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THE MORGAN MONITOR
VOL III. JNO. 49.
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'THE VALIANT CUBAN WARRIOR
SUCCUMBS TO PNEUMONIA.
DEATH OCCURRED IN WASHINGTON
Patriot Crosses the Dark Itlyer Jnst On
the Eve of Realizing His Long
. Cherished Hopes.
General Calixto Garcia, tho distin-
languished Cuban warrior and leader,
and the head of the commission elect-
■
>ed , . by the Cuban assembly to visit this
country, died at Washington Sunday
morning shortly after 10 o’clock at the
Ketel Baleigh, where the commission*
has its headquarters.
The sudden change from the warm
■climate of Cuba with the hardships he
had there endured to the wintry
weather of New York and AVashing-
ton, is responsible for the pneumonia
which resulted in his demise. He
contracted a slight cold in New York,
which did not assume an alarming
stage until the eariy part of last week.
On Tuesday night General Garcia, in
company with other members of the
commission, attended a dinner given
in his honor by General Miles, and it
was a result of tbe exposure that night
■ which culminated in his death.
During the twelve hours or more
preceding dissolution, General Garcia
was unconscious most of the time. At
intervals he recognized one or more of
those about him. In his dying
moments, as ail through his busy and
active life, his thoughts were for his
beloved country and its people, and
among his last words were irrational
mutterings iu which he gave orders to
his son, who is on his staff, for the
battle which he supposed was to oc¬
cur tomorrow and in which he under¬
stood there were only 400 Spaniards
to combat.
B .ily Corcred With Cuban Flag.
The remains were immediately pre¬
pared for burial and were on a bier in
the room in which he died. A large
Cuban flag served as a covering and
the head rested on one of smaller
dimensions. The face and bust were
left exposed to public view. The feat¬
ures had a remarkably life-like appear¬
ance and gave no indication of tho
sufferings which the deceased had
borne.
By direction of Major General Miles
a detachment of soldiers under com¬
mand of Lieutenant Cox, was detailed
as a bodyguard for the remains.
After General Garcia’s death steps
were taken to notify the government
officials in Washington and also the
executive committee of the Cuban a -
seinbly, which has its headquarters at
Marianao, Cuba.
As soon as the death became known
a number of visitors, including many
public men, their called at the hotel to ex¬
press condolences. President
McKinley manifested his sympathy by
sending a suitably worded letter and
,. Vice President Hobart sent his card.
Among those who called were Senators
Foraker, Money, Proctor and Chand-
ler and Major Generals Lawton and
■Wheeler. ;
General Garcia left a large family,
only one of whom, Justo, a captain of
. , his staff, was with him when he died.
His widow and Mercedes, a daughter
seventeen years of age, are at Thomas-
ville, Ga., where the girl is quite ill.
Mario, a son nineteen years of age is
with the mother at Thomasville, and
Colonel Carlos Garcia, another son. is
j B Cuba. A daughter, Leonora, who
married an American, is now mother^ living in
Paris. General Garcia’s is
still alive and resides in Havana
He was a man of culture and refine-
oent, of splendid education and came
from a distinguished family of Jiquani,
Santiago de Cuba province. H 6 wm
born in Cogquin October 14,1839, and
was therefore in his sixtieth year,
* General Garcia was educated in Havana
, Spain.
jndin General Garcia,
whose name will be
e ver linked with those of other patri-
ote who have fough against unequal
odds for the freedom of his country,
bus had » “ost active and varied life,
muchof which has been spent in fight-
j n g for the cause of Cuban liberty,
<rbicb be had the satisfaction uf seeing
accomplished death. so short a time before
bis
“UNCONSTITUTIONAL,” SITS VEST.
Missouri Senator begins,ths Fight Again!
Expansion.
(1i A.Washingtou dispatch questions,'eqch says: The
scussion of. two of
interest and importance at ^lus time,
begun by #
w^as the senate at its.,session
Monday. Territorial expansion and
tho construction of the Nicaraguan
TT 1 occupierl tlle attention 7*
body during J the , greater part of the
afternoon.
As soon as the routine morning bus--
iness had been disposed of, Mr. West,
democrat, of Missouri, called lip his
resolution offered some days ago de¬
claring it to - be unconstitutional for
this government to acquire foreign
territory except for coaling stations or
"?“ a Hk ? Impose unless its inten-
twn was to confer statehood upon Dje
territory and citizenship upon its in-
habitants,
Mr. Vest declared that it was a ba¬
sic principlo of this government that
“the powers of the government were
derived from the consent of the gov¬
erned,” and maintained tha* the fed¬
eral government had no authority,
either in morals or in the constitu¬
tion, to go beyond that principle.'
