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Reason Versus the Rifle. Many Arguments For Arbi? tration Made. Washington, April 23.-The na tional arbitration convention held two sessions to-day. The greater < part of the time in each was given j up to speechmaking, but at the \ earlier one, the following resolution was adopted : "That we view with regret and ab horrence the cruel and unnatural warfare now being waged by the belligerents in Cuba and that we j solicit the aid of all civilized and j Christian nations of the world in using all legitimate means to stop the shedding cf blood and destruc tion of property in that ill-fated island " A permanent committee o? 25 members was established. At the afternoon session the com? mittee on resolutions presented the following report as a substitute for the several propositions presented to them : A conference of American citizens, assembled at Washington. April 22, 1896,to promote international arbitra? tion, profoundly convinced that ex perience has shown that war as a method of determining disputes he tween nations is oppressive, in its j opinion, uncertain and unequal in its j results and productive of immense evils, aud that the spirit and human? ity of the age,' as well as the pre? cepts of religion, require the adop? tion of every practicable means for the establishment of reason and justice between nations, and considering that the people of the United States aud the. people cf Great Britain bound together by ties a common language and literature, of like po? litical and legal institutions, and of many mutual interests and animated by a spirit of devotion to law and justice, have on many occasions, by recourse to peaceful and friendly ar bitration, manifested their just desire to substitute reason for force in the settlement of their differences, and to establish a reign of peace among nations ; that the common sense and enlightened public opinion of both nations is utterly averse to any fur? ther war between them ; aud that the same good sense, reinforced by common principles of humanity, re ligion and justice, requires the adop? tion of a permanent method for the peaceful adjustment of international contioversies, which method shall not only provide for the uniform ap? plication of principles of law and justice in the settlement of their own difficulties, but shall aiso by its ex- j ample and its results, promote the j peace and progress of ail peoples ; ! does hereby adopt the following reso-1 lution8 : First-That in the judgment of this conference religions, hamanity and justice, as well as the material inter? ests of material society, demand the immediate establishment between the United States and Great Britain of a permanent system of arbitration. Second-That it is earnestly recom? mended to our government, so soon as it is advised of a corresponding disposition on the part of the British government, to negotiate a treaty providing for the widest practical ap- j plication of the method of arbitra-1 tion to international controversies. Third-That a committee of this ! conference be appointed to appear and preseut to the President of the United States a memorial respectful? ly urging the taking of such steps on the part of the United States as will j conduce to the end in view. During a protracted discussion j which followed ex Senator Edmunds j left the chair and addressed the con-1 vention in favor of offering arbitra? tion to all civilized nations. Ile con? cluded that unless some expression were adopted looking to recognition of other nations it would be felt that England and the United States were allied, but that other nations were excluded from the alliance. Mr Edmunds suggested adding after the word Great Britain "and as far as possible with other civilized nations " Mr. Graham, of Virginia, proposed to modify the amendment of Mr. Edmunds so as to provide for ex? tending the opportunity of arbi? tration to all civilized nations at the earliest possible day. Mr. Edmunds accepted this amend? ment and it was adopted. The appointment of a committee, consisting of Messrs. Edmunds, Cur? ry, Angel, Hubbard and Hitchcock, j to lay the resolutions adopted bef?te the President, ended the business of the conference. In the evening a mass meeting was held at Allen's opera house and ! speeches in favor of arbitration were ? delivered. It was intended to make strenuous efforts to secure President Cleveland's presence at this meeting, : but his absence from the cit}* pre- i vented this plan being carried but. Greater New York. Albany, N. Y., April 22 -The as- j sembly this afternoon passed the I Greater New York bill over the vetoes j of Mayor Strong cf IS'ew York and ! Mayor Wurster of Brooklyn by a vote ! of 78 to 6^. The senate has already I passed the measure %yVer the vetoes, I and it DOW goes to Governor Morton, j The opinion is geoeral\that the gov? ernor will sign the bill. \ Diaz at Liberty. Habana, April 22.