" THE COUNTY RECORD.
Published Every Thursday
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SIXGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA,
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LOUIS J. ISR1 STOW,
Rdltor and Proprietor.
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Perhaps it is owing to Lord Kelvin's
paper at Toronto, in which he showed
that the existing fuel of the world
would only last 500 years, that the
Canadian Government has changed
its policy with regard to the timber of
Manitoba and the Northwest. The
heavier belts are to be withdrawn
from settlement, and young trees to
be saved for the future. Guardians
will be appointed to take care cf the
reserves, especially in the Turtle and
Moose Mountain regions. Fires and
the cutting of young trees by settlors
will bo prevented as fai as possib'o.
Koads are also to be made through the
reserves between the lakes.
Judging from a recent article in a
leading English magazine, the political
job is not as unknown in Great
Britain as some of our fellow country men
would have us suppose. There is
at present a scheme on foot to build
over and remodel a large portion of
Westminister, the district of London
in which Parliament House is situated.
New streets are to be opened and old
ones closed; houses are to bo pulled
<lown ana new ones erected, a. uin
has been prepared which Parliament
is expected to pass that will give the
promoters of the scheme the right of
eminent domain in the section to be
improved; and while the bill contains
provisions for the preservation of historic
churches and other like edifices,
it places no restrictions on the sort of
buildings that arc to surround them,
or the sort of streets that are to approach
them. The region contains a
large tenement district, and it is ostensibly
to clear out this district that the
undertaking is planned. Rut the tenements
era not especially unhealthy
and considerable sections not covered
by tenements are included in the
scheme.
A writer in the Shoe and Leather
Reporter from Lynn, 3Iass., notes this
peculiar incident: A manufacturerem
ploying cutters by the piece reduced
the prices for cutting. The workmen
accepted the cut. The manufacturer
then gave them stock to cut that cost
him two to four cents per foot more
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was tbo result? The weu, under the
reduced scale of prices, usiug the better
grade of stock, earned more wages
the lirst week under the new schedule
'than during any week for months past.
The manufacturer did not put anything
into his pocket by making the
reduction. He made it go toward
purchasing a better grade of upper
stock, with the result above noted.
Previous to the cut the men had to cut
a spongy ana a very uusuuMuciury
grade el skin, but under the new arrangement
they are provided with
stock that does not require planning
and stretching, thereby consuming
much time in he endeavor to get out
satisfactory uppers. This was a case
where the men displayed common sense
in accepting the reduction.
The annual report for 1S97 of the
Consumers' League of Xew York,
just published in Harper's Weekly,
gives the league's ''White List" of
the retail houses which approach
nearest to the league's standard in
their dealings with their employees.
The list includes thirty-six names of
firms, among which are to be found
about a dozen of the large dry-goods
concerns, though several of the biggest
are not# in it. The league's
purpose is to make consumers feel responsibility
for producers, and by
the influence of its members to better
the condition of working-women and
shop-girls in New York. Its members
undertake to favor houses which use
their working-women well, and shuu
those which don't. A fair house, according
to the league's standard, is
one iu which equal work gets equal
pay, irrespective of the sex of the
worker; in which adults get at least
six dollars a week, paid weekly; in
which fines go into a fund for employees'
benefit; and in which cash I
girls get at least two dollars a week.
The hours of a fair house are from i
eight to six, with three-quarters of an
hour for lunch, anil one half-holiday
a week for two mouths in summer.
Fair houses also comply with sanitary
laws, provide seats for saleswomen (as
required by law), ^use employees j
humanely, show consideration for
fidelity and length of service, and
employ no children under fourteen i
years old.
Neighbor Does your father rent that
bouse you live in? Boy No, indeed, i
It's his own house, every bit of it. It's ,
been bought and paid for and insured i
and mortgaged and everything.
