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VOL. XXVI "Do Thou Liberty Great. Inspire Our Souls and Make Our Lives in Thy PoM'ej??p? Hiappy, or Our Deaths (Horions in Thy Juat ?tofenoe?" BENNETTSV1LLE, S, C., FRIDASDEGEMBEE 27, 1901. NO;. 52 mi?ii?vo<. nm*, ?oy* SCIILEY OBJECTS. His Ocunsa? File? fUaocns for ?ottto? A?fi'.'o Verdict. THEY USE PLAIN LftrJQUAOE". Tho Officer* cf th? ?otirSt Ar* C< erg^d With B^in^tmproflsed I Wiih To??im<my of "Mos % tile Witvy?Lw?" Admira! 8^M?y through his oouncel Wednesday ?lcd m?h thss otorolaiy cf . tho navy tho hill of exception-? to tho ms'j'trUy finding* cf thji ??uit of inqui ry und r.lso ?? letter a\ktn?; to be allowed to bo herod in eouuootioh viih thc ob jections to bo fikd by attorn ?y* for . Admiral Sampson to (ho individual opinion of Admiral Dewey. Till UROUNDS FOR COMPLAINT. The. bill assign* th? fellowing grounds in nuj port of tho oljs'c>.ion; 1. Tho. majority o? tho court bavo given their opinion that CcmmodoM ** . Sohley ohould havo proceeded with tho utmost diftpatoh (A CioofrtogOfl when thoo woo no ipoo.iio, ?ion covering ?hie aubjoot, and rchm tho applicant! did not have sufficient opportunity to bring in prcpor and conviooiop; evidonoo in reifer'.rico' thereto, ?nd .when tho only evid too taken by tho court on thia lubjs-ot vr?s directly oontr?iry to tho OXdni?n rendered. 2. Tho majority of tho nour1, have held that tho applicant ohould have en deavored to oyon communication with tho inturgonts at (ho place dtoignxttd in tho memor?ndum by Ovmmodoro MoCalla, delivered to him on tho morn ing of the 23rd of May, 1893, v/hon. in iaot, tlioro was no plnoo mentioned in said memorandum an hoing ti plaoo sty whioh a camp of iusUrgouts waa lo oat'd. 3. Tho majority of tho oourt have arrived nt tho opinion rda'cd in tho foregoing paragraph without reg*rd to tho fact, vthioh was proven by an over whelming wo'ghfc of testimony; that tho said MoC?tla memorandum wns A i_ f\_._A .ai U -1.1 . _ ,-1 - - ?uuti IO V/UI5JU,UVH.TW krjuicy O ul y t\tT ?nw in oonneotion with the information^ it oontainod roletivo to certain batteries at, or being oon^truotcd in tho vicinity ' of tho entrance to tho harbor of Cmu fufftofl, RB attested by tho order No. 6, dated May 19,18C8, ?nd sont <o Uc:n modoro Sohley by Admiral Bempson. 4. Tho majority cf the court in thc .opinion rendered hold that Ommcdoto Bchhy Bhon.'d havo maintained u cloro blockade* of Oionfubjos, when hy ovoc /Whelming teetimony it wan provan thai (ft .oloB? and effeotivo blockade, of that . pert v:AD maint&\nod, tho jud?a advo any oharfto to the oontrary. ' ". "uVThc majority of tho sourt i?i (ho opinion re-nderod havo entirely ignored tho uncoctradiotod testimony proving .?hat tho British ?toamer Adula wai pormitted to go into tho harbor of Oiqniuvgoa in order that information m'ght bo obtained through her ao tc whether tho Spauinh Hoot waa thoo in that port, it having been dearly oa tabli?hcd Chit tho captain cf tho sain British steamer Adula promised cud a^rood before porinibaion waa given him.to entor tho port that ho would bring his ship out in fewer than 2* boura and furnish tho iyiorruation do .airod. 6. Tho msjority of tho oourt, in tho opinion rendered, have entirely failed to refer io dispatoh No. V ?l?mittod to havo bee-u ncn'(. by Admiral Sampson to Como odom Sohley, tho construe tion of whioh craj agreed upon in the argument of the c&:<\ to wit: That ii . . waa an imporativo o/dor for Ccmmo (dove Soi.ky to bold kio squadron off Cioifudgos whether tho Spanish fleet wa*) or wr.?i cot in that port Y Tho mtijoiity of tho orv-rt in tho opini?n rendered havo entirely ignored tho admitted Vc.ot that tho commander of. tba lilagio failed to communicate tho oittth?iou at Cionfuogoa to Commodore ? Bohloy. . ' ' .'8. Tho majority of tho oourt in tho opinion rec dored havo entlToly ignored tho uncontrudtot? d rvidonuo in the o;ise .that. Capt. Hobly ?), Evai B, knowing 'tho' moaning of tbo eignal iiglno on 'tffidr? at Ci<n(ut;os, failed to ooeu.uuo.i oatoliid in(onn?tion oonoomxcg them to ComuiCdoie Sohloy. 9. Tho ru.j?rit\ of tho court in UK report o? tho ?ae.w n.bmivtod deolaro that tho signal lights on okoro RJ<"ar Otenfuegoii wore eeen by ' Couioiodord "Sobloy on the hight- (f M?y 2^d, 1898, ^rlWbcn in faut the uv' rivheimiug woigh? ...of both OIRI und dooumoutary cy:doi'.03 "?proved that Coinnudoto Sibley saw .?i.d h?d kiiowicdgc ol thiso lighij only on tho >ii?ht o? Muy 23rd, and at nu . other limo. 10. The majority of the oourt iu thc opiniou rond.rod aro silent on tho sub .vjoct of tho following ohargo proforrcd ?oy tho j'.d&o advocate ea<iinr-t Com modoie bonloy during tho progress o< tho investigation, namely, that ho did not mask hit? movement* in depnrtinii; ' from in front of tho port oif Cieufuogou. but by using Ardois oignais bo rsvc^Ud tho destination of his tquadron to tho enemy on shore ; d?upito tho faot that ly (Vitwholming woi?ht of testimony thia ohargo Vi?o entirely diuprcved. .11. Tho mtjority of tho oonrt have , . based ihoir opinion in rcferonoo to the retrot...do movomont. upon a ktatcnaont .. mado in their report of faotB that Com .modoro Sohley, before ?ailing from Oiontuegos, rectived rsliablo informa .. fcion that ships oould bo ooalod in tho -Vicinity -of Capo Cruz and Qou&vVjs oh an ru. 1, and it in nor; reapoofuily do - , .nitd that thoro was ony suoh positivo toslimony in thia catt; every witnosi with ono oxoeption who was cJtsmloed on the eubjoot disavowed all knowled^o in rofcrenoo thcroto, and tho unoontra dieted tostimony of C..pt. li1. .10. Cook eitabliehos the faot* that tho officiel oharts with whioh tho flagship Brook . lyn wa* euppriod, and upon whioh Com modore Sohloy \HB oompelled lo rely for, information, showed ooaling at Capo Crus to bo neither foaeiblo nor ' praotioablc, and tho reeordi oUarly , show that not until the 27th of May, ?7 threo days aftor leaving Cienfuogoi, . > ?