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QUEEN REGENT APPROVES AM)
SIUNS THE PROTOCOL.
ADJOURNMENT WAS A NECESSITY.
fbe Body Was Becoming More and More
Obstreperous—Sagasta Showed
Wisdom In Shutting Up.
A cable dispatch of Wednesday from
Madrid says: The premier, Senor Sa
gasta, has obtained tho qpeen regent’s
signature to a decree proroguing tho
cortes, and with it ended the stormy
session of tho senate.
General Primo do Rivera, demanded
an inquiry into the administration of
the Philippine islands, and in so do
ing he said the attacks of Count
Almenas were only “lit for the mouth
of a miserable slanderer.”
Count Almenas was endeavoring to
reply when Senor Sagasta read the
decree proroguing the oortos. Rivera,
Count Almenas and General
separately, approached the president
in a hostile manner, and a duel is ex
pected. Sagasta afterwards read the
Premier
decree in the chamber of deputies.
It is expected that the Spanish peace
commissioners will be appointed with
out delay. impression
A painful has been caus
ed in Madrid by a statement made by
The Pais, saying the United States in
tends to demand $20,009,000 indemn
ity in behalf of American citizens who
have suffered through the insurrection
in Cuba. The Spanish peace commis
sioners will strongly oppose this, it is
claimed, but fears prevail that the
United States will become pitiless and
press its advantage to the utmost.
' Queen Signs Protocol.
The queen regent signed the proto
col bill Wednesday evening.
The government had intended the
cortes to sit until an indemnity bill
for the suspension of the constitutional
guarantees had Jieon passed, but tho
threatened agitation on tho part
of General Weyler and others,
together with evidence of divisions in
both the liberal aud conservative par
ties, convinced Senor Sagasta of the
advisability of closing down debates
which wouid have hindered the free
progress of the peace negotiations.
The cortes will be next convoked to
ratify the final treaty of peace.
'‘The Danger Is Over.”
The London Standard says edito
rially, after congratulating Senor Sa
gasta and the government upon hav
ing survived a difficult period success
fully, “that the great danger is now
over. ”
“Spain,” it continues, “appears
reconciled, knowing that, whatever
difference may arise in the peace nego
tiations, she is bound to yield.
“As to reports tliat indemnity will
be demanded, the United States knows
that no money can begot out of Spain,
and therefore is unlikely to make such
a demand seriously. If the United
States secures Luzon it is most prob
abte that Spain will give up the re
mainder of the islands as a useless in
cumbrance.
WEST INDIAN HURRICANE
Causes Death of Two Hundred People.
40,000 Rendered Homeless.
Advices wore received at London
late Wednesday night saying that a
terrible hurricane has swept over Bar
bados, in the Windward group of the
lesser Antilles. Two hundred persons
have been killed and 40,000 rendered
homeless.
According to the latest reports from
St. Lucia, the storm which broke up
on the island Sunday night developed
almost unprecedented violence, being
accompanied by a tidal nave and tre
mendous rains. Numerous landslides
wore caused, and many houses, bridges
and cocoa estates have been destroyed.
CIGAR MAKERS LOCKED OUT.
Trouble Resulted From a Dispute Over
AVaRe Scale In New York.
Four hundred cigar makers, mem
bers of the Cigars Makers’ Interna
tional union, were locked out from the
factory of Carl Upmann at New York
Wednesday. The lockout resulted
from a dispute over the wage scale.
EVACUATION TO BEGIN.
Spaniards Will Soon Bo Withdrawn From
Porto Rico.
A cable dispatch from San Juan
states that at their meeting Thursday
the Spanish evacuation commissioners
agreed to begin the formal withdrawal
of their lines within two days. They
will evacuate Lnres, San Sebastain
and Aguadilia, in tbo northwest of
the island, withdrawing towards the
capital. Under the armistice they
could not withdraw their outposts
without permission. Detachments of
the Eleventh infantry will occupy
this territory and raise the American
flag. The abandonment of the other
outposts will follow.
