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'* THE COUNTY RECORD. T Published Every Thursday at KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, j B Y LOUIS J. BRISTOW, Fdltor and Proprietor. t A Chicago papet complains that j ?130,000,000 worth of property in that i ;ity is held by absentee landlords. Ivussia is alive to the fact that in ?ost cases au ambitious Power can do mni-A with finances than it cau with firearms. Believing that tlie common use of one cup in communion services is a menace to health, the Indiana State Board of Health recommends the use of individual cups. From lsll to 1816 Java belonged to England, which gave it up out of ignorance of its value. Hollaud has ; retained for three centuries a colonial empire as large as France, and with a population of 30,000,000. Naval projects now taking form in "Pnorlaml Rnssi.q Germauv. France, Japan and the United States mean j that shipbuilding is about to enter J upon the greatest activity it has ever experienced, the New York Mail and Express predicts. The great lakes furnish for 1897 a marvelous tale of sturdy vessels and careful seamanship, for not one single passenger was lost during the year. Of Lake Michigan, the "Stormy Water" of the Indiau, is the tale especially marvelous, for the Chicago lines alone carried half a million passengers. "Governor Hastings," says the Philadelphia Record, "is in receipt of * -\r~z a letter iroin .uajui n imtim .u. iwubins, formerly of the fourth Alabama Regiment, Confederate soldiers, informing him that he has, after a search of years, finally located tho sword of Lieutenant Howard Petriken, of Bellefonte, Penn., who as an officer of Company E, fifth Pennsylvania Reserves, was killed on the night beforo the battle of Antietam, and died in Bobbins' arms in the Confederate lines. Robbins restored the dead man's watch to his family, and for over thirty-five years has been hunting his sword, which he finally found in the possession of a comrade in Texas, who willingly sent it to him for Lieutenant Petriken's sister, who resides in Belle* IVUfcC. WILL NOT YULl'XTEKR. Officers of Fourth Brigado Meet and Adopt Resolutions. The Charleston correspondent of The State, under date of the ^tithiust. says: The Fourth brigade will not volunteer their services in the Cuited States army to go to Cuba. A meeting of the officers of the held, line aud start' was held today at Capt j Henry Schachte's office, and after a session lasting an hour or more, they ! adopted a series of resolutions, the sum aud substance of which is that the \ brigade will not go to the front upon j the present call for troops uuder pres- ( ent conditions. *?- - ??a tv. *; ?I MOBILIZING REGULARS Scenes in the Camps at Chickamauga, Tampa, Mobile and New Orleans. THF ARMY OF INVASION.' Campflrei of 10,000 Troops Make a Fir- j turesque View at Camp Thomas Con- j eentrating the Itegiments Tliai Will ! Land in Cuba Volunteers to Assein. j ble at Tampa Mobile's Pretty Camp, j Chattanooga. Tenn. (Special). Getioral ! John 11. Brooke, in command of all the j troops at Camp Thomas, from his tent on , Lytle Hill can see the camp tires of the j 10,000 soldiers of his army. There are | again miles and miles of white peaks on j the battlefield of Cliickamauga and the | . ATLtCTlt BOMBARDMENT (Flagship New York and monitor Puritau 1j about (our miles away. They, having when less than two miles from the fo the battery at Point Gral Rubalcava.) woods are ringing with the calls of the guards crying the hours of the night over the sleenine force. The mobilization of the regulars was practically completed Thursday when the two troops of the Ninth Cavalry, from Fort Washakie, which were delayed in Wyoming, arrived. The city has echoed for days with the tread of soldiers. A regiment of infantry hastening over the hills to the rendezvous would be followed by a plodding detachment of artillery or a' dashing squadron of cavalry. The air has resounded with martial tunes from a dozen bands. General Boynton says that there were on Friday ten thousand troops in the park, and that it was the finest body of soldiers he had ever seen together. There weresix cavalry regiments there stretching along four miles of the road, besides ten batteries and two brigades. The men are now comfortable in the camps. There was great excitement Friday morn- j ing when batteries A and K of the First iWilloTO hoirnn tn null llli tPllts nnil milkp hurried preparations for departure. General Brooke has been ordered to despatch a small part of his force to Tampa. Under j command of Captain Capron the twelve guns and caissons with 140 men pulled out for