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iv~nir~r~r~' I'.~J(yA"' aN? - 4~, ~ ... >rtl$.. ~, A - ...~, K ~:~r4 i~vt~z )o.V"I . \wj -~ *- * '7:*'t~ it -EA%~ . * ' - - . - . . - p, '.~. Pt --'. .*<t. - - A - - - -: t~g*~p4iy~K>tQ?W.c< v-u> -- ~ , - - * - - 1 . . ft A 44 -- y berrij S. 4.,, / E~TABLISHED 1865. . ____ NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, MAY 27. 1898. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAR RETURN THE REBEL FLAGS I SAYs PFNATOI FORtAKICE, OF OHIO, AND JIB GIVES lls ItKA80FS. 's ho Stare and Stripes Now Float Over an Unittid and Patriollo Nation-We Have Peace-Wipe Away tho Marks of War. The Hor.. J. Benson Foraker, th senior Republican Senator of Ohio, looks upon .the situation regarding the captured Confederate battle flags as fo-"ows: The propriety. of returning the Confederate flags depends almost en tirely on the circumtanuces attend ing the transaction. "Who?" "When?" "How?" and "Why?" have everything to do with the ease. When Mr. Cleveland undertook to return them in 1887, his action 'ex cited a storm of protests. Most, if not all, who were fiercest in their op position then favor such a proposi tion now. This is not due to a change of sentiment with respect to the ab stract question, but to a change of conditions and circumstances. There wero many reasons why Mr. Clove land's notion was unpopular. In the first place, it was unwarranted. The flags had been taken in battle; they were the p-oporty of the nation, and only the Congress had authority to dippose of them. It was therefore, a gross usurpation of power, and in view of Mr. Cloveland's record ex coedingly offensive. Personally he had not had anything to do with the capture of the flags. His solo con tribution to the Union was a substi. tuto. Whether rightfully or not, he was generally regArded as not_ hav ing been in sympathy with our cause dnring the war. He had done a number things aftor becoming President that confirmed this opinion, and made him obnoxi ions to the soldiers and the masses, who felt as they did. His vetoes of private pension bills were so frequent and often couched in such offensive language as to show 'unmistakable hostility to that class of claims, regardless of merit. He had visited Gettysburg, and, although there in an official capacity, and greeted by the Governor of Pennsylvania and thousands of his countrymen, he had refused to speak a word or to formally participate in ,the exercises in any manner, and had acted in such a way as to show that his emotions wero unriovod, except jn.disgust, by the historic fLplds and ;saOred memories about him. The graves of the beroic dead: the scenes .of their- bravery, the inspiring words of Lincoln, carved on the monument - before him, all alikeo were without effect. Whben the President of the nation thus stood sullen and dumb on the greaitest battlefield of the Re public he gave offence that was deep andl lasting, but ho had done some thing to yet more seriously wound patriotic sensibilities. He had gone t ishing on Decoration Day. This ac tion seemed so inexcusable and so out of place and unbeoming in the Chief Magistrate that it was every where considered a deliberate at tempt to show his contempt for the *most sac.red sentiment of the Ameri cani peolo. When, Iheiofore, follow ing after all this, without any action of Congress to authorize it and with out a previous suggestion to pave the way foi- such a step, he bluntly ' ordlored the trophies of the nation's struggle for existence to be returned to thle "late Confederate States," it i s no wonder the people were aroused -and angored, for they could niot feel otherwise than outraged. His action ~was not only unrwarranted, but it was impertineut, indecent, unpatri otic and indelicate in the highest ex tremno. Mon wvho cared nothing about the retention of the flags b)y the Glovernmnent felt, anrd justly so, that if they wvoro to he returned at all Congress and the men wvho captured