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Effort Being Made to Re tain the First, COL. ALSTON IS HERB ON THAT MISSION. From The Sute, Sept. 5. The presence io Columbia yesterday of Col. Alston and Maj. Earle of the First regiment, provoked considerable discussion oo the streets, and many wild stories were flying about to ac* count for their trip here. The news of the master oat of the First regiment and the retention of tbe Seoond had been received and it was surmised that the officers from Jacksonville were here ko asake au effort to have the orders knocking OG; the First revoked, and it was thought that if this succeeded the Second would have to go So, natu? rally, mach interest was centered io the visit. Tbs two officers upon j arriving weot a*.ODOO to tbe executive mansion, where taey bad a loog conference with Gov Eilerbe, bat it was stated that DO defi? nite understanding was arrived at be ' tween the ooo ferr?es, the matter being ' iefc over on til to-day for farther talk When he wa? visited Gov Eilerbe did opt have mach to say. He evaded the direct question as. to whether the officers had made an appeal to him to nee his influence to have the First F3 taioed, aod said that the officers wanted the regiment to stay io, which was quite evidsnt. Col. Alston, who was seen later, said he waa here to ge; definite news. He had received no official notification of the coming master oat, and he wanted to find oat "where he was at " He does not believe that a majority of the men io the regiment desire to come oat, and he alleges that what disaffection there has been was caused by political schemers. The men have beeo misled Into beiie vi og that if the organization was retained in the service it would fae broken as a whole and the men distri? buted among the northern regiments, which, of coarse, woald be very repug? nant to the Sooth Carolinians. Speak? ing of the petition gotten np to have the regiment mastered oat. Col Alston said he and his officers bad not been able to see it The paper was alleged to bear 800 names, bot a man who had seen it, and carefully econted all the names, said to Coi. Alston that the petition bore only 600 names, and it waa stated that many of the signers were sot members of the Socio Caro? lina regiment. Maj Earle said that an effort woald be made to have the regiment kept in tte service, and he was hopeful that it would succeed Coi. Alston said that the question of the retentioo of either or both regiments tay entirely with Gov Eilerbe. If the governor wanted tbe First to stay io, there it woald stay, aod its disposition one way or the other 'woald sot affect thia-fate of the Seoond, as from several States three and four regiments b?d been retained. He said he had not ask? ed the . governor whether or not he would lend his efforts to the retention of the First. He had simply bad a telk with the chief executive and it to further confer witb him today. Col. Alston said he won ld not decide anti! today whether he woald go to Washing? ton oroot. Of course considerable pressure will be broaght to bear on the governor from both sides. His position is naturally onenviable under any circomstances, ant?particularly so io view of the fact that his predicament comes on the eve of election. Wbiebever side is not fav? ored to his decision will of coarse fight. Both sides, it is stated, are confident of winning. That the orders have gone oat from the war department to master oot the First is shown by the following tele? gram, give out the press yesterday by Capt. Faller: Washington, D. C., Sept. 4. 1898. Capt. E. B. Faller. United States Mus? tering Offiser, Colombia. S C : Secretary of war directs that you per? form the duties of United States mus teriog offiser io connection with the furloughing for 30 days and master out at the expiration of this date, ordered by the secretary of war, of the First Sooth Carolina United States volooteer infantry at Colombia, S. C., according to the provisioos of general orders 123, A. G. O . ourrent series, as amended by general orders 130, AGO., cur rer*t series. Lieut. Wm. Newmao, Thirteenth infantry, now understood to be with you as commissary, will per form the duties of acting assistant quartermaster commissary and acting ordnance officer. You will direct to re? port to the heads of supply departments for special instructions. You will telegraph direct to heads of departments io all matters relating thereto, io order to relieve this department of the burden j of correspondence, to which the force ia the office cannot attend Com manicata freeiy with the chief mustering effioe a.t Jacksonville, Fia., as to the movements of thia regiment. Acknowl? edge receipt, the travel enjoined is ne eessary for the public service By direction of the secretary of war H. O