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"ponce Yields without a shot Porto Rico's Metropolis Surrenders to Our Forces and Welcomes Them With ^ Enthusiasm. THE OCCASION A HOLIDAY Brave Dash of Massachusetts and l!!i \A/: V AU . nois YOiuruesrs wins ictucu nuci a Brisk Engagement. Spain's Troops Fled In Dismay. Leaving Guns and Ammunition Our Warships Filtered the Harbor anil Captured Sixty Lighters. Twenty Sailing Vessels and 120 Cons of Coal Total Casualties to Americans. Three Slightly Wounded The Stars anil Strioes Wildly Cheered by the People Genera! .Miles Issued a Proclamation Outlining the Objects of the American Government. PuBT of Posoe. Porto Bico (By Cable). The port ol Poace surrendered to Commum^r C H "H-ivii nf thp miYlllarv f?nn. boat Dixie Wednesday. There was no resistance anl the Americans were welcorned with enthusiasm. Major-General Miles arrived here Thursday m trains; at daylight with General Ernst's brigade and General Wilson's division on board transports. General Ernst's brigade immediately started for the town of Ponce, three miles inland, which capitulated Thursday afternoon. Tae American troops are pushing toward the mountains and will join General Henry with his brigade at Yuaco, which has been captured by our troops. A tight before the latter place on Tuesday was won by the American volunteers. The Spaniards ambushed eight companies of the Massachusetts and Illinois regiments, but the enemy was repulsed and driven back a mile to a ridge, where the Spanish cavalrv charged and were routed by our infantry. General Garretson led the fight with the men from Illinois and Massachusetts and the enemy retreated to Yuaco, leaving four dead on the field and several wounded. None of our men was killed andonlylhree were slightly wounded. The woAded are: Captain Gihon Barrett, Private James Drummond, Private H. C.Gary. The Porto Ricans are glad the American troops have landed and say they are all Americans and wiil join our armv. The roals are good for military purposes and our troops aro healthy. General Mile*'* Proclamation. \ General Miles nas issued the following proclamation: **IS?89^9bsSC?ptioil of the war against the kingdom otSpteiB^y *h? people of the * United States in the cStliis? of liberty, justice and humanity, its forces have come to occupy the island ctf Porto Rico. They eopie bearing the bannered freedom, inspired by a noble purpose, flfiseek the eremiesofour Government and yours, and to destroy or capture all in armetT sistance. "They bring you the fostering arms of a fr?? nennie whose createst nower is jus tice and humanity to ail Jiving within their fold. Hence they release you from your former political relations, and it is hopel this will be followed by your cheerful acceptance of the Government of the United Stutes. "The chief object of the American military forces will oe to overthrow the armed authority of Spain and give the people of your beautiful island the largest measure of liberty consistent with the military occupation. They have not come to make war on the people of this country who for centuries have been oppresed. But. on the contrary, they bring protection not only to yourselves, but to your property. Thevcorncto promote your prosperity and bestow the immunities and blessings of our enlightenment and liberal institutions and Government. "It is not their purpose to interfere with the existing laws and customs which are wholesome and beneficial to the people, so long as they conform to the rules of the military administration, order and justice. This is not a war of devastation and dissolution, but one to give all within control of the military and naval forces the advantages and" blessings of enlightened civilization. Terms of Capitulation. U. S. S. Massachusetts. Secretary Navy. Washington: Commander Davis, with Dixie, Annapolis, Wasp and Gloucester, left Guanica, July 27. to blockade Ponce and capture lighters for United States Army. Citv of Ponce and Playa surrendered to Commander Davis upon demand at 12.3'J a. m.. Jnlv 28. American flag hoisted 6 a. m.. 28th. .Spanish garrison evacuated. Provisional articles of surrender until occupation by army: 1.?Garrison to be allowed to retire. 2.?Civil government to remain in force. 