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If you want to borow money on farm
business or residence [>roperty on the most
favorable terms see the Georgia Loan and
Trust Company,
O. A COLEMAN. Gen Man.,
356 Second Street, .Macon, Ga.
ESTABLISHED 1884
SECRETARY ALGER
IS INDIGNANT
At the Report that He is Dis
satisfied With the Action
of Gen. Miles.
CALLS AT WHITE HOUSE.
Alger Says There is Not a Word of
Truth in It Gen. Miles Was
Recalled for Other Reasons.
Washington, June 18—Secretary Alger,
accompanied by iMajor General Miles, went
over to the White House this morning to
see the president. The secretary is in
dignant at the published reports that the
pr< ..I. fit and him elf ire dlssnti .fied with
th< course idopt. d by General Mile'*-and
had decided to relieve him of the command
of the army. The secretary said 1. the
prt s. nee of General iMiles, to a represen
tative of the .press, “There is not a word
of truth in It,” meaning the statement to
.whleh his attention was attracted.
“As a matter of fact the purpose of the
administration in recalling General Miles
to Washington at this time is to consult
with him as to the future of the conduct
of teh campaign. It is plain the campaign
itself has grown far away from the origi
nal lines on which It was drawn and re
cent developments have led to the belief
on the part of the president that the plans
might tie amended somewhat with benefit.
Ttie war department, profiting by expe
rience gained in the organization and dis
patch of General Shafter's expedition by
the concentratiion of troops in camps, by
the dev< lapmeut. of weak places in tJie staff
systems, and it is desired that future oper
ations be conducted with a view to avoid
ing friction, Improving the methods of
equiplng volunteers and generally facili
tating flie organization of an effective
army. It had been suggested that owing
to the heavy demands for troops which
have far exceeded the number originally
believed to be sufficient there will be an
occasion to issue an other call for volun
teers. Having in mind the length of time
required to develop raw material into sea
sviie.l soldiers, as revealed by experience
at Chickamauga. Tampa, and (damp Alger,
there is no doubt that the president will be
forehanded in this matter .and that upon
the exiistejiee of a reasonable doubt as to
the sufficiency of the present military
fore, be will lake st. ps to increase it, hut
before a call is made to raise more troops
the war department will see to it that the
amplest faeill'ties ar. provided and equip
ment feady for the men.
AN ABSURD STORY
That Augusti Had Turned Manila Over tn
German Admiral.
Loudon, June 18 The Star today pub
lishes .1,0 nb.-urd story from al'ris to the
effect that General Xugust.i has informed
the Spanish premier. Senor Segasta, that
he has hande Manila over to Admiral Died
richs. commander of the Gorman fleet who
has occupied the citadel and arsenal on a
plea of protecting the inhabitants from
the insurgents
MUCH SPECULATION
IF'! *
As to Why the Annual Maneuvers Have Been
Abandoned.
Ixmdon. June is it is announced that
Great Britain will not hold its tnnual
naval maneuvers this year which has
caused much speculation for the reason of
this step. In some quarters it is > lid to
be due to the lack of coal, owing to the
Welsh strike, but in other quarters it is
believed that important events are in
sight. ■Officials of the British admiralty
decline to give reasons for abandoning the
maneuvers, but snv it is not because of the
lack o' . o.iL
WORK AT A STANDSTILL.
Material Should Have Been Received Six
Months Affo.
San Francisco. June IS—-Work on the
battleship Wisconsin is almost at a stand
still in consequence of the non-arrival of
the steel armor plates. The material
should have reached here six mouths ago.
TENDENCY TOWARD RECONCILIATION.
London, June I.B—'A dispatch to the
Times from Havana says.
There is a decided tendency towards re
conciliation manifested by a large section
of the insurgents who mistrust \meri. |
intervention. \ proclamation has been
issued controlling the sale of provisions
and fixing food tariff.
UNABLE TO FORM CABINET.
