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FEARFUL SIGHT;
DEAD DNBURIED
Coffins Lacking for Bodies
of fline Horror Victims.
THE LIST MAY REACH 259
First Estimates of Loss of Lift| Were
Too High—Presidents McKinley and
Loubet Wire Condolences.
Dispatches of Thursday from Sco¬
field, Utah, were to the effect that tho
extreme estimate of dead was con¬
ceded to have been too large, and it
was numerically impossible to placa
thq loss of life at 300 as there were
not that many men in the mine. The
probabilities * are that 230 will be
about the total number of dead. ,
^ the There were to bury not the enough dead, and coffins to add in
i camp
| horror rapidly to decomposing. the situation the bodies were
I There were fifty bodies for which
i no provision for burial had been
made. 1 A joint committee of Odd
Fellows and Knights of Pythias spent
the day among the dead, identifying
members of their orders. They found
about twenty of each among the dead.
The school children of the city gath
tred a carload of flowers which were
sent to Scofield in a special car at their
disposal. the
Subscriptions for the relief of
snfferers are coming in from all over
the state, and the total now amounts
to $13,000.
PRESIDENT SENDS MESSAGE.
P»esident McKinley sent the follow¬
ing telegram to the governor of Utah:
“Executive Mansion, Washington,
May 3.—Governor Wells, Salt Lake
City, Utah: I desire to expresR my in¬
tense sorrow on learniug the terrible
calamity which has occurred at Sco¬
field and my deep sympathy with the
wives, children aud friends of the un¬
fortunate victims of the explosion.
“William McKinley.”
CONDOLENCE FItOM FRANCE.
The French ambassador called on
B President McKinley and Secretary
H Hay Thursday and conveyed the con¬
dolence of the French republic to the
people of the United States over the
HLmine disaster at Salt Lake City, He
4 : handed the secretary the following
personal letter on the subject:
A “IjUmbassay United of the States, French Washington, Republic
in the
May 3, 1900—Mr. Secretary of State:
The president of the French republic
■ has just heard of the terrible catastro
I phe which has taken place at Salt
■ Lake City. He has instructed me to
B be his interpreter near the president
of the United States of America, and
to assure him of the sympathy which
I I hHjfcfeels on account of this sad event.
Iu t ransmitting to me the expressions
of tl le sentiments of President Loubet,
I M. ! Oelcasse, minister of foreign nf
fairi i, likewise intrusts me to convey
to t! le American government the ex
k pref ision of the profound sympathy of
the government of the republic.
‘ Be pleased to accept, Mr. Secre
tarj of State, the assurances of my
big consideration.
“Jules Cambon.”
SOUTHERN IS NOTIFIED
Th; it F. C. & P. Will Now Use Its Own
Tracks at Columbia.
?he Florida Central and Peninsular
rai Lvay system gave formal notice to
th< i Southern railway Thursday that
on and after May 10 th it would dis¬
co: itinue the use of the tracks, bridge
an 1 terminals of the latter company at
au :1 near Columbia, 8 . C., aud will
op erate their own trains over their
ow n tracks all the way from Peters
bu rg, Va., to Jacksonville and Tampa.
1 Track laying on tho line between
Ri chmond and Petersburg has been
fin ished, and the new Seaboard Air
Li ne railway will sooa run through
t.ri in service between New York aud
Ta mpa, using its own tracks from
Ri chmond to the extreme southern
po rtion of Florida.
5 SCOUTING PARTY CAUGHT.
FI lipinos Surround Americans, Killing
Four and Wounding Sixteen.
A dispatch received in Manila Thurs
da y from Iloilo reports that a desperate
fig;ht took place at Leambanao, in the
center of the island of Panay. It ap¬
pears thle that a reconnoitering party of
Twenty-sixth infantry was sur
[-*• ro iinded and that four of the Ameri
eaws were lcilled and that sixteen
otters severely wounded wore left on
the field. The remainder of the sol¬
diers had a narrow escape. The dis¬
patch adds that re-enforcements were
sent from Iloilo as soon as nows of
the affair was received, whereupon
the Filipinos retreated to mountains.
