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VOL. XII. SALISBURY. N. C WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22.1899. NO. 17. I IMPORTANT ORDERS ABE ISSUED T BY THEWAR DEPARTMENT. u SURPLUS TROOPS ARE DISCHARGED Savannah, Ancnut and Colnmbns.Ga., Are Designated As the Mustering Oat Points. The war department issued the fol lowing statement Monday: "Orders have been issued for the muster out of the following rolunteer regiments: "At Savannah, Ga. -Third Georgia ; batteries A, B, C, Df Maine artillery; 202d New York volunteers. . "At their present camps at Augusta, Ga.. and Greenville. 8. C.,--TJtfrd Al- abama, Third Connectiqff7Kilh Mas sacbusetts, Tbirty-fiftlr'JpiTigan, Fif teenth Minnesota, Ferirth New Jersey, 201st New York,203(l New York, Tenth Ohio, First Rhode Island.SecondijVest Virginia. v "This order discbajges all the'vol unteers remaining in the United States." The orders will muster out about 10,000 volunteer troops, including all Btich troops now in camp in the United States and the Third Georgia, at Neu vitas; the Two Hundred and Second New York, at Guanajay, and four bat teries of Maine artillery, now at Ha vana. They will be mimtered out at Savannah, Ga. This will reduce the army strensth to 110,000 men, of which 30,000 are stationed in Cuba, All the volunteer troops in Porto Rico Lave been previously discharged and the only volunteers still in the service are either in the Philippines or in Cuba. ro action will be taken with regard to those troops until congress acts upon the pending measures for the reorganization of the regular army. -The enactment of the Hnll bill, the war department Fay?, will result in ine muster out oi all tue remaining volunteers. They will be given the first opportunity for re-enlistment in . the regular service, however, and it is the expectation and hope of the war II! EERSOLDEERSGOOU : department that a majority of them will avail themselves of this privilege, there being a strong desire to secure the benefit of their services. rv, " Iieg'ardiiigr the order a Washington ' special special sa jb: The order for the muster out of the Third Georgia came ns a-snrprise to the members of the Georgia delegation.' Some time ago m there was talk of the possible muster OUt of tTl TAfTlTn Ant but. Tintfitno lion . - o 0 w-been heard from that since the regi ment got to Cuba. The present order is due both to the policy of the department to muster out all volunteers not very much needed, and to the desire on the part of the department officials to put an end to the importunities of the soldiers for discharges. These applications have been .coming in steadily, much to the disgust of the adjutant general and other officials, and the desire to get free from them was doubtless instru mental, in some degree, to the muster out order of Monday. DEMAND THEIR RESIGNATIONS. MrtliodUt Ministers of Atlanta, Ga., Score liarbee A Suitth. An exciting meeting of the Metho dist ministers of Atlanta took place Mouday morning in the basement of Trinity parsonage. The subject of discussion was the present difficulty in the Methodist Publishing House matter. The ministers passed resolutions asking the book committee to demand the resignation of Barhee & Smith, agent 8 of the Methodist Episcopal publishing home at Nashville, Tenn. PRIVATE ABERN'ATHY CONVICTED. Discharged From Army mnd Sentenced to Fifteen Years In Pen. A Washington dispatch says: Private Hampton Abernathy, Company -A, Third North Carolina volunteer in fantry, having been tried and found guilty of manslaughter by a general courtmartial convened at Camp Has kell, Macon, Ga., has been sentenced to be dishonorably discharged from the service of the United States and to be confined in Leavenworth peniten tiary for fifteen years. THAT TWENTY MILLIONS For Spain Causes Unexpected Opposition In the Home. A very sensational and unexpected thing happened in the house Thurs day during the consideration of the Eundry civil bill. The paragraph carrying the appro priation of $20,000,000 for payment to Spain under the terms of the peace treaty was stricken out upon a point of order made by Mr. Wheeler, a Ken tucky democrat, who declared that he opposed the appropriation on princi ple aud would resort to any techni cality to defeat it The point of order was debated for hours, but waa finally decided against. v TO LIBERATE PRISONERS. Spain to Keleaso Filipinos Deported to Caroline and Lad rone Islands. A Madrid special states that it has been decided at a cabinet council to liberate the Filipinos who had been deported to the Caroline "and Ladrone islands.in order to influence the Filipi pos to release the Spaniards they hold prisoners. It has also been decided to postpone the sale of the floating dock at Havana. MISQUOTED BY PRESS. So Declares General Miles In Testimony