The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 17, 1898, Image 6
THE COUNTY RECORD^
Published Every Thursday
? AT?
CINGSTKEE, SOUTH CAROLINA,
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Loris j. bkintow,
Kditor and Proprietor.
A Russian physician examined a
number of students with regard to
their health as afl'ected by smoking.
Of the smokers 16.09 per cent, were
fourd to have some affection of the
respiratory tract, while only 10.69 of
the non-smokers were thus affected.
In respect to diseases of the alimentary
tract, the figures were respectively
11.88 and 9.92 per cent.; and
of both tracts combined, 8.77 and
3.22 per cent. ?
Famine and pestilence are raging
in Russia again, on a scale far more
serious than in India a year ago.
Those who charged the Indian woes
? against the British government will
please take notice, says the New York
Tribune. As for the scourges of Russia,
there is indisputable evidence that
they are really the fault of the government
in refusingto permit the people to
become educated and thus able to till
their land better and improve their
sanitary condition. It insists that
they shall remain in iguorance and
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are dying like flies in a frost.
Thero are floating stories occasionally
of frog farms here and there, but
all apocrypha!, Forest aud Stream
says, if by farming be meant the artificial
propagation of frogs as flshes are
propagated in hatcheries, aud reared
through the successive stages from the
eggs to maturity. M. F. Chamberlain
of the United States fish commission
says that "while the value of frogs
.as food is now thoroughly recognized
in thia country, to such a degree, inideed,
that the United States consumes
more frogs than are eateu in auy other
il* country, not excepting France itself,
human ingenuity has not as yet devised
a method of carrying artificial
cultivation beyond the larval stage.
It is comparatively easy to stock a pond
with breeding frogs or with tadpoles.
They may be protected against their
natural enemies, but the insurmountable
trouble is to furnish food for the
young frogs. Live food is absolutely requisite,
but there is no practical devica
-to furnish insects.
One-of Germany's leading statisti
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, mans nas come to tue conclusion mat
in order %o live long it is necessary to
be married. Out of every seventy
men who reach the age of sixty he
finds that forty-eight are married
men and only twenty-two bachelors.
This German statistician, whose name
is Dr. Schwartz, further finds that
between the ages of thirty and fortyfive
the mortality among bachelors is
twenty-seven per cent, while among
married men it is only eighteen per
cent Dr. Schwartz has proved that
it is absolutely necessafy to be married
if a man wishes to become a centenarian,
for of fifty proved centenarians
whom the doctor has examined
not one was a bachelor. It is true
that there were no married men,either
for all the old men were widowers.
These facts are now established. To
live long a man must be married, and
A wiilnwnr of cnmn norin/l
MIC;I Wwaaac a W luv/w Vi av wvu*w
of his life, which has not yet been ascertained
Evidently, if Dr. Schw artz
discovers the exact length married
life should continue he will have
solved the problem of old age.
The United States supreme court
recently decided a case that may have
a marked influence toward the discouragement
of suicide. It was confronted
with the qAstion whether the
heirs of a sane man, who had committed
suicide, could recover ou an
insurance policy taken out by the man
upoq his own life. The court ruled
in the negative, thus in the particular
case in point barring the heirs from
an enormous sum of money to the extent
of which various companies had
insured the life of the suicide. The
Oonrt,s reasoning is sound and based
upon a recognition of the best public
poljpj with,regard to the treatment of
t: ? ?o Viol/t that tn rnmnul
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the payment of such policies would be
to put a premium Upon self-destruction
by offering a degree of incentive
to discourage men whose sole hesitancy
about committing suicide might
spring from the fear of leaving destitute
those dependent upon them. If,
by insuring their lives heavily and
paying a tithe of the premium required
by the companies they could make
sure of the support of these survives
this bar to suicide, which may be fairly
considered as influencing many men
to prevent their self-destruction, would
be withdrawn.
' It Is said that nations more by cycles.
A great many people also move
bicycles nowadays.
