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Willing Witnesses.
Venezuelans Anxious to Give
Their Testimony,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-The Vene?
zuelan minister promptly cabled his
government this morning of the
boundary commission's appointment
and the names of its members. The
Venezuelan officials in Caracas had
already assumed that the commission
would be authorized by congress and
had lost no time in preparing that
country's side of the controversy for
the commission's consideration. All
their evidence has been complete for
some years, but much depends on
whether the commission will decide
to visit Venezuela or to hold ali the
sessions in this country. President
Crespo has notified Minister Andrade
to inform him as soon as possible of
the commission's decision ou this
point, that there may be no delay in
submitting the Venezuelan case. The
documents are exceedingly volumin?
ous and include a large number of
valuable maps which must be sent
to Washington if the commission
concludes to sit here AU these
documents are now in Caracas, but
ready for immediate transmittal.
They could be presented to the state
department within 10 days of the
notification that jfbey are required
here.
Until that time the work of the
commission must necessarily be alto?
gether of a preliminary character.
If the organization of the body is
perfected, as it is expected to be
early next week, some time must
elapse before the American minis?
ters at The Hague and Madrid could j
secure and transmit copies of Dutch
and Spanish archives which are con?
sidered essential to an impartial
adjudication of the opposing lcaims.
Venezuela is, however, prepared to
furnish certified copies of all these
documents that tend to prove her
right to the disputed territory and
perhaps Great Britain will consent to
supply all the other.
The probable attitude of the Eng?
lish government towards the commis?
sion evokes the keenest curiosity.
. While it is the prevailing opinion
that it will embrace the opportunity
to state its side of the case without
agreeing to be bound by the findings,
it is not believed that this can be
done without considerable deiay, It
is understood tliat although the Eng?
lish have accumulated all possible
.ev! lenee to support their claim to
the entire Orinoco region, they had
.nev T expected to be compelled to
proauce it, and have not arranged it
in such shape that it could be prompt?
ly submitted. It would not be sur?
prising, therefore, in case Great
Britain should take congnizance of
the appointment of the commission, if
a request should be received from
Lord Salisbury asking for a sufficient
delay to enable his government to
prepare its documentary proofs.
In any event the actual discussion
of the merits of the controversy can
hardly commence inside of the next
two weeks and there is no possibil
ity of a decision for several months
if the investigation is to be made as
thorough as contemplated.
The five members ?>f the Venezue?
lan British Guiana boundary com?
mission have not yet formally noti?
fied the President of their acceptance,
but Mr. Cleveland had received as?
surances before the appointments
were announced, that each gentleman
selected was willing to serve. lt is I
learned that no formal tenders of
places o.i thc commission were made,
but Justices Brewer, and Alvey and
Messrs. Coudert, White and Gilman
were sounded as to their sentiments
with regard to serving and the Presi?
dent was fully cognizant of their j
views. This possibly accounts for
the technical denials made by two
members of the commission as to the
place having been "tendered" them.
The 'selection of Prof. Gilman was
largely determined by his prominence
as a geographer The fact that he
has written a life of President Mon
roe, in which a chapter is devoted to
the Monroe doctrine was of second?
ary 'importance in connection with
his appointment, as Professor Gilman
does not profess any radical views on
the subjeet. It is interesting to note
that Professor Gilman in his book on
Monroe takes the ground that the
idea embodied in the famous doctrine
did not originate with Canning, but
was suggested many years before his
time.
Chief Justice Fuller is largely re?
sponsible for the selection of Justice
Brewer. The chief justice had sev?
eral talks with the President and Sec?
retary Olney on the subject and it is
not unlikely that his opinion also had
weight in the appointment of Chief
Justice Alvey.
St. Louis,* Jauuary 1.-A special |
from Meridian, Miss., says that
Sheriff Duval, of Jones County, was
found bound aud gagged in his
office and the safe robbed of $8,000.
He says a number of masked men
did the job. Their trail has been
found and a strong posse, with blood?
hounds, is in pursuit.
