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THEY MARCH AT 10 TO-DAY.
third REGniEvr goes ox tiib
THAJiSPOBT THIS MORMXG.
But It In Probable Ttint Slio XVIII Xot
Sail In til To-morrow Momin* or
Afternoon—Tbe Elan* Enid for
Breaking lump and Moving to the
Ship—Tlie Camping Ground l-'lood
ed hj- the Ruins Yeoterdnj— Sol
diers Eager to Get Off for Santiago.
The Third Regiment will go on the trans
port Minnewaska at about 11 o'clock this
morning, according to the rlans laid by
Col. Ray. At 6 o'clock this morning the
men will take their last breakfast In camp
at Savannah, at 6:30 o'clock the striking
of the tents will begin, and by 8 o'clock It
is expected that the entire camp equip
page will be in readiness to place on the
cars. A number of wagons have been en
gaged to carry the stuff to the cars, which
are at the gates of the oil works. As soon
as the freight Is aboard they will be moved
to the wharf where the transport is lying.
The personal baggage of each man will
be wrapped up in the one half of the shel
er tent belonging to him, and in this way
Will be placed on the ship. The personal
baggage of the officers was moved from
the camp yesterday afternoon. At 10
o’clock the regiment is expected to be
lined up In readiness to march from camp,
headed by its brass band of twenty-four
pieces. The officers’ horses will be sent
out early In the morning and they will he
mounted. The men will be in light march
ing order, carrying rille, haversack and
cunteen.
The route will be the same as that taken
by the vehicles in reaching the camp, pass
ing in front of the cotton seed oil mills
and on to Bay street extended, crossing
over the canal to the paved roadway lead
ing between the cotton warehouse and the
warehouse of the Conklin Manufacturing
Company, near the canal. There is a long
platform along the cotton warehouse, cap
able of accommodating two or three thou
sand spectators, and a great open space
on the other side, where an army can
eland and see the regiment swing by on
its way to the Minnewaska. This is the
plan as outlined yesterday afternoon, it
is barely |>ossible that if the day Is clear
and cool that Col. Ray may be induced to
march the regiment a little further up into
town.
Savannah would bo glad of an opportu
nity to see the men of the Third, and Col.
Kay is understood to lie willing to gratify
the desire of the public and of the regi
ment for a brief street parade if conditions
permit of it. But it would be well for those
who desire to see the regiment not to take
chances on this. There Is a pretty stretch
on the Bay street extended, beyond the
tracks leading down to the wharves,
where all who do not find room on the
platforms can have a splendid opportuni
ty to applaud the boys as tney pass by.
The roads leading from the camp wore
In a bad condition last night. The march
for a mile or more promises to he through
the nastiest kind of mud. the stretch by
the oil works being particularly bad. Bast
night there was a mire at places over a
half foot deep. There is a private road
used by the Vale Royal and the cotton
seed oil mills, and running through those
properties, which might save part of this
unpleasant march. If there is no improve
ment in the roads by this morning the
regiment will be pretty well muddied up
to the knees.
When the Minnewaska will sail is os
yet a matter of uncertainty. It is hardly
possible that it will get off to-day. The
probability is that the transport will not
■ail until to-morrow morning, and possibly
*>ot until the afternoon tide. It is hoped to
get about 750 cords of wood on the vessel,
about Isj more tons of coal, and there Is
tome work still to be done. Considerable
of the regiment's supplies ore oo board,
hut it will take some time to load the bal
ance. The one hundred or more mules for
the ambulances were placed aboard yes
terday. There was no trouble experienced
In handling them, all marching on the
gangplank into the second hold as though
going on ship were an every day affair
with them. The officers’ horses will he
taken aboard as soon as the regiment
reaches the dock this morning. They will
bo,on the upper deck, In all probability,
and will be lifted on board with a derrick.
Considerable water has been taken on
board, but the supply was not yet finished
last night. Fine headway has boon made,
It Is stated, In all the work, but there
has been some little delay in getting ail
the wood, etc., which it is desired to carry.
The,change from Camp Ray to the Min
newaska will be appreciate by the regi
ment. The camping ground yesterday
came near being converted into a pond,
and did closely resemble a quagmire.
Some of the tents had enough water in
them to float a bateaux, and the prosi>eot
for the night's rest was rather had when
darkness came. Orders were Issued for as
many men to sleep in the old waier works
building as possible, the preference being
given to those whose tents were in the
worst positions. Several hundred were
accommodated by close packing. Those
who had to sleep outside put their rubber
ponchas on the ground, spread their blan-
kets over them and kept out as much of
the dampness as possible.
