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REWARD OFFERED FOR WHITECAPS Governor Candler Wants Members of Palmetto Mob Apprehended. HORROR IS CONDEMNED. Further Details of the Affair Are Given By Eyewitnesses. Governor Candler, of Georgia, took prompt action in the endeavor to bring the perpetrators of the Palmetto lynching to justice by issuing the fol¬ lowing Proclamation. Whereas, official information has been received at this department that on the night of March 15, 1899, an unknown mob foully murdered Henry Bingham, colored, Tip Hudson, col¬ ored, Ed Brown, colored, and Bud Cotton, colored, while said parties were incarcerated and well guarded charge awaiting a committal trial upon the of arson, in the county of Campbell. I have thought proper, therefore, to issue this my proclamation hereby offering a reward of five hundred dol¬ lars for the apprehension and delivery of the first member of said unknown mob and a further reward of one hun¬ dred dollars for each additional person so implicated, with evidence sufficient to convict, to the sheriff’ of said county and state. And I do moreover charge and re¬ quire all officers in this state,civil and military, to be vigilant in endeavoring to apprehend the said members of the unknown mob in order that they may be broughtto trial for the offense with which they stand charged. Given under my hand and seal of the state, this the 16th day of March, 1899. A. D. Candler, Governor. By the governor. Philip Cook, secretary of State. Governor’s Strong Condemnation. Governor Candler said in au inter¬ view Thursday morning; “I regard the outrage as simply in¬ excusable. These men had been ar¬ rested, as I am informed, and proof was at hand to convict them. They were in the hands of the law. The law was amply able to punish them, and the interposition of this mob of two hundred disguised men was entirely unnecessary, since with the proof in the hands of those who hail made the arrests conviction and pun¬ ishment were absolutely certain. “I shall today offer the largest re¬ ward the law will authorize for the apprehension of auy one or more of the perpetrators of this dastardly deed, and I will try to see to it that they are prosecuted to the limit of the law. Such outrages most stop in Georgia.” Dotalls of Trncoilj. Further details of the deplorable affair show that is was one of horror. The negroes killed were: Tip Hudson, Bud Cotton,Ed Wynn and Henry Bing¬ ham. John Bigby was fatally shot; John Jameson, shot, but will recover; George Tatum, arm broken; Ison Brown and Clem Watts escaped with- out injury. guarding the The men who were negroes are well known and prorni- nent citizens of Palmetto, and were sworn in only Wednesday as special guard for the night. Bud Cotton, who was killed, had confessed to the burning of the stores in Palmetto and had implicated arrested. all the others who had been Eye witnesses state that when the mob broke into the warehouse the guards were placed in line, six of them, and marched around the room and then marched to the front of the room, near the door in which the mob entered. They were placed in line against the front wall of the building and ordered not to move at the cost of thoir lives. They did not speak, neither did they move, and not a word was said by the guard to the mob. The men then walked around where they could get a good look at the trembling, pleading, terror stricken negroes, begging for life and declaring thfrt they were innocent. There was a moment’s pause of deliberation. The negroes thought it meant that the assassins hesitated in their bloody deed, but the men only hesitated because they wanted deliber¬ ate action and a clear range for their bullets. The negroes, helpless, tied together with ropes, begged for mercy, for they saw the cold gun barrels, the angry and determined actions of the men, and they knew it meant death to them. On leaving the horrible scene of their work the whitecaps turned to give a word of warning to the guard, and then disappeared as silently in the night as they had arrived. The military sent by Governor Can¬ dler arrived at 10:40 o’clock Thursday morning on a special train under command of Co!onel John S. Candler, and took immediate charge of the place. HACON PREPARING CAMP For Ray’s Regiment, Which Will Soon Be Mustered Out. Work was commenced at Macon, Ga., Thursday morning on the camp site formerly occupied by the Second Ohio regiment in preparation for the ocoupancy by tbe Third regiment of immunes, Colonel Ray, which will soon arrive and occupy the camp. The regiment will be encamped about a month before being mustered out. RIOT