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PRESIDENT IS CAMPAIGNING
Entertains a Large Audience at Quincy, Ill.
With an Addres of Thanks.
SECRETARY ROOT ALSO HEARD
War Secretary Hakes Urgent Plea
Thai Administration Should
Be Upheld.
Cannon boomed and bands played
■“Dixie” as President McKinley alight¬
ed from the Campania, his private car,
at the grounds of the Illinois Soldiers’
home at Quincy Friday morning. The
sun shone brightly, making almost a
perfect day. Fifteen hundred old vet¬
erans, inmates of the home, cheered
enthusiastically as the president and
the members of the cabinet took car¬
riages to be driven between long
platoons of soldiers around the beau¬
tiful grounds of the home.
The president was first escorted to
an improvised platform, from which
he bowed and smiled in acknowledg¬
ment of the veterans’ greeting, shak¬
ing hands with as many as possible.
Then, in company with members of
the Ioctll committee, the president
made a short visit to the Soldiers’
hospital. The presidential party was
next driven from the Soldiers’ home
to the city proper, a distance of two
miles. Company F, Fifth infautry,
the naval reserves aud Company F,
Eighth Illinois infantry, escorted the
party through the business district.
The sailors were supplied with
Hotchkiss guns, and as soon as
president arrived in sight of the pub¬
lic square a president’s salute of twen¬
ty-one guns was fired. Six
school children from all the schools
the city, public and parochial,
massed on the east side of the
house, waving flags and singing
tional airs as the president appeared.
Address.
The president and several members
of the cabinet delivered brief addresses
from the reviewing stand. The presi¬
dent said:
“I thank you one and all for this
patriotic welcome. It has given me
uncommon pleasure to meet this morn¬
ing at the Soldiers’ Home, the men of
1861, the veterans who stood in the
trenches and behind the guns in that
year of great emergency when the life
of the nation hung in the balance. It
has given me like pleasure also to
meet with the ex-soldiers of the Span¬
ish war from the city of Quincy and
the naval malitia representin the pa¬
triotism of 1898. And it is gratifying to
me to learn that yon sent from this
city one of the gallant young officers
who fought with Dewey in Manila
bay. This is an era of patriotism, my
countrymen.
“The United States has never been
lacking in gratitude to its soldiers and
its sailors who have fought in its
cause, and the cause of the United
States has never lacked defenders in
every crisis of its history. From the
revolutionary days to the present, the
citizens of the United States have
been ever ready to uphold at any cost
the flag and the honor of tbe nation
and to take all the responsibility
which comes from a righteous cause.
There are responsibilities born to
duty, that can never be repudiated.
Duty unperformed is dishonor and
dishonor brings shame which is heavi¬
er to carry than any burden which
honor can impose.
“My fellow citizens, I thank you
for this more than gracious welcome
and bid you all good morning.”
Secretary Boot Speaks.
Secretary Root spoke as follows:
“Fellow Citizens of Illinois: My
humble duty during the last two
months is to do what you are doing
here today by the encouragement aud
inspiration of your presence, holding
up the hands, strengthening the soul,
and cheering the courage of the presi¬
dent, the chief magistrate of your be¬
loved country, in maintaining its
honor and doing its full duty before
God and man on the great stage of
the world. It is fitting here, almost
at the very spot where tie two ex¬
tremes of population, coming, the one
from Massachusetts and Connecticut
and the other coming from Virginia
BOERS M1Y HELD.
Most Encouraging News Benches London
From Transvaal.
A London dispatch says: Most im¬
portant received news Saturday from the Transvaal was
probably night, which, if
true, indicates that the South
African republic is about to yield, or
any in case, that the Boers have
abandoned all idea of invading Natal.
The news is comprised in a cable¬
gram from Newcastle, Natal, which
says that farmers who arrived there
from the Buffalo river state that the
Boers are returning to their homes,
leaving patrols along the river. The
commanders will remain on the Freo
State bor der.
and Kentucky, ,he children of New
England, and the children of tbe
south, shonld join him in doing
honor to the president of the
whole country, north and south,
east and west. There is no partisan¬
ship, no factionalism, in the business
in which we are engaged in, helping
President McKinley.
