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Invade Habana Again. They Are Expected to be Joined by Other Forces, and Will Reach the Neighborhood of the City 20.000 Strong. HABANA, May 14 -It is paid that Maximo" Gomez the commander-in chief of tiie insurgents, has ordered a concentration of rebel forces. On Saturday Jast he encamped with Jose Maceo, Rabi, Carillo,)Serafin Sanchez, and other reader on tne Campana ranch, near San Juan de las Yeras The combined forces are said to'then numbered about 10,000 men. It is be leived that they have started to march into the province of Habana, and that they have been joined by other forces on the way, the whole body now numbering over 20,000 men. It is expected that they will reach the vicinity of Habana about the end of the month, when hot figting is likely to take place # - - -*mm^ Spanish Lies. HABANA, May 14 -Colonel Frances reports leaving Mariel and marching .:n the direction of Royo Colorado,, in the province of Habana Upon arriving at Banes the enemy attack? ed the vanguard and rear guard of his column, but were repulsed, the Spanish troops using their artillery. The loss of the rebels is supposed to have been heavy. They left 12 dead on the field The troops had 15 men wounded. Another section of the same col? umn under Major Trujillo captured a rebel camp near H oyo' Colorado and won a complete victory over the in surgents. The troops attacked the rebels with machetes and killed 15 of them The Spanish loss was two men wounded Colonel Segura has had engage ments with a force of *?,000 rebels under Carillo and Zayas, who were escorting the insurgent leader, Go? mez, near Ciego, Romero and Reme? dios, in the Santa Clara province. The rebels were dispersed with con? siderable losses The troops had one lieutenant and nine soldiers wounded. Captain General Wey 1er has issued instructions in reference to his recent edict caliiug upon all peasants to seek refuge in the towns General Weyler is reported as saying that the concentration of peasants in the towns is not obligatory, but merely for the benefit of themselves. He also says that he is Willing to employ in the array all 'who shall surrender voluntarily. He will be an energetic enemy, he says, but generous to those who have repented. Sympathy For Cuba. Jacksonville. Fla., May 17.-Al' the regular Sunday eveuing meeting of the Union Congregational church of this city tonight, the following resolu? tions were adopted by a standing vote: Resolved. That in our opinion, it is the duty of all Christian people to ex? press their horror of the cruel and inhu? man character of warfare now being waged by Spain against the Cuban pa? triots * tfho, having suffered iojustice immeasureably greater than justified our forefathers, are justly fighting for their Hve> and liberties and the lives I and liberties of their wives ond chil- ! dren, and we demand that the govern- I meat of the United States, as th 1 representative of an enlightened Christ j ian peole shall promptly demand and'! enforce an end to the butcheries and ? atrocities being perpetrated by the Spsn- j ish authorities and soldiers Resolved* farther. That in addition to the action above demanded, it should be the policy, actively carried out by our government, to render legal assistance to the Cuban patriots. Resolved, further. That our pastor be requested to forward certified copies of these resolutions to the President,, the secretary of state and to both houses of congress. England to Hold China Re? sponsible. LONDON, May 14 -Io response to a request for information in regard to the recent cession by China to the Russian Steam Navigation company of a portion of the fore shore ac Cbee Foo, which was claimed by an English company, Mr George N Curzon, under secre? tary for foreign affairs, stated in the house of commons this afternoon that her majesty^ minister at Peking had sent a cable dispatch to the government at London, saying that a concession had b ec granted by China to a Rus- j sian firm at Cbee Foo. by which British ; vested rights were infringed The ; minister's dispatch also said that he had I informed the Chinese government that it would be held answerable for all in- ; jury to British interests resulting from | granting the concession. A Paying Oil Mill. DILLON, May 14.