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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
Moral Reform League.

The 'Citizens' Moral Reform League
OF Charleston" was recently organized
by number of Charleston colored
mer, who are stxiving to elevate and
helE their race. The objects and pur-
poses of the League are best set forth
in the following extract from the con-
stitution aud y.laws:
"Preamhle--We, the citizens of Cha rleston,
appalled, at the startling lack, of moral stami-
ma among many people OF onr race In this
city, recognizing these untoward conditions
to be largely the outcome of levity toward
moral pTecepis on the part o! the oung and
indifference Oh the part OF elders; believing
such uncorrnc;cd evils to (oreshadow our de-
cline aud TALL us people. and with further
endeavor to keep ourselves above reDroach,
the s'tnctity Of our family altars inviolate.
ana TO exercise II chsralrous protection for
VI" wonrn OF our race, 10 herewith organ
i:' ourselves i",o the CuiZens' Moral Rv.oem
League of Charlc>toa."
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
REcLAIMING THE PHILIPPINES.
Large Fleet Leaves Spain to Attacl:
Dewey's Ships in tho Pacific

A Spanish fleet is to leave Cadiz
shortly bound for the Philippine is
lands. The expedition, which is said
to consist of both troops and warships.
VIII go by way o. the SueZ Canal. Its
object is to raise the blockade OF Ad-
miral Dewey's ships, l possible, and to
recover possession of ie islands.
If that cannot be aG .npiished troops
Will be landed to | BILE Manila to
hold' out against cd tlre until the
hoped-for interventit oy Europe may
restore the islands Spain.
Madrid special says: Preparations
for the RELIEF expedition to be sent to
the Philippine islands, are being hur-
ried in both the military and naval de-
rarIments. Five battalions. each ] 200
strong. under 3S officers, are assembled
at CadiZ, Barcelona and Valencia a.
ready, or will be ready FOR embarkatio,
this week.
This Force will be commanded by
General Camprubi II is made llr
wholly of picked men who have served
Two years Several batteries will 60
with the expedition, AID lar-e supplies
OF, stores and cnaL Warsnips TO coa-
Noy the transports will go from Ca1i2
to Harccl0Da
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
'IHEOREGON.

For moments shelter from speed and
pain,
And a PROV to the tropic sea again.
Home! Home! WITH the mother fleet
to sleep
Till tie call stall rise DER the awful
deep:
And the bell shall clans for the battle
there,
And the voice of guns is the voice OF
prayer!
One more to the songs of the bold and
free,
When your children gather around
your knee:
When the Goths and Vandals come
down In might a..
AS they came to the walls of Rome one
night;
When the lordly William OF Delorainc
Shall ride by the Scottish lake again;
When the Hessian spectres shall fit l.
air
AS Washington crosses the Delaware;
When the eyes of babes shall be closed
in dread
AS the story of Paul Revere is read
When your boys shall ask what tho
guns arc for,
Then tell them the tale of the Spanish
war,
And the breathlcss millions that look
ed upon
The matchless race of the Oregon.
John James Meehan in "Leslie's
Weekly
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
CAPITAL GLEANINGl

The war is casting this government
81 400 600 day
The president IS considering anut hey,
call for volunteers.
Tire president last week sppro,,4 4
the Alaskan Homestead and tight of
way bill.
a.h's Aura Aapnr, daughter of 7h.
secre 49, OF waT. was married at nooD
Wednesday to Mr.. Charles Piks.
The latest plaIrs of the govern,ne nj
are to send 15.0ns men to the relief n,s
Dewey at Manila. under the command
Of General Merritt.
Washington society ladies ar. ;aa-
vising their acquakntances throughout
She country to boycott Paris millinery.
5'his In done in retaliation for syr:
Iathy shown to Spain by the Frerch.
Proposals for furnishing the govern
nsent with nearly 5000 projectiles ror
seacoast cannon We're opened at the
ordnance bureau of the war deparr
ment Saturday. This probably Is the
largest amount OF material OF tbip
kind for which advertisements Were
issued at any one time in the history
of the government.
Senator Teller has received a letter
from a constituent in Colorado indi
eating that the Philippine islands NAV
be found to be very rich in gold de-
posits. The writer says in 1875 he
Travelled from Manila to Sinpanore
that the wealth Of gold in that country
was beyond estimating. The Spanish
governor had refused to let him work
thn mines be had discovered.
A man usually knows where no oo,
his hat, bw when it comes to his uuz.
brella--weR that's another story.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
PALMETTO STATE GLeAnINus
THREE NOTED CROOKS.

