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CARNESVILLE ADVANCE Mi VOLUME I. IL B. PLANT DIES SUDDENLY The Great Railway /. and Steamship Magnate Succumbs To Heart Failure. DEATH OCCURS IN NEW YORK AND WAS UNEXPECTED Accomplished a Great Work For the South, Wherein He Found a New and Large Field. Henry B. Plant, president of the famous Plant system of railways, steamships and hotels, and of the Southern Express Company, died Fri¬ day afternoon at his home on Fifth avenue, New -York, at 2:45 o’clock. The immediate cause of his death was heart failure, brought on by a general state of debility. No one was with him at the last hour but his wife aud family physician. Mr. Plant had complained of feeling ill the day before, but went to his office at 12 West Twenty-third street, and attended to business with his ac¬ customed interest and alertness. In the evening several friends called on him and he chatted with them in his usual good-humored way. During the night, however, he was takeu sick and his physician was called. Dr. Durant staid with him to the end, Friday af¬ ternoon, as did also Mr. G. H. Tilley, secretary aud treasurer of the South¬ ern Express Company. His only child, Mr.Morgan F. Plant, was not present, being on ajdeasure trip on his private yacht off the coast of New Jersey. Ml li •4 // m !■ Mlmm ifii V lit M Wm w *> !/jh I. m 'I m 1 t # ft 1 P - W HENRY li. PI,ANT. Head of the Great System of Railroad. Which Rear HI. Name, Who Hied Suddenly In New York. Mr. Plant, bad not been sick since last November, when, on returning from a trip from Florida, he was sud¬ denly seized in his private ear in the Jersey City railway station at which time his life was depaired of, but ho revived and went back to Florida, where he has been able to attend to liis various business interests during the winter season. His death was so sudden as to have surprised even those closest to him. Brief Sketch of His Rife. Mr. Plant was a native of Connecti¬ cut, nnd was born at. Branford on October 27tli, 1819. Ho came of a long line of Puritan ancestors, and among the forefather were men who fought for the independence became of the country in which they all fac¬ tors more or less prominent during their days. His ancestry came from England in 1639, and nearly everyone occupied some position of honor and trust. On liis grandmother’s side he was descend- ed from Joseph Frisbee, who was a major in Washington’s army, the same family that gave Harvard itn profes¬ sor, Levi Frisbee. Through the Fris- bees he was related to Sir William Pep¬ pered, Bart, and tho same strain gave him a kinship wnh the late Sen¬ ator Hoar, whose middle name was Frisbee. Like the maternal side of his house, Mr. Plant’s paternal ances¬ try figured prominently wherever they were known. For over two hundred years tho Plants resided at Branford, and on the lands which were given them by the crown their descendants still reside, nnd all, like the late railroad king, are men prominent in the section of the country in which they reside. Mr. Plaut’s father died while he was quite young, and at the time of that death Mr. Plant was himself quite ill, so ill that he was not informed of his father’s death until several days after it oc¬ curred. Why He Came South. In 1853 Mrs. Plant was seized with congestion of the lungs, aud the fami¬ ly physicians ordered that she bq taken to Florida; and this was-the inception of south Mr. and Plant’s the work connection^. ho has accotnplish- -wjt-h.-Ahe e ed in this section. In March, 1853,he left New York with his inialid wife on a steamer, and Savannah, after touching at Char- lesto'n and lauded at Jack¬ sonville. At that time tho Florida metropolis was made up of a Tft&OPS READY TO EMBARK. Englabd Still Entertains Prospect, of War .In South Africa. A cable dispatch from London says : The Shropshire regiment has been or¬ dered to hold itself in readiness for immediate embarkation for Capetown, The order, which was given Friday afternoon, creates the most intense ex- citement, aud the talk of war with the Transvaal js r>ow absorbing all attea- tion, huts, and Mr. Plant foutiil it hard work to secure accommodations for Mrs. Plant. The day after reaching Jacksonville Mr. Plant secured a home with a Flor¬ idian six miles from Jacksonville, and during the winter Mrs. Plant's health improved no much that he Was able to return north with her the next spring. But during that time Mr. Plant had found tho great health-giving qualities there were in the climate of the Pe ; niusnla Btnte, and Within less than a year he had again invaded the state and made some investments, which later turned