The Decatur News. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 1899 Page: 3 of 8
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THE LATEST OF EVENTS
BY WIRE
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of
Some of the
the World
Readers of Papers
to
advance what verdict the result of
NASHVILLE,
CHATTANOOGA
1 ST. LOUIS RAILWAY.
THROUGH CAR ROUTE
for the
course
*. C. COWiRDII,
400 By. Bxabang* Bldg.. 8t. Louis, Ma
Prof. W. C. Stubbs on behalf of
W. L. OANIBT
Ft. Worth. Tn.
Terrible Act.
i M K T i
Eagan, who is specified in the re-
is not likely to ask for any fur-
investigation, but Col. Maus of
Mlles’ staff, the other officer crlt-
beginning, which, it is hoped,
president and Secretary Hay,
the end have substantial re-
CAR
LI NF
the pos-
The sec-
adds his
and the
San Juan. Porto Rico, May 9.—Brig-
Gen. George W. Davis, who has been
appointed to succeed Maj. Gen. Guy V.
Henry as military governor of Porto
Rico, arrived her* yesterday on board
the United States transport McPher-
son. He was welcomed by the insular
secretary and officials of Porto Rico
and Ban Juan. In the afternoon Gen.
Henry and Gen. Davis were given a
reception at the theater by the school
children of San Juan
Texas senate met on the Sth and ad-
journed until the 9th. The house held
no session.
are many state and private exhibits,
art, women’s manufacturing and other
departments.
The Dawes commission is taking a
census of the Choctaw Indians.
$1,101)1$
“•MEMPHIS
Most Important
that Will Prove
Happenings
of Interest
the
convention,
these points
propositions
o’clock yesterday morning the store-
house of H. W. Robinson at Sweet
Home, near this city, was fired by an
incendiary. When the fire was well
under way the incendiary aroused Mr.
Robinson at his home near by. Rob-
inson reached the burning store just
in time to save his brother within. As
soon as Robinson, had left the house
the incendiary attacked Mrs. Robin-
son with an ax and a terrible strug-
gle followed, In which she was beat-
en into semi-consciousness. After rob*
blng the residence the man escaped.
onua leuismiL
GNQNNAB
AlAHERNCHttS
*. G. WARNER,
to Cuba and Porto Rico. Mr. Yung
Kwai, an attache of the legation, said
that the legation had made such a pro-
test and that in view of the fact that
the Chinese would make the best kind
of citizens for the settlement of Cuba
be believed that the order would be
modified so as not to exclude his coun-
trymen.
“The dowager empress,’’ he added,
'‘has recently granted the most liberal
protection to Americans and wishes to
become more closely allied with Amer-
ica, and this country will De going
igainst Us own interests if It refuses to
meet China half way.”
Secretary Hay later said that the
matter was under consideration by the
state department.
Tylsr, Tn.
A.A.QLtSSOM,
NORTHEAST
SOUTHEAST
of the Mare Island navy
sobm CAROLINA, VIRGINIA,
WASHINGTON CITY. BALTI WORK, _ I
FKILADUraiA AND NEW YOBS.
The lower prices
the prospects for plenty of
season is the cause of the
Washington. May 9.—"The president
is commander-in-chtef of the army and
my superior. He has approved the
findings of the Wade coifrt of inquiry.
Therefore I have no comment to make
It would be an unsoldierly act were I
to do so.”
With these words Gen. Miles repled
to a Star reporter yesterday with re-
gard to the probable action he would
take in view of the adverse report of
the court.
"Will you formulate a protest to the
president?” was the next question.
"I have nothing to say. No, sir,” re-
plied the general.
"Will you inspire a congressional in-
vestigation?”
"No, sir. I will not talk upon the
subject”
"Do you believe congress will rectify
the matter?”
“I do not know what congress will
do; nor have I any means of knowing
in
an investigation might develop. I have
no comment, criticism or statement to
make In this matter, and you may
take it as certain that any alleged in-
terviews or intimations to the contrary
said to have come from me or near
me, are wholly and unqualifiedly false.
