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lariODS Notes of Iflfllrirv ** * *
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MIMKTFP MlnlMfcK fftVf.ED WulNucK Will fVILL AC1 ifT
The Verbiage of the Replies Is of
Such Conciliatory Nature as
Preclude Giving Offense.
The state department Saturday
night made public the text of the notes
addressed by it to the governments of
Germany, Russia and China in an¬
swer to inquiries from them as to the
attitude of the United States toward
various phases of the Chinese problem.
The forecasts of these notes made in
tho press appear to have been a ecu-
rate, for although nowhere in the text
in r cfereuoe made to the withdrawal of
the United States troops from China,
the official statement used by the navy
department iu advance of the publica¬
tion of the notes bears out (he predic¬
tion that the government finally has
decided upon sncli a material reduction
of its military forces as will amount to
a withdrawal of the army as an offen¬
sive instrument,
The answer to the German note is
carefulty phtased, so as to soften (he
qualified refusal of the Uuited Sla es
government to make the punishment
of the Chinese ringleaders a condition
precedent to negotiations.
The answer to Germany ia part, is as
follows:
The government of the United
States has from the outset proclaimed
its purpose to hold lo tho uttermost
accountability the responsible authors
of any wrongs doue in China to the
citizens, as was stated in the govern*
ineut's circular communication to the
powers of July 3d Inst.
It is thought, however, Ihat no
punitive measures can be so effective
l>y way of reparation for wrongs suf¬
fered aud as deterrent examples for the
future as the degradation nnd punish¬
ment of the responsible authors by tho
supreme imperial authority itself, and
it seems only just to China that she
should l>e afforded in the lirRt place an
opportunity to do this and thus rehab¬
ilitate herself before the world. Be¬
lieving, and without abating in any
vise its deliberate pnrposo to exact
the fullest accountability from the re¬
sponsible authors of lhc wrongs we
have suffered iu China, tho United
UtnteH is not disposed, ns a prelimin¬
ary condition to entiling into diplo¬
matic negotiations with the Chinese
government, to join in a demand that
said government snrrender'to the pow¬
ers such persons ns, according to the
determination of the powers them¬
selves, may be held to be the first and
real perpetrators of these wrongs.
Tt is the purpose of this government
at the earliest practicable moment to
name its plenipotentiaries for negotia
ing iis a settlement with China, and
in the meantime to authorize its min¬
ister in I’ckin to enter forthwith inte
conference with tho dnly authorized
representatives of the Chinese govern-
ment whereby fnil exercise of the im-
perial power for the preservation of
order and the protection of foreign
life and property throughout China.
In response to Mr. Wn’s commuui-
cation. September 17, 1900, of n cable-
gram from Prince Ching,the following
answer owcrm"ent .« g.veu-
The of the United States
accepts the CSS pleninote tiary anthoriG
of Ea I Li
(thing as orima Negotiations facie sufficient for the
preliminary wardTe looking to
»iru luo return reuiru of m the imperialCbL
nese government and , . to the resump-
tion of its authority at J ekin and
toward the negotiation of a complete
ipotentianes tbe c- fh the n o 7 powers, °ow«» nnVni and of
.To these ends the tt United u a a, States ,
minister in Pekin will be authorized
to enter into relations with Lari Li
and Prince Clung as tbe immediate
representative of the Chinese emperor.
In reply to the Russian charge’s
memorandum, the following was
mitted: ■
1. Tho government of the United
States has not any present intention
to withdraw its legation from Pekin.
2. Tho government of the United
8 tates accepts the plenipotentiary an-
thority of Eatl Li Hung Chang and
Prince Ching as priraa facia sufficient
for the preliminary negotaitions look-
ing toward the retura of the imperial
Chinese government, and to the Te-
sumption of its authority at PekiD,
and toward the negotiatien of a com-
p ete settlement by the appointed
plenipotentiaries of the powers and
Chin a.
ends, the United States
\ relations : wi ° . a !' a r-ari or!a |^ j^i
/ as ,ste
of f the un e»e enx-
I fiMff ISjHonal fatiooal Prison Association. Association be-
EPjTaonuai Prison
W coegresr in Cleveland,
Satnrdav with 200 delegates pres-
6 f Th-, 1 a were made up of peniten-
t;fl ry wardens in ,l Minerintendents oi
prisons and reformatories who enjoy
national r epntfl __•__
New York Donates $2.40,000.
