The Weather To-day: FAiR.
The News and Observer.
VOL. XLVI. NO. 124.
LEADS ILL NORTM GAROUNA DADUES IN NEWS 111 CUMULATION.
FOUR HEW CASES
BUT NO DEATHS
Such is the Official Report
from Hampton.
THE CASES AT PHCEBUS
TWO THERE, IT 15$ SAID, BUT
DOUBT IS EXPRESSED
PEOPLE ARE FLYING FROM NIRfOLK
£o Dec'ares a Washirg on Star Correspondent
on Authority of a Norfolk Citizen, who
Says the Ci‘y Now Looks
Deserted.
Washington. Aujrvi-t 2.—Adv<c*«s te
ccived by Surgvnai General 'Wynrin ill*
to 9 o'clock tonight from Hampton show
that the only change in the yeHuiv fever
situation is tin* aiblStion of tour suspect
ed casi-fi to those already in existence.
These have been sent fnmi the camp to
the ho»iatial. This information and the
additional statement that there ha- not
lu*en a death since seven o’clock last
night and that everything with refer
ence to the disease* is nwwre titan laver
al.Te wits received from Governor Wo, d
fin, of the Soldiers’ Home. lie also
telegraphed tilii.it he is quite si r- ilt#*
pestilence will he stamped on;. From
Dr. WMie, who lias general charge () f
affairs at Ilsanqiltion, but who r-niuins
away from the hist knit ion. wo'd came
that the situation is unciianget.
These facts coupled with the complete
preparations that are being made to ni
cest the progress of tint* disease and the
hearty co-operation prom-ad on every
side by the localLti< <to which pc 1 sons
who have been at the Rome may go.
continue to be a source of gratification
to the officials hire, who hope that tile
measures taken may la* productive of
great good. Governor Wood tin has pre
pared a list of all nieinlcers of tin* Itomo
who have bean furlough 1 since July
22ud at the sarin* time giving their des
tination. This will lie telegraphed to
Surgeon General Wyman an 1 will ’«*
spread broadcast through the press, thus
enabling manici] nlities where the in
mates may now be to detain them for a
reasonable length of time.
The Governor is also j re pa ring a his
tory of the soldier from Santiago who is
re] jotted to have stopped th-'ro < n ids
wav fa San Francisco and from whom,
it has been suggested l , the infection may
have betn, spread. Dr. Wym.au tuts
sent dispnitefios to the Health Commis
sioner of Baltimore and the . i, i.itk i t
of the Board of Health or Richmond,
asking them what measures are being
taken regarding refugees from tlx* Hon:;*
ill Hampton or the adjoining town of
Phoebus. The Doctor flunks <_ is of the
utmost importance that all su *h persons
should ha* kept under close obs n\ utioi
for ten days following their departure,
particularly those who stopped over one
night in either place.. Replies have been
received from both places showing the
activity of the officials inten*.«:* d and
tlicir ability to cope with the situation
Surgeon Farquhar, at P u-.-simnith,
about twelve miles, from TTampton, re
ports finding four colored p*r>p;<> who
had been at tin- latter ] iaee. The au
thorities sent them back to Hampton.
]>i\ Wyman does not think such corpse
safe, however. and liaj-t l Surgei n
Farquhar hereafter not to send such
persons hack to Ila mpto-n, but •-> have
tin-in -taken to Cnnwy Islam!, whcr
they may he detained under observation.
I)r. Wyman says that although Ifumi
lon. is innt infect fa!, In- thiriKs It best
to take charge of people wno may come
Hampton and keep them under
observation for a limited perio i of ti ne.
Arrangements have l*-en made to send
to .the home two immune mate and tvv >
immune female* nurses and two immune
physician*. Dr. J. O. T-Men, of .Tvssnp,
Gn„ will he cm* of tin* latter while the
immune male nurses sei.feted are E. ,|
Ilainsten. of Baltimore, and Allred (J.
Barton, of Maryland.
•hot before the close of the War De
partment today a final decision was
reached to send tile troojw from Fort
Monroe* to Battery Po'nr, Delaware.
