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THURSDAY, JUKE O, 1808.
The Rev. Thos. Dixon’s Opinion.
The Rev. Thomas Dixon, a sensational
preacher in New. York, in a sermon at the
Grand Opera House in that city on Sun
day, said that it was his opinion that the
senator or representative in Congress who
voted against the annexation of Hawaii
was guilty of treason. In connection with
that opinion he said: "In Washington
to-day there is a group of men who have
been sent there by the people. They are
supposed to be the honor men of their re
spective portions of the country, but in
some of these men we again have the pic
ture of the disconsolate old Southerner.
They are cherishing the past, a criminal
past. These are the men who stand be
tween our gallant admiral at Manila and
perhaps the lives and safety of our noble
Bailors.”
It is Impossible to Aave patience with
Buch a man at, the Rev. Mr. Dixon. It is
difficult to believe that he has any patriot
ism, or regard for the truth. His ambition
is to get himself noticed in the newspa
pers, and thus bring about an increase in
the plate collections at his Sunday serv
ices. The part he plays In the pulpit is
about like that which the yellow journals
play in the field of journalism.
Why should he. a Southern man, say
that the South’H past is a "criminal
pi»wt?” What object could he'have had in
making such a baseless statement, unless
it was to advertise himself—to get himself
talked about and thus use the yplpit to
fill his pocket?
The Southern men who are opposing the
annexation of Hawaii are doing so conscl
entknudy. They believe that it would be
an unwise step for this country to ac
qulrg territory thousands of miles away
from its shores. The annexation of Ha
waii means the adoption of h policy to
tally different from that which haw been
followed since the foundation of the re
public—a policy which the fathers of the
republic tried to make impossible when
they framed the constitution.'.
It has always been the policy of the
United States to keep free from entang
ling alliances with foreign governments—
to have nothing to do with the balance of
power question, the eaetern question and
various other question* which compel the
Old World Powers to maintain great ar
mh> and navies at an enormous expense,
and the Southern congressmen whom the
Rev. Mr. Dixon tries to belittle believe in
that policy. They think that if the United
Ftulcx should abandon that policy they
would bo mlrift upon the wide sea of un
certainty, and would be forded eventually
»to lake shies on every question which
cause Ettroj* unrest. That would mean
a big standing army and a powerful navy.
If we should annex Hawaii we would
net stop there. We would, in all probabil
iiy, take permanent possession of the
Philippines and demand our share of
China In the event of the division of that
empire. The congressmen whom the Rev.
Mr. Dixon would brand as traitors believe
that the United States can become far
greater by developing the resources they
have within their present limits, than by
grabbing territory thousands of miles dis
tant mid cun’aluing populations which
could not understand our institutions and
coupn’t lie asaiurllatcd.
These men are not traitors. They are
patriotic clt Isens, anxious to do what is
best for thetr country, but the Rev. Mr.
Dixon! What is he? What is to be
thought of a man who, to gain a little
brief notoriety, endeavors to smirch the
good name of the public men from the sec*
tlvn of country In which he was bom, and
w'»o strives to excite contempt for the
part which that section has played In the
nation's affairs? is his opinion about any
body or anything valuable? -We do not
think it is.
tn llngSishiunn'a View of It.
The New York Tribune’s London
C*m responder.! %>ys that Englishmen
are dlKflsring the Anglo-American
u 111 a ace suggested by Mr. Chamber
l»Ui. the secretary for the colo
!U», la a recent apeci-h. They want to
know what England would gain by such
an what compensation she would
I get fur her mot al support and the pres-
I t'se of .ter navy—the great* st navy in the
World?
\ it **x nu to us that Englishmen should
their questions to Mr. Chambcr
hijn Wo haven't asked for an alliance
L with England, and it Is not certain that
k We aouM accept g proposition for an alll.
m gnev if it should be tpa<a- Englishmen
a« it we were asking ihem to beexun*
aiiki. If they will tS.nk a moment
fflt -.oey will rememm thu i . ■
are th- foundation ivr i v prvsrisi
uX an aUUucq wees made by Mr.
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Chamberlain, and that it has not been so
very long since the Senate rejected a
treaty of arbitration with England which
had been negotiated mainly by English
efforts.
If we were asking England to enter into
an alliance with us the questions which
Englishmen are asking would be pertinent,
but since we don’t care whether or not
such an alliance is entered into we can
not help thinking that Englishmen are
not quite as well Informed as they should
be about this matter they are discussing.
If, however, we should seek an alliance
with England we would not have a great
deal of difficulty in showing her that we
are in a position to offer as much as we
should be likely to get. It will not be very
long before we shall have a navy which
will be second only to that of England;
besides, we are in a position to provide
England’s people with what they need
to eat. Without bread and meat Eng
land’s navy would be practically useless.
