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r.Mtl!EledlSso- - • Incorpo rated lffa
r,t JH. ESTILL. President.
GEORGIA WELL REPRESENTED.
rlvE o\ THE LIST OF YESTERDAY S
APPOINTMENTS.
uilcovon of Atlanta and Kenan of
,l in Be Captains—Wheatley
„l Ynierlcus, Win ship of Macon
,„U \ I inn ml of Conyers Made
j'ii-sl Lieutenants—Georsia Delegn
,iuu lias Hopes of Seeurin More
.fppoliitnicnts.
-n. July 11.—(Special).—Among
tl! e f.i'i' influents announced at the While
j. (V Se : i!ii ~ afternoon were Cleveland
tv -oxen of Atlanta and Owen T. Kenan
of Macon, to be captains; W. K. Wheat
ley of Americas, Blanton Winship of Ma
con ai l HI H- Almand of Conyers, to
be first lieutenants.
Wi x.ji . W inship and Almand were of
ficers in the Second Georgia, Kenan was
ir. nt l-'iirt Georgia, and Wheatley in
Ray's Immunes.
These live, with Maj. R. E. L. Spence
of the regular army, Capt. Walter Cor
bel! of .Ma -in. Capt. Frank Crenshaw of
Barntsvillf and Lieut. Longstrcet of
Gainesville comprise the Georgia officers
ranii.l u;> to -late. These men have been
fcommi.-eione'l, their commissions have
,b,-er, duly signed by the President, and
the innounci ment of the appointments has
been mil- fi-.-m the While House.
Will Have Others.
Georgia is to have several other ap
pointment*. two oihi rs, and perhaps more,
but the authorities have not yet deter
mined, >i !• 11 ntly, who they shall l>e of
those irJor.-cd. It is almost certain, how
ever. that the iueky ones will l>e selected
from Capt. Clark of Elberlon, who has
teen .1 r.glv indorsed for a captaincy;
Capt. Mil!• r of Augusta, who Is being
uaei b> Col. 1 ty. r, and the Republicans;
Capt. Kimbrough of Griffin and Capt.
Par;? of I'■ try. Strong efforts are being
moJe io land till of these, but it is said at
the tv;r ih partment that only eleven
place- are to bo given Georgia in all. Of
tears*, 'lute >1 large number of other
Ist iiius, and alt are strongly in
|orsed.
' U-urcia contingent lias not been
hie io s. t .is much as was hoped, hut in
lft!s r-.-i- e -ner Southern delegations
re ;n it-e in- I-oat. The fact I? that the
io oi., eei it >rs and congressmen were
liv-ri in ciMt rsian.l there would be no
in-.-.r.in:- ii,- .it present or for some time
e i , .:• this understanding was on,
H-:-: i specially approved was made
IT.- nors and congressmen have
:B'l to coni. ■ i against this list in finding
|lo -- f"V t! -ir Southern constituents.
®- ' - op-- 'il Hot was based on merit.
iHopt.i! i.- ,aal that the administi-a
--:o ii.l congressmen hail their
taituents cared for first.
ntlna-- Wt-i-e Indorsed.
- - -i dots indorsed a number
llsi'i, u p indeed, all of those who had
Ho-; p ■ .1: and the final selection was
nw. t.y ta, uai and. partment presumably
lie,never, when there nre so
®" r : v - ’t s. it is no reflection on
-V!' 1.0 ... t: ,t others were chosen.
! been made to distribute
c> i m-'itts geographic-ally, but in
o ii-.- recoids rr,a>;e by the men
n considered and ostensibly at
e “"' ir ' c omments based on that.
o'! 1 ; I-.t-'uti and Congressmen Lewis,
n to-I Hartlett are here making
- to land other applicants,
for success are, however,
'•■■■ . Judge Bartiett has recoin
eri.l. i K uan, Winship and Kim-
X- .'1 of the regular army
l!\f position, Capt. Wylie, Capi.
;1: '- Licit. Frank Curry.
Mlxv m:w officers named.
for the Heßlmcnts to
B ‘‘ o| nnizMl nt Manila.
July 11.—The President to
) n,( ' , l ;l large number of officers
l' “ L ' ;v volunteer regiments. Among
v * rt> ih'* following:
y* M j ' ' Hunter Liggett, former
iy-* 1 ’ "■ 1 1 United States Infantry;
j,‘‘‘ '• A Shunk, formerly captain,
Cavalry.
Dfr . 1 Alfred Q. Kenneth, for
"" ni volunteers; George I!.
:n, iiy onrMain of Company IJ,
1 Volunteers; Cleveland Wil
[■ j,-, 1 L-eorgia Volunteers; Owen
1 ' of Hie First Georgia
he v;,. J, . \ 11 oni H. Cabell, formerly of
lam l I',' ,x, !i,lh 'ky Volunteers; Wil
<i.Svv, V' of the First Unit-
To p" Cavalry,
— Waller K.
