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FOR HOTING TROOPS. FACILITIES OF THE RAIL HOADS ARE SUPERB. Over Two Hundred Thousand Soldiers Could be Trans? ported From New York to Washington in 24 Hours. Washington, March 18 -The war department has been informing itself as to the facilities of the railroads for - tho transportation of troops. D F Maroney, superintendent of transporta? tion of the Baltimore and Ohio rail? road claims that system "could traf port 100,000 troops from the East, using New York as a basis, to Wash? ington within twenty fonr boors with? out seriously inoonveoieucing other traffic." "Io an emergency," he continued, "we could do even better than that Should occasion require, we would suspend all other traffis for the time being and devote al! of our energies to moving troops. We could start six trains from New York every boor with 1,000 soldiers aboard each, and ?and them in Wasbiogtoo within five nour.* after leaving the metropolis. We eonld also press into service freight ears and I other improvised equipment The southbound lines with which we connect at the national capita! would have cbeir trains in readiness and very little time would be lost io transferring the sold tera from one train to the other. "If the occasion demanded it we could ran our engines and oars through. If the troops evan from the West we would baal them to Shenandoah Junction, where we COD nest with .the j Norfolk and Western We have'not been asked to provide for an emerg?noy, but stand ready to serve the govern? ment upon any notice it sees fit to give The railroads of the country are better prepared to meet the requirements of j war times than ever before, a od if the government calls upon the. transporta? tion interests'they will be ready to ren o'er it prompt and efficient service." The Pennsylvania railroad company,1 should the United Slates become involv? ed in war with a foreign power, could transport anywhere from 100,000 to 125,000 troops' from New York to Washington within twenty-four hours. It could move this great army without calling upon outside noes for oars and without seriously interfering with, its other business. By draoing other linea under its control of equipment and sus? pending local traffic it ia estimated that 150,000^soldiers could be dispatched from the metropolis to the national capital within twenty-four boars. The troops from the east would be sent to Atlanta over the Southern ralf way line, std Seaboard Air Line, and if the latter could not furnish the equip? ment the Pennsylvania could run its own ears and engines through. Troops from the interior of Pennsylvania could be sent over the Western . Maryland and transferred to the Norfolk acd Westero. The Western Maryland could handle about 25,000 troops tn twenty-four boors. Spain Would Prefer War. Will Not Pay Indemnity for the Sinking of the Maine. Vienna, Marob 18.-The Neue Freie Presse publishes ac interview with a Spanish statesman, evidently the Mar . quia de Hoyos, the Spanish ambassador, who is represented as sayiog : "Spain would rather have war with the United States thad pay compen? sation for the Maine, for by the latter course she would forfeit her honor through an admission of guilt, which would erase her name from the list cf civilised oatioos. "lt could not be Eoghnd's interests to see the Spaniards expelled from Coba, as there might arise at Wash ingtoo, an inclination to deoiare Cana da's independence. If during a war the United States should incite the Philippines to revolt Spain ooutd revenge herself by raising revolts'io the American Southern States.1' The other features of the interview virtually repeat the statement attributed to Senor Cipriaoa del Mazo, Spanish ambassador to Italy, in the reoeot inter view with bim, published in the Rome Tribuna. The Weyler Letter Denied. Madrid, March 18 -Gen Weyler denies the authenticity of the letter published in the New York Journal yesterday, in which ?be former captain general of Cuba is alleged to have said that the United States woald not have dared send a warship to Havaoa while be was in command there, as "they knew the terrible punishment that awaited them," adding that he had Havana harbor "weil prepared for such emergency," having "rapidly finished the work that Martinez Campos careless? ly abandoned/' Havana, March 18 -Doo Francisco de los Santos Guzman, to whom Wey ler's alleged letter was said to have been addressed, denies that he ever re? ceived such a letter. Fraocisco Diaz, the newspaper reporter, who is alleged to have given the letter to a Journal correspondent, denies all knowledge of it. New Orhaos, Marob 18-The crew of tbe filibuster