The subscriptions np to Saturday
• \ York city for the relief of Gal-
i^io-i w amounted to §240,-
snff rers
HE ADEL NEWS.
GEORGIA NEWS ITEMS
Brief Summary of Interesting
Happenings Culled at Random.
Augusta Mitt. May fee.ntrte,
There * 8 a feelin 8 of hopefulness in
the Augusta mill district over there-
port that the KiDg mill will resnme
operations at an early date. The Hit,-
ley will probably remain idle some
time longer, as some needed repair
work ie being done. j
, ,
Governor will r.o ,o chi'k.m...'.,
An order has been issued by (lover-
0 CB lT ,1 r hTm^ 'in ih' l° ffl '
tics ee rs around Chatfa^g. 6 rt in V>3, * to ."id ",
* the national .. * park , commission . . . he
n in
inspection of historical works at the
Jhickamaugft National park in tho ex*
ercises beginning October 9 Gover-
nor Canaler expect h to go to Chick**
manga on that occasion himself to
take part in tho patriotic work.
Kutontoti Shots Factory Ofits Contract.
The Eatonton Shoe factory, which
recently began operation, is rtititiing
on full time and turning out shoes as
fast ns their capacity will admit. On
a bid open to the world they sold a
few days ago a bill of shoes to the
State sanitarium to the amount of £500.
In Good
M. G. Statham, cattle inspector for
tho counties of Rabun, Towns, Union
and Fannin, has placed his first annual
report in the hands of Commission, r
of Agriculture O. B. Stevens. The re¬
indicates a healthy condition of
cattle In the district and iudieates
what eases of inftctiou were found.
The people of these counties are
thanked for their ready acqnicsonce
to tho law and atd to the inspector.
Ilfwnrdft Offtirml.
A proclamation has been issued by
the governor offering a reward for the
arrest, with evidence to convict, of
unknown parlies who murdered two
unidentified negroes in Brooks coun¬
ty. The amount of reward is §150.
A reward of §200 is also offered for
the apprehension of Charles Spier,
who, it is charged, committed homi¬
upon the person of Boss Hoga-
book, in Macon rounty. • .Spier is now
a fugitive from justice.
Permit* MUtfHry.
Companies I) anil L, of the Third
regiment, have been given permission
attend the carnival at Elberton, oc-
on September 25th. tbe
Orders have been issued from
office of Assistant Adjutant General
Byrd granting permission to the twelve
of the Third Georgia regi¬
ment to leave their home stations on
October 3d in order to take part in the
at Athens.
Increnan of Oil Inspection.
Tbe first annual report of Slate Oil
Inspector Barrett, which is now in
course of preparation, wilt show that
approximately 800,000 gallons more of
oil than was ever inspected before has
come under the supervision of the
state authorities during the year end¬
ing October 1st. As a result of the
new inspection law- eleven additional
inspectors, located in different see-
tions of the state, have recently been
appointed, but on account of tho in-
creased amount of oil Ihat has passed
the test these appointments have prov-
ed no expense to the state,
New Steamer Line Announced.
The Merchants and Miners’Trans-
I? rta t ,on
" h T . l,n . ? nl '"'« ' 16 A ' ‘ “
^ a u° ftrd ’
?“T ^' e "P or ^ s News and W Savannah an- ‘
" ounce ‘ b ? t 0,1 or aboUt °. dobe r lsf ;
*7 U t . -
W ’
between Philadelphia and Savannah.
Thjg wi „ Lave the effect of „) Jor tening
<ll0 time considerably, on traffic des-
, ineil from ttle raarket s of Pbiladel-
adjacent territory, to this
Mction) ftS thj „ wiI1 be tho only lines
sailing direct from Philadelphia to
any of the south Atlantic ports. This
company already owns and operetes
;, oo 0 ln i| eB of steamship lines, its
fleet comprising ^ ® fourteen stanch, fast
and eUgf t ghi s _
wilt Be Moved to Atlanta.
The general southern office of the
Southern Express Company is to be
moved to Atlanta on October Ht.
This announcement is made as a
definite fact, as all arrangements have
been made and the proposed removal
fully decided upon. Heretofore tho
general southern office has lately been
cated in Chattaaoogo, but the
company has been considering the
move to Atlanta in order to be more in
tonch with the general office, which is
located m New York.
. . .
Premium* at siatc Fair.
