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ififa . t rim v <8 . * THE VOI.UMF. X. I AMDK.N. S. FRIDAY, .ll'NK 2, NO. 2!. moid Interesting Observances at Home and in Our Foreign Possessions, - ? GENERAL WHEELER IN BOSTON. ?? ?? Delivers the Oration in the New I in < la net Capital?The l>a\ Observed in Manila .inJ Havana. Boston, Mass., Special.?For the lir?t timo UU ox-otllcor of the C onfed eraoy dolivorod tho memorial addross before a Now England Grand Army Post. Goueral Joseph Whoolor, the cavalry loader who led tho boys iu gro\ in the famous charge at tSliiloli, and nearlv forty years later benoath tho Stars and fttripos. cfceored on by tho volunteers at {Santiago, was the orator and puost of honor at tl?o Momorial Day services of Kins ley Post 110, A. R, at the Boston Theatre. 7 ho mimem'.o auditorium was tilled to it:) utmost capacity. Probidunt Lmcolus address at(iot tysburg was road by Comrado James I). Lealheiby, and tho post chaplain s ad dress was tuudo by Bov. E. A. Hodgo tOQ. When General W heoler aroao to fjeak the applause was tumultuous, ohoer upon cheer uroso from thousands aud it was nearly 1o minutes bofoietho goueral could make himself heard. (ioneral Wheeler opened his spoech, with an elegaut tributo to tho part l laved by Maspa^h^etts in the history ol the American Commonwealth, whoso soldiers bud plavod conspicuous parts in all its wars aud whoso statesmen had ever boon famous in tho halls of Con cress. Ho alluded to tl:o propbocy of ('onpvul Horace Biiinv Dargout, who ?0 years ago, ou Memorial Day, in tho city of Mostou, predicted tho day would rohio when this anniversary would bo celebrated "after somo day of glory whon tho sons of rebels and our sons shall havo fallon sido by side in soiuo common causo of foreign war, as our aires and thoir sires foil sido by sido under the eye of tho t;reat rebel, tho Virginian, Washington. "Already," said General Wheeler "the words of this prophecy have been fulfilled, for tho warriors who fell sido by sido at l.a Ouasiuin*, San Juan and El Cauey. mon fiom tho North and South, among tlioin Home of your brave bovs from the Socoud Massachusetts, were buried together in tho great na ttonal cemetery at Arlington, while a bravo Fedora! officer who look part in tho great strugglo of our civil war and now tho chief executive of tho na tion. by his prosonce. conferred honor upon their obsequies. Outlining, (ieneral V. heeler said: " I ho enjoyment of poaco in a blessed boon (o humanity, but iho history of tho world from its earliest period, tenches that tho only security for peace is to be always prepared and roady to engage in war. That natiou Avhoso people are ready to respond to a call to nrms wilh men and resources for any emergency, is tho one that shall most certainly be ablo to avoid tho dosola tion and horrors of war. So long will ?hat natiou coutiuuo to achieve power and greatnoss. '1 ho spirit of truo no bility tauV.it by American mothors has raado our country tho prido pud fear of the world. Memorial '.ay in Havana. Havana, By Cabla. Decoration day was observed hero iu a notable mannor. At 0 o'clock in the morning, Estes G. Bathbono and a committee of women Tvho had been solcctected for the pur pose, wore taken in Bear Admiral Cromwell's lanurh. escorted by a do tachmeut of marines, to the wreck of the battleship Maine, where thoy strung tho skeleton of the unfortunate craft with rope" of laurel and wreaths of 9-jwerp. Telegraphic Brief".. in vefipuuso t<? nn inquiry as to how many troops he w ill need to replace the volunteers whose timo is out, General Otis say* that h? will be satisfied with nn aiuiy of 30.000 men in the Philip pines. Two local train? on the L. <V N. road camo together in a hoad-oo collision, Bear Nashvillo Monday. Nine persons wdre injured. Memorial l?av in Manila. Manila, My Cable.?Memorial Pay was celebrated at Hattery Knoll, whero Scott's guns were planted against the Filipino tranches iu the first day's fighting at Manila. Nearly three hun dred soldiers are buried here, on a bleak mound, surrounded by rice fields, rough boards making the graves, which ?re ranged in flva unbroken rows. A ?ilk flag wae placed above each mound. The clay was aa mild aa a New England day, and just before ennaat a fair hun dred Americana gathered around Bat tery Knoll,: in blue and brown uni forms. Colon) Cabarlaa Dauby, of tbe United Stataa Philippine commission, presided at the exercieee. Ha spoke briefly of tba paouliar solemnity of tba day to Manila. W Meier tot Governor. BomnrMAM, Ala., Special.