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WILMINGTON, N. C, TUESDAY DECEMBER 20, 1893.
01.00 'FEB YEAR.
0L. .XXII. NO. 1.
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WILD ENTHUSIASM
Greets the Presidential Party Upon its En
trance Into Savannah.
OUR FUTURE COLONIAL POLICY
Touched Upon by the President in His Speech at thd Banquet-He
Argues Strongly in Favor of American Protection for Ceded
Spanish Colonies-He Witnesses a Qrand Military Pa-rade-In
a Sail 'Down the River the Party Passes
the Transport Chester, Conveying a South
ern Regiment to Havana.
Savannah, Ga December 17. The
reception of President McKinley and J
the members of his cabinet by the peo- i
pie of Savannah more than equaled in
hospitality and completeness of ar
rangement any previous experiences
which have marked the presidential
trip in the south. "
The party arrived from Montgomery
at 11 o'clock a. m., reviewed 10,000
troops stationed around Savannah,
took a trip down the Savannah river,
and was entertained this evening at a
grand banquet tendered by the cham
ber of commerce and association of
citizens. The enthusiasm of the Sa
vannah people and of the 15,000 per
sons, who, it is estimated, had come
into the city from the surrounding j
country to greet the president, was
fully equal to the remarkable demon- J
strations which have distinguished the
trip in other cities.
Previous to the president's speech a
cordial welcome had been extended to
him by D. G. Purse, president of the
reception committee, and by the may
or of Savannah, P. W. Meldrim.
THE BANQUET.
At the banquet tonight in the Deso
to hotel where the presidential party
is staying, President McKinley, amid
frequent applause, addressed his audi
ence consisting of over 200 persons as
follows:
"There is cause for congratulation
that with the grave problem before us
growing out of the war with Spain, we
are free from any divisions at home.
"Our financial and revenue policies
cannot be changed for at least four
years, and whatever legislation may
be had affecting them during that
period will be to improve and strength
en, ,not destroy them. The public mind
can, therefore, repose in reasonable se
curity, while business will proceed
without apprehension of serious and
sudden changes, so disturbing to the
commercial world and .so distracting
to the business men. All of which is
fortunate for the country, for every
interest and every section of the coun
try. Even those who desire other and
different policies prefer permanence
to constant change, or what is almost
as hurtful the fear of change. There
are happily now no domestic differ-
-ences to check the progress and pros
perity of the country which our peace
ful relations with the whole world will
encourage and strengthen.
"This is fortunate, too, in another
sense. It leaves the country free to
consider and discuss new questions
which are immediately before us, un
biased by party or past political alli
ances. These new questions are to be
thought out and wrought out, not in a
spirit of partisanship, but in a spirit
of patriotism, not for the temporary
advantage of one party or the other,
but for the lasting advantage of the
country. Neither prejudice nor passion,
nor previous condition can embarrass
the free action and calm judgment of
the citizen. We have entered upon new
paths. We are treading in an unex
plored field which will test our wisdom
and statesmanship. The chief consid
eration is one of duty; our actions
must be controlled by it. No settle
ment is admissible which will not pre
serve our honor and promote the best
interests of all concerned. With a unit
ed country and the gathered wisdom
of all the people, seeking only the
Tight, inspired only by high purposes,
moved only by duty and humanity, we
cannot err. We may be baffled or de
terred and often discouraged, but final
uccess in a cause which Is altogether
unselfish and humanitarian can only
"be deferred, not prevented.
"If, following the clear precepts of
duty, territory falls to us, and the
welfare of an alien people, require our
guidance and protection, who will
shrink from the responsibility, grave
though it may be? Can we leave these
. "people who, by the fortunates of war
and our own acts, are helpless and
-without government, to chaos and an
archy after we have destroyed the only I
government they have had? Having
destroyed their government, it Is the
duty of the American government to i
provide for them a better one. Shall I
we distrust ourselves? Shall we pro
claim to the world our inability to j
give kindly government to oppressed !
peoples, whose future by the victories j
of war, is confided to us? We may J
wish it were otherwise, but who will !
question our duty now? ?