The p remlnm ii n t 8 for the Georgia
state Fair at Valdosta have been
pr j nte( j an( j a f orce 0 f c i erks busy
sending them out to every part of the
state. The lists consists of about sixty
pages and covers all the departments
of the coming fair. The premiums
appear to be very liberal in all of the
departments, and especially in the
agricultural department.
Three purses for tbe first, second
anil HUrd county display are offered,
§590 being offered for the best display
ge eond and §200 for the
^ ^ ^ iodivj(1ua , makjnir , Le
first, second and third largest and best
displays purses of §300, §200 and §100
are offered, respec.tively. third
For the first, second and larg-
est crop of sea island cotton made npou
ADEL, BERRIEN COUNTY. GA.« FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 28. 1900.
Otie attte ot iftno, one oaio its a srttnpipj
accompanibd oulttratitinj by a statement of fttul the
mode of the itnlouut
kind oil fettiliiktir of ti*ed| time and of piftrtt> hoed
Itig, number times plotted
and cost of production §50, §25 aud
§ 10 , respectively.
the Anothor interesting ’The day fefttiire of will be
rftceli. first the races
Will be open Only to horSes owned in
Georgia aud purses of §200 each will
ba U flCf< on tbe host trotting and
paciug race. lonr days following the
npeniug day will bo opeU to horses
from any section of the Country, though
the closing day, Saturday, will bo given
entirely expected to mule races. The mule races
are to Jj bring out some of the ''
* h “ ‘ I"" 8
' b ‘* unless Flouda sends" up
80 ' ne of ber <l»h’ k 8 '°PP| n S T »°
entire raco programme ih as follows:
Moulla y, October 29:
3: 00 trot, boraes, Georgia own- §200 00
.^ ’ nnrHn *
2 cp , horses, Georgia own )0 00
,. MA 2 t
October 30s
2:40 trot.purse..............§400 400 00 00
2:24 pace, purse .........,,. >
Half mile run, heats, pltrsC;., 100 00
Wednesday, October fill
2:18 trot, purse.........,...£40) 00
2:15 pace, purse............. 400 00
five eighths mile, heats, purse 100 00
Thursday, November 1:
2:28 trot, purse....... .§100 00
2:30 pace, purse....... . 400 00
One mile run, purse... . 100 00
Friday, November 2:
Free for all trot, purse...... .£100 00
Free for all pace, purse ,... 400 00
2:32 trot, purse....... . . 400 00
TUree-fourth-mile run, pnrse.. 100 00
Saturday, November 3:
Mute troting race to carts, 2
in 3, 5 to enter, purse......§ 50 00
Mule running race, half mile,
5 to outer, purse. 50 00
MISTRIAL IN DIXON CASE.
After Wrestling With the Job
Forty-Eight Hours the Jury
Failed to Agree.
After being out 48 hours, the jury
in tho case of Mrs. -Sarah F. Dixon, at
Wrightsville, failed to ngreo and a
mistrial was ordered.
Sheriff Rowland, of Johnson county,
aud five others have been iudictcd on
the charge of aiding in the escape of
Mrs. Dixon a few days ago.
BLOODY WORK COHTIXUES.
Vsnatlenl Olilneie Keep Up Wholeaal*
Murder of Sliuioiiiiriei.
A London special says; All the cor¬
respondents in China are sending ter¬
rible stories of the wholesale massacre
of missionaries and native Christians.
It is asserted that during July between
15,000 aud 20,000 converts were mas¬
sacred in the northorn provinces.
Large numbers of missionaries are
still unaccounted for.
Native reports are subject to the
roost careful ecrutiuy, with the result
that although there impossible may ho some ex¬
aggeration, it is to doubt
that iu the main they are correct.
WAGE SCALE FINALLY SIGNED.
Iron nnd Steel Worker* Return to Labor*
After Three Months* Idtene**.
The conference committees of lh«
Amalgamated . Association . , of Iron and
Steel Workers and of the manufact-
g.gq 0 ' C 1 0 C J[ Sunday morning
8 d tho wa(?ft BCftle that will be
effective until July, 1901.
Owing to the unusual fluctuations
of the market, the new scale had not
been signed *^ when the mills shut down, havi
Jane 3 an(1 the conditions
been unfavorable ever since June, so
that the mills have been idle for almost
(Il three ,„ mnntl WOUtb8 ,, :___
REMEY VISII'S EARL LI.