-The annual meet ingr of the stockholders of the Dillon oil mill was he!d hef*e yesterday The directors declared a dividend of; 15 per cent The actual profits for ; son were 25 per' cent., but it i ided that the surplus above 3ent. should be used in the ?ment of the property. ? Mad Texas Cyclone. Sherman Visited by tne " Worst Ever Known. DssiSOX, Tex . May 15 -The city of Sherman was visited by the worst cy? clone in the history of north Texas about 5 o'clock this evening. The path of the detroyer was 150 yards wide. It struck the city at the Westend of Post Oak creek and ?wept in a westerly direction for several blocks and theo spread and spent its force The track of the cyclone is a grue? some sight, ibo devastation being com? plete, houses trees, fences, in fact every? thing io ita pathway was destroyed The lo?** of. life will probably reach 100 with as many more bruised ard wound? ed The city hail and a storeroom for? merly occupied by S. G Holmes have been turned into temporary hospitals, and 18 bruised, mangled aod mutilated bodies are awaiting idenification at these two places ar this writing Near? ly every house in Fairview addition has been turned into a hospital. THE TEXAS HORROR. SHERMAN. Tex . May 1(5 -The d^athlist from the cyclone of yesterday afternoon U growing rapidly and this morning over 75 bodies had been found. I Twenty Qve physicians irom Sherman. \ Denison, Howe, Whitewrights and Vau | A ls ty. n are attending the wounded, aud hundreds of women are .helping I The colored people, having recovered I from their first fright, are working like ; trojaos The excitement cannot be ; abated as long as reports continue to j come in as they do It is reported that ; 12 dead bodies have been found in a J pile north of town and there are no j means of bringing them here. Many persons are missing and entire ; families cannot be found. It is believed ? many negroes will be found in Post, j Oak creek Bodies are still being i brought in and will be during the day. ! If al! reports are to credited, th" num- i ber of dead must already reach 150. The storm passed two miles from . Dennison and is thought to have broken j bevond there. Telegraph ?nd tele- ? phone wires between here and Denison are down aud roany other towns h?>**e \ ito communication. It is feared that the restoration of telegraphic commuoi cation will bring information of the ; loss of life aod property io surround- 1 ing towns greater than already estt- ; mated. The relief committee made the fol? lowing announcement this afternoon to the press : "The loss of life and pro- j perty by the eyo?one is much greater ! than was supposed last, night and the comber of injured is much larger. The dead and wounded exceed.200 and the loss of property will not exceed $250,000,000. Sherman is taking j I good care of all the wounded, but many I families bavo lost all they had and are ! destitute. All contributions will be thankfully received as they will help us to give to those who must commence life anew. HOUSES LANDED ON AN I? LA ND IN MID- 1 , ?TKEAM. SHERMAN, TEX., May 17 -Six in-j jured in Friday's cyclone died here to- j day. Thpir names are : -. -. Jen-i kins, aged 16 ; every other member of I the same family killed outright. Nellie : Slogan. 9 years. Charles Wedole. j Mrs Lyman and child. Unidentified j woman. Ir was learned this afternoon that the ; Dooley family, consisting of father, mother and four children, living on j Grass Hill, were blown away in the \ storm, and as none of them have been ' heard from, it is believed al! are dead. The spot wherp their house stood was j swept bare. The death list now reach es 105. L. H. Montgomery, a furniture ? dealer, whose family, consisting of a j wife and three children perished, is now con?ned in jail a raving maniac The people of Shprman have buried i the dead and are taking care of the wounded, but fully 700 people io the ! city and county are left destitute News was received here to-oigbt from j Dootors Hastings and Morror. at Howe, Tex, who went with the Carpenters j Bluff searching and relief party, stat- j ing that at Carpenters Bluff five are dead and eight more seriou8?