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4. W. WHITE, Editor and Proprietor.
VOLUME XVIII.
■CHINA’S PLEA;
KAISER’S REPLY
German Emperor Demands Re*
venge For Death of Minister.
LIBATION WILL NOT ATONE
’•Christianity and Civilization
Demand More Than Apology
and Expressed Sorrow.”
A Berlin special says: Following is
tbe text of tbo Chinese emperor’s mes
sage to Emperor William of Germany:
‘‘Greeting—That yonr majesty’s
minister bas fallen a victim to the
ffieiug which has suddenly broke out
sn China without our officials being
to prevout it, whereby our
pjfiicndly relations were disturbed, is
'deeply deplored and regretted. By
decree we order that sacrifice be made
on an altar for the deceased and Chief
structed tv pour libations on tlio altar.
The commercial superintendents Of
the northern and B utin in ports hnvo
becu ordered to take the needful
measures concerning (bo conveyance
of the coffin of tho deceased. Whin
it reaches Germany a second offering
shall be made on an altar.
‘‘Germany has always maintained
the fiieudliest relations with Chinn.
We, therefore, entertain the hope that
your majesty will renounce nil resent
uiei.t so that pence may bo nrrnuged
ns soon ns possible, and that universal
harmony bo rendered possible for all
time. This is our most anxious hope,
and our most ardent wish.”
■EMFEROIt’s EMPHATIC REPLY.
Emperor William replied September
30tli as follows:
“To the Emperor of Chinn—T, tho
emperor of Germany, have received
<Re telegram of your majesty, tho oh.
peror of China. I have observed with
a satisfaction that your majesty is
anxious to expiate according to the
custom and precept of your religion
k tho shameful murder of my minister,
which set at naught all civilization,
yet, aa tho German emperor and a
Christian, 1 cannot, regard that, abom
inable crime as atoned for bv a liba
tion,
'‘Upsides my murdered minister
there have gone before tho throne of
God a large number of our brethren
of Christian faith, bishops and mis
sionaries, women and children, who,
for tho sako of their faith, which is
aviso mine, have died the violent, death
of maityrs and are accusers of your
majesty. Do tlio libations commanded
by your majesty suffios for all those
iuiiocent ones?
“I do not make your majesty per
sonally responsible for tho outrage
against, the legations, which are hold
inviolable among all nations, nor for
the grievous wrongs done so many
nations and faiths, and to the subjects
of your majesty of my Christian be
lief. Bnt the advisers of ymir ma
jesty’s throno and the officials on
whoso heads rests the ldood guilt of a
crime which fills all Christian nations
with horror, must expiate their aboin
inablo deed.
“When your majesty brings them
to the punishment they have deserved,
that, I will regard as an expiation which
will satisfy tho nations of Christendom.
“If your majesty will use yonr im
perial power for this purpose, accept
ing to that, end tho support of all the
injured nations, I, for my part, declare
myself agreed on that point.
“I should also gladly welcome tho
return of.yonr mnjesty to Pekin. For
this my general, Field Marshal Von
Waldersee, will bo instructed not only
to receive your majesty with tho hon
ors duo your rank, but he will afford
your majesty the military protection
you may desire, nnd which you may
Meed against tho rebels.
“I also long for peace, which atones
for the guilt which makes good wrongs
done and which offers to all foreigners
in China security for life and property
nnd abovo nil, for tho free service of
their religion. "William I. R,”
FLORIDA MAN MISSING,
IS.B.Higgins, Wealthy Itnslitent or Wnlilo,
Thought To Have Been Killed.
The disappearance of E. B. Higgins,
a wealthy resident of Waldo, Fla., is
n growing mystery. Ho visited Jack
sonville on September 15th and pur
chased a ticket at tho Plant system
ticket office for Marengo, lowa, whero
he was going to join his family, they
having preceded him to that point
from Waldo some six weeks ago. It
was several days before his family
ascertained that ho was not at his
Florida home,
Higgins left Waldo with a large
amount of money, nnd his relatives be
lieve that ho has met with foul play.
PRINCE CUING’.S ASSISTANTS.
Imperial Drcrco Nuiiiph Liu Kun Y? nnd
Ilians:'Chi Yung a* CoinmUaioner*.
