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Dinner Will Sire Ton All Yhe into* of Coofen and Rock¬ dale Connl*. you XiV; 0 COFFINS; DEAD UNBURIED fjjtjjos of Utah Mine Disaster May Reach 250* pEME ESTIMATE TOO LARGE m of the Dead Belonged to Secret Orders, and Their Re¬ mains Were'Sought. Dispatches of Thursday from Seo¬ ul Utah, were to the effect that the itreme estimate of dead was con njed to have been too large, and it j,i numerically impossible to place U,e loss of life at 800 as there were pt that many men in the mine. The probabilities are that 230 will be [bout the total number enough of dead. coffins iti Ihefs were not He camp to bury the dead, and to add horror to the situation the bodies were 1£e werTfl/ty g ‘bodies for which ,o provision for burial had been U e A joint committee of Odd Allows and Knights of Pythias spent lie day among the dead, identifying Lmbersof Lout their orders. They the found dead, twenty of each among be school children of the city gath¬ ered a carload of in flowers special which at. their were teat to Scofield a oar (disposal. Subscriptions for the relief of the Lfferers L are coming in from all over state, and the total now amounts L $13,000. PBESIDBNT SENDS MBS8AOB. President McKinley sent the follow L telegram to the governor of Utah: Iklay '■Executive Mansion, Washington, 3*—Governor Wells, Salt Lake ■City, Utah: I desire to express my in |UnKsorrow on learning the terrible which has occurred at Sco ■ trim, fieldaaJmy deep sympathy with the children and friends of the un> ffefinute victims of the explosion. “William McKinlbt.” CONDOLENCE FROM FRANCE. The French ambassador called on I President McKinley and Secretary I Hay Thursday and conveyed the con Idolenoe of the French republic to the I people of the United States over the Iaiije disaster at Salt Lake City, He I handed the secretary the following I personal letter on the subject: I “Embassay of the French Republio I I in the United States, Washington, I May 3, 1900—Mr. Secretary of State: The president of the French repubiio I has just heard of the terrible catastro¬ phe which has taken place at Salt Late City. He hits instructed me to be his interpreter near the president I of the United States of America, and | to assure him of the sympathy which le feels on accouut of this sad event. In transmitting to me the expressions of the sentiments of President Loubet, Delcasse, minister of foreign af fiire, likewise intrusts me to convey to the American government the ex¬ pression the of the profound sympathy of government of the republic. “Be pleased to accept, Mr. Secre¬ cy of State, the assurances of my high consideration. “JULEB C AMBON." WILL USE OWN TRACKS. fiwlda Central and Peninsular Hires Southern Notice To That Effect. I Tie Florida Central and Peninsular I uihfay system gave formal notice to “ 6 Southern railway Thursday that 08 and after May 10th it would dis¬ continue the use of the tracks, bridge •td terminals of the latter company at ud near Columbia, 8. C., and will operate their own trains over their o»n tracks all the way from Peters Track la., to Jacksonville and Tampa. Richmond laying on the line between and Petersburg has been wished, and the new Seaboard Air wne railway will soon ran through nin service between New York and ampa, using its own tracks from ‘ichmond to the extreme southern Portion of Florida. F ° lR KILLED; SIXTEEN WOUNDED fillpinoi Surprise Iteconnoltering Party of Twenty-Sixth Infantry. A dispatch received in Manila Thurs V fr °m Iloilo reports that a desperate Jot took place at Leambanao, in the ^ pears ster that of the island of Panay. It ap¬ “ e Twenty-sixth a reconnoitering party of bonded infantry was sur and that four of the Ameri '*? 8 were killed and that sixteen tiers severely wounded were left on . e “Id. The remainder of the sol¬ ars had a narrow escape. The dis- 1c “ s< Ws that re-enforcements were , j«tf Iioilo rom as soon as news of tk'r??'