out to have been judi¬ cious. About this time the Adams Express company was' more fully organized iu the east, with some cf the leading capitalists Of that section as stock¬ holders, and Mr, Plaut had a conaec- tioli with the company. On hiS trips south ho found And large f field a new for the Wprk of the company, and in.A short tiitte had extended the business over the lines into many soj^JielUl cities,, hlut where an express company’s The work tioVer been heard of: leading cities of the south were brought into the territory of the Adams Ex¬ press company, and no more profitable territory was to be found than that discovered by Mr. Plant. The entire southern field wns under his direction, aud when the civil war came oil the directors of the company decided to dispose of the southern ter¬ ritory, believing that the work of transmitting valuables and packages could not be carried on with safety. Then it was that Mr. Plant showed his great and unlimited faith iu this sec¬ tion and tho ‘people the of it. He knew the character of people among whom he had cast his lot, aud as soon as the old company was out of the way he . organized the Southern Express Company and was elected its first president. his residence During in the sojith ha bad won the confidence, esteem and respect of all, and none were slow to come to his support in the new enter¬ prise, notwithstanding the fact that it was generally known thatMr.Plant’s sympathies were against secession.. In a short time after the new company was formed the seat of the Confederate government was at Montgomery, cabinet and there President-.Dqvis and his were located. M. Plant was always open nnd frank; - There was noUiing. of the deceptive nature him, and’ be¬ fore entering upon the duties of apub- ’ lie carrier in the new government he decided to let the head of that govern¬ ment and his advisers know just where he stood. By an attorney he presented his views and ideas to President Davis in the presence of the entire Confederate cabinet. Mr. Plaut was known to each of the gentlemen personally or by reputation, been and when his position had defined he was told to go ahead with the work, and that the government had every confidence in his honesty and integrity. After the war Mr. Plant continued the express company and was again and again elected its president, never being out of that office from the time of its creation up to the time of his death. In the later seventies and early eighties Mr. Plant made two or three trips to Europe, aud it was while on ono of these trips that ho Conceived the idea of building palace steamers for his lines. How he carried out those plans tho thousands who have ridden on his steamers know well enough. Along with his steamboat lines, Mr. Plaut projected a system of railroada wheih today reach far. and wide. All Florida is touched by some of his lines, either a branch or a main stem tapping sections of the entire state. Few roads are better equipped and few employes find themselves so well cared for as those on the Plant system. It was not until 1879 that Mr. Plant became interested in Florida railroads and laid the foundation of the great system bearing his name. The first railroads purchased by him were the Atlantic &■ Gulf, now known as the Savannah, Florida and Western, and the Charleston and Savannah. Sifice then many lines have been ac¬ quired nnd numerous comiectinglinks constructed, now all embraced in the Corporation chartered by the leg¬ islature of Connecticut as the Plant In¬ vestment Company. Supplementing the railroad properties nje several steamship lines, the most important of which is that running from Tampa and Key AYest to Havana, which has been in-operation since 1884. ROOSEVELT IS PATRIOTIC. He Is Anxious to Furnish All Volunteers That May Be Needed. Governor Roosevelt, of New York,- telegraphed President McKinley Fri- day, informing him that in the event of a call for volunteers being made New York was prepared to furnish all the men the government might ask for, and asked that an opportunity be i New York state tp do ea, j OAUNl^SVlLLE, GAi, FilliFAY, JUNE 30, 1899. ALGER FOR SENATE. War Secretary Formally Announce* 111* Candidacy At Chicago. General RuhsoII A, Algor, secretary of war, anntmnced at Chicago Friday that he is in the Michigan senatorial fight with “anti-trust” and “election of senators by direct vote of the peo¬ ple” on his banner, “It is perhaps a little early to say that trusts and trust legislation are to be great factors in coining elections)” said General Alger. “Other issues of greater importance may arise, but, however that may be, it is Certain that the