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Wayne County News. YOU. II. ALL PORTS ALONG OUR COAST ARE BEING FORTIFIED. GREAT ACTIVITY JT FORT SUMTER Orders Sent to All Southern Ports to Have Guns Mounted and Be Ready for Any Emergency. A special from Charleston, S. C., says: It has just leaked out that- orders were received at Fort Sumter immedi ately after the destruction of the bat¬ tleship Maine for the work of equip¬ ping the forts on Sullivan’s island to be pushed vigorously. From the best of authority it is fur¬ ther ascertained that similar orders have been sent to all southern forts along the south Atlantic and gulf states, including the fortifications at Fortress Monroe, Va.; Charleston, Savannah, Key West and Pensacola. At Sullivan’s island there is a scene of activity. A night foree has been detailed for duty,and the fortifications are being rushed every hour in the day. Big gangs of workmen are em¬ ployed and the contractors are using every effort to get things finished at once. The motar battery is practically in working order and will do good ser¬ vice, but the great drawback seems to be that the force is short on ammuni¬ tion. It is claimed that there is no ammunition on the island, and that the guns are therefore practically of no service. It is understood,however, that a supply of ammunition will be sent immediately by the war depart¬ ment. The Spanish cruiser Viscaya is ex¬ pected to arrive in Charleston for stay after leaving New York. A con¬ siderable amount of mail for the ship has been sent to the city under the care of the Spanish consul and infor¬ mation has been received by that offi¬ cial that the cruiser will visit the port later on. She draws twenty-one and one-half feet and the pilot says she can easily get into the Charleston har¬ bor. Tliere is great excitement around Charleston owing to the fact that the city would be the first to suffer in case of war, and the land troops are anxious and willing to be pressed into service should it be necessary. Work Rnulled »t Norfolk. A special of Monday from Norfolk, Y T a., says: The rush of work at the navy yards at Fortress Monroe con¬ tinues by orders from the department of war. The monitor Terror has beeu ordered ready for sea in forty-eight hours. is The work of equipping the fort being carried on day and night. Stirring Time# at K«*y West. It is understood from dispatches that the plans of fortifying Key West now in progress will be pursued more speedily and with increased vigor. It is stated that instructions have been received from the war department for the force to be greatly increased, so as to quickly put the fort in readiness for the complete protection of that point of defense. (iunsinitlifl Busy In Alabama. A Montgomery, Ala., special says: It has leaked out that the department of state has arranged with a local firm to repair and pat in prime condition the 1,200 rifles belonging to the Alu bamu National Guards. The gunsmith has, in fact, had his force of hands working on the guns day and night for the past several days, and has finished with about half of them and returned them to the various commands from which they were collected. The mil¬ itary authorities of the state decline to make any statement in the matter, bnt it is a well recognized fact that the trouble with Spain is the cause that prompted the precaution. CRESCENT CITY CARNIVAL. Marti! Gras at New Orleans Opened Brilliantly. The New Orleans carnival was open¬ ed Monday with the arrival of Rex and his retinue. The river was cov¬ ered with a brilliantly decerated flotilla at 2 o’clock, when the royal yacht ap¬ peared, and the King of Mirth was welcomed with the unusual noise. The three warships in port, Aus¬ trian, French and American, were at¬ tractively dressed for the occasion. CARTER’S PRIVATE LETTERS Are Brought Out In Evidence at tlie Court martial. A Savannah dispatch says: The fea¬ ture in the Carter courtmartial Friday was the introduction in evidence of a number of personal letters written by Captain Carter to Captain Green, a member of the Atlantic Contracting company. All were written prior to One referred to a certain marble quarry, another was about a patent pneumatic jack for stowing cotton which Carter seemed to want Green and J. F. Gaynor to go into. An account shewing that in 1886 Captain Carter borrowed $1,600 from Green was also read. JESUP. GEORGIA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1898. MISS FRANCES WILLARD DEAD. President of the W, C. X. V. F»f*es Array Suddenly In New Fork. Miss Frances E. Willard, president cf th« Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, died shortly after midnight Friday night at the Hotel Empire in New York city. Miss Willard has been ill for about three weeks with profound anemia, which was the direct cause of her death. Fi ances Elizabeth Willard was born in Churchville, N. Y., September 28, 1839. She was graduated at North¬ western Female college, Evanston, Ill., in 1859, became professor of nat¬ ural science there in 1862 and was principal of Genessee Wesleyan semi¬ nary in 1866-67. The following two years she spent in foreign travel, giv¬ ing a part of the time to study ill Paris