If England wants to form an alliance
with us let her show what she can offer,
and if we cannot make as good an offer on
our side she will be under no obligations
to accept it. In the meantime, however,
let Englishmen get this fact clearly in
their minds, namely, that we are not seek
ing an alliance with her or any other na
tion. We are able to take care of our
selves.
A Bryan Victory.
It is understood in Washington that
William F. Harrity, the Democratic na
tional committeeman of Pennsylvania,
will lose his place on the committee. The
question as to whether or not he should
retain his place on the committee was sub
mitted to the members of the compiittee
by Chairman Jones several months ago.
It is understood that about all of them
have responded, and that the majority is
against Mr. Harrity.
Action was first taken against Mr. Har
rity by the Democratic state convention
of Pennsylvania. That body a year ago
declared Mr. Harrlty’s place on the na
tional committee vacant, and elected Mr.
James M. Gussy to fill it. The ground of
the action against Mr. Harrity was that
he did not approve the Chicago platform,
particularly that part of it which calls
for the free coinage of silver at the ratio
of 16 to 1. I
Mr. Harrity denied the right of the state
convention to remove him, saying that
having been appointed by the nations,!
Democralic convention, only a convention
of that kind could remove him. That was
not satisfactory to his opponents in Penn
sylvania, and an appeal was made to
Chairman Jones to settle the matter. The
decision was reached to submit the ques
tion as to whether or not the Democratic
state convention had a right to remove
Mr. Harrity to the members of the Dem
ocratic national committee.
A month or two ago it was published
that nearly all the responses that had
been received from the members of the
national committee were in favor of Mr.
Harrity, and it was thought at that time
that he would be retained on the commit
tee by a large majority. The members
of the committee were taking the position
that it would be folly to widen the breach
between the silver Democrats and the
sound money Democrats. It is alleged,
however, that Mr. Bryan took a different
view, notwithstanding the fact that Mr.
Harrity had voted for him. When he
found, so the Washington dispatches say,
that the members of thd committee were
voting to retain Mr. Harrity on the com
mittee, he threw all his influence the other
. way. He even went so far as to write to
the members of the national committee
begging them to vote to remove Mr. Har
rity from the committee. Having been
the presidential candidate of the Demo
cratic party, and having a fair prospect
of being that party’s candidate for Pres
ident in 1900, what he said naturally had
a great deal of influence. It is alleged that
members who had decided to vote for Mr.
Harrity concluded to vote against him,
and that some who had already voted for
him changed their votes.
Mr. Bryan. It seems, has won a victory
over Mr. Harrity, but it is a question
whether it is a victory which will help
the Democratic party. The removal of
Harrity can hardly help having the effect
of forcing the two wings of the Democratic
party further apart.
The Preparatory Period.
The Secretary of War Is not finding his
office a comfortable one these days. He
is iM'lng severely, and evenly harshly criti
cised, because of the delay in providing the
volunteers with guns, uniforms, under
clothing and palatable food.
It is a fact that Ihe volunteers have suf
fered considerably because the things they
need and are entitled to have not been
provided as promptly as it was expected
they would. The Second Georgia Regi
ment. Cor instance, did not receive its uni
forms and other necessary articles until
late last week.
But it must not be forgotten that k
takes time to provide 125.000 re
cruits with all that the army reg
ulations allow them. If all the neces
sary uniforms, underclothing, shoes and
guns hud been on hand when»the call for
volunteers was issued, the volunteer army
would have had their needs supplied very
quickly, but Congress acted hastily in the
Cuban matter. Therefore, nearly every
thing needed for the equipment of the vol
unteers had to be manufactured. All
things considered war department has
not been so verfr backward in discharging
the extraordinary duties which the war
thrust upon it.
It la complained by some of the critics
of the Secretary of War that the volun
teers' would have been equipped much
sooner and their food would have been
more satisfactory if so many sons of mii
ttonaircs. senators and Influential politi
cians had not been given prominent posi
tions in the army. It may be that these
grxen officers made mistakes, and it is
not improbable that some of them are
lacking in executive ability, but it was
not to hr expected that there wouldn't be
many Incompetent men among the officers
of a volunteer army. But most of the of
fleers will eventually give sntisfactloia.
They will learn how to discharge their
i duties properly and tn time the
meet of them wilt measure up to the
, standard required of them. The Secretary
of at has had to dvr>;ud upon his asetat-
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ants and has had to bear the blame for
their short comings.
Congress rather than the Secretary of
War Is to blame for the slowness with
which the volunteers have had their wants
supplied. That body should have seen to
it that knapsacks, canteens and other
things of a soldier’s outfit were on hand
to meet the demands of any emergency.
