Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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is pill \_ \ ' \. The Americans Stood Their Ground Under a Withering1 Fire Without Flinching. HE MI IS Kill IN II HIGH IYPHOOH. During Lightning Flashes the Dead and Wounded Could I3e Seen Lying in B!ood-Red Water, Utah Battery Poured in a Destructive Enfilading Fire. Spanish Scouts Were Seen Carrying Off their Dead and Wounded ADVICKS just recoived from ^ Manila show tbnt n sovoro on gagoroont took i>luoo on July ;jlnt, botwcon tho Spauiu.rd? and Amori cans, noar Manila. The lattoi vu.io victorious, but had 1 1 men killod am 5J? wounded. A Now York World cublo dispatch from ^lnniln givoB tbo following par tioularo of the lighting nonr Mojato on tho nightoMulySlst: (Jeueral Uieone s foreo, numbering 1.000 men, bad been advaucing and outrouehiug. 1 rival of tho third expedition bllod tho Spaniards with rage, and they detci mined to givo battle bcforo Camp l^^ cv could bo ro-enforcod. lbo tienohes extended from the boneh 300 yards, to tlio loft flank of tho insurgents, bun day was tho insurgont feast uay, ana thoir loft Hank withdrew, leaving tho American right Hank oxposod Uin ? panioa A and E, of tho Tenth 1 euii8.\l vania, and Utah Battery, woro ordered to ro-cjftforcc tho right flank. In tho midst of a raging typhoon, with a tromendiouB downpour of ram, the onouiy's forcos, ostiiuated at .J.uuu men. nttempted to surprise the camp. Our pickets wero driven in and tho trenches assaulted. Tho bravo 1 e nn Kylvania men never llinohed, but stoou. their ground under h withering lire. Tho alarm sproad, and tho l< irst Cali fornia Uogimool. with two companies of tho Third Artillery, who light with rifles, were scut uiC to ve onforco the I'ounsylvania men. iho enoraj wero ou top of tho trenches when theso ro-onforcomoutH armou. Our men ran up to tho attacking r>pim inrds aud mowed thorn down witlyog ular volleys. Tho Utah Hatterv, under Capt. i oun^, covcrod itself with glory. J no men pulied thoir guns through mud axle <loop. Two mms wcr?wnt urouua io Hank and poured in a <T?alrnctivo on l - adiug lire. Tho enoiuy was ropulsod aud retreated in disordor. Our infantiy had elhaustod its ammunition and rtiu not follow the enemy. ' Not au inch of ground was lost, but tho scone in tho trouchea was ono nevor to be forgotten. During tholightning flushes the doad and wounded cou.t. .;e coon lying iu blood-red water, out neither the olcmouts of heaven nor tho dc3tructivo power of man could wring a cry of protest from tho wounded. Ihoy encourairod their comrades to fight i and handed over thoir cartridge bolts. During tho uiarht tho Spauish scouts wero Keen carrying off tho dead ami wounded of tho enomy. In the Hands of the President. Mdro thefwiwcnty-four hours aftor it badbeRU^^o reach Washington, the Spanish uoto in answer to tho 4'rosi douK# pAflPe conditions was presented at tho Whito Hotisc by the Fronch am bassador: What tho nature of tho auswer was can only be conjoctnred, the Secretary of Stato at the conclusion of tho conference making tbo forma statement that nothing whatever could be said upon tho subject. Tho confcr on ce lastod an hour and tweniy-flvo minutes. This prolonged discussion was believed to indicate that the Span ish nuHwcr was not satisfactory in all respectB, thoutjh in just what points it fell short of mooting the cxpoctationa of tho President it is impossible to say. A Mob Under fire. A mob tried to rcscuo three negro teignaters oHlio regular army, incar corr.tod in jail at Tampa, 1' la. , recent ly. ? An armed guard ordeted tlicni to desist, but tho mob oponod tiro on tho jail. A volley was poured into tho crowd from tho upper story of the building, and novoral shots took effect, Tho wounded wore carriod away by their coinrados, and the raid was un successful. " ^ An Entire Alaskan Party Lost. A lotter received by the Alaska Cd^p mercial Company, at San Francisco, dated Unalaska, July 2Stb, eaye: "In formation received here is to the ef fect that an . entire party of 12 pros pectors, calling, themselves the Colum bia Exploring Company, together with Kev. R. Weber, a MoraTtan jnis eionary, bia wife and t^o native pilots, ** bound for tUoMuskovlte river, *evo bedn lost. ^ . ? m , 6tortt Mnfkc &***? ? A dispatch from the- Villa Eberfc, at ! tftonnoee the, .destkjofflea -Maoriee j - Fberv, tho otymoioffia* woreHst. hTwm born in Berlin la 1M7. _ J n?wi mm* Cept. Cfcarle* D. Sigebee, who com mand** UefcetoetWpMeine* , erfer?