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THE MORGAN MONITOR.
VOL. IV. NO. 21.
CUBANS SCORNED THE CASH
Those In the Havana District Failed to Show
Up On Pay Day.
0NJ.LV SEVEN “NON-COMBATANTS” ACCEPT OUR GOLD.
It Seems Evident That Soldiers of the Cuban Army
Prefer Their Firearms to American Coin.
Last Saturday was the day set to j
begin the payment of the Cuban army,
Advices from Havana state that seven !
Cubans were paid $75 each as the re-!
suit of the first day’s distribution of j
the money allotted by the United |
Elates for the payment of the Cuban I
soldiers. The cabal of the members
of the former military assembly to
prevent the soldiers from accepting
the gift of the United States and giv-
mg up their arms, is successful, there¬
fore, so far as Havana is concerned.
It is too early to predict what Will be
done iu other cities and in the inte¬
rior, but the indications are that the
money will not be asked for to any
great extent. Some arms may possi¬
bly be turned in voluntarily.
The anti-Gomez and anti-American
elements are cheerful, thinking
that the Americans are baffled and
angry, but Governor General Brooke
does not regard (he event as set¬
tling the question or sft especially sig¬
nificant.
A few privates in Havana and a
number of officers have had sufficient
{influence to intimidate some who were
otherwise willing to accept tho Ameri-
, can terms, but different results are
Expected in the country districts.
At three minutes to ten Saturday
morning, the hour set to begin the
payment of the troops, Major Erancis
Dodge, of the paymaster’s department,
drove up in a four-mule team with
#8.000 in gold and $39,000 in silver.
Six guards accompanied him, and de¬
tails of men from the eighth infantry
were under arms to preserve order
among the mobs which it was supposed
would gather.
Colonel George M. Randall, of the
Eighth ^ infantry, was present as com¬
missioner of the United States.
General Ruis Rivera, who was in¬
ducted into the office of civil governor
of Havana, was present to receive the
arms with a Representative of General
Gomez, four r five Cuban officers and
fifteen reporters. Half a dozen Amer¬
ican clerks, with the rolls of the Cu¬
ban army, sat at a long table at the
headquarters of the Eighth regiment.
A bag of gold was displayed, but
there was no applicants for it. The
spectators spent the time in discussing
why no Cubans appeared.
General Rivera said that though
there were 4,319 enrolled privates and
non-commissioned officers in the
Fourth corps, few of them lived in
Havana. He explained that they were
outside the city, and would probably
appear at other places in the province
and get their apportionment. Nearly
all of the officers, he added, are in
Havana.
The representative’ of Gomez, who
has been acting with the latter in the
interviews with Governor General
Brooke, took a gloomy view of the
affair. Ho said the 4jnericans had
made a mistake in stipulating the
Cubans must give up their arms, as
this had caused a bad impression among
the Cubans. A group of Cuban officers
who proved to be some of General
Mayia'Rodriquez’s staff, had in. the
meanwhile assembled.
They smiled at each other, twisted
their mustaches and grew confident as
SEASON FAVORS REBELS.
Americans Are Kept Busy Guarding
Against Possible Surprises,
The approach of the wet season in
the Philippines finds the insurrection
seemingly taking a new lease of life.
All along the American lines the rebels
are showing more aggressive activity
in their guerrilla style than at any
time before since the fall of Malolos.
They keep the United States troops in
the trenches, sleeping in their cloth¬
ing and constantly on the alert against
dashes upon the outposts, and they
make life ynrm for the American gar¬
risons in the towns.
HARRISON VISITS LOUBET.
Xfo.'PresiUent of the United States Intro-
fluceil to French President.
A Paris dispatch says: Former Pres¬
ident Harrison, accompanied by Hor¬
ace Porter, United States ambassador,
Saturday morning had in interview
lasting twenty minutes with M. Del-
casse, minw ter of foreign affairs. The
interview was one of the most cordial
character. afternoon Mr. Hnrnson
In the Porter and
Ambassal 01 ’ called upon Presi¬
dent Lonbefi After a ceremonious
introduction, the former and- actual
president dropped all formality and
1 eii in the most friendly manner
conve r8 of interest.
upon topics .keTto
a 'be-eslist.
rnl C' 1 * l8BUe,t Invitation to Volun-
leer* In Philippines.