! e *fiipiaos was retreated received, mountains. whereupon to J CRY ACQUITS ADKINS. Year-Old Boy. Charged With Murder, Given Hie Freedom. . uli»m L. Adkins, the young man u w ith murder for the killing of ; ’“rooks on the night of March 2d, .. *®quitted by a jury in the crimi of the superior court at A i f* ”*•> }nt Wednesday afternoon. than „ 7 was out a little more ° ar a nd returning at 5:50 o’clock H > ^-/i-oed ie ' Q 8 greed that a verdict of not guilty npon. The Rockdale Banner. CHADWICK CALLED DOWN. Secretary Long Writes the Cap¬ tain a Scorching Letter Anent That Interview. A Washington Special says: Secre¬ tary Long, after a conference with the president, made public Wednesday the Correspondence which has taken place between the navy department and Captain (jhadwick respecting the published interview in whioh the cap¬ tain is reported as severely reflecting upon Rear Admiral Schley. The department’s action in the case is a severe reprimand, and it is note¬ worthy that its letter has been made public; a fact which, in itself, adds to the weight of the punishment admin¬ istered. The correspondence consists of two letters, one from Captain Chad¬ wick and the other from Secretary Long. In his letter to Secretary Long, dat¬ ed New York, April 27th, Captain Chadwick says he was in no way privy to the publication of the article. On the 18th or 17th of this month he said he met The Brooklyn Eagle corres¬ pondent, whom he had known for some years and always favorably. The lat¬ ter had previously called his attention to an Eagle editorial discussing the controversy over Rear Admiral Schley and proposing a remedy, viz, the pro¬ motion of both Rear Admirals Schley and Sampson tobe vice admirals. At the casual meeting mentioned he conversed with Mr. Atkins, the cor¬ respondent, regarding the editorial, and said in speaking of Schley: “That very sentiment of military honor demanded that Admiral Schley should ask for a court to clear himself of the charges against him, and that I believed every officer of the navy would be most pleased to see him cleared, for the honor of the service, and that I could certianly snv so for myself. “That so long ns he remained silent under these, I would not take his hand or meet him socially. That it was im¬ possible to advance Admiral Schley (as he the editorial proposed) so without long as rested under these charges destroying the whole standard of honor and duty in tho navy. That the whole navy so far as I knew it was of this opinion, and that its attitude was a matter of 'self-preservation. “The conversation was entirely pri¬ vate, and was so regarded, I supposed, by Mr. Atkins.” Secretary Long in his letter says: “The department regrets that it has provocation to reprimand an officer of your rank and experience for inexcus¬ able indiscretion and offense against the navy regulations. “It appears from your letter that in your interview with Mr. Atkins,whom you knew to be a newspaper corres¬ pondent, you spoke of a fellow officer, your senior in rank, in a way calcu¬ lated to bring him in contempt. You knew this to be a violation of the naval regulations, which forbid the commu¬ nication by interviews of such com¬ ment aud criticism. You knew it to be against the good order and disci¬ pline of the service because it is the example of one officer in high rank re¬ flecting upon the honor and character of another—an example which, unre¬ buked and followed, tends to bring the whole service into contention and ecandal. “You knew that the professional business of your interviewer is to col¬ lect material for publication. While bo may not have justification in publish¬ ing what you understood and regarded as understood t y him,to be private con¬ versation, you knew the risk you ran and within a year had been reprimanded for similar misconduct in putting yourself and the welfare of the ser¬ vice to the same risk with the same result. You have thus again and far¬ ther impaired the confidence of the department in your direction. „ “It is true that your case differs from some recent cases of offense on the part of other officers, iu that ob¬ jectionable remarks made by them were made on occasions and under circnmstauces which they knew assur¬ ed their publicity. “In your case the department un¬ reservedly accepts your statement that your remarks were ‘in no sense and in no part intended for publication nor considered as an interview.’ It is for this reason that it takes no action than this emphatic reprimand, the re¬ ceipt of which you will acknowledge. Very respectfully. Seeretrry.” •‘John D. Long, FLAGLER ASKS RELIEF. Seek. To Have Another Guardian Ap¬ pointed For HI. Wife. Henry M. Flagler, 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 01,227,110 and cash to the amount of S'264,477. Mr. Flagler says that he has decided to make his permanent home in Florida, and for this reason he asks to be re¬ leased from the commission. Census Men Begin Work. The collection of census statistics in regard to manufacturing has been be¬ gun in New York aud Chicago, and will soon be underway in seven of the other principal cities. The collection of such statistics must be