NAMES ARE GIVEN.
Personnel of the Spanish Peace Commis
sion Jast Appointed.
A special dispatch from Madrid says
the Spanish peace commissioners were
appointed Saturday. They are Senor
Montero, president of the senate, who
is president of the commission; Gen
eral Cerero and Senors Abarzuza, Vil
larrntia and Garnica.
The Spanish commission, the dis
patoh adds, will start for Paris on
September S3.
Chronicle e
SPANISH PEACE COMMISSION.
Oon. Toral Has Kxcltlmr Kxperlence With
a Uowllnir Mob.
A Madrid special says: The Spanish
peace commission has beon appointed.
Henor Moatero Rios, president of the
senate, will preside. The other names
are withheld until the queen regent
has given her approval, but they are
said to bo Senor Villnrrutia, General
Correo, General Ascarrega and Senor
Urziaz.
Duke Almodovar do Rio, the foreign
minister, and Senor Moret, former
secretary for the colonies, are engaged
in drafting the instructions for the
commission.
The queen regent has signed the
joint bill passed by the cortes author
izing the cession of national territory
under the terras of the protocol.
General Agustin, former captain
general of the Philippines, accompa
nied by his family, arrived Friday at
Genoa, and is about starting for
Spain.
A cable dispatch from Vigo, Spain,
states that n crowd of about 700 peo
ple besieged the bouse of General To
ral Friday, demanding that the troops
which arrived Thursday from San
tiago do Cuba, on board the Span
ish steamer Leon XIII, be immediate
ly landed. They proceeded to the
quays, cheering the troops, and were
with difficulty dispersed by soldiers of
tlio garrison.
Afterwards n crowd of about 1,500
people returned to the quays and,
when they saw the soldiers landing
barefoot and nearly naked, they be
came infuriated and surrounded Gen
eral Toral’s house, hooting and hissing
and stoning the building.
Eventually the Spanish general suc
ceeded in escaping to the Leon XIII.
On learning this the mob gathered on
the dock and stoned the steamer for
half an hour, smashing the cabin win
dows. The Leon XIII was obliged to
leave the place where she was moored.
FLEET REORGANIZED.
The North Atlantic Squadron Is lleduced
From 100 to 3:3 Vessels.
Secretary Long Friday afternoon
issued an important order reorganizing
the north Atlantic squadron. The fis^t
is reduced from a force of about 100
vessels to thirty-two, the remainder
being detached ready for disposition
in the future.
The four vessels of the Morgan line,
the Prairie, Yosemite, Yankee and
Dixie, with the auxiliary cruisers
Badger and Panther, are ordered to
be laid up in reserve at League island.
The fleet as reorganized will consist
of the Indiana, Massachusetts, Texas,
New York. Brooklyn, Amphitrite,
Puritan, Miantonomoh, Terror, Cin
cinnati, Montgomery, Newark, San
Francisco, Detroit, Marblehead, May
flower, New Orleans, Bancroft, Ma
rietta, Topeka, Castine Nashville,
Wilmington, Machias,Princeton,Fern,
Hist, Resolute, Potomac, Scorpion,
Alvaredo.
Another order from the secretary
put the following vessels now at the
Norfolk navy yard out of commission:
Siren, Stranger, Yiking, Wasp, Frolic,
Apache.
There will be no change in the flag
officers of the north Atlantic squadron.
Rear Admiral Sampson, though in
Havana on detached duty, will still
remain in command of the second sec
tion of the fleet.
OUTRAGES IN PORTO RICO.
Spanish Planters Murdered and a Number
of Residences Burned.
A dispatch from San Juan de Porto
Rico states that more depredations are
reported to have occurred in the neigh
borhood of Utuado. Several Spanish
haciendas and cafeteles have been
burned and two Spanish planters kill
ed. These outrages are attributed to
the lower classes of the natives, actu
ated by a spirit of revenge, and a law
less gang of brigands which has been
operating near Oialee.
