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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-10-27

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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-10-27
PULPIT POLITICS.
BY /. Nj. Garrett.

w LITTLE quiet observation Of q local OPP
D. tion election IN one Of the coun-
ties Of Mississippi recently, has
suggested an inquiry as % the general trend OF
politics and the influence theron which IS
sought 70 Dc exeFted by tie clergy. 10 that
election ministers Of at least three different de-
nominations took the stump, and OF these at
least one used his pulpit for Tie purpose Of max
ing g political argument. For it win hardly 81
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-10-27

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per where be viii ~ pleased to meet
his friends Office aour 5ut 5 to o..
IA case he IS abs wlm yoa ral.
leave our name % his board ilst out
~ front q The drug store with enc hour
when sou viii return
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-10-27

There was 4 general auing of jugs On
the corner wednesday a man had a
barrel Of sorgam which % was selling
q forty cents q gallon,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-10-27

The soldit anteens come in handy
lor the hunt They can all carry
them on The hunt filled with winter
from the artesiap wen.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-10-27

a young man with 3 long face, lis
cont collar turned ap and both hands
stuck into the bottom Of Dis pockets
approached the corner when ! friend
asked What's the matter, afc YOU
siek@ ne, replied be in q mad
tone Anyone hart your No
came the abrupt answer well what
The matterf Oh went down %
call on mg Girl for tie ffst TIME b a
weeh md There was
ard two other fellows il ay isi
e you Int yon need MOI tsi her she'll
kiiow when I'LL Be back md lighting 8.
cigar he walked lone whistlinR t
Don't Seem like the Same Old Smile
Evening star., 1898-06-23

line OF Santiago harbor, and the march CT
the American ard Cuban troops making
the assault on The west side of he ity
may be slow and laborious, through The
tangled tropical underbrush. swamp and
rock.
Besides the military map, the War De-
partment mas a large amount of confiden-
tial material she wing the landings. roacs.
etc, all along the present field of opera
tcrs. These include large photographs of
Baiquiri- One of the photographs shows
baiquiri as scattered group of huts on
tne edge of rugged declivity running
DC wn to the ocean. Huge boulders cover
the rising ground, apparently making
travel back of the town impossible An
other picture shows extensive tramways,
elevated freight tracks and the elaborate
plant of large mining concern. This
plant seems to assure facilities for han
ding the heavy artillery when it is brought
ashore.
Evening star., 1898-06-23
What Germany Should Do.
REPORTS OF BATTLES.
They VIII BE Forwarded Direct to the
Adjutant General.

Arrangements have been made by the
War Department by which reports of all
hostile action in which the army may be
engaged will be made to the adjutant
general of the army. The order requiring
this to be done was issued today by Gen.
Miles and is as follows:
after every battle, or engagement with
the enemy, written reports thereof will be
made by commanders of regiments, sepa-
rate battalions or squadrons, companies
or detachments, and by all commanders
of higher grade, each in what concerns
his own command, which reports will be
forwarded through the proper channel to
the adjutant general of the army.
Commanding officers of all detached or
Independent batteries, troops or companies
in the field will forward monthly COM
rany return direct to the adjutant general
of the army.
''In order that the War Department may
be in possession of the latest information
respecting the army, all returns muster
rolls. ETC., will be promptly forwarded
when due"
Evening star., 1898-06-23
TO ENLIST LAKE SAILORS.
Naval Recruiting Station Opened ut
Buffalo Under Lieut.. Logan.

Passed Assistant Surgeon Joseph A.
Guthrie of the United States navy passed
through Washington yesterday afternoon
en- route to Buffalo. N. Y, where he has
been ordered to join Lieut.. George w,
Logan of the navy. at the Iroquois Hotel,
for duty at a temporary recruiting station.
This recruiting office will be opened at
Buffalo for the purpose of enlist.ng the lake
sailors IN or about that place for the
United States navy. The immediate pur-
pose is to raise a crew for the cruiser
Buffalo. formerly the Brazilian dynamite
vessel Nictheroy. 1t is believed that there
VIII be rush oa the part of the sailors
to enlist for service on the shin bearing
the name of their native city.
Lieut. Logan has been on duty for somo
time at the Navy Department here In the
bureau of navigation. He is under orders
for the Buffalo. which is now fitting out
at the New York navy yard, and will
doubtless take a fun complement of men
with him to the ship. Surgeon Guthrie is
also under orders for the B0ffalo when
the recruiting duty is concluded. He was
recently detached from the Alliance at An
napolis and ordered to hold himself in read
tive OF Portsmouth. We, and has had many
years of service on the different ships of
the navy.
This enlistment of lake sailors is regard
ed as an important step by the Navy De-
partment. If the experiment proves to be
able that a regular recruiting office may
be established in several cities on the
great lakes Heretofore sailors for the
Eavy have been enlisted nearly altogether
on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts There
is a dearth of American seamen at pres
ent. however, as the regular service and
transport duty has depleted the ranks of
experienced men to very large extent.
Evening star., 1898-06-23
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL,
Favorable Report on the Bill to Make
Him a Major General.