He held that the principle had been
sustained by the supreme court in va¬
rious decisions and that no public
man of prominence and no recognized
tribunal had been reckless enough to
controvert it, until within the last six
mouths, “when the craze of expansion
seems to have taken possession of the
American people.” “ 1
-
Mr. Vest thought it was the purpose
of the expansionists to adopt the
European system of colonization. He
pointed out that Great Britain had in
the mother country 120,979 square
miles of territory, and iu her colonies
16,667,001 square miles. The dispro¬
portion of population was about the
same.
Mr. Vest maintained that the funda¬
mental principle of this government
was the granting oi, citizenship to all
within the jurisdiction of the govern¬
ment. He did not believe that any¬
body would be reckless enough to say
that Thomas Jefferson, who penned
the words, “all governments deiive
their just powers from the consent of
the governed,” was not accurate in the
light of our constitution.
In the act of cession of tho territory
of Louisiana from Franco to the
United States is found a provision
that the inhabitants, as soon as possi¬
ble, United shall States be' made and the citizen^ territory of the of
Louisiana be made a state of tlie
union. So it was, declared Mr. Vest,
when Florida was acquired from Spain,
and when Alaska was obtained from
Russia.
“When, where, how,” he asked,
‘‘have we surrendered the great power
that this is a confederation of states?
I cannot conceive it to be possible to
point out any other form of govern¬
ment under the constitution.”
Mr. Vest declared that the United
States supreme court had settled that
question for all time. Mr. Vest main¬
tained that the overwhelming argu¬
ment of the expansionists was that
the constitution applies alone to the
states of the union.
COL. BRYAN RESIGNS.
Nebraskan Places His Commission at Dis-
posal of War Department.
A Savannah dispatch says: Colonel
William Jennings Bryan has tendered
his resignation'as colonel of the, Third
Nebraska volunteers. He gave it to
Brigadier General Warren Keif e'r- Sat-
urdav afternoon latejto be •’forwarded
to Washington.
Colonel Bryan told General ^ Keifer
that the signing of the peace declara-
tion brought an end to his usefulness
in the American army and he wished
to s> ver his connection with it. He
did not signify in his resignation Upon
what date he wished to retire, but Will
go out as soon as it is accented and
returned to headquarters. ,
A Washington special says: All
doubt respecting the intentions, of.
Colonel Williams J. Bryan were,re-
moved by the receipt at the war de-
partment of a telegram from him stat-
ing that he had mailed his resignation
of bis commission as colonel of volun-
teers and that it was approved by the
division and corps commandcts.
The war department of course can
not act upon the resignation until it
comes formally to hand, hut there can
be no doubt of its acceptance. It is
supposed at the war department that
the lieutana A colonel of Colonel Bry-
an’s regiment will succeed him in the
colonelcy.
MORGAN, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1898.
WRITE US FOR PRICES
If ® i!S| H a® 1* Wiro t
W. S. 33 ELL,
ALBANY, GA.
WANT TO REFUND MONEY.
l etter, rtegardlng Slethmljst Church War
.Ctainvi Sahmltted to Senators.
A-'Washington dispatch. 1 Vice
Bresident Hobart . says:
submitted to the
senate which Thursday the following letter,
he had received from-the Metho-'
dist church, south: ;•
'“My Dear'Sir—At a meeting of th
oishops of the Methodist Episcopal
church, south, held iu Nashville,
fenn., July 4, 1898, with reference to
the war claim recently granted by the
government to the church they repre¬
sent, the following action was taken
by them, of which it is made my duty
■f”o of give the yon, Unjted as president of the senate
for States, official notic -
presentation to that honorable
body: -While reaffirming the justness
of our claim, paymeut of which has
been sought fbF 25 years, we insist
that the church cannot afford to accept
it as a gratuity or on condition that
reflect upon its honor.”
“Inasmuch, therefore, as some sen¬
ators have affirmed on the floor of the
senate'that they were induced to sup¬
port the claim by misleading state¬
ments on tho part of the representa¬
tives of .the church—statements, how¬
ever, which did not affect the merits
of our claim— : we hereby give this as¬
surance: that if the senate, by affirma¬
. tive action','dec!ares that the passage
of the bill w ; ns due to such misleading
statements, we will take the proper
steps to"have the entire amount re¬
turned, to the government.
