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ALGER QUITS THE CABINET
McKinley’s Secretary of War Tenders His
Resignation.
THE announcement created great surprise.
*
Conference With the President Was Brief*-Reasons
For Resignation Not Hade Known.
Washington special says: Secreta
ry Alger has resigned from the cabinet,
rud the president has accepted his res
ignation to take effect at the end of
L ° it
the present month.
Secretary Alger returned to Wash
ington Wednesday morning after a
three days’ visit to Vice President Ho
bart’s cottage at Long Branch. He
was an early caller at white house.
Conference Was Sliort One.
It is understood the colloquy was
brief and spirited, and Secretary Al
rrer hastily retired. He proceeded to
the war department and formally pre
prepared his resignation to take effect
at the discretion of the president.
Secretary Alger will retire at once
from the war department, and Assis
tant Secretary Meiklejohn, now ab
sent from the city, bas been tele
graphed for to return at once to take
charge of the war department until
the new secretary is formally an
nounced.
It is said by administration people
that the president had no fault to find
with Secretary Alger’s administration
of the war department, and his retire
ment from the cabinet is due entirely
to the latter’s political combination
with Governor Pingree, of Michigan,
in opposition to the administration.
This is regarded as a subterfuge.
GEN. R. A. ALGER.
VHOSE RESIGNATION AS SECBETARY OF WAR
HAS BEEN TENDERED PRESIDENT
.m’kinley.
The resignation of Secretary Alger
is believed to Lave been sought by the
president, as public opinion had al
most crystalized in a desire for the
secretary’s retirement. The feeling
began with the first charges of Gen
eral Miles that the beef furnished the
army of invasion in Cuba had been
chemically treated, or “embalmed.”
It was at once apparent to many that
the contracts entered into between the
war department and packers were
irregular, and so strong was the
criticisms that the president ordered
a board of investigation, which, after
a long and tedious hearing, dismissed
the matter by simply criticising some
of the acts of the war department, but
EULOGIZES DEWEY.
Austrian Newspaper Accords Unstinted
Praise To Manila Hero.
The Nue Frei Press (Vienna) pub
lished an article heartily welcoming
Admiral Dewey to Austria. Recalling
the bold coup de main at Manila, the
Nue Frei Presse sees in the admiral
the personification of daring coolness
and dwells on his calmness and amia
bility, describing him as an admirable
soldier and a gentleman who can be
placed in the category with De Ruyter,
Nelson and Tegethoff. The Nue Frei
Presse then says:
“The great welcome extended to
Admiral Dewey is intended not only
for the hero but above all to the glori
ous representative of the great Ameri
can nation to which Austria : Hungary
is united by so many ties of interest.”
“XO PLOT,” SAYS MORGAN.
Senator Declare* He Will Support Bryan
Should He Ite Nominated.
At Anniston, Alabama, Wendesday,
Senator Morgan, in answer to a ques
tion regarding that famous “inter
view,” said: “Yes, I see they are
making a good deal out of it or trying
to, but it is hardly necessary for me
to sav that lam making war on no
body or that there is no deep or dark
plot back of auything I have said or
done. lam not in the habit of mak
ing war on democrats and if Mr. Bryan
is nominated, I shall be found sup
porting him with all the enthusiasm
at m.v command.”
exonerating the secretary or General
Eagan, the commanding chief, of any
irregularity in awarding the contracts.
In this matter the president stuck
squarely by his secretary of war and
defended him whenever opportunity
offered.
Then the tremendous death rate
from sickness in the army caused a
general complaint extending from
ocean to ocean, and whatever explana
tion was offered was quickly eclipsed
by the startling figures showing that
disease thinned the ranks a dozen
times more than Spanish bullets. The
criticisms along this line were joined
in even by army officers, who recog
nized and charged that the army was
in many * instances officered by men
who knew, nothing of army rules
or methods, and that the disease was
clue in many cases to incompetence on
the part of the regimental' command
ers And the surgeons, whose appoint
ments were made through political in
fluence.