Dauntless, seventeen in all, finding occupation gone by the seiz? ure ?f the boat, joined the United State I navy tooday. Chili and Argentine Would Sell us Their Ships. Long Sunday Conference Held in White House Be? tween President, Cab? inet Officers and Chas. R. Flint. Washington, March 20 -Pr?sident McKinley did not attend chorea this morning as is his oostom, bot instead spent two boura and more io conference with several members of the cabinet Assistant Secretary Day called abont 10:30 o'clock and remained anti! nearly 1. Secretary Long and Secretary Bliss were the other members present. They remained less than aa boor. Com? mander Clover, io company with Mr. F>intt who has been eoticg for the gov ernment in the negotiations for the purchase of warships, also called aod were shown into the President's private office The mern hers of the cabinet on leaving the White House said that there was no special significance in the meeting this morn? ing The report of the Maine court of inquiry bad not been received, nor ^was it definitely known when it would reach here It wa? expeoted, however, early in the present week, snd as soon as it hid been read and considered by the President if would be made public. Secretary Long, in speaking of the re? port, esid that while fully realizing its importance, tbe country, io bis opinion would willingly accord to the President a day or two if necessary, for its con? sideration. The indications seem to be that the report will be made public by tbe middle of the present week. The presence of Mr. Charles R Flint at the conf?rence naturally gives rise to tbe inference that the President and his advisers were discussing the ques? tion of acquiring aditiooal ships Mr. Flint, whose commercial interests are i largely with Sooth American countries, is believed in a measure at least to rep resent Chili and the Argentine Republio in any negotiations which are under way for the disposition of their war vessels A reporter to day asked Mr. Flint if be oould say whether or not the United States had secured posses? sion of the'Chilian ship O'Higgins and tbe Argentine ship San Martino, but he declined to make any statement on the subject. W ben pressed for some information io regard to the matter he replied : "Both Chili sod the Argentine Re? publio have the warmest friendship and admiration for the United Statesand her institutions. Neither couotry is anx? ious to sell their ships to this govern? ment, basing this indisposition on the belief that we have an excellent navy o' our owo They want these vessels themselves If tbe" rime should come, however, when it was apparent that the United States-needed these vessels they would gladly part with them to us '' The Weotioo of Mr. Flint was calleo to the published report that the United States would purchase the Bra ziliao torpedo boat Toby, but this, he said, would not be done so far as he was aware, as there were no negotatioos under way to that effect. Document That the World is Waiting for Will be in the President's Possession To-morrow. ?i ^^^^^^^^^^ \ Key West, Fla.. March 21 -Judge Advocate Manx of the court of in? quiry came ashore at. 3 o'clock this afternoon, accompanied by an armed orderly from the Iowa, who carried a bulky package of official documents, which was handed over to Rear Ad? miral Sicard. It is believed the doc* iments are the full findings of the court of inquiry. Lieutenant Com mander Manx, when questioned on this subject, refused either to deny or confirm, but an officer from the Iowa said the documents were the long expected report on the Maine disaster. The papers were immedi ately examined by the rear admiral and Commander West It is pre? sumed that, if these documents are the anxiously expected report, they will be taken to Washington to mor row by Lieutenant Commander Marix . -ni ?wi - Palma Makes a Statement. New York, March 18 -T. Estrada Palma, head of the Cuban Junta, gave out the following statement to night in regarded to the indemnity Coba would be willing to pay Spain : "At the beginning of tbe war the debt" was $250,000,000, but Cuba could not stand it and this was one of the reasons that the revolt was precipitated. In the begining of 1896. after the invasion of the wee tern provinces by the Cubans, the lat? ter might have been willing to pay $200,000,000. At the beginning of the dry season of 1896-97, they would have paid $150,000,000, but now they would not give more, if as much, thau $100,000,000 If the wet season should set in this year before such an agreement could be arranged we would not think of paying anything "The reasons for the decrease in the amounts are the inciesed chances of our success," continued Mr Paima, "not to speak of the destruction and desolation of the island that impair ifs productive capacity.'