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Consolidated Aug. 2.1881. SUMTER, g. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1898. Sew Aeries-Yoi. XV. 2??37
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31-50 per annum-in advance.
i ?DTESTISS?ISST;
One Square n rs ? icsertion.Si '
Every subsequent insertion. 50
Contracts for ihres mouths, or louder will
ba made ai r?due-i raies.
Ail commur.ic^Pio::s which subserve private
.interests.will h&ch&rge? focasadvectisecxeuts.
Obituaries ace tributes cr respect will oe
charged for.
Wicked Wevier Walts.
No Beiorms for Cuba Until
She's Subdued.
Habana, April 28, via Tampa, April
2o.-Tbere is rjo truth in the report
that reforms are about to bo put toto
elSPecc io (Juba. Your correspondent
is ia a position to state thai several
cablegrams on the subject have recent?
ly passed between '.he Madrid cinciais
aad Geacra? Weyler The capt alu
general was asked ii it would be possi?
ble, after the assembling of che new
cones next mouth, lo iatroduee ia Cuba
the reforms which were passed early ia
1S95. General Weyler replied that
the island must first be paci?ed That
settled the matter, for while General
Weyler remains captain general his
wishes will be paramount.
Here in Habaoa loyal Spaniards who
take the oains to obtain other informa
tioc than suca as is given out by the
goveroment as ' "officiai news' and pub?
lished by i he ceusorized local papers,
admit rreelv that they see nothing
ahead but disaster. They have lost
hope of Weyler's being abie to crush
insurrection with the forces at bis com?
mand. They know that he is not gain?
ing ground: that the heat io the inte?
rior is now interfering with active
operations aod that the rains will be
t here in a few weeks. Many of these
Spaniards who own sugar estates or
other property which is being ruined
are wavering in their patriotism,
now that their wecket books are touch
ed. They preserve a semblance of
loyalty to Spain in public, bur in pri
vate they hope something will happen
to stop the wrecking in their fortunes
The situation from a military standpoint
is unchanged.
General Weyier/s troops hold the
trecha and Antonio M ac co is encamped
a few miles west ol it apparently ia oo
hurry to cross? The stories of his be?
ing in a bad way for food aad clothes
for hts men, and the reports that he ts
ready to surrender or Sy from the
island in a boat atc absurdities. ? am
informed by Spanish officers who have
taken narc :a recent operations against
Maceo that he ha.s a strong foiee of
well armed men with him and that the
insurgents have large quantities of pro?
visions stored in the ailis
VICTIMS PQ3 A '"VICTORY."
Haba.ua, Apr;; 2o.- Ne-.vs; h a.- bee::
received here from Jaruco in the pre?
viese of Habana "ha: the Guadalajara
bataition while marohing to Sa;:
Miguel met a party of DAW re bois com?
manded by Aguirre ind Morejon. ?
acree ogh* ensued resulting iu the re?
bels being so shoroughly bo.it.. a that
*aey ned demoralized hom :a> tie ld.
Tue robe; loss was upwards of oO and
it is said to have been ??. Of these
14 were killed. Che Spanish troops
lost o?a?9 officer and three soldiers
wenadtd. The above story us official.
Ne-vs OX "he sam'.* events from other
sources mdioate :aa: ;he affair was sim
iiar to others in which "paoifioos"
(peaceful citizens) have b^eu billed by
Spanish troops. Rear teen of the dead
are said to baw" ac eu employees on
estates and not insurgents. O.t lae
Spanish slue oona were killed aad
only th:oe wounded, wh::o the Cu;?,
dead exceeded i>0. Jaruco is only i ?
mites from Ha-fc-aua on tho Matanzas
railroad. [<? wa* only lo mi'es from
Jarueo thai \):. De goda, Aa .
citlzja, was shot So vt ii and left fo?
dead, and seven oi uss farm bauds mas?
sa .'red.
v/olonei biScudera while : . r. . ? -
ing ia the papata swamps destroy,
four rebel eau;ps and had - vera! on
gagetaents with rebel bauds a: der the
Socorros and yanaba na, ^.g ? ..
insurgents
WiAL?ii's Cit Af f.
Haoaau, April '-?>. G . i?. ? i
Wevier to-night issued . p . . ,
which he cxa. eas will rosa I ia ma . >i
tao rebels tying dose tb .
proclamation ?a?s sa substance . '. .
insurgents in the provine n ... .