3.?Police and Are brigade to be maintained without arms. 4.?Captain of port not to be made prisoner. Captured sixty lighters, twenty sailing vessels and 120 tons of coal. Higuissos. Settling Terms of Peace. Washington, D. C. (Special).?President McKinley and his advisers spent Friday discussing the nature of the response to Spain's overtures for peace. On all the issues, except the disposition of the Philipnnunlmitv develODOd. The follow lug is the result of the conference: ^ First Independence of Cuba. Second Absolute surrender of Porto Rico to the United States. Third No linal decision as tc the disposition of the Philippines. Fourth The cession of one of the Ladrone Islands and one of the Caroline Islands for use as coaling stations. Fifth No money indemnity. A Circus Klepliant Dies of Lockjaw. Prince, one of the largest elephants in captivity, traveling with a circus, died at T Wabasha, Miuu., from lockjaw. The elephant recently killed its keeper at Racine, Wis., and had since be u kept in chains, which resulted in lockjaw. A Grewsome Ocean Scene. A schooner passing the sceneofthe La Bourgogne disaster off Newfoundland, found fully a hundred bodies floating, and took from some of them articles tor identification. | r I THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Washlncton Items. The French Em bass v has requested th release of the Olinde Rodriguez, which wa recentlv caught while trying to run th Cuban blockade. At the request of tho German Embass\ the Secretary of War granted permissio to medical officers of the imperial armv t visit American military hospitals. The Secretary of War decided that ad lug assistant surgeons may wear the ur dress uniform of the United States Arm Medical Corps, bereft of all marks and it signia of office. Representative James II. Lewis, of th State of Washington, has been assigned b the War Department to service under Ger eral Brooke. He declined to take a con mission from the President and was it stead detai.ed for duty at the front witl out compensation ns from Washingto State Guard, of which he is colonel. r.ugineer ??iwe, who irH^ineuvucuai^ of neglect of duty in connection with th New York drydoek. has been convictet and sentenced to three years' suspensio from rank. Major James E. Lewis lias been appointe rosttnaster at Santiago, to take the plac made vacant by the death of Eben Brewei Steps a- to be taken to fortify th harbor of Honolulu, and a detachment t volunteer engineers will be sent from Sa Francisco to prepare plans. The board of naval officer* which wa detailed to make enlistments in the nav has completed its labors and been di< solved. The boar i secured 1300 met machinists an 1 seamen, mostly fro: Western towns and along the lake front. The Navy Department has been oblige again to postpone the date for the receit of bids for the construction of the torped boats. It has now been set for August ' upon the representations of shipbuiidei on the Pacific coast that otherwise the would not have sufficient time to get thei bids through by mail. The War Department received a letle from a New York attornev. representing J L. St. John, protesting against the awar for transporting the Spanish prisoners i Spanish ships. Domestic. Petersburg. Ya., was visited by a Bevei storm, in which John F. Rolfe, a merchan was instantly killed by lightning, in froi of his store, while in "conversation with I friend. He leaves a widow and four chi ! dren. Policeman Charles Gebhardt. of tl Hoboken (N. J.1 force, was shot and kille by a man he was trying to arrest. Tl murderer was chased and captured t another policeman. He says his name James W. Brown, and that he lives in Jers< City. Joseph Banigan. the Rubber King, die at Providence, R. I. He was a millionai] philantaronist and spent vast sums i charity. He organized the combination < rubber interests all over the world. A cablegram received from Miss Clai Barton announced that the Red Cross reli work at Santiago and El Caney and Guai tauamo was proceeding satisfactorily. Ehner HVollman, a prosperous farme living ten miles northeast of Beatric Neb., left home with his wife to visit neighbor, and soon after their hou! caught fire and burned. Of Ave childre left at home, the eldest of whom wi eleven years old, two were burned to deaf and two others fatally injured. For the seventh time in two years tt postofflce at Oaktrce. N. J., was broke open find rooooa. mo imwcs j with crowbars, but succeeded in carryin off only Postmaster Stover's stock of gri ceries, vegetables, cigars and candy. The yacht Clipper, of Toledo, capsized i a squall near Put-In-Bay, Ohio, and Wil iain Arbuekle and Marcus Buttelle wei drowned. A life-raft from La Bourgogne wi brought to Boston port by a Erlti; ship, and from tho life-preservers found c it the conclusion was reached that sou persons from the vessel may have be< picked up. Spanish prisoners from Cervera's fle Seavev's Island, X. H., cheered t! UnTfevAStates gunboat Frolic as she