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An Expression of Deep Gratitude from the Citi / d zens of Matanzas. S1RANGE CASE OF NINUEENIH CENIURY SOPMIli [Majority of Philippine Congress Favors Annexation to the United Stales. Lord Roseberry's Scotland Speech. England Mak ing Energetic Naval Preparations. One of tho most fervent expressions ofgratitudo which has yot beeu uttered by tho rosidenta of any of the Cuban communities that have fallen under tho military occupation of t lie United States govornmoixt, was that addressed by tho pooplo of Mantanzaa to the twp officers of thq United States Army, Captain L. ."Niles and Major Albert Decatur Nis keru, who wore charged with tho dis tribution of roloif supplies in that fain ine strickon community. The address in part ia as followed: "Howcau wo command language to givo uttoranco to the sentiment that sway our population? How can w'e faithfully represent and trans Knit tho thoughts and idoas that vibrate an our henvts at seoinjr our fellow crea tures redeemed from the horrors of fam ine by tho inoxhaustiblo charity of the .great American nation, so worthily rep resented by you? In tho name, then, of thoae that have been rescued from famine, iu the name of tho oity of Ma tanzau; in tho namo of all that is holy and Christian, wo give heartfelt thanks to tho American poople for their timely assistance, which is anothefiink to tho ohain of lovo aud gratitude which al ready binds us to them. All in Favor of Annexation. San Francisco, (Spocial). ? The United States transport Kio do Janeiro, vhioh has arrived here brought tho following to tho Associated PreBB, dated Manila, September 22: "The "*?1 Philippine Congress has been in ses fiion, since Tuesday, Soptember 15. Tho first thing docided was that the Philippine republio should notoounten ?nco any policy that should be agreed ?u, whoroby Spain woufd have any thing further to do with the islands, and would resist by, force of arms any ?uch moasure. A vote was taken on tho policy of annexation to ttio Ameri can republic, aud annexation was do cided upon by a large majority. Aguin aldo now expresses himself as person ally in favor of annexation. l ord Roseberry's Speech. Truth, Scotland (By cable). ?Lord HoBoborry, tho Liberal leader and for mer Fromior, iu receiving the freedom of Perth, referred in the most cordial terms to the "good understanding be tweou Groat Britain and our ^in*men in the United Btates. " Oontinuing, the speaker said he believed the whole history of the ill-feeling which existed "?'sn one vuit misunderstanding. Since jl779, by the mitdiieas or one govern ment and the want of wisdom of an other, Great Brilian had waged two ?wars against tho United States, in neither of which were we conspicuous ly successful. " , Postponed for Om Month. lloport received at the War Depart ment frapa the American military com missioners in Havana,\ndicnte that the aeason ha9 not yet sufficiently advanced in Cuba to mako it Aveii reasonably eafe to send any large nambor of Ameri can troops to the islandnust now. Ac cording to the lastiyilvfceB from Gen. "Wade, president gjrthe American com mission, it will probably be December flat before additional troops will be re quired in; Cuba. The Russians Suspicious. Dispatches received in Berlin from Bt Petersburg show that the Emperor 'a journey to tho Kast is veiwed with the greatest suspicion and it ia fully be lieved that Kinperor William ia desir ous of acquiring a portion of Ottoman territory. Tho Novo Vremya, writing in thia sense, warns Turkey that even a ?light session of Turkiak territory will tto the beginning of the partition of the Turkish empire, if notita rnin. Five Killed In a Railroad Accident. Fobt Worth, Texaa, (Special).? A wreck on Rock Island road, near here recoiled in the death of five men. ? Jhr?.oihew will die. and two ware . seriously injured. A freight train broke ia twoat the top of a steepgrade. The rear portion could not be etoppad . Jato Aa 4umt ?Mbn. j wrecking aad derailing several box tora, Ia otta of the wracked oar? ware FROM PURGATORY TO III AVF.N. Stranje Case of Nineteenth Century Super stition and Gullibility. An almoat inoredible story of nine teenth century Buporstitiou ami gulli bility comes from the town of Kemp ton, Bavaria, whero a married oouplo, named Wohlfahrt, have bean uontenced to imprisonment aftor having boon con victed of an extraordinary beries of frauds on a well-to-do farmer nud wife, living near b.y?