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Officers were elected.
u , iHE COMMAXDS IN THE STATE
VOTED YESTERDAY.
jiiU‘t \nmel at Preliminary Elec
|jo„* went Through With All Com.
iill( |m—Field Officers for the First
Infantry, First C avalry and Navai
Ml tia All Voted for in Savannah,
jl ..nits of These Elections—C'om
,ii!iies Held Their Elections in
l li, ir Quatrters —Officer* Who Were
{ iMx*n and the Freeholders Who
l>i-'sided
j;i (ions for commissioned officers in
• rgia State Troops were held by all
, s of the service in Savannah last
n Throughout the state such clee
, were held, either during the day or
a , r ht, the law/passed by the last Leg
.... , , making it obligatory that the
ni .ry commands be given a fresh op
j, ity to indicate whom they wanted
a;> , ; fleers.
\,< surprises were sprung in Savannah.
jl elections passed off ns had been
ex ;„ ud. I* l nearly every instance the
c , . A nds had indicated their choice sev
en! lays before, and these predilections
v, , adhered to in the legal election. It
v , v II known that there would not be
and the votes received by the of
f, , were complimentary.
, George T. Cann and Capt. RoJ>er-.
T iiiard superintended the election for
I-,.; i t.tiicers of the First Regiment Infan
, Hie result was a full vote of Savan
r officers for the following:
Colonel—Col. A. R. Lawton.
Ij. uenant Colonel —Col. T. S. Wylly.Jr.
Major First Battalion— Maj. W. L. Gray
-5011.
Major Second Battalion—Maj. Thomas
Screven.
Major Third Battalion—Maj. Ernest
Dart.
election of field officers was held in
officers* quarters at the regimental
armory, the line officers voting. The elec
tion ~ for company officers w’ere held in
the quarters of each command.
( ompany L, the Irish Jasper Greens,
c ~t. John Flannery, Mr. James McGrath
& 1 Mr. E. J. Kennedy, freeholders, su
p. undents, re-elected Capt. P. F. Glea-
Ml n i irst Lieutenant E. A. Leonard and
p ~iid Lieutenant J. F. McCarthy.
• • mp;uiy M. the Republican Blues,
- ji j > M. Russell and Mr. C A.
Marmelsteln, superintendents, elected
cM. Ed Wilson, First Lieutenant Jo
g. t ,h M. Dreyer and Second Lieutenant
G >rge J. Barthelmess.
r.-mpany K, the (Savannah Cadets, Col.
J. F. Brooks, Lieut. Walter E. Coney and
M R. P. Lovell, superintendents, re-elect-
I Capt. J. T. West, First Lieutenant J.
S Tyson and elected Second Lieutenant
George Richter.
i ompany H, the German Volunteers,
jusiiee G. E. Revans, Mr. C. H. Harms
ai 1 Mr. 11. F. Lubs, superintendents, re
lee led Capt. C. H. Konneman, First Lieu
tenant J. D. Helmken and Second Lieu
t. t i.i R. W. Baughn.
Company I, the Oglethorpe Light Infan
try Judge Robert Falligant, Mr. C. F.
L.nv and Mr. L. A. McCarthy, superin
tendents, re-elected Capt. G. A. Gordon,
J r i Lieutenant D. C. Barrow and Sec
ot 1 Lieutenant J. 11. Butner.
onipuuy A, the Savannah Volunteer
Guards, J. Randolph Anderson, John W.
In dwell and W. B. Stubbs, superin tend
• nr.-, re-elected Capt. James M. Rogers,
F.i-; Lieutenant R. M. Screven and Sec
*>• i Lieutenant R. M. Hitch.
< ’ompany B. Savannah Volunteer Guards,
Waring Russell, Jr., and Edgar F. Whit
on , superintendents, elected Capt. Wil
m B. Stephens, First Lieutenant R. G.
Torino and Second Lieutenant Edward F.
Lovell, Jr.
'ompany C, Savannah Volunteer
Cinurds, H. E. Wilson and Jacob Cohen,
siiperintendents, re-elected Capt. J. Ferris
< ' mi. First Lieutenant F. C. Wilson and
S* ond Lieutenant Walter P. Ott.
Company D, Savannah Volunteer
L i '■ 1--. m. S. Baker and John M. Hogan,
■;>• rintendents, re-elected Capt. Henry
1 in. Jr. First Lieutenant Wright Hiin
t* i and Second Lieutenant W. L. Pritch
ard.
Three companies of the regiment, thoso
i- :ming the Third Battalion, to the com
n. ini of which Maj. Ernest Dart of J3runs
vi k was elected, are not in Savannah.
( n. is at Waynesboro, Company E. of
v ieh Capt. W. A. Wilkins is in command.
I* is probable he was chosen as his own
- c. ssor. Such, also, was probably the
at Statesboro, where Capt. W. H.
