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THE MACON TELEGRAPH.
ESTABLISHED U182f.
'MACON. GA., FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1398.
DAILY, $7.00 A YEAR.
Turkish Irregulars Attack
British Soldiers aud Mas
sacre Christians.
He Made No Attempt to Quell
the Uprising.
MAT BE BOMBARDED AGAIN
INTERNATIONAL TROOPS TAKE
CHARGE AT CANDIA.
It Is Probable That the Turks Will Be
Expelled From Crete—At Least
300 Native Christiana and
07 British Subjects
Wero Slain.
Athens, Sept. 8.—The following dis
patch, dated at 8 o'clock this evening,
has been received from Candla:
"The Bashl Bazouks are committing
excesses and the Christians in the sur
rounding districts are arming to march
to the assistance of the Candlans.
“There are eight warships in the
harbor and a fresh bombardment Is
expected.
"The British, German and Spanish
consulates have been looted, and thus
far three hundred native Christians and
sixty-seven British subjects have been
killed.”
The Asty says It learns from an au
thentic source that as Boon as the Brit
ish troops arrive at Candla from Malta
the Turkish garrison In Candla will be
expelled, martial laty proclaimed and
the rlng-Ieadera of the riots put on trial
and publicly hanged if found guilty.
According ( to a dispatch from Candla
sent late this evening, the admirals of
the international fleet have decided to
compel the .disarming of the Bashl
Bazouks and the surrender of the In
stigators of the disorder.
Candla, Island of Crete, Sept. 8.—A
detachment of International troops,
which has Just arrived here, has occu
pied the fortifications and restored or
der. It Is now estimated that two hun
dred persons were killed during the
rioting. The mussulmans troops pro
tected the Christians placed under their
care, but they did not attempt to pro
vent the pillage of the Christian houses,
which continued, until the International
troops arrived.
London, Sept, 9.—The correspondent
of the Standard, telegraphing Thurs
day from the British battleship Cam-
perdown, off Candla, says:
“The refugees tell ghastly stories of
massacres. They report that no fewer
than seven hundred Christians are
missing. Several attempts were made
last ntght to set on fire the office Of the
Eastern Telegraph Company. It has
been ascertained that all the hills over
looking the British camp were loop-
holed for rifle Arc and barricaded.
"This shows clearly that the out
break was precencerted. The behavior
and atlltudo of the Turkish troops
have been and still are inexplicable.
Without going so far as to assert that
they took part In the attack on our
troops—though many people are ready
to affirm on oath that they actually
saw the sultan’s soldiers firing on our
men—It is impossible to controvert the
positive fact that they mads no at
tempt to render assistance.
"Every Christian survivor of the
massacre swears that the hatchery was
mostly the work of Turkish soldiers,
who first robbed and then slew their
victims.
"Edham Pasha Is the man who ought
to be held primarily responsible. Had
.he wished to prevent bloodshed h«
would most certainly have done so.
"Not till the British troops under Col.
Reid had been lighting hard for four
hours did Edham, with his Turkish
soldiers, arrive upon the scone. He
had then the effrontery to say that he
had only Just heard the British troops
were being attacked by thousands of
Pashi Bazouks.
“It Is needless to comment on this
brazen-faced lie. It Is enough to say
that Edham Pasha must have known
-what was happening from the moment
the first shot was fired, If, Indeed, he
did not arrange the plot himself.”
The correspondent of the Times In
Candla says: “It Is estimated that no
fewer than eight hundred Christians
have been massacred and the town has
been pillaged by Bashl Bazouks and the
Turkish soldiers.
“All reports agree as to the disgrace
ful behavior of the Turkish troops, who
were seen tiring on Col. Reid. The mob
ran through the street shouting, 'Death
to the English.’ Porta of tho town are
still burning.”
The Times and the other morning
papers call on the government for ener
getic action In Crete, more especially If
the stories of the complicity of the
Turkish troops are confirmed.
The German and Austrian iwpers de
clare that their government will have
nothing 'to do with Crete.
The Cologne Gazette gays: "Germany
may congratulate herself on having
withdrawn her fleet from Crete, thereby
leaving the responsibility to others.”
