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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-31
MORE MEN ASKED OF GEORGIA.
ALGER WANTS COMPANIES BUILT
UP TO los MEN.

Georgia Called Upon Under This Ar
rangement to Furnish 700 NEcn for
the Regiments Already in the
FieId-GOv. Atkinson Calls on the
Secretary of War and Secures sat
isf0ctory Assurances Concerning
the states Expenditures.
Washington, May SO.-Gov Atkinson and
Acting Adjt. Gen. Erwin were at the war
department., conferrng with AdJt. Gen.
Corbin on several matters Of interest TO
the state
one of these Is the matter Of accounts,
and the expenditures which the state has
been called on to make This was adjust
ed to the satisfaction of the Georgia con-
tingent
Another of the subjects under discussion
was the method of recruiting the volun-
teers expected under the second cau. As
yet no demand has been made upon the
Governors of the several states but that is
expected in a few days. 1t IS the desire of
the war department, as explained 20 GOV.
Atkinson by Secretary Alger, that the reg
iments now in the field be recruited up 10
the fun limit, that is. that each company
shall have Jos men, and The method of
securing these men was discussed. The
Governor suggested that the best way to
get them was to detail a lieutenant from
each of the companies now in the service
to go to the locality where the company
was formed, and there recruit the number
of men necessary The Governor pointed
out that this would give men of these
different localities a chance to enlist with
those they know, and that recruits could
more speedily be secured that way than in
any other. He urged this plan also
on the ground that by Il the government
and not the state would bear the expense
entalled in the enlistment and trans
porting the troops If the Governor is ex-
pected to provide enlisting officers the
expense of their work aud Of the MAIN
tainance of the troops after enlistment
and until the entire number is secured
and sent forward would probably be
thrown on the state The war department
authorities agreed with him in this and
endorsed his idea of securing the men.
Under this call Georgia is asked for 76g
men to fill up the two regiments already
in the field. A lieutenant Of each OF the
companies already in the service will be
Immediately detailed as enlistment officer
and Atlanta soldiers win have a chance
to go with the Atlanta companies lav-
annah men with the Savannah companies,
and so on. The Governor and Lieut.. Err
win had expected to leave for home to-
night, but they win remain over to-mor-
row for a further conference VITA the
authorities.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-31
GOVERNOR AFTER A COMMISSION.
Visit to Washington May Have "a
Double object.

Atlanta, Ga, May 3O.-Gov Atkinson Is
now in Washington, and until his return.
which viii not be before Wednesday at the
earliest, no steps will be taken for the
raising of Georgia troops under the Presi-
dents second call for volunteers.
Il is expected that the Governor will
bring back from the capitol with him all
the information necessary bearing upon
the matter He will doubtless ascertain
whether or not this state is to be asked for
cavalry or infantry under the call and
when he gets back he Will have determined
upon the plan 10 be pursued in selecting
officers and men.
1t Is not believed that the Governor will
condne himself this time to the militia in
selecting officers for the new commands,
but will give some commissions al least
to citizens who undertake to raise cdmpa-
nies.
The greatest point Of interest centered In
the call seems TO be whether II Will be for
cavalry or infantry. The cavalry Is a very
popular arm Of the service in the minds Of
the public generally and many hope that
they will be given an opportunity to join
a "critter" company.
There has been some talk about Gov. At
Elnson being the colonel OF the new reg,-
ment If a regiment Is called for, but 50
far as he Governors closest friends know
he Is not considering such "A thing II was
suggested 10 him when the first call was
issued that he might go to the front az
colonel of one Of the regiments, as he was
very anxious to go into The fight, but he
did not take any stock I'm the idea. The
only way that he could secure such Il
command would be 10 resign the govern
orship with the understanding that Mr.
Berner. president of the Senate, who
4 i'm r,,aIr .
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-31
MILES STARTS FOR TAMPA.
Thirty-Four Persons in the Party on
the Special Train

