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Bbh j^^^^BBthe Additions Mads to ^^^BBthe Statute Law. j^^B OF THE NEW ACTS. ^^^H^Basurcs That Got Through and Ratified at the Scssiou of Just Ended. Iin^^^the laws made at ^^HBencral Assembly ^^^^ tiaued from las' ibe county treas* an(l Spartanburg Br tU the treasurer ^ certain school and ^ ou to empower the commissioners of ^Hb put chase a site aud j^^Bthe maintenance of K'tv. ^Hrite and provide for ^Hheriifaad corouer of ^Bnter. Hid au act entitled "an pectiou 27 of an act en Ig^Hto provide a system 01 ^Ameut for the several |^Bis State, so far as it re^Horking and maintaining ^Hbighways in this Stato,'" ^Harcb, 1397. ^Hrnlate the practice in the ^Hbtate in actions ex delicto ^Aquire the magistrates to ^Bnary investigations in Hi beyond their jarisdiction Ha in writing. H amend section 279 of the Htes of 1882, appearing as of tbe revised statutes of ilia of 189?, vol. 1, relating As and duties of the compAal in the non-payment of cial cases. Isolation to relieve certain [of Lowndesville township, le county, from the payment tad county taxes for' fiscal b amend section 352 of the il procedure of 1882, appear'on 352, vol. 2, of the revised 1893, relating to stay of oxe1 sale on appeal to the su t in certain cases, roviding for the disposition anmlns school funds in the Charleston. to empower magistrates to or- | by publication upon absent ^B|^H resolution to procure informs-^ a view to the establishment ^H^^^Bormatory for youthful crimiIB to protec^to^ding bouses aud It to provid^ees in Greenville be paid in cash in advance, to amend ^section 1776 of the statutes, being section 1968 of ^^^^Hvised statutes of 1898, as to the |^B^Iof registration of legal instrn- I ^^^Bct to amend an act approved 17th ^^^^^ary, 1897, entitled "an act to pro fe pupils attending trie tree puok>1s with school text books at cost" bet to amend an act entitled "an , .mend section 1 of an act entitled relating to the fees and duties county officers of Berkeley approved January 5th, A, D. 1895. An aet to regulate express and telegraph companies and to extend the powers of the railroad commissioners, ao as to give them power and authority to regulate charges by express companies for transportation, to regulate charges of telegraph companies for the transmission of messages by telegraph, or charges by persons engaged in the several businesses herein named, to apply the powers given to said commissioners, by law, over railroad oompa nies to all oompanics or persons owning, controlling or operating a line or lines of express and telegraph, and make the penalties prescribed against railroads for violating commissioner's rules apply to the companies and persons herein named, whose line is or are wholly or in part in this State. An aet to require the supervisor or t^nu^v^gunmissioners of Aiken oonnty MflBHvide for the dieting and mainof the inmates of tbe county H ftoase and prisoners confined in H^^^Honnty jail, and for prisoners at |B^^|upon oonnty chainganga. sot to the proof of reoorded in^^^^Bients other than wills. B^HKact to amend section 1299 (596) of the revised statutes, 1898, as ^^^^Hbels on commercial fertilizers. set to proscribe tbe compensation I Ihe treasurer of Beaufort county, H^HKi/aot to prescribe tbe official oom^^^Hp&tion for the clerk of court of ^^^Hafort county for services in the of general sessions, act to create the office of State ^^^Barian; to fix the salary and pre^^^Kbe the duties thereof; to constitute H^Hoard of trustees for the State library, H|Hd to deaiguate the powers and duties ^^Hereof; to appropriate money for tbe ^He of the State library, and to make ^^Hrtain offenses herein specified a misA&n or. ft to amend section 1 of an act "an act to exempt certain porKershaw county from the opof the provisions of chaptefr of the general statutes, relating ;ock law." i to amend section 8 of an act "an act to establish Greenunty." ; to amend an act entitled "an solare the law in relation to real estate," approved Dec. to constrne mortgages of real thin this State. to amend section 1692 of the statutes of South Carolina, beon 420 of the revised statutes - icwo, vol. 2. An act to amend an act entitled "an act to require all persons or corporations building or using a barbed wire fence within 50 feet of a public highway, when the same runs paralled with and within 50 feet of a railroad track, to place a plank on or near the top of said fence," approved December 81st, 1894, so as to make the terms thereof more explicit. m \ ' \ An act to author izejl^pem power the J ! Governor to appoints* constables to serve as peace otiice^ ^during the Lexington county fim, in Lexington J county. | An act to amend section 2 of an act | entitled "an act to apportion