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The herald., 1898-10-06
GEORGIA ELECTION
Gives Enormous Majorities to the
Democratic Candidates

ATLANTA, Ca, Oct. 5.-Georgia voted
today for governor full ticket of state
house officers and for a constitutional
amendment providing that judges and SOL
icitors be elected by the people. Hon. Allen
d. Gambler, Democratic nominee for gov
ernor, was elected over Hogan, Populist,
by not less than 10000 majority. The con-
stitutional amendment is adopted
Felming d. Dubignon chairman Of the
Democratic state committee, estimates
Candler's majority at approximately TO-
900 votes, and claims that nearly two thirds
of the counties which We're carried by the
Populists two years ago have been re-
claimed by the Democrats. He also claims
that the next legislature will be practically
a unanimous body.
The herald., 1898-10-06
HARD TO DEFEND
The Hawaiian Capital Open to Sea
Attacks

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. Son the next
steamer from Honolulu MaJor-General
Merriam expects report from the
United States Engineers regarding camp
sites and fortiflcations. 1t is said that the
report will be more In the nature of study
rather than voicing any conclusion. Cen
Merriam, when asked about the matter.
said
"Honolulu's proper defense from an
enemys fleet is a very important and seri-
Gus question. The coral reefs forming the
narrow harbor are low. The site of the
city Is also low and the city is close to the
ocean. l am not prepared to say what
can or cannot be done In the way of land
Notifications. The outlook is not promis
ing. l am inclined to think that the city
must depend for most of its protection
from an enemy's attack upon ships of the
coast defense type. In that case there will
be no necessity for large permanent camp
at Honolulu"
The herald., 1898-10-06
WELSH SINGERS
Third National Eisteddfod Opened at
Salt Lake City

SALT LAKE, Oct. 5.-The third National
Eisteddfod was opened in the tabernacle
this afternoon.
Ex-Governor Thomas delivered the open
ing address, in which he recounted the his
tory of National Eisteddfods.
Judge Henry NJ. Edwards, as conductor Of
Eisteddfod. then spoke. His remarks
were confined principally to Welsh GUS
TOMS
The first competition was for military
bands Of the first-class. There being no
competition, the prize was awarded to the
X. Of P. band of Salt Lake
The ladies quartet sung winds of Even
ing" which was followed by pipe-organ
selection by Miss Crissie Lawson.
The afternoon program was interspersed
by selections by Mrs. Emily E. Woodford,
soprano, formerly of Boston; H. S. Ensign,
baritone, Of Denver. and Miss Lottie Levy,
contralto, Of LoAdoa.
The herald., 1898-10-06
A THRoW-DoWN
Tradesmen's National Bank Claims to
Be Solvent

NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-President James
McNaughton of the Tradesmen's Nation
al bank, which suspended business yester-
day, made the statement today that the
bank is solvent. National Bank Examiner
w. H. Kimball says he has discovered that
a loan of $400O0O of the banks money was
made quite recently to President Nc
Naughton. who gave as collateral num-
ber of wool exchange shares. In addition
to this sum. Mr.. Kimball says, $500 was
doled out to two individuals, one a member
of the wool exchange. but whose names
were not given.
President McNaughton asserts that the
clearing house committees investigation
into the status of the Tradesmen's National
bank as "a farce and a deliberate attempt
to throw the bank down" About 5000. 900
of cash was found by the examiner in the
banks safes.
The herald., 1898-10-06
ORIENTAL STEAMERS
May Yet Decide to Touch at San
Pedro

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct 5.-Tomorrow
DR.. Wiegand. general manager of the
North German Lloyd Line Steamship Com
pany, and Gustav H. Schwab. a director
Of the company, will leave for Seattle
Wash, for the purpose of investigating
the qualifications of that mort for a Pacific
Coast terminus of the proposed establish
ment of line of steamers to ply the Pa
cific between some port on this coast. Hon
olulu and the Orient. The choice of a
terminus, 1t is believed. lies between San
Francisco and Seattle, though San Pedro
has been prominently mentioned in con-
nection with the line.
After investigating Seattle, the gentlemen
will proceed to Manila to look into the
possibilities of tho Philippine trade.
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suffered relapses during the passage. Tho
Berlin will leave here, after discharging
her army supplies, with small number Of
sick soldiers.
Gen. Wood and Lieut.. Col. Wiley will
await the arrival Of Pettit's Fourth I'M
munes before going to Manxanillo. The
Fourth will be stationed at that point. Gen.
Woods party will then begin the appoint
ment Of local officials.
Capt. Mendoza left here with Col Ray
for Manzanillo, representing Gen. Law
toms staff.
Gen. Wood will visit the coast towns as
far as Gibara andNhence will go inland to
Holguin.
The herald., 1898-10-06
vICToRIA's HORSES
Ran Away and Gave the Queen a
Scare

