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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE \ VOLUM H X. CA.MDKN, S. C., Kill DAY, MAY 2<i. NO. 20. i an met ml ? ? Opened By a Grand Parado and Fireworks ? - - ? > 75,000 PEOPLE PRESENT. General Wheeler Vccordea the largest Demonstration of the Day?The Pres ident Reviews the Parade and is Tu in u 11 ti -j us I v Cheered. W ash i si ox, D. Special.?Wash ington's pence jubilco was inaugurated at suiiiiso Tuesday, by a national sa luto of l:t guns from I ho Dolphin, an ckored ofV tho navy yard,and l>y a chime of bells and sound of steam whistles all ovor tho city. Tho day had been do cleared a half holiday in tho Depart men's, the hour being marked by a h?tt? of loguns. Tho first day's festiv ities wero marked by a parado com prising all tho rogular army and naval organizations stationed in and around Washington, togethor with tlio Distr.c of Columbia Voluuteers. the Dolawait National (inard, tho Chinese Navai lloservos of l'hiladolpkia, tho votoiaiu of tho Grand Army, and tho Fourth and Ninth t'nitod Statoa Kogimouts ol Imtnuuos. Ovor 5,0U0 mon wore in tho prrado. Tno routo was that ful lowed by tho inauguration parades, down Pennsylvania avenue, atvund tho Treasury and in front of tho White House grounds, whero a large review ing stand, gracefully decorated with bunting, win erected. The three squares extending from the State, War and Navy Department to tho Treasury building had boon transformed luto a court of honor. On each Pido classic columns were reared and two broad arches span ued b\ festooned lings aud bunting lnarkoo tho ontranco and exit to t! o court. Tho i ublic benches along tho avenue at this j oint wero black with people, aud tho furrcundiug parks were thronged, Tt?e President, mombers of hie cabinet aud their wives, tho am bassadors and foreign ministers, with their attaches, (ieneral Miles and hjf fitnfT, and many prominent people in public and privato life, occupied the reviewing stand. Tho enthusiasm wa* great ns the parade passed through the court of honor. 'J ho President and Secretaries Hay aud Cage, who stoou ou a email platform jutting from the Btand, wero repeatedlv aud tumultuous ly applauded as they uncovered their heads each time tho American colois trooped by. < ion. Wheeler was tccorded the largest demonstration. In full uai form ho rodo iu a carriage. Ilo wa everywhere cheered. As ho readied the reviewing stand ho aroso and sa luted the Prosideut. 'J ho people wont wild. Another interesting and significant incident was tho chccring of Sousa's new march, "Hands Across tho Sea." Olio of tho bands struck up this stir ling air as the reviewing stsnd was reached. Tho applause which irreeted it was fctartcd by tho diplomats, .spread throughout tho stand, and broke into a roar of cheers along the whole length of the ojurt of honor. Tho | arade was three quarters cf un hour passing the reviewing i arty. Probably 7>,0l() people went to tho White House at night to view tho inag nificeut display cf fireworks which in cluded a realistic reproduction of the l>ottlo of Manila, portraits of I'residout McKinley, Admiral Dewey nnd other notablo characters of the war. Presi dent ami Mrs. McKinley and most of tho membeiH of tho cabiuot weio iuter eeted spectators of tho exhibition. ^ Trouble in Ohio. l>Aisi:svii.M,f Ohio, Special. -A mob of .rjU() i>oo|>!u collected hero mid threats aro heard of lynching Jefferson Kelly, colored, who is charged with nssnultiug Mrs. WilhulmMia Nulker, of ('lovcland. The slionff is sweuring iu dej)Utios to guard the jail. I iltpino Poac-; Ci nfercnc;. Manila, Hy C'ablo.?Tho couferouoo between tho civil members of tho United Stales J'hilippino commission and representatives of tho Filipinos continues. Tho military nnd civil members of tho comiuittco differ ro gnrdilig tho wisdom of continuing tho conference, tho former odhering to their original demand for tho uncond* tioual surrender of tho insurgents. Sayers' Anti-Trust Convention. At.stin, Tex., Social.?Governor Savors has addressed letter? to tho Governors and Attorney (icnornls of ali tho Southern Statos, nuking them wbat date would ho most convenient to tLem to attond a convention to consi der tho question of uniform legislation in opposition to trusts. Tho time and place for holding tho convention will not be decided upon uatil answers are