passe en route li/g* Cuba. A cave-in oedturred at the United Ver< copper mine at Pre'scsott, Ariz., causing tl destruction of the as\ay office and part < the foundry on the surface. W. J. Johi son. civil engineer. Cl F. Beveridge, the a saver, and a laborer an a mod Larsen we killed. A mining exjpert from New Yor whose name is not kiown, was fatally i: jured. r Edward I. Bovle, tWenty years old. wi drowned in a pondi in West ford. Mass while swimming froii a boat to the shor Gustav Betcke and ixertz Honninger, bol of Now York City, ware instantly killed I a train near Shohola (Glen, Penn. The Twelfth Bapt^t Church (colored Boston. Mass., adopted resolutions requi: ing President McKinjley to institute a fr< military school in wfhich to educate co ored soldiers for thefc. position of commi sioued officers. f Mrs. Nicholas Jaikson was arrested i Hackensack, N. J., im the charge of bein accessory to the murder of Louis Jacksoi her little stepson. J Bishop MeGovern. of the Roman Catholl Diocese of Harrisbu^g, Pean., died in thf city. The steamer Missouri arrived in Xe York City from Philadelphia, and she wi be hastily fitted out as an ambulance shl of large capacity. ' Three paymasters sailed from New Yor City to pay off the troop3 at Santiag Cuba. Three submarine mines were exploded! the Long Island Soupd off Wlllets Point t Government officials. The experimei proved that the torpedoes are ample pr< tection against hostile vessels. The Sour will be cleared of all the sunken explosive Two hundred Klondikers with moi than a million iu gold reached Seattl Wash. L. Z. Leiter. of Chicago, after paying hi son's debts has $20,000,000 left. Mrs. Johanna Xeff, of Brooklyn, in tryir to murder her neighbors, the Delaneys, f; tally shot August Xeff, a six-year-old bo] Bernard F. Boylan, of Blackstone, Mass shot and killed his mother-in-law, Mr Maroney; twice shot his wife, Mary A., ar then so wounded himself that death e: sued in a short time. Dissensions betwe* husband and wife, business troubles an the use of liquor on Boylan's part were tt causes of the deed. Foreign. f General Shafter released forty Cuba: who had been confined in the jail in Sant ago on political charges. The ADglo-American League select* the Right Hon. James Bryce for chairmt and the Duke of Sutherland for treasure membership is open to all British ar American subjects. Von Veldtheira, who shot and killed M Mr. Woolf Joel, the trustee of the estate < the late Barney Barnato. the South Afr can millionaire, was acquitted of tl charge of murder at Johannesburg, Soul Africa. The prosecution of six Austrian sailoi at Havre, France, who were charged wit brutality to passengers of the French Llr steamer La Bourgogne at the time of tl sinking of the vessel, on July 4, has be? dropped owing to lack of evidence. The ship Konilworth, bound from Hil Hawaii, for New York, with a cargo < sugar, put into Valparaiso, Chili, on fir Both the captain and mate were dead. Tl tire was extinguished after a deal of dan age was done to the ship. NORTH SPAIN IN A RAGE. I A .3 * If Terms of Peace Are Humiliating the Carlists Will Rise, i n I o I t- PRETENDER ON THE BORDER, ! i- ' y < i- ( Snain on the Verire of Civil IVar-Tiie , ie Itoyalist Army is Brine Strengthened y "? I>on Carlos to Issue a Manifesto the , Moment Spain is Committed to a I)e- : '* m&nrt For I'eace. l- 1 u London* (By Cable). A despatch from ' Binrritz. France, says: "The Basque Tro- j vinccs, Navarro and the mountaiu districts ! 1, of Aragon and Catalonia, in Spain, the re- 1 11 ported strongholds of Carlism, are now on , a war footing and a military occupation oi 1 * all that country Is nearly complete. In ' r> many places the troops are camping out j o because the villages do not aiTord sufficient | )f accommodation. ' n "More troops, including artillery, are b9- ' ing sent to complete measures for meeting , v the Cariist rising, if attempted. The whole * Spanish Army is being strengthened bv two I j companies for each battalion. i ,j "The Government believes the Carlists boast of more strength than they really 1 . possess, and will attempt nothing yet. ' Still the situation is that the Carlists are ,r making ready to profit by the first sign ol ? popular effervescence in an effort to foment , ;J revolution. The Government is now pre'* pared to check them immediatelv." i ne mm correspondent 01 mc jimi rer ports an interview with one of tho chiel supporters of Don Carlos, whom he found r "brimming over with contldenee." Ho said: 1 d "Don Carlos will issue a proclamation ] n the moment Spain is committed to a de- i mand for peace. All the