1 : h is in command of the Kell Rifles,
Company F. At Brunswick a contest was
fxiHtiod, Captain-elect Jack Styles anl
c ' Dunn both being claimants of the
l • iminary election in ihe Brunswick
Ihrl- s. Company G.
'' mpany B had a much larger number
(1 (ft than any of the other com aides
th* Second Battalion. The vote in all
J ompanies in this battalion was rather
1 - iter than was desirable, however.
• \V%LIIY OFFICERS ELECTED.
D*! Georgia Hussars Chose Troop
Officers to Command Them.
I >♦ re were four votes to be cast in
s - mnah last night for field officers of
' First Regiment of Cavalry, Georgia
* w, ‘te Troops. These wore the votes of
1 " Henry MoAlpin, Lieut. C. A. L.
f anfngtiem and Lieut. W. W. Gordon.
J ill.officers of the Georgia Hussars,
fi 1 of Capt. J. C. Posted, inspector of
r practice of the reg ment.
■HI of these votes were cast for the
f owing nominees for the field positions
cf the regiment:
‘*olonel—P. W. Meldrim, Savannah.
itenani Colonel—Beirne Gordon. Sa
vi nnah.
• ijor First Squadron—James S. Dozier,
■A’ unia.
v < r Second Squadron—Benjamin T.
• iuir, Darien.
Wijor Third Squadron—William P.
v 1 it*. Liberty county.
1 hose officers are the choice of the In
' 'Tial elections previously held, and that
1 v have received the votes of the other
Timers of the regiment of cavalry and
■ * n elected is a matter of no doubt whai
' •r. They are chosen.
Tho Georgia Hussars re-elected all of
'* r old officers by a unanimous vote.
lir ‘ election was presided over by G. Noble
and Ch irlaa D. jQsl cesof the
1 ‘ce. and resulted in the election of
<*i>t. Henry McAlpin, Lieut. C. A. L.
< unnlngham and Lieut. W. W. Gordon,
r • without a vote of any member of
ih troop to say either of them nay. Every
v°u was for the old officers troop.
ARTILLERY OFFICER*.
The Old llonril Was Elected Without
Opposition.
The Chatham Artillery election wan
presided over by Messrs. A. C. Harmon
**nd a. V. Palmer, both'veteran and hon
orary members of the company. Several
<>f the older members were on hand, as
wHI as a number of Ihe younger men.
1 "• old officers were re-elected without
being Capt. George P. Walker,
• list Lieutenant W. G. Cami, First Lieu
m ~,„r TB White, Scarlet,
BLANKETS <jj| Vßl g re y rhi.
at
Msaam&e. els and Comforts at
/' BROUGHTON & BULL STS.
closing out prices.
tenant H. S. Dreese and Second Lieuten
ant C. >W. Saussy.
THE XAYAI. MILITIA.
Chose Lieut. Kinxie nnd Three New
OtH eer*.
The Naval Militia, Third Division, chose
Lieut. J. H. Kitizic as their commander.
He has been at the head of the division
for many months and has built it up won -
derfully. Mr. F. A. IJ. Hancock was made
lieutenant, junior grade, and will serve
th division for the first time. Messrs. H.
M. T. Miscally and E. W. Jewett, who
were boatswains mates in the division,
were elected eivsigns. All the officers are
popular and will no doubt cause the di
vision to take t\ prominent place among
the military organizations in the city.
Lieut. Kinzie was the only commission
ed officer of the Naval Mil tia in the city
entitled to cast a vote for the battalion
officers. His vote was for Commander
Frank Aiken of Brunswick and Lieuten
ant Commander C. E. Broughton of Sa
vannah. Those officers were undoubtedly
the recipients of the votes of the Bruns- J
wick line officers.
TUB COLORED BATTALION.
Mont of the Old Officers Were fle
eleeted.
The First Battalion of Infantry. Geor
gia state troops, colored, also held its
election last night. Under the new law,
Lieut. Col. Deveaux becomes a major, but
he will have the same staff as formerly.
So far as could be learned the elections
resulted as follows:
Company A. Lincoln Guards: Capt. W. !
J. Pinckney, First Lieutenant Edward E. j
D svei ihV, Second Lieutenant Peter L. '
Bowens.
Company C, Chatham Light Infantry: i
Capt. Nelson Law, First Lieutenant A. N. ,
Thomas, Second Lieutenant Mack Cum- j
mings.
Company D. Savannah Light Infantry:
Capt. H. N. Walton, First Lieutenant Ju
lius Maxwell, Second Lieutenant J. C. !
Williams.
Company F, Colquitt Blues: Capt. J.
H. Carter. First Lieutenant R. L. West,
Second Lieutenant P. J. Doing?.
Company E is located in Macon, being
the only colored infantry company in the
state outside of Savannah. The.companies
of the battalion have not been renamed
since the recent reorganization of the col
ored troops.
The staff officers who will probably re
tain their places are Adjt. Sol C. Johnson,
Quartermaster A. Bowens, Inspector of
Rifle Practice J. H. Bugg. Surgeon T. J.
