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The Peace Commission.
WHAT IS BEING DONE IN
PARIS.
. Paris, Nov. 22.-The Spaoish peace
cern m issioners last Dight telegraphed
to Mildrid the substance of the United
States memotoodum presented yester?
day, aod later in the evening they were
discussing it among themselves. As
late as 1 o'clock this mornieg a Spanish
commissioner affirmed that he aud his
colleagues did DOS koow what to do
regarding the American offer.
There is a difference of opinion
among unofficial people near tbe com?
ea issi ans, bat the prediction is made
that Spain will decline the American
offer cf money ; that she will re?ase to
cede the Philippines, and will say to
the United States : "Yoa may take the
archipelago, because yoe have the
power to do so. As yon advance, we
will retire, protesting against greedy
aggression. We will faithfully carry
oat oar protocol pledges and leave Coba
and Puerto Rico in your hands. You
- came here to engage io a discussion
nader the terms of the protocol, bot
yon evidently meant when drawing np
that document to provide a conference
in which, th o cg h we differ, man to
mao, yon proposed to announce at the
proper time what you would do,
whether we agree to it or object. Such
sn attitude roba the conference of a
negotiative character, and sets ap the
United States as a domioant power,
whose first parp?se is to listen, bat
whose ultimate determination is to do
its own will."
As a matter of fact, Senor Monte o
Bios is supposed to have nsed virtually
such language nod arguments as the
foregoiog.
fie said more, even indicating a high
degree of exasperating at the American
offer of $20,000,000. His manner, DO
less than his words, betrayed his
repugnance.
His display of feeling and utterances,
however, are Dot wholly approved by
Spaoish colleagues, who did cot
sitate to say ss mash after yesterday's
ion.
Utterances tater by a Spaniard of
importance, whose name is withheld
for tie present, indicates another Hoe
of actiofe, a gratuitous cession of the
Phil; ppir.es.
"Suppose," said the speaker io
question, "bhfit Spain says to the
United ?States, 'We are exhausted.
We hare no fonds with which to
cont;noe the wtr We do not want to
continuent, aod we caooot. Yon serve
as with* so ultimatum. We most
submit to%yoor power. Prepare your
treaty, ans wheo you waot os to sigo,
we will sigo up. We most beod to
phys ?cal force.
" 4YooJ have the Aotilles aod you
will possess the Philippines as a
conquest fr?ni a helpless people. We
include, bur'we decline ?20,000.000
for property or. which our valuation was
oot asked cor respected, lea have
your will. We trust you will oot
continue the war upoo our helplessness,
because, forsooth, we deoline your
$20,000,000. Surely this waiver by
us of your money will not provode a
further use of arms against Spain.
.? ?We sign; we cede ; we are dumb.
It is finished, and we may be permitted
to retain the privilege of assuring our
people and our national creditors that
we at least have sot s to le o aod resold
territory we bad pawned.' "
Should Spaio cede hy treaty, or, on
tho other hand, should she refuse and
break eff the negotiations here, ber
protests will embody some such declara
tioD as this
As against suoh sentiment, it is
argued that the busioefS io hand is
work for grown men. aod that it would
be childish folly to refuse $20,0000,000,
aod that the Spaoish government could
oot justify such a refusal before the
Spanish people or the public creditors
of Spaio, a deliberate throwing away
of $20.000,000 in addition to the loss
of une Philippines.
It is felt that the Spaoish government
must now answer the American ultima
tum, but ?s it is oot likely that the
answer of Madrid will arrive to-morrow
in time for the commissioners to
formulate their reply to the Americans
by the afternoon, it is probable that the j
joint meeting will be deferred from j
?a.morrow to a day later in tbs week.
Believed That Spaniards Will
be Ready by Saturday.
j- ,
COMMISSIONERS ARS RETI?
CENT-MADRID COMMENT.
Paris, Nov 24 -Tbe Spanish com?
missioners at noon to day had not
fixed upon the day to submit their
f?nai answer to the American propo?
sitions, but it is deemed most likely
that Saturday wili be the day ap?
pointed. The opinion gains ground
that the Spaniards will accept the
proposals of tbe United States. A
significant indication of this view of
the situation was a remark dropped
by Senor Abaraza, of the Spanish
commission to day that they expect?
ed to remain here about a fortnight
longer.
The secretary of the Spanish com
mission, Senor, Ojeda, said to-day
that the instructions from Madrid
were not sufficiently matured to en
able them to appoint the next meet?
ing.
