ITHE MADISON JOURNAL.VOL V, TALLULAII, MADISON PARISH, LOtiJS[ANA, SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1898. NUMBER "2.

P .T' n l r | .. . . .n.. .. .-. " " _nn n n . * .... ..ACT OF INCORPORATION,Lo aspd Arkansas Tel-

% paph Company.rSAU or LOUIcsIAA.

PAfaS oF MADISON.Be it known that on this 28th, day

of January in the year of our LordEighteen hundred and Ninety Eightsd of the Independence of the UnitedStates of America the One hundredthand twenty-second, before me GeorgeSpenoer a Notary Publio, in and forthe Parish of Madison State of Louis-leana, duly commissioned and qualifiedand In the presenoe of the witnesseshereinafter named and nodersigned,eame and appeared the several personswhose names are hereunto subscribed,who declared that availing themselvesof the provisions of laws of this State,relative to the organization of corpo-rations for work of public improve-ment and utility, they have contractedand agreed and do by these pr-'wentseontract and agree and bind and obli-gate themselves, as well as such per-no as may hereinafter become a, so-elated with them to form and constitutea corporation and body politic in lawfor the object and under the agreement Iand stipulations as following to wit:

ARTICLE I.The name and title of this corpora-

tion shall be "The Louisiana and Arkanlss Telegraph Company," and bythat name said corporation shall havebower and authority to have and enjoy

ucncession for the full term and periodlof ninety-nine years from and afterthe date hereof; to contract, sue, andbe sued, to make and use a curporate tseal, and the same to break or alter at tpleasure, to bold, receive and lease, to Jpurchase and convey as well as mor!- Jgage and hypothecate under its corpo. o-ate name, property, both real and a-ersonal, to name ano appoint Ssuch managers, directors, .ffler-and agents as the inttrest and Jconvenience of said corporatior rnn.e srequire, and to make and establish Li o uby-laws rules and resolutions for tu, aIproper management and regulation ou Tthe said corporation as may be neces 14nary and the same to change and altrI a'at pleasure, In

ARTICLE IL mThe domicile of said corporatio: t

thall be in the parish of Madison in th- mSate of Louisiana, and all citatiouaand other local proces shall be serve: mupon the president of the said corpcration or in case of his aueeuce, up,,. tthe vice president or secretary. St

ARTICLF TrThe purpose for which this corpo t-

lion is established and the nature of t; ebusiness to be carried on by it are daEelared and specified to be the transma,-

loo of messages by telegraph throuw b fothe river counties of Arkansas and p r thi•hes of Louisiana from Arkansas C t ooto Vidall, ILa, via Lake Providence 86Tallulsh, Newelton, St. Joseph aWater Proof and such other ofics a setsaid corporation may estab!ish. 18

ARTICLE IV.The capital stock of said corporati.,.

Ise hereby fixed at the sum of (823,000twenty-five thousand dollars, repr.seated by (2500) twenty-five huodrshares of ($10) ten dollars each, wl imay be inoreased if necessary by vo beof the board of directors, and the tin esad manner of payment of said sto. kare to be determined upon by theboas d lidof directors. te

ARTICLE V.The busines and affairs of sail cor Pc

poration shall be under the supervi,i,,, neand management of a board of di:e totorse omposed of seven stockholde- ato be elected annually on the first Mon Naday ia January of each year, said elec ch;ion shall .,•' by ballot and coan isIbdouted at the offloe of said eurporation, and the directors thetelected shall serve until their sosees- Jsore shall have been electedl; a majori- 131ty of votes east shall elect, and each Atshare of stock shall be entitled 'o on, itvote, either inperson or by pros.Any vacanoy occurring in said boait cciof Direetors from any caure wha'tv r toshall be filled by election by the re- namaining directors; four Dir•ct•rs ihael nconstitute a quorum for the transte ion bitof business, and maid Board of 1irec- K.tor, at their first meeting in each year,shall elect out of their own number aptresident, a vice-president, who shalles-oflco be the tresurer; a aeiretary Lowho shall es-oleio be the supeainteud in-at and attorney for the corporationu. pThe president and secretary shall ap mipo.ot, time to time, such ofsers, no.- upagers, operators and other agents as sulmay be deemed necessary for the bust a.smnes sad purposes of said corporation, ,ad discharge the same at pleasure, atad sMid direetors shall have fall power gelesad athoaity to make and establish, thea well a to change and amend ad al- 18te-, all by-laws, rules and regulations thufoe the sapport and management of mithe sihai and business of said corpo--atio.

