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; ' ' .. . z/'/V /U UNION'S ADVANTAGES. -|--|- -w-^ -j- y -m ^ -|- -my T "11 J" "T"l POPULATION OF UNIONEiSfiteSfi 1II Hi LI 1M1U 1\ 111V1 Jcj O. five schools, artesian water. Census 1897 4,67V VOL. XLIX. NO. (!. UNION. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, IS!)9. #1.00 A YEAR. MM no Aguinaldo's Fori Bloody Battl Oor Losses Estimated al Tw and Twenty-Five Wounflet Fight Brought On hy Attempt <1 American Lines In Which T From Dewey Created Cons Cable dispatches from Manila Btate that the long-expected rupture between the Americans and the Filipinos lias come at last. The former are now engaged in solving tlio Philippine problem with the utmost expedition possible. The clash came at 8:40 Saturday evening, when three daring Filipinos dashed passed the Nebraska regiment's pickets nt Santa Mesa, but retired when challenged. They repeated the experiment without drawing tho sentries' lire. Hut tho third time Corporal Grcely challenged the Filipinos and then fired, killing ono of them and founding another. Almost immediately afterwards the Filipinos' line, from Caloocan to Santa Menu, commenced r fusilado which was ineffectual. The Nebraska, Moil- j taua and North Dakota outpostR ro- i plied vigorously, and held their ground until re-enforcomeuts arrived. The Filipinos in tlio meantine concentrated ; at three points?Caloocan, Gngalaugr'n ; and Santa Mesa. At about 1 o'clock the Filipinos ' opened a hot tire from all three places i simultaneously. This war supplemented by the fire of two siege guns at lhtlik-lhilik, and by advancing their skiraiishers at l'aco and Pandacnn. The Americans responded with a terrific fire, but owing to the darkness they were unable to determine its ef feet. The Utah light artillery finally succeeded in silencing the native hatterv. The Third artillery also did good on the extreme left. The engagement lasted over an hour. The Uni'ed States cruiser Charleston and the gunboat Concord, stationed oft' Malahonn, opened fire from their secondary batteries on the Fifipos' position at Caloocan and kept up vigorously. At 2:l.~> there was another fusilnde along the entire line, nud the United States sea-going double t arreted monitor Monadnock opened lire on the enemy from oft' Malate. With daylight, the Americans advanced. The California and Washington regiments made a splendid charge 1 l ,i._ u:i:. ?uo iiiiiio iiki roi|>iuos inmi me villages of Paco and Santa Mesa. The Nebraska regiment also distinguished itself, capturing several prisoners and one howitzer and a very strong position at the reservoir, which is connected with the waterworks. The Kansas and Dakota regiments compelled the enemy's right llank to retire to < 'aloocan. There was intermittent tiring at various points all day long. The losses of the Filipinos cannot he estimated at present, hut they are known to he considerable. The American losses are estimated at twenty killed and J'25 wounded. The Ygorates,armed with hows and arrows, made a very determined stand in the fa"e of a hot artillery tire and left many men dead on the field. Ti:i: NKttS FKOM l?K\VKV Admiral Dewey cabled the navy department Sunday that hostilities had begun between the American army and naval forces in and about Manila and the Filipino insurgents. The iusur gents, lie said, had been the aggressors and had been repulsed. The cablegram said: To THE SkCRF.TAHY OK THE NaVY, Washington, l>. I . ? insurgents here, PRESIDENT THANKS DONEE. Arliniiu Icrtgi'K tlie lU'Cflpt of Ornoml'o Frank MfNuaxr, The follow ing message from President MeKinley was received l>y Robert P. Porter at Havana Saturday and was transmitted to General Gomez: "Hon. Robert P. Porter, Havana. The president sends his hearty congratulations and thanks for your dispatch. Convey his cordial greetings o General Gomez ami his grateful appreciation of his frank and friendly message. The co-operation of General Gomez in the pacification of Cuba will be of the greatest value for both peoples. (Signud) John Hat, OPS ATTACK! ces Precipitate a le at Manila. tt ?11 1 1 w ? i tsuiy mum ana une Hnnarea l-Filipino Loss Miovi if Three Insurgents to Pass the hey Lost Their Lives?News tcrnalion in Washington. 