Rome. Sept. 9.—The Tribune declares
that Count Von Munster, the German
ambassador to France, In the name of
Eipperor -.William has Just repeated to
M. Del Casse, the French foreign min
ister, that the alleged lettere between
the Emperor and Count Von Munster
and the Emperor and Capt Dreyfus
spurious and that if the French
government should utilize such false
documents In an eventual trial, he
(Count Von Munster) had orders to de
mand his passports.
LI HUNG CHANG OUT.
Tho Aged Chinaman Dismissed From
the Foreign Office.
London, Sept. 8.—A private telegram
Just received here confirms the state
ment made In a dispatch from Pekin
yesterday that' Ll Hung Chang has
been dismissed from the Chinese for
eign office, but, the dispatch adds, ”It
Is pointed out here (In Pekin) that this
does not necessarily mean that he has
been deprived of all power.”
A dispatch has been received from
the British minister at Pekin, Sir
Claude M. Macdonald, confirming the
report that Li Hung Chang has been
dismissed at this request.
PAYMASTER AT KNOXVILLE. .
Knoxville, Tenn.. Sept. 8.—The work
of paying off tho eight regiments en
camped at Camp Poland and one at
Camp Bob Taylor began today. The
One Hundred and Ffty-elghth Indiana
Is being paid off and the First Georgia
will be paid tomorrow. It will take
about a week to finish paying oft the
entire division.
Orders were Issued at division head
quarters today for a courtmartlal to be
convened In the First brigade.
OFFICERS FOR MAIL CLERKS.
Atlanta, Sept. 8.—Mr. J. W. Brown of
Atlanta was elected president of the
United States Railway Mall Servlco
Mutual Benefit association at their clos
ing session here today. ‘
Other officers chosen were: Secretary
and treasurer, J. V. Henry, Quincy, III.;
vice-president first division, W. H. San
ders, New London; third, J. W. Hul-
lyday, Washington; fourth, W. H. Ar
nold, Atlanta: fifth, W. O. Bangs, In
dianapolis; sixth, W. M. Traer, Bur
lington, la.; seventh. E. C. Blxby, be-
dalla, Mo.: eighth, Harry Lewis, San
Francisco; tenth, George D. Flynn, St.
Paul: eleventh, H. C. Voss, New Or
leans.
The next meeting will be held In St
Louis the first Tuesday In October, 1899.
WHEELER'S BODY IS FOUND
DRIFTS ASHORE WITH THE TIDE
AT MONT AUK POINT.
Many Messages of Condolenoe Bent to
the Stricken General—Lieutenant
Kirkpatrick’s Body WnsFounl
nt the Some Time.
Camp Wlkoff, Montauk Point, L. I„
Sept. 8.—The bodies of Naval Cadet
Thomati H. Wheeler, the son of MaJ.
Gen.Joseph Wheeler, and of Second
Lieut. Newton D. Kirkpatrick of the
First United States cavalry, who wero
drowned while bathing In the sea yes
terday, came In with the tide and wero
thrown on the beach about 2 o'clock
this morning.
The bodies were found lying close to
gether Just below the life-saving sta
tion, about a quarter of a mile from
where the young men had gono In
bathing. A detail of sixty men from
the Second cavalry had been patrolling
the beach with lanterns. The life-
savers who knew the coast had predict
ed that the bodies would drift In where
they did. Two rude biers were formed
out of planks taken from near the life
saving station, and the bodies placed
upon them. In the meantime the cav
alrymen had gathered from up and
down the beach and followed the bodies
to Gen. Wheeler's headquarters. With
Gen. Wheeler wero three of his daugh
ters, who were In camp nursing the
sick.
The uniform of an infantry private,
with the shoes, hat and underwear,
wers found on the beach this morning
a few hundred yards to the westward
of where Cadet Wheeler and Lieut.
Kirkpatrick were drowned. It is In
ferred that a third man was drowned
last night. A name Is on the Inside of
the band of the trousers, but It Is illegi
ble.
Lieut. Kirkpatrick will be taken to
Lexington, Va., for Interment.
Tho war department has been re
quested to detail an officer to accom
pany Lteut. Kirkpatrick's remains to
Virginia.
