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VOL. 12. CHINESE EDICTS r-n CX3 Sincerity of Imperial Government IfUIII/lvU HnnhfA/l DV Rv DipiOIUalb. Hlnlnmifc AMERICA MAY BE HOODWINKED Report Conics 1 hat the Orientals Have Voluntarily Begun Pun¬ ishment of Boxer Leaders. A London special says: Beyond a on ruber of imperial edicts, which throw into still worse confusion the complicated Chinese situation, there was little in Sunday’s news to arrest attention From Shanghai comes an unconfirmed report that the allies l isve eeizei* Shan Hai ICwan, All tho news w itli regard to the edicts emanates from Shanghai. According to these advices, in addition to the edicts ordering Grand Councillor Knn Kang to off.T oblations before the coffin of Baron Von Ketteler and *l\e edict directing that Li Hung Chang's entire plau be followed in regard lo the punishment of the princes and liigh ministers of state respon&iBle for tho anti-foreign outrages, -__' and the •decree ordering tbit funeral Ik. oners Be paid in Pekin nod Tokio to the 1 cumins of Englyama Akira, the 111 ur . .. dcrod chancellor of the Japanese lega¬ tion, Emperor IvwaugSu ha. addressed further letters to tho oztr and Hie mi¬ kado rcuewiug his request for their aid in the pence negotiations. Various pinions are expressed as to *hc importance of the edicts and Hie ssineerity of the Chinese. While those •edicts have promulgated, however, feverish war preparations arc still ro- poite.l from Shanghai, and riew ap¬ pointments havo beeu made to the Chinese army and navy. “The Chinese Official Gazette lias resumed piiblicatu in, says the Pekin correspondent of ’ 1'h he London Morn¬ ing Post writing September 2'th, “and contains an <>rd. r directing the Pekin officials to follow the court un¬ less their duties In re prevent them leaving.” enins son its otnt svoofbtiosb. Important :ws reached Washing- ton 4 . hatorday u afternoon, which .... in itself ,, tends to advance materially the efforts for a final settlement. China has an- s'cptcd the suggestions of the United States contained iu the answer to the German proposition, and liai heg-^n voluntarily the punishment of the re actionary CH ae leaders who were responsible for the Pekin outrages Tim department of Btalo was informed by Consul General Good now, atShang- hai.tUalSheug.Cliiuesc director of ways and telegraphs, has handed him a decree of the emperor and empress, dated at Talgii.m, September 25lh, Mauling their ministers for euconrsg- ing the boxers. The edict orders the degradation of four princes and do- prices Prince Tuan of his salary and official servants. He is to he brought for trial before Hie imperial clan court, It will be recalled that in onr answer the stafo department was careful to state that while it did not believe in demanding the surrender of the Chi- neso ringleaders as a condition price- .lent to negotiations, it was resolved firmly, as Secretary Hay had said in his note of July 3d, that in the end the guilty parties should he hold to tho uttermost accountability The Chinese government has taken this in timation to heart, and perhaps hasten ed in iis action by the recent manifes tatious of dissatisfaction by the United States government at the reported pro- iiiotion of Prince Tain, already has iwgnn the paniHUracnt of Jnm ana tho other Chincftc leaders who are held guilty. r.URSIA WITHDRAWS FRoM FEKI.V. .... , . . . r r.kin ki n on ’! September s TteTlT o -> 0 - the ,rr Russian a comrnander General Lincvitcb, an- minuetd the mini. -i.nto withdrawal from 1 Skin of the look of the Russian troops and the legation, there will remain a mixed force of rbont 2,000 to represent Rnssia. MAX¥ WORKING AT GALVESTON. •-- Nvarij- Two Ttions.nd Mf. Aro Knaagod In Cte.rln* »>.»«.*. Nearly two thousand men are cn- gaged at Galveston clearing the streets, removing debris and disposing of.lend bodies. twenty-five bodies were re- covered Wednesday and thirty-five ltinrsday._ rbilariMnlnaN fiift to t>n]TPK<on citizens’ e/ perraoncut “a relief com Ph <■!