The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 08, 1896, Image 2
Where is Maceo?
T?e Spanish Beticent About
his Whereabouts,
Habana, via Key West, April 1.
Tbe governuieot is extremely reticent
aboat the whereabouts of Maceo.
Reports from other sources indicate
that he has entered Habana province,
crossing the new trocha along the Pinar
del Rio line between Mariel and Ma
jana. The authorities declared the
line impregnable. Earthworks have
been built extending almost con?
tinuously across the island. Weyler
is absolutely certain that Maceo is
penned up io the west. The Spaniards
are confident he is doomed at last.
Thirty thousaod troops arc stationed
along the troche with General Arlous
io command. The columns of Linares,
lucian and halt a dozen others have
been ostensibly pursuing Maceo since
the landing of Calixto Garcia's Ber?
muda expedition, but no serious en?
gagement has been fought.
The government urged the corres?
pondent* yesterday to circulate the
rumor of Gomez's death, which no one
here believed. The latest exploit of
the rebel commander-in-chief was to
enter the capital of Santa Clara pro?
vince. His forces swarmed into the
' city, filling the plaza, mounted guard,
patrolled the streets from midnight till
morning, and obtained shoes, olothing
and considerable ammunition. Gen?
eral Bazan, surprised with a few troops
io the city, rushed about, dressed io
underclothing only. He selected the
roof of a theater as a safe place to
direct operations. The insurgents de
parted at dawn with a loss of two men.
General Pando bas been ordered
back to Spain for permitting Gomez to
enter Santa Clara province without a
battle.
Walter Dygert, the American pris?
oner about whom the senate asked in?
formation and about wttcm the state de?
partment wired peremptorily to Consul
General Williams, ' is now doomed
While has present whereabouts are still
a mystery. Consul General Williams
received a letter written by Dygert
while in Gui?es jail. Thc letter con?
tained remarks vrhich were construed
into an admission of an intention to
join the insurgents. Williams fur?
nished a copy of the letter to the only ? t
American correspondent here having
close relations with Weyler. Before
the letter reached the palace the offi?
cials said Dygert would probably be
released, owing to lack of evidence.
They now claim the chain of evidence
is complete. Dygert will be treated as
a prisoner of war. The government
claims a gun was found 10 feet away
when Dygert was arrested. The latter
denies this.
Three prisoners of war were shot
jn toe Cabanas prison last week. One
?hid his hand in a sling as the result of
a wound when captured.
Nine political prisoners were deport?
ed during last month. What becomes
-of all the prisoners of war and suspects
.arrested it is impossible to learn.
The recent affair at Bainoa, which
'General Melquizo reports as winning
a victory, resulting in the insurgents
losing 18, is now said to hzv?. been
similar to the Delagoa affair, io whioh
Melquizo aiso figured The only one
of the 18 who fought was a negro,
who, though shot- io 'he head, seized a '
.machete, nearly killed the Spanish cap- j c
tain and wounded three others before
hoing finished. Clark.
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Spanish Outrages Drive an !,
Alcalde From Cuba, ? ?
Habana, April ?, via Tampa, Fia ,
April 2.-Jose Ramon del Valle, a
Spaniard who has been alcalde for some
time of the important town of Jovel
Janos, M ata t-zas province, has resigned
his position and brought his family
here. Re sails for Mexico to-morrow.
He states as a reason that he can no
longer stand the excesses committed by
Spanish troops. Senor del Valle is a
mao of culture and intelligence, and
has no leaning toward the insurgents
His testimony is, therefore unbiased.
He says :
"Spanish trcops are killing inno?
cent people right and left. The peo?
ple of Habana have no idea what
atrocities are being committed, lo
many parts of the island the troops
pillage stores, residences and estates
and kill unarmed men. Unquestion?
ably they are more to be be feared than
the insurgents There is no safety
for life or property outside of the cities
and large towns. While Colonel
Vicuna's column was at Jovellanos,
three weeks ago, they met three men
on the outskirts, coming toward the
town on the main highway. The men
were unarmed. They were halted and
asked for their papers. They had none,
but were immediately shot. Colonel
Vienna reported this officially as a vic?
tory over a party of insurgents in
which the enemy bad three dead and
the troops no losses.
