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About The Morgan monitor. (Morgan, Ga.) 1896-???? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1898)
THE MORGAN MONITOR VOL III. NO. 47. STOVES AND CROCKERY. If you need a Stove or Range it will pay you to come and see us. Also Crockery and China. We i make up sets just as you want them , in plain white , embossed or decorated porcelain at very low figures. W. S. BELL, SECRETARY LONG SUBMITS RE- i. FORT OF OPERATIONS. INTERESTING FACTS PRESENTED. Some Inside Information T n Ke ffa rd To . \ the Discovery of Cer- /era>8 Fleet In Sar.tia-jo Harbor. A Washi navy ju-jt- submitted is much loSger than t’ fte usual annual report. The fi V of r / , explalns , . thls . as f0l,0 ... ^ s: for the first tune since its rehabil- hyfem, the test navy of has Years been of put patient, to the mpr-eme war. ^ems ent. training and development lhave brought i to a point of high -efficiency which ^suitedin the un- •»"paralleled victories at Manila and ISantiago—victories which have given the names of our naval commanders world-wide fame and added an addi¬ tional page to the glorious naval Mstory of our country.” The report describes in rapid order ithe steps that were taken to consoli- ■date the squadrons and put the navy in readiness for hostilities. Sigsbee’s famous telegram asking a suspension of public opinion in connection with the blowing up of the Maine is quoted and the secretary says: “This judicious telegram did much to secure in the public mind a dis¬ passionate view of the disaster.” The story of Dewey’s victory at Manila is told, and of it the secretary says: won ‘‘“‘S without the loss of a single life lortaVThe lory at the a verv veiy n outlet outset of^the of the Jar’ war, with all the confidence which it. in- fused throughout the country and into the personnel of every branch of the service, it removed apprehension from the Pacific coast. The pecuniary ad- vantages,to the United' States in the way of saving an increase of ance-rates and m assuring the country ■of freedom of attack on that coast is incalculable. The report shows that the flying squadron Under Schley was ordered to Cienfuegos upon notice that Oervera’s squadron had been seen off Curacao; but on May 20th the department ing heard that Cervera was at Sautia- go, advised Sampson to order Schley *£S4*&5!W ™ i"- IZ 0a ^ ay first tint J/ 1 or ^ a ' / 1? ^ m a °qj 1 an eR f la - B ^° a 111 0I ^ J ♦Vie 01 G „r,,i „i t° ,w, 8 ®wssexpec ec visit qop toriTL-dm- a ''a ' shnnld follow 'v sen . 1 am F ' com into ito tl o N". ff v i C !lTr t0 T re " W ojo °q C lom a c irec ion. o o : ai a^i°A r°ooT r,° m a 1 ii , i. .ih er ? a - e ® ' 8 0 'J*® ' ba 8a 48 . in* 16 ciooTiisVi E, 'i A? n WaS iA°ti, a leT1 . Ue ■ oerl and,that he would therefore f ! g°s re- f POT T lth sd " af1ron a VVf a , y WaS °! nif < 1 el-el , p EfT m J- , A ‘ 1 Ceed 0 WHh 2;’jh» ani 1 le " as Pr ° a P e "Regarding i the.sinking of the Mer- ! nmac by Lieut. Hobson, on June 3d, the secretary says- “This attempt, although unsuccess- fill in its object, was daringly exeou- ted. It is now one of the well-known historic marvels of naval adventure and enterprise, in which Naval Con- struotor Hobson and his men won un- %zr-: Ji lZw ,, ' °“n»ZZ»mo"S .„ ■ the -, ^ C n^ ary P<0n,? g* ve ®a complete list • of al he merchant vessels and yachts that were acquired by lease or pur- ebase for the navy with the price of each. There were 110 of these vessels, including the warships bought abroad, The secretary submits estimates for the next fiscal year aggregating $47,- 088,251, increase ^___^ an of $ 9 ,869,175-over last last year. year. Of t’e new items the most import- ant is $4,723,899 for yards and docks, There is also an item of $1,620,000 on account of the paval academy. OUR MARINES IN CHINA. * Mo ve to Protect the United States Ucgls- lation in Peking. A Washington special says: The United States navy has landed marines in China, A dispatch -was received at the navy department Saturday stating • hat the captain of the Boston had to the white house by Acting Secretary Alien. Secretary Hay was called into consultation, with the