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THE MORNING NEWS. )
Pntabllshed 1850. - -Incorporated 1888. V
u j. H. ESTILL, President. )
INTERNATIONAL obligation.
pit:RICA’S DITY TO SPAIN CONSID
ERED IIV CARLISLE.
ln Opinion on llie Cuban Question
, iven the Spanish Ministry—’The
Olillgutiou of the United Staten Is
tu the Spanish Government nml
k.>liiiiK 1 Due <° ,he Insurgents,
tinerlen in Honor Round to Pre
vent Expeditions.
IT ishington. Sept. I.—The report of At
torll,. y Carlisle, the legal adviser of the
vanish government, to Senor Dupuy De-
Lome, the Spanish minister, on the sub
let of the Cuban question in this country
v ' uh particular reference to filibustering
expeditions, was made public to-day. It
p an exhaustive document of over 600
rriMi'l pages, and abounds in copious ex
,,‘,,s from judicial opinions and docu
menls 0 f various kinds bearing upon the
reialions of the’ United States with Spain
regards the Cuban insurrection. Spe
cial reference is made to the laws of the
, nit. 1 Slates, and proceedings therein to
prevent expeditions against the lawful
government of Spain in Cuba, leaving the
Vnited States.
This is the second report on this ques
tion by Mr. Carlisle. The former one
having reviewed the attitude of this gov
ernment toward all nations on the subject
of neutrality. It deals with the municipal
lows of the Vnited States and their con
struction by the courts.
As furnishing the means at the command
cf the government to fulfill what is termed
the international duty of the United States
“admitted in principal at least by the
proclamations of the President.” It says
that while the practical results of the su
premo court's decision in the Three
friends’ case have not been as immediate
ae might well have been expected, it has
a far-reaching importance. The ultimate
consequences of which are yet to be seen.
In summoning up the conclusions of the
investigation which Mr. Carlisle has been
engaged in, the report says:
“A continued study of the neutrality
laws of the United States, and their appli
cation to the existing emergency, con
vinces the undersigned that In spite of
the various failures of justice, which have
occurred, the laws are sufficient in them
selves to enable the United States to come
up to the full measure of the international
duty which they are under to other na
tions."
Tt. following conclusions are reached:
j First, that the United States now owe the
Spanish all the international duties which
oia friendly nation owes tq another in
dm,, of peace, and can owe no internation
al duty to the insurgents.
Second that by admitting officially and
proclaiming to its citizens and Inhabitants
the Vnited States admits knowledge of
a f i t which increases i‘* duty of vigil
an. i in detecting, and diligence In pre
win ing, the beginning or setting on foot
or providing or preparing the motives for
in itary expeditions or enterprises by its
ci'iZ'-ns or inhabitants within its territory
against Spanish territory.
Third, liiat as to mere commerce Spain
can, under present- conditions, claim no
right under the law of nations to inter
■'r" with it outside her harbors; which
fact, however, does not lessen, but in
cn is* s the obligation of the United States
w prevent military expeditions and enter
prises against Spain from being begun or
ftt on foot. Or the means for such being
prepared within the territory of the United
S ates by (he organized agents of the in
surgents under the false and fraudulent
P ri tense of more peaceful and lawful com-
Bierce.
Fourth—That even admitting, in the
po -"lit state of the law, that citizens of
United States may sell arms and mil.
rations of war to anybody wishing to buy
turn, and aide to pay for them, and that
lorganized l organized and authorized agents of
1 Cuban insurgents within the United
‘lid's, may thus obtain large quantities
c: inns and munitions of war to aid the
n<l "'i‘.iion ihe commercial transaction
Piust end here, because it is impossible, in
i ami in law, by mere commerce, for
’ ’ insurgi-nts emissaries in the United
e at, s to get these arms and munitions to
insurgents in the field, for whom they
purchased, but *n order to accomplish
“is. a military expedition, or enterprise
hust l,„ brought or set on foot, or the
jnnins m,isi ; prepared and provided by
msl| rgoius, or their agents, within the
I fntory of the United States.
.. "th—That the municipal laws which
. n m of the method of their adminis
ca'. ’ii l,y municipal, judicial or executive
."“d permit the reptated accumulation
•"siile enterprise against a friendly na-
L' ,n urnish no Justification or exten
u'm for any International wrong or
as a ° a t ns t the such friendly na
\ IRGIMA REPUBLICANS.
he l iM-lli.il or the Party Cull
u " Independent Convention.
- Va., Sept. I.—At a meeting
Fn- labor faction of Virginia republi-
Fid in this city to-night, Col. Lamb
1,,1n ° r the party, who was deposed
orr ‘ = ' hytichburg meeting of the state
T,a ~.( issued a call for a republican
lc , e .'"' v< ntion to be held in Lynchburg
nominate a state ticket.
