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Sunday Tribune,
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ESTABLISHED 1887.
THE JOURNAL INLINE
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Incomes Out Squarely For the Nomi
nees of Democracy
OPPOSES FREE COINAGE OF SILVER
But Is For Democracy in Pref
erence to Republicanism
THE LEADING EDITORIAL YESTERDAY
Stites the Position of the Paper in a Manly
and Straight-forward Manner—The Jour
nal is a Democratic Newspaper and its
■k Action is no More Than Was Exp:c
■k ted.
estcrdav's Atlanta Jouanal comes out
SlHquarely and fairly for Bryan and Sewall.
|r Not that anybody doubted the Jour
■kial’s democracy or what it would eveut-
do, but since the nomination it has
Mheen silent as to what its course would
'be.
Theri is quite a difference in the tore
of the paper yesterday, and the Journal
has earnestly entered the fight for dem
ocracy.
It is a strong democratic paper, with
convictions opposed to free silver, but it
is democratic, and gracefully and man
fully bows to the will of the majority.
That’s democracy, and ’tis no more than
was expected of the Journal. •
The leading editorial yesterday was as
I follow’s:
The Journal's Position. 3
Since its organization the Journal has
been a democratic paper.
It has advocated a tariff for revenue
bnly.
It has advocated an income tax; it has
advocated the protection of the people
| from trusts and pools through a strictc r
k control by the Federal government of the
arteries of commerce; it has advocated
■the enlargement of the powers of the in
terstate commerce commission for the
control of railloads; it has advocated the
aibitration of differences between cor
porations engaged in interstate com
merce and their employees; it has op
posed the importation of foreign pauper
labor; it has represented the interests of
great masses of the people and has
sought their protection against unjust
legislation.
With equal earnestness and from
deep conviction The Journal has op
posed the free and unlimited coinage
of silver at 16 to 1.
’ We have believed and still believe
that “an unsound currency fertilizes
the field of thorich man by the sweat
•of the poor man’s brow.”
L We Jjave fought and labored to have
F our financial views incorporated in
I the national democratic platform.
| We have made this fight inside the
party and not by threats to go outside
of party lines.
We have been unsuccessful in the
| fight before the national convention.
’ We would be insincere were we to say
that the Chicago platform in all re
spects represents and expresses our
convictions, but the issue in Novem
ber will be between the republican
and democratic parties—between Me
Kinley and Bryan.
No other ticket wili have chance for
success and to vote an independent
ticket would be really “to take to the
L woods.’’ The Journal has never yet
L sought “the woods,” and it condemns
■ such a course now.
During the campaign within the party
iflhe Journal called upon all democrats to
liOkidge themseleves in advance to vote
nlK 1 the nominees of the national conven-
and in that connection the Journal
■pledged itself also.
We find nothing to commend in the
republican platform except its declara
■ tion in favor of the maintenance of a
currency,and this declaration is
by an ill-tempered criticism of
Wie course pursued by the present admin
istration which was absolutely necessary
to sustain a sound currency.
| The republican party favors a high
protective tariff; it opposes an income
tax; it is identified with the trusts and
monopolies of the country, and it can be
relied upon to give them support at the
I expense of the masses.
In this condition of affairs The
i Journal believes it is the part of pa
| triotism and wisdom to remain inside
the democratic party.
| Especially is this true in the South.
I The democratic party has been the
k constant friend of our section, while
k the republican party has been its bit
■Lter and relentless enemy.
After careful deliberation, while we
■Bannot indorse all of the platform
at Chicago, we have deter
> mined to give an earnest support to
the democratic nominees.
Savannah Electric Railway to Be Sold.
Macon, July 21.—Colonel William
Garrard and Colonel Walter G. Charl
ton, representing respectively the plain
tiff and defendant in the case against
the Savannah Electric Railway com
pany, appeared before Judge Speer and
obtained an order for the sale of the
I property. United States Marshal John
D. Harrell was appointed master com
missioner to sell the road. The date of
Eale will be announced in the master’s
■d-vartisement.