* t? IWI*| lip el Ibe dommattd "W1 Situation at Manila. Manu.a, via Hong Kong, (fiy Cablo. ) ? Tho scarcity of food now alTeots oven tho richoBt class in Manila. Thcro is no mout, broad or Hour, except very small rescr vo?, chiolly laid under ro (|iiisit iou for the SpauiBh troops. Tho newspapers, though rigidly cousor&d, admit tiiat tho famine aud the unpro co'dentod rams aro causing an epidemic. The stock of fuel, too, is exhausted aud tho bakers ? aro burning doora and window frames. It is im possible to oat uncooked rioo. A docroo has been issued authorizing tho entry of private promise^ and tho soizuro of cattle and horsos 6hero for a nominal paymoht, made in worthless drafts. Sovoral animals bolonging to British owners have beeutakou, though there woro plenty belonging to Spanish ownors that had not been seizod. The Spanish Anarchists. Madrid dispatches v-ay: "Tho most rigorous military censorship is exer cised at present. The newspapers aro uot allowed to refer to tho plot against Seuor Sagasta's life, nor to tho appoar anco of revolutionary bands iu the Castillion province. Concerning the plot, it is said, the conspirators have drawn lots to decide which of them slirll carry out its purposo, and that the tusk has fullen upon a man named Disbal. Tho band cousists of twouty men. According to somo accounts thov aro Kopubiicans, but othors Bay they are Cai^ljsts. " Guatemalan Resolution. Advices rccoived from Cocoa, Ciupto mala at Washington show that tho re volutionary movement there has assumed a phase, which while not jeopardizing the existing govornUiont, promises to involvo foreign rosido|j|ts iu groat difliculty. The insurgouts, lender Morales, aro bolioved to havo rociiivojl cousiderablo support from tho MoxiCans on tho frontier, who aro said to bo clWgeablo, at loast, with failing toob serv^noutrality. Somo of tho foreign residefrta, already havo sullered heavy u.\uoliuun uf luoiioy under forccd levies by tho insurgents, aud it may bo that strong representations on tho subject will bo ro?iuirod by tho United .States. f urther hvidcncc of the Ties That Bind. M aphid, Spain (By Cable. It is said, that as soon as tho American reply isrccoivcd Scnor Sagasta will nominate peaco commissioners. Kl Liberal says: "Tho. government received an oli'or from England to xnodiato... Tho oiler was favorably regarded, ' Inft was not accoptod." Kl Liberal says further: "Tho presoncoof a large British squad ron near Gibraltar is claar evidence of an undorstu.uling, if not an alliance botweon .England aud the United States. " Acccptcd al Referendum. Madrid, Spain (By Cable). ? Tho Liberal says: "The government bc copts the United States' conditions ad referonduny^beJioving that it is not au thorized to cede territory without tho voto of tho Cortes. If McKiuley objocts, the Cortes will bo convoked." ? Will be Difficult to Save the Colon. Tho Merritt &? Chapman wrecking stoamor l'otomao has arrived at Santi ago aud has visited tho Cristobal Colon Tho wrockera report her to bo in a very bad situation, and they fear it is impos iblo to save her. The national meef of tho Lcaguo of American Whoolmon met iu Indiau^p olis recently. 1 Awarded to the American Dredging Co. Tho Secretary of War has awarded the contract for dredging the channol from the tee to the Norfolk nary yard to the American Dredging Commit!?, ' of Philadelphia, at 4} cents per yard. The appropriation 'or tho work amoun t?i to 8360,000; and provides for a channel S, feet deep and 400 feet wide, a width ISO feet to be obtained first. The work is to beootn plated bj the 1st of December. Dmiwcii hfiwMiil Cteutaa#. A Carthagana, Colombia, dtapatcb tbat the payment of C?Truti denounoee ?