The Weather To-day: SHOWERS; COOLER.
The News and Observer.
VOL. XLVI. NO. 100.
LEADS Hi Hit UK. ,3k DAILIES IN NEK AID ORCI, ATiON.
A. & M. COLLEGE
OPEN TO WOMEN
And Dr. Winston Chosen
President.
GOT IT ON SECOND BALLOT
CO-EDUCATIONAL RESOLUTION
FOUND OPPOSITION.
THE VOTE AFTER DISCUSSION 9 TO G
Provision Made for a Coursa of Monthly Lec
tures on Technical Subjects embrac
ing all Df pirlmer.ts of the
College.
The trustees of the Agricultural and
Mechanical college met here yesterday
and did lwo important things:
Elected Dr. Oeorge T. Winston presi
dent of tln> college.
And decided to open the institution to
women.
Another meeting will he held this
morning to complete the faculty.
Two meetings of the board were held
yesterday. The lirst met at the college
at 5 o’clock and remained in session for
two hours.
Only routine business was transacted
at this session, such as reading tin
minutes and attending to some minor
business matters.
The night session was held at flu*
Yarborough House from 8:30 to 10:80 ’
o’clock. And it was at this meeting that
the president was elected and the resolu
tion passed admitting women to the col
lege on the same terms as men.
For president two ballots were taken.
The first resulted as follows: Winston.
8; Primrose, 7; Brewer, 2; Dixon. 1:
Holladay, *l. Making ID votes; neces
sary to a choice 10.
Those voting for Winston were:
Stokes, Smith. Sinclair, Wood, Moore,
Harris, Poole and Bay.
On the second ballot Waller and
Clark left Primrose for Winston and the
vote stood: Winston, 10; Primrose, 3;
Brewer, 3; (lore, 1.
Winston was accordingly declared
elected and a motion made to make the
election unanimous. This motion was.
however, later withdrawn.
The resolution opening the college to
women was introduced and advocated
by Mr. Tompkins. Mr. Webb led the
opposition to it. The vote was b to (!
in favor of the admission of women.
Mr. Tompkins’ resolution was as fol
lows:
“Resolved, That the North Carolina
College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts, in all its departments, including
lectures, study and teaching, Ik* open
to women.”
The fee of the • college physician,
which was changed at the .Tune meet 1
ing to $2 for medical attention and 82
for nursing and medicine, was changed
hack as it was before —.$4 for medicine
ami medical attention. For trained
nursing and special food a fee of 30
cents will be collected from each student.
Provision was also made for a course
of monthly lectures from distinguished
men. on technical and practical subjects.
All expense of these lectures will be
borne by the college. Tlfey are expected
to embrace all departments of lln* col
lege. The lecturers will be invited by
the faculty and president.
The salary of the president is .$2,300
a year—s2,3oo as president and S2OO
as director of the Experiment Station.
Tin* board meets again this morning at
0:30 ((’clock to complete tile faculty and
dispose of such other business as may
collie before it.
PROSPECT OF WAR WANING.
Pretoria, July 3.—Tin* special confer
ence ln-tween President Kruger, the
members of the Cabinet, Fircher. a
member of the executive* qonneil of
the Orange Free State, who was the
hearer of compromise suggestions from
tin* Free State in the matter of the
■dispute between the Transvaal and
Great Britain and Hofeyer. the Afri
kander leader, has been practically con
cluded. It is believed that tin* franchise
proposals have been accepted and may
Ik* laid before tin* Volksraau tomorrow
and that peace will lie preserved.
WII.L GRANT THE FRANCHISE.
Johannesburg. July 3. — It is reported
from Cape Town that the franchise
proposals accepted by the Pretoria con
Terence will grant the franchise imme
diately to residents who have been in I lie
eonntry since ts'.io and to others after
3 years residence from the date of the
new law.
The proposals will also give Johannes
burg five representatives in the
Volksraad.
ARRESTED FOR MURDER.
