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About The Morgan monitor. (Morgan, Ga.) 1896-???? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1898)
THE MORGAN MONITOI » I Wm VOL. III. NO. 14. If you need a Stove or Range it will pay you to come and see us Also Crockery and China. We . make-up sets just as you want them, iaz\lain whte. \ © embossed or decorated porcelain at-very low figures. W. S. BELL, albaktv, OA. I MDP.E SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY BROUGHT OUT BY WITNESSES. BHD FOOD AND BSD WATER. Kansas City Doctor Severely Roasts Army Surgeons—* Tells a Highly Inter¬ esting Story. General Dodge, Colonel Sexton and Dr. Conner, of the war investigating commission, armed hi Chicago Mon¬ day and immediately began the exami¬ nation of witnesses at the Auditorium Lotel. A large number of witnesses were on the list. Dr. Lewis Schooler, of Des Moines, la., was the first witness to testify. From J U n e 7th to July 17th Dr. Schooler was stationed at Camp Thomas •as chief surgeon of the Second divis¬ ion, Third corps. Questioned by Dr. Conner, he said that during the time he was there the sanitary condition in tte hospitals was not very good; that the sinks in the whole division were bad, owing principally to the character of the ground, and the discipline was rather lax. “At the opening,” said Dr. Shooler, “there were practically no facilities for the care of the sick; we were short of medicines and had no apparatus by which the stewards could prepare the medicines that we had. “The regimental hospitals, all but one or two, were poorly supplied with medicines as division hospitals. Re¬ quisitions were made for more, but they were generally disapproved at the camp headquarters.” Asked to give, in as few words as possible, his opinion Camp about the gen¬ eral condition at Thomas dur¬ ing the time he was stationed there. Dr. Schooler said: Colonel Lee Censured. “In the first place, the quartermas¬ ter and surgeons could not agree as to the have. number Colonel of tents Lee that contended we should that j we were limited to a certain number of tents, seventeen, I think it was, in the beginning. We afterwards prevailed upon him to give us twenty-one. His contention was that lie could not issue : tents beyond the prescribed number, j I think the quartermaster’s depart- | xnent was largely responsible for the I great sickness; themedical department : (that is, the supply department) was also responsible for somethings. Then we lacked facilities to make reports on—did not even have stationery. ” Water Not Fit to Drink. In regard to the water supply at the camp, Dr. Schooler stated that he did not think any of^tlie surgeons in his division considered the water fit to drink. Ann, again', there was not enough teams at the disposal of the officers to enable them to bring suffi¬ cient water. He gave as his opinion that the radical officers were hampered too much by officers of higher rank, hut who had no medical training. When questioned .** 4° the lack of the . doctor , nurses, said that he thought , that, both the nurses as well as the : officers were overworked. Food Wag Bad. who WSfiB* was a brigade surgeon - at Camp Thomas from July 12 tlx to September 10th, when asked as to the condition 0 i the hospitals, said that there was a great lack of medicines, only some of : tie very simplest medicines being on jywl. “The food which 'd was furnished the men,’’ sa lie, “I would not want to give to said my pet dog.” He that the food would have Ln all right- had it been properly coked, but ip tho shape in which it „s brought to the men, it was enough t( make questioned anybody sick. The doctor ^5 then as to the lack of ifjtinn shown patients just coining ‘ ' jjWvitlJWliseasQ, rBe'(ldcpi|atated that he knew of ge iral eases,where WSBent the patients.were n'l/.wed tlay«uf also on during the ground the the night i beiorebeingTtken to the hospital. i I WRITE US FOR PRICES N alls i . U BarliWire, M Flow lies, Boy He anJ Clip Casttf. W. S. BELL, ALBANY, GA HEW REPUBLIC FORMED. 