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OCILLA DISPATCH.
OCILL'A, GEORGIA.
tit WIN COUNTY PUBLISHING ’ CO.,-
Proprietors.
The record of mail matter of all
classes in pounds In 1800, carried by
the railroads of thi., country, was the
greatest ever known. The mall mat¬
ter weighed 1,565,666,508 pounds, and
had it been reduced to freight, would
have required 30,142 cars to transport
it.
The Supreme Court of New Jcrsej
says that it is not required that the
railway companies give audible warn¬
ing of the approach of their cars to
children playing on the sidewalk. It
is enough if the motorman makes ev¬
ery effort to arrest the motion of the
car when such children rush from the
sidewalk aud run directly in front of
the car.
In the Canadian Northwest prov
laces, from Manitoba to the Pacific
Coast, there are probably more colo¬
nies of different nationalities than are
to be found on any equal area else¬
where iu the world. There are said
to be more Dunfcards on the plains of
Alberta and Assinibone than in North
Dakota. Russian colonists are fre¬
quent in these districts, hut prefer¬
ence has been given by the Russians
to the more northern province of Sas¬
katchewan. Throughout the districts,
scattered in large and small numbers,
are colonies of Greeks, Finlanders,
French, Dutch and other nationalities,
as also a colony of Hebrew farmers
and several gatherings of Mormons.
, The Flan who lias done more, per¬
haps, than any other to hutnauize war¬
fare is said to be living almost penni¬
less and forgotten in the hospice of
Heiden in the Swiss Canton of Ap-
penzell. Dr. Henri Dunant, the found¬
er of the Red Cross Society, by a lit¬
tle work entitled “Un Souvenir de
Solferino,” in which he vividly de¬
scribed the sufferings of the wounded,
and called upon the nations to do
-•something to alleviate the worst hor¬
rors of war by the formation of —:
int erna tional hospital service, first
aroused the conscience of Europe to
action. The book attracted much at¬
tention, and resulted in the Geneva j
convention of 1804, which established
the neutrality of the hospitals and am¬
bulance services, and in the found¬
ing of societies in every country, with
an international committee at Geneva
as a centre.
*
The London Field observes that tlie
advent of the automobile may operate
to revive those fine old wayside inns'
that were common in the old coach¬
ing days. Let it be so. Railroads
have done much for the utilitarian
world, but they have torn a very
interesting chapter out of the romance
of human life. We in this country
miss the old inn very little, for we
hardly know what it is, exclaims the
Pathfinder. The type of rural hotel
with us is a blank and staring frame
building on which tin lager beer signs
are prominent. There is seldom a
redeeming feature about them. In
England even yet there remain many
of the old-time inns—somewhat re¬
duced from coaching days, to he sure
—picturesque stone buildings draped
with tender ivy, neat as a new pin
throughout, cozy and inviting. We
have always thought that the bicy¬
cle was the herald of good roads, and
certainly the automobile or any other
will help the cause. And with more
travel on the road the character of
our country inns will improve. Speed
the day.
An experimental rural free mail
delivery in Missouri has proved as
gratifying as the like experiment in
Maryland. The Missouri route is in
Macon County, from .Callao to Kasey-
ville, a tour of twenty-four miles,
serving a population of 1200. In six
months the delivery has increased
from 600 to nearly 4000 pieces of mail
per month. A registry system is
conducted for sending money, so that
the farmer can drive liis plow team
Bp to the fence corner, puil out his
pocketbook, and make a mail remit¬
tance without the loss of live minutes’
time. Boxes have been established at
ail the gates and on corner posts of
the cross roads for the convenience
of those living off the round. An im¬
portant feature of the experiment will
be the improvement of the roads. Ev¬
ery one along the line is intersted in
seeing that tlie carrier lias a good
highway to travel over, so that he
shall not be delayed, and many a
washout, mudhole, and gully has been
repaired by those iu the vicinity with¬
out any hope of pay save the prompt
receipt of their mail.