COURT-MARTIAL FOR CHAPLAIN.
McIntyre, of (lie Oregon, AV111 Re Tried
For Denouncing His Brother Officer**.
Secretary Long has ordered a court
martial for the trial of Chaplain Me
Intyre, of the Oregon, who is accused
of publicly denouncing his brother
officers who engaged in the battle of
July 3d. The court will meet in Den
ver on the 26th instant auil will eon
sist of seven members, headed by
Commodore McCann, retired, with
Captain Lauchheimer as judge advo
cate general.
VESUVIUS IS THREATENING.
Activity of Volcano Causes Alarm Among:
People of Naples.
A state of gloomy apprehension pre
vails among the population of Naples
regarding the eruption of Vesuvius,
which is hourly becoming more aetivo
and menacing.
Streams of lava are spreading in
every direction. The most threaten
ing of these flows through the Vedri
no valley, which is almost filled.
Seven new craters have formed
around the central one, and this has
not tended to diminish the fears for
merly felt which were based upon the
eruption of stones and scoriae similar
to that whi.di occurred in 1872.
WRIT OF MANDAMUS ISSUED
To Compel American Express Company to
Pay For Revenue Stamps,
Judge Frazer in the circuit court at
Detroit, Mich., granted the applica
tion of a number of Detroit whole
salers, made through the attorney
general, for a writ of mandamus compel
pel the American Express Company to
pay for the war revenue stamps which
the law requirfs to be attached to re-
ABBEVILLE. GA.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 22, 1898.
CEREMONIES AT AUSTRIAN CAPI.
TAL WERE ELARORATE.
MANY SOVEREIGNS WERE PRESENT.
Wholo City of Vienna Draped In Crepe
and the People Appeared In
Deep Mourning.
Tlio remains of the murdered em
press were entombed at Vienna Satur.
day with imposing ceremony.
Emperor Francis Joseph received
the special representatives of foreign
sovereigns. Afterward he received the
visiting sovereigns, whom he person
ally greeted at the railroad station.
The inhabitants at Vienna streamed
in dense crowds towards the chapel of
tho Hofburg, and defiled before the
casket containing tho remains of the
late empress.
Emperor Francis Joseph, Prince
Ilohenlohe, the German imperial chan
cellor, and Baron von Buolow, the
German minister for foreign affairs,
received Emperor William at the rail
road station. The emperors shook hands
and kissed each other’s cheeks three
times. They then proceeded to the
church, where Emperor William, in
behalf of himself and the empress of
Germany, deposited on the casket a
floral wreath which hie majesty had
brought from Germany.
The entombing ceremonies were of
the most impressive nature aud the
aspect of tho city was moro sombro
than upon any day of the week of
mourning. black Hardly u house was with
out draperies, aud the entire
populace seemed to have poured out
into the streets.
Every train brought hundreds of
people from the country, and every
one, even the persons belonging to the
lower classes, were in mourning.
FRENCH CAR I NET BROKEN.
Minister., z T War „f J> u |,li t , XVorku
Walk Out Dtirha a Hcetliix.
At a meeting of tli9 cabinet minis
ters at Paris Saturday it was decided
to submit the documents in the Drey
fus case to a commission to be selected
by the minister of justice, M. Sarrien.
The minister for war. General Zurlin
den, and the minister of public works,
Senator Tallaye, left before the council
adjourned.
General Zurliuden later sent bis
written resignation to Premier Bris
son, as follows:
“I have the honor to beg yon to re
ceive my resignation as minister for
war. An exhaustive study of the
papers in ihe Dreyfus case has con
vinced me too fully of his guilt for me
to accept, as the head of the army,any
other solution than that of mainten
ance of the judgment in its entirety.”
It is reported that, a vessel has rl
ready started for the Isle du Diable in
readiness to bring Dreyfus to Paris,
aud M. Brisson and General Chanoine
are determined that nobody, however
high his position, will be sheltered.
Stirring events are regarded as im
pending.
PROMINENT DIVINE DEAD.
