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CARNESVILL H ADVANCE VOLUME I. THE NEWS IS SUPPRESSED Press Correspondents Stationed In Hanila Formulate a “Round Robin.’’ ENTER A PROTEST AGAINST RIGID CENSORSHIP. Newspaper Men Say That General Otis Is Misrepre¬ senting True State of Affairs In Philippines. Advices from Manila via Hong Kong state that the constantly increasing strictness of the censorship of pross dispatches from Mauila, which has prevented the cabling to the United States of anything that did not reflect 1 tie official views on important events ntid conditions resulted in a united effort on the part of the correspond¬ ents there to secure an abatement of the rigor of the censorship. The initiative in this direction was taken a month ago and resulted in the framing of a statement which was pre¬ sented on Sunday, July 9, to Major General Otis, commanding the mili¬ tary forces of the United States in the Philippine Islands, with a request for permission to telegraph it to the United States. The correspondents also asked that they be allowed, to cable to their respective papers all fa<jLs and tho different phases of events as they transpired in the Philippines. The correspondents had two long interviews with General Otis, in the course of which they complained that the evident purpose of the censorship was not to keep information from fhe enemy, bnt to keep from the public a knowledge of the real condition of affairs. It was also asserted by cor¬ respondents that newspapers print¬ ed in Manila, which reach the enemy quickly are permitted to publish state¬ ments similar to those which corres¬ pondents are forbidden to cable. It was made clear to General Otis thnt the objections v/as to the system and not to the censor. General Otis finally promised only a all greater liberality, agreeing to pass matter that he might consider not detrimental to the interests of the United States. General Otis appoint¬ ed Captain Green, of his staff, censor. The statement of the correspond¬ ents is as follows: “The undersigned, being all staff correspondents of American newspa¬ pers, stationed in Manila, unite in the following statement: “ ‘We believe that, owing to official dispatches from Manila made public in Washington, the people of the United States have not received a correct im¬ pression of the situation in the Phil¬ ippines, but that these dispatches have presented an ultra optimistic view that is not shared by the general officers in the field. U < Wo believe that the dispatches in¬ correctly represent the existing condi¬ tions among the Philippines in respect ALlEfiED COLORED REVOLT. Uprising Against the Adminis¬ tration Reported as Being Organized at Boston. The Boston (Mass.) Post published the following in its Sunday issue: “An uprising of the colored race against the administration at Wash¬ ington is being organized in Boston. This is the seat of the movement that is proposed wherever the colored peo¬ ple are populous. “The instigators assart that it will mean the downfall of McKinley, im¬ perialism and the Republican party. “The object of this organization is revolt nt the ballot box. But there are those among its supporters who would willingly take part in an armed uprising, and who, were it possible, would offer their strength to aid the Filipinos in their struggle for inde¬ pendence.” The Post says the negroes have had conferences with Edward Atkinson relative to the organization of a col¬ ored auxiliary of the Anti-Imperialist League. “GALLUS” SAVED ROCKEL. Ex-Soldier Attempts the Murder of a Ban k Runner, At New Orleans, Monday, Charles E. Rockel, runner for the Metrepoli- -tan hank, had just entered the bank to bogin his duties, when Englehart Biber, a discharged soldier, slipped up behind him and taking deliberate aim, fired. The bullet struck the juncture of Rockel’s suspenders and carried it into his back. When the suspender was pulled from the wound the bullet came out with it. Biber says that when he went to the war that he gave his deposit book for $805 to Rockel and the latter drew out tho money and refused to return it APPEAL TO PRESIDENT. Iron Holders Want Alleged IHscrlmina-, tion Investigated. At the session of the Iron Moulders’ Union of North America at Indianapo¬ lis Monday a resolution was adopted calling on President McKinley to in¬ vestigate in the war department as to the reported discrimination against organized labor in the machine shops of the Rock Island arsenal. The convention placed itself on record by declaring in favor of government ownership of all public franchises. to dissension and demoralization re¬ sulting from the American campaign and to the brigand character of their army. “Wo believe that the dispatches err in the declaration that the situation is ‘well in hand,’ and the assumption thnt the insurrection can be speedily ended without a greatly increased force. “We think the tenacity of the Fili¬ pino purpose has been underestimat¬ ed and that the statements are un¬ founded that volunteers are willing to engage in further service. “The censorship has compelled us to participate in this misrepresenta¬ tion by excising or altering uncontro¬ verted statement of fact, on the plea, as General Otis stated, that ‘they would alarm the people at home,’ or ‘have the people of the United States by the ears.’ “Specifications: Prohibition of re¬ ports; suppression of full reports of field operations in the event of failure; numbers of heat prostrations in the field; systematic minimization of naval operations and suppression of complete reports of the situation. (Signed) “John T. McCutcheon, Harry Arm¬ strong, Chicago Becord. “Ed S. McKean, Scripps-McBae Association. “Oscar Davis, P. G. McDonnell, New York Sun. “John F. Bass, Will Dinwiddie,New York Herald. “Robert M. Collins, John P. Dunn¬ ing, L. Jones, the Associated Press. “Richard Little, Chicago Tribune.” Department Officials Surprised. A Washington special says: The publication of tho war correspondents* formal indictment of General Otis’s management of , the ,, T,, Philippine ... . cam- paign caused a sensation in the de- partments at the national capitol. Sec- retary Hay had received advices as late as Monday which led him to de- clare that the situation was certainly improved materially and that the pros- pects for the future had brightened very much. With these advices, the secretary said General had noth- ing to do, and they were from disin- tected persons, whose opinions must carry ‘ weight Generally there was strong disincli- nation exhibited by the officials to discuss this last “round robin.” Gen- eral Miles, who was acting as secretary of war in the absence of Secretary Alger, and assistant Meiklejohn would not comment upon the dispatch and Adjutant Corbin took the same atti¬ tude. SEURO’S COHHESUAKLE REED. Arre.ls » White Man Who- Assaulted a Young Lady. A Swede by the name of Brown as¬ saulted the 16-year-old daughter of D. S. Russell Monday morning at An¬ drews, N. C., a town sixteen miles from Murphy. He went to Mr. Rus¬ sell’s home and asked for some milk. His young daughter got it for him, when the brute assaulted her. Her mother, who was out in the yard,heard her screams and ran to her assistance. She got a shotgun, intending to shoot the fellow, but was afraid to do so, as she feared she would shoot her daugh¬ ter. She then went out in yard and fired the gun. A negro, working near by, ran to her assistance. By this time the brute fled, but was pursued by the negro, who, with a gun, overtook Brown and brought him back. He had a prelim¬ inary trial at once before Squire Por¬ ter and committed to the Murphy jail. Miles Calls on McKinley. Major General Miles called on the president for about 15 minutes Monday afternoon. The visit, it was stated, was occasioned by General Miles’ po¬ sition as acting secretary of war. The matters under discussion related mere¬ ly to routine business. EIGHT-HOUR LAW “X. U.” Colorado Supreme Court Declares Meas¬ ure Unconstitutional. The Colorado supreme court has de¬ cided that the eight-hour law' is uncon¬ stitutional. The eight-hour law which was en¬ acted at the late session of the legisla¬ ture applied only to mines, smelters and mills for the reduction of ores. The refusal of the American Smelt¬ ing and Refining company to pay tho same wages for eight hours as had been paid for ten and twelve hours caused its smelters to be closed on June 15th, When the new law became operative. CHARGES AGAINST BREWER. Senator Galiinger of New Hampshire, Wants Commissioner Removed. As a sequel to the sensational scenes which accompanied the hearing before Civil Service Commissioner Brewer last week in New Hampshire, when Senator Galiinger, of that state, was charged with having violated the civil service law in soliciting campaign sub¬ scriptions from federal office holders. Senator Chandler, it is understood,has lodged a formal complaint with the president against Mr. Brewer. CARNESV1LLE. GA., FRIDAY. JULY -21. 