-*With almost one aooord the newspapers in Oaa. Joe Whe lar's eeagi?slonal dis trict have united f? a eall far him to ehtor the raee Car Goveruer, aad heal fflHw^esty naw ^UejsJn^the eeH his beee^eSe up by ether paper* in oeatral aad aanthWa llahsms, aui it is said that Wheeler uiffct Iwil daoed te eels? the SeMtTU 1 \R(11 CROP or OKADl'ATfS Programme of the fcicrcises of Girls Colli.-jt e. The is uu educational institution in tho State whoso annual oommoncemeut exeiciseH t?ro of more guneral interest than tho Wmthrop Normal and Indus trial oollego at Uook Hill. litis yea? commencement comes from Juno } to? an J very handsomi invitations have just been issued. The following is tho programme; Sunday, Juno 4th, 11 a.m.?Sormou bofovo Iho Y. \V. C. A Sunday, Juno 1th, 8:30 p. ui ? Hac calaureate aermou. Monday, June 5th, 8:30 p. m.?Joint celebration of literary societies. Tuesday, Juno Oth, 11 a. m.?Class day exercises. Tuesday, June Oth, 8:30 p. m.?An uual concert and reception. Wednesday, Juno 7th, 11 a. m. Alumnae reunion. Wednesday, June 7th, 8.30 p. in.? Addresa to tho graduating class; awarding of diplomas. Tho following is tho composition of tbo largo class of '99. Officers? President, Lilla Kounorly Johnstone; vice president, Harriot Kleanor Waunaiuaker; sooretary, Alma May Johns, treasurer, Margaret Smith Burnt t. Pearl Bnrnett, Leila Estollo Black, Charlotte Elizabeth Blair, Mary Tola Bowen, Nettie Brick, Lilian May Brock, Beiilah Orena Brown,'Margaret Smith Burnet. Henrietta Elizabeth Carlisle. Kathoriue Goodo Carter,Lola Monte/. Casey, Frauoea Maud Chaplin, Lueia Blair C'oit, Lilis Couas, Jessio Alma Coleman, Mary Eelia Collins, Mary Bcllo Dantzler, Sara Cook Dantzler, Mannio Katherine Dinkins, Ida Bollo Eaotorling, Katherine May Edwards, Nell Peguea Evans, Emma Virginia Farmer, Tweedie Dora Gard ner, Eleanor Josephine Godfrey, Mary Vineoutia Gribbin, Lula Loo Hinuaut, Alma May Johns, Lilla Ken nerly Jobnstone, Laura Triphosa Keo, Maggie Kirkloy, Clara A. Langloy, Edith Isabel Lylea, Mary Alieo Miehau, Eva Martin Moore, Mary Evelyu McK no, JosyMcSwain, LidaNeil, Ella Poniilila Nissen, Sarah JumoSlo Owens, Frances 11. Parish, Eliza Barnwell Bhott, Mary Crawford Sadler, Mary Elizabeth Salloy, Nellio KayHor Salley, Irene Salley, Liszie Elrnira Scarbor ough, ClarajSIedge, Ora fmceno Smith, Estelle Smoak, Lillia Miller Stephens, Caroline Dickson Tmimons, Maud Inez Tillman, Mary Blauoliai d Thomp son, Harriet Eleauor Wanamaker, Mary Anuio Whitmoro, Bortha ogt Wells, S. Wylie, Ellio L. Zemp. ? The Crawford Gaso. It appears that there is to be no de lay in tho trial of the Crawford case when tho court meets in Camdon this week. It has already bcou stated that Solicitor Thurmond wilLannounce that the State is ready to go to trial and will ask that tho caso bo taken up Tuesday morning. Yesterday Mr. Cole L. Blease of counsel for Crawford was in tho city. He says tluit tho defense is ready aluo to go to trial and sees no reason why tho case ?ho?ald not bo en tered upon Tuesday morning. Ho thinks tho case can 1*3 disposed of in three clayR. The general desire is to keep tho witnesses awwy from home tho shortes timo possible. Storm at Suntuc. One of tho wc?rst ra;iu, bail and wind atornjs tho neighborhood has over had th6 miftfortuu^fo have, passed through Kfentuo Wednesday afternoon about h o'clock. Tho du.niago is hard to es timate. Sovcral litalda of cotton are entirely ruined and will have to bo planted over. Wheai. and oats almost destroyed. Houses without shutters or blinds had many of tho glass broKen. A treo wan blown againat the houso of Dr. J. P. Thomas and crushed it in, doing considerable damage. At tho homo of Dr. D. B. Fant, county su perintendent of education, a chimnoy woa blown on his dwelling, crushing throngh tho roof and ceiling, which will take some, littlo time to repair. Fortunately for Mr. Fant, his house is insured in tho T7nion County Farm era' Mutual. ? Killing al Bclton. Thornton MoCullough