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REBELS CAPILie^^B
An Officer and Nine Hen
or Killed By the Filipinos.^^^^B
VESSEL WAS BEACHED, DISMANTLED AND
Warship Was Doing Patrol Duty On Orani Ri>9
Other Manila News.
A report readied Manila Monday
that the insurgents had captured the
United States gunboat Urdaueta, in
the Orani river, on the northwest side
of Manila bay, where she was patrol
ing. One officer and nine of her crew
are missing.
The United States gunboat Petrel,
sent to investigate the matter, return
ed and reported that the Urdaneta was
beached opposite the town of Orant,
on the Orani river. She was riddled
with bullets and burned and the fol
lowing guns, with their ammunition,
were captured:
A one-pounder, one Colt automatic
guu, one Nordenfeld 25-millimeter
gun.
The crew of the Urdaneta are pris
oners or have been killed. Further
details are lacking.
Commanded By Naval Cadet.
The gunboat Urdaueta, which w-as
captured with her crew at Orant, about
twenty-live miles from Manila, on the
bay of Manila, is a little craft of forty
tons displacement, not much larger
than a small tug. She was captured
by the navy early in the war and has
been on police duty in the bay for
mouths past. Tho records of the navy
department show that she was one of
the boats of which the Oregon is the
parent ship—that is, she was supposed
to diaw all her supplies from the bat
tleship, to be mnuned by the Oregon’s
crew and to act under the instructions
of the Oregon’s commander.
According to the last reports to the
department the little boat was last
May under the command of Naval
Cadet Welborn C. Wood, but the per
sonnel of the crew is not a matter of
record, being subject to frequent
changes. Wood was appointed to the
naval academy from Oregon, had
passed his academic course and was
performing the two years’ sea service
at the time of his capture. Naturally
the department officials are vexed that
the difficulties of the negotiations
looking to the release of Lieutenant
Gilmore, of the Yorkman, and his men
should be added to by this last misfor
tune. Still there is no disposition
unnecessarily to curb the junior offi
cers of the navy who are doing such
gallant service in the Philippines.
KILLED FATHER 15Y MISTAKE.
A Thomson, Ga., Merchant Shot By One |
of His Sons.
Mr. W. R. Hays, a merchant of
Thomson, Ga., was shot and killed by
his son, Willie Hays, Sunday night at
9 o’clock. The weapon used was a
shotgun loaded with slugs.
The deceased was under the influ
ence of whisky and left his home just
after supper and was not seen again
until the time of the killing. About 9
o’clock one of his sons, Mat Hays, was
passing through a cotton patch near
the house, when he heard a strange
noise in the edge of the woods.
He called to his brother Willie to
bring the gun, and together they pro
ceeded to the place whence the noise
came. When within forty feet of the
woods they saw something white upon
the ground, making a noise which
they described to be like the the noise
made by a mad dog or a wild cat.
Willie tired the contents of the gun
into the object which proved to be his
father.
An inquest was held and the jury,
after bearing all the evidence, brought
in verdict exonerating the sons.
Steamer Founders; Five Drowned.
The Atlas Steamship Company’s
steamer Adula, Captain McAuley, from
Kingston for Baltimore, foundered
Monday off Port Morant, on the south
coast of Jamaica. Five lives were
lost, including the first officer..
SECOND CEREMONY PERFORMED.
Julia Bent Grant and Russian Count Are
Lawfully Made One.
The Episcopal marriage service, sup
plementing that of the Russian ortho
dox church, which made Prince Cau
tacuzene, Count Speranzkv, of Russia,
and Julia Dent Grant, daughter of
Brigadier General Frederick D. Grant
and granddaughter of General U. S.
Grant, husband and wife, was celebra
ted at All Paints chapel in Newport,
B. 1., Monday. The assembly of in
vited guests, notable for social and
military distinction, made the cere
mony one of the most brilliant ever
witnessed at Newport.
ANOTHER GINNERY ACCIDENT.
Boiler Explodes Near Fottsboro, Texas,
and Kills Three Men.
The boiler at Henderson k Mangus’
gin, near Pottsboro, blew up Monday
afternoon, completely demolishing the
building and pressrooms, killing the
engineer, Grant Cordor, Pressman
Steele and a boy named Jones, A
Miss Jones, sister of the boy, had
both feet blown off and a thigh broken
in two places. Several other persons
teyere more or less bruised.
