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HONOR SHOWN
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Frenchmen Warmly Wel¬
come Dewey At Nice.
ACCORDSD AN OVATION
Admiral Bernes Widely Current Report
That He Was Slighted By Officials
While At Trieste.
A cable dispatch from Nice, France,
says: Thursday morning, Admiral
Dewey, accompanied by Flag Lieuten¬
ant T. M. Brumby and the United
• States vice counsel at Nice, returned
the visit made by M. Granet, prefect
of Alpes-Maritimes.
The visitors were shown through
the rooms of the prefecture, the former
palace of the kings of Piedmont.
The party then called on General
O’Farrell, the acting military govern¬
or, whom Admiral Dewey thanked for
the permission he had received to land
and drill his men at Villefranehe dur-
ing the remainder of the cruiser
Olympia’s stay at that place.
The Americans also called on Naval
Commissioner Duval, whom Admiral
Dewey thanked for the port facilities
which had been granted to his vessel,
The admiral asked M. Duval to trans-
mit. his thanks to the maritime prefect
at Toulon for sending cruisers to sa-
lute the Olympia on her arrival.
The inhabitants of Nice gave Ad-
miral Dewey an ovation as he passed
through the streets. He returned to
Villefranehe at noon.
Admiral Dewey expresses regret in
regard to the incorrect reports con¬
cerning his reception at Trieste. He
says it was courteous and hearty, the
minister of marine coming especially
from Vienna to greet him.
“Not only myself,” added the Amer¬
ican admiral, “but every one on board
the Olympia received every possible
attention.”
Admiral Dev'ey created a marked
impression while in Nice, all those
who saw him being struck with his
extreme amiability and modesty.
GEORGIA OFFICERS NAMED.
State’s Quota For f New Regiments
Have Been Appointed.
Georgia’s full quota of officers for
the new regiments for service in the
Philippine campaign has been ap¬
pointed by the war department.
A number of appointments were
made Thursday, and these, together
with the two of Captain J. W- Ken¬
drick and Second Lieutenant W. O.
Thornton, complete the list for the
■state.
The following were the appoint¬
ments made Thursday:
For captain, J. S. Powell, late cap¬
tain company C, Third Georgia.
For first lieutenants, John H. Bos¬
ton, of Marietta, first lieutenant of
company D, Second Georgia; Harry
C. McCool, late first lieutenant of
Third United States volunteer infant¬
ry, and H. J. Stewart, of Rome, late
captain of company D, Third Georgia.
For second lieutenants, Troup W.
Whitehead, late first lieutenant com¬
pany K, Third Georgia; Paul W. Har¬
rison, late second lieutenant company
H, Third Georgia.
DEATH LIST INCREASES.
Storm News From Atlantic Coast
Points Still Coming In.
A Norfolk, Va., dispatch says: Ac
counts in many respects conflicting
continue to come in from the Albemarle
and Pamlico sound region and the
coast from Hatteras to Bodys island,
in which section the greater number
of casualties ’occurred as a result of
the great storm of August 15th to 18th
inclusive.
It is now thought that the total
drowned not overreach will run it, while close to at 100 least if it on does the j
islands in the vicinity of Portsmouth
fully sixty to seventy houses, four or
five churches and numerous stores,
barns and warehouses were either
washed away or damaged beyond re-
pair, and as a result numbers are
homeless and destitute.
PAYMENT OF PENSIONS
In Southern States Completed By
Agent Wilder At Knoxville.
Tho United States pension office at
Knoxville, Tenn., hns just completed
the payment of pensions for the last
quarter. General John T. Wilder,
pension agent for the southern states,
has disbursed §2,000,000 for the
quarter. Annual payments in the
southern states amount to about eight
million dollars. General Wilder dis¬
tributes pensions to the following
states: Tennessee, Oklahoma Terri¬
tory, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina,
North Carolina, Florida and Indian
Territory.
TENNESSEE’S QUOTA.
Officers For New Regiments Named
By War Department.