"It is not a question of keeping the I
islands of the east, but of leaving j
them. Dewey and Merritt.took them i
and the country Instantly and univer- i
eally applauded. Could we havl
brought Dewey away without univer- ;
eal condemnation at any time from the
1st of May, the day of his brilliant vic
tory, which thrilled the world with its
boldness and heroism? Was it right to
order Dewey to go to Manila and cap- j
lure or destroy the Spanish fleet and
dispatch Merritt and his army to re-
enforce him? If it were duty to send
them there and duty required them
to remain there, it was their clear duty
to annihtfate the fleet, take tfce city
of Manila and destroy the Spanish sov
ereignty in the archipelago. Having
done .all that in the line of duty, is1
there any less duty to remain there
and give to the inhabitants protection
and also our guidance to a better gov
ernment, which will secure to them
peace and order and security in their
life and property and in the pursuit of
happiness? Are we unable to do this?
Are we to sit down in our isolation and
recognize no obligation, to a strug
gling people whose present conditions
we have contributed to make? I would
rather have the confidence of the poet
Bryant, when he exclaims:
" 'Thou, my country, thou shalt never
fall.
Seas and stormy air
Are the wide barrier of thy borders,
where
Among thy gallant sons that guard
thee well,
Thou laughst at enemies. Who shall
then declare
The date of thy deep founded strength
or tell
How happy in thy lap the sons of men
shall dwell?'
"My fellow citizens, whatever cove
nants duty has made for us in the year
1898, we must keep."
Secretary Gage followed the presi
dent, replying to the toast "Com
merce." Secretary Alger, in responding to
"The Army," said:
"One hundred and twenty-five thou
sand of our volunteers have already
been mustered out and returned to
their homes. One hundred and fifty
thousand, including the regulars fully
armed and in excellent condition still
remain in the field ready for service.
Shall they be ordered to further con
flict? Let us hope not, but their pres
ence at least, in large part, will be in
dispensible until peace is ratified and
the regulars are increased in num
bers to take their places.
"I would say to those still in the
field: 'Patience. While your sacrifices
may be, and with many no doubt are
great, yet the glory of your lives will
always be that you wore the blue
while your country needed you.'
"The lessons we have learned, and
largely from the navy, are: 'In time
of peace prepare for war,' an old say-
inb, but forceful and true. How little
material the country had to equip its
great army with when called into ser
vice, you know. How wrell, seemingly
an impossible task was met, impartial
history of the war will show. While
we met an army well armed with the
best of modern weapons, and skilled
in the use of them, the navy, fully pre
pared for war in advance, well skilled
in gunnery, met the Spaniards and de
stroyed their fleets while they were
hopelessly trying to adjust their
"range finders."
General Wheeler, amid intense en
thusiasm, replied to the toast of "Wo
man" with a glowing, chivalrous
tribute, which though very brief,
touched the hearts of his southern au
dience. The banquet then concluded.
Tomorrow will be a day of rest for
the presidential party at the Desoto
hotel. They leave for Macon at mid
night tomorrow.
When the president's train reached
Guyton, Ga., this morning, thirty
miles out of Savannah, the reception
committee of Savannh boarded it and
accompanied the party on the rest of
Its journey from Montgomery. D. G.
Purse, chairman of the reception com
mittee, greeted Mr. McKinley warmly.
When the train reached Savannah at
11 o'clock a, m., the Georgia Hussars,
resplendant with silver facings, were
drawn up to receive the president and
a salute was fired from guns captured
at Yorktown and presented to Savan
nah by George Washington.
In twenty-seven carriages drawn by
white horses, the presidential party
was driven through the streets, black
with cheering thousands to the city
parade grounds wrhere a reviewing
stand had been erected. Ten thousand
troops were drawn up opposite where
the president and the members of the
cabinet stood. On the outskirts of the
parade ground, held back by sentries,
about 10,000 sightseers pressed forward
to get a glimpse of the soldiers. Mrs.
