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DeLome to D?part Hi8 Criticism of McKinley the Ground*. Washington, Fet*. 9-The publi? cation in the morning papers of what purported to be an autograph letter written by ?enor Dupuy DeLome, tb? Spanish minister, to Me friend, Canalejas, criticising the president with tbi? utmost freedom, caused a sensation in official Washington, and soon will be followed by Minister BeLome's departure from tbe United States. At the outset tbere was a question as to the authenticity of the kiter, bot as bit by bit of ci reams tar. titi evidence accumulated until it was finally a nnounced officially that the minister declined to deny the author? ship of the letter, all doubt was dis - ?pated and the only question that remains d was as to the li ae ot actios to be pursued by our government toward the offending minister The writing of this letter is unquestion ably an offense against the amenities of diplomatic relations, and such of ' fenses almost invariably have been regarded In the United States as in etiler capitals, sufficient ground for the termination of the official duties of the letter writer. As soon as the letter appeared in th? press, the state department, offi CMJS began an effort to settle its au? thenticity and when it had learned all that could be developed on this vt point and had been told that the minister himself refused to deny ' writing: it. the consideration of the next step began. Assistant Secretary Bay Was in consultation with the president-on the subject at least foor tim es d oring the official day, and then . spent much cime in framing his mes? sage to United States Minister Wood? ford at Madrid The official state? ment of the sending of this message wat accompanied by a declination to ioeieate its contents at this time, the* department merely giving to the press the following statementV "Minister BeLome does not deny writing the letter This department bair communicated with Gen. Wood Yford on the sebjeci Until that com? munication reaches the Spanish gov? ernment, it wonld be improper to in any Nnamier to state tbe contents of the message to Gen Woodford-*' While the department refused to 1 add anything to this meagre an- * nooneement, it can be stated without ' 0 question that Mr Woodford was di- 1 *ected to lay the fk&s developed be- ' Tore the Spanish government, to- ! gother with the statement that in view 1 of the ministers' refusal to deny the 1 ^aotborabip of the letter the Spanish government is looked to with confi 1 thence to deal with the case properly. 1 Tbis'amounts to an invitation to re- 1 ?cal) the minister, presuming that be v ^ims?lf has not already taken steps to ' vacate his position No doubt is en- 1 tertaineel of a compliance with the I 1 import of the suggestion, bot in case there should ba nndne delay in act- ' iag. the state-department wonld feel called upon to move directly io the matter and give the minister his pass- j ports, as was done when Sir Julian - :Panncefote*8 predecessor wrote the .celebrated Murchison letter. inasmuch as the line of action in that case may form the basis for ac ' < lion in Ibis, always presuming that ' the Spanish minister does not him? self cut the knot and relieve the gov? ernment from the necessity of per forming s disagreeable duty, it may be Rtated that with Lord Sackville. < the department of state itself institut- i ed the action. j The BeLome incident was almost [ the sole topic of conversation among j the roembers^pf the house. Its con- . : tents were considered ?neb a manifest { breach of diplomacy that many re- ; ineed to credit them Chairman Hilt, ] of the* foreign affairs committee, , Chairman Bingley of the ways and j means committee, and other leading t republicans, declined to express any \ opinion at this time. On tbe assn mp , lion that the letter was authentic, ] however, the opioion was almost < unanimous that no self respecting { government could tolerate such cr it i | cism of its chief executive, and that Minister DeLome's words bad pnt an i end to bis usefulness at this capital < . Some fear was also expressed that , the recall of Minister DeLome while affairs were in the present delicate ? condition, might precipitate a crisis, j The democrats were much more free j in the expression of opinion than the , republicans I That Lette? Fro? De I Lome. ] _ i Text of the Epistle That Was Loaded With Diplomatic Dynamite. Legation de Espana, Washington. Eximo Senor Bon Josa Canalejas. My Distinguished sad Bear Friend : Too need not apo! on iza for not having written to me. I also ought to have written to yon bot have not dose so on account of being weighed down with work and noos sommes quittes, yfcThc si to? ti on here continues 00 ebaoged. Everything depends on tbe political and military success