KT OF THE
CZAR'S OFFER,
^position for an Interna?
tional Conference.
? London, August 28-Th? Czar's
j propoeition for an international coo?
ra ference, for the purpose of (securing
! real and lasting pe*c? among the
? Powers and the termination of the
H progressive increase in armaments,
j ss conveyed in a note from Coon:
BT Ifaravieff, the Russian foreign min
m is?er, to the foreign diplomats at St.
S Petersburg, is likely to produce a
B sensation throughout Europe, and,
B coming from such s quarter and with
S Beeb evident sincerity of purpose, it
is likely to have important effects.
B There is no doubt that with Kassia
8 taking the lead :s such a step, Ger
i many, France snd the othei nations
m? will be ready to follow.
|^ Tbe text ot the note follows :
I "The maintenance of general peace
I and the possible redaction of the ex
I cessive armaments, which weigh
I upon all nations, present themselves
I Jo existing conditions to the whole
I . worM as an ideal toward which the
I endeavors of ail governments should
? be directed. The humanitarian and
I magnanimous ideas o?' his Majesty,
I the Emperor, my august master, have
? been won over by this view in the
conviction that this lofty aim is in
I conformity with the most essential
I interests and legitimate views of ail
Ithe Powers ; and the Imperial Gov '
em ment thinks the present moment
. woola* be very favorable to seeking
p.. the means.
"International discussion is the
'if.;- most effectua! means of ensuring all
j.; peoples' benefit-a real, durable
peace, above all, patting an end to
H. tbe progressive development of the
: present armaments.
"In the course of the last twenty
f.i years the longing for general ap
I?easement has grown especially pro?
nounced in the consciences of civil
ized nations ; and the preservation
of peace has been put forward as an
object of international policy. It is
in its name that great states have
- concluded among themselves power
^ fol alliances.
" It is better to guarantee the peace
that they have developed in propor?
tions hitherto unprecedented tbeir
military forces and still continue to
7 increase them, without shrinking
1^ irora any sacrifice
"Nevertheless, all these efforts
have not yet been able to brfog about
the beneficent result desired-pacifi
fl "The financial charges following
the upward march strike at' the very
root of public prosperity. The in?
tellectual and physical strength of
the nation's labor and capital are
mostly diverted from their uatural
application and are unproductively
consumed Hundreds of millions are
devoted to acquiring terrible engines
of destruction, which, though to day
regarded as the last work of science,
are destined to morrow to lose ai!
their value in consequence of some
fresh discovery in . the same field
National cuitare, economic progress
and the production of wealth are
either paralyzed, or checked in devel
opment. Moreover, in proportion as
the armaments of each power in j
crease, they less and less fulfil the
object the governments have set be
fore themselves
"The economic crisis, doe in great
part to the system of armaments
{'entrance, and the continual danger
which Hes in this massing of war ma
terial are transforming the armed
peace of our days into a crushing
burden, which the peoples have more
and more difficulty in bearing.
"It appears evident that if this
?tate of things were to be prolonged,
it would inevitably lead to the very
cataclysm it is desired to avert, and
the horrors whereof made every
thinking being shudder in advance
"To pat an end to these incessant
armameuts and to seek the means of
warding off the calamities which are
threatening the whole worid-such
is the supreme duty to day imposed
npon all states
"Filled with this idea, his Majesty
has been pleated to commaud me to
propose to all the governments,
whose representatives are accredited
to the Imperial court, the assembling
of a conference, which shall occupy
itself with this grave problem.
"This conference will be, by the
help of God, a happy presage for the
century which is about to open It
would converge into one powerful fo?
cas the efforts of all states sincerely
seeking to make the great conception
of universal peace triumph over the
elements of trouble and discord, and
it would, at the same time, cement
their agreement by a corporate con
secration of the principles of equity
and right whereon rest the security
of states and the welfare of peoples " j
EFFECT OF THE NOTE IN ITALY.
