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WILL HOLD
BRAYE HOBSON.
Spanish Government Emphatically
Refuses Exchange.
TRUCE TO BE DISREGARDED.
Spaniards Grow Desperate Over
Their Many Defeats.
Secretary Long received Monday
•moruing the following dispatch from
Commander Watson, commanding the
blockading fleet off Havana:
‘^Captain general says that the Span
'ish government refuses to exchange
.prisoners.”
This relates to Lieutenant Hobson
and the crew of the Merrimac, and is
the outcome of the visit of Captain
Ludlow to Havana tlie
The refusal of Spanish authori
ties to exeliau re Lieutenant Hobson
and his men excites the utmost indig
nation This action on the part of the
Spanish government is spoken of not
only by American officials, but by for
eign authorities on international law
as absolutely unjustifiable and unwor
tby of a civilized nation
No doubt is felt that Hobson and
his men are being kept at Morro castle
for the purpose of giving that fortifi
cation immunity from attack, and that
they are being retained as prisoners
for the purpose of using them as a
shield for the safety of the Spaniards,
It is not only that Hobson and his
men are being used thus as a hostage,
but they must necessarily, while re
tained as prisoners, be subjected to
the dangers of disease and of priva
tions and famine.
Not only would every shot fired
against Morro Castle endanger their
lives, but the blockade of the harbor
and the cutting off of the base of sup¬
plies must inflict upon them all the
suffering which is legitimately brought
upon the Spanish forces.
If food is scarce at Santiago Hobson
and his gallant crew are probably the
first to go hungry. The w ants of the
Spanish army will lie the first cared
for, and while the Spanish soldiers are
on short rations, it is not likely that
these prisoners are getting much food.
It is recognized as legitimate iu
warfare that the feeding of soldieri
should be first looked after.
But it is not legitimate warfare to
retain prisoners wdieu an exchange is
possible so that they shall suffer
famine.
It is officially stated that Cap
tain General Blanco lias notified the
American blockading fleet that he will
hereafter recognize no flag of truce,
adding that every vessel within six
miles range will be fired upon,whether
flying the stars and stripes or a white
flag.
SPECIAL COURT TERF1
Held In Walker County, (la., to Break
Up Alleged Lawlessness.
What promises to be the most sen
sational court ever held in Georgia
was convened at Lafayette Monday
morning.
The grand jury is investigating the
wholesale traffic, m crime which is
alleged to have been carried on at
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Lytle, the Chiekamauga camp station.
I* is believed that two hundred in¬
dictments will be found, ranging from
misdemeanors to felonies involving the
extreme penalty.
Judge Henry’s charge was a sensa
tional one. He addressed the grand
jury for two hours and handled the
topics without gloves. His charge was
intended to refer exclusively to the
Lytle atrocities.
PORTO RICO EXPEDITION.
Georgia Volunteers Wilt Be Part of
the Invading Army.
A Washington dispatch says: The
First and Second regiments of Georgia
volunteers, and troops now at Mobile,
Ala., are to accompany General Miles
to Porto Rico.
The announcement was made offi
ciallv that"the at the war department Monday
Porto Rico expedition is to be
organized at once from detachments
from the encampments at- Mobile,
Chiekamauga, Alger and Tampa. The
expedition is to be assembled at Fer
naudina and Miami, Fla., tbe sites
finally selected by Secretary Alger, as
the result of the recent tour of
tiou by the board of officers.
FIFTY DROWNED
AT LAUNCHING.
Fearful Catastrophe Occurs In an
English Dockyard.
DEATH AMIDST HURRAHS.
Displaced Waters Engulf a Den¬
sely Packed Stage.
A London cable dispatch says: Dur
mg the launching of the new British
first-class battleship Albion, of 12,950
tons, at the Blackwell Tuesday by the
duchess of York, a ceremony at which
the United Spates ambassador, Colonel
John Hay, and Mrs. Hay and Lieu
tenant Colonel Well, the United
States naval attache, assisted, the dis
placement of water caused an immense
mass of water to rush on all sides,
completely submerging one of the
lower stages of the yard and immersing
hundreds of people.
