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ACTION ROW
IN ALABAMA
OW der and Lead In Republican
Meetings In Montgomery.
Leant at arms is shot
lovern or Johnston Orders State
house Cleared and Closed.
Two Conventions Held.
The Alabama Republican state con¬
dition, which was called to meet in
[ontgomery last. Thursday was split
ids open before any of the prelimin
L we ie arranged, the factions being
l fever heat.
L Gaston Scott, a Vaughan man, was
use d admittance to the hall by
Lk l Jloragne, a Bingham sergeant
armf!j when hot words were ex
Loged Ld and then blows, and pulled finally his
L was shed. Moragne
a nd while clinched, shot Scott
Lee, once in the right hand and onoe
i the loft lung.
Scott fell at the third shot and
loragne went at once to the govern
I’s office to surrender.
I There was the greatest confusion
L [id seen at any convention, and it is
on reliable authority that 100
has were drawn by members of the
Iffereut factions.
[Taylor Scott, a brother of the
bunded man, was soon in the crowd
hd followed the slayer of his brother
Ed [r fired two shots at him as wound- he ran
the governor’s office. The
11 man was given medical attention at
ice. custody by
I loragne was taken in
lie |L sheriff aud will be dotained until
wounds of Scott are decided to be
or not.
■ The governor ordered the hall clear
Hi? and would not allow either faction
Wo bold its meeting in the capitol, nor
■peak I on the grounds.
It is miraculous that uo more shoot¬
ing lipecting was done, as everybody went in
trouble.
| pad, The Vaughan organized faction, their convention led by a brass at
the auditorium. The Bingham faotion
pgauized McKinley at headquarters. Dorsett’s hall, known as
I bling The in Vaughan the auditorium, faction, after became assem¬
balm very
and the convention was opened
pith js pastor prayer of by the Rev. largest Dr. Stokes, church who
bi negro
the world, it is claimed. Vaughan,
p his opening address, recommended
pull boveruor state down. ticket be put out from
After the credentials committee re¬
torted lion. W. F. Aldrich, congress¬
es pminated from for the permanent fourth district, chairman was
tad was elected by unanimous vote of
[lie prmauent convention. secretary. Binford was made
The election of a state chairman was
be next business in order and Hon.
FilliamVaughan, [limbs, of Jefferson, and Ad
of Hale, were put in nomina
N and Vaughan was elected by a
pge Ny thirteen majority, his opponent receiving
votes.
Vimbs withdrew his name and mov
plaughau’s ped election, which was car¬
Delegates unanimously.
I at large were elected as
follows: C. W. Buckley, postmaster
fj boon; Montgomery; Nathan Alexander B. W. Walker, and Pope of
hovejoy, politicians. the last two being colored
The putting out of a state ticket
* ,s left to the discretion of the execu
hve committee.
Resolutions indorsing McKinley’s
^ministration and the record of Al
ric b> Iho only Republican eongress-
5* n Ike state, were adopted. The
pigkan with faction “hip, hip then hurrah!” adjourned sine
a
the Bingham faction at Dorsett’s
* si ‘claimed to have seventeen out of
m thirty-five members of the execu
vc committee with them,
tue committee on credentials re
Wed that every county in the state
? 8 represented. Bingham was elect
• chairman of the state executive
-■amittee by a unanimous vote,
legates |ue state for the at large national convention named:
^kersham, were
of Mobile, postmaster;
V* c, la tes ®°°per, of Birmingham, United
Jgomery, marshal; J. C. Leftwich, of
receiver at land office,
‘ M. Johnson, secretary of the
, ^nfive
committee. The last two are
i Vv 1 Mellon claims that the other is
:jT ; ' er aQ d each has about the same
I “*ing in the rank and file.
Ifen Li a ,, ere ama will there be is two delegations doubt,
now no
^“‘willbea He . difficult question for
-phonal D ® ut convention. The factions
u ■ c fluential evenly divided in numbers
Republicans.
Boating dry dock wanted.
In* Receive Another Drawdown
From the United S ate*.
