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HONOR SHOWN •n \ 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. S3 » H\IJ a T\ k i >h ! wmmmmt C I r c-o I Gits Diet' ) 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 ' 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. -- , 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.