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THE MACON TELEGRAPH
FORECAST FOR GEORGIA FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY* GENERALLY FAIR} LIGHT TO l'HESII SOUTH WINDS.
ESTABLISHED IN 1820.
MACON, GrA,, "WEDNESDAY MORNING, .JULY 24*, 1901
DAILY—«7.00 A YKAR
SCHLEY’S TIME TO STRIKE
MACLAY, HIS MALIGNER
The SampsoipSchley Controversy to be Re=
opened by a Court of Inquiry===Scbley
Asks an Investigation, and Afterwards
Will Institute Civil Action Against the
Historian—Secretary Long to Appoint
Court====Case Promises to be Most Ce!e=
brated in Naval and Military History.
•WASHINGTON, July 23.—The Wash
ington Post last night telegraphed Ad
miral Schley that in an editorial It In
sisted that he owed It - to himself as
well as to his friends to begin proceed
ings against Mr. Maclay, the author of
the History of the United States Navy,
to disprove the latter’s charges, add
ing:
“Will you do this? Please wire state
ment."
Today it received the following tele
gram:
“GREAT NECK, L. I.. July 23.—Edi
tor Washington Post: I believe the
ilrst step should be an investigation of
all matter by a court, then by a civil
action afterward. I am preparing to
take this course.
(Signed) “W. S. SCHLEY."
The Post In the morning, as a result
of extensive inquiries, based upon the
admiral’s dispatch, will say In part:
"Admiral Schley proposes to make an
investigation at the hajids of a naval
court of Inquiry and then suo Histo
rian Maclay for libel.
"Ills action Is the sequel to the de
velopments during the past week when
the entire country has been atlrrd by
the publication of the unexplained
abuse poured upon him in the third
volume of E. S. Maclay’s History of
the United States Navy, in which pub
lication Schley is said to have run
away ’in caitiff flight,' and is, in addi
tion, denounced as a coward, a cur and
A traitor.
••The Schley court of inquiry will un
doubtedly be one of the moat celebraod
enses In naval or military history of
the country. The high rank of the of
ficers involved In the controversy and
the Intense public feeling which has
been aroused will combine to give to
the Investigation a dramatic Interest.*
Nothing has occurred In Washington
for many years that will compare
With it.
“The appointment of the court of in
quiry Is expected to be made by Sec
retary Long, though It would be In the
power of the president to make the
selections If he chore. This Is hardly
likely* to occur, however. Admiral
Schley’s letter asking for the appoint
ment of the court will be uddressed to
Secretary Long, who Is his lmmedlato
chief. To uddress the communication
to the president, ignoring Secretary
Long, would not bo a breach of naval
etiquette, but would be totally at va
riance with Schley’s careful observance
of punctilious procedure. The court,
therefore, will be named by Secretary
Long, unless he shall prefer to refer
the mntter to the president.
“Mr. Long ban already stated that If
Admiral Schley requested a cjurt of
inquiry he would grant the request,
and has also expressed his-willingness j
to personally select the court. While
lie bu* not made any statement us to
its personnel, there is every reason to
believe that he favore Admiral Dewey
and Rear Admirals Ramsay and Ben-
ham, the latter now being on the re
tired list. The name of Admiral Walker
has been suggested, but It Is known
that ho has expressed views upon the
Sanrpeon-Schley controversy In antag
onism to Schley and his appointment
would, therefore, be seriously ques
tioned. It Is said that Ramsay, Dewey
and Bonham have always carefully
avoided giving an opinion as to the
merit* of the controversy. All these
officers nre residents of Washington,
although temporarily out of the city
to escape the summer heat, and could
be quickly summoned to take their
places around the table of the court.
“Thrto names are mentioned because
that number Is specified In the naval
regulations for courts of Inquiry'. There
fa a possibility that Admiral Dewey
might ask to be excused, ns he would
have a right to do, but It Is also mor
ally certain that In this event he would
be specifically detailed by the secretary
for service on the board. This would
to the turning of the fleet from San
tiago toward Key West.)
Fourth, the battle of Santiago and
the destruction of Cervera's fleet.