Davis. The office of commissary of the
battalion has not yet been filled.
ELECTIONS IN BIUNSWICK.
Dunn Men Won Out in the Contest
for Cnptnin of Riflemen.
Brunswick, Ga. f Feb. I.—The military
elections to-night resulted at follow's:
Commander Naval Reserve Battalion,
Frank I). Aiken; lieutenant commander,
W. P. Broughton; navigator. W. M. Tup
per.
First Division Naval Militia—Lieu
tenant. F. D. M. Strachan; lieutenant jun
ior grade. J. S. Symons; ensigns, Frank A.
Wrench and H. F. dußignon.
Torpedo Division Naval Militia—Lieu
tenant, James S. Wright; lieutenant jun
ior grade. C. A. Taylor; ensigns, C. M.
Bowen and C. VV. Deming.
Hie Naval Militia officers were nominat
ed last week and elected to-night without
opposition.
The election of Lieuts. J. M. Wiggins
and J. T. Parnell of the Riflemen was set
tled by nomination last week, and no op
position resulted to-night, but for cap
tain. There .was a contest between the
supporters of Frank A. Dunn and J. C.
Styles. The Dunn men protested against
Styles’ nomination last week on several
grounds, and refusing to abide by the de
rision. placed their candidate far election
to-night. The election resulted in favor
of Dunn by a vote of 22 to 17.
The Dunn men are “rod hot” to-night
and celebrating in great shape. The con
test has been tho liveliest ever held in
Brunswick military circles, and the Dunn
men are jubilant and on the hunt for their
favorite to give him a great send off.
with MtiisTA’s military.
TlinriiaNKon Was ( lioson C olonel or
the Third Regiment.
Augusta. Feb. I.— I The military elections
in Augusta to-night resulted as follows:
Colonel Third Regiment, R. IT. Thomas
son, 10.
Lieutenant colonel. W. B. Adams, 10.
Major First Battalion, J. R. Irvin, 10;
major Second Battalion. A. L. King, 10;
major Third Battalion, N. A. Teague, 10
German Guards —Captain, A. J. Renkl;
first lieutenant, John Sancken; second,
Charles Sancken.
Oglethorpe? —Captain, R. H. Devaughn;
lieutenant, James R. Stokes; second, C. E.
Dun bar.
clinch Rifles —Captain, A. H. Weisigner;
iiehetant. J. W. Levy; second, J. E.
Goetehius.
Irish Volunteers— Captain, M. P. Walsh;
lieutenant, M. L. Johnson; second, J. D.
Bryson.
Richmond Hussars—Captain. A. J.
Twiggs; lieutenant, E. E. Beane; second,
V. D. Barbot.
IN THE FOURTH REGIMENT.
Col. Wooten and Lieut. Col. Hopklna
Had No Opposition.
Albany. Ga., Feb. I.—ln the elections to
night for field officers of the Fourth Geor
gia Regiment, Col. W. E. Wooten of Al
bany and Ldeut. Col. T. N. Hopkins of
Thomasvlllo were re-elected without oppo
sition.
For the three majorsliips there are six
candidates, Maj. T. O'Hrien of Waycross,
Maj. T. J. Morris of Fort Gaines, Capts.
W. T. Cox and A. J. Scott of Albany,
Capt. W. F. Clark of Dawson and Capt.
R. 1.. Wylly of Valdosta.
The officers of the two Albany compa
nies elected to-niftht are as follows:
Company E-Captaln. W. T. Cox; first
lieutenant, C. R. Davis; second lieutenant,
W. M. Wilder.
Company G—Qaptain, A. <5. Scott; first
THE MOKNING KEWS, Fill DAY, FEBIIUAIIY 2, 1900.
lieutenant. J. Manry; second lieutenant,
D. Fleming.
HOW IT W ENT IN COLI >3lll S.
loinmhim Guards Re-elected \II ot
Their Old Officers.
Columbus, Ga., Feb. I.—The Columbus
Guards, at their regular election of offi
cers to-night, re-elected their old officers
as follows:
Capt. W. H. Tucker, First Lieutenant
Peter Freer, Second Lieutenant E. B.
Wells.
The commissioned officers of the com
pany also balloted on the field officers of
the regiment, which is the Fourth. They
refused to give out for publication the
result of their ballot.
The candidates voted on were Col. Will
iam E. Wooten, Lieut. Col. Thomas N.
llopkins. Majors (three to be elected), TANARUS:
J. Morris, T. O’Brien, A. J. Scott, R. L.
Wylly and F. VV. Clarke.
LIBERTY INDEPENDENTS.
Elected Officers nnd Indorsed the
Field Officers.
