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DALTON CITIZENS ARRESTED
CHAIN.F,I> WITH RECEIVING STO
LEN GOODS FROM THIEVES.
TWO ARE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
Whitfield County, Ga., Grand Jury ito
turnK Many True Bills Against
Gun;; of Car Bobbers.
Dalton, Ga., is in the throes of a
great sensntiou.
The Whitfield county grand jury has
found thirteen indictments against
Walter Bohannon and his gang of car
robbers, ten indictments against half a
dozen merchants for receiving stolen
goods; and it is still taking evidence.
Bohannon, the notorious leader of
the worst band of robbers since John
A. Murrill’s days, has weakened and
his companions in crime are thor
oughly demoralized.
The members of the gang now in
jail are: Walter Bohannon, Ben Pearce,
Sam Painter, Tom Kinneman, Ed Mor
ris, colored; Bill Long, Ralph Ellison.
Out on bond are: Anthony Cook and
Charley Hill, two negro draymen;
Luke White and Jim Harris.
The merchants who were arrested
for receiving stolen goods and who
gave bond are:
John Bender, member of council;
Drew M. Peoples, member of council;
T. N. Peeples, Jr., G. M. Cannon
and Anderson Giddings.
As to the guilt of the actual mem
bers of the robber gang there is not
the shadow of a doubt. They realize
this, and it would not surprise any
one if every outlaw in the band pleads
guilty and takes his sentence without
a murmur.
Borne of the indicted merchants de
clare that they are innocent of crime
and say they will fight prosecution to
the finish.
For some time gossip ran wild and
many 'an innocent man’s reputation
has suffered, but when the trials are
over there will be no trouble about
distinguishing the honest merchants
from the dishonest.
The five merchants under bond are
among the most prominent business
men in Dalton.
Bonds I, ,-f Si 1 1111,000.
The band of car-breakers has been
operating for twelve years. The South
ern railway has paid out nearly $50,-
000 in claims for stolen goods and the
old East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor
gia lost every bit as much.
Probably no railroad has ever been
preyed upon so long and disastrously
tos the Southern and its predecessor
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WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
A fjot-Up On Appointment*—Fall Flec
tions DUcuhmkl.
Major W. H. Smyth lias been ap
pointed, by the president, postmaster
at Atlanta, Ga. Thus was brought to
an end the long and desperate local
fight for this postofflce that has almost
torn the republican party of Georgia
into fragments. The Buck dynasty
has again triumphed and the mighty
hand of the republican emperor of
Georgia is felt though it is wielded
from far Japan. The appointment
was like a thunderbolt of surprise to
the Wilson party.
There will be little more business
done as to federal appointments be
tween now and the meeting of con
gress. It is so stated about the corri
dors of the white house. There are
several reasons for this, two being im
portant ones in the administration. In
the first place it is not good politics to
go on making appointments while
congressmen are not present. Then,
too, the elections are but a month off,
and the president thinks he had better
let well enough alone. In two states
the fights will determine the election
of United States senators, while in the
other states there are important state
officials to be chosen, including gov
ernors, judges of the supreme court
and state officers.
Elections will be held next month
in Ohio, New York, Virginia, lowa,
Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Maryland,
Colorado, Nebraska and Massachu
setts, In Maryland and Ohio the con
tests are for the legislatures which are
to elect senators. There seems to be
little doubt here that Senator Hanna
in Ohio will win his re-election, but
in Maryland the fight is nip and tuck
with the chances favoring Gorman.
In New York the contest for the con
trol of Greater New York Overshadows
everything else. In Massachussetts,
Ohio, Virginia and lowa, governors
are to be elected, while in Kentucky
the fight over the clerk of the court of
appeals is attracting interest, as the
gold democracy of the state is bent on
measuring its strength with the free
silver wing of the party. Pennsylva
nia elects a state auditor, Nebraska a
judge of the supreme court and regent
of the university, while Colorado
elects a chief justice.
“CUBA MUST BE WHIPPED,”
Says Spanish Premier Sngrasta, “Before
Peace Can He Secured. **
The Spanish cabinet held a four
hours’ session at Madrid Saturday,
during which the decision previously
arrived at regarding the recall from
Cuba of Captain General Weyler was
confirmed.
El Heraldo makes the announcement
that the captain general at Porto Rico
will be appointed acting governor of
Cuba pending the arrival of Marshal
Blanco.
