The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, May 27, 1898, Image 5
DEWEY WlllNS THE BlOCKl.
CAPTURES A GUNBOAT.
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(lie Inhabitants are Buffering lev V.'au:
Provisions?Insurgents Hare Oorv
mitteA no OutragesThat
Admiral Dewey Is maintaining
a perfect blockade at Manila and that
.the islands are at hla mercy is evident
frqjn the report that the people have
been reduced to eating horseflesh.
Dewey's fleet has also been strengthened
by the captured Spanish gunboat
Cullao. This boat, hailing from the
Caroline Islands, was not aware of the
hostilities at Manila, and attemjuMh)
to run the blockade. One shot was
sufficient to bring down her flug.
Late telegrams indicate that Dewey
has lost none of the prestige gained in
h I o maiviAMnUL ...? ,?f/w>lf? .. <r,.
mo- iiiviiiuiuuiu iikih ?v txno afsw
find that while he refrains from taking
the city of Munilu he has It practically
at Ills mercy. The admiral expresses
the belief that the rebels are hemming
In the city by land, but the fact that
he says explicitly that they have made
no demonstration seems to disprove
thoroughly the published reports that
they had already entered Manila and
had begun u career of bloodshed and
rapine. Thij b'est evidence of the ef:4
V?Vy, diVi
ed by th.75 rlfai'. -ul ana also
of the tvork of tne Insurgents lit surrounding
the city Is sh6\vn hi the
statements In the dispatches that provisions
are scarce In the city of Manila
wjtlch seems to Indicate to Admiral
Dewey an early surrender by the
Spanish authorities. If the rebels have
been supplying themselves with arms
it must have been with the admiral's
consent and his dTbpntclf Is originally
dated from Cavfte, indicating that he
is still In possession. The greatest
satisfaction prevails in Washington
over the good work being done and the
effectiveness of the blockade being
maintained by him.
The cruiser Charleston got under
way for Manila Wednesday morning.
Snlutes were flhed at Mare Island navy
yard and the employes of the yard and
citizens of Vallejo who were assembled
along the shore vigorouslyocheered the
departing vessel.
The Charleston was heavily loaded
with ammunition for her own guns, In
addition to a Uirge supply of powder
and projectiles for Admiral Dewey's
tleet. No troops were carried on the
vnnriesioi., as sno nas no room ior
more than her own crew, 3S0 men. The
cruiser was heavily loaded with coal,
but will not have much left when she
leaches Manila.
The officials are making all possible
haste to rush troops to supplement admiral
Dewey's forces so that if the
Spanish governor does surrender the
former will not be dependent upon the
small number of marines, which he
can illy spare from his ships, but will
have the assistance of soldiers in
holding his position and maintaining
order. Tt is confidently hoped that the
City of Peking, chartered as a transnort
vessel, will be able to elear from
San Francis o in a very short time, to
be followed in rapid sue cession by the
other three ships engaged for a similar
purpose. The Peking ran carry
1.000 men, which, with the marines
aboard the Charleston, just about to
rail, will be of considerable assistance
to the admiral, but far from the number
which he will need. The total
number of men to lie sent will aggregate
probably 12.000. as MaJ.-Gen.
Wesley Merritt. wno is to command
the expedition and subsequently to be
made military governor, regards that
as the least which can maintain order
n a city like Maqila, made up of mnnj
liscordant elements, t >ver ten regiments
of infantry and four batteries
of artillery from the volunteers have
been ordered to concentrate at San
Francisco and from these and the
!' gulars now In the extreme tV?st.
will be taken the men for the Philippint*
expedition. It is expected that
prnetiiBlly all the volunteers will go.
President M<-Kin!ey has absolutely
declined for the present to enter into
I! II v ncgoi :ci i imi> ' mihiiii
aide. the insurgent loader of the Philippines.
regarding the pstuMivhMif.it
of a Government under a I'nlti'il States
protectorate. The President is iletermined
that tlio Philippines sliall reniain
iti undisputed possession of thi'
Cnited States until tin* oloso of the
war. "In tlu- event that Spain should
not again lie Riven the islands, the
President does not desire that any
eoniplientlons with reference to their
final disposition shall arise, owing tfi
having to treat with an insurgent gtnrofriwut.
According to reports, the behavior
of the Insurgents since the victory of
the American fleet has been anytliing
bat reassuring. The President lias instructed
Admiral Dewey that he imst
take -no ehanees with them. Their
loyallty is doubted.
Jnpan is willinR to enter into an nTllnnce
with Great RritaJn and the
United States.
OJJXY SAOASTA REMAINS.
All the Other "Members of tho Spanish Cabinet
Resign.
All tin members of the Spanish cabinet
have resign eel. Scnor SaRasta
communicated the situation to the
queen regent, who will entrust him
with the task-of forming a new ministry.
The liberal cabinet under Scnor Sagastn
was formed shortly after the assassination
of Senor C'anovas del Castillo.
who was asf'tssinated on August
8. 1SP7. by an Italian anarchist, named
Golli. Gen. Azearinga, then minister
of war. was first appointed president of
tne cmincii nun inr a time tne cnuinei
remained unchanged. Mnt on Septt mber
21' it resigned and Senor Sngn.sta a*sinned
ofTiei- on October I. confronted
by the troubles In Cuba and in the Philippine
Islands. f)ne of ,the first steps
taken by Senor Sugasta was to recall
Gen. Wejrler. the then <nptnln pen oral
of Cuba, who was succeeded by (Sen.
Blanco.
The new ministry, it is announced,
will pursue a more vigorous war policy
than the old.
