The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 04, 1898, Image 3
"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.
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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
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* If Terms of Peace Are Humiliating
the Carlists Will Rise, i
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t- PRETENDER ON THE BORDER, !
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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.
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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.
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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
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re 1'ennsyivania, consisting ui -* wiucoi;
k, and 611 men.
a- General Brooke and his staff took passage
on the St. Louis.
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!-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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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;!' 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,
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!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:
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SHAFTER'3 MEN TO REST. 9T
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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
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SHIPBUILDER SCOTT SUCCESSFUL m
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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
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First Caie of Nostalgia. ^0
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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