The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 26, 1901, Image 1
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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.
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. 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