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ADMIRAL DEWEY BEGINS JOURNEY HOME Leaves Manila On the Olympia Amidst Music of Bands, Booming of Cannon and Shouts of Thousands of Sailors. i EXACT ITINERARY IS NOT AT PRESENT KNOWN AT DEPARTMENT Hero of Manila Sat Upon the Deck of His Ship and Received Parting Adieus From His Hosts of Friends. The cruiser Olympia with Admiral Dewey on board left Manila on her homeward journey to the United States at 4 o’clock last Saturday after¬ noon. As she steamed away the Ore¬ gon, Baltimore and Concord fired an admiral’s salute. At the first shot the band on the flagship’s aft deck played a lively air and her white clad sailors crowded the decksjand gave a tremen¬ dous cheer. As the Olympia passed the Oregon, the crew of that battleship gave nine cheers for the Olympians, wdio responded by throwing their caps so high that dozens of them were left bobbing in the wake of the cruiser. Then followed the noisiest half hour known in the Vanila harbor since the battle which linked its name with that of Dewey. The din of guns and brass bands echoed through tho smoke, a fleet of steam launches shrieked their whistles, the musicians of the Balti¬ more played “Home, Sweet Home,” her flags signaled “good-by” and those of the Oregon said “pleasant voyage.” The merchant vessels in these waters dipped their flags, the ladies on the decks of the vessels of the fleet waved handkerchiefs and the great, blafck British cruiser Powerful, which lay the furt.herest, saluted the Olympia, The latter’s band then played “God Save the Queen,” and to this the crew of the Powerful responded with hearty cheers for the Olympia. The last music heard from Admiral Dewey’s ship was “Auld Laug Syne,” while the guns from the forts at Cav- ite and from the Monterey, on guard off Paranaque, too far to be audible, puffed white clouds of smoke. Tl\e Olympia was disappearing past Corregidor island when a battery be- fore the walled citv spoke Manila’s last word of farewell. Admiral Dewey sat on the deck of the Olympia and received the adieu of his friends during the most of the day. The launch of Major General Otis was the first to arrive alongside the cruiser at 7 o’clock Saturday morning and af¬ terwards the admiral landed and called upon the major general and the United States Philippine commissioners. Admiral Dewey was enthusiastic I over his home going, but when men- tion was made of the welcome to be [ j extended to him he said he appreciated the friendship of his countrymen deeply, but hoped they would not be too demonstrative. He intends to go J directly to his home at Montpelier, Vt., and lire there. On it being said that the people wanted him to go home by the way of Sail Francisco and across the continent, the admiral replied: | "If I was twenty years younger and had ARBITRATION TO THE fORE. I Second Session of tile Peace Confer¬ ence a Short One. The second sitting of the peace con¬ ference at The Hague took place Sat¬ urday morning and lasted thirty -five minutes. The president of the conference, Baron De Staal, read the replies of the czar and Queen Wilhelmina to the telegrams sent to them by the confer-} | ence on Thursday. The president, M. De Staal, then addressed the delegates on the subject of the labors before them, and it was decided not to publish the speech. It ■was learned during the day that he placed the question of mediation and arbitration in the forefront during his speech. The question of the laws of war rendering war as humane as pos¬ sible by the extension of the regula¬ tions already existing was then touch¬ ed upon by the president and he rel¬ egated the question of the reduction of armaments to the third place. FINAL ORDERS GIVEN For Payment of the Three Millions To the Cuban Army. A special from Havana says: The order for the payment of the Cuban troops and the delivery of their arms to the mayors of the various munici- palities under the supervision of the civil governors was signed by Governor General Brooke Saturday. The first payment of the troops has been set for May 27th at the foot of the Prado in Havana, and the second for May 30th at Santiago de las Vegas, in Havana province. The payments will be continued at other places in the crovince day by day thereafter. ROBBERS USED TORCH. Big Jacksonville Cigar Factory Looted and Then Set On Fire. The entire plant of the G. H. Gato Ci<rav Manufacturing company at Jacksonville, Fla., was burned Satur- day night. The loss is $15,000, with $7,000 insurance. incendiary, the safe The origin was robbed before tbe 1 in ttee office being ! 