The coming of this morning will, no
doubt, he hailed with pleasure. Anything
would be preferable to another wet day
at the old w-ater works' site. Yesterday
was well calculated to give any one out
there the blues, just the reverse of such
a day as everyone had hoiied for, on the
last day In camp. The flag hung soaking
wet on the staff, the company streets were
cut up into mud roads, the tents were
damp, and over all there was an air
calculated to make one miserable through
out. Visitors were comparatively few, and
confined mainly to friends of Savannah
men. A score or more of Indies braved the
unpleasant weather nnd spent several
hours bidding the boys good-bye. When
the hour for retreat came, llaj. Wylly
called It oft on account of the wealhtr,
much to the gratification of the soldiers.
Col. Ray had been as liberal as ever with
the passes, ten men from each company
being allowed liberty at a time. Many
came back to camp before the lime limit
of their passes was up, finding little pleas
ure In the city under the circumstances.
After last night the clean, dry, well-ven
tilated quarters on the ship, in comfort
able hammocks, wdl certainly be appre
ciated to-night.
The officers all report that the men are
eager to get off to Cuba. Talks wilh the
men showed that this was tile case. There
seems to be little fear of fever among the
regiment, and the desire to do some duty
that is of actual service Is sufficient to
wipe away all dubiousness about health
conditions down at Santiago. When the
bugle call sounds this morning it will find
5,050 men quick to wipe out the last sem
blance to a camp and prepare for the
march. It will be far from a mournful
regiment that wlil board the Minnewaska,
and it will be more with shouts of jubi
lation than dread of the future that they
will see the shores of Georgia disappear
from view and the steamship's prow turn
ed toward Santiago.
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M ILL FIGHT IT Ol T IX fOI'RT.
First Officer Owen* of Hie Mlnnewas
kn to Sue the Captain.
First Ofllccr A. B. Owens of the steam
ship Minnewaska, transport No. 24, who
was discharged from the ship's service day
before yesterday by Maj. Wilson of the
quartermaster's department, has engaged
XV. R. Leaken, Esq., to bring suit for three
months' wages against Capt. Hopkins,
commanding the transport under w hom the
first officer signed seamen's articles, and
whom he claims is responsible for ills dis
charge.
The difficulty between Maj. Wilson and
the Jlrst officer has created considerable
taik. It was First Officer Owens, and not
Mr. Griffith who was promoted to first
officer upon Mr. Owens' discharge, wilh
whom Maj. Wilson had the wordy set-to,
which resulted In the former leaving the
ship. Mr. Griffith Is now first officer.
Maj. Wilson Is of the quartermaster
department, and came here from Newport
News the day the transport arrived.
Mr. Owens, who is an English officer,
said yesterday that his discharge was
without just cause, and he proposes to
fight it out 111 the court?. The night the
transport reached here, he said, a couple
of men, whom he took to lie porters,
brought a large box to the wharf at which
the ship was lying, and called out to the
first officer, who was sitting on deck, that
the box was to lie taken on board. The
officer declined to receive it. The men
demanded it be taken on without any
further words. They produced no author
ity, and after some talk, the first officer
persistently refusing to receive the box
without learning what It was or where or
who it was from, they left. An hour or so
later, Mr. Owens said he was called to
from the wharf in a peremptory manner
by someone, demanding to know why he
had not taken the box on board, and to
do so at once, under penalty of immediate
discharge.
“And who are you, pray?’’ he asked.
“I am Maj. Wilson, in charge of this
ship,” was the reply.
The first officer at once raised the
question of the major’s authority
to discharge him, and referred the
major lo the captain. It was explained
that the box contained the personal effects
of the major, and It was then taken on
board. There was considerable talk be
tween the major and the first officer that
nighl. The next morning Maj. Wiison and
Mr. Owens happened to tie the only per
sons at the table at breakfast. After a
moment's silence, Mr. Owens said the ma
jor turned to him and said: "You will
take your effects and leave tills ship at
once." The question of authority was
again raised. After breakfast the first of
ficer appealed to ihe captain. The latter
advised him to keep quiet, but that was
impossible, said Mr. Owens. “My stand
ing,” lie added, “would not permit it.”
After considerable talk the first officer se
cured the captain's permission to leave
the ship, and he at once came to the city
and engaged Mr. Leaken to
represent him in his claim for
wages on account of his unwarranted
discharge from the ship's service and to
set him right. Tills is Mr. Owens’ state
ment of the circumstances of his meeting
wilh Maj. Wilson anil his leaving
the transport. The case, he says, will l>e
pushed In the United States Court. Mr.
Owens says he has cabled to his home in
England for funds to prosecute his claim.
“My discharge," he said, "Is wholly with
out cause. I was guilty of no Insubordina
tion. To have received the box, whicn
was afterward learned to contain Maj.
