Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The War in Cuba. News of Unimportant Skir? mishes-Insurgents Re? ceiving Recruits. Santiago, De Cuba, Feb. 4, via Tampa, Fia., Feb. 12.-On Jaouary 31, Spanish Commander Gonzales Moro, with 700 infantry and artillery had an encounter with rebel Colonel Tamayo and 500 insurgents in Li Pedrera, Biracoa. After fighting au hour, the troops retired to the city, unable to defeat the rebels in spite of the advantage of artillery. The rebels had splendid positions. The Spanish Commander Gonzales Moro was wounded io one leg; one chicer a?d five soldiers were klilied and 28 sol? diers were wouoded. The rebels had one killed aod five wouoded. Oo the same day the Spanish Colonel Eigueras, with a column of 800 men had an engagement with a rebel party at the crossing of Rio Buri, Baracoa The Spaniards had one killed and nine wounded. The rebel loss is not known. On the first instant, Spanish Colonel Tejeda. with bis guerrillas, the bat? talion constitution and 300 cavalrymen, 1,200 in all, had an engagement in Majaguabo, San Luis zone, with the forces of, Gen. Jose Maceo under Brig? adier General Cereco. Colonel Pan? cho Sanchez made so strong an attack upon the Spaniards that the latter had to recross the river Canto dispersed and defeated, and leaviog on the field j two officers and 18 killed and wouod? ed, and several mules laden with ammu? nition and provisions. The rebels had four killed and 15 wouoded. The steamer San Juau brought this morning from Baracoa 15 political prisoners who have been put io jail, j The bodies of several persoos were j found a few days ago badly decomposed in the sugarfields of the sugar estate Conf?nente, one mile from Guantanamo. The administrator of the plantation no? tified the authorities of the case, but they did not pay any more attention than to give the order to bury the bodies. Thc neighbors of the sugar estate have fouod out that the unfortu? nate men were pacific residents of Guantanoma who were taken away from their houses at midnight and shot by the guerrillas under orders from their chief. For the last few days the number of! men leaving this city to join the rebels has i "creased considerably. Smallpox is causing many deaths in the military hospital of this city. A CENSORED REPORT. 'Staff Correspondence of the United Press. Habana, Feb. 13 -Colonel Tort re? ports that a force of 1,500 rebels, under command of the leader Castillo, attach? ed a smali detachment of his troops who were engaged in repairiug the telegraph lines near San Felipe, the fight lasting an hour and a half. The rebels had three men killed and 15 wounded. Reports are also received that a column of Spanish troops com? ing by train from Guara to San Fe? lipe were surrounded by the enemy, who had burned a bridge to compel the train to stop. The Spanish soldiers fought with great bravery and dis? persed the rebels with the loss of five killed and many wounded. Another column of Spanish troops advancing from ?\ljaria met aod dis persed a party of rebels, killing ll aud Wounding 23 The only Spanish loss reported during the entire 6eries of engagements was the wounding of one corporal. The official report of a battle between Colon'el Lopez Amor, with 700 Spanish troops and a force of 5.000 insurgents, has just been given out. The report says the 5ght lasted the entire day of February 8 The rebeis sustained heavy losses and the Spanish troops had six killed and 40 wounded. The troops conducted themselves in the most heroic manner. The insurgents were the escort of the Cuban revolu? tionary junta. General Godrz reports having de? feated the rebel parties of Lacret, Nunez and other leader? at Five-Palms on Feb 8, killing 18 rebels. General Cornell reports, having had a successful battle with the forces of Antonio Maceo near Artesia on Feb. ll. The losses of the insurgents were 24 dead, 5 prisoners and a large num? ber wouoded. The Spanish had 1 sol? dier killed. 7 seriously wounded and 16 slightly wounded. General Cor? nell himself was slightly wouoded in the chest. SCORING CAMPOS. Madrid, Feb. 13.