SUNDERED.
ST CLINTON HCOLLA.nl>.
n lore, since you and I must walk apart.
Spare A shrine me one little corner of your heart—
That shall be wholly mine!
Others mav claim, and rightfully, the re 3 t;
If there I know I am not dispossessed,
All bliss
I, eager, shall not miss.
And if so he you sometimes offer there,
Though but in thought, the {ragment of a
No prayer,
more
Can I, alas! implore.
Hat that is much, and shall, forsooth.avail fail,
To make my footsteps falter not nor
Though pathways far sundered
Our are.
Then, love, since you and I must walk
apart. little of heart—
Spare A shrine me one corner your
That shall be wholly mine!
—Harper’s Bazar.
pupid -t With a Jinimy § *
* By Heleq Fol’iett. i
w HEN John Trumbull fell
In love with vivacious aud
sprightly Gertrude Moore
110 one would ever have
suspected that lie was a scholar, a
thinker aud a settled man of forty.
His general actions were those of a
youth of eighteen undergoing liis first
case of love. The upshot of it was
that when these two became engaged
Miss Moore pulled Mr. Trumbull
around by his philosophical nose and
made him dance to her fiddling as
suited her capricious and changing
moods. Matrimony found the same
condition of affairs. Every domestic
question was decided by Mrs. Trum¬
bull, no matter whether it was the
choice of an apartment or the selection
of a new coffee grinder. Air. Trum¬
bull, being still in- a state of blinding
affection and admiration for the little
girl of twenty, whom he had woed and
won, let her have her way, with the
result that lie was being henpecked to
the queen’s taste.
But as the years went by, as tbe
years have a way of doing, Mr. Trum¬
bull gradually awakened to tbe one¬
sided state of affairs. Mrs. Trumbull,
being selfish and possessing a thistle¬
down intellect, fancied that it would
not do to let Air. Trumbull know that
she was at all fond of him. Some old
lady had told her once that when a
man knows a woman loves him his af¬
fection becomes chilled like whipped
cream in an ic-e chest. So she stuck
up her nose—it stuck up of its own
accord by tlie way—and went her us¬
ual pace of bullyragging and worrying
him. She would do this, she would
do that—what John thought didn’t
matter.
But, as said before, a change finally
came over John’s heart. He still con¬
sidered that dainty wife of his quite
the smartest, cleverest woman iu the
world, but, strange to say, he was
becoming aware of her peculiar pow¬
ers of dictating and laying down the
law. John was quiet and inoffensive
and just the kind of man that offers
splendid opportunities for the woman
with a will of her own. For a long
time Mrs. John did not observe that
her husband’s substantial admiration
was growing thin, almost to a shadow.
But when she did realize It, the blow
was something fearful. It had been
her opinion that even though she were
to sell his best clothes to the rag man
or burn tbe house up or turn his hair
White with her everlasting criticisms
John would ever remain the same—
faithful, adoring, enduring.
One morning John didn’t kiss his
Wife when he went downtown to
business. She moped and wept and
scolded the baby and the kitchen maid,
and then decided she didn't care. From
that time on things went from bad to
worse and from worse to even worse
than that. Once in a great while
when John’s old time vision of love
for his wife came up he would take
her in his arms and tell her that she
was the prettiest thing in the world.
Following her old-time tactics, Mrs.
John would in return comment on his
bad choice of a necktie or let loose the
pleasant information that his collar
was soiled on the edge. John’s heart
would sink and he would tramp off to
work feeling like an orphan asylum
in a derby hat and creased trousers.
As it was not John's nature to war
against any one, he simply kept him¬
self out of Mrs. John’s way. Sunday
afternoons he went out for a walk.
Sometimes he went over to the North
Side to s^e an old college chum of his.
These trips were his only dissipations.
On Sunday afternoon, when ho and
his old friend were discussing some
particular exciting college scrimmage
that had taken place fifteen years
back, the telephone bell rang, and a
woman’s voice begged to speak to Mr.
