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SECRETARY ALGER RESIGNS Head of the War Department Retires From President McKinley’s Cabinet. CAUSE OF RESIGNATION HAS NOT YET BEEN MADE PUBLIC It Is Surmised, However, That the President Suggested the Change Owing To Public Pressure. A Washington special says: Secreta¬ ry Alger has resigned from the cabinet, and tbe president has accepted his res¬ ignation to take effect at the end of the present month. Secretary Alger returned to Wash¬ ington Wednesday morning after a three days’ visit to Vice President Ho¬ bart’s cottage at Long Branch. He was an early caller at white house. Conference Was Short One. It is understood the colloquy was brief and spirited, and Secretary Al¬ ger hastily retired. He proceeded to the war department and formally pre¬ prepared his resignation to take effect at the discretion of „tlie president. Secretary Alger will retire at once from the war department, and Assis¬ tant Secretary Meiklejohn, now ab¬ sent from the city, has been tele¬ graphed for to return at once to take charge of the war department until the new secretary is formally an¬ nounced. It is said by administration people that the president had no fault to find with Secretary Alger’s administration of the war department, and his retire¬ ment from the cabinet is due entirely to the latter’s political combination with Governor Pingree, of Michigan, in opposition to the administration. This is regarded as a subterfuge. §m m ^ ' 3 fa . 'In ,h ,w. .<1 Lv % GEN. R. A. ALGER, WHOSE RESIGNATION AS SECRETARY OF WAR BAS BEEN TENDERED M’KINLEY. PRESIDENT | I The resignation of Secretary Alger is believed to have been sought by the president, as public opinion had 'al¬ most crystalized in a desire for the secretary’s retirement. The feeling began with the first charges of Gen¬ eral Miles that the beef furnished the army of invasion in Cuba had been chemically treated, or “embalmed.” It was at once apparent to many that the contracts entered into between the war department and packers were irregular, and so strong was tbe criticisms that the president ordered a board of investigation, which, after a long and tedious hearing, dismissed . the matter by simply criticising some of the acts of the war department, but AUSTRIANS PRAISE DEWEY. Vienna Newspaper Has Many Good Things To Say of Admiral. The Nue Frei Press (Vienna) pub¬ lished an article heartily welcoming Admiral Dewey to Austria. Recalling the bold coup de main at Manila, the Nue Frei Presse sees in the admiral the personification of daring coolness and dwells on his calmness and amia¬ bility, describing him as an admirable soldier and a gentleman who can be placed in the category with De Ruyter, Nelson and Tegethoff. The Nue Frei Presse then says: “The great welcome extended to Admiral Dewey is intended not only for the hero but above all to the glori¬ ous representative of the great Ameri¬ can nation to which Austria-Hungary is united by so many ties of interest.” //MORGAN EXPLAINS FURTHER. Senator Declares He Has No Fight To Hake On Bryan. At Anniston, Alabama, Wendesday, Senator Morgan, in answer to a ques¬ tion regarding that famous “inter¬ view,” said: “Yes, I see they are making a good deal out of it or trying to, but it is hardly neoessary for me to say that I am making war on no¬ body or that there is no deep or dark plot back of anything I have said or done. I am not in the habit of mak¬ ing war on democrats aud if Mr.Bryan is nominated, I shall be found sup¬ porting him with all the enthusiasm at my command.” EXTENDED THE FRANCHISES. New Road Between Hemphis and Pen¬ sacola May Now Be Built. At a special meeting of the Pensa¬ cola city council Wednesday morning the franchise of the promised railroad Pensa¬ cola and Northwestern was extended, and its immediate construc¬ tion, it is understood, will now be commenced. The road will be extended from Memphis, Tenn., to Pensacola. exonerating the secretary or General Eagan, the commanding chief, of any irregularity in awarding the contracts. In this matter the president stuck squarely by his secretary of war and defended him whenever opportunity offered. Then tho tremendous death rate from sickness in the army caused a general complaint extending from ocean to ocean, and whatever explana¬ tion was offered was quickly eclipsed by the startling figures showing that disease thinned the ranks a dozen times more than Spanish bullets. The criticisms along this line were joined in even by army officers, who recog¬ nized and charged that the army was in many instances officered by men who methods, knew and nothing that of the army disease rules J or was ! due in many cases to incompetence on the part of the regimental command¬ ers and the surgeons, whose appoint¬ ments were made through political in¬ fluence. With one of these charges at the door of the war department, a tre- mendons crusade