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Yellow Fever Breaks Out at Hampton Hoads. THREE DEATHS FROM DISEASE IN ONE DAY. Newport News, Va, July 30. There are 30 cases ol what is be iieved to be genuine yellow fever at the National Soldiers' Home near Hampton, and three deaths from the disease were reported today. There were eeveral other deaths at the institution yesterday, but it cannot be stated tonight that all of them were caused by yellow fever. Newport News and Hampton will quarantine against ihe Soldiers' Home tomorrow. The government authorities- at Old Point have already adopted thia step and no street cars are allowed to enter the reservation. Quarantine Officer HOD* son of this pori went to the Soldiers' Home tonight and verified the state ment that there are now 30 cases of the disease at the home and that there were three deaths from the malady today. While no one outside of the Soldier' Home knew anything about the existence of the yellow fever until today it is said that the disease marje its appearance three days ago The most rigid quarantine regulations will be enforced to pre vent the spread of the malady. The news bas created great ex citement in Newport News, Old Point and Hampton, and the mest vigorous measures will be resorted to to prevent its spread. . There are 4,000 old veterans at the home and several large excursion parties went through it last week. The board of health at midnight issued this order : "Until further orders a strict quar antine is hereby declared against Ol Point, Phoebus, Hampton, New port News and adjacent country. iiti cm DISPENSARY'S JPROFTS. Columbia, July 30 -The special legislative committee bas about com pleted the report of its quarterly examination of the affairs of the State dispensary. Yesterday State Chair man Miles of the board of control who has been here during the exami nation of the bocks stated that in round numbers the profit to the State during the quarter would amount to about $30,000, and the profit to the counties and towns about $34,000 Mr Miles says the board believes the total profits for the year will show about $400,000 The American Losses. Seattle, Wash, July 29-The Times prints what purports to be a full list of fatilities in the American army in the Philippines up to June 2. The liet was furnished by Fred F. Eitel], a representative of the Manila Freedom, who claims to have obtained it -from the records of the sageon general's office at Manila The total number of fatalities is 736-23 officers, 699 privates and 12 civilians attached to the army. A remarkable feature of the record is j found in the statement that the bum-j ber of officers killed in battle is ont j of ali proportion to the number of privates killed On the other hand, j fewer officers died from disease pro- j portionately than privates Out of the 23 officers, 6 were killed in j action, 2 were drowned and 5 died j cf disease Of tbe 699 privates, 294 j died of wounds received in action ; 9 were killed accidentally ; 23 were j drowned and 7 committed suicide ; 106 died of typhoid fever ; 89 cf smallpox ; 47 of dysentery ; 28 of pneumonia ; 19 of malarial fever, j and 14 of meningitis. The remainder l d from varions diseases Of the j 14 deaths among civilians.. 7 were from smallpox ar.d 3 from gunshot wounds received in action Tile Revolution in Santo! Domingo. Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo, July j 30.-The situation is critical. An ! outbreak is momentarily expected, i The friends of the government are j under arms and are ready for action to j protect property aod preserve the j peace. A feeble attempt was made to seize :he body of Hearted by the assassins Karnoo Cacere8, Manuel Caeere , Horacio. Vasquez and'Domicgo Pichar do, who are in the cou at ry about Meca with their followers The burial of I President Hearieux was conducted with fitting honor?. Governor Pepin has assembled troops in Moca, sod the governor of I>. Vega Real hss 1 000 men. The minister of the treasury bas arrived at Mooa in hot baste. The government is taking step; fer the protection of the bowness of thc coun try, and expects to cs-rry cut the contemplated cancellation of the state bank cotes Io Puerto Plata there ip an urgent demand that the government send a sufficient force to Moca to bunt down the assassins of the country. - - -- philadelphia, July 29 -A special to the Pre39 from Dover, Del., says : "The purchase of 1,200.000 acres of farming land in Ariz ina wis consum mated today by J. Edward Addicks. of Delaware. Mr. Addicks bought the land from the Santa Fe Railroad. This streich of agricultural land is so great that it; occupies the larger par; of Yavpia County, and represents an area as Ur^e as i:i 'he cf F>o^*w%re.,, The Final Sitting of Peace Delegates. Announcement of States That Had Signed Con vention. The Hague, July 29-3 p m - The internatoinal peace conference met for its final sitting today, when j it'was announced that 16 States had signed the arbitration convention, 15 the other two conventions. 