the road I ; fund derived from the special county j levy," approved 17th February A. L. I j 181)7, as to length of bridges to be re; paired or built , An act to amend section 4. latter clause, which provides a section, to be known -a*._si-jction l?, of an act entitled "an aot to amend section 3 and 4 of an act entitled 'an act to provide for the * " - l 1 .L.UJa* I establishment 01 a uew scuoui uumui. in Greenville couLty and to aathorize the levy and collection of a school tax i thereiu,'" approved December 2d, 1883, i relating to the levying of a tax and the election of trustees, and adding another section, to be known as section 9, providing for the collection of said tax by the city treasurer of Greenville. A joint resolution to authorize and require the couuty treasurer of Anderson county to pay to G. E. Moore and ! the Advocate Publishing Company certain costs of publishing notices of election for Honea Path and Williauiston counties. An act to authorize and reqnire the j county boards of commissioners of Pickens and Oconee counties to build a bridge over the Keowee river. An act changing the boundary lines jf Spartanburg and Pacolet townships, in Spartanburg county. An act toameud sections ? and 8 of in act entitled "An act to establish ''liMnl-n# winntr " nniirnvod Feb. 23. iTl>r 1S97~^ Ad act relating to tbe collection of taxes in towns and cities. An act to reappoint tbe representation between the counties of Colleton and Dorchester. An act to operate the Lexington Electrio Railway and Electric Power Company. An act to nmetd section 093 of the I revised statutes, relating to certain :laims against counties. An act to provide for the payment of certain pensions. A joint resolution to authorize the treasurer of York county to pay out ;ertuin surplus funds of Broad River township on warrants for repairs to publio roads and bridges in said township. 1 tft anthfirizfi cer tain persons to act as intendant and I wardens of the town of Bradley, in Soath Carolina. An aot to amend an act entitled "An set to amend an aot entitled 'An act to regulate fishing at oertain times in Aiken, Barnwell, Darlington, Colleton and Orangeburg counties,' approved December 34th, A. D. 1834, approved March 25th, 1836," approved February 11th, A. D, 1897. An act to amend section 1694 of the general statutes of 1892, appearing as section 432 of the revised statutes of 1893, volume 2, so as to prohibit the destroying of the nests of oertain birds. An act relating to the records in the office of county auditor. An act to authorize the appointment of a constable to reside on the Lancaster cotton mill property in Lancaster oounty. An act to doclare the law as to fees of clerks of courts and registers of mesne conveyance for certifying to the recording certain written instruments. An act to charter the Central Carolina Railway and to authorize towns and cities interested in and along the line of said railway to subscribe to the capital stock thereof in bonds. An act to provide for the payment of witnesses in Charleston county. An act to amend an act entitled "an act to amend the act entitled 'an aot to regulate the traffic in seed cotton in the counties of Abbeville, Aiken, Suinter, Fork, Tdgefield, Berkeley, Eershaw, Richland, Orangeburg, Charleston, ? W WW . ? J 1AiL TV^ Chester ana union, approveu i?wj/v oember, 1889. A joint resolution to authorize and dtreot the comptroller general to draw warrants on the State treasurer in favor of the county treasurers for the amount due each county in the apportionment of the supplementary school fund derived from the next income from the tale of spirituous liquors. An act fixing the penalty of the bond to be given by the county treasurer of Abbeville county at not less than $20,000. An act to amend section 764 of the general statutes of the State of South Carolina, being section 814 of the revised statutes, in so far as the same relates to the register of mesne conveyances of Charleston county. An act to authorize and empower the oounty boards of commissioners of the several connties of this State to establish and maintain free ferries. An act to create the county of Lee from portions of Kershaw, Darlington and Sumter oounties, with boundaries as hereinafter described, and to provide for the erection of courthouse and jail, for the holding of courts and for the election of county officers. An act to amend sections 4 and 27 of an act entitled "An act to provide a system of county government of the several counties of this State, so far as it relates to thi working and. maiutain ing of the road* and highways in tbia State, approved March 23, IBM, and also amended and approved Feb. 25, 1897. An act to provide for carrying out the findings of the committee appointed to adjn~t the