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WEYLER'S MODE OF CON? DUCTING WAR. Harrassing Peaceable Citizens of the Island- - An Edict to Permit Thefts From Cubans. HABANA, Jan. 6.-Another edict has been issued by Gen Wey 1er un? der which all owners, managers and overseers of estates and farms in the provinces of Pinar del Rio and Mat? anzas shall within eight days from the dat? of the edict appear before the mayor of the fortified towns nearest to their homes and prove their -own? ership of estates or the capacity in which they are employed thereon Owners of estates will be required to show their receipts for the last taxes paid by them and statements will have to be made of the number of hands employed on each plantation Should the examination by the mayors result in the finding of state | ments submitted to be correct, the persons summoned to appear will be allowed to return to their homes, after having obtained proper certi? ficates and passes In all cases where the authorities discover any irregularities in the statements, the persons subjected to examination will "' be obliged to remove at once to the *" fortified towns nearest homes At the expiration of eight days allowed for compliance with the terms of the edict, troops will be ordered to con? duct all persons found without cre? dentials issued by the mayors to the towns and proceed according to.the instructions issued to them. All foreign residents of the three provinces named who are employed in agricultural or industrial pursuits, either as owners, managers or over? seers, must prove their nationality and famish full information regard* ing the persons employed by them, xhibitiag their police documents, tl live stock found roaming .the country will be seized by the au? thorities until its ownership can be proved, and all cattle owners are notified that their cattle must be kept confined and that certificates of own? ership must be shown'to any official authorized to examine it during the passage of troops through the pro? vinces s A party of insurgents under com manrJLpf tbs leader Enrique Penaver, made an attack last night upon the town of Arroro Navajo, cloded to e city of Habana They were stoutly resisted by the local forces, who Fepuleed them and prevented j the town. Penaver and three others \ ofThe rebeta were killed and several were wounded The garrison lost | one sentinel killed. MR. THOMAS PROTESTS. ?st the Commission's Ac? ion. The Chairman Talks. Commissioner" H. R. rn jj y announced that he InB^BLWmake a minority annual report to the general assembly.. WbeJi he handed it .in he was in? formed that the law made no provis \n for the printing of minority re ^rts, the attorney generals opinion [ing beeii asked on the matter. In [equence, the following was yes prepared by Mr Thomas and the press : Columbia, Jan. 5. 1897. [ming to General Statutes, fiZI, I respectfully protest action of the chairman of railroad commission foQ?rr% from the annual report legislature, my minority re rin regard to the f>-i ?ihz r ra e respectfully protest against the action of the majority pf the board in printing, at the expense ol the State, a full showing of their t-ide of the question and denying a like - privilege to me. Respectfully submitted, H R. Thomas, Railroad Commissioner In connection with this matter Chairman W. D Evans of the board yesterday said : "I just wish to state that Mr Tnomas asked me to go to see the attorney general yesterday and in the presence of the attorney general it was agreed between Mr. Thomas and myself that the letter of the attorney general in the report should be with? drawn and the protest that he made at Charleston during the sitting of the court should go into the report Mr. Mr. Thomas made these corree tion8 himself as per agreement with the attorney general and that was to end the matter To day he comes over here and wants to make other changes not in the agreement of yes terday, which I declined to agree to, as the attorney general had vouched for both of us standing by that agree? ment " Perish in Flames. Special to The State. Pickens, via. Easley, Jan 6.-The most appalling calamity that has ever befallen any ons in'this county happen? ed to the Rev. M. L. Jooee last night His residence, five miles north of Pick ens, with the entire contents was de? stroyed by fire. His son,*Elbert, and daughter, Mary, both about grown, perished in tbe flames. Mr. Jones was absent. An inquest was held to-day. Verdict, accident. Six Nuns Burned. Rober val. Que , Jau. 7.