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GEORGIANS FOR PHILIPPI*
President McKinley Awards ComniissionJH
Five Citizens of the State.
TWO CAPTAINS THREE LIEUTENANTS ARE NA^
Eleven Places Are to Be Given Georgia and the Lfl
Is Now Nearly Completed.
A Washington special says: Geor
gia had its innings white house
Tuesday and during the president's
working hours his pen traced the
names of a number of Georgians who
may soon have an opportunity to dis
tinguish themselves.
In the batch of appointments to the
army that came from the white house
during the day were Cleveland Wil
coxon, of Atlanta; Owen T. Kenan, of
Macon; W. K. Wheatley, of Americas;
Blanton Winship, of Macon and Ed
H. Almand, of Conyers, Wilcoxon and
Kenan being given captains’ commis
sions, while the others were awarded
a lieutenant’s shoulder straps.
Wilcoxon and Windship were offi
cers in the Second Georgia, Kenan
was in the First Georgia and Wheatly
was in Bay’s immunes. These five,
with Major Spence, of the regular
army; Captain Walter Corbett, of Ma
con; Captain Frank Crenshaw, of
Barnesville, and Lieutenant Long
street, of Gainesville, comprise the
Georgia list as it has been completed
to date. These men have been com
missioned and their commissions have
been duly signed by the president.
Georgia is to have several other ap
pointments, two others, and perhaps
more, but the authorities have not yet
determined, apparently, which they
shall be of those indorsed.
It is almost certain, however, that
the lucky ones will be selected from
Captain Clarke, of Elberton, who has
been strongly indorsed for the cap
taincy; Captain Miller, of Augusta,
who is being urged by Colonel Dyer
and the republicans; Captain Kim
brough, of Griffin, and Captain Davis,
of Perry. Strong efforts are being made
to land all these, but it is said at the war
department that only eleven places are
to be given Georgia in all. Of course
there are a number of other applica
tions and all are strongly indorsed.
The Georgia contingent has not
been able to get as much as was hoped,
but in this respect other southern
delegations are in the same boat. The
fact is that the southern senators and
congressmen were given to understand
there would be no appointments at
this time, or for some time yet, and
while this understanding was on, a
list of the specially approved was made
out. The senators and congressmen
had to contend against this list in
finding places for their southern con
stituents.
While this special list was based on
merit, it is perhaps natural that the
administration senators and congress
men found their constituents cared for
first. The Georgia senators indorsed
a number of applicants, indeed all of
those who had a good record, and the
final selection was made by the war
department presumably on merit.
However, when there are so many ap
plicants it is no reflection on those
who fail that others were chosen.
An effort has been made to distri
bute the appointments geographically,
but in all cases the records made by
the men have been considered and os
tensibly at least their appointment has
been based on that. Senator Bacon
and Congressmen Lewis, Livingston
and Bartlett are in Washington mak
ing strong efforts to land other appli
cants. Their chances for success are
very problematical. Judge Bartlett
has recommended besides Kenan, Win
ship and Kimbrough, Lieutenant New
ell, of the regular army, for staff posi
tion, Captain Wylie, Captain Wall
and Captain Frank Curry.
The Twenty-ninth is the regiment
that will be raised in Georgia and
surrounding states, and will be mus
tered in at Fort McPherson, Atlanta.
Congressman Livingston has made
formal application to the secretary of
war for the stands of regimental colors
used by the First, Second and Third
Georgia regiments, his desire being
to have these put in the statehouse.
MAT BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Florida’s New Anti-Scalper Law Is Prob
ably No Good.
A Tallahassee special says: It has
just been discovered that the famous
“anti-scalpers’ ” law enacted at the
recent session of the Florida legisla
ture for the avowed purpose of driving
railroad ticket brokers out of business
in this state, is probably unconstitu
tional. This statute has hitherto been
regarded as ironclad and perfectly free
from constitutional objections, but an
investigation now being made is prac
tically certain to precipitate a lively
battle in the Florida courts over the
validity of the law.
MACON HAS GOOD OIL.
Inspector Saj-s Only the Best Quality Is
Sent To That City.
