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SITUATION YERY
ENCOURAGING.
Gan. Otis Makes Report Tbat
Gives Satisfaction.
Washington, Maj ll.-Gea. Otis
sss cabled the war department concern
ing the situation in tbs Philippines.
He says that it is very encouraging.
The tone of the dispatch leads the
officials here to believe that the end of
the Filipino insurrection is near at
Imbi.
Following ts the text of the dispatch
from Gen. Otis :
Manila, May ll.
Adj a tant General, Washington.
/ Situation as follows : Succeeded in
passing army gan bear ts to Gal a m pit
for use in Bio Grande ; railway connec
tion with that poiot secured this week ;
passage of gunboats through Maoabebe
.country hailed with joyful demonstra
tions by inhabitants. * * * * Io
ooaotry passed over by troops tem
porary civil administration inaugurated
nd protection to inhabitants against
insurgent abuses given as far as possi
ble Signs of insurgent disintegration
.daily manifested. Obstacles which
natural features of country present can
be overcome. Otis.
Washington, May ll.-In reply to
a cable to Adjutant General Corbin last
night regarding return of volunteers,
Gen. Otis cabled this morning :
Manila, May ll.
Adjutant General, Washington.
Volunteer organizations first to re
turn now at Negros and 45 miles from
Manila at front. Expected that trans
ports now arriving will take returning
-volunteers. Volunteers understand
they will begin to leave for United
States the latter part of mooth ; know
importance of their presenoe here at
this time and accept sacrifice which
United States interests make impera
tive. Hancock now entering harbor.
Transports return i og this week carry
sick and wounded mea. Pennsylvania
mad St. Paul not needed longer in
cuthero waten, they have been retain
ed, nance dispatch ; transports Nelson
and Cleveland brought freight ; return
without cargo. Otis.
The Hancock which Geo. Otis
reports entering the h or bor sailed from
Sac Francisco April 18;b, carrying the
Twenty-first infantry and Light battery
E, First artillery, 39 officers and 1,451
enlisted men, Col. Jacob Kline, Twen
ty-first infantry, commanding.
Nebraska R giment
Request Relief.
20 FEB CENT OF THE
BEGIMENT HAVE
FALLEN.
'Manila, May 8, via Hong Kong
- :5i ay 12.-The First regiment Nebraska
volunteers is takiog the unusual step of
eepeetfaiiy pe tit io ci eg the division
-commander. Maj. Gen. MacArthur, to
temporarily relieve them from duty at
"the front. The regiment is exhausted
by tbe campaign, io which it has taken
??an acute part and not many more than
300 meo' of the organization are at
present fit for duty. On Sunday last
160 men of this regiment responded to
.sics cali.
The meo, io vt w of the facts, have
p?e pared a res pee if a i memorial to Gen.
MacArthur asking that their regiment
be withdraws for a short time from the
lighting line, to order that they may
recuperate. The memorial states that
tho men are wiUiog to fight, bot are in
o ooadition to do so, owiog to the
train of loag marching, continual
Bgbtiag aad outpost aVy in which they
.have bien engaged li ss added - that
many of the men have been unable to
Lave their oiothiog washed for months
past, having been oompalled during ail
abat Mme to sleep io their uniforms, to
be in readtoees for figbtiog. The
nemorial adds that since February 2
tbe regiment bas lost 225 men ic ki!!
ed and wounded, and 59 sioce the
battle of Maiolos.
The officers of the regiment propose
to preseot similar memorial on behalf
of ibo moo Toe splendid record of
the First Nebraska to the entire cam
paisa and the tooe of the memorial
prepared by be meo are such that oo
imputation of insubordination can bc
broojght against them
OfBsers of the regiment said to the
correspondent of the Associated Press
ere today that they tbought the men
ad been worked beyond endurance
sud should bc given a rest, and some
of the regatar regiments which are now
guarding the city seot to the front.
F:ve voluotcer regiments and the
Utan battery of artillery are at San
Fernando. They muster in ali about
2,500 me i. Many of ih* soldiers in
bospitals, suffering from the heat and
Other causes Tba wounded were all i
entering aoutely, and showed the effeots
of exposure to the sun when they ad
canoed. Three days' rest has already
worked wonders.
Since the army entered Maiolos the
soldiers have had little water to drink
.exoepi that which was brought on
railroad trains from Manila, and that
was of poer quality. The artesian
.wells at San Fernando are doing much
toward making the men coatenfcsd.
