The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-30
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

Although the State Department officials
decline to make public any Information re-
specting advices received relative to tho
procedure In the trial Of the Competitor
prisoners at Havana it can be stated that 80
far as the two American prisoners, Laborde
and Melton, are concerned, they will enjoy
all the privileges accorded by the Gushing
protocol. This means that they will be al
lowed to name attorneys and advocates who
shall have access to them at suitable times:
that they shall be furnished In due season
copies Of the accusations and list OF wit
nesses for tho prosecution, which latter shall
be examined before the supposed criminal,
his attorneys and advocates. that they
shall have the right to compel the at
tendance OF witnesses In their behalf or to
use depositions. that they may present such
and that they shall be permitted to be present
and to make their defense In public trial, or
orally In writing. by themselves or by means
OF their counsel. Whether or not they will be
tried before the civil courts or a court mar
tiai depends upon whether or not they were
captured with arms in hand; In the latter
ease the protocol permits court martial
trial, but even in this case the proceedings
will bo vastly different from those under
which the prisoners were so summarily con-
victed and sentenced to death by the first ma
vel court martial, without opportunity to
choose their own counsel or oven to alto
gether understand the evidence givsu against
them In Spanish.
The third and final session OF che 5osrd Of
directors OF the Catholic University of Amer
lea was very brief and the My business trans
acted was that OF changing the annual meet
ing from the Wednesday after Easter, which
In practice has beeu found generally incon-
In order to coincide with the annual meeting
OF archbishops. The board also issued tho
following statement before adjourniDg:
"The board wishes it to be understood by
the public that there are absolutely no fac
tions or sectional differences among the
members. The election Of the candidates for
tho rectorship was practically unanimous.
To speak Of the triumph OF this or that party,
OF Conservatism or Liberalism, Nationalism
or Amercanism, is to misrepresent the whole
situation. All the members OF the board are
equally American in spirit. They have but
ono thought and that is tho welfare Of the
university and its steady progress to the
highest Catholic education"
Minister Lazo ArrinSa OF Guatemala has
returned from n visit to that country and
SAYS the Central American exposition to be
held at Guatemala City, beginning March Is.
promises to DO an important event for the
countries OF that locality. The buildings
! will be completed by December. They are
handsome aud extensive structures modelled
after those Of the Marseiles exposition. The
United States has been invited to participate
ard it is hoped that at tho coming session
congress will take steps to have IN adequate
representation, as the commercial interests
between this country and the Central Ameri-
can group are extensive. American I,er-
chants are expected to embrace the opportu-
nifty to display their goods before the Central
Americans and thus enlarge the market for
American goods in that section.
The roof and upper walls OF Ebenczar (col-
ored) Methodist Church on Capitol Hill fell
In, h,,r In, thn 90, ,al
Johnson, A. w. Dangerfield and Abraham
Lee, all negroes. The men were taken out
alive, but some OF them. were seriously in
jured internally. The church was dam aged
by the recent storm and men were engaged in
making repairs.
Lieutenant G. Fl. Lyman. OF the cruiser
| Montgomery has been convicted by a naval
| court OF drunkenness whi.o the ship lay at
| Key West, Fla. several months ago and has
| becn sentenced to lose six numbers In his
| grade. The senteuce has boon approved by
Admiral Bunce. who ordered the trial.