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THE ASHBURN ADVANCE.
VOL. Vll.
TUESDAY’S
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Roosevelt Wins
In New York.
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SOLID DELEGATION FOR GEORGIA.
Result of the Battle of Ballots
in Other States—No Serious
Trouble Reported From
Any Section.
The voters of all except threo of the
45 Btates—Maine, Vermont, and Ore¬
gon—went to the polls Tuesday. The
42 states elected congressmen. In
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Ken¬
tucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massa¬
chusetts, North Carolina, Rhode
Island, Virginia and West Virginia,
only congressmen were chosen.
Twenty-three states elected legisla¬
tures which will name United States
senators. These are California, Con¬
necticut, Delaware, Florida. Indiana,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ne¬
vada, New Jersey, New York, North
Dakota, Pennsylvania, Tennessee,
Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming,
Wisconsin and West Virginia.
The following states elected a gov¬
ernor and state officers: California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Kansas,
Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New
Jersey, New York, Nevada, New Hamp¬
shire, Massachusetts, North Dakota,
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South
Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin
and Wyoming.
The others—Illinois, Iowa, Florida,
Delaware, Missouri, Montana, Ohio,
Utah, Indiana and Washington—voted
for a treasurer, auditor or other minor
state officials.
The contests that elicited the great¬
est popular interest were those of New
York and North Carolina.
IN NEW YORK.
Associated Press dispatches state
that Theodore Roosevelt, republican,
late colonel of the First United States
volunteer cavalry, lias been elected
governor of New York state by a plu¬
rality of anywhere from 18,000 to 20,-
000. All Colonel Roosevelt’s associ¬
ates on the republican state ticket are
probably elected with him.
The returns from both Greater New
York aud from the counties outside
of that municipality are incomplete,
but enough have been received to in-
dicate a heavy falling off in the vote up
the state, while that in the city was
well sustained. The consequence is a
falling off in the republican plurality
in the state from 212,000 to the ap-
proximated figures given above. New York
In tlte municipality of
the old-time democratic majority was
approximated, Van Wyck’s vote berng
abput 80,000 gveater than that of the
republican candidate, This latter re¬
sult was helped in some measure in
the borough of Brooklyn (Kings coun¬
ty), which in 1896 gave Black, repub¬
lican, a plurality of 32,832, I ut Tues¬
day gave a democratic plurality of
about 16,830. Brooklyn is the home
of Judge Van Wyek, the defeated can¬
didate.
The soldier vote will not be counted
until December 1st, but it is not likely
that the ballots from the camps will
materially alter the result. There
would seem to be the greater proba¬
bility that the majority for Roosevelt
will be increased.
I.\;N0RTH CAROLINA.
A democratic victory is reported for
North Carolina in Tuesday’s election.
The next house, it is stated, will be
democratic by 60 majority and the
senate by 30 majority. The democrats
elected their entire judiciary ticket
and seven congressmen cerrtain, with
the other two close.
The fusion majority of 40,000 two
rears ago has been replaced by a
democratic majority of not less than
20,000. *
Not a riot has been reported. All
the black belt counties send word that
the election passed off quietly without
ASHBURN. WORTH CO.. GA.. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 11, 1898.
excitement The preparations which
'hey made to meet trouble diverted it.
In u number of the Muck licit counties
aloug the const, tlie negroes either did
not go to the polls or voted the white
ticket.* This was notable in New Han¬
over, Richmond, Robeson, Edgeeouib
nud Halifax counties, where large re¬
publican majorities were reversed.
The red shirt demonstration of the
past week indicated that a collision
between the races at the polls would
result mi the extermination of one side
or the other. In some counties, Gran-
vi'le for instance, the nesrroes voted
solidly but quietly. In Craven and
other negro counties the fusion maj¬
ority was greatly reduced. Craven,
the county seat in which is the quaint
and picturesque and old city.Newbnrn,
gave a republican majority of 400.
Two years ago the republicans carried
Craven by 14 majority.
GKOUGIA.
