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The Lee County Journal YOUL IIX. Scores Georgia Troops in His Official Report. “CAMP;WAS A DISGRACE" Criticism Riles Anderson, Obea~, Grayson and Others Who Declare Georgians are Done Grave Injustice, ~ “The Georgia regiment was not up to the standard of the others. Al though it did no more marching or work than other egiments of the brig ade, it failed to turn out to the re view. The sanitation of its camp was disgraceful and showed marked inat tention on the part of all concerned, especially its officers. It is a provfs. ional regiment—all the officers and men were never together before and never expected to be again. It has neither permanency, tradition nor his tory connected with it, and such or ganizations should never be sent to the maneuvers.” This statement from the official re port to the war department of Gen eral Thomas G. H. Barry, of Atlanta, commanding the Department of the Gulf, who commanded the brigade at Thoroughfare, Va., in which the Sec ond Provisional Georgia was assign ed, has tirred up the Atlanta officerz and men who were with the regiment and Col. Clifford Anderson, Col. W. G. Obear and Major E. E. Pomeroy are back at the general in no uncertaio terms. The officers are not at all pleased with the report of General Barry, which was made to the war depart ment, and Colonel Anderson has made a warm reply to the statements of the general, in which he intimates pretty strongly that General Barry got mad because the Second Georgia did not participate-in the review. Inspector General W. G. Obear, of the Georgia state troops, also takes issue with General Barry, saying that the Geor gla soldiers are all right, General Bar ry to the contrary, notwithstanding. Lieutenant Colonel W. L. Grayson, who commanded the Savannah troops in the camp, goes so far as to say that the conduct of General Barrcy was not above criticism, and that the general was continually cursing in camp with the slightest apparent provocation. Late dispatches from Savannah in dicated that it was thought in mili tary circles that Colonel Grayson, by his criticism of General Barry has laid himself liable to court martial, as General Barry was Colonel Grayson’s superior officer at Manassas. Devel opment along this line will be watch ed with interest. General Barry’s Report. The report of General Barry was printed in The Army and Navy Jour nal and in part read as follows: “The work of the volunteer troops of this brigade in these maneuvers have exceeded all expectations. They entered into the work and prosecuted it with a willingness and spirit very LEESBURG. GA.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11. 1904 inspiring. They made forced marches night and day, wading streams in marching in attack without hesitation and enduring all hardships and pri vations without complaint. It is to be regretted that a few days could not be devoted to preliminary ingtruc tion and that the maneuvers were raushed to completion from beginning to end without any time for rest, making them very strenuous and ex acting, even for the thoroughly train ed troops. I cannot speak in too high terms of the work of all the troops in the brigade in the mane:- vers proper and the cordial relations that existed between the regulars and national guard. The third battalion, Ninth United States infantry, com manded by Major Frank B. Jones, were models of soldierly efficiency in all respects and did much to comply fully with all orders and instructions. The Georgia regiments were well dis ciplined, and made every endeavor to comply fully with all orders and in structions. The Georgia regiment was not up to the standard of the others. Then follows the above quotation. TIP TOO MUCH FOR PORTER. Took $5,000 Check of Farmsr Stroms ky and Levanted. A Pullman sleeping car porter, with a run on the Chicago and Alton road, between St. Louis and Chicago, is said to have disappeared from a Chica go and Alton train with a check for $5,000 belonging to Theophil Stromks ky, a wealthy farmer, whose home is near St. Louis. Stromsky says that he presented his ticket to the porter, who demanded an additional $3. Having no cash, Stromsky declared he gave the check to the porter to have it cashed. ENGINEER HELD TO ACCOUNT. Gets Four Years for Wreck on the Mexican Central Rallroad. Timothy I. Lee, the American loco motive engineer who was held respon sible for the rallroad wreck on the Central railroad, near Zacatecas, Mexi co, about nine months ago, which re sulted In the loss of about twenty lives, has been sentenced to four years fmprisonment at hard labor in the mines in the state of Coahuila. TO DISCUSS BOLL WEEVIL. Congress of Cotton States to Meet at Shreveport in December, A congress of the cotton growing states has been called by the Lou si ana 801 l Weevil Association to me:t in Shreveport December 12-15, inclu sive, 1904, to take tne steps necessary to control the boll weevil plague and prevent its spread. ONLY ONE LIFE LOST. Negro Taken from Cellar of Memphis Bank Building. Only one life, that of Winters Par ker, a negro saloon porter, was lost by the wrecking of the four-story building in Memphis, Tenn. The b#ly of the negro was found ¢rushed in the cellar. First reports sent out stated that twenty people had been killed. HIGHWAYMEN ROB BANK. Cashier Kiilled Aftey Putting Up a Game Fight—*“Buffalo BlllI"” Goes on Trail of Bandits. Four heavily armed outlaws from the Hole in the Wall country held up and robbed the First National bank of Cody, Wyoming, Tuesday, and after shooting and killing Cashier Frank Middaugh, of the bank, had a running fight with cowboys and hunters and escaped into the Rattlesnake moun tains pursued by-half a dozen differ ent posses. . : The Hole in the Wall gang are noted as the most desperate outlaws in the west, and the Cody posses are deter mined to wipe the bandits out of ex istence. “Buffalo Bill” kimself started at once from Omaha, Neb., in a special car, having with him a party of titled Englishmen and two of his Sioux Indian scouts, and telegraphed orders to Cody for horses to be waiting for his party at the depot. He will take the trail in person. Just before the close of the bank Tuesday afternoon a party of four irr‘ughly dressed men rode up to the 'Wirst National bank, whihch is immie diately across the street from the Ijr ma “Buffalo Bill’s” hotel. Three men dismounted and entered the building, the fourth remaining outside to guard the horses. As soon as the outlaws entered the bank, one of them covered Cashier Middaugh, who was the only occu pant of the room, and demanded the cash from the vault. Instead of complying Middaugh grabbed a revolver and made a game fight for life and money, firing sever al shots even before the outlaw leader could fire at the banker, but Middaugh was exeited and kis bullets went wild, while the single shot sent from the outlaw’s gun passed through the banker’s brain and he died instantly. WIRE KILLS BANK ROBBER. Attempted to Cut Connection of Arc Light and Fell Dead, The dead body of James Hendrick, 2 prominent young man of the city, was found on a shed adjacent to the American National bank, in Montgom ery, Ala.,, Tuesday morning. He had on a uniform of the Montgomery Greys. A stick of dynamite, a revolv er and other tools were found on him. A kit of new tools were found also. All indications are that it was the in tention to blow open the safes of the bank. He wag evidently killed in attempt ing to cut the wires leading to a series of arc lights containing about 4,000 volts. THE ARRCW SAILS AGAIN. Second Flight of Airship Even More Successful Than the First, A second successful flight of the Baldwin airship was made at the world’s fair in St. Louls Tuesday un der the guldance of A. B, Knabens. hue, of Toledo, who maneuvered the *California Arrow” at will high above the western portion of the exposition grounds and descended in the stadium amid hre cheering of thousands after a flight of thirty-six minutes. Kna benshue went up to an altitude of about 1,600 feet, and after directing the course of hig aerial vessel at wi, descended on the exact spot upon which he had declded to land. $215,500,000 in Incorporations. New incorporations during October in the eastern states reached a grand total of $215,600,000 for companies cap italized at $1,000,000 or more. Of this sum the new tobacco consolidation fur nished $180,000,000. Must Go Back to China. United States Commissioner Bab bitt has decided that Yang Su Tang, a Chinese servant, employed by Dr. Hugo Hardy, of Berlin, one of the German world’s falr commissioners, shall be deported to his native coun try. TREATY WITH GERMANY. Negotiations Initiated by President Roosevelt and Ambasador Stérnberg. A Washington dispatch says: Nego tiations have been initiated for a treaty of arbitration between Germany and the United States. Several days ago President Roosevelt suggested to Bar on Sternberg, the German ambassador, that a treaty of arbitration between the United States and Germany would in his opinion be very desirable. Ambassador Sternberg coincided with this view. : ILLINOIS MINERS QU!T WORK, & —— oy Hoisting Engineers Strike and 50,000 Diggers are Idle. Specials to the St. Louis Post-Dis patch from Illinois pointg indicate that less than 100 of the 300 coal mines in that state are hoisting coal as a result cf the strike of engineers which went into effect at midnight Monday night. The total number of operators wlio deserted their posts of duty, is about 800, and nearly 50,000 miners are thrown out of work as a result. ; Sl iR GOVERNMENT CLAIMS TITLE. Probable Suit for Possession of Nii merous Rlice Plantations. As the result of an investigation made by Colonel James B. Quinn, in charge of the river and hnarbor im provement of the Savannah district, it is probable that the United States-will proceed in the courts to establish its title to numerous rice plantations along the Savannah river, which are now held by parties to whom damages, equal to the value of the land, has been pald by the government. MAY SETTLE MILL STRIKE. Fall River Operators May Agree to Submit to Arbitration, A dispatch from Fail River, Mass., says: It is understoed that steps hava been taken to bring about another con ference between representatives of tha striking cotton mili operatives and the manufacturers to discuss a propo gition to submit strike issues to arbi tration. NO. 15.