received. The Bubonic Piafue on the Inc. case. JIonoKono, By ('able. ? Tho bubonic plague ia increasing. The official ro porta thu$ far for the month of ?Low 313 cases, and ~-?4 deaths. Very Slow Work in Prospect. . The Haocc, By Cable.?The disar ms men t committee of the peace Con ference mot at 10 o'clock ob Tnssday morning. The committee on of warfare met dnriag the afternoon of the aame day, nnd the committee on arbi tration net Wednesday. The chiefs of the delegation* have had frequent con ferentes vith the of arriving at an agreement in regard to the ehoiee of ?llleera of the committee*, bnt appar ently many difficulties have arises, mm W settled. ' THF Tkt'ST rR0RI r \\. Civic Federation of Chicago W.inls (io\ernor l llcrbc There. Tho following invitation to an im portant gathering has rcuchod tliOgOY *rvor?(lov. Ellorbo will, of course, no nuablo to attend on account of h># health; it in not known yd whether ho will appoint delegates as rt *|u< I? ?.!: Chicago, May lit, J81*U. Hon. W. If. hi let'be, liovernor of H uth Curolma, Columbia, S. ('. Sir: The Civto l1%ederatiou of (*hi i*ago invites your participation iti u u?nf? renco to bo held in thiHcity iluuo .0 21), 1 SI*!*, to con^idcrt tho subjeet of ?rusts in ttic-ir illation to ccouuinio ?onditions geuernlly. Vou uro also ??espeetftilly requested to numo 11:i??? ?iti/.ens of your State, not all of tho juuiu political party, to purticipate in and conference. Tho discussion wikfecmbraco tbo ?*>?? 1 > jects of industrial, couiiiuuciid, labor nul transportation combination? their ises and abuses. Theeo Arc the para mount nroblems before tho ]>nb!io to la \, upon the proper solution of which 'ho welfare of nil classes ilep-nds, Tho ' i m o is lipo for a calm and thorough in vestigation of tho entire field, without which legislation must fail and tend to ncrtnio tho dangois of tho bituntiou. Wlni ."5 it is not expect* d that a thorough investigation of even any biniie** of his great question can bo mado iu ho diort a time, it is hoped that n begin ning may bo made and a plan adopted lor following up tho work along practi cal linos. A full discussion of the vnrionR phn ?;c8 of each fnlje.'t will be invited, ff you uro in sympathy with tho proposed ijouferciico, kindly reply, for use m tho press. Yours very rcspcctfully, JoSIAli L. liOMltAIJO, President, U. M. Kart.ky, Secretary. 1'. S.?Tho attorney general and labor commissioners of tho various States have been included in the invi tation. ?? A Cliatauqua Association. A Cliatnuqna association, 1 he purposo of which is to be ty1 the South what the Northern Cuatuuqun is to tho North and Kast, is in process of for mation and promises to be a great suc cess. It is to be located at "Chatuu <pin. " Mr. St. .Tulien fJrimke has I cen iu the field explaining its ob jects and purposes to the people of this and other States. As a result he hps secured as corporators of tho associa tion, which is to bo founded under the act of this State controlling social and | churitublo organizations, many men J than whom none m tho South stand j higher in educational and literary eir- j cIch. The association is to have a cap ital stock of $25,000 with tho privi lege of increasing to $100,000, divided into shares at So <?ncli. It is to bo lo cated at "Chatauijua-Hy-The-Sea," on \ tho Isle of J'alms, oil" tho const near j Charleston. This is one of the most delightful spots iu tho whole Southern ' country and is easy of access. I 3ke Cit> I'ostoffice Again. Congressman James Norton whs in ! Columbia on bis way to Washington. J i Mr. Norton'*) trip will be in tho behalf 1 tif tho people of Jjuko City. He will ' endeavor to persuade tile postofTice 1 department to restore the otlieo at that < place. Tho ollice whs abolished subse- j <jin nt to tho ufsnsfcionlion of Baker, i ihe negro post muster, and the people ' of Jjiilie City, whieli is a town of 500 inhabitants, are compelled to go to J Seranton, three miles awny, for their j mail. Mr. Noiton says that this action of tho government, while,of course pun ishing those who aidedaud abetted tho killing of Baker, works a hardship on tho business men and law-abiding citi zens. Palmetto Notes. I)r. Cljas. i\ McGahan of Aiken has been appointed Iho only delegate from the American CiiniHtological asso eiation to (ho World's Congress on Tuberculosis, which is to meet in Bcr lin this month, under the auspices of Fmperor William. The doctor sailed from New York Friday. Fur hi an University vill graduate 22 young mou on Juno 11. Tho llcv. C. A. Ktakely will preach tho bncealaurc ato sermon. Attorney (Jenernl Bellin ger will mnko tho alumni address, aud Piceident Haitzog will make the liter ary addrcRfl. On Monday the Women's Foreign Missionary society oi the Orangeburg district conference of tho Methodist Episcopal church will convene in Aiken. Coming Commcnccnicnfs. Theso announcements aro from tho (Southern Christian Advocato this we?.