ARTICLE VLWhenever this corporation is ( e

solved, either by limitation or any mother esoause, its affairs shall be liquid a-ted under the superintendence of threestockholders, to be appointed for thatpurposa at a general meeting of st•ck-holders, counvened after thirty days' itprior notice, and with the sament of th imejority in the amount of the capital testock, said commission shall remain in Itofeb untai tie afairs of said corpora- antin shall have been fuolly liquidated,and in aee of the death of one ormore of asid commissioners the eurvi-ver or surviv.rs shall cmotinue to act. ha

ARTICLE VII. quThis aet of incorporation may be tO

ebanged, modified or altered, or sid becorporation may be daseolved with the finassent of the majiority in ameount c the be

Fl

dpital stock thereof, at say gener.mI meting of the stockholders of said cur

poration convened for said purpop.Bl" after thirty days previous noltice of aue

meeting shall have been published iione paper in the said parish of Madiso'the domieile of the corporation and iione paper in each of the other parishe'of Louisiana and counties in Arkansalay in which said corporaticn does bu-inese.

;ht ARTICLE VIILth No stockholder shall ever be helhgo liable or responsible for the contrac'.or or faults or neglects of said corporatioz

ian any Luture sum than the unpai.

ed balance duo on the shares of stoeles owned by him; nor shall any mere ind, formality in organization lave the cffce

no of rendering the charter null, or of exi posing a stockholder to any liabilit

beyond the amount of his stock. N,free mesages on private business sh;be allowed by the Board of Dircctu•e

e- ARTICLE IX.,d There shall be a regillar annual m: etti ing of the directors on the third Ml.ui- day f each January at the domicile or- the corporation, the president may cal

- a meeting after ten days notice to eaelle director, whenever necessary, or wheiw an application shall be signed therefu:

it by any four directors. The votes o

directors shall be in person or b%pruoxy, and a vote of a maj ,rity of althe directors; this line may be extend .b.yond the terminals named herein. ithe capital stock be snute.ibed the:e 1for. t

ARTICLE X.The following officers and board ,:

directors have been chosen l y ti.stockholders to serve aa such until h:. third Monday in January, 1

899,or nut

their successors shall have been electedJ. M. Johnson, president; N D.Johnson, vice president and exofficio treasurer; Emmet Johnson,1 secretary and ex-officio superintendent 8Snyder and Spencer attorneys with J. oM. Johnson, N. D. Johnson, Emmet iJohuson, F. G. JohLson, W. M. Davidson, Jeff B. Snyder and 0. W. Cole Bman, Board of Directors. Thus doneand passed in my office in the town ofTallulah, parish of Madigon, State ofLouisiana,on the day and in the monthand year tirst above written, in th npresence of William B. King and Iy nman Callman, both of this parish com-petent witnesses, who have signedthese presents with said appearers andtme. Notary, after due reading.

Witnesses-W. B. King, HI. Call.man. b

(Original signed)-J. M. Johnson, ati' •f. Daviid-i.n, per J. M.. J. Jeff B.Snyder, Emmet Johnson, Fred G.Johnson, 0. W. ColemanL N D. John-run. u.j . /)Lr'15) Z

Notary Public. tSTATE or LOUisA ul NA, 14

PARISH or MADISON. aI hereby certify that the within and $

foregoing is a true and correct copy of inthe original act now on file and of re- acord in Notarial Record Book "M" pp6G et sefq.

Witness my signature and officialseal, this 28th day of February, A. D. ti1898. tL

W. 1. HARVEY, thClerk and Ex officio Recorder. g

(SL. ]toat

ACROSS THE WATERS. dE

Uruguay has signified her neutrality aIbetween Spain and the United States. m

cifBy a cabinet order issued from Ber ,,

lin, Kiao-Chau becomes a German pro. u1tectorate, under consular jurisdiction. th

The Britisa ship Lord Wolsley, from AlPortland, is ashore at Roche's Point, thnear Cork, and is likely to become a frtotal wreck. ail

James Gordon Bennett's yacht the utNamouria, is reported to have beenchased into Toulon, France,by a Span. reish gunboat. ar

The report that Emperor Francis toJoseph has subscribed largely to the seSpanish naval fund is utterly false. elAustria will observe absolute neutral- thity. ci

The London Standard says that re- p.cent developments in China have led toto another Pacific cable proposal, ncnamely, from Vancouver to some port qian the HSandwich or Fiji Island, thence jobifurcating to New Zealand and HongKong.

Russia Favors Spain. triThe Moscow correspondent of the wi

London Times says: "'Public opinion Itin Russia,so far as it is expressed,sym- onpathizes with Spain. Apart from ad- talmiration of the courage that ventures thupon a conflict with an overwhelmingly hesuperior antagonist,Russia has received rea severe blow in the suspected friendly iaagreement between the United States Iand England. The Russians do not for- inget placing their fleet at the disposal of inthe north in the war of secession in lic1861, and they are bitterly aggrieved pcthat the United States is not equally edmindful of this service now." wl

MaUs to be Watched.

