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WHEELER WILL
JOIN GEN. OTIS
McKinley Orders “Fighting Joe „
To the Philippines.
NEW REGIMENTS TO BE FORMED
Colonels and flajors For the New
Volunteer Service Are
Appointed.
A special from "Washington says:
Brigadier General Wheeler was Thurs
lav°ordered to report to General Otis
at Manila for service in the Philippine
islands, the order for the enlistment
of volunteers for service in the archi
pelago was pubfished and seven more
colonels to command the regiments
were appointed. colonela
There are yet two to be
designated. Eight majors also were
named.
The recruiting will not begin until
some time next week; the exact date
not having been fixed yet. Recruiting
stations will be opened in every state
and territory, and as fast as the men
are enlisted they will be sent to the
regiments to be assigned to companies.
State lines are obliterated, and. the
men first enlisting will be first to be
mustered in.
The assignment to companies will
be by the officer commanding, and he
will be at liberty to organize a com
pany composed of men from one state,
if Ire finds it convenient and practica
ble. The organization of the ten reg
iments in this country will hot make
any difference to the organization of
the regiments in the Philippines by
General Otis. His regiments will be
in addition to those hereafter to be
known as the Twenty-sixth and Thirty
fifth inclusive, and will be numbered
thirty-sixth upward. It is expected
that three regiments will be organized
in the Philippines. The regiments or
ganized in the United States and the
Philippines will increase the army by
650 officers and 17,GG7 men, if there
should be three full regiments formed
by General Otis.
The colonels appointed Thursday
are under orders to proceed at once
with the organization of the regiments.
Some of the officers are now in the
city, and have been consulting the dif
ferent bureau officers with regard to
equipment and supply for the men as
they join the regiments. enlistment is
The order for the as
follows:
The regiments will be organized ac
cording to the provisions of the act of
March 2d, 1899, and will consist of
fifty officers and 1,309 enlisted men
each. The secretary of war gives the
following instructions to govern the
re U
“The enlistment of men for the ten
regiments of infantry, United States
volunteers, will be made by the regu
lar recruiting officers at all the re
cruiting stations and military posts
within the United State,.”
The recruiting station for the Twen
ty-ninth regiment, for the states of
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama, Mississippi and Louisiana, will
be at FortMcPherson,Ga.,and will be
under command of Captain Edwin E.
Hardin, colonel of the Second New
York volunteers in the war. with Spain.
A delegation of southerners, includ
ing Representatives Clayton, Bank
head and Griggs, saw the president
with reference to the selection of offi
cers for the new volunteer regiments.
As a result it was stated that the pres
ident promised the following appoint
ments :
R. E. L. Spence, of Georgia, to be a
major.
Frank F. Crenshaw, of Georgia, to
be captain.
S. G. Orr, of Georgia, to be assis
tant quartermaster.
Marion Mabsou, of Alabama, to be
second lieutenant.
B. M. Harris, of Georgia, to be sec
ond lieutenaut.
Stove Men Advance Prices.
A special from Chicago says: The
western ■stove manufacturers met
Thursday and advanced prices 5 per
cent.
FOR GOVERNOR OF OHIO.
Edltor NcI.ean Will Accept Nomination
of Association of Democratic Clubs.
A special from Columbus, O., says:
An interesting feature of Friday’s con
veution of the Ohio Association of
Democratic Clubs was the announce
ment that John R. McLean would ac
cept the nomination for governor,
which is believed to signify the formal
beginning of his candidacy.
ment:
( 4 If the democrats of Ohio give me
the nomination and my friends ask me
to take it, I will accept.”
BISHOP NEWMAN DEAD.
^Prominent Methodist Minister Expired
At His Home In Saratoga.
Bishop John T. Newman of the
Methodist Episcopal church died at
his home in Saratoga shortly after
noon Wednesday. His physician end an
nounced early in the day that the
had arrived.
The wonderful vitality exhibited by
the bishop, who had been in a serious
condition since early Sunday morning,
astonished friends and physicians.
GEORGIA VS. CONSOLIDATED.
Governor Candler Orders Suit
Against Atlanta Street
Railways.
Governor Candler of Georgia issued
| an order to Attorney General Terrell
| Thursday morning directing him to
bring suit in the name of the state
j against the Atlanta Consolidated Street
j | Railway Company, the Atlanta c^ Railway
“v.^STd” Georgia for alleged ; S, violation A n K ;°;
un of the
constitution of the state, in defeating
or attempting to lessen competition.