wa? shot and killed Friday shout 1 o'clock on J. J. Copeland's plantation, fonr miles above Bclton, and from the evidence brought out at the coroner'* inquest it seeme that the doceawd ramo to bin death by ft gunshot %ound in the hands of either .T? Alex. Broom, ?T. M. Broom or J. Ao6y Broom?father and two Bonn. 4? Killed on the Railroad. Thursday evening Snllie PattorsoL and her son, Jjfte, wqjo dxunk on th< j Air Line road abotil two mile.H oast oJ Spartanburg. The northbound vesti-1 bule camo along and killed thorn botfc within sight of their home. It scemi that tbo woman was tho drunkest ol the two. The son wa.i trying to drag hia mother from the track when the on fine struck thom both. An inquest was hold and the coroner's jury exon erated the railroad from all blame. Tho Rev. C. 8. Gardner, I). I>., will preach the baccalaureate sermon at Cleraaon college 'jn June 11. <tr J&* Charter Granted. The Southern Lii> aw 4 Supply Co. of OaStaey, was chartered by the Reo retsry of State recently with B. Oa ger m president and T. Q. Stacy a# treaanrer. .. ' ; A CfeMffe af NaaK. Tha Barnwell and Blaok villa Tele phone Exehaage company baa obtaiaed fiMiiariaa fraaa the aaaratary of Stat* to change the naaaa af tha eonaarn to that of the Southern Tt%MM aad I fill II (MM II Dili ? 1 The Cubans Refused to Take Our Money. AMI HICANS WEHE SUHPHISfct). The Only .Man Who tame lp Was a Raj?g<d Negro, and His Name Was Not on Ih Roll. Havana, By Cabi..*. ? Not ft soldier thus fur has .appeared at La Ruuta to receive the honorarium of $75 allotod United States for tho surrondor omma ami liisbaudmeul of the intui composing tine Cuban IrOiy At three minutoa of 1U o clock Saturday Woiu iug, the bour set to begin tbo payment of the troops, Major Francis S. l>odge, of tjhe paymaster's dopaitiuent, drove up un a four-ciule team, with $?!??,ooo in g*old, and St',000 in silver. Six guard" accompanied biin, and tbo do tails of won from the Lighth Infantry were under arms t.? prosorvo order among tho mobs which it wa;? supposed would gather. Colonel Goorgo M. Kauai), thoLi^tli Jnfantry, was pies out as com miss ion or of tbo I nited SiAlOH. (ion Ruis Rivera, who was itiduiU-1 into office of uivil governor of Havana, was there to receive the aims, with n representative of Gou. Gomez, foui or five Cuban officers nnd tiftoen report ers. Half a dozen American dorks, with tho rolls of the Cuban army, nut at ii long tablo at tbo headquarters of the Eighth Raiment. A bag <>f gold wns displnyod* but there were no ap plications for a Bbaro of it. Tho spectators spent the time in dis cussing wliv no Cubunn appeared, (ton. Rivera said that though tlioro wore 4,310 onrolled privates aud non commissioned officers in tho Fourth Corps, fow of thom lived iu Havana. Ho explained that tlioy wore outside tbo city and would probably appear at othor places in tbo province nnd got their apportionment. Nearly ail tbo ofiicors, ho added, aro in Havana. Tho representative of Gome/., who has been acting with tho latter in in terviews with Governor General Rrooko, took a irlooiny viow of the af fair. Ho said tho Amoricans had mado a mistako in stipulating that tho Cu bans must give up thoir arms, as this had caused a bad impression nmon^ the Cubans. Dewey llouglit a Ticket. When Commodore Dewey loft Wash ington in November, 1807, to tako oommand of tho fleet in tho Pacific Ocean, he did not rido on a pass or a half rate ticket. Roing a personal friend of S. R. Hogo, general agont of tho Raltimore A* Ohio passenger de partment in Washington, tho now famous sea fighter, bought two first class tickets from Washington to San Francisco via the B. and O., Chicugo and North-Western, XTnion "Pacific and Southorn Racifio lines. Lieut. Brumby accompanied tbo Admiral and they de parted on November 27th. Somotimo ago, manager of Passenger Traffic I). R. Martin of tbo Baltimoro nnd Ohio Railroad, sot out to collect tho coupons of tho ticket arid only recontly socurod all of them. Ho has had tho ticket, containing Dowoy's signature, lith<? graphed, and is issuing fno similes as oonvenira. \ Georgia Farmer Shot and Killed by a Negro. Macon, Ga., Spocial. ? A special to the Telegraph from Columbus, Ga., ?ays: "Intelligence teaches Columbus to-day of the murder of Julp C. Smith, a well known planter and merchant, near Columbus, by Bill Harris, a ne gro. Harris shot Mr. Smith as he w as eutoring his residence. Tt is said that Mr. Smith had reproved the nogro for stealing chickens. The authorities are after the negro. Bryan in Damillc. Da>vjm..f, 111., Speoial.?W. .