Congress, however, wouldn’t spend a
cent to prepare for war until war was
actually declared. Then the demand for
war supplies greatly exceeded the capacity
of the factories. A fair opinion
would be that the war depart
ment hasn't made such a bad record. It
might have done worse. It takes time to
thoroughly equip 125,000 men—a good deal
of time.
BRITAIN’S GAIfT bY ALLIANCE.
ONE WOULD BE ASSURANCE OF A
FOOD SUPPLY.
New York, June 6.—“ One of the ques
tions asked by Englishmen since Mr.
Chamberlain’s unexpected advocacy of an
Anglo-American alliance is a practical
one,” says the London correspondent of
the Tribune.
"What have the Americans,” they in
quire “to offer us in return for our moral
support and naval prestige? We can un
derstand how much they have to gain
from an alliance with a power having the
strongest navy afloat, especially if they are
bent upon changing their foreign policy
and taking an active part in East Indian,
as well as West Indian waters. But an
alliance must be based upon equivalent ad
vantages.
“What compensation will there be for
England in return for the tremendous
power of her navy?”
"These are questions which are con
stantly put to Americans living in Lon
don.”
"The best reply which can be made to
questions of this kind is that an alliance
with America will be the strongest safe
guard against the failure of England’s
fcod supply in time of war. The statisti
cians have shown that the wheat harvest
of the United Kingdom is only equal to
the requirements of fourteen weeks, and
during the remaining thirty-eight weeks
an imported supply is the qnly resource.
"During the greater part of the year
there is never more than six weeks’ sup
ply of wheat in England. This is the
real source of danger in time of war, as
every Englishman knows. , The United
Kingdom will be sure against invasion,
but it would not be protected against fam
ine. No safeguard would be as valuable
to England as an understanding with
America for her food supply. Such an
understanding would be worth as much as
a powerful auxiliary navy.
"The Yerbourg committee on national
wheat stores has recently made an ex
haustive report on the subject of the food
resources of the United Kingdom and rec
ommended the purchase and storage by
the British government of 8,000,000 quar
ters of wheat as a reserve supply for the
emergency of war. This storage is advo
cated on the ground that a fourteen weeks’
supply of food is an indiepensible require
ment of national defense.
"There is another comment which is fre
quently made by Englishmen on the pro
posals for an Anglo-American alliance.
This relates to the necessity of imposing
upon the United States an obligation to in
crease its standing army and to develop the
fighting resources of its navy. The ob
jection is raised that an ally who could
not be depended upon to mobolize an army
of 50,000 men at short notice would be or
little use In ah emergency. Men who take
this view refer to the fact that the Ameri
can squadron at the China station, while
sufficiently powerful to crush the Spanish
fleet in the Philippines, has been unequal
to the naval forces of England, France,
Germany and Russia in those waters, and
must be largely increased and supplied
with coaling stations and dry docks if there
is to be co-operation with Great Britain
on equal terms. Otherwise an alliance
would be a one-sided bargain with the ob
ligation saddled mainly upon England and
the advantages enjoyed by the United
States, at a minimum cost and without an
adequate sense of responsibility.
“Another proposition for an effective al
liance between the two countries relates
to an exchange of territories to be effected
for mutual advantage. Englishman, who
have accurate knowledge of the condition
of their West Indian possessions, are in
despair oyer their future. The sugar
islands ary 1 doomed,they assert, as depen
dencies of a country whose free trade
policy does not permit tariff discrimina
tions in their favor. The Unite,! States,
on the other hand, with its tariff system
and its great market for sugar may be
able to develop their resources and re
store their prosperity.
"Why should not Jamaica and other in
lands’, ask these candid Englishmen, be
added to the American union after Cuba
has been redeemed from misery and ruin?
Will it not be possible to arrange a basis
of exchange by which islands, like the
Philippines, can be transferred to England,
with her superior facilities for governing
them in connection with other remote
islets of that empire. and some of the West
Indian possessions be handed over to the
United States with a tariff system and a
market precisely adapted to their economic
requirements?
"These are illustrations of th** practical
spirit m which the projected alliance be
tween the two countries is tentatively dis
cussed by doubtful men in England. The
Idea of placing the United States under
bonds to double the peace establishment of
its standing army and to enlarge the scope
of its naval activities may be as chimerical
ss the notion that an exchange of terri
can be effected on business principles.
It is unnecessary, from an American point
of view, to discuss either proposition seri
ously, but the fact that reflecting men of
influence care to make practical applica
tions of the principle of Anglo-Saxon com
munity of action is of real significance.
"The leaven of international good feel
ing is working. A year ago England was
conjuring with the high sounding phrases
pending isolation.
"England and Mr. Chamberlain have
suggested an alternative policy bas*d up
on the common interests of Englisn speak
ing world. It may be premature: it may
be a vagary of optimism, but it has made
a deep impression upon the English peo
ple and with their practical instincts they
are discussing it In a calculating spirit
from the point of view of enlightened self
interest."
