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THE MORGAN MONITOR
VOL. IV. NO. 30.
FEVER SCARE IN VIRGINIA
Thirty Cases of Dread Disease Reported In
Soldiers’ Home at Hampton.
THE GOVERNMENT SENDS EXPERTS TO INVESTIGATE
Great Excitement Follows Report and Quarantine Is
Ordered-^Three Deaths Sunday.
A special from Newport News, Va.,
says there are thirty cases of what is
believed to be genuine yellow fever at
the National Soldiers’ home near
Hampton, and three deaths from the
disease were reported Sunday, but it
cannot be stated that all of them were
caused by yellow fever. Newport
News and Hampton have quarantined
against tbe soldiers’ home. The gov¬
ernment authorities of Old Point havo
already adopted this step, and no
strangers are allowed to enter the res¬
ervation. Quarantine Officer Hobson,
of Newport News, went to the soldiers’
home Sunday night and verified the
statement that there are now thirty
cases of the disease at the home, and
that there were three deaths from the
malady Sunday. YYhile no one out¬
side of tho soldiers’ home knew any¬
thing about the existence of yellow
fever until Sunday, it is said that the
disease made its appearance three
days before. The most rigid quarantine
regulations will be enforced to pre¬
vent the spread of the malady.
The news created great excitement
in Newport News, Old Point and
Hampton, and the most, vigorous meas¬
ures will be resorted to to prevent its
spread. There are 4,000 old veteraufi
at the homo.
Wyman Sends ExpertB to Investigate.
A Washington dispatch says: Sur¬
geon General Wvman, of the marine
hospital, was informed Saturday night
of an outbreak of what it was feared
was yellow fever at the National Sol¬
diers’ Home, at Hampton, and imme¬
diately dispatched surgeons in the ser¬
vice from Washington to investigate
the sickness, report on its character to
the authorities, and to take measures
to prevent the spread of the disease.
Dr. Wyman himself will go to Hamp¬
ton in a few days to take charge of the
work of preventing a spread of the
disease if it develops into genuine yel¬
low fever.
NEBRASKANS IIAYE ENOUGH,
Beginaent 'nil Two Batteries Arrive at Saw
Francisco From Manila.
The United States transport Han¬
cock has arrived at San Francisco from
Manila, with the Nebraska regiment
and two batteries of the Utah artillery
on board. The returning soldiers
cheered themselves hoarse at the sight
of the little fleet of launches, and from
the decks of the transport shouted
greetings aud messages to the people
on the craft below.
Colonel H. B. Mulford, of the Ne¬
braskans, who is in command, soon
appeared at tlie railing.
"I don’t think you will see any of
us returning to Manila very soon,”
said Colonel Mulford, in response to a
question.
“Just oue man in the entire regi¬
ment re-enlisted. Only twenty-five
remained in the Philippines to engage
in business.
“The Nebraskans bad as much work
in this war,” continued Colonel Mul¬
ford, “as any regiment, volunteer or
regular. Our death roll in the Phil¬
ippines from gunshot wounds, acci¬
dents aud diseases is sixty-two. In¬
cluding the sick and wounded who are
recovering, we dropped all told 294
men. On the Hancock are more than
one hundred wounded soldiers. The
entire regiment is glad ta know that
it is to be mustered out in San Fran¬
cisco.”
Dozen Firemen Badly Hurt.
Fire in a five-story brick building at
New York Saturday night did 8150,000
damage. A dozen firemen were injured
or overcome by smoke. Tho building
was own ed by the Trinity church cor¬
poration and was occupied by a num¬
ber of prominent firms.
MORMONS GO TO ENGLAND.
Twenty-Nine Missionaries Sail From
Philadelphia For lAverpool.
Twenty-nine Mormon missionaries
from Utah sailed on the steamer Pon-
land from Philadelphia port for Liver¬
pool, Saturday, In They are all young
men. work in foreign speaking of their missionary
“There lands, they said:
are 3,000 Mormon mission¬
aries now at work all over the world,
and tho number is daily increasing.