Trumbull. He wont to the ’plume.
“Is that you, Gertrude?”
“Yes, John. And won’t you come
borne, please. I let Sadie take baby
over to your mother’s, and everybody
In the building is out and I’m having
She fidgets. I don’t know what I am
Scared about, but I’m just nervous.”
“All right, dear,” said John, and
home he went, not stopping long
enough to finish up the recollections
Of the college fight
At home he found his wife sitting
curled up on a little settee looking
very much as she had looked when
five years before ho had begged and
entreated and kissed her into saying
“Yes.” She was twisting her hand¬
kerchief into little wads and ropes,
and he knew by that that she was
distracted about something.
“I know you think I’m silly to feel
this way when it’s not even twilight
yet. But I know positively that some¬
body tried the kitchen windows while
I was lying down, aud I just couldn't
get over It. I always was afraid ot
burglars or ghosts.” Aud then she
had a nervous chill.
John said nothing. lie took out a
copy of Spencer and lighted a cigar.
After a time the baby was brought
home aud put to bed. Mrs. Trumbull
lmd recovered from her nervousness
and was peeking out from behind a
window shade listening to a conversa¬
tion that was going on in the court.
The servant employed by the fam¬
ily In the apartment just below the
Trumbull’s abode wgs in the flat oppo¬
site telling the occupants of that, place
that she was unable to get into the
house.
“I can’t turn the key, and If you
don’t mind, ma’am, I’ll go through
your window.”
The people didn’t mind at all. They
even held the girl’s parasol and poek-
etbook while she clambered from one
window sill to the other.
Then came a crash. It was a ter¬
rific crash. Had the girl fallen Into
the court? No. The sounds that
came from the floor below were unlike
those heard when Hendrick Hudson
played ninepins in the Adirondacks.
At that point came a shriek, such as
the stage heroine gives vent to when
the villain gets after her with 4
butcher knife. It was sickening.
Mrs. Trumbull waited half a second,
then stuck her head out of the win¬
dow, aud with the help of half a
dozen other feminine voices called:
“Mary! Mary! What's the matter?”
The reply was a volley of sobs and
squeals winding up with: "The flat’s
been robbed!”
Mr. Trumbull was surprised to see
his wife with hair streaming down
her back and hands clutching the
folds of a bath robe, go shooting
through the library out into the hall
and down the stairs.
In ten minutes she returned. Her
eyes were big and black and scared.
Her teeth were chattering, and her
hands were busy with each other. She
curled up on the divau and looked at
her husband.
“John, what do you think? The
Smith’s flat has been robbed and
there’s hardly a scrap of anything
left. They came through the kitchen
window. They even took some Per¬
sian rugs and Mrs. Smith’s sealskin.
And the silver’s all gone, aud the
bouse—oh, you just should see it! It’s
kr/ee deep with the things that they’ve
pulled out rf the dressers and ward¬
robes!”
John continued to read his Spencer.
“That’s too bad,” he said.
Silence of five minutes.
“John.” she spoke, very softly.
“Yes?” lie asked, not looking up from
Spencer.
“John, do you know I’d just be
seared stiff if yon weren’t here.”
John smiled sadly.
“Yon won’t go off on that hunting
trip, will you?”
“Well-11-11,” he drawled uncertainly.
“I just won’t let you, now. They
might come in and take my candle-
stick, or the baby, or my grandmoth¬
er’s set of china. And I’m not a bit
afraid when you're here. Honest, I’m
not!”
John’s chest swelled up. This was
something new. He threw Spncer on
the floor and went and looked at Ills
revolver. Then he tried the dining¬
room windows. After that he threw
his arms out and doubled them up to
see If his muscle swelled as it did
when he was a lad at school.
He walked back and forth through
their bit of flat and held his head up
high. Then he sat down beside that
little tyrant of a wife and looked her
in the eyes.
She giggled hysterically and ran her
fingers across his moustache, just as
she used to do when poor John was
so crazy with love for her that she
could have pulled out every hair of
his head and he’d never have known
it.