In replying to a number of Cuban
senators who had offered their support
to the government Premier Sagasta
said that the government would devote
itself before all else to the pacification
of Cuba, and would then introduce in
the island a model administration.
Advices from Havana state that fol
lowing the appointment of Marshal
Blanco to succeed Captain General
Weyler, the Marquis Palmerola, civil
governor of Havana, and the other
provincial governors have tendered
their resignations.
MONEY NEEDED FOR NAVY.
Estimates Compiled Jiy Secretary Lons
Aggregate *31,991,92?.
The estimates for the support of the
navy for the next fiscal year have just
been prepared by Secretary Long and
submitted to the secretary of treasury
for transmission to congress.
They aggregate $81,991,927, made
up as follows:
Pay of the navy, $8,449,060.
Pay, miscellaneous, SBOO,OOO.
Contingent navy, $7,000.
Bureau of navigation, $208,950.
Bureau of ordnance, $3,179,554.
Bureau of equipment, $1,514,178.
Bureau of yards and docks, $469,435.
Naval observatory, $34,200.
Bureau of medicine and surgery,
j&24,200.
■ Bureau of supplies aud accounts,
Bkjuveau of construction and' repair,
of steam engineering, sl,-
HLval academy, $238,578.
corps, $1,123,574.
of flic navy, $8,565,273.
AaIEBOAD SHOES BURN’.
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Hciitral railroad shop buildings
Bill, On., were completely de-
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had made sueli headway
not possible to save much.
will amount to fully
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last August, and a
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BRIDE STOLEN BY RUFFIANS.
TAKEN FROM HER HUSBAND AND
KItUTALLY TREATED.
ELEVEN OF THE GANG ARRESTED.
Shocking Crime Committed On the High
way In Kentucky—Pen
alty 1h Death.
All day Thursday the jail at New
port, Ky., across- the river from Cin
cinnati, was surrounded by a mob.
Wednesday night Thomas Gleason,
a lineman living in Covington, rushed
bito the Newport police station shout
ing that his wife had been abducted.
Three months ago Gleason married
Bertha Raridon, aged eighteen. They
had started Wednesday evening for
Alexandria pike, back of Newport, to
visit a friend. A little later four men
rushed up. One man pointed a pistol
at Gleason and ordered him to return
to Newport, while the others dragged
the woman to a hillside where eight
other men joined them and the victim
was repeatedly assaulted. She man
aged to reach the Keller residence, not
far away.
Gleason had been turned loose nnd
threatened with death if he returned.
Eleven suspects were arrested and
one by one identified by Mrs. Gleason.
The men are: Harry and Matt Minor,
Harry and Richard Buschmiller, John
Dudoffi, Hubert Mittler, Ed Hending,
William Schorle, John Shannon, Geo.
Greer and William Dumall.
Thursday morning crowds begun to
assemble about the jail. By 2 o’clock
2,000 men had assembled.
Gleason, tbe victim’s husband, was
called for by the crowd, desiring him
to lead them, but the police kept him
away.
Judge Helm had a special jury im
panelled. The offense in Kentucky has
the penalty of death. The crowd was
informed the men would be tried at
once, but this had no effect. A special
train was ordered on the Ches
apeake and Ohio railroad and
at 3 o’clock two furniture cars
backed up and the eleven prisoners
were hustled to the depot. The crowd
followed shouting, “Lynch them!”
and at the depot 3,000 people gather
ed. The crowd became more and
more demonstrative, but the train
thundered up. The prisoners were
hurried aboard and the start was
made without any violence. They
were taken to the Maysville jail.
En route to Maysville “Dad” Minor
said he would confess everything. He
said seven of the prisoners were inno
cent and the rest guilty and that seve
ral of the guilty ones had not been ar
restefj,
Tt developed that Covington and
Newport people devised a well laid
plan to lynch the eleven men, and that
they would have carried it out had not
the prisoners been removed.
Official advices received by wire
from Maysville, Ky., are that ten
identified men arrived there safely,
and were securely jailed. The sheriff
of Campbell county, with deputies
and several Newport policemen, are at
Maysville.
BRANN IN MORE TROUBLE.
This Time the Editor Is Assaulted and
liadly Beten.