The members of the new Spanish
.cabinet took the oath "Wednesday evening.
Senior Sapasta will assume
ehnrpe of the foreign portfolio pending
the return of Honor Castillo from Paris.
The other changes in the ministry are
Honor Annon, minister of marine:
Senor Gama/.o. minister of public work
and Senor Giron. minister of colonies.
The Coat of War.
If the war continues for a year it
will Involve an expenditure of over
$400,000,000. The appropriations already
m'ode or estimated as necessary for
that period foot up $425,000,000.
The optimistic view that Spain will
sue for peace as sooYi as a naval battle
is won. and that the war will not last
a year Is not shared hy republican
Jeadi rs, who may be supposed to'reflect
, the views of the administration. It Is
said that even should pence be declared
in a month or six weeks the United
States will have an expensive and
lengthy task before it in establishing
a stabl*- government in Cube, and effecting
the occupation and control of
the Pbiiii?|Mht>u.
BRITISH SHIP THREATENED. ?
A Cargo For tho Unitod Btatsi Ercitsa the
Spaniards to Violence.
Cajrtnln Wood, of the British steamship
Elwlck, which arrived at Baltlmore
a few days ago from Huelva, *
Spain, reports a narrow escape (rom
death at the hands qf a Spanish mob.
He gave It out that his cargo was destined
for Rotterdam.
"When they (the Spaniards) found
out i was-going to the United States," .
said Captain Wood, "they became wl-* j
with rage. A mob with sticks, stones .
nnd big knives declared they would de|
Bt^ h'o* soone* left the ship than a *
crowd began following mo, booting .
'find Jeering.
"At the Venezuelan consulate they
Btormed the plnce. The American Hag '
which was in the consul's office was
torn to ribbons and trodden upon in s
the streets, and the American coat of '
arms was shattered to atoms. The
eagle was kicked in the mud and spat
upon.
"The mob then bombarded the hotel
where 1 tied with stores. I escaped by ?
the back way.
"Soon after we left Gibraltar two
small craft were sighted astern and we
made them out to be Spanish* torpedo j
hoats. For 3 miles they followed us. I
but when night came on w6 put on a
full head of steam and ran for it.'out, i
leaving them behind." ?
VALUA7?TE ISLANDS. ,
i Statistics Prove the Immcjjte Wealth of tho
Phili'ppfm?.
The commerce of Spain and her de- f
pendencies is the subject of a series of
interesting and exhaustive ta'bles pre- j
seated in the "monthly summary of
finance and commerce." Just issued by <
the bureau of statistics of the treasury f
department. The tables, which pre- j
sent the record of commerce of Spain, j
are followed by those relating to her {
colonies, among them being several ;
statements regarding the commerce of
the Philippine islands. which are now j
especially Interesting. These show that (
the exports of Spain to the Philippine j
islands have increased from $S90,038 in ,
18S7, to $7,072,683 In 1896. Her chief ex- t
ports to the Philippines were cotton i
fubrics, which alone amounted to (
about two-thirds in value of her total |
exports to those islands, the remainder t
being made up of leather and its man- i
ufactures, paper, preserved food, wine, <
flour. Iron and steel, machinery and
numerous other articles of less Impor- i
tance. Of her imports from the Philip- i
pines over two-thirds were tobacco, j
the remulnder sugar, flaxseed, coffee, <
cocoa, fruits, etc. ? ;
The commerce of the United States
with the Philippines is also presented <
in a special table, showing imports
139,837 in 1893 to $4,383,.4U in 1897, the !
from those islands ranging from $9,- i
most important of these being manila
and sugar. The exports of the United 1
States to the Philippines ranged from
$134,378 in 1893 to $94,597 in 1S97, includ- i
Ing mineral oils, breadstuffs, cotton 1
goods, chemicals, manufactures of 1
iron and steel, and other articles.
SIX MEN KILLED.
An Elevator Drops Ono Hundred Feet With
Awfal Kcsults i
Eight men in the employ of the Columbian
Fireproortng Company at Boston,
Tuesday fell a distance of more
than 100 feet with an elevator in the
building now under construction for
the Boston Wharf Company on A
street. One man was instantly killed,
five others have since died of their injuries,
and there ie very- little hope for
recovery of the other two. The dead
are: (?. S. Brown, foreman for the
flreprooAng company, twenty-five <
years old. n resident of Pittsburg. Pa.: j
I Miuhiii'l flHfVm lit* T^iffhluii*ir_ Mnss. 1
William Duncan, 'X> years old; Bruno j
Stimnreo, Larboriie 'Caramene, Henry j
Harvey. The injured: Daniel Boyle. !
assistant foretr.r.n, both leas crushed:
i'ietro I'ane. Both the injured ar:1'iMi'uily
crushed, an 1 it is thought
they cannot live.
War Talk Kesults in Murder.
A crowd in a .grocery store in tie !
outskirts of Birmingham, Ala., a few 1
nights ago. were discussing the Cuban j
war William Mitchell was bragging i
whin he could s!o if he was fighting |
Spaniards, saying he could w hip a est r- i
loud. Mitchell was leased by the crowd. !
He pulled . . pistol and fired five shots.
When the police arrived a few minutes
later two dead men were picked tup
from the floor, Julius Abernathy. a
preacher, and .'Sam Smith, known as
"Tricky Sam.' Tom Warren was
wounded in the nock and a fourth man
w*as shut in trie arm, Mitchell esca^ied.
American Missionaries Killed.