“Dear,” John said softly, “I never
knew before that there was any place
for me in this house, that I filled any
want here. But now I find that I am
useful, that I am a burglar-scarer.
God bless that man that stole those
things downstairs. It’ll be hard on
the Smith’s, hut It’s a mighty fine
thing for me.”
And they lived happily ever after.
Or bad for a week, as the burglary
only took place that far hack.—Chi¬
cago Times-Herald.
Menzel’s Idea of Rest.
The German artist, Adolf Menzel, is.
a great favorite, and his vagaries af¬
ford endless amusement to the Berlin
art fraternity.
It seems that Menzel was engaged
on a mural decoration. He had rigged
up a scaffolding in his studio, ou which
his model was requested to stand. For
two long hours the poor “poseur” stood
up aloft in a most fatiguing posture.
Menzel, meanwhile, worked at his
sketch, heedless of tho fact that his
model was growing tired.
At length the model found It neces¬
sary to speak.
“Herr Professor,” said he, “bow
about a recess?”
Menzel apologized profusely for his
forgetfulness.
“Certainly, certainly, my dear sir,”
said he, “Come down and rest your¬
self a bit.” sk.W-W
The model had clambered from the
scaffolding • to the ladder which led
down from It to the studio floor.
“Stop!” cried the artist, suddenly.
“That pose is fine! Don’t move a mus¬
cle!” ,
And once more the model was
forced into strained rigidity, while the
enthusiastic draughtsman set about
sketching him.
At the end of half an hour Menzel
looked up from his work.
“There,” said he, “that will do nice¬
ly! Get back on the scaffold. We
have had our rest. Let us get back
to work again.”—The Youth’s Com¬
panion.
GEORGIA NEWS ITEMS
Brief Summary of Interesting
Happenings Culled at Random.
Convict Camp Abolished.
The convict camp in Coffee connty
has been abolished by order of Gov¬
ernor Candler on account of the con¬
victs being inhumanely treated. The
camp is under the supervision of .the
county commissioners of Coffee county.
The members of the board of commis¬
sioners aud the owners of the camp,
Messrs. Wall & Peagler, were sum¬
moned before the governor several
weeks ago to testify concerning the
conduct of the camp.
The state warden had reported that
the quarters of the convicts were inad¬
equate aud not properly kept, and also
that the convicts were not given a suf¬
ficient amount of food.
After an investigation the commis¬
sion decided to abolish the camp and
the order was issued.
The convicts will be turned over to
the authorities of Jefferson connty to
work.
*
Dublin Prepares For Horticulturist*.
The people of Dublin are making
considerable preparations for the en¬
tertainment of the members of the
Georgia State Horticultural Society,
which convenes on August 1st, and
the state Agricultural Society which
meets one week later. A part of the
entertainment wall probably consist
of a ride down the Oconee upon the
steamers “City of Dublin” and “R.
C. Henry.”
Ororgtn Blitter at Baris.
Georgia butter from tbe XiaGrange
creamery is on exhibition at the
world’s fair in Paris. Last October,
at Grantville, at the convention of the
Georgia dairymen, tbe LaGrange
creamery butter took tbe sweepstakes
prize for the state as bstvmg the best
butter on exhibition.
Last Spike IMriwoift. •
Thomasviile celebrated tba coming
oSytke Tifton, Thomasviile aud Gulf
railroad with great enthusiasm. Ex¬
cursions were run from Tifton, Moul¬
trie aud intermediate points, fully five-
thousand people attending the cele¬
bration. The last spike in the road
was driven by Captain E. M. Smith,
president of the Bank of Thomasviile,
and an address of welcome was deliv¬
ered by Major H. W. Hopkins and
was followed iu a short speech by
.Judge Wilkes, of Moultrie. A big
basket dinner was given the visitors
iu the city park.
*
Judge Trip*i>e Dead.
