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THE NEWS AND FARMER.
J. W. WHITE, Editor and Proprietor.
VOLUME XX.
PARTISAN WRANGLE
i
Injected in Debate Over Urgent
Deficiency Measure.
MILITARY ITEM IS CONTENTION
Sum of $500,000 Wanted For Military
Post at Manila—Cummings, of
New York, Makes Sensa
tional Declaration.
Some of the old • partisan Are was
Injected into the proceedings of the
house Wednesday when the item in
the urgent deficiency bill appropriat
ing $500,000 for a military post at
Manila, which the democrats have
been using as a text for speeches in
opposition to the Philippine policy of
the administration for the last three
days, was reached.
Mr. Cannon, in charge of the bill
8‘ ;ssed that the appropriation was
ct to a point of order and it
out. In lieu thereof h > offered
mendment to appropriate the
sum for the “shelter and protec
of the officers and enlisted men
of the army on duty in the Philip
pines. This the chair held to be in
order, and it at once became the sub
ject of a very spirited debate in
which Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee,
the minority leader, Mr. V> illiams, of
Mississippi, and Mr. DeArmond, of
Missouri, were pitted against the
chairman of the appropriations com
mittee. The vote on the adoption of
the amendment stood, ayes 127; nays,
100.
Before the general debate closed
Mr. Watson paid a beautiful tribute
to the late President McKinley. In
the course of his remarks he said:
“Those clean hands of the great,
statesman, now gone, were charged as
being dripping with the warm blood
of his fellow men. That heart which
now we know to have been pure was
charged with being a nesting place for
tyranny and hate. That breast which
we now know in its aims embraced
humanity and humanity’s cause, was
charged with being a spawning place
for oppressicn's breed. They did not
hesitate to say that the fertile brain
which throbbed with love for all man
kind was full of schemes for land rob
bing, for lust of empire, for greed of
gain. We know that all these arrows
were hurled at his head. These ar
rows were broken at his feet and left
his name untarnished. And now that
the narrow chasm -which separates us
from eternity is bridged and his soul
has flitted through its dark and som
bre shadows and William McKinley
stands immortal, it does seem remark
able to me that our democratic
friends should loose the tongue of vi
turperation, of slander, of aspersion,
of villification in speaking of the re
publican party and of the ‘boys’ fight
ing over yonder in the Philippines un
der the shadow of the American flag.
(Applause.)
Mr. Cochran, of Missouri, declared
that the attempt to subjugate the Fili
pino people had already cost the Uni
ted States more than enough to build
the Nicaragua canal and to construct
300 war ships to traverse it, yet the
end was not in sight.
Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee, offer
ed an amendment providing that the
president should make a detailed re
port to congress of the expenditure of
the appropriation. The vote then recur
red upon Mr. Cannon's amendment. As
it was being taken a dramatic incident
occurred. The solid republican side
arose in support of it, and with the
republicans a solitary democrat, Mr.
Cummings, of New York, stood up.
Turning upon his fellow democrats and
shaking his fist in their faces , Mr.
Cummings shouted:
“When I refuse to vote to protect the
life of an American soldier I hope I
may be paralyzed.”
republican applause
tement, while several
[ “Regular order.”
It was adopted.—'l2t
[s amendment was de-
ELS SHOCKS.
B Earthquake and
Bin Terror.
of earthquake
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awakened
MAKES PLEA FOR DEAD MAN.
Senator Teller Asks Lenlenoy for Boer
Officer Already Executed
By Kitchener.
In the senate Wednesday Mr. Teller
offered a concurrent resolution “that
the president request the government
of Great Britain to set aside, in the in
terest of humanity, sentence of death
and accord to Commandant Scheepers
(Boer officer in the hands of the Brit
ish) the privileges and immunities
guaranteed under the Geneva conven
tion.
Mr. Teller asked that the resolution
go over until Thursday,
According to a New York special it
has just been discovered that, through
a cable error, an Associated Press dis
patch announces that the death sen
tence upon Commandant Scheepers, of
the Boer army, had been confirmed by
General Kitchener, and that he would
be executed Saturday, Jannary 25. The
fact is that he was executed on Satur
day, January 18.
