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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-31
wREATHED WITH FLOWERS.
skeleton of the BattIeship Maine
Was Decorated.

was
Havana May 30.-Decoration day was
observed here to-day in a notable man
ner.
At o'clock this morning, Estes G.
Rathbone and a committee of women who
had been selected for the purpose, were
taken in Rear Admiral Cromwells launch,
escorted by a detachment of marines, TO
the wreck of the battleship Maine, where
they strung the skeleton of the unfortu-
nate craft with ropes Of laurel and wreaths
of flowers.
Mrs. Lucien Young represented the navy
at the decoration of the graves Of the
sailors and soldiers inferred in the Colon
cemetery, at II o'clock. Mrs. Patterson
and committee representing the Maine
Association participated in the ceremo-
nles. A great many flowers and wreaths
were placed on the graves of the heroes.
Similar exercises took place at the Que
mados cemetery al A o o'clock this afternoon.
Mai Gen. Lee, who delivered the ora
ton, alluded to the ceremonies that were
being conducted in the United States over
the graves of Union and Confederate
troops alike, and remarked that now, here
on foreign soil, the sons of the North and
of the South were honored together
Wherever the American flag is raised, he
said, there the principles of liberty and
the highest ideals of government are up
held, and wherever the Stars and Stripes
are waved, there a nobler civilization is
attained
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ROOSEVELT AT GRANTS TOMB.
His Tribute to the Soldiers in the
PhiIipDfnes

New York, May 30-The sarcophagus of
Gen, Grant in the tomb at Claremont was
covered with flowers this afternoon after
impressive ceremonies by Z. S. Grant post,
Grand Army of the Republic, of Brook
lyn, an address by Gov Roosevelt, and
presidential salute of twenty-one guns
fired from the United States cruiser Brook
lyn which lay in the Hudson just below
the hill with all her battle flags flying
More than ten thousand persons witness
ed the ceremonies. A large stand had been
erected on the east SIDE of the tomb COW
cred with red, white and blue bunting, and
flag draped over the railing. Above the
stand on the columns of the side of the
tomb were festoons of large flags. Here the
ceremony was conducted.
Gov Roosevelt received an ovation when
he arose 10 speak. He delivered eulogy
on Gen. Grant. OF him he said:
Mercy and peace go hand in hand. If
Gen. Grant had shown mercy at Fort
Donelson it would have meant years Of
destruction and desolation, and if he had
not shown mercy at Appomattox breach
of peace would have widened between us
and our brethren which never could have
closed
Continuing, Gov. Roosevelt said:
mere L StaHu IN tHlS D6dutlIul SpFlHS
weather in our own beloved country and
stale, with quiet peace prevailing, while
in the tropical, whitening heat of the Phil
ippines. fighting for the glorious flag with
the same motive you Grand Army men
fought with in 1864, are your sons and their
hero comrades.
Those men have a right to demand
that you think of them, not with maudlin
sympathy or regret, but as soldiers
and men. Small, indeed, be my
respect for an American, unless bound
by ties of family and dependence, If he
did not welcome the chance to serve un-
der Otis and Macarthur and follow gal
liant Funston as thy follow the flag that
you and their fathers followed to victory
in the civil war.
LET US make our voices felt in the
Philippines that we stand behend the
men who are doing ell they can TO honor
the flag as you did, and remember, when
victory comes, as it will, that a heavier
task by far is upon us-the task of peace
When order is restored in the Philippines
we must make peace and keep order there
and bring prosperity with this order"
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SOLDIERS GRAVES AT MANILA.
SERVICES IN MEMORY OF THE HE
ROES BURIED THERE.