The correspondent of the Asso?
ciated Press asked Senor Abaraza
to day if the commission would be
able to leave Paris next week with
the treatyjand be replied with a side
long v ^ as though to observe
wneth?s^-dis questioner noted the
significance of the reply : ' I sup?
pose we shall be here for another
fortnight "
"Why," the Spanish commissioner
was esked, "is the opinion expressed
so emphatically by a portion of the
Paris press that you wili decline the
$20,000,000, but will sign the treaty
with a protest that yon do so only
under the pressure of superior pow?
er ?,? \
"Well, it does seem that $20,000,
000 is not very satisfactory.'*'
This was the semi evasive manner
in which the Spanish diplomat an?
swered the question
His questioner continued : "Then,
it has been affirmed that Spain will
refuse to sign the treaty, decline the
money offered and make a protest to
the powers and that her commission?
ers will go home. Is that the most
likely result ?" N
"Ah. but we should not anticipate
a fortnight more of daily develop?
ments here."
"Ab, ye6. A fortnight. Perhaps
some affairs may be attended to in
that time."
The United States peace commis?
sioners were the guests of Whitelaw
Reid at a Thanksgiving day luncheon
at the hotel.
The Petit Bieu reaffirms to day as
a certainty that the Spanish commis
sioners will refuse the American offer
of $20,000,000 for a treaty cession of
the Philippines.
Proposition as to Philippines
Spaniards Seem to be Very
Expert in Devising Them.
Paris, Nov. 25.-It is now known i
that Spain will exhaust her time limit j
whioh expires on Monday, before reply
iog to the American offer regarding
the Philippine islands. In the mean?
while the Spaniards are canvasing the
entire field and exhausting every !
resource to postpone the inevitable.
As cabled to the Associated Press on
Wednesday, they could not accept the
American ultimatum as final without
asking if it really were so. That
applied to the time limit. Now, the
Spaniards apparently doubt the fixed
I ness of the amount the Americans
offered for the Philippines and to day
j they sent a communication to the Amer
I ioan commissioners, asking if the iatter
would accept a counter proposition by
I Spain to oede the Philippines for ?100,
000,000. Spain imagine? the Amer
I icacs might be willing to lop off the
I great isiand of Mindanao from the
I Philiprjines and pay Spain ?50,000.000
[ for what would remain, instead of ?20,
000,000 now offered for tbe entire
archipelago
Spain will learn tn response to such
inquiries that Americans employ the
word ultimatum to sig ? i fy ultimate
conditions
However strenuously Spain may seek
to increase ber money advantage for
the cession of the Philippines, she will
finally be compelled to know that the
United States offer means ?20.000.000,
no more, and no less, and that the
whole archipelago must pass to the
United States for that sum.
Spain, before giving up or turning
away will also propose some alternative
bargain of the Carolines or the Canary
islands to be held io tbe possession cf
the United States in addition to the
Philippine islands, on condition that
Spain be permitted to retain her sover?
eignty in the Philippines. In other
words, Spain would cede certain terri?
tory in the Carolines and Canaries and
j the control of the Philippines by the
Unircd States under a nominal Spanish
sovereignty and. as a further induce?
ment, propose that the United States
shall pay Spain no money on account of
the Philippine islands.
QUARRYMEN
ARE BLOWN UP.
The Negro Stone Workers
Sent Into the Air.
A terrible accident occurred this
afternoon at the Hoffman quarry, just
across the river in Lexington county,
whereby three negro workmen were
terribly mutilated, although they
were not instantly killed as might
have been expected
Medical aid was asked for from
Columbia so soon as communication
could be had
The men were "blasters'* and were
preparing to blow out some rock. By
some means the dynamite was ex
j ploded too quick
The men were shot up in the air
j along with a mass of granite. They
were thrown out of the quarry pit
I with it, and those in the vicinity had
no idea that they would ever see any
more than pieces of bodies. Bot the
negroes came up with the rock, and
though terribly lacerated were 6fcill
alive.
When the Record went to press it
was not definitely known by the doc
tors whether the negroes would live
or not.-Columbia Record, 26th.
MACKEY ARRAIGNED.
Charleston, W. Va, Nov. 23 -
Judge Thomas Jefferson Mackey was
arraigned before Judge F?ulker, io
the circuit court of Jefferson county,
yesterday, to answer to che indictment
returned against him for bigamy by
the grand jury a few days ago.