*- a jlinH dispatch states that Major
ra lMis has issued orders invit-
£ “ ac0ordl0 R to t0 re-enlist tbe act for of six
n ontlif, “ ril *8*n the matter. con-
6 b» f States
The ls- tG ,eft San transport Morgan
r - H - w!i ctl Francisco April
o-ffiwi’- finds it, tbe 'jOO " mniits ,arids f or hoard, Tatious has reg .
Manda. ar-
j »
the quarter hours passed and no sold-
iers appeared. Finally they jeered in
a quiet way at the whole proceeding-.
Toward 11 o'clock an unarmed col-
bred man in the Cuban uniform came
across the dusty square, attended by
all the American spectators. He was
shown to the paymasters, but turned
out to be an “assistant,” or camp fol¬
lower. ■
The American military men consult¬
ed together, and as it was thought he
was not entitled to a share of the
$3,000,000, and his name not being on
the rolls he was dismissed.
Major Scott, General Ludlow’s ad¬
jutant, sent word that ft man named
Harris, a Cttban-Amerioftu serving a
sentence in-the penitentiary, would be
Sent under guard to get his $75, so at
least one man was sure to take the
gratuity. About 400 men had been
expected, and possibly many of these
will come later.
But the scheme of payment, so far
as'Iiavana is concerned, looks like ft
failure.
Quite different results are expected
in the country districts, where the
Cuban military assembly and anti-
Gomez influence is not as strong.
At noon General Rivera left, remark¬
ing that it was wasting his time to stay
there, and Major Dodge went to the
Trocha [to inform General Brooke of
the state of affairs.
Four professed privates appeared at
about 11:30 without arms, but as their
names were not on the rolls they were
not paid.
Two hours elapsed after the appli¬
cation of the four professed privates,
whose demands were refused owing to
their lack of proof of service, before
any applicant appeared who furnished
satisfactory evidence that he had seen
service in the Cuban army. Several
persons appeared, but were refused
because they could not furnish the
necessary proof. Some were musi¬
cians and others hospital attendants,
but all were w-ithout the necessary
vouchers.
It seemed for a long time as though
none would qualify, but early in the
afternoon one man, about twenty-six
years old arrived and gave bis name as
Hilario Esquivel Perez. He claimed
that he had been an orderly at Gen¬
eral Gomez’s headquarters. He had
no arms, but stated that his duty con¬
sisted in gathering forage for the
horses and hunting for food, etc. Af¬
ter some delay the papers were signed
and the money was handed over.
Colonel Randall found one man
threatening persons who wished to ap¬
ply aDd ordered him off the premises.
AVithin the next two hours six more
men were paid. Not one of them had
a receipt for arms surrendered, but
each proved that he had been connect¬
ed with the army in the capacity of a
servant.
Anti-Gomez Resolutions.
The generals of the Cubans in the
province of Santa Clara met at Sagua
la Grande during the day and adopted
anti-Gomez resolutions, agreed to dis¬
band their commands and to cause
their arms to be surrendered to the
Alcados, but to accept no money dor
them.
SEW TRIAL FOR DREYFUS.
Famous Prisoner Will Be Given Another
Chance Before Courtmartial.
A special from Paris states that the
president of the civil section of the
court of cassation, M. Ballot deBeau-
pre, has reported to the president of
the court of cassation, M. Mazeau, in
favor of a revision of the Dreyfus trial
and sending the prisoner again before
a courtmartial.
It is believed the recommendation
is practically certain to bo accepted by
the court of cassation and means that
Dreyfus will he brought back to
France and retried.
TO ENLIST MaCABBES.
Mac Arthur FaVors Putting: One Tribe of
Filipinos Againgt Their Old Enemies.