Ihes re currinig ho tln* < riginal proposition
laid down by General Merritt.' All day
tin- officials bad been in com m u meat lon
wifli him by telegraph and t< lcpliom.
and he was informed that objtions had
been made* by Surgeon Dcwr.il Wyman
t<» locating the troops so far South, but
in turn Bone-nil Merritt held that it
would be fatal in case any of the men
were infection,, take them Neon, and in
nil- end. as, the Department had left
the* matter in his hands, his or!-inn! or
•\ <,r I i'f*veii l«*el. It is rnderst" , ! that
De-ne-ral Merritt has professional advice
ill support of hi* position.
I he* removal of the troonn and tlr*
“fiieers and the*!r families it expected
will begin tomorrow, when a passenger
fte-.'impr is scheduled to leave at two
o ejook for Oape (‘haWe s.
'Secretary Boot *rave ep much of Ids
time- today to -the consideration of tie*
erfTerent phases of the* fever situation
He t, "rnght o. the pnsi'ien of the old
soldiers at the Hampton Home, hut find
imr tnat their care was a matter entirely
W.thm the* power of tin- National Board
he* mfonmed the* Board throng]) its seerc
tary. of the willingness < f tin* War De
partment to do evevylh'ug -possible t-.
r h-t if in combating the fever. Word
to the s-.iiiiu* effect was sent to Surgeon
General Wyman, who is directly in
charge of the effort now making at
Hampton in that direction. -Vs to the
suggestion that tlu* veterans be taken
from the Home to some northern point
in order to reduce the food for the fever,
and thus hasten tile extirpation of the
disease, the Department has come to no
conclusion, though if the Board should
call for aid in that direction it would be
extended. It is said, however, that it
would be extremely difficult to secure
vessels for such service.
The Department is as yet ignorant of
the whereabouts of General Franklin.
President of the Board of the National
Home, and was telegraphing today in
the effort to discover him.
Two volunteer surgeons have tendered
their services to General Wyman for
duty in the infected district. They are
Acting Assistant Surgeon Robbins, of
Vicksburg. Mississippi, and Assistant
Surgeon .lolm F. Anderson, of New
York.
iDr. Wyman received a dispatch from
Surgeon Pettus at Fort Monroe tonight
saying there was nothing suspicions
there. .V train left there this afternoon
for Rich mom] with about 100 people. Ail
were inspected before hoarding the cars,
and made to prove that they had not
been exposed to infection. (A steam
launch is pat rolling the water front and
guards are being sworn in as fast as they
can bo obtained.
A dispatch from Dr. Wasdin says a
house inspection of the worst portion of
Phociihus discloses nothing. The dis
-1 Mitch adds:
‘ Suspicious case of last night verified.
(Continued on Second Page.)
FUNERAL Os COl. WALL
%
CHURCH AT ROCKINGHAM OVERFLOWED
WITH RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
Many Old Comrades Who Had Worn ibe Gray
Pt ople Came From
Near and Far.
Rockingham, X. €., Aug. 2. --(Special.)
The remains of Col. 11. C. Wall, ac
companied b.v his devoted daughter, son
and other relatives, together with a num
ber of friends from here who met tin*
remains at lxniuir. remind h re from
Blowing Rock last night at I I o’clock, j
and lay at his home guarded by devoted *
neighbors until this morning. There |
was 4i great outpouring of this sorrowing !
community at the depot tq meet the re**
mains.
The funeral services, conducted by the!
Rev. M. Sham larger, Rev. Dr. Moore ■
and Rev. .J. 11. Page, were appropriate!
and impresives; the large chun k would j
not nearly hold the great crowd of af
fectionate relatives, old comrades in the
( on ft derate army, devoted employes, ad
miring friends and old family slaves who
were in attendance. They came from all
parts of the country, and the adjoining
county of Anson until the attendance
was immense.