^ator Hale reported from the sen
V^ainittee a ® ^ on naval affairs Wednes- |
en men t to the naval appro
li! aut h° r i z i n g the president
Hiii< h base * roi n the government of
Vio W suai Dot to exceed $200,000
< ' ton steel floating dry dock
to that government aud now ,
^wbor of Havana. '
The Eockdale Banner,
A BRIEF MESSAGE
Transmitted to Congress By the
President Relating to Govern¬
ment of Porto Rico.
The president sent to congress
Wednesday the following message:
“The time remaining before the
first of May when the act of April 12,
1900, entitled ‘an act temporarily to
provide revenue and a civil govern¬
ment for Porto Rico and for other pur¬
poses’ will take effect, appears to bo
insufficient for the careful inquiry and
consideration requisite to the proper
selection of suitable persons to fill the
important civil offices provided for by
the act. Tho powers of the present
government will cease when the act
takes effect and some new authority
will be necessary to enable the officers
now performing the various duties of
civil government in tho island to con¬
tinue the performance of those duties
until the officers who are to perform
similar duties under the new govern¬
ment shall have been appointed and
qualified.
“That authority cannot welh be
given at present by temporary ap¬
pointments of the existing officers to
positions under the act, for the reason
that many of the existing officers are
officers of the army, detailed to the
performance of civil duties, and sec¬
tion 1222 of the revised statutes will
prevent them from accepting such tem¬
porary appointments, under the pen¬
alty of losing their commissions. The
selection of the new officers and the
organization of the new government
under the new act will be accomplish¬
ed with all practical speed, but in or¬
der that it may be properly accom¬
plished, I recommend the passage of a
joint resolution to obviat9 the difficul¬
ty above stated.
“ William McKinuey.”
To carry into effect the president’s
message, Mr. Foraker, chairman of
the Porto Rican committee, introduced
this resolution:
“That until the officer to fill any
office provided for by the act of April
12, 1900, entitled ‘an act to tempora¬
rily provide revenue and civil govern¬
ment for Porto Rico and for other
purposes,’ shall have been appointed
and qualified, the officer or officers
now performing the civil duties per¬
taining to such office may continue to
perform the same under the authority
of said act, and no officer of the army
shall lose his commission by reason
thereof; provided, that nothing herein
contained shall be held to extend the
time of appointment and qualification
of such officers beyond the first day of
August, 1900.”
Ou motion of Senator Foraker the
resolution and the president’s message
were referred to the committee on
Porto Rico.
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS
Regarding Philippine Affairs Sent
to the Senate By Presi¬
dent McKinley.
In further response to the senate
resolution of January 17th last, the
president Wednesday sent to tho sen¬
ate additional documents bearing upon
the insurrection in the Philippines.
The papers are all important. One
of them is the report of Colonel Armas
Blanco, of tho Philippine army, to the
“general commanding the second
zone” of the events of February 2,
1899, in Tondo. Hfi says that on hear¬
ing the alarm of fire he immediately
ordered twenty men who gathered to
hold themselves ready, “so that when
the designated hour arrived they would
be ready to go to Meisic, where the
American barracks are and set on fire
the houses about there in order to in¬
terfere with their coming out from the
barracks, as was agreed upon in the
meeting with D. Rosend Limon.
The result was that on marching to
the scene of operations we found the
Calzada of Azearraga was filled with
the Americans and with them were a
number of country people who cried
out, ‘brothers, to the strife, for now is
the hour.’ This is what men were
saying to that crowd, and at the proper
time the call of our army ‘advance and
fire.” The sight of that strange scene
threw us into confusion, for we be¬
lieved all that we had prepared from
the beginning as well as what we saw
«-as prepared by the enemy and his
spies.” He then ordered a retreat and
when they met the Americans the col¬
onel says the latter gave his forces
two volleys.
HAWAIIAN GOVERNMENT BILL.
The Measure Calls Out Sharp Criticism In
the Senate.
