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Consul and Commissioner. ?
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Fitz Hugh Lee May Go in al
Double Capacity.
Washington, May 3.-Since the j
passage by both houses of Congress
on April 6th last, of the Senate con?
current resolutions declaring that a
state of war existed in Cuba and that
in the opinion of Congress the Presi?
dent should recognize the belliger?
ency of the Cubans and tender his
good offices to Spain to bring about
a recognition of the independence of
toe Cuban republic, no overt action
has been taken by the United States
so far as known, unless the appoint?
ment of so prominent a personage as
General Fitzhugh Lee as consul gen?
eral to Habana can be so regarded
There is a widely prevailing im?
pression that General Lee will go
to his post in the double capacity of
consul general . and special commis?
sioner empowered to report directly
to the President as to the exact con?
dition of affairs in Cuba. This im?
pression has been deepened *by the
protracted conferences which Gen?
eral Lee held with Secretary Olney
and Mr. Cleveland yesterday Mean- i
while, considerable interest is felt as j
to the probable course of the Spanish |
authorities.
The queen of Spain's speech to be
delivered at the opening of the Span- |
ish cortes at Madrid on Monday,
May 11th, is expected to outline;
dfinite?y the Cuban policy of the
government. It is awaited with con- j
siderable interest here, especially as i
informal assurances are belived to j
have been eiven to the administra- ?
' ~uon that Cuba is to be tendered al
most as great a degree autonomy in
purely domestic aiFairs as the Do
minion of Canada now enjoys in its
relations with Great Britain. The
reform measures for the civil govern?
ment of Cuba promulgated by the
royal decree' of March 15th, 1895,
which were not promptly put -into
operation because, as it is claimed,
the present revolution prevented the
necessaey local elections being held
to provide the officials named in the
decree, are expected to be enforced
wifhout much further delay now that
elections for the cortes have osten
sively been held throughout Cuba in
the past month.
Supplementary to these laws liber?
al legislation by the new cortes is
also anticipated by those well in?
formed as to the Spanish programme.
In this connection the statutory pro?
gress of Cuba towards liberal gov?
ernment since the close of the Te?
Year's War is.to be shown by an of?
ficial compilation of the colonial
laws which is now in course of pub?
lication. This compilation discioses
the fact that in the treaty of El
Zanj?n, which terminated that war, !
in 187$, the insurgents stipulated
only for the freedom of those slaves
who had served in their ranks. The
law of February 12, 1880, put an ;
end to slavery in the island, declar j
ing all without distinction to be free; !
minors, however, to remain under j
'.'pationage" until 1888, when !
even that feature was to be abolished \
Two years before that time expired, j
the negroes were set at liberty by 1
the decree of October T, 1886, and |
the last vestiage of slavery was ob-1
literated
The Spanish constitution of ?8T6
was promulgated in the island April j
7, 1882 All public liberties and the ?
rights of citizenship then enjoyed in |
Spain were thereby granted Cuba, j
involving the radical change in its
political regime that laws were
thenceforth enacted for it by the
rep resentatives of the nation, whereas
the island had previously been gov?
erned by direct orders from the
crown. Since that time Cuba has
been represented in the national
cortes by its senators and represen- ;
tatt ves. . I
Provision for the enforcement in I
Cuba of the penal code of the penin- j
sula was made by royal decree of j
May 23, 1879 ; of the civil code by
decree of July31, 1889, of the law
concerning civil prosecutions by de?
cree of September 25, 1885, and by
decree of October 19, 1888, the law!
of criminal prosecution was amended
60 as to require prosecutions to be j
conducted orally and in public in- j
stead of by written examinations in j
private-an important measure of
reform which had only just been es
tablisheu in Spain itself
The -Spanish code of commerce
was extended to Cuba Jan. 2?, 1880,
and the addition to numerous laws of;
minor importance extended ti) the
island the special banking law was
made operative Aug. IO, 1S7S, and
that cf landed property May 16,
1879, as amended July 14, 1893.
Most important probably has been j
the development of the principal poli?
tical laws following upon increased
liberty guaranteed by the constitu- j
tion of 1876. The law of June 15. 1
1880, regulating the right of meeting 1
as proclaimed in article 13 of the
constitution, was made to embrace
the island of Cuba by the royal de- '
cree of Nov. 1, 1881 This author- j
ized peaceful meetings to be held ex?
actly as in Spain, and provided that
24 hours' notice be given to the
governor of the province concerning
the place, purpose and time of meet?
ing. This provision differs little
from the laws and regulations prevail?
ing in the United States where
licenses or permits have to be taken
out from municipal authorities for |
any public gatherings.