result of reas¬ suring the officials and allaying their first feeling of apprehension. It seems that the marines were land- ed ’ not because.of any information of . of the United States legation at Pe ^ in «- -Boston , was dispatched .. t ^ to toe „ mouth of the Pie Ho river several weeks ago at the instance .of the United States minister to provide a guard for the. legation. The minister represented that neaujy all of the lega- tions of European powers were pro- vided with a marine guard and he did not consider we should be an excep- tion in this case, After lying at Tanka for a while, the boston worked her way up the river to lien-Tsin, about the head of naviga- tion for vessels of -her class and dis- Peking. taut about fifty or sixty miles It ia believed at the navy de- j I partment forward from that that the marines point in will launches be sent or small river boats, Captain Frank Wildes, the com- „ n . B , r T , , ! v_„n?,® th- b ® n vy de l P artment ; , , '• in Ir*7 +1 °\ Fr- ma ^ mei ; b< ?r * a fKcsss sought to dissuade ,«• the United States fatio™ nation upon upon it" it, ^hf ihe effect was to cause a suspension of the order, but as lias been already stated, most of the European legations have provided themselves with guards, and the Chinese having become reconciled to their presence, no longer object in our case. Advices that, reach the state depart- ment do not indicate an immediate out- break m China. But the reactionary policy of the empress dowager has caused a very uneasy feeling and may afford one or more of the European powers who have been active in east- ern affairs a pretext for making a coup with resul ts affecting the interests of the United State s.___ BCTLE,t WASH IMiTOS. s~T General M. C. Butler, of South Car- olina, a member of tbe Cuban evacua- tion commission, arrived at Washing- f on g a t urda y direct from Havana in response to a telegraphic summons from President McKinley, consultation and in the afternoon he had a with t be president at the white house. He made an extended report of negotia- tions for the evacuation and of terms upon which the Spandiards had agreed to complete the evacuation by hanu- In addition to his report upon the actual work of tbe joint commission, General Butler gave to the president much valuable information as to the general situation in Cuba, the ability of tbe Cubans for self-government, the generally th tne results - sultg ot , f hi ms „ obseiva- observe- tl0 " ciUrl “ g S ftay ther ®' 1 ® n e ’ -a R „. 1 , er ' as , 113 . °P 1 . ”' ■ • ■■ . r°n . ‘hat all the Spanish troops will b ^ '^the^reement n 6 agreement. ^He^aid Me said the tlie - S P . an, . ? rds , have -,“ et the Amer ic ? u . ' ,io 'V »*• oI «“ •**“ h *™ srAtxr.sc&sJ is . reports of dissensions among . .members ’--— of the American commission. — NINE HOUR DAY - secured By New orlean. Printer. Without Wage Deduction. The union printers employed New Orleans have succeeded in inau- gurating a nine-hour work day without any reduction in wages. The change was accomplished by mutual agreement between the employers nnd the new typographical unjon, MORGAN. GA., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 1, 1898. WRITE US FOR PRICES ___ on N ails, B ai*¥ W fee© t ALBANY, GA. REIGN OF TERROR PREVAILED IN ANNISTON, ALABAMA. NEGROES FIRE ON PROVOST GUARD * Volley Was a Deadly One—Great Caution Nocessaryto Prevent Further Claslifc* Between Knees. [ A special from Anniston, Ala., says: ,a e Gildhart, of company B, Second Arkansas, while going toward his reg- imeutal camp * from town, ; was shot in the head b _ IleRro 8old er wh „ also stabbed him in the back 'the Gildhart was taken to regiment- al hospital. A little later a member of the Fourth Kentucky was reported to have been shot on Walnut street by nepro so ldiers who lay in a gulley shooting at the white men who passed. negio "quarter oT'the^cityfwhioh^is llot fai . from Walnut street, and a squad of provost guards went to in- Fifteenth vestigate. As it turned the corner of and Pine streets a large crowd of negro soldiers, without Avar ning, opened fire upon the guard with Springfields, the gun in use in the