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GREAT FIRE IN DALLAS. Property Loss, Three Hundred and Seventy Thousand. s// :v." . Dallas, .Tex., April 20.-Two persons fatally injured; Fire Chief Magee prostrated and ? property loss of fully - $330,000 is the result bf several fires which occurred in this city shortly ? V after 3 o'clock this morning. At that Sour an alarm was turned in from the Sorsey printing establishment, located on lower Elm street Several addi? tional alarms from different parts of the city followed, closely. After fight ;f 5%. the fire for two hours Chief ::- 3fagee was prostrated and command ??fe? ,was turned over to an assistant The ; chief was rescued by the police from i?ie flames aud _ was .unconscious for several hours but is now reported put ot danger. Fireman, Will ?purr of Co. ^was struck in tue face with a brick, and is thought to be fatally injured. > * l$e son of Fire Chief Magee, who was sleeping at the central station, " **^s found on "tho floor- of the engine ^^i'V'iiSmi' with a fractured skull afterward. '. Se will probably die. ;The Dorsey Printing company, one of. the largest establishments, of the ? ?&d in the southwest, was totally de? stroyed, the loss being estimated at 1300,000, one half covered by insur? g? % y ance. ..... ( ^ ^hiie^^T^T^ &re. was in pro? gress aiift'more than half the 'fire de-1 parjtment was engaged, there, ? second aliaim was. recei ved from Lamar street, close. *?b; t??e. immense;?gricultural 'dis-. 1a|ct ' A high Wind blowing from the ?f? ?Ob^n saved the implement establish 0- noents and the ad joining railroad prop? el^ from destruction, i but ^20 other r . buildings were completely^. destrGyejd;| ^p?AH0f of them were oixlrna-ry busings i -houses and the itoainder dwellings. I ?je* Griffith Lunrber 'company's yardi ignited, and this company is one pf j i?fe^principal losers in that-'section of "' ; ii? city. It is estimated that the - losses 2n""03e~i^m&r"5fa -?igpegate $150,000 bf which Griffith & sustains^ OW within ??^;i3?w?*:ef?, n?desylltti?, M|f insured^ Wilson -& ^<>.? $4,0% ^^c^er^^ ^ Storage coB^any, $12,000, insur a^binSt Ef?wn'; W?itnei?her '3c Cfo, fco$iI?ng works, $8,000, partially in -saered ; Keating Implement company, lofe heavy. vr - . . dozeit_^sma|ler^ mercantile ;?nd? n^ufacto?ig Is^blishments ^V?re$ destroyed, %h?; -losses rh each -<?se; ~3^g.$i,000 to&tXJO, with ?gnt in-i ??ance.- ?.. : ; .".^. ?i ; y portion ."?t ?he conf??s'of the' wellings burned Was sayed-l>nt jJbhe the two Dig ijres' were raging.' aa alarm came in from the residence StSstrict of Fisher Lane, in South' Baltes* two miles disftant This fire de i?^16ur:w^^^w^^m " * ; It is claimed by insurance men that "fte fire on Fisher Lane was incendiary , and ?hef j^Iic?, and -fire detriments ?fsfaoMy ind?j&el? t? -^mve that1 ia were duetto incendiaries.. JGen. lee's Secretary Dead. r.$aliimore, April r20^^-CoL ".Charles I ??f?sh??l, military secretary bf <5fen. ; Robert E. Lee during the_Civ?. w:ar,. ; ^aad for many years one of th? ?e?~d?rs; ?f the Baltimore bar, died of apoplexy ^?l?bi?e heie ^te hfet_ night " had been in bad health for about two Tears. Col. Marshall was^born Oct 30, 3830, at Warrante*, Va. ^ His father was a nephew of Chief - Justice John HaishalL. " ? Col Marshall became a member of I iSen. Jiee's^staff in 1862 and was at ??acfied to him throughout.the war.:) ??fe was the only.men?r of the gene-; a?l's staff who accompanied him at tue .^surrender at Appomattox, and the terms of the surrender were drafted by | Mm. For a long time Col ' Marshall was . engaged on a military history of "Gen. Trees' campaign, but was unable to nnish it He was prominent in Demo? cratic politics Maryland. He leaves widow, four sons and a daughter. Frank Steclctfth D??d. Wasnington,:: April 20.-Mr. Frank 22. Stockton,, the well known novelist, died iiere suddenly ??s morning from hemorrhage of the brain. The cause of Mr. Stockton's death H -was paralysis inmediately resulting from a hemorrhage in the brain. He' ?as a ernest at the banquet held Wednesday night of the National Academy bf Sciences when he was taken suddenly and mysteriously ill. The ailment did not at that time ap? pear to be serious and for a while the -.sufferer seemed "to. be. improving:, bat a change for the worse came this morn jug and death occurred at ll o'clock. 