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The Weather 1 o-Day: RAIN. The News and Observer. VOL. XLVII. NO. 55. leaps 111 north garolmT dailies ni ieislll ciil, ulation. THE CHARLESTON - IN MEN SEN Hard and Fast Aground on the Reef. NO HOPE OF SAVING HER HEAVY SEAS FORCED ;.T.L TO ABANDON HER. HARDSHIPS ENDURED IN OPEN BOATS Lieutenant McDonald Four Days in a Boat in Drenching Rains, Carries News of the Disaster to the Oregon. The Helena to the Rescue. Manila, Nov. 14. —12:25 p. w.—The United States cruiser Charleston ran aground near Yigan, on a hidden reef, with fathoms of water on both sides. She worked her machinery for two days and nights in trying to get afloat, but a typhoon arising the crew were compelled to take to their boats and seek refuge on a small island five miles away. The natives are friendly. lieutenant Mc- Donald and a number of sailors put off in a small boat and reached the Callao, which brought them to Manila. The gunboat Helena has b“e'i dis patched to bring away the crew. Lieutenant McDonald describes the Charleston when he last saw her as hard aaid fast aground, wit.i her hot tom badly stove and well out of the water. * S p. itt. —Further details regarding the grounding of the United States cruiser Charleston show that slip strd’K an un charted coral reef ten miles east "f Kamiguin Island. Her stern was almost submerged and the how almost out of water. A heavy sea was on and the cruiser began rolling violently Ihe water tight doors were quickly dcsed, but were stove in under the engine com partment, the largest of the ship. After the first efforts to right her, the officers feared she might slide off be cause of the heavy sea, and therefore abandoned the attempt to cave her. They hurried to the launch and boats and rowed away, preoar >d to tight for a landing, with two Colt guns, 134 rifles and ten days’ rations. Some of the offi cers and men were dressed only in pajamas and their underclothing. The breech blocks of the cannon were re moved before the boats put off. Two hours after the Chari iston struck all had gotten away. The report that the crew remained two days on the vessel >s in accurate. A party returned two nays later, but found It impossible to save anything. Tl»e first landing was made on a little island, with a front of barren rocks. Next day the boats again took to the water and proceeded to Kamigiun Island, where a landing was made in the ex pectation that fighting would be neces sary. So far from this being the ease, however, the Charleston’s men found a half-savage people, who regarded them with curiosity rather than hostility. On the third day the stor u hud greatly sub sided and Lieutenant John D. McDonald, with boatswain Dominick Gliim and six men started for the Gulf of Lingayen in a thirty foot sailing launch, hoping to find an American warship. but entirely ignorant of General Wheaton's expedi tion. Lieutenant McDonald was for,** days afloat, keeping under shelter of the hostile shore for two days on of the high seas, being most of the time *a a soaking rain. Finally, flying the Union Jack down clad in thei: underdo;hfng and drenched to the si-in. tin* officer and his companions overt »>k the transport Aztec, which carried them to the battle ship Oregon. The gunboat Helena was due to at rive at Kamiguin Island yesterday. J lie Charleston was returning from a five weeks’ cruise along the eastern coast of Luzon, and Admiral Watson was begin ning to be uneasy. He supposed how ever. that she had joined General Wheaton’s expedition. In naval circles the accident is con sidered finite unavoidable. The only wonder is that there are not more such disasters in the Philippine waters, which are in most cases indifferently charted. The Charleston lies practically in the njieii sea, and there is no hope of saving her or the valuable paraphernalia and contents of the cruiser. WATSON’S REPORT OF WRECK. Washington. Nov. 14.—• Admiral Wat son cables to the Navy Department the following official report of the wreck of the cruiser Charleston: -Manila, Nov. 13.