S. Heistaod. Assistant Adjutant General. Capt. Muller says be will not know j just how the muster out will be effected aetii he receives ths orders mentioned in the telegram It is thought, how? ever the men will be brought here io a week or 10 days Upon arriving here every member of the regiment will im? mediately be givet: a 30-day furlough, in order to relieve the go vero me nt of the expense of feeding the men daring that time. The preparations of reports and proper accounts will require about that length of time. So tbat whee tbe men come back at the expiration of tbeir furloughs everything will be ready for the muster oat formality to proceed. After tbe muster out tbe men will re? tain their uniforms without charge, but though the transportation preeeed tog the musterout will be paid for by the government, after that tbe men will have to pay tbeir owo way from Columbia to their respective homes, un less the governor sees f?t to have the State bear this expense. It is understood that a statement, signed by all the officers of tbe First regiment, with one natural exception, bas been sent to President McKinley, saying that the officers have been in formed that a petition has been forward? ed to the war department that the First be not retaioed. The officers ask that 3-bey be beard before tbe petition is act? ed upoo, alleging that tbe petition is fall of glaring frauds and irregularities, and pray to be allowed to expose these frauds before fioal action is taken. This paper was forwarded three days ago, but it is possible that it never reached its destination until the order to muster out was issued. A copy of the officers7 paper was sent to Governor Ellerbe. Interesting developments are expected to-day. Formal Possession. Blacksburg. S C , September 3. General Manager Sands, General Sup? erintendent W. S Jones and Traffic Maoagar Emerson, of tbe South Car? olina and Georgia railroad, are bere this morning to take formal possession of the offices aod shops of the Obio River aod Charleston railroad. For tbe present, at least, tbere will be no changes made among tbe officers aod men who have been operating tbe Ohio River aod Charleston road. A Summer Boom ic Business. I New York, September 2 -R G Don & Co's Weekly Review of Trade wii? say to-morrow: The smallest fail? ures ever recorded io any mooth for five years were those of August. No other month since the monthly reports were commenced hy Dun's Review ex? clusively has shown defaulted liabilities as small within $1,000,000, aod the ratio of sus h defaults to solvent bas i o ess represented by exchanges through all clearing bouses, only ?108 70 io $100,000, is smaller by 26.5 per cent than io any previous mooth, the clear? ing haviog been the largest ever known in Augnst, and 23 per cent larger than in 1891. The enormous volume of business in a month usually one of the most inactive of the year demands atten? tion. Postponement during the months of war of some contracts and purchases which have now come forward explains part of the increase, and the strong absorption of securi? ties explains part, but there has also been a decline in the average of prices for all _ commodities, so that it takeB a much larger volume of business in tons or bushels to make up transactions amounting to a mil lion than in 1892. It is therefore, strictly true that business is larger than in the very best of ail past years, and yet there is every pros? pect of much further iucrease. There is no roora to doubt that the wheat crop, even though it may fall a shade below some estimates, will prove the largest ever harvested, and although Beerbohm estimates Europe's crop at 232,000,000 bush? els more than the last, that would be only au average yield, while other evidence is less favorable Corn has fallen a fraction, later reports indicating a less satisfactory yield, and probably not more than shouid beconsumed at home in enlarging the stock of animals. The advance of a 8ixth in cotton to 5 81 has fol? lowed a little better milling demand, with rather less favorable reports of probable yield, but the crop is at the worst likely to exceed the world's needs The New Orleans Cotton Exchange makes the output for the past year 11,199,994 bales, the South? ern consumption 1,192,621 bales Justice to Dreyfus Paris, Seot. 4.