*reeidea t Cleveland V ward. . M? ' T~ Ik# Siatbcm hlrwi. * . MUat Stayveeaat Fiab. of t be mtatfa geptwrt aad ?t bar Waatara capftaliata, bare law 'J el llahaayi, far a* ?T ? W \K MANS LHTOMIZCD. Nevrs of Interest Briefly Told for the Hurried Reader. The monitor Monterey liuu arrived til Manila, All of tho America.) troops in I'orto lviooaio iu motion toward Ban uau. Two soldiers were instantly killed by lightning during a storm ut Miami, Flu. Tho Third ltogiment of Mississippi Volunteers, Col. Hunks in command, has boou mustered in. Tho Span i?b hospital ship A liennto, , with 800 of tho Spauish priaojiCfs at Santiago, hua sailod for ?Spain, f The U nitcd States torpedo boat 1 >u ? pont, in command of Liout. S|Vuc#r, lias arrivod at tho navy yard iu IJrook lyn. Tho pro teat of Sonator 11 aeon, of (leorgia, against sending Col. Ka.v's iuuuunoB to Suutiugo is doproeatod by tho lutter. Assistant Secretary Vandorlip is now sending to subscribers ubout (1,000 bonds u day aud this numbor will bo iucreased Inter on. # Two bnttalionaof tho Fifth llegiment, I'nited States Yoluutooia (immnuoa), have sailed on tho transport liio (irando for Snutiugo. Tho Klevonth and Nineteenth Uogu lar Infantry Hogimeuta aud Troop H, of tho Beoond Cavalry, have disem barked at Ponce, Tho transports Miami, Mattcawan aud Vigilanciu, loaded with Uuited States troops, havo suited from Santiago, Cuba, for tho United Statoa. Tho transport Washington, with tho Fourth ronnsylvaniu Kegiurent, and tha Sonoca, with Colonel (^uorto'a rog imout havo disembarked at Ouanica. Admiral Corvora and liia sun viaiiod Cast. Concha, commauder of the r.d unral'a flagship Muria Teresa, and Othor aick Spanish olliccrs at Norfolk. Tho fighting strength of tho Amori cans now oporating near i'onco isab.mt V, 000 men, equal to tho outiro foreo of Spanish regular troops on tho island. (Jen. Miles has cabloit tho War de partment Btntiug that ho did not need any moro re-ouforcements and advising .that uo more troops bo sent to For to Tlico. \ \\ mariue of tho Unitod States auxil iary gun-boat Govomor Kuasell, from Hoston, cruisiug south, was drowned at Heaufort, B. C. , during target prac tice. & Au oflioinl dispatch to Madrid from San Juau do Porto llieo t>uys: "Most of tho volunteers nro in h disorganized condition aud are abandoning their arrnB. " Capt. Edgar Hubert, of tho Eighth Infantry, died of brain fever at Ponce, Porto Rico, on tho night of the 4th. Ho was a Georgiau and a UlflM Point grad uate. Tho following is GoctotuI Shaftor'3 sanitary report for August 7: Total sick. 8,440; total number fever cases, 2, 4!>y ; total number of now onsos, 41SJ; total number of fever oases returned to duty, 4IJR; flfiftthft on August ?th. 11. The following wa?4ho fovor situation at Santiago on August !): Total num ber of sick, H,U17; total number of fovor casos, S.OHti; total number o;f new oases, 204; total number of fever cases returned to duty, 85)0; deaths, 12. (Secretary Long aud tho naval experts havo decided to rovise tho plans for tho threonew battleships so as to increuso their si/,o and spoed, Congress will hn urged to make au appropriation for tho additional cost, which will hot bo great. ~ Two Norwegian steamers in Carib bean wnterB havo boon captured as prizes ? the Gladden by tho United states auxiliary gunboat Hawk, and the Bergou by the auxiliary guuboat Viking. The first detachment of the Third Brigade, First Ary Corps, in commuud of Bricadier General Frod I). Grant, has sailed from Newport News on tho tranaport Hudson for Porto Kico. Tli&*transportRoumania, which wont aground at Guauica, has boon buccofis fully (loatod. Eleven mou were roceutly arrested in Baltimore for deserting from tho Elovouth Maryland Regiment. Lieut. Sartoris, of General Loo's ntaiF, is slightly ill with malarial fever. Ho is a grandson of Gon. Grant, First North Carolina Regimtfot at Jacksonville, Fla., aud First Alabama and Second Texas Regiment, at Miami, Fla., have been