Rio have baea deu..> - . \ .., the
obstacles which provea: thei? pas ii
the military extending from SJadiel tu .
Majana and by their eoos*y;L pereeou- j
by the troops. It ba?mg known j
ihat :i?auy of the insurgents i?e deli?
r?os f sarreoderiog, but fear to do so,
believing that they will be shot, be
therefore order? that ail the reno
leaders and their followrs, who luring
the next-O days shall present the En ?
selves -.?i.:a their arms to 'he military
authorities in rh*: province, will be
pardoned. Pardon will also be extend?
ed to those rebis aud rebel sympathizers
who surrender without arcas, 1 he
military authorities, tho proclamation
adds reserve the righi ro decide where
(hose who surrender shall reside.
No Quarter Now.
Weyi8r Hoists tue Black Flag
Wniie America Decays*
Rasbaoa. April 2*2. via Tamp:., Fia..
April 24.- Gteaje'riv] -Voy.J.- is satis?ed
thai nothing io *.ho ?toe ot ?aterveaxiou
or recognition of belligerency ni ay be
looked fox from Washington, at leas? for
the present, nod the public es ecu t ion s
of prisoners of war, whieu tvere
suspended Poe a ;?me. bave been
resumed. There is supposed ro be a
general understanding awong :ho com?
manders of the Soauish columns tba:
oo prisoners are to be raken in engage
men cs ic 'be dela. All Cuban patriots
who fail ia ibo hands of the troops
through beiug wounded or from other .
eau>e are liable to be shot at once and
counted wita rho number killed in bat- !
tie. Som of the Spanish commanders
ace according to this understanding, ?
but others decline io slay unarmed or j
wounded meu, and deliver their pris?
oners 't' Generai Wey ?er in t? abana. ]
Many of these so-called prisoners ;
war nev.-r carried a gun nor engaged
ta a battle, bu: were rakeu from p.au- j
talions or from sma?i towns and ham?
lets :n the in-terior, where tho Span?
iards assume that ail men are. rebels,
and are not far froui being tighe. The
prisoners are brought to Habana bcoad
and strongly guarded to preveo: rescue
before reaching the city and '.nob vio?
lence afterward. The lower class of
Spaniard? gather about each bateo of
prisoners nod clamor for (heir blood as
they pas-* through tho streets to thc
ferry ro Cabanas frotress or Mprro Cas?
tle. The ouro martial before which
these prisca ers art; tried is a perfunc?
tory affair, composed of five military
men who <>rdcr the death penalty under
Weyler'sdecree hat ali insurgent aro
bandits aud incendiaries and deserving
of death. The prisoners have DO op- I
p?rtooity to make a defense, a:;d all i
Cubans in the rebe! armies know tba'. '
capture means cleat b.
Most oe those brough: tn, it seems,
have been wounded, eu: o? from 'heir I
coiumuas or caught with arms. V> nen
condemned to death they are given 24
or 4S hours to prepare for the end. ;
Thev uro given what the? wan- tc J-: ;
and are placed in the chupe! a: Cana- '
nas fortress, with priests in constant I
attendance fdr the !u-: 12 hours.
Most of the Cuban patriots who b sve i
paid the ex.rom - penalty since Weyler '
has been here have dieu bravely. 1 saw i
three o? tne:u meet their ?ate last Fri- ?
day moro tug. They were Jose a .
Esteban Hernandia (white) aud Ure ;
gerin Ba real lao (colored.) During the
night before the execution Baron lian j
made several feigned attempts to escape
fro::; chapel, hopi og that he ;
guards would shoot him down, pre j
fernug cha; to death in public, the :
guards toreed him back each time with- I
out dr:.:g at ;;::u
i crossed ibo Day a few minutes after j
6 o'clock en the morning jet for tb.: ex- j
eeutron. lt took place promptiv -: 7 I
The three mea exerted by :* dicer soir ;
dit rs and supper.cd by an order of lav
brethren Ol the Catholic shurch, ivere ;
ta?ca tro::: t he chapel ;.? a >;.:aee be j
tween the oater and th.- inner wa.il? ]
and a* the e'aiaierri end of the fortress i
Thc place is ';?r: of . drv mea*, vvhi.-n '
extends around the three land sides o:
thc fort and is from lUv> to 150 -e.
wioc. it is cut out of trie solid rock. On .
tt-e ! vd b d of the ?neat a batta...
c-pautsh regulars formed ih,ee sides :
of a square. The fourth side was -:h
maru walt of the fort jess In fowl ? : tl,as
.h.; prisoners with arms ile.i beni; 1
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L. try and ina men h it foi ? ., i on th
{aces, ?erhaudez aud Barcallan shuv.
ed signs of life. A sergeant, with his
icvoivr--.-, gave ?eroaudez an .tra
?fe?fe? l^L^fe?=^? garcia," Us it to call
ed. He was 'b::ged to tire twice a?
