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X r ... * *v VOL. XVI. SCHLEY OBJECTS. I; His Ct U'sol Fj|t s Reascnt for S <-ttlr g AsicY Verdict. THtY U ? E PLA?N LANGUAGE. Th? Offers tf th? C^uri: Arc Chrrg'<d With B Ir g Impr^s^d Wf1b "TYstlrrrry <f"rtosf i I A Wit IT' K - ft - ' Admiral S.'hl^y through hia couorcl Wcdcefidty filod with tho Roorotary of the navy the bill of exceptions to tho majority findings tf the court of inquiry and also ?. letter ft'kirg to be allowed to bo hoard in conncotion with tho objootions to bo fii? d by attorneys for Admiral Sttnppon to tho individual opinion of Admiral Dowo?. THE OROUNDS FOR COMPLAINT. The bill aligns the following grounds in auppott of tho olj-'otion: 1. J'ho majority of tho cou;t havo givon thrir epinion that (lomiuodoro Sol ley should havo \ oorcdod wi'h tho utmoet dirpntch < ft: Oionfucgo* when there was no speoifioa'ion covering th<? subject, and wnon tho applicant did not hRVo tuffioicnt epporlunby to brine in proper ar.d convincing ov.drroe in rrtf am r? na 4 K ot r.I r> o \ a ? * > y. *!?? s v? v* vm wv m wi v\'^ v. TV V II fc V \ ' i I " ^ ovideneo taken by tho court on t! i< euljioi wr.B directly ooahsry to the opinion rendered. 2. Tho tnrj'jvity of tho court havo hold that I he applicant r-h u! d !*rvo < 1doavorcd I > oieu c moiULioa'iou wi'h tho insurgents at tho p!c^ defr nrttd in tlio iromor&udum by C mmo'ore MoCa'la, delivered'' him on d.o irornirg cf the 23:d cf Mty, 1809, when, in faot, there wns no plsco iLentiyrmd in said memorandum ay bci* g t. p aoc at which a oimp o? inturgonta was lo catcd. 3. /ho majority of tho ocurt have arrived at the opinion elated in tho fortRoii g paragraph without regard to tho faot, which was pr' v?n by an over whelming wc;ght tv tor timer, y; that tho sain Mc.Callt mv moron dura was sent to Oommcdrro Sc' ' v only for uso in connection with the in oru.ation it contained relative to certain battcri.f* at, or beirg constructed in tho vic:nily of tho entrance to tho harbor of Cmn fuegoa, ?a attested by tho order No (j, dated May 10, 1898, tu.d sent to flora modorc Sohlry by Admiral Simpson 4. 1 ho majority of tho court in the opinion rendered hold tl at Cemmodoto Bclilry should have maintained a oloso blorksdi of C cufuogos, when by over whelming testimony it was proven that a oloec and eff motive hlooktdo of that port wsa mail sained, tho judgo advo oato having substantially abandoned any ohargo to the oentrary. o Ttio majority of tho court in tic opinion rond< rod bavo ontiroly ignorod tho uncontradicted testimony proving that tho British p.toeincr Adula we. permitted to go into 'ho harbor of (Jionfucgop in order that information might bo obtained through hor ae to whither the Spanish ficot was then in that port, it having been olcarly es tablishcd that tho captain of tho i -id British Btoaruer Adu!a promised and agreed bcfcro permission was given him to eutor thu port that ho would bring, his ship out in fewer than 24 . hours and furnish tho information doaired. t>. Tho mt-jority of tho oourt, in the opinion rendered, havo entirely failed to refer to diepatoh No. 7 admitted to bavo been sent, by Admir.tl Sampson to Commodore Sahlry, tho coT'F-truo lion of whioh was agreed upon in tho argument of tho caoo, to wit: ff 1st it was an imporativo order for Oram* doro Schley to hold his rquadrun olf Cictfuegos whether tho Spanish fl ot wan or wa9 not iu that port. 7. Tho majority of tho oourt in tho opinion rondered have entirely ignored tho admitted fact that tho commander of tho Eaglo failed to communiovtr th* situation at Oicnfucgos to Uommodoro Schley. 8. Tho majority of tho court in tho opinion rondorcd havo entirely ignored tho uncontradicted cvidonooia the case that C?pt. Bobly J>. Evans, knoain tho meaning of tho signal ligh a on shoro at Cicnfugos, fnilcd to c -nmunioato bis in'ormatiori oonoeiniofc cm to Commotio-o Schley. n TU -t .t- i i- .v j ug uj? j ji11 y ui ?uo court "n in rciort of tho facto rul'milted d o'-ro that tho signal lights on shore n< av (Jicrfucgos wtrr, seen hy rommod r? Sohlcy on the r it;) . t f M?y 22d, 1898, when in fact {ho ovrrvtho m o,^ wi i> h of both oral a'd documon*<iry v do o proved that Com mc dote Sabl y pn'v and h?d knowledge of f'? ?.o light*? oaly on tho night, of May 23rd, itd a* no other timo. 10. rJ he mrjority of the court in the opinion r-?.d.rcd arc f.ilcnt on tho sub j act of tho following olmrgo pro'brr*.d oy tho jjdgo a vor.a'o against Cjv?modoro voboy du7?* sr tho rrogrc :i ot tho iuvoM'gction, rr< .ol;, that 1 ) did not noftfik I " luovcmetitfi in dopartirq from in 1)0 it of the or. of Cienfuegoa, but by Ubitf Ardois t goais ho reveal'd tho destina ion of hin (quadron to tho enemy on *horc; despite tho fad 'V by ct jrttl elrair g w< n ht of testimony this obargo v.aa entirely disproved. 