Wheo asked if guilty oroot guilty,
he answered promptly, but with a
tremor in his voice, "Not guilty."
His counsel made a motion to quash
the indictment on technical grounds,
which was ovrruled by the court. The
counsel theo asked that the case be
continued until the February term,
giving as a reason that the judge had
not time to collect the evidence which
he claims will be aoffioient to acquit
bim. This request was granted by
the court, and the trial will come up
next February An effort will again
be made to procure bail for the pris?
oner.
The Civilization of China.
Tacoma, Wash , Nov. 23 -The
Northern Pacific liner Olympia brings
the following Oriental advices : ;
"A telegram published by the
Chuwo states that Sir Claude Mac?
Donald, the British minister at Pekin,
will probably make the following
representations to the Chinese gov
ernment on the subjoined points at
an early date :
"First, the treaty powers will not
recognize the restoration of the re?
gency on so flimsy a pretext as the
ill-health of the emperor, which
is not sufficient to justify a change of
the sovereignty.
"Second, the work of reform stated
by the emperor must not be suspend?
ed, not only in the interests of peace
in the east, but for the sake also of
the maintenance of the Chinese em?
pire
"Third, it is contrary to principles
of humanity to visit capital punish?
ment upon political antagonists, and
this practice must must be discour?
aged in future.
"Fourth, that the Chinese govern?
ment must take greater precautions
to prevent assauilts by natives on
foreign residents in Pekin in broad
daylight.
"The British minister is now con?
ducting negotiations with the minis
ters of other powers on the subject,
but no decision has as yet been ar
rived at."
A 'Frisco Hotel in Flames.
San Francisco, November 23 -The
Baldwin Hotel, for almost thirty years
one of the principal landmarks of San
Francisco, is no more
A fire which broke out in the east
end of the building shortly after 3 |
o'clock this morning, supposedly in
the property room of the Baldwin
Theatre, totally destroyed the im?
mense structure, entailing a financial
loss of nearly a million and a half
dollars, besides destroying property
that no amount of money or science
can replace.
The loss of life so far as reported
has been miraculously light, but two
guests having perished as far as
j known. The dead are Capt J L
?White, San Francisco, capitalist;
j Lewis Myers, S kag nay, Aiaska, mer?
chant
Four were injured and eleven are
missing. The financial losses are far
! reaching, almost everv branch of
I O' *J
commercial trade being directly af?
fected.
The flames were confined to the
Baldwin structure, but much adjoin?
ing property was seriously damaged
by waler and smoke. _
Juvenile Reformatory.
mt
The Report Made by the Rev.
Dr.. Brown,
The establishment of a state reforma
tory for youthful criminals has been a
iiabjeot agitated io many legislatures,
lit took some definite form daring the
last session when a commission was
ttoiborizad to make an investigation and
ireport. The chairman of the commis
?ion was the Rev. Dr. Brown, of
Sumter, and he bas submitted the
following report to the governor :
SUMTER, S. C., Nov. 21, 1898.
Governor W. H Ellerbe :
Dear Sir : it gives me pleasure to
say to your excellency that I have
completed my round of investigation
and am home again. I confined my
investigations to the institutions at
Elmira and Rochester, or possibly I
should say to the reformatory at Elmira
alone, for the others are not wortbv to
be compared with that one. Your
letter of introduction gave me an open
sesame, and ? was treated with marked
kindness. Especially am I under
obligations to Mr. Z P. Brockaway,
superintendent at Elmira.
As soon as we can have a meeting
of our commif.ee, I shall have a report
ready, and I hope also that I may be
allowed to present the case as I now see
it, to the members of the legislature or
to a committee appointed by that body
I am glad to say that the trip cost only
about half what I anticipated. I made
more than two thousand miles of travel,
going almoet entirely on sleepers or
night trains, so as to have daylight for
my visitation and on my return find
that I have expended only $102.80.
Whatever portion you feel it just for
me to pay in fulfillment of my promise,
I am ready to pay, so io sending
address you may feel free to deduct
what you sea fit
I devoutly hope to see a reformatory
set up in our state To set it. up we
need first a man of the right sort to
put at the head, and then a small
appropriation for laying the plant. I
believe it will be easier for us to get
the money than to get the mao.
