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T1IK ISLAND 18 FORMALLY TURNED VVER TO AMERICANS. OUR FLAG RAISED AT SAN JUAN. IToiicefortli the United States Will Have Undisputed Sovereignty Over the lleautlful Island. Promptly at noou Tuesday the American flag was raised over San Juan, Porto Rico, and the United States is now formally in possession of the island. The ceremony was quiet aud dignified, unmarred by dis order of any kind. The Eleventh regular infantry, with two batteries of the Fifth artillory, landed Tuesday morning. The lattei proceeded to the forts, while the in fautry lined up on the (looks. It was a holiday for San Juan and there were many people on the streets. Rear Admiral Sohley and General Gordon, accompanied by their staffs, proceeded to the palace in carriages. The Eleventh infantry regiment and band, with troop H, of the Sixth United States cavalry, was then marched through the streets and formed in the square opposite the pal ace. At 11:40 a. m. General Brooke, Ad miral Schley and General Gordon, the United States evaouation commission ers, came out of the palace with many officers and formed on the right side of the square. The streets behind the soldiers were thronged with town people, who stood waiting in .(lend silence. At last the city clock struck the hour of twelve, and the crowds, almost breathless and with eyes fixed upon the flagpole, watched for devel opments. At the sound of the first gun from Fort Morro, Major Dean aud Lieu tenant Castle, of General Brooke’s staff, hoisted the stars and stripes, while the bond played the “Stnr Spangled Banner.” All heads were bared and the crowds cheered. Fort Morro, San Cristobal and the United- States revenue cutter Manning, lying in the harbor, fired twenty-one guns each. Senor Munoz Rivera, who was pres ident of the recent autonomist coun cil of secretaries, and other officials of the late insular government, were present at the proceedings. Congratulations and handshaking among the American officers followed. Ensign King hoisted the stars and stripes on the intendencia, but all other flags on the various publio build ings were hoisted by military officers. Simultaneously with the raising of the flag over the captain general's palace many others were hoisted in different parts of the city. The work of tho United States evac uation commission is now over and all the reports will be forwarded to Washington on Tuesday next. The labors of both parties have terminated with honors to all concerned. The American commissioners worked with- ed without delay and in tlio most thorough and effective manner. Cuban Atmembly Will Eleot Full Cabinet at the Coming Meeting. Advices from Santiago state that tho meeting of the Cuban assembly at Santa Cruz is fixed for October 20tk, but owing to look of transportation facilities the members of tho assembly will bo unable to nrrivo at Santa Cruz on time, and the end of tho month will probably hnvo como before the election of a president aud cabinet takes plnce. El Cnbano, a daily paper of Santi ago, predicts the eleotion of the fol lowing ticket: President—General Maximo Gomez. Vice-President — Senor Bartolomo Maso. Secretary of Foreign Affairs—Dr. Domingo Mendez Capote. Home Secretary—Senor Benjamin Guerra. Secretary of Justice—Sonar Jose A. Lana za. cretSry of War—General Calixto J^Fc lecretary of Public Instruction— Senor Enrique Vnrona. AID FOR 8TOIIM SUFFERERS. UNITED STATES WILL NOT AS SUME CUBAN OBLIGATIONS. THE MATTER ALREADY SETTLED American Peace CominiB«tom*r* Flatly Refuse To Accept a Cession o€ Sovereignty TemlcreiV. Advioes of Tuesday from Paris state that Spain can no longer hnve nny doubt regarding the ultimate attitude of the United Statoe toward the-so- called Cuban debt. The American commissioners hnve declined to ae- snme any part of it by express treaty or by eontraet. Thoy also declined to accept a cession of sovereignty to tho United States, for in that cose Spain would claim that snch a cession by its own force would impose the ob ligation for the debt. It is confidently believed that in re fusing to accept a cession of sover- eignty tho American commissioners acting also upon their announcement to tho world in the intervention reso lutions, disclaiming any intention to exoroise sovereignty or authority over Cuba except for pacification, and then Government Grants Army Rations to Peo ple In Flooded Districts. A Washington dispatch Roys: Gov ernment aid in the shape of army ra tions will be given to the sufferers from the reoent floods in Georgio who are in need of the bnrest necessities of life. Application