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VOL. II.
EVIDENCE OF MILITARY CONSPI
RACY AGAINST GOVERNMENT.
UNEARTHED BY ARMY GENERAL.
Frcmler Brisson Promises to Investigate
and Take Prompt Action
In the Matter.
It was announced at Paris Friday
morning that a military plot against
the government has been discovered.
The Rappel, The Aurore and The
Petite Republique Francaise publish
almost identical stories on the subject.
It appears that the plot was discov
ered by a general holding an impor
tant position. The plotters wore to
have taken action on Saturday, during
the absence of the minister of war,
General Ckanoine. It further appears
that when the government was warned
of the plot the ministers were not sur
prised, having already obtained infor
mation regarding the conspiracy.
The Matin says the plot was not in
favor of one of the pretenders to the
throne of France, who has been talked
about for some time, but was only for
the purpose of changing certain officials
of the government without touching the
provident.
The premier, M. Brisson, was
among those who were not surprised
when notified of the plot. He promises
to lake action in the matter.
The government refuses to furnish
any information regarding the discov
ery of the plot, but it is rumored that
the conspiracy involved Prince Louis
Bonaparte, who is a colonel of Russi an
lancers, and in whose favor his elder
brother, Prince Victor Bonaparte, re
cently resigned the leadership of the
imperialist party. It is added that
certain political personages handed the
premier, important documents, in
cluding a cipher dispatch concerning
certain military men.
The minister of war has recalled his
announced intention of leaving Paris.
# The Liberte asserts that the mili
tary mtfn alleged to have been con
cerned in the conspiracy are Generals
Boisdeffre and Pelliux.
Attempts, it is added, were also
made to compromise General Zurlin
den, the-military governor of Paris,
who for a short lime was minister of
war, but it appears the present minis
ter of war, General Chanoine, refused
to countenance it.
According to the Jour the rumor of
the plot arose from a forged letter
purporting to have been sent by Gen
eral Boisdeffre to General Zurlinden
containing the words:
“Let us be ready for Saturday.”
The News In London.
A Lodon special says: The situa
tion in Paris is regarded in well-in
formed quarters here as being more
serious than at any time since tho
commune.
The St. James Gazette of Friday
afternoon says:
“A military revolution, however
peaceful, which replaces the Brisson
cabinet with the nominees of the gen
erals, would imperil the relations be
tween England and France almost to
the breaking point. The semi-official
and partly inspired Paris papers are
still pretending that negotiations are
proceeding between the two govern
ments, and France believes it, although
everybody in England knows the
statement to he ready to close. Even
supposing Major Marchand is uncon
ditionally withdrawn from Faskodn,
the difficulties with France will in no
way end. Behind it lies the whole
question of the Bahr El Ghazal, tire
richest prize in the Soudan. ”
The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Times says:
“It is impossible to obtain clear
proof of tbe existence of a plot. I be
lieve, however, that the idea of some
act of force haunts certain military
minds. Maddened and stung by
violent criticisms of the army arising
out of the Dreyfus affair, they are
especially irritated at tbe attitude of
the civil authorities in claiming to
interfere in the detention of Colonel
Picquart, for which the entire military
authority is responsible. Looking to
the excited state of men’s minds at
the present time of conflict between
the military and civil authorities, it is
only surprising that such alarms are
not more frequent.”
REBELLIOUS REBELS
Mak. a Forcible Kffort To Undermine
Acuitialdo’. Influence.
A rumor at Manila says that Maca
bulos, chief of the five northern prov
inces of the Philippine islands, has re
belled against Aguinaldo and that
hard fighting has already taken place
between the opposing factions.
It is also reported that General
Bios, the Spanish commander nt Iloilo,
has sent emissaries from that place to
undermine Aguinaldo’s influence and
induce the natives to demand that
Spain retain the Philippine islands.
A BUTCHERY IN CANADA.
Father and Four Children Found Mur
dered In Their Home.