Rev. John Hall, of New York, Fagnog
Away In Ireland.
A special from Belfast, Ireland,
states that the Rev. Dr. John Hall, of
New York, (lied Saturday morning at
j Bangor, county Down,
Dr. Hall was on his annual visit to
i Europe. He died at his stster’s resi
! dence. His health had been broken
down for more than a year. He had
hoped to return to Now York shortly,
and had already engaged passage on a
steamer for himself and his wife.
Dr. Hall was born in county Armagh,
on July 31, 1829. He was of Scotch
descent.
In 1867 Dr. Hall was a delegate
from the general assembly of the Pres
byterian church in Irelauil to the
Presbyterian chnrcli in tho United
states, and after liis return to Ireland
h 0 received a call to tho fifth Avenue
j Presbyterian church in New York,
n e acce pted it and entered upon his
f , aborf) in Novem ber, 1867.
1 church edifice erected
A new was
j for Dr. Hall in 1875 at a cost of about
,000,0 0, on the corner of Fifth ave
nue and Fifty-fifth street. He was
elected chancellor of the University
of the City of New York in 1882.
WILL REVISE DREYFUS CASE.
Minister of Justice Asks For Ap,iointment
of Commission.
The newspapers of Paris say the
minister of justice, M. Sarrieu, has
completed the examination of the doc
uments in the Dreyfus case aud that
he will communicate to the ministers
at the cabinet council his intention to
refer the matter to a commission com
petent to undertake a revision of the
proceedings.
The general opinion is that the cab
inet will adopt the proposal for a re
vision of the case unanimously, with
tho exception of the minister for war,
General Zurlinden.
OFFICERS COME NEXT.
Major Generals and Brigadiers Will Be
Mustered Out of .Service.
The war department will soon take
up the question of mustering out a
considerable number o^f general officers
of the volunteer army, including major
generals and brigadiers, now that the
volunteer forces have been reduced.
All regimental officers have gone
out of service with their respective
regiments, but the entire force of gen
eral officers still remain*:
SO-CALLED PROVISIONAL GOV
ERNMENT COUNCIL MEETS.
BODY ASSEMBLED AT SANTA
Manifesto Declares That Corporate Ex
istence of Cuban Assembly Should Be
Allowed to Continue.
A special dispatch from Santiago
under date of September 14, says: The
couucil of tho Ro-called provisional
government of the republic of Cuba,
represented by Senor Bartolome Masso,
president; Senor Mendex Capote, vice ,
president, aud Senors Font Sterling,
Aleman and Moreno de 1,> Torre, see
retaries, met at Santa Cruz on
tember 1st and formulated a manifesto
to the Cuban people, with an order to
tho military commanders of the Cuban
army, both of which hnvo been pro
mulgated.
Tho manifesto, which is an elabor
ate document, touches on the history
of the movement for Cuban indepen
dence and the principles upon which
the Cubau people have fought for
their liberty. It provides, in part, as
follows:
“Tho peace preliminaries havo been
signed and the government of the
United States has imposed upon Spain
an obligation to renounce all her
rights of sovereignty over the island
of Cuba and to evacuate the territory
immediately. The cessation of hos
tilities lias also been agreed upon.
“Though the principal object of our
revolution has been attained—that is,
the destruction of Spanish domination
--the work of this council is not yet at
an end, for the Cubau republic—the
ideal for which we have fought,—has
not yet been constituted. Now that
hostilities have ceased and Spain lias
renounced her sovereignty, it is the
duty of this council to set before the
Cuban people tho feelings ami pur
poses of the men who made tho revo
lution.
. i We always felt confident that
through our own perseverance we
would in the long run destroy Span
ish domination, but we must acknow
ledge that an indefinite prolongation
of the struggle would havo annihilated
the little that was left of our wealth
and population. The entrances upon
the field of a powerful and decisive
factor, upon which we have always re
lied and toward which the hearts of
all Cubans have always turned, has
put an end to the horrors of war to
the benefit of all concerned.