'place was fired. Mr. Gato, the pro- prietor, states that he will rebuild im- ; mediately- I pclltical ambitions I would net miss that chance." Speaking of the situation, Admiral Dewey said: “I believe wo are near the end. The in¬ surgents are fast going to pieoes. The send- ingot a third commission'shows that they believe this commission moans business.” Captain Walker, of the Concord, the last of the commanders in battle at Manila, went to the admiral and said: “Don’t leave me behind.” So he was relieved and went home on the Olympia along with Admiral Dewey. DEWEY ITINERARY. Navy Department Will Soon Issue a Bul¬ letin for the Public. A Washington special says: So far the navy department knows nothing ... except . in the most general way of the itinera- ry of Admiral Dewey’s cruise from Manila to New York. He has reported that he will come by the Suez canal route and has not indicated officially how long he will take in mak¬ ing the trip. The actual departure of the Olympia was made known in the following five words coming by cable from Captain Baker at Manila: “Olympia, Hong Kong. Assumed cammand.” The understanding at the navy de- partment is that the admiral will spend about two weeks at Hong Hong, and for the Olympia is to be docked her drab war paint must be covered with the spotless white which makes the American naval ship the most beauti- ful in the world. In the absence of other information, it is assumed that the Olympia from Hong Kong will follow the usual course of the warships coming home by way of the Suez canal. She will touch first after Hong Kong at Singa- pore, then at Columbo, then, perhaps, at Aden, at the entrance of the Bed sea, to take on a crew of Lascars to fire the boilers in the intensely hot passage through the sea and the Suez | canal, Stops will be made of necessity at Suez and at Port Said. It is assumed that Malta will be touched, and per- baps Genoa or Nice before reaching Gibraltar. Leaving the Mediterra- nead, the Olympia will stand straight across the Atlantic, though she may put in at Azores for two days, The time that should be occupied by such a trip is variously estimated by naval officers, but the average is about seventy days from date. However,the public will soon be able to get a more accurate knowledge of the itinerary, for within a few days the navy department will be in possession of the schedule of the ship’s movements. VIEWED OLD BATTLEFIELDS. President Takes In the Shenandoah Valley On Homeward Trip. The president and Mrs. McKinley, with the friends who accompanied tbem, reached Washington at 5:30 Sat- nrday afternoon. The outing has been of great benefit to the president and he resumes his official duties thor¬ oughly refreshed aud invigorated. The party left Hot Springs, Va., Fri¬ day night and Saturday traveled slow- ly through the Shenandoah valley, rich in beautiful scenery and points of his- toric interest. Thirty-five years ago Mr. McKinley, as assistant adjutant general on the staff of General Crook, marched through the same valley par¬ ticipating in the heavy fighting which occurred during Sheridan’s famous raid. The president went over this ground and from the rear platform of recalled the spe¬ cial train which carried him with great distinctiveness the places which saw so much bloodshed. The roadways aud stations were lined with people to catch a glimpse of the chief of the nation or to warmly grasp hi* hand where brief stops were made. NEBRASKANS GREET SCHLEY. Omaha Citizens Tender Rear Admiral a Grand Reception. Vn the face of a biting wind of a raw day, 10,000 people attended a public reception tendered Rear Ad- miral Schley in Omaha Saturday. The rotunda of the city hall was elaborately decorated and from 4 until 6 o clock a constant stream of humanity passed through. for closing the When the hour re¬ ception came there were still people in line. As he drove away in a carriage a large crowd around tbe city hall cheered him vigorously. In the even¬ ing by°the Admiral Schley was banqueted members of the Loyal Legion. ’ SHAFTER IN COMMAND. General Is Placed In Charge of Alaskan Military Affairs, i A Washington dispatch states that the war department has turned over to General Shatter the complete direction c f a ll military affairs m Alaska. The only general instructions sent to him have been to relieve the soldiers who have been stationed in Alaska by fresh troops, it being deemed unwise to at- tempt to retain men m that climate for more than one year at a tune. connissiON at Samoa Members Begin Their Labors By a Conference With Chief Justice Chambers. The Samoan commission, consisting of Bartlett Tripp, former United States minister to Austria-Hungary; Baron Speck von Sternberg, representing