Orders have been sent out fromWashington directing postmasters Nthroughout the United States to watch dmails passing through offices closely adand instructing them to sieze any mailmatter that excited suspicion. It is thstates by a leading man in postal afaffairs that it was the duty of all good mcitizens in a crisis of the present kindto ea:l the postofflce department's at-tention to any individual seen mailing tletters whose actions they regarded as 5:suspicious. ni

Blace's Nerve. '.

It is rumored that General Parrdo whas tinished a complete plan for recon-quering Cube. It will be presentedto the other generals for their opinion *before it goes to General Blanco for infinal approval. Part of the army isbeing organized for the invasion of 0Florida. h

; FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.cl A SUMMARY OF A WEEK'S PROCiED-

INGS IN THF CAPITOL.01

War Declaration Passed Both Houses antdWs as the Only Important Act of the LawMakers the Past Week-o-Short andi UIn.Inlterestlu Ueuloeus.

SENATE.

MONDAY-The senate had scarcelyconvened when the message of thepresident, urging congress to declarethe existence of war between the UnitedStates and Spain, was laid before it,and was referred to the foreign rela-tions committee. Con- ideration of thenaval appropriation bill was th.n re-sutned, the pending question being up-on the amendment offered to regalatethe price of armor. The bill as amend-ed was passed. The bill for the het- ater organization of the line of the arnmyof the United States and providing for 3the three batallion formation wats all- -ed up and the amendments offered byI,the conmmuittee were agreed to witholutdivision. The bill passed. At 2:3 ;p.m. the senate was informed that thehouse had passed an act declared a Astate of war existing between the UnitedStatus and Spain. The message wasat once read to the senate and the son-ate immediately went into secret exec-utive session to consider the resolu-tion. The vice-president signed it andwas conveyed to the house, and that 1Ibody would not endorse the wanate's ofamendments, whereupon a conference alwas asked for and agreed to. The wUsenate, at 5:35, adjourned. to

TvEsnAr-During the two hours' qtof the senate today the conference re- isport on the army reorganization bill ofwas agreed to and the measure en-grossed and signed. The remainder CIof the session was devoted to the pass-age of seventy-four private pension thbills and numerous measures from the iiigeneral calendar. At 2 o'clock the nosenate went into executive session andat 2:15 p.m. adjourned. of

WEDNBSDAT-The senate was in ses- asion but one hour and a half today, prduring which time no important busi- haness was transacted. At 1 o'clock the osenate went into executive session, haand at 1:25 adjourned. wi

THURSDAY-Again today the senate itswas in the altitute of waiting for busi- naness to reach it. A few bills of unim- bhportant character were passed, but no TIbusiness of general interest was trans- ofacted. The senate at 1"to p..,", -rt fointo executive session and at 2 ,,', :.",adjourned.

senate tn' report of the ionfere s on thithe naval appropriation bill was pre. edsented and agreed to. The measure SPas perfected carries a little more than art$75,000,000. No other business of 004importance was transacted. Adjourneduntil Monday. sit

SpHOUSE. Sir

MooDAY-The house of representa- toltives today passed the bill declaring onthe existence of a state of war between firthe United States and the kingdom of desSpain, in a manner which cannot fail mito impress the world. The represent-atives voted for it without a word of SPdebate, without a dissenting vote and tigwithout a roll call, but with a solemnappreciation of the gravity of theirmomentous action. There was no ex- doscitement; no word or question. Itwas only in the great cheer that wentup from the floor and galleries when wilthe speaker announced its passage.After the president's message was read tthe committee on foreign affairsframed the resolution. It was passed, catsigned by the speaker and on its way kato the senate in an hour and six min-utes. At 5:10 the house adjourned. to

TUEsDAY-The war revenue bill was tfrreported to the house today and by anarrangement made the date will begintomorrow and continue in the night tesession until Friday. The contested neelection case of Wise vs. Young, from gothe second Virginia district, was de- peicided today in favor of the contestant, byDr. Wise, who is a Republican, by a gparty vote. The- senate amendments Ito the naval appropriation bill were enon-concurred in and a conference re-quested. At 4:50 the house ad-journed.

WEDNESDAY.- The general debateupon the measure framed by the waysand means committee to meet the ex-traordinary expenditures of the war muwith 8pain opened in the house to-day. SIt will continue through to-morrow and "on Friday at 3 o'clock the vote will be Ilktaken. There was a signal absence of nethat partisan rancor which has always laiheretofore characterized debates on mCrevenue measures. Both sides, speak- meing throqgh their respective leaders, CaMessrs. Dingley and Baleey, concurred Cinthe necessity which existed for the Limmediate raising of hundreds of mil- malions to prosecute the war, but the op- blposing doctrines which they held clash- Ted at the outset as to the methods by viwhich revenue should be raised. At 5Eo'clock the house recessed until 8 muo'clock. The night session of the house ewas devoted to brief speeches by mem- telbmrs who were unable to secure time thduringthe day. At 10:30 the houseadjourned.

