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y IVI CHIPLEY WASHINGTON COUNTY FLORIDA SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10 1898 NUMBK1U3

SSHIFTER AT MONTAU A-

4IMANDER OF CUBAN INVASION

ARRIVES MEXICO

IE SOONER THAN EXPECTED

eler Had Escort Ordered Out Buti the Program MiscarriedT6e-

Ooneral Talki

o transport Mexico with Generaltor on board was sighted off

tank Point at 040 a m Thursand ono hour later dropped anchorort Pond bay-

o City of Mexico had on boarddos General Shatter tho membnrsis stag

soon as General Wheeler wasfled of General Shatters arrival hored a saluto of fifteen gnns to beand troops M E 0 H and K of

Second regular cavalry were dod to escort General Shatter intop when ho should landoncral Shatter and his staff wore

dod from o City of Mexico shorteforo 1 oclock at tho floating dooko distance from tho quarantine

The coming ashore of tho corndor and his staff was unexpectedoral Wheeler had tho cavalryrt drawn up at the quarantinethe guns waiting to salute Goii

I Shatter He was not aware thatoral Shatter was on shore untileral Shatter and his staff had bee-

nvento tho detention hospital inlager General Wheeler was a

lo put out when ho learned thatoral Shatter had landed Generaliftcr appeared in good health when

came ashore On tho City of Mexibesides the general and his staff

10 one company of tho First roguinfantryt was difficult to get near Generalfter at the detention camp but themander of tho Santiago campaign

word to the correspondents thatwas glad to bo on American soil

more but was sorry to learn thatany of his men had died and weresick at Montauk He said how

that had tho troops remained inttiago they would have fared ranchso

Likes Camp TlkotTenoral Shatter is now strictly

sking by reason of rank in comnd of Camp Wikoff but ho will notnmo tho reins of control until his-

m in the detention camp is finishedau interview Thursday afternoon

nerd l Shatter said-

I enjoyed tho trip north on theexico greatly but more on accounttho ship being a prize From a

anal observation I like Camp Wikoffseems just such a place as I should

vo selected I will soon aoquaintynelf thoroughly with all the detailsthe camp-I knew nothing otthe MilesAlger-

ntrover> y until I was shown news-person my arrival here I will not

iscnss that I am unfamiliar with-o phases of the case nor will Ion

the controversy at any time Sec-

tary¬

Algor and General Miles canko care of tbomselvol and so can I

The Red Cross and other nursesid good work at Santiago but theont is hardly the place for womenhere was never any real scarcity ofad in Cuba but that there were noansportation facilities to get suppliesthe front other than pack trains-e army and sick in hospital down

hereclimate

fared as well as possible in such

Wbon told that it had been denied-at there was yellow fever in the

amp at Santiago General Shaftor saidt was nonsense as there was yellow-ever there and the doctors in Santiago-ho knew it like a book said it wasellow fever and nothing else Santigo was on the mend the general saidnd the sanitary measures taken by-

ho Americans were having goodfleetWhen asked if it would not be al

bnost as well to alloWtho men now sickSantiago to fully recover in Cuba

Wow that the wet season is almost overosaidthe best place for every man

who could get there was homo andthat while the wet season was nearly-over Cuba was not a good countryfor sick men-

CEBVERA ORDERED HOME

Bpanlin OCBeen sad Men to Be Bent to

Madrid at Once

Orders have been received at An-

napolis

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from the president directing

Admiral Carvers to make the arrange ¬

ments tc proceed with his officers and

men back to Spain immediately in ac-

cordance

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with the instructions issued

by the Spanish minister of marineThe officer were very enthusiastic

when they received the news It is

understood that they will return with-

out

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parole Captain Eulateleft Wednesday afternoon for New