11. Tho majority of tbo court have based their opinion m reference to tho retrogado movement upon a sta'oncont made in th. ir report of fads that, Com modoro Schley, befo.e tatlirg ''rem 1 Cionfucgos, ieo< ivtd reliable infoxroa tion that ships could hi coaled in tho vio.nity of Capo Cri z s?'d GoraiVoa channel, and it is no* respccfully do nitd that thcro was any ?pch positive testimony in this case; tvory witnosa with ono exoeption who was (xamincd on tbe subjeot disavowed ill knowlcdgo in rorerenoo thereto, and tho uniootia- < dieted testimony of C ipt. F. E. Cook ) est abl hies the fee', that tho rfSoial f charts with which the IBgsbip BroA)>u was supplied, and upon wbiohCom- ? u.odoro Sohley was ccmpellcd to ie!y < for info, matioo, shewed coaling at ! Capo Croz to bo neither i';&Bibio nor i practicable, atd tho reuorls dearly i fhow that rot until tho 27th of May, thru: days after leaviug Oioufuogos, i alien Capt. Charles S. Cotton visited i ho 11 ig hip Brooklyn, did Commodoro ( Schley r ccivj any definite information i oooctrniijg the feasibility or praotioa ] bvlitv of ooaling bis ships from aoollier in Gonaivos ohanno'; all of which faots i havo been wholly ignored by tho ma < jyiity of tuo court iu rorinulating thctr ! sai' report of faots. 12. Tho majoiitv of tho court, iu ?4atiug in its roport of faots that Commo(h'r> Schley received no positive in 'oimctiou from tho scout ships as to the pvorenoc of tho enemy's float in the harbor of Santiago utterly lgrorci the ovorwhelmirg testimony in proor of tho Uot that Capt. C. 1). Sigsloc did aotu al.y report to Commodo-o Sohley, and to others that the Spanish Hoot was not iu tho harbor of Santiago. 13. Tho opiuion of tho lmjority of tho court and the report of faois is ont'rely ailont on tho subject of tho prrveu and admitted failure of Capts. Wise and >1 iwcll to comuniaio.vto the information they bad rcooivod iu refer* rnoc io tho presopoo of the Spanish fleet iu '.ho harbor of 3?ntSago to Uom modern Sohley. 11. That tho roport of the faots Hibmitt d by tho courts states that the conditions ol wind. b;-& rod weather fro n noon on May 2t? to Juno 1st, were r voraoie lor fating oca" i- j ji a ooiiior at sea ; II Stmixgo, when this slat, aunt has been directly controverted by the tv d uoo of tho wicLCises for the g. v ciruicrt. 15. "Tho tables pvoj arcd b*? govorutooot exports and adnuMfcri in evidence befero tbo ocurt skov.irg th.i .'oal aup ply of tho vessels of tbo fi/'ni; rqutd roD, with refircnoo to their on?9i> g ca parity, precpoding at full sped wi h orocd niaught, havo rot even btou ad v ricd to in the roport of fao'.s. 16. Tht r: has uot boon the slight^st reference made by tho Mijoruy of tho otu:t to the o <1 -rs of the horn rablo ?< o rotary of tho navy, (.Herod ?ud proved in ovtdoroe, forbidding the hse&rdiug of Annnioan chips against shoro battel iop, and the oourfc h*? d -rided against the supp)io?nt u^oo the nevenlh fpeoi fixation of the precept, without, ii tl.o s'.iphojt drguo, referring to this impor toot evidence. 17. Tho mr j ^rity of tho oourt havo cutircly failed to give any opinion an to the ofcaraotcr of tho blockade of Santiago, al hough tho fa mo was included iD tho oighth specification of the proopt, Rrd by specific diiootion tho court ws obligated to give au opinion thereupon. 18. Tho m*jirity opinion of the court that OonMi ooro Schley should havo endeavored to capturo tho Spanish vessels at anchor near tho ontranoe of Siniiago harbor, on May 25) and 80, and th * ho u:d not do his utruoet with tho force under his command to cm turo or destroy the Colon and othor vess-l; 01 tho enemy, on m*y 31, is wholly f l varianco with tho orders un dcr whioh Coinmodoro Sohloy ras acting before S^nti^go. said orders, as is Attested by No 8, dated May 21, 1898, and sent ty Admiral Sampson to Commodore Sohloy, restricting bib operation to tho establishment and maintenance of a stockado o? tho port of S&r.tirgo, if tho enemy should bo found thmoin; nd also said opinion is uttorly and absolutely at variance wi'h tho overwhelming weight cf testimony whioh olearly established tho fact that tho 'ffiirof jMay 31 was predetermined . ; ou and executed r.s a roconuaisanoe ond not es a formal a*t?ok upon the Spanish vessels nor upon tho land batteries at tbo outrnnoe to the harbor of Sar.lago. 19 The majority opinion c f tho oourt is ambiguous ana indeterminate in that the oouit holds tho turn of tbo B'ooklyn to starboard wat raado to avoid got* titg her into dangerous proximity to tho Spa&inh T?6?els, without stating who'her tv.vdon of fudi dangerous proximity on hi* p?rt was due to tho personal frars of (Jcininodoro Schloy, or to f? denim on hh port to profccrv) tho ship intact, and ready for further work in die effort to win a viotory fiom the enemy. 