indebtedness between the several ?o?nues of Union, York, Spartanburg and Cner- ^ okee. , . , i An act to incorporate the Saluda and Johnson Railroad company. An act to prescribe and provide for the salaries of certain oounty officers in Dorchester county. An act to incorporate the Charleston Light and Water Company. Au act to make the drawing of jurors public. r COXT1NCED XEXT WEEK. ] I Capt. Hart^ettt to T3e "Penitentiary, j John D. Hart, president of the Hart Steamship company at Philadelphia, Pa., has been taken to the Eastern penitentiary to servo tto Bentenee imposed on him a year ago by Judge Butler in the United States District Court. Hart wa6 at the time convicted of aiding a Cuban filibustering expedition on the steamer Laurada, and was sentenced to imprisonment for two years and to pay a fine of $500 and the cost of j the trial. An appeal was taken to the United States Court of Appeals, but the Appellate Court confirmed the finding I of the lower tribunal. > liliiilf Expected to be Presented to State Democratic Convention WHICH WILL BE HELD IN MAY. State and County Politics Will be | Stirring Much Kurlicr This Year Thau Usual. I All the politicians have been under the impression that there would be no Stat? Democratic convention this year until September, it not being a presidential year, but an examination of the construction of the Democratic party of the fetate shows that they have been laboring under a delusion. The truth of the matter is that there is going to be a May State convention this year. J?1 . ?:ii I? _ ->0 UOUUl IU1S Wlil ue u BUI |ii me m many, for several who were members of the convention that met in May, 18DC, which adopted the present party constitution, say they have no recollection of the changing of the constitution adopted prior to that time so as to do away altogether with the September convention. The present constitution provides for the holding of a convention on the third Wednesday in May, and for no other. It also provides for the holding of county conventions in the several counties in the State on the first Monday in May for the purpose of eiectiug delegates to that convention. Of course the reorgauizatiou of the precinct and ward clubs will take place prior to that time throughout the State. It is thus seen that State and county politics will be stirring much earlier a.J mail wluj ui:e e&pecum. When toe convention meets there will doubtless be no end of political log rolling. The convention will have to elect a new State executive committee, and to such other matters as may come before it. Those who were talking of the outlook expressed the view that the liquor referendum plan would be laid before the convention when it meets, the Legislature having declined to take action in regard to it on the ground that the proper body to consider it was the State Democratic convention. How much of an issue this will become and the probable action of the convention in regard to it are purely matters of conjecture at this stage.?The State. 8TATR TOPICS. The following newsy items are taken 'from the News and Courier's able correspondents throughout the State: Spartanburg. The war feeling is not strong here. Business men, as a general thing, are willing to trust Gen Lee and Secretary Long in this matter. Those whose voices are loudest for war would hardly ever get to the "tented field" if actual hostilities should begin The Rev. v v Hooc Vo.krill. twill r.**./.!, the commencement sermon of Wofford College in Jnne The May carnival of Converge College is still receiving great attention. The seats continue to go, and it is i>robable that there will be none for sale bv the 1st of April The forest lires of last week burned no houses~in this connty. Much woodland was bnrned over, bat timber is not often killed at this season of the year. A little later, when the sap is np, large trees are killed by such fires..... One of the Spartanburg Representatives reports that the raoe for Governor is apparently between Archer and Schampert. ...CoL T. J. Moore is working away at the hay problem. He has a large bodv of low land on Tyger, subject to overflow. It produces grass abundantly. He says as soon as he can get a machine to knock the dust and dirt from the hay, it will be a great saving. Sometimes a slight overflow will rain many tons. He is working at a machine now, the invention of Mr. Hagood, of this State, and if that operates rirsht the hay will be clean from dust and grit?The merchants are bringing hay and oorn by the carload from the West Columbia. riawa*tiAv VIIcvKa hat frtwav/i*/) fj% Governor Black, of New York, the trna bill and affidavit from the Sheriff of Anderson county in reference to Chria Harris. Harris is th? mulatto who attempted to ravish a young lady in Anderson some