The Spanish Maws of June 30,
1887, concerning liberty to form
parterships was made applicable to
Cuba by decree of June 12. 1888,
and that of Jan. 7, 1879, for the
freedom of the press was extended
to the island April 7, 1881. When
the law was amended on more liberal
lines in Spain, June 26, 1883, its:
additional liberties were given to j
Coba Nov. 18, 1886. This statute j
maintained that the provisions of the j
common law were .sufficient to pun- 1
ish offenses of the press and gave |
the ordinary courts full jurisdiction j
The laws of civil marriages provid- j
ng for the religious toleration gua r- j
anteed by the 11th article of the j
constitution was proclaimed Xov 13,
1886 The provincial and municipal
organizations of the colonies were
made to conform with those of the
peninsula June 21, 1878 Reforms
in the right of suffrage have been
difficult to accomplish wherever the
negro race is in the majority, but the :
law concerning voters in elections*
for Cuban representatives in the
cortes promulgated Dec 27, 1892,
provides that every citizen 25 years j
of age who pays the sum of five dol- !
lars to the state, shall have the right j
to vote, and this right is enjoyed by j
negroes as well as white persons in I
Cuba. In this law are likewise pro-'
visions which secure the representa !
tion of the minority.
The laws relative to education are |
also important. As long ago as j
1880, autonomy was granted to the
university of Habana, and such am?
ple provisions were granted to it that
but one university in the peninsula
(that of Madrid) enjoys privileges!
equally great. High schools through j
out the island were organized in 1883 j
and finally in 1887 freedom of edu- ;
cation was proclaimed to the same \
extent and manner as in Spain
The Cuban budget, it is shown,
has been reduced from ?46,500.000 j
for the fiscal year 1878-79, tue clos- I
ing one of the last war, to a little '?
more than $23,000,000 for 1893.
The system of taxation in Cuba j
and Spain, it is claimed, could uot j
be made exactly alike because direct !
taxes are repugnant to Cubans, espe- j
cially the taxes on land, which is
the basis of the Spanish budget.
The direct tax on rural property in
Cuba is two per cent, while in Spain
it ranges from 17 to 20 per cent. |
As revenue had to be raised in Cuba, j
the income was 6ought from customs
duties, but notwithstanding this, in j
years when great financial distress ?
prevailed the Spanish government I
did not hesitate to sacrifice that in |
come in order to meet the special ?
need of Cuba's principal agricultural j
product when the reciprocity treaty J
with the United States was put into '
effect. Many Spanish industries had j
to be sacrificed in order that Cuban j
sugar should go to the United States ;
On the principle of "hearing the :
other side" this statement of Spanish
reform legislation in regard to
Cuba is submitted for consideration. !
Died In Ireland,
The people of Columbia will receive
the announcement of the death of the j
Rev. Father Fullerton, who was for
twenty-two years the beloved pastor of
St Peter's Catholic church in this city. |
Tho sad news came in a letter recpived
yesterday afternoon hy a gentleman :
hvre from tot- brother of the deceased, j
tue Rev Robert. Fullerton of Pensacola, j
Fia. Father Fullerton's death occured
some days ago, while he was io Ireland. '
Thc letter gave no particulars whatever, j
The deceased did much for St. j
Peters church and he was beloved hy j
his congregation as few men ever are. '
When he found bis health giving vsay a
little over a year ago and resigned his !
charge after a service of nearly a qu ir
ter of a century. The congregation i
parted with him with the greatest re- :
luctacce. Bet Father Fullerton's friends
were not confined to those of hin reli?
gious faith. Many of Columbia's citi?
zens knew him and his many manly
qualit?s made them prize his friend?
ship.-The State.
Landed her Load.
Competitor Probably Caught
on her Return Trip,
Key West, May 2 -Passengers hy?
the steamer Mascotte; to-night state
that it is official'y reported io Habana
that only five prisoners were captured
on the schooner Competitor-LaBcrde,
Dr. Bedia, the correspondent of El
Mosquito and two others who refuse lo
divulge their names, it is said that the
schooner had made a landing and La- :
B">r;!e, who wa> subject to epileptic fits
was overcome, and the gunboat coming
upon them, Dr. Bedia, thc corrcsoond
ent and the two others stood by :
LaBcrde. Six men, who were to bring
I he schooner to thia port, jumped over?
board and were reported killed. The
reported killing of the six, however, is .
not believed io Habana, for the reason '
that no dead bodies were brought to j
that port. The troops captured only |
one wagon load cf ammunition, and the ;
amount on the schooner when brought
into Habana was insignificant compared
with the amount oarried on the vessel.