“No man can shelter himself under
the flag of party or justify himself by
any declaration of principle in failing
to stand behind the men of all parties
and all creeds who lie today in the
trenches in Luzon.
“No man who knows his duty and
is a true American will fail to do it. I
have no fear, no question whatever,
that in the’days and nights that the
secretary of war is giving to seeing
that the army of the United States is
the best fed, beBt equipped and best
armed army the world has ever seen,
the sympathy and the support of the
people of Quincy, of Illinois, of the
country, will be behind him and be¬
hind the president.
“The cause in which your soldiers
are fighting and in which yon, Demo¬
crats and Republicans alike, stand be¬
hind them, is the cause of civilization
and of peace. The men behind the
guns in Manila today are in front of
the schoolbouse, of law and order and
will be followed by the men with their
text book and Bible, bringing the arts
of civilization, respect for law and
order, and the welfare of country. No
government can live for self alone, nor
grow to full stature by the exercise of
selfishness. No men and no party of
men can be bound to tbe performance
of a mission of the great republic for
the regeneration and elevation of man¬
kind. It is following today as it has
followed in the past, the lines marked
out by a Providence superior to the
wisdom of presidents and of legisla¬
tures, pointing tbe way of the great
march of civilization.
“My friends of the city of Quinoy
and of the state of Illinois, the presi¬
dent of the United States will be faith¬
ful to the soldier who represents it.
His cabinet will be faithful to him and
I know that you,*one and all, will
stand with us in sustaining and help¬
ing him the great work which you
have laid upon him.”
The streets of Quincy were literally
packed with people.
A street fair is in projection, and all
along the line of march booths and
arches had been erected, most of
flaunted the stars and stripes and im
mense pictures of McKinley
FARMERS IN CONFERENCE.
The National Congress Holds Session* In
Boston, Mass.
The delegates to the Farmers’Na
tional Congress were received by Gov
ernor Roger Wolcott at the statehon3e
in Boston Friday. The congress, on
resuming its business session, heard a
report from the committee on resoln
tio 2L 8 '
Hon. _ H. O. _ Adams, . , dairy , . and food
commissioner, of Wisconsin, delivered
an address on “The Necessity of Pare
*Legislation.’’
The following officers were elected:
President, H. P. Heard, Fort At
kinson, W isconsin.
First vice president, P. G. F. Can
dage, Brookline, Mass.
Second vice president Colonel John
S. Cunningham, of North Carolina.
Secretary, John M. Stahl, Chicago.
Treasurer, L. Van Mormon, Penn
sylvan ia.
Executive Committee-B F. Clay
ton of Iowa; T C Slaughter, Texas;
E. L. Furness, Indiana, D. G. Whit
temore, Nebraska; E. F. Whelstein,
Kentucky.
SCHOONER LOST.
The John H. TIngue Goes to Pieces on
Cumberland Island.
Captain Taylor and crew, of the
schooner John H. Tingne, bound
from Philadelphia to Jacksonville with
cargo of coal, arrived at Fernandina,
Fla., Friday morning from Dunge
ness and reported the loss of his ves¬
sel Thursday on Cumberland island.
The vessel will be a total loss. No
lives lost.
M'GUIRE WILL LECTURE.
Stonewall Jackson’s Chief Surgeon to Ad¬
dress Confederate Veterans.
Dr. Hunter McGuire, of Richmond,
Va., has accepted an invitation from
Pickett-Buohanan camp, Confederate
Veterans of Norfolk, to deliver his
famous lecture on “Stonewall Jack
sou,” November 28tn.
Bust of Poe Unveiled.
At the University of Virginia, Char¬
lottesville, Saturday, the unveiling of
the Zolny bust of Edgar Poe took
place at noon in the large auditorium
of the academic building. Dr.Char les
W. Kent, president of the Poe Memo¬
rial Association, presided.
