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THEIR FLAG
IS FURLED
Hawaiian Islands Are Form
ally Turned Over to the
United States.
STARS AND STRIPES FLY
President Dole Commits the Keeping
of the Territory, People and Pub
lic Property Into the Hands
of United States Min-
ister Sewall.
San Francisco, August 22. The steamer
Belgic tliis evening brought the following:
Honolulu. August 12. -Precisely at eight
minutes to 12 o'clock today the Hawaiian
Hag dvS' ended from the flagstaffs on all the
government buildings and exactly at live
minutes to the same, hour the stars and
stripes floated in the tropical breeze from
evi ry official fl.ig.-taff. The ceremony of
today was a most impressive one.
To hear the strains of “Hawaii
Ponoi” for the last time as a national
anthem; to hear the bugle blow taps
as the Hawaiian ensign sank from its
position, and to notice the emotion ot
many wiio had been born under it and
had lived their lives under it, was
solemn.
But then i.ime the bright call for the
raising ■ ■:' old Glory and the strains of
•''llm Star Spangled Banner” broke forth
as that banter was unfurled to firn breeze.
Then the cheers broke forth and eyes
that had been dim for a few minutes be
came bright and lightened up when the
stats and Strip' S fl...tied out. The picture
presented in md a: toi l the > xecutive
building was most striking. In the grounds
and around all the approa- lies were crowds
of onlookers of every section and of varied
nationality Notably remarkable was the
number of 1 law.tiians.
Within the grounds the military and na
val • ;-:ay was tine. Hawaiian troops.
I nited. .stat., marines, the mounted patrol,
the pul.ee and th" citizens’ guard p 1 -.-sented
a sp.endid appearance, white the pialiurm
lui the exe: and the verandas of the
executive building were gay with brilliant
sunin.• r di'.’ s' , *ian-ng leathers ami r<b
bons and the brightest laces that Honolulu
possesses.
Two Armies Become One.
The uniform. of .suit. ..ad naval officers
added biighim io the sei.m-. A line ot’
these stalwart, well dli.s.d men stretched
across tile first .Tep from the verandas
and m . ■ nark i a massivi
grouping which was m itself Worthy ot spe
cial notice. Tite wi ..tii' i. fortunately, was
j 1 n wi ill lie
departure of tin First regiment of th" na
tional guard ot Hawaii from their dr.ll
shed ■ o'clock this
mornin.- . file parade was beaded by a de
tachment of twenty-six police, under com
mand of Captain iiaur and Liell.enailt
Warren. 'Ji n ■ aim' lb • Hawaiian band
The regiment marched to the boat land
ing to escort the troops from the i’hiladel
plna and Mohican, wincn were already
drawn up on .-mte. Tin t lined States
fore* s were commanded by L.eutenaiit
Commander Stevens ami consisted of one
company of marines and two of blue jack
ets from the I'nilad' lpr.ia, a company of
blue jackets from the Mohican nd an ar
tillery detachment of two guns and forty
two men. I'll' 1 naval detachment was head
ed by the flagship'a band.
Set-tai liu . ir. d of Hie citizens’ guard
preceded tin. troops up the mam avenue,
and took a station mi the left of the
.. ... . : . poliei deployed mi either side
ian band took
. . pia: lorm and th
1 i,j .d 1 ip:.la bund mi ilti left. Tile United
Sta cs troops were stretched .across the
avo te in d<mble til is, the marines in the
Hunt.
Old Flag - Comes Down.
On the right oi tin, main steps were the
main halyards from which the big Ha
w.flag at til" top of the, big tower
floated in the breeze.
1 he detachment of men in charge of G.
H. I’l.rtt, gunner's mate ot th" Philadel
phia, and It. Winters, boatswain of the
Mohican, raised the American flag. These
men i st ripen over
Hawaii.
As • oon as President Dole and his cabi
net earn- from the executive building to
the platform the justices of the supreme
court follow'd. and then Admiral .1. N.
Mi.hr .md I nit-d States Minister Harold
Sewail came down the steps, followed by
Gap: tins C. 11. Vi adleigh, of the Philiidel
plii i. md S. M. Book, of the Mohican,
and their staff officers, and Colonel Bar
ber. of "lie First New York regiment.
I s opt • 1 with prayer by
■Eb
Ml \ '
Ikvi » \ \ What infinite
ZA\A« \ i \ care and pride a
/rj’a?\j . \ x \ woman takes in
SwJfc // \ her wedding
jp trousseau. How
"’t»s-.,~<®* < fine and fit every
dainty gown and filmy bit of lingerie must
be Hut how about herself, her own fine
and delicate physical organism? Has this
most important of all considerations been
n< < < ted ? Has she any weakness or ail
ment which is going to unlit and incapaci
tate her for happy marriage ?
No woman is fit to marry who has any
unhealthy condition of the special struc
ture most intimately concerned in wifehood
and motherhood. No modest reluctance
should prevent her seeking immediate re
in I from su< h troubles. There is no need
of the mortifying examinations so detesta
ble to sensitive-minded women. Doctor
Fierce’s Favorite Prescription is daily cur
ing thousands of women of these troubles
in the privacy of their homes.
The ‘ Favorite Prescription” is the only
proprietary remedy of its kind prepared by
an educated, authorized physician. There
is hardly a case so obstinate that it will
not completely and permanently cure.
Mrs. limma G. Clover, of Redkey, Jay Co.,
Indiana. in a letter to Dr. Pierce, says . " I can
recommend Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
to anyone who suffers with any female disease.
When I was in my teens I was always sick. I
took vour medicines before I was married, and
now lam a well person. I am now twenty
three. I have also taken Dr. Pierce’s Golden
Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets,’ and
can recommend them all.’’
It is a druggist’s business to sell you, not
to tell you, what you want.
Rev. G. L. Peterson, pastor of tho First
Methodist church of this city.
United States Minister Sewall then arose
and addressing President. Dole, who had
arisen, presented him with a certilied copy
of the joint resolution of congress annex
ing the Hawaiian islands to tho United
States.
President Dole answered, acknowledging
the making of a treaty of political union
and formally yielded to Minister Sewall
as the representative of the government
of the United States the sovereignty and
public property of the Hawaiian islands.
