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Spanish Brutalities.
A Letter Confirming Reports
Sent to America.
New if ORK, Oct. 15 -The following
private' letter has been received in thi*
city from a reliable correspondent in
Cuba:
Habana, October, 7, 1896.
Pear Sin Io its is.-ue of Sept. 28.
the PbiladeJpbia Press, uuder the head?
ing "Americana Bleeding in Cuba."
prints an alleged interview with an
American citizen said to have recently
arrived fr/?m this country and who.
after graphically describing the horrors
of the Cuban war and how the lives and
properties of the American citizens are
endangered by ?his state of things,
makes scathing remarks and severely
criticises the weak policy of the Uoited
States government for not taking a
band in stopping all these outrages
which are being daily committed at its
very doors lo all this he is absoiute
, i y correct, f >r nothing ean surpass the
iniquities, the untold crimes and out?
rages which are constantly heing^perpe
trated b* the blood-thirsty and ferocious
Spanish troops ail around the country,
as testified to by truthful correspond?
ents, who have been constantly report?
ing all these horrors. Bot. wh^re Mr
Mann-1 (tor I believe ii was that gen?
tleman who has written the article) has
made a sure misstatement is in his com?
ments regarding Consul General L?e,
when he says: "When Geoeral Lse was
sent to Cuba, Spanish officials seemed
to thick that American rights there
must be respeo'ed and that such respect
must be enforced. It was thought that
he woul i make a report to this govern
ment of the facts that ho could discover,
and that be would be backed by ibis
government in bis demands for protec?
tion. Time went on and no report
seems to have been made that gave any
idea of the real Mtuarioo of affairs. Gen?
eral Lee was expected to maintain the
dignity of this government in Cuba and
be bas reported within a short time that
the relations between this country and
.'Spain, as far as affiirs in Cuba went,
were of the most pleasant character. He
-and Weyler are known to be on terms
.of friendliness. When a complaint is
made, General Loe is *aid to go to
?General Weyier and a*k concerni?^
the abuse that is complained of "
Now, all this is unfair and does a
.great injustice to Consul General Lee
.ID the first place. General Lee sect his
report to the government concerning
the state of affairs in Cuba, two month*
after his arrival here I cannot give
you the text nor tbe nature of the re?
port, for, as you may presume, it is a
-diplomatic secret, but I can say this
*a>uch, that ic contained ample and suf?
ficient information on the condition of
things on the island to guide the gov
.eroment in its future course in its rela?
tions with the Spanish government
In the second place, be has main?
tained the dignity of the American gov?
ernment and people, for in all bis deal
ungs with the Spaoish authorities he
has always impressed them with the
tforeeofhis character, placing Ameri?
can interests above all considerations
-and whenever hechas, any communica?
tions to deliver to the authorities-whioh
are alway* couched in the most severeand
vigorous terms- he alwayR hands (Lem
personally in order to show them the
.interest he takes in having the affair
promptly and satisfactorily arranged,
and to argue whatever difficulties should
arise.
In the third piece, it is absolutely
false that when a complaint is made to
iim, he first goes to General Weyler
to get information about, it, because
this would seem to imply that he subor?
dinates all bis actions to thc Spanish
side of the quesrion, and is influenced
by the reports that Wey Ur may give
him of the facts, wheo it is ju^t the
contrary Take the Govin case, as an
instance Long before the facts wete
known in the States, he was already
making bis investigations on certain in?
formation furnished him, which greatly
ass's'ed him in the work of finding oct
the truth. Well, in ibis particular
case, Consul Lee never for a moment
corsulted with the Spanish authorities
until he obtained the facts from reliable
outside sources, and then presented the
claim to Weyler just a day before he
received instructions from Washington
to investigate the matter. Lastly, re?
garding being on terms of friendliness
with General Weyler, it is but natural
that in a diplomatic way be should ap?
pear to be so. but in the natural sense
of the word. General Lee cannot be on
terms of friendship with General Wey?
ler, "The general d'abbattcir," as
Boobefort styles him.
