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Newspaper Page Text2 IPPUOSEEOB SCHLEY SWEEPS OVER COURT ADMIRAL DEWEY’S GAVEL FAILS TC STOP THE POPULAR DEMONSTRATION. WASHINGTON, Oct 23.—A mighty shout of applause swept the court room today as the courage and wisdom of Admiral Schley was portrayed in the testimony of Witness Hill. Admiral Dewey’s gavel fell again and again in vain attempts to silence the shouting audience. • WASHINGTON. Oct. 21.—After two deys* rest the Schley court of Inquiry re sumed Its session at 11 o’clock today. After the witnesses of former days had been recalled for the purpose of correct ing their testimony. Lieutenant B W. Wells, Jr., secretary to Commodore Schley durins the Cuban campaign, re sumed the testimony which he had be gun on Friday. After a few preliminaries he began his narration of the battle of July I and was then questioned at some length by Mr. Rayner before he was turned over to Captain Lemly and Mr. Haana for cross-examination. Lieutenant B. W. Wells, Jr., who was on the stand when court adjourned Friday, was then recalled and testified regarding the battle of July 3d. He said he did not rememter the ranges at which the Brook lyn fined, but thought l.Mt yards was the shortest. He described the turn of the Brooklyn and the chase after the Spanish ships. When the Viacaya ran ashore the Colon was about 10.000 yards ahead of the Brooklyn, and for a time firing ceased. He said that he had received orders to get a quantity of rapid fire ammunition. Owing to the character of the coast. It was expected that the Brooklyn and Colon would come to close quarters. He was or dered to have this ammunition ready to close with the Colon and give her rapid fire when they got close together. He then described the rest of the chase and the surrender of the Colon. He said that he had not seen the Texas when the Brooklyn made her turn. At one time during the battle, he said, the Brooklyn seemed to be alone, engaging three ships. When Lieutenant Wells had finished his description of the battle, a number of dispatches were Shown him and he was asked as to their receipt by Commodore Schley. One from Secretary Long to the American consul at Kingston, dated May 28, Washington, saying it must be deliv ered to Schley at once, and Informing him (Schley) that unless unsafe for his squad ron. the department wished him to remain off Santiago, and asking if be could' not take possession of Guantanamo as a coal ing station; also a dispatch from Secre tary Long to Captain Cotton, of the Har vard. dated Washington. May 29. enclos ing a dispatch to Commodore Schley, tell ing him to hold on at all hasards, that the New York, Oregon and New Orleans were on the way; also two dispatches from Secretary Long to the dispatch boat Har vard. dated Washington. May 30. one In forming him that the commander-ln-chief had started to join him and the other tell ing him that Sagua. twenty-five miles east of Santiago, had been reported as a good place to land, from which it would be easy to reach the heights in the rear of Santiago. The witness said the latter had been received on May 31. The cablegram from Secretary Long, dated Washington. May 27. to the cable office at Mole St. Nicholas. Hayti, direct ing that it be delivered to the next Amer ican vessel to arrive and informing Com modore Schley “that the most absolutely urgent thing now is to know positively whether the Spanish division is in Santia go. etc,” was shown the witness. He stat ed that It had oeen received by Commo dore Schlev on May 30. The Colon had been discovered in the harbor of Santiago by Commodore Schley May 29 "Did you see him during any of the bombardments?’ * 1 saw him during one—exactly which one 1 cannot recollect." "Was he at any time within your knowl edge laboring under any mental excite ment T‘ "No. sir.” Respecting the correspondence while the flying squadron was at Cienfuegos, the witness said the letters, as received, were briefed, stamped and filed. He had no trouble under this system tn finding any letter the commodore wanted. The witness also testified that never, to his knowledge, was a single paper lost. Mr. Hanna exhibited to the witness a let ter dated May 28. 1898. and written by Commodore Schley, which contained a reference to the dispatches that had been brought by the Dupont and giving a general account of operations of the fly ing squadron. He sought by the letter as stated by him to show that the number seven dispatch, known as the "Dear Schldy" letter, was received on the 22d of May, and not on the 23d. The witness said: "The conjunction of this letter and the changed indorsement in lead pencil on the back of the dispatches would seem Ito indicate that the dispatch might have been received on the 22nd.” After the examination had proceeded along this line for some time. Mr. Rayner said: “May it please the court, we admit that we got No. 7 by the Dupont (which joined the flying squadron off Cienfuegos on May •22nd. 1898 and we admit that we got No. 8 by the Hawk and Marblehead. Now the trouble is about the other No. 7. Where did the duplicate No. 7 go? We cannot admit we got it by the lowa, but we agree upon three propositions: ~ "The Dupont received No. 7, the Hawk No. 8 and the Marblehead No. 8. We ad mit the receipt of this memorandum from Captain McCalla by the Hawk, but what we have not been able to find out and cannot admit is that the lowa carried ■No. T.” Mr. Rayner turned to Admiral Schley and asked: "You admit that, don’t you admiral?" to which the admiral replied: “Certainly we admit that.” Sigsbee Said Fleet Was Not There. WASHINGTON. Oct. 22,-Lieutenant Wells resumed the stand soon after the Schley court of inquiry was called to ord er at 11 o'clock today and continued his narrative of the events of the Cuban cam paign of IM. He was under cross-exam ination by Judge Advocate Lemley and his assistant. Mr. Hanna, when the court adjourned yesterday and they continued .their questions today. Captain Lemley began his examination of Lieutenant Wells by asking him whether there was kept a book of rec ords showing letters received on the Brooklyn as Lieutenant Commander Sears had testified there was. He re plied that there was no such book kept, but