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vol, XMX. NO. 4. UNION. SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. I AXI'AliV I SOS). st.oo A VHAR. * '1 ! FILIPINOS MORE AGGRESSIVE , AGUINALIH) SAID TO BE RAPIDLY CONCENTRATING HIS FORCES. AGONCILLO DEMANDS RECOGNITION Islander* Arc tmlar tho I iiiprenolon That XV* Ar* TryliiR To llnmbiig Them. Outcome L'liccrtatn. Advioea from Manila via Hong Hotter atato that tho Tndenanoia fnewn |ft .s paper) issued a supplement "Wedues^ l day containing a dispatch purporting JWfy to cortlo from Mulolos, the Rent of the < rebel government. W It comments upon the appointment of the commission and says: "The Filipinos naturally suspect this a new attempt to humbug. Dewey and Spencer Pratt promised uh independence if the Filipinos republic was stable. The Filipinos are disillusioned. They believe the commission is a ruse to gain time until they have accumulated formidable forces, when America, abusing her strength, will begin a ?ar to ratify her sovereignty." The Ilidependencia then adds that all the commissioners are partisans of colonial expansion and incidentally asserts that the archbishop also favors annexation "with the sole object of gaining the sympathies of the winning side, immaterial which, in the interests of the religions corporations." The Filipnos of fatallonn and Gegagalin, mistaking salutes exchanged between lirit'sh and German warships on January INth, moved 11,000 men to the front of battle, covering the adjacent country, but tlicy did not attnck the American lines. Reports from the interior indicate that Aguinaldo's authority is now generally recognized. Every available man is being recruited and arms depots are being established at San Rarditio, Union, Trinidad and other large IOWI1S. Tlio surrounding country is being levied on for supplies and the Filipino troops are living on the fat of the land, while the native villagers are com *s ^ - polled to subsist ou (ice. Y * It is estimated that there ore fully "* 30,000 Filipinos under arms, and it is said that there are nearl3T fifty Maxim guns at Malolos, some of theiu having been recently acquired. The Filipino military authorities are convinced, they say, that the Americans will he unable to work effectively outside of Manila in the event of hostilities, hence they feel confident in the future. Many of the Filipino officers complain of alleged discourteous treatment upon the part of Americans at A^oid-IIIo WinilH Ki.oirnlt Ion A Washington special says: Senor Lope/, secretary of Agoneillo, the Washington representative of Aguinnl<1o, cnlled at the state department at 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon and lodged with the chief clerk a communication which, according to the common expectation, marked the critical stage in the Philippine question. This is the third attempt made l?y the Filipino representatives to secure ollieial recognition from the United States government. The advices from Manila, which have reached the war department, are far from reassuring. It is understood that General Otis reports an expectation on his part that the insurgents are about to force an issue, and if this should lie so. the result cannot he foreseen. Manila itself, and not lloilo, as might at first he supposed, is regarded the danger point just now. General Otis is so sure of his ground that the oflicials here feel 110 doubt as to the outcome of a hostile collision between the American and insurgent. forces under Aguinaldo, particularly as General Otis would have the enormous advantage of the full cooperation of the American fleet under Dewey. Milt it is |>nrti<Milarly desirable tlint even a 1 ?n1111? rmliii^ in n victory bo avoided just now, for the president lins by no means surrendered his conviction that the misguided Filipinos can he brought to an understanding of the real objects of the United States and peacefully accept the conditions sought to be imposed. eixkimik VFKsrs <;onz\u:s. Kililor of Smith ('ui-olliiit X?'tv?|?iper I'mi hf* ii npiihhI ion a dispatch front Kdgefield, S. c!., says tliat the state is stirred up over the charge of lying made by Mr. lT. (i. Gonzales, editor of "The State," ngninst Governor Kllerbe. Some of the county papers are demanding that Kllerbe be impeached. They sav that in order to get the support of "The State" newspaper Kllerbe agreed to make certain recommendations to the general assembly now in session, and that after making this promise the governor refused to de liver the goods. * OFFICERS LEAVE SERVICE. By Direction of tlie I'reatdent They Are ' Temporarily Dlnclinrgnd. By direction of the president the . following named general officers havo been temporarily discharged from the ' volunteer army of the United States army, their services being no longer required by reason of the muster out of volunteer regiments: , Major General H. C. Merrinm, Brig- ' adier Generals John M. Bacon, Edwin D. Sumner, William W. Gordon, To...... 1) AV? XT "uiuun Aft. ?' lllirn, V\'I1U 11. XIlllll r " f, Ijeonard W. Colby, Edgar R. Kellogg, John B.