Advices from Winnipeg, Manitoba,
state that a cold-blooded butchery took
place iu the Galician settlement Sat*
uiday. A Galician man and his four
children were found dead in their
house by a neighbor. The wife is
missing and is suspected to be guilty
of the crime. Tho weapon used was
an ax. Tho man’s head was nearly
severed from bis body and the child
ren’s bodies were more or less muti
lated.
Chronicle
PRESIDENT LEAVES OMAHA.
Pcopla of t itle, and Town* Alone Rout*
Turn Out to Greet Him.
President McKinley and party left
Omaha Thursday morning. A large
delegation accompanied the party to
the train, including Senators Allen
and Thurston, Mayor Moores, Presi
dent Wattles, Governor Hwfcomb and
many others.
The presidential train left over the
Burlington Flyer, aud at every station
along the route home the president
was greeted by great throngs.
In western Iowa the crowds were
large and clamorous at every point,
bnt when the eastern part of the state
was reached their magnitude seemed
to swell at every stopping place until
at Burlington, on the Mississippi, the
climax was reached. There the pres
ident did not attempt to talk, but was
taken in a carriage through the bril
liantly lighted streets, and for twe'nty
blocks was kept busy lifting his hat in
response to thewild cheers of the citi
zens.
Probably the worst crush of people
that Mr. McKinley ever experienced
was at the Burlington station when
the carriages came hack. The presi
dent was forced almost to fight his
way for fifty yards to reach the en
trance to his private car, but through
out all this he preserved his good
temper and maintained a smiling coun
tenance, as iudeed has been the case
with him during his western trip.
As the train swept eastward the ten
or of the president’s speeches seemed
to center more and more on the ques
tion of the foreign policy of the gov
ernment, and, judging by the applause in
of his auditors, they were largely
accord with his sentiments.
At some points after he had finished
speaking, Mr. McKinley presented to
the people the members of the cabinet
who are with him, and the cheers for
Secretaries Bliss, Gage and Wilson
and Postmaster General Smith were
almost as hearty as those given for the
president.
QUIET REIGNS IN VIRDEN.
The Military of the Slate Now ControlB
the Town.
Advices from Virden, Ill., the scene
of the desperate battle between the
striking miners and deputies, state
that Thursday passed without another
outbreak of violence, but aside from
the restraining influence of the mili
tia no progress was made toward
permanent peace. Battery B, First
Illinois artillery, arrived during the
morning from Pana.
The idle miners are excitable and
determined while the Chicago-Virden
Coal Co. has shown no sign of a pur
pose to abandon its plan of operating
its mines with imported negroes. Wednesday’s
Later advices show that
shopting resulted in fourteen deaths,
so far, while the number of injured
will not much exceed the previous es
timate of twenty. Of these a few are
in a critical condition.
The coroner’s inquest Thursday
brought out no evidence of importance.
After the examination of about thirty
miners the sitting was adjourned until
Friday.
A meeting of the executive commit
tee of the strikers was held late Thurs
day evening. Chairman John Belgar
asserted that not a man among the
Thiel agency aud Pinkerton detectives
stationed withjn the stockade had been
sworn as a deputy sheriff. He follow
ed this statement by declaring that all
of them could be held as accessories on
a charge of murder, He stated that
there were twenty men inside the
stockade whon the train, bearing the
negroes, stopped at the shaft on the
day of the fight, aud that fifty Pinker
ton and Thiel men, acting as guards,
were ou the train. He said none of
these men are residents of Illinois,
and consequently Sheriff Davenport
had refused to swear them in.
The matter was discussed, and a de
cision made to employ counsel and lay
the matter before the grand jury.
SONS OF VETERANS
Mustered In By Adjutant General of Illi
nois For Duty at Virden.
Assistant Adjutant Ewart has mus
tered into the Illinois national guard
four companies of the Sons of Veterans’
regiment for service at Virden. Ad
jutant General Reece returned to
Springfield from Virden Thursday.
He states that from the best informa
tion obtainable, firing began by tho
deputies on the train.