them should be consulted and have charge of the transaction. But there was another feature of LMr. Cleveland's proposition that con demned it more than anything else,~ and that was the fact that his action was taken at a tim" and in a man nor, anid with a spirit that made it look like a sort of reanture based on a political triumph of the caus( that arms had failed to establish For the flags to go back in that wa3 had a tendoncy to create the iupres sion that the cause they. represente( had not, after all, boon lost, and t< revive hope with respect to it tha was calculated to make further ulti mate trouble. But now we have an entirely differ ent situation. Tho President of th Uited States wias not only in ful sympathy with the Union cause, bu he fought for it with distinguishod bravery and devotion from the be ginning until the ending of the con flict. He bore an important part ir the captures. His action in favoring a return would not be misinterpreted No improper significance could Lc attached to it. All those who 6p posed the proposition when advance by Mr. Oloveland havo confidence, respect and admiration for the wis dom and patriotism of President Me Kinley, and, therefore, know ther< could bo no other purpose in it all than to subserve to our common wel fare. It could not b connected in any way with political success or do font. It could not in the slightesi affoot the verdict that has been ren dored with respect to seceossion and disunion. But in another respect the situa tion is excoptionally favorable. We are at war with a foreign nation, and no section of the country is mor< patriotic and zealous in the support of our cause than the South. Those who boro arms against the Union have by thousands engaged in itt servico. Somo of th6 i.ost dist.'n guished oflicors of the Confederat< army are marching as generals at the hond of our columns. They are now as conspicuous for the flag am they were lion against it. In Con gross every war measure has been patriotically supported by all the representat ives of the seceding States and the- Administration relies upon them with an entire confidence ani in the belief and knowledge that see tional lines and past differences hav< been effaced for the purposes of the pending struggle, and that to th< end of it all aliko will remomber only that they are Americann. Thero has been a nOW dedicat ion to the cause of liberty, humanity and free institu tions. It. embraces all the people of every Stato and section. To the met who fought with Grant andShermat nothing could bo more gratifying than the realization that they hav< lived to so the day whon the Unior they upheld is dlefended with atll th< ardor of sincere patriotism by th< men wvho fought with Lee and Jack son. It is pre.-iniently a time for unit3 of sentiment, harmony of actio'n ani all- prevailing, irienidship and gooi fellowship. Not only are Lee ani Wheeler and the men of the Souti marching abreast with Wade ani Shafter and the men of thle North but the sons of all the States ar< sidlo by side in our navy. In th< harbor of (Jardenas Ensign B agloy of North Carolina, and John B Meek, of Ohio, gave up thoir lives together on the deck of the WVinslow Ini the bombardment of San Juar the battleship Iowva wasm coin uande'i b)y "Fighting Bob" Evans, of Vir ginia, and in the far-away harbor 01 Manilla, the great victory of Doweo was achieved by the heroic represen. tativos of almost aill the States of th< UJnionm, those from the South anm those from the North vying with each other to wiun the day for th'iI common country and to add glory and renown to the flag of our fath ers. In the presence of such factr we can well anfford to turn our backm on all buit the lessons of the past aind, blotting out the hitter memoriem of estrangement and st.rife, press for ward to the future wvith a comnmor confidence and p)ridoe in the destin that awaits us. J. B. FoBAma. - 1ihIkt InIt( Your shoaa. Allen's F"oot.