President McKinley and a large num
ber of other officials In Washington
have sent messages to Gen. Wheeler
expressing the greatest sympathy for
him. Gen. Shatter called upon the be
reaved officer before going to New
York this morning and remained with
him half an hour.
THIRD VIRGINIA HOME.
Meets With a Popular Reception When
It Reaches Richmond.
Richmond, Va„ Sept 8.—The Third
Virginia regiment arrived here from
Camp Alger this afternoon and was ac
corded an enthusiastic popular recep
tion. It marched through packed
streets under escort of the stay-at-
homes of the First regiment, the Rich
mond Howttyers and detachments from
the Confederate and federal veterans'
organisations of the city, and pitched
tents at Camp Lee, whence it marched
months ago to enter the service.
8HAFTER AT WASHINGTON.
The President Wishes to Talk to Him
- About Santiago.
Washington, Sept. 8.—Gen. Shafter
has been ordered to Washington. He
arrived In New York tonight' from
Montauk and will visit Camp Meade
tomorrow to confer with Secretary Al-
DUTY WILL NOT BE PAID.
Washington, Sept 8.—It was offi
cially decided today that the relief ship
Comal should remain In Havana har
bor with her supplies on board and
await further developments. The duty,
which amounts to 1(0,000, wlU not be
paid./
G.A.B.Wants that Substituted
for War of Bebellion.
GEN .ALGEB IS A FAVORITE
HIS NAME GREETEP WITH UP
ROARIOUS APPLAUSE.
Col. James A, Sexton of Illinois Elected
Commander-In-Chief and Philadel
phia Gets the Next Encampment—
Tronble Ahead for Evans.
Cincinnati, Sept. 8.—Illinois and
Pennsylvania are celebrating their vic
tories at their respective headquarters
tonight. The one has secured the com
mander-in-chief, Col. James A. Sexton,
ex-postmaster of Chicago, and the
other the location of the thirty-third
encampment of the G. A. R., at Phila
delphia, next year.
While there were all sorts of com
binations between the state depart
ments yesterday, It Is conceded that
the fight between New York and Penn
sylvania was the most bitter ever
known at an encampment. These two
neighboring states were competitors
for honor, one for the election of Col.
A. D. Shaw of Watertown, N. Y., for
commander-ln-chlef, and the other for
the location of the next encampment.
Earlier In the day the reports of the
officials were submitted and Com
mander-In-Chief Gobln delivered his
annual address.
When the annual reports were being
read, especially Gobln's, there was con
siderable cheering at the mention of
President McKinley's name, hut when
the name of Secretary Alger was men
tioned in connection with the recent
war, there was an uproarious demon
stration In his favor.
After the reports had been referred
to their respective committees many
resolutions were- offered, specifically
endorsing the administration of Gen.
Alger In the war department Tho
temper of the encampment as shown
today Indicates that the resolutions
will endorse the management of the
recent war.
A resolution Was Introduced to havo
the school histories use the term of the
"War Between the States," Instead of
"The War of the Rebellion.” It Is quite
likely that a resolution will be adopted
providing for the use of the term of
"The War for the Preservation of the
Union.” There will also be an effort
made to secure representation for the
colored men In the national encamp
ment
Unusual Interest was taken In the
selection of. the committee on resolu
tions' on account of the recent issue of
endorsing Alger or Miles and other
matters In connection with the man
agement of the Spanish war.
Among tho members of the commit
tees aro the following:
Florida, L. Y. James; Georgia, L.
B. Nelson; Virginia, Edgar Allen.
At the afternoon session a violent at
tack was made on Pension Commis
sioner Evans on account of his receht
rulings. During tho afternoon session
Senator Thurston of Nebraska made
a very eloquent speech In presenting
the greeting of the sons of veterans at
the head of whose delegation he ap
peared.
The other officers of the national en
campment of the G. A. It. as well as
the officers of the auxiliaries of ladles
will be elected tomorrow. The com
mittee on resolutions will work all
night, and when It makes Its report
there Is likely to be a cnotest In the
encampment, especially on the resolu
tions referring to Commissioner of Pen
sions Evans and to Secretary of War
Alger on other matters.
