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0OL XV AANNING. S. C.. WEDNESDAY, DECEMER1.90
A liu MBI.IE.
Sam1yr~ i % n- Bew. .n T i
man. WLc .Lur n
0 L L CF EME SENA' E.
an McLw . J An r-tmrn m'
Tanari g mmene: t. R-sig
na0 c L e Pa. sit S tng C f h c 2t.
Oine dsy lat r.h the UnWAd Sistes
Senate Ciber was the scee of a
h g !y drbamie episcde, wbn Senator
TiLman chalc:g d Sanatcr .L . .
to reEigz wiLh him on the spot In ordr,
to u-e his oan latguage, that thc-y
miglt bo ablc "to ish their diziy liea
at home." Senatcr McLuria did not
take up the gasge.
The txcitlcg Ecene Setwen~ the too
Senatcrs Uas a dmet stOe UC thre con
trverss which are:e be-ween thcma in
soush Crolit last sprirg
S&nator MceLarin aroso to a qus:icn
of pc sena. p;ivilece toda"-, &ad pro
.eeeced to i xpain hat he charged we
a conti:ncy a .- isercA. i & c'i-'
8,ate fvr ses and ven whic did co,.
metz the apjr;.vai of cer tinDcccratic
leccers. He dci. r:d tbt e was 'e
ing humilated az -: e.C r.2rg to :~
pubibc prints, -;as to be xc:Pded Lm
the Dsc'c:atin caucus, beesuse "-e a-:
acted u-on crt.,a p.uZ:ic iEUel iQ a
way hieh he co deid wa for the
best inter.s:s ti the cony and th
people of Lbs State. Ho arm o
a belie7vr in the old D.moe..~y
and, ier denc,.o g the r e ; Dato
cratic Aeadrs, who,, he s-d, hld
brooght detruction upon the par,.y d
'clarea that te c.u ad Lot be driven frim
his ld alicsit-cc into a par.y with
which he did rot carc to affi--e.
Senater McLiurin's st;enr.en:s Z.ew
the fire (f senator Joncs, chnaraan o'
the D-mcratic n' committee,
,who denied t LC La SLY i "ucriar
motives" in not ivtig Senat.r Mc
LuziC to enzer the Taucts.
From Senator jlimamn it brorght
for;h a review of the whole centrov -:y,
in the course of which Senat: Loar
took occaeon to express the opinion
that be had dou~ts as to whe.ther both
the Sou.h Caro'ina scats in thre aenate
were nct in realiy Vacant. H. con
tended that whi n .he resia.natioos v e:e
cffered last spri' g io the Governor tey
could not therest.er te withdra.n, -u:
that thev bec me immedzate'y o-era
tive. H . n d a preced.,en a:. ,u2
gested tzat 14h1e the M cLreitte on pr.v
lieges and electi-na l*oo irM-t the mat
Jer.
The el.mtx came when Senator Til
can ehuenger- Sera or McL u u to
Join wi.h him in preparig their
joint resianations and hbanaig Ethem U
the preeiding ccfii-r of the S ate.
IhiS Chailene, hoh.eier, M-L-urin cmi
not accept, and the Lp soade wa bro~ught
to an abrupt cioze t a Mctic -S
iorLedge that e te
T!E CONTROVERSY IN DETit.
At the conclusion or be' mornirg
business tire wa, secm s ar a. a
in the chamoer when Senaws.r McLsu
riD, of South Carolina, arose to a ge~es
tion of personal privilege. He hadt be
arise to a question of personal privikcge
in conaection with the published state
:ment that I have been excluded from
g articipation in te DLamiocratic party,"
ihe announced. With evidence of coai
widerable emotion ho proceeded to ex
piain that i! such was the case, and that
if ae was to be without asigment
upos emmittees, the righ: of his S:ae,
which he in part repre sented, would
suffer. The personai s&fc; or an cx
clusion from xep sentation on commit
tee was, he said, not of as muth imupor
ance as its efecot upon the S&ate of
;South Carolhna.
'The oniy notice he had ever bad, he
sad, that be was to be excluded from
.heDemocratic eaneccs came last eprirg
before the adjcurnment of the Senate,
when he was accosted by the ceirman
of the Democrat:c national committee
in thre cloak room and asked why Ire no
longer attended t he D~en.ocratic caucus
es. S'nator McL aurto said he had re -
plied that in view of his opinion of the
question growing out of the Spanish war
he thoughlt that his presence migur be
.embarrassing. The Democratic chair
man hrad replied:I
"Then perhaps it wculd be 1t: a em
ibarrassmng to you not to be invited to
athe cauctsT
.Senator McLaurin said he had rez
plied: "Certain:y."I
This imoient, S~nter M.Lsurin de
lared, wats the culiration cf a Olg
seris of events, in a e.tcct wagt d by
an element of the Dmcratic party
again::t him.I
By thbis tim~e ih entre senate was
intcA.tCd. dvaral Rrpubhcasns Cro: sed
the political Ztie to the Demzcra:.io
side, the botet t a i en to waat Sena
tor EcLaurmn hid to sy
Ctnau.uing, r.:or McLaurin sid
he wouldi ce buLnt did he no.t Iear that
the movement ag.iust hi m - ..e to
keep alive seca.li. For man.y
yers thre people of tae Som h :ad r i
ised that tiny hadi to.. G e -ci
fair ihare ct the :ici.ai beef...
Srnator M Liu:in ntca led the~ in tt
ahough Sa:.el J. EL da- c a aAv
cated a protcti' 0 ..i he b'a nn
voted for in a .L);nroerc Nato K
.convenrion for hedent. Ha-ncck,
sithough ce dec'au.. t the iar:if 'as
a loni~ issue, hsd be s oia edfo
President, ez .) Dave. B.I i,La' ug
h opposed the income ix, had not o.;cn
read out of the lDmocranro party.