Paris, June IS —-After consultation with
M Petral, Sarri. n and Dupuy, this morn
ing. M Ribot informed Ptesident b'aure
that he is unable to form a cabinet to suc
ceed the Airline ministry. President Faure
accepted the latter's resignation on June
15.
WORK NEARING COMPLETION.
Mare Island Navy Yard. June 18—The
repairs on the transport Nero and monitor
'Modanoek are fast approaching comple
tion The engines of both ships have un
dergone a thorough overhauling. The
cruiser Philadelphia will be placed on dock
Thursday for the third time.
COTTON FUTURES.
New York. June 18—Futures easy. Sales
5.7(H). June (’<ls. July 640. .August 643.
September 626. October 624. November 622.
December 624. January 628. February 630.
March 634
MINISTRY HAS RESIGNED.
Rome. June 18—In chamber of deputies
today Premier Marquis Di Rudini an
nounced the ministry which was formed
only on May 31 have resigned.
Rubbmi tlie (.rute.
A startling incident of which Mr. John
Oliver of Philadelphia was the subject, is
narrated by him as follows: “I was in a
most dreadful condition. My skin was al
most yellow, eyes sunken, tongue coated,
pain continually in back and sides, no ap
petite—gradually growing weaker day by
day. Three physicians bad given me up.
Fortunately a friend advised trying “Elec
tric Bitters,” and to my great joy and sur
prise the first bottle made a decided im
provement. I continued their use for three
weeks and am now a well man. I know
they saved my life and robbed the grave
of another victim." No ons should fail to
try them. Only 50c per bottle at H. J. La
mar & Sous’ drug store.
INFANTRY AND
MARINES FIGHT
Two Steam Launches Were
Fired on While Taking
Sounding in Cove.
THE SPANISH RETREATED.
Under the Rapid Fire Guns of the
Vixen and Massachusetts - The
Yankee Has a Brush.
Off Santiago, June 18 —(Copyright—Dis-
patch boat Wanda, via Kingston.—A hot
brush between some Spanish troops and a
reconnoitering party in steam cutters oc
curred at daylight this morning in a small
cove west of Morro castle, the Massachu
setts steam cutter, in charge of Lieuten
ant Harlow, entered a cove to take sound
ings and reconnoitere. When well inside
the inlet a detachment of Spanisl* Infan
try opened fire on the cutter from a block
house. The fire was vigorously returned
by the marines in the Massachusetts boar
and al o by the marines who were in the
New York's cutter, in charge of Naval
Cadet Powell. The New York's cutter was
hit ten times and a marine in the cutter
of- the Massachusetts had the stock of his
rifle shattered, but by great good luck no
one was hit.
The Texas opened fire -with six-pounders
on the hillside and the Vixen steamed right
into the cove and peppered the block
house with rapid fire guns. Eventually the
'Spaniards retreated to the woods and the
two steam cutters withdrew.
The Yankee arrived here yesterday and
Captain Brownson reported on Wednesday,
when off Cienfuegos, a Spanish gun boat
came out to meet the Yankee, evidently
mistaking her for a merchant vessel. The
Spaniard, however, soon saw her mistake,
turned tail and opened fire, which was
hotly returned iby the Yankee. The latter
chased the gunboat until the Spaniard took
refuge in the harbor.
During the engagement a Spanish shell
burst over the Yankee and a falling frag
ment struck a landsman named Kennedy,
formerly an insurance clerk in New York
city, inflicting a severe wound. The naval
reserves on the Yankee fought -well.
THE JUDGESHIP RACE.
Understood that It Has Been Arranged for
Judge Fish to Carry Bibb.
There has been much speculation as to
the way Bibb will vote in the race for su
preme judgeships, and the friends of both
Judge Golber and Judge Fish have been
actively at work for sometime past.
it is understood, however, that the latter
have carried the day, so far as (Bibb coun
ty is concerned, and that Judge Fish will
carry Bibb almost without a struggle. It
is stated that a majority of the members
of the IMacon bar are strongly in favor of
Judge Fish and they have been allowed .to
have their way about it.
