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CAMPAIGN OPENING'
A Stirring Letter From Chairman'
Steve Clay
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BEING SENT ALL OVER THE STATE
Asking the Co-Operation of
the Press
SPEAKERS IN GREAT DEMAND
He Makes, an Especial Appeal to tlie Week
ly Press as There is no Better Way of
Reaching the Masses, He Thinks, Than
Through All the Reading Newapaders of
Every Ccmtnunl'y
Atlanta, July 29- —The democratic
| Campaign in the state of Georgia will
F be opened in earnest next week, as
speakers will begin to invade the dif
ferent counties in Georgia to preach
X democracy.
Today letters to all the weekly
newspaper of the democratic faith in
the state of Georgia are flying out
from headquarters. These letters call
attention to the matter of registration
and urge the editors to impress upon
the voters the importance of getting
' in line to cast their ballots in the fall.
The following is the letter that is being
sent out by Mr. Clay •
My Dear sir—As chairman of the state
democratic executive committee, I am en
■deavoring to get before the people the
general registration law. I know of no
better way to reach the masses of the
, people, especially the people in the rural
districts, than through the weekly press.
In many counties the people have never
voted ufider the registration law, conse
•quently, many voters in Georgia do not
know anything about the law.
First.—Only voters who have register
ed this yerr (1896) can vote in the elec
tions to be held this fall, consequently,
any person who may fail to register this
year, under this law, will be deprived of
his vote.
Second. —In order to register, the voter
must apply to the tax collector and regis
ter in person, either by writing his name
<«r making his mark. He is required, un
der the lavt, to sign the oath, and one
person cannot register the name of .anoth
• er. The impression has gone out that
the tax collector can get the names of
voters and sign the oath for them. This
is a mistake, and all such ’ registration is
illegal. * The voter must apply to the tax
collector, or his clerk, and sign the oath
Tiimself,or make his mark.
Third—ln order to facilitate the
woik the tax collector is allowed to
appoint a clerk, or clerks, to assist him
in carrying on the registering of
•voters. The acts of such clerks, done
in pursuance of the registration law,
will be just as legal and valid as if
done by the tax collector himself.
It is important that immediate at-
■ tention be called to this act and its
provisions, so as to get the voters to
•come forward and comply with it.
The general registration law for the
state will be found in “Georgia Laws
of 1894,” pages 115 to 122, inclusive. I
trust The Tribune will take an interest
| in presenting the provisions of this
L act to its readers, and impressing them
B with the importance of complying
■ with it an early day. Let the voters
H who read your paper Know that, un-
K less they register this year, they will
JV be deprived of their votes.
As chairman of the state committee, I
will appreciate any attention you may
give this subject, can any information
you may furnish the voters of your coun
ty. Your valuable paper and doubtless
be of much service to the party during
the next few months. Unless the people
can be informed in regard to the provi
sions of this law, many will be deprived
qf their votes when election day comes.
Trusting that I may have your assist
ance and co operation in this important
matter, believe me to be very truly yours,
A. S. Clay,
Chairman State Committee.
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General Colston Dies at Richmond.
Richmond, July 25.—General R. E.
Golston, who was an officer in the con
federate army and at one time com
manded the Stonewall brigade, died at
the Soldiers’ Home here. He was in his
seventy-first year. General Colston
served six j ears in the Egyptian army
and secured the decoration of Kni, r t
Gommander of the Turkish Order -x'
Oshmanich for distinguished services.
Three Men Killed In a Wreck.
St. Joseph, Mich., July 29.—A freight
train on the Vandalia railway ran
through a bridge near Crawfordsville,
Ind., killing Conductor Fowler, Brake
man McKenzie and Fireman John Her-
L bert, and seriously injuring Roadmaster
* J. S. Brothers and Engineer Bowhan.
The wreck was caused by a washout.
The train was demolished.
Lightning Kills Man and Wife.
