North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. XL BURY. N. (WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 21.1898. NO. 47. EMPRES S' 'EDO BED. CEREMONIES AT AUSTRIAN, CAPI. -i TAIr" WERE ELABORATE. I ' MANY SOVEREIGNS WERE PRESENT. tVholerClty of Vienna Draped In Crepe ' and the People Appeared la ' ' ; Deep Men rain-.' The remains of the murdered em 'press were entombed at Vienna Satur. day with imposing ceremony. " . Emperor ; Francis Joseph received the special representatives of foreign sovereigns. Afterward he received th i-iLi i - : : viBitiug BUTereigDg, wnoin xie person ally greeted at the railroad station. . J.UD lUUttUIIKUkB Kb V irilllM HbrEUIllHIl in dense crowds towards the chapel of theillofburg, and defiled before the late empress. , - r Emperor Francis Joseph, Prince jionemone, tue uerman imperial cnan cellor, and Baron von Buelow, the German minister for foreign affairs, received Kmperor .William at the rail road station. The emperors shook hands andiussea eacn other's cheeks three times. They then proceeded to the fhrimli- whom P!mfn XTHliiim in behalf of himself and the empress of tier many, deposited on the casket a floral wreath which hit majesty had brought from Germany. The entombing ceremonies "wee of the most impressive nature and the aspect of the citv was more RomhrA than upon any day of the week of mourning. Hardly u house was with out black draperies, and the entire populace seemed to have poured out into the streets. r. Evry train brought hundreds of reople from the country, and every t even the persons belonging to the ntnooAi nrara in maii r i r w - FUENC1I CABINET BROKEN. Ministers of War and of Pnblle Works Walk Out Daring a Meeting-. At a meeting of the cabinet minis ters at Paris Saturday it was decided to submit the documents in the Drey fus case to a commission to be selected by the minister of justice,- M. Sarrien, The minister for war, General Zurliu tlenr and thjB minister of public works, Senator Tallaye, left before the council adjourned' ? f? finer si 7nrtini1n Infa ctanf ViJa written resignation to Premier Bris' son, a9 follows: "I have the honor to beg you to re - ceive my resignation as minister for war. An exhaustive study of the J 11 TV . m ' i uo jjicjiuo cusii ub con vinced me too fully of his guilt for me to accept, as the head of the army, any umer Buiuuou man mat oi maiuien anco of thA indimiAnt in if AnfirAf.v " It is rnnnrtAcl that a vacua! Via a 1- ' ready started for the Isle du Diable in readiness to bring Dreyfus to Paris, ; and M. Brisson and General Chanoine ale determined that nobody,' however high his position, will be sheltered. Stirring events are regarded as im pending.. - : rilOMINENT DIVINE BEAD. ' er. John Hall, or Ntw Tork, rl Awy In Ireland. . A special from Belfast, Ireland, . states that the Bev. Dr. John Hall, of Bangor, county Down. Dr. Hall was on his annual visit to Europe. He died at his stater's resi- ueuce. iiis aeaua naa Deen oroaen down for more than a year. He had noped to return to New York shortly, and had already engaged passage on a steamer for himself and his wife. 1 : Dr. Hall was born in county Armagh, on July31, 1829. He was of Scotch . descent. - , ! . In 1867 Dr. Hall was a deleirate from the general assembly of the Pres- nrtArian fnnrh in TrAlind r tha i rrsi vipnin pnnrr.n in inn i niimi States, and after his return to Ireland ue received a can to tno niui Avenue Presbyterian- church in New York. He accepted it and entered upon his labors m JSovemBer, 1867. A nw rhnrrh edifiea was Arflfited for Dr. Hall in 1875 at a cost of about $1,000,0 0, on the corner of Fifth ave nue and Fifty-fifth street. He was elected chancellor of the University fif th CAtv n Kw YnrV in 1Rft9 1TILL REVISE DREYFUS CASE. ! UaUter of Justice Atka For Appointment . of Commission. 4 The newspapers of Paris say the minister of justice, M. Sarrien, Jias bmpleted the examination of the doc uments in the Dreyfus case and that le will communicate to the ministers t the cabinet council his intention to efer the matter to a commission com- etent te undertake a revision of the Sroceedines. i' The general opinion is thai the cab inet will adopt the proposal f or a re vision of ihe-case unanimously, with ihe exception of the minister for war, .General Zurlinden."