35y his bedside when the end came were his wife, who was a Miss Tuttle , of Virignia and her sister. Mr. Stockton was 68 years of age. The ~body will be taken to Philadelphia for tennent No further funeral ar ements have been made. Mr. on had spent the past winter in Sew York and had done very little tera ry work, preferring to rest After a visit of nearly a month to At? lantic City he came to Washington so that he might attend the banquet of tao scientists intending then to go to ids beautiful home in Charleston, W. Mr. Stockton was a Philadelphian by birth*. In earrly life he was an engraver and draughtsman, but soon abandoned this occupation for journal? ism. Many years ago, however, he retired wholly from newspaper work and devoted himself- to literature. His reputation as a story writer was world-wide. A remarkable case of a man. still ^firing, with a bullet in his heart was "brought out in the 31st congress of the German Chirurgical Association, which . convened last week at Berlin- After the bullet penetrated his body the wound healed quickly. Subsequently X-rays revealed the bullet lying in the left "ventricle, bounding with each beat It now causes no inconvenience. - - immm .?.?-ia Stockholm, Sweden, April 20.-Mass meetings in favor of universal suffrage were held today in all the towns of Sweden. The demonstrators tried to march to the palace of King Oscar. They were charged by the police and several of them were wounded. Others - were arrested. Approaches to the ^palace are new guarded by troops. DESASTER ON OHIO RIVER. ! Sixty Persons Lose Their Lives. Cairo, UK, April 20.-One of the worst disasters in the history of Ohio river navigation occurred shortly after 4 o*clock this morning near Ogdens landing near this city. While almost all aboard were asleep, the steamer City of Pittsburg was dicsovered to be on fire, and in a few moments was burned to, the water's edge. The ' loss of over $80,000 on the steamer does not include the cargo, both being total loss. The latest estimates are that 150 persons were aboard and that not more than half of them were saved, many of the latter were burned or injured. As the register of the steam? er was burned, ho list \ can be given, either bf the victims or of the sur? vivors, and in the confusion it has been' impossible to get complete lists. Capt. Phillips admits that the death list may reach GO. Very HoTtfct West. Omaha, April 20.-Today was the hottest April day in fifteen years. The thermometer at 5 p. m.,, reached .95 ?egrees, the previous record being, 91. The intense heat was more Oppressive: owing Ko the. excessive cold weather experienced up to Saturday night, overcoats being required for comfort: during the past week. The torrid temperature was responsi? ble for severe attacks of illnes, twp occurring in one church during the day. The continuation of the? hot weather will/prove dangerous to growing grain. HOT WIND SWEEPS KANSAS. ; Tojje.li^ Kansas, April '20.-A ?ryi i hoi wind has swept over Kansas since early .this morning, doing much dam? age to vegetation of all kinds. Soine . reports say that the wind has done in? caler? tie harm to wheat. Unless rain shall come- within two days the wheatc crop rwi$ amount _tp . very, lillie. The ground is becoming ^ary and ??rd. A SOT tVKD mfc?m?S ; p0L ^E?niss. pity, . Aj?r\l 20;-The highest femjper?tur?., today was degrees. Apurions hot wi??j s?cu las might be looked for in August, was blowing, R?d Tape ?at Washington. / i?st^f?ek t??ej^ake> of the HpnlSe was oMcially informed that Darnel Lewis, cf Fo:r? Leavenworth, .had iac cid^it?^ broken, > 'ti& ; tootie. ot jhis wagon a ad that the Government owed him S3. This was occasioned by an unmanageable Government team of six ^^n^pts^mnies. Congtess is looking into the matter. MB It required a great expanse of manu $ctipt :t? convey this Intelligence,. and *$?? Ja printer ?n .tlir? v wvernnie?t ;printf?ttg office h?bl'co?B?ni&e?i& or ^3 worth of time in putting alt of the story into type, locking it into forms and mating "it.*,*ea$? for the. press ?iere^ejre t four ^?