McKinley remained in a carriage near
the reviewing stand. In the shadow
of- a towering monument to the con
federate dead lay the left of the long
line of the troops. Major General Keif
er, in command, gave the signal for
the march past to commence. A sheet
of steel flashed out against the green
background of trees as the bayonets
of the men rose to their shoulders and
the line began to form. After passing
the president, beside whom stood Ma
jor Generals Wheeler, Shafter and
Lawton, eaeh colonel came upon the
stand and witnessed the march past
of his own regiment. The sight was
grand. Brigadier General Wheton,
commanding the first division of the
Seventh corps, followed General Kief
er. Behind him came the following
infantry regiments: Second South CaF
olina. Ninth Illinois, Fourth Illinois,
Third Georgia, Third Nebraska, First
Texas, Forty-Ninth Iowa, Sixth Mis
souri; then with their coats on, the red
flaps turned back, came the Second ar
tillery (regulars), the First Maine bat
talion of heavy artillery, and light
Eateries F of the Second, C and F of
the Third, B of the Fourth, and D of
the Fifth Regulars') artillery. Every
regiment was headed by its band. The
men marched in splendid alignment
and looked in excellent condition. The
president stood bareheaded acknowl
edging salutes, while the crowd cheer
ed as the companies marched by. Col
onel Bryan's late regiment, the Third
Nebraska, attracted particular atten
tion. It was led by Colonel Vifquain,
who, After saluting, stood beside Pres
ident McKinley and -watched his big
men from Nebraska as they filed past.
In a little over an hour the troop
had completed the review, and the
presidential party drove off to the
river front. The streets were lined
with people who cheered Incessantly.
At 2 o'clock the president boarded
the steam pilot boat J. H. Estill and
proceeded down the river for about
ten miles. Salutes were fired from
wharves, every ship was gaily strung
with bunting and their crews yelled
lustily as the J. H. Estill sped by.
Whistles screached, flags dipped and
until the outskirts of the city were
reached, the river bank was dotted
with groups, mostly colored, who sent
cheer after cheer over the water for
President McKinley. The object of all
this enthusiasm stood on the starboard
side of the pilot boat, waving his hat
and his handkerchief to those on shore
or in other vessels.
About nine miles out the Estill pass
ed the United States transport Ches
ter, with the Fourth Virginia regiment
on board, bound for Havana. She had
been held from going to sea by a heavy
morning fog which now had disappear
ed. The Virginia troops crowded to the
bulwarks of the Chester, swarmed in
her rigging and waving their cam
paign hats, cheered the little pilot boat
to the re-echo. The president jumped
upon the rail of the Estill and, hold
ing on to a shroud, waved back his ac
knowledgments to the troops. The
regimental band on board the Ches
ter played "Yankee Doodle," followed
up by "Dixie' and on both vessels
there ensued such a scene of enthusi
asm as. had seldom been witnessed In
this state..
Luncheon was served on board the
Estill and at 4:30 o'clock the presiden
tial party disembarked and was driv
en to the hotel, where a rest was taken
until the banquet commenced.
The president is deeply touched by
his reception here and is especially
gratified over the review of the troops.
Generals Shafter and Lawton express
ed surprise and intense satisfaction
at the splendid showing of the volun
teer troops in the parade.
A RIOT IN HAVANA
The Cubans Raise the Cuban and
American Flags too Soon to Please
the Spaniards
Havana, December 17. A riot oc
curred at Cerro, a suburb of Havana,
at 7:30 o'clock tonight. A number of
shots were fired. One man is reported
to have been killed and five injured.
The residents of Cerro, supposing that
the Spaniards had oflicially evacuated
the suburbs, raised Cuban and Ameri
can flags over a number of buildings.
Crackers were fired and speeches were
made on, street corners and these re
joicings on the part of the Cubansled
to a riot
According to the account of the af
fair, given by the Spaniards, the riot
wns the result of a tavern brawl.
Marion Brill, of Jacksonville, Fla., a
teamster of the Second Illinois regi
ment, wno was driving a muie waguu
through Cerro at the time of the af
fray, was struck by a bullet in the
right arm. He was brought to the
Inglaterra hotel.
Senor Fernandez de Castro, civil
governor of Havana, has informed
General Greene that the offenders will
be severely punished.