there was a record of letters sent to and received from vessels of the squad ron. Lieutenant Wells also was ques tioned concerning the department orders concerning the risking of the American ships to bombardment from the shore batteries, the orders under consideration being those of April 8 and Apr!! 56 and two of May & The first of the orders of this charac ter stated that “the department does not with the vessels of our squadron to be exposed to tbe fire of the batteries at Havana. Santiago or other strongly for tified ports of Cuba.” anu the others were regarded as a modification cf these. In the last of these, dated May 8, the depart ment said: •The department is perfectly willing that you should expose your ships to the heaviest guns of land batteries, if, in your opinion there are Spanish vessels of sufficient military importance protected bv These guns »o make an attaok. and make your chief alm tbe destruction of the enemy's principal vessels.” After having received ’ these ‘dispatches the wit ness was asked by Captain Lemley: "Can you separate your knowledge with regard to the conversation with Commo dore Schley so as to distinguish between either of the other orders or both of these orders and as to whether or not anything was said with regard to the receipt of in formation in relation to these letters here which you have before you at the inter view of May IS in Key West?” “No str. Ido not distinguish between any of them. I have given my general remembrance, which is that the order was not to risk the Lieutenant Wells was then excused and Albert V. Mason called. Ho said he was a yeoman of the second class on board the Broklyn during the Santiago cam paign and was the writer of that ship's log. He made the entry concerning the battle off Santiago and produced a copy of a rough log w hich he had made for his own use. The witness said that as the log giving the account of the Brook lyn’s turn had been at first prepared, it read: "We engaged with port battery at first, but Just as soon as the enemy stood to westward, we put our helm starboard at first, then hard aport, so as to bring our starboard battery to bear and swinging closer to the Texas' fire, we stood parallel with and to the enemy.” George Edward Graham, the Associated Press correspondent, was then called. He said he was on the Brooklyn from March 29th to August 20. 1898. “Did -you see Captain Sigsbee on board the Brooklyn on May 26th?” “Yes, sir.” "Did you hear him in conversation with Commodore Schley?" "Yes. sir. After he had reached the quar ter deck from the gangway he stopped and Commodore Schley said to him: ‘Have we got 'em Sigsbee?’ "Sigsbee said: ‘No. They are not here. I have been here a week and they are not here.’ » "Captain Sigsbee knew I was a news paper man and was there looking for in formation and Captain Sigsbee later took a dispatch written by me and revised by Commodore Schley. He took it aboard his ship and he was to deliver it to one of the small boats or else take it over himself.” "Were you present at any conversa tion at all between Commodore Schley and Lieutenant Potts or were you present at any time when Commodore Schley made any remarks during the time Potts* was present?” ' "I never heard such conversation. I stood on the top of the forward 13-inch turret. The commodore called to me, 'Boy. that's a bad place for you. Step in here.' I afterward asked why, and he said the concussion would hurt me. I had no serioua intention of remaining there." The witness was asked about suspicious incidents in the harbor at Santiago on the evening of July 2, and he said that be recalled that the commodore had sent the Vixen to investigate. Deacrlbing the battle of July 8 Mr. Graham said Commo dore Schley had gotten in front of the conning tower as soon as the nose of the first of the Spanish ships appeared. Tbe Brooklyn was at that time pointing almost north. Lieutenant Simpson fired the first gun from the 8-inch turrets and called to Commodore Schley: "How is that?” . “Schley replied: ‘Diun’t see IL Simp son. but keep at it.” "The commodore,” he said, “at thia point stood all the time on tbe side of the fire so that be could see what was going on. He was absolutely cool and sent continuous messages to cheer them up. When Ellis' head was shot off he wiped some of the blood from his own person, and as the men picked the body up to throw it overboard, while the rest of us stood horrified, he calmly said: “ Don't throw that body overboard. Take it below and we’ll give it Christian burial? "When the ”I?rava went ashore the commodore went iuto *Le conning tower and himself called the tube to the men below: They are all gone but one; it all depends on you, boys.’ ” "Did you ever see Commodore Schley when he appeared to be laboring under any mental excitementP’ “Oh, no; he was jovial and good-natured at all times, and I did not observe the least trace of excitement or anxiety ex cept at one time. That was when it looked as if the Colon might get away. He ex pressed fear that that might occur and seemed much concerned. I remember that he discussed with Captain Cook the advisability of stopping to couple his en gines before dark, fearing that if post poned until later tbe Spaniards might get away.” “Were you,” asked Mr. Rayner, “pres ent at any conversation between Captain Evans and Commodore Schley?” "Yes, sir. In the commodore's cabin on the Brooklyn on July 6. When Evans came tn the first thing he said was: ‘Schley, did you see Jack Philip run away with the Texas?' and Commodore Schley Baid: 'No, neither did you.’ ” Admiral Dewey (addressing counsel): "One moment. Poor Philip Is not present, you know.” Mr. Rayner: “We do not want to prove anything about what Captain Philip said. This is a conversation during which Com modore Schley was present.” Captain Lemley:' “You propose to contradict what you drew out in cross-ex amination?” Mr. Rayner: "Why. of course.” Captain Lemley: "I object, if the court pleases. This has nothing whatever to do with tbe case. Captain Philip is dead, and Admiral Evans is out of the country. I object on that ground, which I think is quite sufficient.” Captain Parker spoke briefly, saying there could possibly be no reflection upon Captain Philip by repeating the conversa tion. "We all honor Philip too highly for that,” he said. Admiral Dewey then announced that the court would retire for the consideration of the point raised. After being out for twenty minutes the members returned and Admiral Dewey announced the decis ion in the following terms: ‘The court decides that the questions intended to impugn the credibility of a witness; Intended to prove any point re garding the movements of the Brooklyn during the battle of July 3; intended to prove any statements made by Commo dore Schley or conversations held by Commodore Schley, will have a material bearing up the matters designated by the precept, are admissible, provided such conversation or statements occurred in the presence of and within hearing of tbe witness.” Mr. Raynor then repeated his question asking him to repeat the conversation, which Mr. Graham did as follows: "Captain Evana came into the cabin. I sat at a round table in the center. Com modore Schley got up and shook hands with Captain Evans and the latter said: ‘Schley, did you see Philip turn around and run out of the fight?* The commodore said: ’No, neither did you. He did not run out of the fight.* Captain Evans said: *Oh, yes, he did, I saw him.’ "Captain Evana said he was in the next ship and saw him. The commodore said: “ ’lt was not the Texas at all. The Tex as was in tbe fight all the time. The ship you saw turn around was the Brooklyn.' ” The court then took the usual recess for luncheon. Tumultous Scene In Court. WASHINGTON. Oct. 23.-The Schley court of inquiry Is rapidly approaching its closing days. Mr. James H. Hare was the first new witness today. He was a press photog rapher during the Santiago campaign. He stated that he was on the press boat Somers. N S.. on May 26 or 27th, and that they had met the St. Paul. "We asked the St. Paul If there was any tidings of Cervera's fleet,” said the wit ness- “Captain Sigsbee told us there was not. that Cervera's fleet was not inside Santiago and that Schley had gone west. On Sigs bee's assurance that the fleet was not in the harbor we went back to Key West to coal instead of to Jamaica, and tbe first news we got there was that Cer vera's fleet was bottled up in the har bor.” In ths course of his description of the THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOUiLNAU ATLANTA, CtEOKGTA, THUkSDaY, OCTOBER 24, 1901. CHAS. P, GOODYEAR ELECTED PRESIDENT CANE AND CASSAVA CONVENTION WILL ASK FOR EXPERI- MENT STATION. BRUNSWICK, Ga., Oat. 23,-After fur ther discussing the best results to be at tained from sugar cane and cassava grow ing yesterday afternoon, the convention of agriculturists passed a resolution to memorialize the Georgia legislature to establish an experiment station for these two important native products in. south Georgia. • The following permanent officers were elected: President. Charles P. Goodyear; vice-president, I. C. Wade; secretary and treasurer, C. D. Ogg. The convention adjourned to meet again at the call of the president. PANIC FOLLOWS FALSE ALARM. Foreman of Steel Work on Peters Building Died at Hospital. LOUISVILLE, Ky„ Oct. 23.—Hundreds of people attempted to rush out of the Temple theater yesterday afternoon be cause the cry of fire was raised when a little flame was seen about the polyscope machine. In the scramble scores of peo ple were knocked down and more than twenty were badly hurt, while it is feared that two or three will not survive their injuries. Those seriously injured were: Opal Jennings. I. J. Weatherford. Mrs. Mary Welch. Mrs. George Schmidt. Miss Smith. Miss Kate Hober. Two unknown boys, about 19 years old, unconscious. Mrs. Leona Roth. McDowell, dangerously hurt about the back and chest. Orma Pulliam, colored, jumped from balcony, compound fracture of leg. . Frank Satch, hurt about back and chest. Infant of B. Bernham, trampled upon and badly injured. Mrs. Mary Plunke, trampled, bruised' about ankles and shoulders. Edward Plunke, 4 years old, deep gash in head. One-year-old son of Mr. O. H. Plunke, crushed. Mrs. Charles Gross, badly cut about the face and feared to be internally Injured. Miss Kate Hulger, ankle crushed. George Meyer, aged 14, trampled about the face. Jone Fine, operator of the polyscope, badly bruised about the face; uncon scious. F. C. Schneider, bruised about the face. It was 8:30 o’clock, just after the first act of "Tennessee’s Pardner.” and while the polyscope was being prepared for its exhibition, that tbe little flash of flame that caused the tragedy was seen. Many women and children made a rush for the door. The panic seized -he gallery and in a moment the occupants were plunging down the stairs in a heap nr were tak ing the swifter method of clln.bing down into the auditorium proper. In their haste many fell, landing on those be neath. Several were badly hurt In this way. battle of July 3, Mr. Hill said: "I heard Commodore Schley say ’Port' and ship started to swing to starboard. The helm was put over hard aport. and she swung around oie her heel. The fire from our batteries never ceased from the time we started to turn until the end of the battle, when the Colon went ashore. The Texae was on our starboard hand, and she was fully a third of a mile from us. There was never any question in my mind about striking her. We did not cross her bow. We were slightly ahead of her. and turned In that way entirely clear of her. After swinging around we lined up parallel with the Spanish fleet. In a few minutes the Teresa went akhore on Are. Soon after the Oquendo followed, and we sided up with the Vlscaya and kept with her for ten or twelve miles. At this time there was not a ship to be seen except the Oregon, and she was about a half a mile from use. On this run with the Vlscaya Ellis was killed. There were fourteen or fifteen of us standing together.” Continuing the witness said: “The commodore asked in a matter of fact tone, ‘What is the range?’ Ellis raised the stadimeter to his eye and as he did so a shell took his head off. As he fell to the deck, dead, young McCauley said: ‘Let’s throw it overboard.’ The commodore said, ‘No, don’t throw that body overboard. He died like a brave man and I am going to bury him like one.’ He directed me to look out for the body. I had it wrapped in blankets, laid in the shade and that evening it was got ten ready for burial. The Vlscaya was putting up the best fight of any of the ships there. She fought well and the big shells were going over us and a great many of us ducked. These shells sounded like half a dozen railroad trains under way. As they were heard going through the air down would go heads, but Com modore Schley's head never bent.” There was a great outburst of applause in the court room as in a dramatic way the witness recited this incident. Admiral Dewey, first time dur ing the sessions of the court, found it necessary to pound his gavel on the table and admonish the audience against such demonstrations. Continuing, he said: "He was as calm, cool and collected as he Is at this moment. His only thought was for his men. He was constantly, as the different events occurred, saying: ‘Do the bullies know this; do they know that ship Is gone ashore and that ship has gone ashore?’ His whole Idea seemed to be that he wanted the people below to know as much about it as those of us on deck.” Continuing his account of the battle Mr Hill said that, before the Vlscaya went ashore she had made a turn to ram the Brooklyn. He was proceeding to say that he knew this to be the case because an of ficer of the Spanish ship had told him so, but this testimony was ruled out. The witness then said that he himself knew that to be her purpoy. Speaking of the Oregon he said that dur ing tho chase of the Spanish vessels that vessel could always be seen and was the only American vessel that could be. She was, he said, from one quarter to one half mile in shore. Later in the chase of the Colon he said Captain Cook had put his head out of the conning tower and said to the commodore: “Don't you think we'd better close In a little?” “And,” said the witness, parenthetically, “I thought so myself. But he went on; the commodore replied: ’No. Don't you see that point ahead? Just as soon as that fel low starts to come out I'm going to head him off. I’ll get him yet. Damn him, I'll follow him to Spain if I have to. This testimony was, like a previous statement, received with a burst of ap plause, but the demonstration was quickly suppressed by Admiral Dewey. Admiral Dewey rose and said: "Stop! Stop! Let's have none of that!” "Give us the facts, simply,” said Mr. Rayner. "These are the facts,” replied the wit ness. Taking the witness. Captain Lemley cross-examined him about all the parts covered by his testimony. In response to one of his questions Mr. Hill said that he had not heard any conversation be tween Commodore Schley and Lieutenant Commander Hodgson about the Brook lyn's helm or the Texas during the en gagement of July 3. BEGGED MAN NOT TO SHOOT. While Brother Pleaded With Stranger. John McSwain is Shot. COLUMBUS, Ga., Oct. 21—John Mc- Swain, a white man about 36 years old, was shot and perhaps fatally wounded Saturday night by an unknown man who was walking along the street with a lady.; McSwain was drinking and stumbled up against the lady a time or two and the stranger shot him with a 38 caliber revol ver. ,■ - ■ ~ The shooting took place about 8 o'clock nn Front street near the home of Mc- Swain, and his half brother, Charles El der, was present and saw the shooting, but he claims that he never saw the man or the lady before yet he says he would know either of them should he meet them again. He said he tried to get his brother in the house and begged the man not, to shoot him but when he ran into the lady again the man drew hia pistol and fired. The man and lady passed on across the river and nobody knows who it was that did the shooting. The couple have kept the matter secret and up to this morning there is not the slightest clew to the par ties. They have no doubt by this tirfce realized that such is the case and aye keeping doubly quiet. The police department have had officers and detectives on the case all the time with no results whatever and perhaps the true parties will never be known. Woman Tells Who Killed McSwain. COLUMBUS, Ga., Oct. 22.—Wi1l Mc- Swain, the man who was shot here Satur day night by unknown parties, died last night from his wounds and the mystery connected with the shooting has been cleared up. Luther Wheeler, an employee of the Columbus Manufacturing company, is charged with the crime. He fled the city and officials here located him early this morning in West Point and say he was ar rested there. He will be brought back to Columbus tonight. The woman who was with Wheeler was Mrs. Maggie Everidge, who resides on South Railroad street, Phenix City. She was located by the detectives and when McSwain died they made an effort to get her to tell of the affair. This she reluctantly did after much per suasion at a late hour last night, and told where Wheeler could be found. Whee ler came here about four months ago from Texas and very little Is known of him. Until the matter was cleared up, Will El der, the half brother of McSwain, was held in surveillance by the officers who were a little suspicious that he might have done the killing himself. He has »een released. MERCER ENDOWMENT. Eight Thousand Dollars Must Be Rais ed By Mercer. MERCER UNIVERSITY, Macon, Ga., Oct. 23.—The board of trustees of Mercer university with twenty-four members present held a call meeting at Mercer university chapel yesterday morning at 10 o'clock to consider the Mercer endow ment, and to perfect plans for raising the remaining 38,000 of the proposed $50,000 among Georgia Baptists, In order to se cure the conditional offer qf Mr. John D. Rockefeller of sls 000. They issue the following appeal to the Baptists of Geor gia and to the friends of Mercer univer sity: To the Baptist Churches of Georgia: The board of trustees of Mercer univer sity have just held an emergency session in the interest of the Mercer endowment. The effort to raise $50,000 among the Bap tists of Georgia to secure the conditional gift of $15,000 from Mr. John D. Rocke feller-making in all $65,000 additional for the endowment of Mercer university, is rapidly, and we are rejoiced to say, hope fully drawing to a close. According to the contract the time expires November 1, 1901. There is still serious work ahead