For a pain in the chest a piece of flan ne
dampened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and
bound on o?er the seat of the pain, and
another on the back between the shoulders,
will afford prompt relief. This is especially
valuable in cases where the pain is caused by
a cold and there is a tendency toward pneu?
monia. For sale by Dr. A. J. China.
I
THE CUBAN REBEL
ARMY.
Reports of its SiZ9 and
Strength Brought by Amer?
ican Sympathizers.
Philadelphia, January 2.- New light
on the actual numerical strength of the
Cuban insurgent army, under the direct
commaod of Gens Gomez and Maceo,
and concerning the great destruction of
crops, was furnished upon the arrival
io Philadelphia to-day of the British
steamship Ardandbu, which sailed from
Havana oa December 29 last. This in?
formation is to the effect that these two
generals alone had 23,000 men massed
under them and that Havana was in a
state of great excitement on the Ar
daudbu's sailing. During the first part
of the steamship's voyage along the
Cuban coast fields of blazing corn and
cane could be seen for a long distance.
The scene of devastation estended all
the way from Havana to Cardenas, and
millions of dollars worth of property
was soon reduced to ashes.
The business men of both Cardenas
and Havana hope, according to reports
brought by the Ardaodhu, for tusur
gent success, and manyjbelieve it to be
near at hand. They say there is a
financial panic impending in Havana
owing to Spain's lack of both moBey
sod credit. The young military re?
serves who have not been paid for
months and have survived the yellow
jack, openly curse the cause of Spain
and threaten to revolt.
John C Deemer, an American civil
engineer, who was a passenger on the
Ardaodhu, bad been OD a railroad train
that was stopped by thc insurgent army
five miles from Cardenas. Instead of
there being only 8,000 insurgent sol?
diers, as reported from Spanish sources,
there were be says, at least 18,000 men
under commaod of Gomez, and five
thousand more a short distance io the
rear, commanded by Geo. Maceo
Some idea of the army, he says, may be
gathered from the fact that thc troops
were three hours and forty minutes in
marching across the railroad." There
was also a train of 100 mules, loaded
with provisions and ammunition. He
says the soldiers were ragged after their
march through the forests, but well
armed.
CUBAN REBELS RETREATING.
Madrid, January 2 -A dispatch to
the Imparcial from Havana says that, a
body of Government troops under Col
Galvis has defeated near Alfonso XII
a strong detachment of rebels belong
ing to Maceo's command. Heavy loss
was inflicted on the insurgents. The j
dispatch adds that the rebels are retreat?
ing from the interior of the provicnce !
of Matanzas.
SOME BELATED CUBAN NEWS.
Santiago de Cuba, December 22 via j
Tampa, Jaouary 2.-The Spanish j
Transatlantic steamer Baldomero Igle?
sias, that sailed yesterday for Havana,
embarked the following political pris?
oners from Guantanamo for Caeta, off
the coast of Africa : Manuel Rodiles,
Porfirice, Carcauses, a lawyer, Dr
Joaquin Ros, Pedro Perich, and a
mulatto Damed Paocasco. The follow?
ing proajinent prisoners were embarked
from this city : Augustin Leiaurc,
Kusebco Caraballo, Antooio Figuredo
Pavou aod Jose Carmeo Ramirez.
On the 19th the cane fields of the
Mejarona sugar estate, owned by Jos*
Bueno & Co., of Santiago, were fire?
aod destroyed by the rebels. It is re?
ported that they have partially destroy?
ed the cane crop of the Santa Ana
estate.
A mounted party of eight rebels,
who iotended firing the catie at the San
Louis estate, fell into an ambush pre?
pared by soldiers of the battalion of
Asia. One rebel was killed and one
wounded.
On the eveuiog of the 20th twenty
four political prisoners from the fort of
Eloristo reached this city aod were
placed in the city prison. They bad
been convicted of political crimes.
