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SITUATION.
„ E looked into by Sin.
" Il geon wertevbacker.
jjj (;o to South west Georgia for
11,1 t(il poriiose To-day—Bill Yoder
to Yreate a State
■ ~rd of Health—Bill to Pat a Fine
Telegraph Coiupnntez for Fall
“B Deliver lleMasen—Question
TJjjed a* ° He ward..
Nov. 13.—Past Assistant Sur
iV Wertenbacker of Wilmington,
F ' a naval officer in the United States
with the rank of captain, has been
i,v Gov. Candler to investigate the
'^ x epidemic in Southwest Geor
wertenbacker will leave for his
fl. jof operations to-morrow. He will be
,r,tav ! in lhls work for a mont<l ' Th,s
j crf ;iig3-Jon will extend as far east as
l-iooks and as far west as Stewart coun-
He has made a specialty of small
,oJ cases all his life, and Is one of the
best-posted men in the medical profession
on that disease.
Cap. Wertenbacker went before the
House Committee on Hygiene and Sans
tation this afternoon by special Invitation
BS ,I pave them the benefit of his long and
experience. This committee had
u r. consideration the bill of Mr. Speer
of Snrrmr for the creation of a state
tear! of health.
The committee has determined ui>on a
unsure that will be reported as a sub
jtituu for the Speer bill, which entirely
changes the plan proposed by that gentle
man. Instead of a state board compris
me some seven or nine members, who
must be selected from different sections of
the state, t he substitute measure will pro
vi, for tiie 1 creation of anew department
cl the state to be known as the health de
partment. to lie presided over by a health
commissioner to be appointed by the Gov
ernor and confirmed by the Senate, who
Kill receive a salary of 32,1100 per year.
A local health officer is to be chosen by
lac ordinary, or County Commissioners,
a , the ease may be. who will be under the
direct supervision of the state health offi
cer. and who is charged with reporting
promptly all contagious diseases that crop
out ir. his county. The state officers is to
I* clothed wilh plenary powers and will
have absolute control of ail quarantine
regulations.
This measure has been determined upon
by the committee and is being prepared,
and as soon as completed, will be reported
to the House.
t)r. Ril l and. a member of this commit
te* j . said 10-night that this was the best
solulen of tlie question, and gave as his
minion lhat the means inaugurated by
Cap l . Wertenbacker and the expenses a'-
Un:ant upon ills investigation would coat
the slate nearly as much as a year’s sal
ary for the health officer under this pro
jjosed measure.
Fine on Telegraph Companies.
The general judiciary committee of the
House this morning voted favorably on
Hardwick’s bill imposing a fine of S3O on
telegraph companies failing to deliver
messages, but not without resistance from
the companies attorneys, Albert Howe T
Jr. and Thomas B. Feider, representing
Itspectivcly die Western Union ant Post
al telegraph companies. A similar law
was lirst enacted In 1387, the penalty be-
InsJlOO, which was reduced to SCO in 18S9,
and wholly repeated in 1891.
The appropriations committee passed
favorably upon several measures, the most
Important being ihe bill of Mr. Blalock of
Fay,tie to Increase the Invalid pension
lisi for 1909 by $2,500, making an aggre
gate of $195,000, and the indigent
list by S3O OtiO. aggregating $268,000. Mr.
Blalock said the names now on the roll
demanded this increase and the commit
tee voted them the money.
The deaf and dumb institute, at Cave
Springs, asked the committee for $33,000,
i? follows: For a dining room, etc., and
Industrial department for the white pu
[:!? $15,000; for erecting a building for
physical training, $7,000; for an addition
to the negro department, SII,OOO. This
committee may send a sub-committee co
Investigate the needs of that Institution,
ir.i, meanwhile, the bills were referred to
t sub-committee. President Felix Corput
of the board of trustees and Profs. Connor,
Harris and Dempsey of the institute ap
peared before the committee and urged the
appropriations.
Where Are tlie Officers?
The bill appropriating SIOO reward to
Foster Sherlock of Augusta for the cap
lure of Dan Dunn, a noted desperado, was
passed. The reward was promised by
!ov. Candler through the telephone to
Augusta to Solicitor W. H. Davis, but be.
tause of his failure to make a formal of
icial request, the Governor could not is
we the proclamation nor pay the reward,
lb presents tive Lindsay Johnson of Floyd
bunded a worning to the committee that
i seemed io him that criminals could not
k- cantured in Georgia unless there was
i reward of S2OO or S3OO, and he wanted to
mow where the officers were.
The bill appropriating $120,009 to main
ain the prison department for 1900 was
idl'd iur.il the committee could get more
nformatlon on the subject. It will be re
numbered that the recent report of the
ommission said that the department had
en self-sustaining and perhaps vague
memories of this were in the minds of the
committeemen when they very promptly
tabled the bill.
little again a candidate.
Humored He Is in a Combination
With Clnrk Howell.
At.anla, Nov. 13.—Speaker John D. Lit
will offer for the next House from
Muscogee, and will be a candidate for the
tP “kershlp again. The announcement will
made to-morrow or next day.
Tii" gentlemen who are aspirants for
honor have reckoned on this contin
bnoy and this will bring about the mak
” n< w slates. It is olready hinted if
tils!- 6 * S not a B ' a£e already formed, that
1 1 i' a "capital understanding," as the
1 iov - Brown would say, between a
aspirant for the presidency
1 i Senate and the present Speaker.