-at6o'clook this morning fare broke out in the obapel of the convent here caused ky a lighted candle near th ? cradle of the Infant Jesu9, setting fire to the drap eries and floral ornamenations, and in and instant the whole was a mass of flames. The alarm was given by a sa? cristy nun, but the fire spread wirb such rapidity that nothing could be done to save the building. Seven nuns were smothered in the smoke Their names are : Mother St. "Francois de Paule ; Sisters Providence (Emma La Touroeau of Quebec) ; St. Ursule (Cor inthe Carnean of \ Foye) ; St. Annie (Laure Hudon of Hebertville) ; St Antonie de Padorie (Cathernine Bouille fo Deschambault) ; St Dominque (Marie Louise Girard of Roberval), and Et. Louis (Rise Gosselin of St. Jean Cbrysostome) Another nun was badly burned in trying to extinguish the fire. The con vent and school are a mass of ruins The total loss is ?75,000 with only about $12,000 insurance. The school was closed on aocouot of holidays and most of the pupils bad gone home. The Mysterious Murder of a Negro. Special to The State. ORANGEB?RG, Jan. 6.-The people of our city were thunderstruck this morn?og when it was made known that there had been a lynching within three miles of here last night The following are the facts as ascer? tained : ?arly this morning the lifeless body of Lawrence Brown, a well-built negro of about 20 years, was found hanging from the danger signal at the crossing of the old stage road and tbe South Carolina aod Georgia railroad, one mile from Stilton, and about three miles from Orangebarg. How it got there is still a mystery to every one. Several ballet and guoshot wounds were found OD tbe body. The post from which the body was j hanging is about 15 feet high and 3 feet from the tr?ck. The face of the corpse was turned towitta the posfc and bis back to the railroad. Pinned to his back was found a placard with.the fol? lowing inscription : "Notice to all who rn*y concern : Judge Lynch's court is in session to? night for toe protection of our property, and by the help of God he will convict and execute any man, woman or child that burns or destroys our property with fire. We will proteot oar homes and property and oar -oeighbors shall not suffer loss from he hellish fire? bugs. Let this be, a warning to otb Hunters Murdered. CHARLESTON, Jan. 6.-L. F Brswr and Stephen Mazyck were killed sf Otranto, about 15 miles hom Charles? ton, to day by John Poppenheim. A l of the parties are white. Br'owo and Mazyck had been oat hunting with a party and were orossing Goose creek in a boat when Poppenheim came up and fired Very meagre particulars have been received here of the shooting, but it is ?aid. that it resulted from Mazyck and Brown's attempting to follow a deer into Poppenheiro's prop erty. Poppenheim to-night surrender? ed to the sheriff of Berfcely. county. The Loud Bill Passed by. the House. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6' -After, two days' debate, the house this after? noon by a vote of 144 to 105, passed the bill introduced by Mr Loud, chairman of the committee on post offices and post roads, to amend the laws relating to second class mail matter The principal features of the bill were those denying to the mails, as second class matter, sam pie copies of newspapers and serial novel publications and withdrawing from news agents the privilege of returning to their principals at the pound rate unsold copies of periodi cals. The general debate was cloRed by Mr. Loud in a half hour's speech in favor of the bill, preceding which Messrs. Miliken (Dem ) of Missis sippi ; Wader (Rep ) of Pennsylva nia ; Tracy (Rep ) of Missouri ; Morse (Rep ) of Massaeusetts, and Bingham (Rep .) of Pennsylvania, addressed the house in opposition to the bill. The two hours devoted to the consideration of the bill under the five minute rule was productive of no change in the text as referred to the committee of the whole, and at 4 o'clock it was reported to the house for final action Mr. Washington Duke, of Darharr, N C , has recently given $100. 000 ro Trinity College, N C , on coodt tion that the institution shall open itu doors to young women as fully as to young men. Mr. Duke had already giv^n ?85,000 to the College. We coograulate President Kilgo and young women of the Old North State. Lawrence Wilson, of Baltimore aged ll jears, one of the eight boys who were bitten by a mad dog on Dec. 1, and who was the first of tho eight to go to the Pasteur institute in New York for treatment, dieiin convulsions Tuesday morning. He was the fourth to die from the effect of the dog's bite The other four victims of the dog's attack arc out thought to be in any danger, although James Buhl has been reported to be developing symptoms ol hydrophobia. Hflfcfc That Commission Row. Mr. Thomas Has Yet Another Communication to the Public. V Railroad Commissioner Thomas has yet another communication to the public This time it is in regard to