1 Nicaragua, Honduras and Salvador Have Federal Form of Government. A Washington special says: A oom- plete transformation of the geography of Central America occurred, on No¬ vember 1, by the birth of a new re- public, the United States of Central America, and the disappearance of the republic of Nicaragua, Salvador and Honduras, except as states of the new union. Senor Corea, charge d’affaires of these republics during their transition stage, has received detailed informa¬ tion of the cbf-uges effected and tho form of government of the new repub¬ lic. As indicating the dignity and importance of the United States of Central America, Mr. Corea points out that it has a population of about two million, an area of about 110,000 square miles, a great stretch of sea- coast on the Atlantic and Pacific, and the site of the Nicaraguan canal through which commerce will ulti¬ mately pass from ocean to ocean. The movement to form the new re- public began June 20, 1895, when the three presidents—Zelaya, of Nicara¬ gua; Gutire, of Salvador, and Bonilla, of Honduras, formed the treaty of Amapala. This provided for a union on the foreign affairs of the three countries and created a diet which directed these foreign affairs. It did not amount to a national union, how¬ ever. The diet therefore recommended the formation of a general assembly with twenty delegates from each of the three countries, to draw up a com¬ plete constitutional union. The as¬ sembly met on June 20 last, the anni¬ versary of the treaty of Amapala. On August 27 last a constitution for the new republic was finally drawn up and signed with due formality. The constitution provides fer a president elected for four years by the direct vote of the people, with a pro¬ vision against immediate re-election. It is provided for four years, also,that the three presidents, Zelaya, Guttier- rez and Bonille, shall not be eligible at the first election, thus removing all possibility of influences favorable to one of the executives. The president is made the commommander-in-cbief of the army and navy, and his func¬ tions are much in the line with those of the president of the United States, The inauguration of the president is fixed for March 15th next, and in the meantime from November 1st the exeeulive power will be directed by a council of three selected by the gener- al assembly, these three being Coro- net Matuse of Nicaragua, Gallos, of Salvador, and Ugart, of Honduras, The presidential election occurs the first Sunday in December, and at the same time representatives to the new house of representatives will be elected, The legislative power is given to a congress of two houses, the senate be¬ ing made up of six senators from each state, and three from the federal dis¬ trict, while the house of representa¬ tives has one representative for each thirty thousand inhabitants. This makes a senate of 21 members, and a house of about 79 members. The congress meets next March, the inau¬ guration of the president following on the 15th. The federal judiciary provided by the constitution is patented after the system of the United States, and in- deed, throughout the whole constitu- tion there is a close resemblance to the system in this country. The governments of Nicaragua, Sal¬ vador and Honduras become states, SMSASUttS affairs of a purely local character, and have legislatures and direct local af¬ fairs much as the states in this coun¬ try control their local affairs. ORDERS DISTILLED SPIRITS. English Government Makes Contract In Chicago For Abont 3,000 Barrels. The British government has closed fl contract in Chicago for the immense delivery of 125,000 gallons, or about 3 > 000 barre,s > ot distilled ...... . spirits ... at Montreal. An intimation . was also given that abont 450,000 more gallons would in all likelihood be ordered within about ten days, The use of the distilled spirits thus ordered will be in the manufacture of smokeless powder, of which distilled spirits is one of the chief ingredients. f MORGAN. GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1808. FOR MOVEMENT OF TROOPS TO ISLAND OF CUBA. Will FIRST COMPRISE S BRIGADE. Third Georgia and Eighth Cavalry Will Bo Taken From the Seventh Army Corps. The war department has issued a general order for the movement of troops to Cuba. The first troops will leave about November 22, and will comprise a brigade under Brigadier General Car¬ penter. The brigade will be taken from the Seventh army corps. The brigade will...be sent to Neuvitas, Puerto Principe. Orders were issued Thursday morn¬ ing making the Thqql, Georgia regi¬ ment a part of the brigade of Brigadier General Carpenter. The headquarters of the brigade will be at Neuvitas, which is in the province of Puerto Principe, on the north coast. The quartermaster’s department has been ordered to furnish the Third Georgia and the Eighth cavalry with sixty days’ rations at once, and they will proceed immediately to Savannah, Ga., embarking on or before Novem¬ ber 23. It is understood that three transports have