LONDON. Oct. 5-Queen Victoria, her
daughter, the ex-Empress Frederick If
Germany, and Princess Adolphe Of Schaum-
hurg-Lippe had narrow escape from death
while driving at Balmoral. Scotland, on
Monday.
The coachman lost control Of the horses
and serious accident was only avoided
by the horses turning into the woods, where
the carriage stuck between the trees
The members of the royal party were
severely shaken up and much alarmed but
not injured
The herald., 1898-10-06
YELLOW FEVER
A General Spread Is Not Considered
Probable

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.-Dr. Wyman of
the marine hospital service today received
an official report concerning the fever sit
uation In Mississippi. In Macon there are
six cases reported, two at Harriston, two
at Taylor, three at Water Valley, three at
Madison and one at Trenton.
The mortality among the patients
the yellow fever districts Is
said to be light, and although the fever Is
rather on the increase there is said to be
no danger of its general spread.
The herald., 1898-10-06
Leaving Porto Rico

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico. Oct 5.-The
Spanish transport p. de Satrustegui sailed
this afternoon for Spain. making. with
the Isla de Panay, total Of over 5000
Spanish deported during the last two days.
The United States transport Chester ar-
rived here this morning from New York.
Spanish troops continue evacuating terri-
tory and the American troops taken pos
session Of 1t as soon as evacuated.
The herald., 1898-10-06
Nebraska Volunteers

LINCOLN, Neb, Oct 5.-Governor Hol-
comb is making inquiries to ascertain def
initely the health general condition and
wishes of the officers and enlisted men Of
both the First and Third Nebraska Volun-
teers, and upon the information obtained
will base any recommendation he may have
to make to the War Department about the
mastering out of one of the Nebra ska regi-
ments. 1t may be several days before he
reaches decision.
The herald., 1898-10-06

parents Of the unfortunate boys who lost
their lives before Santiago left here to-
day to bring the bodies back to Chicago.
He 10 armed with an order from Secretary
Alger, authorising elimination. The bodies
Will be placed In xinc-lined heavy oaken
baskets and upon arrival In Chicago Will
lie In state In the First Regiment armory
before being carried to their final resting
places.
The herald., 1898-10-06
CORBETT-M'COY
The Mill Promised to Occur at
SVraCuSn

BUFFALO, n. Y, Oct SC. NJ. Wilson.
secretary Of the Hawthorne club, in an
interview with the sporting editor of the
News today said:
you can say for me, as secretary of the
Hawthorne club. that the Corbett Mccoy
fight will take place In Syracuse"
The herald., 1898-10-06
A Fatal Fight

ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. 5.-A special to the
Journal from Harmony, Ga, says: Two ne
groes were killed outright and third ia :
tally injured at a political meeting last
night at Miller's Court grounds, In this
county. Speeches were made and the meet
ing finally developed into a free fight.
Knives and pistols were used, with the re-
suit stated
The herald., 1898-10-06
Will Not Hang

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. Ex-Governor
Budd today announces that he would either
pardon Louis j. Searcey, of San Bernar-
dino, or commute his sentence to life i'm
prisonment. Searcey was sentenced to be
hanged at San Quentin on October 9TH,
for murder.
The herald., 1898-10-06

ST. PAUL. Oct. 5.-A Winnipeg. Man.,
special to the Dispatch this afternoon says:
At noon sixty thousand dollars in bank
notes were missed from the vault Of Mol
sons Bank here. The vault had been OPEN
ed by the regular combination. Officials
and police refused to give any details. The
manager Is out Of town on shooting trip
and all the clerks are at work.
The herald., 1898-10-06
A Railroad Sold

GALVESTON, Tex, Oct 5-The Calves
ten, La, Porte and Houston Railroad has
been sold by Special Master Grant under
order Of the United States Court, to ]. l.
Smith Of Kansas for $425, 900.
The herald., 1898-10-06
Soldiers Bodies

CHICAGO, Oct 5-The bodies OF six
soldiers OF the First Illinois Infantry who
died in Cuba are to be brought to Chicago
for burial. An undertaken, hired by the
The herald., 1898-10-06
To Cure 81 CoId in Opa Dav

