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EIGHTH year
smoke a “Bill Arp'’ warters New Brand
DWEEY DID IT.
Bombarded Manila, forced
Unconditional Surrender.
GEN, AUGUaTI ESCAPES
And is Conveyed to Hong Kong
by Germans.
Washington, Aug. 16.—The
department of state issues the
following :
“The folic wing dispatch was
received at the department of
state at 11:13 p. m.. August 15th
from Consul Wildman, Hong
Kong :
“ ‘Augusti says Dewey b mi
barded Manila Saturday; city
surrendered unconditionally.
Auguati was taken by Germans
in launch to Kaiserin Augusta
and brought to Hong Kong. I
credit leport.’ ”
WASHINGTON OFFICIALS HAVE
BEEN EXPECTING THE NRW9.
The information contained in
Consul Wildman’s brief message
aroused intense interest, but
created no surprise among those
officials who received it. For
two or three days news of the
fall of Manila has been expected.
The last dispatches received
from Admiral Dewey and Gen.
Merritt indicated that it wm
their purpose to force a surren
der of the city as soon as pos
sible.
It is believed that they joined
in a note to Lien. Augusti de
manding the surrender of Ma
nila, threatening to make a com
binod sea and land attack upon
the city unless the demand was
acceded to.
While no further information
«
than that received in Consul
Wildman’s dispatch has been
received by the administration
it is, in a measure, confirmed by
a brief dispatch from Madrid.
As soon as the protocol was
«ifned last Friday afternoon
dispatches were sent to both
Admiral Dewey and Gen. Mer
ritt, via Hong Kong. On Satur
day the British steamer Austral
ian, left Hong Kong for Manila
bearing the dispatches from thfs
government It is expected that
would hardly reach Manila be
fore docisive measures rgainst
the city has been taken by the
American commanders, but
every possible effort was made
to insure their speedy delivery.
D th# report of Gen. Augusti be
true, and its accuracy is not
questioned here, the probabilities
a,e that official dispatches will
be received by the government
in a day or two, at the latest.
Ihe flight of Gen. Augusti
from Manila created some
amused comment here lastnight.
As one official expressed it :
Had he maintained his posi
tion, hard as it was, until the
ai ’’ival of tin news of peace, he
would have been a hero, but he
bod, and he will now be branded
as a coward.”
A ’ -b'STI REACHES HONG KONG ON
german CRUISER.
Hong Kong, Aug. 15 —Gen
Augusti, captain general of the
* '‘ilippines, arrived by the
kaiserin Augusta. He refuse# to
Ge interviewed, and will eay
nothing. m are than that he is
THE HOME H[JSTLEB-a)MMEBCLAL
TWICE A HERD
Hobson saved The Life Os A
Grippie
THR3RAVE ALABAMIAN
Dragged A Man From Beneath
A Trolley Car.
Newark. N. J , Aug 16.—Lt be
came generally knovn h re Jto.iav
that Lieutenant Hobson, the Mer
rimae hero, •aved the life of Pat
rick Halloran, a poor cripple, while
hern a week ago.
Hobson was waiting for an
Grange troliey cbr near the Penn
sylvania Rai road D pot. A largt
crowd was gathering, among them
Halloran, who tried to cross the
trolley tracks The car bore swift*
ly down upon him.
Halloran ’beaaine dazed with
fright ai.d to the onlooker# it
ed as if he would be. ground Io
pieces, Suddenly th»re was a rush
aud the next instant an athletic
young man dragged the cripple
safe'y from the tracks.
“Hobson? s 'gasped Halloran, re
gaining his breath with difficulty
“Hobson.” replied th-< hero
calm y, extending his hand,,
“Well here’* mvear. Good uv.’ :
g' i to S t iin at the first oppor
tunity.
It is s significant fact that
while the fastest German cruiser
has brought Gen. Augusti, she
brings only a small package of
mail for the German consul. The
consul is now in Canton, his
mail matter remains unopened.
The precise facts are not
known, but it is supposed that
Gen. Augusti lied from the Phil
ippines. Augusti’s wife and fam
ily accompany him.
MADRID PAPER ADMITS FALL OF
MANILA.
Madrid, Aug. 16. —According
to La Correspondencia de Es
pana, the surrender of Manila
occurred after the last attack
made upon that city.
londoN announces fall of
MANILA.
London. Aug. 16.—The West
minister Gazette Bays it has re
ceived advices indierting that
Manila has fallen. News come'
from Hong Kong.
FRIGHT KILLED.
Aged Floyd Cook’s Vain Race
for Life-
St. Albans, W. Va , Aug. 16
During the recent windstorm
ai d cloudburst, which has just
passed over this section. Floyd
Cook, an aged man, died of
fright.
Cook discovered the water
rushing down the narrow valley
in which his home was situated
and his only chance of escape
was the mountains, some dis
tance away.
He ran for hi# life, had reach
ed the hill in safety, but dropped
dead just at the water’s edge ’
SARATOGA GAMBLES-
Tod Sloane Won Thirty-four
Hundred Dollars.
Saratoga, N. Y. Aug. 16.
From a gambling standpoint,
last night was one of the great-
ROME GEORGIA, TUESDAY EVENING AUGUST 16, |BbB.
FLOYD IS SHY
Though The Total of Tax
Returns Show a Gain.
MANY DEFAULTERS
Doubled to The Tune of $405,-
100 Mr. Foster’s Neat Books.
Tax Collector Bob Foster,
more familiarly known to bis
thousands of warm friends a-*
‘‘Old Uncle Bobb)” Foster, has
finished the tedious labois on
the tax digest for the year JB9B.
Mr. Foster’s b»oks are always
neatly kept and beautifully
written, but this year he has
broken the record and will turn
over perhaps, the prettiest set
of books in the state.
He and his staff of expert as
sistants have labored diligently
and faithfully over the long
columns and spent many tedious
hours checking aud verifying.
The result is a record that is all
any one could ask.
The total returns as shown I y
the digest for 1898 show Floyd’s
taxable valuations as returned,
$8,086.7 32.
Last year the returns were
$8,010,145.
Last yeai, however, there were
no defaulters and double tax
entered for same
This year the defaulters list
reaches $406,150, and i i conse
quence there are that many dol
lars double taxed.
Deducting the defaulters list
of $406 150 from the total of tax
returns, $8,086,732 which in
cludes the double tax, the real
tax value for 1898 is only $7,-
680,582.
This shows a real slu up in
values returned for the county
for this year, compared with la-i
year’s returns of $329,563
However, the returns g • in at
$8,086,732 and show an apparent
gain, a gain which will prove
real, so far as practical results
are concerned.
‘‘Uncle Bobby” has done his
duty, fully and abundantly. Ho
has measured up to every re
quirement of the duties of the
office of Tax Asses ß or of Floyd
county and when he surrenders
to his successor he will walk out
with the hearty commendation
and well wishes of all his fellow
citizons.
est in the histoi y of Saratogi
Neaily all the prominent politi
ticians and race-track peoph
now at the Springs, gathered in
the Saratoga Clubhouse, and it
is said that SIOO,OOO changed
hands. One of the fyiggest win
ners of the night was Tod Sloane
who won $3,400,
ESCAPE OF BLANCO
______ *
From Havana Rumored. Block
ade Raised.
Playa Del Este. Cuba. Aug.
16.—1 t was rumored Thursday
that Captain General Blanco had
escaped from Havana on the
Montserrat, and Commodore
S.diley was instructed to head
him off.
Sampson and Schley will both
come North soon. The blockade
is practically raieed,
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