NEWSPAPER FOLK PROTEST.
The American Publisher’s Association
Memorialize Congress.
Representatives of the American
Publishers’ Association have present¬
ed a memorial to tho senate finance
committee finally asking that some re¬
lief be afforded on account of the
higher price of paper. The delega¬
tion said the association represented
22,000 newspapers, No particular legis¬
lation was advocated.
CULTON TESTIFIES.
Hakes Allegations Which May
Lead to Identity of Real
Goebel Assassin.
A Frankfort dispatch says; W. II.
Culton, the clerk of Auditor of State
Sweeney, who is under indictment as
accessory to the murder of Governor
Goebel, went on the witness stand in
bis own behalf on the hearing of the
motion for bail in his case Wednesday
afternoon anil gave highly sensational
testimony.
Culton’s testimony followed after
the motions for bail in the cases of
Powers, Davis, Youtsey, Whittaker
and Combs had been overruled. They
offered no evidence in support of their
motion for bail. Judge Cantrill held
that as the indictments charge a capi¬
tal offense, the defendants were not
entitled to bail.
An order was entered transferring
the prosecutions against them to
Georgetown for trial on a change of
venue.
Culton was placed on the stand in
his own behalf as the first witness in
his hearing for bail. Upon direct
examination by his counsel he said he
had never conspired with anv of the
defendants or any one else to kill Gov
eruor Goebel. He did not know Gun
Golden, and only knew Whittaker since
phe assassination.
“I had nothing to do with the shoot¬
ing of Mr. Goebel,” he said, “anti had
no knowledge that he was to be killed.
I was as much shocked at the news of
the shooting as any one in Frankfort.
I made no resistance to arrest.”
Colonel Campbell cross-examined
Culton. The substance of bis testi¬
mony was as follows:
“I had talks with Powers and Tay¬
lor about bringing men to Frankfort.
Taylor wanted witnesses from Jack
son county before tho canvassing
board. Ho said get about twenty-five.
I had another talk with Powers, Cecil,
Davidsou, Howard and others, I
don’t recall auy other conferences.”
The defense objected to the witness
telling what Powers and others said.
Objection overruled. Culton said:
“Powers did not tell the men who
came with me that Democratic legisla¬
tors were to be killed by raising a row
in the senate, and I never heard it
discussed. When Berry’s contest was
to be voted on, I beard it discussed
that be was to retain his seat even if
voted out. I heard nothing said
about a plan to kill anybody. ”
Culton said W. R. Johnson wanted
to borrow his (Culton’s) pistol. He
added:
“Henry Youtsey told me that Goe¬
bel would be killed. I told him that
it must not be done. 1 told Governor
Bradley what Y’outsey said and Brad¬
ley said:
“ ‘My God, this must not be done!’
“Youtsey afterwards said there was
nothing in it.”
Witness , said on the day after the
assassination he was with Jim Howard
in the statehouse yard. Howard called
his attention to a piece of paper posted
in the window.
“Well, what of that?” I asked.
“Oh, you have sense enough to un¬
derstand, haven’t you?” was Howard’s
reply.
He said Howard then took out of
his pockets some rifle bullets and also
some forty-five pistol cartridges. How¬
ard said:
“Don’t ask any more fool ques¬
tions.”
Henry Youtsey, after the assassina¬
tion, asked the witness where he was
on the day of the murder. “I told
him,” said Culton, “that I was up iu
the house lobby. ”
“Y’outsey asked me how it would do
for him to say he was there with me.
I told Youtsey I was afraid he was go¬
ing to get into trouble. I also told
him that Grant Roberts wanted to see
him. Roberts had missed his rifle and
told me that he believed Youtsey bad
it. I told Youtsey that he had better
see Roberts.”
The witness told of another conver¬
sation with Youtsey, who came with
Burton, of Breckinridge county.