Wilson's effects, on board without know
ing what it was And without any author
ity, Would have been manifestly wrong.
The tiox might have contained dynamito
for aught 1 knew. If Maj. Wilson had sent
a note or some representative to notify the
ship there would have heen no delay and
no misunderstanding. As it was 1 did my
duty, and Maj. Wilson, with the captain's
sanction, ordered ine from the ship. 1 now
propose to establish my rights by law."
MITT. (01,. HEAVES’ RECORD.
He XXn* n Brave Solillce ill the Con
federate Army.
The Hartsville (Tenn.) Vldette of June
10 has this to say of Lieut. Col. A. S.
Reaves of the Third United States X'olun
teers:
“Maj. A. S. Reeves has Just received his
commission as lieutenant colonel of the
Third United States "Immune” regiment,
and citizens who have long known Maj.
Reeves can truthfully say that President
McKinley could not have selected a more
gallant ex-Confederate so'-dier for this
honor. We have undlsputuble evidence
before us that his chivalrous conduct dur
ing the late war, while commanding the
famous Thirteenth Alabama, of the world
renowned Archer’s Brigade, Stsnewall
Jackson’s command, was unexcelled for
bravery. All who know him will be
equally gratified with the distinction here
conferred lo the old soldiers who charged
with Maj. Reeves at the battle of Gettys
burg into the very jaws of death. As in
peace he is a noble, upright citizen, so
in war he makes a brave and gallant sol
dier, always upholding and maintaining
his convictions."
GOXE TO GET IXNTHI t'TIOXS.
.Stamp ClerU Lemeke's Position as
Army Postmaster,
Mr. H. B. Lcmcke left for Washington
yesterday to receive instruct ions as to the
work he is to do as an army postmaster.
It Is not yet known whether he will be as
signed lo Cuba or Porto Kico. He will re- #
ceive $l,lOO a year and sustenance.
Having heen in the postal service some
time. Mr. Lcmcke is sufficiently acquaint
ed with Its details to take hold of the work
intelligently. He is regarded as an im
mune. and requested such an appointment
as he lias received ns soon as he was re
duced In salary by the recent changes at
the Savannah postofflee.
Hts position In the postofflee here, that
of stamp oierk, will be held oi>en for him,
a substituie being appointed to do the
work during his absence at a salary of-SBOO
a year, the postofflee department never
paying a substitute as much as the regular
employe.
SET FIRE lY EXIT.OUIXG LAMP.
Slight Damage by Fire in n Second
Street House.
Chemical engine No. 2 and hose wagon
from No. 5 engine house, were called out
at 8:15 o'clock last night, to a lire In a
two-story frame house. No. 103 Second
streei, east. The lire was soon extinguish
ed, the entire damage being tlie burning
of a chair. The cause of the lire gas the
explosion of a lamp. The house Is occupied
by Mr. V. E. O’Neil, ami Is owned by Mr.
Herman Myers.
WON HE It CASE AG.UX.
The XXell* Damage lump to Go I p for
Another Trial.
Rebecca XX'clls, colored, got a verdict of
$3,750 In the City Court yesterday against
the Brush Electric Light Company for
Ihe death of her husband, who was Ruled
while working on the company's wires in
the southern section. The attorneys for
the Brush company, Messrs. Wright and
Satisfy, entered a motion for anew trial,
and ilia ease may again go to the Supreme
Court, from which it h ex once been re
manded. Messrs. Twiggs & Oliver repre
Assent the plaintiff.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY. AUGUST 12, 1898.
CAR LINE SUED FOR DAMAGES.
XlltS. MARIN'S CLAIM FOB 1(114,000 OX
ACCOUNT OF HUSBAND'S DEATH.
Action Brought In the City Court
Against the Savannah, Thunder
bolt and Isle of Hope Railroad.
Tlic Company 1 barged With Xegli-.
genre—lt Has Now an Agent to
Look After Damage and Other
Claim* ami to Avoid Suit* XV hen
Possible.
Mrs. Emile Marin began suit in the City
Court yesterday, through her attorney,
'Mr. Gordon Saussy, for SU,OOO damages
against the Savannah, Thunderbolt and
Isle of Hope Railway on account of the
death of her husband, Nicholas Marin,
who was fatally injured by a car running
over him July 11.
The declaration charges negligence by
the street car company In not having any
rope, notice, gate or adjustment to keep
passengers from getting off the car on the
wrong side. It alleges the conductor gave
no attention to getting the passenger oft
safely, for which the company is liable
for all damages the mishap caused. The
declaration alleges the deceased had a
reasonable expectancy of sixteen years,
and was a mechanic making about $125
a month. The case will come up for trial
at the November term of court.