17 the ; declaration prohibiting throwing of j projectiles or explosives from bal loons, 16 the declaration prohibiting ! the use of expansive bullers. ! A letter was received from the j Queen of Holiand to the pope, ask ! ing his moral support of the con \ terence The pope's reply, which : was read, promised cooperation, I and recalled the fact that he had many times performed the function of arbitrator, and assured her majesty that in spite of his present abnormal position the pope would continue to seek tbe advancement of civilization. The three conventions dealing with arbitration the laws and customs of war and the adoption of the Geneva convention to naval warfare, were not signed by Germany, Austria Hungary, China. England, Italy, Japan, Luxemburg, Servia, Switzer land or Turkey. The United States signed only the arbitration convention, ; and that under reserve. Roumania also made reservation. ! The three declarations prohibiting I the throwing of explosives from balloons, the~ use of asphyxiating projectiles, of dumdum bullets were not signed by Germany, Austria Hungary, China, England, Italy, Ja pan, Luxemburg, Servia or Switzer land^ and the United States signed only the declaration regarding the throwing of explosives from bal loons. -??- - < - Negro Postmaster Objection able. As a result of a resolution passed by the city council, Senator John L McLaorin and G. G Thompson, Esq., went to Washington tonight to have a conference with President McKinley. They will enter a pro test against the appointment of the Rev. Joshua E. Wilson, a negro, as postmaster at Florence. Senator McLaurin, Congressman Norton and several citizens talked the matter over tonight. Mr Mc Laurin was here at the request of Mayor Malloy. The citizens of Florence protest against Wilson, but violenca is out of the question. --Florence Correspondent News and Courier, July 28 ! An Officer in Philippines Re veals the True Situation San Francisco, July 31.-An officer of one of the volunteer regiments in the Philippines "has written the fol lowing to the Association Press : Manila, June 27 The arrivai of the rainy season finds the insurrection as vigorous as it has been at any time since the outbreak The insurgent armies are well recruit j ed, notwithstanding their heavy j lesses, are not weil iVd and clothed They have profitted by their five months of warfare against tho Amer . icaj tactics and are becomming better disciplined and more skillful in the use of their weapons every day One hundred thousand soldiers should be here ready for business by the beginning of the dry season in November. Garrison could then be stationed at strategic poiuts A continuous warfare cannot be ! carried on in this evervating climate | by the same troops Frequent reliefs j are necessary. Trooos should net be ? kept longer than a year. Men from i northern climate retain their native vigor for six or eight months after I their arrival here and then begin to 1 succumb to the various ailments of! tropical weather. Thi3 is exemplified j in the case of volunteers and regulars ! who have been in the Philippines j since last summer The most of them are saturated with malaria, many cave rheumatism and ail are greatiy deliberated They are unfit for further dnty aod recuperation seems slow and unsatisfactory As it is with them so it is likely te be with their successors The eight million people will immagine the United States to have acquired Mexico against her will and to be engaged in an attcmt to pu; down au universal rebellion of Mexicans with 20,000 troops they will have a dupii cate picture at close range of the sit- j oatioi. in ihe Philippines with the | climate of the Philippines is from 10 j j to 15 degrees more tropical than that ; I of Mexico Washington, July 20.-The Pest : tomorrow will cay : "Gen Miles ! wili ask Sectetaiy Koot for a speedy I decision as to the relations existing '. between the general commanding the army and the secretary of war. lie is now preparing his side of the case, i which will be submitted to the new secretary. The condition which has existed in the war d partaient since the campaign in Puerto Rico is reviewed, showing that Gen Miles while major general commanding the army has had little ur no voice in the management o affairs in the army, and it is stated that with the iucorn : ing secretary he hopes the present j condition wiii change. j STANDARD BALE RESOLUTIONS. FARMERS URGED TO ADOPT UNIFORM STANDARD FOR SQUARE PRESSES. The following resolutions were un animously adopted at the Cotton Ex