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Vets in Nashville. FIFTEEN THOUSAND OLD SOLDIERS IN THE CITY. Gen. Gordon Reelected With? out Opposition. Nashville, Tenn , Jane 23.-The morning trains to-day brought several thousand people to the city to attend tfce annual reunion of the United COD federate Veterans. A business meet? ing waa held, ac which reports were presented, and Gen. Jobo B. ' Gordoo delivered an address. G?nerai Gordon prefaced bia remarks with an annonce mest of his intention to resign as gen? eral commanding. There were eries of g;"N?"" "no," from all over the hall, aed wheo quiet had been restored Gen? eral Gordon proceeded with his address; wbich was in the nature of a farewell. When General Gordon had concluded hi3 address a motion that Gen. Joseph H. Wheeler be requested to nominate General Gordon for reelection was mide and carried. Gen. Stephen D. Lee. who bad been called to the chair, declared nominations dosed, and Geo eural Gordon was unanimously re-elected. The thousands of delegates present eneered and waved their hats and band kerchiefs. The committee on creden? tials reported 7,000 delegates present ?cd 1,000 camps represented. The re? port of the board of trustees for the Confederate Memorial association was read and adopted. At the business meeting this after? noon it was voted to meet ic Atlanta next year. The afternoon session was held for the purpose of, winding np the business matters before the association. Tba unanimous refusal of the associa? tion to allow Geo. J. B. Gordon to re? tire as comm?nder-ia-chief had put ao ; end to possible difficulties and entangle meats and paved a way for a speedy disposition of the remain i og business. A r?solution commendatory of the reign of Queen Victoria was voted down, and the resolution of praise for " the queen's jubilee was defeated. The principal reports were by the committee on history and the Memorial association. The history committee, io substance, reported io favor of the plan DOW pursued in inviting many * writers into the field of history rather " than selecting one or more to write a history The memorial report shows tba; the board of trustees were making excellent progress and would be able to report a Ideation for the memorial build? ing at the next reunion, provided exams and bivouacs provided liberally. Both reports were adopted. To night in the tabernacle thousands were de? lighted with a Confederate concert, in wi-hh were sung and played old Con? federate songs. Gov. E L. Taylor and Mrs M M Gardener sang a duet which captured <tbe audience After this concert the Confed?rate $Unaion dab gave, a ball and reception ?to the yoong people attending the re ?enien a: their capitol. It was a bril ?ian S affair and was attended by thou? sands. Folly 40,000 visitors were in the city to day, and to morrow this number will be greatly increased. The v?t?? rans and their friends will devote themselves to social recreation to-mor? row. There are 15,000 of the old sol? diers io attendance Official badges have been issued to more than 12,000. and regularly delegate attendants from camps aod bivouacs number, according to official reports, more tbao 8,000 There never before bas been so large a gathering in this city. Hotels are jammed, business houses arc full, the temporary lodging places 'are crowded. The great parade occurs to morrow From every adjacent county comes in? formation that thousands 'aro ready to advance upon this city. Ten 'h asar, i men will be in line. Governor T*vi:? and staff, G overo or O'Fer ral I of Vir? ginia, the B?aff of Governor Culbsrts^u of Texas, members of thc Texas legis lature, Generals Buckner, Stewart. Wheaton, Evans. Wood and others will be in line. All the States forming the Southern Confederacy will be re pre sented in the order io which tbey voted to secede After pa-sing through the principal streets of the city, the procession will proceed to the Centen? nial exposition grounds where a jubilee m???'iog wi i I bc; he'd ia the auditorium Ciprnio J B O^B'ien will be master of cerem -uies at.rl cit speeches will be restricted to five minute* each. At uizb; the retiraos are expected to wit oe^ a splendid display of fireworks prepared especially t\>r the occasion. BABY KILLS BABY. A Horrible Act Done in In? nocence in York. Special to Toe State. Rock Hill, June 23'.