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COLUMBIA CITY HALL BURNED. It was Also Koowa as the Colombia Opera House. Colombia, March 30.-Colombia's most picturesque fire since the days of Sherman occurred to-night; the Opera Boase or City Hall banding is a complete loss. Tba fire as as ugly and dangerous one. The Opera House was on the northwest corner of Washington and Maia streets, and was s large three story building, with a bell tower, from which the fire alarms were sounded. OD the opposite side of the street are large buildings, and al OG g op Main street are stores and banking buildings, all of which were io extreme jeopardy. Many nosiness houses saw fis to remove mest of their stock of -: goods, the fis tares were taken oot of nices, vainable papers were removed from banks, and the general expects rion was that there would be a general conflagration along the west side of the street. The department could barely sare the Carolina National Bank and the building beyond it, and they did wonderfully well aod took .hazardous chances io holding the fire io" check. The fire took bold of the immense building with Windsor-like rapidity. At 7 20 or 7 30 the fire was absolutely beyond control, so far as the Opera Boase was concerned. It was a reg ular tinder bor fire. The estimate of losses is somewhat difficult to get at jost now, bot the figures are approximately as follows : V City Hall building $50,000 ; R B. aad D. McKay, grocery, $12.000; J H Mancke. tobacco, etc., $2,500; city property, $1 000 ; scenery, chairs, et ., in Oner House, $5.000; eity engineer's office, $500 ; poi ice station, eleerie alarm, etc./ $2,000 ; Go ver nor's Guards' armory, goos, etc., $2,000; Myrtle Lodge. K. of P $1,200 ; Confederate camp, Camp Hampton, $200 ; Frank J. Moses, manager of Opera House, $200; Woodmen of the World, $100 ; Ked Meo, $100; Brotherhood of Locomo tive Engineers, $100 ; Odd Fellows, Palmetto Lodge, $200 ;* Postal Tele graph Company, $500 ; Carolina Na tional Bank, (Pwtal baildiog,) $1.000; Robertson & Moore, law office, $200 ; W S Beamer, apartments, $50 ; Caro lina National Back, building proper, $500; Western Union Telegraph Company, $100 ; Lend a Hand Libra ry, $1,000. Total, $80.400. Insurance : City Hail, $25,000 ; Opera House and furniture (city) $2, 500 ; RB and D McKay, $5,000 ; Myrtle Lodge, K of P., $500 Total, $33.000. The City Hail, in which is the Opera Hcu e, cost more than it is pat down - at. It was one of the Radical steals, and the exact cost of the building is problematic. The taxpayers are pay ing interest on $375,000 of bonds issued for the City Hall building. The building actually cost in cash from $80.000 to $150.000. Howie & Allan ia ad tba original contract, and they .Tailed to do the work. Theo Clark Waring was awarded the contract for $84,000, but was stopped, he said to-night, before completing the building *! d does not know wost it cost. He said ic was built about 1873, daring Mayor Alexander's term cf offise. What it cost after Mr. Waring was taken eff the work is uncertain, except that ail possible expense was piled on The build;s z could be replaced for from $30,000 to $40,000 acd it is "ciear loss." The building was 115 by 120 feet, with four large store rooms on ground f oor. The corner wa* ooenpicd by R B and D McK y, next was the office of the city engin vcr, and Mayor's Coort room ; next the police etatioc, and next J H. Mencke's store. On the second floor were the city tfficcs, council chamber. Camp Hampton and the maia part of the Opera House. Oa the tbiid floor were the lodse rooms, Governor's Geards* armory and Opera House gallery, and above these the city heil and tower. Every vestige of property wubin the four walls was de stroyed. Among che losses which cannot be repaired is that of the original seals of tte city of Columbi*, presented to ic by Gen Hampton. They were kept in a g ss- case in the city couccii chamber and were very valuable historical relics of the beginning cf the city. Besides this there was a splendid bust of William Giimo.-e Sims, which stood on a pedestal jest in rear of the mayores seat io the council obamber. All of the important books and records in the city clerk' , and treasurers and city auditor's effioee were saved through the efforts of Ci'y Aoditcr J. R. Alien and City Clerk Talley. How the fire started is one of the mysteries that will never be known. It used to be the fashion to charge up sash fires to rats asd matches ; now they are charged to electric wires and cigarette fiends. Jim Root was pc'haps the last man on the second floor cf the Opera House and he had gone but a few blocks when the fire was seen. How the fire started none can say. There was absolutely no occasion for an incendiary fire io any part of the Opera House andi some accident did the work. T. B. Rice, Druggist, Greensboro, Ga , writes as follows : "Ia the past eight years, I have sold more of Dr. Pitts' Carminative than all the soothing syrups, colic drops, aod other baby medicines com fcined." Sold by J. P. W. DeLorme. CUBAN AFFAIRS. Military Government Ex j tends Mortgages to April -eot&. Habana, March 29.