Before Beef Investigators. A Washington dispatch says: The court of inquiry to examine into the beef controversy assembled at the Lemon building shortly after 10 o'clock Monday morning, preparatory to its first formal session. When the court was ! sworn, Major General Nelson A. Miles was present ed as the first witness. He appeared in . fatigue uniform, and was sworn. After stating his rank and office, he was asked about his. statement before the war commission. - He said he had made one, and upon Colonel Davis submitting a printed report of that statement, General Miles examined and approved it. Then he was asked about an alleged interview which appeared in the New York Journal of December 23, whether it represented completely or in part what he said: "I do not recall anything in that in terview that had not been given in my testimony, or transmitted in my re ports. You will observe it contains a number of my declinations to, name officers or my authorities and refusals to answer. It must, therefore, be in correct in its representation." He then commented upon the gen erar'sjight inaccuracy of newspaper in terviews owing to the dependency of writers upon their memories. Hardly a day in six months had passed that an interviewer had not applied and be-, cause of the kindness of the press to the army and especially the enlisted men, ha had endeavored to give them such information as he thought wise and safe, but never, he saM, with a view to prejudicing any one against" any person or department. Finally General miles said he did not think The Journal interview rep resented correctly what was said, be cause its contents should be taken in connection with all that waa said, his silence upon some points and speech upon others. Then being asked about an inter view from the New York Herald of, February 1, he said: "I have a letter from the gentleman who, I understand, -wrote this', in which he says he is willing to swear that I declined to be interviewed and that, thinking that something had been given out, he had proceededto write what he knew were the facts." He then pointed out that the inter view was erroneous, in that where if represented him to have 'said that he bad overwhelming evidence that the refrigerated beef was treated with chemicals, the act was that his only evidence was what was contained in the reports of officers and statements of men who claimed that the beef had the odor of an embalmed body, that they had seen fluid injected into beef and other indications of chemical treatment. He declared the interview an erroneous presentation of what he could possibly have said. General Mifes, in his testimony, said his use of the 'phrase "pretense f experiment ' in speaking of army beef was unfortunate. He disclaimed intention of any inference of fraud and said he should have - said the., re frigerator beef issue "was on the the ory of experiment and a "very costly one." " . ARMY BILL TAKEN UP. Measure Displaces Anti-Scalplng Bill In the Senate. At Monday's session of the senate Mr. Hawley moved to take up the army reorganization bill. There was some discussion as to the precedence of measures. Mr. Hawley said he had waited a long time and would give way no longer, and as chairman of the military committee would accept nothing but uncondi tional surrender. The roll was-called on taking up the army bill. The dem ocrats voted in . the negative. The populists and Pettigrew and Teller (silver republicans) voted no. Lind say, democrat, of Kentucky, voted in the affirmative. The army bill was taken up for con sideration. The vote was 44 to 26. The anti-scalping bill was displaced, unfinished by the vote. After being read the army bill was laid aside and the postoffice appropria tion bill taken up. The senate committee on foreign re lations authorized a favorable report npon an amendment to be offered to the sundry civil bill providing for the construction of a cable to Hawaii and Manila. The cable is not to be built by the United States, but a yearly sub sidy is to be paid by the government. FOR PACIFIC SUBMARINE CABLE. Subsidy of 9175,000 Yearly For Twenty Years Allowed In BUI. Senator Frye has reported from the committee on .foreign -relations the amendment to the sundry civil appro priation bill for the construction of a submarine cable in the. Pacific ocean as amended by the committee. The most important in them increases the subsidy to be paid - every year for twenty years to 8175,000, and extends tne time m wmcn tne contracting com pany ia to be given to .complete the line to the Philippine islands to the firjst of January, 1902. HAVANA'S PORT RECEIPTS. Statement of Cnstama For the Fonr Weeks Ending January 28. 