Allgood, S. C., July 29.—Lightning
Wt?uck and killed Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Linder near this place and burned the
house down on them. Their charred
remains were gathered up and buried at
Gowpens. Mr. Linder was a well-to-do
farmer.
I Turkey May Issue Paper Money.
Constantinople, July 29.—1 t is ru-
I moved that the Turkish government
contemplates the issue of paper money.
THE ROHE TRIBUNE
j TURKEY MAKES COMPLAINT.
I Objects to the Shipment of Munitions of
War From Greece to Crete.
Constantinople, July 29.—As a re
sult of a cabinet council, the Turkish
I government has just made a formal
j complaint to the government of Greece
regarding the alleged shipment of arms
and ammunition from Greece to the
island of Crete for the use of insurgents
there, and relative to the appearance of
armed bands in Macedonia, pointing
out the danger therefrom to the peace
of Europe and adding that Greece would
be held responsible for it.
The Turkish government also an
nounced that it had decided to grant
limited concessions to the Cretans, and
that they will be allowed representa
tion.
The powers, it is stated, have decided
to send a collective note to Greece, de
claring that the government of the lat
ter country must suppress the matters
complained of by the T .rkish govern
ment, adding that otherwise the sultan
of Turkey would be left to restore order
in Crete.
It is rumored here that the Turkish
government intends to dispatch a force
of Albanians against the Greek filibus
terers, a step which will undoubtedly
add considerably to the gravity of the
situation. < '
WRECK OF
The United States Supervising Inspector
Making an Investigation.
San Francisco, July 29.—An investi
gation into the wreck of the Pacific
mail steamship Columbia has com
menced before Captain W. S. Birming
ham, United States supervising in
spector for this district. The testimony
of several officers taken has a tendency
to fix the blame more definitely than
has already been done.
The officers detail what they know of
the condition of the steamer and how
she was running at the time. In gen
eral the testimony was to the effect that
the Columbia was in good condition
and was, shortly before the crash upon
the rocks, running in excellent order
and under proper management.
The officers were unanimous in de
claring the night was foggy and many
bewildering fog signals misguided them
until the vessel was upon the rocks and
beyond all hope. The warning whistle,
it was thought, was sounded from pass
ing vessels and not from fog stations
upon the rocks.
WILL FIGHT IN NEW YORK.
Maher and Choynski Meet In San Fran
clmco and Arrange a Match.
San Francisco, July 29.—Joe Choyn
ski and Peter Maher met here and had
a friendly talk on the pugilistic outlook.
Buck Connolly, Maher’s manager, whs
present, and so was Ed Greeny, Choyn
ski’s friend and adviser. As a result of
the informal conference, it was about
concluded that Choynski and Maher
will meet in the ring in New York, some
time after boxing is resumed in that
city in September.
Connolly has received word that the
Dwyers, the well known eastern horse
men, are organizing a big boxing club,
which is to begin operations as soon as
the Horton bill goes into effect. He has
been given to understand that the new
organization will make a handsome bid
for the Choynski-Maher fight, and on
the strength of his convictions he has
given Choynski his personal assurance
that at least $6,000 will be hung up
when the fighters come together in New
York.
WANTS MURPHY “FIRED.”
Counterfeiter George W. Dice Says He Will
“Squeal” on Certain Conditions.
Columbus, 0., July 29.—George W.
Dice, who, after Miles Ogle, is probably
the most dangerous counterfeiter in the
United States, was received at the state
penitentiary to serve eight years.
Dice says he knows where ten big
counterfeiting plates are, and that he
has SIOO,OOO of “queer” of his own
planted, all of which he will put in the
hands of the government if John E.
Murphy of the secret service at St.
Louis is discharged.
Murphy accomplished Dice’s arrest.
Dice assaulted Murphy in court in At
lanta while he was on trial and tried to
kill him. He says he is writing a book
of his adventures in counterfeiting and
has been offered $2,000 for the copy
right.