In making the above statement, I
am solely guided by a sense of justice
towards Consul Lee, whose firmness of
oharacter, integrity and staunch Ameri?
canism have won for him the confidence j
and esteem cf his fellow citizens here
whokn)w thev have a firm supporter of
their rights and a trusted friend in case
of need. I am in a position to affirm
tbe above facts and having been honor?
ed with his confidence for some time, I
can testify that his conduct in the de
feose of the American interests has
alwyas been firm, energetic and digni?
fied asd that he is "the right man in the
right place/7
It is no fault of his, if he is not prop?
erly backed by b?3 government and is
left alone to fight his own battles here,
for Lam convinced that if be were suf
ficiently supported the American peo- ?
pie sculd see the stand he would take
for them and there would not be any
more disparaging remarks about him
^Jjffprring to the story of the shooting
of 51 prisoners in the Cabanas fortress
I think you can now affirm thar if did
happen,because for some time there have
beeo DO pablicexecution-,which attracted
cooMderable attention and were severe?
ly and justly criticised io ali foreign na?
tions, especially thc Amt rican W>-)?
ler,followiug instructions from DaL HUP,
or the home government, has adopted
the old inquisitorial proceeding" of do
iog away with the prisoners in the
shadows of the night without inquisi
tive gaze and sympathetic ccpiunects,
thus giving him better opportunities,
to "clean out" the ells of prisoners in
order to make room for other unhappy
viotims. Great God I that such thin?8
should happen at the end of the enlight?
ened nineteenth century, in a civilized
and Christan country, and at the very
doors of a great and generous nation.
[ don't believe that President Cleve?
land will leave power with the reproach
that he bas been indifferent to the wails
and laments of the unhappy Cubans
and bas quietly allowed all these crimes
to be committed without having at least
protested against them And as a
proof that they are still being commit?
ted all over tbe country, here is a case
tafeen from the many that are daily
heard of
A letter from Santa Clara, dated Sep
t?mb?r 10th, written fey a lady who
hides her name under the ;'oora de
plume" of Vi gas de Sagaa, sure>y on
account of the .'ham*? she esperinced
when writing it, says that on the 8 h
cf the same month in the tobacco settle?
ments of V; getas. and B?'nia, the local
guerillas, styled "guias del General
Pand:?," commanded by a certain
Magin-a renegade ?>egro. escaped from
ja ! for life imprisonment for murders
aud pardoned-and the cavalry forces
of L )p? z Amor's column,now under com
maud r?f.Colonel Sruch, assaulted and
outraged seven respectable women,''our
si gie ladies and three married ladicp,
one of them only 12 days after cbi'd
birth Cjmmeots are unnecessary.
Jones' Estimate.
CHICAGO, Oct. 13 -Senator Jones,
of the Democratic national commit?
tee, characterized the table of the
probable elfctoral vote as given out
last night by Senator Quay as a "gi
gantic bluff " The chairman pointed
out that of all the States classed by
Senator Quay as doubtful only Ten
ne8see and Virginia have not corn
plete fusion of Democrats, Populists
and silver Republicans The Sena?
tor also states that of the States
classed for McKinley there was com
plete fusion of all the silver forces in
the following : Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan,
Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio,
We6t Virginia and Wisconsin. In
thirty two States altogether complete
fusion had been effected of all the
forces opposed to the gold standard.
Chairman Jones gave out the follow
ing table, showing the votes of the
respective candidates in the Elec
toral College: Alabama, Bryan ll ;
Arkansas, Bryan 8 ; California, Bry
an 9 ; Colorado, Bryan 4 ; Connecti?
cut, McKinley 6 ; Deleware, doubt?
ful 3 ; Florida, Bryan 4 ; Georgia,
Bryan 13 ; Idaho, Bryan 3 ; Illinois,
Bryan 24 ; Indiana, Bryan 15 ; Iowa,
doubtful 13 ; Kausas, Bryan 10 ;
Kentucky. Bryan 13 ; Louisana. Bry?
an 8; Maine, McKinley 6; Mary-1
land, Bryan 8 ; Massachusetts, Mc-1
Kinley, 15; Michigan, Bryan 14 ; ?