The next congressional delegation
from the state of Georgia will be sol¬
idly democratic. The congressmen
elected are as follows: First district,
T-Ion. Rufus E. Lester; second district,
Hon. James M. Griggs; third dis¬
trict, Hon. E. B. Lewis; fourth dis¬
trict, Hon. W. C. Adamson; fifth
district, Hon. L. F. Livingston;
Sixth dist., Hon. Charles L. Bart-
lett; Seventh dist., Hon. Jno. W. Mad¬
dox; Eighth dist., Hon. W. M. How¬
ard; Ninth dist., Hon. F. C. Tate;
Tenth dist., Hon. Wm. H. Fleming;
Eleventh dist., Hon. W. G. Brantley.
Result In Other States.
incomplete returns from the state
of Pennsylvania give Stone, republi¬
can, a plurality of nearly 150,000 for
governor. The democratic and fu-
sionists’ net gain on joint ballot in
the legislature is probably between
twenty and thirty, but the body which
elects a successor to United State Sena¬
tor Quay remains strongly republi-
can.
The vote polled in South Carolina
was exceedingly light. There were no
surprises.
The democrats won throughout the
state, and only one republican, a can¬
didate for the general assembly in one
of the black counties, has been elected
to office. He bad no democratic op¬
position. The democrats even carried
that county with their county ticket.
The democratic state ticket, having no
opposition whatever, was, of course,
elected.
In the congressional districts there
was a lighter vote polled than was ex¬
pected. It will not reach the vote of
1896. Every democratic candidate for
congress was elected.
A solid democratic congressional
delegation is elected from Alabama.
The only two districts in which there
were contests were the fourth and
seventh, now represented by Aldrich,
republican, and Howard, populist, the
latter noted as the author of "If Christ
Came to Congress.” Robbins, demo¬
crat, defeated Aldrich and is elected
by 3,000 majority. Burnett, demo¬
crat, carried the seventh district by
1,800 majority. General Joseph
Wheeler was unanimously re-elected
in the eigth, not a vote being cast
against him.
The vote in Florida was from 10 to
20 per cent lighter for both parties
than in 1896. The whole democratic
ticket is elected. The light vote is
due to the feeble resistance offered.
The constitutional amendment requir¬
ing that bonds of state officers be in
sound surety and guaranty companies
was carried overwhelmingly. It is
conceded that the republicans aud
populists will not elect altogether over
five members of the legislature. The
legislature elected will choose a suc-
cessor to Senator Pasco,
The congressional election in Aj-
kansas was the quietest held in many
years. In Little Rock, out of a voting
population of about 7,000, only 300
votes were polled, and that is about
the ratio throughout the state. All of
the old congressmen were re-elected.
FOR TAX EXEMPTIONS,
Kepresentative Calvin introduce* mu in
* ae '
The question ,. allowing ,, . the cities ... and .
counties of Georgia to exempt factories
from taxation for a period of ten years
after incorporation will be passed on
by ,! he P r es ent i® g ls ature j
Mr. Galvin, r 1 . of Richmond . , introduced . , t ,
,n the house Friday a bill to submit a
constitutional amendment to this effect
fo tne people.
DAMAGE NOT EXTENSIVE.
Explosion In Capimi Buii.Hna Not So
ii.santriou* as Thought.
A Washington dispatch says: As-
sistant Architect of the Capitol Wood,
after an inspection of the wrecked
part of the capitol, expressed the
op ini 0 n Mondav afternoon that the
damage to the building could be re-
paired for $20,000.
"It is by no means so serious as it
is thought it was,” said Mr. Wood.
"I And that the foundations of the
building were not damaged in the
least and the only damage done to the
structure by the explosion was done
to the arched floors.”
Mr. Wood believes the explosion
was caused by gas, but says he has
not yet been able, on account of the
debris, to make a sufficiently critical
examination.
TEACENEGOTIATIONS NOT BROKEN
OFF, HOWEVER.
ANSWER IS POINTED AND EXPLICIT.
Spanish CommUaionera Declare They
Will Never (Jlvo Up the Philippines.
