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Port. Royai Vindicated. The Indiana Successfully Docked. Port Royal, ?March -27.-At just 7:30 this morning, OD a tide which bad been ebbing for a good hour, the bat? tleship Indiana steamed gallantly through the caisson of the government dry dock on Paris island with fully 15 inches to spare between her keel and the blocks. It was a glad day for the people of Port Royai and the sat? isfaction depicted upon the faces of the officers at the naval station was a* suffi? cient testimonial of the gratification which they experienced in the vindica? tion of the work upon wbiob they have labored so long and so faithfully, and upon which of late some people have attempte to cast aspersions. The dock? ing this morning was a triumph for the harbor of Port Royal and for every friend of the Paris Island station. The battleship was put on the blocks not only with perfect ease and success, but when the tide had been running out for at least an hour. The docking might just as well have been done yesterday or the day before. On the 25th. the unofficial reckoning of the water showed 25 feet in the dock aod yester? day evening there was much more. The Indiana draws 24 feet, and on either of the tides mentioned it is claimed that she could have gone in with an abundance of water to spare. The officers in charge, however doubt? less knew best. They have at all events docked the Indiana most succ?s fully and that has always been the great consideration The tide this morning was at its height about 6:80 and it had been designed to run thc vessel into the caisson at that hour. But when the morning came, the whole harbor was enveloped in a dense shroud cf mist and fog. The battleship was steered cautiously for the dock in the leading strings of four tugs. So much delay was occasioned by the fog that it was not until after 7 o'clock that she cleared the caisson and floated in the dry dock. According to the official figures, there were then 25 feet and 8 inches of tide. This was about 4 inches below the normal, but it gave the battleship a good 15 inches to spare above the blocks. t The pumps were turned in as soon as everything was pronounced to be snug. At first the pumping was purpouply done very slowly, to give the meu at work on the ship's sides a better chance to work. Three hours after the work had started theta were still 10 feet of water in the dock. During the forenoon many excursion parties came down to the isiaud from Beaufort and Port Roy? al and the successful docking was made the subject of many congratulations and much merry-making. It was not until quite late ia the afternoon that the last bit of water was pumped out of the ?dock. At 6 o'clock she stood high and ?dry on the blooks. She rested straight on ber keel and she was by actual meas virement just 1 foo*, and 10 inches above the floor of the dock. The officers and the gentlemen officially connected with the station or the battleship are as usual Very reticent, but their satisfaction with the result of to-day's work is expressed in many ways. No one can say of course what the official report will be, but it is believed here that it will ex? press the conviction that the dock is in splendid conditioo and that it is capable of holding any ship in the navy. Captain Evans of the Indiana, "Fighting Bob/' as he is called, said when requested to make a statement, *'The docking has been a complete suc? cess, as you can see. It does not re? quire an expert or naval officer to per? ceive that fact. It has been a most sat? isfactory day's work. The bottom of the dock has not settled, or if a.- all, only the fractional part of an inch. This is a most unusual thing when docks are tested fully for the first time The New York, Massachusetts or Texas i can be much more easily docked than j the Indiana, as they are much lighter ? in draught." It is an open secret here that the docking could have taken place almost any day duriog the last week, but it was thought best to wait till the period ! of the highest spring tides. The ofS- j cers thought it was very important to j have just as much water as possible for the first trial of the structure. Bour^d to Bolt. Special to the Greenville News. Washington, D. C., March 26 -A big sensation will be created in South | Carolina by this exclusive announce- \ ment, that Tillman and McLaurin have buried the hatchet and will hereafter fight together on everything-certain- ! ly on national ;ssues. The two meu ] had nearly two hours talk to-day at the ,' senator's seat in the senate and wheu they parted each was in a most amica? ble mood. This news will have ad ditiooal interest when it is stated that rumor had put McLaurin and Irby in a combination. McLaurin has decided that he will run for congress and not for senator. It is said that bc will probably make several speeches soon in South Caroli? na in favor of leaving the Democratic party if it does not declare for silver. He may invsde Irby's county as he j has been asked to make a speech there, j With Tillman and McLaurin pulling to gelber, the latter will probably lead the bolters, as Tillman has speeches ic other