Minnesota, Bryan 9 ; Mississippi,
Bryau 9 ; Missouri, Bryan 17 ; Mon
tana, Bryan 3 ; Nebraska, Bryan 8 ;
Nevada, Bryan 3 ; New Hampshire,
McKinley 4 ; New Jersey, McKin
ley 10 ; New York, doubtful 36 ;
North Carolina, Bryan ll ; North
Dakota, Bryan 3 ; Ohio, doubtful 23 ;
Oregon, Bryan 4 ; Pennsylvania,
McKinley 32 ; Khode Island, Mc
Kinley 4 ; South Carolina, Bryan 9 ;
South Dakota, Bryan 4 ; Tennessee,
Bryan 12 ; Texas, Bryan 15 ; Utah,
Bryan 3 ; Vermont, McKinley 4 ;
Virginia, Bryan 12 ; Washington,
Bryan 4 ; West Virginia, Bryan 6 ;
Wisconsin, doubtful 12 ; Wyoming,
Bryan 3 Totals: McKinley 81,
Bryan 219, doubtful 87
Senator Jones added that thou
sands of Democrats in Connecticut
and New Jersey had informed him
those States would cast their voles
for Bryan, while the Democrats of
Iowa looked upon that State as safe
for Bryan by a large mority.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -The little
dispatch boat Bancroft of the United
States navy, now about due at
Smyrna, has not been ordered to
force a passage through the Darda
nells with or without foreign aid
This can be stated on the direct au- !
thority of the President of the United
States There is no doubt that the I
Bancroft is going straight to Constan ;
tinople just as fast as her steam can
cany her or just as soon as Minister :
Terrell makes a request upon Ad ,
mira! Selfridge for her services as a
guard boat or dispatch boat in the |
same capacity as similar light
draught and light armored dispatch
boats aro placed at the service of
other friendly nations But that any ?
forcible passage of the Dardanelles is
in con lem pla lion by the United
States with or without European sup?
port, can he set down as simply au
attempt to exaggerate ttie news orig
inally given in these dispatches.
Tbe Sm:h Carolina synod of the
Presbyterian church will convene in !
Orangeburg on the 27tb inst. The !
body will be composed of about 150 or '
160 delegates. I
MADRID Oct 14 -A special dis
patch to the Imperial from Habana
says another engagement has been
; fought between the insurgents and
I Spanish troops at Uascorro, Cama
guey, which place was recently be
! seiged fer 12 days by the rebels. In
this battle the force of Genera! Cas?
tellanos, the Spanish leader, was
compelled to retieat. The loss of
the rebels is estimated at 200.
BROOKLYN, N. Y , Oct. 14 -The
appellate division of the Supreme
court, silting in Brooklyn, this morn?
ing decided that the "National Dem?
ocratic parly" has a right to use that
title on the official ballot and that it
will not be an infringement upon the
regular Democratic party's right.
On this point, the court was divided,
and Pref'Mug Justice Brown and
Justices leadley and Hatch ruled in
favor of the "National D?mocrate."
Justices Cullen and Bartlett dissent
ed and ruled in favor of the regular
D?mocrate, holding that the latter
have the exclusive right to the word
"Democratic " On the other point,
whether the nominations of the Na?
tional Democrats are party nomina?
tions, the court is unanimous in de?
ciding that they are An appeal will
probably be taken to the Court of
Appeals
AUGUSTA, Oct 14 -Augusta has a
youthful would be murderer Coat
Fields, a negro boy, aged 7 yeais,
to-day quarrelled with his nephew,
Charlie Blair, 5 years old3 and told
him he was going to shoot him if he
did not do as he told him Charlie
was obstinate and Coat ran to the
bureau, procured a pistol and banged
away. The bullet entered Charlie's
chin and came out by his left ear, in
flicting a painful but not dangerous
wound.
