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f SUBMITTED NO ARGUMENT.
DAVIS OF lIEBF (OIKT
*' HAU NOTHING TO SAY.
(our t I* Sow Engaged Upon
(|ll . motion of It* Final He
l—tiarlington’a Report Made
Jhrongl* '“o* waa Not Admitted.
>lui Who Has* Been Hepre
sfntiuK Miles Argued About
„„ Hour.
Washington, April 21.—The Wade court
, inquiry appointed to investigate the al
,a(io„s made by Maj. Gen. Miles in his
Vinony before the war investigating
mmissiof concerning the meat furnish-
lhe army during the late war with
' ,1 i- now engaged upon the prepara
tion of its report.
The court has been in session almost
n weeks, and in addition to daily hear
‘; n _ given in this city for several weeks,
! ions have been held in Chicago, 6m-
T| a and Kansas City to afford the mem
t.r- of the court an opportunity to per
, , iv in-oect the canning houses.
sona.o I**-.
•nveral hundred witnesses have been ex
amined most of whom have been offi
,ml > nlisted men ill the regular or
'v.lunteer service, and over 4,500 pages of
[, rmony have been submitted.
This morning the court decided not to
accept a reiiort made by Lieut. Col. Gar-
of the inspector general’s office.
This report had been transmitted to Gen.
jiiies, through Inspector General Breck
inridge. The report of Col. Garlington
c ,vers about eighty type-written pages
and goes exclusively into the reports made
by officers and men without drawing any
general conclusion. The board, in expla
nation of their refusal to accept this re
port in evidence, gave out the following
statement:
Wli> It YYn* Not Received.
"The report of the investigation conduct
ed by Lieut. Col. Garlington, inspector
general, flhder the orders of the major
general commanding, contains the result
of an inquiry carried on, for the most
part at the same time and in the same
places- ns that entrusted to this court by
the President. During the progress of the
imstigation Col. Garlington has submit
,,,j the names of witnesses, and from time
to time has suggested subjects of inquiry,
a 1 of which have been fully considered
by the court. The reports which were fur
nished him by officers of the army have
already been read and submitted in evi
dence. In view of these facts, and it
does not appear that Col. Garlington had
any other or better means of information
Ih.in were accessible to the court at every
stage of its inquiry, it is ordered that the
reiiort be not received in evidence.”
Davis Head Reports. t
At the afternoon session before Maj. Lee
who has been Maj. Gen. Miles’ represen
tative before the board, summed up for
his side of the case, Recorder Davis read
brief reports from Gen. Breckinridge, the
inspector general, and also from two of
his subordinates, Maj. Philip Reade and
Lieut. Col. Garlington as to the result of
their individual observations.
On. Breckinridge condemned the can
ted ration and, speaking generally, said
that while the army ration fulfilled all the
scientific requirements as to food values,
its component parts should be changed to
meet the new conditions of service. As
the ration was fixed by law, this was a
matter for Congress to remedy. He also
suggested that articles required by sick
a: >1 convalescent soldiers be added.
Maj. Reade’s report was mainly devoted
to the lack of certain camp equipment
among certain regiments, and that of Col.
Garlington to the result of his personal
inspection ef the various camps of the
country.
The court then decided that if any of
> h " depositons for which Gen. Miles has
called should be received prior to the com
pletion of the report of the board, they
should In* admitted as evidence, subject
to the board’s limitations.
-Not Acting; for Gen. Miles.
Maj. Lee then summea up the case, dis
claiming at the outset that he, was acting
a- counsel for Maj. Gen. Mi ids in a teehni
etd sense, but had simply been there to
present and elicit evidence. He read his
argument from carefully prepared manu
script and was given careful attention by
ih*‘ three members of the court and the
recorder, no one else being present except
th.. representatives cf the press. His state
minl consumed about an hour, and he
concluded with the statement that the
members of the board must decide whether
trie great fraud and a great crime which
be believed had been committed should
, oaril ed before the courts. Recorder
bavis arose and said simply:
I t-übmit the case to the board without
argument. M
W AS NOT COUNSEL FOR MILES.