and contributing to periodicals. In 1871-74 she was professor of esthetics in Northwestern university and dean of the women’s college, where she de¬ veloped her system of self-government, which had been adopted by other ed¬ ucators. Miss Willard left her profession in 1874 to identify herself with the Wo¬ man’s Christian Temperance Union, serving as corresponding secretary of the national organization until 1879, and since that date as president. As secretary she organized the home pro¬ tection movement and sent an appeal from nearly 200,000 persons to the legislature of Illinois asking for the temperance ballot for women, At the death of her brother, Oliver A. Willard, she succeeded him as editor of The Chicago Evening Post. In 1886 she accepted the leadership of the White Cross movement in her own unions which had been establish¬ ed through her influence in twelve states for the protection of women. In 1888 she was made president of the American branch of the Interna¬ tional Council of Women and of the World’s Christian Temperance Union, she had founded five years before, and she was repeatedly re-elected. Besides many pamphlets and contri¬ butions to magazines and the press, Miss Willard has published several volumes relating to temperance and other reforms. ANOTIIER DISASTER AT SEA. Fifty Fasgengerg of a Tramp Steamer are Drowned. A special from Juneau, Alaska, dried February 12th, confirms the news of the loss of the steamer Clara Nevada. The cause of the disaster was doubtless the explosion of her boilers. Of the fifty people on board none are believed to have been saved. The wreck was discovered by Customs In¬ spector Marqnam, at Juneau, who or¬ dered the Rustler to the scene in Lynn canal, where a burning vessel had beeu seen. Wreckage bearing the name of the ill-fated vessel was found, but there was nothing to show the identity of any of the passengers. The Clara Nevada was a tramp steamer, and as she was plying be¬ tween United States ports she did not file her passenger list with the customs house officers. It was thought she carried about twenty passengers, of whom two or three were women. Several were bound for Juneau and the balance for Seat tie. BUTCHER WEYLER TALKS. He Gives Hi* Views In Kesrurtl to Maine Disaster. Lieutenant General Weyler, who arrived at Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, expressed the opinion in the course of an interview that the disaster which had befallen the United States war¬ ship Maine in Havana harbor was “due to the indolence of her crew.” He announced his intention to ask the government’s permission to go to Havana and stand as a candidate for the chamber of deputies for the Havana district. HARSOK FULL 0F TORPEDOES. Significant Letter Written By a Gunnel On the Maine. A special to the Detroit News from Bay City, Mich., states that a letter was received iu that city Thursday from Elmer Meilstrup, gnnner on board the battleship Maine, dated February 11, in which Meilstrup wrote that he would not be surprised if they should be blown up any day, that the ship was surrounded with torpedoes and could not leave the bar bor without consent and direction of the Spanish authorities. ILLINOIS STANDS READY. Governor Sends Message to Legislature Which Was Applauded. Governor Tanner, of Illinois called on the legislature Thursday to author¬ ize him to tender to the president of the United States the “moral and ma¬ terial support” of Illinois, to “pre¬ vent or punish any attempt at hostile invasion of our country.” This he did in a message to the senate and house. In the seuate the message came as a profound suprise. While it was being read by the governor’s pri vata secretary, there was the deepest silence in the senate, and at its conclu¬ sion there was a burst of applause from both sides. PRESIDENT REFUSES REQUEST TO ALLOW CO-OPERATION. WILL INVESTIGRTE INDEPENDENTLY American* Must Do the Work Flr«t; Af¬ terward Spain May Make an Ex¬ amination of Maine’s Hull. President McKinley had a confer¬ ence with Secretary Long of the navy department-, and Assistant Secretary of State Day Saturday morning in re¬ gard to the formal request of the Span¬ ish government at Havana to be allow¬ ed to co-operate with the United States government in the investigation of the wreck of the Maine and its surround¬ ings. The decision reached by the president and his advisers was that no objection will be made to the Spanish authorities making an investigation, but that the United States would make its own investigation and its own report. through The president’s reply sent Assistant Secretary Day means that this government will insist upon its rights to say for itself, on the testi¬ mony of its own citizens, what caused the great disaster which has brought two nations to the very brink of war— to say whether it shall mean war or peace. decided the The president also that United States would act independent' ly in regard to the court of inquiry and would conduct the report inde¬ pendent of other authorities. Favorable Comment Produced. The president’s position has called forth favorable comment on all sides. Of course it is nothing more than he should have done, nothing more than he is