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j Army and Navy of the United States
Prepare For Emergencies. .
ALGER'S SIGNIFICANT ORDER.
Tlie Cm.'wr Columbia Tat In Commission
?Moving lTj> the Army?Tho Whole
Beffalsr Force to Come :o the Atlantic
Seaboard?New Regiments Recruited
For the Artillery?Rushing Supplies.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?Secretary
Alger on Friday issued the first official
order from the War Department looking to
hostilities with Spain. It creates the Department
of the Gulf, with headquarters at
Atlanta, and Brigadier-General William M_
Graham is to command it. The Gulf States
which would bo menaced by Spain are included
in the new department. There is
also created by the order the Department
of the Lakes. The various divisions of the
army have been reorganized to fit the new
order of things.
The most significant clause in the order
is the following:
Eighth?A department is hereby established,
to be known as the Department of
the Gulf, to consist of the States of South
Carolina. Georgia, Florida, Alabama. Mississippi,
Louisiana and Texas, with headquarters
at Atlanta, Ga. The departments
of Missouri and of Texas are hereby abolished.
The records of the Department of
the Missouri win do transierrea to tne ve.
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(She Is known as a commerce destroyer, h
mercantile marine rather than to have t
screws and only the, very fleetest of 1
Columbia has just been ordered in comi
partment of the Lakes, and those of the
Department of Texas to the Department of
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Major-General John R. Brook9 Is assigned
to the command of the Department of the
Lakes, and Brigadier-General William M.
Graham to the command of the Department
of the Gulf. The officers of the several
Staff Departments now on duty in the
Departments of the Missouri and Texas are
assigned to the like duties in the Departments
of the Lakes and Gulf respectively.
Heretofore the preparations of the military
branch of the Government have proceeded
on the basis that it was well to have
every feature under its control In perfect
order for whatever iftight occurr. Now,
however, knowledge of what the War Department
is doing, and intends to do. considered
in connection with the {activity in
every branch of the naval servioe, furnishes
almost conclusive evidence that, Instead of
merely preparing for trouble as a precautionary
measure, the Government now anticipates
it.
The new Department of the Gulf will be
exceedingly important in view of threatened
war with Spain. Its proximity to the
probable scene of naval operations gives it
a' prominence which it would not otherwise
possess. It embraces the whole coast
line from North Carolina to the Rio Grande,
and every seaboard city of the southeast
will be under the protection of the army of
the Onlf, operating in conjunction with
naval vessels in Southern water?.
More important than anything that has
yet been arranged under the direction of
Secretary Alger are orders in oourse of
preparation providing for a general movement
of regular cavalry and artillery to the
Atlantic seaboard. Nearly all the eavalry is
in tfie West, where a majority of the
infantry regiments are also located.
Of course it will be necessary to
leave some troops in remote sections,
where Indian uprisings have to bo considered
as likely to occur at any time, but it is
intended that nearly all the companies and
troops of the infantry and cavalry, even
those as far west as California, shall .'be
brought to points on the Atlantic and the
?ulf of Mexico.
Secretary Alger has d'rected General
Flagler, Chief of Ordnane?. to proceed immediately,
without awaii lag specific appropriations
by Congress, \ o procure rapidfire
guns, with carriages and ample supplies
of powder and projectiles for guns of
all calibres. He has als j directed General
Flagler to increase work at all ordnance
establishments, armories, and arsenals to
the full extent of their capacity, employing
! as many extra men as can possibly be
utilized.'
2000 MEN FOR THE NAVY.
A Board of Officers to Establish 'Recruiting
Stations In the South and West.
Washixotox, D. C. (Special).?In line
with the general preparations for the anticipated
emergency was the action taken
by Secretary Long in appointing a Board
J cf Officers to establish naval recruiting
stations in the South and West and to personally
enlist as many seamen and machinists
as they can secure. The board is composed
of Lieutenant-Commander John M.
j Hawley, in charge of the enlistment divi?
sion of the Bureau of Navigation; Chief
I Engineer Harrie Webster and Surgeon Re!
mus C. Parsons, who have gone to New
j Orleans, where they will begin their work.