I was and am now actuated solely by
the consideration of health, lives and
integrity of the army. My duty Is
done.”
Monster Testimonial.
Washington, May 10.—Admiral Dew-
ey upon his return to the United States
is to be presented with a monster tes-
timonial consisting of autograph let-
ter from nearly every member of Pres-
ident McKinley’s cabinet, governors of
states and prominent United States
senators. The secretary of the treasury
says in his written opinion of Dewey
that he regards him as one of the ga-
laxy of men who have made the Amer-
ican name honorable and illustrious;
the secretary of state writes that no
artificial commemoration of such a vic-
tory is at all needful to preserve it for-
ever in the American heart. The sec-
retary of the navy expresses similar
views. The secretary of agriculture
reminds Americans that Dewey in a
day added an archipelago to
sessions of the United States,
retary of war that he gladly
tribute of praise to Dewey,
postmaster general enthusiastically sec-
onds the proposition to emphasize the
gratitude of the people. While Ad-
miral Dewey will be the recipient of
many honors on his return home, this
testimonial will be the first written
evidence extended to him of the very
widespread sentiment of gratitude on
the part of Americans for the victor of
Manila.
Want* Many Soldiers.
Havana, May 10.—Gen. Maximo Go-
mez is trying to persuade Gov. Gen.
Brooke that the Cuban standing army
of 15,000 men is a necessary adjunct to
the proper government of the island.
His views he presented in writing, but
without eliciting as yet any reply.
The proposition is not likely to receive
much consideration at headquarters,
though considerable surprise was oc-
casioned by this magnificent project
which, if adopted, Gomez doubtless
believes, would be placed under his
personal controL
The growing conviction that there is
no need of rural guards except In the
wilder portions of the provinces of
Santiago and Puerto Principe is con-
firmed by the investigations of Capt
Hickey of the governor general’s staff,
who returned yesterday from a 2000-
mlle trip through the provinces east of
Havana, which has occupied two
months. With the exception of a few.
in Santiago province, he found no
traces of bandits.
“Political feeling in the country dis-
tricts,” he declared, “is far less intense
than in Havana, where the malcon-
tents are gathered. Most of the
bans of the provinces favor ultimate
independence, but they are willing to
have the American occupation con-
tinue for a year at least, as they recog-
nize that the island revenues are ex-
pended honestly upon betterments.”
On * Vacation.
Washington, May 9.—President and
Mrs. McKinley left the city last night
at 9;46 o’clock for a vacation of a
week or ten days at Hot Springs, Va.
The president’s health is good, but
he feeds the need of rest and recrea-
tion, and hence all official business
during his absence will be attended to
as far as possible at the white house.
A very rlose friend of Gen. Mlles,
and an officer of the army, when asked
If there was anything for the general
to say or do in regard to the report
of the beef board, replied:
"There is nothing for him to say or
do. The report has been approved by
the president and the president is the
commander-ln-chief of the army.
Criticism of the report or any other ac-
tion would be a violation of military
duty.”
Inquiry was made as to the status
of officers criticised and
they might pursue and it was stated
that as a military legal proposition It
was Impossible for any action to be
taken by any of the officers aggrieved.
They might demand a court of inquiry,
but this was a court of Inquiry which
recommended that no further action be
iaken; this being approved by the pres-
ident precluded any further Inquiry.
Gen.
port,
ther
Gen.
Iclsed, feels It keenly. His friends say
be was among the witnesses whom
Gen. Mlles asked to be called and was
'lot called by the court.
Deplorable Affair.
Meridian, Miss., May 10.—A deplor-
able tragedy was enacted at Okolona,
Miss., yesterday. The details as re-
ceived here are somewhat confusing,
but it Is understood that as a result
of the affair four men, among, among
the prominent people in the little town,
are dead. Dr. Wm. Murphy became
involved In a dispute with Chas. D.