Mclntosh, Ga., Feb. I. Pursuant to the
orders of the Governor, the Liberty In
dependent Troop met to-day for election
of officers, which resulted as follows:
Captain, Lieut. A. Gordon Cassels, whose
election was unanimous; first lieutenant,
Sergt. T. P. Gordon; second lieutenant,
Sergt. R. Frank Cassels. The entire nom
inations, os made by the regimental offi
cers, were Indorsed, namely: P. \V. Mel
drim, colonel; Bierne Gordon, lieutenant
colonel; B. L. Sinclair, major First Squad
ron; W. P. Waite, major Second Squadron;
J. S. Dozier, major Third Squadron.
>lcliito'Mli Light DragooiiN.
Darien, Ga., Feb. I.—The Mclntosh Light
Dragoons, Troop G, of the First Regiment
of Cavalry, Georgia state troops, to-day
voted for field and company officers, in ac
cordance with the recent act of the Legis
lature. The members of the company
took considerable interest in the election,
although then* was no contest for any of
the offices. The company voted unani
mously for the following officers: Colonel,
P. VV. Meldrim; lieutenant colonel, Bierne
Gordon; majors, B. T. Sinclair. VV. I’.
Waite and J. S. Dozier; captain, 'ifYoop G,
R. D. Fox; first lieutenant. T. J. Meldrim;
second lieutenant, J. M. Hopkins. Mr.
Fox, who was unanimously tendered the
captaincy of the Dragoons, has been first
lieutenant for some time, making an ef
ficient and popular officer. Capt. Sinclair,
who received the unanimous vote of the
company for major, has been captain
the Dragoons for many years, and has an
enviable record as commanding officer.
Fifth Regiment Elections.
Atlanta, Feb. I.—The following officers
of the Fifth Regiment were elected to
night: Col. Park Woodward, Lieut. Col.
W’. G. Obear, Majors W. W. Barker and
J. Van Holt Nash, Atlanta, and Frank
George. Rome; Captains Hibernian Rifles.
M. A. Erskine; Atlanta Rifles. H. L. Har
ris; Atlanta Grays, Hugh Dorsey; Capital
City Guards, Harry Anderson; Gate City
Guards, James O’Neill. Machine Gun
Battery, V’. H. Shearer; Zouaves, A. A. Al
dred.
Effingham llUNwars.
Guyton. Ga., Feb. I.—The Effingham
Hussars held a meeting at the armory in
Springfield to-day for the purpose of elect
ing officers for the year. Nearly every
member of the troop was present. The
election resulted as follows: Captain, J.
S. Neidlinger; first lieutenant, C. F. Berry;
second lieutenant. D. G. Heidt, Jr.
HESTER** .JA>I VIM REPORT.
Cotton Receipt*. So Far Ire About
2,000,800 Bn leu Short.
New Orleans. Feb. I.—Secretary Haster’s
statement, issued to-day, shows that the
total of cotton brought into sight for Jan
uary was fM8,479, against 1.J89.983 last year,
and 1,388,394 year before last.
The movement from Sept. 1 to the
close of January shows receipts at all
United States ports. 4.779,977, against 6,803,-
084 lost year; overland across -the Missi s
sippi. Ohio and Potomac rivers. 917.004,
against 981,430 last year; Southern mill
takings, exclusive of consumption a*t
Southern outports. 717,045. aga nst 655,*45,
and interior stocks in excess of those held
at the commencement .of the season, 437,-
412. against 455,173 last year.
The total amount of the cotton crop
biougtrt into fight during the five months
ending with the close of January, is 6.851.-
438. against 8.895.532 last year.
Foreign exports for the first five months
of the season have been 3,332,531 bales, a.
decline under last season of 1.909,770.
Stock at the seaboard and the twenty
nine leading Southern interior markets at
the close of January was 1,900,850, against
1,678,040 last year.
Including stock left over at ports and
interior towns from the previous season
ami the number of bales of the current
crop brought Into sight during the five
months the supply has been 7.470,336,
against 9,163,038 List year and 8,801.481 4he
year before.
PASSED TWO DERELICTS.
Reported n# New Orleati* by the Mor
gnn Liner Excelsior.
New Orleans, Feb. I.—Th6 Morgan Line
i steamer Excelsior, from New York, re
ports, Jan. 27. twenty-one miles northeast
j of Cape Hatteras light, passing a sub-
J merged wreck with one mast about ten
; feet out of water and small spars at
; tached.
On Jan. 28. latitude 30.12 north, the Ex.
| eelsior passed the wreck of the schooner
| H. .W. Morse of Bath, Me., water-logged
! and abandoned. Foremast standing.
1. wreckage around her. seas washing fill
over her and lifeboats gone. Both wrecks
are dangerous obstructions to navigation
NEGRO SI K V HEMTAI HAST
1 For Ref awing to Serw |||„ a nn( j
White With the W hite*.
Pittsburg. Pa.. Feb. I.—Walter E. Bil
: lows, a colored attorney of this city, en
tered euit to-day against William H. Mr
! Carthy, a prominent restaurateur, for $5,-
1 000 damuges for refusing to serve Con
gressman George H. White of North Car
olina and himself with dinner.
