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WHY THE FLAG
CAME DOWN.
This Country’s True Policy Re
garding Hawaii.
Commissionar Blount Only Car
rying Out 1 he Instructions.
Annexation, While a Protectorate Exists,
Too Much Like Conquest.
Washington. April 15.—The news from
Hawaii licit the fl ig of the Lulled
States hud been 1 wred mid the jirolee
lurnto established by Minister Stevens
vb.hdrmvn v.ns : v d here ut first with
signs of popular regret, and there are
runny iiiiUiniking persons who are <lis
p >sed to it.s s 4 I hurt onee th" American
ling iris been raised, it should not be
lowered until we tire constrained to
lower it by superior force.
To maintain that idea might be the
pobe.i ol ar mliniiiistriition that was
seeking for theatrical effect, but to a
President who is averse to jingoism in
all things whether it be in politics or
diplomacy, there seems to be ns little
>iimh as sense in maintaining the
flag wlion it is raised in a wnpig place
mid upon a false pretense, as there
would bo in neglecting the flag when it
is in danger from assault.
Mr. Blount is evidently pursuing the
plan adopted for him before he left for
Honolulu. He found the islands under
the United Staites flag, to be sure, and
he met a number of people who had
urged the ratification of the treaty by
which the islands were to be annexed
to the United Slates. The remarkable
condition presented was that the United
Slates was asked to negotiate with a
government for the release of its terri
tory mid power, being at the time in
possession of that territory and support
ing a revolutionary government by force
of arms.
It will be found in the course of time
nhat the administration could not justify
itself, iii history, for pressing any propo
sition of annexation when urged by an
admitted minority of persons resident,
but iliot natives of the country proposing
annexation, while the majority of the
people who me opposed to annexation
were under the restraint of the armed
forces of the United Statep. That would
look like conquest and the of
annexation. Upon the greedy annexa
tiouists in Hawaii ami the United Stales
the meamuess of such a seizure might
not weigh very heavily, but it must be
come a mutter Os history when the whole
itransaetiou is completed.
The provisional government which All.
Blount found in Honolulu would not
have been possible but lor the help of
rt.be forces of the United Slates. This is
shown by the dispatches of Almistei
Stevens and Queen Lilluokalani bringing
llhe first news of the revolution. The
queen’s letter to President Harrison
seems tio have been read very carelessly
mid to have received no consideration
in the correspondence. She makes plain
the reason that impelled her to yield to
the provisional government. She says
in her letter, wrtfilen Jan. 18, the day
after ithu revolution:
•'Some of my subjects, aided by aliens,
have renounced their loyalty ami revolt
ed against the constitutional government
of my kingdom. Upon receiving incon
testable proof that Ins Excellency he
Plenipotentiary of the United
States aided and abetted then unlawful
movements mud caused United States
tl „ ops to be landed for that purpose, I
submitted to force, Mining that he
v.mld not have acted in that matter uu
j, s , py the authority of th- government
winch lie represents.
To a government Unit desires not only
rto appear to be fair, but Io bo fair in fact,
there was only one connse to bo pursued
Tleit was to withdraw all menace ol
Idree, and leave the Hawaiian* to ad
just their own affairs, keeping a sulli
eient force of United States officers ami
men near by to protect
esta. '
'I his is about what Mr. Blount seems
to be doing. If tlm provisional govern
ment is established in the will of the
people it is not in need ot the
assistance of the military of the I mted
States. Certainly the military forces ot
the United States cannot be displayed at
the seat of a government with which the
senate is asked to negotiate a treaty of
annexation on the ground of mutual in
terest.
'Hie report that Japan is about, to take
steps to annex Hawaiia is without foun
dation fin fact. Japan has interests in
the islands, but. they do not impel the
Japanese government to sock the posses
sion of the islands, or to harbor any in
tention of annexation or of a protecto
rate. There is reason to believe that
this storv is one ol many that find circu
lation with the help of the factiofl in
Hawaiia that is urging annexation, per
haps with comiuiercinl interests in tile
islands only. *
.Mr. Blount has not enjoyed any satis
faction in hauling down the American
flag. There is no doubt that the republi
cans will make some cheap and useless
capital out xis the incident, and that, they
will attribute lack of patriotism to the
man who lowered the flag on behalf ot
the administration. But that act cannot
be misunderstood for long. ’Hie presei
dent will be better satisfied with the re
tirement from our position in Hawaii if
it is wrong than he could feel in the
assertion of an entirely wrong and un
just position maintained merely to add
miscalled glory to the stars and stripes
and the acquisition of new territory.