Manila, May 12-4.40 p. m -
Fresh troops are beginning to go to the
ioct. Two battalioos of the Seven
teenth infantry (regulars) that had been
Voiding the Hoes about the city of
Manila wilt join Maj. Geo. Mac:Ar
thor's division at Sao Fernando tomor
row, aod one battalion of the sam
regiment will re enforce Maj. Gen
Lawton's division near Baoolar. Thes
will be replaced here by the Twenty
first infantry (regalar), which arrived
from the United States on board the
transport Hancock yesterday.
Capt. Grant of the Utah battery,
whose suooess in managing the army
gunboats at Laga a de Bay and Va
dooga bas won for him the sobriquet
"the Dewey of the army," bas been
pat in command of the recently
pnrohased Spanish gunboats whose
arms tbe insurgents captured. These
vessels are now being prepared for
operations on the rivers and along the
coast. The refitting and arming of the
gunboats is being poshed with all
diligence.
London, May 12-A speoial dis
patch received here today from Manila
says the Filipino congress not sitting at
San Isidro is composed of 56 members,
of whom 24 favor peace and an equal
number are irreconcilables. The otb
ers, holding the balanoe of power, are
ready to admit that absolate indepen
dence is hopeless of attainment, but
i demand better terms at the hands of
j tbe United States.
j How Trusts Affect Prices.
One of tba great falli les of the
eager friends of the grasping and
tyrannical trust is that these monsters
in iniquity and oppression makes prices
lower. They poin'i to one trust only to
make good their contention-ts the
Standard Oil Company. They fail
however to state, which oandor and
fairness certainly require, that this
company has monopolized not because
there was no opposition to be offered,
bot because the opposite was made
ineffective boot, use of the great diserim
nation in rates against it and in favor
of tbe trust. That is true, and it was
so great as to positively prevent oom*
petition on the part of several compa
nies.
But do the trusts really favor tbe
people by redociog prices and main
taining the average quality of goods ?
governor Voorbees, cf New Jersey, de
fends the action of bis state io fostering
so many monsters on the score of
"economy io production'''-in making
pri es lower to the buyers. That it is
a deceptive, base plea is probably true.
The governor pointed to two examples
and said "the low prices at which oil
and sugar sell are pretty good evidence
that the public does not suffer from
these gigantic combinations This
matter is of so much imp rtanos to a
long-suffering and outraged publie that
we yield mach space to show that tbe !
pica set up by the grabbers and afilio- j
tera is specious and nairne in the light
of facts
The New York World has rendered
good service and supplied mach needed
information io this partioolar. It gives
many examples and facts as to the
operations of but one mooth, April we
think it ia. It says :
Since the organization of tho Amer
ican Steel and Wire Nail Company
there bas been an increase of 100 per
oeot. in prices. With the latest
advance of 15 cents, small lots now
cost $2 30 a keg, cr $46 a loo. In
addition to this, thousands of workmen
in shut-down plants have been thrown
ont of employment.
At tbe meeting of the Missouri
Retail Hardware and Stove Dealers'
Association in St. Louis it was decided
that 'there is no alternative for retailers
but to advance their prices for stoves,'
as the manufacturers' combination bas
advanoed pricea 20 per cent, since
March 1.
At a meeting of the Gas and Vapor
Stove Manufacturers at Cleveland on
April 6 the prices were advanced from
15 to 30 per cent.
Galvanized eaves-troughs, water
paiis, fire pails, eto , were advanced
I2| cents at the same time.
At an opening of bids in Chicago for j
oast iron pipes the United States Com
pany of Cleveland, wbioh controls 90
per cent, cf the output, fixed the price
at ac increase of $8 a ton over last
year's contract-an advance of more
than 50 per cent.
At the same time a brick trust in
Chicago raised the price on 50,000,000
brick required io city work this year
from $4 75 to $6 and $6.50 per
1,000.
Iron castiogs were raised five-eighths
of a cent a pound on April 1 through
out New ogland
The American Window-Glass Com
pany, controlling the supply of the
Eist and the Central West, bas with
drawn irs schedules 'preparatory to a
general increase of prices on all its
goods ' Preparatory to this the
company shut down a large portion of
iis work at Pittsburg for tbe purpose of
creating an artificial scarcity on which
to base its rise in prices.
Tin plate bas been so mnch advanced
io price that importations were threat
ened, and the trust keeps the price just
at the point to prevent foreign
competition."
"These aro but samples. They indi
cate what the trusts are organized for.
