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THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., OCTOBER «. I8C8. JOE WHEElfB NOW RELATES HIS STORY General Appears Before the War Inquiry Board. DESCRIBES LATE EVENTS BIG DEMAND FOR PIG IRON. ' NEW SHIP BAPTIZED WITH GREAT ECLAT 4 tbo~e that tlicro was an tibnnclancc of the* suypHe.-; af ull character. No Shortage of Rations. RcturniiijT to Santiago oatnpaiKn he saikl that only two regiments had re ported a shortage of rations and he had immediately telephoned to the rear, and the shortage, which was dr.e toacci lent, had been adjusted. There was sntler- iug when the men were compelled to j f hningi because to do so Is to he on the breastworks. The meat v as cauge tlK , m t0 ” ant . 0 i ordor9 ()h tb is poor and they hod no >re < . account some of the furnaces tlxal aced LARGE THRONGS PRESENT tsitipenents Oo From Hlrmiitghain to Savannah and Charleston. Birmingham. Ala., Oct. 1.—So pro nounced is the demand for Birmingham pig iron that the furnace operate aro ! ^ Formal j Christened experiencing difiiculty in blowing out ■“ « those of their furnaces which are in jjy JIig S NailCy Leiter. HEAVY GALE AT SAVANNAH. Aluch Damage to Shipping and Sur> Kurban Seaside Resorts. Savannah, Oct. 3.—A terrific north- IDEA OPPOSED BY OORDO^. He Says !tc> One Can Succeed to Davis* Title. Reyndldp, Ga., Sept. 30.—General east gale passed over this city, causing , John B. Gordon, commander-in-chief of much damage to shipping and surbur- ' the United Confederate veterans, is at He Testifies With Respect to Conduct Of Military Operations From the Kinburkut ion of Troops at Taiupa to the Fall of Santiago. Washington, Oct. 4.—The war in- Testigating committee lx>gan its exami nation of witnesses today by placing General Je a iph Wheeler on the stand. Chairman Dodge stated-to him the scope of the commission’s duties and asked General Wheeler whether ho had any objections to being sworn. He replied that he had none, and Major Mills, the recorder for the commission, adminis tered the oath. Ex-Governor Beaver conducted the examination, developing the essential facte as to General Wheoler’s rank and his command. General Wheeler '■tated that he left Tampa for Cuba on June 14, tack. They were forced to live in the sun and water alternately and neces- surilv ihere was much sickness. While they had the full quota of doctors and nurses, he thought that if more had been furnished the men would have been better cared for. As to rations, i three days’ supply was generally issued. Whenever the troops went into action i they would throw their food away, as well as their packs, and they often did not recover them. i General Wheeler took up tho common I report that the Cubans stole goods thus discarded. It was not fair, he said, to thus aocme the natives, for there was so much of this flotsam and jetsam that, I hungry and poorly clothed as the Cu- I bans were, they were not to be blamed for helping themselves. He said he had | seen among the :yj,000 people who came ; out of Santiago many ladies of refine ment who were emaciated and evidently hungry. Scene on the DuttlcHeld. In reply to questions he stated be never had heard of any shortage of I commissary or ordnance supplies at but he had no knowledge of the cam- i Santiago, but he had been told that the ix- • a j ai a ^ lufcdiral snuDiioa wore short, yet he had paign before going aboard tho transport. , m) knmv i PdR0 on this pohu. He then told of the voyage. On June i He b . ;d seen some W ouuded men crawl ing to tho rear of the engagements, but as a rule as soon as a man fell in battle he was carried to the hospitals by the medical corps. He said that as a rule the quality of hard tack was good. Where there was any deterioration it was due to local rakis and not to tho fact of original in- ieriority. The spirit of tho army was such, ho said, that there was no disi>o.sition to complain. “They were all proud to be there and willing to undergo hardships.” Replying to a question from Colonel Donby, General Wheeler said the regu lars had shown a greater ability to take care of themselves than the volunteers. The volunteers wero more careless, but the volunteer cavalrymen were not so negligent as the other volunteers, be cause they were generally western itien, who had been used to camping, llo thought this fact bad had a strong iu- lluenco in causing the health of the regulars to be Letter than that of the Volunteers. j Query by Evan Howell. , Captain Howell asked to what he at- j tributed the developments of disease ' after the capitulation of Santiago, and 1 General Wheeler replied that -it was ' due to the climate and to tho exposure | made necessary. All the men seemed i to be mote or less