It is the merest rubbish to suggest that
Air. -Blount .was instructed to assist in
the restoration of the queen. That is
no more a part of his mission to Hono
lulu than it is to compel any unwilling
natives to declare for annexation and
against the queen, who has been de
posed. Whatever step is taken hereaf
ter in the direction of annexation will
probably have .to be supported by the
neoyde on whose behalf the proposition
is made.
Up to the hour of closing the depart
ment of state, no information had been
received regarding the action of Commis
sioner Blount. This, at least, was un
derstood to be the case, but it was noted
that the officers of the navy department,
who usually handle the state depart
ment's cipher messages, were very busily
engaged.
Air. Charles L. Carter, one of the Ha
waiian annexation commissioners, said
today:
“1 do not thing it means a reversal of
tile policy of the government us ex
pressed by the lute administration. Sec
retary Foster's attitude was satisfactory
lo the nimex.'itionists, and he promptly
disavowed the protectorate. The force
of marines was pouted on duty in re
sponse to tlie request of the provisional
g ivenimcnt to protect persons and prop
erty against assaults and danger from
the natives. The necessity of this has
passed, the annexation movement has
gained strenbt.li and numbers, and Pres
ident Dole has announced that it was
able to maitnin itself if not assailed from
without. Therefore, the forces of the
United States were no longer essential,
and with their removal, of course the
flag came down.”
- QUADBUPLIJTB AT SIXTEEN.
Somerville, N. J., April 16.—Airs. John
Builner, of Beaver Brook, near Blairs
town, N. J., gave birth to four children
last Thursday morning. Two of the
babies are boys and two girls. Airs.
Builner is the wife of a young farmer
mid is but 16 years of age. Both mother
and children tire doing well.
THE DI KE OF VEKAG.UA
llw Im Welcomed by n Grand High Maus a
.St. Patrick's.
New York, April 16. —The Duke of
Veragua and party attended mass at
St. Patrick's cathedral this morning.
Grand high inn.ss was celebrated in honor
of tiie occasion. Archbishop Corrigan
occupied Che throne. After the First
Gospel, the I!i v. M. J. Savelie uscettdeil
the pulpit steps nod said:
Wo have present with us today His
Gr.'iee, the Duke of Meragutl, head
of the eleventh generation in lineal de
cent from Christopher Columbus, the
illustrious discoverer of this great coun
try. He comes here as the guest of
the nation. He has been welcomed
already by the eculsar authori
ties of this nation and city, and I, in
tlie name of the archbishop, in your
name, and in the name of the Catholic
people of New York, welcome him to
the laud in whidli Christopher Columbus
was the first to set his foot. Tlie longer
the duke remains will: us, the more he
sees of this vast nation, with its mighty
rivers and fentile plains, teeming with
plenty and happy people, he will thank
God mid thrill with joy that, he had an
ancestor to whose fortitude and courage
and perseverance is due ail these grand
results. During his stay here he will
find that the people he meets will be
stow on him the honor Columbus himself
would meet with were lie here to re
ceive it, and when he leaves us it will
bo with the consoling thought that his
visit to America was among the greatest
triumphs of his life.
The visit of the Duke to this country
will be attended by a series of balls, re
ceptions and festivals of various kinds.
lieginning at tlie time of his arrival and
continuing until his departure. The Duke
is tlie lineal descendant of Christopher
Columbus, and is the head of the fam
ily which was founded by the discoverer.
He holds tlie heriditarv title conferred
upon Columbus of Admiral of tlie Indies.
He is a clever man of unassuming man
ners, forty-five veurs old. He is a man
of affairs and possesses great influence
in Spain. He is at tlie head of the Span
ish Commission to the World's Colum
bian Exposition, but it is as the repre
sentative of the family of Columbus
that lie is received by tlie United States
Government and by the various state,
city and Fair authorities. He is accom
panied by his wife, the Duchess of Ver
agmi: his two sons. Christobal Colon
Aquilern and Carlos Aquilera; his broth
er, Marquis Barboles, and his nephew,
Pedro Colon y Cerda, son <if the Mar
quis Barboles.