Advices from Manila state that Gen¬
eral MacArthur is in favor of the ex¬
periment of enlisting the Macabbes
against their old enemies, the Tagals.
A delegation of the leading Macabbes
has visited the general and its spokes¬
man read an address assuring the
American commander of tho friendship
of the Macabbes and of their willing¬
ness to transfer their allegiance from
Spain to the United States. murdered They com¬
plained that the Tagals them
and burned their villages, and they
asked to be protected and given arms
to protect themselves.
C A ME I N A S FREIGHT.
Chiscie Smnselea Into ThU Country Are
To Be Deported.
At Rochester, N. Y., Judge C. A.
Coxe has handed down a decision to
the effect that seven Chinese whose
case was argued at the Rochester term
of the court must be deported.
These Chinese were smuggled to
this country in boxes as so much dead |
freight. They were discovered, how- j -
ever, and arrested. They are now in
the Chemung jail at Elmira, N. Y.
MORGAN, GA„ THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 189!).
J
GEORGIA’S RESOURCES AR1) HER¬
ALDED ABROAD.
GREAT SPEECH BY MR. BROBSTON.
Wealth of Her ImluMvies, Mines aiul
Quarries are Beyond
Computation;
(From the Augusta Chronicle.)
One of Georgia’s representatives at
the Southern Pines, N. C., meeting
in April, was Mr. Edwin Brobston, of
Brunswick, who has been a most ac¬
tive worker in the cause of southeni
development, and who lias reaped some
of the most notable results in the state.
Mr. Brobston was a member of the
commission in charge of Georgia’s ex¬
hibit at the Omaha exposition, and
lent valuable service ill this eiitet-
pi-isth
He located one of the most notable
colonies that has ever been brought
south. Through him the Shakers, of
Ohio, the quaint but most upright peo¬
ple who work a community of interests,
having been induced to locate in Geor¬
gia-.
Mf. Brobston remained at the
Southern Pines meeting several days,
and as a result is in correspondence
with a number of northern gentlemen
who are looking to the south for in¬
vestments. Following is his speech itt
part!
I appreciate the hbn'br bf being in
this distinguished presence and the
privilege of talking about Georgia.
1 would not discredit the most ex¬
travagant charms claimed for other
fair sisters of our bright southland,
nor shall I discredit anything that may
be claimed by others for their state or
section. I would not give three cents
for any man that is not loyal to his
section, lbyat to his family and loyal
to his faith.
Georgia is my queen; to her I owe
allegiance, and in her greatness and
possibilities I find a theme that is en-
gaging at a time I )ake it to be auspi¬
cious.
She is a dear old mother who has
been kind and loving to me, and
wherever I may be and whatever the
occasion, I could not be less than loy¬
al and loving to h»l‘.
Georgia has 58,000 square miles
stretching from the grand mountains
of tho Blue Ridge, 400 miles to the
southward, where the bine waves of
the Atlantic are ever kissing her
island-gemmed shores,
timber, Rich in rich minerals, in rich in forests of
water power and won-
d erf ally rich in climate, she is keep¬
ing time to the drum-beat of prosper¬
ity; that prosperity which seems to
have again taken up its march around
the world.
From her rugged mountains and
hills are being taken some of the best
coal that burns, and some of the finest
ore that goes to the furnace, they tell
me that the highest grade ore which
is received at Birmingham, Ala.,comes
from a Georgia mine; some of the pur¬
est gold that is minted is mined in
Georgia, and our annual output is
something like a quarter of a million
dollars. We carry to tho mint each
year more than $100,000.
The finest beds of aluminum found
in America are in the Coosa valley,
and nowhere is it in such paying
quantities evidence as its found in Georgia.' As
of value the Engineer and
Mining Journal of April 15th, quotes
Georgia baxite at $5.10 at the mines,
while Alabama Rockrun is only
quoted at $3.85.
We have enough granite in Georgia
to pave every street in this union, and
probably enough to pave every street
in the world. Why, in sight of the
city of Atlanta is one mass of, granite
which is seven miles in circumference
and a mile high; it is put down in
Cram’s as one of the world’s wonders.