V re, ' irn, ‘ says he has been requested
kite I . l'hcans from all over the state to
\ ai t| on. The number of dele
i rv,,'! " a tornates to he elect* and to the
' -1, " fronl each city and county is
Pies , and alternate for each -100
ttis,,f‘ r,u,ion of fifty or over on the
iltj, k , K '\°' e for the republican eleeto
t tie,,, i ' County delegates are to
Her, | c °urt days or other days, not
I ••!,, , f'; I'*' 1 '*' 29 ■ City delegates are to
A.!. ,°" Sept. 29.
"ns are to be by mass meeting.
' ' h| " VlniLPA\ OITMIIEAK. \
°" " 1P West Const of
II Iri. s “ " S ''“ e °* Hcv °l.
n,ii, e . ' '' , -~ An outbreak is reported
< i' •' loplahs or Fanatical Moham
l- , he Ma'ibar coast. It has not
blalah' SPrlous Proportions.
'* l*r>'->' b ii.'.v‘ Btri f t ct Inrlla ln ‘he Mad
, Put th d . nil ° n ,he WPSt coas t of
;1 1 1 ,i tPrm Malabar comes to
' n erl, 0 u,e west coast of India in
fpje i&fttittQ Metogl
DESCRIBES QI KKll SUBSTANCE.
Testimony In the l.eutgert Case Is
l*ly.
were on the stand in the I.uetgert trial
to-day, and when the court adjourned the
evidence of one of them was not com
pleted, and will be resumed to-morrow.
The first witness was Frank Bialk, the
w-atehman of the factory, who was on the
stand yesterday, giving his direct evidence
and to-day he was turned over to the de
fense for cross-examination. His testi
mony was in the main unshaken, al
though the defense drew from him the
fact that it was by no means an unusual
thing for Luetgert to be around the
factory at all hours of the night. He said
in his that that he thought Luetgert was
acting in a suspicious manner on the night
of the alleged murder and to-day said that
he was in a position from which he could
have seen everything Leutgert did at the
vat on the time the murder is said to have
taken place, but did not look at him.
The other witness was Frank Odorof
sky, an employe of the factory, who
placed the caustic potash in the vat on
the order of Luetgart. He had been
working around the vats for a long time,
but the night in question was the first
time that he had ever seen any caustic
potash in the factory. Odorofsky said he
broke up the caustic potash, and, under
Luetgart’s directions, put it in the mid
dle vat. The witness then told what he
saw in the basement on Monday morning,
May 3. Beside the middle vat was a mass
of reddish brown stuff, which had over
flowed from the vat and had been car
ried part of the way toward the sewer
on the floor. The stuff had a very offens
ive smell, the witness said, and was
slightly greasy. Near the vat were three
doors, which had been taken from the
smoke-house nearby. Two of these doors
were smeared with the same substance,
as though they had been laid on the vat.
He said he took a quantity of the stuff
on a shovel and examined it carefully. In
it he could 6ee small pieces of
bone and what appeared to be
particles of flesh.
Odorofsky said Luetgert ordered him to
remove the stuff from the floor and vat,
which he did, and the sausage maker then
told him to take it out into the yard and
scatter It all over the yard. "I took it
out in the yard,” said the witness, “but
I did not scatter around. Instead I dump
ed one place and put some dirt over it.”
The witness said that after the police
began their investigations of the case he
showed them where he had placed the
matter from the vat and they took part
of it away. Odorofsky said the fuel used
in the smoke house furnace was sawdust
and the furnace was cleaned out on the
Thursday before the first of May. Luet
gert then directed that anew supply of
sawdust be p.aced ln the furnace and this
was done.
When court adjourned for the day Odo
rofsky was still on the witness stand, and
his testimony will be concluded to-morrow.
THE YEAR'S COTTON CROP.
Statistician Hester Makes Ills An
nual Report on tlie South's Staple.
New Orleans, Sept. I.—Secretary Hes
ter’s annual report shows receipts of cot
ton at all United States ports for the year
of 6,829,100 bales, against 5,420,246 last year;
overland, against 873,466; southern
consumption taken direct, 988,382, against
863,635, making the cotton crop of the Uni
ted States for 1896-97 amount to 8,759,964
bales, against 7,157,346 last year, and 9,910,-
251 year before.
Altogether the southern mills took 1,012,-
671 bales, an increase of 138,000.
Mr. Hester makes the actual cotton crop
of Texas, including Indian territory, 2,247,-
554. His report on the crop of the differ
ent states is as follows, in thousands of
bales:
North Carolina, 500; South Carolina, 800;
Georgia, 1,300; Alabama, 1,019; Florida, 60;
Mississippi, 1,226; Louisiana, 575; Arkan
sas, 700; Tennessee, 330; Texas, 2,248; total
crop, bales, 8,758.
North Carolina also includes Kentucky
and Virginia; Tennessee Includes Oklaho
ma, Missouri, Kansas and Utah; Texas
includes Indian territory.