"Ten days ago a detachment of j
mounted guerillas, under Lieutenant j
Paula, while foraging near Jovellanos j
came upon ten laborers at work in a !
field. The laborers shouted, 'Viva
Espa?a7 as the troops approached hut
the latter fired a volley at them, miss?
ing the laborers, who threw themselves
on their faces on the ground, but a
Chinaman who was standing near by
received a bullet in the leg. He went
to Lieutenant PauU and showed his
wound to him, complaining at the ac?
tion of Paula's men Paula said :
4 You are going to tell tales, are you V
and, drawing his sword, he killed the
Chinaman. These instances came un?
der my personal observation while I
was alcalde, or mayor, of the town of
Jovellanos." Clark
Cannot Crush the Cubans.
Weyler's Policy Proving a
Boomerang as Predicted.
Habana, April 1, via, Tampa, Fla.,
April 3.-Army operations have been
pushed with great vigor for the past
month. General Weyler has given
officers and men no rest. His orders
have been peremptory, and ma?.y a
geoeral has incurred his displeasure by
tardiness in the pursuit of the enemy.
The result of these active movements
hay been to completely tire out a large
portion of the army in the field. The
insurgents have been kept moving,
their camps have been destroyed, and
a dozen of their hospitals have been
burned during the month that has just
passed, but the government has not
forced as single battle upoc tho rebels.
The only serious engagements have
been those in which the insurgents,
having the advantage of position or
numbers, as at Cayajabos and Cande?
laria, assumed the offensive and defeat?
ed the regular troops of Spain. There
have been many rear-guard skirmishes,
which appear in the Spanish offioial re?
ports as ?attlee and victories for the
crown, but which, upon investigation,
prove to be like some of the battles
fought by Don Quixote. Quite a num?
ber of them have beeo found to be
massacres cf UDarmed citizens, and
there have been more tales of horrors j
committed than battles fought io this I
isiaod of Cuba duriog the month of |
March.
If one hundreth part of the stories
that reach here cf the operations of the
jolumos of Generals Melguizo and Ber?
del, and of Colonels Molina, Tort, Se?
gura and others are true. I be reason
why Geoeral Weyler cancelled ali
Dasses held by correspondents is plain
Jwners of estates report excesses com?
mitted by detached bodies of Spanish
,roops in all parts of the island, and
here is no longer talk of attempting
o grind sugar this year. The problem
3 how to preserve the lives of em
)loyees and prevent wanton destructivo
)y the troops.
The insurgents have gained more in <
he past month than in any two that ?
?ave preceded it. Weyler's decree i
lompelling people to abandou their
tomes m the interior has driven many 1
>eaceable inhabitants ioto the rebel i
irmies. The harsh measures adopted <
oward suspects in cities and towns have <
iIso increased the number of recruits
rom families of the better class i'- cit- <
es. The landing of four important '
xpeditions has given inspiration ?ind ]
artridges to the patriot army Their
lopes were never brighter. Hot ?path- |
r is already here and rains are nof tar |
ff. The limited time remaining for ?
nilitary operations this spring ?nuke- it ,
>lain that Spain cannot crush the rebe!- j
ion before the wet. season sets in ?nd j
he serious problem of caring for rhe j
ives of her soldiers presents itself A
Spanish officer io'orms me that ibo ,
osses of the army through fevers and 1
fiber sicknesses have been 12,000 since ,
september and over 25,000 during the i
rear ending March 1. The recent j
itatistics made public by the Spanish -
!onsu!-geoeral at New York, in which j
he total losses for the year were giveu J
is 3.877, of whom 286 were killed io !
)attle, are so palpably absurd that one |
wonders if the Spanish government is
?erious in presenting them. Thsre
3ave been single battles in which the ;
Spanish losses amounted to more than
hat given for the entire year.
Geuerals Aldecoa and Bazan have
seen seot back to Spain, making nine
generals who have failed to satisfy
3-eoeral Weyler since his arrival,
ireneral Obrejon is also booked to re?
turn and General Pando, commander
j( the first army corps, han beeu or
lered back for allowing Gomez to enter
Santa Clara without fighting a battle.
General Suarez Valdez is also on the
list. He is io command of Pinar del
Rio, and besides failing to suppress the
rebellion in his section, he sent an
impertinent message to Weyler by
heliograph. Wey 1er says he can get
more active work out of colonels than
from generals, and the exodus con?
tinues.