1899. Assistant Secretary of War Meikle john has made public the following statement of receipts from customs at the port of Havana, Cuba, for the four weeks ending January 28, 1899. . Importation, $621,719; exportation, $03,937; tonnage tax, $17,524; fines, $1. Total,' $703, 183. Total of all collections for the month of January, 1899, $743,538.19. PfifflHII OF FRANCE DEAD FAURE IS STRICKEN WHILE AT WORK IN HIS STUDY. DEATH SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED. His Family Reached Him Before the Eni Came A Stroke of Apoplexy the ' Cause of DeathA A Pari? special says:' M. Felix Faure, president of the republic of France, died at 10 o'clock. Thursday night from apoplexy, after an illness of three hours. It had been known for some time that . President Faure's heart was weak, but the first intimation that he was sick was given.- at half-past 6 o'clock Thursday; afternoon, when av message was dispatched to the premier, M. Dupuy, announcing that the presi dent was ill. M. Dupuy immediately repaired to the Elysee. . All medical efforts proved futile and the president died on the stroke of ten. The flag over the Elysee was immediately lowered to half-mast and the news was dispatched to all the officials and members of the cabinet. General Zurlinden, military governor of Paris; the grand chancellor of the Legion of Honor, the prefect of the Seine, the prefect of the police of Paris and the presidents of the senate and chamber of deputies promptly arrived at the Elysee. The report spread rapidly-"jhrough the city and large crowds so& assem bled in the vicinity of the paynce. About 6 o'clock M. Faure, "who was then in his study, went to the door of the room of M. Le Gall, his private secretary, which is contiguous to the study, and called him. ' M. Le Gall, immediately went to the president's aid, led him to a sofa and called General Balloud, general secre tary of the president's household; M. Blondel, under private secretary, and Dr. Humbert, who happened to be at the Elysee attending a relative. The president's condition did not appear dangerous, but Dr. Humbert, on perceiving that be was rapidly get ting worse, telephoned for Dr. Lanne Longue and Dr. Cheurlet, who arrived with M. Dupuy and were joined later oy Dr. Bergerey. ' Though M- Faure Btill retained con sciousness, the doctors soon recognized that the case was hopeless, but it was not until nearly 8 o'clock that the members of the family were informed of the real state of affairs. They came to the sofa were the president lay. Soon after he began to lose conscious ness, and despite all efforts, expired at 10 o'clock in the presence of the family and M. Dupuy. , Republic Notified Officially. M. Dupuy communicated the sad intelligence to M. Loubet, president of the senate; M. Paul Deschanel, president of the chamber of deputies; the members of the cabinet and other high functionaries, after which- he addressed the following dispatch to all prefects and sub-prefects in France: "I have the sad task to announce to you the death of the president, which occurred at 10 o'clock this evening as the result of an apoplectic stroke. Kindly take the necessary measures to inform the population immediately of the mourning that has fallen upon the republic. Tne government counts upon your active vigilance at this painful juncture." It was not until 11 o'clock that the news began to become known to the general public in Paris. From that time began a continuous arrival of publio men. Strict orders, however, were issued and only members of the cabinet were admitted to the Elysee. The president of the council and minister of the interior, M. Dupuy, requested all prefects and sub-prefects not to leave their posts, and directed all those who are absent to return im mediately. Nothing could have given the idea of approaching death. Up .till the very last M. Faure indulged in his customary habits of work, and even in his equestrian rides. He ate well and slept regularly. WERE SAMPSON'S ORDERS. Admiral Schley Hands Xaral Committee of Senate a Statement. A Washington dispatch says: Rear Admiral W. S. Schley, having been granted permission to answer the charges recently made against him in a communication sent to the senate, handed to the committee on naval affairs Monday his statement, in which he disclaims any purpose of contro versy with the navy department. The admiral says his order from Admiral Sampson on May 19th were to blockadge Cienf uegos, which he proceeded to do. PHILIPPINE TAXES. First Itemised Statement Has Been He re 1 red at the War Department. The war department has just receiv ed the first itemized statement of re ceipts from all sources of taxation in the Philippines from the occupation of Manila by the United States forces August 31st last to December 31st. The total collections amounted to $1,819,813. Of this total $534,086 was made up of funds seized by the Amer icans npon the capture of Manila. HITCHCOCK ARRIVES. If ew Secretary of the Interior Comes to Ke llere Bliss. r HonA Ethan Allen Hitchcock, who is to succeed Secretary Bliss at the head of the interior department, reached Washington from New York Sunday evening. -AVAA- The new secretary, in an interview, corrected what he said was a popular wrong impression regarding the czar's so-called disarmament proposal, made to the powers of the world. "This proposition." said he, "is not for a disarmament, but for the calling of a conference for the purpose of reaching an agreement not to increase armaments. 