END OF A GREAT SENSATION.
President Andrew of Brown Univer
sity Requested to Withdraw Hi*
Resignation.
Providence, R. 1., Sept. I.—The corpora
tion of Brown University has voted to re
quest President Andrews to withdraw his
resignation.
The resolutions adopted by the corpora
tion stated that the only question at issue
between himself and the corporation was
his views on the free coinage of silver
at a ratio of 16 to 1. His advocacy of free
coinage they felt might be constructed as
an expression of the corporation. Ap
prehension on this point having been re
moved, they felt his resignation was un
called for, and hoped that he would re
consider it.
PARDON FOR AN AMERICAN.
He llnd Been Lixlng With (he Rebel*
lint Hi* gin I* Pardoned by Spain.
Washington, Sept. I.—Consul General
Lee has Just reported to the state depart
ment his action in the case of the Ameri
can citizen, James Thomas Carry, who
had been held captive by Spanish authori
ties in Cuba.
He cables to-day that Carry was born In
Cedar Falls, la., and lived twenty-three
years In Chicago. He has been engaged
in the Insurrection for eighteen months,
but the consul general has succeeded in
arranging to send him out of the island
bound for New York next Thursday.
IN A FIT OF DISPONUENCY.
A Ilrooklyn Man Commit* Suicide In
the Street* of Richmond.
Richmond, Va., Sept. I.—W. H. Joy of
Brooklyn, representing the Cosmopolitan
Photograph Company of New York, while
seated in a hack in front of a saloon here
to-night shot himself through the head,
dying instantly.
Little Is known about the man In Rich
mond except that he had been about here
since July 19 taking photographs. He had
been subject to fits of despondency since
losing his wife some two years ago.
SAVANNAH, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1807.
THE MATTER OF ANNEXATION.
HAWAII TO ACT OX THE TREATY
IN EXTRA SESSION.
It I* Prolmble That the Matter M ill
Go Through Without Opposition
on the Part of the Hawaiian Con
gress—The Sugar Trust Said to Be
About to Spring a Mine on the An
nexationists—Opln lons in Wash
ington oil the News.
San Francisco, Sept. I.—The steamer
Australia,'' from Honolulu direct, arrived
to-day with the following Hawaiian ad
vices:
Francis M. Hatch, minister from Wash
ington, arrived Aug. 20 with special In
formation which will require the atten
tion of both government and Senate, and
a secret notice lias already been forward
ed to the members of the latter body,
calling on them to meet in extra session
Sept. 6 to consider the questions. Mean
while Minister Hatch is in almost con
stant consultation with President Dole
and his cabinet.
The law-makers will be asked to ratify
the annexation treaty recently signed in
Washington, and, as a majority of the
members favor annexation, the matter
will be rushed through. The reason for
an extra session of the Senate is a mat
ter of conjecture and much curiosity is
evinced. One senator is authority for the
statement that Minister Hatch brought
word from President McKinley that he
had resolved to call congress two months
earlier than usual for the purpose of
disposing of the treaty before the regular
session begins. Another matter to
be considered by the Hawaiian Senate is
that of rendering assistance to the exec
utive in unraveling the Japanese muddle,
as it Is said that Japan’s acceptance of
the offer of arbitration is so vague that
the president ar.d his cabinet are in a
quandary. There are rumors of a split
in the cabinet over the question.
The Hawaiian Star has created a sensa
tion by the publication of a scheme, alleg
ing to have been backed by the sugar
trust, to block annexation. It is said that
a call has been made for a mammoth dem
onstration on Sept. 14 against closer polit
ical union with the United States.
Senators Morgan and Gray are expected
to arrive from the United States soon and
will give the question their attention.
The United States steamship Benning
ton arrived from San Diego Aug. 24, after
a run of nine days, and the Marion is
prepared to leave on the 26th for Mare
Island.
THE DOCTORS OF VIRGINIA.
Medical Convention at Hot Springs.
Prize* For Essays.
Richmond, Va., Sept. I.—Hot Springs,
Va., special says: The State Medical So
ciety, at the morning session raised funds
for prizes for the Other competitors who
submitted essays on Virginia medical his
tory, the original prize of $450 having been
awarded to Dr. Jordan of Richmond. The
supplementary prizes of SIOO, $75, SSO and
$25 went to Drs. Hugh Cumming, non
resident fellow, of Philadelphia; Hugh M.
McGuire o>f Alexandria, Jessie Ewell of
Richmond, and W. T. Walker of Lynch
burg.
The president. Dr. George Ben Johnston
delivered his annual address in which he
contended for the value of state medical
societies and described the good resulting
from them to the profession and the pub
lic, after which the society elected officers
for the ensuing* term. The election result
ed as follows: President Dr. Lewis E.
Haines, Danville; first vice president, Dr.