«»“ ph bas voted JL $20 ■ im H TIia romiHonna f f Road Officials Adjourn. meeting of the executive officers of the westernroads adjourned Chicago Thursday after failing to or- gsnize the four territorial committees. Considerable progress, however, was made in the matter of agreeing to ter¬ ritory. Fx-Polfceroan a Robber. At Savannah, Ga., Thursday, Ex- jliceman J. B. York was convicted kie fcof$200. superior court of robbing A. He was sentenced to T HE ADEL NEWS. M’REE DENIES CHUMS. Superi n tended t of Lowndes Cou nty Chnlngang Says Edmondson Has Sprung Boomerang. In an interview with Mr. McRoo, one of tho nnperinteudeute of the Lowndes «*«•<* a*, chaining, referring to °* Mr. J. YV. Edmondson, the attorney of Quitman, against the Lowndes county ebaingang, an account nf of * which hinh Vma has ,nst i. appeared , in . u tho pa- pers, he said, among other things: “The charges are btlt x boomerang aud the motive of Mr. Edmondson is concealed. The truth is, Mr. Edmond- son is a brother-in-law of Mr. M. Brice, owner and proprietor of the Brooks county ebaingang. Mr. Brice lias a contract with some counties for tho misdemeanor convicts and recently in one county we made a contract with some misdemeanor convicts, agreeiug to pay their tinea aud let them goto Kinderton and cook with ns, rather than be confined at Brice’s camp under the feutence. “Mr Prico learned of this and Mr. Edmondson, his attorney, came to our place and stated that he had been ei - ployed by Mr. Brice, his brother-lti law and proprietor of tho Brooks Cottu ty i-haingang, to investigate tho mat ter and get those men away from place hi cause, lie said, we had inter fered with him wlieu we paid tho fines, as he wanted the convicts at hia works in Brooks county He was short of laborers We explained our contract with them aud what wo had done. He was given access to them and wo find that ho did his utmost to induce them to leave our place, and they refused to do so. “Ho also claimed that I 10 was repre¬ senting some relatives of parties ha insisted wore illegally restrained of their liberty, not in tho Lowndes county ehaiugaug, nor by any of its superintendents, hut by Mr. W. 8. McHoe, w ho does not work nny con victs but works freo labor aud con ducts a farm adjoining oars, and when assured that they worn not legally re¬ strained he said that if allowed to see the laborers on the McKee place, and they were illegally restrained, ho would not he making charges and bringing habeas corpus proceedings to test these questions, lie accordingly was allow¬ ed to go alone among the employees of W. 8 McUcc, and wo are assured by the negroes that I 10 sought to induce theiu to leave by offering a better posi¬ tion to them, and if they would meet him at Corbett's bar in Valdosta lie would give them money to go and gel the position he referred to—Brice's, "lie succeeded then iu getting only R >x out of the crowd aud three of this nnni b or , failing to meet him in Val dosta, returned to work at McKee’s place. Unsatisfied, Mr. Edmondson, in order to get these servants away and get them w here ho could offer them f uflioieut inducement to leave their employment, filed habeas corpus proceedings fora uuttibor of women and children and they were carried at once before the city court of Valdosta, where the case Was trio 1, Mr. Edmond- * ou appearing aud representing his case. “Before tho trial was over Mr. Ed loondaoii stated to the court tho weak ne,,B of his contention and judgment "'“i* rendered against his clieut for the cost, nnd declaring them not legally restrained, lint Edmondson succeeded and then in decoying away with theso him servants, carried he and a party them to Brooks county. Everything ft t the county gang, or at onr place, has always been open to inspection by the prison commission, county com¬ missioners and grand juries, and is now.” CHINAMEN KEPT ON BOARD. C*ptnln nf VesRftl Refused to f.ct Crew of Oriental* hund In Hnvannah, Tlio steamship Eltrickdalo arrived at Savannah with twenty-nine China- men in the crew Health Officer Brnnner delunn(lefJ tbat Uiey be ma(Jo to sleep ashore in accordance with the city ordinance tp« Pantnin Sionnrt ?‘ 0 * f r1/>ctin«.l te f <rteo !,,.* Chipamea into the cart of , tho city, exchision'ict" 0t ,aD<l thom undcMho under the exclusion act. 4ho treasury department ad used the collector of tho port that the (Anna- men must not he allowed to leave the vessel, and gnar.ls were stationed aboard it to sec that they do not get b on #bore _ INTOLERANCE CONDEMNED. Teller County,Colorado, Xlemocral*.Ailnpt irong i«,out.