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THE CO GRANT AMERICAN. VOL. XIX. car.cia captured BY AIMS. Ranks Next to Aguinaldo in Com mand ofthe Insurgent Filipinos. natives STILL unconquered. Ed wm WildmanSaysa Reign of Ter ror Exists Near Manlla- -Troops • Control Little Territory. Manila, May 7. General Pan teion Garcia, the highest insurgent officer except Aguinaldo, was cap tured yesterday by Lieutenant E. V Smith of General Eunstou’s staff in the town of Jaen, three m iles northeast of San Isidro, Pro viuce of New Kcuji. _ Garcia personally directed the guerilla operations, and General Funston had spent weeks in trying to corner him, several companies beating the whole country at night. Often °the Americans caught mes sengers bearing Garcia’s orders. The people protected him, and burned signal lights wherever the American soldiers appeared.. He seldom slept twice in the same town. Recently General Funston surprised him and his staff while dining at Arayat at dusk. The Filipinos leaped through the windows and escaped, leaving their papers and everything except the clothing they wore. The strain of being hunted* finally exhausted their endurance. General Funston is in Manila, where he came to bid farewell to General Otis. He will return and endeavor to persuade Garcia to se cure the surrender of his forces, which number several thousand Most of Garcia’s men live in the mountains, and few bands would number more than a hundred. Jaen is the largest ungarrisoned town in the province. Spies re ported that Garcia was sick, and had been compelled to hide there, and Lieutenant .Smith, with Lieu tenant Day and forty cavalrymen, surrounded the town. The spies led them directly to the house where Garcia was, dis guised as a peasant, only a major and two sergeants being with him These also were captured. Gaicia commanded all the insur gents in Central Luzon, several generals, including Pio del Pilar and Mascardo, being under him. KEIGN OF TERROR. New York, May 6. —Edwin Wildtuan, former vice consul at Hong Kong, contributed an article on "A Reign of Terror in the Philippines” to Leslie’s Weekly, of which the following is an abstract: ‘Although General Otis would have us believe that the war in the Philippines is over I learn from private sources of information of the highest authority that there exists a veritable reign of terror in most parts of the archipelago with -111 a gunshot from our army posts. Either General Otis is blind to the situation or is keeping the real facts from the American people. Aguinaldo’s forces have scattered nuo m. rauding bands, and, leagu ing themselves with the mountain ulisans and Ladrones, terrorize Ilc country and eventually check tuc cultivation of crops and the sale of marketable products. The few ports that have been opened have shipped away what , e su Pplv they contained, and ie tons upon tons of hemp, tmgar and rice that are stored in the in terior are beyond the reach of buy ers, Ihe money paid for the tliou saiius of hales of hemp shipped troni garrisoned ports has found 1 77 tbe insurgent coffers, ,' Kl lhe , revolutionary juntas at "• g Kong and Singapore are ni. iking extensive purchases of nrniS’ preparatory to a renewed a-uu of filibustering and general hostilities as soon as the rainy sea -011 is over. Our army are busy f otectmg their posts, while the s lr gents carry on their opera ? tbe interior andpaial>ze griculture and trade. Sl Scattered bauds of armed in h.-7 UtS Wage war against all who - ate to acknowledge the Agui government, and the inhab prevp aie , ' n a st . ate °t terror, that allian' ltS 7 ,est industry or ope ee with American societ\l these tr °?P !5 make short work 01 are so [ 0 J Jers but onr garrisons her ti, ? T , a P a,t so few in num -0 ‘ fin i! h 7 lnvari ably are obliged a “ ,ack to a seaport town, where they can get supplies from Manila, for the insurgents have so thoroughly ravaged the country that it is impossible to supply even a small batalliou with native pro ducts. “If we ever hope to put an end to this Indian warfare, we must send additional forces to the is lands. Our present corps is total ly inadequate to cope with the sit uation and bring the war to a close. The islands, commercially or oth erwise, will be utterly useless un til life and property are made safe.” FROM INDIAN TERRITORY. Mr. A. L. Linn Writes Interestingly of That Country, Ardmore, I. TANARUS., May 4, 1900, Editors Omirant American: I was born and raised in Bar tow county, and never had any idea of ever making my home out side of Bartow county, Georgia un til the latter part of the year 1899, when I was aroused by reports that came to me in regard to the Indian Territory, and then I began to think seriously about coming to ill s country, and soon made up my mind to come and try it a whack, and on the 19th day of January, 1900, I boarded the train for this place and of course I found it quite different from what I expected. I thought when I hit the ground the Indians would be all round me just ready to massacre me if Hook ed at all suspicious, but this is all a mistake. The people in and around this place are nearly all full-blood white people. There are some mixed breeds