widespread spirit of Consolidation of great financial interests is an evil which must be contended against legislatively. I am a foe to these great amalgamations and believe in the election of senators by the direct vote of the people, as Governor Pingreo states, oil these planks I will stand,” trustees AmisEi) of Fraud, Managers Of Georgia Lunatic Afcyluil tlii- der lint Fife. The report of the Georgia legislative committee appointed to examine into the condition and management of the state ttsjdtim at Milleflgeville featitreS; Contains some Very sensatiouiil The committee was at work in the senate chamber at the capitol for nearly a week, and distinct charges of dishon¬ est management are fearlessly brought against three trustees of the sanita¬ rium, the inevitable result of which, it is predicted, will be prompt and vigorous legislation by tho house and senate, for whose consideration the committee was appointed and the re¬ port drawn up, DEEDS ARE RECORDED.. Swift, Company raid *150,000 For tli* Smith Chemical Works. An Atlanta dispatch says: The deeds qj purchase by. Gustavus F. Swift from G. A-. Sinith & Co '., of the Chem- ciftl Wo^ orQhe Western and Atlan¬ tic "railroad “were filed for record Thursday morning. The considera¬ tion named Is $18O,O0O. It required $150 of revenue stamps 'to make tile execution of the deed legal. The history of the financial troubles of O. A. Smith & Co. dates back to the failure of Moody & BreWSter, and to the large amount of ftciibiittii dilation endorsements by O. A. Smith & Co. for Moody and Brewster. These embarrassments culminated in an application for an adjudication in involuntary bankruptcy. A “STANDSTILL” RESOLUTION Will DH I)s-t'd JUy Member, of tile Peace Conference. M. d* Staal, president of the peace conference at The Hague, introduced before a committee Friday the Russian proposals, looking to the arrest of the ’'armaments and read a declavatioirdis- • claiming all int_eh(iohof proposing a reduction of the armaments at present. But, he added, he was of th. opin¬ ion that if a standstill could be agreed upon, a reduction would soon come of itself. The speeches and the resolution were ordered to bo discussion printed and cir¬ nct- culated and the was •jourued Until Monday. A'.haval standstill resolution will be introduced’ later.^ •'.“jVeSv (TAftTNJSf PORTFOLIO. v . -1 - ..... - Fjr<‘rti(>cnt ^'oiilaVjyul To Su^V*st tto.teign ^i>%'f)ArFineiit Commerce.’’ of Col- . : A special-to Tile ^ew Yoi^k fr 9 'mAV(ishjngtoil says! • A new ekecutiv’e’brdTiitih of the gov¬ ernment wit’h fbe title of “Department ef Colonial Affairs and Foreign Com¬ merce,” or something similar to it, is deemed by the administration abso¬ lutely necessary to meet the new con¬ ditions which confront the United States as a result with the war with Spain. The word “colonial” is repugnant, for political reasons, to some members of the cabinet, because it smacks of imperialism, afid it is probable that some other title will be adopted. The meaning, however, will be the feftme. CUBA FULL OF FEVER? New York*. Health OHlcer Relieve. True Situation Is Withheld. Dr. A. H. Doty, health officer of the port of New York, is of the opin¬ ion that there is more yellow fever among the troops in Cuba than is re¬ ported by the war department. With¬ in six months he says 6,000 soldiers have returned from Cuba and more than 6,000 more will arrive in New York within the next two months. He proposes to make special precaution. FEVElt RAGES IN SANTIAGO. Fourteen Caaen In the Hospital and Two Deaths Reported. Surgeon General Wyman, of .the marine hospital service received a cable from Dr. Park, of the qimran- tine office at Santiago, Wednesday, re¬ porting the existence at the port of fonrteen cases of yellow fever, and four deaths from that Oause... This is not the first- report the ma¬ rine hospital service ji.as received of the existence of the scourge at Santi¬ ago. Five days ago -cpme the first re¬ port of the appeataudS. "were of tho fever. On that day five cases reported. ALL PRISONERS RELEASED. Newly Enacted Cherokee Daws Empty the Tribe’s Penitentiary. A dispatch from Tahlequah, I. T.. sa^s: The' Ghdrqkffe all executive coun¬ cil has liberated 'the criminals in the Cherokee penitentiary, There were sixteen serving terms of from one to fifteen years. This action was iaken on account of the bill prohibiting any more convic¬ tious under Cherokee laws. The office ef jailer was abolished, HISTORIC BUILDING, “SUTHER. LAND” IS REDUCED TO ASHES. HEROX WORK OF BRAVE WOMEN. Atueh of tii© Costly Furniture arid VajUi- ktil© Relics Wore Ilescucd From Fla inert. The historic and