of us. v , Here is the situation: We must raise SB,OOO in nine remaining days. We want this amount in cash by the Ist of Novem ber. We cannot afford to fail. The cause of education generally, and of Christian education especially; the Interests of our denominational strength and usefulness are all involved in- the work. We appeal therefore In the name of the trustees to the churches that have contributed, to in crease If possible their contributions; to those churches that have not contributed to take thO matter up the 27th, the last Sunday in the time limit, and to our brethren and friends of Mercer university everywhere that they give their assist ance in this crisis. The great mass of our people have given promptly and generous ly. Energetic, enthusiastic and co-opera tive work for the next few days will bring success. Report everything at the earliest possi ble moment to P. D. Pollock, chairman of endowment committee. TO ELIMINATE NEGRO~VOTER. Action of President In Dining Booker Washington Insures Ratification. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 23.—The Dem ocratic state campaign committee reports substantial progress made all over Ala bama toward the ratification of the new constitution. In Jefferson county, the largest in the state, the Increase of ratification senti ment is especially marked. A dozen citizens have had their names taken off the county anti-ratification cam paign committee headed by V. Lee Cow art. They state that their names were used without authority. The best speak ers in the state are on the stump every day in the interest of ratification. Among them may be mentioned all the congress men from Alabama, Senator Pettus. Ad jutant General W. W. Brandon, John B. Knox, president of the constitutional con vention; Hon. Joseph B. Graham, of Tal ladega county; state superintendent of ed ucation, J. W. Abercrombie; Governor Jelks, State Senator Hugh Morrow, /or mer State Senator Dr. R. M. Cunningham, and a number of others. The opposition has but few speakers of pronounced strength on the stump,' the two most in the public eye being Con gressman Stallings and former Congress man W. H. Denson. County Chairman Gruy, of Jefferson county, stated yesterday that one cause for the growing sentiment In favor of rati fication Is the fact of the dining of Booker T. Washington at the white, house by President Roosevelt. This action, he states, has had a tendency to make all white Democrats line up for the elimina tion of the negro voter as a perpetual testimony to him that he can never attain social equality. The work of the opposition Is largely confined to the small towns. They are working hard, but the trend still appears to be for ratification. PRISONER KILLr DETECTIVE. Notorious Criminal Shoots to Instant Death the Famous Sleuth, Crim. CINCINNATI, Oct. 21.—Detective Cal vin D. Crim was fatally shot today by John Foley, as the former was going to a train for a vacation. He encountered Foley cn the street and recognizing him as a recently released convict who was wanted for picking pock ets at funerals, Crim placed him under ar rest and started to the station house. Suddenly Foley drew a revolver and fired, sending a bullet through Crim's body. Two other policemen caught Fo ley. Foley is also known as "Dan Dris coll” and as “The Goat.” Crim was a leading detective In the fa mous Pearl Bryan murder case. Last March he served as personal guard for President McKinley at the Inauguration. Boyd Stevens Dead. HUNTSVILLE. Ala., Oct. 22.-Mr. Boyd Stevens, a prominent young man, died yesterday at the age of 20 years at his home in Lawrence. His remains were In terred at Cluttsvllle. Ala., today. ill MACOH HONORS THE'OLD HEROES rs V * - J . . • • $ 1? ♦ * FIVE THOUSAND VETERANS ARE BEING ENTERTAINED BY , CENTRAL CITY. MACON, Oct, 23.—The five thousand Confederate veterans who gathered in Macon last night and this morning to at tend the state reunion assembled at the auditorium at 10 o'clock and heard the able addresses of Mayor Bridges Smith, General Commanding C. A. Evans, Hon. Roland Ellis and Hon. DuPont Guerry. They also heard some of the best singing they had heard in many a day. This was by Mrs. C. W. Wright, and the ladies who had volunteered to help her on the ; occasion. This afternoon the divisions will meet at the three military armories and elect officers for another year and transact any other business in hand. At 9 o’clock tonight they will agaih gather at the division headquarters and sing the oM war songs that gave them comfort during the trying times of the sixties. Tomorrow morning they will all assem ble again at the auditorium and have a business meeting of the state association. After this they will fall In line for the parade. They will be joined by the Sons of Veterans. The sponsors and maids of honor of the various camps will ride in gaily decorated carriages and will be ac companied by military-looking outriders. Receptions, etc., will be tendered on all hands. Three meals a day will be served until tomorrow night, and all of the veterans who had no boarding place before com ing will be provided with a cot and cov ering in one of the halls provided. The county courthouse has been heated and thrown open to catch tbe overflow, If there should be any. The people are determin ed to house all of the visitors. The streets swarm with strangers, some of whom have come several hundred miles. And In the crowds the pickpocket Is get ting in his work. MANAGER E. E. WINTERS • TENDERS USE OF TROLLEY CAR. MACON, Oct. 23.—Manager E. E. Win ters, who was prior to coming to Macon the commander of the Tennessee and Georgia divisions of the G. A. R., has tendered to the Daughters of the Confed eracy his magnificent party car, to. be used by them tonight and tomorrow night from 8 o’clock until midnight, free of cost. They will charge 25 cents per trip on the car and the fund thus raised will be used toward rebuilding the Soldiers' Home. Manager Winters Is anxious as anybody to see the home rebuilt and the generosity on his part in this instance Is considered very graceful. DuPont Guerry Welcome* Them. MACON, Ga., Oct. 23.