Billows claims that McCarthy offered to
serve them elsewhere than In the general
dining room, but they demanded ;r* equal
footing with white persons and left the
place.
SIBLEY AIRS HIS NEW VIEWS.
FORMER FREE SILVER ITE NOW AD
VOCATE* expansion.
He Ha* Recanted Hl* Free Silver
V lew* and 1* a Most Vrdent Vanex
ntioni*t—Wants to Take in Porto
lUco, Cuba, the Fhllipidne* nnd
the Whole Thing:—Tr a tin \nn I War
and Lynching* It* the South Were
\ Ino nisciiMsed.
Washington. Feb. I.—Representative Jo
seph Sibley of Pennsylvania, whose elo
quent and earnest championship of free
silver featured the Fifty-fourth Congress,
assailed his Democratic colleagues to-day
for ftieir opposition to expansion, in a
speech that made the floor and g.tileries
roar.
Mr. Sibley has recanted his views on free
silver, and is now generally out of line
with his colleagues on the Democratic
side.
The remainder of the debate touched on
mediation in the Transvaal war. vnehings
In the South and the jury law in Hawaii.
The conference report on the urgent de
ficiency bill was adopted. It was only a
partial agreement. Two it'ems were still
in dispute. The House then went into
committee of the whole and resumed the
consideration of the Indian appropriation
hill.
Mr. Shoforth of Colorado mal speech
saying it is the duty of the United States
to mediate between Great Britain and the
Transvaal. He traced the history of the
Transvaal Dutch from the migrations
from Holland, to show that England was
invading the rights of the South African
Republic. The British demands, he said,
were outrageous.
Mr. Talbert of South Carolina denounc
ed Mr. Linney of North Carolina for his
reflections upon the fair name of the
South yesterday.
Sibley** Expansion V iew*.
Mr. Sibley spoke for an hour He said
he had heard no argument against terri
torial enlargement which was not urged
against the annexation of Louisiana and
T6xas.
“Is there any parallel?’’ asked Mr. Coch
ran of Missouri, "between the territory in
the Louisiana purchase, then practically
without population, and the Philippines?”
“Nothing has been said about the Philip
pines,” replied Mr. Sibley, “which was not
said about the territory now Missouri.
You in Missouri were classed as barbari
ans.’’
“Do you believe the people in the Phil
ippines are susceptible to the civilization
of the inhabitants of the Louisiana pur
chase?”
”1 am not placing limitation- upon the
powers of Almighty God,” answered Mr.
Sibley, amid a round of Republican ap
plause.
In reply to Mr. Cochran’s taunt that civ
ilization was being shot into the Philip
pines, Mr. Sibley said that the history of
civilization had been traced in human
blood. Wendel Phillips had said that ev
ery achievement of human justice had
gone from rack to rack and scaffold to
scaffold.
Should Hold Them Ml.
“Shall we hold Porto Rico and the Phil
lippine archipelago?” asked Mr. Sibley—
“ Every foot. No nation on earth has a
higher right of title to a rod of soil. We
hold by the double title of purchase and
of conquest, nnd my belief is that there
once the shadow of our banner 1 has fall
en there will survive a race of freemen;
and I would hold Cuba until stability, or
der, good government and the protection
of life and property were assured. 1 am
going to echo the President's query, ‘Who
will haul down the flag?' Who planted
it there? What cabinet council, what
warrior, what statesman, what senator or
representative, what body of men formed
any plan of conquest? The cries of suf
fering humanity rang in our ears and we
stopped our ears. The groans were heard,
hut we answered not. We saw them
stripped nnd wounded on our way to
Jerico. and like the priest and the Levite.
we passed by on the other side. Not un
heard those cries and groans at the throne
of the Almighty, who. to awaken us from
apathy, our almost criminal indifference,
permitted the engines of His wrath to
hurtle their thunder. Those lands and
people, unworthily ruled, were to pass
from the house of Saul to the house of
David. God and the valor of American
arms gave us that territory, not because
we are a nation altogether free, altogether
pure, altogether blameless* but because
working through him as an instrumental
ity. he has given it to the boldest, the
freest, the most progressive, the most en
lightened and the most Christian of all
nations of the present age. (Applause.)
V Democratic Decline.
He appealed to the Democratic side to
come back to the teachings of the Demo
cratic fathers. Expansion was a Demo
cratic ddetrine. he asserted. It had ben
fathered and advocated by Jefferson.
?on. Polk, and Buchanan ‘Only cowards
it.’ Buchanan said, and he was the
last. Demo ratio President we have had."
The Nicaraguan canal should be built,
he said, and the subs dy bill to encourage
American shipping pa?? and.
“China is to b 4 dismembered. We must
reach out and get our of its com
merce. We have a mission to fulfil, a des
tiny to accomplish and we must afford an
example to the nations as to how r they
may justly rule themselves, not in license,
but in liberty.”
