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VOL. II. A STRONG ANTI-AMERICAN FEEL ING IS BEING SHOWN. SPANIARDS ROB AND PILLAGE. They Are Making the Best of Tlioir Short Stay and Rose No Chance to Enrich Themselves. Advices of Sunday from Havana state that Paz y Libertad, one of the daily papers of Cieufuegos, published with the sanction of the government, prints a manifesto with over three hundred signatures, a great many of which are those of Spaniards, openly proclaiming Cuban independence. Owing to the fact that Spanish offi cers are selling commissary stores at any price obtainable, army supplies are now a drug on the market in the interior, making legitimate trade im possible. It is asserted that as the Spanish rule draws toward a close, corruption, plunder and robbery be come daily more open and wholesale. The commission of transportation charged.-wittrituarishing pasj^tge-tick ets 'to Spanish officers returning to Spain charges arbitrary rate of $4 each for a berth. If the victim refuses to give up, he is made to wait for several steamers, the commission claiming that there is no room. Generally the officer is glad to pay in order to get away. This abuse is openly spoken of, but the present situation is a free-for-all, grab-as-grab-can game, and every one appears eager to make money while the Spanish sun still shines. The official report of tho burials in the city of Havana since tho first of the present year shows that there have been 16,821 interments. The average death rate keeps on steadily at forty seven per day. Great discontent prevails among the Spanish troops because of non-pay ment in some cases for six months; in others for seven months, and the sol diers fear that they will be embarked for Spain without receiving their pay. The poor quality of the food supplied to nearly all the soldiers has occasion ed much ill feeling, and serious insub ordination is feared in several locali ties. In the province of Puerto Principe of the 400 members of the civil guards 300 have deserted and gone over to the insurgents. At Nuevitas anchTarragona battalion became insubordinate and attempted to join the insurgents on account of the short rations and the wretched quality of the food supplied by the chief. General March, in command of that province, on learning of this occurrence, went to Nuevitas and succeeded in controlling the soldiers by furnishing them with good and plentiful rations. Many soldiers until recently were deserting, but General Blanco’s de cree regarding disbandment has put a stop to the defections. Over 5,000 soldiers have been mustered out since the issuance of the decree. Oppose American Flag. About fifty Cuban patriotic clubs have been organized in Havana under the management, in a large majority of cases, of patricians, lawyers and other professional men. Many of tho members of some of these clubs at tended the first meetiugs wearing the Cuban and American flags crossed. The presiding officers of several of the clubs, noticing the insignia in the button holes of the coats of the mem bers, ordered that in future only the Cuban flag should be worn. In many instances this order was complied with. The Cuban general, Rego, has ar rived at Havana from Puerto Principe and is preaching in the Havana cafes and the insurgent camps near the city a holy war against the Americans. COTTON MILLS CLOSE. fall Hirer Manufacturers Stop Production For Four Weeks. The Chase, Sagamore, Wampanoag, Weetamoa and Stafford cotton mills at Fall River, Mass., shut down Saturday in accordance with the agreement of print cloth manufacturers to curtail production for four weeks. PARALYZED IN COURT. Marshall J. Clarke, Well Known Georgia Jurist, Dies Suddenly. Judge Marshall J. Clarke, one of the most distinguished and prominent jurists of Georgia, was stricken with paralysis at 9 o’clock Thursday morn ing in the superior court room at At lanta, and died shortly afterward with out regaining consciousness. Judge Clarke occupied for a num ber of years a leading rank among the lawyers of the state. He was a native of Georgia, and was born in the little village of Lumpkin, in Stewart coun ty, on June 28, 1839. ALABAMA LIFTS QUARANTINE. All Restrictions Removed and Travel and Traffic is Resumed. Sunday morning the state health department of Alabama officially (le clared off the quarantine by the state of all relfeved yellow’ fever infected districts and from duty the quarantine .11 trains ' 0ff on railroad traffic and This will enable commerce, which has been badly handicapped, to be fully resumed. The Abbeville Chronicle NEW YORK DEMOCRATS Hold Enthusiastic Meeting and Ratify Their State Ticket. A New York special says: Twenty thousand persons or thereabouts were in or adjacent to Tammany hall Tues day night ratifying the democratic