A resolution was adopted approving
the plan to locate and mark the battle
lines and positions of all the commands
of the contending armies at Gettys
burg.
Another resolution was adopted to
the effect that he encampment Is grat
ified that the commissioners, under the
supervision of the secretary of war. are
pushing the work of marking the lines
of the army of northern Virginia as
rapidly as the title to the necessary
land can be secured by the United
States.
While heated contests were going on
Inside to the guarded doors of the en
campment all the demonstrations on
the outside In the city were In accord
with the peace Jubilee. The parade of
the civic and Industrial orxanliati^.s
In tho afternoon, with all tho Illustra
tions of peace, prosperity and huppl-
ness that could be produced, was the
most magnificent pageants ever wit
nessed In this city. The other demon
strations under the Order of Clncln-
natus at the opening of tho expositions
and other occasions were eclipsed by
the peace parado today, In which It la
estimated there were 10,000 In line and
over halt a million spectators along the
line.
With the river fronts and the parks
and Camp Sherman ablaze tonight with
a most elaborate display of fireworks,
the demonstrations are ended, but spec,
lal entertainments have been provided
for tomorrow and tomorrow evening in
excursions on the river and special dis
plays at the summer resorts.
The delegates said that they will
complete their work tomorrow evening
If It ts necessary by a night session.
The auxiliaries of the ladles elect their
officers also tomorrow and complete
their annual encampment.
JOE LEITER IS CLEAR.
He Has Liquidated All His Obliga
tions by Great Sacrifices.
Chicago, Sept. 8.—Joseph Letter has
cleared up his famous wheat deal.
Every creditor has been paid, obliga
tion! to banks whose assistance wes
enlisted have been cancelled and 14,000,'
000 bushels of wheat have been liqui
dated since the announcement of the
voluntary. assignment nearly three
months ago.
ThU has been done only by great sac-
rlflce. Including the giving of mort
gages on property belonging to the
Lelter estate aggregating nearly 25,-
800,000 in value.
EVACUATION OF CUBA
Joint Commission Will Soon
Be at Work.
BACON MAY BE PEACE MAKER.
SESSIONS TO BE SECBET
SPAIN HAS SENT FINAL INSTRUC
TIONS TO HER COMMISSIONERS*
Blanco Authorises Havana to Default on
Her Bonds, But the Banco Espanol
Comes td the Rescue-Crops
Will Be Short This Year.
Havana, Sept. 8.—The Spanish mall
steamer Ciudad de Cadiz, which ar
rived this afternoon, brought Instruc
tions from the Madrid government to
the Spanish evacuation commissioners,
dealing with the details of the evac
uation, the questions of fortifications,
buildings, mortgages and other prop
erties of. the state to be renounced by
Spain along with her sovereignty in
the Island,
The Joint sessions of, the commis
sioners will be held behind closed
doors In the palace of the colonial gov
ernment, and It Is understood that tho
utmost secrecy will he observed, all
avenues of Information being zealously
guarded.
The’ United States transport Reso
lute,'with the American military com
missioners, Is expected to arrive to
morrow. The commissioners, it Is an
nounced here, will live on board the
ship, coming ashore each morning and
returning In the afternoon to the ves
sel. Special precautions will be taken
to insure absolute order and to prevent
any hostile demonstration that might
■possibly be made.
On Tuesday last, acting upon the
advice of the colonial council of secre
taries. Gen. Blanco Issued a deoree
authorizing the municipality of Ha
vana to apply to the payment of cer
tain other preferred obligations those
sums which, as provided In tbs mu
nicipal budget, should be applied In
payment of Interest and mortgages
overdue on loans of 7,000,000 and 3,000,-
000 pesetas respectively, and directing
the Banco Espanul to turn over to the
municipal treasury all sums collected
under those heads, suspending this
quarter's payment of Interest on the
bonds Issued for these loans.
Despite the agreement of the coun
cil and Gen. Blanco's approval, the
Banco Espanol decided, In order to
maintain credit to advance the money
to pay the Interest due the bondholders
on the loan, protesting agalnBt the
council’s agreement.