There are beds of granite underlying
many counties in the central and upper
portions of the state.
We have enough marble in Georgia
to build ail the palaces for all the
rulers that will ever live, and some of
it as fine as any on the face of tho
earth; the census of 1880 did not
reckon us as a marble producing state,
and we even built onr own capital of
Indiana limestone, yet we stand today
at the head of the list, and the cap itol
of Rhode island in the northeast and
the capitol of Minnesota in the north¬
west stand as mammoth advertise¬
ments of the resources of our state,
while the St. Charles hotel in New Or¬
leans illustrates better than words can
tel!, the beauty and fineness and
finish of our most beautiful marble.
We have copper mines and slate quar¬
ries, and finest beds of clay; one coun¬
ty in Georgia ships over $10,000 worth
of clay annually to the pottery works
of new Jersey. We have magnificent
deposits of limestone, and the cement
that is used does not all come from
Chicago or Louisville now, for we
have discovered beds of it in Georgia;
it is being shippid in great quanti¬
ties and of the finest quality. Nearly
every mineral that is known has been
discovered in more or less quantities
in Georgia and the extent of none has
as yet been fully determined; we are
yet in experimental stages.
The agricultural resources of the
state are something wonderful, practi¬
cally every variety of soil and climate
is found in the state, and in perhaps
no other state can be growD such a di¬
versity of crops. Well nigh every¬
thing that will grow on this continent
can be raised in Georgia. From the
winter wheat and clover, and buck-
wheat of the mountainous hills, to the
rice and cane, and melons of her sea-
coast, is like the transition to some
other cHiiie, -while the peach belt is a
section pecitlkl- tilth {jj!} to ilself. rtppliS
In this 0 and th*i of
auge, the oiive and the cherry have
each been grown with profit.
As a wine and grape country we are
beginning to attract attention, and
there are not wanting experts to tel!
ns that we Ore dastirted to rival sunny
Trance, both in the lusciousness and
luster of our grapes, and in the sparkle
and flavor of our wines, as well as the
volume and value of our crops. Only
a short time since we learned that
grapes could bo raised with profit in
sojithdfil The Gedt'giit: lus¬
state has made fame on her
cious watermelons, and who does not
know that New York hucksters have
learned to turn their crates so as to
show the label of “Alberta peaches
from Georgia.” Another thing for
which she is famous, made so from
my section of the state, where it Is
mostly cut, and that is “the yellow
pine;” you can often hear that our
crop is about exhausted, but I am here
to tell you that it will lake alt the mills
now operating thirty more years to ex¬
haust the crop, Only a few days ago
I rbde thirty miles through one solid
body, and on one projected railroad of
140 miles in length I have the esti¬
mates of experts that 250,000,000 feet,
of merchantable timber is accessible.
Last year the total output of yellow
pine was over #20,000,000, while nn-
vaMtores and rosin was about $.%0(K),-
There is great value in other timber,
sucti as cypress, oak, poplar and gum.
It has been estimated that there is
enough hardwood in Georgia to sup¬
ply United all the furniture factories in-tbe
States for the next twenty
years. My county alone exhibited
over twenty-five varieties of wood at
the last exposition held at Atlanta.
Notwithstanding the great resources
of 2 uine and field and forest, perhaps
the greatest attraction iu Georgia is
the climate. It appeals alike to the
man of wealth, to the man of moderato
means, and those who have nothing
save brain or muscle, AVliat Wonder
that millionaires continue adding to
their wintor palaces on Jekly Island,
and our people continue to build more
and more within our border. Into my
seotion of the state, indeed all over
Georgia, there are coming new citi¬
zens, and the next census will show
some startling figures of increased
wealth and population.
’ (to )
be continued.
SO RIOTOUS DEMOKsTR ATiOfG
Opening; of the Dreyfus Case at Paris Was
Devoid of Scenes.
A I Saris special says: The Dreyfus*
affair appears to have lost the power
of producing any iinttsual excitement.
