 U II t 1 ?y Mr. ' t'nderwood, of Alabama, in itkin^ selection by popular voto mandatory, \\iih adopted ami Iho resold tiol'ir \v ii h then passed. Karlier in tholylay Loud railed up post office appropriation bill uti the passed by 1 1 1 ?> Senate, ami upon his motion tho House refused to concur in Iho Senate amend moots , and asked a conference. Messra. Loud, Smith, of lllinoiH, and Kwanson^uf Virginia, wore named as eonfpwifis for tho House. Tho Iloufco seKpart May Sil, for oil - logics ttpou tho dentil of tho lato Son-:, ato JnmoR V>. deorgo, t?f Mississippi. May 12th, ?The IIoiibo oflccted little legislation. A joint reeolution pro vuiig for tho organization of u vol n lit nor auxiliary naval foreo, was parsed. 'Iho House voted to insist upon it n non cmicurronoo in tlio.Souato imoudinont tn tho bill providing for 'ooding and arming tho Cuban people, tod the'Speaker nanind as ronfereoB Mchbis; Marsh, of Illinois; Criiliti, of IV isci;;;oiii, and ('ox, of TeilUOfif-OO. May Mini.- 'Iho House reeoiv.ed its tirst veto frcni J resident MoKniloy, tud volod niiiniiiiioiiKly to t<u>.tuiii tho fxecutivo. 1 ho voto \va? of oi bill con ferring upon the Court of Claims .juria liction to 10 try V/ie easo of tho rcpro- ' tentnlivofl of Isaac I'. Ticea, against tho I ' ii i tod .States, brought iu lb7.'{, to recover Jjfii'i, 000, tho alleged value of .'oiluiii meters to measure tho quality ind strength of distilled spirits. 'Iho lay trtiH given to consideration of bills auder suspension of tho iiiIob, Iho aieasuro of chief importance being ane ratifying' an agreement for the al-. otniont. aad opening to settlement of tho Comanche, lxiowaand A pad 10 lands m Oklahoma. The bill was paasod. Marsli. of Illinois, presented the oon - feroneo report upou tho bill authorizing Iho army officers to fiii nUh food b> the i'uban people and arms and equipments lo Cubans to increase their lighting eHoctivouess against Spainv4luriu j: tho present war. Tho report was adopted without objection. May ITtii, Tlio llotine passed two important bills limiting labor upon government work and in government service to eight hour a daily, and tho it her providing for tho appointment of i non partisan labor commission to consider excesfci vo problems afleetinsr abor. I lie lirst van amended so as to iiispond its oi -orations n fleeting military >r naval work in time of war. - Triil it llel?i IT|? In Alnlianin. Tlio Alabama Croat Southern passen ger train was held up by live men near Cuba, Ala. The men woio masks u?d woro evidently old hands at tho busi ness. Tho express our was robbed ot Tl/o express officials, however,, claim that only goOO w as taken. as J?x pre?H Messenger Nickelin hid moat of tlio money in tiie stovepipe. .Mflber and Gotltlartl MatdUti, Tetor Matter and Joe Goddara have boon matched to fl^bt before tbo Grootor wi Miy as for a pnrao of f5.000. A List of the Killed and Wounded at Cienfuegos. ? - ? ? AMI R I CANS CUT THE CABLE. Clio ( Hy W'.im i-'ImmI b\ (lie Kx plosion lit Mu-I1h-~ I1io ^ |><\nl^lt Loss I* iiui ( od at 'loo. Key West. (Special.) A dispatch boat Unit Ii.ih just arrived briuga tho icport that tho second boinbaidmeut of Curdonas taken place. 