At Thursday’s session Mr. Teller
called up his resolution and explained
that he had introduced it because his
attention had been directed to what
seemed to be a violation of articles 1
and 5 of the Geneva concention. Since
introducing the resolution, however, he
said, he had been informed by the As
sociated Press that the death sentence
upon Commandant Scheepers had al
ready been executed.
“It is said,” continued Mr. Teller,
“that the resolution might be offensive
to the government of Great Britain;
but if the Geneva convention, to which
both the United States and Great Brit
ain were parties, means anything, it
means that we should intervene in
such a case. If he was captured while
lying in a hospital, Great Britain, in
putting him to death, is guilty of assas
sination.
"It is the business of this govern
ment to have ascertained the facts re
garding this case and to have protest
ed against this execution. Are we so
pusillanimous, so afraid of offending
the susceptibilities of Great Britain, as
to have refrained from doing our duty
in a case where humanity was about
to be violated?”
Mr. Teller referred to what he said
was Great Britain’s efforts to destroy
two struggling republics and asserted
that if the truth had been told by Brit
ish officers’ reports more Boers had
been slaughtered during the past year
than had been admitted by Great Brit
ain to have been in arms in the whole
of South Africa.
Mr. Teller, in view of the execution
of Commandant Scheepers, asked that
-the resolution be postponed indefinite
ly. It was so ordered.
CHARGED WITH INCENDIARISM,
Arrest of Two Young Men Follows
Burning of Farmer’s Home.
Two sensational arrests were made
Thursday at Lenox, Ga., alleged to be
the outgrowth of a family quarrel.
At about 5 o’clock on the morning of
that day the residence of M. A. Smith,
a farmer living near Lenox, was de
stroyed by fire. Mr. Smith and his
family narrowly escaped with their
lives from the burning building. His
smoke house, with the year’s supply
of syrup and lard and about 800 pounds
of meat, was also burned, and It was
only by hard work that the barn and
horses were saved.
Mr. Smith strongly suspected incen
diarism, and swore out warrants for
two young men—George and Wilburn
Alexander. They were carried before
Justice Kinard, of Lenox, where they
waived commitment trial, and in de
fault of bond were carried to Nash
ville, Ga. Jail.
DISCUSSED SCHLEY’S APPEAL.
President Has a Conference With So
licitor Manna and Secretary Long.
Secretary Long and Solicitor Hanna,
of the navy department, were sum
moned to the white house Thursday
by President Roosevelt and detained
there nearly an hour in private confer
ence. No statement can be obtained as
to the subject under consideration, but
it is believed that this was the appeal
of Admiral Schley left with the presi
dent a few days ago by his counsel.
TO RETIRE GEN. LONGSTREET
Bill Introduced to Give Old Hero Rank
and Pay of a Major.
According to a Washington dispatch
General James Longstreet, of Georgia,
will not be reappointed as commission
er of railroads, as the president has In
mind some younger and more vigorous
man for this place.
Senator Morgan has Introduced a bill
Placing General Longstreet on the re
■red list of the army with the rank
Bid pay of major. It is believed there
Ha possibility of passing this in view
BGeneral Lnngstreet’s rank in the fed-
army at the outbreak of the war.
UNDEMONSTRATIVE.
if Cession of Islands to Uncle
kam Received Quietly,
knouncement which reached
ns, D. \v. 1., Saturday of the
■ the treaty by which Den
Danish West Indies to
was received quiet-
Hwas- no open manifestation,
prevails regarding
laments. Nothing official has
IWeived from Copenhagen,
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Material and Intellectual Advancement of the County.
LOUISVILLE. GA , THURSDAY. JANUARY 30, 1903.
BOUND BY THE OLD PLATFORM.
House Democrats Are Without Power
to Frame Any New Declaration
of Policy.
A Washington special says; Tlie
democratic members of the house of
representatives met in caucus- in the
hall of the house at 8 o’clock Friday
evening and after a short but s.pirited
contest adopted resolutions declaring
tkat they were without power to pro
mulgate a platform heretofore regular
ly made at a national convent! on.