In a day or two the freedom of the
city will be formally conferred upon the
Duke. On the afternoon of April 1!) the
Chamber of Commerce will give a re
ception for hint at tlie Hotel Waldorf.
Ou Wednesday. April 22, he will be
taken to Washington bv a special train
over the Pennsylvania Kailroad. On
I April 24 at 3 p. m. he will be presented
lo President Cleveland. On April 27 he
will return to New York. On Aiyfl 27
he will witness the Naval, parade on
board the Dolphin with President Cleve
land and the members of tlie cabinet,
tn the evening be will attend tlie Cit
izens' Ball, given to him and the of
ficers of tlie parading fleet. On April
28, the Duke will go to Chicago, where
lie will remain two weeks and be tlie
central figure in another series of enter
tainments. He will be present at *be
opening of the Fair on May 1. Thomas
W. Palmer, president of the National
Commission will give a dinner for him
May 2 at the Hotel Metropole. Air.
Higinbotluim. president of the Board of
Directors of tlie Fair, will entertain him
on May 4, and a reception will be given
to him at the Administration Building.
Mar 6. Airs. Hobart Chatfield-Taylor
will give an afternoon tea for the women
of tlie Ducal partv on May 8. In addi
tion to visiting the Exposition the Duke
will be taken to the stock farms, driv
ing parks and other place's of interest in
and about Chicago.
The Duke will return to New York
J byway of Niagara Falls and IVashing-
I lon. whore he will take leave of the
j President. Before ho starts for home lie
will be entertained in this city, and will
sail up the Hudson river.
THE COSTLY WORLD’S FAIR.
It Has Already Cost Twice as Much a* the
Paris Exposition.
Chicago, April 17.—Auditor Ackerman
lias made a report showing that the build
ing of the World's Fair has already cost
Sli>,7oS,S2o, twice the sum expended for the
l aris Exposition. The snow storms and
the hard weather necessitated an extra
expense of $12,000. There is at present a
cash halaneo ol’ $020,300, and $2,361,203 due
on contracts.
THE BIG GUN FELL,
Chicago, April 11.— While one of the
heavy guns forming part of the govern
ment exhibit at tlie World’s Fair was be
ing hoisted into place today the tackle
broke and the gun fell on two of the men
at work upon it. Sergeant J. W. War
wick was flattened into a pulp and Cor
poral M. J. Kernies was fatally hurt. The
gun weighed 14 tons.
In 1850 “Brown’s Bronchial Trochee”
were introduced, aud their success as a
cure for Colds, Coughs, Asthma, aud Bron
chitis has been unparalleled.
JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE.
Savauiuah, Gia,, April 16.—Charles
Porter, white, while drunk this morning,
broke into -’red Jenkin's house with an
axe and attempted to take Jenkin’s life.
.Tonkin's fought him off till he secured a
■musket and then instantly killed the tres
passer. The coroner's jury declared the
case justifiable homicide.
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THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE, APRIL 19, 1893.
THE QUAKING
ISLE OF ZANTE.
The City of Zante is Absolutely
Desolated.
Numbers are Killed and Others
Flee to the Plains.
The Greek Government Has Sent Relief
Vessels.
Athens, April 17.—The island of Zante,
<we of tlie principal lonian islands was
visited by a most destructive earthquake
this morning, resulting in great loss of
life umd property. in February aud
March last tlie island sustained a vast
amount of damage by seismic distur
bance, and a large number of lives were
lost. The shock this minting appears
to have been most violent in the city of
Zante. The people are panic stricken
and tlie authorities helpless. Tlie streets
are impassable, being filled with masses
of stone and timber, the wreckage of
the houses which were thrown down by
tlie earthquake Thus far the bodies of
twenty person's killed by falling walls
have been removed from the debris, and
it is feared many more dead ure still in
the ruins. The number of persons in
jured ruins up into the hundreds, lhe
greater portion of the inhabitants have
fled to the plains back of the city, where
they wander about in a distracted man
ner bewailing the loss of th-er homes
and property.
The shock occurred at 7:30 a. hi. Most
of the buildings that stood erect after
tiie shocks of February and March were
either thrown down or shattered. Hie
church of St. Dionysius and 'the govern
ment offices were thrown down.
Advices from tlie interior show the
whole island devastated. Many villages
are destroyed and it is thought the loss
of life is very great.