“This prompt solution, we must ac
knowledge, we could never have ob
tained. It is proper to acknowledge
the evident truth. That is tho best
title tho United States has to our grati
tude. We were abandoned by the
world, some nations ignoring us
through selfishness, others ignorant of
our real condition, considering us an
obstinate and ungovernable people,
because we did not accept the cajoleries
and flatteries with which Spain tried
to soothe our just anger.
“This was our situation when the
people of the United States, their gov
ernment and congress, came to our
rescue and took upon their shoulders
the task of delivering us at once from
an unbearable yoke, as our sufferings
could not be endured or permitted any
longer. They have accomplished their
programme brilliantly. What is more,
they have liberated, in one way or an
other from the rule of Spain all peo
ples oppressed by her. The liberation
is definite and irrevocable. Spain has
been expelled from this hemisphere.
Gratitude Expressed.
“Wo aro grateful. In nations as
well as in individuals, gratitude is
ennobling. As we begin now our na
tional life we, moro than any other
peoplo, must he jealous of our national
honor. It is therefore the duty of this
council to explain to the poople of
Cuba what, in its opinion, are our
duties toward the United States and
toward ourselves and what are the
rules that ought to direct our conduct.
“The people of the United States
have all along appreciated the fact that is
the majority of the people of Cuba
in agreement with our principles; for
tho motto of the United States gov
ernment has beeif the same as our own
—absolute independence for Cuba.
Under these conditions tho Americans
could not take a hostile attitude to
ward us or consider our authority ille
gitimate and harmful to the welfare of
the Cuban people.
“These considerations have con "
viuced us that we should not dissolvo
und that the powers we have received^
from an assembly elected by tho peo
ple under arms should not vanish. On
the contrary, wo feel that we shonld
remain as a nucleus and guide for
those who have vested such power in
us.
“We have therefore decided to call
together another assembly which will
determine our future course.”
SILVER PLATE MAKERS COMBINE.
International Company Formed With Cap
ital Stock of # 15,000,000.
A New York dispatch says: The
Meriden-Britannia company and the
Wilcox Silver Plate company have
issued circulars to their stockholders
stating that the Internationa! Silver
company has been formed under the
laws of New Jersey with a capital
stock of $15,000,000 preferred and
#16,000,000 common etook.
EVACUATION COMMISSIONERS CON
FRONTED WITH DIFFICULTIES.
MANY IRRECONCILABLE ELEMENTS.
Spanish Oflfcuor* Seek Discharges With
the itope of Securing 1 Service Under
American Government.
Advices of Thursday -from Havana
state that the rumors to the offoct that
strained relations exist between the
Spanish commission and the United
States Cuban evacuation commission
are absolutely unfounded. There have
boon some incidents, 1ms no real
^itchas.
For iustance ’ when <he Unit#d
S,ates tran8 P ort Resolute, with the
American commission on hoard, ar
rived, she did not fire a Halute on en
tering the harbor, but later sbe fired
the regulation salute when visited by
the British consul, who has been act
ing for the United States.
This action was commented upon at
the palace, in consequence of which
explanations were exchanged during
tlio evening with the result that tlio
Resolute on Monday morning flew the
Spanish colors in honor of tho birth
day of tho princess of tho Asturias,
and at noon the same day, when the
Spanish flagship Alfonso XII fired a
salute ill honor of the royal birthday,
it was answered by the Resolute.
Tho reason that the first formal ses
sion of the commissioners took place
on Sunday was the understanding that
the commissioners must meet within
30 days after signing the protocol
which on Monday would have been 31
days.
Two free soup kitchens in Havana
were closed Wednesday and the clos
ing of others will follow, These
kitchens have been distributing to the
really needy over 30,000 rations daily.
Their discontinuance, based, accord
ing to the civil governor’s circular, on
the assumption that distress and want
have disappeared from the city will
have tho effect of throwing thousands
of unfortunate people on public char
ity. Beggars are again infesting ihe
street.! and carrying filth aud disease
germs all over Havana. Immediate
arrangements for the distribution of
tho Coma 1 rations, now that the Span
ish government refuses to continue to
feed the hungry, is imperative.