Americans Will Consider Reply.
A Paris special says: The Spanish
commissioners, in the course of a two
hours’ session of the peace ooufereuce
Friday, flatly refused to accept the
proposition by the Americans to take
the entire Philippine group and to re¬
imburse Spain for her "pacific” expen¬
ditures there.
This negative decision was expected.
The Spanish commissioners had also a
number of positive declarations w r hich
filled some thirty-seven sheets of a
type-written presentment.
In this statement the Spaniards held
that the United States had not ulti-
mate rights in the Philippine islands
and could have none save by the con¬
sent of Spain iu these negotiations
and upon terms satisfactory to her.
According to the Spanish contention
in the formal statement, the United
States entertained no thought of an¬
nexing tho Philippines when tho pro¬
tocol was signed or it would have been
expressed in the protocol as clearly as
the conditions regarding the conces¬
sions of territory in the Antilles and
the orient. M. Cambon, before the
signature of the protocol, received
from Madrid—the presentment alleged
—a cable message clearly setting forth
that the maintenance of Spain’s an-
thority over the Philippines should
not be affected by the protocol, to
which reservation the United States
made at that time no protest or objec¬
tion.
No Claims on Philippines.
This dispatch to M. Cambon, as the
Spaniards claimed, embodied also the
view that the United States had no
valid basis for claims in tho archipel¬
ago.
It was further held by Senor Rios
and his colleagues that the capitula¬
tion of Manila, which occurred after
the signing of the protocol and thus
after the disposition of peace, was in¬
valid.
On this for a groundwork, the Span¬
iards made their first positive move
against the Americans and it consti¬
tuted their counter proposition. They
charged upon the States a wrongful
appropriation of public moneys be-
longing to Spain by seizing the tariff
duties at Manila and they formally
demanded the return of these moneys
in the sum of nearly a million dollars.
On the same premise, the United
States was declared to have held
as prisoners the Spanish soldiers at
Manila in violation of international
law, because done after the suspension
of hostilities under . the , protocol. , , A ,
further charge was made that by the
imprisonment of Spanish troops at
Manila the United States had pre¬
vented Spain from quelling tho insur¬
rection and had thus contributed to
the violence against Spain after the
cessation of hostilities.
Friday’s Spanish presentment »lso
cited the refusal of the Americans to
consider the Cuban debt on the ground
that it was not sanctioned in the pro-
tocol and demanded an adherence to
this as a precedent in the discussion
of the Philippines, regarding cession
of which the Spanish commissioners
held the protocol to make no mention,
In Hupport of these assertions, ar-
guments and demands, the Spanish
presentment invokes Spain’s record in
the correspondence by mail and tele-
graph, though it is not known offl-
cially whether the Spaniards produced
the message said to have been sent
from Madrid to M. Canbon, at the
t i me the protocol was signed, in which ;
it was affirmed at Friday’s
Spain re8e rved her Philippine sover-
e ignty. The presentment was read by
Interpreter Ferguson, being rendered
from the Spanish, in which it was
written in English.
A t the close of the reading the:
Americans said they wished to have
the Spanish statement rendered into
written English for more careful con- j
"MwaHo*. and an adjournment was
taken to Tuesday.
The Spaniards affect to believe that
tbe AEaeElca ™ had planned to develop
+ \ he S P irl * of tbeir Philippine demands i
J efor . ° t be American elections, but
tbey , dec . lln ® fl to Ba y whether they ex-
ect . terms after the eiectlon>
P eaBler
Confidence In Wa.hlnsrton.
The administration is awaiting re-
suits from the peace commission with
equanimity, in the realization that the
government is perfectly well prepared
for any turn the negotiations may
take.
The navy especially is in a state of
preparedness, should it come to a re- j
sumption of hostilities, far in advance
0 f its condition at the outbreak of the
war.
RIG BUILDING IN COURSE
! CONSTRUCTION COLLAPSES.
VICTIMS ARE CRUSHED BT DEBRIS.