__
Ofc tnM . Diplomat K.turn. Hi* Tlmnk. u>
the United nut*.
Admiral Crownmshmld, . . chief
. cf the
bureau of navigation and acting secro-
tary of the navv, ' has received the fol-
low towing i n - cab cablegram j from irom Admiral Admiral Bo 4to-
me y :
“Taku, September 19. —I have called
upon Li Hncg Chang officially. Arrived
September 18th in a merchant vessel.
H e proceed tender at once to Pekin. He
desires that I his sincere thanks
f or the consideration he has received
from the United States government,
STRIKE BN’ RANKS GROWING.
-
President Mitchell*. Kc P o»t For HilrA
r», y show* 126,000 Men Are Ljie.
digp ^ , tc h from Hazleton, Pa., says:
«»ird a day de, of of the the strike strike passed passed off ofl
as quietly as tbe two preceding days.
Beyond the occasional stoning of
mine worker going to or from
work, there has been no disorder.
was estimated Wednesday night
about 70 per cent of tbe mine
of the region aro idle, which is
an increase over Tuesday’s
British Take Charge of Railroad.
Advices from Cape Town state that
the military authorities have taken
over the Netherlands railway. Gen¬
eral Macdonald compelled the Boers Yet
to make a hasty flight from the
river. He captured and thirty-one and wagons, 65,-
quantity of cattle stores,
090 rounds of ammunition.
Cincinnati Gives §7,000.
On Saturday the Texas relief fond
at Cincinnati was over §7,000. Lex¬
ington, Kv., -ent §1,200 to Galveston.
ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM.
I? LETTER
An Earnest and Urgent Plea .for
Georgia's Orphaned Children,
REMEMBER THE 29TH OF THIS MONTH
'VIIlium Would Like to See a Uofftill/ml
Dnjr Set A|ldrt For tile Fatliorloss
Hurt Mothurlus* Oiitta,
Come now, let’s divide out. There
are fiOO good working days in tho year.
Suppose tie will one of them orphans*
day. We have a Labor Day and Wash¬
ington’s birthday and independence
day and other days set apart for ob¬
servance, why not have a day for the
orphans Decatur of is Georgia? in The need orphanage and
at great the
good men In charge have asked the
people to give the 29th day of this
month to their service, tho labor and
earnings of otic day. What batter cad
we do With it? Mod Uni DeStrtel said
that otlr bauk acooitnt iu heaVeii Woiil
be made tip of the money we gate awiiy
in charily while wo lived upon tho
earth.
Huntington died worth §50,000,000,
but he could not take it with him, and
it is feared that he will have a very
small bank nceount up yonder. He
could liaVo endowed ft hundred or¬
phanages and had plenty left for liis
kindred. Surely we can ail give some¬
thing on that day. I urn going to give
§2. Mr. Crumley shan’t shake his
Methodist locks at mo. “He that
giveth to tho poor lendeth to tho
Lord.” “And now, if you like the
security down with said the dust,” ss the
old Scotch preacher charity. when The he sent
around tho hat for Word
fatherless means an orphan—a child
bereft o( a protecting parent, either
father or mother, or both.
The word motherless is not in tho
Bible, but tho word fatherless includes
it, and it is found iu tho scriptures
thirty-eight times, and is always cou¬
pled with a reward to those who be¬
friend the orphan, who or some them. calamity Job
upon those Oppose
says, “If I have lifted my hand against
the fatherless, may mine arm fail from
my shoulder blade,” and St. James
says, “Pure religion is to visit tho
fatherless and tho widow in their af¬
fliction.” Good friends, it will not do
to say you have never wronged the
orphans. Neglect of them is a wrong.
If nobody gave what would become of
them? Everybody ought to give—
give according to your purse—give ns
the Lord has blessed Vou. It is a peril
not to give. St. Peter keeps the books,
nnd I want him to find my name on
them with a good bank account at¬
tached.
I had a funny conference with my
wife about this. She says she will
give a dollar if I will work it out.
“What do yon want me to do?” said I.
“The window cord is broken,” she said,
“and the side-board lock is out of or¬
der, aud the long-handled broom that
I brush down the spider webs with
is worn out and needs anothor
on it.” “Is that all?” said I.