The “meat ring” continues keeping
the price of meat at from 50 to 60
cents per pound, in spite of the pro
tests and efforts made by large and
responsible firms to the government,
offering to import cattle and place
meat on the market at 25 cents per
pound.
Hundreds of Spanish officers have
asked to be discharged from the army.
They refuse to return to Spain, where
stnrvition stores them in the face.
Many of them have formed classes to
study English, hoping to succeed in
obtaining commissions in the United
States army as soon as they are profi
cient in the language.
It will be interesting to watch the
course pursued by the host of counts
and marquises, holding titles of no
bility in Spain and here. The aris
tocracy of Cuba are all Spanish gran
dees, holding Castilian titles,of which
they are very proud and which they
will renounce with great reluctance.
These grandees who have been hold
ing their titles for generations, for
merly owning vnst properties in the
island, form the most rabid Cuban
ism. They will be forced to remain
Spanish subjects and continue enjoy
ing the privilege of rank and title, or
relinquish all claims to this honor and
become plain Tom, Dick and Harry.
The same will happen to a long list of
Cubans, widows and orphans of Span
ish officers drawing pensions from
Spain, which is their only means of
support. The list of such pensioners
foots up over two thousand.
The situation may be summed up as
chaotic. It is impossible to tell ex
actly what the future may develop,
even regarding the commission. Its
powers sSein to bo very limited, the
members having to submit every trifle
to Washington for consideration be
fore acting.
J.
WORST OF CENTURY
Was tl»« Fearful Hurricane That .Swept
Over the Went Judies.
A special of Friday from Kingston,
Jamaica, states that the hurricane of
Sunday was undoubtedly the worst
visitation of the kind experienced by
the West Indies during the century,
both in violence and extent. The hnr
ricane swept along the island chain
from Barbados westward to St. Vin
cent and thence northwest to St. Kitts,
where it was last heard from.
Details received from St. Vincent
show that an unparalleled destruction
of life and property has taken place
there. Out of a population of 41,000,
300 were killed and 20,000 were injur
ed and rendered homeless.
GENERAL LAWTON’S REPORT.
Health Condition of Troops Now Sta
tioned at Santiago.
The following is General Lawton’s
daily health report: 16.—Total
“Santiago, September 145;
sick, 1,222; fever, 83; now cases,
returned to duty, 318.^ Deaths, Iran
cis Casey, Second United States vol
unteers, typhoid fever; September 15,
Charles W. Kingston, Ninth United
State* volunteers, bilious fever,
GRACE RETURNED 1I0MR,
Tliffe Sko Found a Or*T« For H«r Sup*
Toted Corpse.
A dispatch from Bridgeport, Conn.,
says: The woman whoso dismembered
body was found early in the week in
the Yellow Mill pond was identified ns
Grace Marian Perkins, of Middleboro,
Mass.
On Saturday the supposed victim of
the murder, Miss Parkins, arrived at
her homo in Middleboro in perfiot
health to the great joy of the family
and the unbounded astonishment of
the entire community. Her father
was not in town, for at the tinio of his
daughter’s arrival ho was on his way
back frrm Bridgeport with the grue
some remains which ho had identified
as those of Grace, and for which the
funeral arrangements, including the
digging of the grave, had already been
completed. from the Per
Just across the street
kins house is n cemetery and Saturday
morning in response to the uncle of
Miss Perkins, a grave had been dug
by the sexton in the family lot, and
the no' earth thrown up beside it
could be plainly seen from the bouse.
Half an hour after Miss Perkins’
arrival at home, a local undertaker’s
wagon drove up to the house and in it
was the coffin which lint been ordered
by the family. The funeral arrange
ments had even gone so far that the
family minister had been notified and
asked to conduct the services.
MISSIONARY TO CURA
Selected B.y National Negro Baptist Con
vention Religious Press Officers.
