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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. ■F! ■ f Man. ' V ‘S PKESIiNr 111 iff ♦ I On > a-. In tll ‘ t. Excitement. I,' . Bra h">i-c ,:i i’ba 11 ii i:, "Ml. 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. * * ♦ 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.