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' THF MORNING NEWS
r.,.MiKdls*so - - Incorporated lfffl.
r,t 7. H. F, STILL, President.
lAGUINALDO’S flowery words
L, t>MU:HSAHV SI'KEI H FILL OF
independence.
j a y Tlint I* Hie Only Thing the Fil
ipino* Mill Accept—Calls Ipon All
Goo ,l Filipino* to Stand by tile
llnnnci —Looks for Sympathy From
tht . Democrats— Asserts That Au
tonol„> Is Full of Treachery and
Deceit.
Manila. July 12.—A copy of the Inde
. „. has reached Manila, containing
P< ■ :
t , i which Aguinaldo made during
the recent celebration at Tarlae, of the
iof the proclamation of Fillpi
independence. In substance it is as
folio" .-
"Fiiipina. loloved daughter of the ar
i.r. of the tropics, commended by
Proridc-i e to the care of nobie Spain, be
tot jngrai ful to her salute who warmed
you tv t:i tin- breath of her own culture
and civilization.
it . she sought to crush thy as
nipjion for independence, as a loving
mother opj.ofcs separation forever front
tte da-isi.uf of her bosom. This but
L ovfß th, excess of affection and love
B-iiiiti f. ■ for thee. Filipina! delicate
L wr cf iin- East, scarcely eight months
L a r, i uom the breast of thy mother,
p.tiu.u .1 Ito brave a great and pow
krfui ration such as is the United States,
after i.ar. iy organizing and disciplining
Ihv iiulc limy. Yet we reply, we will be
Slav..- io is : nor allow ourselves to be
is..ft words. Let us continue
lo :.1 ~ r fatherland until lndepend
mce if ass lll , i, for this is justice. We
toll ?..it is: that the great American
utter, will n knowledge the right, which
is or. rs'. . That doctrine of the great
Merry, that An., rica is for Americans, is
not fcrsotuii. just as we affirm that the
Philippines ar for tine Filipinos.
looks for Sym|Ul tily Here.
"S,:r. -i s of the American union
Save ar,. . in our favor. Especially is
IV 1 1. m ■ rail ' party convinced that both
rbio.s n ! vanquished will lose precious
lives. Tr. is many of the people and many
.our. President McKinley as
i a.. i a aaviiig ordered hi? military
Wie-'i.-.. na s at Manila to seek means
10 fn..- ah.at hostilities with the Fill -
Hi:.- fa ' - prove that they wished
tony .■ a, ... if we are able lo live
fpivdi* -a and color of our banner, red,
1 -hi ige. heroism and mar
piom 1 we should not resent
p s w I til the .Americans.
■ir expressed desire to
p.i:. ii . Philippines, well con
> "that we will iigjit with
F ■ ..| i 1 - ..t on our siii> and that au-
| K '“ -it ,w of deceit, only serv-
P ■ i iii accumulated wealth.
■ hi ealed our aspirations,
to independence, Uiat
’ 1 1 mi to obtain it, perhaps
■ aw now our enemies, and
J ' ;: ' 'i: .. our allies as they were
:' 1 ' ' ! row of the power of Spain.
' , accept ibis autonomy
i . but what can we do with
n is independence, and ir
• i■ t only io later overthrow,
tin sovereignty of Amer-
Autonomy Wanted.
! 1 " his the int.-ntio'n of the
of ti ery and
| v ' ‘ ' • t .to•••pi such a procedure.
! " " traitors afterward.
’ •- our chit racier of frank
■ iii.l nothing more. Ltd
p. ■ x inpi. of those natives
,11/ ' ' " "He lime boon colonists,
'■ any to enable them to
v " ' : .. k s rnr, once everything
, ' 1 History has given us an
iis in r. cent events. Let us
„ " ' i which is only the iegit-
1 1 aspirations of a people
~ , t '■ •- al all cost io preserve
r spotless and as pure
Thus, then, there will not
i 1 : | iam nutonomisi. Tliose
• ti. the eyes of the people
. : - is. fearful if losing their
• • .1 ;,y risk of war..
i us be constant! Let us
A.,', Ti' ...N of our union!”
"ii luded with calling for
■j :; n.-e. ihe union of the
' i .- liberating army.
0111 ‘‘W iiil.l WEEKS HACK.
'hi I (lliio Yrrivcil With
~ From Manila.
m Fr a , ,
July 12.—The United
!s X, wp i t and Ohio, bear
rom .. 11 Volunteer Regiments
7’,. 1 Hived h.iv to-night. The
oo n (. 'k'.ited this afternoon, and
I'" g of steam whistles, the
"Id the filing of cannon
i die first batch of return
ii- s’ ' ''em Manila were nearing
ic. s,. , 1 aiilornia. Within a few
1 ; „ ' r-.i' were thronged with
"i.y •;••• TANARUS" ir way to the docks.
1 i" tiring state, municipal
Gov. Geer and staff
i-’ 1 "indrtds of others, met
‘fPorl*.