When Mr. Sibley had concluded he re
ceived an ovation such as has not been ac
corded any member in the House this ses
sion.
Lynch!iik* l the South.
The debate then returned to the quesdon
of iynchings in the South.
Mr. Kiutz of North Carolina and Mr.
Griggs of Georgia defended the South.
The latter described some of the atro
cities whUdi led to lye hlngg. While he
did iot justify law caking, he declared!
that those who condemned the Iynchings
unqualifiedly had water, not blood, in their
' veins. (Applause).
Without completing the consideration of
the bill, the committee rose.
Mr. Weeks of Michigan submitted the
report on the contested election case of
Young vs. Wise in favor of Wise.
Mr. Hitt of Illinois reported the diplo
matic and consular appropriation bill.
The Senate bill to present the first gun
fired in th*‘ Spanish war to the city of
Nashville. Tenn.. was passed.
At 5:10 p. m. the House adjourned.
Chlckn hominy Arrive*.
Norfolk. Va.. Feb. 1 —The British steam
shipship Cfrlekahominy, nearly a week
overdue, arrived here to-night.
The tug Edgar F. Luokenbach started
tonight in search of the abandoned
schooner Charles B. L et, owned by Nor
folk and Suffolk parties.
\ Irifclnlii'* t onntltntlnn.
Richmond, Va., Feb. I.—The Petnorraric
legislative caucus decided to-night to or
der a vote to be taken on the fourth
Thursday in May next on the question of
calling the convention to fr&tne anew con
stitution for the state.
Movement of irtlllcrj,
Fort Monroe, Va.. Feb. I.—Batteries B
and E, Second Artillery, arrived at the
fort to-day from Fort McPherton, Geor
gia. These batteries take the place of
those recently, sent to Key West.
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XV ANTED A SONG NND A JIG.
Story Tolil on Senator Bacon and
foimrenniiinn Lewi".
Washington, Feb. 1.-While Senator Ba
con was delivering his great speech against
expansion Tuesday, nearly all the mem
bers of the Georgia delegation were pres
ent to hear what he had to say in answer
to the young “Indiana David” of the Re
publican tribe, Senator Beveridge.
During a lull in the proceedings a good
story was quietly related in the cloak
room at the expenSb of Senator Bacon by
one of the members of the House. It ap
pears that Senator Bacon and Representa
tive Lewis, who represents Speaker Crisp’s
old district, were campaigning in Geor
gia. Mr. Lewis is short and slight, while
Senator Bacon is more than a foot taller,
and would easily weigh 200 pounds. The
Senator and Mr. Lewis were scheduled
to speak in a small town not far from
Americus.
The hall selected for the meeting would
hardly accommodate 100 i>ersons. The vil
lage schoolmaster conceived the idea of
giving his pupils an opi>ortunlty to see and
hear iwo distinguished Georgia statesmen
on the hustings. At the hour designated
for the meeting the schoolmaster and his
young charges filed into the hall and oc
cupied nearly three-quarters of tin* seat
ing capacity. Back of the school children
were two or three rows of sells contain- ,
Ing ladies also interested in t|i<‘ meeting,
so that scarcely any available space was
left for the male population of the town.
When Senator Bacon and Mr. L< wis
came upon the platform they were some
what surprised to find the hall pre-empted
by women and children. Senator Bacon
was loaded with a red hot political speech
which he proposed to fire at the voters in
that vicinity. With considerable display
of indignation he announced to the chair
man of the, local committee that he came
to speak to men and not children, and re
quested that the school children give way
to the voters who were outside clomnur
ing for admission. The chairmen of th
committee quietly informed the s ho >l
- what Senator Bacon had said,
whereupon the teacher in a tone of with
ering sarcasm stood up and proclaimed in
a loud voice:
“Children, you see yonder a real live
Senator ami a real live Congressman on
the same platform. Now if th“ big one
will sing a song and the little fellow dance
a jig, we will go.”
B 1 DA MET FIRST DEFEAT.
Some Intere*l lug Hare* on Fn*t
Truck 11 1 New Orleans.
New Orleans, Feb. l.—Buda met her first
defeat in the third race to-day. The filly
was a hot favorite, backed from even to
4 to 5, but she showed that three furlongs
was her limit, and after going the dis
tance she tired and quit. •
Fouchon's ride on Rushfields in the fifth
race led the stewards, in view of the
horse's poor performance the last time out,
to suspend ihe bt*y, pending an investiga
tion. The weather was cool and the track
fast.
First Rare—Six furlonss. liimtine, 9 to
10, vv.>n, Willi Bi lie Memphis, lo r> ami
out, second, and Saliie J., 500 to 1, third.
Time 1:13%.
Serond Race—Seven furlongs. Kleuron,
1 to 2, won, with Polly Bixby, 15 to 1 and
tl to 1, second, and Dr. Fannie, 7 to 1,
third. Time I:2BV*.