The scene in tile court 'of cassation
when that body ttiet Monday to hear
the debates in the application for a
revision of the Dreyfus case had all
the aspects of a solemn religious cere¬
mony, and the elaborate precautions
to prevent the expected riotous dem¬
onstrations proved quite unnecessary.
Nothing indicated that anything unus-
ual was happening in the assembly.
SPANISH STATESMAN DEAD.
Senor Don Emilio Ca*telur Dies at, Mttr*
cla, Ancient Capital of Spain.
A Madrid dispatch states that Senor
Don Emilio Castelar, the distinguished
republican and statesman, who has
been suffering from an attack of pul¬
monary cataarli contracted last winter,
is dead.
Senor Castelar passed away at Mur¬
cia, capital of the ancient kingdom
and modern province of that name.
The news of his demise caused pro¬
found emotion throughout Spain. The
queen regent and the members of the
cabinet immediately telegraphed con¬
dolence to the family.
GEORGIANS GOOD AT SHOOTING.
State Naval Militia Makes a Fine Record
As Gunners.
Lieutenant S .utherland, in cliargo
of the naval militia, has received a
preliminary report on tire work done
by Jlie Georgia nava! militia during
the recent crni.se of tho Prairie, which
inaugurated the scheme of summer
cruises along the coast.
It shows that the work of the re¬
serves was particularly good, iu view
of the fact that they had never before
been to sea or had the use of a govern¬
ment ship. That their gunnery was
good is shown by their smashing one
of the targets.
TO HONOR VOLUNTEERS.
Those Returning From Philippine* will
Be Reviewed By President.
A Washington dispatch says: All
the volunteers now in the Philippines,
if mustered out at San Francisco,
are to be invited to mobilize at Minne¬
apolis and St. Paul. They are to he
tendered a rousing welcome, made the
more notable by tho presence of Presi¬
dent McKinley.
The president has been anxious to
meet all the troops who served in the
Philippines, if this were practicable,
and he agreed to go to Minneapolis
and 8t. Paul to greet the Minnesota
volunteers.
WALKER REPORTS.
Nicaragua Canal CormnfMion Lays lt»
Work Before the J*r«*bleiii.
On Monday Admiral Walker, of tho
Nicaraguan canal commission, sub¬
mitted the report of that commission
tb'the president who transmitted it at
once to the state department.
It is expected now that as tho com¬
mission has concluded its labors, the
president Will announce the appoint¬
ment of tho new isthmian commission
to carry on the work of canal eurvey,
NINE DEAD IN
A BIG WRECK
Heavy Rains Washed the Track”
A ■ ■ M Away.
m ‘INDUS MASS 0E DEBRIS
Coaches Were Teiescoped Into
Coaches and Dead and Dying
Made Horrible 5cene.
The tisrotigh trftift from Chicago to
Minneapolis over the Rock Island and
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and North¬
ern railways was wrecked at 1:15 Sun¬
day morning at the crossing of Sink
fcrefek about fotlr tulles southeast of
Avaterloo, T Iowa. 1 he train , , consisted . , -
of six coaches, including mail and j j
baggage cars,smoking car, two passen-
ger coaches and a sleeper. Nino per¬
sons were killed and ten injured.
A cloudburst had washed the sand
find gravel roadbed,- leaving tho track
unsupported for a stretch of twenty
feet. The rails and ties held together
and there was nothing to indicate the
insecurity of tho road. The engine
struck the washout and was derailed
in the ditch beside the track and be¬
hind it the cars were piled tipped up in con¬ and
fusion. The mail car over
was telescoped by tho baggage car bo-
hind, while the rear end of tho bag¬
gage car in turn telescoped the smoker.
The roof of the sleeper plowed while its
way through the day coach, tho
lower half of (ho latter crushed
through The the sleeper.
eilgineer nud fireman vtith jumped
from tho train and escaped slight
injuries. •
The news was carried to Waterloo,
biown, by a mail clerk, the fire whistle was
a switch engine and coach has¬
tily prepared ami a relief train- went
Very speedily to the sceno. The in¬
jured passengers Were extricated front
the debris and moved to the city. An¬
other relief train soon arrived from
Cedar Rapids and took a number of
the serioHsly injured to be treated iu
the hospital in that city.