in Coba. Thc prologue of this second method of warfare will end the day tbat the colonial cabinet will be appointai], aod it relieves os in the eyes of this coon try of the responsibili? ty of what many happen there, aod they moat east the responsibility opon the Cabaos, whom they believe to be ao immaculate. Uotil theo we' will not be able to see clearly, aod I consider it to be a lost of time tod an advance by the wroog road, the aeoding of emissaries to the rebel field the n ego ratio g with Ihe autonomists not yet deolared to be legally constituted, aod the discovery of the intentions aod par pose of the government. The exiles will retoro ooo by one, and wheo they retara will come walking toto the j sheepfold, aod the obiefa will g rad nal? ly retoro. Neither of these had the courage to leave eo masse, aod they will cot have the courage to thoa re? toro. The message has aodeeeived the in? surgents, who expected something else, aod has paralysed the actioo of con? gress , bot I. consider it bad. Besides the natural aod inevita? ble coarseness with which be re? peats ali the press aod public opioioo of Spain has said of of Weyler. it shows once more what Mckinley is, weak aod catering to the rabble, a low politician, who desires to leave a door opeo to me aod to stand well with the jingoes of bis party. Nevertheless, as a matter of fact, it wili'ooly depend on ourselves whether he will prove bad and adverse to as. I agree entirely with you, without a mil? itary success nothing will be accom? plished there, and without military and political success there is here al? ways danger that the iosargents will be encouraged, if not by the govern? ment, at least by part of the public opinion I do oot believe you pay enough at? tention to the role of England Near? ly all that newspaper canaille wbicb swarms in your hotel are English, aod at the same time they are correspon? dents of The Journal, they are also correspondents of the best newspapers aod reviews of London. Thus it has been since the begining. To my mind the only object of England is that the Americans should oocapy themselves j with as sod leave her in peace, aod if there is a war, so much the better ; that would farther remove what is threaten? ing ber although that will never hap peo Is would be most important tbat you should agitate the question of commer? cial relations, even though it would be only for effect, and that you should send here a mao of importance in or? ier that I might use him to make a propaganda among the senators "and others io opposition to the Junta aod to win over exiles. There goes Amblard. I believe he comes too deeply taken up with little political matters, aod there most be lomethiog very great or we-shall loee. Adela retaros your salutation, aod me vish you io the new year to be a nessenger of peace and tske this new pear's present to poor Spa'o. Always your attentive frieod aod ?ervant, who kisses your bando. ENRIQUE DUPUY DE LOME De Lome's Resignation Ac? cepted. Spanish Papers Bitter About -'Stealing and Publishing a Private Letter." Madrid, Feb 10 -At a meeting rf the Spanish cabinet held to day andar the presidency of the queen regent, the minister for foreign affairs, Senor Gallon, read a dispatch from Senor Dupuy DeLome, the Spanish nin eter at Washington, saying that the published letter to Senor Can? alejas was written by him and that iris position, consequently, bad be? s?me untenable, and he begged the government to accept his resigna? tion of Senor Dupuy DeLome and tbe ministers subsequently met aod decided to telegraph to Senor De Ome accepting his resignation and ?nd entrusting the first secretary with the conduct of the carrent affairs of the legation. AU the newspaper comments on the subject bitterly denounce the "business of stealing and publishing Et private letter." After the cabinet council the pre? mier, Senor Sagasta, told the corres- - pondent of the Associated Fre?s that Senor Dupuy DeLome had "bravely" admitted tbe authorship of the let? ter Dr, Schwartz, a Berlin physician, gaotes statistics to show thal; mar? ried people live longer than unmar? ried They have to bustle around more and become tougher. Tbe Greatest Discovery Yet. W. M. Repine, editor Tiskilwa, Ul., "Chief," lays : "We won't keep nouse without Dr. King's New Difu>very for Consomption, Coughs and Colds. Experimented wi h nany others but never get the true remedy until we used Br. King*9 Nev Discovery. No other remedy can take its placo in oar home, as in it we have a certain and sure cure for Coughs, Colds, Whooping Cough, etc." It is idlo to experiment with other remedie?, even if they are urged on you as just as good as Dr. King's New Discovery. They are not as good, he cause this remedy bas a record of cures and besides is guaranteed. It never fails to satisfy Trial bottles free at Dr. J. F. W. DeLornce's Dru; Store. 