The holding or such vie as by' Nx orr
ern men, no matter hecw diver.~ d ~id
not enicarger the positioni fe r jac 1.
liticai leaers, sa. conseCqairY t. I
were immune from attack. But wcnen
a S.ud'.era man, sdid Senator Mc Lau
in, tried to get the bensd: of ti~e fr
for hs secple those whose poiutlC ca
e r miat be ended by the ruicess oe
hi ifas were ready to crusn and hu
miia e him. Hie ad cor.tended tha:
if the tar if was rcotery hu seCtion
should sare in ihe booxy. Upon that
isue he hid lately gone into a cam
paign S':n Carolina and, aithoufh his
Deocracy had been antscee open tLe
stump, the people of his S:ate nad en
dorsed him, lie declared t:, d-rig
at campaign "calumny, falsehood anda
: Ve y ve: equaea~ io Am rian
p h bnC e.1npo7C", and now
he pae~rt.camiag; r him wa s
d sn o.us: winh pAtron
Vl "sea ' ter e t !oed his for
L4 I o high ereoi regpra
SZ d 1: ale te unnecery f-r him to
r-1u -oop to Co ig
.0 an :;--t. it wan c h-t an Uen
6 .hi? ?>e, ad tehe h-4 reem
mnr,.:.ed geo-. meu :T.r cffi. ':-cause ho
id e f-t dire tO ee a repa.?iion of the
crrible am.irr at Lske City, when a ne
Zro tott e n::d been bu--ed to
.El. He had- voted for the w"r
Sat ad declrard thy he was com
: to support th Administration
C oon-'nuted it. He sti t-ou-ht
t the condu~t of the wtr shculd have
be:; non partis- and dar-ng its pro
;rcis o :,ad revt-r heard f:om Presi
_eat M:iKiele's lips a .ord concerning
par-y savan-age. Senttor M-Liura
raw a high tribute to the late Presi
eat. whcm he charaEr'zd as a broa-.
t aM and a (ltri!tian gentleman."
Serator McLeurin said tnat he h3d
o ci ial no zedgf of 0he charge
reUiht agait-st him by his Dmcc-a-ic
eigues, but that from the rc;spa
.rs Le understaod that the prinuTprd
"rstrges were that he had not oppos, d
he rof the mao y of p-ce
iIh 1pa ;;_ he po h ' Ciseld' :he Adi
nz-.iztratic 1 in i:s c g s to restore or
er in tho Paiippianes, aid to that en.
a voted "fr an ease in thi stand
- ry. and 1ih be was in 'svr of
he cpmiig -f t. Amrican mner
It thesc tre ib-h o hz-g," Ciid
c, d .a INe;ly "t' tre and ,
Jy in them." He :i ha had not
'sh a te voti his party ure
r e qui on of rat.'. the peace
,rea, sua aiad it no -. n for de re
per.:s: of heitis in the Phliprines
le would have d ; ::e. o ne cpinio
f is collegues. Bat. he de'cred,
0dt t e son and consoiene
_.1 rnot De Flfied by the party s h
.ih bi.r words Snror McLiurin
hen pvocedei to cx!crtite the nui
eers of Dh- Demoracy, who, }e 1,
ad g-t. d the p3.rty tc-ugh its dI
t on c.uting the iet eix y s:a
Fo --7e tryirg to rucify thaoso who
enu1 :ko d-rw theDeotocratic pir
F baek to its old a;legiance. He was
:ot on- cf :hcsa who wished to u-e the
rme of Demccracy for a Ehrui in
;ich to bury the prize-ples of the old
That party. he t ec'ared, had always
een riumpurant, cxcpt wh n the see
toz1 issue was Yais:-. He propsea,
.aid, tfo o0e in 1i5 judigment for
- te ' ie ': o .c'lo g the liei
f D e- zr11c t)ci! s, but he d d ct
o:o - his .i z:nti pro
< s EV .e ho beliC to bkfcr thAe
est ire4t dthe peo- , simply be
usE it waoevcated byZ R-peheans,
In coil uie anator McLaud~n stid
E did : t propose to be driven frcm his,
wn party, i or to be forced int) efi is
on witl Wne -ary with which he oid.
t cere to ally himsef, and that on
reat putie qn!sriOns he would act a3
Urig to (Ie e' . his own con
ree a- d iest jfmcat.
WHAT SENATOE J40NES SAYS
When de-.or McLsurin took his
esn S.nator JUnes, (f A-ase, took
e fi.or to ma a at.e~t Somz
f the statements made by~ Senator Me
.urin, Sercutor Jones said, he consid
'red a refieation upon himself, and he
esired to t ffr a statemnent coOncernrr
he incident to whioh ~snator McLnu
in hed referred. At the extra session
.f the Sanate lst spring he had been
sed byv the caucus ofac for the list
i Senatora who were to be summoned
a ctums, and Senater McLaurid3a
ame heir g msentioned he (Jones) had
Lid he would hin~scif see the Senator
om SouL Carohna.
-- met him in the cloak rocm," said
~enatr Jons, "and reecalieg the fact
iat he had not attended a Democratia
aucus for more than two years I asked
tim what his status was. He replied
hat his relations with the party were
ch that he thought it would be em
iarassing for him to enter the Demo
'rase caucus. I then said to him:
Yea do not wish to be invited then'T
nd he re plied, 'Certaitdy.'"
"As to the charge of uiterior motive
n my~ part," contuued Senator Jones,
I am content to trest it with the con
empt it descrres. It is a notoricus
'aet, which everyone seems to under
tand, except the .Snator from South
2aroina, that there has been no Demo
ratio caucus at this session cof Congress.
Ihave no hesitar cy, howver, i saying
Kt in a recent conversation wit~h a
esding member en the other side I said
him that I did not thirn the Damo
rstic esucus could undertake to provide
ommttee assgnments for the &nator
refl south Carolina."
SENATOR TILLM1AN S REPLY.