>n». „ 1,0 ielltr Lolo., Demo- cratic convention, and the Democratic club of Victor adopted the following rc(c l u tions unanimously: and .* whereas, Governor Roosevelt party were not received in Victor with the tolerance and courtesy -date,therefore, due to tho T ““ “■* '’"Tm o! \ icioT- 12 convention af^cmhled, and disavow all responsibility for the disturbances.” YON KETTELER’S SLAYER - Conrt.nartiaie.i at ivki.,, lint Sentence x. Deferred For Good Advices from Pekin state that the _ Mancha r assassin of . Baron T> von Ket- . telcr was tried by conrtmartial Thurs- <la L new evidence was preaented aD( ? . d * c J d ® d d 1 jC ' J ° „ vA„„ ,i j,. , 0 p mn J r ’ \ ^^Uibe , M ,, , obtatoed! ,, . . ADEL. BERRIEN COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY. OCTOBER 5. 1900. GE0KG1A NEWS ITEMS Brief Summary of Interestinf Happenings Culled at Random. Tiilk of ft New lliillrcmtl. Bnmor(l nro rife in regM(1 Eaton- , he Building of a now railroad from ton to Hiloam, Green county, By way of the sU « of tho old Lon « f * 0 ' tory, on the Oronee rivet 1 . AY bo is at , h «W k of (bi , movei when it win be built and other details connected with it, is uot known. It is said, though, that in tho near future work on tbo road will begin, Arbitrators chnneo Vatu*, Tim arbitrators '"loo of appointed to system’s assess ^e lr,le the Plant Property in Georgia have returned ,lleir rp P nr t to Comptroller General W - A - "’right, Under this assess- mcn *> which is final and binding on both the road and the state, the value- tiou placed on tho property in ques¬ tion by the comptroller general is slightly reduced in each ease, while the fignrea originally offered by the Plant system ate materially increased. The fact of general interest about the arbitrators’ report, however, is that they have, without authority, al¬ though probably unintentionally, gone ahead and raised and lowered as they saw fit valuations on certain Plant system properties that were not in ontroveray. - lower¬ In oucinstnnce the board lias ed to less than half the the Value placed on them by the road all sido tracks of the Savannah, Florida and Western, the Wiiyeross division, the Brunswick and Western branch and the Charles¬ ton anil Western branch. All side¬ tracking on tho lines are valued uni¬ formly by the arbitrators at $ 2,000 per ihile, whereas they have always iu the past been returned, somo of them, at twice and three times that valuation. The Gainesville branch, the Monti- oello branch, tho Albany branch and the Junction branch, all of the Plant system, in rognrd to wliioh no contro¬ versy whatever had arisen, havo all boon changed in value by the arbitra¬ tors, some being appraised at a higher and soma at a lower figure than here¬ tofore. The qncstion now arises, will the changes iu tho valuations suggested by tho arbitrators in the easo of property where the stnte anil the Plaut system were thoroughly agreed, ho allowed to stand? Comptroller General Wright is satisfied that the changes were made under a misunderatAiiding, and on this belief, lie refused to express an opin¬ ion as to wether or not, tho changes would be allowed to stand. I>«»j»/»rti»i«iit Shows Lftrffn Revenue. The annual report of Commissioner of Agriculture O.B. Htevcnsfor the fis¬ cal year ending October 1st will show that the net income of the state from the agricultural department is upw ard of $87,000. The income of the department of agriculture is derived from two sources, the inspection of fertilizers and the inspection of illuminating oils. From tho former $25,492.48 has been real¬ ized during the year now closing, which is the largest revenue, by several thou¬ sand dollars, ever obtained through the inspection of fertilizers. The net income from this source last year amounted to only $15,833, or practi¬ cally $ 10,000 less than is shown for the present year. the froai The decided gain to state the inspection of fertilizers is due, of course, to the fact that more of the manufactured product has been in¬ spected than ever before, but also it is accounted for in the fact that Co mrnis sioner Stevens obtained his fertilizer tags at a remarkably low fignre and has given constant attention to this department of his work “The law provides,” said Commis- sioner Stevens, “that tho net revenuo from the inspection of fertilizers shall 8 ° with the revenue from oil inspcc- 'ions to the common school fund of the state, I T think, .. . * however, . that it ahould go to the education of the c * a88e8 ' *° ^e P 00 P' e who use fertili- ers from which the income is derived, ,.g 0 f a - nH my department ts corned the year has been a successful one for tho state, as is shown by the ne t revenue from its two sources of j ncome> ar ,d p am thoroughly satisfied wj(h the showing that has been made.” ... * * * A.k Only Hair Par- The members of the general conrt- martial which recently tried several cases at Savannah met Saturday night and decided to accept from the state Qn , hal( tb(1 pay allowod by law for their services. Instead of $5 a day wb j ob they are allowed they will re- ce j ve on ] y $2.60. This action was due to some criticism on account of the great expense attached to tho courtmartialand to a desire to help military canae in the state. This does not apply to the judge advocate, Lieutenant D. C Barrow Jr nor the Z&rzsSrA mg nve memoen oi Si Si? ,[ Lieu- ow- ssitsst. , „ T <r . SOD Captain C. H. Richardson and » Richter. Lieutenant George ■«•? '«»*"- T ”« A reward is offered by the executive department for the arrest, with proof to convict, of Ik© Ttlgglo, OI Wftlton county, . barged with the murder of William ftpellmra ‘ m that county on Jannf , ry 16 h Th# amonnt of reward was flr.jd by Governor Candler at $150, RD(1 )t ig believed tbat Tuggle, who is said to be now in tbe neighborhood of his crime, will soon be oaj?i nre d- One man, who was chai ned with he- ia * acce ’ aor * t0 ,he “nrd> of Spoil ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM. man, has already been tried and sen- tenced therefor to the penitentiary for life t*re© I.ltlraFy Cdrh«r-fctttne Lnl<L With interesting exercises the cor¬ ner-stone of the Carnogio library was laid at Atlanta Saturday. The exor¬ cises took place on tho site of tho new building,corner of Forsyth and Church streets. The foundations of tho new building were decorated in the nation¬ al colors and presented apretiy scene. Tile various municipal departments, members of the general conned, state and aounty officials, prominent repre- trades «"Uov« »t mo professions and tho a id a Inigo conoouiso of citi- ’tens generally were present. The pu¬ l'd* of the public schools aud their -cHollers were in evidence in largo iitiubors. in Inr.r C In Fofttpofif'd. The hearing in the ease of the boun¬ ll ty, dispute between Gwinnett and all comities, which was sot by see- einry loud of Slate October Phillip Cook for last iy, 1st, has been post- ned mdr finitely at the request of i|6 counsel for ilall. It. will he remembered that Under a ’ nrv 7 recently made of the line run- ning hetweea Gwinnett and Hall, the utter county is given posesston of sev- oral thousand acres of laud formerly in dispute. I ho survey, which would otherwise have gone oil record os de- scribing tho true ami legal line, lias oceii excepted to by the officials of Gwinnett at their request Secretary oolc, who is tho final arbiter in conn* iy Boundary disputes, hiifl agreed to pass on the survey, llun til on Will Occur tit Augusttn, Major General Clement A. Evans has issued a general order concerning the coming reunion of tho Georgia division of confederate voterans, which i» to ho hold iu November, at Augusta. In Hi is order lie urges that each camp in the division shall adopt a badge and tako to tho reunion 11 distinctive ling or banner. Scute ltatilut. In the Franklin superior court, at Carftosville Hie past week Heury Davis, colored, charged with assault upon the person of Georgia Tribble, a small colored girl of about twelve years of age, was convicted and sentenced to hang Nov, 9th. The crime, it is al¬ leged, was committed on tho Utli day of August. The defendant is about fifty-five years old, and hasn family of grown children. Mftffitn'* Street Fnlr n Suocomi. Tho street fair at Macon the past week wns an unqualified success. Nearly every one seems to have been satisfied with the show and it is un¬ doubtedly conceded the greatest suc¬ cess that Macon has ever scored along this lino. The visitors wore loud in tlieir praises of the Maconitos for their hospitality and seemed satisfied that they had been givon more than money’s worth. ELECTIONS IN ENGLAND. Chnmlxtrlulit In Returned In Nomination* For lionise of Common's. A London special says: One hut!