NATAL NOT INVADED
Advance of Boers Was Not Made
As Reported,
BRITISH REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE
Matting of Kruger’* Troop* on the Border
It No Longer Feared by Great
Britain.
A London special of Thursday was
to the effect that nothing important
developed as to tbe Transvaal situation
during the day. The Daily Telegraph’s
dispatch announcing that the Boers had
invaded Natal and seized Laings Nek,
now seems to be without foundation.
The government has received noth¬
ing to justify the report, although
such a move on the part of the Boers
would naturally cause little surprise.
The British position in Natal was
rival considerably strengthened by the ar¬
Thursday of Indian transports
with reinforcements of abont 2,500
infantry, cavalry and artillery, all of
which will be promptly sent to the
front by train, and with their arrival
at Glencove and Ladysmith, the Brit¬
ish advanced camps and lines of com¬
munication will be practically safe¬
guarded against the risk of a success¬
ful dash across the frontier by the
Boers.
The military authorities apparently
no longer fear the massing of the
Boers along the border, and In fact it
has been provided that the Boers shall
not make a sudden invasion into the
territory. The Natal authorities are
rather pleased with this, because they
argue tbe tension of waiting will tell
severely on the Boers’ discipline; and,
moreover, they will soon exbanst the
little forage there is near the border
and be compelled to fall back on their
base, beoause, in view of the defective
commissariat, they are unwilling to
advance in Natal leaving behind them
a foragelees veldt.
Advices from Aldershot convey the
interesting information that General
Sir Redvers Buller, who is to assume
the chief command of the British
forces in South Africa, ia opposed to
the presence of a large number of war
correspondents limit the with correspondents his torces and
wants to to
twelve representatives of the leading
British, Indian and colonial agencies
and newspapers, including in this
number the foreign correspondent*.
A dispatch from Perth, capital of
West Australia, announces that the
government of the colony has decided
*° dispatch * w est Australian contin-
8 e “ 4 to th ® ca P e - General Sir Redvers
Bailer arrived at Balmoral castle
Thursday night as the guest of Queen
Victoria, to bid her majesty farewell
on his
GRIGGS' OPINION
m the Celebrated c» r tor case Made Pubiu
At Washington,
The opinion of Attorney General
Griggs in the case of Captain Oberlin
m. Carter, of the army, upon which
the president approves the finding of
the courtmartial, was made public at
Washington Thursday,
After dismissing certain of the minor
charges as unproven, the attorney gen
eral took up the more serious questions
i nvo i ve d,first considering the objection
that the charges, .upon which Captain
Carter was found guilty were ;incon
gr U0US> H e says that, unlike the or
dinary criminal procedure, the mili
tftry U8 and proC edure permit of
an indefinite, number of offenses in
one and the same proceadin _
.« It i9 not neceseary ,” he says, “to
discuss whether this practice is wise,
or whether it is prejudicial in tha
rig hts of the accused. It appears to
he established by long continued prae
tice, and, so far as I am able oh in
vestigation to discover, without pre¬
vious challenge.”
But even if this objection were well
founded, the attorney general says, he
does not think the accused should be
allowed to avail himself of the objec¬
tion now, because he proceeded to
trial without objection to this alleged
misjoinder, aud permitted the court to
enter on the investigation of all of the
different specifications, and himself
brought forward his defense as to
each of them. The objection should
have been promptly taken to be made
available.
PRSEIDENT (JOES WEST.
White House Party Leaves Washington
for a Two Weeks’ Trip.
President and Mrs. McKinley and
party, including the entire cabinet ex¬
cept Secretary Gage, who is in the
west, left Washington at 9 o’clock
Wednesday night for a half month’s
trip to Chicago and the northwest.
The train will go by way of Canton,
as Miss Barber, the president’s niece,
is to join the parly there. From Can¬
ton the trip will be made through
Akron and Fostoria to Ft. Wayne,
Jud,, thence by way of Logansport,
Ind., Decatur and Springfield, Ill., to
Qniucy, III.