W. C. Braun, editor of The Icono
clast, at Waco, Texas, is again in
trouble as a result of his scurrilous
publication reflecting on Baylor uni
versity. Wednesday afternoon he was
attacked and publicly beaten by Judge
J. B. Scarborough, George Scarbo
rough and R. H. Hamilton. Brann
was assaulted in the Provident build
ing by the three men and the fight
continued for half a block on the
street, until The Iconoclast editor fell
bleeding upon the ground.
Braun’s assailants were arrested.
Judge Scarborough is a trustee of
Baylor university and has a daughter
in’ the university. He says Braun’s
recent attack in his paper on the uni
versity is the whole cause of the
trouble. Young Scarborough and
Hamilton are students at the institu
tion and say that Brann’s attack was
beyond endurance.
GLORIED IN MURDER.
Muller Confesses To Making Way With
Eighteen People.
Advices from Rotterdam state that
a man named Gustave Muller has sur
rendered to the city police, confessing
the murder of his wife and child. As
proof of the truth of his confession he
produced from his pocket four human
ears.
The police, on searching his house,
found the two bodies. Subsequently
he confessed that he had also killed
his parents, mutilating their remains
in the same fashion.
He also made the astonishing state
ment that he had similarly disposed
of fourteen other wives.
STRANGE MALADY IN W. VIRGINIA
Some Physicians Think It a Mild Type of
Yellow Jack.
An epidemic of fever six miles south
of West Union, W. Va., is causing
consternation among the inhabitants.
Physicians differ in their opinion as
to the kind of fever, some claiming it
is typhoid, while two of the most
prominent physicians in the state as
sert it is a mild type of yellow fever.
Thirty-one deaths have occurred in
t le past eighteen days.
The citizens of West Union are de
manding that the board of health
quarantine against it.
BIG SMELTING WORMS BURNDED.
Onarter of a Million Dollars Doss and
Many Employes Idle.
The Guggenheim Smelting works,
at Perth Amboy, N. J., were destroyed
by fire Tuesday night and the loss is
estimated at a quarter of a million dol
lars. The property of the smelting
works is about thirty acres in area.
The smelting works were the largest
of the kind in the country. The cause
of the fire is not known.
CUBAN AFFAIRS DISCUSSED.
I'rflßliifliit and Hii* Ailvi.er. Hold an In
teresting; Session.
A Washington dispatch says: The
cabinet was in session for nearly two
hours Friday, all members being pres
ent except Secretary Gage.
Foreign affairs did not occupy much
of the time and the discussion was de
voted mostly to the forthcoming anim
al reports of the several heads of the
departments. These reports or an ab
stract of them are desired by the presi
dent, so that they may be discussed in
his annual message to congress. Post
master General Gary remained with
the President for some time after the
other members of the cabinet went
away, discussing postoffice appoint
ments.
There was some discussion of the
Cuban question and the seal confer
ence, but owing to the fact that both
these matters are in a transitory con
dition, no definite action was decided
upon.
The president had hoped to secure a
reply to his representations to Spain
during the present month, but it was
at the meeting that the Spanish cabi
net crisis probably would cause delay
in the matter.
There was more or less speculation
on the part of members as to what
would be the temper and character of
the reply when it should be received,
and the opinion was general that the
ministry would manifest a desire to
cultivate friendly relations with this
country. The desire of the adminis
tration appeared to be to meet these
advances, if they are accompanied by
a policy on the part of Spain toward
Cuba that will hasten the close of the
war in accordance with American
ideas.
It is recognized that some time will
be necessary to demonstrate the policy
of the Sagasta cabinet and the presi
dent's advisers are understood gener
ally to favor the policy of allowing a
reasonable time before following up
the first note delivered by Minister
Woodford with another of more press
ing character, as originally had been
intended in case the first note should
not bring a satisfactory reply.
There was more or less discussion
also of the proposed fur seal confer
ence. It was stated after the meeting
adjourned that it was not yet consid
ered as absolutely settled that Great
Britain would not participate in the
conference.
The meeting also developed a con
firmation of the report that the Union
Pacific syndicate had agreed to in
crease its bid to the government, to
$50,090,000 and that the attorney gen
eral, in view of this fact, had decided
not to appeal tbe case.
President McKinley will probably
go to Canton at the November election.
His trip lias not been fully arranged,
but he has been asked to visit several
places in the einity while in Ohio, and
these invitations may be accepted if
the president can spare the time. He
probably will attend the opening of the
Carnegie public library at Pittsburg if
his trip to Canton is not prevented at
the last moment.
THE W. C. T. 11. SNUBBED.