* PRESIDENT'S COURSE OUTLINED. Findings of Board Will Im mediately be Given Span? ish Government, THEN SS NT TO CONGRESS WITH MESSAGE. Washington, March 21.-The pro? cedure in connection with the sub mission of the report of the Maine court of inquiry by the President to congress is now clearly outlined, and a cabinet officer to day explained the general line of action at present in tended to be purchased upon receipt of the report which is expected to reach Washington next Thursday. A copy of it will be laid before the Spanish government very early, and as soon as can be consistently done, the report will be sent to congress and made public at the same time The report to congress will be ac? companied by a message from the President, stating that after receiving the report the conclusions were laid before the Spanish government and appropriate action from that quarter asked It is stated positively that no part of the report, and no intima tion of the findings has reached the executive authorities in Washington. At the same time it is a noticeable fact that the current of official opin ion is beginning to follow that of the unofficial opiniou expressed so posi? tively and persistently at Habana and Key West, that the cause of the explosion was external Officials high in the administration stated to day that while they were wholly without exact information as to the findings of the court of inquiry, they found themselves sharing io the apparently intangible conviction that the cause of the explosion was not accidental. Opinion expressed by the Maine sur viv?rs who reached here last Satur day doubtless have contributed large? ly to this view in official circles In this connection it Is understood that one of the officers who arrived on Saturday stated, not as an opinion, but as bis personal observation on the night of the disaster, that there were two distinct explosions. The tendency of this is. to support the theory of external cause, as this is based on the idea that the first ex plosion was followed by a second in ternal explosion Intense interest in the report was manifested to day at the White House and at the war, state and navy de partment8. The President received a number of congressional leaders, among them beiog Speaker Reed and Chairman Hitt of the house commit? tee o'fV foreign affairs. The visit of Mr. Reed naturally attracted much attention, as he seldom leaves the congressional sphere to make calls on the executive brauch, and it was naturally inferred that the purpose of his visit was to confer upon the Cu ban situation and its future before congress, though neither he nor Mr. Hitt were communicative Secretary Long also bad an extended conference with the President, but so far as it could be learned it* developed not h ing additional relating to the Spanish question. ?mm i i t i Satisfied Alfonso XII Sent Torpedo That Sunk Maine. New York, March 21.-Dr. Frank Chado, who for the pas* two years has served with the rank of colonel in the Cuban army under General Calixto Garcia, and who was present when young Gomf z committed suicide on see iog his leader, General ?Maceo, fall, is in this oity. Colonel Cbado came by the steam? ship Conobas, taking passage at Ha? bana. Se eluded the vigilance of the Span? ish authorities, aod travelled nuder an assumed name When Col. Cbado left New York two years ago be weighed 210 pounds; to-day he weighs 115 pounds "I have heard something of the stories published in this COUD try of the distress io Cuba, and of the thousands that have died aod are dying of star? vation. " he said to-day Nothing tbat has been published, nothing that cooid be published, could teil the story as it really is "I koow of roy own koowi<*dge tbat in roaoy sections of Coba they are dig giog up tbe earth for the worms tbat they may find It is not everyone who is able to dig. Most of the peopie are so weak that they are unable to move "They are dyiug by the thousand not the meo who are doing, or hope to do the fighting that eventually musr eod in triumph, bot tb? poor women, the ohildreo aod toe recoocentiados Ruin is everywhere visible. "Spaio bas been guilty of acts that must make civilization .