The Anson county Camp of Confeder
ate Veterans sent: a large number of
those brave men with whom the de
ceased faced death for the Confederate
cause in command of the heroic old Con
federate captain, Frank Bennett, the An
son soldiers supl emeu ted by a large num
ber of the Richmond county Gamp in
command of Cn.pt. \Y. IT. MoLawrerace,
as gallant a soldier as survived the war,
followed t4u* last remains of their bravo
comrade to tin* church and then to the
grave where they were intern'd.
Hun. G. R. Patterson and J. A. Leak,
of Anson, of a legislative committee ap
pointed bv Speaker Connor, attended the
funreal. Residents of the county, resid
ing elsewhere now. attended the funeral.
Tile ]xi)J hearers wire: Gapt. W. 1.
Everett. Gapt. John Little. Gapt. Alex
ander (’ole, J. G. Marshall. W. T. Cov
ington, John S. Ledhetter and R. A.
Johnson and William En twist It*. The de
ceased s old comrade. .Major William A.
Smith, of General Ixmdon’s staff, attend*
ed the funeral in a major’s uniform of
the Confederate army.
SOUTHERN LUMBER EXPORTS.
Il is Now Beyond Anything in the His
tory of the Trade.
New. Orleans, La., Aug. 2. —The ex
ports of lumber and product's of wood
fie-'M Soirtlu rnports during (lie* fiscal
year ending dime 30th is beyond any
thing in the history of the trade. Tin*
Lumber Trade Journal of thus city has
collected] and tabulated tin* statistics of
lumber exports showing an aggregate
from Southern ports of 1,33*i,4f)7,3iiS
feet, against a total of 1 ,005,702,00?
feet ill 1808, and 1,133.233,5-fC feet ill
1 fSO7. This'gain was made despite the
fact that conime-rce vra» seriously inter
fered with from the Half during the
Sp.-mish-Anicrie-an war last summer. In
addition to the lumber exported addi
tional items were* 11,333,00(1 shingles.
35,400,708 staves, and manufactured
lumber to the value* of $1,088,341.
Tin* exportation of lumber by ports
was as follows:
'Apalachicola, Fla., 24,437.402 feet;
Baltimore, 83,171,3113: Beaufort, S.
33.<HMl: Brunswick, 03,23(1,072; ("piih-s
--ton. 1.Sill,000; Ferunmlina, Fla., 8,023.-
000; Galveston. 48.304,338; Jacksonville,
11,100,000: Ivey West. 1.900,400: Mo
bile*. 178.803.277: New Orleans, 80.007.-
703; Newport News, Yu.. 00,100,333:
Norfolk, 131.322,474; Pearl 'River. 131.
002,474; Pe-nsacolo. Fla.. 338.704.383;
Savannah. 4,332,000; St. Mary’s, 1,48<.-
000; Tampa, 1,230,000; Wilmington, N.
C„ 1,807.000.
THE N. AND W.’S DIVIDEND.
New York. August 2.—The directors
e.f tile* Norfolk and Western Railroad
fi •in | any have declared the* regular semi
annual dividend of 2 per edit on the*
ITvl'cm-d stock.
HALEIGII, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST 3. 1899.
ORIOLE DEMOCRATS
DROP DOM OIIS
Freedom of the Press Shall
be Preserved.
CENSORSHIP DENOUNCED
OPPOSIT ION TO A LARGE STAND
ING ARMY.
A BLOW AIMED AT COMBINES AND TRUSTS
State Ticket Nominated by Acclamation. John
Walter Smith for Governor. A Har
monious Convention. Sketches
of the. Nominees.
Baltimore, Md., August 2.—The Deni*
ocratie State Convent ion was held at
Ford's Opera House in this city to dill
and numiuuted the following ticket: |
For Governor, Jehu Walter Smith, of
Worcester comity.
For Attorney General, Isidore Ravnm**
of Baltimore.
For Gomptroller, Joshua W.
of Carroll county.
Tin* oaivi ntiuii was unusually harmo
nious and all the snomilTtnftiMis were made
by acclamation, Edwin Warfield. Mr.
