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The Courier-Sentinel.
VOL. XXIV.
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T# UNION VETS
Boston G. A. R. Men Give Him
Roval Welcome.
VAST AUDIENCE WAS PRESENT.
Address Teemed With Expressions
of Good Will—Tribute to
Massachusetts.
A Boston, Mass,, special says: For
the first time an ex-officer df the con¬
federacy delivered the Memorial Day
address before a New England Grand
Army post. General Joseph Wheeler,
the cavalry leader who led the boys in
gray at the famous charge at
and nearly thirty-seven years later,
beneath the stars and stripes, cheered
ou the volunteers at Santiago,was the
orator and guest of honor at the Me¬
morial Day services of Kinsley post
113, Grand Army of the Republic, at
the Boston theater. The immense au¬
ditorium was filled to its utmost ca¬
pacity. Wheeler
General opened his speech
with an eloquent tribute to the part
played by Massachusetts in the his¬
tory of the American commonwealth,
whose soldiers had played conspicu¬
ous parts in all wars and whose states¬
men had ever been famous in the halls
of congress.
He alluded to the prophecy of Gen
oral Horace Binney Dargent, who thir¬
ty years ago, on Memorial Day in the
<city , 'of Boston, predicted the day
xvoTild come when this anniversary
would be celebrated “after some day
of glory when the sons of rebels an$
our sous shall have fallen side by side
in some common cause of foreign war
ns our sires and their sires fell side by
under the eye of the great rebel,
the Virginian, Washington.”
“Already,” said General Wheeler,
“the words of this prophecy have been
fulfilled, for the warriors who fell side
by side at La Guasimas, San Juan
and El Caney, men from the north
and south, among them some of your
brave boys from the Second Massa¬
chusetts, were buried together in the
gi'eut national" cemetery at Arlington;
while a great federal officer who took
part in the great struggle of our civil
war and now the chief executive of the
nation, by his presence, conferred
honor upon their funeral obsequies."
“Tho spirit of true nobility tnught
•by American mothers -has made our
•country the pride and fear of the
world.”
Declaring that it was the duty of
every American to uphold ihe presi¬
dent and his cabinet when it has be¬
ed come thoroughly committed to a
policy, General Wheeler said:
“Patriotic devotion can be exercised
by volunteering to serve in the field,
but it may also be most profitably ex¬
erted iu encouraging confidence among
•our people at home. Certainly no
good and only evil can come from
Words and acts which tell rival nations
that even a portion of our people,
however few, are not in full sympathy
with our government,or what is worse,
that any Americans actually do sym¬
pathize with our country’s enemies.
Such a course cannot fail to weaken
confidence and embarrass the executive
power.
Those who insist that the power of
the United States is so grent that it
must always triumph will admit that
difficulties or obstacles created by some
of our own people will have the effect
of retarding at least in some degree
the prompt and happy restoration to
perfect and lasting peace.
“I am one of those who firmly be¬
lieve that whatever is, is right, and I
cannot doubt but that conditions are
thrust upon a country by a course of
events following a well judged and
righteous action on the part of the
people and the government the con¬
sequence could not be other than bene¬
ficial, not only to the people of our
own country, but to the world at large.
“There is one sentiment which
should be impressed on every mind
and instilled into every heart:
“My country, may she always be
right, but right or wrong, my coun¬
try.”
CAPTURED BY REBELS.
Two American Officers Pounced Upon
While On Pleasure Cruise.
Details regarding the capture by
Filipinos of two officers of the hospital
, ship Relief Tuesday have just been
obtained from Manila. The Relief
lies in the harbor in front of the city.
The third officer, Fred Heppy, and
Assistant Engineer Charles Blandford
rigged a sail on one of the ship’s boats
and went sailing along the shore on
the south, opposite the insurgent lines.
. Tho boat became becalmed near the
shore and some native canoes with
Filipinos on board put out and cap¬
tured the two men, who were unarmed,
and also took possession of the boat.
NAMED FULL TICKET.
finclnl Democrats of Massachusetts Hold
State Convention.
The state convention of the social
democrats of Massachusetts was held
in Boston Sunday, twenty-five branches
being represented by fifty-six dele¬
gates. A state ticket was placed in
nomination, a state central committen
elected and a platform containing y
declaration of principles was adopted.
BASKS will economize.