north of Spain is j eager and ready. We lack neither men . nor arms. Don Carlos will be proclaimed < in Catalonia and the Basque Provinces i :e without the necessity of striking a blow. I Then will come the time for war. ] 11 "The present dyna?tv counts for noth8 ing, although Marshal Campos and General Polavieja will carry with them considerable part of the army. The only General le on the side of the present Government is id Polavieja, but ho will be unable to resist le the current of popular opinion. Even the >y Republicans are on our side, for although is Don Carlos will be king, and absolute, he :y will give the provinces what they most desire?provincial councils, so they will have full liberty to manage their own re affairs according to their own idiosyncra[q cies. Don Carlos will suppress corruption and restore good methods all around. "General Weyler hesitates and moves between Carlists and Republicans. The Re rti publicans, of course, have an underlying ? motive. They believe that amid the general trouble their own party may have a chance of ooming to the surface, but the f, country is not prepared for that." ?e TROOPS OFF FOR PORTO RICO. >n i is General Brooke Leaves With 158 Offlceri h and 3196 Men. Newport News, Va. (Special).?Genera; 10 Brooke, commanding the First Army Corps 1? has sailed with an expedition of 158 offlceri ijj and 3196 men for Porto Rico. The vessel; > carried also 773 horses nnd 498 mules. The transports that got off are the City in of Washington, Massachusetts, Seneca and 1- Rounmanian and the auxiliary cruiser St. re Louis. The expedition was divided as follows: jg Massachusetts?Ambulance, signal corps k headquarters corps, Troops A and C New York Cavalry, and the City Troop of Phila1() delphia, including 805 men, 33 officers, 454 ,n horses, 420 mules and wagons. St. Louis?Third Illinois Regiment, Colonel Bennet and staff. et Roumanian?Four batteries of light artillery?A, of Missouri; A, of Illinois; B, oi ^ Pennsylvania, and the Twenty-seventh Indiana Battery. On this transport are If le officers, 700 men. 319 horses and 72 muies. ?e City of Washington?A detachment ol M the Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment of 22 a- officers and 612 men. s- Seneca?A detachment of the Fourth * : ? * # re 1'ennsyivania, consisting ui -* wiucoi; k, and 611 men. a- General Brooke and his staff took passage on the St. Louis. as [ !-t J Minnesota'* Ner Capitol. e* With great ceremony, in the presence ol J an immense concourse of people at St. Paul, Minn., the Hon. Alexander Ramsay, x Territorial Governor, only survivor of the ' famous Federal War Governors, ex-Secre5* taryofWarand ex-United States Senator, , laid the cornerstone of Minnesota's new capitol building. This two-million dollar * building was designed by Cass Gilbert, of Chicano, and is being constructed of granlt ite from St. Cloud, with Georgia marble '? for superstructure and trimmings. Q, Dinner Given to Cervera. 'c The first social recognition of the Spanish prisoners quarantined at Annapolis* Md., took place when Admiral Frederick U V. McNair, Superintendent of the United in States Naval Academy, gave a dinner to If ? a__ j i /-v Ui. tkadnnae. Aumirai i/orvera uju uis siau m mo intendent's house. The guests were re'* ceiyed by Admiral and Mrs. MoNair, ast>? sisted by Mrs. Hutchins, wife of Captain Hutchlns, of the navy. Admiral Cervera n and his staff were profuse in their expres>y sions of gratitude for the kindness shown it by the Americans. i- i td Bank Bobbers Foiled. 3' Five men who came to rob the bank at "e Checotah, Indian Territory, were met just ' outside the city limits by about fifteen citizens. well armed. A pitched battle result's ed, in which two of tue robbers were wounded. Three were captured. The ig other two. Miller and Crosby, the leaders i- of the gang, succeeded in making their esf. cape. One of the gaug had previously inL> formed the United States officials of theing] tention of tho robbers to break into the bank and the officers wore watching for 3. them. >n d Trains Stalled by Grasshoppers. 10 Grasshoppers are delaying trains in Eastern Colorado and Western Kansas. A few days ago two sections of tho Rock Island Express were stalled at the State 1S line, near Topeka, Kan., for several hours i on this accouut. Millions of hoppers were killed upon tho tracks, which then became : (. so slippery that the wheels went around | without moving the cars forward. The j in rails were as though they had been soaped. ! r: The hoppers are of the green variety, and j 1(1 many complaints of their devastation of ! crops have been made, r. ;!' 