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Gossip in Cuba. . Talk of Commercial .Treaty With the United States. j Habana, Feb. 18 -Advices received I here from Madrid report an interview j with the Marquis de Apesteguza, the [? leader of the Coban coDservatives OD I toie-^?bject of the relations between [ Spain and the" United States liefer I ritig to the question of a commercial j treaty the marquis said the matter should be carefully considered in order that the interests of Spaniards in Cuba y should not suffer. Such consideration could be given owing to tbe fact that the signing of snob a treaty was not orjred. The Diaro de Ia Marina to-day pub? lishes ac article eulogizing President % "Cleveland for his attitude toward the Cttban filibusters and saying that be is determined to punish those who seek to aid the insurgents. The town of Pirnas io the province of lFinar del Rio, was the scene to-day of a hot fight. A band of rebels at |S? tacked the fort, the garrison making a jgl gaHanfc resistance. The rebels were ^finally repulsed. Losses, if any, are unknown. ^Commander Perez of the gunboat IFIech a fired to-day on rebels quarters oo the beach at Santa Rosa, Pinar del Rio. The ?nts occupied by the rebels were destroyed, and the rebels driven from their encampment. Ricardo Ri oz, an American dentist ;; who shot himself at Goanabacoa, died !?..? last night After an autopsy the body will b*. delivered to Consul General Lee and Dr. Burgess, and will be interred in |*i the Colon cemetery. CAME TO TAW. Washington. Feb 18 -The Spanish ?kg'ov'ernmeut has agreed to release Julio ; Sanguilly, the American citizen who was arrested in Coba almost two years ago. When the committee on foreign ?y-yrelations yesterday took the considera? tion of the Call resol utiou instructing the President to demand his immediate release, the committee deemed it wise to postpone action for one day for the purpose of ascertaining if there had been any developments in?the case since - the submission except the correspond? ence of the senate. This morning a message was received from Secretary Olney acnoonoiog that tbe Spanish government had agreed to his imme? diate release. The committee will, therefore, wait until next Wednesday its regular meeting day, and if the release is not granted by that time a . unanimous report in favor of the reso ftfcjction will be made to the senate. Kw Postal Card Coupons. -- Washington, Feb. 18 -The senate to-day passed without a. word of obj ec lion, a bill wbiob, if it becomes law. "K^ will introduce a new postal card sys? tem, [ts title is "a bill to extend the Bf-uses of the maii servioe " It was introduced in the early part of last session by $Tr. Vilas (Dem .) of Wisconsin and was referred to the post. ?_^o$5oe committee, from which it was re ported back with amendments on the j 18th. of last month. A week ago an attempt was made to have it passed by unanimous consent, but objection was then made by Mr. Allen, who said from the reading of the bil! it appear ed to propon the conferring of a mono poly. Mr Vilas admitted that it did . confer a monopoly, but said that, as the oompany concerned owned the patent for the invention, there must necessarily be a monopoly. Mr Alien promised to lock into the matter, and when Mr. Vilas asked unanimous con sent to-day for the passage of the hill, and said that Mr. Allen was satisfied' with ii, no objection was made and the bill was .passed without i even being read except by title. ? s purpose is to allow the circulation by u* ?il ot -he pos? tal cards and envelopes, with coapot.n attached, patented and owned b? ? West Virginia corporation, at regular .^postal card and letter rates (patd oo fc-eseotatioo of the coupons from the Kaid cards and envelopes when detach* W ed at the oflicc of delivery") ? The postmaster general is to test the practical operation of the plan in one or two cities, aod to suspeud its opera? tion if the test prove unfavorable There are nine sections to the bill, bu they do not convey a very clear idea cf the plan. History Repeats Itself. "Ferdinand! what, are you doing with those bloomers at this time of night?" The voice of Mrs Pc-ckleigh w^e stern and sever*? as she sat up io bed. "W-wby, I-? ara only sewing on some buttons, my dear/' meekly pre varicated her husband, woo. tn reality, was 'going through thc pecked for small change to buy ice cream sod::?. "Oh, you dear little husband, you!'