20. The m*joriiy ef t^o court havo tctiroly ii'nortd the overwhelming tee timony tiiomittrd in tho oaeo in driving at mo opinion that Commodore Sjliloy erred in nrmmonoing tho onrjonton July 3 with tho port battery, tho ovidenoo in tho '-*so oi^ir'.y ri 'ftb'iibra tho faot that, in tbe ex.ou lion i f thr. rtand ng nrdcr to 44o!o?o in and attack in ha b r o?vrin<n," i wr.s impossible for the Brooklyn, without turning away fro a tho enemy, to op o tho orgagejaent rxospt wicb her por, battery; aod tho eviaenoo a; o c1; rly eatablieiiia the fact that tho turning oi tno JBrook yn in tho manner rtid direo(1 ? U K:. L. -L- JiJ J1J n t? ju nmmi r:u) uju mn uiu not cause her to lose eitlur dir. %nco or po tivion with tho Spanish veatcls, iho oonrary ojiaion of the oou t upon this 6V joot bt.nn arrived at or. y by di?>rn gaining ail J o evidence in ..onait cf Commodore Schley. 21. The m jrxily opinion o* the court in ambiguous end ind:f?ruiin?blo iu tl at whilo Pta ug that tiio Brooklyn'^ torr.ii g caused tho Texas to Mop and "to Uclc h i cnginea to avoid possible oolinuou," said opinion dooa not r ate who.her tho d?r.gei of cuih collision an ooa.prc .endt d by the 9 h spool flection of tbo proccp: wa.i rrul or imaginary, whereas tho overwhelming weight of toMimotiy clearly encablished Iho fsot that no time was thoro danger of ool liaion between the Brooklyn and the Texas. 22 Tho testimony of Gapt. F. E. Cook, a witness called by tho Judge ad vceite, in reference to tjio proximity of tho Brooklyn to the Toxas at tho timo CON WAV. S )[ tho Brooklyn's turning, hai been :g:>ored and not oven adverted to iu the it* to moo*. of nertinent f-'cts. 23. The msj >rity of tho oourt bavo \**umcd that iho teatimooy of Liout. Joniniand<r A. C. iijdgson, notwithitandiog its r p ated o^utradiotion ia rofcronoo to tho alleged oenvvrsation rognrding tho proximity of the Texas at tho time of tho B o iklyn'o turciog, is truo and kavo entir ly ignored th? Lostiinony of Commodoro or. 1 y atd Uapfc. F. K (Jook to tho ecntrary, with out cveu rcforring to it in their statement of p*. rtinort fno.j. 24. Tho majority opinion of tho oourt that Com too:, ro Schley's oneduet in oonnr otiou >*?itb the events of Santiago campaign, prior to -fuco 1, 1898, was oharacterizjd by vacillation, rtilatoriooss ?ud lack of enterprise, is iu oowiso justified by tho ovid-nco sab mittcd in tho ca^o and could only have b->oa arrived at by tho action of tho oourt in wholly ignoring all ot tho cviuenoo of witnorscs called by tho judge advocate, wluoh was favorablo to the cnid Coinniodoro Sobloy. 25. inrjority opinion of tho ocurt is inoonclusivo in tiiat it is entirely silent upou a ohargo proforrod by the judgo advroito during tho oourso of iho public investigation and olaimod by him to ooroo within tho purviow of tho tirpfc spool b cation; to v/it: That tho said Conimiiuiv o Sehloy wasdorelict in tho uisohargo of his duty and unmindful ol tlio rolfgatious for tho govern mont of tho navy of the United S'.atoo in that he did not pro&oilbu ord pro mnl' r.'o anticipatory orboia of battle. 20. 'J ho majority of tho cnur'nave outnely failed todotcriuino to wtu as iu command of the American naval fi roes engai d in tho bitiio of S?d tK.go, tho f: .ding of wbioii faot w*s ab sotutely nco.-ssary in order to dotormin . prcptriy too niso Pp oiuoa'iou cl tlio precept as to tiio conduct of Cornon tloro SoMoy iu connection vrith the (.v -ptsi f lie w.ti-go campaign. 27. Tlio Dibj >rity oi the c >urt have r. j o'.od tho wnolo oS tho testimony oftcjrci on bcba f of the applioant, and hnvo not aov.rtcd to enoa tcs'tmony a > I have oniiroly ignored tho tosumonv of vbo appl-oaut hiumcl:', who wan ou tho sturd fvr m.v 'j liouro aadBubjt c.td to tho iuo; t Kop.ro'mcg ts-iininaiiori; ?ud by so douu' tiny have pcrvcrteu tlio ondu of justioo That if .his t stiinonj W6h ail la.so thoy should have so announced, nod if sll or any pirt of i? vraa truo tho said appl cint was en' illcd to tlio benefit of it an 1 by declining to oiu^idor or u ion it thoy hvo do pnvod Kim of his ojuimon law ard oou s iiutional rights. 28. That tho majority of tho c;urt found tho applicant guilty upon tp.ci fieaiions wiuoh wero fubsUnual'y abandoned by tho judgo nuveoate, ? will appear from arguuuut iu tho ot.?o 29. That tho wnoio proceedings chow that tlio mtj ; ity of tho court, iu tho opi ion ana re^on. of inots rcQQtr'id, fc tv i s.lootod the tostiniony of r few hcotuo witnesses end upou tl at toatimony havo blind tho Si:d opinion a. d report of tsota, discarding all tho other testimony in tho orsc with ul making tho slightest nfercuuo to it, as the;wro directed by the prooept to do. 30. Tlio applicant, bofidco tho reasons horoin givon, hope/ to ho able during tho further lnvsugation of tho inquiry to adduoo othor serious and iuip? r^nt reasons why tho rmjirity opinion of tho oourt should not be approved 31. Tho applicant ia proparod to pliOW til a tho wholo iirnnipdinoj , ."O" W^VH tho part of tho majority of tho oouri h.ivo boou entirely irregular; that hid rights havo been prrjadiood and ignored; that bis testimony in manv more particulars than havo b-. on hor u o ted has not been considered, and thai the evidence is absolutely iaeulFnicnt to ountain tho opinion vrliioh has been rendered by tho in*jor;.'7 of tho court, that & grave injiniio- h?s been committed. which weuli beoomo irrcpartblo and be com j porpetu&tcd unions this opinion of tho majority of tho oourt should bo disapproved. Wheroforo tho said applioant most rcapootlaily prays teat approval of the opinion of fcbo majority o( sa'd court of inquiry bo wiiLheld and that raid opinion bo disapprovei and that ho may bo afforded tho opportunity to havo 'ho testimony ofrecotd of himself and bis ivitnoflKOB proporly considered and passod upon, and that ho ho givin ?uoh other anrl furtherroJiof as hoisontitlcd fo iu Ujo ptcm'.floB. W. S Sohloy, Koar Admiral U. 8. N. (ttotired.) Inidor Kaynor, J * mod P.- rkor, Couuscl for iho Applicant. Safe lilowers at Pelzer. Tbo pwolery ttoro oi' Mr. G. JO, Maruhbank t in t\o town of JVz y: won broken into between 1 oud 2 o'clock Wo'in vB'l*y moruiag nnd iho r bbnn apputd dynamite to h:? jowelry eifc, wntoh is sai l to havo iuo o it, \ p?r/<t ttr'ok A number of w*toh*n and q lantiiios tf Jewely woro cpoUod by tho < vr> n? inn F\l I ? i l ?' ? v*!' v. *u? u\? U\J & J1U Wti<00?8 wort c-riied off by too burglars. Tho ira preoiioa is tua', tho men eoga^ed in this <la?lardly work went thoro in a buggy, which they u-od to meko t heir osopo, and thus thvarted thn efforts umdo to track them vi h bloodhounds. N > cluo has been diaoov red as to their where shout*, hutit.ii not 1'kcly tliM th<?y oau gat away front this reotion without being oj>:r.':hcadud. The Its ?o Mr M rjhoaotr, is very oousidrrabla, and t o has ;he sympathy o' the community vq his rnisfor u >e A Strange Kind of Peace. Th-ro v:oroMX skirmishes in virions parts of Ba'.angas province Wednesday. Tim iruurucirs diet not msko a ainglo stand Many Filipinos wore killed. The Amertoana had only a fow men wonido<h Addivi.inal troops have bcon sent to Qan. Bell, who i? oarrying on aggressive campaign in Bttangas, Tayabas and Ltguna proviooas. ... 4 . p . C. THURSDAY. D1CC THE STATE CAPITOL. Fac't Ab^ut RjJd ng New N*arir>? Cor.ipl *ti >n. OF 1NTF.R??*T TO MANY. When ?>nd Hew th? Wcik WAs B gun, Thu Wsr Period, 7 na R'sumption of Operation. Tho splondid f rmito cd.fi ;o whioh is tlio clliaial dmnioilo of I ho State of South Carolina, after having boon 50 ycarj in building, is at last noaring oomplction. Designed originally to cost 15,000,000 and 'utendod, a? Bo 10 o! tho political patriurohs of tho Str.to aver, to servo as tho oapitol of tho southern Cenfedoraev, it in today but a houibUnoo of tho conception of John It. Nierneoo, who doaignod it. Ab it stands, it h*R cost tho Htato of South Ciroliua $2,500,000. It ia intimately associated with mviy tragio incidents iu tho Siato's hi jtji/, and has bocomo al ready one of tho historic struoturoi of tho country. At the senior of tho general assent bly of 1850, wbilo tho Siato was in tho t'.rooa of tho fifflt gicat agitation ol' the 6> ?en' ion quottioo, v# In oh ondod in the xfliroialiou of the right of t State to sooede, tho legislative committee oo tho S'A o hcu o reported that tho Sta*p records were ;u dnrg-r of dostruetion by lire, o'.td reo iinuiondcd that a fire proof building oo erected for their safe-Lcoping. In ooui-\ qusnoo of th;a report, tho app'opriatiou uill that your contained a clause authorizing tho use of tho proooods of tho s^to of lots in iho oity of Columbia for thin purpose. No oill authorizing tho orcotiou of a now State house was pass-, d, alt lougt it is olear ihatitwati too in)en ion ot the loaders at th u time to provide f?.t the treciion o? a credit *t>lo publ'u building tladgo O'NiM gave the erei it to Hon. Benjamin Hunt of 4 leading tho legislature loiprroop tb y into the bohomot f buildiog n r w B'.n.o hou o.M Tho oornor&toao of a two-story Luinl irg was i? < Dooombor 15, 1851. I his building wni ert-o ? ' ou tiio Mpn.o tiioo oooupied bv vbo o d S.ito house, fronting on Main stri < t, tho old buildlvg then sunding av.hj oorucr of S?.u ato and ar.seuibly streets. It w?h a modest structure, intended to servo as a wing of tho projected eapitol It wsh about oomploiccl at a coat of $25U,0tMJ and somo of tho records had boon ro m^vod to it, iu tho Bumruur of 1854, when the oommitsiouois in ohnrgo uo liood or*oi*H in tho d >or ?jd window annus. The so defects, t-coining moro prououtiood, the commissioners cm piO^cd John It. Niern&uo, thou r? siding in Baltimore, r.s consulting niohitoot. Nicrusoo had designed thu Smithsonian iiiBUtuto aud many other famous buildings, and w> i luuof tho furcinoat arohi tiotaofhis time. Aiohituot