-k: Bishop Candler will 2>reflch the commencement, nermon of Columbia Femule College on June 4, and will speak ou tho Twentieth Century Move ment on tho night following. Colum bia has an opportunity to hear a strong jnd splendid preacher, cno who never fails to fully meet au occasion. Dr. A. Coko (Smith will preach the com mencement sermon of Honth Carolina collego A&d will deliver the com mencement oddre?a at Newberry col lege. A great treat is useured to Lit bearers; The Cowpeni Battle Ground. A commiaaion for a charter has been tsaned to the Cowpeaa Battle Gronnd Memorial Association, of Oaffsej. It ia * announced that tho parpoae of tbe cor poration ia to have tbe Oowpena battle ground need ae a memorial park, and to preeerve all thinga connected with that memorable battle. The corpora* tore of tbri AAociatfon arc: I>. A. Tho ma?, E. A. Treacot and T. B. Rotter. The Aeaociatloo baa uo c?i>iU? clock. J ik mm hum. McKinloy Makes a Proposition to the Insurgents ? ?? GOV.GENEHALIO BE APPOIN1LD ? Also a Cabinet, aiul I atcr an Vdvfcory Hoard lo h.' 11cclod b> t c Board -Hate Made No D.-finite Proposition. Manii.a, Mv Cablo.-- Prof. Sehur tuanu, Lead of tho United States Phil ippine com miss ion, has submitted ttio following writti-u propositions to tho Filipinos: "\\ lulo tho linal decisiou as to tho form of government in in 'ho hit mis of Con<ji 038, tho Prosident, uu der his military powers, pending tho notion of Congress, stands remly to otVer tho following form bf govern ment: A governor genei al to bo appointed by the 1 'rosidont; n cabinot to bo appointed by tho govornor goneral; all tho judges to bo appointed by tho l'rosidont; tlio houdri of departments and judges to he either Americans or Filipinos, or both, and also a general advisory coned, its members to L>o eh^seu by tho people by tho form of "uflrago to bo lioreaftor determined upon.' 'l'ho l'rosidont cernostly dosiros that bloodshed cease and that tlio poo/do of tho Philippines, U an early date, enjoy tho largest mensuro of self govornmont compati ble with pcaco and ordor." Tho United Statoa commission pro parod tho schomo and tho l'rosidont cablod liis approval of tho form of tho document. Tho Filipinos havo mndo no dofinito proposition, except for a cessation of hostilities until they cau prosent tho quojtion of peaco to the pooplo. 1'rof. | ?.'?oKurman told the Filipinos they bad r.o means of gathering tho people to gether, as the Americans control most of '.ho ports. Ho also reminded them that t- liberal form of goverumont was o tie red tl.cm, and pointed out that it was better than the conditions existing utidcr Spaiuih rule, (jozaga, president j of tho Filipino commission,replied that I not lung could bo worso than Spanish rule and admitted that tho form of gov - ] eminent proposed was liberal. ' Tho civilian members of the 1* ilipiuo commission havo declined to co-opor | ato with tho othor members of that commission, as tho former consider Aguinaldo's latest demand to be pre posterous, ufter Major (ieuoral <>tis' refusal of an armistice, referring to his wish for time in-order to consult with tlio FilipiuoOongrosS. After a oonfor euco to-morVow with tho United Stales commissioners, tho Filipino commis sioners will lunch with I'rof. Schurman and will afterward visit tho vessels composing tho American tleot. A \N hitccap Outrage. Favi:tti:mi-m:, (5a., Special.?Last .Saturday night a crowd ofmaskod man went to the houso of Tom Linton, a negro at Camp Creek, Bix n:ilo? north of here, burst his door in with an axo. and shot him twice. Ho died a fon minutes nftorwards. .Several others were whipped by whitccsps that night in that vicinity, and it is bojjovod they in tended dealing likewise with Linton, but that ho opened liro on them, aud tho.y shot in self defento. Linton was an inolVonsivo negro. It