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The Last Day of Grace. British Beady to Occupy Cor into, Nicaragua. - MANAGUA, April 24.-The British admiral has notified President Zelega that three days will be gi veo Nicara? gua io which to comply with the terms of Great Britain's ultimatum. This j period will expire to-morrow. Failure to pay the indemnity will be followed by the seizure of the custom house at j Corinto and the collection cf dunes by British subjects, presumably officer* of the fleet detailed for the purpose. The note of the British admiral contains a declaration that force will be used to collect the money if opposition is made. Great excitement exists. The government, it is reported, will refuse to pay the indemnity and will abandon Conoto as a port of entry. The belief is general here that if Great Britain obtains possession of Corio to, she will continue to occupy it as she has occupied territory in Egypt and other countries, where she has obtained a foothold. * 'BEFORE SUNSET TO-DAY." LONDON, April 24-The Daily Graphic will say to-morrow under the caption "A Martyr to Monroeism:" *'Tbat the soil of the republics of the two Americas is safe from the trespass of European powers, no matter how the subj<ct8 and interests of the latter may have beear outraged, has been Nicara? gua's pride and solace throughout her tempestuous career and eveo although the stand alone, she will not desert so i convenient a principle. Before sunset j to-day, perhaps counsels of a less heroic kind will prevail, but whether or not Great Britain will by that time have taught Nicaragua and other States of Central and South America a lesson long needed." GRESHAM ASKS ENGLAND TO RESPECT A LITTLE COUNTRY'S PRIDE WASHINGTON. April 24.-Secretary Gresham bad a long interview with Sir Julian Paunceforte, the British Ambassador, this morning and also saw Minister Guzman of Nicaragua, who communicated to bim the intelligence he bad from bis government. Very shortly afteward, members of tbe cab? inet, one by one, drove out to Woodley, the President's country home, where a special cabinet meeting was held. The outcome of the meeting ia understood to be that the administration is dis? posed to use its good offices between Nicaragua and Great Britain so far as it consistently can President Cleve? land feels that as matters now staod, the United States can do nothing ex? cept to request Lord Kimberly not to force a settlement of the indemnity within the next twenty-four hours but to permit a sufficient time to'eiapse. so that Nicaragua may not be put in tbe position of being compelled to pay the "smart money" at the cannon's mouth. If the British foreign office shall agree to this, the incident will probably be closed within the next fortnight by the compliance on the part of Nicaragua with Great Britain's terms. Those who understand the sentiment I of the Nicaraguan people respecting j this matter predict that Nicaragua will not pay the indemnity unless Great Britain pursues a more conciliatory course. The disposition of President Zelaya and his advisers is strongly agaist paying the money under com hulsion. To do so will, it is said, re? sult in the overthrow of the present administration by the Nicaraguan peo? ple, wbo would even prefer that Corinto be occupied rather than that they should be compelled to make a humiliating sur? render. WASHINGTON, April 24.-The Nica? raguan minister, Dr. Guzman, spent several hours at the State Department in the early morning to-day, hoping to obtain from Secretary Gresham some further information as to the attitude of this country. The President and his cabinet were, in the meantime, being photographed and the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy im? mediately started for Philadelphia. In the afternoon Dr. Guzman called again s? the State Department, but saw the ! Secretary only for a moment. What passed between tbe two gentlemen has not been divulged, but in reply to an inquiry to-night, Dr. Guzman simply said that the Secretary had no informa? tion to impart, while he, the Nicara? guan minister, on the other hand, could advance no suggestion as to the outcome. Some embarrassment has been caused to the British ambassador, Sir Julian Pauceforte, by the connecting of his call upon Secretary Gresham yesterday with the dispute between his country and Nicaragua. The British ambassa? dor is frequently compelled to visit the State Department in view of the numer? ous matters constantly arising between the United States and his government, and it is positively stated that Sir Ju? lian's visit to the Secretary yesterday has no reference to the Nicaraguan incident. The British minister to Central