L. G. Pedigo, Crockett Springs; second
vice president, Dr. A. 9. Riaxy Culpepper;
third vice president, Dr. 11. C. Cline,
Royal; recording secretary, Dr. L. B.
Edwards, Richmond; treasurer, Dr. R. T.
Styll, Petersburg; corresponding secretary,
Dr. John F. Winn, Richmond.
The woman’s fellowship question, which
it was thought would provoke great de
bate, was solved without discussion, by
the adoption of a resolution that the ad
mission of woman doctors to full fellow
ship, was the established policy of the so
ciety. The night session was taken up in
the reading of papers.
XVAS WILD FOR IIIS WHISKEY.
A X'irginia Man Thinks His Llqnor
Stolen and Start* Out to Do Killing.
Richmond, Va., Sept. I.—At Bramwoll
J. T. Truman, a prominent citizen of Mer
cer county, shot and killed Mary Dickin
son (colored).
Truman sent the Dickinson woman’s
husband to Fo"ahontas for whisky. When
he returned he could r.ot find Truman. The
latter after waiting some time, went to
Dickinson’s house armed with a Winches
ter, and charged Dickinson with stealing
his whisky. Dickinson denied the charge
and Truman fired at him killing his wife.
Truman went out on the railroad bridge
and held at bay three officers and made
good his escape.
Cl HRENCY FOR COTTON,
Eight Million Dollars Sent South
ward During the I’nst Week.
New York, Sept. I.—Currency transfers
for $150,000 were received at the sub-treas
ury to-day for shipment to southern and
southwestern points. Soma of the orders
will be filled at the New Orleans sub
treasury. A number of the leading bank
ers in this city also received orders for
currency from the south to-day.
Altogether something like $8,000,000 has
been shipped from here within the past
week.
WHOLESALE POISONING.
Thirteen People on One Farm Either
Dead or Dying.
Louisville, Ky., Sept. I.—A special to the
Evening Post, from Paducah, Ky., says:
Thirteen members of the family and peo
ple living on the farm of Henry Miller,
near Metropolis, 111., were poisoned yester
day, and three arc dead. The suffering of
the other victims is said to be terrible to
witness. It is thought at least eight of
them will die. The names of none of the
victims are given.
IBRY AND EVANS SORE.
They Unite in an Abuse of Tlltinnn.
Evnna Snya He XX 111 Keep Quiet.
Columbia, S. C., Sept. I.—Ex-Gov. Evans
and formet Senator Irby mad.- tlrey state
ments to-day after conceding hopeless de
feat.
Irby, who is at his home in Laurens, re
marked when asked If he had anything to
say: "I have nothing to say except that
Tillman, pretending to be hands off, has
sneaklngly come into the slate and ktfifed
me to the fat. I made Tillman what he is
to-day. I never asked his support, I did
not expect it, I gave him credit for being
truthful when he said he was hands off.
When he attacked me in his interview I
called him down by te.egrams. in his an
swers he lied like a dog, but 1 was estop
ped, I made this fight to protect the poor
people of the state against the ravages of
the north. I expected Tillman would help
because the poor people in the state made
us what we are. ,
“As to McLaurin, I have nothing to say.
As to Tillman I put him upon notice that
when we meet he may expect trouble. All
that I ask is that he give the rattlesnake's
notice before he attacks. Further than
tills I have nothing to say.
Gov. Evans said: “The great majority
ot bouth Carolinians believe to-day In the
principles advocated by me and are op
posed to the attitude of both TUm m and
McLaurin ir. the United Stat s Senate. Un.
der the lash of the conservative press their
followers have voted without regard to
principles being actuated more by the de
sire as they term it, to destroy factional
ism in our local politics,”
An Inspection of the vote shows that
not 25 per cent, of the farmers of Ihe
state have voted, and not one-half of the
democratic voters ot the state. The cause
of this was the disgust on the part of
the reformers with the present state ad
ministration, and its deals and dickering.*
with men who have always been their
enemies. Added to this was Senator Till
man’s advocacy of McLaurin’s tariff views
and his assertion that McLaurin was with
him, and the defeat of one meant the re
pudiation of the other. Naturally, our
friends were at sea, and they remained
at home against their honest convictions
but at the same time fearing that an in
jury might be done Senator Tillman who
has posed as the reform leader, but who
has never led in a crisis.
”1 had expected an honorable, honest
fight but I regret to say that such was
not the case. During the last four days
of the campaign slanderous circulars were
issued to poison the minds of the people
without giving ua a chance of reply. The
sickness of my chief opponent prevented
me from attacking him while he lay ln
bed writing manifestos and Indorsing,cir
culars containing personal attacks upon
me. But more hereafter.
“When askecT what were his future
plans, Mr. Evans replied. ’To saw wood
and say nothing.”
SETH LOXV AG AIN ENDORSED.
A Large Meeting of Citizens Endure
Hint For Mayor.
