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E iTABLISHE D 1865. NEW BERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, SEPT EMBER, 1898 TW ICE A WEEK, $1.5O A YEAR NO OFFICIAL COUNT YET IT WOULD NOr ALTHI T11E IESULT WlKRlT0F;tE PIUIILISiED. t The Democratic State Execullve Comnalt tee Mot ha Utoluabiai Fridany to Tabu, Ilto i e V o te, bit Owing to Fislauro to, oie celyn i-poarim from Soime of time Coulatles Nqtilug icwas iosm,-som1 of the Cot.n tests are so loeso Tihtt tihe Rolated Returns Wint Affect Themf. Sp9cial to News and Courior.] Co'umbia, S. C., September 2. There was quite a gathering of poli tical lea lors inl the city todlay. V They came here for the purposo ofV meeting and tabulating the official returns, declaring the result and go ing home. It was quite early in the (lay when Lieutenant G.svornor Mc..h Sweeney telegraphed Col. Jones to say that there woro no trains run ning to Columbia, and on account of the storm oleven 1boxes were not re portod, and the county committee ha,l in conteqIenco adjourned until next Monday to tabulate the returns, and asking whethor the State com. mittee might iot wait on thatt report. Col. Jone- iesponded to inl inquiry ats to the vote for Governor, but pre ferred to leave the other matters to the Stato commit teo. From the out look this morning tho action of the committee will have to be, deferred, at least upon some of the C itests. The Comptroller Geieral's rice will be decided ono way or anoth, on this and the Beaufort vote, 11- it is exceedingly closo. The committee nmmy order second primaries i:i such cases w1here the aggrogato vote of C Himpton County would make no possible difference, and in other r cases the action will have to be do- 0 pendent upon the report. from li unpton County, of which, by the WaIy, -al liat wits possible to be oh- ti tained wits exclusively reported in " , The News and Courier. a By the way, the politicians to-day g -Vgratulated The News and Courier c n its splendid reports and sum- ' es of the election returns; for A al voto upon the Norton-Eller- d conlest. and the like:- a (.Vhe tables were gotten up in a e Ar prehOenive and accurato mannor t '.t1r01o honm oflico.t 0,ae committeemen who came hoie C did not have much to say ahout the 11 next election. As has been stated all along since the first night, Ellerbo a id Featherstone will have to make the race over. Governor Ellerbo missed it more than seven thotsand. Tile Archer and Whitman vote wias not tabulated in the returns given, as it has nto material effet whatever upon the situation. If the represen-y tat i'ses of the various counties knew anything they kept it to t heimselves in th lm iost approved mannler, and either talked in confidenco or not ait aill, except where they were pro nounced champions of either of th~e candidates. Mr. Fontherstonoe and Mr. Archer ho0th have strong friends upon the State comm it tee. Col. Jono4 ha 1 this propmosition submnitte I to him: Where more than the num>er~ .of Representatives to which a county is entitled rec 'ive a majority vote, w bich are electe d ? Hie replied that the candidates rem'iving the highest vote win, provided they have majorities. Ti seems to have occurred in quite a number- of coun ties, notably York, Cherokeni 11nd Aiken. In gnite a number of count im's caun didates lacked only one vote of go inig in on the first pirimary, and in these cases the soldier voto was of1 mntm -bi conis(luonce. Trjo* has been some complaint about the soilier vote being counted. If tihe primaries were honestly conducted, as they no dloubt woere, the men who are awaiy in respoinse to the call of their State should ungne3t.ionab)ly have thme right to vote, If they are awauy they hav'e not lost their interest in home affairs. Quite a number of the Sena torial contests wvoro as close as they could be. In Sumter less than a dlozo.n votes decCided thle