1890. BRYAN MAKES EXPLANATION As to How He Stands In Regard to the Philippines Question. The following telegram from Hon. W. J. Bryan explaining liis views on the Philippine question was sent to the Atlanta Constitution and publish¬ ed in Sunday’s issue of that paper: Humphrey, Ned., July 15. —Editor Constitution: My views upon the Philippine question hnve been made publio over and over again. The treaty independence should have provided for the of the Philippine islands, as it did for the independence of Cnba, but I thought it better to ratify the treaty and declare the na¬ tion’s policy by resolution than reject the treaty. I favored the Bacon resolution, which promised the Filipinos inde¬ pendence as soon as a stable govern¬ ment could be established. I believe, further, that our nation should pro¬ tect the Filipino republic from outside interference while it works out its own destination; in other words, I believe we should treat the Filipinos as we have promised to treat the Cubans, , and as we have treated the people of Mexico and the people of South and Central America. Monarchies are founded upon force, but republics are founded upon consent. The declaration of independence as¬ serts that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. If the declaration is sound, we cannot rightfully acquire title alien by conquest or by purchase from an monarch, whose title we disputed when we furnished arms to the Filipinos. If the administration had given to the Filipinos the assurance of inde¬ pendence which was given to the Cu¬ bans there would have been no blood¬ shed. If that assurance is given now hostilities will cease. No one proposes to withdraw the soldiers until a stable government is established, but it will be easy to establish a stable govern¬ ment when it is known that our occu¬ pation of the Philippine islands iB only temporary. “Forcible annexation would bo criminal and contrary to our code of morality.” W. J. Buy an. TROLLEY LINES TIED UP. Motormen and ^Conductors Inaugurate Big Strike In Brooklyn, N. Y. An ° th * r tr ° 1Ie / str ’ k e 18 on ™ Lrook , ’ , .?■ Y S ° ^ it . has not been as ’ ® ffectlve as the strike of i805. but ther8 18 n ,° teih “« how long or far- reaching . it may become. For some " eeks P a8t th 0 amployes of the several Lnes controlled by the Brooklyn Rapid ? ran8lt that company tko management have been did -compiam- not live ln S U P to the ten-hour law. The men de¬ “ and , * roT18 ? on of tke U ™ e al,le8 a ‘ wio different barns, and also claim that sh °! lld he paid 20 cents an hour for overtime, which is equivalent to $2 a da /.- th ? P rl ™ ’ vklch tbe y s et for a working day of ten hours. General Master Workman Parsons and District Master Workman Pines had charge of the men’s affairs and a strike was called at half-past 4 o’clock Sunday morning. At this hour most of the motormen and conductors on the Brooklyn Traction Company’s lines had completed their night trips, and the leaders decided that this was the most opportune moment to begin what was expected to be a subborn fight with the traction company. NEGROES AGAINST NEGROES. Colored Miners In Alabama Engage In Desperate One-Sided Battle. A special to The Birmingham Ago- Herald from Ishkooda, Ala., says: Two negroes were killed outright and another fatally shot in a terrific one-sided battle which took place Fri¬ day night at Ishkooda, between the striking miners and the negroes who have been imported to take their places. From all indications the killing was the result of a deep-laid plot. For four weeks the miners, composed m the main of blacks and belonging to the Knights of Labor, have been on a strike. During the past week negroes have been imported from Georgia and other- southern states to take their places engendering bad feeling and re¬ sulting in the open conflict. All was quiet Sunday at the scene of the tragedy and Coroner Dallas com¬ menced an investigation into the kill¬ ing. The dead negro is Richard Cobb and he eauie from Atlanta. BLAZE IN BAINBRIDGE. Twenty-Seven Buildings Consumed Before Fire Was Checked. Twenty-seven houses were reduced to ashes at Bainbridge, Ga., at a lato hour Sunday Dight. Fire was dis¬ covered in the rear end of the large general mercantile establishment of Bacher Bros., corner of Broad and Water streets, and soon afterwards the whole building was wrapped in flames. The brick buildings of M.W.Subers and Mrs. E. Born—one occupied by W. H. Morrow', as a saloon, and the other by Dr. T. R. Wardell as a drug store—were destroyed, not even a wall being left standing. COTTON MILL FOR MONTEZUMA. A Movement Is on Foot to Establish Fac¬ tory Costing $100,000. The Montezuma, Ga., cotton mill committee, consisting of Messrs. J. \V. Haygood, W. M. Lewis, J. W. McKenzie, G. Lippman and Hod.J.J. Easterling, is visiting the various mills of middle and north Georgia. If these mills are found to he in a pros- perous condition Montezuma will Le- gin