Lee Say* the Coin plaint* Made Hail
to Be Presented.
Washington, April 24.—Maj. Lee, who
bis represented Gen. Miles before the
" i le court of inquiry, made his closing
address to the court this afternoon.
” a long argument, which
o viewed the causes that led to the beef
ini ’ Stic. ll ion, analyzed the mass of testi
h" ' y adduced, and closed by claiming
mu tin ibarges with regard to the quality
1 “ bei-f supply had been abundantly
Lf'^ 11 "'] 1 I’refacing his argument. Maj.
I nun be permitted to remark that I
,\e t.,; appeared, nor do I appear, in
technical sense as the counsel of the
V 1 ,'T, "eral commanding the army. If,
- las I" ,-n, and, let us hope, erroneously,
."htab.i.i by some, the Inquiry under
' °, eT convening this court was as
1/ 1 l ,or 'he purpose of investigating im
a„ a 1 usations or imputations
,‘’ r , ‘ ns! t he general commanding
■ Ptl t<.rtaming the complaints
rci.resentationa of his of-
[. ' tells *tory that
i : thousands of
f IM3wW9 WOW(;n wlll rc
< LJffijjrmFmjlr cognize a story
of monthly suf
fer* . a fering just be
° an( * aunng menstruation—a
1 'ryot aches, darting pains, torture
a head, hmbs and abdomen.
„ BRAOfIELO’S
, TIM ALE REGULATOR
'u cure these sufferers—regulate
‘ " : J r and drive out all "ft
* e tumbles.*’ Druggists aell it
,ur $1 a bottle.
ksoccsrua ee„ iiiea sa
No woman who wishes to
escape misery, to avoid suffering,
to replace delicacy and weak
ness with health and strength,
can afford to-day to be without
Warner’s Safe Cure.
It never fails and has proved
to be woman’s best friend.
fleers and soldiers as to Improper food, as
to investigate their merits, then the role
of counsel might be appropriate. But the
correspondence between the court and the
major general commanding show’s quite
clearly the extent to which he has baen
represented before this court, the purpose
being to present and elicit evidence perti
nent to the inquiry. His allegations are
nothing more, nothing less, than the com
plaints brought to his official knowledge
by the officers and men of the army, who
participated in active service during the
recent war.”
\\ it* Olillkiml to l>o It.
Maj. Lee said the ir.Ajor general com
manding the army was ‘ diged by his posi
tion to institute set:’ 'ling inquiry into
allegations concerning the food supply of
the army. He then referred to “that su
pirb little army which embarked from
Tampa last June for the invasion of Cuba
and won imperishable renown,’ ’adding
that in less than nine weeks the remain
ing part of it wag returned to the United
States, ‘‘a pitiable wreck in body and
mind.”
No one, he said, claimed any one article
of food was to blame, “but,” said he, ‘‘the
overwhelming evidence of, w T e believe, not
less than 90 per cent, of the officers, and
fully 95 per cent, of the men, shows be
yond reasonable doubt that the so-called
canned roast beef as a meat ration was all
that it should not have been and nothing
that it should have been, for the Ameri
can soldier, who was for humanity’s 6ake
periling his life in a torrid clime in the
interest of an oppressed people.
‘‘We neither allege nor charge that
there was any interest cr design on the
part of any officer of the army to furnish
a bad or unfit ration, but the evidence—
the unimpeachable evidence—of regiment
and company commanders representing
practically every soldier there, shows that
an irreparable mistake had been made,
that someone had blundered, and that
the soldier became the sufferer.”
Without Proper Teat.
He contended that the canned roast beef
had been adopted as a ration without ade
quate or proper test, the sole test being
a sample case sent to Tampa and cooked
with vegetables and condiments.
Maj. Lee declared that some of the in
spections were so perfunctory that canned
meats were accepted ‘‘on the reputation of
the packing firms.”