The bodies of the dead men showed
wounds ranging downward, indicat
ing that shots were fired from the
train and tower.
MRS. GEORGE HELD.
The Justice Sends the Case to the Grand
Jury For Investigation.
A Canton, O., dispatch says: Mrs.
George was held to answer to common
pleas court at the conclusion of the
preliminary hearing Wednesday and
her case will be investigated by the
next grand jury. The presiding justice
of the peace in passing upon the case
said there was sufficient circumstantial
evidence connecting Mrs. George with
the crime to justify holding her for
the investigation of the higher courts.
She is held on the charge of murder in
the first degree and cannot be admitted
to bail.
OREGON AND IOWA.
Big Ilattlcsl.lps Sail From Now York
Under Sealed Orders.
The battleships Oregon and Iowa
sailed from New York Wednesday with
sealed orders from Washington. There
lias been considerable speculation battleships. as
to the destination of the
It was first stated they would proceed
direct to Manila, but subsequent re
ports threw some doubt on this and
Honolulu may be their objective point,
from whence they may go to Manila.
ABBEVILLE. GA.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1898.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE ADDRESSES AN
IMMENSE THRONG.
TALKEDOFSPANISH-AMERICANWAR
Touched Idglitly on Territorial Expan
sion But Accorded Great Pralge to
.Oiu Soldiers and Sailors.
Wednesday, tbe third day of
Omaha’s peace jubilee aud “Presi
dent’s day” at the Traus-Mississippi
exposition opened with lowering sky.
About 10 o’clock, however, tho sun
burst forth in all its radiance, making
the hearts of thousands of people feel
easier. The president was up ear
ly and at 9 o’clock was in the
parlors of the Omaha club, where
he greeted the members of his party
and other distinguished callers.
It was after 10 o’clock when the
presidential party, escorted by Presi
dent Wattles and members of the en
tertainment committee in carriages,
started for the exposition grounds.
They were headed by a platoon of
mounted police, while the members of
the presidential party wero escorted
by tho board of governors of tho
Ak-Sar-Ben, mounted, and dressed in
their regalia. The party proceeded
directly to the graud plaza on the
bluff tract of the exposition, where, on
the music pavillion, the formal exer
cises of the day occurred.
President McKinley probably never
received a more enthusiastic greeting
than which awaited him at the expo
sition grounds. By far the greatest
crowd in the big western show’s his
tory,so large a crowd that its numbers
are almost beyond ou estimate,throng
ed about the huge platform from
which the president made his address.
Hardly one sentence was spoken by
him which did not evoke from the
people cheer upon cheer.
After President Wattles had in
troduced the distinguished guest of
the exposition it was fully five min
utes before the subsidence of the ap
plause permitted the president to be
gin speaking. The subject of his ad
dress was the war with Spain. The
address was replete with praise for
our soldiers and sailors, and the presi
dent declared that the recent naval and
military achievements surpass that of
any nation at any time in the history
of the world.
The president touched only lightly
upon the question of territorial expan
sion, suggesting merely that our inter
national rights must and will be pro
tected.
Regarding our international respon
sibilities, the president said:
“In this age of frequent inter change
and mutual dependency, we cannot
shirk our international responsibilities
if we would; they must be met with
courage and wisdom and we must fol
low duty even if desire opposes. No
deliberation can be too mature or self
control too constant in this solemn
hour of our history. We must avoid
the temptation of undue aggression
and aim to secure only such results as
will promote our own aud the general
‘good.”
WOMAN’S NECK SAVED,
Aged Murderess Only Sentenced to Two
Years In Penitentiary,
A special from Columbus, Ga. ,says:
Webster county, after all, will not
hang anotlie' 1 woman. Mrs. M. L.
McGuirt, arraigned in the superior
court of that county on the charge of
having murdered her husband, John
A. McGuirt, escaped with a sentence
of two years in the penitentiary.