However, I need not discuss pians
now. Allow me to say, sir, that at a
convenient time to you, it ?7??1 be my
delight to have a talk with you con?
cerning the whole matter. To have
your sympathy and co-operation may
mean success to the enterprise ; to
have success would mean to yourself
a lasting monument to the memory of
your administration. I think I may
be able to make this plan when I have
an opportunity of talking to you face to
face,
Yours respectfully,
C. C. Brown.
Can't be Reduced.
The Tax Levy Must Stand as
it is.
In view of the fact that taxes are
being so slowly paid, evidently
from the low price of cotton, people
are ?begining to discuss the ques?
tion whether it will not be possible
for the legislature to reduce the levy
at the coming session
Dr. Timmerman, treasurer of the
state, is probably more familiar with
the financial condition of the state
than any other man in it. In speak?
ing on the general aspect of affairs
he expressed the opinion this morn?
ing that the levy could not be re?
duced, provided even the necessary
appropriations for the government
are contined as they are There is
no extravagance in appropiiations.
On the contrary there ia in many
instances a disposition shown tb cut
down the expenses of departments
absolutely to the proper conduct of
the government.
Mr. Timmerman planned that the
great loss of the revenue from the
phosphate industry made it impos?
sible to reduce the levy. This
meant a loss of several hundred
thousand dollars which annually went
into the treasury.
From interviews and letters pub?
lished in the county papers it is ev?
ident that legislatures are set on cut?
ting down expenses, many of them
advocating the reduction of sala?
ries of officers Such bills come up
yearly, but generally amcunt to noth?
ing.
Even if they were scaled as some
legislators want them the situation
would not be materially be affected ;
the levy would not be decreased.
?t seems that (he only thing to do
is to grin and bear it, now that we
are in hard luck, and hope for bet?
ter times to come.-Columbia Record
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Negro Soldiers Riot.
ANNISTON, ALA., THE
SCENE OF TEOUBLE.
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 24 -A
spec?tii from Aoniston to The Advertiser
says : Members of the Third Alabama
(oegro) regiment with murder in their
hearts caused great excitement here
to-nigbt. Shortly after dark, Private
Gildhart of Co. B, Second Arkansas,
while going towards bis regimental
camp from town, was shot in the head
by a negro soldier, who also stabbed
him in the back. Gildhart was taken
to the regimental hospital. A little
later a member of the Fourth Kentucky
was shot on Walnut street by a negro
soldier, who lay in a gully, shooting at
the white men who passed. Firing
was heard io Liberia, the negro quarter
of the city, which is not far from
Walnut street, and a squad of provost
guards went to investigate. As it
turned the corner of Sixteenth and
Pine streets a large crowd of negro
soldiers, without warning, opened fire
upon the guard with Springfields, the
gun in ase in the regiment. The
guard returned the fire, but had but
few cartridges, and soon had to retreat.
Reinforcements and more ammunition
were sent for, but when they arrived
the negroes had disappeared.
The number of negroes io the mob
was variously estimated at from 50 to
200 In the engagement, Sergeant
Dobson, Third Tennessee, was shot in
arm and Private Graham, Third
Tennessee, received a paioful but not j
necessarily dangerous wound in tbe j
stomach. If any of the negroes were
shot, it is not knowo, as no dead or
wounded have as yet been found. Two
other members of the provost guard are
missing and cannot be found.
When news of the trouble became
knowo the white soldiers who were in
the oity gathered around the provost
guards' headquarters and begged for
guns and ammunition, crying like
children because their requests could
not be granted. Citizens armed them?
selves and repaired to the scene of tbe
battle. Mayor High at once ordered
all saloons closed.
Several negro soldiers, one with a I
Springfield whioh had just been fired,
were arrested in various parts of tbe
city and locked op, though it was with
difficulty that the infuriated white sol?
diers and citizens were prevented from
wreaking summary vengeance upon
them.
Armories of the two local military
companies were broken into and every
gun and cartridge appropriated by un?
known parties.
Gen. Frank, who is io command of
the troops here, came out and was on
the streets until a iate hour. Gen.
Colby, commanding the Second bri?
gade, ordered ont two companies each
of the Third Tennessee and Secood Ar?
kansas and brought them to the city
for whatever services might be requir?
ed. They scoured the city and carried
all soldiers not on duty back to the
camp.
A member of the Fourth Wisconsin
is said to have been shot, but the re?
port cannot be verified.
One negro soldier while under ar?
rest was shot in the ?rm by a citizen.