—That there Is no greater orator in the state than Hon. Du pont Guerry was demonstrated today when he delivered his address of welcome to the old veterans who have assembled in this city. He spoke for nearly an hour and ex pressed the love In which the old heroes are held by the southern people. He spoke In part as follows: General and Comrades: In the M®* by authority 1 of the Col. R. A. Smith Lamp of Confederate and the Sidney Lanier Chapter of the United Daughters of the Con federacy, I welcome you as the honored guests of this occasion; not only to its privileges and pleasures, but to our hearts and homes. You come not as the possessors of wealth or position or powiT-but as the survivors of‘the bravest and best soldiery the world sas pro duced and as the heroes pf the greatest battles ID the annals of war. You come among * loving and a grateful people, who are capable of appreciating you for what you have been, for it is here now as It was before and during the war and as it has been ever since, that there is to be found the highest type of southern manhood and southern womanhood, a true manhood and a true womanhood, that are not only loyal to the duty of the present and the hope of the future, but equally so to the glory Os tne P "what Is more, you come among a people who are capable of appreciating you for what you have been since the war and for what 5 When' thaT struggle ended the southern sol dier became as a rule one of the best ican citizens. He knew from the teachings of hie conscience and of the original * OS P®’ of American free government, that he wasi no rebel and the United States government was wise enough to signify its acquiescence In this correct and just view by its release of Davis the president, from imprisonment, and its failure to prosecute Lee, the commander-in- Cl The south fought for the truths of the Declaration of Independence and for the pro visions of the federal constitution. The north, in the name and with the use of the general government of which it naa control, waged successful revolution. The conviction of Davis or Lee or any or their followers of treason, would not only have been a prostitution of the law and of the con stitution, but a violation of the plain meaning of American history. „ . ... ... No acknowledgment of sect suilt has been made by the true manhood of the south or required by the true manhood of the north. Mr. McKinley, though In his young he had fought on the other side, was brave and juet enough a® *. publie man and while president, «o proclaim to the nation and to mankind. In effect and In immortal word, the guiltlessness a* well as the Y* soldiery on the southern side of the mutually patriotic and heroic struggle. The southern soldiers returned to the patri otism of peace, not as h‘"Un«* whOM oecu pation was gone, or as conquered and humil iated rebels seeking safety in retreat and ob scurity. but as heroes of honest and hoiwrable war and they were at once the brawn of our agriculture and industry, the backbone of our business and commerce, and the brains of our professions: tbe luminaries of church and the H The individuals of the great moss of them in their lower spheres, followed the humble but blessed example of the peerless Lee in peace as they had his matchless leadership wir; they did the best they could under the altered conditions for themselves and.their loved ones; for their country and tor God and ' ll They' have made no Impatient clamor or political warfare for pensions. Many of them wounded and weary, worn and needy, with out murmur or complaint, passed oj«r the riTsr to rest with Jackson under the shade of the trees.” without receiving any sutetan tial recognition from the great Bt ate »hose firesides they had defended, and whose name their heroism had helped to make Immortal. Some of their like, survivors have since ac cented and am now accepting the meagre al lowances provided, not only without unmanly complaint, but with generous appreciation. And vet after a year in which our values have Increased twenty-five or thirty mlllions of dollars and when we are growing In Ys* and population every year, and our veterans are becoming fewer and feebler and nwdier every day, and when there are reasons which make such a step utterly unnecessary, t is urged in some quarters that our P® nß ‘°" 8 ' already but pittances, be reduced if not abol- God forbid that my native state should, un der such circumstances as now exist, be guilty of such ingratitude and *®3uirttee. The pensions we have provided are not dona tions or charities or gratuities or hountles They arc but partial payments we are making on just debts we owe for services rendered, sacrifices made and suffering hardship erH dured. at the can of the state; debts as ’ac.ed to conscience, as dear to patriotism. -and as binding in the sight of God ai our h®"?. 8 "The poor always ye have with you, was not spoken of the fast departing heroes of a veneration Manv of the younger men like mTself who as mere boys participated in the struggle, only during the last days of the cTnfSleracy, may live long into the present centurv but a dozen years from today the older Mt then living, will be but a handful to the thousands that slumber In the bosoms of Georgia and other states. . During last year the pension roll of Bibb county veterans was reduced by death ten per and five of the members of the Col. R A Smitk camp have died already this vear ' The ranks of the succeeding generations of peace and plenty are thickening fast and those of the older war veterans are thinning ta The r maimed or mutilated old soldier of the sixties is not so often seen plodding his weary wav on our streets as he was a few years aeo The gray heads and faces that seem so many white flags for the last surrender, are going down every day. Comrades, as we grow fewer and feebler, let us meet oftener, and grow stronger In our love for each other and for all other*. As we get nearer to God let us get nearer to huraan- U You ß are each and all quite welcome. The older and feebler are more welcome, the oldest and 'eeblcrt most welcome. .. .. ... ... CIRCUS LIFE WAS TOO MUCH. * All is pot gold that gutters and there is no one in Atlanta who realizes this ,W»ore than does William M. Davis, a 17-year-old t>oy of Franklin, Pa,, who is at present in the edre of the detective