-Ease, a powder' fo. the foot. it cures p)ainIful, swollen smarting feet and instantly takes thn sting out of corns aind bunions. It'i the greatest comfort discovery of th<n age. Allen's Foot-Ease makes tight fitting or now shoes foel easy. It ia a certain cure for swenting, calloul and hot, tired, aching foot. Tryi to-day. Sold b)y all druggis an< shoe stores. By mail for 250. ii stamps. TLrial package free. Ad dress, Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N Y. tt COSTS $,60 A DAY TO RUN ONE OF UNULE SAM'S BIG IIATIBLECsUIIPs. Five I1undiled Men-Why Thposo M11arine War Machines Require s hiMuch to Ituin. No w Navy tequirei a Daily Vx. pendliture of 050.000. (New York Herald.) What is the average daily cost of maintaining a first-class battle ship on a war footing? Ono thousand five hundred dollars. A largo sum of money, but insignifleant when compared with what the cost might be in caso of action, when the con flict of a _single minuto could sink the largest ship, with her ontiro armament, and require the expendi turo of more than $5,000,000 to re place hor. Reliable estimates cannot be made when the fortunes of war must be taken into account, btut the cost of maintaining our navy on its plresent footing immediately before the firing of the first, gun in actual conflict is known. That cost is $50,000 for each day. A year ago the cost was a trifle loss tihan onlo-half of that amount; buit think of the changes since-thot and partienlar ly of the re suilts of thm activity' of the last sixty days, when sAps of all cla.ses have beon bought, by our government abroad and at home, ani w1hen war craft of every kind-some, indeed, that had become a simple memory have been brought from hiding ing places, repaired, armed, manned and in all respoets pnt in condition to wago warfare. This increaso of the number of our ships has been told by the Herald from day to day, and such names as Albany, Now Or leans, Yale and Harvard as associated with our navy have becomo familiar. The manning of these numerous new purchases and revivals, together with the addition of the war strength needed on ships before in commis sion, has been the cause of the won derful increase in expense. For an interesting examplo of the cost of maintaining a battleship in time of peace, when war is Lot even throatoning, I havo procured from the records of the war department the cost of maintaining the Now York, the most expensivo ship in the navy. Tho cost for last year was $391,005.00, or an average of $1, 080.29 por day. Tho various items that go to make utp this total annual cost will apply for the present pur 1)00 to our armiored cruisers and hattleshiips, though, of cour. , vary ing according to constantly chang ig circumstances, and now being increased by the war footing on which our navy rests, Of the $31l, 0t35.O(0 spent by the New York in 1807, $231,762.70 wasw for the pay of the oflicers, crow and marines; ra tions cost $35,542.00; equipment, $14,743. 21; navigation, $3,2.l0.58; ordInatico, $14-,743.70; construction and repair, $9, 163.05; steam on gincering, $28,201.20. Then there were incidential expenses, navy yard repairs, mdicino and surgery and similar items. The records show that the paty of the oflicers, creand maI 1Ilrinfos9 of the New York were greater than that of any other vessels, while the rations, medicine and surgery andc coal ac counts were very muchi less. W hen we add the separate cost of maintaining all ships in commis sion, for last year, we 1 woe a total of $8,938,549. 71; or more thant $2.1,. 000 a d,gy. D)uring each day of last week the cost was double that amount. The record of the ill,-fated Maine is closed, though her memory is a living inspiration, and her record showvs that the total coast of her .eaintenanco for 1897 was $202,416.. -18. The pay of her survivors arid those whose remains are vet with her wreck, or have found burial in Cnba or the UJnited State'., was $159,126. 