Washington, May 30.-MaJ. Gen. Nelson
A. Miles, commanding the United States
army, accompanied by the members Of his
family and his personal STAFF and official
staff, left at Il o'clock tonight for Tampa,
Fla
The party, comprising thrty-four per-
sons, occupied a special train on the South
ern Railway. No demonstration Of any
kind occurred as the distinguished party
took its leave.
Gen. Miles will proceed directly to
Tampa, where he will establish Temporal
rily the headquarters of the army He
will personally direct the movements Of the
troops and the invasion of Cuba.
Following is the personnel of the party
which left tonight: Gen. Miles, Mrs
Miles, Miss Miles and Sherman Miles
Gen. Rogers. Gen. Stone, Col. Maus. Col
Michael, Col. Osgood. Mai Daiy chief
surgeon; Maj. Seyburn, Maj. Davis, Capt
Alger, Lieut.. Rowan, Lieut.. Parker and
Lieut.. Townsley
Gen. Collazo and Col. Hernandez, Of the
Cuban army, were Of the party, as were
also four prIvates Of the Sixth Cavalry
who VIII act as orderlies, and eleven sec
retaries and clerks.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-31
SPANS THIRD SQUADRON.
The Numnncia Represented as n
Rusty Old Hulk.

Rusty Old Hulk.
London, May 31.--A dispatch to the
Daily Chronicle from Barcelona, referring
to the Spanish announcement of the for
nation of a third Spanish heet, including
the Numancia, under the heading, "A
Resurrection Ship" says: The Numancia
as here, her bulwarks battered, her an
chors and chains thick with rust and her
paint all gone. Apparently she does not
carry a single gun l am not sure wheth-
er she has engines. Beyond a few sentries,
she certainly has no crew. A small gang
of men is hammerng, swabbing and paint
ing, and fifty marines from Carthagena
have been ordered here TO do the work of
patching up.
Though official announcements say that
the reserve fleet, including the Numancia,
is to go to the Philippines, the orders for
the 1000 men, who were to have gone with
it, are now definitely countermanded.
Beside the Numaneia the armored
cruiser Cardinal Cisneros and the Lepanto,
just out of dock al Carthagena, with the
Dona Maria de Molina tae boz Alvaro de
Bazan and the Marques de Lavittoria,
will be included.
The Perra formerly the Norma from
Valencia, has been ordered to Cadiz, and
will be transformed into an auxiliary
cruiser Similar orders are expected for
the transatlantic liner Jover Surra."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-31
soHLzY's SQUADRON STRONG.
Ten Warships and "a Collier on San
tiagO Saturday.

uaEO saturday.
Copyright, IsaS by the Associated Press.
On Board the Associated Press Dispatch
Boat Dandy OFF Santiago de Cuba, May
8.-Nia Kingston, May 30.-Comnodore
Schleys squadron is doggedly patrolling
the waters In this vicinity waiting 10
strike the Spanish feet which Americans
confidently believe Is lying under the pro-
tectlon of the harbor batteries The Amer
lean squadron now here consists Of the
Brooklyn. Massachusetts, Iowa, Minneap-
oils, Marblehead, Texas, the auxiliary
cruisers st. Paul, Harvard and Yale. The
gunboat Vixen and the collier.
The auxiliary cruisers Yale and st. Pam
are scouting Off the harbor Of Santiago
and the auxiliary cruiser Harvard. when
was this morning sent with dispatches to
Port Antonio, Jamaica,
Commander Schley positively declined
to disclose his plans or talk of the possi5ii-
ity of meeting the Spanish squadron.
What the outcome will be Is a matter Of
onjecture-whether he viii lombard the
harbor and forts. attempt to force an
entrance, or whether he will await an at
tempt on the part Of the Spaniards to de-
part
No anxiety for reinforcements is appar-
ent among Commodore Schley's officers
on the contrary all seem anxious 70 crush
Cervera before the other fleets can arrive
40 share IN the victory.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-31
TROOPS TO LEAVE cHrCKAMAUGA
Eight Regiments Ordered to Start for
Tampa at Once.

AHulDA Ut Ohcts
Chickamauga National Park, May 3Q-
The greatest excitement prevailed in
Camp Thomas to-day over a rumor that
a general order had been issued to all the
troops in camp here to proceed at once
to Tampa. Every man seemed to be glad
and there was general hustling about
in the various camps
The rumor, when traced to it's scource
by the Associated Press proved to be but
partly true, only eight regiments being
affected by an order from the war de-
partment as follows: First Ohio, One
Hundred and Flfty-seventh Indiana, Third
Pennsylvania and First Illinois, to be com
manded by Brig. Gen. Simon Snyder; Sec
ond New York, Sixty-ninth New York.
Fifth Maryland and First District Of Col
umbla, under ex-Brig. Gen. Lewis II. Car
penter.
These regiments are ordered to proceed
al once to Tampa. and the work Of prepar-
alton began tonight. II is understood
that four of the regiments viii leave to-
morrow and the other four Wednesday.
The regiments ordered out are regarded
as the best equipped and most thoroughly
prepared Of any in camp
This order Is regarded by the officers and
men as an indication that a speedy forward
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-31
MILITARY CAMP AT MOBILE.
Total of 7.732 Men In the Tented
City-Murderer Surrendered.

