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Newspaper Page TextUtlanfa jsrtni-Weekljj VOL IV. •DEAR SCHLEY' LETTER BONE Os CONTENTION ADMISSION OF NEWPAPER CLIP- PINGS VIGOROUSLY OPPOSED BY SCHLEY’S COUNSEL. WASHINGTON. Oct. After the usual preliminary proceedings in the Schley court of inquiry today Lieutenant James J. Doyle, formerly of the flagship Brook lyn. was recalled for the purpose of con tinuing his testimony. When the court adjourned yesterday Lieutenant Doyle was under examination by Mr. Raynor, and the court had just decided that the wit nesses should not enter upon a discussion of the blockade of Santiago as it was con ducted after the arrival of Commander in Chief Sampson. There was much interest in Doyle's ap pearance. as It was expected that his ex amination would develop the further poli- Schley’s counsel In the case. and counsel are beginning show the effects of the arduous duties imposed by the trial. Especially severe is It on attorneys for both Admirals Schley and for the navy department. Their du ties do not cease when the court adjourns in the afternoon, but they extend far into t)»e night. The trial presents many points to al! of them and its various turns bring to light fresh complications, which have the effect of rendering it more trying than an ordinary case would be. Lieutenant Doyle then resumed his tes timony begun yesterday. He was exam ined by Mr Raynor. He said that in the bombardment, wtilch had taken place June 36. the Socopa bat tery bad replied at first, very spiriterly. but that it soon “went out of business." After the ships withdrew the enemy had 'again manned their guns and then shot at the ships. On the occasion of the second bombardment they did not remain so long. • They always took a snap shot at us as we left.” he said. Mr. Raynor then asked Lieutenant Doyle how often he had seen Commodore Schley during the Santiago campaign. “Every time we were under Are,” he re plied. "during those bombardments and in the battle of July X” “What was his conduct* I refer you to the first specification of the precept 'His conduct In connection , with the events of the Santiago campaign.' and what was his conduct and bearing at any time either during the bombardments or during the battle of July t, when his ship was under fire?” "I did not have an opportunity, as the commodore was always near about the conning tower, to observe his conduct during the battle, but Immediately pre vious and after it I did have an opportu nity to do so. He always struck me as being Just about as well possessed as it? was possible for anybody to be under tueee circumstances.’' Mr Raynor then asked the witness whether on July X !»«, be had observed smoke coming from Santiago harbor over Socopa hill. Captain Lemley objected and Mr. Raynor said that his purpose was to prove that It was believed that at that time the Spaniards were preparing to withdraw from the harbor and that Com rttsWYe Schley had ■eeenmmrtcated the facts to the squadron. It was competent he said* to prove the conduct of the com modore under the department's precept. Captain Lemley and Mr. Hanna conten ded that the certain effect of such ques tions would be to open the gates for In terminable inquiry and that if one side should enter upon such questions, the other must also be allowed to do so. They did not object except for the reason of the time involved. Captain Parker announced his willing ness to “open the door wide.” He wanted the entire matter investigated and would have the searchlight turned upon every individual from the commander in chief to the lowest officer under him. Mr. Raynor was then permitted to ask his question which nj did in the follow ing words: "Was .he smoke observed on July 2 by Commodore Schley communicated to the squadron T' The reply v “Smoke was rising in the harbor on July X and my impression now is and al ways has been since that night that the information was convey d to the com mander in chief.” The witness was then requested to give • br.ef account of the part taken by the Brooklyn in the battle of July X which he did repeating much he had said yes terday. Captain Lemley began his cross exam ination by asking the witness whether he was as sure of the position and ac tions of the Brooklyn as he had been of the way the Brooklyn had been turned on the day of the Santiago battle. The witness replied that he was more certain. He repeated his statement made yesterday that he had made the entry In the log that the vessel had turned with a starboard helm when in fact it had turned with a port helm. He said he had not consulted with anyone except Com mander Sharp before he changed the en try. Mr. Hanna then cross-examined the witness regarding his testimony bearing on the battle off Santiago, asking him first as to the direction in which the Spanish ships were headed as they came out of the mouth of the harbor. "They were coming right toward us.” the witness replied, "in column of vessel almost in line a little on our starboard bow. They had not begun then to turn.” Lieutenant Doyle said that he had made bls observations of the battle through the peep-hole from the sliding head, and again related how the enemy had been cut off from his vision by the smoke of one of the Brooklyn’s big guns. The cross-ex amination upon these incidents was in progress whgn the court took its mid day recess for luncheon. The afternon session of the Schley court began with inquiries