“Youtsey said he had the greatest
scheme yet; that Goebel would be shot
from the secretary of state’s office and
nobody would ever know who did it.”
Irish Association Formed.
At a big meeting held iu Cape Town,
South Africa,.an Irish association was
formed. Those present cheered all
references to the queen aud the deputy
mayor declared that the voice of the
Irishmen in South Africa was for
“queen and country.”
COMMITTEE TAKES A HAND.
Solicitorship Fight In Eastern Georgia
Circuit Cal Is For intervention.
The Georgia State Democratic Exec¬
utive Committee has been called to
meet iu Atlanta on Saturday, May 12th
at 10 o’clock, for the purpose of enter¬
taining the protest of Solicitor Gener¬
al W. W. Osborne of the Eastern cir¬
cuit against the recent action of the
Chatham county Democratic commit¬
tee.
The bitter fight being waged over
the soli.citorship of tho Eastern circuit
at Savannah has reached the point
where a majority of the state commit¬
tee believes that body should inter
vene.
Begins Shipping Strawberries.
The shipment of strawberries began
at Chattanooga, Tenn , Tuesday, thir¬
ty-eight crates having been sent to
Cincinnati by express. The price wae
well up, beiug from $3.50 to $5 per
crate.
Jury Failed To Agree.
The jury iu the case of Brigham H.
Roberts, on trial in Salt Lake City,
Utah, for unlawful cohabitation, dis¬
agreed and was discharged.
CHANGE OF VENUE
GRANTED PRISONERS
Defendants In Cloebel flurder Case
Gain Their Point.
MANY WITNESSES TESTIFY
Trial Will Take Place In Some
Other County Than Frankfort.
A Frankfort, Ky., dispatch says:
After hearing the testimony of about
forty witnesses and brief arguments
by counsel for both the prosecution
and the defense, Judge Cantrill Tues¬
day granted the petition of five of the
defendants charged with complicity in
the Goebel assassination for change of
venue.
Those who joined in the petition
were Republican Secretary of State
Caleb Powerb, Captain John W. Davis,
Henry E. Youtsey, Harlan Whittakor
and Richard Combs, colored. The
attorneys failed to agree as to what
county tho cases would be taken to,
and Judge Cantrill took the matter
under advisement.
While one witness was being exam¬
ined an incident occurred which made
a strong point for the defense as show¬
ing tho extent of political feeling.
Richard Kirk, a farmer, testified that
in his opinion a fair trial could bo
secured in Frakfort as well as in any
other county in the state. As ho left
the stand ex-Governor John Young
Brown, who was conducting the exam
ination, said:
“Mr. Kirk, I forgot to ask you, what
are your politics?”
The witness, facing the governor,
said:
“My politics now are the same as
yours used to be when you were gov¬
ernor and 1 hauled hay for you.”
This reference to the late guberna¬
torial candidate of the anti-Goebel
Democrats in the campaign of last fall
caused a demonstration in the court
room. The county officers pounded
vigorously for order. Judge Cantrill,
in a vigorous statement, admonished
the crowd that a repetition of the of¬
fense would be followed by au order
from the court clearing the courtroom.
Governor Brown filed an exception,
basing it an the incident, and called
attention to it as an evidence of the
heated state of public feeling in Frauk
fort.
MILLIONS OF SHAD
Are Turned Loose In Ueorgla Waters
By Fish Cainmlssioner Bernham.
Fish commission car No. 4, iu charge
of Captain Charles Bernham, was in
Augusta, Ga., for a few days the past
week. The car left the hatchery at
Bryon Point, on the Potomac, with
2 , 000,000 “shad fry,” or young shad,
one-fourth of which were deposited in
the Savannah at Augusta, one-fourth
in the Ocmulgee near Macon, one
fourth in the Ocmulgee near Millen
and one-fourth iu the Flint at Albany.