ordered to hold them selves in readiness for early departure for Porto Rico. The Spanish cruiser Maria Teresa lias been floated at Santiago and will soon start for Norfolk under her own steam. She is in fairly good condition. An official dispatch from Porto Rico says tho Americans have seized tho custom house in tho village of Fa- 1 jardo, which placo was without a gar rison. Tho FirBt Regiment United Statos Volunteer Engineers recently sailed from New York for Porto Rico. ',fbe tug Hudson which lias boon with the Uucaa on the North Cuban coast blookad^ - ?apk a little Spanish aloop recently and captured another one off Cardenas. A disturbance, caused by a number of men of the Third Virginia, lias oroated a sensation at Camp Alger, aud probably will result in the dishonor able discharge of a number of soldiers. Geo. Butler, commanding thedivision, saw the latter part of the outbreak and took ? earions view of tho incident. Ten thousand dollars havo boon re- , covered from the ftpnniah cruiser Maria Teres* by Ike Potteac at Santiago. . idmitii fUis peon's report of August | < jsyq thq MorinobottaHon iaia sjtool ' The government has ordered the re te, Charleston, Cllli RAILROAD DISPUTE Strained Relations Between ?ng land and Russia, OUTCOME MAY MEAN WAR. Admiral Cervcra's Repl) (iuyaina. Porto Riu>, Captured it's Not Ml Sunshine and ? kf?old lo (he Klondike. LONPON, Kug. , ( liy Cable). ? That oxtrome diplomatic ten sion oxists between St. l'etors burg and London, ia generally admit ted, though the official a deprocuto th* alarmist reports which woro recently ourront. It is hoped that the llrmor atand adopted by the Marquis of Halis buvy, which seems to have already created some misgiving at St. rotors -burg, will have iho desired ell'ect of arresting Kussinu aggrossiveno.ss. It ih full both hero and on tho continont that the on tooni o of tho dispute in ro gard to tho now Chwung Kndroad ox tension, is the crucial point of the sue cess or failure of Oreut Britain's pol icy of "open doors. " ' Ah evidence of tho fact that Ureal Britain appreciates tho gravity ol tho situation tiie Associated t'ross loams that tho admiralty is preparing for all emergencies, and that it will soou bo able to mobilize the entire tloot at tho Giortost notice. ICvory ofllcer and man on furlough or on half pay, has been ustiiguod to u ship and instructed to bo in readiness to join at the earliost moment. Thoroioro, praotipallv overy ship lu tho lb-itiah navy, whether iu or out of commission at tho present moment has its lull complement of olll cors and men rea<ly to take her out to ooa whon tho time arrives. Admiral Cervcra's Reply. Admiral Corvera iu reply to an iuvi tation from tho citizens of Greensboro, J Ala., Lieut, iiobiion's homo, to visit | that city, said: It would bo very grati- | fying to me to accept your invitation to visit (.ireonsboro, where was born tho bravo Lieut. Kiohmoud Pearson Hob son, but it will ho impossible for me to do so, for hs Boon as tho war is oud ed it will bo obligatory upon me to re turn immediately to Spain, to account for my conduct which niust bo judgod a? provided for by tho law. Nevertheless, I shall not foil to carry through all my life the remembrance of ouch braro oflicois as Tiiuutonaut Hob son and also tho tlattering invitation tendered mo by tho city of his birth." liuvama Captured. , Ponck, I'orto ltieo, (liy Oablo). ? Goncral Brooke's udvaiieo guard en tered (iuyaina, after a sharp skirmish iu which several on both sidos woro wounded. Tlio Spanish force at Guy niiiB. numbering '>00, woro driven back * ~.l /*??.?