Secretary Day lias telegraphed <ou.r t
Ambassador at London to procure all j
Information in can In regard to the alleged
massacre of American missionaries
unci the (destruction of mission
property at Sierra Leone, on the west
coast of Africa, and to make Fpoeitiil.efforts
to ascertain whether Mr. %nd j
Mrs. MoGrew were among the nutimer j
wlu> were killed.
Gernrony Helps Spain.
Spanish war vessels, which were
destitute of armament a short time
ugo, have been supplied with guns toy
Krupj. They arc also supplied with
all the necessaries, including tSermin
artillerists, ft may ne noted that
Germany has not declared her neutrality.
Million Dollar Fire.
The [business -section of Attlebnrc,. I
Mass.. was wiped out by fire at an
early hour Wednesday morning. Fourteen
factories, occupied chiefly by
jewelry manufacturer*, and a dozen
dwellings, barns and storehouses were
burned. The loss is estimated at Sl,10(i.COO:
[insurance partial.
Bryan a Colonel.
William J. Bryan Is to organize a
third regiment of Xebraska volunteers
to tender their services to the president
as soon ns mustered. Gov. Holc-omb
issued him a commission as colonel.
with authority to proceed. aml VirBryan
said that ho would not opt the
commlrsion.
Havana's Defences.
Havana is surrounded by entrenchments
tor 30 miles. Tlw? troops in the
garrison number 70,000. and a like
number arc in the interior fighting the '
insurKents. Nobody in Havana except
a few higher officers knows that the
Spanish fleet was annihilated at Manila.
CABLE FLASHES.
The Prussian diet was closed by Emperor
William last Wednesday. He
made no reference to the war.
Money was never so stringent as now
in Japan and Japanese importers are
experiencing greatest difficulty in making
delivery of goods.
A Russian paper says that the
European powers would not tolerate
the transfer of the Philippine Islands
by the Pnitcd States to Great Britain.
AM Europe is excited over a possible ,
alliance between Great Britain and the ]
I'nited States, as suggested in a recent s
speech by Lord Chamberlain, secretarv.
of the ''-itish colonies.
Mitral! siinK
WM. E. GLADSTONE.
he Age! Premier, Surrounded By the Kembers
of Hie Family Quietly Pastes Away
?Will be Buried at Hawarden.
Ft. Hon. William Ewort Gladstone,
uur ttmea prime minister of England,
lied at Z a. m. Thursday, at Hawarden,
Mr. Gladstche hud been unconscious
radically di'y^t hough at timeq he
eemed to recognise tor u mprapnt some
?f the watchers about "him. Certainly
?c did recognize his wife, vho was beide
him all da;-, except when the physician
prevailed upon her'to rest. She
enderly clasped her husband's hand as
he watched him. Apparently he slept
i good deal: occasionally he uttered a
ew words in an incoherent, dreamy
vay, wordy, \vhjct) Jhyse^who were
vatching v ere unable to catch. Their
>nly consolation was that he was not
offering pain. No narcotics were administered.
Though a national funeral \v 111 probibly
be acc epted by the family, there is
ittlo% doubt. that the remains of Mr.
iladstone will be laid to rest iti the
>caeeful graveyard at Hawardenj adoinlnp,
the church were he was mariod
more ttun lia!f a century c.go.
During the crisis Mr. Gladstone's
>reathlng was 3G to the minute and the
members of his family were summoned,
dev. Stephen Gladstone read j rayers
ir.d hymns, including Mr. Gladstone's
Avorlte, "Rock of Ag?P." Y'h^n th's
-as concluded y*y. G'udsione was
leord to mur.nur Our Father."
The late Itight Hon. William Ewart
"Incistonc. M. P., P. C.. was the fourth
.on of the late Sir John Gladstone, 1
dart., of Fasciue, County Kincardine,
ST. 13., a well-known merchant of Liverpool.
and was bcrn there December
to, 1809.
During his stay at Hjarritz. in Fcb uarv.
1891. a London j ?urnal nmounc
?d Mr. Gladstone's retirement, but the I
eport was contradicted In verj Kuard- |
h1 terms. Aftir his rfeturn to Elnglond
the rumor was renewed, and in the
uidst of the uncertainty Mr. Cladstone
delivered his last .speech u prime
minister in the house of coniions, on
the first of March?the occasjtyi being
the lords' amendments to tftr parish
councils bill.
The next day his reslgnAlon was
made public, and the discoery that
the premier was suffering tr<m cataract
in both eyes was'given at the chief
; ause for such a decisive i ?p. On
March .\!r. Gladstone, in ni audience
with the c.uecn. gave up tl > seals of
illlce.
Since tliat period Mr, Gladi one rar?ly
took any part.in public iffnirs, but
made som > excppt?nm\ \\ hot Jio interested
himself in fafor '>f Armenians.
"While at Cannes. in Aarch, 1897,
lie wrote and pun'Mmd a. lefei to the
duke of Westminster 'pieillng the
muse of Crete and Greece it ugainst
Turkey. A stalnedj-glass widow was
unveiled in Hawnrjlon chum in recognition
of Mr. Glhdstone'iJpffoj ts in
behalf of the oppressed Arnrwiians and
Mrs. Gladstone wtJs presenfd with a
portrait of his holiness Mihridith I,
supreme patriarch of the Athenians.
Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone l'!t London
for Cmucs on November 2^ 1897, and
arrived at the latfer place nree days
later. They remaihed therefor nearly
eleven weeks andl the homward trip
Vi?mn on tho itith of las Febriiarv
and th"?y reached London o;Hhe 10. He
)ms since boon slowly dying
IfELTGIOUS FERSVAfjON.