at once to raise sufficient money to build a faotory to cost $100,000. FIVE Mil KliLED IH FIERCE PITCHED BATTLE ENGAG¬ ED IN’ BY KENTUCKIANS. TROUBLE ORIGINATED YEARS AGO. Fight Wrr lietwoon Vhilpots nttil GrlMits Who Wore Knoinics of Long; Stand¬ ing Only One Escaped Injury. A special to tho Louisville Courier- Journal from London, Kv., tells of a report reaching there of the outbreak of another feud in Clay county by which five mou lost their lives Mou- day. The dead aro said to be Robert Philphot, Ed Fisher, Aaron Morris, Jim Griffin and Hugh Griffin. These fatalities resulted from a pitched battle fought near Little Goose Creek, three miles from Man¬ chester. The fetid dates back nearly two years. On Christmas, 1897, James Philpot was killed by Aaron Morris, but before he died he shot and killed The William Morrises Bundy, a friend of Morris. and Griffins were closely affiliated. Since then the feeling be¬ tween the two factions has been very bitter and it has been aroused recently by the White-Baker hostilities. The Philpots, who are the strongest fac¬ tion in the mountain, numbering about 750 voters, openly espoused the cause of the Bakers, while tho Grif¬ fins took sides with The story that comes from Manches¬ ter is to the effect that Bob Philpot was arrested Monday morning by Deputy Sheriff Wash Thacker. While very circumstantial in other respects, the report does not show clearly the origin of the trouble nor give the reason for Philpot’s arrest. It is said that while Thacker was taking Philpot’s bond the latter was shot from behind by one of the crowd that had gathered. This precipitated a general fight with winchesters and revolvers, which was participated in by George, Grantville, Robert, and Peter Philpot and Ed Fisher on one side, and Aaron ‘tforris, Hugh, Jim and Green Griffin Jtf the other. The battle began at about 9 o’clock and raged fiercely for ten or fifteen minutes. When it was over -it was had found been that killed thvfc&« men mentioned belligerents outright, three of the while Pete Philpot were seriously wounded, was the only one on either side to escape injury. Gran¬ ville Philpot is said to bo one of the most seriously wounded. He is a un¬ ion veteran, having lost a leg at Stone river. He is an ex-member of tho Kentucky legislature and is said to have killed three or four men. Ed Fisher, who is reported dead, was an¬ other man with several nicks in his cane. He was but twenty-three years old, but was said to have killed three men. The story of the battle caused con¬ sternation in Louisville, notwith¬ standing the fact that serious trouble has been expected to break out among the mountaineers of Clay county ever since the assassination of Tom Baker several weeks ago. An effort was at once begun to secure deputies to go to the seat of the trouble and attempt to restore quiet. The situation at Manchester is de¬ plorable. The place is in a state of terror, scarcely any one daring to venture out of doors. Business is sus¬ pended and the residents are momen¬ tarily expecting a renewal of hostili¬ ties. CHICAGO POLITICALLY STIRRED. Windy City Has Three Decided .Sensations All In One Day. Three political developments stirred the democrats in Chicago Monday. One was the refusal of Mayor Harrison, on account of its “obscure origin,” to at¬ tend and delivor an address of welcome at the Auditorium free silver meeting. The second was a verbal notice that the democratic national committee will bo asked to repudiate the Croker-Hill- Murphy machine in New York and re¬ organize the silver men. The third was the statement that an effort would be made to have a rule adopted that no man who bolted the Chicago platform and ticket in 1896 shall be eligible to sit in the national convention of 1900 as a delegate. OTIS NEEDS MORE HORSES. Secretary Alger Will Buy S.fiOO Cavalry Steeds in Southern States. A dispatch has been received at Washington from General Otis re¬ questing that there be sent to the Philippines 2,500 horses in order that a brigade of cavalry may be organized for use at the end of the rainy season. General Otis has tried the horses of Manila and nearby countries, but none of them seem to be available for caval¬ ry. It is the intention of Secretary Alger to have the mounts carefully se¬ lected, and be thinks that aunmals the southern states, not too but tough and wiry, will be the best. INDIANS WILL DANCE. Government Is Unable to Stop Primitive Practice of Red Men. Advices from Guthrie, O. T., state that the Indians of the territory are largely engaged in dancing, in spite of the efforts of the government to pre- vent the practice. At Greyhouse tho