Killed by a Woman “Scorcher.**
Chicago, July 29. —An unknown
woman riding a bicycle ran over Wil
liam Klink, an aged butcher at Fifty
first and Morgan streets Tuesday night
and injured him so severely that he died
from the effects Wednesday. The
woman was “scorching,” and the old
butcher, in attempting to get out of her
way, stumbled and fell. As he fell one
of the handlebars struck him in the
abdomen. The woman mounted her
wheel before it could be ascertained who
she was and rode away, leaving the dy
ing man lying on the street.
Moreland Fined and Sent to the Pen.
Pittsburg, July 29.—Major William
O. Moreland, ex-city attorney, convicted
of the embezzlement of city funds, was
sentenced to pay a fine of $26,900 and
undergo three years imprisonment in
the Riverside penitentiary. His assist
ant, W. H. House, was fined SI,OOO and
two years to the penitentiary. While
the shortage upon which Messrs. More
land and House were convicted was only
$26,900, the amount of Moreland’s fine,
there was between S3OO and S4OO unac
counted for on the books of the city.
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THE HOME TRIBUNE, ROME. GA.. THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1896
DONS FIRE ON FLAG
No Respect Shown Old Glory on the
Island of Cuba.
AMERICANS AT SPRANIARD’S MERCY
Instead of Our Flag a Guarantee
of Protection
1
IT IS A SIGNAL FOR INSULT
Sen ora de Dur io, a Naturalized Citizen oi
the United States, Shot qt and Her Prop
erty Destroyed Because the Stars and
Stripes Were Flying Over Her House.
Cuban War News.
Was&lngton, July 29.—The Ameri-
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can flag appears to have become a signal
for insult and attack in the Spanish ter
’ ritory of Cuba, instead of a guarantee oi
protection to American citizens residing
there. This is shown by the story of a
lady who has just come to the state de
partment with a claim for assistance.
' She is Senora Maria Dolores de Durio,
heiress and executor of the late Dr.
Louis T. Stocker of Philadelphia, who
owned a large property in his own city
as well as extensive estates in Cuba.
Her husband’s grandfather was born
! in Philadelphia, and her husband was
an American citizen. She was born in
Spain, but was naturalized as an Ameri
can citizen in 1877. She wants $200,000
damages from the Spanish government
for the injuries and indignities she has
. received, including the destruction of
her sugar plantations in the districts of
Quemado de Guines and Rancho Velos,
, in the province of Santa Clara. Her
papers bear the official signature of
General Fitzhugh Lee, as consul general.
Senora de Durio says that about three
months ago Spanish irregular forces,
1 under Jose Trujillo and Demetris Percy,
; devastated her plantation with fire be
cause she was known to favor Cuban
independence and kept the American
, flag flying over her residence at Carata.
On another occasion she says she was
' shot at by Spanish soldiers while lying
in bed with her granddaughter. The
bullet clipped a curl from the little one’s
head, ana, passing through a partition,
lodged in the wall of an adjoining cham
ber.
She was fired upon three other times
by Spanish troops, and had a narrow
escape from death in one instance. The
' captain of the troops at that time gave
as an excuse that the American flag was
flying over her house, and he thought
that ehe had no right to put it there.
Sixteen Cubans Reported Killed.
Havana, July 29.—The police have
, captured a collection of maps of the
\ island, highly colored, showing the sup
posed insurgent headquarters in Cubi
tas, the rebel flag and picturing various
1 chiefs of the insurrection. The maps
bear the imprint of a Borcelona firm. A
Havana stationer, Don Fernaldez, in
whoee possession they were found, was
arrested.
, Narcisso Rodgriguez Torres, court
, mar Haled here, was shot in Cabanas for
tress Wednesday.
Mantanzas advices says that 200 Span
ish troops defeated 1,000 insurgents en
trenched at Juguitillo and captured
Aguirret camp, killing 16.
A Madrid dispatch to El Diario de la
Marina says the Argentine Republic
refuses to cede to the Spanish govern
ment two battleships nearing comple
tion at Genoa, Italy.
A Letter From Antonio Maceo.