York

MILES TALkED100 MUCH

WAR DEPARTMENT NOT PLEASED

WITH UIS UTTERANCES

MAY LEAD TO COURTMARTIAL

It It Bald the General Conduct In Ex-

prculng nimtelf Uai Been Prejudi-cial

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to Army Dliclpltae

A Washington special says WhenGeneral Miles returns to tho capitalhe will bo naked for an explanation ofrecent interviews appearing with himand the publication of certain dis ¬

patches which the war department hasnot madopublio

Whether tho investigation will taketho course of a military court of in-

quiry¬

or of a private interview botween the president secretary of warand General Miles remains yet to be

seenUntil the arrival of General Milesthe war department will not discuss-the matter Secretary Alger saysthat the department will notenter intoany controversy with its subordinatesand ho does not propose to discussmatters concerning General Milesduring his absence

The department is of the opinionthat General Miles made public thedispatches of the secretary GeneralShatter and himself published Mondaymorning Such action it regards as abreach of military regulations but nomilitary court can secure proof thatGeneral Miles made public the dis-patches

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if ho and tho person to whomthey wero furnished refuse to give thoinformation as several military trialshave made it settled law that no mili-tary

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court can compel a civilian totestify if ho does not want to

General Miles also may be called toaccount for the interviews with him asunless disavowed they would placehim in tho attitude of criticising hissuperior officers and subject him tomilitary discipline

The publication of the dispatchestaken together with previous inter-views

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in the Kansas City Star werethe topic of conversation among offi ¬

cers of the war department andalready there is a disposition by sameto take sides in tho matter whilo oth-ers

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deplore the conditions tendingto lower the tone of the army and todo irreparable injury to the service

It is expected the controversy willextend to both houses of congress and-

it is feared will have an adverse effectupon legislation which will bo askedto bettor the army

It is generally understood that theregular force will have to be largelyincreased at least until the conqueredislands are disposed ofand it is fearedthat legislation in this direction willbe hampered by tho inevitable contro ¬

versy between tho secretary of warand the general commanding army

SICKNESS IN PORTO RICO

National Relief Atioelatlon CommitteeReturns From the Island

The yacht May which arrived inPhiladelphia Tuesday from PortoRico brought the report of the repre-sentatives

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of the national relief com-

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who went to Porto Rico tosuperintend tho distribution of thosupplies sent to the sick soldiers bythe commission <

After giving the details of the dietribution of the supplies the report

saysIn almost every instance we foundtho army surgeons most anxious tohave at their disposition money for thepurchase of needed luxuries for thosick such as milk ice when obtaina-ble

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and canned goods and wo arehappy to report every case wehave been able to meet the demandsonus

There are about 10000 Americansoldiers in Porto Rico and on the dayof our departure August 23d therewere over 1000 mon on tho sick listOf this number onehalf were casesrequiring prompt and careful treat-

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All medical authorities in thearmy in Porto Rico agree that the sicklist is increasing and that an alarmingcondition may be expected unless thewar department promptly arrangesbarracks for tho army of occupationand immediately provides additionaltransports

FEVER NEWS ENCOURAGING

No New Cssea Developing Now at KeyPest or Ualveiton

Dr Wyman mrgeon general of thamarine hospital service has receivedencouraging yellow fever news fromboth Key West and Galveston Atthe former place no now cases havodeveloped within the last three orfour days and ho is of opinion that nofever cases exist there now

There are no now cases reported atGalveston and the quarantine estab-

lished

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against the city has been raisedbut it is continued against Fort Pointwhere the troops are quartered Al-

together¬

the situation is very satisfac-

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IYESTIGATE CAMP WIKOFF

DEATH RATE FROM TYPHOID FE-

VER GROWS HEAVY

GENERAL WHEELER ISSUES ORDERS

Freildent YTIII lie Asked Hake ChancelThat Secretary Alger Was Not

Asked to Make

Ten soldiers died at Camp WikoffTuesday a majority of them fromtyphoid fover

The transports Berlin San Maroosand Specialist arrived during tho daywith solQiers from Cuba and landedthem The Berlin bad 880 men of theFirst Illinois infantry of whom IGOwero sick General Dates and staffwere also on the Berlin

