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VOL. XX VII. IbEZ SAMUELS’ BANKING TURKEYS,! r?v! ~ 7 ~ H Disciplining a Cruel Boy Sliowrnan. || el-vo " SBV2 BY C. A. STEPHENS S|s HERB Were seven rW4iki--%\ turkeys, all large OUeR - hU bronze —and ono while. On A •** i'j.'li 8 board ovor the \ h ""' e fro “t of their 1 &■'' fwrV'\A °ago was painted ~~ yyr~ U 5/ the announcement; 1 " “Seven Dancing / Turkeys; Exhibited For the First Time; Bound and Square Dances end the Highland Fling!” The exhibitor was a sallowiooking lioy about fifteen years of age, with a droll droop of his left eye. In con nection with liia cage of “educated turkeys,” which ho was showing at the county fair, he had a peanut stand. The peanuts were excellent, for ho had a stove, kept hot with a coal (Ire, and roasted ovenful after ovenfal. The stove and fuel-box wore partly hidden from the pnblie eye by a ciirtain at oue end; and both stand and cage had just behind them the high board fcnco of tho fair grounds. Few people knew tho owner. Those few called him Bez Samuels. He had been at the fair the year boforo with a table,” which, after the first day, had been excluded Viy the man agement as something too nearly akin to gambling. , But this time ho had brought a flock of educated turkeys, which spoke so well for his patience and skill that his show was admitted to tho grounds without question. During the lirst day the engo did not attract mneh attention, for the people wo.ro interested in other novelties; but soon they began to talk about it. Bcz's plan of exhibiting was not the usual one. He had no tent, but mere ly a elido curtain inside the wire front of the cage. Whenever tho passing r * . '• . ' r>(3 ' /l ’ tl Dauciuq’VuffiiTvT' ’!> - 0, <„ ✓ , ' V) *' ' - r.rir r,*/ 1 1/ftelfy, , / . v ' \ ' ' , house a . Kh'ufltfii 'y/ j/ '* *' ; *** r " f HlNtl y wsik iiE7. in nm sideshow. ; crowd raised fifty cents, Bez opened the curtain aud gave a brief perform ance. Of couse, many saw it who bad paid nothing; yet ns many new comers wero constantly arriving, the plan worked well. 4' During the forenoon of the second day of the fair, iny friend, Torn, and I and ten or a dozen other young peo ple contribed the fifty cents requisite to see the turkeys dance. Thoro was a rattling sound ns Bez pulled the curtain aside; and immedi ately those seven turkeys began to bop, first on one foot, then on tbe other, constantly shifting and moving aronnd the cage. One could scarcely ray that they executed a regular fig ure, but they went round aud round, hopping in a very curious and ludi crous manner. Moreover, it was bard to guess the motive for their nutics. The bottom of tbe cage insido the wires 'appeared to be of old zinc or sheet iron. Occasionally Bcz cithor struck the bottom of the cage or rat tled beneath it as if with an iron rod, "To change the time of the dance,” as be explained. At once, then, the turkeys begau to leap higher, using their wings to assist them. At every hop they rose to the top of the cage, a height of certainly six feet. Their feet seemed scarcely to touch the ground at all, so rapidly did their leaps succeed each other. Up, up, up aud around they went in a maze of leaping and flap ping! "This was the Highland Fling,” and no one who saw it could help laughing. After a minute or two, Bcz pulled the curtain, aud thanking us, de clared the performance over. Nearly every one went away remarking that there never was such a turkey dance, and in the course of ten minutes an other fifty ceuts were collected. People wondered how a bird so stupid as a turkey could ever have been trained to go through such a per formance. Music had nothing to do with it; Bez had merely rapped on the floor as a sigual for the dance to be gin, aud had rattled loader for the "Highland Fling.” "It must have taken no end of time and patience to teach them,” I re member saying to ray companion. “Maybe; but I donbt it,” ho re plied. "I don’t like the looks of that ‘Bez,’ ”ho continued. "I think it’s a trick!” Some discussion ensued; then wo went back to ask him how he had trained the turkeys. Tho follow looked at us attentively, and then gave an account of the “gift” he possessed of communicating his “wilt” to birds and animals. It re quired mouths, ho said; but kindness and perseverance accomplish wonders. We said to him that it was truly a wonderful gift, and left, well satisfied that he had not told us the truth. “He’s n fraud,” remarked Totu, as wo walked away. “If he had said flatly that he did not wish to tell us about it, I shouldn't have blamed him, for of eonrao it’s his secret. It he wauts to keep it, ho has a right to, I wouldn’t spy round to find it out, either; but now that he has gone on and told us such a falsehood. I'll find out his trick if I can.” ' I have always felt ashamed of the artifice to which we resorted, for I do not think that it was quito honirablo, even with the motive of exposing a de ception. What wo did was to go out ride tho fair grounds fence and come round in tho roar of the cage. Bez’s “show” was placed on one side ol the grounds near the fefice. Through a chink in the upright- boards wo watched his operations for an hour or more.”