1 inaugurated general engagement yesterday which was continued today. The American army and navy is generally successful. Insurgents have been driven hack and our lino advaneed. No casualties to navy. Dewey. The news came like a shock, for the administration, though apprised that an ugly situation prevailed in the Philippines, had clung steadily to tho hope that by tact and patience actual fighting might be averted. Even those public men who felt that hostilities would follow should the treaty he ratified and the United states attempt to oecupy the islands believed that Aguinaldo would not force the fighting when the treaty of peace was in the most critical stage. The news of the beginning of another war came from Admiral Dewey. No word had been received from General Otis up to that time. It seems to be Dewey's fortune always to bo able to report favorable news, and like nil of his messages that have gone before this cablegram, told of the success of the American forces in the action. The administration learned that the insurgents had forced the issue. It had hoped all along that they could bo brought to see the advantages of placing their trust in the American people, and relying upon the president to deal justly with them. "Theadministration argued that with the Philippine commission fairly on the sea en route for Mnniln. bringing with them messages from the president and wi'li the peace treaty still unacted on it was not to be credited that they would refuse to wait to learn the purposes of the American govern ment, but would precipitate the long impending conflict." i:i:ai?v fi?h thk oi tkhkak While this was true tlic oftieers in Manila had not boon blind to tho threat contained in the situation there and every .preparation lias been made for just what occurred Saturday night. It is now acknowledged that fear of an outbreak in Luzon was the explanation for the mnch-commented-on failure of Genera! Miller to force a landing at Hollo, on the island of Fanny; Otis felt that he wanted all of the troops at Manila, where was located the center of danger. liKNKKAI. OTIS II K A It l> FICOM. The following dispatch f-oiu General Otis was made public in Washington Monday morning at 6 o'clock: M anii.a.February -r?. ?Adjutant General, Washington; The insurgents ii: large force opened attack on our outer lines at N:4o last evening; renewed attack several times during night; at 1 o'clock this morning entire line engaged; all attacks repulsed; at daybreak advanced against insurgents and have driven them beyond the lines they formerly occupied, capturing several villages and their defense works; insurgents' loss in dead and wounded large: our own easnalties thus far estimated at 17-">, very few fatal. Troops enthusiastic and acting fearlessly. Navy ?1 i?1 splendid execution on tlanks of enemy; city held in check ami absolute quiet prevails; insurgents have secured good many Mauser rifles, a few field pieces and quick-firing guns with ammunition during last mouth. Otis. (jl'IKT ItKSTORF.I). A dispatch was received at 1:15 Monday morning from General Otis saying the situation at that time was most satisfactory, and that perfect quiet prevails in the city and vicinity. CYCLONE SWEEPS STILESBOKO. Many lliiilillnc" In Qforcln Town Arr l.nvrlpil to Karlli. A special from Oartersville says: A cyclone struck Stileshoro, Ga., Sunday morning and a number of homes in the tow n and neighborhood have been swept away and a general scene of destruction is left. JAMES A. SEXTON OKAO. <'oitim>Mi<t??r-1 n-Chlcf of tlir fJ.A.lf. I'hopa Xxwnx- \* U'aolilnirlei. Colonel .Tames A. Sexton, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of tIre llepuldic, died at the Garfield hospital in Washington Sunday