Several Institution* In Savannah) Ga., tt>
lteduce Capital Stork.
Several of the banks of Savannah,
Ga., are preparing to reduce their cap¬
ital stock as^a step In the dirsciion of
economy. In a few days the Savan¬
nah xJauk and Trust company will hold
* tion meeting for that purpose. Applica¬
will be made to th& Secretary of
state for a charter amendment which
■will permit this reduction. Its pres¬
ent capital is $350,000, and the proba¬
The bility is it will be reduced to $200,000.
Southern Bank and the National
Bank of Savannah have already taken
this step and the Merchants’ National
Bank is contemplating doing thb same
thing The at an early date.
cause of the desire for reduced
capital stocks seems to be the in¬
creased taxation a large stock entails
upon a bank. A bank with a small
capital stock can do as much business
almost as one with a larger stock and
do it cheaper. A bank with a small
stock can borrow from the east all the
currency required to tide it over cer¬
tain periods and does not UaVe to pa-Jj
such heavy taxes for its lise.
A bank official, in speaking of the
matter, said that he knew of ohe
banking house in Savannah where the
taxes for 183!) were blit $300 below the
salary list. This is a clear indication
that the taxes, both city and state, are
too high, he stated, and there should
be relief from some point.
REWARD IS OFFERED
For Information Aa to the Fate of John
A. Benedict.
A special from, Greenville, S. C.,
says: Thursday was another day of
ceaseless but futiie searching for the
missing John Benedict. There was
absolutely no clew discovered.
Two hundred dollars reward has
been offered for ally information which
may lead to the finding of Benedict,
dead or alive. Placards to this effect
are being posted in all of the country
about Greenville. Thursday afternoon
Dr. Benedict, a brother of the missing
man, and Dr. White, with several as¬
sistants, scouted the country along the
line of the Southern railway between
Greenville and Greer’s Station,while a
similar pnrty under the leadership of
Hon. Bob Gantt worked down to
Greers from Spartanburg.
At every cross roads and almost at
every farmhouSe copies of the proclam¬
ation of reward have been left. At the
same time a lot of them have been sent
to the Spartanburg frtr distribution along
line from there to Columbia.
SOUTHERN CONTROLS ROAD.
Tho Mobile ami 'Birmingham Road Is
Merged Into tho Groat System.
On Thursday the Mobile and Bir¬
mingham rnilroad extending from
Selma to Mobile, 165 miles, passed
into the hands of the Southern rail¬
way, under a ninety-nine year lease.
The road will be made a part of the
Anniston division with headquarters
in Selma.
Mr. Frank Browder, general freight
f.gent of the Mobile and Birmingham,
has been appointed division freight
agentof theSouthern,with jurisdiction
from Rome to Mobile, Selma to Merid¬
ian, Selma to Akron and Selma to Bir¬
mingham. J. A. Maryman, general
agent at Selma, will be transferred to
Mobile and Mr. J. W. Hunter, chief
clerk to Division Freight Agent Green,
of Birmingham, will succeed Mr. Ma¬
ryman at Selma.
The acquisition of the Mobile and
Birminghom gives the Southern the
short line from the Birmingham dis¬
trict to the gulf and it is anticipated
that the road will do an immense bus¬
iness.
NEGRO BRIDE JAILED
While Her White Husband Is Hiding:
From Officers.
A Columbia, S. C., special says:
The colored bride and the preacher
that married her to Geo. Hamilton,
white, have been arrested in Green¬
ville. Hamilton.was a member of the
Fourth New Jersey regiment,stationed
at Greenville. After going home he
came bacK lo Greenville and made his
headquarters at the home of Marion
Love, a negro. He then married Me¬
lissa Love, daughter of his host,
against tho laws of South Carolina.
The negroes in the neighborhood were
jubilant. A warrant was issued for all
the parties. Hamilton has hidden
away, but the bride is in jail and Rev. 1
Thomas Minus, the preacher, has
given bond for appearance at trial.
TO STAND SECOND TRIAL.
Mm. Hughes Will Again be Arraigned for
Murder of Husband.
Mrs. Mattie A. Hughes, the young
woman who killed her husband at
Greers, S. C., last fall, will be again
arraigned on the charge of murder at
Greeneville next week. At the last
term of court she was tried and a
mistrial resulted. The case will be
called this session on motion made by
defence. The allegation was that ow¬
ing to Judge Townsend ordering a
mistrial and dismissing the jury in the
abSSitce of the defendant amounted to
a practical acquittal. The new con¬
stitution forbids twice placing in jeop¬
ardy a citizen on the same charge.