New York. July 3. —Andrew Jackson
Rodgers, a negro, was arrested in Cro
ton this evening by Yu inkers detectives
and Police Sergeant Dewitt Maxey, of
Prince Edward comity, Vn.
Rodgers is wanted in Virginia for the
murder of Emmett Ross there eti July
21st, 18D7. The imu hr, according to
the Prince Edward policeman, occurred
at a dance whore Rodgers anil Rosts
quarreled over a girl.
ITS EFFECT FAR REACHING.
Judge Colt’s Decision Regarding Wheel
ing Stogies."
Boston, Mass.. July 3. —In the United
States Circuit Court today Judge Colt
handl'd down a decision that stogies bear
ing the name of “Wheeling” or “Wheel
ing Stogies,” could not lie manufactured
in Boston or elsewhere than at Wheel
ing, W. Ya., and sold as “Wheeling
Stogies.”
It is claimed that this decision will
b<* far-reaching in effect In the tobacco
trade, inasmuch as it can he applied to
Key West cigars not actually made in
Key West, and that it also may affect
/other manufactured articles sold on
tin* representation that they come from
a certain city which has attained prom
inence in tin* manufacture of such an*
cles.
A CYCLONE IN NEW YORK.
A M an. Horse and Buggy Blown Out
of the Road Into a Field.
Glens Falls, X. Y., July 3. —A cyclone
struck this portion of the. Slate yes
terday afternoon. Large trees were up
rooted and other damage was done.
James Nesbitt, a farmer living east of
Lake George, while riding, was blown
with his horse and buggy out of the
road over a fence and into a field. Ib>
was injured so severely that he died.
Tin* track of the storm was about
half a mile wide*.
THE ISABELLA MISSING.
London. July 3. —The Norwegian hark
Isabella fmm Charleston, January 21st
for Warburg, has not been heard from
since sin* sailed and has been posted at
Lloyds as missing.
GLOAT OVER HER! GRIEF
A BOORISH CROWD PRESS UPON MADAME
DYEvFUS.
i
Returning from a Visit to her Husband, She
for the First T ime Revea s the Agony
She Suffeis.
Rennes, France, July 3.—For Captain
Dreyfus today passed off very much as
yesterday. Madame Dreyfus. Mutthieti
Dreyfus, his brother, and Mnitre
Lahori, his counsel, visited the prisoner,
hut otherwise no special incident occur
red.
As an illustration of the indifferent
population, if is worthy to note that
the words “Vive Dreyfus” chalked niton
a wall in a corner of the town remain
absolutely undisturbed.
Many, however, predict trouble on the
National Fete Day. when a review of
the garrison will he held. The anti-
Dreyfasites, it is feared, will attempt
to draw tin* troops into a demonstration.
Mine. Dreyfus, accompanied by her
parents, drove to the prison in a car
riage this afternoon. Ilcr parents were
not admitted, hut she remained with
her husband for an hour. On leaving
she showed, for the first time, signs of
distress. Her eyes were swollen and
red, as though sin* had been weeping
bitterly. She is still in deep mourning
and is determined to remain so until
her husband regains his liberty.
A somewhat larger crowd than usual
watched her arrival and departure, and
again displayed utter lack of manners
and consideration for her. terrible posi
tion, gathering around her, rudely
staring her in the face, and pressing one
another aside in their eagerness not to
lose a single detail of her inward agony
which might lie reflected in her counten
ance. Her visible distress today was a
feast for these ghouls, who. however,
were speedily dispersed by a squad of
gendarmes. The latter finally barred
the two streets leading to tie* portal of
tin* prison.
Just opfHisite the prison, and overlook
ing (he window of the cell of Capi iin
Dreyfus and the court yard, is a tanm iy.
This has been a favorite place of vant
age for a number of photographers, who
have taken snapshots of every arrival
and departure and as often as possible
of tin* incidents occurring inside dc*
prison yard. Today the police affix* *1 a
notice over the tannery entrance, pro
hibiting the entry there of any one < x
cept on business connected with the G*.u
ncry. 'Phis measure has aroused con
siderable comment, but the owner of tin*
tannery will probably iind it pendent
not to ignore the notice.