It is estimated that fifty persons
were drowned.
As the dispatch was being sent the
bodies of 27 men, women and children
had been recovered.
The duchess of York and Colonel
and Mrs. Hay and the remainder of
the distinguished guests did not see
the accident, which occurred at the
moment when three cheers were called
for the successful launch, and the
cries and screams of the victims were
drowned by the outburst of the bur
rahs and the steamer shrieks.
The duke and duchess of York have
telegraphed assurances of their pro
found regret and sympathy.
Thousands who witnessed the launch
iug, including the royal party, left the
scene quite ignorant of the disaster.
The staging that was destroyed had
been erected for workmen near the
stern of the Japanese cruiser in course
of construction in the Blackwell yards.
It was a light structure, about fifty
f ee t long, and notices had been posted
warning the public that it was danger
ous. Despite the efforts of the police
some 200 people invaded the staging,
which commanded a good view of the
launching ceremony. The great waves
completely demolished it, and on re
ceding carried most of its occupants
into deep water.
The Albion is a first-class steel bat
tleship of 12,950 tons, 350 feet long,
74 feet broad and drawing 25 feet 5
inches’of water. She is to tiave 13,500
indicated horse-power, has two pro¬
pellers and cost about $4,000,000. The
new battleship .has eight inches of
Harvoyized steel on her sides, six
inches on her bulkheads and from
twelve to fifteen inches iu thickness,
her estimated speed is nearly nineteen
knots. She is to carry 1,850 tons of
coal, her crew is to number 700 men
and her armament is to consist of four
12-inch guns, twelve 6-inch quick
firing guns, and eighteen smaller
quick-firing guns, with five torpedo
tubes.
WAR PRISON NEEDED.
Ouestion Question of Such Such Establishment fcs b Dis- s
cussed by Officials.
A Washington dispatch says: The
question of the establishment of a
prison for Spaniards taken in war was
discussed at the cabinet meeting Tues
day, and Atlanta was the city most
frequently mentioned as the most de
sirablepomt
The office of the judge advocate gen
eral ha* had this matter under consul
eration for some time, and Monday
the matter was referred to the secretary
himself to settle.
At present the government would
be greatly hampered should its armies
succeed in taking 20,000 to 30,000
Spaniards prisoners. It has not at
present the facilities for handling
them. Even the few it has taken, and
who are now held in Atlanta, have
proved embarrassing to a minor de¬
gree.
The secretary of war stated that he
did not think it would be the policy
of the department to leave prisoners
taken in war on Spanish soil, because
they would be a constant source of
anxiety and annoyance, and the ques
tion of feeding them and caring for them
would prove a vexatious one, if they
were left on foreign territory. More
it ., would ,, , be to , . keep
?ver, necessary a
lar « e stationary guard from the Amer
ican army.
REVENUE INCREASE. •
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flay, 1898, Shows Qain of Three Mil
lions Over May, 1897.
The monthly statement of the col
lections of internal revenue, given out
at Washington Tuesday, shows that
the May collections amounted to $14,
098,117, an increase over Mav last
year of $3,281,225. The receipts from
the several sources of revenue and the
increase as compared with May, 1897,
are given as follows:
. Spirits,’ $7,096,460, increase $1,988,
057; tobacco, $3,724,062, increase
$1,018,759; fermented liquors, $3,131,-
505, increase $247,887; oleomargerine,
$88,014, increase $23,712; miseellane
ous, 28,074, increase $4,962.
INTERESTING NEWS
FROM SAMPSON.
Raar Admiral Describes the Situ¬
ation at Santiago.
COAST WELL FORTIFIED.
“Cork” In Harbor Mouth Does
Not Fit Closely Enough.
Rear Admiral Sampson authorizes
i be publication of the following infor¬
mation obtained from reconnoissances
and from the Cubans:
Matters are quiet at Guantanamo
bay. The Spaniards are transporting
artillery to the town of Guantanamo,
g unda y a shell from the battleship
Oregon destroyed a railway car and
set a warehouse on fire. A spy asserts
that the Spanish gunboat Sandoval
bas been filled with straw and will be
destroyed if there is any danger of her
being captured.
