The Weather To-day; ! Carolina" { FAIR. The News and Observer. VOL. XLVII. NO. 11. LEADS ALL KORTH OAROLH DAILIES M NEWS AND OHKDIr' TIDE CABINET COUNCIL HELD IN LONDON The Pall Mall Gazette Gives Some Information. THOUGHT TO BE CORRECT BRITISH SOVEREIGNTY MUST BE OWNED. YIELD TO JOHN BULL’S OTHER DEMANDS England Will then Se'tle the Nature of Pro posed Arbitration Tribunal. Such is the New Note. Sympathy for the Trahsvaal. London, Sept. 22.—A Cabinet council was liehl today beginning' at 12:30 p. ni. A large crowd assembled about Downing street early in* the day. The Cabinet Ministers were loudly cheered, the Sec retary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Chamberlain, receiving the lion's share of the applause. The meeting ended at 2:40 p. m. The Ministers were cheered as they came out of the Foreign Office. Nothing transpired regarding the action taken, though the general impression spread that si vigorous line had been adopted. The Secretary of State for War, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and the First Lord of the Admiralty Mr. George J. Goat-hen immediately proceeded to the War Office. The Fall Mall Gazette this afternoon published a special dispatch from Cape Town Which says it is stated that tin* Boers have given a guarantee to their sympathizers in the Orange Free State and ('ape Colony that the Transvaal will not lx* the first to make war. Immediately after the Cabinet coun cil tin* German Ambassador, Count Yon Halscfeldt-Wildenburg visited the Pre mier, Lord Salisbury, and h;ul a long conference with him. The fact that a similar visit immediately followed the previous Cabinet council leads some per soms to attach significance to it and to infer that Emperor William, of Ger many, is taking an active part in Trans vaal affairs. The official German press, however, has been so outspoken in tell ing President Kruger that he need not expect German aid that it is scarcely possible to attach credence to that in ference. Rumors are current regarding the re sult of the Cabinet council all profess ing to be based on good sources. But, these are vague and contradictory. One news agency announces that immediate and decisive action had not been decided upon. Later in the day various rumors were still current regarding the Cabinet meet ing. but the following, which tin* Pall Mall Gazette publishes is believed to be correct: "The comparatively short duration of the council warrants the conclusion that nothing of supreme importance was de cided at it and such we believe to be the fact. t "Information in our possession is to the effect that it was an interim Cabinet summoned Jo consider am interim dis patch. It is believed that this paper which met with the unanimous appro val of Mr. Chandler la in colleagues will be published as soon as received by the Boer, Government on Monday or at the latest on Tuesday.” According to the Pali Mall Gazette the dispatch oi>rus with an expression of regret at the unfavorable character of ScKTetary Reitz's latest reply and proceeds with a very firm iasistance upon the repudiation of the claim or the Transvaal to the status of a sov ereign Slate, once more pointing out British readiness to settle at once the mature of the proposed arbitration tri bunal, provided the other British condi tions are promirtly and unreservedly ac cepted and concluding with tin* inti mation that tin* Imiterial Government is now engaged in drawing up its own terms and that the Transvaal may ex pert to hear from them very shortly. The Pall Mall Gazette says that an other meeting of the Cabinet will take* place next Thursday or Friday, when the issues will be presented in a more serious shape. The United States Ambassador. Mr. Joseph 11. Choate, visifeil tin* foreign Office today. It is nndirrsitood that his visit was in relation to tin* Alaskan negotiations. In an interview witii a reporter of the Associated Press Mr. Chamberlain said: "Os course J»rd Salisbury did not discuss the Transvaal crisis with me. 1 can say that the United States has made no representations (if any kind regarding the Transvaal and tin* same applies so far as I know to Germany. 