been ordered there to take the regiment off. The Third Georgia and the Eighth cavalry will be the first of the troops to go to Cuba, but they will be rapidly followed by other commands, for the president has expressed his intention of putting fifty thousand soldiers in the island of Cuba as rapidly as it can be done. Brigadier General Carpen¬ ter is now at Huntsville and is a man in whom the president and the officials of the war department have great re¬ liance. Neuvitas, being in the north part of Cuba, is considered a particularly healthy place. It is not likely that the troops will arrive at their destination before the first of December. It is the intention of the war de¬ partment to have General Lee’s corps sail about the last of December, and the greater portion of ' it is to go to Havana provinco. It is expected that the transports will enter Havana harbor about the last of the year, that on the first of January they will be able to disembark and march into Havana wifh a triumphal entry. DEFAULTING BANKER RETURNS. Gideon Marsh Comes Home and Surren¬ ders to Bondsman. Gideon W. Marsh, the fugitive president of the now defunct Keystone Eational Bank, returned to Philadel- phia Thursday after an absence of seven years and a half and surrender- ed himself to his bondsman, William H. Wanamaker, without delay, Mr. Wanamaker accompanied Marsh to the office of the United States District Attorney Beck and the latter at onee turned the fugitive bank president over to the custody of the United States marshal to await a hearing. The closing of the doors of the Key- stone National bank on March sensation! 20th, 1891, caused a profound Investigation showed that the bank had been practically looted and that there was little left for the depositors and other creditors. WILSON TO LEGISLATORS. Ex-Cabinet Member Delivers Speech on “Territorial Expansion.” Hon. William L. Wilson, president of the Washington and Lee Univer¬ sity, of Virginia, delivered a strong address Before the joint session of the Georgia general assembly, at At¬ lanta Thursday night, on “Territorial Expansion.” An invitation had been extended Mr. Wilson aud he complied in an argument against foreign acquisi¬ tions to our present territory. STAKC'H WORKS BURN. Town of Glen Cove, Long Inland, Has a »100,000 Blaze. The works of the National Starch company at Glen Cove, L. I., were visited by a disastrous fire Thursday, The volunteer fire departments from Glen Cove and surrounding places were unable to check the flames, after a most heroic fight. The loss will amount to over $100,000. EXPLOSION' IS CAPITOL. Uiiitod States Supreme Court liooiii Badly Wrecked. A Washington special nays: An ex¬ plosion and fire at 5:13 o’clock Sunday afternoon wrecked the court 1 supreme room and the rooms immediately ad- j joining itol. it on the main floor of the cap- j The damage is enormous. The entire central eastern part of the great marble pile, from the main floor to the subterranean basement, is practi¬ cally a mass of ruins. The force of the explosion was so heavy that the coping stones on tho outer walls just east of the point where the explosion occurred were bulged out nearly two inches, win- dows in all parts of the building were blown out and locked doors were forced from their binges quite 150 feet fiom the scene of it. F ire followed the explosion so quickly as to be practically simultane- ous with it. The explosion shook the immense structure to its foundations and was heard several squares from the oapitol. It occurred in a small room walls tightly inclosed by heavy stone in the subterranean basement immediately below the main entrance this! to the old capitol building. In room was a 500-light gas meter, which- I was fed by a four-inch maid. Very little gas is used in that part of the building, sion the but at the time of the explo-1 gas had not been turned 1 • at the meter. The meter itself was wrecked and the gas pouring from the main canght fire. The flames originated from the ex¬ plosion darted up the shaft of tlio ele¬ vator, which had been completely de¬ stroyed by the force of the explosion, and communicated with the record room of the supreme court, the office of the marshal of the court ami the supreme court library, Before the flames could bo subdued the priceless documents in the record room had been almost totally destroyed and se¬ rious damage had been done in the marshal’s office and some minor rooms in the immediate vicinity. The library of the supreme court, located immediately below the supreme