The following appointments have
been made by the secretary of war
from the nominations forwarded by
the governor of Tennessee!
To be captain, Charles W. Wads-
worth, late captain Sixth United
States volunteer infantry. Benjamin
To be second lieutenant,
L. Towser, late Sixth United States
volunteer infantry.
JUDGES NOT SATISFIED.
i Deposed Court Officials Test Right of
Tennessee Legislature.
Notwithstanding the fact that. ?ho
supreme court of Tennessee recently
sustained the legislature’s acts, remov¬
ing certain judges and attorneys gen¬
eral, Chancellor H. B. Lindltuy, Judge
S. A. Rogers and Attorney General F.
D. Owens have seen fit to contest the
right of the legislature to remove them
from office for the purpose of cutting
down the number of judicial officers.
Wednesday the cases of those three,
,
originally begun in Loudon county,
were tried in the court of chancerv ap-
css coin Bfwrix i
legislature were unconstitutional. The
officials claim to have grounds differ-
ent from those presented by the su-
prerne court in case? already decided,
Tlie court of appeal has taken their
cases under advisement.
THE DREYFUS COURTMARTIAL.
Labor! Continues To Break Down
Testimony of the Prosecution.
The session of the Dreyfus court-
martial at. Rennes Wednesday was
comparatively uneventful. The depo¬
sitions were not productive of any
really thrilling incidents.
Much of the time was occupied in
readi na the ti testimony of Esterhazy
and Mile. Pais before the court of
cassation, during which many of the
audience left the court.
M. Labori again distil)gushed him¬
self in laying bare the weak points of
the evidence. He was less fierce,
however, than Tuesday, though quite
aggressive enough to arouse the latent
hostility of the judges, which showed
itself in various little ways. M. La-
bori is no favorite, either, With Major
Carriere, the government’s commisary,
and the latter makes no serious effort
to conceal his feelings towards the
lawyer,
CASE AGAIN POSTPONED.
Injunction Brought By Georgia Against
Car Companies Not Heard.
The case of the state of Georgia
against, the Trust Company of Georgia
and others came up before Judge John
Candler at Atlanta Wednesday morn¬
ing. Shortly after the case was called
Judge Candler said that as it has de¬
veloped that there are many demurrers
to the petition and answers to be
heard, and as demurrers could not be
heard on their merits in vacation, he
would postpone the whole hearing un¬
til the third Monday in October, 1899.
The state of Georgia seeks to enjoin
the Trust company from carrying into
effect the consolidation of the Atlanta
Consolidated Street Railway company
and Atlanta Railway company, which
it alleges has been made or is about
to be made under the name of the At¬
lanta Railway and Powder company.
The ground upon which the injunc¬
tion is asked is that this consolidation
of the two companies is a violation of
article 4 of the constitution of Geor¬
gia in that it lessens competition and
encourages monopoly.
CANDLER SENT TROOPS.
Imminent Riot In Darien, Ga., Frus-
trat<*d Bv the GOv-rnor
A 11 Atlinta dispatch , says: Governor
Candler was notified by telegram at
noon Wednesday of the imminence of
a riot at Darien, Ga., and was urged
to hurry troops to the McIntosh conn-
ty town without delay. The dispatch
received at the executive office stated
that as the result of the arrest of Hen-
ry Delegal, a negro charged with as-
fault, n mob of 400 negroes from the
surrounding counties had assembled
at Darien and held the town at their
mercy.
Governor Candler acted with his
usual energy nnd discretion and in
five minutes after the receipt of the
telegram from Darien a dispatch from
him wa3 on tbe way to Savannah to
the commander of the First Georgia
regiment, ordering him to Darien with
200 men. The commander of the regi¬
ment was instructed not to lose a mo-
merit and, if necessary, to get a spe-
ciai train for his troops.
A1AUSER AMMUNITION BOUGHT. :
Big Order For Bullets - — Alleged To Have j
Been Given By Boers. :
- A g rlll 0 f Birminliam, England, has :
rece j ved an order f ov 14,000,000 Mau- :
aer » ar tridges for urgent delivery to !
g ou th Africa.