1 They were accompanied by a man of ex!
perience in getting the right sort of material
for the service. From New Orleans
the board will go to Galveston, thence to
St. Louis, and perhaps to other places on
the Mississippi, and after a visit to Cleve-*
land will probably end up their duties at
Savannah and Charleston. The members
of the board have authority to mako unlimited
enlistments, and will obtain at least
2000 men. As the Naval Appropriations
I bill will authorize the addition of only 1500
| men and boys to the naval personnel, the
i bohrd'8 orders were issued under the wide
Oar Hlaister to Persia "Weds.
Miss Grace Aspinwall Bowen, a daughter
of tho lato Henry C. and Lucy Aspinwall
Tappen Bowen, of Willow street, Brooklyn,
and Professor Arthur Sherburne Hardy,
, United States Minister to Persia, were mar|
rled Thursday in Athens, Greece. Tho
; ceremony took place at the home of tho
bride's brother-in-law. Professor Bufus
! Richardson, head of the American University
in Athens.
Queen Victoria Starts.
Queen Victoria sturted from Windsor,
i England, for Portsmouth on her way to the
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discretion giten the President In the emergency
appropriation measure. If they succeed
in their'-..efforts to obtain 2000 competent
seamen*and machinists, the enlisted
force will be increased by 3500. including
the number provided for in the annual bill.
Heretofore the South, the great lake
region, and the Mississippi Valley have been
ignored in recruiting for tho navy, but the
present emergency affords the opportunity,
which naval officers have wanted for a long
time, of testing tho ability of these sections
to furnish capable enlisted men. Batches
of recruits will be sent from the stations
established to the Brooklyn Navy Yard,
and thence distributed to the numerous
ships which will bo placed in commission
when adequate crews can be obtained, or
held in reserve for service with the auxilinrtr
flopf trhiph trnnM hp {mrirpkQpfl if trnr
is declared.
The Colonel Commandant of the Marine
Corps has been directed by the Navy Department
to enlist two "additional battalions.
composed of 473 men, and prepare
them for immediate servico on warships
and at store stations.
NO SHIPS SOLD TO SPAIN.
N'euiicr Has She Been Able to Secure a
Loan of S-tO.OOO.OOO.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?According
to the advices received by the State
and Navy Departments from their agents
abroad, Spain has not succeeded in purchasing
a single warship built or building
in any European country. The Administration
regards this information as thoroughly
trustworthy, and after its worry
over the reports from London. Paris and
elsewhere that the Spanish Government
had arranged for securing options on a
number of armor-clads at European shipyards,
it is correspondingly happy.-^Furthermore,
diplomatic officers of the United
States, who have been endeavoring to ascertain
from the most reliable sources
whether there is any truth in the persistent
rumors that Spain has secured a loan
of $40,000,000, have reported to this Gov
RUISER COLUMBIA.
er mission being to prey upon nn enemy' t
i place In the lighting line. She has triple |
:he ocean greyhounds oan escape her. The j
nission.) ;
ernmont that Spain has not succeeded in
raising any money, and shipbuilders and
foreign nations who have vessels of war for
sale are shy of making any contracts with
the Madrid authorities.
HURRYING GUNS FOR THE NAVY.
Men In the Washington Factory Working
Day and Night In Three Relays.
WictTivrtTAv T> C. ? A paII for
160 men has been issued and plans have
been made to utilize this force with the
700 men now at tbo yard in pushing forward
wort on the smaller calibre of guns,
such as would be requiasd on merchant
ships and harbor craft employed on the
second line of defense. The heavier guns
often and thirteen inch calibre for the
battleships now building would not be
available for any except regular war ves- |
sels, and as the battleships under way can- j
not be delivered under one year, no haste j
exists for the rapid completion of these
pieces. The shops are now working day
and night in three relays of workmen on
mounts and guns, and if Secretary Long
decides to begin the manufacture of additional
ordnance the force will be considerably
increased and the work keptKhum uing.
MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS.
Mlantonomoli and Katahdln In Commission?The
Flying Squadron.
Philadelphia, Penn. (Special).?The
pl&ciDg of the monitor Miantonomoh and
the harbor defense ram Katahdin in commission
at the League Island Navy Yard
will be followed by the addition to the
effective fighting force of the navy of the
swift commerce destroyers Minneapolis
nnd Colnmhift also at this station. The
Minneapolis and Colombia will meet tbe
armored cruiser Brooklyn at Hampton
I Roads, there to remain as the nucleus of a
flying squadron of ocean corsairs, and to be
, ready to respond to an emergency call to
I Key West or some Northern port. Tho
Katahdin will presumably join the Terror
in New York harbor, while tho Miantonomoh
will guard the entrance to Delaware
Bay.
CONSULS' LIFE IN CUBA HARD.
None Has Resigned and One Has Applied j
For Sick Lcstc.
Washixoton, D. C. (Special).?It is realized
at tho State Department that the lot
of the American Consuls in Cuba is a very
hard one; it has been difficult tor many
months, and is no better now. Still, the
department is gratifled at the manner iu
which these officers have discharged their
duties and remained at their posts.
So tar as can bo learned at the State Department,
none of them has resigned, and |
stories to the contrary probably found their
origin in the fact that one Consul, whose '
health had broken down, has applied for a
leave of absence, which will bo granted to '
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One Hundred Big Gnna For Coast Defences I
Washington, D. C. (Special).?Confer- j
ences were held to-day between Secretary J
Alger and President Llnderman and other
representatives of the Bethlehem Steel Company
in regard to bringing up work on tho
I 100 big guns which the Arm is making for
coast defenses. Orders were sent by the
I War Department to-day for the immediate
installation of ten-inch rues on tho defenses
at Dutch lslhnd, guarding tho west
entrance to Narragansett Bay.
Served to Allay Excitement.
'Washington*. D. C. (Special).?Tho passage
of theDefeuse bill and tho assurance
given by Foreign Governments havo served
to allay excitement in Washington, and a
satisfactory adjustment of relations with
Spain is expected: the greatest activity in
preparations for National defense is still
manifested, however.
Mother Murdered Her Little Girl,
Tho body of the little girl found murdered
with carbolic acid at Rockville Centre,
Long Island, was Identified as Annie
Petersen, daughter of Hilda Petersen, a
Swedish servant, employed at 53 Ea3t
Fifty-third street, New York City. The
woman was arrested and confessed that
the child was hers and was killed by her.
Rnsila to Build Ylarshipa.
An imperial ukase just issued in P.ussia
orders the disbursement of $70,000,000 a9
extraordinary expenditure for the construction
of warships. It is added that no loan
will be raised to provide the money,
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General Mlles'a Promotion.
Washington, D. C. (Special").?TheSenate ;
Committee on Military Affairs decideil to
recommend the passage of the bill authorizing
the revival of the grade of Lieutonant
General of the Army. The bill authorizes
the President to nominate an officer to this
grade. The bill is in tho interest of General
Miles.
Signalling With Night Rackets.
Jacksonville. Fla. (Special).?On orders :
from Washington the men of the Vesuvius
and the Florida Naval Reserves here had a
long practice signalling with the new ;
rocket pieces. The reports of the rockets
and their bursting in midair attracted largo
crowds.
Spain nan Money at Last.
London, England (By Cablet.?Infonaa- j
tlon that has been received at the American i
Embassy here induces the belief that tho
amount raised by Spain for the purchase
of warships, etc., is $60,030,000, which sum
has been deposited in a London bank.
Coal limited to Key Weat.
Cleveland, Ohio (Special).?The Gov- ;
ernmont has ordered 250,000 tons of coal ;
from this point for immediate delivery at i
Key West. Special trains and large bonus, |
will be employed to hasten matters.