contest, arnd in this county the whole thing be:es on the soldier vote at the Pst S) 1th Carolina cam p. THEii EXEcirPI vE COMM iTTErE. Tlhe State Deimocratie E'ncultivo Cunnittoo mot tonight to tabulate ho vote of the recent primary. Be ore going to work Mr. Blouse, c 4owborry, offered his personal prc est against Yvrk County throwiu; >ut Mr. Mower's ballots on th round that they did not also con iin Mr. Bollingor's name. This bv lid on his own responsibility. Il lihn offered the following rt solutjon Bo it resolved, That all tho ballot or Stato and county otlices shoili m counted if only tho nif o of th indidate for the olice for which I i a candiato should be printed o iritton on tho ticket. Mr. Blease said that Mr. Mower vho had been defeated for Attorae3 konoral, submits to the will of th( 100ple of South Carolina, and tha .o has no contest or protost anu( new absolutoly nothing of hi Bloase's) intention to int-roduce thi Lregoing resolution. "But I am re iably informed," he continiued, "that i York County all the - ballots fo lower that did not contain Bol. uoer's namo wore thrown out, au( ask that this resolution be passer i. order that hereafter such ballot. rill be counted for State or count flicors." Mr. Bleaso said that Mr. Mowei ad many of his own tickets printod ,ith the name "Goorge S. Mower' n it only, hnt. ihat thn ticket. eon lined the inaimes of all other calidi ates for State oflices. Tihe resolution was passed withol: k emssion. Mr. V. A. James, of Lee County mIted to know if the conimittoi culd take cognizan.e of the recon !torances of'Sonator McLaurin iu mcommending to the people t hoose McKinlev by acclamation foi 'resident. He lid not.. think v )omocrat should do th s and hi Lought that this Democratic com. iittev should discountenance snct Ivice. Mr. Appvlt, jocularly sng ested that the conmnitteo could. de laro McKinley wats n, t President 'his sally provoked laughter, bu fir James sharply replied tivt. h id not think a serious and middle ued man should make such ain un alled-for suggestion when lie wat Alking of a matter that concerne lio Domooracy of this State. H nphus z d tl 0 fact that he was onl; Simon pure, silver Democrat, and 0 (Vanted the committee to vote it isapproval of Mc Laurin's adviev Io is a man who holds a vote or jusi alf of the pvople of this State, an( 0 t.hought it should be takon notic f. He finally put the direct ques on to the chairman: "L f anythmug like that had ova con brought hoefore~ the State Dom craitic commiiittooe hofore," to wvhicl jh)airLuan Jowus replied, "'No, sir, Lever boardl anythiung like that be oro." After somie laughter, Mi 'iames again arose and said that bi va)uld introdneo the following rec ution: "Wh eroeas, certain utterances hay >eon reported as being muade by th ion. Johmn L. McLaurin in rogar o the future candidacy of his Ex elloney, President McKinley; ani vhoreas, we look upon such sonut nents, especially when emnanatin 'rm 0one whoE holdis in his pow< me- half of thet political struer.gt h c he State, aus preju'dicial to the linm meccess of thle principles0 con taine n our party platform; therefore, L t "RIosolvedl, Thaiit we, the State ey acutivo committee of the D.-mocrat )arty of South Carolina and censt< iians of its p)'ricils, respmectfull .sal I the attetion of t he D)emocrat votors or SouthI Carolina to saidl a loged ulttrcesIIC." M~r. Uloaso move,l to lay the res, lution on t he table. Mr. J am' 1poko oun h is rosol ution, givin ghi iews, already st ated, end the the matter rested, without a vote a sentiment expressed from aniyou olse. Mr. Altam'ont Moses, of H3uumt sonit a tolegramu to Clhi aan .Jom5 which said that he hamd hlledl a p test and contest in the election he in Sumter County for a State Sen tor, and his papor)~s would arrive the next train for the State commlll too. Mr. M~anninug ha halnn (leclar, - the njomlineo by the conty executiv( f committoo of Suinter, but Mr Moses will contest the result so do. clared. 