*y injured, j The relief committee left Deoison at 8 I o'clock this morning, and have be?n laboring among the dying all day. The news was brought in by members of the committee who returned for addi- j tional aid The loss is so much greater than was anticipated that floats have | been pressed into service to supply the stricken districts with bandages, medi- . cines and food. About 40 people are homeless, half c'ad and without means Two houses, which were known to have been occupied, were picked up and set on an island in Ked river. The searchers discovered them at about 4 o'clock this afternoon, and the work of preparing rafts on which to reach them was begun. Both houses are lying on their sides, it is supposed that the bodies of those who occupied them are within. - Mil- - I For every quarter in a man's pocket there are a dozen uses ; ?nd to use en rh or.e ir? Such a way a? to derive the greatest benefit i? a question every one must solve for himself We believe, however, thal no better use could be made of one of these quarters than to ex? change it for a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, j Choiera and Diarrhoea Remedy, a medicine that every family should be provided with. For sale by Dr. A. J. China. , AN UNFORTUNATE AF? FAIR. Chester County Treasurer Con? fesses Embezzlement. Special to The State. CHESTER, May 16.-A startling sensa? tion was occeasioned here yesterday about noon when it became known that there were irregularities in tbc tax re? ceipts issued by County Treasurer John B McFadden. A few days tack one or two taxpay? ers in the county found out by compar? ing their receipts with the auditor's books that ther? was a mistake,they hav? ing paid more than the return* called for The*e receipts were taken to the treasurer, the mistakes pointed out and correction asked for. Mr. McFadden promptly paid back the overcharge, aud the parties were satisfied The report, however, w?s circulated that something was wrong at this office and yesterday taxDayers from the town and several sections of the county took their receipts to the auditor and in nearly every case the receipts showed that a greater amount, had been paid than the auditor's books called for. j This, of course, spread all over the town like wild fire, and to day it is j known that these irregularities have ; been carried on for the past five years. Mr McFadden has heen treasurer of j Chester county for 10 years and was un doubtedly up to a week ago the strong? est man politically in the county. He had the entire confidence of the people of this town and county and there was no other Treasurer in the State more efficient and held in higher esteem by State officials, and by his home people than was Mr. McFadden. The extent of these irregularities or the amount of the overcharges that have been carried on systematically cannot bo ascertained exactly. Mr. McFadden acknowledges his em bezzlement and has not been in his office since yesterday at noon. Anxiety and depression overcame him when he met his terribie mistake yesterday, and he now lies at home a very ill man Thee whole town wes greatly sur prised and shocked at his most unfortu? nate affair and everyone expresses the deepest sympathy for the fallen mao and his sadly stricken family. The trouble is altogether between the taxpayers and the treasurer. The county and State accounts have been settled correctly. Solicitor Henry has written Comp? troller General Norton to take charge of the office. CHESTER S TREASURER BAILED j Chester, S. C., May 17. John B, McFadden, county treasurer, I was arrested last night, on an affidavit I sworn out by State detective W. H. Newbold, charging the treasurer with j obtaining money under false pretenses ! in overcharging tax receipts issued by j him. He gave bond to-day in the sum j of one thousand dollars for his appear j ance for trial at the June term of the i Court. He is critically ill at his home. I The Reading Class inAmerca. _ ' In his recent review* of the classes of ' readers whose tastes make the market for fiction in America, Mr. Brander Matthews seems, to have left out of con? sideration a most important, fact and to have ignored the class which gives lite- ; rature its most substantial support. Success in fiction-writing is not so j much a question of pleasing realists or j romanticists among the critics as it is of j pleasing women and girls among the i readers. If it is not true, as has been assumed, that their demand furnishes the support for at least two-thirds of the new fiction, it ia clearly true that teh market would be badly off without them. Most of the habitual