concerning the wig wag signal to the Oregon from the Brook lyn to fire her U-inch gun. The witness said that he was sure that he had seen the signal made, but he was unable to find an entry of the signal In the ship’s log. Reading the log he found a notation of several signals and then a note saying that “other unimportant sig nals had been made." Captain Lemley asked what efforts had been made by the flying squadron to dis cover the whereabouts of the Spanish fleet while the squadron lay off Cienfuegos before the arrival of Captain McCalla. The witness replied that there had been no effort except in making inquiries of the captain of the British vessel Adula. Captain Lemley then asked a number of questions. The first of these called for an explanation of what the witness meant yesterday when he said he thought that just after the beginning pf the battle of July X there was a prospect of a “me lee.” "I thought." he said, "that the ships were coming right towards us. I thought they would get into us and I thought we would have a mix up as they were only •bout I.WO yards distant." Threshing Old Straw. WASHINGTON. Oct. L-The Schley court of inquiry began its proceedings to day with the recall of the witnesses on the stand yesterday and after they had corrected their previous testimony and wade such additions thereto as suggested thtmsclves, they were excused and new witnesses were Introduced. Lieutenant Dyson, who was on the wit ness stand yesterday when the court ad journed was then recalled. He had added to his coal history of the fleet Informa tion as to how long the supply of coal on hand May 26 would have held out under forced draft. The information was con tained in a chart which was read by Judge Advocate Lemley. The witness also read the same Information from a tabular statement. The chart covered the period from May IS to June 1. It showed that on May 36. the Brooklyn's supply of coal was 862 tons; the lowa's 784 tons: the Texas 408 tons and the Marblehead 122 tons. 1 May 24 the Brooklyn had coal enough aboard to have remained on blockade duty off Santiago for 25 days and then to have returned to Key West, the Mas sachusetts to remain 12 days and then go to Key West, the lowa enough for .11 days. the Texas seven days and the Marblehead one day. Lieutenant Dyson was followed on the stand by Commodore Raymond P. Rodg ers, who was executive officer of the bat tleship lowa during the summer of 1898. He testified to leaving Key West on May 20 for Cienfuegos to join the flying squad ron. Before leaving he had, as a repre sentative of Captain Evans, he said, a conference with the commander in chief, Sampson, at which Captains Taylor and Chadwick were present. At that time he was told by Admiral Sampson that he had received information from the department at Washington that the Spanish fleet un der Cervera was probably in the harbor at Santiago. He had. however, not been informed of any secret code for communi cation with the Cuban insurgents near Cienfuegos. He had. he said, taken dis patches for Commodore Schley, and while not certain whether there was more than one package, he was under the impres sion there was more than that number. "Is there any more danger to a collier with a battleship on either side?" "There would be very great danger to a collier in coaling battleships with a bat tleship on either side.” Captain Rodgers related two or three instances in which the ships of the flying squadron were cleared for action an sig nal from the flagship Brooklyn before May 21, when vessels were discerned in the distance. In each case the vessels proved to be American ships. Each time the signal was to clear for actions and make speed of 12 knots an hour. Captain Rodgers stated that the Brook lyn was the only vessel that fired five inch shells and Mr. Raynor said that a careful computation based upon the re port of the board of survey showed that twelve flve-inch shells had been found on the Spanish vessels. Mr. Raynor presented a statement show ing the number of shells found on the vessels of the Spanish fleet and the Wit ness was asked to state the percentage of five inch shells assuming the statement to be correct. Captain Rodgers replied that the total number of hits was thirty-five and that therefore the five inch shell hits consti tuted thirty-four per cent, of all the hits. Mr. Raynor said that the statement had been prepared by Admiral Schley. The witness also said he knew that the Brooklyn had eight-inch guns but Mr. Raynor said the admiral’s computation was not intended to cover that feature. His only purpose was to make the show ing for flve-inch guns. Cross examination about the dispatch he carried Captain Rodgers was asked If the “Dear Schley” letter dated at Key West. May 20, 1898, written by Admiral Sampson in which the statement was made that “ I am of the opinion that our best ehanee of success "tn capturing *thC enemy's ships will be to hold Cienfue gos and Havana” was included in these dispatches. The witness replied that he had no knowledge what the envelope con tained. While the examination was In progress. Mr. Raynor read the letter in cluding the following extract: “If later it should develop that the ves sels are at Santiago we could then as semble off that port the ships best suited for the purpose and completely block ade. Until we receive more positive in formation we shah continue to hold Ha vana and Santiago.” Mr. Raynor remarked that he supposed