There is much dissatisfaction among
officers of higher grades, and this does
not make Wey 1er's task any more pleas?
ant. He has been in a highly nervous
state for several days, and many stormy
interviews between him fud men he has
sent for have taken place. His troubles
with the politicians are just beginning.
He has assured the home goverDment
that elections can be held in Cuba, and
now be has two parties-the Reformists
and the Autonomists-refusing to take
part, leaving the Union Constitutional
or Conservative Spanish party alooe in j
the field. Rumors that Weyler will be i
recalled are persistent, but apparently j
the time is not ripe for his enemies to
overthrow him. Since DeLomc cabled
that the United States will not recog?
nize the belligerency of the Cubans, j
General Weyler has begun open execu?
tions of prisoners of war. Three have
been shot ac Cabanas prison in a week,
and more are doomed to the same fate
Clark.
Sewing Machines and Organs cleaned and
repaired at the Sumter Music House.
Only 1,000 Barrels.
The Board of Control Pur?
chases Whiskey.
I Tiie State board of control, after a
long and tedious session lasting the
' whole of yesterday, adjourned last
night, Messrs Allen and Nicholson
having left yesterday after noon for
their respective homes The ad?
journment of the board caused thc
dispersion of about a score of whis
key drummers who have been in the
city in the interests of their respec
five concerns for about a week past,
and some of them, having received
no contracts for whiskeys and bran?
dies, left rather depressed in spirits,
yet hopeful of falling in the swim
later on
Yesterday it was learned from a
member of the board that about
1,000 barrels of whiskey were pur?
chased from different houses after
deliberations and discussions of many
hours' time, caused by a lack of
knowledge of the art of purchasing
this sort of goods. This quantity of
whiskey' will be only sufficient to |
supply the different dispensaries j
throughout the State until the next j
meeting, which will take place in a
month's time, when more will be
bought The orders were distii
buted as follows : Joseph R. Pebles
& Sons' company, nf Cincinnati. 280
barrels and 300 cases of Live Oak
whiskey ; ? rancis Kelly & Co., of
Wilmington, Del . 200 barrels of
corn and rye ; Lanahan Bros , of
Baltimore, Aid , 315 barrels of rye ;
Chas. Ross, Cincinnati, 25 barrels of
Thompson's rye.
Messrs. Williams and Douthit will j
remain in the city for several days to
take account of the stock now on ?
hand at the dispensary and they I
hope to accomplish the work by next ?
Wednesday After completing their I
work they will make their report to ?
Chairman Jones.
The board have adopted a system j
of mles and regulations for the benefit
of dispensers and say they intend to ,
rigidly enforce them and that any j '
violation vviil be punished by the re- ! (!
moval of the offender. ! ?
At the next meeting the board wiii ! ;
appoint new county boards of con- ; j
trol. as the old boards cannot serve j \
under the provisions of the new law j
unless specially appointed to do so. j
It is likely that there will be no
change unless proofs of incompetency t
are shown against those now acting y
in this capacity f
The board aliso adopted rules for j
bhe government of employees of the (
dispensary which, it is said, will be j j
enforced from the highest to the low- t
sst man fn the building
At the May meeting the board will
discuss the matter of prices at which
whiskeys are sold at the county dis- ?
pensaries.
The board devoted some talk to 1
the granting of privileges to tourist ^
hotels and other?, but no definite |
notion was taken, the matter being j
continued until the next meeting in *
May, when investigation will be '
made into the operation of these i (
privileges, owing to the fact that .
various charges of abuse have been ^
entered against the holders of them. '
The board say they found no great ?
abjection to allowing parties to sell {
intoxicants under certain conditions, j *
but they are strongly opposed to any i '
violations and are heartily in favor of'
severely punishing them by taking | '
away trie right to ysell, for th*-y in- ? 1
tend to toi te no trifling and wish ? *
to warn fairly in advance
Chairman Jones in conversation
with a representative of the State ; 1
last night said that the board did not j
wish nor intend to run the dispen- j <
sary for profits only, but to furnish ! t
the people good stuff and no inferior .
liquor unless called for by the put- ?
chaser He said the dispensary
would work under the strictest rules ?
and be held accountable for every- j
thing connected with their share of;
the business
A whiskey drummer who didn't j
get any of the pie given out by the j
board said yesterday that there was j
more money in selling to the dispen- j
sary than to retail dealers, a9 the j
buyers in lins State knew little about I
the business which had been assign- j
ed to their care in this respect and j
that it was a comparatively easy mat- j
ter to "do" them -The State.