Rome, August 28.-The Czar's
note has made a profound impression
here. Some of the newspapers ap
piaud, while others greet the com
munication with reserve or distrust
COMMENT OF LONDON PRESS
London, August 29.-The Daily
Graphic this morning, referring to
the proposal of Emperor Nicholas,
says: "It would be idle to attempt to
ignore the many and grave difficul?
ties standing in the way of the at?
tainment of the Czar'? wishes, bat it
cannot be possible to doubt the sin
cerity of the magnanimous proposal. "
The Standard says, speaking edi
tonally of the Czar's proposal: "In
England at least respect and sym
j pathy will be felt for the proposal.
I It is a conception well worthy of the
young sovereign. It is painfully
obvious that there are enormous diffi?
culties to be overcome, which it is
possible the Czar, in his ardor and
humane enthusiasm, has not mature
I ly considered. It is a vision which
I has occurred to many minds, but has
j always had to be dismissed as a mere
j dream. The nations a;a not likely
to cast away the sword unless they
have a better warrant than paper
protocols and conventions. More?
over, the moment does not seem
I altogether propitious. New armed
nations are arising in Asia and
America, whom it might, not be easy
to convince of the safety and de?
sirability of abandoning the enter?
prise OL which they have embarked
with so njoch energy."
*^The Times correspondent in St.
Petersburg, referring to the propo?
sal, says: "There is reason to believe
that it formed the object of communi
cations between the Courts of St
Petersburg and Berlin some time
j previously, and in ail probability the
support of G er rr any at least was se?
cored in advance." f
The Times says editorially: "If
Russia, which has also a great, but
still undeveloped, industrial future
before her, is becoming fully con?
vinced, as we in Eogland long have
! been, that her resources are better
devoted to the beneficent arts of
peace than to the destructive, un?
economic energies of war, English?
men, as essentially a peace loving
people, can only hail the Czar's pro?
nouncement with the utmost cordi?
ality as glad tidings of great joy,
which; whatever may be the practi
cal issue, does cast honor upon the
sovereign's generous and lofty spirit
and humanity. The difficulties are
great, but nothing can henceforth de?
prive the Czar of having brought peace
disarmament into the sphere of prac?
tica! politics. It looks at present as
though all the great Powers might be
willing to enter the conference "
WHAT SHERMAN SAYS.
Special to The Aogosia Herald.
Wishiogtoo, August 27 -Ex
Secretary of State John Sherman
said last night :
.'Gross mismagemeat has charac?
terized the affairs of the war depart?
ment daring the past *ix months, and
a congressional investigation should
be ordered to fix the responsibility.
Those responsible for the deatb aod
sickness of thousaods of American
troops should be brought before the
bar of justice aed if the higher offi?
cials of the war depart me ut are proven
responsible, they should be impeaohed.
Io 6ayiog this I do not wi?h to be un?
derstood as criticising any particular
individual of the department Sec?
retary of War Alger and myself have
been friendly since we first met, which
was when we came ioto tee cabinet
togother. We got along very weil
together and nothiog occurred to
cause friction between us. But some
one is to blame for the deplorable con?
dition of affairs which has existed io ;be
army camps, and it seems to me that
the bead of a great department like the
bead of the war department should be
held accountable for the misdoings of
bis subordinates.
CZAR FAVORSPEACE.
St. Petersburg, August 28 -By
order of Emperor Nicholas, Count
Muravieff, the foreign minister, ou the
24th iost., handed to the foreigo dip?
lomats at St. Petersburg a note de?
claring that the maintenance of peace
and the reduction of the excessive
armaments now crushing all nations
is the ideal for which all governments
ought to strive.
The cezar considers the present mo?
ment favorable for the inauguration of
a government looking to this eod, and
invites thc powers to take part iu ao
iotern&tional conference as a means of
thus ensuring real aod lasting peace
and terminating the progressive io
crease of armament
750 Typhoid Patients.
Atlanta, Ga , August 27.-Louis
Stratmeyer, Company G, 5th Mary?
land, and Michael Edwards. Troop
D, 6th cavalry, privates, died at Fort
McPherson to day of typhoid fever
There are now 750 patients in the
general hospital, nearly 600 of whom
are afflicted with typhoid fever.
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TURNING POINT
IN HISTORY.
What is Said io the Leading
Cities of the World.