“Since when,” he asked, “have gigantic
corporations and trusts become exempt
from that close scrutiny that would be
applied to a dealer of moderate means?”
lie then took up the question of refriger
ated beef, and said:
“Here again as in the case of the so
caiied canned roast beef, was undertaken
another experiment, new and novel in the
extreme, of attempting to supply an army
in the field in action with refrigerated
beef. The methods which had in all pre
vious wars been fully tested and of ap
proved efficiency, were discarded for this
hitherto untried experiment.”
As to Preservatives.
Maj. I.ee quoted testimony to the effect
that Gen. Egan had said Armour & Cos.,
and Swift & Cos., had knowledge of a pre
servative process and continued:
■'All this transpired before the opening
of the bills on June 13, and shows clearly
n\at a preservative process was then un
der favorable consideration.
Maj. Lee dwelt at length upon the ques
tion as to whether preservatives had been
used on the beef and quoted at length from
the testimony bearing on that point, par
ticularly that of Dr. W. H. Daly, con
tending that it was established beyond all
doubt by competent and reliable testimony
that the beef furnished the troops in Flor
ida had been subjected to some process to
insure its keeping the specified contract
time. He then said:
"It must be clear that, as a secret chem
ical process was used with meat delivered
to troops at that point, similar use would
no doubt be made of such process at other
points, or for all shipments where It might
be deemed necessary as a preservative of
the refrigerated beef."
Referring to the credibility of witnesses,
Maj. Lee said:
"Returning for a moment to the subject
of credibility of witnesses, we deem it
proper to say—but In no offensive sense—
that if all witnesses Where self-interest
stands out conspicuously the fifty-one in
terested in the meat industry are pre-emi
nent. Their readiness, zeal and volubility
when on the stand, their eagerness to
jialliate, excuse and deny any and every
criticism or fault found with their meata,
must account for much of the most re
markable testimony ever given before a
court. Pardon me for saying it, but much,
if not all, of such testimony is like much
of the roast beef complained of—somewhat
over-cooked."
Summed Ip His vase.
In summing up his case, Maj. Lee made
the following claims:
"It was perfectly practicable to have
had at all times herds of fat cattle at
every camp in the United States to meet
any and all exigencies of service as they
might arise.
"At no time during the war was there
any emergency calling for food supplies
by other than the safe methods of proved
experience.
"It was perfectly practicable to have
landed beef cattle with the armies in both
Porto Rico and Cuba.
"There is no necessity for departure
from the army travel ration, which has
been found perfectly satisfactory.
“Instead of supplying the troops during
this war as other armies have been sup
plied, with wholesome food (Of which
there was an inexhaustible supply In the
country), there was gathered up all of
the canned food possible, much of which
had been stored for years In the ware
houses of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road, In other places and in foreign store--
houses and falsely labeled 'prime roast
beef,' when there was not an ounce of
roast beef, and, we believe, not an ounce
of prime beef contained In the cans,
Hone Vi nil Poll Whom ledge.
"The sending of troops, chained to re
frigerator* and cold storage Ice houses.
Into a campaign against .1 hostile enemy
Is so unprecedented and unmJiltary that It
would lie a waste f it words to discuss II;
yet i his was done, and there wan full
knowledge that the commissary depart
i,out required from the contractors furn
ishing refrigeiaO and beef that ti must ke. p
lor • vemy-two hours outs.de of Ih* s>.-
frlgeratore
"To luiflil these ewtuiisvis Uts evideiu*
THE MOKNING NEWS, TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1899.
shows the contractors wrould be compelled
to resort to artificial preservatives. That
they possessed and intended to use chem
ical appliances ia evidenced beyond ques
tion.
“The serious and Injurious effect on the
troops that were compelled to receive and
use those two classes of food, or suffer in
consequence of not having wholesome
food, is aa apparent as any well-estab
lished fact, but lhe extent of such injury
upon thq health and lives of the troops
cannot well be measured.
“While our troops w’ere thus deprived of
wholesome food many parties were ready
to supply them at all times and In all
camps in this country and on foreign sta
tion with any number of cattle.