Hill band of Osages has been hold- ing a smoke dance for & week in bon- of tneirguests. Dii I’awhuska band, and during thjpt time w.sm -presented them with nearly $5,000 in presents. ' SOUTHERN MEN By President McKinley In Places In the Army. SOUTH GIVEN LIBERAL QUOTA States of Georgia, Alabama Tennessee Are Conspicu¬ ously In Line. The president Thursday made the following appointments in t-he volun¬ teers! To be lieutentant W. Leonard, colouel Twelfth York Volunteers. To be major—Francis Ward, tenant colonel Two Hundred and Sec¬ ond New York volunteers. To be captains: William B. Gracic, captain Randall) Twelfth New Two York; Walter F. captain Hundred and Second New York volunteers) James M. Liddell,formerly major Fifth United States volunteer infantry; Sttmttel A. Price, formerly mnjor Sixth Pennsyl¬ vania volunteer infantry; Granville Sevier, formerly captain Second Ten¬ nessee volunteers; DevereauxShields, formerly lieutenant colonel Second Mississippi volunteer iufautry. To be first lieutenants—Solomon Avery, Jr., major Second Georgia vol¬ unteers; Philip S. Goldermnn, second lieutenant Two Hundred and Third New York; James G. Hannah, first lieutenant Two Hundred and Third New York; John J. Kennedy, Sixty- ninth New York; Theodore S. Pulver, captain Two Hundred and Ninth New York; Theo B. Taylor, first lieutenant Twelfth New York; Oscar D. Weed, captain Ninth New York; Wilson G. Hea*on, formerly captain Fiftieth Iowa; James II. Blount., Jr., former¬ ly first lieutenant Third United States volunteer infantry; Will- liam P. Clark, formerly lieuten¬ ant Third Georgia volunteers; Willis O. Davis, formerly captain First Geor¬ gia volunteers; Wilson G. Heaton, formerly KimSrougb, captain Fiftieth Iowa; Jas. M. Jr., formerly captain Third 'Georgia volunteers; Janies Longstteet, Jr., formerly first lieuten¬ ant United States volunteer infantry; George D. Rico, formerly chaplain Sixth Massachusetts. To-be second lieutenants—John W. C. Abbott, Michigan; Garrison Ball, lieutenant Twenty-first New York; J. Bryan, captain Ninth Now Holt A. Bradford, corporal com¬ pany H, Sixth Illinois volunteers; Ed¬ win S. Broussard, captain company T, Second United States volunteer infan¬ try; Timothy L. CoughlaD, second lieutenant Two Hundred and First New Y’ork; Ursil A. Ferguson, cap¬ tain First New York; Ililden Olin, second lieutenant Seventy-first New York; John T. Ryan, New York; Lee D. Fisher, formerly private Seventy- first New York volunteers, assistant engineer United States navy during Spanish war; Robert H. Stillman, for¬ merly Astor battery; William S. Wells, Jr., formerly captain company F, Third Alabama; Frederick Hadra, captain and assistant surgeon; William Bowen, captain and assistant surgeon; Richard S. Griswold, first lieutenant and assistant surgeon; George P. Reed, first lieutenant and assistant surgeon. Officers recently appointed to the volunteer army have been ordered to join their regiments at tne various sta¬ tions. ONE KILLED; OTHER CAPTURED Sheriff's Posse Come Upon Men Who As¬ saulted Judge Singletary. Thursday afternoon Sheriff Martin and a posse killed one of the men who assaulted Judge Singletary, in Schley county, and wounded and captured the other one. The wounded man was shot in the right side, front and back, but he may r recover. His name is Harry Burke, from Houston, and lie is about twenty years old. The dead man was named Frank Ar- senell and is from Alabama. Burke confesses the Singletary robbery and part of the stolen silver was found on his person. EX-SENATOR PUGH PROTESTS. Gives Senator Morgan Credit For Sinceri¬ ty, But Condemns Interview. Former Senator Pugh, of Alabama, is one of the many democrats who takes issue with his former colleague, Senator Morgan, on the subject of the nomination of Mr. Bryan. He gives his views in an interview published at Washington in tho course of which he says: “I do not question the sincerity or honesty of Senator Morgan’s convic¬ tions, but I feel constrained by my sense of duty to the democratic party and the country to enter my earnest protest against and condemnation of Morgan’s interview.” WANT METAL FROM MAINE. Americans In Mexico Ask For Material To Make Historic Bell, A Washington dispatch says: The secretary of the navy has received a request from an American citizen who j H building a chapel in Mexico for 100 pounds of metal from the battleship Maine with which to cast a bell for tho chapel. reifuest The will be granted if found to be expedient. AFFAIRS IN SAMOA Fully Explained By German sul General Rose Now In Washington. Consul General Bose, the German official who has been one of tho foro- most figures in the recent events in Samoa, and who is now in Washing¬ ton, has given to tho Associated Press an interesting outline of the conditions Up to the time he left Samoa. "Prior to tho arrival of the Samoan commission, 14 said he, “an nrmistico lind been arranged with the native forces. Tho commissioners first turn¬ ed their attentkn to disarming tho native forces. The commission then gave a hearing on board the Badger to each of the claimants for the king- ship, Mntnafa being heard one day and Tnnu another. They were addressed, not as kings, but simply as ‘Sirs.’ As senior member of the body, the Amer¬ ican commissioner, Mr. Tripp, asked some very direct questions of Matanfa and Tauu. He wanted to know if they were ready to give their support to the committee, even if it determined to deny the right of one or the other of them or decided to abolish the king- ship entirely. Serious as were those questions to tho two claimants to the throne, they promised to support the commission in whatever action was taken, "Some days later tho Badger wont along the coast to Malic, where Mataa- fa’s headquarters were located. The native chiefs came alongside and for¬ mal surrender of the guns was made to the commission. “Mntnafa and chiefs came aboard the ship and were entertained at din¬ ner. The Tnnu party followed with tho surrender of their arms a few hours later, for while the decision of the commissioners had upheld Tanu, yet it was felt to be in the interest of all concerned that tho native kingship should ho brought to nu end and that an administration by white men, at least over those localities where whito interests are greatest, should ho brought about. Tnnu yielded to this decision, but for a time there was some prospect of trouble as the royal flags were kept flying over the Tanu headquarters, despite the fact he had surrendered the kingship. This was a source of irritation to the Mntnafa people, who considered it contrary to the understanding arrived at. "Since arriving in this couuitry, I understand that this source of difficulty has been removed, and that the Tanu flag ia withdrawn and the Tanu forces dispersed. The Mntnafa people hnve gone back to the interior. With natives disarmed and both factors back to their homes, there is every reason to believe that no further trou¬ ble will arise, and that the commis¬ will be free to work out a satis¬ plan for the future government “In determining upon the abolition of the kingship the commission ex¬ amined the question with great care. The opinion of all of the leading bus¬ iness interests in Samoa was secured, and this was almost uanimous in favor of abolishing the kingship. Tho man¬ ager of the German company, which is the most extensive business coucern on the islands, strongly approves tho plan of haring white administration..’’ CONDENSED TELEGRAMS. The war department has chartered the steamer Siam to carry 300 cavalry horses to Mauila. Tho comptroller of the currency has declared a 10 per cent dividend in fa¬ vor of the creditors of the insolvent national bank of Jefferson, Tex. The London Daily Graphic pub¬ lishes a rumor that a battalion of tho SeotB and a battalion of the Grena¬ diers have been ordered to the Cape. The street car strike caused consid¬ erable disorder in Brooklyn, N. Y., Monday, the striking employes be¬ coming even more determined to fight the matter out. The Peerless mill at Mount Vernon, Ind,, was destroyed by fire Monday, together with the warehouse, elevator and office building. The loss is $100,- 000, fully insured. The cruiser Chicago was taken out of dock at Cape Town, South Africa, Monday, in readiness to cross tho south Atlantic to Rio. At Paris Monday evening M. Malet Provost entertained the members of tho Venezuelan treaty tribunal at din¬ ner. A Washington dispatch says: Jud- son Lyons, register of the treasury; ex-Representative Cheatham, recorder of deeds, and John P. Green, United States stamp agent, three of the lead¬ ing colored men of the administration, had a consultation with the president Monday regarding matters of import¬ ance to their race. During the course of the consulta¬ tion the effort of certain colored men to array the colored race against the administration on account of the Phil¬ ippine policy was mentioned and Ly¬ ons assured the president that, in his opinion, it wonld amount to little. THREE WERE DROWNED. Two Men and a Young Woman Uose Their hives In Ohio River. At Cincinnati Sunday Frank Ray, with his sweetheart, Catharine Wim- sey, and Clifford und James Shannon, started on an excursion up the Ohio river in a naphtha launch, The launch had a small, flat bottom, known