Florida, cheered by the crowd. From now on the force at this camp will be depleted day by day ;fs it is the intention to draft the army of invasion from this point. MOBILIZING AT TAMPA. The Point Selected From Which to Start the Army of Invasion. Tampa, Fla. (Special).?With the arrival of the Fourth Inrautry, Colonel Hall commanding from Fort Sheridan, the division of the regular army designated for rendezvous at this place is complete. It consists of the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth. Ninth, Thirteenth, Seventeenth and Twenty-first infantry of the'regular'armv, numbers about 4000 combatants and complete hospital corps for each regiment, and is in com- j maud of General James F. Wade as divis < sued, and the fact that Colonel Egan, the senior Colonel in the Commissary Department. was ordered here indicated that this city was to be made a very important point for concentrating troops. The First Infantry, now in camp here, has many southern boys in the private ranks. Iudeed Company E seems to be made up principally of Southerners, from Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi. Probably a majority of privates and nearly half the officers here are Southern born men. and this lias a most beneficial effect in sweeping away old prejudices. The fact that ' Dixie ' is the favorite air with the boys lias the same influence. OUR INVASION OF CUBA. Attack on Matauzas AV111 Result In a Landing?'Tampa the Rase of Supplies. Washington*, D. C. (Special).?The eighteen-minute bombardment of the Spanish batteries off Matanzas. engaged in by tho New York, the Cincinnati and the Puritan, is not regitrueu uere u* uiuruiug nuy ueiiuite change of policy in the conduct of the Cuban blockade. The object of the attack was apparently to discourage any at VTP 1 r 0 * OF MATAXZA8. ^ >egan firing on the fort* when 21,000 feet or been joined by the Cincinnati, ceased firing rts. The New York and Cincinnati silenced 1 tempt on the part of the Spanish forces at | Matanzas to enlarge the fortifications > there, as well as to develop the real i scope and strength of the town's i eristins? defenses. Both these nnr poses were fully accomplished a'fter eighteen minutes of filing, for most of the land batteries had been silenced in that brief period, and the comparative inefficiency of the artillerists on shore had been demonstrated by the failure to hit any one of the three American warships. Nothing but a reconnoissance was intended, apparently, by the acting Renr-Admiral, and, the desired results having been obtained, the assault was abandoned and the routine work of the "pacific blockade" was again begun. The result of the skirmish is accepted here as important, however, in that it has disclosed the facility with which a lodgement can be made at almost any point on the north ccast by an American landing I party. Encouraged by the ease with which I the Spanish batteries at Matanzas were re duced, the Administration determined to hasten the landing movement, which ha9 been one of the chief features of the Cuban plan of campaign. The War Department has nearly completed its plans for the invasion of Cuba, i It is proposed to laud ten thousand meu at I Matanzas, under cover of the guns of ' Admiral Sampson's fleet, and Army officers I expect the movement to take place shortly. ! General Shatter is to command the oxpediI tion. The co-operation of a force of fifteen thousand Cubans has been promised. The object of the landing will be, at least in part, to relieve the distress of the Cuban population. Their food supplies have been confiscated by Spaniards. A striking sign of the imminence of the invasion of Cuba was contained in the chartering by the War Department of eight large steamers of an average capacity of about 2000 tons and able to carry from 500 to 1200 passengers each. These are to be ! used as transports for the conveyance of 1 the military expedition to Cuba for which plans are now making. The price paid for these vessels is from 610,000 to 615,000 for the thirty days, for which they are engaged. They will be taken charge of by the Quartermaster's De THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. 