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CUBA MUST PAT.
Island Government to Stand the Cost
of Intervention-Will Probably
Amount to a Million Dollars a
Month.
Washington, October,,10.-The cost
of American intervention in Cuba for
the purpose of restoring order will
be charged up probably against the
Cuban treasury. It is no trifle to
move large bodies of troops, police
an island like Cuba, administer its
affairs for some months, and put the
government once more on its feet.
But since the Cub<*n people have so
conducted themselves that interven*
tion was necessary, they must now
assume the burden that follow.
Department officials, discussing this
matter unofficially, estimate the "ex?
penses incurred by the United States
at about $1,000,000 a month. The
transport service alone is figured at
$15,000 a day. This is considered a
very moderate figure. There is ito
war risk attached to this service, and
the transports are not of the costly
sort used during our war with Spain;
neither have ships been bought at
any price the owners might be inclin?
ed to ask the government. But this
transport service is not the only item
of extraordinary expenditures forced
upon this country in its role of peace?
maker and setter-up of weak govern?
ments!
The market for horses and mules,
into which the quartermaster's- de?
partment was compelled to go in pre"
paring for troops for this service, at
once responded to the increased de?
mand for live stock by displaying a
strong "bull" tendency. Hay, oats
and corn, and other quartermaster
supplies are not found in Cuba, and
all this stuff had to be purchased and
shipped to the island. This will be
continued so long as the American
troops occupy the territory.
The item of railroad transportation
of troops in this country to the sea?
board was a matter of many thous?
and dollars. There will be no charge
made for the service of the American
troops while in ' Cuba, nor will the
subsistence of the army be charge/d
against the republic, as the subsist?
ence of the men must be provided
wherever they happen to be. In the
debates in Congress on the army bili
it is usually estimated that the aver?
age expense to the government of
the army per man, including officers
and enlisted men, is $1,000 a year.
When, all " the troops ordered have
been transported, there will be 5,500
men on the island. Should they re?
main one year this item would aggre?
gate $5,500,000.
Governor Magoon, it is understood,
will be allowed $25,000 a year salary,
the same as that paid by the repub?
lic to President Palma. The salary
of the provisional governor will be
paid from the Cuban treasury. Should
affairs be found so badly tangled that
a number of American civil officials
must be in office, their salaries, also,
will be met in the same way; and ex?
perience has shown that these Amer?
ican civil employes are not inexpen?
sive luxuries for the Cubans.
The precedent set by this govern?
ment in China during the suppression
of the Boxer uprising may be follow"
eo. The foreign governments partic?
ipating in the relief of Pekin charged
all the regular expenses of their army
against the Chinese. The United
States asked repayment for only such
expenditures as were made necessary
by the expedition, extraordinay ex?
penditures that otherwise would not
have been incurred and these items
were estimated ai a very modest sum
in comparison with the total outlay of
this government.
Cuba therefore will be required
to pay only that which her failure to
maintain a stable government has
compelled the Jnited States to ad?
vance in cause of law and order but
at the very lowest calculation this will
amount to a sum that will make se?
rious inroads in the revenues of the
republic.
The South Carolina Methodist con?
ference will meet in Columbia the last
week in-November.
A TOUCH OF WINTER.
i COLDEST WEATHER FOR OCTO?
BER IX RECORD OF WEATH?
ER BUREAU.
The Xorth Central States Blanketed
With Snow-Telephone and Tele?
graph Lines Pot Out of Business
and Trolly Service Tied up-The
Freezing Point Recorded in Xorth
Carolina.