Senor de Castro says he saw no
Spanish soldiers at the scene of the
affray.
At 9:45 o'clock this evening General
Lee and General Greene were in con
ference with the Spanish officials.
Constipation prevents the body from
ridding itself of waste matter. De
Witt's Little Early Risers will remove
the trouble and cure Sick Headache,
Billiousness, Inactive Liver and cle?
the complexion. Small, sugar coct-d,
don't gripe or cause nausea, R. R. Bel
lamy. Rumored Death of General Gomez
Madrid, December 17. A report has
! been received here from Havana that
General Maximo Gomez Is dead.
Havana, December 17. The report
that General Maximo Gomez is dead,
which, according to a dispatchYrom
Madrid, "vas received there from Ha
vana, cannot be confirmed here, though
the rumor has been in circulation in.
this city for several days past.
In contradiction - of the report is
another that General Gomez left his
camp at Yaguajay, province of Santa
j Clara, and with his main forces went
i into camp in the Siguanoa mountains in
) the same province; but that, accompani
I ed by a small escort, he left the camp
three days since, moving westward
and is now near Cruces, Santa Clara
province, en route to Havana, whither
he will go via Matanzas. This report
j has it that General Gomez is in good
i health.
When you ask for DeWitfs Witch
Hazel Salve don't accept a counter
feit or imitation. There are more cases
of Pries being cured by this, than, all
j others combined. R. R. Bellamy.
:
Death ofBaron deRothschlld
London. December 17. Baron James
de Rothschild, M. P., is dead. He was
the second son of the late Baron Al
phonso de Rothschild. He manned his
cousin Fjvelinarsister of the first Lord
.; Rothschild. He was a member of par
1 liament, in the unionist interest, for
Aylesbury.
The baron was an intimate friend of
the prince of Wales. It was during
the prince's last visit to Waddeson,
near Aylesbury, the seat of Baron
Rothschild, that he injured his knee.
. The baron was.' a lavish host and enter
' tained the queen in 1890. His death
i was sudden. It -vras supposed he was
only suffering from a severe cold.
IXI SSIA WANTS Ota 3XONBV
Her Representatives In tills Country
for the PorpoM of Negotiating a Large
Loan Our Exports Exceed Those of
England
Chicago. December 17. James H.
Eckels, president of .the Commercial
National bank, said today: "I am
credibly informed that a great for
eign power has sent representatives to
the United States, and that they are
now in New York for the purpose of
negotiating a loan of immense propor
tions. If the source of my information
is reliable. It is the first Instance in the
history of the United States of a for
eign power borrowing money here.
The Chicago Daily. News says: "The
statement may startle the general pub
lic, but in (the financial world the re
port will cause no astonishment, al
though the1 transaction will be unprec
edented in the monetary history of
the country. For nearly two months
money has been 'the cheapest thing
in America' as financiers phrase it. For
a fortnight call loans have been made
in Wall street as low as 1 per cent.
while short borrowers with approved
collateral are accommodated at 3 per
cent, in Chicago. The bond markets ,
are absolutely bare of first class, se- '
curities yielding more than 3 per j
cent. Today 5 per cent, coupon
issues were bought on the ex- !
changes at 137 and high grade stocks :
paying dividends at the rate of 5 per
cent, per annum were quoted at 132.
Firms that make a specialty of Invest
ment securities acknowledge that the
demand for values has exceeded the
supply three-fold. Fairly safe issues
have been absorbed and there is no
diminution in the funds seeking place
ment. "The national treasury states that
for the current month money in circu
lation has increased $20,303,722. This,
following a gain of $50,000,000 for Oc
tober, makes a total expansion of about
$75,000,000 for the last sixty days. Com
pared Vith a year ago, the total cir
culation of all kinds of money is $165,
975,000 greater, and amounts In all to
$1,886,800,000. The perspective reveals
even more money.