Secrecy is being observed as to the
0xftct destination of the cartridges, but
j t ; s sa i d that the Boers alone use
Mauser rifles in that territory.
REED FORWARDS RESIGNATION.
Ex-Speaker Notifies Governor of Maine
of HU Retirement.
The resignation of Thomas B. Reed,
representative in congress from the
first Maine district, was received by
Governor Powers at Augusta, Maine,
Tuesday.
Mr. Reed will move to New York to
engage in the practice of law. Since
his return from Europe it has been
said that the ex-speaker would not re¬
sign from congress, but would remain
on the floor as the republican leader
against the McKinley expansion
policy. resignation, therefore,
The sets at
rest various rumors.
POPULIST COMMITTEE
Of Tennessee Meet In City of Nashville
For a Conference.
The Tennessee state populists exec¬
utive committee met Tuesday at the
courthose in Nashville. No business
was transacted at the morning session
and an adjournment was taken until
the afternoon.
The principal matter discassed was
the establishment of a party organ in
Nashville.
EXCITING SCENES
IN DREYFUS TRIAL
President of Courtmartial Cioes To
Rescue of General Mercier.
LABORI SCORES POINTS
Proceedings Show That Court’s
Mind Is Already Made Up.
fi °urt martial at Rennes, France, uas
marked by one of the most exciting
scenes of the trial. The proceedings
oponod w jjth a skirmish entirely favor-
ablo to the defenso over Colonel
Maurel, president of the court martial
of 1894, who admitted reading one of
the secret documents to the court
which had not been seen by the de¬
fense. He protested that only one
document was looked at, alleging that
tussu ne, o ena i e urn o oim a
con victiun that could not be shaken
1 11 ot s mat e mn e . ’ ” ’
<<iuse, us i. . a H>n pom < ’
pursued one it was bn bournlen duty ,
held ° pinsjie Colonel a Maurel ' 01 \^ his refusal / I T to
indicate the natuie of the oc ime t
ho read, but M. Labori announced
that he would summon Captain 1 rey-
stutter, an other member of the tnbu-
nal of 1894, snd get his version of
vdiat tnen passed behind the backs of
of the counsel for the defense Colo-
nel Maurel telt his position keenly,
and continually hesitated before re-
plying to M. Labon s (questions.
AU thi f- however, was only pre-
.. nminavy to a fierce battle that ensued
between Labon and General Mercier,
the latter receiving re-enforcements
from General ,Roget, General Gonz
and General De Boisdeffre, as well as
invaluable assistance from Colonel
Jouaust himself.
M. Labori took General Mercier
over the ~ whole . . ground icy.- of his previous •
deposition. J his led to several sharp
passages at arms between the advo¬
cate and Colonel Jouaust, who upheld
Mercier in refusing to reply to several
questions which in the general opinion
of those in the courtroom weie dis-
tinctly pertinent.
Whenever General Merciei . was coi-
nered he declined to answer and Colo-
nel Jouaust invariably supported him.
M. Labori jirotested most energetical- breath*d
ly. His words and manner
the deepest indignation, but the pres¬
ident of the courtmartial was inflexi¬
ble. The intervention of Generals
Gonz, Roget, de Roisdeffre and Major
Lauth.who in rapid succession mount¬
ed the stage rose in their seats and in¬
terposed remarks, was very exciting,
and carried the spectators along on a
wave of breathless interest.
One after another these officers, who
I were ^ resse ^ in uniform, would
i i um P U P aU( ^ cr L to be
I heard,” and, without , further waiting
ascend the steps of the pla.foim and
! ^ egl11 a statement in support of a
brother officer. Sometimes tour offi-
cers were on the stage at the same
moment. It was'a marvelous display
f f military clannishness. At one time
a per f ect bab ] e 0 f voices reigned for
g0V eral minutes until Jouaust inter-
y e ned and restored order.
M. Labori’s cross examination was
succeB sful so far as it went, but Col.
