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> 'vc-*' ' . ' * # : /", / f ? - . v i- LjuL: >9 - . ? . VC< 1 ; -o- -C? C <:.. ^ Mp*' UNION'S ADVANTAGES. r | f T7^ T T IT X i^k "VT r?l ff It 1" "XI ^ POPULATION OF. UNION-EiSilSf 1 JoL Hi lllllUil IjlMJllO. KSB= = = B five schools, artesian water. vShjj. * - 1 VOL. XLIX. NO. 14 '.v UNION. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 7. 1899. $1.00 A YEAR. '1 INSURGENTS' POWER WANING IT IS THOUGHT THAT TIIK STRUGGLE IS NEAR AN EM). REBELS RETURNING TO HOMES. General OtU I* Congratulated Ity Dewey On the MHRnlflnent Work of the Army lu l'ltlllpplnea. A Manila dispatch under date of April 3d says: The natives coutinuo returning to their homes. They aro ruining in an aiong uio American lines, and mouy of them, seeing the promises of good treatment are fulfilled, are induciug tlieir relatives to return to their homes. Major General Edward S. Otis, commander of the American military forces, has received the following message: "ilenrty congratulations on the most magnificent work of the army. "dkwky. " The United States Philippines commission, the lust member of that body, Colonel Charles Denby, former minister to China,having arrived in Manila, will discuss the situation. The commissioners aro hopeful of a speedy restoration of peace, believing hostilities will soon bo confined to the habitual revolutionists. lsngmiier uent>rnl Harrison Gray Otis sailed for homo on board the United States transport Sherman Monday. He soys he believes the insurrection has received its death blow. The Sherman also has on hoard the sons of Colonel John Hay, secretary of slate, and Senator la'e, of Maine, who have witnessed much of the fighting with the army, and the hodiea of Co'onel Harry 0. Egbert, of the Twenty-second infantry, killed on March 80th, and other oflicera who have recently fallen in battle. General Wheaton has assumed command of the brigade lately commanded by General Otis. The Third and Twenty-second regiments of Wheaton'a command are returning to Manila MrKMigrii Arc ItcintMirliii;. Tie following cablegram was received at the war department early Monday morning: "Manila, April 8.?Adjutant Gen?ral, Washington: Present indications l denote insurgent government in perilous condition; its army defeated, discouraged and scattered. Insurgents returning to their homes in cities and i vilinges between here and points north I of Malolos, which our recounoitering imrlies have readmit. nml <1??iro urn. 4 F ~ t" " tection of Americans. News from Visayan islands more encouraging every day. Otis." The war department officials were pleased by the cheering dispatch from General Otis. Jt contains a great deal of encouragement to them, and those who know General Otis well say he is not a man to take a roseate view of the situation unless there is reason for it. It is argued at the department that the Filipinos have never been used to the kind of warfare that the Americans have given them, and for reason they are now aware that it will be impossible for them to accomplish anything by lighting. While there is disappointment because the movement for the capture of a large force of Filipinos was not succussful, it is believed the pressing of the insurgents steadily toward the north, capturing their capital and driving them from place to place has a very discouraging effect upon the natives who have been following Aguinaldo. Jt is evident by the reference which General Otis makes to reeonuoitering parties that he is having tho country thoroughly covered, and that tho information which they aro giving him is the basis of the dispatch received today. It is believed ttint desertion will soon deplete tho army of Aguinaldo to little or nothing. That portion of the dispatch relating to the Visnyans ro. fers to the operations of which Iloilo is tho capital. The group includes Panay.liohol, Celui, N<gros and others of less importance. Tho rebellion against tho United States authority was not very serious in these islands, 1. .:.... ?