The contest occurred over a. resolu
tion proposed by Representative Hen
ry, of Texas, more specifically declar
ing it to be the duty of every demo
cratic representative to adhere to the
national democratic platform until an
other democratic convention adopts a
new platform.
The caucus was the outgrowth of an
imated discussion among democratic
members ever since the present ses
sion of congress began, the. chief is
sue being as to the extent to which
the Kansas City platform should be
superseded by anew declaration of
policy. The plan of an entirely new
declaration took form early in the ses
sion in resolutions by Representative
McClellan, of New York, setting forth
numerous planks, but omitting the
financial declarations of the Kansas
City platform.
Mr. Fitzgerald, of New York, also
proposed a resolution declaring
against any interference with the ex
isting standard of values. On the
other hand, Representative Ball, of
Texas, proposed a specific reaffirma
tion of the Kansas City platform.
These and several other resolutions of
policy were referred to a special com
mittee of twelve leading democratic
members, headed by Representative
Richardson, of Tennessee, the demo
cratic floor leader. It was to receive
the report of this committee that the
caucus of Friday night was held.
The interest taken was show'll in the
large attendance, 139 democrats out of
the total of 153 being present. Repre
sentative Hay, of Virginia, occupied
the chair and by his rulings endeav
ored to allay the friction- which has
occurred at times during the discus
sions. Mr. Richardson presented the
majority report, concurred in by all
the members of tli% special committee
except Mr. Henry. It recited the work
of the committee and closed with the
following recommendation:
“We are of opinion that, as the rep
resentatives of our various constit
uencies, and as members of the cau
cus made up of such representatives,
we have no power or authority to con
struct or promulgate a platform of
principle for our party; that w'e can
not increase or minimize the binding
effect of platforms of the party here
tofore regularly made and adopted by
the people in convention assembled
for that purpose.
“That in the house of which we are
members we should vigorously and
aggressively battle for democratic
principles and with equal vigor and
aggressiveness we should oppose ev
erything contrary, in substance or
methods, to those principles, and
should meet each question as it arises
with full confidence and a solid and
undivided front.”
The minority report of Mr. Henry,
of Texas, proposed the following de
claration in place of the McClellan
and Fitzgerald resolutions heretofore
referred to:
“It is not within the province of a
democratic caucus to promulgate or
reverse a democratic platform, but it
is the duty of every democratic repre
sentative to adhere to the national
democratic platform until the succeed
ing convention adopts another plat
form.”
Mr. Henry also proposed that the
caucus action should govern every
representative when the same accord
ed with the declarati.. ns of the last na
tional platform.
The vote was taken first on Mr.
Henry’s minority propositions and
they were defeated by a vote of 17 to
92.
The majority declaration was then
adopted without dissent.
CHURCHES OBSERVE DAY.
Collections For McKinley Memorial
Fund Universal and Satisfactory.
Reports to the secretary’s office of
the McKinley National Memorial Asso
ciation, at Cleveland, 0., indicate tho
almost universal observance o? Mc-
Kinley Sunday in the 188,000 churches
In the country, and that the contribu
tions were highly gratifying.
“McKinley Day” on Wednesday is
expected to swell the contributions to
such an extent that the national me
morial at Canton will be practically
completed.
RAILROADS VIOLATE LAW.
So Alleges Interstate Commerce Com
mission In Annual Report.
The fifteenth annual report of tho
Interstate commerce commission was
made public Thursday. The report
says that the law Is being constantly
broken by the railroads. It Is charged
that rebates are regularly given to the
large shippers. Congress Is urge 4tp
amend the law.
FIGHT SUGAR TRUST
Louisiana Cane Browers Oppose
Any Concessions to Cubans.
DELEGATION IN WASHINGTON
s
Prominent Planters and Manufacturers
File Protest With Ways and
Means Committee—General
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Wood Is Scored.
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A Washington special says: The Cu
ban reciprocity hearings before the
ways and means committee Thursday
were devoted chiefly to the cane su
gar interests of Louisiana, who are
opposing the proposed concessions to
Cuba on the ground that it will cripple
the sugar production of that state. A
number of large planters and manufac
turers of the state were present, and
the allied interests of beet sugar and
tobacco, which are similarly opposed
to concession to Cuba, ware also nu
merously represented.