-A dispatch to the Imparcial from ll?bana gives a report of an interview with Captain Geueral Weyler, in which he expresses with great emphasis, disgust at thc condi? tion of affairs which he found upon his arrival in Cuba. With the enemy only nine miles from the capital, the courage af the Spanish drooping, the army uselessly split up into small sec? tions and a powerful force of cavalry scattered into minute detachments, things he said, could not have been much worse. General Weyler declared that while be might meet with momen? tary difficulties, he would nevertheless conquer by constant work and ceaseless activity. It was his intention, he said, to close up the infantry corps with re? inforcements from Spain and to sup? press all the existing small detach? ments. French jRa?way Scandals. The Government Will Prose? cute the Investigation With Vigor. Paris, Feb. 13.-A large number of visitors, including United States Ambassador Eustis, and many other foreign diplomats, were present in the galleries of the chamber of depu? ties to day when M. Jules Famas, Republican deputy for the Eastern Pyrenees, interpolated the govern? ment relative to the designation of Judge Poitevan instead of Judge Rampier to conduct the inquiry into the southern railway' scandals, "for which the senate on Tuesday had blamed the government M Rickard, minister of 'justice, j defended th"! nomination of Judge j Poitevan. Ile reviewed the meas ! ures leading up to his appointment ! and declared that he assumed full j responsibility for the acts for which ! the senate had blamed the govern j ment and virtually declared it to be j irregular. Ile was glad of the oe ! casion now afforded, he said, to ac? quaint the country thiough the chamber of deputies of the intention of the government to prosecute the inquiry with the utmost vigor and thoroughness. The centre appeared to be opposed to the government in the matter, but the radicals applauded M Rickard loudly and frequently. M. Rickard, continuing, said that he knew Judge Poitevan personally , and knew him to be an able, upright ! and unbiased judge. He (Rickard) had not give? instructions for the prosecution of anybody. He was not imbued with a desire for ven genance upon any one. (Vehement Radical applause.) Several Radical deputies demand? ed that M. Rickard's speech be print? ed and placarded throughout the country. M. Dulan (Republican) said that the interference of M. Rickard in the inquiry into the Southern railway scandal had proved that the cabinet were gravely disturbed over the idea of having the investigation conduct? ed by independent judges. Premier Burgeois endorsed the re? marks of M. Rickard and expressed himself as surprised at the attitude assumed by the senate. The cabi? net, he said, was faithfully executing the desire of the chamber of deputies to throw light upon the scandals Ex-Premier Rou vier (Republican) in? terrupting, said that the government were rather trying to sully the repu? tation of their political opponents, j Premier Bourgeois demanded a vote ! of confidence which was passed by I the chamber by a poll of 326 to 43. -was?- -ll? Pennsylvania's Candidate. Harrisburg, Pa, Feb. 12 -The ; Democratic committee this afternoon ! fixed Wednesday, April 29, as the i time and Allentown as the place for I holding the State Convention for the j nominations of candidates for P.-p.-i I dential electors, two Congressman at j large and delegates to the Nacional ? Democratic Convention. A resolution I was unanimously adopted recommend j ing that the Democracy of Peonsyl j vania present to (he Democratic iSTa ! tional Convention the nama of Ex ; Governor Robert E. Pattison as that of I a strong and available candidate for the i Presidency. HUNTER CAUGHT. Chicago, Feb. 13 -A Frankfo-t, Ky., special to a morning paper says : A big sensation was sprung here last night. It developed that W. Godfrey Hunter has betrayed the Kentucky Republicans who have .stood behind j him in the senatorial fight, for i-iz weeks. ! Hungry for ofiice, it is said he hus ! pledged himself tf elected to vote in j the senate with the free hilverites. i This pledge has been made tn writiog i to gain one