The Senate is proceeding very slowly
in transacting the remaining business
before it, and the end of the session is
yet not in sight. j
Chamberlain Checkmated.
Kruger's Superior Diplomacy
Weakened His Reputation.
London, May 2.-The questions |
exciting the lobby of the house of?
commons and all the political clubs, j
is how far the inner cabinet knew cf
the revelations made at Pretoria be- i
fore they were known to the public, !
and whether Sir Hercules Robinson,
governor of Cape Colony and British
high commissioner in South Africa,
is implicated in the conspiracy
against the Transvaal. The plea of
guilty entered by the members of the !
Johannesburg Reform committee,
who were on trial at Pretoria, is now
believed to have been due to a con
certed attempt to avert the publica- i
tion of the evidence involving Cecil
Rhodes and Governor Robinson, who 1
assured the members that the impe- !
rial government would intervene to I
bring about the quashing of the sen- I
tences that might be imposed upon
them. No suspicion attaches to Mr
Chamberlain, the secretary of state
for the colonies, in connection with i
the initial conspiracy, but his pro- '
longed tentatives with President
Kruger are held to be partial proof ;
that he learned the ramifications of j
the plot more completely than he '
ever disclosed to parliament. Mr j
Chamberlain is not to be blamed for j
necessary reticence, but his reputa
tion as the keenest statesman in the
cabinet has been weakened by the !
fact, that is now admitted on all j
sides, that he has been checkmated :
by President Kruger at every point
Regarding Sir Hercules Robinson's |
complicity in the conspiracy, the :
references to "chairman7'contained in :
the cipher dispatches have been ex :
amined in the light of the sequence j
of events, and the knocvn relations
between him and Mr. Rhodes prior j
to the raid.
Inference identifies "chairman" j
with Governor Robinson It is not
supposed that Mr. Rhodes confided
to him the details of the plan : cer-1
tainly not Dr Jameson's prepara- ?
tions to enter the Transvaal, but Mr
Rhodes relied upon the assistance of
Governor Robinson to arrange terms
after a successful rising in Johannes?
burg:.
The Episcopal Council.
The 106th annual council . of the
Episcopal church in Sou'h Carolina will
convene in Charleston oo Wednesday,
the sixth instant.
All the Episcopal clergy of this city ;
will be present. Deputies have been
elected by the Episcopal churches to
represent their parish interests.
The deputies who represent. Ttinity |
church aro Judge A C Haskell, Col. ?
J T Sloan, Capt. R S DesPortes and
Mr John Temple Seibels Mr. R W j
Sband, being cbaoceiior of the diocese, j
is ex-efficio a member of the couocil. i
Some of thc clergy and deputies will '
leave for Charleston on Tuesday, but !
the larger number will go down on i
Wednesday morning.
The subject, of the Episcopal resi ;
dence will be discussed at thc council.
For many years Otiariesion was the Ste ;
city of tho diocese, but Columbia now
eoiovs that distinction, and to make the .
bishop's home permaoentiy ic Columbia |
it is proposed to locate his residsnee I
here -The State. !
A SERIOUS BLUNDER.
Yesterday thc discovery wss made \
that io the volume of the new acts of the j
legislature the important corporation law |
passed ar the last session has been omit- j
ted entirely, and in lieu thereof the ?
copy of the old corporation law of 1S9G
has been printed instead Exactly
how thc blunder, which is far-reach?
ing in. its effects, was made does not j
appear. Thc secretary of srare says he j
sent thc printed pamphlet c-opy cf the ?
new act to the State printer.
Speaking of the acts, Mrs. L^Conte.
the State librarian requests, the an?
nouncement made that, sbo lias not. re?
ceived all the copies yet, bur that they
aro being delivered so many ac a time,
and <hc is sending them cut. al as fast
as she gets them.-The Stats.
Marvelous Story about Cli?
Dwellers.
A marvelous story is that which
e;.me-s from Arizona, wh^re a few
months a<xo some prospectors ia thc
Bradshaw Mountains came ;jpon a cliff
dwellers' village in ono of the most
inaccessible canons of that rr.ngc-th:'
largest village cf the kin'.! ever yet dis?
covered :
Several of tho houses rrere explored
and lar^e quantities ot pottery and
some instruments, evidently used for
cultivating the soil, were found. In
one the skeleton o' a man, not. over four ;
feet, eight inches in height, was discover?
ed. The cauon at this place is a mile j
wide and shows evidence of having been ;
cultivated, if this theory proves to be I
true it will throw oiore light on the hab- >
its of this little known people. So far
as known no other evidence has ever j
been discovered of clifr-dwelle^rs having !
cultivated the soil.-Atlanta Constitu- j
tion.
