The Conway log cabin., 1900-11-06

General I,ieber, judge advocate general of the army, in his annual report to the sec tary of war, says there were 66S0 trials by general court martial during the past fiscal year, of which number B were for commissioned officers (11 regulars and 24 volunteers), cadets, 66S1 tenlistcd men (5424 regulars and ll94 volunteersl, and 23 civilians
 with the army. Of the commission d officers 26, and of the enlisted men G020, were convicted. A to- tal of 25S0 men were sentenced to dishonorable discharge, of whom 2210 were in the regular army and 315 in the volunteers. Death sen- tences were imposed by sentence of court martial in cases of enlisted men-one for murder, four for rape and one for striking superior off cer. The death sentence in the cases were committed by the president to dishonorable discharge, for forfeit nre of all pay and allowances and imprisonment at hard labor for twenty years in cases, and for three years in one case-that of striking q superior officer The death sen- tence was imposed by sentence of court martial in one case of civ ilian employe for rape and other offenses, which case, however, was commuted to imprisonment at hard labor for twenty years.
 A decision has been reached by the supreme court of the United
 States Ill the case of the Choctaw
 Nation and tine Chickasaw Nation, claimants, vs. the United States and the Wichita and affiliated bands l of Indians, defendants. The decis- ion sustains the opinion of the court | of claims, handed down nearly two years ago, in which it was held that 1 the Wichita and affiliated bands of
 Indians, under treaty agreements. held only possessiye title in the lands occupied by them, and that the Choctaws and Chickasaws had
 never parted with the legal title to Ithe lan,ls-in dispute. The court of claims sustained the validity of the cession of the treaty of October IS. 1890, by which the Choctaws and Cmckasaws acquired possession of this territory, and held that the l treaty of 1866, by which the Wich- itas and affiliated bands of Indians secured the right to locate on the lands, gave them a posscssiye title only, vesting the final title to the lands in the United States in trust for the Choctaws and Chickasaws. The court holds that the possessive title carried with it. when the ex- listing conditions were disturbed by the breaking up of the tribal rela tions, individual allotments. The
 residue of the land, however, be- longed to the Choctaws and Chicka- saws.
 At a meeting held in Birmingham the Southern Baseball Association
 was organized Nashville, Memphis.
 Shreveport, New Orleans, Birming
 ham, Mobile, Atlanta and probably
 Little Rock, will be included in the 1 circuit.
 Gen. Weyler, former captain gen eral of Cuba, under Spanish rule, has been appointed captain general of Madrid.
 An American firm has been awarded big contract by the Eng fish government for coal carts, to be delivered in South Africa. An Eng fish firm was also bidder, but the Americans bid was the lowest by 20 per cent.
 Mississippi steamboat rousta- bouts are in great demand at wages ranging from $75 to $1OO per. month and board
 Germany and England have form ed an alliance to maintain the ter
 ritorial integrity of China and to
 keep the ports open.
 l President Mckinley will remain at his home in Canton until after