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ASHBURN ADVANCE.
VOL. VIII.
HOMANS HONOR SCHLEY
Hero of Santiago Accorded a Great Demon¬
stration In Atlanta.
OVERWHELMING TRIBUTE
Legislators Give -Him Warm Re¬
ception and City Presents
Loving Cup.
At Atlanta Saturday Georgian* hon-
ored one of the most distinguished
oinoers of the United States navy,
Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley,
the hero of Santiago.
Tho admiral and Mrs. Schley and
their . guests, , itv* Miss Letterman, t 1 . 1 . General i
Felix Agnus and Hr. Louis Garthe,
arrived oil the Southern from W ash-
ingtou at 6:05 o’clock Saturday morn-
ing. They were escorted into Geor-
gia und into Atlanta by a party of At-
1 actions headed by tho mayor and the
chairman of the reception committee,
who met tlft guests at Danville, A a.
The run south was one continuous
ovation for the admiral, who is him-
self a southerner, a native of Mary-
land, and who is today the pride of
the southern people. Large crowds
gathered at Lynchburg, Danville,
Greeusboro, Charlotte and other points
to pay a tribute to tbe hero, and at
every point the admiral responded
to the enthusiasm of the people, and
made pleasant little speeches from tho
rear of his car.
The entire trip south was especially pf the
pleasant to all the members
party, and the fTee and easy manner of
the hero and his charming formality
captured the Atlantians who met him
at Danville.
At Atlanta tho admiral was received
with an enthusiasm seldom, if ever,
equaled in the history of the city,
The party was escorted to apartments
reserved for them at the Kimball
House, and as the waiting crowd
caught a glimpse of the admiral one
long shout went up to which tho ad-
miral smilingly bowed his acknowl-
edgment. admiral, in the uniform of his
The
rank, began receiving his callers as
early as 8:30 o'clock. Shortly after-
ward the entire party was driven to
the governor’s parlors at tbe capitol
where state house officials, members
of the supreme court, the delegation
in congress and other prominent
visitors were presented.
The galleries to the representative
hall were early crowded with visitors,
nnd long before the arrival of the
admiral the capitol corridors were
thronged with people, all anxious to
see the hero of the day.
The general assembly convened in
joint session at 10:30 o’clock and the
admiral was presented by President
Dedson of the senate. Fvery sentence
of tbe presidend’s remarks with ref.-
crence to the man and the occasion
was punctuated with applause, and
when the admiral arose to reply it was
several seconds before he could do so,
the enthusiasm of tlic lawmakers and
visitors being a fitting testimony of
tho love and admiration in which he
is held by Georgians.
Admiral Schley replied in part an
follows: Gentle-
“Your Excellency and
men of tbe House of P.epresenta-
tives and of the Senate of Georgia
—It is very rare indeed where ar •
o.fficer, however distinguished his
services may have been, has de-
served tbe tribute and welcome
that you have tendered me today.
I have always felt that, whatever
inv part may have been in this
great victory, there was enough
glory 1o be divided among every
one'who had TV part mit, and still
leave enough to last me for tbe
rest of my lifetime. ■ "
“It is not we who led that de¬
serve all the praise. Equal credit
is due those we led—the men who
stood behind the guns and in
front of the furnaces. All who
bared their arms on that great
day and struck a blow for tbe
American nation deserve equally
with us. „ for
“I thank yoii very much
this reception. I feel that I am
not only among friends,but among
kinsmen as well, because many
COLLISION CAUSES SUIT.
Savannah. Steamship Une Is A.keil To
Pay For -Damaging Ferry Boat.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Compa-
nv filed'papers in a libel suit in the
United States district court at New
York Saturday to reeover 810,000 from
t |, e city of Augusts,.of the Savannah
line, for damages-to the ferry, boat
( ‘xh^^T^lKg?s at fault, 1 Tll!f ip keeping the City too of
Augusta the was New York pisr line,
close to run-
ning at too high-, a rstq of speed, fail-
jag to back or go to starboard and
failing to take the proper and neces-
sary pieeautiona to avoid a collision.
Official Organ of Worth County. Orders for Job 'Printing eiven Prompt Attention.
years ago one of my name oamo
to Georgia. Tie was elected to
your general assembly ami after¬
ward to-congres*, and was then
honored with your votes for gov¬
ernor. Your state subsequently
honored him by giving his name
to one of your counties.