^es pf. ordinary bookworm, winding Zip with a para? graph affidavit, which ends:. . ., " A?d-furfcfe?r deponent s?yeth not. Daniel Lewis^(his x mark.") Elihu Bob? as Secretary of War, signed the communication, to which 3rce$? fp?s?xed. fourteen military en? dorsements. Three- were made at FortLea ven worth by the adjutant of . the 4th cavalry, the qaurtermaster of the same, and the captain Pf the corps of engineers commanding. Two were, made at department headquarters in Missouri by the chief quartermaster and the brigadier general commahd ,iigj?. Th? seventhly ano >the eighthly were made in Washington by the ' as? sistant adjutant general and the depu? ty quartermaster general. Back to Omaha the request of Dan Lewis, teamster,, for $3 for the broken wagon tongue was forwarded... There it re? ceived another endorsement and then three more endorsements were put on at Fort Leavenworth. Again Omaha added an endorsement, and the string of red tape ended-as the document travelied on doWashington, with the ?end<Hse$ment by Quartermaster Gen. Ludington. In the fulness of time Dan Lewis's name will be embalmed in one of the big books that will be known to future generations as "House Docs."-Wash? ington Post. . BEE FARMS. A complete census repor tshows that S for the country as a whole on June j 1, 1900, there were 707,261 farms keep ! ing bees, ; or substantially one for every eight farms in the nation. These farms reported 4,109.636 swarms or colonies, valued at $10,186,513, averaging a little less than six swarms to each farm reporting. The twelfth census is the first -to report the number and value of beesj or the number of farms reporting them. During the year 1899 there were produced 61.196.160 pounds of honey and 1,765,315 pounds of wax, of an aggregate value of S6,664, - 904. or S9.42 for farms reporting. Of this value 35 per cent, is from the north central, 12 per cent, from the north Atlantic and 15 per cent, from the south Atlantic, 23 per cent, from the south central, 14 per cent, fronf the western states and .01 per cent, from Hawaii. Of the states reporting honey, Texas reports the largest quan? tity. 4,780,20! pounds. California re? ports the second largest quantity, 3,667,73$ pounds: New York the third largest, 3,422,497 pounds. The "coun? ties showing the heaviest production are Fresno, San Diego and Tulare of California, and Tomknins, Cayuga and Seneca of New York. Mexico City, April 20.-The earth? quake Friday evening covered a large ! extent of territory and reached down j into Central America. The lower sec? tion of the Pacific coast of this coun? try felt the shock very severely and at Tapachula, an important town in the State of Chiapas, near the Guatamalan frontier, there was much damage done to property. The loss is estimated at a million dollars, one of the losers .placing the damage to Iiis propertv at 8200,000. Collector of Internal Revenue has received notice that the warrants for payment of rebates on tobacco are being prepared and wHl be sent to claimants shortly. THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TRUST. It is Again Said That Morgan Has Effected a Combine. I New York, April 19.-J. P. Morgan, who is now abroad, has practically consummated a plan to combine all the leading transatlantic steamship lines. London dispatches to the As? sociated Press announcing the com? bination were today confirmed at the Morgan banking house. The compa? nies to be consolidated will, it is un? derstood, include the American, and Red Star lines, White Star Line, Dominion Line, Atlantic Transport Line and the Leyland Line. The two last named lines have been under Mor? gan control for some time. Probable additions to this list are the Cunard, the Wilson and the Holland-American companies, .and it is understood that "a working agreement" will be reach? ed with the other transatlantic compa? nies, including the North German Xloyd, Hamburg-American, Generale Transatl?ntiq?? (French) and Allan and Anchor lines. Mr. Mongan has given the matter much of his time since his arrival on the other side. In this . country the more important details have been in the hands.of Clement A. Griscom, of the American Line, while Charles Steele, Mr.. Morgan's partner in this city, has had charge of the legal pre? liminaries. It is yet too early to give the exact scope of the scheme, but as now out? lined there will be an American hold? ing company, into which .all the steam? ship companies which propose to enter the combine will put their stock-hold? ings-rpool their issues-in exactly the same way that the. various concerns embraced in the United. States Steel .Corporation threw in their holdings, ; receiving in return stock of the main; company.. . _. . i: Just/what the capitalization .of . .the\ jcompanv .wiU;fee; is not yet known, but the" toount is. likely to be welling .excessof $150,000,000..