- OFFICERS COME NEXT. - Major General and .Brigadier Will -Be Mastered Oukof Serrlce. 7 The war department will soon take up the question of mustering out a Considerable number of general officers f the volunteer army, including major 'enerals and brigadiers, now that the folunteer forces have been reduced. - All regimental officers have gone ut of service with their respective eziments, but the entire fore of ren rrsl cSctn still rtrsainir . SPANl&I PEACE C03&ISSI0N. Gea. Torsi Ha Ezeltlaa Experleiiee TTIti IlowUnit Moo. ' " A Uadrid special says; The Spanish peace commission has been appointed. Senor Slontero Bios, president of the senate,' will preside. The other names are withheld until the queen regent has given1 her approval but they are said to be Senor Villarrutia, General Correo, General Aecarrega and Senor Urziaz. ; X .Vx ' Duke Almodovar de Bio,- the foreign minister, and Senor Moret, former secretary for the colonies, are engaged in drafting the instructions . for the commission. 1 : The queen regent has signed the joint bill passed by the cortes author izing the cession of national territory under the terms of the protocoL ' General ' Aguatin, former , captain general of the Philippines, accompa nied by his family, arrived Friday at Genoa, and is about starting for Spain. . A cable dispatch from Vigo, Spain, states that a crowd of about 700 peo ple besieged the house of General To rai Friday, demanding that the troops which arrived Thursday- from San tiago de Cuba, on board the Span ish steamer Leon XIII,. be immediate ly' landed. They proceeded to the quays, cheering the troops, and were with difficulty dispersed by soldiers of the garrison. , v Afterwards a crowd of about 1,500 people returned io the quays and, when they eaw the soldiers landing barefoot ahd nearly naked they be came infuriated and surrounded Gen" eral Toral's house, hooting and hissing and stoning the building. v r s. ' Eventually the Spanish general suc ceeded in escaping to the Leon XIIL On 1 earning this-the mob gathered on the dock and stoned the steamer for half an hour, smashing the cabin win dows. The Leon XIII was obliged to leave the place .r here she was moorecLj FLEET REORGANIZED. The North Atlantic Squadron Is Reduced From 100 to 33 Vensels. Secretary Long Friday afternoon issued an important order reorganizing the north Atlantic squadron. The fleet is reduced from a force of about 100 vessels to thirty-two, the remainder being detached ready for disposition in the future. " The four vessels of the Morgan line.: the Prairie,. Yosemite, Yankee-andf Dixie, with - the. auxiliary cruisers .Badger and Panther, are ordered to be laid up in reserve at League island. The fleet as reorganized will consist of the Indiana, Massachusetts, Texas, New York, Brooklyn, Amphitrite, Puritan, Miantonomoh, Terror, Cin cinnati, Montgomery, Newark, 'San Francisco, Detroit, Marblehead, May flower, New Orleans, Bancroft, Ma rietta, Topeka, "Castine .Nashville, Wilmington, -Machias, Princeton, Fern, Hist, Resolute, Potomac, Scorpion, Alvaredo. . - Another order from the secretary put the following vessels now at the Norfolk navy yard out of commission: Siren, Stranger, Viking, Wasp, Frolic, .ApacheLL- . 'N- - - There will be no change in the flag officers of the north Atlantic squadron. Rear Admiral Sampson, though in Havana on detached duty, will still remain in command of the second sec tion of the fleet. . - OUTRAGES IN PORTO RICO. Spanish Planters Murdered And a Number . of Itenidencea Burned.. A dispatch from San Juan de Porto Bico states that more depredations are reported to have occurred in. the neigh borhood of Utuado. Several Spanish haciendas and cafeteles i have been burned and two Spanish planters kill ed. These outrages aro attributeflltb the lower classes of the natives, actu ated by a spirit of revenge, and a laW less gang of brigands which has been operating near Oialee. COURTMARTIAL FOR CHAPLA Mclntyre, of the Oregon, Will Be Tried For Denouncing