The opening statement in behalf of
the Louisiana interests was made by
J. D. Hill, of New Orleans, an exten
sive planter. He pointed out that there
was no need of making an appeal in
behalf of Cuba, as the island was gift
ed by nature so as to produce sugar at
exceedingly low rates which could en
ter into fair competition with the rest
of the world. He compared the status
of Cuba with that of the south after
the civil war, and showed that the
souMi had worked out its own salva
tion without making appeals for spe
cial favors. Already hundreds of mil
lions o fdollars had been invested in
sugar production in Louisiana, and
the industry was still far short of its
full capacity. He urged that this in
dustry should not be subjected to for
eign competition, which would se
riously injure, if not destroy it.
Attacks Sugar Trust.
Mr. Hill asserted that the sugar
trust was behind the Cuban movement*
and presented statistics to show that
the results of concessions to Cuba
would make the sugar trust the real
beneficiary, constituting that organiza
tion a colossal monopoly in Cuba.
Ex-Governor Warmouth, of Louisi
ana, made a vigorous speech, opposing
concessions to Cuba. It was a propo
sition, he said, from the syndicates
and grandees of Cuba who had the
cheek to come before an American
congress and ask that the industries
of our people shall be destroyed so
that they could make money out of our
merchants. He referred to General
Wood’s activity in the movement,
which indicated, Governor Warmouth
said, that Governor Wood had become
infatuated with Cuba and his Spanish
associates. This might be a part of
the governor general's duty, but it
had not improved the credit of Ameri
cans at banks.
The speaker maintained that the
Cubans who were urging this conces
sion were buying their goods in Spain
and England, and yet “had the cheek
to come to an American congress for
help.” The poor Cubans, he said,
seemed to have been entirely “lost in
the shuffle,” and congress was now
asked to take up the people who help
ed Spain to crush the life out of the
Cubans.
TURN ON THE LIGHT.
Is Recommendation of Industrial Com
mission Anent the Trusts.
The industrial commission has com
pleted its final report. On tho subject
of trusts and commission follows close
ly the lines of the recommandations
laid down by the president in his an
nual message. Supervision by the na
tional government is recommended
The most radical specific step suggest
ed is that the books of all corporations
should be subject at all times to in
spection as are the books of the na
tional banks.^B|^to’
There recommendations
concerning taxation that will attract
attention. One of these looks to the
imposition of certain taxes on private
property of the Hates direct,
DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPIST.
Joe Higginbotham, Colored, Is Con
victed of Criminal Assault.
Joe Higginbotham was convicted at
Lynchburg, Va., Thursday of criminal
assault upon Mrs. Ralph Weber, and
was sentenced to be hanged on Feb
ruary 24. He pleaded guilty.
Four witnesses, including Mrs. We
ber, testified to the circumstances of
the crime. A large number of state
militia was on hand and the court
house and jail were surrounded by a
guard at a distance of a block In each
direction.
COSTLY FIRE IN MOBILE.
Alabama City Suffers Loss of $300,000.
Two Men Give Up Life.
Fire early Saturday in the wholesale
business district of Mobile, Ala., de
stroyed property to the value of $300,-
000, and caused the death -of Richard
H. Vidmer, a leading society man of
Mobile, and Bat Thomas, a negro la
borer, from New Orleans.
Three firemen were injured, (wo
pllghtly and one painfully,
WEALTH FROMJOTTON SEED.
South Now Reaps Millions From By-
Products of Her Great Staple.
Census Figures.
The census report on cotton seed
manufacture in 1900 show's that there
were 357 establishments for the ex
traction of cotton seed oil in the Uni
ted States, using 2,479,386 tons of cot
ton seed, costing $28,632,616, an av
erage cost of $11.55 per ton. The to
tal value of the products was $42,411,-
835. .
The estimated value of the'lint cot
ton produced during the .census year
is The combined value
of the lint and seed produced is $393.-
182,598, and the value of the entire
cotton crop, including the value of
the available crude manufactured
products from the seed, $419.205,296.