3 A sub committoo was named tc -tafibulito tit votes, but the work i 3 very slowly progressing. The meeting was (lecidedly unsat isfactory, no results being announced i or even preparod. Carelessess 1111d I storms prevented any rot v rm from i Beaufort, Berkeley, Cherokee, Col loton, Hamptou and Oconeo from be. ing beforo the committoo at. aill. Nothing at. all was done towards settlement of the contests. The com mittee would not lt anyone use tho partial tabulation, but the News and Courier adds the reports sent in to I those published today and, together ; with the figures it has on hfand, ) gives the standing at. this juncturo. It shows the samo resuls as havo been given. Ellorbo and Feather stone run over. Bollinger is noi. nated. McMahan and Brown run I over. Blythe may run over with I Floyd. Derhan and Epton's race is ai toss up. Tompkins and Cooper run over. The chanevs are that Blythe and Floyd wil have to make the race over in the second p imary I almost certainly. The result a are all pretty well fixed. Thomas and Gar ris run o% )r for railroad coi mmission - or. The totals best obtainablo to night without Hampton and B( au fort are: For Governor-Ellorbo 29,279, Watson 7,240, Tillman i 1,491, Scbumperr 7,682, Featherstone 17, (116. For AdjutaL General-W atts 10, 708, Floyd 360,904, Blythe 20,907. For Comptroller General-Der han 37,384, Epton 37,419. For Secretary of State--Tomp kins 28.340, Cooper 26,910, Brad han 2L,233. Ft r Superintenident, of Education --Mayfiold 1,357; Rico 13,217, Brown 20,8e:3. The race for Superintendent of I Education is practically settled, aid it is about as certain that Blythe and Floyd will have to run over. i The Epton-Derham race is the I marvel, being at a complete stand sull. The cause of the trouble is seen in I the following telegram from Hamp ton. "No additional pri cincts have been L hoard from since last night in refer I once to Stato candidates. The coun. ty exect'ive committee mot at. noonk, and concluded that official report: would not be sent in before nexi rMonday, aind adjourned to 11 A. M, of that day." 1 The figures given put Epton 65 iri the lead. T1hae b)oxes reported fron -Hampton as published give Derhair .62 majority, which reduces Epton'a a lead to 3, anid the remainder o. . Hampton and Beanufort to hear frorn h.o-h- being fIo pa11ritiaIl reports thought to be favorable to Derhami B TIhe figures given ate based upor a 1,271 for Derham from Launcastei I County, and the contention is thai .this should be ,;371I. Tbho commit teomuan asked to take the recor' back and be allowed to amidu iti th)e vote actually was a mni-taka made in transcribing the record r Others than t he record putt that voti ait 1,371, insteadl of 1,27 1, so aill o h ia' makes thle contest very closm'. The committee decided riot t< announce any voo lo ight, oven ii 0 Congressional races, only one dis trict be'ng fully reported. A fter long dliscussioni, it wias decided1 t< chave a sub-committee of seven corn and anniounce tihe results, except ii y caises of contests, wvhic.h the whol, c commtittee will conisider. Mr. Mose pres-ented his papmers of contest il p)erson, and his friends say he has very strong case. .Thle committo >- fixed1 Friday, September 1(1, to lhoa ,s the contest. Chaiirmarn Jones sail She had intimation of a contest fror thoe 6th district. The oflicial vote ai t.abmulated gives Norton 57 majorit rover Ellerbe. No formal paperh 0 wor prleonted ini thisn casmi. T1h volto as tat,hatted is: NortonI 5,4 1 r 'A lerb 5. Messrs. Neal, Jonel ' Wilder, (G1rillit h, Robert>,on an ' Traxler will meet he e to tabulat > th-1 vote on Monday night. Th: ld missing returns are expected at onc< ii. Telegraphic returns woer. used t< mn night. Mr. Parrott, of Darlingtoi p,[rotestod1 aigainst discrimninatic agaiinst vyd ars, and1 his pirotest wi comae up with the others. Thlie can, A TALK WITH FEATHERSTONE WIIAT AIE 'lh)'O4OSV8 TO U) IF HE IS F.EUI.F.,I GOVERINOR4. II#- TloIviko4 t tovre Io- Nmsm tiCmmice of the 1.t,glaie rre I'm4mismg tihe-Ulilos o II, or Pmao- le.anmro ef it shimilar Ulime. ter-Sto .etg, Ioiwe-ver, lin the oIp esiatoury Lm. 