Chairman Hull of the committe on mill
tary affairs, in a report upon House bill
106S3, fixing the rank Of the adjutant gen
eral of the army, says:
''The adjutant general of the army fs a
position requiring the highest order Of
military ability. He must be skilled in all
the branches of the service, being the i'm
mediate adviser of the Secretary Of War,
and in our country, which in times Of war
requires the organization and equipment
of large levies of volunteers utterly un-
skilled as soldiers his duties and RESPONSE
bilities are such that your committee feel
that the rank of major general is none too
high.
I'm Austria the rank of adjutant general
or chief of staff is field marshal; in Bel
gium. major general; in England, major
general; in France, major general; in
Spain. major general; in Germany, gen.
eral; in Holland, lieutenant or major gem
eral; in Italy. general or lieutenant gen.
eral; in Japan, marshal: in Russia, field
marshal"
Evening star., 1898-06-23
GERMAN INTERFERENCE.
american Syndicate Prevented From
HufldinE a Railroad I'm China

L. 5. Consul Fowler at Cheefoo has in
formed the State Department of the action
OF the Chinese government on the petition
Oh Dr. Iungwing for permission TO con-
sTuct railroad from Tientsin to Shanghai
through the whole length of the province
OF Shantung. 1t appears that the petition
was granted by the emperor, but was sub
sequently reconsidered and the permission
"thdrawn upon representations made by
the German minister that his government
Fad the sole right to all commercial enter
prses in Shantung. DR.. Yungwlng has
mad long and honorable career in New
England, and is understood to represent
an American syndicate in the proposed
fallroa1 enterprise in China
According to one of the Chinese papsrs
Dr. 1ungwing proposed that he should OBJ
tain the aid Of American capitalists and
engineers to carry out the undertaking. AMI
the German minister said that Germany
had obtained the sole right to invest cam
ital and supply engineers for railroad con-
struction in every rart of the province of
Shansung, and strenuously opposed the
scheme proposed by DIR. Yungwing. The
latter, therefore, altered his scheme SO as
to provide that the proposed railway should
not clash with the interests of The line
Which the Germans say they are going TO
build from Kyao-chau TO Ichow, with
which alteration the German minister pro-
feSsed himself satisfied
Evening star., 1898-06-23
ALL SILENT OFF SANTIAGO.
No News Received Today From Shafter
Sampson.

or Sampson.
Notwithstanding the reopening of tele-
graphic communication with the forces of
General Shafter and Admiral Sampson
near Santiago, no reports were received
from either Of those officers today-that is,
if the officials of the War and Navy De-
partments are to be accepted as final on
that point. The officials express no sur
prise at this state of affairs, as they say
that 1t is not likely that either officer will
make reports to the department except in
the event of important developments IN
the war situation. They have already re-
ported the successful landing of the troops
at Baiquiri, about fifteen miles from Santi-
ago. and are now believed 20 be maneuver-
ing their forces with view to a Joint at
tack on Santiago. No reports are expected
from them until after a decisive engage
ment with the enemy has occurred, unless
it should be deemed necessary by some
unlooked-for interruption with the plan of
operations.
The impression obtains here that the main
attack will not be made for a day or two
yet, inasmuch as it is desirable to give the
troops short time to recover from their
rough experience at sea before p,unging
them into the heat of battle A short de-
iSS VIII diSo NC HtCtsSiFy II, OTUer per-
init the landing and organization of the
siege train. which is destined to perform
an important part in the battle of Santi-
ago 1t took nearly a weeks time to load
these guns on the transports and it will
undoubtedly take two or three days to get
them ashore and set them I'D for use
against the enemy. Consequently no i'm
portant developments are expected by the
officials Of the administration before the
beginning of next week
General Miles, who has been in close con-
sultation with the President and Secretary
OF War for several days past, in regard to
the plan of campaign, is expected to leave
here in few days to take active command
OF the troops in the field. Great secrecy is
maintained on that point, but the belief is
general that General Miles will shortly
proceed to Santiago with view to COM
pletinS the arrangements for the proposed
expedition for the capture of San Juan de
Porto Rico Present. plans contemplate
operations against the Spanish forces in
Porto Rico as soon as the capture of Santi-
ago and Admiral Cervera's fleet has been
effected, an operation that Is Confidently
expected to be completed within the next
two weeks.
Evening star., 1898-06-23