morning. REPDRT IS AGAINST WHEELER JUDICIARY COMMITTEE OF HOUSE REACHES MiREEMEXT. CANNOT HOLD TWO POSITIONS. t It th? Report I* Adopted By the HoaH All Members Affected WI'I Be Unseated. A Washington dispatch says: The inquiry ordered hy the house of representatives as to what members had forfeited their seats by reason of accepting other offices, ended Friday with a finding by the judiciary committee that Major General Wheeler, u member from Alabama; Colonel James R. Campbell, of Illinois; Colonel David G. Colson, of Kentacky, and Mnjor Edwin E. Robbins, of Pennsylvania, had vacated their seats in the house by accepting commissions in the army. .fti me samo nine tne committee determined tlint none of the members of congress serving on civil commissions had thereby vacated their seats in the house. The judiciary committee has been conducting the inquiry for several days, and after an arduous session, ending at 3:30 o'clock Friday afternoon, the injunction of secrecy was removed. Mr. Henderson, chairman of the committee, says that throughout the inquiry partisanship did not enter into the question. The findings are embodied in a resolution which will be submitted to the house with a report. It will take some days before this can be done. The resolution states in detail the facts as to the military appointment, acceptance and service of General Wheeler and the other army officers, and then declares their seats vacated at the time of acseptance. No statement was made publio as to the votes. It is understood, however, that on the final vote on declaring vacant the seats of the military members, Mr. Jenkins, of Wisconsin, voted -in~~ the negative, ami Mr. Parker, of New Jersey, voted in tlie negative in the case of Major Robbies, the latter baring been mastered out of service. General Wheeler was seen after the findings was announced, but asked to be excused from commenting on the decision as it was in the nature of a judicial proceeding. It is said General Wheeler and his associates will take no action for the present, as the finding of the committee is yet. to be passed upon by the house. The fact that Mr. Jenkins voted against unseating Genoral Wheeler and the others may lead to a minority report, althougu no notice of j such was given. MORGAN CANAL BILL I* Rejected mid thn llcptinrn Mcnatire la Favorably Reported. , The house committee on interstate 1 and foreign commerce Friday directed a favorable report on the Hepburn Nicaragua canal bill with amendment, as a substitute for the Morgan bill passed by the senate. , The essential feature of the bill as i reported is that it authorizes the pres- , ident of the United States to acquire ; by purchase from Nicaragua and Costa Rica the territery necessary to build | the canal and then to proceed with | the construction of the caual. ] One hundred and fifteen million dollars is appropriated for the comple- | tion of the work. The changes made , in the original Hepburn bill are in re- ] ducing the' appropriation from 8140,- , 000,000 to 8110,000,000; striking out t the provision for the acquisition of j full ownership, jurisdiction and sov- , J.1 1-. ? -s i -it? 1 1-it-iKiiijr 111 mi! Millie; HIHI 111 RKIing ?. civil engineers from the navy and civil j life to those of the army for the pur- t pose of making surveys, etc. ,i SEXTON UltOWS WORSE. Ilond of Hip O. A. K. It In it S?rioun ' fniiilll Ion. | A Washington dispatch of Friday 1 says: The condition of Colonel James f A. Sexton is again such as to give A much concern regarding the. outcome f of his illness. " A brain complication has developed, ' which makes the case extremely 1 critical. . _ , STONE A (AMUOAIK. i i lOs-C'oiiicrei.Hiiiiiii Kiiti-r* Oiiliprmitorliil e Kttci* In Kt-iilni'ky. K.V-( 'llll Ifr OIlVIII!! ti VV I ' -' Kuttawa, Ky., issued an address Fri- j day to 111?? democrats of the state for- t in a 11 y announeing himself a candidate i for the demooratie nomination for t jjovrnior and declaring the platform t >n