Eveiy man goos on his own expense
ami because of the faith that is in
him.
They refused to discuss the recent
mobbing of three of their elders by
wlntecaps in Georgia
STEEL COMPANY REORGANIZED.
„„r Birmingham, Ala., Concern Will
Hl?vc Capital Stock of SUO,OOO.OOO.
Lie A Birmingham, SIobr Ala., dispatch, says:
Iron and Steel company has
rcorgomzed as the Sloss-Sheffield Steel
“rati?- ( ” ni P a "y and will be incor-
nej* New JerBe y « a few davs.
rhe The new organization . will have
its! stock of 820,000,000 a eap-
percent preferred with half 7
17^' J and half common
h ® Cel >!ral Trust Company,
York, will act as depository
-
Two of the surgeons dispatched to
the home reported at. once that the
symptoms very much resembled those
of yellow fever, and that while they
could not be positive in their diagnosis
as yet, they were inclined to the belief
that the illness was the dreaded yellow
jack. The government will adopt strict
spread precautionary measures to prevent a
of the disease, and will fight its
progress with all the skill and resources
at its command.
Sunday afternoon the surgeon gen¬
eral received a dispatch from Dr.Was-
din expressing his conviction that the
hospital authorities had been correct
in their fears and that the disease was
genuine yellow fever. Surgeon White,
of Washington city, and Surgeon Wur-
tenbaker, from Wilmington, N. C.,will
go to Hampton, and other assistants
from the service will be directed to
proceed there as soon as the exact
condition of affairs can be learned and
the needs of the situation known.
Surgeon General Sternbuz’g, of the
army, declared to an Associated Press
reporter at a late bohr Sunday night
that ho had no official knowledge of
the reported outbreak of yellow fever
at Hampton. Ho expressed himself
as highly incredulous of the truth of
the story, saying he had no intima¬
tion even of the question of the fever
at Hampton. Still, he said he might
not get the earliest news in such case,
as reports probably would be first sent
to the managers of the soldiers’ home.
Norfolk Applies Quarantine.
The Norfolk, Va., board of health
has quarantined against Old Point,
Hampton, and Newport News. Police
officers have been sent out along the
water front to watch for tugs, sail¬
boats and other craft. There in much
excitement. Governor Wood, of tho
soldiers’ home, confirms the report of
the existence offerer there. Hampton
has been quarantined from Old Point,
and the trolley cars stopped running
to the former place Sunday night.
ARE UNDER ARMS.
Friends of the Dominican Govern¬
ment Expect Outbreak By
the Revolutionists.
A dispatch of Sunday from Puerta
Plata, San Domingo, stated that the
situation there is critical. An out¬
break is momentarily expected. The
friends of the government are under
arms and ready for action to protect
property feeble and preserve the peace. A
attempt was made to seize the
body of President Henreaux by the as¬
sassins, Ramon Caceres, Manuel Ca-
ccres, Horace Yasquez and Domingo
Picharda, who are in the country
about Moca, with their followers.
Governor Pepin has assembled
troops in Moca, and the governor of
Lavega Real has 10,000 men. The
minister of the treasury has arrived at
Moca in hot haste.
The government is taking steps for
the protection of business and the
finances of the country,and expects to
eairy out the contemplated cancella¬
tion of the state bank Dotes. In
Pnerto Plata there is an urgent, de¬
mand that the government Bend a
sufficient force to Moca to hunt down
tho assassins of the president.
TRIED TO RECAPTURE CALAMBA.
Filipino Rebels Again Repulsed—One
American Killed and Six Wounded.
A dispatch from Manila received at
London Monday morning states that
the rebels attempted to recapture
Calamba, Sunday, but were easily re¬
pulsed. Tbe dispatch says that one
American was killed and six others
wounded. The Filipinos’ loss was
heavy.
' CARPENTER COMES HOME.
Late Military Governor of Puerto Principe
Has Four Months’ Leave of Absence.