The quantity by tons and cost of
cotton seed crushed and quantity and
total value of products by states fol
low:
Alabama, cotton seed 172.093 tons;
cost $2,019,085; products, $2,952,254.
Arkansas, 190,015 tons; cost, $2,-
245.710; products, $3,188,812.
G’eorgia, 271,83 tons; cost, $3,246,
814; products, $4,787,100.
Indian Territory, 26,415 tons; cost,
$297,939; products, $446,078.
Louisiana, 250,983 tons; cost, $2,-
833,767; products $4,397,891.
Mississippi, 394,678 tons; cost, sl,-
313,663; products, $1,880,015.
Oklahoma, 26,425 tons; cost, $247,-
520; products, $410,063.
South Carolina, 156.642 tons; cost,
$2,186,408; products, $3,043,547.
Tennessee, 168,307 tons ;cost, SL
-845.829; products, $2,737,038.
Texas, 692,604 tons; cost, $7,560,-
661; produets $11,519,656.
All other states, 21,731 tons; cost
$234,225; products $378,350.
3ANK ROBBERS OVERHAULED.
Four Cracksmen Pursued and Captured
By Sheriff and Posse.
The Bank of Hartford, Ky., was rob
bed of between $2,500 and $3,500 at 3
o’clock Wednesday morning by four
men, w r ho blew open the safe with dy
namite and escaped after a fight with
the deputy sheriff and some citizens.
The burglars were captured shortly
afterward by the deputy and a posse
with bloodhounds, after a short chase.
The dogs took up the- trail at Rough
river and followed it until the men
were found concealed among some saw'
logs about two miles north of Hartford.
They surrendered and were placed in
’ail at Hartford.
All the stolen money was recovered.
HUNTERS TRESPASSED.
Uncle Sam Is After Members of Chat
tanooga Sporting Club.
Members of the Chattanooga, Tenn.,
Hunt Club are likely to be prosecuted
for trespassing on Chickamauga na
tional park.
In a recent hunt a fox, it is claimed,
was chased within the limits of the
park. The federal statute makes hunt
ing or trespassing of any character on
national parks a misdemeanor.
The matter has been reported to
Judge Newman, of Atlanta. He has or
dered United States Commissioner
Jones, of Dalton, Ga., to prosecute the
members of the club.
COUNTY BOOKS WRONG?
Governor Jennings, of Florida, May Re
move Pensacola Officials.
A Pensacola, Fla., dispat**h says:
“The books of some of the officials of
this county are in such an alleged im
perfect condition that Governor Jen
nings has ordered State Auditor W. V.
Knott to check them up.
“While no neglect of a criminal na
ture is expected, still the fact that the
governor has taken such steps fore
bodes much.”
WE GET THE ISLANDS.
All Arrangements For Transfer of
Danish West Indies Complete.
According to a dispatch from Copen
hagen, Denmark, it has been definitely
decided that the treaty the Uni
ted States is to be signed at
ton within a few days. All theformal
ities at Copenhagen are completed.
WOMAN’S STRANGE VAGARY.
Obeys Scriptural Injunction Literally,
Plucks Out Eye and Dies.
Mrs. Beula Abbey, wife of a young
merchant near Sparta, Tenn., is dead
as the result of pulling out one of her
eyes, in a fanatical and literal interpre
tation of scriptural injunction, “If
thine eye offend, pluck it out and cast
it from thee, for it is better to go into
heaven having only one eye than to
suffer the torments of hell fire.”
She became much excited over relig
ion last autumn and since that time,
it is said, has been noted for strange
vagaries in religious work.
Half Million Dollar Blazes.
There were three disastrous fires in
Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday night, the ag
gregate loss of which will reach half
a million dollars.
Atlanta Postmaster Reappointed.
A special from Washington an
nounces the reappointment of Major
W. H, Smyth as postmaster of Atlanta,
Oa,
PRINCE OF WALES SNUBBED.
In Great City of Berlin Not a Hat Was
Lifted or a Cheer Given to King
Edward’s Representative.
A special from Berlin, Germany,
says; Sunday passed without any dis
respect being shown to the prince of
Wales, who arrived Saturday evening
to represent King Edward at the cele
bration of the anniversary of the birth
of Emperor William next Sunday.