Captain Burnham says that 200,000,
000 shad fry are aunual'y seut out
from . the hatcheries of the United
States and deposited in tho different
rivers of the country. They remain
in the river until fall, when the water
begins to get cold, and then go down
to the ocean, and stav there two years,
after which time they come up the
river to spawn. Captain Burnham
states that the .Government annually
places over a billion fish in the waters
of the country from the thirty-five
fisheries it now operates. One of these
fisheries is located at Bullockville,
Ga., and has been in operation for
two years.
JUDGE NEWSOME CRAZY.
Unique and Well Known Character
Will Be Committed to Asylum.
Judge D. A. Newsome was declared
a lunatic by a jury in the ordinary’s
office at Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday morn
ing and will be sent to the state insane
asylum at Milledgeville os sooa as
possible. ‘
Judge Newsome, who was seventy
one years old, had been a familiar
sight in Atlanta for a number of years.
When a young man he had been ordi¬
nary of Greeue county and was per
sonally acquainted with nearly all tlie
prominent men of the state. He was
chiefly known in Atlanta through the
singing of “The Lone Rock by the
Sea,” and for bis passion for flowers,
bunches of which he wore in all sea
sons.
flagleITappeals’tt) court
To Shift Guardianship Over His Wife
To Dr. McDonald.
Henry M. Flagler, a Standard Oil
official, asked the New York courts to
relieve him as guardian of his wife,
Ida A. Flagler, who was declared in¬
competent several months ago.
Mr. Flagler asked that Dr. Carlos
McDonald, the insanity expert, be ap¬
pointed in his place. He asserts that
his wife is possessed of'stocks and se¬
curities to the amount of $1,227,110
and cash to the amount of $264,477.
Mr, Flagler says that he has decided to
make his permanent home in Florida,
aud for this reason lie asks to here
leased from the commission.
NETHERSOLE SEEKS REDRESS
Actress Sues a Washington Preacher
For Alleged Libel.
Suit has been filed in the supreme
court of the District of Columbia by
Olga Nethersole, the actress, for
$20,000 damages against Rev. Thomas
C. Eastou, pastor of the Eastern Pres¬
byterian church, in. Washington. The
attorneys for MisB Nethersole allego
that Dr. Eastou in a sermon preached
April 1st, last, characterized Miss
Nethersole as “a lewd woman.”
THE CANAL BILL
PASSED IN HOUSE
Only Thirty-Five Votes Were Re¬
corded Against It.
TEXT OF THE MEASURE.
Went Through With Amend¬
ments Made By Committee.
With but thirty-five votes iu the
negative, the bouse Wednesday after
noon passed tlie Ileplnirii canal bill
as it had been amended by the com
inittee. Before that there was n con
test over the moRt important of these
amendments, which was the one strik¬
ing out the fortifications provisions.
Mr. Adamson, of Georgia, and Mr.
Shackelford, of Missouri, made a mi¬
nority report against this particular
amendment and most of the debate
was directed toward this feature of tlie
bill. When it came to the final roll
call it developed that most of those
who were opposed to any bill at all
supported the committee amendment.
While the vote was not strictly on
party lines most of the Democrats
stood by Messrs. Adamson and Shack¬
elford in favor of fortifications. They
were beaten, however by an even fifty
votes, the committee amendment be
jng adopted by a vote of 155 to 104.
The question then recurring on the
passage of the bill as amended the vote
was 225 to 35.