The trial of the aged woman has
just come to a close in that county, at
Preston. After the jury had deliber
ated in the case for more than twenty
fonr hours it became evident that a
mistrial would result. It is under- I
stood that eleven men of the jury wero
in favor of a verdict of involuntary
manslaughter and one for murder,
with recommendation for mercy. The
attorneys for the prosecution and de
fense held a consultation, as a result
of which a consent verdict was an
nounced. The court directed a verdict
of voluntary manslaughter, and Judge
Littlejohn sentenced the woman to
two years in the penitentiary.
NEGROES MAKE APPEAL.
Unable to Obtain Work In Mississippi
Owing to Quarantine.
Judson Lyons, the register of the
treasury at Washington, has received
?, letter from James Hill, the collector
of internal revenue at Jackson, Miss.,
in which he makes an appeal for aid
in behalf of the several thousand col
ored people there who, in consequence
of the quarantine against yellow fever,
are unable to obtain work.
The letter states that “nearly all of
the white people have left the city.
We haVe at least 4,000 or 4,500 color
ed people here and from 2,000 to 3,000
have to be fed by charity.”
WARRANTS SWORN OUT.
Managers of Chicago-Virden Coal Co.
Charged With Murder.
A special from Virden, Ill., says:
As the result of a meeting held by a
number of union miners, during which
the terrible fight of Wednesday was
discussed, a warrant has been sworn
out by Virgil Bishop, a union miner,
chaigiug tho managers of the Chicago
Virdon Coal company, Messrs. Luk
ens, Louicks, Yorke and others with
murder.
AGREEMENT REACHED.
Conunlaslonem Complete Details For
Avamifttlon of Porto Rico.
The following cablegram was re
ceived at the war department Thurs
day:
‘‘San Joan dr Porto Rico. —Secre
tary of War, Washington: The United
States commission has informed the
Spanish commission that the United
.States expects to have complete pos
session of Porto Rioo on October 18th.
The Spanish commission assents to
this and says it is expected that evac
uation will be complete on or before
that day. If not it will concede pos
session. The United States commis
sion has practically completed the de
tails of >he evacuation, and the joint
commission has held its last session
and adjourned without day. United
States troops will be placed in San
Juan and the flag hoisted at noon Oc
toher 18th. Bbookk.”
This dispatch is very gratifying to
the war department officials and it
ends all contention regarding the pos
session of Porto Itico. The details of
the agreements reached by the com
missioners have not been received at
the department, but as the negotia
tions seem to have progressed smooth
ly, it is supposed that the instructions
of the administration to the commis
sion have been carried out.
CASHIER FOUND SHORT.
Senator rintt’s Hank Ordered Cloned By
Comptroller Duweg.
Thursday Charles G. Dawes, comp
troller of the treasury, wired the cash
ier of the Tioga National hank of Os
wego, N. Y., of which Senator T. C.
Platt is president, to close the doors
of that institution, receive no more
deposits and transact no more busi
ness, stating that he had placed C. E.
Vanbrocklin, national bank examiner,
in charge of the bank.
The action was taken by the comp
troller as a result of tho recent exam
ination by Examiner Vanbrocklin,
which disclosed a large defalcation on
the part of Eli W. Stone, the assistant
cashier of the hank. Stone died at his
homo Wednesday night shortly after
he had been confronted by the exam
iner with the defalcation. He con
fessed his guilt to the examiner.
NO MORE DISCHARGES.
Washington Officials Say That the War
Is Not, Over Yet.
The war department is constantly in
receipt of requests from soldiers ask
ing to be mustered out, stating that
the war has closed and they wish to
go homo. This is the excuse made by
nearly all those now seeking discharge.
The war department officials say
that the war will not be over until the
treaty of peace is signed and ratified
by the United States senate and that
the soldiers may be needed for further
duty.
No discharges will be .granted ex
cept for sickness and disability, and
the requests in these cases must be
approved by the colonels aud higher
commanding officers.
SULTAN’S REQUEST REFUSED.
No Modifications In Terms For Evacua
tion of Island of Crete.
