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Vol. IX. No. 282.
MORE WORK FOR DEWEY.
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Without mincing hie words, Admi-
and (frat fasrs wore strong iodications
that the Philippine insurgents them*
•elves would have to be fought. Based
ou fob depiction of the gravity of the
aittudton there it would take 150,000
from this eoufttry to cope with
tiukWraargento throughout all the
IBMMadement of General Merritt
ootglftfttnl in hit cablegram today that
hf WiißMy would need all the troops
twratod boon assigned to him, was
as a little ominous of trouble
though whether this is to be
wifife the Datives or incident to the
sfep ol Manila is not evident
'Pjiprtaat General Corbin has receiv
esW telegram from General Shafter, at
Santiago, dated July 29, as follows:
•The Baguranos, Knickerbocker,
Saratoga and Iroquois leave here to*
•sorrow night (Saturday) for Tampa.
The Miami and Matewan have only
forage on board. They have been
retained until near the last on account
of their condensing 13,000 gallons of
water each per day, without which the
fleet could not have gotten along.”
General Corbin transmitted a copy
of this telegram to General Coppinger,
commanding the troops at Tampa.
“You should have troops in readiness,”
he says, "to embark for Porto Hico on
their arrival The secretary of war di
reels me to say that be has’no objec
tion to your going to Forte Rico with
any part of your command when you
may desire, but on leaving you will
notify this office and ths next officer
in rank to yourself will succeed you in
command.”
Orders have been sent by the de
partment to General Brooke, who, it is
expected, will arrive at Ponce probably
today, directing him to send back the
transports which conveyed the troops
of the Porto Bican expedition as soon
as possible. The troops will be em
barked at Newport Mews probab'y, but
the ships are to be returned to New
York, because of the quarantine regu
lations. The additional troops to be
sent to Porto Rico will go very likely
Jrom Chickamauga, and will be such
part of General Brooke’s corps as it is
deemed desirable to tdd to the expedi
tion already sent to Porto Rico.
Reconstruction in Cuba.
ft follows that Cuba will be for a
time occupied by United States troops,
and controlled in every district for a
time after the war much after the
manner in which the South was oc
cupied after the civil war, during the
period of so called “reconstruction ”
Cuba will be given self-government,
no doubt, but the loyal and rebel ele
ments will need to be kept from each
other’s throats while orderly represen
tative government is being established-
This need not involve a repetition of
the tyrannies of federal officials in the
South after the civil war, nor the sat-
Airnalia of corruption that prevailed
•there during the carpet-bag regime.
The animosities of the reconstrnction
.era do not exist as between Americana
and Spanish in Cuba, so that our gov-
is in a position to hold bal
-.a nee even between the Spanish on the
one band and the filibusters and ue
jfroes on the other.—Baltimore Sun.
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DEBTS SPAIN MUST PAY-
Is as Important Part of Peace Nego
tiations.
Although wo indemnity is to be de
manded from Spain, the question of
money is bound to play an important
part in the peace negotiations.
A very considerable pait of Spain’s
debt was incurred in suppressing in
surrections in Cuba The amount of
this part of her debt is about $170,000,-
000. Almost all the bonds which rep
resent it are held in France, and for
the payment of the principal and in
terest of the bonds Cuba’s custom
house texes are pledged. It is incon
ceivable that our government will lis
ten to any proposition that Cuba shall
assume the payment of these bonds or
that the United Slates shall pay them.
While it may be true that tbe Cu
bans compelled Spain to issue these
bonds in her efforts to maintain au
thority in Cuba, the fact cannot be
overlooked that they were struggling
to free themselves from conditions
which were intolerable. Had Spain
dealt with Cuba io a liberal manner
there would have been no insurrec
tions, and consequently no debt con
tracted in putting down insurrections.
Besides, Spain has exacted from the
Cubans within the last half century,
above a legitimate revenue, many
limes the amount of the bonds.
Tbe Cubans have received no benefit
from any part of Spain’s debt, and
should not be required to pay any
part of it in tbe settlement which the
United States is now making with
Spain. Wo do not know, of course,
what demands Spain will make in thia
matter, but ire feel sure that our gov
ernment will not accede to any of
them. When Cuba sets up a govern
ment of her own it should Be free from
any money obligations except those
which her own people have incurred*
or are willing to assume.
As far as the United States are con
cerned, there is not tbe least probabil
ity that they will undertake to pay
any of Spain's debt incurred in her
efforts to retain her hold on Cuba.
But it is probable that they will insist
that Spain shall pay all tbe claims
which American citizens have against
her for losses due to the .failure to en
force tbe laws in Cuba. Tbe amount
of these claims is not yet known/but
that it is large is admitted.
While, therefore, no indemnity may
be demanded from Spain she will have
a big bill of damages to pay before she
will be granted the peace for which
she is now suing —-Savannah News.
Accident on the Central-
A fatal accident occurred on tbe
Central railroad yesterday at 1:30 p.
m., near Fort McPherson, which re
sulted in the death of one man and
the fatal injury of another.
It is impossible to tell bow the acci
dent was caused, but the regular
southbound freight and a train loaded
with troops for Austell collided, and
Vance Vaughn, a fireman, was killed ;
Gus Wallace, a fireman, sustained in
juries that will probably prove fatal,
and J. J. Green, another engineer, was
badly Injured.
The injured ones were taken to the
hospital at Fort McPherson, where
they reccivered medical attention.
Ironical Ifs*
If a man has dyspepsia his wife gen
erally suffers more from it than he
does.
If an original jdea happened to
strike some men it would simply par
alyze them.
If every man would fight as be talks
the earth would soon be depopulated.