-wkoan-duu^kLoivXkfejL. conce, receutly died. 'J'lio Wohlfahrts persuaded the farmer and his wife to believo that thoir daughter, Aguoa Wohlfahrt, received frequent visits from the Virgin Mary, who told her j that Crosceuco was not in heaven, but in purgatory. They further impressed upon the parents jof Ciofloonce that Ag nes could arrange their daughter's re lease from purgatory if tho farmer paid 300 marks. The Latter raid tho moooy and a little lator Agnos was alleged to have received the news that Croscenee had been married to an angel and ad vised to have her dowry nont to her, nmounting to 1,000 marks.' Thou Cres ceuce was supposed to havo had a baby aud tho farmer gavo more money to the Wohlfahrts. lu short, tho farmer was bled iu this mauuer until he was ruiu od. But news of the atluir reached the authorities and tho Wohlfahrts woro arreatod. During tho proceedings in court, 52 letters which Agues Wohlf ahrt w?b said to have received from the Virgin Mary, were produced aud the publio prosecutor road a receipt "from tho Mother of Christ," for 150 marks. Another documont was a letter of thanks for a sack of potatoes and still another was au acknowledgement of receipt of 2,500 marks, which said that all the angels in hoavon blew their trumpets when the money arrived. It was also doveloped during tho court proceedings that Agnes actually gave the farmer a sofa, a milk loaf and other things, which she declared sho had received from heaven, whilo tho farmer's ^vjfo personally baked ti tine tart for. ihe Virgin Mary. JLrrau Wohlfahrt, as the guiding spirit in tho frauds, was sentenced to two years' im prisonment. Energetic Naval Preparations. London, (By Cable).-? The British admiralty has ordered every rea-going warship to have its crewmado up to the full complement an ordered in case of mobilization. The order of the .British admiralty practically uieaue the com plete telliui|,off, prospective, of every ship's compmiy in detail. Four torpedo boat destroyer*-/ which Wero about to bo fitted with new water tube hoilern, hove had their orders countermanded and have been inslruoted to redraw their stores. Officers on leave of absence or unemployed "have beon notified to hold themselves it* readiness to com mission their respective ships if or dered. Kaffirs Defeated by the Burghers. Pretoria, Transvaal, (By Cable.) ? The Mugota Kaffirs have been repulsed by the force of Burghors sent against them. The BurghorH chasod them into the mountains, killing several of the natives. The Bnrghors artillery did good ezeoution and the Transvaal forces suffered no loss. The fact that the natives attacked the Burghers in regarded as a declaration of war. Change in the Tone of the Trench Press. The Paris correspondent of Tho London Sunday Times say*: "Th? change of toue of the proas is note worthy. It is now oertaiu that the' Fashoda qneston is left out of all ne f;otiations between France and Eiig and, and that both governments havo grasped the double faot that England means to stick to her prograiumo. while France ia certainly entitled to facilities aoross the Nile. " hanged Without Delay. A special from Tompkinsville, Ky. , says : **Nowa has reached here of tho lynching of Arch Baur, colored, who [ gsfpMiltH nOiMenlton and attempt*!, [the aa ureter of Annie Morrisoh, oldest daughter of Henry Morrison. n promi nent farmer of ttnWHftbd county. MIm lfecrtaon reoeited wounds thti na>^v? faUL e ^ ? femW SettteaMat. ^SSkSSSS9-1 ' re com COL. ALSTON S LUM H VL. Notable t xeroses at \'ork\ illc ?Chaplain Bussey's Eulogy. I The funeral of Col. JUsonh K. Al?tou I took place iu Yorkyille fcWiurduy after noon, tho exercises beginning ut 1 o'clock and lastiug uutil 0. The coro I mony waa under Epiaoopal, Masonic and ..military auspice* iu tho ordor named. At 4 o'oloOk tho military aud civic organizations assembled at the MoCuw residouoo, aud vthe hotly wan taken iu charge by military pall-bonr or?. From the residence tho procession proceeded to the