Ihe Weather To-day: 1 cakolina” I FAIR; WARMER. The News and Observer. a VOL. XLVII. NO. 5. LEADB ALL-NORTH MSS DNUE& 11 IEIS AND CDRCtf JTION. RAILROADS HARD DRIVEN SHIFTTHE BASE DF ATTACK Seek to Show Corporation Commission Hold noTax Levying Power. THIS IS THEIR ONLY HOPE ARGUMENT ENDS, WITH EAOII SIDE APPARENTLY CONI'I- / DENT OF VICTORY. JUDGE JOHNSON RAILROADS’ TRUMP CARD His Eloquent and Ingenius Argument Marred by Sneering Attacks on the State, the Legislature and the Corporation Commission. Judge Connor’s Able and Brilliant Speech for the State. Asheville, N. C., Sept. 15.—(Special.) Argument in the tax case was concluded this afternoon at 5:40 o’clock. The whole hearing has consumed exactly throe days. Judge Si moot on takes the papers and ail evidence and will announce his decision later. Twenty days are given counsel to tile briefs. Fertilizer rate and telegraph tax cases will be taken up tomorrow, the rate case tirst. They will consume about two hours each. It is hard to predict bow -the case just closed will be decided. Both sides pro fess confidence, though, in the case of the railroads, I have a strong suspicion they are whistling to keep their courage up. After having heard all the evidence and the arguments, 1 should confidently predict, were the case not before Judge Simonton, that the rail roads would lose it. . The last card played by the railroads was their highest trump, to be sure. It turned out to be a nine spot or perhaps ten, but it was the best they could do with the poor hand they held. This final trump was Judge Johnston’s speech. He was their prize and surprise box. Brought here all the way from Phila delphia and paid, it is said, twenty-five thousand dollars for his services, lie was designed to startle the natives, con vince the court and fling consternation into the Corporation Commission camp. Instead he has abused the natives, ridi culed the Commission and left the court where he found it. It cannot be denied that his argument was ingenious, and even eloquent, but always marred by an attempt to be funny at the expense of the State, Legislature, Corporation Com mission or counsel on the other side. Here are a few choice nuggets: “They talk of the State and her proud record; we are dealing with money and not with sentiment. It is not necessary to charge fraud on the part of the Com mission, or even knowledge of the rule of undervaluation of property; we may simply credit them with an ignorance of which they will hardly feel compli mented. They say had they known more —heaven save the mark—they might have arrived at even a higher value. Those men occupying such a high and honorable i ami turn and draw ing an enormous salary think, forsooth we ought to be content because they could have done worse anil didn't. “My friend, Mr. Simmons, tells me the people of North Carolina are honest. I’m glad to hear it. I’m glad Judge Connor told me the Legislature of North Carolina was actuated by noble pur poses. It's a fact I could not otherwise have obtained. “The Legislature of North Carolina may know how' to create a Corporation Commission with defective powers, but it has a great deal to learn about levy ing taxes. The Fourteenth Amendment is the safeguard of property from the despoiler. It is to protect it in such cases as these When legislatures are uncertain and courts are unsafe, and *we|are here today to ask one of its exponents to pro tect us from its violation by the Legisla ture of North Carolina. “They claim that a section of the Ma chinery Act confers power to tax rail road property on the Corporation Com mission. I find that section in a suspi cious place and set forth in a suspicious way. But they tell me the people of North Carolina are honest and its Legis lators honorable men. “The Machinery Act is a most remark able one; it viola the Constitution by prescribing rules, by prescribing different rules and by prescribing wrong rules.” And much more to the same effect he said, all of which was intended to be funny. He said the Corporation Coin mission had arrogated to itself tax levying power, that this power was given in broadest letters to the Railroad (hull mission only, and it was an insult to an intelligent, court to contend otherwise. “Os all untenable pro|K>sitious in unten able cases by men of ability,” he thought, “this stood out as the most monumen tal.” Other speeches of the day were made in the following order: Rountree for the Coast Line; Harris for the State; Shiaw for the Seaboaid; Hinsdale for the State; Burton for the Coast Line; Cou- nor for the State. All were aide, stu diously prepared and well delivered. The first live speeches were made at the morning session of court, and the entire