The San Marcos had 807 mon onboard 91 of whom were sick

The Specialist carried 118 artillery ¬

two of thorn being sickGenera Wheeler has ordered Gen-

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Adelbort Ames chief of staff ofGeneral Kents staff to conduct on in-

vestigation¬

of tho camp He is givenalmost autocratic powers GeneralWheeler has ordered him to get at thobottom of all the things which havebeen complained of The subjectsGeneral Ames is to investigate are

Why is the general condition thocamp so poor why do conditions thatprovail exist who is responsible whytroops wero sent to the camp before itwas ready to receive them why sincethere was but one railroad leading in¬

to thocamp boots wero not used tocarry mon and provisions from NowYork city why needed nurses worenot ordered or if they wero orderedwhy were not distributed whytho hospitals are crowded why trans-ports

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were allowed to lie in tho har-bor

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without supplies and relief beingsent out to them

There is dissatisfaction in ho camp-of the Bough Riders They are notsatisfied with tho terms of their mus-ter

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out They wanted to be treated asare the remainder of the volunteersThe regulars officors and men are alsodissatisfied and want to be sent backto garrison posts and stations at once

Tho visit of President McKinley isanxiously awaited An effort will bemade to get the president to sanctionchanges which even Secretary Algerwas not asked to make-

TRANSPORTS FOUNDERED

Andy tae hundred Fleeing Spaniard OoDown With Them

The Hong Kong Daily Press is au ¬

thority for the statement that 000Spaniards lost their lives severalweeks ago when the Spanish gunboatLey to was captured by a vessel belonging to Admiral Dewey squadron-The Leyte has been stationed in anadjoining island where the insurgentswere numerous and aggressive Tholatter were gaining ground rapidlycausing 900 Spaniards to board theseBailing vessels in an endeavor to es-

cape¬

from the natives who would maesac o them

The gunboat Leyte undertook totow these three transports to Manilabay where the Spaniards aboard themwere to surrender to Admiral Deweyit they did not succeed in landingsomewhere and reaching Manila un-der

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cover of darkness After theLeyte had towed thom down Pampangas river some distance along theco1lst a heavy storm came up making

necessary for the gunboat to cut hertows loose and proceed to Manila forassistance Before getting there shewas captured by the Americans nextday and an American vessel was dis-

patched¬

to find the three transports-but failed to discover any trace ofthem

The natives on tho adjoining coastsay they tow nothing of any vesselsThe Hong Kong Press finally reachedthe conclusion that tho vesselsfound ¬

ered with all on board

A PROMOTION BOARD

Naval Ofeoera of highest Rank Will ConTone and Fix Rewards

The acting secretary of the navy hasappointed a board composed of officers-of the highest rank to meet at the navydepartment to consider and report uponall cases of officers deserving of rewardfor specially meritorious ervices dur-ing

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the war with Spain other thanthose officers whose services have beenalready recognized by promotion

OFFICERS FIGHT

A Sensation Brought Out In Fourth Tennetiee Regiment

A sensation is brewing tho Fourthregiment Tennessee volunteers whichinvolves several officers of high rankand many result in a courtmartialThe principal officers involved is saidto bo Major Wright of Memphis com ¬

mander of the Second battalion Heand a younger officer became involvedin personal difficulty at KnoxvilUand before they could separated theyoung lieutenant had lost a largepartof his nose The facts are being keptabsolutely secret in the regimentpending an investigation which will

at once

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LIEUTENANT MORUAN DROWNED

Lose Lit In Attempting to neiona Crewof a Grounded Vessel

A Savannah special says As the reBait pf an act of noble heroism Lieutenant Henry Morgan of the UnitedStates engineer corps class of 1897and a seaman named Smith werodrowned off Tybee islaud during thocoast storm Wednesday night whiletrying to reach Italian bark Noeand save the lives of the crew