- Mr. Tom W. Loyless, oil inspector
at Macon, Ga., says the oil in that
city is ail right, and in every test it
has registered 138 degrees. It is
claimed that only the best quality of
oil is sent to Macon, and consumers
need have no fear. The Macon oil is
said to register 18 degrees above the
test required by the laws of Georgia.
FIVE MILLIONS LOST. Y
Texas Floods Destroyed In Aggre-l
gate 200,000 Bales of
Cotton.
The cotton exchange in Austin,Tex.,
has just completed the work of care
fully tabulating the losses on the cot
ton crop attendant upon the Brazos
river flood. They have secured data
from all the counties affected by the
flood and have compiled all returns.
The result is that they find that the
loss in the Brazos bottom will repre
sent 200,000 bales of cotton, which
they figure out to represent $5,000,-
000 loss.
They have also figured out from
their reports from all over the cotton
growing area of the state that the
floods in the bottom will not have
nearly the effect on the crop that was
at first expected. They now find from
their reports that the heavy rains
which produced the flood and ruined
the crops in the bottom have benefited
cotton growing on the upper lands
proportionately, so that by far the best
crop harvested in years will be pro
duced from the uplands this season.
WAR DAMAGES DENIED.
31188 Favrc Wanted ® 10,000 From United
States Government.
A Washington dispatch says: The
secretary of state has sent Ambassador
Cambon, of France, an answer to the
latter’s recent letter submitting the
claim of Miss Ivan Favre for §IO,OOO
damages attending the capture of the
French steamer Olinde Bodriguez, on
which she was a passenger, by the
cruiser New Orleans during the block
ade of San Juan.
Miss Favre’s claim recited that she
had suffered from an attack of fever
while at Charleston and the damages
were for this and the indignities of the
detention. From the facts cited the
secretary states that the United States
naval authorities could not be charged
with any negligence in the circum
stance attending the capture.
The secretary reviews the facts in
much detail and states in the conclu
sion that the government is not liable
on this claim. The answer is likely
to establish a precedent on a large
number of similar claims. The secre
tary says the French steamer was first
observed by the cruiser Yosemite on
July sth, and that an officer of the
Yosemite went on board and noted in
the log of the Bodriguez that a block
ade of San Juan was in progress.
Miss Favre subsequently took pas
sage at Port Au Prince on July 13th.
On July 17th the Bodriguez was again
sighted off San Juan, whereupon she
was captured by the New Orleans. The
prize was taken to Charleston on July
22d and on August sth all the passen
gers were released by court order and
turned over to the Freneh company.
Secretary Hay’s letter is accompa
nied by one from Attorney General
Griggs, giving facts submitted by the
United States district attorney at
Charleston bearing out in detail the
points made in the secretary’s letter.
He says the Bidriguez was anchored
off the battery in Charleston harbor,
in one of the most healthful spots
along the Atlantic coast. The health
officer’s letter is to the same effect.
Aside from the bearing of his decision
on the individual case, it may have a
bearing also on the olaims which may
be brought forward by the owners of
the steamer Bodriguez and of the La
Fayette, which was stopped off Ha
vana.
Fatal New York Fire.
Fire in a crowded tenement in Mon
roe street early Tuesday resulted in
fatal injuries to five persons and the
overcoming by smoke of eight others.
There were sixteen families in the
house. It could not be determined
just how the fire started.
YVHEELER SAYS GOODBY
To Friends In Washington and Begins
Journey to Manila.
General Joseph E. Wheeler left
Washington Tuesday afternoon en
route to the Philippine islands. He
goes via Chicago, Omaha, Denver and
Salt Lake, and is scheduled to reach
San Francisco on Saturday. He will
sail for Manila on the 20th.
“I have no plans ef campaign,” he
said to an Associated Press represent
ative, “and shall not know what I am
to do until I receive my instructions
from General Otis. I should like to
have it understood,” he continued,
“that I go to the Philippines in an en
tirely subordinate capacity.”
GOOD WORK OF LIFE SAVERS.
: Over Five Hundred People Rescued In
Flooded Districts.