Tar'nsDA.-The general debate on Cthe war revenue hill closed to-night ofafter eight and a half hours of speech- ,omaking. The debate lacked both spirit Aland interest. There was little discus- thsion of the internal revenue features ofthe bill. The committee arose, and at5:35 took a recess until 8 o'clock. The ofnight session was occupied by brief thtspeeches,many of them mere pegs uponwhich members, under leave to print,could hang speeches in the Congres-sional Record. At 10:30 the house re- thcesed until 10 o'clock to-morrow morn- (Ping. ur(

FRIDA•r--The house convened at 10 oneo'clock this morning to allow two othhours more of general debate on the wa

onl

war rev fnue bef.,re the bill wastaken up at n7l for the amendmentunder tle fi ml inte rule. At 4D- o'clock the bil ands r the order was

reporter? to tli holtte. As chairmanDiugley had d o opportunity tooffer the amn ewints agreed upon bythe maja rity o•ltbe ways and meanscotmmuittee, -: - as a substitute,a. a bill c utain," thesq amendments.

There • as i., question as to theregulari y of prroceeding, but thespeaker helej• sat it was in order.ty There cere y protests from the

I)emocr tie at ainst this parlia-m nentari mov an t Mr. Bland in-

A sisted u *on t ea, ing of the substi-tute in full. .e relding occupied,almost a t h? T' e T ote was thentaken on the ,r1l I issagt of the billand it ta~ a sae , 181-131, afterwhich th l\',i ,urned.

e ATVa; ..-. a ,y's session'of thehouse wt d t" d blefly to consider-ation of t te ifera .ice report upon thenaval ap op'.,:lo bill, presented on I

r yosterdaa The -.port was rejectedafter thr houra' ,abate and furthercnfetren wilI,fo !.ow. A resolution atinsistil:_ p,,in elit inating the amend- bm- ent, ,; adopted, 118 to 42, and the

naval bil . s autails sent to conference.Adournt until •I altay.

NE W V RECORD t

4to the ( rrent, pa iah.Auerhtan Con- i.. l. I.

MosD•v•-Caress unhesitatinglyt assed the bill •larieg the existence

of a state of w 4 aetween this countryand the kingdod of Spain, without a ,murmur of disst*a' The war depart- ament called on the States for their Iquotas of volunatgrs. The big Span- Fish steamship PaiLma, with a number a.of Spanish refugees on board, anal a 1very valuable cargo, and the steamer slCalalina, were captured. tl

TrESDAY---Orders were received bythe American squadron to attack 'an-ila. European nations announce theirneutrality. N

WEDNEsDA-Thne first engagement inof the war took hlace today. Admiral aSampson bombarded, silenced and (pretty well destroyed the Spanish Lbatteries in position and in course of JCconstruction at the entrane of the atharbor of Matanase, Cuba. He Fjd it inwith the flagship New York,tke ihon- 01itor Puritan and $1 cruiser -Ciracin-nati. The enemu returned the fire,but could not hit any of oue v+sels.The Asiatic squadron, }der com d ofof Admiral Dew , left Hong Longfor Manila. P1

lTl'nTAT - Lfalq **tuts%-J,' Wonaido w.-.... .,

the Terr- and Machias. It was load-ed with l'ovisions and moneo for the 8Spanish army, and vessel and cargoare supposed to be worth shout 400,- a"00o.

FRIDar-Ofleial notiecation of theshelling of Matezase received. The viSpanish fleet lift Cape De Verde Is- forlands. Port Cabanas, a smnll fortified matown thirty-five miles west of Havana, thion the northern coast of Cuba, was stifired on by the New York, and the fort thdemolished. The firing lasted fifteen eeiminutes. loi

SATRDaY--The Queen Regent of AlSpain appealed to Czar to assist her in raifighting the United States. Ce

RClmporor at Kaiser Msagree.

The Vienna Correspondent of a Lon-don journal tells a tall story to theeffect that Emperor William left Dres- erden last Saturday after a disagreement syiwith Emperor Francis Joseph, arising nitfrom a heated discussion had in the af- evternoon relative to the Spanish-Ameri- nitcan imbroglio, in which the Austrian atlemperor vainly tried to convince the ivlkaiser that it is his duty and interest fotto assume, if not an unfriendly atti- lettuade toward the United States, a more abfriendly neutrality to Spain. Emperor iteWilliam reiterated that Germany's in- onterests pointed to a policy of strictneutrality and the retention of thegood will of the mighty republic. Em- thperor Francis Joseph was much hurt Frby the kaiser's heated, impulsive lan- Mgage and plainly showed his dis- Repleasure at the banquet given in the s.evening. The situation grew so un- Hpleasant that Emperor William took elhis departure before the close of the exbanquet. Da