Maitre Lahori, Mattliicu Dreyfus and
Mine. Dreyfus returned to Paris this
evening.
Paris. July 3. —The municipal council
of Paris adopted an order today urging
the Prefect of Police, M. Lepine. to
dismiss M. Bertillon, from the director
ship of the Anthropometric Department
oil account of the mistakes m his evi
dence as a handwriting expert in the
Dreyfus case, before tin* court martial
and during the revision proceedings
before the Point of Cassation when lie
gave tin* reasons which led him to re
gard Dreyfus as the author of :he
bordereau.
POLICE SCATTER THE MOB.
Barcelona, July 3. —-There was a renew
al of the disorders hen* last night.
Bands of rioters attacked the church of
Santa Matrona and tin* Jesuit school.
The police charged and tin* mob pelted
them with stones. Later the police were
reinforced by mounted gendarmes ami
infantry and finally scattered the mob.
Many coinflicts took place and many
people were wounded. The theatres are
closed.
A special to the Omaha Bee from
Ainsworth, Neb., says a tornado struck
the town yesterday, killing one woman
and inflicting great property damage.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING. JULY (i, 1899.
NO YELLOW FEVER
ON TOE CONTINENT
Surgeon General Wyman Has
No Fears*
HIS MEN ON THE WATCH
THE SOUTH REPORTS SUSPICI
OUS CASES PROMPTLY.
RETURNING TROOPS BROUGHT NO GERMS
Measures to Prevent Introduction of tin Dis
ease from Cuba. Not a Case in Hava
na.’ Not Even a Sporadic
Case Expected Here.
Washington, July 3. - “There is u >t a
case of yellow fever in the United
Sta Ues.”
This statement was made to a P*vsj
reporter this afternoon by Surgeon G» mv
ral Wyman, of the Marine Hospital
Service. “We are now well into tlit*
first week of July, and no case Irak
yet been rejiorted, although,” added the
doe tor. “it quite frequently happens
reports are not made as soon as tin* dis
ea,si* appears.”
“But your officers are on the watch?*’
“Yes, and we are all the more apt to
speedily know of the existence of fever
because the people of the South are
not so averse to aiinouineiiig a suspicious
ease as they used to be. They recognize
that, it should be acknowledged quickly
and measures taken to prevent a spread
of the fever, as was done at McHenry.
That was an object hi-son to the Son.li.
which learned taht by isolating all
cases promptly the danger of an epiilem
ic is removed. There has been a marked
change in this regard, as was illustrated
this year by the prompt reporting of
two suspicious cases tn u Louisiana
town. They were at once Investigated,
the projwr precautions wen* taken,
and nothing more Iras been heard **l’ tin*
trouble.”
“Have any ill effects resulted from tin*
unusual amount of communication with
Havana last winter and spring?
“No.” was the reply, “none whatever.
It was very wise to remove the volun
teer troops from Cuba last March amt
April. The Presidem and Secretary
of War both insisted that tin* removal
should begin early in order to avoid
all danger, and when the troops landed
in the United Status every bit of the
baggage and camp equipage was disiin
fected and the men were subji*cted to a
detention of live days. There were only
three attempts to evade tile quarantine
regulations, and each of these failed,
even though the appeals reached the
President himself.”
“'I lien there is apparently no danger
to lie feared from the coming home
of these troops?"
"Not a hit. I am confident that not
a single germ of yellow fever entered
the Failed States through any of the
belongings of these 23,000 men. If any
had escaped us we would have heard
from them before this. And then.”
continued the doctor, "we not only have
complete control of the ports of this
country, but we have a thorough grip
on lln* situation in Cuba. Our officers
are stationed at every port in the is
land. Every piece of baggage is in
spected and labeled before it leaves
tin* island, and if necessary, is promptly
disinfected. At Santiago we have a
dismantled ship, called the Rough Rider,
which is equipped with two large steam
chamhers and every other appliance ne
cessary for killing fever germs. We are
not only protecting this country from
Santiago, bur all the cities of Cuba as
well, so that the disease can mat spread.”