New York, October 12.-Old Bo?
reas made an unusually early and im?
pressive* debut, according to the re?
ports from the country between the
Mississippi and Hudson rivers even as
far as the south of Kentucky, accom?
panying a general fall of mercury
from 10 to 25 degrees during the past
24 hours'. There has, in many States,
been a fall of snow, varying from one
to six inches, which has, in many in?
stances, blanketed ungathered crops
of fruit. Telegraph and telephone
lines are paralyzed in many localities
and the trolley service is tied up as if
by a midiS^nter blizzard. In many
cities Ad^-'s and last night's records
show tie coldest October weather in
the history of the bureau, while the
Southern returns show overcoat
weather prevailed as far South as
Georgia and the freezing point was
reached in Xorth Carolina.
ANOTHER TUNNEL ACCLDENT.
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Three Men Killed and Twelve In?
jured by Gas Explosion in Pennsyl?
vania Tunnel.
' Long Island City, October 12.
Three men w.-re- killed and a dozen
overcome by an explosion of gas in
the Pennsylvania railway tunnel here
this morning. The cause of the explo?
sion is a mystery, but it is generally
believed, however, thai gas collected
in a lock and became ignited from one
of the men lighting a pipe. The tun?
nel was considerably damaged.
NEW YORK BANKERS FAIL.
Ceballos & Co.'s Assignment Made
Public Yesterday.
New York, October 10.-The as
signment of -J. M. Ceballos & Co.; |
bankers and merchants, with liabili?
ties between T?,000;000 and $4,000,
000 was announced today in a state?
ment which declared that the failure
was due to the defalcation and ab?
sconding of Manuel -Silveira, of Sil
veria & Co., Havana, agents of the
New York company. Silveria's defal?
cation is alleged to amount to about
$1,000,000. He sailed from Havana on
October 2, ostensibly for Xew Yo?k
city to consult with the members of
J. M. Ceballos ?fe Co., but has not
reached this city.
Counsel for the assignee said today
that Slveria has left on his steamer,"
the Carmelina, for parts unknown,
accompanied by his wife and children
and that every effort was being made
to located him.
Silvera Still Missing.
Xew York. October ll.-With the
coming of banking hours today the
full extent of the liabilities of J. M.
Ceballos & Co., of Xew York and
Havana, who failed yesterday was still
estimated at between $3,000,000 and
$4,000,000. Although the publica?
tion of the story of the defalcation of
Manuel Silvera, head of the Havana
house, which caused the failure, had
put all mariners along the co^st on
the lookout, no word has been re?
ceived from the Carmelian, the ship
on which the missing man embarked.
WRECK OX HUDSON RIVER.
Two Steamers Collide and Several of
the Crew Drowned-Passengers
Missing.
Xew York, October 13,-The steam?
boat Saratoga of the Troy line and the
Adirondack of the People's line col?
lided in the Hudson river near Tivoli
early this morning. It is reported that
the Saratoga was badly damaged and
the engineer and one fireman were
drowned and one passenger is missing*
The Saratoga a Wreck.
Kingston, X. Y., Oct. 13.-The City
of Troy, a sister boat of the Saratoga,
passed up the river 10 minutes after
accident and launched a boat which
picked up several passengers who
were thrown from their berths by the
collision. The Troy also took aboard
the Saratoga's passengers and landed -
them at Tivoli. Clarence Sherman,
an oiler, was killed in the collision.
George Horton, the clerk, is missing.
The Saratoga, badly damaged, lies on (
the flats. The Adirondack continued ,
on her way. !
The Atlantic Coast Lumber corpo- ,
ration paid out over $60,000 in wages .
at Georgetown last Saturday, this be- ?
ing the monthly pay roll.
THE YELLOW PERIL
RICHARD PEARSON HOBSONS
ALARMIST PREDICTIONS.
He Says a Conflict is Coming Between
White and Yellow Races for Con?
trol of Pacific and United States
Must Have a Mighty Navy.
Washington, October 12.-A con?
flict on the Pacific for supremacy be?
tween the white, and yellow races is
the pleasant vision of the future pic?
tured by Captain Richard Pearson
Hobson, the hero of the Merrimac in?
cident and congressman-elect from
Alabama. In the early hours this
morning at the annual banquet of the
Spanish-American war veterans Capt.