'millome'en 4vto tie fittatle nook lhi "III~II Coltimbia, September 2.-Mr. C. C. Feat.herstoue, the candidato for Governor, who will be in the second race with Governor Ellorbo, is in the city to night. He was seeni to-ight ilnd t alked as follows: "1ow have you stood the cam paign ? "Remarkably well. I haven't lost a pound of flesh, and an feling as well as I ever did." "What do you think or your , and what will be the result in the second raco?" "Well, you know, I an not the man to boast, as I lppoe0 you have discovered [dom the campaign I made, but I will say that my chances have been growing brighter and brighter for the last month. I was sure that I would be in the second race. I have made an honest., clean campaign, have made friends all over the State, and if my friends do their duty I will be the next Governor of South Carolina. People all over the State have becomo disgusted with the dispensary and the manner in which it has been used to further the interests of cetain parties. During the campaign whiskey Wis shipped into the State by houses from which the dispensary buys liquor, and it wag used in the iL terest of certain dispensary candi dates. In addition to this, many are disgusted with the manner in which the dispensary has been run. Ber dispensarios, hotel privileges, et(-, in various parts of the State have been run with the view of selling ats much whiskey as possiblo. Default ing dispensers have not. hoon handled as they should have beon. Whiskey constables have gone beyond their duties, and when they were convicted in the Courts they have been par doned and il lowed to go ncot free." "By the way, what do yonthink of the dispensary law anyhow?" "Well, as you know, I am a Pro. hibitionist from principle. To start with, the dispensary law is wrong in principle, and ought never to have b .m1 enacted. But I am opposed to i. mainly on the ground that it sells whiskey to the people as a beverage and debauches our citizonis." "Some of the peLole would like to know what good it would do to elect you Governor with a dispensar-y Legislature. Would you1 minld giv ing your viewvs along this line?" "N.sir, not in the least. To start with it is by no means certain that the next Legislature will be in sympathy with the dispensary Iaw.. T[hor-e will be in the next General As semnbly a larget number of H'mon-puroi Prohibitionists. Also a large numa her niot Prohibitionists, who arc 01) posed to the disp)ensaIry law, aind-it is by 1no means certatin what will lbe the re.sult. You will reeplect that the last General Asseimbly camoe cory near passing t he Clhilds billI, and I believe that if Mr. Child's health had p irmitted1 him to be pirtsent and1( push his bill, as lhe wvould haivi (lone but his ill health, the btillI would h Iave become a law. But in case I .should be elected Governor and1( the G (.meral Assembly should see fit to h t the disp)ensary s. stem stand(, it would noti only bo my duty, but. my p'ensere to enforce the dispecnsary i law [and( all ot her laws to the best r of my ability. The lauw has somoi goo.l features, and1( with an honest, clhmn enforcement, it canl be made to do0 mnch better seirvice than ;t hans s done in the past. I <to niot mean to 0 be undIerstood ats chatrginmg that the ~' entire force of d ispensary otlicias mare 'rotnandl co)rrupt, for I krnow lihat e there are somo) goodl mein amongst e theum, wh1io are soeking to (10 their 3. full duty, but it cannot be dlenied by the most ardlent adlvocates of the law that there ha is boen a large per centi IIof corru ption atnd