Sator T'idman, of Soath Carolira,
as on his icet wsen S:r:ator Jones
ncluded. In his characteristic way
e announeed that whde his namehd
ot becn :.cntioned ri. z d that he~
a tie cause C f it all. He said he'
oud not at this tae :ake an exte rd
d rpily. B..afiy, the he reviewe d
e conuxoversy between AImself and
an~or McLurir, wdioh led to ths
int teL d:r of their re~s g~aticOs to the
evrer of Scu.h Cer a last tpring
r~d:siof he min-* ;' r 3a zo tt
at "thd rehcr.c bzecii r.1 u:o.
aSrTor n a Me comeni h d
a ened to witha draw mue.
tr liar said ha ha~i ex iued t
eord, and of about tno h-drd cue
c ate-s had~ ;esigr e , Sesa Mc
an~in e j>5ed i-e e?nv.sble distrOin i
f her t he only cna vho had with
m h r-ignasien after offering i c
hs to ::erator McoLs;rin's ch-.rge of
crspra'y to humiliate him by barri.
a~n frm I13 :2-eertiOc uns, Set
h-t N h-' ro: be'n in Washitgon
ai,"sa drc:m 201 jar i up by him.
1 the erer~'ion of s ownbri.
In cc:" nSa~o Ti.:1nsa, 'with
, wecf his ar. adjar'e. his Den
ratic cole:e "rot to fret abcui
b~re that were co nspring to dieerd
.t Senator McoLaurin at home, because
us crowd was demoralised, cowed and
~anpd."
Set or JcLuzun made ro r* t
ouat,)r T0i! m:. a, but he are tfor a -no
ment to reply to Stnater Jores to sy
that he did not desire thst there t-hculd
i be --y rLi- r oZ, n!, i his c:ar ze that
there had beeL; sa "ahetrfor- 1ur-oFs
ia aant'in' he1had dzie. "I lhud't
T w itied in swing what I did,"
id 'te I aept his ditchirr."
- I i.ia rothins," re ortted Stna
tor Jrses, wi:.t ris-g from his scat.
I"Isag em dca'
"L. ta~ t'h ;en.tOr for his caue
sy " oINve Tedr ~uan boi -
i!t w1:.% mock ci.ference, as he iook his
seat.
SENATOR HOAR S POINT.
S:nator H.ar, of Mwachuset's, ad
dressed himself as to the lega'ity of
te r-ignations which the Sotwh Cara
lin Senators had sent to the G sverror
of their State. HI d eased1 th&at the
resignation of a legislative cifioe vacated
the ffi-e at ones, and that he doubted
whether sunh resignations coula be
withdra-n. He said that Speaker
Blaite had so hekd apon one O0casioU
in the ho.so contrary in the English
notion that legislative cefice cannot be
resigned. He said that a man could
not be kept in cffie agatinst his will,
and raised a laugh by observing that,
in his epi'on, neither of the South
Csro'ira S:ttr3 hai a right to addreis
the Sinate if the statements made by
Sl'nator Till'aA wer eaorreot.
In reply to this sally Snset Till
la 'ad rie bad hmc been Gf the
ame a ion, athau-h he was not a
leer. and in w -thdrawi h4- re-igna
tio" ; ins -he Govcrrior :t t -e he
4.d ei d that he withdrew ii "if is
ns a .ul o do so." He su gos.cd
that T1e j-iciary committee skuld
loDk into the mater, as he should en
joy nothi. so reuan as washing the
dirty lirea v hcme.
Jumpmre -o hii feet Senator MzLaur
in dcC.::t d. in rinzia;g tones, that he
was ready to meet his caliergue any
-*ace er at ar>5 t.me, for the discussien
O the iw.. between th-m. 6ere
a-on in t3o most drsmil IOhD,
SeatrTilan challe'ged W*' cai
es,"u- -o r"siga on the sp-. "L U'
draw up tx"! pers now,":isd he, "and
en.id~r tmto thle Man," ( Z 7:tig
with o-stre:ched arm t.ward lhe I re
siding cfie) "'i that riil setle it.
&I eye were turDr.e upon McL-.rin
as Senater Tililman paused, as if wait
itg for his coleague to ae-pi th-zhai
le;ge, but Snatsr A L -urin, sitteen
looking hm steadily in th.e tye. ded
not rlae from his se!at or make recly.
Senator hoar again toox the fb or and
explaied in detail the cc'a -Uon
which Speaker Blaine he-d hed that a
resig::&aion immediately vawated a seat
iu the H'use. A resolution for the ex
pun:on <f a member from &>u.h Caro
was ahcut to be votel upon, and
the memaber. kt:oing that th: reto.u
tion wcutd be ea&pted, sent his rfi
nation to the Chair. wLih te
of addreszing tie House &nci trun ff,r
ing it before th- vote on the reo'ution
was taen. As soon as Speaker Bi:,ine
saw the nature cf the commanizvion
sent to him~ he immediate'y decLzered
the seAtvacant, thus putting ao end to
ali farcher procacdingV Senator Hear
contended that I the facts bes;ng
upon the cssa of the South Carolina
Senators had been oorr- ly stated it
was dca'btfui wheth~er they were entitled!
to seata upon the Leer of the: Senato at
this time. He thought the comc mittee on
privileges and elections shoud itrqire
into the matter.
Senator ?iliman said that he was
glad that his own legal instinct had
Deen backed by so eminent a legal au
thority as the chairman of the j adiciary
comittee. If his colieague wculd
prepare any docament that would va
cate his seat as well as his (Timan's)
he would be glad to sign it. As long
as he represented the people on the
O or, he said, in conclusion, ho pro
posed to represent them honesdly and
not in a faishion which was a disgrace
to his state.
Senator L~t1ge at this point arose
and announced, with a smile on his
face, that while the resignations were
preparing he would move that the Sen
te go into executive session. ,The mc
tion was carried.
After half an hour behind closed
doors the Scnate adj ,urned.
MIcLaurin and Wellington.
The Democratie senators in Weash
ingtcn Thursday held their first cau
cs of the sesujon. Its purpose was to
cosder committee assignments, but
the occasion wa:2 more than ordine rlly
signifisnt Ir.cause of the general at
tendance upon the csucens. All the
seatore eiered a., Demoorats, with the
mxepbn cf Szrator McLsuria of Stuth
Usrolina were present as were all of
the seniters who were elicted as Silvar
Reu:ioans or Pop~ulists bator
Joneis p.resentsd a s~a.iunt fromn the
pnuhucan cam-it~e tn committ,.,
ou-.adng its wihes a~s to the comit
te asenmenzs. The R-pubioe s did
nct indtsste any intmion to take c:.r
of S:nator We lirgton in the matter of
cmmit-..e-, rar was any sugg: ion
maein the eaucus that the Dm-ocrats
should find p:accs ior him. The Demo
crauo leaders of the sonata have t i
f:d the Republicans that the ~mnority
o s not f.:l c~Uled upon to provide
ca. iece ph-:s f or either Sznators
McL ur n or Weilington. It is n;der
steon tn...: th3 Reunblican commi-tze
on cmmi-.tca wi?u asiign these eena
A Serious Charge.