> This ;phase^of the project., will depend ripon the. num? ber of steamship companies taken into the combine., ... _ \ .. Oneof the most inrjportant features 'of ?the plante?is with the .subsidy question. Wnite;... Star and. Cunard lines receive #Berai subsidies from.the Jjritish; Government.: ; These subsidies would be withheld or abrogated df ?tire.; ships of.these lines changed their flag from British , to American. Because of this t?i?.ships of.i the.. White, ^tat, Qtmard and. th? Englishv subsidized companies. .. will .doubtless, continue nominaly under British control. Sumter's F?r-Aw?y Namesake. fo. j?Irorge .,W?>"ieats, a - wealthy mine owner and.j?^ratpr of Sumter, Oregon, is spending a iewjdays in the city, taking, in the Exposition and ?n ipy?ng,n?m^?f.generally., ?f>. Keats's town .. V?? natodior Fort. Suinter, ib. phirfestbn narl)Or> '?iid it as one Of Oti? most remark? W e /commun i ties o? the pacific slope.. ..Two ye?rs.. $go jt, was tthheard of,.. ^cCpt. . vthe^ camping place of a sm?l} detachment of .United Si^^;tebb$s,the dayFd fi^;d,-npon>nd ;the;s^t .wnere rece?t?y k/Ettle lumbering rail?aa7had^?n;?n'TO the wboSs. A few years ago ;i|lpw?s a crc^tokds village,/with .perhaps > 150 inhabitants. In ?y, ,1899, .it had about 230, aridjfo May, .KOO, just...one year later, ,it was ? rushing, bustling little City of more than 4,000 persons, witn something like 150 business houses, including 25 hot?ls, restaur? ants and lodging houses,. 23 saloons, three, banks, jfour assay offices, 15 to 20 real estate and brokers' offices, three live newspapers, four saw mills, a brewery, an Opera House, two or. three hews agencies, several "brick? yards, millinery and jewelry stores, darice halls, shooting galleries and all the other boom mining, camp establishments. It has good churches, good schools, telegraph and telephone connections with all the great sur? rounding mining towns and the outside world in general. . The town, has also a^gpod fire department, a good water-. works. system arid.: .is lighted with electricity.. ^In . short, 'Sumter "has risen within an almost incredibly short period of time, from . nothing to nearly.the, size, of Deadwood^ in the palmiest ?afs of .the Bl?ck Hills, and its boom has se?minly come to stay. The town is built literally oh a golden rock, lt is walled in /by mountains of goldseamed quartz and all its streams roll over golden sands. It is the centre and supply and distribution point of hundreds, if not thousands, of square miles of gold-bearing territory, whose riches surpass all ordinary com? putation. Immediately around it and tribuary to it 296 stamps are pounding ont over two million dollars a year in gold bricks and concentrates, and every day is adding to the niimber of the mines and mills and the amount of the yield. The historic old stronghold's namesake is rapidly forging to the front and inasmuch as Mr Keats lives right in the midst of this almost fabulous wealth and prosperity it is but natural that he should have come in for a reasonable share of the spoils. "Talk about Klondike," said the Westerner at the Charleston Hotel yes? terday; "there is no section of country on the top side of the earth that can touch the eastern portion of the land "where rolls the Oregon."-News and Courier. A Lesson in Free Trade. Washington, April 20.-Commerce between the United States and Porto Rico is increasing with phenomenal rapidity, especially since the removal bf all'^tariff restrictions in July of last year. Our purchases from Porto Rico are nearly three times as great as the average during the closing five years of Spanish rule in the island, while the shipments from the United States to Porto Rico are five times as great as the average during the five years preceding the termination of Spanish rule. The receipts of mer? chandise from Porto Rico at the ports of the United States now range be? tween five and six millions annually, and the shipments to Porto Rico, which were about seven million dollars in the last fiscal year, <=eem likely to be ten millions in the present fiscal year, ending June 30. Chief Justice Mciver has gone to Baltimore to consult an acuUst. This is the second time since he bas been on the Supreme bench that he has been unable to attend the session of the Supreme court. Gen. Smith Held in Manila. j Manila, April 20.