! Necrns Island Resident. Now Willing to
Make Pence.
Two importaut dispatches f- 0 m
! General Otis were made public by the
war department at Washington Mm.i
day. The first dispatch indicates taji
the insurgents on the Island of Neg> s j
are about to recognize the authorityif I
the United States. The dispatch fCI?
lows:
Manila, September 23. Adjutant
General, Washington: Hughes, Iloilo,
reports Lopez and 04 armed men sur
rendered to Byrne at Castellano, Ne
gros. Election in that island October
1 20th. Sought conference. Cheif n-
I surgents of Panev wished to kn w
what promise could be given them of
! formal submission. Told no arrange
ments possible uatil surrendered and
iorce disbanded. “Otis.”
I “The second dispatch is as follows:
“Manila, September 25.-—Adjutant
General, Washington: Bates returned
from Iloilo 21st instant, having placed
garrisons at Siassi and Bungham,
Tawi Tawi group; one company each
place. Affairs in archipelago satisfac
tory. Bates saw chief insurgents
Zamboanga; still anxious to receive
United States on condition of with
drawal should Aguinaldo success in
Luzon. Proposition not entertained.
Zamboanga having trouble with more
Datos in vicinity who have raised
United States tlag. Dato Cagan, Sulu
island, visited Jolo, gave a decision
and desired to raise A merican flag in
stead of Spanish flag on island.
American flag will be raised there.
Ready to give six months’ notice in
order to establish in archipelago cus
toms regulations under protocol be
tween Spain, Germany and Great
Britain in 1885. Bates’ report by
mail. Otis.”
Americans To Bo Released.
Further advices from Manila state
that two Englishmen who have been
held by tho insurgents since June,
have arrived at Angeles. They report
that the Filipino congress has resolved
that fourteen American prisoners shall
be surrendered. They have, however,
no information as to the whereabouts
of Captain Charles M. Rockefeller, of
the Nineteenth infantry, who disap
peared in April last, and of whom no
trace has been discovered. They as
sert that three Americans who were
captured by rebels are acting as offi
cers in the insurgent army.
VETERANS WILL PARADE
Notwithstanding Refusal of Offi
cials of the G. A. P. To Order
Them Out.
Veterans of the civil war will partic
ipate in the land parade in honor of
Dewey at New York, despite the
decision of the officials of the Grand
Army of the Republic not to or
der out different posts. Among the
organizations which have decided to
parade are two platoons of the Medal
of Honor LegioD, under command of
General T. S. Peck, of Burlington, Vt.
Those who will parade will be largely
members of the New York command
ery, but other commanderies will be
reprecented. All of these men are
members of the Grand Army of the
Republic.
There will be a contingent from the
Eleventh Veterans’ Association of the
Civil War. The Hawkins Zouaves
and two full Grand Army posts are ar
ranging to take part in the parade.
The confederate veterans, who had
also decided not to parade, are now
arranging to have a representation of
their organization in the procession.
Two Deaths From Bubonic.
Five new cases of the bubonic plague
have been officially reported at Oporto,
Portugal, during the last three days
Two deaths from the disorder are also
reported.
Hobart Steadily Improving.
Vice President Hobart’s brother-in
law says in answer to inquiries that
there is np truth in tfib report that
Mr. Hobart bad Bright’s disease. The
vice president, he declares, is suffering
from overwork, but he has been slowly
but steadily improving.
Chairman Wellington Resigns.
United States Senator George L.
Wellington has resigned the chairman
ship of the republican state central
committee in accordance with the re
cent written request of Governor Lloyd
Lowndes. General Thomas J. Shry
cock was elected to succeed him.
MISS SIDSBEE DEAD.
Was Daughter of Former Commander of
111-Fated Maine.
Miss Sigsbee, the daughter of Cap
tain Sigsbee, late of the ill-fated bat
tleship Maine, and now commander of
the Texas, died Monday of heart fail
u c at the college of Mrs. Rittenhouse,
Rehobeth, Del., where she had been
spending the summer. Her remains
were sent to Washington for burial.
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t. Excitement.
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if Bay night Ju'ia Mom.-m.