“(Signed) Robert K. Hargrove,
“Secretary of the College of Bishops.”
The general impression among the
senators on the matter is that the sen¬
ate will not ask that the money be re¬
turned. The opinion of many is that
the senate has no right to make the
request not to receive the money
from the bishops inasmuch as the
money was paid for property which is,
to all purposes, in the possession of
the aged and infirm clergymen of the
Methodist church.
VEST CALLS A HALT
Jathe Slipshod Manner of Passing; Pen¬
sion Bills In the Senate.
A Washington dispatch says: At
the opening of Thursday’s session of
the senate it was decided that the ad¬
journment be until Monday.
It was also determined to give one
hdnf'of the day’s session to the con-
Kideration of pension bills.
In'connection with the consideration
■of bills on the pension calendar, Mr.
"Vest, Missouri, said:
“I do ndtwant to be captious about
this pension business and do not want
to set myself up as a reformer, but
this thing of passing a lot of pension
bills simply by the reading of tho ti¬
tles and when a quorum of the senate
is not present has got to be stopped.”
GOVERNMENT SECURES PROPERTY
Famous “Point Park” on Lookout Moun¬
tain Is Formally Transferred.
The papers were formally signed at
Chattanooga Thursday, transferring
the famous “Point park,” on Lookout
mountain, to the government as a
park of the Chickamauga and Chatta¬
nooga National Military Park reserva¬
tion. The price paid for the property
was $35,000, the appropriation having
been made by congress before adjourn¬
ment in the spring.
The sale has been hanging fire be¬
cause New York wanted a c'ause re-
. the deed , . . that ,, state
fi ervea in giving
the right to 100 square feet to bo used
for the erection of a monument by
that state.
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• R AI LEY WILL OPPOSE,
Democratic Ecatter objects to General
Remains: in Conorress.
The impression prevails in Wash-
: ington that General Wheeler will re-
sume his duties in congress at the re-
quest of the administration which de-
ffires his assistance in passing the
army bill; Mr. Bailey, the democratic
leader in the house, will base bis op-
position to General Wheeler remain-
, ing in congress on this hypothesis.
, Mr. Bailey, will make the contention
that General Wheeler has no right to
his sent at all, not even to answer to
roll call,
A suitable ■ name.
If this is your Indian
; (Howled the refugee from Mississippi,
u 'i dls mall J nn,i dl ' a 7»g 1,Ifi
rain coat tighter , about , his shivering
form I know what Indian it was
llua ‘7
,,' Kani-m-the-lace. Voli ■ said , 1he curious citizen,
I I
COURT WILL DECIDE
Whether General Wheeler Can Fill Two
PositioriR or Not.
A Washington special says: At the
request of the secretary of war, Gen¬
era! Joe Wheeler has decided not to
press his resignation of his commission
in ihe army, at least not until there
is a decision by the supreme court on
the question of eligibility of an officer
in the volunteer army to hold the office
of congressman, or any other similar
office in civil life. There has been a
number of decisions by lower courts
upon this question, but it has not been
passed on by the supreme court.
General Wheeler’s object in retain¬
ing both positions has, of course,noth¬
ing to do with the drawing of two sala¬
ries. In fact, while serving in this
dual capacity, ho will draw but one
snlary, and he has made that very
clear.
The president and secretary of war
are anxious to have the services of
ment General Wheelei after the adjourn¬
congress. He will be given a
military command in one of the colo¬
nies. The president has assured him
that if he is compelled to resign be¬
cause of this clash of civil and military
duties, he will be reappointed at the
expiration of the present session; and
the only practical effect of such action
tion would be to take Die general from
his place, seventh on the list of ma¬
jor generals, and put him down at the
bottom of the list, or about fifteenth.
Ihe result would be that he would
not, be given ns important, a command
as he will while seventh on the list.
General Wheeler authorized the fol¬
lowing statement Thursday as to re¬
ports that, he had decided to resign
from the house of representatives.
“I was surprised to see what pur¬
ports to be an interview about ray re-
signiug from congress. I have never
gone further than to say that I would
consider (he question when I had time
and would take such action as my
friends would approve. Thus far, how¬
ever, I have reached no final conclu¬
sions.”
MURDERER ANDERSON HANGED.
Killed Captain mid Mate of a Schooner
and Ordered the Vesuel Burned.
John Anderson, seamen,was hanged
at Norfolk, Va., Friday for the murder
of the captain and mate of the schooner
Olive Pecker. He was calm and said
that he was ready to go. ‘I shall die
and go into tho presence of God with¬
out blot or blemish of guilt on my
soul,” he solemnly declared.