“Hence,1 shslToarry away hospital with
me reoollections of your -
kindness, which will
sweete* every hour that my duty
calls me away from my country.”
\ splendid tribute was paid the dis-
tinguished visitor in a resolution pa**-
ed unanimously by the general assem-
My in which full credit is given him
f<jr thfl magnificent victory at Santiago.
Praise for his gallant services in the
United States navy and evidences of
Uio particular affection in which be is
p, e ia by all southerners are given in
this offioial expression of the sentiment
0 f the people of Georgia toward the
admiral.
After the services at the capitol, the
parade and pageant with Admiral
Schley, the governor of Georgia, the
mayor of Atlanta and the chairman of
the entertainment committee in one
carriage at the head, followed by the
other members of tho party in ear-
riagea, the military and civic organiza-
tions, moved promptly at eleven
o’clock for the fair grounds and the
streets through which the line passed
were crowded with people, all shout-
ing & cordial Georgia welcome to the
distinguished guest, and
The military parade pageant
was one of the most brilliant dernon-
strations of the kind ever seen in At-
lanta.
. Thousands of people had gathered
a t the auditoriom by noon, though the
exercises did not begin until nftor 1
o’clock. The appearance of the ad-
rniral at the reviewing stand was the
occasion for appluu.se, to which the
admiral repeatedly bowed his ac-
knowledgements. After reviewing the
military and civic parade the admiral
was escorted to the auditorium and
publicly welcomed in behalf of the
c i(y gy Mayor Woodward; in behalf
of Georgia by Governor Candler, and
in behalf of the Georgia Agricultural
society by its president. Col. J. Pope
Brown. The loving cup, a .tribute
from the citizens of Atlanta, was pre-
seuted by Col. W. A. Hemphill. Ad-
miral Schley was then introduced to
ilio vast assembly and he responded
in a most graceful manner to the wel-
come and expressed his most cordial
appreciation of the gift:
Prolonged cheers followed Admiral
Schley’s remarks.
No more striking evidence could
have been afforded of the high place
he holds in the hearts of the southern
people than this great demonstration
which closed the public ceremonies in
his honor.
Mrs. Schley, the charming wife of
the hero of Santiago, was then brought
forward end the audience went wild
with enthusiasm. She acknowledged
the tribute and bowed gracefully,
The exercises at tho auditorium
closed the titty's official program,
Admiral and Mrs. Schley were the
guests of honor at a brilliant recep-
tion given by the members of.the Cap-
ital City club Saturday night,
Admiral Schley remained in the city
Sunday, attended church in the morn-
i n g, wus entertained by the Royal Ar-
canum during the afternoon and at 10
o’clock Sunday night left for Birming-
ham, to bo the guest of the Alabama
city. that Atlanta
It wss with regret
parted with her distinguished gnost—
a regret as sincere as that of the part¬
ing between old friends. For in tbe
short time ‘that Admiral Schley
was in tho city the geniality of
his mnhner, the ease of his bearing
and the sincerity of hie appreciation had
of the warm welcome that been
prepared for him endeared him to
every man, woman and child in the
city, and added to the patriotic impulse
which had previously drawn them to
him as the nation’s'greut naval hero.
AY'eiit Home to Vote.
President McKinley left Washing¬
ton Monday, for Canton, Ohio, where
he went to cast liis ballot in the state
election.
CAVE-IN CAUSES DEATH.
Two Workmen Fatally Hurt Will In-
crease tho Lilt to Six.
A Cave-in in the mine of Larenee A
Brown-, near Mabanoy Plane, Pa.,
Sunday, resulted in the death of Geo.
Boxebeies, Michael Bornsky, Joseph
Boxsliees and Michael Drabig. John
Gurry and Michael Hansas were prob-
ably fatally-hurt.
Wire American Company Steel Loses Wire fieatily._ Company
The
at Waukegan, III., suffered a loss of
§500,1)00 Saturday by the burning of
a portion of the Washburn and Moen
Wire establishment. Insurance, $314,-
000.
ASH BURN, Li A* SATURDAY, NOVEMBER II. \m.
JEWRIES (iOT DECISION.
of Contest For World's
Pugilistic Championship At
Coney Island.
Jnmes J. Jeffries retains the cham¬
of the world, Rofevee George
giving him the decision at the
of tiio twenty-fifth round over
Tom Sharkey, at the Coney Is¬
Sporting Club, Friday night.