Germany, and 0. N. Elliott, C. B., of the British embassy at Washington, representing England, arrived at Apia, Sam an Islands, on May 13th. Its first sitting took place May 16th. The commissioners were engaged all that morning in conferring with the chief justice, William L Chambers. Nothing was disclosed regarding the deliberations, but it is reported that they will uphold the action of Admiral Kautz, the American naval commander. Mataafa sent the commissioners a letter of welcome and expressed hope that they would satisfactorily end the troubles in Samoa. It is understood Mataafa will obey the unanimous or- der of the commission, though it is doubtful whether he will order his. followers to disarm, unless the Malie- toans are first disarmed. The Germans are preparing com- pensation claims. It is understood one firm claims $60,000, aud that other German subjects claim $20,000. Replying to questions submitted to him by a correspondent of the Asso- ciated Press, Mataafa said it was the head chiefs, and not himself, who be- gan the war, adding that they did so b th j were angered e at power r being taken from them by violonce. Mataafa claimed he had upheld the treaty and said his orders throughout were not to fire upon the Europeans, and that but for this order the whole party of blue-jackets could several times have been shot down by large bodies of natives concealed in the brush. KAUTZ TO BE RELIEVED. Satisfaction Expressed In Washington Over Samoan Affairs. A Washington special says: The American member of the Samoan com- mission, Mr. Bartlett Tripp, did not make any report by cable to the state department Thursday and all the de¬ partment’s information of the move- ment of the commission came from the naval cablegram and the press dis- patches. The officials were gratified to note that there had been no fresh outbreak preceding the arrival of the commis- sion, and from what is reported of the conditions at Apia, they are convinced that the crisis has passed, and that the commission, will have little difficulty in securing the complete restoration of peace. It is realized that it will be no easy task to provide permanently for the administration of the affairs of the is- lands, however, and it is possible that this portion of the work will be passed ovfer for the time and remain for ad- justment when the commissioners re- turn to the United States, Respecting the reported approval by the commission of Admiral Kantz’s acts, it can be stated that little doubt was entertained in Washington that such would be the result when these acts were examined dispassionately by fair-minded men of large caliber, just as they received the approval of the j president and Secretary Hay, after a j .careful scrutiny. ! Admiral Kautz will return to the United States with the Philadelphia, j j The fla >ship will be replaced at Apia fly the cruiser Newark, which is as f orm jd a ble in every respect as the Philadelphia, and having been recent- , jy renov ated, is in shape for long ser- vice. She was started for Apia about s i x wee h s ago from New York, making her way around South America. THE PEACE CONFERENCE. Committees Consider the Subjects Submitted To Them. Advices from The Hague state both sections of the committee on the laws of warfare of the peace conference met separately Thursday and began the ex¬ amination of the subjects submitted to them, the Red Cross section discussing paragraphs five and six of the circular of Count Mnravieff, the Russian min¬ ister of foreign affairs, and the Brus¬ sels conference section discussing par¬ agraph seven. and Both sections met subsequently discussed the question of competence as regards the scheme for the revision of the Geneva convention known as the Morgnier scheme. WASHINGTON’S SCHOOL. Eighteenth Annual Commencement Occurs At Tuskegee. The eighteenth annual commence¬ ment of the Tuskegee, Ala., Normal and Industrial institute, Booker Wash¬ ington’s school, occurred Thursday. Eleven hundred and sixty-four stud¬ ents have been enrolled during the year, 801 boys, 363 girls. The atten¬ tion has been very steady, bringing the avereage for the year above one thousand. 