MtRDER NEAR MARLOW.
A Colored Woman Shot Sunday Af
ternoon.
Guyton. Ga., June s.—Lou Brinson was
shot Sunday afternoon, near Marlow. The
pistol ball struck her in the breast, and
she ilied in a few minutes. Robert Grant
did the shooting. The parties are colored.
! The Murderer was arres.ed soon after by
the officers. A preliminary hearing was
Held to-day, and Grant was committed to
jail under the charge of murder. The hear
. lag discioaed tfte fact that Grant had
I threatened the woman s life Saturday by
, telling her he would kill her the ti.rat ume
, ac met her out of Guyton.
CANDLER’S BIG MAJORITY.
STEVENS, HARDIN AND TURNER
GETS CHATHAM’S DELEGATION.
Candler’s Plurality Over Atkinson
I,OOG Stevens Bis Following in the
Fourth District Where Col. Nes
bitt Was Born—Extensive Scratch
ing of the Executive Committee.
Scratched Ticßets Ignored in the
First and Fourth Districts—Seem
ed That Harmony Was Somewhat
Lacking;- in Popularity—The New
Executive Committee to Meet To
day.
Col. Allen D. Candler has carried Chat
ham county for Governor by a majority
which even surpasses the expectations of
his most sanguine friends. They had look
ed sot a majority of 500 or something there
abouts, but 985 was still better.
The only other race among the state
house officers in which there was any in
terest was that between Nesbitt and Ste
vens for the commissionership of agricul
ture. Both of these candidates had warm
friends at work in their interests, which
under the circumstances was quite natu
ral. Mr. John I. Morrissey, formerly oil
inspector, who was succeeded by Col.
John Screven, naturally wanted to regain
his position if there is any possibility of
so doing, and he was hard at work in be
half of Stevens. Mr. J. R. Creamer, it is
said, is a candidate for inspector of ferti
lizers, and he was at work in the interest
of the same candidate. Col. Screven and
Col. Peter Reilly, with several others
who were deeply interested in the su<£-
cess of Nesbitt, were around taking an
active interest in that feature of the elec
tion during the greater part of the day.
The most interesting feature of the day,
from a local standpoint, was the peculiar
action of some of the voters with regard
to the compromise executive committee.
The committee, as is well known, had no
opposition, yet the manner in which that
part of the ticket was scratched up is
something truly astonishing. Not even
the managers at the different boxes were
aware of the extent to which it had been
carried, until they came to counting the
votes.
The total vote cast in the election was
I, as follows: First, 375; Second, 270;
Third, 374; Fourth, 622; Fifth, Sixth,
Sexenth and Eighth, 35. It appears from
this that no candidate on the ticket re
ceived the full vote. The nearest to it
was Attorney General Terrell, who re
ceived 1,662 votes. Therefore, It may be
said there were several plunkers, as they
are called. It can be figured from this
how much smaller the total vote for exec
utive committeemen might have been had
the whole vote in the First and Fourth
districts been counted.
Justice Waring Russell, Jr., led the
ticket, with 1,625 votes. On account of the
fact stated, the totals do not give a clear
idea of the extent to which the scratching
was carried. It is believed by some that
the scratching means that there is no de
sire on the part of many voters for
harmony, and it may be that considerable
dissatisfaction will be produced by what
they have done, though this may be over
come by the efforts of the leaders, and
those who went into the harmony plan In
earnest.
The voting all day was rather desultory,
though the vote cast was fully as large,
if not some larger, than was expected.
The votes, however, came slowly, especial
ly in the afternoon. About two-thirds of
the total vote was cast by 1 o’clock.
The result of the count was as follows: |
For Governor-
Alien D. Candler. ....i 1,337
Spencer R. Atkinson 331
Robert L. Berner 21
For Secretary of State—
Mark A. Hardin 904
Phil Cook 747
For Controller General-
William A. Wright 1,658
For Commissioner of Agriculture—
O. B. Stevens 889
K. T. Nesbitt 772
For State School Commissioner—
George R. Glenn 1,661
For Attorney General—
Joseph M. Terrell 1 662
For Prison Commissioner—
Joseph S. Turner,... 1,570
J. W. Renfroe.., ; 93
For State Treasurer— ,
W. J. Speer 1,661
Candler’s plurality ’. 1,006
Candler's majority 985
Hardin’s majority 157
Steven’s majority 117
Turner’s majority 1,477
VERDICT~IN rmgland case.
FINDING KEPT SECRET AND SENT
TO WASHINGTON.
Griffin, Go., June 6.—The trial of O. E.