NASHVILLE, Tenn , Oct. 14 -A
gang of masked men L)oted the little
town of Peryear, in fleury County,
early this morning The citizens
were awakened at 4 .o'clock by the
sound of an explosion and the firing
of guns and revolvers. Those resi?
dents who were daring enough to
leave their houses were warned to
return under the pain of death. In
order to intimidate the people the
gang kept up an incessant discharge
of their firearms Tnere were eight
men in the party and all were heavij
ly masked After robbing a number
of stores the gang set fire to several
buildings and then fled to the coun?
try. After the fires had been sub?
dued a posse was formed and started
in pursuit of the marauders The
exact amount of money and valua
bles secured by tine gang is known,
but it is estimated that they got away
with at least $3,000 in money
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State of Ohio, City of Toledo, )g3
Locas County. /
Frank J. Cheney ra-'kes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney k
Co , doing business it) the City of Toledo,
county und State aforesaid, and that said
fiim will pay the sum of one huodred dollars
for each and every casi? of Catarrh that can?
not be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh
Cure. Frank J. Cheney.
Sworn ?.o before me and subscribed io my
presence, this 6th day of December, A D.
1886
[SEAL ] A. W. Gleason,
Notary Public
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'.Were you at the ball at tbe gov?
ernor'* rnansioD? ; asked Mrs Pe'erby
of Dr Perkins Soouover
"Yes, I was there, and enjoyed my?
self very mach," replied the doctor.
"I didn't see your name in the list
of distinguished personages."
"I know that very weil The editor
has a spite at me, and left my name
out. Ab! Mrs Peterby, we doctors
have lots of enemies in this world."
"Yes, but not as many as in the
next."
Greenwood's telephone system is
reaching out to every town and cross?
roads s'ore in the region. Electric
lights, waterworks system and other
needed public improvements are in
sight and will be established within a
year.
Electric Bitters;
Electric Sitters is a medicine suited for any
season, but perhaps more generally needed,
when the languid exhausted feeling prevailsa
when the liver is torpid and sluggish and the
need of a tonic and alterative is felt. A
prompt use of this medicine has often averted
long and perhaps fatal bilious fevers. No medi?
cine will act more surely in counteracting and
freeing the system from malarial poison. Head
ache./Indigestion, Constipation, Dizziness yield
to Electric T??tteTS. 50c and $1.00 per bottle
at J F. W. DeLorme's Drug Store. 1
Poor soil
and exhausted i:elds which
were once productive can again
>e made profitably fertile
oy a proper rotation of crops
md by the intelligent use o?
fertilizers containing high per=
ventages of
Potash,
Strikingly profitable results
.ave been obtained by follow
. * this plan.
. !f pimph?crs are not advertising circuiari boom
; r-.iodal fertilizers, but are practical works, contain
. I itc*t researcher. cn the subject of fertilization, :::.d
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93 Nassau St., New York.
Tax Notice.
?^VT?TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
J3| the County Treasurer's books for the
months of November and December, 1895,
and the fi:Cil year 1896 will be open for the
collection of said taxes from the 15th day of
October, 1896, to the 31st day of December,
1896/'inclusive, at his efflce in the County
Court House in the city of Sumter.
The total tax rate ?3 10 4 5 mills, appor?
tioned as follows:
For State purposes, 4? mills.
For oidinary county tax 3 3-10 mil's.
For school tax 3 mills.
There is also 'he following additional
special school taxes levind in the school dis?
tricts named:
Swimming Pens District No. 16, 2 mills.
Bisbopville " " 20, 4 "
Mayesville " " 18, 2 '?
Sumter " " 1, 2
Middleton " " -, 2 "
Mt. Clio " " -, 2 .?
Providence " " -. 1$ "
All male citizens between the ages cf 21
and 60 years, except those incapable o? earn?
ing a support or otherwise exempted, are lia?
ble to a poll tax of one doll r
The Treasurer would respec'fuilr urge
prompt pat ment, inasmuch as there is no pos?
sibility of an extension. Those waiting until
the last will be hubie to serious delay at.d
inconvenience, as there is HIWHVS a rush to?
ward the end.
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The "Belmont" and "Pointed
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Sumter, S. C.
Sept 16
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