“Oh! no. Tho hall papering is peel¬
ing off and needs repasting, and there
is a leak in tho roof over the dining
room." “Is that all?” seid I. “Well,
you can finish tho day sifting the
ashes and putting some around tho
rose bushes. Mr. Berckmau’s book
says that ashes aro a good fertilizer
for the rosos.”
j 1 ) 0 „de.red awhile ami then ventur-
ed to ask where she was going to get
the dollar to pay mo. “Why, from
you of course,” she said “Where did
7 on expect me to go it? Didn’t I give
J 0U everything I had, and d.dn t you
P”?”®. to * ,ve m ° ^'O' ^ng
fi«d? D.dn’t , you say, VY. h all my
world y goods I bee endow? \\ hat s
mine 18 I “ lne
too according to that.” “But my dear
said I, “haven’t I supported you nnd
maintained you for all these years and
responded to every want and wish I
could?” “Why, yes, of course you
have; hut if a wife was to keep ac-
counts with her husband she would
bring him in debt every time. Board
and clothing don’t pay for nursing and
night watching and sewing and darn-
ing and housekeeping and raising np
teH cbildrou thr0,, « b iufanc y an<1
-
chilflhood( and doctoring measles and
whooping cough and boils aud colic,
etc. I made a thousand little gar¬
ments for them with my needle be¬
fore there was ever a sewing machine
invented.”
“Yes,” said I, “I remember; and
you made your own clothes and my
shirts—my plaited bosom shirts, with
pearl buttons—yes, I remember, 1
can’t find any as good now.” Then
she remarked: “Yon couldn’t get a good
hougekeeper for i e ss than §100 per
y -er’§5 cou j d yon </ And tba t WO uld make
c 000 and the interest com-
pounded would make five times as
much more that you owe me, and you
me where I um going to get the
» “But hold on my dear,” said
j, “ you forgot that I had to support
and educate your ten children—you
always call them yours—and that old
Abe'Lincoln set all your ‘niggers’
free, and that the war broke me all up
and I’ve had to scuffle for a living when¬ e ver
since, and I give you money
ever you ask for it, nnd keep you su
cologne and camphor and liver medi-
cine and missionary money and little
presents for the children and grand-
children on their birthdays. Didu t
give you two dollars last week to buy
amber beads for Mary Lou?
When tho cook quits or gets sick,
don’t I get -p and make the fire and
cook the breakfast and move arcuind
on tiptoe to keep from waking yon—
aud—and—and—haven’t I made you
a marble chip walk to the street for
sxffizJSzfc ”i‘.s L*. “Is
ed nt me and paid, ‘‘Ob, yotl know 1
ti-rts just joking. I know that you have
ilolio tite best you could. I wouldn’t
swap you off for anybody, Now go
and sec if you can’t climb tfetit><!t
ladder you made yesterday tonight. and get
some squal >8 for supper
Thefe ihflst tile be a dozen or more up
there, 'to and girls lmfe ifivited corn-
puny tea.” Ladders and sljiiatts!
Well, I tried tho new ladder. It is
fourteen feet long, and reaches up to
tho gable end of tho smokehouse,
wheffe tiie pigeons 1 ire, and by the-
time i got iicftrly within teach, T
didn’t kuow whettior my head MBs
swimming or the ladder careeiting,
aud I just shut my eyes and slid down
with alacrity, like a fireman, aud like
to hrtvti had a fit of nervous prostra¬
tion, and my wife jnSt iatighed nt me
when I.told h r I am the boy, Aiid She
hasn’t yet realized that I am growing
old.
I go to the butcher’s and tho baker’s
and tllo postnfHce aud dig up the po¬
tatoes and hunt tip chickeiis and eggs
aud briug her fresh rosos every mtifu-
ing and look after the little grand¬
children whilo she takes her evening,
ndji. j hrtt-e a lot of fetters to answer
bter^ day, aitil beftire I titirt fiuisll Otis
souiebody wants something dctfle# and
when night comes I am as tired its rtu
old dray horse. We used to be rich,
but now wo are nearly as poor as Laz
arns. But still wo put on airs aud
keep open houso just like we did be¬
fore the war, and our daily visitors
liako to bti entertained tlild I must help
(It! it.
A stranger came tiie tithe! day ti-liiifl
I was workiug tho rosebeds and had
charge of two little grandchildren
and my wife was napping. He took a
seat on a bonck and said he came to
see me about lying—the sin of .lying.