New York, Sept. I.—ln the face of the
ultimatum of the regular department or
ganization that it would refuse to indorse
any candidate for the mayoralty of Great
er New York who might be formally nom
inated in advance of the republican con
vention, the borough committee of the
Citizens’ Union to-day placed Seth Low,
president of Columbia University, in nomi
nation for the office indicated.
The meeting proceeded to the business
in hand with practical unanimity and
placed Mr. laiw in nomination for mayor
and approved of a letter of notification,
to be forwarded to him at the Northeast
Harbor May, where he is spending his va
cation, which letter had been prepared in
advance. The borough committees repre
sent the Citizens’ Union of ail the bor
oughs embraced within the territory of
what, after Jan. 1, 1898, will be the city of
New York.
The conference, which sent a deputation
to the citizens union, was held at the
Astor house. It was ln session behind
closed doors for two hours, and when it
adjourned Chairman Quigg of the repub
lican county committee told them that the
republican organization will proceed in its
regular course.
The position of the republican organiza
tion has been said fa that it will not plalte
Itself in a position to accept the dictation
of any association as to whom tt shall
support for the office of mayor, and its
chairman, Congressman Quigg, has re
peatedly asserted that the nomination of
Mr. Low by the citizens union would drive
the republican organization to look for a
candidate elsewhere.
FLANAGAN MUST HANG.
.fudge Candler Refuses to Grant a
New Trial in His Case.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. I.—Judge J. S. Cand
ler this afternoon announced his decision
on the motion for new_ trial for Flanagan,
the DeKalb county double murderer, de
clining to grant it.
The main ground of the motion was that
Hadaway, one of the Jurors, had express
ed himself against Flanagan before the
trial. An appeal will now be made to the
supreme court.
Judge Candler has determined not to
preside in the trial of John McCullough,
the Clayton county man once convicted
of murdering his wife. He is disqualified
In several other cases, and will ask such
judge as tries to also sit in the McCul
lough case.
SILVER FALLS AGAIN.
The Drop Accounted for liy Foreign
Fltinnelnl Entanglements.
New York, Sept. I.—'Bar silver made a
new low record in this market to-day. The
quoted price was 51%c an ounce. %c below
the previous low record. Mexican dollars
are quoted at 41c. London's opening price
for bar silver was 23 : )4c, the rate subse
quently declining 23V&d.
The fail is accounted for by the suspen
sion of the sale of India council bills for
ten weeks. This is equivalent to shutting
off the supply of exchange on India and Is
likely to result in a rise of Indian ex
change to the gold shipment point.
At to-day's price of silver bullion the
value of the sliver in the standard dollar
is 39.62 c.
Presidential Appoint men Is.
XVashington, Sept. I.—The President has
appointed Mr. Harry D. Kmas as naval
officer of customs for the District of New
Orleans. La.
Ella M. Henry has also been appointed
postmaster at Elberton, Ga
SAVANNAH SWEPT THE FIELD.
GUARDS V\l) IIISSAKS DIVIDIS HON
ORS AT SEA GIRT.
It own It of tlic Third llrj Shooting
nt tlie linnups—An Ugly* Wind
Interfere* Willi Good Shot* nt the
I.uuk Distance Target*—Both Ho*-
i men In I mid Com poll? Mutrlie*
Won hy the Savannah Sharp-
Hhooter*.
State Canip Sea Girt, N. J., Sept, I.
The third day of the meeting and the first
on which team matches have been shot
opened clear with a light breeze from the
west. During the shooting at 200 yards
the wind wan light and rather steady, and
tn consequence many of the scores at that
range were high.
When the 500-yard firing began the con
ditions had changed to such an extent
that tlie high scores at that range are
rather remarkable. While the breeze did
not blow more than twelve miles an hour,
it was constantly changing in direction,
and this made it difficult to roll up the
bullseyes.
As will, be seen by the records herewith,
the Georgia men have made a clean sweep
in every match they could enter. In the
regimental match, which has been shot
through the 200 and 500-yard stages, the
Hussars lead with the first team of the
Guards second, and the second team of
the same command fifth. The first and
second teams of the engineer corps occu
py third and fourth place, respectively,
with totals of 559 and 639. The entries in
this match number twelve.
In the carbine match the Georgia Hus
sars win over the Essex troop and the
second troop of New Jersey. The Hus
sars’ total is 295, while the Essex team
scored 282, and the second troop had to
content themselves with third place and
247 points.
The company match always develops a
hard fight for honors between the Engi
neer Corps of Washington and the teams
representing the Guards and Hussars.
The detailed scores in the regimental
and company matches is as follows:
Regimental Match—First team 8. V. G.
Battalion. Two hundred yards.