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The American Medical Association
is in session io Atlanta with one thou?
sand doctors in attendance.
Rev. Mr. Diaz's Story.
JacksonvPle, May 2.-Rev. Alberto
Diaz, Southern Baptist missionary, ex?
pelled from Cuba by Weyler, io a long
interview tells appalling stories of atro?
cities beiog commited by Spaniards.
Io the last two weeks io the rural dis?
tricts of San Miguel, Del Padr?n and
Minas, Mr. Diaz says Colonel Foode
ville has had more than 100 pcrsous
butchered, and then reported them to
the outside world as having been killed
in battle. Among those killed were
children 12 aud 14 years of age. The
victims were compelled to dig their own
graves before beiog sb?t.
As the steamer was leaving Habana,
Mr. Diaz says word was brought, on
board that 27 more peaceable citizens
had been butchered by Colonel Foode
ville's troops near Habana. Colonel
Fondeville is one of Weyler's favorites,
and is acting under the captain gen?
eral's orders.
Forrest, the actor, ooce visited a lun?
atic aylum before producing '"Lear," to
study the iusano. He watched one of
the male patients for some time, during
which the mau kept saying, "I wonder
how long ? I wonder how long ?
Finally Forrest interrupted him.
"What is it that you wonder so
long r
The mao turned on him with a
laugh '*I wonder how long a fool
like you will stand here looking for
something he can't see !"
A TREATISE
ON THE
Cultivation, Cnrioc & Harvesting; of
TOBACCO
From the Pen of R. E. Pittman, a
North Carolina. Planter,
Who h39 never mude a failure and realized on
. .. -z . er 3C0.C0 per acre lae?
year.
A valuable guide and well worth its price
to all Planters of Tobacco, especially those
with little experience, or who expect to cul?
tivate Tobacco m the future.
Send 25c. in stamps or otherwise, to
H. G. OSTEEN" k CO.,
Sumter, S. C., or
R. H. PITTMAN,
Bishopviile, S. C.,
And proche a copy.
Janv 1.
IXMlliS,
DENTIST. j
office
OVER STORE CF SUMTER DRY GOODS COMPANY j
Entrance on Main Street,
Between Dry Goods Co. and Durant & Soo, i
OFFICE HOURS : ;
9 to 1.30 ; 2 to 5 o'clock.
April 9. 2
In going to get a drink stop and tkink
what bargains in Pianos, Organs and Sewing
Machines are to be had at the Sumter Music
House, in the Masonic Temple building.
Destraille Real Estate for Sale.
ATRACT OF 250 ACRES, situate about
3 miles from Effingham, bounded by
Lynch's Creek, the public road and land now
or forerly of Jesse James. The last named
tract of lund well timbered, and admirably
adapted for planting and pasturage. Terms
easy. Anplr to
PURDY k REYNOLDS,
Attcrnevs HT Law,
Oct. 30 Sumter, S. C. ;
GARDEN SEED !
ONION SETS ! \
"Do your part, and do your best,
Nature then will do the rest." 1
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BUIST'S are the best ! Beans, Peas, kc. i
by the quart.
Prescriptions rilled day and night.
FRESH DRUGS EVERY WEEK
J. S. HUGKSON k CO.,
Monaghan Block, Main Street.
Feb. 19. Sumter. S. C.
52d Year.
Great Farm, Industrial and
^tock Journal of the South.
?NE YEAH FOB SI.
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mailed FREE cn application to
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OTTO GARHARDT,
FLORIST AND GARDENER,
INFORMS HIS CUSTOMERS and th
public that he is prepared to furnish fine
articles in
Fruit Tites, Roses and all kinds of Flower
Plants,
Also Callage Plante and other Varie?
ties of Yegetalle Plants.
100 Cabbage Plants S .25
1,000 " " 2.00
i00 Pansy Plants, 1.00
He offers his services to lay out gardens and
ind them in good shape. Reasonable terms.
M ch 1 .
IVIusic in the Air
Is most delightful when it's made on a STIEFF
piano. This instrument is made in a thoroughly
hciectifjc manner, hy careful experts. A good
piauo is a lifelong friend. lt's a tonic-an in?
spiration-an elevation and refinement to the
whole household. Bur. be very sure it is good.
Avoid chauce-buy a STIEFF.
Liberal Terms.
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9 N. Liberty Sr.
Send for Catalogue.
M. STEIFF.
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NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
Probably tlie last chance of
the season. One car load
Horses and Mules will ar?
rive about March 23d.
H. HARRY.
Sumter, S. C , March 20, 1896.
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