SPANISH
STRATEGY
BLOCKED,
Madrid Rejoices Over News That
Cervera Reached Santiago de
Gnha and Then Sailed
Away Safely.
iamananwncF.ranTinil.TTH
OMiroun liiiMKii-u mm in
Qlockads Effective; ?sx\ Starvins:
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Havana Cannot Be Relieved
by Land cr Sea.
Sampson and Srhley Steamed at Top Speed
From Diflerent Quarters to Glvo Corpora
Itnttle?The Sews From Cuba
Stirred Up Thing* at AA'ashington?
"When tlie Navy Department Got the
News That the Spanish Squadron was
at Santiago the Strategy Hoard Met to
Consider Plans For Crushing It?treasons
AVhy It AA'as Kelieved That the
Dons Could Not Ksoapo From AA'est
Indian AVaters AA'ithout a Fight.
AVashixgtos, D. C. (Special).?The reported
arrival of the Spanish Capo A'crde
squadron at Santiago de Cuba was not
credited by the N'avv Department officials
until late Friday afternoon, so much had
its appearance at that port without the
semblance of au encounter with the American
fleet now in Cuban waters upset the
calculations and disappointed tho hopes of
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ADMIRAL CERVERA.
(Commander of the Spanish fleet for the
relief of Havana.')
naval experts here. The following bulletin
was posted at the close of office hours:
The Department has information which
is believed to be authentic that the Spanish
squadron under Admiral Cervera is at Santiago
do Cu ba.
Though Admiral Sampson has been left
free to work out his own campaign plans
in the West Indies, it was the judgment of
the Naval Advisory Board that after hearing
of the sighting of the Spanish jruisers
ofl Curacoa ho had moved a part of his
fleet south through the Windward Passage
so as to intercept Admiral Cervera
should the latter try to r?:eh either Cieufuegos
or Santiago.
While no oflicial confirmation could be
had of Key West dispatches indicating the
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presence of Admiral Sampson's warships j
off that station, there were many reasons !
to believe that the American commander j
was in reality several hundred miles away i
from Santiago, and that the zone of naval i
operations had been greatly narrowed by j
Admiral Cervera's bold dash north.
Whether some single ship of the Spanish j
squadron merely touched at Santiago or '
whether the Spanish Admiral carried his |
whole command into the harbor is not de- |
fluitely known here, but for reasons of !
their own Navy Department officials,
though suspicious of naval news of any j
sort originating in Madrid, are disposed to ;
think that the Spanish forces have at last j
come within short range of the Cuban coast, |
prepared to risk the relief of Havana on a 1
single flghr.
Admiral Sampson in a despatch to the j
Navy Department confirmed the Madrid re- J
ports of the arrival of Admiral Cervera and I
his Cape Verde squadron at Santiago de j
Cuba. The battleship Oregon and gunboat j
Clothes Klglit From the Sheep.
Thouias Kibon, the proprietor of a woolen |
mill at Stroudsburg, Tenn., a few days ago !
beat the world's record by one hour and j
fifty-four minutes, and in six hours and j
four minutes made a suit of clothes from !
the wool of sheep whose fleece was sheared 1
at G.30 o'clock ill the morning.
German Courtesies.
Madrid announces that the German tvarship
Geier paid the usual salute to the !
Spanish forts at Havana, but that it did j
not salute the American squadron either'
With guns or flag. j
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TMarietta nro with Sampson. If Cor,<1
should attempt to make Cienfuegos it w
believed Commodore Sohioy would bo al
to intercept him. At Santiago it was i
possible for Cervera to land supplies 1
Til-'innn n? IflLVlinil is .r)00 miles uwnv a
there is no railroad communication bet we
the two cities.
A Madrid special to the London Chrr
iclo announced that after Retting coal a
J water at Santiago do Cuba Admiral Ct
vera would "proceed as ordered," ineaui
to Havana.
A correspondent at San Domingo Ci
cables that the Spanish Governor of Poi
| llico wired to the Spanish Consul-Gcnei
j at San Domingo that a Spanish squadr
(Cervera's) had arrived at Santiago, Cu!
