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CHARLESTON REUNION.
Concerning the Confederate reunion
at Charleston, comrade W. G. Whidby
furnishes the Georgia Record with
the following:
Every Confederate Veteran who at
tended the great reunion at Charles
8. C., remembers the unstinted hos
pitality of the people of that famous
city. Recently the executive commit
tee of the U. C. V. there held its last
meeting, in adjusting the accounts of
that reunion. The treasurer, J. Orin
Lea, submitted his report, showing
that he had received and paid out, for
that reunion, the sum of §18,884.45.
The report was received with thanks,
and ‘he auditing committee reported
that the account was carefully kept,
and correct in every detail, and that
they recorded their sincere apprecia
tion and thanks for his kindly offered
services, for the faithful performance
of every duty imposed upon him, and
for his watchfulness and care of all
expenditures, materially thereby as
sisting in the grand success of the re
union.
Mr. Lea has been the treasurer of
the city of Charleston for many years,
and is deservedly popular for his ur
banity and correctness in the discharge
of his duties. Mr. Lea served in the
Confederate army as sergeant major of
J. H. Blount’s cavalry of Georgia, and
has relatives living in Georgia. His
old comrades rejoice that he is so hon
ored in his later years, and being
worthy of the honor, he still maintains
the high character of the Confederate
veteran.
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DEATH OF A GOOD MAN.
Our Friend, W. C. Munday, Esq.,
Gives Us This Item.
The death of Prof. J. G. Calhoun,
■which occurred at Preston, Ga.. sev
eral days ago, removes one of Geor
gia’s most useful men.
Prof. Calhoun was a gallant soldier,
an excellent teacher, and a chivalrous
gentleman.
He was strictly a teacher of the “old
school,” believed in ruling his school
and if necessary, with the rod, and
yet he had a winning faculty which
gained the love and respect of all his
pupils.
Among his pupils may be found
some of Georgia’s most successful
business and professional men. It is
estimated that during his forty years
as a teacher, he taught more than
three thousand pupils; and there is
now a movement on foot by them to
erect a monument to perpetuate the
memory of their teacher and friend.
VISITORS TO THE CITY.
Mr. L. E. Gay, a wealthy planter
of Cuthbert, Ga.
Hon. L. F. Livingston is at the
Robertson Sanitorium, on Capitol ave
nue.
Captain Lee Hudgins of Chamblee,
Ga., paid a visit to The Record office
this week.
Mr. Walter Thomas, the newly
elected superintendent of public
schools of Toccoa.
Mrs. Ida Freeman and sister, Mrs.
Timmerman of Augusta, Ga., spent
several days in the city this week.
Mrs. George H. Crump, of Augusta,
Ga., is spending some time with her
daughter, Mrs. W. H. Vannerson, at
177 Angier avenue.
A Social Entertainment.
Mr. J. W. Pope, member of city
council as representative of the seventh
ward, gave an elegant and delightful
entertainment on last Monday evening
to a number of his friends. The even
ing was most pleasantly passed in
social conversation. The supper was
a happy feature of the entertainment.
Those present were the host, and his
guests at table were: Dr. J. W. Nelms,
Capt. G. J. Dallas, Mr. J. M. Hunni
• utt, Mr. Luther Z. Rosser, Mr. J. D.
Frazier, Mr. Frank Baker, Dr. T. D.
Longino, Mr. Lucien Harris, Capt. J.
8. Dozier, Mr. Ovid Stewart, Mr. Ed
M. Mathews, Mr. Ed. V. Carter, Mr.
S. W. Wilkes and Judge Robert L.
Rodgers.
The menu was excellent, and the
sparkling wine and wit, and aroma
of fine Havana cigars, made a fine
relish for the splendid supper, with a
toast of the guests for their best wishes
to the host for his health, happiness
and prosperity. It was a very pleas
ant reception.
FILIPINOS ARE WELL FIXED.
Prospects of Ending War at an Early Date
Are Not Bright.
In Manila, according to latest dis
patches, talk of the ending of the war
deals not longer with weeks but with
months and even years. Among the
mass of people there, military men
anti foreign residents, there is but one
opinion.
The whole effort of the insurgents
was to hold off the Americans until
their ally, the rains, came. In this
they have been as successful as they
could have hoped. Unless affairs take
some unforeseen turn, the Filipinos
will w ksil-wvA’tr
fresh spirit and a replenished stock
of arms and ammunition. One ship
load of arms, it is learned on good
authority, has reached them within
the last week.