department. To the lads who witnessed the parades qf the Gentry dog and pony show here last week it appeared that the boys who were dressed in purple and gold and were lead ing and driving the little ponies had an easy life and that the gilt and gold com prised all that was worth living for. Davis was one of these lads. After the parole was over and the show closed for the night, he coiled upon the ground to sleep until daylight when he was aroused to feed and water the ponies, dogs, ele phants and monkles. During the night he dreamed of home, mother and possibly the good old pumpkin pies and sweetmeats baked by mother, and the awakening from this dream to the stern realities of life caused many tears to gather In the eyes of young Davis and roll down his cheeks to be wiped away by the dirty sleeve of a coat that had become very much the worse for wear since his taking to the road and running away from home. When the work was over in Atlanta Da vis deserted the show and wrote to his parents. His father. H. T. Davis, of 70, Buffalo street. Franklin, Pa., sent a pos tal money order for S3O to his boy and at the same time wrote Chief Ball asking that the boy be located and the money given to him with which to purchase a ticket for home. The letter was turned over to Sergeant of Detectives Bedford and he put Detectives Fogg and Chose wood to work on the case. The officers located the lad Tuesday and went to the postoffice with him where he cashed the money order, bought a pair of shoes, some underwear and a shirt and was then taken to police headquarters. The boy asked to be allowed to take a bath and did so. When out of the bath room he looked like a different boy, and shortly afterwards had a severe chill, ne cessitating medical attention. Sergeant Bedford has purchased a ticket for the lad and he was sent to his home at 5 o’clock that afternoon. RAILROADS~ASK TIME. Depot Committee Met to Frame Re port But Railroads Had Not Acted. Time was asked by the railroads Tues day when the meeting of the special legislative committee appointed at the last session of the general assembly to ar range a plan for the construction of a depot on the state’s property in Atlanta The meeting was held in the office of Special Attorney Ed Brown, of the West ern and Atlantic railroad at the capltol. It lasted two hours. During that time the situation was again discussed thor oughly. No railroad officials appeared be fore the committee, but communications were read from them. It will be ten days before the commit tee can frame a report to the general as sembly, since the railroads have been given that length of time to submit the proposition to the directors of the differ ent roads centering In Atlanta, which the committee wishes the roads to make. At the meeting of the special depot committee In July the secretary of the committee was Instructed to communi cate with the railroad officials and get from them a submission of the proposi tion to lease the depot if the state should build. The secretary has been in com munication with the, railroads, but the proposition has not yet been decided upon by them, and Tuesday the officiaals asked that they be given time to submit the plan of leasing a new depot to the directors of the various companies. GIRL KIDNAPED BY ROBBERS. Though Only 15 Years of Age She Was Kept Prisoner For Days. JACKSON, Miss., Oct. 22.—The story of a most daring kidnap was brought to the police this morning by Mary Herring, a little girl of about fifteen years of age. Mary came into the city this morning at 1 o’clock from Brookhaven, whefe she said she was carried by two masked men In a buggy through the country from her home In Inda. Inda Is a small town on the Gulf and Ship Island road, a few miles below H&ttiesburg. Mary Herring Is a beautiful little girl of about fifteen summers. She told a straight tale of the capture. She said that she was taken from her father's home Monday of last weeic, by two masked men while her father was away; that she was chloroformed, put in a buggy and driven by these men through the country to Brookhaven, where she was left. She did not know wno the men were who had her for she was kept under the influence of chloroform for two days. She arrived In Jackson this morning and was taken In charge of by the police and a ticket bought her for her home In Inda, She was put upon the train by the police and she was very happy in tbe thought that she was going back home. The po lice have been searching for the men but no clue to their Idently has been found. 16 BALESON ONE WAGON. Four Mules Hauled 8,000 Pounds of Cotton to West Point. WEST POINT. Ga., Oct. 22.—The big gest wagon load of cotton eveY brought to the Twin cities arrived this morning. It contained sixteen bales of the fleecy staple and was drawn by four mules. The nine miles was covered in two hours and a half and shows that Troup county has as good or better public roads than any county In Georgia. Tbe owner of the cotton was M. A. Haralson, a young bachelor farmer of Harris county, who re sides near Paulina. The 16 bales weighed 7.244 pounds, for which Mr. Haralson received 7.70 per pound aggregating $557.78. The total weight drawn by four mules including the wagon, cotton and three men. was eight thousand pounds. SHAMROCK 11. ON MARKET. Boat Will Be Sold For Sir Thomas Lip ton By An American Firm. NEW YORK, Oct. 23.—According to The Herald Sir Thomas Lipton has determined to sell the Shamrock II and she is now on the American market. Before Sir Thomas left New York for Chicago the beaten challenger was placed in the hands of Messrs. Tams, Lemoine & Crane, of this city, with orders to dispose of her. The price fixed is not known. SAMAR ISLAND HAS REVOLTED. Strength of the U. S. Army In Philip pines is Rushed to Scene. ■WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—The navy de partment has received the following ca blegram from Rear Admiral Rodgers: "CAVITE. Oct. 22.—Secretary Navy, Washington.—Active Insurrection In Sa mar. New York leaves today for Catbaio gan with 300 marines. To return to Basey and Balangiga, to co-operate with army. Nearly all naval force concentrated on Samar patrol. Services Arethusa and Za firo, two colliers, needed and being util ised. RODGERS.” Naval officials construe the dispatch to mean that the New York will go first to Catbalogan and then to Basey and Balan giga, landing detachments of marines at each point. 