3, ** Washington Items. The War Revenue bill passed the TTonso of Representatives by a vote of 181 to 231. Tho President nominated General Michael Kerwiu to be pension agent nt New York, and Charles II. Treat to be collector of internal revenue for the Second District of New York. The cruiser Nietheroy. which was purchased by the Government from Brazil, is to be brought to this country under convoy of a Brazilian warship. Rear-Admiral Erben. retired, was placed in charge of the mosquito flotilla. Responses to the President's call for volunteers were received from the Governors of every State and Territory; the offers were in excess of the demand. After two days of debate the House of Representatives decided by a vote of 145 to 106 that William A. Young ("Democrat) was not elected, and that Richard A. Wise (Republican) was elected a Representative In the I'iflv.fllth Ponfrreta from the Second District of Virginia. Commander A. Dunlap has been relieved from command of the revenue cutter Blake ami ordered to command the hospital ship Solace. The Senate passed the Naval Appropriation bill after voting down Mr. Butler's amendment to establish a Government armor factory if contracts cannot be made hereafter at ><300 ? ton. It has been decided to land in Cuba 10,000 regulars, probably near Matanzas. to establish u base of supplies for an invasion. Captain C. F. Goodrich has been detach >d from duty as President of the Naval War College and appointed to command the auxiliary cruiser St. Louis. The first of the retired officers to be detailed for active dutv was chosen. He is Captain John It. Bartlett, living at Providence. It. I. H? was formerly Chief Hydrographer of the Navy and subsequently commander of the Puritan. He will succeed Commander Richardson Clover as Chief Intelligence Officer, Commander Ciover taking command of the Bancroft. President McKinlev, six members of his Cabinet, the entire Supreme Court, Ambassador Pauncefote and many members of the diplomatic corps, Speaker Reed and the House of Representatives attended the funeral of Senator Edward C. Walthall in the Senate Chamber. Domestic. The American ship Shenandoah, from San Francisco, reported to have been captured by the Spaniards, arrived safely at Liverpool with a cargo valued at $250,000. fThe United States Grand Jury has Indicted Aaron Hirschfleld, formerly of the defunct Merchants* National Bank, of Helena, Mont. He is charged with substituting good paper with worthless, and using bank funds for personal obligations. His bond was fixed at $5000. The Rev. Father John McCormick, of West Hoboken, received official notification that he had been appointed chaplain of the battle-ship Indiana. He left at once to report for duty. One hundred and fifty members of the Massachusetts NuvhI Militia enlisted in the navy and were assigned to the auxiliary cruiser Praicie. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York decided that a minor who lost jewelry in a poker game is entitled to recover its value. The directors of the First National Bank, Ioniu. Mich., recently dismissed Cashier F. A. Sessions. He transferred all his property to the bank and disappeared. He was arrested in Grand Rapids and will be charged with the embezzlement of 830.000. Tiie Mutual Casualty Company, of Des Moines, Iowa, has been notified bv letter by Cashier M. A. Wooldridge, of the Citizens' Bank, of Keokuk, of a daylight bank robbery there. Two masked men entered the bank, covered him with revolvers, and took nearly 86000 from the safe. The news of the robbery had been suppressed in Keokuk, and the company detectives consider that the affair is very mysterious. Mrs. Gerard Leon, a bride of two days, killed herself in New York City with poison because her husband was leaving to join a circus and refused to take her with him. Jes9e Pauli, a bookkeeper in the Twelfth Ward BankjfcCew York City, started for the Klondike with $1700 of the bank's money. He had a companion, Warner W. Beaver, a junior clerk in the National Park Bank. Jack Davis, a farmer crazed by jealousy, killed his wife and then ended his own life at Newton, 111. Both arose early, Mrs. Davis intending to go awav for the day. Davis called the oldest of their children, a lad of ten, to care for the baby, and almost immediately after the boy got into their preseneo commenced to shoot, firing five times at Mrs. Davis, three balls entering her body. She begged him to let her die in peace. Davis then killed himself. "Fred" Rockwell and Patrick Banya were hanged Tuesday in the Elk County jail at Itidgeway, Penn. Rockwell murdered Lewis Haines on December 21, 1896, and Banya murdered Parette Augusta, on POWDERMILLSm Ml, Packing Houses at Dover, N, J,, of i the Atlantic Works Blown Ud. \ EXPLOSION KILLS SEVEN MEN. ; I I l'he Plant Had Been Banning Niglit and I Day I'or the Government Ten Buildings Were Wrecked Tlie Men Killed I Were Packing Ammunition For Ship- j ment to Troops in Southern Camps. ililltiS AUOiS, VI UUUT1I, tvu ? ?- n?