afternoon session was consumed by the condlmling speeches of Connor ami Johnson. Connor spoke o.te hour, and Johnson two. Judge Conuor'is argument was clear, eloquent and convincing. Fie first defin ed the valid legal custom as used in decisions governing this case, and show ed that the railroads had introduced no evlidence to prove that such custom of uiwdervalttation of private property ex isted in North Carolina. He argued that it was not sufficient to show, as had been done, that there were some specific in stances of ■ umlervaluation. lie picked up a handful of affidavits, put in as e*i donee of this custom by railroads and read them. In Halifax the undervalua tion was placed at seventy to eighty p* r cent; in Warren, fifty to sixty; in ren der. seventy-five to eighty, says one affi davit; another says fifty to sixty; in Brunswick, seventy-live: in Rod m* son, six ty to seventy-five; in 'Edgecombe nlmety to ninety-five, says one, and another says “Full cash value;” Jones, eighty-five to ninety. “Now this,” said Judge Connor “proves our contention that it whs not uniformity of custom or concert -of ac tion, which is necessary to make out tlieir ease. It is charged in the bill that it was custom systematic ami de signed. They have failed utterL* to prove it. Mr. Price complains tb it w<* have brought here alndavits of money lenders and tax gatherers, h ive called to our aid publicans and 'sinners, and Mr. Rountree adds that with all these we haven't got enough. It is exceeding diffi cult to satisfy them, for we have affida vits from 87 of i>7 counties. Then all join fin the cry that the witnesses arc interested and unworthy of belief. It was Edmund Burke, T believe, who said that he found it difficult to draw a bill of indictment -against a whole na tion, But these gentlemen have man aged to dra w u bill of indictment against a whole State. They charge that asses sors have been unfaithful and that the Cori►oration Commissioners have usurp ed jmwer and violated their oath. I bc.v go further. They say laws were cun ningly devised by representatives of tin* jioople in the Legislature, to bring about, aim imposition of unjust taxes >n rail roads, *T wish I had lintc to call Your Hon or's attention to the record of that leg islature. It would show how, after long debate, the legislature rejected a sys tem of taxation that many of us - thought unjust to railroads. It would refute sug gestion made here that the legislature intended to do otherwise that justly. Whatever else you may believe I am on second page.) THE DEAD MILLIONAIRE FUNERAL SERVICES OVER THE REMAINS OF CORNELIUS VANDERBILT. Services at St. Bartholomew's Church Very Simple. The Remains Laid to Reset at New larp, Staten Island. New York, Sept. 15.-—Funeral serv ices were held over tile remains of Cor nelius Vanderbilt today in St. Bartholo mew's Episcopal church. Tin! church funeral was preceded by short exercises at the house to which only members of the family and close friends were admitted. Tin* Rev. I)r. David 11. Greer, rector of St. Bartholomew’s, offi ciated at both services. From the house to the church the funeral party included Mrs. Vanderbilt, her children Cornelius, Gladys, Reginald and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, Mm., K., Frederick K., and George Vanderbilt, brothers of the dead man, Mrs. E. F. Shepard, Mr. and Mrs. W. 1). Sloane and tlieir two chil dren and Mr. and Mrs. 11. McKay Twombley. At the church tin* casket was preceded down the aisle by Bishop jjotter and Dr. Greer, the Bishop reciting the first sen tences of the Episcopal service begin ning “1 am the resurrection and the life.” The first lesson was read by Bishop Henry Morgan Stone, of Trinity church, Newport. Dr. Green read the burial ser vice and the Bishop performed the rite of sprinkling dust on the casket accord ing to the Episcopal ritual. The services were extremely simple. A choir of sixty mixed voices under the direction of the church organist, Richard Henry Warren, sang the music of the services, ami Chopin's Funeral March was played as tin 1 procession moved up the aisle. The only floral tributes at the church were from the members of the family. One great cross of roses, or chids and lillies of the valley and more than six feet tall, stood near the casket. Mrs. Vanderbilt walked with her eld est son. Cornelius. At the close of the ehureh services the casket was taken to the Vanderbilt mausoleum, New Dorp, S. I. THREE THOUSAND MEN IDLE. West Virginia Miners Strike* for au Ad vance in Wages. Hinton. W. Yu.. Sept. 15.