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< Ths Sentence ) \ r ”“ r ii- x « September 1 ‘ S !« q “The whole squat.. X then set out to hunt 2 down ‘....’ ” J 2 FBI in the word and f send It right in with your { J subscription. / j Only SI.OO per year for \ <The Weekly Constitu- f tion. The missing word X Z costs you nothing and j X may pay you a good C C round sum. Z VOL. XXXI. XO. 38. CAPTAIN HOWELL ACCEPTS POSITION He Called at the White House and Conferred With the President. THE TRUTH TO COME OUT If This Is Assured and There Are Nc | Restrictions Then Captain How- j ell Will Accept-—What He Cays About the Duties of the Commission. taU Eva'nP T1 it the ■Tin ■ ||r v i.- just about to leave fur W.o-Augtou on S turi.ay in r. ter. nee to , bi- .<1 :g. I a.ipo.n-m. :.t an" inner ol . trtii.. nt. To a .. pre . n all." ot * * 1 b.i ■•• c net ; u-i j» /' u : i the commission - :.,v. > I serve it will be with the undeistanding | that 1 wiii ' v , to thc llne ’ chlps k i beei 3 ‘ duty V - Ing is fur: r f rum .• <f' ; l !’£ ■ ' ’• • • ’ I THE WAR DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE. '' '- ' /' > ■ . / -' " \ . /fz E- ' \ / /■ \ ' ■ C '< / wS \ ! : / z- w.. 1 • n / \ ' . ' ■- n ■ . z- ' ' ■. z \\■' .. ■ ' / IE ;IZ.ZLfvMT] /z.zp \ | ■ ■ ' ■ ■■■ . - ... ot fi Sir mcnh ■'■ of tho 'anc <l--|»arti<>< nt investigating commission hav formally aceepti <l, and when another appoint ment has b.- n p ’de and acceptance is assured the investigation Will begin. Those who are understood to have con p. 'pa' !! of Ztianta, former Chinese Minister Charles D mby of Indiana, Colonel Janies A. Sexton of Illinois, p q ' Tohns Hopkins university. Baltimore; Hr. W. W. Keen of Philadelphia. (.-enf'ral, Grenville M. 4rXflSlift® WtfePfe :%-S? ;;! and papers as it wants and it can be .lone | just a.s effectually <w If it were acting i under a compulsory resolution of congress.’ Captain Howell Accepts. Washington, September 17.—(Special.)— Captain E. I'. Howell spent nearly an hour with the president today and at the con clusion of his talk told me he had formally accepted the president's invitation to go in the war department investigation com mission. In the course o£ their talk the president, expressed his gratiticatfon at being able to secure Captain Howell's ser vices in this c,opacity, and went over with him at .some length the scope of thc pro posed investigation. President MeKiuley assured Captain How- I ell that Ills only desire was to get at all I the facts concerning the conduct of those I branches of the war department against I which there had been complaint, parts u lar'y the commissiary, the medical and the I quartermaster general's departments. Ev- I cry possible facility for getting at the facts would be given the I’ommission. The president assured Captain How- | ell that he wanted the facts, no matter : who was hurt by them, even if it were | himself, and he wanted nothing- con- I cealed and nobody shielded. A.s to tin powers of Lie <•< mmkssion to ; get. witnesses. Id- slid that k should cer- | t.-Lnlj' have, every; .dug that, could be had • from the war department or any other branch of the go\a rjinviii, and more, there I should l» no aiment. J t was alter J th .s talk ih.it Caplam Howell formally ex- I pressed his willimjbss m .serve. n is the pre .I.ill’s desire to secure a comm .-ion of nine in« n. if po.-si de to get I th.- right in. u, a.s with that number it i would be f--.is.blv to divid- up t.a- work ’ among subs »mmissions in such away as I Among the named he discussed wnb I Captain E. P. liowell were General I Stephen D. Lee, ot Mississippi, and ; General W. 11. Jackson, ol Tennessee, i General Jackson is the owner ol the i famous Bell Meade farm. Both were I piominent confederate officers. j Captain H<»vw>l I it for Atlanta tonight. ; lie has been in .X'.”,v York several days, , Mrs. How, .. ' ppod ovci ta I XT^HTZVuT'Tr'T^t O^ I for the inv< st c i ilon to be begun at as I carl.v a a.; id . lie v.id I' turn to I W.i-ldngton wh..m vur the pr s..b-til sends I 1 '- . - PEACE COMMSSS’ON SAILS. New- York, September 17.