%?? M.l'lb ~ - IW HU(( V '**J t Mil" iU V IVO? t/i UMV killed nml two wounded. Of tho Americans, Privates Gordon, Walcott and iletVoo, of the Fourth Ohio, wero wounded, none fatally. Gonoral liainos occupies tho town. IMajor Flagler, while roconuoitering uoar Coamo, run into the eucmy's piokots and was fired upon. Thirty shots were llred, but no ono was injured. h's Nol All Sunshine and Gold. Returning Klondike?, who rocently reached Sau PrauciHoo without any gold, 10 port tho conditions existing at St. Michael's a a buiug extremely pro carious. They ?ay that thousands of people are stranded And that reliof must bo pout by tho government. Commer cial companies control the only avail able landing plucoa at St. Michaels, and vessels are unable to laud their passengers or their cargoos. The Yu kon is getting too low for navigation and tho distress will be very grc#Viun1( less tho governmont takes energetic re lief action. ' Baron Banffy Threatens Count Thun. Tho Vienna correspondent of tho Loudon Observer says that Count Tliun, president of the Austrian dele gation, and Baron Banffy, the Iiuugfc rian Premier, had a conference recent ly regarding Anstro- Hungarian ? flairs. Baron Banffy delivered an ultimatum to Count Thun, threatening to intro duce u protective tariff against Anstriau goods nulosH Count Thun shall in duce Parliament to enact the Ausgleich bill. _ Queen loui&c Seriously 111. Tho Berlin correspondent of the London Times telegraphs that private advices from Coji^jibngen say th^ the conditional l>ndeu Louise, of Deumark, is most serioi\o. The Atlas liner Altai recently left Now York for Cuba, carrying fifty tons of clothing and provisions shipped by tho Hed Cross Society for the Cubans, and other sufferer* in Santiago. Spaniards Disfutted With Port^ftico. Tho news that hao reached Madrid from Porto Rico rogarding the cordial welcome givon the American army by Spanish voluntoers and natives of the Island has disgusted the political fodd ers of Spain. The general opinion is that it is not worth while to risk lire* and spend millions of dollars for the sako of territories which are worse that dialoyaPte the mother country. A Ftreweil Audience Wit* the Ssltas. Dr. Jsmee B. Angell. who resigned in May last, end has been saoeeeded ma United States minister to Turkey by Mr. Oeeertt. fltfui, of New Yerk, bad ? farewell indlnm with the Saltan at ConstantiiwplSYeoeiTTy. : I Cotton Dealers of Charleston Mak ing Preparations for the COMING OF KING COTTON. A home Markd for Their Wheat Charles - ton Business Men I'rcparin.if to Open lradc With Cuba and I'orto Hk??, In t ho Cuited St ut oh Circuit Couii( which roeently mot in tiroeiiville tho Willmton safe breakers wore tried mui C'iuvioted. Jool Jouoh, tho oldest man, was j,' i von hvo yours 111 tho peniteutiui \ ?t Kuloigh, N. C., ami tho kaiiio sun tenco was imposed upon Henry John . sou. Charles Jones, who is a moro boy, j whs sentenced to two years in thu same | prison. The following cases woto also disposed of: .1. II. Susong, against tho township of Sullivan, m I aiurous cotui ty, verdict for tho plaintilV 111 tho sum ot #t, h'Ji.Mlt. Planters' Loan and Suv nigs bank against Stewart township, verdict for tho plnintilV in tlio sum ol fl.M&gl. 4*^ C xninx of the Kinif. Tho opening of a now cotton season is uow in sight and all along the water front at Charleston, mo notod muds ot the approach of tho King. Hocks are being dredged out, wharves 1 opinion and cotton olliccs siraiuhtonud up toi tho handliug ot a tug business. It wat thought last spring that if a war win declared tho exporting humius.i won In sulVer ureutly, but now that tho win seems about to end, before tho cotton season begins, nothing of tho kind can ho anticipated. In fuel the cotton men are loo If lug for a larger business than before in many years. Tho crop pros poets sooui good and pricoa are evi dently gouifx to bo better than last year. knotty Questions are Involved. Who is tho intendaut and who are tho wardens of Moutrioville? This ii tho question that is engaging tho at tention of the sovereigns of Sullivan's island. Tho iiiH are still in audthoouts aro still out, notwithstanding tho elec tion of several days ago. The coin mis (donors of electiou have issneil certifi cates of election to a number of the residents of the island, but they have not yet taken charge of their olllchs, and all indications now point to a hard' light before they can. Reaching (tut for Trade. From ontirely reliable sources tho in formation is gamed that