Tioi ; , Tj 's slowly steamed up the
' ! ' ,|f gailier.d in excited
'"''K, and some climbed into
day shouted and cheer
r" !■ , . "' boarded by quarmi-
whet her lite
; U p, 1 'ii ailowcd to land
fore going to their
1 T M AMs || u VIISII IPS.
♦1i1t,.,,,. ~~
1 'pitin Is Try liia | (I (;ct
V.! ‘
" •,, 1 J " ly ~An of
-1 r < miner;t firm of
" 11 1! A a large for-
T "'lias, the Reina Mor
-1 r tvt.r craft captured
1 '' lias aroused a sua
" 'ying in an indirect
'i . " 1 t '?lon of the veo
'• :i ‘" "?<• offense io Span-
TANARUS, 1 1;., , , ' Hie Hoating of the
i." r her ships.
1 will not sell aim
lhal answer will ba
by , r , of ; he letter. Sec
r„| ’ 1 " ,1 ~ ■••••' that it will not
ift '1 .. ' novate the Mercedes
I,;' ! and„., * a r, s . h >p- she wm b
I ' l '. ik ' the old Consti-
Rep:../ 1 6 WAtrtotism of the
f|ijc iUnftting ffetoi
OLYMPIA ARRIVES AT SI EZ.
Healtli Of Admiral Deyycy and His
Officers Is Good.
Suez, July 12.—The United States cruiser
Olympia, from Colombo, Ceylon, June 28,
arrived to-day.
Admiral Dewey, on his arrival here on
board the Olympia, said he was in very
good health. He appeared to be in ex
cellent condition, which was also the case
with his officers and men. Most of Ahem
have suffered from malarial fever, but
iiave now quite recovered.
The Olympia has been quarantined, no
direct communications with shore being
allowed. Consequently, the representative
Or the Associated Press was only able to
converse w th the admiral from a launch
alongside the cruiser.
After passing through the canal th
Olympia will stop at Trieste. Thereafter
the admiral's plans are uneeriain. Possi
bly he nil; go io Gibraltar and thence
to New York.
Invited to Constantinople.
Constantinople, July 12.—The United
States minister here, Oscar S. Strauss
has urgently invited Admiral Dewey to
visit him. in the event of his acceptance,
the P.riiish special service steamer Imo
gen" will proceed to the Mediterranean to
escort the admiral to this port.
TELLS WHY he W \s CONFINED.
I.ebon Says It Was Reported Ameri
cans Would Rescue Dreyfus.
Paris, July 12.—M. Lebon, the former
minister of the colonies, has addressed a
long letter to the government in reply lo
the charges of Louis Havet, member of
the French Institute, who accompanied
Madame Dreyfus to Rennes and who al
leges thal Dreyfus was cruelly treated
in his island prison. The former minister
says that no one in 1896 questioned the
justice of the verdict of the Dreyfus court
martial; that in September, 1896, it was
reported that an American, vessel was
about to rescue the prisoner, and there
was some talk among the warders as to
the possibility of his escape.
Hence M. Lebon became solicitous for
the safety of the prisoner and ordered
Dreyfus to be confined in his hut with
double-locked doors, but with a sentinel
inside until it was surrounded by a palis
ade. when the hut might be opened. The
building of the palisade occupied longer
than was expected, but no harm to the
health of the prisoner was reported. M.
Lebon denies tampering with the corre
spondence of Dreyfus.
PARIS XOAV OFF THE ROCKS.
Taken to Fnlinoutli nnl Will Bo
Reached for Repairs.
Falmouth, England, July 13.—The
American liner Paris entered this harbor
safely shortly after midnight.
She will be beached for temporary re
pairs, as the dry dock here is too short to
accommodate her.
Later the vessel will be taken probably
to Southampton. A Clyde firm will repair
the Paris.
SAVED BY GERMAN AA RECKERS.
Nothing A ct Known ns to W hat Will
He Done With Her.
New York, July 12.—Vice President
Wright, of the American line said he un
derstands that the salvage of the Paris
had been accepted by a firm of German
wreckers whose name he did not know.
Mr. Wright said as regards the disposi
tion to be made of ihe ship, noihing would
be determined until she had been thor
oughly gone over, ihe salvage taken into
account, the cost of repairs and then va.ue
of the ship.
OSCAR’S CONOR ATI LATIONS.
King of Sweden and Norway to W il
lfn-n and Lou bet.
Malmoo, Sweden, July 12.—King Oscar,
when apprised of Emperor William's visit
to the French training ship Iphigenie, at
Bergen, Norway, July 6, and of the ex
change of telegrams between the Emperor
and President Loubet, sent a letter to
his majesty, expressing the joy he expe
rienced that this “first step toward a
friendly rapprochement between the two
most important states of Europe in respect
to culture, should have occurred on ter
ritory of the United Kingdoms of Sweden
and Norway,” and expressed the hope
that it would lead to a complete under
standing between the two countries, “upon
whom the peace of the world mainly de
pends.”
