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VOL. 12.
CHINA’S VACATE R®
PEKIN
Emperor and Empress Through
Fear, Desert the Royal Palace.
ME COMPLICATIONS ARISE
Ciorts of Allies ,A6 Have Them
Return I’re/e Unavailing.
..•DvnStination is Singan.
A Washington ape,-ml Minis-
ter Wu savs
ha? advised Seoretary Hay of
Ike receipt of “ dispatch from the
southern viecn 7 s stating teat the
perial ini-
court is fcu route from Tai Yuen
to Slogan, ivkere the imperial eslsb-
IMuu'ut. will he set up.
The minister is also officially ad¬
viced that Viceroy Pu, of tl> province
pint -
vacated by tb 0 court, has been
imps,a,-bed by the anti-foreign element,
the effort te induce th Chinese im¬
perial court to return to Pekiu has
failed alter a week’s perri-teut effort
on the part of the powers. News to
that effect was brought to the uta'e de¬
partment by tho Chinese miuistor,
who received it t iu St. Petersburg
from ) ■eroys Liu Kim Yih aud Chaug
Phih Tuug, uuder ilste of October 4.
Air. IVu tecoiveil the mes: ‘Aje Huuday
wight. It was as follows:
* the depaitnre of their imperial
‘majesties for Shell Hi (province) was
due to distressing conditions at Tai
Yuen F I here is a scarcity of food
supplies in the province of Sln-n Si on
mv.oiint of long-continued drought,
and the provisional capital (Tai Yuen)
is almost desorted, the Irudas people
having left on account of the disturb¬
ances caused and oon'intied for mouths
by Ihe boxers who had invaded that
province. Their majesties, therefore,
v*>e obliged to proceed to Shen Hi,
where telegraphic communication with
Pekin and other points of the empire
is open and rapid communication with
their majesties may therefore be carried
nij. Thus court and official business
may 1 m transacted more expeditiously
by their presence iu Shea Hi rather
thau in Shun Si.
"Tko reasons for tho temporary post
poneinent of their majesty's return to
P. kin are the presence of the allied
Xnccea there, on account of which so¬
licitous fear is doubtless entertained,
besi les a dread of the outbreak of epi¬
demic diseases which usually follow
after great disturbances, de-truetiou
of properly and militnrv operations.
It is hoped that tho powers will be
deliberate in their judgment iu the
matlor.”
The important feature of the con¬
cession is that the court is restrained
by fear of the allied forces returning
to Pekin. The movement taken the
emperor and empress dowager about
SOI) miles further sway from Pekin,
though, n ling to tho statements
contained in tho mess- ge, by reason of
direct telegraphic communication with
Shanghai, tlie court will be near for
purposes of negotiation with the ont-
■ide work.
It is said that there ore do Boxers in
the newly cbo -011 territory As the
i) i-pa tell latnl fonr day* ago, it is
taken that the trip of the imperial
party began ) >rior to that time. It
will he slow anil ted oa overland
most of the way, with a short stretch
of river navigation the of
Singan was formerly place
mperial residence, and the ancieit
palaces ore still there. The only dis¬
quieting feature of f tlio move comes
by Spanish advices that the new point
of location is strongly fortified, which
is some indication ih.-it the imperial
family is still in flight, and is aorking
a stronger lefcnsi but the friendly
viceroys and Minister Wu do not share
in this view. considers tbe question
The minister practically disposed of
of punishments of tho emperor and the Ger¬
bv edict exchanged
man und American note*
lost week The only difficulty he ap¬
prebends is m pose the foreign minis-
ter* seek fo lenignato person* who
shall he punished in addition to those
which tbe government itself marks
for punishment, finch a course by
the minister*, he says, would be bard
to comply with.
y0 TRUTH IN REPORT.
Admiral Kotnpf fcnjn Ginih^nt VIII*lo1»o*
And Crew Are D- K.
The recent dispatch from Genera!