completed within ninety days. More Work For Bill. Emperor Francis Joseph of Anstria has appointed Emperor William of Germany field marshal general of the Austrian army. conyers. Ga.. Wednesday, may 9,1900. BOERS RETIRE; BRITISH MOVE “Tommy Atkins” Is Doing Some Hard Marching Just Now. ROBERTS TAKES BRANDFORT. The Irish-American Brigade Is Discovered Fighting Under Kruger’s Colors. London advices of Friday contain¬ ed the followed “war” news: The mounted infantry with Lord Roberts, among which are the Cana¬ dians, have picketed their horses on the south bank of the Vet river 18 miles north of Brandfort. The head of Lord Roberts’ columns has thus advanced thirty-two miles north of Bloemfontein. Little powder was spent. The Brit¬ ish work was hard marching, the Boers retiring out of the reach of Brit¬ ish shells. The correspondents supple¬ ment Lord Roberts’ plain statements with a few details. As General Hut¬ ton, with the First mounted infantry brigade, drew near Brandfort, he-saw a khaki-clad body of troops ahead of him. He was surprised, but thought they must be British. Soon, however, they opened Are upon the men, who replied heavily. They were the Irish American brigade from Louronzo Marques, and it is reported that the Irish lost heavily. The Boer flag was flying over Brand¬ fort as the British entered the town. Several British wounded were found in the hospital. The Boer postmaster build¬ gave up the keys of the public ings to Captain Ross. Lord Kitchener arrived at Brandfort at noon and Lord Roberts at dusk. General French’s cavalry is sweeping the country northward. The expecta¬ tion is that the infantry advance will be continued toward Krooustad imme¬ diately. Although no prisoners were taken and although no hot pursuit was attempted, the news greatly cheers London. Nevertheless, it has not been received with the fine rapture that at¬ tended the first successes of Lord Roberts. Brabant’s division now oocupies a strong position on a range of hills on the Ladybrand road, about twenty miles from Wepener. The troops are confronted by a large force of Boers who recently occupied Wepener and who have now been located in the mountain known in the Free State as Zwartlapherg. Friday morning the Borderers Horse, under Colonel Max¬ well, came in contact with the Boer outposts, but returned to camp after having located the enemy. Later a group of 500 Boers was discovered marching past the Boer position, but the British were unable to tell whether they were friend or enemy until they had disappeared in a hollow a few miles away, when they proved to be a Boer command. General Hunter’s crossing the Yaal at Win Jsorton brings the relief of Ma feking, 195 miles beyond, almost within a calculated interval. It is now regarded as quite possible that Mafeking may be succored before the queen’s birthday. the The debate in parliament on disap¬ Spion kop dispatches proved a pointment to the supporters of the gov¬ ernment. The ministerialist papers confess to a certain amount of incon¬ sistency and weakness in the state¬ ments of fhe spokesmen of the govern¬ ment. On the other hand, as The Standard points out, the opposition professes to be well satisfied with the debate, as they believe it has injured the government and has rendered Lord Lansdowne’s continuance at the war office difficult. Wepener is to be garrisoned Chermside’s with a strong force from General division, commanded by Lord Castle¬ town. Henry F. Lucy, writing in The Daily News, says he has ascertained that Sir Alfred Milner’s letter against ladies visiting South Africa was writ¬ ten as the result of an intimation from QueeD Victoria. OTIS LEAYES MANILA. Ho Sets Sail For United States On Trans port Meade. The United Transport Meade sailed from Manila for the United States at 5 o’clock Saturday afternoon with Major General Otis and two aids de camp on board. The warships in port fired a major general’s salute as the steamer raised her anchor. The Twentieth and Fourteenth in¬ fantry, drawn up ashore in front of the city walls, presented arms and the bands played “Auld Lang Syne,” while a shore battery sainted. During the morning the supreme court judges and many officers called at the palace to bid farewell to Otis. Jiussell May Defend Taylor. A Raleigh, N. C., dispatch says: A member of Governor Bussell’s staff states that Governor Taylor, of Ken¬ tucky has been advised by some lead¬ ing Republicans to employ Governor Bnssell as counsel for bis defense. Burglars Make Big Haul, The Massanutten bank, at Stras bnrg, in Shenandoah county, Ya., was