affected by the comli- i turns. He had, he said, known of no j instance of a sick or wounded man dy- j lug from want of care from the physi- j ciuns. So far as he knew there wat general commendation of the medical corps, except that on one or two occa sions there had been some grumbling in regard to general conditions. He : thought tl»ere was a deficiency in the j number of ambulances, but this defi- j 21 General Shatter ordered him to dis embark the next day, which he did with a portion of his command. He rode into the country -1 miles that day and the next moved his troops to Jaguracita. He then began his rocou- noitering, arranging with General Cas tillo of the Cuban army to send Cuba.fi Iroops with his men for the reconnoiter, but unfortunately the Cubans did not keep the engagement. He told of the first battle at La Qnasima, stopping to compliment especially the regular troops and also to speak of their excellent firing. They soon learned to distrust the reports and estimates of the Span iards. General Wheeler had not been able on his own account to secure any j accurate estimate of the Spanish loss j during tho American approach upon | Santiago. After the First Rattle. Speaking of the proceedings after the | first battle ho explained that he had | been reported sick and there were seme | movements just prior to the buttle at i El Caney with which he was not ■ familiar. “I was not sick,” he said, ‘‘but had j been on the twenty-ninth and thirtieth j Still I had not gone to the sick list. I bad a fever, but 1 appreciated the situa tion, took medicine and came out all light.” He was in the battle of El Caney and i expressed the opinion that more men i had been killed in the formation of the | line than afterwards. He to'd of the ! necessity for wading the San Juan river, saying that the water was about waist deep. •*I ought to say,” said the general in the course of his testimony, “that it was magnificent to see officers of l\igh rank go across with their packs on their | cieney was due to the exigencies of the ; backs, accepting all tho fortunes of war | campaign. repairs are being run without them, so it is stated One of the Oxtmure fur naces has been blown out. but work of relming it will bo hastened with the greatest possible speed. The demand for pig iron is steadily exceeding the productive capacity, and furnace men say that this meqiis an upward movement in prices. Export shipments are not only goin^' to Mobile but to Savannah and Charleston to be forwarded on cotton steamers from those ports. All indications point to a larger total export movement in iron this year than last, despite the losses sr-daiued daring the Spanish-American w . CHARLESTON BEGINS EARLY. Already Making Preparation, to En tertain tlie Confederates. Charleston, Oct. 3—The i\ nion committee of the Confederate Yeti ails’ association mot for the purpose of se lecting a date for the opening of the reunion of the United Confederate vet erans to be held here next spring. The selection of a site for the erection of an an.ditorium that will accommodate 10,- 000 people was also discussed. The week beginning May 7, IWtfi, was chosen as the most favorable time to hold the great convention. At t’.is time Charleston can afford excellent accommodations. The weather is soft and balmy, apd if it be necessary to furnish tents fur tho old veterans tho weather will bo most suitable. After the week for the convention had h en decided on the question of an an ditorium was taken up. It. is very probable that a permanent structure, costing $35,000, will be erected, with a seating capacity for 10,- 000 people. FIVE GUILTY OF MURDER. People From Washington and Other Cities Flock to Newport News ami Witness EniiticlUng of the Diggest Fighting Machine In Our Navy. Newport News, Va., Oct. 4.—New port News is thronged with visitors from far and near, who came to witness the launching of tho battleship Illinois. Chicago and Washington are repre- 1 barks Maria Raffo and Cosme. ban seaside resorts The damage in the city is slight, as previous storms had in jured all the weak places. i There were 11 vessels below the city, ten of which were ready to go to sea. and the other, the Italian bark Frank- 1 lin. was at tlie quarantine- station, 16 miles below this city. Four were blown ashore. These are the British schooner Syauu^a, the bark Franklin and the , schooners Millville and Fannie L. Childs. The 5-mastcd schooner Governor 1 Ames broke from her moorings 5 miles below this city, but cast anchors and rode out the storm safely. The other vessels are tho Fannie Ritchie, t>he John L. Treat, Rebecca M. Walls and the They wore safely anchored and sustained lit tle damage. The gale was forecasted in ample his plantation :wur here resting ani at intervals par.