-Whon Capt. Charles 8. Cotton visited thc flsg&hip Brooklyn, did Commodexe . .Sohloy reooivs any tloftnito information 7 concoinirig tho foaeiblljity or practica havo boon wholly ignored by ibo ma joiity o? ibo court in formulating their oaid report of facts. 12. Tho majority of tho oourt in stat? lng tn its report of faots that Commo dore Bohloy roooivod no positivo in formation from tho no out shins as to tho prof onoo of tho ouomy'a Aunt in tho harbor of Santiago utterly ignoroo thc overwhelming tootircony in proof of tho fact that Capt. (J. JD. Sigsboo did actu ally report to (Jommodoro Bonley, and to others that tho Spanish ll sot was not in th* hnrbor of -Santiago. 13, Tho opiuion of the ran jori ty of tho court and tho roport of laois is on tiroly silent on tho suhjaoi of tho proven and ?dmittod faiiura. of Oapts. Wieo and Jewell to coinmumoato (ho information they had received in rcfir <noo io tho pr?tenoo of tho Bpxnish flo?t in tho harbor of U-?miago to Oom modero Bohloy. ld. T?IR?. tho roporfc of tho faots sub mitted by tho oourtu st^t-s that tho ooivdiiionu of niod, sos and weather Iroji noon on May 2b* to Juno lot, nero favorable for toking ocal from a oollior at noa iff Santiago, when thio Hlatemont hob Ix.ou dirootiy ooillruVoitod by tho ov?d.nco of tho wituosues for tho gov ci niuo ut. 15. Tho labios prepared by govern ment experts und admitted in evidence before tho court thowirtg tho co/i cup ply of.tho visuels of tho flying aqu'td ron, with lofdrenoo to thc ir okaying oa pwoity, prcosoding at full opoed rt iib lorocd tu aught, havo not ?ven bi on ad v*nod to in tho roport of fivotn. 16. Thc ra hau not boen the slightest ref orono;? nude by tho majority of tho ouurt to tho oidits of tho honorable coo rotary of tho IU'.V.V, offored ?nd provad io evidence, forbidding tho hogardin^ of American ships against shore bat teries} and tho oourt baa d*oidod against tho supplicant upon tho sovonth ?poor fioaliou of the prooopt, without, in th? 8'iKhoiit degtoe, referring to thia iiupor tai.t ovi<ionoo. 17. Thc majority of tho oourt havo ontiroly failad to give any opinion ai io tho ohar&otor of tho blook&do ol Bar.tiago, although tho tami w&s in oiu'.iou in tho oi&hth specification of th? precept, ar.d by specific direction tb) court wes oblifcatod lo givo an opinioi thereupon. 18. Tho m? jorlty opinion of thc cour that (Jommodoro Bohloy should huv endeavored to oapturo tho Bpanisl voMGfs at nu oh or near tho entra?o* o Sunlingo harbor, on May 29 and 30 and < lint, ho did not do his utmost wit J tho foroo undor hid oommaud to o*) turo or destroy tho Colon and otha vessels of tho onomy, on may 31, i wholly at VUT?HUOO with tho orders un dor which (Jommodoro Sohley was roi iug before Santiago, said orders, as i aUoftiod by No. 8, datad May 21, 189? ?.nd neut ty Admiral Sampson'to Con mcdoro Bohloy, rootiioting his oner; tiou to thc establishment and mainton r.neo of a slookade of tho port of Ba uti ago, if tho enemy should bo foun therein; and abo fluid opiuion is uttorl and ?bi)ctu??)y.?'Rtv\a*'l^od::vyfitb^,;tl< over vhdlming woight of testiinon which o'loarly ostabtiohnd tho fact tbs thc. ?f?\ ir of May 31 waa prcdotormino tipO? and oxcoutod as a roconneisanc ti nd not as a formal attack iron tb Spanish vessels nor upon the land bal lenes at tho outranoe to tho harbor c Ba n ti ugo. 19. Tho majority opinion of tho oom is ambiguouu and indeterminate in thc tho coui i hold? tho turn of tho Brool lyn to starboard was niado to ovoid gol ting hor into dangerous proximity t tho Spanish vtsuehi, without statin whether evasion of such dangovou proximity on his psrt was duo to th personal fears of Commodore Soldo] or to a desire on hid part to proton the ship intact, and roady for furttu work ia tho effort to van a viotory fto vite ono my. 20. Tho ms jority of tho oourt ha1? ontiroly ignored tho overwhelming tb iimouy Guomitud ia tho oate in arri in jj u? tho opinion that Commodoi Bohloy erred in commencing tho ci gi goman I on July 3 with the pert bi\ t6iy, tho evidence ia the oaoo oloarl usu,bliuhoB the faot that in tho cx?.,c tion of tho ?lancing order to "oloso : und attack in hatbor on<r*noo,"-it w iinpofcfliblo for thu Brooklyn, witbo turning away from tho onomy, to opt ino engagement exoepc ??ith hor pc battery; and tho evidcnco .alao clear oatabhahos tho faot that tho turning mo Brooklyn in the manner and duo lion in whioh ?ho did turn did n oauKO her to lose oiblnr diBtauoo orp kivion with tho Spanien voxnul*, tl e./v my oj inion ol the oourt upon th *ut joot being arnved at only by di*r gaiumg till tho evidonoo in behalf tvuiumudoro Bohloy, 21. Tho m, joi ny opiaion of the oov is ambiguous ana indeterminable (hat, while stating that tho Brooklyi turning OkUbod tho Texas lo stop a ''ie lack Jiu- ongiueu to avoid possit o?lli?iuu," stud opinion doun not sit whcihor tho daii&ot of ato h ooliisiou ouuipr^nondcd by tho 9ih speoiflonti Ot tho precept was real or imaginai vthoroau toe ovorwholrning weight UUUIUO?V oleariy ostabiiuhed tho fi that no time wss thora daugcr of o ! mon between tho Brooklyn and t ?txaii. 22. Tho tofliimony of Capt. F. pOok. a \7itnos4 oallod by tho judso t vooAto, in reterenoa to tho proximity tho Brooklyn to tho Toxas ab the ti of the Brooklyn's turning, has boen nortd and not Oven advortod to in t statement of portinonb faots. 23. Tho mi jorily of tho oourk hi <?., MI mod thab tho ?.oft ti mu ny of Lie Commander A. 0. Hodgson, notwi i.vii od ir,-j Ut rspcated oontradictien refero ?co to tho alleged oonverect retarding the proximity of the Te; at tho time of the Biooklyn's turn! is true and have entirely ignored < testimony of Commodore Bohloy i Capt. F. K. Cook to the oontrary, wi out oven referring to it in their otc ment of pertinent faeti. 