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THE CORRESPONDENT.
volume. IX
liEPETTIfiREW
TALKS PLAINLY
Je Hakes a Vicions Attack On
the Administration.
AIMS AT PHILIPPINE POLICY
Says “Whole Wretched Business
Is One of Censorship, Conceal¬
ment and Duplicity.”
A spirited and at times sensational
debate was precipitated in the senate
Thursday on the Philippine question
over the resolutions of inquiry. Mr.
I Pettigrew, of South Dakota, attacked
the administration’s policy in the Phil-
ippines and also made some startling
charges against those who were sup-
porting F the administration.
Mr. Pettigrew declared that a sys-
tematic effort was being made to pre-
I vent accurate information from reach-
ins the people of the United States
band lurther that it was a political scheme McKin- to
the candidacy of Mr.
Bev I for renominatiou and re-election.
Before adjournment the senate, after
■prolonged Iferring debate, passed the bill con-
additional powers upon the
Idirector of the census. At the open-
ling [lodge the Pettigrew resolution, and the
substitute, both seeking from
he president all information regard-
ing the Philippine insurrection, were
hid before the senate. Mr. Lodge
nggested that both be withdrawn and
the Hoar resolution be adopted as a
nbstitnte .
Mr Lodge said he wanted informa-
lion especially as to the effect of the
I encouragement the Filipinos received
{torn the United States. Mr. Hoar
agreed with Mr. Lod^e
Mr. PettigTew objected He want-
ti specifiic information, regardless of
whether the president wanted it known
or not.
UV’..idMr-Tth* “The trouble ■with the imnerinl
4e; bare confounded fh« interests of
the people of the United States with
the political desires and ambitions of
their puny president and regarded
Mm and his success as more imnnrt
tatthan Filipinos. a rightful treatment of the
feL, The L«.“„ fact is this i, whole pree'
is i,
feat's desire to again be a candidate
[ofhis paitv Pettigrew’dlecuesed for president ”
Mr. the censor-
H of dispatches from the
fines. ed significant He declared that i important important
Fom 8 dismtchL fL h frlm t e 8 t i7a k e
[om n ew-s f» from Mamla Ma 1 and , d
official ™
,u * wort i7*d
Icn in Ohio ”
[Mr.Pettigrew Idion issued bv declared tlm the procla-
\ P's, the altered recommendation of Genial
Ft before materially bv the presi-
it was published to the
P'hppine it natives. As originally
awn was, to his mind, aflatdecla-
F°n of war, and when Aguiualdo
his leaders came into possession
f the° The ri gina i they so regarded it.'
whole wretched business”
c are,] Aj r p e tfjg rew vehemently,
.te«de“?'Te«?! of mCn, e not “ only nd<, " the pliCit peo- ^
the United States, hut also the
,, Nnders
I In themselves.”
dispatches substantiation of his Hiarire that
re from the Philirinines
re censored in the Pettitroi in tomato !J^l
^ministration, „
Mr nl ^ ^
;°m 0 'dins, a letter written PreJ bv P Kbt 1 ^ !
lve Associated H,T
a t Manila Tn pnlS Mr
-°lUns a
related ‘
erview the S"!? n J e ° f an in ‘
Upon tbe Bn he* ^^ .
; 8 Patches which bad inrith
’eiieral Otis Mr P- *1*^*
Ntements of Mr l 1 ^’ wb t>b he
a »d it was theern ‘
fteials to <Ient de81re of 1be
oru prPV nr . a,U
reach State,.* ,h h . “ •*
^hen containin'.!^ he (Collin ^ \ . bad fi,ed
a db *-
1 thought lnformation wb ich
Iuited wa, pr oper to 8end to t be
*he States 1 it , a ? been formed
’ ■' °eiisor 0t T he bad been
■ "uctefi to in ‘
i ■‘ght hurt El onfc anything that
1 1 the administration. 1
KNOXVI1LE. GA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1900,
COMMITTEEATWO^
Gubernatorial Contest Wrangle
Begins In Frankfort.
IMPOSING ARSAY OF LEGAL
Arrangement Is Made For Two Session*
Day Until the Matter Is
Disposed of.’.
