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About The Advocate-Democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1897)
CAPITOL NEWS. Regular Weekly Letter From Our Washington Correspondent. SOME INTERESTING MATTERS. William R. Day of Canton, Ohio to Be First Assistant Secretary. TO GATHER INFORMATION. American Society of Religious Education Meets.—Dr. Hunter of Kentucky in the City.—General Miles Wants to Go to Greece.—flore Nominations. Washington, I>. C.,—(Special Corres¬ pondence.)—President McKinley inis decided to nominate William It. Day, of Canton, 0., to be first assistant sec¬ retary of state, and ex-Representative Bellamy Storer, of Cincinnati, O., to be minister to Belgium. These nomina¬ tions were to have been sent to the Senate today, but owing to that body’s adjournment over until Monday, they will not go in until next week, The filling of the office of first assistant to Secretary Sherman ends a problem that has bothered the president consid¬ erably. Mr. Storer was slated origin¬ ally for this appointment, but the nomi¬ nation was opposed strenuously by Senator Foraker and other well known Ohio republicans, who’ protested against it on personal grounds. The selection of Judge Day to be first as¬ sistant secretary of state overturns the plan to send him to Cuba as special counsel to watch the Ruiz investiga¬ tion. It would be without precedent for such an officer as first assistant secretary to go to another country to prosecute a case when later on lie might have to engage in diplomatic ne¬ gotiations with that same country on other subjects. At any rate, the con¬ viction that the pursuit of the original mission by Judge Day would impair his usefulness in the future as an of¬ ficial of the state department, has led to the cancellation of the order to go to Cuba. Whether anyone will be ap pointed to take up the work of the special counsel laid doivn by the judge cannot be 1IeariS7-bwG4*<*4ft tulimated that Gen. Lee is anxious to be relieved of his office, and any change there would probably make more pronounced the need of legal assistance in watch lug the Ruiz case. The war department cabled to Capt. Scriven, United States military attache at Rome, permission to proceed to Athens and report to the United States minister there, with a view to gather¬ ing technical information in the war between Greece and Turkey. Capt. Dorst, the United States military at¬ tache at Vienna, has also been granted permission to go to Constantinople anil accompany the Turkish troops in the campaign in a similar capacity if he cares to do so. The eight anniversary of the Ameri¬ can Society of Religious Education met in the First Congregational church this city on Sunday night, Hon. J. M. Harlan, justice of the United States supreme court, presiding. Rev. J. E. Gilbert, D. D., the secretary, will ren¬ der the annual report. During the ses¬ sion Rev. T. S. Hamlin, D. D„ pastor of the Church of the Covenant, Pres¬ byterian, will speak on “Religious Ed¬ ucation and the Welfare of the Church.” President A. P. Montague, of the College of Liberal Arts of the Columbian University, will six-ale on “The Bible as a Factor to a Liberal Education.” Hon. Case Broderick member of congress from Kansas, and Hon. J. IV. Bailey, member of con¬ gress from Texas, will speak on “Re ligious Education and the National Welfare.” President McKinley lias promised to attend. * Dr. W. Godfrew Hunter, who with¬ drew as a candidate for senator i rom the republican cauccus at Frankfort, Ky., arrived here Friday afternoon. “The reason for my not remaining at Frankfort until another nomination 7 made by the republican caucus, , was Dr. i I:in:tT said, “is due to the fact that I did not want my motives mis¬ construed. I did not want, it charged that I was trying to bring influence to bear in the selection of another can¬ didate for senatorial honors as may continued presence at the capital might be construed. Anyone who is nomi¬ nated will be entirely satisfactory to me. As to the indictment for bribery, that was simply a conspiracy to de¬ feat me, and is a matter which gives me no concern.” * » * The republican senators in caucus decided to accept the proposition of the opposition for the filling of senate com- mittees, leaving the arrangement of de¬ tails to Senator McMillan's committee on committees. The senator consider¬ ed the project of filling the elective of¬ fices of the senate and the was authorized to negotiate with the opposition in the senate with the ob¬ ject of filling these offices. The clerk and sergeant-at-arms of the senate are democrats, and the republicans think that they should be allowed to name a man to fill one of these places. The details of this negotiation will be left to a sub-committee, consisting of Messrs. McMillan, Lodge and Spooner. Gen. Miles nas applied for permission to go to Greece to observe the war between that country and Turkey front a military point of view. Secreta¬ ry Alger has brought the mat¬ ter to the attention of the presi¬ dent and the latter