Spaulsh sles at Work

St. Louis representatives of powdermanufacturing concerns were warned IiSaturdlay that two Spanish spies werein St. Louis and were planning toblow up powder mills and magazinesnear that city. The information waslaid before Chief of Detectives Des- Clmondl, and he immediately detailed omen to investigate. The informant is deCaptain Alfred ,.J. Badles, of the ,Cubanarmy, who has been in BSt miLouis about a moPth, He says these wImen have been gathering every possi- .,ble bit of information about St. Louis. thTwo of them, Captain Bailes said, novisitel Jefferson Barracks and left for alEnreka, Mo., PFriday. The powder~magazines of a number of St. Louiseimpanieos are situatel a' Eureka an telegrams of warning have been sen athere.

Wasts to Aeeept the Chaleange.

The challenge to Gen. Lee andCaptaiun Sigbee by Lient. Carranza,of the Spanish army, has aroused a toNorth Carolian, W. N. Ballad, of ovAsheville, formerly on the police force 'athere, has written Gen. Lee request- Ping in case the general does not desire *to meet the Spanish ofcer on the fieldof honor, that he be allowed to takethe general's place. r

Powder mlit Exploded. thA bolt of lightning struck one of L

the buildings of the Clipper Gap i(Placer county) Powder company Sat- "urday. There were two explosions,one that blew up the glaze and theother the grinding mill. One manwas killed. Clipper Gap mill makesonly blasting powder miners' use.

O UISOSIANA HAPI'ENIG Sas EVENTS OF A GREAT STATE IN INTER ja

in ESTING FORM. CI

)New Levees Accepted---Arrested for Mulrder---.Seroau Acrident to an O1ld o0dld e

. -- A Destructive lreck---Other Items ofis Interest.ee in

r. Bank Clearting. Atoe New Orleans bank clearings for .ai

t- week ending Tuesday were $7,(;73,9201- an ithrease of 20.4 per cent. ovtr cur-

t'responding week last yer.

Celebranted ith Ia anqnuet. rlI Thl Bhita Springs Hotel, Mrs. :A.n n

r urt proprietress, just coml,lete L, wt triithrown o!pen Saturday night to tIhe e(hpublic u ith a grand banqueLt anld ball. pat

loano.!ved to ,, aty ; s o I m ,,.e The mnemb.,r of 'ompany C ofin Lake l'rtviidt.ie . who a few dayi ago , l

i h volunteered their services, being on- Sllr iable to get a sufftiient niullbe"r to forml we

Sa company, have resolved to stay at anahome until further notice.

0 of tCamp Conventeancs. ten

Assistant Manager Ferguson. of the thisEast Louisiana lRailroad says in casethe camp is established at Alilta Spriingshis company will run a wire into rcampif the troops will furnish an operator. JobThe soldier boys can then get the news "hlton the grounds. (:it

witSerioun Freight Wreck.

A serious freight wreck occurred ftlearly Friday morning on the Louisi.-ana Western division of the Southorn taiPacific, just outside of Lafayette arniFive cars loaded with oil, bicycles and plaassortcl goods were ditched and com- h iplctely demolished. A broken axle orspreading rail is the snpposud caise of pistthe accident. No one was hurt. C11

They Want Commanders.

All the Confederate organizations in hleNew Orleans had a joint meeting Sat- tlaurday night, and urged that the presi. tdent appoint such men as John . to t(lordon, Wade Hampton, Stephen D. arLee, W. L- Cabell, James Longstreet, freOJoseph Wheeler, Fitzhugh Lee and ingothers among the generals, and pledg-ing themselves and their sons to defendOld Glory. t

New Levees Acoepted. theCapt. F. M. Kerr,of the State Board fries

of Engineers, was in Shreveport Satur- wonday. He stated" 1' he had just inspected a new lei : Bossier parish A3L. '. ' l. The levee wa-

n hich was 11080 fe ! contained85i)O cubic yards. Both lesees were apa,'cepted. Aw

Doealdeonville's gQota. WaFriday morning eleven Donaldson- spa

ville volunteers took their departurefor Baton Rouge, where they will bemerged with the Pelican Guards of Cthat city. A field band played on the a dc

streets, and the volunteers left amidst Thethe cheers of hundreds of people as- antsembled on the river front. The fol- latilowing is the list of volunteers: Frank of taAyraud, Jules Ayraud, Richard Ay- oftrand, E. N. Pugh, Jr., Frank Simns,Coppeneux, Slater, Scheysneyler, CrriRodrigue, Jr., Alcee Mollere. deti