is fecre?t if tho nfl'air is ever solved it ?? ill involve some of tho county's best citizous. Draft of Form of Government Submitted. Manii.a, lJy Cablo.?Tho United States rhilippiuescoiuiiiission has sub mitted to tho Filipino commissioners a draft of tho form of government tho President iB prepared to establish. Ac cording to this plan, a governor gon eral will bo appointed for tho islands by tho President as will also bo 11 cabi net. and later an advisory council will bn elected l?y tho people. ' Telegraphic Briefs. Thrco ( inen^o rnoii, employes of tho Aetna Powder Company,at Aetna, Ind., werero blown t:> atoms in tho explosion of a tnnk of mtm-glycerino Suuday Li-bt. J. H. (iarrison, of Washington City, has been appointed auditor for the Isi and of I'orlo Hico. Ho wac connected with the cflioo of CompL'ollc:' of tho Treasury for .'{0 year ft. An organization to bo known as tho Cigar Leaf Tobacco Hoard of Trado of tho United .States was organized in Philadelphia Monday. Tho Fltzsimmous-Jetrries fight is to tako placo at night, instead of on tho afternoon of Juue 0. The directors of the Coney Island Sporting Club held a meeting in New York Mouday and do cide4>on this change. The Cuban arms question is appAr ontly ncaring a complete and rapid set tlement. The rayment rnd dispersal of half the armed bands that have been vountarily or involuntarily quartered on the contrary will begin,' according to the present programe, next Saturday, inHarana In antieipatiun of the prompt return of the volunteer troop* in the Philip* pines, the Becretary of War has tele graphed inetrnetione to General Whef Ur to eatabliah a model camp at the Preeido, for the accommodation of ?boat 4,000 Tolnnteera frees Manila, pending their aaeater-ont. The New York U|islatnre met at Albaay, it eitraorciaarjr eeeeioa, Mon day. Ooreraor Rooeerelt submitted a message In.which ho disenweed thefoa* oral^r?Wf? to **? THE NICAIMtil'A CANAL rite \e turc Still lloMiu? the Public At tcution. WASifiStiTON, 1). O., Special. Ad miral John Walker, the president of the Nicaraguan Canal Commission, called at the Stato Department, and bad a long talk with Sooretary Hay, respecting the work of the commission, and the courso to befpursued by the new Isthmian (.'dual Commission, which is to l?o appointed to carry forward tho work of tho present Nicaraguan (.'anal Commission. Admiral Wfclker was ab'o to auuuunoo the completion of tho work of tho proseut commission and promise to have tho thud report ready for submission to thel'rcNtdout by ext Monday, llo intimated that tho osti mated cost of tho projoctod canal was S1 '-.'."i,000,000, tho mean hot ween tho estimates of tho individual membei*. A NN ordy tV'ar. Mciubora of tho Stato Law and Order Henguo of Connecticut attempted last week at Canaan to put somo It,000 gal Ions of hard cider whoro it would do "no more harm" by smashing the bar rein containing it in front of tho town hall and letting tho KlnlV run away. Much of it found Its way across tho Hiuaro and into tho basement of t hnst Churoh,whoro it threatened to ruiu tho carpet of tho Sunday Bchool room. A vostryman stopped tho smashing of tho barrels after u wordy war with tho smashers, in which nearly the whole ?juwu took sides. Hccruits tor Cienfucgosand Havana. Washington, 1). C,, Special. -'1 ho funeral ship Crook which has boon transformed in to a regular army transport, Bailod Saturday from Now Savanuah, (in., whoro they will em bark tho Second llogiment of In fantry for transportation to Cionfuogos, Cuba. Tho transport Dixie, which brought tho Fouth llogimeut of Im muiiOM homo from Man/.anillo, also left Now York Saturday with about 0(i0 recruits for Havana. A Nowport News special to tho Hai ti moro Sun snvs: "Tho preliminary (rial trip of tho Battleship Kearsago, which in furthor advanced tiian her Bister ship, tho Kentucky, also build ing hero, will tnko placo early next month, aud hor official trial trip will follow in about two or three week*. Tho shipyard peoplo hope to hnvo tho Kearsago ready to go into commission about two months afier her official trial trip, which will bo about Septem ber 1. Corl)H Visits the President. IIotSimnor, Va., Special.?Adjutant (ienoral Corbin has arrived hero bear ing Komo documents upon which he desiros tho l'rosidout'a action. It is understood that they refer to tho sit uation in Cuba, regarding tho plan for tho disarmament of tho Cuban troops. A quostion has boon submitted by (Jeneral Hrookc, whether or not tho arms should bo turnod over to tho mayors of towns, or to United States j ofllcers. The I xtr^tScssioii of Congress. Hot SniTNds, Ark., Spocial. ? Presi dent McKiuley has not yet given con sideration to tho subject of an extra session of Cougro*". This statement was inr.do hero officially and was Drought forward by published an nouueomojits that an extra Boseion had boon dcoided upon on tho ouo bund, and on tho other thai such a session would not bo called. T. I*. A. Officers l.lectcd. Louikvit.t.k, Ky., Spccial.?