-The Rev. Al? bert Diaz, the American Baptist mis? sionary and his brother, Alfred, who were arrested last week have been at liberty, but have been ordered to leave the country before the expira? tion of six days from the time of their release. Messrs. O'Leary and Dawiey, delegates respectively of the Philadelphia Bulletin and Har? per's Weekly of New York, who were arrested at Matanzas have been released on bail, which was furnished by the American vice consul. Hammerstein Convicted. Berlin. April 22 -The trial of Baron Yon Hammerstein, formerly editor in chief of the Krnez Zeitung, and the leader of the Conservative party in the reichstag, upon charges of forgery, fraud and embezzlement began this morning and ended this afternoon in his conviction. The court sentenced Hammerstein to three years' penal servitude, to suf? fer the loss of his civil rights for five years and to pay a fine of 1,200 marks Cleveland has a Smash-up. Washington, Aprii 22.-Shortly after dark this evening a disfurbiog | rumor was circulated to the effect thar while President Cleveland was driving to his'Woodley residence after leaving the executive mansion this evening, his carriage came info collision with a cable car and that the President had been thrown our. and had received serious injurie*. ?oquries were num? erous from all directions, but in a little time information was obtained from officers closely associated with the president that the only foundation for the widely-.*pread story was that as the President's carriage was being driven along U. street, near the outskirts of the city, one of the horses stumbled and fell, causing the other horse also to lose his footing. The animal kicked vigorously, broke one of the lamps of the carriage and also broke the dash? board and ruptured the harness The President did not immediately alight, as the coachmen wore quickly on the ground aod disentangled the animals from the carriage. At this juncture, Hon. Gardner G. Hubbard, who was driving along" the road, seeing the plight the President was in, stopped and courteously ten? dered his carriage to the President, who accepted a seat in it and was conveyed home in time to dinner. The coachmen repaired the Drohen harness and soon followed the President to Woodley. Frosts in California. San Francisco, April 22.-The frosts of the last 10 days were un commonly severe. From all parts of the fruit sections have come reports that the crops were much hurt, partly ruined and wholly destroyed The only crumb of encouragement to be picked up by the fruit men, so far, is the fact that predictions al? most as bad have been made in pre? vious years and when the hardest cam*, ia proved to have been greatly exaggerated. The worst feature of this untimely visitation, however, ex? ists in the belief on the part of the leading commission dealers that the reports from different parts of the State have been underrated rather than overdrawn. All the early fruit will be almost a dead failure, and peaches, apricots, prunes and grapes are sure to be less than a third of a crop. All sections suffered alike. The almond crop in all parts of the State is almost a total failure. THE SOUTH'S HISTORY I Washington, April 24.-A meeting wae held to night at the Columbia uni? versity to perfect an organization to ad? vance the cause of Southern history by the collection of historical material of events of the South. The chief promoter was ex-Senator Butler of South Carolina, who warmly endorS3d the organization of a South? ern historical association, and agreed with others who spoke upon the subject that it was the fault of those from the South that proper records of historical events were not kept, and in support of his statement referred to the work of the societies of the New England States io keeping correct data of the eveuts of their section of the country that has now become history. SEVIER ^RETIRES. Little Rock, April 26 - Hon. A. A. ! Sevier, who has bern a strong candidate ! for tho Democratic nomination for gov enor, in a card to the public declines to rut). His card closes : "Recognizing that, State issues iu this campaign are being wholly disre garded, or obscured by the all-absorb? ing silver question, and feeling that I am not in accord with the prevailing idea that we should support the nominee of the Chicago convention unless he should be a free silver man upon a free | silver platform, I retire from the can- I vas." Wilmington, N. C., April 22 -A special dispatch to the Star from Max? ton, N. C., says that the Republican Convention of the 6th Congressional district was a howling mob. It split, one side nominating McKinley and the other Allison delegates. Feeling Fairly Favorable. | -_ Retail Trade is Better, and Money Markets Stronger. New York, April 24.