24. The majority opinion of i ?murt that Commodore Henley's o duet in oonnsoilon with the events Baubisgo oampaign. prier to Juno 1898, vtas oharaoteriiiad by vacillati dilatorinena and laok of enterprise, ii nowise justified by tho evidonoo s i mifcted in the ?aio and eould only h > bien arrived at by the aotion of ' oourt in wholly ignoring all of. tho i deua? of witneiaei o.dlod by tho ju advooate, whioh wail favorable tu Aaid Commodore Bonley. , i 25. rn? jority opinion of tho o our l inoonoiusivo in that it ia antlraly lent u??on a ?harpai profaned bj^ JLludge ailvoeoto ^?^vnj^^mjkL' him to como within tho purviow of tho first Bpeoiftoftiios; to wit: Tlmt tho auld (Jommodoro Sohloy wasdorolloi in tho disobargo of hia duty and unmind ful of the rolog?tiona for tho govorn mont of tho navy of tho United States in that ho did not proaoribo and pro lunlfato anticipatory ordors of battle. 20. Tho majority of tho oourt havo ontiroly failed to dotormino aa to who wau in ooinmaad of tho Amerlo?n naval foroos engaged in tho battle of Ban* tiagb, tho finding of whioh faot was ab solutely neoissaro' in ordor to dotovinia? properly tho first tpooiiloation of tho pro ot. pt, aa to tho ooaduot' ol' Commo dore Sohloy in oonueoiion with tho events of tho Sautligooampf.iga. ' 27. Tho majoilty of tho euu.'t havo rojvotod tho vrnole of tho tostiinony of fered on bo half of the applioant, and have LO i ndvtrcod to uuoh UBI . mon y and havuontirolj ignored ?.he toStiw?ny o? tho *tfplio?ulk t ituuolt, who wau Op tho stand lor many boure au<i subj o ud lo tho moot tiearohing examination ; ?nd by so doing thoy h cv o perverted the oudu ol ju.uioo. That if ihio tostimony was all ?4.1S0 they should have so nu-' uouucod, aud if all or any part of ii wus into tho said applioant was oh titled LO tin-, boaofit of it aaa by dtolining to eouudor or pss? u >ou it thoy have de prived hun of his oimmon law u&d cou svitutioK?l riguta. 28. Thu tho majority of tho oem J found tho applioant guilty upon op*oi fioationa whioh were substantially ?.baa?onad by tho judge adv?calo, aa will f<ppsar from arguta?nt iu tho oaao. 20. That the wholo preoeediago nho.7 that tho Ki'.J jtiiy of tho court, ia the opinion and report of ftotu rendered, have sclootod tho totlimony of a few ho?tilo witnesco? and upoa that testi mony havo baaed tho said Opinion and report of faots, dicoardirg nil the othtr testimony ia tho ois* without making tho slightest roforeneo to it, os they ware div* otcd by tho prooopt :>o do. 30. The applioant, besides tho rea seas heroin givou, hopes to bo abio dur ing the further investigation of tho in quiry to addaoe other aoriou? and im portaat reatoaa wby tho majority opin ioa ok* tho oourt ohould aob bo ap proved. 3J. Tho applioaut is prepared to chow that the whola prooeadinga upon tho pari of the raf joiity b? tho oourt havo booa oatiroly irregular; that hia rights havo boi n prejodiood and ig nored; that his te?tlinony ia many moro partioalars than havo beon heroin oitcd has not beoa ooasidured, and that the ovidoaoo is absolutely insufficient to sustain tho opinion which has boen rendered by tho majority of tho oourt, that a crave injustice'hns boen commit ted, whioh would boo?uio irteparfible and btooaio perpetuated unless this opinion of tho majority of tho court should bo diuapproVcd. Wherefore tho said applicant most rospootfully prayu that approval of .tho opinion of tho majority or s\ud oourt of inquiry bo withhold aad that said opin ion bo; disapproved, ttnd that ho may bo MAiTordfi'd - tho'^intiaviunity>:) td ?li?ye'tli? testiaiony of record?* M ' v* Pr witnesses .properly considered aad passod upon, aud that ho^bojivon ouch othor aad farther relief as ho in oatitlod to ia tho promises; Wi S, Sohloy, Roar Admiral U. S. N.;(ljetired.) Isidor lUynor, j. James Parkor, Counsel for tho Applioant. A Big Increase. It will no doubt surpriso many to kuow that thero hag been greater ac tivity than in a long tiino .ramoog tho county boards o? i?qaalifsatioa>aud pqua ty auditors iu tho matter "oT stciuijing' fuller returns ol property for taxation. Ia faot, dariag tao yoaiv juub oto^iag moro baa booa aooompisahod ia this (tiroctioa thao for &OIOJ years. . Wou aosday tho footings o? the 'abstracts ia tho corop holler gonoial'a offioo for; the yera' woio made and thoro.viii), bb no ?bango ualcsu it is a maMor, ot n tow"\ thousand dollars oaly ii|,the por.ioajdiy ilgutes. Tho figuras oompor?id dab' Uio.10 of last your dhow - that thM>-0jhas boca aa iaoro.aso ?vtsxablo propuity ba tho booka f this y?ar*"of ae?r;iy twiivo millioa* of dollars. The exact figures aro $11,870,212. This means a good doai aaa ?nowa that there, has beca greater aotivity tbip jfW+iu .ihemiiu ter of havi. g property assessed' -fct its lu'op.-r V^UJ, Oi course a groat deal j n*s >et to ho aooouipliuhtd, but thia ls ooasicUro\ a Vory guod start ia itbe right uncotioa. Pu J v?'lubtionj ot pri>p ?rly ?or taxatioa tais year as tJ.pcoa uu..0L fiOia tho noattv.o.ii is a* toi,ow.: Pomonal.;;:.;#}#>08l]808 ltoal..........1.02 ?601720 iUilroad.yfi$&tf? 13 rr<r, Total........I ...,.$l^.Hy5,Ou0 L*'jt jr.ai'? figuras? aV.'Mfity'"'bj.?m? tlettd altor thu roport.oi'thb oomp?'ol or was issued, woro as follow^;. ? ,:, Personal.t'b'?A'?BM1 l^al.iv..:,*... 102 137/?77 Railroad..;?.'' :?bt?M$r<\ Total.. i r. ! .?180,020,097 Thia phoning la vary giaiiiyiag to thouo in oharfto of the fiaaheea of the Stato.