Os money, the leaders of the insur
rection have no lack. They control
the resources of a large and exceed
ingly rich country, and even though
no crops were harvested for several
years they could still obtain enough
cash and supplies by impressing to
their use the treasures of the cnurch,
the storehouses and farmers and man
ufacturers and funds of private indi
viduals—a System of levy which they
have long enforced to considerable
success. All the ships coming and
going into the ports recently opened
to trade pay heavy taibute to the in
surgents.
PENSION - COMPLETED.
General Wilder DUbursed 52.000.000 In
the South For the Quarter.
The United States pension office at
Knoxville, Tenn., has just completed
the payment of pensions for the last
quarter. General John T. Wilder,
pension agent for the southern states,
has disbursed §2,000,000 for the
quarter. Annual payments in the
southern states amount to about eight
million dollars. Genera! Wilder dis
tributes pensions to the following
states: Tennessee, Oklahoma Terri
tory, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina,
North Carolina, Florida and Indian
Territory.
INDIANS ATTACK A TOWN.
Three Hundred Yaquls Swoop Down Up
on ft Defenseless Burg,
A dispatch from Chihuahua,Mexico,
tells of an attack on the town ofCutn
uripa by a band of about 300 Yaqui
Indians.
The place Was without military pro
tection, but the Mexican citizens bar
ricaded themselves in their houses
and resisted the attack for fen hours,
when the Indians withdrew.
Several houses were burned by the
Indians, and five men and one woman
were killed. It is thought that a
number of Indians were killed and
wounded.
BATTLESHIP READY FOR TRIAL.
The Alabama Will Be Tested For First
Time By Builders.
A Washington dispatch says: The
navy department has been notified
that the battleship Alabama is so far
along that the builders trial will be
made Monday, when she will leave
Cramps ship yard for a trip down to
the capos and back.
MANILA NEWS
IS DOCTORED
Our Losses Said to Be More Than
Otis Will Admit.
GENERAL DICTATES DISPATCHES
“Newspapers Are Not Public In
stitutions” Says Gener
al Otis.
A cable dispatch from Manila,
via Hong Kong, states that the Fili
pinos appear to retain much more of a
fighting spirit than might be expected
after their recent San Fernando expe
riences and General Lawton’s drub
bings in the south.
After giving up San Fernando with
a feeble struggle they entrenched
themselves at Angeles, working for
several days and pressing non-combat
ants into the work, thus saving the
armed men for the fighting. They
engaged Lieutenant Colonel Smith’fi
regiment and the artillery warmly for
four hours, maintaining one of the
most stubborn resistances of the cam
paign. But the Americans are indebt
ed to the usual poor markmanship of
the Filipinos as well as their own
strategy for their small losses.
In the province of Cavite, where it
was supposed the rebels had been scat
tered and demoralized beyond recuper
ation, they have assembled an army of
several thousand men, distributed
among the important towns from the
lake to the bay.
After the San Fernando engagement
the rebels attempted to deter the
Americans from a further advance
northward by menacing the railroad
communication. Several hundred of
General Pio del Pilar’e men crossed
the Rio Grande between the American
outpost towns and threatened Baliuag,
Quingua and other places, with small
American garrisons, while, during
Sunday and Monday nights, smaller
bands tried tear up the railroad at
several pointsjbetween Bigaa and Ma
lolos. ;
In the brushes between the Fili
pinos and the during three
days the A mete cans lost several men,
w iUSo was heavy.
Os these engagements the Associ
ated Press correspondent was permit
ted to send only an adequate dispatch,
dictated verbatim by Major General
Otis. The censor writes stereotyped
official phrases and adjectives into the
dispatches, tending to magnify the
American operations and to minimize
the opposition.
General Otis says newspapers are
not public institutions, but private en
terprises, and the correspondents are
only there on suffrance.
All reports from the rebel territory
agree that the scarcity of food is in
creasing and that the rebel command
ers at Aparri and other points refuse
to obey Aguinaldo’s orders in regard
to closing the ports held by the rebels
against American ships and say that
any ship bringing stores will be wel
come. Several ships from Manila are
now at such ports.
Hundreds of people come into Ma
nila daily and return to the rebel lines
with food and other commodities. The
guards stationed along one road re
ported that five thousand persons
passed through the lines in three days
and that forty-five tons of rice were
carried out in small parcels, on the
same road, in ten days. Much of
this undoubtedly goes to aid the rebels,
but the authorities permit this traffic
from motives of charity towards the
women and children, who are un
doubtedly suffering.