They Arc the Men who Robbed the
WIiIiston Postofflce.
Chief Deputy United States Marshall
+. Brooks Sigh and Postoflice Inspcc-
tors Moye and Bulla, arrived in Charles
ton from Barnwell on the 14th with
three of the slickest rascals that have
over operated in this part Of
the country. The prisoners, who
were lodged in the Charleston county;
Jail, wero the ringleaders of the gasSRS$
which opened the e.Wiliiston postotico
and cracked the safe with; dynamite.
and, after hot run with the authori-
ties, managed to break jail in Barn-
well in February last. Recently thsy
were captured in Knoxville, and carried
back to Barnwell, but on the 14th they
We're turned over to the Federal courts
Tor final settlement of their case. Tho
men are Joe Jones: allies c. Brooks:
Henry Johnson, alias A. st. Clair, alias
Danny Murphy, alias Frenchy Smith,
prize fighter, and Charley Jones. alias
q. Brooks, Jr., aims Edward Brooks.
They were given snug berths by Jailor
Graddick, and will sleep in Jail until
the next term of the United States Dis
lict Court
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
SIX MEN KILLED.
An Elevator Drops One Hundred Feet With
Awful Results

Eight men in the employ of the Col
umbian Fireprooing Company at Bos-
ton, Tuesday fell Il distance of more
than 100 feet with an elevator in the
building now under construction for
the Boston Wharf Company on A
street. One man was instantly killed,
five others have since died of their in
juries, and there is very little hope for
recovery of the other two. The dead
are: O. :. Brown, foreman for the
fireproofing company, twenty-five
years old. q resident of PittSburg. Pa. ::
Michael Griffin of JitChburg. Mass. :.
William Duncan, s. years old: Bruno
Samarco, Larborde Caramene, Henry
Harvey. The injured: Daniel Boyle.
assistant foreman, both legs crushed ::
Pictro Pane. BOth the injured are
fearfully crushed, AN! 1t is though;
tl,.v ,,lpn,t live
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27

Rerorts say the woman and child
killed during the bombardmcnt OF Car
denaS by American vessels were the
wife and daughter of one OF the pilots
on TIE American ships.
A Spaniard having in his possession
several sticks of dynamite attempted
10 blow up the government stores at
Tampa, Fla, few days ago. He was
discovered but made his escape.
Canadian fire companies accompanied
by u band crossed the frontier q few
days ago to bid goodbye to the New
York volunteers. Niagara Falls, in re-
coGnition OF this courtesy will celebrate
May "a, the queens birthday
Fire in a car containing the personal
effects of the SO officers of the Ninth
regiment. Pennsylvania volunteers. en-
route for Chickamauga, caused wild
Tuesday night. The car was burned
to cinders and caused a severe loss to
the regiment.
William Doherty, a noted scientist
has just arrived at his home IL, Gin
cinnati from Hong Kong. He II was,
who some time ago. secured dra wings
of the Manila fortificatiors, risked his
life in passing the Spanish guards and
then presented the important papers
to Admiral Dewey.
Capt. Duval of the United States
commissary department has made u
contract with st. Louis bakeries fo.
Cl0,000 pounds of army crackers. This
IS equivalent to 10000 barrels of nou".
Remember the Maine" Besides tho
big contract for hard bread. Capt
Duval has let contract for $4,000 gc,-
Ions of vinegar
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
l'arlon(G n ISoy.

Governor Ellerbo granted q full
pardon to Clarence Long, the 1G-year-
old boy, who in June. 1896, shot aud
killed his brother-in-l law, Ben Parsons.
i'll Spartanburg county. Ho was con-
victe1 before Judge Gary, and being
recommended to the mercy ofthe conrt
by the jnry was given q life sen.
unusually strong, being signed by T..
900 Spartnnburg men, the judge, S>ths
jury, the solicitor aud large number
of ladies.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
-THEI RA

Lights out! And d prov u
the South.
And a canvas hiding
mouth.
And ship like q silent Id
rs seeking her sister-sf< QEar [t
AkrushS OF wa ter. a fo{tSysSfV
An ocean hound In D c{ Z
A deck long-lined wiS-.----,-5iines Of
fate, iCl.<-s
she rssa rsars sood-bye sbt the Golden
on. On! Alone withou4adko BELL
But burning fire. Tiki ssne fire of he'll.
TIL the lookout startE es mis- glasses
The white cathedre Ca,,ao
A moments har Nth the slender
Food. food for the and !. oa for
the fire, r -
Then out in the 81 kto rest No ,,,oMs. :.
III ner heei is grounded on Chlle's
South! South! God Huard through rho
unknown wave.t
Where chart nor eonhpass NAV helm or.
save,
Where the kissing Mraiths of tho GO,
- abide ~ X JV
ana Few may pass through the stormy
North! Northi For az harbor far away,
TOT ahosher preattt In the burning
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
War Talk Results in Murder.