the refusal of the majority of the commission to allow him to print his minority report. Here is what he says : I desire to state for the information of the public that I put a minority report in the hands of the printer to be published in the railroad coromis sion?rs' report along with that of the maj'ority of the board. On last Mon? day when I came to the office I sent for it to submit to Chairman Evans and was very much surprised to find that he had forbidden the minority report being "priuted. I then went with Mr Evans to the attorney gen? eral's office where we made the fol? lowing agreement : That a letter written by Attorney General Barbet as to whether or not there was a trade made at Charleston should be eliminated. We agreed to substi tute instead the protest which I made at Charleston against the trade. Then Attorney General Barber w<^ to pre? pare a paper to be signed by Mr. Evans and myself, asking the legis? lature to investigate the fertilizer rate. Conforming to our agreement to ask the legislature to investigate us ? published yesterday my protest against excluding the minority re? port to be laid on the desks of the legislators. Yesterday the secretary, Col Dan can, asked Mr. Evans to do away with all this agreement if I would eliminate everything of a personal nature from my minority report. Mr. Evans told the secretary to help rae to prepare it and submit it to him He left the office and never returned. Chairman Evans says he would not allow the minority report to be pub lished because of the abuse of the other members of the board, which I desired to have printed in the re port. 1 deny that there is a single word of abuse in anything that I propose to report. In the reports I .did not propose to mention a single name, but to confine myself entirely to the re cords of the office This is the most objectionable part of my report, which Commissioner Evans construes, I suppose, into per? sonal abuse : "The blanket rate in the sixth congre88sional district was fixed without calling the board to? gether as is a custom and the law. No blanket rateexisted in this territory before and no cause has been assigned I why this congressional district should be made an exception The rate 5xed was purely arbitrary and cannot be figured by any rule ever adopted by the board of commission? ers " (See Atlantic Coast Line joint freight rates, effective Jan. 27, 1896; also supplement effective Feb. 7, I ?96 ) I tried to eliminate from that everything of a personal nature and agreed to change that sentence to read instead, "The blanket rate in the Pee Dee section is an arbitary rate, which cannot be figured by any rule herefore adopted by tho board." The majority of the board have made a full showing of their side of the question at the expense of the State and all that I asked was the poor privilege of allowing me to submit a minority report as I am in? structed to do in general statutes, section 1637 Surely Commissioner Evans does not desire rae lo go be? fore the legislature as we agreed without some orinted statement of of my objecth * to the rate made by the majority of the board. If there is any abuse whatever in the blanket rate for the Pee Dee sec? tion I am not at all "responsible, be? cause both the record and the rate were made by Chairman Evans with out consulting me and the question for me is this: "Shall I be sient a.id be made a party to the making of an unjust rate, or shall I do my duty as the law requires me?" I prefer to pursue the latter course. If it re fleets on Chairman Evans at all I am very sorry for it and had no part in making the record because I was not consulted or informed of the meeting at which it was done. I have done all that I possibly could to prevent annoying the legis? lature with this matter, but it seems to me that Chairman Evans demands of me that I shall be silent and allow him to make trades in Charleston and to make rates iii congressional dis tricts, and to make discrimitative rates in favor of the interior mills without a single word or protest, when 1 believed this manner of making is unjust and detrimentarate the best interest of the people ofl to ?tate H. R THOMAS, the Railroad Commissioner. Anderson Intelligencer: A para? graph is going thc rounds of the State press to the effort thai the Legisla turc will ignore i he primar vote in the Senatorial election and elect Gov. Evans as Senator in place of the reg? ular nominee. Hon J. fi. Earle. We do not believe any such s-tuff. Every Democrat in the Legislature who would be a parry to such an outrage would be perjurer, and could be in? dicted and punished as such. FROM THE WIRES. January 8. MACON, Jan. 7.