reading in gen? eral literature is done by women and young people. A male American gen? erally concludes between twenty-one aod twenty-five that he kuows literature enough to "get along on." After that ho reads a new book occasion? ally, but as a rule he finds all he can do in reading the newspapers, supplement? ed by an occasional magazine But j women who read at all are apt to read | all their lives. They are apt, too, to form their own judgments of what they oped without asking the advice or oon sent of the critics. . Some of the novels which have the heaviest and steadiest sales are scarcely heard of by the re viewers. But whether they are devoting them- I selves to Mrs. Harlaod and Mrs. j Holmes or to Browning and Ibsen, ; American women are emphatically the reading class in America -N. Y. World The Republicans of the second Colo- ' rado District instructed their delegates to the St. Louis Convention to abi'de by the judgment of Senator Teller Non-bolting resolutions were voted down. - nm i Did You Ever Try Electric Litters us a remedy tor your troubles ? If net, gel :i botfle now and get rc hef. Tiii.- medicine ha* been found to be pect:< li:iriy ndapted r<> the relief and curt- of ;IH Fe? male Complaint* exerting a wonderful direct influence in giving strength and tone to rhe organs. If you have los.? ol Appetite. Consti? pation, Headache, Fainting Spells, <>r are Nervous, Sleepless, Excitable. Melancholy or troubled with Dizzy Spells, Electric Bitters is the medicine you need. Hen 1th and Strength are guaranteed by it.- use. Large bottles only fifty cents at J. F. VT. I>cL- r:r.e's Drug Store. Wildfire in Atlanta. THE MARKHAM HOUSE BURNED TO THE GROUND. ATLANTA, May 17.-The Markham House was entirely destroyed by fire to-night, causing a loss of ?300,000. Two firemen are reported to have been killed and one guest or servant was seen at the windows ol the Markham after it was wrapped in flames. Whether that person escaped is also unknown. The fire started in a restaurant on Decatur street and quickly spread to Patterson's liven* stables. The hay in this building was ablaze in a few minutes and gave the flames such an impetus that the city's entire department could not stay their progress for two hours The block is bounded by Lloyd. De? catur and Collins streets and on the south by the railroad tracks. In 10 inimit?s from the time the alarm was turned in, which was about 10 30 o'clock, three sides of the building were burning furiously. George Scoville manager of the Markham, which is just across the street from the union passenger sta? tion, had the servants and guests of his hotel aroused and some of the furniture moved out. The occupants had time to carr}* out their personal effecte. Collins street was occupied by disreputable houses. The women ran out in undress and their iurniture and ei?eets were piled up in the street Some of tho houses were richly furnished and thieves reaped a harvest in looting: them. Patteison got out some of his horses, but 20 were burned. The Decatur street side was occupied chifly by small shopkeepers and bar? bers. Some of these saved a few articles, but a carriage warehouse was destroyed with $10,000 stock. Fall? ing telegraph poles broke electric j light and trolley wires, causing con j sternation among the thousands of j spectators who clicked up the j streets. No one, however, was in I juted by the wires. On the railroad tracks within 50 j feet of the Markham House was a j shed iu which were 3,000 gallons of ! oil stored. A stream was kept play? ing on this shed constantly and it was saved j The greatest less was on the I Markham House, owned by a 6tock j company. The building was valued j at $100,000, and was well insured j Messrs. George Scoville and Joseph I Thompson, the sees, had ?40,000 i in furniture, tu ^ ware, linen and i bar fixtures and stock They were insured for two thirds of their loss. ---?- .???.-?-^? Fitz Lee's Movements. Washington, May 16-Gen. Fitz hugh Lee, the new consul general at Habana who was unable to eec the President and Secretary 01 j ney yesterday, had a conference ? with them to day. He received ! the views ot the administration I wi?h rAgarcj -o Oubau r.ffair''; but whCtli ? [ er they were th? same vietfs whic'i ? I number of sensational newspapers pub fished as having been given to hito'Ca ri not be ascertained correctly. General Lee's departure for his post depends on i the wishes of the President aod Mr. i Olney, and no time has beco set. Here is another chance for Cheraw, j or Rock Hill, or frome other enterpris? ing town in South 'Carolina. The I Thorn Manufacturing Company. 