A cable dispatch from Rome states
that Great Britain, Russia, France
and Italy have decided to reject tho
porte’s suggested modifications in the
ultimatum to the Turkish government
on the evacuation of the island of
Crete—particularly the sultan’s pro
posal to hold three fortified places,
with garrisons sufficient to protect the
Mohammedans and to defend the Otto
man flag.
They are sending an identical note
to this effect to Constantinople remind
ing the sultan that, every Turkish sol
dier must leave Crete within the time
specified in the ultimatum.
LANGFORD ON TRIAL.
Last of the Delk Gang Answers the
Charge of Murder.
Tom Langford was placed on trial
at Zebulon, Ga., Thursday, for the
mur(icr of Sheriff Gwynn two years
a 8°- He is the last member of the
Delk 8 an K to 1,6 tn ed for Hio crime,
Langford’s attorneys are Thomas E.
Watson, G. D. Dominick and S. N.
Woodward.
Much interest is centered in the
ease, not only because of Langford’s
association with the Delks in the mur
der of Sheriff Gwynn, but because of
the spleudid legal talent employed in
the case.
Langford lias been in jail in Zebulon
ever since his arrest in Arkansas in
July, 1897.
WYMAN TO INVESTIGATE.
Sursreun Ooneral Will Vl.lt Yellow Fever
District. In South.
Surgoon General Wyman,of the ma
rino hospital service, left Washington
Friday for a trip of a week or ten days’
inspection of the work in the south in
fighting yellow fever. Ho will go di
rect to Cincinnati, then to Chattanoo
ga, Atlanta, Mobile, Now Orleans and
other points. Ho will confer with the
state and local health authorities.
The fever is reported at Amite City,
in Tangipahoa parish, La., and the
town and parish have been quaran
tined. The reports for Thursday in
clude 26 new cases in Franklin, La.,
though no deaths were recorded there.
NO SAN JUAN MAILS.
Postal Representatives In Porto Rico Can
not Be Bonded Yet.
A cablegram received at the post
office department Wednesday from the
postal commission sent to Pyrto Rico,
says there are no provisions in that
Ward for bonding postal represents -
fives, and that as tho Spanish still
occupy San Juan, no American postal
station can be established there at
present.
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TROUBLE CAUSED BY THE IMPOR.
TATI ON OF COLORED LABOR.
SEVEN WHITE MEN ARE KILLED.
Fatalities Among the Negron Unknown
As tlio Train Hearing Thom
Was Unshed Away,
A special from Virden, Ill., says:
The arrival of the imported negroos
from the sonth at 11:30 o’olock Wed
nesday was followed by a dosperate
battle.
Five hundred shots were exchanged
between the soldiers on ono side and
Sheriff Davenport and his deputies
uud railroad police on tho other.
When tho Chicago and Alton train
bearing the negroes arrived it was met
by fully 1,500 armed miners, wlio were
lined up ou each side of the track be
tween the telegraph office and the
mine of the Chicago aud Virden Coal
Company. The train was stopped
immediately in front of the east gates
to the stockade aud the trouble began.
Dozens of shots wero fired from tho
stockade at the white men, while the
strikers were half a mile away.'
Shortly before 1:30 o’clock p. ni.
Manager Lukens tried to make his es
cape from the shaft. The attempt was
a signal for another fusilade from a
body of men said to be miners. The
manager and a small force of detec
tives ran into the alley behind the
postoffice, the attacking party having
continued to fire away.
The sheriff thinks possibly 100 men
have been killed and wounded, but
others deem this estimate too large.
There is the greatest indignation felt
in Virden against Lukens, who is held
responsible for the trouble.
The list of casualties according to
latest reports are seven dead and eigh
teen wounded.
It is said that six men were wound
ed inside the stockade, but this has
not been verified, and those inside the
stockade refuse to communicate with
outsiders.
For the past two weeks rumors have
reached Virden that a train having
negroes from Alabama would reach
the city, and the Chicago and Alton
depot lias been surrounded day and
night by miners awaiting their arrival.