8! ’ ■ C>f the farce ciiii-.iy,
’ ’"l otoParis," shot an i m
l; Liede-i . !
manager ~f the
JpP§|SSßnd fashionable amb-m v
.UfffilPPjflPn. and the orchestra had
the opening overture,
'dsSsiijgjFee shots rung out on the air.
together, then a pause, ami
b;SBgB No one stirred iu the au
'iflpßTntil one of the actors came
curtain and announced that
had occurred to the leading
mofßiiTid quietly dismissed the audi
en^m
Meantime physicians and officers had
been summoned and a scene of terrible
confusion was presented. The woman
and her husband, Mr. James, were
immediately arrested.
The victim lived only five minutes
and never uttered a word after the
first shot.
The tragedy grew out of a succes
sion of bitter quarrels, the last of
whioh took place at the afternoon re
hearsal, at which time Miss Morrison
—or Mrs. James—slapped Lieden’s
face. He made a motion to retaliate,
but was hurried away by one of the
stage hands.
Friday night, when the call for the
first act came, Miss Morrison was no
where to be found. Leiden sent the
stage manager to her room, but she re
fused to appear. Then her maid called
to her, and she came out of her dress
ing room with the revolver in her hand,
walked deliberately up to Leiden,who
was standing in the make-up of Mr.
Plaster, and fired twice.
The first shot took effect in the
neck. At the second he fill, and then
as he lay bleeding and dying, she fired
the third shot, which struck him just
below the eye. She surrendered quiet
ly to the officers, the dead man was re
moved to the undertaker’s, and a fear
ful tragedy supplied the place of farce
comedy.
Woman Maken a Statement.
The woman made a statement to the
officers, in whidh she claims to have
been insulted and misrepresented by
Lieden. She alleges that he began to
persecute and insult her when the
company started ©ut and when he
found that her husband, who had no
part in the cast, was to travel with
her, he tried to have her deposed.
She told a consistent story, every
word of which was corroborated by her
husband. The latter was not at the
theatre when tho tragedy took place.
Miss Morrison is a woman of some
refinement and says her home was in
New Orleans. She wept bitterly when
interviewed at the city jail, but she
refused to testify at the coroner’s in
quest.
KERLIN FOUNT) GUILTY.
Convicted of Murdering Pearl Knott and
Given Life Sentence.
The trial of George Kerlin at Fay
etteville, Ga., ended Thursday morn
ing, with a verdict of guilty with
recommendation to life imprisonment.
The case was a highly sensational
one from beginning to end, owing to
the prominence of the parties con
nected.
The testimony for the state was
overwhelmingly strong.
Kerliu was positively identified as
the party who carried Pearl Knott off
on the night of the 13th of April, by
two witnessess who had a conversa
tion with him while Miss Knott was
getting into his buggy. They testified
Kerlin told them Miss Knott was going
to marry his son, Lewis Kerlin. Hue
changed dresses for this purpose at
her sister’s house. Kerlin was seen
on several occasions going to and com
ing from the river, where the body
was found.
The jury rendered a verdict at 10
o’clock Friday morning of guilty with
recommendation. The people seemed
satisfied with the verdict.
MOSBY’S MEN HONORED.
Uonument to Their Memory Unveiled at
Front Koyal, Ya.
Five thousand Virginians, West
Virginians, old confederates from
nearly every southern state and men
and women from as far north as New
York, witnessed the unveiling at
Front Royal, Va., Saturday of a mon
ument erected by the survivors of
Colonel John S. Mosby’s famous com
mand to seven of their comrades shot
and hung at that place during the war
between the states.
Over 200 of Mosby’s men were in
attendance, the largest number of
members of this band which has been
together since 1865.
WILL BE SENT HUME.
Norwegian Sailors Who Killed Companion
In Midocean Under Arrest.
Warrants were sworn out at Charles
ton, S.Cj, Friday Consul Witte,
acting for the government of Norway,
against Andersen and Thomas, the
Norwegian sailors from the bark Drot,
who, according to their own stcry,
killed and ate a companion while
drifting in on a raft.
.The sent to Norway
as soon as a^Hßpavel.
import.
Pronpactlve Colonies For Georgia.
A letter from Sparta, Wis., which
reached Secretary of State Phil Cook
a day or two ago, indicates that a
large number of people of that town
and elsewhere are preparing to form a
colony for the purpose of coming to
Georgia.