time ago. He made his escape, and has been hunted for many months. The ohief of pohoe of Niagara Falls advised the Sheriff of Anderson county that he had Harris. The Sheriff makes affidavit that Harrises identified from* photographs, and that he is wanted in Anderson on the charge of assault with attempt to ravish. A certified copy of the trne bill against Harris has also been forwarded to Governor Black. A telegram was sent Governor Black advising him that the napers had been sent and that the prisoner be held. It appears that Governor Black asked for additional papers before honoring the requisition which has been forwarded for Harris The authorities at the Hospital for the Insane are moving into the new Parker building Coleman, the negro charged with attempting to ravish a 7-year-old white girl, has been committed to jail to await trial. He denies the charge. The child laenunes iua m?u ?u?> ?? ucsmu uy Detective Halt . Mayor Sloan has received a few contributions for the sufferers from the forest fires. A great deal more is needed and ought to be given. Don't Like Lee County. The people of Sumter generally do not like the fact that Lee county has I succeeded in being established, says the Sninter correspondent of the Columbia ' Register. However, although the land : taken from Sumter is rich, very little j railroad property is taken, while lots of bridges are. Magnolia, which is some! thing of a town, goes with the new | county. A prominent citizen said this afternoon, that if the Sumter and Wateree River railroad was built it would benefit Sumter. I t ? % I FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. rroceedlag* of Both tho Sesate and House Day By Day. THE SENATE. 4 >tii Day.?In the Senate a bill was discussed to place the census bureau under the Secretary of the Interior, but no action was taken on it. A resolution, offered by Allen, of Nebraska, directing the committee on naval affairs I to make an investigation of the disaster I to the battleship Maine, was adopted without debate. The joint resolution I providing for the recovery of the bodies of officers and men from the wrecked ?L:_ AT* .1 t it. 1 uamesuip .uuiuy iuu lur me tecuveif of valuable property on the ship whicn was passed by the House of Representatives last week was presented to tha Senate and passed immediately. It carries an appropriation of i?200,000. i Allen, of Nebraska, introduced the following resolution: "Resolved, That the committee on naval a "fairs be and it is hereby directed to make a thorough inquiry into the destruction of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor on the 15th inst., and report to the Senate." J The resolution was passed immediately. 1 45th Day.?Hawley's bill for the organization of two new regiments of artillery was passed by a vote of 52 to 4.t Morgan, of Alabama, introduced a resolution to build a war ship the equal of any in the world, and wants it called George Washington. It was adopted. I Washington's farewell address was read at the opening of the day's session. A ; letter was read from Gen. Miles on the condition of the coast defences, which , showed that they were well fortified. 47th Day.?While the Senate had under consideration the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill, a sharp debate on the Cuban situation was precipitated by Allen, of Nebraska, who offered as an amendment the resolu tioD8 passed by the senate a year ago recognizing the belligerent rights of the Cuban insnreente. The debate became general and occupied four hours, but was finally snowed under. During the debate of Allen's resolutions Morgan said that we have no right to make a declaration of war against Spain under cover, as Allen wonld have it Senators Foraker, Morgan and Thurston all say they believe war with Spain is coming. The Military Academy appropriation bill was passed. It carries , 8454.240. 4Sth Dat. ?In the Senate the resolution offered by Allen to appoint a committee of five Senators to investigate the Cuban situation was withdrawn by its author when it was laid before the Senate. Allen said he was satisfied from the vote on his amendment that [ the fate of the resolution was quite well sealed. An effort was made to obtain consideration of the Alaskan homestead and railway right of way bill, but on a parliamentary technicality it went over. 49th Dat.?Hon. Henry W. Corbett's right to a seat in the Senate from Oregon was nnder consideration by ihe Senate for five hours. Spooner, of Wisconsin, concluded the speech ! which he began vesterdar. in favor of | Corbett, and was followed by Teller, of Colorado; Allen, of Nebraska, and I Turley, of Tennessee, with speeches in opposition to the seating of Corbett, and Tnrner, of Washington in favor of seating him. 50th