''files v,, . ' ‘-v <>f the Third United
fit:..', '' ' Infantry; lilanton V.'ln
*!,|p. |"• !”•' Second Georgia Yol
fei K. formerly of the
ler *y c, ; . '-herard Coleman, for
t’av i;,, 1 . 1 'lib'il States Volun
. 1 ximlllan Luna, formerly
| r L I;.,. l: ' 1 States Volui.teer Cav
*>'• I'm:,', i sene, formerly of the
■'ehapj Volunteer Cavalry
l-irm.-rly of the United
tr T oi ip, ' • '-award H. Aimapd, for
s; Fb.ri.i 1 y '""- formerly of the
To ' ‘ I >i Mioers.
’ oir '~ f *, 4 nants—William TT.
v <, I, tho Fourth United
forrr.nvp .. ,nfa ntry; Watson Lind
f' MV Vi-i'v Kim Kentucky; Jo
s; , birmi rly quartermasU-r
■nit t arolina Volunteer
au. . ,
r ,'' '* i-'-duv confirmed and
r, ~ ■ recommended by
! 7,': v„ , Hi t v-sixth and Thirty,
-r, ; " ginii nts no w being or
i' 1 1 Present serving
tnp' - w , are principally
e ; ■ - ~. V'-- rn vo ' un 'ci-r regi
'* 1 " * 1 '• RtglHMli,
hit’ 1 'Principal officers of
N>" '"I ■’f' m< 111: Colonel. J
l- ;." n - Seventh Cavalry,
Hr.,' j. ■■ 'o-unteera; Lleuten-
Ibj’::; , ' " ovc - n-.ajor, First
luir-, I K,■11 _. , His hop, major
! in. ■ Q. Abraden. first
i ' uV william
I ; ,m ~r" J n.ljutam,
fiip , '--sLtnn* nnJ * ur * e °n. H,
ii , ' i , , lan f Burgeon.
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l
< z Alt PI HI.ISHES MANIFESTO.
Rigllt of „
- uccesHioit Devolves Ipon
Grand Duke Michael.
St. Petersburg. July 11.-The Official
M-ssenger to-day publishes an Imperial
manifesto, worded as follows:
•Our beloved brother and heir to the
throne the Grand Duke George Alexan
rovitc , died at Abbas Tuman, June 23
01 sl l‘ c )- The il.ness which attacked
him might, it was hoped, yield to the
treatment initiated and the influence of
otherwise C,, i C,ln ? a,e ' But willed it
“ submitting without a nnii
n.ur to the decree of Providence, we ca l
paned brother the 5001 ° f t,Ur l,e
--„ ''Henceforward and so long as It mav
rlghfo?* 6 (l °' l 10 bIPSS us with Aeon, the
right of succession to the throne devolves
according to the precise definition of the
law of succession, upon our beloved broth
vltoh he Grand Duk,? Michael Alexandro
(Signed> “Nicholas.”
CONDOLENCE FROM M'KINLEY.
M.esnae to the Oar I pon the Death
of Grand Duke George.
Washington, July 11.-The President has
sent the following message of condolence
upon the occasion of the death of Prince
George of Russia:
J_To His Imperial Majesty, Nicholas 11,
Czar of Russia, St. Petersburg: I tender
to your majesty, both in my name and in
behalf of the American people, sincere con
dolences by reason of ihe affliction that
lias befallen your majesty and the Rus
sian nation In the death of your brother
his imperial highness, the Grand Duke
Georgc - William McKinley.”
MO I RNING FOR C 2 ARE WITCH.
Many Telegrams of Condolence Sent
to Czar Nicholas.
St. Petersburg, July 11.-Three months’
court mourning for the death of theCzare
witcb. Grand Duke George of Russia,
brother of the Czar, who died yesterday
of consumption at Abbas Tuman, in the
Caucasus, has been ordered.
The remains will be brought here and
Interred in the Cathedral of the fortress
Telegrams of condolence have been re
ceived from Queen Victoria, King Hum
bert and other sovereigns.
The late Grand Duke was an English
scholar and an earnest student of naval
matters. He once translated Capt. Al
fred T. Mahan’s "Intluence of Sea Power
Upon History.
Was Privately Married.
London, July 12.—The late Czarewitch,
according to the Paris correspondent of
the Dally News, was privately married
with his mother’s consent. He left r.o
children.
AFFAIRS IN THE TRANSVAAL.
Franchise Proposal Dismissed in the
House of Commons.
London, July 11.—The parliamentary sec
retary for the w-ar office, Mr. Wyndham,
replying to a question in the House of
Commons to-day, said the communication
published by the London Times, July 7,
giving the names of British officers detail
ed to proceed to South Africa to organize
the forces there, had been sent with the
know.edge of the. Marquis of Landsdowne,
secretary of state for war.
The secretary of state for the colonies,
Mr. Chamberlain, in the course of a reply
to Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Lib
eral, in the House, on the subject of Pres
ident Kruger’s latest proposals, sakl that
in the absence of fuller information, it
was impossible to be certain as to the
practical effect of the franchise scheme,
but so far as he was able to judge, it
would have no immediate effect on the
representation of the Uillanders in the
first Volksraad, and he was not certain
the Uitianders would be able to carry tiny
of the new seals alloted to them in the
Rand until a very much later date.
MORE ARTILLERY STARTED.
England Has Sent Another Rnttery
to South Africa.