The communication is one in which
the secretary of slate has every confi
dence, since it comes through au offi
cial of Monroe county, Wisconson, to
whom application had doubtless been
made as to the conditions in Georgia.
C. H. Stevens, register of deeds,
in his letter, asked for facts concern
ing the climate, soil, price of land and
educational advantages to be fouud in
this state. Mr. Cook will make an ef
fort to get all the pamphlets descrip
tive of Georgia soil and life at the ear
liest moment and will forward them to
Registrar Stevens.
The communication is the second of
the kind to be received from the north
west in the past two weeks. The first
letter reaching Secretary Cook was
from a Frenoh philanthropist, who is
now in St. Paul prepar ; ng the way for
several colonies of French peasants,
who are to be brought to America.
There is a hope that both plaus to
bring large colonies to Georgia will
work out successfully. Following is
the letter from the registrar of deeds
of Monroe county, Wisconsin:
Hon. Phil Cook, Secretary of Ktato: Dear
Sir—There ore several parities iu this state
who re thinking of locating in the south.
They have capital and would like to locate
a colony. We would like to got all the in
formation vossiblo in regard to climate,
soil, price of land and educational advan
tages of your state. Any information you
can give us on these points will bo appre
ciated. Respectfully, C. H. Stevens,
Registrar of Deeds.
...
Governor Candler Cannot Attend.
Governor Candler has decided not
to attend the great nationol reunion of
the Blue and Gray at Evansville, Ind.,
October 10th, 11th and 13th.
He has informed Colonel A. J. West,
who called on him with an urgent in
vitation from the secretary of the re
uniou general committee, that his pub
lic dutieß at that time would prevent
him from going. The invitation in
cluded the governor’s wife and staff.
Tho reunion promises to be the
largest meeting of the kind ever held
on the contiuent, and Governor Cand
ler would have au audience of 50,000
people if he could be induced to go.
The selection of his subject was left to
him.
The governors of Alabama, Miss
issippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennes
see will be present, and also President
McKinley and many other distin
guished men from both sections.
* * .
Toccoa Presidential Postofflce.
Postmaster Walker, at Toccoa, has
been informed by the postoffice de
partment that the Toccoa office bad
been made a presidential offioe. This
increases the salary considerably and
shows what a wonderful growth the
little city has experienced in the last
twelve months. Mr. Walker is being
congratulated freely on his good
fortune.
* *
Cotton Mill For Calhoun
The movement started several
months ago by citizens of Calhoun,
looking to the erection of a cotton mill,
received a fresh impetus recently when
Hons. O. N. Starr and W. R. Rankin
commenced a canvass of t.he town for
the sale of Ptock. The proposed cap
ital of the new mill is put at $50,000,
with shares of SIOO each.
* * *
An Unmuinl Injunction.
In the Chatham superior court Mrs.
Laura E. Newton, of Savannah, filed a
petition for divorce from her husband,
Robert Newton, alleging cr.el treat
ment.
The sensational part of the proceed
ings came when the petitioner asked
for an injunction restraining her bus
band from coming about her house or
having anything further to do with her
or her children.
The injunction was granted by Judge
Paul Seabrook of the Atlantic circuit
in the absence of Judge Robert Falli
gant. Mr. Newton was permitted to
send a drayman to the bouse for his
wearing apparel, but if he tries to en
ter the house he will be arrested and
placed in-jail.
This is the second time in the histo
ry of Georgia so far as the Savannah
attorneys know of this action being
taken by a wife seeking divorce. The
supreme court in 1897 decided that
the course was a legal one.
* * *
Northoaatern In Good Shape.
The investigating, committee ap
pointed by the last legislature to look
into the affairs of the Northeastern
railroad, have concluded their labors
and will make up their report which
will be present to the next legislature.
While the report has not yet been
formulated, Chairman Swift, of the
joint committee, did not hesitate to
say when asked about it that the com
mittee found everything in connection
with the road to be in the very best
condition. They found the roadbed
and rolling stock in good shape and
the general affairs of the road to be in
excellent condition.
* * •
Athens Oil Mill Disposed Of.
Mr. George Lyndon, owner of the
Athens oil mill and the Athens ice
factory, has sold both plants to a
company of Abbeville, S. C., people,
headed by President J. Allen Smith,
Atlanta Depot
The state railroad commission will
not take up the Atlanta depot case un
til Thursday, October sth. By that
time the roads expect to be prepared
to present to the board plans for a
union station on the present site.