*- dro 1 and sixty-seven constituencies, returning one-fourth of the member¬ ship of the house of commons, made tlieir nominations Saturday. Sixty-six candidates wero returned unopposed. The ministerialists aggre¬ gate 69, liberals 5 and nationalists 2. Among tho interesting personalities on tho government side returned with¬ out opposition Wyndhara, wore Joseph Chamber¬ lain, George tho parlia¬ mentary secretary for the war office, and Charles T. Ritchie, the president of the board of trade. INSURGENTS ATTACK OUTPOSTS. American*, Bowe»«, Fnt a Stop to Their Activity In Short Order. Advices from Manila state that on Monday , night ... (Sept. ,o . n,. 24) • „ vigorous ..... in- "urgent attack* were made upon the Tjiiitccl States outpofltn in the district noftr Zapote Bridge, Las Pinas, Para- n a qu e> Bacooi nnd Inins, two miles 0I , th of Manila, tho sceno of the i*.„i,tin£r last October. j t i„ estimated that the rebels num- bore d 40 O and they were armed with riflps- The inhabitants took refuge in tlia churches. The Americans have ainB0 energetically B _„,iL„ dispersed the euo- k,lllD __, a " d wonnd,n e an. M?’ --- TO DEPORT CHINESE. Six Oriental* at Jacksonville, Fla., Go I Inch to China. United Htates Commissioner ell, at Jacksonville, Fla., lias final disposition of the cases of Chinamen regarding their in accordance with the exclusion law. He orders them Hoported to China the order has been forwarded to treasury department. Horr Unitod States Marshal will company tbo Chinamen to San cisco. Upon arriving nt New Orleans the prisoners will be taken into custody of the railroad agents, who bonded by the government to trans¬ port such prisoners across the country. WILL KEEP THE FLAG. 1 Io „ G ° . A . c . mp vvm R^-ra C o..r-n<.r.,t« KmW.m. reunion of Crocker’s Iowa brigade at Keokuk a proposition to return to the at ate of South Carolina tbe flag which Colonel J. C. Kennedy, now 0 f the national home at Milwau- tec, captured on tbe Columbia, was unanimously voted down and tbe flag will remain in tbe rooms of the Iowa Historical Society, at Iowa City, BILL ARP’S LETTER ChaTacteristios of the Into Simon Peter Richardson, OLD MAN WAS A GREAT READER Wlttlnhi Flutist Much lMujtuttuo Itt l'o- ruslng Biography of Quntiit 1’ivuchrr. 1 have not found more entertaining reading in a long time thnu the "Lights and Shadows of Itinerant Lifej" being the autobiography of Dr. Simon Peter Richardson. For fifty years he was ou the go from tho Blue Ridge to Key West, from Dalton to Brunswick aud all the intermediate country. He knew more people and was known by more than any man of his day. Ho was original, unique, fear- less, honest in his convictions and ready ' at all limes to maintain them. j hl u eVct . ^ni.dnlned, noVpr dirked a duty, traveled thousands of miles on i lorB8 p 80 k and sometimes on font, crosae ,l swamps and forded streams at p j s peril, wns foil and sheltered by the po „ r- What faith, what zeal, what diligence, and all for what—asetfseof ,l u (y and his love for the Master and the Master’s work. No earthly reward gained of expected, for he And hia fnttiily often suffered the pinching* of poverty and oven the calamity of hav iug his house burned aud all its furni¬ ture and his Wife and children had to sleep in the barn upon the cotton seed. But he never faltered aud wns al- wnys aggressive. Ho fought a good fight aud kept the faith. Ho would have succeeded in nny of the learned professions and acquired both mental fame aud fortune, for he had great force, quick perceptions, personal mag¬ evil netism nnd wns n holy terror to doers. Mr. Lucien Knight has reviewed the little hook with charming and truthful words. An he snys, there is not n page hut shows tho genius, the faith and the liumili’.y of the man. 11c was not bound through prejudice or early training to any creed, but made ilia own and oven dared to impugn the in consistencies of John Wesley. His an¬ tipathy to Calvinism wns intense. The hleft of mankind being responsi¬ him and ble for Adam’s sin shocked lie would have