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THE COUNTY RECROP. ' | Published Every Thursday ?AT? . KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA. LOUIS J. BKISTOW, Kdltor and Proprietor. ^ The locomotives for theManchurian Railway, as well as most of the rails, have been contracted for in this country instead of Europe. The Mormons are beooming very ^ active in .\ew z^eaiana, ami u is stated that eight more missionaries are on their way from Salt Lake City 5 to this colony. They intend to work principally among the Maoris, of whom there are already four thousand members of the Mormon Church. After a long period of suspension ] the ironworks of a Western city re- i sumed operations and the black ehim- ] neys poured out dense clouds of soot J over the town. Ruskin would have ana- j themctized it for its hideousuess, and i daintily clad women looked upon it 1 with horror, but a little girl, hungry and cold, whose father had been for J months without work, clapped her , hands and exclaimed: "Was there ' ever anything so beautiful as to see i the smoke in the chimmeys again! That bisr piece is a shawl for mother, i and those cunning little bits tumbling 1 down are shoes for baby, and oh, there comes such a lot of the smoke maybe it is a really hat for me; anyway, I know it's shoe-strings." Lieutenant Colonel Mans, U. S. A., who has had charge of the physical t examination of the twelve thousand New York militiamen mustered into the service of the United States, has made a very interesting report upon tht- subject of this inquiry. He finds that it was necessary to examine seventeen thousand soldiers in order to obtain twelve thousand up to the required physical standard, which was J placed very high; some think too high. Of this number the three upcountry regiments were far superior to the city troops in physical develop' ment, a logical result of the tonic of pure air and out of door employment and recreation. Of the city soldiers Colonel Maus found the cavalry supe. - rior to the .infantry clearly a tribute to the value of exercise on horseback. Among the infantry the chief causes of rejection were a tendency to hollow * j - i cnesw? anu iiupucu hjjuu, able evidence of long days at desk work and poring over ledgers. Poor feet was another frequent defect, and deafness was not uncommon. One of the London papers sees a "refinance of commerce" in the recent death of one Henry Greenwood' an inmate of the workhouse infirmary at Hampstead. It seems that Green- . wood was once a rich man. and be- a ? 1 - ? ^ ? ft * ?? ? aP iau-a! ova cr? . I lUU^CU IU U Uim vt ? nent that it supplied the pearls worn j. by Queen Victoria at her coronation. ? At that time, indeed, he and his partners were the leading dealers in j pearls, not only as regards England, r but in the whole world. Greenwood, after his most famous transaction, led a rather adventurous life, a part of it in Australia, where he was Mayor of Ballarat. He accumulated a fairly considerable fortune, which, however he lost in.various reverses, until to. ward the close of his life he was in a state of abject poverty. His death took place in the workhouse from cancer when he was about eighty years of age. Curiously enough two of the 'members of the Hampstead Board of Guardians when Mr. Greenwood entered the workhouse were old school 4.. ~ ( UIo nnf r\na i\t 41,0(11 11> P Jliatca Vi uw,auu vuv v* expenses of the funeral in order that he should not lie in a pauper's grave, and was himself the only mourner j following the coffin. Warned Goulu of the Coat. ' Paul Gore, now clerk at the Auditorium Annex, was room clerk at the Grand Pacific for several years. lie * 4ells a story la connection with .Fay ^ Gould's first visit to Chicago. Mr. t Gould had registered at the Grand Pa- -v cific, and was standing in the lobh.v 1 with his hands in his coat pockets, looking like a countryman in town. i The little millionaire approached J. P. l \ Tidal, who was clerk at the house, and \ modestly asked him what would be th?. ' best way for him to go to Lincoln Park. ] Tidal, uot knowing who Gould was. t 1 gave uiin me * liiMiiu uuu .1-1 to street ears. etc. Could heard liim i J through and then said: "But could 1 i not go in a carriage':" "Yes. you can: hut it is a lit.'Ic expensive," saitl Yidal. "Well, as this is my tlrst visit. 