A Washington dispatch says: The
senate had under consideration during
the greater part of Friday’s session
the conference report on the Hawaiian
civil government measure. Senator
Cullom made an extended explanation
of the changes in the bill. The report
was the subject of sharp criticism.
“Not Guilty” Naid Yoiitsey.
In the circuit court at Frankfort,
Friday, the case of Henry E. Yontsey,
one of the men indicted as principals
in the assassination of Henry Goebel,
was called. Yontsey pleaded not guilty.
FEAR FEDERAL COURT.
Tremendous Effort Being Made to Keep
Gaynorg Out of Georgia
A Washington dispatch says: The
friends of the Gaynors and those ac
cnsed with them os being implicated
iQ tbe a |l e ged Carter frauds at Savan
nab> are ma ^i n g tremendous efforts to
’ before to
de f e tt t the bill now congress
gn so ble the defendants to be taken to
(v> inrisdiction of the United States
court in Georgia for trial.
CONYERS, GA.. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1900.
SULTAN MUST
PAY THE DEBT
Indemnity of $109,080 Demanded
By the United States.
DESTROYED MISSION PROPERTY
The Turk Breaks His Promise and
Now Minister Straus Predicts
Serious Complications.
A special to the New York Trib¬
une from Washington says:
“The United States charge d’affairs
at Constantinople will be directed to
inform the sultan that this govern¬
ment must insist on the payment with¬
out further delay of $100,000 indem¬
nity for outrages on American mission¬
aries and destruction of their property,
unless prompt action on the sultan’s
part anticipates the ultimatum aud
the debt is discharged before resort is
made to drastic measures.
“Several courses have been urged
on the president for the collection of
the $100,000 indemnity, which is ad¬
mitted by the sultan to be due to the
American missionaries. Consideration
has been given to a proposition to seize
the port of Smyrna and administer its
customs revenues until the judgment
and expenses of collectien are cancell¬
ed. The course has not been wholly
abandoued in the remote contingency
that satisfaction is indefinitely de¬
layed.
“It involves serious complications
in the Mediterranean, for which the
United States is extremely reluctant
to assume responsibility for the recov
ory of so small amount at the present
time. It might precipitate war through
Turkey sending some of its antiquated
warships to Smyrna to resist the tem¬
porary American occupation. In that
event the necessity for sending a large
fleet to the Mediterranean would create
alarm among the powers and disturb
the delicate equilibrium now existing
in Europe.
“Under the circumstances it has
been determined to exhaust all re¬
sources of peace with confidence that
the sultan will be brought to under¬
stand that his promises cannot be
lightly broken.
“The proved claims against Turkey
include about $300,000 for the destruc¬
tion of property alone. To these,
which admitted practically of no dis¬
pute, there was added the Lentz claim
of $40,000, which was presented to Sec¬
retary Olney.”
The New York Herald contained the
following in Thursday’s issue: “Oscar
S. Straus, minister from tho United
States to Turkey, is at his home in this
city. It is understood that he is to
remain here until the claim in dispute
is settled.
“When Mr. Straus found that the
sultan, despite his personal pledge to
pay the claims, which had, at his so
licition, been reduced from more than
$300,000 to $100,000, was bent on
continuing his policy of delay, he sent
a dispatch to Washington, relating the
facts of the negotiation and offering
his immediate resignation. The re¬
signation, if accepted, would have
been tantamount to a direct challenge
to the sublime porte.
“The administration was not pre¬
pared, however, to take such a posi¬
tive step and asked Mr. Straus to per¬
mit his resignation to remain unacted
upon, and to retire from Constantino¬
ple until-the affair might be adjusted
amicably or by firm pressure upon the
sultan. It is understood, therefore,
that the absence of Minister Straus
from Constantinople is notice to the
sultan of the displeasure of this coun¬
try. Mr. Straus says:
“I regard the situation grave unless
the sultan promptly makes good his
promises. The sultan has made the
promise to pay the indemnity three
times. I conducted the negotiations
through all the stages of diplomacy
and spared no effort to avoid friction;
but I impressed upon the sultan that
our governnment relied upon the
prompt fulfillment of his promises,
which good faith no less than good re¬
lations demanded.”