London, August 29.-Tbe papers
are filled with discussions, comments
and opinions as to tbe circular of the
Emperor Nicholas. The most world
shaking emit could hardly have pro?
duced such a coup ae this suggestion,
the fruition of which is regarded on all
sides as ao absolute impossibility.
This being holiday season, it is diffi?
cult to obtain the opinions of public
men on the subject The religious
world, however, loudly welcomes and
praises the czar's nobie initiative Nu?
merous bishops have already publicly
expressed tbeir views io that sense.
Among statesmen interviewed. Lard
Kimberly, the liberal leader, declined
to express a hasty opinion beyond say?
ing that the proposal was one of the
utmost importance.
The marquis of Ripon said : "?
beardy wish the proposal all success.M
Sir Charlee Dilke, radical member of
parliament for the Forest of Dean, re
marked : "The Russian peace footing
of nearly a million regulars exceeds the
peace footing of Germany, Austria and
Italy, combined. Thus it has been io
Russia's power to reduee the land forces
by diminishing her own in connection
with a similar action on the part of
Germany.
"Frenoh public opinion is not pre?
pared for disarmament, which would
mean, as things stand now, an accept
anea of the Alsace-Lorraine situation.
Naval disarmament would be danger?
ous for Great Briiaio. Any formal
plao would involve subsequent breaches
of faith, but if Germany and Russia
will cease increasing tbeir forces we
can follow without a formal agree?
ment "
Lord Frederick Roberts of Kanda?
har, commander of the forces io Ire?
land, said in reply to a request for his
opioioo : "it will be most satisfactory
if such a proposal can be carried out."
The Earle of Crowe calls the czar's
suggestion ac "historical utterance,"
and earnestly hopes that Great Britain
will no: object to a oonfereooe. No ex?
citement is noticeable at the foreign
office It is uoderstood that a special
messenger was sect from St. Peters?
burg recently with a full explanation of
the czar's proposal.
Naturally all persons and societies
connected with the peace and arbitra?
tion movements are jubilant. The pope
wired his congratulations to Emperor
Nicholas immediately and offered every
assistance io bis power to promote the
proposed conference. <
The Times in its fioaooial article this
morning 6ays : "The cur's ciroular
has bad a good effect upon the markets j
as indicating that there is no immediate
probability of war. Many people re?
mark the faot that the proposal appears
wheo Russia's power to borrow freely
is almost ended and when she bas
placed herself io positions in Chioa and
elsewhere whioh can be defended only
at great co&t.';
THE FRENCH PRESS.
Paris. Augost 29.-The French
newspapers generally mistrust the prac?
ticability of the czar's peace scheme,
and clearly iodicate that France wouid
make the restoration of Alsac-Lorraine
a prerequisite to her participation in
the conference.
THE GERMAN PRE:S.
Berlin, August 29.-The North
German Gazette, referring to-day to the
czir's peace conference proposals, re?
marks : "Our armaments were never
intended for selfish ends, bat only for
our own protection and for tho main?
tenance of peace. We are willing to
give a fair trial to another method of
attaining: the objeot at a smaller cost "
The National Z?itong says . "The
czir and ministers have not deluded
themselves with the idea that they can
rid the world of the causes which for
years have been responsible for tbe
growing armaments. When a great
power, however, addresses euch propo?
sals to others, they will be recognized
everywhere as deserving of the most
serious consideration.
The Vossiohe Z?ituug expresses the
opinion that the importance of the note
does not 'tie io the proposal for a con?
ference, but in its conception.
The Post warmly eulogizes the czar's
motives, which, it adds, "must every?
where arouse sympathy."
The Kreuz Z'ituog says : "No one
can yet appreciate the real significance
of the note. Its bitter sweet reception
in France shows it will not meet with
universal approval.
According to the Hamburger Corres?
ponder?, the note will remain forever |
an imperishable monument to the fame
of Emperor Nicholas. Continuing, the j
paper says : "It stands to reason that
I Germany welcomes the proposal io the j
most glad maimer and is prepared tn i
co operate in the sacred work "
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COTTON GROWERS'
STATE CONVENTION.
Every County Should Organ?
ize and Send Delegates.