rot tennris. s. . will also riot be denied that the law~ is canable of great imnilrovclemn along the line of onforcement, and to accoliplish .this i botter CIIIss of men will have to he put in chargo of a great iany of tho oIlices. "It has been charged thalt. thle Prohibitionists are not in favor of en forcing the dispensary law. Such is not tiho faict. So long as it remnaiis a law, a, lIw bItidi Ig citizens they are in favor of its enf-oreient. They wild like to mi o it. enforced by ri-n all over the State who will mak its M1ana1gemevnt, cleanl and honest, who will not ust) it its ia politivail inma1chinlo and to furt her hivir own private onds, but Who will Illillge it, ill sneh I wity as to sell aS little WhiskVy ats possible. Sucl a t4ite of fifairs I will earnestly try to bring about. in Olaso I amil elected." "What are your views on t-ho ed H Ueat ionall gnlost ion Y' ''1 an glad y-ou asked thit qiues. tion. W'hio on the stump mly lim wasi so limited thitt I could not diH cuss this (uestion ats 1 Illight, haivo dono. To start. with, I am in favor of building up attl improving in every way possible t1e .,olinmion10 t schools. This must be done before the colleges can 11--urishi as they ought.. Every boy or girl inSouthaCaro lina ought to be given a 1good coil). mon school eduation. Wllen this is done, with the high seih o's nit I RcIdlmios scattered over Ith St.ate, it will bo no trouble for the boys und girls to be prepared for college, aind the result will be the building up and flourishing of all our colleges. I do not, boliove tihat any of thelml ought to be torn down or allowed to st'arve and languish for want, of sup Port. "It maty be, and doubtlvss is, true thlit there 1have been many, or at. least soeio, extravagances in thev im anmagemient of our inst ittit ions. All this ci and will bo corrocted in tiie. It must, bo done. It is imil. possible to keep down ext ravagance ini conieciol with such large in stitutions as Clemson andl(] Vinthrop. 1specially is this true while they are in th'I infancy aind before they are in their imfaincy and beforo tIfey bo come thoroughly organized. But til' of this will be overcomlo. I would not say aught against. Clemson, but I would isay a woid in pratise of Win throp. lin ity ,tidgment, there is no better or grander iiwi.itution in the South than Winthrop, and I know whereof I speak, . for I haive beet there. We cantiot atlord to let the old Souhl Carolina Collego laungmh and starvo. In1stead of this Ile s'andiiard ought to be raiised(, So tht s10 wvill niot compIlete with our de noiniational colh-oges, and1( she ought to ho put upon1 a firmier anid better basis. Thei samo1( t hing ought to be dloni in ruference to the Cit.ad el. Tlhiis old( intstit ut:in lhas donoi g roat wv ,rk for the St aite, and shie will (c01. t inue to (10 5o ini thei future if she is not htampe-red by wanit, of funids. "On)ie thing I would eumhasize andi then 1 am thirough talking. What we want, aind what we must haivo iln South Carohina, is ec)oomy~ i thle l, .niaigemient, of aill of our Statto aiffa irs Not sting'ines"s or penu1riousn1ess, "for econiomy dtois niot mnean that, but there aire ext raga-. ganmce which can aind mtust be' stop ped. Whtat we mi ed is the same11 aimounit of energy and econiomuy in the co--dnIet. of the St ate's aifaiirs that is exercised by the ordiary man11 inI thla malnIagemlenit of hiis own ailfairs. With such a stzate of things in existence taxes cani be0 low ered( to a certatin extenlit, re'forml,, true rei forms, can be inastitutedl anid ol South Cairolinta wvill be one of the mo.t prosp .)roius' Staites ini the Union. ' A. l(. I"or Iccas,ionl oIf h"armeris met ing a'st. H(agoodsi, Sietmber 22nd, fatre fori roundl( tip from N'ewborry $1 ' 5, fromi I 'roIsperit,y $I.15. TIietts (Il sale MyIt.emb)erl 2thl anmd 21st, liilted to1 mlent, 0. A. It., Cincinnat,i, 0., Supteml t,inmber 5t,h to 10ths, faire for r'mnid L,ip from Newblerry, v'iai A thinna or I'Inat I tOck, $11i.tb0, from 'r'ospeity 3, 8same1 bIor 3d an it,h111, li mtItedt t.o I 2ith. F'or ad van tages otfeied b y thl~is road Crmuit. Agmnt t.1. A. ie 1n.1n )HAFTER SCORES HEAD OFFICIALS -- CI i'l to: i i v U I% ) o ottme (Co A S11i.i M Fit ht OA 40'. lt 1*4 A Fl-vNECR IN901H 'THI) couNTitV ARtlE IMSCP'ON8i114 FORTi'It K NA I UR(A 1 4'()N81. la' Cmana itsa '4 If 1 urialy Sit f Itqt,%rV- I is o eit im aislye iti ler-e. eti, the %It 1f I 10. 