Bareal?ao before it was iver. Thc ay
brothers carried the bodies to ll?bana
and buried tiltia in the pauper burying
ground.
These tbr;;e rueo belonged to Maceo *
army an.: wer-.' with Za-yas* columo to
operations around Managua when the
town was attacked and caneuelds in the
neighborhood burned. In the engage
mejjt with thc Spanish troops, the three
mon got separated from their party and
were captured.
it is said that many more Cubans
./;.:.; fought io. tile insurgents ranks will
be ?hot duri';g aie nos.: two weeks.
The Kev. Albertu Diaz and his
brother, Vices to, who were released by
the an th or; ties to-day, have been r
dered ... leave :i>e isiaed i .a six days.
Mr. Diaz bas oct; >o far.as iskuowo.
taken .'ny aot?v? part in the raoet.too.
but he has repeatedly give utterance
to seatimeurs avoradbie to thc success a
the ca a.-c. He is generally considered
a ^easationai preacher, and doe? not
mince words when t-?;.- mg about toe
woes cf Cuba.
Tile South's Prostess.
Baltimore. April 23.-Reports to be
Manufacturers^ Record show ;ha: tao ;
industrial enterprises projected in "?ic
south dating the oast week cover a wide
number of industries, indicating an
increasing diversity of manufacturing in '
this sectiou : and while the number of
new enterprises is not larger that) tor
Drovieu.s weeks, it >.iO?i that a very
healthy and substant ial ''rogrv ss is be?
ing made ia all parts of rho south.
la Alabama;: brass and iron found! v
is being established a: "Birmingham : a
chair factory in Florence ; aa extensive
improvement of furnaces at Iron ton ; ex
teasive development of iron ore pro
pert v near J ackson viiie for the ship?
ment of brown ore to furnaces in Ala?
bama and Tennesee ; the purchase of a
Urge tract of cypress timber land near j
Mobile for ?50.000, and the establish?
ment of .?aw mills tor cuttiug ir..
in bi'.rida contracts have been let
for a $49,000 water works power house
at Jaeksonviiie, and an electric light. '
plant is to be built at Key West.
in Ceorgia. .-uiphurio acid plant at
Atlanta; tin ware factory in Atlanta;
a bicycle manufacturing company, the I
first south of Marylcad, with a capital j
ef $15,000, organized in Atlanta ; a I
cotten seed eil miii in Augusta ; a 310 i
U00 canning '"acrory at Bremen : gold j
mining operations ut Canton ; aa :
electric light plant and water works
system at Dublin : a soap factory at
Macon an i a e$d00,00d quarrying cota- !
pa?:y.
Xor tb Carolina reports tho necessary
Capital raised for putting into blast tho ;
Greensboro furnace, built several years
ago, bat never i:. operation ; a cotton
mill waste factory ac Salisbury.
Snath Carolina, a sash and door fa : -
tory at Aiken ; tho doubling of th ?
capacity sf a cot .'on mill .it Bamberg ;
a $10.OOO knitting tali! company at the j
same place, and a ?10,000 i un: ber e aa- [
panv at Charleston
Virginia reparta iron ore property to |
be developed at Buena Vista ; a vege?
table aye factory at Lynchburg : $dv, '
000 medicine eta;::;.voy at. Norfolk ; a 1
brick factory at Had ford, the establish- ?
mea* et extensive saw and planing J
mills in southwest Virginia by western
a topie.
:L!^S\V"INKST;?\ DS.
Washington, April 'dd.Represen-J
tali ves Hali ?.. Misson . md Moeev --.t
Mississippi came t- blows to-day in ?
room ef rhe-house committee on naval;'
affairs, of which both a e member;, ani
from blows ta throwing-heavy ela- ..... I
on a.; niau ?rom aa laitatanu tarawa
v.
5^ I ass rial: was no* struck a-, VJ^>? . .