Advice? from Pekin state that Prince
Chiug hits beou informed of the issu
ance of an imperial decree naming Liu
Ivun Yi, viceroy of Nanku, and Chang
Chi Tung, viceroy at Hankow, as as
sistant commissioners to negotiate
terms of peace. Both the assistant
commissioners are members of tbo
progressive faction.
DEMOCRATIC CLUBS
Meet In Quadrennial Convention
at Indianapolis With a Large
Attendance.
The quadrennial convention of the
National Association of Democratic
Clubs was called to order in Tomlin
son hall at Indianapolis Wednesday
afternoon.
The programme for the oponing ses
sion of tho convention as officially an
nounced, was changed just prior to
the hour of meeting. President W
It. Hearst was expected to nfl present
to preside, but, '. cl c,g l . u(l h,.q Ufiu he
was ill utuihlu to tUtoml, Tire COn
'burton was therefore called to toiler
by Senator Barnes K. 4 olios, chairmnu
of tho DfctoOOrntlc national committco.
Mayer Taggart was introduced and
blade an nddress of welcomo which
was biiefly responded to by J. 11. Itiee
of Canton, Ohio.
Senator Jones, in opening- the con
vention, sftid!
‘‘ln thchbsenceof President Hearst,
Vi'io lias been unavoidably dotr.infcfl
from Ibis meeting, I have been re
quested to •’ell this convention to or
der etltl Ido so now. During tho last
two or three weeks clubs have been
organized and have been reported to
headquartors at the rate of over 000 u
day, until there are now by actual
count 7,352 Democratic clubs with an
average membership of more than 200
(applause) already organized in all the
states of tho union. With an organ
ization ol this kind, consisting of
more than two millions of members
thoroughly organized and thoroughly
awake to the necessities of the situa
tion at work in theil- localities every
where, there can be no reasonable
doubt in the result next November.”
Organization was then effected by
eleetiug r J hennas Taggart temporary
chairman; F. H. Himsen, New York,
secretary; W. J. Pollard, St. Louis,
reading clerk, and Myron D. King,
Indianapolis, sergeant at arms.
At this juncture Adlai E. Stevenson
was escorted into tho ball by n band
and his appearance sent the convention
into a pandemonium of applause. The
demonstration continued for some time
after Mr. Stevenson had taken his scat
on the rostrum nud while he had not
intended to speak, ho finally yielded
to the clamor and said,
‘‘My fellow Democrats, I thank you
for this cordial greoliug. I would not
undertake now to address you, hut at
a later time, in accordance with the
programme, I will have the pleasure to
nddress some remarks to my fellow
Democrats of tho United states. (Ap
plause.) I can only say to you now
that I bring you words of good cheer
from the groat Democratic state of Il
linois.” (Applause.)
The next speaker was Mayor Samuel
M. Jones, of Toledo.
At tho conclusion of Mayor Jones’
address, James Hamilton Lewis, of
the state of Washington, spoke,
The convention at 5 o’clock look a
recess till after tho parade at. night.
Tbe parade ended at 9:30 o’clock
nud Tomlitison hall was thronged with
those who had participated in the joli
fication. The meeting wns called to
order by Senator James K. Jones, who
introduced Captain Patrick O’Farroll,
of Washington, D. C. Cnpitnin O’Fnr
rel denounced the war in the Philip
pines nud condemned n standing army.
He was followed by Hon. Sigmund
Zeisler, of Chicago, who spoke in op
position to “imperialism.”
ONLY OBEYED ORDERS,
Chinese Non-Cotnirtiftglonctl Officer Mnken
a Startling Admission.
Officinl advices received in Berlin
from Pekin assert that a further ex
amination of the Chinese non-com
missioned officer accused of Baron
Kettcler’s murder resulted in- this
statement:
“Oti June 1 wo received orders from
the prince to shoot foreigners wher
ever we came across them.”
Tho accused nppenrs deeidod that
the order was to shoot a minister or
the Gcrmnn minister. He declared
himself unablo to say which prince
gave tho order.
American Bankers Meet.
The session of tho American Bank
ers’Association at Richmond Wednes
day morning wns devoted largely to a
enll oi states ns to tho condition of
business. Responses wero made from
thrce-fourtlis of the stntes and the re
ports were most encouraging.
