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The Jones County News
M 0. GREENE, Publisher.
THE YACHT
CORRESPONDENCE.
I.URD DUNRAVEN CAHT1,KS IT TO
SECRETARY GRANT.
EXPRESSES A DESIRE THAT IT HE
PIIIMSHKJ) IN ENGLAND
The Correspondence Consists w
Four Letters.
By Southern Associated Press.
London, Sept. 15.—Lord Dunraven
yesterday cabled to Mr. Grant, secre-
tary of the Royal Yacht Squadron,
the correspondence between himself
and the New York Yacht Club on the
events in connection with the ecu.
tests for the America’s cup, at the
same time expressing a desire tha' the
correspondence be published : n Bug-
land.
The correspondence consists of four
letters. The first, dated Sept. 11, con-
tains Mr : Iselin’s offer to resail the
raw of Sept. lfl. In the second, dated
Sept. 12, Lord Dunraven declines to
resail the race, adding that he could
not understand the committee’s reasons
for finding the Valkyrie in the wrong,
fit the- third letter, dated Sept. 12,
Mr. Canfield narrates the delay in re-
eeiving Lord Duuraven's letter of the
lltli relative to not sailing the race
set for the 12th, unless the course vvns
kept clear. In the fourth letter, dated
Sept. 13, Lord Dunraven lengthily re¬
plies, explaining and defending his
claim to have the races sailed where
there would be no interference.
This last letter, which occupies fully
half a columu in the newspaper, is as
follows:
439 Fifth Avenue, Sept. 13, 1895.
Gentlemen: I have the honor to ac¬
knowledge the receipt of your letter, of
the 12th inst. You say my letter of
Wednesday night to Mr. Canfield was
not handed in the New York -Yachti
Club until 1 a. m. on Thursday, end'
was not In your hands until ? a. m.
of the same morning. There must. 1
think, be some mistake. I received Mr.
Canfield’s letter at 10:30 a. m. Wed¬
nesday, and my reply was delivered
by my own servant at the New York
Yacht Club at 12:16 a. m. to the club
clerk. The steward, or clerk In charge,
was called on the telephone at 12:30,
and was requested to find if Mr. Can-
field was at the Knickerbocker Club,
and If so, to deliver the letter at onoe.
The reply was that he would endeavor
to find Mr. Canfield, he had a short
time before left the New York Knicke-r-
bocker Club, and had left word that
he would call at 7 a, m. to see if there
were any messages for him.
The request that Mr. Canfleld should
not open my letter of the loth until
the protest was decided was umie C( s-
sary, as the cup committee, 2va's ’ not
the protest, hut whether my
of Wednesday night was deliv-
at the New York Yacht Club at
12:15 or 1 a. m.: whether it was in the
hands of the committee at 7 or 8, and
whether my letter of the 10th was
read at 12:80 or 2:30 p. m., appears to
me to be a matter of minor import¬
ance. What is of importance to me is
to allay the unjustifiable statement
in your letter of the 12th, that in com¬
ing to the decision conveyed to’ you
in my letter of the 11th, I went back
on the agreement signed by Mr. Smith
and myself. You say: ’We only regret
the conditions therein—in my letter of
the 10th—as absolutely necessary,
should not have been so resented when'
the arrangement of terms was formu-
lated.'
“Permit me to observe that 1 named
no particular conditions as indispensa¬
ble, as you will perceive on referring' to
my letter. I hold that in any match',
a fair field and no favor is a condition
precedent to any agreement as to terms,
and that, failing in that any party
hits a perfect right to withdraw abso¬
lutely or conditionally, Articles of
agreement cannot and are not intende I
to lay down fixed rules to meet an
imaginable contingency. Certain con-
liiigeiicies have arisen, as you are aware
Confining myself to the subject of iny
letter, tlie overcrowding, ns far. back
as last October, T wrote concerning Hr-
difficulty of insuring a clear course, hut
did not insist upon my views because 1
thought the persons responsible should
lie free to take what steps they thought
I icsf. In view of the failure in that re¬
sprit, it might have been done in m;>
■Her of tin Kith. I had absolutely
It.lidriiwii, lmt my desire to sail off the
CCS was great, and I withdrew con¬
ditionally. and suggested steps which I
thought would remove v the difficulty
These steps were not token,: mid I held
to my determination to sail no more,
ami so acting. T emphatically deny that
I went back in any way on the agree
incut.
