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CARNESVILLE ADVANCE
VOLUME I.
FEVER SCARE IN VIRGINIA
Thirty Cases of Dread Disease Reported In
Soldiers’ Home at Hampton.
THE GOVERNMENT SENDS EXPERTS TO INVESTIGATE
Great Excitement Follows Report and Quarantine Is
Ordered--Three Deaths Sunday.
A special from Newport News, Va.,
says there are thirty cases of what is
believed to be genuine yellow fever at
the National Soldiers’ home near
Hampton, aud three deaths frond the
disease were reported Sunday, but it
cannot be stated that all of them were
caused by yellow fever. Newport
News and Hampton have quarantined
against the soldiers’ home. The gov¬
ernment authorities of Old Point have
already adopted this step, and no
strangers are allowed to enter the res¬
ervation. Quarantine Officer Hobson,
of Newport News, went to the soldiers’
home Sunday night and verified the
statement that there are now thirly
eases of the disease at the home, and
that there were three doaths from the
malady Sunday. While no one out¬
side of the soldiers’ home knew any¬
thing about the existence of tliat yellow
fever until Sunday, it is said the
disease made its appearance three
days before. The most rigid quarantine
regulations will bo enforced to pre-
vent the spread of the malady.
The news created great excitement
in Newport News, Old Point and
Hampton, and the most vigorous meas¬
ures will be resorted to to prevent its
spread. There are 4,000-old veterans
nt the home.
Wyman Fend* Expert* to Investigate.
A Washington dispatch says: Sur¬
geon General Wyman, of the marine
hospital, was informed Saturday night
of an outbreak of what it was feared
was yellow fever at the National Sol¬
diers’ Horae, at Hampton, and imme¬
diately dispatched surgeons in the ser-
vice from Washington to investigate
the sickness, report on its character to
the authorities, and to take measures
to prevent, the spread of the disease.
Dr. Wyman himself will go to Hamp¬
ton in a few days to take charge of the
work of preventing a spread of the
disease if it develops into genuine yel¬
low fever.
NEBRASKANS HAVE ENOUGH.
Regiment anti Two Batteries Arrive at San
Francisco From Manila.
The United States transport Han¬
cock has arrived at San Francisco from
Manila, with the Nebraska regiment
and two batteries of the Utah artillery
on board. The returning soldiers
cheered themselves hoarse at the sight
of the little fleet of launches, and from
the decks of the transport shouted
greetings and messages to the people
on the craft below.
Colonel II. B. Mulford, of the Ne-
braskaus, who is in command, soon
appeared at the railing.
“I don’t think you will see any of
us returning to Manila very soon,”
said Colonel Mulford, in response to a
question.
“Just one man in the entire regi¬
ment re-enlisted. Only twenty-five
remained in the Philippines to engage
in business.
“The Nebraskans had as much work
in this war,” continued Colonel Mul¬
ford, “as any regiment, volunteer or
regular. Our death roll in the Phil-
ippines from gunshot wounds, acci¬
dents nud diseases is sixty-two. In¬
cluding the sick and wounded who are
recovering, we dropped all told 204
men. On the Hancock are more than
one hundred wounded soldiers. The
entire regiment is glad to know that
it is to be mustered out in San Fran¬
cisco.”
Dozen Firemen Badly Hurt.
Fire in a five-story brick building at
'New York Saturday night did $150,000
image. \overcome A dozen firemen were injured
by smoke. The building
s owned by the Trinity church-cor-
ipn and was occupied by a uum-
Oeiii.’nine'ut firms.
♦ i^SdJhTgo'tO ENGLAND.
8t $„ e Missionaries Sail From
iadelphia For Liverpool,
y-nine Mormon missionaries
jvali sailed on tho steamer I’en-
om Philadelphia port for Liver-
Saturday, They are all young
In speaking of their missionary
in foreign lands, they said:
/There are 3,000 Mormon mission-
lies now at work all over the world,
and the number is daily increasing.