palatial UCunfry home of General John B. Gordon, "Tho Sutherland,” was totally de¬ stroy, by fire YVedesduy night.” The loss is inestimable, for tho mag¬ nificent home) evth^jf room furnished in the most gorgeous fashioh with rtfircs of three or feat generations, cahuot be replaced, “The Sutherland” was the home of General and Mrs. Gordon for thirty years. It was located in Kirkwook, Gii.j four rhiles ftotti Atlanta, and is one of the most charming kud de¬ lightful retreats about Georgia’s capi¬ tal city- For years the hospitality of the home place was proverbial, and it was there that many house parties, many receptions and notable gather¬ ings were held, The fire originated iu the cellar. The flames were first discovered by the faithful old Cook, who was the only fiersOil in the house at tile tithe, -Mis. GoFdou and Miss Caroline had walked from the house across tho Spacious lawn to the front gate when they heard the cook screaming that, the house was on fire. The alarm was heard by neighbors and friends who rushed to the fire with all possible haste.- Countrymen, driving visit along the road from the day’s to the city, sprang from their teams and went to the rescue. Hun¬ dreds worked with strength almost superhuman, ing but the grancTotd edfiug build- flame crumbled Under the aiid fell in bne hour after the fire was first discovered. The women of Kirkwood played a heroic part in the conflagration. They worked from the moment tliey-reached the home until it became necessary for men to hold them awayI .om the tot¬ tering and careening roof and walls. General . Miss Caroline Gordon, Gordon!,, carriedr daughter trunk of out a packed with valuables Which she could not possible lift again Wu ler ordinary circumstances: In a yJ frenzy of the situatic'u women ran down steps with heavy pieces of furni¬ ture and brick-n-braek weighing more than 100 pounds. And while this herotef work saved thousands of dollars of furniture, there was much more lost than saved. The old-fashioned canopied bed of rosewood, that for generations has been family, jealously guarded by the Gordon was intact, not, a scratch be¬ bfed ing received to mar its beauty. The Weighs several tons find is mas¬ sive beyond imagination, but it was brought out of the building by a doz¬ en men, who tore away a portion, of the wall and brought the piece in safety to the lawn. All of the wearing apparel was saved, as the clothing had been pack¬ ed in trunks: General Gordon and ijis family were to leave next week for Virginia, w here they were to spend the summer, and in anticipation of the trip all the clothing had been packed up, the rugs rolled up and the furni¬ ture and all the upholstered pieces had been wrapped and much of the bric-a- brac and little pieces that wore den? to the family had been packed in boxes. This fortunate situation made it possible to save a vast amount of property that otherwise would have been impossible. The valuame library of General Gordon’ was SftVed with the loss of but a few volumes, The books were brought out by the women and child¬ ren, and they show little of the rough handling they were given. • , In the rush and excitement the manuscript of General Gordon's flew hook was not overlooked, and every sheet was saved. General GoAdon was'absent at the time, being or. a* visit to his farm in tho southern part of tlTe state. The insurance carried on the resi¬ dence was only $6,500 and the insur¬ ance on the furniture was $4,000, mak¬ ing a total of $10,500. NOT PRACTICABLE, Ager Declare, a Farmrrs’Trust I. Out of tlie Question. Joseph R. Ager, president of tho ..InffuStnal Maryland state grange, was before tho commission at Washington Thursday. tlie He said thafn trust among farmers such as was suggested by Mr. Hnvemeyer was ‘-impracticable owing the difficulty of getting the farmers to hold up prices. Speaking of colored labor he said it was unrelia¬ ble because of tho natural - indolence nnd indifference- of individuals ofthe colortjd race. Liquor he regards as the great bane of that people oud re¬ sponsible for niue-tonths of tho crimes committed bv them. Hanna Denies a Report. Senator Mark Hanna has flatly de¬ nied the report,sent out from Wash¬ ington that he intended to retire from the chairmanship of the national re¬ publican committee. Cremated His Own Sou. Gary Booker, a negro, is in jail at Jacksonville, Fla., charged with the murder of his ten-year-old son. The coroner's verdict was to the effect (hat the boy was huvugrl to death by jiic fa that- REUNION OF ROUGH RIDERS. Governor Roosevelt Rrcdvri n Grout Re¬ ception at Lai VrjfiiB, N. M. Governor Roosevelt arrived at Las Vegas, Now