it would be conceded that the Santiago as given above was a mistake and that it should be Cienfuegos. Captain Lemley replied that he would make no such con cession. and a tilt followed between coun sel concerning the accuracy of govern ment publications. , Wrangle Over Sampson’s Letter. WASHINGTON, Oct. X—Lieutenant Commander Hodgson. formerly navigator of Commodore Schlty'z flagship, the Brooklyn, continued his testimony before the fechley court of inquiry today after some of the other witnesses of yester day had been given an opportunity to cor rect their testimony. When the court adjourned last night Commander Hodgson was in the hands of Judge Advocate Lemley, whose exam ination of him partook very largely of the nature of a cross-examination. This was due to the fact that Mr. Hodgson had been called by both sides of the contro versy and was considered even more a Schley witness than a government wit ness. Captain Lemley and Mr. Hanna continued the Inquiry for the government at the beginning of the sitting, today, af ter which Mr. Raynor began a series of questions intended to present the Schley side of the conduct of the Brooklyn du ring, not only the battle of July 3. but of the entire Santiago campaign. Mr. Hanna’s inquiries were devoted part ly to developing more of the details con cerning the bombardment of the Spanish Ship Crlstobol Colon, May 31. The entire correspondence between Commander Hodgson and Commodore Schley was al so put in evidence. The court begun its session today with the understanding that there would be only one sitting. This agreement was reached and was brougbt about by the fact that the members of the court and counsel found themselves greatly fatigued by the exacting nature of their work and the continuous ses sions of the court. There is much interest In yesterday's developments concerning Admiral Samp son, and there is sti.. doubt as to wheth er he will be a witness. It will remain with Admiral Schley and his counsel to say for what day, if for any, he shall be called. * The controversy as to the ad miral's meaning in his “Dear Schley” dis patch on May 20th has been In no wise abated by the tentative agreement as to his being summoned. Counsel on both sides this morning had before them copies of the dispatch and each was trying strenuously to bring the ;i Admiral Schley Will f Retire On Wednesday I :: j 4 WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.—Next Wednesday, the 9th cf October. Rear Adml- 4 4 ral Schley will retire from the active list of the navy by age limit, and 4 4 from present prospects this will take *place while the court of inquiry is 4 4 still in session. His retirement will promote two captains to be rear ad- 4 4 mtrals. Captain Frank Wilder, who was in command of the Boston during 4 4 the battle of Manila bay, now heads the list of captains. He was pro- 4 4 moted for war service and under the law his advancement must not retard 4 4 the regular course of promotions. 4 4 Therefore, Captain Henry Glass, who stands next to him on the list of 4 4 captains, also will enter the list of rear admirals of the navy. 4 4 Other promotions resulting from Admiral Schley’s retirement will be those 4 4 of Commodores F. P. Gilmore and Eugene H. C. Leutze, who become cap- 4 4 tains, and Lieutenant Commanders Sidney A. Staunton and Charles W. 4 4 Bartlett, who become commanders. , 4 ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY. OCTOBER 7. 1901. M'KINLEY FUND IS NOW NEARLI SAGOO NUMBER OF NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS HAVE BEEN SENT IN FROM OUT OF TOWN. Work of the committee on the “Mc- Kinley Memorial Association” has been practically suspended for several days, be cause the chairmen of the different com mittees decided at their meeting Tuesday morning to aid in the more immediate necessity of a fund for rebuilding the Sol diers' Home. In the meantime subscrip tions have come in every day, and the committee will resume active work to day, it is believed, with the same suc cess that they met with in the beginning. The movement .to build a monument to the late president, is only two weeks old. but In that time nearly 27,000 has been subscribed for this' purpose—almost one third of the prescribed amount. Very few of the committee's lists have been turned in as yet. but thAy will begin to come in in earnest next week and con siderably augment the amount already In hand. Mr. C. D. Camp sends in out of town subscriptions to the amount of sl9 ahd says he will have more to send in later. He has sent in previous subscriptions to the amount of $154, making a total of $173. Mr. Camp has been a most zealous worker for the McKinley monument fund. A list of subscriptions secured through Albert V. Curran from the telegraph oper ators of Murphy & Co., and the Western Union company, amounting to $22 was brought in this morning. Some generous individual subscriptions have come to the secretary within the last two days. Mr. Nicholas Ittler subscribed $25 to the McKinley monument fund. T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr., president of the Old Colony Trust company, enclosed a check for $25, and D. P. Hale contributed $9. D. M Guggle, of Dahlonega, Ga., postmaster at that place, wished his name entered for $3, and William J. Menko, Jr., aged six iponths, enclosed his check for sl. This young man is quite the youngest patriot who has apepared In the field, so, far. H. L. Bridges. sl, Mrs. L. Condon- Hendricks, $5. The