1 The graduates in all de¬ partments number sixty-one, of these forty-four are from both normal and industrial departments. NEW POST FOR COOHLAN. Commander of Raleigh Is Ordered To Puget Sound Station. The naval orders posted Wednesday assign Captain J. B. Coghlan to duty as commandant of the Puget Sound naval station, June 30th, by which time the Raleigh will be out of com¬ mission. The remaining detached officers of the Raleigh are also ami placed in waiting orders or leave. Captain Coghlan relieves as command¬ ant Captain J. G. Green. STEAMER PARIS ALMOST WRECKED Went Ashore On the Treacherous Manacles Near Falmouth. NO LIVES REPORTED LOST Accident Occurred Near Scene of tho Mohegan Disaster. Advices from Falmouth, England, slate that the American fine steamer Paris, Captain Watkins, from South¬ ampton and Cherbourg for Norfolk, struck on an outlying ridge of the -Manacles early Sunday morning at a point half mile from where the wrecked Atlantic transport liner Mo- hegau lies, and live miles from Fal- month. The Paris, which sailed from South¬ ampton Saturday, called at Cherbourg and picked up fifty passengers. She left Cherbourg at 6 o’clock Saturday evening. Soon after 1 o’clock Sunday morning, at high tide, and in a dense fog, she ran ashore. From the first there was no danger. Lifeboats and tugs were soon literally swarming around the vessel to render assistance. A majority of the passengers, number¬ ing 380, were carried to Falmouth, where they obtained lodgings for the night. Captain Watkins reported that his ship was lying comfortably in smooth .vater, and that there was no occasion for any alarming reports. He report¬ ed the passengers and crew as well. The first intimation of the vessel’s striking the rocks was a slight grating sound, followed by a shock and then a more pronounced shock. The look¬ out shouted that there was something looming ahead, but before there was time to reverse the engines the ship had gone on the rocks, 200 yards from the shore. Assistance was summoned by means of rockets, aud the coast guards promptly telephoned to the life-saving station for boats. A majority of the passengers were not aware that an accident had hap¬ pened until they were called up by the steward. On reaching the deck theyfound the ship’s boats in perfect readiness for their reception. The se4 was perfectly calm, and the only discomfort that the passengers experienced was caused by the slight rain falling at the time. Owing to the calmness of the sea the boats could be managed with entire safety. prevailed aboard the Perfect order vessel. Captain Watkins stood on the bridge giving orders, and his perfect self-possession and calmness of de¬ meanor had a reassuring effect upon the passengers, In accordance with the instructions of tho captain, the women and children were the first to be taken off the ship. Such perfect order was maintained that a passenger described the scene as simply a slow procession of women and children walking in single file to the boats. IT 15 NOW AUTONOMY. Representatives of Filipino Rebels Have Dropped Armistice Question. The Filipino commissioners who ar¬ rived at Manila Saturday to negotiate with the United States commissioners held a conference Sunday morning with Messrs. Scliurman, Worcester and Den by. They say that t hey are without power to bind the so-called Filipino government in any particular and can only refer any results of the present negotiations to Aguinaldo. The commissioners, General Gre- Gorio del Pilar, Lieutenant Colonel Alberto Barretto, Major Zealita and Senor Gracio Gonzaga, with their families, spent the day in visiting friends in Manila and conferred with Senors Florentine Torres, Pablo Ocampo and Teodore Yanco, the mem¬ bers of the local Filipino association, who will participate in the meetings with Americen commissioners. Autonomy is the burden of the talk of the Filipinos, and it is thought that the kind they wish for would be little different from the American protecto¬ rate which they talked of before the war. LAKE CITY POSTOFFICE Will Be Re-Established By the Wash¬ ington Officials. President McKinley has assured Congressman Norton of South Carolina that he would take up the matter of re-establishing a postoffiee at Lake City with the postmaster general aud see what could be done about it. Mr.Noiton visited the capital at the urgent request of the business element in Lake City to make an earnest ap¬ peal in behalf of the conservative ele¬ ment of that city. They are now sub¬ jected to the greatest inconveniences, having to carry their letters four or five miles to be mailed to and from the nearest postoffice station. PARDONS ARE REFUSED. Governor Candler, of Georgia, Turns Down /Taiiy Applications. Fourteen applications for pardons were turned down at Atlanta, Ga., Monday, by Governor Candler because the state pardon board failed to make favorable recommendations. Tbe wholesale refusal of applications by tbe board indicates that to obtain lavorable recommendation is not so easy a thing as was imagined by many people. DAUNTLESS CASE. Little Pilibusterer Will Soon Be Freed From Custody of Courts. A Savannah dispatch says: The