New York, July 29.—General Anto
nio Maceo writes to Colonel Perez, his
chief of staff, now in New York recov
ering from a wound:
I was pinched (wounded) the other day,
but am all right now and ready to fight as
ever. I am expecting every minute the
war material brought over by Leyte Vi
dal. Everything was safely landed, and
would have been in my possession now
but for the bad roads. I congratulate Dr.
Castillo on the outcome of his last expe
dition. I want you to hurry up and send
me the ammunition I asked for. Our ene
mies are cowed in spite of their being
veteran soldiers and having all the ammu
nition they need. There is not an inch of
Cuban soil which has not been sprinkled
with Cuban blood. I never saw harder
fighting during the ten years’ war than I
see now, but I have always whipped the
Spaniards when I have met them.
Son of Jos. Maceo Going to Cuba.
New York, July 29.—Among the pas
sengers that arrived at this port by the
steamer Caracas from La Guayara was
the son of Jose Maceo, who was killed
in Cuba recently. The young man, it
is said, held the post of chief of police
in Port Limon, Costa Rica, and is, to
gether with ten other young Cubans, on
his way to the island to join the rebel
army. He learned of his father’s death
on landing.
Shipbuilders Repudiate a Contract.
Madrid, July 29.—1 tis announced
here that the shipbuilders of Genoa
have repudiated the contract that their
representative made with the Spanish
government to furnish the latter
promptly with two cruis rs of 7,000 tons.
Great excitement prevails here, as it is
added that these vessels have been pur
chased by the United States.
Vice President St. John Has Not Resigned.
Baltimore, July 29.—President Hoff
man of the Seaboard Air Line said:
"The rumor that Mr. St. John has re
signed as vice president and cengstl
manager of this company is a malicWus
falsehood. ’ ’
ST. JOHN IS; HOPEFUL
He Believes Bryan e Will Carry New
York State.
SAYS SILVER IS CERTAIN TO WIN
He Has the Greatest
Confidence That
BRYAN AND SEWALL WILL LAND
Thinks a Congress Favorable to Free Coin
age Will Be Elected Thia Fall—Ala
bama Populists Dissatisfied With the Ac
tion of the St. Louis Convention —Gold
Men Organize.,
New York. July 29.—William P. St.
John, former bank president, now treas
urer of the Democratic national com
mittee, has returned to the city from
the St. Louis convention.
“I am beginning to have the greatest
confidence,” said Mr. St. John, "that
Bryan and Sewall will carry the state
of New York by a rousing majority.”
Mr. St. John said the National Silver
party would tender their nomination to
Messrs. Bryan and Sewall at Baltimore,
two weeks after the candidates receive
the regular Democratic convention nom
ination in this city. He thinks the Dem
ocratic national. headquarters will be
located in Washington and that a free
silver congress will be elected.
The People Want Silver Literature.
Washington, July 29.—1 tis stated at
the Democratic congressional campaign
committe ; headquarters that the entire
force was buried under the demands for
literature to be used in the campaign.
In reply to a question as to whether in
quiries were so? silver literature, the
official in charge responded: "Entirely.
We get no other’requests. ”
The committee is far behind its orders
in the matter of documents and a larger
force will be employed in the mailing
and folding departments.
At the headquarters of the Republi
can congressional campaign committee
there seems to be a larger force em
ployed, and already tons of documents
are being sent out. Vice Chairman
Apsley ‘says that the demand is for
financial literature and tariff literature.
The committee is now supplying a very
large amount of tariff documents to
every section of the country.
The silver fore*- caul's) to Washington
Wednesday and are tanking arrange
ments foi temporary headquarters.
These headquarters will be maintained
until the Democratic national commit
tee headquarters are permanently estab
lished. Thu silver headquarters will be
established at the same place. The sil
ver party’s organization has been com
pleted by the selection of the following
executive committee, which will have
charge of tl campaign :
Charles 1 . Lane, California, chair
man; I. N. Stevens, Colorado, vice chair
man; R. E. Diffendorfer, Illinois, secre
tary; William P. St. John, New York,
treasurer; Curtis Hilyer, District of Co
lumbia; W. H. Harvey, Illinois; G. P.