Governor of ManXw i rtjnJi*m the Itebelt'
Against t'.fe Americiss.
The steamer Ksmre'nldalas Just 1
rived at Hong Kong / romllanila with'
lift* refugees, chiefly Chipse, report? i
that tht I'nited States ijuiscrs t' m. ?rd
.and Hoston are gojg to lloilr.,
.\ h"tv they oxpot l i;> font prompt riKpitulation
and to recapturJthe American
$.hip Snranak, * ith rr cargo -of
(< al. The blockade of Innila is extremely
rigid. an?l severs foreign ships
ha.ot- been r. fused admittftce.
The rebels are usclei-fas allies of
Admiral Dewey. They af utterly Msuubed,
quite hail of tail! being Ir.
ir of Spain. Tit? i.'aviJRarsenal wvus
found empty. Colonel "Jquel, of th<
artilk'vy. committed suhlje because he
discovered that the arAunition vas
non-existent.
Captain Cleneraj Augimi is tryltrg to
c onciliate the rebels, anJias nujtartzi
ii The establishment! of itive coamlls.
The nvehbishop of Muni. in a pastorall
issued 011 the SsVh ins?it. said:
* Christians defend yol faith against
heretics who raise an liuperable'carrier
to immortal -soul enslave the
people, abolish crosses Jim cemttvrles,
tin hid pastors to iiorfortjbaptlsm. matrimony
or funeral r|s. or to administer
consolatinn orirant aA?olution."
The British seeom'class cruiser
Pique has been order! to Tloilo for
ih? protection of tiro ivfchants, <w*hosc
lives and property ar.threatcrmU by
tin insurgents.
Pending the prrivaDf troops Trnm
the "I'nited States Wie .ifcericans tib.fer
hostilities ashore. '
AMERICAS RRIIKENCZ.
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Italy-'* Croat S'atesira;: pTalka Concerning
Tho British Xiance
Kx-Vremler Crisj I Italy's &Kl< st
statesman and dipvAt. said, in private
conversation. t:f;ng of the British
Colonial SecretaJs suggestion .of
an Anglo-American Jinnee:
"England. foresee}! America's ftt'irre
prominence iinu# nations, pnudently
wishes to pr<< thereby. I l'oneuhw
the / Ireat ItepuWs coming infl?encv
years a bo an 'discussed with
Caprivl, '.when ChntfJRor of Germany,,
the advisability ofJPt restalling and
stemming it by met! cfl" a commercial'
league of Eurnpeuiifitfons, joint cu?-l
toms regulations al other measures
"Hut nov the tor ft i* upon us, and
IHrvope m>.?t conse to s.??c her future
<omplicatimfs settij by a large admixture
of Amerin is?*ethods and
principles."
Results of Wler'a Cruelty
Atar:t Havana t situation of the
people is terrible, undreds of reconeentrados
front L< i^osas. the big reeonccntrades
barrr ! in Havana, were
too weak to walk t of town and fell
in the afreets or < ! in the suburbs,
where flocks of Itures, ""Weyler's
chickens," as the: 10 now teimed In
Havana, have fea |l on the remains.
TXLEORAMBj|R8ELY TOLD.
Flour In this cc?ry sells from J2.50
to $3.00 a barrel lore than it did a
month ago. I
At Skillmnn Val'. III.. Michael Nelson.
his wife nrftwo children were
killed during a s?'i a few days ago.
St. Johns. N?>u'wdland, will be
fortified in clcnuenee of the
relations betwee?reat Britain and
France. J
The Pacific coiii'ulllng mills, untitle
to compete ?lth the prices of
nbor and raw iw'Hal in the eastern
dates have cloa^pfcoir works.
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thjeTO' f
Lights'out! And a prow *
the South,
And a canvas hiding
mouth, )
And a ship like a e<
IS seeking her sister-slflMBsMg /*t
A - rush of wafer, a f/
An ocean hound- in a ,
A deck long-Uned wl ?y'llncs o
fate, r v <
She roars good-bye 1st the Goldct
Oate. * '
On! dn! Alone withou "J*ong ( bell,
But a burning flre,. Uk ; .yvfe flre of hell
Till the lookout start ? hi? glassc:
show , , '
m? ?niw oamenrp T Callau.
A moment's ha'* Xth the slcndei
spire. -.- fWh, Jtf
Food, food for Vtrnnd i od foi
thedre, ft A
Then out In the sC- to rest no more '
Till her keel Is gro unded on Chile's
shore.
South! South! God gluard through the
unknown wave./
Where chart nor conhpass may help 01
save, j
Where the hissing \a raitlis of the sea
abide : y
And Tew may pass through the stormy
tide. * f
North! North' For n| harbor far away,
For another brcatbj in the burning
day; ?f?
our war With spain.
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Breud has raised a (cent in New York
City. ;
One cable still con( ectn Havana with
the outer world.
The dreaded ralnfy g season In Cuba
, has commenced. y
7he Tenth regiment of Pennsylvania
volunteers will be *?nt to Manila.
Supplies for 12,<rjpo men for si::
months will go wlfh the relief ships
for Dewey.. [
Unusual precaufrjhns are being taken
at Washington to^Jroteet the life of the
president. aj
A Spanish suspc<* Has been sentenced
to six months Itmrrlsonment at Decatur,
Ala. /'
Moody is arranging to have some
prominent evangelists accompany the
Army to Cuba. j
Eggs are selllngjfor 1." cents a piece
*?. nuvuiiu. njijoifi i?uys a nunareu
weight of rice.