King Oscar sent similar congratulations
to President I>oubet, through the legation
of Sweden and Norway al Paris.
NOT REGISTERING AMERICANS.
They Must First Take Oath to Bear
Arms for the Transvaal.
London, July 13.-The Cape Town cor
respondent of the Daily Mail so.vs the
Transvaal field cornets are refusing to
register American citizens unless they
take oath to bear arms Tor the republic
in. the event of war. The Americana,
therefore, threaten to become F.ritish sub
jects so as to avoid commandering. The
Transvaal government Is making repre
sentations to Washington on Ihe sub
ject. _
Conferred Yliotit Dreyfus.
Rennes July 12,-Maltre de Mange, coun
sel fur (’apt. Dreyfus, had a long confer
ence this morning with the president of
the courtmart.nl r garbing Ihe procedure
and the date of the trial, which is not
yet fixed. The lawyer afterwards had a
two hours’ interview with Dreyfus.
Rioting Folloms Acquittal.
Lille France, July 12.—Serious rioting
has occurred her,- following the acquittal
of Father Flamdien. in the School of the
Christian Brothers here, who was charged
with murdering a hoy In the institution.
Thousands of persons paraded the streets
shouting “Down With the Jesuits,” and
smashing windows,
AVcstinglioimc In England.
London. July 12.—1 tis announced that
the Wcstlnghouse Electric and Manufac
turing company of Pittsburg will build
works at Manchester and employ i>,(oo
men. George Westinghouse will direct the
enterprise.
SA VANN AH. GA., THURSDAY. JULY 13, IST).
INSURANCE CUTS A FIGURE.
HOYV IT IS APPLIED IN THE MAT
TER OF’ MAKING RATES.
Claim That It Causes Discrimina
tion Against Certain Points—Pres
ident Smith of the Charleston
Freight Bureau States His Cast 1 .
Surprise Caused by n Pamphlet
( tilling Charleston u Grooving Ytnn
■ifnetui'lng City.
Washington, July 12.—G. T. Newbury,
general freight agent of the Old Dominion
Steamship Company, was the first witness
before the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion to-day in the hearing of the Charles
ton freight rate case.
He was questioned at length as to the
rates charged by his line on freight busi
ness through Norfolk, where the steam
ship line connected with the railroads. It
developed that the steamship line had two
rates for various classes of freight, in
sured and uninsured, to cover the marine
risk afioat.
Mr. Bryan tried to find out what the
freight was minus the insurance, and why
it was some interior points in the South
were subject to the insured rate only,
white others were known as uninsured
points. Mr. Newbury was very undeter
mined on this point, and Commissioner
Prouty finally broke in with the inquiry:
“Is it not a fact, sir, that you have
Insured rates to non-competitive points in
order to add the insurance charges lo
the shipper, and make the rale h.gher
than to competitive points without its ap
pearing so?"
Witness protested that tills was not the
case, and it was finally agreed to have
cither the steamship company or its rail
connections furnish the commission copies
of their freight schedules from which the
real freight rates lo competitive and non
competitive points could be figured out.
Mr. Newbury sail in conclusion lhat his
line carried freight not only from the South
to North Atlantic points, but had a con
sideral l" amount of business, principally
packing house products, from west of the
Mississippi through Norfolk to the Maine
coast. This route is ofXl niiLs longer than
the direct rail routes, but the rail and
water route was able to compete for the
business at a profit.
Charleston's Complaint.
The last witness of the case was John
A. Smith, president of the bureau of
freight and transportation of Charleston.
Mr. Smith explained that from 1577 to 1895
prior to taking his present office, he ha-1
been connected with railroad and steam
ship traffic in various capacities.
The Charleston bureau, he said, was a
municipal creation of .Charleston brought
about by thq inability of ihe merchants
and shippers of the community to get what
they considered fair treatment from the
railroads, especially in connection with
freight rates to and from the West.
The witness filed with the commission a
copy of a memorial from his bureau to
the Southern Freight Association in
which the discrimination against Charles
ton was jtointed out and redress asked.
Mr. Smith said the railways had never
taken ihe trouble even to deny the truth
of Charleston's allegations.
Mr. Smith gave a number of instances
in which the through rates on freight
from Chicago to Charleston were from 3
to 21 cents higher than the rates from Chi
cago to Norfolk with the local rate from
Norfolk to Charleston added. The wit
ness said further that the Charleston mer
chants were not even allowed to take ad
vantage of this combination rate, the ra 1-
roads either forbidding through shipments
to Charleston at the pombination rate or
oaring up all the profit by vexatious de
lays and rebillirtg charges at Norfolk and
the Virginia cities. The result was, he
said, that the Norfolk merchants had not
only absorbed all the distributive trade In
certain Western commodities around
Charleston, but could undersell the local
merchants in Charleston Itself.
No System of Rates.
As to the compilation of rates, Mr.