FIGHTING AT MINDANAO.
Principal City of tho Island Bombarded
by tlio Americans.
A dispatch to The New York Journal
and Advertiser from London says that
a iipecfcl dispatch from Labuan an¬
noyances that severe fighting is report¬
ed between Americans and Filipinos
on the island of Mindanao.
The principal city on the island,
Zamboanga, has been bombarded and
burned and is in ruins.
ELL1JAY, GILMER COUNTY, GA. THURSDAY, J UNE 8, 1899.
A DtADLY STREET DUEL
FIVE MEN ENGAGE IN BATTLE AT
ATHENS} ALA;
AN OLD FAMILY FEUD THE CAUSE
All Were Prominent Citizens and the Fight
Occurred on Principal Street
of the Town*
The quiet city of Athens, in Lime¬
stone county, Alabama, was the scene
of a terrible bloody tragedy Thursday,
in which five men participated.
The cause was an old feud existing
between the Campbell and Yarbrough
families, being near neighbors, and al]
prominent, educated and well ftibtt
people.
The fight occurred bn the public
square, the streets being crowded With
people. Charlies Campbell and his
brother-in-law^ Jesse Surginer, were
in Athfens oii business, and met two
of the Yarbrough men; Bertram aud
Walter, on the streets. Insulting
words sprang to the lips of the three
men simultaneously, and they closed
iu a desperate bodily encounter.
Seeing the diffichlty, Will Yarbrough
rushed out of a near-by store, it was
claimed, with peace-making in¬
tentions, but his coming only made
matters worse. Seeing Will Yar¬
brough thinking rushing to the scene, and
all three were attacking his
brother-in-law, Surginer sprang up
and began firing into theerctwd.
- All then jerked revolvers and a des¬
perate battle ensued. When the smoke
cleared away the five men were lying
or crawling ou the sidewalk, snapping
their revolvers and feebly attempting
to use their knives.
Bert and Walter Yarbrough were
soon lyiug in one room with their
life blood ebbiug fast away. Both dy¬
ing game.
Will Yarbrough is desperately
wounded through tho lungs, the ball
that struck him ranging up toward the
cerebral column.
Campbell and Surginer are both
seriously wottuded. Surginer is in jail.
During the battle one ball Crashed
through a plate glass window, grazing
the skull of Peter Crensbawi
LOST BABY FOUND.
Bln le Marion Clarke I* at Cast Restored
to Her Barents.
Marion Clark, the twenty-ono
months’ old child, kidnaped from her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Clark,
of New York city, May 21st, was dis¬
covered two miles south of Sloatsburg,
N. Y’., Thursday afternoon. She was
found at a farmhouse of Chnrles Yoti
mnns and was in the custody of Mrs.
Jennie Wilson, who took the baby to
that place the early part of last week.
Mrs. Wilson was accompanied by her
husband and stated to Mrs. Yottmaus
that she wanted board for the little
girl for the summer.
The Clark baby attracted people
by her large blue eyes and pink com¬
plexion being particularly noticeable.
As soon as the notices of the abduc¬
tion reached the neighborhood tho
people begun to suspect that tlie
child was Marion Clark. They felt
positive of it because the child wore
the same clothes as at the time when
she was stoleu.
When placed under arrest Mrs.
Wilson weakened and made a partial
confession. The baby was then pro¬
duced. Marion is in good health.
Arthur Clark, the father of the ab¬
ducted baby, arrived at Sloatsburg
Thursday evening and immediately
identified the child as his lost Marion.
GOVERNOR’S COURSE APPROVED.
Offers Reward For a White Man Who
Attempted An Assault.
A special from Atlanta, Ga., says:
The reward of $250 which was offered
a few days ago by Governor Candler
of Georgia for the arrest of William
Armstrong, the Harris county man
who attempted an assault upon a ten
year-old negro girl, has been strongly
commended by a number of the most
promient citizens of Harris county.
While the reward was offered by
the governor without being solicited
by the county officials, he first com¬
municated w-ith ordinary and sheriff
of the county to learn the situation in
the community before issuing the or¬
der for the reward.