1 ho ^uukoo sholls burned tho town mid dost i oy o> t tlio forts and masked batteries, < >no bundled ami thirteen dead Spaniards woro fotiud near the batteries. Tlireo li ii ii?1 i uil Spaniards ?ro said to havo perished in tho Haines. I ho gunboat Wmdom arrived on the 1 1 1 h from (,'ienfuogoa. It reports that tlio forts woro razed and the oity was a hi a/, o whan thoy loft. The Spanish loss is estimated at four hundred. { Two moijo Americans woro killed. W htlo ?UM in^ tlio cable Commander \\ asii I >111/1 a\d fdoutouaut Mu^nard of iho Nunhvilloj woro slightly injured. t Mi I v/u partial list ot tlio killed and woutnlod at, ( icnfuegos has boon ro ,c?i wd % hoi a. Tho killed are John Heagau, of tho Marblohpad, and two othol'o. Wounded: John Davis, of New York ; John J. l>orau, of Kail River; liobt. Holt/., of ( 'nrtnrot couuty, North l uroliiia, Mrnest Suut/.eauicklo, Her man \V. iioohinoistor and Hairy lleu ltrickbon. All ot these were severely wounded many "oHmu-s were slightly injured. I ho Yankees woro packed ori four small boats whon tho masked batteries opened llro on them. Tho invaders were powerless to reply. '1 he Marblolicad, Nashvillo and "\Yio dom shelled the bushes but the Hpari-X iards were unloowted as thoy were ua-\^ ing smokeless powdor. '1 ho Americans searched for theoable under a frightful lire, and succeeded in cutting it. ? " ~ . ?r The Spaniards used machine guns. One American was shot three times in the cheat and head. Ho is Still liv iug. : ... Lieut. "NVinslow, of tho Nashville, lost throe fiuuovs. Holt/, North Carolina, was dying when L|io YTitidom left, also llendriok 8011. A shot stfuok Captain Maynard- after pauuing through tho shoulder of an en Hign. .... jt.? * 7~ 1 iio Spanish forts woro uiiiiihilatsc* b,v tho boinbardmeut. \ second bombardment of Cienfue uos resulted in tbo killing of one Amer. Ocau ami tho wounding of six. All >^er? of the .Muiblehoad crew. ( NOT liAM) ON CUBA. I ? ?? Kiillnro of tlm Attempt to- Land Arms and Supplies fur (iiHtirgeiits*? A Key Went special, dated the 16th, taya tbo Htuamor (luaaio, which left Tampa, Fla. , on May lOtb, with two companies of tbo First Infantry on board, iu charge of 7,000 rifles and 200, 000 rounds of ammunition, intended for tbo iusurgenls iu the province of Piusx del ltio, refcikinsd off the coast of Cuba 'I burst) ay, Friday ' and 3'enterdiur, convoye u by the auxiliary gunboat Maiming, in Oain attempt to laud bur cargo. Captain J. il. J Hirst, of tbo staff of General Mile#, aud foimurly United HtateB military at tache at Vienna, beaded the expedition, which returned here tbis morning. He says theGussio will go to Toinpa, Fla. - Previous to leaviug Cuban waters, the Dorat expeditionary force had a skir* inittb with Spanish cavalry near Caba nas, fifteen milea went of Havana, where an attempt was made to land part of t^ ( Friday morning Capt. Dor?Hll)||uloned the attempt at that point ahdVjteujiiod eastward to Matan* v, as, where au arruugemout had been made with tbo insurgents to send ?np plies aahoro at l'oiut Maya, a mile or no cast of the entrance of- the harbor. Tbo Gussie and her convoy yester day morning steamed until abonfctwo miles off sjio re, -when the rattle of - musketry from a coosiderable foroe of {Spanish soldiers concealed behind un derbrnnh ashore, warned them fbat' tbey would receive a lively weloome if they landed. 'i*!ie Hpanish troops seem ed to have beon furnished with infor mation of the contemplated landing at both points. t After this second failure, Captain Dorst decided to abandon the attempt to land the arms and ammunition, and returned to Key West. A morsdis gusted looking lot troops thiln those aboard the Gussie this morninr it would bo hard, to And.' ' They had re ceived orders hot to spssk of their trip, ami sullenly linod the rail of the Gnosis as tbo Associated Press laangh ran alongside of hsr. Bnt grnnts were th? only answers which could be obtained to the questions asked. Boon after tbn arrival of the Gussie, Captain Dorst was rowed ashore, and reported the failure of his expedition by cable to tbe \V*t Department * ~ The Spanish Cabinet Kwtgse. rrtg rrj: rrWjna^i^' *? . ill \%\ Ai ^ , ? - ; h . rr~;: tJA .'iak"