IN HOT SPRINGS. Dire Results Follow In the Wake of a Street r Duel. . . A * special . i i? from tt Hot i. a Springs, • Ark., a u says: Five men are dead as a result of between some of the most prominent 1 men identified with local politics. The ing hotter and hotter each day for sev- eral weeks. The dead are: Thomas C Toler chief of "police. Thomas Goslee, sergeant of police; James E. Hart, city detective; Louis Hinkle, a delivery driver; John O. The wounded are: Edward Spears, deputy sheriff, shot through the neck; probably fatally. As a Bequel to a street duel between Goslee, on one side, and Sheriff R. L. Williams and his son, John O. Wil- lianiB, on the other, a bloody riot oc- cufred. Five men lay dead upon the sidewalk when the smoke cleared away. horrible affair in the It was the most history of Hot Springs. The memora¬ ble Flyun-Dorau riot of 1884 did not compare to it in its terrible results. It was a bloody termination to the first affray earlier in the evening, in which Goslee and the Williams par- ticipated.’ A portion of the police faction, headed by the chief, and a portion of the Williams faction met on the sidewalk in front of Letup's beer depot and the furious firing began. Pandemonium reigned for an hour, and crowds of citizens and visitors rushed up and down the streets, When a stir occurred stampedes would take place at once. Finally Constable Samuel Tate and Deputy Archer sue- ceeded in quelling the excitement to some extent., and cleared the street in the vicinity of the awful scene. A big freight wagon was brought up and the bodies were loaded in it- and taken to Gross’s undertaking establishment. Citizens of Hot Springs are terribly aroused over the affair, and are deter- mined to maintain the peace. It is said that the governor will be asked to remove Sheriff Williams, teuipora- rily at least, and appoint some other man to act in that capacity. Judge Belding was sworn in as chief of police Thursday night, and after a citizens’ meeting, appointed 150 special officers, who patrolled all BRYAN IN ILLINOIS. Presented to Bloomington Audience By Vice President Stevenson. W. J. Bryan addressed a large audi- ence in Bloomington, Ill., Thursday night. He had been invited to take part in the St. Patrick's Day exercises, but could not be present Friday, so the celebration was held Thursday night. Bryan was introduced by ex- Vice President Stevenson as “the fore- most statesman of the times.” “You’ve heard of him before; you will hear of him again,” said Mr. Ste- '"'These expressions were received with great applause which was re- doubled as Mr. Bryan arose. The greater portion of hls address was an argument against imperialism. MRS. PLACE TO DIE. Murderess In Sing Sing Prison Will Be Electrocuted. A . New York dispatch , , says: Warden ri- j Sage, of the Sing Sing state prison, has informed Mrs. Place, the mur- doress, of Governor Roosevelt s refu- sal to commute her sentence of death i is. Place lore e s oc vi on, sign of emotion, but after the warden left Mrs. Place wept bitterly. Governor Roosevelt also sent to Warden Sage a letter giving directions as to the details for the execution of Mrs. Place to make it as unsensational as possible. WARNING TO MATAAFAITES. " __ More Trouble Is Expected In tha Sa- moan Islands. Advices from Samoa via Auckland state that owing to threats by the Mataafa people to burn the Malietoa villages in the Island of Savaii unless they sent taxes levied upon them and a number of soldiers to support Ma- taafa, the British consul visited Savaii on the British cruiser Porpoise and “iwfifil* •‘•jrwfs o, r MURDERER’S UNIQUE ESCAPE. Comrades Enclosed Him In a Shoe Box Sent From Penitentiary. John Ferriter, who murdered Police¬ man Charles Ware in Indianapolis two yearB ago, made a successful and sen¬ sational escape from the Michigan City penitentiary Thursday afternoon. He was in the shoe department, and, soliciting the aid of some of his fellow convicts in the shipping department, they boxed him up in a shoe case. The box was placed upon the delivery wagon and carted to the depot. As soon as the driver was well out¬ side the penitentiary limits, Ferriter broke out of the box, knocked the driver off and took to the woods. STORM DAHAQE IN ALABAflA. A Suburb of Birmingham Suffers Loss of About $ 20 , 000 . A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch says: Wednesday’s wind and rain storm was the severest ever known in this sec- tion outside of death-dealing cyclones, The record of losses in the little sub- urb of Avondale, ou the west of the city, will amount to at least $20,000 and probably a great deal more. Some