;, ou account for it V'
"nell, t. o me ti m. ;> ['va tu ughi thal
ii was because I sat dowu on a high
branch of a very tall tree.'
JAHOLINA 3DXTORS.
Charis.coa, \prii '?-J.--At l-l o
this morning tn Hibernian ha:
South Carolina Press association
called to ov?av by Preside at E?. I
: ric venerable ihapiain, 'lev. Ste
ri. Browne of Col nur bia, l?ered a;
ci 'jae:.. t prayer.
In a graceful speech Mayor >njy;b
for thc city, welcomed the Jirors ti
? har lesion. ano President Weich 'f.th?
Business ^J;?. dd the -.ame for bu
body.
Ia responding Prc-tdent Au.i allude*
A committee ou orogramme coast st
ing of Messrs Thompson, Csteet. an<
Crews was appointed, and 'he pro
^raceme adopted by be committee ' is
nighi. was accepted
president weich -i tue Susiaes
League invited the association to ;
ccllatios at the Charleston hot-..! 'Sr':
day evening a: S o'cl est. tor which
President Ault expressed .bc -hanks of
tue association.
VY. S. Kent, of Barnhardt Bros, &
Sp.ndier, the founders of Chicago, was
extended the privileges of -the floor.
Sec.etary L?ngsten made a report
relative to the proposed excursion te
New York Only six bad sigr.i?ed a::
intention of taking the 'rip, wh.ch was
abandoned.
President Anti theo read his report.
He referred ?ouchingty to the dea*hs
Messrs. Moroso of the News and (hoa?
rier, and Zimmerman of 'he St. Mat
thews Herald.
President Aull recited the action of
thc executive committee.
On toe matter of an ' advertising bu?
reau'1 the report expressed the opinion
that thc constitution of the assoc latica
precluded the association's er^untztng
sa eh a bureau, but stated tba' the idea
was feasible and alight be undertaken
by newspapers neting outside of tba .>
sedation.
Thc report cited the action o? fha
pr es: uti nt with regard to thc recent
Spartan burg convention and e an::; ended
the Chicago exposition enterprise.
Other routine matters were con
siderered. The report concluded with
the thanks of the president for the
h.mor of his election and his congratu?
lations upon the association 's attaining
to its "dist vear.
On motion of Mr Hem phill, the
Oj ?rt was referred to a committee con?
sisting of Colone: Crews, Colo:::'
Tn -a.. us cn and Major McSv., euc v.
Editor Huber. ?A .ea read : paper
"Cn uniformity ta Punctuation t
Ua : tu ?zatioa, w.i:c.i elicited aap aase
minutes
Dr W. P. .lao,bs read a paper on
the "Moral Side cf a Newspaper
Dr Jae.-bs remarked tn opening tba
be had made his Hrs:' s pee eh from thc
platform that, he wan QO.w standing
upon 40 years ago. IL narrated that
a:-, a reporter on the Cha rle? to a \L r
cary he :o:ue time later
L'i J acd bs O i per t j . :u
cisius and suuud soasa
mach applause a id javoi i
of tb- newspapers to
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Executive ?Qinmittue : Messrs. U j
?j Rail nf Chatillon ; M i> Mc- ?
Sweeney, ol Bampton, aad Louis
Ap pe it, of Mainiing.
Delegates to tho National i?d i to?
ri ai Association : President K. II.
Ault, Major J; C. Eiempbill, M. B.
M-cSweeay, sud Vice-president li
G. 0->toea line president "-vas au?
thorized to ippoint alternates should i
nay bo necessary. Tais Assoc?atian
meet? in Houston, Texas, nest.
KeeoKuif'ns we; e heartily adopted
thanking L'aesideai Aull and Secre?
tary Langston for the thankful ind .
persistent -wak they have -ono tor
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wita lile 'aita.:..! and eiScieut dis?
charge i' delicate, varied aad :abe:I
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tac lavoruD.o consideration i die
of thc bot interests of the Associa?
tion atad for the Instruction aa.? r
amuseuiei of the raetndbers, andTor ad j
walch 'no rici)ly merits oar thanks 1 ot?
?is well-earned success.''
When tile sabjeet af a placo O? .
meeting caine up it was thought best j
to accept the opportunity of taking a '
delightful trip around the harbor on
the planter, aad aboard the vessel
the Association decided to visit
Newberry wa the occasion of :ts 1
next annual meeting There were :
several invitations presented, bat as
Newberry was at the head of tho list, '
and Pr?sident Aail made saca aa
urgent appeal. It was selected.