General L. H. Carpenter, late mili¬
tary governor of Puerto Principe,
Cuba, and on a four mouths’ leave of
absence before going to Porto Rico,
arrived at New York on the Munson
line steamship Olinda Sunday morn¬
ing. General Carpenter said he was
relieved from tho military governor¬
ship when the province of Pueito
Principe was merged into the province
of Santiago. After a brief visit to
Washington tho general will visit his
family on the coast of Maine.
AGREE UPON NEW SCALE.
Operators anti Miners in Coal Creek Ills-
trtet Have Amicable Settlement.
As a result of the conference held
between the representatives of the
miners and tho operators of the Coal
Creek and Jellioo mining district, in
Tennessee, the operators have agreed
to make an increase of 10 per cent on
the part of the scale of the miners’
wages. action all possibility
This removes mines.
of labor troubles in the
MORGAN. GA., THURSDAY. AUGUST 3, 1890.
JUDGE CHAMBERS RETURNS.
Chief Justice Arrives At San
Francisco and Talks of
Samoan Affairs.
Chief Justice W. T. Chambers, of
Samoa, arrived at San Francisco Friday
Oil the steamer Moana, accompanied
by his family. He is on a four months’
leave of absence, but says that his
business in the United States is of such
a nature that ho w'll not probably re¬
turn to Apia, In an interview, the
chief justice said:
“All is now quiet in Samoa, but I
cannot answer for the future. Both
Mataafa and Malietoa affect to be sat¬
isfied with the present arrangement,
which abolishes tjie office of king and
vests the responsibility of government
in the consuls of three powers. I feel
sure Malietoa is sincere in this.
Though fairly elected, and after the
election accepting the kingship, he
never had ambitions in that direction.
As soon as the commission arrived he
proposed to resign, a spirit which later
proved to be in accordance with the
plans of the commissioners, and I have
every reason to believe that he will
live up to his bargain.
“Mataafa is ambitious. For many
years be has thirsted for power and
will not be so easily satisfied. At the
same time he is a man of exceptional
ability, is shrewd, and I have never
thought the interests of the natives
would especially suffer in his hands.
“Yes, my decision has been sustain¬
ed by the commission, and it has pub¬
lished the fact in a proclamation.
“With respect to the future, I can
say little. In its work, the commis¬
sion has endeavored to eliminate from
the original arrangement all of the
features that have appeared faulty or
weak. Those sections have simply
been struck out, leaving nothing in
their places. What will rob the whole
document of proper effectiveness is
the tripartite treaty under which it
will have to operate. I am sure no
government in Samoa will succeed un¬
der such an arrangement. The sooner
the powers see this and formulate
some correction, the better for all con¬
cerned.”
Judge Chambers said be had finish¬
ed up all of the cases to come before
the court this summer. The commis¬
sion is empowed to appoint a chief jus¬
tice ad interim to act in case anything
arises before a permanent appointment
is made. Up to the time Chief Justice
Chambers left the commission had not
decided who the new man would be.
QUA RTET SWFN'lTUP.
Four Nexroes lyio On Same Gallows at
Baltimore, Md.
Upon one scaffold and simultane¬
ously four negroes were ushered into
eternity Friday in the Baltimore,Md.,
jail yard. Three of tho men, Corne¬
lius Gardner, John Myers and Charles
James, paid with their lives for crim¬
inally assaulting Annie Bailey, a thir¬
teen-year-old negress, while Joseph
Bryan, the fourth member of the quar¬
tet, killed Mary Pack, a negress with
whom ho had lived.
A fifth negro, Daniel Rodgers, eon-
victed of killing his brother-in-law,
Charles Lewis, was to have occupied
the same scaffold, but his sentence was
commuted to life imprisonment by
Governor Lowndes.
The necks of James, Myers and
Bryan were broken by tho fall, and
they died almost instantly. Gardner’s
cap became disarranged in the fall,and
his contorted face was visible to tbe
spectators. He was apparently con¬
scious about one moment, after which
he slowly strangled.