London, July- 11.—The Seventy-third Bat
tery of Artillery has been ordered to South
Africa, making the fifth battery of field
artillery now under orders for the Cap .
AH the gun carriages of Ihese batteries are
being painted to match the local colors.
Thirty machine guns were shipped to the
Transvaal.
Queensland Offers Troops.
Brisbane, Queensland, July 11,—The gov
ernment of Queensland has cabled to the
secretary of state for the colon.es, Mr.
Chamberlnin. offering 250 mounted infan
try, with a machine gun, for service in
South Africa In ease of hostilities between
Gheal Britain and Ihe Transvaal.
Cruisers at Delation liny.
Louerenze, Maruez, Delagoa Buy, July
U,_The British second-class cruiser Doris
and the first-class gunboat Widgeon, with
Rear Admiral Sir Robert H. Harris in
command of the Camp and West African
station, on board the cruiser, have arrived
here.
STIDYING THE DESTROYERS.
English Military Mnnneuvers Held
for That rurposr.
London, July I!.—Mobilizing for the
military maneuvers began to-day. 118
warships and about 25,000 men taking part
In the operations. One of Ihe principal
objects of the maneuvers is to exhaust
ively study the value of torpedo destroy
ers, of which fifty-four are employed.
Sents for Clerks <n Shops.
London, July 11.-The House of Lords
this evening passed Ihe second reading
of the bill requiring shopkeepers to pro
vide seats for their assistants by a vote
of 73 in favor of to 23 opposed. The Mar
quis of Salisbury, prime minister and s.-c
--retary of state for foreign affairs, spoke
and voted against the measure.
NVIII Make an Investlgratlon.
Ports, July 11—At a cabinet meeting to
day the minister of the Interior confirmed
the authenticity of the OHeanist Intrigues
set forth in the report of the prefect of
police, published by the Gazette de France
yesterday, and an Investigation w.ll be
made in order to find out how it reached
the newspapers.
SAVANNAH, GA.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 12. 189).
RATES TO SOUTHERN PORTS.
TO THE INTEREST OF RAILROADS
TO MAKE THEM HIGH.
They Are Working: for the Long
Haul—Cninpheli Says His Letter
Wan a Mistake—Latver Hates Might
Send More Tonnage to Charleston,
Rut the Henefit to the Railroads
Mould Re Questionable—Compe
tition Cuts Some Figure.
Washington, July 11.—The hearing of
the Charleston rate case was continued
before the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion to-day.
The Charleston Freight Bureau called
as witnesses William Campbell, general
freight agent of the Chicago and Eastern
Illinois Railway, and .A. Emerson, gen
eral freight agent of the Southern Railway
in charge of the Charleston route.
Ihe witnesses of the defendant carriers
were H. NV. B. Glover of Richmond, traf
fic manager of the Seaboard Air Din.?,
and J. M. Culp of Washington, traffic
manager of the Southern Railway.
When Mr. Campbell was asked the at
titude of his road to the Southern rate
question, he replied that the business south
of tile Ohio was so small that It had not
commanded much attention. He thought
the ratds as they siood were low enough,
and he did not see much use in reducing
them.
At (his Mr. Bryan produced a letter writ
ten by Mr. Campbell in March, 1838, to the
Charleston Bureau of Freight and Trans
portation. in which he characterized the
rates charged by the roads south of the
Ohio as exorbitant and inimical to the
business interests of the South. The let
ter said in part:
Said Rates YVere Too High.
“To my mind the information you furnish
points conclusively to the fact that the di
rect roads from tilts territory are losing
business which should accrue to thim. *
****** Asa matetr of fact I be
lieve you will agree with me that the rates
charged south of the river, as a rule, are
exorbitant, and act as a barrier to the in
terchange of products between the West
and South. Undoubtedly, if the Southern
roads would open up and show the same
spirit to productive industries os Is shown
by our roads and the roads of the North
west, the spirits of Industry would be stim
ulated and the Southern roads in the end
would be benefited. *• As I
stated some months ago, I will favor the
proposition of reduced rales to Charleston
and run the risk of being charged with
grossly discriminating against interme
diate and interior points.”
The Letter Was a Mistake.
Mr. Campbell hastened to say that this
letter conveyed a wrong impression, that
he knew nothing about the rates south of
the Ohio except through complaints that
had been made to him through- certain
shippers. He did not know tiow he came
lo sign such a letter as the one produced
by Mr. Bryan except in the press of sign
ing a large mail at the end of a hard
day’s work, when he had not time to
cheek the errors of his stenographer.
He said that he never heard of such
a proposition as that advanced yesterday
by Mr. Fulton to prorate the through
tariff to Southeast coast points and thus
reduce the rates. As he understood the
proposition, it had been to readjust the
division of profits between the roads north
of the Ohio and those south of it, not
to reduce the rates.
Commissioner Clements examined the
witness with some asperity as to the dif
ference between his oral testimony and
his letter, but Mr. Campbell insisted that
his only object had been to get, if possi
ble, a largei* share of the prorated charges
for his own road.
Reason for the Difference.