Anderson’s crime has attracted wide¬
spread attention, being a sea tragedy
of singular romance and atrocity.
The Oliue Pecker sailed from Boston
laden with lumber, for a point on the
river Platte, Brazil. When 150 miles
off the coast of Brazil, Anderson had
an altercation with the captain and
shot him dead. Then ho armed him¬
self heavily and terrorized all on
board.
The mate, who was aloft, was called
down, and while pleading for his life
was shot four times. Then the crew
were ordered to throw the dying mate
overboard, and on protesting that he
was not dead, wero assured that he
was “dead enough.” This done, the
arew were ordered to throw tho cap¬
tain’s body overboard.
Then Anderson directed that oil be
thrown over the lumber, after which
the oil-soaked ship was set afire and
the crew took to the boats. Ander¬
son was apprehended at Bahia, Brazil.
CANNOT REMOVE OFFICE.
Order From the Department Kcgarding
Gainesville, Ga., Postofflco.
A , ,,, ” amnngton . . , dispatch says: Cou-
f?ros '° rr)an tale, of Georgia, has se-
CUref u or, ' e f fr °m the postmaster
3 en ® ral , 1 stoppmz, for the present at
amesvil.e, .,® Proposed .a,, postufTico removal from of the its
f' re ^ or “ location. An effort is being
“ to h a ?° tha office J’ em ove ' 1 tr0m
i . 1 ° c atloa a ”' 1 1 1,as »>ess . men
''ltyobject: . t°’t- Colonel late
)al action of the de-
f ,nl ™ ent . 111 preventing the removal
' " 00 P errnar| cnt,
WANT GOLD STANDARD.
1 Board of Trail* of Chicago Auks MrKln-
l«y to Call Extra Session of Congress,
According to a dispatch from Chi-
CBg0 the J)0ard 0 f directors of the
board of trade in that city have adopt-
ed ref , 0 i ut i O n8 urging President Mc-
Kinleytocallaspecialsessionofcon-
gress for the enactment of legislation
j for tho permanent adoption of the
j gold standard.
MILES ADVOCATES HIS HILL.
General Appears Before House Commis¬
sion On Military Affairs.
Major General Miles appeared Mon¬
day before the house commission on
military affairs fdr a hearing; relative
to the proposed reorganization and
increase of the army.
Two bills for this purpose are pend-
iug, one drawn by General Miles and
introduced in the senate ns the Haw¬
ley bill, and another introduced in the
house by Chairman Hull, of the mili¬
tary committee.
At the outset General Miles ad¬
dressed himself to the general need of
increasing the army without reference
to either bill. He said he had alwnys
favored the establishment of a fixed
standard for the army. The expe¬
rience of the last year, lie said, had
demonstrated that our present military
establishment was inadequate to main¬
tain our position as a first-class power.
General Miles declared it was nec¬
essary now to consider both our mili¬
tary requirements at home and those
in our new colonial dependencies
abroad, and the rapidly increasing de¬
mands made by the seacoast fortifica¬
tions. The latter, as far as completed,
required some 185 hatterigs of artil-
lery, and when the entire increase in
coast defenses was completed, 365
would he required.
The war with Spain lrafl shown
pretty clearly how many men would
be required. General Miles said. The
war had required 52,000 men for ac¬
tual field operations at various points.
Of these 22,000 men to Manila, 20,000
to Cuba and 10,000 to Porto ItlCO,
These were actually in the presence of
the hostile enemy. Since then there
had been reinforcements for garrison
and other purposes.
General Miles recommended a stand-
ing army of one soldier from 1,000 | ,
population at, home, with native troops
on a basis of two native soldiers for
every 1,000 population.
LEE OFF FOR CUBA.
Transport Panama Sails From Savannah
With Officers of Seventh Army Corps.
General Fitzhugh Loe, commanding
the Seventh army corps, and staff, sail¬
ed from Savannah, Gu., at 4 o’clock
Sunday afternoon on the transport
Panama, the vessel captured from the
Spaniards.
General Lee stood upon tho hurri¬
cane deck, surrounded by his staff of¬
ficers, hats in hand, while ten to fifteen
thousand people, who lined the
wharves, bade him farewell and god¬
speed.
The Panama carried only the officers
of headquarters of Camp Onward, with
the clerks, orderlies, animals and
transportation used by these officers.
She goes direct to Marianao, near
which place the corps will be camped.