for this assistance came to tho war department from Hon. Wil- Horn Clifton, secretary of state of j to leave the island to the control of Georgia, and Representative Living- ; its people and its people to the as- ston. Secretary Alger referred tho j sumption of its obligations, matter to the president, re'eommend- Ua Liborte, referring to the Ouban ing favorable aetion, and the former j debt as ‘‘now dividing tho two couu- suggestod that a conference be had j tries,” says: with the officials of tho department of I “The Spanish regard the refusal of justice before auything was done. j the United States to assume the Cuban This was held Saturday morning i debt as an exaggerated pretension.” and Solicitor General Richards, who ! In ono sontouce La Liberte declares is acting attorney general, holds that that Spanish finances were ruined in while there is no direct statutory trying to suppress tho Cuban insnr- authority for extending suoh relief, ; rection, and in the next says that “tho there iB no statutory prohibition, and debt was contracted for tbe benefit ..of in view of the foot that tho govern- j Cuba.” ment has given assistance in such j Then it points to Spain as pleading emergencies as the present, he fol ‘ arbitration where the cominissiona thought that the exeoutivo power gen- 1 do not ngroe, nud Rays: erally would authorize the relief ask “Tim Wnnliinirt.mi «n eel for. LEAVE FAHHOBA OK FIGHT. Knglaml Insist* That France 81iall Evac uate That Territory. A London dispatch says: The week opened with an ominous rattling of sabers over Fashoda and ended with the rumblings of a revolutionary vol cano in Paris. The situation arising ont of the question between Great Britain and France as to the right of occnpying Fashoda is extremely grave. Every thing hinges on the nature of the re port of Major Marchaud, the French commander at Fashoda, which is now The Washington cabinet will not listen to anything. We have already pointod out the abnormal conditions attending the appointment of Ameri can delegates aud their imperions in structions. Mr. Day and his collaguos are not proper negotiators, but only mandatories whose work is to carry out preoUe orders. They hove no right to disenss or mako concessions, but simply may announce to the Span ish government the exactions of the United States. “The American commissioners have formal orders not to lend themselves to any modifications of the conditions of peace and to repel all arbitration, giving notice finally if the Spanish do Wmy of TIioid S. Uounl r.rlahtd lit the Flame*. Advices frori- Margirte, England, sisto that tho British Blrip Blengfoll, Captain Jokusoiv, from New York, September 19, for London, was de stroyed by a sudden fire off that place early Mondojr morning. Nino of the crow, the captain, IVis wife mad chil dren, tile first aud sevoud males nud » pilot perished. . The Blengfoll wns pussing Margate- in tow, on her way to London,, a# about (1:30'a. m. and was about four miles off tlie const. Suddenly sho was enveloped fn flames and smoke ponrod from her hatchways. The life boats immediately put off to hor assistance, but before they were able to reach the burning vessel her mnsts foil nntl Rhe was burned to the water’s edge. Her hull eventually drifted upon the Good win sands. Tho Rlengfell had a quantity of naphtha on board and the smell of it T was so strong during the voyage that the officers of the Bhips had to Rhift their quarters last evening. An ox- plosion oeourred just ns the captnin of the Blengfleld had engaged the ser vices of a tug which saved tho survi vors. The Blengfoll was an iron vessel built at White Haven in 1870, she registered 1,117 tons, hailed from Liverpool and was owned by J. Edgar Ace. APPEAL FROM LIBERIA. on its wav from Khartoum to Paris. I nottgr*. to their terms of a naval The evacuation of Fashoda by tho 1 demonstrotion in Spanish waters. President McKinley is dictated to by French must, however, take place if ... . . ... ... , war between Great Britain and France public opimon, which will someday repent its loss of head. SOUTHERN’S STOCKHOLDERS Hold Their Annual Meeting In Richmond. President’* Report Submitted. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Southern Railway com pany was held in Richmond, Va., Tnesdny. There were present in per son or proxy tho shares of preferred stock and shares of common stock, being more than a quorum. Joseph Bryan presided, nud Joseph F. Hill was elected secretary. The annual report of the president and directors to the stockholders for ihe fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1898, wns submitted to the meeting by Colonel A. B. Andrews, first vice pres ident of the company. CUBAN BOND SYNDICATE. One in Forming in Madrid Composed of Englishmen niul Americans. A dispatch to The New York Her ald soys: It is regarded here as a good sign that a large Anglo-American syndicate is being formed to bny up Cuban bonds. This is, of course, in terpreted as evidence that a satisfac tory arrangement is at hand. There is good reason for supposing that the big cannon mounted at Havana will fall to the Americans. is to be nvertod. as the marquis of Salisbury has nailed his colors to the mast and cannot recede from the posi tion he has taken up and in which he has received the unanimous support of the country. THE CREW MUST SHARE. Decision As To Disposition of Prize Money In Rita Case. In the United Stntes district court nt Charleston, Saturday, Judgo Brad ley handed down an opinion in the Rita prize money case. The question nt issno was whether nil of the crew of tlio Yale should share in the money or merely those who were enlisted regu larly in the United StateB navy. Judge Brnwloy decrees that all the erew shall share in the proceeds of the sale of the ship. The Rita was bought by the government for 8125,000. Captain Wise, ol the Yale, will re ceive 89,000. LANGFORD “NOT GUILTY.” PRESIDENT IS HONORED. Chicago University Confer. Upon Him the Decree of Doctor of Lawi, The University of Chicago, Monday, conferred upon President McKinley the degree of doctor of laws. Hundreds of people applauded to the echo as the president of the college placed around the shoulders of the nation’s executive a hood of purple—purple to indicate, as Dr. Harper Baid, in Latin, that the receiver of the degree had “surpassed other men in native geuias and devotion to it.” The exercises at the university, while tampered very much by wet weather, were still impressive in the extraordinary degree. Acquitted of the Charge of Murder Rut Held on Another Warrant. The jury in tho Langford case, nt Zebulon, Ga., after being out all night, made a verdict Saturday morning which reads: “We, the jury, find the defendant, Tom Langford, not guilty.” Sheriff Milner had a warrant for Langford under which he wns detained after the verdict was read, nnd he was already under bond in another case, so that he is yet in the clutches of the law. COL. CANDLER QUITS. lte.lgn. Communion ns Colonel or Third Georgia Regiment. Colonel John S. Candler has resign ed the colonelcy of the Third Georgia regiment and will continue to preside in the courts of the Stone Mountain circuit. The resignation was for warded to Adjutant General Corbin on Saturday. Colonel Candler was appointed to the command of the Third Georgia regiment on the 20th of July. There is a great desire to know who will be his successor. Lieutenant Colonel Berner is the next in command, and Major Robert E. Lee Spenee tho third in command, a lieutenancy. Madrid now linowR that tho effort to induce tho United States to assume any part of tho Cuban debt or to re nounce the Philippines wholly or in port, was doomed in advance to fail ure. Spain has nothing to do but to give way nobly to tho hard lows of war, as a fresh humiliation would be certain to follow Senor Sngnsta’s non- succcss against the grasping disposi tion of the United States.” The TempB says editorially: “It is still thought that a tribune of arbitration will alone settle the disputes. ” The Journal des Debats thinks tho United States should compel the Cu ban government to assume the debt and believes the Spanish would be willing to submit to arbitration, which it understands tho United States de clines to uccept. . PORTER GIVES A DINNER. United State* Ambassador nt Pari* Enter tain* Spanish Commissioner*. A Paris special sayB: General Horace Porter, the United States ambassador, gnve a banquet Tuesday evening nt the American embassy to the United States and Spanish peace commissioners. The moeting of the two commissionn at the same table was a notable event and borrows special interest from the semi-prediction of the Paris corres pondent of the London Times that the Spanish commissioners would not meet their opponents at dinner under the roof of tbe American embassy. African Republic Want* Uncle Ha nr to Take Charge of Government. A Pittsburg, Pn.,. dispatch says: Bishop Joseph C. Hnrtsell, of the Methodist Episcopal churoh,. whose bishopric is Africa, states that lie has been commissioned by tbo negro re public of Liberia to go to Washington and nBk that tbe republic be taken un der the sheltering wing of the United- States. “I nm on my way to see Secretary D«7.” snid he, 1 ‘as tho special repre sentative of the Ropublio of Liberia to Beoure a protectorate either quns or actual. What they want. America to do is to say to the European powprs in Africa- ‘We have an interest iu Li beria; this country belongs to us.’ Whether nn actual protectorate cau ho established or not will depend upon how far the Liberian government is willing to go, assuming that the United States answers favorably." INTERESTING SESSION OT WAR IN VESTIGATING BOARD. SHAFTER PREFERRED TO MILES. Hlwt of tlio Commanding- General’* Recommendation* DiMfpWTfid r*in Alger. INDIANS WILL SURRENDER. Red Skin* Want No More Fighting and Agree to Give Up. Adjutant General Corbin has re ceived the following dispatch from. General Bacon, indicating . that the Indian uprising in Minnesota is prac tically at an end: “Walkicii, Minn., October 17.—Ad jutant General, Washington: At.coun cil with hostile Indians today, the lat ter said they wanted no more fighting with the United States soldiers, and agreed to come and surrender on Wed nesday. This is the result of their defeat when engaged with me on the 5th. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Jones bus been shown this telegram, nnd concurs in the entiro foregoing statement. Bacon, “Brigadier General." KAWLKH DEFENDS ISLAND. A statement having appeared in sev eral papers under date lino of Charles ton, October 13th, in which it wns snid tlmt the health of tho army post nt Sullivan’s island wns causing tho commnndnnt much concern and that four hundred men were sick in quar ters. Colonel j .B. llawles, in command, was shown the article and made the following statement: “I deem it my duly in the interest stall concerned to most emphatically deny the truthfulness of tho assertions therein made. It is not an exaggera tion simply, but a misrepresention of the most glaring character ns to the health conditions of the troops on Bul- livan’s islnnd.” A Washington-speoial soys: After dbvoting Thursday afternoon.to bear ing-the testimony ot Dr. HoitLanoUief mirgoon of the Third! army eo:ym, sta tioned at Camp Thomas, the war in vestigating commission gave tbe re mainder of the day to the reading-of papers submitted by‘Secretary Alger;, with his statement «onoernin£r the- oomlinit of tho war. Tile- papers included!orders for the- movement of troops, cemmunicatlons- to the-secretary of war from the ofl|. cent in the field and from the navy to tliom- ood various other documents, bearing upon the subject of the in vestigation. The documents reveal the faots that General' Miles recommended tho occu pation of tho Isle of Pines about the- timo-wf the kattlo of Santiago, and that Secretary Alger disapproved the sug- ■ gestion. It also appears that Goneral' Miles recommended that some point betwoon Santiago and Porto Bico bo taken previous to the beginning o! either campaign. Tile correspondence also developed the fact that there was an apparont- confliot of authority liotwocn Generals Milos and Shnfter at. Tampa boforo the Santiago campaign wns inaugurated. It also shows that orders Were issued by the secretary of war that in the event that Gonornl Shnfter should be disabled by sioknons or other onnse tho commnud of tlie troops nt Santi ago should devolve upon General Wheeler and upon tbo next in com mand in enso of the disability of both Shnfter and Wheoler. Lieutenant ColomSI J. O. Hoff IvnB before tho war investigating commis sion nt its forenoon sossion. He is a rogulnr nrmy officer nnd wns chief surgeon in tho Third nrmy corps at) Camp ThomnR, Chiekamauga park. He said ho did' not consider the camp to have been in the bent sanitary condi tion, hut expressed the opinion that it woe .the best it could he, under the. circumstances. Camfwil Too Cloae Toanther. The meu were encamped somewhat closer to ench other than they should properly have been, nnd it had been, impossible without blasting to make tho sinks as deep as good sanitation, required, owing to a layer of limestone two or three feet bolow tho surfaco of tho ground throughout tho camp. Furthermore, it was impossible to- compel the men to nso tho sinks, nnd he thought it prohohle that this diffi culty had led to injurious results. Every offort had been mado to have tho sinks properly ooverod and disin fected and to have the men use them. Dr. Hoff said that in the beginning the camp was lacking in medical sup. plies. There were at this time many cases of diarrhoea aud it had not been possible to meet all the demands tor remodieH. The shortage wns duo to tho fact that it had been expected tho troops would como to camp supplied with