state ticket. About one-quarter were in the wigwam, the others were in the neighboring streets and were addrosa ed from several stands. James B. Eustice was chairman of the meeting. Mr. Eustice, who was formerly ambassador to France, said that he wished to congratulate the party on its state convention and its platform and nominees. The conven tion had the great responsibility of uniting the democratic party of the state. When ex-Governor James E. Camp bell, of Ohio, was introduced, some one in the rear of the hall yelled: “What about the question. Let’s hear about it.” “In New York,” he said, “they have started a wild west show. (Cheers.) If that is what you New Yorkers want, they had better nominate Buffalo Bill and have a good show.” Governor Campbell said he meant no discourtesy to Colonel Roosevelt, as he liked a good soldier. “It is a source of wonder,” he said, “to me why they discharge one good soldier to go home and run for gover nor, and another good soldier, and an other good soldier, a colonel of a regi ment that they don’t need, is kept down in Florida (tremendous cheer ing). I will refer this to the chief executive of the nation, who is making a stumping tour.” (Great and con tinued cheering). Mr. Campbell said there were other soldiers besides_Colonel RooseYelt. He had seen many a regiment go out, and not—the least of- ' tli'om_ yas_ -1lio Sixty-ninth New York. This ‘ was much chegred. ~~ . “I saw one regiment, the Seventy first, come back,” he said. “Out of a total regimental number there came but 300, and all had to ride. Ask the republican administration who caused them to rot like cattle in a foreign laud.” RUSSIA GAINS STRONG POINT. Gets Ahead of England In Occupation of a Town In Chinese Province. A dispatch from Shanghai to a Lon don news agency says: “A Russian regiment occupied the town of New Chwan, province of Liao Tong, and the forts at the month of the river Liaou on October 15tb, thus securing complete possession of New Chwan. The native troops fled with out making any opposition, under or ders from the empress dowager and Li Hung Chang. “A British gunboat was in the river at the time. Its non-resistance is re garded as the virtual British abandon ment of the whole of Manchuria to the Russians and gives Russia an invalua ble strategic position,” VANDERBILT GETS NEW LINE. Important New England System Is Pur chased for S3,000,000. The New York World says: Papers have been signed in the city by which the Rutland railroad, running from Bellows Falls to Burlington, Vt., passed from the control of the Dela ware and Hudson Canal company into the hands of Percival W. Clement, William K. Vanderbilt and Dr. W. Seward Webb. The price paid for the block of controlling stock is asserted to be 83,000,000.______ SPANIARDS LEAVING RAPIDLY. Six Thousand. Gone and 40,000 More Soon to Erave l’orto Rico. General 'Wade, president of the American Evacuation commission to Porto, telegraphed the war depart ment Tuesday night that six thousand Spanish soldiers had been embarked for Spain, and that arrangements had been completed of which the American commission had been duly notified by the Spanish commission for the em barkation of 40,000 more in the near future. ORDERED TO AUGUSTA. Troops From Camp Meade Go South After Philadelphia Jubilee. An order was issued by the war de partment Wednesday directing that six troops of the Third cavalry after the peace jubilee ceremonies in Phila delphia shall proceed to Augusta, Ga., for duty with the Second army corps. This is the first movement of troops from Camp Meade to the southern camp. ASSASSIN’S BULLET Kilts Mrs. John Atkinson, of lidgeflold, S. C , On l’ublic Highway. An Augusta, Ga., dispatch says: Mrs. John Atkinson, of Edgefield, was shot by an assassin Tuesday night and killed. She was returning home from Augusta in a buggy with her husband. When near Republican dis trict church, on tho Martinsburg road, thirteen miles from the city, fome one fired upon them from ambush, Two shots were fired from a shotgun, the loads taking effect in Mrs. Atkinson's heart, producing instant death. The assassin is unknown. TO RETURN THE MONEY. Tennessee Methodists Take Action Regard ing Church Claims Fund. The Tennessee conference of the M. E. church south, at Clarksville, Friday, adopted a resolution accepting the method of the bishops as to the return of the money obtained from congress for the damage done the pnb h ° llse clurm 8 thfc war > a ” fl de ' claring that the , conference f preferred to have the money refunded to the government, ABBEVILLE. GA.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 27. 