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LANCASTER ENTERPRIS Published \ery Wednc?<Uij _ KY ? Tiib Enterprise - I'ublislilnfl - Compa. A. J. CLARK, K.lltor. MARCH, 2. 181) From the light obtained fro the daily papers, it is preti clear that the court of inquii will withhold its report as to tl cause of the destruction of tl Maine until the United Stat< gets things in readiness for a coi Iliet. It is equally clear that tl government is making prepan tions as rapidly as possible. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSIN ATI The King of Urceco Narrowl Escaped. Athens, Feb. ih>.?The kingw; returning from the i'harlerum ; 5 o'clock in the evening in a lai dan accompanied by I'rincei Maria when two men, who wei hidden in a ditch alongside tl road, opened tire with guns upu the occupants of the carriage. The lirst shot missed, hut tl second wounded a footman in i!i arm. The coachman whipped his horses and the royal part dashed away at a gallop. Tli miscreants fired seven more shot after them, none of which too effect and the king and the prii cess returned the palace nnhur The king states that one ol tli assassins was dressed in pa clothing and liis majesty dee I an that he could identify him. When the second shot whiz/.e past the carriage the king ros and stood in front ol his daugl ter in order to shield her. On of the horses was slightly woiiim! ed. One of the assailants knel in the middle of the road, aitne straight at the king, who notice that the man's hand was shaking The shot missed and the king ha a clear view of this man, who, hi majesty says, was han-lv 20year old. lie continued to lire aftc the carriage until it was out ? range, llis companion did no leave t he ditch. As soon as the news heram known all the leading politician hastened to the palace to CMires thoir congratulations over t!i capo of Kin^r tienrac ami ii. iTincos .Maria. The act '<ui of his ma;.-ty i sliii i'.lin^ thi- prince.-*-; at tiio riof hi* own life, has arou '<1 're a enthusiasm \ ! I i he (1 i mIo' l it * mill p. i ayes of proa inonce ' ive cap at the i a lace 11 !< n r 'y ^ . to t hem that the - nl ?* ;\ ptmla of ? -r; .in joi hrouu.it .:>/< ;. <i. j oi . i r. -u. .- ? 11 11 i v at I< i 11i ::. i.. : j.< ol wiiH h I ki_ s a - .nts . , I . I - V. t - . . \Y< cjioscii l?y lot. it 1-. i'\|n'ct?-i several arrests will shortly l> in.t. !? . " :tr : .: t" <! ; r? 'it! It' < in t hi \\ r!<! :tnil run t hit:!; <>l n |>>. .1 .mi .'I' t.i !. . . t> In . i t>,\ ri'<'Oliiiiif*!!<:iOne Mini,'.. ( i n .1 | ; i i \ < <; tin.. ... ( nitsiitnp! ion run! oilier serious Inn tronlilt". tlint itilloiv neglect mi eolt' I I <1 V\ i ill'll lilt)-.. Mtnu 'I'/hiii i /! Tl ,-oii : I t1 ' i ti i iio^s of Mr .1 ) ' Vi.|.e1 .-..tl..! wt'i 'ht r ve ir alilo Io 1 ;to 11 't 11? 1 r I v 0,110 1 > ('S (.1 '' on \v '1 ' : t i .?)' i i>) I , I|f I - J ( r t t '.(> Sf'lt. ' ! "7. < 'f ll ' ! ' [I ' T. M. i" it/ j if i it ! < I ro 1 'J i and .1. IJ a v lor. i >o. , ( i i JV \i -N, . I 1 [ A NEWS SUMMARY. THE EVENTS OF TIIE WEE REV IE WEI). ny ? Very Little (ioing on Upon tl 8- Surface in Politics?Needed ? Legislation. in ty Columbia, S. <\, Feb. 20.?There \vi be no change in the county govuri merit law this year. The Headers* 10 bill has been buried in tin* governor ie office. This disposes of the most rad cal measure of the last session. The is strange feeling over this act ai '** great pressure has been brought io bear on both friends and opponents i the measure, fnder the present la some counties have made under fti records, while others have flounder* hopelessly in the quagmire of del ?j As is natural to suppose the friends i the Henderson hill are to be four among those who have not fared .