Ballinger, of New Hampshire, introduced and had adopted a | resolution requesting the President, if j not incompatible with the public in| terests, to send to the Senate copies of | all reports and communications received by the State Department since the 24th of February, 1895, from Tomas Estrada Palma, or auv agent of the Cuban insurgents which relate to the state of war bn the Island of Cuba, or such parts of said documents as may be deemed advisable and proper to communicate. Thurston, of Nebraska, called up and had passed a joint resolution for a commission to supervise the collection of a fund among all the schools and colleges of the United States, for the purpose oi erecting a ' monument to General Lafayette, iu ! P>ria Fr?non the same to be nresented to the French government, and unveiled and dedicated on July 4, 1900. THE HOUSE. 50th Dat.?This was private bill day in the House, and but little was accomplished. The feature of the day was the spirited oontest over the bill to pay Newberry College, a Lutheran institution in South Carolina, $15,000 for damages sustained by it while used as a barracks by Federal troops, shortly after hostilities oeased. It was strongl v opposed by Mr. Dingley and Mr. Dalzell, who announced their antagonism to war claims of this character, but Mr.*. Cooper, of Texas, who championed it on the Democratic side, was supported by Mr. Mahon, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Walker, of Massachusetts, and other Republicans, and it was finally passed. 51st Dat. - Washington's birthday was celebrated in the House, after a motion by Bailey to adjourn had been voted down, with a vast deal of political >i>eech-makinjr, and it was also signalized by the firing of the first gun in opposition to Hawaiian annexation. Johnson, of Indiana, (Rep.) delivered a Ksefich that relieved the House and the galleries, in denunciation of what he termed an attempt to cut loose from the traditional policy of the United States and enter upon a sceme of colonization that has proved the runing of empires snd of nations. The speech, coming entirely unheralded, produced a deep impression. The general debate on the sundry civil bill was concluded. 52d Dat. ?In the House Kitchin and Linney, of North Carolina made a winning fight against an appropriation of $75,000 to be used in paying informers I on moonshiners. The appropriation for confirming the investigation of tbe seal question went out on a point of order. Forty six pages of tbe bill were disposed of. Representative Barrett, of Massachusetts, has introduced a resolution allowing the naval affairs committee to incorporate in the naval appropriation bill a provision Tor an appropriation not to exceed $5,375,000 for new dry docks, or extensions to existing ones in Boston, New York, Norfolk, Fort Royal, New Orleans and Mare Island, ( al. 53d Day.? In the House two joint resolutions were adopted providing for the appointment of Thos. Drayton Barker and James E. Palmer as passed assistant engineers in the navy, in the engineer class. An amendment to increase the appropriations went through. 1 birty additional pages of the snudry civil appropriation bill was disposed of. An unsuccessful attempt to increase tbe appropriation for the Enppressioa of s * * . m* i i epidemic diseases S200.0CO led to considerable debate on the advisability of establishing a national quarantine. 34th Day.?The House resumed consideration of the Bundry civil apt ropriation bill, disposing of four pages. Quite a debate developed on a motion to strike out the appropriation of ?133,000 for -work in Oahland, Cat, its opponents alleging that no contract had yet been made for the work, aud asserting thatariver and harbor bill was to be suppressed and a favored few given appropriations in the 1 Kill Tl,o onnrnn-ioliftll auuui j cavii i/ia. jluv "I't" vl'4 remained in the b'll bv a vote of 118 to 10. 55th Dat. ?The House resumed consideration of the sundry civil '"bill. Lewis (Dem.) of Washington created something of a sensation by offering the following resolution as an amendment: Resolved, That Congress disapproves of Minister Woodford tendering a banquet to the Spanish cabinet in behalf of the United States, and expresses the sense that the relations between Spain and the United States should, until the inquiry as to the cause of the Maine disaster be determined, remain only in the formal and official way demanded, by the needs of the respective nations. Lewis was proceeding to remark upon the "ghoulish spectacle" of Minister Woodford banqueting the Spanish cabinet wrme tub -country was mourning the loss of 350 brave soldiers who were the victims of Spanish hate, when C'nnnon interposed a pome of order against the amendment, and was promptly sustained by the chair. This cat the matter oft THE SIAflftcETS. C v NEW TORK COTTON FUTURES. New York.