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Immediately After Signing the Protocol the President Issued Ordes to that Fffect. it ? ? BLOCKADE Of CUBA RAISED A! FLEtf ORDERED HOME. 'iM'**;-*: ?' It*-*' - """ -?* . / . ... , y* _ ..... ... , '' Blockading Fleet at Havana Ventured Too Near and was Fired Upon By Morro Castle, Flag of Truce Mot Respected by Span airdr at Porto Rico. Cost of the War. ?' . ^ WASHINGTON, D. C.t (Spec ial). ? With simplicity iu koep ing with republican institutions, tho war- which has ragod botwoou Spain nnil the United States for a period of throo mouths and 32 days, was quietly terminated at 23 miuutos past 4 o'clock, ' ou tbe afternoon of August 12, when Secrotary l)a3', for tho United Statos, ami M. Cambou, for Spain, iu the pres onco of Presidout McKinley, signed a Protocol which will form tbe basis of a de Quito treaty of peace. Immediately following tbis ceremony, Aeting Seo reotary Allen, of tho Navy Department, Seorotary Alger and Adjutaut General G'orbin appeared, bavins been sum moned to tbo Whito House by tho ; President, and they were-admttteu iuto - the cabiuot room juat in season to wit ness ouo of tho most impressive featuros of tho ceremony, whou tho President reqtlosted tho baud qf the ambassador, and through him returned thanks to the uister republic of Franco for tho exor cise of, her good ofllcos in bringing-] about peace. He also thanked the am- J bassaf.or personally for the important ? part he had played in this matter, and tbo latter replied in suitable terms. As a further mark of bis disposition, Pros- , idem McKinley callcd for tho proela xuation which ho had caunod to bo drawn up su?|>euding hostilities, and signed it in tho presence of M. Cathbon, who ex- j pressed bia. appreciation of tho action. Without delay, Acting Secretary Allen bastoned to tho tolephoue and directed that cablo messages be immediately I sent to all -tbo naval commanders - Dewey in the Philippines, Sampson at Guautanamo, and the various com manders at navy yards and stations ? to ccaso hostilities immediately. There is u dispatch bout at Hong Kong, and it is bolioved that it eau reach Gen. Mer ritt iu 48 hours, at top spocd. On tho part of the army, whilo Sec " *$Jtary Alger availed himself of the tel egraph, Adjutant - Uoneral Corbin braved tho storm and rushed aoross .to the War Department, where he immo- 1 diately ismed the orders which had ? been propared in advance, to all of the. military commaudera to cease tbeir op erations. Tho State Department filled its duty by notifying all diplomatic and consular 'agents of the action taken. AU the formalities having boen dis posed of, tbo President' speut hatf an hour chatting with those present, and then at 4 i.jS, the ambassador and bis {secretary entered tbeir carriago and was driven to the embassy. Tho Protocol waa prepared in dup licafe at tho State Department, one copy to he retained by the United States govrrnmont and the other to be come tbo property of Spaiu. Tbe text is hundsomely ougrossed in a running old English script, a Each copy of the Protocol is arraugo&in double column, French and Euglisi, standing along side for ensy comparison as to the . exootoess oT translation. Tbe two cop ies arealike, except That the one hold ? by the United States government has tbo English text in the first column and the signature of Secretary Day nload of that of M. Camlion, while tbo copy transmitted to Spain has tbe French in first column and the signa ture of M. Camb'on after that of Secre tary Day. Tbe pen whioh was nsed by Secretary Day in eiguing the Protocol was given to Chief Clerk Miobaol. of tho Stato Department, who had spoken , tannines Read) Santiago?Tariff Published. . ~r .The Bio Grande has arrived at San- ] Q tiago with thpr Fifth Volunteer Immune ? Begiment, under Col, Sargent, and the Second Regular Cavalry. The enlisted mon are mainly from Mississippi and Alabama, but some are from Illinois. General