Monopoly can always be trusted to
make the prioo 'ail the market will
bear.7 7>-Wilmington Messenger.
- Tay t> g. ~< L i II
Mothers, we cal! your attention to Pitt*'
Carminative. It acts promptly, it is p:ea >
ant to the taste, and the children wiil take it
without coaxing. It relieves promptly and
permanently. If we cac get you to use it,
you will get others to do likewise. Your
druggist selia it. J. F. W. DeLorme.
To see is to try, to try ia to buy th
White. '
SUDDEN DEATH OF
EX-GOV. FLOWER.
TAKEN OFF BY ATTACK
OF ACUTE INDIGES
TION.
New York, Maj 12.-Former Gov
ernor Roswell P Flower died tonight
at 10 30 at the Eastport Country club
at Eaatport, Long Islaud . Mr.
Fiowler was taken ill early in the day
with a severe attack of acute indi
gestion. In the afternoon symytons
of heart failure set in, and he grew
steadily worse until the time of his
death.
Mr. Flower has been a sufferer
from gastritis for a long time, with
every now and then an acute attack
For a month or two past he had been
a regular visitor at the Eastport
Country club in the hope he would
find some relief in the outing. He
appeared in robust health yesterday
morning, and this morning when he
arrived at Eastport, where he intend
ed to remain until Monday, his health j
was apparently excellent. The at j
tack from which he suffered today
came on suddenly, was of a more
severe type at the outset than any be
had previously suffered from,
Frederick S Flower took charge
of the remains, but no arrangement
for the funeral has yet been made
The body wiil probably be trans
ferred to Manhattan tomorrow morn
ing.
Rosweli Pettibone Flower was
born in Theresa, Jefferson county.
N. Y., AuguBt 7, 1835 His fathet'
was born in Oak Hill, Green county,
N. Y , and hi ancestors were from
Connecticut Roswell was the sixth
of the nine children, and when bis
farther died he was 8 years old He
worked with his brothers on
two farms his mother owned, and
spent his time between school ses
sion8 in the hardest kind of labor.
Mr. Flower came to New York in
1869 to take charge of the estate of
Henry Keep, whose widow was Mrs
Flower's sister. Mr Keep owned a
great many railroad and other stocks,
and during the mon.hs before bis
death he spent much time in instruct
ing Mr. Flower about them. Having
thus gained an insight imo Wall
street and its methods, Mr. Flower
formed in 1870 the firm of Benedict,
Flower & Co , in which he joined E
0. Benedict and Q H. Truman.
This firm was dissolved in 1872,
when Mr. Flower was ill for several
months Not long afterward he or
ganized the banking firm of Flower
& Co., which has since been a power
in Wall street Mr. Flower always
was a Democrat.
In the early seventies he helped
j Samuel J Tildeu to develop the fa
[ mous organization which exposed
j Tweed and enjoyed many other tri
umphs
Mr Flower was chosen chairman of
the Democratic State convention io
1877, and in 1881 he defeated Wil
liam Waldorf Astor for congress after
a hot campaign in the Eleventh dis
trict He refused a renomination.
He was elected governor of the State
in 1891
In the cholera epidemic in the late
summer of 1892 thousands of passen
gers arriving from Europe were quar
antined on shipboard down the bay.
Ae an emergency measure Gov
Flower bought with his own money
j the Fire Island hotel, in the name of
the State, and ordered that the pas
seogers be sent there
Mr Flower took up Brooklyn Rapid
Transit less than two years ago, buy
ing from 20,000 to 30,000 shares at
about 25 when the capital stock was
only $25,000,000. He absorbed
many subordinate lines, among them
the Nassau Electric company, and in
creased the capital stock to $45,000,
000, and by his extraordinarily suc
cessful manipulation put the price up
to 137. His holdings in Brooklyn
rapid transit alone, which cost him
two years ago little more than 500,
000 are worth at today's market price
more than $3,0u0,000.
Mr. Flower was one of the founders
of the Federal Steel Tru6t, whose
stock already issued is $99,737,800.
Good authorities estimate that Mr.
Flower's profits in the last 18 months
in Wall street have exceeded $10,
000,000 He had become in that
time tbe acknowledged speculative
leader in the financial markets of the
United States.
Mr. Flower married Sarah M.
Woodruff, a daughter of Morris M
Woodruff, of Watertown, on Dec. 26,
1859. Three children were born, of I
whom only one survives, Emma Ger
trude, who is the wife of John B.