82,000,000 For the Troops at Santlaso. j le Fifteen additional paymasters have been j ;h appointed by the War Department, Wash- ( ington, and assigned to duty in Santiago. | rs They will report immediately to Major- I b Goneral Shatter, and will disburse about i ie ! $2,000,009 among the Santiago troops, le ! !li I Lieutenant Hobson's Labors. ! Lieutenant Hobson made final arrangeot ! meats with a Xew York wrecking compa- ? e. | for raising the Spanish warships. He es. ?? mated the cost of saving the Colon i- $500,000, and said the Government wo . get a vessel worth five times that a moan.. CUANTANAMO'S FALL The Terrible Condition of Floth Citizen* and Spanish Troops. Santiago, Cuba (By Cable).?Lieutenant-Colonel P.osell, who after taking con- ^ flrmation of the instructions to surrender from General Toral to General Pareja, Military Governor of Ouantanamo. returned !iere and said that the first intimation that m luantanamo had of the surrender of San- r? :iag"> and the terms thereof was on July 53, when Rear-Ad.niral Sampson sent a letor to General Pareja asking what number ^ )f rations should bo sent to his garrison, iri is they had been surrendered on the 17tb. ^ General Pareja. being ignorant of the surrender, refused to credit the message x> ind nccerit rations, answering Admiral k1 <nmpsoa to that eiTect. Admiral Sampson p? linn coTif a nf thfl farmc r\t Gnrr^Tlii^r r? Thereupon General Fareja decided to in- ttl juire of General Toral, at Santiago, .H whether the news was true, and Lieutenmt-Coionel Rosoll was appointed to come J lere. He retuvned with this confirmation to ind General Pareja surrendered. to Colonel Rosell says the conditions at it luantsnarao are awful, and the troops are a! iterally starving. For manv days they lave ha l little or no food. On mounting juard the soldiers were obliged to sit, be- . ng too weak to stand, and it was impossi- ; ob? to make them build trenches, as they w >11 from exhaustion. There are 2030 sick Wl it Guantanamo, suffering from diseases in- th ?reased by hunger. The conditions of ap Guantanamo. Colonel Rosell says, are pr worse than were those at Santiago. Lieu- yy tenant-Colonel Ewers, of Ninth Infantry, p received the surrender of Guantanamo. rhe Spanish troops will remain in town uatil transported. le: de SHAFTER'3 MEN TO REST. 9T wi Ordered Into Camp at Montauk Point, til I.ons Island. Washington, P. C. ("Special). Secretary Alger sent a dispatch to General Shafter informing him that a cainp would be directly established at Montauk Point. Long island, upon the recommendation of tho .. Surgeon-General, for the reception of regiments now Attache I to the Fifth A1 4.rmy Corps at Santiago as soon as they T) could be sent home, having due regard to of the protection of American interests at bt Santiago, and the freedom of the troops ?( from infectious diseases. The immune regiments, six in number, . which have been recruited especially for l?( the purpose, will be sent forward to Santi- 11 ego as speedily as possible to form the of permanent garrison. fo c< SHIPBUILDER SCOTT SUCCESSFUL m ee lie Will Construct American Warships CO For the Czar of Russia. fil Irving M. Scott, the American ship- ^ builder, who constructed the battleship Oregon, which has made such a splendid record, is returning from Russia, to which country he had been summoned by the . Czar for the purpose of advising in regard 811 to Russian naval construction. al His mission has been wholly successful ce and he will have the contract to bui'1 some th warships to add to the Russian Nary. tri pi First Caie of Nostalgia. ^0 de Private Harvey Atkins, Company I, Sec- wj ond Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, jn died at Santiago from nostalgia. Nostal- 5t gia is medical Greek for homesickness, and many a soldier nas succumbed to it. During the Civil War there were hundreds of deaths from that cause, but this is the first to be reported during the present war. dc A really bad case is more dangerous gj than the yellow fever, for no cure is pos- jcj slble except to send the soldier home, and in time of war that is impossible. r co rtr Commodore Schley's Ilamlsome Present* q( The people of Maryland have raised a ve fund of $25,000 to purchase some sort of testimonial for Commodoro Schley, who is a native of the State. It was decided by the committee to purchase a handsome vi villa, surrounded by a small farm, within of lmnii a?