Perkins Lumber Co., of Hagan. Ga.. have very kindly sent in through Mr. D. Woodward. $5. other to their view of the case. When Lieutenant Doyle was excused Colonel Lemley again brought up the question of the difference of construction of the last paragraph of the "Dear Schley” letter. He produced the original copy of the letter as follows: "Therefore am of the opinion that our beat chance of success in capturing the warships will be to hold the two points, Cienfuegos and Havana, with all the force we can muster. If later It should devel op that these vessels are at Santiago we could then assemble off that port the ships best suited for purpose and completely blockade it. Until we receive positive information we shall continue to hold Havana and Santiago.” f Captain Lemley then said: “If tL.e court please. I was yesterday re quested by counsel for the applicant to produce the original of the letter from Admiral Sampson to Commodore Schley, dated May 20, 1898, the question being as to the final name at the end of the first paragraph, whether it should be “Cien fuegos or Santiago.” I ha\Ae the original and the name appear 'Santiago,' and ap pears over an erasure. I invite attention to the fact that in the press copy book it is Santiago, which shows that the change was made before the letter was press copied and sent. I will add that the punc tuation is as I stated yesterday in the press copy.” He also, at the request of Admiral Schley's counsel, introduced an other copy, "in which.” he said, "you will see there was no correction. It appeared originally as Santiago." The court examined the original papers and the press copies with care, and. it was agreed that the papers had again been printed in the record. Captain Lemley then requested that all the papers In Admiral Schley’s possession, bearing upon the case be supplied, and Mr. Raynor replied for the admiral that he (Admiral Schley) had no more papers. Commander Hodson was then called to continue his testimony of yesterday. He was asked by Captain Lemley about his correspondence with Amiral Schley con cerning what the judge advocate de nounced a newspaper "colloquy.” While the reading of the letters be tween Admiral Schley and Lieutenant Commander Hodson and the newspaper articles bearing upon the correspondence was in progress Mr. Rayner objected to the reading of one of the newspaper ar ticles as irrelevant. The reading had re-’ <julred considerable time. Admiral Dewey aald: “Those things could all have been printed. You are taking valuable time here. We want facts —facts. We don't want newspaper articles. We have ruled these out. Cannot these matters be print ed?” Captain Lemley: “Then they would be in evidence. Do you mean you don’t want them at all?” Admiral Dewey: “We want them. Could they not be printed like other papers?” Mr. Raynor: “We want everything that passed between Lieutenant Hodgson and Commodore Schley that appertains to this controversy, but we would not like this record to contain editorials against Com modore Schley. I do not think the right to be printed in the record an editorial against Admiral Schley or any other ad miral. or in favor of him, which was nev er seen by Admiral Schley* at all. That ar ticle was not sent in any letter to Ad miral Schley. He says not.” Captain Lemley: “It is really a part of the correspondence and referred to. We do not contend for one moment that any allegations that may be made in that ed itorial against Admiral Schley are proof of what these allegations are, but this Is a part of the correspondence and nec essary in determining as to what was the propriety of Commodore Schley’s conduct in the premises.” After the further reading of letters and before the entire correspondence had been exhibited the court at 1 o’clock adjourned until Monday. LOOK AT THE LABEL. from the small label pasted on your paper you will see the date your sub scription expires. If you have not already sent your renewal, we hope you will send it without delay, so as not to miss an is sue of the paper. Tou need a reliable newspaper like the Semi-Weekly Journal, with its elaborate news service to keep you posted. EXPERIMEHTFARnT OFFICERS ELECTED GRIFFIN, Ga., Oct. i.—At a meeting of the board of directors pf the Georgia ex periment station yesterday afternoon the following officers were elected: R. J. Redding, director. J. M. Kimbrough, agriculturest. J. H. Fullerton, of South Haven, Conn., biologist and horticulturist. Claude Willoughby, of Columbia, Mo., dairyman. Miss Stella Flemistor,* of Atlanta, sten ographer and accountant. There were a large dumber of appli cants for the three last named offices, and the fact that they ware chosen from among so many is a guarantee of their efficiency. > The board found the affairs of the sta tion in a very st tiefactpry condition and complimented the upon their faith fulness. , ; 4444444»< 111 • I ♦ AN APPEAL FOR HELP ♦ ♦ FOR THE VETERANS. 4 4 ' When the Soldiers’ home is fin- 4 4 ished Camp A, Wheeler's cavalry, 4 4 will furnish a cavairy room in the 4 4 building at a cost of $65. A meeting 4 4 of the camp was held Friday night 4 4 and it was decided that a sufficient 4 4 sum be donated. to, establish this 4 4 memorial of the organisation and 4 4 at the same time parform a ser- 4 4 vice of love for thie Veteran in- 4 4 mates of the home. The money was 4 4 donated by unanimous Consent and 4 4 the room will be furfcteWed as soon 4 4 as it is built. i > 4 4 The board of trustees of the home 4 4 are nqw in need of SIOO, and possibly 4 4 mode, in order to buy wfarm winter 4 4 underwear for the nljl veterans. 