BOX OF MILDEWED BILLS.
A'nericus Woman Finds What Is Sup¬
posed to Be a Fortune.
Mrs. William Parker, residing near
Americus, Ga., stumbled upon a for¬
tune Thursday morning while sweep¬
ing her yard. The broom caught in
an obstacle, partly unearthed by the
recent rain, which proved to be a
rusted and decayed iron box contain¬
ing a solid "block of paper money, two
inches in thickness. The bills are
mildewed with age and so compressed
together that their value cannot be de¬
termined.
The supposition is that the money
was probably concealed during the
civil war and forgotten.
AGAINST THE CHANGE.
Majority of New York Presbyterian Min¬
isters For Old Creed.
The New York Journal and Adver¬
tiser has polled as many of the Pres
bvterian clergymen of Greater New
York as could be reached upon the
subject of a change of creed. The re¬
sult follows:
For a new creed, 30; against re¬
vision, 14; non-committal, 8.
CONSTANT SRIRMISHING.
Boers Are Pressing British Gar¬
rison at Wepener and Show¬
ing Great Activity.
Latest dispaches arriving in London
from the seat of war, though meager
and unsatisfactory, clearly indicate
renewed activity at all points where
tho British and Boer forces are in
striking distance of each other. In¬
terest for the moment centers at De¬
wets dorp and Wepener, with fighting
evidently in progress.
A dispatch from Ailwalnorth of April
21st- says there was heavy firing on
the previous day between Dewets dorp
and Wepener, and around Wepener on
Saturday, but no particulars have been
received. A special dispatch from
Masue dated Saturday, April 21st,
says:
“The investment of Wepener con¬
tinues. The Boers seem determined
to do their utmost to capture the gar¬
rison before relief arrives. Severe
fighting appears imminent.”
The activity of the Boers at Elands
langte apparently has failed to draw
General Buller, if that was its object,
into doing more than repel the attack
made on his advance posts. A dis¬
patch from Wnrrenton, also dated Sat¬
urday, sayc:
“There has been intermittent and
ineffective sniping by the Boers, who
also fired a few shells, both during the
day aud night at the station, the past
two days.”
Spenser Wilkinson, reviewing the
sitution in South Africa for the Asso¬
ciated Press, says:
“The Boers admirably understand
how- to suit their tactics and strategy
to the country. Their art consists in
compelling the British to attack and
make exhausting marches across a
country ill-provided with roads. Thus
their first step is to surround in supe¬
rior force any isolated party of British.
This compels the British, if they try
to escape, to attack under conditions
which give all the advantages of cover
and defensive use of rifle fire to the
Boer force. The British commander
in-chief is then forced to send a relief
expedition from a distance. The Boer
force interposes, and the British, in
order to get forward, are again com¬
pelled to attack.
“This is the history of Wepener,
where Colonel Dalghety has 1,500 men
surrounded by Boers. General Bra¬
bant, from the south, and General
Ilundle, from the west, have to fight
their way to the relief of Dalghety.
“General Bundle has part of his
own and General Chermside’s divis¬
ions, which if fully present would
make 18,000 men. His plan should be
to try to surround the Boers in front
of him, but as they ride and his men
walk, he may find this impracticable
and have to push them back slowly
by a combination of a flank with a
frontal attack.
“The Boers are using their small
forces with great energy. A day or
two ago they were recounoiteriug Gen¬
eral Roberts’ position north of Bloem¬
fontein. Next they attacked Lord Me¬
thuen, who was retiring toward Boshof.
COLSON LIBERATED.
Jury Declared Slayer of Scott and
Demaree Not Guilty—Ova¬
tion In Court Room.
Ex-Congressman David J. Colson,
who was tried at Frankfort, Ky., for
the murder of Lieutenant Ethelbert
Scott and Luther W. Demaree, was
acquitted at 6:35 o’clock Saturday
evening. The trial lasted four days.