1898. FRANCE IS MAKING RAPID PREP ARATIONS FOR WAR. FflSHODfl THE BONE OF CONTENTION Enel end's Temper Is Aroused and She Defies the French Republic—Situa s' tion Is Critical. A cable dispatch of Wednesday from Paris pays: In spite of the semi-offi cial denials, the Echo De Paris asserts that tho embarkation of war materials and supplies continues at Toulon, adding that extraordinary activity reigns at the arsenal there. Besides the ironclads Admirals Trehousart, Bovines, Jemmapes and Yalmy, the cruisers Algor, Levrier and Caiman, it claims, are getting ready for service, embarking ammunition and war ma terials. In addition, it is further assorted, the transports Bien Hoa and Gironde are almost ready for sea. All the French naval officers on leave of absence Lave been ordered to re turn to their vessels. A dispatch to The Petit Parisien from Toulon confirms the report of The Echo Do Paris and says the great est activity prevails in the navy yard, where the work is proceeding with feverish speed day and night. The Temps, commenting upon the sensational stories of naval mobiliza tion, says: “While the political situation no cessarily induces unusual vigilance and activity, it must not be forgotten that the present naval move.ments are principally an inauguration of the re forms planned by M. Lockroy when he was appointed minister of marine and which he desires to have com pleted prior to January 1st next—re forms whereby the squadrons and ports will always be ready and clear for action and fully equipped witbin a few days.” Britain’s Temper Shown. A Loudon special says: Sir Michael Hicks Beach, chancellor of the ex chequer, speaking at North Shields, Tuesday evening announced that the government had opened negotiations with the powers with a view of secur ing to the subjects of the various pow ers the "rights of developing the re spective spheres in which each country iB especially interested.” Regarding the Fasboda question, he said he wished cordially to acknowl edge the desire evidenced in the speeches of Lord Roseberry and Her bert Asquith to help the government in the matter, “a matter which might develop to the utmost gravity.” "It is impossible,” he continued, “for France to maintain that she had political rights at Fasboda. She has naturally and properly asked for time to receive Major Marchand’s reports, but until the contrary is proved all de cline to believe that France will re fuse to withdraw. If she refused, the matter would assume an aspect as grave as is possible between two great nations. “The government is animated by the friendliest spirit toward France nnd does not wish to inflict humilia tion. What we desire is fair treat ment. Our work iu Egypt is not com pleted. Africa is big enough for us both—for France in the west and our selves in the east. Surely we ought to be able to agree to respect one another’s rights and claims. I hope, trust and believe the question is capa ble of a friendly solution, but this country has put her foot down. If, unhappily, another view should be taken by France, the queen’s minis ters know what their duty demands. “It would be a great calamity if, after peace for upward of eighty years, our friendly relations should be dis turbed and we should be launched into a great war, but there are greater evils than war, and we shall not shrink from anything that is coming, know ing that we are supported by a united people.” The speech has deeply impressed England, and the utmost concern is felt as to how Frauce will receive it. The idea has been prevalent that the French have not realized how seriously England felt on the Fasboda question, which has been coupled with a desire that France would not force England to an armed support of Lord Salis bury’s stand. DEWEY SENDS MESSAGE. Reticent In Regard To Political Situation In Philippine*. A telegram was received by the sec retary of the navy Friday from Admi ral Dewey, at Manila, saying that the collier Nero arrived at Taku on the 16th with her coal on fire, and sug gesting that as he has no further use for that vessel she be sent home. Admiral Dewey said nothing with regard to the political situation in the Philippines, or the capture of any more ships belonging either to the Spaniards or to the insurgents, or at least, if he did, the officials of the de partment will not admit it. IRISHMEN ARE FOR FRANCE. Redmond Says Sympathy of His Country men Are With the Republic. Mr. William Redmond, Parnellite, member of parliament for East Clare, addressing a home rule meeting at Dublin, Friday evening, called for three cheers for Major Marchand, which were given with great hearti ness. Mr. Redmond said: “The sympathies of Irishmen are with France.” RACE WAR IN MISSISSIPPI. Nln. Negroni nnd One White Aran He ported Shot to Death. A special of Sunday from Meridian. Miss., says: The most bloody race war that has occurred in Mississippi since the exciting days of the recon struction period is raging in Scott county, fifty miles west of