Fast Haraorer Presbytery r f Virginia, Sits
Ddwh n Woman’s Suffmife.
East Hanover Presbytery, at its
meeting at Burkville, Va., which has
just closed, declined to recognize the
Woman’s Christian Temperance Un
ion, not because the Presbytery is not
in favor of temperance, but because
the Woman’s Christian Temperance
Union is understood to be in favor of,
and contending for, woman’s suffrage.
The Presbyterian church takes strong
ground against women having the bal
lot or holding public office under the
government.
The church does not recognize any
organization that goes into politics,
whether their principles be sound or
unsound.
WEYLER TO BE RECALLED.
Spanish Cabinet Devitle* to Relieve Him of
His Position.
The Spanish cabinet has decided up
on the immediate recall of Gen. Weyler
from Cuba.
A decree will be issued appointing
Captain General Blanco y Arenas,mar
quis of Pena Plata, governor general
of the island. The queen regent will
sign the decree.
General Weyler has given an em
phatic and absolute denial to the re
port that he would resist removal from
his command in Cuba, and in certain
contingencies might espouse the Car
list cause.
CANADA HAS FOREST FIRES.
Several Villages Have lteen Swept Away
By the Flames.
Advices from Ottawa state that the
Canada Atlantic railway has not yet
been able to get to Casselman on ac
count of the fire which started in that
vicinity several days ago. The Nation
river, a small stream, passes through
Caseslman and the wood work of the
iron bridge over it has been burned
down.
Details of the damage done are still
meagre, but it is known that three vil
lages, Casselman, South Indian and
Cheney, liave all been swept away.
HENRY GEORGE DENOUNCED.
Philadelphia Labor Leauiio Failed To En
dorse Him For New York Mayoralty.
A resolution to endorse the candidacy
of Henry George for mayor of Greater
Hew York was almost unanimously de
feated at a meeting of the United Labor
League at Philadelphia Sunday after
noon.
During the discussion that followed
the presentation of the resolution Hen
ry George was severely denounced by
the speakers as a “fakir” and a friend
of capitalists.
FIRE LOSS WAS HEAVY.
Careful Estimates Place tile Figures ta
Detroit Blaze At *640,000.
A special dispatch from Detroit,
Mich., says: Careful estimates of the
I losses cansed by Thursday morning’s
treat fire place the total figures at
640,000, with 8535,000 insurance,
i Most of the burned structures will
be rebuilt.
Newspaper Man Honored.
The president lias appointed W. W.
Ashby, of Norfolk, Va., to be United
States consul at Colon. Mr. Ashby is
Washington correspondent of the Nor
folk Landmark.
A FEVER SCARE II TEXAS
DR. GUITERAS REI'ORTS EIGHT
CASES IN GALVESTON.
LOCAL PHYSICIANS HAVE DOUBTS.
The Sit nation as Reported at New Orleans
and Other Stricken
Section H.
Dr. H. A. West, a member of the
Galveston, Texas, board of health and
the nominal head of the board during
the sickness of City Health Physician
Dr. C. W. Fisher, made the following
announcement Saturday night;
‘‘Dr. Guiteras has reported to Dr. Wyman
that there are eight positive eases of yellow
fever in Galveston. We? the local physi
cians of Galveston, held an informal meet
ing Saturday night to discuss the matter.
Some of tile physicians do not agree with
Dr. Guiteras, and they thought wo should
not submit to his opinion; others agreed
with him. Some of the physicians did not
feel that the facts justified the opinion that
the cases are yellow fever.
Dr. Guiteras would not give out his
report Saturday night, but through
Dr. West it was learned that Dr.
Guiteras thought that the disease would
not be widespead of or a virulent char
acter.
Dr. C. W. Truehart, who has been
through several yellow fever epidem
ics, says:
“I have examined two of the eases which
Dr. Guiteras considered suspicious and I
satv not the slightest trace of yellow fever.
I have found no symptoms of yellow fever
in my practice, and I do not believe it exists
in Galveston today.’,
There is every indication that if the
disease is yellow fever it is a very mild
type and will be attended with little or
no mortality.
The opinion of the majority of the
physicians at Galveston is that there
is no yellow fever at Galveston, but a
type of dengue fever has existed for
the past sixty days; that there have
been 15,000 eases of dengue and
not a single death.
I’poplfi Are Stampeding.