WHOLE FAMILY CREMATED..
Nine Bodies Fomm In Debris of Burned
iintming in South Caroilun.
Mail advices from Hardeeville, miles 8,0.,
say that about throe from that
village, oil (ho Oestreiohet farm on
luesday night, May 23d, occurred a
terrible tragedy.
A two-story frame building on the
farm was occupied by Jacob Solomons,
ids wife ond seven children, the eldest
age 16 years and the youngest an in-
fiuit of one year.
On -Wednesday, the day following,
some one passing saw that tho house
was gone, and, on approaching to in-
vestigate, found that every vestige of
it was burned, and the bodies of the j
nine occupants, or rather the charred \
trunks of nine human bodies, were ly- j
ing in the ashes.
following The coroner’s tacts: inquest I hat. disclosed the house tho J
was occupied by Solomons and
his family, and was wrecked in the
lower story by the Inst autumnal
storms, which also carried away tho
chimneys j that Solomons had resorted
to the makeshift of building two fires
one to cook on and the other for ;
warmth inside the lower stories of
the house, on two circular mill saws
raised from the board floor on small
pieces of iiow. Lho smoke, sparks
and dame escaped from tho fire as ;
best they could. Evidently after the
family had retired upstairs, tho blow
that came up at 12 o clock that night
fanned the flames, which communi-
cated to the partition of the stairway ;
and set the house afire. |
Jacob, the father; Amy, tho wife
and mother; Rollins, Mattie, Charley,
Nome, Isaac, Willie and SJamie were
all burned.
The verdict of the coroner’s jury
was in each case that they came to
their deaths through the culpable neg¬
ligence of Jacob Solomons in neglect-
mg to . , build a chimney for the family
s
use. The scene at the place of tho
catastrophe was ghostly and sickening
in the extreme.
DEWEY IN NO HURRY.
Telegraph* J> opart wont That lie VFJJI
Reach New York In October.
Admiral Dewey telegraphs the navy
department that he will stop at various i
places on his way to tho United States,
and will reach New York about Octo-
her let. The* dispatcher did not onu-
mernte the points where the Olympia
will tonch en route to 'New York. It
may bo that an effort will he made to I
ascertain these for tho benefit of tho i
officials of some of (ho towns, espec- j
ially along the /Mediterranean, who j j
may desire to take-official notice of tho
visit to their ports of the distinguished :
naval officer arid his famous flagship.
COST SIX THOUSAND LIVES.
Number of Heaths in Army since .ie-
Sinnlns of Spanieh-Amerlean War.
Adjutant General Corbin has pre-
pared the following statement of the
number of deaths whichdiave occurred
in the army since the beginning of
the war with Spain: Rico, 287;
In Cuba, 1,399; in Porto
at Honolulu, 45; in the Philippines, 1 |
604; in tbo United States, 3,872—
total, 6,209. j
PROMINENT NEGRO BEAD.
C. H. J. Taylor Passes Away
Unexpectedly at His Home
Iti Atlanta, Georgia.
C. H.J. Taylor, one of the most prom-
'nent negroes in the United States,
lied at his home in Atlanta, Ga.,
Thursday morning after a very short
illness. Ills death waa entirely unex¬
pected.
Taylor w as known all over the coun¬
try. He prided himself on being a
democratic negro,and he was heralded
by that, title wherever he went. He
sfUmpped Georgia for the democratic
party.
He advised his people to prefer work
to politics, and he was Continually
lecturing them upon this line, point¬
ing out practical illustrations in sup¬
port of his argument. He never neg¬
lected an opportunity for making a
speech, and always told his race the
same stoiy, although always in differ¬
ent words-—to go to work and stay at
work.