His Brother Offlcers. Secretary Long has ordered a court martial for the trial of Chaplain Mc Intyre, of the Oregon, who is accused of publicly denouncing ; his brother officers who engaged in the battle of July 3d. The court will meet in Den ver on the- ?6th instant and will con sist of seven members, headed by Commodore McCann, retired, with Captain Lauchheimer as judge advo cate general. YESUYIUS IS THREATENING. Aetlvltv of Volcono Causes Alarm Amenf People of Naples. A 6tate of gloomy apprehension pre- , vails among the population of Naples A ? - . T . regaramg tne erupuon oi Vesuvius, which is hourly becoming more active and menacing. Streams of Java are spreading in every direction. The most threaten ing of these flows through the Vedri no valley, which is almost filled. " ' Seven new craters have ? formed around the' central one, and this has not tended to diminish the fears for merly felt which were based upon" the eruption of stones and scoriae similar to that which: occurred in 1S72. . TTRIT OF 31 AND A 3IUS ISSUED To Compel American Expresa Company to Fay For Be venue Stamps. Judge Frszer in the circuit court at Detroit,, Mich., granted the applica tioa of a number of Detroit whole salers, made through the attorney general, for a writ of mandamus co:rr si pel the American Express Cor:p:tT to pay for tne war revenue stamps r L;; j tha law reiatrea to be at;::!-: 1 r: ctlpti fcr rrn rrsatUri 'I 'li ' EYACUATI :oNEr.scoN- : ICULTIXS. mhyirrec:::::l::le elements. Spanish OHc 1 1 i f .el: i;:icharcs With. the Hop of Rei urlcj Service TJnder American CoTerament. Advices cf Thursday from Havana state that the rumors to the effect that strained re! at ions exist between the Spanish commission and .the - United States Cuban evacuation commission are absolutely unfounded. There have been . some incidents, bus no real hitches. For instance, when the United States transport Resolute, with the American commission on board, ar rived, she did not fire a salute on en tering the harbor, but .later ehe fired the regulation salute when visited by the British consul, who. has been act ing for the United States.' , This action was commented upon at the palace, in consequence of which explan ations were exchanged, during the evening with the result that the Resjlute on Monday morning flew the Spanish colors n honor - of the birth day f the princess of the Asturias, and at noon the same day, when the Spanish flagship Alfonso XII, fired a salute in honor of the royal birthday, it was answered by the Resolute. Tne reason that the first formal ses sion of the commissioners took place on Sunday -was the understanding that the commissioners must meet within 30 days after, signing the protocol which on: Monday would have been 31 days. " - - '. ' v Two free soup kitchens in Havana were closed Wednesday and the clos ing of others will follow. Thesa kitchens have been distributing to tha really needy over 80,000 rations daily. ineir discontinuance, based, accord ing to the civil governor's circular, on" theNassumption that distress and want have disappeared from the city will have the effect of throwing thousands of unfortunate people on public ohar ity; - Beggars are again infesting' the streets and carrying filth, and disease germs all over Havana. ; Immediate arrangements for the distribution of the Comal rations, now that the Span ish government refuses to continue to feed the hungry, is imperative. lne "meat ring" continues keeping the price of meat at from 50 to 60 cents per' pound, in spite of the pro tests and efforts made by large and responsible firms to the government, onermg to imporv cattle and place meat on the market at 25 cents per pound. ;. - ; ' , Hundreds of Spanish officers have asked to.be discharged from the army. They refuse to return to Spain, where starvation stares them1 in the face. Many of them have formed classes to study English, hoping to succeed in obtaining commissions in the United States army as soon as they are profi cient in the language. It will be interesting to watch the course pursued by the host of counts and marquises, holding titles of no bility in Spain and