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TIIK I.EDGUlt: OAFFNKY, S. C., JUNE 2, 1S08.
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Preparations Rushed at the
Park to Move to Tampa
Eight Regiments.
EQUIPPED FOR THE FIELD
SIpii Arsned \Vil!i SprinsHHd Uii!i*s.
Will‘Take Five Hundred KoiiimIk
of Adiinunition—KatioiiH For i- il'ty
Daj-s to He Shipped at Onee.
Ch.'Ttakoooa, Mavol.—Hio prepara
tions for the departure of ei^ht regi-
tuente of infantry from Chiekamauga
for Tampa are being vigorously pushed
today and the indications are that all the
eight will get out during tho next 4K
hours. The first to go will be the First
Illinois, the First Ohio, the One Hun
dred and Fifty-Seventh Indiana and
thr> Third Pennsylvania. These ure
scheduled to leave tonight. Tho work
of breaking camp and i»acking up can
be easily finished during tho day. The
men and equipment will bo loaded on
trains in the i>ark and these trains will
be given the right of way. The de
tachment formed by the/our regiments
Will number about 4,000men and will bo
commanded by Brigadier General Sny
der.
The second detachment, which will
probably leave tomorrow night, will be
'Composed of the Second New York,
Sixty-ninth Netv York, First District of
Columbia and tho Fifth Maryland.
Brigadier General L. H. Carpenter will
command this detachment. General
Carpenter has been in command of the
First division of the Third corps at the
park, while General Snyder .has been in
command of the Third division of the
First corps. Each of the eight regi
ments will be equipped with Spring-
field rifles, caliber 45, and 500 rounds of
ammunition. These, except what are
in tho hands of the men, w’illbe shipped
by rail. Each regiment w^ill provide it
self with two days’ trawel rations in
haversack and eight days’ full rations
in wagon train. Fifty days’ full rations
will bo shipped by rail to the chief com
missary at Tampa. It it; now generally
believed here that the various regiments
encamped in the park will.be sent on to
the front as soon as they are in lit con
dition. The idea that the big army
will be kept intact here all summer is
now’ entertained by hut few of the
officers.
The First Maine infantry, the Second
Arkansas infantry and the Fifty-second
Iowa infantry, which arrived yesterday
afternoon and last night, settled down
in camp today. Each of the regiments
number about 1,000 men.
The First Mississippi infantry, 1,028
men, under Colonel George M. Govan,
arrived this morning. The regiment is
without arms and uniforms. Ohio offi
cials began the work of paying the Ohio
volunteers today. The Pennsylvania
officials finished paying their men today.
The majority of the volunteers have bad
no pay for their services before being
mustered in and are loud in their com
plaints.
The Second division was scheduled
for a sham battle today, hut this morn
ing it was decided to postpone the event.
Regimental and company drills are
keeping the men employed. Inspector
•General Breckinridge states that he will
.remain here a week longer.
WANT THEIR OWN COLOR.
Negro Troops Object to the Appoint
ment of >Vliit»* Captain.
Mojui.e, May 31.—The negro company
that offered for service and some HK> or
more other negroes who wish to servo
in the volunteers, met tonight to take i
action on the appointment of Robert '
Gage, a white man, as captain of tlu |
Mobile company. Gage made them a
speech and said that he would treat
them right and then called for volun
teers. Not a man responded.
The assembly then Iramcd a petition
to Governor Johnston reciting how tho
Mobile company had long been organ
ized and drilled by good officers, how it
had been first to signify its willingness
to volunteer at the call of the president
and how they wished to have the privi
lege extended to the white companies of
naming their own officers, subject to
the ajqnoval of the governor.
Tin y do not say they will not serve
under white officers, but express prefer
ence for their old ofli« ers, who they say
arc competent.
LAFAYETTE HONORED
liis Grave Is Decorated With
Wreaths and Flags.
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•GENERAL PORTER SPEAKS
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Most Important Expedition
Yet Undertaken Has Peon
Landed In Cuba.
THREE HUNDRED CUBANS
fuel.
PRESIDENT IS DISSATISFIED.