To Cure Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Qu!n,ne Tablets. All
druggists refund the money II 1t fails to
cure. 25c The genuine has L. B. @. on
each tablet.
The herald., 1898-10-06
SICK SOLDIERS
Taken From Ponce to Santiago-Im
munes Coming

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Oct 5.-The
transport Berlin arrived here this morning
from Ponce. She had on board 175 conva-
lescents. Their general condition was
good, although several typhoid fever cases
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27
BRIEF WAR NOTES
CONDENSED SKETCHES OF
ACTUAL POSSIBILITIES.
Plain. Cnvaruishrd Paragraph. Portray
ing Truthful News ~ Events ~ They
Have or VIII Happen Movements of
Army and Nav, Departments DOings
wednesday,, Nny 10.

Up to last night 9?.jSD volunteers
mad been mustered into the service of
the United Stutc,.
The torpedo boat destroyer iaukton
and the torpedo boat Mckee have been
placed in comm ,Niun aud will De sent
to Key West.
Reports from Key West >how that
the condition Of the torpedo boat Wins.
low is worse than waN supposed, and
IL is believed il will b" necessary 20
send her to Norfolk navy yard for r..
pairs.
The three batNllion> ct The First Ne.
braska volunteers joined AZ Cheyenne
early Yesterday morning several of
the boys have been slightly indiSpoNcd.
but on the whole they are standing
the journey well.
Every newspaper correspondent in
Tampa, Fla. has been officially nuti-
fled that in future M mention must hc
made of any small expedition similar
to that Of the Gussic last week until
tho success Of the expedition has been
assured by the return of the boat.
The blockade of Manila is extremely
rigid and several foreign ,hipN have
been rcfuscc admittauc". Tn" rebels
are useless H. allie, Of Admiral Dewey.
They are utterly di>uni,rd. quite half
of ,hcm being in favor Of spain. The
Cavitc ARSENAL was found empty.
colonel Miguel of tie artillery com
mittcd suicide because he discovered
that the ammunition a not existent.
\ Hong Kong special says: Consul
Nildman has returned here from
kowloon bay. where he took the in.
sargent leader, General ~Aguinullo.
and his cabinet on the Hugh Me-
Culloch. Arrangements were made for
the insurgents ~ Storm Manila The
dispatch adds that it il absolutely nee.
rssary that - American var~hips
md a strong military fore, %, cent tu
DCwcv's aid at once.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27
sntur,lny. Way ~.

Hctwccn ..OOu and lO.OUD Spanish
troops. drawn from Catalonia. Andul-
,in. Arapou and Valencia. are en-
barking at barcelona for the Philip.
pines.
-Four hundred sixty stalwart Swcd-
ish-hmcricanS in Chicago are anxious
To Join the 500 British Americans
there and form Il regiment 10 serve
Uncle sam.
Complaints of the shoclcNo among
the volunteers Just brought into the
army will soon he silcnccd. rs the gov
eminent has Just placed orders for
200. 900 pairs of soldiers shoes.
At Montreal yesterday Senior Polo Y
I,crnabc and his suite went on board
the Dominion line steamship Dominion
at II late hour. The ship sails early
tomorrow morning. The cV-ministcr
refused to talk to reporters.
Troop \. Captain Culvcrs cavalry,
departed from the fair grounds ut Lin.
coin last evening over the Missouri
Pacific, bound for Chickamauga. ia.
The mobilization of troops in Lincoln
j., now only u "reminiscences.
The regular daily departure of the
Spanish fleet from CidiH to the Phil
ippincS failed TO hC chronicl"d 10y the
newspaper correspondents today. 80
far. according to them. no less than
seventeen i'CvtS have sailed from tHdil.
Admiral Ccrvcra, and his elusive
Cape Verde squadron. has been located
az Santiago de Cuba. Ii such j. the
ca,c Admiral Ccrycra has entered Il
port from which he win not escape.
but IT, it j., very hard now To- get
authentic Cvyr of movements Of the
/ fleets. the chun,cs are We will. know
more about affairs later ON.
Preparations for the Philippine ".
petition go steadily forward. ten.
cral Merritt j. now on his way to san
Francisco To- take command of hi,
forces. Additional regiments of rcgu.
lar army troops have been ordered tc
Join hio command, and the war de-
partmcnt j. showing Il disposition I,
treat General Merritt with the utmost
lihcra.i'y in the equipment OF hir force
Secretary Aigcr IVA, sent To the SOC
rotary of the treasurer for transmits
sion 10 congress supplement Ia
estimates of appropriations ~
grcgating SIS. G3s $40 required 10y thl
war department for the support of IA,
'tEUlhI anu NblNll'fI dIllll'N III li'
United states for the first six months
OF the ii,c.l year ending June 80, $500
in addition to the amounts aprropri
atcd in the acts of March II aud May
:, ls9s. The principal items for which
appropriations are asked are: Pay fo
volunteers. S?i.O 26. 26G: subsistence -
the army, Sl~O.2l9,l2i; ~tranSportatio,
10000. 900; clothing and equipment
SO, jnG,ilO.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27