McArthur announcing tbe duasfcr sus¬
tained by Captain Shields’ party d'onbt on
island of Marindnque left in
Ihe of the gunboat Villalobos,
the fato conveyed the troops to Torrijxa.
which connection Ihe nary depart¬
In this ed the following from
uent h?s r« (eI
Ik...-. 3. —Secretary
■
">■' truth in any
!<■< rning Villa-
rher crew Manila papers,
r r o,a 1 publish®** false report
* ’ "Kbsiff.”
iOERS STILL
»--r^.r-«r fc Colony state Pre *
fZn from Cape
' Dewet i., reported .0 be
cnth Of Wepener, m the
6W „ ile9 6 about seventy
tange River Colony, The
north of Aliwal North
iles state of great excitement
rs arem a o baTe been cftlled
ontpo 9 mad®
the ■ being to
THE ADEL NEW: o *
TRAMP KILLS CONDUCTOR.
Negro Detected Stealing a Ride
On Southern Train Draws Pis¬
tol and Fires Fatal Shot.
Mr. Marion Lattimore, a conductor
on the Southern railway, was killed
Sunday night betwoon Bverett and
Brunswick, Ga., by a negro tramp who
was stealing a ride.
The negro was swinging o« the rear
end of the baggage car when discov-
vered.
Conductor Lattimore went to the
door at that end of the car and de¬
manded of rho negro to oorne Inside.
Instead of complying with the
he drew his pistol Bhd sen! a 38 caliber
bullet Alter through Lattiiuore's abdomen.
firing the fatal shot the Negro
before hung on the ear for nearly a mile
he leaped from the swift mov¬
ing tiam into the bushes and disap¬
peared.
Iustantly on walked being lihbt Conduc¬
tor Lsttimttre into the bag¬
gage ear and fell into the arms of
his flagiuau, William Brook, and with
a groan and exclamation sank into nn-
eonseionsuess.
The train was atopped and Balti¬
more was tenderly laid on the door, but
his condition was so desperate that
the traiu wrb Immediately started,
sgnlti at full speed and reached
Brunswick with Lattimore slowly re
gaining consciousness. As the light
of reason gleamed from his eyes Flag¬
man Brook leaned over him anil then
the dying man breathed n whispered
message of lovo to his young
and two little children.
The train was held nhd l)r. Hatcher
-espondod followed to Ihe cull for medical
by Surgeon Burford, pf the
Southern’s staff. They did everything
possible for the wounded man.
Many men volunteered their ser¬
vices to Sheriff Berry to join in the
chaso of the negro with dogs and guns,
Geuerul Agent Candler, of the
Southern, tendered the train to the
sheritTs posse, while others hastened
to the livery stable, secured horses
and were soon in the raddle on the
chase for the man who firod tho fatal
shot. . o,. ’
Conductor Lattimore _
died shortly
nfter being carried to bis homo iu
Brunswick.
The deceased had run freight and
passenger trains for some years oil the
Southern between Maoon and Atlanta
and Brunswick, and was one of tho
most popular men <111 tlie-road.
Following is nn accurate description
of Lattimore’* murderer: Short, heavy
set negro, very dark, small moustache,
dressed in a blue jumper, lie boarded
Lattimore’s train at Evorett.
TIIAT FRENCH NOTE
Will Soon lla Vi, n«n>re tlm Cabinet For
Full C'<»iiw|itiT»tion.
A Washington special say?: Devel-
opmenta of any couseqitenee in tlie
Chinese situation are not looked for
nntil after tho return-of•'President
McKinley to tlio capital, W,l*en a eabi-
net meeting will probably bo held, ami
the question presented by tho French
note will bo gone over in nn informal
way.
The, French note, which recently
has been addressed to the powers, is
not regarded as just now of pressing
necessity for action, ns several of the
nations interested already have in¬
structed their representatives iu Pekiu
to ascertain whether tho imperial edict
completely names the persons deserv¬
ing of punishment, and other features
of tho French propositions contain
proposals which can remain In nbey-
auco.
This government may not consider
seriously the propositions which look
Ip the prohibition of tbe importation of
arms into Chius, and the dismantling
of the fortifications. Interest mean¬
while centers in the report which Mr.
Conger will make regarding the ade¬
quacy of the pnuishment to;bo meted
out by the Chinese government to those
persons wbo were instrumental in the
boxer revolt, and tbe future course of
this government may depend largely
on what the investigations now being
conducted develop. No advices have
come as yet from Mr. Conger on this
subject, but this is not surprising, as
the work to be undertaken is of con¬
siderable magnitude.