The Kentucky legislative commit¬
tee, drawn to hear the contests
tween Goebel and Taylor for the gov¬
ernorship and Beckham, and Marshall
for the lieutenant governorship met
the Capitol hotel in Frankfort
day and began the hearing of evidence,
Senator Coleman, chairman of the
t es t boar d lieutenant governor’s
case> announced that the sittings of
that board would be the same a§ those
of the committee trying the governor’s
ca ^’ bnt actin ? separately,
Tbere W f au lm P 08 ^ g a " a 7 of
legal , talent . Py esen t- 1 The attorneys
occupying seats on the Taylor-Mar-
«hall side are ex-Governor Bradley,
£ Colonel udg ® Xv/p W. C. P. Breckenndge. J*' E . deIm ^ Those an<1
lbe Goehel side are Louis Mc-
Quewn Zack Phelps, Aaron Kohn and
Andrew Scott.
wi J b be8 the b iug of f P slon a P ers wa8 b ? taben tbe J*P Re "
publican . attorneys, the
renewmg mo-
tion of Taylor and Marshall that the
committees vacate because of their
a *: g< : d 1 ^ ega drawing by the senate
and h™ 86 clerks and responding to
j be notices of contest served on them
b * al legmg that the charges made
f bout ^e use of the military were of
too vague a nature to be substantiated,
The attorneys for Goebel and Beck-
ham objected to the tiling of such
P a P ers a “ d they were taken under ad-
vls ® m ® nl ‘
Chairman Hickman, , of the guberna-
torial committee, announced that after
a conference of the two committees it
bad beeu a 8 reed that the sessions of
tbe boftrd sbouId not interfere with
the legislative duties of their mem-
bers, and on this account the boards
could only hold afternoon and .van-
™tf sessions. Tbe afternoon sessions
would begin at 2 o’clock and close at 5
o’clock, and the evening sessions
would begiu at 7 °’ clock and close at
10 o’clock.
“Owing to the fact that we are to-
morrow ' to entertain a distinguished
citizen from N.bmska Hid ta elect *
United States senator,” said he, “the
only session w ill be from 9 to 12
“'dock in the morning.”
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
_
L,at ° r Nexr I'x’ootrie* Established the
r„t Week.
nniiH.r^rd briA r r AiehLa.
works in Ten-
nessee aud Virginia; a carriage factory
j n North Carolina; coal mines in Ken-
tucky; cotton mills in Alabama, Geor-
6 ia North and South Carolina and
> seed oil mill
Tennessee; a cotton in
Ij ° uisiana : in drainage company in
U'orida; electric light plant in Geor-
gia LoiU81ana South Corohna aad
’ >
Tennessee ; ao excelsior factory m Al -
ba “ a '’ flouring mills in Georgm, North
Carolina and Texas; hardware compa-
mes in Misewsippi, North Carolina
and Texas; an ice and cold storage
plant in West Virginia; iron ore mines
in AIabama 5 a knitting mill in North
Carolina, lead aud zinc miues in jven-
tucky; lnrnber mills in Iveuiucky.
L°« i8 ' ana North Corolina, Texas and
. and phos-
West Virginia; naval stores
phate companies in Florida; a planing
“ il1 Kentucky; a rice mill in
a stave and heading factory in Geor-
gia; telephone Carolina^ systems iu Georgia and
North tobacco factories iu
North Carolina aud Virginia; wagon
works in North Carolina; zinc mines
iu Arkansas.-Tradesman, (Chatta-
T ann )
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ATLANTA PARK BILL.
- !
Cn.i.i.r.h. Me...re
<*,«.. 31..m. dispahh saj®- T
A Washington . both houses wili hear
committees iu the
the Atlanta military park bill on
31st of January, that date conforming
with requests from citizens of Atlanta
to their convenience. A large At-
os expected W ash-
lanta delegation is in
iugton on that date. •
raEmSfroissisT.
Copy of Dewey's Report Sent
From Manila Last Year
Presented In Senate.
Responding to the senate’s resolution
(inquiry, the secretary of the navy
to the senate Thursday a copy of
Admiral Dewey’s report from Hong
dated March 31, 1898, relative
to t! capture of Manila, then under
consideration. He stated that his
own squadron was in a high state of
efficieny. Speaking of the Spanish
forces said it numbered about 15,-
000 solders of all arms in all the is¬
lands, ofwbich half were in the vicin¬
ity of Maiila.
“The isands,” says the report, “are
now in a tate of insurrection, and
my infornunt states that even the
Spanish solders, who constitute only
a small part »f the whole, are disaffect¬
ed. Both shi)a and forts are in need
of ammunition I believe lam not over-
conlident in gating that with the
squadron under py command the ves¬
sels could be takfci and the defense of
Manila reduced inane day.
“There is every reason to believe
that with Manila t&en, or even block¬
aded, the rest of the islands would fall
either to the insurants or ourselves,
as they are only held now through the
support of the navy, and are depend¬
ent upon Manila for supplies. Infor¬
mation has just reached me that there
are 5,000 armed rebels! in camp near
Manila, who are willing to assist me.”