8uch was the intention of the circular issued by him in Au gust last." - ; i Mr. Hitchcock was averse to discuss ing for publication European politics, but he said in answer to questions that the accomplishments of this country in raising ' an - army from 25, 000 to 260,000 men during the Spanish war challenged their admiration and astounded and amazed the nations of 4he old world, i: It . had increased ad miration for the flag, and he added: The " American flag never flew higher in Europe than it flies tonight.";'- : .;; ; a Russia, he said, was friendly to America and during the late war main tained an attitude of strict neutrality. COST OF GROWING COTTON. Department of Agriculture Makes Investi gations Which Will Be Published. Under the supervision of Statistician Hyde of the department of agriculture at Washington, the cost of growing cotton has been investigated, and the results of the investigation are to be published -within a few days in a pam phlet. This report will show that the average cost of producing an acre of upland cotton in 1898 was $15.42', sub divided into the following items: Rent, $2.88; plowing, $2.81; seed, 21 cents; planting seed, 28 cents; fertili zers, $1.30; distributing fertilizers, 16 cents; chopping and hoeing,- $1.31; picking, 81.37; ginning and pressing,. $1.02; bagging and ties, 57 cents; marketing, 64 cents; repairing imple ment?, 40 cents; all other expenses, 41 cents. - It was ascertained that the pounds of lint produced per acre were 255.6, sold for 6.7 cents per pound; t bushels of seed produced,16; price per bushel, 11.9 cents. The total return to the planter on the average was $19.03, which gave him a net profit of $3.61 per acre. The cost of picking, cotton per l0(' pounds 'was 44 cents, while the cost of producing the , lint per pound was 5.27 cents. Several thousand, r cotton planters contributed to these statistics,., and of the entire number reportin'g, 20 per cent reported a loss, largely due to de ficient production, owing to drouth and to other causes? . - To produce sea island cotton costs $21.95 per acre, or an average of 11.59 cents per pound, and, the total return for lint and seed of sea island cotton was $28.65; which gave the planter a net profit of $6. 70 per acre. GUERRILA WARFARE Adopted By Filipinos Producing Bad Feel Ins; Among American Troops. General Otis cabled the war depart ment Saturday the names of nine American soldiers wounded on Turi quina road, north of the pumping. sta tion, Friday. Of these, Private Geo. Adams, company A, First Nebraska, died. - The reports of such skirmishes as those noted above and the stories of frequent firing by concealed natives upon, the American outposts, have conveyed the impression to the offi cials in Washington that General Otis is being rapidly brought to a pass where he must assume a most vigor ous offensive campaign. BRYAN TO STUDENTS. Nebrasltan Speaks On "Imperialism" at Ann Arbor, Mich. Colonel William Jennings Bryan lectured on "Imperialism" at .Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday night before an' audience of - students, members - of the University of Michigan faculty and citizens, which taxed the capacity of the big university hall. t The students of all shades of politi cal opinions gave him a noisy and en thusiastic welcome on his appearance. Colonel Bryan's declarations in favor of independence for the Filipinos, un der an American protectorate, brought out considerable applause. BRIBERY CHARGE HADE. Senator Whiteside Says Every Kan Who Toted For Clark Is Guilty. , A special from Helena, Mont. , says I at Senator Whiteside, who produced t ie $30,000 alleged bribe money at the oeginning of the session created a sensation by openly charging that every man who voted for Clark had been bought. He mentioned Representative Garr by name and that gentleman shouted "You are an infamous -liar." The grand jury reported that money had been used on both sides, but there was not sufficient evidence to warrant an indictment. , NOTICE OF FAUKE'S DEATH Received By President McKlnley With Surprise and Grief. A Boston, Mass.,- dispatch says: President McELinley upon being in formed of the death, of President Faure, expressed his surprise , and grief. A suitable message of condo lence was sent Friday morning by the