Judge Robert Pleasant Tripp©, be¬
lieved to be the lastsnrviving member
of the confederate oongress, the last
BurT jy irig mem ber of the class of 1839
of the University of Georgia, and a
distinguished ex-member of the su¬
preme bench of this state, died at his
home iu Atlanta Sunday night after an
illness of only about two hours. His
death resulted from paralysis.
He had reached the age of eighty
years, having been born in Jasper
county, this state, December 21, 1819.
Cotton Mill For Fitzgerald.
The Irwin County Cotton mills were
organized at Fitzgerald the past week,
and subscriptions to the capital stock
are more than $60,000. A charter has
been applied for and operations will
commence at once and be pushed un¬
til the factory is completed.
Will Be Unique Gathering:.
The Confederate encampment to be
held in Macon in September promises
to be one of the most unique gatherings
of the kind ever held in Georgia. It
is proposed to stretch tents for the
occasion on one of the main plazas of
the Central City and revive the camp¬
fire reunion in a realistic manner.
Governor Candler has been invited by
Macon’s chief executive to be present
and spend a night in one of the tents,
and the governor has accepted.
From Augusta to Athens.
The Seaboard Air Line is at work
preparing for the construction of the
road from Augusta to Athens. A party
is now out verifying the survey. Some
big news is expected from the Seaboard
within the next few months.
The Editor, at Tallulah.
Half a hundred editors of Georgia
weekly newspapers left Tallulah Falls
the past week declaring that they will
fill the world with the glories of the
falls and the grandeur of the mount-
afns. The editors did the falls in a
rush, The visit was a revelation to
most of them. .
The people of Rabun and Habersham
live iu hope that these influential gen¬
tlemen of the weekly press will help
to bring this picturesque spot into
greater favor with the public. The
falls deserve to be a great popular re¬
sort,
*
Athens* Invitation Accepted.
A telegram received from President
W. S. Coleman announces that Athens’
invitation to entertain the Georgia
Weekly Press Association next year
nas accepted unanimously. The Classic
City is delighted.
. *
Historic Building Changes Hands.
The Leyden house, on Peachtree
street, Atlanta, the ancestral home of
the Leydens, one of Georgia’s promi¬
nent families, was sold a few days ago
to James G. Truitt, of LaGrange, for
$45,000. It was originally built in
1840, and has a highly interesting
history'.
General George H. Thomas, of the
Union forces, used the house as head¬
quarters when the Federals entered
Atlanta. General Sherman also estab¬
lished headquarters there during his
stay in the city in 1864 . The wails of
the mansion are pitted with bullet
holes, grim reminders of the time
when, with other Atlanta homes, it
furnished refuge for southerners while
Federal guns boomed from adjacent
hills.
A Question of ConHtStutlonality.
The state supreme court has heard
argument in the case of the mayor and
council of Savannah vs. the Savannah
and Thunderbolt Street Railway Com¬
pany. The city of Savannah taxed the
street railway 8100 per mile as a busi¬
ness tax in addition to the ad valorem
tax. The company operates abont
nineteen miles of railway, and the tax
was based on the number of miles,
making the total amount to be paid
yearly .$1,900.
The company took the position that
such a tax was unconstitutional aud
that the city council of Savannah had
no right to impose such taxation.
If the decision iu this case is in
favor of the city of Savannah, every
city in Georgia will have the right to
tax street car companies and railroads
passing through them, and for the to¬
tal number of miles the company ope¬
rates.
Was Am Oversight.
A telegram was received by Comp¬
troller General Wright a day or two
ago from the Pacific Mutual Life In¬
surance company of San Francisco,
saying the semi-aonual returns accom¬
panied by a check had been forwarded
to Atlanta. Tko telegram stated that
the failure to send in the returns at
the proper time was due to an over¬
sight. The company will mot be as¬
sessed the $560' penalty.
. *
Onsiis £>i.plea.es. Si.vivnnillfc
There are many persons in Savan¬
nah who believe that tbe estimate of
Census Supervisor Heury Blun, Jr.*
that the population of the city will
not go beyond 5d,000, according to the-
census of 1900* is far too low, and
that it does not do the city justice-.