“We believe these facts have been es
tablished beyond question, and we believe
that a great fraud has been perpetrated
upon the government and a great crime
committed upon its soldiers; and as to the
party or parties who have committed this
offense, and w’hether the evidence should
be referred to the judicial officers of the
government, in order that justice shall be
done, are matters that we leave to the
consideration of your honorable court.”
H ETA LI ATIONf T HII EAT EN ED.
United States Does Not I.ike Ja
maica'* Xew Tariff.
Correspondence of the Associated Press.
Kingston, Jamaica, April 18.—Jamaica’s
troubles over the proposed new’ tariff did
not end with the modus vivendi reached
between the local government and the
representatives. On Friday the matter as
sumed another ami in some respects grav
er aspect, when United States Consul Dent
called on the colonial secretary and an
nounced that his government was not fa-,
vorably impressed with the tariff scheme
in so far as it affected the Island's imports
from the United States, and that if it was
persisted in some sort of retaliatory meas
ure would be adopted.
The colonial secretary refers Inquirers
to the United States consul for informa
tion, stating merely that Mr. Dent, on
behalf of the Washington government
made certain representations to the colon
ial government on the subject of the tar
iff bill, which is. how* \ > it ter for
settlement between the t * govern
ments.
Mr. Dent says he ho> nia certain rep
resentations to the Governor, and fur
nished him with a copy of the instructions
received from his government, bui that he
cannot disclose their character. He adds,
however, that the representations were
not in the nature of a protest, but pimply
an intimation of how his government re
garded this tariff.
There is only one thing on which the
United States can imj>ose effective retali
ation. This is the fruit exports, and leg
islation against fruit would mean not im
probably the permanent ruin of the colony
industrially.
CONSOLIDATION IN COPPER*
HotliNclilldM Have Purchased Part of
the Anaconda Mine.
New York, April 24.—The Tribune to
morrow will say:
“It is believed that definite announce
ment will be made within the next week
or ten days for the formation of the cop
per lining combination, about which so
much has been said in the last few
months.
“One of the most important of the cop
per properties understood to have been
included in,the consolidation Is the Ana*
condaV“the stock of which has recently
shown marked activity on the local Stock
Exchange. The Rothschilds several years
ago purchased the Hearst interest, about
one-third, in the Anaconda mine, and it
is understood they are trying to secure a
controlling Interest in this and the other
valuable copper properties, with the ob
ject of combining them into a vast corpo
ra tior^^o
“Butte and Boston, Boston and Mon
tana, and other mines which are expected
to figure In the consolidation, made sub
stantial advances yesterday in the Boston
market. It is everywhere believed and
nowhere denied that the details of the
consolidation will very soon be made pub
lic.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
Meeting of the International Asso
ciation in %tlnutn.
Atlanta, April 24.—The International
Sunday. School Convention begins in this
city Wednesday night. Several delegates
have already arrived.
In advance of the convention proper the
members of the international lesson com
mittee, whi"h is one of the most import
ant adjuncts of the International Sunday
School Association, w.ll meet at the First
Methodist Church to-morrow evening to
select the international lessons for 1902.
Also In advance of the convention there
will be held two meetings of fleid workers
Wednesday.
Were Married In the Kafn.
Helena, Ga., April 24.—During the rain
this morning a young couple drove up to
the store of a Justice of the peace here
and were married by him while they sat
in the top buggy. The young man is Mr.
Paul. Elkins of Savannah, and the lady
was Mine lielle Vinson, daughter of H. O.
Vinson. Last year she lived with rela
tives in Savannah.
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PAST RECORDS=
GLIMMERING,
Not only in regard to our volume of busi
ness, which is larger now than in any period of
our history, hut in actual Clothing values, we
are astonishing the public with the most com
pletely selected stock ever exhibited here.
I J'.ty v “Havn’t time to look up ‘what’s what’in
-LU* Clothes.”
That’s just why this is a good place
IjUSj for the busy man—he’s sure of getting
__ _. the proper thing.
_VI C ll Then, too, he pays nothing for the cor
rectness. Suits for business in newest
colorings, BLACKS and BLUES.
THEY START AT $7.50 TO $25.00.