. It was some time before we gained the least hint as to the true nature of his guilt, but wo noticed that tho cage had a doublo bottoih, or rather two bottoms, almost three iiicbeß apart, each of sheet iron, and that when Bez wished to set tho tur keys dancing, he thrnst the iron rod between the two bottoms aiul rattled it against them. But this was ho adequate explanation, and we were still in tho dark. Three or four successive exhibition of the dance wore given while w 6 were watching. I’robably tho poor turkeys were getting tired; for we ob served that during the last dance Bez had to rattle vigorously two or three times. After a few minutes another fifty cents was subscribed; wo could hear the crowd calling out, “On with the dance! Keep it going!” Then we saw Bez step back between tbo cago and the fence, so as to be con cealed from tho spectators by the cur tain. As ho poked tho fire nndor his oven he . slyly threw three hand shovolfuls of tlio burning coal from the stove between the two sheet-iron botloms of tho cage. Then ho rattled with tho shovel, und stepping out, pnlled open the curtain. In a mo ment the turkeys w6re dancing smart ly; we could hear them hop and flutter very plainly. I smile ovon now when I recall tho look of mingled triumph aud disgust on Tom’s face as he glanced at me to see if I, too, hod comprehended. “That’s his gift!” he whispered. “Tho crnol little scoundrel! That’s tho way he’s taught the poor things to dance--by roasting tlie bottoms of their feet! I’ll wager that he blistered them moro than once beforo ho ‘edu cated’ them to hop a Highland Fling!” “But he doesn’t seem to pat in hot coals every time,” I said. “But that part is plain enough,” re plied Tom. “He has got tho poor creatures iu such terror of a scorching that the very sound of the shovel or poker will Set them hopping.” It was pretty evident that we had divined tbo nature of Bez’s gift. As wo stood there we could hear him tulking glibly of the different fairs at which he had exhibited his turkeys. “Next week I shall show them to the people of Franklin County nt their annual cattle-show at F.,” we heard him ndd. “Yes*” said Toni, “I am much obliged for that bit of information. I havo a coasiu living there who is a lively sort of fellow. I’ll drop him a bint as to wlint’s coming. Something will be sure to follow.” As wo went past the postoffice Tom stepped in, bought an envelope, and sent the following note: 1 ‘Deah Mose —Look onl for a fellow with seven daucing turkeys at your cattle-show next week. He’s tricky and cruel. He will (ell you he has a peculiar gift for teaching them; but the way he does it is by putting live coals in at the bottom of'thqcage. We THOMSON, GA., TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 12.1890. caught him at it. Get the boys to gether and exposo his triek and cruelty.” Tho manlier ill Which tho f'ranklirt Ootmiy boys exposed Bez was de scribed in the Franklin Gazette, iii its account Of tho fair, the following Saturday. I give the item Verbatim; “Prominent among tho side-shows was a cage of wonderful dancing tur keys, exhibited by one Bez Samuels, a youth not unknown to fame, who also regaled tho multitude with fresh roasted peanuts. The dancing ex ploits of tho tut keys were really as tonishing, and provod a ‘feature’ nt once. A turkey taught to dance Highland Fling Was a novelty which Immediately attracted public atten tion. “Tho exhibitor expatiated upon the patience, kindness and peculiar gift requisite for training turkeys to such high art in the Terpsiohoroan line. “But alas for Bez! It was discov ered that his peculiar gift consisted in putting live coals from his peanut roaster under the thin iron bottom of tho cage in which tho poor birds were confined, “Now the people of Franklin Coun ty are great admirers of roast turkey, particularly toward Thanksgiving; but