here. The aris tocracy of Cuba are alt Spanish gran dees, holding Castilian titles, of which they are very proud and which they will renounce with great reluctance. These grandees who have been hold ing their titles for generations, for- merly owning vast properties in the island, form the most rabid Cuban- is m. They will be forced to remain Spanish subjects and continue enjoy ing the privilege of rank and title, or relinquish all claims to this honor and become plain Tom, Dick and Harry. lne same will happen to a long list of Cubans, widows and orphans of Span ish officers ' drawing pensions from Spain, which is their' only means of support. The list xl such pensioners foots up over two thousand. The situation may be summed up as chaotic It is impossible to tell ex actly what the future may develop, even regarding the , commission. Its powers seem to be very limited, the members having to submit every trifle to V ashmgton for consideration be fore acting. ' EVACUATION TO BEGIN. Spaniards Will Soon Be Withdrawn Vrom . Porto Rleo.. A cable dispatch from San Jnan states that at their meeting Thursday the Spanish evacuation commissioners agreed to beia the formal withdrawal of their lines within two days. They will . evacuate Lares, San Sebastain and Aguadiiia, in, the northwest of the island, withdrawing towards tha capital. Under tha armistice they could not withdraw their outposts without remission. Detachments of the Eleventh infantry will occupy this territory and raise the American flag. The abandonment of the other outposts will follow. NATIZ3 ARE GIYEN. Personnel A spec: or the Spanish Peace Co lion J ast Appointed. i mis- -1 dispatch. from Madrid says the Span! a f ?ac commisaioners were V :rdsy. iThey are Senor '.lent of the senate, who appoint e ! Montero, is presi J : eral Cercr larrutia c ; the commission; Gen r - 1 Senora Abarzuxa, Vil- 2 C arnica. ' corasissios, tha dis- ;Il itart Uj Pirii ca 'itch r :t5tt: GEN. GORDON ISSUES 0EDE3. Commander of Confederate Teterant An sooncM Xeath of Mis Xarls. General John B. Gordon, commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, upon hearing of the death of Miss Winnie Davis, sent out the following, addressed to the United Confederate Veterans: "The commanding general, with a sorrow which no words can express, announces the death of Miss Winnie Davis, the idolized 'daughter of the confederacy. . The boundless enthu siasm which was evoked by her every appearance at bur reunions in difated the depth of affection and the unfeign ed admiration which all confederates felt for her. . . - "It is not too much to say that the ovations with which she "was every where greeted by the ex-soldiers of the southern armies were such as have rarely been accorded! to any woman. Their grief at her untimely death will be as profound and poignant as their lote for her while living was universal and sincere, and their most affection ate sympathies are with the grief- stricken mother. "The commanding general directs that the department and division com manders select delegations and escorts of honor as they may deem proper to represent the United Confederate Vet erans and to - accompany the remains to their final resting place. . "By order of J. 15. Gobdox, General Commanding. Geoege Moormav, Adjutant General." m Gen. Cabell Sends Condolence. Among the many telegrams sent from Texas to Mrs. Jefferson Davis was the following: ; "DaMiAs, Tex., September 19. Mrs. Varina' Jefferson Davis, Narragansctt Pier, B. I. I, in common wilh all the confederates in the trans-Mississippi department, sympathize with you in f our severe bereavement through the death of Miss Winnie. ; "W; L. Cabelii, iy- "Lieutenant General." "Trans-Mississippi Department." "To Mrs. V. J. Davis, Narragansett Pier, R. I. The United Daughters of the Confederacy are bowed with grief, and tender to you their heartfelt sym-, pathy and love. ' j : . "Sjlt Uabell uubbib, "President- United Daughters : 6 tb cufederacy. ; Burial In BIchmond. According to a special dispatch the funeral of Miss Davis ' will occur at Richmond, Va. The services, will be held in St. Paul's Episcoparchurch, of which