No. 3 Broughton Street., West.
Jno, W. Parker, Manager.
POLITICS HAS CAUSED IT.
Continued from First Page.
tional offer. The whole reward is to bp
divided between the Jones boy*. II O.
Jordan, A. Kagowski and W. B. Mat
thews of Griffin.
Gov. Atkinson's I’art.
The part former Gov. Atkinson took in
trying to induce the mob to allow the law
to take its course in dealing with Sam
Hose has been one of the most commented
upon features of the case. There have
been reports here of all sorts of indigni
ties shown to the ex-Governor when he
was making his speech from the court
house steps by the mob. These reports
go all the way from saying that he was
kicked off the steps to the act of one
meml>er of the mob in leveling a plsfol at
his heart to shoot hhn, unless he should
desist in his speech. The ex-Governor
sent the fo.lowing telegraphic statement
of the part he took this afternoon:
“In my speech to the mob I endeavored
to persuade its members to leave the case
to the courts. I told them that no one
was more deeply interested than myself
in the protection of pur homes, T ivos and
women, and that no one of them was
more determined than I to see to it that
the brute who had committed murder and
rape should be punished, but urged that
the case be left to the court, promising
that there would be a session called at
once and a quick trial given.
Sent Them Away From \cwikiii.
“When it was evident that this would not
lie waited for and that immediate and
summary punishment was determined
upon, and that we did not have the power
to thwart this purpose, 1 determined that
it should not be done in the midst of our
homes here in the city. To accomplish*
thi, I advised that if the crowd was de
termined to lynch him, the negro be taken
before the Cranford family ngar Palmetto
that they might identify him before*vio
lence was done him. and I said to the mob
that if ho was lynched here T would see
It and testify in court to what I saw. To
this argument tie- crowd yelled and we
avoided having tHe terrible scene enacted
in our court house square, as we had
feared, to the terror and horror of the wo
men and children.
“The statement that I was not permit
ted to speak t a mistake. I was permit
ted to say all that I wished. The crowd
was a marvel of coolness and determina
tion, and outside of its one illegal pur
pose, was remarkably orderly.
“While I approve of mob law fn no case,
it is but Justice to our |*eople to say that
when we consider the high character of
the people on whom this man committed
a crime more brutal and villainous than
can be found in the criminal annals of the
state, I do not believe there Is a sec tion
of the state where the feelings of an out
raged people could have been suppressed or
controlled.'*
OOMWCMN TUB CHIMB, TOO.
Itev. .loli n Mltcliell I ret| |f n | n
Meet In* of Ministers.
Cleveland, ()., April 24.~Th0 Methodist
Ministers' Association <<>-day discussed
the Georgia lynching and appointed „ com
mittee to draft resolutions condemning the
outrage, as well as the crime committed
by the victim of the mob.
Itev. John MlnhoJl, presiding elder, in
a speech, mounted the crime of Hsm
Hose gotri* of the ministers present ob
jected.
“Thai Is tip- trou le with some of you,"
raid In Mitchell, You *to not want to
h**r of the crime J b*Uy lanisve thnt
If aoch * crime was In Him
tiiy 4b poopl* wouitl tdit*s ths law into
their own hands and would hang the per
petrator in the face of law and order. We
should not only condemn the burning of
the poor wretch, but also the terrible
crime he committed.”
UK 81/ISHEI) Poll Hit STATE.
Preacher Introduced Resolution
Against the Lynching.
Philadelphia, April 24.—The Baptist min
isters of this city at their weekly meeting
to-day adopted a resolution condemning
the burning at the stake at Newnan, (la.,
yesterday of the negro murderer, Sam
Hose.
The resolution was introduced by Rev.
Kerr Boyce Tupper, who. in offering it,
said he did So as "one who was born In
Georgia, but who blushed to-day for his
state.”
COIAVEATION FOR t'OI.I Will Si.
\ flew Plant Put l|i for tlie Making
of Pen tint Menl.