The text of the bill as it passed the
house is ns follows:
Be it enacted, etc., That the presi¬
dent of the United States be, and
is berereby authorized, to acquire
from the states of Costa Rica aud Nic¬
aragua, for and in behalf of the
Uuited States, control of such portion
of territory now belonging to Costa
Rica and Nicaragua as may be desira¬
ble and necessary, on which to exca¬
vate, construct and project a canal of
such depth and capacity as will be suf¬
ficient for tho movements of ships of
the greatest tonnage and draft now in
use, from a point near Greytown, on
the Caribbean sea, via Lake Nicaragua,
to Breto, on the Pacific oceau; and
such sum as may be necessary to
secure such control is hereby appro
priated out of any money in the treas¬
ury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 2. That when the president
has secured full control over the terri¬
tory in section 1 referred to, he shall
direct the secretary of war to excavate
and construct a canal and waterway
from a point ou the shore of the Ca¬
ribbean sea, near Greytown, by way of
Lake Nicaragua, to a point near Bre¬
to, ou the Pacific oceau. Such canal
sbull be of sufficient capacity and
depth as thut it may be used by vessels
of the largest tonnage and greatest
depth now in use, aud shall be sup¬
plied with all necessary locks and oth¬
er appliances to meet the necessities
; of vessels passing from Greytown to
j ^veto; and the secretary of war shall
als0 instruct such safe aud cornmo
dious harbors at the tormina of said
a “ d provision for defense
as ^ be necessary for the safety and
Protection of said canal and harbors
| Sec. 3. That tne president shall
[ such fl3 *> e neces ;
sal 'y for such canal and harbors, and
111 cons ruction of the same shad
em P lo Y s " ch l )ersous as be deen!
necessary. and
Sec. 4. That in the excavation
construction of said canal the San Ju¬
an river and Lake Nicaragua, or such
parts of each as may be made avail¬
able, shall be used.
Sec. 5. That in any negotiations
with the states of Costa Rica or Nica¬
ragua the president may have, tho
president is authorized to guarantee
t 0 said states the use of said canal and
! harbors, upon such terms as may be
j agreed upon, for all vessels owned by
j sa id states or by citizens thereof,
gee. 6 . That the sum of $10,000,000
is hereby appropriated, out of auy
money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated, toward the project here
j n contemplated, and the secretary of
wav is further hereby authorised to
enter into a contract or contracts for
j materials and work that may be deem
e d necessary for the proper excavation,
construction, completion and defense
0 f said canal, to be paid for as appro -
priations may from time to time be
hereafter made, not to exceed in the
aggregate $140,009,000.
INDORSE CHICAGO PLATFORM.
Democrats of New Hampshire Get To¬
gether at Concord.
The New Hampshire democratic
state convention met in Concord
Wednesday. The resolutions adopted
“unreservedly” endorse the Chicago
platform of 1896, “iu whole aud in de¬
tail they denounce the republican
party for its abandonment of bimetal¬
lism, its enactment of a gold standard
law at the demand of mouey kings,
and its absolute surrender to the na
i-inTvii banks of the control of the cur¬
rency.
ECUMENICAL:* GO HOME.
The Great Conference In New York
City Comes to a Close.
There was a general exodus from
New York Wednesday of the delegates
aud visitors to the Ecumenical confer¬
ence, which was brought to a close
Tuesday night. Many of the mission¬
aries who came from far countries
have gone to visit friends before de¬
parting for their posts, and at Carne¬
gie ball only a few callel to get their
mail before leaving.
The $15,000 needed for the Ecu¬
menical society was practically raised.
NEGROES BARRED.
But Few Colored Delegates In
North Carolina Republican
State Convention.
The white Republicans of North
Carolina had made strenuous effortR
to have their state convention in Ral¬
eigh Wednesday the best they Lave
ever held in the state.
The negroes were so well restrained
and kept out as delegates that there
were only eighteen among the 240 del
egutes, while a few years ago there
were 180. There are thirteen counties
in the state with negro majorities.
There was considerable interest in
the selection of delegates to the na
tional convention, as the negroes had
, aj(1 th( , y intelI(leJ to have one of their
rac . e ou ,i H a delegate, or know the
reason w hy. First of all, Pritchard and
Ball were elected by acclamation, the
former being declared to be the ‘‘fore¬
most Republican in North Carolina,”
a nd jj 0 y,j as “Pritchard’s right bow
er. ” McNamee, Rennul ami collector
Carl Duncan completed the quartette
of delegates.