1 think <] 1 will try to stand the Expense." "All right, hut to wlioni shall 1 charge J the carriageV" asked the clerk. c "To Jav <lottld." came the quiet an- ? swer. Yidal almost fell to the floor. r but Could got the carriage. Chicago Times-llerahl. "Golightly 1 toasts that ho never ^ rluinges his mind." "He can't: no one t v*rlH swap witJ) him." Brooklyn Life. ? HAWAII NOW r. IN THE UNION.!se (cKinley Signs the Resolution inneiing the Islands. VTTT.T.ER Td RAISE finR IT.Ad .11i.J-IJJ.l_: 11 ?\J JIU1MU U U 11 IJJUU. | J t: ianford K. Dole. Present President of j Hawaii, Likely To V.e Appointed First 1i I i Governor of the Territory?Secretary 1 il Long (Jive* Orders For the Departure j y of tlie Philadelphia For Honolulu. ^ Washington, D. C. (Speci.il>.?President '' ilcKinlev has approved the Hawaiian an- ' lexation resolution, aud as soon as the Hawaiian Legislature gives its formal approval to the resolution, and the American lag is raised in Honolulu, the Hawaiian Republic will cease to exist and the islands ' vill be under the government of the Pnited States. It was by a ceremony of the simplest :haracter that the resolutions annexing " ft] :he Hawaiian Islands to the United States tl tvere enacted finally into law. It occurred d n the Cabinet room of the Executive Man- it don and only six persons besides President A if oV inloir rr?a rA neac nn t uvutui^f n viu j'i vov u^. Nothing remains to be done at this end M of the line, except for the President to send ti a message to President Dole, certifying the 2. action of Congress and designating him is IK ? W?"^ ~ = *gg& **%&$' crjMiii .^..TKffyC^r-ggw?tKaiM -4*. :. i.' -tL. ~~~* !"r iOVEItN 'EXT BUILD IXO IX HOXOLULl* ' I1A1SE THE UNITED STATES FLAG AN WAIIAX ISLANDS?STATUE OF KAMAH BUILDING. ,nd tbe various officers under him. to con- 1 fe 'uct tbe government of the islands under tli .eir present laws until such time as Con- m ;ress shall provide a permanent form of ;overn:nent and enact any special lepisla- J.-i ion that may he proper. \v< The cruiser Philadelphia was ordered to . T! ail immediately from San Francisco for , V lonolulu. carrying Admiral Miller. <*0111- at nandiup the Pacific station, "jho wili he pj harped with the function of fisting the fo lap. pi Although it is tbo presen teution of ADMIRAL MILLER. .,. Hewili raise the American lias at IIouo- se lulu nu>l formally annex the islauds to ei the United States. ! ol he President to continue President Dole n office as Governor of the islands, he is ol wing urjred to make Mr. Dole one of the X ommissioners and to make Harold M. w lewall. United State- Minister to Hawaii. H he Governor. It is said this plan has the 01 ipproval of Mr. Dole. i! Minister Hatch, of Hawaii, and Mr. w rhurston. Hawaiian Commissioner, ex- tr iressed the deepest satisfaction at the avorahle outcome of the loni; strujTKle. e< is they eutere-1 the state Departnient-they p: eceived congratulations ou every hand. S| Mr. Thurston remarked that "it Mt good h< o be an American." It is the view of th?* lawaiian authorities that Hawaii became >art oT th?* United States the moment the 'resident attached his signature to the R esolution of Congress. ^ Admiral Villamii Killed. Admiral Villamii. who was in command if the Spanish torpedo boat squadron of cc tdniiral Cervera's Ill-fated fleet, was killed sn n the great sea light and Captain Lazaga, la d the Infanta Marin Teresa,committed sui- hi ide. Admiral Villamii held the highest PI ank of any of the Spanish officers who su rere killed in the engagement. M j Brooklyn Hit Korty-flve Times. In the light with Cervera's fleet before lantiago, the Brooklyn was made a special 0[ arget by the Spaniards and was hit forty- | Ive times. EUTENANT HOBSON EXCHANCED | eroe* of the Merritnac Safe and Well Within the American Lines. Opt JcraiiVa, Cuba (By Cable). Assistit Naval Constructor Richmond P. Hobn,of the flagship New York,and the seven amen who composed the crew of the col 'Vv iji ffiMj i v ki. frW'f'X Wvl':?,,l - ' .