-mug his literary work. The general was shown the Associated Press di-.-patch from Chicago in which Mis* Lucy Lc** Hill claims to have had the title •‘Dar.gnterof t-heConfederacy” conferred upon her by her southern Ir lends since ihe death of Winnie Davis. The general was asked if the title could be thus transferred and replied with great earnest ness: “Emphatically no. Miss Winnie was the only daughter of President Davis born in tlie contcdorate 'White House’ during the life ol the confederacy. As Jefferson Davis was the only president of the confederate government, no daughter of any other official could truly represent the confederacy. For that reason it would not be a4ipropriate to call even the daughter of General Robert E Lc*o the‘Daughter of the Con- time to eoable all other craft along the j federacy.’ To designate any one else as Vi X - * i - --*- ' k ■**.- i. f'LVkAs i=-. -7 'JKj c MEi.vSAf" - 1 Jury In the Famous Thompson Case Returns Its Verdict. Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 30.—In fibe United Slates court, after ten days’ trial, the jury in the case of the five Talladega citizens—Chess Motes, Dodfy, BiauJoensbip, Walter Motes, J. Robert son and John Littlejohn—charged with having waylaid and mardered W. A. Thompson, a government witness, near Sylacauga, Ala., in March last, brought in a verdict of guilty. The jury recommended all but Chess Motes to the mercy of tho court. The case was full of sensations. Robert Taylor, who first made a confession in the commissioners’ court, made his es cape after the trial was on five or six •* THE ILLINOIS, seated by large delegations of promi nent men and women, while the nearby cities and villages have practically emptied themselves of their population in order to assist the state of Illinois in honoring the baptism of the great ship which is to licar the name of the Prairie fate. A conservative estimate places the crowd of visitors at fully 20,000 and it is believed that fully 30,000 persons witnessed tho ceremonies attending upon the launching. Tho weather is ideal. Among the prominent persons from the national capital wu,s Assistant Sec retary ot the Navy Allen, who came from Portsmouth, where he has been in specting tin* navyyard. He was On board the dispatch boat Dolphin, and also attended the launching luncheon at tho Chamberlain hotel this afternoon. The steamer Newport News brought down from Washington the following invited guests: Commodore and Mrs. M. T. Endicott, Captain A. S. Crowninshield, Paymas days. Then Chess Motes, another of j ter General Edwin Stewart, Engiueer- tho defendants, mad ■ a confession, say lug he and Taylor did tho killing, and the others were not there. Motes Will probably get a life sen- It .u e in the pumtoiitiaiy and the others shorter time. A big reward is offered for Taylor’s capture. with their men. They slept on the j ground with the soldiers. None of us were mounted and we were without tents tor seven days.” Speaking of tho character of tho roads ' from the coast to the points occupied by ( the Americans, he said that with such ; attention as they were able to give to ! them they wore very good. Roads Equal to Demands. The rains had not been severe up to that time. The roads were narrow but equal to the demands. The supplies were considered sufficient, except in a few instances, and in those instances the deficiency was only temporary. "General Shaffer,” ho said, "deserves great credit for the zeal he displayed in tins respect. He devoted himself to this task and I think there is no donbt he succeeded. We used pack trains and there was comparatively little suffering because of the shortness of qaarterma’k- tors’ supplies.” Gi ueral Wheeler said in response to a question that Ci rvera’s fleet was the I object of the campaign. There was no ! reason why the Spanish troops should not have made a sortie from Santiago j artd he asked General Tonal alter the surrender why he had not attacked. 1 The latter replied that tho failure to-do \ so was because his men were footsore. [ Yet General Wheeler could not accept this explanation, for the Spanish Sol diers were not footsore. General Wheel er’s opinion was that tho Spanish com mander was not able to face the Ameri cans in tho open. Discussing the plan of campaign, he caid ho doubted whether any more ef fective plan could have been adopted. Speaking of the medical department, he said that at times there were com- f’aints, but that they wero not serious. On occasions' there was a shortage of burgeons, some of the surgeons being sick or wouuded. Wounded All Cared For. According to General Wheeler’s be lief the wounded in battle were promptly cared for by the surgeons. After tlie fight of July 