change today, about 25 members being present, It was not in favor of the square baie over the other kind, but to try and secure uniformity by those who desire the square bale : As a packing of square bales of cotton ha3 been done in boxes of irregular ize aud much of it is cover ed with 6ugar sacks and patched bagging, thereby rendering such irregularity iu size and covering unsatisfactory to the trade, we earnestly recommend to the planters and gunners of our tributary country the importance of adopting the 54x24 box, making uniform packages of square, bales. We also recom mend the use of two pound bagging as a covering "This will give to the trade uni formity in size ofsquare balea and a satisfactory covering, and will enable the producer to get better net results for their cottan. The cost of change is small and the benefits to be d' ived very great -Angosta Chron icle, July 29. Paris. July 30.-Two automobiles today beat the Paris Saint Malo ex press in a race between the two cities, a distance of 226 miles, rnak irg "the best time ever recorded for an automobile, covering the distance io 7 hours and 35 minutes The time of the train was 7 hours and 48 minutes. Pittsburg, Pa, July 29-The American Glass company sent out today circulars announcing an ad vance of 5 per cent, io the price of glass, to take effect on August 1 The last advance in prices was made on June 20, which, including the present increase, makes the advance in the price of glass since the open ing of the. fire about 30 per cent Prospects for a large fall trade are said to be good in all parts of the country, and next month likely will see unusually small stocks on band. The wage committee of the Window Glass Workers' association meets in this city next week to formulate a scale for the ensuing year. The Galveston News thus summa rizes ore of (be greatest scandals that bas attached to any federal administra tion : "Captain Carter, who bad charge of the government works at Savaooab, managed to 'knock down-* on the government to the estimated amnunt of 1,600,000. He was convicted a year ago and sentenced to dismipsal from the j army and to an imprisonment cf (he years in the penitentiary. Tbs record j of tbs trial has since that time been j with thu president The captain is cn I wsitiog order, drawing bis psy ar-d j doing tching ie the way or hurrying j he ores ent into a consideration of! his case E?eu in this trarmes* of I I weather bs is taking matters with eli ; the coolness of a nnn who bas a pull r \ So far Carter bas had a better time j since bis conviction than he bad before, j He bas drawn his full pay and done j what he pleased How much longer j does the president propose to try public : patience and insult public opinion in this matter ? Ioformation for the Wheat Growers. Newberry Voice. Mr Lem Wise, a progressive j farmer of No 9 township has an experience in growing wheat and I improving land which is worth recording. Three years ago he sow- j ed six and one half acres of ordinary I land in wheat, following the wheat i with peas He cut the peaa, which were sown broadcast Ile kept this up three years The first year he made 30 bushels of wheat ; the next, 51-J bushels ; the next (this year), between 75 and 80 bushels fie did not use any fertilizers-not even cotton seed. The sowing of the peas broadcast was all that he did to increase the productiveness of his land He kept no account of bis pea vine hay the first two years, but the last year his hay brought him i over $75. It seems to us that this experience should put farmers to j thinking Executive Clemency. Columbia, July 29.-GOT. McSwee ney lias commuted thc sentence of: Js.me* Abrahan:, who was convicted of murder in Fioreoco County. Abraham was sentenced to be hanged. His semence was respired, and today thc [ sentence was changed so that he will j i -prnd the remainder of his days ir the penitentiary. Judge Watis. to whom I the p&p?re were referred, reen mc: end cd the commutation, and ea id in his letter 1 that be thought justice would be fervrd by thc change of sentence : that bc ! ; regarded Abraham as teing of a lew | order of intelligence and a d g n r t He stated that in his opinion Abraham's ! mind was weak, not foolish or idiotic Abraham was uoder sentence to be hanged on the 4:h cf August. j ALGER'S DEFENSE. Retiring Secretary of War Answers Accusations in the Pres3. A CLEAN FINANCIAL RECORD Washington, Juiy 31 -One of the last official acts of Secretary Alger, who. tomorrow will relinquish hie portfolio, was to prepare a statement covering several matters regarding the conduct of the war which have been the subject of criticism in the public press, particularly with refer ence to the appointment of staff officers in the volunteer army. The statement follows : I ara led to make the