00. The revolution of recent years in naval eguipment has ent i rely changed sea fighting, adding not only to the cost of ships, but of armament, and p)aricularly inrcreasing expenditure for manning and maintaining. In our previous naval fights the stanch, oak.ribbedshina wore vehi. cles for carrying mon and guns, and their very docks were often fields of battle, where contending forces struggled hand-to-band. Today our ships are v.eritable fighting machines. They are piopelled, lighted, steered and :.-andlo their guns and movablo parts through the agency of steam and electricity, under intelligent diree"on. They are not only the work of the ship builder, but of the engineer. They require men highly skilled in their several departments. Those complicated ships need a largo force of men, and to maintain thema at the very highest standard of officiency requires the great expendi ture of money referred to. Considor for a moment tho itom of steam on a battleship and you will better appreciate the force of what has boon written. Think of the six t) -nine separato steam engines, and of the skilled engineers to care for them twenty-four hours each day. Yes, there are sixty-nino. Each of the great twin crows bits its ongine, then there is an Ongine for the steor ing apparatus, separate ongines for the d3 namos, for the fire pumps, for the bilge, for the ventilating fans, for ash hoist, for capstans and for numerous wonches used all over the ship, whore notarly overything that has to ho moved is too heavy for hu man musclo to handle. Then thero is the coal to furnish heat to make all this steam, and a corps of men to handle it. Take, for examplo, the Iowa. If sho starts out of port withI her normal supply of coal sho carries (25 tons. If she fills her bunkers she will start with 1,780 tons. That moans about $7, 000. Such a battloship as this carries about five hundred officers and men. Those must he fod and clothed and be paid for thiir services. One of these battleships is a float ing citadel. It is a town of 500 in habitants, more securely fortified and far better armored for defense than was any walled and turreted city that has over existed. Her steel walls can resist any attack of guns less than hor own. When she meets similar ones then comes the tug of war. If onr floating citadol is the In diana, for instance, we have steel walls 350 foot long with 09 foot be tweon them at the widest point, holding engines of war and propul sion of the most terrific power, ill under the control of the highest hu man intelligenco. This is a moving city of snimatdo force, controlled energy and1 inn imat() strength, that can bo0 directed at wvill, and1 its 1 0, 288 tons mored at the rate of seven teen miles an hour, propelled by 9, 738 horse power. Powverful as it is, it must, so neai as possible, resist an equal power. And what is necessary in dlefonso is better realized when we considet that she may have to copO with guns that, by the explosion of 900 pounds of powder can throw a single shot, weighing nearly a toni, at thoe velocity of 2,000 feet per secondl. This shot has a str-iking energy of 54,000 foot touns. Onoe foot toni in the ener-gy requlired to raise 2,240t p)ounIds one foot against gravity. Multi ply that energy by 54I,000) and coimprehend the result if' you can. No woender- that the mnaintenancoi of a single ship to accomplish all that is dlesired of it costsSl1,500 each day'. THi 1M IOT 51PulNos5 OF ARIKANs As. '1 hi, Mouiniim-Lockedt M,iraecle of Sho Ooarkm. 'rho hot waitels, the mountain air, equable climate and thu pine forests make H ot Springs the most wondecr fuil health and lehasuro re'sort in the wvorld, summer or w inter-. It. is own - ed and( cont rolled by the U. S. Gov erinmet anid haus accommodations for all classes. Thie Arlington and Park hotels arnd 00 others anid 200 hoarding houses are open all summer. Hamvinig an altitudo of 1000) feot it is a coal, safe uand nearby refuge during the heated tei-m in the southi. For01 iinform ation concer-ning Hot Springs address (1. 