Despite the assurance of Dr. Guite
ras that there is no need for alarm or
excitement, or necessity of leaeing the
city, a perfect hegira has set in, and
every regular train leaving the city is
packed with people fleeing from the
disease, and special trains are in de
mand.
Situation At Other I’oints.
The fever situation at New Orleans
Saturday was practically what it was
on Friday. New cases were numerous
and the deaths as early as 6 o’clock
had almost reached the highest num
ber heretofore reported. The official
report of board of health Saturday was
as follows; Cases of yellow fever, 25;
deaths, 6; total cases of yellow fever to
date, 540;: total deaths from yellow
fever to date, 56: total cases absolutely
recovered, 222; total eases under treat
ment, 202. Sunday’s record was
thirty-seven new eases and five deaths.
Mobile’s health officers reported
Sunday seven new eases of yellow
fever, two deaths in the city and one
at Magazine Point, three miles dis
tant, and three recoveries.
Biloxi board of health report for
Sunday; Yellow fever under treat
ment, 93; new eases, 15; total yellow
fever to date, 291; total deaths to .
date, 12.
REPUBLICANS RATIFY
Their Greater New York Municipal Xomi
nation* At Mans M**ting.
The republican municipal nomina
tions were ratified at New York Satur
day night at a mass meeting at Cooper
Union. Every sent in the big hall
was occupied and the assemblage was
an orderly one.
The several candidates as they made
their appearance on the platform were
received with cheers. Senator Joseph
B. Foraker, of Ohio, was the principal
speaker.
The most remarkable thing that oc
curred during Mr. Foraker’s speech
was the wild cheers which broke out
among the audience when the speaker
mentioned Henry George. Tim body
of the hall was well filled with George
men who broke out like mad at the
mention of his name.
ENGLAND INTERESTED.
Her Papers Comment On tlie Greater New j
York Municipal Contest.
A Loudon cablegram says: Not even ,
in the ease of a presidential campaign j
in the United States have tlie English ;
newspapers displayed such interest as
they are now taking in the struggle
preparatory to the election of a mayor
of Greater New Y'ork.
Even the heavy weeklies devote
much space to the subject. The Spec
tator and the Speaker, both print ar
ticles on the mayoralty contest. The
Speaker says:
“Never since the ilavs of imperial Athens
or republican Rome has a muni.-pal contest
involved sueh important issues. Many a
king lias not had so much power as the
mayor of Greater New York will liave.
MOKE TROUBLE FOR DAUNTLESS.
Crew of the Filimutter Steamer Placed
Ut-der Arrest.
At Savannah, Ga., Thursday morn
ing, Uuited States District Attorney
Erwin arrested Master .T. \\. Floyd,
Chief Engineer Walter E. Masters and
the entire crew of seven men of the
tag Dauntless. The case will be in
vestigated later.
The mea were arrested on a warrant
charging them with being about to
engage in military expeditions against
Dominion of Cuba, domain of King
dom of Spain.
JUDGE 1N HOT WATER.
Head Attorney of American Woodmen
Cliarpeil With lliot,
Among the bills of indictment re
turned by the grand jury of Whiteside
county, Illinois, was one against Judge
Johnson, head attorney of the Modern
Woodmen of America, on the charge of
Johnson was the man accused of
having organized a party in Rock
Island August 13, which visited Fulton
to secure the head oflice of the Modern
Woodmen of America.
GIRL STUDENTS IN FLAMES.
Dormitory of tlie South Dakota Ktate In
dustrial School lturns.
One of the worst disasters in the
history of South Dakota occurred
Tuesday night when seven lives were
lost by the burning of the girls’ dor
mitory at the state industrial school,
at Plaubinton. The dead are;
Tillie Hooper, instructor; Mable
Tobert, aged 9, Sioux Falls; Bessie
Mer by, 14, Hot Springs; Ida Warner,
16, Watertown; Cliristinia Bergman,
11, Yankton; Nellie Johnson, 13, Graf
ton, N. D.; Lillian West, 11, Sioux
Falls.
The burned structure was of wood,
three stories high, and was but recent
ly completed. The origin of the fire
is unknown. The watchman saw the
flames bursting from the upper win
dows while he was in a building some
distance away.
There was no fire fighting apparatus
at the school and the buildings being
over a mile from town no aid could be
rendered. Tn a short time the entire
annex was enveloped in flames and in
less than twenty minutes from the
time the fire was seen the building
was destroyed. Nothing whatever was
saved. There were about twenty-five
other persons in the school who es
caped in their night clothes with the
greatest difficulty.