regiment. lne g uall f returned the fire, but had , fow cartrid « e8 . alld soon haJ to retreat, Reinforcements and more ammu niti° n were sent for, but when i- zsz?asm arm and Privato Gravam, Thiid Ten- ' neflSee ’ “ 1,ainful b,lt not necessarily dangerous wound in the stomlch. j One negro soldier was found dead and another picked up fatally | wounded. , Two members of the provost guard j are missing, and cannot be found. for Cans. W heu news of tbs trouble became j known solaier8 wto we in the j c ity gathered around the provost guard headquarters and begged 'ftke for guns and ammnnit!on crying children be- i cause their req ue E ts could not be j pranted Citizens t armed tbemselwes o.,d paireil 0 the scene of the battle. Mayor Higlit had the saloons closed. Several b ;;.”zx? 'jrtux that the infuriated white soldiers and 1 citizens were pretented from wreaking ; summary vengeance upon them. | Armories of the local military com- ! P aT *ies were broken into and every ! gun and cartridge appropriated by uu- | known General parties. Frank, j ^he troops here, who is in command ! came out and was j 011 *he streets until a late hour. Gen- ! erid Colby, commanding the Second brigade, ordered two companies each of the Third Tennessee and Second Arkansas and brought them to the city for whatever service might be requir- They scoured the city and carried ad soldiers on duty back to camps, “XT ‘ CARH0 ”~ 0RI,ERbI) ‘ - Shi Ploa<l of ZO.OOO Tons „f Cast Iron Pipe, from rwiadeipiua to i®ndon. ' A charter effected at Philadelphia Wednesday, the carrying out of which marl „ the beginning of a trade that P ro ™ lses to figure prominently in that city s expert trade in Highland future, was that of the British bark to load nzr - - ir “ * -• TM. -ill be tbe *M full c„ B „ »«•.. h’EW JAPANESE ........- -......— MINISTER Presented to President McKinley By Sec- r «t»ry of state Day. A Washington dispatch says: Wed- nesday morning Secretary Hay pre- ley sented formally to ___________ President McKin- tbe newly appointed Japanese minister, Mr. Komuru, who succeeds Mr. Hosbi, who has retired to enter the Japanese parliament, The ceremony took place in the blue room and attended by the Usual felicitous exchange of speeches. FIRST CAMP IN HAVANA. Second Regiment Volunteer Engineers linnd at MarUnao with Colors Flying. A special from Havana says: The United States transport Florida ar¬ rived in front of More castle at 6 o’clock Friday morning, took a pilot on board and proceeded to Marianao beach. General Ofeene and his staff left the Hotel Inglaterra at G o’clock tor Marianao in order to superintend the landing of the American troops there. All four companies of the Second regiment volunteer engine-r;-, which arrived on the Florida, landed by half- past 9 o’clock at the Marianao wharf with colors flying. They forrnod at the landing place and marched to their camp, two miles away, tiling past Gen-' eral Greene and his staff, who, on h assed' ftCk ’ r6VieWed th ° men aS tlj ° y 1 TlTof tho men, with the exception of five who were suffering from son b»ta?afn y “"'I W - er H taken 6 Yt 1 t ° We tbe ' e a C T P , 1 f t r One hundred aud fifty Cubans of General Menocal’s division were em- Ployed in cleaning the camp site and ..L, 11 18 Y WCre bel “? pitched , f for the fiist fi t American camp at MoEfi.ni contain ^'°so .i rrsigiia • . ion ns 'f mnpviii n ,a f , j° ^ ? 6 R, -ccce e y | general Jinunez T ’ (astellanos, n divis- a lon comman er. ~FT ', vc WUuD FEEDING CUBANS. - Commander at Santiago Makes a r»u i»epoitto um nepaitment. zissx. ».t ralions .11 Bong seacoast and by pack trains into the e wy eff ° rt to 8<5aUer I the rations about . m such manner as to enable the people desiring to ro turn to their farms in tho interior to do so with a reasonable assurance that they can obtain food while waiting the development of their first crop, Santiago today is as clean and healthy as any town of its size along the American seacoast south of Fortress Monroe. Excellent order prevails, Thero has not been a murder in tho city since our occupancy.” ---- DETAINS THIRD GEORGIA. —- War Department Semis Important Tric¬ ‘° fien ' r ' tln, "' U r ' ee ' A special from Savannah, Ga., says: The chances are that tho Third Geor- gia regiment will bo attached to the Seventh army corps. General Eitzhngh Lee received a telegram Friday from the war depart¬ ment telling him that the Third Geor¬ gia would be detained at Savannah, asking that a camp ground bo pro¬ vided, and stating that the regiment would probably be attached to his corps. In that event, the Third Geor- gia will go to Havana instead of Nue- vitas. A camp site for the Georgians has been selected near the camp of I the First division, to which water pipes will be laid at once. The regi- | ment will then move from its present rather unheal thtul position. NEW MAYOR FOR SANTIAGO. ! Gen. Wood Appoints an old Resident to Direct Munlcipnl Amors. A special from Santiago de Cuba states that some time ago Mayor Me- Leary, whom General Leonard Wood bad “PPOinted mayor of Santiago, re¬ fluested to be relieved of his mayor- a ty duties and to return to his mil- P 08t -, *-his request was granted E Heimr 11,la J. Bacardi, Geneial old Wood resident, appointed to an sue- i jsrssx-szzz -SttUr, aMW. juii»lielion. Ik. ment. ------------- - REPAIR SHIP RETURNS. J --- Vulcan and F.tomac isaek From vi.it to the Marla Tere.a. A A dispatch dispatch from from Newport Newport News, News, Va Va., , states that the United States repair i ship Vulcan and the tug Potomac, which left that port some ten days or j more ago, for the purpose of pulling ! off tbe rocks the ill-fated cruiser Ma- m Teresa, arrived in " Hampton Roads I Friday, where they await orders. SHOT GUNS # BICYCLES. If you want a Bicycle or Shot Gun call on us. We can certainly interest you. We can sell you a first- class Shot Gun at a very low price> Don’t fail to call on us when you come to Albany and see our ex¬ tensive line of goods. W. S. BELL, BOILER OF A RIVER STEAMER BLOWN TO ATOMS. BOILING WATER IN ALL DIRECTIONS Besides Those Killed, Ten People are Dangerously Hurt, and Many Others Deceive Lessor Injuries. The most disastrous river accident in the history of Stockton, Cal., oc- cured Sunday morning at 4i40 o’clock near Fourteen Miles slough, when a P art of one boilers of the rivet steaMer T ' C ' Wa,ker . ^ San Francisco about G o'clock Saturday Iligkt ’ WaS bloWn oUt ’ kU,in « sl * an<1 tlan Kerously wounding ten porsons, "'hile probably fifteen or twenty others were moro or less badly hurt. The Walker Is owned by the California Navigation and Improvement Company and ran between San Francisco and Stockton. , All Were A«i«Bp. The majority of the passengers were | j n bed when the explosion occurred and were awakened by tbe report, which was as hmd as a camion’s roar. People rushed from their rooms in their night clothes and found the | | whole r’s forward portion of the steam- e upper works blown away. The electric lights had been put out and [ rz :a,::: 0 :..”” 11 °' ,be 1 JSJj T5.” “Z US JS5 house were heartrending men’were for the un- fortunate imprisoned roceiv- ; U£ , the full force of the steam ns it 1 f *he boilers ,. arne rom Almost Itoastml Allyo Eight of them were almost roasted alive. Those who were able made their way to the deck as best, they could, while the more seriously in¬ jured were unable to get out. Arms and faces of those near the main en¬ trance were frightfully scalded. About an hour after the explosion the steamer Dauntless hove in sight. She rendered immediate assistance, and all the. wounded and uninjured were taken aboard. A telephone mes¬ sage was sent to Stockton and the steamer Clara Crow with several phy- I si<:i, ‘ns were sent to aid the Dauntless. The relief boat met the Dauntless a short distance down the river, and tho physicians were quickly taken on board. A terrible sight greeted them. What caused the explosion will probably never be known. The steam drum burst with terrible violence. It had split completely across the upper portion, and the whole sheet turned j outward. j \ wfire Ahe demolished four walls of by the the engine force of room the j ex pl° s ' on ' The lower deck, hurricane I deck and Texas deck were wrecked in j r fl °om. ie portion The direction directly over of the