Ten Million Dollar Enterprise. ablyThe corner-stone of the central pow. blow

er station of the New Orleans drainage boatsystem has been laid with the ceremo- Mininies peculiar to such occasions. The Captevent marks the appreciatiated begin- tina,ning of the grandest pieces of work ever of 111attempted by the city of New Orleans, sels.ivnolving as it does,or probably will be- tionfore c 'mpletion, the expenditure of at Ameleast ten millions of dollars. This is briefabout the largest outlay for a single saysitem in the public works of the city at heavone time. wouI

the tEpworth League Conference.The Epworth League Conference of nh

the Louisiana Annal Conference metFriday morning at Alexandlria, in the theMethodist Epiecopal Church, South,Rev. B. F. White, presiding. Rev. F8. Parker, of Lake Providence, and boaH. Hii. Ahrens, of New Orleans, wereelected secretaries. The devotional caOexercises were conducted by Rev. H. J. snkDavies, of Clinton. The subject,"Characteristic of our Times," 1,asably discussed by Revs. G. D. Parker, .8. J. Davies and F. 8. Parker. Miss dresrLizzie May 81igh, of Mansfleld, read a Leamost interesting paper. calle

He Selected a Peeoor Clampig Place. polFri. v morning about 2 o'elock that

Chas. mend, an old United itates masoldle. had a narrow eseape from itsdeath. Hle hal become thoroughly dela;enthused in the war andt had deter- npmined to go and join the company of me vwhich he was once a member. In his the'wanderings he got tired and slept on bethe Texas and Pacific railroad track, sonsnear Allendale. At the hour indi- forecated he was struck and hurled thirty-five feet. When picked up he wasunconsciousne. He received all necessary attention, and is doing well, but Mobsuffering with a few brauises.

Monroe soldiers Leve. TweThe Monroe volunteers left Satr. nigh

day night for New Orleans and the putown went wild over them, the streets shoyover which the omen marched and all of Ilvacant places about the depot were werpacked with cheering men and cryirg tiongwomen. Te men formeud in C'ourt waSquare andl fromnt there marched to thedeepo, enctrtecl by Henry W. AllenCamp, U. C. V., headced by the Mon- Sroe band. As the train drew out of fornthe depot -u, its way to Vickshurg the Satband played, the 'pectators and snl- thediers cheered and even the vroaor towiwavel their handkerhefs.. of C

-- theAlleged Spyc' 1. iditi.

John Wald, the young man captuired myat Port Eadi with damaging evidence Secin his possession, and who is believed he

ro he a Spanish sl lv Ivth 1lie ti.ers hasfound his tongue after la:nguishitui injail. He now says he is an ulpholsterof New Orleans, and refers to Dr. CCharles Bruning and J. L. Ilrirating, afurniture dealer. M4th theie hmen saythey know Walts and that he was acrank on the matter of self-defense,

' and that he was collecting this infor-*o toation for his own use. But the gqv-

ernmuent officials who have Walz's casein hand say it is a very weak story.A court-manrrial will probably enter-or .ain him this week.

!0 . .

Arrested fo,r Murder. UR . V. Reed, arrested Fridlay 1y a

the Shrevelport police, was carried to tiArcadia in custo•ly of Sheritf ian- aRn. 11nIg, who loldged hint in jail to await a

i' trial for the miurder of 'lho:uas ;i- hit don in the s,,uthorn part of Blenville 'II. lrish in June, 1811. Since the h'nii- .l

i 1t, which is not denied, lRetl hal, iI,,,en a fugitive, and when arrestel tlwits engaged in peddling in and olt of r.Shltieveplt. HIl u ge an,|d tea'; it

were placed in the hanuds of a livery- 1'mt lan to await the call of Reel's fit; dily, consisting of wife anti a Inuntllm r l-iof children. There are said to be ,,,Itennating cirleunstauces attenhli ng

* this homicide.

]lop Ten Almost liecolnes a Tragedy. giFriday tifternotn about tt 41:0 o'clck 1

John B. ('Catle, the Ilproprietor of a ti* "hop tea" estallis-hment in Anti*e F

City knocked larry Wayland dol i 0ofwith a "*hop tea" bottle. Wayland, on GIgetting out the do1or, tired two inef- c'

I feetnal shots at Castle, who waq on the b,in ide. From what could lie aseer- tln tained, younrig Wayland andi Tooi Ii,)w- a

ard, a young man, entered ('a.tle'-, C1 place, and all three were abshout ti ad

,l ink. Some discussion arose, and lidr Castle asserts that Wayland drew hi-. it

f pistol, when he (Casthl) picvkedl up a'i

elupty bottle antd threw it at Waylandl,the bottle striking Wavlandl on thehead, just ahove the right eye, cutting tica big gash. Then Castle threw a hot- P:tie at Hloward, a, he showed a idesire Mto take part in the fuss, Waylanl got \'on the outside and ('astl' walked tearound to the front door. Walylanl (3tired directly at Castle, the ball loug- aing in the rear if the store. Th. r:second shot lodged in the door facing. edAs the seeondl shot was tireal Waylalnd alfell to the ground from the effeits of rethe blow. He soon revived. anld kind dufriends took hint away and, dre-,ed the diwound. ,dt