Smiths principal opponent, withdm'vmg
at the hist moment and placing Hie
successful candidate in nominal ion.
That portion of the platform’ which
refers to National issues Is as follows*
“We iti-ist that in tin;.* of war as
well as of jK*ace the freedom », flic
|Wi*»t shall Iw* preserved", mid that tic
right of the people to critiise freely
the jioliey and conduct of tin* Adminis
tration shall la* d, (< niksl ait all hazards.
“No deadlier blow cam le dealt td
Atnerbnn liberty than the suppression,
by an abuse of executeve jw>wer, of llm
free utterance- by American freemen of
their « iiitiiui:rntis upon matters of public
concern, afleet hug tin* A\ieJfaie of the i
|h topic, and we denoumi* as danger, ri.- |
;.iad ..W'-teui- ibie t ffoits ■ interdr-' ’
with and. l bribe this sacred right.
“We dii lan* our mialtirmblu oppost- j
tiim to the emit Jem and maintenance of !
a large standing larniy in time of peace, j
ami we insist ujxni the supremacy of the
civil over the miliilLat'y authority, and
wo demand the strict'"t economy in ike
cxjlleetion and disbursementis of the pub
lie revenues.
“We lfteiieve hi the time-honored dor
trine, so earnestly impressed upon the
lAntlnns of the Republic, of ‘Peace, com
merce and honest friendship with al'
nations, enm angling nllianem with men*.'
“We view with alarm the multiplha
that over the land' of sueh giga; iitie, in
dustrial rind < omniert ial trusts, tin- o.i;-
gmwtih of Pcp'inblieau legislation, as
sititlc competition, threaten gnverammt,
increase the cesit of living and curtail
the individual righlfs of the ]»eo;)te, unit |
ws* favor vigunsMte imrasures by the
Suites and by Oongnsis to repress tin’s
great and gTowing <*\il.”
John Walter Faith, the nomimv for
Governor is a hanker and resue's hi
Fiaow Hill. W oreesi! >r coiinily. Hi- jus I
served in the Stale Senate for licee
cons<*ei;t,ive terms and wuc elected to
Congress last Nnm*nilw*r In the Fiist
< ’ongressiomial disirriet, defeating \V. 1\
Jackson by 1.2U0 voiles. Hi* is |>ersoii
ally very popular, and the nomination is
regarded as a sitrong can*.
Isidore Raynor, the nemimee for Attor
ney Genual, is a lawyer and has Jeng
been prominent in political and so.ial
eij’des of the State, lie served m tlie
I'iftilth, Fifty-Ss coml and I'ifty T hird
('ciifriww and is reganhsl as one of »he
hc.-it political orators in .Maryland.
Doctor Joshua Herring, wlr> was
nonw'nsited for Comptroller, is ca>hie.* of
a hank in W . '.minster. He is a inem
la*r of tlu* Stale Si ii4ite. is ar 'Udeni if
the M» bln .list Episcopal Conference in
Maryland and of several sicular bodies.
All are favorable to a gold s*-,uid:i-'d of
ctiiTency.
Ibe elalte* for holding the* 11>*iii 1 1*. I*n
State (lomention has nett yet hern an
noiinced., (I'liwmor Lowndes has practi
cally no opposition for rmoniin l'ion.
M’COOL OUT OF THE RAPE.
Jackson, Miss., Aug. 2. Hon. James
F. McCook of Kosciusko, today announc
ed his withdrawal from the* contest for
Governor to lie* ele*e hied by the* State
convent ion .-which assembles here* August
23rd. Mr. Me-Cool ‘held only eight votes
instructed to his ereelijt. hut his with
drawal does not clear the heavily charg
ed political atmosphere in Mississippi to
any great extent.
Judge Ixmgino continues to lead in the*
race, having more instructed votes than
tlie* other four candidates combined, and
it is believed his following will he* suffi
ciently strong to organize the convention.
ABSORBED BY THE AMERICAN.
Cl l ion go, August 2 .—1 te > p resc-i it a1 i ves
of the* American Tduicco Company have*
purchases! the* plant, and business of
August Beck and Ooniipnny for $300,000.