Smith said there was no system or meth
od In determining them as far as he could
discover. Rates on some articles to Wil
mington were higher than to Charleston;
in other cases Charleston had the advan
tage. In fifteen important commodities
rates to Charleston were higher than to
Wilmington on less than carload lols, but
the carload rates to Charleston were low
er than to Wilmington.
When Mr. Smith urged the injustice
that the rates for towns in the immediate
vicinity of Charleston should be based on
the rates to the Virginia cities, Commis
sioner Prouty asked if the interior towns
in question would not feel it an equal in
justce to have the Western corn they were
to consume hauled at a low through rate
to Charleston r.rrd then back to be fed
to the people at the interior town. Mr.
Smith replied that he did not wish to
place Ihe commission in an equivocal po
sition in the eyes of the Interior Carolina
towns. He did hold, however, that the
water competition at Norfolk which had
annulled the long and short haul section
there, could apply equally well to Charles
ton, which had the same natural advan
tages.
Encourage ’.V liter Lines.
Mr. Prouty suggested that a good
scheme for Charleston would be to encour
age water lines that would force the rail
toads by competition to grant a reasona
ble inland rate.
Mr. Smith placed in evidence before the
commission a number of statements cover
ing the question of rail and water linos in
and out of CharLa on. He also produced
statements showing rite small differentials
from Chicago lo tlte various Norlh At
lantic ports including Norfolk and above.
The same conditions, he said, held true In
differentials ftom Chicago to the Pacific
coa-t. including the whole coast line from
Astoria to Fan Di go.
Mr. Bryan stated to the commission thet
he had endeavored to subpoenae R. M. Ar
nold, general Height agent of the Monon
Route, but had not been able to reach
h!tn. He asked therefore to place In evi
dent" a loiter from Mr. Arnold to the
Charleston butcau conveying the same as
surances contained in the letter presented
Tuesday from Mr. Campbell, oi the Chi
cago ond East Illinois Railway.
Mr. Arnold, referring particularly to the
rice trade, said that his road would he
very glad to pro rate with the lines Soutli
Of the Ohio, as they were doing with the
lines to Mobile and New Orleans. But.
be added, that his spirit was not shored
by the Sourhern roads, and said, "Bo long
as the bars are put up by tlte Southern
roads at the Ohio river, it will be impossl
/>.(: to come to any reciprocal arrange
ment.”
“A Promising; Port of Entry.”
Counsel Baxter took up the cross-exam
ination of Mr. Smith ond furnished a sur
prise to the complainanis by producing a
pamphlet issued by the commercial bodies
of Charleston booming the city as a rap
idly growing manufacturing center and
promising port of entry and export. Judge
Baxter went over the claims advanced in
the Charleston pamphlet, showing in
creases of many hundi"!? of thousands
of dollars in various Mnnches of trade and
manufacture and asked Mr. Smith how,
tn the face of this showing. Charleston
claims to be oppressed and barred out by
the railways from growth and develop
ment.
Mr. Smith declared his ignorance of a
number of the specific claims advanced in
the publication, and ended by saving that
he considered the circular is a ruU ina -
curate and misleading as to the real situ
ation.
This closed Ihe case, with the exception
of some depositions which the complain
ants asked leave to file in the absence of
certain witnesses who could not be reach
ed by subpoenae.
Argument in the Charleston and Wil
mington cases probably will not be hear 1
before October.
ALGER CRITICISES CRITICS.
\Y ill Resign If They Can Point to
Any Official Error*.
Washington, July 12.—Secretary Alger to
day made to a representative of the Asso
ciated Press his lirst personal statement
concerning the reports that he is about
to resign from the cablni
When asked as lo the truth of the ru
mors, the secretary said:
"What do you mean exactly?"
"I mean to ask whether or not the stories
that you arc to retire from the cabinet In
the near future are true?”
"There is nothing In these reports but
air.” replied the secretary. “I shall not
retire this year, certainly, and cannot say
os to the future. My private business
and the slate of my health will govern
my future course.
"These constant assaults and repeated
baseless reports are, of course, very an
noying to me and extremely distressing to
my family, but T have never yet retired
under fire and do not propose to do so
now. Nothing that I have ever heard of
or known of has beolt so cruel as these
attacks niton me. If my critic? can point
to one thing in my official career I have
done that I ought not to have done, or
I have not done that I should have done,
I shall be very glad to surrender my pres
ent official duties.”
JONES AVILL NOT RESIGN.
Says He XVIII Remain at the Head or
Deniocratie Committee.
Washington, July 12.—The Post to-mor
row will say:
"Senator Jones of Arkansas will not re
sign his position as chairman of the Dem
ocratic national committee. This can be
state authoritatively, or.ee for all. Two
letters were received from him in this
city yesterday, in which he not only
makes clear his intention of remaining at
the head of the committee, but outlines
work upon which ho intends to engage as
soon as he returns to the United Siates.
His letters were dated at a town In Switz
erland, and report the senator as improv
ing in health.