The Circulo Espanola, the Spanish
club of this city, gave a banquet on
December 18 to tne recently arrived
battalion of marines. The city was en
fete.
NO NEW SP\NISII LOAN.
Madrid, January 2.-A dispatch
from Havana says that the insurgents
have choseo Guanajay, forty-five miles
from Havana, are the centre of opera?
tions
Senor Navarro Reverter, minister of
finance, deoies the truth of the state?
ment that the Spaoish Government in
Undi to raise a Dew loan for the pur?
pose of meeting the espenses of the
campaign in Cuba, or for any other
purposes.
_^_
Raleigh, N. C., January 1.-Eigh?
teen carloads of white people have
gone from Wayne, Dublin and Pen?
der counties, N. C., to work in the
cotton mills at Pelzer, S. C. They
were in two special trains. None of
them have ever worked in cotton
mills.
- i ij - ?????? ^iim -
Not a few who read what Mr. Robert
Rowls, of Hollands, Va., bas to say below,
will remember their own experience under
like circumstance: "Last winter I had la
grippe which left me io a low state of health,
tried numerous remedies, none of which did
me any good, until I was induced to try a
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
The first bottle of it so far relieved me that I
was enabled to attend to my work, and the
second bottle effected a cure." For sale at
25 and 50 cents per bottle by Dr. A. J.
China.
Downed By The Butch.
Dr. Jameson's Invasion a Pit?
iful Failure.
Loudon, Jan. 3.-The fact that the
telegraph wires in South Africa have
been devoted to government work
since the trouble in the Transvaal oc?
curred and the fact thal no private
cable messages have boen received
from South Africa for four days has
led to all kinds of rumors being put
in circulation regarding the situation
in the South African republic and
the fate of the British invaders of
that country. One of these reports
has it that Br. Jameson has been shot
by his company, another says that
Uitlanders in Johannessburg have
risen against the Boer government
and given the city over to hernes.
What truth there is in these stories
it is of course impossible now to as?
certain owing to the government mo?
nopoly of the telegraph lines, but it
is judged that most, if not all of the
reports are based upon the fears en?
gendered by the uncertainty regard?
ing the fate that the Boers, slow to
anger, but strong in wrath, may have
meted out to the ill-advised and fool?
hardy Englishmen who attempted to
compel the Boers to grant conces?
sions by force of arms
It may be, however, that the re?
port of the shooting of Dr. Jameson
is true, if he has been tried by
court martial, there is scarcely a
doubt that the execution would
promptly follow the passing of sen?
tence.
BY A BOER COURT MARTIAL.
A cable dispatch is reported to
have been received by a commercial
firm in London stating that Dr. Jame?
son will be tried by a Boer court
martial and his followers who are
now prisoners, released.
The Scotch Black Watch regiment,
which is now at Mafeking, in Bechu- j
analand, will stop the advance of the
British South Africa company's men
from Buluwayo. and if they insist
upon advancing they will be fired
upon by the British troops.
WILLIAil'8 CONGRATULATIONS.
Berlin, Jan. 3.-The empoter has
sent the following cablegram to Paul
Jvruger, president of the South Afri?
can republic : "I express my sincere j
congratulations that supported by j
your people and without appealing |
for help to friendly powers, you have
succeeded by your own energetic
action against the armed bands which
invaded your country as disturbers of
the peace and thu9 have been enabled
to restore peace and safeguard to the
independence of your country from
attacks from outside "
Tennessee Centennial
Now that the Atlauta exposition is
over and has gone into history as one of
the greatest expositions ever held in
this country, Tennessee comes to the
front with an exposition of ber own.
She is the first city in the field and ap?
pears to be goioing at the undertaking
io a way to insure its success.
The followiug letter received yester?
day indicates what the exposition will
be. It is to be held this fall and run
for somethig over three months :
Nashvills, Dec. 24th, 1895.
To His Excellency, Gov. John Gary
Evans, Columbia.