President Davis wa3 a member, and the interment will take place in the Davis squarein -Hollywood ceme tery. vJ .: - . ' The camps of Bichmond adopted resolutions of sympathy, and the flag on the Confederate Soldiers' : home was lowered to half-mast and will be kept thus until after, the funeral. A telegram from the management of the Louisiana room in the Confederate Museum fwas received directing ttat the entrance to the chamber be draped in white crepe. Mrs. Davis Prostrated. A special , of Monday from NaTra- gansett Pier, R. I., states that Mrs. Davis is still prostrated and unable to read the many messages of condolence which have arrived from all parts of the country. ORDERED TO MANILA. Several Regiments Now In the West to Be Sent to General Otis. Monday the war department order ed the following regiments, now at San Francisco, to Manila: Fifty-first Iowa, Twentieth Kansas, Ejrst Tennessee, First Washington, a detachment of the Second Oregon, four companies of the Twenty-third infantry and recruits for the Tenth Pennsylvania, First Nebraska and First Colorado." - . It was stated at the war department that no emergency has arisen which made it necessary to send the troops now at San Francisco to Manila, but the order issued was in accordance with the general plan of the depart ment regarding a garrison for the Philippines. That plan of gawison duty includes 20,000 men for the Philippines, 12,500 for Porto, Rico and 60,000- for Cuba. The troops to be sent to Manila under Monday's or der will fill the complement for that station. The troops would have been sent before, it is said, except that the department was awaiting the return of the transports. ADMINISTRATION GRATIFIED That Many False Stories Are Kx posed by the Associated Press. The officials' at the state and war de partment welcomed the notice sent to the American people through the Asso ciated Press of the falsity of the stories describing the friction between the Filipinos and the American forces in Luzon. ' While the officials did not care to discuss the matter for publication, it was evident that the main source of their satisfaction was the internal evi dence contained in the document that Aguinaldo had profited by the warn ings of the American commanders and had gracefully receded. QUARANTINE CAUSES KICK. Texas Anthoriitles Determined However, to Keep Ont Yellow Jack. The Texas state quarantine depart ment is being flooded with complaints against the rigid quarantine establish ed, against New Orleans. The state quarantine department desires it offi cially announced,-however, that there will be no modifications of the strin gent quara-atise until all tigat of yel low favtr fcari : bia rcnored frca Niw Orleans, 0 E NOT ON TTAB PATH, BUT GOING INTO WINTER QUABTEBS. NEARLY 100.000. ARE COMING. They Go Into Camp mt T ations Loealitles In Dixie Will Be Prepared For' Service In Cuba and Porto Rico. A . Washington special says: The military movements are being directed rapidly toward the assembling of a large army ' in southern stations for winter camps and preparatory to the military occupation of Cuba and Porto Rico. About 70,000 troops . ara now located in the south, and orders will be issued sending the First, Second, Sixth, Ninth and Tenth cavalry from Montauk to southern stations. The Third cavalry already has gone south, and the First and Second infantry were Thursday afternoon ordered to Anniston, and the Eighth and Six teenth to Huntsville. This leawes the Seventh, Twenty-fourth and Twenty fifth infantry, the Second volunteer engineers and companies H .