Since 7:30 this morning two more
heavy shocks have shaken the whole
island of Zante. Thousands are without
shelter, and few have sufficient food. The
British'minister resident has telegraphed
to the British foreign office a request tor,
warships to be seat at once to Zante with
men and building materials, that tempo
rary sheds may be erected for the shel
terless at once on the plains and hill
sides
The large number of tents taken to
Zante to shelter people rendered home
less by the former earthquakes have
been again set up, and under them sonn
et the women and children have taken
refuge The city presents a scene of des
olation. and it is doubtful if it will ever
recover from the series of misfortunes
that have befallen it within .the past
three months. There is bound to be an
enormous amount of suffering, and out
side aid will be urgently required to
prevent sickness and starvation. The
Greek government has acted promptly
in rendering aid to the sufferers by the
earthquake on the island. Two Greek
ironclads, the Hydra and the Spezln.
have already started for Zante with a
detachment of engineers as well as pro
visions and medicines.
A BIG STRIKE ON.
From End to End the Union Pacific Rail
road Is Affected.
Omaha. Neb.. April 17.—A strike has
been ordered among the boilermakers,
blacksmiths, molders and pottery makers
along the entire line of the Union Pa
cific. The employes ela.im that ’he com
pany acted in bad faith eonienling the
fulfillment of an agreement entered into
to allow a force of men employed to re
duce itself when the time was below
the standard of nine hours a day. It is
claimed that the company, instead of al
lowing the force of men employed to re
duce itself naturally, has kept up a full
quota of men, and in some shops. Omaha
included, has increased the force. The
companv increased the force, but reduced
the standard of time from nine to eight
hours for a working day. Jan. 13 of this
year. The employes claim to have a
written agreement signed by General
Manager Dickinson and Assistant. Super
intendent Motzerheimer that while the
men are working eight hours it is under
stood that the places of men who leave
the service will not be filled except when
absolutely necessary in order to carry
on the work to advantage. From advices
received the strike is general on the en
tire Union Pacific system, including
brunches. Many tihousauil men are out.
TO LEAVE OUT ULSTER.
'lt Improbable that Gladstone Will Con
sent to the Proposition.
Eondon, April 17.—An important
statement was made today in regard to
the Irish Home Rule bill. It is to the
effect that when the bill reaches the
committee stage a large section of the
radicals will support a proposal to leavf
tlie counties of liondonderry, Antrim.
Down and Armagh in the Province of
Ulster, these being the counties in which
the Unionist element is strongest and
antagonism to Irish Home Bule there
fore pronounced. It is considered doubt
ful that Gladstone would assent to such
n scheme, even if the Irish Nationalist
members were willing to diy so. The
proposition means division in the islanu,
and the Irish legislature created under
it would represent only a portion of the
country.
Will
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BOOMING FOR
THE BRITISHERS.
Five Pets of the Queen's Navee
Have Arrived.
/
The Ladies Turn Their Attention
to the Englishmen.
The Air Was Blue With Smoke of
Saluting Guns.
Fortress Alonroe, Va., April 17. —At 8
o'clock this morning five of England's
big war ships, headed by the flagship
Blake, flying the pennant of one of her
vice admirals, came majestically in the
Roads from Lynn Haven bay, where
they bad anchored over night, let go as
many bow anchors, and fired the cus
tomary salute.
They are as follows: The Blake, ar
mored cruiser, lt.iMM) tons; the Austra
lia, armored cruiser, 5,600 tons; tlie
Magieienne, *»rotected cruiser, 2,950
tons; the Tartar, partially protected
cruiser, 1,770 tons, and the Partridge,
partially protected cruiser, 750 tons. The
latter is of 1,200 horse-power, and much
ithe lowest in this respect than any that
take part in the review, domestic or
foreign.
Before -6 o’clock this morning Col.
Frank, commander of tlie army post, was
informed by Admiral Gherardi that the
British vessels were coming up from the
Gapes, and that they would be along in
an hour. This was notification to stand
by to salute the vessels after they hud
fired twenty-one guns in honor of the
American colors, and the fort was prompt
in doing this. The fashionable set were
ruthlessly awakened by this territfic
lioinbardment, and the reverberations-of
the mighty guns of the Blake and the
answers that eatne quickly back from
the post and the flagship Phila
delphia. Hardly had the dense
curls of white smoke disappeared
from tiie muzzle of the guns when the
Blake started in to assure the French,
Russian and Italian flags of her dis
tinguished esteem and consideration by
saluting the commanding officers of the
four vessels with the number of guns
due their rank. During these ceremo
nies the flags on all ships were con
stantly changing from one country to
another, and to an onlooker it was ap
parent that if there ever existed any
difference between Russia. England and
France there were little remnants of it.