I The Spanish Senate unanimously ado]
ed a resolution extending congratulntio
to Admiral Cervera
Berlin newspapers regard Cervera's t
ploit of running into Santiago a stratef
victory over Sampson, the result of bt
linnt ?eninansliir> und a distinct gain 1
Itbe Spanish cause.
Tho London Chronicle's despatch frc
Kingston, Jamaica, says that tour vessi
of Schley's squadron renewed the ntta
on Santiago do Cuba, that tho bombar
inent was heavy and tho result in doubt
Cuban refugees at Kingston report th
tbo insurgent forces of Generals Mint]
nnd Castillo are closing in on Santingo
Cuba and making nightly forays withins
miles of the city,
SAMPSON'S OPERATIONS.
Formed a Junction AVlth Schley nnd Thi
Sailed in t.tucst of tlie Dons.
ICet \Vi:.st, Fin. (Special).?Rear Admir
Sampson, with tho division of tho Nor
Atlantic Squadron under his commai
which attacked San Juan. Porto Rico, i
I turned to Key West, where he effected
j junction with tho Flying Squadron und
I Commodore Schley. This means that I
I has under his orders the battle-ships low
i Indiana and Massachusetts, socotui-eiii
battle-shin Texas and armored cruise
I Brooklyn and Now York, which makes hi
' superior by two armor clads to the Spanii
fleet.
Knowing that Rear Admiral Sampsc
' could bo depended on to prevent Admir
j Cervera from sailing north, orders we
l quickly despatched from Washington
j Commodore Schley to put to sea. T1
commander of the" Flying Squadron's i
struetions wore to sail around Cuba to t!
west and to find Cervera's fleet and ca
turo or destroy it. Commodore Schley w
instructed to use his utmost endeavors
prevent the Spanish fleet from entering tl
harbor of Cienfuegos or Havana.
The Cuban blockade on the south eoa
has not been broken. Commodore Wats*
is maintaining it with his fleet of suit
shi;js.
VOLUNTEERS AT CHICXAMAUCA.
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, Famous IJattlefichl.
Chattanooga, Tenn. (Special). Nev
since tlie Jays of battle in September, ISC
have there been such stirring scenes
Chickamauga Tarlc as are now enactii
there. The encampment of 8000 regul.n
did not add to these fields the warlike su
gestiveness that has been apparent sin
the arrival of the volunteers. More tb;
30,000 men are now encamped thej
Every train brings in its new consignme
of boys in blue. Over toward the east is
white tented city that is four miles loti
There is no time during the day when t
fanfare of trumpets and the music of ml
tary bauds are not heard. Columns
troops are continually marching along t
roads. Officers in finery of gold lace a
epaulets are galloping to* and fro, aud t
J the animated scene forces upon one t
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DE CUBA.
realistic consciousness tb.it t'ao spirit c
war is abroad and that it is a war th?
means ituMuess.
Fifty-three regiments of volunteers a:
mobilized here. In the way Iho array i
being put into shape, three brigades go t
form a division and three regiments form
brigade. Three divisions are the reguh
tion number placed in an army corps. A
twenty-seven regiments will be consume
in the organization of a corps, nearly. I
not quite, two corps,will be mobilized hert
The work of organization is now goin
on steadily in Chickamnuga Park, and ot
der is being rapidly brought out of tli
seeming chaos of the last few days. Ex
ercises in practical instruction are liel
daily. Field and battle exercises are heb
nlso. The time allotted to practical in
strnction is divided nmong the various ex
ercises at the discretion of brigade orregi
mental commarders, having due regard t<
the principle that short, brisk, spiritd
drills give the best results.
A Huge Kaft.
The work of constructing a huge raf
which is to contain -1,000.000 feet of lutnbe.
has been begun nt Portland, Oregon. Tli
raft, when completed, will be floated toSa
Francisco, Cal. It will be eigar-sliapei
100 feet long, fifty-three feet wide, an
twenty-four feet high from the water, draw
ing about seventeen feet of water.
rurH/mua it Hnun of IluinS.