-Regarding the decree issued by former Captain Gen eral Bianco extending Coban mort gages to expire on March 31 of this year, the military authorities publish the following : "The decree of Gen. Bianco, former oaptaio general, dated March 5, 1898, extending the provisions of previous decrees regarding the collection of debts upon city and county property, is heteby extended to April 30, 1899, before which date the military authori ties will publish a decree governing these matters." The decision to take this action with respect to this important question was reached at yesterday's conference on board the transport Ingalls, between the secretary of war, the governor general and the various departmeot commanders.* The situation as to the Cuban army it is expected that Saturday will see the end of the Cuban military assem bly, when the control of the arr. y will pass to the Cuban generals who favor Gomez. Getting possession of the rolls will then be a simple matter. Gov. Gen. Brooke this afternoon received the foilowiog dispatch from Puebla, Mexico : "Please publish our energetic pro tests against slanderous reports stating that the Cubans residing here are try ing to help the Tagalos in the Philip pines against the United States. We reiterate our public testimony of grati tude and adherence to the United States. "This io the name of the Cuban colooy at Puebla. (Signed) Antonia Hevia." Maj. Geo. Lee takes so much to heart the breaking up of the Seventh army corps that he will not say good bye to the departing regiments. Of the fourteen thousand men originally constituting the corps, not five thou sand remain. Gen. Lee's future is unoertain. Sec tary Alger asked him what he wished, and he replied that he would like the governorship of Habaoa province, ex clusive of the city of Habana and of the province of Pinar del Rio, as it is understood the two will be placed in one department. The supposition is that Gen. Lee wiil be made a brigadier and remain in Cuba in some command. Resolutions of Cuban Military Assembly. Declare the 33,000,000 an Insnff cienI Sam. Washington, March 29 -Ssoores Villtloo and Heiva, the representatives of the Cuban assembly did not appear at the state departmeot or the war departmeot to day. The resolutions which they will seek to presest to the president (without the preamble) are as follows : . The assembly of representatives of the people in arms of Cuban..resoives : "First-To give public testimony of its profound gratitude and of the sincere gratitude of ibe army and the people of Cuba, for 'the magnanimous assistance with which the peopie and the congress cf the United States strengthened the cause of the inde pendence of our country, hastening and assuring its triumph as weil as to give testimony of its most respectful co isideratioo and gratitude to the president and government of that noble nation for the unmistakable proofs of disinterested sympathy and help which, with such efficiency, they gave the Cubans, contributing so gloriously first to the independence and then to the political and economic reconstruction of the country as weil as the establish ment of order and the Cuban nationality in a devastated island, exhausted by war. Second-To declare ai the same time to the people and to the government of the United States that the. people in arm9 and the assembly as its legitimate representative are grateful for the pres ent of $3.000,000 with whioh the president of thc United States wants to contribute to the aid and disband ment of our soldiers ; but that found ed on the greater and more exact knowledge of thc obaraoter and needs of our army and the agricultural and economic situation of our country, the assembly of representatives, because it wishes the peace and desires to con tribute to the humanitarian ends of the policy of intervention, considers it tts duty to declare that this sum, which for our honor we cannot accept as a gift, but ab a loan, is by ali means insuffi cient and unless, 2nd therefore ask of the president of the United States for his necessary authorization to raise the funds which are indispensable and which wiil be exclusively applied to the Cuban troops so that they can be dis banded without difficulties or apprehen sions so that a definite and lasting peace may reign in tLo island cf Cuba, and "Third-To appoint a committee of three representatives so thai they may deliver to the president of the Uoi'ed States these declarations of the assem bly." Paper Doli?, dressed or otherwise at H. G Osteea Co's. FRUITS OF BRITISH FRIENDSHIP. Serious Turn of Affairs at Apia Some Days Ago. The Philadelphia, Porpoise and Royalist Put Their Guns m Action. Apia, Samoan islands, March 23, via Auckland. N Z., March 29.