1 all the wounded were carried from the field that night. The witness had heard that there was more complaint of tho shortage of medicine among the infantry than in the cavalry arm of the service. Going l»a(?k to Tampa, he said that just at that season, he was there tho First half of June the site was without objection, but be had felt that it would be wet later in tho season. It was his impression that Tampa had been se lected an a camp after the biginning of tho war, and was incidental to the in tended movement on Havana. There was, he said, at times some shortage of supplies at the camp, "but nothing,” he added, “that a soldier could complain of.” They had com fortable tents and the commissary su])- plies were sufficient. The water supply v> as also good. He said the men in his command were well taken care of. How ever, very few men at that time wero sick. He had himself gone into the hosintals and had found the men doing 1 well. General Wheeler said ho had no con- | frol over any of the supplies which were 1 taken to Santiago on the transports I when he left Tampa. This was at- ' tended to by the different staff officers. ; lie only knew from conversation with Grnham Retires From Army. General Wheeler also said in reply to ; , ,, , Captain Howell that he knew of no con- I Atlanta, oepf. uO. Ganoral William fusion in shipping supplies to Tampa. 1 H. Graham, formerly commander of tlie He was not acquainted with a case in J department of tho gulf, has been retired which the body of a vehicle was shipped j f r0U1 the service, having reached the J age of (14 years. General Hamilton L. on one vessel and the wheels on another. Ais memory was not distinct as to com- plainss from physicians in bis command | as to the scarcity of medical supplies, j but he thought there were some such ; complaints, and in such ho had had 1 them supplied as promptly as pos- i sible. There had been diffleulty in getting j the transports to lie as near inshore us ! was desirable, rendering it difficult to i get at supplies promptly. CAMP POLAND INSPECTED. | Nothing to Indicate a Removal of the ] Tennessee Division. Knoxville, Oot. 4.—Today’s event at ! Camp Poland is the rigid inspection of , various commands conducted, by staff | officers of General McKee incompliance | with his orders. Especial attention to nanitary conditionsds being directed. j Nothing has been received here indi cating a removal of the division to any I other camp. Regimental officers and I men are in favor of remaining. Health | conditions have greatly improved hero and camps are all ideally located as far as water, transportation facilities, etc., are concerned. No deaths are reported this morning at tire division hospital. Orders restor ing regimeiuai hospitals will not cause abandonment of the division hospitals. | It will be hold for woiyse cases. Regulars In Poor Shape. Anniston, Ala., Oct. 4.—Lieutenant Colonel Marion P. Mans, inspector gen eral on General Miles’ staff, spent the day here inspecting the First and Sec ond regular infantry, which have been in-Chief George W. Melville, Surgeon General W. K. Van Reypen and wife, Chief Constructor Philip Hichhprn and wife. Captain and Mrs. Samuel C. Lem- ley, Secretary of Agriculture Wilsouand daughter, Assistant Secretary of War John D. Meikeljohn, Hon. Martin Knapp and wife and J. D. Yeoman and wife. Governor Taifner’s party arrived at Old Point at 10:00 last night. Tho pre liminaries began at 10:00 and the christ ening party passed through the im mense throng gathered around the red hull of the Illinois at 10:30. Finally the river front to prepare for the worst RICE GROWERS BIG LOSERS. : Loss Around Charleston From Thirty to About Fifty Per Cent. 5 Charleston, Oct. 3. — Yesterday’s hurricane and the storm of two weeks ago have done but small damage to property in this vicinity, but the Iqss to i rice growers will be very heavy. Even I the damage done by the great storm of 18i*3 has been exceeded. It is variously estimated by the planters and rice brokers that the loss will be from 30 to 60 per cent. Tho damage is entirely due to the ex cessive high tides and easterly winds that have prevailed along tho coast as a result of the two storms. | The tides have kept the water in the fields tor a week and the drains ntfuse 1 to draw. The easterly wind serves to keep the water hacked up in tho 1 streams. Breaks in the banks have oc- ' eurred on the Pou Pou, Ashapoo and '< Combahee rivers and these sections have suffered most severely. CAMPS FOR THE SOLDIERS. Troops Will Be Sent to Georgia and Eolith Carolina Towns. Washington, Oct. 3.