Mexico,. Saturday after¬ noon, to attend the first annual re¬ union of the Society of Rough Riders. as"lio Tho popular colonel was greeted stepped off the rear car with tremend¬ ous eheeriug front 5,000 people massed arottnd the depot. The noted New Yorker was clad in his Bough Rider by uniform nnd was easily recognised lifted bod¬ tho crowd. He was altnost ily from his feet by the press of per¬ sons anxious to grasp his hand. Ho looked in excellent health and seemed to appreciate the hearty enthusiasm of the people who greeted hint. As iiite he walked down the depot sidewalk a of Rough Rider veterans saluted and joined in the general ovatiou. When Colonel Roosevelt enme op¬ posite the lino of Rough Riders he be¬ gan slinking bands with the troopers aud gnVe them a most cordial greeting. During tho reunion meeting Gov¬ ernor RboSetelt was elected an honor¬ ary president of the association for life. Colonel A. 0. Brodie, of Frfes- cott, was elected president, and Lieu¬ tenant Dame, of Cerrillos, secretary for the ensuing year; Captain W. H. H.' Llewellyn, Goodrich, first vice Second president; vice Lieutenant president. Tho governor was ordered to be brought before the meeting, was ap¬ prised of his election and responded iu an eloquent address. There was quite a spirited contest for the selec¬ tion of the place to hold the next an- i nal reunion between Oklahoma City nnd Colorado Springs, The former city had decidedly lSll. the best, of it, tho vote Standing SO to Memorial SertiCes was the first thing on the rough riders’ reunion program Sunday. They were held at 11 o’clock and a. m., at the Duncan opera house Rev. Thomas A. Uzzelle, pastor of the People’s tabernacle, of Denver, preach¬ ed the memorial sermon. TAMPA HAS EXCITEMENT. A N'l'tid Ftllthr tVli. Killed Hurlng a ttefiSriil Ftullt’ At Tampa, Fla., SaturdaV aflei-hooff M. j. Christopher, colhred, editor, of the Union Labor Record, was shot and killed. Several days ago Christopher pub¬ lished a scurrilous article about Po- Hceman W. W. Woodward, who bad some trouble in arresting a negro wo- man., Since the hiding "-publication, GhristtK pber had been hut, bttt Satttr- day lie aud Woodward met. A words ensued aud then came a general v fig bb Cliristopher was armed, and bad several armed negroes with'him. A number of white men were close by, and rnn in, while Woodward was beat- ing tho negro, and a shot wns fired, which resulted in the denth of tho negro. No one know's who fired the pistol. but it is snid that Policeman Woodward did not, After the fight several thousand tie- grOe* throUged the streets, nful many of them were armed. Thek ffiado threats, and a large posse of deter- mined white mfeu was placed on duty armed with rifles. The police main- force was doubled. Peace will be ' tained if possible. ' the Christopher was custodian of lar^e government warehouse at Tnmpa, and as such government officer it is claimed that tho affair the will be department reported to Washington aud asked to take a hand in the inyestiga- tion. CLEVELAND STRIKE ADJUSTED. Men Will Be Reinstated and Running: of Cars Resumed. An agreement between the big Con¬ solidated Street Railway Company of Cleveland, 0., niid its striking em¬ ployees wfts reached Saturday The agreement provides for the hearing of grievences and a resort to aliitration - in case the rnen aud the company cannot agree aud it also pro¬ vides for the reinstatement of practi¬ cally 80 per cent of the old men at once, tho remainder except those who have been guilty of violence, being placed on the waiting list. Condition of Spain's Rank. The Bank of Spain's report for the week endod June 24th shows the fol lowing changes: Gold in hand, crease 5,063,000 pesetas; silver iu hand, increase, 3,773,000 pesetas;notes in circulation, decrease, 1,120,000. Gold was quoted Saturday at 23.22. RIVER ROAT SINKS. Apalnehee Supposed to Have Struck a Snnff-Ono Person Drowned. The steamer Apalachee, one of the finest vessels plying the Chattahoochee and Chipola rivers, between Colum- bus, Ga , and Apalachicola, Fla., went to the bottom Saturday after- noon opposite Wewahitcbka, Fla., in twelve feet of water. Tho Apalaehee had on board a large list of passengers bouiid for different Florida resorts, Meager ; reports of the catastrophe stated that four persons were drowned, while in fact or.ly one person perished, It is supposed that the vessel aud struck was ont of her regular quurfce, hidden obstruction. RAGING RIO GRANDE. An om Town On the Texa. Rorder i. Completely Washed Away. A dispatch from Austin, Texas, says: The old town of Carrizo, county seat of Zapata county, about midway