Wood haa published ? tariff; which is. official, for retailers, ?nd*r legal' penalties. The scale of priees k. woe agreed upon after conferences with merchants in all branchea of trade. ' t . I Admiral Nitimga Arrives. Rear Admiral Matmtnaga Oki, of the Imperial Japan? a aaty, boa a roved Is | Seattle, Wash., on tfce ftteamer Bio Jun Vara, on his way to London, where ha will remain for tone* time, superintend- j the oonttmctfarh of two ember* Another Rkb Find. A cpeoial . from Junean, AImIii, iijri: What is rfgrrded as a most im portant diacoverj of rich placer dig* ginn, is reported to have boon suule ?? fone cfctft. a small stream emptying teto AtttPKI* s feeder of Laie Ta ^ loortWhi tiwr . for it. M. Thiebaut soourod that unod. | by tho French umbasBador. Blockade Ordered Raised. Tho following cablod orders wore HO.it to Admiralt) Sampson and iteuney: "Navy Depurtmpnt, Washington, Aur. 12. Sampson, Santiago: Suspend all hostilities. ltiocado of Cuba and Porto Kico is raised, Howell ordorod to as semble vessels at Key West. .Ptboood with 'New York, Brooklyn,. Indiana, Oregon, Iowa and Massachusetts to Totqpkinavillo. ' Place monitors in a uafo hurbor in Porto llioo. Watson transfers his flag to tho Newark and will remain at Ouantauamp. Assemble nil cruisers in oafo harbors. Order ma-, J rinea north in ltesolute. Signed. Al II oil. Acting Socrotary. " "Navy Department, Washington, Aug. 12. ? ltorney, Key West:? In no ( cotdauoe with the President's prpclft j motion telegraphed you, suspend im mediately all hostilities. Commenco withdrawal of Vessels from blookado. Order blockading Vessels in Cuban waters to assomblo at Koy Wost. (Signed) Allen, acting secretary. " The Protocol. Following ii^o the main features of tho Protocol: 1. That Spain will relinquish all claims of sovereignty over tho title to j Cuba. 2. That Porto Rico and other Span-' ish islands in tbo West Indies and an islaud in the Ladrouos, to be selected by the UnitedStatos, shall bo ceded to the lattor. , I 3. That the United StatOB will oc cupy and hold tho city, bay and bar- j bor of Manila, pending the conclusion j of a treavT of ponce which snail de termine the control, disposition and government of the Philippines. 4. That Criba, Porto llico and other Spanish islands in the West^Indies shall j bo immediately evacuated and that the commissioners to be appoiutod within ten days, shall, within 80 days from the signing of tho Protocol, meet at Iiava.ua and San J uan, respectively, to arrange and execute tho devils of the evacuation. !>. That tho United States and Spain will ^each 'appoint not more than live commissioners to nogotiate and con clude a treaty of peace. The commis sioners are to meet at Paris not later than tho 1st of October. ^ . . 0. On the signing of the 'Protocol, hostilities will bo suspended and notice to that efToot will be given as eoou as possible by eaoh government to their commanders of its military and naval force*. Fired oa ByTS^rto Castle, The flagship San VrdjLclsco, tho mon itor MiantonomaUMk^ tho auxiliary yacht Sylvia were Sid upon by the Havana batteries . f%bijtly befo'ro 5 o'clock on the m otniU'g of tho 12th. Ope 10 or 12-iuch shell struck the San Francisco's stern as she turned ta cot out of range, and tore a hoto about a foot in diameter, completely wrecking Commodore Howell's quarters, and smashing his book caso to fragments. Nobody was injured, and being under orders not to attack tho batteries, the ships retreated as fast as their engines could carry them. The evening preced ing the warships drow in closer to tho shore than ever. Nebraska's Oldest Woman Gone. Mm Delilah Cromwell, tho oldest j woman in Nebraska, recently died at her home near.vTable Bock. She was a small gisJ'irbea Washington was Pres ident, and insisted that she was born in 1778. Neighbors who hare known her for 80 years believe she was about 110 years old. Her fourth husband died of old age a quarter of