robbed about 1 o’clock Friday morn ing and some $5,000 was secured by the burglars. FIRED FROM STATEHOUSE. Witnesses Locate Window From Which Fatal Shot Was Fired At William Goebel. The most important testimony yet in cofihedtion with the assassination of Goebel whs brought out at Frankfort Friday night in the hearing for bail in the Culton case. Assistant Secre¬ tary of State J. B. Matthews and Mc¬ Kenzie Todd, private secretary to Governor Taylor, were the star wit¬ nesses and gave testimony Ctfltoxi, nearly as sensational as that of Matthews stated that pardons were issued also to Charles Finley, John L. Fowers, Harlan Whittaker aud possibly W. H. Culton. The wit¬ nesses first said a pardon later had said been he issued to Culton, but was not sure as to Culton, but said he thought he entered a pardon for him at the same time he entered the other three pardons aud those to Caleb Powers and John Davis, March 10th. The Culton case was resumed Friday with Captain J. F. Howe, a Barbour - ville military officer, on the stand. Ho testified regarding Caleb and John Powers coming to him ten days before the assasination and trying to get him to bring his company to Frankfort dis¬ guised as citizens. He declined to do so unless ordered by Governor Taylor, and no orders came Until after the as¬ sassination. Captain Chinn, who was with Goebel when he was shot, stated that he was sure the shot that hit Goebel was fired from the executive building. Ed Steffee, who was standing on the portico iu front of the state house,saw Goebel fall. Immediately after the shot he looked toward the executive building and he thought he saw the barrel of a rifle pointing out of the window of the office of the secretary of state. The weapon was drawn in and the window closed. In the cross-examination, Steffee said that after the shot was fired he thought he saw a little smoke rising above the window from which he saw the rifle. He did not look to see where the shot came from until alter Goebel fell. At the afternoon session arguments were heard from attorneys of the tele¬ graph company in regard to the sub¬ mission of telegrams as evidence. The courtruled that the writ should apply only to messages bearing on the Goe¬ bel assassination. Several telegrams were read to and from the defendants, and relating to the visit of armed mountain men to Frankfort last January. At the night sitting of the court, ex-State Auditor L. 0. Norman testified that prior to the assassination he overheard Judge George Denny, of Lexington, say: “Somebody ought to kill Goebel, and Governor Taylor ought to pardon the man that did it.” The witness said the tenor of Den¬ ny’s conversation was that Goebel’s death would save the lives of other people. Witness communicated the remark to Goebel. McKinzie Todd, private secretary to Governor Taylor, testified that he saw Culton and Youtsey at the gover¬ nor’s office several times. He did not know Jim or Berry Howard. He saw armed men around the governor’s office the day of the mountaineer ex¬ cursion. Asked if he saw any guns in the office of the secretary of state, witness said he saw two there on Sat¬ urday prior to the assassination. Youtsey was room picked up one of the guns and took a position near the window. He asked Youtsey what he was going to do. Youtsey said he thought there was trouble in the legislative building and that “if it started he wanted to be prepared. Youtsey said he would not start any trouble, but would be prepared to pro¬ tect the building if it did start. Public Printer George G. Fetter told of printing badges for Caleb Powers and John Powers which were used by the 1,200 mountain men on January. Private Dudley Williamson, who was with the soldiers in the arsenal, said that they got marching orders one hour before the assassination, and were uniformed and armed at the time of the tragedy. The soldiers did not know what had happened till they got almost to the state house. Direct From Tampa To New York. The transportation company of the board of trade of Tampa, Fla., and a number of business men are planning for a direct line of steamers from that city to New York. CREDITORS WILL “WHISTLE.” Ex-Banker nnd Society Man of Atlanta, Ga., Declared a Bankrupt. Creditors of J. Robert Collins, for merly a private banker and society man of Atlanta, Ga., are receiving notices from St. Louis through the mails that their debtor has been de¬ clared a bankrupt in court, with lia¬ bilities scheduled at 8226,274, and assets scheduled at 850, claimed bb exempt. “Bob” Collins, The liabilities