Cardenas, Cuba, was redueed to a mas
of ruins by the American bombardment
Threo Spanish gunboats lying at n pie
were rendered useless, and an attempt t
mine the harbor was promptly stopped.
NAVAL WAR OF MACNIFICENT DISTA
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ra I Volunteers fro.n New York have joine
as the l?it? army at Camp Thomas. Tli
ile Twelfth Infantry, Now York Volunteer:
in- j came ia over the Southern Kail way, tire
for j and dusty, after a hot night in thecrowde
lid I ears. The Fourteenth New York Infantr;
c:i under Colonel Fred Grant, went into cam
! Friday morning. The vigorons-Iookin
>n- men from the Empire State camo in for
ml large share of attention as theysauntere
r- about the streets.
ng The little postofllco at Lytle, Ga.. whie
j handles the Chickamaugu mail, is hustlinj
ty During the past several days a foreeof liv
to [ men have been at work. Thirty thousan
ral ! letters are received daily at the office. Tli
on 1 outgoing daily mail numbers more thu
a. | 15.000 letters.
>t- I The men of the Fifth Illinois believe the
ns i regiment will be the lirst to go to Cuba, i
their equipment and other indications soei
(x- to point that way. The Fourth l'ennsv
tic vania lias for each company a mess tea
il- where nil the men can be fed at once. Tli
for tents are relies of camp life in the Xationi
Guard iluvs. Somo of the men of the Thlr
?m Wisconsin caught a razor-backed hog rut
els ning at large in their camp, killed an
ck dressed it and sent it to the Colonel, labe
d- ling It "wild rabbit."
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as j containing the officers of the last battalior
t0 I of the One Hundred and Fifty-eighth In
i diana bad on one side a streamer. "God b
I with you," and on the other"Eemembe
s* I the Maine." Some of the companies are, a
>n j best, rather shabbily clad, but a coat, or
l'l [ pair of trousers, or a cap, or a belt only, i
often all that the "reeruity" hastoenabl
him to look war-like. Some have not eve
so much as a brass button. With the Olii
First Cavalry, the first of the voluntee
he regiments to arrive, there were a larg
number, probably more than half of th
j command,whoso connection with the troop
was shown only by a yellow silk bandkei
?3. I chief wouud around tlio neck.
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iTS Sixteen Thousand Men Under the Com
j miind of General Wade.
| Tampa, Fla. (Special). From the ".00
[in 1 men that composed tlie army when Gen
r0 eral Wade took command, the force ha
* grown to 10,000, not counting the volar
nt teers, most of whom arc now, however, a
a Lakeland.
,j? All movements looking ro imineriiat
. > | departure have been cheeked, and lb
i troops are working hard at their drills am
j I camp duties, as if war was not at all near
. I The troops here are so healthy that on
, j of 0000 only 1S9, or less than two per cent
I are on the stele list,
. | The boys of the Seventy-first Regimen
, of New York took possession of their earn;
i ground at Lakeland Friday, and soon th
I nlaeo was trtinsformed into.a teuted town
| The camp is on a ridge nt an elevation o
! 1100 feet, and is a famous Florida resort
j The tents are pitched in a large grove o
I magnificent i>ines. and the ground slone
ffently toward the hike. Everyman has i
soft Led of pine needles.
THE STATE ENCAMPMENTS,
Scenes at Camp Yoorhees, Camps Kind
and Totrnsend and Cauip Haven.
C.\Mr Voorhees, Sea Girt, N. J. (Special)
The virtual dissolution of Camp Yoorheei
as a military post for New Jersey's first
quota of volunteers for the war with Spair
| bcjjan when the First
r^'$5? C'urch, Va., foui
/ ^^7 miles from WashingSB
Jv ton' on ? hanks ol
j Jjv the Potomac River.