The accident by which Mr. Marin lost
his life is fresh in the public mind. He
was on his way home about 8 o’clock at
night, and on reaching the corner of Hab
ersham and Gaston streets, got off on the
parallel track, and before he saw another
car coming was run over. His right thigh
was broken, a foot smashed severely, and
he sustained other injuries. He was re
moved to St. Joseph's infirmary and at
tended by the company's surgeon, but
failed to recover from his injuries.
The street car company is preparing to
make a more vigorous fight in the courts
against damage suits, or, at least, so far
as getting up all available evidence is
concerned. An agent has been employed to
look after the interests of the car company
when there is an accident, and if the
cases cart be compromised, he will make It
a point to do so. The agent will also aid
in getting the car company's witnesses
into court, and of keeping track of them
in case they leave the e,ty.
Referring to his duties the other day,
the agent remarked there was a certain
stage when all suits against the company
could be compromised. "The older a claim
against a company or corporal ion grows
the bigger it gets," he said. “There is a
time when claims of injured people can
be compromised,but when they study over
it awhile, the claim becomes greatly mag
nified, and It is imposible to reach terms.
It. is as frequently to the advantage of
complainants to compromise as it is for
the company."
CONY ICTS' XVOBIv IN JULY'.
Snpt. Chaplin'* Report to the County
Commissioners.
The business transacted at the August
meeting of the County Commissioners yes
terday was not of an Important nature.
Commissioner F. S. Lathrop presided, the
others present being Commissioners Guck
enhelmer and Chairman Dale and
Commissioner Simkins are absent from the
Superintendent Chaplin submitted his
monthly report, showdng the work done by
the convicts, expense in maintaining them,
and other things pertain ng to the manage
ment of the convict camps. Among other
things the report refers to a considerable
amount of draining on Tybee.
The convicts completed 2,050 feet of new
ditches, while 10,900 feet of ditches were
slushed. The total amount of new ditches
cut by the force while on the Island was
5,190 feet, and 17,200 feet were slushed.
The camp was removed July 16, to a
point on the Middleground road, where
a good deal of work was done on the
Minis swamp canal.
The report shows thnt 2,350 feet of new
ditches were cut there, and 27.060 feet
slushed. Work was also done on Estill
avenue, Dale avenue and the Middleground
road. During the month the county dredge
excavated 465 feet from the Buckhalter
swamp.
Aug. 1 there were 236 convicts in the
different camps, of which 161 are men, 52
boys and 20 women. The total costs of
feeding them was $1,642.43, of which $970.02
was for guarding, and $571.61 for feeding
the prisoners.
The petition of XV. A. Plgman, asking
that the contract to furnish prescriptions
for the county poor be transferred to him
from E, J. ICeiffer & Cos., which firm he
bought out, was granted.
HE LIKED THEM ALL.
X
A Sergeant’s Ignorance of Army Dls
eipline Caught the Colonel.
The young sergeant was new to military
ethics. He had been accustomed at home
to slapping the captain on the back and
hugging his dear old friend, the first lieu
tenant, whenever they met. They had all
three volunteered in the glorious cause of
freeing Cuba and avenging the Maine, and
for the life of him he couldn't understand
why any artificial barriers should all of
a sudden be raised between him and Bill
and Tom.
So when the Third Regiment reached
Savannah he was Just as familiar as ever,
although it was hardly conducive lo strict
discipline on Ihe part of the other soldiers
who hadn't known “cap” and Tom when
they were boy*. There were several hints
dropped, which fell on barren soil, and the
colonel, who had noticed the indisposition
to too severely wound the sergeant’s feel
ings, had tenderly admonished him that
subordinates were not expected to be so
intimate with their officers.
But the sergeant was obtuse, and yester
day, when the colonel was standing in
meditation, he came up in an off-hand
fashion and after saluting, began a con
versation in quite a free fashion.
“Young man,” said the colonel, as he
drew himself up and looked the sergeant
square in the eyes, “I think the matter
has been mentioned once or twice before
to you about the relative positions of of
ficers and subordinates In the army for
the maintenance of proper discipline, Y’ou
must not be os familiar with me as you
ere with some of the other officers.”
The sergeant looked up In innocent sur
prise: “Why, colonel," said he, “i
you us much as I do them."
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BLOXV MOX'IXG UNUSED TRACKS.
Notice Given the Street Railroad
Company Apparently Unheeded.
The recent notice by Commissioner Wll
link, relating to the removal of.car tracks.
Is not being complied with by the Savan
nah, Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope Rail
way. It has been something like two
weeks since the notice was given, but
from the present outlook, it appears the
car company will take Its time In remov
ing the tracks.