*.i .... i : ? ? ..riiiK mill in ii|i ny fill iMhlirH'M OI A gUljin Ido at Iloilo. EX-GO VERXOK PIEItl'ONT DEAD. 1'olltlcnlly Known nil tlie Fnlliprof West Virginia. Hon. Francis Pierpont, tho first governor of West Virginia, died Friday night in Pittsburg, Pa., at tho residence of his daughter. Ex-Governor Pierpontwas the union governor of the restored government of Virginia organized in Wheeling at tlie outbreak of the war bv the citizens of what in now West Virginia, and who then opposed tho Bc?osaion. He waa tho principal agitator of tho division of tho state before the war and a prime mover in tho organization of West Virginia aud lias since beou known as tho father of that state. MALOLOS EVACUATED. | American Flee Now Files Over Againaldo'e Kretwlille Capital. I A Manila special says: The American flag was raised over Malolos at 10 o'clock Friday morning. The Kansas j regiment and the Montana regiment, j on entering the city, found itpracticalily deserted. I It is evident that the rebels for some ' time patt had abandoned all hope of | holding their capital, for the Ameri; cans found there evidencos of elaborate preparations for evacuation. On the railroad the rails and ties for about a mile had been torn upland probably thrown into the,rivet. The only prisouers captured were a few Chinamen. They said Aguinaldo left Malolos ou Wednesday. . ' The principal citizens of Malolos, their families and goods have beeh i uKt'ii iuiu vuu UUUUI17 uver iuu 1 uiu uuu, while others departed on foot, carrying their possessions and driving their cattle and other animals before them. Colonel Fuustou always at" the front, was the first man in Malolos followed by a group of dashing Kan* snns. * The Filipino flag which was flying from the center of the town was hauled down by some men of the Montana regiment who triumphantly raised their own above it. From the columns of smoke arising from the city it seemed as if the whole place was ablaze. It turned out,however, that only the presidencia or government building, and a few of the smaller buildings, had been set on fire l?v the rebels before they evacuated the place. From tlio reports gathered by the American officers, from prisoners and others, it is believed that tfee rebel army is constantly losing strength on account of desertions, and that although the enemy may make one or two more stands, the forces of Aguinnhlo will degenerate, in perhaps a month, to a few hundred who may contiuue waging only a guerilla warfare in the mountains. THAT HOLLA It DINNER. Committee of Jrlf.rion Celebration Makes Formal Announcement. V.mr.nit \T lirnnjuiov Oc.cni).i> nf the committee of arrangements for tbe silver dinner to be given in the Grand Central Palace, New Yodjt^bn April 19i.li, to commemorate tlte' birthday of Thouins Jefferson, gave out the following statement: "To dispel all doubts in the mind of the public, friends and admirers of the Chicago platform and those who have forwarded money for tickets for the Jefl'ersoniau dinner, we, the only uuth rized committee of arrangements, in order to avoid all disputes in future, hereby desire to announce that tlio Jetfcrsonian dinner will be given by Chicago platform democrats on Wednesday, April 19th, at 7 p. 111., in the Grand Central Palace, at which Mr. liryan be present and make an address." It is estimated that 51,000 will be present at the dinner, of which 1,000 have already paid for seats. FOR MURDER OF WOMEN Two White M?>n and a Nfgro Are Hanged At Troy, Alabama. llichard Hale and Thomas Johnson, white men,and Sam Rives,colored, were bunged at Troy, Ala., Friday for the brutal murder of Mrs. Ira Meyers, an aged woman, and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. E. Meyers, whom they killoci ami attempted to burn at Josie, in December last. Robbery was tlio incentive for the deed. A plot hatched by tbe prisoners to escape from jail Thursday liiglit was frustrated. Every effort was inado by the lawyers and friends of tbe prisoners to have the governor interfere. It was thought that he might commute the sentence of Sam Rivers, the negro, who turned state's evidence and on u Ihku out I mi nil v iliA U'ltitn mm worn mainly convicted, but the facts did not warrant even that, much on the part of the chief executive. CANDY FOR THE ARMY. A1k<*> AiillioriiP. Supply of Svrrotiiirxt* to lli< Ki'pt on llmitl. llefore tlie departure of Secretary Alger from Washington, he approved a circular authorizing candies in half pound packages to he kept on hand for sale as staples to officers and enlisted men of the army. This is similar to action taken in European armies, hnsed on recent discoveries us to the food value of Biignr. HOARD HAD DAY OF REST, No WitiirimpH In tlie llfpf Inquiry Were r.x )i hi i urn itiimiiin.t. A Washington dispatch says: The beef inquiry board had 110 witnesses before it Monday. Major I.?ee, who represents Major General Miles, presented an additional list of witnesses for tho board to summon and this list was considered iu tho executive session. Among those who are ready to testify is Major Daly, who lirst made tho charge that the refrigerated beef had been chemically treated. General Miles