-Tho Na tionnl TravolorH* Protectivo Association lins olcctod Lucion V. Latasto, of Ala baina, president; W. It. Johnson, of Knoxvillo, vico-prcsidont, and 1j. 'J'. La beau mo, of St. I>ouih, Becrotary. The Raleigh Sails irotn Charleston. Ciiaiw.kkton, S. C., Special. ? The cruiser Raleigh, Capt. Cogblan, Kuilod at noon 'J'uesdny for Portsmouth, whore hIjo goos out of coniminnion. She will bo thoroughly overhauled and remod - eled. Meets Next Year in Richmond. Cor,UMni;o, (>., Special.-?Tho Ameri can Water-Works Association ndjonrn to meet next year in Richmond, "Va.f on a dato to be fixed by tho ex ecutive committee. Tapers wore read by If. C. Ilodgokins, of Svracuso, on "Economic Arrangements and Con struction of SubBtrucluros and Streets," and by I'rof. A. M. bieiie, on "Prac tical Valuo of liactcriological (Examina tions. " A Pitblic Re icption to Admiral Schley. Omaiia, Neb., Special.?A public ro ception was given Admiral Schley in tho rotunda of tho cit.v halj. Notwith standing tho intcnaoly disagreeable weather at least 10,000 people cheored. Conspicuous among tbos^trho pressed forword to grasp the hand of the ad miral were the school children, who wore endeutly liis onthuaiastio admir ers. Tho admiral was vigorously cheered t-i he left the city hall. The faaeral of former Gorernor Boa well P. Flower, of New York, i^ok place Monday in St. Thomaa church, Fifty-third atreet and Fifth avenue, of wbich be wst TealryiaaD. MU of indictment hare been aub> m it ted to the errand jury in the United States district court sgalrts} the prinei* I alt end Alleged co-conspirators is the great revenue stamp oennterfeitinx case reoentlyexposed by secret sorrios men. Among tbe bills ie one eberging Former United States District Attor ney Ingbam with eoniplrMy, od bis lev partner and former assistant is tbe diatriet nttorney'e ?flee, Harrey K. Newitt, with bribery of Beerel Dm iiee lilt II til The Cubans Want to Retain Thcii Arms. THE PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY. New Memorial Association Organiicd, ? A IliK Sonthcrn Combination ?? Asked to Ho co?ni?c the I xpo it'.on. ? Havana, l>y Cable. ? Havana i? in a fcrmont again o \ or tho idea that tho Washington administration lifts de termuiodto take tho nrtns of the ( uban troops niul to rotain them in military possession. 1 Imh view of tho latent news from \\ nshii.k'ton lias boon telo graphed to tho various cities. lioycvuot (lonci'(il Mrooko i* thus far unawnro, save through press telegrams, of any dissatisfaction on tho part of (ienoral A Igor, Secretary of War, with his ((ienoral Crooko's) plan to hare the arms deposited in tho euro of the ma.voiB cf tho inunicipalities, nor has he received any other inkling of the Secretary's purpose to lay the matter bofo^o President Mclviulov. Cotiso quently tho govornor ironoral's order i ospeetiug tho distribution of the S:t,0t?0,(X)0 as modified, was \sauotl Saturday. Tho Secretary of \N n'r has beon in for moil of tho fcubntaut'O of this order, in tho usual course of bnsineas. Havana's midday papors publish tho Washington news, sonio of them com monting oditoriatlv upou it. Ah the l^oiut about whero tho arms are to be kept appears io be thought of vital im portance in Washington, tho conviction announced there that tho mayors can not be trusted with I hem, is a cause o) fresh discontent just at tho moment whon tho various ^amplications appear ed to bo unraveled. Tho mayors art tho appointees of tho govei nor general, and when tho Military Assembly dis solved, thov were made its reprosonta live? to i eceivo tho arms. Ai'ticio ?!, of tlie acreonient between (Jen. (lomez and Hobert 1'. Porter, President Mc Kinlev's special rei rosentrtive. runsns follows: ' Tho Cubans shall surrender