"Is there any yellow fever in Havana
now?”
“Not a case.”
"I do not even look for any sporadic
eases in this country,” Dr. Wyman
said in closing tin* interview. “They
may occur, hut we think we have taken
precaution to prevent the appearance of
the disease. At any rate we can most
assuredly predict that: there will be no
general epidemic, notwithstanding the
very large amount of travel between the
United States and Cuba during the past
year.”
TO RESIST LOWEB.XIG PRICES.
Sea Island Cot tom Planters Combining
for This Purinosp.
Charlijston, S. (’., July 5. —The first
movement was made yesterday b> sea
island; cotton planters of tin* parishes
of Christ Church and St. Johns Colleton,
tilis State, to resist tin* aceomuiation
of tin* English spinners who have com
bined’ to lower the prices of the long
staple. A meeting < f all the South
Carolina sea island* cotton pi inters < f
this coast to be held on the 1 litli instant
at Rockville amt the letive .(-operation
of their brother planters of the coasts
of Georgia and Florida is to be ura *atly
requested.
SMASHED WINDOWS.
Brussels, July 3.—A1l the windows in
tin* house occupied by the Premier. '*•
Van Den Decreb i<,;in, at Anderlecht. a
suburb of this *ity were broken by un
known persons las: night.
The Chamber < f Deputies peae-'fu.iy
resumed the tr di-m -t'*,n of puii’ic busi
ness to-day. and order throughout tin*
city is restored.
VAST DISTRICTS
URDERTRE FLOOD
[he Half of the Appalling
Disaster Yet Untold.
IT BEGGARS DESCfiIPriON
■ ■ |
THE NAVA SOTO BOTTOMS LIKE
AN INLAND SEA.
MEN ENGAGED IN THE WORK OF RESCUE
District Flooded Five Hundred Miles Lonft by
Tifty Wide. Lives Lost from One to
Three Hundred. Less Probably
Over Fif.een Million.
Houston, Texas, July 3. —A corre
spondent has just r< turned from a voy
age through the flood districts. The
half has wot been told of the havoc
wrought. The disaster is so appalling
that description is not possible. After
this flood will conic sickness undoubted
ly and what a wi-ek ago was the fairest
part of Texas, is now almost a God
forsaken wilderness. The waters of
the Brazos liave for six Gays covered
its valleys a depth of from six to thirty
feet: where a Week ago there Were on
every hand fields of cotton and corn
and thousands of acres of watermelons
and oanteloupes, today there is slimy
mud all over the vegetation and the ear
cases of cows, mules, pigs, dogs and
eats, mayhap human beings for many
are missing.
Oar party left Bryan at sunrise yes
terday morning, going to the Navasoto
lmltoms and to a point about three
miles from Miliiean. Here we encoun
tered everywhere an> overflow from the
Navasoto, which spread out fully two
miles un either side of the Houston
and Texas Central trucks.
Everything is under water, from two
to seventeen feet. It looked on all
sides' like a great lake, and tie* water
was so high that for a vast area it
completely submerged the telegraph
and telephone poles along the line. In
truth portions of the Navasoto bottoms
are even now a perfect sea, extending
four or five miles wide at certain points.
I saw hundreds of houses there totally
submerged and as many more were
swept from their foundations and de
stroyed. The planters of the bottoms
are still moving their help and whatever
is left of their stock, to places when*
they can la* cared for. They arc all
nobly helping each other and taking
refuge wherever they can, some ot
them sleeking safety oil house tops.
All the planters staled that the outside
world has no conception of the floods or
losses incurred by the destruction of
crop, stock and buildings. Nearly every
planter has built bouts and sent them
through the flooded districts to rend, r
assistance to the people, if possible,
and save some of their drowning stock.