Jouatlst prevented him pressing his
advantage to the utmost. In fact, I :
J ouan st’s hostile attitude toward the
C0UU sel for the defence then and dur-
j ng the cross-examination of the wit¬
ness, M. De Grandmaison, evoked the
severest criticism on the part of the
public present and bodes ill for Drey¬
fus.
WILL PAY DIVIDEND.
Directors of Central Railroad of Geor¬
gia Hold Meeting.
The directors of the Central of
Georgia . Railway company held a
meeting at Savannah Thursday m the
office of President II. M. Comer foi
the purpose of discussing the report
of the operations of the system for the
fiscal year which closed June 30th.
The report is hot ready to lie given to
the public, bnt the directors were able
to announce, with the information
which they had at hand, that a 2 per
cent dividend would be paid on the
fir ' st preferred income bonds, of which
there are §4.000,000 outstanding. This
means that §,80,000 will be paid out.
WERE FAVORABLE TO QUAY.
Pennsylvania Republicans Hold State
Convention In Harrisburg.
The following ticket was nominated
by the Pennsylvania republican state
convention at Harrisburg Thursday:
Supreme court judge—J. H. Brown.
Superior court judge—J. R. Adams.
State treasurer—Lieutenant Colonel
James E. Barnett.
The only discordant note in the
convention was sounded by Sen¬
ator William Flynn, opposing tho
plank in the platform indorsing the
appointment of United States Senator
Quay by Governor Stone.
A roll call was taken on the adop¬
tion of the platform as a whole and it
was adopted by a large majority.
MAKING THE NEW BALE.
The Round-Lap Cotton Machinery
Starts Up On Georgia Soil.
On last Thursday Messrs. Wilkins
& Jones, of Waynesboro, started their
ginnery which has been equipped with
the American Cotton Company’s
round-lap presses. A large crowd wit¬
nessed the operation of making the
first bales, and all expressed them¬
selves as being highly pleased with the
workings of the press.
M1SSISSIPPIANS
NAME LONGING
For Democratic Governor of the State
By Acclamation.
CONVENTION IN JACKSON
Hon. W. J. Bryan and the Chicago
Platform Fully Indorsed.
A special from Jackson, Miss., says:
Judge T i T Longino was nominated . , , c for
° B
governor by the Mississippi ..... democrats
at their state convention Wednesday
afternoon.
Judge Wynn, of Greenville, deliv-
ereil . the address placing , . Judge Lon-
gino in nomination and the convention
declared him their choice by acclama¬
tion, amid wild enthusiasm, while a
heavy thunder storm played havoc
outside.
The fo „ candidate8 who had witv
drawn followed Judge Longino’s ad-
dre8s ef at . ceptance w itl, timely
speeches, pledging their support to
the nominee and gracefully bowing to
th( , wi „ jf the majori ty.
Judge Longino is a
young man> antl prior to entering the
gnberuatorift! ( , ontPst was the chancel-
, M . of the seventh chancery district,
He jg „ native Mississippian and his
career in politics haa been a remarka-
b , aucoe8aflll one . He is essentially
a Belf . ma(le man and has broUght him-
8e]f fmt of obscurit b the forc0 of his
Qwu exel . t i on8
The platfol . m preaen ted was as fol-
„ The dem0 cracy of Mississippi, in
conveution assemb | e d, acknowledging
the benefic ience of democratic rule in
the ntate aud nfltio enuncjate tbe fol .
, lowing . principles ... aud . earnestly
m-
dorse and reaffirm the declaration of
principles promulgated by the party
in convention assembled at Chicago in
1806, and recognize in the H< n. W. J.
Brv (l{ N(braska , the ab i est expo-
nent of tbese prinoipks the 8ta tesm ft »
and patriot, the great tribune of the
people.
“We enter our solemn protest
a g a ; nst tbe encroachment upon gov-
erumell t affairs by exaggerated capital
, in the form of trusts and combines as
Geing inimicabl-e to the best interests
of the magses of the people aIld the
canse of fr86 and un trammeled gov-
i sible * anu t proper "T means tne Zn-oC- con..ol oi
enemiesoT’nood enemies of good ZZL government.