medicines, but Borne of them failed in this respect, making a greater demand than had been counted npon. Continuing, Dr. Hoff said the capacity of the division hospital was often donbled nnd trebled. It sometimea oeourred that there were eight men in tents which were intended should ac commodate six, because of delay ic securing tentage to care for the in creases which was uuexceptionally rapid. soven a. powflM'ce..nvvmk. EMPEROI l WAS IN DANGER. Well Laid Am* rclilstJe I'lot W»* Frus trated. , J . The Alexsn dria correspondent -of tbe London Di lily Mail, telegraphing regarding tbe nunrehist plot against Emperor Willis in, wbioli was dicover- ed on Friday, si ys: “Tlie plot sga iust tlwkniser is hour ly proven more : important, each arrest disclosing new ramifications. The documents fonn d disdbse a- plot to Mill King Hnmh art already woM ma tured. “Fifteen persons, alt Kalians, have been arrested. T he original plan-was to throw a bomb <sf guncotton nnd fnl- minute of mercury at Emperor Wil liam’s carriage in a narrow street of Cairo.” COMMISSION IN FLORIDA. AFTER GOVERNOR TANNER. Coal Company Want* to Blame Hln Vlrden Riot*. Attorney William Patton, of the Cki- cago-Virden Coal company, at Virden, Ill., is authority for the statement that no further attempt' will he made to land the Alabama negroes, whose com ing resulted in the loss of so many lives. There is under consideration, ac cording to Attorney Patton, an at tempt to fix the responsibility for the tragedy upon the governor of Illinois. The lawyer declares thnt it is the in tention of the coal company to press the matter. War Inv«*tlgator* Inspect Cninjb* In Vicinity of Jacksonville. The war investigating commission spent tho afternoon Monday inspect ing the campB in tho immediate vicin ity of Jacksonville, Fla. A heavy rain was falling during a part of the tour, but the commissioners performed their self-appointed task of going through the camp from ono end to the other in a very painstaking manner. MANY SOLDIERS SICK. Three-Quarter* of Enlisted Mon nt Sulli van’* Island Are Incapacitated. A Charleston, S. O., dispatch says. The great amount of sickness among the enlisted men stationed at Sulli van’s island is causing the command ant, Colonel llawles, much concern. DnriDg the summer many of the men were ill and typhoid and malarial fever have almost assumed the proportions of an epidemic. At present 400 men are oonflned to quarters. Considering the great number of fever cases that have been treated in the garrison hos pital, however, the mortality has been light. DESERTER SHOT DOWN. I>l«k.on Resisted Arrest By Detail From Camp Northcit. A Griffin, Ga., dispatch says: Pri vate Henry Dickson, a deserter from Company B, Third regiment, was shot and perhaps fatally wounded nenr Locust Grove Thursday morning by a detail from Camp Northen. Dickson resisted arrest nnd was shot down while attempting to kill one of the soldiers. SAXTON’S lVILL DISCOVERED. Murdered Man I.eavee About •eoo.OOC to Mr.. Barber. Hie Sister. A Car.ton, O., dispatch states that the will of George D. Saxton kaB been found. It was mode last April, and was witnessed by James J. Grant and Oliver F. Bchiliman. The document bequeaths all his estate to Mrs. M. C. Barber, Bister of the deceased, as entailed property. After her death, the estate is to be divided among the five children of the beneficiary. The value of the property is not known, but a personal friend of tho deceased estimates it will foot up 8200,000. UNDER STARS'. AND*'IIAES.. Ml Steamer* of Northern Iftctflt Com pany To lie Tr#n»IMrwl. It is stated nn good authority that tile Northern Pacific Steamship Com pany is arranging to pnt’ under titw American flag Hix British steamers, which it is operating to-China and Japan, from Tacoma, Wash. Them steamers include the transports Ari»-. nni which was sold to the government last July, tho Tacoma, Olimpia, Ca. lumbia and Argyle. DAHLONEGA, GA. A collotfo education In tho reach oftall. A.B., n.S.. Normal and Itusiiioss Man’s count**. I laboratories; healthful, Imy i|f,orati»|f cll- t; military discipline; pood moral and religion* influences. Chrajicst Hoard lo iten Stale; a Ihi ml met) of country produce ;<‘xt*nn*ft nil 975 to $150 a year; board ilm dor miturlea private families. Special license cournofor teacher*; full faculty of nine; all under the control of the University. A' col luge prepar atory class. Co-cdticat ion of sexes. The insti tution founded npccially for atudenta of limited means. Send for r^talogno to chn President. Jon. S. fl rjitv-UM-, A.M. 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