A $50,000 prise/ Kas < aptured by the
cruiser New Ydrk, on her trip to San
Juan last week. "
. Englishmen in Cuba are confounded
with Yaijkees. ami .subjected to many
Spanish insults. "
An anti-American newspaper at
Monterey, Mex., has been suppressed
by tho government.
The foreign affairs committee of the
house has reported in favor of the annexation
of HawalJ.
Two big warships are said to have
left Cadiz u few days ago to strengthen
the Cape Verde Fleet.
The Spanish ndmlt 8 soldiers killed
and 34 wounded in the recent bombardment
of San Juan.
The Spanish fleet, it is snid, spcured
enough coal at Curacao, to carry it
half way rour.d the globe.
All of the United States regulars
have now left Ch'.ckainauga park and
are mobilized at Tampa.
Fishermen, captured by American
ships off Havana say the recancer.Irados
are nearly all dead.
A projectile, throwing a liquid.which
sets the enemy'-T <eU?p en tire, is being
constructed at Washington.
Spain is imploring help from France,
Germany and Austria offering territory
in the Philippines for assistance.
Theodore Roosevelt has arrived at
San Antonio. Tex., to take charge of
his rough riders, known as the First
Volunteer Cavalry.
Two American newspaper correspondents
recently captured in Havana arc
being treated as sj>ie3 by Blanco.
I --v afw jorK noraia correspondent
' has been imprisoned for nine years for
photograohing forts on the island.
Spain declares that the Cuban Wockade
is not effective yipd hopes that the
other powtrs wlli not recognise at.
During *h?- ibontl.ardment of San
J nan c ue shell exploded in a school
house, kitting a number of children.
A more active strategy bound has
been substituted for the old one by
President Mclvhtley. Names xitf. gtven.
Three men. Relieved to be Spanish
spies, intent on cutting loose the mines
In New Tort harbor, were "captured
last Monday, . v
Now lhnt I V"?ng season "lias
commented forest "fires are
no longer TK>ti'fSr.i??.i to the ewvfi -iff t&e
blockading flouts.
The* (TthtM* crew of the City <if
I Pekiti which r, s joii to sail with re f
for Ad nt-lraI 3.e\vey, refused) J-e -sarve,
fearing torltn*.- at Manila.
The marlcntKnship at the Terrs in
Havana has ineeome. ?o exact of ir.te
that it Is believed German artillerists
have l>wri Hoaured by Bltvnua.
The steamer- Gussle. which some
days ago left for Cuba with supplies
and ammunition has returned to Key
West. St>e ris -unable to cnak> a
landing.
On May 3 its Spanish trarraport JUphonso
X11L. -w'ith 300 trooi*> -m 'bowrd.
put into port at the Barbados* but was
ordered to lea-v* by the authorities.
The French. ihi spite of Spanish protests.
refused tto order tb* TTiih<>c?
States cruiser Harvard from Martiniaue
where she hind noni> tnr -tm.jitt-H
The object of ai visit to fb? Untbd
States of several prominent Mexicans
is to Impress uynui our people thai
Mexico is not In sympathy with Spain.
Spaniards in Ou#?a are now filling olfl
hulls with iron ajiid explosU-es, and
thus setting them aidrlft. In th? way
they hope to sink some of the Axnerlc-,
.an vessels.
The United Rtnttvt government has
absolute control of ail) the cables, and
ii Is Impossible to obtain information
i*?nocrnlng army and navy movements.
Five hundred army wagons for the
United States government have been
shipped by Studtbaker flros., of West
I feral, Ind., to the troops'-in the south.
No soldiers can pass through Pittsburg
without receiving . hot coffee,
sandwiches and other necessities from
the hands of a specially appointed citizen's
committee.
Hank presidents of the New England
const cities are becoming timid for
fear of bombardment, and are making
arrangements to transfer their funds
to Interior cities.
The troops at Tampn. Fla.. are at
present receiving very little attention
from i the commissary department and
there Is considerable 111 feeling against
the war department.
Cartloads of reeoneentrndos, who
have died from lack of food In Cuba
are taken dally through the Spanish
lines. The bodies are thrown together
in piles, without any form of burial,
fi,r I hi Ijl T.C.CJ'd" fo feed Ul'Oh.
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li~i JL-i OKilUON.
1 I For a ir.oment'3 shelter from speed and
pain.
s And a prow to the tropic sea again.
Home! Home! With the mother fleet
j to sleep
Till the call shall rise o'er the awful
tk-ep:
And the bell shall clang for the battle
f there.
And the voice of guns Is the voice of
prayer!
1
One more to the songs of the bold and
free.
When your children gather around
your knee;
When the Goths and Vandals come
down In might i
r As they came to the walls of Itome one
Ill&lll,
When the lordly William of Deloralne
Phall ride by tue Scottish lake again:
When the Hcs3lan spectres shall Hit In
. air
As Washington crosses the Delaware;
t When the eyes of babes shall be closed
In dread
, As the story of Paul Revere Is read:
When your boys shall ask what the
guns are for.
Then tell them the tale of the Spanish
war.
And the breathless millions that looked
upon
The matchless race of the Oregon.
John Janus Meehan in "Leslie's
Weekly."
T"
Reports say the woman and child
killed during the bombardment of Cardenas
by American vessels were the
wife unci daughter of one of the pilots
on t!'c American ships.
A Spaniard having in his possession
several sticks of dynamite attempted
to blow up the government stores at
Tampa, Flu., a few days ago. He was
discovered but made his escape.