//J The regiment was
'*% ]'/. fit reviewed previous to
its departure froiu the
PI^tW i Post bv Governor
\ n\ M Voorhees, Majorif
I \ f'A General Plume and
it governor voorhees. his stafT, and upon
I its leaving the cami> was escorted to
o tiio railroad station by the Third Regiment,
Is I Colonel Benjamin A. Lee, and Second Regio
! inent, Colonel Edwin W. Hiue, commandn
j ing. While on its way the entire brigade
i- i paid the Governor the compliment of a
s i marching salute.
d I The spectacle was impressive. Governif
j or Voorhees stood with bared head as the
'. 1 J300 soldiers passed the reviewing post.
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';! NEW YORKERS SWORN IN.
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" Provisional ltpglinent Takes the Oath of
Allegiance at Cainp J'.laek.
Gamp Clack, Hempstead, L. I. (Special).
- The First Provisional Regiment was mus
tered into service Friday at 2 o'clock p. ra.
0 Tho regimeut was marched to the field and
1 drawn up in battalion formation, una by
companies sworn in. Colonel Barber was
Minor Mention.
Patent needles and pins are made to the
r, number of 173 different varieties.
ie The German army at present comprises
n 21,170 officers, 78,202 non-commissioned ofi,
llcers, 479,220 privates, 2103 surgeons, and
d 98,058 horses.
' One of the most famous man-eating tigers
in India was killed not long ngo bv the
Maharajah of Sidhaur. The tiger was an
enormous brute and had killed eighty peo!S
While boring for water a Tennesseean
struck what he thought must be a lake,
:1" his drilling apparatus sinking rapidly a
0 score of feer, but when tho liquid spouted
[he found that It wm very pure oil
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(1 the lust to take the oath and, after formal10
ly receiving command of the regiment as a
i. body of the volunteer army, marched tho
d men to their quarters,
d In a'most perfect order, and amid cheers
that reverberated throughout tho camp,
l> ' the Sixty-fifth Regiment of Buffalo lett
g i here for its uow station, at Munson's Hill,
a | Va., near Washington, at 2 o'clock Friday,
d I Amftng the assignments of Brigadierj
Generals made was that of Brigadierh
General Alex. C. M. 1'ennington to comX.
| mand camp at Hempstoad.
<; Troops A and ('. New York Cavalry, were
d mustered in at Camp Black and started (
10 south. The entire 10.000 men at Camp
n Black, except two regiments have now been
mustered into the United States service. 1'
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Volunteers nt l'eekskill. g
1- Camp Towxsexd, Poekskill, N. Y. CSpo- [,
t, eiali. Tho Bightii Regiment, N. G. N. Y.f .
te is the Eightli Regiment, New York Volun11
tecrs, the last battalion being sworn into
d tho service of the United States, and tho s
i- oath taken by Colonel Henry Chnuneey, h
d | Jr., and his staff. The regiment has s
1- | mounted its own guard, and, to ail intents c
and purposes, is a thing apart from the f
y camp and under United States regulations, i
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i ; CONNECTICUT MUSTERED IN.
0 I The State'.* Quota of Volunteers Ready
r For Active Service.
1 j Camp Haven, Niantic, Conn. (Special).
!l This State has now its full force of men
3 mustered into the volunteer service and
e ready for assignment to active duty. The
u quota is mu?le up of one rbgiment cf infan0
try, 840 men and officer*, commanded by
r Colonel Burdott, of Hartford. Captain Au'
drew Hammond, of the United States Regu0
lar Army, being Lieutenant-Colonel; Light
9 Artillery Battery A, 125 men, Cuptuin Honce,
of Guilford; Heavy Artillery Batterv B, 150
men, Captain F. 0. BreekbiU, of Bridgeport,
nml Heavy Artillery Battery C, 150
'* men. Captain Francis G. Beach, of Xew
Haven.
THE ORECON A MARVEL.