—Charleston wreck ed uncharted coral reef three miles north, northwest of Guinapak Rocks, north coast Luzon, . r »:30 morning of No vember 2nd. Everybody safely landed Kamiguin Island armed with rifles and two Colts. Natives friendly. McDon ald made Lingayen Gulf (in) sailing launch. When left no opportunity ex amination of wreck. North dost monsoon, heavy sea prevailing. Reports ship struck easily; then thumped violently. Fire room compartment flooded, first water tight doors closed promptly. Ship lies settled aft, water one foot from nftuie. Well out of water forward; ap parently very steep hank; ten days’ pro visions; men on half rations when land ed. Helena dispatched from Lingayen bv Oregon to Kamiguin; due today. (Signed.) “WATSt >N.” There is a discrepancy in the date of I the wreck of the Charleston as given in Admiral Watson's message and in the press dispatches. It is probable that the seventh instant is correct, and Admiral Watson's dispatch was confused in transmission. There was some surprise expressed that so long a time elapsed since the wreck before news of the fact reached the Navy Department. It ap pears. however, that this delay was ine vitable owing to the isolated position of the wreck. Kamiguin Island is a small island lying about north of Aparri, Which is the most northerly port on tin* Island of Luzon. It is distant about 250 miles from Lingayen Gulf, where are stationed the nearest of the warships of Watson’s fleet. When acting Secretary Allen reached the Navy Department this morning, he communicated with the White House, and by direction of the President went over at once, carrying si sliart of Northern Luzon and the cable gram from Watson. Admiral Watson appears to have acted at once upon receipt of the news, for he informed the Navy Department that he had cabled across to Hong Kong to secure the help of experienced wreckers to proceed immediately to the scene of the accident. The Navy Department has already a constructor on Ihe ground in the person of Lieutenant Hobson, who may J»e called on to assume charge of the wrecking operations. As soon as possible a court of inquiry will be galled to tix the responsibility for the wrecking of the ship. This will fol low irrespective of any notion of the Navy Department, and will be ordered by Admiral Watson. Should it appear that the wreck was caused by the negli gence of any of the Charleston’s officers, a court martial will follow tin* inquiry, but in view of the exceedingly danger ous character of the north coast iff Lu zon and the lack of necessary aids to navigation, it is not believed to be proba ble that any of the officers will he found severely censurable. Captain George W. Pigmnn is in com mand of the ship. THE STRUGGLE IN KENTUCKY Contests in 7 Counties Involves 4,000 Votes. Louisville, I\y., Nov. 14.—The progress of the contests in various counties of the State is the iK»int where interest in the fight for the Governorship is centered. The determination of these disputes may swing in either direction the result of the fact* of the returns as they will Ik* made to the State Board of Election Commissioners. These con tests involve over votes in seven counties as follows: Christian county 95 votes, Tayiors plurality in one precinct, at Hopkins ville, which was today thrown out by the County Election officers. _ i Johnson county, where the 878 pi lira li for Taylor is lieing disputed by the Democrats on the ground of alleged ir regularities. Knox county, 1,385 plurality for Tay lor in contest. Under a mandatory or der of Judge Brawn at Burbourville, these returns have been certified by the county election officers, but the contest undoubtedly will Ik* renewed Indore the State board. Mercer county, 286 plurality for Tay- Jor. The Democratic chairman from the election hoard has filed notice of contest in three large Republican precincts, alleging various irregularities. If these precincts should Ik* thrown out Goeliel will have/a safe plurality in the county. The county election l ward has adjourned lmt the contest will come Indore the State board. Nelson county, 1.198 votes are lieing contested by the Democrats on the ground that they were certified for W. P. Taylor instead of W. S. Taylor. The Republican# today filed suit at Bards town against the County Election Com missioners and the election officers In the thirteen precincts involved, seeking to obtain a mandatory injunction to compel the election officers to certify these 1.1518 votes for W. S. Taylor. The matter will also come before