-The story ol the yongest homicide on record is told in the Kock Hill Herald to day Jim McCaw, a little fellow three years old, the son of a tenant near here, placed the muzzle of a pistol to the head of his still younger brother and pulled the trigger. The baby victim lingered in a state of uucon ciousness for five hours and died. This happened Tusday afternoon. JOHNSON7^ I CHILL AND I FEVER TONIC I Cures Fever In One Day. Japan Ultimatum Her Protest Considered Al? most io Tnat Light. Washington, June 23.-The Ha? waiian annexation treaty formed the principal topic of consideration by the senate committee on foreign relation at its brief session to-day. Tbe treaty and accompanying papers were read and referred to a sub-committee consist? ing of Senators Davis, Foraker and Morgan, with instructions to investigate the entire question and report to tbe fall committee. The papers read in? cluded the Drcte8ts Japan made against the annexation. The sub-committee will consider ail the complications like ly to grow out of annexation, includ? ing those referring to the trade rela? tions of the islands. This will involve a study of all of Hawaii's treaties with other countries. The ioquiry necessarily will require considerable time, aod no effort will be made by the foll oommitteee to take the subject up until the sub committee shall be able to report on all tbe de? tails. The realization of this fact has led the members of the committee to conclude that it is improbable that tbe committee as a whole.will be able to' pass upon the subject duriog the pres? ent session. 'Comparatively little was said beariog upon the merits of the treaty at to? day's meeting, but the few utterances that were heard sustained the estimate heretofore made of tbe complexion of j ;;he committee, namely that ar least eight of the eleven members would favor ratification. There is a possi? bility that the number may be increased to nine. ^ . The protest from Japan is considered j in a more serious iignt than was al first made apparent, and the committee took j exceptional precautions to prevent the publication pf its proceedings: Tbe protest was accepted as almost an ulti? matum on Japan's part to the effect that the treaty must not be perfected. It is not a protest against tbe form of the document, as bad been supposed io some quarters, but against the docu? ment itself, or rather against the trans? action, as being opposed to Japan's interests. The specific reason alleged for the protest is that tbe consumma? tion of the agreement between Hawaii aod the United States would disturb the existing trade relations of the North Pacific and nullify treaty rights The protest is in such definite terms and is directed so squarely at the trans? action as to cause the committee .to feel that the entire matter should be handled with the utmost circumspection as the Obly way in which complications of /ja serious nature can be avoided. While there is no disposition on tbe part of a majority of the committee to weaken in its support of the treaty, there .is a general feeling that the friendly relations which have always existed between Japan and tbe United States call for deliberation and especial care in proceeding in tbe matter Hence, the appointment of the sub committee to consider all the details, the decision to keep th? proceedings of the committee from tbe public aod the probability that the committee may nor be able to report during the present session of congress. With reference to this latter point it may be stated as ex? tremely probable that the matter will bc held in abeyance by the sub-commit? tee until congress convenes io regular session next December, for tbe double purposes of permitting the committee to make its investigation as thorough as possible and to permit the executive to exert its beet efforts through the use i of diplomacy to persuade Japan of the unwisdom of her course It is j understood in this connection that this i delay is io accordance with the wishes ! of the administration as intimated to i men hers of ?he committee : Opinion was expressed in the com I mutee that a document of tba cbarac ! ter '-f that filed by Japan would, if I presented hy a nation more nearly the j equal of the United States, lead to j very serious difficulties, but there is a j general desire to extend unusual con j sideration toward the Asiatic state not only because of the u o i for m ly friendly relations existing between that country and this, but also because it is felt that Japan's success in her war with Chi:;a may have bad the effect of arousing a spirit nf combativeness which is oot warranted in the opinion of the mem? bers of the committee by her relative size 'ind importance a* compared with j the United States Spartanburg, June 23.