*v ? ? one child: William Haycocjc, of Kenvil, leaves a wife and six children; Alfred ' Rarick, of Kenvil, leaves a wife and four I children; Caspar Ray, of Kenvil, leaves a i wife and five children; David Scheer, of 1 MONITOR PURITAN WHICH DID SI Suceasunna, leaves a wife and five chil- : dren; William Stumpf. The concussion of this explosion caused I a packing house in which John Thorpe and j Ellsworth Ike were working to collapse, < and both ^Thorpe and Ike were fatally cut i by the flying debris. Both started to tud, 1 but had not got twenty feet from the J building when a second explosion occurred, ] blowing up several more packing houses, < among thorn the one they had just left. i The works have been running night and i day turning out rush orders for the j United States Government, and a largo amount of ammunition ready for shipment I was stored in the packing houses. This, with all other exDlosives. was completely A *r RICHEST PRIZE YET,^ Spanish Steamship Guido Taken by the Monitor Terror. i. Key West, Fla. (Special). The United States monitor Terror, Captain N. Ludlow, captured the big Spanish steamship Guido, bound from Corunna, Spain, for Havana. The prize had on board a large cargo of provisions and money intended for the Spanish troops in Cuba. The capture took place ten miles off Cardenas after a desperate chase, during which the Terror and the gunboat Machias fired, blowing the Spaniard's pilot-house almost into the w(\ter. She was some two miles distant, but each }f the three 6-pound shots which the Terror sent struck the upper works of^the Guido. as it was intended they should. A splinter just grazed the wrist of Cap^ia Sachiando, whose uplifted hand gras^ft the signal rope, and drew some blooaL Quartermaster Manuel Rlvas, who was at the wheel, was struck in the side by a splinter, but was not seriously hurt. Since United States war ships began to [JCH EXECUTION AT MATANZAS. ramparts. The Puritan was nearly if not cjuite two and a half miles from the fort, but she let go a shot from one of the 12inch guns in the forward turret. The j snormous projectile, 1100 pounds of metal ? snd explosive, went as true as the pellet M from a parlor rifle in a shooting galiery.^l ft landed fair in the smoke of Rubalcava's^B last shot and sent a towering geyser o^^ 5arth and debris in to the air. -Ayhen, Wb wind had blown away the smoke and dust ;here was a great gap where that last gun lad stood. RICHEST OF BACHELORS TO WED. The Engagement of George YV. Vamlerbllt Causes a Surprise. George \Y. Vanderbilt, the richest bacheor and most scholarly millionaire in tho L'nited States, Is about to end the bachel)rhood,which his friends believed he Jwould lever seek to escape from. On June 1. In Grace Church. New York 3ity, the youngest of the late William H. i'anderbilt's sons will marry Edith Stuyvesant Dresser, daughter of the late Colonel Seorge W. Dresser, of the Engineer Corps, [J. S. A. That this will be the most notable wedding of the season goes without saying, [t will also be the most notable wedding of many seasons. take Spanish prizes, the monitor Terror lias earned a fortune for every member of its crew. First it captured the Spanish schooner \mbrosio Bolivar with 560,000 in silver on board. The prize belongs all to the Terror's men. The one hundred and fifty-five of them will receive about 5450 each. The Terror's latest prize?the Ouido?is the most valuable in the war. It is valued at 5400,000. The gunboat Machias shares with the Terror. Each man will receive nearly 52000, PURITAN'S FAMOUS SHOT. Will Be Celebrated in Artillery Annals * For All Time to Cotne. Key West, Fla. (Special),?The Puritan concluded tne destruction ot me .utnautua forts on Thursday with a shot that will be a classic in artillery work as long as war Is carried on with guns. The forts had apparently ceased firing, and the Puritan, New York and Cincinnati were preparing to withdraw when Fort Rubalcava woke up and fired a single shot from the only gun remaining on its Dover, N. J. CSpocial). Six small onestory frame structures, belonging to the Atlantic Dynamite Company, whose plant, comprising some eighty brick and frame buildings is situated at Kenvil, about five | miles from this city, were blown up a few 1 minutes before 3 o'clock Thursday after- i noon, causing the death of seven men and more or less seriously injuring four others, j The six buildings, which were destroyed by ! three distinct explosions, were used as ' packing houses. A seventh packing house , and three houses in which were stored j empty cartridge snens were aesiruyeu uy Are, which for a time endangered a num- j bor of brick magazines, in which were stored many tons of dynamite. The first explosion occurred at 2:54 o'clock, the time