Every man goes on his own expense
and because of the faith tknt is in
him.”
They refused to discuss the recent
mobbing of three of their elders by
whitecaps in Georgia.
STEEL COMPANY REORGANIZED.
New Birmingham, Ala., Concern Will
Have Capital Stock of JS30.000.000.
A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch, says:
The Sloss Iron and Steel company has
reorgonized as the Sloss-Sheffield Steel
and Iron Company and will be incor¬
porated in New Jersey in a few days.
The new organization will have a cap¬
ital Rtoek of $20,000,000 with half 7
per cent preferred and half common
stock. The Central Trust Company,
of New York, will net as depository,
Two of the surgeons dispatched to
the home, reported at once that, the
symptoms very much resembled those
of yellow fever, and that while they
could not be positive in their diagnosis
as yet, they were inclined to the belief
that the illness was the dreaded yellow
jack. The government will adopt strict
precautionary measures to prevent a
spread of the disease, and will light, its
progress with all the skill and resources
at its command.
Sunday afternoon the surgeon gen¬
eral received a dispatch from Dr.Was-
din expressing his conviction that the
hospital authorities had been correct
in their fears aud Hint the disease was
genuine yellow fever. Surgeon White,
of Washington city, and Surgeon Wur-
tenbaker, from Wilmington, N. C.,will
go to Hampton, and other assistants
from the service will be directed to
proceed there as soon as the exact
condition of affairs can be learned and
the needs of the situation known.
Surgeon General Sternberg, of the
army, declared to an Associated Press
reporter nt a late hour Sunday night
that he had no official knowledge of
the reported outbreak of yellow fever
at Hampton. Ho expressed himself
as highly incredulous of tho* truth of
the story, saying he had no intima¬
tion even of the question of the fever
at Hampton. Still, he said he might
not get the earliest news in such case,
as reports probably would be first sent
to the managers of the soldiers’ home.
Norfolk Applies Quarantine.
The Norfolk, Ya., board of health
has quarantined against Old Point,
Hampton, and Newport News. Police
officers have been sent out along the
water front to watch for tugs, sail¬
boats and other craft. There in much
excitement. Governor Wood, of the
soldiers’ home, confirms tho report of
the existence of fever there. Hampton
has been quarantined from Old Point,
and the trolley cars stopped runniug
to the foinier place Sunday night.
ARE UNDER ARMS.
Friends of the Dominican Govern¬
ment Expect Outbreak By
the Revolutionists.
A dispatch of Sunday from Puerta
Plata, San Domingo, stated that the
situation there is critical. An out¬
is momentarily expected. The
friends of the government are under
arms and ready for action to protect
property and preserve the peace. A
feeble attempt was made to seize the
body of President Heureaux by the as-
sassins, Ilamon Caceres, Manuel Ca-
ceres, Horace Vasquez and Domingo
Picbarda, who are in the country
about Moca, with their folloxvers.
Governor Pepin has assembled
troops in Moca, and the governor of
Lavega Real has 10,000 men. The
minister of tho treasury has arrived at
Moca in hot haste.
The government is taking steps for
the protection of business and the
finances of the country,and expects to
cairy out the contemplated cancella¬
tion of the state bank notes. In
Puerto Plata there is an urgent de¬
mand that the government send a
sufficient force to Moca to hunt down
tho assassins of the president.
TRIED TO RECAPTURE CAL A M DA.
Rebel* Again Repulsed—One
American Killed and Six Wounded.
A dispatch from Manila received at
Monday morning states that
rebels attempted to recapture
Sunday, but wore easily re-
Tho dispatch says that one
was killed and six others
wounded. The Filipinos’ loss was
CARPENTER COMES HOME.
Late Military Governor of Puerto Principe
Has Four Months’ Leave of Absence.