1 hope there will Im* no war, but tilings are quite uncertain.” The Govern in mt, it is understood, cabled Sir Alfred Mf.'lner, British High (Van,nissioner for South Africa yester day afternoon (Friday) a message in ac cordance with the Cabinet’h decisiui, as outlined in the Pall Mall Gazett" and already cabled to tlw* Associated Press. It is said that the mo-sage protests strongly against the alligation of bad faith cil the part of Mr. Conyngham Greene. In the meantime no active steps will Im> taken to send an army eor*i>s to South Africa, but preparai!ions of a general kind will continue quietly fir the dis patch of a large army under General Sir Rcdvers Bidler should President Kruger decline to avail himself of the further opportunity now given for a compromise. The Johannesburg correspondent of the Morning Post says: "It is asserted here that an under standing exists in Pretoria that tin* Cape Colony Government, will, at the last moment, declare in favor of the Trans vaal. The Cape Town correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says: "i have the best, authority for the statement that the Orange Free State i.and has unanimously resolved to assist the Transvaal against British aggres sion.” KltUGEll LOOKS FOR PEACE. Cape Town. Sept. 22.—*Writing to an intimate friend here, President Kruger says: "Things are serious* and will -linen mo graver, but a peaceful settlement will be attained.” THE G. A. R. WON'T LEAD. Admiral Dewey and the* Sailors of the Olympia Will. i\ew York, Slept. 22. —At today's meet ing of the Plan and Scojm* Committee of the Dewey Celebration it was unani mously agreed to approve the action of General Roe in regard to the position assigned to the Grand Army in the Land Parade. General Roe issued a state ment today regarding the matter in which he said: "I have taken the position from the he ginining that the day was emphatically a navy day, that Admiral Dewey and the sailors of tile Olympia should he in tin* lead with nothing whatever to dot;:et." General lioe reported that lie had learned that Ohio had proposed to in crease its representation from 500 to 3,000 men. Me suggested that in view of the lack of funds the committee au thorized him to aiinoumiee that no more organizations would Im* accepted. A motion to tin* effect was made and adopted. ROOSEiVEi.T HAS NO AUTHORI- Ftiea, N. Y.. St*pt. 22. Regarding the dispute as to the position to Im* accorded the G. A. R. in the Dewey Day parade ar Now York, Governor ‘Roosevelt said tonight: "I have ‘telegraphed General Rim* that if the matter is one purely for tin* city authorities and ini which I have no pow er, then of course I ‘withdraw my former telegram. I had understood that General Roe was acting as Major General of the National Guard in the management of the parade, and in that event I of course had the power to direct that the veterans Im* given the right of the lime and ac cordingly did it. If. however, as appears to Im* the case, it is a matter purely for ftlie city officials. 1 of course, have inch ing to say, and mo advice to give.” WITHIN A RING OF GUNS TWO UNKNOWN NEGROES IN THE DEPTHS OF A SWAMP. Charged With Criminally Assaulting the Daughter of One of the Leading Cit izens of the County. Gainesville. Ga., Sept., 22.—Two un known negroes are surrounded in a swamp near the southern enld of the county. A posse with Winchesters, shot guns and bloodhounJds are in pursuit. Tiny are charged with criminally as saulting a daughter of Wan. Wofford, a prominent citizen of the county. They accosted tin* young lady -.in. a field near her home, and she fled. 'They pursue 1 and stoned her and then took to the swamp. Mhc place was surrounded and u*]Mm their resistance three rounds \v>*m* fired into the thicket, wounding one of the negroes seriously as was shown iiy I.i.otm stains. Dogs ail'd men are an pursuit tonight, and if caught the two assailants will meet quick judgment. ANOTHER CAR DYNAMITED. Cleveland. ().. Sept. 22. Another Big Consolidated street car was dynamited tonight. The explosion occurred on the Wilde Park line in a lonesome- nbt.e near the city limits. The explosion unwashed the front wheel on one side. The car jumped tin* track, ran across the other track and was in tin* gutter of the street. There were only two passengers amt they both escaped injury. Nobody was seen about 'the place where tin* ex plosion occurred and there is no clue to the jierpet rators. DREYFUS COMING TO TEXAS. lie Will Spend tin* Winter at Sail An tonio, it is Said. .San Antonio. Texas, Sept. 22. .1. 11. S. 'Ftcen, of Shreveport, La., has ar rived here from Keanes, France, where he has been visiting bis sister. lie brings informal ion that Captain Alfred Dixy fits and Mine. Dreyfus, together with Mine. Bertha Morn*. I/eiuenant Max 'Ranee-Mcrre. late of tin* French army and Misses Ida and Emily Mom* will gome to San Antonio and that Cap tain Alfred Dreyfus will spend tlu* win ter in this city for his health A BIRD KILLER’S RECORD. Detroit. Mich., Sept. 22.