courtroom, was badly damaged by fire, smoke and water, water practically de¬ stroying the great collection of law reference books. The library contains about 20,000 volumes, and was used not only by the justices of the supreme court, but by members of congress and lawyers practicing before the su¬ preme court. Mr. Justice Harlan said that the library was very valuable. Many of the works it contained would, he thought, be difficult to replace. STRONG POINT FOR SPAIN. Answer to Americans Regarded a Fine Legal Document. A Washington special says: The re- P°rfs the state department has re- ceived from the peace commissioners * n Fa 1 ’’ 8 indicate that that body has proceeded in exactly the line antici- Fri-1 pated, consequently the action of da Y was not a disappointment. It was fuJ^Y missioners expected would that endeavor the Spanish . com- to make . better terms than those offered by the ' American commissioners. j It freely admitted in Washington that the presentation of the Spanish j objections ^ admirable to the last in American propo- j j sa 1vas many respects, i an( i evidenced the possession of keen legal talent by the Spanish side. Yet I the objections and points made were j not new. The strongest point made by the ! Spanish side relates to the taking of Manila two days after the signing of the protocol in Washington, on which they base their assumption that the j United States was not in poasion of any part of the Philippines outside of 1 the insignificant station at Cavite at the time hostilities ceased and were estopped legally from extending our possession. But against this contention it can be shown by the Americans that re-, gardless of the exact date of the sur- render of Manila Admiral Dewey, afloat, lay for two months before the city, while for most of the time United .States troops were ashore near the Spanish positions, and that the town might have been taken at any moment during that period. j The only restraining influence was a desire to make sure before taking possession that the lives arid property of the inhabitants of the city should he : safe-guarded to the utmost, and in reality the American forces were as much in possession of the place then as now. j i RECLAIMED SPANISH VESSEL NOW AT BOTTOM OF OCEAN. WRECKED BT H FURIOUS STORM Was Being Towed to Norfolk Navy Yard Front Cuba—The Crew, Consisting of 114, Were Saved. The oceau , ,, Merntt P nl . lnto . . Charleston, S. O., Saturday morning for supplies. She reported tho loss of the cruiser Maria Toresa, raised by Constructor Hobson i eoentlr off San Salvador > Bahamas, 'November „ 1, in . the midst of a furious storm, Tlio cruiser left Cnimanera, Cuba, on the mornillg of October 30, in tow for , VT Norfolk She had already , passed ' Cape Maysi and started northeast around tho Bahamas. A furious storm, wflrn { n g 0 f w hich had already been 8ent , out , ’ overtook , , , ller an<1 , 111 . , her C0T " ditiou she was unable to weather the gale. The strain opened rents in her hull which had been patched to enable her to make the journey and she be- gan to fill rapidly. The Merritt took off Captain Harris and the crew from the sinking ship and she soon went down. No lives were lost as far as known. There were 114 of the Teresa’s crew, officers and men, landed In Charleston, and while many of them were half-naked they were as happy and jolly a party as one could wish to see. There was an enormous crowd gathered at the Central wharf when they landed, and the people of the city did everything in their power for the shipwrecked mariners. Commander I. E. Harris, United States navy, at once made a full report to the department of the disaster. The officers and men remained in Charles¬ ton throughout the day. At 5 o’clock Saturday afternoon ths entire party started north. It is said at the navy department that provision was made by which the Teresa could have weathered any or¬ dinary storm. A rough wooden deck had been nailed over her upper works. Her hull was then sheathed,and heavy chains were wound around her so as to hold her together. Although far from seaworthy, all that was eT.peeted was that the cruiser might be kept afloat until docked in this country. She had been stripped of all guns and valuables save the big turret eleven-inch guns before starting, so that it is believed there will be no loss on that account. It is the opinion of the navy de- partment that the government has lost, besides the value of the ship her- self, only the amount of the per diem of $800 per day through the sinking of the vessel, because