(. Bryan spoke to 10,000 pooplo Friday afternoon and evening, at the armory, i Ho followed his usual lines of argumont, discussing tho money question at 'onglh,denouncing tho administration's I'bilippino policy, and advocating an income tnx. 11o was givon an en- j thnsiastic roception. A Righteous Decision. New York, Special.?By tho docinion of tho board tax commissioners, made publio Saturday, throo of Now York's citizens who havo takon up their resi dence abroad will havo to pay their taxes, just the avde as the persona liv ing in thia county. Wm. Waldorf Ah tor muat pay his personal taxes on an aaaesment of $2,000,000 worth of por aonal property. The Bradley-Mar tine matt pay taxes on $2,000,000 of per sonal propertj. Mrs Isaac II. Slier mas, mother of Mrs. Bradly-Martin, must pay taxes on $2,600,000 worth of parsonal property. Mr. Aator's taxes will amount to about $50,000; the Brad ley-Martins to about the asma, and Mrs. Sherman will be taxed for $#2. 000. - O ?? V> ill Baikl Tobacco Factories Is Japan. A?,*any, N. Y,, fl postal,?A. N. Brady said in reaponae to a query. "The di recteraof tho American Tobacco Com pany at the laat meeting of the board, deeided to build factor!;* in Japan at oaw and to eigorouely ex per d the oom paay's business in that country.'* Taking eflSset May 14th, the same of iUtlAi is Midlnd DitUioi hififi" far* known ae PaiwVM W changed 1 hi: AM? TRUST RANQUEf. / Addressed t>> .Colonel William Jennings Bryan. St. l.m Mo., Special. ? Tho great anti-ti list bauquet here Thursday u?x^* was attended by 1,44^ leading Demo crula ^zifiit nil. parts i>f the country. M^ny able jjrlihweio ruud . teic?* c*hteitd Miietly m the speech of lion. W. .1 I'.ryan Aiiuhil; other things ho Kftul: "lhe lulliience of those trusts linn become ho onormouH thai the people, without respect to party, uio asking themselves how tho evil can l>e remedied. I ho purpose i>f tho tiustt* m to cojitiol the product of t>omo art idea of merchandise, an 1 iho methods omployed are, liist, tho union of all individual factories under ouo management, or in one corporation, ami, second, theerushiug of now rivals. A monopoly whon onco complete not only dictates terinH to those who buy pioducta, but it also dictates toaima to thoBo who sell the raw majorml, rwd to those who furnish tho labor. If uie trusts are permitted to continue wo shall find an industrial aristocracy growing up in the I'nitcd .State.", which will prove as destructive of our ideals as a lauded aristocracy would. i ho principle of monopoly is incoinpat iblo with our institutions. Mali a necessities compel him to bo come a purchaser, and whero tnoio is but one sollor the purchaser is com pletely at tho mercy of tho seller I ho government would bo guilty of ^loas neglect if it permitted an individual to se- urn a monopoly oven without exeeu tivo assistance, but 11 is aiill more eul j able if by legislative act it furnishes the me lies by which n monopoly is se emed. 'i ho corporation is the means now employed I13' those who seel; to se cure ? mopoly. Since tIt0 corporation if a tictitioUH person, created by the law, tlie power that creatos can regu lato. restrain, or annihilate. " The Presbyterian Assembly. Richmond, Va., Special.?The sos sion of tho Uenend Assembly Wednes day witnessed tho transaction of a great nmount of business. A notable inoi- ! dent was tho according of tho rights of associate membership to tho Kcv. Williams, tho delogate from tho Imlo pendent Colored Synod, who came to speak upon the question of colored evangelization. After tho Assembly had voted to accord theso privileges, tho moderator extendod tho wolcomo of the Assembly in a few well-chosen words, the commission all standing. Rev. Williams responded briefly. Relet fc-J (0 Presbytery. M inni:ap'?ms, Minn., Special.