The appearance of these five crack ships
of the queen’s navy presented, us they
moved majestically over the water and
jiixst the outer end of our fleet to the
anchorage grounds designated them by
Admiral Gherardi, was one of the pret
tiest sights ever seen here. At the head
of the fleet was the big armored cruiser
Blake, the counterpart of our own ship
New York, heavily armored, and the
most formidable ship that will be in the
review. In her wake was the protected
cruiser Magieienne, and behind her came
the monster armored cruiser Australia,
with her sides fairly toothed with fierce
looking high power guns. Gliding grace
fully next was the cruiser Tartar, and
in the rear was the little barkentine
riggwl cruiser Partridge. In a perfect
line they sailed in, with signals flying
from their tops and yardarms, and the
ensign of the country floating defiantly
from the taffrails of each ship. At the
masthead of the Blake was the pennant
of Vice Admiral J. O. Hopkins. K. C.
11.. and upon the signal, halyards were
combinations of yellow ’and white sig
nals to the ships behind her.
Sweeping down the fleet, the Blake
slowed down just ns she passed the New
ark. a.nd when abreast of the Philadel
phia the signal was displayed trt' the
other ships to anchor. As quickly as
the signal was seen just as quickly were
five bow anchors seen to splash the wa
ter into foam, and the deep rumbling of
the chain could be heard ns forty fathoms
ran through the hawsepipe. With flood
tide all the ships promptly swung round
with their nose pointed out to the Roads,
and forming a. line extending a mile out.
Firing commenced and was kept up in
cessantly for half an hour. At 11 o'clock
Admiral Hopkins put on his cocked hat.
buckled his sword on, and embarking in
his gig, was pulled over to the Philadel
phia. where he saw Admiral Gherardi
heard fifteen guns fired off in his honor,
and then departed to his own vessel to
get ready to receive our commander-in
chief. who went through the same prepa
rations and had the same number of
gnus discharged for his benefit.
These courtesies having been ex
changed the noise was suspended for an
hour. Later in the day Admiral Hop
kins called on 001. Frank, and was re
ceived as became his rank. Col. Frank
returned the call, and the Blake was
again called upon to honor an official of
our country.
The weather continues perfect. The
sky is as clear as a May day, and the
water smooth for the Roads’ Barges,
steam launches and gigs were plying
constantly to the ships, carrying those
anxious to see new arrivals. As every
new ship arrives the attention of the
ladies changes temporarily to her offi
cers, and today it would seem that the
Britishers are to the front. The Dutch
frigate Vanspeyk simved late this after
noon and anchored in the roads.
The arrival of the entire British fleet
with a titled officer in command, fol
lowed by another French vessel the
antiquated but formidable looking Dut'-h
frigate. Van Speyk, has added to the
already brilliant scene aud increased the
interest aud animation which pervades
the multitude now gathered here from
every section of the country to witness
the grandest naval pageant ever seen
before in American waters.
The scene tonight at the Hygeia
hotel, the centre of interest, and attrac
tion for hundreds of foreign and Amer
ican officers of twenty odd war vessels
in the Roads, was one that was never
before surpassed at this usually quiet
resort. The parlor and corridors’ of the
hotels swarmed with officers dressed in
all the magnificence of gold lace, brass
buttons and blue uniforms, who danced
and talked wit>h the beautiful women
who are numbeifless. and whose dress
ing surpasses that of any other resort
on the Atlantic coast Just now.
On shore and in the Roads there was
a scene of brilliancy that, would make
the poorest citizen patriotic All of
the American officers were dressed in
their handsomest uniforms and the wo
men seemed to vie with one another
in the superbness of their costumes.
The Frenchmen came ashore this even
ing in any number for the first time,
but the Britishers have not yet become
sufficiently well settled to don their
best clothes and meet the women here
who have been anxiously awaiting their
arrival for the past week. With the
Russians it is different. They have
the advantage of the others by reason
of having arrived earlier in the week,
and the manner in which they readily
make themselTes understood in our
language is generally commented upon
on all sides.