and a few full-blood. If you were hunting Indians here you would find 100 white peo ple to one Indian. In regard to the land I can hard ly describe it, some rich and some poor, some hilly and rocky and some smooth and level, while some is timber and some prairie, some black wax, some black sand, some white sand and some mixed. While the land is of a better quality than that of my native home, there are some things that are not so desir able as they are in old Georgia. The water is of a iow grade. I have not seen a spring since I came here that was worth having. The well water is the only water in this country that is fit to drink. Some drink creek water in winter. Creeks and rivers nearly all go dry here in dry weather. Houses here in the country are very sorry. They remind me more of the old time Georgia cabins than anything else. They are notched up with logs and then chinked and daubed with mud, while a great many have what they call dugouts. If this country had the thou sands of cold springs that bubble up from the earth and wind their way through the old hills of Geor gia, it would be the country for me. There are more insects here than there is in my native state and a lots of other disadvantages, but if a man wants to put up with them I think this is a better country than that for him. A. L. Linn. THE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL. A Notable Kntertainment Panning Out Well in Proceeds The strawberry festival given by the ladies for the benefit of the fire men was a conspicuous success in every way. The Munford building in Bank block, was chosen as the place for the festival and was the scene of a pleasant and gay gather ing during the afternoon and even ing of Tuesday. Strawberries, ice cream and cake were served by the ladies and from the way the refreshments went, was enjoyed by those who were there. The election of a sponsor for the team on their trip to Gadsden was a spirited contest and proved as pleasing as it was exciting. Miss Lucy Jones was chosen sponsor and her many friends think there are none of Carterseille’s many at tractive daughters mere worthy to wear the honors. The total sum realized from the festival was $92. About $75 of this was clear. The fire boys are jubilant over the success and theii prospects lor a good time and for winning lau rels for themselves and our town in the contests and are especially grateful to the ladies for their no ble and rewarded efforts to nelp them out. The council has already donated SIOO toward the fund for defraying the expenses of the team to Gadsuen CURES WHERt ALL ELSE FAILS. BT H Bet Cough Sjmp. T%*t© Good. Use PJ| Cc] lfftlme. Sold br dmnrii*t. PC O VarBRSYIL LE. GEORGIA, THURSDAY. MAY 10, 1900. MEMORIAL DAY AT CASSILE. Interesting and Impressive Exer cises Last Saturday- BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS STREWN Over the Resting Places ofthe He roic Dead Again Observed Speech of Hon. Seaborn Wright. Last Saturday was an ideal day for such an occasion, and the dec oration exercises at Cassville were no less carefully carried out, no less full and no less interesting than such exercises have been for the numerous times they have been he'd since the soldiers of Lee, Johnston and Jackson laid down their arms in 1865 and relinquish ed that cause, which was lost but which has been held dear through the years and is still revered with a burning fervor. The people of the Cassville com munity and many from this and nearby communities gathered un til by 10:30, the hour set for the exercises to begin, there was a large and interesting crowd on hand. Confederate veterans from P. M. B. Young camp, cf this city, as sembled and forming ranks, march ed around the monument to take their seats and formed a very im pressive picture, as many of them white haired and bent in form, with unsteady tread moved in solemn file. Hon. Seaborn A. Wright, the chosen orator of the day, delivered one of his characteristically beauti ful speeches which was listened to with the closest attention. He dwelt upon the cause for which the}' fought as well as the hardships privations and deeds of valor of those who wore the gray and al luded beautifully to .the fidelity and devotion of the women to the south and with what touching ten derness they had striven to keep the memory of these heroes green, by strewing flowers annually upon their graves and other ways. The work of placing the flowers on the graves was participated in by all the ladies present and was an impressive proceeding. Through the Daughters of the Confederacy a beautiful shaft com memorating their work in caring for the graves these years and the erecting of the headstones was pre sented to the Ladies’ Memorial As sociation, of Cassville. The pre sentation speech was made by Prof, VV . W. Daves, and was beautiful and appropriate. Capt. B. O. Craw ford received the shaft in behalf of the ladies and his remarks were fit and impressive. This was one of the specially interesting features of the day’s exercises. Maj. A. M. Foute made a splendid talk which was listened to with interest. WESTERN TORNADOES. Three Kansas Counties Swept— Two Lives Known to Be Lost. Kansas City, May 6. —No fewer than