German crowds have a too deeply
abiding respect for royal personages
and are too thoroughly impressed to
ever jeer them. But in a city where
the lifting of one's hat is universal
as ordinary civility it was singular to
see the passing crowds with never a
hat raised, and to hear no murmurs
of applause.
The last experience abroad of the
prince of Wales was his departure
amid thunderous cheers from the
shores of Newfoundland, while the
streets through which the prince was
obliged to be driven on this occasion
on his way to visit the British ambas
sador was without one single British
flag.
While receiving the most elaborate
attentions from the family of Emper
or William and German officials, the
prince of Wales must feel the chilling
attitude of the German public. Almost
all the newspapers refrain from edi
torial comment on Mis visit.
The National Zeitung concludes a
page editorial on the friendship be
tween the United States and Germany
with these words:
“The only object of the visit of
Prince Henry to the United States is
the cultivation of this sentiment. The
German emperor could give the Uni
ted States no better p*oei_j}f the feel
ings and sentiments animating hTfeo
and the German people in regard to
the greatness and development of the
union as a progressive power than in
sending his brother there. The prince
is the first German prince of the old
regime to tread the soil of the great
republic and undoubtedly his acquaint
anceship with the most prominent men
of the union will have a beneficial ef
fect upon national relations.
“The visit of Prince Henry must dis
sipate all foolish and malicious asso
ciations of political antagonism be
tween Germany-and the United States,
and of German plans of conquest in
the American sphere of influence and
will thereby strengthen and establish
feelings of mutual recognition and
equality of standing. No treaty or al
liance between Germany and the Uni
ted States is needed. Ever since the
existence of the United States, peace,
friendship and trade intercourse have
prevailed between us. Prince Henry’s
trip shows that we wish to remain in
the same relations in the future, and
the reception which the people, the
government and public opinion are
preparing for him on American soil
will give splendid proof that the Amer
icans cherish similar sentiments and
hopes.”
DR. CRAWFORD PASSES AWAY.
For Over Twenty Years He Wa6 Sec
retary of State of Florida.
Dr. John L. Crawford, secretary of
state of Florida since 1881, died in
Tallahassee Friday, the fourth person
to die in the past twelve months con
nected with the state goveernment. He
was born at Covington, Ga., in April,
1816, and moved to Florida in 1845. He
was elected to the Florida house of
representatives in 1547, serving one
term, after which he entered the sen
ate, which body he left to become sec
retary of state. He descended from
a prominent Georgia family whose
power and influence for good was felf
in the councils of state and nation, and
such was the record of the deceased
in Florida.
Late Saturday night Governor Jen
nings appointed H. Clay Crawford, the
son of the dead secretary, who was as
sistant secretary of state for twelve
years, to succeed his father.
Chinese Find Hidden Treasure.
Chinese officials at Pekin have
found treasure to the value of over
100,000,000 taels in gold and silver,
which was buried in the women’s quar
ters of the palace before the court
fled from Pekin.
NEW ROAD FOR ATLANTA.
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern
ning to Enter Georgia Capital.
At Knoxville, Tenn., Wednesday, the
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Rail
road Company filed for record a mort
gage on its road to secure a bond Is
sue of $2,000,000. The United States
Trust Company, of New York, is nam
ed as trustees. The bonds are to re
tire an issue of $500,000 of December
1, 1896, and to extend the,road from
Marietta to Atlanta, Georgia, anff make
other improvements along the line.
JURY EXONERATES WOMAN.
Mrs. Richardson Not Guilty of Mur
der of Husband.
At Plattsburg, Mo., Saturday, Mrs.
Addie Richardson was acquitted of the
charge of murdering her husband
Frank W. Richardson, a wealthy mer
chant, who was shot and killed Christ
mas eve, 1900, as he was entering his
home in Savannah, Mo. A dramatic
scene followed the rendering of the
verdict. Mrs. Richardson was pver
whelmed with from
friends,
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NUMBER 9.
SCHLEY IN CHICAGO
People of Windy City Accord
Ovation to Hero of Santiago.