General Freight Agent Emerson of the
Southern was questioned by Commission
er Calhoun to find why his road moved
grain for ocean freights from the West
through Charleston at from 11 to 18 cents,
and at the same time charged as high
as 32 cents on the same grain delivered as
inland freight at Charleston. Mr. Emer
son claimed that this foreign hound grain
was handled at an actual loss,' but that
the road used it ns a lower hold cargo to
help them make rates in loading cotton
for export.
Commissioner Prouty also asked on what
principle witness justified a 27 cents freight
from Kansas City to Norfolk and charged
17 cents in the same class to Charleston.
Witness said that the rate at Norfolk
probably had been reduced by the great
er bulk of business and the competition
with the Northern trunk lines.
Mr. Bryan made the point that the
Southern, running through both Norfolk
and Charleston, ought to be able to quote
rates on the same mileage basis to each
place.
Mr. Glover's Argument.
H. W. B. Glover of the Seaboard Air
J,ine said that (he nll-rnil rates from the
West were fa r enough, because thty
wore lower than any competing form of
land transportation. In support of this
he demonstrated at some length that
freight hauled by wagon from Chicago to
Charleston would cost nt least Jl2.au per
hundredweight. This, he said, was a fair
argument. He raid that if rates io
Charleston were lowered to the level of
Norfolk it probably would result In hand
ling an Increased tonnage nt Charleston,
but whether the railroads would benefit
In revenue was problematic. Natural con
ditions of population, wealth and produc
tiveness. ho said, prevented railroad rates
In the South being as low as those on the
big Northern trunk lines.
Questions by Mr. Bryan deveoped that
the Seaboard carried South Into ihe Caio
linas from Norfolk a large amount of grain
and packing home products. In case
through a lowering of rates this freight
was brought into Charleston direct, the
Seaboard would get a very short hnul or
none ai all on the inland distribution of
this freight.
"And yet you ‘ay," continued Mr. Bryan,
“that your road has no interest in Nor--
folk.”
”1 repeat that we have no interest in
Norfolk per e,” returned Mr. Glover.
‘ Our inte'est is to build up the community
with which we do business.”
Mr. Glover said that he would not con
sent to a traffic arrangement with Ihe
Clyde Line through Charleston, because his
rood could not handle ocean freight
brought in there as profitably as they
could through Norfcfk.
Mr. Culp of the Southern followed, mak
ing altoul the same points as Mr. Glover
against a lowering of the Charleston rales.
Ilnmere May Succeed Jamont,
Paris, July 11.—Le Solr declares that on
July 15 following the nutlonaie fete Gen,
Jumon', commander-in-chief and vice
president of the supreme council of war,
will be replaced by Gen. Brugere, who
was lasi week appointed inil tary governor
of Paris In succcetkn io Gen. Zur.inden,
removed.
ASSASSINATION IN SCHLEY.
Representative Sinleter>- NVas Mur
dered Near His Home.
La Cross, Ga., July n.—Hon. Henry
Singletery, aged 60, representative from
Schley county, was atan.—inated to-night
while going from his si. e ,o his home,
nearby. The body was found a half hour
after the killing.
His head was crushed in as if by a
bludgeon. There Is no c;ew as to the per
petrators or the motive. Mr. Singletery
leaves a large family and was a man of
wide influence in this sivilon.
Dogs have been secure 1 and searching
parties have gone from Amoricus and
Leesburg.
OFFICERS FROM GEORGIA.
C'apt. NV. G. Austin | 0 u e „
First Lieutenant.
Washington, July 11.—(Special.)—Senator
Bacon and the Georgiu e. ngressrhen have
completed the list of applications for army
positions indorsed by them as follows:
Captains, I-'rank G. Crenshaw of Grif
fin, Cleveland YVillcoxson of Atlanta and
Louis H. Kenan of Macon.
First lieutenants, lilanton Wishop of
Macon, Edward H. Almand of Conyers,
W. G. Austin of Savannah.
Second lieutenants, Walter G. Corbett
of Macon, Napier of Forsyth, J. M.
Kimbrough of Griffin, Tobins ciark of El
berton, Jack Miller of Augusta.
The appointments of Napier, Kim
brough, Clark and Miller have not yet
been made public.
Hunter Liggett, to-day appointed a ma
jor, is well known in Georgia. He Is to
be stationed with the Thirty-first Regi
ment at Fort Thomas, n, ir Cincinnati.
Col. Livingston made a demand
upon the war department for the three
stands of regimental colors deposited by
the three Georgia regiments with the de
partment at the close of the recent war.
The colors will be sent to the state house
at Atlanta and will there be displayed.
WHEELER STARTS FOR MANILA.
Will Report to Gen. Oils and Re
ceive Ills Assignment.
Washington, July 11 Gen. Joseph
Wheeler left Washington this afternoon en
route to the Philippine Islands, lie goes
via Chicago, Omaha, Denver and Salt
Lake, but as he is schedule.l to reach San
Francisco on Saturday he will not stop
;ong at any place on the way. He will sail
for Manila on July 20.
“I have no plans of campaign,” he said
to an Associated Press representative to
day. "and shall riot know what I am to
do until I receive my Instructions from
Gen. Otis.