Church of the Good ?Shepherd, whore the regular Kpiaitopal ritual was rotul by Ilov. .T. C. Jo'hiiB, tho rector. After thiN ceremony' tho procession contiuuod to tho comoteryv tho hoarse beiug followed by Col. Al ston's horse, caparisoned with sorvice trappings; next oamo tho liriug squad ol Co. (I, with Col. Tillmau and ?tatV, followod by carriages with thefamilv of the deceased, aud tho representatives of tho Masonic fraternity brining up the rear. The balance of the procension was made up of ? orowd of probably 1,000 people. At the grave, after tho usual Kpisoopulian aud Masonic euro monies, Ohaplaiu Jiusaoy prououncod a ?hort eulogy, iu which he Hot forth tho uoble qualities of the beloved deceased, lie said emphatically that ('oL Alstou had beeu misunderstood aud that hud ho lived ho would have been Understood iu time, only to bo moro deoply loved aud appreciated. Thou ho recited incidents to show tho solicitous feeling that tho oolonel had for his men, freely contributing of his own private meaus to insure their welfare. At tho oouolusiou of Chap lain ItusBey'B remarks the firiug squad, consisting of eight men, lired throe volleys over tho grave, and when tho earth had boon tilled' ~iii "tho UlouTXfi" was covered with tho numerous tributes that had beeu Bout in by pympatbiziug frionds. Sensation in Spartanburg. Quito a sensation oeourrod at tho Hpartau luu iu Spartanburg recently. The constables stationed at tlint place auspocted that there was whiskey beiUK aold iu tho billiard aud pool room con ducted ou the first Moor of the Inn by B. S. Poolittle, aud tho oflicera no cured a Boarch warruutfor tho prom imam, including tbe iron eafe. Tho countable*, accompanied by Deputy Shoriff Lund rmu Foster, repaired to tho hotel and proeeedod to aoarch. Finding nothing on the outside they demanded admis sion to tbe aato. This was securely locked and uobodv about the hotel would admit that ho had auything to do with tbe safe or that ho ovon knew the combination. This aroused tho sus picions of the officers more than ever, and they detormiued to see inBide that safo. Nobody olaunod the safo and nobody had auy interest in it, so tbe o/Iicors had no trouble in rolliuc it into a wngou nud carrying it away. They seen rod sa ot of tools and proceeded to make an entrance. Boring iuto tho door tho?? broke the lock and revoaled tho. cob touts. They found live and or.o-half gallons of peach brandy iu pint and half pint bottles, glasses, siphons, otc., an acoount book, papers, notes, mortgages, ctc. , a photograph of B. S. J>oolittlo nud ?01.50 in uiouov. Nobody claims any of tbtf.proporty ex cept tho fiufo itself, which beiongn to tho ownors of tho hotel and bad been leased by them to J. S. Brubakor. Tho account book nhows largo accounts for whiskey on quite annmber of the prom inent citizens of that place. Discussing the State Pension I. aw. At Fairmont, 15 miles north of Columbia, tho old Confederate soldiers had a pleasant gathering, at which they discussed tho pension frauda being perpetratod. These frauda are not ex teuaivo as yet, but they must be cheeked now, beforo they nssuuio any propor tions. Tho S^ate of South Carolina appropriates y^nnuaKy 8100,000 for the Aupport of ii^igout, maimed and help less Coufed?ruto soldiers. This amount is too email! but so of necessity, for our Stato iajby no means rich. A a the list of pensioners annually increases, the pro rata for each person propor tionately decreaaoa. Tho mooting was presided over by Col. Davis, com mander of tbe Uiohland regiment, V. (J. V. Camps M. C. Butler, lluskell and Hood wore woll represented in the attendanco. Speeches wero mado by Capt. DeBruhl Cobb of Camp Butler, Capt. Raburn of Camp Haskell, Capt. \V. D. .Smith of Camp Hood and Capt. J. Lewis Ward I aw. failed With a Large Cargo. The monster British steamship Ouch Maree, J. Simpson, master, aatled from Port Royal, recently, y with H, 000 tons of phosphate rock and v 11,101 balea of cotton for Liverpool. She had cloarod loaded with 11,491 bales cf cotton, but whon about to pot sail the captain ro quirod 300 bales to be discharged from, lior bofore going to sea, owing, it is said, to some defeotive stevedoring. She went oat drawing 2.0 feet of wator. Capfht in a Shaft. W. Pink Hair, a respectable yonng planter of the Olar section, was oaught 1n a shaft at F. Joyner'a gin and iu stantl v killed. He was etanding with Jli*. baek to the shaft aud ia anppoeed to have atepped back against it when bis ooat caught and wound him around tbe shaft, breaking Ua left arm and mutilatiag hie side. Hi* elotheeiwere entirely torn from hie body. One shoe sole was torn off and waa pitehed np a boat 40 feet from tha spot. II IS MIAMI Bill The Jubilee Pageant One of Sur passing Brilliancy. OUR StfACOAST DEFENCES. ! 