- and G, Fourth artillery, at Montauk. ' Within a day or two these last remaining troops will be ordered south and Camp Wikoff will be no more. The purpose is to establish winter camps - between the thirty-first and thirty-fifth paral lels. Vs'-- The major part of the army thus as sembled is destined for service in Cuba with a much smaller force for Porto Rico and a reserve In the winter camps. It is not the intention, how ever, -to send the army of occupation to Cuba until after the unhealthy sea son has passed, and meanwhile the troops will be put in the best possible condition.;' -: : On account of the desirp of the war department that no chances shall be taken in thp way of exposure of the troops to the dangers of the unhealthy season, no impatience is felt on ac count of the rather slow progress of the work ; oi " thSomjussion of evacu ation of Havana. . .. "' " . Great satisfaction is expressed at tha progress being made in Porto Rico and 1 the evacuation is expected -to occur speedily, but in : connection with the evacuation of Porto Rico tha same anxiety as to the health of the army is not felt nor are there similar difficul ties in connection with establishing the government, Porto Rico becoming at once a part of the territory of the United States. - In assembling and organizing the army for the occupation of Cuba, the consideration of possible trouble with the organized insurgents is not being taken seriously into account. The Havana dispatches stating that there has developed a strong sentiment in favor of independence and opposition; to annexation, coupled with hostility toward the United States, is read with rather ah air of amusement by officials of -the administration. The purpose of the Cubans to establish a stable, in dependent form of government is strictly in accordance with the terms of the president's proclamation, and ktheiefore furnishes no reason for a feeling of hostility. , v All the information in the posses sion of the war department, it is said, indicates the most; cordial relations and harmony of purpose between the Cubans and the representatives of this government. ,' Day Tender BesIg-natfoiL. - The cabinet was in session an hour Friday, Secretary Alger being the only absentee. Secretary Day tendered to the president his resignation as secre tary of state and took leave of his cabinet associates. : Assistant Secretary Moore, of the, state department, also tendered his resignation to the president. - ' Tb instructions to the peace com mission were gone over for tha last time and officially approved. : - Captain Bradford, chief of the bu reau of equipment of the navy depart ment, was notified at the last moment that the president desired his atten dance upon the commissioners at Paris in the capacity of an expert, for no one in the United States navy is so well informed as this officer as to the matters of coaling and naval stations. TOHAL IS AT. HOME. Steamor, Arrives At Tiro Spain WItk Spanish General and Many Soldier. A Madrid dispatch of Thursday says: The steamer Leon XIII has arrived at Vigo, with General Toral and 2,478 soldiers and officers from Santiago de Cuba. ' -.;;- .v- The queen regent presided at the cabinet council Thursday. Senor Ss- gasta, the premier, outlined the situa tion and said that the government had received no reply from Washington to its, request for the repatriations of Spaniards in the Philippines. Ac cording to reports , from Manila, one third of the prisoners of General Aguinaldo have died of bad treatment. GENERAL LAWTON'S REPORT. Health Condition of Troops Now Sta Uamd st SasUscs. The following ia General Lawton's daily health report: . Sastiago, September 16. Total sick, 1,222; fever. 83; new cases,-115; returned to duty, 318. Deaths, Fran cis Casey,. Second United States vol unteers, typicld feyerr8fFte-iter 15, Claries W, Hrrttca, . Kisth Vzlll III GttACS RETURNED There She Found m Grave Per ZXer Snp- poted Corpse. A. dispatch from Bridgeport, Conn., says: The woman" whose dismembered body was found early in the week in the Yellow Mill pond was identified as Grace Marian Perkins, of Middleboro, Mass. ' On Saturday the supposed vietimof the murder, Miss Perkins', arrived at her home in Middleboro in perfcoi health to the great joy of the family and the unbounded astonishment of the entire community. Her father was not in town, "for at tha time of hia daughter's arrival he was on his way back frcra Bridgeport with: the grue aome remains which he had identified as those of Grace, and for which the funeral arrangements, including the digging of the grave, had already been completed. Just across the street from the Per kins house is a cemetery and Saturday morning in response to the uncle of