He had reached the age of sixty
years and held a number of important
ftovermnent positions. Chief among
them Was the minister to Liberia,
which he hell! Under the first Cleve¬
land administration. During the sec¬
ond Cleveland administration he was
recorder of deeds for the District of
Columbia.
When the republicans went into
power rtt the last national election
Taylor returned to Georgia and began
the practice of law, but devoted him¬
self more to his newspaper than to his
profession.
This paper is known ns The Atlanta
Appeal. It is devoted to the interests
of the negroes of the state, but more
especially to those of Atlanta.
Through this,.medium Taylor songlit
to iuooculate his race with his theory
of solving the race problem by substi¬
tuting work for politics, and the paper
has grown to be a power among the
negroes of the state.
Taylor was oue of the best known
and most of highly Atlanta. respected of the ne¬
groes He bad many
friends among the white people, and
his death will be genuinely regretted
by them.
I'ORT TAMPA CELEBRATES
Birthday of Qimcn Victoria With a Groat
Demonstration.
The greatest day in the history of
Port Tampa, Fla., was that of the
Celebration of Queen Victoria’s eigh¬
tieth birthday Wednesday. harbor
The shipping in the waa gay
with its droesingof flags and pennants
and throughout the town was a liberal
display of flags, bunting and floral
decorations, The flags of the two
nations faking part in the ceremonies,
the British and the American, were
floated from every point of vantage.
Tiro most striking feature of the dec-
oration was a triumphal arch, display-
jug (] le British lion and the American
angle. Iu one paw the lion grasped
and American flag ami in one claw tho
eagle waved the British colors, tho
entire ai’fih being twined with Ameri-
cud, British and German flags,
The most dramatic incident of ihe
occasion was the travelling of a large
portrait of Queen Victoria. The por
trait was draped in the flags of the
two countries. At the hour of noon
in tho capitol at Albany, N. Y., Gov-
ernor Theodore Roosevelt touched an
electric button, the covering fell from
the face of the picture and two marines,
English and American, standing on
either sido, clasped each other’s hand
in token of the amity of the two great
nations.
At night a banquet was tendered the
officers of tho British warships and
other distinguished guests at which
the speeches wore marked by a cordial
fraternity of spirit and interchange of
good feeling between the representa-
lives of her Britannic majesty and
those of ihe republic. The queen’s
health and that of tho president was
drunk with enthusiasm and toasts to
the British and American navies were
received with cheers. President IT.
j>. ]>i ant) 0 f t l le Plant system of rail-
roa ds, was the subject of especial
felicitation on the near approach of
his eightieth birthday.
lie Arcos Is Coming.
A cable dispatch from Southampton
states that the Duke de Arcos, Spanish'
lnillister to the United States, and the
Duchess de Arcos are among the pas¬
sengers on board the Kaiser Wilhelm
dor Grosse.
BRIAN AT PITTSFIELD.
No1> rank a n Entertains BIr Crowd In An¬
other Illinois Town,
Twenty thousand people gathered
at Pittsfield, Ill., Wednesday to listen
to William J. Bryan. One hundred
guns were fired at sunrise in honor of
the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan,
who came in on the early train from
Hannibal.
Mr. Bryan’s speech iu the afternoon
was along his usual lines, advocating
aI) income tax and free silver at 16 to
t 0 1 and denouncing trusts and im-
rialism.
GOV. ELLERBE VERY LOW.
Chief Executive of South Crrolfna le
Near Death's Door.
A Columbia dispatch says: The
frion(]fj of Governor Ellerbo now re-
gar( J fcjs condition as hopeless, and
expect the end to come at any time,
Private Secretary Evans, who has
just returned from Sellers, the gover-
nor’a old home, says that the gover-
nor is a very ill man.
His physicians say that his strength
may sustain him until very hot weather
sets in, but they give no hope what-
ever for him.
*1 PER YEAR.
CUBANS RELENT
IN OPPOSITION
On the Second Pay Day Many
Privates Come In
A LARGE NUMBER RECEIVE PAY
Army Rolls Are Found Very De¬
fective— Bandits Make Threats
Against “Deserters.”