sherman Avery White. formerly
ma ior of the second battalion. univcr.
Sity cadets and now rcgiinental quarter.
master sergeant. First Nebraska.
writes from san Francisco. stating
that the boys are rather worn out
after their long trip but are rapidly
getting into good spirits again. The
ride was slow and tircSOInc, hardtack
was poor stun after the fare they had
enjoyed in camp. and the weather was
cold with snow falling part of the
time. They expect to sail carly this
week ON tn. City of pcSin.
All the regiments in camp at Chicka
mHuga have settled down to hard
work and are undergoing practica.
training IN the art Of war. The bust
nc>s-lisc methods being pursued by
General Brooke will make the army
available for service much earlier than
many officers believed pos ,iblc. sup.
plies Of every description continu" t.
pour in. Carload a'tcr carload of pro-
visions arrive. and u vast amount OF
clothing and cquipagc Is also being
received. The indications now arr,
that the entire army will be equipped
during the next two weeks. Captain
W. N. flpn1. assistant lnlrtcrlndS-
ter. received notice today that i.5OO,-
600 ra,ionS. in addition to the first or
der, had been purchased and are now
cnroutc. Prosper. l.aHard & Go have
begun wo ON an immense bakery in
the park. This firm has a contract tn
supply the army with $1,000 loaveS OF
bread daily. The c%haplains Of the va
rious regiments have started a fight
against tho liquor saloons scattered all
over the lamp. They have "a strong
backing and the saloons will probably
he abolished. The park army now
number, nearly 5000 men and each
day adds to it several thousand. The
formation of the First army corps has
been completed and today the forma.
ton of the First division of the Third
corps was begun. During the last tcw
days Il number of serious Expectations
have been committed hy the worst ell
cmcnt> Of the volunteers. The miScrc
ants have been So severely punished
however. that 10 further trouble ].
expected.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27
Sunday, NAV sy,

Spain i making strenuous efforts to
win the insurgents over.
Spain hope, for II general war, She
thinks in hat event she would have
many allies.
\ passenger train on the Ihattanoo-
ga, Rome y southern railroad collidcd
with a train bearing the First Nilsson
ri regiment To Ihickamauga park yes
tcrday. one private was killed and
several Others injured.
Yesterdays papers contained scare
heads OF Il battle between Sampson and
Ccrvcra, in which it was said twelve
Spanish boats were sunk and two
American boats were disabled. II is
officially denied this morning.
Sc~venty-fivc women. all of prominent
-, Joseph, Mo-. families. met and
adopted resolutions to neither buy nOr
wear French made goods, and to dis
courage the merchants whom they
p]atronizc from handling French pro-
duets.
After their arrival at Chattanooga,
Tenn, the second regiment Nebraska
volunteers marched four miles L.
Ihickamuuga park. While in town.
Company / l.incoln Light Infantry
gave IN exhibition trumpet drill that
took the town by storm.
4 Berlin dispatch says the German
foreign office has received reports from
Paris saying France is indignant al
the An crican cable cuttings, consider
ing such action 10 b. contrary to in
tcrnationul law, and that she intends
to ask the powers to protest against it
The fact that the First regiment @.
Nebraska volunteers was supplied viii
ten days r%ations has been a matter foi
cougratulation ever since their arriva
at san +. anciScO, for the simple reason
that they have not had 10 worry ahou'
food an the other regiments are doing
The modern monitor Monterey, sta
TONED at san Francisco, il under order
tosail for Manila To reinforce Admira
Dewey : squadron. The Monterey is
tower of strength in herself and com
hincS with her offensive and dcfon>iv,
qualities "A phenomenal N~aWorthinrss
She will start ON the trip as soon II
she is coalcd.
Pat Ford, jr., of Omaha, who is sal,
To- have been on the Maine when /
was blown, and who has since bee
serving on the gunboat Marblchcad
had Il tifteen.ycar pc~nitcntiary sen
tcncc wiped out saturday by the gov
ernor granting him a pardon. iounI
Ford enlisted in the navy May /, 1890
ut Boston, Mass,
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27
SPAIN SCOLDS ABOUT US.
Tho European Powers ASKED 10 Sotica
Alleged Violations of Law.