This alarmed mo for a moment, Then
hd said that I was the writer for tha
press and had inliuentiei and he World Want¬
ed me to help him reform the
about lying. And ho told mo how the
politicians lied aud how tho newspa¬
pers lied and the merchants lied nnd
made their clerks lie anil deceive their
customers, and ho v the lawyers lied
in the court house to deceive the jury,
aud some of the preachers had got to
lying and making up sensational stories
in the ptiipit. posted fttld tjuotm!
Ha was well
scripture and talkod in n stream until
I got tired of his abstractions. Then
he asked me if a lie or a deception was
justifiable replied that under there any circumstances. white lies I
were some
or deceptions that I thought were ad¬
missible under certain circumstances.
He looked surprised and asked me to
give an instance or example. Well) Wife
said I, a Woman Called on tny
yesterday whilo she Was iu the kitchen
putting up poach pickles.
This old woman was a long setting
hen and my wife got very tired of her,
and nt last when she rose to leave,
my wife said: “Can’t you sit longer?
Why are yon in such a hurry? Well,
do call again soon—I’m sorry yon
can’t sit longer.” The stronger spoke de¬
abruptly and said! “Your AVife
ceived her and did wrong—she ought
to buvo told her that she was busy and
must be excused. Don’t you think
so?” “Well, now,” said I, “let
mo put another case, You came
hero and found me hard at work with
my Coat off and I had two little chil¬
dren to watch, for nit wife ttihl file
not to let them get out of my sightj
and now they have gone, I mupfc
hunt them up,aud I’ve listened to yottr
abstractions for half an hour and all to
tie practical purpose, suppose I have should
say to yon, my friend, you Will to
excuse me; I must look after the chil¬
dren and work my garden, aud I
reckon you had better go. Wliat would
you think of me and my rudeness?” He
looked surprised aud grieved and said,
“Do you mean it?” “No," said I, “and
if I did, it would be very impolite for
me to tell you so. I had rather tell a
little white lie—hadn’t you?” He was
silent for a minute, and then said:
“Well, I reckon I hud better go,” aud
ho bade me an affectionate good by.
But let ns not forget the orphans
nor tho day. There is no He about
that. Hometimes I feel like an orphan
myself and wish my father and mother (
were here to comfort mo. I reckon
that is a sign of second childhood.
Now I have a labor of love before
me. I shall com pile that hook of poems
and I want help. Kind friends have
sentme 222 copies of the poem 1 asked
for and it will please me and help mo
to have the lovers of good, pure poetic
literature send to me the titles of, say,
five or more of their favorites, and also
tho names of the authors. Address
Major Charles H. Smith, Cartersville,
Ga.—Binx, Aep, in Atlanta Constitu¬
tion.
110 BSON ItKV USES ST A T E M E X T.
lie Kxpinin* the iimdiiy- i)i«cu*o <i inter-
view nt Vancouver, u. c.
Lieutenant Hobson arrived iu Mon-
treal Sunday evening. He was shown
tbe answer made by Admiral Dewey
to Hobson’s interview. He said
tent be was deeply grieved that Ad-
miral Dewey bad taken the matter up
in the way reported. Ho ixplained
that it wts impossible to sink a ship
by hitting it above the water line,
Admiial Dewey bad, however, com-
pelled the Spaniards to sink their
ships, and that was just an effective as
sinking them with shells.
]) U ke Adjudged a Bankrupt,
A London dispatch says: The duke
0 j Manchester has concluded that it is
uge i eBg to attempt to compound with
h - g crefIit3r8 8 „a has signed his con-
„ ant to be adjudicated a bankrupt.
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Meal Dust Explodes and Fires Mill.
\ terrific explosion of dust at the
Lakeside Oat Meal mills at Joliet, Ill..
Wednesday, started a fire which re-
suited in the destruction of the main
plant. Tbe estimated loss is §50,000.
Insurance, §41,000.
FIGHTING IS RESUMED
Allies Attack Pei Tang Forts
With Heavy Ordnanoo.
ASSAULT REPORTED AS SUCCESSFUL
Avlvt.CS Jt'nto That Heavy l.o.lU'. Were
Bn.Inlnevl—AetlV" Military 0|ier»-
llons Are Again Under Way.
A copyright Associated Tress dis¬
patch flora Taku, China, under date
ot September 20, saysi
The allies attaoked theTet Tang
forts at daybreak. Heavy caunoil*
fldlng lterlifi is going on.