General L. II. Carpenter, late mili¬
tary governor ' of Puetto Principe,
Cuba, and on a four months’ leave of
absence before going to Porto Rico,
arrived at New York on the Munson
line steamship Olinda Sunday morn¬
ing. General Carpenter said he was
relieved from tho military governor¬
ship when the province of Pueito
Principe was merged into the province
of Santiago. After a brief visit to
Washington the general will visit his
family on the coast of Maine.
AGREE UPON NEW SCALE.
Operators and Miner* in Coal Creek Dis¬
trict Have Amicable Settlement.
As a result of the conference held
between the representatives of the
miners and the, operators of the Coal
Creek and Jellieo mining district, in
Tennessee, the operators have agreed
to make an increase of 10 per cent on
the part of the scale of the miners’
wages.
This action removes all possibility
of labor troubles ln the mines,
CARNESVILLE. CIA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 4. 18119.
JUDGE CHAMBERS RETURNS.
Chief Justice Arrives At 5ail
Francisco and Talks of
5a moan Affairs.
Chief Justice W. T. Chambers, of
Samoa, arrived at San Francisco Friday
on tho steamer Moann, accompanied
by his family. He is on a four months*
leave of absence, but says that his
business iu the United States Is of such
a nature that he In will not probably re¬
turn to Apia, an interview, the
chief justice said:
“All is now quiet in Samoa, but I
cannot answer for the future. Both
Mataafa and Malietoa affect to he sat¬
isfied with the present arrangement,
which abolishes t|je office of king and
vests tho responsibility of government
in the consuls of three powers. I feel
sure Malietoa is sincere in this.
Thongh fairly elected, nud after the
election accepting the kingship, he
never had ambitions in that direction.
As soon as the commission arrived he
proposed to resign, a spirit which later
proved to be in accordance with the
plans of the commissioners, and I have
every reason to believe that he will
live up to his bargain.
“Mataafa is ambitious. For many
years he has thirsted for pojver and
will not bo so easily satisfied. At tho
same time he is a man of exceptional
ability, is shrewd, and I have never
thought the interests of the natives
would especially suffer in his hands.
“Yes, my decision has been sustain¬
ed by the commission, and it has pub¬
lished the fact in a proclamation.
“With respect to the future, I can
say little. In its work, the commis¬
sion has endeavored to eliminate from
the original arrangement all of the
features that have appeared faulty or
weak. Those sections have simply
been struck out, leaving nothing in
their places. What will rob the whole
document of proper effectiveness is
tho tripartite treaty under which it
will have to operate. I am sure no
government in Samoa will succeed un¬
der such an arrangement. Tho sooner
the powers see this and formulate
some correction, the better for all con¬
cerned.”
Judge Chambers said he had finish¬
ed up all of the cases to come before
the court this summer. The commis-
sion is ompowed to appoint a chief jus¬
tice ad interim to act in case anything
arises before a permanent appointment
is made. Up to the time Chief Justice
Chambers left the commission had not
decided who the new man would be.
QUARTET SWUNG UP.
Four Nostoph Die On Sumo Gnllows at
Baltimore, Md.
Upon one scaffold and simultane¬
ously four negroes were ushered into
eternity Friday in the Baltimore,Md.,
jail yard. Three of the men, Corne¬
lius Gardner, John Myers and Charles
James, paid with their lives for crim¬
inally assaulting Annie Bailey, a thir¬
teen-year-old negress, while Joseph
Bryan, tlio fourth member of the quar¬
tet, killed Mary Pack, a negress with
whom he had lived.
A fifth negro, Daniel Rodgers, con¬
victed of killing his brother-in-law,
Lewis, was to have occupied
the same scaffold, but his sentence was
to life imprisonment by
Lowndes.
Tbe necks of James, Myers and
were broken by the fall, and
died almost instantly. Gardner’s
became disarranged iu the fall,and
contorted face was visible to the
He was apparently con¬
about one moment, after which
DR. KERFOOT ACCEPTS
Secretaryship of Southern linptist Home
Missionary Board.