The jury was out only eighteen min¬
utes. There was silence as the jury
filed into the court, and tho court
clerk, Ford, read the verdict.
As the last words were read, the
crowd arose and sent up a wild cheer.
Colonel Colson, the defendant, was
standing near the witness chair. The
crowd took no notice of the court offi¬
cers, whe pounded vigorously for or¬
der, but piled over the railings sur¬
rounding Colson and insisted on
shaking hands with him. They gave
an ovation to the jury and Colonel.
James Andrews, Colson’s chief coun¬
sel. The cheering was kept up till
Colonel Colson left the court room,
and as he did so, it was taken up by
the Beckham soldiers in front of the
court house, to which the colonel very
very gracefully returned the salute.
Colsou received messages from all
over the state congratulating him ou
his acquittal. The tragedy which re¬
sulted in Colson’s trial was a duel
with Lieutenant Ethelbert F. Scott in
the lobby of the Capital hotel in
Frankfort, in which Colson killed his
antagonist, Scott, and Luther W. De
maree and Charles Julian, bystanders,
and wounded Captain B. B. Golden.
Both Scott and Colson emptied their
pistols, fifteen or twenty shots being
fired in all. Scott had seven bullets in
his body; Colson was wounded in the
arm. He received the wound early in
the fight and it was shown that Scott
fired first.
Colonel Colson was tried on an in¬
dictment charging him with the mur¬
der of Scott. He is also indicted for
killing Demaree, but this will now be
dismissed.
FLOOD REPORTS ENCOURAGING.
The Weather Clears Off and the Waters
Begin to Snbaide.
A Jackson, Miss., special says: The
flood situation is considerably improv¬
ed and the Illinois Central road is get
ting its trains through to New Orleans
over the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
tracks without difficulty. j |
All previous estimates of damage to
railroad and farming interests have
been multiplied as the extent of facte I
of the situation are gathered, i
FILIPINOS DECIMATED
Past Week Was Bloodiest of Phil¬
ippine War,
FIGHTING BECOMES MOBE DESPERATE
Many Natlrei are Victims of American
Bullets—Plo Del Pller Again In
JCrldence.
According to advices from Mnnila
the past week was one of the bloodiest
of the war since the first day’s fight¬
ing around Manila.
Authentic reports, mostly offieial,
shows a total of 378 Filipinos killed,
twelve officers and 244 men captured
and many more wounded. The num¬
ber of wounded is hardly gnessable.
Considering that the Filipinos entirely
lack hospital facilities, a great major¬
ity of the wounded will die. Probably
the week’s work finished 1,000 insur¬
gents. The Americans’ total loss was
nine killed and sixteen wounded.
Two sergeants and one private were
killed in ambashes while escorting
provision trains.
The insurgents have been aggressive
in almost every province of Luzon.
General Pio del Pilar’s band, number¬
ing 300, which was out of sight for
three months, the leader being report¬
ed killed, has reappeared in its old
field about San Miguel. Pilar is sup¬
posed to be again in command. He
gave the American garrison at San
Miguel, consisting of three companies
of the Thirty-fifth infantry, with a
gatling, a three hours’ fight, during a
night attack. The loss of the insur¬
gents in this engagement is not in¬
cluded in the foregoing total, as they
removed their dead and wounded, but
presumably it was considerable.
Twenty Filipinos in the province of
Bataugas attacked Lieutenant Wende,
who with eight men, was scouting
near San Jose. The lieutenant and
five men were wounded and one pri¬
vate was killed.
Sergeant Lendoius, of the Thirty
fifth infantry, was badly wounded in
an ambush near Baliatig. Lieutenant
Balch, of the Thirty seventh infantry,
with seventy men, had a five hours’
fight with 400 insurgents in tho Nueva
Caceras district. Twenty of the in¬
surgents were killed.
Colonel Smith, of the Seventeenth
infantry, who captured General Monte¬
negro and brought him to Manila, is
in the isolation hospital suffering from
smallpox, presumably caught from the
Filipinos.