-A special to The Telegraph from Unadilla, Ga , says: Anthony Henderson, the uegro who was arrested Monday night tor the mar? der of old man George Sumner and at? tempted an assault upon his daughter Christmas week, was lynched hare la?t night. There was a ?50.000 6re in Athens, Ala., yesterday. Iut-urance $40,000. Musida V Hoagland, private secre? tary to Miss Mary Garrett, was killed by a fall down^n elevator shaft in Miss Garrett's mansion io Balnaiore yester? day. News from Athens, Tex , says : Fire at Athens, Tex., yesterday de? stroyed a dozjo places of business ou the court house square L >ss is esti mated at ?100,000. Fire believed to have been the act of incendiaries. The Decamp Levy company, whole? sale saddlery manufacturers. Cincin? nati, afgigoed last night Liabilities ?80,000; The Georgia railroad commission bas decided adversely to the roads in the fertilizer rate case and the companies will probably ask for an injunction to prevent the commission from enforcing the cut. rate. In Wilkes county, N. C., yesterday Mansfield Parsons. 15 years old, sou of a widow, committed suicide to spite bis mother for whipping him. The son hanged himself with the same strap that the mother punished him with. In a wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad near Terro Alta. W. Va , lu*t night, Worthington Smith, fireman of a freight, was killed and John Gil baugh seriously injured. In the inquest into tbe cause of the death of James Duffy, the Boston pugi? list, the jury found that death was eu perinduced by excitement following bin boxing contest with Justice, and was acc lerated by disease of tbe heart. The jury exonerated the defendants and recommended that a law be enacted re quiring athletio clubs to employ com potent physicians to examine all nersoo before they are allowed to participate in athletio exhibitions of any kind. Tbe Youngston, O., oar w us, which has been idle for more tb au a year, will resume work OD Monday. Moritz Baurer-, a real estate dealer of New York, was arrested yesterday, charged with swindling people out of real estate to the amount of ?100.000. He was president of the Manhattan Investment and Construction company. CUBA VIA. ATLANTA. Story That Gomez Shot 114 Spanish Prisoners. ATLANTA, Jan 7 -The Constitution has a dispatch from Key West which says General Gomez has begun work of reprisal against Spaniards In au attack upon the central trocha, near Moron, he captured the Spanish gar? rison of Iago Avile, 114 men. They were notified that, according to pre? cedent set by their own government, they should prepare to meet their fate. They were given an opportu nity of writing mesages to their friends in Spain, and then, in grounds of -5, they were shot to death. Never a dollar away from home, says an exchaoge. when the article that the dollar will parch a6e can be obtained at heme. Money is our financial, blood. Its circulation keeps the business body alive. Bleed that body by sending the money awav from home and business pron will pur on a look of lethargy and inactivirv. Always trade at horne. The local paper ai wats urges its rea. dpr* to spend their money at. home, but it is not an unusual thing for some mer? chants to send their orders abroad for commercial printing It's a poor rule that don't work both ways. There is hardly a country under tb<? sun in which tobacco is not used and grown, and yet, it is only within the past few years than an attempt has been made to cultivate it for commercial pur poses in those of our S'ates which were looked noon as outside of the tobacco belt. Now it is grown to a greater or less extent in nearly every State in the Union, and also grown to a greater or ?esa extent in nearly every country in the world The-average world's orop is estimated at 2 200,000 hogsheads, of 1.000 pounds each, of which the United States produce 530,000 hogs? heads. British India comes next with 385,000 hogsheads, Russia next with 154,000. Austria-H au gary following with 143,000. China produces 110. j 000 hogsheads, Germany 77.000, I Cuba, Dutch India and Turkey in Eu? rope 66 000 each, Brazil 60 000. Japin 49.000. France 44.000. the j Philippine Islands 44.000, Persia 40; ! 