Tbe residents,, for the most part,, had
been building their hopes on from,
60,000 to 65,000 people, at least,, and,
to come as far below as the supervisor
appears to think is disheartening and!
discouraging to them.
IVfftlioi* Crop CurtttiHed.
t, Reports , received , at , the ,, agricultural ,, ,
flepartmeut indicate that the melon
crop will bo- short this year. It is said j
by the offiirials at the department that
the melons are not bringing the prices
expected,, and that in, addition they
were not of the kind that have been
grown during the past few years in
Georgia.
The excessive rains during the
month, of June played havoc wiith the
melon crop and many of the fields in
the state were entirely ruined. The
railroad men say that the number of
cars handled is far below the number
shipped last year.
Declare Six Fw Cent. Dividend.
The stockholders of the Monroe
oo-ttou mills have re-elected the old
board of directors and the same offi¬
cers for the ensuing year. The mill
has been very prosperous during the
past several months, and felt fully
authorized to declare s> simi-annual
dividend of six per cent. This is the
largest dividend ever paid, but the
managers b/alieve that they will be
able to keep up the stroke.
At Their Old Tricks.
President Jordan, of the Georgia
Cotton Growers Association, says the
bears are trying some of their old
tricks against cotton, and have now
spread the report that Georgia has in¬
creased her cotton crop 225,000 acres.
“This is a crime,” says Mr. Jordan.
“Anybody who takes the trouble to in¬
vestigate the least bit knows that the
acreage has been reduced instead of
being increased. I have been through
nearly every county iu this and ad¬
joining states, aud I have studied the
matter carefully.
“In my opinion there is a big de¬
crease in acreage and the yield will
be quite small in both sections.
The farm labor is not available in
the first place for cultivating an in¬
creased acreage.
“In the next place the wheat and
oats and corn that have been planted
on the lands made it impossible for
more cotton to have been planted.
"I am looking for 11 cent cotton in
the fall in spite of the early tricks of
tho bears.”
Agrees to Put In Plant.
"If the Courier-Journal Publishing
Company, of Louisville, Ky., is
awarded the contract for state print¬
ing, the company has agreed to put up
a $10,000 printing plant in Atlanta, so
that no delay will be occasioned to the
state.
A bond in the sum of $20,000 is’ re¬
quired of the company awarded the
oontract as a guarantee for the faithful
performance of its task. The Louis¬
ville company does the state printing
of Florida, and claims that by estab¬
lishing a plant in Atlanta it will place
itself on the same footing with other
bidders so far as convenience to the
state is concerned.
*
Has Full Quota of Troops.
No more military organizations can
be acoepted by the state.
Inspector General Obear says that
the rauks of the infantry are filled and
no more companies could be mustered
in. There are several vacancies in
the cavalry regiments, but at this time
the state does not core to take iu any
new organizations, as there is not suf¬
ficient amount of money to pay for the
equipment. said
Colonel Obear that the state
had the troops needed at present, and
it would be some time before any more
would be needed. Jt cost a great deal
more does to equip a cavalry troop than it
an infantry company, and for this
reason be taken no new cavalry company can
r in.
Kick on Fr«Jffbt
The mayor and council of Tifton
have tiled a complaint with the rail¬
road commission charging discrimina¬
tion in freight rates on the part of
several railroads entering the town
and their connections.
The petition tiled with the commis¬
sion states that the varions roads have
formed a combination against the city
of Tifton, aud give other towns of
southwest Georgia lower rates on
freight. The petition alleges that
rates to and from Atlanta to Tifton, to
and from Savannah to Tifton, to and
from Brunswick to Tifton, and to aud
from Columbus to Tifton are much
higher than the rates from the same
places to Cordele, Valdosta, Albany,
Bainboridge aud other Georgia towns.
, Street Fair For Athens.