y crowd in n grocery store in IDe
outskirts of birmingham, Ala. n few
nights ago. were discussing the CubAn
wan William Mitchell was Dragging
whal he coUld G!o if he was fighting
SpaniarGs. saying he could whip csr-
load. Mitchell was teascd by the crowd
He pulled a pistol and fired FIVE shots.
When the police arrived a few minutes
LATER two dead men were picked np
from the floor, Julius Alternately Il
preacher. and sam Smith. known as
.Tricky sam Tom Warren was
wounded in the neck and a fourth man
WstS Shot IN the arm. Mitchell cScal.ed
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27

The baseball league magnates have
aone the right thing in voting to con-
stitute sooard of discipline before
which all players charged with using
hlthy language on the diamond shall
De brought for trial. Their action in
creating this tribunal was unanimous
~ taken-all-sufiicient evidence that
the public protests against ball tossinr
rowdies last season t-e held to be abun- !
DAINTY justified by tf league managers
themselves.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
Ttrce South CnronIii.,ns..

In the Fan Aptonio, Texas, Daily
Light, Of May Ii, is published an nc.
cownt of the departure from Fort Sam
Houston OF tho 9Th cavalry. In this
splendid regiment are three sons CT
Somth Carolina, of whom tbe State may
well be rroud. The first Is; Lieut. and
AdIt. iohn NJ. jenkins, so well mud
Pleasantly known i'll Charieston. (. Ihs
others arc I.ieuts. .Iervey aud Parket.
Eoth OF these officers come sfro,,,
fighting stock, says Light, and will
doubtless make their native Stats
proud OF them again, rs they did when
hey graduated.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
REV BATTLE SHIP LAUNCHED.
The Alabama is 368 Feet III Length asa Ha,
-Four Toroedo tn es.

-Four Torpedo Ius es.
The battleship Alabama, which will
be worthy addition 10 the United
States navy, was launched at Cramps
shipyari at Philadelphia last Wednes-
day. As the formidable crafI slid into
the Delaware she was christened by
Miss Mary II. Morgan, daughter OF
Senator John 7. Morgan. f.f Alabama
The Alabama is a first-class battle
ship. Her length on load water line Is
500 feet extreme breadth ~ feet inch: !:
mean draught 90 feet G inches: dis
placement at mean draught IL, ,525 tons
She is to develop 1D,000 indicated horse
power, and her guaranteed speed is 20
be m knots per hour
Her armament Will oe four 13-inch
Ere-chloading rifles; IL 6-inch rapid iir.
breech loading rifles. secondary bat
tory Of 16 6-pounders and four 1-pound-
'er rapid fire gpns he will have four
.tCuncdo tubes
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
Sumter Has a Ricker's Row.

Late one evening last week there was
a shooting atiray between two negro
men in Ricke,'s Row, O tough negro
quarter in the suburbs of Sumter, that
created ripple of excitement for .
time. Deputy Sheriff Gaillard and
Constable Winn went in pursuit of tho
negro who did the shooting, and after
an exciting chase across the country
effected his capture. The negro who
was shot was not killed but dangerous
ly wounded in the thigh. The row was
ON ordinary negro fight about wo-
man.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
He Should Ee Hung.

Pension Commissioner Evans got o
letter from an indignant citizen of
Joplin. Mo-, recently. II want you t.
set the law after a pensioner in this
town" wrote the irate correspondent.
He is drawing q pension from the
government, yet Is publicly proclaim
ing that he hopes Spain will lick us.
Not content with this he says that IL
the United States mails were not
stopped from going to Spain he would
send money to Sagasta to help him car
ry on the war against us. The least
you ought to do. Mr.. Commissioner. is
to take away that ingrate's pension"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
Exports Exceed Irnports

The monthly statement Of the e-Sp0r;e,
and imports cf the United States dur
ing april shows AS follows: Daruest g
merchandise exDutcd S98. l2s SOB: i'm
ports. SJ5.!23.6aS. of which S24 40, 7s3
was free from du.y. AS cornpar pf with
Ap,kl, 1897 rhc gain in exports was
about So 2.00e> 600. and n loss in impurt <
Of bout si5AO00.0U0. The export OF gold
during Ap"ii amounted to S1,3laSS4 ana
the imports 10 So. .7SS.674. The exports
OF silver dnring April agsregar ed S4.-
n4nS01 and 1he imports amounted 10
80 N>
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
A Crcditable appointment.