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
CAPTAIN ABBOTT’S REPORT.
The River and Harbor Improvement. In
North aied South Carolina.
Washington, July 21.—Captain F. V.
Abbott, in charge of the river and har
bor improvements in North and South
Carolina, reports to the war department
that the Waccamaw is now safely nav-
■ igable over the whole improved portion,
which extends further up every year,
most of the snags having been removed
the past season.
The Little Pee Dee was roughly
' worked over during the year and the
worst obstructions removed. The lower
part of the Great Pee Dee has been put
in good condition and the proposed im
provement is nearly completed.
i The jetty operations have been pushed
in Winyah bay with good results, the
channel having been steadily deepened,
while dredging the canal is opening the
Santee river to trade.
Snagging was continued in the Wa
teree and Congaree. In Charleston har
bor, while no repairs were made on the
jetties, nearly $200,000 was spent in
dredging. Next year the work will be
completed.
ENTERED PLEAS OF GUILTY
Jameson and His Followers Admit They
Violated Neutrality Laws of England.
London, July 21.—When the high
court of justice, queen’s bench divis
ion, reconvened for the trial of Dr. Le
i ander S. Jameson and his co-defendants
; for the alleged violation of the foreign
. enlistment act in the matter of the in
vasion of the territory of the South Af
rican republic, the lord chief justice an
nounced that he overruled the motion
of Sir Edward Clarke, Q. 0., counsel
i for the defendants, to quash the indict
ment.
The defendants, Jameson, Major Sir
John Willoughby, Colonel R. Gray,
■ Colonel H. F. White, Major White and
Henry F. Coventry, then entered pleas
of guilty.
The attorney general, Sir Richard
Webster, Q. C., presented the case for
l the prosecution.
“Loe Cabin Day” at Cleveland.
Cleveland, July 21.—This was Log
1 Cabin day in the city’s centennial cele
bration. The day dawned cloudy and
damp, but the sun came out and the
i weather was then delightful. Immense
, throngs of people early in the day gath
ered around the great white arch and
the oldfashioned log cabin which has
been erected in Monumental square.
The old cabin is an exact counterpart of
the buildings used a hundred years ago.
It stands surrounded by tall skyscraping
modern office buildings and presents a
striking contrast between the ancient
and modern. The log cabin is in charge
' of Choctaw Tribe No. 14, an improved
order of Red Men in full Indian cos
tume. The order of exercises for the
day included martial music, prayer by
Rev. Lathrobe Cooley and songs by a
quartettes, followed by addresses by
prominent men.
Destructive Blaze at Henderson.
Henderson, Ky., July 21.—A very
! destructive fire visited this place, de
stroying the Pythian building, Park
theater, Barrett House and a number of
1 other small buildings. The fire origi
' nated in the Wynne-Dixon drug store,
in the Pythian building, gradually but
quickly making its way up the adjoin
ing elevator shaft. It is impossible to
estimate the loss, but well informed
citizens put it at not less than $250,000.
The insurance is unknown.
Will Appeal to Grover For Clemency.
San Francisco, July 21.—Edward B.
Webster, the young navy paymaster,
who was recently courtmartialed at
Mare island and found guilty of embez
zlement, does not intend to abide by the
judgment of the court. He will appeal
to President Cleveland for clemency be
fore the navy department shall have had
an opportunity to pass upon the recently
found verdict.
Japanese Atrocities In Formosa.
London, July 21.—A Hong Kong dis
patch to The Times says a missionary
writes that the Japanese are fast exter
minating the Chinese in the south of
Formosa. More than 60 villages have
been burned and thousands of persons
have been killed with revolting brutali
ties.
Killed His Three Children and Himself.
Dresden, Mich., July 21. George
Swayne, a farmer about 45 years old,
living near Attica, killed his three small
children, set fire to the house and then
blew his own brains out. His wife died
a short time ago and it is thought that
this deranged his mind.