-J. II. I and J. A. May were convic^d of ? manslaughter late this afternoon. ; They, in company with W. B Craw ford, as State constable, entered the house t^f- John Sims near liol iv f[Springs, on December lb, last, and ; ! killed him. Stand at tlj<- Head. j Aug. J. Bogel, thc leading druggist "f Shreve? port, La.,sa**: ' IT. WrnVKingYXew Discov. j cry is tlie only ! h : r? that cure- ta? cough, url i it is thc heit seller ? have?" J. F. Campbell i of Safford, Ariz . writes: ''Dr; King's New Dis : cover;.* is a!! th -.1 ls c aimed for it : it never ' ia':.'.?, and i.- .i .-ure cur-j ! r Consumption Coughs and Celds. I cannot say enough for iu merit.-." Dr. Ivie's New Discovery lor ? Consumption, Coughs and Colds is not an ex ; p?riment. It has been tried for a quarter of j century, and to-day stands at the head, lt j never disappoints. Free tiial bottles al Dr. J. j J. F.W. De Lome's Dru? Store. * 1 Senatorial Campaign. Schedule Arranged for Meet? ings in All Counties. The committee appointed Tuesday iiigbt by the State executive com? mittee to arrange a schedule for the senatorial campaign met yesterday morning and accomplished its work The wish of the executive committee was complied with as near as posible as to the section of the State where the campaign should begin and where it should end. Members from the Pied mont section did not want the cam paign to open there as farm work would not be so near completed as in the low country, while representatives from the sixth congressional district specially requested that the campaign be allowed to end there According? ly, in trying to satisfy all parties the first meeting was fixed for Sumter on July 6 and the last one at Florence on Aug. 28, just three days before the primary. The following is the campaign as arranged by the committee : Sumter, Monday, July 5. Monk's Cornor, Tuesday, July 6 Charleston. Wednesday, July 7 ^alterboro, Thursday, July 8 Beaufort, Saturday,^July 10. Iiampton, Monday, July 12. Barnwell, Tuesday, July 13 Aiken, Wednesday, July 14. . Edgefield, Tuesday. July 15. Saluda, Friday, July 16 Lexingtpn, Saturday, July 17. Winnsboro, Monday, July 19. Columbia, Tuesday. July 20 Orangeburg, Wednesday, July 21 Dorchester, Thursday, July 22. Bamberg, Friday, J uly 23 Union, Monday, joly 26 Spartanburg, Tuesday, July 27. Cherokee, Thursday, July 29. Greenville, Friday, July 30 Pickens, Saturday, July 31. Oconee, Monday, Aug. 2 j Anderson, Wednesday, Aug 4 j Greenwood, Thursday, Aug 5 Abbeville, Friday, Aug. 6 Laurens. Saturday, Aug. 7. Newberry, Monday, Aug. 9 Chester, Wednesday, Aug. ll. York, Thursday, Aug 12 Lancaster, Friday. Aug 13 Kershaw, Saturday, Aug 14. Chesterfied Mi ?nb1 ay, Aug 16. Marlboro, Wednesday, Aug 18. Darlington, Thursday, Aug 19 Marion, Saturday, Aug 21. Horry, .Monday. Aug 23 .Georgetown, Wednesday, Aug 25 Williamsburg, Thursday. Aug. 26 Manning, Friday, Aug. 27 Florence, Saturday, Aug. 28 Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC. CREW AND CUBANS RELEASED. U S. Commissioner Qtto Finds No Evidence to Incriminate Them. Key Wept, Fla , June 25.-The crew and the Cubans who were on board the Dauntless, and who were yesterday arrested, were to day dis? charged by United States Commis sioner Julius Otto, on the ground thatHhere was no evidence to show that they were a military organiza? tion or intended to commit acts hostile to Spain The principal evidence offered by the prosecution consisted in the finding of about 600 cases of j arms and ammunition on board the Dauntless while she lay anchored off Indian Key waiting to be towed by the cruiser Wilmington to Jackpon- j ville. There were also other cir? cumstances regarded as suspicious The captain of the Dauntless, in reply to the questions of the district attorney, declared that he took the arma on board from a schooner at sea. in Professor Mn s Muller's new book. "Letrrrs from Constantinople." Mrs Max Muller stated that the highest mark of reject to a woman in Turkey is to turn your back on her. and ?he relates* the following occurrence : "We were drinking corT.