—As the result i of a conference between Secretary Al- i gcr and General Corbin tho slate con taining the list of places for war camps ! was somewhat changed. Instead yf an 1 even divide between Georgia and South Carolina, as at first contemplated, Geor gia gets seven camps and South Caro lina three. Atlanta heads the list. T\v(^brigades will, under the present plans, be sent there and it is expected that they will go about Nov. 1 It is the intention of the department that all the troops now at Camp Meade, at Lexington and at Knoxville shall he moved to these now i winter camps Nov. I. The other Georgia cities at which camp-! arc to be located arc* Augusta, Athens, Americus, Albany, Columbus and Macon. The throe Daughter of the Confederacy’ would nor only be inappropriate and tneaning- I less, but would deprive the title of all j Us value. “As with Jefferson Davis passed the j titk* of president of ihe Confederacy, no j with Miss Winnie has passed that of j “Daughter of the Confederacy.’ ” VETERANS ENTER PROTEST. Coiiteder.iteu of Virginia Desire No Successor to Winnie. Richmond, Oct. 1.—Lee Camp Con federate Veterans of Virginia adopted resolutions last night protesting against the naming of any <n:e as "the Daugh ter of the Confederacy” to succeed Mish Wiun o Davis, and calling on tho grand camp, which meets next week at Cul pepper, to put its official veto on the movement tor a new "Daughter of the Confederacy. ” The resolutions also call upon the United Daughters of the Confederacy to protest against the movement. Ad vices from several points in the state in dicate that the grand camp will veto the matter, as tho feeling among the veterans is that the title of “Daughter <.f the Confederacy” died with Miss Winnie Davis VICTIMS OF YELLOW JACK. camps are to lie Greenville, Spartan burg and Columbia. It was also defin itely settled that Savannah is to have tne general winter hospital. Eighteen Deaths Reported to Date by Mississippi Officials. Jackson, Miss., Sept. 30.—There is ' nothing now in the fever situation -no new cases here and the sick recovering, ’i he weather is cooler and this operates again.it a spread of the disease. The negroes of the city organized a relief association last night, with James Hill as president, to assist the citiZ''ns’ committee in caring for the negroes con- lined m the cordoned districts. Reports irom over the state are more favorable. Tho state board of health gives the following total cases and deaths to dale: Jackson, 10 cases, 2 deaths; Orwood, outh Carolina ' fiS cases, 3 deaths; Tavlor’.-*, 8(5 cases, 9 Hawkins, who was shot in the foot at 1 saw was heard as it cut through the solo El Caney, was appointed to succeed pieces of timbers that held her on the General Graham. Immediately after 1 ways and shortly afterwards she glided the appointment he asked to be retired gracefully into the water, under the 3) year service limit and ; Miss Nancy Leiter of Chicago broke was retired. President McKinley has tho usual bottle of champagne over tho named Brigadier General J. F. Kent to | ship’s bow and formally christened her succeed General Graham. j ““Illinois” amid the cheers of the great — | cr owd present. Rowell Caught In Florida. Illinois will be the biggest, most Cor.Dt'LK, Ga., Oct. 1—Silas Powell, powerful and probably tho most gen- who is wanted for the murder of his 1 ® ra dy effective battleship in the United cousin, J. E. Kelley, and who escaped LenKth on water ] iu0f 8 G8 feet; beam, extreme, 72 feet 2'.< inches; from his guards, several weeks ago, was captured at Dade City, Fl(i., and brought | draught on normal displacement of ba<*k to this county by Sheriff Shrnpard. . u.Bga tons, 23 feet ti inches; maximum Powell was severely wounded by Kelley j displacement, all ammunition and stores end.was guarded at his home in this j ou board, 12,325 tons; maximum indi city pending his recovery. He disap- ! cated horsepower (estimated), 10,000; prared mysteriously one night and do one has been able to discover just how it was domx Waycross Has a Tragedy. Wayckoss, Ga., Oct. 1.—U. Pervitt T.anier, son of T. E Lanier, was killed here by Scott Beaton. The former went in tho latter’s store and outsQd him. Both were unarmed when the quarrel started. Lanier is sain to have told Beaton he was going to send 4or a pistol and kill him. Beaton managed to get possession of a revolver and when Kuiier entered the store again Tlie kill ing occurred. Beaton surrendered. • Looking For a Prison Site. Atlanta, Oct. 1.—The state prison commissioners returned to this city to day after spending two days in inspect ing proffered sites along the Georgia road—in Morgan, Greene and Taliateuro designated as a part of tho army of oc- xana.euro cunation which goes to Cuba about Oct. : .