"I should like to have It understood,”
he continued, “that I go to the Philippines
in an entirely subordinate capacity. Not
only Gen. Otis, but Gens. I.awton and
MacArthur will rank me. and it is proper
that they should, for while Gens. Lawton
and MacArihur were my juniors they have
been in the field while I have not, and de
serve to have places superior to any as
signment that may be given me.”
He said he would rot resign his seat in
the House.
TORRE CONCESSION IS GOOD.
Huvana Street Railway Franchise
Has Ilet-n Held Valid.
Washington, July 11.—The Attorney Gen
eral has rendered an opinion in which he
holds in effect that the Havana street
railway franchise, known as the Tprre con
cession, on the evidence submitted, is su
perior to alt others, and Is such as en
tities its owners to be permitted at their
own risk, under the permission of the
rnunicipa. authorities, t.. proceed with the
work of construction without the injunc
tion of the military authorities.
"This will not interf. re,” he says, "with
an adjudication in the courts of ihe ulti
mate and final rights of the parties."
DEWEY’S MEDAL* DISPATCHED.
Identical With Those Sent to Each
Man in the Fleet.
\Y ashington,
ment to-day dispatched to Admiral Dewey
the medal awarded to him by act of Con
gress to commemorate Ihe battle of Manila
buy.
The admiral’s me.hil Is I lenlteal wilh
those sent to each man in the fleet with
the. exception of his own name engraved
upon Ihe edge. Ii w.-.s sent to Dispatch.
Agent Stevens In London for delivery.
PROTECTION FOR SHIPPING.
Philippine nml Porto It Icon Vessels
Given I'rivMegres.
Washington, July 11.—An order has been
Issued by the President extending privi-
Ugop and the protection of the American
flag to the shipping of Porto Rico and
the Philippines.
All ships owned by residents of these
islands, at the time of tiie exchange of
the ratification of the treaties, are in
cluded in the order.
HATES TO SI ft BED CAREY’.
Paymaster General of the Army to
He Retired To-day.
Washington, July 11.—Brig. Gen. Asa B.
Carey, paymaster general of the army, will
be retired to-morrow, having reached the
age of 64 years. He will lie succeeded ns
paymaster general by Gen. Alfred E.
Bates, recently military attache of the
United States embassy nt London.
ORDERED TO PHILIPPINES.
Cnpt. liratton unit Assistant Bradley
AY 111 Leave Tybee.
Washington, July 11.-Capt. T. S. Brat
ton, assistant surgeon at Tybee Island,
and Assistant Surgeon H. H. Bradley, at
Savannah, have been ordered to accom
pany Ihe Nineteenth Infantry from Camp
Meade to the Philippine islands.
AUTHORITATIVE THIS TIME.
It Is Again Announced That Alger
NV 111 Not Resign.
Washington. July 11— It may he author
itatively stated that r. ports that Secre
tary Alger h >s tendered hia resignation
are without foundation.
The secretary has taken no such action,
nor haa his resignation been asked for.
THOUSANDS- OF EDUCATORS.
v vst \SSE>nn.\,i: is <; vtih.ium;
AT LOS AV(iKl,|;s, ( \| lt
With To-tlu >'s Arrlvaln There Will
lie More Than 12,000 Ten eh cm
There—( nhleitrani to He Sent to
MI niftier White nt The lln.mie.
I'refcltlen t L>te, in llis \<l<lreM,
I rtfeil More Sehool llouaicn—lletter
Sttfej*unr<lM Thun Standing- Armies.
Los Angeles, Ca!.. July 11.-The city is
€n fete to-day; music of bands is hoard
on every hand.
The New York delegation to the Na
tional Educational Association, the Ray
mond and Whitcomb party from Eastern
points*, the special with the Ohio delega
tion, the special bringing the Pennsylvania
contingent, two Philadelphia specials anil
a special from Yi ksburg, bringing dele
gates from Southern points, arrived to
day.
The special that was in collision with
the freight train in the Northern part
of the state also arrived, bringing the
Missouri and other delegates, except the
injured, who have stopped over at San
Francisco.
The delegates arriving to-day will num
ber fully 3,500. When the last special ar
rives from Chicago to-morrow, It is es
timated that there will Ik- over J 2,000 teach
ers in the oily.
The board of directors of the National
Educational Association, at thrdr meeting
to-day, arum I momsly pa?, sd the following
resolution, by Dr. Murray Butler of New
York:
‘•Resolved. That the president of the
National Educational Association be re
quested. to send the following telegram of
congratulation on behalf of the association
to ihe American delegates to the peace
conference now in session at The Hague:
“‘Andrew 1> White, chairman of the
American delegation, The Hague. Holland:
The National Educational Association, in
convention assembled, tenders to peace
conference heartiest congratulations on
success which has attended the noble ef
fort in behalf of the principle of arbitra
tion.’ ’’
At 3 o’clock this afternoon, Hon. F. Q.
Storey, chairman of the local executive
committee, called the opening session of
the convention to order in ihe pavilion.
The bui'.dlng seats 5,000, but ihe audience
1 far in ♦Xii -s of that. Short
luMiosses of welcome wore made by Gov.
