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- * y w' v^J ' t .. \V' . ' - _. * ' ! >s* % ; ? * V$r UNION'S ADVANTAGES. . * * -*- * j -|tT y~w m T T "* jr POPULATION OF UNION?sss^ie&8A&> I H r|, I i|M 1 I I VI lu ^ u.a^...i, South) one oil mill, one knitting mill, *? I II I 'J ^ I I / I ^ I I W I I A L. /| Police Census 1896 2,990 one brick plant, two banks, ten churches, *y JiL JL JEL~jA ^ ^ ? Police Census 1897 - - - 4,679 five schools, artesian water. ^ ' \> m???________ --L-H i'lil ?????? ^ j."' -- - - ii-tL.i.iu.um.-^. -. xlx? ?iun .u-il.-i^.. h..^ VOL. XLIX. NO. mi* UNION. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 5 J899. $1.00 A YEAR. ? . : 1 .? - a MKE Filipinos Seek to Surrender. ME III MICE FLAG They Cull Upon Uoneral Oils For Terms of Cu]flUilatiov. A special from Manila says: As wan predicted, the capture of Ca'..nmpit by the Americans broke tho brokboue of the insurgents' cause. Au?l the capture was made by such d.-tring skill and was such a remarkable military achievement that Aguinaldo lost no time in hoisting a Hag of tru?e, and making overtures for u cessation of hostilities. Colonel Manual Ajgneleses and Lieutenant Joe liernal, chief of General Luna's stair, entered General McArthur's lino early Friday morning, bearing tho Hag of truce, 'lliey were en route for Manila by train to confer with General Otis retrardiiur iho terms of surrender. Arrive at Manila. Arriving nt Manila Colonel Manuel Argueleses and Lieutenant Jose Kernel, told General Otis that they were representatives of General Luna, who bad been requested by A,guinal(lo to n?k General Otis for a cessation of hostilities in order to allow time for tbe summoning of the Filipino oougress which body would deeido whether the people wanted ponce. General Otis replied ttaat he did not recognize the existence of a Filipino government. When tho flag of truce was first raised the Filipino officers walked down the railroad track^oyie.jKAujML ^ ^ * morning." Tho'eopTtdnin ctmiuana thero ocortod them to General Wheatoil's headquarters where they were provided horses and sont to the headquarters of General MacArthur. The latter invited tho Filipinos to sit-down at lunch with him and conversed with them for some tiine. lie refused, however, to speak authoritatively on tho subject of their errand. Ttiey ltriU'li Otia' Cninp. The FiMipinos were then escorted by Major Moloney of General MacArtlull's stall' to Manila, reaching that place nt II o'clock p. in. General Otis' aid, Lieutenant Sladon, wu? awaiting their arrival ut the depot with a carriage in which they were driven to Palace entrance. They were escorted directly to the office of General Otis. Jacob G.Sehurnian, president of the Philippine commission, aud Hon. Charles Denhy, a member of the commission, soon joined the party there. The news of the arrival of the Filipino officers under a flag ot truce spread through the city rapidly, and many otHcers gravitated to the corridors of the palace, while a crowd of natives gathered in the square opposito the palace. At 5 o'clock the two Filipino officers, escorted by Lieutenant Sladeu and Major Maloney, left tho palace. They did not look at all e'ated as a result of their talk with General Otis aud members of tho Philippine commission. j Made n Fruitless Attempt. At Calumpit for tho first time a large body of Filipinos attempted to face the Americans in open ground. Tho Filipinos in the trenches were dispersed after making a ridiculously feeble resistance; but General Luna's brigade enmo upon the field from Macnbeles on tho double-quick, the > two regiments preserving a perfect formation. n..i i a i a _ t tl .i. j?ui. wueu mo American uuueis showered thickly among them, stirring clouds of dust from the sandy soil, the Filipinos again showed that ? no amount of drilling could fortify them sufficiently to make them face ta the Am' rican rifles, and their train K pufl'od up the track, with its load of dead and wounded, in plain sight of the Americans who were entering the town so closely that the rebels barely slipped out of their