1)K. J{El!FOOT ACCEPTS
Secretaryship of Southern Baptist Home
Missionary Board.
Dr. F. H. Kerfoot, of Louisville,
Kv., lias announced to the Southern
Baptist Homo Mission board his ac¬
ceptance of the position of secretary.
He will remove to Atlanta, Ga.,
about the 1st of September and enter
upon tbe duties of the office.
Doctor Kerfoot has been for ten
years professor of Systematic Theolo¬
gy in the Southern Baptjst Theologi¬
cal seminary at Louisville, Ky. Tie
has filled this position with distin¬
guished ability. This is tho largest
theological seminary of any denomina¬
tion in the country.
Doctor I. T. Tickenor, whose long
and distinguished services as secretary
have been thoroughly appreciated,
greatly approves of his successor. Dr.
Tickenor will be retired as emeritus
secretary.
BRK KMAKERS ON STRIKE.
Ten Thousand Workmen Thrown Out of
Employment ut Chicago.
Ten thousand men were thrown out
of employment and work was stopped
on 200 buildings in the course of con¬
struction in Chicago during the second
day of the strike of the union brick¬
layers of Cook county.
Tho tie-ups came first on the smaller
jobs, where the contractors had not
taken the precaution to increase their
supply of bricks in anticipation of the
strike. The bricklayers and hodcar-
riers were forced to quit for want of
material, and following them the car¬
penters were compelled to lay down
their tools.
ASSESSED BY JUDGE.
North Carolina Official* Knjolned From
Fixing; Tax Upon Telegraph Company.
A Raleigh special says: Judge Si-
monton has granted a restraining or¬
der forbidding the corporation com¬
mission from assessing the value of the
Western Union Telegraph Company’s
property in North Carolina at $1,000,-
000, and directing that it be assessed
at $000,000. The order is returnable
before him at Asheville September
13th.
ALGER ANSWERS CRITICISMS
ONE OF THE LAST ACTS OF RE-
TIRING SECRETARY OF AVAR.
HE FULLY EXPLAINS HIS ACTIONS.
Denies Emphatically That Appointments
To Army Were Made Fbr Polit¬
ical Bensons.
Oue of tbe last acts of Secretary
Alger, who relinquished his portfolio
Tuesday, was to prepare a statement
covering several matters regarding the
conduct of tho war which has been the
subject of criticism in the public press,
particularly with reference to the ap¬
pointment of stuff officers in the volun¬
teer army. The statement in part is
as follows:
“All is well known, the force, with
the exception of three regiments of
engineers, three regiments of cavalry
and ten regiments of immune infan¬
try, was made up of regiments from
the various states,the officers of which
were all appointed exclusively by the
governors of the respective states from
which tho regiments came, and any
officer found unfitted for service and
discharged was replaced by another in
the same manner. The president had
no voice or control in the matter.
“From the statement referred to the
public.might be made to believe that
the volunteer was officered by men
selected through political influence
with the secretary of war by special
fvvor, and without any regard to fit¬
ness for the duties they were to per¬
form.
“The returns of the volunteer army
show that in August, 1898, there were
207,244 enlisted men and 8,786 officers
in those regiments. This, with the
regular army recruited up to the war
strength, made an aggregate of about
276,000 officers and men. The volun¬
teer officers appointed by the presi¬
dent numbered, all told, 1,032. Of
this number 441 were taken from the
regular army, and 591 from civil life.
“It has been stated and repeated
many times that the secretary of war
made these appointments, when the
truth is that very few were made upon
his recommendation, although he caus¬
ed tbe entire list, with the recommend¬
ations, to lie compiled and placed be¬
fore the president for his selection, I
would be only too glad to have had
the honor to have made these appoint¬
ments. No better, no more loyal or
more patriotic set of men, as a whole,
ever served their country, and their
appointments were a credit not only
to the appointing power, but to tbe
country they served. There were ex¬
ceptions, but that could not have been
foreseen.