* * well under the present law, while tl others are its opponents. Among tl counties that have made a success < is the Evans law may be mention* it, Barnwell, which county reduce*! i ij. expenses in two years from $2$,0001 ss *'7,000 and now has cash on ban . This is probably the most signal sin e.ess that is to be noted. In most ii U! I . . I fiances, pronaniy in all instances, 11 11 ! trouble has not been with the law, lit j with the administration of it by ui 1,1 ; business-like The law lias al; i?' j worked well in Kichlaud, w hich no lias a surplus for r >:ul-building. v Tin' governor has been in u<> burr lt. to sign th?* hills passed during II ^ [ session ami has given much si inly I . ' each one in its t urn. K I j Anions tin* exciting events of got ' era I news during the week has hep , first anil foremost ihe massacre : Lake t'ity, the settlement of the agr - | cultural hall case, extensive fore: >s j tires that have done so much damag | the bringing of suit hjr thealtorni1 <1 [ general to compel the railroads t >1'I obey the law as to the erection i i ! union depots, the ordering of the elei t. Jtion for I'ee Dee county, the revivi i | of phosphate mining in Ileaufort an |j ( the progress of the smallpox, j ! The condemnation of the Lake fit I lynchers is universal. There is a get 1 eral desire for their prompt punisl I meiit, and al the same time there is '! desire to put tin* necks of Messr > Ilanna ami McKinley in tin* sail s noose, and also to let the oanar I* .statesman from I'arlin^loii lia\e h ,j share of the rope's end. ^ in the agricultural hall ea.-e, tl state surrender- i'- jl",(i > inortuaj; rather than liuht the validity of tl I>Iue Kid<e scrip. There has heon n ureal show of ahili'3 on either side i hi- tiuht. Mr. I.} - douiitle-- >e. uo,\v where liis o\ e.-/. ..lniiMies.- :-poi his client's case, while the Into lit had a lonjf liuhi anil -i at .in- no t i i i Itisnuiiodv < ' !"i>, niiil 11. * | mm , !' w i! i ?1 . i .'liio J tl? SI'I" It I'lllM'll. T!i?' i'\- fii vi' 11 i ri-> I::iv r il in a lii'iH. ' ! a.i . I iMvi ... . i 1 i. r ..: I mi t .on in i. ai uanm t , it ii.ii i In* \ i. . .i ; .. 11. i i : m it: i f ' i" x I labor wqliiil liuihi'i'l t'ii r? f":i ; :m" i la' 1 ! isti'utlof il nl.rn. . asf i .iini i*i Mi.' |ira<?l5ot' !>ir. .i :V i ! . I . t uro ' " , i ! ?r" 'run M ; r?? \ t*. : ' 'ait < ?'. Tlio ti:.''it flor* i! ' ' .rla' f i i tli" hj irit of <>. : i ? i 1 > ii'. t' i. it' t hi* -i iii* v*-? iini 11 \i i.. ii .ii i i1 r i /. * i i 1111 ?\ ! : /ii* .i.?.* ... *i r i \ i-ar- mru. < >. lal II - 'I. ti el l r\ . ... ail i i. a il". i ' I. Iht. I 1 11. *. i. i, 1 I'll' i k r i . * J ... ? I t\i mHI.i a I ' .Mill 11> re; i, to .1 (! . ! ioiii l?irt h find \\ ! i> i "tiri- ' ' . ' vt i i brWsl. d> n fa ; n I! 