The flood district has a length of over
31 Ml miles, a breadth of probably 30
miles, and in all this vast space dam
age incalculable has been Hone.
Tin* loss of life will never be fully
known, perhaps; the bottoms were
thickly settled, mostly with negro ten
ant farmer'.-: among these has been the
greatest loss of life.
To show the damage done the fol
lowing estimates have been made by
men who are in a position to know.
Lives lost: from one hundred to three
hundred.
Less to farmers, including crops as
well as live stock from $3,000,000 to
$13,01 It MM Ml.
Damage to railroads and country
bridges $2,000,000 to $4,000,000.
These estimates are taken in tin*
whole area. It is known that more than
sixty people have met their death: that
many bodies have been recovered: it i
not believed that all of them will ever
he recovered.
THE BRAZOS STILL RISING.
Galveston. Texas. July 3.—Tonight
the flood condition in the lower Brazos
\ alley at Brookskore, Mai ns, Rich
mond. Renenhurg, Thompson, Duke, Ar
eola. Eulshcar, Gin aango and Columbia
is very had.
Wallis reports that the Brazos is ten
feet higher than in 1883. backwater
within one and a quarter miles of town
is ten feet deep.
T hi* San Antonio and Aransas Pass
bridge at Wallis is two feet under wa
ter. The Southern Pacific road west of
Houston is washed out near Rosenberg
and Riiilinmnd. The Santa Fe is washed
out near I hompson. It is feared when
the rise now at Wallis gets to Rosen
berg and T iij impson the consequences
will be serious. At eight o’clock tonight
teh river is rapidly rising at Thomp
son.
l ln* Columbia Tap read is washed
out.
All communication from Galveston and
Houston via the Santa Fe. the Galves
ton. Houston and San Antonio, tile San
Antonio and Aransas Pass, and the
.Missouri. Kansas and Texas Railroads,
in cut off.
The little town of Brookshire, in Wal
ter county, where the Missouri Kansas
and Texas Railroad crosses the Brazos
river, is surrounded by water. Many
persons wore caught in trees. Those
driven out of the valley flocked to
the town and art* being fed. One fact
which tends In discredit heavy buss of
life in the lower Brazos \ alley is that
the planters knew the flood was coining
and had'time to warn their hands. Out
side of the disasters at OalVert and
Brookshire, there have been about six
drownings during the past week at
different points im Central and Southern
Texas, due to the floods.
'Fhc News will not attempt to give an
estimate as to the crop damage, but
believes the rains have done more good
than harm. Crops outside the
districts are in tine condition. The
waters recede rapidly and the crops will
not be a total loss in the flooded districts.
Many localities will replhrnit cotton and
have time to make a crop.
GOLDEN FLOOD AT DAWSON.
San Francisco, Cal., July 3. —A special
from Seattle,Washington, says:
Gold dust was pouring into Dawson
will'll the Humboldt’s pasengors left.
They allege that on the morning of June
2<Mh a pack train of twenty horses, each
carrying 200 pounds of gold dust, arriv
ed from Eldorado Creek. There were
two tons of it worth fully $1.0(M),O00. It
is said that eleven of t..e horses were
weighed down with dust from one claim.
Another Dawson party arrived to-day
on the Dirigo. Joseph Putrnu and Hen
ry Berry had jointly 700 pounds of dust.
Aside from this no one man had to ex
ceed fifty pounds. The total on the
vessel was about $130,000. The City of
Topeka is close behind tin* Dirigo with
considerable treasure.
TWENTY BUILDINGS IN ASHES
Paris, Tenq., July 3.—A fire last night
in Whitwmtil’s stables spread to nearly
twenty otV'r buildings, causing a te'al
loss of about $173,000. The water sup
ply was inadequate. Fireworks ri.ised
the blaze.
AN APPALLING PROSPECT
EIGH! HUNDRED HUMAN Bt INGS ISOLATED
BY THE FLOOD.