against so-called “Algerism” began, and as the secre¬ tary’s determination not to retire in¬ creased, public demand for his removal increased, until the most powerful of the eastern newspapers were almost united in a determination that he i should surrender his portfolio. Through all of this the secretary declared he would not retire under fire. But recently he announced for the United States senate in Michigan ngainst the incumbent, Senator Mc¬ Millan. In doing this he openly formed an alliance with Governor Pingree, who is a declared anti-ad¬ ministration republican. Senator Mc¬ Millan is a strong McKinley advocate. The Last Straw. This last act was the straw that broke the camel’s back so far as Mc¬ Kinley is concerned. In the storm of criticism the president had stood by him, but to hold a position in the president’s official family in national politics and be allied with the presi- dent’s enemy in state politics was a double that the friends of the president openly resented and while McKinley has acted with the utmost diplomacy, it is known that he determined then and there to make a change. The an- nouncement of the secretary’s resigna- tion Wednesday, therefore, is in lino with what correspondents have pre- dieted for the four weeks past. No Reasons Given. No official statement as to the cause of the resignation was procurable ei- ther from tbe president or from Secre- tary Alger, neither of whom would talk on tbe subject. Nor was the letter j of resignation obtainable at this time. 1 For the present nothing will be known j officially concerning the severance of \ the official relations between tbe pres- ) ident and his war minister, but later j on the correspondence closing the lat- ter’s career as chief of the war depart- meiit doubtless will be given to the p reBSi DR. TICHENOR’S SUCCESSOR. Rev. F. H. Kerfoot Elected Secretary of Baptist Home Mission Board. Rev. F. H. Kerfoot, professor of systematic theology in the Southern j Baptist Theological seminary, of Lou- j isville, Ky., has been elected corre- ; sponding secretary of the home mis- | sion board of the Southern Baptist convention, whose headquarters are in Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Kerfoot has not yet accepted the office tendered him, but every possible influence is being brought to bear to induce him to do so. It would hardly comport with Dr. Kerfoot’s idea of propriety to accept this new office un¬ til he has resigned his professorship in the seminary. The board in Atlanta feels very con¬ fident that they will secure Dr. Ker¬ foot’s services. FOR MRS. M’KINLEY’S HEALTH President Is Arranging For a Pleasure Trip To Lake Champlain. President and Mrs. McKinley will leave Washington probably within a week for a pleasure trip designed mainly for the benefit of Mrs. McKinley’s health. They will go to Lake Cham¬ plain and will be absent from Wash- ingtoh for at least two weeks, On their way back they may stop at Long Branch and visit the Vice-President. Salvador Has Troubles. United States Consul Jenkins at San Salvador has reported to the state department by cable that San Salva¬ dor is in a state if siege as the result I of revolutionary plotting. MISSION OF WHITNEY. Reported That He Has Gone To Ask Dewey To Be Candidate. O. H. P. Belmont, of New York, who attended the meeting of the dem¬ ocratic national committee in Chicago, was asked if William C. Whitney’s sudden departure for Europe was in the nature of a mission. He said that he understood Mr. Whitney meant to see Admiral Dewey and persuade the seaman to let his name be presented to the national convention. GEORGIA STATE FAIR A movement, headed by the South¬ ern Mining Association, is now on foot to make an extensive exhibit of mineral ores at the state fair this fall. It is expoeted that the state geologi¬ cal survey will be induced to take in¬ terest in the display and aid in mak¬ ing it one of the most extensive ever si en in the state. The intended ex¬ hibit will be particularly interesting and instructive, and will do much to plac8 before the public evidences of the state’s mineral wealth. The South¬ ern Mining Association has nearly 100 members in this and other states, and each will contribute to that ex¬ hibit a number of valuable specimens. The racing board is actively at work on the details of the program for the running and trotting races which will be given at the fair. Formal applica¬ tion has been made for membership to the American Trotting Association. Membership to this association will guarantee to those who intend mak¬ ing entries that the races will be con¬ ducted with fairness to all. A large enough amount has been bund up in purses to attract the very best horses, and the sport is going to be clean and fair, as well as thrilling. County and city convicts are already hard at work on the Btate fair grounds getting them in perfect shape for the holding of