Price of Coke Unexpectedly Advances.
Tho strike of tho anthracite coal
minors in eastern Pennsylvania has
had an unexpected effect in tho coke
market of Pittsburg. During the past
few weeks the demand has so stiffened
that tho leading producers have in
creased their prices $1.25 to $2.50.
Robbers Dynamite Dank Vault.
Wolf Brothers’ bank,at Contorsville,
Mich., was robbod Thursday night of
SIO,OOO. The thieves gained entrance
through tho rear of the buildiDg and
blew the vault open with, dynamite.
DOWN ON THE DAM.
People In Neighborhood of Tompn, Fla.,
Opposed to Its Maintenance.
An attempt was made Monday to
blow up tho immense dam of the
Tampa Electric company six miles
from Tampa, Fin.. This dam cost
three hundred thousand dollars nnd
was destroyed by people in the neigh
boihood two yenrs ago. It hacks
water over large territory in securing
power to run electric plant, nnd the
people living in the neighborhood are
opposed to its maintenance.
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Material aad laU-lleetaal Advancement of the Ceaaty.
LOUISVILLE GA. THURSDAY.OCTOBER 11, 1900
FRANCE’S SOLUTION
Her Representative, M. Delcasso,
Proposes Disposition of China,
A 810 INDEMNITY THE MAIN FEATURE
Interdiction of Armn Shipped Into the
Country Is Domnn <le<l—Ktissia Ap
proves of Such a Scheme.
A YVnshiugloii special says: Propo
sitions cl a far-reaching character con
cerning China are being presented in
rapid succession to this government.
The state department had no soonet
disposed of one of these propositions
Thursday by delivering a rekpohsb to
the ftei'ittaii gttVokiitiffint tiffin it was
fcontbonted by An even more iffipbrtant
proposition submitted by the French
government; nnd within half nn hour
forliffiliy seconded by tho Russian
government.
The answer to Germany covered the
subject of punishing Chinese offenders
and made known that the United
States had instructed Minister Conger
nlong the linos suggested by Germnhy;
Those iusttiiclionk lboit towards se
miring the names of the persons do
serviug chastisement, also whother the
punishments accord with the gravity
of tho crimes committed, and finally,
iu what manner the United States and
the other powers are to be assured that
satisfactory punishment is initiated.
Aside front these Specific purposes of
the Mote, it is regarded as im >rtant
chiefly iu establishing the mos atis
factory relations between tho g irn
ments at Washington and Berlin
The Franco-Bussian proposal i ’res
a much broader scope and submiis a
program under which the negotiations
for a complete settlement can be car
ried forward. The French charge, M.
Thiebaut, handed the proposition to
Secretary Hay Thursday and hipltt ft
brief conference concerning it, Half
an hour later M. DoWollant, the Rus
sian charge, arrived at tho state de
partment nnd handed to Mr. Hay ft
noto expressing Russian approval of
tho propositions just submitted by
France.
TEXT OP PROPOSITION.
Tho Franco-Kussian proposition is
under four heads, namoly: First, pun
ishment of tho guilty parties; second,
interdiction of tho shipment of arms
into China; third, payment of indem
nity to the powers, nnd fourth, suffi
cient guarantees for the future.
In addition a Suggestion is made for
the establishment of a permanent le
gation guard at Pekin; for the razing
of the Talcu forts and for tho main
tenance of a line of communication
betwoeu Pekin nnd the sea.
The impression in Washington in
advance of action on tho propositions
by our government is that they con
tain nothing essentially unfitting them
o be subjects of consideration in a
final settlement. Tho difficulty which
is likely to arise lies in the placing of
proper limitations upon the scope of
each head. This is particularly true
of tho subject of guarantees, and per
haps, of that of indemnity. Still, as
already suggested, each is undoubted
ly a most proper subject for discus
sion when tho final negotiations aro
reached, and, therefore, M. Deloasse’s
broadest propositions, while likely to
consume some time in reducing thorn
to ultimate and binding form, may be
said to have a fair reception awaiting
them.
GERMANY MAY NOT APPROVE.