* Mrs. Pecklei?b exclaimed, with appar? ent remorse, but chuckling secretly, for rose she saw through his excuse, and she and got out five other pairs of bloom ers and Mr. Peckleigh had to stay up all night sewing buttons on them to make good his little bluff. Dr. Zertucha Assassinated. Madrid, Feb. 18.-A dispatch re? ceived here from Habana says it is re? ported there that Dr. Zertucha, who was Gen. Antonio Maceo's physician, and accompanied him at the time the insurgent leader met his death, has been assassinated. The Fleet Off Charleston Does Target Work, CbarlesroB, Feb. 16 -The day has bee* aa uneventful one with Admiral Bnoce's fleet The ships occupying their positions of yesterday resumed the exercises with their main battery at an early hour. By 9 o'olock the roar of the big guns could be distinctly heard in the city'. These exercises were practically identical with that of yesterday. The practice was then dis continued until 2 p. m , when it was once more resumed, this time with the four and six-inch guns. Daring the afternoon the formation of the fleet was materially altered *The Indiana'replaced the Co! aaa bia at the southern end of the Hoe and the other five vessels of the fleet ..are col? lected about the flagship almost due east of the jetties and five miles to sea? ward. At night there was some f Ex? cising with the Gaston signal bot no manoeuvres of general ioterest. The Vesuvius lay off the coast with the fleet last night, but came into the harbor early today and is still off the cus? tom house. The transport Ferd made her usual trip to the city, aod coming np once more during the evening is now lyiog in the Cooper river Up to a late hour to night the fleet has been joined by none of the boats recently ordered here The Terror, Puritan, Katabdin and Ericsson have Jbeen ex? pected off tbe coast ail day but nene of them have- put io an appearance. The battleship Maine will sail for Port Royal tomorrow eight or Thursday morning. Their Work is Done. _ Blockading Fleet Will Have Two Days of Play. Charleston, Feb. IT.-It is under? stood that the manoeuvres of Admiral Burjce's fleet off Charleston are about over and the remaining days which the ships will remain in these waters will be spent in feasting and pleasure. There will doubtless be a review in the presence of Secretary Herbert of th? navy when he sails out in the Dolphin, which came into port this morning, to morrow, br* the work for which the ships came . > Charles ton has been accomplished and the fleet will breat up Saturday It is understood that the New York, Col umbia, Massachusetts, Indiana and Fern will proceed direct ' > Hampton Hoads for coal and from thence to New York, where they will arrive not later than March 2 The Dol phin and Vesuvius will go to the Florida coast looking for filibustering parties, and the Maine wiil proceed to New Orleans The Amphitrite will remain until Saturday To mor row Secretary Herbert, Attorney General Harmon, Admiral Gherardi acid a distinguished pary of ladies abd gentlemen will arriv* in the city They will be the guests of Charleston during their stay here. Governor W H Ellerbe, ail the chief State officials and the members of both houses of the general assembly will also be in the occasion A public reception will be held by Secretary Herbert in the afternoon at the city hall and at night a dinner will be given by the chamber of commerce Speeches will be made by Secretary Herbert, ?ttom?y General Harmon. Mayor Smyth and others Friday a military and naval ball will be feu dcred the visitors by the city And* this will probably conclude the block ade of the port of Charleston. It is impossible just now to rightly estimate the results of the rnanoeu vres. Officers who will discuss the matter al. all express great satisfaction with what has been accomplished This consisted mainly in exercises with the search lights andtguns of the ships. Nightly there was prac? ticing with the lights on ships' boats sent out for the special purpose The ship would pick the boat up and then following it with the light a record would be made of the observations takten at all distances until the limit of the light was reached. Practicing ! with the main batteries was especial ! ly important and interesti .