Thinks There Is «o Danger or War.
London, July 21.—The Daily News
publishes a long talk held by its repre
sentative with “a distinguished Ameri
can statesman” regarding the proposal
for an arbitration treaty between Great
Britain and the United States. This
geutlepian asserted that politicians were
sometimes compelled to play to the gal
lery, but that they would never dream
of a war with England. He is firmly
convinced, he asserted, that the arbitra
tion tribunal would be established.
The Passaic Turned Over to Georgia.
Washington, July 21.—The navy de
partment has turned over to the state of
Georgia, for the use of the naval mi
litia, the Monitor Passaic, now at Bos
ton. The Columbia has been chosen to
tow the Passaic to her destination,
Brunswick, Ga., and will start with her
tow in a day or two.
THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME. GA.. WKDNifiSDAY, JULY 22, 1896.
A TRIPLE MURDER
Three Persons Hacked to Death on Board i
the Herbert Fuller.
THE BODIES HORRIBLY MUTILATED '
With Axes the Murderers Chop
ped Their Victims to Death
POLICE OFFICERS ARE NOW IN CHARGE
Captain Nash, His Wife and Second Officer
Banberry the Victims—The Vessel Puts
Into Halifax and All on Board Are
Placed Under Arrest—An Inquest to Be
Held by the Coroner.
Halifax, July 21.—The barkentine
Herbert Fuller, Captain Nash, from ,
Boston, July 3, for Rosario, put into ,
Halifax Tuesday morning flying the .
stars and stripes at half mast, with a ,
black flag immediately beneath. This
is the signal for "mutiny on board.” ,
When the Fuller was boarded it was .
learned that murder had been added to
mutiny and that Captain Nash and his
wife, Laura, and Second Officer Ban- :
berry had been killed in their bunks
while asleep. The murders had been
committed with an ax. The room in ■
which the victims lay had been covered I
with blood, showing that a severe strug
gle had taken place, and the bodies
were horribly mutilated. The cook, ,
Jonathan Sheere of Rosario, suspected
the mate, Thomas Brown, and succeeded
in placing Brown in irons, and he after
wards ironed the man who was at the
•wheel at the time the murder was
committed. ,
Upon the arrival of the vessel all ou
board, including Frank Monch of Bos
ton, who was a passenger, were placed
under arrest. The United States con- .
sul here has telegraphed to Washington ,
for instructions, pending the receipt of .
which he has enjoined all connected :
with the affair to maintain the strictest ,
silence.
In view of these conditions it is diffi
cult to obtain further facts, but it ap
pears that the murder -was committed
at 2 o’clock on the night of the thir
teenth inst. Captain Nash and his wife
were in their respective sleeping apart
ments and Banberry was in his, which
was separated from those of Captain
Nash and his wife by the room occupied
by Monch. It was the first officer’s
watch. When all was quiet on board
and those below were sleeping soundly,
the murderer or murderers crawled aft
to the cabin, descended and with axes
chopped their victims to death.
The affair became known not long
afterwards. Then the cook, a negro
who had shipped at Rosario, became
suspicious of Mate Thomas Brown, a
Nova Scotian, but a naturalized Ameri
can, and Brown was placed in irons.
The man who was at the wheel when
the murder was committed, was also
placed in irons and the ship was then
headed for Halifax. The bodies of the
victims were all placed in a boat and
covered with canvass and lowered be
hind the vessel. They are now in charge
of the coroner here, who will hold an
inquest.
Police officers have been placed in
charge of the Fuller and nobody is al
lowed on board. The Herbert Fuller
hails from Harrington, Me. The mur
dered captain was 44 years of age and
his wife 37.
TROOPS FIRE ON STRIKERS.
More Trouble at the Brown Hoisting
Works—Authorities Issue an Order.