-The United States j anny transport Buford left here today for San Francisco after having been detained in quarantine for five days. Gen. Jacob H. Smith, who was in command of the American forces in the island of Samar at the time Major W. T. Waller of the marine corps is said to have executed natives of that island without tial, was to have gone home on the Buford, but has disem? barked here. Orders have been received here from Washington to hold a court of inquiry into the conduct of affairs in Samar. Gen. Smith claims that to the best of his belief, the officers and men of his .command in Samar had to face insur? mountable difficulties, that the hard? ships they encountered were almost unbearable and that the treachery of the natives of the islands is unequal? led in the history of warfare. He says the American soldiers acted, in the circumstances with the greatest forbearance shown in the war in the Philippines. Campaigning in Samar is not a pleasure trip but ? stern reality, said Gen. Smith. He also expressed his doubt if the troops of any nation in the world would "br could have acted in the circumstances in Samar as well as did the Americans. Some Interesting Figures. We give below some figures which should awaken the Southern farmer to the necessity " of cattle growing. Li? the South Atlantic section, just where cotton is the principal crop, the in? crease is very low, and here we are malting the least progress in wealth; and prosperity. In the south, central and western divisions the increase is 70 .and 93 "per cent.. r^pectivelyl And liere is where the greatest prosperity is found.. . . ... * \ Study these figures, ancl ?earn that there, is money in raising cattle.-Ed. l?miALS, F?WLS, AND BEES. The Jee^stis btireati in a report on udomestic animals, fowls and bees .in the United States on Junie 1, ?900, announces that ali the domestic ani? mals in the United States ?ve a probable Value ot at least $3,200,000,- ; 000. Of this amount the Value of the -animals on fams and ranges constitute over 93 per cent, and those not on farms, 7 per cent. The Uve stock on farms in the Uni? ted States follows: -, ;V. Calves,45,330,3334 steers, 15,253,182: bulls, 1,315,566-.;' Heifers, - 7,182,014; cows kept for . rnilk,., 17,139,674; cows and Heifers not .kept tor milk, n,583^253; colts, l,3?&476:. horses, ?05?$&; -mules, t3,271,1897 asses aja? burros, &,'6f?: sheep, .61,605,811; swine, .?%'gl&iQ8 ^?oats, : ?, $?1,272. : . >J^t?^^uth A tl?ntic_ di visi?n the di vision , of domestic animals i ?creased H per-c?nt , . to |jl84, 15&273.: in 1900. Iii the" north^c^tral ?divisi?n th? value increased 27 ?er f,cent., .tb ?1,529,^5,. :|87. In the spjrfch; central {be increase was 70"per cent., $598,?255,687. and .in the western 93 per cent., to $36%353, 353. ... Iowa leads all the states in the total value of its live stock, while Texas'ranks second. The former bas an investment ol five stock Jot $271, 8M,034 and the. latter, $236\227??34. T?axs, however, has the greatest num ber of neat .cattle, mules and goats, bnt/ihe average, value, of., these and other animals being ?less than. Iowa, the pre-eminence in the. valu? rests w th the latter .named state. The Clamor for Conquest. (From the Atlanta Journal. ) There is a class of politician? and there ?re jingoistic newspapers in the United States whose habitual tone would indicate that the true aim and highest duty of this nation is to assert its power * by armed force and' ex? tend its dominion by slaughter. From the first of our truly great statesmen and our truly illustrious sol? diers to the last there has never been one who was ever found clamoring for .conquest or ever endeavored to sow the dragon's teeth pf war. . The men y??o have,j?rulded, 'the^.growth of the country'fought and, .won. the battles of the Kep?blic took np the. sword as a last resort; did so reluctantly and regret that it Ead 'become necessary. One of the firms that have lived np to original principles is the Whitall Tatum Company of New York, Phila? delphia, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco, says a writer in the New York Press. Until recently it was Whitall, Tatum & Co, organized in Philadelphia about 1781. I do not remember whether the members were Orthodox, Hicksites or Wil buri tes, but they were conscientious Quakers, at any rate,' and for 121 years they, their descendants or successors have consistently refused to manufacture whiskey flasks. At the time of the civil war, this firm, the ?largestmanu? facturer, of druggists' chemists' and I perfumers' glassware in the world, : might have had valuable contracts with the Government, but declined them on the ground that Quakers, being men of peace, should contribute nothing toward the waging of war. Brutal Murder in Colleton. Charleston, April 21.