Before the notice was given the com
pany the street and lane committee of
Council talked the matter over, and con
cluded the nuisance should be abated at
once. Commissioner Wiliink took the mat
ter up and sent the company notice to do
the *vork at once.
The commissioner did not specify the
streets where tracks must be removed, but
embraced all unused track, with the ex
ception of such as extended through paved
streets. This the company will nof be
required to take up, on account of <the
tedious character of the work. But the
other unused track, scattered over the
city, must be cleared away, and that, too,
in a short time.
Commissioner Wiliink sees no reason
why the tracks should encumber the
streets for no purpose. They are a nuis
sance to travel, interfer with the work of
the public works department, and are
evidences of a lack of care and pride,
which the officials do not intend to toler
ate. Commissioner Wiiiink sx>ecified no
time in his notice, and for that reason the
company may be intending to put a lib
eral construction on this part of it.
MADE PAYMASTER IX THE AHXIY.
President XX right of the Colored Col
lege May He Succeeded.
Prof. Richard Wright, president of the
Georgia Industrial College for Colored
Youth, Is stated to have received the ap
pointment of paymaster In the army, with
the rank of major. It is understood that
this does not carry with it his retirement
from his position at the head of the In
dustrial school, as the position in the
army is but of a temporary character,
likely to last but a couple or three months.
Responsible coiorpd men state that there
Is dissatisfaction with the course pursued
by Prof. Wright in diverting his attention
so much from the school to tiolitics and
other matters, and an effort is being or
ganized among prominent men of the race
throughout the state who are interested
in the education of the colored youth to
succeed him by someone whoso entire life
will be bound up in educational matters
and whose entire time will lie devoted to
the intellectual advancement of the race.
Rev. L. B. Maxwell, formerly of the
First Congregational Church, who is now
in Europe in the interest of international
Sunday-school work. Is one who is fa
vored for the place at the head of the col
lege. Other names are mentioned in this
connection. It is the impression that a de
termined effort will be made to nave
Frof. Wright succeeded by some well
known colored man by the beginning of
the fall term.
BELIE\ ES IT XX ILL PASS.
Mayor Meldrim Says He XX’ill Not
Y'eto the Paving Ordinance.
The new paving ordinance, which passed
its first reading at the last meeting of
Council, is believed to be acceptable to
soiuh-sldcrs. While there is some kick
ing on the part of those who are opposed
to paving “at any price,” the more con
siderate are satisfied and express the hope
that the ordinance will go through when
placed on its passage.
A paving ordinance, relating to the
southern section, was passed some time
ago, but was vetoed by Mayor Meldrim,
on the ground it was too sweeping in its
provisions, and required that the terri
tory embraced be paved in too short a
time. In his veto the Mayor suggested
that another ordinance be drawn which
would take the territory by sections,
which would make the necessary expendi
ture gradual and less burdensome to prop
erty owners. The matter lay some time,
but xvns taken up by Alderman Davis, and
is now believed to be a generally satis
factory draft.
"It scehViihow there are no objectionable
features in the ordinance,” said Mayor
Meldrim yesterday. “According to the
present requirements the work may be
carried on without great difficulty. It is
my opinion it should pass. The causes
for my former veto have been entirely re
moved.”
XI AX' BID OX HOI SK DRAIN AGE.
Alabama Construction Company
Want the Job.
President D. B. Lacy of the Alabama
Construction Company of Anniston, was
in the city yesterday, get ing information
about the house drainage work, with a
view to bidding on it. He has not yet de
. cided whether he will bid or not, but the
company he represents has done extensive
work of this character, and would like to
complete the house drainage system.
In speaking of the matter President
Lacy said the Alabama Construction Com
pany had successfully completed a num
ber of important contracts, and did not
doubt the same could be done in Savan
nah. The company built the sewers at
Anniston. Romo and Cedartown, where
every part of the contract was carried out
without delay of any kind. If he bid*
In Savannah, President Lacy expects to
figure close enough to stand some show of
g> ttlng the contract. He was accompanied
by Mr. R. H. Cobbs, Jr., who is also in
terested in the company.
Asa general thing, the bidders seek
City Engineer Winn's office, who furnishes
blanks giving information about the plans.
CYNTHIA’S CREXX PAID OFF.
The Dispatch Boat Turned Bnclt to
Her Owners.
The crew of the Associated Press dis
patch boat Cynthia II was paid off yester
day and the boat was turned back to her
owners, the Propeller Towboat Company.
The charter did not expire until Aug. 23,
but the full conditions were com
piled with, and the company was paid
for the time the steamer was chartered.