As to the interdiction of arms, tho
state department already has intimat
ed that there may be a questiou as to
its wisdom, and there is reason to be
lieve also that Germany will not view
that particular feature with approval.
But there appears to be good reason to
expect that a middle ground will be
reached by confining the interdiction
of arms to a specified period, possibly
to be fixed by the time required by
China within which to pny the indem
nity. The chief objeotiou to the prop
osition is in its being permanent in its
present form.
Conventions Held In Hawaii.
Advices from Honolulu state that
the Republicans and Democrats each
held their conventions on the 24th of
September. Each party named a na
tive Hawaiian for delegate to Wash
ington. The independents will act
later on.
OOM PAUL IS WARNED.
Restriction* Placed Around Transvaal
President Have Been Increased.
A dispatch to the New York Journal
and Advertiser from Lourenzo Mar
qnes says:
The restrictions around Kruger are
increasing and ho is virtually a priso
ner.
While driving Tuesday he mot a
party of burghers nnd made them a
patriotic speech. Tho governor has
now refused tho use of his carriage.
Krnger has beon warned to make no
more speeches and is forbidden to
wear the green sash that is the iu
siguia of his office.
Perry Dclmout Named For Congress.
Perry Belmont has boon nominated
for congress by tho Democratic con
vention of the first Now York district,
which embraces Queens, Suffolk and
Nassau counties.
Gold Near Knoxville, Tenn.
Gold has been discovered in Monioe
county, Tenn., near Knoxville, which
yields SB3 to the ton. The strata is said
te be very exteusive. A local company
will be organized to develop tho prop
erty.
COAL PITS TIED UP
Strikers Have a Mammoth Parade
And Demonstration at Lattimer
many Women and girls take part
Workers Aro Ovornwocl By lb Hosts nnd
to Alton* Ujt WhtH
WlilhUpa Blew.
A special from nnzleton, Pa., says:
Nearly 2,000 strikers, with fifty wo
men and girls, marched into Lattimer
early Saturday morning and complete
ly tied up the ttvo Bollieties of Cttltiti
Pal-dee & Cos.; located at that piaiffi.
It whs tho greatest march that hits
Ittken plite'e ilttrinff the present strike;
The jbrpwu wAa made tip of strikers
from McAdoo, Audeuried. Jenuosville
and Hazleton on the south side and
from Harwood, Eborvale, Free Land
and Upper Lehigh on the north side.
The women and girls came from the
now famous borough of MoAdne.
Sheriff' Hnrvey ami a handful of
deputies Were at LaUimet- when the
strikers arrived! and they and the
iiffirchei-B were instantly on tho mote.
There was no disturbance at any time.
Tha men and the women were well be
haved.
It was the most exciting day Latti
mer has had since the tragedy three
years ago. The strikers from the south
hide qUiieontt-ntefi flu tbe r back road U>
the place. They Lad left their homes
at midnight.
The women, including “Mother
Jones,” were conveyed in wagons,
whilo the men walked*. It was a little
before G o’clock when the 1,00!) south
side men entered Lattimer, headed by
a fife and drum corps, nnd the women.
The lender of the females, who was a
pretty Polish girl, carried a large
American flag. They marched and
counter marched on the Lattimer pub
lic road until 7 o’clock, wlieii tbe Whis
tle blew for the starting of work at the
Collieries;
A great, shotit went tip froth thfi
crowd as it saw that no one responded
to the call. Shortly after this a faint
cheer was heard iu the distance, nnd
suddenly a crowd which proved
to be tho north side marchers,
who had gatherod on the opposite side
of tho town, burst through a gnto on
the further end of the company's
property, about half a mile owaJL
They camo streaming iu by the hun
dreds hud rushed down the company’s
property, then across the strippings
and joined tho south side force on the
public road on tho very spot where
the twenty-two marchers were shot by
the deputies in 1897.
The combiued .forces, after a short
rest, formed two by two and with tho
women and girls iu the lend, staited
on another parade through the town,
The women marchers called the Latti
mer men black legs and other hard
names, whole those thus assailed re
mained mute for fear of boing attacked.
’lbis was kept up until Bo’clock, wheu
tbe marchers began to leave for their
various homo towns.