Major J. AY. Thomas, who controls
tho situation, is conferring with Mr.
Spencer, of the Southern.
The Western and Atlantic, Georgia,
the Atlanta and West Point and the
Seaboard nre willing to go into the
project. Some modifications were
made in the plans to meet the views
of the Central.
The present indications are that all
the roads will get together on the
plan for an elevated station, and thqg
will be prepared to push it if the city
and state accept their proposal.
* * *
Vnlrlffftta Bo ml* Sold.
The Valdosta city council opened
bids for the issue of $35,000 of city
bonds, which are to be made for the
purpose of constructing a system of
sanitary sewerage. A number of bids
#ere received, the highest coming
from F. M. Stafford, of Chattanooga.
They offered $37,050 for the bonds.
The total amount to be received for
the issue is $37,650, giving is total
premium of $2,650 on the lot.
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Gold Mint Closed Down.
Charles C. Jones, of White county,
has gone to Marquette, Mich, lie
has been gold mining ou lot 10, White
county, for the past two years and
has spent a large sum of money in de
veloping property. Recently he had
a handsome offer for his mine, but be
fore the negotiations were completed,
a suit was begun by a party, who
claimed the title. Mr. Jones shut the
mine down and accepted a position as
consulting engineer in Michigan. He
will be engaged in the great iron
fields of Michigan and iu the Rainy
Lake gold oouutry, across the border.
He says that be will fight the case to
a finish and the mine will be shut
down for ten years if the litigation is
not soon ended.
* * *
Dlftnfttrntift Fire In Lukw Parle.
Lake Park had a very destructive
fire to break out in F. M. White A
Bon’s general merchandise store at
8:30 last Sunday morning. One entire
bl ock of twelve buildings on Mail
•>4reet was eutirely destroyed.
EXPLOSION KILLLS FOUR.
Boiler of Ginnery at Palmetto,
Ga„ Blows Up With Disas
trous Results.
By the explosion of a boiler in the
Hearn ginnery, a half mile from Pal
metto, Ga., about 9 o’clock Monday
morning, three men were instantly
killed and the building around the
boiler room was torn to fragments.
The dead men are: D. P. Hearn,
aged fortj -.seven years, married and
had a wife and several children; J. P.
Hearn, aged forty-five years, single;
Penn Hearn, aged sixteen, son of D.
P. Hearn.
The ginnery had been operated by
the Messrs. Hearn for some time past.
At the usual hour Monday morning
the three Hearns went to work with
the help they employed about the
place. Shortly after 9 o’clock it was
discovered that the engine was out of
order, in some way, and the Hearns,
who were of a mechanical turn of
mind, undertook to remedy the defect.
The three men gathered about the
engine boiler and were at work when
the explosion occurred, the helpers
being in another part of the building.
The three men were within a few feet
of each other and all received the full
force of the explosion, which was ter
rific.
D. P. Hearn was lifted bodily from
his feet by the force of the explosion
and thrown through the side of tho en
gine room, tearing away the weather
boarding as lie went. His body was
picked up forty-five feet away, horri
bly torn and lacerated. One-half of
his head was torn away and missing.
J. P. Hearn was tossed through the
side of the building and his body was
picked up about twenty-five feet from
the engine room.
Penn Hearn, the son of D. P. Hearn,
was thrown fifteen feet away. His
right arm was completely torn from
his body and was found fifty yards
from it.
The explosion was heard for miles
away, while the houses in Palmetto, a
mile distant, were shaken as though
by an earthquake.
The building was completely wreck
ed and pieces of the boiler were car
ried a hundred feet through the air
before falling, while the build
ing was scattered in all directions.
The men who were working in the gin
with the Hearns, escaped injury.
Just what caused the accident will
probably never be known. It is sup
posed the water had been allowed to
run low in the boiler, while the Messrs.
Hearn were at work on the engine and
that cold water was injected thought
lessly or by accident.
MISS GRANT WEDS RUSSIAN.
r>riiddaaghtr of Famous General Casts
Her Fortunes With a Count.
At New York Sunday night, in ac
cordance with the rites of the Russia
orthodox church, Miss Julia Dent
Grant, daughter of Brigadier General
and Mrs. I’red Grant, and grand
daughter of General U. S. Grant, was
married to Prince Cantacnzeue, Count
Speranzky, of Russia. Simple and
impressive Russian ceremonies were
conducted.