the idea of r&asting the turkey alive did not appeal to thorn. Not much was said at tho time, but very early the following morning, when ns yet few people had arrived at the fair grounds, a select party, headed, it is said, by one Mose Evans,called round upon tho gifted Samuels, took him summarily in hand, and having re moved his shoes and stockings,popped him bodily into his own cage. Our special constable, who would doubt less hnvo interposed, nppenrod not to have arrived at that hour; and quite regardless of Boa’s protestations, the visiting wags proceeded to fire up be neath tho cage. “It is hinted that, in the matter of the Highland Fliug, Bez far outdid his turkeys for a space of at least five minutes, and would hnvo undoubtedly leaped much higher bad the top of the oago permitted. He sftng, mean time, upon ft Very elevutod key. “ife Was finally let out with a hint that travol would probably prove the best balm for his heatod solos. This advice ho acted upon with such promptness that our reporters was un able to overtake and interview him.” —Youth’s Companion, A GOVERNOR ON NEWSPAPERS, lUrldono© of Clem* Insight on flic Subject rorc**etl by Few Ofllclul*. One of the first numbers on tho programme for tho convention of the Natioual Editorial Association, held at Portland, was naturally an ad dress of welcome by a prominent citi zen. On this occasion the organiza tion was honored by tho fact that Oregon's Governor, Mr. Geer, per formed that service. Besides a very hearty greeting and eloquent enlarge ment upon the beauties and wonders and hospitalities of his State, his ad dress contained theso thoughtful and just remarks about presont aspects iu the conduct of the public press: “Tho calling to which you belong has grown to bo ono of tho most im portant in which men can engage, tho nature of your inflaonoobeiugsuoh that its effect for good or evil is almost in calculable. Fortunately, however, while tho newspaper field of the United States lias broadened with the growth of the country, its general tone has been elovating, and many of tlio great moral triumphs of tbio gen eration have been the direct result of tho conoentrnted, earnest efforts of our newspapers, great and small. In deed, as a public educator on impor tant and vital questions, the modern newspaper hns become a power in the land, which as a rule it is not safe to either ignore or antagonize. This is truo because of the tendency, iu later yenrs especially, toward a perfect in dependence in the discussion of public questions. Ho much so, iu fact, that it would bo difficult to find a lending newspaper in this oouutry that has not nt somo time during the last de cade gone counter to its party on somo important question. This spirit of independence, which is perceptibly growing, sometimes throws all tbo loading papers together in the sup port of or opposition to somo public question, affecting the welfare of the people; and when such a crisis ar rives, the newspapers triumph, and tho people’s interests are secured. Asa means of disseminating informa tion among the people, the reliability of which is becopiing moro firmly es tablished as the requirements of tho people in this respect are growing more exacting, the doily newspaper has come to be an indispensable fac tor. Asa vehicle of public discussion it has become universal aud invalua ble.” XVliat Iln Couldn't Soli. A gentleman was walking with his little boy at the close of tbo day, and in passing the cottage of ji Gorman laborer, the boy’s attention was at tracted to tho dog. It was not a King Charles, nor a black-and-tau, but a common cur. Htill, the boy took a fancy to him, and wanted papa to liny him. .Tnst then the owner of the dog came home from his labors, and was met by the dog with every demonstration of joy. The gentleman said to the owner; “My little boy has taken a fancy to your dog, and I will buy liim. What do you want for him?” “I can’t sell dat dog,” said the Ger man. “Look here,” said the gentleman, “that is a poor dog, but as my boy wants him, I will give you $5 for him.” “ Yaas, ” says the German, ‘‘l knows he is a very poor dog, and he ain’t wort' almost nottin’, but dere is voa leetle ding init dat dog vat I can't sell —I can't sell de vag of his tail when J comes home at night.”