Shenandoah also witnessed the big
gest demonslration ever held within
its limits on Satnrday. Over 5,000
striking idle mine workers marched
through the streets and up to soldiers’
monument pnrk, Locust mountain,
where they held a mass meeting and
listened to words of encouragement
from President John Mitchell, of the
United Mine workers of America. Tho
strikers came from all sections of the
nnthraeite coal regious, those from
nearby points marching in a body
headed by bauds, while those from
rcinoto points went in trolley cars,
President Mitchell spoke briefly and
was frequently interrupted by cheers,
Ilis most important statement was one
informing tho strikers that they would
soon meet in convention. He said;
“I wish to announce today for the
first time that iu a few days a conven
tion will he called. Every mine will
he requested to send delegates. If
you believe a net advance of 10 per
cent in your wages is euough, then
your votes will decide tho question.
If you prefer that tho strike shall go
on, Mitchell will he with yon. In this
strike wo must all win together or go
down together.”
Mr. Mitchell again took occasion to
deny tho charges that the strike was
brought, on for political reasons, and
that tho bitlimiuous coal operators
wero connected with it.
YOUTNEI’S CASE CALLED.
Is Charged With Being n Principal In tlio
Shooting of Goebel.
Hcury Youtscy, a stenographer in
tho office of Governor Taylor (luring
the latter’s incumbency, was called for
trial at Fraukfort Tuesday iu Judge
Cnntrill’c court on the charge of being
a principal iu the shooting of Governor
Goebel.
The defense called fifty-two wit
nesses, only nine of whom answered.
A number will bo ready, however,
when wanted. The defense asked and
was granted until Wednesday morn
ing to aunwor whether ready for trial
or uot. Court thou adjourned.
TRAIN JUMPED THE TRACK.
A a Result the Knglneer, Fireman and
Brakeman Instantly Killed.
On the Plant system roa’d near Bon
bow mines, several milos from Charles
ton, 8. C., Wednesday night, the en.
giue and several freight cars jumped
the rails aud tumbled down an em
bankment, killing Engineer Gooding,
n young whito man, and Fireman Har
vey Thompson and Brakeman Ben
White, negroes.
GROWTH OF COMBINES
CRAIN DEALERS IN A TRUST
AGAINST FARMERS.
Monopoly t* n to Kob
Them of I'lifir I't'oiit. 1 t!r"*fi**?••?b
L'S I'fTuct Contracts Aro Already
signed,
P. E. Dnwio, member of tho execu
tive CufninittPS Of t.tR! Pern#
emtio, trateiins Mens association,and
of the t fr’fJmmoivtal Travelers’ Anti
alrived iri Uitlhieo ves
ter day. He has just completed an ex
tensive tour of Missouri, Nebraska and
lowa.
"I have roceiitly discovered,” said
Mr. Howie, 'a gigantic eCiiSpirney to
rob the farmers of the country. This
latest product, of monopoly includes in
Its membership about GOO big *s*!n
dealers and. elevator men in tbe terri
tory extending from St. Paul ort the
north to Kansas City on uifi south;
including the states of Wisconsin,Min
nesota, North and South Dakota, lowa,
Nebraska and Kansas.
“All the 600 and more members of
this newest thing in trusts are pledged
to laity gj-atn at one and a half cents
low, that is below thtt cash price, arid
to store for not less tiian orie riild a
half cents jiroflt The association en
gineering llib scheme is to fix the sell
ing price. Forty per cent of the jirofits
are to go to the association, the bal
ance going 10 the dealers who are par
ties to the swindle.
Hrtvo Sighed Coni facto*
“tii-aln dealers in tlife sections iidlere
Hie trust is at ivofk have been in
duced to sign contracts and :i regular
system of inspection guarantees
against cutting prices. Grain stations
are established here and there, and at
each station the trust has an agent
who has authority tn inspect the books
of tiny member of the asaoeiation. A
membership fee of SSO is ehfii'gvd. A
fine of SIOO is imposed if the agreement
is hrbkeri; and S6O is Charged for re
instating a member Wild Has tfioiStCd
any of the terms of the pact.
Oil its part, the association guaran
tees the grain dealers, Who enter into
the agreement,protection from changes
in the ownership of elevators where
they may have their grain stored. If
an elevator attempts to break away
or to run independent, they guarantee
to have its supply of cars shut off, so
that it cannot ship grain to market in
opposition to the trust.