bound iu honor to do. At first it was feared that because the harbor where the ship lies is Span¬ ish grounds the president would he in¬ clined to accede to the request of the’ Spanish officials. But it was so clearly shown to him that the control of the ship and every¬ thing belonging to it is under the ex¬ tra territorial rights of the United States that the president was strength ed in his position against allowing tint Spanish government to participate i U the investigation. ATTRIBUTED TO SUBM ARINE MINE Well Known Newspaper Correspondent Present» Proof of Foul Play. A cable from Sylvester Scovel to The New York Evening World under Saturday’s date from Havana, via Key West, says: “The concensus of opinion of those who have studied the wreck closest is now that the explosion was caused by a submarine mine. The forward mag¬ azine, it is now generally supposed, is intact, also the forward six-inch mag¬ azines. “This leaves only a few saluting charges and a few small caliber shells in the pilot bouse which could possi¬ bly have exploded aboard the ship.” “At the same time the fearful dam¬ age is too big for any but an extremely large torpedo. divers will “If it was a torpedo tlie find the torpedo fragments, but if it were a submarine mine no traces would be found. “All the American officers are inter nally boiling. There is not one of them, from Captain Sigsbee down, who ia not firmly convinced a government submarine mine did it. “The Spanish dailies are loudly clamoring ‘Accident, accident,’ when even now the fact is known that the whole middle deck, which was blown straight up, never had an ounce of powder under it, end that ... .ber. the flr.t hi... ... .een, THE WEEK IN CONGRESS. A Number of Important Measures To Be Considered In tho Senate. A Washington dispatch says: The diplomatic and consular and the mili¬ tary academy appropriation bills will be considered and passed by the sen¬ ate during the coming week. There will be more or less debate in execu tive session of the Hawaiian annexa tion treaty and speeches will be made on the claim of Mr. Corbett to a seat in the senate on the appointment of the governor of Oregon. MONUMENT TO SAILORS. A Resolution Introduced In Congress Calling For #100,000. A Washington dispatch says: Rep¬ resentative Cummings, of New York, introduced in the house Monday the following resolutions: “Resolved, That the sum of $102,000 be and the sum is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated to be expended under the direction of the secretary of the navy for the erection of a monu¬ ment at the Fort LaFavette, New York harbor, in honor of the officers, sailors and marines of the United States war vessel, the Maine, who lost their lives in the harbor of Havana. SPANISH CRUISER AT NEW YORK. Extraordinary Precaution* Taken By Offl ctal* For Her Protection. The Spanish armored cruiser Viscaya is in New York waters on a “friendly visit.” Sbo dropped her big anchors five miles south of Sandy Hook light¬ at 5:30 p. in., Friday, after a day voyage from the Canary islands. When her officers and men learned the startling news of the disaster to the American battleship Maine in Havana harbor and of the downfall of former Minister DeLome, they broke into a wild uproar of talk. For a time all discipline on the great ship seemed to vanish to the winds. Men rushed below to tell their com¬ rades in the lower decks. Rear Admiral Bunce has given final instructions to Lieutenant John A. Dougherty, who will have charge of the patrol tugs, six in number, to guard the Spanish cruiser during her stay in the vicinity. Each boat is to have on board, while on watch, four marines, and one non¬ commissioned officer of marines, a roundsman and four policemen of the metropolitan force. patrol While on duty the boats will the waters carefully in the vicinity of the visiting Spaniard, and no boat or person will be allowed to approach the the Viscaya without the sanction of commanding officer of that vessel. At night it is intended to keep the Viscaya brilliantly illuminated with electric lights, and the watch boats will be also well lighted so that there can be no possible means of approach¬ ing the vessel without detection. ALL FAVOR GOOD ROADS. People of Alabama Have Been Spurred Up by Anniston Convention. The good roads convention at An¬ niston, Ala., has, at least, served one good purpose. It has directed the at¬ tention of the people of Alabama to fact that they are far behind the march of progress in tlie matter of good roads, and it has set them to talking the best means to remedy the existing difficulty. It was a noticeable fact that words of county commissioners of least three-fourths of the counties the state were represented at the ing. These boards have in charge public roads of their respective ties. These commissioners went Anniston for instruction and tion; while there they swapped riences. They took dots as to the methods of drainage, etc. They found that lands in the ties having good systems of were worth twice as much as the in the muddy counties. Many of were heard,to say that they and insist to return to their homes the building of good roads at any cost. The convention resolved to demand some good roads legislation from next general assembly and a committee to consider the formula¬ tion of a code of good roads laws. is evident that the improvement of the public highways will be a issue iu the next state campaign. HANCOCK SAID “NIT.” Fw»M*nt of Atlantic anil North Carolina Railway Kcf..