the contract appears to have required the delivery by the wrecking company of the vessel at the navy yard at Norfolk, Va. The wrecking of the ship, owing to the engineering difficulties presented, occupied a good deal of time, so that while the vessel was raised on Septero- her 22d, and the work was prosecuted with vigor.it was not until October 30th that she was able to start away from Cairaanora under her own steam bound for Norfolk. She was accompanied on tho start by the repair ship Vuloan, the collier Leonidas and the cruiser Cincinnati, ships at Cape but Maysi. the latter left the other During the progress of raising the ship a great deal of valuable matter was recovered by the wreckers. Just what this amounts to is not positively known, but, it included expensive guns, torpedoes and much matter of value. The opinion is expressed that with what material was raised from the Teresa and the other ships which have been operated upon so far, the navy department will be able to reim- burse itself fully for the outlay of $800 per diem to the contractors. The loss of the ship was a bitter dis- appointment to the people in Norfolk, where extensive arrangements had been made to bring excursions from all points to the nay yards there to look at the famous ship, and where the recon- struction < l tho vessel would have af- forded at least a year and a half’s work to a large body of mechanics and laborers. SHOT 6VNS # BICYCLES. If you want a Bicycle or Shot Gun call on us. We can certainty interest you. We can sell you a first- class Shot Gun at a very low price. Don’t fail to callonus when you come to Albany and see our ex¬ tensive line of goods. W. S. BELL m ACTRESS A BANKRUPT. Mrs. Carter's T.inhllltle* nr* •<13.000, and Her Assets Are 8200. A New York dispatch says: Mrs. Leslie Carter, the actress under the name of Caroline D. Carter, filed a petition in bankruptcy Monday showing liabilities of $63,773, and no assets except wearing apparel valued at $200. Some of the claims extend back for several years, and among them are ac¬ counts for gowns and costumes from Paris makers, several claims for cash loans and a hotel bill. The largest item is for $20,704, al¬ leged to have been advanced on a cash loan by the Wirt Dexter estate of Chicago. MAY APPEAL TO POWERS. Premier SaRasta Intimates That a Spanish Note May He Yet Bent Out. Advices of Monday from Iffadrid state that the premier, Senor Sagasta, was questioned as to whether it was a fact that the Spanish government had addressed a note to the powers asking the latter if they would support Spain in protesting against “the intentions of the United States toward the Phil¬ ippine islands.’’ He replied that such a note had not yet been dispatched. Members of the cabinet assert, that there will be three or four more sittings of the peace confer¬ ence at Paris. TURKS WERE OBSTINATE. They Clash With English Kutliority In (itudiii, Crete. Advices from Candia, Island of Crete, state that on Saturday Rear Admiral Gerard Henry Noel, British commander in those waters, ordered the Turkish troops whose embarka¬ tion was delayed by ail order from Constantinople, to embark on a Brit¬ ish transport. The soldier! proceeded to obey, but the Turkish officer in command stop¬ ped tho embarkation, whereupon the British admiral caused the barracks to be surrounded aud declared the Turk^ prisoners. He also threatened to use force to compel them to embark. FORTY BUILDINGS BURNED. Town of Pitkin, Colorado, Buffer* From DiHHKtrOUN BlllZ*. A dispatch from Pitkin, Colorado, states that all the buildings on both sides of Main street from Fourth to Fifth streets, in that town, forty in number, wero destroyed by fire Mon¬ day. The conflagration is believed to have beeu of incendiary origin. The loss is estimated at about $100,000. GOVERNOR TAYLOR RECOVERING. After a Long Illness He Js Enabled to Enjoy » Duck Hunt. Governor Robert L. Taylor, of Ten¬ nessee, has sufficiently recovered from his recent illuess to enjoy a duck hunt Saturday near his old home in the Nolachuckey. He visited his brothers, A If and James, at the home place, and spent several hours very pleasantly. Governor Taylor hopes to be in Nash¬ ville within a week. He is improving with remarkable rapidity. ATLANTA’S JUBILEE. Bat* I» Fixed For December 14lh and 15tl»—Will lie Klabnrnte. The movement to make the jubilee celobration at Atlanta, Ga., one of the most elaborate demonstrations ever held in the south is fast taking shape, The citizeus’ committee, appointed by Chairman Hemphill, held