NINTH INFANTRY
PasseP Through Macon Today En Route to
Tampa.
Lieutenant L. 'Parsons, in command of
the Ninth Infantry United States volun
teers, passed through Macon at 12:30
O’clock this afternoon over the Central
road en route from Chickamauga to
Tampa.
There were 106 men in the command,
fifty of whom were IMacon negroes, and
they attracted no little attention at tha
Union depot.
MAY IMPORT NEGROES.
In Wh'ch Event there is Likely to be Serious
Trouble.
Denver, June 18.—The owners of the
coal mines in Northern Colorado, which
have been closed for the past two weeks
on account of a strike of .the miners, have
decided to pay off all the men today. A
last appeal will be made to the men to ac
cept the wages offered and if the proposi
tion is refused it is said negroes will be
imported to take the places of the strik
ers.
It is understood that negroes are favor
ed because the union miners of Colorado
do not admit colored men to mem
bership. It is thought this fact will pre
vent the srtikers from inducing the new
men to come out. It is prediced that if
the mine owners bring negroes here to
take the places of the striking mine own
ers serious trouble will result. The sheriff
of Boulder county, where most of the
northern coal mines are located, has as
sured the mine owners that he will use
every effort to protect their property, but
should he fail a call upon the governor
would be unavailing, as there is no troops
now in the state.
FIRST GEORGIA
AT CHICKAMAUGA.
The Men Are Well Equipped
and in Splendid Con
dition.
Chickamauga. June IS. — The First
Regiment of Georgia infantry, 1.000 offi
cers and men in 12 companies under Col.
A. R. Lawton. of -Savannah, arrived in the
city at an early hour this morning and
shortly after breakfast were transferred
to the park. The regiment has been en
camped at Griffin. Ga.. for several weeks
and is in first-class shape. The men are
all well uniformed and fairly well
equipped. Battery “A” First Georgia ar
tillery accompanied the regiment. The
members of this command are all well
equipped and in good shape. They have
been constantly engaged in exercise and
drill for several weeks during the encamp
ment at Griffin. This is one of the crack
Southern batteries, being reorganized from
the old Atlanta artillery, which saw hard
service and behaved with great gallantry
during the civil war. The work of in
specting the first division, first -corps,
which has been going on for some time,
is now complete. Major Rogers, inspec
tor general, inspected the Third Tennes
see yesterday which completed the work
of inspecting the entire division.
Recruits continue to arirve by the score.
It is estimated chat between four and five
hundred come daily. It is understood no
movement of troops Will be made for some
time, but that Chickamauga may be drawn
on just as men may be needed gar the va
rious expeditions that may occur against
Cuba and Porto Rico.
4,000 TROOPS.
Gibraltar. June 18. —It is asserted here
that six transatlantic liners, having on
board 4.000 troops, accompanied Admiral
Camara's fleet.
THE MA CON ws.
OUEEN REGENT
MAY ABDICATE.
She Made up Her Mind a Fort
night Ago to Renounce
Her Rights in
FAVOR OF INFANTA ISABELLA,
Sister of King Alfonso, and Who s
Truly Spanish and Much Belov
ed Throughout Kingdom.
New York, June 18 —A dispatch to the
Herald from Madrid says:
News concerning the abdication of the
Queen Regent of Spain, which was given
by the Times without details, has been
very half-heartedely denied in the Madrid'
press.
The Queen Regent, much depressed by
the sad situation of the country and the
Spanish people’s lack of sympathy for her,
made up her mind a fortnight ago tS re
nounce her rights and title as regent in
favor of the Infanta Isabella, sister of the
late King Alfonso XIII.
This Princess, who is Spanish in heart
and mind, is much beloved throughout the
kingdom. The Queen Regent thought that
by yielding the regency to her she would
disarm the adversaries of the existing re
gime and rally all the sympathies ground 1
the little king.