Train Loaded With Negroes.
The Chicago aud Alton limited due
to pass Virdin at 10 o’clock Wednes
day morning eu route to Chicago pass
ed through an hour lata, displaying
flags on the rear, indicating that a train
was following. Immediately the word
was spread, and a dense crowd of min
ers lined the stntion platform, while
another crowd ^collected at half the mile en
trance of the stockade a
north of the station. D. B. Kiley, a
Chicago and Alton detective, stood
guard at a switch at the south end of
the station platform to see that it was
not tampered with.
At 12:30 o’clock the special train
passed the station, and a signal was
fired from the south end of tho train
announcing its arrival.
Immediately shots wore fired from
the moving train and outside, and the
battle was on.
A few moments after the train had
passed the switch where Kily was sta
tioned, and while he was talking with
two citizens, ho threw up his arms and
dropped dead, with a bullet through
his brain. He was the first man killed.
The train continued to the stockade,
the minors firing into it all along tho
route and the negro passengers re
turning the fire. The moment the
train reached the stockade the miners
opened a desperate fire with winches
ters, revolvers and firearms of all de
scriptions. The negroes on the train
answered with a steady fire.
Engineer Tigar received a bullet in
the arm and dropped from his seat.
His fireman seized the throttle, pulled
it open and with a jerk the train was
under speed, carrying a load of wound
ed negro pnnsengerB to Springfield.
How many were wounded is not
known.
The train stopped at the stockade
but two minutes. Its departure did
not cause the firing to cease, The
tower of the stockade was filled with
sharp shooters.
Armed with winchesters, they kept
up a steady fire into the crowd of union
miners.
MANY SOLDIERS SICK.
Throe-Quarter# of lGnlliited Mon at Sulli
van's Island Are Incapacitated.
A Charleston, S. C., dispatch says.
The great amount of sickness among
the enlisted men stationed at Sulli
van’s island is causing the command
ant, Colonel Rawles, much concern.
During the summer many of the men
were ill and typhoid assumed and malarial proportions fever
have almost the
of an epidemic. At present 409 men
are confined to quarters. Considering
the great number of fever cases that
have been treated in the garrison hos
pital, however, the mortality has been
light.
UNDER STARS AND BAR”.
Six Steamer# of Northern V art tic Com -
pany To Be Transferred.
It is stated 'on good authority that
the Northern Pacific Steamship Com
pany is arranging to put under the
American flag six British steamers,
which it is operating to China and
Japan, from Tacoma, Wash. These
steamers include the transports Arizo
na, which was sold to the government
last July, the Tacoma, Olympia, Co
lumbia and Argyle.
mine owners reamed
By Governor Tannnr For Deadly Riot
at Vlrden,
A special from Springfield, III.,
says: In an interview with Governor
Tanner Wednesday evening regarding
the Virden riot lie said:
“Mr. T. C. Louck, president, and
Mr. Lutkin, superintendent of the
Virden Coal Company, at 12:40 o'clock
today made good their threats to land
a train load of imported laborers from
the south and attempted to put them
to work in their mines at the point of
the bayonet and the muzzle of the
winchester, such laborers being drawn
largely, if not entirely, from the crim
inal class, ex-convicts, who learned
their trade while doing time in the
penitentiaries of Alabama, after hav
ing been fully advised and having full
knowledge of the landing of sunk im
ported laborers would precipitate a
riot.
“I had wired them if they brought
these imported laborers they did so at
their own peril ntid under the circum
stances would he morally responsible
and criminally liable killed for anything that
might happen. The and wound
ed are largely idle miners who were
1 the outside. The others were the
h ed guards who were brought along
by the coal company. Most, if not
all, of tho latter were non-residents of
Illinois. There is no means of learn
ing their names or whereabouts for
the reason that they declined to give
them out, knowing, perhaps, that they
are criminally liable for murder, ns
they had no permission from any officor
in Illinois authorizing or deputizing
them to act as deputy marshals or dep
uty sheriffs.