a meeting at the Kimball house at noon Thursday, appointed various sub-committees to ar- range the details of tho event, and de- oided on December 14th and 15th a» the dates. The celebration will only last two days. _ ...» OFFICEBS PUNISHED. -- Thirty of Them at Camp Poland Are »«- duced to Ranks. j Thirty non-commissioned officers of the I irst West Virginia regiment at Camp Poland (Knoxville, Tenn.) were reduced to ranks Thursday. The of- fense committed by these men was 1} iat of, greasing the track of the dummy line, running from the city through the Second brigade camp. It is understood that almost as many 111611 from the Sixth Ohio regiment were engaged in the affair, and it is stated that they will also be tried by the summary coqrt of that regiment. *1 PER YEAR. BIG BUILDING IN COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION COLLAPSES. VICTIMS ARE CRUSHED BT DEBRIS. Besides Those Killed Eighteen Employes W ore More or Less Seriously Injured. The new five-story Wonderland theft- building in course of erection at De¬ troit, Mich., collapsed Saturday and eleven lives were sacrificed. Shortly before 2 o’clock, while some thirty- five men were at work in various parts of the half finished theater, a portion of the structure, the roof, fell ia with¬ out asocond’s warning. Nearly every workman was carried down into tlib theater pit. The top gallery was crushed down up¬ on the lower gallery, forming a hill¬ side down which slid the broken steel girders, planks, timbers, brick and a great quantity of cement from the roof and carrying along a struggling company of men into the pit below, very few of whom escaped injury. The front wall of tho building remained practically intact, but the side wall bulged threateningly. The work of rescuing the injured and taking out of tho dead was rushed with good progress until 5:15, when the upper portion of the east wall fell, a shower of bricks striking around the crowd of laborers, officers and news¬ paper men, extinguishing the tempo¬ rary electric lights and causing a stam¬ pede for tho street. No one of these struck by the second downfall was seriously injured. Mayor Maybury and other city offi¬ cials wero on the scene, and thereupon decided not to further imperil life in order to save dead bodies, and work was suspended until Sunday. When tho second crash occurred two more bodies were visible in the debris. Three more victims were dug from the ruins Sunday morning, making the death list, so far, eleven. All the injured at the hospitals aro reported on the improve excepting Edward Fischer, who is expected to die. A mass meeting of Represent¬ ative citizens was held at noon at the mayor’s office, and over $1,000 was subscribed fer the benefit of the fami¬ lies of those who were killed. The loss of property was estimated for the first time. It is believed that $20,000 will entirely cover it. Tho cause of the catastrophe has not yet been settled. It seems to rest, liowever, between too much weight on the roof and faulty steel beams used in itB construction. The workers in the building say that there was no warning given of the collapse, the first thing heard be¬ ing a crash as the roof fell. The lower balcony held firm, which doubt¬ less saved the lives of a number of tho workmen who were under it. The in¬ stant the crash occurred the fire bells were tolled and the firemen rescued a number of those who had fallen on top of the wreckage. FAVORABLE TO CANAL. CnminlMlon.ru Will lUcnmm.nd It* Con. •traction a* Feasible oject. The Nicaragua canal commission appointed by the president under an act of congress directing a complete inquiry into this project, with particu- lar reference to its practicability and cost, has about completed its work and the report will be handed to Soo¬ rotary Hsy in about a month. The under the direotion of Admiral Walker, chairman, with a force of thirty-six computers, drafts- men, engineers, etc., is at work on the report and the mass of technical matter which will accompany it, mak- ing in all the most elaborate presenta- (j on 0 f 8U i,ject ever attempted, Admiral Walker has already ex- pressed the opinion before a oongres- ejonal committee that the cost would j,e within $125,000,000, and this is understood to hia opinion still. The report, it is understood, will be unaaimous, as the commissioners are agreed on all the essential features of cost, the practicability, differences route, dams, natural etc., only being those shades of opinion as to the unit of OOB t on gome of the branches of the WO rk.