the State hoard. Pulaski county, 300 votes in contest. Taylor's plurality was 1,540, including the 300 which came from five precincts where contests have Ikhui instituted. Harrison county, 130 votes in con test. The State Board of Election Commis sioners will meet at Frankfort Decem ber 4th. Before il the points involved in these disputed ballots will be argued by the leading counsel of the State. The official count in Jefferson county is 'progressing satisfactorily with little change in the unofficial figures. Five wards have been completed. Thirty-five cases of alleged violators of election laws came up before Judge Toney today. Each of the prisoners wore held in $l5O bail. Railroad Magnates Arrive. Norfolk, Va., Nov. 14.—President Gas sett, the Board of Directors, and de partment heads of the Pennsylvania Railroad, arrived in this city today and inspected terminal facilities. Tins even ing they left for 'Richmond and will go thence to .\ or til Carolina. The Isabel Leaking. Savannah, Ga.. Nov. 14. —The German hark Izaliel, Captain Voss, 47 days out from Hayti with a cargo of log wood, •put in at Tybee today leaking. She is reported bound for a Hussion port. The extent of the damage is not known. The vessel will come to the city in two days to repair. James Monroe, the alleged bigamist and swindler who married and deserted Mrs. Mary Colthar. of Bunker Hill, Ills., after obtaining from her .$4,000. was arrested in Chicago Sunday, and yester day was taken to Rochester for trial. It is understood that Monroe has made a business of marrying and swindling women. RALEIGII, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1899. THE EVANISHMENT OF AGUINALDO Report That He is Retreating to Dagupan. FIGHT NEAR SAN JACINTO AMERICANS LOSE (SIX MEN AND ONE OFFICER. EIGHTY-FOUR FILIPINOS WERE KILLED Our Troops Could Drive Filipinos From Bonga* btng in a Fortnight. Insurgents Sur render And Get S3O Apiece For Their Guns. Manila, Nov. 14. —(8:40 A. M.) —The whereabouts of Aguinaldo and liis army and Cabinet is a perfect enigma. Gener al Otis has learned that Aguinaldo re cently issued a proclamation transferr ing the capital to Bonga bong, giving as a reason for the step the unsanitary condition of Tarlac. It is supposed that the leaders of the insurrection who are not already at Bonga bong are retreating to that place, though when they left Tarlac, whether they are travelling with tile army, how many soldiers they were able to hold together and whether the leaders or tin* troops have get lieyond General Law ton’s line are all unknown. It is hoped however that General Wheaton hna af fected a junction with General Yimng. forming a cordon from Sau Fabian to Sail Isidro. General Lawton has 6,000 men, Gen eral Wheaton 2,700 —a small force to control so many miles, but it commands the main roads by which the insurgents must move to the northeast. With the Americans advancing at the present rate the} - could drive the insur gents from Bougahoug in a fortnight; and it is impossible for the rebels to es tablish any capital in Luzon which can not be captured within a month. The rapid approach of the Americans was a complete* surprise to the insur gents as the latter exacted them to move slowly, as they did from Manila to Angeles. Tin* Filipinos thought it impossible for the Americans to make headway in the mud which prevailed everywhere, anil the sudden invasion astounds the natives, along the line of General Young's march, who had been told that the Americans were confined to the suburbs of Manila. A majority of the natives welcome the army enthusiasticafly, but some who have bt>cn deluded by stories of Ameri can cruelties, hide in the swamps. Wo men who are unable to fiee, fall upon their knees upholding crucifixes and beg ging to lie spared. When the news spreads that the Americans intend to remain and establish order the popula tion Hook to their homes, bringing with them their cattle and household goods. The insurgents have drained the re sources of the province. The army has impressed a large* share* of the crops and the* people* are miserably jskw. Every where are elaliorate trenches, built by the non-combatants working day and night. The America ns found big stores of rice at Tarlac, Tuliig and elsewhere and several thousand new Filipino