All of the men received extra pay on ac
count of the difficult and exacting service
in which they were employed. Nearly all
of them came back, too, loaded with relics
and mementoes of their trip. Coin, rifles,
small arms, relics of Cervera's ships, bot
tles of rum, bay rum and all sorts of stuff
constituted the personal effects of the
crew. \
JClje, Cynthia wlil undergo a general
overhauling after her hard service. She
blew a hole In her boiler after she got in
port, and will be hauled out for repairs
before taking her place In the towing fleet
again.
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HANGED WEAR IN EFFIGY.
EX-CHAPLAIN'S HOME-COMING NOT
OP A HEROIC CHARACTER.
He Hml Been the Stirrer I'p of Mnr
tinl Spirit nt Birmingham and Wax
Looked on m a Preacher-AVnrrlor.
Humor* That His Resignation
May Be Requested—lssues u State
ment Acknowledging That His
Resignation Was nt a Und Time
But Excusable.
Rev. Robert D. Wear, the chaplain of
the Fifth Regiment of United States Vol
unteers, who resigned Just before the regi
ment left Savannah for Santiago, has been
hanged In effigy at Birmingham, his home.
Ills resignation is the sensation of the
hour in Alabama, the Birmingham Age-
Herald devoting a whole page to it, and
other papers discussing the matter at
length.
A special from Birmingham, telling of
the effigy hanging, says that Chaplain
Wear had been such a courageous and
patriotic talker in the pulpit that the peo
ple of Birmingham expected him to w r hip
whole regiments of Spaniards unaided. If
need be, and their surprise and disap
pointment was unbounded when the news
came that he had forsaken his command.
The chaplain returned to Birmingham
Tuesday afternoon and his reception there
appears not to have been cordial.
The next morning a boy went in great
excitement, to Birmingham .police head
quarters ana reported that a man was
hanging by the neck from a lamp post in
front of the court house. Several officers
rushed there and found a dummy dressed
in the fashion of a chaplain with a Dis
card on its breast, which bore these
words:
"DR. WEAR.
"Fifth United States Immune Volun
teers."
Rev. Wear explains his conduct by the
statement that he can accomplish more
of good by administering to the needs of
his congregation at Birmingham than by
going to Santiago—now that the war has
terminated—and dying with yellow fever.
Dr. Wear's home-coming had little of
the heroic about it. The Birmingham pa
pers say that three brethren and a Meth
odist minster met him at the depot and
warned him not to talk to the reporters.
He was hustled into a cab and driven
homo, where he prepared a statement for
publication.
“Nearly all of the men in the regiment
that 1 spoke to approved my course,” said
he. “Most of the young oificers are anx
ious to remain in the army permanently,
while to me miliiary life is not pleasant.
I thought it better to resign now when
anew chaplain can be sent right on,
rather th in to abandon sick men later
with no chaplain on hand.
"A commissioned officer has the right
by law to resign at all times except on the
field of battle. I did not feel that there
was any patriotic motive for me to go to
Cuba and neglect my family and their liv
ing. It might be suggested that these
things should have been thought of be
fore; they were thought of and were
I planned for, and in their execution has
come my trouble.
“Frankly and candidly I admit that the
time for the execution of my purpose was
badly chosen, yet, nevertheless, my action
was the result of a design formed some
time ago, and not the result of a purpose
formed at Savannah. Had I not seen the
dispatch slating that our peace terms had
been accepted, I would have gone on to-
Santiago, as much as I dislike the pros
| pect of being chaplain in a garrison.
“I do not believe that any man who
| knows me personally in the Fifth Regi
ment or in Birmingham or in any place
| where 1 have ever lived, would charge me
I with cowardice, or that I would hesitate
| to do that which I thought 1 ought to do,
however much fear I might have in the
doing of it."
Rumors have It in Birmingham that the
Cumberland I’resbytcria n Church, of
which ex-Chaplain Wear is pastor, will re
quest his resignation. This is denied. The
members of the church, when their pastor
took the chaplaincy, bought a fine horse
and presented it to him.
The most unique feature of the whole
case is that Rev. Wear did more to arouse
a martial spirit in Birmingham
than any other man. All the
local military companies turned out to
hear him preach a. battle sermon and each
soldier was handed a flag to wave. At
times the congregation was stirred to ap
plause by the preacher's eloquence. In
concluding, he said:
"As dearly as your mothers, wives, sis
ters and sweethearts love you. they would
rather see you buried in a Cuban grave
i than to think that you would ever prove
coward on the field of battle or that you
would ever prove recreant to the trust
your country has bestowed upon you."
AVI LI. STICK. TO HIS POSITION.
I.ient. Col. Reave* Soys Ho lifts No
Objection to a Hoard of Inquiry.