“I did not know whether Messrs. Can
field and Busk were officially represent¬
ing the committee when they came to
*cc me at the Waldorf. I judged by
their conversation that they were not.
ami 1 understood from them tin- com
mittee had reached no definite eonelu
-imis upon my letter.' I (concluded from
vniir communication that they were nffi-
cially representing the committee, in
that the proposal made to me by th ■
e-iimnittee iyag that I should withdraw
from my determination expressed in ui
letter of the 10th. and should sail the
third, possibly the 'final race, on condi-
. tious if sufficient room was secured at
start .. . and , fauich. - . ,
In any further races m.v wnagestio-j
that the date* of the race* and the time
of starling should not lie made public
should be carried out. Tlie proposition
GRAY, JONES COUNTY, GA., SEPTEMBER 19, 1895
diil not commend Itself to me. Nboody
bad denied the overcrowding of the
I course, but iu any case either my cotu-
plaint was. in the opinion of the cotu-
I mittee, unjustifiable, in which I could
not have agreed with them and should
have withdrawn, being fully convinced
! * >f ll 'e necessity and prepared to take the
f"ll responsibility for doing so, or It
wa“ jutifiable, in which latter case the
committee was, I think, bound to give
redress before the next race was sailed.
1 so far withdrew my letter of the 10th
as to say 1 would sail the third race
void if in their judgment either vessel
was Interf erred with, die committee
putting any one they liked on hoard the
yachts. 1 was willing to leave the mat¬
ter in their hands, stipulating only that
they put experienced and practical
yachtsmen on Valkyrie 111.
“As far as I am concerned, I have
no wish to continue the discussion,
which X naturally describe as super¬
fluous, and will conclude by express¬
ing regret that if any desire to resail
Tuesday's race was known to exist,
the regatta committee did not order
it resailed under article 10, of the New
York Yacht Club regulations, in which
case, whatever my opinion as to the
cause of the foul may be, I should
have been at the disposal of the com¬
mittee, and that the cUp committee
could not see its way to adopting
what appears to us the simpler course
of hoisting the letter ‘G’ and post¬
poning the race to such time Cs they
had arrived at, in definite conclusion
upon my letter of the 10th inst. I
have the honor to remain, very faith¬
fully, “DUNRAVEN.”
IIE INFO II CEMENTS V H HIV E
The Regnlnr Supply of Spanish Vic¬
tories Reported.
By Southern .Associated Press.
’Havana, Sept. 15.—The steamer Co¬
lon arrived here this morning with rein¬
forcements for tlie troops. The newly
arrived soldiers were given an enthusi¬
astic reception.
The rebels,* under the lead of Lieut.
•M< ,jU kit ; no, Arfiiinao, I’Ktj’ .Mexican, attacked Cienfugos the
village -of in the
district oq^AViifltiesday ah night, but were
repulsed after hour’s fighting.
Advices, fron® tarefnty-.six Remedios are to tlie
effect that rebels have sur¬
rendered the re,. Small rebel bands have
burned the buildings on the estate l,a
California, near Lijas. They also burn¬
ed houses on the Indo plantation ami
a wooden bridge at Albino, near Gien-
fes. Troops arc pursuing the bandits.