steam tug Dauntless, which caused the United States officers so many sleepless nights before the war with Spain was finally declared, is about to get a clean and clear discharge from the United States court in Georgia. The cases against the vessel have al¬ ready been dismissed in Florida, and it will not, require long to Bettle mat¬ ters with the Georgia court. When the case against the Dauntless was called Monday morning in theUni- ted States court at Savanah the district attorney stated that the differences between the government and the owners of the Dauntless were now Vis¬ ing arranged. He stated that the cases against the vessel in Florida had been dismissed and he understood the same course was to be pursued by the Georgia court. It was announced that as soon as the owner of the Dauntless signed a certificate of probable cause for her detention by the United States author¬ ities so that there could be no action taken against the government later for detaining the tug the case would he dismissed. It was desired to protect the government from any embarass- ment in the future. The certificate will be signed within the next few days and the Dauntless will have no charge against it in any court. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. The Various New Industries Estab¬ lished the Past Week. The more important of the new in¬ dustries reported during the past week include a $25,000 box aud barrel factory in Kentucky; a construction company in Mississippi; six cotton mills—three in Georgia, two in North Carolina and one in South Carolina; seven cottonseed oil mills—one each in Alabama, Mississippi and two each in Georgia and South Carolina; electric light, plants in Kentucky and Tennes- see; fertilizer factories in Georgia and South Carolina; flouring mills in Ken- tueky and Tennessee; a $50,000 furni- ture factory in Mississippi; a window glass company in West Virginia; $50,- 000 grain elevator in Georgia; a patent hinge factory in Kentucky; ice facto- ries in Florida and East Tennessee; a knitting mill in North Carolina; a leather goods manufactory in West Virginia; a $600,000 lumber company in Arkansas and a $200,000 one in Geor- gia; machine shops in Texas; mining companies in Texas and West Virginia; a $200,000 novelty works and machine company in West Virginia; oil compa- nies in Texas and West Virginia; a packing establishment on the gulf coast of Mississippi; planing mills in Georgia and East Tennessee; a stave factory in North Carolina; a . ugar re- finery in Louisiana; a tobacco factory in North > avolina, aud a wood work - ing factory in Alabama.—Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.) THREE YEARS FOR KEENER. Alleged Confederate of Dice Convicted In United States Court. In the United States ecu tat Atlanta Monday morning John R. Keener, the alleged confederate of George W.Diee, the king of counterfeiters, was sen- tenced by Judge Newman to serve three years in the state prison at Nash- ville and to pay a fine of $500, in ad- ditio’n to all the costs of prosecution. Keener was convicted for having in his possession and concealing coun- terfeit money. This money, amount- ing to $9,000, was obtained from George W. Dice, who sought to play his hand during the days of the Cotton States and International exposition four years ago. Dice is now serving a term of eight years in the penitentiary and in addi¬ tion to that he has over him a fine of $500. _________________ NEW CRUISERS DESIGNED. The Building of Only Six Warships Will Be Undertaken This Year. The board of naval bureau chiefs at Washington Monday agreed upon the details of the six new cruisers, Den- ver, Des Moines, Chattanooga, Gal- veston, Tacoma and Cleveland, which will be the only vessels provided for in the last naval appropriation bill that can be undertaken this year, ow¬ ing to the inability of tbe department to secure armor for the others. PROPOSED NEW ROAD. Report That One Will Be Built From Columbia To Jacksonville. It is reported that the Southern Railway is to build a line of its own from Columbia, S. C., to Jacksonville, Fla., as a result of the recent purchase by the Williams syndicate of the Florida Central and Peninsular rail¬ road. The system will build an air line from Alleudale, S. C., the southern terminus of the Carolina Midland rail¬ way, which it recently acquired, to Jacksonville. The report is based on information from Raleigh, which comes apparently from Southern sources. FATALITIES OF WAR. Deaths Among Our Soldiers Since Be¬ ginning of Hostilities With Spain. Adjutant General Corbin has pre¬ pared the following statement of the number of deaths which have occurred in