Mr. Sewall replied:
“Mr. President: In the name of the
United States I accept the transfer of the
sovereignty and property of the Hawaiian
government. The admiral commanding the
United States naval forces in these 'waters
will proceed to perform the duty entrust
ed to him.”
Tho Hawaiian band played ‘‘Hawaii
Ponoi.” the national anthem. Colonel
Fisher gave tho order to tho national
guard battery stationed on tho executive
grounds to lire the 'national salute of
twenty-one guns, which was also repeated
by tho Philadelphia. As the echo of tho
last gun reverberated in the hills a bugle
sounded and the national ensign of Ha
waii came slowly down, never to go up
again.
National Anthem Changed.
There was a short pause, and tlhen the
admiral nodded slightly to Lieutenant Win
terhalier, who gave the order. "Colors, roll
off.” the flagship’s band struck up the well
known strains of the "Star Spangled Han
ner,” and as tho stars and stripes slowly
ascended: there was breathless suspense.
But as it reached the top dheers broke
forth from the crowds below, and salutes
of twenty-one guns were again tired by tho
Hawaiian battery and the Philadelphia.
A few minutes after the hoisting of the
official flag others were raised from t'he two
side towers and the military headquarters.
Minister Sewall then read a proclamation,
stating tlfat I’resid ent McKinley directs
that the civil, judicial and military pow
ers of the government shall continue to be
exercised by the officers of the republic
of Hawaii. AU such officers will lie required
to take an oath of allegiance to the. United
States, and renew t'heir bonds to the United
States government.
The powers of the minister of foreign af
fairs will cease, so far as they relate to
diplomatic intercourse between Hawaii and
foreign nations.
Tile municipal legislation of Hawaii and
the existing customs regulations will prac
tically remain in force until the congress
of Wie United States shall have otherwise
determined. Following the reading of tho
proclamation Minister Sewall made an ad
dress congratulatinsj the residents of
Hawaii upon the accomplishment of an
nexation.
At tho conclusion of the ceremonies the
N ational Guard was marciaed to the parade
grounds, where Minister Cooper adminis
tered the oath of allegiance to Colonel
Fish' r The colonel then administered it
to ills oflieers. and tue cat iains to I lie
men. The regimen; then escorted the ni
val battalions to their boats, and returned
to tiie drill -died to sign the rolls.
A ball at ttie executive building, at which
2.000 guests were present, was the culmi
nation ot tile festivities which followed
the ceremony of tho flag-raising.
MINISTER BUCK HEARD FROM.
Says There Is No Dissatisfaction in
Japan in Regard, to Hawaii.
Washington, August 26. Minn r Buck,
at Tokyo, Japan, writes the department of
state that he Ims observ'd no dissatis
faction there in consequence of the ann"x
atioii of the Hawaiian islands to th" l nited
States, since annexation became aecun-
I lished.
Tlie government and people alike see in to
)> satisfied llt.it our governin'"!'. will lolly
protect, l ie rights ati I ini' i" " 'H 1,1
ami of J a panes-i subjects in ’ >so re ■'
< ■ part "l 1 I "hit' PJ ■ llah
known of no unkind expressions in-"
of di" United States annexing t.iese ■
Wants to Divide Samoan Islands.
JU i i n August 23. The Marine i > lill s "li•»
Corr, .'pondenz draws attention to Amvii
ea'.s acquisition of I’ago-Fago, and pro
posus that the islands •'» dixia-’d
betwicn. Germany, England and Amvi'i"ti,
England taking Savaii. Germany taking
<>| iil.i and America Tutttllaas as tl' l only
wav to prevent a conflict.
The N' ueste Naehrichten, commenting
upon tlie above, says Germany will gain
notlii'tig by demuretnss ami also d<- l .t'S
tli.it Lorenzu Marquez and Heiagoa bay
are rapidly becoming English and urges
the government to assert its rights th. re.
Barge Force Goes to Honolulu.
San Francisco, August 22. A telegram
been ieceived from the war department
ordering all the troops of General Merritts
department, remaining here, to lie sent to
j lonolulu with at !(ast four months’ sub
sistence am) medical supplies, and to be
held there until further orders. Tit" trans
ports Au. if iia and City of Sydm j ar. ii. -
,ng cl. tU'.J preoaratory to carryim. out
this order.
Hawaiian Postal System Retained.
Washington, August 23.—The postal sys
tem now in operation in tit" Hawaiian
islands will lie retained, pending the re
commendations of the Hawaiian commis
sion whi i ;un its labors
there.
No More Troops for Honolulu.
San Francisco, August 21.—The military
authoritii.s hire have received insirta tions
from Adjutant General Corbin counter
m.-indim,' previous orders to send a largo
body of soldiers to Honolulu.
RIOT IN STREETS OF MANILA.
American Soldiers on a Frolic Caused
the Trouble.
Manila, August 26. <>n Wednesday a cor
poral and two troopers of battery B, of the
Utah artillery, after dis.mil irking al Ca
vite were sent on an errand. While pass
ing through tho streets Trooper Hudson
discharged his revolver. It was all mere
tfun, but the natives in the immediate lo
cality w. re much a.larnn».l for the time.
Tiie natives immediately began tiring.
Dismounted cavalry were sent to quell 6he
disturbances, but the natives misunder
stood the movement and the firing became
general
Trooper Hudson was killed and Corporal
Anderson mortally wounded.
Troopers Laydon, Nachbar, Connolly and
Doyle, of tho Fourth cavalry, were
wounded.
Four natives were killed and several
wounded.
General Agiuinaldo has expressed his
regret at the encounter and promises to
punish Hie offenders.
No further trouble is expected.
REFUSE TO SURRENDER GUNS.
Manila, Philippine Islands, August 21.
At a conference today between the in
surgents atnl the Americans, the form, r
declared cmplititieaily that they were will
ing to i-o-operate with tlie Americans and
to surrender their arms promptly if as
sured tlint tiie islands would remain either
an Anieri' in or British colony, or under
the prote. orate of the United States or
Great Britain.