Ringland was again called this morning
at 11 o'clock, and, after a short speech
by both sides, the court room was cleared
and final action taken.
The matter will next be referred to the
reviewing authorities at Washington, and
it is possible no verdict will be received
in the case Inside of a week.
Ringland will remain in the guard house
at the camps until the verdict is render
ed.
After having heard all the evidence in
the case and the argument on both sides,
the Morning News correspondent will not
attempt to advance any theories as to the
verdict, though he has an opinion, and will
look for the finding of the reviewing au
thorities with interest.
A private in Company F was arrested
Saturday night for sleeping while on guard
duty. When brought to trial no legal evi
dence could be obtained against him and
he was set free.
Notwithstanding this was election day.
little was heard of politics in the camp.
The Macon companies had made arrange
ments with the executive committee of
Bibb county to have their votes cast in
camp and the returns sent to Macon to
be consolidated. However “his passed off
very quietly. The men voted and return
ed to their tents, where they had been
since tneir long march in the early morn
ing.
The regular march of to-day was unusu
ally long and the men tried the double
quick a great deal. They were thoroughly
tired when they reached their quarters on
the return and little else was done during
the day until the battalion drill in the af
ternoon.
The new tents arrived this morning and
were immediazely unloaded into the quar
termaster's department. They will be sub
stituted for the old ones as early as con
venient.
There is considerable comment among
the officers in camp regarding certain ar
tici£s being published by newspapers
throughout the stale about the poor ra
tions the men are receiving. Some say the
men arc starving, and as a consequence
organizations are being formed all over
the state to send boxes to the soldiers.
These are appreciated and come in very
nice, but the men are cot starving, nor
are they wanting for anything to eat.
There will be a very interesting game of
indoor ball at the camp ground at 2:30
o’clock to-morrow afternoon. It will be
between two Savannah companies.
—Prince Bismarck has very unpleasant
recollections of his first school, where, he
says, the master believed in a kind of
"spurious Spnrtanlsm," and provided very
v wugh meat with parsnips lor every meal.
\4OUgh
HUMOR
CURED BY CUTICURA
I was suffering tortures from a diseased
scalp. I was scratching my head from morn
ing till night. . Little pimples broke out all
over my head. I had no rest. I washed my
head with hot water and Cuticura Soap, and
applied Cuticura as a dressing. Now my
head hasn’t a pimple on it, and my hair is
growing splendidly. ADA C. HARRELL,
330 Grand St., Jersey City, N. J.
I thought I would go frantic with itching
scalp humors. I lost considerable of mv hair
of which I had an abundance. I tried several
remedies, they failed. I tried Cuticura Soap,
relief immediate, itching completely gone.
Mrs. M. JUDAN, 246 Halliday St., Jersey City.
Sold throughout the world. Pottkb D. &C. Corp.. Sole
Props.,Boston. How to Produce Luxuriant Hair, free.
NOT TO NAME HIS OWN STAFF.
GEN. GORDON’S OFFICERS WILL BE
APPOINTED FOR HIM.
Will Be From the Corps to Which He
Is Assigned—No Cavalry to Be Ask
ed for on Second Call for Volun
teers—First Regiment of Georgia
Infantry to Be Assigned for Coast
Defense Duty.
Gen. W. W. Gordon, in a letter to Capt.
Bierne Gordon, dated Washington, June
5, states that his assignment to Mobile is
with the Fourth Army Corps, under Gen.
Coppinger.
Gen. Gordon gives it as his opinion that
the Fourth Corps, as well as the Fifth,
under Gen. Shafter, will form the army
of invasion, and will be ordered to move
within a comparatively short time.
The war department has advised Gen.
Gordon that he is not at liberty to ap
point any of the members of his staff, and
that the appointments of Capt. Erwin as
adjutant general and Lieut. Harris as
quartermaster general are void. He must
take the officers the department sees fit
to appoint from his army corps, and his
aides will be taken from among the Sec
ond lieutenants of the brigade which he
will command. This is in the nature of a
surprise to Gen. Gordon, who was of the
opinion that he would at least have the
appointment of the aides on his staff.
A fact that the general learned at the
war department was that on the second
call for volunteers no cavalry is to be
asked for. This news affects the members
of the Georgia Hussars, and will
no doubt be a disappointment to many
members of the troop who have been anx
iously awaiting the call to arms.
Gen. Gordon also heard at the Capitol
that the First Georgia Regiment, U. S. V.,
will be used in the coast defense service,
and will be scattered along the coast
wherever the big guns are to be manned.
This news will be hailed with delight by
many Savannahians who are interested in
the soldiers of the First.
Gep. Gordon spent Monday in New York,
but is back in Washington to-day, and will
arrive in Savannah on either Thursday or
Friday for a brief visit before reporting
for duty at Mobile.
