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Comments on llie Message. Wnat the Foreign Press Says About the Cuoan Question. Pari?, Dac. 8.? The Temps, com taeotioir <>a President Cleveland's mes - sage to-day, says that it is. worrhy of his administration, which has always borne the stamp of honesty. Treating of that part of the. message bearing on the Cutan question. The Temps de clare* teat the President's attitude wiil satisfy neither Spiiu nor th? rebels and expresses doabt as to tbe efnjacy of tbe offer to guarrantee the autonomy of Cuba. Spain, it. says, would never j think at agreeing to an arrangement that would make the Uotted States the sovereign power in Cuba, while on the other baud, the insurgents will uot be satisfied unless the island is made inde pendent or annexed to the Uni ed States With reference to Veozae?a, Temps declares that the settlement of the question oq the lines proposed by the United States is a triumph for President Cleveland, b?t that it gives an unexpected extension to the Monroe doctrine ? The Madrid correspondent of The Temps telegraphs rhat that part of the message referring to Cuba has caused widespread comment and much adverse criticism The dispatch adds that everywhere an oofavorable im pression has been produced by tbe pte tentions ot the United States ?nd their threatening attitude towards Spain. The Spanish newspapers publish bit ter articles on the subject in which they attribute tbe attitude of the United States to seif-importance, springing from concessions by Great Britain ia tbe Venezuela matter. Dingley Bill Dead Republican Senators Willing to Let the Tariff Stand. Washington, Dec. 8.?Although the Republican senatorial caucus was called ? to meet at 10 o'clock this morning, it was half an hour late be fore a quorum of Republicans ar rived Messrs. Dubois, Peftirew, Mantle and Cannon, the four of the five bolting senators now in the city, did uot attend, but held a conference of their own in the committee room of Mi. Dubois. There was no dis crimination in the matter of notifica tion in connection with the caucus Senators, according to the usual cus tom, are not invited, they are simply notified that^a caucus will be held at a stated time acd place. These >no ticejB were sent yesterday ,to ail the bolting silver Republican sen&tors and to Senator Jones of Nevada The only ex Republican to whom a notice wae not sent was Senator btewart of Nevada, who all through the last see sioo was regarded as an out and out Populist. Senator Dubois this morning, through a note addressed to Senator Sherman, chairman of the cau cue, resigned the secretaryship of of tue caucus and his membership on the steering committee. This may be an indication of the proposed policy of the silver men to refrain from hereafter affiliating- with their old-time colleagues. Senator Wilson of Washington was elected secretary in place of Mr DuboisThere was a friendly rivalry between Sena tors Shoup of Idaho and Hans brough of North Dakata for the va cancy on the steering committee caused by the resignation of Mr Dubois The question was settled satisfactorily by putting both men on the committee and to that extent in creasing its membership. The chief topic for discussion was th? Dingley bill with the result that the matter was referred withont ac tion to the steering committee. That committee will consider tbe advisa bility of taking up the Dingley bill and the possibility of passing it if wisdom suggested that such effort, should be made. Senator Sherman, who has hitherto been one of the chief advocates of this measure, re frained from discussing it The con sens?e of opinion gathered from the short speeches made,, was that it would not be wise to take up the bill owing to the entanglements that were sure to arise and tbe more potent fact that it would be impossible to get the votes wherewith to pese it. Re publicana who attended the caucus say they are firm in the conviction that the Dingley bill is now without the hope of passage. Senator Wolcott introduced a reso lution which was unanimously adopt ed authorizing the caucus to ap point a special commitee of five sena tors whose duty it shall be to deviee such legislation for action by this seesion of congress as will secure an international monetary confrence with the leading commercial nations of the world. Senator Wolcott made ? short speech favoring the adoption of the resolution arguing that this session shall enact the legislation necessary to authorize the coming President to invite the other nations toj?in in such conference and ap point the American delegates thereto. There was no oposition and the reso lution was agreed to without a dis senting vote. The steamer Dauntless which has been engaged for several months in carrying filibustering expeditions to ba, was seized by revenue officers at cksonville, Fla., yesterday. Country's Condition. ! New York, Dec. 11.?R. G Dun i& Co., iu their weekly review of trade j say : j The approach of the holidays and j doubt about the action of congress put j of farther improvement until the t ew ? j year While industries h?ve gained ! io working force, they are waiting for : ! commensurate gain in demand and I ! meanwhile are trying to clear away em- j j barrassmeors, which restrict them. ? Speculation has been halting and timid. There is no sober minded person who I I fears foreign difficulty, but some have j [ succeeded in imagining that congress j mighcgo so far beyond the Pre^idtMit's ? prudent message regarding'Cuba as to embroil this country with Spnin. Money iu an abundant supoly, lending io Lou-j dou continues and there is nothing to cause lest activity in general business except that the rush of orders deferred until after the electiou bas not been continued. The volume of buaioeas shown 07 clearings bas been for the week 5 2 per cent. (=aialler than last year. Scanty returns for December embrace so bad a report of St. Paul stock9 that they fell 16 4 per cent be low those of 1892 and earnings on United States roads amounting to $37 - 636.266 io November, were 10 9 per cent less than last year and 12 2 less than in 1892 Cotton has declined 3-16th in spite of all the stories that the crop ha* been nearly marketed and continues to come forward steadily With over 5.000.? 000 bales in sight, tbere are estimates, based on government reports, that the yield is 8,300,000 bales or less, whioh would have but 3,300,000 to come for ward in eight months and three weeks. When the official report first came tbere was a rush of buyers ; a few min?tes turned the current and a rapid decline followed The iron output December 1 was 142.278 tons weekly, against 124,077 November 1, and 213 797 a year ago and unsold stocks reported we e 31. 901 tone smaller than November 1, but these do not include stocks of the great steel companies. The entire industry is for the time demoralized by uncer tainty regardiog the great combina tions. Textile industries are workiog a larger force than io October, but tbere is not much evidence of larger demand and some kinds of goods a*re accumu lating. Ae raw cotton is lower, some yielding to prices of staples is expected and buying is, on that account, more restricted, a few qualities of goods hav ing slightly declined. Print elotbs are weak io tone, with eoormou9 stocks. Woolen goods are not in better demand and there is genera! indisposition to make commitments ahead. Sales of wool in two weeks amount to 12,378, 900 pouDds, against 11,999,200 last year, and are this year largely between traMe^s. as the mills find at present lit tle encouragement to boy, and London sales are a shade weaker. Quota tionsare not changed, though more fre quent coocessioos are reported Failures for the week have been 380 in the United States against 333 last year aod 43 in Canada, against 54 Ust year. Fiye Hundred Lost. Bremen, Dec 11.?The Iosr of life by the fouodering of the North German Lloyd steamer Salier, which sank on the Coronas Corrubeda shoals in the gale that swept the Atlantic coast of Europe early this week, is now posi tiveiy known to have been much great er than at first r-upposed. The steamer, in addition to her crew of 68 men and officers, carried 215 steerage passen gers. Every soul on board went down dnd was lost with the ship, making a total of 292 persons that perished through the feuodering of the old steam er. The steerage passeogers iocluded 1 German; 113 Russians, 35 Gali ciens and 65 Spaniards Quite a nom* ber of womeu and children were among the number. All were bound for Ar gentina, where they intended to settle. Art Booklets for holiday gifts at remarka bly low prices for sale by H G. Osteen and Co's. A Sufferer Cured " Every season, from the time 1 was two years old, 1 suffered dread fully from erysipelas, which kept growing worse until my hands were almost tise?ft?s. The honos softened so that they would bend, and several of my fingers are now crooked from tin's cause. On my hand I earrv large ?fe?, m scars, vdnc?i, but for m AYER Sarsamirilla, would ?gp^** -sores, provided 1 was alive amigable to carry anything. ?; ?? *&?< Eight bottles of Ayer's Sarsapariila cured me, so that I have had no return o?* the disease for more than twenty years. The first bottle seemed to reach the snot and a persistent use of it has perfected the cure."?O. C. DavTs. Wautoma, Wis. ?? sa parivi ?a A?SE'S PILLS Promote Good Digestion. Are much in little; always ready, efficient, s a t i sf a c tory ; prevent a cold or: fever, cure all liver ills, sick head ache, jaundice, constipation, etc. Price 25 cents. The only Pills to take -with Hood's Sarsaparilia. The SMwiter Music House. MAIN STREET, NEXT TO CROSS WELL'S GROCERY. Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines of the best grade sold cheap for cash or on easy terms Old ones taken in exchange for new 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. . B. RAN.DLE, Jan 8. Manager. TElEB? SS JUST AS COOD FOR ADULTS. WARRANTED. PRICE 50 cts. GALATIA, ILLS., Nov. 16,1893. Paris Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo. Gentlemen:?We sold last year, 600 bottles of GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC and have bought three gross already this year. In all oar ex perience of years, in the drug business, have never sold an nrticle that gave euch universal satis* iaction as your Tonic. Yours truly, ABXEY, Carr & CO SO LD?No Cure, No Pay, kj A. J. China J. F. W DeLorme, J. S. Hugbson & Co. t ail 1st t Sai Geo. S. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS; SASH, BUNDS, Moulding & Building Material. rffice and Warerooms, King, opposite Can non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C, ^#3! * Purchase our make, which we gu?rante' superior to any sold South, and thereby pave money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October 16?o GUARANTEED IN WRITING. Stu dents complete in half the time at half the expense required elsewhere. Ten to thirty placed monthly. Actual Business Depart ment equipped with genuine commercial bank and office fixture?, superior to the equipments of any other college in America. Purely practical instruction and daily drill in real bank and office traD8?ct?on. Penmanship by the only graduate pen-artist in Georgia. The only Southern Co?ece fully abreast with the spirit of progress and teaching, Electric Shorthand, the lightning system of the cen tury. The only college which it is cheaper to attend than to remain idle. Premiums from Four Expositions. Enrollment 700 per rear. Address at once GEORGIA BUSI NESS COLLEGE, Macon Ga. Nov. ?.?o BUY NONE BUT THE GENUINE. 8,000 Merchant? sell Hawkes' Spectacles successfully. Half of them bandle other Spectacles without success, Showine the Great Popularity of HAW. KBS' GLASSES over all others. These Famous Glasses are fitted to the eye Dr.A. J. China's Drug Store, Sumter. 8. G Dec. ll?o. ^lothi ne ?loming, Medium Clothing, Common Clothing, -IH I think I can say without any exaggeration that I have one of the best stocks of CLOTHING, HATS AND'FURNISHING GOODS, For Men, Boys and Children that has ever been brought to Sumter. If you want a real cheap suit you can get it If you want a medium price suit, I have hundreds for you to select from. If you want a fine, tailor-made, perfect fitting suit, you will find a good .assortment of the most popular fabrics made up in Cambridge, Princeton and Oxford Sacks and the latest style Cutaways. No other house will show you a larger or better selected stock. NO other house will sell you cheaper, and no one will appreciate your patronage more than, Yours truly. THE CLOTHIER. Sumter, S. 0. 00 SHO SEST THE WOHLD. A $5.00 SH02 EOF. $3 .00. aSSMBBSS^^ "We make also $2.50 and $2 ' shoes foi men and $2.50 $2.00 and $?.? for boys. The full line for sale by uraole ano perfect-fitting, qiad?i?ev ry to make a finished shoe. Th ring allocs a smaller profit to dealer c at $3.00. $3,50; $4.00 and $5.00 Shoes arc tris if skilled workmen, from the best poss&?e to put into shoes sold at these m Belmont" anc? "Pointed (shown in cuts) will be leaders this season, Itit any style desired may be tained from our agents. m We use on! the best Calf, Russia Calf (all colors?, French Patent Calf, French Enamel, Vici Kid, etc.. graded to corre spond -with prices of the shoes. If dealer cannot supply you, write W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. Catalogue Fsss. J. Ryttenberg & Sons. China, Crockery, Glass Ware, LAMPS, -AT The Sumter China Hall, TOYS LND<>^(>?>^>w DOLLS In great profusion. PRICES AT ROCK BOTTOM. Call early and be convinced, and get the advantage' of the full stock to select from. Full line of Cooking Stoves always on hand. HOME PRIDE is the best. When you want a good piece of TINWARE WHICH IS GUARANTEED NOT TO RUST, go to THE SUMTER CHINA HALL. THOS. S. ROGAN, Prop., Opera House Building, opposite Court House. D7c 2?1 m Office at Epperson's Livei7 Stables. AN ELEGANT LINE ?F ?Toiiet Soaps? Fine Extracts and everything fer a Ladies' Toilet. -Try our 5c. and 10c. Soaps. Fine Cigars ! Favorite Brand? ! Aj<k for Tokios, Humboidt's and Exports. None better. DRUGS ! Fresh Drugs Every Week. Prescriptions Carefully Com pounded Day and Night I>jRSJG rISTS MONAGHAN BLOCK SUMTER, S. C. Beauty Hath Charms and all the charms which beau ty likes best to don are shown in cur 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 ?7 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 ea'Aiy 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. r m. young, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Prompt anentioa to all business entrusted to him. Office on Court House Square, in Blanding office. SIMPLICITY ITSELF The crank-shaft ot Columbias?most im portant part of a bi cycle?is supreme in its simplicity and strength. No nnts to catch trousers 01 ski its. Mechanically one piece. Instantly taken apart. Makes the bicycle ran easier. Found only on Standard of tbe World TO ALL ALIKE Let us explain this and other Columbia :'c:iture3 to you. Catalogue ?rce if yon call. .40. Hartfords, So . ^c, SECOXD HAND. Columbi??, $85 to ?40. Hartfords, ?45 to ?25. Ramblers, ?60 to ?40. D. Jas. Wmn, Sep 21 Agent, Sumter, S. C. I have got the wagon yoa want and My Prices are Eight, I represen- &ome of the best wagon manufacturers in the United States and Can Compete with any Dealer In the South in price and quality. Call and esamine my stock for yourself and be your own judge. Talk is cheap and bo are wagons now. >. F EPPERSON