3 Oar Relations With Spain. lt wonld be idle to ignore the dis quieting tenor of the reports that come from both Madrid and Washing ton as to the relations between the United States and Cuba. Neverthe? less, when fact replaces surmise, there seems reason to believe that the domestic politics of Spain are at the bottom of whatever may be the terms of the reply which the Sa gasta Cabinet may have agreed to make to the last note from our Sec? retary of State. That communica? tion, it is known, was devoted to a refutation of the assertion that the United States had failed to fulfill its duty, as a neutral power, in prevent? ing the departure of filibustering ex? peditions from its coast. Our De? partment of State was able to prove, by the records of both the Navy and Treasury departments, that this gov? ernment bad incurred an expense of millions of dollars in patroling our long coast, and that it was the busi? ness of Spain to supplement this ser? vice of ours by guarding the ap proaches to Cuba. This note was entirely courteous in tone, and its only offense to Spain lay iii its plain statements of fact to destroy the pretense that the United States is responsible for the ability of 30,000 insurgents to resist successful ly the invasion of their country by over 300,000 Spanish troops. But it is significant that the Spanish Cabi net bas decided to hold a general election, and that ic scontinuance in office depends upon the return of a majority of its supporters in the new Cortes. To do this, it becomes nee essary to impress the public mind in the peninsula with the belief that the Sagasta Ministry is making a firm stand against the right of American intervention in Cuba, and in particu lar against'our right to request that Spain fix a definite date for bringing the war to an end. It is probable, also, that Spain endeavors to bolster np anew its pretense that we are not meeting our obligations of neutrality. That is the favorite device for endeav? oring to win (he support of other Eu ropean nations. Possibly Spain is further incited to an assertive atti tude by our present tariff difficulties with Germany, the importance of which to this county Sagasta would be prone to exaggerate. The repetition of the shocking tales of distress in Cuba is having ita effect upon the sympathetic people of this country. The conviction grows stronger every day that some way must be found to put an end to these horrors in the name of common hu? manity and to restore peace Minis ter Woodford tersely and happily ex? pressed the attitude of the United States when he said at a recent ban quet in Madrid, "We do not wish Cuba, but we wish peace promptly " If the time has arrived for a farther step in his policy toward Cuba and Spain, Congress and the American people will sustain President Mc? Kinley with patriotic unanimity in whatever action be may take -N Y. Mail and Express. Adios, Senor de Lome. It is, of course, absolutely neces? sary for thc Spanish Minister, De Lome, to deny that he wrote the let? ter ascribed to his .pen, containing a gross personal insult to the President of ?he United States, concerning whose people, and in particular con? cerning whose women, he is the ac? knowledged author of vile slander, published years ago But diplomatic denials, especially when they are compelled by circumstances, coont for little. The entire record of this representative of an ostensibly friend? ly sovereignty is against him He has made of the Spanish Legation at Washington a center of espionage, bribery and questionable propaganda He has made offensive speeches in private, only to disown them in pub lie The publication of this astonishing letter, which bears upon its face every indication of genuineness, and which contains frank admissions to Canalejas of the desperate plight of Spain in Cuba, destroys the useful? ness of De Lome's services to his own government, and makes practically impossible his continued residence in this country. The necessary- prelim inaries to his departure cannot be too speedy to satisfy public opinion He may disown this letter, declared by those familiar with bis handwriting to be in autograph ; but its revela tions are such as to make his taking ship imperative His own .govern? ment will have to disclaim, not only the affront to the Chief Executive of the United States, but the admissions that "without military and political success" in Cuba Spain faces the danger of encouragement to the in? surgents by this country, and that the agitation of a commercial treaty between Spain and the United States is only "for effect11 At the same time, the gross indiscretion of De Lome in no way involves that tactful and resourceful Minister of the Unit? ed States at Madrid, Gen