as soon as peace is declared thoro will bo a com mission Bent from Charleston to look into the matter of trade with tho new islands possessed and uuder tho pro tection of tho United States. Tho nnmos of tho gentlemen who aro en gineering this movement cannot bo given out for somo time, as thoy pro fer completing? all tho uccoBRurv ar rangement beforo thoy ha*<> their con nection with thepluu announced. rr A IIqiiic Market for Their Whc^ Tho wheat crop of Spartanburg coun ty, abundant as it is, would bo entire^' coimumed beforo the flrat day of Janu ury if no flour was imported from other States. A very conservative UBtimato places tho amount of wheat and corn required to give bread to tho clauses not owning or working on farms is a qnar tor of a million bushels per annum. Thus it may bo seeu that. Spartanburg farmors can got u home market for their wheat if they should ruise four times uu much as they now do. ? One Cut, the Other Shut. Two serious affrays occurred in Charleston recontly. Ifonry tiailtarri was severely cut about tho faco and mouth by somo porson unknown, and iiichard Smith was shot uuar the Fivo Milo I louse. The latter was in a very precarious conditiou when found. Uotli affairs are wrappod in mystery. Improvements in Cainden. Tho old woodeu ntor3 on inroad street at Camden, ownsd'by Mrs. Win. VVut kin s, lias boon torn down atid wii) be ropluced by two brick storos. ThiH store wan tlio tirst ouo erected on 1bo block oil which it stood after the city wan burnt by iiherman. . ? Labor Day Celebration. Arrangements aro being nindo at Columbia for a grand celebration on Labor Day ? the first Monday in Sep tember. The Annual Complaint. ? Tlio police department at Charleston is in recoipt/?f numbers of complaints from all parts of tho city anent the huckster nuisance. A Welcome Visitor. Thore was on? thoroughly wolcomed visitor at Camp Leo, Columbia, recent ly, and tbat was Maj. Knapp, tho pay master, - who came to pay tho m?i>. Most of tho monoy ho used was crisp, pretty new bills, and as they woro bended out to the boys in blue many a one was made glad. It reqnired gU,000 to pay off tho officer* and men. Survivors at Wiltlamston. Tba sixteenth annual maeting. of Giat'a .Survivors association, Co. P. , Hampton Legion, was recently eal?-~ bratad at Wtlliamaton. Though there WW got a my lwgr sttwdsses sf tfcs bsttla acarrad vtWraai, ths occasion waa fraufht with nanch plaasttre. Nr. Mwdt la taraace Vie. - CkJal Dally, of Cfcatlaatoo. ausatad Mr. Fmll al tMt jtlaoa raoratly os a THROlJGHOuVlHE COUNTRY, ? --^Sn, , The South'. ( 'ongiessmau J, W, (iaines, Demo crat, w i\ m ro nominated for CoffproNM in a primary election held in tho Sixth district of Tonnos.seo without opposi lion. At Kiehmoud, Mo. , after a long doud lock, John L. Dougherty wuh uomi natod by tho Fourth Missouri 1 >i?t i iot Democratic couventmn fot[ ('ongvoan, to succeed Congressman Doykory. \t 1 1 1 o 1 >omocra? 10 yCongroaaionn! convention of (ho Twelfth Toxun dis trict, which rocontly mot in Han An ? onto, Jnines ii, Hlnyd<ju was renomi nated for Congress. I ho postoilico at Fort Monroe, Vu. , wuh robbed of about SO, -100 in stamp* n?nl in cash, together with several r?\gistered letter*. 1 ho thieves worn evidently professional cracksmen. They borod a holo in tho sufo ami forced tho look to piocos. John Meadows, tho negro who at tout |>t ?>?1 to assault the 7-year-old daughter of lionson t * a ii 1 1 V1- at Carmol, a smalt pluco noar CiritHu, (la., wax liaii;;ot| on tho odgo of tho town and tho hod y riddled with bullotts. Mrs <hr and two negroes have bet p ar routed at Clarendon, Monroe Count \ , \i k., charged with the killing of Mi. <hr, Ii ii n I in H < | of M i m, Orr. ilreat ex citement prevailed and u lynching be seemed imminent. Tho IS ycin -old daughter of J. M. ( llowoll, a prominent citizen of Kih?