Ben :.lam~, colored, a's ex-slve of
e ged wi?th ki ois Aig negoes andJ
eaig them as slav.-s to the w ite
er.cr of a lerinessee river isld
pnation somie m3hed below Deca'ur.j
I: i r.lugred that Milam tcul inuc
ne ve w acompas hi~n to 'ie ilandI
wih the promise of secuticg positions
for themn on the planta ion at good
was and tha~t when they resceed
.h e :*ould sol them in bondiige,
whue they wer-e enfined within stouk
ades. It is tsid tit; a young regro
who recentiy Lecoal3 from tho isnd
o:d the: rtory i.-d c-aused she armt of
.bn Mailm. H:. repmsc ther. a kid
aped r~egro has beea cot~fined on
s island as a eIhve f r seven years.
Suicided.
John A. Hess of Bt~cenan, W. Ys.,
cmttted ..ue:de Wedaesday in New
York a.t a small hotel by intsiing gas.
He had been dead some tine when
found. Papers~ icund in his paci;ss
indicated that he was clerk of the air
otu er at Richmond.
JEALOUS OF SCILEY.
The Court tf Irqu;iy Dec'dri
Against eio.
AOMIRAL DEWEY FOR H!M.
Addrral Benham and Ramsey Ac
cuses the 0ailEn: Schley of
Vacilaion and Dilatoriness
in His Campaign.
The report of the Schlcy court of in
quiry wss prcmulgated by Secretary
Long Friday night. There are two re
ports. Admirsi Berham and Admiral
Ramsey .e-eur in the first which is
signed by Admiral Dewey also as a mat
ter of form. Admiral Dewey makes a
separate report.
The msjority opinion fiads in brie?
that Admiral Sch!ey should have pro
ceeded with the utmost dispatch to
Cienfuegos and maintained a closo
blockad; that he should have endes
vored to have obtained itformation of
to3 Spnh eq-adron there; that L
shculd have proceeded to ssntiago wi'h
ispat ch; that he should not have mede
the retregrade movemeni; that h
should have obyed the department's
crders; that he Phould have endeavorcd
to have capturtd the Spanish ves6els
in Santizg(; that he did rot do his ut
most to destroy to Colon; that he
caused the Fq'adron to lose distance in
the leop of the T-ocklyr; that he
thereby caued the Trxxs to beck; -at
be did ir jucice to Bodgior; ti4 his
eondpct in the campaign was ohmrcter
zd by vacillaion and dilatorisem nd
lack of enterprise; that tis offioial re
ports on the ocal eupply were rpinead
ing and inacourate; thit his omduet
durirg the battle was self paOtssed
and he encouraged in bia own porson
his subordinato oier and.mzn.
Admiral -,Dewey in his&rcport says
that the passag- to Cienfueg.3 war
manae with all ci-petob; that in view of
his coal supoly tde bloikade of cien
fuegos -ras efeotive; that he allowed
.he Adula to enoer Ca:e'ungos to get
ir fermulo-; tht his pxasge to San
dago wt.s wish aS much dispa ch as pos
Sible, keeping the squadron together;
that the bhekade of zantiago wss ef
fective, and finally, that he was the
sonior ffio.-r &f Stntiago in abaolute
command and entik d to the orelis due
for the gloricus vie ory which raulted
in the total dts!ru%-.Qa of the Spanish
ahirs.
The following is the opizon of
AAMSAY A:D BENHAM.
"Commodore S:hley, in command C
the fijingK qnsrdrou, ?hould- have pro
cended with utmost diapat-h off Cin
fuegos and should have maintained a
elope blod de of that porf.
"He should have endeavored on May
23, at Cienfuegos to obtain information
regarding the Spaniih squadron by com.
municating with th3 insurgents at the
place designz:.d i: the momorandam
deliver( d to him at. 8.15 a. m., of that
date.
"He should have proceeded from
Cienfuegos to Santiago de Cuba with
all diapacth and should have disposed
his vessela with a view of intercepting
the enemy in any attempt to pass the
lyig squadron.
"He should not have delayed the
Eqnadron for the Eagle.
"He should not have made the ret
rorade westward with his squadron.
"He should have promptly obeyed
the navy department's order of May 25.a
"He el-onld have endeavored to cap
ture or destroy the Spanish vessels at
snehor near the entrance of Saniago
harbor on May 29 and 30.t
"He did not do his utmost with thej
force under his command, to capture or
destroy the Colon a~id other vessels of
the enemy which he attacked on May
"By commencing the engagement on (
July 3 with the port battery, and turn-c
ig the Brooklyn around with porti
helm, Commodore Schley caused her tot
lose distance and position with the
Spanish vessels, especially with the1
Vizsya and Colon.
"The turn of the Brooklyn to star.
board was made to avoid getting her
into dangerous proximity to the Span
ish vessels. The turn was made to I
ward the Texas ard ctuced that vessel
to stop and to back her engines to
avoid possible collision.
'Admiral Sahley did ir jntice to
Lut. Commander A. C. Hodgson 1-a2
publishing only a portion of the corres.
pr donce which passed between them.
"Cemmodore Schley's conduct in
connection with the events of the San
tiago canraign prior to June 1, 1898, i
was charsoterized by vacilation, dilsto
rinos and lack of enterpriso.
"Hi3 cffaial reporcs regarding the
coal suppiy and the coaling facilities of
the flyi. g squiadron were inaccurate and
miesxdng. -
"H's conduct duriog the baA of I
July 3 was slf-pcssessed and ho en
caragetl, in his cwn person, his nuar
dina:.a officers and aan to fight cou-,;e
usly."
"George Dewey. (
Admiral U. S, N, Judgs Advoecste."