A AtiCeigtir's special of Shanghai same dato says:
The Local corre¬
spondent cables that the allies bare
captured the Poi Tang arid ini Tai
forts with great losses.
It Is reported on trustworthy au-
thotiiy ifi Shanghai, says a dispatch to
the samo paper, that Germany will in¬
sist upon the destruction of (he Uhi-
uese coast defenses and the Yang Tse
forts as fl condition of her entrance
Upon peace negotiations.
Acflvn operations «E 8 tf»int».
An Associated Tress dispatch says!
Active military operations are about
to he resumed with a view Of insuring
coal and food supplies, opening the
northern passes and restoring trade.
General Chaffee and General Barrow,
second hi command of the British
trOopS, held a long conference Thurs¬
day nnd decided to dispatch an Anglo*
American column, 1,300 Strang, to San
Hai Tien, under General .Tames IT.
Wilson, capture the arsenal there and
disperse the boxers. The column will
include two battalions of the Ninth
United States infantry, a detachment
of the fourteenth British United States in¬
fantry, 500 and four guns,
At the conference it was decided to
ask the Germans to send a column
westward to disperse the boxers and to
restore normal Conditions.
The Japanese and French are op¬
erating to tho northwest of Pekin.
The sale of loot belonging to
Americans lias begun. General Chaf¬
fee at first proposed to burn it,
finally decided that it would be
tp feed the hungry Chinese,
ONLY STRAGGLERS LEFT.
Lord Robert* Sny* Boer Army Has En-
flrely 1 >I»I operated.
Lord Roberts cables London from
Nelsprnit, on the Protorla-Delagoa
Bay railroad, not far from Komati-
poort, the frontier station, under date
of Wednesday, September Ifith, fts fol¬
lows:
“Of tho 3,000 Boers who retreated
flam Komatipoort beiore tho British
advance, 700 have entered Portuguese
territory, others havo deserted iu va¬
rious directions, and the balance are
reported to have crossed the Komati
river, and to be occupying spnrs of the
Lobtimbo mountain, South of the rail¬
way. A general tumult seems to hare
occurred when they recognized the
hopelessness of their cause. Their
long Toms and field gtins have been
destroyed, and nothing is left of the
Boer army but a few marauders.”
CHINESE URGE PEACE.
Cliinono Viceroy* Are Vlftoroffsly 1’utlilng;
Cluiftia for Negotiation*.
With the powers wavering as to
when peace negotiations with China
shall open, China is exerting all her
efforts to turn the scales toward an
immediate opening of the negotiations.
Another move in that direction was
made Thursday when Minister Wu
presented to the Btnto department a,
dispatch from the two powerful south-
ern viceroys of Nau Kin and Wu
Chang, asking that the Uuited States
instruct its officials in China to begin
peace negotiations.
First Arrest of Miners’ Xtrlke.
Tho first arrest in connection with
the miners’ strike was make Thursday
afternoon when Joseph Begos, a Hun¬
garian, of Naoticoke, was taken into
custody, charged by Alexander Mon-
syock with threatening to shoot him
while he was returning from work.
Wheat niul Flour Advancing,
At Chattanooga, Teun., Thursday,
flour advanced 20 cents on the barrel
anil whoat on the wharf went up from
2$ to 3J cents on the bushel. Farmers
a| on g the rivorare expecting a further
r i se i n wheat.
DECLARED A FRAUD.
I'ostofflre Departmsnt 8lt»Down On Deal¬
er* In Cotton Fat,ire#.
The postofflce department has issued
a fraud order against Arthur S. Foster
and Arthur S. Foster k Co., of Phlla-
delphia, dealers in cotton futures, who
advertiso to pay 60 cent per annum on
all money deposited with them for in¬
vestment,
Our I’oatofflcc at Hen I sin,
Information received at tho post-
office department indicates that a
United States postoffice has been open-
ed at Tien Tsin, China, to facilitate
the handling of mail matter for the
troops in China.
CRUISER FOR OOM PAUL.
Dutch Ship, Oeiderland, wm Convey the
Boer Chief to Holland,
Advices of Thursday state that the
Dutch cruiser Gelderland is going to
Delagoa Bay in order to take on
k oar( j / orm er President Kruger and
conve y him to Holland,
—-— Fund • ■■ In krenca —V tap_ai. ,
Galveston
The Galveston fund bQiug
Paris, France, bar; reaehad 100,000
francs, *
NO. 31.