* With the smaller guns considerable accu racy was developed, some of the ships striking th^ir floating target frequently The work of the heavy pieces was lees accurate, but far more instructive, as the met.? needed this practice the most The New York, for instance, struck her target no less than 20 times during the practice with both of her batteries. While the officers do not say so it ie pro? bable that the work of the search i lights was somewhat disappointing I at times On clear nights the lights ('achieved perfect results, but they I proved utterly inadequate to cope I with the heavy fog or. mist. On the j night which tbe Vesuvius ran the j blockade the lights did not carry 500 I yards*. The Maine will leave the fleet to? morrow and proceed to Port Royal where she will coal. It is stated positively by persons in a position to know of what they speak that the ships stood the firing of the great guns well, neither the guns, turrets nor gear of any kind receiving any injury. --mwm*~*-+-+ i - The Finest assortment of choice stationery at H. G. 08teen and Co's, book store. Sbe Will Igbore the Mandate of the Powers. Athens, Fi b. 18.-Despite the ac? tion of the powers in restraining the Greek troops in Urete from aggres sive operations against the Turks and the probability that that island will eventually be handed over to Greece without the necessity of her fighting for ils possession, the war feeling here is in Cleaning hourly. The enthusiasm willi which the re? serves responded lo the call to arms has been fully equalled hy the mili ta ry ardor of volote?is who are flock? ing (he city from all pans, eager to take pan iii liai lie against ihe Turks. li is announced lois morning that the king of Gieece intends lo take com? mand of the not (hern army in per? son and this has had the effect to Mill further inflame thc martial spirit of the people Au indication of what may be ex? pected in the way of ausist ance from Macedonia in any possible conflict willi the Tink is shown in steady accession of Macedonians lo the Greek ranks A force of 1,000 Ma? cedonian volunteers in one body cross ed the frontier yesterday and joined the Greek army 1? reply to the demand of the di? plomats representing the great powers, that the Greek flotilla commanded by Prince George be withdrawn from Cretan waters at once M. Skouses, minister of foreign affairs sent to each minister a note saying the with? drawal of the flotilla will be impos? sible until Crete is completely paci? fied and furthermore, that the Greek government will not rescind its or? ders to the Greek force in Crete to oppose the landing of Turkish troops upon the island Colonel Vassos, commanding the Greek military forces tn Crete, has established headquarters at Genia and is making preparations to attack the town of ?elino. MUSSULMAN'S ARE MASSACRED Canea, Feb. 18.-Rumors of a wholesale massacre of Mussulmans at Sitia have reached here, some of the reports placing the number of killed 2,000, wbich includes almos* the en? tire Moslem population of the town. It is said that men, women and chil dren were killed indiscriminately by by the Christians It is impossible at present to confirm the reports, but the rumors have created the deepest .anxiety here General Bor. who is in command pf the gendarmie at Canea, has sent two Italian officers of the gendarmie to Sitia in a gunboat to inquire into the truth or falsity of the reports. The fort at Voucoulis, which is garrisoned by 500 . Turkish troops, has been beseiged for several days by a large force of well armed in sargenta Yesterday the commander of the be8eiging force called upon the Turkish commander to surrender and promised safe conduct to any of the garrison who chose to accept it. The Turks'refusedto surrender on anv terms It is stated that the orar mt O risen has provisions enough to last for 20 day3 and a plentiful supply of ammunition It is reported that Greek troops started to day for Vou coulis to aid the insurgents in the capture of the place. The Situation in Europe. From day to day the press dis? patches have brought the news of the stirring events along the M?ditera nean ; of how Creece, unable to bear longer the oppression of her kin in Crete, has made ready for action, King ?