Lieut. Col. A. S. Reaves, when asked
yesterday about Col. Ray's reported in
tention to ask for a board of inquiry to
look into his physical ability on the arriv
al of the regiment at Santiago, said that
he had no objection whatever to an ex
amination by such a board, and would lie
prepared to go before It whenever sum
monel.
"I would in'no wise criticise my superior
officer,” he said, ‘ and have not done so,
so far as his official acts are concerned. I
did write to Senator Bate of Tennessee a
few days ago and asked him to use his in
lluence to have me transferred to another
command. Senator Bate replied telling me
to stick to my position, and I shall do so.
I will go to Cuba, und it is my intention
to remain in the service.
"I desire to say that no other statement
thnn ttiis has been given by me to anyone.
Not only docs my own military experience
suggest this course, but uhder advice of
counsel and many friends, I have avoided
any discussion of tills matter.”
Further than this Lieut. Col. Reaves had
nothing to say about the case. Lieut. W.
R. Leakc-n, who has been retained as
counsel by I.ieut. Col. Reaves, says that
the matter cannot be further discussed
properly, before the trial takes place.
When the board of inquiry Is called to
gether and the charges presented, they
will be promptly met. Lit ut. Loaken says
he Is ready to advance the proper defense
whenever the time comes. The friends of
Lieut. Col. Reaves deny that there Is any
reason for such a course on the part of the
commanding officer of the regiment, and
they say he will be fully protected when
the time comes.
Lost III* l.ife Saving Other*.
A country boy visiting New York - top
ped a frantic runaway team that was
about to dash cn the sidewalk where there
were hundreds of women and children. He
saved their lives, but lost his own. Hun
dreds of lives are saved every year by
Hostetler’s Stomach Hitters. People who
are fast going to their graves with disor
der of siomach. ilver, bowels and blood
arc brought back to good health by it.
All the sick should try it.—-ad
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SPIRITS JUMP TO iTT4 CENTS.
Hush of Exporters to Get the Re
ceipt* Room* the Market.
There was a lively time in the spirits
turpentine market yesterday. Not even
the’downpour of rain during the afternoon
dampened the ardor of the exporters who
were hustling around lhe offices of the
factors to find out what quantity had been
reported at the railroads, and to raise the
bid of the previous bidder.
At the opening of the market in the
morning there were sales reported at 26'.4c
a gallon. This was %o above the price
of the closing of the day before. The first
bid of the day was 26*40 for the entire re
ceipts.
The anxiety which buyers were display
ing gave the factors considerable firmness,
and the latter awaited the result of the
day with renewed confidence. At the close
of the market the official quotation at the
Board of Trade was 2654 c bid. Soon after
the closing of the board there was a bid
of 27c placed with the factors;
then came a higher bid. of
27Vs cents, and finally the latter bid was
raised to 27% cents, at which figure Re
sellers concluded to unload, as it was get
ting dark, and for fear that the demand
might not awaken in such a lively manner
In the morning.
The present boom in the .spirits is entire
ly unexpected, but the circumstances sur
rounding the market conditions have been
brought about by causes which could not
be controlled by the buyers, who expected
to be purchasing the product at several
cents less than the present price.
During the early j>art of the war with
Spain it was almost Impossible for ship
pers lo charter vessels for foreign voy
ages, and even after it became known that
the immediate danger to ships had passed,
the owners held freights at such a high
figure that only a few charters were made.
However, contracts to furnish spirits to
European markets had been made, and,
later, a large number of vessels were char
tered to take cargoes.
These vessels have begun to arrive. Sev
eral of them have tieen here during the
past few weeks and have cleared and sail
ed with large cargoes of spirits. The stock
on hand is much smaller than it was ex
pected it would be at this time of the year,
on account of the buying of the receipts
by a prominent exporting company which
made large shipments by steam and sail.
It was confidently expected that the re
ceipts during the last few weeks would
have been much larger, as it was generally
thought that there would be a large in
crease in the production, and that there
would be enough here in time to supply
ihe exporters at a lower price than they
are now paying.
Unfortunately for the buyers the receipts
have not come up to expectations. The con
tinued rains, it is said, have put the roads
in such condition that there is difficulty in
hauling the product to the railroads. Be
sides this, it is said, that there has been
some difficulty In getting cars in which to
ship naval stores, on account of their use
by the government in transporting troops
and supplies. It is also claimed by some
of those Interested in the trade, that the
large stock of manufactured product ex
pected, Is not in the country and that sev
eral operators have bought spirits turpen
tine in the Savannah market, to be able to
fill contracts which they had made anti
were not able to supply from their own
farms.
CYCLISTS TO RACE FIVE MILES.
Run Will Be on tiie Augusta Bond
This Afternoon.