-Tho bute.1; . \ ' '. : , Safe Blowers at F?lger, Th? JawoU?y . atoro oK Mr. G. E. Marohbanka In the to un of Po hu r was broken into between ^aatl .2 b'oiook Wednesday morning -?;ud tho robbora applied dynaeiita to Iii.) J'ii.olry info, which ia said ft have mado. it aparfet wraok. A ?umbef> of walahea and quaatitiaa of Jai/oly v^orovii oil?d py tho explosion, asid 150 sold watbhea wero oAnied ou by the /burglar*^. (The ho Sreasloa ia that th? men ??gaged ia thia aatardly work went thoro in a) buggy, whioh thoy' u?od to make their..; ?aoaps, aad thus thom tod the efforts mad? to iraak them with bloodhounds, No olu r> has been diaoovarad aa to their whei^i abouti, but it is not likely that thoy ?an get away from thia aeotion without halag apprehended. Tho lois to Mr. Marahlanka ia very eonoidarabla, and ho baa tho sympathy of the community in bia miafoi'luaa. j A Strange Kind of Peace. Thoro wore six akirmiahea tn varlou* patta/ef Batangaa. province Wednes day*' Th? iuiurgenta did ubi make a ilBfile aland. Many JTiliuiaos woro klllad. Th? Arnerloani had only a few men wounded. Additional iroopa have been aeni to (Jan.'Ballrwho.is^oarrylng on aggressive cam] THE STATE CAPITOL. Facia About tho Building Now Nearing Campltstlon. OF INTEREST TO MANY. Whan and Hew th? Work Wjua Begun, Th? War Period? ?h? Resumption of Tho splendid granito adifloo willoh ia tho oi?oial doruioiio of tho Statoof SoutV< Carolin?, after having boon 60: your* in buildiuj;, is at last noering compilion. D?^ntid origins J y to ooa $5,000,POO ?ckd intended, aa sj;uo o? tho political patriarchs of tho 3..'.to ava1, to eorva as tho oapitol of'tiio* southern Oonftderaoy, it iu today l>ut a t>?mblauoo of the oouotp?ion of John lt. Niomsoo, who designod it. As it s?*uui?, it hu? O'Kt tho State of South Carolina $2,500,000. Is ia intimately as sociated wah t;iany tnt gi o iuoi lents iu tho Stato's histor;, and hat? booomo al reedy one of tho historio struoburea of tho country. At I hs ?'jil..icm of the gonoral an?em bly o? 1850, while tho t? taite WO) in t)ie throes ot ?ho first great agitation of tho B*oosf.iou queitlon, whioh oudod in tho ?ffiruaation of tho right of ? Stato to uooodo, the logislative oommitteo on the il -.to ixoijv.0 ripened that the Stato rocords were in d?ug';y ol' destruction by tuo, and r?oommondod that a Aro proof building bo ?r*o>ed for thoiv nafo-keopiug. lu couti qusooo of this roport, tho appropriation mil that yoar ooiitninod a olauao authorizing the uso of tho proceeds of the sale of lots in the oity of Columbia for thiu purpose. No bill authorising the oreotiou of a new State .hon J o was passed, although it ls 'liera1 (hat it was tho intention of tho loadore At that time to provide for tho erootion UL a oroditablo publio building. Jud go O'Neal gavo tho orod it to Hon. Bflujtuhiu Hunt of "loading tho logiulaturo imperceptibly into tho (?chorno of building a new Stato homo." Tho oorus.vstono of a two-story build ing was laid Peo"iuuor 15, lp5i. This building was orootod on tho square thoa ooeupiod by tho old Suite house, fronting on Main street, the old build ing then standing at tho oornor of Son ata and Assembly utroctj. It waB a modest strueturo, intended to servo au a wing of tho projootsd oapitol. It was about completed ai a oost of $250,000 ar.d some ol' tho raoordu had been ro moved to it, in the summer of 1851, whin tho commissioners in ohr.vgo no iioed oraokti in tho door and vindo?/ arobco. These d?fooVs, bi?omitig moro pronounced, tho'' ooinrnisoionora eui-',' ployed John ll, NUrniicoi thun.rowidiug' iii ??iitljnor<'V' ail, roon^ubink orohittiit, M-,>v-./?;'>,/- .-"?'.d.v/iovvji$t'?Vic"?>/ji.isl>?>?tif?^?. institute and many other ;:?moU?'ii'?a\ ings, and s ' ono of tho foremost arohi toots of his ?imo. Architect Nioruoao absolutely condemned tho struoturo, and under his advice, it v?an rased to tho ground, only a portion of tho foun dations beiag left, whioh now remain i under tho west wall of the presont oapitol. It was thon that Niornuoo do jOiguod tho structure whioh now otsnds, [the gonoral assom^ly giving sanction to an insuo of bonds for tho "contduna tion" of the oouotruotion of a now Stem capitol. Tho adjoining square wau purchased, and tho building looato upon it? prtnoat sito. * " lu anticipation "of tho approaching gtcat conflict tho work was iovorishly punhed : uutil tho war praotioally , btoppod it. A tramway was construct od to tho granite q iarrios on tho nvi-r, ai.d huuUiods ol' laborors woro om- j ployed quarrying and dressing the .hugo piceos of grunuo roquirod. When thu work of building was thus rudely ?toppod, tho takmtod atohitoot ox :oba?g?d hio draaing iu'iouriu?at.o for rho sword, and did valiant eorvioe in j tuo army of tbo tsouihorn Conic der^oy. On LUftt momentous doy feo tho pro plo of this Seato, Vouiuary 16, 1865, when tho army commanded by Gen. W. T. Sherman roaohed the heights aoross tho.Oougeroo river ovorlookiug Uolujubia-^-at??eoy'e-Mayor Goodwin uurr<mdered tho oity, as it' waa ab io ?lin ciy defenseless. Notwithstanding thia defunaeless erudition tao Oity wan suullod and the new oapitol, with itt mute walis oomploted to tho f?oiso line, wau tho mars, ot every gunner. S.-vcrol abutilon te c5ii tho b?ro rtindoy.i opcnlu?8, find livo tfimok tho buddinu, bub mu?o ?Udo ?mproosion upon its m ?vi .u YO wans. Tue old Statu boulia was one of the l.duO buildings decoyed by Gou. Sher wau ?. fimy, and tho granite at the sottiboast oorc.tr of tho now oaphol wt s linked oil by tho fire which de ct roy cu tho old budding. At tho timo there was ? largo qu.