-tana apnalled, and the fact is that they are infinitely wor^e off to-day tbao at any time since the war began. Victory is certain for the Cubana io the near future.'7 Of tbe present feeling among Span? iards at Habana, Col. Cbado says that it was becoming more hostile for Amer? icans every day. "There is a feeling among them,7' he said, "that the United States is afraid to fight aod that they or aoythiog they please. "I am as firmly convinced as cao bc that tbe Maine horror was oot due to aoj scbaiaiine atine. Tbis be? lief is shared by ail Cubans-that the Maine was blown up by a torpedo. Farther, I believe that tbe torpedo cime from the Spanish warship Alfonso XII. '.As to our reasons for tbiokiog so. First, there is the fact that the Dight before the Maine explosion the Alfonso, which had been anchored near, was moved to a safe distance away. ''Second, the fact that not ooce since the day of (be explosion has any sea? man or marine from the Alfonso been allowed to go ashore. The ooiy infer? ence is that the officials are afraid the sailors might become intoxicated and talk too much." Col. Cbado has come to New York for medical and surgical treatment, his right arm, side and leg beiag par? alyzed from privation, exposure and a wound He is a Dative Cuban and one of the most active of the insur? gents. His wife and three grown obildreo still remain in Habana. He has served as surgeon general under Gen. Calixto Caricia for the past three years, but, at length, unable to ride his horse or dress himself, he received from the insurgent commander an in? definite furtlougb as invailed. "I shall not return to Cuba until she is free/7 he said Ready, bat Waiting. With the close of an eventful week the entanglement between the United States and Spain is undeniably closer than ever to the point of its final solu? tion Substantial progress has been made all along the line The Bjardjof Ipquiry charged with the task of ascer I tniniog tbe causes which destroyed the battleship Maine has practically com? pleted its work and its report will be submitted to Congress within the pres? ent week. Senator Proctor, io an address based upon careful personal in? vestigation, has described io language at once graphic and temperate the aw? ful conditions io Cuba upon wbioh this government will rest its demand for t e cessation of hostilities io that island The wrok of preparing for the Nation? al defense has beeo carried forward rap? idly, steadily aod with results worthy of the resources and patriotism of the Amerioao people. No point has been negleoted, co contingency has beeo left unprovided for, no braoch of the de? fensive service has been slighted, and no emergency which active hostilities might develop bas beeo overlooked. , Tbe situation, therefore, is both sim? ple and encouraging. The Nation still hopes for peace, but it is abundantly ready for war. It seeks the best, but is prepared for the worst It will gladly yield all that it can yield without sacri? ficing honor, justice and duty, but at tbat Hoe ic halts, with peace in its heart, but with its hand upon its sword, highly resolved that there shall be no compromise with dishonor, no betrayal of humanity aod civilization at the de manch of expediency and no step back? wards from thc mighty obligation which the American Republic owes to the in? stitution of Christianity and civil liberty Whether the issue shall be peace or war Spain alone most determine She has been arraigned before the nations of the earth on charges which brand ber with infamy and shame. Mr Proctor has told in terms which thrill mankind with unspeakable horror a story which oonviots her of the crime of the ages. The coosioeoce and humanity of the Western world demaod that she shall cease ber barbarities, that she shall withdraw the sword aod torch from (Juba and that &be starving victime of ber cruelty in that desolate island shall be permitted to enjoy tbe God given right to take from the soil the subsist? ence which nature bas so abundantly provided. That is the issue which is now on the edge of its final crisis. The American Rspublio waits upon Spaio, but Spain must act and act qaickly. This Nation, conscious of its rectitude and its power, seeking ody justice and honor and irre? vocably resolved that the frightful trag? edy of race extermination tu Cuba shall end, is about to establish peace io that bloodstained island, be the consenuec* ces what they may -N Y Mail and Kxpress. FREE RURAL? DELIVERY. Washington, March 17 -Repre? sentatives Stokes is highly elated over his success in securing an in? crease in the appropriation for free rural delivery. The amount recom? mended by the postoffice committee for improving tbe rural free delivery service was but $150,000 Repre? sentative Stokes. Judge Griggs, of Georgia, and several other represent? atives from the South by impressive statements and a hard fight on the floor succeeded in doubling that amount, so that $800,000 is provided for that service The opposition was formidable, headed by Messrs Loud, of California, chairman of ?he com mitte ; Paine, of New York, Speak? er Reed's lieutenant ; Gen Grosve? nor, of Ohio, and others. It was a notable victory for the rural element. - .?.