the army since the beginning of tbe war with Spain: In Cuba, 1,399; iu Porto Rico, 287; at Honolulu, 45; in tbe Philippines, 664; in the United States, 3,872— total, 6,209. DEMOCRATS CONFER. They Met On Occasion of Anti-Trust Banquet. CAMPAIGN PLAN DISCUSSED Gathering At St. Ixmis of flembers of the National Democratic Committee. With twenty-two members present in person the Democratic National committee went into secret session at 10 o’clock Thursday at the Planters* hotel in St. Louis. The special occasion which brought together these democrats was the ban¬ quet of the Jefferson Club of St Louis, the anti-trust banquet it was called. Governor Stone stated the object of the meeting as set out in the call. He was then elected chairman. J. M. Griffin, of Pennsylvania, who was present as proxy for Committee¬ man Harity of that state, made a total representation of 23 states Commit¬ teeman Stone, of Missouri, presided, and immediately after calling the meeting to order announced that re¬ ports of organizations and conditions in the different states were desired. One by one the representatives of the different states outlined the conditions existing at home and the reports were accepted without recommendations of any kind. A number of matters of importance were discussed and plans looking to complete organization for the fight of I960 were gone over, The work that has been done by the ways aud means committee was given formal indorsement, and in order that this might be furthered and other mat- ters of vital importance might be cou¬ sidered officially, a resolution was adopted requesting Senator Jones to formally convene the committee at Chicago on July 20th. The date and place are left to his discretion, but the above suggestions were made by those of the committee present. As this was only a coa- ference and not a regularly called meeting, they thought it best to Love the full committee get together at an | early battle date of next and prepare for the great ; year, j After the committee had been in ses- ; sion an hour, Mr. Brvau was intro- duced and made a short address, urg- i ing the members to look closely after the organizations in their states, and suggesting that strong efforts be mad* 1 to provide campaign funds for the com¬ ! ing campaign. He made no specific ! suggestions, merely talking in a gen¬ i eral way regarding the great advantage j of organization. j The banquet to which more than fifteen hundred people sat down was I spread in the exposition hall, a great structure built somewhat on the lines ° f Madison Square Garden, with pn- vate boxes and tiers of seats and gal- leries on srHes; and it is estimated 15,000 people were withm sound of the voices of the speakers, Other thousands were unable to get in. There were democrats, not only from Missouri, but from all of the snrronnd- »ng 8tat es. Indeed, almost every slat* in the union was represented, and in * sense, therefore, it was a national ^a^ering. All of the speeches were excellent. It « not often that on an occasion of this kind they are so uniformly good. Congressman Champ Clark, who is a great favorite with his fellow Missoa- rians, pitched the speaking on a high key and the others who followed wera fortunately able to keep on the same high plane. “Bryan and the Chicago platform.” This was the message the speakers brought from the democratic masses. However strong the declaration against trusts or against an imperialistic poli¬ cy may be, there must be, and there will be, no retreating from the ground taken in the great fight of 1896. And the enthusiastic demonstrations with which this declaration was re¬ ceived showed how completely it met the approval of the people who gave this anti-trnst banquet. PRESIDENT SENDS CHECK. Chief Executive Subscribes To the Dewey Home Fund. Acting Secretary to the President Cortelyou called upon Assistant Secre¬ tary of the Treasury Vanderlip, chair¬ man of the Dewey fund Thursday a*4 placed in his hands a check from the president, constituting Mr. McKin¬ ley’s contribution to the fund. In do¬ ing so, Mr. Cortelyou conveyed tho expression of the president’s interest in the undertaking and his pleasure in contributing with the people to this testimonial to Admiral Dewey. NEW YORK TAX BILL Passed By Legislature Will Soon O* On Statute Books. The New York state legislature, which met in special session Monday night, adjourned sine die at 6:2* o’clock Thursday afternoon after hav¬ ing passed the amended franchise tax bill and a bill appropriating $75,00® for the expense of celebrating Admiral Deyey’s return. Roose¬ It is expected that Goyernor velt will Bign the franchise tax bill at once.