Contractors For Army Kuppllca Are
Too Slow Filling Orders.
Washington, May 31.—The president,
upon returning from Camp Algor, where
14,COO troops are quartered, .expressed
dissatisfaction with the slow progress
made in preparing the troops for actual
service. He was surprised to find that
scarcely more than oue-bwlf of the men
were fit for service in the field, and he
made a searching inquiry ns to the
cause.
He was told that the reason tho men
had not been provided with uniforms
and guns was that the contractors were
slow in filling orders placed with them.
He thereupon directed that more speod
be* made in getting the men ready.
The president is beginning to appre
ciate the fact that the conduct of tho
war upon the lines of bloodless and
peaceful campaigning is being severely
criticised. The war has already lasted
41 days and practically no progress has
been made toward accomplishing the
purpose of the United States in declar
ing war on Spain—that of driving the
Spanish from the island of Cuba. The
war ha* cost the government, in round
numbeirs, f IOO.OOq.OOO, the Spanish are
•till in control of the island, and the
task of driving them away is apjiarciitly
much more difficult now than it wa«
when war was declared.
Hoyoatt French Millinery.
Pmi.ADEjjKitu, May bl.—A resoin-
tion has beeai passed by the Colonial
Dames in this city to refrain from using
or purchasing French goods, in retalia
tion for the unfriendly attitude of cer
tain French papers and French citizens.
Ont of the Race.
Bainukidgr, Ga., May 81.—Hon. A.
L. Hawes, candidate for congress from
this the Eleventh district, publishes a
card today in which he says: “Owing
to professional and business engage
ments, which would not permit neglect
or delay, together with the congress
ional primary being called for June 6, I
retire from the race.” This leaves the
field to Hon. James W. Griggs, who
will return to congress unopposed
Peabody Special Master.
Cos.i’MBUK, Ga., May 31.—Hon. F. D.
I’ealxady has been appointed special
master, to which the matter of fees in
the EugW- and Thcnix cast) will be re
ferred. is ts pass upon the fees for
the receives*, sptcial master and uttor-
net's and make such recommendations
fu he ificji proper.
He Is Warmly Applauded Wheni lie
Refers to the Ties Between the Two
People—Bartholdi Deplores >j.irit of
Modern Amerleans.
Pakis, May 81. — With a view to
check the blatant pro-Spanish feeling
here and enlist the sympathies of
Frenchmen in the side of Americans, a
special eff ort was made by the Ameri
can colony to do honor to the memory
of Lafayette. A big gathering pro
ceeded to his tomb in the Picpus ceme
tery, which was decorated with wreaths
and mutual flags. The United States
ambassador, General Horace Porter, de
posited the American wreaths and in an
eloquent speech referred to America’s
debt to Latayette and the “unbreakable
ties between the two peoples. He was
warmly applauded.
M. Bartholdi followed in the same
strain, but he said he deplored the fact
that it has been revealed that there ex
isted a new spirit among modern Amer
icans which differed from the traditions
of the founders of the republic.
Continuing, M. Bartholdi said French
men looked to General Porter and Amer
icans like him to “keep tho United
States faithful to the great principles of
liberty and justice which presided at
the birth of the republic.”
The military baud present played the
American and French anthems and all
those who attended the ceremonies de
filed before the tomb.
BRYAN MAY NOT COMMAND.
May Be No Room For the Regiment
He Is Raising.
Washington, May 81 —The aspira
tions of William Jennings Bryan to lead
a regiment to the front may be thwarted,
as will be the case with a large number
of civilians who h ive been organizing
regiments in anticipation of the second
call lor troops.
This is brought about by the policy to
be pursued in organizing troops under
the second call. It is proposed to fill
up the regiments now organized so as
to bring them up to their maximum
strength before attempting to organize
new regiments. Mr. Bryan is not the
only one doomed to disappointment.
In many of the states it will take
nearly the entire quota under the sec
ond call to fill the organizations already
sent to the field.
The law says that before any new
regiments are organized those already
in the field shall be recruited to their
maximum strength as nearly as possi
ble.