a century ago. Ha* of Truce Not Respected. v Ooamo, Porto Rico, (By Cable. )~ (iouornl Miles sent u party with ft lla.sr of truoo to notify the Spanish of tho suspension of hostilities, but tbe Hug was not respected, Tlnn was by order of Governor Genoral Maciua. Aa Gen oralMaoiaa 1ms uo communication, bo uiay thus out himself off front official uotitleatiou of tbe situation, although natives bavo beeu eeut through tho Spanish linos to spread the uowh that a cessation of hostilities h?td beeu ordered. Counterfeiters Overhauled. Information ha* been redeived by Chief Wilkio. of tbe Treasury Secret Service, of tlmarrost at Detroit, Mich., of a guug of oouuterfeiters whoso opor ationH have given tho governinot 'con hidorablo trouble. There wero also takou fifty $2 Hancock and BOO $'.3 Win dow bil lu ? tho latter boing regarded as the best all-round couutorfoit which mado its appearance up to tho 'discov ery of tho #100 silver certifloato, in tho spring of last year. u His Majesty Has a Call. Kmpoior William, wbilo out riding at WilbelmBruhe, was approachod by two ladios carrying bouquets, which thoy ofTerod to Ilia Majesty, Tho Em , per or reached down to accept the bou qnflU. wbou liia horse reared and un seated him. II ib Majesty was unin- ; jured, and, joking about tho accident, mounted a fresh steed and roturned to tho castle. ' ? Assembling at Key West. Ju acoordanco with orders from tho Navy Department, following thoProBi deut's proclamation of a suspeusiou of hostilities, Commodore llowcll, of tho aorth Cuban coast blockading squad ron, is rapidly Assembling all his ships at ICoy WoBt, Fia. The Insurgents Will Cease Firing. The War Dopartmont has boon ad vised through the Cuban ^uuta, that the Cuban insurgonts will aooopt the terms of tho peace protocol botweon the United States and Spain, aud that hos tilities will cease on their part . Hopes Spain Will Not Act Silly. Tbe loading papers of Berlin wtfl- i como peaco botween tho United Stubs 1 nnd Spain, and oxpross tho hopo that the latter country will endeavor to ac cept tho situation aud will not regard the loss of her colonies as uu opou ! Wound, only to be healed by rovengo. I I Italy's Congratulations. Tbe United States government has re ceived tbe firBt congratulations from a foreign powor upon the successful ter mination of the war with Spain. Tho congratulations came from Italy, through the Italian arabussador, Baron Fava. Accident/On a Frenctv Railroad. The night' train on the railway to Lisioux, 84 inilea east of C'aon, was de railed uoar Bouvillers, and six persons .were killed aud 41 wero injured. Jcnkcs Machine Company Burned. The works of tbo Jenkos Macbino Company, tho Iargeat industry of tho kind in Canada, were burnod at Slier broyke. Tbe estimated loss is !\}5, ? OOty probably covered by iusuranco. Eight are Dead. A terrific wind and hail storm run ning from northeast to southwest, struck Mortz Siding, about fivo miles west of Gray, S. D., recently. Every thing in the path of tbo storm Mas awopt away. Eight pooplo wore killed. Yellow Fever in Key W.csf. ? . .. Throe gonuine aud three suspicious cases of yellow fever are roportod at Key West Also two of Gen. Shaffer's transports have arrived at Montank Point, Long Island, with yellow fever on board. The Cerruti Claim Settle)!. Tho Colombian governinent^has agreed to all throe pointa included in the Ital ian ultimatum aa to the payment of the Cerruti claim. Hay Accepts. Ambassador Hay. at London, has accepted the ofllcoof Seerotary of Htate, made vacant by Hecretar y Day'B resig nation, iL ? ? Condemned by a Mass Meeting. Public indignation over the lawless act of the Ninth Cavalry in taking one of their men from jail, focuuscd in a big man meeting recently at Tamp*. Strong resolutions were passed con demning the aflAir and the officers were denonnoed for allowing their men to ieave the train. Tbo Secretary of War ia requested to take proper action in the case, and