If cleanliness is next to godliness,
soap ought to possess the odor of
sanctity
If a mao looks up his family tree he
is sure to discover monkeys on some
of the branches —Chicago News.
Prince Bismarck Dead.
’ Berlin, August I.—Prince Otto von
Bismarck died Saturday night at 11
o’clock at Friedrichsruh. His sons,
Counts Willism and Herberts, with
their wives, were present at bis death.
His condition since morning had indi
cated that tbe end was near. Toward
noon a slow impiovement for the bet
ter was noticeable, but later in tbe af
ternoon he took a turn for tbe worse
•nd rapidly sank until death came
peacefully and without pain.
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Bauste.
BROTTN, 9BOMIA, TUESDAY KORNINft, AUGUST «, 1888.
FIVE DATE nr A DUNGEON-
Hew Hobson and His Men Wert
Treated at Santiago.
While Naval Constructor Hobson
has mabifested great reticence in
•peaking of hie treatment by the Span
ish authorities after (he Merriasac
sunk, and has avoided any reference
to bis experiences as a prisoner which
might increase the esteem in which
be is held by the officials and by the
public generally, he has talked heely
on the subject to bis immediate supe
riors, who declare that for a time he
was treated by the Spaniards as a
common criminal,- instead of being
accorded the rights of a prisoner of
war. According to Chief Constructor
Hicbchbern, immediately after tbe
capture of Hobson's men by Admiral
Cerrera, when it was thought that be
and bis men alone had survived from
the wreck of an American battleship,
destroped by torpedoes in attempting
to force the harbor, tbe Spaniards were
too jubilant to pay much attention to
him, but when they realized that no
American lives bad beed lost, and tbe
channel bad been obstructed, if at
all, only by a worthless collier, they
looked upon him with amazement as
a hero whose gallantry far exceeded
any Spanish conception of what a man
might do for his country, and it was
with great chagrin that Admiral Cer
vera was prevented by the Madrid au
thorities from returning the heroic
young officer and his brave men to
Admiral Sampson, but compelled to
deliver them to the military authori
ties ashore as prisoners of war.
Gen. Linares, with the brutal in
stinct that bad marked bis conduct of
Cuban affairs already intrusted to him,
deliberately placed Hobsen and bis
men in Morro Castle as a shield against
tbe fire of Sampson’s squadron, and
here be was locked up for five days in
solitary confinement in a filthy dun
geon, under conditions which, he says,
must have soon resulted In bis serious
illness and perhaps bis death. The
treatment be received and tbe scanty
food given him were no better than
those accorded to a common criminal
condemned to execution.
This punishment, however, was of
short duration, on account of tbe vigo
rous protest which *•• made through
a neutral Power to Spain, coupled
with Admiral Sampson’s notice to the
Spanish admiral that be would be
held personally responsible for Hob
son’s welfare. Under these circum
stances, Admiral Cervera interposed
his influence with Gen Linares, and
Hobson, with his men, were transs
ferred to tbe barrack* in tbo city.
Here his solitary confinement contin
ued, but he could look out of a win
dow to the hills on tbe east and see
tbe smoke from tbe American rifles
of Gen. Shafter’s men, firing from their
intrenchmente, with ths consolation
that his captivity would be of short
duration. The food given to him
was of the most wretched character,
probably because tbe Spaniards them
selves could spare no better, but the
British consul frequently brought him
delicacies from his own table. A Span*
isb official was invariably present,
however, during these visits to prohib
it conversation, and no news of Occur
rences around him was ever permitted
to reach Hobson. In this manner be
was kept in ignorance of tbe destruc
tion of Oervsra’s fleet until his ex
change was completed, and he had en
tered the American lines —New York
Tribune,
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SPALDING SUPERIOR COURT.
No Civil Cases to Be Tried at This
Tenn.—Recess Until Thursday.
The superior court of thia county
convened on yesterday morning, His
Honor, Judge Marcus Beck, presiding.
“Jurors were both grand
and petty.
Tbe grand jurors retired and elected
.Mr. A. W. Blake foreman and T. W.
Manfey aa bailiff.
Judge Beck’s charge to the jury, as
all bis charges are, was an able exposi
tion of the law, required to be given in
charge to the jury. Tbe judge intia
mated that his fines for violations of
the local option law would not be very
light. He made special mention of
this for tbe reason that tbe people had
passed the law themselves. Tbe judge
thought the law could be enforced if
tbe grand jury would do its duty,
which it willno doubt do under tbe able
leadership of Mr. Blake.
Tbe judge called the attention of
tbe grand jurors to the fact that it
would be difficult to bold coart in the
Courtroom unless the carpeting re
moved was replaced, as tbe noise was
almost unbearable. It is hoped by
the lime court convenes Thursday
morniog that it will ba replaced.
Two state oases were tried ; one of
the state vs. Wm. Rinehart, Jr., for tbe
sale of intoxicating liquors.
Tbe jury codld not agree and after
being out for some time a mis-trial
was declared. The jury stood nine for
conviction and three for acquittal.
In tbe case of tbe state vs. Tom
Clifford, tbe state failed to make out a
case and the solicitor general aban
doned it-
Several divorce cases were beard
and divorces granted.
Judge Beck announced that no civil
business would be tried, but that he
would bold an adjourned term later in
tbe fall for trial of civil matters.
Court took a recess until Thursday
morning, when all witnesses and'p«r*
ties are expected to be present in
criminal cases. If any are absent the
judge will likely call a special term
to try tbe absentees.
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Al 8c Lawn to close at sc.
All 12io Lawn to close at 7jc.
All 20c Organdies to close at 12ic.
AU 35c French Organdies, some very new patterns to
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