The president has stated that he pro
poses to have this done. The officials
state that nothing is being done with a
view to preventing Bryan or any other
persons from getting positions.
Cordage Trust to Be Revived.
New York, May 81.—The war has
revived tho rope industry in this coun
try, and Rear Admiral Dewey’s signal
victory at Manila has put the American
manufacturers in the way of making
fortunes. As a result it is understood
that the manufacturers and others will
revive the cordage trust soon. Manila
was, outside of Mexico, the main supplv
for raw material, and since Admiral
Dewey has closed that port prices have
suddenly boomed up from 3b, cents a
pound to 8' 2 cents a pound for raw Ma
nila hemp. There is no chance to pur
chase Manila hemp for future ship
ment, which is usually done when
prices are normal.
Promises Neutrality Fur France.
Paiu«, May 31. — In a speech at
Etienne at the unveiling of a monu
ment to the soldiers of 1870, President
Fanre declared that France is resolved
to maintain tho strictest neutrality in
the Siuiuieli-American war. He earn
estly hoped that the efforts of the neu
tral powers will succeed in restoring
peace, regretting that they failed to pre
vent the conflict.
There Were Many Distinguished Offl-
cers In the Party—Seven Thousand
RUles and Two Million Rounds of
Ammunition For Gureiu’s Army.
Key West, May 31.—The steamer
Florida returned here today from Cuba,
having successfully landed a most im
portant expedition on the island.
Nearly 400 men, with a pack train
and a large quantity of arms and am
munition, sailed for Guantanamo, on
the Plant line steamer Florida, on the
night of May 21. These men and the
equipment constituted an expedition
able to operate independently and to
defend itself against any body of Span
ish troops which might oppose it.
The expedition was under the com
mand of Colonel Jose Lacret, former in
surgent commander in Matanzas prov
ince. He assumed the direction of
affairs immediately on the landing of
i the expedition. Until then General
i Joaquin Castillo was in control. Geu-
| oral Julio Saugailly, on the way to re-
| port to General Maximo Gomez, was
i also on the boat.
This is the most powerful anti-Span
ish expedition ever sent to Culm. About
; 800 of the men are Cubans; the others
are Americans. The engineer corps of
tho expedition is composed entirely of
Americans under Aurcliau Ladd and
with the party are Americans,
i The men were dressed in canvass uni
forms furnished by the United Stages
government and the commissary hud
rations enough to last 14 days after the i Canada
lauding. The pack train consisted of ! teeted.
85 mules and 25 horses. Tk : expedi
tion carried 7,000 rifles and 2,000,000
rounds of ammuuition for Gcueral Cu-
j lixto Garcia.
The expedition is composed of hardy
young fellows who looked lit for any
thing.
General Sanguilly’s return fro Cnba is
a remarkable incident in his extraordi
nary career. His gallant services in the
ten years’ war; his arrest in Havana at
the beginning of the present insurrec
tion; his sentence to death and his re
lease at the intercession of Secretary
Sherman on a promise to remiain out
side of Cuba, have made him a conspic-
| nous man. About six months ago Gen
eral Gomez ordered him to report for
duty and he did not obey. Now he is
going to humble himself before “The
Old Man.” Cubans say he is likely to
receive him gruffly, take away his
sword and order him to fight in the
ranks. General Gomez is a stickler for
obedience.
General Enrique Colazb, through the
failure of the junta to land him in Cuba
after the death of General Antonio Ma-
coo, was unable to take the command
to which had been assigned. When lie
did reach Cuba later with an expedition
General Gomez reduced him to rank of
colonel as a punishment for his failure
to obey the previous order. , This action
was taken notwithstanding tho fact
Colazo and Gomez are dear friends.
The expedition was convoyed by the
cruiser Marblehead, the torpedo beat
destroyer Eagle and other warships.
Two young brothers of General Nea
ter Araugueren are with the expedi
tion.
i When the present revolution in Cnba
began General Jose Lacret Morlot, by
which title ho is popularly known, se
cured passage on the steamer Mascetta
for Jamaica on his way to Cnba. The
English government had information
regarding Lacret’s movements and pre
vented him sailing for Cuba from Ja
maica. He then went to Mexico and
Liter to New York. At tho latter place
he consulted with the junta and re
turned to Tampa. Here he embarked
on the steamer Olivette for Havana in
the garb of a priest.