Colonel Smith’s command captured
150 officers and men with Montenegro.
The officers were brought to Manila.
Montenegro, who was formerly one of
the most dapper officers in the Filipino
army, lcoks worn and haggard. He
says he had led a terrible life for
months, and he has offered to return to
the north with Colonel Smith to en¬
deavor to persuade his former comrades
of the uselessness of opposing the
Americans.
One hundred Spanish prisoners from
the province of Tayabas, South Lu¬
zon, have arrived at Malina.
LIYINGSTON ASKS INFORMATION.
Introduce* Resolution of Inquiry Regard¬
ing the Gaynor-Greene Case.
Representative Livingston, of Geor¬
gia, introduced a resolution in the
house Saturday calling upon the at¬
torney general to inform the represen¬
tatives what further steps, if any, have
been taken to cause Benjamin D.
Greene, John T. Gaynor, Edward H.
Gaynor and W. T. Gaynor to be ro
manded to the jurisdiction of the dis¬
trict conrt of the southern district of
Georgia for trial.
The resolution recites that the de¬
fendants were duly indicted in the
courts of the Savannah district for de¬
frauding the government of more than
two million dollars, in connection with
Captain O. M. Carter; that the defend¬
ants were arrested in New York upon
requisition, and ordered by Commis¬
sioner Shields to be delivered, and that
Judge Brown, of New York, overruled
the order.
There is a bill now pending to ex¬
tend jurisdiction in this case to the
southern district of Georgia, but there
is a disposition on the part of the
chairman of the house commrnittee on
judiciary to delay the matter in every
possible way.
SCOTr FIRED FIRST.
So Teitffled Two Witiifliaes In Colson
Trial At Frankfort.
In the Colson trial at Frankfort,
Ky., Friday, William Smoot testified
that he overheard Lieutenant Scott
and Golden talking in front of the
Capitol hotel a few minutes before the
tragedy occurred, in which Scott and
two others were killed. Smoot heard
Scott say to Golden:
“This trouble has been brewing long
enough and has got to end now,” to
which Golden replied:
“Whatever you do, don’t let him get
the drop on you.”
Max Hansberry and Max Redin, of
Midway, both testified that Scott fired
the first shot.
FOR “TRAVELING” EXPENSES.
Senator Davig Present* Resolution Calling
For 925,000 In Response to Suggestion.
Senator Davis has introduced an
amendment to the sundry civil appro
§ iation bi „ appropriating $25,000 for
ef ing the expenses of a delegation
from United State8 to the international
conference of American states, pro
pQSed to be he , d in Mexico in the in _
te rest of the union of American repub¬
lics. The amendment is offered in
response to suggestion by president.
Official Organ of Rockdale Coan
ty. Has Largest Circulation in
The Connty.
GORDON AS EVANGELIST.
Coi ler-In-Chief of Confederate Ye4
ernna At a Revival.
A special to the Houston (Texas}
Post from Waco says:
"General John B. Gordon, comman¬
der-in-chief of the United Confederate
Veterans, who is on a lecture tour in
Texas, attended tho revival meeting in
Gatesville, Coryell county, conducted
by Abe Mulkey, and at the conclusion
of the Bermon the evangelist called on
him for remarks.
“General Gordon responded from
his place on the platform near the
preacher in one of the most powerful
exhortations, it is said, that has ever
been heard in this state. His remarks
were addressed principally to the
Confederate veterans present.
“In most eloquent periods he de¬
picted their grand and glorious achieve¬
ments as soldiers in the service of
their country, moving his hearers to
the highest pitch of patriotism; then
in tenderest tones he made an appeal
to them to take up the armor of Christ
that was sublime and absolutely re¬
sistless. At the close of this appeal
about forty Confederate veterans came
forward. No such scene was ever en¬
acted before. The old gray-haired
veterans crowded around their chief¬
tain, one after another, embracing
him, and thon they would fall upon
one another’s necks shouting, the tears
streaming down their faons. It wan
sometime before the ebullition of re¬
ligious fervor became sufficiently con¬
trolled for others to reach the platform,
but about one hundred others finally
came forward for prayers."