following statements on account of many criti cisms which have been made by the public press, and especially on ac count of a recent article which ap peared in the London Times contain ing assertions which have no founda lion in truth. At the commenbement of the war i with Spain, and for several years prior to that time, the regular army j consisted of only 25,000 men, with \ the minimum number of officers prescribed by law. The situation can be partially appreciated when it is remembered that within 60 days from the declaration of war the strength of the array was increased to 275,000 men, and everything for the equipment of this great force, including clothing, tents, transporta tions, medical supplies, camps and camp equippage, and all that pertains to equip an army for service had to be manufactured, transported and dis tributed for use. From the statement referred to the public might be led to believe that the volunteer army was officered by men selected through political infla ence by the secretary of war by special favor and without any regard to fitness for the duties they were to perform As is well known, the volunteer force, wiith the. exception of three regiments of engineers, three regiments of cavalry and ten regiments of immune infantry, was made up of regiments from the various states, the officers of which were all appointed exclusively by the governors of the resp ctive states from which the regiments came, and any officer found unfitted for service and discharged was replaced by another in the same manner. The president had no voice or control in the matter. The returns of the volunteer army show that in August, 1898, there were 207,244 enlisted men and 8,785 officers in those regiments. This, with the regular army recruited up to the war strength, made an aggre gate force of about 275,000 officers and men Tne volunteer officers ap pointed by the president numbered, ali told, 1,032 Of this number 441 j vere taken from the regular army and 591 from civil nie. The scarcity j of regimental officers in the regular j service, owing to appointments in the volunteers, special recruiting and ' mustering details, had so reduced their number that to Lava taken a larger number fur set vice with the volunteers would have seriously impaired the efficiency o the regular ; r giments. For a little over a thou sand appointments made by the presi ; dent, the number of applications was ! over 25,000, and each application was ; accompanied by a certificate of abi i- i ty and in mest instances in the military service, tither in the regular a my or a state organization cf the applicant and not infrequently both. These | certificates showed that each one was I as weii qualified for the position he ; sought and to which he was aopoint- j ed as could be possible for men in ; civil life in this country. Of the ! number appointed there were for in stance 26 major generals, of whom j 19 were taken from the regular army and seven from civil life Of these seven all but one were graduates of j West Point military academy, and all j bad distinguished themselves in com maud during the civil war Of briga dier generals there were 102 appoint ed, 66 from the regular army and 36 from civil life Those from civil life had all seen service during the civil war or on our western frontier, and all had proved themselves competent j to command It has been stated, and repeated j mar. y times, that the secretary of! war made these appointments, when the truth is that very few were made j upon his recommendation, although be caused the entire list with the | recommendations to be compiled and j pHcH before :he president for bia selection. I would be only loo giad to have had the honor to have made these appointments No better, no ; more lovat or patriotic set of rne:i as a whole ever nesved their country, and their appointments were a credit not only to the appointing power, but to thc country tiley served There were exceptions, but that could not have been .oreeeen In every walk of life men are found who cannot carry out successfully the work they 'nave undertaken There were three regiments of cavalry, the officers of which were appointed by the secretary of war Col Leonard Wood, now a brigadier gene:ai and j commanding the departments at San j tiago and Puerto Principe, was one I of these Col. Grigeby and Col Torrey, both good officers, were the] ether two. There were three regi ments of engineers, the colonels of which were ail graduates of the military academy, and not only the officers but the enlisted men were selected with a view to their special fitness, and in most instances upon the recommendations of the colonels themselves, and ai: proved mest efficient. There were also ten regiments of immune infantry, of whose colonels eight svere