1 1-iias' is a. It V Il I I ect-va thi-t 11ie Me iti -, -ry lllat) y-- i eve-riet mal Ilaol Nuo lim14plisal N%IlI iei atstel (' I c 1an1a y tlhe Nick Soelevis V-ro Foaredsit I'm vrepeosp(lrt' - liitau staitessesesset iif a not"t-m fear Hic k- al New York. Soptvieber 2.-The Vorld prints an intlervitw withli Uon al Sb aftor, in which lie is repro onted am haying": "At Santiago wo lad to dval with hingm ts thoy are, not as they hould bo. Of course there w1as ickliess. It wats ineovitablo in a 11111111P1 Cainpaign. .But iobody was 1a1glected. The doctors wero scarco it rc t first, bult wo had bout, 1oad4 Of holnl ats soonl 11s they could got here. The doctors got sick liko the st. They wero overworked anld Iausted. But their abiity was m1u(1lostionablo. Look at t he low treentil.g of deliths from wounds. .i t1 t ittver wats lower ill any war. w ly, in tho vivil war, I lay on the lattlilol(jl lI ls f 1111il liaggotH (io. 10old inl my wounds, and that wasH Imarby, not, down in a miaulariol, ub-tropical counltry far away. "Tho mvin who ordorod at wiummerl amllpaign ini a fever infoetod conlil ry aro responsiblo for the(- natural mnd uinavoidaibloCl con(eIlinces. "None of our woundedNo were al owed to lie on thi hattlefield as I vas ill the civil w ar. It was the eit, that. wis so deu-fly. And1 thid Ainls. E4v"enl inl thu, more torrid heat ,lowers wod1 fall. It Would d'e11c verybody withmit cooling the air. In a fow minitvs undor the sun6 ignitn every nm wilhl bl steaming. \Iln of tho eIrongest type se. mmb1111ed. FiRST viLOW JACK. "otir iirst cam, or Nollow fever u1 l0VOloped at El Caney. But the irmy wats ripul for it and it sproad 11 liko a prairio fire. Many a man had t yellow fever who never will know it. And to tell the it lth, it i8 riot so dangerous a the i calentura, or hat IttackH, thant uinacellInted mo)(11 havo inl tho umalrions regions of Cua. t '\Vhy, it is at common thing for a m1anlI's temperaturo to rio from a t normal statle t.o It0) in a few hourr.r Thaiit nwansii death in mlost cases'. "'It can1( givo cards and1( Hpados4 tot yohllow fever im t he gamie of deanth. 1'd1 rat her have yel low fever. I tell I you when0i aI man! bulrns tipi inshide there is little hiopo for him. "'Our nmn were all uinacelimated; they had(4 faced( no0 8such consHtant heat bfri' \lany~ (of t heum never had sl(ept out of doorsi beIfore they wyent into campiil. hlow c mihi they lbe mronildd into piroper maiteriall for you 840 coriiiirig back w ith the I hin bo lies an d theia ye1lh>w feces iare1 suff1 enrin ' from thle paraiito of thie low fever of t he SanitiaIgo I patoeans. ''The cool a(ir anod goo.I homeui calrE wyill cure them. \V oud to (cho( 'se the lesser (of two evils---to shliip tile meiun iiom th to a healthy chlmae iiot want in g to keep t hemi nheiire the4y mu1I-t dlit. \Ve at Ithe front did inot wait. to let thle fever have its run. \Ve wit to sa4)Hve life. Now thle problma tl VoN sa Hve thle miost li VOs possile. Wet netver lied a foreign war sincei 1812- I4. TIhe United Stalte has nio1 hI)lositaul ships). It. was riot ai que)st ion of using what wIas hest, hut whait we had. We used the t rans1ports t hat. brought the tr~oop1 d(owni. Ii Al No) lOI'sITAI, HillPs-. "If I conh14lI hav.' had a few w'eks to mini hospit)1al sh1i ps t he 3onii(i 1ions would hallvt beeni better. If the war had cont inued we would have