10,000 Troops May Be Sent to Manila. WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—1 t is thought that at least 10,000 troops from the Uni ted States will be rushed to the Philip pines shortly. It has become apparent by recent devel opments that the Islands are not pacified to the extent reported and the treachery of the natives makes it necessary to watch them closely. Companies A, B, C and D, of the Twenty-seventh Infantry at Fort McPher son, Ga., are available and may be sent out In this service. „ REV. A. C, WD SAYS HE LIKES RACING PASTOR OF THE TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH LOVES HOR6ES AND ACROBATS. Rev. A. C. Ward, pastor of the Tefnple Baptist church, says that he is in favor of the horse race. “The horse is such a noble animal that I cannot help admiring anything that he does," said the minister this morning as he was speaking of the Interstate fair. "Just cut out the betting,” said Dr. Ward, "and let them race and there is nothing that I Would rather see.” Going further he says that be enjoyed REV. A. C. WARD. Who Say* He Likes a Horse Race and An Athlete. the vaudeville given in front of the grand stand and that the performance of the acrobats was a revelation. “The fair is In many ways worthy of commendation,” he said. "It is an exhi bition that really exhibits. To be sure, there are features and fakirs to get stray nickels, and It is hardly necessary to say they are ‘getting there.’ In many in stances, however, they actually give a nickel’s worth. One must not be too care less In the venture or the money will go tor little less than nothing.. The large crowds around the "Drummers’ Country Store” shows the power of chance. "W’bo can resist admiring the beautiful little engine as it comes puffing up, draw ing its long train of little cars loaded with happy-faced boys and girls? I notice * good many boys and girls over 40 years old like to ride. Every attraction outside the midway is good. "I love a horse so much that almost anything he does pleases me. When he does his very best I somehow cannot help patting him and saying 'well done.' “Do I believe in horse racing? "Yes, but excuse me from the betting . part. I havr always enjoyed the sight of two horses neck and neck, every nerve strained to reach the goal. I have never ridden a horse that traveled as fast as I wished to go. An auto can run up and down a very steep incline and Daredevil Kilpatrick does wonders in It with hi* one leg, but give me a horse. '' "The exhibits both In the poultry and stock show are simply superb. One must see them to fully appreciate what Is there. It seldom happens that an association succeeds in giving so much innocent amusement as Is given free at this fair. With few exceptions the midway Is all right. The statue turning to life is worth the price of admission. It actually gives one a good idea of the resurrection. While this result is brought about by an optical illusion it in a measure Illustrates what divine power can do. After witnessing the transfer motion the mind cannot fall to dwell on thought* that are profitable "The management of The fair ha* come as near giving us a clean thing as Is pos sible. I know it is an Innovation for a minister and pastor to say what I have said, but I hall with gladness the great change which has come during the past few years. There is no reason whatever why people should not enjoy many things otherwise forbidden. Eliminate tha bad and the good at once becomes so much better. The whole trouble -a tbe past has been that the devil has heretofore held the lines and has driven every pleasure his own way. It is a revelation to witness the splendid. exhibition given every day before the grandstand. No one can witness It without being forced to praise God for the wonderful power and skill embodied in the human frame. Al together. I for one, am well plqgsed with what I saw and learned, and my hopq is that we fnay soon reach a period when all that is bad or doubtful will be left out and everybody will feel free to enjoy a good time at these exhibitions of tha skill and industry of our land.” horses' solF76r~fortune Chicago Man’* Sale Brought Society’s Purse to Tan Bark Ring. NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-Many horse* were entered at the annual .sale of Tich enor & Co., of Chicago, in the American horse exchange last night, and they brought high price*. The first 'fifteen horses sold averaged $2,930 a head, and the first 19 brought $50,000. In all 49 head were sold. For a four-in-hand team of bay geldings the Leeds, of Chicago, paid $18,750. Thomas W. Lawson, of Boston, paid $7,500 for a brown gelding and $1,706 for a handsome chestnut saddle horse. Florenz Ziegfeld, acting for Anna Held, gave $1,750 for a pair of brown geldings. W. H. Moore paid $6,800 for a pair of chestnut carriage horses. A bay horse six years old brought. $5,100 from H. B. Leeds, and D. D. Leeds paid $4,100 for a pair of bay gelding*. D. G. Reed gave $4,200 for a pair of bay car riage horses. A. Lowther paid $2,300 for a dapple gray gelding. Dr. Dwight bought a pair of roan carriage horses, paying $3,600 for them. 8. J. Valentyx gave $1,856 for a dark bay gelding. TO GET COLLEGE DEGREE. WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.—President Roosevelt, accompanied by Secretary Cor telyou, Assistant Secretary Barnes and one or two members of the white house staff, will leave this afternoon via the Pennsylvania railroad for Farmington. Conn. The party will travel in A private car attached to one of the regular trains. The president will spend a brief time at Farmington with his sister, Mra Cowles, before going to New Haven, where he is to receive the degree of LL. D. from Yale. In as much as the trip Is a private one, no details concern inng it are made public. ■ Miscellaneous. to superintend a farm. Ad dress. J- w. Avery. Landsford, Chester Co.. er . . _ _ Old Wliish! T 1 DTD fl who dertre a monthly Regulator that I. A I li.iS cannot fail will pi ease address with JjuUXuU stamp. Dr- Stevens, Buffalo, N.Y.