Craxe Vor Maine Relics.
Havana, Cuba (By Cable).?The craze for ;
relics of the Maine is so great that men
nave been stationed on the wreck to pre- j
vent the thelt of divers' findings needed as
evidence for the Court of Inquiry.
GOVERNMENT CROP ESTIMATES.
Wheat Keaerreft in Farmer*' Hands Hear*
ier Than Last Year.
The consolidated returns of the different j
crop reporting agencies of the Department ;
of Agriculture, Washington, made up to
March 1 show the wheat reserves in farm- j
ers' bands on that date to have been the |
equivalent of 2*0 per cent, of last year's ;
crop, or about 121.000,000 bushels. This is |
33,000,000 bushels in excess of the farm re- |
serve reported one year ago, but the result .
of the special wheat investigation made by I
the Department last fall would indicate j
that the crop of 1896 was larger than the I
Department had reason to believe at the
time.
The proportion of the crop of 1S97 shipped !
beyond county is 50.7 por cent.
The corn in farmers' hands, as estimated, j
aggregated 733,000,000 bushels, or 41.1 per '
cent, of last year's crop, as against 1,161,- I
000,000 bushels, or 51 per cent, oh hand on
March 1, 1997, and 1,072,000.000 bushels, or
49.8 per cent, on March 1,189i'?. The pro- j
portion of the total crop shipped out of i
county where grown is estimated at 21.6
per cent., or about 412,000,000 bushels. The
proportion of the total crop merchantable i
is estimated at 86.8 oer cent.
Of oats there are reported to be about I
272.000,000 bushels, or 33.9 per eent., still !
in farmers' hands, as compared with 313,- j
000.000 bushels, or 44.2 per cent, on March
1, 1897. The proportion of this crop shipped :
beyond county linos is estimated at 29.2 per
cent.
CENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS DEAD. 1
Dls Distinguished Services in the Civil
War Made Him Famous.
General William S. Rosecrans died near
Rodondo, Cal., Friday, passing away peace- .
fully in the presence of his son and daugh- !
ter, Carl and Anna Rosecrans, and several I
friends of the family. Only the General's
great vitality had kept him alive since the
Friday before, when he suffered and attack
of heart failure following a severe cold, j
He leaves a large ranch devoted to wheat !
and fruit, on which ho had lived in com- i
fort for years. Besides two children at his
bedside "he leaves another daughter, Mrs.
O'Tooie, of Helena, Montana.
GENERAL W. 8. BOSECRANS.
Generah William Starke Bosocran9 was
born at Kingston, Ohio, September 6, 1819. 1
Ho graduated at West Point, bat resigned 1
from the Army in 1854, and began a busi- ,
ness life in Cincinnati as civil engineer and
architect. At the beginning of tho Civil i
War he re-entered the service. Ho com- '
manded In some of tho most noted battles
of the Civil War. among them being Cor- j
inth, Iuka and Murfrees'ooro, the latter bo-> 1
ing one of the fiercest of the whole war. I
Two years after the close of tho war ho resigned
from the Army, and in 1853 was appointed
Minister to Mexico. In 1881 lie
was elected to Congress from California,
serving two terms. In 1S91 he was appointed
Register of the United States Treasury
at Washington, serving till 1395.
Minister Bernade Arrives.
Tha new Spanish minister, Senor Polo y
Beruabe,arrived at Washington and was met
at the depot by Senor du Bosc, tho Spanish
charge, and the other Spauish officials,who
gave him a cordial welcome and escorted
him to the legation. Later Mr. du Boso
called at the State Department and arranged
to present Kenor Polo. At that time
tne minister was iniro iacen to oecreiary j
Sherman and Judge Day. Senor Polo ex- j
pressed himself for peace, saying Spain will
do all she can to avert n conflict. He will
undertake to negotiate a trade treaty for
Cuba.