He was then preparing to go to Geneva
lo spend a week or more, ‘anil,' said h*>,
‘I hope to come home entirely well.’ He
will reach this country about the first of
September, will spend that month at Lake
Minnetonaka with his married daughter,
and will then go to Arkansas, remaining
there until Congress convenes.
It is not known here whether Senator
Jones will send a letter to be read at the
meeting of the national committee in Chi
cago next week, but if he does not, the
members of the committee will be made
acquainted with the contents of the loi
ters which have already been received
here.”
CAUSED SEVER 11. PROMOTIONS.
Appointment of a New Paymaster
General Makes Changes.
Washington, July 12.—The President to
day appointed Col. Alfred E. Bates pay
master general of the army, to succeed
Asa B. Carey, retired.
The appointment of Gen. Bates has re
sulted in the promotion if Lieut. Col.
Charles I. Wilson to the rank of colonel,
and the promotion of Maj. George W.
Baird to be lieutenant colonel. These
promotions made o vacancy in the list of
paymasters with the rank of majors.
This vacancy was filled by the President
by the appointment of Capt. John Mur
phy of the Fourteenth Infantiy in recog
nition of his services in the Philippines,
and at his own request, Maj. Murphy was
placed on the retired list, his health hav
ing suffered from hardships in the Philip
pines.
The vacancy caused by his retirement
was filled by the appointment of Maj.
Charles Newbold of the volunteer pay de
partment.
THEY FAVOR ANNEXATION.
Property Owners in Cuba AA'nnt the
Flaw to Stay There.
Washington, July 12.—Brig. Gen. Ros
ser, who has just reached Washington
from Cuba, called at the White House to
day. Gen. Rosser had been mustered out
and is on his way homo lo Virginia. When
asked about Cuban affairs he said:
“Many things are moving along smooth
ly, hut there is almost universal complaint
about the enforcement of tariff rules and
laws at Havana. The trouble, of course.
Is that military men have not been train
ed in these matters. The different officials
fix different duties on goods."
When asked about the sentiment for an
nexation Gen. Rosser aid:
"ETvery man on tin island with a dol
lar's worth of properly never wants to
see the United State- flag pulled down.
They know it means anarchy, chaos and
oppression.”
TWENTY NINTH’S SURGEONS.
Meillcnl Officers Assigned to AH of
the New Regiment*.
Washington, July 12 —The following vol
unteer officers of the medical department
have been assigned to the Twenty-ninth
United States Volunteer Infantry head
quarters, Fort McPherson, Ga.: '
Maj. Charles G. Anderson, surgeon;
Capt. James C. Miner, assistant surgeon;
Fust Lieutenant Lomax S. Anderson, as
sistant surgeon.
Assignments of medical officers were
made to-day to all of che new regiments.
WAR TROPHIES FOR ATLANTA.
SI*WISH < \\><>\ \M>
FLAGS TO GO THEIIL
Secretary of Wnr Or<lercl Tlirm Put
in tlic (Tipltol-(Ti|i(. \\ llcoxon
Sworn In —No Ollier (■corßliuin Vet
Appointed—llatlier Thun Have Ne
ro t nrrierN .fudge llnrtlett Said
'da eon Would Do Without Dural
Free Delivery or Mall.
Washington, July The cap
lured Spanish cannon allotted (o Georgia,
and the stands of regimental colors cur
ried by the three Georgia regiments are to
go to the capitol at Atlanta.
Col. Livingston brought the matter of
the captured cannon to the attention of
the Secretary of War to-day, and urged
that the proper place for them to Ik* put
was in the state capitol. Ills argument
prevailed, and before he left the order for
this disposition of the cannon, a.s well as
the Georgia regimental ilaga, was issued.
Capt. Cleveland Wilconon of Atlanta is
the lirst of the Georgia officers to be
sworn in under the recent appointments.
Capt. Wilcoxon has been assigned to the
Twcnty -nin t h 1 teg imen i.
No other Georgia appointments were an
nounced to-day. Ii is \-p< ted that the
appointment of Lieut. Col. Spence, Capt.
W. C. Davis of Perry, Capt. Miller of Au
gusta. Lieut. Kimbrough of Griffin and
Lieut, fllount of Macon will be announced
to-morrow.
No Rural Delivery.
Senator Bacon and Judge Bartlett left
this morning for home. In addition to
looking after the interests of constituents
aspiring to army commissions, Judge Bart
lett has had other matters of interest to
Macon. One of these related to the ex
perimental free rural delivery of the mail
that had been arranged for some portions
of Judge Bartlett’s district.
After it had been decided to give this
delivery, the authorities nere at Wash
ington. acting on the recommendations
and through the influence of the colored
Republican politicians, announced that
negro carriers would he appointed. To
this Judge Bartlett entered strenuous ob
jection. He held that however unobjec
tionable negro carriers might be for the
cities, ih< y would necessarily be very ob
jectionable to the country community s.
He has had the matter before the depart
ment for some time.