-A murder of extraordinary brutality was committed near Ravenels' station, Colleton coun? ty, this morning. W. W. .Jones, a section master on the Plant System, on returning to his home in the fore? noon found the body of his wife in a dog house near his home. The throat of the young wife was cut from ear to ear, and the head was almost severed from the body. A bloodstained sickle, ! which lay near the corpse, showed bow the crime had been committed. As several articles are missing from the house, robbery is supposed to have been the main object Whether, as has been reported, there has been a more fiendish crime will depend upon the reports of physicians. A band of armed citizens was imme? diately organized and the sheriff was promptly informed, but as yet no clue to the murderer has been discovered. Memphis, Tenn., April 21.-The death of five negro children from star? vation is reported from Haywood coun? ty, about iO miles north of Memphis. They were the children of Jim Mills who left them several weeks ago ostensibly to find work. The family lived in an isolated spot and their condition was not discovered until they were beyond help. BENEVOLENT ASSIMILATION. The Senate Collecting Evidence Against Army in Philippines. Washington, April 21.-The senate committee on the Philippines today resumed the examination of witnesses in connection with the investigation of affairs in the Philippine islands. Grover Flint of Cambridge, Mass., who served as first lieutenant in the Thirty-fifth volunteer infantry, testi? fied that early in May, 1900, " he had been a witness to the "water cure," as administered to the natives by the Maccabebe scouts and that this was done to get information as to the whereabouts pf their guns. The guns were delivered; The following day some men of his own regiment applied the cure, but their act was without authority of their commanding officer. The Macc?bebes at the time referred to^ were not under command of a com? missioned officer, but under ? sergeant of the United States army. Flint had been, he said, a witness to at least 20 cases of "water cure." He. never had seen anyone die as a result of the cure, but had seen ? hospital corps man working / on a native who had been rendered unconscious. -Mr. Flint in response to a question j by Senator Dietrich, said he was ?res ! ent on the occasion to "draw the Iin? 1 on excesses." He did not recommend to his major that the practice cease, nor did he give any orders to his men to stop the torture. "Answering a question by Senator' Burrows the witness dec??red that the effect of the cure was immediate, the victim invariably turning in his gun or a bolo and giving information as to; the whereabouts of others. Replying to ? question by Senaior ;Lode, tne witness said, that he had I been refused a commissioii iii the regular ? army Because his colonel - wiad reported .him as using intoxicating liquors to excess. Flint denied that' on any o f the occ^ions when he -had:, witnessed.the w^a&rcuj^ was?i?e ?under | the. i???enCe 'ol!, liquor... JN??j-. Geary; ?oj his regimentyras always near, jiut ! liad ??ot. interfered .m {fche ^drmi?stra- j tiqn.of the^Jcure,- simply^ .?ss^ning.?'&[ commissioned officer to see that tb?: men. did not go too far. ... After.cOTsiderable questionihj?. the j witness finally admitted tba tne"?pjprov-\ ed of the * ' water cure, ll and, respond- \, ing to a quefcy by Senator. Beveridge said that it was not ah American in ventiom-but was as old as the "Chron? icles o? Newgate, y . . ..,.?_ :. _.. ? , The witness descri bed th? ^urning ^^s^fl-,H]Ljt?lres, the "idea . .Ije?ng^ le. skid, to drive ;the people to. the woods or. to tt?? to wis and !co?ce?tr^(t? them. yy?ia. did -the army., borrow that ftb'm*?