4 4 Cold weather is rapidly approach- 4 4 ing, and considering the fact that 4 4 the belongings of most of the in- 4 4 mates were burned in Monday's fire 4 4 the demand is urgent. 'All the avail- 4 4 able money will be needed In the 4 4 construction of the neir home and 4 4 it is earnestly asked mr the board 4 4 that the money for this Clothing 4 4 be donated by the puUk, which has 4 4 been so generous during the past 4 4 week. 4 4 Colonel W. L. Calhoun, president 4 4 of th* board, has made a list of the 4 4 arttclrs needed and a hundred suite 4 4 of underwear must be provided at 4 4 once for the veterans. A reliable 4 4 Atlanta firm has offered to sell the 4 4 goods at a very low figure. An es- 4 4 tlmafe of $104.14 ha* been made. 4 4 which will probably purchase the 4 4 clothing and a few other things on 4 4 the list. 4 4 If everybody will contribute some- 4 4 thing today or within the next two 4 4 days the money will be raised im- 4 4 mediately and the old soldiers will 4 4 be able to put on the clothing 4 4 which they so much need to pre- 4 4 serve their health during the chilly 4 4 weather. 4 4444444444'1'4f44< <'1'44444444 HIT HIS WIFE WITH BISCUIT,- Woman Claims That Her Husband Mistreated Her. Because his wife says he pelted her with stale biscuits, became Intoxicated, sat up all night with a lamp burning in her bedroom and would not allow her to obtain necessary sleep Mrs. M. McCarthy, of 624 East Fair street, called on Officers Dorsey and Dobbs to arrest her husband and- prefer the charge of drunk and dis orderly against him. McCarthy appeared In the recorder’s court Friday afternoon to answer the charge against him. He presented a di lapidated appearance and looked long ingly towards hl» youngest child, a boy of four years, whp was with his wife at the trial. “Judge. I have put up with this man s actions for the past 20 years end I do not intend doing it a day longer,” said Mrs. McCarthy. “Something has got to be done about it. I have to work hard all day, ■wash, iron, cook and scrub for a family of seven. He comes home drunk* twice each week and makes my life mis erable. “Last night he came home about 11 o’clock and was drunk. I had retired, as I was worn out. He lighted a lamp and caused it to shine in my eyes so I could not sleep. Then came his abuse. Yester day morning when he left the house he took four biscuit with him. Last night he took them from his pocket and threw them at me as hard as he could. They struck the headboard of the bed, just above my head. If they had struck me my nose might have been broken or my eyes put out.” “I sent for a policeman to relieve me of my misery. I’ve stood It twenty years and will not stand it a day longer." "Yes. I think twenty years long enough for any woman to stand such abuse as this You go and get a divorce at once. Don’t stand this foolishness any longer,” replied Judge Broyles. “McCarthy.” continued Judge Broyles. "No man who beats and abuses his wife can expect sympathy from me. I’ll fine you $50.75 or thirty days in the stockade.” McCarthy Is breaking rock at present and his wife is considering the idea of securing a divorce. GOOD READING AND VERY CHEAP. The Semi-Weekly Journal and Thrlce-a- Week New York World will be sent to any address one year for $1.50. This gives five papers a week for $1.50. almost a paper every day for the price for a weekly paper. The Semi-Weekly Jour nal is a good paper and the New York World is a good paper. A family can provide enough reading to Interest every member of the household for a small amount. GEN. CHAFFEE CABLES MASSACRE DETAILS STORY OF THE ANNIHILATION OF THE AMERICAN TROOPS AT SAMAR. WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.-The war de partment has received the following dis patch from General Chaffee, dated Ma nila, giving further details of the dis astrous attack on the Ninth regiment: “MANILA, Oct. 4.—To Adjutant Gen eral, Washington: From those who es caped follow.ng; September 29, while st breakfast. 6:45 a. m., company was at tacked at a signal of ringing convent bells by about 450 bolo men. 200 from /the rear of quarters, 2uo front, simultaneously, at tacking officers’ quarters. The company was completely surprised. The force at tacking the front gained possession of the arms. A fight ensued for theip, in which most of the men met death In the mess room in the rear. The enemy was beaten off temporarily by about twenty-flve men, who gained tnelr arms. Sergeant Betron assumed command and endeavored to col lect the men and leave In boats, but was re-attacked by the enemy. Strength of the command, three officers, seventy-two men. Killed, three officers, forty enlist ed men. Missing, six. Wounded, thir teen. Present, thirteen. The party at tacking the officers in the convent entered through the church. Large numbers were led by the presidente. Probably of the 101 rifles with the company, twenty-six were saved. Fifteen of the lost (rifles) bolts drawn; 25,000 rounds ammunition lost. Ninety-five prisoners outside the cuartei joined in the attack at a signal. The boat of the missing men was cap sized. Captain Bookmiller may pick up the men. “JAMES DRUILLARD, “Lieutenant Ninth Infantry.” “SEPTEMBER 20.