“Criticisms as to tbe amounts and
methods of expenditures which could
imply the wrong or careless use of
money were also made by Tho London
Times. This charge is false. So far
as the conduct of tho service was con¬
cerned no person with any knowledge
of the facts can ever charge truthfully,
and no one can ever show that a dollar
was misappropriated, stolen or embez¬
zled out of the hundreds of millions of
dollars that were expended.”
SHORT ON GREENBACKS.
Northerner, Are Annoyed By Senrelty of
Piipiir Currency.
Secretary Gage is much annoyed at
the scarcity of paper currency in the
north, and is unable to help out the
merchants and banks in that section.
The demand for paper currency is ex¬
traordinary at this time. In speaking
of the matter Assistant Secretary Van-
derly said:
“The country has about all there is.
There is about 820,000,000 in green¬
backs in the treasury, but we need
that to do business with ourselves.
We cannot issue any move Sherman
notes or silver certificates unless some
one deposits silver dollars in the
treasury. It has bean suggested that
the northern banks might be able to
get silver from the south and deposit
for silver certificates.”
Central Railway Incorporated.
The Utah Central railway was in-
corporated at Salt Lake Monday with
a capital stock of 887,000,000, its ob-
ject being it is said, to acquire the
Central Pacific railroad and a it»
property and franchises.
SENT FOR THEIR BAGGAGE.
Mormon Klder* Were Not Hurt By tho
Whltecappera.
The latest news in regard to the
missing Mormon elders is to tho effect
that on Wednesday two men from near
Flovila, Ga., Messrs. John Thomas
and J. J. Singley, arrived at Mr. Cun-
nard’s with a note from tho Mormons,
asking Mr. Cunnard to send their hats
aud baggage. They also said that the
whitecappers did not hurt them, but
escorted them to the line of Newton
county and told them to “burn the
wind” and if they overcame back they
would be killed. The shooting of
Mrs. Cunnard seemed to scare them
out of whipping tho Mormons.
ROOSEVELT SCORED ALGER.
Rough Klder Advised President to Oust
the Secretary of War.
A Washington dispatch from Wash¬
ington says: It has developed that
Governor Roosevelt wrote a letter to a
cabinet officer a short time ago urging
the retirement of General Alger; that
General Otis be relieved of his com¬
mand in the Philippines, and that
General Brooke should be succeeded
as military governor of Cuba by Gen¬
eral Lenoard Wood.
TO WORK FOR IHf SOUTH.
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE PERMANENT¬
LY ORUANIZE1) AT ATLANTA.
OFFICERS FOR YEAR ARE ELECTED.
Much Onod IVork Accomplished and !
Sonic Important llosolutioiiN Worn I
Adopted at the Meeting.
Tho permanent organization of tho
Southern Industrial League was affect¬
ed by the convention in its session at
Atlanta, Oa., Thursday morning. Tho
committee sent in its report and by
its adoption the league stood organ-
ized as a future powerful factor in tho
development of the industries of the
southern states.
The meeting of Thursday morning
■was the last business session of the
convention, yet tlio most far reaching
and influential measure adopted dur-
ing tho whole convention came at that
session. It was a resolution from the
committee on resolutions, and when it
was read the whole house voted to
adopt it unanimously. It is as follows:
“Bo it resolved, That the Southern
Industrial convention pledges its in¬
fluence toward scouring stato and
municipal legislation looking toward
the exemption from taxation for a lim¬
ited length of time, of manufacturing
enterprises to be located within their
respective states.”
The adoption of tlio resolution was
accompanied by cheers from tlio dele¬
gates. It seemed that the convention
felt gratification at the opportunity of
thus extending an open invitation
and inducement to manufacturers to
come into the south.
Bunn an on t Officer* Kloctycl.