Stan and Wife Die Together.
Mrs. John L. Driscoll was found dead In |
her room at tho Chamber of Commerce j
Building at Kashville, Tcna., whilo her ,
dead husband was seated in a chair near ,
her. The discovery was made by a physician,
who received a note from Drisooll j
asking him to call at his room, stating that |
his wife was dead and that he would be '
dead when found. Morphine had been
taken, probably on account of ill health.
Driscoll was a shorthand teacher.
To Contest Banna's election.
Mayor Robert E. MeKisson, of Cleveland.
Ohio, announced that he would contest
the election of Senator Hanna when tho j
latter attempted to take his sea t for the :
long term. MeKisson was the candidate '
of the opposition lor Senator at Colambus !
last January,
Lattimer Juror Boycotted.
A. W. Washburn, a juror at the trial In
Wilkesbarre, Penn., of Sheriff Martin and
his deputies, was mot by a mob on his return
to Yreeland, his home, after the trial,
and was rescued from personal violence by
his friends. Bis store has been boycotted.
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Sheriff Martin and Deputies Acquitted
of Killing the Strikers.
THE VERDICT QUICKLY REACHED.
Onlr On? Ballot Taken by the Jury?Other
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indictment* t or ivmin sirixen jrcnu- ,
inc Acslnst the Sheriff sad Qls Deputies?The
C*?? Has Been Bitterly
Fought?The Trial's Cost to the County.
Wilkesbabre, Tenn. (Special).?The jury
in the case of Sheriff Martin and his deputies,
charged with killing the strikers at
Lattimer on September 10, returned a verdict
of not gnllty, Long before the time
for court to open there was a big crowd j
waiting to gain admission to the courtroom,
and when the doors were thrown
open there was a wild rush, but only a
limited number were admitted. Judge
Woodward did not take his seat on the
bench until 10.05 o'clock, the jury coming
in a few minutes later. When the jurors
had taken their seats the roll was called,
each man answering to his name. The
clerk then asked:
SHZRirT JIABTIX.
"Gentlemen of the jury, have you agreoJ
upon a verdict?"
The foreman replied, "We have," at the
same time handing to the cleric the written
verdict, which was passed to Judge Woodward.
After reading the verdict the Judge re- ,
turned the paper to the clerk. The lattesr
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your verdict la the case ot the Commonwealth
against James Martin et &1, is not
guilty aso say you all?"
"We do," was the reply. The jury was
then polled, and each juror answered not
guilty as his name was oalled. There was
an attempt at applause, but It was quickly
suppressed by the Judge.
When the jurors retired Wednesday
they took only one ballot, and it was unanimous
lor acquittal. It is said that they
were prepared to render a verdict before
leaving the box. The ballot was taken only
for form's sake.
After the jury bad been thanked and discharged
by Judge Woodward, District-Attorney
Martin asked that the defendants be
required to continue their bail bond, as
there are still seventeen indictments for
murder hanging over them and thirtyeight
for feloniously wonnding. The bond
was continued as requested. District-Attorney
Martin says he has not decided what
to do with tnese cases, but will confer with
the Prosecuting Committee. This committee,
it is said, will insist upon farther prosecution.
The trial of Sheriff Martin and his deputies
began on Tuesday, February 1, and
continued for Ave weeks, abont one hundred
and fifty witnesses being called by the
Commonwealth and the defense. The case
was bitterly foaght by both sides, and nas
excited more interest than any other case
ever tried in this section of the State. It is
said that the trial will cost the connty almost
610,000 and the derense $50,000. The
lawyers engaged by the Prosecuting Com?a
ncalat (So Olatrint Attorney were
to have a fee of **1000 each. So far each I
has received 6700 of it.
MISS WILLARD'S SUCCESSOR.
Bin. Lilian M. N. Stevens, the New President
of the TV. C. T. C.