-eorge and the opposition drep ping ail differences and uniting for the one object of staying the hand of the. Moslem. The hints sent across the Atlantic to explain the action of Greece from a diplomatic standpoint i are probably wide of the mark. A simpler solution suggests that a noble people who hark back to the glory of old da> s with their unapproachable splendor, need no other spur than tiie erv of the desolate and oppress? ed This has stirred Greece King Geoige 6?ts none too securely on that throne in Athens Ile dares not cross the will of his people fired by such an impu'se. That is all the explana tion necessary to understand the Greek movement But there are other practical conse? quences apt to result in case Turkey declares war, as she will do unless affairs change front Greece alone could not confront Turkey. The lit tie kingdom must per force seek aid . Will the powers grant it? Have they put Greece forward purposely to draw the Turk into a war, intend? ing tims to find ar; excuse for mush? ing the Moslem power ? All known circumstances-notably the declara? tions of the Marquis of Salisbury are opposed to such a belief The more rational conclusion is, as we | have said, that Greece goes it alone j It would fire ill for this brave kingdom were it not for another grim power that has a deep debt against the Turk Russia has watched Con? stantinople from afar Ever ready to pounce on it and sweep the Ottoman out of Europe, she has been con? stantly frustrated by the allied pow? ers The White Czar has declared his purpose of old and ali his recent policies point to one end. Soon or late his guns will wake an echo in the Dardanelles He would want no better excuse than the one offered by Greece Hence the concern of the allied powers ; hence England's firm resolution to preserve the balance of power-or as some German wittily said, England wants to keep the bal ace of power. So it will be seen that the appar? ently insignificant uprising in Greece may lead to mighty consequences The czar has avowed his intention of putting the Suez canal under interna tional control-a blow which was aimed at England and which went home From an unexpected quarter the event lias come which may britiqr on the much dreaded European war-in which all the powers will be more or less involved-and in which Abdul Ilamid may be most gloriously and signally revolvecf ont of political ex ?8tence. But time will bring us the tale of it.-State Taxes. For several years^ the expenses of municipal, county aod State govern? ments io Soutb Carolina have steadily increased and the burdens of taxation grown heavier Tbe creation of new officers and positions in ibe State gov erument have each year made greafer demands for money, and each oew oreatioo by its own force demands otbers, and thus each year more money ia appropriated Tbis is true also of tbe county gov? ernments The Keowee Courier, in a well writ? ten editorial, shows t.bat the expenses of tbe county government of Ouonee county have been doubled under the new County Goveroruent system and that the demand for more and larger appropriations is inevitable under the syfltem. The last Comptroller General's re? port shows.that in several of the coun? ties, the rate of taxation for county purposes is enormously increased In Chester county a levy of seven mills for oounty purpose* i? a?ked by the county supervisor, in Fairfield 5| j mills, Georgetown 6 mills. Greenville 8 j 10 21 mills,Kershaw 6|- mills.in Laucas ter 19i mills, Lixiogtun 6i mills aud Pickens lOf mills-while tne levy for the counties was formerly cot exceeding 3 mills-very few of the counties atk fora levy less tbao four mills Of course, added to tbis levy we. have the State tax and the school tax of three mills, wbicb will aggreate about 8 mills this year. Not only so, but municipal taxes are increasing so rapidly that soon it will te cheaper to live ic a hired house in aoy city than to live ia one which the inhabitant owns. The State, county and municipal taxes, insurance rates and the interest oo the money invested in the house wi?I amount to more than the rent which would h*ve to be paid for the same bou>e With all this, new methods are being devised to create more offices-a bank examiner, insur? ance companies, a labor bureau of statistics and commissioner of labor, are f-uggested by bills introduced in the Legislature With this it is sought to put the.t?l?? graphie lines and. express companies under the railroad commission, aod thus, with increased labor put upon the already over-burdened commissions, new clerks and increased gay will be demanded It would delightful if au era of real, genuine reform could be inaugurated taxes be reduced. The prospect how? ever, is now not very favorabid for such reduction There is nothing that now escapes tbe tax gatherer, new schemes each year are devised to reach every kind of business and propeny Tne loss df the phosphate royslry. and tbe new county governments will increase tbe expenses r.f the S'ate and connty governments whiie the municipal tax ation dues coi stand still -Columbia News A Valuable Prescription. Editor M cn if on o* Worthington. Ind.. "Sun" writes: "You have a valuable prescription in Elem ic Bitters, and 1 can cheerfully recom mend it for Constipation aDd Siek Headache j and :?s a general system tonic it has no equal.' Mrs. Annie .Steele 2fi25 Cottage Grove Ave. j Chicago, was all run down, c?