. lf are those who see in this alleged
a move the effectual shelving of
o/k- I,oner King and John M. Slaton
u ,un . w 'b° were considered very
TProbabilities for the speakership,
tv News correspondent some
o' i- ' k ’ ta ‘* of ttle obstacles in the way
ur,l g l ! mb,tlo ° o£ Messrs. Howell, King
. 1,0n ’ and that there were not
i,:. ’>nors to go around. Speaker Lit
1, s r :, n . “ m lel presiding officer, and
trsf ." a natural ambition to follow in
1. j T ■' ! '' s ' ot his illustrious father, and
< ''minted with a unanimous re
i,./ to ,h <-’ honoraide position he now
, UlPre ar<! ' who think this lauda-
Into a , " >n of Speaker Litlie was fanned
i'lr i" 1 " 11 local influences not
V • V'' , lh * "splraUona of Mr. Howell,
r„■,] " l,h Speaker Little with a clear
ir tn would be removed the disturb-
Ofj, ‘- '.’fare around the political pillow
t of an overgrowth of would-
If ih’i. - In * ofl,oerß from this city.
lar , U ' ' Wound for all these conjec
t-:,.,'_. n " move is a shrewd one and shows
1 ' Vf ' been so maneuvered that
r.our.l'' King and Slaton must either re
n ~r , 1 supposed aspirations or fight
Hutr. lron * combination of political in-
FIRE AT BAY AND WHITAKER.
Looked Like an Incendiary’s Work
Under the Bluff.
At 3:50 o'clock this morning an alarm
of fire from box No. 8 called the entire fire
department down to Bay and Whitaker
streets.
The fire was located in a warehouse on
River street, at the foot of Whitaker, be
longing to the Neal-Millard Company, and
the alarm was turned in by Watchman
Falvey.
When the department arrived a number
of barrels of cement in the lower part of
the warehouse was found burning. The
fire had made little progress and was put
out in short order.
The doors of tlie warehouse were found
open and the lock gone. These doors were
tried just before 1 o'clock by the police
man on that beat and were locked. Tills
leads to the conclusion that the Are was
of incendiary origin.
POURED ACID DOWN HER HACK.
Airs. Hill Charged With the Murder
of Her Motlier-ln-Law.
Aurora, 111., Nov. 13.—Mrs. Ada Ashley
Hill was arrested here to-night, charged
with the murder of her mother-in-law,
Mrs. Eliza Hill, by pouring acid down her
back.
Mrs. Hill died on Nov. 5 as the result,
physicians swear, of acid burns. Mrs.
Ada Hill was taken by Sheriff Gohrman
of Dupage county, to Wheaton, where a
preliminary hearing will take place to
morrow.
Those who say the aged woman was
murdered give as a motive a trouble of
long standing among the members of the
Hill family over property valued at $40,000.
The prisoner declares that she is inno
cent.
The affidavits for the warrant were made
by Ernest O. Hill, a son of the dead wo
man.
Before she died, Mrs. Eliza Hill told Dr.
, I. W. Prichard, according to the physi
cian’s statement, that her daughter-in-law
had poured carbolic acid down her back.
Me declares that the nature of her in
juries would tend to substantiate her
statement.
MIDGELY IS A BANKRUPT.
Was President of Rlb Company
AVliiell Collapsed.
New York, Nov. 13.—William E. Midgely
filed a petition in insolvency to-day. His
liabilities are $1,716,639, of which $274,762 is
nominally secured.
Mr. Midgely was president of the Ameri
can Casualty Insurance and Security Com
pany, which collapsed in 1894, after its
$1,700,000 capital and surplus had been ex
pended.
Midgely, with Henry R. Beecher, Vin
cent R. Schenck and John W. Taylor,
were indicted in connection wilh the fail
ure Jan. 23, 1893. Midgely was lodged in
the Tombs Dec. 14, 1894.
He attributed his trouble to the enmity
of Austin Corbin. Mrs. Midgely, a beau
tiful woman and prominent in Brooklyn
society, labored so indefatigably to prove
his innocence that she contracted pneu
monia by exposure and died. A few days
later a jury in General Sessions declared
Midgely not guilty. Midgely then sued
the Long Island Railroad Company for
$250,000 damages for false arrest. The case
was tried in February last, and he got a
verdict for $20,000.
There are no available assets.
CHALMERS CANNOT ACCEPT.
Dr. F. T. Pressly Elected President
of Erskine College.
Charlotte, N. C., Nov. 13.—At to-day’s
session of the Southern Synod Associate
Reformed Church, Rev. Dr. J. T. Calmers,
who was elected to succeed the late Rev.
Dr. Grier, as president of Erskine College,
reported that he could not see his way
clear to accept. Dr. E. T. Pressly was
then elected president.
The synod accepted a portrait of Dr. Jo
seph Wiley for the college at Due West,
presented by Mr. D. A. Tompkins.
Miss Fannie Wallace of Kentucky was
elected to take the place of Miss Mattie
Boyce as teacher at Tampico, Mexico.
Miss Boyce is to be retained as general
secretary of women’s work.