Unless Reliif Reaches Them Soon all Will Per
ish. Mary Will I)i* from Hurger,
Exhaustion and Exposure.
St. Louis, Mo., July 3.—A special to
the Post-Dispatch from Dallas, Texas,
says:
At 1:43 p. in. to-day Deputy Sheriff
Swearingen, of Austin County, made the*
following' statement over tin* long-dist
ant e telephone at Sealey:
"Relief has not reached the flood vic
tims in this section. Thirteen dead
bodies have been recovered near the
town of Brookshire, 18 miles from here.
Forty-live persons above Sealey are re
ported massing and given up for dead.
Seven were drowned to-day in a lK»at
seven miles below Sealey.
‘‘About 4IM> persons are isolated on a
small piece of bund in the Brazos bot
toms. three miles from Brookshire.
Several hundred mure are surrounded a*
San Philline, three miles from Seniev.
Unless relief can soon reach these two
piaees the 800 lives will probable be lost.
M any will die, as it is, from hunger, ex
posure and exhaustion.
“The water to-day is running through
the town of Brookshire, something never
known before. The sixty-live lives re
(Nirted lust here to-day wire in a radius
of twenty miles north and south »• f
Sealey. We are completely isolated at
Sealey, but this town is not ini danger.
We cannot estimate the situation beyon I
limits I mention. The whole face of the
country lien* is a sea. The channel of
the Brazes River litre lias shifted about
three miles, and the water is 1.3 miles
wide. Logs, houses, lumber and railroad
material, merchandise, live stock and
other floating objects make it worth the
life of reseurers to go to tin* relief of
tin* endangered people, most of whom an*
m*gro<*s. The railroads are destroyed
for mil *N. An immense washout occur
red on the Santa Fe south of Sealey this
morning. This cuts off our last strand
of railroad communication. The Mis
souri. Kansas and Texas, the Gulf.
Colorado and Santa Fe and the Southern
Pacific are all completely stopped. The
weather is cloudy this afternoon and
more rain is feared.
ARGUMENT BEGINS TODAY.
More Witnesses Testify in the Walker
Trial.
Richmond, July 3. —The trial of Gen
eral James A. Walker for shooting Law
yer Hamilton, was resumed at Bristol
today. Congressman-elect Rhea was the
first witness for 'the Common wealth, and
his testimony did not differ materially
from that of the prosiimtioai’s witnesses
who had preceded him. It. J. Sydinee
testified that a pistol and a dirk were
taken off the person of General Walker
in the latter’s room after the shooting.
R. M. Cnlfee and A. It. Hickman, for
the defense testified that though pres
ent at the time of the shooting, they
did not see Walker sh|oor Hamilton.
Hickman said that when Hamilton was
shot he had his hand on his hip pocket.
Argument will probably begin tomorrow.
WOULD P.ITLD GOMEZ A HOME.
Havana. July 3. Thirty-two district
clubs of the Cuban national party have
held meetings and decided to oppose
even the temporary withdrawal of Gen
eral Maximo Gom:** from foe island. A
commission has been appointed to visit
all parts of Cuba and to collect subscrip
tions to a fund for hr'lding Girnuz a
home and furnishing him wil3i money
enough for tin* mot of his life. This
decision is universally popular. Tu the
opinion of all Cubans, even Ills political
opponents, lie deserves such a recogni
tion! after Ids long service and self-sacri
fice in behalf of lln* Cuban cause.
P 5 i FIVE CENTS.
TD ENLIST TEN
NEW REGIMENTS
Onder for Volunteer Infantry
Completed Yesterday.
WILL BE ISSUED TO-DAY
DIBEFTS RECRUITING UNDER
LAW OF MARCH 2,1 SHI).
McKINLEY’S ASSURANCE 10 McI.AURIN
Will Apportion Lower Officers of New Military
Organization Among the States Irre
spective of Politics. Spanish Pris
oners' Freedom Near.