Clark over a bill which the doctor
claimed Clark owed him. The dispute
grew heated and a fight was precipi-
tated. Clark drew a knife and, rush-
ing at the physician, quickly severed
his jugular vein. Howard Murphy, the
physician’s son, hearing of the trouble,
rushed to the scene and with a revol-
ver shot Clark to death. Walter Clark,
Clark's brother, then came up and en-
gaged Howard Jtfurphyin a duel. Pis-
tols were used. The fight was a vicious
one and resulted in the death of both
young men.
Fxeln.lon Act.
Washington, May 9.—The Chinese le-
gation has made a strong protest to
the state department against the ex-
tension of the Chinese exclusion act
to Cuba, this having been one result of
a recent! executive order extending the
immigration laws of the United States the fair was then declared open. There
Surprised Them.
Manila, May 10.—A reconnoitering
party from Maj .Gen. Lawton’s com-
mand, which consisted of two compa-
nies of the Minnesota regment, and
btwo companies of the Oregon regiment,
under command of Maj. Diggles of the
Minnesota regiment, advanced to a
point near San Miguel, which is about
twelve miles north of Ballgna. Tuere
the Americans were met with a volley
from a force of rebels behind trenches,
Maj. Digggles was wounded in the
head and a private soldier was also
wounded. Maj. Diggles and the private,
together with ten typhoid patients,
were brought by special train to Man-
ila. The Don Jose, the last of the
steamers under the American flag
wheih were detained by the insurgents
since the beginning of the war, was
found by the gunboat Manila at Batan-
agas and arrived yesterday.
First Class Meals
AT OUR OWN
DINING STATIONS
60 Cents.
Gon* tn Charleston.
Wilmington, N. C., May 9.—Tho
cruiser Raleigh sailed for Charleston. '
Several local steamers crowded with
excursionists accompanied her over
the bar.
“At no city on the Atlantic coast,”
said Capt. Coghlan, "have I more
thoroughly enjoyed my stay than in
Wilmington.”
The Raleigh goes to Charleston to
i be present during the United Confed-
erate Veteran’s reunion this week. I
From there she will go to Portsmouth,
N. H., to go out of commission.
A Scheme.
Chicago, Ill., May 9.—Some shrewd
Mexicans have hit upon a plan by
which they hope to deprive the United
dollars without being brought to jus-
tice. The scheme Is to gather up all
the second-class advertising mall mat-
ter of large commercial houses, ship
I it to Mexico as freight, change their
American money Into Mexican money
at the rate of 2 to 1, buy Mexican
stamps, then mall the matter back to
the United States, thus saving half a
cent on every letter. A careful exam-
ination of the laws, tho promoters
claim, has satisfied the postal authori-
ties that the government Is unable
to do anything In the case without
> legislation.
There r.re now under contract over
60,000 head of cattle to be moved
north through Denver this season. In-
dications are that the run to the
northwest will exceed 75,000 head,
where last year there were only about
30,000 head s^nt
asked and
grass this
increase.
EXOUR8ION TICKETS
On Sals at Reduced Rate* from All Point* 0*
thia Lln< and OonoacUona to NA«avnxa aa4
RaruaM during tba Oonllnuanca of thaTannaw
wa Oantanntal and latarnattonal Exposition.
•WFor furthsr lafonnatton, call upon Tlskat
boat to Atainsvai.
Boston, May 9.—The executive com-
mittee of the anti-imperialistic leagut
yesterday adopted the following letter
to be sent to Edward Atkinson:
"The executive committee of th€ an-
ti-imperialistic league thought it prop-
er to privately communicate at once
to the same persons to whom, as you i
advised us April 22, you had written
to express your intention of mailing
your pamphlets to leaders in the field,
that the league did not desire to circu-
late its literature in thia manner. In-
advertence in expression, doubtless ac-
cidental, otherwise conveyed to the re-
cipients of your letter the impression
that you had forwarded the league's
publications for their distribution.
"Whatever differences of opinion maj
exist as to the propriety of the circu*
latlon which you suggested (but which
we understand has not been attempted)
there should be only one opinion as to
the far more serious issue which has
been raised by your experiment of
sending copies of your pamphlet only
to Admiral Dewey, President Schux-
man, Prof. Worcester, Gen. Otis, Gen.