Athens is to hold a street fair. The
Athenaeum is behind the movement
anti what that club takes hold of gen¬
erally succeeds.
BRISTOW'S REPORT
SHows Neely’s Embezzlements-
Aggregate $151,712—Rath-
bone Will Be Fired.
The postmaster general has made
public tbe report of Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General Bristow* who in-
vestigated the Cuban frauds. Mr.. Bris¬
tow Suds that Neely’s embezzlements
aggregated at least $131,713 and. says
he was justified in recommending the
removal of Direotor General R&thbone.
Whether or not the latter was guilty
with Neely iu the embezzlements, he
says, there aau be no doubt in, the
matter of unauthorized per diem al¬
lowances,, personal expenditures and
warrants cashed and unaccounted for,
he unlawfully appropriated to his own
use money from, the Cuban revenues,
and for this, Mr. Bristow says, he be¬
lieves Mr. Rathbone should be requir¬
ed to answer*
The report says there was-no. check
whatever on, Neely’s transactions.
From the aecGiauts examined the re-
{ t sa tb© minimum 0 f Neely's em-
,
Shortages as shown byhia own rec¬
ords, $30,600; excess of credit by de’
struction of surcharged stamps defi¬
nitely ascertained. total,
$131,713,
This will be increased ii>y the dis¬
covery of additional sales of surckaged 1
stamps, but will not exceed $150,090
in the aggregate.
The report says that Rathbone ap¬
pointed Neely, who had custody of the-
stamps; W. H. Beeves,, tbe ouly mair'
who couid have check Neoly’S. w
a on .
transactions, and IX Warfield, chief of
the bureau of registration, a commis¬
sion to destroy the surcharged stamps
of -which Neely hsdi received $522,000
and that Neely and Reeves entered
into a conspiracy to report a larger
quantity of stamps destroyed than
were actually destroyed. But, the
report says, Neely’s fraudulent trans¬
actions were not confined to these
embezzlements and while the amounts
were small compared with the latter,
“they show the same official depravity
and utter disregard of the interests of
the public service.”
The connection between Neely and
the Neely Printing Company* of Mun-
cie, Iud., oi which he was proprietor
before he went to Cuba, is then ex¬
plained. The alleged sale of the
plant of this company to Cowan,
Neely’s business associate, tbe report •
says, was not a bona fid© transaction,
ns it is vot believed Cowan ever paid
Neely auy money for his protended
interest. Neely ordered from thus
company supplies for the department
of posts in Cuba.
The books of the printing company
show it received for printing $7,937,
while the bills paid and the money or¬
der records at Mnucie show $2,131
more than the amount indicated by the
books was paid. Some of the bills
were paid twice. Rathbone, when
asked why he approved these accounts,
said he did not know until after Neely’B
arrest that any printing was done at
Muncie. If this statement is true,
says the report, he convicts him¬
self of the most utter and indefensible
negligence of official duties.
REVENGED COMRADE’S DEATH.
Company of the Fortieth Regiment Slays
Ninety-Eight Filipinos In Quick Order.
A Manila dispatch says: At Oro-
quieta, in northern Mindanao, two
soldiers entered a native store for the
purpose of buying food. While there
one was killed by a bolo and bis bead
severed from his body. The other es¬
caped and gave the alarm.
A company of the Fortieth infantry,
stationed at Cagayan, repaired to Oro-
quieta and killed ninety eight natives,
thirty of them being in a single house.
Subsequently the gunboat Callao shell¬
ed Oroquieta, burning the warehouses.
One of the crew was killed.
BOEItS STILL FIGHTING.
Lord Roberts Reports Another Sharp Con¬
flict With the Transvaalers.
Lord Roberts reported to the war
office in London, Thursday that Gen¬
eral Archibald Hunter’s command was
heavily engaged July 24 and 25 iu the
hills sonth of Bethlehem. The Boevs
were strongly entrenched and fought
stubbornly throughout the 24th aud
compelled the British to retire from
some of their positions with about 50
casualties.