--.In tho I'iesbvlei mil (ieueroJ Auaembly, I >. A. Glints, of Raltimoro, caused a sur prise by introducing a resolution di recting that Dr. Arthur J. JJrown, sec retary of tho board of foreign missions, call a conioronco of all tho ovangeliatio Christian bodies, to meet in Now York, concerning a harmonious arrangement, and distribution of tho foreign mis sions. Tho 1 ?solution also directed that tho Roman Catholic be invited to participate 111 the oonferenoo if Dr. Brown should deem it wise. Bad Advice to the Cubans. Havana, Special.?Tho Sanguillys, Lncrot, Vidal, Mayia Ilodriguoz and ul! tho ial? mombers of the Cuban .Military Assembly, aided by the oppo sition nowspapors, aro advising this Cu ban HoldierR not to give up their a ram ?not to soil the souvenirs of the horoio struggle for liberty"?and "nut to part with honor for 375." General Brooke, of course, will proceed with his pro gramme without heedine the opposi tion. f v?... Imperial Assent Given. Pekin, l'>y Cable. ?The imporml ediot has been issued giving assent to tlio builHiuu of tho Tien Tsin-Chin lvianfi l>ailroad. This completes tho work of Baron Yon Ileyking, the retir ing German minister to Chma. Telegraphic Briefs. The startling discovery was made nt Santiago Sunday that the famous shrine of Netistra Seoora Caridad, had been robbed of jcwoIh, valued atgSri.OOO, and that tho hood of the statue had been broken otl and removed. Tho re port caused great exoitement in the town, where the ehrins has long been tho principal attraction. One of tho worst tornadoes that has visited Texas since tho storm which destroyed the town of Cisco, three years a(>?>, and in >*hich aomo 39 people were killed, passed over Titus and Era counties Sunday. Several homos and church buildings were wrecked. A largo portion of the governmout of Astrakhan*, ?f the northwost coast of tho Caspian Sea, has beon submerged by an overtlow of the river Volga, which diviuos it into two nearly equal parts. In tho Zarewsk district many Tillages are flooded. f Tho personal eflects of the late Ma gician Ilormann were disposed of at a three days' sale in New York for about $45,000 A Toledo, O., dispatch says thai ex Presldent ClOTflMd fcM broken record for bees ?ateWng at Middle Baae. IIO 1>ulled in 123 ponnds of flab, while -'Captain Rob Evm caught 43 bass from one to two pounds in weight Fire of an unknown origin a tar ted Monday morning li n building on Freeman street, Brooklyn, H. Y., need by Veils Bros., aa a planing mill, and spread rapidly nntH nearly mm entW block waa deetapyod. *bp total |oe? je \ - : CUBAN 1 The Privates arc Coming Furwm Slowly. | t 300 ArrtAiun on monoay \iiil 1 \j?rcssot) m \\ ilhn^iirsN In l.ik Huh I Moium, fmi (ints II.* w cf; P t' J ami but j ?Jft Pillex \\ ere t akv ii In I a Hw.wa, Hv Cable. Tho day's ! OVOllts, 111 OOUllOelioU Willi t i It (Jk\ltu:ut | ol tho I'nhnu I roups enlii'ed to apply j fi*i ?i slutto of tho Americam grutu , H\' have elb oluully killed oil'| tho opposition lo tlu? rceospt of i tho L)ounly l>y privates. In Aluott- | can militai.v circles it is consul J el ed Hint a tiuo start has boon made, uiul licit tlio opposition is defeated. Throe hundred privates arrived during then day to apply for payment, but though I<icntormnt t'olonol (loorgo M. Knmtnll, of tlio Kighth tinted Muton Infantry, tho ot>mmi?8iouor Miporiu tending tho distj lbution bote, kept bis olliio upon from Id a. in. to ?"> p. in., only 110 could bo paid at Hint time, as ?'?ch ninu took up r-eveial minutes. Mhiiv who bronchi anuB wore not onthorolla nt all. Xiuotyniue rifles wore nurron doted, mo-t of tlio applicants declining lo tuko any ebHiiccH tn turning tho weapons ovoi to the mayor of Havana, evidently boliovitig il would bo luv?t to j give th?*m directly to tho Americans, i At the conclusion of tho day's work, there were more than "Jtni who bad not j lioon Ik hi d. 1 huso will have to wait ! until after thorotinn of tho pay oai, | ?Inrui 1 "i, when thero will probably bo j evtrn daya unsigned to Havana. General I'edro Delgado, command il)g tho Cuban forces around (iuamijay, called his men together, told thom they wore disbandotl, and ordered thdu to tako their gnus and go home. ' M" the two hundred, soirto tluity, who were mounted on ponies, Hard Uiey would rido to liavnua and get their money. Thereupon Polgudo, who was formerly a notorious bandit, called tho rest to draw up in line and to hboot ??iy man who took the road to Havana. Tho thirty men gloomily dispersed. Tho.v will have an opportunity to roceivo their pharos lator. Out-Rowed the Naval Cadets. Assapous, Md., Special.