To-day he had a final conference with
the Postmaster Gonernl. Tt was in effect
left to Judge Bartlett to say whether
he would hove the rural delivery with the
objectionable negro carriers, or would do
without entirely. And he promptly de
cided that he would prefer to have no de
livery at all.
Postmaster General Smith's i>o*dtlon was
that he did not want to put upon the peo
ple of the community objectionable men,
hut that the thing had progressed so far
that he could not establish the system
and leave those men out. The result is
that there is to be no rural delivery, and
for the reasons stated.
Macon's Public RuUding.
Judge Bartlett also had a conference
with the supervising architect of the tr< a
ury about th- improvements on the Ma
con public building. It has been decided
by the architect thqt these improvements
shall take the direction of two additional
stories to the present building rather than
additions to either side of th** building. It
was found that such additions could not
be made without destroying the symme
try.
Under this plan, the postoffice depart
ment is to have additional room, an ele
vator will be put in, and there will be
two additional stories.
<*ol. Lester is lit? re locking after
number of mutters, ampng them the as
pirations of First district men for army
places.
II BROIL AIK ASI KMS ADOPTED.
Thorough Omiru n 11 1 e Fntnbli*li*<l
by Gen. Wood nt Santiago.
Santiago de Cuba, July 12.—Grn. I Leonard
Wood, in comma ml of the department of
Santiago, issued genera? order No. 31 to
day, establishing absolute quarantine.
All officers of the government and em
ployes are forbidden to enter the city
with the exception of those belonging to
th<* department.
Maj. Carr and Surgeons Mendoza anl
Nunez are detailed to take charge of ihe
fever patients in the city, which is placed
under strict regulations. Other officers wi I
have charge of the yellow fever hospitals
on the is’and.
The Mayor is directed to close all Amer
ican ho e?s and saloons, to forbid other li
quor dealers to sell intoxicants to Ameri
cans and to arrest all intoxicated Ameri
cans or loitereis in all saloons. Tht; prin
cipal hotels and saloons ore designated by
name. The pack trains have Don order, and
to establish camps outside the ciiy, and all
troops wt.l be moved to Son-go, except one
company at Morro Cngtle.
The headquarters of all the departments
were moved to-day to Cristo, and th rail
roads and steamship lines are forbidden
to bring Americans into the city. No
ships are permitted to touch at the
why ves.
Tne strictest regulations have been es
tablished for the protection from fever of
the company of sold ers at Morro Castle.
Supplies are to be left at the road depot
and will be taken to the soldiers by teams
from the camp.
No travelers will be permitted to have
Imre without having undergone five days'
detention in camp.
Gen. Woo*] proposes to adopt heroic
measures to stamp out the fever.
E \-SEN A TOR (iORUAN ILL.
Ills Wife flvnl l)nlighters Ire Attend
ing nt HU Bedside.
Magnolia, Mass., July 12.—Former Sena
tor Arthur P. Gorman of Maryland is
il! at the Hesperus Hotel, and his wife
and two daughters are at his bedside.
His condition is not considered serious.
He suffers from exhaustion, or a relapse
from the grippe.
KANSAS CITY PITS ll* <’%SH.
Offer* Committee for Demo
cratic i (invention.
Chicago, July 12.—Kansas City Demo
crats, hacked by members of their party
in other parts of Missouri, have raised
$50,000 which they intend offering to the
Democratic national committee If it will
send the Democratic national convention
to Kansas City. <
m\<;i i:t\h\ \y \s not mluod.
Mu< \\ im St*rlou*l> shot \fh*r tho
roMtolllr** Wn* llottied.
Anuricus. Ga., July 12.—A dastardly at
tempt was made at a Into hour last nltfht
to assassinate Judiaje Henry H. Singletary
at his country store in Schley county,
eight mile* west of Amorlcus. After his
clerk, Mr. Green had been hold up and
the post office safe in the rear part of the
store robbed.
The crime was committed by two white
men, strangers, who hail been lurking
about the store for a day or two.
Judge Singletary is a prosperous farm
er and fruit grower, residing at the little
village of GaGrosso, and represented nts
county in the last legislature. His beau
tiful country home is situated a half mile
from his store, and postofllce, and he had
loft Da* store to go to supper when the
robbery occurred.
1 Hiring his brief absence a young clerk
named Green was left in charge of the
store. Shortly after Judge Singletary’s
departure the two suspicious strangers n
-lered and asked for cheese and crack< is.
The clerk had bc n warned to Ik* on Ida
guard, and stood with pistol in hand when
the men eni*r*il. Two negro farm bunds
were also in the store at the moment.
As Green went to hand out the lunch
purchased he incautiously laid his pistol
on tin 1 counter, when one of the men selz
il it and aimed it at Given’s head. The
two negrots were also promptly covered
with revolvers.
The men then proceeded to rob 4he
otllcc safe, securing about S3O. They th* n
cooly locked Green and the two negro- a
in the store and departed, warning them
not to raise any outcry. A neighbor had
witness, and the affair, however, and ran to
apprise Judge Singletary of the robbery of
the store and postofllce.