Mobile Ala, May 90-There are now
6,792 men and officers at the regular camp
here and 940 at the volunteer.
one thousand men will arrive tonight
at the regulars camp--the Second LOUIS
lana volunteers from New Orleans.
Nothing Of Importance took place in the
regular camp to-day.
Among the volunteers, the incident was
the surrender by Col. Cox to the sheriff
of Frank Fitzpatrick of Pickens county,
an enlisted volunteer of The Second Regi-
ment, who Is charged with the murder OF
J. ID. Burgln at Pickensville, Ala, on
March T. Col. Cox had refused to give
up the man, but the Secretary of War
ordered that the man should be surren-
dered.
The negro company from Montgomery
was examined to-day, and made an ex-
cellent showing. Three only were reject
ed for physical disability, nine for under
weight, and two for under age.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-31
ESCAPED HER PURsuERs.
steamer Supposed TO he "A Spanish
Auxiliary Cruiser Escapes.

Key West, May SO.-The unknown
steamer. supposed to be a Spanish auxil-
iary cruiser. sighted by the Wilmington
and Bancroft about fifteen miles off Key
West early on Thursday evening was not
captured
The Bancroft gave up the chase after
chasing her an hour and a half Just be-
fore the Bancroft abandoned the pursuit.
however, tire unknown hoisted her colors,
but night was falling and the gunboat
was unable to make them out The Of
acers OF the Bancroft believe the ship they
chased was a British vessel, and that it
was the British flag which was displayed,
but they cannot account for her running
away.
During the chase the Bancroft held up
a number of ships, which were released
after establishing their neutrality.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-31
DEWEY LOSING MEN FROM DISEASE
AquinnIdo Trying TO Win Insurgents
Over 10 Americans.

London, May 31.-A dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph from Manila, dated May
95 via Hong Kong, says: "The American
warships are still i'm the bay, except a
couple Of the smaller ones, which are be-
Ing used on patrol duty outside.
Rear Admiral Dewey Is losing men
from disease almost daily. Smallpox and
dysentery are said to be rife In the Ameri-
can squadron
"Aguinaldo, the insurgent chief, reached
Cavite from the interior, and soon after
his arrival went on board one Of the war
ships He is working hard TO gain over
the rebels to the side Of the Americans
with a view to active cooperation when
Admiral Dewey's re-inforcements arrive"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-31
SPANISH OFFICER IN DISGUISE.
He Purchased 100 Tons of Corn Meal
Mt Kingston.

Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.
Kingston Jamaica, May 30, p. m.--The
Cuban coastng steamer Purisima Concep-
cion has arrived here from Manzanilia
with a Spanish commissariat officer In dis
guise, seeking supplies
one hundred tons Of corn meal were
bought to-day and the American squadron
and the colonial authorities have been
warned
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-31
FRIENDLY PROTEST. TO SPAIN.
England Calls Attention to the work
Opposite Gibraltar.

London, May 9o-The British govern
ment according to The statement of a Lon
don News agency, has sent friendly pro-
Test TO Spain with respect TO the latter's
strengthening OF the fortificauons opposite
Gibraltar.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-31
No News Received at Cape Haytien.

Cape Haytien, May 50. $3.50 D. m-No
news from Cuba or the fleet has been re-
ceived here to-day.
The report that a battle had taken place
off Santiago is denied via Paris,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-31

Key West, May 81. 2a5 a. m.-Phn Rob
lnson and II. w. Whgham, British sub
jects and wel known newspaper CORE
spondent, left Key West Thursday last on
a steamer bound for the Cuban shore. on
Saturday. when some miles off shore. at
a convenient spot, they were lowered over
board in a small boat, rowing themselves
ashore With the aid of glasses IL was
seen from the steamer that they made a
safe landing. Their intention was to get
to Havana.
Mr.. Robinson Is an experienced English
war correspondent and Mr. Whigham is
the well known amateur golf player.
Probably Messrs. Robinson and Whlg-
ham are the ones referred to I'm the Cis-
patch from Madrid to the Associated
Press dated May co. announcing that an
official dispatch had been Received there
from Havana saying that two American
correspondents named Robinson and Wi
dan had been arrested near Matanzas
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-31
CORRESPONDENTS CAPTURED.