A resolution, offered by Charles
Reynolds, was adopted indorsing Sen¬
ator Pritchard for vice president. The
senator said that he w>as no candidate
or aspirant for that nomination. Fol¬
lowing is the state ticket named:
Governor—Spencer Adnmas, Gul
ford county.
Lieutenant Governor — Claudius
Dockery, of Richmond.
State Treasurer—L. L. Jenkins, of
Gaston.
Secretary of State—J. F. Parrott,
of Lenoir.
Slate Auditor—Thomas S. Rolling,
of Madison.
Attorney General— Z. V. Walser, of
Davidsou.
Superintendent of Public Instruc¬
tion—N. C. English, of Randolph.
Chairman Corporation Committee—
C. C. Reynolds, of Forsyth.
Commissioner of Agriculture—J, A.
Franks, of Swan.
Commissioner of Labor—Thomas S.
Malloy, of Rockingham.
Electors—A. II. Price, of Roan, and
J. C. McCrary, of Davidson.
Following is the plank in the plat¬
form in regard to trusts:
“We are opposed to combinations of
capital whenever they become de¬
structive of the rights of individual
citizens aud such combinations should
be suppressed by adequate statutes
enacted by the legislatures of the sev¬
eral states or by congress, if the re¬
sulting evils are beyond the power and
jurisdiction of the states.”
The convention indorsed, without
condition and with enthusiasm, the
administration of President McKinley,
and instructed its delegates to vote for
his reuomination. Also the delegates
are instructed to vote for Seuator
Pritchard for vice president.
DISASTER NOT EXaGERATED.
fline Horror In Utah Grows In Ap¬
palling List of Fatalities.
A special from Scofield, Utah, says:
Wednesday night’s estimate of the
number of killed in the terrible miue
explosion was 250, but the total death
list will probably yet reach 300. Re¬
lief work is still in progress, beiug
conducted by shifts of men.
Every house in the little town of
Scofield is a house of. mourning.
The awful scene of Tuesday gave place
Wednesday to the calm of despair.
When the removal of the bodies
from the mine began hundreds of men
volunteered their services for the pur
pose. The rescuers came from other
mines aud towns surrounding and
worked incessantly to bring out the
burned and mangled remains of the
dead miners.
Many of the rescuers came near los¬
ing their lives from the fatal after
damp, but the work was continued in
the face of all danger, and most of the
brave fellows remained at their posts
until they were almost ready to drop
from physical exhaustion and the
deadly effects of the poisonous fnmes.
According to the closest estimate
there were about 398 men all told
employed at the two mines, which are
practically one. Wednesday 140 bodies
Up to noon
bad been brought out.
Arriving trains constantly brought
in relatives of the victims from outside
points aud the coal company designa¬
ted a committee to carry the dead to
Salt Lake, Ogdeu and other cities.
PORTO RICO HAS FUNDS.
Balance In the Treasury Now Amounts
to $ 285 , 000 .
The Porto liican treasury starts out
with a comfortable balance to the cred¬
it of the new civil government. Act¬
ing Secretary Meiklejolin received a
cablegram Thursday from Governor
Allen and General Davis stating that
J. II. Hollauder, the newly appointed
treasurer of Porto Rico, bad qualified
and given a bond iu the sura of
$100,000. General Davi 3 asked per¬
mission to turn over to the new official
the cash, amounting to $285,000, in
the bands of the military governor,
and Mr. Meiklejolin promptly author¬
ized the transfer.
MERRITT GOES ABROAD
While Brooke Is Assigned to Military
Department of the East.
Two important orders were. issued
by the war department Wednesday.
One granted General Wesley Merritt,
commanding the military department
of the east, leave of absence with per¬
mission to go abroad. The other as¬
signed Major General J. R. Brooke to
the command of the department of the
east, with headquarters at Governor’s
island, New York.
FILIPINOS SLAY
20 AMERICANS
Garrison at Catubig Is Al¬
most Overwhelmed.
REFUSED TO SURRENDER
Only Ten Men Survived the Attacks of a
Five Days’ Siege, and These Were
Rescued None Too Soon.