\ county, Tenn., wan outraged by a no gro hruto, who Hubsetpiently out hoi throat, severing her lingers from hei haiids and ,<Ahorwise bu'.oherod her body hi a terrible manner^ A double Milling occurrou at tho oon vict camiulfear l.ittlo Uock, Ark., re centlv. eonviot named Hiidiop wai advuiuMng with an nxoonJohh Ii. Fill liguitf a guurd, when t ho guard shot and filled him. A dispute uroso over the killing between Warden (lillis Mud son ajbd Will A. I'otts, another guard Tho li|j was passed and I'otts shot and killed Jtlliidson. TIip North. JjJ^lit serious cases of typhoid fevoi ntb reported at t no Fort Thomas lias pital, at Cincinnati. At Detroit, Mich., tho Leagued American M unioipalH'ion elooled Ham* nol l<. Hlack, mayor of Columbliti, O. , president. Jimmy Mich nol defeated Fddio Mi: Dulllo in a 'J.Vnnlo road race on the Willow Clrovo truck at l'hiladelphia recently. There wan a'rac.o riot betweon whito and colored men a nd women in a hoc tion of tho Won I Side of Now York known u:j lloll's Kit oil 01)1 recently. Tho movement which was begun at r*a! I? Kivov, Mans., last month for the purpotu) of closing twenty-llvo ot thirty of the principal cloth nulla of that city for four weeks has failed. Hioting h*s been resumed by tho striking woodworkoraatt hdikosh, Wis. , on account of the sa^U-aud door manu facturers ti yin^ to operator with non union labor. Mayor Van Wyek, who has been itiiuiiiiuiiiif; Ui rmui'ud, ij. I., iuCC-ii 1 1 j distinguished himself as a lifo-savor by rescuing throo young women from drowning. At a meeting of tho municipal council of Now York resolutions wero adopted for aiu}in vostigation into tho allegod unsafe condition of lirooklyn Bridge, caused by tho crowding of tho trolley car a. ?* Prof. Park Morrill, chief of the fore cast division . of tho Wcathor Hurt an, died at Washington of typhoid fevor. Ho had been employed by tho Weather .Bureau for twelve yoars. Ho leaves a mother and widow. The excessive bout of lho IftBt few wcoliH culminated in one of 1 ho torrific eleotriCal si onus that has visited Philadelphia. The rainfall was the heaviest in the history of the Iooal went hor bureau, in one hour and three quarters 5 4-10 inches of rain foil. Two cars on the IJtioa, N. Y. , belt lino (rolley road went through Brad Joy's bridgo, near Whitesboro, and 17 pus Honkers were preoipitated into tho JCrio ('anal. Miss Mary Iirady, of Utica, was tho only person killed. Several were injurod. Mr. Sutro, t^e mining kin?, died in Han Francisco, Cal. Mr. Sutro con-j ceivod the idea of tunneling - the Com stock lode, a work which lifted several years and cost millions of dollars. .Sutro amassed a fortuno of About 8-1. - 000,000 in mining aud real estate opera tions. Ho wuh olectod mayor of San Francisco four years ago, and scrvod one torm. * Confoderato veterans, survivors of Pickett's Division, and invited guests, numbering in all 10'.), participated iu the uncumpnient of Union und Confederate 1 soldiers at a resort on the New Jersey Ride of tho Delaware river. Mrs. Pickett, tho widow of Ooneral Piokett, acco'mpanied the Southern soldiers. Mrs. Sophia Peters was arrested in Tarrytown, N. Y., charged with killing her baby. When tho police went to arrest her, Mrs. Peters >pear?td to be in a trance. Sho saitl .hut during a heavy thunderstorm sho was holding the baby in hor arms, and that demons caino iu the riom and kept calling for the child. "There was no tiino to lose. 1 tossed the baby to the voice at the window, aud, as if by magic, the de mo dm disappeared. A tersibie crash oi thunder came, the tall columns of light ning topplod iu bits of broken fire, aa though gathered bytba explosion, and all was silent and dark. I had peace at last." . , ^ .-V MleeeUaaeaes. mfftr ojittd ?f wduA VQi*. 898,000 waa gold.* Haatoil hai hi a iilMlid m Ihi pjaca far the w?rfdTa chaasfrfeaskip W. UNI SMS MM. ? ; ? . ./ - ? ' He Resents tho Newspapers' Impu tation of "Big Head.0 ? # SUFFERING FROM FAMINE. ??-? ~ -? Spam Hopes 'for foreign Intervention in the Settlement of the War. Spanish I'rUoo at Santiago in Bad Condition. 