With one of these charges at the
door of the war department, a tre
mendous crusade against so-called
“Algerism” began, and as the secre
tary’s determination not to retire in
creased, public demand for his removal
increased, until the most powerful of
the eastern newspapers were almost
united in a determination that he
should surrender his portfolio.
Through all of this the secretary
declared he would not retire under
fire. But recently he anuonnced for
the United States senate in Michigan
against the incumbent, Senator Mc-
Millan. In doing this he openly
formed an alliance with Governor
Pingree, who is a declared anti-ad
ministration republican. Senator Mc-
Millan is a strong McKinley advocate.
The Last Straw.
This last act was the. straw that
broke the camel’s back so far as Mc-
Kinley is concerned. In the storm of
criticism the president had stood by
him, but to hold a position in the
president’s official family in national
politics and be allied with the presi
dent’s enemy in state politics was a
double that the friends of the president
openly resented and while McKinley
has acted with the utmost diplomacy,
it is known that he determined then
and there to make a change. The an
nouncement of the secretary’s resigna
tion Wednesday, therefore, is in lino
with what correspondents have pre
dicted for the four weeks past.
No Reasons Given.
No official statemept as to the cause
of the resignation was procurable ei
ther from the president or from Secre
tary Alger, neither of whom w'ould
talk on the subject. Nor was the letter
of resignation obtainable at this time.
For the present nothing will be known
officially concerning the severance of
the official relations between the pres
ident and his war minister, but later
on the correspondence closing the lat
ter’s career as chief of the war depart
ment doubtless will be given to the
press.
DR. KERFOOT ELECTED
Corresponding Secretary of Southern Bap
tist Home Mission Board.
Rev. F. H. Kerfoot, professor of
systematic theology in the Southern
Baptist Theological seminary, of Lou
isville, Ky., has been elected corre
sponding secretary of the home mis
sion board of the Southern Baptist
convention, whose headquarters are in
Atlanta, Ga.
Dr. Kerfoot has not yet accepted the
office tendered him, but every possible
influence is being brought to bear to
induce him to do so. It would hardly
comport with Dr. Kerfoot’s idea of
propriety to accept this new office un
til he has resigned his professorship
in the seminary.
The board in Atlanta feels very con
fident that they will secure Dr. Ker
foo t’s services.
ANOTHER PLEASURE TRIP
Is Being Arranged By the President For
Mrs. McKinley’s Health.
President and Mrs. McKinley will leave
Washington probably within a week
for a pleasure trip designed mainly
for the benefit of Mrs. McKinley s
health. They will to Lake Chain
plain and will be absent from W ash
ington for at least two weeks, On
their way back they may stop at Long
Branch and visit the Vice-President.
Trouble in San Salvador.
United States Consul Jenkins at
San Salvador has reported to the state
! department by cable that Sau Salva
dor is in a state >f siege as the result
of revolutionary plotting.
STATE FAIR NOTES.
A movement, headed by the South
ern Mining Association, is now on
foot to make an extensive exhibit of
mineral ores at the state fair this fall.
It is expected that the state geologi
cal survey will be induced to take in
terest in the display and aid in mak
ing it one of the most extensive ever
seen in the state. The intended ex
hibit will be particularly interesting
and instructive, and will do much to
place before the public evidences of
the state’s mineral wealth. The South
ern Mining Association has nearly
100 members in this and other states,
and each will contribute to that ex
hibit a number of valuable specimens.
* * *
The racing board is actively at work
on the details of the program for the
running and trotting races which will
be given at the fair. Formal applica
tion has been made for membership
to the Ameiicau Trotting Association.
Membership to this association will
guarantee to those who intend mak
ing entries that the races will be con
ducted with fairness to all. A largo
enough amount has been bund up in
purses to attract the very best horses,
and the sport is going to l>e clean and
fair, as well as thrilling.