-Owing to the resig? nation of M. Godefroy Cavaigoao of the roioistay of war. President Faure returned to Paris this morning &nd conferred with M. Deicasse, minister of foreign affairs, M Borgeoif, minister of public education, and Gen. Zurlinden. The oabinet will meet tc morrow ex? pressly to deal with a request from Mme. Dreyfus for the revision of the proceediogs of the courtmartial that condemned ber husband. As the cabinet is cow practically unanimously in favor of revision -partly becaufec the ministers are aware that there is no other mti?od of satisfying public feelings-the outcome of the meeting is -??most a foregone conclusion. It is not thought thu; M. Cavaignao's retirement will involve the resignation of other ministers Tbe tact that Gen. Zjrlinden bas beeo iu conference with M Faure is taken to meao that he will succeed M Cavaignac at the war office. The ministerial conferences, which baye been continued throughout the day, have had to do with the details of revision There is no foundation for the report thai; the chambers will be immediately convoked. ENGLISH VICTORY IN SOUDAN. The Khalifa Defeated - Fifteen Thousand Killed and Om I durman Taken. London, Sept 5 -The war corres? pondent of the Daily Telegraph with the Anglo-Egyptian forces says: "Khalifa Abdulab, with his harem, and Osman Digna, his principal gen? eral, managed to escape; but Ab dullah's banner and thousands of prisoners are in our hands. "It ie estimated that 15,000 of the enemy were slain. Our total casual ties were about 500. "Besides Col. Rhodes, another correspondent was slightly wounded. Mr Howard, the New York Herald correspondent, was slain by a shell in Omdurman. " The war correspondent of the Daily News says: "Our victory was not easily or cheaply won The dervish loss was enormous It is estimated that the killed of the enemy were no fewer than 8,000. "Our whole force was engaged in the fighting from 6 30 a m , until sundown. The dervishes displayed marvelous bravery to the last. In? stead of waiting for us in Omdurman, where they could have made a reeis tance that would have cost us thous? ands of lives, they advauced to meet us. The sight was extraordinary. Some 12,000 men in four brigades at? tempted to rush our Zseriba. ' With desperate gallantry they were repulsed, suffering huge loss. Our maxim guns especially made ter? rible losses in their lines and the artillery dealt havoc in the town which was full of women The dervish army of 60,000 is utterly broken, but v?e are fully prepared to fight to morrow if they wish it Direct From tren. Gomez's Camp. Mr. N. G. Gonzales Back from the Prostrate Isle. The Stale, Sept. 6. Surprising tho force of The State as completely as if he were an ap? parition, Lieut. N. G Gonzales, of Gen. Nunez's staff, the editor of this newspaper, walked into the office about 8 30 o'clock last night, and for se sera's hours the editorial rooms were transformed into reception balls, many or the returned soldier's friendei cali ing to extend to him the cordial wei come that had already been given him by those with whom be had worked for seven years. Nothing had been heard from Mr. Gonzales since July 9, and in the office existed the gravest apprehen? sion as to his safety. Eveu at the moment of his appearance plans were being laid to endeavor to secure some informaron from Cuba concerning him. His best friends at first could hardly recognize Mr Gonzales in the rather gaunt, dark, sun burned, dust covered and uniquely attired indi vidual who presented himself. He had endured great hardships and pri? vations with the army of liberation, and his surplus flesh had melted away even as does the Cuban cigarette taken from his scanty baggage-the writer is smoking. Mr Gonzales was among the first to suit his actions to his words and when war was declared against Spain last spring, having done yeoman ser? vice for the cause of Cuba Libre with his pen. he cast it aside, and started for the scene of action to give his life if need be for the cause so near his heart He was soon appointed a member of Gen. Nunez's staff-in May-and sailed with the Florid a Fanita expedition to join the aimy of Gen Gomez in South Central Cuba. The details of his landing and joining the noted insurgent chieftain have already been given in The State. Since early in July no word has come from him. During that time he has seen service and learned perhaps more of the inside of the situation in Cuba than any other American He returned to Key West on the Wan? derer, the steamer that carried his chief down recently, haviug started home, however, on a schooner, j Through varied experiences, losing bis baggage and relics, he managed to arrive in Columbia last eveuing so ! unexpectedly with a total of seven j coppers in his pocket, and is now in a position to acquaint the public with | the real conditions in the prostrate | Pearl of the Antilles He has done his duty in accordance with his pa- j triotic spirit, has lived up to his teachings, and comes home to be \ most cordially welcomed by his friends K J. WATSON. 