America has been at Managua for several weeks. He will remaiu there until thc pending troubles have been adjusted. . Whatever communication Lord Kimberly desires to make iu Nicaragua will be made through the medium of the British representative there, Mr. Gosling. Nothing can be obtained officially from the State Department in regard to I the present attitude ot the United States in the Nicaragua affair, it is un derstood that the President \* unalter ! ably oppused to the giving out of aoy information as to mattera which may be made the subject of more or less deli? cate diplomatic negotiation The reti? cence which is observed towards the American public, however, is not so carefully maintained with diplomatic officers of other governments, and this* much that wuuld otherwise he a sealed* book become* matter of public informa? tion It is distinctly understoood that the United State? have taken the ground that the dispute between Great Britaiu and Nicaragua is one involving questions of national honor aud dignity lu which the United States ha? no right to interpose, lt ia, therefore, icferred that should Nicaragua hold out and British marines take possession of the Corinta custom house to-morrow morn? ing, no obiection would be urged on the part of the United States. It is positive that no United States war vessel has been ordered to Ooriuto. The two American warships reported io a Nica? ragua cable dispatch as having been seen on their way to Coriuto are my thical creations growing out of the fever? ish hopes of the Nicaraguan people of United States intervention. It' is con? ceded even by friends of Nicaragua that no new embarrassment can come to Coriuto or to the republic itself from a temporary occupation of Corinto by the British, lt is believed that after a few days have elapsed and if the United States should fail to secure any exten? sion of time or change in the mode of payment, as asked at Nicaragua's re? quest, Nicaragua will then gracefully yield to the inevitable and come for? ward with the indemnity The armored defence vessel Monte? rey, aceordiug to the information of ?he Navy Department, may leave Acapulco to-night or to morrow for Panama in ac? cordance with her itinerary, which pro? vided that she should leave that port to-day, aud after "touching at such in? termediate points as may be desirable," should arrive at Panama not later thau May 7. ? lt is not known at the Navy Depart? ment just where tte Monterey will I stop on her way to Panania, but it is j probable that Captain Higginson will not stop at a port unless he ascertains in advance whether he can secure addi? tional coal or not. He could learn this from Merchant steamers spoken at Ac? apulco. There is no regular coaling place between Panama and Acapulco, although at times steamers' fuel in small quantities is obtainable io sev? eral of the Central American ports, which can be entered by vessels of the Monterey's draft, and Corioto is the most probable of these ports, the oth? ers being chiefly mere roadsteads, ac? cessible only in fair weather. The Navy Department as well as Captain Higginson, is, "officially" unaware of any complication at Corinto or the hos? tile presence of a Brittish fleet there, otherwise it would safely be assumed that the Monterey avoid that port. A prominent naval officer said to-day that unless the Monterey bad orders to prevent British occupation, tempo? rary or permanent, it would be very I unfortunate for ber toeoter Consto at this juncture, as her arrival there might raise false hopes in Nicaragua and prompt the government to acts which would give Great Britain addi? tional c.aims and further complicate the situation. In bis opinion the Mon? terey would try to make the 1.490 miles to Panama without a stop, trusting to reduced speed to enable her 200 tons of coal to carry ber the entire distance. WILL LANI) AT BREAK OF DAY. LONDON, April, 25.-Rear Admiral Henry F. Stevenson, commanding the warships in the harbor of Corinto, Nicaragua, has telegraphed to the ad? miralty that other war vessels are on their way to join bis fleet at Corinto and that be is prepared to land four hundred blue jackets at day break to? morrow, if the British demands are not complied with by midnight to-night The warships are lying close to the shore in order to protect the landing party which, the admiral says, he will cover with twenty-nine guns. Carrying Out The Bluff*. Gov. Evans yesterday made the state? ment that, in accordance with what he has said about disregarding Judge Goff's order, he had increased the force of dispensary constables by the appoint ment of ten new men. He said that he had sent three more new men to Charleston, one of