Third Race Selling. 2-year-olds, four
furlongs. Ily I. 4 to 1 and 2 to 2, won,
with Buda, 4 to 5 and 9 to 20, second,, and
Moses. 30 lo 1, third Time 0:49.
Fourth Race —Handicap, six and one-half
furlongs. Turney, 9 to 1 and 5 to 2, won,
with Dlano Fonso, 7 to 1 and 8 to 5, sec
ond, and Alex, ti to 5, third. Time 1:21%.
Fifth Race—Selling, one and one-eighth
miles. Rushflelda, 3 to 1 and even, won,
with Pat (iarrett, 8 to 1 and 3 to 1. second,
and Freak. 2 to 1, third. Time l:sfiV.
Sixth Race—Selling, one mile. Free
Lady, 5 lo 2 and 8 to 5, won, with Jim
Conway, 8 to 1 and 3 lo 1, second, and
Wild Tartar, 10 to 1, third. Time 1:42.
Liverpool Cotton Stetlattca.
Liverpool, Feb. 2.—Total weekly cotton
stntistics: Total sales of all kinds, 50,f)0
bales; American, 46,000. English spinners'
takings, 85.000 bales. Total export, 7,000
bales. Import, all kinds. 71,000 bales; im
port, American, 51,000. Stock, ail kinds,
669,000 bales; stock. American. 546,000.
Quantity afloat, all kinds. 219,000 bales;
afloat. American. 188,000. Total sales, In
speculation, 1.300 bales. Total sales to ex
porters, 2,300 bales.
Marston Moor Was Flouted.
Cape Henry. Va . Feb. I.—The British
steamer Marston Moor, which stranded
early Monday morning near New rnlet, N.
C, forty miles north of Hatleras, waa suc
cessfully floated at 8 o'clock to-night, and
is now lying at anchor apparently In good
condition and able to use her own steam.
Charleston's Exposition.
Charleston, S. C., Feb. I.—The special
committee which has been in charge of
the arrangements for the exposition here
In 1901, to-day Issued an open letter to the
people and press of the slate calling their
attention to that enterprise and giving an (
outline of Its purposes and scope.
THAT NATIONAL BANK CASE.
ALLEN THINKS GAGE’S REPLY IS
NOT SI FFITIENT.
Fit arize* That the TriininHlon* Were
t’ondneted I'or Bolitlenl Pnr|one*.
Mr. Row Hum of Ltali Had a. liuem
-11 ii of I'erMonal Privilege—New
Senate Ollieer* Sworn in—Daniel
of Virginia Dade a Speech on the
Financial Une*tion.
Washington, Feb. I.—Nearly the entire
morning hour of ihe Senate to-day was
occupied by Mr. Allen, Populist, of Ne
braska, in a dlscSeeion of the report of
Secretary Gage concerning his transac
tions with the National City Bunk of New
York.
Mr. Daniel, Democrat, of Virginia, then
delivered an extended speech on the pend
ing financial measure. He vigorously op
posed the proposition that the country
should go to the gold standard.
Daniel M. Ransdell of Indiana nnd
Charles G. Bennett of Now York wore
sworn In as sergeant-at-arms and secre
tary of the Senate respectively.
Mr. Rawlins of Utah rose to a question
of personal privilege and to make a per*
> sonal inquiry. He called attention to ref
erences to himself in the Record, inti
mating that ho might have revealed cer
tain things as to the domestic affairs of
citizens of Utah, and “perhaps to the
moral status of i member or members of
the House of Representatives.”
He thought this was a breach of the
courtesies and privileges‘of this l>ody and
asked whether it would bo within the priv
ileges of u member of the Senate to reply
to such allusions.
The chair (Mr. Frye), held that if any
senator should begin an attack upon any
member of tin* house, the Chair would
call him to order, but, he said, It was for
tho Speaker of the House to determine
what action he should take In such cir
cumstances.
Mr. Rawlins said he wanted to show that
his silence should not be taken as an ad
mission of the truth of the statements.
Mr. Pettigrew’ offered a resolution that
a paper, entitled “The Philippine Com
mission,” ho printed ae a public document.
He asked that it lie on the tabic until
to-morrow morning.
Mr. Peitus of Alabama offered a resolu
tion calling u i>on the Secretary of the
Navy for information as to why ho had
decline-] to supply Ihe Court of Claims
with information as to naval courtsmar
tial. The resolution went over under ob
jection.
Alton on National ( It) Hank.
The resolution of Mr. Allen discharging
the FinanVe Committee from further con
sideration of his resolution calling for in
formation from the Secretary of the Treas
ury with refernce to his transactions with
the National City Bank and the Han
over National Bank of New York were
laid before the Senate.
Mr. Allen claimed that the replies of
the Secretary of the Treasury hod not been
sufficient. He read the now famous le
ter addressed to Secretary Gage by A. B.