Troinoti),! by iiepubilc.-ltis,
"Since I discovered the conspiracy, a
few days since, I have been collecting
information concerning it. I ascer
tained today that the promotor and
organizer of the trust Is an ardeiit Re
publican and superintendent of one of
the largest elevators in the country.
“The practical workings of this com
bination to rob the farmer are not dif
ficult to see. By getting all tile grain
dealers Of ft community enrolled ns
members, it is impossible for the farm
ers Of that section to sell to aiiyohe
outside the trust or io ship their grain
away. They must stand the joss of a
cent and a half a bushel on the price
of their grain in order to find a mar
ket. lam not ready to give the names,
but will do so soon.”
It is said that the new movement to
compel the farmers of the states men
tioned to accept less than the market
price to realize on their crops -had its
Inception iri Chicago, and that several
of the big elevator men and grain deal
ers are interested In It.
MARK HANNA CALLED OFF.
Mark Hanna’s career as a “spell
binder” has been cut short by no less
an individual than William McKinley,
lor the first time In the campaign it
is said McKinley has found it neces
sary to interfere With his campaign
manager in any Way. Blit Hanna in
a few brief efforts was having such a
disastrous effect among the working
men and farmers in Indiana, Illinois
and other states where the trust is
not admired that the presidential
candidate found it necessary tn the in
terest of the party, not to say any
thing of himself, to Interfere and call
off Mr. Hanna’s dates as a ‘spellbind
er” much to the disappointment of Na
tional Chairman Jones of the Demo
cratic committee. Asa result Mr.
Hanna will devote his undivided time
to the management of the contributed
campaign fund where, In his opinion,
it will do the most good.
The main cause of the trouble was
Mr. Hanna’s speech In Chicago In
which he made the statement. "I do
not believe there is a trust in the Unit
ed States." From all over the country
telegrams and letters of protest pour
ed in on the president against such
foolish statements, even though made
by “The Boss,” and McKinley could
not let them go unheeded however
much he approved Mark’s assertions.
Asa consequence Mark Hanna was
told plainly that he must make no
more speeches without first submit
ting what he is going to say to a rigid
censorship and that he must not at
tempt to make the Dakota and Ne
braska trip he had planned under any
circumstances. Asa matter of fact,
Senator Hanna was a little dubious
about attempting to make any cam
paign speeches until Perry Heath and
Congressman Landis of Indiana urged
him to speak at Delphi. His reception
there appealed to his vanity. The flat
tery of the Republican papers turned
his head and he was Induced to make
a second trial before the Commercial
Men’s Club at Chicago at a noonday
meeting. There was where ho got Into
trouble. He believed that It was up to
him to say something about trusts,
and he did so with a'vengeance. He
launched forth in a challenge to Mr.
Bryan to tell him what a trust was
and then followed with the assertion
that there were no trusts tn the coun
try and finally concluded this phase of
Ills address with a bold sffi’eaient that
the only trusts he was aware existed in
this country Were Ihe cotton bail trust
anil the Ice trust. Which he said cer
tain Democratic politicians were sup
posed to be interested in.
Democrats all over the country will
regret Mr. Hanna’s downfall as a sped
hinder.
But we Still have Teddy Roosevelt
and Senator Stewart loft,
LYING WAS BEGUN.
idle fieptlbltcAn national committee
keeps the Republican newspaper
throughout the country supplied With
burritiik t (Wrights. This is a boom to
the Republican new’Apafters,- for their
thoughts use to cost them 25 cents per
column from the "boiler-plate" fac
tories, and now they get them for
ilothifig,
In a list of CofiVet-ts tn Bryan pub
lished sometime ago by tut eastern
nevtrftabet. the article mentioned half
a dozen names of residents of Bath.
N. Y., as citizens of Bail!, Sto. The
mistake was purely accidental. Ob
viously their would lie much
more useful to Mr. Bryu;i where they
properly belong than they would be
in Maine. The Hanna organs, how
ever, discovered the mistake, pounced
upon It With a great outcry, and even
yet have not finished crying “fake.”