*etl to Ro»l«n. A. lialeigli, N. G., dispatch says, President Robert Hancock, of the Atlantic and North Carolina railway, went to see Governor Russell Friday and urged the latter not to take up the matter of his removal from office until May, udioe on his the interest ground in that the ten-thousand- it might prem¬ dollar damage suit against him by the mother of the girl he is alleged to have enticed to her downfall, The governor said he would not de¬ lay- He asked Hancock if he would resign. SjJ.o'.wlS’lhmMid that the d< was to give Hancock an opportunity to reg j„ n Hancock said, “I swear I will never resign.” will dis Then said the governor, “I miss you ” Hancock repeated his words, “I will never resign,” and added that the courts will have to oust him. The governor at once called the board of internal improvements together and ousted him as director. To be president one has to be a di¬ rector. The directors will oust him and efld the matter. SIGSBEE WAS WARNED. Mrs. ftiggbee nag an Anonymous Letter Which Createg Great Excitement. A Washington special says: Mrs. Sigsbee has given out a circular sent to her by Captain Sigsbee over two weeks ago on which was written the words: “Look out for your ship. We will blow your whole rotten navy to pieces if you send it here.” Then follows a vast amount of abuse against the yankees. Mrs. Sigsbee says she cannot give out the contents of the letter in which this circular was enclosed, but she has felt vague fears ever since Captain Sigsbee seat it to her. THE FUNERAL PROCESSION WAS LARGE AND VERY IMPRESSIVE. CITIZENS TURNED OUT EN MSSSE lo Show Respect to the American Dead. All Civil anil Military Official* Took Part. The interment of the martyrs of the Maine took place at Havana Thursday afternoon. The flags on the public buildings were at half-mast and many of the houses were draped in mourning. All classes were represented in the throngs that filled the streets along which the funeral procession passed to the cemetery. The funeral cortege started from the principal entrance of the city hall on Weyler street. lined the route The population that gave every indication of the profound est respect. General Blanco witnessed the pass¬ ing of the funeral procession from the balcony of the palace. The entire ceremony was a most impressive de¬ monstration of sympathy. Very elaborate preparations dead. were made for the interment of the In the morning twenty-two bodies were carried to the city hall, where they rested iu coffins covered with beautiful crowns of silk ribbons, with appropriate inscriptions. The crown from the city council bore the inscrip¬ tion : “The people of Havana to the vic¬ tims of the Maine.” There was a handsome crown of silk ribbons in the Spanish national colors with the inscription: Havana “The navy department at to the victims of the Maine.” All the civil, military and state offi¬ cials and thousands of the citizens of Havana followed the remains to the cemetery and took part in the exer¬ cises. Wounded Doinjf Well. The correspondent of the Associated Press visited the hospitals of Sau Ain brosio and the Alfonso XIII during the day and met Miss Clara Barton and John Elwell, of the Red Cross Society. Tho scene was heart-break¬ ing. Some of the men, however, are already much better. Captain General Blanco has sent to the Spanish charge d’affaires at Wash¬ ington a cable message on behaif of the colonial government requesting him to tender to President McKinley the condolences of the cabinet upon the terrible disaster that destroyed the United States warship Maine, request¬ ing him, moreover, to “tender onr pro¬ found sympathy to the American gov¬ ernment and assurances of how deeply regret that tbiB port should be the witness of such a tremendous accident to the American navy." Cap¬ The following cablegram from tain Sigsbee, dated at Havana, was received Thursday evening by the secretary of the navy: “Twenty-seven will be buried this afternoon, twenty-five found in the harbor and two died in hospital. “The following only can he recog¬ nized: “Dierking, drummer; J. S. Graham, W. S. Tinsman, landsmen; Brown, sergeant of marines; Nero, chief ma¬ chinist; Keys, ordinary seaman; O. Sheridan, Gaffney, Cosgrove, Seary, firemen; Golpine, marine; Kanea, coal passer; J. Smith, seaman.” GOVERNMENT FOR ALASKA. Plan* For Organization of the Territory Glider Way. A Wellington dUp.tcU «.T.: Senn >» Carter. iron, >he .en.te eommiUee on public lands, has reported favorably to the house bill granting right of way railroads and extending the homestead laws ’ n Alaska, with amendments by tbe senate committee, The amendments of the senate limit to forty acres the amountof land to be taken unless the land is distinctly ag ricultural, the object being to prevent a monopoly by any individual of vain able sites. No homestead title shall limit or abridge the free navigation of the waters of the territory. Purchase of land for canneries or trading pur¬ poses are limited to forty acres. • MAY YET BE WAR. Fxciteraent Over Blowing Up of the Maine Grown More Intense. While official Washington is extend¬ ing to the Maine disaster that sus¬ pension of judgment for which Cap¬ tain Sigsbee has asked in his official declaration, the situation becomes more and more intense. Nine-tenths of those in authority who expressed an opion ou the quiet have come to the positive belief that it is only a question of a very short time before Spanish responsibility for the horror that has shocked the world is made manifest, and the conviction is supplemented by another—that the end of all is sure to be war. NO. 83. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. Iht New Indu*trlea Established Purfni tlie P»»t Week. Heavy buying of iron in March is on the cards but as supply is keeping well up with demand if anything, a little ahead, prices will hardly more than stiffen. No, 2 furnace at Day ton, Tenn., will blow in, and other changes there will double the present $10,000 pay roll. Reports are uniformly good. The notable railway building from Kansas to the gulf is opening up much new timber and Arkansas reports several new mills. The projected Natchez & Gulf will develop valuable tracts in Mississippi. Arkansas mills look for good business; North Georgia has done well and is inclined to attribute gen¬ eral prosperity iu that district to the high price realized for its tobacco crop; Louisiana says fairly good, only; North Carolina better than last fall, but prices yet too low—which will be remedied by the spring demand. Some mills are shipping large quantities special of persimmon and dogwood on orders. From no source is there any real complaint. The event of the week was the Memphis meeting of the Southern Lumber Manufacturers’ As¬ sociation. Special attention was given to uniform grading, which will be committed to a bureau of three. Alabama’s gain for 1897 over 1890 exceeds 122,000 tons; yet Birmingham is behind with orders and several roads are running extra trains to handle shipments. pool” is thing of the The “Jellico a past, It dissolved on the 15th instant; the companies may now go to cutting and doubtless will. Among details received since last report, there is announced for Arkan¬ sas four saw mills, one cotton oil mill, and a flouring mill; Alabama two flour¬ ing mills and a planing mill; a fibre factory in Florida; one cotton, one woolen and one knitting mill and a stove foundry in Georgia; Kentucky, box fectory, flouring mill and broom factory; North Carolina, gas works, cotton mill and electric light plant; Tennessee, a marble quarry, wood working machine plant, flouring mill, handle factory, cotton mill and elec¬ tric power plant; Texas, a cotton mill, woolen mill, two cotton oil mills and two electric light plants; Virginia, a trunk factory and cotton mill. These are facts or strong probabili¬ ties sifted from a much larger list of projects. tendency is to The present strong work up other raw material, notably wool and wheat, now that successful cotton manufacturing has led and shown the way.—Tradesman (Chatta¬ nooga, Tenn.) INVESTIGATION BEGINS. Court of Inquiry Into Maine Disaster Organizes at Havana. The United States lighthouse tender MaDgrove arrived at Havana Monday morning, having on board the officers composing the ’court of inquiry ap¬ pointed by Rear Admiral Sicard to in¬ quire into the loss of the Maine. The board met on the Mangrove at 10 o’clock with Captains Sompson and Chadwick and Lieutenant Command¬ ers Potter and Marix. Captain Samp son presided and Lieutenant Com¬ mander Marix, recently executive offi¬ cer of the Maine, acted as recorder. Captain Sigsbee, the commander of the Maine, was the first witness. He was under examination until I o’clock in the afternoon, at which hour an ad¬ journment was taken for the day. MADRID PAPER EXPECTS WAR. Hook* Upon Our Military Preparation* With Great Suspicion. An official agency at Madrid says: The Imparcial publishes a dispatch for which it must assume full responsibil ity, as it does not accord with the re¬ lations actually known to exist between the Spanish and American govern¬ ments. It is dated from New York and reads: "Great military preparations are be¬ ing made. The forts are being re-en¬ forced. Three hundred artillerymen have been sent to Handy Hook and the naval reserves have been ordered to hold themselves in readiness. The gun cotton and smokeless powder fac¬ tories are working night and day, and it is generally believed that a great crisis iu the relations between the United States and Spain is imminent.” TWO-MILLION-DOLLAR FIRE. Heavy Property Lon To the Mexican Central Railroad. The new wharf at Tampico, Mexico, constructed by the Mexican Central railroad under government supervis¬ ion, was totally destroyed by fire Sun¬ day. wharf considered to be The was one of the finest on this continent. Its length was 2,575 feet, and all is burn ed. The custom house, under con¬ struction and nearly completed, was damaged to the extent of $800,000. The total loss on wharf, custom house and merchandise is nearly $2,000,000, fully insured.