will also be given an opportunity to reappear. SEW LIVES WERE US! I, PAKSEXUER STEAMER WRECKED , OX CAS^UET ROCKS. ? c SHE FOUNDERED IN A DENSE FOG ; t Vessel Carried One Hundred and Fifty ' Passengers?Scenes Were Most Heartrending. ( - ( . The passenger steamer Stella, ply- j in? between the Dort of Southamnton . ? - I / And the Channel Islands, crashed up- ' on the dreaded Casquet rocks, near the | ' island of Alderney, Thursday after- > noon in a dense log, aud foundered in < ten minutes, her boiler exploding as 11 she went down. (( Reports as to the number lost are ( conflicting, but the officials of the Lou- t don and Southwestern Railway Com- 1 pany, which company owns the boat, . said that the drowned will not exceed J seventy. 1 Other reports make the loss much c higher. Three boats, including a collapsible boat, are missing. The Stella left Southampton at noon r. Thursday, conveying the first daylight ,, excursion of the season to the Channel islands. There were about 150 pas- f seugers on board, and the crew num- 1 bered thirty-five men. The weather " was foggy, but all went well until the afternoon, when the fog became most n dense. . At 4 o'clock the - Casquet rocks and- ^ denly loomed up through the fog bank, and the steamer almost immediately I afterwards struck amidships. The captain seeing that the Stella | was fast sinking ordered the lifeboats 1 launched. His instructions were car- c ried out with the utmost celerity and ' the women aud children were embarked 1 in the boatB. The captain ordered the ; men to look after themselves. A survivor states that he and twen- < ty-flve others put off from the Stella in j a small boat. The sea was calm, but there was a big whirl ai ound the | rocks. Whan this boat war a abort distance away from tlie wreck tho boil- j 1 er of the Stella burst with terrific ex- | 1 plosion, and the vessel disappeared j ' stern foremoRt in the sea. Tho last thing the survivor saw was ; 1 the figure of the captain of tho Stella * standing calmly on the bridge and giv-1 ing his last instructions. The captain 1 perished with his vessel, owing to the j ( suction caused by the siukiug steamer being very great. Continuing, tho survivor referred to said: The suction was so tremendous that " we thought our boat would bo engulfed. I saw five boats and the collapsible boat besides our own leave the J wreck. They contained altogether between eighty and one hundred persons. Five of the hoata were soon lost to view, but w? took a boat filled j with women in tow, and the occupants of our boat took tho oars in turn and , rowed all night long until most of us ' dropped asloep, thoroughly exhausted. 1 "We sighted a snagboat also in the morning," said the survivor, "but the ! 1 Croat Western Railway Company's : steamer Lynx, from Weymouth, had ^ meanwhile hove in sight. She bore down on us and took all on board. ; ' She eventually landed us at Guernsey." j Forty Survivor* Kennicd. rri. ~ /"1 i. \IT i "i> ~ : i r\ I iiJCVTreui ?cmtsrii luiuwiiy i om- \ pany's steamer Vera, from Soutbamp- i ton, picked up forty others of the survivors and landed them at Guernsey, t Up to noon Friday 102 passenger* ( had been accounted for. Later accounts say that the Htella had 140 pas- < sengers on board, and that her crew t numbered 4'2. Another steamer of the same com- r pany which arrived at the island of t Guernsey about noon Friday reports having passed many victims of the disaster about the Casquet rocks. The passengers all agreo that per- '* feet order and discipline prevailed on i board the Stella. The crew promptly took up their station-* when the steamer s struck, served out the lifebelts and | ^ lowered the boats. I The scone at the moment of the v sinking of the vessel was heartrending, t Women were screaming and praying, 0 and people were clinging to spars and ( othor wreckage in all directions. v Those who had succeeded in getting " into the boats had a narrow esoapo: from being engulfed on account of the j suction caused by the sinking vessel, j 'PI. ~ 1 1.. - 1-:#i e - /?#* x 111* ih'ihh wero wr uiieeii a hours, (luring which time their occu- j pants wore without food or water, and as their clothes wer^ drenched, they , ( sulTored greatly. ' ( The disaster is generally attributed <: to the high speed at which tho steamer i was traveling in the fog. S" Many pathetic incidents are reported, f In several eases men lifted their wives and children into tho boats and then I perished themselves in their presence. 