EXPENSE CAUSED DISPUTE.
Costelar’s Family Protested Against Gov¬
ernment Paying For Funeral.
A Madrid dispach says: When the
body of Senor Castelar arrived at
the station a dispute arose be¬
tween the family of the dead states¬
man and the government repre¬
sentatives, the family protest¬
ing against the wording of the de¬
cree ordering that that the expenses of
the obsequies be borne by the public,
as the preamble seemed to indicate
that the only merit of the deceased
was that he died poor.
They also disputed the right of Pre¬
mier Silvela to act us chief mourner.
D’ARCOS ARRIVES.
Will Soon Assume Post of Spanish Min¬
ister at Washington.
The most notable passenger who
arrived at New York Tuesday on the
North German Lloyd steamship Kaiser
Wilhelm der Grosse was the Duke
A’Arcos, who comes to assume the
post of Spanish minister at Washing
ton, which has been vacant since the
hurried departure of Senor Polo y
Bernabe, April 20, 1898, on the eve of
the outbre’ 1 ' ---
FLOWERS NOT ACCEFTED.
G. A. K. Committee Snub* Confederate*
By Rejecting Floral Tribute.
There was an unfortunate incident
of Memorial Day in Columbus, O.,
which was a direct slight to the Con¬
federate veteransi and which has cre¬
ated a sensation in local G. A. R. cir¬
cles. The snub consisted of the re¬
fusal of a magnificent floral tribute ten¬
dered by the southerners, to be placed
ou the graves of tho Union dead in
Green Lawn cemetery. The tribute,
in view of the events of the past year,
was the peculiarly appropriate, south represent¬ grasping
ing north dag. and the
the Union
The tender was made by ei-Confed
erates who appreciated the efforts
which have been made to cement the
north and smith, but when the matter
was laid before the general floral com¬
mittee representing the G. A. R. posts
they declined to accept it. Before the
matter could be brought before the
general membership of, the different
posts and undone, the design was ac¬
cepted by the Ex-Soldiers’ and Sailors’
association, who used it in their exer¬
cises during the day.
Thb marshal of the parade had in¬
vited the ex-confedeiates to partici¬
pate in the exercises of the G. A. R.
and quite a number of them ap¬
peared before they learned of the
snub. They withdrew immediately,
but joined the ex-soldiers and sailors.
There is great indignation among
the various members of the G. A. R.
posts, and the southerners have been
assured that the action of the commit¬
tee represented only individual opin¬
ion, and is not the spirit of the vari¬
ous posts. It is highly probable that
action will be taken in regular form to
disavow the work of the committee.
BANK CASHIER MISSING.
A Prominent Citizen of Atliens> Ga., Mys¬
teriously Disappears.
John A. Benedict, cashier of the
Exchange bank of Athens, Ga., has
disappeared and his friends fear that
he has either lost his life by accident
or has met with foul play somewhere
near Greenville, S. C.
To those who do not know him the
first impression would be that some¬
thing was wrong with his bank affairs,
but there 1 b not the least suspicion of
anything like this.
As a matter of fact, the books of the
bank) tho cash and everything con¬
nected with it has been examined and
found to be correct, both by the statf^,
bauk examiner and by President Bai¬
ley, of the bank. Qffcsurilh*
A digpatch tluiea*
that he disappeared from and there Tues¬
day afternoon a week ago no tracef
can be inquir^ found of him after the most
diligent Benedict
Mr. left Athens Mouday
morning and arrived in Greenville to
visit the mills in the surrounding
country -Tuesday afternoon. He reg¬
istered at the Mansion house and was
directed for a team by the clerk to a
livery stable a couple of blocks from
the hotel. So far as can be ascertained
ne did not go to the stable or apply for
any team anywhere in the city or leave
on any train. The police have made
diligent inquiry by telephone and tel¬
egraph throughout the up -country, but
without avail.
WHEELER FOR GOVERNOR.
Alabama Panel* In tlie Congressman’*
District Unite In a Call.
A Birmingham dispateh says: With
almost one accord the newspapers in
General Wheeler’s congressional dis¬
trict have united in a call for him to
enter the race for governor and heal
the disruption that now exists in the
democratic party in Alabama.