Cleveland, July 21. —Another shoot
ing affray took place at the Brown
Hoisting works, caused by strikers, or
their sympathizers throwing bricks and
stones at soldiers from behind dark
places of concealment. One picket was
hit and knocked down. Getting up he
discharged a shot in the yard from
where the brick came. Hearing the re
port, several soldiers came to his assist
ance and a volley of lead was sent in
the direction from whence the missiles
had come. It is not known whether
any one was struck.
The order has been given by the au
thorities to arrest any persons who yells
“scab” at either the nonunion men or
soldiers. Two strikers who had been
Indulging in this diversion Monday
night attempted to escape arrest by
jumping on a fast moving motor car. ,
The motorman, upon refusing to stop
when ordered to do so by solniers, re
ceived some thrusts from soldiers bayo
nets.
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Stanbury and Gaudaur to Race.
London, July 21. —Tom Sullivan, who
is agent for James Stanbury, the cham
pion sculler of Australia, in the negotia- •
tions for a match with Jacob Gaudaur ,
of Canada, says that a cable dispatch
will be sent at once accepting Gaudaur’s
proposition to row for £250. It was pro- ,
posed to row the race on the Thames
river early in September. Gaudaur will
be allowed £25 for expenses. Early in
September is selected as the date for the
contest because Stanbury must return
to Australia immediately after that
time. - ,
Severe Ralnatorm In Kentucky.
I
Frankfort, Ky., July 21.—The sever
est rainstorm known in years passed over
this section Monday night. The Gainey
bridge, 200 feet long, on the Louisville
and Nashville road, was washed away,
stopping traffic on that branch of the
road. Corn way’s mills, houses, etc., on
Benson creek, were swept away. Peo
ple coming to town from every direc
tion bring news of disaster from the
heavy rain.
BRYAN MEN JUBILANT
Confidently Claim They Will Control
the Populist Convention.
DEMOCRATIC ’MANAGERS SHREWD
The Georgians Are Said to be
Opposed to Fusion
BUT SEEM TO BE IN A MINORITY
They Have Put Forward General Weaver,
Who Favors the Indorsement of the Chi
cago Ticket, For Tempoarry Chairman.
Congressman Towne Is For Bryan—The
Georgia Delegation Against Bryan.
St. Louis, July 21.—Another dark,
dismal day broke Tuesday morning. The
dull, leaden clouds drizzled and the con
vention city was wet and dripping. But
the rank and file of the Populists, who
are early to bed and early to rise, were
astir before 6 o’clock and about the ho
tels, discussing the question of silver,
the initiative and referendum and in
come tax. The corridors of the Laclede
hotel were crowded before 7 o’clock, and
the orations at the headquarters of the
“middle-of-the-road” men at the La
clede had began before that hour. The
leaders, of course, were late in putting
in an appearance.
The Bryan managers were in a jubi
lant frame of mind. They confidently
claimed that they had passed the rubi
con and that their control of the con
vention was practically assured. There
are conditions and details yet to be
worked out, but they believe they have
won the main victory—the nomination
or indorsement of the Chicago ticket.
The attempt of most of the Populists
to force the withdrawal of Sewall and
the nomination of a Populist vice
president has been defeated oy the
stand taken by Bryan’s friends and the
positive answer of Chairman Jones of
the Democratic national committee, that
such a thing could not be considered
and would not be tolerated.
Notwithstanding the confidence of
the Bryan managers, however, they will
not relax their efforts. They have a
most complete organizanion and every
man has instructions. They will meet
and canvass eveiy incoming delegation
and keep up the work of proselyting
among. those already here. Although
they now claim the victory, they be
lieve there will be no bolt of radicals,
and para<L xieal as it may seem, a bolt
-of the extremists is what' some' of the
most levelheaded say they desire. The
Democratic managers certainly are not
averse to a split that will carry out of
the convention the extreme men. They
claim that an alliance with some of
these men will do the ticket infinitely
more harm than good.