Niornsoo absolutely condemned tho slruouro, and under his advioo, it was razed to the ground, only a portion of tho foun nations boiug left, which now remain under the wett wall of the present o&pitol. It was tbon that Niorm>oo dostgnod tho structure which now stands, the general assembly giving sanction to an issuo of bonds for tbo ''oontinuv tion" of tho cjuBtiuction of a ncwStaio capitol. Tho adj lining fiquaro wiu purchased, and ino building looate upon ua present eito. iu anticipation of tho approaobing groat ooutliot tho work was fovorinhly pushed until tho war praotioally stepped it. A tramway was construct ou to tho granite qiarrios on tuo river, aud hundreds of laborois wore employed quarrying and drorsiug tho huge p'eoes of granito roquirnd. Whon tho woik of building was thus rudoly stopped, tho talon tod arohiteot oxobaugod his drawing imtunnocts for tho sword, and did valiant scrvioo in tno army of tbc southern Confederacy. Oil that momentous cl?y to tho peo plo of this 8taio, February 15, 1865, when tho army commanded oy (ion. W. T. Shorinan reached tho hoights across tho Cougaroo nvor overlooking Columbia?atUaaoy's?Mayor Goodwin burrondcrcd tho city, an it was absolutely dof( ueel 83. Notwithstanding this dcfenaoiesii o mdition tho oicy was shelled and tbo new oapiiol, with its whito walls oomplotcd to tho froizi lino, was tiio mark of overy gunnor. S.vor&l sheila onterod tho buro wirdow oponiiifS, and struck tho building, but Di'.cto iittio impression upon its man iivo v. al s. 'J i 0 old deato hnuso wa ono o' tho 1400 buildings destroyed by Gen.Sher u.an s nrmy, and tho granito at tho ?jou:1j s-,., oori.cr of tho now capital >v*s fi.it d off by the firo which do i . ;yjd tho old building. At tho timo iik.ro w?^ a large quntil) of droisod uextblo ai.d other mticriftl for the buiidicig ou the gieund. Tho architect ebtimated the v>?luo of that diitroycd by Goa. Sucraun *t $7,00.000, bestec* no mama-.,oa of ttio b.autifal marb'< in tho plaoo on tho front iud rear po?lioos wLioh id etill ipp root. A laioj w.h p.parod uud, r the building to completely destroy it, when a rop.vo r aebud the city that a wing of the a-. iuy above (Jo lu nab. a lud boon at talked by Hainpton b cavalry. Gou Siuruian ord r<.d tho powder removed, with the r- mirk that it would bo ?. uaoicfls wa^to of a ex monition, ?cd that lie would 'leave the pooplo so poor that tnoy would ntv ? oomplcto it," hastening hud par ore from tno oily, iheu in smoking ruiua. Work oonur.ud to a desultory mannor until 1800, wlxcn n waft ontivoly aidoontinuud, uu.il (ho session of tho genera! a- irubly of 1900, whioi appro priated $175,000 for tho addition* now being made, uudor plana of Arohitcot ^^4 KM UK 11 '2<>. 1901. Frank P Miiburn. A domo win Adopted in lieu of tho graoito tower originally iutorded to surmount tie etruo turo. ? The granite vrork upon the old buildiug is prooou'?'od by experts to bo without exocption tho finest in tho United Statos, not exo pting bpI-,n did buildioge cf tbo national government at Washington. Tho massive b K,itaro tiJlara ia tin iowor oorrid .r *ro n howo from a single block of granite, i and aro finished in tho best mac nr - t knowu to atono ciuttcro. It v.at in- o tended that that entablature or tho i' front pediment shcuid bo cut from a bidge ptono, whioh was actually ikc- t riod and on the ground at tho clone of c tho war, but was never dro?sod, and a during tho rcoonetruotion period tho o lcgislaturo donatod a portion of i for a a monuinont to a negro polit'oian, when it was cut in two. This ia said to 1 have been tho largest piec. of gianPn 8 at that timo over quarried in tho o United States. During tho dvgrueofal n period whioh followed tho v? ?r, when u the poop i of the north wore ondeavoe ing to nociuro tho pohtiea' Ughts of tho D negro by ovorriding thorn of the intel a Iigont aid property owning pooplo of 0 thi** Stato, all notorial on (.be ftrounu I small enough to bo m vji was "ap i preprinted," with all other property of e (ho rf'atp, Ly tho Ho.lawago ard o thiovan tbon in oontrol ?.f tho gov-ru ltivkl. O o hundro I thou. md dollars b i<vi expected iu "furnishing' (ho 1 Sr.pn house with dcaks, etc , tho.t I' would b*vc boon cxhorbitaat at ooo quarter of tho piicoa charred, rM i tolvdod suoh iicina aia >ilvcr pl?tru p v?at?:r prober for tho governor's oitiviit $1,500, ousp:dora ar $18 caoh, end othrr aruo'os in proportion Amsjiri- i ly oi the members of tho lionij of rop t j vosontatives could not writo thoir v ' names, while a majority of tho mom- o J bor.i of the ronale woro in the habit of j fouling their personal aromnts by or- e j dcra upon tho contingent lunlof tho b H6nat? Included in nocosaary "aup ii ! plios" for the general assembly wore d | onoruoous qur.ntuion of ohaoipigeo and b ' vhiakoy, wtiiob wasfraolf dir. poorer j ta tho littlo to.m on