Hobson, in seconding the remarks of
Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte, in
advocacy of a mightier navy> used the
yellow peril as one of his strongest
arguments.
"We must have a Pacific squadron*"
said he, "fully as large as the Japa?
nese fleet, which means one fully
three times as large as that we have
on those seas today."
He called attention to the present
activity of the Japanese in training
armies throughout China and assert?
ed that Japan was able any time now,
were she so disposed, to take the
Philippines and Hawaii from the
T nited States.
BEAUTIFUL CHESTER WEDDING.
Mr. Leon C. Dove, of Darlington, and
Miss Marion Stringfellow Married.
Chester, October 13.-Mr. Leon C.
Dove, of Darlington, and Miss Marion
Stringfellow were married in the
Presbyterian church in this city last
evening, the ceremony being short
and simple, but one of the most beau?
tiful ever witnessed in Chester. Short?
ly before 8:30, the hour set for the
ceremony, the organist, Mrs. J. J.
Stringfellow, struck the keys of the
majestic organ and there pealed forth
as a prelude two beautiful and appro?
priate melodies. Then to the strains
of Mendelssohn's Wedding March the
wedding, party entered and took their
stations before the altar. First came
the ushers, Messrs. J. L. Davidson, R.
G. Mills, R. F. Towson and Robt.
Gage, followed by the groomsmen and
bridesmaids, Dr. J. O. Lawson of Dar?
lington and William Stringfellow of
Chester, and Misses Marj* Brawley
and Dove of Darlington. The bride
came next with her sister, Miss Har?
riet Stringfellow, as maid of honor.
The groom and his best man, Mr. H.
R. Lucas, of Darlington, entered
from the vestry room and poined the
bride and maid of honor at the altar.
The Rev. S. J. Cortledge, in a cere?
mony replete with beautiful allusions
to the sanctity and joy of matrimony,
pronounced the words that made the
twain one.
The bride looked lovely in a beauti?
ful creation of white liberty satin,
trimmed in white silk applique. She
carried a lovely bunch of bride's roses.
The maid of honor was dressed in an
extremely becoming gown of crepe de
chene over 3*elIow silk. The brides?
maids were attired in wash chiffon,
over yellow silk. Each carried a
bunch . of beautiful carnations, tied
with white ribbons.
After the ceremony thc bridal par?
ty repaired to the home of Mrs. Ra?
chel Hemphii!, were, with a small
number of intimate friends and rela?
tives, they were treated to a delight?
ful reception.
of intimate friends and relatives.tata
Mr. and Mrs. Dove left for Darling?
ton where the groom is engaged in
business, and where they will make
their future home. As Miss String?
fellow the bride was one of Chester
county's fairest and most popular
daughters, and the best wishes of her
hosts of friends will accompany her
to her new home.
COTTON BURNED AT LANCASTER.
Seventy-five Bales Destroyed-Three
Box Cars Loaded With Meal and
Hulls Also Burned.
Lancaster, Oceober 12.-About 75
bales of cotton on the public weighing
platform and three box cars loaded
with cotton seed meal, hulls, etc., on
the Southern side-track at the depot
here were destroyed by fire this morn?
ing, the fire starting about 4 o'clock.
The origin is not known. Some among
the first to reach the scene say that
the flames were first seen in one of th*4
box cars, while others say that the
cotton and cars were burning about
the same time. Tho cotton belonged
to the Heath-Jones Company and the
Lancaster Mercantile Company, prin?
cipally to the former. The loss is
thought to be fully hovered by insur?
ance. About half of the platform
tvas also destroyed.
In England and France the Sale
of Alum Baking Powder is pro?
hibited by law because of the in?
jurious effects that follow its use.
The law in the District of
Columbia also prohibits Alum
in food.
' You may live where as yet you have no protection against Alum
The only sure protection ag?inst Alum in your Baking Powder is fo
ROYAL is. made from Absolutely pure Cream of Tartar,-a pure Grape
product. Aids digestion-adds to the healthfulness of food.