The action of Governor Candler was
taken in the interest of a..number of
citizens of Atlanta residing along
Richardson street, who filed a peti
tion with the chief executive complain
ing against the proposed action of the
above named companies in what is
bought to be an attempt to injure the
Riebarclson F
street . The sig uers of the
petition claim to represent property
to the value of $100,000 along Rich
ardson street which, it is alleged,
would be moreor less affected by the
change of the service along that
thoroughfare.
The petition to Governor Candler
was granted by him yesterday morn
ing on the same ground that the pe
tition of the citizens of Eatonton, Ga.,
against the Central road was allowed,
for the reason that should such a suit
be brought by individuals they would
be demurrered out of court. It was
considered just that the complaint of
the applicants bef given a hearing,
and since this could only be accom
plished by the state of Georgia becom
ing a party, it was so ordered by the
chief executive.
Judge Candler has issued the neces
sary.restraining order, temporarily en
joining transfer of any more 6toek
from the Trust Company of Georgia to
either of the other companies named,
or from the Atlanta Railway Com
pany to the Trust Company of
Georgia. .
His order further enjoins the opera
tions of the lines under the amended
charter of the Consolidated Street
Railway Company, or as a combina
tion.
The case was set by Judge Candler
for July 15th unless a speedier hear
ing is desired by the Atlanta Railway
and Power Company and others, in
which case three days’ notice must be
given by them.
Joel Hurt, of Atlanta, in speaking
of the matter, says:
“1 am not surprised that the bill
has been filed. I have been expect
ing it for several days.
“I have no fear regarding the out
come. It is just au ..effort to protect
the electric light monopoly which now
exists in the city.
“It is not difficult to imagine who is
behind the proceeding, and it is an
other move against the Atlanta Rail
way and Power Company, which will
amount to nothing.”
THE MOHAWKS INDORSE BRYAN.
Orj-anliatlon Will Meet Where National
conumttcB onvene*.
A dispatch from Buffalo N Y
says: The Mohawks, a democratic
organization said tocompriseGOOwg
™ h “ha.Z»taTcret 7e,“ o“ he,J
since the third instant, has elected
officers and adjourned to meet next
year in the city selected for the
national democratic convention, one
week prior to that convention. Steps
were taken to begin immediately the
work of organizing new wigwams.
The “national executive committee
was reduced from thirteen to seven
members. The resolutions adopted
denounced trusts and monopolies; in
dorse Bryan and free silver and op
pose militarism.
EIGHT PERSONS ARE DROIT NED.
Minnesota Fives Lost in the Heavy Flood*
of Wednesday Night.
A special from St. Paul says: Eight
lives are reported lost at Crookston,
and much damage done all through
the Red river valley by Wednesday
night’s storm. has been
The only report thus far
received ‘from St. Cloud, having
veached that point by train. The
railroads have no details of the storm
damage, and the same is true of the
telegraph companies The storm-swept
district is thickly settled, and details
are meager.
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BAD DAY FOR MEMPHIS.
Tenjiessee City Suffers Costly Conflagra
tion On the Fourth.
July 4, 1899, will remain memorable
as furnishing a full share of excite
ment and disaster for Memphis, Tenn.
A day of activity in the employment
of fireworks in celebration of Inde
pendence day closed with a conflagra
tion entailing a loss of between $400,
000 and $450,000, including the his
, . .
sistont Fire Chief J. V. Ryan, the
death of a negro in the American Bis
cuit company’s plant.
CHICAGOESE ROAST PRESIDENT.
Prominent Citizens Accuse Him of Break
ing a Solemn Pledge.
In a letter addressed to President
McKinley, one hundred and ten prom
inent Chicago citizens declare the
chief executive of the nation has vio
lated a solemn pledge in his recent
civil service order. McKinley’s
record is compared with that of Grover
Cleveland and others of his predeces
[ sors, and he is earnestly besought to
revise the order at once.
OIL IS SEIZED
BY GEORGIA
Nearly 200,000 Gallons Are Forci
bly Taken In Charge.
IS STORED IN EIGHT CITIES.
Order of Seizure Was Given By
Agricultural Commissioner
O. B. Stevens.
A special from Atlanta says: Nearly
200,000 gallons of illuminating oil
have been confiscated in Georgia as a
result of the order of Commissioner
Stevens directing inspectors through
out the state to seize all supplies that
fail to come up to the standard by
law.