has taken the application under consideration. The impression is that, owing to the rapid progress of-the war and the like¬ lihood that it will be brought to an end before Gen. Miles could reach the scene, the project will be abandoned. Should the order be made by the pres¬ ident, however, it will be the first time in our history that the general com¬ mander of the army has gone abroad during actual war as a military at¬ tache. It is true Gen. Sherman made a tour of the world in time of peace, in company with Fred. Grant, and that Sheridan accompanied the German ar¬ my as an attache in the war with France, but in the first place there was no war in progress, and in the second, the officer was not at the time of such high rank as Gen. Miles. The president has sent to the senate the following among other nomina¬ tions: State—Harold M. Bewail, of Maine, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Hawaii. Postmasters—Ala¬ bama: John B. Hinds, Decatur. Ar¬ kansas: James K. Barnes, Fort Smith. Georgia: George DePope, Fitzgerald. * The senate committee on military af¬ fairs reported favorably the nomina¬ tion of Col. Slmfter to be brigadier general. Objections had been made to this promotion, but . the committee found they were not substantiated. * » * Representative Ilolmnn, of Indiana, who has been ill at his home here with spinal meningitis, died last afternoon at 2:05. He lost consciousness during the night, SOflEWHAT ENCOURAGING. Army Officers Return From the Tdeoi District and Make Report. Washington.—The army officer sent from Fort Snelling, Minn., to the Red river section of Dakota, arrived on the scene of the flood anil today reported to the war department as follows: “Had conference with Mayor G. A. McCrea, J. K. Fairchild and J. K. Wy¬ lie, of tlie relief committee, who had just returned from making their rounds. Twenty families, comprising 105 persons, are destitute and in need of immediate aid. Twenty-two hun¬ dred rations will be sufficient for the next few days and can be purchased here at 10 cents per ration. I recom¬ mend that a sufficient sum be placed at the disposal of the mayor to provide necessary relief. River is falling stead¬ ily.” The Mississippi situation is shown by the following telegram from the army Inspector at Memphis. “Conditions improving. No more sup¬ plies needed at Trotter’s landing. Hel¬ ena does not want, more supplies. Committee says they want money to spend there. No real destitution there. No truth in the report that negroes could not obtain supplies in Helena. Worthy destitutes are supplied.” MYSTERY SURROUNDS TRAGEDY. Several Shots Were Heard and Two Hen Were Found Killed. Uniontown, Pa—Frank Brown, a civ il engineer of Fair Chance, and Josh¬ ua McFadden, a butcher of this place, engaged a room at the Lafayette hotel this afternoon in which to transact some important business. A few hours later several shots were heard and the dead bodies of the men were found ly¬ ing on the floor. Guly one revolver was found in the room and it is believed that one man killed the other and then committed suicide. The mtu were formerly business partners, and it is thought they quar relied over the settlement of their af¬ fairs. Suffering In the Interior. Vicksburg, Miss—There is every rea son to believe there is much suffering in the interior, where many negroes and whites of small means, or none at all, are surrounded by many miles of water. Camp Arden, where the suf ferers in this city have assembled from both this state and Louisiana, had Its first tents pitched today and will receive a thousand or more guesU tomorrow. FROM THE 1AR. News From the Conflict I It ween Turkey and Greec ft SOME FIGHTING Ip0NE. j Kumansides, .Near St re' 1 pa, Oc. cupied By the Greet t. _ R HIE GREEK ARflY ' jOUTED. Mutiny Reported In the Ranks the Turk¬ ish Army__Bulgaria Won’t K chle.— In¬ to Turkish Territory.-Bat ■ Around Mati. h Athens, Greece. — Ad mtch re¬ ceived from the Greek eon finder in Epirus, Colonel Manos anm iced that thift the Greeks have occui id Ivuma sades, near Strevina. Greek scouting parties 1 j> reached points close to Port Peute gad a. The Greek squadron, att bombard¬ ing Snuti Quaranta, left i jiTu, and, on arriving in he Bay of Sa jie j Quaran¬ ta, immediately formed itj of bat tie. The warships were sp, out fan shaped and the torpedottp Its occcu pled points of vantage, klncJfof fire was opened in the liveliest eanon ade for two hours,the gee ft destruct¬ iveness of which was soon Ibserved in dismantled buildings [very where, whiles the flames broke pit in many places. The fire of the Greek { mers was directed most admirably And no am¬ munition was wasted. The Turkish garrison, at ;^>out noon, was seen to have sought i jige in the fort. The Turks were yipused to number The Greek about naval six hu d r ’’ a lunder men. then decided to land a detail sut and com plete the destruction o irge quanti ties of food stored there rthe use of the Turkish forces in I ms. The bombardment bj le fleet wns thereupon redoubled, a under this fierce