Columbus, April 24.—The stale con
vention of the Baptist Young Peo
ple's Union will be held In. Col
umbus, June 13 to 16, Inclusive, and pre
paralions are now going on in a qulel way
to take care of this convention and enter
tain the delegates.
Mr. B. 8. [Miller, a well-known attorney
of this city, is a candidate for solicitor of
the Chattahoochee district, composed of
the counties of Muscogee, Harris, TayCor,
Toloot, Chattahoochee and Marion, In op
position to Mr. 8. Price Gilbert, the pres-
incumbent.
Anew Industry is about to be developed
.at Commonwealth, the colony on the Ma
coh road, twelve ml es east of this city,
and If It proves successful, will give the
farmers of this secilon something else to
and besides planting 4-cent cotton. Mr. Al
bertson, superintendent of the business af
fairs of the colony, was in Columbus Sat
urday and took a lot of machinery out
wiih him. The machinery Is to be used In
pressing peanut meal and extracting the
oil from the nuts. When the olf is ex
tracted, the meal which Is freed from It
will be sold to consumers for bread. This
may sound peculiar, for "peanut bread"
Is something new in the south, yet It is
not unknown in the North and West,
where it is romlng lmo general
use. It Is well known that
there are thousands of people in
this country who are strict vegetarians
and who will not eat meat of any kind,
and they use "peanut bread" as it is meat
and bread combined. The peanut Is one
of the most nutritious substances grown,
and Is strong In every life-giving principle.
It Is proposed to begin the cultivation of
these nuts on a large scale at the eoloev,
and Indue* the farmers In the surround
ing country to do likewise. It Is claimed
that peanuts at 4 cents a pound will pay
doiff.le the returns of cotton, and will not
require half the labor. There will be two
sources of income from the product, for
the oil commands a very high price, and
the meal will be almost clear profit, as is
cotton seed meal. The outlook for a suc
cessful venture Is very encouraging.
CHICAGO’S STREET RAILWAYS.
It la Maid a lew York Syndicate Will
Hay Yrrkce Oat.
chleago, April 24.—The Tribune to-mor
row will aay that wtlhln two wreka all
the holdings of Charles T. Yerkea, in the
street car companies of this city, will be
sold to a New York syndicate. No details
of ihe alleged coming transfer a/e known,
Inn ihe price i Mil to Ist well up lit ihv
uiMltooa.
AGAINST HIS APPOINTMENT.
Naval Opposition to tin* Promotion
of Col. Miller.
Washington, April 24.—Capt. O. F. F.
Wilde, U. S. N„ of the IT. S. S. Boston,
has protested against the promotion of
Col. Miller to be a brigadier general as a
reward for the capture of Iloilo.
It appears that this capture was effected
entirely by naval forces under the com
mand of Capt. Wilde, and that It was not
until after the capture had been effected
thnt the place was turned over to CoT. Mil
ler, who up to that time had had nothing
to do with its capture.
This action Is endorsed by Admiral
Dewey. Capt. Wilde's protest comes too late
to be effective, as Col. Miller was pro
moted a brigadier general Feb. 15 In recog
nition of his services in Ihc capture of
Iloilo and was retired In that grade March
27, by operation of law on account of age.
He was In command of the expedition sent
front Manila for the capture of Iloilo, and
the cruisers Boston ami Petrel were sent
with hint to render assistance.
While the vesfiels of the expedition were
tying off the port, the natives began to
strengthen their defense and tired sevcrnl
shots at the Petrel, which vessel was an
chored nearest the shore. The commander
of that small warship askttl and received
permission of Capt. Wilde ol the Boston to
respond.
4 rni y Transports Way Off.
At this time, according to naval advices,
Gen. Miller's army trans|Krls were far out
in the roadstead. Without communicating
with Gen. Miller, the two warships opened
fire on the shore batteries and soi>n silenced
them. Lieut. N't black of the Boston landed
with a battalion of marines and sailors,
onrl took possession of the town.
They captured the Insurgent flags on the
governor’s house and on the batteries, and
turned the city over to Gen. Miller on
his arrival an hour or so later. They kept
the captured flags, however, In spite of
Qen. Miller's demand for them. This Is
the naval story of the battle of Iloilo.