stricken tile words “original sin'’ nnd “totol depravity” from every creed nnd prayer hook. The doctrine of lost infants provoked his bitterest sarcasm. But these things arc not in the hook to any invidious extent nnd it contains hut ono sermon, and (hat is in the appendix. The charm of tho hook is the recital of his experience ns an itinerant—the lights and shadows of a busy life and his mingling with the great men and ministers of the olden time, for ho was side by sido with such men ns Judge Longstreet, Bish¬ ops Fierce, Faine, Andrew, Capers, Soule and Kavanaugh, with Drs, Boring, Means, Parks, Evans, An¬ thony and Glenn, with Lovick Pierca and Allan Turner,and in natural men¬ tal power and pulpit force ho was their peer. The hook will make you weep and laugli by turns. Relating his first experience in 1840, when he left Dublin for his circuit, he says: “That night I was sad as the grave, for I had just waked up to the realities of my situation and felt con¬ scious of my inability to moot tho ex¬ pectation of the church. After supper I went oiit in the dark to pray, kneel¬ ing in the corner of the fence. Tho dogs found mo and I was forced to got on top of the fence. From there they chased me to the shed that was built over the potato banks. Tho harking of the dogs aroused tho hoys and they came running with a torch, shouting, ‘We’ve got him! We’ve got him!' supposing that I was the same negro who T >00Q egci)rt «| mc to the house, am id cotivulflionB of Biu/?Bter. and the young lady thought I was intensely green.” administer the He refused to snera- m ent to anyone who sold or drank whisky At a revival once a church member, who was well off but very stingy, began to shout with great ve- bemence, nnd Simon Peter stopped ordered his exhortation and poremptorily him to stop or leave tho church, ; for no * sl . who had . , ^ , , ^ . , . . " t . “"I “ J not paid his quarterage. days During re¬ construction a federal captain forbade him to preach unless he would piny for the president, “And so I prayed that the Lord would take out of him aud his allies the hearts of beasts and put in them the hearts of men or remove them from office. Tho captain never asked mo again to pray for the president. I have never been convinced that we did any wrong in seceding or fighting, and I can seo no good reason now why we should not do it again.” original sin, ho Speaking of that all the says: chil¬ “Mr. Wesley declares dren are born under the displeasure of God and are subjeetto spiritual, natu¬ is ral and eternal death. This to me a horrible doctrine. ” Speaking solemn of re¬ vivals, lie ssys: “A revival is a farce that doos not produce a radical reformation. Faitli without works is a low form of Calvinism that has quietly stolen into Methodism and paralyzed her power.” of 1880 When the earthquake came tho doctor was preaching at people a camp- be- meeting and says: “The came much alarmed and we had no trouble in getting mourners to flock to the altar.” A Campbellite preacher got into a a dootrinal controversy with Simon Peter, in Augusta, and Dr. Landrum took it up. Simon Peter says: “Brother Landrum is a very lovable man and a very popular preacher, but in hia ser¬ mon he is like n pig in a ehinn shop. Ho Used invectives and personalities and took in Catholics, Episcopalians, Presbyterians and Jews, and stirred up the town. He sent mo a note and two of his sermons. I replied that I was running Are down at St. James aud had no time to look after bis waterworks, but when my revival closed I would tako him in out of the wot and linug him on the fence to dry, then set liirtt afire and tako him into the Methodist church.” But this is enough of the book. Those who expect to read it would not like for me to anticipate too lunch. Wo had the good doctor stationed hove for two years and it was always a pleasure to meet him and converse with him, for ho w as great of heart and great of mind. 1 never heard him say a foolish tiling, and hardly ever make a commonplace remark. Ho was a profound thinker and Ui's torse, vigor¬ ous expressions reminded me of Bos¬ wells Johnson. 