3 241 Water street. Washington, D. C., which makes bicycles, informs the Manufactur?is' Record that it employs : 75 men wiib a weekly pay roll jf $500 -aud desires to change its location. ! T<? (his end it wishes to hear from I corporations and towns which can of? fer inducements in thc way of land, buildings, etc. It fishes to remove about July 1, and expects to employ not less than 250 men with a weekly pav roll of $1,500 in its new location Perhaps Charleston might cap'ure this concern with a little ?ffort. We can offer five years exemption from taxa- j tion as one iducement, and perhaps we j have some unoccupied buildings or land I to spare in or near the city. It is hard to organize new industries. This one is already fully orgaoized, and is look? ing for quarters. Cannot the Y. M. B. L. supply them ?-News and Cou? rier. "If you're a good boy''-the parent began. But the young man interrupted: .'Excuse me, but I know what you are going to f?ay, I have a new proposi? tion to offer. If you aie real kind to ! me, I'll let you take me to the circus instead of Uncle Richard or Aunt Jane, or the geoHeman who lives next door." - Washington Star. - - ? - - A charter has been granted tho Peo- ' pies' B. & L Association of Rock Hill. A Household Treasure. I?. V,*. Fuller, of Canaioharie, N. V.. sa vs that he always keeps Dr. King's Nev,* 'discovery n thc !u?use and Iiis fa mil v ha* alv uys lound rhe very best resal:* follow ?ts use: cb"?" he would ?ot he without it. if procurable, G. A. Dyke tnan. Druggist. Catskill. N. Y.. says thar Dr King's Nen- Discovery is undoubtedly the best Couph remedy ; that helms used it ir; his family . ihr ei?rht years, and it has never failed to du al! that i? claimed for it. Why not try a remedy so long tried and tested. Trial bottles free at .7. F. W. LeLcnne's bru* Store. Regular size ; Sic and $1.0!'. 3 About Women. A writer in the New York Sun cred irs a doctor with making the discovery of a "hotet complexion" among woman. A lady passed who looked well and was thoroughly well groomed. She bad a good complfzion, but it wa?? not the kind that spoke of cjtdoor exercise, strong muscles and blood coursirjg through the veins like a mild current of electricity. The doc'or kuew at a glance that the woman was of those who iive luxuriously at hotels. They oniy sit and sleep and do a little idle shop? ping. They are too lazy even to take their own exercise. They do not want to ger fat. so they hire another woman fo take their exercise for them - that is to say. they employ the the services of a masseuse. Several times a week she givs them a rubbing and pounding, which is rather agreeable than other wise For the rest they take Turkish baths. That is agreeable also, and that likewise helps to keep them from getting too fat. They do not rise in the morning till nearly noon. In thc afternoon they go out and feebly look over new goods in thc shops. This is absolutely the most serious occupation of their lives. Of the noble work for others with which rhey might fill this leisure that fortune has bestowed OD them they have not a conception. They give not a thought to the intellectual and artistic culture which would be a benefit to them even if they thought of the improvement of nobody bnt them? selves. A gifted and original friend of mine has a theory that not all people are immortal. He says if we live solely for eating and drinking and material ob? jects, we become like the things we live for. At death there is nothing of us left but the expression of mere animal ideas, so there ts nothing to survive the decay of the material particles of which we are composed. When the body is disintegrated, the person -goes all to pieces too. His life ceases to be individualized and is diffused once more through the universal life. Anni? hilation is the lot of those who do not develop their soul germs. I wouder if this will be the fate of the woman with the hotel complexiou? Get Five Years. BE a LIN,May 13 -A private telegram j received in this city says that the sen? tences of Col Francis Rhodes,brother of Cecil Rhodes*, ex-premier