But it cannot be lenied that the whole
interest of the vast, crowd is upon the
big Blake officers who command her and
the other British ships. So much ha«
been heard of this ship that when it was
known she had arrived with her foil’
companions, the enthusiasm shown was
greater than that showered upon any
of the' foreigners who preceded them.
As the ships are regarded, so are theii
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
ABSOLUTELY PURE
officers, as was seen by those wh<
bonded the vessels of the fleet this as
ternoon. During the evening the Roads
were as light as day. From the poops
and forward bridges of the American
ships powerful search lights made the
waters glimmer ami shine like the moon
upon new fallen snow. The reflectors
were worked upward to throw their
flashes of light to the heaven and then
on shore. The rays touched the sides
of some vessel in the fleet and pictured
her as a phantom ship sailing the seas
without sails; then they criss-crossed and
formed all sorts of weird figures ns one
ray of light fell across another shot from
the deck of some other vessel at the end
of the fleet. OccasionaMy they fell on
the fortress and showed hundreds of
smooth bored old guns sticking their
muzzles out defiantly from the stone
walls which could be easily deipoiished
by. any gun of the smallest vessel at
anchor. Then some mischievous officer
woiud play them along the long piazzas
that skirt the hotel and on the little
piers and send couples who had sought
seclusion scampering back to the ball
room.
M hile lhe white electric rays lighted
up the skies, the red and white signal
system which we have borrowed from
the French kept up an incessant silent
conversation with the ships in the Roads.
The effect of these combinations' of
light was witnessed with enthusiasm
bv those congregated on the beach t<
watch the sight. The officers on the
fort have thrown onen their club to the
visitors and are doing all,in their pow
er for their entertainment, although Con
gress appropriated no money for this
purpose. Tomorrow afternoon the offi
cers of the flag ship Newark will give
a reception to their friends at which
many of the foreign officers will be pres
ent.’ The French flagship Arateuse is
expected to arrive in the morning and
join the fleet.
THE JOHN BULL TRAIN.
The Engine Was the First in the United
States—Off for Chicago.
Now York, April 17.—The queerest
railroad train that has been seen in
many a long year drew out of the Penn
sylvania depot at Jersey City at 10:16
this morning amid the cheers of a big
crowd of curiosity seekers. The train
consisted of Engine No. 1 of the Penn
sylvania railway, and ears No. 3 and 5.
Engine No. 1 of tlie Pennsylvania road
is also Engine No. 1 of the I nited
States, being the first railway locomo
tive used on this side of the Atlantic. It
has been among the curiosities of the
National Museum at Washington several
years, and was recently refitted for this
duty. It is called "John Bull.’’ and
started this morning to puff its way la
boriously to the World’s fair, where it
will be an object of wonder to millions.
John Bull shows no sign of his great
age except his antique construction. He
is painted and polished so that he shines
as fair s'.s the latest born of modern loco
motives. %
The coaches look like stage codches on
railway wheels. They too are in gala
attire, being painted liright green, with
the inscription, “John Bull Train.” The
train is manned by veteran railroaders.
Conductor W. T. Bailey has been a pas
senger conductor since 1859. Brakemen
Jonas Hagar and Thomas Gallagher
were brakemen in 1849. Engine Driver
A. S. Herbert drove John Bull in 1852.
J. W. Sanford, fireman, was such in
1855. Car Inspector D. H. Baker, who
goes along, has been foreman of the
Jersey City ear shops since IS-t9. Act-
Jug Assistant Superintendent James R.
Smith, who directs the running of the
train, has also been a railroad man over
fifty years.
It is expected that the John Bull train
will carry some distinguishel passengers.
The passengers this morning wore all
I railway officials. ’ They included General
; Superintendent F. W. Jackson. General
Passenger Agent George IV. Boyd and
I General Passenger Trainmaster E. T.
■ Mander, who will go clear through to
I Chicago. The train will spend a week
on the road.
MAJ~SPEER DYING.
Atlanta, April 17.—Major D. N. Speer,
for n long time state treasurer of Georgia,
president of the exposition eotton mills
and one of the most prominent men in
Georgia business and nolitics, is at tlie
point of death from a stroke of paralysis.
DIED FROM HIS INJURIES.
Chicago, April 18.—Corporal Michael J.
Kirnls. who was injured at the World's
Fair ground yesterday, while superintend
ing the plai-tng of the big rifle in the
government building, died this morning.
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CANNOT STAND CHICAGO.