“Instantly on learning of the trou
ble I directed Adjutant Genera! Reece
to order Captain Craig, of the Gales
burg battery, and one company of the
Sons of Veterans regiment, now sta
tioned at Pana, to proceed at once by
the quickest route to the scene of the
trouble. I have instructed General
Reece to select a camping ground
most suitable for the occasion to quell
the riot and maintain ordor, protect
life and property, to disarm nil per
sons bearing arms and to not allow
imported laborers to unload from nny
train within the limits of the city nor
to march in a body. These avaricious
mins owners have so forgotten their
duty to society as to bring about
this blot upon the fair name of our
state have gone far enough, yea, too
far, as .they had fair warning from me,
by wire and telephone, that the im
portation of labor which brings to our
sta f " an undesirable class of citizens
had to stop. And I say now to all such
others that this is a thing of the past;
that it shall not be tolerated in Illi
nois while I an. governor. These men,
the president and officers of the com
pany, participated in this riot by
bringing this imported,labor, and are
guilty of murdef au'o should be. aud I
believe will be, indicted by tr 1 Vnd
jury of Cacoupin county and tried and
convicted for the heinous offonse.”
STATUE OF WAR GOVERNOR.
Unveiled at Lansing, the Capital City of
Michigan.
The population of Lansing, Mich.,
was augmented Wednesday by upward
of 30,000 residents of other portions
of the state, to witness the unveiling
of a statue of Austin Blair, erected to
commemorate the life, deeds and char
acter of Michigan's famous war
governor. A feature of tho occasion
was the presence of Major General
Shaftor, who received a great informal
reception before the exorcises of the
day began. roviewed by Gov
The parade was Shatter, De
ernor Pingree, General
partment Commander Patrick, of the
Grand Army of the Republic, mem
bers of congress and of tbe legisla
ture, and other distinguished guests.
CUINE8E CONTROL TRADE.
Pig Tails Do Most of the Business of the
Philippine Islands.
United States Consul Frankenihall,
at Berne, has collected some informa
tion upon business opportunities in
the Philippines which he has made the
subjoet of a special report to the state
department. Tbe published report
contained in short compass a great
deal of information that may be of
value to business men intending to
find openings at Manila.
The Chinese, it seems, control the
retail trade of the island, the Spanish
coming next in order, and the re
mainder of the list, including about
300 citizens of other European coun
tries.
GRAHAM TESTIFIES.
Oenernl Says Timts al Camp Alfjar Ware
Ton Clone Together.
A Washington dispatch says: Gen
eral Graham continued his testimony
before the war investigating commis
sion Wednesday. He believed that
the proximity of tho tents to one an
other at Camp Alger was responsible
more than nny other cause for the
sickness there and said the medical
officers also were of this opinion. He
thought the want of water for bathing
purposes and the habits of the men in
eating other food there than that pre
scribed by the regulations had had
deleterious influence.
EXISTENCE OF PLOT DENTED.
Anli-KevIslonUt Paper* Ih France Declare
There ... Was ho Conspiracy. ,, ,
. T> . , «■£“££•<>
discovery of a military plot against tlje
government as being pure invention,
The Gaulois classes the affair as “a
conspiracy without conspirators.”
But, in spite of this, the papers
which announced the conspiracy insist
upon the exactness of their
tion.
NO. 39.
I
PRESIDENT M’KINLEYTAKESPART
IN THE PROGRAM.
OFFICIAL ITINERARY MADE PUBLIC.
The Peace Jubilee Fxerotses Begin With
Religious Ceremonies ftfc the
Auditorium.
The president of the United States
arrived in Chicago over the Illinois
Central Saturday night at 9:20 o’clock.
Although much wearied by his long
journey over the great west and his
arduous days at the Trans-Mississippi
exposition he said just before leaving
the train:
“Throughout the journey I have
been deeply moved by the patriotism
of the people and delighted with the
evidences of their prosperity.” reached
After the city limits wero
crowds lined the inclosures beside the
tracks of the Illinois Central railroad
eager to see the presidential train
sweep by. Tho enthusiasm was un
bounded, even when the president
himself could not be seen.