Lawton, Gen. Miller and J. H. Bass,
the correspondent of Harper’s Weekly,
and which was reported to have been
taken from the malls by order of the
postmaster general.
"Against this act of arbitrary and
Illegal power which would hardly be
attempted by any government of Eu-
rope except, perhaps that of Russia,
the league calls on all good citizens to
protest as a serious blow to republic-
an Institutions which are now so
gravely threatened by imperial policies
at home and abroad.”
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III* Sncee.aor.
Washington, May 9.—The navy de-
partment has selected a successor to
i Admiral Dewey to command the Asiat-
ic station. Orders have been Issued
detaching Rear Admiral Watson from
command
yard and ordering him to report to
Admiral Dewey at Manila to relieve i
that officer when he feels that he can
be spared there.
Roar Admiral Kempff on waiting or-
ders has been ordered to succeed Ad- 1
miral Watson in command of the Mare
Island navy yard.
Expo.ttlon Opened.
New Orleans, La., May 9.—The Lonl- |
siana Industrial exposition was opened
yesterday with a peace jubilee. Col. W.
H. Byrnes, grand marshal, headed a
I great parade of returned volunteers,
state militia and civic societies, which
were reviewed by the governor. Chair-
man Harry McEnery of the fair execu-
' tlve committee. Mayor W. C. Flower
and
Gov. Foster delivered addresses and
WU1 Stand Together.
Washington, May 10.—The United
States and Great Britain will stand
-together in the advocacy of adoption
lof a scheme for the settlement of Inter-
jnational disputes by arbitration, which
|will be presented to the disarmament
(conference at its meeting in The Hague
;on the 16th of the present month. The
American delegates, headed by Ambas-
sador White, are equipped with a fairly
well digested plan for the execution
of this long-cherished project, while
the British delegates are prepared with
a plan which is almost identical with
the American project
; The details can not be procured for
publication in advance of the presenta-
tion of the projects to the conference.
It is known, however, that there are
'essential differences between this last
plan and that embodied In the treaty
drafted by Secretary Olney and Julian
Paunceforte, which failed of action in
the senate when submitted for ratifl-
ication. The differences are rather in
Jthe methods provided for securing an
■ (impartial adjudication than in
' (principles of the former
and It is believed that on
the British and American
are not precisely similar.
It can not be said that the Ameri-
can delegates go to the conference with.
any strong expectations that their own i
scheme for securing the adjustment of
disputes by arbitration, or indeed any
project of the kind, will secure the
adhesion of the entire conference or
even a majority of the delegates. But
they are content to plant the seed and
make a
by the
will in
suits.
The American delegates go commit-
ted to this arbitration project much
more strongly than to anything likely
to figure before the conference. Re-
garding disarmament their instructions
are to tell the conference that the
present armament of the United States
and within the possibilities of the fu-
ture are so far below the present min-
imum armaments with which any of
| the great powers of Europe are likely
" to be content, there la really no reason
why the United States should be called
into the agreement. Other points upon
which the delegates have been In-
structed are correctly referred to In the
cable dispatches, namely, the exemp-
tion from seizure of indlvdual prop-
erty and the extension of the Red Cross
rules to warlike operations at sea. As
to the former, the president expressed,
himself very strongly in his last mes-
sage to congress, and the delegates go
charged to give practical effect to these
views. As to the Red Cross extension,
both the United States and Spain dur-
ing the recent war voluntarily agreed
to apply the Red Cross rules at Bea.
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general new* matter*, illuctrated article*, ets
Aiderman McAfee’s ordinance at
teherman, requiring all property owners
to remove weeds and tall grass from
their premises, to have name cut from
the gutters along their sidewalks and
to keep trees overhanging sidewalks
trimmed so that the lowest limbs shall
not be nearer than six feet to the
ground, has become a law.
Claudia Scott was thrown from his
horse near Georgetown, Tex., and kill-
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