Kinney, California; George S. Nixon,
Nevada, and B. 0. Flower, Massachu
setts.
Pettigrew Thinks Bryan Will Win.
Lincoln, Neb., July 29.—Senator Pet
tigrew of South Dakota was a caller on
Governor Holcomb and other Populist
leaders. He was warmly received and
chatted pleasantly and confidently with
the governor and others before his de
parture for the east. While awaiting
an audience with Governor Holcomb,
Senator Pettigrew said:
"Things are looking bright for Mr.
Bryan Although he is a young man,
he has made a deep impression among
intelligent voters. As the country is
rapidly growing in favor of free silver,
he is bound to poll a tremendous vote.
Such a man as he is cannot but com
mand the respect of thinking people,
and from now on he will grow in
strength.”
Benton Marotta, private secretary of
Governor Holcomb, has returned home
from JSt. Louis. He was delegate to the
silver convention in that city. The elec- (
toral ticket in Nebraska, he believes, '
will be composed of about equal pro
portions of Populists, free silver Demo
crats and bolting free silver Republi
cans. Thus every free silver voter can
go the entire ticket and trust for luck
as to whether it be Sewall or Watson.
National Chairman Hanna In New York.
New York, July 29. —The prophecy '
that Chairman Hanna would ignore
New York politicians in the preliminary ;
organization of campaign work for '
Major McKinley has proved false, for ,
Frederick S. Gibbs of the New York or- ,
ganization and the national Republican ,
committeeman fr :m this state, was one ,
of a few favored guests at a meeting of 1
the eastern managers Wednesday. ,
Whether Mr. Hanna looked upon Mr. ,
Gibbs as a personal representative of
Mr. Platt or not, the fact is patent that (
Mr. Gibbs does represent that faction of
the Republican party in New York. Mr. '
Hanna says:
“Mr. Platt was not invited to the ,
meeting simply because he is not a
member of the committee. Mr. Gibbs,
the New York state committeeman,
was invited by me to attend so that he
might be kept in touch with the plans 1
that may be formulated. Mr. Gibbs is
New York’s national committeeman and
is responsible, in a large measure, by ,
virtue of his position, for the result in I :
this state. I feel cojifid' nt that the Re- i
I 1
publican party in New York state w}H
work harmoniously for McKinley’s elec
tion.”
Alabama Populists Are Angry,
Birmingham, Ala., July 29.—Alabama
Populists are dissatisfied with the action
of the St. Louis convention. Those del
egates who opposed Bryan’s nomination
upon their return charged Captain B.
F. Kolb, chairman of the Alabama
gation, with breaking the fusion agree
ment that exists in this state between
the Populists and Republicans, and crit
cised him severely for influencing the
majority of the delgation for Bryan
when the state election here is but a
week off and the Democrats are fighting
Goodwyn, Populist-Republican nominee
for governor, so bitterly.
J. H. F. Moseley, editor of the Labor
Advocate and one of the Alabama dele
gates to the Populist national conven
tion, says that if the Democrats do not
accent Wat. >n for vice president in place
of Sewall the Populist committee will
put up a straight Populis*. This is
what the rank and file of Alabama Pop
ulists seem to want.
Populist Leaders Leave St. Louis.
St. Louis, July 29.—With the excep
tion of Chairman Taubeneck, all the
Populist leaders have left the city and
Thursday the headquarters will be per
manently relinquished. The large quan
tity of documents and books have been
sent to Washington for use during the
campaign, and while the selection of
Washington as headquarters of the
Populist national executive committee
has not yet been announced, they will
doubtless be located there. Secretary
Edgerton, after visiting his home in
Nebraska, will go to Washington rod
will be joined by Senator Butler, tha
chairman of the executive committee.
Gold Standard Democrats Organize.