The call has been taken up by other
papers iu central and southern Ala¬
bama, and it is said that Wheeler
might he induced to enter the field if
he is not sent to tlie Philippines. If
he ran he would be nominated and
elected without a doubt. lEven the
populists and republicans will scarcely
oppose him. Wheeler’s election as
governor would, it is believed, insure
him eventually a seat in the United
States senate.
Big Depot For Rome.
The Southern Railway company has
made arrangements for erecting a
$50,000 freight depot at Rome, Ga.
Work will commence very soon.
No News of Stolen Child.
Captain McCluskey of New York re¬
ports that he has learned nothing new
about the kidnaped child, Marion
Clark, or the nurse, Carrie Jones.
DIED OF YELLOW FEVER.
A Young: Girl Contracts the Disease In
New Orleans*
The Louisiana state board of health
Monday night gave notice to the sev¬
eral other boards of health in accord¬
ance with an agreement made this
spring that an autopsy showed Miss
Johanna Grille, who died iu New Or¬
leans Sunday, to have died of yellow
fever. The case was regarded as a
suspicious one, but not until after the
autopsy on Monday morning could the
character of the disease he determined
with certainty.
The board of health declares that
there is no other case in New Orleans.
IN FLORIDA LEGISLATURE.
Important Bill* are Passed at Heel of the
Session.
A special from Tallahassee says:
Both houses of the legislature at
Thursday’s session passed the general
appropriation bill for expenses of the
i state government for the next two
years. The senate killed the radical
> house revenue bill and the house kill¬
. ed the senate revenue bill, A com¬
promise is being arranged
AUDITOR
IS APPOINTED
the Southern Mutual Build=
ing and Loan Concern.
AN ATLANTA MAN IS SELECTED
Status of Defunct Association Is
Changed and Final Disposi
tison of Affairs Delayed.
Thod. A. Hammond was appointed
auditor iu the Southern Mutual Build¬
ing afid Loan Association case at At¬
lanta Wednesday morning by Judge
Lumpkin. The test case which wds
under way collapsed and further pro¬
gress being impossible, owing to the
inability of the attorneys to agree on
the facts, tho auditor was appointed
upon motion of one of the attorneys.
It is thought that tho litigation has
been delayed a year and a half by the
change in the course of affairs.
Under the conditions which the
case was progressing, it was thought
that the court would settle the ques¬
tion of withdrawing members, but
when the attorneys for the plaintiff
efforfeit ftn amendment to their peti¬
tion there was considerable objection
and this was the beginning of the
breakdown in the proceedings.
To settle the difficulty Judge Lump¬
kin asked if their was any objection to
an auditor. There was some discus¬
sion of the proposition, but no decided
opposition was offered. Many of the
attorneys present agreed that it was
the proper thing to do. Suggestions
were then made as to who should be
appointed.
Judge Spencer ft. Atkinson was sug¬
gested. Other names were put forward
and thoto was a long discussion over
the selection. Hammond It was should finally agreed
that Mr. be appoint¬
ed by the court. Judge Lumpkin then
directed an order to be drawn to that
effect.
The entire case will be in the hands
of ih‘e auditor and lie will near all the
evidence that is to lie presented, the
contentions of the parties and the ar¬
gument on any questions which may
arise. Every feature of the ense will
considered by him, and he is in¬
structed by the court to have his re¬
port ready to be submitted by Decem
bei 1st of the present year.
The answer of the receivers to a pe¬
tition asking for a reduction of ex
ponses was filed with the court. In it
the receivers stated that the w-ork
which had been entailod on them by
virtue of the winding Up of the affairs
of the association had been very great
and would continue as much so as in
the past.
It was stated while the expenses of
the association for office help during
the prosperity of the concern had ex¬
ceeded $2,000, since the receiver took
hold of it the office expenses had been
about $385 per month or less than one
fifth of the amount expended each year
by the association when it was in its
corporate existence.
They showed who had been employ¬
ed by the receivers and how they had
been conducting the affairs on a great¬
ly reduced scale. It was stated that
in the original order of the court re¬
garding the appointment of a receiver,
while the court thought it best to have
two receivers, compensation for only
one was provided.
It was stated that the work of caring
for the numerous ancillary receiver¬
ships in various other states than
Georgia had been very great and the
work would continue so long as the af¬
fairs remained open. They said that
the appointment of an auditor will
place upon them considerable more
work.