After the engagement at Sixteenth
and Pine very few negroes, either sol?
diers or civilians, were to be found on
the streets and it was well. Firing
has been heard at various parts of the
city and rumors are afloat of several
crowdsof negroes in ambush, but all
investigation was fruitless.
A negro soldier was dangerously
beaten by some white soldiers on Teoth
street this afternoon and this incident
is supposed to have caused the riotous
action on the part of the negroes, who
are said to have slipped out of tba
oamp through the guard line?. \
Later-One negro soldier has just
been brought in dead and another
fatally wounded
---?im -
It is said in relation to the claims
of the different States against the
government for the equipmeot of the
troopsduring the war with Spain that
the comptroller of the currency in going
over the reimbursements of the dif?
ferent States has discovered a number
of errors which affect several south?
ern States. The comptroller is not con?
sidering whether or not these errors in
the reimbursements can be charged
against the claims against the govern?
ment. At the treasury department it
is said that pome of the claims of the
southern States against the government
for money expended in eauippiog the j
soldiers are so mixed that it is doubt- j
ful if they can bo straightened out.
It may be necessary to refer some
of the claims to congress for adjustment.
The Secret Not Lost
He Left an Explanatory Man?
uscript of 2,000 Pages.
Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 24.
The stockholders in the Keeley Mo?
tor company have not abandoned the
hope that the secret of the life of
John W. Keeley will not be bur?
ied with the inventor to day.
B. L. Ackerman, of New York,
the president of the company, came
to Philadelphia in response to a tele?
gram from Mrs Keely. When he
reached the house of mourning in
Oxford Street he was told that Mrs.
Keely was too much prostrated to
see him Mr. Ackerman subsequent?
ly visited the office of the Molor com?
pany. He said :
"I have been closely associated
with Mr. Keeley in his work for
twenty-five years, andi was among
the first to see the value of his plans.
As a mechanical engineer I have
frequently examined his machines
and I have often discussed his ex?
periments with him Therefore to?
day I have greater faith than I have
[ ever had in the practical value of
his discoveries. Mr. Keeley has
prepared a manuscript of more than
2,000 pages which reveals the se
I crets discovered by him.
"That manuscript, I understand,
j was in the possession of Mrs. Keeley,
I and therefore, while it is almost too
j early to discuss the future of the
work, it seems to me that with the
! information in the manuscript and
the knowledge in the possession of
Lancaster Thomas and Charles B.
Collier, there need be little doubt
that the work of Keeley will be car?
ried forward.
"There are now on the board of
j directors, besides myself Lancaster
Thomas, vice president ; W. C.
Schelmann, secretary ; Joseph G.
Smith, of New York ; George E.
Hastings, of Monclair. N J., and A
M. Clomy, of New York.
"We will attend the funeral to-day
and following that a preliminary
meeting of the board will be held.
The regular meeting of the board will
be held Nov 29, and prior to that
meeting we will endeavor to get all
the information possible. If Mrs
Keeieyx8 condition will warrant it she
may attend the session.
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DEWEY RANKING ADM
RAL.
Washington, Nov. 22.-Rear Ad?
miral Joseph N. Miller, recently de
? taohed from the command of the Paoifio
! station, was placed on the retired list
I to-day on account of age. The va?
cancy thus created in the highest grade
of the navy will be filled bv the promo
tion of Commodore H. L Howison.
now commanding the Boston navy
yard.
The naval orders to-day contain an
annoonoement of tbe retirement cf
Rear Admiral Francis M. Bunce, on
the 25th. Admiral Bunce is comman
dant of the New York navy yard, gen?
erally regarded aa the most importan*
shore command in the' navy Rear
Admirai George Dewey will be the
ranking admiral io the navy, upon the
retirement of Admiral Bunce next
month.
It is understood that the presider,!,
will recommend to congress the re?
creation of the office of admiral or vice
admiral for the special benefit of Ad?
miral Dewey, and tbere is not mash
doubt that coogress will enact the ne?
cessary legislation.
Good Sewing Machines from $10.00 up at
Randie's.
To see is to try, to try is to bey the
<;White."
A FATAL MISTAKE.
Abbeville, Nov. 21.-Dr. Lambert"
J. White this afternoon by mistake
took a large dose of corrosive cubiimate
instead of bromo seltzer for headache.
He died at his father's home in this
city tonight at half past 10 o'clock.
He was a young man of great promise
and irreproachable character.
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