Horny T. Gage, State Superintendent of
Public Instruction T. J. Kirk, Mayor
Eaton and Superintendent of City Schools
J. A. Foshay, and responses were made by
N. C. Dougherty, superintendent of
schools, Peoria, 111.; lor. Emerson E.
White of Columbus, 0., and J. H. Philips,
superintendent of schools of Birmingham,
Ala.
Address off the President.
After the orchestra had played Mozart’s
overture to “Don Juan,’’ President Ell
phant Oram Lyte of Miilerville, Pa., de
livered his address.
Referring to the late war he said:
“Our history has demonstrated that we
have no need of a great standing army.
It has demonstrated that in every state
may be found an nrmy ready at a mo
ment’s notice to defend our flag against
every foe. And this nrmy Is not marshal
led by military chieftains, but by educa
tional chieftains. A strong nation Is made,
not by barracks for troops, but by school
houses for children; not by recruiting of
ficers, but by schoolmasters; not by rifled
cannon and Mauser bullet* and war ves
sels, but by books and newspapers and
churches.
“That nation Is strong whose citizens
obey the law without seeing n standing
army behind the law. That nation, Is
strongest whose laws are basted on civil
law', and whose citizens obey both divine
and human laws, because they are right.
“A child obeys his teacner, who to him
is the* law. The child law must be con
crete. As the abstract is the result of a
higher form of thought than the? con
crete, so a republic is a higher type of
government than a monarchy. Wc may
need an army to subjugate the Philip
pines, hut the United States would be
distinctly lowered in moral tone if it
should ever become necessary to main
tain permanently within the United States
a great standing army to secure to its
inhabitants the blessings of peace. If
this is true, how great Is the responsibility
of the American school teacher? Pa
triotism is In the air; it is the normal
condition of living under our flag.’’
This evening’s session was as largely
attended /is was the one Jn the afternoon.
Dr. W. T. Harris, United States commis
sioner of Education delivered an appro
priate and interesting n<;<lr-ss on “An
Educational Policy for uur New Posses
sions.’*
Henry S. Townsend, Inspector general
of schools of Hawaii, made a thought
fully conceived address on the subject
“The Educational Problem In Hawaii.’’
i,o.ss u n.i, iie j>r,,(H!o,(MX>.
Texn* Floods Di'*t royeil \ limit — IHI,-
tMM* Halos of (lotion.
Austin, Tox., July 11.—The cotton ex
change in this city completed to-day the
work of carefully tabulating: the losses on
the cotton crop attendant upon the Bra
zos river Hood. They find that the loss
in the Brazos bottom will represent 200.:W*>
bales of cotton, representing $5,050,000 loss.
They also find that the heavy raln
which have caused the flood and ruin' I
the crops in the bottom have benefited cot
ton growing on the upper lands propor
tionately, so that by for the best crops
harvested in y.ors will be produced from
the uplands this season.
HEPOnTS WKHB EXAGGERATED.
Duel Ilelween (riNtcllnnc and Prince
of Xenr.cn Hot Likely.
Paris, July 11,—It is believed that the
police reports regarding the Royalist plots
are exaggerated. Comte Bonl de Castel
lane, Paul de Roulede and Jules Guerin,
the deputy, all deny (he statement of the
poiice concerning them.
Nothing is known here of any contem
plated duel between Comte Bonl de Uus
tci’.ane and the Prince of Monaco. The
latter's residence In Paris is closed and
the whole household Is away.
TO PROSECUTE THE DRI I E CLAIM.
I,tuition Sjntllcate Has Snhscrlbetl n
Fund of £IO,OOO,
London, July ll.—The Pall Mall Oazettc
says a syndicate In the city has subscribed
£IO,OOO to prosecute the Druce claim to
the dukedom of Portland, and that ar
raiigcmenta have been concluded for the
subscription of another £IO,OOO. t
PARIS CLEAR OF THE ROCKS.
Salvager* Vow llavc Great Hope of
Saving the Vessel,
London, July 11.—The salvagers have
moved the American Line steamer Paris
astern for u distance of 130 yards anil
have shifted the vessel's position slightly
to tie- eastward. They ho(ie to bo able
to get the after stokehold fires alight.
The Paris Is now clear of the rocks.
Tlie sia is smooth, but o heavy fog pre
toils to-night.
Tim intention of the salvagers was sim
ply to slew tile stern of tile liner, so ns
to facilitate the operations of the divers,
but it was found that she moved more
freely than was expected. Three salvage
hoars alone practically removed iter from
a critical position unaided.
She still has a distinct list, however,
to the starboard, and cannot be assumed
out of danger.
The tugs are preparing to tow her to
Falmouth harbor.
The German salvagers ore elated at their
unexpected success in floating the Paris.
8* vara I tugs from Falmouth proceeded
1 1 e scene, tun the Germans were not
anxious for their assistance. It was de
cided that the vessel, being in a position
of comparative safety, should remain
white site nas for the night, and that
tiie divers should continue their work of
patching tlie hull, so aw to minimise the
risk of towing.
Unless something unforeseen occurs the
.Paris will lie towed to Falmouth to-mor
row, and if, on insiieetion, her condi
tion warrants It, she will he takci*. to
Southampton or to some other dock for
repairs.