MOREWARSHIPS
TO THE EAST
Result oi Dewey’s Conference
With the President.
BROOKLYN IS ONE OF THEM.
Admiral Stated That the Situa¬
tion Is Very
Urgent.
A Washington special says: The
president, Wednesday directed iho
immediate dispatch to the Philippines
of a number of vessels of the navy, in¬
cluding the cruiser Brooklyn and gun¬
boats Marietta and Machias. The ac¬
tion is the result of Admiral Dewey's
interview, in which he went over the
Philippine situation with the presi¬
dent.
The orders given are in line with
the expressed determination of the
president to furnish the army and
navy every resource for stamping out
the Philippine insurrection at the
earliest possible time.
At Admiral Dewey’s extended in¬
terview with the president the former
went into the Philippine situation at
great length, explaining carefully the
existing condition of affairs and his
views of the outlook, concluding with
an earnest recommendation that the
Brooklyn and some other vessels be
sent at once to the Philippines.
The re-enforcement of the present
fleet of the Asiatic squadron he urged
as necessary and said their dispatch
should be direoted as early as possible.
The president immediately communi¬
cated with the navy department and
instructed the seevetary of the navy to
issue an order carrying out the ad¬
miral’s recommendation and to aee
that they be got in readinea* at once.
The Marietta and Machias, beside* the
Brooklyn, will be designated by the
navy department along with several
other vessels whioh have not yet been
selected.
The Brooklyn is now with the other
vessels of the North Atlantic eqnadron
off Machias Tom|>kinsville, Staten Island.. The
and the Marietta are at pres¬
ent oh waiting orders. These re-en
foreemonts will- and considerable
strength to tbe Asiatic squadron and
the administration believes their pres¬
ence will fcave a material effect in ex¬
pediting the end df the hostilities.
The Brooklyn is an armored cruiser
of the first rating, carrying twenty
main battery guns and having a total
displacement of 9,215 tons, and is so
well thought of by Rear Admiral
Schley that he desired that she bo as¬
signed as his flagship in the new
south Atlantic squadron.
The Marietta Is a composite gun¬
boat of 1,000 tons displacement and
with a main battery equipment of six
guns.
The Machias, with a displacement of
1,177 tons, carries a battery of eight
guns. Their commanders are all vet¬
erans of long experience in the ser¬
vice. The Brooklyn is commandefl by
Captain Theodore F. Jewell, who has
seen fourteen years of sea service and
much mmre than that on shore sta¬
tions; the Maehias by Lieutenant Com¬
mander Leavitt C. Logan, with fifteen
years of sea service, and the Marietta
by Lieutenant Commander Edward
H. Gheen, whose record shows seven¬
teen years of sea service.
The Brooklyn’s formidable equip¬
ment will make her of invaluable gen¬
eral service, while the Marietta and
the Machias are expected to be of
much usefulness in the numerous
shallow waters about the archipelago
where larger craft cannot go.
It is not known how soon these
vessels can bo ready, bnt their orders
are to get away as early as possible,
and no delay is antieipated. Their
commanders will report to the depart¬
ment when they are ready to proceed
and on arriving at Manila will report
without delay to the admiral com¬
manding the Asiatio station, for or¬
ders.
BAIL REFUSED ACTRESS.
Judge JS-ttIll Remands Miss Julia Morri¬
son to Prison.
At Chattanooga, Tenn., Wednesday,
Judge Floyd EstUl refused to grant
Miss Julia Morrison, the murderess of
Actor Leidenheimer, bail, and she was
returned to jail to await the January
term of court. When Judge Estill
announced his decision Miss Morrison
broke clown and wept bitterly.
Iu delivering his decision Judge Es
till stated the proof agaiust the pris¬
oner was of such a damaging nature
that, under no circumstances, would
ho admit her to bail. He said the
state had conclusively proven that the
murder was malicious, willful and
premeditated.
DEWET IS DETACHED
Admiral Is Formally Relieved of
Flagship's Command.
HIS PENNANT WAS HAULED DOWN.