- ^ | v J' t:'CUTF.N A NT K. T. HOBSOX. er Merrimae, which was sunk by Ilobsor ad his companions in the channel of the arbor of Santiago de Cubn, were surrenered by the Spanish military authorities l exchange for prisoners captured by the merican forces. The American prisoners left the Reina [ercedes Hospital, in the outskirts of San ago. where they had been confined, a' 43 p. m., In charge of Majorlrles, a Span h staff officer who speaks English per m&bmmb wpiir irffiiwr1 ON WHICH ADMIRAL MILLER WILL l> TIII'S FORMALLY ANNEX THE HAAMAHA, IX FRONT OF (IOYERNMENT etly. The prisoners were coniln-'ted to ? m<",iin^ ; a*.* previously arranged Mtv.iv t.etwemi tiia Spanish ,-uM Ameri1:1 Jin?*3 oa foot. Colonel John lcoR . A<tor an I Lieutenant Milov i?re in charge of th? Spanish prisoners. lies? consisted of Lieutenants Ameiio )lo7. nn.l Aurelins. . ? Herman mercenary, i.l I r.n ?i ?i t* A l.alf.i 1 eliiu f\t t!ii? Vifif rovisioual lle:;i:iie?t of Uarcelona, aad urteeu uoa- oinmissioae 1 officers an I ivatcs. Tli- meetim; between Colonel As:or an<l ajor Irles was extremely courteous, hut rmal. Choice of tho three Spanisli Mitenants in exchange for Hobson was veil to Major Irles. an 1 he also was inr:ne t that lie eoulil hav all of the. fouren non-commissioned officers and priites in exchanee for the American sailors. It- Spanish officers se'ected Lieutenant ties and the other two Spanish offie-rs ere conducted hack toJuragun. The meetin" of the two parties and the change of prisoners had taken plat*" in ill view of both the American and Spanish ddiers. who were intp'uched near tl> eeting pla?v, and tlie keenest interest as taken in the episode. Hobson and his nieu wore escorted irongh tho Anieri an lines by CaUain hadwiek, of th? New York, who was ivaiting them. Every step of their jourwas marked by the wildest demonstraons on the part of the American soldiers, ho threw aside all semblance of dor. scrambled out of the entrenchouts. knocked over tent-guvs and her camp paraphernalia in their eager;ss to sec the return ins: heroes, and set up leer after cheer for the men who had issed safely through the jaws of death to rve their country. The same scenes of ithusiasm were repeated upon the arrival ' the men at the hospital station and at ir base at Juragua. Hobson, who reached there in advance ' his companions, was taken on board the ew York immediately. The ship's decks ere lined with officers and men, anil as obson clambered up her side and stepped i board the vessels, the harbor rang with ic shouts and cheers of his comrades, hieh were echoed by tjie crews of a dozen ausports lying near by. Hobson had little to nhv in recard to his eperiences, except tlmt he and hi? cominions h.nl been well treated by tin* j ;>aniar Is, and that they were all in good saltli. Corbin i* a Major-Ceneral. Til" Senate. Washington. passed a bill to ive the Adjutant-General of the array, encral Corbiu. tlte rank of major-general. Our Troojm I.and at Cavite. The Navy Department, Washington, rerived a dispatch from Admiral Dewey iving tiiat the United States troops had nded at Cavite. Aguinaldo proclaimed mself President of the revolutionary hilippine republic on July 1. The inirgents continued to gain ground outside aaila, having captured several towns. Minor Mention. { The Suez Canal yields an annual profit j 513,750.000. j Five 51000 Spanish live per cent, bonds j ere sold at auction in New York for 5100. SANTIAGO'S CAPITULATION The Beleagnered City'sCi?il Poi ers Stole a March on the Mi!i tary and Snrrendered First. FLMT.OF THE REFUGEE Great Outpouring of Women, Cni'tlre and Other Ncn-combacanto From the City, Before Linares Could jIhU? I'p III* "Tin _ to Accept the Inevitable SltilO Citizen Declared Against Spanish ltule?Tt Civil Governor, .llayor an<l Chi' Judge Within Our Lines For Prote' tion Thousands of llefugees l'nd< Our Flag Thev Have Selected the Ci ban General, Castillo, For Hie Noj Governor