Only a few wt-cks ago the* American
To-lwicio Compu.iv purchasacel the plant
of Giadle* and Strut/. The American
Company, it is said, hold an o-pth in on
the* plant of Spsiulding and Merrick, the
largest of the* three* firms engaged in
t he* ma nn fact Hiring of stroking tobacco
in Chicago. If the* American Company
seome-s; this plaint, it is their Intention,
to enlarge it and operate all of ilie* t’lii
e-ago factories at one*.
COLUMBIA’S MAST BREAKS.
She was Away Ahead of the Defender
at the Time.
Newport, R. 1.. August 2.—The Colum
bia and Defender made another attempt
today to race for the cap offered by the*
Newport Racing Association, ‘ but as
was thi* ease two weeks ago, an acci
dent stopped proceedings after the
yachts had sailed six or seven miles'.
Columbia was the unfortunate boat
today for after getting a lead of a
mile on her rival, her new and' practi
cally untried steel must broke about
thirty feet front the deck and her entire
suit of sails tumbled into tin* water.
Fortunately no one was injured.
Never before had the Columbia shown
such superiority over the Defender ns
she did in the fragment of the race
started today. Within a few minutes
after the start she wins well ahead and
after that seemingly did not try tto in
crease her lead. The boats in a fine*
'(•nthwest breeze were having a grand
beat to the windward when the accident
occurred.
At the time of tin* accident Defender
was two minutes' and forty seconds
astern, while a fleet of tugs and steam
yachts were not far away. Every ves
st 1 was rushed to the assistnntce of the
disabled boat, but it was found that
the crew were able to take care of
themselves and they re]»orted no one in
jured. If took nearly tin hour 1o clear
away the wreckage and get it on board.
Then, in tow of a prows tug, she started
Hi* the harbor.
1 hi* Columbia suffered little injury to
her hull.
SUMMERVILLE TLA FARM
53 ACRES CULTIVATED: 3,000 POUNDS
COLD AT 25 PERCENT PROFIT.
Climate Satisfetc ory. lalnr Probl m So’ved.
IqualtoHrc Oriental Teas. Annual
Yield Probably 1 ),000 Lbs.
Washington, August 2. — Dr. Charles
I . Shepard who jw it*, charge of the ex
perimental tea garden at Summerville,
S. ('., it'lls made a report to tin* Secre
tary of Agriculture covering the pro
gress made up to date. He says there
art* now about fifty acres of land'Tuuler
tea cultivation and that .’i.OOti pounds
wen* sold last year at a profit of 27*
per cent. It is estimated that when ail
tin* plants now growing arrive at ma
turity they will yield 10,000 pounds an
nually.
Dr. Shepard expresses tin* opinion that
the fact that the tea plants* lived through
la.*'; winter when the most intensely cold
weather in tlu* history of the section was
experienced is a guarantee that the
weather conditions will prove satisfac
tory. The labor problem, lie says, has
been solved by establishing a school for
the education of negro children In tea
picking. The quality of the tea also
has proved satisfactory.
Os tiie black tea he says:
“It lots a distinctly elm rued eristic fla
vor, and like some of the choicer Orien
tal teas, its liquor has more strength
than its color indicates.”
The green tea, lie says, has attracted
keen ill'll rest in the trade and among
consumers, and hi* adds that “Oriental
tens can hardly furnish the like in this
con nit ry.”
WOULD ABOLISH THUE COUNCIL.
New York, August 2.—The most inter
esting thing that developed today in con
nection with the Mazot Legislative In
vestigating Committee, whose session be
gan yesterday after a six weeks’ vaca
tion, was the fact that every iiuia.'her of
the Municipal Council had been sub
poenaed for tomorrow for tin* purpose of
determining why the present city legisla
tive body should not be abolished. A
member of the staff of Mr. Moss t counsel
of tlu* Maze! Committee, at tended tin*
meeting of the Municipal Assembly to
day and served the subpocuncs. With
each subpoena was a letter from Counsel
Moss saying:
"You will be subpoenaed to appear be
fore tills committee on Thursday, at 1!
a. ni.. and will be treated fairly and
courteously. T he Assembly will be urged
to convene and legislate against tie.*
Municipal Assembly, aul 1 desire that
your siik* of the controversy shall lit* cor
rect !y presented.”