Fresh Water Jokes.
The craoe, who was wading io thc i
water to take the rheumatism out of his
legs, remarked to the river :
"I hope you are well, but your face
looks swollen."
"Sure," said the river. "I have
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not been out of my bed io six months."
"Do not let me detain you if you
were about to rise," said the crane.
"Thank you," said the river, "I am i
better, though not up to the mark
high-water mark "
"Io for a little sport, eh ?" laughed '
the crane ; "going to try to break thc
ba?k, eh?"
"Cert," said the river, "but I sec
you are ready for high water."
"As how V" asked the crane.
"Set up on piles," and thc river
chuckled.
"That's fair," said the crane, "but 1 I
shall put in a long bill for damages, all j
the same." And he waudercd up j
stream, looking for another sucker.
AS SEEN BY BRADSTREET
The Largest List of Actual
Failures Ever Reported,
New York, April 8-Bradstreet's
to-morrow will ea}' : Stormy weather
at the northwest, continued restriction
of distribution of staph; merchandise
and unsatisfactory mercantile ccllec
tions continue to be the lead'ng char?
acteristics of genera 1 tr?de. The con :
soicuous change is in the steel and iron
markets-the formation of a pool nf
manufacturers of steel to regulate pro- j
duction and maintain prices-results j
in ao advance of ?3 per too ir. quotations ;
for steel billets aud ?1.25 per ton for i
bessemer. A corresponding stimulus '
is given ic quotations tor other forms !
of iron arjd steel. Whereas leading j
metal markets were depressed and dull
a week ago, activity is now reported
with a prospect for further advancf-s. j
This must naturally fend to stimulate
kindred industries. The movement in
steel and iron markets during the next
few weeks will attract an unusual share
of attention.
Additional favorable features are re- j
ports that at. Baltimore the quarter's '
general trade has been the best for j
years ; that there has been a slight in- ;
crease in the volume of business at j
Pittsburg; that Kansas City distribu?
tion of geoera! merchandise is f<*ir and j
(hat the demand for tires? wooilen? (au- j
rumo delivery) has been suffi ah nt to
stimulate manufacturers to buy ?aw
materials more freely.
The first quarter of 1896 present?
the iargptft lisr of actual commercial and
industrial faiiures in business rn the
United Stales, those in which liabilities
pxceed assets, ever reported for a like
period. The total (including finacial j
institutions) is 4.512. or 700 mrr? than :
in a like portion of 1895 The largest
preceding like total, 4,050, was report- [
in 1885. Liabilities of those failing j
this year amount to $62,513,000. an j
ncrtase of 30 per een\ a3 compared j
with a year ago.
In addition to advances for iron and
iteel, and products thereof, whrat In
?ian corti and granulated sugar are
higher, maintaining the tendency of i
i week ago. Wheat, flour, cotton wool, j
orint cloths and rye aro sr>bst?,nrialiy
jui-'hanged ; bur. oats, barely, pork,
ard. butter and cheese ure ail lower, as
s coffee. The movement of dry goods
rom jobber?'* hands has not improved
VVooi is dui! and depressed and some
nens* wear mills in New England and
n Pennsylvania have closed.
March bank clearings are io contrast
o those of February, when the total
was 20 per cent, larger than the corre?
sponding total one year ago. The
March aggregate is $4,108,000',Wi),
)nly 1 per ce?t. more than the total for
february ; an increase over the Marsh
-ota! a year ago of only 2.2 ppr cent.
To Inspect the Indiana.
Washington, April 3 -A board; si
laval officers to consist of Captain B. I
F Picking, Chief Engineer ED. S. !
Ross and and a naval constructor, j
rt7m. H. Barney, with Lieut. F L |
3bapin as recorder, was appointed i
yy Secretary Herbert io-day to con- !
luct the final trial of tho battleship
indiana, now in dry dock at Port j
Royal, S. C. The board is directed i
o meet ;?t Port Royal on Tuesday, !