This statement was made authorita
tively at the oiiice of the commissioner
of agriculture, and is taken to indi
cate that the fight on illegal and dan
gerous oils, which the report of State
Chemist McCandless showed abounds
in the state, is on in dead earnest.
In eight cities in Georgia, the names
of which are withheld by tlie officials,
large supplies of oil have been tested
recently and found to burn at a point
below the limit of 120 degrees Fahren
heit,. below which oils are declared
dangerous and illegal by the law of
(she state.
It is the opinion of officials that
should the names of the cities at
which large confiscations have been
made be given out, a panic would in
all probability be caused, and this the
department of agriculture has studi
ously avoided. In order to give pro
tection to the citizens at the places
where oil supplies have been seized,
inspectors at these points have been
notified in every case by telegram to
take charge of the oils and hold them
until directed what disposition to
make.
No Appeal From Oerter.
Assistant Commissioner Wright was
notified by a state inspector Friday
morning that two tanks of oils amount
ing to about 12,000 gallons, and located
in one of the largest cities of the state,
had been found to be below the stand
ard, having burned in the Tagliabne
tester below 120 Fahrenheit. Inquiry
was made of the department whether
the agent of the oil company at the
place would be permitted to make the
bulk of the oil in the tanks good by
the addition of higher grade oil that
would considerably raise the standard
'of the fluid and thus put it within the
limit of the law.
It is interesting to note that the
code privides that any person who
sells oil below the legal standard shall,
upon conviction, he guilty of a misde
meanor, and subject to a fine of not
less than $250, or to a sentence of pot
less than one year, or both, in the dis
cretion of the court.
Heretofore, it is understood, oils
that liave failed of the test in some
casps have been added to by permis
sion of the authorities with higher
grade oils, to bring them up to the
standard. Under the ruling made Fri
day aud with the knowledge that a
large portion of the oil in the state is
below the standard, it is evident that
the department has determined to fol-,
low the letter of the law and hold the
oil concerns doing business in Georgia
up to the tacit agreement they made
when they established agencies in the
state.
Many inquiries have been made as
to the punishment provided by law for
those persons who put oils on sale in
the state that are regarded as danger
ous.
The reply was made at once that the
3 tate would enter into no such agree
ment; that the oil condemned as dan
gerous must stand as it is, in the
control of the state’s inspector until
he is notified what disposition to make
of it.
It is also provided that one-half of
the fine shall go to the prosecutor iu
the case, aud the other half to the
common school fund of the state. And
any person sustaining damages as a
result of the sale of illegal oil shall
have recourse upon the person who
sold the oil.
New Tester Demanded.
Following the report of Chemist
McCandless—which showed the utter
want of reason in the' recent method
prescribed for testing oils—it is cer
tain that the present method will be
abolished, authority being given the
commissioner of agriculture to adopt
any other well defined test, Should
ths tester now in. use in New York
state be chosen, which is the recom
mendation of the state chemist, it will
then be necessary to do away with the
present law prescribing a fire point at
120 degrees Fahrenheit.
It has been proposed' to adopt a
flash point at 100 degrees-Fahrenheit,
below which oils will be illegal. If it
is found upon consultation with the
attorney general, who is at present out
of the cifv, that such a change can be
made, it is certain that the additional
recommendation will be adopted and
put in force by the commissioner of
agriculture.
FARM HOUSES TO BE NUMBERED.
Knox County,Tenn., Will Follow the Plan
Used In California.
A special from Knoxville, Tenn.,
says: Knox couuty will have all its
roads named and farm houses num
bered the same as cities, following the
California system. This is the resnlt
of efforts of the chamber of commerce.
Similar systems are in operation in
Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jer
sey, but Knoxville is the first in the
south to adopt the idea.
INVADES M’KINIEY’S STATE.
Bryan Speaks At a Big Dollar
Banquet At Columbus,
Ohio.
Abont 1,000 people attended the dol
lar dinner given by the Young Men’s
Democratic Club of Columbus, O., iu
that city Friday night. It was the
largest banquet which the local democ
racy has had since that given in honor
of the seventy-seventh birthday of the
late Judge Allen G. Thurman in the
same hall ten years ago; The jiffair
was strictly democratic iu its simplici
ty* all classes being represented.
