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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. 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