She formed the resignation of quitting
Spain for a time after her abdication with
her two daughters, leaving the young
sovereign to reign and the new regent.
She summoned Premier Sagasta and elo
quently laid the plan before him.
A ministerial council was held, after
which all the members visited the Queen
Regent to beg her to give up scheme for
the present. They told her that under the
present abdication would
seem like flight, and would be very badly
construed by the country.
Premier Sagasta was so persuasive that
he obtained the following reply from the
Queen Regent:
“I admit you are right, sir, but I do not
altogether give up my plan. I only post
pone it.”
General Sanchis, the young king’s mill;
tary tutor, who occupies apartments in the
palace, has also private apartments in the
Calle de La Cruz. These apartments have
been shut up for two years and a half, but
upholsterers are at work making the
palace habitable.
The neighbors conclude from this that
the king’s tutor Is about to leave the
palace and resume possession of his pri
vate apartments, and see in this incident
a prelude to radical changes at the royal
palace.
What is going on. what will happen. Is
what everyone is anxiously asking, and
especially as the Republicans and Carlists
are beginning to bestir themselves in a
way which is very disquieting for the fu
ture of Alfonso’s crown.
WILL fXPERIENCE
SOME DIFFICULTY.
In Getting Transports for the
Porto Rico Expedi
tion.
Washington, June 18.—It begins to look
as if the war department will have some
difficulty in obtaining the necessary trans
ports for the iPorto ißtieo expedition, unless
some of those which have been sent to
Santiago are utilized.
An appeal was made to the coastwise
companies to favor the war department
and submit propositions looking to the
charter of vessels belonging to them not
already secured. The replies, however,
have been far from satisfactory, as tjie
steamship companies feel that they have
already gone as far as practicable in sur
rendering ships, and to release those still
in service would bring their business to a
standstill.
It is acknowledged by the war depart
ment that vessel owners have very con
siderate and have chartered to the gov
ernment a number of tnetr best vessels,
and it is regretted that all needed cannot
be secured. In this diilema the department
has been compelled to resort to ships of
foreign regisetr for transport service, and
a number of English bottoms are now un
der inspection. Congress will be asked to
give American register to those accepted.
DEATH OF MRS. ORME.
She Passed Away at Her Home Yesterday
Afternoon.
Mrs. Annie Orme, widow of the late Ma
jor Richard Orme, and mother of Mr.
Richard P. Orme, died at her home, 568
First street, yesterday evening at 6:15
o'clock.
On May 14th Mrs. Orme was accidentally
burned by the explosion of an oil stove.
Since then she suffered untold agony and
death gave her the only relief she has had
since the day of the accident.
Mrs. Orme was 70 years of age. She
rame to Macon from Atlanta fifteen years
ago. and during her residence here she
made many warm friends. Her long life
was beautiful, and she made the lives of
other people happier and brighter. For
many years she was a consistent member
of the Episcopal church and no one ever
lived nearer to the true teachings of the
church than she.
The funeral will take place from the res
idence at 56S First street, this morning at
10 o'clock. Rev. Martin Darner will con
duct the services and the interment will
be at Riverside cemetery.
longTonference
THIS MORNING
Between the British Ambassa
dor to Spain and Spanish
Minister of War.
Madrid, June IS.—There is considerable
comment today over the long conference
which has taken place between the British
ambassador to Spain. Sir Henry Druni
mond-Wolff. and the Spanish minister for
war, General Correa. The newspapers of
the city publish the text of a manifesto
from the inhabitants of Catalonia, of
which Barcelona is the capital, in favor of
peace between the United States and
S P aln '
MACON NEWS SATURDAY JUNE 18 1898.
CIRCULAR OF
INSTRUCTION
Has Been Issued for the In
formation of the Collec
tors and the Public.
ACT OPERATIVE JULY I,
And Collectors Instructed to Make
Order for Proprietory Stamp
at Once.