—The t’nited i the Ctmard Jim steamer Campania, en I JDay, I'm... Sts .o Senator William I’. ' is a. cott.pa im il op tin. trip by his w.le or , tar;.- and eoimsi-l to the comm.s. ion; John '■ and Mrs. Bran rgan; Mise Atkinson ttnd '' " ',. , ’" , . ’ I STAIN'S COMMISSION NAMED ' London, September 17. —A special i dispatch front Madrid says the Span ish peace commissioners were appoint- 1 ed today. They are Senor Monterc Rios, president of the senate, who is president of the commission; General ■ Cerero and Senors Abarzuza. Vi Harm tia and Garnica. The Spanish commis sion, the t.ispatch adds, will start ioi Taris on September 25th. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, EPTEAIBEID9, IS9B. BEGGARS THRONG MW STREETS Without Free Soup Kitchens the Poor of the City Are in Distress. | I PEOPLE DYING BY INCHES I ■ The Marshal nt Tirst Refused To Re- ceive the American Commission ers. but Finally Consented To Do the Proper Thing. j Havana, September 17, via Key West.— As predicted, the streets and places have ; I again become crowded with beggars since . I the closing of the soup kitchens. Nothing , ■ could be more ridiculous than the state- | I m'-iil of Cail Governor Fernandez de Cas- | ■ tro tb.ll want and distress have disappear- | ) ed. Tiie reasons which caused the opening I | of the kitchens during the blockade still ■ obtain In the same degree and the beg- ; gars are no better off today than they i i were then The tai sing of the blockade ! dues ii’C have tlie effect of reducing the I i i-i’ii •s, which continue excessive for the i In Fosos there is almost .a total lack of i I food, clothing and medicine. Hordes of i ■ naked men and women are. dying by Inches ' 1 l.’om disease and hung'r. forgotten by all. | ! The inunicip.H authei !: irs are doing abso- ! j luicly nothing to remedy the evil. I <’■ >mml •<i<ms compost’d of ladies are vls- h.ciing rt Ji.’f supplies ;md medicine for the Cnb.in troops, but the collections are far i short of the actual requirements. The Sp.i ui.t rds haw < nu ibuted generously, 'Dir. conditions-of the Spanish troops is I hardly butter in the country. The average ' present m.»n;h. The principal causes of | : .caused I 1-. th-’ i v «•; 1- d and the bad quality of : 1 Tt- ’cm r Chate.iu Lafitte left on Fri- : day tor S t >.iiii with l.huO sick soldiers on ! l-’-ird. Ai; the outgoing steamers bound I ! ! -r Spain are full ... si- k and wretchod ' looking soldiers. Army officers and their families ire leaving in great numbers. | Gem-ral Blam o has been se k in bed since ‘ Blanco Had the Sulks. | It is learned on authority us an official ' I dotin', that wiien !!..■ American evacuation j ! ulutu. General Blam-o declined io appoint I an officer to repre. nt him in receiving the | (ommir-:<m, refusing :o receive the com- ' ■ ' • that such a< tion wou d be a i ■ , ■ . ■ ■ ■ . • • ites goverm i;; . t •• Madrid government, t it • • : d to rcceivi t p.irt to do so could only be regarded as a | I .light. • • . _. . -<>© -======= ~~ j y //? (f ' 1 (Ty t. _ oo i 1 . - || i i 7 d / /■ v /. / I '--.A' Zz . Z 2 Z'z',, , --- h —— c >■ Fac Simile of Check for 32,530 Mailed to Mr. D. P. McLaurin, Clio, S, 0., (or the First Prize in Cotton Crop Contest that Closed Augast 31st, $4,033.35 ON COTTON CROP CONTEST ■ THE MONEY HAS BEEN PAID. I The Constitution sent checks on 15th instant for payment ol the frizes awarded in the Cotton. Crop Contest, as follows: FIRST AWARD. THIRD AWARD. d. p. mclaurin, clio, s. c. (TiP ' ri,,ep <« ’•—ROBERI BOYD, ROWELL., ARK. Estimate, 11 iQQN 17 5_’, 7 00 00 j 11,1898. First Prize, Ist Division of Contest. Estimate, 1 1,199,999 •• • ••• •• • • • ’ • £333 z 4 SECOND AWARD. 