fire a detachment Greek sail ors was landed and im fdiately pro ceeded to destroy the Ire house of the Turks, beginning \ ; 1,800 sacks of flour, which were jund on the ’’“‘•"jytert tfftprf ' gr ” a ~ Vhis work, while the fleet la fort, the Greeks sei c j.e rernm,, iug storehouses and roved large quantities of munitions',of war which had been collected for u.4e of the Turk¬ ish forces in Epirus. After this work was completed the Greek sailors returned to their ships, leaving the whole place in flames anil bringing with them fifty Christians who had hoisted a white flag over a house in which they had collected. The Greek gunners took special care to avoiding hitting this building. The casualties of the Greeks throughout the bombardment and subsequent lan¬ ding and destruction of the Turkish stores were two sailors wounded. Later. Athens, Greece -Larissa has been completely evacuated by the Greeks, who spiked their guns In position and carried away all, the movable cannon and munitions of war. After a despeirtte battle at Mati the Greeks were outnumbered, retreated with heavy lose, abandoned Tyrnavos and Larissa and removed their head¬ quarters to Pfiareahm, a small town on Die right bank of the Phersalitis, and at the north foot of a spur of the Christian mountains. Pharsalos is about twenl miles due south of Lar issa. i All telegraphic communication with i j Larissa is interrupted, but it Is under¬ stood that the retreat of the Greek ar. my was eo f. Dieted ’with the best of or der. 'The xeitement and disquiet at Athens be/ause of the sudden aban¬ donment fit Larissa continues, but the tranquility of the city is unbroken. The foreign warships have been sig nailed off Pharlernrn. Later special dispatches received from th - frontier state that the Turks while attacking Mati were re¬ pulsed several times yesterday. At fl o’clock in the evening the Greek foi...... were oblbiged to give way. The Greeks retreated ia good order on Karacles, where they intrenched. From Aria the Greeks occupied the heights of Pontepigadl. It is believed the military operations in Epirus will soon be terminated. 2J(0 a. m.—The wounded remain at Lariaea under the protection of the Bed Cross flag. 3 p. m.—Saturday evening’s paper counsel the people of Athens to re¬ ceive the bad news with patience and sangfroid, considering that the army {.night courageously In defense of tin national honor, paying the price by heavy sacrifices. Serious for the Turks. Constantinople, Turkey. News re ceived here from Epirus is most sort ous. The Greek division, which do feated the Turks, at Fillippiadu, is continuing its march on .lanina, neat which place a strong Turkish force is gathered, and an important battle will most likely be fought. The most alarming news received from Epirus is that four battalions ol Alabamans, belonging to Euros’ divis¬ ion of the Turkish army, have muti¬ nied and are said to have deserted to the Greeks. An official dispatch dated today, from the Turkish commander of the army corps at Jaina, Epirus, announ¬ ces that after a desperate battle, last¬ ing over several hours, the ’Turks have captured for Heshphotirsmar, where the Greeks were entrenched after crossing the frontier and advancing along the river Euro. Bulgaria Won’t Knuckle. Constantinople.—As previously an¬ nounced in these dispatches, the Turk¬ ish Government some days ago called upon Bulgaria as the vassal of the Turkey to break all diplomat!* rela¬ tions with Greece and to expel the Greek Consuls and Greeks from Bui artau territory. The Bulgarian Government took the matter under consideration and, it is now announced, has deccllned to com¬ ply, declaring that she will observe neutrality during the war between Turkey and Greece. The refusal of Bulgaria to ac¬ knowledge her vassalage to Turkey is regarded as being a very important departure and as foreshadowing the declaration of independence of Bulgar ia. Into the Turkish Territory. Constantinople.—The latest advices from the seat of war indicate that the Greek forces have penetrated iuto Turkish territory, reaching the rear of Elassoua, on the ount Olympus side, which Is most serious news for the Turks, if true. The division of the Turkish army stationed at Mona stir and Salonlcaare about to start for Elassoua. Buttle Around Mutl. Athens—A cabinet council lasting a long time was held here last evening. Official news received from the Greek commander in Thessaly, Prince Con¬ stantine, says that a battle is proceed¬ ing around Mati. t p to 5 o clock last the Turks had been repulsed, njion has yet bretl received ottvaa.,. i lug. Bulgarian Insurgents. Sofia, Bulgaria.—An insurgent band 1ms entered Macedonia under a leader who was recently placed under sur veilance. Other insurgent bauds have gone north with the intention of cross ing the frontier, working round nnd meeting the first Insurgent baud 1A Macedonia. Rebellion In Albania. London, Eng.—According to a special dispatch received today an insurrec¬ tion 1ms broken out in Albania.