AMERICANS v1,I't )il t1 .INJSHAMERICAN WAR,

FrReports From Madrld---ish .:Ltxt-'ty an

Awaited News of the Battle In Aslati gebWaters Tell of the Great Loss Inflrted on he]Spalm--..A Exciting Engagement. wit

theoldCommodore Dewey's squadron won De

a decisive victory in I'hillipine waters. raiThe expected naval hattle was fought raloff Manila Sunday morning between 5and 9 o'clock, resulting in the annihi- anlation of nearly all the fighting :-hips foof the Spanish fleet. Spanish advises kItshow that both of Admiral Montejos' thecruisers, the Castilla and the ]ieina tflChristiana, the latter a flagship, were thcdestroyed by fire. A guhboat, prob-ably the Don-Juan-De-Austria, wasblown up; two other vessels, the gun-boat Ulloa and the auxiliary oruiser, paMindauoa, were severely damaged. hCaptain Cadarzo, of the Reina-Chris- ttotina, was killed. A considerable loss tw,of life is reported on the Spanish ves- Iresels. There is no authentie informa- andtion as to the injuries received by the tierAmerican fleet. A Spanish report, toobriefly referring to the great battle, misays they sustained heavy damage and carheavy loss on their side and that their sio:wounded were landed on the shores of iorthe bay. At the conclusion of the en- Megagement, Commodore Dewey's shi-" hotanchored in the bay. None of theAmerican ships were destroyed fromthe information at hand. As to thecomposition of the Spanish fleet it ap- ihpears that but two unarmored gun-boats and two or three gunboats es- Frcaped destruction or severe damage. eleSpanish reports say that several were Ensunk, "to avoid capture." h

antDark Prophecy., but Probable. ed

Major-General Brooke, in his ad- letdress to the Young Men's Business whLeague in Chattanooga Friday night whcalled attention to the short-sighted Mipolicy of the government in not main- leitaining a large standing army, stating ththat the army was now halted at Chick-amauga because of the insufficiency ofits numbers, and intimated that thedelay in investing Cuba was due to the munpreparednese of the army. "Let agme venture a prophecy, as a result of bethe war," said he. "Many wives will dabecome widows; mothers will lose atsons, and sweethearts their lovers be- sfore this business is over." an

tel

howered With lowers. 80The two regimente ordered from the m

Mobile encampment to Tampa by thewar department, the Tenth andTwenty-seqonad, left that city Fridayl renight in high epirits. The trains epulled out amid cheers and yells and a rshower of flower~.s from a big delegationof ladies. The sides of the coacheswere lettered with patriotic inacrip- tritions, the most appropriate of whichwas "Remember the Maine."

Paciie C' ast Excrlted. T

Senators Perkins and White of Cali- nifornia called upon Secretary Alger asSaturday morning to urge upon hint tothe necessity of fortifying the coast thtowns of their state. They say people oiof California are greatly excited overthe lu-nor that their defenseless con-dition has been exposeil to Spain by amysterious woman at Santa Cruz. thSecretary Alger said he would do what Pche could. U

S)FROM THE SEAT OF W1XV ..r. DISPATCHES SECUJED Bf 'VRE AN'at CABLE.

I :uro'peaan Nationq Likely to Object to .Any

il ad5tlll lttlon of Anterlrl inth ia It Phil-

S Il:plnen---Thc 9Spaauilh Fleet on ILn Wasye to Amern.a.

The SMipanish sluati r la,. conI'-ting aofthe Iirst-clas ertiisers \'iaTana, .\',,l -

unte Ojlue•dt,, I faaiata t! •;rii . ,'7 ate! C'ii .,ul ',,li ,, an •I t ,. lhe,.

a- and Ii lttoi l. i4 ;tauni, ia : . . .

it 5cr,,:, L, .Atla Jtat ' : .l .p .I..Tlt'h t' I t itial,, r ea , i , -I,i .1. ,li ,

i- lat T '1 1 !:', y - rueht,, n11a l '.."1 t lli'i \1iiat "i-i i i a., li, t'lla'' ta iititldre a ll- tha:t lo that tlh t ',a,,t e\l t . atlat t nll it•a :t. .iI r,. thei . tl I . l i,'.l Maill y c 'Jlllau. tGrat. c"II' u rlh.