Uopi. Watkins, the other officers and
twnty members of the crew, tire still on
board. The pumps are coping with the
water, and there Is no danger of the ves
sel sinking.
It is understood that the salvagers are
the same parties who refloated the Pe
ninsular and Oriental steamer Chirm,
which went ashore In March of last year
near Aden.
i'll IV FSI'I EATER A PROTEST.
Register for Simnlttrd* Who Want to
Retain Viitlonallty.
Havana, July 11.—The Chinese consul
general has tiled n strong objection to the
decision of Gov. Gen. Brooke that coin,
mi re al trent es between Spain ami other
foreign countries do not apply to Cuba,
ns was forntcriy the case, and that future
treaty arrangements must bo made with
tho United States In the name of Culm.
The ground of his objection Is his fear
of emigration restrictions. Under the old
regime Chinamen were admitted and im
migration encouraged, and they are now
to be fount! in all pnrts of the island, em
ployed principally as house servants
though many work on the plantations and
in v tho sugar mills, where they have proved
excellent help. In the opinion of the Chi
nese consul general treaties of long stand
ing ought not to be disturbed, especially
tts Cuba Is so much in need of latior.
.Uuny Cubans object to admitting the
Chinese, owing to the extreme susceptibil
ity of the latter to leprosy. A large per
centage of the Inmates of the leper hos
pitals tire of Chinese origin.
At to-day's meeting of the members of
the advisory cabinet, Senor Capote, sec
retary of government, presented for Gen.
Brooke's approval his draft of tho pro
posed decree for (he creation of a registry,
to lie us eel by Spaniards residing in the
island, who wish to retain their national
ity, as provided in the treaty of Paris,
which directs that those who do not with
in a year file In a court of record a docla
t tlion of such intention shall lie held to
hove accepted the status of Cuban.
According to a dispatch from Tunas, (he
United States Ifcops killed a Spanish ban
dit and an tx-guerllla names] Francisco
Lopez, who was attempting to escape aft
er resisting capture.
Andrew Fuller, Julian Baker and Edwin
Campbell, American civilian clerks in the
Quartermaster's department at Cienfue-gos,
who were Implicated in the recent affray
there between American and Cubans, have
been or de-re'. I to return to the United States
by the first transport.
THE CRISIS IV GUATEMALA.
I,nek of .Money Will Prevent a For
midable I prising.
San Francisco, July 11.—Mall advices
from Guatemala confirm the reports of
an approaching crls.s in the Central Amer
ican republic. That the dlssatlsfticllon
will lead to a revolution against the ad
ministration of President Cabrera seems
hardly likely in view of the; fact that
there is no money in. the country to or.
ganizo anything approaching o formida
ble Insurrection. Uprisings in the cities
are, however, expected, and, wide they
may not result in Cabrera's downfall, the y
will cause great loss te> investeel capital.
It Is by no means unlikely that foreign
govt rnments, especially the United States
and Germany, tine] possibly England, may
tv called ii|iein to Interfere, If they have
not been requested to do so already.
Numerous tales of political prisoners be
ing shot to death by their guards acting
under his orders, are is ing circulated. It
is salil that 5,000 refugees in Salvador and
as many more in Mexico and Honduras
are ready to take up arms against Cab
rera.
REVISED YELLOW FEVER LIST.
Fonr OfliccrN Among Those Who
Have Died at Santiago.
Washington, July 11.—Surgeon General
Sternberg has received two cables from
MaJ. O’Reilly, chief surgeon at Havana,
regarding the yellow fever situation. In
the first hy- rays:
"Harvard, at Santiago, telegraphs re
vis. •! list to-day, showing 122 cases with
twenty-four deaths, including four officers,
McLaughlin, Cl.ndennin, Fabrlcius and
Heatwoie; also twenty civilian cases and
five deaths.
"No cases in camp in last three days.
Headquarters ordered to the Interior."
The other dispatch reports two addi
tional cases of yellow fever at Manzanillo,
live in all.
SHOT EACH OTHER TO DEATH.
null lllood Between Two Men Result*
Fatally for Ruth.
Columbus. Miss,, July 11.—At Crawford,
Miss., to-day two! mtn—Shields Irvin and
F. J. Tarelton—shot each other to death.
Bad blood had existed between the men for
some mouths, and when they met to-day,
after the exchange of only a few words,
they drew their pistols and began firing at
each other, Tarieton was almost instant
ly killed, while Irvin lived until this after
noon. i
DAILY, *lO A YEAR.
5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK 21 A TBAS
STEAMER PORTiA WENT DOWN.
\\ UliCli SANK ATTIC It THE P ASStfIW
iiEHS II \|> LEFT HER.
All Were Saved Willi tlie Exception
of nn \mm.v riaii laid Who ton Id Not
He Found—None of I lie Seventy
I'n M.ie lifter n Saved Their lliiftftitfto
and Many Font Money and Jetvcli
Steamer t arried Over the HhoalN
Within a Few Hour*.
Halifax, N. 9., July 11.—The steam et
l'orlhi, which struck on Hip: Fish .shoal,
fifteen miles east of IJaltfax last night,
fiued and sank during' the night.