-- The orew of Yaio IJuiversity'ft eight-oatod rIioII nut-rowed tho Nayal CadotH, over a two-milo straightaway course, uml crossed tho lino 113 Hocouds ahead of tiio middloH. Tho crows getaway to gether. 1 ho Hti perior weight; and hotter training of tho Now Havon boys, how ever. soon demonstrated tlioir superi ority, and tho visitors steadily in croaaed their lead to tho linitdi. Valo crossed tho line 11140 minnte", 2N sec onds, with tlio cadets Hoveial lengths astern. Health Conditions iri Cuba I eok Good. Washington, D. C., Special. A re port of (icueral Brooke from Havana of uo deatha from tho 2?th, i? a mutter of congratulation for tho army medical department. Iluvann, .Santa Clara, Santiago and Matanzas are ail anpplied now with well-equippod hospitals and efficient forces of medical officers. J ! IB cxpectod that a certain amount of yellow fever will develop in the island after tho rainy season sets in, but prep arationnhavo boon made in advance to hnudle it a? it develops and with ? very small nnacclimnted population, no fear is ontortnined of an epidemic. The Queen's Appreciation of the Tampa Celebration. Nasiivim.k, Tenn., Special.?Col. T. Wright, of Nashville, who origin ated and organized lb? Cjuceu'a birth day celebration at I'ort Tampa, Fla., has received the following dispatch from Windsor: "J ho Queen sincerely thankfi tho 10,000 Americans at Tampa, for their congratulations. " Transports Arrived at Manila. Washington, l>. (!., Special.?Tho War Department has received tho fol lowing cablegram from General Otis. "Manila, May 2!>. "Transports Ohio and Senator, with the Thirteenth Infantry, just arrived; Private David II. Johnson,Company F, drowned and fivnmen deserted at Hon olulu; no other casualties. " Canal Commissioner's Report Submitted. Washington, J). C.t Special. ?Ad miral Walkor, president of the \ic araguau C'anal commission, submitted the report of that commission Monday to the I'rgeident, who transmitted it immediately to the Department o! State. It im expected that the Presi dent will announce noon the appoint meut of a new Isthmian commit tee to carry on the work of eaoal bur vey. Eleotric Car Run Into by a Train. Seattle, Wash., Special.? A,u elec ttic car containing 23 persons; V - run Into Monday, by a Northern PaJfic train, killing one man and injuring 14 others. ' The Philippine Volunteers. Wae?iiN'?TO!?, D, C., the volunteers now in the Philippines, if they are duntared out At San Fran cisco, at* to be invited to mobilize at Minnaapolia aad St Pan). They dtm to bo teodarad a rouaiog welcome, ?ade the mora notable by the preeenoe of Praaidant MeKinley. Tba Preei : dent baa bean anxious to meat alUof tba troopa who served is tba Pallife* pinea, if tbia were praetieabie, aad be? ? agreed to go to Blianaepolie aid ??/! Tin KMi kcvns ississfd. Bid I ii'li* i lianjjcs hi (hi Viisi'SMtient of ilio ! iocs I rout I .?%' \ i_.tr. I lie State boar.I .?!' ? ipiah/atiou o( r.uJio'id pr^i erty held it-. annual inciting and M\e,l \ moot* en (in. railroad ju ??|.orty m tliia stale, rtic \tiSuiki11?11 uinlet tho ii^cssincdM iiia.Ii> lu-l jour una #21. J ,,,S s,'l. I ln> I<0'41 ? I t'ltrolllllv li'Ul.ld cu l tin- mtiiiwinn and though thero u,'l he a iili'l'tuht* under I ho . li'iiij-c i until,?, n t te.y finally H md, I'm Imtiil i in ura tfil lluil i|i policy 111 i s y??ur w :?n |,. t.ini,?? |.ii4i ticully no ?!tiinj{?h in i it,;ui(.s of luni voar. ,< >nlv { i/ht fifin \vt(. niiiilo 11 out lu-d year';. a tu.-i.t. ??u l only olio of the Iiil'fH 1 r??aiiM IH nlV.vlt ,1. I In. \? lilt'V Kiwi r.ulioiid, fnur it w -.-s in 11? 111;I n, h* j nr. \ ii 111lit it? i: litits ?'ll 11 I'! 11 S'J.O'I* If ?1M,01M pel lllllo. I lit" a Island br.'iiti'li til tint (.'bsir 1? sl. it Mint Savannah, Mvo and one tjiiutli c ini 1??m, w ?!'