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j_ After a Wonderful Trip ttie Floating FortS
reus In Safe In Homo Water*.
j Wasiiixoton, D. C. (Special). The bat- a
tleship Oregon has now passed the clanger
e line and has joined her slstersliipsin Cuban
^ waters. The big battleship was seen and
1 reported by th? UnfteJ States Consul at
j Barbndoes. passing that point at full speed, sc
The fact that she did not put in there is c<
simply proof that Captain Clnrk was in no it
* need of coal and was not letting tho bar- C
p nacles grow on liis ship's bottom while st
running to the assistance of Sampson and
Schley.
| The Oregon left Bah in, Brazil, on May 8
and covered 2578 miles betweeu that point It
I and tho Barbndoes within eleven days.
s No apprehension is entertained that the
hnttlnehin will run out of rnr.l r\? Pinitnln
Clark, her commander, ^before the depnr- f0
ture of the vessel from Bahia loaded her
bunkers to their utmost capacity and bo- 111
sides took ou Jn dock load in order that Tl
. there might ho no need for his stopping at pc
any of the West Indies to renew his supply. Fi
It was fifty-seven days ago when this m
. great floating fortress of steel left San fo
, Francisco. Since that time sho has trav- js]
ersed nearly 13,000 miles of sea, passing te
through every climate, from north temper- r<
i ato totorrid. to south temperate to frigid. 50
t to south temperate aud torrid again, and ar
finally into oar own waters. CI
On one stretch of 6209 miles she steamed $9;
1 continuously without stopping for coal or 1
. for anything else. of
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CUARDING POWDER MILLS. '
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Pennsylvania Troops on Duty at Dover, &x
and Pompton, X. J. uj;
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i PonrTox, X. J. (Special).?A battalion of
1 the Seecyid Pennsylvania Regiment, nunc- tei
bering 100 men, who have been detailed to mi
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. guard the American Smokeless Powder th
Work3 and the H. J. Smith Electrical Or
Wor'.s, arrived here and went into camp. te?
The sraokele-s powder mills are working a s
night and day hurrying along large orders an
| for the Government, and the Smith electri- 3ti
! eal concern is under contract with the Gov- nr<
1 eminent to manufaciuro fuses for the ex- spi
j plosion of torpedoes and shells, in;
Dover, X. J. (Special).?The second bat- sei
I talion of the Second Pennsylvania infantry, ha
100 strong, with field rations and field ami 1
; <;u:np equipment, arrived hero to guard the cu
United States powder mill. no
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Spain Fears Attack.
Madrid correspondents of Loudon news
papers note signs that tho Spanish fear ^
that we will raid their coasts. Vigilance pkp
committees ashore and afloat are watching .
the entrances to her iiarbors. The fortilications
and tho garrisons of the Canaries,
the Balearics and Ceuta are to bo strengthf.ned
immediately.
Fine Black Horse For General Lee.
Colonel Bennohan Cameron, the horsei
man, of North Carolina, has presented Gen.
eral Lee with a splendid black horse to '
| ride in his Cuban campaign. The name of Pri
the horse is Choctaw, and he is of the pur!
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Senator Sewell Declines.
Senator Seweil. of New Jersey, formally <
; resigned his appointment as a Major;Gen- na
i oral of Volunteers. He pave as his reason inf
; the fact that to hold the office would be in- I.'*1
! compatible with his duties as a United
i states ieiiatur^ a ?
CANADA'S PREMIER OUR FRIEND.
>eclarc8 Hi# Sympathy In the War I# All
With the United State#.
Ottawa, Canada (Special).?In the House
f Commons Hon. Mr. McCleary, a represenative
of one of the border constituencies,
n discussing tbe American Alien Labor
iw and the manner in which it had been
nforced against Canadians, incidentally
eferred to the Spanish-American war, sayng
that, while all parties in Canada would
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IT.EJIIF.It WILFIIF.D LAUF.IEE.
Declared in the Canadian Parliament his
sympathy with us.)
ray that the American people would como
ut victorious, still there were not a few
rho would like to seo the United States
ct a bit of spanking because of its unriendlv
treatment to Canada. Cries of
No!" "No!" arose from all parts of the
touse.