of the escapes were simply marvelous, PRESIDENT ARRIVES ---------- —----- -- » “ad Welcome Awaited the Chi6f Ex6CUtiV8 cHld PlUty, - with H anna - Rest and Recreation Is the Only Object of Vacation. - a cordial reception awaited Presi- «*** Vfc.ft-U-.1M~. and Senator Hanna and their families at Thomasvilie, Ga., Tuesday, and when the presidential train reached th ]ilt] it * at 2; 30 o’clock in the afternoon there , healty . were many shouts of welcome sent up from a j throng of citizens and tourists which had already J wended its wav toward the , depot , so as to be in time to see the president and party alight from their train, Many were on hand to catch a j „]i mpse 0 f the nation’s ruler or to, per- I el ' anoe - meet and K ra8 P hls . hand , - aafl , others were present because they were impressed with the advantages of the pj ace aa a health and pleasure resort beenuse of the fact that the president has selected Thomasvilie as the rest- j mg place after his long and arduous j i duties in Washington, consequent the reeent session of congress and the b P aDIsh , *“• Preparations Were Complete. Everything was in readiness for e rece ption and entertainment of e distinguished guests. The Hanna mansion on Dawson street had been put j n the best of order for the great event of the president’s visit and 1 Tuesday morning the place looked , aH bright and cheerful as the heart ; ( . on ld wish for. Tt may be that for once all politics an(1 affair8 0 f state will be put aside and that McKinley’s stay will be purely a social and health-searching one. X he president and party upon arri- pa i immediately repaired to Senator Hanna’s house. There were no pub- : sre&sr is lhe ^ 01 * he Tuesday afternoon a committee of school children called on the presi- ’ f ent and Mrs McKinley and presented «^m with a large tray of violets hay- the word “Welcome” in white glooms in the midst of the pnrp e pil- 1™ bordered with green Mrs Mc- | K»>ley entertained the children They "ere the only callers during the day, notice having been given that the presi- (leut de8lred rest ’ I GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. | Th e Various New Industries Reported F° r the Past Week The more important of the new in- (lustries reporte d during the past week i include a barrel factory in Kentucky; ' boiler works in West Virginia; a $10,- 000 brick works in Texas; by-product coke plants in Tennessee and West Virginia; a chair factory in Tennessee; coal mines in eastern Kentucky; an / ootton com £ in Arkansas; tw( cotton mills in ia and one in ; South Caro]i two cotton seed oil miHg in T a distillery / in Ken- } an eleotric Jight pl nt in Te n- j nessee; electric light and power plants in Georgia and Virginia; a fertilizer factory in Florida; a flouring mill in Arkansas, two in North Carolina and one each in South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia; an iron foundry in Texas; a furniture factory in North Carolina; gas works in Kentucky; a $50,000 gold smelter in Georgia; a 75,000-barrel grain elevator in middle Tennessee; a $100,000 hardw-are com- P an y in West Virginia; an ice factory ia North Carolina; an ice and cold storage company in Arkansas; a ma- $ lne * b °P aud ? P?P er ba f m Virginia; a sash, door and blind fao- tOTy i,“ rexas | sa ". mllls ln <? eor 8 la and T ^“^ssee a clay roofing fl tilo eom- P an J ln West Virginia; telephone j P| ants J n Florlda - Geor K la and nSS°”<£S*-tSSS . | (Chattanooga, Too,.) APPEAL FROM DECISION. Georgia Railroad Commission Will Test Judge Speer’s Ruling. The decision of Judge Emory Speer, of Macon, to the effect that the Geor¬ gia railroad commission had no author¬ ity to require the Southern Express company to pay the cost of the revenue stamps and enjoining the commission from applying any fine if the company refuses to pay the stamps, will be ap¬ pealed. known definitely whether It is not the appeal will be made to the circuit court of appeals at New Orleans or whether it will go to the supreme court of the United States at Wash¬ ington. LEWIS PAYS PENALTY For the Foul Murder of Charles i Haynes at Atlanta, Ga. With a cry for a few more moments of life, for a drink of cold water and ! f or his wife to come to him with her ; prayers, Robert Lewis fell through the death-trap in the Tower at Atlan- ta, Ga., Tuesday morning, in expia- tion of the murder of Charles Haynes, aud eighteen minutes afterwards bj s body was out down and turned over to the undertaker. REBELS WERE SLAUGHTERED. Wheat Wheaton o«’s s Troops I roops Paralyze Paralyze a a force Force of or 2,000 Filipinos. _ Manila _ special . . says: (ton. ~ t Liloycl i i Wheaton, commanding the United States liying column, attacked and de- heavy loss upon them. The American loss was slight. The Americans cap- floating down the river. rr Twentieth 1 ' n J at , < ! logiiuont, ^\as °[ a °y^PT7 killed, .1 r I-' ri- vates Newman, Carroll, Marshall, Combs and Rogers were wounded. About 350 Fihpinos surrendered at ! j ment. tnred at p asig by the Twentieth regi Our troops found 100 dead bilipinos and 100 new graves near Paalg ’, The prisoners were unarmed and, . therefore, it is presumed they executed their threat of throwing their arms into the river. A Iater dis P atch ptates that the strongly fortified village of Cnitai, northwest of Pa8igj was captured Wednesday after a desperate fight by the Twentieth regular infantry. The Americans lost seventeen wounded, while the rebels’ loss was heavy. WILL RUSH THF.n HOflE. | Troops In Cuba Are Menaced By Quarantine Laws. ; A Washington dispatch says: Sa- j ^Xeit thiu“w?n pJobaSj Inforce : tbe quarantine laws after April first, As the war department is especially 1 anxious to muster out troops in the ; j south, it will rush as many regiments to Savannah ns possible between now j and the first of April. General Corbin said Wednesday morning that the department had se- cure d two extra transports from the Ward lino and that they hoped to get a n the volunteers out of Cuba by the 10th of April at least. General Corbin also stated that the department is as anxious to prevent- any transportation of disease into the south as the south’s quarantine offi- cer8 but that it will be very danger- one to be forced to carry troops to Camp l Meade either during this month or th e month of April. Besides, if mustered out at Camp Meade blankets and overcoats will be Si-ssJS jktssjs s un teers brought back by April 1st. MAY DISSOLVE “ASSEMBLY.” Generals Brooke and Gomez Hold ' Conference in Havana. A dispatch from Havana says: Gen- eral Gomez has decided to proceed with the plans agreed upon for dis- tributing the $3,000,000 to the Cuban troops, on disbanding, as though the military assembly did not exist. He | I conferred with Governor for two General hours Brooke Wednesday regard- ing the details. General Brooke asked the Washing- ton officials several days ago whether in case he dissolved the assembly his action would be approved. The cabled reply authorized him to dissolve that body, if, in his judgment, such an Ret was necessary. He hopes the assem- bly will soon cease of its own accord to hold its sessions, but should ses- sions disquieting to the public mind continue, he will intervene. DELIBERATIONS OF WOODMEN Interesting Reports Regarding Condi¬ tion of the Order Are Made. Wednesday afternoon’s session of the Woodmen of the World at Mem- phis, Tenn., was one of especial inter- e st, but little business was transacted except in the way of receiving and re- ferring. resolutions. The report of Sovereign Clerk Yates shows that during the year 1898 the death rate was about seven in every thousand, and this is a small decrease over the records of theprevious twelve months. COLORADO DESPERADOES j Cause the Peo P le ot Lake City io Ap ’ peal For Hllitary Protection. A dispatch was received by Gover- nor Thomas at Denver, Col., Wednes- day morning from Sheriff J. W. Deck, of Hinsdale county, asking for troops to aid him in enforcing the law at Lake City. It says a hundred armed men, mostly Italians, are defying the law. WOODMEN IN SESSION. Biennial Meeting of the Sovereign Camp In Memphis, Tenn. The sovereign camp, Woodmen of the World, the fifth ’argest fraternal and beneficial order in the United States, met in biennial session Tues¬ day morning at Goyoso hotel, at Mem¬ phis, with 60 delegates in attendance. The sovereign camp is composed of delegates from all of the states in the United States with the exception of the Pacific jurisdiction, which has a separate head camp, but is represented at this convention by fraternal dele¬ gates as is also the Canadian jurisdic¬ tion. The deliberations of the body were held behind closed doors. HARRISON’S RENOMINATION For Mayor of Chicago Decided In Democratic Primaries. The result of the democratic prima¬ ries held in Chicago Wednesday in¬ sures the renomination of Carter H. Harrison for mayor. No opposition to the Harrison ticket was made at the polls by the adherents of ex-Governor Altgeld, who will run as an independent candidate, and, in consequence, a light vote was polled. PRISONERS SHOT BY WHITECAPPERS Hte. Negroee Killed By a Mob at Palmetto, Ga. WERE HELD FOR ARSON. Citizens Ask Governor Candler to Send Troops at Once. Nine negroes were the