Congressman Spark sman is urged to see that it is not dropped. Colored Companies for Garrison Duty. Governor Blount, of Indiana, has re ceivcd a telegram from Adjutant Gen eral C'orbin, assigning the two inde pendent colored companies at Camp Mount under colored captains, to San tiage for garrieon duty. The companies ?re Mxtau to jo. | Ye?ow #ev*r ef the Worst Type ia Meslce, Mist Unm sMU worst type pie I Yiitf ^ ippgarprt im Vkm BUk ee of Yeeetaa I HE Ml WAS Sill. Manila Surrendered Two Hours After First Gun Was Fired. YELLOW FEVER IN KEY WEST Tl?e American Cruiser New Orleans At tempted t? Inter the Harbor of San V Juan Porto Rico, hut round it Mocked With a Sunken Ship. Dispatches from Hong Kong give tho following account of tho battle which milled in Muuilu'a fall: Ad wiral Dowoy guvo Oonoval Auguatiu an hour in which to surroudor, at tho timo of tho lust demand, mudo on (ho loth. Oonornl Auguatin refused to comply. Tho bomUpvdmout, which began nt 0:30 a. in., was coutinuod for two hours, nnd thou tho Americauo stormed tho trocolies and swept all ho" foro thorn. Thoqb within tho walla at tempted no roaiatuueo. Tho First Col orado Voluntcora stormed the out or tronchoa nnd drovo tho Spaniards into tho second lino of defences. Then tho Auiericuu troops a wept on, driving all the Spaniards into tho .inuor for li lieu tione, whore tho Spanish commander, fleeing that further roaiBtanoo was uso Iosh, hoisted the whito (lag and sur rendered. Tho losKoa, Amoricno and Spanish, are not kuown. Tho Spaniards in tho tronchoa probably numbered 3, (MM) 111011. * Tho '. American attacking foroo nuin borod 10,000, and tlio Americans wore better armed, bottor trained and in bet tor coudition. Tho foreign fleets wntohod tho bombardmeut with aeuto iuterost. ~ Tho American warahipa ou gaged wore tho Olyinpia, Petrel, Rul oigh, MoUulloch, Boston. Montorey, Charleston and Baltimore. Tbo Man ila corroapondout of tho London Daily, Telegraph sayB: "Nothing could be more humane thau tho Americans' cap ture of ,the town. Tho plau of (leuoral Merritt and Admiral Dewey whs to spare every object but tho uriuod do foncos nnd tho treuches. Spain's Hopes 'I"ho govornmeut <looa not think tho Unitod Statoa will try to lunko capita1 out of the fall of Mauila, but the papers express much auxiety regarding that point. The Spaniards aro pleased with tho fact that Admiral IJjnvey oxoludod tho iuBurgonta from Manila, and aro bopoful that tho friction thus indicated will weigh with tho/ United Statos iu tho sottlomont of tjle l'hilippiue prob loin. / Harbor Entrance blocked. The American or wiser N sw Of leas d | attempted to onter tho harbor at San Juan do Porto ltico under a flag 6T truce with a notification of the eigning of the protocol, but was unable to do bo on account of the sunken.. wreck at the ontrance. llor captain went ashore iu a small boat and was graciously received by Captain Uoncral Maoiav, who ac cepted an invitatiou to dine on board tho cruiser. Shaffer's Report. General Shaftor'a dispatch to the War Department, concerning the henlth conditions of his troopa at Santiago, reports tho death of eighteen men, cov ering a period of oight day*. Tbo fol lowing ia the aanitary report for Aug. 14tb: Total numbet sick, 1,729; total number fcvoroasos, 1,307; total number new cos 08, i;to; total number fever caaea returned to dnty, 108. A Rise in Cuba's Public Stocks. The reports put in circulation with rcai>eot io the progresa of the peace negotiations between Hpain and the United states, have had the effect of stimulating orders sent from Europe and other countries by cable to bur | Cuba's public stock. George Pullman Married. George M. Pullman, the sou of the late sleeping car magnate, sud Mian Lynch Fernald, of Chicago, were mar ried in that city recently. The match ia said to be of the nature of an elope mout. - The Corbctt Tragedy. J Ii. J. Corbett, father of Jamos j, Corbett, the heavy-weight pugilist, ahot and