the fair. There are no prettier exposition grounds in this country than Piedmont Park, and with the few touches that are required to put them in the same beautiful con¬ dition that they were during the Cot¬ ton States and International Exposi¬ tion, they will, in themselves, be worth a visit to Atlanta to see. Jnterest in the.poultry show at the fair continues to grow, and the out¬ look now is for the largest and finest exhibition of its kind that the south has ever seen. Inquiries about the exhibition are coming from far and near, and there will be not less than four or five thousand fine birds on ex¬ hibition. In conjunction with with the poultry show, the executive com¬ mittee has authorized the holding of a dog show, and appropriated five hundred dollars for premiums. This additional feature has met with wide approval, and will be one of the sights of the fair. A movement is on foot for a repro¬ <1 action of Pickett s famous charge at Gettysburg at the Georgia state fair! Wouldn’t that be a grand feature of 0 sham battle? A confederate veteran has written to Secretary Martin a letter full of capital suggestions, and the most striking sug- gestion is that the veterans shall fight a sham battle at the state fair, repro- ducing in it “Pickett’s charge.’ Secretary Martin says this would make one of tbe greatest attractions of II 16 fair, and cordially endorses ^the idea. The writer of the letter says that he h as recently traveled over the state that a large number of confederate Dumber veterans of will visit the^ fair^-and a camps are going as organ- izations. He is convinced that the most, popular attraction that could bo offered the public would be a “sliam battle” by the veterans. Hecomers- e< T> he says, with fully 100 veterans in Georgia on this subject, and without a single exception they expressed a willingness and a < ‘ eK ‘ 1 ’ e f° take part i’ 1 sue h a “battle. Many said that they would bring their families to see such a battle and to hear the “rebel yell.” PLACE FOR CANNON. Captured Spanish Prizes To Be Hount- ed On Capitol Lawn. two Spanish cannon, captured } n Cuba by the American army, and -wRich are to be sent to Atlanta, have not yet arrived, but are expected daily. These two interesting pieces of ordnance will be placed on the lawn at the northwest corner of the capitol building, so that the cannon will face the corner of Hunter and Washington streets. This position is the most prominent about the grounds, as all persons en¬ tering the building pass through the Hunter street or the Washington street doors, and the corner just be¬ tween these two entrances is by far the most conspicuous on the grounds. STRIKERS ACCUSED Of Trying To Blow Up Elevated Struc¬ ture In Brooklyn, N. Y. An attempt was made to blow up the elevated structure at Fifth avenue and Thirty-fifth street in Brooklyn, N. Y., at 1:10 o’clock Wednesday morning. The police say that it was the work of strikers or sympathizers. One of the pillars of the stiucture was shattered by the explosion of dynamite. The entire base of the pil¬ lar was blown to pieces and the sides of the pillar several feet up were torn away. “ALABAHA RED” CONVICTED. Notorious Negro Murderer Sentenced To Hang At Perry August 9 th. “Alabama Red,” colored, was con¬ victed of murder at Perry last Tues¬ day morning aud immediately Judge Felton sentenced him to be hanged on April 9. The jury remained out all night, there being eleven for convic¬ tion and one for acquittal. An immense crowd of negroes thronged the streets all day and many remained all night, awaiting the ver- diot of the jury. PHILIPPINE SITUATION IS MISREPRESENTED Newspaper Men Stationed At Manila Protest Against System of Censorship. THEY DRAW UP “ROUND ROBIN” AND PRESENT IT TO GEN. OTIS Demand That They Be Allowed To Cable Their Home Papers the True Reports of Affairs In the Islands. Advices from Manila via Hong Kong state that the constantly increasing strictness of the censorship of press dispatches from Manila, which has prevented the cabling to the United States of anything that did not reflect the official views on important events and conditions resulted in a united effort on the part of the correspond¬ ents there to seenre an abatement ci the rigor of the censorship. The initiative in this direction was faken a month ago and resulted in tho framing of a statement which was pre¬ sented on Sunday, July 9, to Major General Otis, commanding the mili¬ tary forces of the United States in the Philippine Islands, telegraph with a request it the for permission to to United States. The correspondents also asked that they be allowed to cable to their respective papers all facts and the different phases of events as they transpired in the Philippines. The correspondents had two long interviews with General Otis, in the course of which they complained that the evident purpose of the censorship was not to keep