be- tween Laredo and Rio Grande City, on Yho Texas border, has been swept away by tho Rio Grande flood. The Rio Grande ia higher than has been known for forty years, »nd it continues to rise rapidly. OLD PLATFORM REAFFIRMED By Kentucky Democrats In State Convention Assembled at Louisville. HARDIN WITHDREW FROM GUBERNATORIAL RACE. A Week of Wrangling Over Nomination For Governor. State Administration Condemned. After a week of wrangling and ten ineffectual ballots, the Kentucky dem¬ ocratic state convention in session at Louisville took an adjournment Satur¬ day until Monday. It was a few min¬ utes before midnight when the motion to adjourn was declared carried, and every man in the cenveution hall was heartily glad that a day of compara¬ tive rest was in sight, The first feature of the day Saturday was General Hardin's sensational with¬ drawal from the race. At a highly interesting stage of tho morning’s pro¬ ceedings, when the tension was great, aild there was much talk of the proba¬ bility of the Hardin forces withdraw¬ ing because of the rulings of the chair and the adverse decision of the creden¬ tials committee, General Hardin sud¬ denly appeared, and in an impassioned speech declared that he would with¬ draw from the race. Harmony and the party’s good were, he declared, more to him than his per¬ sonal ambitions, and to prevent the trouble impending he would withdraw. Whether this w«s done iff good faith or not is open to conjectnre, but it was so taken until the Stone people saw that Goebel would surely be nom- mated Then they rnSUcd a lot of votes to Hardin and drew a lot of Her- dm men from Goebel, preventing the latter s nomination. - Nme other ballots were token after that, the dreary smg song of the rol n be7ll40 StO, *‘ 9765 Hnrdin ’ 3655 G ° e ' Stonehad led on most of the ballots, wffh the other two alternating in sec- ^wevei veryfittU dTfferenc^bCtween the real strec-th of the three men, a f ew votes being scattered about each time , in the hope of creating a diver- , .T-ho Platform Adapted The platform adopted by the vCntion for the presidential campaign of 1900 reads in part as follows: “The democrats of Kentucky in con- vention assembled, reaffirm, without the slightest qualification, declared the princi- dem- pies and policies in the ocratic nationnl platform adopted at Chicago in 189(1, “Out faith in bimetallism is vindi- cated by events. Tl^e the necessity for the restoration of finable standard was acknowledged by the president - nhd congress- in 1897 when a commission was Seht to Eu- rope to entreat other nations to aid hi establishing bimetallism, and the fail- ure of the commission to secure Euro- pean co-operation confirms the friends of free coinage iu their belief that re- Hef can only come by the Independent Action of the .United States. Tho pres- fent legal ratio bimetallism of 16 to 1 is the only Vatio at which can be re- stored and opposition to it is confined to those who oppose bimetallism at any ratio and those who misapprehend or ignore the rensons which led three national conventions to adopt it. “We denounce tho present republi- can national administration for its reckless extravagance in the conduct of public affairs; for its cruel and in- human neglect in its treatment of our soldiers and sailors during the Span- ish war; for its Complete subordina- tion to the interest of organized wealth; for its protection and encour- agement of trusts and combinations, aud especially for. its appointment and retention in office of an attorney gen- oral devoted to the interests of trusts and combinations. President Kruger lliijing Buns, A London special says: The govern- ment of the South African Republic, according to a disputch to ThifDaily Mail from Rome, is ordering large quantities of rifles from Italian firms for immediate shipment. FEVER SPREADS AT SANTIAGO. Thirty-Three Canon and Five Deatlin Make the Record So Far. Thirty-three cases of yellow fever with five deaths have been officially reported at Santiago sinee the begin- niug of the present outbreak. Ono of the deaths occured in the Fifth infan- try. The other four fatal cases were civilians. Captain Fabrions, a popular medical officer, died Sunday. For three days the Cubans the past week conducted a patriotic demonstra- tion, the festival of Han Juan, iu honor 0 f the victory won there by the Amer- i ca p troops over the Spaniards, TO STOP AT BOSTON FIRST. Admiral Dowot'I Flagship Will Touch At the Hub Soon. xhe Boston Herald says that Admiral Dewey will visit Boston and be enter- tained there before he goes to New York, this forecast being based on the reported statement of the