The chief guest was Colonel William
J. Bryan,, at the table with whom were
also seated Hon. C. T. Callahan and
George Frfed Williams, of Massachu
setts; Judge Tarvin, of Kentucky;
Hon. Allen W. Thurman, of Colum
bus, the toastmaster, and a number of
others prominent in state politics.
The entrance of Colonel Bryan was
greeted by an outburst of npplause
which lasted until after he had become
seated.
Hon. Christopher T. Callahan, of
Massachusetts, was the first speaker,
responding to the toast “The Issues.”
He dwelt particularly upon imperial
ism, trusts and free silver as the lead
ing issues in 1900.
When Colonel Bryan was introduced
there was another outburst of ap
plause that oontiuued for several min
utes. When quiet had been restored
Colonel Bryan launched upon a dis
cussion of the issues of the day in re
sponse to the toast “Democracy.”
His speech was a great effort and was
wildly applauded.
PLEADED SELF-DEFENSE.
Slayers of General Luna Acquitted in
Filipino Court.
A cable dispatch from Manila says:
The trial at Cabanatuan of the slayers
of General Luna, the Filipino leader,
who was assassinated by the guard of
Aguinaldo’s residence, resulted iu the
acquittal of the defendants. They
pleaded self-defense. The testimony
showed that there was a conspiracy on
the part of Luna and officers to kill
Aguinaldo and make Luna dicta
tor. Luna’a death seems to have
strengthened Aguinaldo’s leadership
for the time. Luna’s supporters are
now outwardly loyal to Aguinaldo.
The members of the Spanish colony
here are now lionizing the survivors
of the Spanish garrison at Baler, on
the east coast of Luzon, who returned
to Manila Thursday night with the
Spanish commissioners sent to treat
with the Filipinos for the surrender of
of the Spanish prisoners.
A dozen banquets have been arrau-.
ged in their honor and a subscription
has been started for their relief. Lieu
tenant Martin, the only surviving of
ficer of the garrison, denies the story
that he killed Captain Morenas, the
Spanish officer who commanded at
Baler, because he tried to raise a white
flag. Martin says the captain died of
berri-berri.
The transport Churrnca is to take
General Bates to the Sulu islands on a
diplomatic mission. The general will
endeavor to arrange the basis for a
friendly understanding with the sul
tan of Sulu, who claims to be friendly
to Americans. Under the sultan’s
treaty with Spain, he received a sub
sidy.
General Wjieaton is to take com
mand of General Hale : s brigade at San
Fernando. General Hale is returning
to the United States with the Colora
do regiment.
GEORGIA LAWYERS ADJOURN.
The Meeting at Warm Springs Was
Magnificent Success.
After the most prosperous year in
its history, the Georgia. Bar Associa
tion adjourned sine die at Warm
Springs, Friday evening,, and Judge
Hamilton McWhorter, the retiring
president, turned over the office to his
successor, Hon. J. R. Lamar of
Augusta. andienee
There has been a larger
than ever before and in all respects
this session of the association has
been a magnificent success. Harmony
and enthusiasm have marked the pro
ceedings—harmony in the working of
the organization and enthusiam over
the excellent papers that have boon
read.
The address of Hon. Wilson, former
congressman and cabinet minister, and
now president of the Washington and
Lee university of Virginia, was the
event of chief interest.
WILL NOT RESIGN.
General Wheeler Will Sail From San
Prftncisco on July 20th.
A special to the Chicago Chronicle
from Washington says:
“General Joseph Wheeler will leave
the city So as to sail from San Fran
cisco on the Tartar on July 20th. He
will not resign his seat in congress, it
is understood, even if he remains in
the Philippines alt winter.
“Should General Wheeler survive
the campaign he will seek the demo
cratic nomination for governor of Ala
bama next year.”
RIOTERS FIRE ON THE POLICE.
Battle Kates with Fatal Results In the
btreeta of Barcelona.
A special from London says : De
spite assertions to the contrary, riot
ing in Barcelona was renewed Wednes
day night. A mob stoned a number
of shop8 and were charged by the gen
darmes.
The mob fired revolvers at the gen
darmes, who returned the fire.
In the encounter three gendarmes
and a large number of rioters were
wounded. Eighteen arrests were made.
AN APPALLING
DEATH LIST
Is (he Result of Heavy Floods 1^
Lone Star State.
BRAZOS VALLEY DEVASTATED.
One Hundred People are Known
to Be Dead and Property Loss
May Reach $15,000,000.
