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MOST SURRENDER MORRD
m TOE (EYE TO ILL NINES
That Muftt Ba th* Flr#t Act By Spain In the
Evacuation of Cuba*
No American W*r*hlp* to B« Permitted to Entor tho
Harbor Wh*»o a Spaniard, Official or Unofficial.
Can Touch off ft Mina—-The United State* I* Still
•'Remembortaf the Maine '
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C« position.
NpectAl to TV Hetnkl. e«IW
Atlanta. Ga.. Au* 21. - Mayor C. A.
Collar tax been appointed a racentwr
of th« UfayMie monum- nt commis
sion, wlip h will have charge of th*
erertion of the monument to General
Lafayette, which will be preaented to
the pet pie of France during the Pari#
World'* Fair in 1900.
ADMIRAL SCHLEY BETTER.
he Is Not 111 With Fever as
Reported.
Westport, Conn., Aug. 23. Rear
Ad.nhai Schley, who has been ind s
po*e<; at Saugatutlt. the residence of
K. d. Wortlry, his son-in-law. was
feeling much Improved when a repro
jenlative of ihe Associated Press rail
ed t day. The distinguished officer!
VaH not se-n. Mr. Wortiey announced
that the admiral passed a comfortable
night and this marnlng was so sari
improved as to render it possible fori
him to le .ve the room and breakfast i
with the family. The report that thej
patienl is suffering from fever W 33 an
nounced to be erroneous.
THE GREAT FUTURITY RACE
It Will Be Ron at Shcepshead Bay
This Afternoon.
Nc v York. Aug. 23. The Futurity
will be run today. The Sheepshead
tratk is in fine condition. The heavy
work of preparation by the horses was
completed Sunday. Ail they did this
morning was to canter around the
track and take a short breeze through
the stretch. The race is acknowledg
ed to ho the most open in years with
at least a dozen having chances to win
$35,000 which go to the first passing
the judges’ stand. I'p to noon no
horses were scratched, but it is expor
ted before the hour of starting that
several will he withdrawn. Twenty-six
entered.
DR. HARRY BROOKS.
Who Has Been Appointed Surgeon in
Army, Is in the City.
Dr. Harry Brooks, whose appoint
ment of Assistant Surgeon in the Uni
t'd States Army was told of in yester
day’s Herald, arrived here this morn
ing from Savannah. He came here to
f; end a day or so-with relatives. Dr.
Brook is receiving congratulations on j
e!I sides today. .... _ .....
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THE AUGUSTA HEIiALD.
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Foe the thank* I vpr*»»*4 B> the
Pmlthst.
WMh’turtor. Au* 31 - The fottowißA
dtacsafih** from IVtwey and Merrtt. ae
knolcrt*in* ihe f*y*el4*nt’i mwsratnta-
Itoas on the fall of Manila were m<t<
public today
Manila, Aug. 23. I>M.
Prewitt)at McKinley, W**hin*inn
On behalf of the aqu»dn n and at
self I thank you moat haariity for the
congratulation* and thanks you ar*
pteuaed to experaa. It will always he a
■tourer of pride to us alt to have re
ceived such a commendation. Your ru
ble will .be published rn board the
shipe of the squadrco tomorrow.
Dewey.
Manila. An*. 23. MM.
To the President. Washington
For my troops and myself acre Pt
fttocer#«t ftrkno«r if figment of your g«*n
trous pmiiif on thr turf u a? mir mm
paign. America may wpII be prmiif of
tier troopa. MfrritU
BANKERS IN CONVENTION.
Their Fourth Annual Session Opens
In Denver.
Dtßver, Col., Aug. 23.—Th«* fourth
annual nifeting of th** Amfriun Hank*
its* Association conwio d today at the
Broadway Theatre. Most of the* 60u del
egat«*» fxpf* tu*d wptp in their seats,
when President Jt>sef»h C. H«*n<irix rap
l»t*d for order. ChumHl«»r M('Dowell, of
the Denver university. Invoked divine
blessing. After the roll call Governor
| Adams welcomed the Association to the
| state. Governor Adams Is a bank pres*
I It’ nt. He advocated a postal xavlnKS
, bank system and a governm«»nt guar
antee for all deposits in national banks.