^Besides Those Killed Eighteen*Employes
Were More or Eesa Seriously
Injured.
The now five-story Wonderland thea-
liuilding in course of erection at De-
j troit, Mich., collapsed Saturday aud
eleven lives were sacrificed. Shortly
before 2 o’clock, while some thirty-
five men were at work in various parts
of the half finished theater, a portion
of the structure, the roof, fell iu with-
out a second’s warning. Nearly every
workman was carried down into tho
theater pit.
The top gallery was crushed down up¬
on the lower gallery, forming a hill¬
side down which slid tho broken steel
girders, planks, timbers, brick and
a great, quantity of cement from the
roof and carrying along a struggling
company of men into the pit. below,
very few of whom escaped injury. The
front wall of the building remained
practically intact, but the side wall
bulged threateningly.
The work of rescuing the injured
and taking out of tho dead was rushed
with good progress until 5:15, when
the upper portion of the cast wall fell,
» shower of bricks striking around the
crowd of laborers, officers and news-
paper men, extinguishing the tempo-
ral T electric lights and causing a stam-
pede for the streot. No one of these
struck by the second downfall was
seriously injured,
Mayor Maybury and other city offi-
<unls were 011 the scene, and thereupon
decided not to further imperil life in
order to save dead bodies, and work
was suspended until Sunday. When
the second crash occurred two more
bodies were visible in the debris.
Three more victims wore dug from
the ruins Sunday morning, making
the death list, so far, eleven.
All the injured at the hospitals aro
reported on the improve excepting
Edward Fischer, who is expected to
die. A mass meeting of represent¬
ative citizens was held at noon at tho
mayor’s office, and over $1,000 was
subscribed fer the benefit of the fami¬
lies of those who were killed. The
loss of property was estimated for tho
first time. It is believed that $20,000
will entirely cover it.
The cause of the catastrophe has not
yet been settled. It seems to rest,
however, between too much weight on
the roof and faulty steel bcaniH used
in its construction.
The workers in the building say
that there was no warning given of
the collapse, the first thing heard be¬
ing a crash as the roof fell. The
lower Imicony held firm, which doubt-
less saved the lives of a number of tlio
workmen who were under it. The in-
stunt the crash occurred the fire bells
wero tolled and the firemen rescued a
number of those who had fallen on
top of the wreckage.
FAVORABLE TO CANAL.
Coinini*8l»n«rH Will Kfcoinmimd Its Con-
Htructton an Feasible Project.
The Nicaragua canal commission
appointed by the president under an
act of congress directing a complete
inquiry into this project, with particu-
] ar reference to its practicability and
cost> l ms about completed its work
au d the report will be handed to Sec-
re tary Hay in about a month. The
commission, under the direction of
Admiral Walker, ohairman, with a
force of thirty-six computers, drafts-
mou> engineers, eto., is at work on
the report and the mass of technical
ma tter which will accompany it, mak-
j n g j n a ]j the most elaborate presenta-
tion of the subject ever attempted.
Admiral Walker has already ex-
pressed the opinion before a congres-
H j ona l committee that the cost would
be within $125,000,000, and this is
understood to his opinion still.
The report, it is understood, will be
unanimous, as the commissioners aro
agreed on all the essential features of
tost, practicability, route, dams, etc.,
the only differences being those natural
shades of opinion as to the unit of
CO st on Home of the branches of the
work,
FOURTH OHIO IN WASHINGTON.
KeeIlnent „ Slewed an.l Given » lie-
ception Hy J’renidnnt.
The Fourth Ohio infantry, which
P assed through Washington Saturday
en route from Porto Rico to Col urn-
buB > was P al<1 tbo U8aal complimentof
a reception at the white House,
The r ®f? lment farst passed in review
b ® f or e “ e executive “ a » Blon > aft ® E
which . t the soldiers filed tfirougfi tfie
mai " d °° EB - ln « vefl to the left and en-
tere f the east room. Marching in
Bin fc! e fiIe > tbe soldiers passed by the
president, , who cordially shook hands
wlt ! 1 eac “ ? n ®’ At ? ]!‘ e
regiment left , for the west over the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
TEXT OF THE PROTOCOL.