Flags Placed Above Each of the 300
Graves at Battery knoII-During
the Services the MonadnocI&'s Guns
Were Heard BOmbarding Parana-
que-COI. DENLY Presided at the
Exercises There and at PacO Gem
tery-Day Observed in the city.
Manila, May 90.-Memorial day was ceie-
brated at Battery Knoll, where Scott's
guns were planted against the Filipino
trenches in the first days fighting at Ma
Mia.
Nearly 500 soldiers are buried there on
bleak mound. surrounded by rice fields.
rough boards marking the graves. which
are ranged in five unbroken rows. Be
yond these are Spanish blockhouses and
bamboo hedges which were mown by
shells from the American guns.
The few soldiers who could be spared
from the trenches, came to Battery Knoll.
dusty and bronzed, bearing flowers with
which TO strew their comrades graves. a
silk flag was placed above each mound.
The day was as mild as a New England
spring day, when just before sunset a few
hundred Americans gathered there in
circle around Battery Knoll, in blue ana
brown uniforms. Among the soldiers were
groups of American ladies' and brown
faced natives peering curiously at the un.
wonted spectacle from points near by.
Heard MonadnOck's Guns.
The guns of the monitor Monadnock.
bombarding Paranaque, doomed a sisnifi-
cant reminder of the nearness of war.
Just as the Sixth Artillery band began a
dirge, the thunder of the Monadnock' $
guns ceased, while taps sounded from the
bugle.
Col Charles DENLY, of the United States
Philippine commission presided at the ex-
ercises. He spoke briefly of the peculiar
solemnity of the day to Manila The chap
lain of the British cruiser Powerful made
an invocation. Chaplain Pierce of the
Twenty-third Infantry, and Chaplain Cres-
sey of the Minnesota volunteers, delivered
orations, and the soldiers sang appropriate
hymns.
After taps had been sounded the soldiers
took the flags from the graves to send rel
atives of the dead.
At Paeo Cemetery.
Similar services We're held over the dead
in the Paco cemetery this afternoon, Col
DENLY being the. orator on this occasion
The graves were decorated with a vast
quantity of magnificent flowers.
High mass for the dead of the Roman
Catholic communion was celebrated at the
Paco cemetery in the morning. Oratons
were delivered by Fathers McKinnon and
McQuade and Chaplain Stevenson of the
| Idaho regiment, a Methodist, and Peter
Mcqueen, a Congregational clergyman of
Boston.
Most of the business places Of Manila
were closed in observance of the day. The
American and many foreign flags were
displayed at half-mast. The graves of the
soldiers and sailors. at Cavite and Iloilo
were also decorated to-day.
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HE WILL VISIT KING GEORGE.
Admiral Dewcy's Health Is Consid-
crabIy Improved.

Hong Kong, May So.-since his arrival
here on May % on board his flagship the
United States cruiser Olympia Admiral
Dewey has improved in health, but he still
refuses all invitations OF social nature.
The admiral has also rellnquished all Of
fetal duty on board the Olympia.
The date OF his departure for home is
still uncertain, his intention being to re-
main here until he has thoroughly recup-
Grated The air OF the high ground here is
much cooler than 1t will be found al any
place between Hong Kong and the Medi-
terranean sea.
The programme for The Olympia's voyage
to the United States has not been dehnite-
iy decided upon. IT has been determined
however to make a stop al the Piraeus,
from which port Admiral Dewey w.n 60
TO. Athens TO pay his respects to King
George os Greece.
The Olympia is being painted white. in
stead Of dark slate color which was ap-
Piled at the breaking out Of the late war.
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WORKING ron ARBITRATION.
American Plans Go Even Farther
Thnn the nritish.

Ihan the HftNtshs
London. May 30-The Standards eorre-
spondent at The Hague says:
AN important advance was made To-
day in The direction of scheme of arbi-
tration, combining the Russian. British
and American proposals. The representa-
tives of these nations arrived at an agree
ment which seeras to find general accept
ance
Sir Julian Pauncefote conferred this aft
ernoon CTuesday) with Seth Low and MIR.
Hollis, aud both the British and Ameri-
can proposals were examined, with the re-
suit that the United States win support
the Pauncefote scheme for permanent
tribunal.
In all practical and essential features
the British and American plans are iden-
tlcal but the American delegates have
gone further, covered the whole field OF
arbitration, and drafted provisions for a
rehearing in the event Of a disagreement.
Their proposals will be submitted to the
drafting committee tomorrow. IL ought
rot to be difficult, said Mr.. Hollis, TO
hammer out a workable scheme from
these three plans,
The Times correspondent at The Hague
says:
"A proposal will be submitted at the
meeting of the drafting committee or
the arbitration committee tomorrow un-
der which nation which sees a danger
of grave disagreement with another state
may apply to some third state not hay
ing an immediate interest IN the case, 20
act on It's behalf with a view TO media
ton. The other party TO the dispute may
then take a similar course; and the medi-
ating states will investigate looking to a
pacific solution.
III, despite this war breaks out, ths
| mediating states shall continue to repre-
| sent the belligerents without affecting
their rights and duties as neutrals, e
| bring about the speediest possible cessa-
ton of hostiities. Several delegates favor
this proposal"
The Daily News correspondent at The
Hague says:
THE Americans will suDmit tomorrow
an original scheme OF mediation, distinct
from arbitration. They refuse assent Il
oompufsion IN any category of cases fol-
| arbitration or at any stage Of the pro
ceedings. Dispuies therefore, can only be
referred TO the permanent tribunal by the
desire Of both litigant states, They alsc
hold that 10 obiige Independent states tc
enter into binding treaties with each Other
would revolut!onize international law and
| the Monroe doctrine"
The Daily Telegraph correspondent says
/ the Americans propose in the event Of the
new facts developed after verdict. thai
| the same tribunal shall again hear the
| case.
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where the fresh cases and the number of
deaths have nearly doubled in the past
week, the new cases numbering 14S and
the deaths 194.
Admiralty officials say that warships
have no privileges as regards quarantine
beyond those of merchahJ ships, the main
point TO be considered being whether the
ship As infected OF there be sickness
aboard.
BY the time Admiral Dewey arrives at
the Mediterranean his ship, the Olympia,
having been so long out from Hong Kong,
if there are no cases aboard, she win prob
ably be regarded as immune, and the in
spectors will pass her without delay.
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DETAILS OF TILLEY's DEATH.
Gen. Smith Now Holds EscaIante,
where He Was Killed.