Mr. McKinley left the train at Thir
ty-ninth street, going directly to the
homo of Captain Lafayette McWil
liams, where Mrs. McKinley has lieeu
entertained since arriving from Can
ton. The other members of the offi
cial party wero taken care of at the
loading hotels.
The following is the official itine
rary of the president during the four
days of his visit to Chicago:
Sunday—Thanksgiving services at
tl«: Auditorium nt 8 p. m.
Monday—Private reception at the
University of Chicago 2:30 p. m.
Public reception at the First regiment
armory at 3:45 p. in.; drive through
illuminated portion of the city 5:30
p. m.; review of bicycle parade 8 p.m. the
Tuesday—Welcome exercises at
Auditorium 10:30 a. m.; benefit ball at
tbe Auditorium 9:30 p. m.; blue jack
ets’ bull at Medina temple 11 p. m.
Wednesday—Street reception and
review of parade 11 a. m.; banquet at
tho Auditorium 1:30 p. m.
Fence Jubilee Oponi^
The National Peaeo Jubilee of Chi
cago was inaugurated Saturday night
with a union thanksgiving service at
the Auditorium, President McKin
ley attended and listened to addressee
by a Jewish rabbi, a Roman Catholic
priest, a Presbyterian clergyman and
Booker Washington,the colored orator.
Easily 12,000 people were within
the great auditorium, and probably as
many more were on the outside unable
to obtain admission.
The applause for the president was
terrific and at one time he was com
pelled to arise in his box aud respond
to the frantic cheering of the audience.
The services, however, were of a reli
gious character, &U4I at times the
solemn silence of the v.ist assemblage
was applause much moro could eloquent be. thantUe^wild
est
TO CUT WAGES.
Cotton Mills In Augusta, Oa„ District to
Make a Reduction of 10 Per Cent.
It was officially announced in tho
Augusta, Ga., Sunday papers that a
reduction will he -made in the pay of
operatives in all the cotton mills in
the Augusta district, composing the
Southern Cotton Manufacturers’ Asso
ciation. The reduction will be made
some time in November, two weeks
after tho new schedule has been sub
mitted to the operatives in all the
mills. The cut varies on the different
giades of work and goes from 8 to 13
per cent of the present wages.
President Charles Estes,of the manu •
facturers’ association, says the Au
gusta mills are paying more wages
than any in the south and will be pay
ing fi per cent above the average pay
in southern mills after the proposed
reduction is made. The schedule is
not yet arranged, and there is no inti
mation yet as to how how it will be re
ceived. Augusta mill men say the cut
is absolutely necessary and is made
with great reluctance on their part,
Bix large factories in Augusta and
the Aiken Manufacturing Company
aud Langley Manufacturing Company
across the river in South Carolina are
in the cut. Their combined pay rolls
are about $1,000,000 aud the average
cut is about 10 per cent.
SAXTON’S WILL DISCOVERED.
Murdered Man I.eaves About 83110,000
to Mr». Barber, Ill. Sitter.
A. Canton, O., dispatch states that
the will of George D. Saxton has been
found. It was made last April, and
was witnessed by James J. Grant and
Oliver F. Schiliman.
The document bequeaths all his
estate to Mrs. M. C. Barber, sister of
the deceased, as entailed property.
After her death, the estate is to be
divided among the five children of the
beneficiary.
The value of the property is not
known, but a personal friend of the
deceased estimates it will foot up
$ 200 , 000 .
GREENE WILL JOIN LEE.
One or the Manila Heroes „ Attached ..... to
fiorenth ___.. Army . Corps. _
sa J *'T” s - Major General ai *r“ Francis - I. Greona
has been ordered to report to General
Fitzhugh Lee, Seventh army corps, at
Savannah, Ga., and will command ii
division of the army of the Cuhun oc
cupation. General Greene took a
prominent part in the battle of Ma
nila.