"S-in. C. Lemley,.
Judge Advocste General U. S. N.,
Judge Advocate."t
DtWEY FoR aCHL EY.
"In the opinio, of the undmringed
the passge fra: Key Welt to Cienjue
go was made by the flyieg squa'on
with all pessible ditpacti. UJizmme
dr Sahley havia in viecw the impr
aue of arriving cif Cienfuegos with
as much coal as possible in the ships'
uners.
"f he blockade of Cienfuegos was
eirc iv .
Comadore Schley in permitting the
stamer Adula to enter the port of
Clozfuegos expected to obtain ir~forma
tion concerning the Spanish Equadron
from her when she came ou'.1
"ihe passage fro-n Cienfuegos to aa
point about 22 mils south of Santiago
was made with macoh dispatch as wase
possible while ieeping the squadron a
unit
"The blookade of Santiago was effec- t
"Commodore Bohley was the senior
ifficer of our tquadron cff SantiagoI
when the Spanish Equadron attempted1
to escape on the morning of July 3,1
188. He m.S in absolute command
and is entitled 10 the credit de to scoh
commanding cfficer for the glorious
victory whi:h resulted in the total de
struction of the Span'sh shipe."
'Gec.rge Dewev.
Admiral, U, S N."
"SAm C. Lemiy,
Judge Advocate Gaiieral U. S. N.,
Judge Advocate.'
"RECOMMENDATION."
'In view of the kgth of time which
has elapred since the occa:rence ef the
events of the Santiago campaigu, the
co-*rt recommends no further procecd
ingsi be had in the ;remise3."
Geor-e Dcwiey,
Admiral U. S. N., Prrsident."
"Sam C. L .'y.
Ju'ge Advocate G:neral U. S. N,
Judge Advocate."
WILL FIGHT TOTHE LAST.
A dispatch from Bahimoro says
Lider Rs5 nor, E q . who was chief
cunFel for Admir. Schley, s~-owed
keen disappointment when the .findings
of the court of iL quiry were commudi
cated to him. he announced that he
would go to Washir gzon as soon as his
engsgements will parmit and he wil
counsel Admiral Schley to fight the
c.ase to a finish by Lvery apperi that is
possible. In an interview he said:
"I would prefer new not to say any
thing in connection with the opinion.
I tlink tLe country will almost unaci
moosly acup; Admiral Dewey's jidg
-nent. The tes imony was eo cver;hei
Mingly upon aimest every one of the
specifications in favor of MAmrl
Schley that I must confess I am ut terly
at a losa to underotanl uponn o at facws
or upon the evidenco f what witneis-.-s
the other two members of the o art
reached their aonc!un:ioa.
'I am absoluteiy satirfied that the
opinion of to two judges is at total
variaroo with the ovtaan of the countr2
and that this will oi by any means
terminte-the contr3v~erky. I sasil ad
vise the admiral to fight it to a finish,to
open it by every appeal that is pcasibie
songressional or otnerwise, aud I be
teve that thte sentiment of the whole
country will up!,old him in his resoive
not to let the j agmen t stand."
Still Missing.
Notwithstanding that tne committee
of five, 'hica hea been pro ecutaig tme
search for tne mlasing N.11 Cropzey
who dissppeared from: .E&saoeth Uitr,
N. C., recentuy, believe thzy wili b
:!Dle to clear up the mystery witmin a
ihort time. Umief o! P.ice Dawson is
till without information. WednoAday
be sai4: "I think the girl wa. eiiher
drowned or mardered, but I have no
dfiaite clue." W. H uropsey, father
>f ;be missing girl, W< daeaday istuzd
a public letter in whicb, after thanking
L.e o z nre o1 NYrh Caroina fur thir
indn.zs an Aynmpatry siys: "Ve
ydoice tffijias and cCsZnss' commt
Lbe have done a Lum-a agecy couil
io to restore my diughter, without suo
3ess. I never expect tQ see her this
ie of the great eternity. I sBali al
miys believe James W21oix iksiramen
al in my daughter's d:sapparance. If
lead, 1 belive his hand Lr .al hireling
esponasible. Same time when this lue
uhall cease and we shall skaad befuze
he presence of the Great J -dge, I
)olieve we shill learn how and when
13 murdered my daughter and tha: the
ustics he may escape here will be dealt
im then
"(Signed) W. H. CJropsey."
Gives Ten Millions.
Andrew Carnegie is to give ten mil
ions to the cause of university exten
ion in the United States. The annonnce
:ent of this great gift to education
ill be made at the Wnite Honuse. Car
egie was in Washington a fewa days ago
~ad took luncheon with President
~ooevelt, when the de taila of the
pan were di,.assed. U..mgie has
:ought best to create a national board
a handle thiis munifisent hentfaction.
~'resident Rtoosevelt pro babay wul name
uha board for Carnegie, or at least
t in motion the machinery which
hall lead to the national cerganisation.
tocording to the plams prepared by
arnegie and his advisers, the national
raniation is to have headqna:ris in
Vashington, but operations are to ex
nd throughout the United States,
rork to be carried on in co-eperation
ith universities everywhere."
Stole $15,000 in Diaznonda.
W. H. Woods aa~d a 'woman com
anion, giving the name of 'True John
n, both colored, wias arrested at
).irha, Neb , Wednesday charged with
aving robbed Alfred B. Lomnthat, a
:sveaing salesman fjr a New Ycti
eweiry firm, in a Portlana, Ore., hctel,
f $]5,000 worth of diamonce and jew
ry. The j .welry we~s traced by a 10
'i pawno:oker who ihad rtceived a
rinted circular describintg the stolenj
rperty to Woods arnd his compan:J.
ad they were found in the east part of
e city. When rnirested there was
cand in their possesnion $3,000 vtorth~
f Diamionds and jeweiry, raiircadj
ansportaLton to Patarnd and a checkI
r $200 which hrad been given by the~
nncroktr in exchange ior a dia-nond
rooch.
A Strange Tale.