victors' hands. KOrrilFRN It A I'TIST CONVENTION To Ito Held In l.ouli vl I If, Ky., May fill to lAtli, I SOU. On account of the above named con vention the Western Ar Atlantic am [N. C. A St. L. It. It. and L. A- N. It It. will rim a special train in ndditior to their double daily service for tin accommodation of the Baptists of Nortl Carolina, South Carolina, Florida am Georgia points. The special will leavi Atlanta Wednesday, May 10th, at 4:.ri( p. in., arriving at Louisville H. a. m. and makea the run from Atlauta t< Louisville without change. Itates on a furn for the round trip. Fo t sleeping oar apace write to C. E. Har % man, G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. i\ sMith - unanimously elected. AUaatlu la Mad* President of International Smufajr School Association. The second day's proceedings of the Ninth International Snuday School Association, iu session in Atlanta,Ga., developed many near features of great interest. Three sessions were held Thursday, inoruing, afternoon and evening. tUi* pern house was well filled at beUi day sessions, and at night tho^-frim" hAB5 altAHflftrrm was packed to tike doors with eqnally as brilliant an Audience as assembled the iirst night.* * , " I Hon. Smite, of Atlanta, was unniiimouafy- elcotqd president of tha association i ihd aseomed the duties at [ liim c.ftieo imuiktdtat^f after his election and will ncr^^totff'ihe ne*t regnlhr the nuciv^uu^ %v resented several Sunday ioIioo^^hH criminated against; the wk JS Chairman John M. Green made ti forceful talk, in which he atated th# southern people respected the uejpo, and had done mnoh for'him, but feat there was decided opposition tb ittSg in the same pew with then. , - '*& Kulocy <>I ll'r State of Mn>?sacliuaettn Spoken Through Dr. Conrad. The state of Massachusetts paid a glowing tribute to Henry Woodiin Grady at Atlanta, Ua., mursuay axternoou. Rev. A. Z. Conrad, pastor of the Frst Congrcgationalist church of Worcester, Mass., delivered the memorial address at the Grand opera house and that building was packed to its greatest capacity to accommodate the crowd that gathered to hear the oration. After the address at the opera house a beautiful evergreen wreath was placed on the monument to Mr. Grady by Dr. Conrad after appropriate exerercise and renuirks by a number of prominent people. The last address Mr. Grady made wuh at Boston, Mass., about ten days before his death. The address was one of the most eloquent and one of the most widely quoted that he ever delivered. It had the effect to draw closer together the north and the south than any address that had been made previous to that time, and the effort has seldom been equaled. Mr. Conrad called attention to the fact that although'''the north has not erected a monument to the memory of Henry Grndy, his words have been indelibly impressed upon them and his memory is equally sacred there aB here. ROADS AND CITY DISAGREE. Chance? For New Depot In Atlanta, G?., A Varv Utl.t. The chances are fifty to one that Atlanta, On., will not have a new union passenger station. The indication are that tho present carslied will be repaired, possibly reipodeled, and that the roads will continue to use it for several years longer.' An eii'ort is being made to put the responsibility on tho roads. Their reply is: "We are willing to build a handsome, commodious union station on the preseut site, but the city council has imposed conditions upon us with which we cannot comply." The roads say they cannot comply with the city's conditions in respect to Whitehall street without ruining their freight yards and damaging warehouses and depots along their sidetracks. OTIS IS CONtHRA1TLATED 1 I'.y l're?iilmit McKinley On Receipt of Gnoil New* From Manila. Immediately upon receiving from ' Washington the dispatch of Oeneral Otis, President McKinley, who was 1 in Philadelphia at the time, Bent the 5 following message of congratulations 1 to the soldiers in the Philippines: 1 "Philadelphia, April 28.?Otis, 3 Manila: Your message announcing ^ the achievements of MacArthur's di> vision and the proposal by the in* 3 surgents of suspension of hostilities ? most gratifying. Convey to officers r and men heartfelt congratulation!! and ' gratitude for their signal gallantry and triumph. William McKinley." FEARFULLY Fill ME RAPIDLY RUSIIINU WIND SWEEPS THROUUH MISSOURI TOWS. MANY VICTIMS FOUND \W DEBRIS tar in TKimrrwMi iitfs tXM Death U?t la lie Wake?List ef tic cyclone upon Kirkstilia,.