Major Anihal has had engagements
with 400 rebels under Sanchez at Puri i,
and afterward attacked Telegrafo,
Hofeas and Colonia de Juan .Totalr,
capturing two camps, and arms and
ammunition, etc. The insurgents were
routed and dispersed. Many rebels were
killed and wounded. The Government
loss was four wounded. The troops
arc pursuing the rebels toward Cleba,
Where Sanchez will attempt to join
lluserio’s band.
CURTIS IN NEW YORK
Feeling tlie I*nl»e of Banker* About
Another Bond Issue.
By Southern Associated Press.
New York, Sept. 15.—The Tribune
tomorrow- will say: When Win. E. Cur¬
tis, Assistant Secretary of the Treas¬
ury, was recently in New York, it was
not announced that lie, as the represen-
la live of Secretary Carlisle, discussed
with New York bankers the necessity
for another iscuie of Government bonds,
to fact, it was said by those who are
generally supposed to know what Mr.
Curtis talks about in his frequent visits
to tlsis city, that he did not come to
discuss bonds; lmt it is known, how-
ever, upon tlie most trustworthy and in-
disputable authority, the authority of
a hrnk president who saw Mr. Curtis,
that the question ot another issue of
Ponds was discussed, and that Mr. Cur-
iis stopped in New York mainly for the
purpose' of finding out how the banking
community in this city felt about a call
for subscriptions to more Government
bonds.
“When .Mr. Curtis was here last week
he talked with J. Pierpoiit Morgan,
xvit.li Conrad Jordan, the head of the
sub-treasury in this city), and with
other influential men.”
ft! CK TAYLOR Slid RED.
He Will Furnlsli 10(1 >Icn null Fight
With Cuba.
St. Louis. Sept. 15.—Senor Enrique
Morena, agent of the Cuban Junta, In
New York, has been here for two weeks.
Last' nigh: liis mission became public. He
has been negotiating wtih Buck Taylor,
the Western Indian fighter, for a troop
to-do service in t'he cause of Cuba. These
negotiation* were concluded ,ye«ter<lay
and Buck Taylor i« now under contract
10 furnish 100 men “for service,” In the -
language of Che contract.'on a ranch near
Corpus Christ!, Texas and at such other
points as the employers may direct.
The contract calls for the Service of
Buck Taylor and two foremen, which
probably means two lieutenants. The
men are to be armed and at all times in
readiness for action, St not Morena ha*
letters credentials from President Estrada
Palma and his acts are those of the Cuban
J u n ta. The volunteers are to receive $1,000
upon enlistment and $100 per month pay.
Cpoii the accomplishment of Cuban in¬
dependence they are to be treated as
Cuban patriots and receive large grants
of land.
Had to Ride Over.
Southern Associated press
Dari-. Sept. 15—At the Velodrome <lu
Sierie today the American bicyclist Bank-
er had to ride over for the mile Cham-
plonshtp of ' h,: world. The Belgian Cy-
UnJ? „ forbade P-otin to tak* part
, n :b( . ra r-e. Banker was second to Morin,
, n an international scratch race at two
kilometres.
CHICKAMAUGA
MILITARY PARK.
AM, IS NOW IN READINESS FOR
THE OPENING.
VICE PRESIDENT STEVENSON WILL
IIE ON HAND.
The Area of the Park Embraces the
Entire Battlefield.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 15.—Near¬
ly a third of a century ago the battle¬
field of Gettysburg was dedicated its u
national cemetery. On that occasion
President Lincoln delivered an address
which was recognized as the philosophy
in brief of the great struggle then im¬
pending .between the North and the
South. In this address, in words long
since historic, he formulated the doc¬
trine that ''this nation under God shall
have a new ldrth of freedom, and that
government of the people, by the people,
for the people, shall not perish from
the earth.