graduates of the military academy, who were selected for spe cial fitness to command, and in the short time these regiments were in service deveiooed remarkable oro m> 47 ficiency Criticisms ss to the amounts and methods cf expenditures which couid imply the wrong or careless use of money were also made by the London Times. This charge is false. So far as the conduct of the service was concerned, no person with any know ledge of the facts can ever charge truthfully, and no one can ever show that a dollar misappropriated, stolen or embezzled out of the hundreds of millions of dollars that were expend ed. The records are an open bock, and I will be glad to have them rigidly examined, and ask my successor to open these accounts to the country whenever properly called for in order that ihe entire truth may be known. R. A Alger. Secretary of VYar. Washington, D C., Joly 31. No Gold Bug Ticket. Democrats Solid for the Regular Nominee of the Party. Wanhington, July 31.-Republi can wishes father the story sent out from Washington, several days ago, that a movement was on foot to put another gold democratic presidential ticket in the field next year. No such movement hs known among democrats and no such action is ex peeled to get the support of any considerable number of democrats, because they all know that it is not being instigated by democrats, but by republicans, whose only object is lo draw support away from the regular democratic ticket A num ber of democrats who took part in organizing the Palmer and Buckner movement, have since acknowledged their mistake and their regret, and expressed their intention to stand by the regular nomination hereafter, because the democratic party as a whole stands for most of the things they believe in Although republi can money is likely to be freely used to bring about 6uch a condition, there is absolutely nothing in sight at this time to ind cale the nomina tion of a gold democratic ticket next year. There is much shaking and quak ing in the old Aiger clique in the war department because ot a rumor, which seems to have foundation, teat Secretary Root, who 3 now in Wash ifigfon, preparatory to being sworn i:i tomorrow arid taking charge intends to reorganizo the war depart mest from bottom to top Certainly nj other department of government needs a thorough reorganization mors than the one over which iir. Root his been chosen to preside, but the clique is powerful and Secretary Root may find himself unable to overthrow the Amerites If he is wise, he will get Gen Miles on his side, by restoring him the authority of which he was deprived by Aiger. Attorney Genera! Griggs, before sroicir cn on his summer vacation, shattered the hopes of numerous persons who thought they had every thing fixed to secure valuable Porto Rican concessions from the war department, by rendering opinions upon three specific concessions-the rijrht to use the water oower ci the River Plata, the right to build and operate a tramway, and the right to build and control, for all time, piers | and wharves st Ponce These opio- ; ions take the ground that that all \ such concessions were the crown I property of Spain, and sums them ail, and apparently ail other public con- j cessions on the island, up as follows : j "As crown property, they were, by the treaty ot cession, transferred by Spain to the United States of Ameri ca, and are now a part of the public ^ domain of that nation I do not j know of any right cr power which the secretary of war or the president bas to alienate iii perpetuity, any of the public domain of tho Uni ted States, except in accordance with acts of congress, duly passed with reference thereto/' This is understood to be a hint to Alger of the power of the administration to make trouble for bim and his busi ness friends, wno aro heavily inter ested in some Cuban deals, if he attemps to antagonize the ad minis Iration. Representative Griffith, who rep resents the Indiana district which sent the late Judge Holman to con gress for so many yeats, said cf politics in his State, and he knows : "Indiana wiii send to the Democratic National convention a soiiu Biyan delegation The men who were for Mr. Bryan and the Chicago platform in 1896 have not weakened in their faith regarding either I am one of those who believe in the indestructi bility of the principles of democracy, and though the party may suffer temporary defeat, it is sure to regain ascendency, for it represents better than any other political organization, the true interests of the people The predominant issue in 1900 is very apt to be war upon the trusts, and upon this the democrats wiil be in far better position than their oppon ents. The voters of the country cannot be deluded by anti trust dec larations of the republican conven tion ; they