County and city convicts are already
hard at work on the state fairgrounds
getting them in perfect shape for the
holding of- the fair. There are no
prettier exposition grounds in this
country than Piedmont Park, and
with the few touches that are required
to put them in the same beautiful con
dition that they were during the Cot
ton States and International Exposi
tion, they .will, in themselves, be worth
a visit to Atlanta to see.
* * *
Interest in the poultry show at the
fair coutinues to grow, and the out
look now is for the largest and finest
exhibition of its kind that the south
bas ever seen. Inquiries about the
exhibition are coming from far and
near, and there will be not less than
four or five thousand fine birds on ex
hibition. In conjunction with with
the poultry show, the executive com
mittee has authorized the holding of
a dog show, and appropriated five
hundred dollars for premiums. This
additional feature has met with wide
approval, and will be one of the sights
of the fair.
* * *
A movement is on foot for a repro
duction of Pickett’s famous charge at
Gettysburg at the Georgia state fair!
Wouldn’t that be a grand feature of
a sham battle?
A confederate veteran has written to
Secretary Martin a letter fall of capital
suggestions, and the most striking sug
gestion is that the veterans shall fight
a sham battle at the state fair, repro
ducing in it “Pickett’s charge.”
Secretary Martin says this would
make one of the greatest attractions of
the fair, and cordially endorses the
idea.
The writer of the letter says that he
has recently traveled over the state —
that a large number of confederate
veterans will visit the fair—and a
number of camps aro going as organ
izations. He is convinced that the
most popular attraction that could be
offered the public would be a “sham
battle” by the veterans. He convers
ed, he says, with fully 100 veterans in
Georgia on this subject, and without
a single exception they expressed a
willingness and a desire to take part
in such a “battle.” Many said that
they would bring their families to see
such a battle and to hear the “rebel
yell.”
ON CAPITOL LAWN.
Place Is Selected For Mounting Captured
Spanish Cannon.
Tbe two Spanish cannon, captured
in Cuba by tbe American army, and
which are to be sent to Atlanta, have
not yet arrived, but are expected daily.
These two interesting pieces of
ordnance will be placed on the lawn at
the northwest corner of the capitol
building, so that the cannon will face
the corner of Hunter and Washington
streets.
This position is the most prominent
about the grounds, as ail persons en
tering the building pass through the
Hunter street or the Washington
street doors, and the corner just be
tween these two entrances is by far
the most conspicuous on ihe grounds.
TO ORDER NEW TESTERS.
f.w I)ftVPlopnu*ntft lii flip OH liivcmH
gatkin.
There seems.to be no further devel
opments in the oil investigation since
the department of*agriculture issued
orders to the inspectors throughout
the state. It is thought that Ihe
Standard Oil people will readily ac
cede to the Hues drawn bv the depart
ment and that no further friction will
occur. ,
The New York state oil test will go
into effect iu Georgia after September
15th, and it is expected that the forty
one new instruments for the use of the
oil inspectors will he ordered by the
department in a short time.
I
TROLLEY RIOTS 111 NEW YORK
STRIKE SPREADS FROM BROOKLYN
TO MANHATTAN ISLAND.
RAPID TRANSIT LINES TIED UP.
l’ollee and Striker* Have Many CollUinn*
and a Number of People Re
ceive Injuries.
New York trolleymeu joined the
Brooklyn trolleymeu Wednesday in
their big strike.
The center of operations in New
York city was on Second avenue; the
excitement .in Brooklyn centered in
the vicinity of Thirty-sixth street and
Fifth avenue, where dynamite was
used earlier in the morning in an at
tempt to blow down the elevated struc
ture.
The rioting took place in New Y r ork
in the afternoon and Wednesday night
it was of a serious nature, infinitely
fiercer than any that has taken place
yet in the borough across the river.
Scores of people were severely injured
in the Second avenue district. They
had many a hand-to-hand conflict with
the GOO policemen that had been placed
along the line.
Of the injured the exact number
cannot be known. Several policemen
were removed to hospitals with broken
bones and torn scalps. At least one
striker or sympathizer had his skull
fractured, and a boy had his skull
broken. Innumerable passengers on
the cars received bad wounds, and it
was impossible for passengers on Sec
ond avenue to go much about Four
teenth street.