1'. Cooley, Mani agor Business Mfen's Loague, Hot Springs, A rk. F'or ro(ducedl excursion tickets and particulars of' the trip see local agent or address W.Y A. Turk1, Gen'l Pass. Agent, Southiernt Ry., WVashingtoni, nD n. Col. Blanding Presents A Flag TH03UP.SON'S A UrrALION UIVInN TIE .1H1mTORoIC DANNEIt. The Fina Wums I'senented to the Old I'ainlet to Itegiment in tho City of Mexico-Mv ei to outr SotIlerA Ily Gen. Winilid scott-A 11g Crowd Witnvm md the Interesting eremoiny. Perhaps the chief event of the day was the presentation to Major Thomp soli's battalion of the old Palnotto regiment's flag given to them in Mexico by Gn. Scott. At 7 o'olock a large crowd gath ored at Shandon to witness the inter osting ceremon-y. Tie battalion was drawn up in lino and Col. Blanding, advancing .to the front, addressed Major Thompson with much emotion and presented the old flag with the following romarks: COL. n1LANDINO' sPEE41IF0H. The old veteran said: Ma.jor 'Iliompson: As presidont of the association and ranking olicor of survivors of the Palmetto regi mont, Mexican war, and by authority of the association, I have tho honor and pleasure of presenting to you, sir, as commanding o1icer of the First Indopeodmit battalion South Carolina volunteers, U, S. A., for the war with Spain, this United States flag and this spear head of the Stato flag which was carried by the Pal metto regiment, South Carolina vol unteers, U. S. A., from Charleston, via Vera Cruz, into the city of Mexi CO. You have boon pleased to honor us by consenting to accept them amyour battalion colors. They have a history honored by the people of the United States. That history is too long to be detail ed on this occasion; but that your boys may know somewhat of it, per mit me to say that the Stato Palmt to flag, presented to the regiment in Charleston in December, 1846, by the ladies of South Carolina, was lost during the civil war, but this was its spearhead, and is now repro sentative of it. It was unfurled 90h March, 1847, among the first flags of the volunteer division of the U. S. A., on the beach at Vera Ciruz, and the first blood that u as shed in tie siege of Vera Cruz was that of South Caro lina's and Georgia's sons together under its folds at the Malabran ruins skirmish, 10thl March, 1847, the day after landing. It was to be the standard of one of the throo purtios ordered to storm Vera Cruz, 20th April, but the city sent out a white flag at daylight and surrendered on the 29thl. It was carried in the march up to Cerro Gordo, the sur render of Jalapa, through the fight of Porote, and1 the surrender of Puebla, Thence wvith Geon. Scott's army, August, 184t7, into the valley of Mexico-was in the thickest of tihe battles of Contreras and Churnbusco 0n tile 19thl and 20th August-was thle third, if not tile second, flag planted within the cas tie of Chapultepec, and was the first American flag p)lanted on the wvalls of theo City of Mexico on the 13th September, 1847. In tile battles of the valley, uinder its folds wias poulred out tile life blood of Col. Butler, Liont. Co). D)ickinson andl six 0other oflicors and about one-sixth of tihe rank and file1. Under it worio woulnded1 Major Glad. den and nine ot hie o f :cer5 and ab)out. one-fourth of thle rank and file; ag gregating 18 of 40 oflicers atnd 11-21 of ranlk and1 1fil enigaged. Three color bearers were shot dlown while bearing it th)rough the battle of Chu rubuseo, one ir. storming Chapul tepee, and iint. So)llock whenm plant. ing it on the (Garita (10 Belen of the city. Afteor euntoring thio city, Genm. Scott, seeing the old1 Palmet to flag so tattered anmd tornl by shot and 'shell, odered thait it beo not used on ordlinary occasions, buit bo furled, covered and c.arriedl back t.o SouthI (laolinam as a sacredl relic, and in its plae gave us-i a United States regum lation regimiental flag. Thi~s is that flagr; andl thiough it has but 20)S iars --t hie '29t h being Ohat of Texas-.will