The Senate committee on commerce today
authorized favorable report upon Sena-
tor Whites bill for the protection of Amer
lean seamen. after making various ma
terial amendments. The bill as IT now
stands prohibits the Imprisonment of SAIL
ors in the domestic or coastwise trade and
limits imprisonment to one month in the
foreign-going ships. 1t entirely abolishes
corporal punishment on shipboard for Of
lenses committed there. The question of
the allotment of wages to. creditors was
compromised by limiting the time for which
such allotments can be made to one month
The scale of food demanded by the seamen
Is substantially granted by the bill.
Evening star., 1898-06-23
TROOPS ALL ASHORE
Last of Gen. Skaters Force Landed
Early This Morning.
THEY MET LITTLE RESISTANCE
insurgents Took an Active Part in
Protecting the Landing.
SHIPS SHELLED THE HILLS

The fact that cable conmunica-
ton is open and that nothing has
been heard from Gen. Shafter or Adj
miral Sampson is regarded as indi-
eating that everything is quiet off
Santiago.
The State Department positively
discredits the report OF the landing OF
German forces at Manila.
All reports OF engagements in
which the army takes part must be
hereafter made to the adjutant gen
eral.
The entire force under Gen. Shat
ter Is now on Cuban soil, the landing
having been completed at 1 o'clock
this morning.
he District troops made another
long march to Tampa Heights yes
terday, and today engaged i'll battle
drills.
The monitor Monadnock sailed for
Manila today.
Evening star., 1898-06-23
USTERED IN AS PRIVATES,
Two Nephews of President Mckinley
Join the Sth Ohio Volunteers

Two near relatives of President Mckin-
ley have enlisted in the volunteer army
as private soldiers, to aid in the estab-
ltshment of a safe and stable government
In the Island of Cuba. They are his
nephews-John De Walt Barber and James
his guests at the White House for some
time. Like true patriotic sons of patriotic
1athers, they yearned to enlist in their
countrys cause against the despotic rule
OF the Spaniards, and in order to do SO cx-
pressed their desire and entire Willingness
to serve in the ranks with the other SOL
der boys. The President was urged by
some of their friends TO appoint them sec
ond lleutenants in the army, and he might
easily have done SO in filling the numer-
Gus vacancies in that grade caused by the
recent heavy increase in the military
strength. He declined, however, to exer-
cise ms prerogative in this matter in favor
OF ms relatives, and said that inasmuch as
they were willing 10 enlist as privates he
would prefer that they do So And that
course was followed. They both appIied
ior enlistment in the Sth Regiment Ohio
volunteer Infantry, now encamped near
Fails Church, part of the 2d Army
Corps. They were examined and met ALI
the requirements, physical and otherwise.
and were today regularly mustered into
the service of the United States at Camn
Alger.
Evening star., 1898-06-23
POSITIVELY DISCREDITED
State Department Takes No Stock in Re-
ports From Manila.
That Germany Hnd Landed
Desire to Stir Up Animosity.

The report that Germany has landed
naval force at Manila is discrcdited in the
most positive manner by State Department
officials and in the best-informed diplo-
n attic quarters. 1t is looked upon as
part of the persistent foreign propaganda.
inspired from Madrid, which has for weeks
been seeking to stir up animosity between
the United States, Germany, France and
other countries. That the report is purely
corjectural is shown from the fact that
there is no cable communication out of
Manila, and even Admiral Dewey, who
holds the shore end of the cable, has not
been heard from in some days. The au-
thcrities here take strong grounds in MAIN
tanning that the good faith of Germany
cannot be questioned. in view of the definite
statements from the German foreign Office
and from the German ambassador to the
State Department.
No UItcrior Motives.
These have brought out with the utmost
pcsitiveness that Germany was not only
maintaining the strictest neutrality, but
that intimations of Interior motives on her
part were unwarranted and were re-
Election upon. the good faith with which
that empire deals with the outside world.
The officials here regard such assurances
as conclusive, and they will not even enter
tain the idea that the presence of German
ships in Manila harbor is a menace. So
long as there Is no overt act of menace
the authorities here will make no presump-
ton of an overt act, but will rely implicit
ly on the assurances which Germany has
voluntarily given. In some quarters it is
suggested that such serious condition of
! affairs might arise at Manila as to lead
the foreign naval commanders to land
forces for strictly police duty. But it is
said by officials that no such condition has
arisen thus far, and that there is every
evidence that Admiral Dewey is strong
CROUCH to maintain order and protect the
lives and property Of all parties concerned.
No Foreign Entanglements Feared.
In any event, 1t is pointed out, the land
ing of foreign force would be solely for
policing purposes, In case an Insurgent
raid threatened a wholesale massacre, and
such police protection would be quite dis
tinct from well-defined government poll
cy to, secure territory in the Philippines.
There is no doubt that IL such a policy be-
comes apparent on the part of any foreign
nation it would constitute amenace against
the interest of the United States. of which
the authorities here would speedily take
cognizance. Aside from the reliance placed
on the voluntary friendly assurances of
Germany, the officials ARE confident that
the tact and foresight OF Admiral Dewey
will successfuHy maintain the interests Of
thissgovernment. and; ;Sat the same time
avoid foreign entangletdenta
Evening star., 1898-06-23
THE TROOPS AT CHICK
Everything Working Smoothly and
the Mem Hard at Work.

CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL MILITARY
PARK, Tenn, June 23.-There are now al
the park nearly 1900 men, and these are
being added to daily by from 500 10 go
recruits.
Everything is now moving smoothly at
The Park. The men are all contented and
are working with coed will.
The quartermaster', department has been
thoroughly systematized, SO that there IS
no longer the slightest difficulty for the
Icen to get plentJ of good, wholesome food.
The regiments are nearly all equipped With
Eew uniforms anG are being armed as rap
IDLY rs the guns can be turned out of the
arsenal.
For the first time in the history Of the
army OF the United States an ambulance
corps is being organized as a new adjunct
to its efiicie hey. The object is to facilitate
the proper handling of the sick and wound
ed on the field.
Evening star., 1898-06-23
CERvERA IN POOR PLIGHT
Only Two Ships of His Fleet Are Now
:. Available.
His Torpedo Boats Are Disabled
Ships Batteries Stripped of
Qufck-F'ire Guns.
(oopyright, 1sse, by sthe Associated Press.l

Copyright. 1898. by the Associated Press3
In Gen. Glrcia's Camp, Aurren Deras.
Santiago de Cuba. June %, per the Asso-
ciated Press Dispatch Boat Wanda, via
Kingston, jamaica June 23 ANA
Cuban who left the city of Santiago on
Monday Light arrived at Gen. Garcia s
camp on Tuesday morning With accurate
maps of the harbor and of the earthworks
surrounding it. The ships of Admiral Ger
vera have moved from the positions they
were in three days ago and now lie in
almost a circle. surrounding small island
and light house, about halfway up the
four-mile harbor.
The armored cruiser Cristobal Colon,
which is uninjured, lies to the west COM
manding with her port battery the narrow
neck of the harbor. while the Vizcaya,
also uninjured, lies to the east, her star
board battery looking down upon the same
neck.
Both of the Spanish torpedo boats are
temporarily injured, one having been struck
by fragments of the shells that sunk the
Reina Mercedes, ard the other having her
boiler tubes and engines in course of re-
pair.
Torpedo Boats Damaged.
The most important statement made was
IN substance that the torpedo DOatS nave
not, since their arrival here, made any at
tempt to leave, beii unable to do SO. The
ships have only half their supplies of coal,
although some Goa! arrived by overland
route two weeks ago.
The shell that sunk the Reina Mercedes
was fired during the first bombardment by
the Massachusetts. Beyond this loss and
the quite large loss of life incident to it,
there was little or no damage done The
earthworks We're disturbed and one smooth
bore gun was dismounted on the west ba.-
terry. Seven new guE5 are being put UP
facing the sea, three of which, on the west.
are ships guns of the sfx-inch rapid-fre
variety and automatic guns of all descrip-
items, it appears, are being dismounted
flom the ships and mounted on the earth.
works surrounding the city.
new line of trenches has been dug
about mile and a half from the city.
Troops on Half Rntfons.
The Spanish soldiers known as the reg
ular troops are en- half rations, and no ra-
ticns or supplies are furnished to the local
Spanish forces, numbering about 5000 men.
They are compelled te forage for them
selves.
The spirit Of discomfort. 1t also seems, Is
very widespread among the Spanish troops,
and an uprising in Santiago de Cuba is
feared.
There is an absolute lack of drugs in
Santiago, and, finally the crews of the
Spanish warships are en- half rations.
Evening star., 1898-06-23
Pre.identiaI Nominations.

The President today sent these nomina-
tions to the Senate:
Walter ]. Reed. to be register of the land
Office at North Yakima, Wash; John w.
CAST Of Virginia, to be supervising inspec-
tor of steam vessels for third district.
Regular army-Subsistence department.
Capt. James Nicholas Allison, commissary.
to be coanmissary, with rank of major:
First Lieut.. Robert Lee Bullard, to be COM
missary, with rank of captain
Volunteer army-Raymond Sulzer of New
Jersey, to be assistant Quartermaster with
rank OF captain; William r. Dunn OF
captain.
Navy-Ensigns to be lieutenant Junior
grade-George N. Hayward and Samuel S.
Robson.