* Castleman, Tliomaa H. Bar- i her, John F. Weston, Eugene Griffin and John W. Clous. Borne of the brigadier genorals are officers in the regulat army who, during the war, accepted volunteer rank. The remainder were appointed from civil life. The latter will proceed to their homes. DIFFERENCES ADJUSTED. Tilt" <"nnl Operator* ami Miner. Itcarli An Amit-iiltlf Acri'i'inriit. Carnegie hall, Allegheny, I?n., rang with "America" Tuesday night in commemoration of the wage difference which was effected between the coal operators and miners of the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Pennsylvania. The settlement means peace for more than 100,1)00 men and their employers as far as the general issues are concerned. The settlement was reached after ?>ne of the most notable gatherings in the history of the industry. The leaders of both sides made a bitter tight, i ami it looks as if there will he a split ] and chaos prevail in the industry. I ' SMITH MAKES PROTEST. j, ! i 0|>|mih<-w I'Iiiii of 1'iiltliiK A. A H I'. j Itiiml In ( Iiiho Number Kile. President ami General Manager , George C. Smith, of the Atlanta and ] West Point railroad, appeared before ^ the Georgia railroad commission Tiles- ( day morning to show cause why the , road should not be put in class nam- | ber one. , President Smith urged that no act- , ion be taken by the commission now j and that the company be allowed to remain in classitication number two, ( as it was an inopportune time to cut | down the revenues of the road. ( FATAL .FAMILY Ft'El>. A I'llclii'il Itiittlc In AVIiic-li n Number of Men Are Killed A Nyshville, Tenn., dispatch says: Last Friday on the line between Lee county. Vs.. and Hancock county 1 Tenn., a section remote from the telegraph. a battle occurred between ' twenty members of tin* Kdily family of Virginia and the llamsev family of ' * e Tennessee. The battle lasted several hours, during which a number of men on both sides were killed and injured. A i|iiarrel of long standing resulted in the light, particulars of which are not yet obtainable. THESE lilTA RAISE. Stntlon Agi'iits iiihI Teli-Ki'iuOierM In MInnniirl I'loiniHi'il mi Allvmirr. A Kansas (Jity dispatch says: The station agents and telegraphers 011 the lines of the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf railroad north of Kansas City have been granted their demands for better wages. The grievance committee which laid the claims of the men before the general ollicers have been promised that the wages of the 11(10 agents and operators involved will be increased .$10 per month. i i >i * i r.r in .uii,i.>. Tciih l.i'Kinlutitre Klrcln Senatorial ('anil Mate II nil III m nil sly. A dispatch from Austin savs: The senate ami house of the Texas legislature met Tuesday at 110011 in their separate ohainhors. The Ifoii. Charles A. Culberson, the sole democratic nominee, was eleeted without opposition to sueeeed the retiring senator, linger (k>. Mills. SAVANNAH'S \KW MAYOR. Air. Herman >1 i'J ri'i W I ii 4 I 'out 4'Mt Over Hon. .1. .1. Mi-Honoiiuli. \l'l?r a spirited contest, Herman Myers, ex-mayor of Savannah, <}a., president of the National hank of Savannah and of the Savannah Grocery company, was elected mayor Tuesday over Hon. .1. .1. McDonongh, to succeed Mayor I'. W. Meldrim, by a majority of .'hjn votes. PRISON APPROPRIATION ( IT. Onh Half Million Available l ot ItniI<Iiiir at Atlanta, (in. A Washington dispatch says: Tho attorney ^i-'iernPa estimate for tlie first appropriation for the federal prison at Atlanta, (la., will probably has been discovered tlint this wns the sum ?>r if^i iu< 11 v set out in the art providing for such a piisou. There is ail additional $100,001) for interior equipment. It is the attorney general's idea that this sum will he snllieient to go ahead w ith the n ail) building, and that the wings and other buildings can be added after this has been completed. its; - ** 4 irido and swW-' t SHE PUSSES CUE Bill MEASURE IS FAVORER BY A VOTE OF ?H TO 0. liOYEKflMtNl LIBtKALSUBWKIBtK Kill Provlilm For InMmncr of On* Million Nlinrnn nt WIOO Kuch to Constrnct W?t?r Way. The senato-8Hturdny passed the Nicaragua canal bill, decided to make the auti-Bcalping bill the unfinished business and continued without the com-, pletion the (^nsideration of the Indian appropriation bill. A number of , amendments were made to the Nicaragua canal bill, and there were innumerable short speochos during the day. There was, however, no opposition te a vote when the time came, and * roll onll on it developed only six i uurn in l?