Martin Hennessy, who served on theI
regon on the famoua rr aronn Cape
[orn and fought at San~iano. was drs-j
harged last week at Srtn .:ancisco andI
medately ster-od for home. O ne
rin he was to tnere was artother
alor from :de oregon abosad. Oat of
aricity ho weni into the next car ar:a
egan a convao:sation wiah oth.er sailor,
nd found he wan h.is brntier Pa~trick.
le also had enisted, bui: s a cart-n
r. He~ was on the Oregon from the
)eon from the time that vessel was
Lated, but, being in d&'rcnt dept~rt
neents, ihe brothera had never Eccn
ach other. This was their first meet
g for ten years.
An Historical Exhibit.
The Charlesion Post rays an attrac
ie exhibit in :he Agritu. ual Paisce
n the State binterical as:ibi;. has been
trrnged by Mir. J. T. Gantt, assistantH
ecretary of State. The c~ietion of
xibus in glass cases, which ccmp y
large space in the soutmera pornion of
he building. The wo:k of irnszalling
he exhibits has jast been ctmpleted
nd is o-pen for inspection. The cl
etion of exhibia~s is ecemposed of olid
attle flags, relics of the RevolutionFy
ar, the Confederate war, and old c::
ments and State records. Every arti
is labee.aa1
AL101T XURDERED.
Another Washington Tragedy Th
Rivals .the Bonine Case.
Mrs. Ad-, Gilbert Dennis, a frohio
able dretsmakcr, of Washington, D. C
-' found in an almost dying conditit
in her room at 5 o'cleck Wednrsd:
morning under ci1comsiances th
;Zo.nisa to rival the Bonine murd
case. Her skull was fractured, jai
bone broken and left ear almost seve
ed from the head. Her let arm bo:
bruius indicative of a struggle and hi
clothing and bedding were saturate
with bio d. She was removed to ti
G~rflud hospital and a large force i
detectives put on the cas. The nan
of her assa.ient is unknown.
The general bclief is that Mrs. Da
Di5 was attacked while aaleep in h(
back room on the first door, and thl
the firzt blow, in all probability at
ministered with a piano stool, whic
was smeared with blood, rendered h(
ur.o)ncious. The preliminary invei
tigativne by the ptlice fail to indicat
that there was any struggle. Ur,
Dennis, in a a)nfcious moment whil
being etrricd to the hospital said the
some one had "hurt" her, but who
pressed for details merely responded
"never mind."
Robbely apparently was no* the mt
tive for tne crime, as on the table a
the foot of the bed, in plain view, wa
a small box containing a pooketboo
well fiiled with greenbacks and othe
money. There was a bloody impriD
cf a Land cn the piano lid in the parlo
and a window in tha room was op.n
It is supposed the assailant escapei
thrcugh this window. When Mrs
Dennis was found she was clad in he
night rmeDts and was in bed undc
the cover. She was partly consEaious
al ough she has been unconsciou
moat c! the time since.
The deeetives are Patidfed the se
era. bioi of the pIano stoot mt 3S hav
bcln weldcd w:ah consider.b.e fore
ana that tere was n; ou crj at lens
after the fir-t bio.v. Her groans. how
ever. were h-:srd by a woman on th,
thied fbor, and in an adjmng hoase
about the stme -ire Po'iceman L-v
ingso and a wachman who were iwi
bleek' , heard whiat they behov
to be a wean's s:am. Mrs. Denni
is abo-:: 47 years oid, and is one of th
best koa women ia busioes here
Sao is the widow of Walter Dennis, S
actor.
All Were Killed.
Wedneaday ., iiouston, Txs, whez
ofiar J. b. 0anMt and Hrmar
Youngst attempted to a.rrest en alleged
bu-co se-rer, &a Pror.-r, the 'itti
opened fire w? a sr i.gan. At tL
first re te moriai.y waanied James
who feil. He thea fired at roungat
krnockirig him ..wn nu i ca top o:
him beating the cf!!3.r when Jame,
rai3ed himsolf from tue gutter and flred
three times, kiiiing Preecher. Jamei
end Lungas ied wit;?xn the same mi
ment. Preacher was well known to the
police and had been arrested frequent
17. Te police have been waichini
him closely during carnivalweek. With
a shotgun on his shoulder he wont tc
the police and complained that they
were interfering in his business. The
police attempt-ed to arrest him when
~ho opened fire on them. Saveral hun.
dred peuple saw the duel. A warrant
was sworn out by the deputy chiel
of police for J. B. Brockmnan,
Preacher's attorney, charging him with
murder and he has been iailed. It iu
charged by the police the attorney ad.
vised Preacher to use a shotgun in case
any attempt was made to arrest him.
Ljte in the afternoon a boy with twc
aog ans and a large Lumber of buck
shot eartridges which he said he was
crrying to Brockman's ce!e was ar
rested and the arms corni:.eed.
A X'earful Explosion.
An explosion that shook the earth
fcr miles around, shattered wirndows in
hundrede of houses at South Sharon,
Pa., moved adjacent buildings from
their f cundations and caused. the injury
of nine men, two fatally, -occurred at
the Sharon Seel company's mill Wed
regday. The explosion occurred in
the casting department of the "pig
mil." The metal wasabein~g poured
from the ladie into the casting ma
hine. It came in contact with some
water, which caused a bast that was
felt a areat distance. ?he easting
house was comnpletely wrecked. Large
pieces of heavy corrugated iron beams
and cther material were carried hun
creds of yarcas by the explosion. 'lhe
asing houseo machine and cornverr
was dea~ d almost beyond- repair. A
par:: of the conveyor was blown severad
tuodred icet while not a vestage of the
iron mill remains. Windows of the of
fice oft time steel company on Broadway,
sevral hu~AdrvA yardis avay from the
elosion were breken, and in Sharon
andi Souith Szharona the shook was felt
itse an eart queako. Secretary Whit
tie of the staoi company that he was
caue o he acecdet. o
Lexington Regulators.