It la to be expected, nays the Post,
that Admiral Schley, In Ills letter to
the secretary requesting a court of In
quiry, will specify thes*e grounds ol
criticism, and that Secretary Long will,
In turn, repeat them In his orders as
sembling the court.
It is expected that as soon as Sec
retary Long receives the request for
a court of inquiry from Admiral Schley,
he will name Its personnel and Issue
an order for Its assembling. It may be
some time, however, before the court
can get.squarely down to work. A
host of naval officers will have to be
summoned as witnesses, and theso offi
cers are now scattered over a wide
area.
court <of Inquiry differs from a
court-martial In thnt It has no power
to Inflict a sentence. It Is organized
rlmply for the purpose of Investigating
questions of fact, but it has ample
authority to make the Inquiry com
plete and exhaustive. The naval reg
ulations say courts of Inquiry "shall
have power to summon witnesses, ad
minister oaths and punish •contempt tu
the same manner as courts-martial,
but they shall only state facts and
shall not, give their opinion unless ex-
vssly requested to do so In the or-
•r for convening "
Recent congressional enactment con
ferred upon these courts ample author
ity to compel witnesses to testify, In
cluding civilians.
An important officer of the court will
be' the Judge advocate and recorder
who interrogates the witnesses. Sec
retary' Long will undoubtedly take un
usual care In. tin* ybvti m of thin offi
cial who may be chosen from the 1IST
of captains who participated with Dew
ey In the Manila battle. Under the
naval regulations Admiral Schley will
bo allowed tho attendance of counsel,
who will have the light to suggert
questions to the Judge advocate. It Is
not known whether Admiral Sampson
will ask tho privilege of being also
reprc.«vMitcd by counsel.
The sessions of the court undoubtedly
will open although 1U members havo
tho right to prevent this. Thero Is no
appeal from the decision of tho court
as to the exclusion or a<r.ni38lon of tes
timony, questions arising as to the rel
evancy or propriety of which are Inva
riably decided behind closed doore.
BOERS WORRY
BRITISH FORCES
Held I p and Captured n Train of
Stores—Several Killed aud Eigh
teen Wounded.
LONDON, July 23.—The British war
office has received the following dis
patch from Lord Kitchener, dated Pre
toria, July 23:
'A train from Cape Town with 113
details and stores was held up, cap
tured and burned nt Scheepers, e'ght
miles north of Benufortweet on tho
morning of July 21. Our casualties were
three killed and IS wounded. An in
quiry Is proceeding.
“French reports that Crabbe, with
:00 men, was attacked In the mountains
near Crad-dock by Krltzlnger July 21.
The horses stampeded. An all-day
fight followed. Crabbe fell back on
Mortimer, ur Oolss was slight."
SUFFRAGE IN ALABAMA.
The CoiiHtlfutlonHl Convention Fix
ing the Uunllflcatlona of
Electors,
MONTGOMERY. Ala., July 23.—The
constitutional convention began today
the consideration of tho report of the
committee on suffrage and elections,
after Mr. Lowe, of Jefferson, who Is
chairman of the State Democratic Com
mittee, had Introduced a substitute for
the committee report. Tho Lowe sub
stitute eliminated tho educational and
property qualifications and strikes out
tho board of registration clause. Its
basis Is a school contribution and a
poll tax scheme.
When section 1, the predicating para
graph, was read, Mr. Boddow, of Jeff
erson, sent up an amendment extending
the franchise to every male citizen of
foreign birth who has declared bis In
tention of becoming a citizen of the
United States.
An amendment to the Beddow amend
ment by ‘Mr. Smith, of Mobile, which
provides that foreigners shall Decome
citizens an soon as they arc entitled
to do >», way adopted, and the lied-
dow amendment and tho section were
adopted.
Section 2, proscribing the length of
residence and fixing a poll tax quali
fication was adopted. It provide* that
the elector shall have paid nil poll tax-
cs accrued agnlnat him by February
1, of tho year In which ho offers to
vote.
Section 3, providing that nil elec
tions shall be by ballot and all elec
tions by persons In a representative
capacity shall-be by viva voco vote,
was also adapted.