'Mk1 I piscopal Convention Closes it b 1 ahors ourtccii Negroes Killed in the Missis sippl Kate War-- Cuban Assembly Meets. ? ? rnn.AiJKUMUA (Special). --rhiladel phia lifted its hand and dolled t It u nu tiou's h at to its uavnl heroes Tuettday. Nominally it wan tlio oxeoutiveoponiuir of t ho police jubilee. Actually it was a thunrierouBgroetiug of pruise. welcome ami thanks to a puissant. urinaria ami tho moti who Bwopt it on to unchal lenged victory. The moBt illustrious actors of tiie war whoso glorious oiiri iu tho motivo of celebration, learnori what their country thinks of thoiu. Sigsbee, Philip, Evans, Waiuwright? the&o wore Home of the men. The Texas, thoOlou coster, tiie Wiualow, tho Mayflower ? tlioso were some of tho chips. Tho government was reprobated by Some tary of the Navy Long; tho people by a throng tliiit tilled every L>i t of timber on oilhet shore of tho Melawuro river and jammed every, available craft to tho point of dangev. Tho marine pag?aut was ouo of surpassing brilliancy and grandour. Our Scacoast Defenses. Tho annual report of Hrigariior den oral John M. Wilson, chief of engiu eei'H. ? ULnitud Statue aruiy. hus beeu made to tho h'epfretary of War: Muring 1 1) o fiscal vontf projects for permanent seacoast ilofonsos woro prepared and approved by the Secretary of War for Port Koyal, S. (!. ; St. John's rivor, Flo. ; Tampa, I'la. , and Sabine l'ass, Tex., making thirty localities m the United States for which projects of permanent defences have thus far been approved under tiie genoral scheme recomtiionded iu 1890 1>y the End loo It board. At the clotso of tho liscal year tho coii8tructiou of permanent modern defensive works wan in progress at 25 localities. ...Existing projects for sea coast defonsoB contemplate tho em placement of about 500 heavy guns of H, 10,' 12 and l(i inches calibro, of about 700 rhpid fire guua of various calibres, and of about 1,000 mortars. Tho osti niatod approximate cost of the engin eering work couuoctori with tho in Htallatiou of this armament is $;V>. 000, 000. Episcopal Convention Adjourns, Washington, (Speoial). ? After h boh Hiou of threo weeks, tlio Episcopal Trionulal Council of 1 Hj?(i ohiuo to 'tin ond Tuesday uight. Probably novor beforo at oue convention has tbo coun cil transacted moro-TmsinosH than at this mooting or so much of vital import ance to the Church. Tbo work ac complished included a complete re vision of tho constitution, with many important amendments, ntosL of them of minor character to tho caucus. The uow constitution will havo to be ratified by tho next succeeding convention, thvoo y?ai? honce, boforo it becomos operative. A matter which has receivod tho oarnest attention of tbo council has beou tho question of Church unity, upou which au amendment to tho con stitution M as adopted. The Cuban Assembly Meets. SAiro&Gcfj'B Cujia, {Ky_ cable}. ? Tho first. sesHidi)' of the Cuban Assembly was held at Hant^i C'rus del' Bur Mon day. A majority', of tho 'delegates are military delegates, each of the six army corps tMbng represented by eight men. Tho sensation of the Assembly was tho appaaranoe of Genera! Calixto Onrcia, onj& of the delegates of the Fifth Army Corps. His election to probido over tho proceedings is con sidered a foregone conclusion. Tho principal question for consideration will be the question of disbanding the army. ^ Bubonic Plague. Tho outbreak of bubonic plaguy at Vienna, duo to the experiments in cul tivation of the plaguo bacillus, has spread terror at the Austrian capital. Three cases in addition "to that of the lato Ilerr liarisoh, tbo assistant in tho ostabliahmont who contracted the bu bonic plague while cultivating tho