The Spanish forces at Guantanamo
are vainly attempting to reach Santiago,
where nothing is known as to the situa
turn at Guantanamo, asTdie Cubans the
intervening territory.. •
General Garcia s forces are within
three days of Santiago. They number
3,000. The same number of Cubans
are near Holguin. General Rabi is at
Acerradero, eighteen miles west of
Santiago, with 930 men, all well armed,
The battery at Castillo de la Socapa,
apposite Estrella, Santiago, has two
Hontoria guns, four Maxim-Norden
feldt 57-millimeter guns and one gat
ling 25-millimeter gun, all taken from
the Reina Mercedes. The battery at
Castillo del Morro has two Maxim
Nordenfeldt 75-millimeter guns t*ken
from the torpedo boat destroyer Ter
ror brought by Admiral Cervera. The
Punta Gorda has two Ordonez bronze
guns and one Hontoria. All these
batteries have also muzzle loaders.
The mines at the entrance are on the
Latimerclar system—two lines'of seven
each. One line was fired at the Mer
rimac, but without effect. The Merri
mac cleared the line when she exploded,
One torpedo in the first line was also
fired at the Merrimac without striking
her. The mines contain 225 kilograms
of gun cotton, and there are some
Bustamente torpedoes,
The best information is that the hull
of the Merrimac does not block the
channel, but lies to the right. Vessels
cau pass without touching it.
During the bombardment on June
3d Captain Harmon, second in command
on the cruiser Reina Mercedes, and five
men were killed by a shell. Six were
wounded.
Lieutenant Hobson and his men are
now believed to have been taken up to
Santiago.
AFFIX YOUR uuk STAMPS si a ica.
Important Provision of Revenue Meas
ure to Be Kept In Mind.
The stamp taxes provided in the
war revenue bill goes into effect the
first of July and the people should
become familiar with them before that
time, as penalties are provided for
failure to affix the proper stamp £ to
^ docJments which ar0 be
taxed under the new law.
Each bank check or draft must bear
fl st So must every bill of lading
mortgage> conveyance, lease, power of
ftttorney) warehouse receipt, telegraph
message and express package. The
st must be affixed and the persou
affixing it must cancel it by writing
ftcros8 itg face big initials aad the date .
^ be ^ a ^ p rov j dea t ba t if anything
tbat S p ec jfi ed aa subject to a tax
s t ana v> f s left unstamped “with intent
to evade the provisions of this act,”
the offender shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be fined not exceeding $50, or
imprisoned not exceeding six months,
or both.
Another provision is that “such in
strument, document, or paper not
being stamped, according to law' shall
be deemed invalid and of no effect.”
This provision is especially important
in real estate transactions. A deed to
real estate for which the consideration
exceeds $100 and does not exceed
$500 must bear a 50 cent stamp, aud
there must be a similar stamp for each
additional $500.
The failure to affix the proper nura
ber of stamps will invalidate the deed,
Each promissory note for more than
$100 must bear a 50-cent stamp.
EULOOIUflS IN HOUSE.
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Members Speak On Life of the Lata
Senator Harris.
Saturday s session of the house was
devoted chiefly to eulogies upon the
lifa character of former Senator
Harris, of Tennessee.
Speeches were delivered by Messrs.
McMillan, of Tennessee; Bland, of
Missouri; Richardson, of Tennessee;
Msyer, of Louisiana; Bae, of Arkan
sas > Benton, of Missouri, Bhea, of
Kentucky; Sims, of Tennesse; DeAr
mond, of Missouri.^ King, of l tah. ^ Car
mack, of Tennessee; Swanson, of \ lr
g inia - and CItok e, of New Hampshire,
The usual resolutions were adopted,
aa< ^ house adiourned.
TROOP SHIPS
OFF SANTIAGO.
Shafter and Sampson Meet and
Hold "Conference.
BLOCKADERS MADE HAPPY.
Arrival of Soldiers Is Joyfully
Greeted By the Marines.