> II11III The Nicaragua canal hill, as it passed, continues tlie|name of the Maritiin,o Canal Company. Tt provides for the issuance of 1,000,^00 shares of $100 each. The canal company is required to call in all the stock issued except that held by the Nicaragua and Costa Riean governments. The company is also required to redeem and cancel all bonds and *crip heretofore issued by the company and to satisfy all cash liabilities. To enable the company to comply ivith this requirement, treasury warrants to the amount of $."<,000,000 are authorized, with a proviso to the effect that only so much of the amount shall be paid as shall be required to pay the Actual cash value of the rights, privileges, franchises and property at the time of the payment, the value to be iletermined by commissioners to be Appointed by the president. This being done, the secretary of the treasury is authorized to subscribe for 95,)()() shares of the company's stock for the government of the United States. The present members of the board of directors are then to resign and a board of seven is to be appointed in their stead, consisting of five on bebulf of the United States, and one each on behalf,of Nicaragua a?nd Costa Rica. The directors on behalf of the United States are to be appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate. No two of them arc to be residents of any one state, and no person who has heretofore been interested in the canal company is to be appointed to this office. They are also prohibited from being interested in eontraets o'n the canal. Kacli of the directors, except the president, is to receive a salary of $5,IHM) per annum, and the president is J>1' 4 II A 1! in mm- cii,ipuii, /vii traveling expenses lire to he paid. Annual reports are required. There is a provision against declaring a dividend except upon the net earnings. The company is authorized to contract for the completion of the canal within six years. The payments are restricted to $20,000,1)00 annually. The canal is to lie large enough "for the use of the largest sea-going vessels ut a cost not to exceed the estimate of the engineers, and not to exceed $115,- I 000,000." This amount is made a permanent appropriation for the work to lie used as occasion may require. The hill gives the government a lien upon the property to secure the repayment of the moneys advanced, and the president is empowered to declari forfeiture of the property to the United States without the necessity of judicial or other ascertainment. Thereafter a full title is to rest in the government of the United States. The president is also authorized to secure any change in or modification of the terms of the concession, either from the concessionaires or from Nicaragua and Costa Uica. In case of failure in such negotiations the presi- | dent is also empowered to negotiate for another route across the isthmus. He is fur?her requested to open negotiations for tlio abrogation of the Clayton-Mulwer treaty or any other treaty fouinl to he in existence and standing in the way of construi tion. The neutrality of the canal is granted, hut the right to protect it against the interruptions of business between the Atlantic and l'acitie coasts of tho United States is reserved. NF.I,SON IS FOK FXI'ANSION. Minnesota Senator I'roornlH h StroiiR Con?titiitiiontI Xranmeiil. The senate was in session for tivo hours and a half Friday, hut the session was practically barren of results. Air. Nelson, republican, of Minnesota. spoke in opposition to Mr. Vest's anti-expansion resolution. Mis address was a constitutional argument in support of the right of the United States government to acquire territory He maintained that it was no longer an unsettled question that this country had the power, not only to acquire foreign territory by discovery and conquest or trenty, but also to govern territory so acquired. J. PtACL TKKATY I'M KilTAlS. Opponent* of MenHiiro Mny Korco It Over to An Kxtrn M?*hh|uii. * Although the motion for mi executive session was made by the ehairmau On foreign relations, tlie peace treaty was not taken up in the senate Monday. The status of the treaty as outlined by a member of the commission who favors ratification is: Tlie opponents claim to have 33 or 34 sure votes against the treaty. That would defeat it, which would necessitate an extra session. Jf there is to be an extra session, tlie friends of the treaty say they may as well take it over unrejeciea ny mis session, r ney do not propose to bring it to a vote unless they are sure of ratification. An extra session, tliey say, will j^oaii nil extra session of the whole Avingress. 