Mr.. A. FL. Miller, of Greenvilis, now
O student of Furman University, has
received the appointment as assistant
observer at the weather buyeau station
in Columbia, Mo- Mr.. Miller has ac.
cepted the position and will take up
his duties there on the LIST of June.
The appointment was secured princi.
paily through Senator Tillman, whose
efforts in the matter are highly ap.
preciated by Mr.. Miller anu his.
friends.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
American Missionaries Killed.

Secretary Day has telegraphed our
Ambassador at London to procure all
information he can in regard 10 the al
legged massacre of American mission
aries and the destruction OF mission
property at Sierra Leone. on the west
coast Of Africa, and to make special .af-
forts to ascertain whether Mr.. and
Mrs. McGrew We're among the nurrisier
vh, were killed
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
7ELEoRAMs ksEIY TOLD.

Flour in this co try sells from $3.50
to $500 a barreltore than ii did a
month ago.
At Skillman Vaf, Ill. Michael Nell
son, his wife a1two children were
killed during a 3 IN few days ago.
st. Johns. Nd Ipuhdland, will be
fortified In ceequence of the
relations bctweef treat Britain and
France.
The Pacific COZ rolling mills, un-
able to compete ith the prices of
labor and raw nerial in the eastern
states have olosstEeir works.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
Fatal Accident at Columbia.

Frank Cardwell, youth ID yesrs
old. and Mrs. Frank Leidy, were out
for pleasure drive on the afternoon of
the 18th. when the horse became fright
ened and dashed off at furious rate
hurting the cart against tree
Both Mrs. .Leidy and young Carduell
were violently thrown from the vehi-
Gle, causing the death of Cardwell and
the serious injury of Mrs. Leidy,
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
Bryan n Colonel.

William j. Bryan is to organize a
third regiment of Nebraska volunteers
to tender their services to the preside mt
as soon as mustered. Gov. HolcOmb
issued him a commission as colonel,
with authority to proceed, and MIR.
Bryan said that he would accept the
fnmfpicciDn
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
GernIunY Helps Spain.

Spanish war vessels, which Were
destitute of armament short time
ago. have been supplied With guns by
Erupp They are also supplied with
all the nccessarics. INCLUDING Germa n
artiflerists. Fl may be noted that
Germany has net declared her neutraL
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
AMERICAS ERk1NENcE.
Italys Great Statesman Talks Concerning
The British Nance

Ex-1'remier Cris1b italy's aklcst
statesman and diplG7ft. said, in pni-
vate conversation. tA;nG of the Brit
ish Colonial SecretaSS suggestion of
an Anglo American liance:
England, foresecis Americas fItt-
urc prominence amog nations, pmI-
IDENTITY wishes to pro- thereby. FORE
uaw the Great RepuT's coming inf1a,-
ence years ago al tdiscussed with
caprivi, when Chan&or Of German1.,
the adYisability offnrcstalling and
s! s!cmming it by meal CO commercial
league of Europeanht,ons, joint Gus
toms regulations oalher measures
But nov the tornt is upon us. and
Europe must conse TO see her future
complications setti. by large ad-
mixture OF Amer IN rSrethods and
lrint.iples" "
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
Results of Wler's Cruelty

hhNs.t Havana 4 situation of the
people is terrible. kundreds of recon-
centrados from Id 8'osas. the big re-
concentrates bavrat in Havana, were
too weak to walk OF town and fell
where flocks of ltureS, "Weyler's
chickens" as THEY'RE now termed In
Havana, have feah on the remains
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
A Brave Officers Funeral

The United States and North Cara
lima Monday aIeid noble tribufe to the
memory OF the tSallant Ensign w.rth
Ra S,ey. the first officer killed in The
war with Spain. Nothing to lpproac n
the funeral pageant was ever seen 81
the city. Ten thousand pecssic were
present at Lttn ceremonies Ensic,,
Bagley was killed last week by an cX-
pi"ding shell fired from a Spanish .fcrt
at Cuba. whias on board THE torpedo
'EGa { Winslow
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
Gave Governor a Wheel

Recently Governor Ellerbe mastered
the art of riding q bicycle and onlv a
short time ago placed an order for !.
good machine. He won't need it now
for lately ne was presented with =
handsome Spalding by his friend. Mr.
r. II. Hyatt. 1t was furnished throuoh
McMaster's agency,
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27

Ex-minister from Spain Polo Ber-
nabe will leave Montreal for his native
country in a few days. The x-minister
has made good use of his time. per-
1ecting a system OF obtaining informa-
Tion. After Polo's departure these
spies wall report to the Spanish consul
general and the intelligence win be
forwarded to Madrid by way of Lon
don.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
Hayana's Defences.