^un ics-and expressed themselves as « 1 >« /• , . mnph r’.lpfmpn. nnf Tintif'nmtxn 20. Colonel Mans found these regi ments, which wore in all of the fighting around Santiago, and which came here recently from Montauk Point, so badly broken up, both numerically and physi cally, that he will advise against their going until they get in better shajie, and other regiments will undoubtedly be named in their stead lor the first ex pedition. Peace Jubilee For Atlanta. Atlanta, Oct. 4.—This city will have a jieace jubilee some time next mouth. Steps to that end wero taken at an in formal conference of business men, when Mayor Collier was requested to appoint proliminury committees ou ar rangements. Efforts are making to se cure the attendance of Generals Lee and Wheeler and President McKinley and his cabinet. City of UruiiHwlek Flooded. Baxley, Ga., Oct. 4.—Advices reach ing this place from Brunswick say that city is from 2 to 10 feet nnder water as a result of Sunday’* storm and the us ual h'^h spring tide com blued. Business houses are reported flooded, two negro children drowned and a white man killed by a falling chimney. Tho prop otty loos will be enormous. much pleased, but were noncommittal. They said their decision would be an nounced in about a week. Candidates For Solicitor. Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 1.—The mat ter of the selection of solicitors by the next legislature is the prevailing topic of speculation among the Democratic Iioliticiaus in Alabama. Afiout 40 prom inent men are al ter tho 15 places tfnd very naturally tho race has developed into a lively one. Sullivan's Trial Continued. Knoxville, Oct. 1.—A. W. Sullivan’s case was called in the criminal court and passed until Oct. 4, when it will be heard. Sullivan killed Private Burns of the First Georgia remiment. The case was passed on account of the-qib- seuce of evidence as to hulhvuu’s sanity. Cavalry For Huntsville. Montauk Point, L. I, Oct. 3.—The Second cavalry, numbering 558 men, left today for Huntsville, Ala. Wife Murderer Hanged. IIaynevillr, Ala., Oct. 1.—Thomas Klaus, a negro, was bunged here for tig) murder of his wife. probable speed, Hi'J knots; normal coal supply, 800 tons; coal supply, loose storage, 1,200 tons; full bunker capacity, 1,400 to L->00 tons; complement of officers, 40; seamen, marines, etc., 440. Tho armamen t will consist of four 13- inch guns, 14 0 inch, 17 ti-pounders, one boat or field gun, lour machine guns and four torpedo tubes. It is estimated that the ship when completed will cost about $3,000,000. Hoy Defends His Mother, Mobile, Oct. 4.—Francis P. O'Con nor, 17 years of ago, a moulder’s ap prentice, stabbed John Kitchen to the heart in defense of his mother’s honor at their homo this morning. Kitchen, who died instantly, was an oyster opener and an all round tough character, hav ing served two terms in the peniten tiary. O’Connor surrendered to the police immediately after the killing. Public feeling is on his side and it is not expected that the law will hold him. Mason* Soon to Convene. Macon, Oct. 4.—Grand Secretay W. A. Wolihin of the grand lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Georgia is pre paring for the one hundred and twelfth annual communication of the grand lixfr®. which meets here Oct 25. It is expected that the attendance will be the largest known in years, as a number of important matters are to be discussed. Strike ol Miners Adjusted. Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 3.—The strike at the Mary Lee mines, near here, has been settled, and the miners will re sume their work during the coming week. The strike began on July 1. Tho men went out because the Jefferson Coal and Coke company refused to grant district prices. The Jefferson Coal and Railway company, owners of the properties, have taken charge of the place again, the other company having assigned, and the first thing to be done was to effect a settlement. The proper ties consist of a couple of big mines, a large coal washer and a number of coke ovens. _ _ Florida Coast Wind Swept. Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 3 —The en tire east coast of Florida, from Jupitqr to Feruamiina, has been visited by a West Indian hurricane. The average maximum velocity ot the wind was reached in this city at 11 a. m—60 miles an hour—but there were occasional gusts of greater velocity. A number ot houses wore unroofed, trees prostrated deaths; Oxford, 1< cases, 4 deaths; Ed wards, 2 cases; Watervalley, 1 case; Rolling Fork, 1 case. FOUr< MEN SHOT TO DEATH. Tenucssneuns Assassinated While At tending art Auction mile. Nashville, Oct. 3.