Cann 4 55554555 5 48
Mercer 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 48
Richmond 5 535555555 18
H. E. Wilson .5 535565355 46
Austin 3 54554555 5 46
F. C. Wilson ..5 56556545 5 49
Total 285
Five hundred yards—
Cann 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 3 4 6 46
Mercer 4 455455 5 5 5 47
Richmond 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 0 5 48
If. E. Wilson.. 4 44255455 5 41
Austin 4 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 45
F. C Wilson ..5 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 5 46
Total 276
Regimental Match—Second team S. V.
G. Battalion. Two hundred yards—
Hopkins 4 5 4 5 5 6 5 5 3 B— 46
Schley ~,..3 50455455 3 39
Freeman 4 54334304 6 35
Dreyer ...,.,..,.3 35545445 5 43
Myers 4 55454453 5 44
Battey 5 56454555 5 48
Total 255
Five Hundred Yards—
Hopkins 3 5 5 2 5 2 5 5 2 4 36
Schley 5 44554255 5 44
Freeman 5 33 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 44
Dreyer 5 5 2 4 4 4 5 5 3 4 42
Myers 2 42 4. 54555 4 49
Battey 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 47
Total 253
Regimental .Match—Georgia Hussars.
Two hundred yards—
Hunter 5 6 5 4 5 3 5 5 2 6 44
Constantine ...3 5546G545 5 48
Mints 5 45554 4505 47
Garden 5 55554454 5 47
Harrison 5 30555565 5 45
Posted 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 48
Total 279
Five hundred yards.
Hunter 5 4 5 566454 5 47
Constantine ...6 54564455 5 47
Minis 5 55554 5 05 5 49
Garden 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 48
Harrison 5 44555535 5 46
Posted 4 55345555 5 48
Total 285
Company Match—Company "C," S. V.
G. Battalion. hundred yards:
Cann 5 '5 55555655—50
Mercer 5 55555535 5 48
Battey 5 4 5 5 5 5 5*5 5 5 49
Aus:ln 5 55555655 5 50
F. C. Wilson 564555555 5 49
Total 243
B'ive hundred yards.
Cann 5 54455555 6 48
Mercer.... 5 45555455 4 47
Battey 3 45556445 5 45
Austin 5 555 5 4435 4 45
F. C. Wilson ..5 55555555 5 50
Total 235
Company Match—Company D, S. V. G.
Battalion. Two hundred yards—
Hopkins 3 53445555 4 45
Schley 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 48
Freeman 4 4 5 5 4 4 3 5 5 4 43
Dreyer 3 55445554 5 46
Myers 5 44554545 6 46
Total 228
Five Hundred Yards—
Hopkins 5 55 5 44545 4 46
Schley 5 554324554 42
Freeman 5 5 4 5 4 2 3 4 4 4 40
Dreyer 5 555544425 45
Meyers 3 455653556 47
Total 220
Company Match—Georgia Hussars. Two
hundred yards—
Hunter 5 555355550 43
Constantin* ...5 3505555 5 0— 38
Minis 3 335555555 44
Harrison 4 5 3 6 2 3 5 5 5 340
Posted 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 48
Total 213
Five hundred yards—
Hunter 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 340
Constantine ...4 5253 5 5546 43
Minis 5 3 5 5 0 4 5 4 3 4 38
Harrison 3 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 48
Posted 5 55555455 5 49
Total 218
After a very spirited contest Company
C.’s team won, followed by first and sec
ond teams of Company A of the Engineers,
Company D of the Guards and the Hus
sars in the order named. In this match
the Hussars were allowed a handicap of
fifteen points on their total score for using
the carbine. The carbine match scores
were on the 200 and 500 yards respectively:
Hunter 24 ' 32
Constantine 24 30
Mints 21 29
Harrison 31 33
Posted 32 33
Tlie possible in this match is 175 points
at each range. The inter-state match and
the skirmishing In the regimental match
will be finished Thursday
(By Associated Press.)
Sea Girt. N. J., Sept. I.—Tlie big matches
of the Now Jersey Rifle Association's meet
ing were begun this morning In Ihe pres
ence of a large crowd of spectators and
with the finest shooting weather.
The first match to open was the regimen
tal match. The shooting was begun im
mediately after breakfast, the first on the
card being the inter-state regimental team
match. This Is open to teams of six from
the national guard and naval reserves of
Ihe different states. The army and navy
of the United States, or any foreign gov
ernment. The conditions allowed are ten
shots each at 200 and at 500 yards and
twenty shots starting at a point 700 yards
from the target, advancing to 200 yards,
and returning firing under orders.
To-day’s work in this match was at the
known distance, and the Georgians made
an excellent showing. Scores:
Teams of six men, distances 200 and 500
yards:
First Battalion, Georgia Infantry, first
team, 285 ; 276. Total. 561.
First Battalion, Georgia Infantry, sec
ond team, 2)5 : 253. Total, 508.
Georgia Hussars—279, 285. Total 564.