There may ti ,,. .iilha l.a:i. trti,*.!e, illstor( fair the .\act , :Ian n.,'l I l: itltg( wiing a11? sif the ii ave n 111it t tit ti.Aleri Ua l h r-ip utpl,,n Mali!u. !!tinin:.tiin, s aoie' that (h'rthnn v, niul I.... ati !vFranee, will protest auaih-t t h .l s'i/ areof the I'hilliippine. (ti the ,liploni l atii'rou, ndl that Cula i. tlh, o .nly I 41 ,I

contenttion. Tihe l.rote..t, is ,ale,. illbie a 'dlipllimiatiit' ont,; but tlih'. tetthat France is showing great iiavatlactivity is regarded with .aspiciotj t11(te ltsilln qluarters. (' ,logress 'dial d thenadi iin i'trati,,n 1 ll l ot "it P :lt'ialiv"' I,.-lie'i ve ,r,,te.,t la ill e ,ilt,,hut an iat de.it ma ill la tr'ate'd as at pritest ons paller.

Were IIcegarded a,+ Iil i hes.News of a cajie of Africant si ,i'.-ti-.

tion re.sulting in a bhI,,l.ly c'riame re:ahe,,lP:aducah, Ky., ftrm t'eie le talas , atMassan crounty, Ill. While JlhnsolnWhite auntl his wife, colored, wire en-tering the door of their hlll' nearCache Blrilgeo, returning fro•u h'laurelh,a vwily was ielre:l alt thean from su-baush. Tith fell, teit- hlunalaiol twoil.ed in eighteen plaes with heavy shotand the wmanl in venten. Sltihe irelporte-d as dying. while White is in adlagerols conditiaon. ]leea'loe af stdt.len praosperity, the caisuple hail beenandrged nith heing witches, 1,y thie ag-

norant Negroes of the aniglhlurhood

Coal 3lua'e a"a a1 n .f .At 1)urver near 'ilk', . .•

Friday a rumbling noials, was iheardandl withaout warning houses Weaneshaken and chimneys fell. Many wereheld fast in their homes, and menwith axes battered in the doors to setthem free. The cave-in occurred in-side the halstead coal mine of theDelaware Lackawanna and Westernrailroad company. To add to theconsternationsternat, the water main urstand the water poured in an incessanttorrent into the cellars and the hugoflisures of the cave. Seven men wereknown to be in the mine, but live ofthem aseended the shaft safely. Scoresof buildings are wrecked, among themthe German Catholic church.

Train RIobbery In Teza,.

The wet-heonad Soutlhern Pacificpassenger train No. 20, was taken incharge by four naasked imen at Corn-stock, Tex., at midnight Friday, andtwo miles west of the station the ex-I ross car and engine were detachedand run a short distance. The rob-bers wrecked the through safe andtook the entire n,ine•y contents,amounting to $20,040. [he Clpressear was badly wrecked by the explo-sion. No one was injured. The rub-leers took a trail straight toward theMexican border and a posse is now inhot tlwrsuit.

Dosnbara-tln anenl of (Ctltianai.

In answer tat vaill,'y fire froana Hpan-ish carairy tn shore at ('adattiax,thirty-eight nuiles west of Hatana,Friday evening, the New Yrk s.nteleven shells in direetin of Hpaaiariuls.Enemy's fire was sile'cned afiftr flirtshot from the Now York. Whlttherany Spaniards were killed or w.ullald-ed was not ascertiained. lSpanish Iull-lets were not olserved tao camtj any-where in the vicinity taf this, fla.-'slila,which ait ontce tr'tllrllt'rl t) .sltltt n al tlMIorro. Slanliartds 't-l i never havetoIben rd uponra hadu ita thty nt pro,,vkedlthe a$,a k.

(,ulck Jstla-t.

Wm. Betor and Wmn. Waller, themen arrested for the munnridhrr of anaged couple and the Iburning of thebodies at Black Earthl, Wis., VtWednei-day night, plealded guilty to the crimeat Madison, Wis., Saturday morning,was sentencei to life imprir mallent.I and taken to the State prisn that af-ternoon. They were laznded in pl isar:80 hours after the crime was catm-mitted.

To Flight Yellow Fever.

Dr. John Guiterai, tihe P'hilatllpjlhisreprescntative of the Clltaln .llitait, hasIIbeen otrdered Iy the vi,\t'ier-tienlt topro-eere at ottlce to Ta:lmaa, ]"l:., wlhrea

e will take chare hrg ,f the talllas farg:ua:raing th,, halth otf I'tit,'.l Htaktc .trotaps, aund fightinig yelliiw 'ever.

l~lrned S •hi. ,•lee*p.

Fire dtestrorayd the salon of .TJaaesTerry in Iirildgeaort. T-x., Frilayynight, andl H'enry Steel, \tita wa.sasleepl iah thile ulpcr stry. was Illrni-dto a shapa|cxe.s intl's. It is tlhiigihtthat the fire was ilc.,lliaritv. .i a,,tl

oil can was fui,,l iaitr tlhe Ila' Ilini:g.

Will Expell A.nerican a(itizens.

A special disl,atch from Ma Ilrid saysthat the Spanish governnnset is oa tlhepoint of expelling all citizens of theUnited Statee from Spain.