4\ conditional appropriation is made to pay Spain the $20,000,/>90, or, unless some arrangement is made with Spaiu, to extend the time of payment three months. The United States, it is said, would not like to make this request. It is believed that, in view of the possibilities cf 1111 extrn session, unless the treaty is rattified j at this session, the opponents will [ yield before adjournment, as a very general desire is expressed to avoid an extra session. SOUTHERN PROttRESH, The New I mliiM rh-fc lte|toite<l in llie South N IMirinu the Week. The more noteworthy of the new industries specially reported during the past week include a company organized at New Orleans to manufacture brooms, brushes, etc.; a cigur 1 factory in Florida; 11 $100,000 cotton I com press iu Arkansas; 11 cotton mill in N- fth Carolina; n SI00,000 cotton seed-oil mill in Alabama; a $.">n,000 1 one in Texas: another of 00-ton capacity in the same state, and the rebuilding of one recently burned in Georgia; a $80,000 creamery and refrigerating plant in Georgia; electric light plants ! ill Twill itsi Oil 11 Vnrlli r'onnlinn n??<l ; x e::ues?ee, mi eiecivicai supply c(mii puny in Texas; flouring mills in Teni nessee, Texas and Virginia; gold mines i in North Carolina; a hardware company in Texas; a 10-ton ice factory in Alabama; iron mines in Tennessee; a petroleum company and a quarry and mining company in Texas; a :l5-ton refr^gevntim? plant in southwestern i Loulshnhf; two saw mills in Louisiana i and one in Virginia; a shingle and lumber mill in Texns; a stave factory i in Kentucky; a 1,000-ton sugar mill in ' Louisiana; sulphuric ether works in Virginia; a telephone company in i South Carolina, and waterworks in Louisiana. Tradesman (Chattanooga, TeJtn.) IvOKK OF A COW A KOI. Y MOB. Of I Man mill III* Son Kill Il.v Whitec-ii|ix?I la ii^hli i AIhii Woiiuoeil. . The details of a shocking tragedy that occurred late Saturday night, near cVdqnitt, Miller county, (la., were recowed Monday afternoon. At a late hour of the night a party of Wined men, disguised as wliiteeaps, w<\t to the house occupied by old ini% llustin and family, and one of the% acting as spokesman, called to the T mates to come out. (lid man Kustin arose and opened the door, his appearance being the signal for a volley of shots, some of which struck him, bringing him to the floor. A grown son and daughter of the old man, on hearing the tiring, atteiniiteil to eseano- lmt tliev too wore j 11r??il upon by tlio whitccap raol? and j struck down. The son died 111 a few I minutes, and advices state that old man Kustin has also died from the ef! f"cts of his wounds. The daughter is not dangerously ini jured, and will recover. The lviistins were respectable,industrious people, attentive to their affairs and well thought of. <01,0X1 A I, COMMISSION NAM Kit. IVi'Momo'l of Ottlrtulft Wlm Will l.oiik After New Territory The secretary of war has completed the organization of a colonial commission to undertake the administration in Washington of all matters of detail respecting the government of territory acquired during the war or occupied by the United States forces. The personnel of the commission will be General Robert 1'. Kennedy, of Ihdlefontnine. Ohio; Curtis Guild, of Massachusetts, and George W. Watkins, of Grand ltapids, Mich. I'p to tins point the secretary and tin' assistant secretary have undertaken themselves to ileal with the adniiiiistnition of the insular affairs hut the questions involved have become so iiiinieroiis and eomplieated that it has heen found absolutely neeessarj to rail for assistance. The commission will deal with tin bestow al of franchises and concessions the distribution of moneys to he spent in public improvements and all of tin troublesome issues that have arisei and are likely to arise in Cuba, I'orti lticoand the Philippines. The new commission is to act on tirelv within the powers conferred lei the secretary of war and his sanction will he necessary to give effect to anj line of action proposed hy the com mission. 9 m a 5 Wm. A. Nicholsoi RESPECTFULLY i BANKING BUSINESS & And promise you the best pr ?T h Prudential Insn ?^OF AM A Home Office, Newark, N. J. Assets, July i, 1898, - Surplus, July 1, 1898, t STRONG AS TH 1 jfe Insurance written in iSgy, Insurance in force iSgy, Income for iSgy. .... The Prudential has forged ita 1 front rank of the great life in offers all that i9 good in life in ) JAMES O. WYNN, Ma C. T. RAWLS, Genera M. A. HOORE, Jr. Union MODERN PLANT! A LUMBER!! 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