The Committee on Theological Semina
ries recommended the indorsement of a
lecture course; that text books be loaned
students for $3 annual rent; that the
services of Rev. C. E. Todd be secured
for the seminary at the regular salary;
that thanks be extended to J. H. Dale
and Mrs. Louis Pressly for the gift of
books, and that the seminary pay SIOO
yearly to the college for the use of rooms.
After passing the usual vote of thanks,
the synod adjourned, to meet in Louis
ville, Ga., in November, 1900.
PROTEST OF FRENCH PAPERS.
Tliey Sny an Apology Is Due for
Firing on tlie Corilolin.
Paris, Nov. 14.—The Paris morning pa
pers protest against the stopping of the
French steamer Cordoba by the British
third-class cruiser Magicienne off Lorenzo
Marques.
The Petit Bleu says:
“This arbitrary act of England requires
an apology to the French government and
indemnity to the owners of the Cordoba
and to the authorities.”
The Soleii and the Echo de Paris pro
test in similar terms.
The Matin demands that an investiga
tion be made, as there is no effective
blockade; otherwise the authorities would
have been notified.
The GAuiois does not consider the inci
dent serious. _
EIGHTEEN PEOPLE 1\ EnE LOST.
Steamer Belgique Foundered Off the
Casquet Rocks.
London, Nov. 14.—0n Friday 'night the
Belgian steamer Belgique, from Antwerp
for Alexandria, foundered off the Casque t
rocks near <he Island of Alderny, the
scene of the tragic disaster which last
March befell the London and Southwestern
Railway Company’s passenger steamer
Stella. .
The night was stormy. A boat was
launched with sixteen men. but five of
these died of exhaustion and throe others
were drowned in the endeavor of the ship
Saint Kllda to rescue them.
Eighteen persons, Including the captain,
out of a total crew of twenty-six, are be
lieved to have been drowned.
Mrs. Davis at Princeton.
Princeton, N. J., Nov. 13.—Mrs. Jeffer
son Davis, widow of the late Confederate
leader, arrived here from New York this
morning and is now being entertained at
Princeton Inn. Mrs. Davis Is visiting her
grandson, Charles Hayes, who is a stu
dent at Lawrenoevi’ie School. She at
tended the court held in University Hall
this evening.
TUK MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. -NOVEMBER 14, 1899.
The open door
® There are time:
when the whol.
system demands;
quick stimulan;
Exhaustion, chil
or a lack of vitalitx
are sometimes th<
beginning of tnos
serious illness
They are the opei
doors thro ug 1
No Fusel Oil. which disease enters
Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiske\
tried and true, pure and worthy, tested fot
40 years, will close these doors quickls
and surely and give disease no opportun
ity to cross the threshold. No household
should be without it. It should be used
judiciously, according to directions.
GoTeriunenl stamp mirks the genuine. Pruggists ususTl .
sell it. If yours does not, a bottle will l.r sent you. prepaid
for $1; six for $5. Write for interesting book.
Duffy Malt Whiskey Cos., Rochester, N. Y
WORK ON THE MISSISSIPPI.
CommlftMon AA’lll Make Some Impor
tant Recommendations.
New Orleans, Nov. 13.—The Mississippi
River Commission arrived here to-day, ac
companied by Gen. John M. Wilson, chief
of engineers.
They made a thorough inspect'on of the
work in progress between St. Louis and
New Orleans, paying particular attention
to Maj. Derby’s bank protection work at
Kemp's levee, and Mayor Quinn’s work
on the locks at Plaquetnine.
While here a special session was held to
hear James G. Henning of Memphis, rep
resenting that city in its request for the
improvement of Wolf river.
Gen. Wilson was called upon by a com
mittee of the jetty conference with refer
ence to deepening Southwest Pass and
promised to give the movement his hearty
support. He favored keeping both South
Pass and Southwest Pass open, using the
present’pass for smaller vessels.
The government has ordered two big
dredges built which can be kept at work
after the Eads contract expires and easily
maintain Ihe present depth. The South
west Pass Commission will meet at St.
Louis next week, and Gen. Wilson will
lay the report before Congress without de
lay. The members of the commission left
to-night.
WATER ON BRUNSWICK BAR.
Survey Is Completed anil Goodyear
Will Get His Money.
Brunswick, Ga., Nov. 13.—A1l the sur
vey work that has been under way on the
ocean bar has been compTeled and the
Coast and Geodetic Survey engineers came
up to ihe city to-day preparaiory to leav
ing for Washington city to submit their
reports.
While it is not known officially, there
Is reason to believe that the surveyors
found this time the water on the ocean
bar that Col. Goodyear has been striving
for. and when they make Iheir report
Col. Goodyrar will get the $90.00)
that he is entitled to under the
“no cure, no pay contract with the United
States government.
This contract has been filled and attest
ed to by previous surveys, with the ex
ception of one clause that calls for a
twenty-four-foot depth entirely across the
channel, and pending the securing of that
depth payment of $90,000 was held up by
the treasury department. Now it is prac
tically assured that Col. Goodyear has se
cured the depth and he will come into a
good-sized fortune after years of 101 l and
self-sacrifice to deepen the ocean bar of
Brunswick and protect the commerce of
this port.
CUT THE COAST LINE HAILS.
Seaboard Determined to Cross In
Spite of Prohibitions.
Columbia. S. C., Nov. 13.—1n its rush for
Columbia from Cheruw to connect here
by Jan. 1, the Seaboard Air Line is not
allowing obstacles to stand in Its way.