their arms to tho Cuban Assembly, oi to its representatives." (!en (ionic/., who r.t tho timo of com ing to tho agreement with Mr. Porter, had not quarreled with tho Assembly, insisted upon this point. Sinco the quarrel bo has again raisoil tho point repeatedly, Paying also that Mr. I'or tor brought full wiitten authority from Prosident MoKinley, and in tho Presi dont'H name, agreed that tho urmi should go into tho custody of tho As sembly, or its representatives. The Presbyterian Assembly. l't< iimono, Ya., Special?Tno first businosM of tho second day of tho (ion eral Assembly of tho Southern Presby terian Churw wns the appointmoui of staodiug committees. A memorial was rocoivcd from tho superintendent of tho Woman's Chiislian Toinporance Union suggesting that tho fourth Sun day in Novonibor iu each year should bo set apa^as an annual teniporanc* Sabbath. HI was referred to a com mitteo on bills a.id overturoi. A com munication was received from Kev. J. Lewio IIowc, of Lexington, Vn., bear ing upon the representation of thii Church ou tho board of trustees in tin United Society of Christian Kuiloayor. Referred. Various overtures fron. Presbyteries on tiio hymn book one other questions woro received and ro ferrod. THF. $1 000.000 Twentieth Century I unci. Cincinnati, <)., Spcclal.? Hot. J. W. Hamilton, corresponding secretary o' tho Methodist Jtishops, lias announced the plan and appeal of tho bishops* foi tho ?1,000,000 Twentieth Century fun? for tho Freedmou'fl Aid nnd Southern Education Society, and tho extension ol tl.o socioty'M work iu tho Wont ludici and tho Philippines. Shaffer in Charge of Alaska. Wasii/ngton, i>. C., Spocial.?Th< War J>oparti:ient has turned ovor tc (iencral Shaftcr tho coin|>leto directiou of all military affairs in Alubka. Th? only general instructions Kent to hitn has l)oen to relieve tho soldiers who huvo lieon H(at:oned>tu Ala.sluf) by froeh troop', it being deoin an ? U'llrjfo to at tempt to retaiu inou in that climate fc more than one yeAr At a time. Will Test NN irelcs* Telegraphy Before Lay. injf Cable. Halifax, N. S., Special.?The quea tion of establishing communication bj cable between Halifax and ha bio is land, which has been under consider ation by tho Canadian authorities for a long time, has led to a dosire that wireless telegraphy be fully tested be fore the exponse of laying a cablo is undertaken. It is also proposed to make experiments with the wireless system between shoro points and coast lighthonser, vith a view to determin ing its ralue in connecting points closer together than are Sable Island and the Nova Scotia mainland. Arrive* et Watfetagtea. Washing!on, D&?.. Special.?The Pros id eat and Mr*. McKinley, with the frionde who accompanied them, reached Waehiagtoa at 5:30 Saturday, overjhe Baltimore A Ohio. Tfce stay of 12 Ajfe at Hot Springs was one aim oat oatirol^ of reel, tbv only breaV being a day's ran to Nat oral Bridge, o week ago. Tho ontiie baa boon of groat tvneflt to tboPxoeidet.1, aejl ho ro?aas?i hie official latioo ttwWjWfV'?oM ond i**ig eraled. \ tiRlAT C?1 \NC? I Ok' OIK It \CIHRS. 1 lio Summer School to he tlcKt at Rowk 11.11. 1 lie teachers of the State will be per mitted to spend n month very pleas antly, ami ut it little cost, tlnn sum mer. Tlie legislat lire has appropriated So.OOil ft>r ih? 11iinI schools this year Of this amount ?1,000 will I),' spent tU conducting normal institutes in each county, and tho remaining $1,000 will bo devoted to employiug teachers to conduct tin* summer schools at \\ io lliroj) ('ultimo. This institute in not !i r teachers alone, hut for *11 euro tu take the eourso of Ichsouh ^mitl lectures to ho given 4?v the State/ 1 lie only expense to he incurred ,ls the railroad fare ami $12 a mouth for hoard. / 1 he Hummer^rehool will/open on Juuc lnth, uud will coi.tiuu/u xnwuth under (lie control of theStiwfe Hiiperin teiulciit of education. ilY. AIcMuluiu bus inado the following y*u lections of inst s uctors: 1'iof. II. A. Snyder, of W'olTord, P.nglish; 1'rot. H. Means Ihi vii, td Sout h ('aroli tin col lego, consti tntional history of the I'nited Statin, and I'rcf. (>. j. Hond, of the Citadel, mathematics and astronomy. The partmenl el pedagogics will he under Profs. Patterson Wardlnw, id the South Carolina college and J. W. Tlimnpamt, of Wiulhrop. ('orrebpomlenco ih ntfw being had with Col. I'jirlier, the noted