> itrA r\t T*'ilh'mni'A nnil W/lshin? ton, so that the Commodore will have a ? snag harbor to anchor in when old age overtakes him and ho goes upon the rc- K? tired list. V1 yi New Postmaster For Santiago. Mr. Louis Kempner has been designated by rostmaster-lienerai Smith, at Washing- g ton, to act as Postmaster at Santiago. This 8jj action was taken because Major Stuart, who had been selected for this place, desired to remain with the army. Instruc- er tions were issued to Mr. Kempner to ad- er minister the postal affairs at Santiago un- th der the supervision of the mili ary nuthori- of ties. To Search For the Missing. Secretary Alger, Washington, is dis- g( tressed at th? number of missing carried on in the rolls. He has telegraphed General in Shatter to hire all necessary help and send sh men out through the jungles to hunt up the remains of the poor fellows, for he does not doubt that missing in this case means death under the bushes and an undiscovered body. to Liluokalani Dying of Cancer. 'I( Former Queen Liluokalani, of Hawaii, is dying of a cancer, which for a year or more has been growing on the righ side of her neck over the jugular vein. She has kept this a secret from her most intimate friends, an i avoided all efforts to seek medical treat- !!,c meat. The ex-Queen's condition has beca ae very critical. ] Three Ki!Ie<l by an Express Train. v?*hile driving across a railroad truck at J? Saratoga, X. Y., in front of the express ^ train from Troy. George Morris, an empi >ye of the Saratoga Vichy Spring Compaay, his daughter, Mrs. Quaekenbush, twenty-seven years old. and her eleven mtlis old daughter. Martha, were in- tb si mtly killed. ev A 1'omler Mill Explodes. Ri An explosion wrecked the powder mill 111 c." E. T. Johnson, at Troy, Penn., killing J8 Ig Mr. Johnson, who was alone in the mill, 'i i'cause of the explosion is uuknown. Mr. Johnson was paying teller in the.Pomei y and Mitchell Bank, and was in the habit n going to the mill early in the morning jn ? .'fore the bank opened. ar Burned Herself at the Stake. ro Mrs. Albert Campbell, aged thirty-two, Xii committed suicide at Now Castle, Penn., in a horrible mannsr. She strapped herself to a post in the yard, poured kerosene over ' aer clothes and applied a match. She was n< insane. Three Girls at a Blrtli. Mrs. Joseph Luvine. of Trenton, N*. J., is the mother of triplets, ai! girls. One of the bj three is much smaller than her sisters and m weights but three pounds. Mother and ki daughters are doing well. Tito Lavines p, are P.ussiaa Jews. The husband is thirty- }ll lour and the wife thirty-two years old. ^ Itebellion In China Suppressed. The rebellion in China h:;3 been com- di r letely suppressed in three districts. Four cities have been re-oceupied by the Impe- b' ?i ?> and an influential rebel chief S13 l;-i3 been arrested. PALViSTTQ DOTS. .NUi"KI> (.'ASK ON TRIAL. i'V-n 31rn on Trial for the Murder ol 11 Negro G rL About three years ago a negro girl umed Level Williams broke into the isnleuce of R. T. Blair, at Ridgeway, id succeeded in carrying off a good any pieces of jewelry and clothing, tcluding.Urs. Blair's bridal trousseau, warrant was taken out for her. Mr. lair, acting as constable, with his rother, followed the woman to Prosirity, where she was arrested. The msiables were returning to Ridgeway id upon reaching Pomaria they stop Hi there ana locKou the prisoner in ie depot and went to Capt. W. T. Hatu's to get supper. Upon returning the depot the girl was missing, and is said that she has never been seen ive since then. There are many reports concerning e events at I'omaria that night hereon 8 and 11 o'clock. It is not known hat kind of evidence the State has orked up, but of course it is certain at the woman very mysteriously dis>peared, and the State will try to ove that she was murdered. Capt. T. Hatton, Adam L. Anil, Albert Riser, R. T. Blair and James Blair, hite, and Wash Wicker and East Fulr. colored, are charged with the murir. It will be one of the biggest cases er tried there, as there are over 210 itnesses and the trial will likely oonlue three or four days. Farmers' Alliance. The State Farmers' Alliance which cently met in Columbia, elected the Uowing officers: I'resident, J. C. ilborn, of York; Vice-I'resident, J. Blake, Abbeville; Secretary and -easurer, J. W. Reid, Spartanburg, ie term of W. N. Elder as a member the executive committee had expired, it he was re-elected. A delegate from >uth Carolina to the National Alliance is to have been elected, but this section was left to the discretion of resident Wilborn. The next session the State Alliance will beheld on the urth Wednesday in July, 1899, and jlumbia was chosen as the place of eating. A resolution looking to the lling of all cotton by the Alliance me before the meeting