The road was prohibited yesterday, by
the Atlantic Coast Line, from crossing its
tracks at Cheraw, work was stopped, in
junctions were being prepared and litiga
tion seemed probable. At midnight a force
of experts went to the proposed crossing
and began cutting the Atlantic Coast Line
rails. By 9 o'clock this morning the job
was finished, and the Crack of the Sea
board had crossed the other road. A strong
guard is protecting the crossing.
The Seaboard had the permission of the
Railroad Commission to cross the Atlantic
Coast Line at this point.
W. Owens, a prominent and wealthy
farmer of Marion county, committed sui
cide to-day by shooting.
RETURNS TO FACE PENALTY.
Embezzler Sityx He Is Ready to Pay
Up His Shortage.
Marion, Ind., Nov. 13.—'William E. Heal,
the Grant county treasurer, who disap
peared from Marion Oct. 5, 1897, returned
home to-day, after an absence of over two
years. When he left (Marion it was dis
closed that he was an embezzler of nearly
SIB,OOO, of which SII,OOO was Grant county
funds.
Upon arrival here he was arrested. Mr.
Heal says he has returned to face the pen
alty and to pay every cent of his shortage.
He has a wife and family here. He will
remain with them until mailers are ad
justed, when he will return to Pittsburg,
where he has a good position. lie was
released on bond.
CASE AVAS AGAIN POSTPONED.
Atlantic Contracting; Co.'* Suit in tlie
Court of Claims.
Washington, Nov. 13.—The case of the
Atlantic Contracting Company against the
government for the recovery of sums al
leged to be due on contracts entered into
with them by former Capt. O. M. Carter
for improvements to the Savannah harbor,
now before the United States Court of
Claims, was again postponed to-day until
next Monday, upon the motion of the At
torney General.
Symons Made Custodian.
Brunswick, Ga., Nov. 13.—Capt. W. F.
Symons, Brunswick's postmaster, to-day
received official noilce from the Secretary
of the Treasury of his appointment as cus
todian of the site for the new public
building at Brunswick. This sets ai rest
all doubts as 10 the selection of the site
by the <kpar:ment, for it has long since
since announced the dußignon site, on
Gloucester street lioulevard, near Union,
as its choice, and now it has approved the
titles and placed Its own agent in charge
of the property. Tlie appointment of Capt.
Symons as custodian of the site is a de
served honor to him, as he is one of the
best men in the government service
and did not seek tlie appointment. He ban
already noiltied the tenants on the prop
erty of his assuming control of It. Work
on the new building will hardly commence
before early spring, but Brunswick will be
glad to get it even that soon. It was due
to the good work of Congressman Brant
ley that Brunswick secured this building,
for the people here have been after one a
Jong time without success.
EXCITEMENT AT VANCEBURG.
Continued from First Page.
to-day about 2,000 citizens flocked into
Vanceburg and gathered around the Court
House when the election board met. News
reached the crowd that the commissioners
were about to throw out the vote of an
other precinct, and there was an angry
demonstration. Trouble seemed imminent,
when it was announced that the election
board had reconsidered its action by which
the vote of certain precincts had been
thrown out, and that the entire vote of
the county would be counted as cast,
INCREASES TAYLOR FIGURES.
Commercial's Returns Still Piling Up
llis Plurality.
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 33.—The Commer
cial to-morrow will say II has official re
turns from four more counties, making 115
out of the 119.
These four counties, Rotvn, Knox. John
son and Floyd, show a net gain of twenty
three for Taylor over the Commercial's
unofficial returns. This added to the pre
vious llgures of 3,111, gives Taylor a plu
rality of 3,134 in the state. In this esti
mate four counties, Jefferson, Lewis, Mon
ofee and Harrison, are unofficially re
ported.
According to the Commercial's advices
10-day an appeal to the court in Knox
county resulted in the eertirtcatUin of the
vote of that county by the election of of
ficers.
PREWITT 11 VY CONTEST IT.
Populist Candidate In Mississippi
Talks of Trouble.
Jackson, Miss., Nov. 13.—Dr. R. Iv. Prew
itt, Populist candidate for Governor in
the recent election, threatens to make a
contest of Judge Longino's election on the
ground that his nomination was illegal.
In an open letter addressed to other
Populist candidates and tire Executive
Committee of the People’s party, Prew
itt says that the Democrats violated the
primary election law in reference to tlie
nomination of their state ticket. Section
3259 of the code requiring that mass meet
ings must be held in all counties on the
same day, and that the Democrats did
not observe this feature of Ihe primary
law. He asks that a meeting of the Ex
ecutive Committee be held to consider the
matter.
When asked for an opinion on the sub
ject to-night. Gov. McLaurin stated that
Dr. Prewitt's remonstrance is ill-founded,
as the Democratic ticket, which was of
ficially recognized by the State Board of
Election Commissioners, was sent to the
various counties in due form, and that
the entire proceedings were regular and
in strict conformity with the primary law.
Prewitt was defeated by over 30,009 votes.
As to tlie Noel Amendment.
The Noel amendment to the state consti
tution, providing for an elective judiciary
system, which was voted upon at the elec
lien last Tuesday, is promised 11 test be
fore the- Supreme Court. In an interview
with the Associated Press correspondent
to-night. Senator E. F. Noel, author of
the measure, stated that if the Legisla
ture failed <0 incorporate the amendment
in the constitution, ho would bring the
matter into the courts.