Tho report of the committee on per¬
manent organization showed tho fol-
lowing names recommended as those
who will serve as permanent officers
of the league:
President, J. K. Orr, of Atlanta. Y r icc
presidents: For Georgia,Willis E. Rea¬
gan; for Alabama, George Malone, of
Dothan; for Florida, John P. Coffin, of
Lake Butler; for North Carolina, D.A.
Tompkins, of Charlotte; for South Car-
olinn, F. T. Wiihoite, of Anderson.
Treasurer, D. O. Dougherty; secretary,
T. H. Martin.
The convention cast a unanimous
vote for tho election of these officers.
Their terms of office will be for one
year.
The committee also recommended
in tbe report that the permanent liend-
quarters of the league be fixed in At¬
lanta.
After the election of the permanent
officers President Orr appointed tho
executive committee as follows:
Hugh Richardson of Atlanta; J. L.
Hand, of Pelham; W. A. Walker, of
Atlanta; Wilmer Moore, of Atlanta; E.
C. Atkins, of Atlanta; P. ,1. Cline, of
Milledgeville; YV. A. Kiser of Atlanta,
and Otto Schwab, of Atlanta. The
president, vice president, secretary
and treasurer are also members of the
executive committee.
The committee on resolutions re¬
ported favorably on tbe resolutions ot
Delegate Coffin, which empowered
each delegate to form a local branch of
the league in their respective homes.
Tho resolution was adopted by the
convention.
All of the delegates are gratified at
tho progress made during the conven¬
tion. They have accomplished much
good for the section and have adopted
measures that will bo felt in all parts
of the south. Altogether it was one of
the most important and successful con¬
ventions that has ever assembled in
Atlanta. There is great regret ex¬
pressed both by the Atlanta members
and the visiting delegates that the time j
of the convention could not be pro-
longed.
LETTERS WERE CONFIDENTIAL. j
Attack By If. M. Atkliaon On General GUI
Ik ('auHiriff Much DImmimmIou.
An Atlanta dispatch says: There-}
cent attack of H. M. Atkinson, secre-
tarv and treasurer of the Collins Bark
and Belt Railway Company, on Gen-
oral John Gill, president of the Mer-
cantile Trust and Deposit Company, of j
Baltimore, before tlio electric railway
committee of tho Atlanta city council
and in the public prints, has created
quite a stir not only in Atlanta, but in
eastern financial circles, where both
gentlemen are well known.
Mr. Atkinson roasted General Gill
hard for disclosing to Joel Hurt and to j
the public through Mr. Hurt, the pri- j
vate correspondence he had had with j
the Mercantile Trust company. These ;
letters, it will be remembered, were i
read by Mr. Hurt in public several }
days ago, and were also' made public j
at, the hearing of the injunction suit f
of the state against the Consolidated
et sioner ul. in I’arry. the hearing Mr. Atkinson before Commis- took the j
position that, the letters j
as wero
strictly confidential General Gill
should not have made them public in
order to further his own private inter¬
ests.
The eastern papers have been pub¬
lishing reports of Mr. Atkinson’s at¬
tack on General Gill, even going so
far as to intimate a duel between these
gentlemen. It happens, however, that
General Gill is in Europe, and that it
was Charles R. Spence, vice president
of the Mercantile company, that gave
Mr. Atkinson’s letters out to the pub-
lie.
A heated discussion is being carried j !
on in France as to the gender of the |
\\ or (1 ‘ ‘automobile. * 1
A MOB ATTACKS MORMONS
Three Elders are Roughly Treated and Then
Spirited Away.
PISTOLS AND SHOTGUN WERE BROUGHT INTO USE
During Helee a Woman Was Shot=“Mormon Doc¬
trines Were Obnoxious.
Throe Mormon elders, who have
been preaching their peculiar doctrines
in the vicinity of Covington, Ga., for
the past few weeks, were mobbed
Thursday night by thirty masked
men noar Newton factory.