The only victim of the wreck was a 12-
year-old Assyrian lad, known by the name
o? Basha, who was traveling second-class
from New York toHt. John’s, N. F., where
his mother lives.
The others on board the steamer, in
cluding seventy passengers and a crew of
Ihiriy-four officers and men, who were
landed safely at Sambro Island, were
cared for there during the night, and will
be brought here to-day.
Th© accident, which happened about 7
o'clock i*. m., and which is believed to
have been due to a dense fog which pre
vailed at the time, probably emfcj the ca
r* • r of the Portia, which was an iron ves
sel of 71- tons, 13 years old.
The locality in wnTNt she struck is very
dangerous, and even before she went down
it was apparent that she was budly dam
aged. It is considered probable, however,
that attempts will be made to n ich parts
of her cargo and the baggage of her pas
sengers.
Escape Was Difficult.
The accounts of the wreck, which reach
ed here last evening, indicated that tho
possengers and crew escaped from the ship
with comparative ease, but later reports
show that the work was not accomplished
without considerable, difficulty.
The steamer had mounted the rocks with
a shook that was felt in every part of her
hull, and all on board knew immediately
what had happened. The next moment
the heavy southwest swell lifted the
steamer and forced her forward. A hur
tl'd inspect on showed Copt. Farrell that
his ship had been broken and was lining l
and also that she was in danger of helm?
forced uerosn the shoal and thrown into
deep water beyond.
lie ordered the boats lo Ik* made ready
at once. This was done, and the passen
gers, Including about thirty women, filled
them without confusion, although he dan
gerous swell added peril to tin* proceed
ing. As the passengers look their places
It was discovered that the Assyrian lad
wus missing. A hasty search of the. ves
sel was made, but the boy could not he
found. When last seen he was seasick*
and it is thought he had crawled into soma
obscure corner to lie down, and thus es
caped observation when tho searchers
tried lo find him.
Gave llnme* nntl Utititl.
The shipwrecked men and women all
w. tv landed on Ham Pro Island, which was
hardly two miles from the place where
tlie steamer lay. They were cared for
•here during the night, nllhough the ac
commodation* were meager. The inhabi
tants of the Island gave up their homes
ami their provisions, which were scanty.
Tli“ steamers A. C. Whitney and Boyer
wire dispatched from here ns soon as
possible after (lie news of tho accident
reached here, bearing food for those- at
Satnbro. The arrival of the steamers
early to-day brought great relief to tho
shipwrecked men and women, ns well as
those who live on the island.
At daybreak those who had come on
the Portia were taken on board the two
steamers from Halifax, and they reached
here this morning.
None of tile passengers saved their bag
gage, and u number reported that their
money and Jewels had been lost.
* apt. Farrell, who left th,. Portia last
night (n look after the safe landing of
the passenger!*, returned to the scene
a few hours later on a Sambro lobster
steamer. It was found that the Portly
had Iwen carried entirely over the shoal,
and sunk in nine or ten fathoms of water
a short distance on the other side, only
the topmasts being visible above the sur*
face.
GOVERNOR.
Despernilo Hatfield Would Give Him
self I'p to Xo One Else.
1-ouisvllle, Ky„ July ll.—Ellas Hatfield,
the noted desperado and son of “Devil
Arise" Hat Held, leader or the Hatfield-
McCoy feud that has cost I*l lives, sur
rendered to Gov. Atkinson of West Vir
ginia in person to-day at Gray.
Hatfield shot Sheriff Kills a week ago
and has been holding oft a posse In tho
Kentucky mountains. He sent word that
he would surrender to Gov. Atkinsou
only.
Gov. Atkinson and guards arrived nt
Gray this morning. Hatfield immediately,
approached and shook hands with lha
Governor. The prisoner left with the Gov
ernor for Huntington. Hatfield looks foe
an acquittal on the ground of self-de
fense.
YELLOW FEVER AT PANAMA.
Outbreak There I* the Severest
Known lit Many Yenrs.
New York, July 11.—According to th*
Colon Starlet of June 29, which reached
the city to-day by the steamer Fiance,
It lias been many years since the Panama
Isthmus bus been visited with an out
break of yellow fever as had been pre
vailing in the city of Panama. From May
2 to June 13 there had been thirty-four
cases of the disease, of which eighteen
had been fatal. On June 2 there were
thirteen new cases, two of which.proved
fatal.
At lhe time of publication the fever was
on the decrease, and in the city of Colots
there had not been n single case, notwith
standing the dully intercourse between tha
two cities.
WITH A GIGANTIC CAPITAL.
Distillery Compuny of America Ha*
Heeil Organised.
Trenton, N. J., July 11.—The Distillery
Company ■ America, with an authorized
capital of $125,000,000, was Incorporated to
day to manufacture and deal In whisky,
spirits, alcohol, gin and all distillery pro
ducts and by-products. Of the capital
stock, 1.15,‘00.0n0 i preferred stock with ?
per cent, cumulative dividend.
Cardinal TvoiloWo Demi.
Rome, July 11.—Cardinal Teodolfo Mer
tel, vice chancellor of the Holy Roman
Church, who was raised to the cardlnutuUj
In 1353, died to-day In his 93d year.