thlereforo hal the more0 hionored. Let me1 fmiltheir 51tatf t.hat it is the only flag ever carried from South Carolhna into a foreign wr. Your battalion is the next. ready for a foreign war, and, therefore, by com. mand of the association, to you I commit it. History is dono. I have only to add, major, that the 23 or 2 t sur viving Palmottoos of 1,203 mustered in 1840, focol assured that., in con mitting these, our sacred relics, to tht chargo of yoursolf and thoso gal lat sons of South Carolina, they will never bo sullied, but be found, as they always have boon, in the foro front of overy fight. and nearest the flashing of the guuis. All wo ask is, if the opportunity offOrs, you Will havO it IlantIed tIhe first American flag on the walls of Havana or Morro Castle. MAJOR THOMIPSON'S lIEPLY. Whonl the applauso had ceased at tho conclusion of Col. Blanding's spooch, Major Thompson olo(iently replied: Colonol: Your stirring Wordsi and an11 unusual CO110 likM this carris us back over moro than a half a century of years to a timo wheni in tho shadow of that historic spearhoad and bo nioath the silkon folds of that scarred banter which this one now repro sonts, Governor Johnson said to your iind or himroos: I s.o now in tlie prospectivo the Palmotto balnner floating triumphantly over the storm of war. Go, and the God of battles go with you." I lieeath it. youl stood when I(% added, "omem hor that you arSouth C(-aroli in ians," and wyhen the gallit Butler replied, "Wo will niot. only roe-i. bmr that wo aro South Carolinians, but wo will reomber that wo bear with us the honor of South Carolina, and wo will protect it and defold it with our lives." Doneath that flag was the samo gallant soldier when ho said: "Gen. Siil60S, thero is nlot. a South Carolinian here who will not follow you to doath." And Whit field Brooks, a bolrdless boy, scareo. ly 21 yolrs of ago, a privalto in the ranks, re-echomd, "Aye, to the (lont Ih." Beneathli that flag only a few hours later lay (1lhe saim gallmnt private weltering in hi. own blood anild seal ing with his vory lifo the solemi vow he had ao lately miado. lenelati that flag was Lieut. Col. Dickinlson, When1 in reply to a nu ion, he ;aid: "I care n1ot wItt )!1CO is assignel m110 11 long as it is at the front, ne1r the flashing of the guns." Baenath that flag stood Liont. J. R?. Clark. of the Hichland Volunte0- Iifl CoM. pany, whln lhe shouted to his mn-Il undr the firn of eadni hail around the walls of Chlurubusco: ''Stand their fire at all hazO'ards, men01; re membe1Inr where you are fronm.'' WithI such a flag as this to lead( us on, I feel that I can promise you that the men of the inidepenidenit baittailioni will (10 their whole dluty; that they wvill rememlfber not only that they are SouthI Carol in inns, but that they bear wvith theni tIhe htonor of Southl Carolina, wvhich they wvill protect and defend with their lives; that they will atnd the lire at all hazards, remiembleri ng where they are from. That shonuld occasion offer "'t h spirit of t heir sires i-i in the chiildren livi ng yet.'' 11n the( name1 of (each1 and( every' membrnler of the ba.',talion, for- theo conifidence you have r'eposed0 in us, I promise yon thatlI you will niever have reasoni to fool thIiat lhat conIi - donco0 has beeni mrisp'~laced(. 'ro0 s1tum.:.'r noi '. Al ajor ThIompson0( then01 turneid to Sergeant Hlolmian, t lhe color bearer of the bat11tal ion, no Il picin g thle valued and1( h i.storie ohtI flag iln his hands said1: Sergean nt I lohnman: As a dlescend ant1 of the gallanit aoh lier! and1( onicor wvho hals e-ntrus1tedi thiis sacred rel ie to our ke-epinig, I entrust It to yon. See to it thadt you heaIlr it. iin snieh a way thIiat. yon nwkoh the ri-cordI whicho lie has Illdei. Ah,'re thian t his I can11 not ak. AcecompanyIinirg C'oh. la nd in and(2( holding the flag for hi 'n whtile hie era, an oh(l veterani of t hi( Ale(x ican wvar anti 0110 of t he 1111 mnlll umbr wiho aire still living. Patting himt atloction atbly onl tile shiolder Clot. tlndinlg sid, when he had1( finlished aspeankinrg: "'This ii one of the few old boys lieft. 