uniforms were captured at Tuliig. Thirty insur gents surrendered to General MacAr thur, each receiving $.30 for his gun. Major Marsh's battalion of the Thirty third regiment, which includes many old Rough Kidres from the Southwest at tacked 400 Filipinos three miles from San Fabian on the Ibigupan road on Friday. The Filipino* had been firing at the outiwsts. Major Marsh found them intrenched across the river. Their trenches had been made after General Wheaton's arrival. Major Marsh charged them, a portion of his battalion fording the stream ami part crossing by the bridge. When the Americans approached, the Filipinos, afraid to show their heads, poked their rifles above the trench and fired blindly. Major Marsh's force pur sued them for a mile. Fourteen Fili pinos were left behind, including the Lieutenant Colonel commanding on the field. Two Americans were wounded. The insurgents have resumed their ac tivity in the Cavite Frovinee, threaten ing an attack on Imus. Yesterday they attacked Calamlm in the usual fashion. A nightly fusilade between the marines and the hundred insurgents who have again intrenched themselves on the isth mus between Cavite and Noveleta Is plainly heard in Manila. ()n Saturday tin* I'ilipinos attempted to entrap the marines by landing a force from canoes behind them. The search lights of the Petrel discovered the preparations to embark and a few shots from tile Monndnock and Petrel’s guns spoiled the game. BATTLE NEAR SAN JACINTO. Manila, Nov, 14.—8 p. in.—The Thirty third infantry, in one of the sharpest two hours’ engagements of the war, with an equal force of insurgents, five miles from San Fabian, Saturday, lost one officer and six men killed, and one officer and twelve men wounded. The Ameri cans captured 20 Filipinos and one hun dred rilles and found eighty-one insur gent dead lying in the trenches and rice fields. Many more Filipinos, doubtless, were killed or wounded. General Wheaton was informed that the enemy was gathering at San Jacinto for the purpose of preventing the Ameri cans from controlling the road from Dagupan north, whereby Aguinaldo might retreat. The ThirtyVthird 1 , Col onel Howe commanding, and ai detach ment of the Thirteenth with a Gatling gun, Howland commanding, were sent to disperse them. The troops encounter ed tin* worst road ever found in the Island of Luzon. There was a succes sion of creeks whose bridges the Ameri cans had to stop and repair, and miry ditches, and at certain places men and horses struggled waist deep in quagmires. A hundred soldiers had to drag the Gat ling gun part of the way, the horses be ing useless. The insurgents opened the fight two miles from San Jacinto, while the leading American battalion was passing a clump of houses, in the midst of cocoa nut groves, knee deep in mud. The Filipino sharpshooters, hiddtn *ni trees, houses and a small trench across the road, held their fire until the Ameri cans were close to them. When they be gan firing other Filipinos opened tire from thickets, right and left, further away. The insurgents' sharpshooters picked off the officers first. Five of the Americans who fell wore shoulder straps or chev rons. But rhe Thirty-third never wav ered. Its crack marksmen knocked the Filipinos from the trees like squirrels, and the Americans rushed the trench, leaving four dead insurgents there. The regiment then deployed under tire, with Major John A. Ligan’s battalion, in the center, Major (Tronic's on the right and Major Marsh’s on the left. The skirm ish line, which was ai mile long, ad vanced rapidly, keeping up it constant fire. The Filipinos made an unexpected ly good stand, many of them remaining under cover until the Americans were within 20 feet of them. Major Marsh flanked a small trench full of insurgents, surprising them and slaughtering nearly all of them before entering the town. The Gatling killid five of tin* force hold ing the bridge and swept the country be yond the town, driving about 150 Fili pinos into the hills. Marsh's battalion, entering the town first, captured a big battle flag, which was flying over a convent. The insurgents are supposed to have retreated toward Dagupan. It was im possible to pursue them, as the Ameri can troops were exhausted and their sup ply of u minim it ion was low. The out posts