Senator Noel asserts that the amend
ment has received a majority as required
by section 273 of the cotistllution, said sec
tion requiring only a majority of the qual
ified electors voting for and
aglnst the measure, but on
the other hand, many constitu
tional lawyers of prominence interpret the
section os meaning that the amendment
must receive n majority of all the voters
participating in the election.
About 33 per cent, of the voters last
Tuesday failed to express any prefenn’e
on the amendment, which, if the latter in
terpretation is correct and the majority
required is based on Ihe vote for Gover
nor. insures its defeat by over 3,000 votes.
If Mr. Noel's interpretation is correct,
however, the amendment has carried by a
majority of nearly 12,(00. Mr. Noel ex
presses confidence that the Legislature will
incorporate the amen intent, and if it
should do so it will then devolve upon the
opponents of the measure to bring the Su
preme Court’s test, which they promise to
do.
PLURALITY IN MARYLAND.
Col. John AV. Smith Carried tlie
State by 12,121 A'otes.
Baltimore, Nov. 13.—The official count of
the ballots cast at last Tuesday’s election
gives Col. John Walter Smith, Democratic
candidate for Governor, 12,121 plurality
over Lloyd Lowndes, Republican Incum
bent of the office.
Col. Smith carried Baltimore city by
8,101, and the counties gave him 4,020 plu
rality.
Candidates for other state officers did
not run more than a few hundred votes
behind Ihe leader on the Democratic
ticket.
CHARGES AGAINST ENGLAND.
Antl-nritlsh Meeting Held In a
Chicago Music Hall.
Chicago, Nov. 13.—England was charged
with treaty breaking and cruel oppression
by speakers at the mass meeting at Cen
tral Music Hail to-night under the aus
pices of the Holland Society of Chicago,
Addresses were delivered by D, J. Schuy
ler, president of the Holland Society; Dr.
1 homos, William Vocke, Judge Kavan
nugh ami l'rof. J. T. Bergen of Holland,
Mich. The symposium of addresses form
ed a comprehensive arraignment of the
British government which Judge Kavan
augh declared had been discovered to he
no better than a third-rate military power.
Resolutions were adopted denouncing the
English policy against the Boers and ex
tending sympathy to the South African
Republic.
An auditor in the gallery moved that a
copy of the resolutions be sent to I yard
Salisbury and the enthusiastic audience
yelled. It was a large audit nee and com
posed largely of people of affairs.
Large Deal In IVhlxky.
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 13.—The Kentucky
Dist Me ties and Warehouse Company has
announced one of the biggest whiskey
deals ever closed In the slate. It is the
sale of 85,000 barrels of high grade goods
lo a Chicago firm and invofves over
$1,000,000. The whiskey was bought up by
the trust soon after its organization last
June.
—First Politician: Will this war on Ihe
trusts amount to anything?
Second Politician: Oh! They may be
compelled to pay us an indemnity.—Puck.
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WORK OF AMERICAN TROOPS.
(Continued from First Page.)
to be short of provisions. Lawton push
ing forward with great energy, his ad
vance obliged to leave behind all tran*-
portation and depend to great extent upon
country for subsistence.
“Hayes. Fourth Cavalry, In vicinity of
Carranglan, has captured large amount
Insurgent property, and nearly half bat
talion of 400 Hok> men transporting Agul
naldo's property north over mountains, to
gether with his private secretary and sev
en officers. Young, with Third Cavalry
and Batson’s Maccabebe scouts, followed
by balance battalion Twenty-sec
ond Infantry, leaving behind all
transportation, pushed out on San
Jose Lupam, San Quentin and
Mayug road and scattered enemy station
ed at these points, most of whom driven
south west ward.
“Vessel with squadron Third Cavalry
hastened forward to Mayug, where in
surgents’ supply depot was captured, se
curing several hundred thousand pounds
of rice, 3,500 pounds Hour, 7,500 pounds
salt and other provisions, 1,300 uniform
coats, new, many blankets and other ar
ticles of clothing, also number of Insur
gent officers and sixty-nine Spanish and
two American prisoners. Detachments
sont north to San Nicholas, and it Is be
lieved that Young established communica
tion with Wheaton’s troops last evening.
Indications are that Insurgents will not
escape to mountain capitals at Bnyon-
Ung without great difficulty and loss, If
at all. Our troops at Tarlac, Arlago, Tala*
vera, Sun Jose, Bupao, Htimingan, San
Quentin. Tayug, San Nicholas on through
to Lingayen gulf, with strong station at
Ary at, San Isidro, Cabanatuan, should
cause insurgents some annoyance.
“Our troops have suffered great hard
ships. and have performed most severe
service, but are reported in excellent con
dition and spirits. The enterprise and in
domitable will displayed by officers never
excelled. Otis.”
The spelling of the names of towns In
the above Is as given In the cable dispatch.
As the American forces have now reached
a point the maps of which are necessarily
imperfect, the war department adheres to
the text of the cable.