WAR ON THE WHITES.
MANY INCENDIARY SPEECHES
AT AFRO-AMERICAN COUNCIL.
Trouble Coming, Says the Rev. George
Lee in Lauding the Black Race.
Tillman and Dixon Condemned.
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" T*he determination of the colored
people to fight for equal rights
throughout the country and their
protest against race riots, such as At
j lanta, Ga., experienced two weekes ago,
were loudly voiced at the ninth an
! nual session of the National Afro
. American Council, which opened yes?
terday at St Mark's Methodist Epis?
copal church in West Fifty-third
f street.
The session will continue until
Thursday night. The principal object
of the gathering in the raising of
money for testing the Jim Crow laws
and the disfranchisement laws which
exist in nearly all the Southern States.
In most of the speeches at the af?
ternoon session a bitter resentment
was shown against the discrimination
against the negro in the South.
The Rev. George W. Lee, a colored
minister from Washington, went so
far as to say that if he had the power
he would use force against the whites .
to prevent a repetition of the Atlanta
riots. ?
"I preached peace after the Atlanta j
riots." he said, "but don't misunder
stand me. It was prudence, not my j
religion. If I had the power to stop j
that kind of thing, even by force. I'd !
i
use it. A man told me a short time !
ago that race prejudice in the South J
was melting.
"It must have, begun.' I said, "since
I left Atlanta the other day. I
thought it was congealing then."
"In the South they are scehming
all the time to keep the negro down,
but I tell you he is bound to rise, j
Just so certain as they keep this thing
up in the South something is going to
happen. The trouble is all one-sided
now. Trouble never stays on one side.
There's going to be trouble on the
other side pretty soon.
"Somebody has said that the negro
race il dying out. No. gentlemen, I
have no fear along that line. Were
ten million strong, and we're here to
register our solemn protest against
the treatment we are receiving in this
country.
"We are discriminated against, not
because we're uneducated, not be?
cause we're incapable of culture, but
it's because we are a distinct race. We
were once held in bondage. We're not
a criminal class. The negroes have
proved their use and loyalty to the
American people. Now we ask them
to regulate our condition. We're tired
of this kind of treatment, and we
want to know how much longer the
American people are going to scatter
to the four winds that section of the
Constitution which calls for equal
rights for all. regardless of color, race j
or previous condition." 1
The address of welcome in behalf j
of the city was delivered by cx-Corpo- j
ration Counsel John J. Delany, and a
speech was made by Charles W. An?
derson, Collector of Internal Revenue
of this city.
J. C. Dan cy, Recorder of -Deeds of
Washington, D. C., responded. He
said that it was the purpose of the
Council to call men back to their rear
son, not to go down* and blow up the
South. He prophesied that unless the
American people get back to their
principles another government would
have to be organized.
Bishop G. W. Clinton, D. D., of
Charlotte, N. C., said that in this day
of the survival of the fittest the negro
cannot hope to succeed except
through a struggle. He condemned
the inflammatory speeches of Senator
Tillman and referred to .Thomas Dix?
on, writer of "The Clansman," as a
"vile and arch leader of race preju?
dice." J. C. Thomas, D. Macon Web?
ster, E. P. Roberts, all of New York,
and others also spoke.
The meetings today will be held at
Mount Olivet Baptist Church, in
Fifty-third street. The session ihis
evening will be at Cooper Union,
where.the general subject, "Lynching
and Its Remedy," will be discussed.
The meetings tomorrow will be at Mt.
Zion Church on Eighty-ninth street.
Among the speakers at the evening
session will be ex-Gov. Frank S.
Black and Booker T. Washington. I
In his annual address at last night's
session Bishop Walters, president of
the council, said that the ignoble
work of disfranchisement moves
steadily on. "If it continues much
longer," he said, "a terrible conflict
is sure to come. It will bring business
stagnation and desolation, but it will
come, for the sense of justice is no
more dead now than it was before the
Civil War broke out. No one knows !