INDICTMENT AGAINST TAYLOR!
A Rnmor To That Kffnet It Circulated la
Frankfort.
It was persistently reported in
Frankfort, Ky., Thursday night that
Governor Taylor had been indioted by
the grand jury and that the indiotment
was returned along with those against
Captain Davis and Green Golden, but
that this indictment would not be
given out until Governor Taylor re¬
turned from Washington.
Judge Can trill has fixed April 30 th
for tha arraignment of Harlan Whitta¬
ker and “Tallow Dick" Combs, indioted
as principals in the Goebel assassina¬
tion, and Secretary of State Caleb
Powers Captain John Davis, indioted
as accessories. The case against W.
L. Hazlipp, who was accused of oom
piioity in the Goebel shooting, was
dismissed.
The date for the arraignment of the
others has not been fixed.
BACON ASKS QUESTIONS.
Oiorfls Senator Anxious to Know If
Army Officer* Draw Eitrs Pay.
A Washington apeoial says: As a
result of the discussion during Thurs¬
day’s session of the senate, Senator
Bacon introduced resolutions calling
upon the secretary of war for informa¬
tion as to whether any army officers
performing civil duties in Cuba or
Porto Rico were receiving compensa¬
tion from the government or compen¬
sation or emoluments from any source
other than their pay as army officers.
A second resolution calls for informa¬
tion as to the amount of money ex¬
pended in preparing quarters for the
of army officers and other employ
ess in Cuba and Porto Rico.
SPANISH MINISTER INVITED.
Duke d’Areo* I* Expected to Attend En
cainpment of G. A. R.
The Duke d’Arcos, Spanish minister
to the United States, is to be invited
to attend the thirty-fourth annual
national encampment of the G. A. R.,
to be held in Chicago in August.
William II. Harer, executive director
of the local committee, said that the
invitation will be forwarded in a few
days. is expeoted, notwith¬
An acceptance duke
standing the fact that the was
irritated by the receipt of a request
that he attend the Dewey celebration.
WILL FIRE TOLBERT.
Seqnel To the Charleston Custom Bouse
111 I ml Tiger Case.
President McKinley, acting on the
recommendation of Secretaay Gage,
will at once remove John R. Tolbert,
collector of customs at Charleston, S.
O., and will appoint Robert M. Wal¬
lace, of Sumter, S. C., to the vacancy.
This action is taken upon the recent
report of government agents in which
it was shown to the satisfaction of the
secretary that Tolbert and other office
employes of the Charleston custom
house secreted liquor in the building
for illegal purpose*.
Griscomb Confers With Sultan.
Lloyd C. Griscomb, United States
charge d’affairs, had a long private
audience with the sultan at Constanti¬
nople Saturday. The Turk was very
cordial. Such an audience with the
American charge d’affairs is unpre¬
cedented,. and is therefore considered
important in the present circum
stnaces.
Allen Nalls For Porto Rico.
A Washington special says: Gover¬
nor General Allen, of Porto Rico, sail¬
ed Saturday for San Juan on the
United States steamship Dolphin.
ALGER IN FLORIDA.
Ex-Seeretorr of W»r I* Maklnc a Plea*
are Trip Through the South.
Russell A. Alger, of Michigan, late
secretary of war, arrived in Pensacola,
Fla., Wednesday evening, accompanied
by Mrs. Alger and daughter, Mrs.
Sheldon, of Detroit, and W. D. Mann,
of New York, editor of Town Topics.
General Alger’s visit is one of both
business and pleasure. He is inter¬
ested in a timber deal that may be
consummated during his stay.
Colonel Mann is a noted Tammany
leader and is said to be the original
Dewev man.
NO. 15.
ARMY OFFICERS
GET EXTRA PAY
Senator Bacon’s Resolution Brings
Out the Fact.