On Thursday and Friday of this week
the Ohi< kamaugu ami Chattanooga Na-
tional Military Park will be dedicated
with ceremonies no less imposing than
these at Getysburg made memorialile by
Mr. Lincoln’s presence. The time chosen
has especial appropriateness, in that it
will be the thirty-second anniversary of
the fiercely contested battle of Chieka-
rnaugn, iu many respects one of the
most decisive of the war. and one In
which the American pluck and endur¬
ance were shown to greatest advant¬
age. The Vice President of the United
States will preside. The Secretary of
War and General of the Army will, by
their presence, lend official dignity to
the occasion. Others present will Include
all, or nearly all, of tlie surviving Fed¬
eral and Confederate leaders who par¬
ticipated in the battle. Amtng these
are:
Ex-Senator Mnnderson. of Nebraska:
Gen. H. V. Boynton, of Washington
City; Gen. Dodge, of Iowa: Gens. Hor¬
ace Porter and Daniftl Butterfield, of
New York: Gen Pu,Inter, of Illinois;
Gen. Gordon, of Georgia'; Gen. Wheel¬
er, of Alabama; Senator Bate, of Ten¬
nessee; ex-Senator W althrll, of Mis¬
sissippi: Governor Roach, of Alabama,
and Gen. O. O. Howard (retired), of
the Regular Army.
The Chickamauga and Chattanooga
Park embraces the entire battlefield of
Chickamauga and the approaches. The
area within the legal limits of the park
is about, fifteen square miles. Tlie ap¬
proaches in the vicinity of Chickamauga
are mainly roads over which the armies
reached and left the field. Those about
Chattanooga lie mainly along the lines
of bat’le. Those over Lo ik <ut Moun¬
tain. across Hooker’s battlefield, lie near
Walthall's, which the gr*'at read along
Missionary Ridge follows, Bragg’s iine
of battle in front of Hen. Thomas’s
Army of the Cumberland and Gen.
Sherman's Army of the Tennessee.
Nearly ail tlie approaches, as well as
tile roads within the park, have been
rebuilt by the Government in life most
solid manner. Two of the number, tlier
Crest, and State ro.ul. are constructed
a 50-foot right of waj”. The scenery
alone over a pan of tills magnificent
boulevard is such as will give the drive
a national reputation. When to these
remarkable charms of valleys, city,
riier, ami hold mountain, a comprehen¬
sive and distant view of the battle¬
fields of Lookout Mountain, Orchard
Krioli and Missionary Ridge is added,
tins drive becomes one that .s without
a parallel. The Government has ac¬
quired tlie site of Bragg's headquarters
ix Missionary Ridge, and abc-ilt three
in m'S surrounding it. Am dag other pur-
chases y.illicit it has made in that vicin¬
ity. is that of Orchard Knob. This
was the headquarters of Grant. Thomas
and Granger, during the battle of Mis¬
sionary Ridge, it is an isolated knoll
about six acres in extent. The Con¬
federate works and those er< cteil after
tlie Union 'ones 'captured it are still
well defined and the general appearance
of the knoli remains unchanged.
The old roads, which were those of
the battle, have been reopened i nd im¬
proved. while roads opened since the
battle have b en closed aril abandoned.
The only natural feature existing at the
time of the fight which has been chang¬
ed is the underbrush, which it has been
found necessary to cut out In order to’
tiring tlie lines of battle into view and
to show the topography of the field.
As a result of this work carriages can
now drive in ail directions through the
great forests and along the various
lines of batth*
Tlie first ateps in the development of
I lie National Park embraced only the
battlefield of Chickamauga. This part
of the project had its origin in a visit
to the field, several years ago of Gen.
Ferd Vandevere, a noted officer of the
Army of the Cumberland, and Gen.
H. V. Boynton, at that time the 'Wash¬
ington ■•irrespotnlcnf of The Cincinnati
(tommeivial Gazette, who commanded
the Thirty-fifth Ohio Regiment at the
battle if ('hickam-mga. In a scries of
letters to The Commercial Gazette
describing ‘.he condition of the field and
((•viewing the campaigns and the battle
the park s'heine .vas thus suggested:
“The auivivors if the Army of the
Cumberland -bould awake to the pride
in this notable field of Chickamauga.