The Mormons had met with little
success In their effort at proselyting,
but following their custom, had beg¬
ged food and lodging, which tho coun¬
try people, in tho kindness of their
hearts, willingly extended,
The missionaries, together with Mr.
and Mrs. William Cunnard, were seat¬
ed on the front porch of the latter’s
residence Thursday evening enjoying
a quiet after supper chat. There had
beeu no warning of an outbreak, and
tho Mormons fancied themselves in
security. Suddenly the tramp of ap¬
proaching horses was heard, and in a
few moments thirty well mounted and
armed men drew np before the door of
the Cunnard residence, and dismount¬
ing, filed into the yard.
All the men wore black masks, and
there was little confusion, the mob
pushing forward one of their numbor
as spokesman.
This party brusquely addressed the
elders, commanding that they accom¬
pany the men who stood waiting to
receive them. At this an altercation
arose between the members of the
mob and tbe Cunnards, who declared
that they would not violate the rules
of hospitality by allowing their guests
to bo taken away in this cavalier
fashion.
Mrs. Cunnard, in a moment of an¬
ger, grasped the chair on which she
INGERSOIX’S BODY CREMATKD
Remains of World-Famed Agnos-
tic Reduced To a Hand-
<•
full of Ashes.
Walston, the home at Dobbs Ferry,
whore Robert G. Ingersoll died, was a
quiet place Wednesday, The body of
tho dead agnostic lay on his flower-
covered bier. Only the widow and
daughters sat near, nil the others kept
away. These hundred letters were
received during tlio day from all over
the country, most of them from inti¬
mate friends.
Colonel Ingersoll’s body was cre-
mated Thursday. The coffin was a
plain black cloth covered affair with¬
out ornament or handles of any kind,
and without even a name plate. It
was simply a box in which the dead
might lie at; rest during the journey to
the crematory at Fresh Fond, L. I.
The body was placed in the retort
at 11:50 and at 2 o’clock all that re¬
mained was ashes.
There were no services at the crem¬
atory. Even tho organ, which is
usually played whilo a cremation is
going on, was silent. This was at the
request Tho of the family.
incineration was strictly pri¬
vate. The time was not even set, in
ordor that the public might not know.
Tho funeral party waited during the
hours while the body was being con¬
sumed, to take tho ashes back with
them.
TO RAISE DEWEY FUND,
A Great Theatrical Production In New
York Is Heine Arranged.
The executive committee of the
Dewey testimonial fund met at the
Astor house, New York, Thursday.
The plan of the committee which was
formed to raise money to purchase a
home for Admiral Dewey has narrow -
ed down to the proposed production of
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: '* 1 6 met . and
ca
r , UuMcvolt have indorsed . tho
^ 7he
performance itself promises 1 to
. be 0,10 of f n the Kr,!atost theatrioal , . .
ductions pro¬
ever undertaken in that city.
FIRST TEXAS BALE
Kolil at Fublie Auction ami Proceed* to Bo
to tho Flood Sufferer*.
The first bale of the crop of Texas
cotton grown at Hinton, Patricia coun-
ty, and shipped public by Governor Sayers,
was sold at auction in front of
the cotton exchange at New York
Monday for the benefit of the suffer-
ers of the floods in Texas. It brought
82,000.
The bale was re-donated to the ex-
change and will be sent to the Boston
exchange to be auctioned off’ in like
manner. The bale will then be ship-
ped to some other point and will real¬
ize a good round sum for the suffer¬
ers.
SAMPSON FILES SUIT.
Admiral Want* Itonu* For I>e*f ruction of
Ceryera’* Fleet Off Cuba,
A Washington dispatch says: Rear
Admiral William T. Sampson filed, in
supreme court of the District of
Columbia Monday, a suit in his own
Behalf and also in behalf of the officers
and enlisted men of the ships of the
North Atlantic station who took part
l )art in “ ftVa > engagement off Ban-
"ago an,t the "^sequent captures, for
prize money.
SI PER YEAR.
was sitting and attacked the mob in-*
discriminately. Pistols were drawn,
and Mr. Mr.Cuunard, rushing into the
house, secured his shotgun, In the
confusion tho light in the sitting room
was extinguished, and then ensued a
rapid volley of shots from the mob,
broken by ty the deafening report of
tho shotgun.