thoi'g1 t as you 1 I orjior the gallery i ? the aonu'o. It ynn . in (hi* room that John ,J. Patterson, o [ oho cd to iho IJ itcd 8 a ih innate, do olarcd that there wou 1 bo 'two ^iji.'s ?? aero of good stcalin- in 8 u h (Jaro f lioa," wiaoh bcoauio a Domooiatio t ah pin. Tco beautiful Corinthian columns, u out from a stogie pieoe of gr-nito, t\r > ij< it worthy bpooiuions of the rti'DO- f cutters' ekill, whilo tho ina a vo foun n datiouu of out, dtono o mtair ing many i luvirvcd aro'es to distribute mo weight, are marvels to modern buiid- u or*. i Tho building was first ociupiod by i tho general assembly of lSti'.l Duriog tho oaoitiDg iv nts whioh fo lo rod the campaign of 187(5, it, was litern !y bom barded by tho ipposing p.vitioal p*r- t tics, and two bodies each olaiuiing ?o i to tho lup/.lly elected house of ropre * scntativoH a.jd ea^h with its oompir meat of oflioer', meeting i > tho seme t room?tho hull of tho homo of ropro soatatives?* piiohed bottle wi'i iuii 1 nont, until the recognition of tho Dom- ? ooratic epiaker by former IT publicans fl gavo a dooisivo turn to affairs ?Tho litato. t A Bitf Increase. It will no coubt nurpriso many to c know that thrnro has been creator no- i tivity than inn longtime among the t oouuty boards of equalization and conn- * ty auditors in tho matter of stealing fullor roturns of property for taxation, t lo fact, during tho yo?r Just olosing f mora ban boon accomplished in thin i dircotioD than for oomo years. Wod- t rcuday the footings of tho abstracts in tho coinp roller gonor&l's offioa for tho year wore made aad there will bo no ehacgo unless it is a matter of a fow thousand dollars only in tho personalty , figures. Tho figures oomparod with ^ thorn of last year eho.7 that thoro ] t.n { boon an inoroaso in taxable property en | the books this year of nearly tw.^va . !lf r ^ - juuiiouB oi aoiiara. J do oxuot tigurer , aro $11,870,212. This incana r? good deal and ehows that tboro has botD greater activity t!?is yoar in tho matto; of l&vir.g property nsBOBced at its j proper value. Of course a fcroat doal , bss yot '.o bo accomplished, but this id commit rod a very good h'art in tho right direction. The valuation of property for taxation this year ai taken cliriot from tho aDfctrso'.a ia as follow v. ' Personal.. $ 62 681 366 Hoal 103 1 fill 720 lUtlroad 27,044,243 ' ' J Total $192,895,809 Last ycar'd ti<nroB a* tina'iy oornploUd rftor tho report of tbo oomp rol* lev svoj issued, wcro cb foi1 v*: Personal $ 53 428 047 ILtel 102 187,777 11 til road 25 359,273 Total $180 925,097 Thia ahowirg is very gratifying 'o | those in ohargo of the li jaocoa of the Suto. ?The State. c i ? % oarnpflon rrotostn. Stayiton <fe Campbell, who appaarod i boforo tho court of lcqniry as attorneys ' t <r Aami.at S&uip'oa, have applied to < j :doorot?%ry Long for pcni'soon to bo i ! hoard in protest against ti o approval < I by tho Boorotary of ho njincrity report i I '/tittoo by Admiral Dowy ai d app^id . i.d to tho Maj >city report of tho ooart of tojuiiy. I'ho secretary has oonNantad to roocive any papers they tea? i i?ro to submit. Killod by Burglar. Miss Harriet Murphy, one of tho best known young worn n of Pittsburg, Pa , was niurdcrsrl in her horn* by a burglar Wodie day morning Tin assailant entered tnrough tho roar of the i house. The diaordorcd room eviibttord a do-potato rtrugglo. Miss Murphy was treasurer of iho H o loy House Fund, a popular chanty. The money i is missing. I Iffo 80HL1Y KA3 FR.IEND3 mi They Propose to S;o Tint He Gof? Justice. In tTi.** IIouso of Representatives Voonesdav Rcpvosontativo '?Vhco!or o 1 Lentuckyr * m r of the homo com littro on nan' *!Fra lolay io'.rodto d a resolution for en investigation of ho S h'ey os-o. Tho rosolu'ion roDies tho rest. * of tho recent oourt of Dquiry, find adds: "Whereas, Admiral Gcorgo Dowry, ooog^ir. d an tho foTomoat naval ofii or of tho republic, ontiroly disagrees nd disaontB from tho opinion of his ollp'^uos on eaid board of inquiry, ud. "Whorcaolho American poople deairn hat tho conduot of Rear Admiral oli 1 y ehoul 1 ' o inv ilix-itcd and passd upon by oitizms the renublio in owiho oonrooted or idootiQcd villi tho nvy doparfcmont, therefdro bo it. "Romivod, Trial tho oommittoo on ?v>l atf-.irs of tho houso of roproHonttivod bo d'.rooted to inquire into tho ouduot of Roar Admiral Hohloy from ho tinio bo nsrutnod control of tho flyng f q ndron up to at d including tho >vukooqoi t \rith tho Spaniah Bquadrou ft tt\o ooait of Cuba." Provision is made for a r?port to tho louao of roprosouUtivos and authority b givoa to eccd for portions and patera. R'''presentativo Griffith of Indiana, ctro iuood a Ho'u'.ioo form invosti *tion of tho navy department and of ho Svhloy oaso. Represents ivi Siliroi of Maryland, ntroduoed resolutions wheh, it is said, o a oon'idv rablo ixtcnt iopree?nt tho lowa