General MacArthur is establishing
municipal governments in villages
north of Manila. The mayor of Ba
liaug, the first town where General
Lawton established the same rule,who
was supposed to be one of most friend
ly and trustworthy of the natives, has
been placed in jail, charged with ar
ranging with the rebels for an attack
on the town.
The American troops have been
withdrawn from aW that part of the
country which was half cleared of
rebels in the operation of the Ameri
cans in June last.
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEES
As Appointed By Chairman Stone Will
Be Announced Shortly.
A special to The Memphis Commer
cial-Appeal from St. Louis says the
announcement of appointments on the
executive, ways ana means and print
ingcommittees of the national demo
cratic committee will be made in a
few days by ex-Governor Stone, who
is acting chairman of that body.
Governor Stone is at present send
ing letters to members of the national
committee notifying them of their ap
pointments. As soon as he receives
acceptances he will make public the
complete list of appointments.
HOPE FORJIREYFUS
Labori Rasumes Management oi
Oase Before Courtmartial.
TESTIMONY WHICH TURNS THE TIDE
Lnbori Draws Ont Adinlaalona Favorable
to His Unhappy
Client.
A cable dispatch from Rennes,
France, says: Maitre Labori, leading
counsel for Dreyfus who was murder
ously assaulted August 14th, was pres
ent in court Tuesday morning. His
appearance was the signal for scenes
of extraordinary enthusiasm.
Dreyfus entered the court room soon
afterward and having saluted the
judges, turned to M. Labori with out
stretched hand, a smile of keen pleas
ure lighting up his pale and usually
impassive features. The lawyer took
the prisoner’s hand and shook it
warmly, whereupon Dreyfus gave him
another look of gratitude and took his
seat -in front of counsel’s table with
his back toward them.
Colonel Jouaust next read from a
paper an address to M. Labori, the
tone of the president being quite sym
pathetic.
The lawyer made an impassioned
reply. He was deeply affected and his
voice was clear, though not so strong
as befoi-e he was shot. He was nerv
ous and excited and swayed to and
fro as he delivered his reply. His
hearers were profoundly impressed.
The incident considerably fatigued
him and he sat down flushed and hold
ing his side. He afterward once or
twice nervously twitched his fingers
and an expression flitted over his face
as though he were suffering.
The first witness called was M.
Grenier, the former prefect of Belfort.
His testimony was favorable to Drey
fus and distinctly hostile to Ester
hazy.
Major Rollin, of the intelligence
department, was asked by M. Labori
during the course of the former’s
testimony how a certain document of
a later date than Mercier’s ministry
came into General Mercier’s posses
sion. Mercier said it was not his bus
iness to explain, but counsel insisted,
asking whose business it was. Finally
M. Labori asked Colonel Jouaust to
request General Mercier to explain.
The general arose and said he declined
to answer. M. Labori insisted, but
-still wstfused. to -answer. afir?
Major Carriere, the government com
missiary, supported him,on the. ground
that the examination was entirely up
on a matter which ought not, in the
interest of the country, to be discuss
ed publicly.
M. Labori then declared in a loud
voice that he would reserve to himself
the right to take the necessary meas
ures to obtain the desired information.
The next point was made by Drey
fus in his reply to Major Rollin. The
latter had remarked that all the prison
er’s papers were seized when his rooms
were searched in 1894, and Colonel
Jouaust said that certain papers from
his text book, the school of war, were
found missing. To this the prisoner
retorted: “Not in 1894, my colonel.”
A former secretary of the war office
named Ferret testified to seeing Drey
fus prying into their officers’ work
during their absence, and the prisoner
replied excitedly that Ferret’s state
ments were concoctions by a former
minister of war, which caused a sen
sation.
Then in a cooler manner the pris
oner made a statement explaining the
difficulties in the way of a civilian,
such as Ferret, entering the offices of
the general staff.
General Gonse thereupon presented
two letters to the effect that the writ
ers, both of whom were civilians, ob
tained easy admittance to the offices.
Dreyfus retorted that the regula
tions were very strict in this respect,
and that, therefore, some persons
jere guilty of gross breach of discip
line.
M. Demagne here scored a hit by
adding if the entry in these offices was
easy, anybody could procure the in
formation Dreyfus is alleged to have
obtained so surreptitiously.
The next witness, Lieutenant Col
onel Bertin, who was the head of
Dreyfus’ office in 1894, showed him
self to be a most virulent enemy of
the prisoner. He had evidently learn
ed his testimony by heart.