jiuthority tui pedagogics, who iw connected with tho Chicago normal college. AUowith I'rof. Wilbur S. Jackson, of the Riinio institution, who is wanted to deliver practical lectures on elcnicntmy "ci ence. At tho conclusion of the term of tho bumtner school, the work of the county institutes will begin. Splendid teachers w ill be selected to visit each county and give practical illustrations of how and what to teach. Tho county insti tutes get $l,OU0 of the legidati ve appro? priation. lb-sides this tl cso schools will get from tlirco or four thousand dollars from tlr) permanent fund, besides 81, 1 Hi) from the 1 oabody fuml. Oil the whole, it appears that thin summer is to be a great one for the teachers and for the advancement *>f the educa tional interests of tho State. I armors' In -1 tutes. h' lustitutcK will |t(> I.t'lil iti n limited number of counties this summer. All expenses of the meeting will l>o met by Clemson College, The community in which tho Institute is held in expected to provide u suitable place for tho speaking, to advertise tlx; meeting ??>??1 to arrange tlio minor detail*. It ih desirable tlmt local speakers ami writers assist in the ex cruiso* of the Institutes by discussing subjects in which they are most inter ested, or in which they have succchs ful experience. It may not be prac ticable alwayk to hold the Institute on the (lay desired by tho coiumuiiHy, an ilitl'ereut places sometimes ask for the same (lnte. The final selection of the date must, therefore, bo left to the college authorities, but tho wi.-hes of the community will be observed a? far ua practicable. It is the policy of tho collide to lengthen, when def-iru ble, tho ses'siona of the Institute. Where sullicicul intt n st in manifested the Iustftftto will be couductcd for u longer period than a day. This work will bogio about the first of August, and application!) should be sent in at once. Bpeeify tho time and place, and the tin itch of the gentlemen who are willing to serve on the local committee. Tho subjects discussed at tho lustitutcH should be adapted to local conditions. It i? therefore asked that those ii.ter cated designate the subjects that aio believed to bo of the most interest to tho locality. Among tho subjects that the members of the Institute Stuff aro prepared to discuss may be men tioned: Improvements of toil, grasses aud legumes, horticulture, plant dis eases, botany, etomology, insects aud insecticides, methods of sprajiug, dairying, animal husbandry, farm ma nures, veterinary science, fertilizers, chemistry of soils, truck farming, drinking water?, road Improvement, industrial education. After the county Institutes, an Instituto lasting one week will bo held nt Clemson College. Hoard and loilging will tie fureished at cost. Distinguished lecturers from abroad will be invited to aasist in the College Institute and every effort will bo exerted t > muko this meeting pleasant and profitable. The Auxil iary Experiment Station Clubs are earnestly invited to co-ouorato by sending delegates. The date and pro grain will be duly advertised. ? New Entcrpris s. Secretary of State Cooper has grant ed a charter to the Bishopville Cotton Oil Co. Tho oflictTs of the company aro: .lames I'!. McCutchen, president; J. Woodward, vice-president, and <*. P. Parrott, secretary -and treasurer. A charter was issued to tlio Cross' An chor Oil Co., of Cross Anchor. Capi tal stock $12,000. Officers: Presi dent, M. C. Poole; vicc-pru?ident and treasurer, L. H. Wilson; directors, M. C.Poole, L. H. Wilson, W. Ji. Pat ton, B. R. De Shields, P. C. Poole and J. E. JBottod.' A charter waa issued to the Columbia Business College. Cor porators: W. H.Newberrj, F. J. New berry. Capital<5,000. Place of hnit?? neat Colombia. -J >i Jadfc Madtcy OMi Free. A special to the Washington Poet from Clxarleaton, W. Va., eaja; la the cfinrtt oourt the bigamy eeae against ex- Jndge Thomas J. Hseksjr, -of Sootb Carolina, waa dianiaaed oa motion of j Hia reason for doii| so 1 of Ibe inability to againet Vaekay. rted Ilia Katkariae' tar of Col O. A. P< Dfin SIB FOB II Ho Will Go Dircctly to His Ver mont Homo. HE DITAinS fliOM MANILA. Uuiu Room^/aiuls Play and Sailors Cheer -- l>o>*ffs of Caps l eft Nobbing on the -tfater i" Hie Wake of the Departing 0!>mpia. Manila, 1 >y Cubic.