—Weekly Wit ness, “BUT ONE FLAG, ONE PURPOSE.” President McKinley Repeats His Words of Brotherly Love. REVIEWS BIG G. A. R. PARADE A Day of Tremendous Enthusiasm and Ovations In the City of Philadelphia. A Phila.lelplfl social pays: Tho parade of tbo Army men, tho chief eveufc of the unreal eneamp ment-i occurred Tuesday# iu the pres ence of President McKinley find tetis of thousands of spectators. Prom the fronts of the buildings to the curbs the people uhre packed in a solid mass and even breathing was difficult. Asa result of the crush about 400 men, women and children were over come and taken from the crowd to va rious hospitals. With President McKinley and Mayor Ashbridge there were on the reviewing stand: Rear Admiral Melville, Rear Admiral W. T. Sampson, Captain IV R. Chadwick, Captain H. C. Taylor, Captain C, f), Sigsbee, Captain C. J. Train and a scoi‘e of other officers of tho north Atlantic squadron} Secre tary of War El illU Root, Secretary of Agriculture Tames P. Wilson and Ja cob G. Sohurman of tho Philippine commission. As the various posts passed in re view tho president stood smiling and bowing and on numerous occasions waved his hand to the more enthusi astic of tho marchers. When the torn battle flags were clipped in salute he joined in the applause by clapping his hands. Tho parade was six hours and ten minutes in passing reviewing stand. After a portyjk'f the depart ment of passed, these veterans rear, tho president \%Llujiral the* sion. g||/JV j * Tho visit of l|t. to the pm\< marine ever Jolphin. president “flagship Now York, (‘rius^j^H^^^^'aml tho battleships I and There was a roar of guns during tho one ami three-quarter hours that it took to inspect tho ves sels. In all 462 guns wore fired by the squadron in president’s salutes. A noticeable feature of the visit to the fleet was the president’s cordial greeting of the men on each ship, lie never once forgot the “boys” and bow ed to them upon boarding and leaving the ship. Wherever the president appeared lie received an ovation, particularly at the Academy of Music, where the Grand Army was officially welcomed. Addresses were made by Governor Stone and Mayor Ashbridge, to which L. Torrence, judge advocate of the Grand Army responded. McKinley Greet* Comrades. The president, was introduced as “Comrade” McKinley. Flo referred feelingly to the steady decrease in tho ranks of the veterans and continued: “Great and good deeds never die, and the Grand Army of tho Republic is to be congratulated tonight that the union is saved and the peace it secured at Appomattox courthouse more than a third of a century ago is stronger, better and dearer to the American to day than ever before in her liUtory. We are once more and forever one people—ono in faith, one in purpose, willing to sacrifice our lives for the honor of our country and the glory of our flag. “The blue and the gray marched under one flag—we’ve got but one flag now—the same that our grandfathers lifted u, the fame our fathers bore, and that flag which you kept stainless and made triumphant forever more. “I may be pardoned for saying i in this presence that this has been one of the happiest, days of my lifo look ing in the faces of my coinrados. They are gettine alitile too old for war, but they are all right, “That, during Inst year and this summer, wo were able to convene 250,000 of tho bent, young men in the United States was due to the example of your patriotism and tho inspiration ef your example.” General SiokloH was next introduced and made a brief address, expressing his admiration for the nation’s chief executive. A few minutes later tho president’s party proceeded to the Odd Fellows hall, where President McKinley was the guest of honor at a banquet tendered by George G. Meade post, the LaFayette post, of New York, and the Kingsley post, of Bos ton. NATIVE SCOUTS ORGANIZED. lieutenant nat.nn Will Operate a Ituiifl of One Hundred Filipino*. A Manila special says: Lioutenant Batson, of the Fourth cavalry, has or ganized a band of one hundred Maea be.be scouts, who will operate under the direction of Major General Law ton. All of them were former Spanish volnnteors. They will be uniformed and will be armed with Krag Jorgen sen rifles. TESTIMONY REFUSED Jouaust Turns UoWii the Appeal of M. Labori, SCIIWARZKOPPEN WAS BARRED OUT Court's Mind Already Made Up—lsml of tho Weary Trial At I.nut In SIrIiI. DcmaiiKo Horlus Clouding*. Advices from Rennes state Unit Tliitrsday ushered in tho beginning of the end in tho trial. With the speech of tlio government conimis sftrjq Major Carriere* the case entered upon tho final stage of pleadings; M. Demange at once began his ad dress for the defense. In eloquent terms and with impressive delivery ho brought out the strong evidence against