of as he was best known, it is said, are debts owed in Atlanta. He was pres¬ ident of the Home bank of Atlanta in 1296. The bank failed and Mr. Collins left Atlanta shortly afterward. PUBLISHERS FILE PROTESTS. The American Association Sends a Memo¬ rial to Congress. Representatives of the American Publishers’ Association have present ed a memorial to the 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 newspaper*. No particular legis lation was advocated. MAYOR AGAIN Broughton Asks That Jas. G, Woodward Bo Impeached. ATLANTA SENSATION IS REVIVED Preacher Prom Mil Pulpit Charge* Chief Executive of Gate City With “Drunken ne»« and Immorality.” Mnyot James G, Woodward of At¬ lanta was for the second time de¬ nounced from the pulpit by Dr. L. G. Broughton at the Tabernacle Baptist clrurch Sunday night, and the second arraignment, like the first, was on the charge of drunkenness and immor¬ ality. Dr. Broughton, in the presence a congregation of 3,000 people, charg¬ ed that the mayor of Atlanta had been on a drunken spree for the past week or teu days, aud visited, while in such a condition, bouses of prostitution. Iu the same breaeh with the charges, Dr. Broughton demanded that the mayor be impeached, aud impeached at once. He gave a history of wliat he claim¬ ed to have been Mayor Woodward’s conduct in the past, aud said that there was no longer any room for mercy, the de¬ Iu making the charges aud mand for an impeachment Dr. Brough¬ ton read what he had to say from three sheets of paper. What ho read was as follows: Before beginning my sermon to¬ night, I must beg your indulgence while I speak of a matter which needs the immediate consideration of every patriotie citizen in Atlanta. I refer to the present condition of the mayor of our city. I do not suppose I will surprise you very much when I say that the mayor of Atlanta is at present, and has been for the last week, in a beastly state of drunkenness. About nine months ago, it will be remembered that I denounced the mayor as a drunken sot, a libertine and a the gambler. You are all familiar with outcome of those charges. A committee was appointed by the coun¬ cil to look into them, and tho mayor confessed them, and mercy was ex¬ tended upon hiB positive promise to abstain from theso crimes in the future. I want to say that no man favored granting this mercy more than I did. I believe in mercy, and though I was naturally skeptical. I was for giving him a chance to redeem him¬ self. About two months after this he trampled these pledges—made the council and an outrraged community —under his feet, and outraged us again by a disgraceful drunken cake¬ walk at a dive iu this community. Again ho was brought before ooun eil and was about to be impeached, when he succeeded in getting a com¬ promise by allowing him to hand in his resignation to this high and hon¬ orable office—this resignation to take effect just as soon as he was guilty again. I was out of the city at this time, and was surprised that tho coun¬ cil should permit such an outrage again to be excused. Rut I kept my faith in the matter, and have let -it all alone. Now what? After all this our com¬ munity must again suffer the outrage of a drunken mayor. What is mercy to a man like this? Who can stand such an insult in the face of a patience al¬ ready worn threadbare? I say to you frankly, I will not submit to it with¬ out as vigorous a protest as I know how to make. Atlanta don’t deserve this disgraco. The mayor of this city ought to be impeached, and that now, or the city council forfeits every claim to our re¬ spect. There is no use whiniug mercy now. The man who tramples the good name of this city with its churches and its business interests under his feet and then disregards his own pledges and outrages our patience don’t de¬ serve mercy. I am sorry for him. I pray for him in his weakness. - But are we still to submit to such a disgrace while we are losing everything and gaining noth¬ ing? Asa citizen of Atlnnta, in the name of our city, our churches, our women and our children, I protest and de¬ mand again that the mayor of this city be impeached tomorrow at the meet¬ ing of council. In addition to all of this there is an¬ other and more recent charge which I would not mention but for the gravi¬ ty of the subject. The mayor was in a house a prostitution just last week and so maudlin drunk that he reported to a police officer that the woman had robbed him of 8100. In the name of Almighty God, Chris¬ tian men and women, have we not had enough? I for one have had, and I say it