The life-saving bureau at Washing
ing has received the following telegram
from Superintendent Hutchins, at Gal
veston, Tex., who, with a force of life
savers, has been operating in the
flooded districts: “Have rescued .>42
people. Seven to fifteen feet of water
! over the cotton and cane plantations.
Some drowned; many narrow escapes.’
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When quiet had been restored
M lonel Bryan launched upon a dis
* 'sion of the issues of the day in re
sponse to the toast “Democracy.’’
His speech was a great effort and was
wil/dly applauded.
I
PLEADED SELF-DEFENSE.
Slayers of General Luna Acquitted in
Filipino Court.
A cable dispatch from Manila says:
The trial at Cabanatuan of the slayers
of General Luna, the Filipino leader,
who was assassinated by the guard of
Aguinaldo’s residence, resulted in the
acquittal of the' defendants. They
pleaded self-defense. The testimony
showed that there was a conspiracy on
the part of Luna and officers to kill
Aguinaldo and make Luna dicta
tor. Luua’a death seems to have
strengthened Aguinaldo’s leadership
for the time. Luna’s supporters are
now outwardly loyal to Aguinaldo.
The members of the Spanish colony
here are now lionizing the survivors
of the Spanish garrison at Baler, on
the east coast of Luzon, who returned
to Manila Thursday night with the
Spanish commissioners sent to treat
with the Filipinos for the surrender of
of the Spanish prisoners.
A dozen banquets have boon arran
ged in their honor and a subscription
has been started for their relief. Lieu
tenant Martin, the only surviving of
ficer of the garrison, denies the story
that he killed Captain Morenas, the
Spanish officer who commanded at
Baler, because he tried to raise a white
flag. Martin says the captain died of
berri-berri.
The transport Churruea is to take
General Bates to the Snlu islands on a
diplomatic mission. The general will
endeavor to arrange the basis for a
friendly understanding with the sul
tan of Sulu,. who claims to be friendly
to Americans. Under the sultan’s
treaty with Spain, he received a sub
sidy.
General Wheaton is to take com
mand of General Hale ; s brigade at San
Fernando. General Halo is returning
to the United States with the Colora
do regiment.
GEORGIA LAWYERS ADJOURN.
The 3leetiiifi: at Warm Spring* Was
Magnificent Success.
After the pnost prosperous year in
its history, the Georgia Bar Associa
tion adjourned sine die at Warm
Springs, Friday evening, and Judge
Hamilton McWhorter, the retiring
president, turned over the office to his
successor, Hon. J. B. Lamar of
Augusta.
There has been a larger audience
than ever before and in all respects
this session of the association has
been a magnificent success. Harmony
and enthusiasm have marked the pro
ceedings—harmony in the working of
the organization and enthusiam over
the excellent papers that have 1 ean
read.
The address of Hon. Wilson, former
congressman and cabinet minister,and
now president of the Washington and
Lee university of Virginia, was the
event of chief interest.
UNDER PEACEFUL AUSPICES.
Commlulonen Found Armistice Alread;
In Force In Samoa.
The British embassy at Washington
has received advices from Samoa, com
ing via Auckland to the foreign office
and forwarded hence. Mir. Elliott,
the British commissioner, announces
the arrival of himself and assistants
and their first meeting. He says also
that when they reached Apia it was
found that an armistice already had
beer, effected and was in force, so that
ths commission begun its work undei
peaceful ausptoes,
OIL TANK EXPLODES.
A Fatal Accident Wherein Threj Miners
Lose Their Lives.
Three men were killed in an explo
sion in the Hurd mines in Port Oram,
near Dover, N. J., Friday. The men
were reconstructing an old shaft when
a tank of oil exploded. The dead are:
Edward Mills, superintendent; Fred
erick Sherffuer and William Murphy,
all of Port Oram.
Mills was instantly killed. Sherffuer
and Murphy were thrown to the bottom
of the shaft into water and were drown
ed.
■TLAWRV
f IN CUBAN ISLE
.Bandits On the Island Harass
Peaceful Inhabitants.
PLANTERS FORCED TO DONATE
Robbers Seem to Have Things
Their Own Way In Western
Portion of the Island.