Miss Perkins, a grave had been dug by the sexton in the family lot, and the new earth thrown up besidft could be plainly seen from the house. Half an hour after Miss Perkins' arrival at home, a local undertaker's "wagon drove up to the house and in it was the coffin which had been ordered by the family. The funeral arrange ments had even gone so far that the family minister had been notified and asked to conduct the services. MISSIONARY TO CUBA Selected By National Negro Baptist Con vention Bellaions Press Oflleer. -At the meeting of the National Ne gro Baptist convention at Kansas City it was decided to send a missionary to Cuba at once. D. M. E. Campbell, of Philadelphia, was selected as the mis sionary and he will sail October 1st. The negro religious press associa tion met and elected the following offi cers: - -; ; ' : - ; W. J. White, Georgia, president; JV A. ; Booker, Little Rock, ' Ark., vice president; L. It.' Campbell, Austfn, Tex., secretary; G. L. P. Taliaferro, Philadelphia, treasurer. They estab lished an advertising bureau with Wil liam: -H. Steward, of Lenisville,' as manager. - ; " "", - - ; The national convention selected Nashville for the next annual meeting. TOTED ONLY FOR WHEELER. All Parties Unanimous JhUAIa . - bama District. The most remarkable primary elec tion ever known in Alabama was held in the eighth district Saturday. It was the primary of the democratic party of that district to select a nom inee to congress, but most of the re publicans and populists of the district participated in it and every man voted for the return to congress of the little hero of Santiago, General , Joseph Wheeler. Free silver and gold advocates, free traders and protectionists, territorial expansionists and contractionists, rich rand poor, black and white, regardless of past, present or future party affilia tions, all united 'on the one proposi tion to send General Wheeler back to congress, xsot a vote was cast against . s a 4 him in the district. ONE-SIXTH ARE DOWN. Slekness Amona Xawton's Troops In- creases to Alarming Extent A Washington dispatch says: Sick ness among the troops of , General Lawton's command at Santiago is in creasing. Nearly one-sixth of the force is now on the sick list, although the number of deaths is not great General Lawton's bulletin of the health conditions of tue American forces at Santiago, received - at the war department Sunday night, was as follows: Sick 1,222, fever 841, new cases 92, returned to duty 304. The deaths September 15th and 16b numbered 7. SCHOFIELD DECLINED HONOR. Refused to Serve On War Ineestlffatlns; Commlsslon -Howell Accept. " A Washington dispatch says: After a half hour's conference witlthe pres ident Saturday General Schofield an nounced that be would not serve as a member of the committee to investi gate the conduct of the war. Mr. Evan P. Howell, of Atlanta, Ga., who was asked by the president to serve on the commission, was at the white house during the day and formally accepted the appointment. WORST OF CENTURY IT as the Fearful Hurricane That Swept Over the West Indies. A special of Friday from Kingston. Jamaica, states . that : the hurricane of Sunday was undoubtedly the worst visitation of the kind experienced by the West Indies during the century, both in violence and extent. , The her- ricane swept along the island chain from Barbados westward to St. Vfa cent and thence northwest.toSt.Kit'.. where it was last heard from. Details received from St. Tine r.i show that an unparalleled destruct: of life and property has taken p!; there. Oat of a population of 41, C , 300 were lulled and 20,000 were ir; cd and rendered homeless. y ' PHESIOENTIAL APFOINT2IE5I. Two of Then For Alaska and One Co ! - FsrOff CWas. , . The t following appointxaeats t. announced by the president Her George Et. PicSerell, of Ohio, t consul at St Michaels; Fre 1 I Tutsin, of Oregon, to be comrai: for the district of Alaska, to rc rS;tl. Thc-ms Lisg, fit;:; tntla raited CUtea ttztzli'.: ' : DBS III DfiVIS BJ EXPIRES SUDDENLY AFTER SUr" FERINQ A RELAPSE. WAS 'ILL FOR SEVERAL WEEKS; Ills Davis Last Pnhlle A p pea ranee TV a at the Confederate llennlon