A > AMERICAN ROBBED.
Brassies, August 2. William C. la>v
e*ring. a member of the United States
I louse* of Repres ntative s from Massa
e-husetts, was redheil Saturday last while*
on his way from Ostend to this city. Mr.
Levering; was jostle d by two men, but
took little notice of the occurrence at
the time. On arriving at this city, how
ever, he eiiscove red that his ] o ketbook.
with sl3,(ltio in valuable papers and
notes for 83 pounds sterlilnig, had disap
peared.
Mr. Love*ring at once notified the au
thorities; and the* matter was placed in
the* hands of the police*.
SI,OOO TO THE DEWEY FUND.
Washington. August 2.—United States
Treasurer Roberts today received a tele
gram from Pittsburg. Pa., announcing
that the* Carnegie* Steel Company ha.l
subscribed SI,OOO to the Dewey Home*
Fund. The actual amount of cash so
far received for this fund is $17,334.
REPUBLICANS NAME SHAW.
Dos Mcine s. lowa. August 2. —The
State* Republican Convention today nom
inate d Governor L. M. Shaw by neoia
muitiem. A State ticket was named and
re solutions aelonte-d on-eltorsing President
McKinley’s administration and favoring
the maintenance of the gold standard.
STORM HID WRECK
II CARRftBELLE
Wind and Rain Work Ruin on
the Guif Coast.
SIEAMER REPORTED LOST
MA NY BOATS WRECKED IN
CARA BELLE HARBOR.
SLVLRIL PFOPLE DROWNED AT ST. M ARKS
A Passenger Train is $a d ;o have Liter
ally blown frrm ihe Trock. Houses
are Dt-siroyed and Bridges
Washed Away.
Tallahassee, Fla., Augm-it 2.—The town
of Carnal" ( ile, a pno.qw rou's part on the
Gulf of Mexico, sonthwns't of this city
is report:;'<l almost completely destroyed
ifr a terrific wind and ram storm which
passed through this section during yts
t« rday and last night. Many boats
which were in the harbor have been
wrecked, and nifostt of the long wharf is
gone, together with large quantities of
naval stores. At Lanark, bath houses,
pavilion and boa;s have been destroyed 1 .
ITieonlirmed rep-.rtq May that the steam
er Civ.-cent City has lava lost between
Apalachicola and Carrabelle. Several
persons ate re] oPted drowned at St.
Marks. A few houses were destroyed
at St. Teicsa. The Mclntyre, Ashmore
and Curtis trills suffered severely. A
passenger train on the Carra lit lie, Tal
lahassee and Gulf Railroad, thirty-live
miles la low T’affiitiaxsee, was badly
wrecked, but no one is re]roited kiiietl
or injured. The tirrpeikine interests in
this section are greatly damaged, ami !
much injury has beta done to the
crops.
Ihe wires are down south of here,
ami railroad service to the Gulf ports
is siispemli d. T in* storm was one of
tat* hardest that ever passed over this
section. It came directly up the great
Guii and started no:toward. For hours
the wind was terrific, blowing at a high
rate*, and the rain fell in torrents, wash
j iug a Way ma ny briiirnss, endangering
j thorough fin res and railroads. The
i storm ien< bed the coast yt wterday morn
; ing, and there was no cessation until
! far into hict night. Tin* wires and rail
| roads have been so initerfered with
that tiie results of the storm are just
beginning to reach this city. Along
the coast, the fishing industry has lu*en
severely interfered with.