\?tity of dr<msed. marble and. other material for tho builditig on the ground. The arohiteot estiaiatod the valuo of that destroyed by Gen. Sherman at $7,00,000, besides ebb mutilation of thu* beautiful marble in tho placo on ?ho front and rear por tions whioh is still apparent. A mino was prepared under tho building to completely destroy it, when a report roaohed the oity that a wimj of the army above Columbia had been at tasked by Hampton's cavalry. Gen. Sherman ordered tho powder removed, with the remark that it would be a useioD.1 weelo Of ammunition, and that ho would "leavothopseplese-^-poor that they would never completo it," hastening his departure front the oity, then in *mokiag ruins. Work oontiauod In s> desultory man ner until 1800, when it was ontirely disooatinaao, until tho BSBSIOU of tho general asiombly of 1800, fthje'1 sppro prlated $175,000 for %ko fa ? aow being wa.da, under plaos of Ai***mc? Ifrank P. Milburn. A dome was adopt ed in Ueu of tho granito tower origin ally intended to surmount tho struo tUThO granite Tto& upo? ?bo oV\ bulld without exception tho finest ?in tho United States, not oxoeptlng splen did buildings ot the national i govern ment vt Washington. Tko massive rqunro polars in tho lower oorjidor are bown from a single bleak of gritnitoi and are finished in tho honk- mannor known to stone outUrs, It wa? . in tended that jhat entablature of tho -i^l?n?pt. dho^ld be onl from * Opw&?lfln. fj?o?? ?t<-W?| whioh was aotually quar > (io$Mi|'^, tho. ground nt the OIOBO of tho WM^buls V'.waB never droeaod, and durii?gi'jho'?r?ioonfjtruotion poriod tho log?lj>il|{? ' donatod a portion of it for A m?Mhorit to ? negro politioian, ' i iVt?!) out in two. Thia ia aaid to ji tho largest picoo of grauito timo ?vor quarried in tho .^'cliatou. During ?ho disgraceful poriu'? Kv/hioh followed tho war, whoa tho Www o? ?ho north woro endeavor ing tu ^Vniro tho pol?tica' rights of tho nogr? 'dy overriding thoio of tho into! ii^ur, .and property owning pooplo of thia'?t^t?)'all material on tho ground fima?';p#o'agh to ho movod wag "ap propKit>o4'rv with all other property of tho Niuvc, by tho eoalawag.i and thie#i;i vi on in oonlrql of tho govern-, mont. ;jiO -o huodrod tbouuand dollars rai;. t.ip.jjtcd in "furnishing" tho 8?j ' :MUWO with - desks, oto., that v/oi '.'W" bonn cxbovbitaut at ono , } ; ? of-.Wiu pxicca ohargod, ?.nd in 0ift?#i euoh itowis aun aiivor phtod . vj'a?f^;;)pHiiior for ?die governor's offio oi.nt,? .-,)'? joioa ia proportion. A maj in ly o?' i'ao muinboio of tho hou.io of rop roscMKtiy'eB oould not write tboir na ru alb Vfihilo a majority of tho mom beroi m tko soneto were iu tho habit of BOttlmg their pomonal acoyunta? b./ or ders Vt^?n' tho ?ontin?oot fuqd of tho u'i.natoi inoludud m necessary ''sup pli?^for tho general a?s?aibly wore otiui'inouii quauutiea of ohampaguo aud whiikjpyJi Whiob wau freely dutpanepu m th?) h ii!? mow on th? right a* you OMI t r. v.j,vs f.nllor.f of tho norato, ? was in tifia ;robm that John J. Pattoreon, elf oled to tho United ti a?, co ?(?nato, do olat?u that there would bi ''lire yeara inure Osgood stealing in South Caro liMf?,,r which booamo a ?omooratio blo^i't. Tho .beautiful Oc~intkiAn oolurona, out from a single pieo<s of granite, are noteworthy apsoimans of the stono ; oua?ro' skill, while th? ma?aivo foqo d?t ion-; o? out Btone eontai*istg many inverted arohss to distributo tho wei&hfyaro marvols te modorn build ers. Tho/ building was drat oooupl?d by tho general asaopibly of IQt?i). During tho exciting cv-nts wbiob. followed the oampaign of 1878, it was litorally bora- ! barded by the opposing political par tios; and two bodies eaoh olaiiniog to bo tho legally olcetod house of ropre sonta^l.vo^ *nd '. <*?h with i io oomple ? mont of officers, msetisg in the asms rooni-tho hall ol tho house of ropro KontativeV"~a pitohed battlo was i mi nons, unid tho rso'igniiion of the Dom oortiti?''speaker by xormsr Republicana gave a dookdvo turn to affairs.-Tho atato. \ .. . ?Negro Dines Whites, Clarita MitoholJ. a prosporous negro ff.ii'uo/ of Smithville, near Atlanta, hau o;orod much comment throughout tho 'M$i favorable and otherwise, by hav 'iiiivto dino, at his homo a party of tho hj huofm white people in bin ooimnu VJ tty. .Pdi/.ohoil ls a shrewd planter, :V :.! .^J/V^?/iatm'.and im very popular 4, " >iv-.. >i.ftojtaoplft.\ ito rooohtly .doo .ja/?;gito.\aMinneTjt'o du * f?iln fvU da, illuBtrativo to what he pro-' hd'4? d on bile farm. Amoug tboso in ,vit I Wore Mr. and Mrs. Orrio Thotnp son> -W. AV. Thompson, Mr. ?nd Mrs. Tv m Burton, Mr. and Mrs. Milton A. Smith, Atlauta; Mrs. Cherry, Maoon; airs'. Howell Me Afeo, J. B. lid.-vor di, D/. J. W. Clark, bcnidos a number of children. Mitohell did not ait at tho tuble with his guests, but played the host by dirooting tho walters, whom ho had imported from ti \\ i: h ti old. At tho oonoluoion pf tho dinner tho visitors ox.-.mii-.od tho wo ll tilled atoro houses of ihoir host, and returned homo oaprota iug thu mu ul von pleased with hia hospi tality. _ - Industries in This State. Tho oeusus bureau preliminary report on the manufactures of South OAroiina ahows a tot rd of 3,762 erttabliahtnontb withproduols in 1DUU valued at $58, 748 731 and total ct pited invested $67, ;;?6.1(i?. Other figures ar?: Avorago number of ?iago saruors 48,135; tomi wagon $9 455,000; mieoellanooui ox pinelea $3,111,587, and ooat of material iu cd $34,027,7f?. The oapital shown an inereaue ot 130 por o o nfc, over 1890 and value ot produots an inoreaee ot 84 per cont. Tho cost of materials inoroaa ed 80 per oont. The eity of Coat liston fcopai'Aioiy reported, has a total of $12, 473 187 in oapital invested, and $9, 562 387 in vuiuo of produots. Those uru inureasua ol 70 and 6 por oant. re spdOii/ol.