Esterhnzy. Colonel Jouaust took the most im portant decision yet taken and took it entirely upon his own responsibility, although he is Undoubtedly only the uioiith{jieco tlio whole body of judges. Ilis decision to exclude the testi mony of Colonel Hchwttrzkoppfeu and Major Panizzardi was most significant, as it meant that the court had already reached a conclusion, and that tho pleadings of counsel were merely a waste of time and might bo dispensed with, if they were not a necessity. The court has made up its mind, but which way? Roth sides are equally confident that tho court will decide in accordance with their view. The Dreyfusnrds declare that tho judges cannot condemn Captain Drey fits after rejecting the decisive evidence which Schwartzkoppon and Panizzardi would have given in his favor. Tho anti-Dreyfusards, on the other hand, explain Jouaust’s rulings on tho ground thftt the judges recognize that the evidence of the two military at taches would ho worthless, because they would bo morally bound to save tlioir agent at any cost. A sample of this reason was given by an anti-Drey fusard journalist, who, when praising Colonel Jouaust’s decision, explained: “What weight could ho attach to the testimony of Soli war/,koppen and Panizzardi? Tho receiver of stolen goods milst shield the thief as much as ho can.” EIGHT CENTS FOR COTTON’ Denmndotl I.v Farmer* of Troup County, (in , In Kflgolulionii. Tho farmers of Troup county, On., held an enthusiastic meeting in the courthouse at LaOrange for the pur pose of organizing and putting on foot some scheme by which the price of cotton can be raised. The following resolutions declaring the intention of the Troup farmers to hold their crop until the desired price is offered and calling on planters throughout tbe south to join in tlio movement were adopted; “Whereas, the farmers, merchants and bankers of Troup county having this day met in pursuance of a pre vious call to consider some plan of co operation among the farmers, whereby an adequate price may bo obtained for the present cotton crop, suggests the following; “1. Tho present cotton crop shall not be put on the market for a price less than 8 cents per pound. “2. Until that, price is rea died tho bankers and merchants nro to advance such amount on all cotton received by them as will meet the intermediate de mands of tho farmer storing said cot ton in the warehouses aud as security hold tho receipts of such cotton until a sale is deemed advisable. “3. Tho great difference between the raw material and tbe manufactured goods is proof conclusive that the present price of Idle staple is but little more than half its value. Tho sur plus on hand is of such low grades ns not to bo of much value save for the very coarse fabrics and should cut no figure as against tbe present high grade. "t. There is no such thing as over production of cotton while more than half tlm human family is in rags and tatters,as a result of arrested distribu tion. “We, therefore, call on the farmers of Georgia and every cotton growing county in tho south to meet at, once and organize similar associations and force the price of our principal pro duct to that figure which will remu nerate tlio industrial classes of the south. WORK ISO ON NEW MILL. First Brick On Cotton Fncfory nt Orlflln, On., Is I.ulrl. The first brick was laid on the Spald ing Cotton mills at Griffin,Ga., Thurs day, and was witnessed by a large number of citizens. A large force of bands were then put to work aud the building will be ready for tbe machin ery early in December. The paid up capital of tho mills lisb been increased from @IOO,OOO to $125,- 000, which was done to accommodate a few personal friends, and it could have been increased to $150,000. SICKNESS CAUSED BY FLOODS. Hftny Ilenfhx Occur In Section Of Texas Which Wn* Overflowed. A dispiatch from Bronham, Texas, says; The mortality among the colored residents of the district recently over flowed by tho waters of the Brazos river is becoming dreadful to contem plate. -In many instances entire fami lies are prostrated with malarial fever, and deaths are of daily occurrence. Six deaths occurred in one small neighborhood near Independence last seek, and others are expected, BENTIIEiM’S STORY. American, Who Was Once Em ployed In the German Secret Service, Gives Information. The gentleman who claims to know how the French war office secrets reached Germany, and the flames of those instrumental in their transfer from France, was fietfn id Atlanta, Ga<, \y a representative