Many Tnllaliiassicans an* at the va
rious resU.it,s at. mg the coast from which
no repel ;s h'ave t me, and Lie ccimli
tioii's jit Music |,-i';iees is eaasing much
anxiety. Barries who return-.d on the
wrecking train which went to ( arrabelle j
this morning ro]n>rt that fih'e country |
along the route* shows the effect's of tiie
storm. The train was compelled to
run With great caution on account of .fill.*
condition in which ihe storm had placed
tlu* readi ed. The water had been over
tlu* track* in many places. Passengers
on Che train whiih w as wrecked say that
the train was blown from (lie track.
T iu* e.ty of Apalachicola at the mouth
of the ( hattaiioochec River is entirely
eat olf from communication at... nothing
can be learned from there.
A lew trestle over the Oehlocknee
J Liver at Mclntyre was blown away. Tim
wrecking train which went out today
into the xtiincdevastated teru.tory
found over two hundred tr<»es .:i tin*
track iu a run of thirty .miles. General
Manager Crittenden, w ho had charge of
she train,- says that every town along
tin* line is desolated. Hotels, houses,
I churches, saw mills, wharves and pavii
-1 if>ns were in many places blown from
their foundations, ami in several in
stances completely wrecked.
T here are many rumors afloat here to
night as to toe loss of life. One mill hand
is known to have been drowned at Mc-
Intyre. One man was drowned at St.
Mark's, hut rumors place tin* loss of life
! there at fifteen .
It is not belie ves 1 here that many lives
were* loss at the* numerous summer re
sorts, but reliable news is unobtainable.
A large relief party will leave Talla
hassee for the* stricken section tomorrow
morning.
The steamer tOivseent City, which is
reported lost. plie*s Is*tween Apaiaciiieola
and Carrabelle*. She* c.-nries a (row of
eight, hot the* number of passengers on
board is not known. Her captain is
know n as a very cautious man, and it is
believed and hoped here tonight that lie*
made the -'Chattahoochee River in a
run for safety.
AN ENGAGEMENT ON CEBU.
Americans Attack Filipino Trenches and
Drive* the Enemy Back.
Manila, Aug. 2. —3:33 p. ui. —Mail ad
vices from the Island of Cebu announces
that a company of Americans last week
attacked the Filipino drenches situated
two kilometers from the town of El Par
do. The rebels were eomanded by Ih«>
brothers Clinwieo*, who are prominent
and wealthy persons. The Charleston
shelled the enemy and the Filipinos re*-
trented. The Americun casualties, were
slight. '
The .presence of tjie* Climacos with the
rebels ds reported to hnv»* h(*(*ii due to
rebel orders from laizon.
A small boy will make* a man grown;
a scolding w ife w ill make a man groan.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
, AN ATROCIOUS GRIME.
The Victim was a Ten-Year Old Colored
Child.
Mason. Gn.. Aug. 2. A special to tin*
Telegraph from ...'aerieus. I in., says:
An atrocious crime was committed
near Americas this afternoon by Eugene
Gibson, a negro, bis victim being a (eu
year-old negro child, the daughter of a
fanny t residing oti the same plantation.
The father of the little girl sent her to
Gibson’s house for a watermelon.. Gib
son took the child to the melon patch
and there assaulted her. The girl was
terribly mutilated. Streams of blood
marked her course from the melon patch
to her house.
Gibson is hiding in tin* woods near
here.
The negroes on the plantation are
greatly excited, and talk of meting ven
geance upon tin* black rflvisher if caught.
TWO MEN ELECTROCUTED.
Auburn. X. Y.. August 2. Oscar E.
Rice, a white man, and John Kennedy,
a negro, were put to death by electricity
in the prison here today. The two exe
cutions took place within twenty min
utes. Rice was sup|w»rt.ed to the electric
chair ‘ad s:l<> a. m„ in a state of col
lapse, but Kennedy walked without as
sistance. A current of 1,700 volts was
sent through Rice's body for fi fly one
seconds. The same current was krq.it
oil nine seconds longer for Kennedy.
The two executions were successful
and there was no unusual incident. Rice
murdered hiss wife and Kennedy killed
a negro named John Humniings.