A sp.coisi to The State from L-?xing
too, Weonceday says: Th!3 morniua
about 2 o'edcek the nouse o-f Ben Gates,
a negro te-rant on the Hal:iwag:.
herear Jounts' fetry, was brehen
oen andi thm ':ntering fia:i onGae
as he arose from his tbd. Tne negrO
wa: ho an and diedi abent ac hcut
tearw;>s. Cer..-.er Wats-n a~ a'
onca r.. .fied ad tuu: the a'bove infor
misee retchrd here. it is not
known whe-her the ae: was commir:ed
by wiste er blacks, but is appears thai
tne intnuon was to '-white cap" o-r
"regula-e" him, which was cut short as
Gae as aAs to reach his gun as he
adinted from his bed, aid a sho
down to keep hmr~ from the gun.
Counterfeiters Convicted.
In the Unitad sates (.AriOt court al
Golumneia 'Cn:s~ y me--to- ta: es
of Sam Carter aind Wili Pa:ie, both l~i
Un-.on county, ecarged r~th counter;
fnir~g, was id. B sgaa coin hat
been put in cirealnmion. The jur3
brought in a verdict of guilty an dParii
was sent to the South Carolina peniten
tiary for nine sonths. Carter, wh<
sems to have been the principal, got
sentence of five years in the Nashvill
A MATHEMATICAL MARVEL.
at Intricite Problems Solved in Less
Than a Minute.
a- Berore the Philadelphia board of
., education and guests, which ircluded
in prino'p as of schools and professors of
-y mathematics in ability second to none
%t in the country, Jacques Inaudi, the
r marvellous shepherd boy of Pied
mont, sutjected himself to two hours
cf the severest mathematical test in
mental calculation that was tver given
e to living man. More than that, he
came off with flying colcrs.
d The seance took place in the spaci.
e one chamber of the superintendent of
Eohools in the Philadelphia city hall,
e about 10 persons being present. With
his back to a blackboard, upon which
were recorded the viarious problems as
r fast as they were read to the calculator,
In;udi stood perfectly motionless-a
. short, stocky little man, with a serious
h and almos; sad cast of countenance,
with the tiniest feet and the largest
besd that ever crossed that threshold,
e and a manner stlinking and at times
almost dervih-le in rapt a:.d tense
e mental absorption.
There is nothing of the poseur in In
Saudi,ans while it is plain to be seen in
the man's very presence that he is no or
dinary character, nothing superhuman
in his unkeup appears to the casual
obervor, although his marvellous feats
of calculation would lEad one to be-,
lieve him aided by s.ms superior power
r of which man has no conception.
One by one the problems were cffer
ed to the calculator, and it was plain
to be seen that a good day's hard work
had been spent in preparing them, with
a view not only to testing the man's
powers In ordinary calculation, but
L with all th- catches as well. Here,
then, are the problems as delivered or
ally ey the superintendent of edoation.
hins-erf and the time in which they
were solved without the eAlcnlator one
turning his face to the blaokboardupon
wich the probloms were ritten:
P;oleim 1-Hrtw many minutes in 11
year, 1 month and 2 days?
Arswer-5,839,400 minutes or 340,
833 600 seTms. Ame taken to com
pure, 46 zeconds.
Pribiem 2-How many minutes in a
leap year?
Answer-527,00. Time, 9 see
onds.
Problem 3-Hqw many days from
February 21, 1860, to Saptember 10,
1860?
.aswer--202. Time, 11 seconds.
Catch, leap -ear.
Problem 4-If a leap year begins on
Frday, on what day will the Fourth of
July acme?
Answer-Monday. Time, 3 see
onds.
Problem 5-Milton was born on Dec
ember 9, 1608, and died on November
8, 1675. What was his age in years,
mon. sand day. ?
Answer-66 5earp, 11 mouths and 1
day, (.llowing for leap year.) Time, 16
sec.nds.
Proriem 6-lt a man was born at 10
o'clock a. m. on January 16, 1810, and
died at 6 a. m. on September 10, 1901,
how many seconds old was he?
Answer-1,945,454,400 s e a o n s.
Time, 27 Eeconds.
Problem 7-What is the square root
of 9.339, 136?
Answer- 3,056, Time, 4.3 sec
onds.
Problem 8-What is the r quare root
of 642.521,104? At the same time an
swer questions to be put be various
listeners as to the month of ary year
a feat of dual calculation carried On at
the samo time.
Q iestion's answered: April 10, 1895?
Weainesday. January 13, 1887? Thurs
day. Jub 2. 1881? Saturday. Four
more similar questions.
Answer to equare root problem, 25,
348. Time, 70 seconds.
Probem 9 -What is the cube root of
16,348,384,862?
Ans'wer: 2,538. Time, 24 seconds.
Problem 10-Another and more
difficult feat of performing a problem
with eehalf of the brain while the
other half answers questions as to the
day of the week of any date of any
year. What is the cube root of 8,625,
214,936 512?
Date ~questions answered: July 1,
1862? Wednesday. May 26, 1865?
Saturday. January 30 1836? Satur
day. Christcio~, 1800? Thursday.
Eight more similar to these. Answer
to the cube root problem, 20,503 Time,
57 seconds.
Problem 11-Similar to the above,
but far more difficult still. What is
the fourth root of 5,636,405,776?
Date questions answered: September
1, 1900? Saturi.ty. May 26, 1865?
Tuesday. April 10, 1862? Saturday.
36 times 97? 3,492 Sixteen similar to
the above.
Answer to the fouth root problem,
274 Time, 1 mir~ate, 12 seconds.
The following five or six problems
were variations of the above. The final
problem was a feat in performing five
seperate problemS at once, viz:
Add 4 678 6,335, 7,894. Subtract 43,
497 from 68.005S. Muntiply 642 by 28.
D.ivi 6'.564 by 49. Find the onbe
root of 129,554.216. Answers in every
case correce. Time, 51 seconds for
all.
As a final prcof of his remarkable
memory for numbers, without turning
Lowardl the blsekboard where the pro
blems end arswers were writen, Inaudi
read off every problem and gave the
correct answar from first to last.
$40,000 Short.
A ereolal t.o tre .Jazionte Observer
from Wilsur., N C., rays: E L. Powell,
manrger of the brokerage businss of
Murpoy & Company, Nea York, has
disappea:' d from Wilson, $40.000 shors
in his accounts. He left a note saying
he would cezmmit suicide and mailed ii
i-. R -cy Wl.uot. 'I; is supposel '-e is
in New Ye a. Wilsonians lose heavi
ly on his deal. He olaims in his note
that he lost the amount on Union Pacific
and cotton draab.