The battle, of course, will come on the
floor of the convention and no one now
doubts that there will be a generous dis
play of bitterness and bad blood. The
national committee will wrestle with
the question of organization during the
day. The Bryan men have put forward
General Weaver for temporary chair
man. This is a shrewd move. They
do not believe the opposition will care
to make a fight against the late stand
ard bearer.
Congressman Towne For Bryan.
Congressman Towne of Minnesota,
one of the silver Republicans who
walked out of the St. Louis convention,
and who announced the severance of
his allegiance to the Republican party,
arrived here Tuesday. He has been in
Minnesota since the Chicago convention
and has addressed large silver meetings.
“The silver movement in Minnesota,”
said he, “is growing by leaps and
bounds. Among the Republicans I was
amazed at the widespread defection in
favor of silver. The Republicans and
Populists whom I saw were all enthusi
astically for Bryan in the belief that it
was only by a union of the silver forces
that the battle for the restoration of
silver could be won in this campaign.
The Populists, of course, want to main
tain their organization, but they be
lieve that it is entirely impossible in all
local contests in a national sense. When
the nomination of Teller was talked of
at Chicago, a nomination we earnestly
hoped for, the Populists everywhere
took up the idea and indorsed it. They
did not think their organization would
be endangered. Os course, there is
some difference between the nomina
tion of an ex-Republican and a Demo
crat, but a fusion of the silver forces on
Teller, it seems to me, would piesent
practically t,he same situation which
today confronts the Populists. Their
organization would have been as much
endangered by Teller’s nomination at
Chicago and subsequent indorsement
here as Bryan’s nomination or indorse
ment. lam of the opinion that his in
dorsement will not jeopardize the Popu
list organization, and it is the only logi
cal thing for this convention to da”
“Your name has been canvassed ex
tensively in connection with the presi
dential nomination by' the Populists
who want to place an independent
ticket in the field,” was suggested by a
reporter.
“I appreciate very highly the compli
ment involved in the suggestion of my
name,” replied Mr. Towne, “but an in
dependent nomination, in my opinion,
is impracticable. Bryan should be in
dorsed. lam for Bryan.”
Silver Convention Will Indorse Bryan.
The Hon. I. M. Stevens, member of
the executive national committee of the
Silver party, arrived Tuesday morning.
Speaking of what the silver party will
do, he said:
“Our party was organized to unite
all silver voters for the campaign of
1896 without regard to past party affilia
tions. We started by asking them to
—T aside temporarily their respective
views on puDnc questions ana m
in one supreme effort to settle the money
question this year. Our convention
will be largely composed of men who
have belonged to the Republican party
and who have been easily persuaded to
1 join our ranks for the reason that they
do not have to sacrifice their convictions
upon other political questions, but sim
ply subordinate, them to the money
question.
“Our convention will nominate. Bryan
and Sewall upon substantially the finan
cial plank of the Chicago platform,
' which will probably be the sole plank
of our platform, and then au address
will probably be issued to the people to
hold in abeyance their views on other
questions and join us in settling the
money question.
“The members of the party under
took this work from motives of pa triot
ism alone; they want reform; they have
no trades or conditions to delay them
and the Silver party will probably com
plete its work by Wednesday night.
The party has a school district organi
zation in all the middle and western
states. It will bring to the support of
Mr. Bryan hundreds of thousands who
do not wish to vote a Democratic ficket
or join the party, but agree with us
upon the money question.”
National Committee Meets.
I
The National Populist committee was
to have met at 10 o’clock, but it was
nearly 12 o’clock before it got to work.
Chairman Taubeueck occupied the chair
and Messrs. McPharlin and Hayes were
.at the secretary’s desk. The pincipal
work before the committee is the selec
tion of temporary officers, including the
temporary chairman and the settlement
of contests for the seats, but these mat
ters were postponed in order to allow
the committee to pass upon other less
important questions.
There was a definite understanding
as to the proper apportionment for the
several states. It appears that many
states had fewer votes than they were
entitled to, and one or two more than
was their due. The secretaries from
these states made a general explanation
of the basis of apportionment, which
called out a number of speeches con
suming considerable time.
