The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, December 27, 1901, Image 3
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, ,.