The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 11, 1896, Image 2
Soldiers ID Habana.
The Government Forces
Ready fur Emergen?
cies.
Habana. March 4., via Key West,
March 4 -The government is holding
8,000 troops quartered to the forts of
the city in readiness to suppress disor?
der and demonstrations against Ameri?
cans here Extra police guards arc
placed convenient to the American con?
sulate.
The only manifestations of hostile
feeling as yet were a few shouts of
.Death to Uncle Sam'' while the new
troops were laodiog Tuesday, aod hiss?
es around the cab io which two Ameri?
cans were driviog io a side street. I
There are some apprehensions, but uo j
alarm among American residents, j
There is a great confidence in the ability
of Weyler to preserve order. As ari
iodicatioo of the feeliog, however,
Wilsoo, proprietor of au American
bookstore, who happeos to be ao Eng
lishman, removed the sigu in front of
his store Monday night, preferring not
to invite attack.
The better treatment of Americans
here than at Barcelona or Madrid is
largely due to the populace there is
Spanish and here Cuban. The students
here, both Spanish and Cuban, are
friendly to the States. Cubao property
holders and merchants, also macy Span?
ish whose market is in the States, are
more pleased than otherwise by the
action of congress' intervention, as
meaning au early restoration of quiet,
which would save many from bank?
ruptcy. Even loyal Spaniards admit
this Such hostility as is shown is con?
fined to the effice-hoidiug class and
others receiving government bouuty.
The Cubans here weie jubilant wheu
the/news of the prompt action of the j
house was received
The maio body cf insurgents, instead i
of continuing eastward, as expected,
returned to Habana province in great
numbers, leaving a large force of troops
moving east to bead them off. Gomez
remains is the center of Matanzas pro?
vince, burning cane OD maoy estates
where preparatioos were beiog made to
resume grinding in obedience to Wey
ler's orders. Maceo, with a largely
augmented force, . has reentered
Habana province and resumed burn?
ing cane wherever preparations to grind
are under way. So far as can be learn?
ed, there is oo wanton destruction, but
they are simply carrying out the order
is9uud by Gomez two "months ago
Maceo has with him the parties of
Mav-o. . Maestro, Nunez, Alvarez,
Eu ?rigues, Collazo, Robai and others
frcm the east, in addition to Castillo.
Mi; ?, D;5Z Aguirre and others. These
forces now hem the city of Habana io.
All telegraph and railroad lioes are cut. j
within 10 miles. The poles are re
jnoved aod the rails carried away. Miik,
. fruit and vegetables are scarce in Ba
&ana. The same conditions prevail io
Matanzas and Santa Clara. The in?
surgents seem to increase in numbers,
obtai;; ammunition and continue de?
predations io spite of all the troops cao
do.
The daily record of bridges, cuivetts,
stations aod railroads destroyed, cane
buroed and towos attacked is growiog
larger.
* The troops had six encounters in Ha?
bana province Monday. One was at
Las Gu?simas, between Managua and
Habana, so close to the city that relief
for the wounded was sent from the sub?
urb of Jesus del Monte. The official
report ia silent about the loss. I am
informed that one officer and eight sol?
diers were killed and 70 wounded on
the Spanish side Thc insurgent loss
was two dead and teu wounded.
Ocher recent engagements were uot
of sufficient importance to prevent the
insurgents from returning to Habana
province.
General Navarro has beeu sent back
to Spain for failing to keep Maceo Pinar
province.
Gomez sent bis wounded men and
broken down horses to Siguana valley,
Santa Clara, leaving his forces clear
for action io Matanzas and Habana
provioces.
There ire rumors that Colazzo's ex?
pedition Las landed near Matanzas, but
no confirmation yet.
(Signed) CLARK.
NOT FA?. FROM HABANA.
Key West, Fla., March 4.-Pas?
sengers by the steamship Olivette to?
night report the insurgents under
.Maceo io Regala, provioce of Habana,
and just across the bay from the city of
Habana. Reports of firearms were dis
tinetly heard in the city. Maximo
Gomez, it is reported, passed into Santa
Clara province to get a few days' needed
rest. His troops are in the extreme
western part of tue province aud well
fortified.
When Maceo wa3 informed of the
action of the United States senate, he
ordered three cheers for the United
States anc exclaimed : "The machete
wiii cut twice as deep, now that other
people think Cuba's cause is'just."
Strict military discipline is maintain?
ed by Maceo. Insurgents fouud asleep
while doing guard duty are immediately
shot.
It is rumored in Habana that Gcn
e?rl Weyler is about to resign, be?
lieving it impossible to oheck the insur?
gents.
Passengers also state that the report
is current tn Habana that Consul Wil?
liams has resigned. Nicholson, cor?
respondent of the Nsw York Journal,
passed through this city to-night.
Many Americans are leaving Habana,
f'e-ring mobbing by Spaniards, a3 in
the Barcelona affair.
Affliction of a Worthy Man.