Kansas City, July 29.—The National
Democratic club was organized here by
prominent gold standard Democrats.
Hon. Francis Black, ex-chief justice oi
the state supreme court, was elected
president. The club has issued a call
for a general conference of all gold
standard Democrats to be held here
Wednesday night, when an attempt will
be made to map out a plan of campaign.
Particular attention will be paid to con
gressional elections.
Nominated by th. Populists.
Junction City, Kan., July 29.—The
Fifth congressional district Populist con
vention has nominated W. D. Vincent,
editor of the Clay Center Dispatch, and
member of the state board of railroad
commissioners, for congress.
THE PITTSBURG STORM.
Four More Drownings Reported—Million
Dollars’ Worth of Property Destroyed.
Pittsburg, July 29.—Tales of death
and devastation from the awful storm
which swept over western Pennsylvania
Monday night continue to pour in.
Four more drownings are reported and
another victim of the Sugar Grove ac
cident is not expected to survive the
day. This will make the death list 15,
including the seven drowned at Cecil.
The latest victims are:
John Whalen, aged 12 years, drowned
near Woodr run, Allegheny.
Mino Ca .so, an 18-year-old Italian
girl, drowned in Pine creek, near Wild
wood.
An unknown miner reported drowned
in Gussy’s Hollow, near Shaners, Pa.
An unknown Italian reported drowned
at Smithton Pa.
George Miller, crushed by a falling
tree at Sugar Grove camp, still living,
but physicians report that he cannot re
cover.
The damage to property jvas particu
larly heavy in Washington and Fayette
counties, and will probably reach sl,-
000,000.
Two Men Rob a Faro Bank.
Cincinnati, July 29. —A bold and suc
cessful robbery of a faro bank was re
ported by the Newport, Ky., police. At
Huber’s Garden, a summer resort on
the electric line back of Newport, in a
very quiet place, a faro game of consid
erable proportions has been in progress
nightly. Tuesday night two men with
revolvers suddenly entered the room,
and in spite of the superior numbers of
the players and proprietors, they emp
tied the pockets of the players and the
coffers of the proprietors and got away
unharmed. No census was taken of
the stolen money, but it was known
that $75 was taken from the cash drawer.
All the victims are reticent.
Pardons Granted and Refused.
Washington, July 29.—The president
has pardoned John W. Gallagher, sen
tenced in Minnesota to six months im
prisonment for assauling an officer, and
H. H. Malloy, sentenced in Florida to
five years for robbery. He has com
muted to three years imprisonment the
eight years sentence imposed in Missis
sippi on W. H. Gibbs for embezzlement
of postal funds. Applicatians for par
dons have been refused in the cases of.
Thomas L. Eads, sentenced in Indiana
to three months for violation of the pos
tal laws and James Moore, sentenced in
Indian Territory to six months for lar
ceny.
Crisis In Lumber and Nava. Store. Trade.
Cordele, Ga., July 29. A crisis
seems to have been reached in the lum
ber and naval stores business, the two
leading industries of this section Never
has the price of yellow pine lumber been
so low as it is at present. The demand
for all classes of lumber, except dimen
sions stuff, and other timber used in car
manufacturing and railroad improve
ments, has almost completely stopped.
Spirits and rosiif are selling below the
cost of production.
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' MATABELES IN MASS
> The City of Bulawayo is Again
1 Threatened.
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SITUATION SAID TO BE GRAVE
The State of Siege Prevailing
1 In April
: IS LIKELY TO BE REPEATED
The Pickets Around the Town Have Been
Largely Increased, Owing to the Assemb
ling of Hostile Natives In the Neighbor
hood—lmperial Reinforcement* May Be
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sent to the City's Assistance.
London, July 29.—A dispatch from
Cape Town reports that intelligence re
ceived from Buluwayo is that the Mata
beles are again massing around that
place. The situation seems no better
than it was last April, Buluwayo
was practically beseiged for weS.s. Va
rious operations, some of them reported
as highly successful, and in which Oecil
Rhodes was an active figure, have been
conducted against the insurgent natives,
but they were apparently ineffectual in
stamping out the disaffection.