killed five Filipinos during the night. The body of the Filipino Lieutenant commanding was found among the kill ed. The regiment returned to San Fabian Humlny, it being impossible to get sup phi's over the roads. A proclamation of the Filipino Secre tary of War was found in all the vil lages, giving glowing accounts of alleged* Filipinos’ victories, and saying that 7,500 Americans had been killed and .15,000 wounded during the war. The dead and wounded were brought to Manila today. The officers who are returning say it is impossible for Gen eral Wheaton to attempt a junction with General Young, on account of the roads. Prisoners say it is reported that Aguinaldo, with an army they estimated at 20,000, (probably a great exaggera tion), is retiring toward Dagupan, in tending to leave by railroad for the northwest. Home of them said they be lieved the Filipino army had passtsl the line intended by Generals Wheaton ami Young to Ik* covered on Aguinaldo’s rear, and that he passed San Fabian, going northwest, a fortnight ago. GILMORE SEEN IN TARLAC. Washington. Nov. 14.—The following was received at the Navy Department from Admiral Watson today. “Manila, Nov. 14th. “Escaped Spanish prisoners at San Fabian repirt seeing Gilmore November Ist in Tarlac with five men; all well. He crossed mountain from Baler in May with 13 men. Location of other eight unknown. Have cabled Hong Kong for salvage for Charleston. (Signed.) “WATSON.” THE SLOSS SHEFFIELD CO. New Consolidation of Southern Iron Interests at Birmingham. New York Nov. 14.—A subscription memorandum of the new consolidation of Soutlo rn Iron interests, which is to he known as the Sloss-Sheffield Steel ami Iron Company, with offices at Blir iniiigham, Ala., was issued today from tin* office of Charles •*. Flint, of this city. The properties to be controlled by the new company are the Sloss Iron unit Steel Company, of Birmingham, Ala.: the Philadelphia Furnace, of Florence, Ala.; flu* Easley Furnace properties of Sheffield, Ala.; the Gulf Coal and Coke Company property; the Brown Ore prop milt's. of West Petint, Tennessee and Russellville. Ala. The Coroa Coal and Coke Company property may also lie acquired. Tht* company is to have an authorized capital of $10,000:000. seven per cent non cumulative preferred stock ami $lO.- 000,000 (simmon. of which $0,700,000 preferred stock and $7.5003**0 common stock will be issued for the acquisition of plants and propertSes, repairs, o|M*ning new mines, new washing plants, new coke ovens, working capital expenses of organization and other cash require ments. The balance of tin* capital stock of new company, namely $11,300,000 pre ferred stock and $2,500,000 common stock, will Im* reserved for the erection of a steel plant and working capital, and for the general purposes of the company. A recapitalization shows that the Sloss-Sheftield Steel Ii"on Company will have aside from the Ensley Coal and Ore lands and coke ovens, seven blast furnaces, with 1,400 tons capacity a day; fifteen hundred coke ovens, 02,000 acres of coal lands, 31,500 acres of brown and red ore lands, carbonate and dolomi tic limestone quarries, 1.200 tenement houses and thirty-one stores, warehouse and office buildings. HE DID A THRIVING i TRADE IH CORPSES The Ghastly Discovery Made at St. Louis. FIVE DEAD BODIES FOUND THEY WERE PACKED IN ZINC LINEI) TRUNKS. NASHVILLE UNDERTAKER PLAYS GHOUL He Shipped the Bodies to Medicd Col eges in the North, Receiving For Them From Fifty to Two Hund ed Dollars Per Body. St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 14. —Four zinc lined trunks, such as are used by travel ing men to carry samples, each contain ing a corpse, were taken from the bag gage room at Union Station today, and E. I). Thompson, a brother of Frank Thompson, who says he is city under taker of Memphis, Ten&t, is under ar rest. Charges against Thompson are being formulated. For some time the police have been aware that a traffic in human bodies has been going on through this city and have been on the. watch for evidence. Recently a shipment of four bodies in trunks was made, addressed to W. H. Hamsen at Keokuk, lowa, to whom those captured today were consigned. When taken to police headquarters, Thompson made a clean breast of the whole affair. He said lie had the con tract