‘ Beviewing the last democratic
! v .
pride the administration of her public
affairs, and especially would express
l our unconditional approval of the
j clean administration of our present
governol . and afflrm om . „ us haken faith
j n clemooratic principles be has so
wor thilj illustrated in his public life.
« We hereby express our confidence
j n ^ be virtue and unimpeachable in-
tegrity of the people in the selection
0 f a p pnb ij 0 servants and to that end
i sdors0 { b e svstem of nrimarv elec-
tiol)s um ] er proper restrictions
B Gemocratie ' nominations ‘ ‘k that every
man ha j j » ° 0Te rn-
men ^ „ nder which he lives
“We tender our genuine and hearty !
thanks to the citizens of Jackson ’ flnd
eXesies th „ for
extended the conv-nHon ’’
Hon. Leroy Percy, of Greenville,
one of the bitterest personal enemies
of Governor McLaurin, secured the
.
floor and offered a lengthy amendment
to the plank indorsing the state ad¬
ministration. The amendment, among
other things, called attention to the
charges of drunkenness that have
been brought against the governor in
the past, denounced his veto ot the
bill for a new house and the industrial
institute and college appropriation
hill; designated the governor as a
coward for deserting the state capitol
during the yellow fever epidemic, and
many other things. The amendment,
was tabled.
Nominations for the minor state offi¬
cers on which there were no contests
was the next order and resulted as fol¬
lows:
Secretary of state, J. L. Powers, of
Hinds; superintendent of education,
H. L. Whitfield, of Rankin; railroad
commissioner, southern district, A. Q.
May, of B. Simpson; clerk of the supreme
court, W. Brown, of Copiah.
KENDRICK IS COMMISSIONED.
Newly Appointed Officer Will Resign
From Atlanta Police Board.
Major William J. Kendrick, of At¬
lanta, Ga., has received his commis¬
sion as a captain in the Fortieth vol¬
unteer regiment, and will send in his
resignation as a member of the city
police board at the next meeting of
the oouncil.
Major Kendrick received the com¬
mission Tuesday and is now awaiting
further orders as to his duties. The
regiment to which he has been assign¬
ed is to rendezvous at Fort Riley, Kas.,
and Major Kendrick expects to get
orders within the next few days telling
his specific duties.
FIRST RAIL LAID
On New Tennessee Central--Force of
i,800 Laborers Employed.
AChattanoog 1 . Tenu.,dispatch says:
The first rail was laid on the Tennes-
see Central between Crossville and
Rockwood Monday. All the rails for
the first forty miles of the track have
been delivered.
About 1,800 men are at work now
os the road and a large force has be¬
gun driving the tunnel near Rockwood.
POSTMASTER FLOGGED
Citizens of Florida Town Objected
To His Having a Negro
Assistant.
Editor W. C. Crum, of The Florida
Republican, was brutally beaten by
wbiteeaps at Peck, Fla., Monday
night. He is postmaster at that place,
but resides in Tampa, and has been
going out there attending to the mail
at night and returning to Tampa in
his assistant, so that the office could
hava » '»“ 11in elmrge all the time.
Morrison was made to give up the
office by . committee ... of , citizens, ... who ,
a
aV9 unknown, and Mr. Crum had to go
out and attend to the office himself,
Monday night after he had completed
his work he started to a house he owns
short distance awav, where he sleeps
wbeu there
He was held up on the road by a
mob of masked men with guns, who
made him dismount. He was then
tied with a rope, hand and foot, and
given a brutal beating. He also sus-
tained severe bruises about the head
and shoulders from the kicks admin-
istered by the mob.
j After they finished beating him they
cut off the whiskers from one side of
his face aml applied carbo lio acid to
the deep gashes upon his naked flesh
made , by the whipping. Mr. Crum
doe s not know who attacked him. The
mol) , ,, threatened to lull him if ... he
ap- r
pointed ... another ., negro assistant . , , at .
reck. He has closed the office and
will deliver no mail to the Peclcites
and his resignation has been accepted
at Washington.