! Joseph A. Thatcher, president of the
Denver clearing house, delivered the
j address of welcome in behalf of the
; Denver bankets. President Hendrix
spoke in response to the words of wel
come, following those remarks with the
annual eddr-'ss to the avs iclatlon. Sec
retary Branch read the annual report.
| He appeared In the uniform of a major
of the seventh immune Infantry and re
j reived enthusiastic applause.
THE fIUsTERING OUT ORDER.
It Will Be Oiven Cut Tomorrow,
Perhaps
Washington, D. Aug. 23.— Tim
expected order for muatLiing out 100,000
men of the volunteer forced will to' ie
sucd tomorrow. The list of troops to
be mustered out Is nearly complete, but
some changes will no doubt be made
before the order Is Anally signed. This
will reduce materially the number of
troops of ihe different camp*. The
third corps, which has been commanded
by General Wade, Is ordered from
Chickamauga to Huntsville. One reg
iment v.ill be telained at Chiekamuuga
under General Boynton.
EHBEZZLER WARD.
He Has Been Found Guilty For the
Fourth Time.
Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 23.—The fiflh
trial of A. K. Ward, charged with
forging an amount of n' arly a quarter
of a million, resulted today in a verdict
of guilty and the defendant was sen
tenced to three yarn In the penitentiary.
A new trial was ask-sf for.
Petitions For Bankruptcy.
Attorney C. H .Cohen, this morning,
filed with United States Commissioner
Calvin two petitions for bankruptcy.
The two parties represented by Mr.
Cohen are L. F. Padgett and J. Edel
stein. The petitions arc filed to cover
some old Indebtedness of the above par
ties. _
COURT MARTIAL OF COL REEVES.
IS SET FOR mil OF AU6UST
The Court Will Be Had in Santiago de Cuba and Is
Now Being Arranged.
Iho ChJirgM of lnconp#t#ncy Hivu B«#n Pref«rr#d Formally By Col.
Ray, Commanding th# R#gimont—Flags Go Up and Flags
Coma Down In Santiago.
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I lag from Huiiti* TW Kn*!i*h !**•
i i-t*ai «ir*attoii.lt objected to th* Mt
, raor* art tea and Jirwu. tb* HrttMk
< os*al. arr.napaai*d bp U»ta»ta HriM,
ja aaa <4 fteaator ItUC*. rattvd u|M
OH, Ktaaco and cia*d him to *ii«t»
la*r >i r**poßd*n)» to aad 11 anco,
: however, drrttaed to rrmply i* tb*
■fouad that ih*ir ptraaer* la Ifavaaa
! prior to th* arrival of th* mtlltarp
j < otaiai**toa*r* from th* foiled Slate*
I might prejudice th* work of tb* com
i nUeatoMpra tthlte dlamaalng the peace
! detail#. Hi* attltad* ia aupported bp
' th* opinion of Intelligent Spaniard*
' to*, aitbgugh nothing of a dl*agr*abl*
| nature would be expected to follow,
jib* prewiii* of >h* rorreepoedeal* la
the clip, it la ImpoMible for thr author-
Itie* to guarantee th* aafotp of tb*
r orrr«piindent* against awe faoatlr.
CUBAN COMMISSION HEETS
lien. Butler and Admiral Sampaon In
Conference.
Waahlogton. Aug. 22. Admiral
Sampson and Major General Huiler,
two members of the Cuban military
commission, held an extended confer
ence today, with Assistant Secretary of
State Moore. Major General Wade, the
other member of the rommlanlon, liaq
not pet arrived. The purpose of the
conference ww to talk over the gene
ral features of the forthcoming work
of the commission. The hnal In
structions will be completed in about
two du,’s and will be given to the cotn-
I tniseioneis in strict confidence. The
| Uitben commissioner, will sail Septem
ber Sth, at cording to present calcula
tions. either from New York or Fort
Monroe, in the New York. General
Butler will tie accompanied by two
uides and it Is probable that General
Wade, the chairman of the commis
sion, will have three. Sampson says
the n ines *>lll be removed fre.n Ha
vana harbor before the commission
enters. It is not known whether the
United Stat« will insist also that Mor
ro Castle lie put under control, hut In
ail everts the Key York will not lie.
subjected to anv disnster similar to
tbar of Ihe Maine.
Peace Commission Settled On.
Washington, Aug. 23.—1 tis under
stood the President will be ready to
announce the personnel «r the peac
commission before tile close of the
present week and probably within a
day ct• two. The members de?ultely
settled upon are said to be Secretary
Day. Senator Davis, of Minnesota; Sen- ,
ator Frye, of .Maine, and probably Mr.