METHUEN “IRRESPONSIBLE.” -
British General’* Mind Said to Be Unbal¬
anced and He Will Be Retired-
A special cable to The Chicago
Tribune from London says Lieutenant
General Lord Methuen,
the column advancing to the relief
Kimberley, is to be relieved of
command within two weeks. Later
he will be sent to Cape Town and
eventually ordered home. When he
reaches England he will be retired.
These facts have been confirmed by
an official of the war office.
Lord Methuen’s case is a sad one.
Always a man of rather frail physique
—although a clever boxer and all-round
sportsman—his constitution began to
show signs of breaking down almost
immediately after be took command
of his division.
Three days after the battle of Bel-
mont, General Wolseby suggested to
tbe war office that Methaen be rel ‘T
ed. Hie . advice was not needed. , The
wisdom of the aged but keen com-
mander-in-cheif o tbe Bn.rsh army
is now realized by the war office who
scoffed at his suggestion.
Friends of Lord Methuen insist he
°“ y b oken health, that the
strain of . many campaigns has shatter¬
ed hlg natura |i y ner vous system.
Those who know the circnmstances
and the situation on Modder river
mind is unbalanced.
CHOATE CABLES REPLY.
our Ambamdor Explain* Kn S i*n<r* view
of Flour sieim-e*.
The answer of the British govern-
meQt to Mr. Choate’s; representations
respecting the seizures of American
flour aQ(1 oth - r goods on the three ves-
se i 8) Beatrice, Mashona and Madeira,
hag beeQ reC eiv^l. de-
Just as the officials of the state
p ar t me nt anticipated, it amounted to
partia i an8W er and is very satisfac-
tory gQ far a8 it goe8) disposing of the
c jj arac ter of some of the goods seized,
buJ . not fi na i] v deciding broadly
wliet h e r or not foodstuffs are to be re-
gar d e( j as contraband of war. In brief
Mr Choate reports as follows.
„ That the answer i 8 highly satisfac-
t J tbat it is broa d and liberal in
t ^ernment The position assumed by the
™ that foodstuffs
transft b is
to a hostile destination can
be regftrde g d as contraband of war only
wbe u they are supplies for the enemy’s
forces It is not sufficient they are
capable of being used for the benefit
enemy; it must be shown that
thev ^ are * r ‘ so S ,° iu , fact through g their desti-
.‘The*British 0 t h 6 , ime o( llle „ eiz! , I( , |
government d.e.
tbat any 0 f the American goods I
« a i bark Maria and the
Gerll au
. Masbona wer e contra-
Tbe British government i
P*“ . ' in the {act in connection I
18 ” seized the third
. d s on ves- |
wllu / *’ „
. ■
tne Beatrice.
USE LVDITE BULLETS
Britain Is Forced to Use Out¬
lawed Ammunition.
RUNNING SHORT ON OTHER SUPPLIES
Issuing of the Order Causes » Sensation.
Howl Was liaised When Boers
Used Them.
A London special says: Lee-Met-
ford cartridges are running short ii*
the British magazines, and, according
to a semi-official report, the war office
purposes to fall back temporarily upon
100,000,000 “Mark IV” expanding
bullets, most of which are already in
storage in South Africa.
The war office, however, has issued
a strict order to the volunteers that
the fifty rounds of “Mark IV” given-
them must be used in practice at
home, none being taken to South
Africa.
After tbe public announoemant that
no such bullet would be used in this
war, its employment, The Daily
Chronicle thinks, would be a serious
breach of faith, especially as the Brit¬
ish commanders have complained that
the Boers occasionally use such pro¬
jectiles. reconciled
The newspapers were
during the early days of the war to
cable censorship, taking it for granted
that full narratives sent by mail would
supply all deficiencies. For some
weeks, however, even the mail corre-
sponce that ham arrived in London has
shown signs of habitual scissoring by
the censor. Pages are renumbered
without chronological or logical 0 on-
ucctiott, leaving the happenings de¬
scribed quite unintelligible in many
cases. The editors acting possibly in
concert are laying these facts before
the public and insisting that they be
permitted to know and to print the
facts.
The Daily Mail formally accuses the
war office of “doctoriug” in editing of¬
ficial dispatches before their issuance,
and cites particulars. The Daily
Chronicle avers that there seems to be
an official conspiracy againBt letting
the truth be known.
Although the number of deaths from
dysentery aud enteric at Ladysmith
have been published by the war office
since Saturday’s fight, nothing has
been given out regarding the losses in
the engagement. The war office as-
serts that it has nothing to give out.
Arm chair critics who, in the absence
of reportorial or official descriptions
from the seat of war, pour fourth pages
of conjecture and opinion, conclude
that not much is to be expected of the
British hosts in Sonth Africa until
Lord Roberts shall have had plenty
of time to think and fresh levies shall
bave arrived. Time is working now
for the Boers. Each” day makes more
difficult the three beleaguered posi-
tions.