—Have returned from Baiingiga. Drulllard explains the condi tions correctly. Landed yesterday, in habitants deserted the'town, firing one shot. Burled three officers and twenty nine men. A number of bodies buried in the quarters. Buildings were fired as we entered. Secured or destroyed most of the rations. All ordnance is gone. The insurgents secured fifty-seven service able rifles, 28,000 cartridges. Forty-eight men of company C, Ninth infantry, and one hospital corpsman killed or missing; twenty-eight men accounted for. Found two in boat en route here. Buried the dead, burned the town and returned to Basey. BOOKMILLER, “Captain Ninth Infantry.” “De Russey has sent strong company to chastise savages if found. "HUGHES.” “No other details. Names of killed to be determined by elimination of survivors as soon as possible. June muster roll is probably the latest evidence to be had. "CHAFFEE." De Russey Is the colonel of the Eleventh regiment, stationed near the scene of the attack. The muster roll referred to has already been published. • I MANDAMUSCASJWITHDRAWN. State and Savannah, FlorWa and West ern Railway Reach Agreement. The mandamus case brought by the at torneys for the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway company against Comptroller General Wright to force him to allow the arbitration proceedings over the tax returns to be reopened was with drawn from a hearing Saturday when the case was called before Judge Lump kin. Attorney Clay, representing the railroad and Attorney General Terrell, represent ing the state, reached an agreement whereby some portions of the mileage of the railroad the bridges and the wharf and terminal property in Savannah are to be re-submitted to arbitration. The arbitrators will meet in Savananh tomorrow to re-fix the values on this property. Hon. Pope Barrow will represent the railroad company, Chairman T. C. Cren shaw, of the railroad commission, will rep resent the state, and Judge E. H. Calla way, of Augusta, will act as the umpire in the proceedings. There is under the first finding of the arbitration board $419,000 Increase in the tax returns over the amount made by the railroad officials. MEN~WHO WEAR JEWELS. LONDON. Oct. s.—The theft of Lord Anglesy’s £4,000 worth of jewelry, used in his personal adornment alone, has brought out much talk in ultra-fashionable socie ty regarding men who wear unseen jew els. Investigation among western jewel ers disclose the fact that there Is an ex tensive trade in curios and costly articles worn beneath ordinary clothing, such as snakes around waists, necks and legs, bangles, chains and amulets of various singular designs. Besides this extraor dinary vogue the fashion among men of wearing jewelry increased enormously this year, many using two pairs of links in each cuff and Jeweled buttons with evert ing waist coats. It is recalled in this connection that King Edward occasion ally wears a bangle on his wrist, that the late Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha wore a heavy gold bracelet for years and that Lord Brampton (better known as Justice Hawkins, of the yueen’s bench di vision of the high court of justice), even when sitting on the bench wore a number of such ornaments. WORK CANNOT BEGIiTsOON. Everything Possible is Being Done For Comfort of Veterans. Since the destruction of the Confederate soldiers’ home last Monday the tempo rary disarrangement of the.affairs of the institution has ended and now the condi tion, health and comfort of the old sol diers is good and they are enjoying the change in their habitation and becoming more adaptable to their new surround ings. than was thought they would be able to. Routine work in the new home at 144 Marietta street has been taken up and the management of the home is proceeding with the same regularity and order that :: Journal’s South Georgia ii Friends Not Surprised ii • • . »• ;; 4 To The Journal: ' 4 4 The many old friends of The Journal in south Georgia are not surprised 4 4 at anything in the line of patriotism, public spirit and enterprise on the 4 4 part of the leading journal of the south, but in behalf of the Confederate 4 4 veterans and the principles they represent, the generosity of The Journal 4 4 shown to the inmates of the Soldiers’ home is universally appreciated and 4 4 commended in the warmest terms. The Journal was first to honor the slain 4 4 .patriotic president from the north and first at the ruins of the home of the 4 4 patriot soldiers of the south. Q. L. UNDERWOOD. 4 4 Camilla, Ga., Oct. 3, 1901. 4 was characteristic of the institution be fore the fire. The officers are now busy engaging in the work of preparing the plans for the re-establishment of the home although this work will necessarily be very slow. There are numerous details to be dis cussed qnd perfected before any defi nite plan can be decided upon. Many architects have visited the site of the old home preparing to draw plans for the new home upon the cottage idea. These will be submitted to President Calhoun. He will then call a meeting of the re building committee which will take under consideration all the plans that have been submitted aqd decide upon the one which is most feasible. , \ Bide for the construction >of the home upon the plans adopted will then be asked. These blds will be opened after a given length of time, the contract let and the work of rebuilding will begin. As little time will be lost as possible, but it will likely require six weeks before the re building can begin. The subscription list