Otherwise, the insurgent leaders as
serted, they would not dare disarm.
They threaten a fresh rebellion with
in a month if the Americans with
draw.
Augusti Had an Arm Broken.
London, August 2!.—Tiie Singapore cor
respondent of The Daily Mail telegraphs
that General Augusti had his arm broken
while on his way from Hong Kong to Sing
apore during tlie progress of a typhoon.
General Augusti will proceed to Spain in a
German mail boat.
Dewey Can Dock at Hong Kong.
Washington. August 23. -Ambassador
Hay, in a cablegram to tlie state depart
ment, received this a'fternoon. says that
the British government has directed tlie
governor of I long Kong to accept Admiral
Dewey’s application to permission to dock
and clean hia ships at Hong Kong.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1898.
BIDS FOR TORPEDO
BOATS ARE OPENED
Uncle Sam Will Soon Add Twen
tyy-Eiglit Fighting Machines
to His Navy.
TOTAL COST TO BE $6,900,000
Additions to the Sea Fighters Are To
Be Made Within Eighteen
Months.
Washington, August 23.—Tho navy de
partment opened bids at noon today for
sixteen torpedo boat destroyers and twelve
torpedo boat.s to cost in the aggregate not
exceeding $6,900,000, as provided in tho. last
naval appropriation act. These twenty
eight destroyers and torpedo boats consti
tute the largest single addition ever made
to the navy. The destroyers are to be com
pleted within eighteen months ami the tor
pedo boats within twelve months.
According to the requirements of the de
partment, til' destroyers are to hive a
guaranteed speed of twenty-eight knots and
the torpedo boats twenty-six Knots, lac
destroyers are to be of about 460 tons
each and are to cost not more than s2:l;>,-
000 each, while the torpedo boats ate to
be of about 150 tons displacement, and to
cc st. not more tllian $170,0e0 each.
These destroyers will be the first vessels
of that type added to our navy, except
those Improvised from yachts during the
recent war exigency.
The battery will be composed of seven
rapid firing guns. There will bo mounted
on the midship line two 2'>-foot l.np'do
tubes to carry 17-foot torpedoes. B< r iimg
space will be required to aceoinmod ite i
crew of sixty men and four olTn. t's arm
provision space for twenty days.
The torpedo boats are of much the same
design, but will be smaller. The l.aitmy
will be composed of three rapid t.i i.i«-
There will be mounted on .leek three .■
foot torpedo tubes with torpedoes.
Representatives of all the gr.nt sh p
building firms were present when the bids
were opened. Some of the department . fa
cials thought it would take two we< Its to
get Uie blds fully tabulated. Among i.ie
bids were the following:
Dialogue & Son. i ’amden, N J., <M'.
torpedo boat destroyer, 29 knots, at »-o,i ,
or two at S2SS,<WO each.
Columbian Iren Works, Baltimore Md.,
Olio to lour t.'ilH'do Irna.s, _ k “ u^ s - ‘..’i
each, under dill• .< nt L-• .
one torpedo boat. ifI'KOOO. two Ma>,oa.,,
three $l6llOOO or lour,Ji"!, 11 ' 1 11’ 1 eacli. '
one d<
O'”; rarer or lour 01 !i\’,
llsJ destroyers under different plaits, one
or two at $2x2,506; three, lour or lift, at
ifl.i '.V Levy. Fhlladelpbia, for de
stroyers, 29 knots, two $284,0W; throe, $- s -i,-
000 each. '
W.lH.iin IL Trigg, Kiehnion<l. \ •> . t.»rp- •• io
6 '"" ■ '■' ' ' '
eaeli: three. $129,700, four, sHt‘ L ’g,’-,
destroy. :■ : <>ne. $-.:..<M0; two, :
three, s2iio,oot), four, $246,006; live, $-33,0*.*)
'‘The Union Iron Works, Sun Fram-isco,
destroyers, 29 knots: <*nc, s2'. l l.ot ; 0; two ot
three ' 528.-.,ei)o eacii , also dost roj "i s under
Se.'otid clat-s: line. $294,000; two, $282,000;
three, $251.500 eacii.
Mam land Steel Company, Mi.’ > land, de
jo, .vo'rs- Two of 30 knots. three,
s>.:,u.o; three (diff.rent bid), $2'3,000; four.
$28’2,000 each.
George Ixitnley. South Boston, L'G 1 ” 1 ' ’
boat.- i >n". 26 kn its, sl'>t.9oo; two, $1.i.'.4 ,
also diff< rent plans: < >n< $152,900; two,
Ue.'.f'Xi a.-11. also dift'eri.-ni vuins: on., 81-".-
400. two, $123,9u0.
1., '.vis Nixon, Eiizab' I ’ bp. rt. N. .1., -
do b.'.its, 26 knots. <m. . $168,<60; two, sl'-.,-
llarlan Hollingsworth Company. Wil
mington, Dei., destroyers, 29 knots, one
$294,iK.0; two $291,000 each.
Fall River Engine (’mnpany. Weymouth,
Mass., one destroyer. 30 knots, $286.1H)0;
one torpedo boat, $164,*. f )O; also difl.'ieiit
plans, ore destroyer $281,000; three $280,(W0,
also ’<lest rovers, different plans, .me 30
knots and ..me 28 knots $282 1:61 and $.172."1'0,
respectively; rpedo b< one $l6O,-
000: thro.' $159,u00 .■m h.
Gas Engine and Power Company, New
York, dt . tr.o ei's, one $285,000; also <»:ie de
stroyer and one torpedo boat, $428,000 for
both, or two destroyers and one torpedo
bmi $780,000, or two destroyers uml two
torpedo boats $849,000, fir two destroyers
and three torpedo boats s9B7jXjO.
Richard B. Pevton. Williamsport. Pa.,
destroyer, 40 knots $291,000; four, $295,6'0;
also one to four 3" knots $230,000, also one
to four 35 knots, $275.6)0.
The foregoing bid at forty knots caused
some comment.