--Cotton^ dull. Middling upland, (if; Middling Golf, 6}. i uturea closed quiet. Opening. Closing. February 5 9o 5 93 March 5 DC 5 93 April .... May 6 04 6 00 ? June 6 06 6 04 July 600 607 August * 6 13 6 10 September 6 11 6 08 October 6 10 6 08 November December 6 14 6 14 OTHER COTTON MARKETS. Charleston.?Cotton quiet; middling Wilmington. ? Cotton firm; middling 5?. Savannah.?Cotton quiet; middling 5$. Norfolk.?Cotton steady; middling , Memphis.?Cotton steady; middling Augusta.?Cotton steady; middling 5$. Baltimore.?Cotton nominal; midling 6. New Orleans?Cotton easier; middling 0$. Columbia?Market quiet; gooodmiddling 5j{. Charlotte?Market firm; good middling 5 j. BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET. \ Baltimore.?Fl,our inactity; Western super &.S0@3.2O; do extra $3.4o<g 4.10: do family 24.40(^4.70; winter wheat patents ?4.8o$5.10; spring do $5.10$ 5.30; spring wheat straights $4.90$ 5.05. Wheat ?Dull ;s|.ot and month $1.031$ $1.03$; March $1.03$$$1.03$; May $1.03|$$1.03$; steamer No. 2 red 98$$ 99; Southern wheat by sample 99$ $1.04; do on gtade 99$$$1.03jf. Corn?Dull; spot and month, 35$$ 35$; March 35$85$; April 35$85$; steamer mixed 33i$34$; Southern white corn 34$$30; ao yellow 34$$36. * Oats?Firm; No. 2 white34$$33; No. 2 mixed 82$$33. NAVAL STOBES. New York?Rosin steady, strained, common to good, at 1.40$1.45. Turpentine firm at 34$ i4*. Charleston -J'arpe ititio firm at 82 bid liutttu hriu; quotations uncuanged. .^ava ina'i. ? Turi?entiue firm at 33. Rosin tirui; A, H, u ami jJ 1.20; E 1.25; V 1.27$; it l.u-#; xl l.o ; ? 1.05; K 1.75; M 1.8*; N 1.9v; window glass 2.00; .water white 2 ? >. Wilmington.?RosiD firm at 1.20$ 1.2 . x ur, entitle firm at 31$$31.CCrude turi>eutiue uoib.tig duiug; quotations unchanged. Tar ateady at 95. 1 COTTON SB ED OIL. New York?Cotton seed oil firm; crude ?0}; prime yellow 23@23?. Old Matds of Olden Times. What became of the unmarried gentlewoman in the eighteenth century? There were many. Some had money and lived alone, with the brevet rank of mistress. Some had none, and lived for the most part with the eldest brother. Even the thought of working for their livelihood was a degradation unspeakable; In fact, they did work, but It was the household work. Such a woman Is described by Grose, writing In 1T98. He says: When I was a young man there existed in the families of jnost unmarried men or widowers of the rank of gentlemen, residents In the country, a certain antiquated female, either maiden or widow, commonly an aunt or cousin. Her dress I have now before me; It consisted of a stiff-starched cap and hood, a little hoop, a rich silk damask gown, with large riowers. Siio leant on an ivory-headed crutch-cane, and was followed by a fat, phthlsicky dog of the pug kind, who commonly rtnrwwl on a cushion and enjoyed the | privilege of snarling at tLe servants, occasionally biting their heels with luj punity. By the side of this good old lady jingled a bunch of keys, securing. In different closets and corner cU]i boards, all sorts of cordial waters, cherry and raspberry brandy, washes for the complexion, Daffy's Elixir, a rich seed cake, a number of pots of currant jelly and raspberry jatu. with a range of gallipots and phials containing salves, electuaries, jaJaps, and purges for the use of the poor neighbors. The daily business of this good 1 lady was to scold the maids, collect eggs, feed the turkeys, and assist at ali , the interesting events that happened within the parish. * ;-v' * Si! .. -:J' B B J sural _ How Our Congressmen look UpSrBBH the Present National Crisis* 1 B KOT DUE TO AN ACCIDENT,' Mnjorlty Think ShipWM Destroyed by Exterior Explosion, Bnt Co#? i: servatlve in Planning Oar Action* r* # The Soath Carolina representative* in Congress give their constituent* v their views on the Cnban question a* v> ;v? follows, according to a special furnished . V the Columbia State by Mr. P. & Withers: * Senator McLanrin said: The beit nnininn T p?n form from readim* th* newspapers is that the blowing up of the Maine is not dno" to an accident There seems to have been threats mad* t 9 in Habana that the )Iaine would be destroyed if allowed to anchor, and Capt Sigsbee has wired the navy depart* . meat not to send another Teasel there ; ' for fear it also would be destroyed. I don't think the administration will hold oat inach longer against pttblta t opiuion in the Cuban matter?a crisis is at hand. If the official report show* that the Maine was blown np by a government mine onr government' will -i"-, have to act I believe Spain?or a . V certain party in Spain?wants war with .