The question of reducing expenses
precipitated a long discussion. Judge
Anderson and Mr. O’Brien both spoke
of the work they had done and that
which will fall on them in the future.
Judge Lumpkin announced that he
would make no cut in the expenses at
present, but in the future if there was
any provocation he would consider the
question further.
A GOOD EXAMPLE.
Norfolk, Va. t Imitates Atlanta By Pros¬
pective “Anti-Spit” Daw.
Some time since a sanitary commis¬
sion, composed of heads of the sev¬
eral city departments of Norfolk, Va.,
was organized to frame such sanitary
ordinances as were deemed essentia!
to the maintenance of public health.
The commission completed its work
Thursday, including an “anti-spit
ting” ordinance, imposing a fine of
from $1 to $5 on every man who spits
upon the sidewalks, in public halls,
street or "other cars, reception rooms,
etc.
Thq ordinances will be submitted
to the city council for enactment.
AFTER STREET RAILWAYS.
Baltimore Capitalists VIay Purchase Chat
tanooga Lines*
It is authortiatively reported that
Frank S. Hambleton and others of
Baltimore, have engaged Mayor F.
Watkins and Frank Thompson, of
Chattanooga, Tenn., to secure options
on all the street railway interests in
Chattanooga. This includes the two
inclines up Lookout mountain. The
local representative of Hambleton <fe
Co., is said to be interested.
4 ,
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Often in the morning there comes a feeling
of weariness* indescribable ; not exactly ill, nor
fit to work, but too near well to remain idle.
A Ripans Tabule taken at night, before
retiring, or just after dinner, has been known
to drive away that weariness for months.
WATfrEO:—A «nw* of bad health that 1UP-ANS will testimonials. not honrflt. R-l Send i’ five S, conta for to 5 Ripans Chemical 12 packers Cot,
Rd 10 Spruce Street.’ New York, for 10 samples and 1,000 A N 10 rents, or foir
4 H cents mnV h« had of nil rinmirists who are willing to sell a standard medicine at a fnoucrato
ti^ni«h pain »ad prolong life. Cm* relief. Note the word R iT'A N S on the packet. Accept no iutastotut*.
VOLUNTEERS NOT NEEDED.
Situation In tlie Philippine* I* i>l»t'ili**rf
It Cabinet Meeting:.
The cabinet meeting at Washington
Friday decided that there was no pres¬
ent necessity for the enlistment of vol¬
unteers. The situation was gone over
at the meeting very fully before this
conclusion was reached. ^
The president stands ready at any
time it may appear a necessity to au¬
thorize the enlistment of volunteers
should more men be deemed a necessi¬
ty, aithoiigh hoping that General such a con¬ Otis
tingency may not arise.
is to be given the 30,000 men foT whom
h" has asked. The additional the 30,000 8.000 or j
6,000 troops to make up are
to be taken from tho regulars now
serving in Torto Rico, Cuba and this
country.
EIGHT FARMERS JAILED.
They Are Charged With Lynching the
Three Humphrey* In Texas.
Tho excitement in Henderson county,
Texas, because of the lynching of the
throe Humphreys on the night of May
23d is still intense.
Eight prominent farmers and cattle
raisers in the vicinity of Aley, where
the lynching took place, liavo been with
placed iq jail at Athens, charged
participating in the crime.
Tho state and Henderson county
have offered rewards approximating
$5,000. The preliminary hearings have
been postponed for several days.
TO ASSESS CORPORATIONS.
South Carolina State Hoard Will Tax the
Cullman Palace Car*.
Under authority of an act of tlie
South Carolina legislature passed last
year, the state board of assessors of
railroad property met in Columbia
Friday io assess for taxation palace
car corporations, telegraph, telephone
and express companies. The concerns
named doing any business in the state
are required to make returns on a
specified day early in tlie year of the
entire capital stock, and then the in¬
vestments, mileage or business in the
MAY WITH 111! AW .MONEY.
Official* at Washington Disgusted at Con¬
duct of Cubans.
General Brooke made no report Sat¬
urday to the war department upon the
reported non-success of the efforts to
induce the Cuban soldiers in Havana
to lay down their arms and accept the
gratuity provided for them.
The officials arc grently disappoint¬
ed, but feel that they have done all
that in fairness could bo expected ol
them, and if the remaining Cuban sol¬
diers are of the samo mind as those in
Havana, the government will not long
delay a withdrawal of the offer.