1 seo that Dr. Hobins lias edited the book and that it is published at Nash¬ ville by the Methodist bouse, but I do not know the price. It is good rend¬ ing from the preface to the end. Two Mississippi girls have challenged those Alabama girls to answer the fol¬ lowing Bible enigma. It is a good one and kept me pondering for a day or two. 1 can’t neglect the children and lliis enigma will perplex the preachers, too. I have lost or mislaid ihe verses sout to me, but the follow- lug is 111 substance tbo same: God made Adam out of dust, But iu Hi. wisdom made mo first} He made my body all complete. But gave mc neither hands nor feet No living soul in me did dwell. Nor I doomed to heaven or hell} But later on old AUam camo And gave mu what Is still my name. And later still God chose to give A living soul In to live. In course of time Ho did reclaim That soul and left mc Just tho same As when first made- without a soul, And now 1 -roam from polo to polo, A boon to man, though out of sight, For in rny death I leave him light,. ~Uii.ii Am* In Atlanta Constitution. REPORT ON GALVESTON STORM Is Sent to IVnaliliiffion Weather Bureau lly Forecast Officer Cllno. Tho weather bureau at Washington has received from its local forecast offloial at Galveston, I. M. Oiine, a re¬ port on the great hurricane of Heptero- ber 8 th. The report is romarknble in several respects. It gives a complete scientific record of the great storm, with a Biiccinct aocount of tho damage done, a map of the ruined area of the city and records of tho meteorological instruments at tbo station up to tho timo they were destroyed by the hur¬ ricane. Mr. Cline was ono of the sufferers by tho disaster. RACE TROUBLE IN FLORIDA, Km'loiis Row Htftctw llotwcen Whiles and ISltick<t nt Miiyiioit The town of Mnyport, Fla., at tho mouth of 8 t. Johns river, twenty miles from Jacksonville, is reported to be full of excitement nnd a conflict be¬ tween the whites and blacks is immi¬ nent. The trouble is confined to the hundreds of men now engaged in the construction of docks and railway tracks, Tho trouble began to brow 011 Sun¬ day last when a negro, Henry Tillman, had a misunderstanding with one of the wliito men, which culminated in a desperate fight between the two. HOBSON REITERATES DENIAL, While In lVftHliInjjftfMi He Atf’iln Disclaim* Intend' d Il< Herd Ion on Dewey. Lieutenant Richmond P. Hobson, of Merrimao fame, who has just, returned from his work in the orient, passed through Washington Wednesd ay on Ilia nay to Alabama to visit relatives. While at tho national capital denials Mr. Hobson again reiterated his ( of any intention to reflect upon the work of Admiral Dewey's fleet in his Van¬ couver interview concerning the inju¬ ries sustained by tho Spanish fleet. P0RTD RICAN FEDERAL* I’nn IteAi.Intten* AnilluMng Tlieinii-lTO* With the Democratic l*»rty. The federal party, at its convention at Cagnas, Porto Rico, Sunday, passed resolutions affiliating itself with tbo Democratic party in the United States. A cablegram from W. J. Bryan and J. K. Jones, chairman of tho national Democratic committee, nrging harmo¬ ny, was read. Munoz Itivera made a speech in which he opposed tho administration on tho ground that the Foraker bill is unsatisfactory, and tbo Porto Ricans desire a more independent form of government. INDEPENDENT OPERATORS KICK. They Protect A^nlnnt the IO Per Cefit c inti Ion Mftflc to Miner*. Scranton’s ... independent , , coal , opera- tors camo back from the Wilkesbarre conference with blood in their eyes, They declare they .will not join in the proffer of a 10 per cent increase unless the coal carrying companies agree to reduce their tolls or, to bff exact, allow them 60 per cent instead of 00 per cent of the tidewater selling price for thoir product. making 10 cent 'Hmy are not per on tlieir investments, they declare, and if have to increase vages 10 per cent it will practically wipe out their of NO. 32. CONGER IS INFORMED I Our Minister In China Now Has Instructions From Washington. KNOWS CONTENTS OF OUR REPLIES Ho Is Also Mciie Awnre of Order to l fee to Iteduoo Our Fore* to is Donation Guard. A Washington special of Thursday says: Minister Congor has been ad¬ vised by tho state department of tho suhstanco of the replies made by this government last Friday to the govern¬ ments of Germany, Russia aud China respecting Ciiiua, whiefi clearly indi¬ cated to him the general nature of the instructions he is