. itiiMi'tl from S2.000 In .5.1,(100 jwr inil<>. The Cuiohiiti ami t'utnlu'fland Uup, lil.Il) nidea, Wiiw lainud from S'J,r>l)rt to SI, (it lit. I in. South iwt.l \,11LI? Carolina divi Nion of tho A1 >inoliofitt'i ami Augusta railiou.l, hi IN milon, wiih increased from SI,000 ti> S-\!W0. I he Seiveru an<l Kmuvillc railroad, 1M miIoh, wan raised from &l,000 to $.1,0(11) ju>r uiiic l'li.? Spartanburg, Union ami Colum bia railroad, lis miles, wan increased from j?N,0t)0 t<> ?10,000. Tho Walterhoro ami Western rail road, l'> nii'ea, was iKi* d from {$1,000 to 0(?. I Ik* Conway branch <>I the Wilming t< n, * oliiuit oi. ami AngiiHta railroad, 'J.i miles, was incr. ascd from $1. 00() to ?.1, tit t0. Absolutely no other change worn made 111 tho valuations lor aNBcsHinout UN fixed by the board hod your, all other.) remain)i|.r exactly the same. II living tixo I till St) a*SChtUIIOUtri tho board uppmutod Finluji, .Iuno 2.1, as the day upon which reprettoutativoil of the i ohiIh allot tod will In. given a ho a r ing if tho new figures are not natuifae tory. After thin hearing tho board will net finally on the ifsoKHmeniH and anuoiico the action Then, wum ? tidal of VJ,'?IH milom of railroad in tho State when tho aHHcfta fin nt was made lust ^"t'ltr 1 hero bus been l/iit little iiicredHn ninoo lunt year. I f will bo noted that a hpavey iucroiiHo ban been made on tho Seivern am] Knoxville roooutly purohiiHed by tho Southern. I he iucronfio in no doubt ? bio to the. belief of tlm board that thin road ih to be unci fin ? |>art of (ho Southern';, muin line, wlulo, in faet, Hindi will not be tho ca?e, the lino being above Perry. - Cov/t .'Kflis mi Ab?ait iMi'ol/c Case. Ueforo the State fSu|>reriio Court thin weok the hearing in the habean oorpuw pluooediiigM ID <hi!*V^iwo"6f WiJlio Mootze, charged with tlio murder of Alex Cartled^e, tool. pho:e. 'J'ho ajtph eatlou for hull wiim bmetl on after din covcied ovi lenee ami the condition of young Meetze't. health. Ml tho aflida viIh proHoiited lo the court woro of moro thau ordinary interest. After tho heuriug, wliioh wan limited by tho court to an hour and a half, tho chiuf juntioo announced that the action of tho court would bo mndo known tho next in or mug. Voting Merdzo wiim in court in the custody of Sheriff (.lath cart and appeared to bo pule. Thcro woro a number of pi.-rcotn* in tho court room. .Mr. I'. II. Notion appeared in behalf of tho pi ifcoutr aud tho Sb.to whs Represented by Solicitor J hunuiiiid ? and C.ol. Oeorgo .Tonn-. fctono. \ On (he Ricc Fields. I'Winter* Imvfc bud h hard time got ting their mod c\^on planted on accouut of continuous frchbCts and aro wnv bn b:nd in the iihiiuI acrcage, while a go??U deal ol rieo tliut 1ji?h born "drawn" doen not look very pronuuing. The May birds, however, huvii not been a? troublesome uh usual, and they uro nearly nil gone, only to return about September in different plumage when tliey |day iiuvoo with rice iu all stages of maturity. The State Kinking fund commission ha concluded itn work and adjonrned until the fourth Tuesday in June, at which time it will take up tint Coltiin* bia canal matter, tho question of ex-'' vmption of cotton factories lrom taxa tion and several other matt*? of groat publie interest, U is not though Iikoly tlmt tho Statu will taka advantage of tin* defect in the law that makes these enterprises liable for baek taxes. ? Southern Extension Certain. There can no longer be any doubt as to where tho Southern Railway pro poHCH t.j go ahead with tho building rfof its line from Columbia to Savunflfrh. It won't bo twe weeks, according- f>o the official statement, before ground will be broken f?ud the work of con struction under way. lio&'ilts show that since tho announcement of the purpose of the Southern to build the line, not a minute's time has been wanted, and it is not likely that any will bo until tho traiun aro running into Savannah. It is oatomated that 250 new baiW-.. ing are now actually being erected ii* tho corporate limits of Spartanburg. A Chcraw Concern. The aerrctarj of Stat* Thtfrsdaj' is sued a commission to John M. Turner ?and Charles E. Johnson, of Raleigb?M. C., J. I). I>igg*andC. T. Omohnadro, of Sanford, S. C., and Ernest Wit* liams, of Lynchburg, Vs., as corpora tors of tb? <Sbe?terfield Land and Lorn bar company of Cheraw. The objaoi of the oompany is ibdioatad il tM Tbt 000 vith the privilege of fwlo ?100,000, divided into ekerer* of ft99 r - ' II ? ^ ?'?'? 