stayed right thore, fever or no0 fever. The sudide im d of the war wa~s unexpected. We were (not pro. pauredl for thle unexpe(cted(. I made it an intvari able rolhe to ar nd homo 2% nnr cntn. 1es nm 101on a tranelnnr Inn she had brought south. That is a fair view to take. "1 11111 litisfied with the Santiago impaigi. When it is fully under ood, with ill of its difficulties, it ill receivo just place in military story. We wore hurried off to uha. We landed aid could not ivo got our stores back on board lip if we had wonted to. When 1 invasion was plainned it was )vioiis that it must be a rush. .ch it was. "And it was a success-completo kd unvquivocal. Many things were mo, i .is truim, that were forced >011 us by t. 0 exigencies of the iir, but the means timployod eves idor such st ress proved to be wise eC1.0n011. I WIs Com1l11)dl to (10 a Olt niliy things that under diff (nlit (011(litions would not have 3i considered. "The El Catioy battle, I hoped, auld bm fimshed ait 110, o'clock, but took uitil i- o'clock, atd I rather el now that, it was for the host.. ad I had lawton on thi right of m linm) We would have m111loubtedly ken tho city of S,mtiago that. ght, in which case only the garri mn thon thorm Would have surron )red to us. Whoroa, later, all the oopm inl the region sirrunding ro iicludid. I know that the war us over wi soon a Toratl mpOko to il about surreidorinlg the troops in mo otlorn provineo. "We nover hud on the fighting ni at aniy one tiio more than 13, JO men. An with these wo cap ired 27,000. "Nino thousand Spaniards wore >rtified in the best entronched posi onl I over 8w. Indeed, the on -oichments were of such a char 'tor tlat shelling with the gaus we aId (id not 1(1do tihot. iriois damage, jiere a 13-iiich sholl from our bips dropped into a house in the wi it demolished the dwellirg, t, all the occupants woro gone. (T1(YFRA IN TIl VleiT. "Did (erveri's mon help in the an fJ glightt" was asked, to clear p i Imlootod point. "Yes, itndood. He had 1,000 men shoro from his floot inl the battle of Io Ist of July. His chief of staff, lustamente, was killed. His ma ini aid sailors suffered severely. ,vrvora pnt themi all back on board lly 2, and on the 3d be trie-1 to get U soft. "The Spaniards were down to heir last hit of rice wheii they sur eondored1; hut, they chivalrously de. lined on thle Ii rst (lay to accept ra ionls elred1 to thiemi. TIhey saidI hat A.morican charity hiumiliaited hem ; bunt I noticed thaut they came iround for the grnb the second1 day." "Why was our foo.l supp)ly short >oforo San Juan ?"' "I had to act quickly and shove ny men right into the field, because know they wvere growing weaker mid weaker overy hour, We had ')lenity of rations unloaded at the ihore, hut there was only a3 I single roadl, huh-deep in mnd, over which hey could he b)rought t the front, 'md if we had had1( a thousand army wagons we could not have got the provisions where they wero nooede(. The( pack tr F!ins saved uis. They wore inlvahlablo."' "Wh'Iat is the condition of Santi ingo todlay ?" "It is ini a fair- state of health," ro p,lied Geoneral Shafter. "Under the miilitary govornorshipl now in oxis tonlce it will sooni he cleaned andl made thoroughly healthy. It is a prettby townu, hut the surrounding c ounitry is ini a state of wreck. You can't inmagine the destitution of the island of Cuba.'' "What troops are still left to gar rison Santiago?'' "The only troops of the Fifth corps left were the Twenty-fourth infantry, the remainder of tihe Ninth Muassanchusetts, about 100 recruits and the last of the nick aind wound ed. These were to have left on the day after the Mexico sailed and due to roach her 4 tomorrow or next day. "This comploes e the withdrawal of the army of invasion, which was comiiposed of tihe Fifthli orps. "The gatrriw)m duty is in other hands. The F f ih army corps flag will lyv over cn-nn WVikoff tomoro."