Meridian. As the result of an attempt to ar rest a negro near Ilarpersville, Scott oounty, in the eastern part of the state, one white deputy is killed, three wounded, and, according to tho latest report, nine negroes have boon kill ed by the citizens of the Harpers ville neighborhood and the sheriff’s posse combined. Tho pursuit of about fifty nogroes, who had joined the original offender with the avowed determination to pro vent his arrest and capture and who ambushed the party attempting the arrest, continues and by morning the number of fatalities will undoubtedly have assumed larger proportions. Tho whole country is terribly aroused and the sheriff’s posse has been ro-euforced with meu from all the neighboring towns. Goveruor McLaurin has gone to the scene, which is about ten miles north of Forest, the nearest railroad point. The trouble originated last Friday, when a negro named Bill Burke had an altercation with his employer, Charles Freeman, a white man, in which the negro got the best of the difficulty. That night a crowd of white men went to Burke’s house to arrest him, but ho was not there. The white men then decided to go back tho next night to capture Burke,and the plan was not ooncealed. Headed by Wallace Sibley, a white man deputized to arrest the man, the crowd went to Burke’s house, which is about one mile from Harpersville. When they arrived upon tho scene and called for Btirke they were grooted by a fusilade from the negroes, who were concealed in ehe bushes surround ing the house nnd in the house itself. Wallace Sibley, the leader, fell dead at the first volley and three more white members of the crowd, James John son, James Hamilton and James Wells, were wounded. The whites returned the fire, but were unable to do any execution, as their assailants were all concealed. There were not more than eight men in the crowd, and finding it impossi ble to resist effectively, they retired toward Harpersville. The wounded deputies were able to get back to town with the assistance of their comrades. This occurrence took place early in the night. When the crowd returned to Har persville the news spread like wildfire. During the night a large crowd gath ered from the neighborhood. The men immediately went to Burke’s house and got from his mother the names of all parties in the crowd which had ambushed the men the night be fore. In all there were about forty negroes who had gathered to prevent the arrest of Burke, and a list was made up at her dictation. All of them had fled before the crowd made its ap pearance the next morning. Then the pursuit and search began. According to the statement of relia ble citizens, six of the negroes w-ere found and killed by the crowd before the sheriff arrived. MUCH LUMBER WANTED. Government Opens Bid!* For Gigantic Order to Be Sent to Cuba. The war department has opened bids throughout the country for a gigantic order of lumber to be sent to different points in Cuba. It is the be ginning of the work of reconstruction in the principal towns of Cuba and preparation for the reception of tho United States that will soon occupy the island. It is understood that tlio mills in every part of the country will ho given an opportunity to secure the contract, but especially in the states over which the department of the gulf lias super vision the bids will be sent out in every direction. Hard pine wood is wanted by the government, and the firms that can deliver the material at the southern sea coast towns cheapest will be awarded the contract. Under the cir cumstances, it is probable that some southern mill near the south Atlantic or gulf coast will be given the work, although the government reserves the right to reject any bid, whatever the agreement. RAILROAD SOLD AT AUCTION. The St. Pouts, Kansas and Southwestern Goes to Creditors For 8150,000. The St. Louis, Kansas and South western railroad was sold at auction at Kansas City Saturday under a de cree of the United States circuit court to satisfy a claim of the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company of New York. The line is sixty miles long, running from Arkansas City to Anthony, nnd was at one time part of the ’Frisco system. The road arid equipment was pur chased for $150,000 by Samuel Baker, of Hamilton, Ontario, as representa tive of the creditors. N. & D. STOCKHOLDERS MEET. Hold Annual Session In Nashville and Elect Directors. The stockholders of the Nashville and Decatur railway met in Nashville Wednesday iu annual session and elected directors. The directors re-elected I)r. D. B. Cliffe, president.; Samuel Seay, secre tary. of the officers of The reports were a very satisfactory and encouraging na ture. PEACE COMMISSIONERS ANXIOUS FOR MORE DYLAN. ARE NOT YIELDING TO AMERICANS. 