'if. 1 1 00 01.d t lit fd Il ' If -If . la?t time, and will probably wii again, but they have strong men manly and able counsel to content against. Verily, 1'ee Dee will earits right to live if it is created. The renewal of the phosphate in dustry in Charleston and Beaufort i one of the most gratifying items o news that the newspapers of the stuti have had to pbulish in quite a while It has long been asserted by friend ill of the administration that this grea n- industry was not dead, but onl; in "playing 'possum" in order to get i 's reduction of royalty. Whether tin i- is true or not, it is a fact that tin re men who are engaged in it are ni id more philanthropic than any othei to set of men in the state and it is fai of to suppose that they see some mone; w for themselves, and necessarily tin 111 state must come in ror its share. Tin d stale is therefore justified in the firn >t stand at took against a reduction o of the royalty. It is not every chili id who cries "sick" that needs the doc ?o tor. The paddle has been known to d< ie more good sometimes than medicine. ie In regard to the smallpox scare >f there is enough fire in the smoke ti >d cause wise men to be apprshensivi ts and to justify the health authoritie .0 in compelling vaccination. Whet he d. chicken pox, it can no longer hi s- claimed that there have been in i- deaths from it, for lVlham mills ii ie tireenville county has had two death il in the last few days, i- Sn far as politics is concerned, then ?o is little new to be learned. The poli w ti< ians have been resting for the pas week and probably incubating nev y booms that they will spring later. I ie is understood that the mails are kep o( pretty hot, but there has been litth talk. The effort to reorganize the scat ? | tered form's of the "truly loyal" h I j still in progress ami the politician! i_ j who are interested in conservation o these forces seem satisfied with tlieii ,, work, hut it is an open secret thai ,y they are afraid to push themselves 0 under any one who has yet olFerai )( himself. As a leader, and that tin redoubtable Knight of the Pitehforl nl may yet be recalled to sound tin [(j slogan, for they think like the fob unvcrs 01 naueriCK 1J till : y "One blast upou his IuirIb horn Wuru worth a thousand inou." I*. is also understood that the no t foliations for I he control of a certaii s daily newspaper are hy no means oil' |(. It is also umlerstood, in passing, thai y many of the leatlers of the batterer ;s hatallions are etnphatie in their opposition to a March convention. It i? also umlerstood, via the grapevine ,, that t lie Knight of the Pitchfork i? ... 1 behind the Wilhorn Cotton (Irowers ,, Association inovcment, the scheiut (l being in reality a political one am 'i an r i I: i > IIIJ ? IIH'H-liri' Till' COttO! .. i - J i, !i :!:J: t ?! i !!t o .* oi!i|.:i? I (iruraiii/Htiiui which will In ,i l political )nir|i(i.sc>. If this hi . I o, nml ' very mnn will have t<> flni ,1 'I h .elf i1." farmers will hw? I no timi in itainpinff It out, for theii .:i' i ' to r. -ciii hcin^ usee n ' i ? v ' ca: ? for t lie bi'M'til .. . : 11! i i.ills. 1 1 i : M. Avi i;. i. pi. i . - 1 here Dili I'c with : >: i< >n a ml hi 1 iou>in 1 ' ; l)i*ili w liocoii'i . hj 1\\ ii it . I '.: i*r., I he fa ,m ii . t . a . toril Hios. il.il. i i . Ill' : ill!. Mil ..i i !11 >> 1 y Mill i: .uto '.!.<? Ill M?l. lie I i I I >M ||! >t> I'M 1-fil 11 i! .1 IX SM'V to 1 IllOVt * .m Vi r I:."! r t i a j j mi i im'' >, j?r?n'I leaI I \ ! ii" !i: - Ik'oii ao , I. A - irom 1 lit- <>.ii ami < .ii at rin-cts, I lie sn 1 vay? ' r 1 I "en ]>itiliillv small ' ?111?-1* ;i:i-1 rain tnaiU ! < <i 11 < <li\a*r> un->ali.slar 1 ,v ami very little was t ' , rv at !"P? . t< . --i S (i i\ r> 1,. .... i . '.1 ji.ore in ?i-..: .! 'i'i. ! ir.i of ' Ik . . ' ? r ' * ' *?* r '?* \ i (JETTING READY. 