the flying engine de- j j brie upward and outward toward was the bow. If it had been the other way I the loss of life would have been much greater. The forward door and stair- wa y were destroyed. An immense concourse of people met the Walker, which was towed in at 12:30 o’clock P- m. The property loss will not ex- ceed $2,000. OBJECT TO COLORED TROOPS. c „ <>f „ _ . j witl. War Department, j . . , T w p . .... '77 not „n d t Pent I m H J™" “jJjXSS* 1 his information ”» vxsz created sensation ^ a among citizens generally, and has caused ft stir which threatens to de- veiop into a storm. Beyond a doubt a strong protest will be entered with the war department by the stateau- tliorities and citizens against the occu¬ pation of the post by colored troops. 'The protest will be based on tho feeling prevalent, in view of recent troubles at southern camps, "where against placing negroes in a portion clashes with th* Ivhites aro likely to occur, SI PER YEA FIRST ORDERS ISSUED For the Occupation of Coutral an.l Wei- torn Cuban Province*. The war department issued the first of the general orders Wednesday look-* ing to the occupation of the central and western provinces of Cuba by the United States troops. The order con¬ templates the early beginning of the movement, as the Spanish troops with are expected to have progressed the evacuation movement early in Decem¬ ber. The order is an follows: “Commanding General Second Army Corps, Augusta, Ga.: “With the approval of tho'secretary of war the First brigade, Third divis¬ ion, ef your corps will proceed fully equipped for field service and take station in Culm a9 follows) “Headquarters and ono regiment of infantry at Pinar del Rio; one regi- meat <lf infantry at i lane, am one 1 II 0 n embark* 1 Tho tro op* wm at Savannah and the movements will bo so regu- lated that no regiment will reach Savannah more than twenty-four hours pi "“egimint for Mariel should land at that, point, tho others should land at Havana and proceed to desti- nation by rail. brigade It is not necessary at that tile entire leave the same time, but regiments may move in succession as transports can be pro- tided. The evacuation of Pinar del Rio by the Spanish will be completed by December 3 and the troops above designated Hlumbl reach thoir destiiia- tions by December 1 or earlier. “The brigade will take as much of its wagon transportation as it is pos- tssr make provisions forthirtvdavs’suit- able rations and the medical attend- ance and stores “Acknowledge receipt, and direct that commanding geneial of brigade report to the adjutant general of the army hours of departure of each regi¬ ment and upon arrival at destination report direct to the adjutant general of the army for duty. “By command of Major General Miles. H. 0. Corbin, “Adjutant General." This brigade is commanded by Brigadier General William C. Oates and consists of tho Fifteenth Penn¬ sylvania, Third New Jersey and regi¬ One Hundred and Second New York ments. They are now all at Athene, Ga., having recently arrived at that place from Camp Meade, Pa. Mariel is the seaport of Pinar dol Rio pro¬ vince, on the north side. It lies about thirty miles west of Havana and lying inland fifteen miles is Guanajay, line the nearest point to the railroad running from Havana to the city of Pinar del Rio, the capital of the province of the same name, which is about 120 miles west of Havana, and is to l)o the headquarters of the Amer¬ ican army of occupation in the pro¬ vince. f The railroad can be reached from Guanajay by a short march. HAWAIIAN ( OM MI SSI ON Hold* First Meeting at Washington Since Betarnlng From Honolulu. The commission appointed liy the president to recommend a form of government for the Hawaiian islands as a part of the United States mot in Senator Cullom’s committee room at Washington Wednesday for tho first time Bitice leaving Honolulu, Senators Cllllom and Morgan, Representative Hitt and Judge Frear being present. The meeting was devoted to discus- sing details of the bill and report which the committee will present to congress, which had not been fully de¬ cided upon at the last meeting. TELEGRAPH PEOPLE WANT