Associated Press advices from off
Santiago, via Mole St. Nicholas, Hay
ti, state that the United States army
for the invasion of Cuba, 16,000
strong, commanded by General Shaf
ter, arrived off Santiago de Cuba at
noon Monday.
When the fleet of thirty-seven trans
ports with its freight of fighting men
swept up the southern coast, and slow
ed down within sight of the doomed
city of Santiagode Cuba, the anxiously
awaiting soldiers were greeted with
ringing cheers, which faintly echoed
to the transports from the decks of the
blockading warships far m shore; they
were answered by the troops most
heartily m kind
It was 10 o clock Monday morning
when the lookout on board the armor
ed cruiser Brooklyn reported seeing
the American fleet away to the south
east and a moment or so later he an
nonneed that a dozen transports were
insight. Then signals were exchanged
from ship to ship, gladdening the
hearts of the weary bloclcaders. Then
the United States auxiliary cruiser
Gloucester, formerly J. Pierpont
Morgan’s yacht Corsair, dashed away
to meet and welcome the troops,
About half an hour later a grim
forest of masts had sprung up appar
ently from the sea and a most impres
sive scene was-presented as the armada
swept gracefully up from the horizon
toward the shores where the great
struggle is to take place,
The transports were ranged in three
shifting lines with the battleship Indi
aua on the extreme right and the other
meu-of-war on the outskirts of the
fleet. In this order the transports
and their escorts steamed slowly to
ward the hills where the Morro’s red
walls gleamed in the sunlight,
As soon as the fleet of transports
had arrived at a point about twenty
miles off Santiago de Cuba the steamer
Seguraneia, having on board General
Shafter and his staff, left the other
vessels lying to and steamed to the
flagship of the American fleet in order
to visit Rear Admiral Sampson,
The general went on board the flag¬
ship and later General Shafter, Admiral
Sampson aud a party of officers board
ed the Seguraneia, which went to Ague
dores, about seventeen miles west of
Santiago, and at which place General
arcia is encamped with 3,000 Cuban
soldiers. General Shafter and his staff
ant * R ear Admiral Sampson proceeded
to General Garcia’s headquarters,about
a mile inland,where they spent several
bours consultation with the Cuban
general. At- the conclusion of the con
ference General Shafter and the other
officers had little or nothing to say re
garding the plans for landing the
American troops or for the co-opera
tlon of tbe Cubans -
The results of Rear Admiral Samp
investigation . . . of the various
son s pro
posed landing places was also laid be
* ore tbe &Tm J officers, but General
Shafter is not prepared to announce a
definite selection without investigat
m g tbe ma * ter farther himself.
General Garcia gave the Americans
assurances that they need have no fear
contracting diseases on the south
east e rn coast of Cuba, as the climate
tbere is no t unhealthy, only extremely
bot a * * b ’ . s season of the year. The
Cuban general declared that his own
t roo P s > ill-fed and clothed as they
were, were in good health, and there¬
fore the Americans need not fear fevers
or other ailments.
General Shafter examined the con
d}* bo i
1011 0 ^ * Cuban soldiers during
bls , * ^ impressed with their
y lsl am ^as
bard v and soldiery appearance, though
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be r e c °K n ized the fact that they n§ed
c l°ib es and provisions, both of which
S iven tbe u> during the day.
The interview' closed with the un
del-standing on the part of both gen
era ts that some bodies of troops are to
be landed at once at several points
alon g tbe coast where the y wlU b e
able to keep the enemy in doubt for
the present as to their ultimate inten¬
tions.
MORE TROOPS FOR SHAFTER.
Duffleld’s Regiment „ . Will Be „ Added to
Invading Army.
The government has now determined
to send heavy reinforcements to Gen
e ral Shafter at Santiago. To this end
the first expedition will leave Newport
News at once, carrying Brigadier Gen
e ral Duffield’s separate brigade of the
Second army corps, made up of the
Ninth Massachusetts, the Thirty-third
and Thirty-fourth Michigan and the
Third Virginia regiments—about 4,000
men.
The brigade will swell the American
forces at Santiago to about 4,000 men,
but the expeditions will not stop at
that number.
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