shall stop, and stop now!” Ex-Secretary Endicott Dead. William Crowninshield Endicott, secretary of war under President Cleveland’s first administration, died at his residence in Boston Sunday afternoon of pneumonia, aged seventy three. CARNEGIE “COMES ACROSS.” Helps Donglasa’ Widow Bat Is Shy of the Dewey Arch Fund. Andrew Carnegie, who refused to contribute to the Dewey arch fund, has given 81,000 to the fund for the widow of Sergeant Douglass, who was killed at Croton Dam daring the reoent strike. In presenting the check Mr. Carnegie said: “Sergeant Douglass fought not for 'oreign conquest, but for peace and order a ‘ hom «-” Official Organ of Rockdale Coun tjr. Huh Largest Circniation in The County. COLORED DELEGATES FEW. North Carolina Republicans Meet In Raleigh, Elect Delegates and Name Ticket. The white Republicans of North Carolinu hud wade strenuous efforts to have their state convention in Ral¬ eigh Wednesday the best they have ever held in the state. The negroes were so well restrained and kept out as delegates that there were only eighteeu among the 240 del¬ egates, while a few years ago there Vi ere 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 said they intended to have one of their race on as a delegate, or know the reason why. First of all, Pritchard and Ball were elected by acclamation, the former being declared to be the “fore¬ most Republican in North Carolina,” and Boyd as “Pritchard’s right bow¬ er.” McNamee, Reuuul aud collector Carl Duncan completed the quartette A resolution, offered by Charles Beyuolds, was adopted indorsing Sen¬ ator Pritchard for vice president. Tho senator said that he was no candidate or aspirant for that nomination. Fol¬ lowing is the stnte ticket named: Governor—Spencer Adamas, Gul ford county. Lieutenant Governor— Claudius Dockery, of Richmond. State Treasurer—L. L. Jenkins, of Gaston. Secretary of State—J. F. Parrott, of Lonoir. State Auditor—Thomas S. Rolling, of Madison. Attorney General—Z. V. Walser, of Davidson. Superintendent of Public Instruc¬ tion—N. 0. English, of Randolph. Chairman Corporation Committee— 0. 0. Reynolds, of Forsyth. Commissioner of Agriculture—J. A. Franks, of Swan. Commissioner of Labor—Thomas S. Malloy, of Rockingham. and Electors—A. II. Price, of Roan, 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 and such combinations should be suppressed by adequate enacted by the legislatures of the sev¬ eral states or by congress, if the re¬ sulting evils are beyond tho power and jurisdiction of tho states." Tho convention indorsed, without erudition and with enthusiasm, the administration of President McKinley, and instructed its delegates to vote for his renominatiou. Also the delegates are instructed to vote for Senator Pritchard for vice president. MINE HORROR GROWS. Victims of Disaster In Iflnh May Ilaarh lit Neighborhood of Three Ilnmlreil. A special from Scofield, Utah, says: Wednesduy night’s estimate of the number of killed in the terrible mine explosion was 250, but the total death list will probably yet reach 300. Re¬ lief work is Btill in progress, being 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 tho 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 and towns surrounding and worked incessantly to bring out the burned aud mangled remains of the dead miners. Many of the rescuers came near los¬ ing their lives from the fatal after damp, lint tho work was continued in the face of all danger, nnd most of the brave fellows remainod at their posts until they wero almost ready to drop from physical exhaustion aud tho deadly effects of the poisonous fumes. 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 been brought out. Arriving trains constantly brought outsTds in relatives of the victims from points and the coal company desigi na ted a committee to carry the dead to Balt Lake, Ogden and other citie*. STEAMER STRANDS; SIX LOST. BrltUh Moat Strike. Shoal, and Entlr. Crew Take to the Boat*. A special from Cape Henry, Va., says; The British steamer Virginia, Cap¬ tain Charles Samuels, from Daquirl, Cuba, for Baltimore, with a cargo of iron ore, with a crew of twenty six men, including one stowaway, strand¬ ed on Diamond shoal about 6 p. m., Wednesday, May 3d, during thick, heavy weather. The entire crew took to the boats and attempted to leave the ship. One boat with fifteen of the crew got away, but the other boat was swamped and six men were drowned. The remaining five got back on the steamer and were rescued. NETHERSOLE SUES PASTOR. Actress Wanted *20,000 Damages For Alleged Libel