today is gradually growing and is far above the $4,000 kendrTckTlieutenant. Appointment of Well Known Atlanta Officer is Announced. William J. Kendrick, of Atlanta, who has held various positions in the United States volunteer army and the military establishment ot Georgia, has been made a second lieutenant of cavalry in the United States regular army, and will be assigned to duty within a short time. Orders assigning Lieutenant Kendrick to a troop will doubtless be Issued from the war department within the next few days, and he will probably be ordered t*» report for assignment to duty without delay. Lieutenant Kendrick held various posi tions from private to major in the Fifth regiment. Georgia state troops. Later he was a major in the Third Georgia volun teer infantry, which saw service during the Spanish-American war. After thft regiment had been mustered out of the service Mr. Kendrick secured a commis sion as captain in one of the volunteer regiments that were sent to the Philip pine islands. He saw active service there and upon a number of occAsions gave evi dence of his gallantry and coolness In battle. He returned to the United States Mime time ago and was mustered out of service. He returned to Atlanta and has been here ever since. The fact that he has been made a lieutenant of cavalry in the reg ular army will cause much pleasure to his friends. Other appointments were also made to day by President Roosevelt, which are told of in the following dispatch: WASHINGTON. Oct. s.—The president today made the following appointments: War—Lieutenant of cavalry—William J. Kendrick. Second lieutenant of cavalry (by trans fer from artillery, corps)—William R. Tay lor. monTyformissstone. $3,000 Contributed to Be Applied to the Rescue Fund. BOSTON, Oct. s.—The first mail today brought $3,000 toward the rescue of Miss Stone,, the missionary captured by the bandits, in response to the appeal Issued by the American board yesterday. ROOSEVELT URGES MISS STONE’S RESCUE. WASHINGTON. Oct. s.—The machinery of the department of state is now at work to save from death or prolonged captivity Miss Ellen Stone, the missionary who w-as kidnaped in Turkey. The president him self has become actively interested in the matter. President Capen, of the American board of -missionaries, and Judson Smith, the foreign secretary of the board, arrived in Washington from Boston and went di rectly to the state department. After an hour’s conference Acting Secretary Adee and Solicitor Penfield, they were escorted to the white house. President Roosevelt gave close attention to their statement. Although the department of state al ready had taken up the matter. President Roosevelt laid fresh injunctions upon Mr. Adee to spare no effort to accomplish th* releasing of Miss Stone. None of the parties to today’s confer ence would say wh|t measures are to be adopted, but It is gathered that what ever may be done in the future in a pun itive way, Miss Stone must be ransomed jo begin with. Probably the ransom money must come from the mission board or from private contributions, for the state department has no funds which may be used to pay the ransom. CARLISTS READY TO~STRIKE. BARCELONA. Oct. s.—Reports received from Cape Cerbera, say advices received there from various points along the fron tier show that the Carllst preparations are nearly completed. They have accumulated through smug glers 20.080 rifles, and uniforms have been made at Perpignan, France, and brought into Spain at different places. The uni form consists of a blue blouse, red trou sers and peaked caps. Large supplies of ammunition have been obtained from Chi ba and the Philippine Islands. The rising is expected t 6 commence at Berga, and at other points in the mountains forming • the Carlist center. Booklets containing instructions in guerrilla warfare are being distributed and men are being recruited from the ref ugees and malcontents at the frontier. An important meeting will be held Oc tober 10. when two Carlists generals are expected to attend with instructions from Don Carlos. Chandler Outlines Republican Policy. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 4.-Ex- Senator William E. Chandler, chairman of the Spanish claims commission in an interview gives his idea of what the fu ture policies of the Republican party should be. Briefly outlined they should be he says: To let the Cubans try the experiment of free government in their own way. Suppress insurrections in the Philippines by overwhelming military force and or ganize the best civil government possi ble. Maintain a protective tariff and a sys tem of sound money. Suppress huge corporations which create monopolies. Make national laws for the suppression of anarchy and state laws to stop lynch ing. , . COTTON CROP TO BE 1,250,000 BALES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. ANNOUNCES AN ESTIMATE ON THE YIELD. An estimate given out by the depart ment of agriculture Saturday places the Georgia cotton crop this year at 1.250,- 000 bales. The crop last year was 1,296,000 bales. Commissioner of Agriculture Stevens has for some time been investigating the cotton crop conditions in the state. He has carefully estimated the acreage, and taking into consideration the attacks w’hich have been made upon the crop by the weather and disease, he has estimated the yield at the figure named. The estimates of the department have for years in the past been very accurate, and the