a dozen tornadoes of more or less severity are reported to have occurred this afternoon in cen tral Kansas, in Saline, Ells worth and Barton counties, three persons are reported killed. Other storms are reported near Ellsworth and Kanopolis, in Ellsworth county. Near Kanopoliseight dis tinct funnel-shaped clouds devel oped within a radius of twenty miles, four of them large ones, and two of which are known to have traveled over the earth lor a space of twen ty-five minutes. One ol the storms tore down all the outbuildings, granaries and windmills on tile Waite farm, three miles north of Kanopolis. and another tore down the house and barn of a farmer north of Ellsworth. Brookville reports six tornadoes traversed the county in as many different direct ions from that town without touch ing it. 111 no instance are details reported. The destruction wrought has probably been off the railroads at inaccessible points. Two people are known to have been killed and three injured. Wires are down in the affected dis tricts making it impossible to ac curately sum up the damage done. CASTORIA. Bean the /) The Kind You Have Always Bau^f % *r THE LEaGUE CONFERENCE. Interesting Closing Service at the City Park. The Epworth League Conven tion and Preachers Missionary In stitute that met in this city last week has been generally accorded by our people who were attendants at any of its sessions one of the most interesting religious assem blages that ever met here. The manv facts regarding the League, missions, and church work in general as given in the discuss ions and the ,-everal papers was matter lor 11.1 t.uii upon and shows wnat a power lor good the League as a . a. x l.ary of the church has become. COll -ecration, earnestness and zeal arc character istics of the young Christian work ers of the Methodist church well proven. The mission work of the church was shown to be well sys tematized and in fine shape. Tl e papers read were all well prepared and gave splendid information and history. Of the more notable pa pers were one by Mrs. FJakes, of Rome, one by Mrs. E. T. McGhee, of Rome; and one by Miss Martha Adams, of Cedartovvn. This lat ter was a concise well prepared pa per giving Methodist history, and furnished facts and statistics th. t were new to the unstudious and a revelation as to the immensity of the strength and work of this great denomination. The reading was in a most agreeable style. The paper was the subject of especial compliment. A paper read by Mrs. Davis, of Rome, was also good. There were fifteen conversions during the meeting. The closing service was in the city park and was led by Mr. Elbert Hale, of Rome. Mr. T. J. Manson, the secretary of the district league is a compe tent and zealous official. Salvationist Clark and his wife were present. They have been at Rome for some time doing a great deal of gooi. The ioilowing is a list of dele gates and visitors ana the places they were entertained: Rev. W. T. Hamby, Rome, with J. P Adair; Mr. John Bailey,Rome, with Rev. C. A. Allday; Thomas Watts, Cave Spring, with V. Alex ander; Miss Susie Brewer, Rome, Miss Annie Anster, Rome, with Mrs. Lizzie Jones; J, Bailey Gor don, Rome, Miss Maybelle Mar shall, Miss Alice Parks, Rome, with Rev. W. R. Branham; E- W. Collins, Cedartown, C. W. Mor rison, Rome, with J. W. Knight; Rev, J. H. Eakes and wife, with i H. E. Cary; Dr. J. F. Mixon,Rome, with W. W. Daves; Rev. C. H. Hartman, Rome, with A. W. Fite; Rev. J, M. Crow, Rev T. R. Mc- Carty, Cedartown, with W. L. Goodwin; Alex Harris, Rome, with Dr. R. B. Harris; Rev. W. C. Fox, Cave Spring, Rev. F. G. Golden, Dallas, Rev. W. S. Gaines, Emer son, with Rev. S. P. Jones: Miss Annie Clements, Rome, with Miss Corrie Jones; Mr. Clark and wife, Rome, with N. A. Bradley; Mr. Allen, Rome, with Misses Stanford; Rev. J. T. Davis and wife, Rome, with T. R. Jones; Rev. W. A. Har ris, Rev. O. L. Kelley, Rockmart, with R. L. Jones; Misses Pearl Rollins, Cora Neal, Ethel Lyle, Rome, with Mrs. Mary Knight; Rev. G. L. Chastain, Everette Spring, Rev. W. F. Colley, Rome, with Mr. Kilpatrick; MissesMatha Adams, Fannie Lou Moore, Cedar town, M ss Evie Crawford, Rome, with Mrs, J. A. Monfort; Misses Pearl Dunn, Nora Collett, Rome, with Misses Stanford; Rev. A. M. Pierce, Rome, with Thos. Milner; T. J. Manson, Elbert Hale, Rome, with J. W. Vaughan; Misses Nan nie Zuber, Miss Lewis, Rome, Miss Mary Wikle; C. L. Anderson,Rome, with G. W. Waldrup; J. P. Bran son, J. L. Allgood, Rockmart, with C. X. Patterson. Attention, Veterans! P. M. B. Young Carap, No. 820, U. C. V., will meet at the court house at 10:30 a. m , on Saturday, May 12. Delegates will be elected to the annual reunion of the Uni ted Confederate Veterans at Louis ville May 30th, —June 4th on that day and other matters pertaining to the reunion will be considered. A full attendance is desired. A. M. Foute, Commander. D. B. Freeman, Adjutant. An Old Id, a. Every day strengthens the belief of emi nent physician, that impure blood is the cause of the majority of our diseases. 1 wenty-five years nuo this theory was used as a basis Jor t| , e formula of Browns’ Iron Hitters. J'lie many remarkable cmvs effected ■ . 