—Hundreds of miners here joined tin* strikers today. Nearly 11,000 men are now out. Charleston. W. Va., Sept. 15. —Practi- cally the entire New River mining dis trict! is now idle*. Three-fourths of tin* miners have* suspended entirely and tin* rest are working with only a small force. The miners demand an advance of five* cents |H*r ton, and the operators claim they have contracted to furnish coal for both Eastern and Western trade* at a figure which will not admit of any increase in wages. A joint meet ing has been called for Monday to en deavor to reach a .settlement. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER lfi, 1899. TWO DOLLARS, ill AXE Hi DEATH ■3 Two Farmers Quarrel Over Money Near Shelby. THEY FIGHT WITH ROCKS THEN A KNIFE MAKES ITS AP PEARANCE. FINALLY ONE OF THEM SEIZES AN AXE With this he Deals a Blow from the Effects of Which his Opponent, Dan Grigg, Dies Within an Hour. Shelby, N. C., Sept 15,—((Special.)— Today a homicide occurred six miles from here. Bert Beam, a farmer, killed Dan Grigg, another farmer. Grigg’s son went to the house of Beam, and a quarrel ensued about two dol lars. Briggs* then ran up and threw a big rock at Beam and started toward him, knife in hand. As he neared Beam, the deceased stooped to pick up a rock, and at that instant Beam struck him in the head with an axe which lie picked up, am! death followed in half an hoar. Beam was outing stove wood in front of his door when the fatal quarrel occur red. The affair is regretted, as both parties have good connections. NEW SPINNING COMPANY. Will Develop a New Process of Ring Spinning and Twisting. Rest on. Sept. 15. —The Boston Com mercial News today says: “The Rotary Ring Spinning Company has been organized with a capital stock of $5,000,000 with its main offices in this city. Tin* company was formed for the purpise of developing a new process of ring spinning ami twisting, which it is claimed, will largely in crease tin* production of cotton mills by making is ix-esiblo to run spinning and twisting frames at a far greater speed than i.s now practical.” IIEST E It'S C OTTCIX ST ATKMEN T. New Orleans. La.. Sept. 15. Secretary Hester's New Orleans Cotton Exchange statement shows that the amount brought into sight for tin* week ending this afternoon is 250,755 1 ales against 1 02,r.>7 hales for the .-even days ending September 15th last year. 227,045 bale year before last and 302,.‘>80 kales the same time in 1800: this makes the total amount for the 15 days of the new sea son to 408,404 hales, against 230.221 bales last year, 372,503 bales year before last and 508,374 Tales same time in 180'i. The statement shows receipts at a 1 United States ports since September ist. of 280.010 Rales against 153.754 bales last year, and 232,500 bales year betoie last; overland across the Mississippi. Ohio and Potomac Rivers to Northern mills and Canada 18,270 bales against *v 314 hales last year, and 3,200 bales year lie fore last: interior stocks in excess of those held at the close of tin* commercial year 40,020 bales, ngain-1 22.070 Junes last year, and 80,7(15 bales year before last; Southern mill takings 01,077 bales against 55,077 bales last year ami 5C.- 030 bale/ year before last. Foreign exports for the 15 days have ■been 114,215 bait s against 08,535 F iles. The total takings of American mills. North and South and Canada thus far for the season have been 104.551 bales, against 75,271 nudes last year. I liese m elude 43.484 hales by Northern spinners against 18,104 bales. Since the close of the commercial year stocks at American ports and tin* 20 leading 'Southern inferior centres 'have been increased 180.028 laics against an increase for tin* same period: hist season of 07,415 bales ami are now 443.545 bales more than at this date last year. Including amounts left over in stocks at ports and 'interior towns from tin* last crop and the number of hales brought into sight thus far for the new crop the supply to date is 1,027.302 bales, against 500,787 'bales for the same period last year. Secretary Hester's statement of the world’s visible supply of cotton shows an increase for the week just closed of >»3, 002 bales, against a decrease of 10.381 bales last year and an increase of 70.708 bales year before last. The total vis hie is 2.045.140 bii'es, against 2,501,238 bales last week, 1.048,- 083 bales last year a;t d 1,438,088 bales year 'before last: of this, the total of American- cotton is 2,081,140 bales, against 1.000.238 bales last week. 1,402.- 083 bales last year and 012,088 bales year before last and of all other kinds, including Egypt. Brazil. India, etc.. 504,- 000 bales, against 505,000 bales last week. 540,000 bales last year and 520.000 year before last. TO ADVANCE TRUCE OF FLOUR. -Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 15.