of tho Associated Press, The highly interesting information was elicited that the letter-heads, en velopes find consular seal of the United Stat es government were used as a safe guard in transmitting tho French war offieo documents from that country to Germany, and also that one of the chief actors in the “underground” sys tem at tho time the traffic in French war office merchandise was going on held tho position of United States vice consul in a little German city. The informant gives his name as Charles E. Bontheim, and his dis charge papers, which are regular and duly signed, show that ho was a pri vate in company M, 202d New York, during the war with Spain. He accompanied the 202d New York to Cuba, and hi addition to duty as brigade clerk, was called upou to per form tho duties of stenographer at the court smart ial held from t ime to time at Pinar del Rio, where the New York regiment was stationed. Bentheim is an artist, and this is the Vocation given in his discharge papers. Since he left the service of the Uni ted States ho has been traveling over the south. Bentlicim says ho lias no interest in the matter, and wishes no notoriety. His name wan given only at the last minute and under pressure. His story was not told with the evenness due to rehearsal, but came in snatches, and much that had no direct bearing on the subject was given, showing him to be fully acquainted with the cities of Germany and the French capital. He says that although he has known these things fot ft long time, he lias never made public tho information of which ho is possessed. Mr. Bentheim was told that from the fact that his story should appear a* this time and containing so much startling information,would cause con siderable doubt as to its authenticity, but to this he rejoined: “I will go with you before a notary public and swear that everything I have said is tho truth, or I will swear in a similar way to any United States officer or member of tho German em bassy. Tho story is absolutely true and you are at liberty to communicate with any persons I have named in an effort at corroboration.” Hay Will InveptißAte. A Washington special says: The officials of the state department have been much interested in the remarka ble story of Bentheim. point in his narrative that particularly attracts attention at the state department is the allegation that the United States deputy and vice consul at Sonnoberg, lias boon serving as a Gorman agent to convoy secret* relative to war material stolen from tho French government, and that the office has used the United States consulate and the official letter heads and envelopes of tbo consulate to further bis ends. The officials of the state department discredit Bentheim's statements, though now that they have been given such publicity, it may be found expe dient to quietly investigate the mat ter. PRISON SITE PAID FOR. City of Atlanta and tlif> Southern Knllwny Hand Oyer Check*. The federal prison deal, so far ns tlio city of Atlanta is concerned, was closed up Tuesday morning. Tlio money with which to pay for tho prison site is in the hands of Mr. Edward C. Peters, trustee for the city and for tho Southern railroad, and ail that now remains to be done beforo a formal transfer of the land will be made and work on the prison com menced is for the state legislature to give tlio United States complete juris diction over the property. The Southern road gave to the trus tee a check for $35,000 and Mayor Woodward a oheck on tho oity treasury for $25,000, making the total amount now in the hands of Mr. Peters 860,- 000, tho price for the property on which tho prison is to be located. JURY HARD TO GET. The Delegnl Itape Cone I* Called In Mcln tosh Court. News from Darien, Ga., is to the ef teet that trouble was experienced in securing a jury to try Henry Delegal. Wednesday over seventy jurors were summoned and out of that number on ly eleven were secured. The jurors go down mostly for cause and about nine-tenths of them admit their preju dice in the case. Court was adjourned until Thursday to givo tho sheriff another chance to bring in men. COAL CREEK MINERS OUT. Workmen Demand That Company Drop One of Its Purchaser*. A Chattanooga dispatch says; Two hundred coal miners at the Sale creek mines went on a strike Wednesday because tho company was furnishing coal to tho Dayton Coal and Iron com pany, whose miners are on a strike for higher wages. The Sale creek men demanded of tho company that they refuse to fur nish coal to Dayton. The operators rejected