but was not lally acted upon. A resolution of anks to the railroads was passed for lowing reducerd atesto the delegates. Burglars Infest Walterboro. The town of Walterboro has been in a ate of wild excitement, caused by imerous burglaries. One night rently there was a light shower, and e next morning a great big barefoot ack was distinctly seen at each of the aces robbed. The burglar was tracked the railroad, but from there no eviince whatever could be obtained as to lich way he went Parties were sent search and telegrams dispatched, it all of no avail. Gaftney Farmers Feeling Happy. Thu ^iaftViAtr formara arA nntv oVinrif >ne working their crops and are banning to brag on them lavishiy. :om every section of the county comes e most flattering accounts of the rn, cotton and othev crops. The ied np gardens of a few weeks ago >w have on a new appearance and igetables are plentiful. Received Life Sentences. John Gray and Gower Dixon, concted with recommendation to mercy, the murder of Charlie Evans, were ven a life sentence in Judge Benet's urt at Greenville. Frank Dial, who lied his brother-in-law, and was concted of manslaughter, was given five iars. -* > Too Many Fires. There have been so many incendiary es recently in Greenwood that the lerift', Mr. R. F. McCaslan, has felt nstrained to bring the matter to Govnor Ellerbe's attention, and the Govnor has offered a reward of 31"?0 for e apprehension with proof to convict the guilty parties. - -< ? Citadel Scholarships. Superintendent of Education Maysld has sent out to the county supertendents of education letters notifyg them that examinations for scholar iips in tne soutu Carolina .uimary uademy will bo held on August 19. Wants Another Telephone. An effort is being made in Columbia get up another telephone in opposi)u to the Bell system. Will Pay the State. Governor Ellerbe has been informed r the War Department that all debts curred by the State in mustering in iluuteer troops will be paid by the jderal government. Recruiting Station at Spartanbug. A recruiting station for the Third giment of volunteer engineers, nited States army, has been opened Spartanburg. Lively Cut Rate War. Charleston is now witnessing one of e liveliest cut rate wars that she has er seen, as a result of the construc-<n of the Charleston and Seashore ailroad, connecting the city with ihe ainland or Mount Pleasant, Sullivan's land and Loug Island, renamed the le of Palms. To Tall On Secretary Algpr. Col. Wilie Jones has gone to Washgton to confer with Secretary Alger, id acquaint him with the difficulty of stting up the Second South Carolina giment under the present rules of enstment <*? New Fire Alarms. Columbia has recently put in three jw tire alarms. Work of Lightning. During an electric storm at Swansea r. B. F. Neese's barns were r^ruck r lightning and damaged. A tine ule belonging to J. D. Top Tell was lied and another badly stunned. Mr. apwell and Mr. Leroy Ifutto, who id driven under the barn to get out of e rain, wore also badly shocked. At a recent meeting of the board of rectors of the Lutheran Theological :miuary, it was decided toyiermanentlocate the school at Mt. Pleasant, a iburb of Charleston. i 4 S, C. CROP BULLETIN. Excessive Rains In Several Counties. Crops Good. There was more than the usual f amount of rain in Spartanburg, Greenville. Florence, Pickens, Dorchester, Orangeburg, Barnwell and Charleston counties where from two to six incline 1 fell during the week. In the upper Savannah valley, and the central counties, and in the extreme northeastern counties the rainfall varied from onetoenth inch to over two inches, while elsewhere from half na inch to over aa inch of rain fell. The rains of tht week came in numerous, fairly well distributed showers. In Edgefield and Anderson counties, and over limited areas in the easterns portion of the State, more rain is needed, but generally there is enough, or too muob, moisture for crops. The average rainfall for the State was 1.55 inches, and the normal of the same period is approximately 1.41. The following heavy measurements (in inches) were reported: Liberty 2.00, St. Georges 4.75, Loopers 2.30. Jeffries Creek 3.15, White Hall 2.45, Sandy Flat 5.25, Riverview 0.12, Greenville 2.42, Salters 2.50, Charleston 2.83, Spartan_ burg 3.15, Allendale 3.35, Blackvilie 2.45. There was very little cloudiness until Saturday, after which generally cloudv weather prevailed. The esti mated percentage of bright sunshine was 80 per cent, of the possible, ranging from 31 at Inman to 100 at Govan andShiloh. A heavy storm passed over Florence county on tho 21st, with washing