Slngetary secured his gun and came to
ward the store, meeting the two robbers
half way. When within three feel of
him the robbers opened tire with revol
vers, three bullets striking Singletary and
producing what they imposed were fata:
wound. Leaving him for dead, the two
robbers fled through the woods, coming In
the direction of Atnericus.
News of the attempted assassination
caused the most intense excitement In
La Crosse and at Kllavllle. the county
site, live miles distant, l'osscs were or
ganized and .logs put on the track of the
robbers. The searchers reached Americas
at 1 o'clock (Id morning, having follow
ed the robbers here, where the trail was
lost mar the Central Railroad depot.
The local police force is making a diligent
hunt for the robbers, who are believed
to be hiding in or near Americas. The
postofM e authorities may also take a hand
in hunting them down.
Judge Singletary's wounds are serious,
hut not considered fatal. Hundreds of
citizens of Schley and Sumter counties
are aiding In the hunt for the robbers
anti would-be assassins.
WIIISGUIR lt I \K.\O\YN MIMION.
Cannot 1 mlcrstnnd I.nek of In for mil
lion ns to Filipino*.
Chicago, July 12.—Gen. Joseph Wheeler
passed through Chicago to-day, bound for
the Philippines on an unknown mission,
as he put it himself.
*1 am ordered merely to report to
Gen. Otis, and do not know what 1 shall
have to do when I get there. I expect
to return by December, when Congress
meets, Heins in the army, 1 felt that I
had no right to remain idle all summer
and fall, and asked to ho sent on aotive
service.”
The only Intimation Gen. Wheeler gave
as th* purjx)se of his mission was in re
ply to an Inquiry as to what he thought
of the situation in the island acquisi
tions. He said:
“l do not understand, and no one In
Washington sterns to understand, why It
is that our |wople over there seem to
have no Idea of the forces to which they
are opposed. Gen. Otis makes no esti
mate, and you have observed that neither
Gen. Lawton nor Gen. Mac Arthur makes
mention of those forces In his reports.”
When asked If he were sent by President
McKinley to make an expert report on
the situation, the general replied: “I am
merely to report to Gen. Otis.”
MOMM A \ CASK KXTK.\ OKI).
Will Hardly He Presented ltefore
Latter Part of AuifUKt.
New York, July 12.—Assistant District
Attorney Osborne has received an exten
sion of time in which to present the case
of Roland H. Molineux to the grand jury.
According to the order of Justice Furs
man, the case had to bo presented to the
grand Jury on or before July 14. Mr. Os
borne went before Justice Werner in the
criminal term of the Supreme Court
on July 3, and made an application for ari
extension of time. He said that many
witnesses were out of town, and that it
would be an inconvenience to th* district
attorney's office and the ends of justice
would not be met if the case wen pre
sen ud in accordance with Justice Fura
man’s order. The extension of time was
granted.
(Mr. Osborne stated to-day that accord
ing to this extension he would not Is* com
pelled to present the case to yhe grand
jury before fhe latter part of August, but
that he wok 1 present it as soon as possi
ble.
\F.GHO Ml I.K ROY WOI \I)KD.
First \et of Violence In tlic Alnittimn
Miners’ Strike.
Birmingham, Ala.. Ju.y 12.—The first act
of violence in the ore mine strike of the
Robinson Mining
which has been in progress for three
weeks, occurred between Oxmoore and
Ishkooda last night.
Gus yi’lcr. a negro mule boy working
for the company, was seriously wounded
and may die.
George Henry and Georfce Brown, both
negro miners working for company,
were wounded with shot, which did not
penetrate far, and will recover. Tho men
were shot from ambush.
For the past few days the officials of the
company have been importing negro labor
from Georgia, and this is the start of the
trouble.
XVill Flight for 910,000.
New York, July 12.—Terry McGovern of
Brooklyn and Pedlar Palmer of lxmdon
were matched to-day to meet in a twenty
five-round bout at the Westchester Ath
letic Club on the afternoon of Sept. 1, the
men to enter the ring at 4 o’clock p. m.
The fight will be for a purse of SIO,OOO and
the 116-pound championship of the world.
DAILY, $lO A YEAR,
fi GENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMEB-A-WEJ2K $1 A YBAJi
TYLER WILL BE A CANDIDATE.
IX THE n WE Foil THE SUIATE TO
Mt'UEKI) XI XRTIXi.
Uivn Hi* Ananrr In Response to
Many Request* nml I’l-titionK— Will
ItcpreNciit \> Special Interest, lint
111.. Whole Slate of VI r win In.
Wnnt* Hie Humblest tlllzrii of tlio
Male to Have a Voice In the Se
lection of a Senator.