The carbine team match was finished to
day. This match was open to teams of
five from mounted commands of the reg
ular army, national guard or any govern
ment. Seven shots each at 200 yards and
500 yards. Tlie Georgia Hussars won with
the score. 138, 157. Total 295.
In the company team match, open
to teams of five of any company, ten shots
at 200 and 500 yards, the firs* team of the
First Battalion, Georgia Infantry, scored
246 at 200 yards and 235 at 500. Their total
score of 481 Is the best ever made on the
range.
The Georgia Hussars scored 218 at the
short range and 222 at the 500-yard, total
440.
The second team of the First Battalion,
Georgia Infantry, scored 228 at 200 yards
and 220 at 500 yards, total 448.
In a pool Shoot at the 200-yard range
this afternoon, Gov. Griggs scored eight
successive bulls eyes.
OFF FOR SAM SEBASTIAN.
Minister Woodford Arranges a Visit
to Spain’s Queen,.
Washington, Sept. I.—Mr. Woodford,
the United States minister to Spain, has
advised the state department that he will
leave Parts to-day for San Sebastian, the
seat of the Spanish court In summer. It
is expected that he wl.l be informally pre
sented to the Spanish minister for foreign
affairs at San Sebastian, and that he will
be recognized by the Spanish government
Immediately thereafter to the extent of
transacting business of an emergency
character.
The limitation, of course, will delay for
a time the execution of such instructions
from President McKinley as Mr. Wood
ford may have touching the broad question
of Cuban autonomy and the abatement of
political conditions In Cuba, but the delay
will not last long, since as soon as the
Spanish minister returns to Madrid, Mr.
Woodford will be accorded full recogni
tion as a minister plenipotentiary, and
will be in position to present his views Im
mediately.
San Sebastian, Sept. I.—Gen. Stewart L.
Woodford, the United States minister to
Spain, arrived here this afternoon.
Extra precautions have been taken by
the authorities to prevent any hostile dem
onstration being made, but these appa
rently were unnecessary, as the behavior
of the crowds that had gathered to wit
ness the minister’s arrival was perfectly
satisfactory.
WILL BE NO EXTRA SESSION,
Tlie Chance* Are Against a. Call r.f
the United States Congress.
Washington, Sept. I.—There Is no dis
position among officials here to question
the correctness of the statement In the
dispatches from Hawaii, to the effect that
Minister Hatch hurried to Honolulu for
the special purpose of securing annexation
action by the Hawaiian government In ad
vance of the meeting of our congress.
There is rule In diplomatic practice that
would forbid Hawaii taking the first ac
tion upon the treaty, and the treaty It
self does not Indicate which government
Is to take the Initial step.
While it is regarded as desirable In the
execution of the iKdicy of President Mc-
Kinley toward Hawaii, as laid down in his
message transmitting the treaty to con
gress last June, documents are ready in
all respects for the action of the United
States Senate at Its next session, It isn’t
believed that the President has any inten
tion of calling a special session for the
purpose of ratification. Indeed, consider.
Ing the fact that If the Hawaiian legisla
ture acts with the greatest promptness up
on the treaty, It can scarcely complete its
action and return the ratified treaty to
Washington before October at the earliest,
it would appear to be unnecessary to ad
vance the session of congress by such a
short space of time as would intervene
between that date and the date upon which
congress meets in regular session.
A DESPERADO Silt BOUND ED.
A Military Company in Colmnliln
(ailed on to Make un Arrest.
Columbia, 8. C., Sept. I.—At 1 a. m.
the Governor’s Guards, under orders of the
governor, are surrounding the home of
“Capt.” Williams.’ In Brookland, a.suburb
of Columbia across the Congaree, and are
preparing to storm the place.
Williams Is a white man, who has a char,
acter for daring and lawlessness. To
night he fatally shot Chief of Police Sic-
Grady of Brookland, and then defied ar
sest. The authorities applied to the gov
ernor for military aid to capture the out
law, ahd they marched out of their armo
ry at mid-night.
(Eater.) The militia searched Williams’
house from top to bottom, but were un
able to find him.
f DAIRY, tio A YEAR. I
J, 5 CENTS A COPY. >
l WEEKDT 2-TIMES-A-WEEK $1 A YEAR)
FREE SILVER FORCES UNITE.
FBIENDS OF THE AVHTTE MET AO
JOIN HANDS IN NEBRASKA.
A Fusion Ticket to He Put Ont by
Democrats, Populists and Silver
llrpnhllcii n*—Mr. Br>an Addresse*
tlie Con * i‘u tlons— lie I rates a Union
of Forces to Defeat the Common
Enemy— Money tlic Great loon > of
I.ntter Day Polities.
I.lncoln, Neb., Sept, I.—The tripartite al
fiance of the Nebraska free silver forces
was given good headway to-day by three
large conventions held respectively by the
democrats, populists and free silver re
publicans.