The Noo went aground and tbe crewwas in danger The lieutenant whowas stationed on Tybeo fort called forvolunteers to man a boat and go totheir roBouo Five men volunteeredThey were employed about tho fortTho boat was launched Just beforeit reached the bark it capsized and thorescuing party was swamped All thomen except Liontonant Morgan andSmith were picked up Thursdaymorning

Lieutenant Henry B Morgan was anative of Valdosta Ga Lowndeacounty and was appointed to WestPoint in 1803 by Congressman HenryG Turner of his district-

At West Point he stood at the hoadof his class and graduated among thofirst threewhich gave him on appoint-ment

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to the engineer corps He hadfor the last eight or ton months boonstationed at Tybeo with Captain 0 EGillette and had almost full charge oftho construction of tho coast fortifica-tions

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on the island Those who knew-of his work say ho was an exceptional-ly

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fine engineer

SEIZED MINE OFFICIALS

Strikers Forcibly Demanded the Surren-der of Negro Miners

A dispatch from Pan Ill statesthat on Thursday afternoon six hun ¬

dred striking miners seized David JOverholt and Lewis Ovorholt ¬

dent and superintendent respectively-of the Springsido mines

Tho two officials wore taken out oftheir buggy by the mob and carried intho direction of tho mines

Rev Dr Millard a minister ofPans made a plea to the miners to re-

lease¬

the Overholts and was knocked-on the head with a revolver for hispains Tho two officers were draggedfrom their buggy in front of the Balti-more

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and Ohio Southwestern depotThe seizure was made for the purpose-of demanding the surrender of negrominers who had been working in thounion mens places

The miners wero overtaken by thestate officials and a committee of thominers union and halted D J andLewis Overholt gavo tho committee anorder to sendfor a committee of thenegro miners Sheriff Coburn refusedand replied demanding the release ofOverboils John Mitchell nationalvice president of tho union sent hacka note saying tho Overholts were inhis keeping

Tho Overholts were kept in custodyby tho miners until late in the after ¬

noon when they wore released andallowed to make their way back homeThey reached Pana lato at night foot ¬

sore and fatigued They say thestrikers voted several times to hangthem but were prevented by tho lead-

ers¬

from committing violence

HENRY IUD ACCOMPLICES

Belief It General That lie Was Induced toEnd ill Life

A special from Paris states that thesuicide of Colonel Henry has arousedall France and it is generally believedthat the rest of tho general staff of theFrench army will follow tho exampleof General Boiedeffro the chief ofstaff and of General Sense the underchief and tender their resignations

It appears that the minister of warM CavA Knac is convinced that Col-

onel¬

Henry had accomplices in theforgery of tho incriminating docu ¬

ment Colonel Henry left letters ad-

dressed¬

to the minister of war andGeneral Boisdoffro in which he pro-tested

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that ho had not realized thegravity of tho act which he commit-ted

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solely for tho good of the cause II

CREMATORY FOR CHICKAMAUGA

General Bojnton Preparing to Improve-the Sanitary Conditions

General Boynton chairman of theNational park commission has madearrangements to begin improving thosanitary conditions at Chickamangasoon after the departure of the Secondcorps A large crematory to burn theaccumulated refuse will bo built andgangs of men will be put to work allover the reservation

XKIXLEY GOES TO CANTON

Will Not Be Able to Attend the O A IIReunion

President McKinley and party leftCleveland 0 for Canton Thursdaymorning on a special train on theCleveland Terminal and Valley rail ¬

way and a small crowd of neighborsand friends assembled to see the partyoft

It has been supposed that the presi-dent

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might return to Ohio to attendthe Grand Army of the Bepublio reunion at Cincinnati but it was defin-itely

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announced that his official dutiesin connection with the peace negotia-tions

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will prevent him from BO doing

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STORM ON GEORGIA COAST-

PIIE CITY OF SAVANNAH SUFFERS

FEARFUL DAMAGE

SUMMER RESORTS ARE HIT HARD

Many Vessel Caught In the Furloni Galeand Either Totally Destroyed or

Greatly Damaged

A special from Bavannab Go saysThe annual fall storm came Tuesdaynight and Wednesday morning andloft its usual trail of destruction Itappears that the cyclone developedright off tho coast of Georgia Therewore no warnings from the weatherbureau and tho shipping interestspaid little attention to the small blow-of Tuesday afternoon