Roanoke, Va„ July 12.—00 v. J. Hoge Ty
ler la a dispatch from Marlon, Va., 10
the Times, announces himself u candi
date for United States senator to succeed
Thomas S. Martin. He says. In part:
"Without encouragement or Inspiration
given to the movement on my part, 1 hava
received many tellers, pet lions and per
sonal solicitations that 1 allow my name
to lie used as a candidate for United
Slates senator from Virginia. These re
quests tiave become so widespread anil
Insistent that l am forced to make a pull
lie acknowledgment of the same and givq
an answer to the people in the same frank
and sincere manner In which I have been
addressed.
"The people of Virginia have been arous
ed to hiking an active interest In the se
lection of their senator and resent deeply
the Intimation that interested corporation,
anti certain favored circles arrange In ad
vance who Is to be selected for this high
honor. Now. I am usked to he a candi
date as representing no special Interest,
cluss or circle of political aspirations, but
to stand for the whole of the stute of
\ trglnla and for every citizen and Inter
est therein.
".So my name will go before the next
1 Valuer. l llc caucus of the legislature to
represent this state Til the United Stales
Senate. I need not say that Tdo not want
to wear an honor unices It Is the wish of
a majority of the people of (he slate to
In stow it upon me. Hence I court the
freest and most oi>cn discussion of this
matter and desire I hat the humblest cit
izen in the commonwealth shull have m
voice In its final determination.
"In conclusion 1 must add that I could
not const m to lay down, even for a part
of the term, duties with which you hava
ln\■ 'W'\ me, bid for the consideration
that lin y would fall into able and honor
able h aids. Now that I am In the fight,
I propose io do my part In every seemly
and proper way.”
XVII,L SAME X TICKET TO-DAY.
Kentucky Itcpuhlicnns Have Finish
ed Other Huslnes*.
Lexington, Kv., July 12.—The Republi
can state committee to-day completed its
work except the adoption of a platform
anil nomination of a ticket. It would
have nominated part of the ticket to
night but for the fact that it became
entangled In misunderstandings regarding
the adoption of the report on rules.
The convention adjourned utnll to-mor
row, while points of order were being rais
ed against the adoption of the majority
report on rules.
The Taylor men are having their way ini
everything to-day nl the district meetings,
the committee meetings and In the con
vention. They have the permanent organ
ization as completely as they had tho
temporary organization and reconciled tho
colored element by making a negro secre
tary of the convention, with a long lis#
of white assistants.
The Stone and Pratt men are still hold
ing a secret conference nl midnight, withl
reports (hat Judge Prait may accept iho
nomination for attorney general, but Col,
Stone declines a minor place, and it is
reported that he does not want Judgo
Pratt to go on the ticket.
Efforts are said (o have been made to
day lo get Uov. IV. O. Bradley to coma
over from Frankfort and address the con
vention, but he Is not here, and he Is not
now expected, as the convention will as
semble at 9 o'clock In the morning ami
remain <n continuous session until Ua
work Is completed.
The committee on resolutions Is ready!
to report. Time Is nothing unusual in tha
resolutions, except that civil service re
form is not indorsed In the plank com
mending President McKinley for his re
cent modification of the civil service rules.
The platform favors the prosecution of
the war In the Philippine* to a successful
termination, ami a tinal settlement of all
questions relating to the new possessions.
It sthongly Indorses !h- administration .f
President McKinley and Oov. ISradley anil
Senator Deboe.
CRUSH OCT THE I\SI ROESITS.
Senator IJcpew's lilen of AVhnt
Should He Hone at Via a I In.
New York, July 12.—A dinner was given
to-night it the Republican Club In honor
of the return from Europe of Hon. Chaun
cey M. Depew. Mr. Dcpcw was the princi
pal speaker. He said in part:
"In Europe I found that there was no
sympathy for Spain on account of her de
feat in the late war. I found nothing but
curiosity about the United Slates. Tho
people of Europe ure wondering whether
we will be equal lo the task we have tuken
In the East."
Senator Depew said an English states
man had suggested that the United States
''square” Agulnaldo.
"1 told that statesman,” said Mr. De
pt u, "thal the people of the United States
would rather send XX),000, 200,000 or even
3 XI,OOO m< n to the Philippines than spend
$.900 in squaring Mr. Agulnaldo.
"U'e should bend every < nergy and send
such a force to the Philippines as would
crush out these rebels In less than sx
weeks' time. We should sweep these in
sirroctlonlsts before us. When we have
captured a stretch of territory ws-*houM
have a force there of sulllc’.etit strength
to hold It.
“The war should be carried on In such a
wny as io drive Agulnaldo and his crews
inlo submission or Into the sea.”
YOl .Xtt 1, XDV DISAPPEARED.
Members of Her Family Think Slit*
Committed Suicide.
Mlddlesboro, Ky., July 12.— Miss Id*
Carr, 2f> years of age, daughter of David
Carr, one of the wealthiest men in East
Tennessee, disappeared ten days ago from
her home at Oldtown, and no trace of
her has been secured. It is rumored she
was kidnapped by two men, but her fam
ily do not believe it. They think sho
committed suicide, us she was In ill
health.