Justice White, of the United States su
preme court.
Flag Raising Officially Announced.
Washington, Aug. 23. The State
Department received the following,
from Minister Sou-all at Honolulu, an- j
nouncing the raising of ihe American
flag ever Hawaii:
Honolulu, Aug. 16. Day, Stale De- 1
partment: Flag raised Friday, 12th,'
ar noon. The ceremonies of transfer I
produced an excellent impression. i
(Signed) Bewail.
Miss Inez Smith accompanied her [
aunt to North Augusta this morning,
tv heir the latter intends to purchase a
home.
The Infant son of Dr. Bi. J. Ether
idge, <il Leesville, S. C., was buried
yesterday.
Mrs. Emile Hansberger and Mir* Tda
Goodrich will spend tomorrow in Wash
ington, Ga. . V
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CAMP THOMAS
The Order ie Ahaedee ll b k*
iwd.
The Troop* Are to Ow to l eGoglew or
KmiiMc
mtckaa *uga. Atlg 22.-The war de
|*rtfs>tit bo* ordered Gen. fir*) kto
ri d* > to stMMidoaa Uemp Ibnwts, and
tb* grtor*! la a*lag every loean* to
c ora pit with the order ae rapid!/ as
j povalble The Varlow* regiments re -
i el veil orders In peek up sod he re-dp
[to get out on ebort tiotlre sad all have
goer aboat obeying the order* In a aps
[tcmatlr sad rapid manner. As fast as
I the railroads ran furnish transporta
-1 tint the men will move Brerkittridge
wI.T go either lo Knoxville nr Lrilng
-00. Ali that nill be left at Uamp
"hena* will be lb* hospitals where
| the men are too skk lo he moved and
' »ne rep intent as a guard.
TO LEND MONEY ON CATTLE
New Chicago Concern Incorporated In
West Virginia.
j. Chicago. Aug. 23. The Cbt< ag)t
{Cattle and Loan Company, with a paid
1 up rapttal of $250,000. was Inoirptirat
jed yesterday at Charleston. West Vlr
, ginla. The stockholders, who are all
of Chicago, are P. D. Armour. G. F.
B«rift. Nelson Morris, L. B David, P.
,A. Valentine. F. H. Winston. I A.
Hpour ,A. H. Verder and Nathaniel
J Thayer.
Am”ng the other men interested in
the company are Chauneey M. It) pew.
W. C. I<ane and W. D. Guthrie, of
New York, and a number of Boston
' capitalists. The charter expires In
1 1945. and the capital stock is limited
to $500,000. The company will lend
money to owners of rattle and other
live stock. •
EUROPE RESPECTS US NOW !
Assistant Postmaster General Perry
S. Heath Writes Home.
Muncle, lnd., Aug. 3.—A letter re
! reived In the city by the parents us
First Assistant Postmaster General
j ferry L. Heath, who Is making a tour
j of Europe on u vacation, shows that
In the eyes of the Europi-ans we arc
Just now the bravest ami most danger
ous foe on earth.
In part the letter says:
"It's a genuine pleasure traveling In
Europe since we‘whipped Spain. Eu
ropeans have believed that we wouldn't
fight If we could, and couldn't fight
If we would. Now they believe the re
verse—that we are the bravest, most
skilful and most' dangerous foe on the
earth. Commercially and for resperta
ble'objects, this Is worth more than the
cost of the war. President McKinley
stands In Europ" as the equal nt Grant,
Lincoln, Napoleon or Emperor William
j. The first in all that humanity and
war represents.”
Mr. Heath amt his brothers Fletcher
of Hamilton and Fred W. of this city
are interested In the establishment of
a bank in Honolulu, and the Assistant
Postmaster General probably will soon
visit the Pacific to look after the mat
ter. y
CECIL RHODES WINS.
He Has Defeated the Representatives
of Kruger.
Cape Town, Aug. 23. In the Cape
Colony assembly u general election is
now in progress. Coeil Rhodes and
Mr. Eates, candidates for (he progres
sive party, opposed to the Afrikianke
bund. which is largely representative
of president Kruger’s interests in
South Africa, have been elected by
overwhelming majorities.
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' were hilled and pwlblp ten. while He*
ww, were injnred. two fataUp. at th*
I uarwegie tan net. am tb* Chanters dt
■ vuiton of (be Pan Handle railway last
j night Tb* accident was due to tb*
i wait ed the tunnel caving la. The dead
[ air
JOHN JONKt* foreman, married.