In most cases the changes were, made
of from 1 to 2 votes. The territories
and the District of Columbia, except
Oklahoma, was changed from 4 to 6
votes. Oklahoma was made on the
basis of a state on account of the large
number of votes there, it being given 9
votes. The committee then took a recess
till 2 o’clock.
. At Sea For a Candidate.
No fact better illustrates the chaotic
condition of the Populists than with the
convention only a day distant there ap
pears no crystallization of thought in
favor of a candidate for the presidency
apart from the question as to Mr.
Bryan. A majority of the “middle-of
the-road” men, when interrogated on
the point, reply that the question is one
of comparative insignificance. Names J
are, however, occasionally mentioned. !
So far the name of Paul Vandever of I
Omaha, ex-commander of the Grand I
Army, is more frequently heard than
I any other, but his friends admit that he
! is handicapped by not having the in
dorsement of his own state, which is for
Bryan.
| Congressman Towne of Minnesota is
also spoken of. It is suggested that the
' discussion of Mr. Towne as a probability
is for the purpose of leading up to the
, nomination of Senator Pettigrew, who
has openly joined the Populist party. It
is very apparent, however, that if the
anti-Bryan faction should prove to be in
the majority in the convention, no little
difficulty will be experienced in reach
j ing a conclusion on this important
point.
Bryan and Texas.
There was a lively skirmish in the
I Texas delegation over a proposition to ;
' ask Mr. Bryan to define his attitude to
' wards the Omaha platform question.
; This was brought about by Harry Tracy,
! who proposed that a telegram should be
' sent to Mr. Bryan askiug him if he in
dorsed the platform. Mr. Tracy made
1 a spirited speech in support of the propo
‘ sition, saying that in view of the talk of
indorsing Bryan for president by the
’ Populist convention, the delegates were
' entitled to know where he stood with
reference to Populist principles.
| The proposition was voted down by a
( narrow margin, but not until after sev- I
eral members had made speeches for
' and against it. Those who opposed the
' sending of the telegram took the posi
tion that it would be a delicate matter
| to put such a question to Mr. Bryan at
I this time. The friends of Mr. Bryan
■ accept the result with much satisfac- ■
I tion in view of the supposition that |
Texas was irreconcilibly antagonistic to
the Democratic nominee.
“Cyclone” Davis* Resolution.
Mr. Davis has prepared and will ask
the Populist convention to adopt the
following resolution:
Whereas, McKinley and the Republi
can party represent the existing gold
standard and the perpetuation of which
means that the national banking system
is to be chartered for 50 years, and that
our national debt is to be refunded and
made a gold instead of a coin debt, and .
bonds to run 50 years, and,
Whereas, The system is to fasten upon
the country by a treaty with foreign na
tions under the false pretense of an inter
national treaty means the ultimate en
slavement of the masses and the complete
mastery of the classes.
Resolved, That to defeat this measure
and insure McKinley’s defeat, so far as
our vote goes, we pledge ourselves to
unite with the Democrats with one set of I
electors in each state.
This is the sentiment of the “middle- j
of-the-road” Populists.
Senators Pettigrew and Jones Arrive.
Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota
and Senator Jones of Nevada have ar
rived here. The former came direct
from Mauitou Springs, Colo., where the
Republican silver senators held their
-reference, and whence they, issued
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PLUCKYLITTLEJAPAN
Coring For People Made Destitute by
Recent Tidal Wave.
■
NO OUTSIDE AID HAS BEEN SOUGHT
The Minister Reports That no
Americans Were Hurt
NONE OF THEIR PROPERTY DAMAGED
i
The Imperial Family Headed the Sub
scription List With Fourteen Thousand
Ten—Over Thirty Thousand Lives Lost. •
No Americans Suffered Either In Person
or Property.