Havana is surrounded by entrench-
men.s for so miles. The troops in the
garrison number 10000. and a like
number arc in the interior fighting the
insurgents. Nobody in Havana except
Il few higher officers knows that the
Spanish fleet was annihi!Gted ct Ma
pils
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
Million Dollar Fire.

The business section of httleburC
Mass, was wiped out by fire at an
carly hour Wednesday morning. Four
teen factories. occupied chiefly by
jewelry manufacturers. and dozen
dwellings. barns and storehouses were
burned The loss is estimated al ST.
100, coo: Insurance partial.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27

The fund of the new Y. M. @. A
building at Columbia received an inn
petus In the sum of SO, 500, donated bv
seventy four young men.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
ChRrleston's Auditor Deod

;. VIM: Eason. auditor of Charleston.
diea Mt that place on the 18th. This
makes another vacancy in Charleston
appointment. v
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-29

5000 bonds for each count The attorneys surrendered her to the court on the last three warrants issued and then petitfoned the Judge for her release claiming that the bail was excessive. Without argu- ment Judge Cook decided tha- the S1oC0 bond put up when she was first arrested was sufficient. and ordered her release on the last three warrants, which had been served within ten days of each other.
 MT, Ach made no issue. in the habeas corpus proceedings of last night, of the fact that 5000 was excessive bail on a single count of vagrancy, but it is under stood that he will probably bring this up when the case comes to trial.
 Secretary Kane had eleven warrants in his possession last night, ten of them giv- ing the names of the women wanted and one being Jane Doe warrant. Five of these were served, one of the women arrested being Lucie Brunei, The other women could not be found. The inmates of the houses had changed rooms and the trouble Kane had in locating the parties he wanted was a source of great amuse- ment for those interested in the defense. Robert c. Clapp and Joseph Michel were also again arrested for letting tenement houses for immoral purposes.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-29
THE SCRUB PUNCHERS.
Contests That Were Not So Warm al to Excite the Least Ad-
 ,11irat tion
miratiOn,

The sports who witnessed the boxing contests given under the auspices of the Atlas Club last evening in Turn Verein
 Hall were disappointed, because the club did not carry out its programme accord ing to the announcement.
 The opening entertainment was an eight round bout between Charles Vickers and
 "Kid' Johnson, with Joe Reay as referee. It was a sprinter contest all through the event which was characterized by many amusing tumbling features. Johnson scored a strong lead in the early rounds, but in the last rounds Vickers ran ahead of the game, so to speak, and the referee pleased everybody by announcing draw. The second event was to have been a six-round 'go" between Jack Sullivan and Jockey Evans, but owing to the fact that the house was small and that coin was rather scarce, tie contestants determined not to fight more than four rounds. This announcement displeased the manage ment, and the feathers were ordered out 1 of the ring.
 l The final event was to have been an l eight-round bout between Joe Butler (col- ored) of San Jose and Fred Craig (the Sausalito Cooler). Butler had all the best of the first round, bringing liberal flow of claret from Craig's nose, but in the second round Butler showed the white feather when he received a right smash on the neck which sent him through the ropes. He returned in a dazed state and the referee, rather than see "a good man put to sleep" stopped the contest and awarded "the heavyweight champion
 ship to MT. Craig.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-29
TWO HARD FIGHTS BOOKED. Jeffries and Kennedy and Maxwell and Denny Will Do Battle
 Next Month

The Western Athletic Club, at a meet ing of last evening, signed Jim Jeffries of Los Angeles to fight Joe Kennedy of the Excelsior Athletic Club a twenty round contest at Woodward's Pavilion on the evening of December 30.
 Billy Delaney, who is the manager of Jeffries, signed for the champion of the orange groves, and Young" Mitchell who is looking out for the interests of Kennedy, also placed his signature to the document. The agreement states that the men will battle for D and p per cent of the gate receipts, and that if they cannot agree upon a referee three days before the mill the club will select s, a man from is however, stated that the managers of both men have decided upon Jim Me ball league, to act as referee.
 The Excelsior, Club T, has also matched of Australia, to fight twenty rounds under it's auspices on, the evening of December 21: It is to be hoped the contestants will allow for the feelings of an indulgent pub lie and fight on the square"