About 10 oclock Tuesday nighthowever the winds began to gatherand at midnight there was a fortyfivemile gale which increased towardmorning to sovontyfivo miles an hourwith a maximum velocity of eightymiles This record is ahead of thestorm of August 1803 by eight milesand tho maximum in 1800 was onlyseventyfive miles

There was outensivo damage toproperty in the city and hardly ahouse escaped Roofs wore blown-off sometimes only the tin coveringsaud then again the wholo roof wentHouses that remained intact sufferedfrom the drenching rain that with theaid of the wind made its way intothem and soaked everything Inthirty hours 620 inches of rain fellA conservative estimate of the damagein Savannah is 850 to each propertyowner There are more than 5000 ofthem and 8250000 will be a very lowestimate of tho entire damage doneMuch property was destroyed at thenearby resorts where only the light-est

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structures are put upThe city of Savannah suffered seri-

ously¬

in tho loss of its magnificenttrees Storms of the last five yearshave decimated the trees in the cityand they have been even worse thistime The park presents tho samepicture of destruction that it did in1890 Many of the streets are blocked-by large trees some of which aro tornup by the roots while others are brok-en

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just above the groundThere wero some heroic rescues but

no lives lostTwo companies of the Second North

Carolina regiment stationed at Tybooloft the island Tuesday night andstarted for the city They couldget no train until Wednesday morn-ing

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Their tents and clothes all blewaway and they quartered themselvesin any place they could find

All the churches in tho city suf-fered

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principally the Firstwhich its entire root taken away

Many Vessels Wrecked-In the harbor and at quarantine at

Tybeo the damage to shipping isheavy The British bark Breamerfrom Demarara was blown on a jettyduring the night and is heavily dam-aged

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The Italian bark Maria Roffo brokoloose from her anchorage and driftedinto a marsh whore she is lying ThoNorwegian bark Noe broke loosofromhermooring at quarantine and wontashore on Daufuskio island at thomouth of the Savannah river Hercrew of twelve men was rescued bythe tug W F McCauley She is atotal wreck

Between fifteen and twenty naphthalaunches in tho river and at tho Sa-vannah

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Yacht Club anchorage at Thnnderboltand as many more small sloopsand schooners doing a coasting tradewith tfe islands were sunk or lost

The steamers Alpha and Dorcttndrifted their anchor and went ashoreand are heavily damaged

As usual Tyboo suffered worse thanany of tho other resorts The Inletclubhouso and the Zorada clubhousewero almost entirely demolished

FOURTEEN DEATHS OCCURRED-

Many Soldiers Succumb Darlnr the Peelare From Santiago Montauk PointThere were fourteen deaths on board

the transport Allegheny conveyingtho Ninth Massachusetts volunteersfrom Santiago to Montank Point

As one explanation of the manydeaths on tho Allegheny it is said thatthe Ninth Massachusetts regiment-took along more of its sick than anyother and that men who really oughtto have been left behind were takenon the ships as they and their com ¬

rades preferred they should risk thevoyage homo than to remain for whatseems to have boon considered certaindeath in the hospitals about SantiagoMany of thoso who dIed during thevoyage had to be carried on boardTbe trip was a slow one

The Allegheny was a cattle trans-port

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totally unfitted for the work cutout for her Hon condition must havobeen bad before tho troops wero put-on her and according to Dr MoGraderit was frightful before they arrived atMontank

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SENSATIONINDREYFUS CASE

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FORGER OFCONYICTINOEVIDENCE-