-e oe day a' the Swet Waters, at the part, which fl^^rs hythe gardens of a country place of the j Sultan Ail at nnce Saciili B?y jump? ed v.r> and ran behind a froe wi'h his back to tho Sweet Waters, Two or three closed carriages .if tho imperial harem were parsing ;.!>?tig !he r<M<. in ! the gardens on the <?ther sid*; nf thc j river, the blinds >o f?r down that it ? 'ttl:..<>-....V<> t . v?e if ti*", " c. '.vn. ?re?rle, . and >ot ali along oar side we ??9W the. j Turks, whether o file- ts ?r civilians, i going through :':>.. samo absurd cere i ! ninny, and ....:;/ when thu carriages . were otr of si-ffbt ii the? r- itir.j t;> ib( ir coln <? Take JOHNSON'S CHILL ? FEVER TONIC. Base Balls, Bats and supplies at H. G, Osteen & Co'e. FROM THE WIRES. Juoe 24 The executive board of the Knights of Labor has adopted a res olution urging Congress to recognize the belligerency of Coba Yale's freshman crew won the in? tercollegiate race at Poughkeepsie yesterday. Harvard was second. All records were broken. The U. S. flag which was display? ed along with other decorations in front of a residence in Halifax, N. S., was torn down by rabid anti Americans who were celebrating the Queen's jubilee. There was a quarter of a million dollar fire in New York yesterday, destroying the building occupied by the wholesale liquor firm cf B Drey? fus & Co. Mr. Max LaBorde, of Littleton, Richland county, shot and killed a negro farm hand a few days ago. The negro had violated his contract, and he was shot when he attempted to escape from an officer who had come to arrest him T? H. Wannamaker and his broth? er, W. W Wannamaker, who was the only eye witness to the killing of C. F. Jones, have been arrested, but will give bond and be released to day. The free silver democrats, popu lists and free silver republicans of Iowa have agreed on one platform and nominated a joint State ticket. The people, of the town of Union have offered a reward of ?1,000 for the capture of -he parties who set fi e to the Union hotel a few days ago This sum will be supplement ed with $500 from the town council and a like sum from the State. It is reported in Portsmouth, England, that the training ship. Sea Lark, has been lost She carried a crew of 41 officers and men and SO boy 6. The Senate spent yesterday in dis CQSsingrthe paragraphs of the tariff bili relating to the duty on raw wool The celebration of the Diamond Jubilee goes on in England with un abated energy. The Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hall was dedicated yesterday at tho Virginia Military Institute. Two men were killed and five others wounded in Oviedo, Spain, yesterday by troops who were called out to suppress a riot Aiken, June 24-About 5 o'clock yesterday evening little Percival, the second son of Mr. and Mrs John Laird, fell from a tree across a fence and broke his back, from which he died an hour later. r Juoe 25 Mr Max LaBorde, of Littletoo, Richland county, who killed a negro band who bad broken contract, bas beeo arrested, but the coroner's jury says 'bat the killiog was justifiable homicide, notwithstanding that the negro was shot in the back. Toro Sharkey and Peter Maher have posted a forfeit for a fight to the finish. Two unsuccessful attempts were made in Key West yesterday to lynch a negro rapist. The entire crew of the filibuster, Dauntless, were arrested yesterday. Eiozund Deas is io Washington pushing J. H. Evans for the District Attorneyship against Geo VooKol nitz A treaty for the provisional union of the five republics of Central America has been in signed in Guatemala. A mob was besieging the Copian j ccuoty, Miss., jail last night for the puroose of lynching a negro, who had ? been arrt-sfod for rape. At last ac- ? counts the G< vernor bad been called on for assistance. Tho Piedmont Headlight says that Ex. Senator Irby will oppose McLauria for thc Senate and will