for burying the city dead of Mem phis. For some time he had been sell ing the bodies to medical colleges throughout this part of the country. His method was to pack them with excelsior in drummers’ zinc lined trunks and take them with him as baggage as far as St 1/ouis. From! here he shipped the trunks to their destination by express. Thompson said he had been paid all the way from SSO to S2OO per body. He said the name W. 11. Hamsen. to which the trunks were addressed in Keokuk, is a ficticious one. but refused to state who his consignee is. In the trunks are the bodies of three negroes, two men and a boy and as white women. From appearance they all died of consumption or some other wasting disease. The white woman’s features are regular and her hair black. ll**r front teeth are gold filled. All the bodies are well preserved. LETTER FROM MR. BRYAN. He Writes to the Democratic Silver Association of Maryland. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 14. The execu tive committee of the Maryland Demo cratic Silver Association, made public today the following reply .to their con gratulatory telegram to W. J. Bryan. “To ihe members of the association: “1 am greatly obliged to you for tlie congratulations sent through your execu tive committee. The fight in Nebraska was made on National issues and* the result is gratifying. The returns from other States indicate a growing opposi tion to Republican policies. We are much pleased to see that Maryland is again in the Democratic* column and ready for the contest of 15)00. “Very truly yours, "W. J. BRYAN.” The Association officers rep-ort it to be in a flourishing condition. A CIGAR SYNDICATE. The Capitol is $7,000,000 Common Stock and 3,000.000 Preferred. New York. Nov. 14.—The Tribune to morrow wiill say: “A syndicate of cigar manufacturers has been formed with a capital of $7,- 000,000 common stock and $3,000,000 preferred stock. The men interested in the new combination met yesterday, to elect officers and to talk over the final details of the plan. Tie following con cerns, members of the syndicate, were* represented at the meeting: B. Hernr slieim Brothers and Company, of New Orleans: Eugene Vallen and Company. Chicago; Yhor-Maurarra Company, Seid enherg and Company, Julius Elinger and Company, Tampa; D. L. Trujillo and Rosener, Arnold and Company, of Key West. “It is understood that leader Hern sheini, of New Orleans, was elected president of the syndicate. The purpose of the combination is to reduce compe tition and incidentally the expose of doing business. FOUR FACTORIES BURNED. Danville Loses Sixty Thousand Dol lars by Fire. Danville, Va., Nov. 14. Fire which lagan at 10:45 o'clock tonight destroyed four tobacco factories, several dwellings and a number of smaller houses, to gether with their contents. The build ings burned, wore Moseley and Com pany's frame factory a four-story struc ture tilled with leaf tobacco; a large throe-story hogshead factory, owned and ' occupied by Keen Brothers. The four story frame tobacco factory of Terry Orgain, with small stook. The building I being owned by J. T. Burton, and tln* vacant four-story brick factory building owned by Colonel George C, (’abell, The < loss will aggregate probably $60,000. 1 PRICE FIVE CENTS TOR JOHN A LOGAN KILLED 3 5 t at San Jacinto at the Head of His Batallion. Washington, Nov. 14. —A cable dis patch received at the War Department today announced that Major John A. liOgan, Thirty-third volunteer infantry, had been killed in a light in Luzon. Ho was leading bis "battalion in action. He was a son out the late General .John A. Logan, of Illinois, and .Mi's, Mary A. Ijogan, now a resident of Washington. He leaves a widow and three ehddivn who are at present residing >at Youngs town, Ohio, f The news of his death was conveyed ini tlu* following cablegram from General Otis, under date of Manila today: • “Wheaton reports November 12:h there was an engagement near San la* canto between the Thirty-third volun teers and j ,200 entrenched insurgents, (.nr loss. Major I/ogan, while gallantly lending battalion, and six enlisted men, killed. Captain Green and eleven men were wounded, mostly very slight. The enemy was routed, leaving Si dead in the* trenches. His loss is believed to lx* 300. Lawton reports from San Jose that in the vicinity of San Nicholas, north of Tuyuig, Weasels captured 13 carts with the insurgent War Department records; the printing press complete of the in surgent newspaper and a large quantity of rice also captured. The cavalry is ■still actively engaged and the infra*rv is pressing on from 'San Jose and Amiga. The roads are impracticable for any wheel transportation and the horses are foraged on rice and growing rice straw. (Signed) “OTIS.’ The news of her son’s death xvas conveyed to Mrs. John A. Logan by a personal note from Secretary Root sent by Major Johnson, Assistant Adjutant General. Mrs. lagan was prostrated by the shock, but later in the day ic covered her composure and driving down town communicated with young Mrs. Logan at Youngstown, Ohio, over the long distance ’phone. •Soon after noon Mrs. Logan drove to the White House. ’She was accom panied by another lady. One of the ushers who had known her for many years, admitted her at once to the Red Parlor. iShe had a telegram in her hand and begged to have her name taken at once to the a resident. In the parlor she met Mrs. McKenna, wife of the As | soeiate- Justice, who also lias a son in ! the Philippines. Major John A. Ligan, Jr., was born in July, 1865, at Miirphyslioroiigh. Ills. !He received an appointment to West | Point Academy and attends! for two j years but never graduated. Mr. Logan then embarked in the leal estate lms i ! ness in Washington but after his niar ! riage to Miss Edith Andrews, daughter j of the late (\ H. Andrews. March 22nd, 1887, he had since resided here. He j was engaged in limestone mining and at i one time conducted a fancy stock farm. For several years he was- captain of the local militia company known as Logan Rifles. In May. 1898. he received from President McKinley the ajipointni’ent of Assistant Adjutant General with the rank of First Lieutenant on the staff yf General Bates. He went to*Ouba and took part in the battle of El Caney. He was promoted to major for gallantry in battle. August 19th. last he Was appointed Major of the Thirty third United States volunteers and sailed with his regiment early in Octo ber. Major Logan leaves a widow and three <■. ren here —John A. Ligan 3rd, Mary Louise Logan and Edith Josephine Logan. GENUINE REGRET AT MACON. Macon. Ga., Nov. 14.—The news of the death of Major John A. Li.-guu. u the Philippines was received here with genuine regret. Major Logan was pro vost marshal here under General Bates last year ami earned the respect of the people of Macon by the excellent order which be maintained among the ten thousand men stationed here, half of them negroes. There was no trouble with the soldiers here until he ieft for Cuba w;itn Inis regiment. He win a prime favorite in Macon society and •made many warm friends among tin* best people of the city during his stay. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. At Birmingham, Ala., Governor John ston, who has 'announced' his candidacy for the United States Senate to suc ceed John T. Morgan, and who opens his campaign at Athens on next Saturday, lias been challenged to a joint debate by Senator Morgan and bus accepted. Lord Salisbury protests against the construction the Daily Chronicle has placed upon the phrase in his Guildhall speech, “We do not seek gold or ter ritory.” He wishes to disavow any in timation that the Government may not desire to annex the Transvaal. Roland B. Molineux was put on trial for his life yesterday for the murder or Mrs. Catherine J. Adams on December 28th last. Not one man was found suitable to oeeppy the jury box. The trial will he continued today. At Chicago the price of brooms has been advanced more than 50 per cent This advance is made necessary, the I rocm manufaetu ers say, by the advance broom corn has made during the present year. Preliminary steps have Ikmui taken. Ft is said, to transfer to Mrs. Dewey tin* title to the Dewey home, 1,747 Rhode Island Avenue, which the American people presented to the Admiral in rec ognition of his brilliant naval victory at Manila. The great trouble with some people is they can’t depend upon what they say. Only the man whose money burns a hole in his picket has money to burn. At Home yesterday Parliament was opened by King Humbert In the Hall of the •Senate, Palazzo IMadama.