Why Ton'd it not. a* well as Eastern
fields, be marked bv monuments, and its
lir-e be ac urately preserved for hls-
ton : I here '(a.- i-. more magnificent
fighting than both armies did there.
Both sides might well unite in preserv¬
ing the field v here both in a military
sense t on such renown.”
It will thus l»e seen that from the
tirst the i>lan differed essentially from
that of Gettysburg, where, up to that
time, only the Union lines had been
marked. The suggestion^ was received
with such favor in the North that at
the next annual meeting of the So¬
ciety of the Army of the Cumberland,
held at Chicago a few weeks later, a
committee of five was appointed to take
the necessary steps to inaugurate a
movement for the purchase of the
ground on which the battle was fought.
Geu. Itosecraus, president of the so¬
ciety. appointed as memberse of tins
committee Gen. Henry M. Cist, Gen.
Ciias. F. Mnnderson, Gen. Kussell, A.
Alger, Gen. Absalom Baird and Gen.
Henry V. Boynton. This committee met
at Washington City, Feb. 13, 1880. Gen.
Munderson presided. It was agreed Ito
invite such Confederate veiterans of
the battle of Ghickainaugu as were in
Washington to unite in forming a
Cbickamiiuga Memorial Association.
This joint conference was held on the
following day in the room of the Sen¬
ate Committee on Military Affair.
Those present were Gens. Itosecraus.
Baird, Reynolds, Cist, Mnnderson, Boyn¬
ton and Col. Kellogg, of the Union offi¬
cers, and Geu. Bate, of Tennessee, Col-
quitt, of Georgia, Geu. Walthall, of
Mississippi, Gens. Morgan and Whee-
lev, of Alabama. Wright, of Tennessee,
and Cols. Bankhead, of Alabama, and
Morgan, of Mississippi.
Thus Hie project grew, enlisting in
its service distinguished citizens in the
North and South. When the question
arose in the forming of an association
asking congressional aid for the pur¬
chase of the battlefield, Gen. Boynton
( uiceiytd the idea of enlarging the scope
o.' the scheme so ns to embrace the nota¬
ble fields of Lookout Mountain and <s-
siounrv Ridge, and the lesser affairs of
the battle of Chattanooga, and estab¬
lishing tlie whole as a national park un¬
der the control of the Secretary of War.
The bill was drawn authorizing the
Seen tary, through a commission of his
own selection, to establish the park.
It was placed in the hands of Geu.
I'hus. H. Grosvenor, an influential mem-
be: of the House of Representatives
from Ohio, who served with signal dis¬
tinction at Chickamauga, ami who was
a prominent member of the Society of
the Army of the Cumberland. Gen.
Grosvenor, who is as active in legisla¬
tive campaigns as he was on the fields
of battle thirty and odd years ago
championed the measure with special
energy. It was referred to the I lowy' by*
committee on military affairs, and
them favorably reported. It was not
until tlie closing hours of Congress, that
unanimous consent was asked to call
up the measure. A single objection
would have defeated the request. None
was made. This was the wore re¬
markable when it is remembered that
the River and Harbor bill, in which
every member was interested, and which
they were desirous to dispose of. was be¬
fore the House. The bill was read, and
rusted through the House, dispensing i
with the reading of the report of the
committee, and tlie measure passed in
twenty-three minutes, in the Senate,
equal consideration was shown to the
measure. The Sundry Civil appropria¬
tion Dill was before that body when Sen¬
ator Hawley, of Connecticut, asked that
the Park Dill la- taken up. It was read
and passed immediately. The Senate
Clerk, Gen. Anson G. McCook, of the
fighting McCooks, who participated in
the battle of Lookout Mountain, proved
to be a faster reader than the House
clerk, and as a result the bill passed the
Senate in twenty minutes. It was tak¬
en that night to President Harrison, by
Mr. II. Clay Evans, of Chattanooga,'
who represented that district in the
House, and who was the recent Repub¬
lican candidate for the Governorship of
Tennessee. The President promptly
signed it, the national park was au¬
thorized, and an appropriation of $125,-
(KXi made available to begin the work.