killed his wife and then turn ed tho weapon on himself with fatal ef fect at San Franoisco. It ia believed that the murderer waa demented. .He had bean in extrememely poor health for some- time. Death waa instant* neoua in both cases. * Ambassador White's Views. Ambassador White haa given out the following statement regarding Germa ny's attitude toward the Ugited Htates: 'jSo- far as I ean see, the state of tMngev between Germany and the United States remains, satisfactory. Throoghont the war the German gov ernment bae treated as fairly, and so Tar frees sesfagoey came for complaint en ottr pert, it seems to ue (hat the fair bom ofjft German government's altitnde roqairesrecogniUoe. " As Order fsr IMII.IH Cartridges. T?e Ky##dii Oempanj, cf Birmtag b? , tailasil, is reported to haveje; wftU w order for IfetQMMW military cartridges to be promi*? delivered 10 ftfc# IbAiiSUitii v ~ !?[ MIS 01 WHISKEY. ? ?' 9 - ? ? A Hot Time Among the Railroad Candidates. TILLMAN'S IDEA OF LIBERTY, j Nut Responsible for lite Oij.pcui.arv, Said (iuvcrnor l.llcrbc Sell uiiipcrt tor luipnn iiiX Common Schools. . . ? ? liAIM(KNH MKKTINO. Mr. Fouthorstono was given a wel come iu this*, his homo, Beyond doubt tho uppluuding majority of tho crowd wus largely and loudly with him. I -unr oll h is also tho homo of (Ion. \V utta, and Iuh reception was cordial in tho ex treme. Col. Floyd's oloquouco also evoked choeiH, led by Uon. Watts' friondH. Mr. (inrrin doclnred that tho sloguu of tho people ought to bo: "I want a man!" no matter whether he was born on tho Koowoo or tho l'eodoe. Mr. Hligh, humorously roforring to Iuh age, udviHod tiny audience that if they wunted to do uiyy thing for him, "Now Ih your time. " Commissioner Thomas remarked that tho railroad could not oroet a hotter depot at Tiaurouti bocauso 1 1 h caruingH were pitiful and would not admit of tho exponas. (Jen. (tray pro voked a laugh by askiug what would bocomo of South Carolina if Thomas should die. Ho allowed by Thomas' map that the rato roductiou mudo 1)3' the board which Thomas had voted against on tho ground that tho roads could not livo under it, had really benefitted them. Col. Watson appoa^'od an the champion of pupulur education. A good public school should bo placed in reach of every citi/.on. Mr. Archer shot some arrows at prohibition. He did not bo liovo in laying tho drunkard to the whiskoy seller and the Yotoi',* and lay ing all tho bluino on rrovidenco. Mr. Whitman rocitod Cussabiauca.ur plying tho idea to himself, Buying that ho would stay on the burning deck until tho flumes shone around the doad. He would mash tho life out of any body who misropresontod liim. Gov. El lot bo was libjyally applauded boforo and after Jiis' remarks. If it could bo proved that ho had made any dirty political deal or that uuy of his actions had hurt tho State, he would withdraw from tho race. He in vited criticism, but not misrep resentation. He did not claim to lie a paragon of ull perfection, but was .human and liable to mnko honest mis takes. If ok-ctcd he would do as ho had done, give tho best sorvice ho could. Col. Tillman vigorously disoussod tho fertilizer tax. Clcmeon collogo had no more need for it to mako itself a fit institution thau a wagon hud for a fifth wheel. The cxtravaguut uud cor runt manner in which it was exponded cried to hcavou for correction. Tho supremacy of nie iiquor question was disgraceful to tho State of South Caro lina which is tho only Btato in tho uuiou that was making u fool of her felf. Ho contended for a ronsouublo liquor license tax; with common sense safeguard,' tho tax not hoing heavy enough to promote smuggling or atiniu late adulterating. Ho wag loudly ap ? pluuded. Col. Hchumpert likewise ' met with applause.1 He declared it was humiliatirtjr that tho peoplo wanted to hear the candidates for tho chief magistracy of tho Htato speak solely on tho liquor ques tion. Tho other speakers wore Candi dates