States to make. The ; delegation here now is solid for a bolt ! and this reunion unites practically all i I the Reform leaders on the issue of leav ! ing the party. Every congressman, in i eluding McLaurin, heartily endorses ! Tillman's letter in The Register. They j do not believe that any large per cent i age of Reformers will remain in the j party if the bolt is made. Even-the Reform congressmen here are not aware that Tillman and Mc? Laurin are again on friendly terms ; bot it is a dead sure fact that some ot the men here who have not gotten along well with McLaurin, may now find his friendship more valuable. Sen? ator Tillman himself thinks everything will come out all right and is in a bet? ter humor to-day than for a long time. The manifestoes of Tillman and Irby respectively have created a queer situa? tion io Laurens county. The Laurens ville Herald, owned by Postmaster j Crews, has been edited for years by bis soo, W. T Crews. Young Crews haB j lately shown a decided preference for Tillman over Irby, and au approval so marked of the former's political pro? gramme that his father, the postmaster -who not long ago had to step in and unsay what his son had said in endorse? ment of Tillman's senatorial attack on Cleveland-has been prompted to r?as? sume the editorship of The Herald He signalizes his return to aotive jour? nalism by denouncing Tillman'e counsel as "perniciously bad" and by warmly commending Irby's stand, unless Tillman recedes from bis position, Postmaster Crews says, he "shall be reluctantly compelled to part company with him." Io the meantime it is an? nounced that Crews, the son, who is not a postmaster, is about to start a paper called the "Free Silver Demo? crat," backed by Senator Irby's ene? mies, and the natural inference is drawn that it will support Tillman and j fight Irby. Laurens county this year, j with Tillman against Irby and Crews fils against Crews pere, will be a mighty juicy sort of county to live in.-The State. "Just as I Shoot You, So Would I Shoot the Amer? ican Consul." Habana Cor. N. Y. Herald. Dr. Delgardo, who is slowly gaining strength, though be is not yet out oft 1 danger, completed his deposition before e the United States consul general on 1 Thursday. His story, as sworn to, | 1 was identical in all essential particulars ! * with that told by his father, as publish-1 j ed in last Sunday^ Herald. Tho cap-1 tain of volunteers who conducted the \ prisoners before General Melquizo was ? Captain Augusto Villaneuva, of the Jaruco squadron. The informal de? position of Dr. Delgardo describes the shooting in these words : "When we arrived in the presence of the brigadier general, Melquizo. I i J showed him my American passport and a letter from the United States consul about our horses. I also told bim my father and myself were neutral* and peaceful. I had no sooner said these p words than be became enraged, and, t mounted as he was, struck me three u times on the bead and face with rn's s bands, knocking off my hat At rhe p same time he said : 'Just as I will o shoot you so I would shoot the AM?er- 8 ican consul. I care uotbiog for all C these papers of American citizenship.' ii "All this he said with the greatest ? g contempt, and calling Captain Villau- I ii ueva, ordered him with 12 men to take | C the prisoners to the rear. The captain p took us about 50 yards to the rear, j d while the Spanish column went on in j v the direction of Bainoa. j C Captain Villanueva ordered us to be I tied together with a rope, placed us ti against a stone fence backed by bushes d and told his men to cut us down with i e C 8 their machetes. In the struggle the rope was broken. He then ordered his men to Sre a volley at us. WITH BULLETS AND MACHETE. At the first volley I threw myself face dowoward, simulating death, but retaining full consciousness At the second volley I was struck in the right ; " loin by a bullet. It was found in my underwear when my clothing was cut from me afterward. They then struck me with a machete on the right side ; D of the face, but the force of the blow j was broken by the w.apon striking the ! stone fence and the bushes, breaking the blade of the knife. In one of the i volleys a bullet grazed the crown of roy ! ? head. . j J "1 lay perfectly still and rigid to i appear dead. I was then turned over on my back, my pockets were searched for money and one of the volunteers noticed by the movement of my vest that I was still breathing. I heard him say : *He bas some color io bis face, j J He is alive, Give him another machete.' ; ^ .'They gave me another terrible j blow. I then lost consciousness. I When I regained my senses 1 found - myself in my room iu our dwelling ; house. I was told that myself and . Venancio Peno were the only ones who ; revived, the other 3is having been rid- j died with bails and cut to pieces with machete wounds. The doctor's statement was given in , , detail and supplemented by the certi- j ficate as to thc character of the wounds j t by Dr. Daniel M. Burgess, sanitary in- j spector for the United States in Ha- j bana, and the official medical attache of the Consulate. When I saw Dr. Delgado he asked ! J me eagerly whether I thought the j United States government would take any interest in his case. I assure him j that the facts were by this time well Asjjj^ugh the local press were not gag?