A special of Wednesday from Hous
ton, Texas, states that a correspond
ent has just returned from a voyage
through the flood districts. The half
lias not been told of the havoo wrought.
The disaster is so appalling that de
scription is not possible. After this
flood will come sickness undoubtedly,
and what a week ago was the fairest
part of Texas is now almost a 1 God
forsaken wilderness.
The waters of the Brazos have for
six days covered its valley for a depth
of from six to thirty feet; where a week
ago there were on every hand fields of
cotton and corn and thousands of acres
of watermelons and cantaloupes, today
there is slime all over the vegetation.
Carcasses are found of cows, mules,
pigs, dogs and cats, and mayhap hu
man beings, for many are missing.
The correspondent thus describes the
situation:
“Our party left Bryan at sunrise
Wednesday morning, going to the Na
vaRofco bottoms and to a point about
three miles from Millican. Here we
eucountered everywhere an overflow
from the Navasoto which spread out
fully two miles on either side of the
Houston and Texas Central track.
Everything is under water from two
to seventeen feet. It looked on all
sides like a great lake, and the water
was so high that for a vast area it
completely submerged the telegraph
and telephone poles along the hue. In
trhtli, portions of the Navasota bot
toms are even now a perfect sea, ex
tending four or five miles wide at
certain points.
Hundreds of Houses Submerged.
“I saw hundreds of houses there
totally submerged, and as many more
were swept from their foundations and
destroyed. The planters of the bot
toms are still moving their help and
whatever is left of their stock to places
where they can be cared for. They
are all nobly helping each other, aud
taking refuge wherever they can, some
of them seeking safety on housetops.
“All the planters stated that*the
outside world has no conception of the
losses incurred by the destruction of
crops, stock and buildings. Nearly,
every planter has built boats and sent
them through the flooded districts to
render assistance to the people, and,
if possible, save some of their drown
ing stock.
“The flood district has a length of
over 500 miles, a breadth of probably
fifty miles, and in all this vast space
damage incalculable has been done.
“The loss of life will never be ffilly
known, perhaps; the bottoms were
thickly settled, mostly with negro
tenant farmers; among these has been
the greatest loss of life. To sbow the
damage done,, the following estimate
has been made by men who are in a
position to know: Lives lost, from 100
to 300. Loss to farmers, including
crops as well as live stock, from $5,000,
000 to $15,000,000. Damage to rail
road and county bridges, fronf$2,000,
000 to $4,000,000.
“These estimates are taken in the
whole area. It is known that more
than sixty people have met their
death; that many bodies have been re
covered; it is not believed that all of
them.will ever be recovered.”
Sheriff Swearingen Talks.
Deputy Sheriff Swearingen, of Aus
tin county, made the following state
ment over the long-distance telephone
at Sealev:
“Relief has not reached the flood
victims in this section* Thirteen dead
bodies have been recovered near the
town of Brookshire, thirteen miles
fromi here. Forty-five petsons above
Sealey are reported missing and given
up for dead. Seven were drowned to
day in a boat seven miles below Sea
ley. isolated
“About 400 persons are on
a small piece of land in the Brazos
bottoms three miles from Brookshire.
Several hundred more are snrrounded
at San Philipe, three miles from Sea
ley. Unless relief can soon reach these
two places, 800 lives will probably
be lost. Many will die, as it is, from
hunger, exposure and exhaustion.
“The water today is running through
the town of Brookshire, something
never known before. The sixty-five
lives reported lost here today were in
a radius of twenty-five miles north
and south of Sealey. We are com
pletely isolated at Sealey, but this
town is not in danger. We cannot
estimate the situation beyond the
limits I mention. The whole face of
the country here is a sea.”
ROBERT BOXXEIl DEAD.
Fubllsher of The New York Fcdcer Dies
at His Home In New York.
A New York dispatch says: Robert
Bonner, publisher of The New York
Ledger and owner of the famous
horses, died at his home in this city at
7:40 o’clock Thursday night.
Mr. Bonner had been ill for some
months, but was able to be about until
a few days ago. Death was due to a
general breaking down of the system.
GEORGIA LAWYERS IN SESSION.
State Bar Association Hold Their Annua!
Convention.