A Manila special says: The Ameri¬
can garrison at Cntubig, Island of
Samar, consisting of thirty men be¬
longing to the Forty-third regiment,
has been attacked by rebels. Twenty
of the Americans were killed. The
remainder were rescued.
The Americans were quartered in
the Catubig ehtircb, which the enemy,
numbering .several hundred men, sur¬
rounded and fiercely attacked. The
Americans fought for two days and
then the rebels managed to ignite tho
roof of tho church, and it burned
away and finally fell upon those inside
the edifice. The w'nlls remained in¬
tact, however, and were used as a
shelter by the besieged Americans for
three days longer, the enemy attack¬
ing the building on all sides at once.
The Americans continued firingfrom
tl e doors and windows of the church,
and did great execution among the
Fillipinos. It is estimated that over
200 of the latter were killed, many
dead bodies being removed from tho
scene of the fighting. After five days’
resistance by the men, a lieutenant
and eight men arrived and relieved
the men.
The fortunate arrival of these re-en
forcemeuts prevented the annihilation
of the American force entrenched in
the church, who had repeatedly de¬
clined to surrender when ordered to
do so by the Fillipinos. food,
The ten survivors were without
had little ammunition and were phys¬
ically exhausted when relieved.
This fight has encouraged the Fili¬
pinos, who are now acting in an ag¬
gressive manner and threatening that
section of the coun ry, especially the
town of Catarina, when the garrison
probably will be withdrawn to Laon.
NO OFFICIAL REPORT.
General Otis Delays Sending An Ac¬
count of the Catubig Affair.
General Otis lias sc far Dot reported
to the war department the casualties
sustained by the American garrison at
Catubig. The officials believe that he
is holding back the news with the ob¬
ject of supplying with it the names of
the victims of the siege.
The loss reported in killed is the
most severe suffered by the American
forces since the beginning of the in¬
surrection, but even so, the officials at
the war department could not but cx
press their admiration for the heroic
endurance and courage displayed by
■ the little garrison. who
The officers at the department
have seen service iu tlie Philippines
are not surprised at the fact that an
officer with eight soldiers was able to
raise the siege. They say that the Fili¬
pinos were probably dismayed, at tho
extent of the punishment inflicted up
on them by the garrison before the
relieving party came near, and then
they supposed it was but the advance
guard of a formidable force and ran
off.
MAY BUY DAVIS HOME.
Proposition Is Before Aiabimi Daugh¬
ters of the Confederacy.
Tlie main question before the con¬
vention of the Alabama Daughters of
the Confederacy in Montgomery was
whether or not the old Jefferson Davis
mansion in Montgomery should be
purchased. There was a lively scene,
ani every delegate was on the floor at
once.
The convention was about evenly
divided on the subject, aud it was
finally decided to let the matter go
over until the eight chapters in the
state not represented at the conven¬
tion could be heard from. The matter
is the most important ever before the
organization.
MORE WAGES; LESS WORK.
Savannah Laborers Fail to Get Eilhet
and Quit Tlieir Jobs.
Two mouths ago workingmen’s un
ions in the Building Trades Counc l at
Savannah notified the contractors that
on May 1 st they would expect an in
crease in wages amounting to about 25
percent, aud a reduction of working
hours from 10 to 9 per day. No reply
having been received from the con¬
tractors, the Building Trades Council,
embracing the several unions, ordered
the workmen not to bhow up for work
Tuesday morning.
EXPERTS ARE EMPLOYED.
Books of the Southern Agricultural
Works to Undergo Examination.
In accordance with tho order of
Judge W. T. Newman, Mr. George W.
Parrott, receiver for the Southern Ag¬
ricultural works, at Atlanta, has made
provision for the examination of the
company’s books by experts.
Mr. Parrott has telegraphed to New
York to Messrs. Haskins & Sells, tho
certified accountants who weDt through
the books of ex-auditor Thomas J.
Hunter for the Atlanta and WeBt Point
Railroad company.
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