vote that may elect bim. I This is the reasoo Dr. Hunter has i oeeded two votes to secure his election, i He hopes to wear out Senator Ogilvi?, ; the sick member. Then one vote I would elect. To gain th., vote, Dr i Hunter, it is said, has given to a free silver legislator the pledge indicated and has giveu it in writing. This move will undoubtedly kill his candi? dacy. He bas, it is true, never Gaid he was anti-silver, but he has made his ! race on a gold platform and as a sound j money man and as such has been able i up to this time to command practically i the united Republican support. TERMS OP THE AMNESTY. Constantinople, Feb. 13.-The terms of the amnesty grautcd by the porte to I the inhabitants at Zeitoun are announc ; ed as follows : All who were engaged . in the rising there which resulted in j the capture of the town by the Armeu I ians are pardoned except, thc foreign i leaders of the outbreak who are cxpell ! ed from Turkey. Christian? and Mos i.Iems alike are required to surrender ' their rifles. The Zeitounlis are not, re? quired to build the barracks at Zsitouu, j which was destroyed by the Armenians j nor are they obliged to pay their arrears of taxes. It is further stipulated by ; the porte that henceforth Zeitouu shall j have a Christian governor. The Sumter Music House, in Masonic Tem? ple, sells Pianos, Organ3 and Sewing Machines ! Wasting Time and Money. ! The Legislature Still a Long j ! Ways From Adjournment. Columbia, Feb. 14.-The house of ; representatives spent most of yester ' day in dealing with the annual ap j propriation bill, having previously ' discussed the bill dealing with the ; magistrates, and during the day Re ; fermer Williams, of Edgefield, came { to the front again in his capacity of j watchdog; of the treasury, as ex i pressed by Mr. Floyd a few nights I ago. This time Mr. Williams gave j his attention to the action of the j Governor of the State borrowing ! $6,000 with which to give South Carolina a suitable exhibit at the Atlanta exposition, which he says was made without authority of law. Ile also paid his respects to the action of the board of trustees of the j Winthrop Normal College in spend ing without authority some $20,000 j more than the appropriation given ! them and to the Clemson trustees in taking $10,000 more than was allowed to them. His speech j on the subject was pointed and pre? sented the matter in a clear cut man? ner. Ile expressed regret that he had to bring the matter up, but, hav? ing done so, he went at it in a fear? less manner. Then Mr. Patton raised the point that the new Consti? tution plainly prevented the payment of the $6,000 and the question was referred to the attorney general for his legal opinion Mr Williams seems determined to call a halt on the expenditure of public funds ex? cept by prior appropriation from the general assembly. Quite a wave of j patriotism was rolling over the house, ! called forth by Dr. Wyche's motion ! to reduce the pension appropriation | j from ?100,000 to ?50,000, when the j hour for recess arrived. Aside from these matters, and the introduction at the last minute of the day ses? sion of a bill to repeal the anti-free f pass act, the proceedings of the day were of little or no public interest. It may be mentioned, however, that dui ing the day a safety valve was placed on the pipe through which the funds of the State run to pay the public printer. THE SENATE. The senate yesterday practically | filed a resolution to kill all unconsti- | tutional bills, so if the house takes the hint, both branches will be saved much unnecessary labor, the house much gas and the people thousands of dollars Those who devote time to debating bills known to be uncbn I stitutional, are making the people pay dearly for their services. All it costs is about SI,100 a day By at? tending to its business with a fair degree of intelligence, the senate has been keeping ahead of the house and ? yesterday, having cleared up every? thing, and with no prospect of the house sending over anything to-day to keep them busy, the senate ad ? jourtied till 3 p m. Monday, thus i ending the fifth week of its sitting i During the day Mr Pettigrew's bill to close stores at 9 p. m. Saturdays J was killed ; also the bill to prevent railroad employees working over 13 hours a day ; also the bill to prevent armed organizations drilling, unless in compliance with the militia law. Several other measures of minor im j portance fell by the way side. The bill to separate Claflin college -from Claflin university was made a special j ordei for next Tuesday at 1 p. m. Georgia's Convict Scandal. Atlanta, Ga, February 12.