It was one of the most marvelous
battles that lias taken place, and the
greatest crowd that ever gathered in
the Coney Island clubhouse witnessed
the desperate struggle for supremacy.
In five ronnds Jeffries had the bet¬
ter of the fight—in the first two and
in the last three. During the other and
twenty Sharkey forced the issue,
like a bull terrier, was at his man with
both hands unceasingly. In these
twenty rounds Jeffries’ great weight
and brawn helped him to hold off the
sailor, and in the twenty-second round
lie swung in a couple of vicious upper¬
cuts that made Sharkey groggy. Tom
came back again in the twenty-fourth
and twenty-fifth, but was weakened
greatly by Jeffries’ vicious blows. Ouo
minute before the gong sounded to
end the fight, Jeffries’ loft glove came
off and practically the contest was
over.
The referee motioned to JeiTiios’
corner; an American flag was flung
nronnd the champion’s shoulders, and
the crowd on that side and end of the
arena cheered wildly. The crowd on
the opposite side and end, in Sharkey’s
corner yelled for Sharkey and tho men
were led back to their dressing rooms.
The thousands of spectators were
bunked forty feet high in the building,
the place being packed from ringside
to rafters, while the aisles around the
ring were lined. The tremendous
crowd sweated uuder the glare of
400 arc lights fifteen feet or less from
the canvas of the squared circle. The
heat was intense. The lighters were
almost exhausted, and the spectators
shrieked themself hoarse.
It stomed at first ns though it would
ho a short light, for in the second
round Jeffries put the sailor to the
ropes with a loft on the jaw and the
referee began to call off the seconds as
Sharkey kneeled on the floor.
But from the third round on, Shark¬
ey, with his vicious swing to tho ribs
and the jnw, kept the crowd on its
feet waiting for a knockout.
Jeffries stood the terrific punish¬
ment, and with his eye, nose and car
split, came bnck just ns viciously in
thednst three rounds and almost re¬
trieved himself. Then came the un¬
fortunate and unsatisfactory ending,
Jeffries’ glove flying off, bringing the
fight to six end, although the crowd
urged Sharkey to rush in and end it.
Tliis he tried to do, but Jeffries fought
him back, and Referee Siler rushed to
the rescue.
TOWN WII’EIi OUT.
ThomasvIHu, Alabama, I.altl la Kuina Ily
FIro Fiend.
A fire started in tho office of N. B.
Broyles’ big establishment at Thom-
asville, Ala., Thursday night, and by
1 :30 Friday morning the entire busi¬
ness portion of the flourishing little
city had been wiped out and the town
was in ruins.
The town was at the mercy of the
flames from the first, being entirely
without protection. Twenty-three
firms lost their property.
Among the the burnod buildings
was the Bank of ThomasviUe and that
of the Postal Telegraph company.
Five hundred bales cotton in Peo¬
ple's warehouse and eighty bales on
tbe Southern railway’s platform were
destroyed. The loss will fall upon
farmers of the neighborhood. The
railroad cotton was insured. Very
little insurance on merchandise and
buildings. Loss will reach at least
one hundred and fifty thousand dol¬
lars.
No Change In Hobart’s Condition.
A special of Monday morning was
to the effect that everything was quiet
at the Hobart residence. There is no
change whatever iu the vice presi-
dent’s condition.
Spinuers Fix Prices.
The Southern Cotton Spinners’ Friday asso¬
ciation met in Charlotte, N. C.,
and arranged a new schedule of prices
of yarn*, after a . conference with a
number of northern commission men.
WILL CLOSE DOWN.
Tin Plate MIJ1« Are Preparing to Shut
I/p JnfleflnKely.
The Pittsburg plants of the Ameri¬
can Tin Plate company are preparing
to shut down indefinitely. They will
be idle probably after Nov. 15, and
just when they will start up again,- if
ever, is a question iu which Borne 700
workmen ‘ much interested. Al¬
are
though not yet definitely decided
the officials of the trust are contem¬
plating the complete dismantling of
the Monougahela aud Star works and
a concentration of their business at
tho plants in Indiana and Newcastle,
Pennsylvania.
ENGLAND IS HOPEFUL
Stories of Disaster at Ladysmith
Proven to Be False.
GENERAL WHITE STILL HOLDS OUT
litM-vB, tto\*cv«r, linvo tu« itaivnffuftrttd
Guniiton In »i 8«vJ,ouft attiirttlou—Uul-
l»r Will Have Hard Task.