1 Story of a Rig Government Con1 tract for Coal of Wli ich Secrecy is an important Part. H r Pittsburg, Pa., February 25.? e Tlio Post to-morrow will say : It * was learned to-day in Pittsburg, s through an ollicer of one of the ' largest coal corporations doing * business in this district, that the * navy department had closed cone tract8 with the incorporated firm ? of Gastner, Currati & Bullitt, of P Philadelphia, for the delivery at r Key West, Sand Keys, Dry Tor y tugas, Savannah, Charleston and e Fortress Monroe of 250,000 tons R of Pocahontas coal, and with the 1 Rhodes & Holder Coal Company, f of Cleveland, for the delivery of 1 50,000 tons of the Goshen coal of t that company. The stipulations of tho contracts just placed is that , the coal so ordered shall he de,1 livered at the designated coaling e stations ur soon as it is possible s to do so, ami the utmost secrecy, r he observed about the matter. In " carrying out these contracts the ' railroads play a most prominent 1 part, and for the purpose of moving everything as expeditiously as , possible President M. E. lugalls, . of the Chesapeake and Ohio; Re i ceiver Murray, of tho Raltimore r and Ohio, and General .Manager i Loiree, of the Pennsylvania Rail 1 road, went to Washington last ' week and consulted with Secretary Long, of the navy, and Assistant Secretary Geo. I). Meiklejohn, of the war department. Conf tracts and all arrangements for P the rapid handling and shipping t of the coal were made, and the < Government, it is u derstood, is I to pay a bonus to ' >th the coal * miners and the railroads if the : .*>00,000 tons were delivered within a specified time. i he MderTop science. LUNG TROUBLES ANI) CONSUMPTION ( AN BE CURED. An Eminent New York ChcniiNt and Scil'lltist ttalnu ? Ii'mh , OHVr to Our Renders. The distinguished New York chem? i>t. T. A. Slocuin, demonstrating his discovery of ?i reliable and absolute ' cure for Consumption (Pulmonary Tuberculosis] and all bronchial, throat, lung and chest diseases, stub born coughs, catarrhal affect ions, genI oral decline and weakness, loss of flesh, and ail conditions of wasting 1 | away, will send TllKKKJI'KKK llOTi : TI.F.S 'all different of his New l)is?! eovery to any atllicted reader of the . lis iii: i'hisk writing for t hem. Ill- "New "sclent illc Treatment" has cured thousands permanently by its ' timely ice, at d he considers it a sim* pie profe>-iotial duty to sutlering j humanity to donate atrial of hi- 111f fallilde cure. S. m c d ,',iy develop- new wonI tlers,?Atul tliif great chemist, patiently I o ' 'i r y ears, h is produced ri oilts a- lieiiciieial to humanity ai can oe i iii... . by any modern _e; , - iii i- *i' i ' I. ! ii tig t roil I ! .. nd I < a umptiui are . urn d- in any > iII: ile i i . . u i, heart fi i I * ; . grtitit lute," tiled .11 his V m-rica n and . . . lain-: ru>- in I Inn: -anti* ' !-i n I hiisc m ! iii -tli p.-.rl- ol I In? 1 wi.IM. M i!i? : I t* n |H t! riI iiroti * I ;i. ? !; ? ? ail | ii n ?* t run lin'H li'ail to i? i?ii.->tiui|<i i..a. which, tin interrupt ill, wr ' to T. a.8locum, M. <".. i'iiif ; ii i*t, New York, . intc : !? ' .t .ilc- j.ri?- a hire . a ml t! i.i in?-tlicilit* will i??- promptly sent. * ,:V t Innilil lake in i.M.t a<Ivaiila/ .it hi-. jfein*roii> projiM-.il i-iii. i l.-a-f loll t in- 1 >Mi (or that yon maw : i Mir r in i in* i;.\ 1t hi*kim . U'nnlref C,ittr, ! Having in villi Mi .1. M. lloml in tne eat tie Ini-inr we .ire reatly lo pay tin' |?ri?