Dr. F. H. Kerfoot, of Louisville,
Ky., lias announced to the Southern
Baptist Home Mission board his ac¬
ceptance of the position of secretary.
He will remove to Atlanta, Ga.,
about the 1st of September and enter
upon tho duties of the office.
Doctor Kerfoot) has been for ten
years professor of Systematic Theolo¬
gy in the Southern Baptist Theologi¬
cal seminary at Louisville, Ky. He
has filled this position with distin¬
guished ability. This is tho largest
theological seminary of any denomina¬
tion in the country.
Doctor I. T. Tichenor, whose long
and distinguished services as secretary
have been thoroughly appreciated,
greatly approves of his successor. Dr.
Tichenor will be retired as emeritus
secretary.
BRICKMAKERS ON STRIKE.
Ten Thousand Workmen Thrown Out of
Employment at Chicago.
Ten thousand men were thrown out
of employment and work was stopped
on 200 buildings in the course of con¬
struction in Chicago during the second
day of the strike of the union brick¬
layers of Cook county.
The tie-ups came/irston the smaller
jobs, where the contractors had not
taken the precaution to increase their
supply of bricks in anticipation of the
strike. The bricklayers and hodcar-
riers were forced to quit for want of
material, and following them the car¬
penters were compelled to lay down
their tools.
ASSESSED BY JUDGE.
North Carolina Officials Enjoined From
Fixing Tax Upon Telegraph Company.
A Raleigh special says: Judge Si-
monton has granted a restraining or¬
der forbidding the corporation the com¬
mission from assessing value of the
Western Union Telegraph Company’s
property in North Carolina at $1,000,-
000, and directing that it be assessed
at $600,000. The order is returnable
before him at Asheville September
13th.
one of The last acts of re.
TIRING SECRETARY OF WAR.
HE FULLY EXPLAINS HIS fiCTIONS.
Dcnica Emphatically That Appointment*
To Armj' Wore Mode For l'olit*
leal Bensons.
One of tho last acts of Secretary
Algor, who relinquished his portfolio
Tuesday, was to prepare a statement
covering several matters regarding the
conduct of the war which has been the
subject of criticism iu the public press,
particularly with reference to the ap¬
pointment of staff officers in the volun¬
teer army. Tho statement iu part is
as follows:
“All is well known, the force, with
the exception of three regiments of
engineers, three regiments of cavalry
and ten regiments of immune infan¬
try, was made up of 'regiments from
the various states,the officers of which
were all appointed exclusively by tho
governors of tlio respective states from
which the regiments came, and any
officer found unfitted for service and
discharged was replaced by another in
the same maimer. The president had
no voice or control ill the matter.
“From the stateineut referred to the
public miglit be made to believe that
the volunteer was officered by men
selected through political influence
with the secretary of war by special
fvvor, anil without any regard to fit¬
ness for the duties they wero to per¬
form.
“The returns of the volunteer army
show that iu August, 181)8, there were
207,214 enlisted men and 8,785 officers
in those regiments. This, with the
regular army recruited up to the war
strength, made an aggregate of about
275,000 officers and men. The volun¬
teer officers appointed by the presi¬
dent numbered, all told, 1,032. Of
this number 441 were taken from the
regular army, aud 591 from civil life.
“It has been stated and repeated
many times that the secretary of war
made these appointments, when the
truth is that very few were made upon
his recommendation, although he caus-
eddthe entire list,with the recommend-
atAns, to be compiled and placed bo-
fol ' the president for this selection. I
wouitf be only too glad to have had
the honor to have made these appoint¬
ments. No better, no more loyal or
more patriotic set of men, as a whole,
ever served their country, and their
appointments were a credit not only
to the appointing power, but to the
country they served. There were ex¬
ceptions, but that could not have beon
foreseen.