wjiiclf ho stands. f Captain Stone is in favor of the Chi ano platform with a clause opposing :t expansion and imperialism and a plat | form for IttMO and the renominntion of | Mr. Bryan for he presidency. tie t will advocate "the free and unlimited coinage of silver at III to 1, without t the consent of any foreign power." s fin nun rc mmiRn JLU 1U1111 lLiU Final Vote Was 1 57 to 27. ONLY ONE OVER THE NECESSARY TWO-THIRDS. McEnnery and McLauriu Turned the Tide In Favor of the Compact. Tbe peace treaty, framed at Paris by a joint conference of American pnd j Spanish commissioners, was ratified in the United States senate Monday afternoon by a majority of three votes. The vote in detail was as follows: Yeas?Aldrich, Allen, Allison, baker, Burroughs, Butler, Carter, ('handler, OiMvk, Clay, Cullom, Davis, Deboe, i Ejjkins, Fairbanks, Faulkner,Foraker, ' Brye, Gallinger, Gear, Gray, llunna, I Hanshrougli, Hair's, Hawley, Jones, j Nev.; Kenney, Kyle, Lindsay, Lodge, j McBride, MeEnery, McLaurin, Mc- j Millan, Mantle, Mason, Morgan, Nel- i sou, Penrose, Perkins, Pettus, Piatt, | Conn.; Plaft, X. Y.; Pritchard, Quay, Ross, Sewell, Shoup, Simon, Spoouer, Stewart, Sullivan, Teller, Thurston, Warren, Wellington, Wolcott?57. Nays?Bacon. Bate, Berry, C'afTery, Hilton, Cockerill, Daniel, Gorman, Hale, Heitfield, Hoar, Jones, Ark.; Mallory, Martin, Mills, Mitchell, Murphy, Money, Pasco, Pettigrew, Rawlins, Roach, Smith, Tillman, Tnrley, 'Clipper, A7est?27. Absent and Paired?Messrs.Cannon and Wilson for,with Mr. White against and Messrs. Proctor and Wetmore for, with Mr. 'J'nrpie against. j -1 Not until the vote was taken did the friends of the measure feel absolutely | sure of ifs pnssage. On Saturday only r>8 votes could be counted for the treaty, two short of the vote necessary to ratify. The news fiom Manila, however, had telling effect-, and when the sennte first convened Monday it was announced that McLaurin and McEnery, who had been counted by the autis, would vote for the treaty, giving the measure the necessary two- i thirds. The debate before the vote, was taken was exceptionally waun ami animated.' Senator Alien, of Nebraska, made a speech denying published statements 9 that he would attack Senator Gorman i for using the peace treaty a* a means * to defeat Bryan. Senator Sprnki. Air. Gorman then spoke. He replied particularly to Mr. Waleott's speech of Saturday, saying that it was inch an attack as he did not expect, i lie said lie believed that the battle of Manila was but tlie beginning, and if ] lie treaty was ratified war would fol- { ow for years, costing lives and mil ions upon millions of money. * Mr. Gorman referred to what had g ecu done with China regarding the migration to those islands and said inw eight years later we take islands, 3 vhicli will be but a stepping stone for A lie Chinese to the I'nited States. He iredieted that within four years the i >eople would resent the action. He aid that in connection with the PliilppinoH it was proposed to increase ^ lie army to 3100,000. He protested [gainst it. What a spectacle it has been, ^aid Mr. Gorman, to see the president of he United States, kindly, gentle and lurtisan. as he is in his swine throiieh he south giving expression to the 1 ientiinent to t e Confederate dead g vhieh was so grand, and then asking or 100,000 men to keep the deseendints in subjection. At the conclusion >f Mr. Gorman's speech Mr. Ihivis uoved an executive session. Wolcott wanted live minutes to redy to Mr. Gorman, but J>avis would lot yield, and at *2:(>."> the senate went nto executive session for tinal eonsidration of the peace treaty. (n the open senate Air. McKnery 'llored a resolution declaring that by atilication of the treaty it is not in- m ended to make eiti/ens of the inhabi- ~ tnnts of the Philippines nor to annex ^ he islands perinaiienly, but to hold ~ lieni until the islands are prepared ''I "I II "I'll* ( I 11 111 ( I I 1 . 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