For several minutes there was much
scuffling and bad language, and when
a light was finally procured the mob
had retreated, taking tho missionaries
with them, and lying in one corner of
the porch was Mrs. Cunnard, the half
of whose face lmd boon shot off.
It is supposed that in tbe uncertain
light Mr. Cunnard discharged his
weapon directly into the face of his
wife.
Just what had become of the Mor¬
mons was a mystery for tho time be¬
ing. They have boon very persistent
in their efforts to spread their faith,
and the doctrines which they proposed
are exceedingly obnoxious to the mass
of the country people. Only a short
time ngo they were rottou-egged out of
Winder and Monticello, and other
Georgia towns have accorded them
similar treatment.
They do not provide themselves
with scrip or with clothing, declaring
that they will subsist as did the
apostles of old. 'They make a slight
impression on the more credulous, but
the substantial country people are bit¬
terly opposed to their presence in any
community which they may invade,
and if they havo escaped thus far it is
only because their mission has been a
peaceful oue.
LUETGERT DEAD IN CELL.
Chicago 5ausagemaker Once Con¬
fessed That He Killed
His Wife.
Adolph L. Luetgert, the wealthy
Chicago sausage maker who was serv¬
ing a life sentence in the penitentiary
at Joliet, III., for the murder of his
wife, was found dead in his cell Thurs¬
day.
I)rs. Warner and O’Malley held a
post mortem examination, disclosing
tho fact that Luetgert died from
fatty degeneration of the heart.
Frank Fay Pratt, a member of the
Chicago bar, made a statement
Thursday night that Luetgert con¬
fessed in February, 1898, that lie had
killed his wife.
“In February, 1838, said Mr. Pratt,
“in my visits to a client at tho jail, I
became acquainted with tlio sausage
maker. He was told by one of the
jailors that I was a palm reader, and
one day as I was passing his cell he
asked mo to read his hand. I found
the lines of fatality or predestination
very strong, and T told him that from
his hand 1 could readily see that he
was not responsible for bis actions in
tlio souse of Belf-restraiut. Ho then
said: .
“Yes, that is so; I did kill my wife.
I was possessed of the devil and kill¬
ed her because I was in love with an¬
other woman.
“He then started to tell me about
tho vat and said his wife attempted to
make a dying statement to him when
the dogs began to growl and he put
an end to her. He then began curs¬
ing. As I considered the confession a
professional one, I respected it until
death has now placed him beyond fur¬
ther human pursuit.”
The trial of Luetgert in Chicago at¬
tracted widespread attention and was
one of the most sensational in the his¬
tory of the state. Luetgert was
charged with having murdered his
wife in the basement of his factory
and cookod the body to pieces in a vat.
The prosecution had but a few small
bones and two rings as evidonce that
their story was correct, but secured
conviction aud a life sentence.
M'KINLEY WILL HONOR DEWEY.
Admiral Will Bo Given a Reception at
White House.
President McKinley will give n> re¬
ception to Admiral Dewey at the white
house when the latter arrives in Wash¬
ington. At first ho was in doubt
whether a reception or dinner would
be more appropriate, but the former
is likely to be decided on, for the rea¬
son it would be more popular in char¬
acter and would gnint-a multitude of
people an opportunity to meet tbe na¬
val hero and shake hands with him.
The management of the reception
will lie very simple and will differ in
no important respects from regular
affairs of that character.
Baker Admitted to Bail.
At Barbourville, Ky., Monday,
Wiley Baker was admitted to bail in
the sum of 85,000. Wiley and Jim
Balter are charged with the murder of
Wilson Howard and Burch Storr. No
date was set for Wiley’s trial.
Xationut Bank For Honolulu.
A San Francisco dispatch says: The
first and only national bank outside of
tlie continental boundaries of the
Unfted States is about to be estab¬
lished in Honolulu.