“Criticisms as to the amounts and
methods of expenditures which could
imply the wrong or careless use of
money were also made by Tho Loudon
Times. This charge is false. So far
as the conduct of the service was con¬
cerned no person with any knowledge
of the facts can ever charge truthfully,
and no one can ever show that a dollar
was misappropriated, stolen or embez¬
zled out of the hundreds of millions of
dollars that were expended.”
SHORT ON GREENBACKS.
Are Annoyed By Scnrcity of
Paper Currency.
Secretary Gage is much annoyed at
the scarcity of paper currenoy in the
norkh, and is unable to help out the
merchants and banks in that section.
The demand for papor currency is ex¬
traordinary at this time. In speaking
of the matter Assistant Secretary Van-
derly said:
“The country has about all there is.
is about $20,000,009 in green¬
in the treasury, but we need
to do business with ourselves.
We cannot issue any more Sherman
or silver certificates unless some
deposits silver dollars in the
treasury. It has been suggested that
northern banks might be able to
silver from the south and deposit
silver certificates.”
Central Railway Incorporated.
The Utah Central railway was in¬
corporated at Salt Lake Monday with
a capital stock of $87,000,000, its ob¬
ject being, it-is said, to acquire the
Central Pacific railroad and all its
property and franchises.
SENT FOR THEIR BAGGAGE.
Mormon Elder* Were Not. Hurt By the
Whitecappor*.
The latest news in regard to tlio
missing Mormon elders is to the effect
that on Wednesday two men from near
Flovila, Ga., Messrs. John Thomas
and J. J. Singley, arrived at Mr. Cun-
uard’s with a note from tho Mormons,
asking Mr. Cunnard to send their hats
and baggage. They also said that the
whitecappers did not hurt them, but
escorted them to tbe lino of Newton
county and told them to “burn tho
wind” and if they ever rnmo back they
would be killed. The shooting of
Mrs. Cunnard seemed to scare them
out of whipping tho Mormons.
ROOSEVELT SCORED ALGER.
Rough Rider Advised President to Oust
the Secretary of War.
A Washington dispatch from Wash¬
ington says: It has developed that
Governor Roosevelt wrote a letter to a
cabinet officer a short time ago urging
the retirement of General Alger; that
General Otis be relioved of his com¬
mand in the Philippines, and that
General Brooke should be succeeded
as military governor of Cuba by Gen¬
Lenoard Wood,
.
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUEPERMANENT¬
LY ORGANIZED AT ATLANTA.
OFFICERS FOR YEAR ARE ELECTED.
Much' Oond Woflt Am)iD)ili«hfd and
Sonio I in port ant ltosnlut Ion* Were
Adopted at the Meeting.
Tho pernmuetit organization of tlio
Soutliorn Industrial Longue was affect¬
ed l>y the convention iu its session at
Atlanta, On., Thursday morning. Tho
committee sent in its report and by
ita adoption the league stood organ-
ized as a future powerful factor in the
development of the industries of tho
southern states.
Tho meeting of Thursday morning
was tho last business session of the
convention, yet tbo most far reaching
and influential measuro adopted dm - -
ing tho whole convention caiuo at that,
session. It was a resolution from the
committee on resolutions, and when it
was read the whole house voted to
adopt it unanimously. It is ns follows:
“He it resolved, That tho Southern
Industrial convention pledges its in-
fluence toward securing state and
municipal legislation looking toward
the exemption from taxation for a lim-
ited length of time, of manufacturing
enterprises to be located within thoir
respective states.”
The adoption of the resolution was
accompanied It seemed by cheers that tho from convention the dele-
gates.
felt gratification at the opportunity of
thus extending an open invitation
and inducement to manufacturers to
come into the south.
Permanent Officers Elected.
The report of the committee on per¬
manent organization showed the fol¬
lowing names recommended as those
who will serve as permanent officers
President, J. K. Orr, of Atlanta. Vice
presidents: For Georgia, Willis E. Ren-
gan; for Alabama, George Malone, of
Dothan; for Florida, John P. Coffin, of
Lake Butler; for North Carolina, D.A.