New York, March 4.-An evening
paper says : Within a very few
weeks Charles Broadway Rouse, the
eccentric Broadway merchant, will
be totally blind. The occnliets who ;
have been treating him have given i
up all hope of saving his sight,
which has been rapidly leaving hin), !
despite all their efforts. With char
acteristic courage Mr. Rouss treats!
his affliction lightly and says he j
might as well be blind as dead, for if j
he obeyed the doctors and retired i
from business to give his eyes rest
he would surely die of ennui. Few
men in mercantile life have been j
more talked about than Charles i
Broadway Rouss since he came to j
this city from Winchester, Va., in I
1866 His eccentricities almost
place him in the category of cranks,
and it is considered remarkable by
the old merchants who do business
near him that he has been able to
build up a fortune of several millions
of dollars within a score of years.
He is well known in the South tor his
liberal contributions to Confederate
memorials and charities.
Cotton Futures,
NEW YORK. March 5-The Sun
says : Cotton advanced 6 points, but
reacted and closed weak with prices
about unchanged from yesterday's
closing The sales wore 168,900
bales.
Today's features : Higher prices!
prevailed for a time owing to a rise j
in Liverpool, light, irregular receipts,
a small New Orleans estimate and
covering of shorts, but later on the
advance was lost owing to heavy
local selling. A good many Mareil!
notices were circulated supposed to j
be against high grade cotton, and
this caused a widening o? the differ
enees between March and later!
months, for a good proportion of j
stock here is composed of high
grades, and it is feared that the dif?
ferences between the high grades I
may shortly be revised, whereby the
value of high grades would be in
some degree impaired. It is a local
market and both shorts and longs re?
alize on moderate turns. The anti
option bill is again to the fore, hui
no serious results are anticipated.
Bears have a ruse. They 'are at
times the best buyers in sight ; they j
are far better friends of the market |
to day than the New England manu?
facturers. Without the speculators
the manufacturers would take the
planters by the throat and soon re?
duce them to their terms.
Confusion in Kentucky.
Frankfort, Ky., March 6 -Interest
in today's joint session of the l?gis?
lature exceeded anything since the
first day6 of the long and tiresome
session. The nomination of Col c>t
John Boyle, by the Republicans last
night, and the wide split on the
Democratic side as a result of Black?
burn's refusal to withdraw, had cre?
ated a belief that to-day might bring
sensational changes in the situation.
The break to Carlisle began <oi the
Democratic side when Senator Alli?
son's name was called. He voted
for Carlisle aud was followed soon by
Senators Holloway, ^oe, Haliyer,
Smith, Stephenson, besides Senator
Weissenger, who had bolted alli
along The representatives who de?
serted Carlisle were Baird, Daugher?
ty, Norman and Rice. Populists
Edrington and Poor, who had hereto
fore voted for Blackburn, voted to?
day for Petit, Populist.
A wild scene was created when
Mr Robbins, a Blackburn man, !
made a speech denouncing the per?
fidy of sound money men. who he
said had sworn to stand by the cau?
cus nominee.
Mr Carroll, of Louisville, chai j
lenged this statement, to which Mr. j
Robbins replied that the Louisville ;
member had made such a promise t;; j
j get the caucus nomination for speak- I
j er. Mr Carroll denounced this as j
j either wilfully false or as a piece ol j
; misinformation.
j Mr. Speight of Hickman, one of;
i the original bolters, made a speech i
heaping coals of fire on the heads of!
the Blackburn men. With that Owen j
followed in a short spech, going over j
to Carlisle. A great deal of confu- i
sion resulted and it was with diffi?
culty that Lieutenant Governor j
Worthington preserved order. The
tilt between tarroll and Robbins
made the lobbies and galleries de?
monstrative and the sergeant-at-arms
! had to clear the galleries before the
j crowd could be gotten under control,
j The ballot resulted : Boyle 64, Black
I burn 48, Carlisle 15, Petit 2.
Toe Republican nominee came
: within two votes of an election At
: the conclusion of the ba'lot, the ats
! sernbly adjourned at once.
Thu Bound money -Democrats held
a conference to-night which lasted
; two hours. they discussed the sen
. atonal situation at length and it is
I said adopted resolutions endorsing
Mr. Carlisle's view on the currency
question and agreed to stand by him
[ and give him their united support.
: Two more sound money men who
j voted for Blackburn to day at?
tended thc caucus and also agreed to
vote for Carlisle. They were Repre?
sentative Clark of Warren, and John
J. Johns of Floyd county.
Pianos, Orgaus and Sewing Machines sold
on easy terms, and exchanged lor old or.t-s at
the Sumter Music House, in Masonic TaiRple.
The General Assembl
Hurry and Bungle at the
of the Session as Usua
COLUMBIA, March 5.-This bas
a day of trying to settle Legis
differences. The House has finish
work and now has negotiations pet
as to the settlement of tbs outstat
bills.
The dispensary bili, which
over as a Senate amendment, brc
about a singular complication,
some way the bill was left over
such a late day in the session tba
friends and promoters were afra
any way to jeopardize its chances
insisted on accepting the Senate
stitufe, and this bad to be done wtr
any amendments being offered fron
floor of the House it is, pert
noteworthy that, such an impni
measure was rushed through the H
and had to be vo<ed for in such a t;
ner, but perhaps for ouce the Sem
judgment was taken.