Washington, July 3.—An order direct
ing the enlistment of ten new vegun *:»ts
of volunteer infantry, was eomp'et..'
this afternoon, and will Ik* Issued to
morrow. The order was drafted after
a conference this afternoon between
the President and Adjutant General
Corbin and directs tin* recruiting officers
to enlist men under the law passed
March 2nd, 180!). These regiments are
.to be numbered from 21! to 83, thus
retaining the continuity of (tie present
infantry organization.
McLAURIN AT WHITE HOUSE.
Washington, July 3,—Senator Mr-
Laurin, of South Carolina, was at the
White House today in the Interest of
some applicants for commissions in the
new military organization. He was
given to understand that the President
would apportion the officers among ihe
several States in the proportion of a tap
tain and a first lieutenant for each State
irrespective of politics. The higher
officers, as has already been intimated,
are to be taken largely from the regu
lar establishment. It is understood that
a strong effort will be made to reserve
the second lieuteanmteies for the non
commissioned officers, who have made
good records in active service, both
with tin* regulars and volunteers.
THE SPANISH PRISONERS.
Washington. July 3. —The War De
partment has received from General
Otis advices relative to the negotiation*
preceding in Luzon between the Spanish
commissioners and Agiiinaldo looking to
the release of the Spanish prisoners.
General Otis’ reiwirt indicates that there
is a fair prosjiect these unfortunates
will lie set free, if not all of them Tier,
certainly a large nuinbei-.
It is not known whether or n..t the
captives of the Yorktown’s crew art*
to he included in the prisoners to )k* re
leased, but it is feared that owing to
their different status they will lit* held
by the insurgents.
DEWEY AND YON DIEDRIOHS.
Friendly Correspondence Exehang. ,1 P»e
tween the Two Admirals.
Berlin, July 3. —The Neiieste Nadirah
ten today publishes letters exchanged
between Admirals Dewey and V» in
IHidriedis.
The iutter’s letter is dated March
17th and reads:
“Sir; 1 have the honor to acknowl
edge the receipt of your eonnnuninut lon
of March 4th informing me Your Ex
cellency hud been promote.! Admiral.
While congratulating Your Excellency
sincerely upon this new token of recog
nition, 1 beg to believe your good news
lias given me flu* greatest satisfaction.
“I have the honor to he Your Excel
lency’s obedient servant,
(Signed) "DIEDRICIhS."
Admiral Dewey, replied April ItMh,
saying;
"Dear Admiral Von Diedrfehs:
“I wish to thank you most heartilv
lor your cordial letter of congrat mint inn's
1 11 M >ll IJI.V | MVdlliot ini). It is ;i jLTI eMPI
u;e for me to feel niv advancement
lejoice that our differences have been
of newspaper maim fact lire.
Hoping to have the pleasure of meet
.ng jou again before leaving this spi
tien. I am. very sincerely.
(Signed) ' “DEWEY.”
BRYAN AT GAINESVILLE.
Speaks l.i Three Thousand People and
is Afterwards Banqueted.
Gainesville, Ga.. July 3.-Nortli
Georgia gave enthusiastic greeting to
day to Hon. Wm. J. Bryan who was the
guest ol the Gainesville Chautauqua.
Ihe Nebraskan spoke to .”.(1(1(1 pe ipb- ,i
(lie auditorium of tin* Gainesville Fe
male College being introduced by Gov
ernor Candler.
Alter the speaking a dinner was
given Colonel Bryan. Governor Candler
and a number .it other distinguished
visitors. Colonel Bryan left Pu Alan
la at 8 o’clock on his way to Coiuiniius.
Ohio.
NEGROES SWEAR VENGEANCE.
( olunihia. S. (’., July 3.—The negroes
in Horry in the neighborhood of Con
way are still excited over the killing of
1* rank Green by a white Imy named
•John Dew, whom they made an nttcuqd
to lynch. They promise to kill him a
- as he is acquitted. His acquittal >s
certain. The hoy is still in jail, no at
tempt being made to get bail. It is
thought trouble would result if h* is
taken .nil of jail before the trial.