make a vigor j nus campaign. The a>sertion of the j Headlight is regarded as official a? it is '. ?rbv's organ. The first trolly was run in Charleston j yestorday. The Eaglish training ship Sea Lark has reached port in a disabled condi? tion, but r'i nu bourd were in good condition. June 26. William Hoey. the wei! known actor, ?28 lost bia mind. ' John Moses, a negro murderer. tv.kcn from '.he Crysyal Springs, Miss . jail yesterday and lynched by a mob <?f , two hundred m eu. He confessed 'hf crime before t.e was taken from the : j?" John L. Sullivan and Fitzsimmons 1 have agreed to ^ive an exhibition box? ing contest ic Brooklyu next month. It' Sullivan can jiut up a fairly good ti ii iif. a fi?h: I-) thc ii ;i.-h will !>o ar ranged. A negro '.vus killed by lightning io Anderson county Th ur?-day afternoon. in Charleston yesterday the grand jury threw :<-:i mills for violation of the dispensary law. which had been spec-ally prepared hy S licker Jervey tu the end that indicter uta might be found. These wore the only bills given the grain; jury and since they wiro so uoceremi niously and '.'i short order disposed of. no more will be given at fhir- term. The jury is the same which threw out seventy-five cases at she last term of ccurt which oc? casioned so much comment at the time. SUFFERINGS AT THE FRONT. Terrible Scenes That Followed the Cattle of Cold Harbor. General Horace Porter, in "Cam? paigning With Grant/' in The Century, telling of the the battle of Cold Har? bor, says: The general in chief realized that he was in a swTpy and sickly portion of the countr>. ?he malaria was highly productive of disease, and the Chicka hominy fever was dreaded by all the troops who had a recollection of its ravages when they campaigned in that section of the country two years before. The operations had been so active that precautions against sickness had neces? sarily been much neglected, and the general was anxious, while giving the men some rest, to improve the sanitary conditions. By dint of extraordinary exertions the camps were well policed and large quantities of fresh vegetables were brought forward and distributed. Cattle were received in much better condition than those which had made long marches and had furnished beef which was far from being wholesome. Greater attention was demanded in the cooking of the food and the procuring of better water. Dead animals and offal were buried, and more stringent sani? tary regulations were enforced through? out the entire command. "What was most -distressing at this time was the condition of affairs" at thc extieme front. No one who did not wit? ness the sights ou these portions cf the line where the opposing troops were in exceptionally close contact can form an idea of the sufferings experienced. Staff officers used to work their way cn foot daily to the advanced points, so as to be able to report with accuracy these harrowing scenes. Some of the sights were not unlike these of the "blocdy angle" at SpottsyIrania. Between the lines where the heavy assaults had been made there was in seme places a dis? tance of 30 cr 40 yards completely cov? ered by the dead and wounded cf both sides. The bodies of dead were festering in the sun, while the wounded were dy? ing a torturing death fran starvation, thirst and less cf blcod. In seme places the stench became sickening. Every at? tempt to make a change in the picket line brought cn heavy firing, as both sides had become nervous from long watchfulness, and The slightest move? ment cu either frenr led to the belief that it was rho beginning cf an assault. In the night there was often heavy ar? tillery firing, sometimes accompanied by musketry, with a view to deterring the other side from attacking, cr cccasic:aed by false rumors cf au attempt to as? sault. The men cn the advanced lines had to lie c?csc to the ground iii narrow trenches, with little water for drinking purposes except that obtained from sur? face drainage. They were subjected to tue broiling heat Ly day and the chill? ing winds and fogs at night and had to eat the rations that cenlci Lc got to them under thc greatest imaginable discom? fort. A GOCD SENTIMENT. A friend in a private letter writes the sentiment quoted below, and it is a feel? ing that has possession