A five-mile road race will be run on the
Augusta road this afternoon. The race was
arranged by W. H. Connery, and will be
run over the usual course. It will start at
S:SO o’clock, and the riders who are en
tered should be on hand by that time. D.
G. Farmer and J. M. Wilson will act as
timers, and W. H. Connery as starter.
The entries are few. They and the hand
icaps follow:
Scratch—Clifford E. Stults and C. P.
Connery.
Thirty Seconds—E. A. Crane and Law
rence Crovat.
One Minute—R. L. Hunt and Angus Wal
den.
One Minute and Thirty Seconds—Edwin
Courvorsie, Harry Sturter and I. M. Fair
child.
Two Minutes—Henry Suiter and D.
Schwartz.
Two Minutes and Thirty Seconds—Otto
Kolb and Dawson Wyly.
A number of prizes have been donated by
the merchants.
COMMISSIONER REISER'S CASE.
It Haw Drawn the Political Line*
Close in EfUnglinm.
School Commissioner Reiser, of Effing
ham county, who Is charged with being
too fond of some of the teachers and too
much inclined to act in a paternally affec
tionate way with them, has engaged W.
L. Gignilliat, Esq., to represent him in the
coming trial before the school board of the
county.
A list of the witnesses against Mr. Reis
er has been presented to his attorney. The
list, which is understood to be a long one,
is claimed by Mr. Reiser’s friends to con
sist only of Populists and negroes. It is
said by some that the whole affair is a
political plot against Mr. Reiser by the
Populists.
The case has stirred up Effingham con
siderably and polltlcul lines are said to
have been drawn on the question of the
commissioner's guilt or Innocence.
An Explanation.
The reason for the great jwpularpy of
Hood's Sarsaparilla lies in the fact that
this medicine positively cures. It is Am
erica's Greatest Medicine, and the Ameri
can people have an abiding confidence in
iis merits. They buy and take it for sim
ple as well as serious ailments, confident
that it will do them good.
Hood's Pills cure nil liver Ills. Mailed
for 25c by C. I. Hood & Cos., Lowell, Mass,
—ad.
—"What a sanguine man Cooper Is!"
‘ Sanguine? He advertised for a middle
aged type writer girl and exi>ected to get
Applications.’'—Mexican Herald >
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
THE LINE TO
Asiieville,
Hot Springs
And Other Resorts
IN THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTER*
NORTH CAROLINA,
“THE LAND OF THE SEW 5
SPECIAL RATES FOR SUMMER
TOURISTS.
Trains leaving Columbia 8:30 a. m. for
Asheville. Pullman drawing room buffet
sleeping car.
Train leaving Columbia 11:30 a. m. foe
Asheville. Parlor car after June 3, is.-:
For full information call on any agent
of this company or its connections.
R. L. SEAY, Union Ticket Agent, Co
lumbia, S. C.
R. W. HUNT, Traveling Pass. Agent,
Augusta, Ga.
S. H. HARDWICK, Assistant General
Pass. Agent, Atlanta. Ga.
ADJUSTABLE
WIRE
CHEAPo
EDWARD LOVELL’S SIS,
113 BROUGHTON ST.. WEST.
DRY GOODS?
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OIL and GASOLINE
DELIVERY,
P. O. ROX 19. TELEPHONE 461.
Just telephone or drop us a postal when
you want oil or gasoline, and you will be
surprised how quick we will serve you
Also OAK and PINE WOOD.
Pine 7oc; three cut 85c. ,
Mixed 90c; three cut 90c.
Oak $1.00; three cut SI.OO.
J. P. CORDRAY,
Broughton and Price.
SCOTT & DAVIS,
111 IB
And Fancy Grocers.
The le*t tlie market affords a!*
ways in stock.
Personal attention given to all or
der*.
210 HENRY STREET, EAST.
’PHONE 2296.
Asphalt Hooting Paint.
Roofing Felts.
Fire Brick.
Garden Tile.
Brick, Etc.
SHAH BUILDING SUPPLY Cl
CONGRESS AND DRAYTON STS
SEED RYE
, FEED, FLOUR,
HAY, GRAIN,
LEMONS, ONIONS,
POTATOES, PEANUTS, PEAS, ETC.
W. 1). SIMKINS & CO.
JOHN 0. “BUTLER
DEALER l.\
Paints, Oils, ahd Glass, Sash Doors,
I3.md and Builders' Supplies, Pluin anj
Decorative Wall Paper, Foreign and Do
mestic Cements, Lime, Plaster and Hair.
Sole Agents for Asbestine Cold Water
Paint. •
20 Congress etreet, west, and 19 St. Julias
street, west.
PORTLAND CEMENT
FOR SALE BY
C. M. GILBERT & CO.,
IMPORTERS.