The most highly successful meeting
in the history of the Georgia Bar As
sociation began its sessions Thursday
at Warm Springs, Go., with Judge
Hamilton McWhorter, president of
the association, presiding. There
were present nearly 200 Georgia law
yers, including the judges of the su
preme court, Judge Emory Speer, of
the United States bench;- most of the
circuit court judges and a number of
the solicitors, and in every respect the
gathering was a most notable one.
Two sessions were held Thursday.
At the morning session much of the
usual routine business was attended
to and iu the afternoon several inter
esting papers were read.
The most interesting part of the reg
ular order was, of oourse, the speech
of President McWhorter.
The special keynote of this address
was the danger of hasty action of the
courts in criminal cases. He held up
the possibilities of wrongs to society
resulting from these hasty trials, his
argument being that there was greater
permanent danger in tlie precedents
established by the oourts in these
cases than in the lyuchipgs these trials
are designed to prevent. He empha
sized the duties of the lawyers in pre
serving the law and maintaining the
dignity and conservativeness of the
courts.
JEFFRIES REACHES ’FRISCO.
Champion Heavyweight* I* Given a Great
Reception at His Home.
A special from San Francisco says:
Jim Jeffries, champion pugilist of the
world, arrived in this city from the
east Wednesday evening. He was met
at the depot by a large crowd of ad
mirers, who welcomed him amidst the
strains of a brass band hired for the
occasion.
As Jeffries emerged from the ferry
slip there was a dash for the grasping
of his hand. After the first formali
ties 'were over the pugilist was escort
ed to his apartments ill tli9 Palace ho
tel, where another reception awaited
him.
Among those who weloomed the re
turned pugilist was Mr. Jeffries,. Sr..
who has been conducting revival ser
vices in the state aud praying for his
son’s defeat in the hope that a defeat
would tend to make him better in his
mode of life.- Paternal feeling, how
ever, cast aside this prayer and the
old gentleman seemed extremely happy
when he clasped the champion’s strong
right hand in his and patted him on
the shoulder in welcome.
COLUMBIA YACHT WINS OUT.
New Cup Defender Shows What She Can
Ho Even In Bad Weather.
4 special from New York says : Over
a triangular course of thirty miles iu
comparatively light winds the new
Iselin-Morgan yacht Columbia Thurs
day vanquished the Vanderbilt yacht
Defender and convinced the yachts
men who saw the royal struggle that
she is worthy of defending the pre
cious trophy which’ Sir Thomas Lip
ton and his merry tars hope to take
back with them to England in the
Shamrock next fall. The Columbia
fore topsail and club topsail are any
thing but perfect and cracked in the
wind like a teamster’^ whip, demon
strating that in a general way she will
need a good deal of tuning up.
Yet, based on the showing she made
as a better boat than the Defender,
under adverse condition, the nautical
sharps are strongly con vinced that Sir
Thomas will sail home without the
silver mug, the possession of which
has given us the yachting supremacy
of the world since 1851.
TAYLOR SEEMS SURE WINNER.
Republican Convention in Kentucky May
Have But One Candidate.
A special from Frankfort, Ky., says:
A movement started Wednesday night
to stamptde to John W* Yerkes for the
republican nomination for governor.
The forces©! all the candidates but
Attorney General Taylor’s have prac
tically collapsed, and there are now
strong indications that Attorney Gen
eral Taylor’s name will be the only
one presented to the state convention.
The Stone-Pratt forces concede Tay
lor 644 uneoatested rotes, and that
Taylor can organize the convention.
Taylor's managers claim 1,054 votes
np to date, aud expect Saturday’s
county convention to run his vote up
to 1,200, 844 being required to nomi
nate.
NO FEVER HERE.
There la Not a €a*e of Bread Disease In
United States.
“There is not a case of yellow lever
in the United States.”
This statement was made to a Wash
ington Post reporter Wednesday after
noon by Surgeon General Wyman, of
the marine hospital service at the cap
ital.
“We are now well into the first week
of July, and no case has yet been re
ported, although, * added the .doctor,
“it quite frequently happens that re
ports are not made as soon as the dis
ease appears.”
PRIVATE RIGHTS PROTECTED.
The American DeleRutes at HaRUo Win a
Great Victory.
Advices from The Hague state that
the American delegates scored a great
success Wednesday in obtaining front
the peace conference a unanimous vote
in favor of having the question of pri
vate property at sea in time of war
dealt with at a special conference to
be summoned hereafter. Much diplo
matic management was necessary aud
many obstacles bad to be surmounted
before this result was reached.