Cooper, Tompkins, Bradham, Kpton, Durham, Bollinger, Mower, McSwoeney. OHKKNVILLE MKKTINU. Capt. Dradham referred to pence, progress and prosperity throughout the State, adding that Oreeuville county excel led afl others. Mr. Cooper spurned tho intimation by Sccrotary of State Tompkinn that the dispensary machinery would ho used in his behalf, aud vigorously declared ho yyutd stand from uuder 'if the record of tho Btate bo*.rd of control was as had as it was when Tompkins was a member thereof. Secretary Tom kins referred to Capt. Dradhaut as a iisofossiunal third-torm er. Coopers's reference to him was contemptiblo and intended to place the people under a wrong impression. Ho did vote for certaiu di?|>enpary officers, b"ut he was no more respohsiblo for their aots than Cooj>er was for tho Legisla ture's action because ho tried to increase tho |>?r diem of member* from i4 to $"*>. Col. Floyd pleaded hie case in thrilliug words. Tho oflico of adjutant-general needed a*mgu of more jpge, experience and coolnpsfr* Wattn twitted him for boing born in Virginia. Houth Caro lina and Virginia were twin Bisters, and had wado possible this great re publio. (Jen. Watts put on the gloves for Col. Floyd. After referring to him as his "distinguished trimmer friend," he dcclarod he was slinging inud bocauso he was beiten. Mr. Brown made an earnest plea for tho common Schools. Mr. McMahan de clared that his hoart burned with'true patriotism in tho mattor of schools. Col. lMco declared he wanted to undertake again the {jrork of common rchool education because his lift was ^ceaiseerated to it. Superintendent of Editeation MqviwTtl agreed that the common sohools snonfd bo bcttorod. With tbs mean* at hand, overt-thing possible for their promotion has been dona. Mr. FMUuntaaa vu. egqreeeive. It waa an iflsvlt to say that there waa no sentiment that would uphold prohibition. Wataon doclarod th#re waa no prohibition In the Bibk ?If yon can Mid he. 'Mia Messrs. liol linger, Mowtr, MoSweony, l>urhani, Kpton, Horry, durria, Stan soli and Sligh. Tho candidates woro handsomely h 11 ?1 agreeably ontoitainod by the i^iti/.oua of tlroenvillo. I'U'KK.n'h MK->.>IN<?. Mi. Archer talked with a full horn I of aloum, uttering a passionate 111 10 nod y against the "outrageous and infamous oxtrayagauco porpeti ated on k*-t lie submissive taxpayers" iu ro-oduoiv t ion. I (o could see no free country, no ei|iial rights to ull, while South Car olnm pora'stod in educating the rich, while the common people woro allowed to (;ro\v up an hewers of wood and <1 rawer it of water. Col. Tillman made a hit and a lino speoch. He invoighod against tho law that allows the (.Gov ernor to make township appointments, which ho would give to his per Aonal friends, his political- tools, or tho hell wethers of tho district to promote his olootion. The Stato never would ho free until tho pooplo uBsertod their rights in tluu respect. In Hcuthing language ho de nounced tho eunvas system iu vogno. Why didn't South Carolina do as other States do and allow tho candidates to arrange tho meetings to suit them selves, iuHtead of putting feathers ou their foot and ehaiiiH around thoir waists so that thoy could not oxposo how the pooplo had heon fed on broken promises. Mr. Solium port protested against an olVort in this Stato to bring the churqh and Stato together, Tho preachers were uot only - ndvocat ing prohibition, hut they were running a candidate, asking their parishioners to vote for him. Col. Watson thought fanatics woro do ing great harm to temperance. Kcnth ciHtono Jwas a novice, and a recruit should not bo made a general. Ho claimed to bo tho apostle of temperance in South Carolina, and a vetornu was not to bo supplanted by a private. Mr. I-Yatherstone talked vigorously. Ho wanted Schifiupert to know that ho asked no <^>uuideratioo. H was five or six to \ but they gould Uro away a? 1* could take care of himself. Mj\ liolliugor declared ' that lie, too, was opposed