CAPT. REES RECOMMENDS SUMS
FOR STREAMS IN ALABAMA,
NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA—
II ARlIOIl WORK TO HE CONTIN
UED AT VARIOUS PORTS.
NEW YORK HERALD'S VIEWS.
NEW YORK, July 23.—Tho Herald
will say tomorrow:
“Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley
has asked Secretary Long to appoint
a court of inquiry to determine tin*
facts In regard to his course In the
Santiago campaign. While Rear Ad
miral Schley will not discuss his de
termination, or even ndmlt that he has
asked for an Inquiry, since li** could
not do so without a breach of naval
etiquette, the Herald Is nevertheless in
a position to announce the fact that
the application has been made. In a
small village like Great Neck, L. 1.,
where Admiral Schley is staying with
his son-in-law, R. M. S. Wort ley, his
presence is a matter of pride to all
the townspeople, and naturally little
that ho does passes unnoticed. The
admiral drove from Elm Point, where
the Wortley cottage Is situated, to the
Great Neck postofflce yesterday (Tues
day) afternoon, and * few minutes
later after 3 o’clock mailed a letter
which was adressed to John D. Long,
secretary of the navy, Washington.
Though the admiral would not" talk of
this letter, the nature of the contents
were known to others In Great Neck,
and there Is no doubt that Secretary
Long, when he opens It today (Wednes
day) will find in It a request for a for
mal and official inquiry.”
When Admiral Schley was pressed
to make some statement of his position
he wrote the following sentence:
“I really think that as this matter
Is liable to take the form of a Judicial
ght not to be subject
GOMEZ WANTS PALMA
TO BE PRESIDENT
General Came to United Hlnlra to
Consult Pnlinit About This Mutter.
WASHINGTON, July 23.-*~Captain
Thomas H. Rees, In charge of river nnd
harbor work for the St. Augustine,
Fla., district, recommends the following
appropriations In excess of $23,000 for
the fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1003:
St. John’s river. $300,000.
J. Key West, $200,000 to complete
project.
Removing water hyacinths from Flor
ida waters, $50,000.
Dredge for river and harbor improve
ment, $38,000.
Sarasota bay, $38,500 to complete im
provements.
Tampa buy, $75,000 to continue Im
provement.
Hillsboro bay, $175,000 to complete ex
isting project.
Anclote river, $46,500 to complete pro
Ject.
Capt. E. W. Van C. Lucas, in churgo
of river and harbor work for the Wil
mington, N. C., district. In his annual
report recommends the following ap
propriations in excess of $25,000 for tho
fif-vnJ year ending Juno 30, 1003:
Pamlico and Tar rivers, $35,500 to
complete improvements.
Cnpe Fear river, $378,000, of which
$250,000 Is to continue Improvements,
and the remainder for maintenance.
Cnpt. J. C. Sanford makes tho fol
lowing recommendations for rlveru and
harbors in South Carol I pit:
Wlnyah bay, $125,000.
Santee river, $18,000. i i
Congo roe river, $54,000.
Charleston harbor, $100,000.
Limit.-Col. Charles J. Allen, In chnrg<
of river and harbor work In the Wash
ington, D. C., district, recommends the
following appropriations in excess of
$25,000 for tho next fiscal year:
Potomac at Washington. $400,000.
Rappahannock, $40,000, $30,000
which Is for Improvement.
James river, Virginia, $500,000 for Im
provement.
MaJ. .T. IJ. Quinn, In chnrge of river
and harbor work In the Norfolk, Va.,
district, recommends the following ap
propriations In excenH of $25,000 for tho
next fiscal year:
Norfolk, $56,774 to complete Improve
ment.
Capo Charles city harbor, -Virginia,
$40,000.
MaJ. William C, Russel mak“n tho
following estimates for river and har
bor improvements In western Alabama
nnd eastern Mississippi:
Mobile harbor, Alabama, $810,000.
Warrior river, Alabama, $30,000.
Tomblgbea river, Alabama, from Its
mouth to Demopolls, $280,000.
Tombigbee river from Domcpoll* to
Columbus, $30,000.
