The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 16, 1896, Image 7
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