—W. R. Ellis ton. of Tennessee, won the International live bird championship and the Gitimar and Barnes trophy this afternoon at the Ruseh House Grounds. Mackie, Build. Gilbert, Crosby and Elliston were tied for first with fifteen birds each and Ellis ton won in the shoot off, killing twenty [ three straight. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, SATUKDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1899. MILITARY PUNS FOR PHILIPPINES An Army Division to be Cre ated There. OF FOUR DEPARTMENTS THREE TO BE COMMANDED BY MAJOR GENERALS, THE PLAN AS YET NOT FULLY MATURED Its Chief Object Said to be to Give Protection to the Peaceable Tribes, Who Thus Could not be Forced to Aid Aguinaldo. Washington, Sept. 22. —A plan'is un der consideration at the War Depart ment to create an army division of the Philippines and divide the division Info departments on a basis similar to that in (Juba. The idea is to create four de partments in the Philippines, at least three of which will be commanded by Major Generals. The Philippines have heretofore been known as the Depart ment of the Pacific. It is expis-teil that one department of the promised new di vision will consist, of General Mar Ar thur's command north of Manila; an other will lie General Lawton's com mand south of Manila, amt a third will be a new command to iqierate from Lingayen or Dagupan. The fourth de partment probably will consist of the troops in the islands south of Luzon, which include the commands now* at Iloilo, Cebu and other points. The scheme has not yet taken such definite form as to determine the com mand of the division aud departments. Then* is little doubt however that Law*- ton and MncArthur will remain when* they now are, and probably the com mand in the islands south will be under a brigadier general. Another officer will have to be selected for the depart ment in the far northern part of the island at the terminus of the Dagupan Railroad. The plan is to give each department commander all tin* troops that can be successfully operated and which will insure sufficient garrison for all points taken. Protection to the peaceable tribes is one of the chief objects; for the rep n*sei:if tit ions which have been made to the War Department indicate that many of tin* inhabitants do not want to tight, and if unmolested and re lieved of the fear of attack from the Tagals, they will assist In supporting the authority of the United States and make at impossible for the followers of Aguinaldo to subsist. GILMG'KE TREATED 1 BADLY. Failure to Ransom Him Said to Have Enraged the Natives. Boston, Sept. 22. —A naval officer on one of the shijiis at Cavite, says in a private letter written to relatives here, under date of August ltJtli: "I today made a trip to Manila pur ivosely to see and interview* a Spaniard who claims to have seen Lieutenant Gilmore and his men. The Spaniard arrived in Manila on the 12th, coming through the outposts at San Fernando de la Pampanga. His name is Feiipa Galza and he is a planter by occupation. On the first of February last he was on his plantation when lie was sur rounded by a deputation of natives who made him a prisoner, lie was forced to follow* the movements made by the so-called Filipino Republic and tramp through mud and water and over moun tains, in their wanderings. Two weeks before the arrival at Manila lie saw at Bigan Lieutenant Commander Gilmore and his fourteen fellow* prisoners. From his report it is judged that they have fared badly at tin* hands of their cap tors, and, although their courage was undaunted, they were in bad shape phy sically, in reality, being half starved. Gilmore* himself, In* said, was in better health than some of the others, being a man of strong physique* am! strong determination. The* whole party was entirely destitute of clothes aiid all the necessities of life. The* failure of tin* 1 nited States to ransom them as expected hud so enraged tin* insurgents that their treatment, which Tor some time had been most kind, lmd since be come tlie reverse. Tin* members of tin* party, however, were* not discouraged and fully expected to return to their friends. Galza thought that with prop er measures employed by tin* United States Government, there would he no trouble in effecting the speedy release* of Gilmore and tin* Yorktown’s men.” SOLDIERS OCCUPY CHURCHES. Church Property is Protected and Re spected, Otis Cables. Washington, Sept. 22. The War De partment has ree-eived the* following cablegram from General Otis regarding the military use of church property in the Philippines: "Referring to your cablegram of Sep tember 18th, sixteen churches, different localities occupied by United States troops. Four only partially occupied and religious services not interfered with. Also three convents occupied. These three and ten of tin* sixteen churches formerly occupied by insurgents. Church property respected and protected by our troops.” ATTEND DEWEY CELEBRATION. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 22. —A special from Columbia, S. C’., says: “The indications are that a full regi ment will go from South Carolina tef New York for tkp Dewey celebration. Assistant General Frost will be in com mand. Companies from the lower coun try will Ik* under command of Major Henry Schaehte, of Charleston, and Colonel J. C. Boyd will command the up country battalion.” MISSISSIPPI'S CONTINGENT. Jackson, Miss., Sept. 22.—Adjutant General Wm. Henry, Colonel E. 11. Scuddor, Judge Advocate General, and Lieutenants Jones and Bushman, mem bers of the Governor’s staff and the Walthall Guards of Meridian, leave Sunday morning to represent the State of Mississippi at tin* celebration in honor of Admiral Dewey. The Walthall Guards will be under command of Cap tain Martin with forty men in line. WANT CONGRESSIONAL AID. To Swim* Better Water Transportation Facilities for Birmingham. Washington, Sept.22.—Ex-Representa tive Aldrich and Mr. J. A. Van I Boose, ex-Mayor of Birmingham, Ala., had an interview with the President today. They are interested in securing better water transportation facilities for Bir mingham and desired to enlist the Presi dent's co-operation in whatever legisla tion may lie proposed at the coming ses sion of Congress. The President as sured his callers that he had always been in sympathy with any project which would facilitate American com merce. The proposed improvement will cost $0,000,000. FOIt CANNIBALISM. Warrants Issued Against Two Norwe gian Sailors. Charleston. S. (\, Sept. 22.—Warrants were sworn out today by Vice Consul Witte, acting for the Government of Norway, against Andersen and Thomas, the Norwegian sailors from the bark Drot, who, according to their own story, killed and ate a companion drifting in raid-ocean on a raft. The men are still very sick and the warrants were not served, but a guard was placed over them. They will be sent to Norway as soon as able to travel. PHI I, PC KIM ili IF FIN FEUD. London, Ivy.. Sept. 22.—A rumor has "reached here that Floyd Chad well turn ed State’s evidence against tin* Griffins today at Manchester. The Philpots are still there watching the trial. Five of the six ten witnesses for the common wealth who tied from Clay county left here today for Indiana, and they say they will not return. FILIPINOS DITCH TRAIN THEN OPEN FIRE, KILLING TWO AND WOUNDING FIVE. Lieutenant Lome and Five Scouts Make a Vigor ous Defence, Driving off the En emy With Loss. Manila, Sept. 22.—(2:33 P. M.i—A party of insurgents ditched a railroad train a mile and a half south of Angeles this morning and then opened tin* upon the derailed cars from a '*amboo thicket dose to the track, killi lg two Americans and wounding five ethers. Lieutenant Dune and five of his scouts, . ho were on tin* train, made .g irons defense and caused the enemy to tlee. Six dead reiiels were aft* r card tound in the thicket from which the rebel fin* came. General Wheaton with six companies, proceeded from Calumet to the relief of the train, but his services were not needed. TRAGEDY BEHiMD THE CERTAIN Julia Morrison, Leading- Lady, Shoots the Stage Manager. Chattanooga, Tenii., Sept. 2. Julia Morrison, leading lady of tin* "Mr. Plas ter at Paris,” farce comedy company, shot iiiuvt killed Frank Leiden, stage man ager amd leading anan of the company, to night on the stage of the city opera house, just lief ore the curtain rose for the | ner form a nee. Three shots were tired at dose range, all taking effect in la*id eii’s head. He sank to the Hoot* and was d'eald in a few mi mules. The woman was arrested and taken to the city jail. -V coroner's jury inquest was held at‘which it developed that trouble had existed lw tweeii 1 A'iden and Miss Morrison and today she slapped him. It appelars that they quarreled over the woman s al leged ha'd acting, Leiden aoeuMiiiiig her of being but am* amateur. Tilt* woman claims that Leiden repeatedly insulted her, arid that she shot him iin self-de fense. The verdict of the coroner's jury was to tlie effect that the ‘murder was pre meditated and wholly unjustifiable. The woman claims to be from New Orleans and the man with tin* company named James she says is her husband. J ame lias been arrested as the instigator of the crime. The company lias been on I In road three weeks and has been unusually successful. 