SHOTS WERE HEARD
AND NEGRO MISSING
THE PRESIDENT WILL ANNOUNCE
HIS APPOINTMENT UPON THE RE
TIREMENT OF GOVERNOR ALLEN.
RE IS V SOUTHERN MAN, AND IS
NOW SECRETARY OF THE
LAND.
INTERESTING PAPER READ BY DR.
KOCH, IN WHICH HE STATED
SEVERAL THEORIES AS TO IN
FECTION AND HEREDITY—RE
LIEVES IN ISOLATION OF CON
SUMPTIVES.
WASHINGTON, July 23.—Wm. H.
Hunt, tho present secretary of Porto
Rico, has been elected to succeed Gov.
Cliaa. H. Allen, on tho retirement of tho
latter from tho Insular government.
Gov. Allen brought with him to Boo-
ton all of his household goods when he
enmo from San Juan, and he does not
expect to return to Porto Rico. The
nal announcement of tho selection
of Gov. Hunt Is withheld until tho reg
ular appointment Is nmdc, and thin
cannot bo before the expiration of tho
leava of Gov. Allen next September.
Wm. H. Hunt, who haK been s«i*ctQd
to succeed Chan. II. Allen nS governor
of Porto Rico, was born in New Or
leans, Ln., Nov. fi, 1857, and Is tho
fourth eon of the late Win, Henry
Hunt, of Louisiana, who was secretary
of the navy In the cabinets of Pres
idents Garfield and Arthur, and minis
ter to Ituinfa.
When ho was 27 years of age he was
elected attorney general of the terri
tory of Montana.
Whim Gov. Allen went to Porto Rico
he was requested »by President McKin-
loy to bocome secretary of tho island
nnd to nasist Gov. Allen In organlzml?
tho new civil government.
He Wan Arrested for Attempted A*-
■ unit* on Wlilto *.>'0101-11 uad Taken
From Officer.
HAVANA, July 23.—Gen. Maximo
Gomez, in the course of an open letter
setting forth the objects of his recent
trip to the United States, asserts that
ho went to New York with a view of
impressing upon T. Estrada Palma the
ZTZ'ZJI C r: n ? ‘° Cuba t0 b ° tbe BEAUFORT, a C., July I.l.-nurlnu
• Honor I ? H " publ,c - Inst work a n„ro sstlor namod Will
xovernL , ba * "r n CaI>1C “ y H >«» C«rnl»H ontorod the home of how
“* hi. course In thoL ra | w | lU , „t Port Royal one
Batkin during.h»°i **! c 1 ,hc <lo!o- attrmpt.d vault, upon thorn. Ot
gation during the last war," says Gen .... ,
Dome*. -HI* official purity whllo oc- K,lnil3y w0 “ enpturod and plucod It
oupylns tho.c po.ltlon. placet) t.’uba ‘ al1 th ' r * un,ler K ,,nrd of a deputy,
under obligation* to him. Not one of
u. has such a standing a* he has with
the Army-loan people and tholr proml-
nent men, hub
About midnight Bunday night the
screams of a man were hoard In tho
outskirts of the town, followed by six
••Tnvin- < H » 1 pl«tof or rlflo shots In rupld succession.
.ui^^LrXh'^^rJrv r r r* tb *- ‘""" iy wm " ,und
public will bear to the United Htates, n band and foot, and hi*
Senor Palma Is the mo*t available nnd P r, * on * r missing. Nothing has since
hi* attendance Imperative. Sec-1 Investigation, I
ir I>mg ha* from the moment that I to Interviews,
irt of Inquiry was miggeated fa- "I think that actlor
the appointment of AdmiralI words and I have dec
y, believing'that hi* appointment J than this, I ought
1* prefe
■* ,he only candidate. As real Cuban. 1 , •>'
ouBht to make him accept. I .hall
turn all my enerky to this end. nnd
wh*n It has been accomplished I shall
keep apart from politic*.”
rd of Cornish.^
The
MEETING OF ELKS
AT MILWAUKEE
groes
outnumber the whites here about five
to one. On Monday and this morning
there wera muttered threats of negro
vengeance for the disappearance of
Cornish, though nothing has yet hap
pened.