Advices from Havana indicate that
bandits on the island of Cuba are
verj active. The Manzanillo rural
police have killed Bobiueon Arito, an
escaping outlaw.
At Bayamo 5,000 men are awaiting
payment. About 2,000 weapons have
been delivered to the mayor. At Bo
jucal two armed men hailed Julio An
gulo. owner of the plantation Santa
Rosa, and ordered him to open the
door of his house. He hesitated or
refused, and they fired twice through
the window, whereupon he complied.
The men were Maximo Rodriguez
and Antouio Morouo, who escaped
from Bojucal jail last month. They
They bound Angulo, searched the
house, secured §5lO, and having or
dered him to bring an additional §SOO
to a spot designated within an hour,
under threat to leturn and kill him,
they left with the planter’s horse,
rifle and machete.
A short time afterwards the same
men practially repeated this same per
formance on the plantation Gnijalos,
belonging to Fermin Diaz. There
they obtained ten centimes. They
went next to the adjoining farm, the
property of Jose Gonzales, where they
secured §lO and various articles of
jewelry, finally disappearing untouch
ed by the bullets fired from the raided
houses after their departure.
The mayor of Alquizar has asked
Qovernor General Brooke to cease
sending rations to that point and to
expend an equal amount in the pur
chase of farming implements “in or
der that our people may earn their
livelihood instead of being dependent
upon alms,whose regular arrival tends
to encourage vagrancy and to destroy
self-respect.”
The board of agriculture ©f Puerto
Principe has appointed Senors Carde
nas and Uuaees a committee to visit
Washington and ask for an appropria
tion for the province to enable it to
purchase farm implements.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
LlHt of New Industries Kstabllshed the
Fast Week.
The more important of the new in
dustries reported duringthe past week
include a §25,000 canning factory in
Texas; coal mines in Tennessee and
Virginia; cooperage works in Tennes
see; a cotton delinting plant in Louisi
ana; cotton mills in Georgia and the
Caroliuas; a cotton and woolen mill in
North Carolina; cotton seed oil mills
in Georgia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee and Texas; elec
tric light plants in Florida and
Tennessee; flouring mills in South
Carolina and Tennessee; a foundry in
Virginia; gold mining companies in
North Carolina and Virginia; a grain
elevator in North Carolina; a hardware
company in Texas; an ice factory in
West Virginia; kaolin mines in South
Carolina; lumber mills in Alabama
and Virginia; marble quarries in Ten
nessee; a planing mill in Kentucky; a
stave factory in Kentucky; a telegraph
cross-arm factory in Texas; telephone
exchanges in Kentucky and Tennes
see; a water power plant in North Car
olina; a rice mill in Louisiana.—
Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
Railroads Badly Damaged.
Tho railroads of Texas, especially
those of south Texas, have been hard
hit by the great floods of the past two
weeks. The damage inflicted upon the
physical properties has been great.but
the loss in revenues is still greater.
A Schooner Missing.
Tho schooner Ida L. Hull, of Barn
stable, Mass., is believed to have been
totally wrecked on an island in Ma
chias bay, Maine, during a thick fog
and rough water Monday morning.
NEW SPANISH CONSULS.
Commander* in Cuba, Porto Rico anil th*
Philippines Are Told to Recognize Them.
A Washington dispatch says: Act
ing under instructions from the presi
dent, Adjutant General Corbin has
sent telegraphic instructions to Gen
eral Brooks, commanding in Cuba;
General Otis, in the Philippines, and
General Davis, in Porto Rico, to give
provisional recognition to the Spanish
consular officials in those islands.
They have been notified of the ap
pointment of the various consular offi
cers of Spain accredited to the military
department under the jurisdiction and
directed to permit them to exercise
their appropriate consular function.
JONES WILL NOT QUIT.
Will Hold On to Chairmanship of the
(National I>r*mocrutic Committee.
Ex-Governor William J. Stone, of
Missouri, who has been for some time
the controlling figure in the democrat
ic natiouu! committee, states that
there was no truth in tlie reports that
Senator James K. Jones, of Arkansas,
j intends to resign the chairmanship of
the committee, and that Senator .Mar
tin, of Virginia, is likely to succeed
him.
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