Died fromn the Shock.
At Huo 9 zeiles from Kinsen, N.
C,, Tomr fate, a negro, was killed Thurs
day. Being told at the country post
offcc that there was no mail he said
that Lawrence Haselton, the clerk2
was tco lazy to look for it, and started
behind the counter. Haselton seized
a sh.otgun and fired, the biadahot strik
ing the negro's knee. The leg was later
amputated, but Tate died at night from
the shock.
A SWINDLE.
The Cherry Tree Man'pulators
Have Ben Exposed.
THE OFFICER$ HAVE FLED.
Amss Owen Himself Has Nothing
to Do With the Cherry Tree
Fraud. Some of the
Methods U sd.
The "agents" of the Amos Owen
Cerry Tree company of Henrietta, N.
C., have been multiplying. Many of
them in South Carolina were somewhat
surprised Thursday to receive a com
maUniestion from this concern that on
acocunt of newspapers attacks against
the concern, business would be sus
pended one month to allow unfriendly
sentiment to die out. Such an excuse
as that prepares the "agents" for the
news received from Charlotte Thursday
night: "Amos Owens Cherry Tree
company today indicted in the federal
court for using the mails for fraudu
lent purposes. It is said the officer of
the company have fled."
This concern was chartered under the
laws of North Carolina and an official
investigation has been in progress shere
with the result that the whole business
is declared to be a swindler. Dr. Frank
Bright (formerly of Henrietta, now
move Ito Florida), started the affair,
and feeling soon became strong against
him in Henrietta, and about Otober,
1, 1901, he disposed of the matter, leav
ing I& to his father, Rev. T. Bright,
who had the oampany incorporated
dnrirg October, and sold it to C. D.
Wuie, of Ratherfordton about Novem
ber 1. -Mr. Wilkie was the author of
an article published as about this tme,
sraing that the company was on a firm
basis and doing a legitimate business
(or to tha eff-c) He sold to Chas.
Witkings of Henrietta (?) and Geo. W.
Rolliss, of Forest City, about Novem
ber 20, aad they sold to M. 0. (or 0.
M) Piat, of Henoietta(?) or Forest
0i.> (?) about Nivember 25th.
Mr. Jas. 0. dimmons, of Henrietta,
says taat his experienae is that the
Amos Owen cherry will not bear when
the trees are transplanted frcm-she
mountain; says he has trees set out 40
yeare aga which have never born.- He
denounces the fi-m as a fraud.
Mr. F. B. Gafiaey, of Henrietta, de
dlares it is to be his opinion that it is
a fraud, and, as showing that the trees
sold are not Amos Owen cherries, he
sa.;3 that lie heard Rev. T. Bright say
tast he had purchased 10,000 trees from
Mitchell*coanty.
Mr. J. 0. Bell, of Henrietta, satis
i .has it is a fraud, having seen let
ters from poor girls and women who
*ere ref used the compensation agreed
to by the company, after such women
had apparently fullilled their partof
the contract, says the good people of
Rcnrietta are ashamed of the afair, and
want the company driven out of busi
ness; says the company has not the
conidence of the people of the oommu- -
nisy; mays he has seen letters from
agents as a distance who could not get
their pay, but when such claims were
presented by some one in town or in
the vici:ity of the company, it would
be paid; says the reason evidently was
that they feared the people of the comn
munity would take action, and so paid
claims rightfully presented by them,
but would (in some cases, at least) ig
no them when sent from a distance.
Rev. H. H. Jordan, of Henrietta,
says he met Mr. Long, near Bostie,
who said he had just been out toashow
some people where. they could find
sprouts of cherry tiees in a field, which
sprouts he had sold to these men, who
were buying them for the company.
Mr. Jordan says his name was used as
a reference by the company, bus it was
done without his consent, that he does
not endorse the company, and that he
Ioes denounca it as a fraud. Mr. Jor
Ian agreed to send me letters which ho
has received regarding the company.
Amos O Nen, of Oak Spring, (cannot
read or write, it is reported) says that
the last sprouts he sold from his
orchard were sold some time ago, and
that aicogether he had sold less than
1,000 trees (in his opinion). He thinks
that some more have been taken, but
it was without his consent, and he
wants it stopped. He says he is con
Edent that they get trees from all over
the country without refrence to place,
or kind of cherry; says the use of his
tame is fraudulent, as he has never
sutiorised it, and has serious objection
:o it; says he has no connection with
the company.
The main evidencess of fraud brought
aut by an investigation are as follows:
1. Non-payment of agents. 2. The
inferior geality of grading of traes. 3.
the faise statements of employes re
garding the sources of trees. 4. The
iake claims made by the company in
its circulars. 5. The frequency with
which the owneiship of the concern has
shanged hands. 6. The direct fraudu
tent dealings of the company in pur
3hasing trcees from ddfarent sources
:di:cheil county), and having such trees
imipped nadier trne label "Amos Owen
Uherry Trees."
Negro Hanged.
Win. Alan, a negro, was hanged in
the ja at Uniontown, Pa., at 10 07 a.
m. Cntuay. D.eath was causea' from
manguas ion and life was pronounced.
extinct in 12 minutes. As he aseend
ed the rediaid he threw back his head
hfl exoianned "My God." These were
diis o'iy words. .Fally 1,500 people
were jammed in the jail yard so witness
:he execu -ion. Allen's crime was as
sault on a romnaa and the murder of
ter huvoand, Hiram Molillan, of Pros
ton c~aniy, W. Va.
A Fatal Fright.
In a despirate fight on a passenger
train -ging into Atlanta Wednesday
ri.orning. Thomas Collins, a merchant
of Sheltonville, Ga ,stabbed and killed
James Pierce, a farmer. Collins is
badly wounded about the throat and
head. The inlght created a panic
nnong the passengers. The conductor,
with the aid of two men, separated the
dghters, but too late to prevent the
death of Piee. Collins was taken of
at Doravilie, where heis now under the
care of physicians. The cause of the
figh is not known.