The following important call "to the
cotton growers of South Carolina" was
issued yesterday:
I have been requested to call a meet?
ing of the cotton growers to meet in
Columbia, S. C., oo Tuesday, Septem?
ber 20,1898.
It is requested that every couDty io
this State send delegates to this con?
vention.
The country orgaoizatioo in each
county is requested to meet and elect
delegates. Where it is impracticable
to call a mass meetiog, the oouoty
presidents are requested to see to it
that a delegation comes to the State
convention. Where there is no orgaoi?
zatioo those interested are most ear?
nestly requested to co operate with
the clerk of court of said oouoty, the
clerks being hereby requested to inter?
est themselves, at ieast to the extent of
seeiog that their counties are represent?
ed
This meeticg wili take steps that
will be of inestimable benefit to every
cotton grower io this State.
The Hou. Hector D. Lane having
died, bis successor bas been named, by
election of Col. Maxwell of Louisiana
to fill said office.
At a conf?rence io Memphis, a com?
mittee from each State was appointed to
negotiate for money, whereby iiecs on
the present crop could bc taken up and
tbe bulk of the crop of this year held
off for 60 or 90 daysc aod perhaps
longer ; which, it is hoped, will force
present prices up.
The big crop that is now predicted is
liable to depress present prices. The
producer has the key to the situation
if he can be induced to act as a unit.
Send deiegarer from every community,
and let them discuss p?aos io county j
convention for this crop, also for the
Dext crop, and send county recomuied
atioos to the Stace convention.
Every daily and weekly newspaper
in this Scace is respectfully requested
to give publicity to this call, and to
assist the cotton growers in this under?
taking.
The importance of doing something
to relieve the present depressed price
is urged as the reason for calling the
convention at so early a date. Let
every cotton grower interest himself
enough to see that bis section is repre?
sented.
Convention to meet at 8 o'clock p. m.
Correspondence solicited.
J. C. Wilborn,
President of Cotton Growers7 Associa?
tion of South Carolina, Columbia,
S. C.
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The Chickamauga Pest Hole.
Cbickamauga National Park, August
28 -The last of this week will see al?
most every regiment of volunteers
gone from Camp Thomas. This morn?
ing when the 1st Pennsylvania loft
for Lexington it compelled the removal
of the 1st army corps. By Monday at
the latest the od army corps will be?
gin to move to Anni-too, Ala.
If the railroads can baodie the troops
by Saturday night not a siogle regi
ment will be left in the park, with
the exceptiou of the 6tb Uuited States
volunteer^ whioh will be kept here to
guard the hospitals and Goveroment
property.
The removal of Major Geo. Breck
iuridge's headquarters from (Jimp
Thomas will likely occur on September
1. The prospects are that the General
will establish his main headquarters at
Lexington and divide bis timo between
that place and Knoxville.
As fast as trains can be gotten ready
the convalescents are being sent lo their
homes. Already over fonr thousand
sick leaves have been granted,and there
are yet in the hospitals over 1,500 sick.
These will be sent home as they are con?
valescent.
There were to day reported in ail
520 cases of typhoid fever io the hos?
pitals, and six deaths.
A FEMALE SURGEON.
V> ashiogton, August 29 -To-day for
the first time in the history of the
AmericoD army a woman was appoint?
ed a member of the medical stab1. Dr.
Anita Newcomb McGee, wife of Prof
W. J. McGee of this city, and daugh?
ter of Prof. Simeon Newcomb, former?
ly of the naval observatory, was reg?
ularly sworn io as an acting assistant
surgeon. This, according to Secretary
Alger's general order, would eu ti tlc
ber ti) the uniform cf second lieutenant
without designation of rank. If is not ;
likely, however, that Dr McGee will i
avail herself of this privilege. The
appointment, while a novelty from a
technical standpoint, is not the be
wioin? of Dr McGee's service with the
war department ; throughout the war
she bas been in charge of the selection j
of the women nurses, and of tin* 70U !
now in the 6eld most hav?? paused j
muster at ber handc.