Canadian fire companies accompanied
by a band crossed the frontier a few
(leys ago to bid good-bye to the New
York volunteers. Niagara Falls, in re
cognition ol this courtesy will celebrate
May 24, the queen's birthday.
Fire iA a car containing the personal
effects of the 36 officers of the Ninth
regiment. Pennsylvania volunteers, en
route for Chickamauga, caused wild
excitement at Conewago Junction last
Tuesday night. The car was burned
to cinders and caused a severe loss to
the regiment.
William Doherty, a noted scientist
has just arrived at his home irt Cincinnati
from Hong Kong. He it was.
who some time ago. secured drawings
. of the Manila fortifications, risked his
life in passing the Spanish guards, and
then presented the important papers
to Admiral Dewey.
Capt. Duval of the United Slates
commissary department has made a
contract with St. Louis bakeries for
CIO,000 pounds of army crackers. This
is. equivalent to RO.OOrt barrels of Hour.
On each will be printed the words,
"Komember the Maine." Besides the
big contract for hard bread. Capt.
Duval has let a contract for 28,000 gr.'lons
of vinegar.
RECLAIMING THE PKILI?FII<E9.
A large Fleet Leaves Spain to Attack
Dewey's Ships in tho Pacific.
A Spanish fleet is to leave Cadiz
shortly bound for the Philippine islands.
The expedition, which is said
to consist of both troops and warships,
will go by way of the Suez Canal. Its
object is to raise the t lockade of Admiral
Dewey's ships, i possible, and to
recover possession of ip islands.
If that cannot be no .nplishcd troops
will be landed to f ble Manila to
hold* out against cj ore until the
hoped-for interventii oy Kurope may
restore the islands Spain.
A Madrid special says: Preparations
j for the relief expedition to be sent to
I the Philippine islands, are living hur1
t ied Vn both the military and naval dej
parfments. Five battalions, each 1.20'*
strong, under 3S officers, are assembled
at Cadiz. Barcelona and Valencia already,
or will be ready for embarkation
| i rvis week.
i This Puree will be commanded by
I General CamnniW. It is made up
' wholly of picked men who have served
j two years. Severn 1 batteries will go
i v. ith the cxpeoit'o", M"d lrr-.-e supplier
' of* Stores and coal. Warships to er>avoy
the transports "will go from Cadii
to Ttarceloim.
Exports Exceed Imoorts.
The monthly statement of the e-rp-rtri
I anrl imports ef the United States di,rI
ing April shows follows: Do<Bost?.R|
i merchandise exported, $:is.i25?:rft:-t; im|
ports. $o5.P2:5.C.1S. of which 528.T10.7Sd
' was free from duly. As corn par sJ with
Apitl. 1SS7. the gain in exports xvns
about $22.008,0o<i. -and a loss in iimpords
of about StFi.000.000. The export of goUt
during Ap-l\ amounted to $vn9ff5<4 atii
the imports to Tti2.7SS.674. The expmts
ot silver during April aggregated iSl,040.201
and the iimports amounted 3cj
' .002.
A Brave "Officer's Funeral
| The United Ht.ites and X?rlh Our#?
I llna Monday an*id noble tribute to the
. memory of the ppillant Ensign. We.rth
! Hartley, the fi.net officer killed in the
| war with Spain Nothing tc. atppreach
i the funeral pageant was ever seen
i the city. 1>i. thousand pe<r,wc were
j present at lib1 ceremonies. 'Ensign
| itagley was killed last week an <ocpioding
shell f.rts'd from a Spanish 'fe-t
stt Cuba, white on board the torpedo
butt Wins low.
CAJ1TAL GLEANIM 0J.
mio v/ar is <u?sting this government
$1,000,000 a day.
1 T.he president .:s considering another
call for volunteer s.
The president last week approc-ed
the Alaskan homestead and right .of
way bill.
Jib's Aura A3p"i\ daughter of ttw>
seciei.-.vy of war, was married cut noon
Wednesday to Air.. Charles Pik*.
The latest plaJis of (the govcraraf nJ
ore to send 15.G0v men to the relief <? '
I Dewey at Manila, under the command
1 of General Merritr-.
Waflilngton society ladies are aO|
vising their acquaintanees throughout
| the country to boycott Paris millinery.?
| V'hls is done in retaliation for ?yn;1
pathy rtiown to Spafcn by the French.
Proposals for furnishing the government
with nearly <5.000 projectiles for
seaeoast cannon wtrr opened at the
ordnance bureau of the war department
Saturday. This probably is the
largest amount of material of thin
kind for which advertisements were
issued at any one time In the history
of the government.
Senator Teller has rerelvcd n letter
from a constituent In Colorado Indl- '
eating that the Philippine Islands may 1
be found to be very rich In gold de- <
posits. The writer says in 1875 he 1
traveled from Manila to Singapore
drlth a man from Montana, who said I
that the wealth of gold In that country 1
was beyond estimating. The Spanish 1
governor had refused to let him work 1
the mines be had discovered. ' i
A man usually knows -where he got i
Ills bat, bl# when It comes to bis u?- J
brella?wsft, that's another story. " 1
i army mil kot mflir ofi ihe navy
CUBAN INVASION NEAfc.
War Department Weary of tho Disappearing
Movements of the Spanish Squadron?100,000
Men Heady.
The annihilation of the Spanish fieei
does not seem Imminent, for whlcl
neither Admiral Sampson r.or Commodore
Schley can be blamed, but which
Is due to the sneaklr.it tactics of th|
Spaniards.