<*> the United States. Each country ' > seems to be waiting to hpve the chip ': knocked off its shoulder. *.. Representative Talbert said that he. didn't care to express an opinion as to the canse of the destruction of tho Maine until the facts are made known to the board of inquiry. "But," ho said, "if Spanish treachery ia shown to be the cause I don't see that there Is anything for us to do bat to giro Spain * , '-v. a licking. Iam now and have long been in favor of recognising the ind#- ;?9|l pendeuce of Cuba. Mr. Stokes said: The weight of an- 1 disputed evidence in hand points to the disaster from external explosion?' most probably a submarine mine. The Spanish authorities knew the location of the mines and the Maine waa assign* ed to her place by the authorities, and this makes out a strong prima faeie case of deliberate treachery, in my . * judgment Should each prove to be the case the very least that oould bo demanded would be fall compensation j for the ship and reparation, as far M X ,'-'3 possible, for the lives of the crew. , Wo might be justified in view of other circcmstances in declaring war. Dr. Strait thinks that the oatastropho , was the result of treachery, perhaps on * the part of some Spanish followers el Weyler. II this be the case we wotNr ' 1 Ui)smnifw #A? m on J, "dSlal llHYC VU UOUISUU UIUOIUUIy *v* ! property and if this is refused ire would have grounds for * fight. f ayM Congressman Wilson said: Congress ; is awaiting the action of the administration, as the Republican leaders hare adopted the policy of letting the administration pursue its own course. H thi ' Cuban matter could be once gotten before Congress there would oe speedy -? recognition of belligerency because . ..Xf there are enough Republicans to Join c the Democrats in the House.toosny such a resolution. Speaker Reed will not gire the House an opportunity to vote. So the matter ia solely in the . \';yi hands of McEinley. Since the destruo- A tion of the Maine there has been tremendous pressure brought to bear upon the President That taken ja con- -7 ^ nection with the DeLome incident -> and the admitted tail are 01 sason- . tu omy, is likely to result in the President submitting e immediately after the report 1 , : . of the Maine investigating oemmtttoe indicating that he "wilt pursue the coarse of intervention which is his lest annual message he suggested might become necessary. That intervention will mean one of two things; either the recognition of belligerency, which will speedily resait in Cuban independenoe, or the purchace of her independenoe by Cuba from Spain at something like $100,000,000 with the United Statee superintending the oolleotion of Cuban K1 import revenues and thereby securing the peyment of the purchase money. I do not think President MoKinley will go to the extent of letting Congrese ad* jonrn without taking notion himself or . < instructing the Horn* leaders to lei A | Congress itself act The Bepoblieea. party cannot go before the oountry this fall with snoh e flagrant disregard ol its platform pledges. As to 8pain's liability, I think that our government can . ,: hold Spein responsible only in the event that Spanish authorities or Spaa* ish agents ware in soma way connected directly or indirectly with the explosion. No government can be held to answer for the act of a fanatic or fiend who hao no official oonneotioi with that govern* ment But eren if Spein is not reponsible for the damage the fed of the explosion presents an additional contribution to the existing lawless oon.*??Rniii?i?? rtnha and will have UiMVU D U * A WUMUSMQ wwvw -| ?. . _ its effect in influencing President MoKin ley to not npon the conclusion which the great body of the people of the country hare already reached, that Cuban autonomy is a failure and that hu manity demands that the anarchy and barbarity that has been pre railing in toe island for the past year be terms* ' nated by snch proceedings on the pari of our government as may be neoeesary. Congressman Latimer said that from present information hethonght the shi? was blown up from the outside, bat that he had no sympathy with the feel* ing that Spain should be he;d responsi* ble unless it can be proven that the gov* ernment instigated the outrage. Congressman Elliott did not care to express an opinion or add anything to increase the present excitement until the facts become known. Johnson at the^Helm Again. Prof. D. ?. Johnson, president of Winthrop Normal and Industrial Col* lege, who has been quite sick for several months, lias almost entirely re- i gained his health, and is again at bit post of duty. The affairs of the college are again running smoothly under hie able management. He has the entire co-operation of the faculty, and each and all are strong together for the upbuilding of this grand institution of learning.?The Register. . * |