KAISERS’ MOYE
ALL THE TALK
Our Government Must Now Maks
Answer Pro or Con.
QUICK ACTION IS IMPERATI
President nnd Cabinet Member*
Hold Lengthy Conferences.
Minister Wu Worried.
A Washington special says: With
the German proposition to postpone
pence negotiations with China until
the persons responsible for the rekin
outrages are punished and the French
and Russian notification of the purpose
of those governments to begin such
negotiations at once awaiting him, the
president found much matter of im¬
portance to dispose of upon his arrival
in Washington (rora Canton Wednes¬
day morning. He lost no time in no¬
tifying the officials he desired to con-
stilt on his return and the day wan
largely given iqwtn private discussion.
Although it was stated that no an¬
swer would bo ready to the German
note during the day, it appeared that ait-
thopresident, after talking over the
nation with Attorney General Griggs,
Acting Secretary Hill and Assistant
Secretary Adee, had arrived at a con¬
clusion as to the nature of the re¬
sponge liant should be made. Mr.
Adee spent the afternoon consulting
with Secretary Hill and in drafting the
note of response, but all information
as to its nature was refused at the stale
department. It wns said that the note
is to bo gone over carefully at a fur¬
ther meeting botween tho president anil
such of his advisors as are in the oity.
The German government apparently
is anxious for a speedy answer, as
Baron Sternberg paid two visits to the
state department after the Gorman
note was delivered. The Chinese min¬
ister also was twice at the state de¬
portment during the day seeking to in¬
fluence tho government not to agree to
tho joint action suggested in the Ger¬
man note.
The conclusion reached from the
day’s developments is that the powers
aro dividing us to China and that at
present Germany aud Great Britain
stand aligned against Fi ance nnd Rus¬
sia, while both sides are ardently seek¬
ing the adherence of the United States
government. The issue appears to be
mode np in such shape as to dismiss
further hope of attaining that harmony
of action respeoting China that the
president has been seeking so far and
the point apparently has been reaobed
where tho United States must take
sides or at once proceed to act entirely
independent of the powers in reaching
a settlement. urging
Tho Chinese government is
tho lattor course.
“U.NTLMRLY,” 8 ATS MINISTER WU.
Minister Wu is greatly interested
in Germany’s note to the powers, ask¬
ing combined action in a demand that
those responsible for the trouble in
China bo punished as ru indispens¬
able preliminary to any peace the nego¬ lega¬
tiations. |Wben seen him at of tho
tion he had before a copy
published text to tho note.
“I can hardly believe that this step
has been Inlten,” said he, “and if it
lias been it is so unfortunate iu its in¬
fluence on the general question that I
am greatly in hopes that Germany wili
reconsider. The situation imposed on
China will be very hard. It would
amount to determining one of the sub¬
jects of negotiation before negotiations
are commenced. invested
“T’Uo Chinese envoys are
with complete power to make terms
with the powers so that when tha
negotiations aro opened this question
and all others will bo -proper subjects
for consideration and final settlement
by those haring complete authority to
deal with them. But to take one snb-
ject up in advance, settle it and make
its execution an indispensable extremely pie-
negotiations is
hard. condi¬
“But more than this such a
tion, if imposed, is simply impossible, would
and being impossible, (lie the negotiations effect to
be to bring peace
a complete standstill.”
HOWARD MAKES DEIIAL.
Allrjre,I Murderer of Goebel Appear. Be¬
fore dory Iu III# Own Behalf.
The first evidence for the defense in
the Howard care at Frankfort, Ky.,
■i a • taken Wednesday, the defendant
himself being tho first witness. He
told in a straightforward way of his
arrival iu Frankfort and movements
there January 30th,and his testimony,
as anticipated, was proof to prove wonld an b« ’ti,*
1 'ha defense said
treduced ' fi-w that Howard
thirty "
the assassinate’*^^ind house uijfljf o ftf- to
the state Map'
ter the tragedy. ‘
TO EXTER5HWS.T1! BOXERS.
An AIIi-kxI Kdict to That LflVct I* I«»ueil
By tlio Chlne«o.
The Chinese minister in Loudon,
Chih Lo Feng Lull, has received an
imperial ediot which orders the boxsrs
to be exterminated, and says that the
missionaries at Pao Ting Fu are to be
escorted by the troops of the acting
viceroy and delivered *o the oommand-
. rs of the allied forces at Chang Sing
Tien and LuKouChiao.