bacillus, have now occured. Two Nefro Assassins Shot to Death. A special from Augusta, Oa. , says: After a coroner's inquest, during which Jim Maokie and Lather Bullivan im plicated each other in the murder of Mr*. J. O. Adkinson, at llepublioan Church, Kdgefield^ county, about 14 miles aoross the i-iver from here, in Houth Carolina, both men were shot to death by the enraged people of the neighborhood in which the murdered woman lived. Fourteen Negroes Killed. Meiudian, Miss. (Special). ? Fourteen i? the number of negroea killed iu the Ilarperville race riot The negroes who tied to the nwarnpe have made good their etoepe aad the race conflict is uow at an end. One of ibo .negroes who was wonnded lb the first fight ?t Bill Ibirke'a house, aurrendered at Walnut Orove. He Will be taken to the Meridian jail, where the other prisoners are confined for eafe keeping until the circuit court convenes. The open i eg of tho French Chamber of Deputies waa attended .with riotsw demonstrations. Gen. Cbasoaiif, aio | Stf^j7?\Jaa^migm!Sma Mi&s Perry, of Ctaikstw, Marrki ? Ortt I>?ke de LMa, Ykioint lar&waa b4w IIUDQlARTlkS S. C. DIVISION. Iniled Confederate Wlcraus, Charleston. (ictieral Order Number Jtf. Octobor ISth, lStM. ' T A period of Unity daya has boon allowed to idapso, before tho formal | nnuounoomout of t ho diinth of "l'ho I Milliliter of the Confederacy" i* lilrtde ' to the oomrudoa of tho Miyiaiou, a* a ' HO.iaon of nilout mourning for tlio irro I l arable lot#?) of the representative of i t l*o war- period, who bound us to our J only Confederate i>i esidont, >letVerson Davis, Tho division couiiuaiidei ?s tended to M if. .IclVeraou Hat la tho I nympathy of tho comrades by tele- ' graph, in t lioso words: "In tin* naiuo ! of tho gnuf atrickou comrades of the ' division I ofVer in<>?t respectful and \ sincere avmpathy, " and also ordered ' tbo Adjt. -Oouorai of tlio division to accompany tho detonation from tho cam pa of i ho Charleston regiment, who wore aont to Hiohuioud to attend tlio ftiueral, taking with him tbo division colors, thus representing the dtviaion. j I u his official capacity bo was invited to bo ouo of tho honorary pall hearers. J II. MIh8 \' art n ? Anno l>avts died nt j Nari agansett l'ior, H. I., September i 18th, ih'IH. 'j'ho title "Daughter of tbo Confederacy" died with her, Wore it not for those who are to fol- j low us, find perpetuate tho memories of the utruggle of the Confederate ' States, tho division commander would romnin silent, aH words aoem to bavo lost thoir eignitlcaufe. and aoino griefs ; are too keenly felt to bo rolieved by ? wailing out our woes. 1 Tho position of "Tho I laughter of the Confederacy" waa unique, ! nml there can bo no successor. Never did woman have tho huuiw do votod and reverential alloctiou of ho iMflny httndrods oT thousands of earnest 1 Hod fearing people, never did womau so fully desorvo it. To tbo Coufodor- [ nto Votoffkns sho represented tnoro 1 than n sentiment, she w?h the einbod- i lment of u priuoiplo. Wo bavo furled our ban nor forovor, and now wo have buried our hoartn in tho grave of ,,The.j I laughter of the Confederacy," aa ?ho peacefully aleepa by hor father'a side sharing with him tho blessing of their and our (Sod. Wo can only mouVu und any Hod's will bo done. To .Mra. .lett'oiKon Da via, uud to bor only roruaining child, Mrs,.. ,1. A. j Hayes, we extend heartfelt anil earnest sympathy, and as most keenly and for the rest of thoir lives, they must stiller, no iu greater plentitudo may the Hod of morcy comfort thorn and bring fsolaoo to their crushed and lucorutod hearts. III. For throe mouths, from Sop tombor 18th, 18JIM, the caiupa of tho division will drape their colom m mourning, in honor of tbo memory of ' 'The Daughter of the Confederacy, " and in testimony of tho sincere grief of the comrades of tho diviaion. By Order Major-Honeral C. Irvine Walker. .Iambs (}. Holmks, AdjiHant-Oeiieral, < -li iof of Staff. / The Kennedy fVupOrty Accepted. V' Cien. Cole met Mayor IvipBoomb, of Columbia, at tho hitter's office and after briefly discussing a few incidentals, notified him that he would accept tho tender of tho Kennedy property for tho location of the brigudocump. lie mado another careful