Senator' Proctor, of New York, who
was then Secretary of War, selected
the two civilian members of the com¬
mittee, Gen. Jos. S. Fullerton ana
Alexander Stewart, with Oapt. Kel-
logg. of the Fourth Cavalry, whom
he detailed xs the army officer pro¬
vided by law. and who Nvas also to be
secretary of the commission. Gen. H.
V. Boynton was appointed historian.
All these gentlemen had solved In the
battles about Chattanooga, Gen. Ful¬
lerton as chief of the staff to Gen.
Granger; Gen. Stewart as a division
commander under Bragg and (’apt.
Kellogg as an aide on Geu. Thomas’s
staff.
Gen. Boynton asserts that, the bat¬
tle of Chickamauga stand* today as
the most stubbornly contested battle
of the war. He claims that the per¬
centage of Its casualties H re found to
exceed those of Napoleon’s most rfoted
battles, as well as those of all the
latter fields of modern Europe. He goes
on to show that the Third Westphal¬
ian Regiment became famous through¬
out the German army as the regiment
which suffered the heaviest loss dur¬
ing ihe Franco-Prussian war. It went
into battle three thousand strong and
its loss was 49 per cent. There was
noth.bg In the campaign of which this
regiment formed a part which exceed¬
ed these figure*-, yet In the American
civil war there was more than sixty
regiment a whose loss exceeded this.
Seventeen _ of them lost ... above sixty
per <ent. and ten ranged from 70 to
80. There were more than a score of
reginents on record at Chickamauga,
whos- loss exceeded that of the Wes»-
phaltin regiment. The percentage of
lose li the charge of the Light Brigade
at B kalava, of world wide celebrity,
•was nly 36 per cent. Rosecran’s loss
at Chattanooga was 18,000, Bragg - *
loses were 17,000 The total hiss for
each irmy was more than 25 ber cent,
CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION.
aiH'I'H A LITTLE FIGHT OVER THE
TAKING OF THE OATH.
SENATOR TILLMAN «H ( FEEDS IN
K1I.I.ING THE OATH FFNTIRK.
Numerous New Ordlnunees Introduc-
ed Touch Iiik Suffrage.
By Southern Associated Press.
Columbia, S. (1., Sept. II.—The con-
slitutlonal convention began its session
ibis morning with another rush, and
there have been lively proceedings, thus
far. President Evans announced his
standing commitUjek at the opening.
Senator Irby is chairman of Ahc commlt-
tee on declaration of rights and Sena¬
tor Tillman is in charge of the com
mittee on rights of suffrage, which
means, of course, the reporting of the
Mississippi plan with modifications. The
minority has been given a pretty fair
representation on the committees. 1‘.
L. Met ton was made assistant secretary
and the other minor officers were also
appointed. Mr, Henderson, of Aiken,
offered several new ordinances, one of
which was on suffrage and one on the
matter of divorces, which were repress¬
ed. Attention was called to tin* fact
that delegates had not taken the consti¬
tutional oath and for three-quarters of
an hour things were lively iu the ex¬
treme. The convention did not wish to
take the oath provided in the old con¬
stitution and a tight ensued. Finally
It was decided to do so. When four
delegations had been sworn in and
President Leans had taken the oath,
Senator Tillman submitted that under
the same constitution, If he took that
oa 111 he would have to leave the con¬
vention along with all others holding
United States offices, for the constitu¬
tion distinctly said that no man hold¬
ing an office could hold a State office.
This was another of the surprises.
We are the people, lie said. We are
not (illicevs, but represent the South.
1 cannot take tlie oath.