Washington, June 18. —The following cir
cular of instructions has been Issued to
collectors of internal revenue:
The revenue act of June 13, 1898, provid
ing stamp taxes on 't'he documents, articles
and telegrams enumerated in schedules A
and IB of said act. becomes operative as to
such taxes on and after July 1, 1898.
In view of the public demand for infor
mation relative to the method of procuring
affixing and cancelling said stamps, the
following instructions are furnished, with
the request that you give the same the
widest publicity possible, Adhesive stamps
of the following denominations will be
supplied collectors before July 1, 1898, for
sale:
Documentary stamps under schedule A,
1,2, 3,4, 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents, sl, $3, $5,
$lO and SSO.
Proprietary stamps under schedule B,
1-8, 1-4, 3-8, 1-2, 1,1 1-4, 2. 2 1-4, and 5
cents.
These stamps may be sold to any person
whether for use or for sale, and when pur
chased in quantities of SIOO or more in
value at one time, a discount of 1 per cent,
is allowed. Wherever practicable but one
stamp should be placed on a document or
article; where any one stamp will not de
note the tax, as few stamps as possible
should be affixed.
Proprietary stamps must be affixed con
spicuously on the outside of the article
or package, and, where practicable, so that
the opening of the article or package will
destroy the stamp. Al such stamps must
be plainly cancelled when affixed by whit
ing or imprinting with a hand stamp the
initials of the party or firm who paid the
tax, and the year when affixed.
Collectors should make orders at once
for proprietary and documentary stamps,
in quantities and of denomination desired
for a two month’s supply. Stamps for
cheeks and drafts will be imprinted upon
the paper or instruments in the cities of
New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Atlanta and
San Francisco, and it is expected that such
imprinted stamps will be ready for de
livery before’ July 1. All orders for such
stamps will be made through collectors
an.l forwarded to the stamp agent at the
place where such stamps are imprinted.
If necessary the two-cent documentary
stamp may be used on bank checks, drafts,
etc.
Privite dies for printing proprietary
stamps will be prepared and furnished to
such proprietors as Jysire them and com
ply with the provisions of section 9, of the
act of June 13, 1898. All designs for dies
and applications for stamps must be sub
mitted to this office through colectors. All
engraving will be done by the govern
ment at the expense of proprietors, and
deposits to cover such cost of dies and the
price of stamps (not less than $2,009 at
one time,) must be made before the stamps
will be printed. Manufacturers of pro
prietary articles will be required to use
the general proprietary stamps. All
stamps can be furnished from their de--
signs.
'Collectors will retain applications for
private dies and stamps therefrom until
regulations prescribing methods and
means of securing sale are issued. The
regulations relative to the stamp provis
ions of the revenue act, approved on the
13th inst., will be issued and distributed in
a fe-w days.*
WHAT GERMANY
THINKS OF US.
Animositv is Confined Mostly
to the Uniformed
Class.
Ithica, N. Y., June 18.—Professor L. H.
•Bailey, of Cornell University, w 7 ho is in
Munich, Germany, at .the present time, has
written to President Schurman the follow
ing concerning the sentiment of the Ger
man people toward the America and this
war:
“War news is scarce, but opinions of
America are plenty. Two or three nights
ago I listened to a discussion of the United
States jn which it would have been
very difficult to have found
language to convey more invective hatred
and misinformation. As a nation we seem
to be regarded as heterogeneous, uncult
ured, mercenary and in danger of collapse.
I find many such opinions in people who
are well read, but I believe that animosity
is confined to the uninformed classes for
the most part. Much of the feeling is the
result of the natural distrust of the Re
publican institutions, apd I think that
much of it is also due to the commercial
rivalry of Americans and tq a feeling pt
apprehension of America s growing power.