— At a meeting of the Hour manufacturers of Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia and Miss issippi, held it# this city, it wal decided to advance tin* price of flour on October Ist. Twenty eight millers attended the meeting. < AG ALX ST OLEOMARG ARI NE, Georgia Farmers Say Butter Trade is Being Destroyed by Its Sale. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 15. —In compliance with requests from farmers and dairy men in all parts of the State the Agri cultural Department, of Georgia has de cided to begin a vigorous campaign against the sale of oleomargarine in this Slab*. It is claimed by those who supply the markets of Atlanta and other caries in tin* State with butter, that their traf fic is being destroyed by the sale of oleomargarine which commands half the price—butter being 25 cents per pound, oleomargarhie is sold for l-Vi cents. The subject of the sale of oleomargarine in the Southern States will probably he brought before the conventknni of State Commissioners of .Agriculture which con venes here next month. VERDICT AGAINST CAMERON. Columbia, S. ('., Sept. 15.—A gentle man who came to Columbia today from Beaufort, S. C., brought the informa tion that a jury at Beaufort had found a verdict of SBSO in favor of a Jew named David Scliein and against Sena tor Cameron. Sehein had sued for $lO,- 000 damages for being whipped by Senator Cameron some time ago. The fact of the whipping had not been heard of before this time outside of Beaufort. Senator Cameron is large ly interested in a hunting club near Beaufort. SITE FOR COTTON WAREHOUSE. Pensacola, Fla., Sept. 15. —Represen- tatives of the American Cotton Company of Now York, are here endeavoring to secure a suitable site for the erection of immense cotton warehouses. If sites are secured all the export cotton from their compresses in Alabama, Georgia and several interior points will Im* shipped through Pensacola. This company handles the new round bale exclusively. POPE WILL WRITE TO FRANCE. Rome, Sept. 15. —Tilt* Pope, while re ceiving fifty pilgrims from Toulouse. France, today announced his intention to address a letter to the French nation urging an immediate pacification for the sake of humanity and so as not' to com promise the success of the Paris Expo sition. * ‘ NI CART LAND THE VICTOR. New York, Sept. 15.—Kid McParthmd of this city, tonight before tin* Broad way Athletic Club gained a decision over Otto SeilotV. of Chicago, after fight ing twenty-five rounds. WINDS WROUGHT RUIN HURRrANE DEVASTATES PART OF NEW FOUN LAND COAST. Several Lives Lost and Havoc Worked £mong the Fisheries. The Steamship Corean Has a Frightful Passage. St. Johns, N. F., Sept. 15.—A violent hurricane swept this section of New found land' last night. The Allan Steam ship Oorea.ii, from Philadelphia, had a frightful passage: and tin* steamer Sil via. from New York was delayed twenty four hours. Four fishing vessels wore driven off the St. Johns coast and three men and a woman drowned. Widespread destruction of fishing premises and gear is reported; and it is* feared that there has been much dam age. especially loss of life, at more dis tant points. BECAUSE HE IS A RICH JEW. Davitt Says This is the Secret of Eng -1 mud's Sympathy for Dreyfus. London. Sept. 15, —The papers are si ill Hooded with Dreyfus letters, the most re markable today 'bring from Mr. Michael Davitt. the Irish Nationalist member of Parliament. Mr. Davitt says Eng.fish sympathy for the prisoner is entirely due to the fact that Dreyfus is a rich Jew instead of a poor one and to the desire to injure a rival nation. “No absolutely innocent matt.” con tinued Mr. Davitt, “was ever convicted twice in any civilized country by a jury of his peers. No civilized country could produce a conspiracy of .men educated, cultured and responsible like tin* French military chiefs to stoop to the baseness and infamy of plotting to ruin an in significant i ire tty officer. The supposition is too monstrous to 'be entertained by a mind unwarped by anti-French feeling. What have you to say a limit iFlorence MaybrickV Your Lord: Chief Justice is said to believe her iniui:»ceut. So do many eminent Englishmen and tens of thou sands of Americans. Why has she no: had a second trial if innocent? She has suffered ten times more thaun Dreyfus could suffer.” THE SHAMROCK’S TRIAL SAIL. New York. Sept. 15.—1 u a light breeze from the west, northwest, varying from six to eight knots an hour. Sir Thomas Upton's yacht Shamrock sailed over a course of about twenty-three miles to day in three hours and four minutes, or at an average of nearly eight knots an hour. The total elapsed time shows that the Columbia sailed the same distance in her last race with, tin* Defender at Newport, twenty-nine minutes and fort.v fom* seconds faster, than the challenger, but there was more* wind at the Newport race during the windward work, so the comparison is hardly a fair out*. THE BOERS IN IN UNYIELDING MOOD Adhere to the Seven Years’ Franchise Law, THE WAR GROWL DEEPENS TIIE OUT LA NDERS PROTEST AGAINST BRITISH DELAY. 