REVOLT AGAINST GOEBEL
INTENSE INDIGNATION OF FARMERS AND
PROFESSIONAL MEN,
A Conventicn to be Held on August Six'ecnth
to Nam? Candidates fjr the No
v^mbe 1 [Lotion.
Lexington, Ivy., Aug. 2 A political
revolt in Kentucky was inaugurated litre
today. The Anti-Goebel conference l’or
the i!ur) i.sc of calling a State Convtir
tio>n and nominating nnotinr Demo
cratic State ticket, or part of one, was.
in some reflects perhaps .tin* most rc-
I markable political g.uilit ring ever held
in Kentucky.
The conference was composed of lead
ing turiiK-ips and i,rof< -siunal men. only a
few politicians I cing in the a> .'tidily.
Il was computed of quid, conservative
DeiUKM.Ta.tS.
There was intense indignation ngnlns't
convention and a stubborn inclination
(i.'iiventicai aiul a stubborn iix-ilnation
to cheek the op. ratioiks of the alleged 1
machine. It was manifesit from the be
ginning that tile feeling was nut ag.rinwt
the whole ticket, but .against its head',
and although ortiutr nom/iiiations may be
made against ‘Jlioxe of the Louisville con
vention, the main opposition will tie
directed towards the defeat of Goebel.
The gathering was larger than ex
pected. Tin re was 720 men by actual
count in the auditorium. Thirty coun
ties wenx represented. Doctor J. M.
I’oynty. of Richmond, was made l eniiia
r.vnt ihairman, and \Y. 11. Polk, of Lex
ington, pe rmanent sou clary. A eom
mitiee i n tx-s<limiti'fHiw, compesvd of one
from each district and two from tli *
State at large, was appointed.
While fills eomimi'ttee retired to draft
resolutions, John Young Drown was es
coried.'to the platform and made a vigo
rous, impassioned speech. Me was con
staintly i b.v applaigv.
The Resol nth ms (\«mn. t tee nsw.it
i non tied the eudtorseimuit of Bryan and
the Chicago platform, denounced the
methods of the Louisville ( f -nvi ntion to
secure the m.-mination of William Goe
bel, declared that the report of the Com
mittee (,'n Credentials of the Louisville
(onvenfhn was seemed iiy saiciuiei'iiii
ami fraudulent 'lactic:, (tenouiucvd "Mc-
Kinlcybai" and otJii r .Nath .u'i affairs
and provided tihwt a conventi: i be held
in Lexington Wednesday, Augiu-K lt'.';h,
at 1 p. m., to declare p'i*imci|.Au and
nomiiui'te eand'idsilcs for the 'November
election. The convention adjourned aft r
being in w-sision two and a half hours to
nuet August Ifitb.
SA'l ISFIL’i) WITH OSBORNE.
Berlin. August 2.-A dispatch received
today from Apia. Samoa, under date of
July 27th. says that the Germans there
are satisfied with the appointment of
Mr. Luther W. Osborne. United States
Consul General at Apia, as acting Chief
Justice, and regard it as a pledge of
impnrtial administration 6f justice-. .
ONE DISCORDANT NOTE.
Berlin, Aug. 2.—A dispatch to Ih,*
Ced.igm* Gazette* from Apia calls the
nomination of Mr. Osborne an unpardon
able and unjustifiable abandonment of
German interests in deference to Ando-
American feeling.
4 lie Berlin newspapers, however, ex
press themselves generally as being sat
isfied that Mr. Osborne will not neglect
German interests in Samoa.
PROPER SANITATION ORDERED.
Atlanta, (in.. August 2.—ln nn girder
issued today by General Frank, com
manding the Department of the Gulf,
tin* attention of post commanders and
medical officers is called to tin* necessity
of proper sanitation. The order says:
1 In* attention of post commanders
and Medical officers serving at posts in
this Department, is called to tin* neces
sity for giving the utmost attention to
tin* hygic m* and proper sanitation of their
posts during tin* ensuing sickly season.
I lie order is apropos to the present yel
low fever epidemic.”
'I In* more horse sense a man lias the
less he bets on the races.