At 10:20 o’clock Wednesday night
all operations on the Second avenue
lines were suspended. The motormen
on the Eighth avenue line to the num
ber of 100 or more, organized and de
clared a strike. They thereupon set
out to persuade their fellow workmen
to leave their cars, and with sufficient
success to have ears -running on only
an hourly schedule before midnight.
General Master Workman Parsons
announced that he would issue a call
to all the presidents and secretaries of
all the labor anions in Greater New
l r ork to meet in the Grand Cental Pal
ace to take some action to sustain the
street car men in their present fight.
The strikes now in progress in New
York eity affect all the surface lines of
the Brooklyn Transit Company, in
Brooklyn, and all the electric lines of
the Metropolitan Street Railway Com
pany, on Manhattan island. On both
sides of the river the elevated trains
are running as usual.
In Brooklyn the Coney Island and
Brooklyn Company’s lines have not
been involved, and on Manhattan
island the 125 miles of horse and cable
road owned by the Metropolitan Street
Railway Company are open as well as
all the lines of tho Third Avenue Com
pany. The Union Company, in Bronx
borough, and the Hong Island Com
pany, in Queens borough, have had no
trouble. The elevated roads on Man
hattan island parallel the trunk tines
of the Metropolitan compauy; hence
there can be no blockade of passenger
traffic on Manhattan island. •
Several thousand policemen are
guarding the power houses and the
plants of the companies involved iu
the strike.
“ALABAMA UKD” TO HANG.
Notorious Negro Murderer to I’ay Penalty
>ii Gallows.
“Alabama Red,” colored, was con
victed of murder at Perry last Tues
day morning and immediately Judge
Felton sentenced him to be hanged on
April 9. The jury remained out all
night, there being* eleven for convic
tion and one for acquittal.
An immense crowd of negroes
thronged the streets all day and many
remained all night, awaiting the ver
dict of the jury.
INDIANS WILL DANCE.
Government Is Unable to Stop Primitive
Practice of Keel Men.
Advices from Guthrie, O. TANARUS., state
that the Indians of the territory are
largely engaged in dancing, in spite of
the efforts of the government to pre
vent the practice. At Greyhouse the
Big Hill band of Osages has been hold
ing a smoke dance for a week in hon
or of their guests, the Pawliuska band,
and during that time have presented
them with nearly 85,000 in presents.
The Klondike of Missouri.
Is tho title of a nea,t pamphlet issued by
the Passenger Department of the Kan
sas City. Fort Scott & Memphis Rail
road Company. It gives the rich lead
and zinc mines, and shows the sure re
turns from the great mining sections of
Southwestern Missouri and South“Bt
ern Kansas, Joplin, Webb City, Car
terville, Galena, Empire City aud Au
rora. Mailed free. Address,
J. E. Lockwood,
Kansas City, Mo.
"Uneasy Lierthe Heftd
ThhVWcrs a Crown."
But such are not the only uneasy heads.
Overworked* hanaestd, anxious people of
all ages arid both sexes are uneasy
aches, pains, impure blood, disordered
stomachs, deranged kidneys and liver .
For all such. Hood"s Sarsaparilla is the
effective and faultless core. It infuses
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Unpleasant Familiarity.
“Here’s an example of how familiar
ity breeds contempt,” he said, as he
looked over the top of his paper at the
rest of the family.
“What is it?”
“This is a Kansas paper, and under
the head of ‘Local Jottings’ it says:
‘Three or four cyclones ripped through
the village since our last issue.’” —
Chicago Times-Htrald,
Whom To - Avoid.
The Old One—My boy, now that
you are starting out, remember there
are two kinds of women in the-world
to avoid—the married and the un
married.
The Youug One—How about the
widows, governor?
The Old One-—Don’t try. 'lt would
be useless.—Town Topics.
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It i* not. helps, but obstacles, not facilities
bat difficulties, that make men.
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In the process of manufacturing figs
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