There was a decided surprise in
Houfe when the Sedate resolution c
over trying to crowd out all membe
the General Assembly from recei*
any of the offices that were to be
tributed ar. this session. The res
tion put the objection to electing m
hers on constitutional grouuds of h
?og two cfiices. but the members
forrea to think over the mal
although they had but recently ha'
st'udy of the question in the Gas
Duncan matter.
it is suggested that a number of
meoibers arc likely to be named
places on the new board ot conti
Some of those named would proba
like the work, but it is claimed thar,
commissioner should have business r
no the board, who can co-operate ?
him in managing thc business.
The idea is not to make the pia
honoray. but to get some actual seri
out of the board.
The day for the elections has not
been fixed.
The senate got a swing on it yes
day and did great work on its calend
When it met at 10 o'clock it was
cided that all uncontested bills woi
be taken up first and then those o
which there would be discussion c<
sidered. in this way the calendar x
reduced in short order.
The features of the morning sessi
were the discussions on the bills char
ing thc county seat of Berkeley a
prohibiting the leasing of convicts
private parties. Both were killed,
weli as the salary reduction bill. T
bill to permit the town council
Orangeburg to sell 500 .?hares of Ma
chester and Augusta railroad stock w
killed on motion of Mr. Barton.
Mr. Archer offered the following cr
current resolution, which was unat
mously adopted :
That whereas the Constitution pt
vides that no person snail hold ti
offices of honor or profit at the sar
time and that no person shall be elligit
to a seat in the geoeral assembly wh;
he holds another office or position
profit, or trust under this State, be it
Resolved by the senate, the bouse
representatives concurring, that t
general assembly shall not elect at
member of either house a member
the State board of control or to at
position of profit or trust at this se
sion.
Senator Brice moved to indefinite
postpone the bill to ''prevent the hirir
of convicts to private farmers."
Mr Brice said any such restrictioi
would cripp'e the penitentiary ar
make it a burden on the taxpayer
When work on the State farms wi
finished in the fall why should not tl
farmers in the neighborhood be allowe
to hire tho^e convicts to dig ditchi
and do other such work. Are they I
be kept in the penitentiary in idlenc1
and be preached, to? Such a polio
was unbusinesslike nonsense
Mr Finley tnaintaind that this bi
had been drawn in accordance with tri
policy of the State expressed sever:
years ago when the leasing of convict
to phosphate works was discr-Dtinue
because of cruel treatment receiver
He understood thc policy of the Stat
to be opposed to hiring convicts t
either private persons or corporation
Mr. Archer agreed with the positio
taken by Mr. Brice. Criminals were nc
sent to the penitentiary to live in luxur
! and idleness. He was satisfied cor
j victs on faros were well treated.
Senators McCalla. Mayfield am
j Norris spoke against, the bill, the lat
i ter thinking politicians should no
I meddle in business matters.
I The ayes and noes were called oi
j Mr Brice's motion to strike out th
. enacting words, the motioo prevailei
I by a vote of 24 to 7.
I Mr. Finley amended the bill relatinj
to scholarships in the Winthrop collegi
by striking out three scholarships fro-s
' each county and providing for as man]
scholarships as each country had rc
; presentatives in thc genera! assembly
The bill, on Mr. Finley's motion, wa
further amended so that each beneficiar
s'*:ouid receive ?44 per annum. A
I present thc one beneficiary receive:
?150. ^
Sewing Machin. . ??nd Organs cleaned sm
repaire;, at thc Sumter Music House.
Simon Hartman, -.;f Tunoelton, VVesi V;J.
. has Iii'-.-:; subject to attacks of colic about ones
j a year ??!M would bftve t? cn1-', f. doctor and
th- ti tv.'.*'-, r for about twt ive hours as mut h H-.
som.' do when they die. He was ?;I!:?-:?
cently just the same ?ts at other times ??r.
concluded to try Chamberlain's Golics Choi
era and Diarrhea* Remedy HP-says: "1 ;?;>i
: one tlciu- of it and it pave me TC;:' ! it: fit.'.
; minutes. That i? more than any thing elsi
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The Exposition Ca m pan y.
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States Exposition Company of Chi
cago is incorporated. Yesterday the
j company received the necessary pa
I pers from the secretary of State at
j Springfield, authorizing it to proceed
; with receiving subscriptions for the
i stock Later in the day an informal
; meeting of some of the corporators
j was held in the office of Edward F.
Lawrence, at which a list of persons
to whom circulars asking them lo
'< subscribe for stock was agreed upon
The stock, it was said, will be
j issued in small amounts, thus afford
? ing an opportunity for small manu
i facturing firms to purchase some of
it. This was done in order to pro
? mote more interest in the movement,
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A3STD
ONE CAR MULES
Expected tills Week.
To the Farmers of Sumter and Clarendon
Counties :
Wc will give one ton of Berkley 2 2 per cent. Soluble
Guano for the best yield per acre of Cotton produced by the
I use of said Berkley Guano.
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One ton for the best yield per acre of Corn.
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