Still in the garb of a priest he boarded
a train for Sagua la Grande. Accom
panying him were a large number of
Spanish soldiers.
Being highly educated, a man of good
presence and a “padre,” was sufficient
to give him an entree into the best
Spanish society of Sagua la Grande,
i Lacret stopped at the best hotel, and
when in the eafes at tho alcade’s right
hand. After communicating with ttfo
insurgents, tho “padre” suddenly disap
peared from the hotel. He joined the
insurgents, and throwing off his priestly
disguise, has since performed valorous
service for the cause of Cuban freedom.
Tho Florida has been quarantined,
but she may be released in an hour or
so. So far not a line of authentic news
t has left the ship. Report has it that
she landed her party about 23 miles
east of Havana and that not a shot was
fired.
Seuor Polo, the local delegate of tho
Cuban junta, has official information
that the Florida expedition has been
lauded.
EARLY MOVEMENT EXPECTED
A Hot Exchange of Dispatches Be
tween Nehiey and Washington.
Kingston, Jamaica. May 31.—A hot
cxclirngo of dispatches between * 'oin-
modoro Schb y and Was! ingtun has oc
curred during the last 3*i hours, and an
important inovi meiit of Schley’s fleet is
expected soon. The auxiliary cruiser
Yale put in hero Saturday, receiving
and sending cablegrams. Tho Eagle
and the Harvard have l>ocn in Jamaican
waters several times, acting as disjKitch
boats.
The Associated Press dispatch boat
Dandy has had an unpleasant exfieri-
once. Owing to a misconstruction ol
tho neutrality laws she was detained
kero from Saturday until Monday by
refusal of British officials to allow hci
to coal, tearing violation of the neutral
ity. It was only by energetic action o.
tho American consul, Mr. Snyder, tiiac
the Dandy secured permission to take
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LIST OF SPANISH SPIES
Letter Found In Canada by r.
Secret Service Agent.
SPANISH SEEK TO RECOVER
Montreal’s Chief of Detectives Ar
rested on Suspicion of Stealing Let
ter, but Denies Knowledge of It and
Will Sue Spaniards For $o0,000.
Montreal, May 31.—A letter, said to
contain the names of Spanish spies in tho
United States, has been abstracted from
42 Tapper street, where Lieutenant Car
ranza, Seuor Du Bose and other mem
bers of the Spanish secret service live
It was secured by a United States secret
service agent. Carranza ami his asso
ciates are moving heaven and earth to
regain it and have offered immense re
wards, but it is gone.
The entire city detective force arc
worlfiug on the case, for it is under
stood that until they are ordered out of
the Spaniards
Joseph Kellert,
Metropolitan detective
pected of being in tbo
United States, has been
office and house have
must be pro
chief of the
service, sus-
employ of the
arrested. His
been searched,
but no letter has been found. Ho de
nies knowledge of the affair, and will
sue the Spaniards for $50,000. It is
supposed that he looks like the United
States detective who got the letter.
Kellert was told that if he gave up
the letter ho would be let off, but it is
supposed that he is in the Unueii States
by now.
The man who stole the letter evi
dently watched his chance win n the
Spaniards were out. He came to the
house accompanied by an order from
Mrs. Simpson, the agent for the house,
and was let in by one of the servants,
who allowed him to look through it. He
stayed only 10 minutes.
When the. Spaniards returned the let
ter was gone. Carranza rushed down
in a cab to see H. C. SL Pierre, who has
been acting as the Spanish lawyer: He
fought in the war of the rebellion and
was a prisoner of war. Ho put the city
detective officers on the case.
From descriptions they thought the
man was Kellert, as he was suspected
of doing work for the United States.
They watched his office and got one of
the girls who saw the man to look at
him. The girl thought he was the man.