The local government.Is In debt to
all Its civil employes. It owes eight
months' salary to those appointed be
fore the establishment of autonomy (In
the Island, and four monthB' salary to
those named since.
Tho tobacco crop at Vuolta Abajo
promises to bo the smallest on record.
The, principal reason Is the scasclty
of oxen, which were stolen by. the
Insurgents or confiscated by the Span
ish commanders to feed the troops.
Many of the eugar estates, how
ever. have begun work In different
parts of the Island.
Messrs. Pearson. Simpson and Van-
dam, respectively the administrator,
engineer and Inspector of the Western
railroad, havo gone to tho province of
PInar del Rio to make surveys for an
extension of the road to the extreme
western end of the island, passing
through San Luis, San Juan and
Guam.
Gen. Solano, who succeeded Oen.
Panda as chief of staff to Oen. Blanco,
will go on board the Reaoluta on her
arrival to receive and welcome the
American commissioners.
SPANIARDS PLAY FOR TIME.
Porto Rican' Commissioners Seek to
Delay the Meeting.
San Juan de Porto Rico, Sept. 8.—The
Spanish evacuation commissioners seem
disposed to delay the meeting of the
commissions. They say their Instruc
tions havo not yet arrived, but are ex
pected on the Alfonso XIII. In the
course of a few days. They Intimate
that even they will need time to study
them.
The American commissioners have re
plied that the first meeting must oc
cur before September 12, under the
terms of the protocol.
The United States cruiser Cincinnati,
Capt. Chester, arrived this morning
from St. Thomas and saluted the Span'
lsh flag '-ad Rear Admiral Schley's
pennant. The Spanish forts and war
ships replied.
Today being a holiday, the city was
covered with Spanish flags and all the
shops and banks were closed.
Military mass was celebrated In the
Catholic churches. Brlg.-Gcn. Gordon,
Rear Admiral Schley and the Ameri
cans In the city attended.
ALGER ON A TOUR.
He Starts for Middletown and Will
Wind Up In Jacksonville.
Washington, Sept. 8—Secretary Alger,
accompanied by Mrs. Alger, his son.
Capt. Fred Alger, MaJ. Hopkins, his
aide, and Quartermaster General Lud-
dlngton, left Washington at 10:40
o’clock tonight for Middletown, Pa.,
over the Pennsylvania road.
The secretary will spend the forenoon
tomorrow In an Inspection of the camp
at Middletown and will then proceed on
his way to Detroit, where he wilt leave
Mrs. Alger and his ton. who Is still 111
from the fever following his service be
fore Santiago.
The secretary will then proceed to
make en Inspection of a number of the
army camps, going aa far south as
Jacksonville, Fla., before starting back
to Washington.
SCHOONER J. H. PLATT WRECKED.
Savannah. Sept 8.—The American
schooner John II. Platt, Capt. Ives,
from New York bound for Brunswick,
Is supposed to have been lost In the
recent storm. It is reported that parts
of a vessel on which the name was
painted came ashore on Tybee Island a
iew days ago.
President McKinley May Take The
Telegraph's Suggestion.
Washington, Sept. 8.—A call by Sen
ator Bacon of Georgia at the white
house today led to some conjecture as
to bis possible chance aa the Demo
cratic member of the peace commission.
The senator declined to discuss tho
purpose of his call, except to say that
It did not relate to the commissioner-
ship.
GERMANY MAKES NO DEMAND.
She May, However, Have’ Lower Duties
Under the Reciprocity Clause,
Washington, Sept. 8.—It Is learned
officially that the Impression which has
gone abroad to the ffect that the Ger
man ambassador here, Dr. Von Helle-
ben, has made a formal demand on the
state department for the same terms
of duty on German products as are ac
corded to the French products -men
tioned In the reciprocity arrangement
recently negotiated la erroneous.
It Is not denied, however, -that Ger
many might claim and procure any
benefits of any reductions In the tariff
dues accorded to France under the re
ciprocity sections of the Dlngley tariff
act if Bile cares to enter into a recipro
city arrangement of her own upon
similar terms, and there Is some rea
son to expect that this result may be
obtained In tho course of a few months.