111.position of the Culian I>eht Seem, to Be the Principal Barrier to Progress. A coble dispatch of Thursday from Paris says: The Spanish peace com missioners have not yet received from Madrid either instruction or permis sion to bid adieu to Cuban sovereignty without further seeking to attach to this sovereignty some condition pro viding for the assumption of the Cuban debt by the United States, If they are as at present disposed and instructed, tlio Spaniards will not at Friday’s meeting Tocogni/.e afllrm atively the United States’ position, Should they tlatly reject American in sistence, the Spaniards, while recog nizing the physical power of the Unit ed States against unaided Spain, will dumbly extend their palms upward and shrug their shoulders. They re gard the situation as pitiable and are not averse to any sympathy it may ex cite, They aflitm that the American answer to the debt proposition is very long, and that they have not yet had time to meditate fully on it. They, thus far, apparently intend not to yield and will make another written presentment and expect an extended discussion thereon, Whether they be met with, or at the close of the session receive, as to Cuba, the American ultimatum of terms and time, must be then (level oped. While this is now not quite probable, it is possible, Spaniards Deprcuod. The Paris correspondent of the Lon don Times says: “I had a visit today (Thursday) from a great Spanish personage who seems to have been commissioned to ascertain the trend of public opinion on the negotiations hero. He appeared much depressed. He has found great and general sympathy with Spain, but has been unable to discover any possi bility of obtaining moral support against tho American delegates who are inflexible in their demands and with much politeness of form have hitherto categorically refused to make the slightest concessions on any of the instructions roceived by them, never having asked their government for the slightest modifications. “I have already explained the mode of negotiations. Memoirs are handed in, which are translated and replied to in the same fashion. The Span iards from time to time endeavor to enter into conversation and turn the discussion into a verbal exchange of views in order to obtain some devia tion from the inflexible line marked out by the American government for its representatives. “Senor Barsque, who is a master of the English language, is the Spanish commissioner who makes the attempts to lead to a conversation, nnd as he is described as very pressing nnd elo quent, he always makes a profound impression. The Americans, how ever, listen attentively, but maintain the procedure of written replies. “The friend who called told ho had found his countrymen much discour aged, being convinced that the United States is bent on a rigorous exercise of the of the victor. Said he: “ ‘The Americans seem bent on pushing the results of the war to their extreme consequences. They refuse to entertain any concessions on the financial question, and while declining to undertake sovereignty in Cuba, they maintain that the Cuban debt is a Spanish debt and that Spain abused her sovereignty by saddling the island with the interest of a debt by which she alone profited. “ ‘Vainly havo we urged that they themselves accepted financial obliga tions toward England after tho war of independence; that they accepted the burdens of Texas after conquest; that there is no more general law than the law of the obligations of a country chan*, ng with its rules, nnd that it would be an arbitrary course and a vexatious precedent to throw the Cu ban debt upon us. It is useless and they stand peremptorily on their de mands.’ ” TO RAISE THE VIZCAYA. lieutenant Hobson Will Ask for an Ay print ion From tlio Government. A Santiago dispatch says: Nava Constructor Hobson, who left Guan tanamo early last week for Jamaica witli the intention of taking the Atlas lino steamer for New York, is going to Washington to obtain an appropri ation if possible of 81,000,000 for the purpose of raising the sunken Spanish cruiser Vizcaya. Cristobal The plans for raising the Colon have been perfected and the work is progressing in accordance with the instructions left by Mr. Hob soil who expects to return within a month. SPANIARDS COOPED UP. State of Anarchy Said toKxl.tln Southern Philippines. Well authenticated reports have reached Manila of u terrible state of anarchy in the southern Philippines, The Spaniards there are cooped up in the principal towns. continne capturing Tho Americans the rebel vessels as they arrive at Cavite. Two have been captured the past week. FRUITLESS SESSIONS. Pmmcp CominlHHloncru Havo Not As Yet Complctnl First Article. A Paris special says: Tho United States and Spanish pence commissions held separate sessions Friday morning ana a joint session opened in tlio