—Four men are dead and a fifth dying as the result of a shooting in Cannon county. A party of men went to Jim Hollingsworth’s home to sell his property to satisfy a judg ment against him. His wife was very abusive, but no attention was paid to her, and all entered the bain where the sale was to be conducted. The auction had ju - t coiumcneed when suddenly some one stuck a shotgun in the door and turned loose high barrels. The dead are: Rev. A. C. Webb, Samuel Webb, bis son, Jeff Higgins, unknown man. Fatally injured, James Vincent. The sheriff of Cannon county and a large p,\sso is looking for the assassins. • Lynching is almost cortam it the guilty j ones arc caught. Taylor’s Condition Grave. Rkoxvii.le, Oot. 3. — Advices from j Johnson City arolo tho effect that Uov- i eruor Robert L. Taylor’s condition is and seven tents of the soldiers of tho Seventh army corps blown away, but j quite oriti<*nl; there is little change noted there was no loss of life and the pecu niary damage was not heavy. Shipping State Campaign Finished. Gainesville, Ga., Oct. 4.—The Dem ocratic state campaign closed today with speeches hero by Hon. Allen D. I Candler, cand’date for governor, Chair- ! man DuRiguon of the executive com- ! mittee and others. All indications point to an unusually heavy vote throughout Georgia tomorrow. An Epidemic of Dengue. Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 4. — State Health Officer Saunders received infor mation of an epidemic of dengue fever at Jacksonville, Fla. A state quaran* | tine was immediately declared against Jacksonville and Mr. Saunders we t (here to investigato tho exact nature of the fever. had been warned that a storm was ap proaching. Receiver For a Cotton 3Iill. Athens, Ga., Oct. 3. — The Star Thread company, operating a cotton mill at Barnett’s Shoals in Oconee county, has been placed in tho hands of a temporary receiver. The assets are estimated at $100,000, and the liabilities at about $5(1,000. Ou Oct. 2(5 a hearing will bo had to ascertain if the receiver ship shall lie made permanent. Oates Rejoins His Brigade. Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 8.—Rriga- adier General Oates has left for Mead- ville, Pa., where ho will rejoin his com mand in camp there. There appears to be no question that General Oates’ bri gade will be retained for service in Cuba. The general is in fine physical condition and looks every inch the sol dier in his new uniform. Second Georgia Roys Paid. Atlanta, Oct. 3.—The work of paying off the Second Georgia regiment was begun at Camp Atkinson today. When the paymaster finishes his work tho sol diers will bo given 30 days’ furlough . and at the expiration of that time they will return to the city for muster out., First Georgian* at Home. Macon, Oct. 3.—Excepting tho local companies, nearly ull the soldiers of tho First Georgia regiment have left Mucou for their homes. They were given a furlough of 30 days, at tho end of which time they must return to Mucou to be mustered out. Stormy Winds In Atinuta. Atlanta, Oct. 8.—Heavy winds pre vailed last night and a greater portn n of today in this vicinity, doing consid erable damage to property and crops. No loss of Ufa is reported. 11 had taken no solid to d for two weeks and sutiers constantly from nau sea. No one is now allowed to «ee him except his immediate family. There is no organic trouble, -ays his physician, but general breaking down of his sys tem. A great pressure of public busi ness is now awaiting his attention, hut physicians won’t allow him to touch it. I’liys.clans of Three States. Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 30.—The Tri- State Medical association of Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia will hold their convention hero on Oct. 27, 2b and 2!*, and a committee appointed by President A. T. Henley of tlie Jefferson County Medical association has gone to work making arr iugements lor ihe entertain ment of tlie convention. It is expected that at least 300 physicians from the states named will be present. Putted Mates Pourt Heg!n«. Atlanta, Oct. 3.—‘The October ses sion ot the United States court began this morning. Judge Nowmrtn presiding. There is a large number of cases v. Imre mountaineers hare boon arrested tor owning or oi erating illicit duMilerles, and tlmso will consume tlq greater part of the time of the court. Pomluctor** Awful Death. Macon, Oot. 8.—Neni Burke, a etveetl ' ear conductor, was killed while trying i to remove a fallen electric light wire from the car track. He cuagbt hold of the wire and immediately commenced crying for help. Nobody dared to touch 1 him and he fell, dying in th presence of the carload of people. I W ashington .Murray Kmnftd. I Charleston, Oct. 1. — Tho Re publicans from the First congressional district held a convention here and nom inated Former Congressman Waging- ton Murray to make the »a :e ut tllw,No vember election against William Edfoit, the present Democratic representative.