STORIES OF STORM.
Belated News From Isolated Points
Along the Atlantic Coast.
A special from Norfolk, A a., says:
Another chapter in the history of the
bol . vols 0 f the sea was added bv the
recent hurricane which dealt death
nnd dt , atrnction in Pol . t o Rico and ap-
patently lost, none of its fury by rea-
son of its visit to the Atlantic coast.
No such damaging result has at-
tended a storm in the past quarter of
a century, and the stretch of beach c
from Kinnakoot to Hatteras, N. C., a
distance of twenty-eight miles, bears
evidence of the fury of the gale in the
shape of spars, masts and general
wreckage of five schooners, while now
and again a body washes ashore to
lend solemnity to the scene.
br °> «'•- «1. Wave,
moun tain high,seas which by reason of
their power carried everything before-
them, winds which blew unceasingly
d and ni ht at a 8eveldy . mi , e vo loc-
«*eo.n... of the disasters,
and that not more lives were lost i?
considered by many survivors nothing
less than a miracle.
COUNCILMAN PU.MMELED.
Sfqtsel of a Lively Meeting of Atlanta,
Ga., City Fathers.
In the Atlanta, Ga., city coun-
oil, Monday, Col. W. S. Thomson, a
member, severely denounced H. M.
Atkinson, president of the Georgia
®^ ectr *° company, as the alleged
autll0r of a Published card reflecting
u P on some council members.
The card, however, was written by
another party, and after the council
meeting an effort was made by Atkin-
80D avenge the insult offered by
Thompson. Friends of the two men
interfered and prevented a fight in the
chamber.
On Tuesday Thomson and Atkin-
son met face to face on the street and
hostilities quickly commenced. With-
out a word Atkinson let fly his fist
and caught Colonel Thompson under
the eye, sending him to earth. When
the police rushed up they found At-
kinson astride his opponent.
While seated upon Colonel Thom-
son, Mr. Atkinson saidto'him:
“You face —— into a —-—, jelly!’ thought to mash
your
TORRIDITY IN TEXAS.
Heat In Neighborhood of Dallas Fear-
ful--Water Giving Out. 'Dallas,
Advices of Tuesdav from
fearfully Texas, says: The weather continues
hot. For ten days past the
thermometer has dailv gone to 103
and 106 in the shade. No such
continued horriblv hot weather has,
ever been experienced in Texas.
Water is giving 0 out everywhere.
YAQUIS ATTACK TOWN.
Defenseless Mexican Village Raided
By Band of Indians.
A.dispatch from Chihuahua,Mexico,
tells of an attack on the town of Cum-
uripa by a band of about 300 Yaqui
Indians
The place was without military pro-
tection, but the Mexican citizens bar-
ricaded themselves in their houses
and resisted the attack for ten hours,
when the Indians withdrew.
Several houses were burned by the
Indians, aud five men and one woman
were killed. It is thought that a
nuinber of Indians were killed and
wounded.'
VICTIMS OF HURRICANE.
Twenty-Five Hundred New Graves
Are Filled In Porto Rico,
It is now estimated that the bodies of
2,500 victims of the rocent hurricane
on the island of Porto Rico have been
buried,that 1,000 persons were injured
during the stoam and that 2,000 people
are still missing. bodies
Ponce is healthy, though con-
tinue to be found in the fields. The
authorities have decided to burn the
ruins of Yabuco.
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Ail Manila News.
CORRESPONDENTS KICKING
American Losses Sal.5 To Be Mors Than
the Commanding General Will
Admit ‘a Dispatches.
A cable dispatch from Manila,
via Hong Kong, states that the Fili-
i ,,nos ,, r’l’ car to , retalu . murh , move of a
lighting spirit than might be expected
after their recent San Fernando expe-
nances and General Lawton’s druli-
bjngs in the south.