"On the first of the year corporations
will distribute about $100,000,000 dn in
terest and dividends. Beside, exports
are increasing rapidly, while imports ;
are decreasing quite as speedily. The !
latest figures tell that the exports of
merchandise from this country exceed
those of Great Britain for the first time j
in the history of the two countries. The
United States is In the unique position
of desiring to buy the American stocks
and bonds that are held abroad. i
"It is this condition that has war
ranted a foreign government in making
tentative overtures for a big loan here. :
The borrower is supposed to be Rus
sia. The representatives of that coun
try were negotiating with French
bankers some time ago for a large sum,
but the transaction was not conclud-
ed." :
New York, December 17. Emissaries
of Russia have made a careful sur
vey of the situation in this city and
have sounded nearly all of the leading
concerns. Their business has been con
ducted quietly 'and, so far, nothing
seems to show that their overtures
have met with much encouragement. ,
Jacob H. Schiff, of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., '
when shown the statement of Mr. Ec
kels, said: "I understand that about
two or three weeks ago several firms
in this city, including my own, were
sounded by persons who claimed to be
acting for the Russian government as
to the 'feasibility of floating a Russian
3 per cent, or 3 per cent. loan. I do
not think such a negotiation feasible in
the United States."
Henry Speyer refused to make any
comment on Mr. Eckels statement. An
effort was made to see J. Pierpont
Morgan and other financiers tonight,
but ithey could not be found.
A cough is not like a fever. It does
not have to run a certain course. Cure
it quickly and effectually with One
Minute Cough Cure, the best remedy .
for all ages and for the most severe '
good. R. R. Bellamy.
Bryan on the Issue of the Next Cam
paign New York, December 17. The world
will tomorrow publish the following:
Wiliam J. Bryan is in town. He was
found last night, (Saturday) at the f
Bartholdi hotel. Colonel Bryan de- j
clarei himself an uncompromising op- j
ponent to the McKinley policy of ex- j
pansion. He said: "It Is too early at .
this time to discuss party politics for
the presidential election of 1900, but I
think the issues then will be free sil- j
ver, anti-expansion, anti-imperialism :
and the rights of labor. I have already
expressed myself against imperialism
and territorial expansion. The pro
posal to adopt the colonial idea of Eu- j
ropean nations is fraught with the
greatest danger. What will be the fate ,
of the treaty in the senate I do not
care to predict. While I was in Wash
ington I sought all the information
I could get. ! cannot say that I learn-
ed sufficient to warrant me in express- j guard are notified that cloth for offl
ine a positive opinion. Do I think free j cers' uniforms is no longer issued by
silver will be an issue in 1900? Cer-
tainly. It will be the main question.
How about the labor problem? I am
not prepared to answer that question.
Flfch CoiumiMloDfn Sail for Porto
Bleo
Norfolk, Va., December 17. The
United States steamship Fishhawk. of
the government fish commission, sail
ed today for Porto Rico, having on
board representatives of the commis
sion to investigate the fishing interests
of the island, and the United States
steamship Sylvia sailed today for Bal
timore, where she will be turned over
to the Maryland naval reserves
Overcome evil with good. Overcome
your coughs and colds with One Min
ute Cough Care. It is so good children , years. Warden Russell says the need
cry for it. It cures croup, bronchitis, j of a reformatory Is urgent,
pneumonia, grippe and all throat ind F. J. Axley. of Statesville. is appoint
ing diseases. R. R. Bellamy. j ed assistant quartermaster general of
II I III
As to Prosecutions for
Wilmington Riots.
A NEW RAILWAY LINE.
The Cape Fear and Northern Railroad
to be Kxtended to Wilmington G. Z.
French Visits the Governor Federal
Conrt Convicts To open State Library
at Night Arranging Tor the New Stale
Museum Building Urgent Need for
Reformatory Tor Youth.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, N. C, December 17.
Herbert Norris, attorney of ;he Cape
Fear and Northern railway, was asked
today when that road would be com
pleted. He said It would be Quite a
while, as the road would extend a long
way to the southeastward, probably to
Wilmington or Southport. BenJ. Duke,
a Durham millionaire, is backing the
enterprise. I
The supreme court is nearly ready
to adjourn and will very probably do
so next Friday. There are not very
many end-of-the-docket cases.