WORK ON THE CATHEDRAL.
Bids for the Rebuilding of It Soon
to Re Called for.
The work of rebuilding the Cathedral
of St. John the Baptist will begin within
a short time.
At a meeting of the building committee,
held at the bishop’s residence, arrange
ments were made for advertising for bids
within a few days, and work will begin
just as soon as sufficient time for getting
in the bids and awarding the contract
has elapfced. The same style will prevail
in the new as was in the old Cathedral,
and the plans will be very much the same.
The idea of making the building as near
fire proof as possible, however, will pre
vail throughout. The wooden rafters and
much of the wood work will be replaced
by iron, and the floors will be made fre
proof.
BLOODY SHIRT IN PULPIT.
Rev. Thomas Dixon in Bad Temper
Toward the South.
New York, June 6.—" The inevitable des
tination of America and the inexplicable
opposition to the annexation of Hawaii,”
was the subject of a sermon preached by
the Rev. Thomas Dixon In the Grand Ope
ra llouse last night. He said, among
other things: “In Washington to-day there
is a group of men who have been sent
there by the people. They are supposed
to be the honored men of their respective
portions of the country, but In some of
these men we again have the picture of
the disconsolate old Southerner.
"They are cherishing the past, a crimi
nal past. These are the men who stand
between our gallant admiral at Manila
and perhaps the lives and safety of our
nobie sailors.
“At the present time the annexation of
these islands is a grave necessity to the
United States. As a coaling station they
are the key to the situation In the great
western ocean.
’The Hawaiian Islands are to-day the
outposts of our western frontier. They
are the key to the power in the Pacific
ocean, and for our own protection we must
have them. They are necessary for the
protection of our sailors in Manila at
present, and they may be necessary for the
protection of our nation in the future.
“In my opinion any man who votes
against the annexation of the islands is
guilty of high treason.”
HONORS FOR HOBSON.
May Be Made Commander of Battle
ship Alabama.
Montgomery, Ala., June 6.—The depart
ment at Washington having intimated that
it was ready to give Lieut. Hobson a pro
motion in the line of his preference, and
is awaiting to learn whether he is wil
ling to leave the bureau of construction,
the Advertiser to-day ascertained from his
friends at Greensboro tnat the plucky
lieutenant has for some years wanted to
get into active duty, and that his asking
for an assignment at the beginning of the
war was because of this ambition.
It being also intimated from Washing
ton that be might be made a commander,
the Advertiser to-morrow will print an
editorial suggesting that he be made
commander of the Alabama, the superb
battleship which will be finished in a few
months.
—The electrically operated cable road
over the Chilkoot pass, driven by West
inghouse motors, is reported open, says
the Electrical World, with a capacity of
, handling 15D tons ol freight daily, - ■ t
SURRENDER OR SINK SHIPS.
NO CHANCE FOR ADMIRAL CEiRVE
IIA'S FLEET TO ESCAPE.
The Sunken Merrimac Effectually
Imprisons the Spanish Fleet—Cer
vera’s Position Regarded as One of
Almost Pitiful Humiliation—Move
ment of Invading Troops Will Be
Greatly Accelerated by Hobson's
Daring Feat.
New York, June 6.—By no possibility is
it conceded by members of the war board,
will Admiral Cervera’s vessels in the har
bor of Santiago be able to reach the open
sea, even with the rejnalns of the Merri
mac removed, a task that is not at all
feasible in view of the heavy fire that
any operator W’ould be subjected to who
might attempt to piace sufficient dyna
mite in the wreck to remove it, says the
Washington correspondent of the/Tribune.
The entire Spanish squadron is now con
cede to have been caught and closed
against all possibilities of escape, and un
less Admiral Cervera purposely destroys
his ships, they are bound to ultimately fall
into the hands off the United States. .
Admiral Cervera’s .position is regarded
as one of almost pitiful humiliation, and
his situation such that he will be forced
to surrender without possibly having a
chance to open fire on a single war ves
sel.
That he, his officers and entire force
will be prisoners of the United States, in
time, seems certain.
With Santiago in possession of the
United States, the crews of the Spanish
ships will become prisoners of war, and if
they attempt to escape from Santiago
they would fall into the hands of the in
surgents.
Opinions differ as to the chance of the
four powerful armored cruisers and tor
pedo boat destroyers becoming the prop
erty of the United States, but most naval
men assert with great positiveness that
Admiral Cervera will never allow his ves
sels to be taken, and that if he finds no
other alternative open to avoid destruc
tion dr capture, he will sink them, as Con
structor Hobson did the Merrimac.
With the 1 channel closed, the last hope
rtf naval men for a fight between ships of
modern construction and fought under im
proved conditions disappears, and by all
it is generally Conceded that with the war
ended the historians will have but one im
portant naval fight to record.