of Their City. Playa Dei. Estf.. Cuba (By Cable). Pi tails now coming in show why Santiago r< sisted the inevitable capitulation so louj When General Shatter sent a demand to unconditional surrender of Santiago t General Linares, that commanding ofilci of the Spanish forces was sick and lia turned over the direction of the repellin of the siege to Genera! Toral. The latter's orders were not to accede t a surrender until he had received explic directions from Madrid. Both Linares an Toral desired to continue lighting,if for n other reason, at least to uphold the-honc of Spain and keep their military record clear. But the townspeople, through the civ authorities, pressed upon the militai the lives of the famine-stricken popnlac indeed the rout was started by the entii civil government of the city surrenrlerin and coming over to our lines for prote< tion, deserting the military and denouni ing the mad persistence in resisting, i the expense of the destruction of Santiagi During the outburst attending defeat tb Civil Cfovernor. Senor Ros; the Mayo Senor Porrasoand the President of the U| per Court of Justice sneaked away, eomin across the mountains in a crowd of otln refugees, and as soon as possible reveale their identity to the Americans. The fo lowing notice was then place i upon th walls of Santiago: "Reing anxious to save the lives of won en and children aud of all nou-eombnl nuts, the authorities order that between tb hours of 5 and !> o'clock all wbo canrn carry arms leave the city for El Canev b any of the city gates. No passports will b necessary. All fugitives must go on fool Carriages are forbidden. The cripple will "have stretchers provided for tliern.'' As a result a great line of fugitive wound its way out of Santiago. It wax n rabble, but a well-dressed crowd of m?' m \ A vv'S sir^l7 Ely qg ggjj Spanish i:.\r.r.ED winr. defense as use ABOUND SANTIAGO. ami women for the most part, and ehildro in droves. All seemed to posses* subliru confidence that they would be well treate in the enemy's line. This fact demon strated that the Spanish woman, wiiateve she may say, lias faith in the chivalry o the Americans. About 400 persons were carried on litterWell in the van was an oid woman with parrot iu her iap. Tlie.stretcher Jiad broke down as it left tlie eitv. and the parrot' age hail lieen lost. Many of the poore women wore large crucifixes. and some en tered El Cauey saying their beads. I'll re children walked together each with chromo picture of Christ tied to its neck. The Catholic church of El Canev stand in the middle of a square. As the crow approached, it saw a novel sight. Th doors had been thrown open and th j)orch was being used by the American sui geons as an operating room, it being th only place they could tlnd in which to ear for the wounded prisoners. The cliure pews were turned iutobeds. and many refu gees hurried from aisle to aisle in search o friends. One old woman who had been carried i on a litter hobbled up the aisle in search o her son. who had been missing siuce th tlrst day of the battle. She found him ly iug near the chancel rail mortally woumlei! Soir.e of the women fugitives were pei f.vi.voo /if r !> ?<#? vAlnntpfirp as nurses, tin* men meanwhile being bus making preparations to shelter tlie woine and children tor the night. Most of tiie rich fugitives supposed tl?a tliey would be taken to Siboney. Tli French Consul made the request, but th American officers had to refuse, as a ne\ quarantine regulation forbids any of th sautiugo refugees coming inside tiie cam] Spain's Fence Overtures. Spain's informal overtures for peace hav been made through Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, the British Ambassador at Madrid Spain, into whose hands American interest in Spain were intrusted by United State Minister Woodford just prior to his depart are from that country. Camera's Squadron Keturna to Spain. Admiral Camara's squadron rc-en tered the Suez Canal on its returu t< Spain. The Spanish Cuoinet decided tha the fleet was needed more for home pro tection than for nn attack upon the American fleet in the Philippines. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. TVashlncton Item*. Represcntatiw^Meyer, of Louisiana, In- ]! troduced a join# resolution tendering the 5 thanks <# Congress to Lieutenant-Colonel 1 {Robert W.Huntington and the officers and | men of the First Bnttalion, United States Marines, for courage and bravery at Guantanamo, Cuba. The Senate passed the House bill permitting the Secretary of War in his discretion to have erected on the West Point reservation an edifice for religious worship. > General Grecly left for Chickaraauga on a tour of inspection of the Signal Corps, ami V.-1H go irom i>uiekauiauKu i" iaui|<a, from Tampa to Key West and from Key West to Santiago and Ciuantanamo. Tho House concurred in the Senate amendment to the General Deficiency bill authorizing the settlement of tho Pacific roads debts to the Government. representative Gibson, of Tennessee, introduced bills extending the franking P, privileges of ths officers and enlisted men \ of tho Army ane Navy while in actual war J service, and authorizing tho raising of <0.000 colored troops from tho Nation at largo for two years' service. An order has been issued by Secretary Long for the retirement of Admiral KirkD land, senior officer of tho navy. A statement issued by the Bureau of Statistics shows that tho exports of America doubled the imports in the last eleven months. The brigade under General Garretson at Camp Alger has been ordered to proeecd J at once to Santiago. Secretary Alger and Major-General Miles have decided to establish a military prison i in the immediate vicinity of Santiago. ie Secretary Alger sent to the House the r{ draft of u bill to increaso the Judge Advocate-General's department in the army by c" adding to it one colonel and one Uetitcnrr ant-colonel. The Senate amendments to the bill for the pay of the army from enrollment to ct the mustering in were concurred in by the Honse, and the bill was sent to the President. >. Surgeon-General Sternberg of the army will send a number of surgeons to Shafter's army on the steamer Grand Duchess, ? which will leave Newport News, Va., for r Santiago. o Representative Berry introduced a re5o!r lutioa tendering the thanks of Congress and the American people to Commodore (1 Schley, his officers and men for the deg itructiou of Cervera's fleet. Domestic. 0 .. Leo Weil, a young photographer of Chicago, who was well-known on account of d his photographic inventions, committed o suicide while in a state of insanity. >r Mrs. J. C. Nulsen, wife of a St. Louis Is (Mo.) millionaire, committed suicide by banging herself with a towel. Mr. and il Mrs. Nulsen had recently celebrated their y golden wedding, and for some time she had snffored from melancholia. f: Enraged citizeus of Millhal!, Penn., gave a Spanish-American, named David Will% Jams, a coat of tar and feathers for deriding ]' the flag at a flag raising. Patriotic citizens of Massachusetts conj trihnted *50,000 for the equipment of the hospital snip Bay State which is being r fitted out at Boston. )- Tho Executive Committee of the Bed g Cross Society for the maintenance of trained ;r nurses met in New York City and pledged (1 the society to pay the expenses of 100 nurses 1- to Cuba, and 200 at the front. 10 Several car loads of canned meats for the army were condemned by the inspectorJ" general at Jacksonville, Fla., and ordered * buried, le ... )t \> htle tue Sehmid Brothers were watchIV ing tlie parade of tiio Buffalo Bill show at Newcastle, Penn., thieves entered their t store from the rear and stole diamonds and ,j jewelry worth $30,000. The thieves escaped, leaving diamonds scattered all over the 3 place. o Parker Pillsbnry. the associate of Gar* 11 ri>on. Itoirers. Phillips and others in the great anti-slavery movement, died at his home. Concord, S. H. He was eighty-nine years old. While bathing in the Charles River Brother Viutrlce, a teacher in the Home of the Angel Guardian, of Roxbury. Mass.