At the moeting of the National Ne
gro Baptist, convention at Kansas City
it was decided to send a missionary to
Cuba at once. 1). M. E. Campbell, of
Philadelphia, w«h selected as the mis
sionary and lie will sail October 1st.
The negro religious press associa
tion met and elected the following offi
cers:
W. J. White, Georgia, president; J.
A. Booker, Little Rock, Ark., vice
1 resident; L. L. Campbell, Austin,
Tex., secretary; G. L. P. Taliaferro,
Philadelphia, treasurer. They estab
lished an advertising bureau with Wil
liam II. Steward, of Louisville, ns
manager. convention selected
The national
Nashville for the next annual meeting.
VOTED ONLY FOR WHEELER.
All Parties Unanimous In Eighth Ala
bama District.
The most remarkable primary elec
tion ever Jiflowu in Alabama was held
in the eighth district Saturday.
It was the primary pf the democratic
party of that district - 'elect a nom
inee tt> congress, but mill %?"t,iie re
publicans ami populists of the district
participated in it and every of man the voted little
for the return to congress
hero of Santiago, General Joseph
Wheeler.
Free silver and gold advocates, free
traders and protectionists, territorial
expansionists and coutractionists, rich
and poor, black and white, regardless
of past, present or future party affilia
tions, all united on the one proposi
tion to semi General Wheeler back to
congress. Not a vote was cast against
him in tho district.
ONE-SIXTH ARE DOWN.
Bickness Among Lawton's Troops In
creases to Alarming Extent.
A Washington dispatch says: Sick
ness among the troops of General
Lawton’s command at Santiago is in
creasing. Nearly one-sixth of the
force is now on the sick list, although
the number of deaths is not great.
Genera! Lawton’s bulletin of the
health conditions of the American
forces at Santiago, received at the
war department Sunday night, was as
follows:
Sick 1,222, fever 341, new enses 02,
returned to duty 304. The deaths
September 15th aud 16h numbered 7.
SCHOFIELD DECLINED HONOR.
Ilcfiiscd to Servo On War Investigating
Commission -Howell Accept*.
A Washington dispatch says: After
a half hour’s conference with the pres
ident Saturday General Schofield an
nounced that he would not serve as a
member of the committee to investi
gate tho conduct of the war.
Mr. Evan I’. Howell, of Atlanta,
Ga., who was asked by the president
to serve on tho commission, was at
the white house during the day and
formally accepted the appointment.
ULTIMATUM IGNORED.
Sultan Refuges to Withdraw Turkish
Troops From Island of Crete.
Advices from Constantinople state
that tho Turkish government has sent
a circular to the powers alleging that
the British provoked the disorders at
Caiulia, claiming that the present sit
uation is duo to the measures adopted
by the powers in Crete, and protesting
against the bombardment of Candia.
The porte announces its refusal to
withdraw the Turkish troops from
Crete in spite of the decision of the
admirals that such a step is absolutely
necessary. The circular has made a
bad impression in diplomatic circles,
RETALIATORY MEASURE.
Canadian Paper Manufacturers Ask for
Duty on Pulp.
At a meeting of paper and pulp
manufacturers held at Montreal a res
olution was adopted asking that an
export duty be immediately placed ' n
all pulp wood exported from Canada
which would be equivalent to the
present import duty on Canadian pulp
entering the United States, mnless the
United Stalfes admit all Canadian
pulp free of import duty.
NO. 35.
NOT ON MAR PATH, BUT (JOIN®
INTO WINTER QUARTERS.
NEARLY 100,000 ARE COMING;
Tlioy Go Into Camp at Various Localities
In Dixie—Will lie Prepared For ,
Serviuo In Cuba and Porto Klco.