-t-s I'ni* esiM'< at any tim<* tliey may lie Ii|-<ni?rht to our ^tables. We want yoiinix <t<*er- o-] >??< i a 11 y. II. .1. ' tHi nii!:' A- < %i. Ivn'l annoy oil.it- liy your coiikIii: ; ! i*i .r lifi* :?y n :'1o ' iti^ a <>t 'I iti* < oii^h < in "in, lis " ? r i ip, grippe .mil all ' ; Mt ill I It It _ : I'M . hi" < ' ; a W to I'll Bros. r".;'-pcy to Lone1 i ; 11 * I. :: .* 11.1 > f 111 i, i i 11 m A 1 ... H- I..;. I illll "il real i* '*He ilnnf. <1 i!i> . county. ujion r?*a nnM< terms. THE MAINE TO BE ABANDONED. I It Would Cost $2,000,000 to Kalso Her and the Wreck is not Worth the Cost. New York, Feb. 26.?The JVyiil and Express this evening pr?;Jts tho following dated Havana today : The United States fnaval board of inquiry continued to-dav taking tho testimony of thodivors who have been working in tho wreck of the Maine. Those who wero sent hero from tho battle ship Iowa and cruiser New York were examined. 1 While, of course, tho members of tho Court will not talk for publication, I am informed on \he highest authority that the evidence of Diver Morgan as to the condition of tho Maine shows 'almost beyond tho possibility of doubt, in the opinion of my informant, that the Maine was blown tip by an outside agency. Furthermore, Morgan's report was verified by the other American divers who descended to day. The Court will finish its work hero tomorrow ami proceed at once to Key West to take the testimony of the survivors there. It has also been decided not* to return to Havana, all the information as to the cause of the disaster obtainable here have alrdhdy been secured. It is believed that a decision has been practically reached. The witnesses yet to bo examined will hardly change the verdict. The Court has decided against any attempt to raise the ruined battleship. The members are con- I vinced that it would bo useless,as jl she could never be kept afloat, II and the Spanish authorities here j| will be informed that if fliey wish I the wreck removed from the harbor they must attend to the work I themselves. This decision gives a better idea of the terrible havoc \ wrought in the Maine than columns of description could do. The Merritt Wrecking Company. it was announced to day. wanted :f"J,<?()(?,<)()() to raise the wreck. The company's representative made this demand after \ 11 \viisi _ the condition of the hip. The wrecker today turned iheir attention to . a \ inu the *;ivat .iilis i he: e, al ha i, can he l'e co \ . d .1 u !I i<111 : 11' j it. 1 < ; i III I.I WaV lilt lie' . i1 11 . i'w it v ii"kiMiwn I > ?*' ' Ic , v. "r r< : lis v, ;. , k h .. 11. d i v " r 1 > ' < a * : Tl,. I 1 ' '' . My hnrncd and mancled, and it may he impossible to evor identity some of I helil. lfol/a r, who made .-ic ii a brave , \ . i ' i * * ' : i\ . ' I !< 11 !.i I In* Ii'? -1 i .11 i'' 1. ' . . Nil 1 V."' :; <!? d will ' 1 "Tt? i .ii -1111.'.toi, I he I 'nil.* f(?- K v W l I Ii" '?11 v - :<-i i con idor if ' :il f. i ' i11 > \' ) lie:i i \v ' //.'/ Mull H I lilt' //(/; >. in i\.rrsfnur. | .I u-1 rccoivi d two c:ir lorn! !i o young Kentucky Mules and Iloises .ill of which are new. All parties in not h i .unt ! \. an: ?l. or liol'? i111? i lor <; ii or lor ^ooil j .,HT, would do well to co o-: . < ' ,;U.-! li- i i \ ' \vi-l> 10 savft luonojT ' K ' i - " wv I?a' ' 'v ; a v f? "**i IMM'II.K I'll, 1 !' I 11 ,i , >11 r I At; ! !' >W'i!t" < !?}?'! ? , |.. t i ,i . . , , I