inspection of tho prop erty and aaid that bo was well pleased with the place which bo baa aeleoted. He was very careful in looking into the heulthfuluoss of tho surroundings, and ia satisfied that tho place is woll suited for the purpose for which it is inteudod. The drainage is exoellont, aud tl^O nature of tho uoil all that could bo ex pected. lie caused exceptions to be mado in order to n^J^y himself that tho ground would reaimy absorb mois ture. In addition to this tr>?ot of 100 acres, the # government will bavo the uae of a piece of pine laud lyiug beyond tho liroad river road. Permission wan granted for treoa not over 5 inches in diarnotor to be cut when necossary. A Terrible Accident. A deplorable and distressing noeidont Happened recently to Hugh, the fourth hou of Mr. H. W. Hcott, living near Wianckey, Sum tor county. The young man was in the ginhouso of- Mr. JJos champa attending to tbo ginning of Homo cotton. Hoaching under the gin ?o remove a fow moats, his sloevo was caught by tho rapid revolving rows aud Ilia loft arm out to H^rods. When assistaucf^ronchcd l|im it wan found that tbo etrtiro front of tbo irin would bnvo to be removed bofore bo could be extricated, aH bia arm was woiiud com pletely nrouud tho saws. Ho waa taken out aa noon as possible and medical aid summoned, Tho arm wan nmputated near tho ahoulder au<l nt last accounts he was resting eaav, but tbo ahock wan bo groat that his chancos for recovery are doubtful. ? ? ? Trom Marion lo Mullins. Mr. )?). I >. Moore, tlio energotie Iohbso of tho foe Doe 'foU}>hoae Com pany, in about to entablieh A inuch denired telephonic connection between Marion and Mullins. Tho lumber, wood and shingle busi ness at Piokene im making things lively around tho dep^t. It promises to fur- : Dish employment to a great many hands j for the winter months. f - . ... A Taxpaying County. In the settlement with the Comptrol ler-General, Newberry, county exhibits a remarkable fact in her finance*. The levy for the past fiscal yfar amount* tc $00,849.40, all of which wu collected by Treasurer Boyd except $66. 40. Mr. Clybnrn, of the ComptrollerOeaeral's i office, was less than twahou ri in mak ing the settlement, and be complimenti tho county officers very highly for the excellent ehape in which he fonnd their tffiok*. ' 1 ' "*?' " ?:rrr".,.:r? " ? A Ciutf IV 9WWT wH VI#,' Private Walter Allen, Co. B, waa| . shot in Columbia by another soldier. . whose name oomld no be learned. Jhe I [belt el tared the left thigh aid made aa j "mgly fcil iltliltgll tUlllUt - SIBIT W* WW* wWwSWWWW^SW^ei ? . fmwaTs Rcpiiv Saccsede est. Alslea. ' STo fill tho rmmmtj ceased by the dAh tf Jsss>> K. Alrtom, Governor (tea eaeMatasieMd s^ieatoaant af I MISSISSIPPI'S UK WAR. FJovcn Negroes Killed anil Ono Seriously Injure:!. # AN ULTIMATUM AT LAST. The Aiiteric.ins Take ti iani in the la drone* bee moii \ i? a -its I I ho Kuilroad* l'rii.slt Warshps Ordered I *? Mtd>:li/i\ - r? ? ? .M r.KiDi.v.N, Mlra. (Special), *v ' ',<5 most blood y i iico war I lint liAaocourrod in M tssisaippi since the exciting days of tho reconstruct. oil period is raging in Scott county, .'iO inilos west of Meridian. Tho war grow oul of an an bftult on ('unt ies I ). l'lccman, a whifto man, by Hill lliiike, a negro. A-war raut was hwoi'U out for tho arjont of lint ke, tun! Constable Thompson, With l.*? inoa, went to tlio house of Burke, who livon n luilo front HrrpemVillo, to cxocuto tho writ. When Constable Thotnpwou and his posso arrived they fonnd I'.urko for 1 1 lloil iu his little log but With ."iO of <!0 negroes ambushed on the promised, and tho officers demand for a hiu i onder was ausworrd with a volley. . Olltcer Siblev, on u of thy povso, was instantly killed and three otllors, iuclnding ( 'oiu tublo Thompson, Boi'ioitbly won luted. The posye was thrown into eon fusion by tho volleys, hnt the tiro vuis returned, und for n time n desperate hattle rugod in the dark. I he negroes wofo greatly in the m njor it v, In? wo vol', mid t lie o Hirers roliiod and sent runners for help. Tlio oherifV respotulod with heavy riunforco luent4, and tho battle was renewed in the iiioi n hi;; |~?'