Advices from London stale that an
immense weight was lifted from the
public mind by a brief official dispatch
published Monday morning, by which
the continental stories of disaster at
Ladysmith were proved to be false,
although the dispatch itself releivetl
the anxiety of the more timid in an
other direction, as it indicated
that General White, instead of act¬
ing wholly on the defensive, ns it is
held in many quarters he ought to do,
persists in making sorties and risking
another Nicholson’s Nek disaster.
Generally, however, the cherry toiie
of the dispatch showing that, there is
no anxiety at the Ladysmith as regards
the ability of beleaguered garrison
to hold its own, has had an excellent
effect on the count *y- From the fact
that General White is able to take tho
offensive and shell a Boer camp it
seems thnt Ladysmith is not so closely
besieged as was supposed. Not much
importance, however, is attached to
the shelling of the Boer laager, ns the
war office has no confirmation of tho
story .that the Orange Free Staters’
camp at Rcstcr’s has been captured.
Were this true, it might have consid¬
erable effect oil the future attitude of
the Orange Free State, which is not
so directly concerned in the conllict as
the Transvaal.
The movement of Boers into Cape
Colony is beginning to awaken British
fear that they have greatly underesti¬
mated the forces they will have to
meat, and that even General Bailers’
task may not be so easy as anticipated.
It is becoming apparent that all tho
British calculations, based on the
loyally of tbe population, aro hope¬
lessly at sea or there has been a very
serious leakage of Dutch sympathizers
from Natal and Capo Colony. Other¬
wise there is no accounting for the
largo forces of burghers reported from
all directions. The war office, conse¬
quently, is being urged to have more
troops in readiness for all possible de¬
mands.
Advices from other parts of South
Africa are distinctly unpalatable and
everything points to a critical situa¬
tion in Natal and the northern por¬
tions of until Capo Colony, likely to grow
acute General White is either re¬
lieved or decisively defeated. Nobody
dares to think of capitulation. Rather
than that be is expected in tho last re¬
sort, if Ladysmith becomes untenable,
to make a desperate effort to cut his
way through the liners back into low¬
er Natal and to jbiiV hnfids with the
garrison there, which is now almost
certain to bo reinforced by the first
arrivals of the army corps from Eng¬
land and to bo pressed forward to re¬
new touch with him.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
I.lMt of No tv I n<l UMtrloi* Fnlabl inhml the
l’#»»t Week.
Tho more important of the new in¬
dustries reported during tbe week
ending November 4th, include a
box factory iii Virginia; brick works
in Misistippi; coal mines and coke
ovens in West Virginia; cotton mills
in Georgia, Mississippi and South
Garolina; a cotton and woolen mil! in
Texas; Button seed oil tn1f!n in Mis¬
sissippi and Texas; flouring mills in
the Caroliuas aud Ten¬
nessee; furniture factories in North
Carolina und West Virginia; a 250,-
000-hushel grata elevator in Texas; a
harrow factory in South Carolina; a
hoop factory in Arkansas; an ice fac¬
tory in Florida; a knitting mill in
North Carolina; lumber mills in Tex¬
as; natural gaH and oil companies in
West Virginia; a navigation company
in North Carolina, a peanut factory in
Virginia; a shoe factory in Georgia;
soap factories in Georgia aud North
Carolina; a stave factory in Georgia;
telephone companies in South Caro¬
lina and Tennessee; u vehicle work*
and a window fixture factory in Texas;
zinc smelters, 8500,000 to be invested,
in Arkansas,—Tradesman (Chatta¬
nooga, Tcuu.)
Dt.ssIo has nearly 400 orphan a yl-
nru*. with 35.000 Inmates.
AVnnts Regular Information.
Tho British government has now
asked that the Boer government per¬
mit Mr. Macrum, th<! United Htatcs
consul at Pretoria, to transmit once a
week u list of the British prisoners in
Pretoria with a statement of their con¬
dition. ^*----r--—- pf
. 4 nr- ■
McCarthy Leaves U'hiekamauga.
A Chattanooga dispatch says: Cap¬
tain D. E. McCarthy will be succeeded
as depot quartermaster at Chioamauga
park by Captain Moses Zalinski, late
of quartermaster’s department of
Philadelphia.
WHITE HOLDS POSITION.