200 THROWN OUT BY FIRE. The Hague. Sept. 22.—Tin* Tevkuiies Cotton Maun factory at Euschedo, in Ovcirywsel. has been almost destroyed by fire. Eight hundred mem are thrown of employment The business of the con cern was largely with the l nited States. Admiral Montojo has been condemned to retirement without the right of pro motion. II SHUT DOWN OF SOUTHERN MILLS This Question to be Discuss ed in Philadelphia. BY SOUTHERN MILL MEN INCREASED COST OF COTTON GIVEN AS THE REASON. THE SHUT DOWN TO BE ONLY TEMPORARY Withh Sixty Days the Price is Expected to go to 7 1-2 Cents, and the Men Fear to Take Orders at Pres en* Prices. Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 22.—About twenty-five representative* of the South ern Cotton, Spinners’ Association arc now in this city. The delegation is headed by President J. 11. Me A den aud Secretary G. B. Hiss, of Charlotte, N. C. The visitors came to si*e the national export exposition. They will while here, it is said, discuss questions which tiny result in temporarily shutting down a number of miles in the South. This on account of the increased prices of cot ton. The present price* of mater: il such as the mills in the assoctati hi use is f}%r per pound. It is expected that in sixty days the price will be raised to 7V&C. The question whether or imt it would be advisable to take orders at the present prices or refuse them is accordingly the principal subject of do mission with the commission men here and among the memlicrs of the associa tion themselves. Secretary llis*s said tonight that the present prices are entirely roo low, aud unless an advance is made it .ill be im possible to till orders at the anticipated rise iu the price of the raw material. As a matter of fact, he thought, It would be better to shut down tluui run the mills at a loss. Should there be a general slut!: down it might affect 130 miles in the South. TEILEKJ RA PHIIC BRI E ES. Negotiations iliavo Iveen concluded bv Great Britain for taking possession of Delagoa Bay November Ist. Long Beach, Ocean ,wings and Biloxi. Miss., have been granted daylight eom municat'ioii with New Orleans under cer tain restrictions. xieyonil a little scrimmage airiong them selves, which resulted in flic arrest of the offending parties, the Kicliimnnd, Va . negroes who visited Warpenton today to celebrate Emancipation Day gave no trouble. Among the things done by the Odd Fellows at Detroit yesterday were, a re fusal to alrtdish the Royal Purple De gree, and authority given to raise funds for relief purposes by enterta.iuments. and in other ways. Tin* business of the Sovereign Grand Isnlge will 'be com pleted today. HAMILTON DOWNS THE KID. New York. Sept. 22.—Oscar Gardner, the Omaha Kid, did not light up to b*s usual standard when he m *t Jack Ham ilton ofTroy. at the Broadway Athletic Club tonight. Hamilton won in a de cisive manner and the referee gave him the bout at the end (f tin* twenty-fifth round. Gardner was a tw * to one fa vorite* at the start. Gardner was floored in tlie fourth round with a swing on the jaw, and lie was forced to the rojtes in the seventh. Hamilton out him over the ropes several times after that. JERRY SIMPSON HOOTED. Because lie Said He Gloried in the Spunk of Aguinaldo’s Men. Wichita. Kansas, Sept. 22.—Ex-Con gressman Jerry Simpson was hooted oft’ the platform here this evening, while ad dressing a local G. A. R. re-union. Mr. Simpson said: "I glory in the spunk of Agoinaldo’s men. They are simply fighting to re gain the land the Catholics took from them.” COG HI AN ORDERED EAST. Seattle, Wash.. Sept. 22. -Ciaptabi Coghkin, co'inmaiiidan't of the Port Orchard dry dock was today ordered east to attend the Dewey reception. lie whs in command of the Raleigh during the battle id 1 Manila. FIVE DIE 'AT KEY WEST. Thirty Eight New Cases Os Yellow Fever Reported. Key West, Sept. 22.—The new easts of yellow fever iHiinber 38 and the deaths five. Three of those who died were children. ARMY PLANS SOLD TO FRANCE Berlin, Sept. 22. —It if riffieially admit ted that army mobilization plans stolen by Sergeant Sehlosser, in Wuefseburg, Bavaria, htave been sold to Frau ice. Sehlosser is a fugitive from justice. PRI 2 IV E CENTS. -v LEAGUE S paST DAY'S WORK. President Black’s Word's as to Bad Government of Cities. Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 22. The third annual convention of the League of American Municipalities finished its work and adjourned today. The pro gram of the Convention was not fully carried out, owing to unusual length of the paper on municipal questions and other topics listed for discussion. Mayor Maguire, of Syracuse, made a farewell speech in which he referred to the se lection of Charleston for the next con vention as being most appropriate. lie said: that the meeting of the young West with the representatives of the old South at the dawn of the new ce i tury would add weight to the ring of patriotic loyalty that was forged anew around the Stars and Stripes by the North, South, East ami West in the late war. Prof. Edward W. Bern is, of the Bu reau of Economic Research, New York, concluded his address of yesterday on inuil'icipal ownership. The discussions and papers on the contract system were laid over nntil the next convention aud a paper on con stitutional limitations of municipal in debtedness relative to public improvo meifcs by C. W. Fooke, of the University of Illinois, was ordered filed. In closing the exercises President Black said lie regretted that the oppo nents and critics of the league did not attend the sessions as hi* felt sure they would have been impressed with two facts: “First that the municipal officers of this great commonwealth are, in the main, a body of honest, intelligent and competent officials, earnestly striving to find some pathway leading out of the chaos encompassing the Government of the cities* of America. "Second, that the difficulties against, which this struggle is made are not marly so much the results of dishon esty, incouipeteney or neglect of tlie officials as they are of the system of government applied to our officers ami for which the people themselves are greatly responsible.” OFFERS OF SERVICE MADE. Pretoria, Sept. 2.. —President Kruger has ‘been in telegraphic conference with President Sfeyn this afternoon regarding the situation, and it Im* decision of the lla.id of the Orange 'Free State is await ed with interest. •Large numbers of local Danes, Ger mans, Frenchmen, Hollanders and Am ericans have offered their services to commandant General Joubert in the event of hostilities. The elder burghers still fail to see the grounds of a casus b:da, but, if Mr. CQianuberiiiin makes what they weiiUd characterize ‘"humiliating demands,” such as, for instance, disarmament, war would be inevitable. ROBBED AND MURDERED A MISER’S HOUSE FLAMLS IN THE LATE NIGHT. He and his Hired Man Beaten to Death. The House Keeper Roasted in the Burning Building. Cumberland, Mil., Sept. 22. —The resi dence of Absalom Kesler, a miserly farmer, aged 80, living on the West Virginia side of the river near Paw Paw, was discovered on fire at one o’clock this morning. Neighbors hur ried to the scene and were horrified to find Kesler and Albert Gross, his hired man. lifeless in the yard. The house keeper, Anna Homan, was also mur dered, but her body was consumed in the flames. The object of the crime evidently was robbery. Kesler was known to keep a large sum of money about the house, hut a few weeks ago was persuaded to put most of liits money in (tank here. The robbers secured about S2OO. it is thought. After beating the wo with a blunt instrument, as they supposed, to death, the robbers set the building on fire to cover up their erint", but tin* men had life enough to crawl cut into the yard. Officers claim to have a clue which they are working on. THE SHAMROCK'S ACCIDENT. It Was Not She Showed Good Sailing Qualities. New* York, Sept. 22.—G00d judgment on the part of those in charge of the yacht Shamrock today saved her from what might have been a most serious ac cident, After sailing in a strong breeze over about five miles of tin* course off the New Jersey coast, her crew found that the bob stay was stretching and iu danger of carrying away, so designer Fife ordered the sail taken oil' and sin* was towed to her moorings in the Horse shoe by the newspaper tug Dyck man. There the bob stay and its fittings were taken off and put on l»oanl the repair scow Ulster. 11 was announced tonight by lh*. McKay, representing the Sham rock's owners, that tin* damage was trifling, and tha t the yacht would .* a* L again in the morning. On the wind the yacht stood u > well to her work today, and she scented to be doing her best. She average l be tween 11 and 12 knots during the trial. The Shamrock covered the entire dis tance of five and three quart**.* miles from the Gedney’s outer buoy to the turn in thirty minutes and fifty >ec*.nds. The southern Phil o/te lie Association met in Richmond, Va., yesterday, and the diploma for bi*st collection of Con federate stamps in the world was award ed to H. E. Deals, Flemiugtou, N, J.