These gatherings, conducted under sepa
rate organizations, acted In perfect har
mony, and when routine work had been
disposed of, the representatives of the
united parties gave their attention to ad
dresses by leading free silver advocates.
The nomination of a fusion state ticket
seems assured. During the morn
ing the democratic state central
committee agreed upon C. A. Shal
lenberger, of Alma, for temporary;
chairman. The silver republicans select
ed F. F. Loomis, of Omaha, for the samei
position and the populist central commit
tee decided to leave the election of a tem
porary chairman to that committee. Tha
conventions met at 2 o'clock. The popu
fists meeting In the Lansing theater, tha
democrats in a public hall, and the silver
reupblicans in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium.
Had there been a hall in the city large
enough to accommodate the crowd thg
three conventions would have been merga
Into one.
Tho democratic convention was probably
the most enthusiastic of the three. Tha
hall was tilled to Its utmost capacity. Tho
feuture of the opening was the declaration
ot' State Chairman Dahlman relative to
the terms of fusion. He said: ‘‘We want
the populists to understand that the demo
crats demand their' share of the fruits of
fusion. We have conceded tho bulk of
offices to the populists, but we think w®
have a right to the supreme Judgeship,
and when this convention appoints Its
conference committee and adjourns for
the afternoon 1 Insist on every delegate
working with the populist brethren and
urging upon them the necessity of grant
ing ns this office."
By these remurks It is apparent that Mr.
Dahlman anticipated some difficulty In
effecting a fusion that would be satlsfac
lory to his party, but his fears did not
appear to tie generally shared. Tempo
rary Chairman Shalletiberger made a
lengthy speech. He asserted that the mis
sion of the democratic party Is to com
bat ths doctrines of protection and th*
gold standard.
The populist convention was characteriz
ed by confusion as the delegates Insisted
on cheering for their party and their
leaders. Temporary Chairman Powers
made a short speech, Iri which he urged
harmonious action by the aided parties,
and counselled a spirit of liberality.
The sliver republican then exhibited
very little spirit in exhausting lung power,
and there were many empty scats through,
out the hall. Temporary Chairman F. W.
Loomis made a short speech urging the
forces to keep together and Join hands
In co-operating with the other two parties
In tho convention. The three oonventiona
then appointed their committees and tookl
a recess until 7:30 o'clock.
At 4 o'clock the delegates gathered Ini
the state house grounds and listened to a.
number of addresses by W. J. Bryan,
Chas. A. Towne, Gen. Weaver and oth
ers. Mr. Bryan said In substance:
“The democrats, populists and silver)
republicans were led to co
operate last year because they*
agreed upon the subject of
bimetallism and also in the belief that tho
money question was the paramount issuo
before the people. If bimetallism was
right then, it Is right now. if it was tha
paramount Issue then. It is the paramount
issue now. If operation was wise then,
it Is wise now. The three parties can
act together without Injury to their party)
organizations, without sacrifice of prin
ciple and without harm to each other.
"The money question must be settled be.
fore other questions can be considered.
To fight each other In the presence of a.
united and unscrupulous enemy would not
only postpone the restoration of bimetall
ism, but endanger the success of
every necessary reform. Continued
co-operatlo between the forces
which acted together last year did
mean that any one of the parties will
swallow the other two; it simply means
that they will travel together while they
can and separately only when they must..
It means that they will place the subject
of bimetallism ahead. In the gTeat contest
men are only valuable as they contribute
to the success of the cause. Personal am
bitions must subordinated to the pub
lic good. The man who. here or else
where, urges his own candidacy to the
detriment of the cause Is unworthy of the
office to which he aspires.”
At the evening session Attorney General
Smith of Douglas county was chosen per
manent chairman of the democratic con
vention. W. A. Poynter of Boone county
was chosen by the populists to fill the
same position, and A. J. Weaver of Rich
ardson was the selection of the free sil
ver republicans. Conference committees
were appointed, and set to
work to form a fusion agree
ment. At 12:30 a. m. no conclusion
had been reached. The democratic con
ferees were uninstructed. The plat form
adopted by that convention Indorses the
Chicago platform; denounces the propos.
ed retirement of greenbacks, deplores the
delay tn settling the Hawaiian question
and extends sympathy to the striking
miners.
The platform Is very brief. The declara.
tions of the other conventions contain
strong free coinage planks. During the
evening waits for the report of the con
ference committee were filled in by
speeches.
The three conventions finally adjourned
until midnight to await the action of the
committee.
A NOTABLE WEDDING IN OHIO.
Daughter of ex-Preafdcnt Hayed
Weil* un Ensign in the Navy.
Fremont, 0., Sept. I.—Ensign Harry Ea
ton Smith and Miss Fannie Hayes were
married to-night at 7:30. The bridegroom
is an officer In the United States navy, the
bride a daughter of the late ex-Presldent
R. B. Hayed President McKinley wag
among the guests.