KKI.IX Mil.lit. laborer, married
MIX UNKNOWN, all foreigner*
Five meg were Injured. Oa* of these,
a atgru. nam* unknown, wa* taken
to the boupHal la a dying condition,
fine more la atm esperted to die. Tb*
nen acre engaged Hi tearing not a
tunnel oo the Chattier branch and tb*
wrrk was bring door at night, so aa
net to Interfere with traffic during the
day.
BLrTaLLAM AFTERNOON.
Two Colored Soldiers laid to Real in
U. 5. Cemetery.
Two colored soldiers now sleep be
neath newly made mound* In the Uni
ted Htate# army remelery on the Hill,
nest to the I nlted State* Arsenal.
The soldier* are Corp Milledge Mills
and Privalt Henry Taylor, of the
I Trntb regiment. These two are the
i first colored aoldlers that hare btien
, burled in the it hove cemetery. In
.death the ct>l»r line Is forever wiped
out In the ranks of the aoldlers and the
white and colored military men sleep
together beneath the pine* on the I fit -
top. The fuueral services were con
ducted by Chaplain Carroll of the
Tenth regiment. A volley wad fired
over the graves and other military
burial ceremonies gone through with.
BRAVE HEN PROMOTfcD.
Lieut Brumby la Among the For
tunate Ones.
Washington. Aug. 23.—The President
today made the following promotions
in the navy for “eminent and conspicu
ous conduct In battle:
Lieutenants Benjamin Tappan and
Thcntas M. Brumby, to be advane?d
tiv- numbers c n the list of lieutenants;
Ensigns Harry H. Caldwell and Wil-
Ham P. Scott, advanced five; Naval Ca
det William R. White, five points.
The President also advances Acting
Carpenter James T, Haley to be carpen
ter in the navy.
JAHAICA HEADED OUR WAY
A Movement For Annexation to the
United States.
Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. 23. Coinci
dent with the West Indian sugar con
ference to assemble at Barbados Sep
tember 3, for the purpose of protesting
against the sacrifice of the colonics,
Jamaica is preparing a plebiscite to the
British parliament requesting permis
sion to endeavor to arrange for annex
ation to the United States. The pro
motors of this movement are endeav
oring to secure Intercolonial coopera
tion, hut they arc not depending upon
It.
Suicided From Despondency.
New York. Aug. 23. Mrs. Kalo
Mangan, aged 28, today killed herself
and (wo children, Catherine, 4 years
old, and James V., 18 months okl, with
illuminating gas. Despondency was the
cause. The bodies were found by the
husband.
Capt. Mullnrky’s Company.
Gapt. Mullarky's company of the 10th
regiment marched into the city this
morning. The companies take a tramp
every morning. Marches have been
made to Beiair, Sandbar ferry, and
when Capt. Mullarky got orders to
march his men he brought them to
town. The company made a splendid
appearance.
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SDPREIE LODGE OF PYTHIANS
’GrAVO Charges Hiv* Boon Pr»frrr<*d Agftin»t
the Highest Officers*
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Hi l l) ON A SERIOUS CHARGE.
A Negro Apprehended as Wowld-b*
A**•**!■ of Mr. Graham.
Sumter. Aug. HL- Tbe .Huml-r rouaty
i ampatgo opened oa laar kV *d n - -da * I
tb* first meeting betas held at fibtiub
All c* ibeeaad.date* were preueut aad
had their little say." each on* o-rvv
leg hie claim e*» tb* “dear people” aa
'orrlMjr a* puen'We.
Tumor row t* aeat meeting odl be
held at Providence gpringa. A bar
l«ct*» will be given oa that day and a
tig crowd I* extteeted.
Magistrate L. It Jennlngr has he.tl
a |rrlinmtarv b- >nn* of tb* ca»- of
thr state agalr.'t William Muldrou and
Robert Anderwn two Degrees rh:tir»d
wllhahcKttingMr 8 M Graham an.l Hl* |
do tighter at their home near Mayc*- ,
vlll*. oo the i tyht of July Stb. Mr. j
Graham and H» daughter were *llllo*
qtrrtly on thnr front porch when the
shooting ne. tit ed.