Now they arc reported at Martinique
then at the Dutch Islands, and tht
latect reports huve them back at Portt
Rico.
Theie has boon no meeting yet between
the hostile fleets In the neighborhood
of Cuba Is all that can b<
learned at the navy department at
Washington. If the department is
aware of tho location of the Spanish
squadron it is carefully concealing the
faot. By thin tint . supposing Schley
to have have go: southward, he
should be somewhere oiY tin- coast ol
Cuba, and It may be that he bus Joined
forces with Sampson. Naval otllceis
are Imping that the Spanish squadron
lias really passed through the : traits
of Yucujtun into the Gulf or Mexico,
for in that case there is a reasonable
expectation that by combined action
tm the part of Sampson and Schley,
one starting ut the Windward passage
and the Florida straits, and the othei
passing around to the south of Cuba
pud coming into the Yucatan straits,
I U'S Spaniards will be effectually
| snored.
i The war department, annoyed by the
' delay In destroying the Spanish ships,
| has now decided to send an nrmy of
luu.iMJO men to invade Cuba. The
Spanish lleet should be taken care of
by the navy and It should not be allowed
to Interfere with the invasion of the
American soldiers.
Secretary Alger submitted the reporto
of Lieutenant Rowan and Captain
Dorst, outlining the opinions of the
Cuban Generals. The reports told of
"the hardships of campaigning in the laland.
The reports proved conclusively
that Captain General Blanco is erecting
formidable earthworks around
every city which it 'a the intenMin of
the Spanjsh to hold.
The volunteer army is rapidly nearing
completion. Reports received by
Adjutant General Corbln to-night show
that 92,580 men have been mustered in.
Eighteen states have completed their
quota as follows: California. Georgia,
Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Maryland,
Minnesota, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire. Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Vermont, Washington, West Virginia,
Wisconsin and Wyoming.
General Miles, commanding the army,
shld it was not t' o- intention of the
president to call for an additional
number of volunteers at this time.
An unconfirmed rumor originating at
fcfgdrid rays that an American boat
with K crew of 18 men was blown up
by a torpedo in Cardenas Bay lust
Tuc?ilaJ'.
An important expedition to Cuba will
leave Mobile port within a few days.
Fifteen thousand guns and several
hundred thousand rounds of ammunition
will be shipped to the insurgents.
A delegation of prominent negroes
called on the secretary of war Tuesday
and urged that all of the ten regiments
of Immunes to be sent to Cuba
be made up of colored men. They
pointed out the especial service the
colored troops, bred in the southern
climate and most of them used to conditions
similar to those to be confronted
In Cuba, would have in the campnign.
Secretary Alger was not able to concede
all of the fYnnuine regiments to
colored volunteers, but gavd assurance
that several of them would be composed
of men of their race. The delegation
Illse nrfre.l th.? mitmlnlnw.nt of
Oapt. Thomas S. Kolloy of Louisiana
as n colonel of one of the immune regiments.
Oapt. Tvelley, it is said, has the
indorgement of Gen. Miles.
2JEW BATTLE SHIP LAUNCHED.
The Alabama is 3fi8 Foot in I.enstth aid Has
Four Torpedo TtU ea.
The battleship Alabama, which will
be a worthy addition to the United
States navy, was launched at Cramp's
rshipyarti at Philadelphia last NVednesvlay.
As the formidable craft slid into
the Delaware she was christened by
. Miss Alary' H. Morgan, daughter of
Senator Jolin T. Morgan, of Alabamu.
'flie Alabama is a llrst-class battle- J
ship. llcr lengtli 00 load water line is I
S65 feet extreme breadth 72 feet 5 inch.;
mean draught 22 feet f. Inches; displacement
at mesus draught 11,525 tons.
She 5s to develop 1P.OOO indicated horse
power, and her guaranteed speed is 10
bo 56 knots per hour.
JU?r armament WIN be four 13-inoh
broeohloadlng rifles; 1?! 6-ineh rapid tin
breech loading rllles, secondary battunv
of 16 6-poundt-.rs.and four 1-pound ere
rapid fire gun? be will have /our
toqpedo tubes.
moa MUX BKBVAM,
Ex-minister from Spain Polo y P.ernabe
will leave Mom re til for his native
country in n few daps. The ex-minister
has made pood use of his time, perfecting
a system of tbtalning information.
After Po.lo's departure these
epies will report to the Spanish consul
general and the Intelligence will be
forwarded to Madrid hy way of London.
He Should Eo Hon p.
Pension Commissioner Evans pot p.
letter from an Indignant citizen of
loplln. Mo., recently. "1 want you t ? <
Set the law alter a pensioner in this {
town," wrote the irate correspondent.
"He is drawing a pension from the 1
government, yet is publicly proclaim- f
ing that he hopes Spain will lick us. 1
N'ot content with this he says that if {
:he United States mails were not
(topped from going to Spain he A-ould '
a nd money to Sagasta to help him car- t
y on the war against us. The least r
cou ought to do. Mr. Commissioner, Is j
o take away that lngrate's pension." ?
PALMETTO STATE GLEANINGS. *
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TURKIC NOTED CROOKS.
They Are the Men Who Robbed the
Willis too Post office.