One of the Spaniards, Lieutenant Car
ranza, went to Kellert’s office and on
the pretext of wanting to engage his
services had a look at him. They shad
owed him all evening.
R. A. Greenshields, Kellert's lawyer,
is sure they got the wrong man, but ad
mits that the letter was stolen.
Carranfci himself gave the informa
tion, and Kellert was arrested for steal
ing a letter from Lieutenant Carranza
bearing an 8-cent postage stamp.
Kellert says:
“1 did not do it, but would lie proud
if I had done it. It was a great piece of
work in a good cause.”
The case will come up in the criminal
court.
Dispatches from Washington state
that Kellert is in the employ of the se
cret service and had been put on Span
ish spy cases.
REGULAR ARMY UNPOPULAR.
Plan to Raise It to 02,000 Men May
Re Abandoned.
Washington, May 31.—It looks as
though the project to raise the regular
army to its maximum strength of about
(52,000 men will have to be abahdoned.
The war department officials have prac
tically given up hope of securing a
greater forec than 40,000.
Most of those who wish to serve at
the front are desirous of entering the
volunteer army and will have nothing
to do with the regulars.
This is inexplicable (o the military
authorities, who believe that the regu
lar army offers greater advantages to a
soldier and assures him better care
while in the field.
Great Activity In Army anc)
Navy Departments at the
City of Washington.
NO NEWS IS GIVEN OUl
Santiago de Cuba or Porto Rico Maj
Be the Objective Point—General Let
Bus Left Tampa to Establish Head
quarters at Jacksonville.
Washington, May 81. — The com
mand to advance has infused intense
activity into every branch of military
and naval circles. It was shown today
in the hurried but systematic prepara
tions at the various bureaus at the war
and navy departments and in the keen
air of expectancy everywhere prevail
ing. The authoritative statements made
yesterday by General Miles and others
that the orders for an advance had been
issued, left no further doubt on thu'.
point.
The report from Key West that tho
steamer Florida returned there thi:
morning after successfully lauding a
most important expedition in Cuba, was
supplemented by tho information here
that tho expedition was in command of
General Lacret, the well known Cuban
leader, who has with him 400 picked
Cubans, thoroughly armed and equipped
by the United States. Prior to the cab
inet meeting reports were current that
the president hail told some of his call
ers that he expected Commodore Schley
would attack Admiral Cervera today in
Santiago harbor.
Inquiry failed to substantiate this re
port. On the contrary, those in a posi
tion to know the general plans of at
tack slated that the navy and army
would act together and that one branch
of the service was not likely to strike a
decisive blow until the other was ready
to eoojierate and thus make this blow
doubly effective. While there continues
to be entire official reticence as to the
exact points of invasion, the concensus
of opinion, drawn from the most intel
ligent sources, is that the eastern end of
Cuba, constituting the province of San
tiago, with Santiago de Cuba as its cap
ital, and Porto Rico, will be among the
objective points. For this reason the
situation in Santiago province and
Porto Rico was thoroughly canvassed.
General Lee last night left Tampa for
Jacksonville on the East Coast of Flor
ida to open headquarters there. But
one inference can be drawn from this
movement, namely that Jacksonville is
to be made a base of operations against
Porto Rico. The town is admirably sit
uated for this purpose; in fact it far
surpasses Key West as a base for opera
tions even against any of the eastern
points of Cul>a.
The terminus of an excellent railroad
system leading from the north and west
with good steamboat connection with
New York, with a navigab e river
affording a good harbor and distant only
1.200 miles Irom San Juan in an air
line. Jacksonville leaves little to be: do-
sired as a base of military operations.
WRECKED ON CUBAN COAST.
Boston Steamer Carrying Viee Pres
ident Cuban Republic Ashore.
Boston, May 31.—The Boston Fruit
company received a cablegram this
morning announcing that their largo
steamer Bclvidere, which loft Jamaica
last Wednesday night for Boston, is
ashore on Cape Maysi, on the eastern
end of Cuba and is probably a total
wreck. The fate of the passengers and
crew is unknown, although it is thought
they were possibly rescued.