MADRID. May :j.-ln the senate yes
.Crday Count Almcnas vchcmently pro-
tested against the alleged action OF
some American warships in displaying
the Spanish flag in order to deceive the
garrison of Guantanamo, a. announced
on Saturday last in a dispatch from
Captain General Blanco. who added
that the American ships were i'm
mcdiatcly recognized and rcpulscd.'
The count asked If the government had
notified the powers OF this incident.
The minister OF the interior. Senior
C%apdcpon, replied that he had noti-
fled the powers and described this
reported action As 'cowardly and in
iquitous.'
Count Almenas said that, in view OF
Americas manner of making war,
Spain must Immediately decree privat-
cering, in order utterly to destroy
American shipping.
To this the minister of the interior
replied that the government had de-
liberated upon the matter, and had
even taken certain decisions, which
would shortly he known"
Count G~ucndulain said the Amcrl-
cans act of piracy was admitted by
certain theorists as international law"
Senior MARTINEZ PaCheco remarked
that it was doubtful whether such an
act was legal. But he added, in
face of the Americans conduct in the
war with Spain we must not show con-
Sidcration for them" Continuing. tho
speaker protested against SPANS adj
hcrcncc to the Geneva convention,
whercupon the minister of the interior
replied that Spain had not yet entered
the convention.
Senator Condo, professor of inter-
national law ut the Madrid university,
warmly denounced what he was pleased
to term 1.-THE base proceedings of tho
United States, declaring that, il WASH
ington authorized such acts, lit did
not deserve the name of a civilized
government"
The professor then proceeded to un-
fold a lengthy indictment of the al
legged war methods of the Americans,
insisting that they have shown mo re-
spcct for the right OF peoples III the
capture of merchantmen, and III bonn
bardmcntS," veitcrating that the acts
of the United States are not those of Y
civilized country.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27

here 10 the interior towns. Eggs cost
10 cents each; "A glass of milk from 20
To ?5 cents. and the size of the loaf of
bread has been reduced onc-half. This.
however. was done before the block
AIDE began. There are thousands of
men from the cigar. tobacco and other
factories out of work, and the author.
tiles are employing rs many of them
a. possible on the Qualifications. The
number of men idle is u matter which
causes the authorities considerable
anxiety. Up to the present they have
been provided with food in II way or
another. mainly by their former en-
ploycrs. being compelled To contribute
to their maintenance. but the time
must come when THESE men Will feel
the pangs Of hunger and then %ri"ting
i, SURE To follow.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27
Friday, May 20.

France is beginning 10 see her mis-
iake in cspousing The cause of Spain.
and also fears an Anglo-SaNon alliance.
On account of a trivial accident TO
its condensers, the cruiser Charleston
was obliged to put back To san Fran
cisco for repairs, II will leave in two
days.
Ex-mcmbcrS Of Thurstou rifles. who
failed To pass the first examination,
are now ut work organizing the Junior
Thurston rifles to be ready for another
call TO the front
The strictest kind of censorship has
been established N Tampa, and ah>o-
lutely nothing pertaining to naval or
military movements from that port
will be allowed to be sent.
The Second regiment of tho NchraS.
la volunteer infantry got away from
Lincoln last evening 1T 81 o'clock
They left in batallionS over the H. ~
NJ, Rock Island and Elihorn.
A report came late last evening that
the spanish Cape Verde fleet had sue
te,dcd in reaching Santiago dc Cuba,
Todays adviccs confirm the report and
a battle is believed To be imminent he
twcen it and Admiral SIMPSONS fleet,
George A. Baynes of Chicago has ten,
dered to President Mckinley a full.
regiment of trained CanaGian-Amcri-
SIN soldiers. Most of the men in tn,
regiment have been connected will
the British army. He states he ha
enough names 10 fill out another rcgi
ment If needed.
Colonel w. j. Bryan's regiment Is
nearly full, u sufficient number %
companies having been offered, The
Lincoln company was organized las
night, Mr.. Bryan being the first 70 en-
list. which it was necessary for him to
do i'm order to be colonel. The work %
organizing the regiment is in the
hands of the veteran General Veto
Vifquain.
Although the prices of provisions q
Hayana are Very high. il is calculate
hat there Is food enough obtainabl'
70 last about five months, because, !
kasserted, considerable stores were
laJ i'm before the blockade. ana M
psoyisions are allowed to be sent IRON