00M PAUL SEES NO CAUSE FOR WAR Denies that He has not Sought to Give Aliens Full Political Rights. Still Consid ering the Reply to Great Britain. London, Sept. 15. —A Blue Book con taiding the last Transvaal dispatch of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Chamberlain, relating to the mat ters which led up to the dispatch being sent, was issued today. The text of Mr. Chamberlain's note is identical with the dispatch as cabled to The Associated Press September 13th. The only impor tant feature revealed is a telegm.ni from the British High Commissioner, Sir Al fred Milner, dated August 31st, referring to the commercial distress and saying; “I am receiving representations from many quarters to urge the Imperial Gov ernment to terminate the suspense. British South Africa is prepared for ex treme measures and is ready to suffer much more in order to see tin* vindica tion of British authority. It is the pro longation, of the negotiations, endless and indecisive, that is dreaded. I fear seriously that there will la* a strong re action of feeling against the policy of the Imperial Government if matters drag." The blue book throws no new light on the situation as it is today, except to show that tin* commissioner's patience has reached the ebbing point. A published interview with President Kruger, said to have taken place at Pre toria yesterday is far more important. He is quoted as saying: “I have tried all along to place the aliens in tin* Transvaal on the same foot ing politically as the Burghers. Mr. ( h@mberla.in says I have not kept my promises. This,” thundered President Kruger, “I deny.” Con tinning. President Kruger is report ed to have added: in* aliens of the Transvaal have the same commercial rights as the Burghers and have always enjoyed them without interference. I wanted to let them have the same political rights, but they would not avail themselves of this. Roughly there are more than 50,000 a hens who have lieon here more than seven years ana have registered, thus beOng eligible to tin* franchise. Yet of the British sun jeets who have availed themselves of it tin* chief part have lmen Afrikanders and not English born. This shows that rim* British in the Transvaal do not want til** franchise. *ln my opinion there is wo cause what ever for w ar. Everything could be set tled by arbitratioin.” A second edition of the London Times today prints a special dispatch front ..eweastle. Natal, dated September 15lli. whiuh bears out the British High Com naiisioner's statement, as it says tin* out landers’ einianeil has tram-mitted to tin* imperial Government wihat practically amounts to a protest against further de lay. The Times correspondent adds: ‘There is nothing to confirm the re ports that the -noil's will concede Mi*. ChambcrMn’s demands. On the con trary, it is stated that three thousand men will be dispatched to the border im mediately after the Transvaal’s reply is sent. Everything points to the prospect of an early conflict.” Tile advices from Cape Town today tend to confirm the pessimistic view of the Times oorrespeinidomt at Newcastle. The news that a strong force of Boors has been stationed one hour from Ramathlabauia, con.uiTaniling the Preto ria and Johannesburg roads, has created great indignation at Cape Town. Tile tirst battalion of the Manchester regJmenit arrived at Cape Town today, disembarked ami marched through tin* streets. The soldiers were wildly cheer ed After they had been reviewed by lieutenant. General Sir Frederick IV Hik er, commander of the British troops iu South Africa, the battalion re-embarked and proceeded to Natal, Tims** troops, forniling the first instalment of the rein forcements were sent from. Gibraltar to Capo Town. The* 'Colonial Office has not yet receiv ed the formal reply of the Transvaal am; the Consul General of the Transvaal here, Mr. Montagu White, dims not ex pert it tonight. CONSIDERING THE REPLY. * retorhi. Sept. 15. —The executive is still considering the final reply to Great contain. All fbe commandants have been asked to send immediate returnis of all the Bur giiens avail able for military duty. A special dispatch from Pretoria says: “The Transvaal’s reply will bn on flu* following lines: “The Transvaal adheres to the seven years’ franchise law, but is willing to consider, and, if necessary, to adopt any suggestions Great Britain may make with regard to the working of the law. ‘“ln regard to