Uttered By Preacher. Suit has been filed in the supreme court of the District of Columbia by Olga Nethersole, the actress, for 820,000 damages against Rev. Thomas C. Easton, pastor of the Eastern Pres byterian church, in Washington. The attorneys for Miss Nethersole allege that Dr. Easton in a sermon preaohed April 1st, last, characterized Miss Nethersole aa “a lewd woman.” NO. 17. TWENTY KILLED BY FILIPINOS American Garrison at Catubig Is Almost Annihilated. ATTACKED BY 200 INSURGENTS Relief Came to Hand Just In Time to Save Survivors—Be¬ sieged Five Days. A Manila special says: Tho Ameri¬ can garrison at Catubig, Island of Samar, consisting of thirty men be¬ longing to the Forty-third regiment, has been attacked by rebels. Twenty of the Americans wero killed. The remainder wore rescued. Tho Americans were quartered in the Catubig church, which the enemy, numbering several hundred men, sur¬ rounded aud fiercely attacked. The Americans fought for two days and then the rebels managed to ignite tho roof of tho church, and it burned away anil finally fell upon those inside the edifice. The walls remained in¬ tact, howevor, and were used aa a shelter by the besieged Americans for three days longer, the enemy attack¬ ing the building on all sides at once. The Americans continued firing from tho doors aud 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 the scene of the fighting. After five days' resistance by the men, ft lieutenant and eight men arrived and relieved the men. The fortunate arrival of these re-en foroements prevented the annihilation of tho American force entrenched in the church, who had repeatedly de¬ clined to surrender whon ordered to do so by the Fillipinos. food, The ten survivors wore without had little ammunition aud wero 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 coumry, especially the town of Catarina, when the garrison probably will bo withdrawn to Laon. NO WORK FROM OTIS. Heroic Courage of Garrison at (’utablf Excites Highest Praise. Genera! Otis lias so far not reported to the war department tho casualties sustained by the American garrison at Catubig. The officials believo that ha is holding back the news with the ob¬ ject of supplying with it the names of the victims of the siege. the The loss reported in killed is most severe Buffnrod by the American forces since the beginning of tbo in¬ surrection, but evoiWsr* the officials at the war department oould not but ex¬ press their admiration for the heroin endurance and courage displayed by the little garrison. department who The officers at the have seen servico in tho Philippines are not surprised at the fact that an officer with eight soldiers was able to raise the siege. They say that the hili pinos were probably dismayed at the extent of the punishment inflicted up on tliem by tho garrison before the relieving party caino near, anil then they supposed it was but the advance guard of a formidable force and rau off. TO BUY KAVIS HOME. question Discussed By Alabama Daugh¬ ters of Confederacy. The main qnestion before the con¬ vention of the Alabama Daughters of the Confederacy iu Montgomery was whether or not the old Jefferson Davis mansion in Montgomery should be purchased. There was a lively scene, and every delegate was ou the floor at once. The convention was abont evenly divided on the subject, and it was finally decided to let tho matter go over nutil the eight chapters in the state not represented at tho Tho conven¬ matter tion could be heard from. is the moat important ever before the organization. HENATOR MORGAN INVITED. He Will Meet With Cotton Splnneri' Aesodatlou In Charlotte. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, has informed Hecreiary Geo. B. Hiss tha* unless the Nicaragua canal bill should come up in the senate at that time, he will attend the meeting of the South¬ ern Cotton Spinners’ association in Charlotte, N. C. The senator saya that he considered the invitation one of the greatest compliments ever paid him. Gold Sent to Europe. A New York dispatch says: Lazard Frere shipped 01,000,000 gold, and Heidelbach Ickelheimer & Co., $500, 000 to Europe Thursday. Genera Conference Is Ratified. The senate in executive session Fri¬ day ratified a treaty negotiated the world, with all the maritime nations of extending the Geneva conference reg¬ ulations to naval warfare. Sixty Victims On a Funeral Train. The greatest funera America started , on history of western sad journey f rou ) “ co e its had » * Friday. The train np remains of sixty victims of t Quarters mine disaster.