by tho candidate of a fac tion within tho Denioeratie party. Ho himself bud only tho Democratic party iu general to depend upon, and was not as fortunate as his competitor. Mr. McMuliau said: You hoar it, "equal l ight* to nil, Bpecial pri vilogos to none, " and again, "eternal vigilance is tho prico of liberty. " Willi thof>o sayings put on your life, can you ho indifl'orout to thoeducutioiiofyour ehildrou? Thoro is no oquulity without iutelligonco. Mr. Brown advocated more and bettor schools and school houso*. Ho hoped to live to boo tho day "when there will bo a bcliool in evoty nook and corner in this State aud every boy and girl brought into tho schools. Five-miuuto speeches were in ado by Cundidateo Dorhmn, Kpton, Watts, Blytho, Floyd, (J ray, ThomuA, Kvans, Berry, Stiiusell, Oarris, Sligh, ToinpkiuH. Bradhum, Cooper, II ice, Mayfield aud | Hrown. WA MIA 1,1, A MBET1NO. Tho railroad commission candidates li ad a livoly discussion, , wlnch cnmo near ending, In u low. There was a hot timo, nnd tho crowd clam bered upon tho platform whoro tho row was raging aud forcod tho con testants to sit down. Mr. Whitman made Boino practical remarks coflchod in tho vigorous phraseology of his for-' tilo, spakling imagery, s Governor Kl lerho referring to Col. (loorge Tillman's criticism of tho disponHarj*, dcolarad ho was not responsible for its enaotiqont. "Everybody knows Hon Tillman in, aud surely ho would not say that ho .did it to corrupt the morals of the poo plb. I favor the dispensary law as the best solution. (Applause, and a cry of "That's weak. ") "You want prohibit turn io reduce drunkenness, Hint 1 claim Hint the dispensary will reduce it more titan prohibition will I would favor prohibition if it could bo enforced. .Ministers of all dennminatiouaMiuited in adviwing mo ihut tho dispensary had docroased drunkenness per coat. The ministers do not point to Maino and Kansas und Iowa because they know prohibition there proved a mis ornhlo failure. ?"* Col. Tillmuu's speech evoked applause aud laughter, mingled with an occasioual prohibitionist pro test. "i'alk about liberty," bo said, "you have two dispensaries here that were forcod upon you. God would not havo allowed Noah to plant a vineyard if he had not intended for him to use wine in reason. -Notwithstanding the oceans of whiskoj', boor nnd wine, tho world has gone on for centuries im proving in every way." He signed the Clemson report stating that in ono short day ho could not investigate that institution. Julian Mitchell wrote it and stuck in lomo high falutiu words that didn't mean anything, aud at the tiii^o ho signed it he had live commun ications to the press in his pocket de nouncing the /mnuagemout of the in stitntton, ami* Jo v. Elterbe read them on tho train t|fiat day, and yet he didn't tell you so, ahd thfy were publiehed in the next Mm-e or four woeks. Col. Helium po/t said ho ww for sustaining tire educational institutions and im proving tho common sclioolv Col. WalKbn pleaded for a school house and a ^nurch in reach of evefy citizen. Mr. Featherstone spoke with vigor. For fourteen yeare he bad -been making ixohibitiou speeches and bis view* had jlot changed onto iota. He bad sail! that lie bad taken a drink o I whiskey as % beverage, tut he was none Hlio less Qualified lo talk i*ohiWrioo. .He had seen the evils of whiskey and for yaara had not tonehed ii, Col. Mower re ferrcd tu tfayfact that hewBrrtpruhibiy tioaiftiaftfi kte opnoaent a supporter qt IhediipsiMury. Mr. Belliif er iajeeted mm splee into kit reply. thMUMda of oipiaa ofMo war's Gen Augustin Fled to Hong Kong# on Gorman Warship. TROUBLE tXPEClED IN CUBA. Au liuccurac) hi Article J. Tumble la San I ranciSid Between Tennessee Volunteers ami a Nifcjro. Cuban Army to Disband. "I'ho foIlMving dispatch hua boeu re ceived at tho Department of' Htato from Conuil Wildman, at Hong Ivong: 'AYiguxtin' aay a l)owo.y bombarded Manila uu the 1 Ht It. 