M»l» n#i>nrtincnt Make* rublln
of the pnciinimit.
A Washington special says:
State department for the first
made public a copy of the protocol
tween the United States ami Spain
the preliminary settlement of the
The protocol, textually, is us
Protocol of agreement between
United States and Spain
the terms of a basis for tlm
ment of peace betweeu the two
tries, signed at Washington,
12, 1898. Protocol:
William It. Day, secretary of
of the United States, and his
lency, Jules Oaml>on, ambassador
republic traordinary and plenipotentiary of
of France,at Washington,
spectively possessing for this
all authority for the government of
United States and the government
Spain, have considered and signed
following articles,embodying the
on which the two governments
agreed in respect to the matters
inafter set forth,having in view the
tablishment of peace between the
countries, that is to say:
Article 1.—Spain will relinquish
olaim of sovereignty over the title
Cuba.
Article 2.—Spain will cede to
United States the island of Porto
and other islands now under
sovereignty in the West Indies,
also an island in the Ladrones, to
selected by the United States,
Article 3.—The United States
occupy and hold the city, bay and
bor of Manila, pending the
of a treaty of peace which skull
mine the control, disposition and
ernment of Hie Philippines.
Article 4—Spain will
evaeunte Cuba, Porto Rico and
other islands now under
sovereignty in the West Indies, and
this end each government will,
ten days nftw tho signing of
protocol, appoint commissioners,
tho commissioners so appointed shall,
within thirty days after tho signing
this protocol meet in Havana for
purpose of arranging and carrying
the details of the aforesaid
of Porto Rico and other islands
under Spanish sovereignty in
West Indies.
Article 5—Tho United States
Spain will each appoint not more
live commissioners to treat of peace,
and the commissioners so appointed
shall meet at Paris not late* than
October 1898, and proceed to the nego¬
tiation and conclusion of a treaty of
peace, which treaty shnll he subject to
reaffirmation according to the prospec¬
tive constitutional forms of the two
countries.
Articlo 0—Upon the conclusion and
signing of this protocol hostilities be¬
tween the two countries shall be sus-
pended, and notice to that effect shall
be given as soon as possible by each
government to the commanders of its
military and naval forces.
Done at Washington in duplicate in
English and iu French by the under¬
signed, who have hereunto set their
hands and souls, this 12th day of Au¬
gust, 1898. W. R. Day,
Jules Cambon.
RAY FORBIDS AN EXECUTION.
Courtinartlul Sentence lly u t'ubmi Gen¬
eral Was Not Carried Out.
A Santiago dispatch says: An inci¬
dent has occurred which is causing
much talk among the Cubans, and may
create ill feeling. The Cuban general,
Perez, recently ordered the trial by
courtmartial of one of his men on a
charge of deserting the army in time
of war.
The prisoner was sentenced to
death, but before the sentence was
executed notification was sent to
Colonel Ray, of the Third immune
regiment, who laid the matter before
General Wood, commander of tho
military department of Santiago.
General Perez was at once informed
that if the man was executed he and
the firing party would he hanged as
soon as the courts could legally sen¬
tence them. He was instructed that
if a roan committed a crime punish¬
able under the civil laws ho should he
turned over to the proper authorities,
who would look into the case.
TROUBLE FEARED IN PARIS
Should ('attftatlon Court of Inquiry Trove
Favorable to Captain Dreyfus.
The London Daily Chronicle pub¬
lished the following iu its issue of
Monday morning:
"We have received information from
a reliable quarter of a well organized
plot in Paris in the event of the in¬
quiry of the court of cassation proving
favorable to Dreyfus to foment a riot¬
ous outburst in the French capital, to
attempt to overthrow the civil power
and to assassinate the leading cham¬
pions of Dreyfus.
"These reports are confirmed by
interviews with M. Trarienx, former
minister of justice, and M. DePresHio-
so, former editor of The Temps, as
well as others. The police have warn¬
ed those friends of Dreyfus to change
their residence temporarily or at least
to carry revolvers.”