1 ho American Forcos in the Philip pinos Much too Small* THE TERRITORY IS RFOCCUPIRD. Hot PosmMo io I stahll&li Supremacy With Our Present I orce*. ? Plo del Pilar'* Army titu-* ilit Smericant lUrd l ight. M\sn s Uy Cable.- The event* of tho pn ?t week have oiuphosized the it wot I of a Oiii' h larger army here,'with nut which, according to the* befit au ihoiitv in M anils, ii would be attempt iii^ I bo luipousiblu to expect to estab lish American supremacy in tho I'hil ippinu islauds. Tho inadequacy of tbo American forces ?h mml to bo reaponai blo for tbo large total number of uuinll encounters, without material results fiR acoiuponaation, Most of tho tlgbtiug has boon iu territory whioh tho Amer icnua bad swept, but bnvo boeu com polled to abandon, because tbey oould not spare troopa to bold it, Tho forces commanded by (ieneral MaoArthur and Lawtou bold two linportout lino* of *ouiinunicatiou and commeroe?tbo railroad to >Sau Fernando and the Kio llrando iivor. But much of tbo coun try thoy Iihvo swept, including scores of smaller townsaud surnn of tbo larger one*, have boon left uncovered, simply (or want of mon to bold them. The insurgents have returnod aud aru oo cupyiug tbo tuwns tbo Americans abandoned, mi<i aro camping in tho tunnies and woods outside of others on tho watch for cliancoB to hnrraaa tho, garrisons and attack scouting parties or detached companies with greater forces, This ia tbo kind of warfare they prefer, to regular battles. It appears tlrfl the Filipiuoa who at tacked tho Third Regiment betweon San Miguel and Halinag, were part of l'io do I IMnr'a army* They came from tho South across tbo mouataina, presumably to moot a wagon train which (ieuoral Law ton expected along tho road. They also planned to cap ture several largo detachments and woto placed in amhiiHb at diilerout points, They tired from tho jungle at at a distance of 200 yards, and gavo the AmoricaDH ono of tho hardest fights experienced in tbo campaign. Tho Filipinos have lost, more heavily than tho Americana in all their recent encounters. The insurgent generals lake tho loan of arms mora to heart than they do the loss of men, For eigners who bavo arnvod her? fronr tho insurgent's country, uudor tho re cent ordei ofexpubdou, say tho ceme teries in all the towus are tilled with fresh graves. A majority of the Fili pino wounded ?iio. because tho insur - gent hoapitnls aro inadequate, medi cines are scarce, and tlioy have few surgeons, except Spanish captives wh< have boon impressed. (jrcat Hla/c on Coney island. p Nnw York, Special.?Coney Island property to tho value of nearly $1,000, OOD was doctroyed by tiro early Friday, twenty acres in tho hoart of tho sum mer r?sort section, the district known as "The llowory" being reduced to anhoa. Tho 200 buildings burnod wero located between tho iJowery and the ocean - Tilyon's Walk on tho west and -tbo eld iron i>tor on the east. Those ' buildings ranged iu size ond import ance from a #?bbly bathing "pavilion" to the handsome five stery Hygoia Ho tel, including theatre'!, concert halls, dancing pavilions, stores of various kinds, restaurants and hotels of every grado. (ionornl Fitzhugh Lee will deliver the Decoration J)ay address'-* over tne bodies of those who died and are buried at Camp Columbia. The victims of the Maine diastor will also receive memo rial honors. Dewey's Homeward Voyage, Washington, D. C., HpeciaL?Ad mirul i'ewov tolcgrapbod tho Navy Department that be will atop at various places on bih way to tho United Statos, ttud will reach Naw York about Octo ber I. Admiral Dewey's d'spatcb did not euwmerate the poiota whore the Olywpia will touch, eorouta for New York. 1,000 Rccruhs to Sail for Manila June 7. Washington, D. C., Hpecial.?The Secretary of War ba5 ordered 2,000*6 cruits now at Sail Francisco for regjriar regiments in tbe Ph,JhM>iaes, to aa(^oa ' the transport Sheridan, Jane 7, for Ma* aila. Thia abip will be utilized to bring home volunteera now in the Phil ippine?. ' ^ ?/?j Juhilatlef Over Kaati's Recall. BiftLUt, By Cable.?The newspapera here are jubilating over wbai they ftora Admiral Kauts'a "reeall." The Lokal Anzeiger say a: "This ahowa anew the American government** good ^to remove ell obatanciea to * peaetftUt anderaUndiog." degree mi the belief tkai ita oatowaa wiU ?veil what Andrew JX States ambeaanrier si of tfee Anerisaa oeHed latiMi