^o., ih4 town tnad^famou. by oetaajwthy, at 0:20 o'clock Thnretlay night.w^iup ft* aaat aide of the V>wft wai liTJpfial iwl from the i?p. A broad, clean path; nearly * quarter of a mil* wide, was made through the place. " ^Srjbably 400 homes, where an honr before families were asking the dirjpe blessing upon the evening meal? are new scattered as fragments somewhere beyond - the town, in woodland and pwade 8o*Qloqk onaJA Ofcr the >ed the the in?i of the esnors, enand ool of il the !e men. Send j i cieau. v>aus? oiprena nuguun, pnviuo conveyances and stretchers, were all in service, yet the Bupply was wholly inadequate and many needy ones limped out of the wreckage and made their way as best they could to asylums. ItulMlnga Take Fire. Half a dozen wrecked dwellings took fire immediately after e cyclone had passed. The fire be. rang out a call of help to Kirksville's needy, but there were none with time to stop these isolated lires. They were left to their own resources. Lurid lights from these bonfires illuminated death's wake, and helped the rescuers to carrjj on their errand of mercy. An undertaking establishment was used as the clutVnel house and a score of the dead are now there, some of them un id entitled. The homes just outside of the death path were opened to refugees. On both sides of the storm path the debris was piled high and when the fire started it burned fiercely. In all probability a number of bodies have been incinerated. The storm first struck the eastern portion of the city near that part occupied by the board ing nouses oi me siuuenis or rue American School of Osteopathy, State Normal school and McWard's seminary. It was just supper time for the students, and it is thought very probable the list of dead will be tilled with students, as a large number of these boarding houses were demolished. Sturm Striken Newton. A special from Chiilicothe, Mo., says: A tornado, probably the sanit one that Bwept over Kirksville, struck Newtown, in Sullivan county Tlrurs day night and caused terrible destruc tion. It is reported that fifteen peo pie were killed in the city and tha1 many others were killed in the conn try near there. A great number o buildings were blown down. Heavj rain followed the tornado, adding greatly to the damage. r?*?en Through Iowa. A dispatch from Osawa, In., says A terrific windstorm, followed by rail and hail, swept the Soldier vallej Thursday night, leaving death am ruin in its pain. Over an inch of rail fell and n heavy hailstorm lastec twelve minutes. four people are re ported killed. The death rute iu Manila la less thai lint In Boston. TO ItEUNION VISITORS. Thosa fining to Charleston Should Kngug AccmniiiuiUIlona lly Wlm or Mull. Intending visitors to the Unite* Confederate Veterans reunion ii Charleston, H. C., are urged bj th< committee of arrangements to eugag* accommodations in advance of thei arrival, and thus avoid the fush an* inconvenience which will be sure t* occur if they delay. If intending via itors will write or wire R. P. Evans chairman, at once, instructing hie exactly as to the number in the part; and price of accommodations wanted he will try to secure it. CONVENTION ADJOURNS. Iindar School Workcri Finish Their Labors?Hurt Next In Denver. The lest sessions of the ninth International Sunday School Association ?t A Sent a, which were held Saturday, jMte perhaps -more largely attended tnhn those of any former day, aud the fism displayed by the convenhe close of the president's edthe evening will be long reed by all who heard it. was accomplished during the ee sessions of importance to school work iu the United MUU. *?.i ....... ...... ?1 | (lorittg the