The news received from Captain Nich
olson discloses positive reverses in the
Matoppo h’lls, and the withdrawal or
retreat of his forces deepens dissatisfao
tion with the state of affairs in Rhode
sia.
Reports from Buluwayo are that Cap
tain Nicholson is remaining there in or
der to guard the laager, and that the
pickets around the town have had to be
largely increased, owing to the massing
of hostile natives in the neighborhood.
A telegram from Gwello, reported in
a dispatch from Cape Town, says that
Major Murrel left there on July 12 to
join the force at Fort Victoria. He had
a sharp engagement with the enemy at
Peliuque, which lasted four hours.
Three of the troops were killed, and Ma- -
jor Murrell afterward joined the forces
at Fort Victoria and proceeded further
toward Noema’s Kraal. Heavy firing
has since been heard, but the result of
the engagement was not known at
Gwello when the telegram was dis
patched. The unfavorable news from
Rhodesia renews the suggestions for the
dispatches of additional imperial forces
to assist against the Matabeles.
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain has
shown himself loth to agree to this step,
it is believed on political grounds, owing
to the jealous fears certain to be aroused
in the Transvaal. These would not be
lessened if the imperial reinforcements
were to be sent at this time, by the fact
that Cecil Rhodes is on the ground, and
with practically a free hand.
HERBERT’S DECISION.
Ths Secretary of the Navy Disapproves the
Findings of a Coartmartial.
Washington, July 29.—The secretary
of the navy has disapproved the pro
ceedings, findings and sentence of dis
mu sal imposed by courtmartial, held at
Mare Island, Oal., recently on Past As
sistant Paymaster E. B. Webster, lately
attached to the Yorktown on the China
station. The officer was accused of
having retained a boud exacted from
his pay clerk, W. J. Tobin, after hav
ing dismissed the clerk.
The secretary finds that there were
grave informalities in the proceedings
of the court which convicted the officer,
and moreover inclines to the belief,
based principally upon the testimony
of their engineer, Harrie Webster, a
brother officer on the Yorktown, that
the money, amounting to $2,500, placed
in the paymaster’s hands by Tobin’s
mother, was technically a loan and not
a bond.
For these reasons he reverses the find
ings of the court and restores Webster
to fluty, but he takes occasion to say
that the transaction, in any sense in
which it may be viewed, is disgraceful
to Paymaster Webster and to the navy
and in spirit a violation of the statute
prohibiting any officer to take money
for procuring an appointment.
It was scandalous, in any case, says
the secretary, that Webster could fail
to pay back after the termination of
Tobin’s service of the money received
by him in consideration for his appoint
ment as clerk, and should he for any
great length of time persist in this fail
ure the department may be expected to
proceed further in this matter.
A Russian Count Suicides In New York.
New York, July 29.—Roman J. Sou
bof, claiming to be a journalist of Bos
ton and a Russian count, committed
suicide in a cell of a police station here.
Soubof was about 25 years of age. He
was arrested as he was about to sail for
Europe on board the American line
steamer New York, the allegation being
that he owed a hotel bill of SSOO. He
pleaded with the complainant to wit i
draw the charge, as it was very impor
• tant that he should go to Europe at once
and he paid $250 on account. The offi
cer who served the warrant would not
listen to talk of compromise, saying that
the case was out of the hotelkeeper’s
hands and he took Soubof to the station
where he was locked up. Soon after
Soubof was found dead, having hanged
himself with his pocket handkerchief.
An Iron and Steel Company Assigns
Chicago, July 29. —The East Chicago
Iron and Steel company of Hammond,
Ind., made an assignment to David L.
Evans. Parkhurst & Wilkinson, who
failed recently, were interested in the
concern, and at the time of their trouble
the company was placed in the hands of
a receiver. No statement as to assets or
liabilities was filed with the assignments