Waif &■ Swi' Itcr, Portland. Ore., one tor
pedo boat. $17o.6)0; tw >. $1(',5.000; three, $163,-
400; four. $162,50'0: also des; r'',v. r 29'.i knots,
one $21:8.001); two 6«>; three $282.<*.6; also
d'.'stro; ers, one $21)5.000; two $291,000; three
This closed the bids The naval officials
commented on the absence of the ('ramp
firm and the Herresehoffs among the bid
ders. Tho bids will be tabulated and tho
a ward s made at the < irli lay practli .
hie. APi'le from the price there are many
details in eacii bid. time of delivery, dis
placement. speed, design, etc., whi. li will
have to bo considered In making the
a wards.
WILL DISPOSE OF MANY SHIPS.
Large Fleet of Boats To Be Sold by the
Government.
Washington, August 23. The disposal of
the large ll"-t of auxiliary eruis. rs, imva.l
craft, about. 100 in ill. including a number
of large ocean-going merchantmen which
have been improvised into cruisers, col
liers. etc., will be taken up at the navy
department tomorrow by a special board
of naval oflieers consisting of Captain
Clark, of the battleship Oregon; Captain
lligginson, of the battleship Massachusetts;
Captain Chadwick, of tlie. cruiser New
York ; Civil Engineer Andrade, wlm in
spected the ships at Santiago, and Naval
Constructor Tawresey, who was a. member
of the auxiliary board at New York, which
originally r. "omim tided the. purchase of
these vessels. Captain Clark, being on
leave, may be represented by another olii-
The fleet includes thirty-eight, cruisers
and large yachts, four of the cruisers be
ing tlie transformed Morgan liners, each
of 7,500 tons, now known as the Prairie,
Dixie, Yosemite ami Yank"' ; fifteen col
li.-rs of from 4,06) to 6.000 tons each; seven
supply ships, ambulance ships, distilling
siiips and repair ships, the largest being
the Celtic, 8750 tons; eleven st'ann rs for
xar ms uses and tw'-nt v-s< vein tugs, the
largest being the Iroquois, 700 tons, and
the smallest (lie Sioux, 155 tons.
This fleet cost many millions of dollars.
Tlie yachts averaged in cost about $50,000
and the tugs $75,06), while the big liners
transformed into cruisers and colliers, cost
several hundred thousand dollars each.
Tlie board will determiine what v. ssels
should be retained as colliers, supply, am
bulance or distilling ships. Those to be
sold will lie appraised and the navy di part
ir.ent will then advertise for bids for the
ships not wanted. Bids will be received
nt tlie navy deyiartment, the sales being
it ade to the highest responsible bidder at
not less than the appraised price.
CAPTAIN CLARK ON A LITTER.
Philadelphians Recognized and Cheer
ed the Commander of the Oregon.
Philadelphia, August 25 -Captain Clark,
of the Oregon, was carried through this
city today on his way to New York, where
bo will be placed in the naval hospital to
be treated for dysentery. Twice when the
captain was recognized on the litter on
which he was borne be was heartily cheer
ed by crowds which collected. In the Broa 1
street station of the Pennsylvania road an
impromptu ovation was tendered the hero
of the 15.0C0-mile voyage ''around the
Horn,” to which ho unfortunately was too
weak to respond. Shortly after the St.
Louis was docked at Cramp’s today Captain
Clark was carried on a stretcher from the
vessel to a carriage. He was rapidly driven
through the city to the Broad street sta
tion. Again he was placed on a litter and
carried aboard a sleeper attached to the
noon train for New York.
Virginians Are Not Pleased.
Richmond, Va., August 23.—Referring to
Washington dispatclh to the effect that
orders to prevent the assembling of any
large naval fleet in Hampton Roads are due
to complaints from transportation compan
ies that such assemblage would Interfere
with navigation, telegrams to The Dis
patch from representatives of various
transportation lines out of Norfolk disclaim
knowledge of any such complaint on the
part of companies they represent. In one
or two eases indignation is expressed at
tlie injustice done the transportation lines
in the report.
Naval Militia Will Be Released.
Washington. August 24. Naval officials
sav tiiat within the next week all tlie men
called from the various states to man
ships of the auxiliary imvy will be on their
way home, with tlie possible exception of
tbo’se on the four old monitors around
Boston. Tim department is deluged with
Inquiries as to how soon those n ival mili
tiamen can return borne. The letters come
not only from relatix -s. but from busi
ness Arms, who say that as the war is
over they want their clerks to return to
d u t y.
Schley in New York.
Wcsport. Conn.. August 25.—Rear Admiral
W. S. Schley start'd for New York this
morning on the train having this station
at 8:56. He was accompanied l\v his son-in
law, R. S. Wortley The admiral apparently
bad completely recovered from his indis
position. Tomorrow he will he jo ned by
Mrs. Schley, and with her will proceed to
Washington.
St. Louis Joins St. Paul at Cramps.
Philadelphia. August 24. The I’nited
States auxiliary cruiser St. Louis arrived
at Ur.imps' ship yard today. The St. Paul,
the sister -hip of tho St. I,.mis. is already
nt Cramps. It Is tiimig'n *w> months will
elaps" b for" tho great ■■ .in greyhounds
will bo i’i condition to returned to the
Ini'rnation.'il Navigation Company.
Advanced Five Numbers.
Washington. August 23. (Special.) —Lieu
tenant Tom Brumby, tin galiint Atlanta
liny who hoist'd tin’ stars ami -tripes at
Manila, was recognized by presidential pro
motion today. In the list given out it the
whit" house Dieutenant I’.riimhy is advanc
ed five numb.‘rs for his gnll.intry at Ma
nila. ’
The Prairie Aground.
New York, August ! i • . axillary
C1 Pi o, wi rrd bound
for Montauk Point is aground on a sand
bar off Am.>;■ ■;. " it, L. I Sim lie. in an
easy position about half a mile from I re
~, .j l . Two tux are at work endeav
oring to pull 'her , L.
Evans Will Be Given Leave of Absence
\V i -i.’iingt'in, Am;u.- t ;::: -The Illtt' -s of
. Eva o 1 lowa,
peril d to tie department, and in bls casi‘, as
w 11 as in "Il oth"is wh tc ottY'iTs ar" sick,
after tli' ir long " rvic . h ive will lie
glinted and every opportunity glvi n for
recuperation.