Gen. Smith Now Holds EscaIante,
where He Was Killed.
Washington, May so.-The TWO follow
ing dispatches were received at the war
department to-day, and give the first de-
tails of Capt. Tllley's death on the Island
of Negros. that have been received since
the first announcement Of that fact in
a message from Maj. Thompson to Chief
Signal Ofhcer General Greeley.
The most important additional informa-
lion is that Capt Tnley's body was re-
covered and buried at Ilono, and that
Gen. Smith is in possession Of the town
where the murder was committed.
The dispatch from Cen Otis indicates
that the captain of the cable vessel and
two other men were also victims Of the
ambush, but It does not make It clear
whether they eventually escaped or
whether they were killed and their bodies
not recovered. The dispatch follows:
Ioilo, May 30.-Adjutanl General Wash
ington: Capt. George II. Tilley, II. S. V.
signal Corps. was killed at Escalante,
east coast Island Of Negros by insurgents
Saturday, May n, al II O'Clock a. M De-
tails not known. Buried at Ilobo May 90.
Van Velzah
Manila, May s0.-Adjutant General,
Washington: Gable company's vessel plae-
ing cable between Iloilo and Cebu, ran to
Escalante, east coast OF Negros, 10 re-
move old cable connections; Capt Tilley,
signal corps. accompanied, and with cap
tain Of vessel and three men visited town,
natives making friendly demonstra tons.
While there ambushed; captain and one
man escaped 10 vessel In launch Tilley
and two men taking to water and not res
cued; vessel then reported at Iloilo; Gen.
Smith informed. who Immediately took
seventy-fve men and proceeded to Esca-
lante. He reports this morning that body
Capt Tilley found floating In river; marks
of violence on head; body sent 70 Iioilo;
Smith remains at Esealante for The pres
ent. OtIs.
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AT THE TOMB or LAFAYETTE.
Ex-Presidcnt Hnrrison's Tribute to
the Great Frenchman.

Ex-President Hnrrison's Tribute to
the Great Frenchman.
Paris, May 30.-A large throng gather
ed this afternoon in the cemetery of Pic
pus to assist in the annual decoration by
the Americans of the tomb of Lafayette.
The interest of the occasion was enhanced
by the knowledge that ex-President Ben
jamin Harrison would speak.
Gen. Porter, the United States ambassa-
dor opened the ceremony with a brief ad
dress, and Mr. Harrison followed with an
Grafton that was frequently applauded.
"The nation that cherishes the graves
Of It's soldiers and assemblies 10 honor
them" he said, is the nation that pre-
serves and enlarges national life. The
monuments to our dead show no trailing
ranks of sad and weary captives follow
ing their conquerors but display broken
manacles from the hands and feet Of
emancipated blacks. The result Of that
emancipation was seen al Santiago, where
the black troops and the Texas troops
We'd with each other to be the first to
leap upon the enemys breastworks"
Mr.. Harrison then referred to the "gal-
liant and glorious son OF Vermont now re-
turning homeward, after achievements
that will keep his name ever illustrious
in the annals Of all nations
Here in the capital OF our great sister
republic" he continued, where no soldier
Of American birth finds a resting place,
we see the sentiment of gratitude and
veneration finding suitable expression
around the tomb Of Lafayette, the cru
sader of liberty who came to our aid in a
time Of stress, whose name Is perhaps
more closely than any other connected
with the name of Washington"
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PETTY OFFICERS MISSING.
Cruiser Boston soon to Sail for the
United States.