two days previous, and tho guMUfratea departed for their homes BMtnthe conviction tlmt tho ninth mtiifnatioual convention had not only the largest in point of atteiul. ance, but the most productive of good to the cause in which they are laboring than any former convention. The nomination of Hon. John Wanamaker, of Pennsylvania, as chairman Of the executive committee, was received with deep approval by the delegations from every state, the members . of which being familiar with the interest and enthusiasm displayed in Sunday school work by the ex-postmaster . general of the United States. i^Jfhe nomination of the day that tKok a responsive chord in the heart delegate was that of Mr. B. t&Upobr, of Chicago, the nestor of d|f|i|tPhvention, as the chairman of the ropijllnirn to make a tour of every OOtUfctry on the globe where the Bible ;haapeen introduced. Denver, Col., was selected as the pjace of meeting of the tenth international and fourth world's convention. It had been announced that these two conventions would be held in the same city, and at the same time, and the large audience was on the qui vive of expectation when the chairman stated that invitations were ia order. Although Toronto and Todianapolis made strong pleas for the conventions," the speech of E. W. Halford, which was one of the ruosteloqnent and most brilliant heard in the hall, carried the different delegations by storm, and when he conceded, it was r?adilv J seen IV*- *llK0 1^ ^Honsj^iy $tafiSfcu?ala es* ^ai *'***** ^The l.- to over, |j{ committee returned during <hcourtra list of vice presidents and m*{^ tak" the international executive* otrtLitteo that is an honor to the association. An able address was delivered by President Smith on the occasion of the close of the convention and the fervent and eloquent prayer of Rev. Dr. George, of Mississippi, brought to end the most successful as well as the largest couvention in the history of the International Sunday School Association. WARRANTS ARE DRAWN , For I>i*cti*rg? of Treaty Obligation* af I'lilted Stilton To Hpalit. At the reqnejt of the secretary of sElJe the treasuiy department Saturday difew four diplomatic settlement warrants for $5,000,)00 each in discharge of the treaty obligations of the United States to Spain, ? i The warrant directed the United i States troasurer to pay the several sums to his excellency, Jules Camkon, i ambassador extraordinary and ploui; potentiary of Fr.nce, representative >' of the governmen of Spain. The warrants vore signed by F. A. i Vanderlip, assistint secretary of the i treasury; F. J. Trccwell, comptroller, i>y u. Al. roree, c.ier clerk, and Ellis , H. Roberts, who (Irected the assistant treasurer of the Uited States at New i York to pay them. KILLED WHILE XPERIMEXTIXJ. Five Men Sent Into brnltr By the Buret* > lug of n 'orpedo. > The powder preset Dnpojit powder mill at Carney's Pqit, N.J., exploded Saturday afternoon killing five men and injuring three thers. The explosion oturred during an ^ experiment with agovernment giant torpedo. Among te killed was Capt. f Stewart, a governnlut inspector, J SOUTHERN lAKES DEAL. South Caroline anctGeorgla Hai Been Placed In Jlw Hand*. ; The deal betweeithe Southern rail( way for the purcha&of the latter railroad has been consumated. J The terms of the frchnso were not ' given out, but it ii understood the } Southern will ente into control at ' once and probably pt on a steamship line to the West India. > LABOR CONVEJ&ON HELD. Georgia Sta'.s Fedaraon Holds First Meeting In slants. The first conventidof the Georgia State Federation of 'tides was called ^ together at Atlanta Thrsday morning a in the counoil ohambebf the city ball 0 at 10:80 o'clock. B Tl, nt ?! auo uup?uwd? vt lugjuvquuuu WHO r disposed of with disjtoh and har* monj. In all there w? 110 delegates D and alternates preseuUt the conven'* tion. i > The feature of the {ivention wae a the vigorous attack nde on ohild T labor and the general vocacy of,an '? eight-hour working day -I I il TI"T j Wm. A. 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