A Washington special says: The
military movements are being directed,
rapidly toward the assembling of »
large army in southern stations for
winter camps atid preparatory to the
military occupation of Cuba and Porto
Rico. About 70,000 troops are now
located in the south, and orders will
be issued sending tlio First, Second,
Sixth, Ninth and Tenth cavalry from
Montank to southern stations. The
Third cavalry already has gone south,
and the First and Seoond infantry
were Thursday afternoon ordered to
Anniston, and the Eighth and Six
teenth to Huntsville. This leaves the
Seventh, Twenty-fourth aud Twenty
fifth infantry, the Second volunteer
engineers and companies H and G,
Fourth artillery, at Montauk. Within
a day or two tlieso last remaining
troops will be ordered south and Camp
Wikoff will be no more. The purposes
is to establish winter camps between
the thirty-first and thirty-fifth paral
lels.
The major part of the army thus as
sembled is destined for service in Cuba
with a much smaller force for Porto
Rico and a reserve in the winter
camps. It is not the intention, how
ever, to send the army of occupation
to Cuba until after the unhealthy sea
son lias passed, and meanwhile the
troopR will be put in the best possible
condition.
On account of tho desire of the war
department that no chances shall be
taken in the way of exposure of the
troops to the dangers of the unhealthy
season, no impatience is felt on ac
count of tlio rather slow progress of
the work of tlio commission of evacu
ation of Havana,
Great satisfaction is expressed at the
progress being made in Porto Rico and
the evacuation >s expected to witls.fhe occur
speedily, but in couiroetion
evacuation o.i Porto Rico the same
anx!'’ 1 j as to the health of tho army is
fait nor are there similar difficul
.connection with establishing
tL ‘* I lament, Porto Rico becoming
at ■art of the territory of the
oik \
United r"anizing the
In assemblf: l/AOl'F io\ a
army for tlr< o H SI IlcKilhle with
consideration i*
the organized insiA. _ . n ( V', x
taken seriously into tffiU
Havana dispatches stating
has developed a strong
favor of independence and opposition
to annexation, coupled with hostility
toward the United Htates, is read with
rather an air of amusement by officials
of the administration. The purpose
of the Cubans to establish a stable, in
dependent form of government is
strictly in accordance with the terms
of the president’s proclamation, and
theiefore furnishes no reason fora
feeling of hostility.
All the information in the posses
sion of the war department, it is said,
indicates the most cordial relations
and harmony of purpose between tho
Cubans and the representatives of this
government.
Day Tinnier* KcgJgnntlon.
The cabinet was in session an honif „
Friday, Secretary Alger being tendered the only
absentee. Secretary Day to
the president his resignation as secre
tary of state and took leave of his
cabinet associates.
Assistant Secretary Moore, of the
state department, also tendered his
resignation to the president.
The instructions to the peace com
mission were gone over for the last
time and officially approved.
Captain Bradford, chief of the bu
reau of equipment of the navy depart
ment, was notified at the last moment
that the president desired his atten
dance upon the commissioners at Paris
in tho capacity United of States an expert, for no
one in the navy is so
well informed as this officer as to the
mutters of coaling and naval stations.
TORAL IS AT HOME.
Steamer Arrive* At Vigo, Spain, With
Spanish General and Many Soldiers.
A Madrid dispatch of Thursday says:
The steamer Leon XIII has arrived at
Vigo, with General Toral and 2,478
soldiers and officers from Santiago de
Cuba.
The queen regent presided at the
cabinet council Thursday. Senor Sa
gasta, the premier, outlined the situa
tion and said that the government had
received no reply from Washington to
its request for the repatriations of
Spaniards in the Philippines. Ac
cording to reports from Manila, one
third of the prisoners of General
Aguinaldo have died of bad treatment.
RECEIVER APPOINTED
For Ihe Chicago arid Mlnnnk Coal and
Tile Work..
The Chicago and Minonk Coal and
Tile Works, with oflices at 201 West
ern Union building. Chicago, and con
trolling mining property at Minock,
Woodford county, valued at $300,000,
came into the custody of the district
court Saturday through the entrance
of an order by Judge Tuthiil appoint
ing Frank D. Ket chain receiver el the
concern,