'I'ho oily aur renderod unconditionally. Auguatiu wuHjiukou by tho Hermans in a launch to lbrf> Kaiser AuiMista and Wrought to lioug Kong. I credit t ho report. ' " Tho WoMminatcr, Kuglaud, Unzetto pays it Iiuh received from a London bus ino*H houao a report that Alnuila baa fallen. Tho report cornea from tho Hrm's llou# Kotitt agent. According to La Coriospouuoncia do iOapaua, Madrid, tho aurrondor of Manila occurred after tho last attack made upon tho oily. Trouble l xpecU.'d in Cuba. Trouble with tho Ciibana ia brooding. Their attitudojs one of btllleu hostility toward Americana. Tbobottor class iu Cuba favor thennnoxution of tho island to tho Unitod'Htatos and a majority of tho iiiutHOH aro ready and nnxiona to work and aocopt tho bholterandproteo tion alVordoii inoricau protect o rato; but tlrcy aro influenced i?y arear* tain class of rabid oratora and breed era of addition and robolliou against anything smuckiug of /aw and order. Thin inflammatory clns.a demands and urges the rccoguition of Cuba for Ca bnuR, and Bpume all ofj'prs or sugges tions tending t^-trrrfaperity under au A inoricau prbtoolorato, and exoites pop ular discontent. A wild/tumor is afloat to tho etloot that tho Ctfbun army will jUtiick fc-'autiago i\ud capture it, to the glory of the Cuban uruin, aaaoon|as tho American garriBou ia wcakoned. . This i? dirootlj- tracoablo to the above meu tioncd aotucO. ,, General Blanco Resigns. Tho Madrid government has received from Captain Uonorat Blanco a do apntub leudoring bia roaignation, The reason given by (lenoral Blanco for re signing ia tbat bo does not wish to mperintend tho evacuation of Cuba. Uonoral Blanco in an address at Havana, said: ''It bav in K been rcsolvod by the Ma4 ' rid govommont to conclude peace witlx' (lie United States, I consider my mis sion in thin country ended, and bav? solicited my relief fcrom duty. I oould .. ,.a :u ~ ?.1..4 tL. UUV lll^U It j'WU M I'UUI lit) OVIUHUU VI IDP oxiiting trouble, when not long ago'T advised yon to maintain tbo war iuajr svouU" ' ^ An Inaccuracy in Arficle 3 Corrected. Owing to an error in transmission,' article U, of tbo full text of tbe peso* protocol as cabled from Madrid was not . given with peoi^acv. The text of ibis artiolo fs really as follows; * Article 8. ? Tbe United States occupy and bold, the olty; bay andiiat bor of Manila, pending the conclusion of a treaty of poace which shall de termiuo tbo control, disposition anil government of tbt? Philippines. ? * , w, ? . Don Carlos Will Oppose Uprisings. A special despatch frtfm Lucerne, Switzerland, taya tbo following in spired statement has been made there: "Notwithstanding his disapproval of tho course the government at Madrid ia taking, Dtfn Carlos maintains hi* firm intention to diacourge any actual rising in spaiu, and is using alV^hla influence to quell insurrectionary ten-, doncies and attempted uprisings among and ou the part of his too devoted/ol lowers. " Another Transport Sailed. The Hpsnisli steamer Isle de Lbsoi lias eailod from t!an(i?go for 8p*is, kiviug on boarA^JSri Spanish loidUr*. The mortality is so great in the Spaa* i*l? camp, where disease is rampant, that no lunger are tlie dead buried. K funeral pile of 10 or 13 bodioa is made, Hutu rated with kerosene and set-iire to, cremating tke_ bodies in the 0{tan sir. Trouble in San Francisco. Dan 1'komas, a negro fisherman', was wounded and narrowly escaped lynch ing at tko kands of 000 Tennesseo ul< diers at Han I'ranelaco. Two men o t Troop P, of tke regular c#va!ry, wkicls attempted to- quell tke riotf wer?t dragged from tkeir korsaa by the vol" unteers and slightly Mtjnrad in the tn?+, sle. Tke JMr^P'a kinte, a block and * half from tkeN^sidio, was almeeft wrecked. Cubaa aad Parte *kaa CcawMea. ? - Tke personnel of the- -Cuban nf Porto itican military oom mission wit probably be aa follows: Cuhsa Coat m ission ?Major General Wsde, Maj ar? General If. C*_ Bntlef an* Admihd W. 'J'. Sampson. Porto (Bw CoajiiaMln