>. ?? The war fever was so strong in Nebraska even before the Maine was sent to Havana that a yoting man broke out of the penitentiary to en list on her He succeeded and was one of those who escaped in the biow pp They are seeking a pardou for now, and as his on'y offence was glarizing somebody's bouse they et it. Textile Training j School at Clemsc Pians for This Valuafc Branch Have Been Com? pleted. The executive committee of t board of trustees of Clemson coll? will meet at Fort Hill on the 2 instant, to make final arrangemei for the commencement of work oe t new building for a textile traini school The building will be similar in c sign to a small model cotton factoi It will be equipped with specim machines for the work of the vario departments of a mill in the man facture of cotton. These machin will be set up and equipped to operated. Besides lectures and t study of text books on the manufa tore of cotton, each student will required to analyze the construed of each machine by taking it pieces and putting it together agai This will be done unaer the dire lion an instructor, who will expia the functions of the different parts the machine. A careful explanan will also be made of the manner adjusting the various machines i different work lt is the purpose of the board provide, not only a complete cour of textile instructions and trainii for the regular students of the c< lege who may wish to take tl course, but special arrangements w be made so that those already e gaged in a cotton mill may go to tl school for a day or a week or a mon to get special instruction upon SOD point that stands especially in tl road of the progress of an individu who is otherwise making good bea way This will give an appropria opportunity fora boss spinner, for e ample, who is a bright, smart yout mau, and who has mastered the ma ipulation of the machinery practice ly, to go and get a week's instructs on the subject of calculating tl drafts and twists for yarns throng out the mill This weald at once p him in a position to take the superi tendency of a mill, which otherwit he could not do Provision will also be made fjr tl study of dye stuffs and their uses. A opportunity will be given for the e amination and determination of ti value of dye stuffs. lt is intended that the school shs be made valuable to the manufa tarers of the State as well as to thoi people who are working for salarh and wages. Manufacturers may su mit questions relating to the mam facture of cotton which the profess* in this textile department and b assistants will undertake to answer. Dye stuffs will be analyzed and n ported upon somewhat as the author ties of school now analyze fertilize) for the oil mills and fertilizer worl of the State. It is well known tbs without this provision of the fertiliz* business the people of the Stat would suffer enormously by payin for a quality of stuff which the could not be sure of getting withoi the aid that the State gives by i examination and analyses An equa ly effective examination aud re o; upon various dye suffs cannot bi prove the advantages of the scho< to the manufacturers of the State It would seem that a textile schoi in South Carolina would undoubtedl be next in importance to an agricu tural school ; next to agriculture th manufacture of cotton is perhaps th most important in the State It i important from two points of view 1 Because of the number of per pie already engaged in it and of th probability that the number will b constantly increasing for aa in definite time in the future. 2. Because it is the occupation i which more of the youth of tb State may look for profitable employ ment than any other The establishment of this de partment will provide a means b; which the youth of the State may la; a foundation of education and train i.ng upon the basis of which the; may commence work with conFdenc and with a knowledge that they l;av< every equipment necessary for euc cess. At the present time, many ? young man imagines that the Nev England youth has some advantage in tb? way of both knowledge an( training. For this reason matn young men from the south go to Ne? England to take courses of study ir the schools and courses of training ii the shops The opportunity to acquire this knowledge and training at norm cannot but be of advantage to th* people of the south, to the manufac turing interests and to the State The execntu n of the work for con structing a building for this depait ment and of equipping it is in the j handp of the executive committee ol J the board of trustees, of which Mr D Iv Norris is chairman By authority of the exentive com mittee, approved by the board, the preparations of the plans for the en? tire work was put in the hands of ilr D A Tompkins. It ie expected that many of the machine manufacturers will present samples of their machines to the school and that when it is finished the value of the property will be more than double the expenditure in consequence of gifts from machine manufacturers It is the intention to have every? thing ready for the operation of the school this fall.