It looks to me as if the interests of Ger
many are with us rather than against us,
and I don’t believe that there will be any
rupture between the two countries. In
this war they don't understand us and the
circumstances, but we have common in
terests in the march of civilization and we
will find ourselves together in the end.”
Railroad and workingmen
should read the “fire sale”
ad of Rochester Shoe stock
in this issue.
TO SELECT LOCATION.
Washington, June 18—Secretary Alger
has appointed a board of officers consist
ing of First Lieutenant M. AV. Rowell,
Fifth cavalry, and First Lieutenant A. R.
Joyce, the adjutant of the Tenth United
States volunteer infantry, to proceed to
Sugar Loaf mountain with a view to the
selection of a tract of land suitable for a
military camp.
Sugar Loaf mountain is not far from
Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, which lo
cality the war department has considered
as offering several eligible locations for
the assembling of large bodies of men.
Railroad and workingmen
should read the “fire sale” ad
of Rochester Shoe stock in
this issue.
WITH THE BOYS
AT CAMP PRICE
Officers of Companv A the
First to Receive Their
Commissions.
SEVERAL TRANSFERS
Made From the First Regiment
Georgia Volunteers-Col. Ray
is the Idol of His Men.
Captain Marion Harris bears the dis
tinction of being the first captain of the
Third regiment United tSates volunteers
now mustering at Macon, to receive his
commission, and Lieutenants Sidney R.
Wiley and Frank F. Crenshaw bear the
same distinction.
Captain Harris' company, which is com
pany A, of the Third regiment, is also the
first company to be mustered in. Although
it has not been actually organized, it lacks
only a few 7 of the necessary number,
and will be completed, no doubt, by Mon
day next.
In organizing his company Captain Har
ris has received numerous applications
from men already mustered in other com
panies, and some of these he has accep
ted and their transfers have been secured
through the active efforts of Senator Ba
con.
Among those who have been transferred
from the First Regiment Georgai Volun
teers to the Third Regiment United States
volunteers are Corporal (Harry Garden and
Privates Howell Harris and Anderson
■•Clark. These have received appointments
in Captain Harris’ company, and the latter
'is naturally proud of such accessions. Cor
poral Garden is one of the most thorough
military men of his age in the state. He
is an old member of the famous Southern
Cadets drill team, and is thorough in tac
tics. Although a Canadian by birth, he
was among the first to enlist when war
was declared, and went as a private in
Captain Bell’s company, First regiment.
He was immediately made a corporal and
filled this position until offered a sergeancy
in Captain Harris’ company. Privates
Howell Harris and Anderson Clark have
also been made sergeants in company A.
It is not to be understood that these trans
fers were made through the efforts of
Captain Harris; on the contrary, they were
asked for by the men themselves, in the
hope of securing a promotion, and it is
highly gratifying to their friends that they
have been so well provided for.
The hoys at Camp Price are doing finely,
and the work of recruiting is going on
rapidly. Colonel Ray is a commander of
indefatigable energy, and being an officer
of h-’-mgh knowledge and experience he
is raising right here in 'Georgia a rp.crimont
that will do honor to the state, and that
will, after the war is over, be fit for duty
in the regular army.
Colonel Ray has a valuable aid in Ad
jutant John Condon, a former resident of
Macon. All of the commissioned officers
are exceedingly popular with the men, and
especially do the men and officers alike
sing the praises of Colonel Ray. Although
a regular - army officer and naturally a
strict disciplinarian, he is one of the kind
that possesses enough common sense and a
sufficient vein of human nature to win the
love and respect of his men through the
friendly interest and kindness that he dis
plays toward them. Colonel Ray is said
to be a fighter with a record. He entered
the army at the age of seventeen, enlisting
as a private. He saw hard service dur
ing the war between the states, and after
the war remained in the regular army. He
has spent fifteen years of his life fighting
Indians, and during that time has dis
tinguished himself for courage, ability and
coolness at critical times. The young men
who have enlisted under him feel a certain
amount of filial love for him, and he com
bines paternal interest with his duty as
commander in his relations toward them.