*, Uhario?ton has 364 cu tabliehmants, 5,527 waua earners, got tiugatotal ut $1,469,966 in wages. PhO miieoiianoou? vxpuunoi foot up $71)6, 573, aud oout of maieriais used $5,633, 578. Whero tho Money Goos. Pdisidout. It-.iO.iovu t lay H p<trbiouUr stroos upon our loee of peaoe and our dosiro to bo at peaee with tho world. Ih will ehoek him to read the latest treatury builetiu and loam that tho ox ponunures of thu war dapartmont for the presfcnh fi?oal year exeoed by moro than three millioau the civil and inis o'ollaneous expeadituros. According to that ehowing the only department with groa.er expoadituiMs is tho pensiou of Aoo, and t bpi iuoiud?s ponsioua paid to tho tm vi vor J of all of our wars. The wavy department a onion forth with au expenditure noarly twioo as largo as tho nation's interest aooount. Sampson Pyotosts. Btayiton & Oasipbol). who Appo&rad before the oourt of inquiry ns attorneys for Adsai/al Sarapaou, have applied to tleerotary LJP.X for permlselon to be heard in protest against the j approval by tho Bseretuy of the minority report writto* by Adeiiinl Dewy ead append ed to tho Majority report of tho oourt of h* j ut ty. Tho m or c tar y hiv.) eon seated to receive any papers thoy may earo to submit, K?led by Burglrtp. Miss Harriet Murphy, one of the best known young women of Pittsburg, Fa,, was murdered in her homo by a burglar Wedaasday morning, Tho aa oailant o?toted through the rear of tho house. The disordered room evldenof d a defpernto itrogglo. Miss Murphy wad treasurer of the Kinsley Ho?ss Ifund, a popular ebarUy. The Money ig mieslug. During tho-nfi'jt year Ii af o iou boon borrowing your nefghbov'e paper? Il SO quit bo thor lng your, neighbor find et one o^ your own, TEN PEOPLE KILLED. Tons of NHItfld Matal P*ur?d Up on Hapless Victims* HORRIBLE DEATH SOENE8. A Pitt8birEQa8 Furnace Exploded and QAUtod tho Toniblo j Destruction cf I. f <s and Prvp-trtv* Ton mon wcro burned to donth and four ir jured by an explosion of gao at tho Hobo furnaoe of Jones & laughlin, in Soiond avenue, near Brady nt root, Pittsburg, Pa.", Tbucsd?y. Tho ox plotion wfta oAUiod by a slip in tho fur naco, tho (?au and ilanlou bolohiug up vrurd through tho bidh Tbo men w?* on tho furuaoo platform, 85 foot above tho ground. Tht.ro wcro IQ men on tho furnnoo shop tho explodion ooourrod. Iltoon of them wero oau?ht io tho fiarnos. Two of them escaped with slight icarios. The other four wore tho regular men employed aa top Miora and OBoaptd without injury. Tho rx plosion was oausod hy tho gas boaomii?x 6 & eased in n ora*t of oindor foriniug -A tho bottom of tho fucaaM. A wheelbarrow oonUiaingoro had boon sent up to tho mon and when thoy woufc to dnmp it into tho b; ll of tho furnace they pus bod it ovor too far and it roll ed into tho hopper. Th* barrow weigh ed 900 pounds and wan too heavy for tho mon to raiso. The 15 laboro?, all Hungarian?, were thon sent up to aa Gie? thora. Had it not been for the burrow nooidont no one would have beon hurt, as tho rogular mon know ho(7 to protoetthomBolvesatsuoh times, an similar explosions aro of frequont ooourronoo. Tho explosion ooourrod in one of tho big blast fumases. Tho mon were at work at tho top of tho furnaoo over 120 foot from tho ground. Gas, which had acoumulatod in tho furnaoo, oxplcdad and tons of molten motal and sUg were thrawn ovor tho uafortunato mon on tho top o? the olraotnra. All tho mon mado a mah for tho 0 lo va tor, but it had gone dorm and there was no oaoapo. To. jump meant oertain death, and to ro main ca tho platform was Justasoor taiu doom. Tonos of moiton metal and fUmes foll upon tho mon and burned nine of them to doalh. Thoir bodios fell to tho roof of tho mill, 85 foot below, overy bono was hr oka n andan unrecog nizable mass of human nosh, Ordinarily only throo men work on top of the furnaoo, but this morning about 0,15 o'olook ono of tho heavy iron wagons usod lu < taking up tho 1 " tfeft ton of tho. fvirnaoo got stunk Lo, Op of \ ho ,5i i^r/v vre "had . *h& throo mon sent for erJ/itanoo. A few. mon went up; buttha? aould not movo tho wagon and moro wont up, until tho number roaohod 14. It was whilo thoy were trying to got tho wagon re leased that tho fatal oxploslon took plaoo. All the mon at work on top of the f urnaoes wero Slavs and Polos. Eyo witnesses say that it was tho most horrible sight thoy ovor witness ed. They cay that when tho explosion took plaoo thero was ono groat loud roport and tho boavens wero illumi nated with a shoot of il .ano, showing tho mon ou top of tho furnaoo run mug about, gcuti?ulating wildly. Tho flames and hot motal lookod Uko a volcano in notion, lfivo of tho mon wore blown off tho lop ot' tho furnaoo and B<rango as it may mam, thoso moa ?io tho ones thai aro still living. The ot hore bungon tho riling, nomo on tho outsido, ot boru on the ?nsioo, until thoir olothiaa; waa bum00. off, Two of tho viotimi hanging on tho outsido hold on, ui.d romaiuoU tonaoiousiy oliugiug to tho railing until thoir fin for.) wove burned off. They thou fell to tho xoof nf tho mill, dead. Soven of tho vietims woro found doad on the platform of tho oupola. These wero completely denuded of olo lung b> tho ll,uno y and thoir bodies ivero butuod alinoob to a orisp. Hundreds of yredestrians on Beeond avenue had nunow escapes from death when mo expiuuiou ooourrod. Tons of oro, ooko au? bu', omdors, some woiga lug n)mont throe pound, rained down on Second ovonuo ann many had to run into huusua anti ni uro? for pr* tuotiou U?r No 369 of tho Homestead division was p*8jiug jujt ac the limo tim gas lot go. tho ouse and other maur.al falitug on tho oar, which lind Vib paua*ii?ort? aboard, nauseo a panto and . any jampoa off nnd moro would havo fjliovtod )>ad non tho ooolocss ot the oouductor saved thom. NJ no of tho pa?sougorn WAS in tho lea?t in jured, but all wwu badly roared, Ov?r two io.'