-The troubles growing cat of tho eieotioa of a king of Samoa have takco a more serious turo and resulted io a bombard ment of native villages along the shore by the United States cruiser Philadelphia, Admiral Kautz command ing, and tbe British cruisers Porpoise aod Royalist. The bombardment has continued intermittently for eight days Several villages have been burned, and there have bees a Dumber of casualties among tho American and British sailors and marines. As ye; it is impossible to estimate tba number of natives killed or injured. As Mataafa and bis chiefs, consti tuting the provisional government, oontinned to defy the treaty after toe arrival of the Philadelphia, Admiral Kautz summoned tbe various coosuls and senior naval officers to a conference OD board the Philadelphia, when the whole situation was carefully canvassed. The upshot was a resolution to dismiss the provisional government and Admiral Kautz issued a proclamation oaliiog upon Mataafa aod his chiefs to return Co their bornes. Mataafa evacuated Mulinuu, the town he had made bis headquarters, and weet into the interior. Herr Rose, the German consul at Apia, issued a proclamation supple menting the one he had issued several weeks before, upholding the provisional government. As a result of this the Mataafaos assembled in large force and hemmed in the town. The British cruiser Royalist brought the Maiietoa prisoners from the islands to which they bad been transferred by tbe provisional government. The Americans then fortified Mulinuu where 22,000 MalietoaDs took refuge. The rebels-the adh rente of Mataafa-barricaded the roads within the municipality and seized the British bouses. An ultimatum was then seat to them, ordering them io ev&cuate, and threatening them in the event of refusal with a bombardment to com mence at 1 o'clock oo thc afternoon of March 10 This was ignored and tbs rebels commenced an attack in tbe direction of the United States and British consulates about hair an hour before the time fixed for the bombardment. Tbe Philadelphia, Por poise and Royalist opened fire upon tbe distant villages. There -was great difficulty io locating the eoemy owing to the dense forests, but several shore villages were soun io flames A defeotive shell from the Philadel phia exploded near the American consulate, and tbe marines outside narrowly escaped. A fragment struck the leg of Private Rodge, shattering it so badly as to necessitate amputation. Another fragment traversed the German consulate, smashing the crockery. The Germans then went on board tbe German cruiser Falke. During the night the rebels made a bot attack on the town, killing three British saiicrs. A British marine was shot io the leg by a sentry of bis owe party, another was shot in the foot and an American sentry was killed at bis post. The bombardment continuing, the inhabitants of the town took refuge OD board the Royalist, greatly crowding the vessel. Macy people are leaving Samoa, the captain of the Royalist urging them to go, go as not to interfere with the military operations. The Porpoise bas shelled the villages east and west of Apia and captured many boats. The Americans and British are fighting splendidly together, but there is a bitter feeling against the Girmans. Two men, a British and a German subject, have been arrested as spies The bombardment of the jungle was for a time very bot. The British cruiser Tauranga, which, it is understood, was intending to annex the Tonga islands (a section of the Friendly islands in the Pacific) was intercepted at Suva, capital of the Fiji islands, by order of the home government. ???? .- mm The ' White" runs light. The "White' sews right. Thieves Captured. Daring the year 1896, Mr. J. W. Stuckey, who was hen liviog at Uoa, bad a bale of ootttn stolen from bis yard. Several parties were suspected of the stealing aou warrants were issued for their arrest, but in the mean while the meo accused bad made good their escape. About three weeks after the death of Mr. Stuckey, these negro es returned home, and tho resDlt is they are now safe D the Darlington iail and will be, tried sometime daring this week. The negroes acoused of the stealing were Alocza Williams, Mose McCalium and Jenkins Benjamin. They were gi^en a hearing before Magistrate S W P. DuBoso, at gCy pre?s one day last week aod after hear ing ali the evidence be committed them to be tried at ibo next term of oourt. - Biabopvill Recorder Maroh 29. Olney for President. Milwaukee, Wis , March 23 -The j Journal to day says : "That a move ment is under way to make ex Secre tary of State Richard Oiney the Democratic candidate for president next year is revealed in a letter from Boston to the Journal Gen Olney'e campaign is based on the theory that he is in favor of imperialism, while opposed to annexation "The writer of the "letter referred to is very prominent in Democratic politics, and he says the movement in Mr. Olney's favor ia well under way It is urged m his behalf that he, though a gold Democrat in 1896, did not make himself obnoxious to the free silver element, and that on the expansion question be would be an available candidate, being opposed to the annexation of distant islands to the territory of the United States: Mr. Olney's views on the acquisition of foreign territory are very pro nounced He believes in the United States striving with the other nations of the world for commercial great ness, but not for political extension " A Clever Trick, It certainly looks like it, but ibero is really no trick about it. Anybody can try it who bas Lame B;>ck and Weak Kidneys, Malaria or nervous trouble?. We mean he can cure himself right away by takfl Electric Bitters This medicine tones up the whole system, acts aa a stimulant to the Liver and Kidneys, is a blood purifier and nerve tonic. It cures Con stipation, Headache, Fainting Spells, S leep lessness and Melancholy. It is purely vege table, a mild laxative, and restores the system tn its natural vigor. Try Eiectric Bitter and be convinced tnat they are a miracle worker. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 5Cc a bottle at J. F. W. DeLorme's Drug Store. 3 How to Get Rid of Hawks. Mr J M. Blakeley, of Lenderman, says that the following plan for kill ing hawks is all right, as he has tried it with success for several years : Take a small quantity of syrup and flour, and make a thick paste of it. For forty or fifty chickens add to the paste a portion ol strychnine about the size of a grain of corn. Take a split, pick op the chicken, rub the past on the back of its head, and put a iittle dry flour over the paste, which keeps it from sticking to the hen. It will last two or three weeks Mr. Blakeley says that be bas killed nine hawks a week by this plan. -Ht ? The Curative Properties, Streogib arc Effect of Dr. M. A. Siamons Liver Medicine are always the same. It.cannot be equalled. -- That Old Liar. "When an editor makes a mistake in his paper all the world sees it and calls bim a liar. When a private citizen makes a mistake nobody knows it but a few friends, and they come around and ask the editor to keep it out of the paper. When the private citizen dies, the editor is asked to write of all his good quali ties and leave out the bad. When the editor dies the private citizen says : 'Now that old liar will get his deserts ' "-Cincinnata Post. "Durability is v^ Better Than Show." The wealth of the multi millionaires is not equa1 *Q good health* Riches without health are a curse, and yet the rich, the middle classes and the poor alike have, in Hood's Sarsaparilla, a valuable as sistant in getting and main taining perfect health* It never disappoints* Scrofula-"Three years ago oar son, now eleven, had a serious case of scrofula and^erysipelas with dreadful sores, discharg ing and itching constantly. He could not walk. Several physicians did not help for sixteen months. Tlnee months' treatment with Hood's Sarsaparilla made him per fectly well. We are glad to tell others of it." MRS. DAVID LAIRD, Ottawa, Kansas. Nausea-" Vomiting spells, dizziness and prostration troubled me for years. Had neuralgia, grew weak and could not sleep. My age was against me, but Hood's Sarsaparilla cured me thoroughly. My weight increased from 12f> to 143 pounds. I am thc mother of nine children. Never felt so well and strong since I was married as I do now." MRS. M. A. WATERS, 1529 33d St., Washington, D. C. Eczema-"We had to tic the hands of our two year old son on account of eczema on face and limbs. No medicine even helped until ve used Hood's Sarsaparilla, which soon cured." MRS. A. VAN WYCK, 123 Montgomery Street, Paterson. N. J. Hood's lilis CUTO liver ills; non-irritating ajnd . only cathartic to t; ke with Hood's Sarsaparilla. OSBORNE'S \U lift ta. Ga. Actual Bi;sinc>s. No Text Hooks. Short time. Cheap board. Send fur Catalogue. 1 CURS WHERE All. ELSE FAILS. {ST ^ liest Cough Syrup. Ta*ica Goo . Use .? 1 intime. Sold by druKp'iPt*. t*f (richman mw .Southron SUMTES WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's.' THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jnoe, JSftS Consolidated Aug. % ISSI. SUMTER S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 17.1899. New Series-ToL XTIII. 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Address B. M. Boss, M. IX, Pub lishing Department D. 1?5 Clark St., N. E. Cor. Monroe. Chicago, Illinois. ^ MAN WAWTJEDe THE MANAGEMENT of the Equitable Life Assurance Society in this territory is desirous of securing the services of a maa cf character acd ability to represent its inter ests, with Sumter a3 headquarters. The right man will be thoroughly educated m the science of life insurance and the art of suc cessful soliciting. There is no fcusioeea or profession, net requiring capital, which ia more remunerative ib tn a life agency con ducted with energy and ability. Correspond ence with men who desire to secure employ ment, and are ambitious to attain prominence in the profession, is invited. Vv. J. RODDEY, Manager, March 23-tf Rock Hill, S. C. ill lit lint deo. S. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS. SASH, BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material. office and Warerooms, King, opposite Can non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C, ST Pnrcfaase our make, which we gu rante superior to any sold South, and thereby pave money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October 16-o R! WU! WAR! But the "White77 is vitcori ous. We are now selling sew ing machines from ten dollars up. We have a few machines that are slightly used that we will sell cheap. We also have a nice line of Organs that we will sell on easy terms. We are head quarters for Sewing Machines and supplies. Old machines taken in exchange for new ones. M. Be BAXJDJLE, Manager, Sumter Music House. SUMTER, S. C. f,75 BOX RASNCQAT A It Stil'Ul K J S.OO HATKKFBOOK -JUCKISTOSH tOB S2.75. nd No Mnnsv Cut this ad. ont .na no money. and t4> ^ xte your beirht and weight, state mbsr of inches around body at eaki taken over vest under coat close up under arms, and we will ?end you this coat b> express, C. 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LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,000,< Feb 2*.