Visitor* to the Felr from the Tropic*
Knocked Ont bribe Weather.
Chicago, April 17.—The inclement weath
er of the past few days Is playing havoc
with the Bedouins, Algerians, Egyptians,
Javanese and others from the tropical
dlstTlrts. Twelve Javanese are down with
the grip In the worst form. Nearly every
other member of the colony Is suffering
from bronchitis. Three of the handsomest
Turkish girls are on the sick list. The
Esquimaux are grappling with lhe measles,
and nearly all the Indians from Vancouver
Island ure allln ted with scabies. Yester
day’s snow was the first the tro; leul v.sl
tors had ever seen.
COLUMBIA SHUT OUT.
Her Bld for the Industrial College Camo In
Too Lain. #
Columbia, S. C., April 15.—(Special.)—Co-
lumbia got an unexpected setback today
in the matter of the location of the Female
Industrial College when the Governor
notified the committee that the city's bld
was too late. In his letter he says;
Whether right or wrong in our construc
tion of the law and our duty under It, the
board of trustees of Winthrop Normal and
Industrial College have already decided
and announced. We could not and would
not receive any additional or supplemen
tary blds for the location of that Insti
tution. We will examine the advantages
of the three towns which filed blds in ac
cordance with our notice next week and
locate the school at one of the places. I
regret that the city of Columbia delayed
action until too late for her to enter the
race, but I feel that the board is pre
cluded, Isitli in law and In morals, from
entertaining any additional blds from auy
source.
The committee have asked for a hear
ing before the whole board of trustees.
This will, of course, apply to North
Augusta aud Charleston.
MRS. CARSWELL DEAb.
She Passes Away Peacefully in Hephzibah.
Horn in 1526.
Hephzibah, Ga., April 14—(Special.)—
Another matriarch has crossed the river
and passed beyond. Mrs. H. E. Carswell,
familiarly known to a large circle of
friends as Aunt Emma, died at the home
of her son, Willie Carewell, :n Waycross,
at 4:30 yesterday morning. She was born
in Burke county on the Itlth day of July,
1526. She became a Christian and joined
the Baptist church at Piney Grove in 1842,
was baptized by Rev. Joseph Polhill, and
lived faithfully, happily and usefully
many, many years and died triumphantly '
and entered that rest prepared for the
people ot God in the celestial city. April
27, 1845 she married Hon. M. J. Carswell
who proceeded her to the beautiful land of
Beulah April 12th, 1887. She was kind to
all, especially the poor and sick, was hos
pitable and generous, a cheerful and happy
Christian and loved her church and Bible
above nil. She was possessed of a good
mind aud endeavored all her life to instil
In the minds of those around her precious
truths which she learned from her con
stant companion, the holy Bible.
Her lasi Illness was of short duratioa,
but "her house was in order,” and when
her Savior said "come up higher,” she was
ready to answer and now "rests from her
labors.'” She leaves sorrowing brothers
aud sisters, grief-stricken children and
grand children. May the Heavenly Father
help them to consecrate themselves to his
service and prepare them for a happy re
union “over there.”
Visitors In the village today were Miss
Emmie Winter, Burke county; Miss Annie
Burch, Augusta; Hon. H. F. Carswell and
wife, Irwinton; Mr. Edgar Carswell and
Miss Sallie A. Carswell, Waycross, Ga.;
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Carswell, Blythe; Dr.
T J. Beck, Tennille; Rev. J. H. Carswell,
Stellaville; aud Mrs. Effie Perkins aud
family, Tennille.
A BULLET IN HIS SKI’LL.
After Thirty Year* a Troublesome Visitor
XVns Successfully Dislodged.
Savannah, Mo., April 14.—Wesley Gibson
of this county, was shot at the battle of
Lone Jack thirty years ago. the bullet
penetrating the skull and the wound
healed. About two months ago Gibson was
prostrated with paralysis, followed by a
series of convulsions. Yesterday Dr. D.
B. Bryant, of this city, trephined Gibson’s
skull aud extracted the bullet, thus per
forming the most difficult surgical opera
tion ever attempted in this county. Gib
sou is improving.
THE DEFAULTER DIED.
Nashville. April 17.—John Schardt, the
defaulting cashier of the Mechanics' Sav
ings Bank and Trust Co., died at II o’clock
tonight of congestion of the brain. He
had been In nil unconscious state since 2
o’clock this evening.