Dr. MoGee has practiced her pro- j
fession in Washiogioo for >omc years, j
and i? well known io medical circles
throughout thit? country, having ooo j
tributed several papers to thc Amer
?cao Association for the advancement
of science and to other scienti?o or?
ganisations.
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To nrore it ouy a "Wuite" ard UBC it.
Instructions Have
Been Issued.
Cuban and Porto Rican Com?
missions Ready to Leave.
Washington, August 29 -The in?
structions to the Cuban and Porto
Rican military commissions were drawn
up and approved by the President be?
fore he left Washington. The instruc?
tions will not be made public, but
the general terms are known to
be the same ad the instructions sent tc
Gen. Shafter regarding the govern?
ment of Santiago, and to Geo. Mer?
ritt regarding the Philippines. This
will mean that the military commission
will take charge of Cuba and Porto
Rico the same as the military governor
now controls that portion of Cuba Far
rendered to the Uoited States after the
Santiago campaign.
The many minor details relative
to the evacuation of the islands are
left to the commissioners, who will re
port any difficult or disputed points to
Washington.
There never has been doubt that the
Uoited States will take full control of
^orto Rico, but the instructions to the
Jubao military commission settles any
question regarding that island and
means for the present at least the
United States will assume the govern?
ment and control of the remainder of
the inlands as has been the case in San?
tiago.
General Orders Issued.
Washington, August 29.-At 11:30
o'clock tonight general orders relating
to the mustering out of volunteers and
granting furloughs were promulgated
by Adj Gen. Corbi. To those officers
and men who have served beyood the
limits of the United States leaves of
absence and furloughs for 60 days will
be granted respectively, while to those
who have not served outside of the coun?
try the leaves of absence and furloughs
will IJ limited to 30 days.
Will Justice White Accept?
Washington, August 29.-There is
still a possibility of a change in the per?
sonnel of the American membership of
the peace commission. Up to this mo?
ment it is not definitely and absolutely
known whether Justice White wiil ac
pept the appointment tendered him, and
efforts are making by the president to
learn bis intentions in tho matter.
Mr. McArtbur, the assistant secre?
tary of the American oommissioo, is now
in New York making arrangements for
the sailing of the commission on the
l7th of September.
lt is suggested that Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts is being considered to
fill the vacaucy that would so result.
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Spanish Peace Commission.
London, August 30 -The Madrid
correspondent of the Daily Mail says:
''The peace commissioners will be
Senor Leooy Castillo, Spanish ambas
sador at Paris; Senor Urautia, Spanish
minister at Br?ssel?, the duke of Najera,
governor of Cadiz; Senator Marcoartu
aod Senor Abarzuza.
Hobson's Promotion.
Washington, August 27 -Assist
ant Naval Constructor Hobson was
to have been examined for'promotion
last week, but owing to bis duties he
could not go before the board, lt was
ordered that his record be examined
to see if that would entitle him to the
highest rank. The board save : ''The
board joins with all the world in ad?
miring the skill, courage and gallant
conduct of Assistant Naval Construc?
tor Richmond P. Hobson in connec?
tion with the Merrimac as set forth
in the letter of the commanding offi?
cer of the North Atlantic station.''
The report theo refers to the vari
ous papers submitted in connection
with Mr. Robson's record, and closes j
with a recommendation that be be
promoted to naval constructor
The Philippine Friars.
London, August 27.-The Philip?
pine Islands' committee in Europe
has addressed a letter to President
McKinley regarding the appeals
made to him by high Roman Catholic
ecclesiastics in America to protect
the religious Orders in the islands
The expulsion of the friars, the com?
mittee contends, is a "necessary an
tecedent to moral sanitation." The
letter names particularly the Arch j
bishop of Manila and the Bishops of
Nueva -Segovia and Nueva Caseres. J
"whose acts of hostility against both
natives and Americans arid against
the Jesuits and other respected reli ;
gious institutions are condemned by \
every one "
The committee uiges President j
McKinley to "aid the Filipinos to
suppress the immorality of the dia- j
helical institutions fostered by these ?
monks," and the letter concludes a6
follows : "Your name can never be
associated with that of the friars,
and the sense of right of the noble
nation at whose head you aie placed
will uever permit the ever victorious
humanitarian Stars and Stripes to
protect them " ?