president through Secretary of State Hay. None of the cabinet cared to express any opinion other than pro found regret. TO TME IMMEDIATE ACTION IN REPLACING SPANISH SOVER EIGNTY OYER PHILIPPINES, . DEWEY TO INAUGURATE CAMPAIGN Administration Considers Delay as Dan gerous nd Dect&es to Strlko ' Decisive Blow. A Washington special says: The ad ministration has determined to rapidly j extend the jurisdiction of the United ' States over the wholes Philippine) group,' acting on the theory that delay in this case is dangerous, and that an archy and a general paralysis of such interests as the islands support will be brought about through a failure, to ; promptly replace the Spanish sover- eignty over the islands by that of the United States. The decision involves the neoessit of a naval campaign, and this will be instituted as soon as Admiral Dewey receiver the re-enforcements in ' the shape of gunboats now on the way to Manila. ' , - Owing to the vast number of the Philippine islands, a large number of gunboats would be required to visit them simultaneously; so the program will be to have the vessels visit, in or 4er, ; the principal towns outside pi Manila. The naval vessels probably will be .' accompanied by some troop transports, and the soldiers will be landed where necessary to hoist the United ctates flag and take possession formally of the ports. ' It is understood that there will -be no attempt made at this time to displace any of the existing munici pal ; governments except where they prove refractory and offer resistance.' PRESIDENT ADDRESSES VETERANS He Is Given Warm Reception By O. A. B. Men at Boston. , , The last day of President McKin ley's visit to Boston was spent in a continual round of pleasure. AfTre mont Temple he spoke to the mem bers of the Massachusetts department of the Grand Army of the Republic, who were assembled in annual con vention. To the Grand Army of the Republic President McKinley said: 1 "I count myself most fortunate to find upon my visit to the city of Boa--ton my comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic in session in the same' city, thus giving r me an opportunity' once again to look into your faces and to exchange the i friendly greeting of comrades with each and every one of yon. ; "You fought inl.a holy cause, which, under the providence of God, triumph ed. You not only were good soldiers, maintaining in the battle's front the honor and integrity of the flag we love so much, but since the war and in your relation as ' citizens to the gov ernment you have ever been loyal and faithful, preserving in peace the gov ernment which you secured in war. The sad feature about all these re unions is that our numbers are dimin ishing. ' "Every annual roll call discloses one or another of our comrades not pres ent, but accounted for. They have gone to join their ' comrades on the other side, now in the majority, sleep ing within that low green tent whose curtain never turns. It has occurred to me, as it has to every old soldier of the war, that the conspicuous com manders, those who gave orders we loved to obey, have all gone from among us Grant and Sherman and Sheridan and Hancock and a long line besides that are treasured in the memories of the soldiers of the re public. - ' " . "I am glad to have an opportunity of living as you have had the oppor tunity of living in this last year, when the .American people have again mani fested their patriotism their love of country, their devotion to American honor, and I want to see all the brave men of the Spanish war, north and south, in some great patriotic organ ization, and I know none better than the Grand Army of the Republic. I thank you and bid you all good morn ing." , PASSENGER TRAINS COLLIDE. Twenty-One People Killed In a Disaster Near Brussels. A cable dispatch states that an ex press train from Calais having pas sengers from London on board collided Saturday with a train from Tournay, which was standing at the station at Foret, near Brussels. Twenty-one persons were killed outright and one hundred more or less injured. There were no Americans or English among the victims. - It is said that owing to the fog the engineer of the express train did not see the signals. The "scene of the wreck presented a horrible picture. INSURGENT SCOUTS ROUTED. Their Beeonnoltorina Was Stopped Short By Gen. KIacs Brigade. Advices from Manila state that a large body of the enemy, presumably reconnoitering, was discovered on the right of Brigadier General King's position, near . San Pedro Macatia Thursday morning. 