Gen, Smalls, the old negro statesman,
said tlie same question had ariseu iu
his ease, lie being a State senator and a
United States congressman at the same
time. He simply lost his pay while lie
acted as a State senator. After a lively
running discussion, the convention re¬
ferred the matter to (lie judiciary coin-
mil toe to report whether they should
take an oa th or not, ami if so, to prepuce
a suitable one. A recess was taken
pending this report.
Gen'. Smalls told Tillman during liis
speech that the worst thing that could
happen to him would lie the losing of
his pay. Surely Tillman could not be
objecting lo the oath because he would
lie losing $13 a day from the Govern¬
ment, while lie would get only $2 for
serving his own people.
The committee, after tlie recess, re¬
ported that the taking of tlie oath was
not necessary, and tlie report was adopt¬
ed. All mutter in the record in regard
to tlie ontli was ordered stricken out.
A long fight took place In regard to
increasing the per diem of the members
rrom .$2, as fixed by the Legislature in
the act calling the convention, to $4.
The effort to Increase failed.
Nuinerous ne-w ordinances were in¬
troduced: one providing a suffrage plank
taking the main features of tlie Missis¬
sippi plan with a property and other
qualifications; another providing a $100
property qualification in cities and
towns; another providing for divorces
for adultery, upon conviction by a jury;
another for a reduction of the area of
counties to 500 square miles; making
the terms of county officials four years;
establishing county courts and provid¬
ing for election of county judges.
An effort was made to commit the
convention against considering applies
tions for the formation of new counties,
but It failed. The counties of the State
an- abnormally large and the old con¬
stitution rendering their sub-division al
most Impracticable on account of its
provisions as to area. There is a strong
lobby seeking the creation of many new
■ouoties.
IVnulon FrnudN Lnesrtln-il.
By Southern Associated Press.
Guthrie, O, T., Sept ’5. The United
States grand jury at Pawnee has re¬
turned forty-three Indictments for pen¬
sion frauds against leading county < f-
ticlals, attorneys and a pension agent.
The finding of the jury exposes a gi¬
gantic conspiracy to rob the Govern¬
ment. and creates a great sensation.
THE MINI’. HTItIK E
Trdojis Will He It*ll«v«Ml Shortly
Unte-HH tli#» Strike In
By Southern Asfwlat^rl Pi*«hh.
Ishpemlng. Mich., Sept. 15.—Unless
m1nP , trlkp ig ge ttled this week the
four companies of the Fifth Regiment
State troops, non on duty here will
probably be relieved by four eompa-
uie* from the Third Regiment before
Saturday. Strong efforts will be made
it tomorrow’s meeting of the Miner*’
Union to ileGaie the strike off. Men
favoring such action are openly advocat
'bg ending the strike, something they
have not dared to do heretofore.
VOL. 1. WO. 38.
Middle Jwgia & tin tic Riiiriad
TIME TABLE.
December 23, o'clock, a.m.
Kkao Dowm. Kbad vr
1‘. M.
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II 00 am’’ Lv Meuon Ar tin 2 4ft
A. - VI. a. *. k
H ot l,v UlHeilgerill* Ar so i at
o 10 Lv Batonloa June Ar 1 IU IU
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7 to Lv Dentin Ar to It 01
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t It Lv Shady Daie Ar 00 10 to
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10 18 l.v Covington 3c Ar t7, -c 48
to Ar Covington L» 28 m 47
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OFFICIAL DIRECW.
JONHS OOUNTY GOVERNMENT.
Jtnlgs Superior Court—J. O. Hart
Solicitor General—H. G. L*wlt.
Senator—lion. W. H Harrison.
Repre»entative—Him. J . F. Andarami.
Ordinary—It. T. Kobb.
Olerk Superior Court—W. W. Barron.
Sheriff—K. N Qthidga.
County Treasurer F. M,. Stewart.
Tax ltecHver—J. A. Chiles.
County Surveyor—R. H. Do oner.