11He was only 15 yeours 01ld when lhe Iwent to fight for his coun mtry, and1( was one of the bravest. inl that gal lant re-gimenJt of Soot h Carolinians.'' Mr. Powers now lives in Columbia nm11 is R) ywars 01(1 A CAULEGiRAM FitOM IjICWKV, Tihe Fitntom Ad,tinat 141 1s111 Ow1 at lIla0I unat I. QUtetly Awaitlug t01n. forcoeienta-l1o hait the Co-opern tion of "the Forelizn MenV.Or. War is lite isarbor. I Washington, May 24.-The navy department today received a cable grat from Admiral Dewey ais fol. lows: Mania, May 20, via Hong Kong, May 2I.-Secretary Navy, Washing tonl: Situation unchanged. Strict blockado continued. Great scarcity of provisions in Manila. Foreign subjects fear an outbreak of the SpaniAh soldiers, and they will be transferrod to Cavite by the foreign mon-of-war in the harbor. Agmuildo, the rebol commiander-in-chief, who was brought hero froin Hong Kong, is organizing a force of nativo caval ry, and may render assistance that will bo vilu1able. - Div:v. NOTIN FRtOM liCY R vCKr, A rrent of a Sypitiatiord on the Cliarg of it - l,g it 8py-Prix n to It sO North to lie Soll. Rey West, Flu., May 21, 8.130 p. i.--An important arrest of a sxn possed Spanish spy was Illado this ivoing y, United States Mlarshal IHour. 'T'lhe prisoner is lomigno Sapotoro I1iminez, who Wias among thoso captured on tho steamer P ana 111, ind hais sinco boon held aboard Ship Ias 11 prison'r of war. JamimII z is sipplosed to hivo ol)tilod Im formation concerning Now York har bor and its defences, with charts of the harbor, which he is uattemNIpting to get, to the Silhtil aithorities. 11% is about -10 year of ago, a Smll iard and it civil engineer. Jiminez stoutly de11i0d t hi1 accust.ion, but his stury was of such a contradictory natllre that it confirmed the suspic ions of the Fedoral authorities. A thorough search of the Panama wils m11ade ill tho ittempt to locate the charts, but. 1no I raceo of themi could be found. The examnination will be ro silmied. 'he Panama calso was before the United States District Court.. Tho argulmeint oil both sides was largely ill the mo linoli as ill Ih ca(s0 of ot iler big. i)ZOH, Ind nt1l](igO ioCk r0s(r'd his decisioll. It hais been decidod thait suclhipls ap aIre lielti to bo legi(illito prizes of war shall he sont North for slte so as to bring btter pries. 'This will pIrObatbly iot ho donle, howevei, un1til all Iho easos haviiI bwee finally determined. Take JOH-NSO ' CIIILL. & FE VER a V i..towV JoiUnNA 1, sPl1If If. II. NilnrratesM the~ AlIlegiul ilarking I ),wn of at( et-eman 'onu by Ad imiral I eweyi. ianel Oilier Imuprobableil stories. New York, Maly 2 .-A spOciial (1ispat.chi from Man ill a says 11111 thle G~ermlan cornsul there flied to land provisionIs from a Germani shi 911p, but hiat Admhrirail Dowey refnsed t.o per. acordling to thle d1ispaltch, that lhe would1 force tile landing unlder the0 protLect ion of two Gerrman cruisers, but,1 fit. Adira nl Do)wey thlreatenled to fi ret uponi [.ho crn isers, and1( thus ait tempf t, to lanihn upliesjp wasii1 auban donied. Aniot her dlispatch aissert s that. A<bn(lirl MonltA'jo, command110(er of thlIe Spaish 51 111Il ind o destr3oed by Admllirah Dewey, is to be' Court maulrtilhd, 0on tIle chalrgo of cow. thait th111 caalini of the Sfpanlishl .rev 01111 cutter Cal lao, more re:elntlIy (IalpturledI by ai boat (If t he Uniited.t States 1as0( she ws snItriniig Manil1la1, is to ble shot for not re'turn ing thle fire (If I lo An$ricanuIs IIurvn I fr t wIi er'st stat. At lant a, Ga. , May 2-I.---A special t) thet C ont iftution froml Mot secrtary l~of till Alabama Pruess As sociait ion, who has1 just returned1 fromu \\'aishinIgton1, b)rings thet private t ip Ithat1 Majoar Gen. WVheelor, of A la baman, is beOseecing fihe President to apinlt Wiilllm1 Jonomhlgs Bryanl, of .Nebraska, to a hlighl position) 0on his ninn'