understand that there is no real antagonism between the lead ing men of that party and the trusts, but that cn the contrary, the closest intimacy exists, seeing that most of j the influential republicans are thor oughly identified with combines and monopolies. We had a great chance in 1896, and we came very near success, and we wili have just as ! good a chance in 1900. I see nota I ing in the uituation that is discour aging to democrats, but on the con trary much that betokens a winning; campaign." One of the conundrums of the hour is why the sending of a cablegram to Gen. Otis, conveying an expression pf McKinley's confidence iu him, and satisfaction with all he has done, including his press censoring, should have been kept secret for ten days after it was sent ? Some say that Mr. McKinley wanted to ascertain how far public sentiment would go in supporting the demand for the recall of Otis, and that if that demand had been a little stronger, the cable gram would have been suppressed entirely. It was evidently kept back for some purpose. And it wouldn't have been the first time that official matters have been made public Qr suppressed by this administration in deference to the state of public o inion. Atlanta, Ga., July 27.-The Consti tution bas received a special from its Covington, Ga , correspondent whioa says that a mob of 50 masked men made away with three Mormon elders who have been proselyting in Jasper County. The story is to the effect that the three elders visited the home of William Cuonard near Newton faotory, Jasper County, yesterday aod endeavor ed to persuade Mrs. Cunnard to join the church. While (bey were at the Cunnard home, 50 men masked &nd on horseback cams up and asked the elders to accompany them. They refused to do so and while they were parleying Mr. Cunnard procured a rifle and aided the mob in taking the Mormone. Several shots were exchanged and io the excitement Mrs. Caooard had her jaw shattered. The mob finally secured the eiders aod /ode off with them. Nothing has been seen of them since. The elders were driven out of two towns io Jasper County early in the week. "A Biblical student in this city,'7 gays the Washington correspondent of The Chicago Record, "declares that if I the descriptions of Solomon's Temple j are accurately given in the Bible and ; by seeuhr authorities, the total value ! of that edifice and its contents'- must; j have exceeded 50,000,000,000. In j the first place, thc value of the maie , rials ip. the rough is estimated at 1312,500.000,000, and the labor as I 2.000,000.000. According to Viiial i panels 10.000 men were engaged in ! dressing cedar lamber. SO.000 were ! cn gage-3 io catting stone and 60,GOO, ' 000 in besrbg burdens, fjr z period cf seven yeats, who, io addition to their I wsges, received 50 ceo ts a day for feed, i According o the .-ame authority, whica ; is corroborated bj Josephus, the vessc-b 1 of geld were valued ct 140.000 talents, which, reiuoed to American monev, is equal to 2.320.481,015 The vessels cf siller are calculated at 3,231,715,000, the vestments of tee priests an 'the robes of the singers ac 10.050,000, and the value of the trumpets of gold was 10,000,000." A: the time of the failure of Mr. Picckney in Charleston a few years ago the Farmers Mining company went down io the crash. The court appoint ed Mr. Wm. E .Huger receiver, and into bis hands went ail the assets of the comnany. The company at the tine was due the State 2,430 85 in royalty co phosphate rook ; this amount has been tied up ever since. Yesterday Attorney G nerai Bellinger stated that the amount bad at last been paid into the State treasury. Lieut. Col. Ernst A. Garlington, the South Carolinian who has been inspec tor general, U. S A , is by a recent order from the war department relieved of the office of inspector general and ordered to Manila for duty and inspec tor general, department of the Pacific and Eighth Army corps 'The order sending Col Garhngtoo to Manila is made because of the desire to increase thc tfficency of the troops in the field, his experience specially fitting him fer the duty to which he has been assigned. New York, July 26.-The steamship Oevic brought to this city 250 tons ot copper coins from India, consigned tc .he Oxford Copper coopaoy ne coins will be melted over for refining purposes, as they were imported as copper scrap. It is explained that the coics are worth more as cepper than as coin- n'l'h the price ot copper standing at or abol t thc present value of 18 50 (or lake. Thc stalemcnt is made that when capper btccd at 10 cents there was a prcD> in coining kr the Indian government, but co ditions are new cbarjjieu hy the prices rulicg for ccp per. I: is said thai the copper coice of Cnioa ein also be imported and mewed into copper at a profit.