VEST PRESENTS MEASURE
To Prevents Ills Associates From Scrying
On Commissions.
Senator Vest, followed up the debate
in executive session of Thursday con¬
cerning tho appointment of senators
and members of tho house to positions
on presidential commissions by the
introduction of a bill prohibiting the
practice of making such appoint¬
ments. The bill is. very brief and is
as follows:
(i That no person while holding a
judicial or legislative office under the
United States shall he appointed by
the president commissioner or agent
of the government, nor of any depart¬
ment or bureau thereof.”
AMERICANS JUBILATE IN.PARIS.
- ->-*■ *
Peace Commissioners, McKinley ami Por¬
ter are Toasted at Banquet.
The United States peace commis¬
sioners gave a banquet in Paris Mon¬
day evening at the Hotel International
to the United States ambassador. The
banqueting room was festooned gayly
with American flags.
The company toasted President Mc¬
Kinley, Ambassador Porter and the
United States peace commissioners.
MRS. BOTKIN IN COURT.
Sli. Is ArrniKui-tl to Answer for lli« Mur¬
der «f Mrs. Dunning.
A dispatch from San Francisco states
that the taking of evidence in the
trial of Mrs. Cordelia Botkin for the
murder of Mrs. J. P. Dunning, of
Delaware, thorough a box of poisoned
candy, commenced in Judge Carroll
Cook’s court in that city Monday and
the case will doubtless proceed rapidly
to its termination.
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,
W m >3fl
POWDER WAS EXPLODED.
Tliree Men Kill. .! „,m Fight Badly In-
J ureri In tho Dupont Works.
Three men were killed and eight in¬
jured, three of them probably fatally,
by tho explosion of a press mill and
four grinding mills iu the Hagley
yard’of the Dupont Powder works at
Wilmington, Del,, Thursday.
A car load of powder that was being
wheeled into the room was accidentally
overturned and the car wheels running
into tho loose powder caused a friction
that set the powder afire, The shock
of the explosion shattered windows
and damaged property in all direc¬
tions.
WILE EMBARK AT NEW YORK.
Three lO'itlnielit. IV 111 Go to Manila via
the Suez Cannl.
The next regiments to start for Man¬
ila will embark at New York about the
end of this month and will go through
the Suez canal. The expedition will
consist of three regiments of regular
infantry, destributed between two of
the largest converted transports owned
by the government, with perhaps a
convoy of two warships. Arrange¬
ments are now being made for this ex¬
pedition by Adjutant General Corbin
ns rapidly as possible, in view of its
ni' 1 "' 1 “unortance, espeeiqllv ns, it in¬
volves co-operation by Ibo state and
navy department authorities as well
as those of the war department.
FEDERATION OF LABOR.
Eighteenth Annual Convention Begins In
Knrnma city,
Tho eighteenth annual convention
of the American Federation of Labor
was called to order in Kansas City
Monday. About 150 delegates from
all parts of this country and two from
across tho water, namely William
Thorne and William Inskip of Lon-
don, representing the British Trade
Union Congress, were present.
Delegate Inship’s mission is to plead
for a closer alliance between the Unit¬
ed States and Great Britain among in¬
dustrial as well as political lines.
President Evans, of the Kansas City
Commercial club, welcomed tho dele¬
gates, President Gompei s responding.
SPOT COTTON MARKET.
Official closing quotations for spot
cotton Monday were as follows:
Atlanta—Firm; middling5 7-16c.
Liverpool—Demand fair; middling
8 6-f 2d
New York—Firm; middling 5 13-16c.
New Orleans-Firm; middling 5|c.
Savannah—Steady; middling file.
Galveston—Firm; middling5$c.
Norfolk—Firm; middling 5Jc.
Mobile—Firm; middling5Jc.
Memphis—Firm; middling 5 5-16o.
Augusta—Firm; middling 6 ll-16c.
Charleston—Firm; middling file.
Houston—Steady; middlings 7-16c.
St. Louis—Firm; middling 5j)o.
OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION
...... o. t!.„ Signing; u, , ni . .. ... I real , .... Wire. , „ By !
V
The official news of the signing of I
the peace treaty . . was received v in nr Mash- i I
ington Saturday night a l.ttle later ,
than the preRB reports. It was in
cipher arid as usual from Judge Day. ;
JB *” ptly ' ' cabled 1 , , ‘ to the ?, 11 com '" 1 ‘ ms- j I
were prom
Sion, but the uews of the signing, bav- ,
, .. ill i i
cial advices created little stir at the
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GUESSES AT VARIANCE.