them beiog Eichel? berger, who has been operatiog in the past in the up country. He says he is determined that all liquors brought into the State shall be seized despite Judge Goff's iDjunotion. It is pretty safe to say that in every instance of such seizure Judge Goff will have the constable before him for con? tempt, even before he proceeds to the ? hearing of the arguemeut under his j order. Many able attorneys are expressing ! the opinion that Jud^e Goff will make ] his order iu thc dispensary case penna- j neut. The State's legal advisers seem \ to think that the opposite will be the ! result. Attorney General Barber re? turned to the city yesterday. He says lie will endeavor to be ready for the ; hearing in all the cases concerned on May '1. He says that the amount T litigation that, is piling up is enormous and his office will be kept busy night and day for some weeks to come. Mr. j Barber says that the State is going to ! appeal from Judge Simonton's decision i in the Cantiui case.-?State, April 24. j A Swindle in Oranges. How Sicilian Shippers Got Ahead of the New York Merchants. NKW YORK, April 24.-Receivers of oranges and lemons have been made more alert than usual of late by the re? ceipts at this port of goods that suggest the gold brick swindle When front ruined the Florida crop dealers tu.-ried to Sicily as a source ot supply. The Sicilians had lust hold rm rbi* market by the growth nf the Florida trade and the chance that the call on that quarter for fruit early in the neason would not be repeated seems to have impressed i Fernandina Ferrell, of Palermo, that be might as well make a clean sweep 1 at once. It seems that the receivers j place credits in foreign banks in the ; fruit importing season aud kt shipoers j draw on thpse credits on the invoices, i Shippers usually get ?1 a box on these drafts, any balance being payable after delivery. E. I. Goodsell, of 103 Park place, placed abroad a credit of ?3.000 Thc bank that had it paid Ferrell $700 on papers chowing the shipment of 700 boxes of oranges and lemons. When the goods arrived they were found to consist of a single laver of inferior oranges or lemont* in each box, the remaining cpace being Siled with stooes. sand and sulphur. Freight, duty, insurance and commission amounted to $1 70 per box. This fruit was not worth the freight, and Mr Goodsell abandoned it to the Government,. About 4,000 boxes of this kind of stuff have been brought, to various receivers in the city during the past week The Italian Chamber of Commerce has taken up the grievance of victimized merchants and has asked the Government to fake such action as may puuich the swindlers, even if it may not recover the money lost, and which shall prevent repetitions of ship? ments which can only work seiious damage to Italian trade. England Always Ahead. NEW YORK, April 25.- A special cable dispatch to the Herald from Lon? don says that the real significance of the joint protest made on Tuesday Russia, Germany and France agaiusi the ratification' of the China-Japanese treaty of peace is well understood in English diplomatic circles. It H a pro? test against the secret British-Japanese I understanding arrived at before peace ! was finally arranged. Io a word Eng? land bas made a bard and fast combi? nation with Japan, and tbe other great Powers have joined in the late protest in order to prevent the possible consumma? tion of the alliance. England and Ja? pan have been in perfect accord since peace negotiations began. It is stated on good authority that Lord Kimberly has been consulted in every step during | the peace negotiations, and that Eng? land will support Japan by every diplo? matic influence in ratification of the treaty as arranged at Shimonoseki. A Tragedy Near Ormond. ORMOND, FLA., April 25.-Yester- ! day's shooting affray between Jeff! Hagan and Judge Roland bas resulted io a tragedy. Both men were shot yesterday in a quarrel about the dis- j charge of Roland by Hagan. Roland, who is a burly negro of rather bad repu? tation, bas been at his house in Liberia the negro suburb of Ormond, since he was shot. To-day Sheriff Kurtz came from De? land to arrest bim and was accompanied by Sheriff Hagan, of Putnam County, the latter a brother of Jeff Hagan. The two officers were watching Roland's j house io prevent bis escape while they j waited for a warrant for his arrest. I While they were passing near the house Roland, from an open door opened, fire with a Winchester. The first shot hit Kurtz, striking him in the side and passing through his chest. Death fol? lowed within ten minutes. Sheriff Hagan was prompt to act and shot at Roland several times, disabling bim at the first shot. He died