rain, and heavy winds that blew down corn, fruit trees and fences. No other damaging high winds were reported. A largo majority of the reports for the week, and covering the entire State except restricted areas in Spartanburg, Greenville, Pickens, Orangeburg,Florence, Dorchester and Barnwell counties where the rainfall was excessive, describe the weather during the past week as favorable on growing crops of all kinds. The humia heat, especially at night, together with numerous and well distributed showers stimulated rapid growth, while for the greater portion , of the week the bright sunshine dried the surface of the ground sufficiently to K>rmit cultivation of grassy fields, and ying by of many fields of corn and cotton in fine condition, although soma are yet in need of cultivation and will be laid by foul, as laying by is nearly finished ou account of cotton being too large to plough or hoe. The mid-summer condition of all the staple, as well as the minor, crops is very promising generally, and particniarly so in the northern and western counties and over extensive regions in other portions of the State. (Jorn made notioeable improvement, ard the greater portion of the crop is made, and to a large extent independent of subsequent weather conditions. The crop is promising?exceedingly fine in some localities?but will, as a whole, hardly be better or as good ' as an average one. In some counties corn is tiring on light lands; while on wet bottom lands it is burning . * yellow and has stopped growing. Practically all upland and most of the bottom land corn has been laid by. Stubble corn doing nicely. With the exception of too mnch rain on light, sandy soils that cansed some rust and excessive shedding, cot ton made satisfactory development during the week, although in pisoes there is a tenilenoy of the plants to grow too much to weed. In Bamberg and Hampton counties cotton is turning red. Many fields were cleaned of grass and weeds during the week, and although many grassy fields are still reported, the crop as a whole is well cultivated, and heavily fruited. Open bolls are noted in Barnwell county, but the crop as*a whole is later than last year. Laying by will soon be finished. Sea Island cotton is doin<? very well. Cutting and curing tobacco is well under way, and the condition and quality of the crop is reported very good. Preparations are being made for the first ''break" of the season at Florence on the 28th. Rice is growing well and is in a very nuAtMioinn oAn/lif i/>n All /lanrva* (vam I^UUilOlUg WUUlblVU. .111 \iau^<pi 11 VUi salt-water is over in the tidal rice sections. More than the usual acreage was planted iu peas this year, and where not too much moisture for them they are doing well. In the southern counties melons were small and inferior, but over the remainder of the State a large and fine crop is being marketed. Peaches are very plentiful and of very good quality, but apples and peats are quite scarce and generally inferior. Grapes are a full crop aod are ripening, but in places excessive rotting is noted. Scuppernongs not yielding as well as usual. Sweet potatoes, pastures, gardens, sugar cane and sorghum all making excellent growth. Forage crops doing well" and haying well under way, but much damaged in Charleston county by the rains. Schley's Rescue of Lieutenant Greely. In 1ST], while a lieutenant-commander on the Asiatic station, Commodore TV. S. Schley took part in aiP attack on the forces defending the fnrr nn thp river. in Korflfc" wherein the Koreans were taught a lesson in regard to the power of the United States that they have not forgotten. Schley's services in rescuing the survivors of Greelj's Arctic expe dition in 1SS4 are a matter of history. He was chcsen for the work because his fearlessness. self-possession and determination were recognized a just the qualities required for the emergency. He left his desk in the department at Washington on a day's notice, set out with the expedition, sailed straight to the polar regions and arrived at Cape Sabine in the nick of time. Had he tarried twenty-four hours on the way. he would have been two late: for Lieutenant Gveely and his six companions were at the point of death from starvation and cold. He was in command of the Baltimore in the harbor of Valparaiso in October, is:?l. when the sailors of his ship were set on by a Chillian mob ashore: one Yankee bluejacket was killed, and five others were badly hurt. Throughout the trying times which followed, Schley carried himself with a dignity and courage that commanded the admiration of the country.?McClure's Magazine