'I One wife who was thus bereaved lost t her reason. ji A largo number of the survivors nr- { t rived at Southampton without any ; ( clothing, clad only in blankets. | I SPRING ELECTIONS HELD 4 I Various Citim of MIoIiIknii, Oliln rikI MontHilU. A special from Detroit says: Mon- , ley's elections iu Michigan have not hown any marked change in the gen rnl political complexion of Ihe state, vhich is normally repnblican, hut the esult shows qnite heavy democratic jaius in some of the larger cities, no- , ably so in Detroit, Grand Rapids, Saginaw, Jackson and Kalamazoo. On a generally light vote the repub- icans hold their ownjajsmaller cities ind throughout Ahe T^ral districts. )f these about two-thirds,of the new udgcs are republicans. The republicans re-elect Judge Claudius B. Grant as justice of the su- ' urenie court, by a majority of at least >0,000. Thomas E. Dorkworth, democratic andidute for justice, ran nearly G,()()0 diead of Judge Grant in Wayne sounty (Detroit), and Grant received >nly a thousand plurality in Kent ounty (Grand Rapids), which, in resent years, has shown much heavier epublican majorities. The contest over circuit judges in Detroit was extensively split up and esulted in the election of three demo- I 'rats and two republicans re-elected. < Democratic candidates for judges of k he Detroit recorder's court won easily. Mayor Loennecker, democrat, was e-elected by a majority of 1,000 at Tackson?a democratic gain of 750. L'ho democrats carried Rattle Creek, 'lecting all officers excepting one allerman. The democrats elected mayor md three aldermen at Kalamazoo, and he republicans city treasurer and two ildermen. The elections in Ohio were generaly for municipal and township officers. IVhile local issues usually control liese spring elections, yet there were >ther influences in some places. John 11. Farley, democrat, was sleeted mayor of Cleveland over Rob>rt E. McKiknon, republican, the in umbent, by a plurality of about 3,>00. McKisson's defeat was due to the lefection of republicans who voted igainst him because of his bolt from Senator Ilauna and bis pnrty during he contest before the legislature a rear ago last winter. The whole ieket suffered somewhxi on nowmnf >f the oppositie^ to ^JoKisson, but lot enough to defeat any of the other mudidatea. The vote was very heavy. At Columbus a republican mayor ^ ,vas elected for the first time in twelve a renrs. At Cincinnati the rejmblicaus have i plurality of 7,000 and the present lemocratie mayor was elected two rears ago by almost as large a plurility. At Toledo an independent republican was elected on Pingree issues, issisted by iinancinl complication. At Dayton the democrats made millicipal gain!;, but the republicans J gained in the township, which seems o ho the case throughout tliastate. In the smaller cities as well as in he rural districts the republicans slaim gains. As u rule, the vote was ight. At Canton, the home of President -i tlcKinley, James Robertson, republi- * an, was elected mayor by thirteen durality, a change from the present lemocratie administration. The result of tlieBntte, Montx, olecion is a majority of about 500 for McCarthy, democratic candidate for . nayor. The republicans elected the ' ity treasurer, police magistrate and ] our or five of the eight aldermen. 4 t .. "\t: i- -? i i it j ii miHMouiH, ueusiLT, rcpumicnn, . vas elected mayor nnd u republican * najority in the council is elected. ? Collins, republican, is elected inay>r of Great Falls; the council is demount ic. 2 Anaconda elects the entire demo- ^ rntie city ticket except police magisrate. In Livingston, Smith, democrat, is * dected mayor, witli practically the enire democratic ticket. ^ IX PAYOR OF HKVKXITE At T. ( 'li? 1 * ii i t ? ?1 Supreme Court IIiukIh I?o\vii Iiii|>ortniit llt'clMiou. A Washington dispatch Rays: In the 6 upreme court of tiie United States ] doiuliiy a decision was handed down >y Justico Peckbam confirming the alidity of the revenue act imposing axes upon the transactions of boards f trade and similar institutions. In another caso a similar opinion vns rendered with regard to tnxos ipon transactions at stock yards. KAY'N IMMl'NES KETl'K.V. Lrrlvp al Snvnimnli From Culm on Trnnnport Si'ilKH'Irk. The Third United States volunteers a Kay's immunos) arrived at Savannah, In., Sunday from Sagua do Tanainon ' in tho transjiort Sedgwick. The reg- rnent will go into detention cani]> at lapelo, the federal <iuarantino station, or five days. With tho regiment thoro are a mini?er of ladies, the wives of officers, 'heso will have to undergo disinfec* ion and quarantine the same as the n ivate soldiers. 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