WIKOFF A CAMP OF REGULARS.
All the Volunteers Save the Rough
Riders Have Gone Home.
Camp Wlkoff, Montauk Point, L. I.,
Sept, 8.—This is now a car,, of regu
lars, 5,000 horse and 8.000 ft, '. The Inst
of the volunteers, save the Rough
Riders and the sick, left for their homes
today.
Eleven hundred recruits for the reg
ular Infantry arrived tonight from the
Southern posts. The death list today
numbered eleven.
PORTO RICO VETERAN DIES.
Philadelphia, Sept. 8.—Charles
Hughes, one of-the sick soldiers who
was brought to this city from Ponce
on the hospital ship Relief, died today
at the Jefferson hospital of consump
tion.
YELLOW JACK AT SANTIAGO
SEVERAL CASES APPEAR IN THE
FIFTH IMMUNE REGIMENT,
Appalling Destitution Among the Cu
bans Which Gen, Wood Is Work-
I lag Hard to Relieve-Supply
- Depots Are Inadequate.
Santiago de Cuba, Sept. 8,—Six cases
of yellow fever have developed In Col.
Sergeant's Fifth Immune regiment.
The cases have been watched closely
for several days, and In the opinion
of Col. Havard, chief surgeon of tho
military department of Santiago, tho
diagnosis Is unmistakably correct
The victims havo been sent to tho
yellow fever hospitals and a strict
quarantine has been established
against the regiment which Is , on-
camped on the hills along tho Merro
road, about two miles south of tho
city.
There Is a great deal of sickness In
this regiment but In the opinion of
the surgeons, no more yellow fever.
All the other regiments now doing gar
rison duty are in fairly good health.
No uneasiness Is felt by Gen. Law-
ton or Gen. Wood. The four members
of the Fifth regular Infantry who were
sent to the yellow fever hospital ten
days ago when they disembarked from
the transport Knickerbocker from
Tampa, are doing well. The battal
ion Is still Isolated, but no new casee
have developed. i
The destitution among the Cubans Is
still appalling. Gen. Wood Issued
62,000 free rations yesterday. The ca
pacity of the free supply depots Is not
Urge enough to meet the demands and
a new one Is to be established shortly.
Washington, Sept. 8.—As announced
In an Associated Press dispatch from
Santiago a few days ago, Gen. Law-
ton, military governor of Santiago
province, will furnish food to such of
tho Cuban Insurgents as lay tjown
their arms and return to their homes.
It was also sold that he had given em
ployment to such men of the Cuban
army as could be utilized. This plan
of Gen. Lawton has been approved
by the administration. It Is believed
that bis action will have a tendency
to turn the Cubans Into peaceful walks
of life, and that If It Is extended to
other parts of the Island much trouble
that formerly menaced the govern
ment In Cuba will be avoided.
CERVERA’S MEN READY.
They Will Sail For Santander Next
Monday.
Annapolis, Md„ Sept. 8.—The Spanish
prisoners who have been quartered nt
the Naval Academy here for several
weeks, left at 6:10 this afternoon over
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad for
Now York. The party Is In charge of
Commodore Paredes and will reach
New York at about midnight. Tho
steamer City of Rome, which has been
chartered as a transport, will leave
New York tomorrow for Portsmouth,
N. H., where she will sail on Monday
for Santander,' Spain.
New York, Sept. 8.—The steamer Old
Dominion arrived this evening from
Norfolk, having on board Lieut. 6e-
grera and four other officers of Ad
miral Cervera's squadron and thirty-
nine seamen who have been In the na
val hospital at Norfolk. The are en
route to Santander. Spain, and will
soil on the City of Rome for that port
with the remainder of Admiral Cer
vera’s crew.
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FIELD HOSPITAL DISBANDED.
Cblckamauga National Park. Ga..
Sept. 8.—The field hospital of the first
division of the first army corps, was
today disbanded, and the sick, twenty-
five In number, were transferred to the
Sternberg hospital. Three deaths were
reported from the various hospitals to
day.- *'*’*' '
Secretary of War Wants the
War Department
Investigated,
Ho Will Discuss the Subject
With His Cabinet.