Manila. May 81.-Two petty officers of
the United States hospital ship Relief went
sailing in the harbor yesterday
Their boat was afterward found in the
possession of natives near their Paranaque
lines by the monitor Monadnock. The
men are supposed to have been killed or
captured.
The cruiser Boston win soon sail for the
United States with Capt Barker, tempo
rarily in command of the Asiatic squad
ron, and the departure Of that officer will
leave Capt. George f. Wilde now in COM
mand of the Boston. in supreme control
until the arrival of Rear Admiral Watson.
Capt. Wrenn has organized a company
of a hundred Macabebes as scouts, They
wear United States army shirts and trou-
sers, and are under Wrenn's personal
command.
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GEN, WHEELER ron GOVERNOR.
"V"SphPers OF His District Want
Him TO Make the Race.

'S">pnpers OF His District Want
Him 10 Make the Race.
birmingham, Ala. May So.-The News
to-day says:
with almost one accord the newspapers
;" Gen Joe Wheelers congressional dis
"'et have united on a call for him to en-
VET the race for Governor and heal the
'Sruption that now exists in the Demo-
N'''e party in Alabama
nj, me cal has been taken up by other
pSIers in Central and Southern Alabama,
4,, " IS said that Wheeler might be IN
,'a 70 enter the field If he is not sent
lle philippines If he ran he would be
T.. ,ol ted and elected beyond doubt.
s-" me Popuiists and Republicans viii
~ ,CCey oppose him. Wheelers election
h. Governor would, il is believed, insure
Senate"
o. ne News expresses the opinion that
o%rss,. % Wheeler Will not accept the govern
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FLOWERS For CoNFEDERATEs.
President and Cabinet Visited Ar
Iington Cemetery.

unStOh cemetery
Washington, May SO.-The national cap
ital devoted itself to the observance of
Decoration day.
The departments were closed public and
private business was suspended, the
streets were flied with marching veter-
ans, national guardsmen, military and civic
organizations, all moving toward the Ar
Hngton national cemetery, soldiers home,
congressional, and other cemeteries, where
appropriate services were held, and the
graves of the silent army of dead were
strewn with flowers.
There was added significance to the GER
cmony of to-day, for to the memories, Of
the civil war were added those of the
Spanish-American conflict, which had
swelled the list of solder and sailor dead.
The ceremony at Arlington was notable
by the presence of the President and mem
bers of his cabinet, and of many leading
officers of the army and navy, as wefl as
officials prominent in public life.
There was a small but impressive ser
vice in connection with the ceremonies
at the cemetery which passed unnotced
BY many Of the thousands there gathered.
Following the suggestion made by Presi-
dent Mckinley in his Atlanta speech the
graves of the 130 Confederate soldiers in
tered in the national cemetery were deeo~
rated with as unsparing hands as were
those of the Union dead.
In a remote corner beyond the mounds
beneath which lie the thousands of Union
dead, has been the resting place for thirty
years of a few who fought for the South.
Some of these Confederate dead were
brought into Washington during the va
rious engagements In Virginia near the
city, others were taken prisoners and died
here, while others, from one cause and
another, came into Washington and died
while the struggle was still raging.
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CAPT. TILLEY's BoDY FOUND.
He WINS Buried at IIoiIo with suita-
BILE Ceremonies

Manila. May SO.-Brig. Cen South, who
was sent with a detachment of troops on
board a gunboat, in search of Capt George
H. Tilley of the signal corps. reported
missing at Escalante, on the Island Of
Negros. sent The body of Capt Tlley to
Ilono to-day on board launch.
The body of Capt. Tiley was buried
later in the day, with suitable ceremony.
The English captain Joined with his com
rades of the signal corps in arranging for
the funeral, and heaped wreaths of flow
ers upon the coffin of the dead soldier
Gen. South remains al Escalante with
his soldiers 10 search for the missing men
who were with Capt. Tilley when he met
his death.
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cEMExTED NORTH AND SOUTH.
Trend of Memorial Day Speeches
Made in Philadelphia.