Two EnGlishmcn Trying to Get to
Havana Taken Prisoners.
Madrid, May 30, II a. m.-An official dis
patch from Havana says that two Amer
lean correspondents from Key West,
named Widan and Robinson (probably Mr.
Fhil Robiuson), have been arrested near
Matanzas.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-31

Continued on Fifth Page.)
The times., 1898-11-13
PLANTATION BURIAL.

Negroes are eminently capable Of the
pathetic, just as they are of music and
oratory. Before the old men of the ante
bellum days are all dead and gone from
the earth ! hope some one of them Will
gather up and write out for US a volume
on Scenes on the Plantation Joel
Chandler Harris has sounded the true
note in some of his stories, but the full
song remains yet to be sung. and it must
be done by some Southern man of mind
and heart. who once owned slaves
A scene now comes before me and
brings back long-buried memories
The plantation graveyard lay on the
sloping edge of a gentle hill that led down
to the creek that flowed below. Big oaks
afforded a beautiful shade. The place
was quiet and secluded. shut in BY rail
fence and l remember how the rabbits
used to scamper away when Isaac and
went through the grounds to swim in the
creek. Isaac himself may be sleeping
there now for aught ! know l have
heard nothing of him in these twenty
five years, but he was a comrade of mine
once in the days long gone, and jolly
one he was, too. When on our rounds OF
boyish sport It never once occurred to
me to recall the fact that he was a ne
gro.
In an autumn month there was death
on the plantation. An cid negro, very
old negro, was dead, and my father and
went out to the burial. They laid him
away with the others who had gone out
from the quarter On reaching the
grave the negro women stood to one side
under the trees, clad in homespun frocks
and wearing large headcloths artisticaily
about their heads The only burial serv-
ice was a prayer made by an cid negro
man in most pious, singing tone, and as
the corpse was being lowered into the
grave the man who stood there to receive
and guide the coffin said: Han him down
gentle. boys, Han him down gentlel
His bones Is olei When the grave was
being flied up each negro present, includ-
ing the women and children, cast hand
full of earth upon the coffin. and some of
them threw in also green twigs plucked
from the oak bushes around. The grave
having been filed and rounded over. the
procession of mourners turned away, one
by one. and gathered at the fence. By
and by the praying man Joined them, and
as they slowly walked away he lined out
a hymn, the sweet echoes of which are
now coming back to me through all these
dead and buried years:
And must this body die.
This mortal frame deeay2
And must these active limbs of mine
Lie moldering in the clay2
As my father and ! drove back along the
road that led to the farmhouse we saw
the negroes standing in groups under the
chinaberry trees in the quarter ana
under the big oak at the drivers" house
the singing was still going on.
The times., 1898-11-13

typifies all that is worst and most dam
known throughout the land as cause
of shame and reproach to self-respect-
ing Republicans; a man whom the
newspaper of a member of the Republi-
can Cabinet condemns and abandons;
who has been assailed by men of blame
cause he is pre- eminent in the boldness
of his selfish bossism and his illegal
use of public funds-that man is in
dorsed, upheld, and applauded by the
Republicans of his State who do not
blush but rejoice over his majority of
10000. By the strongest partisans in
other States, Quayism is regarded as
term of reproach; to the Pennsylvania
Republican it is a boast The man did
not intend to be a candidate for re-elec-
ton, he says; but he recognizes the
fact that this majority means his party
prising that he offers reward Of ten
thousand dollars for the discovery of an
attempt to bribe legislative votes for
United States Senator? 1t is clear
enough that his legislators are for sale;
that the Republicans who gave this
majority are easily corrupted.
In the light of the election returns, on
the issue of Quayism, no honest man
has any right to settle in Pennsylvania.
The honest men of the minority should
leave it. as Lot left its prototype.
The times., 1898-11-13
The Havana situation.