I I vaiWjlif /s' 1 /'•“
bycSlmittH
G. A. K. Men Mast Take the Place
Assigned Them.
GOV. ROOSEVELT IS SCORED.
An Interesting Circumstance In
Connection With the
Dewey Parade
Anew York dispatch says: Major
General Roe, who will command the
national guard of New York state iu
the Dewey laud parade, received a
telegram from Governor Roosevelt,
Friday, directing him to give tho
Grand Army of the Republic the
choice of any place in the parade.
Immediately ou receiving the tele
gram General Roe had a conference
with Mayor VanWyck, and then Chair
man Guggenheimer, of the plan'and
scope committee, was notified of the
governor’s dispatch. After pointing
out that his committee alone had the
right to assign places in tho line of
march, Mr. Guggenheimer said of the
governor’s action:
“It is peculiarly Rooseveltian. It is
a most impudent, unjustified and un
warranted interference in a matter that
is without his province. Ido not be
leive, however, that our connnitteo
will take any notice of it.”
At a meeting of the committee,
’Friday morning, General Roe made
the following statement:
“In order that there may be no
misunderstanding, I wish to make this
statement in reference to tho declina
tion of the Grand Army of the Repub
lic to take part in the Admiral Dewey
iand parade:
“On my representation, at my In
stigation and on my resolution, I was
authorized by this committee to ex
tend an invitation to the Grand Army
of the Republic of Greater New York
to take part in the parade by having u
certain number of men selected from
each post, forming a battallion or reg
iment, according to tho number. I
put myself in commnnication with tho
state commander as soon as possible.
At the request of a prominent Grand
Army man I wrote and asked General
O. O. Howard to take command of
this body, baing assured that this was
agreeable to the state oommander. At
an interview between the state com
mander, several members of the Grand
Army and myself, I understood that
the selection of General Howard was
agreeable. At this interview, after
some discussion, I informed them
that the Grand Army would be as
signed a position in the lead of the
unarmed organizations.
Demand Made and Refused.
“At a later interview between the
commander-in-chief of the Grand Army
of the Republic, the state commander.
Colonel Goulden, and myself, practi
cally a demand was made that the
Grand Army should have the right of
tho line or head of the column, Colo
nel Goulden stating that at a meeting
held the day before it was the senti
ment of tho Grand Army of the Re
public that if they could not have the
lead they would not parade. I called
their attention to the fact that it was
not a Grand Army affair, that it was
a city affair,and that that position was
not their proper one, and snid:
“ ‘Positively and absolutely tho
Grand Army cannot have the head of
the eolnmn,’ whereupon they retired.
At another interview the commander
in-chief, with the state commander
present, stated that he thought Gen
eral Howard should not oommand the
Grand Army. I informed him that lie
was asked at the request of several
Grand Army men, but I would write
and ask General Howard to withdraw,
whereupon tho commander-in-chief
said:
“ ‘That is a simple matter and can
be easily arranged— ’
“Then he asked if I would allow a
picked body of 300 Grand Army men
and himself to have the .head of tho
column. 1 answered:
“ ‘I positively and absolutely will
not authorize any portion of tho Grand
Army to be at the head of the column.’
“Subsequently I received the letter
cf declination. I have taken the po
sition from the beginning that the day
was emphatically a navy day, that Ad
miral Dewey and the sailors on the
Olympia should be in the lead with
nothing whatever to detract. J have
taken this Htand relative to the Grand
Army as I am thoroughly convinced
that lam right. I assume all respon
sibility. Ido not ask the committee
to approve my action, but abide by
what I have done. I have the honor
to be a member of tho Grand Army of
the Republic, George Washington
Post.”
The committee agreed unanimously
upon the motion of Mr. Guggenheimer
to approve tbo action taken by Gen
eral Roe. No mention was made of
the dispatch of Governor Roosevelt.
WILL NOT TAKE INITIATIVE.
floors Give Guarantee That They Will Not
lie First To Make Wai.
The Pall Mall Gazette (London)
Friday afternoon published a special
dispatch from Cape Town which says
it is stated that the Boers have given
a guarantee to their sympathizers in
the Orange Free State and Cape Colo
ny that tho Transvaal will not be the
first to make war.