information from the enemy, but to keep from the public a knowledge of the real condition of affairs. It was also asserted by cor¬ respondents that newspapers print¬ ed in Manila, which reach the enemy quickly are permitted to publish state¬ ments similar to those which corres¬ pondents are forbidden to cable. It was made clear to General Otis that the objections was to the system and not to the censor. General Otis finally promised only a greater liberality, agreeing to pass all matter that he might consider not detrimental to the interests of the United States. General Otis appoint¬ ed Captain Green, of his staff, censor. The statement of the correspond¬ ents is as follows: “The undersigned, being all staff correspondents of American newspa¬ pers, stationed in Manila, unite in the following statement: it t We believe that, owing to official dispatches from Manila made public in Washington, the people of the United States have not received a correct im¬ pression of the situation in tho Phil¬ ippines, but that these dispatches have presented an ultra optimistic view that is not shared by the general officers in tbe field. t ( t We believe that the dispatches in¬ correctly represent the existing condi¬ tions among the Philippines in respect ALLEGED NEGRO UPRISING Against the Administration Said To Be Under Way At Boston. The Boston (Mass.) Post published the following in its Sunday issue: “An uprising of the colored race against the administration at Wash¬ ington is being organized in Boston. This is the seat of the movement that is proposed wherever the colored peo¬ ple are populous. “The instigators assert that it will mean the downfall of McKinley, im¬ perialism and the Republican party. “The object of this organization is revolt at the ballot box. But there are those among its supporters who would willingly take part in an armed uprising, and who, were it possible, would offer their strength to aid the Filipinos in their struggle for inde¬ pendence.” The Post says the negroes have had conferences with Edward Atkinson relative to the organization of a col¬ ored auxiliary of the Anti-Imperialist League. Weavers’ Wages Raised. The wages of the weavers at the Slatersville cotton mills in North Smithfield, R. L, havr been raised again. SPECIAL HONOR HEDAL Will Be Recommended By President For Soldiers In Philippines. The war department Thursday made public a telegram from the president to General Otis thanking the meu in the Philippines for the patriotism in remaining in service after the ratifica¬ tion of the treaty of peace. In recognition of their heroism the president says he will recommend to congress that a special medal of honor be given to the officers and soldiers of the Eighth army corps who performed this great duty for their country. AFRAID OFlilGHWAYnEN. Express Company In West Will Not Handle Big Sums of Honey. Superintendent O. W. Case, of the Pacific Express company has issued instructions to agents not to receive larger sums of money than $100 for shipment on the line between Thurber Junction and El Paso. The reason for this order is that west Texas is infested with train rob¬ bers and the risk is too great for the amount of charges. He made a simi¬ lar order for the Indian Territory when superintendent of that division. to dissension and demoralization re¬ sulting from the American campaign and to the brigand character of their army. .. “We believe that the dispatches err in the declaration that the situation is ‘well in hand,’ and the assumption that the insurrection can be speedily ended without a greatly increased f ol ' 0e - “We think the tenacity of the Fili¬ pino purpose has been underestimat¬ ed and that the statements are un¬ founded that volunteers are willing to engage in further service. “The censorship has compelled us to participate in this misrepresenta- tion by excising or altering uncontro- verted statement of fact, on the plea, as General Otis stated, that ‘they would alarm the people at home,’ or •have the people of the United States by the ears. ’ “Specifications: Prohibition of re- ports; suppression of full reports of field operations in the event of failure; numbers of heat prostrations in the field; systematic minimization of naval operations and suppression of complete reports of the situation. (Signed) “John T. McCutcheon, Harry Arm¬ strong, Chicago Record. “Ed S. McKean, Scripps-McRae Association. “Oscar Davis, P. G. McDonnell, New r York Snn. “John F. Bass,Will Dinwiddie,New York Herald. “Robert M. Collins, John P. Dunn¬ ing, L. Jones, the Associated Press. “Richard Little, Chicago Tribune.” Department Officials Surprised. A Washington special says: The publication of the war correspondents’ formal indictment of General Otis’s management of the Philippine cam¬ paign caused a sensation . in the de¬ partments at the national capitcd. Sec¬ retary Hay had received advices as late as Monday