A special from Havana states that
Monday’s events in connection with
the payment of the Cuban troops en¬
titled to apply in that city for a share
in the American gratuity have effec¬
tively killed off the opposition to the
receipt of the bounty by privates. In
American military circles it is consid¬
ered that a fine start has been made
and that the opposition is defeated.
Three hundred privates arrived dur¬
ing the day to apply for payment, but
though Lieutenant Colonel George H,
Randall, of the Eighth United States
infantry, the commissioner superin¬
tending the distribution, kept his
office open from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m.,
only 112 could be paid during that in¬
terval, as each man took up several
minutes.
Many who brought arms were not
on the rolls at all. Ninety-nine rifles
were surrendered, most of the appli¬
cants declining to take any chances in
turning the weapons over to the may¬
or of Havana, evidently believing it
would be better to give them direct to
the Americans.
All day it was virtually impossible
to get through tho front door of the
office unless tho sentry cleared the
way. The Cuban officers, who on the
first day tried to discourage any who
were disposed to apply, finding now
that, the tide of feeling has turned, are
offering all the assistance possible to
Colonel Randall. At the conclusion of
the day’s work there were more than
200 who had not been heard. These
will have to wait until after the return
of the pay car on June 15tli, when
there will probably be extra days as¬
signed to Havana.
One thousands posters were sent
Monday afternoon into the province
of Dinar del Rio to announce the
places and dates of payment.
General Pedro Delgado, command¬
ing the Cuban forces 'around Guana-
jay, called his men together Monday,
told them they were disbanded and
ordered them to take their arms and
go homo.
Of the 200 some thirty who were
mounted on ponies, said they would
ride to Havana and get their money.
Thereupon Delgado, who was formerly
a notorious bandit, called upon the
rest to draw up in lino and to shoot
any man who took the road to Havana.
The thirty mounted men gloomily dis¬
persed. They will have an opportu¬
nity to receive their shares later. It
is said that most of the Cubans who,
though having arms, did not figure in
the muster rolls when they applied for
payment, wore furnished with the
weapons by friends at Guanabacoa,
where many arms had been stored with
keepers of grocery shops by people
who had purchased them from the
Spanish guerrillas and volunteers.
These were given out to enable tho
holders to secure shares in the Ameri¬
can gratuity. Some Cubans, un¬
doubtedly entitled to payment, have
also obtained apms from the same
source and are thus able to retain the
weapons that they used during the
war.
Tho disbanding of the troops con¬
tinues. Twelve hundred men, under
tho command of General Jacinto Her¬
nandez, who were encamped at San
Jose de las Lujan, about twenty-one
miles from Havana, have been muster¬
ed out. They were given certificates
of service redeemable under the first
Cuban government. Some of these
men were in the Cuban service three
and a half years. One party,of eighty,
living in Santa Clara, started imme¬
diately for their homes. The horses
of many have died with disease or been
killed off, and consequently most of
the men go homo by trains, which give
them free passes.
BOOKER’S SCHOOL CLOSES.
Eighteenth Annual Commencement Oc-
cum at TuHkegee.
The eighteenth annual commence¬
ment of the Tuskegee, Ala., Normal
and Industrial institute, Booker Wash¬
ington’s school, occurred Thursday.
Eleven hundred and sixty-four stud¬
ents have been enrolled during the
year, 801 hoys, 363 girls; The atten¬
tion has been very steady, bringing
the avereage for the year above one
thousand. The graduates in all de¬
partments number sixty-one, of these
forty-four are from both normal and
industrial departments.
GUN FOR NASHVILLE.
A Relic of Spunish M ur Loaned to Ten-
ncBsee Capital.
The Nashville chamber of commerce
received a letter Thursday from Sec¬
retary Long, of the navy, stating that
ono of the captured Spanish guns will
be loaned to the city of Nashville.
Tho chamber of commerce has been
making strong efforts to secure the •
8“ which tired the „ shot of
n opening
the war from the deck of the gunboat
Nashville.