By the death of Miss Willard, Lady Henry
Somerset, as Vice-President-at-Large of
the World's W. C. T. U., becomes acting
head of that organization. The same event
brings Mrs. Lilian M. N. Stevens, of Portland,
Me., to tho front as President of the
national organisation. According to the
Hits. LILIAN II. N. STEVENS.
constitution of tho national organization,
tho President-elect nominates tho VicePresident
and tho convention, conflrms the
same. Thus it is directly to Miss Wilard'e
w is bo s that Mrs. Stevens, her life-long
friend, becomes rfer successor. For twentytwo
successive years Mrs. Stevens has boen
President of tho Maino W. C. T. U., and Id
all that time only ono ballot has ever been
cast against her.
England Our Friend.
Queen Victoria, through the British Ambassador,
has sent a message to the President
expressing her gratification at his
conservative action. Sympathy with tho
United States jn the crisis with Spain is increasing
in England. Both Conservatives
and Liberals will urga tho British Government
to recognize Cuban independence as
soon as this Government does.
Girl Harden Her Father.
Sadie Storer, sixteen years old, is in jail
at Huntsville, Ark., together with hei
sweetheart and mother, oharged with the
murder of her father.
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THE NEWS EPITOMiZEa, . ' jl
TVMblacton Item*.
The President sent these nominations to
the Senate: United States District Judges
?Edward B. Meek, for the Northern District
of Texas; Edmund Waddill, Jr., for
the Eastern District of Virginia. Marshal,
for the Districtof South Carolina?Lawson
D. Melton. Secretary of Legation at Santiago,
Chile?Henry J. Lend erink, of Iowa.
The Senate in executive session rejected
the nomination of Henry S. Williams to ho
Postmaster at Aberdeen, South Dakota.
House Committee on Elections No. 3 has
vy u suifi |?ariy voic iv# ma&o ? toJort
in favor of seating ex-Representative
osiah Patterson, who contested the seat of
Mr. Carmack, from the Tenth Tennessee J
District. Mr. Patterson, who represented
the district in the last Congress as a Peao^WB
cral. ran against Mr. Carmack, the
cratic candidate, as a gold DemocJdt^^^^^^H
also was indorsed by the Republicans.
The House voted non-concnrrence in
Senate amendments to the Indian Apprc^^^^H
priation bill.
Secretary Alger summoned to Washing-^^^H
ton representatives from army posts all
over the country to confer on the proposition
for mobilizing 100,000 troops in the
South Atlantic and Onlf States.
The'President nominated William J. Cal- ^
houn, of Illinois, to be an Interstate Commerce
Commissioner.
Orders have been issued for the cruiser
Brooklyn to hurry to Hampton Roads,
where she wtll be joined by the commerce 1
destroyers Minneapolis and Columbia.
They will be a flying squadron to withstand
any attacks that may be made as far
north an Maine until Admiral 8icard's fleet
can coiae to the rescue from its station
further south. , . ' i
The Postofiice Appropriation bill, agreed
on in the House Committee, provides for'
an expenditure of over (100,000,000, and
enables the Postmaster General to consolidate
the Brooklyn and New York City Postoffices.
In reply to a request by Spain 'for Information
concerning the nature of Captain v
Crowninshieid's recent trip to the West Indies,
President McKinley promptly denied
that the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation
had been in communication with the tosurgents.
Preparations to meet an emergency were
actively continued in Washington, although
t'no relations between this country and i
Spain were considered as assuming a less
threatening shape. * 'v
Domestic.
Mrs. J. C. Wllmerding, Jr., a great-grand
daughter of Commodore Yonderbiit, Has
been adjudged insane, in New York City,
and taken to Bloomingdale Asylum.
A fierce gale did f 200,000 damage to the
shipping and docks at Ban Francisco.
'Governor Leedy, of Kansas, has issued an
address attacking. the United States Supreme
Court on account of its decision in
the Nebraska maximum rate case.
George Jackson, a motorman, was y
killed and William Gardner, a conductor, J
injured in a collision between a passenger
trolley car and a construction car at Bed :
Bank, N.J.