George Z. French came up yesterday
frour his home at Rocky Point to see
j Governor Russell, and went at once to
the executive mansion. H. U. Butters,
j another special friend of the governor,
! came with him. French has been
; quietly at Rocky Point since he left
Wilmington November 10. There wefe
reports at that time that violence was
offered him, but he says this is untrue.
The penitentiary must be in straits.
It is said .to owe money right and left
in this city. It is also said to owe a
Georgia comoanv which furnishes con
vict clothing. Convicts are required
to wear striped clothing, but it is said
bids were asked for cheap white cot
ton cloth for shirts.
Reid and Wright, the safe-crackers
convicted in the federal court yester
day, begged ito be sent at onco to the
penitentiary, saying the jail was so
full there was not room to lie down.
They went to the penitentiary this
morning, so did two other federal pris
oners, while five were sent to Johnston
county jail and J. P. Boddie, the em
bezzling postmaster at Nashville, was
sent-to Nash jail. One young white
mam tall and 21 years old, got a year
! and a day and Instantly broke into
such a roar of crying as to stop busi
ness. He threw himself on his knee3
before the Judge. He cried all the way
to the jail. Many persons who heard
the outcry (thought it was a woman.
The number of convicts now employ
ed in the shirt factory at the peniten
tiary has reached 120.
1 The Raleigh street railway is putting
in three new water tube boilers of 600
horse-power and as a result the street
lighting service is badly disorganized.
It was rumored that United States
District Attorney BernardNjad receiv
ed within a day or two another letter
from Attorney General Griggs, telling
him to push the matter of prosecution
in connection with the driving out of
. Bunting, United S'tates commissioner
at Wilmington. Bernard declared to
day that he had received only the one
letter, of the receipt of which your cor
respondent gave the first news two
I weeks ago. Bernard said: "I have paid
I attention to that letter as far as my
duty directs me." He declined to say
whether he had drawn any bills or not.
But something has happened to make
it probable that next week some at
tempt will be made. A few days ago
it could be positively said nothing
wouia be done. Now there 4s a change.
The Washington officals would like to
get hold of these cases, but-they will
find it up-hill work. They will find tes
timony hard to get. People are scat
tered. It was again rumored that
Bunting came yesterday. Bernard de
nied it,
K. P. Hill, a merchant at LouLsbure.
' made a voluntary assignment today.
. His liabilities are $6,500.
The trustees of the state library met
today and decided to keep it open ev
ery week day night from 8 to 10 o'clock.
The executive committee of the board
of agriculture meet today to arrange
for the plans for the annex to the state
museum. The cost will be from 110,000
to $15,000. State Geologist Holmes will
prepare the plans. These, as stated,
are for a building which will complete
the fourth side of the court, of which
three sjdes are now built. It is the idea
to have a "historical room" adjoining
the state library. The council of state
has to give its consent to the building
of the annex, as the latter will be on
state ground, part belonging to the su
preme court and part to the museum.
The trustees of the- state university
m?t today in semi-annual session at
th governor's office.
The new companies of the stat
'ne government, and that dark blue
: ?he "Sue lPt! stricken from
judffe p,, lnWtl a fine of s0
; each on sixteen witnesses who failed to
answer to their names in the federal
court. But he has remitted the fines,
having learned that they are all In the
First "North Carolina regiment and in
Cuba.
The camp of the First regiment at
Marianao is in a particularly fine situ
ation. The officers and men are greatly
pleased.
There is urgent need for the estab
lishment of a reformatory for young
convicts. The penitentiary board or.
derd one established at the "Anson
rarm. but as yet nothing has been
done. There are 200 minors now, among
the covnicts. One boy of 11 years ar
rived a day or two ago. to serv fiv
BdiJdng IPwde.r j
Made from pure
cream of tartar.
Alum bating powders are the greatest
mmacrrs to health of the present day.
otm. xmuw Powoca cev, ww rom.
the state, and F. P. Hobgood, Jr., of
Oxford, assistant inspector general.
Five Wake county republicans who
failed to get offices at the last election
are given positions In the revenue ser
vice here by Collector Duncan.