While the report of impending riots
at Havana may be exaggerated, there is
no doubt that in all other. respects the
condition of affairs Is as bad as possible
An outburst of violence would not add
greatly to the general distress. General
Blanco rules everywhere and projects
his officials into every sort of enterprise.
A church fair cannot be held without
his sanction, and that must be paid for.
There is considerable colony of
Americans there and a round dozen
The local authorities compel their re-
moval to a hospital, where there are
only Cuban doctors and nurses. OF
eleven who were sent there, nine have
died. although at the time of their re-
moval they were not seriously affected.
This hospital is called the gateway to
the cemetery. The Americans and
number of sympathetic Havana people
proposed a fair in order TO equip an
American hospital. and as we have re-
lated, Bianco's official refused permis-
sion except on condition that fourth
of the receipts should be paid into
Spain's treasury. This incident is noted
as showing how oppressive the Spanish
rule is and how intolerable life must be
there until he is removed.
1t is the same throughout Cuba, save
where the Americans are in authority.
1t is this that prevents the natives from
becoming self-supporting. 1t is believ-
ed that the representations of the COM
mission of which General Garcia is the
head will enlighten the President and
perhaps induce him TO take the steps
that both Americans and Cubans have
so strongly urged for the past three
months. While there may be TO imme-
diate fears of a riot, because of the
promises of money from Spain for the
payment of the volunteers, there is rea-
son to expect some sort of outbreak if
this, like former promises, is broken.
At any rate, a warship is needed TO pro-
tect Americans who cannot leave the
place in an emergency.
The times., 1898-11-13
A Discouraged Farmer.

A man in one of the States where
four-cent cotton prevails lately counted
over his expenses and receipts for one
year. He was one of the small farmers
who make up the middle class of the
Southeastern States, and his farm was
of size to require one laborer
besides himself. When he had sold his
crop, including all products of the farm,
he had s2SS10 in ready money. The
rent of his farm was s4075. He paid $50
for fertilizers. The hire and board of
his one laborer cost him S97. The neces-
sary expenses of the farm amounted to
s3S.15. He and his family lived and
paid taxes on the modest sum of s6405.
1t will be seen by little easy work in
addition and subtraction that this
farmer came out just s1-S5 in debt at the
end of his years work, which is dis
couraging When a man works from
daylight to dark, at half a dozen diff
ferent trAies, all of them requiring
some degree of skill and considerable
amount of muscular exertion. when his
wife and children contribute their labor
for at least part of the day, and when
the man has been engaged in his
chosen business for ten years or there
abouts. perhaps for a much longer
time, it seems rather hard that he
cannot at least clear his expenses at the
end of the year.
On the other hand, it might be said
that the case of this farmer is prefer
able to that of a man of the same
class in the city. The latter receives
from $500 to $1,000 per year, where the
farmer handles less than $500 in cash;
but the city dweller must pay for his
house rent alone two or three times as
much as the farmer pays for the use of
whole farm. If his business is not
one involving manual labor he must
dress well; and he must pay city prices
for vegetables which may be raised for
almost nothing on farm. The labor of
his wife and children counts for moth
ing unless he chooses to deprive the
children of school and take the mother
away from the home. in order that they
may earn few dollars for the support
The times., 1898-11-13
THE PHILIPPINES.


If it could be ascertained today that no
army would be necessary, or that small
body of troops at most would be suffi
cient to safeguard the Philippines, oppo-
sition to their annexation would be great
ly diminished, says ex-Minister DENLY in
the Forum. 1t is simply the dread of a
large standing army that causes the body
of the people who oppose annexation to
withhold their approval. do not believe
that a large army will be necessary in
the Philippines; and / am sure that, imi-
tating the policy of England in East In
dia, native troops would serve all pur-
poses.
We have the right as conquerors to hold
the Philippines. We have the right to
hold them as part payment of a war in
demnity. This policy may be character
lied as unjust to Spain: but it is the re-
suit of the fortunes of war. All nations
recognize that the conqueror may dictate
the terms OF peace The first answer /
received to telegram sent by me. ask
ing on the part of China that peace negO-
tiations should be commenced, and offer
ing 10 concede the independence of Corea
and TO pay reasonable war indemnity,
was: Japan is willing to enter on peace
negotiations. but she will dictate the
terms"
] am In favor of holding the Philippines
because l cannot conceive Of any alterna-
tive TO our doing so, except the seizure of
territory in China; and l prefer to hold
them rather than to oppress further the
helpless government and people of China.
L want China to preserve autonomy. to
become great and prosperous; and | want
these results not for the interests of Chi
ma, but for our interests. I am not the
agent or attorney Of China; and, as an
American, l do not look to the promo
tion OF China's interests. or Spain's, or
any other eountry's-but simply Of our
own.