as a “John boat,” in tow T . Frank Ray playfully jumped into this Ibis boat and all the others, against his protest, followed. The boat filled and sank and Ray alone w rescued. NUMBER !J6. CLAIMS FILED FOR BOUNTY Admiral Dewey’s Attorney Makes Demand For Prize Money. FOUR THOUSAND SIMILAR CASES Courts Will Decide Remuneration For Destruction of Various Spanish Warships. Admiral George Dewey has filed in the court of claims at Washington, through his attorney, his claim for naval bounty growing out of the battle of Manila bay, May 1, 1898. This is the first of this class of claims filed in this court, and it is anticipated that there will be between fonr and live thousand of them alto¬ gether. Many of these claims were originally filed before the navy de¬ partment, under the provisions of section 4685 of the Revised Statutes, for sinking or otherwise destroying vessels belonging to Spain, on various dates during the period from April 21st,'when active naval operations against the country were entered upon, until the suspension of hostilities upon the signing of the protocol, August 12, 1898. These claims iuvolvo controverted questions of fact and law, the decision of which will affect a number of cases and willl furnish a precedent for tho future action of tho navy department, in the adjustment of this class of cases. The secretary of the navy, after consultation with the attorney general, and with his approval has re¬ ferred to the court of claims a number of these claims, in order that the mat¬ ters involved may receive judicial con¬ sideration. The claims referred to the court of claims arc the following: United Htatcs Flagship New York— Spanish fleet, Santiago, Cuba, July 3, 1898. United States Steamship Concord— Minila bay, May 1, 1898. United States Steamship Manning—• Spanish licet, Santiago, Cuba, July 3, 1898. United Sta'es Torpedo Beat Erics¬ son—Surrender Spanish fleer, Santia¬ go, Cuba, July 3, 1898. United States Steamship Yale—Sur¬ render Santiago, Cnbip July 16, 1898. United States Battleship Massachu¬ setts-Prize money and bounty for sinking Reina Mercedes, harbor San¬ tiago, evening July 4, 1898. United States Steamship McCulloch —Manila 1898. United States Battleship Texas— Almirante Oquendo, Infanta Maria Teresa, Viscaya, Cristobal Colon, Pluton, Furor, Reina Mercedes, July 3d and 4tb, 1898. United States Battleship Texas—Ves¬ sels taken by terms of capitulation of Santiago and eastern province of Cuba. United States Steamship Hist— Bounty for sinking of Estrella, dis¬ abling gunboat Cuba ' E«penda and torpedo boat Delgate; sinking or sh'"!) with soldiers, burning armed vessel, all in engagement against superior force, harbor Manzanillo, Cuba, July 30, 1898. The secretary of the navy is given authority to refer these claims to the court of claims for decision under pro¬ vision of section 2, of the act of March 3, 1883, entitled: “An net to afford as¬ sistance and relief to congress and the executive departments in the investi¬ gation of claims and demands against the government. The purpose of the reference of the claims is to get a judi¬ cial determination by the court of the rights of all parties interested. BROWN HAS JUDGMENT. American Want. United States To Collect a Claim Against Transvaal- United States Consul Smith, of Vic¬ toria, B. C., is said to have forwarded to the American government a memo¬ rial from R. E. L. Brown, an Ameri¬ can mining engineer, requesting the government's intervention to secure Brown’s claim against the Transvaal government for damages rising out of the well-known Witfonteiu case, ia which Brown secured a judgment for $1,812,000. SOLDIERS ARE APPRECIATIVE. Ohio Regiment Will Present Miss Helen Gould With Testimonial. A dispatch from Toledo, O., says: During the war with Spain, Miss Hel¬ en Gould, of New York, furnished a number of cots for the soldiers in Cu¬ ba, part of which were received by the Sixth Ohio regiment of this city. The boys fully appreciated the gift decided of Miss Gould and they at once to show their regard for her. The corporals of each of funds company com¬ the menced tho raising among men, and with the money a magnificent medal is to be bought and presi nted to Miss Gould. The design for the medal is a miniature canteen. ’ MAY INVADE SOUTH. Cotton Mill Men* of New Hampshire May Build In This Section. A dipatch from Manchester N. H., says: At a meeting of the directors of* the Stark cotton mill, to be held so— it will be decided whether or no' plementary mills will be ereett south. je The agent and treasurer h e of turned from a tour of i * the that section and stab- present at that time fo the '«