Sigsbee Gets a Promotion.
Was'hiiigt'.n, August 22. The president
i :. It” id C’liarli I 1 Sh bee.
Unit'd S'al' S navy, now eommamlmg tho
St. I’aul, by advancing him three numbers
on t in th< : lor
"ext raordinary heroism.”
THE COTTON CROP.
Estimates To Enter This Contest Must
Be Received by August 31st.
No Extension of Time Pos-
sible.
THE NEW MISSING WORD IS ON
AT ONCE.
Tlie cotton crop < mi"St closes this W 0 "k.
'Fhe last day upon whie'h ■ stimates will be
received is Wcdm day. August 31st. The
time is so near out that we give no figures
this W' ek, for by the time this paper reach
es some of the subscribers it would be too
Imo f> r them to send In. it is our pur
pos" at all times to tr- at all our sub
scribers alike as marly as possible; vve will
give bo one any advantage in any inspect,
if wi. can help It.
We have asked Latham. Alexander & Co.,
of New York, the cotton firm that is to
furnish the figures upon which the contest
is io bn dneid .1, to notify us at the <• irli
est possible, day of the correct number
of bales in tho. crop. Just : s so >n : s we
get ti: certificate of the correct figures,
we will place our record of esiiniites re
ceived into the hands of a. competent cim
mittee. to be carefully ix imim-d, to find
tho correct estimate, If ono has been re
ceived. and, :f mine, to find t:ie n '.i.rest to
tho correct estim it". The prizes will bo
awarded to each esiiniato enti led to i.ne,
according to the division of tae contest in
winch it may fall. If tho correct, er reur
ist correct estimate, should come within,
tho first division, and the other two should
come in the same period, then we. will pay
out tho full $5,6X1 in cash, as advertised.
If all shoui'l not coni'- within tiie first
period, or should fall in different divisions,
the prizes will be paid out proportijiiately
to the. time when th" prize estimates were
received. This cont'.-s: ihas covered six
months of tlie year, and h .s been of un
usual interest to subs riliers and agents.
It will be drawn to a close-and full an
nouncement of its results will be made as
soon aS possible.
August 31st tbo Last Day.
The contest closes August Jlst, sure and
certain. Beyond all hope or possibility ot
mistake or misunderstanding wo state, pos
itively that every estimate must be in our
office liy t'he close of business August 31st.
Everybody understands it now, and no
one can say: ”1 mailed it in time, etc. It
must bo here by the close of business
August 31st.
We publish this week tho terms of a ri.w
contest, a missing word contest tor tho
moutii of September. It is put out as a.
flyer just for one moutii to see if tho sub
scribers and agents prefer a short, sharp,
qul' k contest to one of sev ral mot.ths
duration. If you arc sending in 'his v.eek
and prefer to enter tile miss ng word ton
test to tlie. cotton crop contest now so scon
to close, why, send your wotd right along.
We are about to pay out tl'.e money on tlie
cotton contest, but you will not have to
wait but a few weeks for your money on
tho missing word. Take whichever oir. you
want to ■ liter, but you cannot enter both
contests on tlie came subset iption. e w ill
keep a record of every m ill’s word :he day
it is received. Make it hot from t'he jump,
make It lively, and see to what point the
sum can be pushed just in one montii at
the beginning of tlie season. \\ e i 11 keep
an accurate account of subsct’ipi ions from
«ontes:ants, .ami give lo cents out of every
dollar receiv'd toward the prize.
Tlie old contest rings out this week, and
the new one rings in. Every man may
make bls own estimate at the cotton crop,
but he. must get it here in time. Every
man may make out his own missing word,
but he must be careful about :.ae s,polling
of it. A fair chance for all hands in ab
solute good faith.
THE A’i I.AN'TA CONSTITUTION.
Ex-Governor Currier Dies.
Manchester. N. H., Augulp - "'’'7'U,° n '.
Moody Currier, a former governor of Now
Hampshire, died at his residence, in tais
city, this afternoon.
THE WAR OR
GER. JVHIiES
That Title of Lieutenant Gen
eral Was Not Intended
for Him,
SHAFTER WAS THE MAN
Charges and Countercharges Are Made
by the Factions in the War De
partment—Tennessee Fur-
nishes the Prize Ass
of the Season.
By Jos: Ohl.
Washington, August 26.—(Special.)—I
think it can bo put down as a certainty
that there will be no revival of the lieu
tenant general grade as tho result of this
war. If it comes at ail, it will be as the
result of a reaction of sentiment in favor
of General Miles for tho treatment he has
received by tiie clique which is against him,
but J. for one, do not expect that, because
the clique is strong enough to prevent it.
• One thing wo are bound to have, how
ever, ami that gives cause for congratula
tion. An investigation of war department
methods. General Miles’s Interview will
bring that, if nothing else would. For
this ,-ven Miles's enemies should thank him;
and they will thank him the more if the
investigation Is genuine, ami not a white
wash farce as most proceedings of the
character are.
Miles’s Bad Break.
The AHh'S Interview has been the sensa
tion of the week. Few peoplo believe that
It was an authorized Interview meant for
publication, for even those who have been
impressed with the general's tendency lo
air his grievances do not believe he would
have uttered words of distinct insubordina
tion where they would be repeated. He is
too good a soldier*-.to great ;t stickler for
discipline for that. Yet everybody in Wash
ington who read his reported utterances
believed lie had talked in that way, not
intending this words to find publication. If
he repudiates tiie Interview absolutely, de
clares he did T.ot use tho words quoted
nor anything like them, he may not be
called to account; but those who have
hoard him talk here do not believe lie can
or will do that. He will demand an in
vestigation; and 01i.it demand, coming on
tho heels of the multitude of charges
against the war department, will bring on
wh*at everybody holies to see, a thorough
investigation into not only these charges,
bur into tlie conduct of all branches of the
war department.
There is but one real chance of that In
vestigation being effective ami .searching,
ami that is for t’he democrats to carry the
house. That would open up the way to
such insight into the methods of Secretary
Alger ami the war department officials as
would place the blame for their failures
where It belongs. However, if the thing
is once started, it may get so hot that
Alger’s enemies In his own party will take
pleasure in making it hot for (him, in
whi i event the fur will fly, and we will
git 'a: some of the facts, if not all of them.