ONE THOUSAND
HUMAN SKELETONS,
THE SHADOW OP THE
FIRST MAINE.
THE REGIMENT WHCH PASS?
ED THROUGH SUMTER
LAST WEEK.
Special to The Augusta Herald.
New York, August 27 -One thou?
sand skeletons, the shadow of the
First Maine volunteers, reached Jer?
sey City to day. Out of this wreck
of what was a splendid regiment ev?
ery fifth man was so weak, so emaci?
ated by suffering and disease that be
could hardiy walk.
"What is Chickamauga like ?"
.'It is hell-hell-bel! !" said Capt.
L H. Barney, of Co. C. "It is the
worst place I ever saw-worse than
I ever imagined, and life there was
truly bell Picture to yourself 50,
000 soldiers encamped on a hillside,
with no proper surface drainage.
Imagine the refuse and filth that must
accumulate, then picture the health
of the men from northern climates
who were forced to wallow in such
filth, with a burning sun overhead ali
day long. Is it any wonder that we
are mere shadows of our former
selves ? The men hope they will
never have to undergo such torture
again. We would nos have cared if
we had been killed in Cuba while
fighting for our flag, but to be placed
in a hellish place like Chickamauga
within the boundaries of our own be?
loved country, was cruel, to say the
least."
Movements of Troops
to and From Santiago.
j MORE SICK AMERICANS
START HOME.
I _
i
GEN TORAL AND STAFF ARE
TO LEAVE THIS WEEK.
Santiago, August 28, 7 45 p m.
The transport Roumanian will leave
for Montauk Point to morrow morn?
ing with six hundred and fifty sick
men of the Seventy-first New York,
Second and Ninth Massachusetts,
Second regulars, the Tenth cavalry
and the Sixteenth and Twenty first
regiments. The condition of the
men is extremely bad, the disappoint?
ment over the delays in getting them
away having greatly affected their
spirits. . Ambulances were found to
be necessary .to convey mo3t of them
to the steamer
The transports San Francisco, San
j Augustine and Leonora will leave to
! morrow for Guantanamo, Barracoa
and Sagua, for the Spanish prisoners
there. The condition of these men
is distressing and it is probable that
death will claim nearly half of them
before they reach Spain. Their con?
dition is the result of hard living and
the prevailing fever The rations and
medical aid 6ent from Santiago were
practically too late
The transport Knickerbocker ar?
rived this morning with the Second
j battalion of the fifth infantry Her
trip was delayed through an accident
to her gear at Tampa.
The Second and Third battalions of
Ray's immune regirneut will leave to?
morrow for Baracoa and Sagua. for
garrison duty at those places
Gen Toral's staff and a few other
officers will leave next week on the
Leon XIII. Gen Toral and his staff
are now assisting in the embarkation
of thc Spanish troops The general
has received many calls from Ameri?
can officers during the last few days
Gen. Liwton will use Gen Toral's
headquarters at the building of the
Spanish club as his headquarters, the
palace being too email for the numer
ours officers necessary for the admin
ietration
Over 200 Santiago refugees return?
ed from Jamaica yesterday, and
others are coming soon, now that
confidence is restored Those who
have returned found their houses
greatly disturbed The Spanish
hospital, as soon as it is vacated,
will be renovated, fumigated and re?
paired for use as a civil hospital Its
locatiou is excellent and it has a ca?
pacity of 1,000
Upon the arrival of a Spanish ma?
jor recently it was discovered by ac?
cident that he had several trunks fill
ed with siiver jewelry, valuable ar?
ticles and money, evidently the resuit
of looting the houses of residents
j during the confusion attendant upon
the El Caney exodus Lirge amounts
of money were carried away by
Spanish officers At one house where
eight Spanish officers were living,
there was recovered a large trunk
which contained two bushels of sil?
ver and gold, which represented
about $20.000
The soldiers have received only a
small sum from our government, to?
bacco and other small necessities.
Otherwise the condition of the Span
! iards is wretched. They are sick and
penniless, and distrust the reception
they will meet on their return to
Spain
I.4' icu want a nice orpaa an easy terme
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