of many hearts and is all powerful and pervading. Let us cherish it in our own hearts and liv? to belo toward its realization : "Our country is now entering the birth throes of a new social regime. Hex travail will toe severe, but I hope and believe she will arise from her labor ap?J step forth like the eagle, her youth re? newed and having thrown aside thc selfish competitive system, and will gc fcrwnrd to higher planes of human ci" ihzation. " Mr. John Brisben Walker claims that we failed to catch his full meaning in our previous comment upon his article favoring the interconvertible bond prop? osition. Mr. Walker would retire from circulation all forms of paper currency, substituting in their place a new issue af legal tender notes of the United States (greenbacks). These notes he would make interchangeable with government bends bearing a low rate .cf interest. Under this system ali circulating notes would be issued by the government di? rect, and the national bank currency would be retired. THE NICARAGUA CANAL. Thc question cf the canal is still be? fore the public. Thc difference between the estimates cf the company and the j government is significant The company { puts the total cost ar ?33,000,000 ane thc government at $133,000,000, a slight difference of ?70,000,000. Erv j dently there is some chicanery some- j where. Can you point it outr It wouh? ! take a long time for the earnings of the j canal to reimburse the government. ? Memories of the Pacific railroad invest- j ment should make us be cautions. The banana is tho most prolific of all \ the fruits of the earth, bring 44 times more productive than potatoes and IUI | times more than wheat. Take JOHNSON'S CM I LL & FEVER DENTIST. o'.lice OVER STOKE CF SC?TKR I>UY GO; : COMPASS .utrnuce op Street; Between I>:y Goods Co.' and Durant h Son OFFICE HOURS: 9 to i .30 : 2 :o.'> o'clock. April a. 2 great Southern B?iie ?pfc CHARLOTTE. N. H., DU ALL KINDS of legetimate Detect!?? Work at re^sooahle r.it^c ARSON. MURDER, DIVORCE SPECIALTY. March 10 - Soi* Those un- ? B SS* Humors tions, painful boils, annoying pim? ples and other affections, which ap? pear so generally at this season, make the usc of that grand Spring Medi? cine. Hood's Sarsaparilla, a necessity. Thc accumulated impurities in the blood cause very different symptoms with some people. The kidneys, liver and bowels are overmatched in their efforts to relieve the clogged system. Dizzy headaches, bilious attacks, failure of appetite, coated tongue, lame back, indigestion and that tired feeling are some results. From the same cause may also come scrofula, neuralgia, sciatica or rheu? matism. All these troubles and more may prop? erly be called "Spring Humors,* and just as there is one cause, a cur? is found in just one remedy, and that is Hood's Sarsaparilla. Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies the impure blood, enriches blood which is weak and thin, vitalizes blood which lacks vitality. Thus it reaches every part of the human system. For your Spring Medicine-to pre? vent or cure Spring Humors, take Hood's Sarsaparilla in fact the One True Blood Purifier. Get only Hood's. " -, y^.jj are the only pills to take HOOU S FlllS with Hood's barsaparilia. ' - .-f- i 1 ?JJ -.- .- * --_._-.~~ - ' 1 I 3 - " .. " j ! '.'.?. '~r il v v-N?.??^-v,.'"' JU . STANTON HOUSE. D. J. JONES, Poprietor. Raies $2,00 Per Day. SPECIAL TO FAMILIES TTO Minutes "S7al? From Central Depot. Chattanooga, Tenn. July 29. Land Surveying. MR, H D. MOISE, will give prompt at? tention to culls for survey inc and platting land Cm ne found at bis office, next door to office of Lee aod Moise,- Sumter, S. G. Nor. 18. ARE YOU NEEDING AN IRON SAFE? HAVING BEEN" APPOINTED GEN? ERAL AGENT for the Alpine Fire una Burglar Proot Safe Company. I am prepared to effer liberal terms to those whe are in need of a good safe For prices and terms address J. A. BENNO, M ch 24 Sumter, S. C. SUMTER RESTAURANT. Reduced Prices Regular Meals 25cts. Private Dining Room for Ladies. Dec. 30. Iii AND Soda Water? Toilet Articles. Drugs and Patent Medicines, PERFUMERY, EXTRACTS. TOOTH BRUSHES, HAIR BRUSHES, TOILET SOAPS IN GREAT VARIETY. Prescriptions Careful? ly filled day and night \ T. fifi .?iii DRUGGISTS, MONAGHAN BLOCK SUMTER, S. C.