PAY For Cutting of cable* Off the Wovin«; of Santiago de Cuba. At the meeting of the Cuban Sub- marine Telegraph company at Lon¬ don, Wednesday, the chairman, C. W. Parish, referring to tbe cutting of the cables off the province of Santiago de Cuba by the Americans, said ho had requested the assistance of the foreign office to obtain compensation from tho United States. Tho foreign office, ho added, had promised to do its utmost to assist the company, but it was pointed out it was doubtful if tbe claim would be admitted; . n ON WRECKED VESSELS ALONG NEW ENGLAND COAST. STORMS TEARFULLY DESTRUCTIVE Hundreds of Boatfl Driven Astioro or Torn to Atoms on the Hock*'.; Death Ligt Appalling'. ^ ? L* Special • dispatches from 7, Boston . r state that it is now known definitely that more than seventy lives have boon lost in the wrecks of tugs, schooners and coal barges during the storm of Satur¬ day night and Sunday morning, and if the steamer Portland has also gone down, as now seems possible, the list of cnusalities will rise to 140, with over one hundred vessels of all descrip- . tions ashore, two score of them total wrecks and an unknown number prob¬ ably beneath the waves of Massachu¬ setts bay. There is scarcely a bay, harbor o? inlet from Penobscot to New London (hat lias not on its shores the bones of some stanch craft, while along Massa¬ chusetts buy, and especially Boston harbor, the beaches are piled high with the wreckage of schooners and eoul barges. The record, although hourly lengthening, is still incomplete, for that ocean graveyard of Cape Cod is still to be heard from. The amioyanco and inconvenience of the railroad and streetcar embargo, covering the whole of southern New England, suuk into insignificance be¬ fore the story of destruction wrought by wind and wave, yet it will be many a day before the full import of the disaster is known or even realized. Wreckage On All Hides. The islands of Boston harbor are without exception strewn with wrecks and wreckage. No less than twenty- nine vessels are ashore at Gloucester. Over twenty in the supposed safe harbor of Vineyard Haven parted their anchor chains Sunday and are high and dry on the beech; Nuutasket beach saw dashed two schooners pieces and its a coal barge to on sands; the rocks of Cohassett claimed a staid fisherman, Scituate, a well known pilot boat; Manchester, a down east lumberman; while one tug and three barges, known to have been blown by Cape Cod and Boston, are probably lost. The upper harbors of Boston, Ply¬ mouth, Salem, Portsmouth, Portland and other places where vessels were supposed to bo comparatively safe, were the scenes of numerous collisions between the ships and the wharves. Every life saving crew performed deeds of heroism in rescuing crews from stranded vessels and tug boat captains risked life and property in their endeavor to save life. Many Demi Bodies In ftlght. At Hull beach, where two barges and two schooners went ashore, more than a dozen bodies were visible ia. the surf, but it was impossible to get to them. At Shag Rocks, between Boston light and the Brewsters, where I the schooner Calvin F. Baker was aK * lore > two sailors were taken from “ ie rl ™ l,) l! "I ^e life savers, nearly ; exhausted, and the dead body of an- | other was lecovered. Three others from this vessel were drowned, but their bodies could not bo found, i M je citizens of Hull say that in fierceness the storm equaled that of 1302, except that while the sea did not run so.high the wind was stronger, j CATASTROPHE IN HAVANA. I’owrter .Explode*, Killing or Injuring; Forty Forion*, Montly Boys hii< 1 Girin, In-' fanta > between the Santa Clara and ! Heina batteries, Monday, injuring thirty-eight persons, three of whom died, while fifteen others cannot sur¬ vive. Many boxes of powder were stored in a private house, which also contained five rooms full of Mauser an< * other cartridges. The careless handling of one of the boxes of powder, or one of the boxes of cartridges caused the explosion, Most of those employed in emptying lb e cartridges were young boys and $i r l s > aad they formed the greatest j proport: u a of the victims;