at Atlanta,, f " Ga4 lASt Jnly. ; : " Hiss Winnie Davis daughter, of Airs, jeuerson vans, aievi at. noon Sunday at the Rockingham hotel, Narragansctt Pier, It I., to which' place she went as a guest in' the early part of the Pier's eocial. season. She had been ill for several weeks and a fortnight ago her ailment was diag nosed as malarial gastritis. At times her condition became very serious, so that consultations of pby- sicians were deemed, necessary, out frequent rallies gave renewed hope that she - would ultimately recovery During the past week especially was her condition considered favorable and a ' it a a a " " it was mougm mat ner removal iron the hotel would be possible in a few days, aa the hotel had closed for the season; leaving the patient and attend ants practically alone in the house. Saturday night, however, a relapse in Miss Davis's condition was noticed and throughout the night she lost strength perceptibly. Sunday morning the physician said that the end was not far off, and at noon death came to end the suffering, which at times had been' intense. Mrs. Davis had watched unremittingly at her daughter's bedside ahd she if now bowed with sorrow, y - Mrs. Davis is holding up with great calmness in her affliction and no fears are at present entertained of her health yielding to the strain. ". j ii ' Her Last Pnhlle Appearance l the "Daughter of the "Confederacy," will come as a profound shock to the confederate veterans of the country and will be the source of great sorrow to the men who fought for the states of whic1! her father was president. ' Tha last time the veterans, and the genera puia .raw iuisa jLavi!i, in iao enjoyment of good b'eaHi,-was in At lanta," Ga., V on the occasion of the eighth annual reunion of IL i confed erate veteran sin July. ( in at occa sion - she mad e 1. c r 1 - t t ! : o appear ance and stood beforo t! veterans for the last time. None-of then tic" M that Misa Davis, who had been : sent at every reunion and who v, r.s 1 .zed upon by the veterans z : . :ch love and' reterence as tl.c. t a were their own daughter r -.o f f tLem thought that sh,e, the n cf t .cir hearts and the true dan ?A:r cf t La confederacy, would be col 1 in t!r !i a few months after they fca 1 r re er. The news f 1 r iHaess has been. eagerly . read by t!.o"- ? old men andl each unfavc : ; : 3 r c ort has caused' tears to trie' ,!s Jo va the cheeks of men who kr.: , i. o faar." Every an nouncement cf 1 1 improvement was greeted with j j l:. I now the last and saddest annc ;: : .vTit of death will scarcely be rc ali 1 by the old veter ans and tLcIr 1.: 13 will be wrung by grief. CATTA I CATRON DIE& Well Known r Contracted Gsrroa of 0 Tjplifll 1 In f ntlsfo CampalffD. Captain Alljr. Capron, Firat artil lery, died tt 1 ; home near Fort Myer, Va.,Satur.:;r. , Captain C; ; rca was one of the best. known c . in the regular army. When Gc I fihafter'a corps went to Santiago C la Capron accompanied it and 1" : itery did notably fine workiaT 1 ttle of Santiago. During the r:L ' ; fight before the city CapUra C roa'f son. Captain Allyn M. Cs; r j, of the Bough lliders, was killed. T. j death of his son preyed upon t". ; .' Lera mind, but he never swerv 1 f . an instant from his duty darir : ' t crrible days that followed. The- f disease were sown in his syst:. ring the Cnban campaign and 1 : : turned to his home at Fort Ujt -, : ,r Washington, only, to be stric' 'awn with typhoid fever; I LED ON.CAIXPANIl, Arr Peaoo Commission faJ Is Frons rfew York For Paris. Z Jnited States commisiionera io cc 3 . the terms ,a of peace with T i!sd from New York Saturday c , .rd the Canard line etearscr C -la, en route to Taris. Eacli :-:oner is accompanied ca tie r Lis wife cr other members tf :iy.. v,::. . - ''.a party a!fo are J. D. llocrc, ry and counsel to the cazzrrA ; John I. 1 lac Arthur, aiiiar.t !v.y, and r;':!e; Frank Era2:", . i' utiog c! : i, and "Hrs. IJrana;:aa; i Atkinses : 'i 1 Miss licit in-lon, :-rsb' r.r.TEdTtrd SaTcy and fTT1 f' . win '11 T" ;,sr!l la Alal-srn 1VI ! :l It.- u!t. j a receive 1 c' tls b j ' r tX tie t i-xTzi.J . , f:t:rl:';n v.iU f i: I Ar Icr, VI . , -1 ci:!, -