2.— hrs. f. n. hankinson, ’ each isi (Tic IJut wren Two ContuMtn.nt*.) . _ - I. . I. WOODS, BOX 991, FORT WORTH, FEX. I Estimate, ... - $375 oo . ... E QRII ... . _ . Received August 1. iS9B. One-II.Nf of Second Prize $750, 4th 1 hvision of Contest. 2—MRS. C. J. QUINN, PISTOL, GA. Estimate, it, 19; 3 ; . ' Received Augu't .51, 189-'. One I ialf of Second Piize 5750, 4th Division of Contest. 11)1 A I;!)4;OOO.CO. irt non *" a mW T? ID' •" > T) TL 'C2 F Z' .J h A O. ' ■ 3 .. F © L►u ... >... u 'Z ■ jii . .... IL t. : .» |l j) L* 11ZL ’ YZ OVOJ OT- V/ Gntii e j/., u - - - , f , 1 gDod feiwlhi Ihcis bssim csm°iH2d cini ft '"o : GS : lS; a. £ .ii ...i.. j -• s >■/— : !..*•.< -■ »-■ •- ■ - 1 money. It all diepemided on themr best ijudgms ;4.* n a r rrhnnil/tfl pmiit eit N l ' Hu imdoip il his terms off tinie contest, sind tn es w< *e s We SUiS>mHILIL3G -bilr SULO.-uUM. - ■ earned out. I Jot a single complaint from any source as to 11 tne contest nn any way. body satisfied, and at least the six persona above are happy ... ... - csu. - : : -,ON> MR. PERDUE GOES TO WORK IN EARNEST. MR. WOODS IS THANKFUL, GRIFFIN, G.A., September 16, ISOB. FOR I WOP i iI, l i'.X., September 16, iSyS. Editor Constitution —I hereby acknowledge the receipt o? check of Ed’tor Co.isl itul'im our Ictle. net D i-.1. x. i< .1 . | $166.67 form 3 guess on the cotton crop, which is perfectly sat sfac- for $375-00. I thank you very or y our promp comp lance tory. You may put me down for a lifetime worker for rhe Const 1- vi.i my l e.pu-.t, am. 1 s <..■><. . - ■ • I tution. Accept my many, many thanks for this and many other some good work for Fhe Lonstitu i . i>-ex c. y v | favors conferred upon me by Hie Constitution. I will Uy to make many tmugs winch I have desiiec .0 do., >,. not one < j my work for the paper prove my appreciation of all past favors spent foolishly or tor necd'ess seif-muiilgents WOODS ? Yours truly. D. W. PERDUE. Y ours gratefully, I.AI DM AV. \, 01,. ... NOW, THEN, FOR THE MISSING Vv'ORDI $293 Extra for the First Correct Answer, Provided it is Received This I FIRST CORRECT ANSWER is still to come, and for fear you did not put c I enough Bast week for the hundred dollars, WE NOVS ' will hunt it down. UNDERSTAND US, NOW—I HIS $2 ULAR TEN PER CENT OF SUBSCRIPTIONS ENTERING THE CONTEST. That esgo itself, but the S2OO added will help out your check considerably, ii ne wnil Look ijust ihikc . 1 only the amount may not bs so large, nhe size of tune sum pa d will deps-tit no per cent off their subscriptions will maKe it up. If jry sttubs■ 3 fc -1 and agent week the percentage would go above $2,500, and your cneck ..jt correct v.-.saaJ z- uOi —Of c> *" TNYO MATTER who it is, or where he sends the name from, if the first correct answer to Hie In Hissing Word Problem is received this week it wiH be worth just S2OO more than any one elsc’s correct answer. Now is the time to get at it Everybody wants to read 1i; tion. No man in the whole south who can possibly raise the SI.OO should do without it FHE HISSING WORD DON’T COST YOU A CENT. You solve the problem and get tle author of the sentence used, and spell it right, and it is your own S2OO. READ Ttt E AD ER TISEMENT OF THE CONTEST CAREFULLY. . . . < .——.< -- Address all Orders ( WHAT IS IT? S \ “Tbo w hole squadron C then ret out to hunt x y down ‘ r ' Just follow that squad- f s run and you will \ V have it. and J the mom y V / TIP Weekly ('oustitn p tion is only ?l per year. £ C end In your w<’r ! wifi g <yonr subscription. Be % sure to Hf ell your word / 4 / <’.xa<-tly right, jo th.- \ may award th* C € | Hz properly. ? PRICE FIVE CENTS