Tompkins, of Charlotte; for South Car¬
olina, F. T. Willioite, of Anderson.
Treasurer, D. O. Dougherty; secretary,
T. H. Martin.
The convention cast a unanimous
vote for tho election of these officers,
Their terms of office will be for one
year.
The committee alRo recommended
in the report that the permanent lo ad-
quarters of the league ho fixod in At¬
lanta.
After the election of the permanent
officers President Orr appointed the
executive committee as follows:
Hugh Richardson of Atlanta; J. L.
Hand, of Pelham; W. A. Walker, of
Atlanta; Wilraer Moore, of Atlanta; TO.
0. Atkins, of Atlanta; P. J. Cline, of
Millsdgeville; W. A. Kiser of Atlanta,
and Otto Schwab, of Atlanta.
president, vice president, secretary
and treasurer are also members of the
executive cominitteo.
Tho committee on resolutions re
ported favorably on the resolutions of
Delegate Coffin, which empowered
each delegate to form a local branch at
tho league iu their respective homos.
Tho resolution was adopted by the
convention.
All of the delegates are gratified at
the progress made during tlio conven-
tion. They have accomplished much
good for the section nud have adopted
measures that will bo felt in all parts
of tho south. Altogether it was one oi
the most important and successful con¬
ventions that has ever assembled in
Atlanta. There is great regret ex-
pressed both by the Atlanta members
and the visiting delegates that the time
of the convention could not bo pro¬
longed.
LETTERS WERE CONFIDENTIAL.
Attack By II. M. Atkinson On (lenornl Gill
Is Causing Much Discussion.
An Atlanta dispatch says: The re¬
cent attack of H. M. Atkinson, secro- !
tarv and treasurer of the Collins Park
and Belt Railway Company, on Gen¬
eral John Gill, president of the Mer¬
cantile Trust and Deposit Company, of
Baltimore, before the electric railway
committee of the Atlanta city council
and in the public prints, has created ;
quite a stir not only in Atlanta, but in |
eastern financial circles, where both
gentlemen are well known.
Mr. Atkinson roasted General Gill
hard for disclosing to Joel Hurt and to
the public through Mr. Hurt, the pri¬
vate correspondence he had had with
the Mercantile Trust company. Theso
letters, it will be remembered, were
rend by Mr. Hurt in public several
days ago, and were also made public
at the hearing of the injunction suit
of tho state against the Consolidated
et al. in the hearing before Commis¬
sioner Parry. Mr. Atkinson took the
position that as the letters were
strictly confidential General Gill
should not have made them public in
order to further his.own private inter¬
ests.
The eastern papers have been pub¬
lishing reports of Mr. Atkinson’s at¬
tack on General Gill, even going so
far ns to intimate a duel between these
gentlemen. It happens, however, that
General Gill is in Europe, and that it
was Charles It. Spence, vice president
of the Mercantile oompanv, that gave
Mr. Atkinson’s letters out “to the pub-
lie.
A heated discussion is being carried
»■f - «•»■>« •<
A MOB ATTACKS MORMONS
Three Elders are Roughly Treated and Then
Spirited Away.
PISTOLS AND SHOTGUN WERE BROUGHT INTO USE
During Helee a Woman Was Shot--Mormon Doc¬
trines Were Obnoxious.
Three Mormnn elders, who have
been preaching their peculiar doctrinea
in the vicinity of Covington, Ga., for
the pant few wooka, were mobbed
Thursday night by thirty masked
men near Newton fnctory.