Search for the bodies was com
menced as soon as possible and within
a few hours all had been recovered.
Each was burned beyond recognition.
The loss on the building is $24,000.
BANDITS WERE FOILED.
Took Possession of Train But Dynamite
Failed to Work.
Bandits held up a Chicago and Alton
express train Tuesday night a* a point
less than six miles from Kansas City.
The robbery is the third occurrence
of the kind occurring on that road
within a year.
The Chicago and St. Louis express,
which pulled out of the union depot
at Kansas City at 8:30 p. m., was
stopped by eight masked men at
Evanston, a suburban stopping place.
After securing complete possession
of the engine and baggage and express
cars, the bandits placed twenty-four
sticks of dynamite upon the big
through safe and then lifted the smaller
way safe upon the top of it. They ap
plied the fuse and the match, but for
some reason the explosive did uot go
oft'.
The robbers were afraid to return to
the express ear, and, after waiting a
few minutes for the expected explo
sion. they hurriedly left the place.
After sorae delay the trainmen suc
ceeded in lifting down the small safe
and throwing out the explosive, when
the journey toward St. Louis was re
sumed.
MISTRIAL IN MM’ULLOUGH CASE.
Jury Stood Five For Acquittal and Seven
For Conviction.
For the second time a mistrial was
declared Wednesday in the MeCuilougk
case at Jonesboro, Ga.
At 5:30 o’clock p. m. Judge Candler
had the jury brought into the court
room and determined whether or not
it was possible for a verdict to be
reached. Every juror said that a ver
dict was impossible and the judge de
clared a mistrial.
The jury stood seven for conviction
and five for acquittal.
A verdict was an impossibility. The
jury was divided as strongly and as
widely as the different opinions of men
could separate them. One man on
the jury swore that he would stay
there til! doomsday before ho would
let McCullough hang and another i
affirmed just as solemnly that he
would never let him be acquitted
BRITAIN OUT OK IT.
She Formally Withdraw* Drum Proposed
Si*til ContVrenw*.
A London cable dispatch, states that
the officials of the British foreign office :
have communicated to the United j
States embassador, Colonel John Hav, i
the final decision that the government
of Great Britain must refuse to take
part in any seal conference with rep
resentatives of Russia and Japan.
The government, however, asserts
its willingness to confer with the
United States alone, hut it insists that
Russia and Japan are not interested in
the Behring sea seals To a degree en
titling them to representation at the
conference.
The British government does not
suggest any date fora conference with
the United States.
MAJOR (i INTER’S WILL.
The Document Probated—Bulk of Estate
Goes to Relatives.
The will of Major Ginter was pro
bated iu the Henrico county court at
Richmoud Wednesday. The bulk of
bis property is willed to immediate
relatives. • Bequests of from $2,500 to
SIO,OOO arc made to all the charitable
institutions in Biekmond and provision
is made for the continuance of certain
improvements in the county that were
in progress at the time of Major Gin
ter’s death.
There is also a long list of bequests
to friends, servants, etc. The total
value of the estate is estimated at be
tween $7,000,000 and $8,000,000.
COUNCIL STOOD FIRM.
Original Package Dealers Make t’nsuc
cessful Fight In Greenville, S. C.
Greenville, S. C., original package
men made an unsuccessful attempt to
get the council to revoke the ordinance
taxing their business.
The ground of appeal was that the
liquor i protected by interstate com
merce iaw and the ordinance taxing
them and not taxing dispensaries is
discriminative and out of the city’s
power to enforce.
OUK CONSUL SNUBRED.
German Government Defuses Courtesies
to Mr. Neumann.
A cable dispatch from Berlin states
that the German government has re
fused to recognize Mr. Ferdinand Neu
mann, of Illinois, who was nominated
by President McKinley on May 20th
to be United States consul at Cologne.
Neal Dow Memorial Services.
The general officers of the National
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
have requested all local unions to hold
memorial services for the late General
Neal Dow.
CUBA GRANTED AUTONOMY
THE NEW CABINET DECIDES Ttfl
GIVE CUBANS HOME RULE.
GEN. WEYLER REFUSES TO RESIGN.
Captain Deneral Malic* a Speech !•
Which Ho Declares For
War to the End.
At a cabinet rouneil at Madrid Wed.
nesday night, according to dispatches,
the government decided to grant au
tonomy to Cuba under the suzerainty
of Spain, nnd to continue the campaign
as long as may be neeessary.