Woodford. Whether Spain recall De Lome, or, as in the case of Sackville West, we tender him his passports, there is at present no reason for withdrawing Minister Woodford from Madrid In? deed, it is more than likely that in its cresent embarrassment the Sagasta 'Ministry will ostentatiously redouble its social attentions to the American Minister-and it* police guard about bis legation and residence. And certainly the state of Spain is pitiable That country is reaping a whirlwind of disaster The victori? ous Cubana bold virtually alt of their island, except the limited territory dominated by Spanish garrisons tbat dare make only occasional sallies. Blanco returns to Havana, thorough? ly discredited, rebuffed in the face of ] the world in his dishonorable essays in bribery, despised by his own troops. And at the crisis of this delicate situation the Spanish Minis ter is revealed by circumstantial evi dence as a common slanderer, and one who confesses the desperation and the insincerity of his own gov? ernment This country is so great and pow? erful that it has treated Sp*in with the patience and magnanimity due to a weaker and struggling power. This Nation's President is a states? man so broad in his perception, so sound in his education and so lofty in his character that the written words of the Spanish Minister have no sting. Bot the time has at rast arrived when patience ceases to be a virtue and magnanimitv becomes folly. Senor de Lome-the door stands open !-Mall and Express -i- i i -?? Tennyson Doted on His Identity. The late Lord Tennyson positively hated to be taken for any other than the man he was Apropos of this, an amusing incident is related of a visit by the poet to one of the lead? ing London clobs. In company with a few friends, he entered the public reading room, and sat down in a large arm chair before the fire Much to the amazement of the other occu? pants of the room, he then proceeded to elevate his feet until they rested on the chimney piece in the fashion said to be **real American." No expostulations on the part of his friends respecting the inelegance of the position were of the slight? est avail Suddenly a bril? lant inspiration seized one of them-the father of one of the leading actors of to day. Going close to Lord Tennyson, he whispered in his ear : "Take your feet down, or they'll mistake you for Longfel? low." In an instant ?he poet's boots were on the floor, and be assumed the ordinary position of an English? man It ?9 generally assumed that Califor? nia ia the greatest fruit state io the U"ion bur, the official figures show that the Missouri fruit crop exc-ed* that of California i* value by $2 500.000 Th? apple crop of Missouri is alobe valued at $12 OOO. 000. The value of the state's total fru s crop is $19,500.000 Says the Augusta Chronicle : *'Tbe stupidity of the policemao io New York who arrested a woman for riding a horse astride, has beeo equaled by the effrontery of an Atlanta policeman, who arrested a woman in that city for entering a saloon and taking a drink of whiskey. We do not approve the driokiog of whiskey in saloons by either men or women, but we fail to s<>e why a po?cemao should ar rest a woman for doing in a quiet and orderly manner what seora? of meo ?o wi'boot exoitiog comment " ^ , How Thankful Pain Was Maddening and Hopo Had Been Abandoned - Wonder? ful Results of Purifying the Elood. " A very severe pain came in my left Irnee, which grew worse and worse, and finally a sore broke out above the knee. It discharged a great deal and the pain from my thigh down was maddening. Large, hard, purple spors appeared on my leg. I suffered in thi* way for yea;-.-;, and gave up all hope of ever bein ; cured. My wife was reading of a caro liicc mi::e cured by Hood's Sarsa rnr.il.;, and ehe advised me to try it. I IK?:;., a tailing it and when I had U3cd a ie.v Lo. lies 1 lound relief from my cu Tor;.:g. Oh how thankful I am for this re:: 1 I a r stronger than I have ever been la my Ii,*c. I am in the best of heai;h, have a good appetite and am r. r.< ? r \r.a-\ altogether.'' J. P. Moons, Li5>r ' M?'r.?. HA#Nr5^ Garsa UUU %J> pari?ia Isthe best-in ftvet the One Trna Blood trifler. Hood's Pills cure all liver ilis. Scents. ? IA ft 64 A. F. M THE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU? NICATION of Claremont Lodge, No* 44, A. F. M., will he held on Thursday Evening, Mcb. 3, at 7} p. m. Brethren will take doe notice and govern themselves accordingly L. S. CARSON, W. M. Attest- ?.. C. MOSES, Sec. ARE YOU NEEDING AN IRON SAFE? HAVING BEEN APPOINTED GEN? ERAL AGENT for the Alpine Fire aod Burglar Proof Safe Company. I am prepared to offer liberal terms to tboee who are in Deed of a good safe. For prices and terms address J. A. RENN0, Mcb 24. Sumter, S. O. i PITRE FL, OIT R. ''Brsad