Dear Sir : It is my pleasure to
formally announce to you, and through
you ts the people of your great State,
the fact that the State of Tennsssee will
celebrate the lUOth anniversary of its
admission into the Union by holding a
grand industrial interstate and interna?
tional exposition in the city of Nash?
ville, beginning September, 1896, and
continuing for 100 days.
As this will be the first instance io
which such an event will be celebrated
in the manner proposed, it is the desire
and intention of the citizens of Ten?
nessee to give to it that magnitude and
importance which the dignity of the
occasion demands. It will be our pleas?
ure with grateful hearts and patriotic
pride to call to mind the heroism and
sacrifices of the men and women who
made possible the Tennesseee of to-day.
We will review with pride the part
Tennessee has taken io the affairs of
our great republic, and it shall be our
pleasant task to inculcate into the hearts
and minds of our children greater love
for Tennessee, for her sister States and
for the American union.
I desire to invite yourself and the
! honored citizens of your State lo join
[ with us in this season of rejoiciug, to
j come among as, to partake of
i our hospitality and good cheer,
and through the inficence of
this event to reuew and strength
? en the bonds of patriotic love and
American citizenship. I shall not only i
consider it a pleasure, but a privilege ;
! as well, to have you with us at some
j time during the continuance of the
j above mentioned exposition.
The details for carrying into esecu
! tion the plans for the Tennessee Cen-!
? tennial and International exposition ?
have been placed in thc hands of our I
best citizens-men and women-actuat- j
ed alone by patriotic impulses, and IJ
desire to commend these ladies and
gentlemen to your kind consideration, j
Again urging your kindly interest in
this enterprise, I have thc honor to re?
main, Yours very truly,
PETER TURNER, Governor.
Death Was t?r?te
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Hood's Sarsaparilla Quilt Up and
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TF. JET. Williams
This 13 a well-known merchant at Key
West, Florida. H?3 account of his condi?
tion after the grip, and how it was cured,
should be read by all :
" I had the grip twice, which came near
ending my existence on the earth, and left
me in a condition to which
Death was Preferable
About five months back ? started to take
Hood's Sarsaparilla. I felt the good effects
from the first bottle and by the time I had
taken three bottles I was 5C per ' ^nt. a
better maa physically than before. I am
now full of ambition and feel that had I
Hood's Ss;> Cures
not taken Hood'3 Sarsaparilla I should
now be dead and buried. I am thankful
to Hood's Sarsaparilla, which has been
instrumental of so much good to me as
to thousands of others of our fellowmen."
W. H. WILLIAMS, B., Key West, Florida.
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with everyone who uses them. 23c. per box.
A TREATISE
ON THE
C?ltivation, CiiriDtt & Harvesting of
TOBACCO
From the Pen of R. E. Pittman, a
North Carolina Planter,
Who has never mude a failure and realized on
his tobacco farm over $300 00 per acre last
year.
A valuable guifie and well worth its price
to all Planters of Tobacco, especially those
with little experience, or who expect to cul?
tivate Tobacco in the future.
Send 25c. in stamps or otherwise, to
H. G. OSTEEN' A CO.,
Sumter, S. C., or
R. H. PITTMAN,
?ishopviile, S. C.,
And procure a copy.
Jany 1.
NOTICE.
I WANT every man and woman in the United
States interested in the Opium and Whisky
habits to have one of my books on these dis?
eases. Address B. M. Woolley, Atlanta, Ga.
Box 382, and one will be sent you free.
Mee fer Charter
"VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT 1
thirty days from date application will !
oe runde by the undersigned to the Clerk of |
Court for Sumter County, .^tate of South j
Carolina, for a charter of incorporation for ?
the "Mayesvillr Educational and Industrial
Association" the same to be located at Maves
ville, S. C.
A. MAYES,
L. GREGG,
A. KEITH,
SMART WILSON, JR.
S. DIXON,
S. BARNO,
E. BRADLEY.
ELIAS JAMES, ;
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