Later in the day the department re
ceived a second dispatch from Gen. Otis,
as follow’s: •
“Manila. Nov. 12.—N0 news received of
Lawton’s advance since yesterday; Mc-
Arthur’s troops look Bam ban and Capas,
four miles north of Dami an both on rail
road. yesterday. Insurgents reported 1,500
strong retiring rapidly north, making
slight resistance. Our casualties, Second
Lieutenant Davis, Thirty-sixth Volun
teers. killed; three enlisted men reported
wounded.
“rttiong reconnaissance from Capas In
direction of Tarfac to-day. Condition of
roods and streams render general advun e
with wagon transportation Impracticable.
Enemy appear to bo in demoralized con
dition and show much disorganization as
indicated by captured telegraphic dis
patches and deserters from the!r ranks."
TAKES A PISSIMISTIC VIEW.
Ilritlsh Nnvnl Officer Talk* on the
Philippines.
London, Nov. 13.—A British naval offi
cer who has just returned from a town In
the Philippines, has been interviewed re
garding the situation there, of which he
takes a somewhat pessimistic view. Ac
cording to the published interview, he
thinks that mote river gunboats are peel
ed and that Gen. Otis is trying to run
the campaign too economically.
Paying a high tribute to the “surprising
intelligence and confidence of the Ameri
can soldier." the officer says:
"Patience and bravery the American sol
dfer has shown in a high degree, but he
is not particularly mobile. He would be
more efficacious if, instead of being col
lected in comparatively enormous numbers,
he were used In smaller forces, moving
more rapidly and living in the country in
stead of requiring vast quantities of pot
ted luxuries.
“Moreover, he looks tired, and ns if he
wanted something to do. Except for nn
occasional game of base ball there is noth
ing for him to do but to drink. Now. if
he were a British soldier he would b<* di
verted by all sorts of sports.”
ADMIRAL W HhEV’S THANKS.
Wrote n l'leaannt Letter to Mayor
Woodward of Atlanta*
Atlanta, Nov. 13.—Mayor Woodward to
day received a letter from Rear Admiral
Schley, thanking the citizens of Atlanta
for the many marks of courtesy shown
him and those accompanying him on his
recent visit to Atlanta. The letter Is as
follows:
"The Everett, Washington, D. C.-My
Dear Mayor: In behalf of Mrs. Schley and
myself and the friends who accompanied
us on our recent visit to Atlanta, I beg
io thank you sincerely for the cordial
greeting and welcome to your beautiful
city.
“For the generous and limitless hospi
tality of your sweet people, I have only
the most delightful remembrances, and
for yourself, the members of the city
government and my brothers of the Royal
Arcanum, the most pleasurable recollec
tions of courteous attention and kindness.
Very sincerely yours, W. 8. Schley.”
"Mayor J. G. Woodward, Atlanta, Ga.,
Nov. 9, 1899.”
WILL DEPEND ON CONTESTS.
How the Courier-Journal Sum* Up
the Kentucky Affair.
Louisville, Nov. 13.—The Courier-Jour
nal to-morrow will publish returns from
the official count in 113 of the 119 counties
of the state. These give Goebef a plurali
ty of 3,3*0.
The unofficial returns to the same paper
fr m the six remaining counties give Tay
lar pluralities of 1,722, making Goebels
net plurality 1.637. From tills table, how
ever, are omitted all votes that ate being
contested. These number 1,333 for Goe
bel, including the 1,198 In Nelson county,
and 2.914 for Taylor.
Taylor’s \ lurality of the contested votes
is 1,611. Upon these contests the Courier-
Journal says, will depend the result.
IN A RECEIVER*!* HANDS.
Examination of Benedict's Accounts
Not Reported on.
Athe-ns, Ga., Nov. 13.—The Exchange
Bank of Athens was placed in the hands
of a receiver to-day. The stockholders
claim the Institution is solvent. The ex
perts who for some time have been exam
ining the books of Cashier John A. Bene
dict, who mysteriously disappeared several
months ago, will not be ready to report
within sixty days.
T/ped but cannot sleep
glass befone peiiping~of
fIJOHaNNffOFfS
Malt extract -
Gives Refreshing,Sfumhe/C
•‘THIS" HAS CAISKH A STIR.
Oiiiln.loki of mi Important Word In
n Florida lon.
Tallahassee. Fla., Nov. 13.—The omis
sion of Iho single word "this" In refer
ence (o surety companies guaranteeing of
ficial bonds In Florida lias caused a siir
among the agents representing such com
panies in this state. In reporting the mot
tor of rejection of lionds signed by the-*
companies, reference was made only to of
lleial bonds, and no surety company is
permitted to guarantee an official bond
unless such company has made a dctsii
of 130,000 with tile state treasurer. There
it can transact "tills” kind of business In
Florida.
Teena Ross, a young negro woman, was
critically burned by tho explosion of a
kerosene lamp Hbotit 8 o’clock Sunday
night. She Is still alive, but there is little
hope of her recovery.
Hon. John G. MeGlffln of Fernandinu
has sent his resignation as u member of
the legislature from Nassau county to the
Governor.
H. i>. Fowler and Charles Mahon nrc
new enlistments in the Franklin County
Guards at Apalachicola.
WAS SHOT FROM Ill'll 11 NO.
I*l.l o 1 Whs Found Near the Hod y ot
John Armstrong.