The company states that among tho
passengers were Seuor Capote, vice
president of the Cuban republic.
It is thought the Belvidere was
wrecked late Wednesday night. The
j captain of the fruit company’s steamer
Ethelred, who sighted the Belvidere
when passing the cape, says the latter
craft had been abandoned and the hull
was badly damaged.
The after part of the steamer was full
of water. The Belvidere was one of
the finest steamers in the Boston Fruit
company's fleet. She was built at
Glasgow about one year ago and regis
tered about 1,800 tons. Her cargo con
sisted of 20,000 bunches of bananas and
300 bags of cocoauuts.
THE NICARAGUA CANALyDlLL
t'em.toj- Morgan Ropes to Get a f- HVor-
nble \ ote Before Adjournment.
Wasiungton, May 81.-Senator John
T. Morgan of Alabama, speak.iig of tho
Nicaragua »anal bill tonight, said:
“I Imvc hope of g, t;ing a vote on tho
canal bid Uforo the adjournment of
congress. The question of building an
ir.tcroeennic canal is, to my mind, ona
ot tnc most important matters of tho
time. There is every reason why tho
canal should he built, and I believe the
project will be 1 >oko 1 npm with favor.
“The bill now before the Nicaragua
canal committee appropriates $100,001),-
000 for the construction of the water
way between the two great oceans. It
provides, also, for the purchase of the
stock of the Maritime Canal com; say.
This company has valuable concessions
which are necessary before work on the
canal can be begun.”
RECENT FOR EFiYAH
Governor of Missouri Offers
Nebraskan a Command.
ACT WILL MEET APPROVAL
In View of the Fact That Bryan’s Ne
braska Regiment May Not Go to the
Front, Governor Stephens Oilers to
Appoint Him Colonel.
St. Lons; May 31.—A special to the
Post-Dispatch from Jefferson City, Mo.,
says that Governor Stephens in a tele
gram today offered the command of a
Missonri regiment to William J. Bryan
of Nebraska, “in view of the fact that
he (Bryan) cannot lead a regiment
from his own state.”
The telegram says:
“Hon. William J. Bryan, Lincoln;—
Seeing that your state under the second
call for 75,000 volunteers, may not be
requested to furnish a full regiment, and
knowing of your patriotism and anxiety
to go to the front in the service of your
country during the present war, I
hereby tender you, if under the second ,
call I am empowered by the secretary
of war to make such appointment, the
colonelcy of tho Missouri regiment.
“Presuming to speak for my state, I
say that our people will be as loyal to
you personally as you to your country
and they will feel honored to fight un
der your leadership.
“Lon V. Stephens,
“Governor of Missonri.”
In an interview Governor Stephens
said:
“I offered the colonelcy to Mr. Bryan
in good faith and hope he will accept it.
Missourians generally will indorse my
action. I believe I am empowered to
make this appointment and if Mr.
Bryan accepts ho may be induced toj
become a citizen of our state.
Rough Riders to the Front.
San Antonio, Tex., May 31.—Roose
velt's rough riders, officially known as
the First United States cavalry, have
left for Tam]Ni. Colonel Roosevelt had
a promise, before leaving Washington,
that his regiment should l>e among the
first to go to the front.
German Correspondent Escapes.
St. Thomas, Danish West Indies,
May 31.—The German newspaper cor
respondent, Mr. Emcrssohn, who was
j arrested in Porto Rico, who subse-
queutly escaped and who was adjudged
; a spy by the alcalde of Csguas, who
placed a priie on his head, is reported
to have reached Santa Cruz, the Danish
island near here, in safety.
I*iieuinoiilM at ClilckntnaugM.
Chattanooga, May 81.—Several
deaths have occurred in camp here,
principally from pneumonia. The heat
is beginning to tell on the men. Two
prostrations have occurred, but they are
not serious.
I’roftosals For Pence.
London, May 81.—A London news
agency asserts that the pope has for
warded peace proposals to President
McKinley,
llrnzlllnn Minister Arrives.
New Yokk, May 81.—Senor J. F. Do
Assis Brasil, Brazilian minister to tho
United States, arrived here today on
board the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm Der
Grosse from Bremen and Konthnmpton.