There is every indication that Colonel
Ray’s regiment will soon be fully organiz
ed and ready to go to the front.
MORGAN COURT MARTIALED.
Charged With Inefficiency and Disrespect to
Superiors.
Washington, June 18. —Assistant Surgeon
Daniel H. Morgan, attached to the cruiser
Cincinnati, which has just arrived at Nor
folk from a cruise in the West Indies, has
been ordered before a general court mar
tial for trial on charges of culpable inef
ficiency in the performance oU duty and
disrespectful language and deportment to
his superior officers while in the exercise
of his office. The specifications allege that
whije the Cincinnati was at Key West on
May 29th, Dr. Morgan was ordered to su
perintend the transfer of some sick mem
bers of the crew from the army hospital to
the- cruiser w 7 ith a view 7 to their removal
to Norfolk. In the execution of this or
der the sick sailers, it is alleged, were al
lowed to remain on the wharf for about
an hour and a half without attention, ex
posed to the direct rays of the sun, to the
great detriment of their health. Dr. Mor
gan. it is also alleged, was disrespectful
to Surgeon James C. Byrne, his immediate
superior, when informed by the latter that
his conduct in regard to the sick sailors
had been reported to the commanding of
ficer of the vessel.
The courfmartia.l is ordered to meet at
Norfolk on Monday morning. The detail of
the court is as follpws: Captain Silas W.
Terry, Lieutenant Commanders Isaac Ha
zlett, R. M. C. Brown and T. H. Stevens,
Surgeons 11. E. Ames and G. P. Lums
den, Lieutenant W. S. Benson, Past Assis
tant Engineer John T. Smith and Passed
Assistant Surgeon Isaac Kite, with First
Lieutenant J. A. Lejune, of the marine
; corps, as judge advocate.
A RIOT WAS
NARROWLYAVERTED
Hannailes Tried to Organize
County Convention and
Caused a Row,
Cleveland, June 18—A riot between, the
Hanna and McKisson factions was nar
rowly averted at the Republican cpynty
convention here today. The trouble start
ed when the Hannaites attempted to or
ganize the convention, which the McKis
sonites resisted. 'A wild scene followed.
The police made a number of arrests. The
Hannaites finally withdrew from the bqll
and are holding a convention.
Railroad and workingmen
should read the “fire sale” ad
of Rochester Shoe stock in
this issue.
COL BUCK!
AFTERJL RAY.
Effort Will Be Made to Have
the Immune Comman
der Court-martialed.
MADE MANY PROMISES.
Colonel Bucki Says He Has Been
Placed in a Very Embarrassing
Position by Col. Ray’s Action.
The following special, which was pub
lished intoday’s Atlanta Constiution, will
be of much interest to the people of Ma
con:
Washington, June 17.—(Special.)—An ef
fort to giye Colonel Ray trouble is on foot
here in Washington, and there are several
men here who would, if they could, throw
the colonel of the Third United States vol
untecri bt icre .1 courtmartial.
It all grows out of disappointment over
commissions in the new regiment now
forming in Georgia. According to the sto
ries that come from the men who are
leading in this movement, the colonel
seems to have been very prolific of his
promises, and when he saw his inability
to make them good he promptly repudiated
them. The matter has been brought, to the
attention of the department and Colonel
Ray has been called on for an explanation.
Colonel Charles Lloyd Bucki, of Florida
and New A’ork, is the man who has filed
the papers with the adjutant genral of
the army.