Washington, July 21.—The secretary .
of state has received a report from the I
United States minister at Tokio in re
gard to the recent tidal wave in Japan.
“A horrible disaster has befallen Ja
pan, ” he says, “causing the death of 30,-
000 of her people and leaving twice that
number homeless and starving. On the i
evening of June 15 the northeastern
literal of the island of Hondo, for a dis
tance of nearly 200 miles, was sub
merged by a tremendous tidal wave,
80 feet in height, which, sweeping irre
sistably upon the coast, only spent its
energy after a rush of miles into the in
terior and retired, leaving a desolate
waste of sand and debris where had
stood so many homes and thriving vil
lages.
“The first meager reports from the j
scene of the catastrophe gave little idea
of its magnitude, but each succeeding
budget of news arriving from the north
has added to the appalling character of
the disaster, until, at the time of writing
(June 25) it is estimated that the mor
tality will number more thau 30,000.
“I am pleased to say that so far as I
can learn no Americans have suffered
either in person or property. Japan
has sought no foreign aid, but seems i
able to provide for all its destitute. The
imperial family has headed- the sub
scription list with 14,000 yen, and dona
tions from private sources are swelling
the relief fund.”
CELESTIALS AT WAR.
A Feeling of Dread Pervades the Chinese
Quarter of San Francisco.
San Francisco, July 21.—Chinatown
is in a furore of excitement. War has
been declared between the factions of
the See Yup company, and the murder
of Lee Ti Monday is only an incident in.
a feud which is not expected to end un
til more blood is shed. A price has been
placed upon the head of two of the
influential merchants in the district.
Thair entire families have been placed
under a ban and the hatchet men have
been promised heavy rewards to accom
plish their terrible work. The Chinese
consul has seeu fit to espouse the cause
of one of the factions. The members
of the Kung Chow asylum and of the
Chinese merchants exchange have taken
antagonistic positions in the quarrel.
The Chinese police have announced
their intention to allow the fighting fac
tions to settle their affairs without in
terference and a feeling of almost un
paralleled dread pervades the quarter.
Men much more important than Lee Ti
will be dead, it is believed, before the
fight is over. The See Yup company
succeeded in absorbing much of the
local Chinese trade of the Sam Yup
company. The Sam Yups seem de
termined to destroy the See Yups, if
possible, by breeding dissension among
them and by paying some of the leaders
to be traitors.
Turks and Cretans Fighting.
New York, July 21. —A dispatch to
The Herald from Athens says: There
has been continuous fighting in Crete
during the last few days. The Turks
have been trying to capture heights on
the Kissamo Selino road. If they could
capture this position they would cut off
the western portion of Crete from the
rest of the island. Those arriving here
from the front said that in the fighting
the Turks lost 200 killed and 600
wounded. The Cretan loss was 26
killed and 60 wounded. The deputies
absolutely refuse to meet until they re
ceive a reply to their propositions from
the sultan.
Fatally Wounded His Uncle.
Savannah, July 21. John Harris,
Jr., son of H. S. Harris of Wayne
county, shot and, it is believed, fatally
wounded his uncle, O. L. Harris. He
gave himself up to the sheriff at Jesup.
C. L. Harris was intoxicated, went to
the house of John Harris, his nephew,
called him out of the house, provoked a
quarrel With him and then fired two
shots at him, neither of which took
effect. John Harris then shot at his
uncle four times, striking him each,
time.
May Reorganize Eagle and Phenix Mills.
Columbus, Ga., July 21.—0 n Aug. 5
the stockholders of the Eagle and Phe
nix mills will hold an important meet
ing. They will get together for the
purpose of discussing the situation and
the meeting may result in a reorganiza
tion of the stockholders of the com
pany.
Not So Many Cases of Cholera.
Cairo, July 21. The cholera in
Egypt shows great abatement accord
ing to Tuesday’s reports, which state
there were 159 new cases and 119 deaths
Monday. There were, however, no
deaths here or in Alexander. One death,
is reported in the army on the frontier..