ICimcM.Ii l'r.'.. PlrH.ril With Hrnuiutliy
Shown In Unlltul States.
A Loudon speoial snys: The war
office has received a telegram dis-
patched from Ladysmith at 0:45
Tlinrsduy morning saying thnt Geu-
oral White was well and holding his
i" 1 *" 1 ”"-
An official telegram reporting tho
condition of tho wounded at Kimbor-
ley tiddn that Colonel Kokewiteh, the
British commander there, has learned
from various sources that the lioev
losses on tho occasion of the Into
sortie of tho British troops from Kim-
berley were very heavy.
Tho London newspapers continue
to express keen pleasure st tho sym¬
pathy of I he United States. The’St.
James Gazette snys:
“Few more graceful examples could
bo imagined of the courteous spirit of
American sympathy with this country,
which has been so often evident o(
lute, than the project of tho American
ladies’ hospital ship, which will
he fitted out with many of those Amer¬
ican nurses whoso services were so
highly valued during the Cuban war,
This is the first example of a hospital
ship provided by a nation oliich is at
pence for another during the stress of
war, uud the widespread and gener¬
ous responses to its appeals from both
sides of the Atluntic show howjwaniily
the merciful idea is accepted by the
citizens in both countries.”
AFRIKANDERS JUBILANT.
An ICxtrnorriimiry I’ii(>11a1i<mI In
Burin NntTHiiupHrH.
The Havas agency at Paris publish¬
ed tho following extraordinary dispatch
Thursday which the agency suys was
received through its correspondent at
Brussels:
“Cai-b Town —The news of the
Boers’ two victories around Ladysmith
has created considerable excitement
uiuuug tlie Afrikanders who do not
conceal their joy. Hir Alfred Milner,
tho British high commissioner, is
much prrtnbated at their attitude.
General White, in these two engage¬
ments lost about 350 men killed,
wounded snil prisoners. The second
victory wns won by the Free Staters
commanded by Lucas Moyer, who
seized Coionso, thus cutting off
retreat of General White, who is
wounded. The investment of Lady¬
smith is complete, and the Boors are
masters of Pietermaritzburg und the
Durban railway.
“News tins reached General White
that Matching is closely beseignd, and
Hint the Boers havo successfully re¬
pulsed the sorties. Tlio surrender of
Mafeking is expected.
“Lima” NAYS FlINiSTON.
General Hrln B . Suit Air.ln.t Arcl.M.Imp
I. eland 1.1,1. Facer.
A special to The Kansas City Star
from Albuquerque, N. M., says:
Ocneral Frederick Fuuston, who is
enrouto homo with the mustered out
Twentieth Kansas, has wired his
Topeka attorneys, Gleen, Ware A
Glcen, to bring proceedings against
Archbishop Ireland of St. I'aul, for
criminal libel because of statements
attributed to the urchbisbop in aro-
cent interview.
General Funiion also instructed liis
lawyers to begin criminal and civil
proceedings against tho Monitor, a
Catholic paper of Ran story. Fianciseo,
which fiiHt printed the
In a recent interview in Chicago,
Archbishop Ireland was quoted as say-
ing that General Funston had been
charged with looting Catholic churches
in the I’liilipines. The charges tile alleged
to havo been referred to by arch-
bishop were made by the editor of
The Monitor, soon after tho landing
of the Kansas troops in Hun Francisco,
The Monitor stat ed, it is said, that
General Funston had taken two mag-
nificent chalices from a certain church
in the Philippines aud had sent them
liome to Ids wife. Archbishop Ire-
land in his Chicago interview
quoted as culling upon General Funs-
ton to deny the truth of tho article und
sue the editorof The Monitor for libel,
or the public would beobliged,
its will, to believe him guilty of
(jrimiua! acts of which he has been ac-
cused.
British Read and Wounded.
A special dispatch received iu Lon¬
don from and LiAlynmith says twenty
ish dead 100 wounded were count¬
ed on the scene of Monday's
while 870 prisoners were sent to Pro-
tor ia.
SCHLEY IN BIRMINGHAM.
Alabama City Morally Welcome* the
Hero of Santiago.
Birmingham, Ala., was crowded
Monday with visitors from all over
Alabama^ to pay'honor to Admiral and
Mrs. Winfield B. Hohley. and jammed
The depot was packed block
with people, and the streets for a
in each direction were crowded.