Other passengers were Victor F. Law-
sou and Potter Palmer of Chicago.
Money For the Troops,
Savannah, May 81.—Eight paymas
ters of the United States army, George
E. Glenn, & S. Dodge, George R.
Smith, J. L. Bullis. E. Dodge, Otto
Becker, F. E. Corf: d F. H. Good-
hurt, passed throu: 10 annah on their
way to Tampa, who. aey go to pay off
the soldiers there on June 1. Paymas
ters for most of the regulars have al
ready gone down, and it is sai<| those
will take up tho volunteers, and that
they will be paid practically along with
the other men.
These Want to Fight.
Raleigh, May 81.—Two companies
of negro troops have left hero for Fort
McPherson, Ga. Before they had gone
25 miles there was fighting and one
negro was severely cut. The troops are
commanded by negro officers.
Activity at Mobile.
Moiui.e, May 31.—The army movo-
meut from this point may be said to
have virtually commenced. All day
unusual activity has been noted about
corps headquarters of General Cop-
piuger, and particularly at tho army
depot warehouses. Quartermaster and
commissary officers and clerks have
been in a continuous rush, and are
i working late. The air of suppressed
1 excitement noted among field and staff
] officers became infectious among the
men, culminating this evening when it
was admitted that tho issue of travel
and field rations to the troops has com-
menood. The Second cavalry was fur
nished with six days' rations today, and
the Fifth cavalry will be supplied early
tomorrow. The travel rations issued
are for one week.
Want a H ealtliicr Campground.
Nashville, May 31.—Unless orders
are received by the First regiment in a*
day or two, they will necessarily seek a
more healthy campground, as there is
so much sickness. Adjutant General
Sykes has decided to accept the position
of lieutenant colonel under Colonel W.
R. Garrett if his regiment is called into
service.
American Warships Sighted.
Cape Haytien, Huyti, May 31.—A
Huytien gunboat, which arrived here
from Port-au-Prince at 8 o’clock this
morning with the minister of public
works on board, reports that while pass
ing the Mole St. Nicholas yesterday af
ternoon she saw five American warships
cruis. rg in that vicinity.
Miles In Savannah.
Savannah, May 81.—General Miles
and staff reached Savannah this after
noon. A committee of Savannah citi
zens waited on Miles to induce him to
concentrate troops here now in Chicka-
mauga. The city appropriates $5,OU0
for camp grounds.
Killed Family and Self.
London, May 31.—Frederick Hall, a
crate maker living at Burston, the prin
cipal town in the district called “The
Potteries,” in Staffordshire, this morn
ing murdered his wife and live chil
dren with a bill hook and then com
mitted suieide by cutting his throat. It
is supposed that the man had suddenly
become insane.
DAILY MARKET REPORTS
COl'TON KU TURKS.
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June.
July
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
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To Feed Augusta’s Troops.
Augusta, Ga., May 81.—The news of
the condition of the Georgia troops at
Tampa, as reported by The Chronicle’s
correspondeut, Mr. J. J. Farrell of the
German guards, has caused a local sen
sation and a carload of supplies is taung
made up to be forwarded on Wednes
day. Our people feel it is a reproach on
Georgia to have h?r troops so illy pro-
Tided for, and Augusta will not allc
her contingent to suffer longer.
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8t. Louis Puts to Hea.
New York, May 31.—The auxiliary
cruiser St. Louis has sailed, tho strike
which threatened to delay the vessel
having been peacefully adjusted.
Oates Gives Satisfaction.
Opelika, Ala., May 31.—The appoint
ment of Colonel W. C. Oates as briga
dier general in the United States army
causes much satisfaction in this dis
trict, which Colonel Oates represented
fur 14 years in congress.
Cervera Would Run Away.
New York, May 31.—A copyrighted
special from Port au Prince to The
World says: A report was current at
Mole St. Nicholas that three of Cer-
▼era's fleet tried to steal out of Santiago
and were pursued. They only escaped
destruction by regaining their port.
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NAVAL STORKS.
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