Premier Laurier, rising, evidently with
ome warmth, said: "I sincerely hope my
lonorable friend who has just" taken his
eat, in his utterances which at the moment
ailed forth expressions of dissent, speaks
ds own personal feeling and not the feeing
of his party. I would rather hope thac
ipon the present occasion, though we are
mund to D*?4imitral and must be neutral
n the presentirhS^cultles between the Unied
States and Spnhw^should like to be
lere tnat it iu??re is n iruuui; ?i uu nymt.
rom our duty as neutrals,">? is a feeling of
ympathy for tlioso who are^oyr neighhors
~nd who share the continent ijnQh ns." ,
SENOR CAPOTE COVliNC.
r'ice-Presidont of the Cuban Republic flay
Authority to Negotiate at Washington,
Kingston, Jamaica (By Cable). Senor
)omingo Capote, Vice-President of the
luban ltepublic and formerly a lawyer in
lavana, lauded from an open sailboat on
he north side of Jamaica, near Faimouth,
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ice-president capote, of cuban republic.
hursday. With him was Gervasio Sabio.
sea captain.
Senor Capote is on his way to the United
tates to consult with the American Govrntnent.
He is understood to have fall
owers to make an important treaty.
Senor Capote's mission is not to super>do
Senor Estrada Pal in a, who has the full
jnlldence of the Cuban Government; but
is felt that the Vice-President of the
uban llepublic cau more effectively promt
certain views of the Cuban chiefs.
RACE FOR THE PHILIPPINES.
; Will Ho the Most Thrilling Sea Chase
of Modern Times.
Washington, D. C. (.Special). The race
r the Philippines is on. It will be the
ost thrilling sea chaso of modern times,
he United States will dispatch its transits
for the relief of Dewey from San
ranclsco across the placid Pacific, 7050
lies. Spain will 9end its fleet, which lias
r its object the reconquering of thelands,
from Barcelona, through the Medirranean,
the Isthmus of Suez, and the
>d Sea, across the Arabian Seh along the
uthern extremity of the Bay of Bengal,
ound the Malayan Peninsula and up the
lina Sea to Manila, a total distance of
30 miles.
General Merritt relinquishel command
the Department of the East and started
r San Francisco.
General Merritt also stated that he and
:neral Otis would not leave on the first %
pedltion, but would remain in Oalifor
i until he had seen his troops and sup[es
placed on board the transports.
General Merritt smiles grimly as he connplates
the force which he is to comtnd.
In addition to the regulars already
the coast the Eighteenth and Twentyird
infantry are on their way from New
leans. The Tenth Pennsylvania Voluuws,
a hardy, well-drilled regiment, with
severe strike experience to their credit,
d a Minnesota regiment which can shoot
aiglit, fight hard and drill like regulars,
3 among others moving West at express
eed. General Merritt believes he is goX
to have the finest fightinir force ever
it out of the country, and is accordingly
PPT
It Is now Deuevea tnat tne army or ocpatlpn
for the Philippines will consist of
t less than 17,000 men, of which 5000 will
regulars.
Six Persons Drowned,
ren men attempted to cross the Allogheny
irer on a raft near Sprlngdale, Penn., and
ien In tho centre of the stream the raft
- v,., ?t?.> miif.li enrrent nnd
>3 snauipcu UJ mv> ivu^u
5 men were precipitated into the water,
ur men succeeded inrenching the shore,
t the others were drowned.
Hernandez Defeated.
3ene:al Hernandez, the insurgent leader,
s been defeated near Guanare, Zamcra
evince, Venezuela. Many were killed in.
} fight. Thejrevolution; is pr cticijUyr
er, and the confidence of the Govern;nt
in the outlook is good.
Contributions to the War Fund,
Contributions toward the fund for the
tional defense continue to come in Wash;tofa.
A check for *1000 was received by
esident McKinloy from a widow in New
rk, who requested that her name be kept
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