-'Mie Now Orleans I'icavune'H Forest, Miss., r.porial says: Kloveu dead no grooa, ono dend white man ono negro uml tin on whito men seriously wound ed, is tho result of the bloody war be ing waned between tho whito and black racea in the I lai pel avillo neighborhood of Scott couutv. Several of tho riotora have boon uapturod and lodgod in jail at Forest, but the others escaped into tbe Bwampa. Large crowds of whito lii on aio iu cIobo pursuit,- liowovor, and lAoro names are hoiirly'ot pocted to bo imded to tho death list. An Ultimatum at Last. Washington, (Special. )? Tho Ameri can commissioners have delivered what was couwidorod as an ultimatum to the HpaniSti commissioners. 'J he Presi dent is Hatisliod at last that tho Spanish commissioners are purposely delaying the negotiations. This is the belief of tho American commission also. The tiiuo has now come to cut oft1 all false pleaa ami to coino diroctly to tho main issue loft open by tho protocol, namely, | the disposition of tho Philippines. So fai' the American commissioners, while preserving a iirin attitude, have treated the Spanish with the utmost courtosy and consideration, allowing frequent postponements of tlio work of tho joint commission to accommodate tho Span iards, but now, without doparting from their oo'.wtoous treatment of the Span iards, (he Americans will find it in oumhont upon them to apoalc very plainly as to tlio determination of the United States government to regard this inattor of tho Cubau debt and Cu ban'uovoroignty as paused over ?ud be yond recall. Adverse to the Railroads. Washinotou, (Spooial). ? Tbe United KtutcH Suproine Court has decided the Joint Traill a Association Railroad cano in favor of tho United States and Auainat tho railroads, rj'ho cobo is con sidorod one of the most important that bun evor coiuo bofoio the Supreme Court, not only to Vsilroads, but to tho general public, and because of tho vai>t properties ref.roscnted by the trafllo as nociatiou. Tho association v an formed on Novembor 19, 1891, by 8t railroads, reprefeutiug the great trunk hues and their network of branches. The pur pose of the association, as statod in tho articles of agreement, was "to establish and maintain just rates, rules and reg ulations in State and inter-State traf fic. " 7 *" Hurrying Ships for Service. London, (My Cable). f-Tho British admiralty has issued a p umber of Big nitlcant orders. The dock yardn at Portsmouth, Devonport and Chatham Lutvo each received instructions to pro pare six HO-knot torpedo boat destroy ers for commission in 24 hours. Over time hours bogim on tho first-class cruisers ItLuropa and iiomanda, ho as to hurry thorn for sea service. Several gunboat* in the dock yards have been ordered to postpone unnecessary refit ting. British Warships Ordered to Mobilize. The commanders of all the warships of the British North American squad ron have received orders to mobilize at Halifax. ^ The Americans Take Gsam. Pakis, (By Cable).? Guam, in the Ladrone Islands, has been chosen by tbe Americans for the United States, trader tbe terms of the protocol, and.its session.- lias been confirmed by tile Spenieb commission. JJoteilsef minor importance alono remain to bo decided upon in connection with the cossibaof Porto Rico, tho forma! tranfer of which is practically accomplished. \ . _ fgfcft |||f fig AHi*fiaiKf Tbe members of tbe iosalax^abinet, I ?f Pcrte-IW?<?? took tbe oatfe of aoee to the United States, el Sen J%* n. with befitting solemnity. JThey Will issue e manifesto annonneiv; tbelr res olntion to Avoid partisan politics sad and party strife. :r~~' fiea MerrtCT* Loroox, (By Mbto).~OMiwl Mer ?i ritt and Mi*m WilHeme wesfrj \ N1W HIT 01 IUST0KY. Virginia Owes a Company to Soutli Caru> Itua. ('ol. John 1'. Thomas, Stato historian, ii as just unearthed u curious bit of his tory relative to tho roll of a South Car ol in? company, C. S. A., about whioli information was asked for. Within a few days Col. i hoiuns'a work would have i'ftMi cloned and it is toport gutteu ready for tho ( icnerai m s o 1 1 ? I > 1 3' , and the roll came to light ju*d in tho nick of tinio. It rovonls tho fact, not gener ally known, ami not roforrod to in nil (Vifvderato literature, that Virginia owes ti* least 0110 company to South Carolina, a South ( 'aroliua ootnpauy having nerved ?M1 t Li 0 HIth \ iiginia Cavalry, C. S. A. 4?? l ike Unto a -Mexican Dojf. A thicken without feathers is nomu tiling vary raro indeed, lull a specimen of thi? hoi t was brought to (Ireouvillo by a man from tho mountntiiH. it wax rained hy I 'oc. Ilightowor. Thoohickou was liutclicil 111 May ami has novor had any feaihvi'M except a fow bristles liko pin feathers. It* skin in very red and tough, a natural roan It from tho ex posiiri' 10 the weather caused by tho absence of feathers. Tho chicken waa sold to an enterprising drummer, who wished ia lino it in advertising his wares, mid it waa put 011 exhibition in a Main street wiodew. It is said that Mr, Ilightowor Jins n niato to thin ohicken which is na fea'horless an tho one brought to town. Dispcic.ary Statistics. 1 >inpousary Olork W. W. Harris, in tho (iflvornor'a olllce, said that for tho month ending October loth, the eon stublos had soi/od 28f> packages of liquor and wino, avorairing about four and a half gallons to tho package, au ugureuato of 1,280 callous, Thin did not iucludo a carload boi/.od in Chos tor, nor a very great- many packages of beer which are seldom shipped to the State dwponsary, but aro usually dumped into the Htroots. Thin, ho aaid, would ?how that the cftujit^bloa w en; not idle, but are very nearly solf HU|/pui t)jig. The total amount of con traband , liquor dumped,, into tho tanks ak tho State dispensary for tho past qfiarior ags^i o^aled ?1,407.(53. ? Au Architcct Murdered. John (t. ('haflln, a contractor and builder of (Ireen vilieshot and instantly kill od Architect \V . J3. M. (Irube, formerly of Hochestor, N. V., but who has resided thoro for tho past two years. Tho shooting occurred iu 4 hall adjoining Ofaaffln'f olllco., Tin latter wi^s. arrested atid a coronor'n jury soon pro tight in a verdict of willful killing. C'halll u oamo hero from Vir ginia about three yearn ago. Orube wai a quiet, inoffensive man, and th? citizens of Uroenville are indiguant over his murder. The ahooting 4>ccur- ' red during a dispute over a small amount of money.1" Abbeville Cotton Tho Abbeville Cotton Mill. is ID Factory full and auccoftsfiil operation. The en tiro amount of tbo capital atook o Iiuh beon Hiibncribod and nearly all paid up. it in working; on full time and is turning out goods which are lunch nought alter. Not lung since tbo mill shipped fiftuou huudred baled of its output to China, it cotasumea daily from fifteen to twouty bales of cotton. Tbo mancger rocontly put in twonty-two additional looms and ox*; pectH hooii to add thivty or fort^r jtnpre; Arbor Day In Schools. At tho last meeting of the general as* sembly an act' authorizing the proper obseryauco of Arbor Day by the publio schools throughout the State was panned. In accordance with thia pro visiou Kuporiul.ondent Maylleld will is sue a circular let>6f to the county su perintendent* of oduoation citiug the act and request them to notify every teacher iu their couuty of such law and also ank that it bo complied with. -<?? Orangeburg's Trouble. Tbo trouble betweon the cotton bay era and weighers of Orangeburg which culminated in a suit for damafree against the buyers by the weighers and ' u temporary injunction against the placing of aii inspector on the cotton platform by the buyera, is doing, in tho opinion of tho busiuosa commun ity, lnoaldulable jnjury to the city'a trado. ? ... ? ? Governor Ellerbe has offered a re ward of 8J00 for tho arrest of the party or partion who no foully murdered Mra. J. O. Adkinson, in Edgefield, recently. Raids at the Isle of Palms. . The Ktato liquor constables raided the cafe at the Isle of Palma and the place pond uc ted by Nolte A btehmeyer, and from the two seized abont two han dled dozen bottles of beer.- One hnn drod and twenty dozen wero oaptorad from the Seashore Coin pan y'a cafe and more than seventy- f!?0 dozen from N oUg'^lIo a sta M a ^trobal, With aix men, cirrTthe seizing. Cot. Atstaa Dead. Col. Alston, of the Firat Regiment, diod at the home of hie wife, ii York* villo, Thursday night. Of heart f" CTrit, common senae and broadpaaa of mi.ud wer? (ho thr< Col. Alston, pi* i lie nevefgfefo ? command or order for tbo solo pnrpooo of himself popular, fart was the good of tha regiment.