Last yedr, Mr. Cteelmari, the cele
brated newspaper correspondent, wrote
from Nebraska that statement that Mr.
Bryrifi hv his lectures and writings
had accumulated property worth about
twenty-five thousand dollars. The
ever vigilant and diabolically In
clined printer, put on an extra cipher,
making the amount two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars. The mistake
was bo* discovered until the paper was
on the street. Here 1 was another thing
for the Republican jffess id make an
out-cry about. Remarks aboilf Mr.
Bryan as a "plutocrat” began to cir
culate through the Repub’ican press,
but they eventually stopped when the
explanation of the slip made them too
ridiculous to he persisted in. Tho
Hanna literary bureau, lias, however,
recently revived them, and has even
Improved on the original typographical
error by raising the amount of Mr.
Bryan’s fortune to three hundred thou
sand doliarj.
Another instance of the methods em
ployed by the Republican litei'Sfy bu
reau may he cited. Some years ago a
gentleman, no longer connected with
tbe New York Journal, wrote a signed
article giving his estimate of Air.
Bryan as a man and as a leader. This
estimate has been revived by the Re
publican press bureau and circulated
as the editorial opinion of the New
York Journal and even in some cases
represented as the prr.onai work of W.
R. l-feffrSt.
Ex-Senator MandSrSOtl, recently un
dertook to prove for the benefit Of the
Republican party, that notwithstand
ing the cry of "militarism” the "mili
tary powers of Europe spent more on
their armies than we did.” The New
York Journal printed ail article show
ing that, the military budget ill Europe
irtcllidOs the entire cost of pensions,
and that if we took this ifltO account
our military expenses were nearly
twice ns great ns those of any other
military country in the world. There
upon the Republican literary bureau
started out paragraphs like this afld
they are still running in the columns
of the Republican press of the coun
try;
W. R. Hearst, editor of the New
York Journal, an earnest "Bryanite,"
says that the paying of pensions to
soldiers is “militarism.” "Militarism”
according to Bryan is one of the great
issues in this campaign. Veterans will
please take notice.
Such attempts as the ones indicated
are a very fair Example of what may
he termed “the slimy hands in poli
ties” nnd yet such are the methods of
the Republican press bureau.
Why Hanna Is Worried.
Rochester Herald: One of the chief
causes of Mark Hanna’s uneasiness,
which lie makes no pretense to con
ceal, Is the possibility that New York
will so Democratic. In Maine and
Vermont there have been changes ot
10 and 20 per cent during the last four
years in favor of the Democracy. That
was in states where no concerted ef
fort was made to reduce the conceded'
Republican pluralities. In New York
a change of less than 1 per cent will
throw the state into the Democratic
column. With organized effort
throughout the state It is not to be
denied that the chances of Democratic
victory are bright enough to be visible
to the naked eye. Mark Hanna, at all
events, has experienced no difficulty In
discerning them.
Roosevelt’s Invaluable Services'
Washington Post: —Without any
military experience whatever—unless
we count a few months with the cow
boys in South Dakota, or a chance vis
it to some militia picnic at Peekskill,
N. Y.—he plunged into the Spanish-
American war; showed the regular of
ficers how to attend to their business;
Instructed General Shatter very fully
as to every move in the campaign;
charged San Juan hill and captured it
single-handed, and even went on so
far as to give the secretary of war sev
eral very valuable hints at a time
when the latter was all at sea and did
not know which way to turn for safe
ty.
Many Relatives In War.
A Birmingham, England, woman
has at the front two brothers, eight
first cousins, forty-three second cou
sins and an uncle, making fifty-four
altogether, and if cousins by marriage
were counted the total would exceed
sixty. All these volunteered for ser
vice. Her sister is a nurse in Maritz
burg hospital.
Subscription : SI.OO in Advance.
N UiM BEIL 45
GENERAL KELL DEAD
Was One of tbe Last Survivors of
Confederate Naval Heroes.
BODY BURIED IN GRIFFIN CEMETERY
Funeral Sorvirc* W* rc Kliilmrnto nntl Im
posinj; A l'.ricf of Ills
Kvrntfill Life.