REED RESIGNS AT LAST.
Ex-Speaker Notifies Governor of Maine
That He Will Retire.
The resignation of Thomas B. Reed,
representative in congress from the
first Maine district, was received by
Governor Powers at Augusta, Maine,
Tuesday.
Mr. Reed will move to New York to
engage in the practice of law. Since
his return from Europe it has been
said that the ex-speaker would not re
sign from congress, but would remain
on the floor as the republican leader
against the McKinley expansion
policy.
The resignation, therefore, sets at
rest various rumors.
DEWEY AT NICE;
WELL RECEIVED
Frenchmen Accord Admiral the
Greatest Honors.
IMPRESSION MADE WAS MARKED
Hero of Manila Denies Report
That He Was Slighted
at Trieste.
A cable dispatch from Nice, France,
says: Thursday morning, Admiral
Dewey, accompanied by Flag Lieuten
ant T. M. Brumby and the United
States vice counsel at Nice, returned
the visit made by M. Granet, prefect
of Alpes-Maritimes.
The visitors were shown through
the rooms of the prefecture, the former
palace of the kings of Piedmont.
The party then called on General
O’Farrell, the acting military govern
or, whom Admiral Dewey thanked for
the permission he had received to land
and drill his men at Villefranche dur
ing the remainder of the cruiser
Olympia’s stay at that place.''
Tho Americans also called on Naval
Commissioner Duval, whom Admiral
Dewey thanked for the port facilities
which had been granted to his vessel.
The admiral asked M. Duval to trans
mit his thanks to the maritime prefect
at Toulon for sending cruisers to sa
lute the Olympia on her arrival.
The inhabitants of Nice gave Ad
miral Dewey an ovation as be passed
through the streets. He returned to
Villefranche at noon.
Admiral Dewey expresses regret in
regard to the incorrect reports con
cerning hii reception at Trieste. He
says it was courteous and hearty, the
minister of marine coming especially
from Vienna to greet him.
“Not only myself,” added the Amer
ican admiral, “but every one on board
the Olympia received every possible
attention.”
Admiral Dewey created a marked
impression while in Nice, all those
who saw him being struck with his
extreme amiability and modesty.
GEORGIA’S QUOTA OF OFFICERS
Appointed By th© War Department For
New Regiments.
Georgia’s full quota of officers for
the new regiments for service in the
Philippine campaign has been ap
pointed by the war department.
A number of appointments were
made Thursday, and these, together
with the two of Captain J. W. Ken
drick and Second Lieutenant W. O.
Thornton, complete the list for the
state.
The following were the appoint
ments made Thursday:
For captain, J. S. Powell, late cap
tain company C, Third Georgia.
For first lieutenants, John H. Bos
ton, of Marietta, first lieutenant of
company D, Second Georgia; Harry
C. McCool, late first lieutenant of
Third United States volunteer infant
ry, and H. J. Stewart, of Rome, late
captain of company D, Third Georgia.
For second lieutenants, Troup W.
Whitehead, late first lieutenant com
pany K, Third Georgia; Paul W. Har
rison, late second lieutenant company
H, Third Georgia.
STORM RECORD APPALLING.
Latest Reports Say That a Hundred Lives
Were Lost Alone Coast.
A Norfolk, Va., dispatch says: Ac
counts in many respects conflicting
continue tocome in from the Albemarle
and Pamlico sound region and the
coast from Hatteras to Bodys island,
in which section the greater number
of casualties occurred as a result of
the great storm of August 15th to 18th
inclusive.
It is now thought that the total
drowned will run close to 100 if it does
not overreach it, while at least on the
islands in the vicinity of Portsmouth
fully sixty to seventy houses, four or
five churches and numerous stores,
barns and warehouses were either
washed away or damaged beyond re
pair, and as a result numbers are
homeless and destitute.
QUAKER REPUBLICANS MEET.
Selection of Ticket Shows that Quay Fac
tion Was Dominant.
The following ticket was nominated
by the Pennsylvania republican state
convention at Harrisburg Thursday:
Supreme court judge—J. H. Brown.
Superior court judge—J. B. Adams.
State treasurer —Lieutenant Colonel
James E. Barnett.
The only discordant note in the
convention was sounded by Sen
ator William Flynn, opposing the
plank in the platform indorsing the
appointment of United States Senator
Quay by Governor Stone.
A roll call was taken on the adop
tion of the platform as a whole and it
was adopted by a large majority.