Flag UuttsMt Brumby and Lieutenant
Caldwell Are Alto Detached From
Duly Temporarily.
A Washirgton dispatch says: Ad¬
miral Dewey made an early Btart Wed¬
nesday to fill a number of engagements.
A'tar breakfast he joined one of his as¬
sociate officers for a long stroll,
and on returning, proceeded to
the navy department accompanied
by Admiral Farqubar, the new com¬
mander of the North Atlantic station,
aud Captain Lamberton, his ohief of
staff.
Few people were aware of the ad¬
miral’s coming, so there was not much
of a demonstration when he entered
the department.
The admiral went to see Secretary
Long and talk over his plans for tlie
immediate future, and as to these,
Secretary department Long gave notice that the
perfeot liberty was willing to give him
to do as he pleased.
The admiral was, therefore, at his in¬
stance, detached formally from the
Olympia. Later in the day the exec¬
utive officers of the Rhip at Tompkins
ville was telegraphed to haul down his
flrg and thus terminate his connection
with the cruiser which for more than
two years has been his home.
The detaohing of Admiral Dewey
from the Olympia had the effect of de¬
taohing Lieutenant Brumby, his flag
lieutenant, and Lieutenant Caldwell,
the admiral’s secretary, from the du¬
ties they have heretofore performed
for him. An order was issued, how¬
ever, directing these officers to report
to the admiral in connection with his
shore duties. This is only temporary,
to allow the admiral to catch up with
the mass of correspondence, and is
not the assignment of a permanent
staff.
After hie visit to New England, Ad¬
miral Dewey is expeoted to return to
Washingtan to meet his colleagues of
tfee Philippine commission. Secretary
Long said that the admiral’s time
probably would be fully occupied in
the deliberations of the oommission
for some months to come, and mean¬
while, in order to leave him free for
this work, he will not be assigned to
any naval duties. Further than this
point, the department has not yet un¬
dertaken to define its plans for Ad¬
miral Dewey’s future.
When all of these details had been
arranged, the admiral walked over to
tbe white house to keep an appoint¬
ment made tfith tbe president to dis
cubs the Philippine situation.
The admiral remained with the
president an boar. President Schur
man, of the Philippine commission,
was also at the white house, and
joined Admiral Dewey as he left tbe
president.
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
Obtained By Counsel of Captain Carter on
Plea of Illegal Sentence.
Counsel for Captain Oberlin M. Car¬
ter, now confined iu Castle William,
Goveracf’s Island, upon sentence for
misappropriation of United States
funds, obtained from Judge La
Combe, of the United States circuit
court, at the judge’s home, a writ of
habeas corpus. The writ is directed
to Major General Wesley Merritt and
Captain Benjamin Roberts, directing
them to produce Captain Carter ia
Tukge LaCombe’s court at II o’clock
Wednesd morn
ALL SPACE TAKEN.
The Georgia State Fair Promises To Be a
"Hummer.’'
A dispatch from Atlanta says: Ev¬
ery available inch of space in tbe ex¬
hibit halls of the state fair has been
taken by exhibitors. Eight great
buildings are overrun with exhibits
and still the applications come in for
§pace. Never before in the history of
the fair association has there been
such a demand for room, and the man¬
agement is put to it to find room for
all who desire to show their goods and
products.
VENEZUELANS ARE SATISFIED.
Over the Award Made by the Arbitrates
Tribunal.
The award of the Anglo-Veneznel an
boundary arbitration tribunal was re¬
ceived at Caracas, Venezuela with sat¬
isfaction. The intelligent olasses con¬
sider that the possesion of Barima
Point will prove of great advantage to
Venezuela. President Andrae and the
newspapers award. generally welcome the
Scotsman Crew Under Arrest. •
Twenty-eight moro members of the
Scotsman's crew were arrested at Mon¬
treal Monday when they arrived on
the steamer Ottoman. When they were
searched over $4,000 in money was
found on them, and a quantity of
goods and jewelry. Another name,
that of Mrs. Bates,of Port St. Charles*
has beeq added to the death list.