Philadelphia, May 30-Memorial day
was more eiaborately observed in this city
than for number of years. Government
and municipal offices were closed, as were
the schools, and business was generally
suspended.
Prominent local orators delivered ad-
dresses during the ceremonies by the
G. A. r. at the various cemeteries. The
trend of all the speeches was that the war
with Spain had cemented the North and
South in a bond of fraternal sympathy
never again to be broken.
over the grave Of Betsy Ross, in whose
house the first American flag was made,
there were appropriate services, followed
by the raising of large flag by her great
granddaughter, Mrs. Mary Rodney Gar
rett.
An address was made by John Quincy
Adams Of New York
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ON GETTYsBURG BATTLEFIELD.
Graves of Fallen Heroes Decorated
by SCHOOL Children.

Gettysburg, Pa. May aO.-Memorial day
was observed at the national cemetery
here to-day with the usual elaborate GER
emonies. and the graves of the fallen he
roes were decorated by school children,
assisted by the veterans of the civil war.
The principal speaker was the Hon. D.
D. Woodmanse Of Cincinnatl. Touching
upon the evidences of a reunited country,
he said the Union now is "indivlsable and
inseparable, cemented by blood and sacri-
fees Of our fallen dead. We are a re-
united country. ready to battle together
for our country's flag.
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A LYxcHrNG WAS PREVENTED.
And Hannaway win he Tried al
once for Attempted Assault.

Amcricus. Ga, May 50.-Judge \. A.
Ldttlejohn. who is holding Superior Court
here granted an order this afternoon con
vening Dooly Superior Court in special
session next Monday to try John Hanna
way. white man for attempted assault
upon school girl near Vienna yesterday
The order granted at the urgent request
OF prominent citizens Of Dooly county who
came here to-day and by their efforts saw
cd Bannaway from lynching at the hands
Of the outraged citizens Of Dooly county.
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THE PLAGUE MAY INTERFERE.
But 1t is Believed Dewey VIII Come
Through All Right.

London, May 9o.--The plague is likely to
compncate the Homecoming Of Admiral
Dewey.
Various governments have already de-
clared severe quarantines against an
Egyptian Red sea ports and Hong Kong,
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ONE CASE IN NEW ORLEANS.
Mississippi Health Board to Inves-
tigate yellow Fever.

jackson, Miss, May S0--Advices having
been received from President Souchon OF
the Louisiana state board Of health, that
one case Of yellow fever had appeared in
New Orleans. Dr. J. +. Hunter, secretary
Of the Mississippi board, sent Inspector
Cant TO New orleans this afternoon with
instructions TO make thorough inspection
OF the city.
lie win be Joined there by Inspector
Dunn tomorrow.
Unless The situation becomes very Sc
rions. which Is highly Improbable the Mis-
ssssippi board will not declare quaran-
tine against New Orleans. Public senti-
ment is decidedly opposed to such step
and the news OF the first case Of the sea-
son produced no excitement.
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IN A HEAD END COLLISION.
Nine People Injured on the Louisville
and Nashville.

Nashville, May 50.-Nine people were in
jured, two of Them seriously IN a head
end collision Of local passenger trains on
the louisville and Nashville road, twenty
five miles south Of her, at O'Clock This
evening.
Both engines and baggage cars were
smashed, while Engineer Burns and Engl-
neer shugart received serious internal
injuries Seven passengers were slightly
hurt as follows:
w. H. Pickings, Chicago; J. r. Howard.
Thompson station, Tenn; w. j. Sewell,
Columbia. Tenn; j. w Lawrence, Bur
wood. Tenn; j. NJ. Bowers, Macon. Ga.
Henry Coles and daughter. Nashville.
The trains came together on the main
track. half way between West Harpeth
and Thompson Station. but who IS at
fault has not been determined.
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ROLLS ARE HEAVILY PADDED.
Forty-Five Cubnns Were Paid at
Santiago de las Vegas.

Havana, May So.-Early this morning
Lieut.. Col. George NJ Randall Of the
Eighth United States Infantry, accompa-
MED by Paymaster Moses, his clerks, a
doctor and military escort, with nearly
$4,000, left by special train for Santiago
de las Vegas. but, owing to various de-
afternoon.
That the rolls are padded badly becomes
more and more evident each day. and Col.
Randall says that from what he can learn
every man, dead or alive, who ever has
served in The ranks OF the insurgents ap-
pears on the lists.
The number pad this afternoon was for
ty-fye, but there were several applicants
with arms entitled to payment who VIII
receive ii after Identification.