being indica.ed by the stopping of the office clock, a full quarter of a mile from the explosion. In each packing house there were two men employed. Three packing houses blew up in , the first "explosion, and the six men em- , ployed in these were almost literally blown to atoms. They were: 1 '? * xni L'Anvil looroc a irifA nnrl i astabllshed at New Orleans were ordered to Tampa, whither General Shatter went from Washington. The Tenth and Twenty-second Regiments left MoDile for Tampa. Anna For the Cabana. Ten thousand guns of an old style, but in good order, have been shipped South from the Rock Island (111.) Arsenal for the ise of the Cuban insurgents. San Francisco, Cal. (Special).?The work of rebuilding the destroyed California powder plant of Santa Cruz is already under way. Machinery has been ordered, and as speedily as possible the plant will be in operation. Of the eleven bodies reoovered one cannot be identified. The powder company will pay all the funeral expenses and also erect monuments over the graves of the victims. FLEET LEAVES ST. VINCENT. Destination of the Spanish Cruisers and | Torpedo-Boat Destroyers Unknown. Sr. Vincent, Capo Verdo Islands (By Cable).?The Spanish floet at St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands, sailed Friday, being compelled to do so by the publication of Portugal's neutrality proclamation. It is reported that the cruisers Maria Teresa, Almirante Oquendo. Vizcaya, and Cristobal Colon, accompanied by three torpedo- ' boat destroyers, sailed in the direction of ouiy io, lavi. uocn cuuiesseu. Frank Jongrass, an Italian subject, was hanged in the yard of the county jail at Newcastle, Penn., for the murder of his sweetheart, Jessie Corrine. He protested his innocence to the end. The Ward liner Saratoga, the last American ship to leave Havana, arrived at New York, bringing many refugees. 8he had carried a cargo of "supplies, presumably for the Spanish Army, and was apparently regarded with favor by the Spaniards until the American fleet arrived in sight. Her officers believe she would have been captured had she not left just before the fleet hove in view. General Booth made his farewell address to a large audience at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, and committed the American Salvation Army to the care of Commander and Mrs. Booth Tucker. General B. F. Tracy presided at the meeting. Quartermaster Johansen of the prize crow of the gunboat Helena, who accidently shot himself oil Key West, Fin., his revolver dropping from its holster, is dead. The accident occurred on board the Miguel Jover. the Spanish steamer captured bv the gun A. Lie ULUt'Cia iai^ou iuo ijucoiiuu iuai as the militia is not organized according I fo the formation of the United States I army they cannot volunteer under the I military law of the State as it now ex- i ists. They rIko favor the opening of a recruiting station, where those Charlestonians who are not now in the militia can enlist and upon the reorganization of the militia, the officers demand that the men be allowed to select their own officers to command them. Notwithstanding these conditions, which are named, the held, line and staff reiterate their willingness "to perform all duties for which they eniisted." The resolutions are as follows: 1. JJesolved, That the officers of the Fourth brigade and their men are perfectly willing to perform all the duties for which they enlisted. 2. That the companies of the State militia are not now organized under United States army formati< n, that is a militia Company j tinder State laws allowed onlv40meu. while ! the minimum of a United States army corn- I pany is 84. therefore it appears to us that I NtlU JJJlllim ' VIUJ'uiuvj vanuvk ?ukf vuibvu i States service in their present formation. 3. That upon a eall for volunteers some one authorized by the Stat* to recruit should ' be stationed here, so that all persons, whether i in militia or not should be afforded an op- I portUDity of volunteering. and then select their own company officers. Celery vs. Rheumatism. It is said that if celery were eaten more freely sufferers from rheumatism would be comparatively few. That when Celery is eaten largely an alkaline blood is the result, and j that where this exists there can be ; neither rheumatism nor gout. That it should not only be eaten raw, but cooked. That it should be cut in small pieces and boiled till tender in as little water as possible, and after adding to this - mo. milL- Mr>Vpn slichtlv with ZL llkllC 11VU Uiltn, iutvnvu w..0 ? flour and season with butter, pepper and salt. That the tender leaves and small ends of the stalk, which