af ternoon which lasted from 2 o’clock to ^^DuriSrihia lime the commissioners discussed the second series of written arguments put forward by the Span iards for tho purpose of prevailing up on tho American commissioners to as sume the debt. No definite conclu sion was reached nnd tho commission ers adjourned uutil Monday. It is probable that this feature of the negotiations will he disposed of uext week. Thus far thero havo been seven joint sessions, four of which have beeu de voted to the discussion of the first article of tho protocol. In this man ner two weeks have passed and no re sult has been reached. The American commissioners have listened to all the arguments of the Spaniards, but they have pot changed the position which they first assumed in refusing to take over the Cuban debt. An effort is being made in Paris to create the impression that there is some understanding between the United States and Spain regarding the Philippine islands, outside of the statements contained in the third arti cle of the protocol. That article em bodies the only agreement between the United States and Spain in regard to the Philippines, nnd it clearly sets forth that the United States will oooupy and hold the city, bay and har bor of Manila pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace, which shall de termine the disposition and govern ment and control of the Philippine islands. Beyond this protocol agreement it oau be assorted with confidence, there is no other understanding on the subject between theUnited States and Spain. The purpose of the United States and the agreement arrived at with Spain was that the control and government of the Philippine islands should be decided by the commissions now sit ting here, and Spain understood that the protocol djd not determine any thing as to Spain’s ultimate sovereign ty in the Phillipine islands. It was understood by both powers that the protocol was a compact by which it was agreed that the pence commissions should determine tho future disposi tion of the Philippine islands. This will be done when the Cuban question is settled and after the points relating to Porto Rico and tho Ladrones have been passed upon. COURT SUSTAINED GAGE. Secretary Has Discretion In Selling; United Mutes Ponds. A Washington dispatch says: Judge Cox, in the district supreme court, has decided the cases of Georg? J1. Wight mau and of William H. Wbartofi Against Secretary Gage, in favor of the secre tary of tho treasury. One suit sought an injunction, and the other a mandamus, the basis of complaint in each being the rejection by the secretary of the treasury of bids submitted for the recent war loan bond issue by the complainants. Sec retary Gage rejected the bids, believ ing the bidders really represented cer tain institutions. Judge Cox Friday held that under tho act of congress the secretary of the treasury had discretion in the award of the bonds, nnd that the in tent of congress was that they should go to individuals to the exclusion of banks and corporations. MADRID SHEET SUPPRESSED. Conservative Newspaper Fails to Comply With tho Rules. A Madrid dispatch says: El Nacional, the conservative organ which is sup porting General Weyler, was ordered suppressed for publishing an article not previously submitted to the censor though its editor, Senor Figuera, a member of the chamber of deputies, has been imprisoned. The affair caused a great sensation and the sus pension ordered was eventually an nulled. Benor Garnazo, minister of public instruction and public works, has ten dered his resignation as a protest against the arrest of the editor of El Nacional. The resignation has been accepted, Benor Sagasta taking Senor Gamazo’s portfolio ad interim. MAY RESIST DEMANDS. France Is Anxious to Keep Fushodu In Deference to Public Opinion. Advices from Paris state that a re markable change has come over the French opinion on tho Fasboda ques tion. The attitude of the public is now more inflamed and more defiant. This is partly due to the tone of the British press, but more to the threat ening speech of the British chancellor of the exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks Beaoli, which The Autorite calls “a provocation that is almost a threat of war.” The municipal council of Paris is abused on all sides for exhorting the government to avert war. In govern ment circles the disposition seems to be to resist the British demands. COAL MINERS (JUIT. Fire Hundred Men Klnployed In Arkansas Minn Strike. A dispatch from Van Buren, Ark., says: Five hundred miners employed by the Western Coal and Mining corn I<any, at Jenny Lind, are out on a strike. Several days ago two drivers were discharged for permitting a mule to be accidentally killed and the min ers demanded the reins atement of the men. The strike is