-The State ??.?lill.??????.HIM 111 IT IS WIDESPREAD. STATUS OF THE SMALL? POX EPIDEMIC. Stringent n ^sures wili Have to be Adopted at Pelham and Spartanburg. IT IS NOT CHICKENPOX, Dr. James Evans, of Florence, secretary of the state board of health, and Dr J A White, of Pelham M ills, are in the city, having come to consult Governor Ellerbe about the smallpox situation at Pelham. Dr. White has the epidemic at Pel? ham well under control, there being only about 20 cases in the town. Nearly everybody in the town who has not had the disease bas been vac* cinated and there is no danger of a further spread there. But out in tbe country tbe epidemic bas full sway, there being about 300 cases in the Pelham neighborhood. The disease is of such a mild type that it is hard to confine those who have it, hence its widespread. After consultation with Dre Evans and White, Governor Ellerbe made three appoitments S. T Green. A R Richardson and Peter Bacot each received a commis? sion appointing him "sanitary in? spector in Spartanburg and Green? ville counties in the State of South Carolina at Pelham Mills and vicini? ty, under and by the authority of the statute io such case made and pro? vided, to be vesied with ali the pow? ers and duties prescribed by law, said appointment having been made opon the recommendation of the chairman of the state board of health, the ap? pointment to continue in force until revoked." They will visit every bouse within a radius of several miles of Pelham and make a careful inspection. Ev? erybody who has not been vaccinated will be vaccinated or compelled to leave the State. There can be no temporizing. If this epidemic is not crushed out, it will spread all over the State, and in warm weather may become a most dangerous type That has been the case in Alabama where there were thousands and thou? sands of new cases, as many as 70 new ones being reported daily. The negroes who had the disease, which was of a mild type, would walk the streets wheo covered with pustules, and the disease was spread far and wide. Finding themselves helpless to stop the progress of the epidemic, the state health authorities called on the national health authorities to take charge Dr. Magruder and some competent assistants went to Alabama and by adopting vigorous methods have got tbe epidemic under control. ^Dr Evans is satisfied the epidemic in this state is smallpox and not chickenpox Ile admits it is small? pox of a very mild type, but insists that it is smallpox just the same. He says chickenpox rarely ever attacks a child over five years old. fie dismissed with a smile one ex? pert's theory that tke disease was impetigo and not smallpox. fie called attention to the fact that not a single person in Sooth Carolina who bas been vaccinated has been attacked with the disease except one mao, and his vaccination had taken place thirty years before, fie said if the disease were chickenpox, vacci? nation for smallpox would not render one immune from it, therefore the fact that nobody who has been vac? cinated has had the disease is proof that it is not chickenpox, but small? pox. The only other place in South Caro? lina where there is smallpox is Spartanburg. In a letter Dr Evans had just received from Dr Blake, of Spartanburg, it is stated that there are only three cases in the city proper, but there are several cases among the employs of the Arkwright and Beaumont mills. The operatives in those mills refused to be vaccinated, saying they would rather have the disease Th 3 mill authorities do not wish to attempt to coerce their operatives into being vaccinated unless it be? comes necessary, for the operatives threaten to leave before they will submit to vaccination.-Columbia Evening Record. Capt L D. Childs, if his health wiil permit, will be the prohibitionist uominee for governor This infor - mation was gotten from a well known probitionist leader yesterday He further said that the convention which meets in Columbia on April 14th would put a full ticket in the field Ills Like biliousness, dyspepsia, headache, consti? pation, sour stomach, indigestion are promptly cured by Hood's Pills. They do their work