Congressman Pearson has at last
served formal notice upon W. T. Craw
ford of contest in the Ninth district.
Crawford has 238 plurality. He also
has the commission from the governor.
Arrangements were made yesterday
for 100 Raleigh negroes to go to a Vir
ginia coal mine, but all save ten jump
ed the game att he last moment.
t
BASK HALL nATTKUN
The National League to Play a Nerlra
of One Hundred aud Forty-Four
Caaraeoro be a Twelve flub Leajrue
New York, December 17. After a
prolonged session, or rather a series
of sessions, the base ball magnates rep
resenting the clubs in the National
League concluded their annual meeting
tonight and adjourned to meet again on
the last Tuesday in February, which
is the date of the scheduled meeting.
It was decided that a 12-club sched
ule, calling for 144 games, should be
arranged for next season and the sec
retary was instructed to draft two,
one for three trips east and weat, and
the other for four trips each way.
In addition to this Mr. Whitehead. o
Philadelphia, received similar instruc
tions and he has been requested tq
furnish copies of the schedules prepare 1
ei by him to the presidents or repre
sentatives of the twelve clubs two
weeks before the scheduled meeting in.
February. While these Instructions to :
the secretary and Mr. Whitehead os
tensibly indicate that the playing sche
dule has been arranged and will con
sist of twelve clubs during the season
of '99, there are many persons, who
claim to have an Inside knowledge of
the state of affairs, who believe that?
underlying all this there is a well de
fined scheme to reduce the league to
eight clubs.
Under the constitution of the league,
special meetings can be called at any,
time and it is expected that one or.
more sessions will be held between now,
and February.
The Philadelphia gate receipt contro
versy was taken up again today, but
as there was no chance of a unanimous
vote being cast in reference to It. the
matter was laid over until the Febru
ary conclave.
No league clubs will be allowed t
play exhibition games during the
coming season. A motion made by,
President Hart, of Chicago, to pre
vent them from playing such gams
before and after the season, was nega
tived. Owing to th illness of Messrs. Van
derest and Ebblt, the papers necessary;
to the clinching of the Baltimore
Brooklyn amalgamation were not sign
ed today, but it is expected they will
be signed and the deal consummated
within a few days.
At a special meeting of the board off
directors, the Cincinnati club was or
dered to refund a fine of $25 to Catchen
Peitz.
After the meeting of the league haI
been concluded, the new board of ar
bitration met and took action on a
number of appeals.
Late to bed and early to rise, pre
pares a man for his home in the skies.
But early to bed and a Little Earl
Riser, the pill that makes life longet
and better and wiser. R, R. Bellamy.
Crand Bally of Veteran
The Confederate Veterans of Oilier
county, S. C, will have a grand rally,
at the cityNof Chester on the 20lh of
December, which is the Th!ty-eightt,
anniversary of the secession of futh
Carolina, and the Thirty-seventh anni
versary of the heroic action of the fa
mous SixthlUgiment. South Carolina
Volunteers, at the battle of Dranos
ville, Va., in which five Chester com
panies participated.
A dodger Issued by the committee of
arrangements says:
General Irvin Walker, Commander
South Carolina division, is expected to
be with us. Colonel James Armstrong,
the Irish commedlan, will be the orator
of the occasion. For wit, humor and
thrilling war stories he cannot be
equalled in the south. Then Captain
George Lake. Commander Abner Per
rin Camp, Johnston, S. C, who was
buried several hours at the Crater and
retained all his mental faculties, wlJ!
be here -to tell his experience. Other
distinguished speakers will attend.
"With thirty ladles and ten gentlemen
on the stage to sing several war songs,
accompanied by the Chester orchestra,
we propose to make this a Flmon Pure.
"Rebel Rally." We ask all veterans.
Sons and Daughters of the- Confedera
cy to be with us. as the exercises will
be highly entertaining and inspiring.
"Last, but not least, we will have the
pure, genuine, unadulterated "Rebel
Warhoop."
There wili be reduced rates cn all
railroads.
The committee of arrangements is as
follows: J. W. Reed, W. L. Davidson
and M. II. Hunter. m ? mULlA
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