The Clyde Steamship company will
extead its courtesies io member ?a- j
inc; to New York.
Tho State Pre.-s Association rounded
eil i's sessioa ia Char ?esta a last night
a* aa elegant banquet teedereu by "he
Charlearen Yeaug Mata s Business
League. Charleston was glad to haw
tho editors of toe S'ate here and thc
repr?sentatives cf the bu.-iuess interests
were anxious to -bow their pleasure at
the friendly visit. Toe members of
the press had spea-t two days attending
to their business aad seeiog the sights
of trio "City by the Sea/' aad nothing
Could have been better provided fer the
termination of the v!>lt "ha;, the mer?
ing and feasting around 'he ba a ca et
boards When the editors return to
th.ii- h un a-, aad wera they will' have
the pleasantest .ee^ilectioas of their
entire Charleston 'rip aad especially
-he a; rc tin g at die Charleston Hotel.
New, it .- a well known 'act thar what?
ever rhe Young Men's Busiue.-a League
undertakes It docs in excellent -evie.
When it invites anyone i-- entertains
ana when it entertains it doe: so and
makes : . : refehsibns about it. Ta eic
are baa^a-ts aa 1 han qm t.--. eiomc ot
>ae:? a.iai?.. have a ujv.a o? tue: sand
hut it- was qnite' a .. la :.a. r thing with
wov U i ra.. ito c a Ugh ..- : ar?at-te a :t
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[i took ta.' boars foi the 5Upp?" to
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distributed .a l V. Usher cleared away
'resident. Weh.
May--? ;a:d be would cali upon the \s
Other speeches were made ny Presi?
den: Aull, 'be prcs;;n: President of the
Association, and by Co.. Hoyt, tho
first president of thc Association, when
it wa? formed twenty rears a jo. He
was followed by Major MeSweeny. Mr.
H G Osteen, Mr. Des.Cbamus and
' no following, M JLJ.L . by :he cora
inittco u resolutions, were unanimously
adopted :
M: rc
dharicitoa ba e
..: ..Cu' bo.-: itali:. has bc :. hedghtesed
is week. YV
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men : bout o v/nro.ma .;.? recia.te tao
who?esouied treatment; accorded them
by *uo Young Men's Business -...a-^uo
of Charleston.
*d. Tba* -hey heartily chunk the rail?
roads for their courtesies in granting
ansportation
.Iv Tba* they thank the splendid sol?
diers of tho Confederacy who have been
in convection in Charleston for iavita
ti :?s tb -eu's a; the deer duriug 'heir
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SeSstetis.
4. That 'hov thank tho Cly -> Steam?
ship Line for the tender of transporta?
tion ro New York.
Cv Tba' they thank 'tie Peutscho
Gesellschaft for invita:: c us to the
Schutuen 'est
G. That we thank the toca! press for
courtesies.
7. That we thank the Pla?? system
of raiircads for the offer of transporta?
tion to Florida.
Resolved (8;h, and ?caily.) That
the good feeling entertained by our?
selves towards Charleston is. we be?
lieve, cordially reciprocated by thc
good people bf Charleston, to whom we
are indebted for these macy kindnesses,
aaa that it jives as pleasure to put on
record that tba dos bindii g the pta ss of
the State to 'he metrepalC of the State,
iu which as Carolinians we feel a just
pride, have been thus em;.h .Cseu and
strengthened.-News and Courier.
To ba a Success.
Augusta. Lori! dd- -Tue leading
business interests td the South and
prominent oiSeials nf Southern rai?fc
ways cordially endorse the Southern
States exposition at Chicago, and ure
actively nipporliug the greatest en?
terprise ever undertaken <> advertise
and i : eve ?op toe upi niau t ?veal ta ox
Atlanta, May 1st. to pet eut a tiior
- .
is P?O doubt that the V . dtk' : which
August rod connives t,: three
mon las will he a grand sui aoss
Th ? following letter lias been re?
ceived f? . \ loe Presid? nt Andrews
ol the boucher;) vail way :
Xew Ye:k, April ad. ls?.;.i
Mr Patrick Walsh Chairman South
k. . , I
South' rn St.it, ? Ila- - ti? e. A e.urns
Consolidated Aug. 2,1881.
SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1896.
New Series-Yol. XV. No 27