announcement made by Commis sioner Stevens Saturday will be ac cepted as the most reliable estimate that can be found. According to the figures, the yield will be 45,000 less bales than last year. It was known early In the season that the acre age in cotton this year was greater than last, and for this reason it was thought that the crop would be greater than last year. In some sections of the state the crop conditions have been better than for many seasons. In others, however, it has been very unfavorable and In some of rhe best cotton growing counties In the state the • rains have destroyed the top crop. Other fatalities hav« damaged the crop to some extent. Antlhracnose, a disease of the plant, has been very virulent in some sections, and this has destroyed considerable acreage. From the reports which have been re ceived at the department from other states the indications are that no south ern state will raise a full crop. As pre viously reported in The Journal the crop in TAas is very short being almost a third off. In Mississippi the crop is also reported short. The prices on the crop this year are expected to be higher than last which means that the farmers of the south will be in a very prosperous condition. TR AO ASHES i~NT6~R» VER. All of the Train Crew and Many Paa aengera Are Injured. AUGUSTA. Ga., Oct. s.—The most se rious wreck in the history of the old Au gusta Southern, now the Tennille branch of -<he Southern railway, occurred at 8 o’clock this morning a short distance thia side of Keysville, about 24 miles from Augusta. The train was No. 41, in charge of Con ductor Eugene F. Greneker, and is a mixed passenger and freight. A small trestle had been burned during the night and before the train could be sjoppe'd the engine had plunged Unto it. A relief train with surgeons was dis patched to the scene of the accident im mediately upon receipt of the news, and has not yet returned. It is learned, however, that the engi neer* James W. Berry, was killed, and the fireman, William Jennings and Con ductor Greneker, are both seriously in jured. Several passengers are also re ported hurt. The trainmen are all resi dents of Augusta. The relief train returned to the city with the dead and wounded at 2:20. They are: James Berry, engineer, killed. E. F. Greneker, conductor, slightly wounded. Wm. Jennings, fireman, seriously hurt; arm and leg broken. Charles Hlckes, flagman, slightly hurt. Arthur Caln, baggage master, arm broken. White passenger taken to City al. George Robertson, colored passenger, will die. taken to Lamar hospital. The engine, tender and baggage car, went in the creek. There were few passengers on the train. Not a single man ot the train crew es caped unhurt. , FEMALE SWINDLER HELD IN LONDON. NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-A dispatch to the World from London says: The mysterious prisoner at Marylebone police court who has been three times remanded under the name of Laura Ho ros. and about whom the police inspector who made the arrest has promised “stag gering disclosures,” has been identified as Ann Odella Diss de Bar, who served a term on Blackwell’s Island for swindling Luther C. Marsh thirteen years ago and who has since been imprisoned in the west and in Italy for impostures similar to that for which she is now undenarrest. Inspector Kane, who made the arrezt both of Diss de Bar and of a man who calls himself her husband, has been keep ing the identity of the prisoners secret. Inspector Kane says that the trial of the case against Mme. Horos, or Diss de Bar, or Jackson, which she claims now as her real name, will last several days. There are several charges against her of the same nature as in the Marsh case, namelv swindling by means of clairvoy ance and spiritualism. There will also be a felony charge against the male pris oner and another charge against Diss de Bar of actively assisting him in its com mission. The two prisoners will be exam ined in court next Thursday. TO~CURB ANARCHISM. NEW YORK, Oct. s.—The Hudson coun ty, New Jersey, bar association at a meeting called to hear the report of its comn’ittee appointed to recommend leg islative acts for the repression of an archy ordered the report referred to a special committee. The first section of the proposed act specifies that “anarchy shall be made a capital fenony both as to the principals and accessories, as well before as after the fact! The term anarchy, for the pur poses of this section, shall be taken to include every act done or word uttered with intent to cause, or to incite others to cause the assassination of a president of the United States or any person In the line of succesiton; the governor of a state or any person in the gubernatorial succession or the chief of any foreign state or any person In the line of succes s!gn thereof.” The second section provides that every * person who without intent to cause or to incite others to cause the assassination of the persons referred to in the first section, shall say or do anything with a view of maintaining or promulgating an archistic doctrine, shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor. DELEGATES TO CONVENTION. ROME. Ga.. Oct. 3.—At a meeting of the Daughters of the Confederacy this morn ing. presided over by Mrs. C. M. Harper, the following delegates were elected to the .national convention at Wilmington, N. C.: J. A. Rounsaville. Mrs. R. V. Mitch ell, Mrs. J. H. Reynolds, Miss Fannl* Wood. NO. 7.