Senor Gullon, minister of foreign
affairs, explained to the cabinet the
position of the diplomatic negotiations
with the United States.
Senor Sagasta, the premier, has re
ceived a cable message from Captain
General Weyler, who offers his servi
ces to the government and says:
“I shall not resign.”
Spaniards Honor Weyler.
A special from Havana says: In
spite of Captain General Weyler’s pro
hibition a notable demonstration took
place in Havaua Wednesday in his
honor. General Weyler made a speech
in which he announced that he did not
intend to resign.
The bourse was closed, as was also
the principal stores and the tobacco
and other manufactories. All the main
streets were gayly decorated.
The various processions united at
Central park and then moved together
to the plaza in front of the captain
general’s palace, where as many as
20,000 people gathered. Several bands
discoursed patriotic music. The plaza
and the thoroughfares leading into it
were densely crowded.
A number of deputations went to
the palace, where they were received
by the captain general.
They also expressed confidence that
the Madrid government was inspired
with altogether too high designs for
the welfare of the country to withdraw
the illustrious chief who has subjugat
ed the insurrection.
Captain General Weyler, after thank
ing the deputations for their assur
ances, said he had accepted the com
mand in difficult circumstances and
without conditions. The success of
the campaign could be estimated and
properly appreciated by the country
by the visible facts.
In the course of seven months four
important provinces had been nearly
pacified and he was confident of being
able to pacify the two remaining prov
inces at the proper time with the forty
battalions ready for the task. He said
he expected to be able to pacify Puerto
Principe and Santiago de Chiba at an
early date, “for the rebels there know
me and fear me and will not resist
me."
“Still;” said the captain general. “I
believe the war should be ended with
war, here as everywhere else, and not
with shameful dealings, digraceful to
my nation, and all the more so in view
of the terrible condition of the rebels.
I have followed the policy of the illus
trious Canovas. I would like to please
those who are today demonstrating
in my honor by remaining in
Cuba, but the delicate position
in which I have been placed has com
pelled me today to request the govern
ment to dispose of my position in
whatever way it may think convenient,
and however the matter may be deci
ded, I shall always be profoundly
grateful to the loyal inhabitants of
Cuba, who in such eloquent terms
have expressed their absolute appro
val of the policy I am following to
bring the war to a close.”
Estrada I’alnvri Says: “Nit.**
Tomas Estrada Palma, the head of
the Cuban junta in America, with
headquarters in New York, states
that, inasmuch as the Cubans are now
more than ever firmly resolved to ac
cept nothing short of absolute inde
pendence, the offer of the new Span
ish ministry to grant autonomy can
have no effect in terminating the war.
“We are satisfied,” says he, “that
the hour of complete freedom is at
hand, and this offer only confirms us
in the belief that Spain knows that
she has lost Cuba.”
SILVER RESERVE RELEGATED.
Nothing More Heard of the Hank of Eng
land’s Offer.
The Loudon Times, in its financial
article Sunday morning, expressed the
belief that so far as the Bank of Eng
land is concerned, nothing more will
he heard of the offer to hold silver as
a portion of the reserve.
Proceeding, it says it deplores the
“mischievous effect the governor’s let
ter has had abroad,” and it quotes at
length from a letter written by a big
American manufacturer, whose name
is not given, dilating upon and regret
ting the fact that the hank’s offer was
to some extent a confession of the ad
visability of what Mr. Bryan claimed.
williasTthanks sultan.
For Ills “Wise Moderation” Exhibited In
Pence Negotiations.
Advices from Constantinople state
that the sultan has received an auto
graph letter from the emperor of Ger
many conveying his thanks for the
gift of a number of cannon captured
from the Greeks during the recent war.
The emperor in his letter praises
the “wise moderation” exhibited dur
ing Turkey’s negotiations for the con
clusion of peace with Greece, and as
sures the sultan that he enjoys the
friendship of Emperor William.
DEPARTMENT WILL APPEAL.
Finding of Board of Appraisers Not Satis
factory to Uncle Shm.
Acting Secretary Spaulding states
that the treasury department will ap
peal to the courts from the decision of
the general board of appraisers in New
York holding that the Dingley tariff
bill did not go into effect until the ac
tual moment it was signed.
The department maintains that the
law was eperative from the prior mid
night of the day it was signed.