The bearing «** eondocted In ihe
c- ert house an I attracted fiul e a
crowd. The *litt« wa* represented by
R. O. Purdy. Krq., while T. B. Fraarr,
|r.. represen'e.l Wllllem Mttldros*. nnd
1.. n. Jennlr.ga appeared for Rob-’U
Aflqrvon.
Mc'dron was released while Ander
r»n was sen. *it* for trial at the next
term of ronr*.
MaJ. H. Frmk Wilton leave* tonight
for Indianapolis, lnd.. where lie ge<ut
to nttend the S>ipreroe Ixidgc Knieht*
of Pythias the representative of
toe Grand Liuge of South Carolina
ST. HATTHEW’S FIRST BALE.
It Was Sold on Saturday l.agt and
Brought 4 i-J Cents a Found.
St. Mat the*-. 8. C., Aug. 23. The
fitr' bale of new cotton at this pla*-
was placed on the market by our ven
erable townsman. Col. A. F. Auutker,
anil was sold to Messrs. Banks & Wim
berly for l’/4 rents per pound. This
price ir encouraging to the cottontots
Apart from his larmtng Col.
Amaker runs a large ginnery, nnd
nroposes to <-.n et 50 cents per bale;
tala extraordinary low price I* rr
g; ided by man ’ as simply ruluouo, but
the colonel, with an experience of
nvrrty-flve years, ought to know what
lip !b doing.
The heavy find almost ineeasint rail s
have materially reduced the crop for
this season; however, any deficiency
that may accrue from any cause will
most probably be promptly overcome
by an increased acreage next year. So
ni.'ch for the wisdom of the eot'ontot'
Corporal Pav.'lrg, of the Second reg-
Imrnt, is at home for a few c’ayt. He
storks regretfully of the peace pros,
peri
Speaking of th" war and its results,
we have seven candidates for Cuban
adventure as seen as peace is declared
Many think (any will find the iong
looked-for El Dorado in the Cuban
and Porto RUo provinces.
Woman at the Bottom.
Augouleme, France, Aug. 23. Near
the ground where the grand rnanouev
ers were in progress a captain of ar
tillery today murdered his paramour
and then bis orderly, after which he
blew out his own brains. A quarrel
with a woman was the cause.
Spanish t oss at Manila.
Madrid. Aug 23. A dispatch from
Manila says that the Spanish loss du
ring the bombardment and assault by
(he American troops was 200 killed and
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Some Talk of a Struct Tax-Work
Goes on Again Friday Night.
The codifiers of the code —rather tha
committee thereon—have' been pro
gressing very well. Col. Carroll an
nounced last night that he would be
ready with his matter by Friday night,
when (he committee could go on with
Its work of revision.
The committee having this work of
revision In rharge waa appointed by
Mayor Young two or three years ago
ir. the junior year of their membership
in round).
The ordinances have now been all
passed upon by the committee. When
the work Is resumed Friday night it
will be pushed with rapidity by the
committee.
Some New Laws.
There are a number of new laws that
have bean suggested to thp code com
mittee by the codifiers and may be sug
yesled in turn by the committee lo
council. One of these consists of a
change In Ihe oath which a person of
fered as it voter in Ihe registration for
city elections taxes. It I* understood
that thi* ehange retains former feat
ures of the oath, and carries the fur
ther stipulation that an offering voter
must affirm or swear that he paid all
taxes dtte by him to the city. It la
further understood that the code com
mittee will offer this to council ns a
law and that there wll tie no dissent
from such offer.
The Term of the Mayor.
Here is also suggested a change in
the term of the mayor—not In length
of time of service, but as to the time
of taking hold of the rcinß of govern
ment. Tho change, it Is understood,
opplies to eounellmen as well as to tho
mayor. The election for mayor, as ct
present arranged, occurs early In De
cember. the mayor taking his seat the
next day. It Is proposed to have (he
election to occur as now, but to have
the mayor qualify ton Jan. 1, giving
him the Intervening month to acquaint
himself with the new eounellmen and
old eouneM. looking over the work of
the heads of departments, etc.
A Street Tax.
There has, too, been some talk about
a street tax—that is, recommending
to council that each voter in Augusta
pay sloo tier year street tax. It is not
learned that definite action thereon
has been taken.
There has been little friction in ti e
committee. One member of the eovn
m'ltee has been pointed in his objee.
Cons to some of the laws of council
and so expressed himself when they
came op under codification procedure.
The work is a big one ami it is aa
important as it is immense. Tho com
mittee Ir giving it that careful atten
tion which its significance attaches.