victims of a pnrty of masked wliitecaps in Pal- metto, Ga., at about 1 o . clock i .mi. Ihurs- day morning. While the people of the little town were sleeping quietly a gang of fully two hundred men entered the place, rode up to an outhouse wuere tne ne- groes were imprisoned and called on the guard, with threats and ourses, to turn over the nine prisoners who were there for trial on the charge of arson. Owing to superior numbers of the mob the guards were overpowered without difficulty, and with a rush the wliitecaps made for the negroes, who had been awakened by tbe noise on the outside. The nine negroes were shot down while they were calling for mercy. Six of them were killed out- right; the others were fatally wound¬ ed. „ rpn i os i pypitfiment orevailed in the town Everybody was soon awake and armed, fearing an outbreak ou tlie part of the negroes of the communiv, ' vh ° were threatening to avenge the blood of their race. The nine negroes were held for the . burning of the town, which took place ' afd January, Governor Candler was called on a, 4 o’clock a. m., for troops to be sem to tlie town at once ’ NO Nlrk POLITI CAL miM rnW r-KKCiyv-ca, pp B pv rF S> wm Be He | d at Thomasvilie, Says ‘ ’ n 0 (j Cr t A Thomasvilie, r ia., , P eo _„. ’ resident McKinley rested \\ ed •_ es - dny ; enjoyed h . ' ay 8 re , axa ' 1 ° a r bc the fatl f , tra . ' el , tUat f , 116 ha8 ' e ? ba<1 r . P ues °. s ! “ ? nauy mon ’ , , . P° 1 lciau ( ? mt rwSS 1 . . , . i the few things of I ers or functions, and j a personal nature which it was neces- ! ! S ary he should attend to were quickly dispatched through Assistant Secretary I j. Cortelyou. government’s bus- All details of the j iness are being attended to in Wash- j ! policy ington that and possibly only nrgent develop matters will of | may be laid before the president here. : No political conferences have been j held or are in contemplation in j Thomasvilie. telegraphed from Reports Washington having that been : a ! conference would be held here to de- aide whether Vice President Hobart : j wfHikl be again the party’s Associated f 0 r the vice presidency, the j j ator Press Hanna’s correspondent house went during out the to after- Sen- ; U oon to inquire about them. He passed Senator Hanna going j down president town for a shave, asleep lenrned and met that the | Hie was j vice president in the library. Mr. i Hobart said: “I don’t care to talk about the re- port, it is too ridiculous, I don’t ex- peel any politicians to come here. As to conferring with the president and Senator Hanna, I would not come all the way to Thomasvilie for that. I can see them three times a day in Washington.” SHERMAN SERIOUSLY ILL. Is Laid Up With a Bad Case of Pneu¬ monia at Martinique. A dispatch from Fort De France, Martinique, says: John Sherman, who is a passenger on board the American line steamer Paris, which arrived Wed¬ nesday from Trinidad with the party of excursionists who are making a tour of the West Indian islands, is suffering from pneumonia. While at San Juan de Porto Rico a week ago Mr. Sherman was entertain¬ ed by Brigadier General Fred Grant, commander of the military depart¬ ment of San Juan, and caught cold. The malady w-as not considered seri¬ ous until Tuesday night. SECURES DIRECT LINE. The L.. & N. Will Build From Selma, Ala., to Pensacola, Fla. A Birmingham dispatch says: Re¬ cently the Louisville and Nashville railroad began the construction of a foriy-mile gap of road between Pine Apple and Repton, Ala., which, when completed, will give ; t a direct line from Selma to Pensacola, Fla. It is learned that the same company has just put surveyors in the field be¬ tween Selma and Yolande with a view of completing the new line to Birming¬ ham, thus giving it a straight route from Birmingham to Pensacola via Selma and Repton. - SAMPSON MAKES REQUEST That His Name Be Omitted From List of Promotions. Secretary Long of the Navy, Admiral lias re- ceived a letter from Rear Sampson in which tbe admiral, after referring to the allegations that lists of officers recommended for promotion for gallantry off Santiago has failed of confirmation because it included his name, asked the secretary to immedi- ately reappoint these officers, omitting his own name. STATEMENT OF OOMEZ Accepting His Summary “Dismissal” From the Cuban Army. A special from Havana says: Gen¬ eral Maximo Gomez has issued the following statement to the Cuban peo¬ ple and army: t < By the use of the supreme facili¬ ties with which it is endowed, the as¬ sembly, representing the army only, has dei osed me ascommauder-in-chief of the Cuban army, which grade it con- ferred on me during the last war. As commander-in-chief I always followed the dictates of my best conscience and the call of great national needs. 