- rLho cruieor Olympic, with Admiral l>ewoy on board, left hero on her homeward jour ney (ho 1'nitod States at l o'clock Saturday nttornoon. As Rho ntenmetl uway tuo Oregon, Maltunoro nud Con cord ti rovl nu admiral's sain to. At tlio first shot tlio I) a ml on tho tlngidiip a nftor 1 dock played a lively air and bor whito clml sailors crowded tbp decks and gavo a tro mujulous choc. Ao tbo Olyinpia pass ed tbo (>regon, tbo crow of that buttlo tdiipgavo uino cbcorojfor tbo Olyropia, who responded hv throwing tboir oapH ho high tbat do/.oiiH of them woro loft bobbin# in the wako of tbo cruiaor. Tbon followed tho noisest half hour known in this harbor aiuco tho battle which linked it# nnmo with that of Dowoy. The din of cutis nnd brass bauds ocliood through tbo Hnoke, a Hoot of steam launches shriked their whiatlo*, tho musicians of tho Haiti moreplayod "Homo,Sweat Home," her Mags signaled "(lood Rye," and thono of tbo Oregon said ' ?lMoaannt Voyage." Tbo merchant vossols in thoso waters dipped tboir Mugs, tbo ladios on tbo <?'. deck* of tbo vessels of tbo Hoot waved baudko:chiefc, ? 'id tho black Hritiwb cruiser Powerful, which 1p" tho farthest out, tainted tho Olyiupia. Tho lattor'n band tbon played "God Save tbo Queen," and to tliia tbo crew of tho Powerful roapondod with hearty clicors for tbo Olympia. 1 bo last muaie hoard from Admiral Dewey's ship wan "Auld Lang Syue,"whilethoguns from tbo forts at Cavito and from tbo Mon terey, on guard oft I'uraunqtio, too far to bo audible, puffed whito cloudh of Kinoke. 'i'bo Olyinpia was dipapponr in^ ptst Corrcgidor Tslnud when a bnt tery before tlio Wallod City apoko Mo* niia'H I ah t word of farewell. ?'A Nnv Memorial Association. Commiii's, ()., Special.?A number of tbo Southern dologatos to tho Ohio Water-Works ABHOciat'ou,accompanied by a party of ox-Union and ox-Confed erate soldiers, visited tbo cemetery at Camp Chase, whero 2,000 Confederate dead ai o buriod, and tho rosult was the organization of a memorial association having for its object tho promotion of fratornal feeling betweon tho North and South. Tho following temporary officers woro ehoaon: llov. Jobu^ llewitt, of Columbus, president; (ioneral Waltor Payne, of Fostoria, vico promdont; Mayor Samuel Swartz, of Columbus, Becrotary, and Col. W. If. Kiiausn, of Columbus, troasuror. A permanent organization will be effected at tho Confederate memorial exercises in this city next mouth. The Kdna Mercedcs Sighted. Capf. Ilu-Niir, Ya , Special.?Captain (iray, of Big &innakett Lifo Saving Stution, 10 milos north of Ilatcras, ro ports a large cruiser in tow of two tagfl with anothor tug following, passing his station bound North, at 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The tugs were of a dark oolor and carried two masts each. The cruiser was painted whit? and carried two masts and two smoke Btacks. The vessels wero <oo far oil sboro to signal, but the cruiser is pre sumed to bo the Reina Mercedes. The Mercedes will reach quarantine at Fisherman's./ Island early Monday morning ?n<l unless tho crew has a oloan bill of health from Santiago.tboy will be dotained tbore live days before coming into Hampton Roads. A Bi# Southern Combination. KkoxvimjE, Tknn., Special.?A con solidation of Southern steal and iron ami railroad interests, which will be roortranized with a capital of $15,* 000,000, has beon practically complet ed. Tho syndicate is headed by capi talists interested in the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Co. l'residont George Jj. Carter, of the latter company, baa boon working on the consolidation scheme for tho past twelve months. Atked <o Recognizc the Exposition, Philadelphia, Pa., Special.?Gov ornor Stone has tent to the Governors *r' of tho Stateb of the Union, a letter requesting thatthey officially recognize the National Export Exposition, to be held here next fall, asking that tbey invite the various industries of their States to take part in it. Worste^Ysrn Trait, Capital S50.0C9.OC*. Philadelphia, Pa., Special,?The Record saye: ' 'The worsted yarn trust,, to be known as the "United States Worsted Yarn Company, with a capital of $50,000,000, is practically an assured fact, and all that remains to be d&iar is ihm of formal oryiKftlgp. Nefre Itsfcn* st ?sy. Wtfinmimr, D. C., Special.?Hum gmrsy ^ ay tor, i Btgrawpfoisa w VM . Poscpsteia Mftev st ? shot aad killed Police flsufs?l IVMa ? 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