EX
•LOTION ON
I IIOONEft.
lolm r. \etthn tray Wu* Rlcrfed
(■rand Einlteil Haler— In cream? In
M nub I-mli Ip,
would five the hb
say, but I will i
reat pity that there
rmtroversy over matte
ody did hi* beat."
nm \mii:ii i in
to the mitten
JR,
NASHVILLE
hals that wei
MILWAUKEE. Wi*„ July 21.—Mom-
bora of the Ilenevolent and Protective
Order of Elk* crowded Rabat theatre
today when the .rand lodge conven
tion was called to order. ani1 **•
Orand Exalted Ruler Fisher pre
sented his report, which showed that
durln« tho past year 113 new dispensa
tions had been granted and that there! KnB,n
now are 725 lodge*, having a member-[ DALl(A
■hip of 96,000, an Increase rtnoe the last f rom , f
convention of 33 1-3 per cent. Tie-1 mite. Wes
order had contributed »17,0tl to the ternoon. '
Galveston fund. The financial condi-1 Texas Ol
lion of the grand lodge showed a bal- ders and
Amrrlran Was
STOCKHOLM. Hw* b n, J
explosion today of petrolsu
the American schooner, I
laid*. Capt. Orr, which Is
phia April 24 for Stockholm,
bor here, resulted In the •!<
Orr.ten member* of the h- b*
and four Swedish nr-rtoms *
of the crew were saved.
it of Waterloo, la., glne
exalted ruler over! fine
haway of Stillw.»t**r. j
hhn*»df Into
of Saturday oc
e tonight. Th-j
and destroyed I
»r* were caught
■ country wax
>r miles around
three m:«.ros:m killed.
Nethaway. 162. i
i VERY WEAK.
O, July 23.—AJvlf»-«
to the effect that j
r a Irfan* do not r--
PORTO RICO AND FREE TRADE.
WASHINGTON, July 23.-Freo trndo
between tho United State** and Porto
Rico will be proclaimed Thursday. At-
tornoy-General Knox Is preparing the
proclamation* which will bo Isnuod.
Two proclamations will bo issued, the
first declaring tho establishment of
civil government in Porto Rico and the
Bceond the establishment of freo trado
between the United States and tho Ix-
Innd.
Although civil government ha* ex
isted for many months In Porto Ttleo
Gov. Allen, up to the time ho went to
Canton on Sunday, purposely withheld
the formal notification of that fact
from the president, In order that the
money* collected under the Foraker aet
might, m-t he plnred at the BlKponnl of
the Porto Rican legislature, but could
continue to bo used for tho benefit of
(he Inland under the direction of the
president The effect of an earlier no-
tlfientlon would have been a proclama
tion by the prrMklent recognising ih
establishment of civil government and
tlm turning over to tho Insular tree
ury, for the use of tho legislature,
nil moneys thereafter collected und
the Forakor act
Tin- other proclamation to be made
by the prenldent on Thursday will r»-
Clto the fact that tho JegTRlature has
put Into operation a system or taxa
tion npd will proclaim the removal of
ull duties between tho United Htat
und Porto Rico.
LONDON, July 23.-—A featuro of to-
day’H session of the Brltiali congress
on tuberculosis was Dr. Robert Koch's
paper, which was listened to with the
deepest interest by a big gathering
in St. James’ ball.
During his address, Dr. Koch said
his experiments had satisfied him tftn:
human turberoulosls and bovine tu
berculosis wer« radically different dis
eases and that ho had amply demon
strated cattle could not be infected with
human tuberculosis. Tho counter prop
osition that human beings were not lia
ble to Infection from bovine tuberculo
sis, was harder to prove, tho docthr
aid, owing to tho difficulty of experi
menting upon human subjects, but that
personally he was satisfied such wan
se, and ho rend at length post
mortem evidence supporting tho belief,
lie sold If tills point v/nro conceded, It
remained to determine tho chief source
of contagion. Continuing, the doctor
said that human Immunity to bovlno
Infection disponed of the belief of i n -
' *1on through dairy products, aud
•onsldercd this source of danger .so
slight ns to he unworthy of precau
tionary measures.