ot tlio Ma?yin;Hl delegation in ODyrutis. Th-j roi olutions road: "That, ho o.dmon and liudiog of Adrt;il (j or:<o Dowoy bo ad 1 it in horo ty ortdors i as tho only opinnn and tuning ju t fi'dby iho ovidoao ? ad iDocd a 1.0 p Uota oh ablinhod ntforo !.ho ojurt of it q'ury. 4,Th.i tho thanks ot cong'Tsn aro i r. extondcd to the said R >i*r Ad um S hloy rolir d, and to ibo t Ifi era ana m< n uudcr bin ooamand iof h >r bravj aud 111 dent oon uot in obitv?. k ho viototy cvor the S> *n sn 1 ot auu.r tuu oouiaumi of Admnai scrvoia: 41 lYat Roar Admiral Sob Icy bo p'ao -d pon t o ji-tof rotircur.ar admiral, i tho Unit ?d States navy with wn ull ran*, grad , privilog< s, omolu U6ti'.?iabd ?a, i4 cfli)t?a of said tank u lUu aouvo rviuo." Uoprcs .ui aiivo Mudd of Maryland dtto lnirodaood aroolutioa tendering bo tLaiika of oongn in and of tho Vmcrioan people to Admiral Sohioy. it prcBoniauvo Oa . iaof i'onuobfiee, utroducod a roe<>iu4ion r oi-.iug tho 'uni acal o od aohioVi.monii of A?lo> r^l lohioy in ?i< a roying tho ua -o Spau ih tquadron with conbuai nai.0 nkiil i?id ti r:ihio oolon.y.' KoboIuuod tn u the opinion of Ad nir*t Dowoy iho i pi t? u ot oor roua. Jn tiio house t*.o Ucuioork a, Motors, /undivorof Milt)>uriaudUoopctof lYx is, attcinptod to atoiiii? unanimous oon tout to oDDbidor 8ohKy resolutions, but dr. bay no, who had tho floor doohnod o yield. Mr. Cooper's resolution doolaroa 3ohiey iu oommaud and entitled to trodit for tho victory of 8*utiago and tireotiug that ho bo placed on tno aotvo list with tuo rank ho held buforo otiroment. Mr. Vaudivcr's rouolutvn rocitofi that ho languago of tho ourt of inquiry rolootod upon Admiral Hohloy aud oall3 or hq invosugatiou by hcvou members if tho house. Jlurdored and ltobbed. Tho body of Juints 13. Hay, Roorotary >f tho Vaoifio Lumber ooiupany, wan \Vodaeiday b 1 buried in a nhallow .ranch alongsido too Hto Grande tracks, 3car fchxth ar.d Thtrtooth street ISaJt L?ko City, Monday night Hay oallod it tho homo of l'otor Mortenuon, a oon motor living at 2210 Wftlnu. avenue md oollootod 12,800 which Mortoouoo ).vcd tho 1'aoi ic Lamb r company, end wbioh ia.o in tho atoruoon Hay had refused to accept, dog oaring to bavo that imouat iu tho cfiioo Hafo at nitdit. He ;avo a rocoipt to Morlonscn for th* money and loft tho lattor's bo j. .0 with mo romark that ho was going to take Lho money to Manager (i. K llooincy oi tiho lumber company. Sioeo that Lime nothing has bovn hoard of Hay until VVodtjfcbiUy whoa his body waf found, rho tuouoy was gono and in tho back of Hays Load was a great jtggod woar.d. Hay was 31 >oars of ago ano was pro Burnout in Mormon ohuiori woik. Ma oauio to Salt 1< do from Australia scvciai yo?rs apo. IMor Mjfioudtr Vi?s arrested VVoduotdty rtUeriiOoii o.iar ,od with boiug commoted wi u the mure or. MotUna jl, it is siatod, gav. the pel oo tho-.r ti.dt inform uicu iu ro /nrd to tho location of tad bidy. lit abulia all koovvle ;,c of tho orimo. To bo Very Cold. The wcathorwibo prophets deolan iha. the winter no v bogua will bo .no aoldoat ovor knotva by the prodont gouera..'on. JPoaaiuiy tfcceo prtdioUuuj are inspired by tho tini-.ia.-io3 of th. a at trust. At ad ovouia tuo prodio L*on? aro v-ory similar to what wai > ard last year j-iat about this season. Last, y r the prophet* said that th< tar boaring animals had coats muwt ihiok than u -Ur.1 and that tberoion '.no winter would be rnaou colder thai the avruago. As a matter of re.cort lust winter was rather in' d aod opou. Perhaps the prophets have rcdeoinoc thoir f-iluro of last year by a suoocaa fut prcd ovioo now. Poiioly if vhoj keep on making taeeo n otions loot uuough th y wni hit it right some time Daring the past year bavo you beet borrowing your noighoor * paper? I so quit bothering your neighbor ant got 0110 of your own. * f NO 22 Tint H0M2 GOLD CURS. An Ine^nioai Treatment by whioh Drunk ird?* are Being Onred Daily In Spite of Themselver No Nozioui Doaes No Wakening of the Norvee. A Pleasant and Potitive Core for t'ie Liquor Habit. It la new gp morally known aud understood that Drunken.i u id a disease and not wsakA body filled with poison, aid uerves completely nha'tered by periodicaL or eon tant ia? of intoxicating liquors, requires an antidoto capable of neutralizing and eradiating thi.t poison, and destroying the oraring for iutoxioants. Sufferers may now cure themaelvea at homo without publicity or loss of time from business by this wonderful "tiOMlj GOLD CURE" which haa been perfected after many years of oloae study and m v mmjii ui iuimuihu.v i no launiui uio to* cording to (lireotioua of this wonderful discovery is positively guarantee 1 ta cure th? most obntiuato esse, uo matter how hard a dnnker. Our reoorde show the marvelous transformation of thousand! of Drunkards into sober, in luctriou i and upright men. WIVES CURE YOUR II URBAN D8I CHID. DREN