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During the past few days, however, Consul Barnes, at Cologne, whose recent report on the preparation of American fruits for the German market j attracted much attention, followed it with a report npon trichinae, which is a splendid vindication of the American bog from the viliifioation of his German accusers. The report says : "Through the medium of a eooiety of German foreign meat importers, whose object ts the protection and promotion of German trade io meats and fat products, I learn that for the last fifteen years, beginning with the decree of 1883 prohibiting the importation of American meat, and ending with the close of last year there were officially confirmed in the Kingdon of Prussia 3,003 reported eases of illness from trichinae. 207 of whioh resulted io death. Of these there could be traced to the eating of European meat examioed io Germany and found to be free from trichinae, 1,242 oases of illness and 102 deaths. Thus 41 35 per cent of all ?he cases of illness and 49 7 per oent of all the deaths were caused by the consumption of European pork which was examined in Germany and found to be free from trichinae The remaioing cases could also be traced to importations of European meat, partly examined and partly oot examined, and found to contain trichinae, and yet handled by the trade In not one of the above 3,003 oases could it be proved that the illness was caused by the use o' American salted, pickled or tinned meat, nor by smoked sausage (imported under imperial decree of the 3rd of September, 1891) This statement holds good for all Germany. In confirmation of this fact the society beriobefore mentioned has issued posters wherein a' reward of one thousand marks (?233) is offered to the person who can prove that trichinae has been transferred to human beings by the consumption of American salted or pickled pork or smoked sausage, imported under the imperial decree of Sept. 3, 1891, cancelling the edict forbidding the importation -Augusta Chronicle. A Contrast. The same morning that saw the publi? cation of the czar of Russia's call for an international conference to arrange a scheme of European disarmament, car ried to the people of tho United S:ates the views of Cushman K Davis, one of our commissioners to arrange terms of peace with Spain The contrast be? tween these utterances is sharp. Oat of darkest Russia comes the note of light and leading ; from an official of Republican America we have words full of the frenzy of war and the intoxi? cation of new and strange experiences. It is a reversal of roles, and as such strikingly instructive The rude, barbaric, un-Christian utterance is from the Jip* of the Repub? lican, ours is the monarohial philiiplc: and the czar of all the Russia? speaks the voice of Democracy 'Never, perhaps," comments cbeLoodoo Time?, "in modern history have aspirations which good men of all ages have regard? ed as at once ideal and unattainable, found so responsive an echo io the coun? sels of one of the greatest and most pow erlul of the world's rulers." "The Uoited States," S3ys Senator Davis, "has ceased to be the China of the west? ern continent. We are alive, thank God, and must not be insulted by aoy power, great or small ,? Hitherto wedded to the arts of peace, we have been busy with full employ? ments in all those ways that make for the material and moral upbuilding of of the people-pushing with resistless energy the great experiment of a trium? phant democracy. This, to the mind of Cushman K Davis has made u? "the China of the western oootinent " But now, he deolaims, 4'the interests o? the United States must be zealously guarded from this hour onward." What interests ? ''Can we contemplate for aD instant the interference of any power that shall abridge the majesty j and glory laid at our feet, by the incotn- j parable Dewey ? ? say,'' adds Davis, ..never ?" Aod yet a greater than this wiidly aggreesivc sonator of the United States saw the kingdoms of ibo earth spread out before him and and was not to oe I moved from his mission of peace on ; earth and good will to men. In that j fact mankind is blessed forever. It ie i thc luminGU* inspira.ion and example, j and tried by \l our commission of peace compares most unfavorably with the ruler of the mighty Russian despotism, lt ie for the people of tue United States, the sovereigns upon whom the j government rests, to :-e.- to it that pass- ? inj* agencies are not permitted to uti deroiioe "the great experiment," to ex- ! alf. militarism at the cost of Democracy, j to betray those principles which the fathers held to be essential to the de ' veloproenf and permanency of the re- ! public -Spriog?ele Republicen A CRITICAL TIME During the Battle of Santiago. SICK OR WELL, A RUSH NIGHT AND DAY. The Packers at the Battle of Santiago de Coba were all Heroes. TJieir Heroic Efforts in Getting Ammuni? tion and Rations to the Front Saved the Day. P. E. 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