Coroner—iR. B. Tretpp.
Judge Oouuty Court—J. O. Barron.
JUKY OOMH.~W. n. Card, J. M. Mld-
dlebrooua, J. F. Barron, John Graph¬
am, ic. P. Morton.
OOUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION—
D. Anekona, Joe W. Barron, J. R.
, Hod**, J. W.
Van Burau, S. A.
A ndsrson.
COUNTY SCHOOL COM.—A. 11 8 .
MoKay. P. O. Plantltude.
COUNTY COM-W. F. Whlta, J. T.
uprights, E. T. Morton, H. T. Moor#,
John T. Glover.
church miuBOTomr.
METHODIST.
CLINTON CIRCUIT—R. A. *«*k
pastor; Clinton—First Sunday at U m
m., mid at night; Sunday nahool «t »
p. m., W. H. Holsanbook, Supt
ST. LUKE First Sunday, st t p. «•
ROUND OAK Second Sunday and
Saturday before, at 11 »• m., Sunday
Mfcool at 10 a. *. ? Hunt, tups.
JAMES STATION d Sunday, at
11 Sunday acta,,,, at 8 p. ut.l “
a in.,
li. Kingman, Supt.
HADDOCK STATION Saturday be¬
fore fourth Sunday, and fourth Sunday
night, Sunday school at 3 p.m.i W. M
Farrer, Supt.
FORTVII/LE—•Fourth Sunday, at 11
a. m., Sunday school at 10 a. m; R. H.
Bonner, Supt
BAPTIST.
UNION lULL-Forth Holiday a*l #at
unlay before 11 "• m., T. H. G Z.
pastor; Sunday school at 10 a. m. . R
W. Hutchins, Supt. ad
NEW SALEM - First Sunday a
Saturday before at 11 a. m„ B. W.
Sammons, pastor; Sunday school at 1U
*. m., J. H. C. rath ridge, Hup!.
BLOTINTSVILLB- Third Sunday and
Saturday before at 11 a. m„ B. w,
Sammons, pastor; Sunday school at »
l>. in.; ii. T. Smith, Supt.
I0LBM Fourth Sunday mid Saturday
before at 11 a. m„ K. W. Sammons,
pastor
GATHERING CLANS.
HepiililieniiM of tlie Empire H(«(e Con
gregnleil **t Saratoga.
Hv Southern Associated Drew.
Saratoga, N. Y„ Sept. 15.-Few of the
politicians have done little else today
than Stroll about the corridors of ttielr
.respective hotels and discuss the sltua-
tlon. Kepubllean headquarters al. Con
gress Hall had an almost deserted ap¬
pearance tonight, while over at the
United States Hotel the olllee had an adr
of -ictivlty that is refreshing. Hon. T.
r.. Platt held court at his headquarters,
Parlor United States Hotel, and re¬
«» wltih Ids supporter*.
viewed tlie situation Presi¬
That lie Is more Interested in the
dential situation than anything else Is
conceded. The excise question, which in
commanding more or less attention, Is a
sort. of secondary consideration with him,
and, according lo report, tie 1* giving it
but little thought. convention Is map¬
Th>- working of the
ped out and the slate formed will go
Ihrongb without any trouble, Represen
lailve Hherman, of Utica will be teropor-
ehatrauui and Clarence Loxow. of
ary chairman. Tlie old
Nyaek. permanent renominated with
State i,(fleers will he
the exception of Ihe Court of Appeals
judge. What little strife there Is tn the
convention will come over this nomina¬
tion but without question Matt's man.
Judge Martin, will be ihe successful
nominee.
Cholera HhwhII.
London, Sept 15.—The Btandard will
tomorrow publish a dispatch from Hono
lulu, dated Sept 4, saying that since
August 18 there have been 40 canes of
vbolera and 31 deaths from the dnsease
Ml the victims were native Hawaiian*.
4 strict quarantine la enforced. Business
is going on as usual.