^ ' jua^uired S?na?b'r ?t?beisbn. :.. _"lrsaw ?tih .Cnb?, 'V, answered the witness, "under the authority ?f'Gen. Weyler.? ,_:, , . .. The committee-?B_ executive session refused to call Edwfc'rd Atkinson of Boston as a witness, , but directed that s^jr?h^be issue^ ?oi' . ? hunitier'of sellants and ^riya^^who iver? jfrrfc. nesses of tfcrie; w?tor -cur?. The\ matter d? c?llihg Sixto i Lopez,, ?anbihi and Aguinaldo was le?t IOT rutur? d?ter? mination. The Work off Ctmgfess. Washington, April 21. -The house today entered upon the consideration of the military academy appropriation bill which in addition to. the regular items coint?ins provision for the exten? sive improvement of the grounds and buildings at West Point These- im? provements are to cost $6,500,000,. little over $3,000,000 of .which is ap propr??ted in the bill. Twenty-four, of the 30 pages of the bill were completed. ^During the general debate, on. tho military academy bill, Mr. Gilbert of Kentucky precipitated ? discussion oh the race question which was .partici? pated in by Mr. Gillett of Massachu? setts, Blackburn bf North . Carolina, W. W. Kitcliin ?f North Carolina and Mr. Gaines bf Tennessee. Mr. Coch? ran of Missouri, and Mr.. Gaines of Tennessee. Mr. Cochran ,of !ff?sso?rri and Mr. Gillett also discussed vthe 'question Of the allied violation of the. neutrality laws in connection with *,the shipment bf mules and horses to South Africa*. Mr. Cannon, chairman bf the com? mittee on appropriations., character? ized tlie proposed expenditure at West Point as the *4 rankest kind of extra? vagance." Mr. Hay of Virginia, said that the improvement was necessary to aceom^J modate the large increase, in the num? ber of cadets which, already had been provided for by law. LEVER SPEAKS TO THE POINT. Washington, April 19.-Although a first-year- man in Congress and the youngest member of that body Mr. Lever has several times addressed the House on pending measures and each time i?as been given attention by mern bers on both sides of the chamber. As a veteran debater in the House put it the other day, "That boy always says what he has to say in a few words, well chosen and strongly expressed, and then takes his seat. There's many a member in the House and Senate could profit by following the Palmetto stripling in this respect."-R. M. L. in News and Courier. A Courtmartiai Ordered. Manila, April 21.-A court martial lias been ordered for the trial of Gen. Jacob H. Smith, who was in command of the United States troops on the isl? and of Samar. Gens. Lloyd Wheaton, Samuel S. Sumner, James M. Bell and Wm. H. Bisbee, and Cols. Cham? bers McKibbin, Wm. A. Rafferty, Wm. E. Dougherty, Alfred C. Mark ley and Jesse M. Lee compose the court. The judge advocate is Maj. Harvey C. Carbaugh. Col. Charles A. Woodruff will appear for the defense. The charge brought against Gen. Smith is conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline. The trial will begin Thurdsay. Society Hill, April 21.-A killing oc? curred here Saturday night about 10 o'clock in front of D. L. Brock's store. John Pipkins, a white man, stabbed in the neck Jack Ellerbe, a young col? ored man. Ellerbe bled profusely and died in about ten minutes. From what can be gathered it seems some trivial affair caused the trouble. THE CONFEDERATE REUNION. Veterans Have Already Commen? ced to Arrive at ballas. Dallas, Texas, April 20.-The ad? vance guard of the United Confederate Veterans reached Dallas last night and since that hour train after train, carrying old soldiers, their relatives, friends and visitors, has been arriving to attend the Confederate Veterans* Reunion, which will begin, on Tues? day. Dallas is gaily decorated in honor of the Veterans and every ar I rangement for their comfort and pleas I ure has been made. Estimates by lead I ing railroad men place the expected attendance at loO.OOO. Delegations from the Southeastern States are due tonight and tomorrow morning. . Gen. Gordon and Adjt. Gen. Modrmah are expected to arri ve tomorrow. Gens. Joe Wheeler and Fitzhugh Lee willi be in attendance. $he main body of the Confederate Veterans will be quartered intents at the. Fair grounds, where, the .main exercises will be held. The -principal addresses of the reunion will be on the first day, Tuesday, April- 22. "Pri? vate" John Allen wiU "be/the orator of the day. In the afternoon the Kaliphs parade will be the feature. The even? ing will be devoted to receptions and a grand ball by the United Sons of Confederate. Veterans. Wednesday will be devoted to. a business session and a memorial hour, and in the even? ing will follow inceptions and the opera. Thursday the Confederate Vet ?rans, parade, will form at 10. o'clock^.Ji after a short business session. At night the Grand Kaliphs ball at the . Auditorium and the crowning of thotl Queen Of the Queen of the Kaliph?te by the King M^bey:1?iBj^ti?