are usuallythrown away, should be used for soups and even the greener leaves are useful, for they may be dried and powdered. and used in flavoring soups and the dressings of roasts. Had One.?Willie?Say, pa, wliaitVlf floating debt? Pa?Our yacht, my son* ?Chicago News. * ticst nud most picturesque spots ou tne j gulf coast. It is pitched ou the Betbeze | mill tract, four and a lialf miles west of j the city, on u branch of tlio Mobile and Ohio Railroad. Tne grounds area demesne of 1^00 acres, over 1000 acres of which are pine forests, and thickly interspersed among them are the laurel, sassafras, hay, dogwood and Cherokee rose, now ,ull in bloom and fragrance. THE NEW ORLEANS CAMP. Conditions at This Point Where There are Largo Infantry Forces, New Oeleass, La. (Special). The officers now here, including the commander of the camp, General Graham, all seem to be very much iu favor of keeping the troops here and bringing others here. One of them said it was undoubtedly the intention to concentrate a large number of regiments here when the orders were isThe Paris Arrives. The American Line steamship Paris, recbrlstened the Yale, was sighted east of Fire Island, early Saturday morning ana she steamed into New York Harbor amid great enthusiasm for her escape from the Spanish cruisers that were pursuing her. Cost of the Bombardment. About 300 shots were fired during the bombardment of Matanzas, 104 of which were from the New York. The total cost of the bombardment was about $3500, expended entirety in ammunition. ion commander. The camp is in an ideal location forren- j dezvous purposes,about two miles from the ! railroad depot, on a dry, sandy spot sur- i rounded l>v large trees, which afford the troops both coolness and shade. Tents of each company of the six regiments are laid out in the company street manner customary in military camps. In addition to the 20,000 volunteers which are to be stationed here, the number of regulars will be augmented by three batteries of artillery from Chickamauga and 1000 cavalry. Preparations are now in progress for the reception at Port Tampa of sufficient arms and ammunition to last an army of inva sion ior sixty uays m tuun. MOBILE'S CANTONMENT. Pitrhetl In One of the Prettiest .Spots on the Gulf Connt. Mobile (Special). ',;0n to Cuba" was j heard at the camp ground of the regulars Friday afternoon, for about 4 o'clock an i order was received for tb?* transfer of the Tenth. Colonel Pearson, and the Twentysecond Infantry, Colonel WickoiT, to Tampa, Fla. The troops that are left here expect any moment to get orders to join the army of invasion. General Coppinger is in command here. Thiscautp is one of the pret partment at tne earnest possioie moment. Tampa has been Anally selected as the base of operations, and orders went forward Friday to establish there an immense supply depot in charge of Assistant Quar- ! termaster-Oeneral D. D. Wheeler. Preliminary arrangements were also made to take possession of railway lines between Chicknmauga and Tampa, and to conduct them as military systems. Huge temporary buildings are to be erected at Tampa for the storage of food and equipments, and the port is to be protected by heavy guns which will be mounted in tLe next two weeks. The force to be sent to Cuba will be "composed entirely of regulars, mostly infantry, with a battery or two of light artillery and possibly a troop of cavalry. The force Ito he sent will be lnrire enotlirh to 'euarantee ' the safe delivery of the arms. Then Gomez will have a chance to show just what he can do. COVERNOR LEEDY WILL RESICN. He Proposes, Willy-Silly, to Lead a llegiitient to the Front. Governor John W. Leedy will resign his office and go to the front as colonel of the Third Kansas Regiment of volunteers. He telegraphed Secretary Alger, asking for an j^KSSiix appointment direct i V ?1, T\.. 1 ?? parlment, but Governor Leedy will command the Third Regiment without regard to Secretary Alger's action. He has made up lils mind to lead a regiment, and if the Secretary declines to issue a commission Lecdv will reOOVKRNOR LELDY. ^ ^ 'Governori and Lieutenant-Governor Harvey, sworn in as Governor, will issue a commission to Governor Leedy as colonel. The Kansas troops have begun assembling at Fort Leavenworth. New York's Debt Limit Iteached. Comptroller Coler reported to Mayor Van I Wyck that the constitutional debt limit of I Greater New York is ?246,312,000; that the i actual debt is ?50,193,246 in excess of the limit, ?24,224,846 of which was owing by the old city of New York and ?25,968,399 by . the territory taken in oy consolidation. | Congress During the War, After