N<>. H.
MORE SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY
nilOUUHT OUT IIV WITNESSES.
BSD FOOD AND BAD WATER.
Kanftfii* City Doctor Severely KoamIh Army
.Siirg-comi—IVN.i n Highly lntor-
CMting; Story.
General Dodge, Colonel Sexton aud
Dr. Conner, of the war investigating
commission, arrived iu Chicago Mon¬
day and immediately began the exami¬
nation of witnessos at the Auditorium
hotel. A large number of witnesses
were on the list.
Dr. Lewis Schooler, of Des Moines,
la., was the first witness to testify.
From June 7th to July 17tli Dr.
Schooler was stationed at Camp Thomas
us chief surgeon of the Second divis¬
ion, Third corps.
Questioned by Dr. Conner, be said
that during tho time ho was there the
sanitary condition in tie hospitals
was not very good; that tho sinks in
the whole division were bad, owing
principally to tho character of the
ground, aud tho discipline was rather
lax
"At the opening," said Dr. Shoolor,
"there were practically no facilities
for the care of tho sick; wo were short
of medicines and had no apparatus by
which the stewards oould prepare the
medicines that wo had.
"The regimental hospitals, all but
one or two, were poorly supplied with
medicines as division hospitals. Re¬
quisitions were made for more, but
they were generally disapproved at
tho camp headquarters.”
Asked to give, in as few words as
possible, bis opinion about the gen¬
eral condition at Oamp Thomas dur¬
ing the time he was stationed there.
Dr. Holiooler said:
Colonel Leo Censured.
"In the first place, the quartermas¬
ter and surgeons eould not agree as to
the number of tents that wo should
have. Colonel Lee contended that
wo were limited to a certain number of
tents, seventeen, I think it was, in the
beginning. We afterwards prevailed
upon him to give us twenty-one. His
contention was that he could not issue
fonts beyond the prescribed number.
1 think the quartermaster’s depart¬
ment was largely responsible for the
great sickness; the medical department
(that is, the supply department) was
also responsible for some tilings. Then
we lacked facilities to make Reports
on—did not even have stationery.”
Water Not. Fit. to Drink.
In regard to tho water supply at the
camp, Dr. Schooler stated that lie did
not think any of the surgeons in his
division considered the water fit to
drink. And, again, there was not
enough teams at the disposal of the
officers to enable them to bring suffi¬
cient, water.
He gave as his Opinion that tho
medical officers wero hampered too
much by officers of higher rank, but
who had no medical training.
When questioned as to the lack of
nurses, the doctor said that ho thought
that both the nurses as well as tho
officers were overworked.
Foot! Wns find.
Dr. Milo B. Ward, of Kansas City,
who was a brigade surgeon at Camp
Thomas from July 12th to September
10th, when asked as to the condition
of the hospitals, said that there was a
great lack of medicines, only some of
the very simplest medicines being on
hand.
"The food which was furnished the
men,” said he, “I would not want to.
give to my pet dog."
He said that tho food would have
been all rigid, had it been properly
cooked, but in the shape in which it
was brought to the men, it was enough
to make anybody sick. The doctor
was then questioned as to the lack of
attention shown patients just coming
down with disease.
The doctor stated that lie knew of
several eases where the patients wftr»
allowed to lie out on the ground th«
whole day and also during tlu> night
before being taken to the hospital.
ANTI-TELLER FACTION FA YOKED.
Tlio Culartido Rtiprom« Court Hand* Down
Duel«1 on In a Political Cane.
The supremo court of the state of
Colorado rendered a decision Wednes¬
day in the case involving the right to
name an emblem of the silver repub¬
lican party iu the state.
This decision is in fuvor of the auti-
Teller faction of the party, who de¬
clined to fuse with the democrats and
populists and nominated a straight
ticket, with Simon Guggeuheimer at
its head.
The decision is understood to deny
the right of National Chairman Towno
to remove the state chairman.