Hepburn, vice president of the National
(’ity Bank, in which reference was made
to the bank directors’ part in the cam
paign of ’96.
Mr. Allen admitted that no reply was
made to that letter, but he said that its
object was attained #as evidenced by the
fact that when the letter was written the
National City Bank had a vastly smaller
amount of government money on deposit
than It had a month later.
Mr. Allen charged Mr. Stillman with In
viting the treasury department to give the
country th impassion there was
more money in the banks of New York
than there really was This ought, in his
opinion, to have called forth a'sharp re-
FINE GRADES OF WHISKIES.
WHISKIES. WHISKIES.
The R. G. Whiskey gallon S2OO
Glendale Whiskey . .gallon $2.50
Crystal Spring Whiskey gallon $3.00
Golden \y,edding/Whiskey gallon $3.50
IN CASES OF \2 LARGE BOTTLES:
Th. Antediluvian Whiskey bottled by Osborn, of New York $16.50
The Peerless Whiskey bott'.ed In bonJ in Hendereon, Ky $12.00
The Peoria Whiskey bottl'd In bond by Clark Brother. $12.00
Meredith Rye Whiskey, bottled at their distillery in Ohio $11.50
Oolden Wedding Whlekey, our bottling $9.50
LIPPMAN BROTHERS,
Lippman Block, - - - Savannah, Ga.
buko from the Secretary, but the corre
spondence showed none.
Mr. Allen said the logical deduction was
that the transactions were conducted for
political purposes, and the American peo
ple could not l>e persuaded that then* was
not undue Intimacy between the treasury
and tho National C’ity Bank.
Some C urrency Di*cunlon.
Mr Daniel then spoke.
"The American people,” said he, “are,
by tradition, in favor of bimetallism. They
arc likewise in favor of sound money.
The Democratic party has always been the
mo?! pronounced and consistent advocata
of bimetallism.
"We are under a system of humpbacked
bimetallism. This country can now go
on tlie gold standard If It wants to, but
it is nece*gary <o sneak into the system.”
He objected to tho Senate measure, be
cause it practically excluded silver and
nobody could foretell the possible calamity
i( might bring on the world. There was
almost as much silver money in the world
as gold, but this bill struck .such a blow
at H as might prove fatal to It. The
House bill, he said, did not Interfere with
the legal tender character of silver.
In answer to inquiries by Mr. Daniel,
Mr. Aldrich said that under the Senate
bill the silver certificates were payable*
in Silver, not in gold; but that the treas
ury notes and greenbacks were payable
in gold.
“The .status of the* silver certificates,”
said Mr. Aldrich, “is not changed by this
bill any more than is that of the* gold cer
tificates.”
Continuing. Mr. Daniel said this country
bad $392,000,000 of silver money, and while
the Senate bill sets forth that It Intended
to maintain all money of the United States
a parity, the vast volume of silver
money was left out ir> the cold.
Need* No Protection.
“Does Ihe Senator think.” Inquired Mr.
Aldrich, “that the outstanding silver dol
lars need any protection to maintain their
parky with gold?”
Mr. Daniel replied that ho did not. Tho
purpose of the (lending, bill, he said, waa
to overthrow the immense mass of sil
ver money and the I*lll had left nearly
half of our money unprovided for.
“If.” he continued, "you will put th*
metal In the dollar, the dollar will take
care* of itself.”
“I want to say, as my personal pin
ion,” said Mr. Aldrich, “that $392,000,000
made of copper, containing 412% grains
of copper each, could be maintained at a
parity with gold under th© same privi
leges now accorded to silver.”
Mr. Daniel expressed his gratitude to
Mr. Aldrich for making that statement,
as, he said, that was the opinion of all
bimetallists, and he was glad that tho
Rhode Island Senator had recanted anil
once more come into the fold.
T shall stand by the dollar of the com
mon law,” said Mr. Daniel in conclusion,
“by the dollar of the constitution, by th®
dollar of America, which, to-day, erect,
proud and triumphant, is worth as inur b
ns when U first emanated from the mint
in 1790. and which will go on and fulfill
its mission if not Interrupted by unwise
laws ”
In a brief speech Mr. Stewart of Ne
vada maintained that the pending bill
destroyed the full legal tender value of
the silver dollar, because all the bonded
obligations of the government were mad
payable In gold.
The Senate then adjourned.
VIRGINIA NEGROES AFT.
I)< nonneed Onnnn Management and
Jim Crow t ar Law.
Norfolk, Va., Feb. I.—The negroes of the
Second Congressional District have organ
ized what Is to be known as the Central
League with headquarters in this city. Thq
action of the Republican State Committee
in the matter of census suprevisors, has
been condemned and the passage of the
Jim Crow car and steamboat laws has
been condemned by resolutions.
Steven* Succeed* Ingall*.
New York, Feb. I.—Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad directors to-day elected Georgo
VV. Si evens president, to succeed M. E.
Ingalls, resigned.
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