Chief Deputy United States Marshall
E. Brooks Sligh and Postofllce lnspee?<
tors Moye and Bulla, arrived in Charleston
from Barnwell on the 14th witlh _
throe of the Blickest raseals that line*
over operated in this part of ^9
tiio country. The prisoners, who
woro lodgod in tho Charleston couatJIyJ^H
jail, were the ringleaders of the gaafpl
which opened the|Wiliistou postolton vlfl
and cracked tho safe with- dynamite,
and, after a hot run with the authorir 9
ties, managed to break jail in Barn- M
woll in February last. Recently they
were captured in Knoxville, and oarried
back to Barnwell, but on the 14th they ?
i were turned over to the Federal ooorU
for a tinnl settlement of their case. Tba
nion arc Jno Jones, nbss C. Brooka:
Henry Johnson, alias A. St. Clair, alia*
Danny Murphy, uhas Frenohy hjiuith,
prize lighter, and Charley Jones, aliaa
C. Brooks, Jr., alias Edward Brooks.
They were given snug berths by Jailor
j Urnddick, uiul will sleep in jail until
t.'io next term of the United States L)i?tiiet
Court.
Moral Ueform Ijciiriic.
The "Citizens' Moral Reform League
of Cbarlostou" was recently organized
by n number of ChurlestoD colored
mer., who are Mfesiving to derate and
help their race. The objoets and parposes
of the League are best set forth
in the followiugextract from the cottstitution
uud by-laws:
"Preamble? We, the citizens of Charleston,
appalled at thestartling lack of moral stamina
among many people oT oor race la Ibij
city, recognizing these untoward conditions
to he largely the outcome of a levity toward
moral precepts on the part of the >oiing,and
indifference on the | art of elders: believing
such uncorrected evils to foreshadow our decline
and tall as a people, and with a further
endeavor to keep ourselves above rcnroach, %
the sanctity of our family altars inviolate,
and to exercise a chivalrous protection lor
tl.e women 01 our race, do herewith organn*.c
ourselves Into the (Mizens'Moral lloioritl
League of Ch.u le.-tou."
1 .'tree South t'oronij^.Tifc, ? 1"%
In IT10 touio, Texas, Daily
Light, of May 1-1, is published ?u account
of tiie departure from Fort Sain
Houston of tho Oth cavalry, in this
splendid regiment are tlirco sons cf
South t'urolinn, of whom btate may . *
well l?o proud. 1 ho lirst is Lieut, and
<l 1 >li 11 M. JeliUiiis, *0 w5jli uud
p!cu<nntly known ill tbunestou ihi
others ui'o Lieuts. .lervey ?ud Ftirkeh
K<dh of t!:c>o ofiicers wilir frojpilighting
stick, sn.vs Light, and will
dotitdlesH mnlto their nativo siataproud
of them again, ns they dx} w,h?a
Mw?y gradur.icl.
?
Pardon* <1 ? Iioy.
Governor Kllerbo gruutod a fpill
pardon to t'lareuce Long, tho 10-yearoid
boy, who iu June, 18.HI, shot aud
hilled his brother-in-law, Ben Parsons,
111 Spartanburg county. Ho was convicted
before .Judge Gary, and?being
recommended to the mercy of the court
by the jury was given a life sentence.
'lho petitions presented were
unusually strong, being signed by 4,000
Spinrtaaburg men, the judge;' the
jury, the solicitor nud a large-number
of ladies.
I -? *- ?
Sumter Has n Kicker's Row.
J.nto ouo evening last week there was
a shooting a 11 rav betweon two negro
men in Kickei's Row, a tough negro
quarter in the suburbs of Sumter, that ?
created a ripple of excitemeut for
time. Deputy Sheriff Gail lard and
Constable \Yinn went in pursuit of the
negro who did the shooting, and after
ail exciting chase across the country
effected his capture. Tho negro who
w as shot was not killed but dangerously
wounded in the thigh. Tho row wu
on ordinary negro tight about a woman.
A Creditable Appointment.
Mr. A. H. Miller, of Greenvillo, now
a student of Furinau University, has
received the appointment as assistant
observer at the weather bureau station
in rnlnmUi> M ~ \?- X*111 ? I *
? v/u.uiuuia, .uv, .ui. luiuei una accepted
the position aud will take up.
bis duties there on tbo let of June.
The appointment was secured principally
through Senator Tillinuu, whose
efforts in the matter are highly appreciated
by Air. Aliller una his
friends.
Fa tut Accident at Colnmbla.
Frank Cardwell, a youth 14 yearsi
old, and Airs. Frank Loidv, were out
for a pleasure drive ou the afternoon of
the 18th. when the horse became frightened
and dashed off at a furious rate
hurling the cart against a tree.
Both Airs.'Leidy and young Cardwell
were violently thrown from the vehicle,
causing the death of Card well and
the serious injury of .Mis. Lfii'Iy, ,
Gave Governor a Wheel. :
Recently Governor Ellerbe mastered
the art of riding a bicycle and only a
short time ago placed an order for a
good machine. He won't need it now,
for lately ue was presented with a
handsome Spalding by bis friend, Mr.
F. H. Hyatt. It was furnished through
McMaster's agency,
Charleston's Auditor Dead.
\\ m. Kason, auditor of Charleston,
died at that place on the 18th. Thia
makes another vacancy in Charleston
which Gov. Ellerbe will haye to fill by
appointment.
The fund of the new Y. M. C. A.
building at Columbia reoeived an impetus
iu the sum of $8,500, donated bj
seventy-four young men.
The baseball league niagnntes have
lone the right thing in voting to eouititute
a 4>oard of discipline before
ivhlch nil players charged with using
lltliy language on the diamond shall
>e brought for a trial. Their action In
renting this tribunal otis unanltuouay
tnken?nll-sufllelent evidence that
he public protests against ball tossingowdles
last seasou ^-e held to be abunlantly
justified by t> , league managers
heuiselves.
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