Texas Cotton Crop Kstimatca W’ere Aver-
uged at 3,(143,^00 Bales.
Thirty-six members of tho Houston
cotton exchange have just finished
their estimates on the cotton crop of
Texas.
The highest estimate is 3,900,000,
the lowest 3,400,000 and the average
3,613,300 hales.
For the whole crop 11,314,400 bales
is the average guess.
ENGINEER AND FIREMAN DEAD.
F>ngin<i On tho Memphis and Charleston
Rolls Down an Kmbankment.
Freight train No. 5, from Chutta-
nooga to Memphis, Tenn,, on tho
Memphis and Charleston, was wrecked
at Stevenson Sunday night.
The engine left the track and rolled
down the embankment. Engineer Kin-
sella and Fireman Drake, both of
HTiutifville, w’exe killed.
$1 PER YEA'' !"»
BRITISH SHIP GOES DOWN WHILE
ASSISTANCE WAS AT HAND.
HIGH SEAS PREVENTED RESCUES.
Twenty-Five of Crew Wero Fortunately
Saved, While Twenty-Fivn of Tliclr
Comrades Went Down.
A Baltimore special says: The John¬
stone steamer Vedamere, of Liverpool,
Captain Robert Bartlett, for whose
safety fears wero beginning to bo en¬
tertained, as she was several days
overdue, arrived Thursday morning at
pier 31,Locust Point, with twenty-five
shipwrecked mariners which she had
picked up at sen.
Twenty-live others went down with
their ship.
Tho men lauded are the survivors
of the British steamship Londonian,
of London, bound from Boston for
London with a large general cargo and
^TovemUer ffihlSft on feW*
in a violent gale, her cargo shifted and
she almost capsized, she finally resting
on her beams’ ends with big seas
breaking over her.
Her luckless crew were helpless to
right her, and for two days she drifted
about at the mercy of the winds and
waves.
Assistance came at 5 o’clock on the
morning of November 25. Tho Veda-
mere hove in sight, live miles distant,
and in answer to signals was soon
alongside, but owing to heavy gales
could not at mice lend assistance.
At noon, iu the teeth of a stiff gale,
a volunteer crew gallantly launched
one of the Vedamcro’s boats and at¬
tempted to reach the sinking London¬
ian.
For three hours the sturdy Britons
battled with wind and wavo in a vain
attempt to reach her, but were finally
forced to return to their ship. Cap¬
tain Bartlett then steamed to wind¬
ward of the doomed steamer and tried
to fire rockets with lines attached to
the wreck. After a number of vain
attempts this idea was abandoned and
as night came on several other at-
tomps to rescuo the Londonian’s crew
were made fruitlessly.
During the night the wind in¬
creased, and by morning it was blow¬
ing very hard. Then it was that an¬
other means ot rescue was decided
upon. For hours life buoys, with
lines attached, were floated to the
Londonian, and at last the crew suc¬
ceeded in getting one aboard. One of
the Vedamere’s lifeboats was impro¬
vised as a life car, to he hauled be¬
tween the two ships. It made a trip
successful ly, and twenty lialf-frozen,
exhausted men were hauled up over
tho Vedamere. As
boat was returning to tho London-
wreck, ’ a big b flea broke over and
demolighe d it . The ]ineH we re also
the communication
" u ? , >H J en
Another \, lifeboat , was , launched , . to .
attempt the rescue, and for two hours
struggled at the oars, ’
, but ,, (1 not , closer than ,, sixty • ,
, coil get ^
r” jj “»™' t —- *»
ship. .
The next day was spent in trying , to
again establish communication with
the wreck. The galo was constantly
increasing and all efforts to save others
! were in vain. Even after night had
' fallen tho Vedamere kept cruising
was
about in the vicinity, but when day
broke uest mol „i ng the Londonian
had vanished. The Vedamere then
proceeded to Baltimore.
| COMMISSION GOES TO CUBA.
War, yreaaury and Postofflce Depart¬
ments Will Be Represented.
[ The administration has practically
de< i h I i • send • rami ion to Cuba
! consisting of treasury a representative and postofneo each
! from the war,
l departments,
i The object of the dispatch of the
f commission is to determine and if
j possible executo in a general way
] what is needed throughout the island
in the assumption of the government
j functions by the United States toward
| the island of Cuba.
I A complete postal service is con-
templated at the earliest practical mo-
ment and a military customs service
| will be perfected.