ADMISSION IS FRANKLY MADE
Secretary Root Says They Deserve
Double Compensation—Wash¬
ington Post Criticises.
A Washington special snys: Sena¬
tor Bacon’s resolution calling for facts
about extra compensation paid to army
officers in high statione iu Cuba was
adopted by the senate Saturday, as
was the other one on the same line
calling for the details of certain elabor¬
ate expenditures said to have been
made in fitting up quarters fir the
American representatives in Havana.
The introduction of the resolutions,
and their consideration, brought forth
not only a lively discussion in the
senate, in which some startling ad¬
missions were made, but it brought
from the secretary of war the admis¬
sion that the allegations are true.
Secretary Root is quoted as admit¬
ting that American army officers now
occupying administrative positions in
Cuba, are drawing additional salaries
of Cuban revenues.
The Washington Post, referring to
the matter, says:
“Most surprising of the misuse of
this Cuban money is that it has had
the sanction of the administration, as
represented by the president and Sec¬
retary Root. The Cubans have, of
course, been powerless. They have
not even been consulted. The United
States is in control of the island, and
so in the pockets of American army
officers thousands of dollars of Cuban
revenues merely jingle, alongside of
the dollars regularly paid to these offi¬
cers as their legal salaries.”
This act, which is in direct conflict
with the specific law which provides
that no army officer shall receive ex¬
tra compensation by pointing out that
it has only gone to a few, and that the
money which went to these favored few
came from the revenues of Cuba, and
not from the funds for tho payment of
army officers’ salaries.
Senator Bacon says he will push the
investigation vigorously, as he pro¬
poses to get to the bottom of these
charges. Secretary Root, in admitting
the facts, also stated that the officers
who were doubly paid, were worth more
than thoir salaries from this govern¬
ment, and this he considered an ex¬
tenuating circumstance.
TAYLOR SEES ROOSEVELT.
Kentuckian Appeal* to Governor of Sew
York For Protection.
The New York World publishes the
following in Sunday’s issue: W. S.
Taylor, governor of Kentucky, is in
New York in consequence of the find¬
ing of an indictment against him by
the grand jury of Frankfort, charging
him with being an accessory before the
fact to the murder of William E. Goe¬
bel. He appealed to Governor Roose¬
velt asking that any demand for extra¬
dition be denied. The interview be¬
tween the governor of Kentucky and
the governor of New York lasted for
an hour and a half, The utmost se
crecy was observed.
According to a Frankfort dispatch
the indictment against tho Republican
Governor Taylor,charged with being an
accessory to the murder, will bo held
up till after the argument of the gov¬
ernorship coDtestcast, which is dock¬
eted for hearing before the supreme
court at Washington, April 30th, and
it is said by persons in the councils of
the prosecution that no steps will be
taken in the case till after that time.
The rumor that Governor Beckham
had been applied to for a requisition
is without foundation.
Monument to Texas Heroes.
Saturday was San Jacinto day in
Texas. It is made notable this year
by the unveiling of a monument in
Galveston to the heroes of the Texas
revolution, the gift of the late Henry
Rosenburg to the people, of Texas.
CANAL BILL AMENDED.
Words “Fortify” and “Defend” Elimin¬
ated and “Protect” Substituted.
A Washington special says: The
honse committee Friday so amended
the Hepburn Nicaragua canal bill as
to make it conform in its salient fea¬
tures to the provisions of the Hay
Pauncefote treaty. fortification of the
The provision for
canal is stricken out of the bill, and
instead of defense being provided for,
the measure will provide for protec¬
tion of the canal.
The words “fortify” and “defend”
are stricken out, and the word “pro¬
tect” inserted.
Couer d’Alene Investigation.
The cross-examination of Dr. Hugh
France was continued at Washington
Thursday, before the Coner d’Alene
investigation. It was mainly directed
to show his connection with the mili¬
tary system. Dr. France justified the
procedure of the militia.
Date for Cuban Elections.
A cablegram was received at the war
department Thursday from Governor
General Wood, stating that the Cuban
elections will be held June 16th.