|Bkh'lyj enough already by meaos of the censorship, the govern? ment has decided upon still less liberty. The governor of Habana recently called together the editors of all Ha hana newspapers, at the request of the captain general, and informed them that the government was passing ihrough a critical period. He therefore asked their co operation in giving due publi? city to favorable news aud in aiding in suppressing that which was unfavorable. He intimated broadly that the govern? ment expected loyal support, and any editors developing a critical spirit in the present crisis would, he said, fiud themselves iu trouble. One editor is said tc have been warned especially that unices he stopped agitating the question of the coming elections, he would be likely to go to Morro Castle. He has stopped. In Boloodron, Matanzas province, Thursday, six sparrows were killed by a pietierre, a native Cuban bird. The sparrow is the typical bird of Spain. The Boloodron volunteers buried the sparrows with great pomp after they bad laid in state io the firemen's barracks. The volunteers with fixed bayonets formed a guard of honor, while the band played a funeral march. At the bead of the procession marched the local priest, the Rev. Father Geroa. The bodies cf the birds were in a hand? some coffin. A banner carried in the procession was inscribed "Long Live Spain ; Down with the Traitors.'' This is an imitation ot the famous uparrow funeral of th? last war, when jbsequies were held by volunteers all )ver the island in 1869 ever the body )f a sparrow killed by a cat in Habana. Lieutenant General Pando is mak ng wholesale arrests of political sus? pects in Santa Clara province The Drisons there are so full that many prisoners are now being shipped west to Babaoa. Pando's avowed policy is to mppress disloyalty in the towns as well is in the field. A. Great Step for Christian - Civilization. A recent communication from Dr. Y J. Allen, Shanghai, China, and another .eceived to-day from BishopE R. Heu Irix, Kansas City, Mo., ^ive news of itmost importance to the ehurch at arge. No imperial edict of ihe pres? ent century has been so significant; jone can be more influential. We ren? ier grateful thanks to Almighty God, j ind pray that, under the inspiration md leadership of the Hoiy Spirit, the brees of Christendom will go forth to rictory. WALTLR R. L?MBETE. ? ANSAS CITY, MO., March 16, 1896. My Dear Dr. Lambutb : I have yu>s% eceived the following important iufor nation from U S. Consul Genera! iernigan, Shanghai, Cbin^, under date f Feb. 22d. He writes : "The most pele?me news I have for you is told by I he enclosed circular, which was re eived to-day, and at once given to t&e .ress by me A great step for Christ? ian civilization has been made, and ; tnder judicious iofluenoe others will oon fojjpw. No one act by the Eua- j erer so distinctly heralds the coming ? hange as this edict removing all re- ( trictions upoo the propagation of the Jhristiao religion in China ; and may t not be that all of this good has rown out of the massacres and burs- ? ig of the homes of Christians in .bina? I believe that the vigorous' olicy of tbe- President, evidenced by a ietinctiy American Commission to in estigate the wrong done Americans at Jhongtu, has given to the efforts of tbe drench >3inister a power which helped o make them successful. Thc Press? ent and Secretary Olney opened the yes of China, when an American Jommissiou traveled over three . thou and miles through ber ceutre to. in uire why the homes of American citi ens had been burnt. This fact speaks volumes, and while be French Minister should have the ull credit of the achievement in behalf f Christian civilization, I am sure that Jr. Gerard would be the first to cknowledge the good effect resulting rom the timely action of our govern aeot." The circular mentioned is as follows : "LEGATION OF THE U. S , "PEKING, Feb. 6, 1896. "To the Consuls of the United Uatet-Gentlemen : I have the honor o inform) you that his Excellency, M. Gerard, Minister cf France, has re ?ently procured from the Tsuog-Li ?amen, by virtue of the French Treaty )f 1858, an order directing the local tuthorities iu all provinces of the Hai? me to expunge from the various edi ions and compilations of the Chinese Jode all claims placing restriction upon ho propagation of the Christian reli ?ion "You are directed tc bring this cir jular to the attention of thc American Missions to your Consular districts. 'Mt gives me pleasure to add that he Minister of France is entitled to he gratitude of the Christian world for lis action is this important matter. 'I am, Sirs, your obedient servant, "CHAS. DBXJJY, U. S. Min. 'Tues. RM JERNIGAN, U. S. Cou. Gen., j "Shanghai." The important action of thc Emperor )f the Chinese Empire should bc a ;ausc of devout gratitude to Almighty Sod on the part of the Christian world. Yours cordially, E. R HENDRIX. - ml' oo- -HS? 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