-u!d not cat nor | digest food, had a backache which never left \ her and felt tired ant! weary, but six bottles o? | Electric Bitters re?torod her he;iith and renewed ! her strength. Prices 50 cent* and $1.< 0. Get I a Bottle at J. F. W. DeLorme's Dru<r S:ore W Vg? Of severest trial and test prove in regard to Hood's Sarsaparilla $t9 Greatest Merit Secured by a peculiar ConVch?a tiOn, Proportion and Process unknown to c tilers - v.'hieh naturally actually produces I y j ?U?S 5> Ci i W S> ? ?\?> 'Ja '? V ??3 Shown !"?.' thousands o? honest, voluntary testimonials - -which natura?y and actually produce 'd5 Greatest Sales According to thc statements of druggists ever the country. In these three points Hood's Sarsaparilla is peculiar to itself. Sarsaparilla Isthebest-It is the One True Blood Purifier. r?:ii~ are the only pills te take nOOCl S FlllS with Hood's Sarsaparilla. AS TO ALIENS. Washington. Feb 17 -After a four hours' debate iu the senate to day the conftrence repott on the bill to amend the immigration laws was agreed to by a vote 34 to 31 As the report had already been agreed to in the bouse, the bill as modified in conference nov? goes to the Presideut. It adds to the classes of excluded aliens all persons over 16 years of age who cannot read the English language, except that admis 8?ble immigrants may bring with them or send for illiterate parents or grandpa:eats over 50 years of age, wives and minor children It also prohibits from employment on public works aliens who come regularly or habitually into the United ?tates for the purpose cf engaging in any me? chanical trade or manual labor, and who have not made declaration of in? tention to become American citizens. The secretary of the treasury, how ever,may permit the entrance of aliens for the purpose of teaching new arts or industries. And the act is not to apply to persona coming here form Cuba during the continuance of the present disorders there Four Democratic s'enators (Chilton, Faulkner, Hill and Martin) voted for the report and four Republicans (Hansbrough, Hawley, Mantle and t?houp) against it. After the immigration bili was dis? posed of the senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business, and at 6 p. m adjourned ----? ? U Crisis in Spain, Madrid. Feb 17.-El Dia, in an article on the political situation, asserts io the roust positive terms that a minis? terial orisis is impending and that it is possible that Senor Shasta will return to tbe premier>bip. The paper also Pays that there ia a likelihood thau Geo. Roroao Bianco, late ooveruor-geoeral bf the Philippine island?, will replace Gen. Weyler as captain-general of Cuba. PIANOS THE VALUE of a NAME depends upon its reputation, woo by deeds, not words The Stieff Piino bas received diplomas and awards without number. But it stands IQ day, as it has done for over haifa century, upon H8 0WO merits Aod, whilst tbis has beeu true, there has been no prejudice of the makers against new ideas ot reni merit. The universal verdict by tho?e ?bo are the most competent Judges is that it is impossible to i ?prove upoo the richness ot its tone. STANDARD ORGANS Terms to suit you. Send for Illustrated Catalog. CHARLES M: STIEFF, Baltimore-9 N. Liberty St. Wasbingtoo-521 Eleventh St. N. W. I To You 1 i -? I Who Use : I PENS, INK, jj Paper, Blank Books:; t At H. G. OSTEEN & CO'S ? j & You can get everything that you i 2) waDt at the lowest prices. Weareso i|> situated that we can afford to make , ? prices closer than any one else. < I All Goods are new and of I the best quality. No shop it! worn goods. S y, W f- :nnKe a specialty ot School ?D Supplu-.-; and ?iso keep a full line of W Sta?i??:Mt, Blanks Books, Etc. * Con.-; ned inspect our gcods. I BJ.ii?SCI), ? LI3ERTY STREET, jg SUMTER, S. C. T?ie Larpi as? lost Complete Geo. S. Hacker & Son, MANUFACTURERS OF ,j SASH, BLINDS. Moulding & Building Materia]. rffice and Wardrooms, King, opposite Can- ; non Street, CHARLESTON, S. 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