the other points of Air. Chamberlain's dispatch, the Transvaal 3 FIVE CENTS. boldly stands by the London convention. It is said that the reply is couched in polite terms. The morning paper editorials regard the crisis as having reached its most acute phase. It is understood that a Cabinet council will Ih* summoned as soon as the Transvaal’s reply is received. At the close of the discussion born Rands met in secret session to discuss the final draft of tin* Transvaal reply which will be handed to Mr. Conyngham- Greene, the British agent, here in the morning. It is understood tin* reply is courteous, urges the aceplance of the joint conference and maintains the con vention of 1884. PENA LTIES PRESCRIBED. Cape Town, Sept. 15. — The British High Commissioner, Sir Alfred Milner, has issued a proclaim!icion prescribing severe penalties for inciting the natives of Basutlanil and other districts to re bellion. MARTIAL LAW SOON. Johannesburg, Sept. 15. —The Eastern Star, of Johannesburg, asserts that a martial law proclamation is being print ed. MOIILEY SAYS WE REPENT. Those Most Anxious to Rush Into War Now Anxious to Rush Out. Manchester, Sept. 15. —The Right Hon orable John Motley. Liberal member of * arliajurint for Mont rose burghs wide abdressiing a peace meeting in this city this evening, at which a son of the late Johns Bright, the distinguished British statesman and friend of pence, presid ed. was frequently interrupted by cries of “Majiiba Hill,” and other unti-Bo*'!* demonstrations. In retorting to the in - terriiptfiions, Mr. 'Motley said: “A year or two ago the 1 titled States saw* only one aspect of war; anul what arc they doing today? They* are repent ing. They have their yellow press and we have our yellow press. If lam asked to speak in 'this ball a year or two later. 1 will find those who now oppose me repenting also." HENRY DELEG A L ACQUITTED. Guyton, Ga.. Sept. 15. —Henry Dele gal, Colored, was today acquitted im the Effingham court, of the charge of criminal assault upon a white woman in Mclntosh county. This was the affair out of which grew tlu* Darien riots. Arguments of the attorneys were made at a late hodr last night, and the jury remained locked up until noon today when a verdict of not guilty w as return ed. Tin* cases of Edward anil Mallndn I telega 1. charged with Icing accessories to the murder of Sheriff Townsend, were begun this a f ten toon. '1 how are the last of the Darien riot cases. TO PROPOSE HIS PARDON WALDECK ROUSSEAU WILL TAKE THIS STEP FOR DREYFUS. It Will be Done Tuesday at the Cabinet Council D eyfus to Withdraw Appeal for Revision. London. Sept. 15. —The Paris corre spondent of the Daily News says the Premier. .VI. Waldeek-Rousseau, has promised definitely to propose a pardon for Dreyfus at next Tuesday's Cabinet Council. INSULTS TO FOREIGNERS. Ijondou. Sept 15. —The Daily Mail, which is still booming a Ixiycott of the Paris Exposition, publishes dispatches from Paris and Nice that describe "in sults in tlu* streets" to Americans and British. Its correspondents refer to these inci dents as indications the people of both nations should avoid going to France, especially to tin* Rivera, and declare that the house agents there are in despair at the prospects of a bad season. SEA SERVICE FOB Sri 111 EY. He is Assigned to Command the South Atlantic Station. Washington, Sept. 15. —Sunni* time ago Admiral Schley applied to the Navy De part nwmlt for sea service. The Navy Department has now granted the request and 'has notified him to hold himself in read'iiness for sea. He has been assigned to eonmnanil the South Atlantic Station. mud 1 the 'Department is about to take steps to make the eomniiand commens l rati* wiith his rank by increasing eon-fid erably the manlier of vessels on the sta tion. The CinivHtttati probably twill go there: tin* Detroit is already on her way to join and the Marblehead is l.kely to In* attached. 'Altogether tlcre will be about five or six ships on the statam when tin* quota .is filled. It is said at the Department that wiith a threatened war in South Africa which is part of tlu* sta tion. t!u:ld tlu* disturbed erudition* in South and Central gViueriea, the Souths. Atlantic command is likely to become an iiniiortant one in the service .n tin* near future. CONFEDERATE LEADER DYING. Washington. Sept. 15.-—General Harry lletli, the famous Confederate leader, who has been ill at his home, is reported dying. It was thought when In* was first stricken last winter that death would soon ensue, but bis remark able vitality has kept him up till now. THIRTY NEW CASES. Key West, Fla., Sept. 15.—There have been thirty new eases of yellow fever in the past twenty-four hours. One death has been reported.