No Chance for Shafter Now.
Whether Shafter was rent nt tlie head of
that Santiago campaign in the hope that
he would shine, out and become eligible to
that lieutenant generalship, or w’nelliei’, ,is
has been changed, there was back of It
all the more ulterior motive of getting this
Michigan gang in “on tho ground floor” for
all the good tilings that might be developed
If Shafter W“re made military governor, Is
of course surmise. But it. is certain that
all the influence of the secretary of war
and of all those upon whom the can call,
will not be able to get for Shafter that
lieutenant general’s grade.
The country has made up its verdict on
Shafter. His determination to fall back
at Santiago has settled his case so far as
the country is concerned, and it would be
folly for bis friends to attempt his eleva
tion to a grade far above his capacity. A
good enough brigade commander, but that’s
the limit—that is the verdict of t'he coun
try on Shafter, justly or unjust y.
As for Miles, he might have had it, but
for this last break. The Michigan crowd
would have been against him, as it has
been from the first, and other enemies there
have been in plenty, but the way tie went
at thiat Porto Rico campaign made an
excellent impression on tlie country, and
tho ideas of the people are, as a rule, pret
ty well carried out in the actions of con
gress. He went at Porto Rico like a man
who understood his business. Whatever
may be said against Miles—and Ills enemies
have had a good deal to say against him—
he know bu in< - His campaign made
an excellent Impression, and on all sides
were heard regrets that the armistice came
so . , ... to cut off t'he legitimate fruit.-:
of'the victory that would surely have come
to tlie American arms. Tiie Miles star was
decidedly in th.- ascendant.
Indiscreet, To Say the Least of It.
It is still, though this Ponce interview has
bobbed up to dim the luster. This opens
the way for the charge that the man who,
In his position, would talk t'hat way, even
to the friend in whom he had the greatest
confidence, does not possess the discretion
that should go with the position of com
manding general. And it arrays against
him till the Influence, that Alger and '.’or
bln and the rest, can bring to bear—'which
is a great deal.
Enough undoubtedly to prevent his cap
turing t'he coveted prize of the lieutenant
generalship. If Miles were able to present
Indisputable proof of efforts on the part
of tho war department clique to humiliate
him, there might be such a reaction tn his
favor as would insure hlis elevation; but
it is hardly possible that ho can do this,
lie has arrayed against himself i mighty
politit i foi ich will it least prevent
jils getting th< prize he covets so much, t s
it does nothing more. As forth.- )leut< nant
generalslllp, there is but one other possi
bility. and that's Merritt. H". too, had lit
tle chance. The end came before he had
any real fighting to do. and without real
fighting, there is small chance of getting
hold of that particular plum.
From present outlook, therefore, it looks
as if t’lie upshot of the whole thing would
be the death of the effort to revive the
title. No one man in the army Ims accom
plished great tilings unless it is J""
V heeler, and of course there is no thought
of him in this connection. The whole
regular army and the whole republican
party would be arrayed against any such
suggestion.
Gibson, of Tennessee.
From all accounts t'he prize ass of this
war is a product of tlie great state of Ten
nessee. He is Chancellor Henry Gibson,
who represents the second district of that
state in congress, and who is reported to
have given utterance. In a recent speech,
to these words:
“Democrats have hoped and prayed for
some great calamity. They wanted Dew
ey's ships sunk at Manila, and Shafter and
Sampson whipped at Santiago, but the
I/Ord was on our side, because we were on
Ills side.”
Chancellor Gibson represents in congress
on" of the moonshine districts of eastern
Tennessee where the ignorance of the peo
ple is so intense that they vote almost sol
idly the republican ticket. The chancellor is
fiercc-looking citizen of about five feet in
height and built in proportion, all but his
moustache, which la of the flowing military
class, affected by valiant warriors. He
was more or less in the civil war, and when
t'he first essayed politics had carefully
manufactured a war record which Jotin
Houk, his republican opponent, showed
was fabrication, pure anti simple. But
the moonshiners evidently took him at his
word for they sent him to congress.
Gibson has the reputation in Tennessee
of being a good lawyer and a man or
brains. It cannot be, therefore, that sucn
utterances as those above quoted spring
from ignorance on 'his part. Jle was sim
ply showing line appreciation of th'' tgno
rance that would send him lo congress.
It is a sizing up of his constituency which
can hardly be said to flatter their intelli
gence.
But that constituency has sent Gibson to
congress. By tho side of that indictment,
any further tribute which he, or anybody
else- can pay to their Ignorance, pales into
iiißignitlcanee.The prize ass must be truly
representative of this republican constitu
ents. Else, how could they stand the dis
grace of such representation?
MILITARY TRAIN JUMPS TRACK
Two Soldiers Killed and Twenty In
jured Near Birmingham, Ala.
Bhmiugbam, Ala., August 28-(Special.)
Whde going at quite a rapid rate I
tender of the engine pulling the first
three sections of a train tno
Sixtj -nir.th New York regim mt frem
FernandDna. Fla., to Huntsville Ala
jumped* the track at 5 o’clock this after
noon. ten miles above here, on t'ie Louis
ville and Nashville railroad, and live cars,
well tilled with troops, were piled down an
embankment aind on the side ot ,e
tracks.
Two men wore killed and about twenty
five others Injured.
Colonel Edward Duffy, commander < f tue
regin. mit. was on tiie train wi 11 bis stall.
At soon as possible the wr eked cais
were broken into with axes ainl 'uv in
jured mo: and others were ass..-: ?d out.
The following are dead:
FE’ll'.i: FARLEY, company G, head
nearly severed from body.
I lt.'.NK GLENNON, uep'.i"'V "f Uoljnc.l
Duffy, quartermaster sergeant, com
pany G.
Tlie following were seriously injured.
Sergeant J. J Manning, company E.
Thomas J Skelley, company E, spimo
injured, cut on bunds and feet.
Harry G. Donohue, company E, fractured
ribs and scalp hurt.