Colonel Bucki, who is a man of wealth
and influence, and has earned his title
through long service in the national guard
of New York and Florida, was authorized
by Colonel Ray to raise a battalion and
was promised the rank of major if he suc
ceeded. According to the papers on file
with the adjutant general he did succeed,
and then Colonel Ray, without any excuse
and without attempting to make any,
threw him down. According to stories that
are afloat about the war department, Col
onel Bucki is not the only man who has
been thrown down by the colonel of the
Third Georgia volunteers. It is said here
that no less than six companies have been
left out in the cold through the repudiation
practice of Colonel Ray, and there are men
in Washington and elsewhere who do not
like to go on the streets because of the
representation they made to men they
have enlisted, and all on the written au
thority of Qolonel Ray himself. The Bucki
case is the most prominent because of the
promlneee of Colonel Bucki himself, and
because it is now before the d.-partment,
and Secretary Alger hss cqlled op Colonel
Ray for au explanation.
'When Colonel Ray was first authorized
to raise his regiment of so-callel immunes,
Colonel Bucki, who was a man of infliunce
in Florida, and who had had long expe
rience in military affairs, both there and
in New 7 York, was recommended to him.
The two men seem to have worked to
gether beautifully at first. Colonel Ray
gave Colonel Bucki authority to raise a
'battalion, and over, his own signature sta
ted that if this was raised the colonel
flrom (Florida should be a. major of the
regiment. Colonel Ray seems to have been
most prolific with his promises about this
time. He promised Duncan Harrison that
he should be lieutenant colonel, but that
has nothing to do with this case, further
than to show that in the days when the
colonel of the Third volunteers was anx
ious to be confirmed he was not shy on
promises.
From the papers which Colonel Bucki
has filed at the war department, it appears
that there was some slight hitch between
him and Colonel Ray over the matter of
raising a company here in the district, but
tfiat afetr that was settled Colonel Bucki
went ahead and raised the four companies
he was auhtorized to do in the South, or at
least himself authorized four captains to
do so, and they had reported results. All
had been pleasant between him and Col
onel Ray up to that time. Then when he
went to the war department to report that
his men had been recruited, he was given
what might be termed the cold shake by
Colonel Ray, who declared that he wanted
nothing to do with Bucki or his men, and
by that action put Bucki and his captains
in a most pecliar position. One of these
captains was Captain Smith, of Rome. He
w-as compelled to disband his company af
ter recruiting it, and going to a great deal
of expense in the operation. Others were
Captain Thomas, of Savannah; Cajptain J.
W. Simmonds, of Denmark, S. C.; Captain
G. AV. Simmons, of Brunswick, and Cap
tain AV. J. Driscoll of Jacksonville, Fla.
It is also charged that Colonel Ray also
threw down some people in the -district,
but that is another story.
As Golonel Buck! is a nian of prominence
in military circles as wejl as business
circles, and as he has a lot of influential
friends in congress and out of it, he does
not propose to rest quiet and has filed with
the war department a statement of his re
lations with Ray. Colonel Ray’s declara
tion reported from Georgia that Bucki is
irresponsible, has made the latter gentle
man insist upon an investigation. Both
Secretary Alger and General Corbin have
telegraphed Colonel Ray for his reply to
the charges made by Colonel Bucki, w 7 hich
have beep submitted to him. No reply was
been "received today. Bucki says all he
wants is a full and complete investigation,
and if he is in the right wants simple jus
tice done his captains and himself. If he
is in the wrong, an investigation will easily
prove this, but if in the right he thinks
the promises made by Colonel Ray in writ
ing should be carried out by the depart
ment. a~all these men are said to have
done a great deal of work and spent large
sums of money.
FOUR MORE
APPOINTMENTS.
Ono of Which Will Be Given
to the Son of Capt,
Gridlev.
Washington, June 18 —The house com
mittee cn naval affairs has agreed to re
port favorable to the house’s bill author
izing the president to appoint five more
cadets at large this year to the naval
academy at Annapolis. The object of tho
bill is t® provide for suitable re- ognition
of distinguished services in the navy, es
pecially for John A’incent Gridley, a son
of Captain Gridley, the late commander of
the cruiser Olympia, who died recently
from injuries understood to have been sus
tained during his service In the battle at
Manila. The other four appointm<:X so
placed In the disposal of the president will
be reserved for similar cases.
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