-, and John Killin. nine years old, a pupil of the same institution, became exausted and were drowned. William K. Carlisle, eldest and only surviving >on of John G. Carlisle, former Secretary of the Treasury, died from malnrin in Xew York Citv.v The gunboat Hornet brought two prizes into Key West, a steamer and a sloop. Miss Constance Renuev, nineteen years old. "r Camden, N. J., was struck bv an Atlantic City express on the Reading Railroad ;t!i i instantly killed. Miss Renney was rilling a bicycle. Preparations have been made for the care of wounded at Key West, where a convent | has been turned into a hospital. l.ewis Auucrson, a larmer living at mani ton. X. .f.. was struck by u train while walkiug upon the tracks near that place i anil instantly killed. He was horribly mangled. One hundred recruits for Colonel Wood's rough riders have left Santa Fe, * N. M., to join the regiment at Santiago. _ Benjamin Kimmell and Alvin Harper, n two recruits of the First Artilierv, Fort Taylor Garrison, were instantly killed by ,j tlie premature explosion of a powder charge in a gun at Key West on .Monday, r Lewis Krakau, aged twenty-live: Fredf crick Mendtmau, thirty-two. and William . Clark, eighteen years old. were drowned in ;. the Baltimore Harbor. Baltimore, lid. The a sailboat in which the men were taking an 11. outing was capsized by a squall. s News from Dawson City, in the Klonr dike, up to June 1 told of the absence of '* good mining claims, t li?? heavy death rato o from sickness and the washing ashore of a most of the river boats-by high water. City Marshal (leorge Douglas, of Pittsj" field. II!., who had been ordered to urrest Heury Landmen. shot and killed the latter when lie resisted. In opposing the Marshal Latidrum tired several shots, two of which wounded members of the City Council. James Hinsou. one of the Couneiltnen, was wounded fatally. Everv Chinese-made uniform so far fnf. spected at San Francisco, Cal., has been condemned, a ' The headquarters of the First Volunteer J Engineer 'Kegiment has been removed e from New York City to Camp Townsend, near reekskill, N". V. Forelen. ! Th" steam va-lit .Margarita, belonging to y the Drexels, of Philadelphia. P<-nn., was u sold to the King <>f the Belgians and handed over to the King's representative at Lon* don. ^ In th" British House of Commons MrCurzon. Under Foreign Secretary, anHint fiermanv. the United States ! England had consented to the return C.' t" )hmn.> The Earl of Rosebery warmly advocated B in London an Anglo-American understandin s?. Three Socialist workmen were arrested > at Budapest, Austria, charged* with high s treason. One of them confessed that he s took part in a conspiracy to attempt the life of Emperor Francis Joseph by the use of dynamite, during his expected visit to that city. The auxiliary cru iser Oseeola captured a Spanish lighter loaded with provisions and > valued at $50,000 off the coast of Cuba. Terrible storms and cloudbursts have " caused many fatalities and great damage to the crops in Hungary and Austria; the loss is estimated at *8,000,000. WATSON CHASES CAMABA An American Squadron Will Harry the Coast of Spain. Aritr ntiunirn i o a niOf btl?t l/ANAHILd A5 A DAOCr War Board Telegraphed Orders Detaching the Eastern Squadron From Samp" son's Command A Fleet That Will Strike Terror to the Dons at UomeaA Six Colliers Will Accompany the Ships^^fl Washington-, D. C. (Special). Commo-^ dore John C. Wntson's fleet, which will sail at once from Santiago for the Canaries, and thence to Spain, will meet the Yankee, at a point in the Atlantic Ocean determined in the orders which dispatch it. Troops4 * : |l| --"S i J Q COMMODORE J. C. WATSOX. will be made ready to follow up naval advantages gained in Spain. They will guard strategic points captured, and garrison the forts in the Canaries when captured. The intention to have Commodore Watson bombard Spanish naval stations appears to have been abandoned, and be will devote all his energies to capturing or destroying Camara's vessels. The Eastern Squadron is to have six instead of three colliers, making the number of vessels under Watson's command thirteen instead of ten. There will be on? protected cruiser, the two