3T*~vJ The Now York Journal prints a cable gram from llon^f Kouk, giving tho text i>f ft mo?Mrtj;o sent by Aguinaldo, tho Philippine insurgent leader, to ( 'onsul ( ioucral Wildman. Aguinaldo says it has boon reported thftt ho "is gottin^ tlio big-head and not boliaving" hh ho promised Mr. Wildman. "In re ply," say a Aguinaldo, "I ask why should America oxpoot mo to outline my policy, .presaj^l and future, uiul ll^lit blindly vJlor her interest*1, when AmoricaT will not be ^r a nk with mo? Toll ine this, Kiu I lightinu for annexation, protec tion or independence? It is for Amer ica to say, not me. I con take Manila, as I lia\ o defeated tho Spifntah every where, but what would be the uso? if America tokox mnuila, I can save mv moii and army for what tho futuro ha# in store for me. Now, good friend, be lieve me, 1 mil not both fool and rogue. Tho iutoroatu of my pooplo oro as sa ? orod to mo an ure tho iuterosts of your pooplo to you. " ?(aning on the Newfouiullanil Coast. Tho Hohooner C'amhridgo recently ar* rivod at Halifax, N. 11,, and brought ? tale of terrible suftoring on Now Found land and Labrador ooasts. Tho party \v??. t>n a progpantihg expedition ana included Dr. , Morris, whose services were required at Lowis Inlot night aod day, to give rolfef to persona siok and dying from ntarvatiou. Large quanti ties of proviuiona were distributed from tho vossol. The same condition of af fnirs oxists all along tho ooast. There' are 1,000 porsoun aimilarly situated and immediate relief in nocossary. Tho fail ure of the lisherios will toiul to further increase the fluttering. A Michigan Bank Sackcd by Bandits. Ono of the most darlug and fuccoss ful bank robborios ever ^prp^lrajdd itt Michigan wns carried odt Highland. ?? ? According to WitnosHos, the gang wu composed of six ;non, who came to town on a hand-car. Four were placed on guard outaido tho Uuiou Bank, whioh in a small wooden building. Threo charges of dynainita were ex ploded before tho robbcra got at the money and ascaped. Tho lose la be tweon $0,000 aud $7,000, mostly farm- ~ - era' deports. * A Ferment In Madrid. The Madrid norrnannndent of the London Mail aays: ."A majority of th* politicians who conforred wiik Bono? v Kagastu counoilled pcaco.. But Senor,, Nocedo, leader of tho Untra-Montauee, urged war a 1' outrance, ovon if the . Yankees, he said, wero to oaptnrf Spanish ports, as |H>?sib!y then an io? torn ational conflagration would avenga^ - Spain by placing h<?r in a position to gain more than by making a shameful peace now. " 1 ',Ji Still l.ooktof for a Way Out.' j To the conference between Senor ?Sagaata and Henor Silver*) ai Madrid/ the latter lirgod that it> ae ImperajUvii j" ~ feto Humtnon the Cortes for tha negotia tion of n treaty of peace. General Ap carra^a ea\d that if Spain poMeaaejf . adequate reitourcea the war ehO'u)d ni| continued in order td secure more aetr ceptable eoiwlitions; otherwise |>eaee ought to be immediately ooncludod. . . ? i. , 41 ? ? Captain Clark Sick. CaptaioX'has. F. Clark, commiadir of the battleship Oregon, now ia Cu baa waters off Huntiago, has been in valided home, Deficits information concerning his illness is. not obtaina blo at the Navy Department. ' 8?ertr . .. .. tary Look said that Captain Olark hs/l boeu granted leave of absencW on ae* ..B. count of nickneflH, bat that he .pad no kbowledgo.of how siok he frofe what disease he was suffering. ' Spanish Prison in Rad Condition. __ToraI,_ the commander of theHpanish " troops, hna sent VTeMer K>foeuerai Hhafter, advising the latter thlat camp of the surrendered Spanish troop* iain an unhealthy condition. The Span- " " iah officer also reported JJbat thejtoweff^^ several hundred sick in the hospital*, and that there was an average of M deatha daily. ? ' ^ Shatter's Report for Amguti M and 4th. Gen. Hbafter vend* the following saa itary repor|for August 3: Total siek ;? 8.778; total fever ^,(>1)0; new caaes fever A 449; canes of ferer returned to da^r v^ 6W i deaths 9. Han itary report, Aogw*l . . .r 4: Total aiek 9.S-V4-. ferer eaidp 8, 518; ? ra total new casea of f^rir BOS; total y>mm .~:-? of fover returned W duty 64?t deatha 1V>^ Haul ftoyif PiTftTfcrt \)pt4 m ? ^Thsra'is no truth in tha rtfrt " IIMWO