000, Turkey in Asia 33,000. the Cape ! Colony 22.000, Bosnia and Hertze I govioa 20.000, Colombia 12,000, Bel j gium 10,000. Algiers and San Do ' mingo 9,000 each, Argentina, Para j guay, Mexico. Porto Rico, Australia, j Holland and Greece, 6,000 each, while ' other European and Asiatic countries ? all raise some. With a showing like this the question should not be where j ''tobaooo can be grown'' but where it j can't be Gold and Silver Papers for sale by H. 6 Osteen & Co. Celluloid novelties for Christmas gifts for sale by H. G. Ostun & Co. A Quick-witted Minister. The Courier 6ays the following is a true story : Two young ladies of this city were desirous of joining one of the prominent Episcopalian churches, but as they had been taught that immersion was the true form of Baptism, they wished, on joining themselves to the church, to be baptized in that manner They stated their wishes to the pastor, and he expressed himself entirely wil ling to administer the ordinance in that form ; but as there were no con veniences in the church edifice for the purpose, it would be necessary to go outside-to the frog pond on the common, or thepretty lakelet it) the public garden They looked upon this proposal with horror. They could not thrnk of it, could not think of making such a spectacle of them? selves. "Then," said the genial pastor, "you had better go to a Baptist for the purpose; and after baptism, if you desire it, you will be received into the Episcopalian fold." The ladies were delighted with the suggestion, and as soon as convenient called upon a prominent Baptist pas? to and made known their wish to be baptized "Certainly,r replied the pastor., "but there are certain preliminaries to be gone through before baptism, certain preparations to be made It is a solemn ordinance, one not to be lightly submitted to-and,-by the way, it appears to me strange that you have not previously consulted me. that the preparations so neces? sary-" "0, we are already prepared," said the young ladies "Already prepared ?" "Yes ; we do not intend to become members of your church ; we only want to be baptized, as we believe immersion to be the proper form of baptism We are going to join the Episcopa'ian church r "0, that's it," said the pastor, ris ing ; 1 then permit me to inform you, my dear young ladies, that we do not wash Episcopalian sheep here " ---- How's This. We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for ?nv case of Catarrh thal cannot be cured by Bull's Catarrh Cure F J Cheney A Co, Pro: 8, Toledo. 0. We ihe umiersgned, have known F J. Cheney for the last 15 year?, believe him perfecly hooorahir in all busine-9 transactions ?od financially able to carry out any obliga? tion made t'y their firm WM ? Truax. Wholesale Druggists". Toledo, 0. Wulding, K'.i<04n- ? Marvin. Wholesale Druggists, J ol- do, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is raken internally, ?cine directly upon the hiood ?:>d mucou9 surface* of the system Price 7?c per r>ot f.e. Sold t?y all Druggists Testimonials free Is essential to health. Every nook and corner cf the .system ?3 reached by the blood, and on its quality the condition of every organ de? pends. Good Llood means strong nerves, good digestion, robust health. Impure blood means scrofula, dyspepsia, rheuma? tism, catarrh or other diseases. The surest way to have good blood is to take Hood's Sarsaparilla. This medicine purifies, vi? talizes, and enriches the blood, and sends the elements of health and strength to every nerve, organ and tissue. It creates a good appetite, gives refreshing sleep and cures that tired feeling. Eemember, arsapanna Is the best-in fact the One Tme Blood Purifier. c, ,.. tr>'ti cure Wver Ills; easy to M OOO S Pl I IS take, easy io operate. 2.% 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 ea,ny irresistible by a few judicious purchases from our display of up to date jew? elry. L. WfcFOLSOM, Jewelled Optician, SIGN (M m!^' WATCH, Oct. 16. Tfa^^imter Music House, MAIN STREET, NEXT TO CROSSWELLS 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 r.lso keep NEEDLES, OILS, And parts of every Sewing Machine. We have some rare bargains in j Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines, i M. B. RAN.DLE, Jan Manager. DR. fl. Mil SOLOMONS, DENTIST. office 0?*B 8TORB OF SUMTER DRY GOODS COMPANY trance on Main Street, Between Dry Goods Co. and Durant k Son OFFICE HOURS : 9 to 1 30 ; 2 to5 o'ciock. April 0. 2 Order Your PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES . FROM GEO. f. STEFFENS & SON,* Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S C --Agents for MOTT'S CID3S BED SEAL GIG-ABS, AND DOVE HAMS STANTON HOUSE. D. J. JONES, Poprietor. Rates $2.00 Per Day. SPECIAL TERMS TO FAMILIES. Two Minutes "Watts From Central Depot. Chattanooga, Tenn. July 29. ORDER FRUIT -FROM THE SOUTHERN FRUIT CO. CHARLESTON, S. C. And get best value for the money. Orders carefully and prompt? ly filled. W. H. MIX>ON. Manager. Sept., 30. Tte Larpst ai Most Gollete Estaislui? M Geo. S. Hacker & Son. -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material rl?ce and Warerooms, King, opposite Can? non Street. CHARLESTON, S. C, J^?~PurcBft$f our make, which we gu?rante' superior to any sold South, and thereby eave money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October IC-o