United States consul general at Halifax that he had received word direct fromNV ash- ington that the Olympia will make Halifax its first American stopping j place, , * » “We call attention to the ir.compe- tcncy of the present republican ad ministration in Kentucky; to the abuses in scandals iu tho management of penitentiaries and nssylntns while under republican control, and wo .commend the wisdom of the last gen¬ eral assembly of Kentucky in the en¬ actment of laws which secure the wise aud economical administration of the penitentiaries and other public insti¬ tutions of the state under democratic control. “We believe the trust is the result, in a large measure,.of the policies adopted and pursued by tlio republican party, chief among which are the de¬ monetization, of silver by wbicli the volume of currency has been kept be¬ low the demands of business, and the enactment aud enforcement «f vicious, unwise and unpatriotic legislation, such as tho protective tariff laws known as the McKinley and Dingley bills, whereby there corporate'wealth is u djporiinina- and tion in favor of against individual entd£prise’.‘ “We favojr thedesttiiclion of the re¬ sult as well as tho removal of tho “^ ^ The re-eslablishmeet of in- bimetttllsm ut , 0 to 1 and ,,/a , f the protective, fariff laws w0( 0 moro to cripple nnd destroy b aulZtion aIul operation’ of the trusts than “ otber lawH . (<We j believfJ tb(J lau . in , Kentucky hould kn vn tho anti . tn]af , , aw B bo amended as to make unlawfi.l any 8 ment combiuatiou incffvjuals or-arrange- m by corporations £«“ syit or 1SS un- ft"™* thereby bo fixed. controlled' or regu- “‘f.'we inilo „ e tho . amendment to the ^ e , Bolion law passe d by the last t1e " in< ' ra,i< ' general assembly of Ken- tuoky over the veto ol a republican f°If"‘, ‘i 0r ' 77 ' ?ho irit^rnToAmr * and i honest elections. Its faithful ft ,l en on wiii render impossible the commission of sij£h frftnds anti rob- beriefc ns were perpetrated in this state ill 18D6 whereby the will of the people was overthrown <md the state lost to William J. Bryan, the “We indorse the provision of hill passed by the democratic general assembly of Kentucky discriminating to prevent and ex¬ tortionate, unfair, ruinous freight rates by transportation companies, which bill was vetoed by a republican governor; and we likewise indorse the provisions of the bill pass- ed by said general assembly to in sure competition in the sale of schoolbooks for the use Cf tlie children of this state, the purpose of which bill was to de¬ stroy tbs extortionate and oppressive prices now maintained by the school book trust iu this state- and we pledge the democracy to such -e\isiou or amendment as time or necessity may show is I,eneficiul to the school child- ren of this state. “Wo hereby express our continued confidence in William .f. Bryan and favor his nomination for the presidency of tho United States by the democratic national’convention of 1900. “We recommend to the democracy of Kentucky J. C. S. Blackburn as the successor of William Liniftay in the United States senate, “Wo indorse the war carried tosuc- cess for the freedom of the enslaved Cubans; and we appreciate and honor the courage and heroism of our sol- diers and sailors therein engaged, But we declaro the conduct of the present national administration ns io tho Philippines to bo repugnant to every line of the bill of rights, the constitution aud the declaration of in- dependence.” Havana’s Customs Receipts. Acting Secretary of War Meiklejohn announced Saturday tho customs re¬ ceipts at Havana for tho week ending June 17th, exceed those of any pre¬ vious week for 1899 by $9,600. RECRUITING STILL GOES ON. The Army I. Now Up to Renal Maximum of 65.000 Men. Recruiting officials at the war de¬ partment say the work is progressing with pleasing rapidity. Recruits have been received at the rate of 1,000 per week for the past three weeks and there are now at San Francisco about 5,000 recruits awaiting transportation to the Philippines. practically recruit¬ The army is now ed up to its legal maximum of 65,000 men, but it is understood that.the re¬ cruiting at the present rate will be kept up for some time, or at least till tho department receives further ad¬ vices from General Otis. - • BIG CHEMICAL COMPANY. Corporation At Barberton, O., Hus a Capi¬ tal Stock of *45,000,000. There is a big corporation back of the enterprise to establish a soda ash factory at Barberton, Ohio. The two leading spirits in the corporation. which is to be known as the Columbia L’ witn a capital of $4o,000.000, aie• H.. q E F i c k . of tbe of tbe Pittsburg P.lato Glftss Go