A bitter warfare is being waged between '
the ?erefal transportation companies operating
tramways and toll-road wagons
ojJr the Chilkoot and White Passes. The
4mstence of the smaller companies is involved.
Edward Price, an aged resident of Taunton,
Mass., committed suielde by banging
on the front steps of the house where be
resided. Price, who was eighty years old, *- i,
was a victim of paralysis and was penal- , .
less It is said he determined to commit
suicide rather than become apublic charge.
Chung Hee, a wealthy Cblnaman from ^
Now York, was found dead in bed in a AI
Chinese lodging house at Seattle, Wash.
The cause of death was consumption. He wH
had (1600 In drafts and a small amount of
cash on his person. "
John Wanamaker announced bis consent
to be the candidate for Governor of the( 1
Business Men's Republican League of Pennsylvania.
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8enor Louis Polo y Bernabe, the newSpanish
Minister to Washington, arrivedt
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declared that he was glad to come baofc to
the United States.
The Caban Janta received from General
Lope Beelo his report of the four days''
battle beginning on February 21 neac
Nojasa, which is to the effect that the insurgsnts
won a brilliant victory.
At MiUervIlle, Penn., Boy Gehrig, of
Milton, shot and severely wounded his
chum. Will B. Davis, of St. Clair, and then
killed himself. Both were students of
Pierce's Business College, Philadelphia,
and each was about nineteen years old.
The affair was caused by a dispute over a
young woman in Millerrilie.
fSSouth Town Collector Ernst, at Chicago,
required Vice-President Forgan. of the
First National Bank to pay instantly 185,273,21
disputed taxes, under a decision of
the Supreme Court, on penalty cf having
his doors closed. The money wan paid
under protest. Other banks were s<jBlUrly
dealt with.
Henry Southgate, son of a Protestant
Episcopal bishop, was sent to Jail In New
York City by Magistrate Flammer because
he could not pay #6 a week for his wife's
support.
Dr. A. 8. Draper has declined the place
of City Superintendent of Schools of New
York City.
Judge Woodward in his charge at the
close of the Lattimor murder trial at Wilkesbarre,
Penn., defined the rights and anthority
of the Sheriff, the power of the ' ~
posse comitatus, and tho rights of oitizens
as regards refusing to work and inducing
others to join them in the refusal
It Is understood at Albany. N. Y., that
the Ellsworth Newspaper bill has been
abandoned on account of the Governor's
opposition.
Martin Kopka, a New York butcher, hid
himself in bis refrigerator, after removing
the meat, and inhaled death through aJ
tube. Els body was almost frozen
when found.
Enlistments arc still going ahead at tho
Brooklyn Navy Yard. Two hundred men
were ordered for examination, and the unloading
of big guns from Washington continued.
The Nebraska Populists may call an extra,
session of the Legislature to pass a maximum
freight rate law, instead oi the one,
declared unconstitutional.
William 0. Hutchins, one of the bestknown
manufacturing jewelers in tho Bast,'
was shot and killed by a burgiar at Providence,
R. I.
The cruiser Montgomery left Key West,
Fla., to replace the Fern at Havana. Tho
latter vessel is to be used in carrying relief
supplies to Matanzas and Sagna. Anchorage
has been provided for the Montgomery
by moving the Spanish cruiser Alfonso
XII. to the position recently held by thePern.
Foreign.
England's naval appropriation, $118,890,000,
is the largest in her history.
George Muller, of London, England, thai
philanthropist, is dead. George Mullerr
the founder of the Orphan Home. Ashley- jx
down, Bristol, was born near Halherstadt, 1 \ \
Prussia, September 27, 1805.
Better prices were shown In the markets
of London because of the belief that the;
preparations for defense made by the
United States would be a guarantee of a
peaceful settlement of present difflculties.:
The Budget Committee of the German:
Reichstag unanimously passed the entire
ship-building programme included in the
estimates for 1898.
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