of the Cape Colony ; John Hays Hammond, the American mining engineer ; Lionel Phillips and George Farrar, who were coodemed to death by the high court at Pretoria upon charges of treason in be? ing active members of the Johannes? burg reform union, which was held to have instigated Dr. Jameson's raid into the Traosvaal, have been commuted to imprisonment for a term of five years. The sentences of other members of the reform committee who were found I guilty in connection with the conspiracy j raid and were coodemed to imprison ! ment and banishment and to pay a fine ! of ?10,000 each, have been reduced to j one year's imprisonment. The tele gram is yet unconfirmed. - i ni -i FUD at tbe Register's, Whereas it is desirable to fae-face-. i facuiate (facilitate) fac?ate and afford ! iDg deference. "You will have to try it agatn." .'Whereas it is desirable to facuiate." j I "What is the meaning of that word- I I "facilitate?" Ph- to draw reference- to make | fashionable-jacbu-post ion."' Is tbat your construction or definition ; I of the word?" Mr. Lofton asks the j applicant. ! 'Yes sir" "Well, I shall have pass you out/ ! - ?- i??. ? A young tenor was recently ad? mitted to a hearing at one of the first lyrical theaters in New York Ile ? sang, and at the third or fourth note j the manager stopped him. "There, ! that will do," he said; "leave me! your address I will boar you in mind in case of emergency.'' "But what would you call a case of j emergency?" "Well, supposing my theater got on fire " "Eh?" "Yes; I should engage you to sing ! out Fire! fire!" How to Treat a Wife. (From Pacific Health Journal ) First, get a wife; second, be patient. Yon ? may hare great trials and perplexities in jour \ business, but do not therefore, rarry to your | home a cloudy or contracted brow. Your ; wife may have trills, which, though ot less j magoitu?>; maj be hard for ber to bear. A ; kind word, a tender look, will do wonders i -ta chasing from ber brow all clouds of ? gloom. To this we would add always keep a bottle of Chnmberlain's Cough Remedy iu I the house. It is the best and is sure to be | needed sooner or later. Your wife will then : know that you really care for her and wish ' to protect her healih. For sale by Dr. A. J. , China. HONEY. Choice Extracted Honey, by the gallon or less quantity. Also New Comb Honey in Sections. For sale at my residence, or orders may be left office of the Watchman and Southron. N. Gr. Osteen. The Sinister Music House, . NEXT DOOR TO POST OFFICE. Jianos. Organs and Sewing Machines of the best grade sold cheap for cash or on easy terms. Old ones taken in exchange for nev.7 ones. CLEANING AND REPAIRING DONE PROMPTLY. We also keep NEEDLES, OILS, And parts of every Sewing Machine. We have some rare bargains in Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines, M. B. RANDLE, Jan S. Mi nager. BEAUTY HATH CHARMS and all the charms which beau? ty likes best to don are shown in our grand display. of fash? ionable jewelry for this season. Jewels like these would en? hance the charms of the most fascinating belle, and surely no fair one would despise such brilliant aids to - her beauty. Like personal loveliness, they conquer admiration on sight ; they score new victories at ev? ery inspection. Those who look over our stock do not willingly stop with examina? tion. Beauty may now be made easily irresistible by a few judicious purchases from our display of up to date jew? elry. L. W. FOLSOM, Jeweler and Optician, SIGN OF THE BIG WATCH, Oct. 16. THE PLACE TO GO. F. H. WARREN, Manufaturer of all kinds of Harness and Saddlery and Dealer in HORSE BLANKETS, LAP ROBES, TURF GOODS AND GENERAL STABLE SUPPLIES. First Class Work dud Satisfaction Guaranteed. SEND FOR PRICES. 223 Meeting Street, Charleston, S, C. Oct. 16-0 Tie Lament ?? Most Complete EstaMMment MW Geo. S. Hacker & Son. -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material. Office and Warerooms, King, opposite Can? non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C, ?S?"Purchase our make, which we guarantee superior to any sold South, and thereby save money. Window and Paney Glass a Specialty, October 16-o. Hardware, Cutlery and Guns, WOODWARK, TINWARE, POTWARE, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS For sale at lowest market prices. MARSHALL, WESCOAT C0,( CHARLESTON, S. C. Oct. 16-x.