-The penitentiary investigation to-day brought out 60me bad lights on the management of the couvicts at the ? Dado coal mines. One witness swore that the boss of the camp, Cox, by name, ordered out all the convicts one Sunday morning, and then toid them not to worship any wooden God, but to ! obey him. "I am your God," he said, I you must obey me Dr. Bush, princi I pal physician to the penitentiary, j testified that he found 23 convicts I without coats. His evidence was bad ! for the lessees and the treatment of the ; convicts. Clemson's Next Session. President Craighead, of Clemson College, is in the city and expects to remain here for severa! days, j The college opens on Feb 20, and ; many applications from young men I desiring to become students of the ; college have been received hy him. 1 Ile thinks the college will open with I 350 studrnts. On accounts of two vacancies in the faculty il is thought that the trustees will postpone the opening date to March 1.-The State. THE NORTH POLE FOUND. St. Petersburg, Feb. lo.-A dispatch from Irkutsk, Siberia, says that a Si? berian trader named Kouchnareft", net? ing in the capacity of agent for Dr. Nansen, Arctic expiorer, has informed thc prefect of Kolymsk that he has received informativ that Nanson has reached the North i where he found land nod that he is 4 w on his way back. Death Was_P?8fsrable To Prostration After the Grip Hood's Sarsaparilla Built Up and Cave Poncet health. m ^% m i?, ll ^?^^ ?F. I?. ?F/ZZ/awis This ?3 a well-known merchant at Key West, Florida. Jlii accour.': of his condi? tion after the ?rip, and how it was cured, should be read by all: " I had the grip twice, which came near ending my entonce on the earth, and left me in a condition to which Death was Preferable About five mouths back: I s'.aried to take Hood's Sarsaparilla. I felt the good effects from the fTss bottieand by the time I had taken three betties I was 5C per cent, a better maa physically than before. I am now full of ambition and feel that had I Hood's5^3 Cures not takon Hood?s Sarsaparilla I should now be dead and buried. " 1 am hankful to Hood's Sarsaparilla, which has been instrumentai cf so much good to me as to thousands cf others of our fellowmen." W.H. WILLIAMS, B., Key .West, Florida. Hood's P???s become the fav^rhe cathartic \ willi fven'wr* vY* US^H them. 2."<t. WT oox. THE l?cw York World, THRICE-A- WEEK EDITION. ! 18 PAGE? 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The regular subscription price of the two papers is S2.5Q In goiDs to get a drink step and taink what nargains in Pianos, Organs and Sewing .Machines are to be had at ti?r> Sumter Music House, in the Masonic TetnH" building. Pianos, ?fgaos and Sewing Machines sold oo e?sy terms, and eicbanged for old ones at toe Sumter Music House, tn Masonic Trmple. Christmas Presents IN GREAT VARIETY -FOR Ladies. Gentlemen aili Cites. Ladies' Pocket Rooks - newest and best thin:: out. Ask for them. -FRESH DRUGS - Prescriptions caref?i!ly compounded day ur j nij;!:T.. Jack-Frost-Lotion-nothing bet'er tor chapped bancs. J. S. HUGHSON & CO . Monaghan Block, Main Street. Dec. IS. lil STOCK. rjpHE THOROUGH BRED REGISTERED Jersey Bull formerly in the possession of Messrs. Jone? & Bradford cm now be found by ai! per? sons needing his services at my Stables. Sum^r. S C. Sept. 18, 1895. H. BARBY. ii lil?i?l?l DES T IST. office 0? 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Various remedies failed to remove it. Three bottles ol' P. 1'. i'., Lipp man's Great Remedy, completely cured me." CAPT. J. I). JOHNSON, Savannah, Ga. 50LD BY ALL DRUGGISTS --- 11 N BROS.PROPRIETOR J - F0R m* BOOKLET.