like y to be spread to other mines. Already local towns are feeling the effect of a coal famine. NO. 40. Til IRTY THOUSAND MEN WERE IN LlSE AT CH u;aGO. CEREMONIES END WITH BANQUET Fre.blent Responds In Happy Vein to til® Toillt of "Our Country’’—Great En thusiasm Prevailed. A Chicago special says: Wednesday ushered in the spectacular and crown ing glory of the week of jubilee—the great straot parade. It started prompt ly at tho time scheduled and for four hours it moved swiftly and with scarce a singlo halt through the principal streets in the business portion of the city. The one drawback was the weather. Tho ill fortune which attended tho jubilee in this respect since the com mencement of the ceremonies still con tinued. All along the line of march numer ous stands had been erected for spe» tators and fully an hour prior to the moving of the pageant every seat was occupied. It is estimated that fully 25,000 poople witnessed (he parade' from these stands alone. The side walks were packed from the walls of the bnildidgs to the curb with rows of people. President McKinley reviewed tho parade from the grand stand erected in front of the Union League club, on Jackson street. On the stand with him were General Miles, General Shafter, General Chaffee, Secretary Wilson, Judge Emory Speer, the Chinese and Corean ministers and a host of lesser dignitaries. The great est enthusiasm was manifested by the crowds when the men of the military division were marching by the review ing stand where the president and the three stood. Many of tho men of the First in fantry showed in their faces and in their walk the traces of the disease that has boen with them since leav ing Santiago, but for all that the regiment never did itself more credit than on this occasion, and it has done itself credit many times. The Seventh Illinois infantry and the mem bers of the naval reserve, many of whom were with Clark on the Oregon, evoked cheer after cheer as their broad collars and flapping trousers came down the center of Jackson boulevard. The soldiers and sailors were the last divisions in the parade, and despite the cold rain and the cold wind, the crowd remained until the last man of them had gone before attempting to leave. Thirty Thousand In Tine. About 30,000 men were in line. The parade was made up of police, bands, bugle corps, huzzars; G. A. R. posts, ex-Co,:federate association, President McKinley, Mayor Harrison, members of the cabinet, diplomatic representa tives, senators and members of con gress, army and navy officers, the ju bilee oommiUee, Governor Tanner and bis staff, Knights of Pythias, Cook county Democracy, 1,000 strong, Cook County Republican club, postal tions. employes, military and civic organiza Closed IVltli Grand Banquet. Wednesday night the program of tlio week culminated in the banquet, at which 1,500 guests were seated and at which 3,000 guests were assembled as spectators. Tho banquet which was tendered to the president of tho United States and distinguished guests by the citizens of Chicago was held in the Auditorium building and the third and last scene to be enacted within the great hall was the most brilliant, beautiful and successful of them all. Mr. Clark Howell, of Georgia, was assigned tho difficult position of fol lowing President McKinley, who re sponded to the first toast—“Our Coun try. ” The sentiment to which Mr. Howell’s remarks were addressed was “Our Reunited Country,” and his elo quent response stirred guests and au dience to tho highest degree of enthu siasm. The manner in which his address was received left no doubt in the minds of those present that his declar ation of the practical elimination of sectional division as a resnlt of tho war with Spain was echoed heartily by the people of the north and west. PECK ASKS A FAVOR. Request* that EaFayette Monument Has l’laee In Exposition Grounds. At the meeting of the municipal council of Paris Thursday, the presi dent of the council read a letter from F. W. Peck, United States commis sioner, to the Paris exposition of 1900, asking on behalf of the LaFayetto monument committee, a site in the exposition grounds for the proposed statue of LaFayette. The president of the council thanked the United States for “this evidence of sympathy and republican brother hood,” and said he had forwarded tho request to the exposition commission ers irith a request that it be granted. NEW COMET FOUND. Hr. William llrookr, of Smith Obicrva tory, Makes the Discovery. I)r. William R. Brooke, director of Smith observatory at Geneva, N. Y., discovered a new comet Thursday night. Its position is right ascension 14 hours 31 minutes, declination north 60 degrees, 26 minutes, motion south easterly. The comet is large, round and bright. This vs the twenty-first comet dis covered by Dr. Brooke.