Although the war office declines to
confirm the report that Lord Methuen
has been racalled to England, inquiries
made by a correspondent at Methuen’s
home in Wiltshire have elicited the
information that when he received
his wound his horse threw him heavi-
ly and spinal aud other injuries super-
veU ed.
The theory is now advanced that the
seizures of the German mail steamers
Herzog and General, since released,
were ma j e on purposely misleading
information supplied to British agents,
the design being to embroil Great
Britain and Germany in a quarrel.
BLISS FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
Announcement I* M«.ie That Fork
Merchant i* McKinley-* Choice.
A Washington dispatch says: It is
announced in administration circles
that Cornelius N. Bliss, of New York,
ex-secretary of the interior,will be the
Republican nominee for vice president.
The statement is made more authentic
by the formal announcement of Secre-
tary Root that he will not permit his
name to go before the convention, pre-
ferring to remain in his present cabi-
net position.
E „ ° z i„eer. tint Il.ise,
The recent demand of the engin-
eers employed by the Lake Shore
road tbat the salary classification be
abolished and a uniform scale of $3.80
be paid for a day’s work, has been
granted by the company. |
NUMBER 15.
BRITONS’ FEARS
NOT RELIEVED
By the Arrival In Sonth Africa
of Lord Roberts.
THE WAR OFFICE IS SILENT
Movements of Duller a Hystery
and Suspense Is Great Regard¬
ing Safety of Ladysmith.
A London special under date of
January 15th says: Lord Roberts’
enigmatical announcement, “No
change in the situation,’’ does nothing
to allay public anxiety or to explain
the mystery surrounding General Bul-
ler’s movement on the Tugela river,
and although there is a disposition to of
regard the dispatch as disposing
Saturday’s adverse rumors, the week
has opened in a state of suspense, al¬
most equal to that of last week, be¬
cause it is recognized that failure in
General Buller’s present attempt
would seal the fate of Ladysmith. sit¬
Presumably “no change in the
uation” refers to previous dispatches
sent to the war office, which have not
yet been revealed to the public. Ex¬
cept the announcement of the seizure
of Potgleter’s Drift, and of the ad-
van ce of General Warren, there has
been no news from the Tugela for
a week. A ray of hope is in the fact
that the silence prevails from the
Boer side. Thus it may perhaps be
fairly inferred that General Buller has
not yet met a serious check.
If the announcement of Gene/ ;
Warren’s movement be correct, it is
evideut that General Buller’B forces
are spread over a very wide front—-
perhaps twenty-five miles—and in tbe
event of a sudden fall of the river his
operations might be full of danger. It
is believed that General Buller has no
good survey map of the district. This
will add to his difficulties. General ,
Charles Warren’s advance probably
means an attempt to sieze Hangwane
t be ma ' n post of the Boers south
Tugela. Upon the sucoess or
, failure of these operations depends
! t be whole future of the campaign,
J Until the result is known, Lord Rob*
erts will he unable to decide bow to
dispose the two divisions and the re-
inforcements now arriving,
The news from other points is of no
, Boer accounts tell
great importance. Kimberley,
°f auother sortie from
January 9th, in the direction of Kam-
fers dam, with a brief exchange of
fb’ing, but uo result. A heavy detona-
tion was heard on January 8th within
Kimberley. Daily Mail from
A dispatch to The
( Modder river, dated January 10th,
gives a rumor that Kimberley was be-
* u g bombarded.
Bastards Nek, mentioned in Lord
Roberts’ diipatch as the locality of
reconnaissance, is northwest of Colea-
berg, be raised
Doubts are beginning to
whether it will be possible to get to-
gether anything like 10,000 yeomanry.
a very small percentage of the
applicants satisfy the standard of rid-
“ig and shooting. A large number of
officers from the Egyptian army have
just left Cairo for South Africa to re-
P^ce those killed and wounded.
NEWSPAPER MEN SHOT.
Denver Attorney Turn* III* Grin Upon
Owner* of The Fo»t.
At Denver,Col., Saturday, Frederick t-t-w
C- Bonfils and H. H. Tammen, propn-
etors of The Evening Post, were both
shot in their office by W W. Ander-
st > n > a prominent hwal attorney. It
J 8 »°. fc believed that either was mortal-
'7 injured. Anderson ob-
It is understood that
Jected to something that had appeared .
lhe Po8t and demanded retraction
and that Bonfils and Tammen both
attempted to put him out of the offics.
Then he commenced to shoot.
French men Take Possessiou.
The steamer Elf Branch brings news
from Shanghai that French warships
have takeD possession of Kwong Cahu-
Wah bay, where a boundary dispute
has been ponding for several months,