?his better than Senator Tillman, and j
if such men as he stir up a war in
which the color of the skin is a death
warrant, the Nation will cease to be
patient. It will certainly act.
"The object of our enemies is tc
make us serfs. It is nonsense to cry
peace when there is no peace. We are
determined to rise or die in the at?
tempt to obtain our rights. We are
determined to leave a heritage to our
children which will save them from
serfdom. It is silly and wicked to
see our people die when action could
save them.
Bishop Walters added: "Even in
the prize ring we have our Joe Gans."
The speaker's voice was lost in the
cheers that went up from the congre?
gation, which completely filled the
:h"rch.
Bishop Walters advocated a law
ivhich would place the punishment (
'or mob violence under Federal con- ,
:rol.
The Rev. A. L. Gains of Maryland ,
?aid that if the negroes contemplated
.esistance they would be helpless. Al- j
rred C. Cowan, a colored attorney of *
his city, in an address on civil rights, \
idmonished the negroes to violate no t
aw, but if attacked by a man or mob ,
o kill as many of their assailants as c
)ossible.-New York Times Oct. 10. c
BANK DIRECTOR CONVICTED^
F. G. Vangiesen, of Savannah. Found
Guilty of Cheating-Bought Rail-,
road Pass Issued to Conductor.
Savannah, Ga., October ll.-Frank;
S. Vangiesen, a well known man in
Savannah, a director in one of the lo?
cal banks, was found guilty in the
Superior Court tonight of cheating
and swindling.
The Atlantic Coast. Line Railroad
was the prosecutor. Vangiesen bought
a pass issued from the superintend?
ent's office in the name of- J. H,
Roberts, a conductor. It read to
Richmond and return. S. F. Holzen
dorff, formerly a clek in the superin?
tendent's office, is to be tried fer
cheating and swindling and for for-,
gery.
Vangiesen claimed that if any of*. ?
fense was committed it was in South*
Carolina, as his pass was not tilden,:
up until he reached that State.
Sentence has not been passed.
A Raid on a Roanoke Negro Joint
Results in\Death of Officer.
Roanoke, Va., October 12.-Police?
man R. M. Board, a veteran officer of
the Roanoke force, was shot and kill?
ed' at 2:15 this morning by John
Hardy, a negro, while he was making
a raid on the old Allegheney Institute
a large building occupied by' negroes^
His slayer is being hunted.
JUDGE W. C. BENET MARRIED,
Columbia, October ll.-The Hon,
W. C. Benet, formerly one of the
circuit judges of this State, and welj
known throughout South Carolina?
and Mrs. Mary Lee Bitting of Virginia
were married in Oconee county, this
State,'on September 12, the Rev. Da->
vid Ramey officiating.
This announcement will come in the
nature of a surprise to the friends of
Judge Benet, the fact of the marriage
rot having been made public until to*,
day. The ceremony took place at a?
little hamlet in the mountainous por?
tion of Oconee county, Judge Benet
and Mrs. Bitting having been married
by the pastor of one of the local
churches.
A FATAL WRECK.
Freight Train Collides With Switen
Engine Near Winnsboro.
Winnsboro, Oct. 14.-Three men
tvere killed, one fatally injured, and
:wo less seriously hurt in a head-on
collision between northbound fast
'reight No. 74 and switch engine No,
L626, running light from Charlotte to
Columbia. The accident occurred on
i sharp curve two miles north of
Vinnsboro at 5:05 o'clock yesterday
norning.
It is understood that Operator
ick had four orders for the c^?w of
he freight, which included Jihe one
nforming them of the movements of
he light engine. Without gnowing it
inti! afterwards he lost thi? ; important
?ne in a bundle cf loos o p pers on nI?
lesk and destroyed th? m \\i together