8 famous old househ<-id remedy an sufficient to prove that the theory is correct? Browns Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers- Absolutely Pure Made from most highly refined and healthful ingredients. Assures light, sweet, pure and wholesome food. Housekeepers must exercise care in buying bak ing powders, to avoid alum. Alum powders are sold cheap to catch the unwary, but alum is a poi son, and its use in food seriously injures health. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK. MR- LEV^REEVES. His Horn* Paper Speaks of Him Most Complimentary. Selma (Ala ) Journal. The Seltna Journal, a copy of which is before us, prints the fol lowing concerning a popular can didate for clerk of superior court: “The Journal notes that Mr. L. W. Reeves, Jr., formerly a resident of Selma, is prominently mention ed as being the probable success ful candidate for clerk of the su perior court of Bartow county, Georgia. Mr. Reeves moved from Selma to Stilesboro, which is only a few miles from Cartersville, the county seat. He was ejected a member of the board of county commissioners and has served with faithfulness and distinction. In his candidacy for clerk the friends in his old home wish for him all success, for he deserves it. Pos sessed of energy, determination and geniality his popularity has only been transferred from Ins old home to newer fields and will stand him in well, now that he asking for public office. “No mistake will be made by ' the people of Bartow county in giving their votes to Mr. Reeves, and the Journal sincerely hopes to be able to chronicle his election.” TOOBSERVETHESUN’S ECLIPSE Astronomers Already Preparing to Make Observations. Atlanta, Ga., May 6. —The total eclipse of the sun on May 28, the last which will be visible in this latitude until 1918. is arousing un usual interest among astronomers. George C. Collier, of Indian Springs, Ga., has received letters from Prof. R. W. McFarland, of Oxford, 0.. for twelve years pro fessor of astronomy of the Ohio State University, stating that he, with a party of six or eight per sons, including the present profes sor of astronomy at the state uni versity,will come to Indian Springs to view the solar eclipse on May 28, Prof. Stone, of the University of Virginia, and director of the Lean der-McCorntiek Observatory, is at Winnsboro, S. C., where he has se lected a location for observing the eclipse. He will be accompanied by three eminent mathematicians and astronomers, and will begin work at once on a great photograp hic camera, 38 feet in length, with a lense 5 inches in diameter. The plates will be triple-coated and be 14 by 17 inches in size. For visual study two telescopes will be used. P!l3ttter$ NUB,AN TEA curcs D y''^P‘ I sMIIIVi v sis, Constipation and Indi gestion. Regulates the Liver. Price, 25 ct* BIG FIRE IN ATLANTA. The Loss Is $200,000, One-Half Covered by Insurance. Atlanta, Ga May 7. —The fac tory of the Ware Furniture com pany, one of the largest nianufact ing plants of its kind in the south, located at the end of Marietta street, just outside the city limits, was bhrned this afternoon. Forty cot tages occupied by people employed in the factory were destroyed many of the famlies losing all their ef fects. Several hundred thousand feet of hardwood lumber was also bur ied. Wm. Dickinson, a fire man, was badly burned, and Tlios. Varner was carried from one of the burning cottages in*an unconscious condition. The loss to the factory and on the cottages will be about s2oo,ooo,with insurance about one half. This was the mo t fire Atlauta has had for years, and the entire department was sent out. A high wind was blowing and the inflammable nature of the buildings made the firemen’s task almost hopeless from the start. The spread of the flames was so rapid at one time that one company of firemen were compelled to abandon a hose cart to the flames and run for their lives. Three hundred people were ren dered homeless by the fire. To night the Atlanta camp of Confed erate Veterans subscribed a large purse to the uses of the homeless people, and chose Col. W. A. Hemphill treasurer. Several houses were offered for the temporary use of the sufferers. The two-story building of the Atlanta Dairy company and stables were destroyed by fire tonight. Eleven horses were cremated and two others so badly burned that they were killed by police officers. The loss on the building was not large. FIREMAN S TOURNAMENT.- Special Through Train to Gadsden Without Change. The East and West railroad will run a special through train to Gads den to the Fireman’s Tournament, which will be held May 16th and 17th. The train will leave Car tersville at six o’clock a. hi., Tues day morning, May. 16th, and run solid through to Gadsden, arriving at the latter place at 9:45 a. m. Round trip tickets good to re turn after the ba quet on the even ing of May 17th will be sold for $2.60. The friends of the firemen and the public generally are cor dially invited to join them on this excursion, and all are insured a pleasent trip and a good time. The Cartersville firemen will en ter the contests for all the j ri/.es, and want their friends to go along and see them pull for the first place in each contest. NO. 81.