1 en¬ deavored in all circumstances to fulfill my duty. considers the fact “The assembly raise tliat I do not aid it in efforts to loans, which latter would compromise the greatest financial and political in¬ terests of Cuba, to be an act of i» so fi¬ ll ordination and want of respect. The primary cause for the action taken against mo is my conviction that Cuba should begin the exercise of its own sovereignty, as a republic of union and concord, proclaimed it Monte Cristo and sustained unimpaired on the field of battle, free from all compromise, keeping the nation's honor spotless. “As for the rest, as a sincere man, I confess I thank them because they relieve me of great political obliga¬ tions and also leave me free to return to my abandoned home, which, during thirty years of continifal slrife for the good of this country that T love much, has been my one aspiration. Foreigner as I am, I did not come to serve this country by helping it to defend its just cause as a mercenary soldier, and consequently, since the oppressive power of Spain has with¬ drawn from this land and left Cuba in freedom, I have sheathed my sword, thinking I had finished my mission which I had voluntarially imposed upon myself. I am owed nothing. I retire contented and satisfied at hav¬ ing done all I could for the benefit of my brothers. Wherever destiny rules that I make my home, there can the Cubans depend upon a friend.” PROTECTION GUARANTEED. Citizens Forced To Leave South Caro¬ lina Can Now Return. A response" Columbia, S. C., dispatch says: In to letters received by him from various persons, who, as a result of warnings received are afraid to re¬ turn to their homes in Abbeville and Greenwood counties, the neighbor¬ hood of the Phoenix troubles, Gover- nor Ellerbe has issued a proclamation calling upon the sheriffs, deputy sher- iffs, magistrates, constables and all other peace officers in Greenwood and Abbeville counties, under the pains and penalties of law, to protect such wronged and persecuted persons in their lives, property and liberties and in their performance of their duties, driven | from He then extends homes, to all citizens aforesaid, u ho j as | desire to return to their homes, suuh j full protection as ail the power of the state can give as long as t icy , pursue their lawful business, and the good people in the said counties are earnestly urged to assist in upholding J the law and in saving the good names of the respective counties, * PRESIDENT TAKES VACATION, — Party Leaves Washington For An Outing In Thomasvilie, Ga. President and Mrs. McKinley and a party of friends left Washington at g;lo o’clock Monday night for a vaca- Hon of ten days or two weeks at Thom¬ asvilie, Ga. The trip) was made via the Atlantic Coast Lino and the Plant system, aboard a splendid train of Pullman cars, perfect in equipment with every provision for the comfort and safety of the party. (rain time the Ten minutes before president and Mrs. McKinley reached the station, where a number of people had assembled, and went on board the train and greeted those who accompa¬ nied them on the trip. These included the vice president and Mrs. Hobart and Master Hobart, Senator and Mrs. Hanna, Miss Hanna and Miss Phelps, Dr. J. N. Rixey and Mr, George B. Cortelyou, assistant secretary to the president, and B. S. Barnes, one of the executive clerks. Secretary Alger, Postmaster General Emory Smith, Secretary to the Presi¬ dent Porter, General Corbin and oth¬ ers were at the station to bid the party farewell. CASTELLANOS HUNTING TROUBLE Former Governor General of Cuba Slanders Spanish Officers. A Madrid dispatch says: An extra¬ ordinary speech made by General Castellanos, the Spanish governor gen¬ eral of Cuba, who was recently ap¬ pointed captain general of Madrid, to the soldiers during an inspection which he made at the barracks Wed¬ nesday has caused intense anger in military circles. The captain general said: “There is only one thing good in the army and it is the soldier himself. As to tlie offi-ers, if they are derelict in their duty I am accustomed to send them to the galleys.” EXAMINATION NECESSARY. Second Lieutenants’ Commissions Will Depend on Herits. a. Washington dispatch says: All tlie men recently appointed second lieutenants in the anny will have to pa88 examinations before they are com- missioned, They will take rank according to the examinations which they pass, the meu f rom the regular army taking precedence over those appointed from civil life.