-R. G Dun j & Co. vviii say to-morrow in their ; weekly review of trade : Failures for the week have been : 238 in the United State?, against 230 j last year and 44 in Canada, against < ST last year. Business has been favored Dy sea- I sonable weather, and the distribution I of products has made fair progress, j not vet reducing retail or wholesale : stocks far enough, however, to ma : teriaily improve the position of in- | dustries. Money markets have j grown more favorable, as well as the state of foreign commerce, and until an apparently groundless revival of j discussion about the Venezuelan diui- ; culty, there were brighter prospects ! of European investments here The ; belief that agitation for cheap money will be permanently laid at rest this j year is gaining ground and in finan- j cial quarters causes more confidence for the future Prices of commodi? ties are on the whole lower than ever before, having declined 2 per cent, since April 1st and 17 per cent, since July, 1890, or October, 1892. The fall in manufactured products is a litt ie less than it waft April 1st, but in farm products greater Cotton goods were bought freely j last week, and the northern mills have taken scarcely any cotton this month The feeling is more hopeful because ietail trade is belter. The situation in woolen goods does not improve. The large orders taken for boots and 6hoes when prices were re? duced to last year's lowest, more than a month ago, result in ship? ments nearly equal to last year's in April, thus far 5 per cent, less But new orders are not now ^oming free? ly except for immediate delivery to fill out broken stocks Leather is weaker, with heavy sales, .averaging about 3 per cent, lower for the week, although hides at Chicago are a shade stronger Neither pig iron nor manufactured products have im? proved in demand as yet, though further combinations have raised prices of rods and of bar iron to 120, while steel bars sell at 1 15 and nails are to be 15 cents higher after May 1st. Brokers at Pittsburg are still selling steel billets 60 cents below the pool price, though it was formed more than three weeks ago and Bes semer pig iron has declined there to ?13, with grey forge stronger. Structural angles are a shade lower, ?hough some good contracts are expected. To the Same Tree. Nashville, Ari! 20. -A special to The Sun says : At 1 o'clock this morning, 15 masked men entered the residence of the jailer at McMinnillc, I Tenn., overpowered the jailer, took j his keys and entered the jail. They I were after William and Victor Hiliis, who were awaiting trial charged with the murder of Carol Martin in | VanBuren county in August. 1S94 When the mob entered the cell where the Xi ill is boys were confined, Victor snatched up a bed slat and succeed? ed in knocking down two of the i crowd before he was overpowered | William, realizing that his doom was I fixed, fell into a swoon. Without j giving the Iliilis boys time to don j any clothing, the masked men then proceeded to their horses, and i mounting rode quickly and silently ; out of town to a point about five i miles southeast of here, near Shells- ! ford, where they hung the two broth- j ers to the same tree. The crime for which the Ril?s boys were lynched was committed in VanBuren county tn 1894. Carol Martin, an aged citizen who lived j with his daughter in the mountains of VanBuren, and who was supposed to have ?1,000 in his house, was attacked one evening in August, 1894, about twilight by two men with faces blackened. The old man, who was 82 years of age, was mur? dered and his daughter, who struck one of the men on the arm with an axe, was shot in the leg. The men finally made ofT without their booty, the money having been thrown into the grass by Miss Martin. The Hiliis boys were arrested on strong circumstantial evidence. 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April 26.-Tbs Times will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Pretoria which says that President Kruger's reply declining to visit Eog land tn discus:' the Transvaal matters, is a diplomatie masterpiece, lt de clare51 thaf. the Transvaal government will not discuss reforms with the Brit? ish government, on the ground that Great Britain admittedly cannot in cr fere with the internal administration of the republic. Nevertheless suggestions {'rem thc British Government will al? ways be considered. The president adds that if the revis? ion cf the convention of 183-i and the superceding thereof by a treaty of amity and commerce containing a "mo-t favored nation" clause cannot be dis? cussed unless the alleged grievances of the Unl?nder? are also discussed, the Transvaal would prefer to "leave 'he matters as they are and to merely de? mand the payment of aa indemnity for Dr. Jameson's raid. Hs intimates that Great Britain can facilitate his going to London by accepting the basis of discussion he bas already proposed. The'president frankly admits that the Transvaal administration is capable of improvement, and that the government is nor. always right. Fie concludes by lay?n2 str?-ss on the patience and for? bearance that have been displayed by both sides, and expressing the hope that wounded feelings will be healed and friendly relation? restored. POSTAL INFORMATION. Hours of Opening and Closing the flails. Mails for Colombia, points above Colom? bia, for toe North, and West, Hamlet and Pregnals South of Sumter, Ramsey, Pine? wood, Rimini, Elloree, Yance, Eutaw7ille and Pregnal, close at 9.10 a. m. Mails for St. Paul and points betweea there and Sumter opens and closes at 1.10 p. m. Mails for Florence and the North, for Charleston, Savannah. Flor-ids, Hamlet, Ben nettavi I le. Darlington and Bishopville close at 5 o'clock p. m. 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