SOME OPPOSITION 10 IT
URGED THAT IT WILL DIGNIFY
SENSATIONAL CHARGES.
Consensus of Opinion Is However That
a Thorough and Searching Inves
tigation of the Entire Con
duct of the War WlU
Soon be Ordered
Washington, Sept. 8.—Secretary 'Al
ger has requested the president to
Order a thorough and searching In
vestigation of the war department. In
this request the secretary has bsen
Joined by Adjt.-Gen. Corbin.
No decision has been reached yet
by the president as to what course he
will pursue. He has tho requeet of
Secretary Alger under consideration,
but has not yet determined whethor
he will grant it or not.
Secretary. Alger had a long confer
ence with the president tonight before
leaving the city, and lmprceeed upon
him his earnest desire that an Inves
tigation such as he had .requeued bit
ordered.
Tho question was very thoroughly
discussed In all of Its phases.
Secretary Wilson participated In the
conference and Gen. Corbin wes pres
ent during the greater part of the
time.
It seems now not unlikely that the
Investigation will he ordered, but It
la the wish of tho president to further
consid-c the matter before announcing
a definite policy. The question prob
ably will receive consideration at the
cabinet meeting tomorrow. While all
of the members of tho cabinet are
not In the city. Secretaries Alger and
Long and Attorney-General Griggs be
ing among those who will not be pres
ent at tomorrow's meeting, It Is said
to be the wish of the president to take
up the whole subject with those of
his advisers'who may be there.
Should the Investigation be ordered.
It will Include, probably, oil matters
relating to the conduct of the war, so
far as they concern tho war depart
ment. Secretary Alger expresses him
self as confident that such an Investi
gation, If conducted promptly and
thoroughly, will result In much good.
Such an Investigation ns has been
suggested Is, It Is pointed out, beset
with some difficulties. No charges of
a definite character have been filed by
any responsible person or official.
Sensational atorlcs and rumors, for
which the administration has present
knowledge that .there. Is no foundation,
have been circulated, and objection le
made to dignifying them by the order
ing of an Investlgalon.
By those who desire and advocate
the Investigation It la maintained it
can do no possible harm and may ha'
of positive benefit in clearing away
manifest error from tho minds of
many people and In placing the blame.
If any Is to be placed, where It right
fully belongs.
STREET RAILWAY MEN MEET.
Boston, Sept. 8.—The meeting of tho
American Street Railway association
wns opened today with President Lang
In the chair.
These officers were elected: Presi
dent, Charles 6. Sargent, Boston; first
vice-president, Henry C. Moore, Tren
ton; second vice-president, Ernest
Woodruff, Atlanta: third vlce-presl-
dent, Walter H. Holmes, Kansas City;
secretary and treasurer, T, C. Penning
ton, Chicago. t
The association will meet next In Chi
cago.
The Street Railway Accountants' as
sociation today elected these officers:
President, J. T. Caldwell, Minneapolis;
first vice-president, F. R, Tlghe, New
York, second vice-president, It. K. Will
iams, Richmond, Va.; third vice-presi
dent, F. E. Lynn, Lynn, Mass; secre
tary and treasurer, W. B. Brockway,
Toledo, O.
Executive committee: Chairman, H.
T. Wilson, Boston; H. E. Babcock, El
mira; H. O. Mackay, Milwaukee, and
J. p. Frazer, Ottawa, Can.
ATLANTA ATHLETIC CLUB. '
The Gate City May Pull Off a Few
Prize Fights Herself.
Atlanta, Sept. 8.—Judge Lumpkin to
day granted a charter to the Atlanta
Athletto club. Its president Is Burton
Smith, a brother of ex-Sccretary Hoke
Smith, and It. C. Hayden is announced
ns vice-president. The board of direc
tors Includes many prominent young
men, whose intention Is to inako the
club the swell athletic organization of
the 8outb. There ts no law against
boxing In Georgia.
MR. BAYARD WEAKER.
Dedham. Mass.. Sept 8.—Former Am
bassador Bayard passed an uncomfort
able day and tonight Is much weaker.
He has taken but llttte nourishment
during the past twenty-four hours and
tie gradually sinking. -» ,