After giving up San Fernando , with
a feeble struggle they entrenched
themselves at Angeles, working for
! several days and pressing nou-combat-
j ants into the work, thus saving the
j armed men for the fighting. They
j engaged Lieutenant Colonel Smith’s
j regiment and the artillery " warmly for
tour , hours, , maintaining . , . . one ot the
mjst stubboru resistances of the cam-
paign. But the Americans are indebt¬
ed to the usual poor markmanship of
• the Filipinos well their
as as own
strategy for their small losses.
In the province of Cavite, where it
was supposed the rebels had been Mat¬
tered and demoralized beyond reeuper-
! ation, they have assembled an army of
several thousand men, distributed
; a m on g the important towns from the
| i abe to the bav.
After the San Fernando engagement
the rebels attempted to deter the
Americans from a further advance
j northward by menacing the railroad
i ! communication. Several hundred of
General Pio del Pilar’s men crossed
j tbe Pio Grande between the American
outpost towns and threatened Baliuag,
I Quingua and other places, with small
; American garrisons, while, during
Sunday and Monday nights, smaller
bands tried to tear up the railroad at
8 everal points between Bigaa and Ma-
. ] 0 j 0S .
In the brushes between the Fili-
& ft. p“ipino.' lo.. h “,v,. men,
Of these entracements L£“ the Associ-
ate<1 Pre88 corr dent waa perB it-
ted to aend on]v an flden uate disnatch
• St The ceJ»?r SiKrS
official phrases and adjectives into the
disnatches, tending to magnify the
American operations and to minimize
the opposition.
General Otis says newspapers are
not public institutions, but private en¬
terprises, and the correspondents are
only there on suffrance.
All reports from the rebel territory
agree that the scarcity of food is in¬
creasing and that the rebel commaud-
e rs at Aparri anil other points refuse
to closing obey Aguiualdo’s orders in regard
to the ports held by the rebels
against American ships and say that
a ny ship bringing stores will be wel-
come . Several ships from Manila are
now at such ports,
Hundreds of people come into Ma-
D da daily and return to the rebel lines
w ith food and other commodities. The
guards stationed along one road re-
ported that five thousand persons
passed through the lines in three days
aud that forty-five tons of rice were
carried out i’i small parcels, on the
same road, in ten days. Much of
this undoubtedly goes to aid the rebels,
bn t. the authorities permit this traffic
from motives of charity towards the
8 -omen and children, who are 1111 -
doubtedly suffering.
General MacArthur is establishing
municipal governments in villages
north of Manila. The mayor of Ba-
liaug, the first town where General
Lawton established the same rule,who
was supposed to he oueof most friend-
!- v and t™»tw°rtby of the natives has
bePll .P !aced J al \ ar ,-
rftU f U3 « wltJl , the rebels for an attack
0I1 1 -Jc °" n
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withdrawn ,„. kh . e Ame / from lcan all , t . ro that °P* part ha , J 6 of ^ , the
c0 UI f-T ''. hlch waa ha!f c lear e<1 ot
rebels . ln the ,°Pf atlcm . of . the t . Amen i ’
cans in June T last.
NATIONAL COMMITTEEMEN
Of Democratic Party Will Soon Be
Announced By Mr. Stone.
A s oial to The Merap his Comma-
cial-Appeal from St. Louis . says ,,
announcement of appointments on the
executive, ways and means and
ing committees of the national demo-
cratic oommittee will be made m a
few days by ex-Governor Stone, who
^ aotln S chairman of that body
Governor Stone is at present send*
letters to members of the national
committee notifying them of their ap-
j poiutments. As soon as he receives
i acceptances he will make public the
complete list of appointments.
WELLMAN LEAVES TROMSOE.
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1 Leader of Polar Expedition Completes
Explorations and I urns South,
j Advices received from Tromsoe,
| Island of Tromsoe, Norway,, state that
Walter Wellman, leader of the Well-
man polar expedition, which arrived
there August 17 on the steamer Cap-
B |la, haviug successfully completed
explorations in Franz Joseflaud, left
Tromsoe Monday for the south.