A large copdon of military
an escort for .tbg^ ailmiral .from the
depot to the Morrfs hotel. The streets
were gay with bunting and pictures of
tho hero of Santiago, with those of
Wheeler and Dewey, were prominent
everywhere.
NO. I I.
PROPHET NEILL
SS DISCREDITED
lie Is Accused of Trying to
Wreck tSie Colton Growers.
SECRET CIRCULARS WERE USED.
His Probabilities Regarding the
Cotton Crop Caused Loss
oi Millions.
A special from New Orleans says:
“The article in the Atlanta Constitu¬
tion of November 1st, on “Mr. Neill’s
Fnko,” created a great stir here. Mr.
Neill refused to disouss it or to say
anything about it and will not say
whether ho proposes to issue another
statement as to tho crop modifying his
former circulars as to the yield as long
us that article stands.
“He attributes the hull movement
largely to Price, MeCormiok & Co.,
" ho, he says, are deeply and person¬
al ly interested in sending up the price
of cotton, nnd claims tlmt they liavo
spent hundreds of thousands of dol¬
lars in sending out circulars and ca¬
blegrams on the subject of damage to
the crops, and he cited the onso of a
long telegram sent by the firm to a
single dealer in Havre, in tho hojto of
influencing the price there.
“But the general sentiment in New
Orleans, outside of the very small
coterie backing Mr. Neill, nnd finan¬
cially interested in his prophecies is
that lie Iiuh wrecked himself as a cot¬
ton prophet this year, and that he will
never be able recover from the com¬
plete failure of liis estimates. The
English spinuers who confided in him
because of biu success in the previous
few years, will lose so heavily this
season b«cause of their again,’or trust, that they
wiU nover believe him accept
liis guesses.
“This is the prevailing sentiment
here. For u long time Hie result wns
doubtful. Mr. Neill had so strong u
hold on the Liverpool market tlist it
seemed impossible to break its belief
in him, nnd the unfavorable re]>ortn
(hat ciimn in from nil quarters from
the agricultural departments, the pa¬
pers and experts generally could not
prevail against his dictum that, tho
crop at a minimum would bo 11,000,000
bales. For nearly a month the battle,
here raged, but tho Neill forces hnvo
been steadily losing ground until uow
t(jero j H „„ question us to tile result.
* 'The battle is won, nnd it is fully
rccog uized.bore that nothing that can
occur will send back the price of cot-
ton to where it would have been hud
Neill’s statement proved correct.
Borne of the Neill followers may keep
down the price of cotton slightly at
New Orleans and other ports, but in
the interior Hie prico is stiff. Letters
from East Feliciana and otl\OTparishes
show that tho farmers are insisting on
7 cords for their cotton and getting it,
a« much ns in New Orleans, the pur-
chaser being glad to get it at that figure
and pay tho freight to the city.
“Mr. Neill is another case of tho
pitcher going too often to the well.
Ho is tho victim of bis success in tho
lust two years in his estimates of the
crop. He has been engaged in this
business a very long time. Of his
earlier estimates little is known. Ho
supplied them to European spinners,
especially English spinners, fnrnish-
ing his circulars at so much to each
subscriber. Tu these ho reported the
condition of tbe crop from time to time
with the probable yield,
“When n Hhort time ago an attempt
was made to collect some of these es-
timates for the purpose of.detesmin-
ing whether they were correct or,not
and whether they were not, almost uni-
vei-nally in excess of the actnal yield,
with the eftect of depressing the price
cotton, it was impossible to Und any
of these circulars. They were not the is-
sued or published on this side of
water. Occasionally a circular found
its way back to this country, sent here
by a British house to its agent* for
inquiry, blit there wss not sufficient
data to determine whether or not 'Mr.
Neill had proved u success in as an the ex¬
pert and statistician estimating
size of the cotton crop.”
OFFICERS SEVERELY IIOABTED.
heiumtlooul Itoport Forwarded, p, War
office From Hliafter's Headquarter*.
The Ran Francisco Examiner says
that the most sensational report of a
military board of inquiry ever sent to
the war department frum that city has
been forwarded to Washington from
the headquarters of Major Oeneral
Hlmfter. The document consists of
. nearly one hundred typewritten pages
and contains the severest kind of crit-
icisfri of the methods employed by
officers in charge of the sick soldiers
who returned from the Philippines on
tho transports Tartar and Newport on
October 10.