^v.;*<^? Friday, the closing day, the election of officers of the United Coiriederate Vet? erans and the selection of the mee^iS^ place of -tlbre he^^?hi?n will i>3 "the principal 'business before Une Conven? tion. ? ftasV Which wi^ Jrob?tiy Ibo last of its kind, . wi?O-be ^ven ?he.V?t erans ^h?-?ttend ^this reunion..:. Five bu&lo^rwiU,be^ryi^ to -the^ ..liefer-' ins ?n .th? form o^'agrand f?rbwne oh; the closing day. mW.%% OF KM. ItBgotiatToriB tn Jfcro?h Atrita Nw Reach the Boers in the Heia. Balmoral, Cape Colony, SMiri?iv, April 19.-Gen. Lucas, ? eoiama?<i?r ?n-chie?, bl the ^Ot?^^ sJ?S^ <S&^ie forces; State Secretary 3Be?t?, ??fx&Sfc-; l^nsvaalt^?i?? other members? of their ijarfy grtiv<?hei? l^^^^isd;|?^l morning proceeded jtb? ?o^fe.,. ?li?y were accompanied $j,j^i^h^^?^^ ?M. ?b &M<o?t.-mfflf? to oo5ra?lt w?tn We ?oers in the nota*. $?0&^C??^^ Pretoria, ?pri? . ??.-^Sfett. ?>e"$et ^ has gone to Helibron, Orange l^nir . Colony; Gen. Botha, . .the Transvaal commander-in-chief, has ^r?ne ?to Vryheia,, Transvaal, ??d Gen. ?Be: irey, together with "Mr. Steyn, l& ident of the Orange Free. &tafe, me to Sertakiterp, Transvaal, h?ve /arranged "to meet jtne burghers at different rendezvous and ibmit, the British. terms. It. is.. ibe IfreV?fr the TransyaalOifc will everywhere accept thVferms,. as they ar&. Jt? ?no X way anxious for a winter, campaign. The only difficulty, likely ? io occur ; r will, i t'is ..thought, ."be with the Oi-ange Free Staters, many, of whom are ex? pected to prbye rec^citrant. In the meant?me^there will be /no cessation of hostilities. The delegates are expected back, in'Pretoria tte mid? dle of May, and in. anticip?ti?n ;bf i their return they have -given orders here for new clothes, provisions, etc. :</:~. PEACE RUMORS IN LONDO& London,. .April .,? Sfl^The : Pretoria correspondent of the -Standard caries : / ?hat there is a good reason to Ib?lieve ^^ten^tiTe^?g^ee;ment Aas been arrived at.wbicb will prove '?n^^j^iaxS^ and.^lead to. <an dearly: cessstiwi. ~of ' > bostrnties. Utrech t ; j???respoa^^ ; : #eht :of the Dally. ?ail s?yjs it^recog? nized .theie^that tt?e, Roer de?ejates. at P?etoria have.fuli powers to negotiate v wimont reference to the ??o?r leaders in Europe, who, have nb. real influenc? j?g on the peace negotiations. Anderson. April 2L-The trainleav-' ing this city for Belton at 6 o'colck this afternoon collided with a shifting -?: engine in the railroad cut just east Of ^the McDuffie street crossing. The shifting engine wa? loaded with work? men bein^ brought into the city from the scene of the wreck at Broadway trestle Friday night, which was just. ^ cleared. W. H. Foster, a white man, v bad a leg and a hip brok?n and will probably die. Feilding Harris, a negro, was injured internally, but to ?? what extent cannot be told yet Seve? ral other negroes were slightly injured. Engineer Joe Hughes of the shifting \ engine was painfully hurt, but his ? injuries are not serious. Both engines were disabled and there was no train to and from Belton tonight. The Stewart Contracting Co., of Co- ^ lumbia has gone into bankruptcy. How it is Done. The first object in life with the Arceri-";:., can people is to "'get rich the second, how to ?egain good health. The first can. be obtained by energy, honesty and sav? ing ; the second, (good health) by using - Green's August Flower. Should you be a despondent sufferer from any of the ef? fects of dyspepsia, liver .complaint, ap? pendicitis, indigestion, etc, such as sick headache, palpitation of the heart, sour stomach, habitual costiveness, dizziness of the head, nervous prostration, low spirits, ' etc, you need not suffer another day. Two doses of the well known August Flower ; will relieve you at once. Go to Dr De Lorme's Pharmacy or the Sumter Phar? macy and get a sample bottle free. Reg-f - ularsize. 75c. Get Green's Special Alma? nac. April 21 Base ball fbats, mitts, gloves and masks for sale by H. G. Osteen & Co. 'Jl The best typewriter ribbons for all standard machines for sale by H, G. Osteen & Co.