within an hour. Roland's house was found to be quite an arsenal, being, supplied with fire? arms and ammunition. It Did the Business. Mr. J. H. Cobb, publisher of the Mirror, at Brocton, N. Y., says: "For nearly two years the Mirror bas been publishing the advertisements of Chamberlain's Remedies. A few days ago the writer was suffering from a bowel trouble and resorted to an old rem? edy which did not prove efficacious; finally he tried Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and two doses did the business, checking it completely. For sale by Dr. A. J. China. A New Pastry Cook Book. Miss L. A. Willis, Principal Baltimore Cooking School, has compiled a new Pastry Cook Book, which ?3 being distributed to the patrons of the well-known Horsford Bread Preparation. The reputation of the author renders the book of especial value. Mail one wrapper from a package of Horsford Bread Preparation to the Rumford Chemical Works. Providence, R. I., a copy will be sent free. April 10-3t. -~~mm- ? - ap All books used ?n the classes of the Sumter Institute and the Graded School, at Whole? sale Prices at K. G. Osteen k Co's., next to the Watchman and Southron office, Liberty Street. KAVANAUGH & AMM0NS. CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS, OFFER THEIR SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC. Estimates furnished on all classes ol work* Satisfaction 'guaranteed. Only first c'?ss work done. Workshop at Marvin's Mill. KAVANAUGH & AMM0NS. Feb. 9-tf Riots io North Carolina. Negroes Capture a Town and Defy Officers-Militia O; dei ed Out. RALEIGH, N C . April 22 -A spe? cial to the News and Observer, fruin Washington, N. C., says : A riot and almost a raye war occurred and Bath, . Beaufort County, Saturday night. Over 100 negroes ot the town were drunk and made thread that they would not be arrested. The officers atten pr^l to apprehend them, but were | overpowered. A number nf the offi- j oer> and special deputies were seriously I wounded. After several attempts, they i arrested two colored men. They were placed in the lock up and guarded by the citizens Sunday morning about 7 o'clock, the officers with a posse of men attempted to arrest two colored men at Bayside about two miles from Bath One of them ran towards fhe woods, and the officers 6red at him, striking him in the hip and ankle All of the prisoners! were tried Sunday morning and bouud over ?o court. Later in the day they were taken to Wa.-hington, N. C , in a boat. Ne? groes pursued them in boats for a long | distance, but were unable to come up j with them. The militia vrn.? ordered : out to suppress the riot, but the mob dis? persed about 3 o'clock Sunday morning before the troops reached Br.;h. Great j excitement still prevails and ihe negroes swear vengeance for the arrest of their ; leaders. The iustigatois of the whole ! affair. Thomas Bonner, has been out- ; lawed. He swears that he will not be j taken alive and that the town Khalil pay ! for his life before he dies. It is believed I that Lanier, the wounded prisoner, will die. A New Batch of Doctors. Twenty Granted the Right of Prac? ticing In This State. The State medical board of exam? iners has finished its work Twenty of the young men who presented themselves for examination passed the trial successfully. Dr. Pope, of Edisto, stood the best examination and will receive a library of medical works from Appleton & Co. The young men who successfully stood the examination are : Geo. H. Bottom, Greenville ; W. I?. Harton, Aiken ; D H. Mont? gomery, Lockhart ; J. W. Davis, Clinton ; E. W. Carpenter, Charles? ton ; J. M. Pope, Edisto Island ; A. A. Horger, Orangeburg ; W P. Gibbes, Beaufort ; Jas A. Hayne, Greenville ; R. S. Turlington, Ben? nettsville ; M. S. Kirk, Charleston; A. S. Taft, Charleston ; I A. Macon. Chester J. W. Mobley, Johnston ; T. H James, Cheraw ; G L. Dickson, Manning; J. 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Post Office. County. Slate. ninnnHHKnnflHn OTTO F. WEITERS, WHOLESALE GROCER, AND LIQUOR DEALER, OFFICE AND SALESROOM : 183 East Bay, Charleston. S. C. Nov. 7. THE Sumter Institute For Women, THE TWKNTY-SKYENTH COLLEG1 ate year of the Institute will begin September U;h 1894. With its full corps ol eilicient teachers ami high standard ot schol? arship, i; ot't-rs advantages tor educating young ladies, equal ti) any College for wo? men io this S'aie. We intend that it shaii grow in efficiency as ;t grows ia years, and thus command the continued ?avor ct' its patrons, and commend itsell to the favor ot all who have daughters t>> educate. Kntire expenses tor the year from Si50 to ?200. For particuiats anplv to H. mm WILSON, President, July 4. Sumter, S. C.