—The Turkish troops are said to be partici¬ pating in the revolt. AN ATLANTA SENSATION. The Gate City Comes to the Front With Its Usual Sensation. Atlanta, Ga.—A profound sensation was created in tills city by the an¬ nouncement that Harry W. Cnssln, cashier of the Georgia Loan, Savings and Banking Company, had misappro¬ priated some $45,000 of the funds of that Institution. Cnssln has always been known as a young man of ex¬ emplary habits and fine business qual ilieat ions. Cashier Cassin applied the funds of the bunk to private enterprises in which be wished to invest, and lost all, until finally Ills defalcations reached the sum already slated and discovery follower. Friends and relatives of the young man have made up the shortage and the bank will not lost a dollar of the sum stolen. Young Cassin will not be prosecuted. Ilis connection with the hunk ceased yesterday, and he will begin life anew in Atlanta, Fatalities From Cyclone. Wamego, Kan.—A small tornado passed over apart of Wabauci county, eight miles southeast of here, late Thursday night. Henry Miller’s H year-old son was killed, while Miller and his wife were fatally hurt.: They live three miles north of McFarland. Their borne in the valley was com pleteiy demolished. Judidowi adrcrdtlng pay*. a HARD FIGHTING. Insurgents and Spaniard Have a Tussel in Havana Province. AFTER THREE LONG HOURS The Insurgents are Overcome and Spaniards Take the Camp. AN AMERICAN’S“FISH V ”5TORY His Hair-Raising Story.—In the insurgents* Camp.—He Was Captured By tile Span¬ iards After a Chase.—Dinner to Consul General Lee. Havana, Cuba. Lieutenant-Colonel Allen, with the Maria Christiana bat¬ talion, engaged Ihe Insurgents at I’ur gatorio, Havana province, his advance guard pursuing them to the I’rovluou farm. Hero they were entrenched and three" hours’ lighting followed. The Spaniards captured the. camp and Im¬ portant documents. The fleeing insur¬ gent s left sixteen killed on the field and many wounded. The regulars lost none, but had sixteen wounded, Orders have been given for expulsion from the island of Uuirre, u natural¬ ized American. He was captured in a boat near Havana. Enrique Palma and Miza.nl, Italians, and a French lady, Mariana Fliiudaua, have been lodged in jail in Santiago ile Cuba on a charge of assisting the insurgents. An American named Kelly, who left Havana a short time ago for the insur gents, and was strung up on the charge of being a spy, was Interviewed ini his arrival here loilay. lie admits the adventure, hut Is reticent as to de¬ tails. lie denies, however, that he had any understanding, or compact with the Cuban junta in New York. He says he went out from Havana alone and joined the insurgents as .-i n electrician. A few days after he was sent with a sergeant and eleven men on an alleged mission to meet Sylves ter Seovell, who, the Insurgents sntd, would soon laud. Thev halted by Die side of an old well stripped Kelly na¬ ked shot him and, believing him dead, tied a rope around his neck and threw him Into the well. The water was up to his urtnplts. The Insurgents then dropped stones on him, but fortunate¬ ly these missiles did not hit him. They a way. He escaped from th* of surrendering uncle* u ly decree. When the commandant called on the guard to receive him he was frightened. He ran and was fired nt. The Spanish started lu pursuit and he was finally caught and taken Into custody. They asked him why ho run off, and, after hearing his story, treated him, Kelly says, with all con slderutlon, gave him food and cloth¬ ing, furnished him with a bed and kept him until an erred of his release arrived. Mr. Kelly’s In-ail was grazed In sev¬ eral places by bullets, Ills face and eyes are burned and punctured with powder and his hair, formerly an au¬ burn, is now liumt white. He snys the insurgents robbed him of a money Is-lt containing $800, hut this latter state¬ ment is discrceillted here because when he originally left Havana, en route for the Insurgent camp, he neg¬ lected to settle Ids hotel hill. He in¬ tends to return to the United States next week. He says the Spanish ofll cers trented him much better than he could have experted under all the dr* oumatnuces. Several of the newspaper correspon¬ dents who will leave Cuba tomorrow, gave a dinner this evening to Consul General Lee at. the Hotel Inglalcrre. Among the American journalists pres¬ ent were Mr. Springer, Dr. Burgess and Mr. I’hlldes. An Oliloan Robbed. Niles, O. Five masked men broke into the residence of John Quinlin ear¬ ly Friday morning, and, after gagging and binding 1dm, ransacked the house, and secured $1,200 in cash, besides lots of valuable jewelry. tlurder and Suicide. Chicago, Ill. John If. Rapp was shot and killed in Ills wholesale liquor house, No. 5270 Milwaukee avenue, by Ills confidential clerk, G. W. Braun¬ schweig. The murderer afterward kill¬ himself. He Plead Guilty. Somerswortb, N. H. Joseph E. Kel¬ ly, charged with the murder of Cash¬ ier J. A. Htlckney, of the Great Falla National Bank, this city, pleaded gulp ty In the Munlclapl Court be-for* Judge Knapp today.