'The entire brigade turned out and after an ex change of volleys the rebels retreated into the jungle and disappeared. IXOKGAK'S CASAL BILL la Added On To .tko Blvor and Harbor Appropriation Ueasnre. A Washington special .says: The senate committee on commerce has decided to put the Morgan Nicaragua canal bill on the river.and harbor bill. The action of the ' committee was preceded by a brief argument bj Sen aior morgan, in wmcb He went over the general grounds favorable to the construction of the canal. . He contro verted the opinion that the addition of the amendment would be detrimental to the interests of the river and harbor bill, nd expressed a preference for the river and harbor bill over the sun dry civil appropriation bill as m vehicle to carry the canal bill. . Some of the members expressed the desire that the amendment should go on the sundry civil bill, ' but amotion to recommend that it be incorporated in that measure was voted down,' 7 nays to i yeas. Senator Nelson then moved ' the amendment to the river and har bor bill, which prevailed, 7 to 4, as follows: . . " ... .. Ayes Messrs. Nelson; Berry, Pen rose, McBride, McMillan, Elkins, Jones, of Nevada, t . . Senator Frye, chairman of the com mittee, did not vote. C : Nays Caffery, Mills, Pasco, Mur pfcy. - - "A While Senator Caffery voted against the amendment, he did not indicate any purpose to oppose the passage of the bill in the senate because of the incorporation of the canal provision. He joined with all the other members of the committee in the vote to report the bill with the amendment added. RIYER AND HARBOR BILL Is Completed By the Senate Committee On - ' . Commerce. The senate committee on commerce completed its consideration of the riv er and harbor bill Friday, the last act of the committee being the addition of the provision for the construction of the Nicarangua canal. '" . The whole bill,' exclusive of the Nic arangua canal amendment, carries' an expenditure for the next year .to the amount of about $14,000,000 and for the following two or three years '-. of about $28,000,000, making a total ex penditure of about $42,000,000. ' Some of the important changes made : n the bill, and affecting the south are as follows: - . " Brazos river mouth, Texas, $85,000 cash; appropriation for deepening channel and $115,000 for ' extending the jetties; Hilleboro bay, Florida, (new item) cash appropriation S100, 000; limit fixed at $900,000; Sabine Pass, Texas, Increased from $50,000 to $100,000; mouth of Brazos river, Texas, (new itm), $200,000; James river, Virginia, decrease from $150t- uuu to i00j000; Watersee river, South Carolina, direct appropriation is made and limit fixed at $100,000; St John's river, Florida, from Jacksonville to ocean, limit fixed at $1,359,750; War rior and Tombigbee rivers decreased from $220,000 to $200,000, Tennessee river, Colbert and Batree shoals, (new item), cash appropriation of $250,000; Big Sandy river, Kentucky, and West Virginia, increased from $220,000 to $240,000 limit. - CHICAGO PAPER MAKES TEST Of the Wholesomeness of the Muchly Discussed Canned Beet. Samples of the canned beef Ameri can soldiers in-Porto ,Eico and Cuba eaid -was unfit for - food have been tested chemically and analyzed with respect to fitness for food by expert chemists employed by The Chicago Tribune. , The results of the analysis shows that in the cans submitted there was no trace of either boric or salicvlio acid or any other chemical preserva tives in the meat. .. The meat analyzed - was brought from Porto Rico. . TRAIN ROBBER COXYICTED. Leader of Gsnr Was Once a Prosecutln; Attorney At El Reno. . At Chickasaw, I. T., Friday, Al Jen nings was found guilty of robbing the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific train October 1, 1897. . ' . v . Frank Jennings and the O'Malley boys are to be tried on the same charge. . Al Jennings was the leader of the Jennings gang, at whose door many desperate crimes are laid. He was formerly prosecuting attorney at 1 Reno, 0. T. The penalty is death. FOUR CHILDREN CREMATED. Mother Was Helpless , to -Savo Them From Burn ins; Home. A dwelling house at French Run, thirty-five miles eagt of DuBois, Pa., belonging to a woodman named Cari 6on, was burned Friday morning. Carison was away from home, but his wife and five little children were in the house. ; The mother wa awakened by the noise of crackling wood and had just time to grasp her baby and jump from a second-story window into the snow. She was then obliged to stand and witness the burning to death of her four other little ones, aged twelve, seven, five and two years respectively. MI ELLS ABE JNEFfECTITE To Irivo Insorg-ents from (he JmmgUf. Americans I7s the Torch. A dispatch of Sunday from Manila says: The California volunteers have abandoned Guadalupe church, which has since been set on fire, and retired to San Pedro MacatL The rebels still hold the country in- the vicinity of Guadelupe, Pasig and Patero despite the efforts of the gunboats to dislodge them from the jungle on both sides of the river." imiuarmcm FBEXCn XATI0XAL ASSEMBLY , MEETS IX YERSAILES. A NEW PRESIDENT 13 ELECTED. Molina Was Olren "Votes By tho Oppo- . . tlon Loubet Is Anxious to Maintain Ieaeo. was elected president of the French re public Saturday afternoon. He re ceived 483 votes against 270 votes cast for M. Meline, and 00 scattering. The national assembly met at Ver sailles at I o'clock and Mr. Loubet, president of the senate, declared the sitting open amid the applause of the leftists, during which M. - Loubet proceeded to drawing fcj tellers. Soon the scene became animated. Crowds of . people surrounded the bers. The palace was closed to the public Various political groups held meetings at noon, and M. Cocnery an nounced that M. Meline had definitely withdrawn his candidacy. The nation alists and the anti-Semites decided not to vote for M. Loubet. "When M. Paul DeRoulede, organ izer of the League of Patriots and dep uty representing the second district of Angouleme, voted, he attempted to speak from the tribune where the urn a where placed; but M. Loubet forbade him to do so, which called forth pro test from the rightists and applause from the leftists. In the meantime the voting contin ued. While the.checking was in prog ress tbe members of the assembly left the hall and assembled in the galleries and corridors where they discussed the chances of the election. M. Meline loudly announced thathe had voted for M. Loubet. . " ,When the sitting of the assembly was resumed the public galleries were, ! crowded - . A;'"- The tellers entered headed by M. Chauveau, who announced that M. Loubet had been elected by a vote of . . ... v . . . a-.ii 4o3 to 27U cast ior so.. Aueune auimaw . applause -from" the leftist. and center groups. Senator Chauveau added: t "M. Loubet; having obtained an absolute majority, I proclaim him ' president of .the republic., . -- TVia TiTioTiTipmnt was creeled with prolonged applause mingled with vio lent protests from the rightist?, the leftists shouting,'Vive larepublique!" ll. (JnauirjeAU thenrteMSTgrnepii- Z u -i.,. -x aMjuauruxi ui cui juio uri a which arrived at the palace to escort the new president was greeted by the crowd outside with cries of "rive . 1'armee." The result of the election was com municated to M. Loubet and he re ceived the congratulations , of : his friends. The newly elected president promised to devote - his best effort to fulfilling the wishes of the country and to "reunite the republicans who have drifted asunder by the current of unhappy events." President Loubet s remarks brought . forth lively applause from his hearers. . Power Transferred to Loubet. The premier, M. Dupuy, then for mally transferred the executive power to M. Loubet and congratulated nun upon his election. The president in thanking M. Dupuy expressed the hope of having the sup port of the ! cabinet. The senators and deputies then filed past and shook hands with the president, .who after wards received a deputation of news paper men and through them appealed to the whole press of the country to work in unison and appeasement. t, M. Loubet left the place in a car riage accompanied by M. .Dupuy snd followed by the ministers. The crowds along the route acclaimed President Loubet with cries of "vive la repub-. liqnel" "vive 1'armee J" "vive Loubetl" President Loubet arrived in Paris from Versailles at 5:08 p. zn., and was received with military honors. As the presidential carriage left the St. La- zare station a band of thirty or forty persons ranged themselves on either side cf the landau under tbe leader ship of a couple of individual, who kept giving signals and shouts, of 'down with Loubetr resign, re sign 1" The general public was ap parently indifferent and no hostility was displayed. IT ILL HONDURAS "APOLOGIZE And Pay Ileavy Flno For tho Murder of a Pittsburg-, Pa., Man? The Pittsburg, Pa., Tost says that in the executive mansion at Washing ton there was recorded Monday morn ing a protest, the result of which may lead to serious trouble between two nations the United States and the repnblio of Honduras. - The murder of Frank Pears, the Pittsburg man, in Honduras, on Janu ary 31st, will undoubtedly lead to most embarrassing complications un less the little republic shall apologize and at the same time deliver up a great amount of gold as a fine for. the foul murder committed. TRAKSPOBT OFF FOB HA5ILA. Ths Sheridan tar Ww York YVftb - ; ..- 9jOOO Troop. Tbe United States army transport Sheridan pulled out from her pier in 'Brooklyn at 320 o'clock Sunday after noon on her way to Manila by the way of the Suez canal with 1,835 enlisted men and officers and their wives and fam ilies to the number of ninety The Sheridan is considered the best eppointed of the three army transports which have sailed from Brooklyn.
Salisbury Globe (Salisbury, N.C.)
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