CD RE YOUR FATHERS!! This remedy in in no (onto a nostrum hut is a specifto for this disease only, m l is so skillfully devised aud prepared thn it is thoroughly soluble an I pleasant to taste, no that it can be given in a oup of ten or coffee without the knowledge of tho poison taking it. Ihoassnia of Drunkards t. *e cured thetr.selve with this priceless remedy, and as many more have been cured a. 1 rnado temperate men by ha tug tho ' CUitE" administered by !o< ing friends relaDvcs without their knowledge in coffoc or to*, and believe today that they discontinued drinking of their own fvr all time. The "HOME U'JbD CURB" Is v jid at the extremely low price of One Dollar, thus p acin withiug the reach of everyb ty a troaimout inure effectua than others c iting $U6 to $6'J. Full directions aooompuny otch pekuge Hpeoial a.vioe by skilled | h)sioiaus wiidu requested without extra oh ?rge. Heut prepaid to ntty part of the world on receipt of Ouo Doilar, Address Dep EDWIN 1J U1LK3& COMPANY, SJ.j.fU and 2d >'A darker street, Puiladeipate, All oon crpondouoc btrmtiy ooufl ieatial. ?w THE CIVIL .^KttVICSAn Jgxoelhnt Opportunity fOar Young Men. N'srly nvcr> day io.no now oivil serv'toa enamiaatiou is b,i.jg ordered for (/'o'un tia, and during tho next two auoutha ? splendid op.ortanity is offer, td iho young tnoa of hi' *uato. Auar' oloa/.p-aroi i t The Rioofd omn time eg ? poimiog out tho advantagob a young tutu had in tho oivil aorvio i, ami ainoe tho Prostdon. ia koo^n tn hr vory fav , ih'.o to atrrogont oivil >crvi -o iaws, tii so c pporiunOtoe havo ir;cr inod. U i L> ocmbor 11 an elimination was ord tod to t?ko pi ado h r.y ror tho position of n'siin it, ?a.,rouomor. Tho ja ary vrai$l800 a year, and not a aiuglo application .v*a tiled from this oity. Chore aro othnr oxvuinations, howcv r, aud tho following ia a partial list o. those to bo hold in this oity: Ua Doocotbor '10 and 31, and examination will bo hold for a heating and ventilating draftsman. Salary $1,200 per year. () t .January 2. 3 and 4. 1002. an ex aniio&tion will 00 hold for a moohaaioal drafiHjQaa a' $1,200 per yoar salary. Oa January 7, 8 and 9, rn examination for a hull driftaman and an intorprotor of tho Slovak langusxo will bo hold. January 21, 22 and 23, thoy will hold ono for aa irrigation assistant and j irrigation oogiaoor. Av tho ba.uo tinn a marine draftsman will bo soleotou. January 21 at, one will bo hold for an assistant in tho division of entomology. 1 Any oitisea of tho United States I who oan moat tho requirements oan make application to tho oivil sorvioo oouirui t*ionor iu Washington. and thoy vriil roooivo tho ooooasary information. ?Columbia licoorl. , A WOUTHY BUCCKSSOR. I Something New Under the SunAll Dootors hare triad to cure CATARRH by tho use of powJers, acid gases, inhalers and drugs in past? form. Their powders dry ' up the ruuououf tnoenbranes causing them to ' Oracle open and bleed. The powerfal acids > used In ihe inhalers have entirely eaten away the same membranes that their makers have ) aimed to euro, while pastee and ointments ! cannot reaoh the dueue. An old and experienced praciioner who hae for many yeare made a close study and specialty of the treat1 meut of CATARRH, !? ? $ at last perfected a Troauuent w'uioh wheu b.uhfutly used, not - uuijr rtuevos at o.joo, but, permanently cures i ^AI'aKKIJ, by rumoring theoauM, s'opping i l td discharge- and our.ag nil 'nfUaiti?.ntoa. , it is the oaiy mwedy known to eoleuoe that actually reaches tne atllioied parte. This wonderful remedy is kaowa as "SNUFFLBd the OUAHANlEbiO OVfAllttH UUKI' and ; is suid at the extremely low price of Oae L'ollar, each package containing internal aid external medicine suttioientfor a full month's treatment eud ererylhing necessary to its , perfect use. "dd UF b LKB" is the onle r\*rf?.t? r?A TAKiUl liUitb ever made ami ia now reoognuo 1 aa tbe ouly ?*fe ?ud poeitive cure for > that anooyiug and duguating diaeaae. It ' cure i all lutiauialion quioKty aad permanent 11 au<i a aiao wornim (ally quiok to relieve j tlAV FKVnft or CObL> ia the HIS.aD. O.VTVKKU wheu neglected often taada to OONtiUAlfiION ? "dNUFFLKV Wt?l save you if you use it at ouoa. It ia no ordinary remedy, but a omup.ete treatment whioh ia J potmvely gUkranteud to oura UAfAtUUl in any form or aiage i! uaed according to tlia i directions wo ion accompany eaoft package. Dot, i delay but sou t for it at onoe, and 1 write (an partioaiura aa to your oondui.m, and you wd. receive apeota' advtoe from tna discoverer of line woudt.lui remedy regarding your case wiluout cos' to you .so/on* u>? ' icgutar price or "jJaU FFukci" tna "UUAft. AMI bad CaT iLUUl Cl!ttr>." dent prepaid to any audreea in the United 1 States or Canada <>u receipt of One Hollar 1 Andreas Uepi -fciDVVliM tt. Ulbfcl^ A vOM 1 I'ANV, aud ziil iddO market dtraat, <*ktla daipnia