best battleships of the navy, three auxiliary cruisers, formerly Morgan Line steamships, six colliers and a supply boat, as follows:; The protected cruiser Newark, which will be Commodore Watson's flagship, under command of Captain A. 8. Barker. - Battleships?The Iowa, Captain Kobley D. Evans, and the Oregon. Cantain C. E.. Clark. Auxiliary Cruisers The Dixie, Commander C. H. Davis; the Yankee, Commander W. H. Brownson, and the Yoseraite,. Commander W. H. Emory. Colliers The Alexander, Commander W T. Burwell; the Abarenda, LieutenantCommander W. H. Buford; the Leonidas,. Commander W. J. Moore; the Cassius, Commander S. W. Very; the Cssar, Lieutenant-Commander A. B, Speyers, and theJustin, Commander G. E. Ide, and the supply ship Delmonico. The hix colliers are the best the navy has. Their combined Tcapacity is 25,000 tons of \ coal, sufficient to carry the squadron to the Philippines and have plenty of fuel^te ^* spare. The vessels under Watson will be able to give a good account of themselves, even if Camara should turn back to meet tbem. The Newark is practically a new armored cruiser, fast, protected, and carrying ten six-inch guns. What the Iowa and Oregon can do Admiral Cervera could tell if he got hack to Snain. And the Yankee. Dixie and Yosemito have been taking their shnre of whatever lighting is to be bad. No torpedo boats are going on this cruise. Tliev are in the way. The search-lights and the secondary batteries will takO' care of the enemy's destroyers. Commodore Watson carries his own naval base* With him, in the colliers. News from the Canary Islands tells of th?state of semi-panic to which the population has been reduced by fear of American bombardment. THE WAR CONGRESS ADJOURNS. Singing Patriotic Song* It Pause* Tnta History. Washington*, D. C. (Special). The Fiftyfifth Congress of the United States, whioh will bo known hereafter as the War Con-1 gress, adjourned Friday with a display of patriotic fervor. The Senate occupied its closing hours by approving appointments that had been! made by the President. A resolution was adopted thanking Senator Frye, President pro tempore of the Senate. The House cleared the calendar of alt business ttint was yet to be transacted when it convened Friday, so as to have a clean docket before It adjourned. There was no business of importance done. When Speaker Reed announced that Congress had adjourned the members reinforced by the soprano in the gallery, sang "My Country, 'tis of Thee.'' It was an inspiring scene. This was followed by cheers, in which the galleries were also allowed to join, for the President, the army and navy, the Speaker, and lastly for General Joe Wheeler. Flags were brought in, and each member waved one ns^hey sangthe "Star-Spangled Banner"' and" other patriotic anthems. Nation's Budget, SSOI ,000,000. The Congress just adjourned appropriated ?892,000,000. Of this ?301,000,000 was for war expenditures and ?412,000,000 for ordinary expenditures to run the Government machinery, which was only ?4,000,000 more than the appropriation of the Inst session. There was no River and Harbor bill. Hobson to Save Cervera'* Fleet. A wreekiuff expedition started from New York City for Cuba for the purpose of floating as many as possible of Oervera'^ sunken fleet. Lieutenant Hobson. who was recently exchanged. i* at the scene of the wrecks, trying to save Admiral Cervera's flagship, the Cristobal Colon. A ('loudburit Kill* Fourteen I'ei'MM. Fourteen persons were killed and muchproperty was destroyed by a cloudburst at: Steelvilie. ilo. ltoosevelt .Made a Colonel. Brigadier-Generals Hawkins, Lawton Chaffee and Bates have l>eeii made MajorGenerals by President McKinley, and Coi*.v' onel Wood of the rough riders has beenj* made a Brigadier-Genera], and LieutenantColonel Roosevelt a Colonel, A Spanish Privateer After Klomlikerg* The Navy Department, Washington, has been informed that a Spanish privateer! earrying tlveguns. is offtheeoast of British; Columbia, between Prince Charlotte Sound! and Dixon's Entrance, waiting to attack} vessels coming from the Klondike regions*' "U>