James Meade, company E, ribs frac
tured.
G. Mann, company G. internally hurt.
Michael Doran. company E, legs
crushed.
George Browtner, colored fireman, sculp
injured and shoulders dislocated.
Negro brakeman hurt ab ut shoulders.
Fifteen others were slightly injured.
When the bodies of the dead and in
jured were brought here on a special train
it was necessary to line up police officers
aim! soldiers to prevent interference on
•the part of citizens, while tlie wounded
were being placed in (imbalances and car
riages, which had been rushed beneath
the sheds. Every attention is being given
tiio wounded.
THEY FOUGHT AT MANILA
President Names Men He Wants Ad
vanced in Rank.
Washington, August 27. —Before leaving
the city the president order'd the follow
ing promotions of officers who participated
in action in Hie capture ot Mani.a;
To be major general of volunteers —Briga-
dier General i’. M. Anderson. Brigadier
General Arthur MacArthur, Brigadier Gen
eral F. V. Greene.
To bo major general of volunteers by
brevet —Brigadier General John B. Lab
cook
To be brigadier general of volunteers—
Colonel S. uxonsiilm-, Twenty-third United
States Infantry; Colonel living Hue, First
Colorado volunteer infantry; l.ieutenant
Cole B C. A. Whittier, United States vol
unteers.
To be brevet brigadier general of volun
teers—Colonel C. McC. Reave, Thirteenth
Minnesota.
To be brevet colonel in the regular army
—Lieutenant Colonel John French, Twenty
third infantry.
To be brevet colonel of volunteers—Lieu
tenant Colonel It. E. Thompson, chief slg
nal officer. • •
To be brevet lieutenant colonel of volun
teers—Major Cuthbertson. Tenth Pennsyl
vania volunteers; Major J. F. Ifi'll, United
States volunteers: Mtij.ir Stotsenb'ry. First
Nebraska; Major Broxton, First Californ a;
Major Sturgis, assistant adjutant general
of volunteers; Major Strother, volunteer
engineer: Major I’, merit, volunteer en
gineers; Major Stmp.son, assistant adjutant
general volunteers.
To be brevet major in the regular army—
Captain Hobson, artillery: Captain Ker
nan, Twenty-first infantry; Captain Nich
ols, Twenty-third Infantry; Captain Sage,
Twentv-third infantry.
To be brevet major of volunteers—Captain
T. Il Mott, assistant adjutant general ot
volunteers; Captain W. G. Bates. U. S. V.;
Captain li. W. Young. Utah artillery; <’ i|>-
tain F. A. Grant, Utah artillery; Caj>' ain
B. Jornsfad, Thirteenth Minnesota: Cap
tain Oscar Seabetek, Thirteenth Minne
sota; Cantain C. G. Sawtelle. U. S. V.:
Captain I’. S. March, Astor battery; Cap
tain E. A. McKenna, volunteer signal
C To be brevet captain In the regular army
—Lieutenant Hagadorn, Twenty-third in
fantry.
To be brevet captain of volunteers—
Lieutenant Lackare, Thirteenth Minnesota;
Lieutenant Whitworth. U. S. V.: Lieuten
ant Povey. Second Oregon; Lieutenant Wil
liam W. Chance, volunteer signal corps;
Lieutenant Philip J. Perkins, volunteer
signal corps; Lieutenant Charles E. Kil
botirn, volunteer signal corps; Lieutenant
Anson J. Rudd, volunteer signal corps.
To be brevet first lieutenant In the reg
ular nrmy—‘Lieutenant Williams: Sixth ar
tillery; Lieutenant Koehler, Sixth artillery.
HAVANESE ARE THREATENED.
McKinley’s Message of Last April
Given a New Constrution..
Havana, August 23 'Flm local papers ex
press considerable doubt, based upon a re
reading of President McKinley’s message
to congress last April, In t'he light of re
cent events, whether tho United States
government lias definitely pledged itself
to declare Cuba’s Independence.
A ntimber of prominent Havaneso have
recently received threatening letters sign
ed by insurgents or anonymous and evi
dently of insurgent origin. Several of these
letters tell those to whom they are. ad
dressed that they may choose .lie sort of
tree on whie'h they will be hanged after
the Insurgents have entered H.ivani.
The authorities have declined to allow
the landing of a number of American cor
respondents who arrived off the harbor
this morning from Santiago de Cuba,
among them representatives of The N' w-
York Herald, The New York World, Tho
Chicago Record. The New York Evening
I’vst and The Philadelphia Press.
ARBITRATORS STILL IN SESSION.
American and Canadian RepreseiUa
tives Will Reveal Nothing.
Quebec. Quebec, August 27. Both Ameri
cuii .mil (.’iiiLiitliiin <h"‘h , gii tc«s of tL <• 'iri’iti'.i
tion conference have been In .session today.
They say that various subjects have been
discussed and that no stumbling blocks
have ass yet been encountered. NoThing
whatever wa.s r< i veale«l as to what subjects
have been under consideration.
—■— 1 •
The BrM Prescription for (’liilN
nnd r is n bottle of (iiu»v.i s Tasteless (’j<t t.t.
Toxic. It issinipix Iron hik! Quinine m a tasteless
No cure, no paj Price 50c.
NAIL COMMUNICATION AGAIN.
End of War Brings Rejoicing to In
habitants of Porto Rico.
Ponce, I’orto Rico, August 22.—Mail
communication between Ponce and San
Juan has been established, and the over
land telegraph wires which have been
severed will be connected immediately.
All that will remain for the commission
to do, General Allies says, will be to se
cure an inventory of government property
transferred to the Americans, and to give
receipts to t'he Spanish authorities.
Captain General Marias, in his various
communications with General Miles, has
shown the best spirit. He is anxious to co
operate in bringing about an evacuation
at the earliest moment possible, and is
placing no obstacles in the way of tlhe. vol
unteers returning home.
Lieutenant Colonel Ramcry, the highest
it is for You
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IT are tiie bestafter-dianer
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Spanish volunteer officer in the Island,
reached here last night from Aibonito.