several conferences between the leaders in the Senate and the House It has been agreed that Congress shall not adjourn until after the war is over. A recess will be taken from time to time, but for short periods only. boat. William Sexton, the old-time billiard champion, died suddenly of heart disease at Johnson's Hotel, New York City. Great dissatisfaction is expressed amontr both National Guardsmen and the Naval Jteserve at the report that the various organizations are not to be allowed to volunteer as a body but wholly as individuals. Half a dozen prizes have been towed into the harbor of Key West; the question of the proper disposition of them is under consideration. AnnmiTicpmunt rv.ic matin nf th? <li?r?nn tinuance of regular service on the part of several coastwise steamship companies, the routo of whose vessels runs ordinarily through Cubau aud Spanish waters. Foreign. Portugal issued her neutrality decree. It forbids the tltting out of privateerings in Portuguese waters or their entry into Portuguese harbors. Comment has been aroused in Paris by the extraordinary naval preparations of the French Government. Residents of the coast towns of Porto Rico are fleeiDg to tin interior, fearing bombardment; ms tial law is being enforced cruelly in that island. The Spanish torpedo-boat destroyer Audaz, which was ordered out of the port of Queenstown, has arrived at Ferrol, Spain, having made the trip of 600 miles in thirty j one hours. Cuba, while three torpedo bonts and two transports started north, presumably for the Canaries. The torpedo boats and transports returned to St. Vincent Friday evening and reported that they had been dnmaged in a collision. Aged Couple Slain by Burglars. Andrew Nelson and wife, aged respectivelv seventy-one and fifty-six, were murdered at their homo in the outskirts of Black Earth, Wis., by robbers. A few days ago Nelson sdd a house and lot and the robbers are supposed to bavejsecured the i proceeds, $400. I General Flume Made Commandant. An order was Issued from the AdjutantGeneral's office at Trenton designating j Major-General Plume, of the New Jersey ( National Guard, as commander of the mill- . tary post at Sea Girt, where the regiments , designated for the volunteer army will^be ( mobilized. I I Friendly Act by Brazil. I A special dispatch from Flume, Hungary, says Brazil has agreed that sixty torpedoes which have been made there on the order of the Brazilian Government at the White- 1 head works, be transferred to the United 1 States. - 1 OF.ORGE W. VAXDERBILT. For some reason the impression has been general that George W. Vanderbilt would remain a bachelor, and in consequence society will be greatly surprised at the announcement of his engagement. He Is said to have voluntarily promised his mother to remnin single during her lifetime. He is tbout forty years old, and a great lover of Liooks. He has traveled around the world nnce, and sailed last December with the Idea of circling the globe a second time. Before his departure he took out a policy for 41,000,000 insurance on his life, though Ills fortune is estimated at between 530,)00,000 to 550,000.000. The Spanish Debt. The lntest authoritative figures of the Spanish debt put it at nearly 5600,000,000, against 5175,000,000 before the war. Concentrating at Tampa. The concentration of the army at Tampa, Fla., has begun. Eight batteries of artillery, the Twenty-fourth Infantry and four companies of the Ninth Cavalry broke camp it Chlckamauga and left for that poin^ ind the brieade headquarters heretofore*"^ destroyed. The scene presented at the [ place was terrible. People who felt the shocks and saw the flames of the burning structures flocked to the place for miles 1 around, but could render no aid to the in- 1 jured. The people were terrrifled, and ( held back in constant fear of other explosions. A few men who were in the build- 1 ings managed to escape, and they ran about the country bewildered. They ' could give no intelligent account of the ( cause of the explosion. When the wives j and relatives of the employes of the fac- . tory approached the burning buildings th? ccnnn was most heart-rondine. The , women tore their hair and ran about in a pitiable manner. It was near 5 o'clock be- 1 fore the ruins had cooled sufficiently to be approached, and before the onlookers could be induced to go near the spot. The bodies of the dead were horribly mangled. The heads were missing from some, while here and there lay legless and armless trunks. Many of the injured were cut and maimed so badly that some of them cannot recover. Tho loss cannot be learned at present. Thfl California Traaredv.