The Mormons had met with little
s,l< ’ (:08a in their effort at proselyting,
hut following their custom, had beg¬
ged food and lodging, which the conn-
try people, in the kindness of thoir
hearts, willingly extended,
The missionaries, together with Mr.
and Mrs. William Cunnard, were seat¬
ed on the front porch of the latter’s
residence Thursday evening enjoying
a quiet after warning supper chat. There had
becq no of an outbreak, and
tho Mormons fancied themselves in
security. Suddenly the tramp of ap-
pronchiug horses was heard, and iu a
few moments thirty well mounted and
armed men drew up before the door of
the Cunnard residence, nud dismount-
ing, filed into the yard,
All the men wore black masks, and
there was little confusion, the mob
pushing forward one of their number
as spokesman.
This party brusquely addressed the
elders, commanding that they accom-
pany the men who stood waiting to
receive them. At this an altercation
arose between the members of the
mob and tho Cnunnrds, who declarod
that they would not violate the rules
of hospitality by allowing thoir guests
to ho taken away in this envalier
fashion.
Mrs. Cunnard, in a moment of an¬
the chair on which she
INQERSOLL’S BODY CREMATED
Remains of World-Famed Agnos¬
tic Reduced To a Mand-
full of Ashes.
Walston, the home at Dobbs Ferry,
where Robert G. Ingersoll died, was a
quiet placo Wednesday. The body of
the dead agnostic lay on his flower-
covered bier. Only the widow and
daughters sat near, all the others kept
aw ay. These hundred letters were
received during the day from $11 over
the country, most of them from inti-
mate friends,
Colonel Ingersoll’s body was cre-
mated Thursday. The coffin was a
plain black cloth covered affair with-
out ornament or handles of any kind,
and without even a name plate. It
was simply a box iu which the dead
might lie at rest during the journey to
tho crematory at Fresh Fond, L. I.
The body was jilaced in the retort
at 11:50 and at 2 o’clock ull that re-
mained was ashes,
There were no services at the crem-
atory. Even tho organ, which is
usually played while a cremation is
going on, was silent. This was at tlio
request of tho family,
The incineration was strictly pri-
vato. The timo was not even set, in
order that the public might not know,
The funeral party waited during the
hours while tho body was being con-
aimed, to take the ashes back with
them,
TO RAISE DEWEY FUND.
A Great Tlu-atrirnl Production In Now
York Is Being Arranged.
The executive committee of the
Dewey house, testimonial fund met at the
Astor New York, Thursday.
The plau of the committee which was
formed to raise money to purchase a
home for Admiral Dewey has narrow¬
ed down to the proposed production of
tho pluy “The White Squadron. It
has been decided to give the perform¬
ance at tlio Metropolitan opera house.
President McKinley, the cabinet and
Governor Roosevelt have indorsed the
[ilnn.
The performance itself promises to
j je one of tho greatest theatrical pro¬
ductions ever undertaken in that city.
FIRST TEXAS RALE
8ol<l at Public Auction and Proceed* to Go
to the Flood Sufferer*.
Tho first bale of the crop of Texas
cotton grown at Hinton, Patricia coun¬
ty, and shipped by Governor Sayers,
was sold at public auction in front of
the cotton exchange at New York
Monday for the benefit of the snffer-
ors of the floods in Texas. It brought
$2,000.
The bale was re-donated to the ex¬
change and will be sent to the Boston
exchange to be auctioned off in like
manner. The bale will then be ship¬
ped to some other point and will real¬
ize a good round sum for the suffer¬
ers.
SAMPSON FILES SUIT.
Admiral Want* Bonn* For Destruction of
Cervera** Fleet Off Cuba.
^ Washington dispatch cays: Rear
Admiral William I. Sampson filed, in
1bo supreme court of tho District of
Columbia Monday, n suit in bis own
belwlf 11,1(1 also ln beb, * ,f of tbe ulcers
and enlisted men of the ships of the
North Atlantic station who took part
P«‘ in the "aval engagement off San-
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NUMBER «8.
was aitting and attacked tho mob in- '
discriminately. IMstols were drawn,
and Mr. Mr.Cunnard, rushing into the
house, secured hia shotgnn. In the
confusion the light iu the sitting room
was extinguished, and then ensued a
rapid volley of shots from the mob,
broken by ty tho deafening report of
the shotgun.