Otzier officers have been coming through
our linos all day. Lieutenant Colonel Ram
cry says that the Spanish forces at Aibon
ito were short of ammunition and water
and entirely dependent for food upon Ca
yey. They must have succumbed, he de
clared, as soon as General Brooke struck
Cayey.
According to a lett. r from San Juan,
tho Spanish resident*; there who had fle«l
from the city fiave returned and there Is
great rejoicing among them that tae war
is ended, a feeling shared by the soldiers.
GEN. CLAY SUES FOR DiVORCE.
KENTUCKIAN DECIDES TO GIVE
UP HIS CHILD WIFE.
Petition for Legal Separation tins Been
Filed by Generii's Attorney, but
the Contents Are Unknown.
Richmond, Ky., August 27.—(Special.)—
General Cassius M. Clay, the distinguished
■veteran of tho Mexican and civil wars,
whose sensational marriage with Dora
Richardson Clay, several years ago. is still
fresh- in the minds of the peoplo of Ken
tucky, today tiled suit against his "child
wife" for absolute divorce. Tills step on
the part of General Clay came as a pro
found surprise to his friends, many of
whom he had often told in most eloquent
language of his great love for her.
Action for divorce was brought In the
circuit court of Madison county late this
afternoon through Jerry M. Sullivan, the
general’s attorney, but Uhls suit was jiot
filed until General Clay had deeded to bis
"child wife” a comfortable home on tli«
Nicholasville pike, in ono of the prettiest
sections of Kentucky.
The story of the unhappy domestic rela
tions of General Clay and his youthful
wife is none the less interesting for Us
romance. General Clay Idolized the child,
and to his more intimate friends h< lias
raved and prated over her as a child would
over a toy. His eyes have flashed fire and
his sinews have drawn taut whi n he would
be talking about the manner in which he
had killed a f’"' while one minute I .ter,
when his thoughts and words would re
vert to Dora, his great orbs would grow
dim and hazy and his figure would bend in
humiliation and reverence. He looked
upon the girl as an object "f divine nature,
and old as ho is, he is said nover to have
mentioned her namo without becoming po-
Just before General Clay married Dora
Richardson, a plain country girl of fourteen
summers, there was the greatest sort of
. m on t iart of the members
his family and his friends used (very in
fluence to the "■ ion. The gen-
eral, how- ver, would listen to none of these
appeals and has become estranged from
all the members of bis household, settling
them oft and retaining for himself a lino
estate, embracing the old homestead In
Madison, one of the most fertile counties
In Kentucky, where he lived with his child
wife until she left him to reside with some
friends or relatives.
After tliis General Clay became a perfect
recluse. Not many times since then has
ii" been off his place. Not even General
Clay’s most intimate friends had any id- a
that ho contemplated bringing suit for di
vorce. The girl has been living for some
time on a farm belonging to General Clay
near I’inkard, Woodford county, Kentucky.
Tiie petition in the divorce ease is quite
short, and it Is in rhe hands of General
Clay’s lawyer, who declined tonight to al
low r it to be seen or to disclose Its con
tents. A gentleman who saw it, however,
says that it simply charges abandonni'-nt.
It Is not known or surmised what influ
ences, if any, were brought, to bear upon
General Clay to induce him to sii" or di
vorce or wb >t the t atiso of his sti'ldi n de
termination to sever his marital vows with
his child wife, whom he has so thoroughly
idolized.
EX GOVERNOR MATTHEWS DEAD
Was Stricken With Paralysis While
Addressing a Gathering Last
Thursday Evening.
Wingate. Ind., August 28.—At 6:30
o'clock this morning, at the quiet M' H irrj
homvstead, where lie was taken immed; ite
ly after his sudden affiietlon, ex-Govi-rnor
Claude Matthews passed away peai
surrounded by his wife and all tile other
members of his Immediate family
Thursday last there was an assembiag"
of ..id settler.-, at .Vleharris Grove. n<- ir
Wingate, and tho governor was bill'd to
speak. Soon after dinner lie began his ad
dress. and spoke for about an hour in an
easy manner, when ho was noticed to
stop and waver for an instant Placiag
his hand to his head, the turned about
to a friend on tho platform and said in
a rather I’riglit.eiivd manner: “1 feel very
weak and queerlv.” Ho then, stagg"tu. :
for a moment, wigs about to sink to tho
floor, when several of those present rush
ed to his aid and catching him in their
arms they carried him off tho platform
and stretched him at full length upon ttie
ground.
He was placed under the care ot phys.
clans wlao said he had suffered a stroke of
paralysis, which affected the brain. He
lingered without speaking until the end
camo early this morning.
Out of respect to the. oft expr 'ssed wish
of Governor Matthews, tho body will not
be taken to Indianapolis to lie in slate at
the capital. The funeral will occui
Wednesday afternoon, it Hazel I’.iuft farm,
tlie homo of tiie dead ex-go/eriur, near
Clinton.
<i’Mrs. Matthews received hundreds of tele
grams and messages of condolence today.
Governor Matthews was born in Bath
county, Kentucky, Decvnibi r H, 1845. Ho
left Kentucky in 18'18, and settled in Ver
million couniv, Indiana.
Although having always a strong prede
lictioti lor politics, Mr. Matthews rarely
sought office He served a term in the
legislature in 1876. In 1890 be was noun
naled and elected secretary of state, and
in 1892 he was chosen governor.
After his term for governor expired, Mr.
Matthews retired to his home in Vermil
lion 'county.
In. 1896 the friends of Mr. Matthews re
solved to make him a conspicuous candi
date for the democratic preside.rial nomi
nation. The slate, convention was enthusi
astically in favor of his nomination by the
national democratic convention, which met
in Chicago in July, 1896.
Mr. Matthews indorsed tlie action of the
national democracy and immediately began
a most brilliant canvass for Messrs. Bryan
and Sewall. He never faltered for an in
stant, but continued actively at work until
the polls were closed in November of that
On January 7, 1868, be married Martha R.
Whitcomb, daughter of the late James
Whitcomb, who was governor of Indiana
Irom 1843 to JS49. and was afterwards
United States senator from this state.
Mr. Matthews attained wide celebrity
while governor by driving out the Ruby
gamblers.