Taylor Mr. Flower had been for
years one of the wardens in St.
Thomas' Episcopal church in Fifth
avenue.
Simmons Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets
soften, relax and expand muscles involved,
Decreasing Labor Pams and Sborteuing La
i bor.
Humiliating Examinations bj physicians
; are avoided by use of Simmer-s Squaw Vine
j. Wine or Tablets which ci es t?9 out of every
; 100 cases of Female Disorders.
Ilon^tou, Tex , May 12. - A special
I from Eagle, Pass., Tex , says : News
; received today from thc Hondo coal
mines places the dead resulting from
: a tornado at 22 and over 100 wounded
! Many persons arc still missing and
: probably in tho ruins The American
I killed was Lawrence Kinney.
. E. Lee, Jr., Defeated
For Commander.
Considerable Peeling Mani
fested in Sons of Veterans
Election for Officers.
Charleston, May 12 -The United
Sons of Confederate Veterans today
elected officers and adjourned the re
union of 1899 Walter T Colquitt,
of Atlanta, Ga , son of ex Governor
Colquitt, was chosen commander in
chief, M. L Bonham, cf South
Carolina, commander of the division
of Tennessee ; and H. B. Kirk, of
Texas, commander of the trans-Mis
8 88 ppi division. The election was
"a spirited one, and considerable feel
ing was manifested in the nominating
speeches Mr Colquitt's only op
ponent was Robert E Lee, Jr., of
Washington, D.C .. who was solidly
opposed by the Virginia delegation,
while bis nomination was made by a
Charleston delegate and supported
by the solid South Corolina contin
gent. Mr Symthe, the present com
mander, was nominated by Delegate
Mann, of Virginia, and developed a
strong backing, but he positively
declined lo again allow his name to
go before the convention. This left
the contest between Lee and Uoiquit.
The vote stood 144 to 119, and, on
motion Mr Colquitt's election was
made unauimoue. The opposition to
Lee was based on the fact that he
was not a member of the association
until yesterday, when he was ad
mitted to Camp Moultrie, of this
city
Dalton, Ga, May 10 -The resi
dence of Dr L C. Bagwell, 10
miles east of here, was burned
early today Dr. Bagwell, his three
children and their negro housekeeper
were burned to death.
" Only the First Step
is Difficult"
The first step in Spring
should be to cleanse Nature's
house from Winter's accumu
lations. Hood*s Sarsaparilla
dees this work easily. It is
America's Greatest Spring
Medicine. It purifies the blood,
as miltons of people say.
It makes the weak strong, as nervous
men and women gladly testify. It
cures all blood diseases, as thousands
of cured voluntarily write. It is just the
medicine for you, as you will gladly say
after you have given it a fair trial.
Bad Blood-'4 Although past 70 years of
age I a~i thoroughly well. It was three
bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla that made
me so after spending over $60 in medical
attendance. My trouble was a raw sore on
my ankle." MRS. LOUISA MASON, Court
Street, Lowell, Mass.
Running Sores-" After worrying four
months I gave my children Hood's Sarsa
parilla and it cured them of running sores.
Hood's Pills cured me of dyspepsia and
constipation." MRS. KATE E. THOMAS, 31
Governor St., Annapolis, Md.
Consumptive Cough-"Five years
ago I had a consumptive cough which re
duced me to a skeleton. Was advised to
take Hood's Sarsaparilla which I did and
recovered normal health. I have been well
ever since." MATILDA BRIDGEWATER, Cor.
Pearl and Chestnut Sts., Jer ersonville, Ind.
Hood's I^lls cure liver Ills, the non-irritating and
only cathartic to take vrith Hood's Sarsaparilla^
First Class
Iron Tobacco Barn
FLUES.
.All Sizes.
For sale bv
A. A. STRAUSS,
MAYESVILLE, S. C.
Mch 29-2tn
NEW MAN IN TOWN.
Blacksmith and
Wheelwright.
IHAVE OPENED ON LIBERTY Street
near coroer of Harvio Street, acd solicit
any work m my Hoe and guarantee satisfac
tion.
Horses Snod for 80c. all round, ii
Horso is in good condition-Cash or
Equivalent.
General repair work of all kinds done at
correspondingly low priers
I have references from best people of Mayes
vilie where-1 work(d the pest j ear and frcm
Canr.den, where I did busings for 17 years.
Special promptness given to work for
physicians and cast-s ot' urgency.
W. T. HALL,
Wheelwright and Blacksmith.
Feb 2 4-21
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