tho demand and the men laid down their picks, NO. 33, AN ULTIMATUM IS PROBABLE Trouble Between England and Transvaal Becomes Critical. MANY SIGNIFICANT MESSAGES P ass Between Salisbury and th Queen—Transvaal Govern ment's Answer. Advices from London state that the colonial offico officials were busy until after 3 o’clock Thursday morning. Dispatches have been passing by spe cial messengers between tlio queen and Lord Salisbury for the last few days. The Times advisee the government to convoke parliament immediately, if necessary, to vote the needed sup plies, adding that a “further loss of time may bo dangerous and humilia ting." The dny’s nows shed no new light on the Transvaal crisis. The sigus which the English are accustomed to seo jitst previous to a war continue, and from these any number of sensa tional deductions may be drawn. General Opinion trends to the belief that the cabinet council will result in an ultimatum, followed by an imme diate backdown by tho Boers, or the immediate commencement of hostili ties by Great. Britain. Mr. Chamberlain remained nt the foreign office until shortly before-mid night. He declined to make a state ment regarding tho Transvaal situa tion, but expressed a desire to see a copy of the following transcript of the Transvaal government’s reply, issued by the Transvaal agent in Brussels Wednesday night, which was forward ed to him by the Associated Press: Kruger** llcply to Chamberlain. In reply to the last dispatch of tho British government, tho Transvaal government on Saturday handed to the British agent in Pretoria a re sponse, of which the following is a purport: “The government of the South Afri can republic regrets that Great Britain is of the opinion that it is unable to accept the proposals made by the Transvaal in the dispatches of August 10 and 21, by which the term for ob taining the franchise was fixed at five years and tlio representation of the Witwaterstrand district, was increased. “Tho government regrets this tho more inasmuch as it considered itself able to deduce from the previous to its formal proposals that the latter would be accepted by the British government. In these condi tions the Transvaal considers its propasals fle annulled, and finds it necessary to submit them to tho voiks rnad and the people. It remains ef the opinion that its proposals are very liberal and moro extensive thau those presented by the British high commis sioner cf Bloemfontein. It is also of the opinion that the conditions at tached to these proposals are reason able. “The Transvaal never desired Great Britain to abandon any rights pos sessed by virtue of the London con vention of 1884 or by virtue of inter national law. Tlio Transvaal still hopes that these declarations will lead to a good understanding and a solution of the existing difficulties.” “The Transvaal government has already made known to the British agent its objections to accepting the proposals contained in the British high commissioner’s telegram of Au gust 2, suggesting tho appointment of delegates to draw up a report on tho last electoral law voted by tho volks raad. “If the one side’s examination re ferred to in tho last dispatch should show that tho existing electoral law can be made moro efficient, tho Trans vaal government is ready to make a proposal to the volksraad with this object. It is also disposed to furnish all the information possible, but it is of the opinion that the result of such an inquiry, so far as regards a useful appreciation of the law, will bo of lit tle value.” GOVERNORS WILL SPEAK. Southern Industrial Convention At Hunts ▼lll© Arrange* Programme. The board of mauagers of the South ern Industrial convention, to l>o held in Huntsville, Ala., October 10th to 14th, have arranged a programme for the five days during which tho gov ernor of Alabama, Arkaaras, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennes see, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia aud West Virginia will deliv er addresses on tho subject of “Ee sourees aud Industrial Advantages.' l JUDGE JOINS PRISONERS. Tennessee Justice of tlm I*.nco Is Henl to I he WnrUlinme. Esquire William J. Pearson, of the eonuty court of Hamilton county, Tenn., was Tuesday committed to the county workhouse by Circuit Court Judge Estell at Chattanoga.to serve out a cost bill of $175. Poavson was tried several months ago on a charge of drunkenness in office. The costs of the trial were tnxed to him and he promised to pay the same before the present term of the circuit court.