For several minutes tliero was much
scuffling and bad language, and when
a light was finally procured tho mob
had retreated, taking the missionaries
with them, and lying in one corner of
the poroh was Mrs. Guimard, the half
of whoso faco had been shot off.
It is supposed that iu the uncertain
light Mr. Cunnard discharged his
weapon directly into tho face ol his
wife.
Just what had become of the Mor¬
mons was a mystery for the time be¬
ing. They have beon very persistent
in their efforts to sproad their faith,
and the doctrines which they proposed
are exceedingly obnoxious to the mass
of the country people. Only « short,
time ago they were rotten-egged out of
Winder and Monticello, and other
Georgia towns have accorded them
similar treatment.
They do not provide themselves
with scrip or with clothing, declaring
that they will subsist as did the
apostles of old. They make a slight
impression on the more credulous, but
the substantial country people are bit¬
terly opposed to their presence in any
community which they may invade,
and if they have escaped thus far it is
only because their mission has. been a
one.
LUET6ERT DEAD IN CELL.
Chicago Sausngemaker Once Con¬
fessed That He Killed
His Wife.
Adolph L. Luctgert, the wealthy
Chicago sausage maker who was serv¬
ing a life sentence in tho penitentiary
at Joliet, J1I., for tho murder of his
wife, was found dead in his cell Thurs¬
day.
I)rs. Warner and O’Malley held a
post mortem examination, disclosing
the fnct. that Luet^ort died from
fatty degeneration of the member heart. the
Frank Fay Pratt, a of
Chicago bar, made a statement
Thursday night that Luetgert cop
fessed in February, 1808, that he h?f
killed hi» wife.
“In February, 1808, said Mr. PraK
“in my visits to a client at the jail, I
became acquainted with the sausage
maker. He was told by one of the
jailers that I was a palm reader, and
one day as I was passing his cell he
asked me to read his hand. I found
tho lines of fatality or predestination
very strong, and I told him that from
his hand I could readily see that he
was not responsible for his actions in
tho sense of self-restrniut. He then
said:
“Yes, that is so; I did kill my wife.
I was possessed of the devil and kill¬
ed her because I was in love with an¬
other woman.
“He then started to tell me about
the vat and said his wife attempted to
make a dying statement to him when
the dogs began to growl and he put
an end to her. He then began curs¬
ing. As I considered the confession a
professional one, I respected it until
death has now placed him beyond fur¬
ther human pursuit.”
The trial of Luetgert in Chicago at¬
tracted widespread attention and was
one of the most sensational in the his¬
tory of the state. Luetgert was
charged with having murdered his
wife in the basomeut of his factory
and cooked the body to pieces in a vat.
Tho prosecution had but a few small
bones and two rings as evidence that
their story was correct, but secured
conviction and a life sentence.
M’KINLEY WILL HONOR DEWEY.
Admiral Will He Given a Reception at
White House.
.President McKinley will give a re¬
ception to Admiral Dewey at the white
house when the latter arrives in Wash¬
ington. At first he was in doubt
whether a reception or dinner would
be more appropriate, but the former
is likely to be decided on, for the rea¬
son it would be more popular in char¬
acter and would grant a multitude of
people an opportunity to meet the na¬
val hero and shake hands with him.
The management of the reception
will be very simple and will differ in
no important respects from regular
affairs of that character.
Baker Admitted to Bail.
At Barbourville, Ky., Monday,
Wiley Baker was admitted to bail in
the sum of $5,000. Wiley and Jim
Baker are charged with the murder of
Wilson Howard and Burch Storr. No
date was set for Wiley’s trial.
National Bank For Honolulu.
A San Francisco dispatch says: The
first and only national bank outside of
the continental boundaries of the
“ be estab-