., of tho debris foll on Second avenue and a foroo ol 50 men was put to work to oil an it off tho traokd. Traine WH&iinpocod, but within a half hour t.f ?er tho a>oidont all the tracks woru oioared. Tho people resid ing about tho furnaoo and ?or blocks on either sido wore . badly frightened. Thoy rushed from thoir homes and a fow minutes after tho report had sounded throughout Soho thousands of pooplo gathered about the furnace. ?Two of tho viqtims were found in tho stock yard? of the plant, 250 yards from tho furnaoo. Thoy were horribly burned, but had thoy not been they would have baen killed by such a t'oroo. fiver/ bone in their bodies seemed to bo broken. The most dlttreislng feature of the aooident was tbo burning of a . mea named Fran ko'.?ic a, He was leen hy the thousands of people on their way to work lo ran to the platform railing and leap into the air. He was a masa of flames ai he went through. the air. He fell to the itook yard shed and Ht oially burned to d' ?th bof oro tho eyes of tho oxo,vd fifty feet below, who had noway to r?aoh him. Tho Biggest ITool Yot. T. M, Exura, a farmer Hviuig now Oontrovillo, Tenn., went homo ant When his WHO ot jootod to his shooting into thf floor about hotf feet, ihot hoi dead. Ho oarefully laid her On the bot! with the Aishetftn?e of his bhildioh ant tho? blew out his own hrelys. ?CULBY HAS MU EH ?OS And They Propose to Bee That Ho Clot ts Justlco. In the House of RoprosontntivoB Wodnesdav Roaroiontatlvo Wheolor of Kentucky, a momhor of the house oom* m i Uno on naval aflaixa today introduo ad a rcnoluv\i)? for au investigation of tho Sohley oase. The resolution ro oUies tho results of tho reoent court of inquiry, and adds: . 'Where a?, Admiral Gcorgo Powey, rooognizad as tho foremost naval oft* oer cf tho republic, ontirely disagrees and dissents from tho opinion of h*a collogues on said board of inquiry, and. "Whorea:?!ho American people desire that th? conduot of Rv ar Admiral Schlay should bo'inVssMgated and pass od upsn by oU;*?njr (Ka republic in nowist? ee>j.fi^4ed or identified with tho navy dep^thuot, j[l^i^0r!R|'li'9^<Hr.';^ "Res dved, Teat tho oommlktoe on nav*l afluir? of ? U? house of represent atives bo dwftted to inqairo iota tho ooutuot of R?nr Admiral Sohley from tho timo ho aisumed ooulrol ot tho fly ing iq'iAdron UP t > and lesioning the on^atomont with (ho SpaoUh squadrou of! the ooaAk of Cuba" Provis'on is road* for a r<?pork to tho houso o? roprosi?-N?v.'B and authority ia given to bond for persons and pa per?. H<preeentativo Griffith of Indiana, iuiro ino ->j .>, re-io u ion for aa investi guion of tho nwy department and of the Bonley caso. R?pr??enta?iv? Sahirm of Maryland, introduced resolutions whoih, it i < i.--.id. to ? oontid?rable extent represent the views of tito, Maryland deWafdon in ooBsresB. ~ Tho rerolutiona read: ''That ? ho opinion and findiagof Ad mirl George Dewey bo ind it is here by oudorsod ss the only opinion and finding juatiiicd by tho ovidoooi ad dueed and prrtinont facts established boforo tho ootuk of it $ airy. ''That tho thanks of oongrosi are hereby extended to the said Rear Ad miral ? oh loy re tir? d, and to the om ocre and men under nie coramaad for thtdr brave and tffUicnk oonauot in A\\ ? V * ? T ?ii* WMIAN? a?.- QyiA^'ik J JU? V Y fc f> mlxxi ftVSVIJ vf T VF*, ?sw wJJUmu.v. flUot under tho command of Admiral Oervera: "That Roar Admiral Sohloy bo plaosd anon the lisa of retired rear admirals f tho Uni tod States navy with tho foll rank, grado, privileges, emolu ments arid pay of otu joro of said rank in the active service." Representative Mudd of Maryland also introduced a resolution tendering tho thanks of eongras* and of the Amerioan people to Admiral Bohley. Representative Gaines of Tennessee, introduced a resolution reoitio? tho 'Unparalleled aohioveraent of Admiral Sohloy in destroying tho entire Span ish ;: tquadron with cenoummato skill and torriblo oolority." .^RVsolijitionih%pt5 they opinion, of Ad' mt??i.l)a.?ay Ilya f?viyp^fy?ffijti. ' > In.tho house'^b^?mt?ra^fli Ble?#A' Vandivor bf Missouri and Cooper of Team as, attempted ip scoure unauimou? eon; sent to consider Bohley resolutions, but Mr. Payne, who had the floor doolinojl to yield. Mr. Cooper's rotolution deolar?o Sohley In command and entitUd to credit fer tho victory of Santiago and direoting that ho bo plaood on the ac tive list with tho rank ho hold boforo retirement. Mr. Vandiver's rosolution reoitoa that tho V plage of the oourt of inquiry ro fluot. upon Admiral Sohley and calls fer an i.uvosbigation by seven members of tho house. MileB for Sohier. General Miles mada an open declara tion approving Dewey's vcrdiot on Sibley and eapooially arranging the whole administration for the attempt to steal Sohley's glory.. He is ap proved alika by Demoorats, Republi oaas, Souatoro and Ooogressmon. This itt a hard blow to kite navak olique. Congreve will undoubtedly order an in vsstiftatipQ, if publio sentiment -does not oompel .ho inondent ko roverso fc e findings of* tho majority of the court. General Milos said: "lam willing to take the jidgiaont of Admiral Doivcy in the matter. H? was ciom-uaador of a fleet and as ?uah has koowa the anxieties a?.d rotponsibilitios whiea rest on a irma under thoae oirouui etaaoos. ile wuu inAtramoatal in tho destruction vf ooo Spanifch floue aud koo ?s and rasa?os ?io footings that enojmpais an ohio r under such condi tion?. Lthink Da.voy has summed up the matter in a olear and o moise mau nor and 1 beiiovo his oonoluoioas will o indorsed by the psuriotio pttoplo of tho Uuited S -?tot. I have no ayuupv hy with (he efforts which have boon mado to destroy the honor of an ohio jr under 6Uoh o nea rn s tan cos." To bo Very Gold,; Tho wsatherwiso prophets do ol ovo thak the wlatsr now bagua will bo tho ooldest ever kaowa by tho present gen* .ration. Possibly these predictions are inspired by the emissaries ot tho esal trust, At all events the predic tions are very similar to what was heard last year Just aboui this nason. Las! year tho prophets said that tho far bsasiag animals had ooati mush thicker than asnal and that therefore th? winter weald be ration col dor khan tba average. A? a niakker of record last winter was rather mild and opon. Park ftps Ike prophets have rode ?med their failure ot last yaav by a nuocess ful prediction aow. Possibly if they katp on making those predictions long eaovtglt they will hit it right some time, Sho Winded Bim. Cart Lindsay, an omployo of tho Amor?o AU Lamp abd Brats Company, at Tte?ton. N. J., wan mad* blind, by hydriehlorieaoid, tkrow* in his face by a young woman who worked at the same baaoh with him, , Tho two had a dispute ovor a pUoo of work and bloom; tag onragod tho young woman ..pitted up a pan of tho add and hurled tho oontontsat Lindsay, striking him full in the faoo. In addition to tho lotiVef his olght Lindsajf is terribly marked by thc aold; Tho young woman hos not boon arr?Rte.d. Tho Who?? Psopl? Httv? Turnad Wt^ Traitors ?O ?AYS ??NERAL oH?rrE?. ? .