to receive. Moreov^ by this time he is informed of the orders issued to General Chaffee to re. diice his force to a legation guard. Tho noto to China specifically poip*» cd out the lines on which this govern¬ ment will issue its instructions to itll minister. Tho document itself is in course of final approval, Acting Sec¬ retary Hill having completed the draft" some days ngo and forwarded it to the president Jt wns tho belief of th« stnte department late Thursday after¬ noon that tho actual transmission of the instructions would be carried out very soon, probably within twelve hours. It is said that the text of tho instruc¬ tions will not bo given publicity hut at present for diplomatic reasons, general there is no concealment of the scope of tho docufiient, which iB on the lines laid down in the three notes. In this connection it is said at the ftate department that Mr. Conger will put these negotiations in motion with¬ out nny purpose of acting for any gov¬ ernment other than the United States, although the government keeps in mind that tho United States is but one of the several nations mntnaliy inter¬ ested in obtaining a common end, and it is hoped that the efiect of Mr. Con¬ ger’s making a beginning toward ne¬ gotiations may ho to induce other powers to follow. At the same time the government has never assumed to lay down any mandate as to the course to bo followed by all or any of the otbor powers. It is believed that the state depart¬ ment has alrondy taken stops through Minister Wu to impress upon the Chi¬ nese government the nndesirability of the appointment of Prince Tuan aa grand secretary and the painful im¬ pression this appointment has created throughout this country. The effect of his appointment if persisted in, it is Raid, might he to retard Boriously the final negotiations, or in fact any nego¬ tiations at all. Tho government feels that it is much re-euforeed in its present posi¬ tion by the noto from Li Hung Chang in which ho gave positive that ho assurance had suffi¬ to the United Slates cient authority to protect all American interests and would seo that this au¬ thority was exercised. The govern¬ ment now looks upon this assurance as a guarantee which mnst be faith¬ fully performed as n condition prece¬ dent to even the establishment of re¬ lations with Li and Prince Ching. If the appointment of Tuan prom¬ ises in any manner to obstruct the performance of this pledge, then it would be cloarly violative of the guar¬ antee laid down and would warrant tho immediate withdrawal of Mr. Con¬ ger from further relations with the Cbineso envoys. So it appears that much more depends npon what Tuan what he has done. CtlAFFKK AT TIEN TSIN. Advices from Tien Tsin September 24th, via Taku, September 25tb, state that General Chaffee lias arrived and with the staff officers of dif¬ ferent departments with a view of es¬ tablishing a wiutfer base in the vicinity of Tion Tsin. Ho paid a visit to Tong ltn, making a general inspection. The present plan is understood to be tenta¬ tive and based upon the possible The re¬ tention of the existing foroe. plan contemplates placing the troops under canvas outside tho city. to Li Geueral Chaffee paid a visit Hung Chang and informally discussed the outlook for a settlement. It i# understood he proffered an Amerioan officer to accompany tho viceroy to Pekin. A "SYMPATHY” STRIKE. Three Hundred Coal Creek Miners Re^ fuse to Conti tine I.ahors, A special from Goal Creek says about 300 miners nnd day laborers «a- ployod by the Coal Creek Coal Com¬ pany went on a striko Tuesday nigh* nt 0 o’clock. day la¬ The men demanded that the borers he given an increase in wages, which would make tbeii pay eqniijg lent to that of laborers employe other ci .panics in the Coal an! Jcllico district ft«e<l The dcmpaii A to grant the in cross furtlj * agreed iau a general rise of 71 P "' ‘ it. 0 pon afc th* Jot lira (Ofifircnlo , some days ago PRICE OF SILVER ADVANCED. Govern ment Will y til Cent* Pe* st. Owing to tbo •dv&> ! in the price of silver, Director of s Mint Roberta has increased the prj(f i paid by tbe government of rchased from 65 to 57 cents a ounce. present ^ ^ cl The government at pm only such silver as is contained in deposits from the Klondike and c gold producing sections.