St. Louis, Nov. 13.—John Armstrong,
son of ex-police sergeant Armstrong a
check clerk at Cupp es Station, was found
dead in tho dining room of his home
yesterday. Ills face was stained witli
blood and close to his right hand lay a
revolver, with an empty shell and four
loaded chambers. The man's wound
showed he had been shot through the
heart from tho rear.
Mrs. Rose I.ouvler, aged 30 yenrs, who
had been cooking meals and taking care of
tho rooms occupied by Armstrong, was
arrested together with her husband. Tho
woman stales Hint Armstrong had bien
boarding at her house, with the consent
of her husband, for about a year, that he
had removed from there because her hus
band objected lo him, and later he took
up his abode about three blocks from her
home, with her as his housekeeper, paying
her *2.60 a week for her services. Neigh
bors heard a shot fired last Saturday
night, but paid no attention to it.
WHOLESALE MQIOH DEALERS.
Effort I* Being Made to Awaken nn
Increased Interest.
Cincinnati, Nov. 13.—Tho Enquirer will
say to-morrow:
An effort is being made to awaken an
Increased Interest In the National Associ
ation of Wholesale Liquor Dealers of
America and to this end a meeting of tho
wholesale dealers is being held here this
week. The first of the outsiders to ar
rive were members of the Ex
ecutive Committee of the na
tional association, F. L. Synder
of a. M. He)man and John ltardenhelm
er. These gentlemen arrived tn Cincin
nati yesterday and made several visits
among members of the trade. They will
be reinforced by whlskv dealers to-morrow
from Louisville, New York, St. Ixiuls, Chi
cago, Cleveland and others points. The
meeting Is held at this time to attempt to
harmonise all wholesale whisky Interests
and get them Into the ranks of the na
tional association.
CASE OF I’ll OF. M’GIFFERT.
Committee Reported Failure to Get
Him to CltmiKe Hl# Views.
New York. Nov. 13.—The case of Prof.
Arthur C. Mc.Giffert, of the Union Theo
logical Seminary, who is charged with
holding views that are at variance with
the doctrines of the Presbyterian Church,
came before the Presbytery to-day, and
action was taken which will probably re
sult in a reference to the general assem
bly. A committee appointed last June to
confer with Prof. McGiffert and prevail
uiKHi him to withdraw from the church
or at least modify his views, reported fail
ure of Its mission, the professor stead
fastly refusing to recede from the stand
he had taken on certain church matters,
saying that he had been misunderstood.
The report, which recommended refer
ence to the general assembly, was ordered
printed.
COO I* Ell FI MIS HP IS It ICII.
He Comes Out, of Prison More Than a
Millionaire.
London. Nov. 13.—George Cooper, who in
1592 was sentenced to ten yours' imprison
ment, after a sensational trial, for hav
ing killed his wife at Douglass, Isle of
Man, has just been released.
He finds himself the inheritor of a for
tune estimated nt nearly £1,000,000. Both
hts father and father-in-law, who were al
ways convinced of his innocence and that
the death of his wife was accidental, died
during his Imprisonment, leaving him
large properties.
After Pacific lint I romls.
St. Louis, Nov. 13.—The Interstate Com
merce Commission began the hearing to
day of the complaint of the St. Louis
Business Men's League against the Pa
cific coast railroads and their conneoiions
In the matter of discrimination against
St. Louis in the fixing of rates. Commis
sioners Knapp, Prouty, Yeomans and
Clements were present. A. J. Van Lan
tngham of the Ht. Ixjuls Traffic Bureau,
presented the case of the St. Ixtuls mer
chants, occupying the whole of to-day's
session.
Sewanee Won the Game.
New Orleans. Nov. 13.—The Sewanee
team played at Baton Rouge to-day,
giving the Louisiana State University
eleven Its flr.-t defat of the season, fc'e
wanee's splendid team work held the Ba
tor Rouge boys safe, and the game ended
in dew a nee's favor by a, score of 31 to 0.
Death of Gen. Dye.
Muskegon, Mich., Nov. 13.—Gen. Wll
llam McE. Dye, minister of war to the
King of Corea anil ex-chlef of police In
Washington, D. C., died here to-r.lght of
diarrhoea. Gen. Dye, owing to 111 health,
left Seoul, Corea, on May 5, for home.
TO-DAY'S WEATHER FORECAST
Washington forecast for Tuesday and
Wed m s. lay—
For Georgia and South Carolina: Fair
and warmer Tuesday; light to fresh south
easterly winds. Wednesday partly cloudy.
For Eastern Florida: Fair Tuesday, with
warmer in extreme nor!hern portion; fresh
northeasterly winds. Wednesday fair.
For Western Florida: Fair Tuesday and
Wednesday; variable winds.
General conditions: At 8 p. m., Now. 13,
I>".*!. A ifuiht depression cover* Missouri
old Kansas. Elsewhere tho prossuro is
decidedly above the normal, the highest
elr.g ovrr the Middle Atlantic coast. A
rise of 8 to 12 degrees tn temperature ts
noted in the Ohio and middle portion
of the Mississippi valley; In other sections
It lias remained about stationary. Very
• lull showeis have fall, n in Florida and
over the Upper Mississippi valley. The
weather Is generally cloudy over tho Up
per Lake# and Mississippi valley with
rain fulling at Davenport and St. Paul.