ADMIRAL SPEAKS AT BANQUET
in a Few Words He Dispels Sugges
* tions of His Entering Politics.
Resolutions Demanding Jus
tice For Him are Adopted. . j
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Schley left
Washington for Chicago Friday morn
ing at 10:50 o'clock over the Baltimore
and Ohio in a private car attached to
the regular train. The car was decor
ated with handsome flowers.
The crowd gathered in the Baltimore
and Ohio station numbered nearly 1,-
000 and it was demonstrative to a de
gree. There was a succession of ova
tions at all places where the train
stopped en route.
Rear Admiral Schley arrived in Chi
cago Saturday at 9:30 a. m., and was
greeted with a tumultuous acclaim
from thousands of people.
Strong Schley Resolutions.
At the depot the admiral was greet
ed by a delegation from the city coun
cil and a company of naval veterans
of the civil war. Aldermau Frank
Fowler, on behalf of the city council,
presented the following resolutions:
Whereas, We recognize in Admiral
Schley’s achievements, his character
and his bearing one of the foremost
naval heroes of all time, whose splen
did record at Santiago will forever be
Khe pride and inspiration of grateful
ho K
Resolved, by the city council of the
cit yof Chicago, That the city of Chi
cago, through its municipal council
and mayor, takes pleasure in making
publi cacknowledgement of the distin
guished service rendered by Admiral
Schley to his country and extends to
him a heartfelt welcome.
At 11 a. in. the admiral was given a
breakfast by the reception committee
of the Hamilton Club and enjoyed him
self in an informal manner,
at the Woman's Club,
At the conclusion of the breakfast a
delegation from the Cook county board
of commissioners waited upon the ad
miral and Commissioner Hoffman pie
sented resolutions declaring that
“There has been yet no adequate re
ward nor official recognition of the
merits of some of the officers who took
part in the war with Spain, whose he
roism and fidelity were most conspic
uous, of whom may be especially enu
merated Admiral Winfield Scott
Schley, Captain F. A. Cook, of Admiral
Schley's flag ship Brooklyn, and Cap
tain Charles E. Clark, of the famous
battle ship Oregon. Therefore be it
Resolved, That we consider it but
simple justice to these gallant officials
and men that their distinguished ser
vice should be properly rewarded with
out further delay, and we do hereb
respectfully request the authorities o
the United States government ti
adopt with all due haste such meas
ures for this purpose as may be mosl
becoming.
The banquet began at 6:45 o’clock
Saturday night.
Schley's Speech at Banquet.
Admiral Schley arose amid applause
anil said:
"Mr. President and Gentlemen of
the Hamilton Club: What I desire
particularly is to thank you most
sinceicly for the welcome that you
hare accorded to me. "The glad tri
bute which I met on arrival at your
depot and in passing through your
stieets was such a tribute of confi
dence and esteem that it has touch
ed my heart most sincerely. (Ap
plause.) If in my long career of for
ty-five years have done anything that
is worthy of your approval, then my
satisfaction is complete. (Applause^
“I desire to say most emphatically
that I have no desire to be other than
a sailor. I have no aspiration fot
any civil office, however high it may
be. (Applause).
"My one ambition has been to serve
you faithfully, loyally, devotedly (ap
plause), and if I have succeeded in
doing that, the measure of my ambi
tion is full, and my only other ambi
tion is that I may retain for the rest
(Of the years that may be vouchsafed
for me your love,, youi esteem and
your respect. iChccrs.i-V
--“I would act care to jeopardize that
by seeking or accepting any office
where I should bo condemned to fol
low always; rather t 0 remain in tht
one profession that I have chosen,
where there are occasionally oppor
tunities to lead. (Applause.) That
I want to say to you all from the bot
tom of my heart and with absolute
earnestness of meaning. Gentlemen,
I thank you."
Brownlow Renominated.
Representative Brownlow, of the
first Tennessee district, was renomina
ted Thursday for congress by the re
publican executive committee, subject
to the approval of the republicans of
the several counties.
Denmark Authorizes Sale,
A special from Copenhagen saysi
Authority to sign the Danish West In
dig treaty was cabled to the Danislt
mlnUtor at Washington Thursday. .