April 7, and to accompany the In- i
liana to Philadelphia The trial :? ?
:o take place during 48 hours of inc j
lime consumed enronte. j
This afternoon the order directing; !
he Indiana to proceed to Philadsl- j
jina was countermanded and llaiap- j
:on Roads was substituted
Sewing Machines from ten dollars a> ai !
jae Sumter Music House, Masonic: Tempi*.
Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines- so\? j
)n easy terras, aDd exchanged for old ofles at ;
he Sumter Music House, in Masonic Temple. \
Great and thoroughly re-i
liable building-up medicine, j
nerve tonic, viichzcr and
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Purif i
Before the people today, and \
which stands preeminently
above all other medicines, is
HOOD'S
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It has won its hold upon the j
hearts of the people by its |
own absolute intrinsic merit. I
It is not what we say, but !
what Hood's Sarsaparilla j
does that tells the story:- j
Hood's Cures j
Even when all other prepar- j
ations and prescriptions fail, j
" I have been afflicted fur over twenty j
years with n very sore limb caused by
bad blood. I began taking Hood's ,
Sarsaparilla and have been getting j
better ever since and can truly say
that it is the best medicine that I have
ever seen.'' AnnENA K ITCHING, I
White Pond, South Carolina.
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Hood's Pills ??il?
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Evening, April 23:1, at "A ;> tn. Urethren
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accordingly.
Bj order, F. M. SPANN, W. M.
H. C. Mosns, Secretary.
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PHARMACIST.
Prescription Specialist.
Prescription department in charge of graduate of Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy.
List of Soda Water Drinks for this Season :
11 Our Oiar Lemon Phosphate-over 5,000 g?asses dispensed
last season.
Apricot. Fruit Phosphate,
Banana, 0-?3n?e Phosphate,
Blood Oran?'-', Raspberry Phosphate,
Cherry Ripe, Wild Ch<rry Pboohato,
Pineapple, Grape Poor-bate, and other?.
Plsrn, ice Cr<-ytn Soda,
Quince. Milli Sb^ke.
Re<" Messina Orange, E?g Phospha'e,
Red Currant. j Egg Lemonade.
Tuti Frutti, Lemonade,
Pesch, Chocolate, Lemon, Lime,
Vanilla. Gi?ger, Rasberry, Coca Cola. Wine Cocoa.
Strawberry. SOMETHING JSTEW EVERY FEW
The Above Flavors in Ices or Soda DAYS DURING THE SEASON.
Water. Prices same as last season.
TROPICAL FRUIT BLENDS
NOTICE.
I have got in stuck a full line of'Buggies, Ladies' Phaetons, Surreys, Car?
riages, one and two-horse Farm Wagons, which I offer lor sale at Low Prices.
I represent several of the largest wholesale manufacturing companies in the'
United States and ca;; compete in quality and price with any dealer in the
country. Call and examine my stock and get my prices. i will save you
money.
GEO F. EPPERSON
Office at Epperson's Livery Stables.
HEADQUARTERS
FOK
Bargains
IS AT
T. C. SCAFFE'S.
FOR THE NEXT SIXTY DAYS WILL
SELL AT IO per cent. ABOVE COST
All of his stock of China, Glassware, Willoware <fc Woodenware.
Also entire Stock of Toys.
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Silver IPI arte cl Ware.
A magni?cent assortment at 'lb cents per piece. This ia a leader.
The Peerless Oil Cooking Stove is the latest model and best manufactured. The
Wilsou Trash Bumer is the most convenient and economical heater ever invented.
Aa in the past, a full stock of the best
STOVES AND RANGES
Alway? OD hand. Housekeepers can be suited, no matter what they may
need ?D aDy of the lines handled by Scaffe. The Workshop is better equipped
than ever and every variety of Sheet Iron and Tin Werk turned out promptly.
Stove Piping and Tobacco Flues manufactured to order of the very best mate?
rial. PipiDg made by Scaffo guaranteed to last longer than any other.
Am prepared to estimate on To!>ttC*c*o Flue**, Furnaces,
Doors and Frames. All sizes of Iron for Flues-Nos. 16 to 28.
DRIVEN WELLS put down in any part of the county. Best pumps and ma?
terial used, thirty inch points, (iuarantcc a good flow of water.
Remember the old reliable and give him ti call.
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