COMMITS SUICIDE WITH RAZOR

COL HENRY MADE CONFESSION

AU Franco If Wrought Up Over the Affair

Ureyfui Case Will Be-

Iteopenfd4

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A Paris cable dispatch says Lieu-

tenant¬

Colonel Henry who had boonarrested on tho discovery that he wastho author of an important letterwhich figured in tho Dreyfus case hascommitted suicide Ho cut his throatwith a razor which he had concealed-

in his valise

It appears that so soon as M Oavaignao assumed the office of minister-for war ho charged tho official bureau-to make a thorough roscarch of theDreyfus case and it was this inquiry <

which resulted in the discovery ofdocuments lately read in tho chamberof deputies by M Oavaignao showing-that proof of guilt of Dreyfus wasforged

When Colonel Henry was summonedto the ministry of war and questionedby M Cavaignao in tho presence ofGeneral Boisddoffere and others he atfirst affirmed tho authenticity of theincriminating document But whendiscrepancies were pointed out ho atfirst admitted adding sentences andfinally confessed to fabricating thowhole letter It is affirmed however +

that while tho discovery has notchanged M Cavaignaos belief in cul-

pability¬

of Dreyfus tho minister isdetermined to punish all tho guiltyparties no matter what their rank orposition may be

Colonel Henry confessed to havingcommitted forgery owing to tho abso ¬

lute necessity for finding proofs againstDreyfus It is understood that tho doc-ument

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in question is tho letter whichhitherto has boon alleged to havo boonwritten by the German military attachto the Italian military attache in Oc-

tober¬

1800It is reported that at Wednesdays

cabinet meeting the ministersadmittodthat a revision of the Dreyfus trialstwas absolutely unavoidable and a pub-lic

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announcement that tho ministryhas decided to initiate such n revisionis expected soon

During the recent Zola trial Henryaccused Colonel Picquart of falsifyingtelegrams A duel followed in which y

Henry was wounded The next sceneoccurred in tho chamber of deputies R

whore Colonel Picquart proclaimed thelatter a fogero and as a result was ar-rested

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while Henrys villainy was re-warded

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by his being appointed ColonelPicquarts successor in tho intelligencedepartment

SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARYv

Prohibition Candidate Close Second Inthe Race For Governor

A special from Columbia says Thoprimaries throughout South Carolina ideveloped tho strength of the prohibi ¬

tionists in tho tate far beyond thocalculations of tho dispensary advo-cates

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As a result tho prohibition bcandidate for governor will make thorooco against Ellerbo and the indica-tions

¬ iare the fight will bo a warm one

Of tho 27013 votes accounted forGovernor Ellerbo has received 9000his competitors coming in as follows

Archer G82 Foatherstono 7242Soumpert 3758 ExCongressmanTillman 8018 Watson 3311 Whit ¬

man 102Feathorstono is the outandout pro ¬

hibition candidate and indications arcthat he will enter the race against thegovernor who defends tho dispensary-

It is understood that Governor El ¬

lerbo considers Featherstone the hard-est

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man to beat in second race andthatbe realizes ho well have no walk ¬

overFollowing are the results for con-gress

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as indicated by incomplete re-turns

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which will hardly change it lThirdLatimer C7C8 Boggs 1331Johnston 8287 Fourth Donaldson431 Wilson 7202 Johnston 5189 aFIfthStraight 1899 Henry 530Barber 2245 Finley 3117 Ken ¬

nedy 711 Pollock 038 Sixth Norton 8381 j Ellerbe 8802 Seventh P

Stokes 2727 Brautley 1055 ker

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NEWS FROM PEAKY

Steamer Slope Returns From Herlong Trip to Greenland

Tho steamer Hopo arrived at StJohns N F Saturday from her trip-to Greenland whither she carried thoPeary exploring expedition-

At Foulke Fjord tho Hope partedwith Lieutenant Peary and sailed ontho 7th of August Windward theexploring partys ship leaving at thesame time for Shoard OsborrJo Fjordwhere Peary will make his headquar-ters

¬ tduring the winter Sixty dogs

and ten Eskimo men and women weretaken north Captain Bartlett reports-all well

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