HEAD OF BOTH WARS
4re Honored at the National Cemetery
at Chattanooga.
With appropriate and somewhat
elaborate exercises the graves of 13,
000 union soldiers buried in the Na¬
tional cemetery at Chattanooga were
decorated Tuesday. dead of the civil
Resting beside the
war in this cemetery are several hun¬
dred volunteers of the Spanish war
who died at Chickamauga and the
decoration was a joint affair, partici¬
pated iu by veterans of both wars.
BRTAN AT BARNESVILLE.
Will Deliver Address Before Chautauqua
Association on July 4th.
Hon. William Jennings Bryan has
accepted an invitation to deliver an
address before the Barnesville, Ga.,
Chautauqua association on July 4th.
The directors of the Chautauqua
and citizens of Barnesville propose to
give Mr Bryan the greatest ovation
he has ever received in this section of
the country, and there will be an im¬
mense audience to greet him. Many
of the public men of Georgia will be
present tq hear the addrgse. ______
NO. 40.
M'-AITEUING THE REBELS.
American Troops i’pgin Vigorou* Cam**
paign In 1’hilipplnes.
A Manila special says: A vigorous
campaign was begun on Saturday
against General Pio del Pilar’s force of
2,000 rebels in the foothills at the
mouth of Laguna de Bay and in the
towns of Cainta, Tay Tay and Antipol.
Under the supervision of General
Lawton, General Hall, with 2,000
men, moved southeast from the pump¬
ing station, and Colonel Whalley, who
relieved Gcueral King iu command of
his brigade, proceeded east from San
Pedro Macati, the two divisions ap¬
proaching each other, eSpturod l-____ Cainta
Colonel Whalley
with sntnll loss, the rebels fleeing be¬
fore the advance of the United States
troops. General Hall drove the Fil¬
ipinos from the vicinity of Marini
quina, sweeping them toward Colonel
Whatley's column.
DREYFUS TRIAL ASSURED.
Work of tin- Court otf < HR*ntlon In I’aria
riaci icalif Finislmrl.
The Paris corrflspondent of Tile
London Morning Fist says:
The work of the court of cassation
is practically finished. Each of the
judges gave his opinion today (Friday)
and only formalities remain.
Tlie councillors were almost unani¬
mously in favor of revision, and the
decision lo be given tomorrow (Satur¬
day) will lie even more energetically
in favor of Dreyfus than was the re¬
port of M. Ballot de Beanpre. It will
declare that the 1 Canaille de I)-—”
document is in no way applicable to
Dreyfus.
TOWN SOLD BODILY.
l’laceil On tVlii-r]* mol Ilclivercd to Rival
M uiiii‘i|i:tlit v.
The town of Mountain View, Okln.,
that was organized in a day, broke
another record Sunday.
There lias existed a rival town a
mile and a half west and it was deem¬
ed advisable to consolidate them.
Oakdale, Ihe rind, was purchased out¬
right for $3-1,380, placed on wheels and
started oil tlie road to Mountain Y iew.
This is probably the first case of
buying a whole town that the annals
of the west records.
DISPLEASED AT ORIlfi
National Civil Service lleS
Makes ' Kirk.1
A New Y ork dispatch si
tional civil service reforul
statement just made President pnbll
that the order of
of May 29th, changing tli^
vice rule, is a backward step of the
most pronounced character.
The order, the League says, is a
long succession of violations of boih
the spirit and the literal terms of the
law and rules in various branches of
the. service.
FOUL MURDER SUSPECTED.
I.atest Theory In lirRaril to Ui*app«aranc*
of John A. Beneillct.
A Greenville, S. C., special says:
When the full record of the disappear¬
ance of John A. Benedict is made up,
it in nil probability will be the story
of a tragic death. There seems, now,
to be the best of reasons for this be¬
lief and it is more firmly held by
those immediately interested than it
has been at any former stage of the
search.
CUBAN OFFICERS WANT PAY
For .Services Kctultrcil In IJcntifyln jr
Member* of Cuban Army.
A special from Havana states that
there is much comment over the fact
that Cuban officers have been demand¬
ing $5 as compensation for identifica¬
tion of Cubans who have been appli¬
cants for the$75 allowed by the Lnited
States authorities t > former soldiers of
the Cuban army, who surrender their
arms.