which led him to de¬ clare that the situation waB certainly improved materially and that the pros¬ pects for the future had brightened very much. With these advices, the secretary said General had noth¬ ing to do, and they were from disin¬ terested persons, whose opinions must carry weight. Generally there was strong disincli¬ nation exhibited by the officials to discuss this last “round robin.” Gen¬ eral Miles, who was acting as secretary of war in the absence of Secretary Alger, and assistant Meiklejohn would not comment upon the dispatch and Adjutant Corbin took the same atti¬ tude. NEGRO ARRESTS WHITE MAN. At Point of Gun He Brings An As¬ saulter To Bay-. A Swede by tbe name of Brown as¬ saulted the l(5-year-old daughter of D. S. Russell Monday morning at An¬ drew's, N. C., a town sixteen miles from Murphy, He went to Mr. Rus¬ sell’s home and asked for some milk. His young daughter got it for him, when the brute assaulted her. Her mother, who was out in the yard, heard her screams and ran to her assistance. She got a shotgun, intending to shoot the fellow, but was afraid to do so, as she feared she would shoot her daugh¬ ter. She then weDt out in yard and fired the gun. A negro, working near by, ran to her assistance. By this time the brut.e fled, but was pursued by the negro, who, with a gun, overtook Brown and brought him back. He had a prelim¬ inary trial at once before Squire Por¬ ter and committed to the Murphy jail. Allies Calls On President. Major General Miles called on the president for about 15 minutes Monday afternoon. The visit, it was stated, was occasioned by General Miles’ po¬ sition as acting secretary of war. The matters under discussion related mere- ly to routine business. ON CHARGE OF MURDER. Roland Holineaux Indicted Again By New York Grand Jury. A New York dispatch says: The grand jury found an indictment for mur¬ der in the first degree against Roland B. Molieaux Thursday afternoon. The jury finished its consideration of the case in thirty minutes after a prelimin¬ ary consideration. Baroness Rothschild Dies Suddenly. Baroness Nathaniel Rothschild died suddenly at Paris Thursday of heart disease. Breweries In Chicago Resume. The Chicago breweries and their striking workmen have come to a wage agreement and all the breweries re¬ opened Wednesday, The brewers have allowed their employes a slight increase in their pay by the hour and a shorter work day. Chambers May Give Up Job. A Washington special says: Chief Justice advised Chambers, of Samoa,’ has not tion to resign Secretary his office, Hay of his inten¬ as reported in the press dispatches coming from Apia, via Auckland. "Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears a Crown. ** Bui such art not the only uneasy heads. Overworked, harrassed, anxious people of all ages and both aaxes are uneasy with aches, pains, impure blood, disordered stomachs, deranged, kidneys and liver. For all such, Hood s Sarsaparilla is the fresh effective life and faultless cure. It infuses through purified blood. tdaHafmiit A Great Alabama Grapevine. There is in Baldwin county, about two and a half miles from Daphne, at a place once known as the village, I mammoth grapevine, that is much larger than the California vine shown at the centennial, but it is living aud jta a g e j s unknown, for it. was there be- f ore the foot of the white man ever trod the soil of Baldwin countv. This vine measures sixty-three “inches around, not at the ground, hut fully six feet above, while it branches some nine feet from the ground and, run- uing along the dense undergrowth there, covers several acres. These are facts uncontrovertible, and can prove itself. I myself made pictures of it before I learned of the California vine, and I also measured it myself, I always exhibit this great product of the south wherever I exhibit southern views. I know of no tradition con- nected with it, but history informs me that a great battle tcok place about it, General Jackson and the Creek Indians about the time of the Fort Mims massacre, aud there are several Indian mounds about the place. I do not know the variety, but think it is the common fox grape of the country.—Floral and Family Mag- azine. Beautiful Women. Every woman should have the beauty, vivacity and vigor of perfect health. A strong stomach Is tho first essential to physical beauty of in either man or woman. Nine-tenths tho sickness of the human race comes from weak digestion. Thousands of people, after years of discouragement, have tried ITostet- ter’s Stomach Bitters and retrained their health. There is nothing like It for the cure of stomach troubles. See that a private Revenue Stamp covers the neck of the bottle. It is not helps, but obstacles, not facilities, but difficulties, that make men. Beauty Is Blood Deep. Cleon blood means a clean skin. No beauty without it. 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