The official report of that engagement
first received in Washington was made
by Gen. Miller to the war department, and
simply announced the surrender of that
city to the American forces under his
comVnand without going into -'artlculars.
Acting upon this report, and In view of
the fact that Gen. Miller hod but a few
weeks more to serve on the active list, the
President appointed him to a vacancy
then existing in the-list of brigadier gen
erals. He iti now on his way home from
Manila, and Is expected to reach San
Francisco In a few days.
News at Guyton,
Guyton, Ga., April 24,-The Ladles' Me
morial Association Is having the'soldiers'
graves cleaned oft, so as to be ready for
the decoration Wednesday next. The dec
oration will take place in the afternoon at
4 o'clock. A programme suited to the
occasion has been prepared.
Rev. H. C. Hurley, pastor of the Bap
tist Church, will dediver the address. A
quartette of some of the best voices of
the town will sing several songs during
the afternoon.
Henry Scruggs, colored, was arrested by
Town Marshal Edwards this morning for
disorderly conduct and brought before
Mayor Baynard. The Inveatlgation
allowed that Scruggs had made an assault
upon Kd Fisher and struck him on the
head with n clapboard and fractured hla
skull. The Mayor turned the prisoner over
to the Hfate Justice W. F. Taylor, had
a preliminary hearing and Scruggs Is now
In the county Jail.
Dr. W. H. Hiintnons Is having a hand
some resilience trend on hla lot adjoin
ing the Mdhodlst C'ptirch,
The Methodist Mqinlug e.houl la prepar-
ing for the anniversary, which will take
place Wednesday night, May S.
BIG DIIEAK IN THU I.EVEE.
Hundreds of Acre* of l iar and Corn
Were Innmlntcd,
Itaceland, La., April 24—Notwithstand
ing strenuous efforts by the people of tha
La Fourche valley, the levee gave way
early 10-<lay at a point five miles below
Raceland, and on the bank of Bayou La
Fourche on the upiier confine of the Clo
tilda plantation of Barber & Lane.
The break quickly widened and the water
poured over some of the richest planta
tions, inundating hundreds of acres of
cane and corn. All plantations within a
radius of five miles will suffer a total
loss of all crops.
TAII HEEL SOLDIERS AT HOME.
First North Carolina Regiment
Greeted Willi I'.nthiistesin.
Charlotte, N. C., April 24.—The First
North Carolina Regiment was met at the
depot here by about 8,000 people Sunday
morning. Guns boomed, flags waved, and
a perfect storm of enthusiasm greeted the
returned soldiers. The old Confederate
Veterans acted as an honorary escort up
town.
Col. H. C. Jones delivered an address of
welcome, after which the soldiers were
feasted. Two 'Spaniards and one Cuban
accompanied the men to this place.
NASHVILLE AT NATCHEZ.
The Ollicers and Men Were Royally
Treated While There.
Natchez, Miss.. April 24.—The gunboat
Nashville cr) route to St. Louis, will de
part for the North at fi o'clock to-morrow
morning. The Nashville arrived here at
8 o'clock lasi night.
To-day was devoted to carriage drives
and a luncheon, and to-night a grand re
ception was given the officers by the Pren
tiss Club, the leading social organization
of the city. The ship was thrown open to
visitors to-day, and her decks were jam
med with sightseers.
MONEV FOR THE BIG FAIR.
Two Constitutional Amendment* t
He Submitted.
Jefferson City, Mo., April 24—The Mis
souri Senate to-day passed two resolutions
submitting the amendments to the consti
tution to the people to aid Hi. Louis In the
Louisiana purchase centennial celebration
In 1804. One allows Ht. Louis to Issue
bonds to the amount of 15,(100.000 for the
fair. The other allows the legislature to
appropriate 11,000.000 for a state exhibit
for the fair.
Receipts for Porto Hire.
Washington, April 24.—Assistant Secre
tary of War Metklejohn reports the re
ceipts for l’orin Rico for four weeks in
March as being *130,850.
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