-~? : ' , They Profond F?tendahlp Bu* All Sh ? Whil? ?ocroily .Support th? Fi&ht Against Ameri - can f?ute, "DCioiory aff?rd? no parallol of awholo pooplo tlius praotioally turning war tral toco,, and in tho ganiu? of no othorVecy plo waa over fouud tuoh m?atorful pow- 7s ew of otofi oy/and di<.simula'doti, bu . it i? nocdlofcfl to..nay that no powoiful Svato wa< tvor oroote.d or ovor om bo OT'.'?tid Mp'.>>i suoh ii??i?ibr?l an.". ut??n hghion, d foundations " l^uob atomont .e?n*do by Gild. Ohaf fuo, military .governor of tho Pniiip pino*>, ia a r?.viow of on.s ot a number of uour menial 0*309 ia tho i fiando, ibo i\o nd J of whio i h.* VJ bfe?? so-?????>-?? ceivod av ?ho war dtp.rttnunt. \ \ Tho oaja wiuoh Drouths forth/thi^ 0 m uonij from Goa. On silgo..wa)i ?ao^T wherein sovon naviven wotbiv?riod 1 jin ly on a charge of ix?u?dir. 1 ho ao ?'i^?;d vo.o sol liera tn th* inf-Ur^ont *rmy and/ ?rior defeat by tbo American army xu tho ttold, abandoned ovon tho show ot opon opposition of tho half uuifoimod guerrilla banda, ?ul took" up thio r<;8iqouoo ta' .Tay tay iu? Uorong provino?, Luaon, a plaoo pvotootod by an Aai?jcioau g^rriaoa. Thoo, following thc prooiutmud polioy of tho iasurg?nfi. o?iio?H, thoy proceeded to or'gauiKO so orotly a bolo baud Altor tho nativo population within tho liaos of tim army o? i? ijup v.ion had boon autor?a Kio tmr-.ol?h oivil government, tho band - - oamo forward undor tho leadership of a resident padra, diotated.audsecured thoir olootion as municipal offioof?i of / Tay tay and onterod upon thoir duties , under Amorio&n authority. Then on? suod a rowarkablo attempt to nervo two mastaba. . In all lawful maitors they ?orvod with duo appearance?H'&i -, il_ A "_i^.." -_Cn?*.* tvjfxkuy vuo i.\uu'imiin guvuiuuu.; iv hilo at tho name timo fchoy labore Bsorotly jwd diligently iu the interest of tho insurrection. Thia dual form of govornment, says Gen. Ghafleo, ox intcd overy whero, in strongly gar risoned ollie? Uko Manila a? woll a? tho ?nnallaat plnoos. Thomuni?lpal o?icori* of Tay tay next entered upon a series of mui'der.fl and continued thoir. work until tho growing number of .uiyntori oua disappearances from the oom munity Iud to tho dioojvovy of feo por* potratero by tho,American authorities "Ono undeniable truth,''saya Gen Ohalfoo, "utanda out in thia cano aa in hundreds, of like .Oases.of murder, thav the nvoragp rativo of .these', islands/ _jpfi WM ?o??i?^ Bix of "'?he!'.iidy?iv sat? Voavwe? ii-' ' t tenoed tobo hutig, but/ Genii; Ufc^&i oommutod tho sentence in tho c?seo'ot'; three of them to imprison <aont ali-, hard labor for lifo. Tho seventh native, leonardo Posoy, a regularly ordained priest, asked for sud Waa granted a soparato trial. Ak his trial Posoy, who -was hold to bo tho ohiof agent in tho Taytay liiur dors, took advantage of the loophoio whioh appeared to bo afforded by his poaitiou t>s priest, by oontonaing (hat whiio tho paiUoipatord in tho wholeaalo murders in T*ytay would ooniofta tho same at confessional, ho was roxtiainod by hin ofiioo to koop ailonoo. ? Gon. Uba??oopronounotd thi;idof| of no value, saying that "Mo cot sion&l deus not lay upon nuy r prieat or layman, the obligation of pressing knowlodgb ot crimos b commntud by third partios, tho surnmation of which could iiavo prevented without violating tho] crc<iy of tho oonfeesional," lu this tioaiar cac, it is stated tho kuow) of ?ho orimos was brou^hc dirootl tho priest's notice and waa not ga through the coat?a?ional. His sent I wau commuted to Jmprionmont fol yeaa. . Murdered and Hobbed.. The body of Jamos li. HA>, ?ocr of tho Pacific Luiuoor oompaayjl Wedno. d?y fourni buried in a ohi1 ttonon atongfci.io tho Ui? Grande.iraokl near ?iKtn and Ttartooth ?sttcot H*i L?ko Uity. Monday night Hay oalioc at ibo homo of PolerMortortaon, a eon tracior living at 2210 Walnut avjnuo and dolleoted $3,8n0 whioii Moriu.i?uo ortod thu P,\oi.io humbiir oompwoy, and whi?tt lato in tho atornoon Hay had' ro foaod to ayoept, not eyeing to l?avo ?hat amount iu tho efftoo safo at night, ito gavo a roooipt to id^rionson for tho money and dolt tho , latter s hou<io with tho remark that he waa going to take tho money to Manager G. IC. JVjpiaoy Of tho iniiibcr coinpeuy. Sinon that time nothing has been hoard of HA? until Wednesday when- his body waa found. Tho money was goiio and io the CAC hot Hiy'tf head wai a groat jagged wound. Hay wai 31. years of ago and was prominent in Mormon ohiuou work. Ile came to Snit Iiakefrom Auclralia ievctal yoftrs ago. Peter M?rtonaeix waa arreaud Wodneiday afUrnoon eliarged with being oonniioied nith. tho murder. MortinHn, lt is Kiafcod,'gave tho poldoe their ftrub information in re gard to tho location of tho body? He donica all knowledgo of the crime. An Uprising: Xi'oarod. ' The authoritloo In Manila avidontfy fear a rifting, for Manila papers ' report that artjllsry is beiug placed in pis?os about tho olty heretofore fp'ra.okidaMy unprotected ?xb?pt by small infantry guard doU*hment*. Gatling guns have b?en plaaad In th?, headquarters of the^ department of Southern Jr^eon aud it i* utidoratood theta Bmall guriboat will take up a position in tho la?b?n ?t thb iearof tho iiOadctaatler^buHdiri^ Old Por? Santiago too, is .bristling - with guns, Two rapid-fire guns have oooa mounted on tho rampart*, ono Of th?ru eommandlrg a fuU ??weep of (lalla Prm* cipo and tho vivor front. ; A small Gat? Hog han bc oit moun ted ott tho ?Mualo? 1 Gon, OhaftWs p?ivato^kuuoh, ,.