In sinking the Merrimac the programme
of Admiral Sampson is for the first time
disclosed, and it proves beyond doubt that
investigation made by him showed the ut
ter impossibility of his taking the large
force of heavy battleships and cruisers
between the forts and over the submarine
mines in an attempt to reach and bring
into action the Spanish vessels.
Naval officials have no theories to ad
vance as to the reasons impelling the
course followed by Admiral Sampson,
other than that he concluded, after care
ful examination of the charts and unfa
vorable conditions, that it was inadvisable
to take battleships through a channel
where there was not one chance in ten
that they could pass safely.. The diffi
culties that such an undertaking would in
volve are shown by the charts, which in
dicate but twenty-four feet of water at
one point in the channel, or about two
feet less than would be necessary for the
lowa and Massachusetts.
Admiral Cervera’s vessels draw less by
two or three feet than the heaviest of the
American ships, but even his vessels must
have had little water beneath their bot
toms to spare as they passed in. With all
chances of escape against him either by
successfully removing the wreck and se
curing at least a channel to the sea, a gen
eral feeling exists among naval officers
that some bold and almost equally daring
exploit as that of Constructor Hobson will
be attempted by the admiral rather than
to submit to the resort of blowing up his
own vessels without having had opportun
ity of firing a single projectile at an
American vessel.
While admitting that the destruction of
the collier in the harbor of Santiago places
an entirely new phase upon the naval sit
uation in Cuban waters, officials of the
navy department are not prepared to issue
instructions to Admiral Sampson for the
detachment of any of the ships from his
fleet until he has been heard from in de
tail.
Now that the Spanish admiral is ro
longer to be regarded as a dangerous fac
tor in the transporting of large bodies of
troops by sea to Porto Rico and Santia
go, the war department is preparing to
take immediate steps for forwarding s«v
eral transports to both places and safe
escort is to be afforded them by the shipe
now a part of the blockading fleet off
Havana, with other vesesls that are to be
retired from further duty at Santiago.
The army is now relieved of the neces
sity of waiting further on the navy to
provide it necessary vessels to convoy the
merchant ships, and a large movement
is now expected to begin.
Constructor Hobson's action in ob
structing the channel so that possibility
of escape by the Spanish fleet is now re
mote, removes all probabilities, the most
conservative officers agree, of another
great sea fight between the American and
Spanish forces. Until last Thursday both
Admiral Sampson and Comrfiodore Schley
are understood to have been of the opin
ion that the heavy battleships and ar
mored cruisers, by exercise of caution
and under the guidance of skilled pilots
familiar with the waters, could be taken
between the fortifications and up the har
bor, but were convinced on representa
tions made later that no battleship could
possibly get around the turn at the nar
rowest point of the channel where there
was barely water enough for the lighter
vessels of the Spanish fleet.
Reluctantly, therefore, they abandoned
their original programme, and it was not
until Admiral Sampson’s message was re
ceived that the department knew what
steps had been taken to hold tight the
Spanish snips.
Admiral Sampson’s programme having
been developed, the next course of proced
ure executed by him is yet to be presented.
Notwithstanding the fact that the Merri
mac’s wreck prevents the passage of ships
in or out of Santiaga, the- policy of the
navy department will not be to withdraw
all the heavy fighting vessels now block
ading that port and leave a loop through
which Admiral Cervera might escape and
make his way to Martinique, where possi
bly he could secure sufficient coal to en
able him to reach some home port.
Several of the heavily armored vessels,
including two of the battleshins and the
New York, are expected to be withdrawn
for service in completing the destruction
of what remains of the defenses at Porto
Rico prior to the landing of American
troops for the seizure and occupation of
that port. A suitable squadron will be
left in front of Santiago, where it will re
main unquestionably until the United
Stales is in actual possession of the city.
Drop* Dead in the Field.
Helena, Ga.. June 6.—C. F. Weeks, an
old citizen of Te! county, while plow
ing to-day was overcome by the heat and
dropped in the field and died m _
stantly.,
THROWING HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
A Shell Capable of Doing; the Work
Nearing Perfection.
New York, June 6.—Since the discovery
of the high explosives the military and
scientific experts of the two continents
have been cudgeling their brains to perfect
a shell to throw them, says the New York
Press. An officer of the United State®
army has practically completed a device
which will perform this hitherto impossi
ble task.
Pierce is the officer’s name, and as there
are only two of this name in the regular
army, one of whom is post chaplain at
Fort Apache, Ariz„ it is reasoned that
the other Tierce is the man.
He is P. E. Pierce, instructor in West
Point Military Academy, and second lieu
tenant of the Second Infantry.
Every fact connected with the inven
tion is hedged about with secrecy. It is
not denied that the device is not far from
actual completion. This fact alone is suf
ficient to set the whole scientific world
agog, especially in these times of war.