•dlty was also an unimportant
factor In tho transmission of tubi-mi-
ds, though the contrary lmd long
' ii believed. Dr. Koch said the chief
source of danger of contagion lay in
tho sputum of tho consumptive pa
tients und that a remedy was to b«
found In a law preventing the con
sumptive from strewing contagion
about him. .Several methods to thl*
ore available, said tlu< doctor, the
of Which b-liig Isolation In «nn-
JturluniH. This was Impracticable, but
strongly urged tin* eHtubllnhment
of special* consumptive hospitals and
o obligatory notification of the au
lorltles «»f the existence of the dln-
ise, tho (llslnffctlon of their quarters
henevor consumptives clmngd their
Hldonoc, nnd the dlwiemlnntlnn of In
formation to t lie people concerning the
true nature of consumption to alii in
avoiding and combatting It.
I>r. Koch eloMt-d IiIh remarks ♦'xprew
slug lit* belief that the ultimate stamp-
lug out of tuberculosis was possible.
FREEDOM OF CITY
TO LORD MILNER
London A*tlr by Demonstration In
Fnvor of tbe War In Sooth Af-
CRAFT FOR ARMY
USE AT MANILA
1*1* H*vln« In Wtilcr Tramporta-
lion by It«-<lii<-loK Number of Vrx-
ssls.
MANILA. July 23.—The report* sub
mitted to Adjt.-Grn. Corbin by Major
Jarm-H B. Alesblrc, In charge of tho
water transportation department of the
army at Manila, show tho suvlng of
$3,000 dally for tho last three months.
Hlnce Major Aleshko took charge of
this’department the number of vessels
( bartered by the government as trans
ports, etc., has been reduced from ten
to live, and lighters and launches char
tered by the government have been re
duced by one-half. Tho concentration
of the American troops under three
brigades at Manila, Dagupan, Hollo or
Cebu will furUu-r reduco tho army’s
need of launches.
Jt is expected. In view of thin econ
omy, to operate some transport* direct
between Manila and New York.
Adjt.-Oen. Corbin i recommends the
use of two of the fastest transports
In a monthly mall ftorvlco between Ban
Fraud* •» and Manila, to ln»:irc quick
handling of the malls.
I'OIIFEITEI
DEI’OSI r.
rrl )•♦*
Iflo Trnunlt f'onipnny
I.oncm (In 1'rlvll^K*** In \|p.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July 23.-J
arbitrators to whom the matter
eferred, decided tbat the Carrib*
elte
Live
LONDON, July 23.—Tho presentation
of tho frurdom of tho city of London
to I.ord Milner, of Cape Town, at th<»
Gullit Hail today was made the occa •
sion of another Jingo demonstration in
favor of tho war In Bouth Africa un i
the policy of the government.
I^ord Milner, In a speech, suld the
compromising of the settlement of
Bouth African situation by Injudicious
cunceH-dons mu>t not be thought of, n<»r
should tho rfak of popular rising hr
run by tiirtilrig deliberate and crim**
stained tr*u>*<»n
speaker wil l the
feronce betwrer
era of the hitn
ing ruffians,“ 1
Britlnh subjects
m a venial off.-rum. Th •
•• w.i.h an Imin.-riHe *11 f-
the stout old burgh-
• public and the “rov-
irrowlng th«dr fellow
if (’ape Colony. VVhlh-
Ire
the old bo
*• war w.ih over, with fan *
eri gerieioxlty, end a* <r.
f»g loMt their liberty th*v
t th*flr freedom, , ontlnu* i
th- loyalist* in South Ai
d shown such ppl’-ndtd <1 ■
empire nnd the work of
on*truction already goln
i be alienated. My the
should
■ level
GROOT TO LEAD
OHIO BOLTERS
llrjnn Demur
lilt % e «
Its
in TORNAIM).
»<»t rnleil, Itoofi
nl nnd It it 11 ill m u * s
VICKSBURG. M- i