Yesterday's Weather ut Savannah-
Maximum temperature. 3 p. m.. 67 degrees
Minimum temperature, 7 a. m... 48degree*
Mean tcm|>eratura 58degrees
Normal temperature 60degrees
Deficiency of temperature 2 degrees
Accumulated deficiency since
Nov. 1 ; 8 degrees
Accumulated excess slnco
Jan. 1 162 degrees
Rainfall 00 Inch
Normal 07 inch
Deficiency since Nov. 1 1.03 inches
Deficiency slnco Jnn. 1 8.92 inches
River Report.—The hight of the Savan
nah river at Augusta at 8 a. m., 75th me
ridian lime, yesterday, was 5.9 feet a rise
of 0.1 foot during tho preceding twenty
four hours.
Observations taken Nov. 13. 1R99, 8 p. m.,
75th meridian time, at the same moment
of time ut nil stations for tho Morning
News:
~Nh me of Station, | |-T.| *V. |Ra4i
Boston, ptly cloudy 31 10 .00
New York city, clear.... 42 12 .00
Philadelphia, clear 40 6 .00
Washington city, clear.... 36 L .00
Norfolk, clear .. 46 L .00
Hatteras, clear 44 L .00
Wilmington, clear 60 L .00
Charlotte, clear 52 L .00
Raleigh, clear 48 L .00
Charleston, clear 56 6 .00
Atlanta, clear 58 8 .00
Augusta, clear 54 00 .00
Savannah, clear 66 L .00
Jacksonville, clear 62 6 .00
Jupiter, ptly cloudy 74 16 .04
Key West, clear 74 16 .00
Tampa, cloudy 70 10 T
Mobile, clear 66 8 .00
Montgomery, clear 60 8 .00
Vicksburg, cloudy 72 6 .00
New Orleans, clear 68 L .00
Galveston, clear 70 8 .00
Corpus Chrlstl, clear 72 6 .00
Palestine, clear 72 L .00
Memphis, cloudy 68 12 ,0t)
Cincinnati, clear „ 64 L| T
Pittsburg, clear 38 I L , .00
Buffalo, clear 36 6 .00
Detroit, cloudy 40 6 .00
Chicago, cloudy 46 26 .04
Marquette, cloudy 40 L .00
St. Paul, raining 40 j, x
Davenport, raining | GO 6 .03
Bt. lyouls, cloudy j 62 12 | T
Kansas City, cloudy ..... 72 10 ,00
Oklahoma, ptly cloudy 68 10 .00
Dodge City, clear 68 12 .00
North Plutte, clear 52 12 .00
-;-T. temperature; V r ~vmgl ty nl esjf
H. B. Boyer,
Local Forecast Official Weather Bureau.
THE POTTERS’ WHEEL.
It Represents the Mast Anelent Form
of Machine Tool.
From Coaster's Magazine.
There can bo very little doubt that the
potter's wheel, or potter’s lathe, as It is
also termed, represents to-day the most
ancient form of machine tool known.
Among the many sculptured records of
the trades and occupations which so viv
idly represent the customs and habits of
the ancient Egyptians, tho potter and his
wheel have been found frequently depict
ed, and it is curious to note that through
the til most countless generations since that
t me tills crude type of latho has under
gone no material mollification. The primi
tive form was evidently a small round ta
il!'', set on a pivot, and free to revofve,
being turned by hand at Intervals; and to
this device there weie added In theoouise
of time such simple conveniences as a ta
ble to support it end a foot or hand-power
turning arrangement, displaced, in recent
years. In possibly a few Isolated cases by
actual engine (lower driving. In general
use, however, tho potter’s wheel of tho
present lime bears alf the characteristics
01 the one which four thousand years, or
more, ago served to turn out pottery at
testing unsurpassable taste and skill.
It is curious, too, that in none of those
ancient records are ihere shown examples
of the forerunner of the common turning
lathe as we know it to-day, even though
the art of turning may be traced back
to a very remote period. Among Egyptian
antiquities that have been found at Thebes
and other cities there have been found
many specimens which exhibited Indutia-
I le signs that the material, while in revo
lution, was subjected to the action of a
tool hePd at rest—legs of stools and chairs,
for example, find lamps and musical ln
struments—and in lut< r centuries, among
the Greeks and Homans, the lathe was un
doubted. y In common use, Cicero and I’llny
both refer to the art of turning, and Hero
dotus thus uses the lathe as a familiar si
mile. But I smite when I see many per
sons describing the circumference of the
earth, who have no sound reason to guide
them; they des rite the ocean flowing
round the earth, w hich is made circular as
if by a lathe.” Unfortunately, however.
It appears that none of these nor other
early writers have h ft any account of the
tallies and tools employed by their contem
poraries.
Tlie Cheerful Automobile.
From the laondon Times.
A curious and exciting motor cycle acel
f dent occurred near Cheltenham late on
Sunday night. A local electri iun was Hd-
Ing along a country road when he noticed
that burning benzoline was droiiplng from
the machine, and had ignited hts stock
ings. When he dismounted to extinguish
the flames an explosion occurred and tha
motor car was blown to pieces. The burn
ing oil reached the supply tank, and the
Hane s spread so far that the grass along
the roadside was set alight, and, In turn,
Ignited n dry hedgerow. The rider for
tunately escaped with but little injury.
The accident Is attributed to the probable
choking of the valve by grit, this causing a
leakage of the oil..
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