General J. Mclntosh Kell, adjutants
general of Iho state of Georgia nnd
Xiiocnig tho last survivors of the con
federate privateer “290” or Alabama,
which did the merchant marine of the
United States great daraago during tha
civil war, died nt his home in Snnny
sido, Ga., at G:3O o'clock Friday nfter
noon. General Kell had been in de
clining health for a long time. At the
time of bis death bis family was gather
ed around his bedside and with great
sorrow witnessed the death of the hero.
lUJIiII’D AT OKI IT! v.
The body of General Kell was
buried at Griffin, Ga., Sunday, with
elaborate and imposing ceremonies.
Tbe funeral services were conducted
from the Episcopal church by Bishop
O. K. Nelson, of Georgia, who im
pressively performed tho Episcopal
rites of burial.
The funeral was largely attended by
prominent persons from all parts of
the state. Governor Candler was pres
ent, with many members of his staff
and other officers of the Georgia state
troops, of which General Kell during
his lifetime was the head. Two com
panies of state troops from Macon, one
from Barnesvillo nud one from Griffin
acted as the special military escort.
A long line of distinguished Geor
gians, as honorary escort, followed tho
body to the cemetery, whero tho final
ceremonies wero performed nnd the
casket lowered into the grave. A sa
lute wns tired over the grave by a
squad of soldiers, which was in keep
ing with the martial life of the dis
tinguished hero.
The floral tributes were many and
very beautiful.
SKETCH OF IXI3 1.1F15.
General John Mclntosh Kell was
born in Mclntosh couuty, Georgia,
January 20, 1-823, and was, therefore,
77 years of age. Ilis great grand
father, John Mohr Mclntosh, a Scot
ish chief, came over to this country in
1735 to join General Oglethorpe, and
settled in that i art of the coast which
commemorates his name.
The father of General Kell was a
distinguished lawyer of his day, and
the junior partner of General Antho
ny Wayne. He died when 40 yenrs of
age, leaving n widow and five young
children. At the age of 10 John Mc-
Intosh Kell, through influential
friends, was appointed a midshipman
in the navy. He served with distinc
tion in the Mexican war, and was pres
ent at Monterey, Cal., when the
United States flag was hoisted over
that territory. He was later an offi
cer in Commodore Ferry’s famons ex
pedition to Japan, which opened up
that Country to modern civilization.
In October, 1850, he married Miss
Julia Blanche Monroe, of Macon, Ga.
A brief service at Norfolk nud eighteen
months at Pensacola constituted his
only duties on shore while a member
of the United States navy.
But it was as an officer in the Con
federate navy that General Kell won
imperishable fame. Upon the seces
sion of Georgia he tendered his ser
vices to his native state, and in May,
1861, reported for duty to Captain
Raphael Semines at New Orleans,
whero be served on the Sumter, a con
verted passenger steamer, then en
gaged in blockade running, and which
captured seventeen ships during a ser
vice oi six months.
Later he was with Captain Semmes
as executive officer oi the Alabama, the
famous Confederate battleship that
made such a marvelous record during
the time she was afloat, capturing
sixty vessels, and being herself sunk
by the Kearsage off the coast of France,
at which time thirty of her men were
drowned.
General Kell’s daring career as the
executive officer of the Alabama is
recorded in the history of his country,
and for his gallant conduct iu the fight
with the Kearsage he was made a cap
tain.
After the loss of the Alabama he re
turned to the Confederacy and was
given command of the ironclad Rich
mond. At the close of war, worn with
service nnd saddened by defeat, he re
turned to his native state, residing at
Suuuyside.
It was during tho first administra
tion of General Gordon in 1886 that
General Kell was appointed to tho
office of adjutant general of Georgia.
He discharged the duties of this office
personally and in a thorough manner
until his health became too feeble for
the task.
Iu December. 1897, the legislature
passed an act increasing the rank of
adjutant general from colonel to brig
adier general in honor of General Kell.
I*. O. HALAXCE SIILET
Shows Condition of Undo Sam’s Mall
For tho Past Year.
The balance sheet of tho postoffioe
department just completed shows the
following condition of the past year:
Expenditures $107,249,298.
Revenue $102,345,579.
Excess of expenditures $4,849,718
This is about $1,500,000 less than
tho deficit for the preceding fiscal
yeav,