It is possible that it is so far advanced
that it may be tried on the Spaniards. It
is known that this is hoped to be done,
but so sedulously is the whole matter
guarded that it is not even known where
the experiments are being conducted or
how far they have progressed.
The invention is a'detonating fuse lor a
shell to fire high explosives. Such a fuse,
it is believed, will advance ten years the
day which it is predicted will come when
war will no more be waged because of its
very destructiveness.
The minute an American rifle hurls a
shell of this kind successfully at an ene
my, all other shells will be as antiquated
as rifles without magazines.
The day that witnesses the perfection of
such a shell will relegate to a position of
secondary importance billions of dollars’
worth of ammunition stored in the arse
nals of Europe.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH AT ATLANTA.
Machinist Found in Agony in Front
of His Shop.
Atlanta, Ga., June 6.—J. P. Campbell of
105 Mason street died at the Grady Hos
pital this morning under mysterious cir
cumstances.
Campbell had a small machine shope at
101 Courtland street. Early this morning
a neighbor heard Campbell groaning, and
went to the front door of the shop.
The place was open, and Campbell, who
was about 55 years old, was lying on the
street pavement in front. It is supposed
he crawled out of the place to the street
in his agony and effort to secure aid.
He was taken to the hospital, and short
ly after died. There was no evidence of
violence upon his person, and nothing to
indicate poison.
At the home of the dead man little seems
to be known of his condition yesterday.
He was at home for some time, and then
left. This was the last seen of him by his
wife or any one at his residence.
This morning Mrs. Campbell started out
in search of her husband, and met a man
on the street who told her he was dead.
Just before he was found this morning,
Campbell threw a large empty bottle out
of the door of his shop.
The physicians at the hospital say there
were no signs of heavy drinking about tho
man, and do not give any explanation as
to his death.
MURDER OF JOHN L. CONLEY.
John Cox Pla-ced on Trial Charged
With the Crime.
Atlanta, Ga., June 6.—John Cox was
placed on trial in Fulton Superior Court
to-day for the murder of John L. Conley
of East Point.
Conley was the son of ex-Gov. Conley
and editor of the East Point Plow Boy.
He had several quarrels with neighbors
and it is alleged that Cox was hired to
kill him. He was shot down on the big
road. There were no eye witnesses.
Several witnesses were examined this af
ternoon, but on the whole their testimony
was not seriously damaging to the pris
oner, who claims that Conley met him and
knocked him down with a stick before he
shot him.
Cox was for several days employed as a
watchman to guard property In dispute
between Conley and Col. Reuben Arnold.
His story was that Conley tried to drive
him away from the property, as he had
done with several other men similarly em
ployed by Col. Arnold, but he would not
be bluffed.
Little is known about Cox, as he was a
"floater” in the population of East Point
and was picked up by Col. Arnold.
C. Q. Trimble, a deputy sheriff, had had
a falling out with Conley, and aithougn
not indicted for the murder, this quarrel
has been made to figure in the case. Trim
ble declares the trial will completely, vin
dicate him.
RAY’S REGIMENT. f
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Work of Recruiting the Companies
Now Under <Way.
Macon, Ga., June 6.—C01. P. H. Ray, in
Command of the Third Regiment of im
tnunes of-, the United States army, ar.
rived in the city last night.
Col. Rays is accompanied by John Con
don, who has been appointed adjutant ot
the regiment. The work of gathering the
regiment will commence at once, as there
is still a great deal to be done in the
matter of securing enlisted men.
Col. Ray paid a visit to the park this
morning and. found that everything was
to his perfect satisfaction. The buildings
have been put in good condition and the
grounds are looking their best. He says
that it can be made an ideal place and
that the buildings are just the place for
quartering the men.
A number of gentlemen all over the
state have been authorized by Col. Ray
to raise companies and are at work. This
does not mean that they are all to be
made captains, but if they succeed in rais
ing a company to its full strength they
will, if qualified, be recommended for a
commission as captain.
FERNANDINA TO GET TROOPS.
Rumor Say* a. Total of 9,000 Will Be
Sent There.
Fernandina, Fla., June 6.—■ Fernandina
has been chosen for a basis of operation
for the departure of troops to the West
Indies, and a party of government officials
will arrive from the North on the morn
ing train to prepare and look over the
ground.
Four transports are expected to arrive
in the next few days, and 200 cars of coal
have already been ordered to »>>>'•
One car of United States muies arrived
here to-day. They will be used In clear
ing up the grounds.
Water pipes and electric wires are being
extended to the encampment grounds,
which a large force of hands are clearing
up.
It is not known just how many troops
will be sent here, but private advices
from Washington say 9,000 will be ordered
i here at once.