is tb? staff of rife*' aod flour beiog it* principal ingredient, every one. rieb tod poor ought to be interested io Rouvin;? ?He character of tbe food thar constitutes a large percentage of their dall j tseal; therefore it will pay yon to , read carefully ?bat tb? American Journal of Health, of December 30, has to say about the goods man? ufactured by The Millbourne Mills. Of which we are the so!? agents. Evils Inflicted by Inferior Flour. The series of articles upon food adulteration which have appeared in these columna, and which are being republished by the newspapers throughout the land, have served to impress upon the people the great necessity of care i in the selection of articles which go upon their tables, for upon the quality , of such depends the health of the entire family That the subject of flour is one of prime importance will scarcely be de? nied, for there is no meal but what this staple enters into its menu in one or more forms, hence the election of this food product cannot fail to interest , every reader of this journal who regards his own health and that of his fam? ily as the most important consideration. As the word "adult?rations" is generally understood, that is as the mix ing of inferior material with the genuine articles,^-flour cannot be said to be adulterated in the ordinary sense of the term However, the quality, grade and wholesomeness of flour vary as widely as do the characteristics of any other article of food supply Flour varies in quality from the lowest "red dog" to the highest fancy patent, with values all the way from feed prices to the highest market quotations, and there is a wide difference in the bread making qualities of the various grades of flour and the amount of nutrition contained in each Poor fleur is dear at any price, for not only does the un palatableness of the family loaf and the domestic pastry reflect its inferiority, but many stomach troubles may be directly traced to this source The fermentative processes engendered by a low grade product lead to functional disorders of the digestive system, which become chronic wheu the use of such infe? rior article is persisted in Again muscular strength and nerve force cannot be sustained by flour deficient in any of the constituents which aid in devel? oping dynamic force in the human body The residents of any city may with a little care, always secure tho high est grade of flour, and no other should be allowed entrance into the house? hold. The "Millbourne" flour of the Millbourne Mills Co , Philadelphia, Pa. offers to the careful housekeeper a high class article in this line, and as it is easily obtainable there is no excuse for risking the health of its mem? bers by introducing into the dietary of the family any of the mediocre flour upon the market Any really first class retailer will obtain this flour for his customers who insist upon having the best Having purchased samples of this flour without indicating our purpose, and after submitting the same to thorough analytical examinations, we un? hesitatingly endorse it and recommend it to our readers in the strongestjterms. There are many reasons for the pre-eminent superiority of the floor offered by the Millbourne Mills Co , which we herewith enumerate First, it is rich in gluten, which renders it more valuable as far as nutrition is con? cerned. There ia not in its constituents that excess of starch so commonly found in other brands of flour and which taxes the digestion beyond its powers Second, it is always uniform, and its results may be always.depended upon Third, because it makes the whitest and lightest of bread and biscuits, and has no trace of sourness, which renders it especially gratifying to those with impaired digestive functions The samples of flour which were made the subject of scien?ific iuver-tiga tion were purchased in open market, and were uot obtained from any dealer interested in a certain brand The samples were also submitted to our chem? ical test kitchen, with a result which leaves only one decision, and that is overwhelmingly in favor of the floor bearing the brand "Millbourne" flour of the Millbourne Mills Co We have no more interest in this brand than in any other floor sold, but in the interest of readers who naturally seek these columns for information upon ali health matters we make this un? biased report From the standpoint of health alone we advise our readers who call for this flour not to be put off with a substitute, but to insist upon having goods branded by the Millbourne Mills Co , and we do not say this in the interest of the manufacturers, who have uot been consulted in the preparation of this report, but solely for the protection of the readers of the American Journal of Health. 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