Employee* Accept Cut In Wage*.
The employees of the Danville, Pa.,
rolling mill derided to accept tbe 25
per cent cut in their wages against
which they struck some days ago.
TUAN'S 1,1 FE il ENA. Ml Is bf
Kfifland Informed Tl»»t United State*' I»-
•i*t* on the Sacrifice,
The London Daily Chronicle pub¬
lishes the following statement by its
Washington correspondent:
“The United Stato* government has
proposed to the powers to insist that
Prince Tuan be beheaded, that Has
emperor be induced to go to Pekin to
form a government of progressive*
under the support of European bayo¬
nets, and that the empress dowager
be deposed,”
Even Tbe Daily Chroiffcle admita
that it finds considerable difficulty in
believing this report.
1’RLNCE CHINO'S ASSISTANTS.
Imperial Tli-eree Name* I.In Knn T! and
Chang Chi Tung a* C#mml»ioneri
Advices from Pekiu state that Prince
Ching haa been informed of the issn
_—; ai co of an imperial decreenamiug Liu
Kun Yi, viceroy of Nanku, and
Chi Tung, viceroy at Hankow, as
sietant commissioners to negotiate
terms of peace. Both 1 the assistant
commissioner* ar« member* of the
progrtssiv* faotion.
ADEL. BERRIEN COUNTY. GA., FRIDAY. OCTOBER 12. 1900.
BILL ARP’S LETTER.
Soliloquizes on tho Death of a
Faithful Negro Servanti
ACCORDS “UNCLE” SAM HIGH PRAISE
William Nlcdltn'm on Many Oilier Sub¬
ject* and Transcribe* III* Thought*
Thereon.
Uuclo Sam is defid. flood old Sam
l’itls. He never changed his unmo
when freedom came. "My old master
was o good man," ho said. "I>nr was
good people den and bad people jes’
like dar is now—black and white, but
de black linn got wnsser amt Wussbr
Mutm ib-y Rot free. Eden • black man
bad a good master he was mighty well
off, fer ho didn't have no sponsibilty. and
ElTen I bin sho of n good master
my wife and children been sfio of one
and wo all live togeddor outil! we die
1 wouldent fare anything bout free¬
dom, Niggers got too much freedom
anyhow. My old master used to make
ite bigger gnlH get mBrriod and take n
man apd stick to him, but nowadays
dey don't marry nt nil hardly. I got
a lot of grandchildren what, haint got
no daddy to speak of and I don’t
know my sons-iu-law. Dey don’t
come about hi daytiino. Dats what
killed 'my old woman. Sho Jes’ so
mortified ami so shamotl she neVer got
oVer It. So many spurious children
nil.round callin' her granny, Efifen u
White woman (hi dat way she is •dis¬
graced, but a black omau don’t keor;
she shine ns big as’ever and dey don’t
turn her onteu do church. In de old
times sho got n whippin’ and dey ort
to have it yet. White folks doue quit
whippin bod niggers) iley send etti tt)
i rlmiqgtVng, dot. dar and Ilcy fonr don’t five kecr thousand for dat.
hegr is or
in dar from Georgy. How’s dnt—
dident have nary ono before do war.
Gwine to school too much I spek and
work too little. Don’t know wliat is
gwine to coma of all dose growin* up
niggers Dar is u dozen or more
ru .111 doin' de depot nothin' or trampin' time—living around
town all do
offun dey mammies gad smokin’ dese
littln paper seegaps. ”
(>id Uncle Hnm ctidn’t talk tnneh,
but somotimes ho would lean on his
hoe or his ax nud spresa his feelings.
It did him,good. wiod He has been chop¬
ping my and helping me in the
garden for thirteen years, nud we will
miss littn Ho fell down pnrnlyrcd
with his hoe in ills homl IIo was
“the man with the hoe" to the very
last,’bivi he never was poor, for ho
made a good living, anil had many
friends and owned aiedmfortablehouse
anil lot. They sent to my .wife for
somo grave clothes, and ho will be
buried in a right decent suit of, mine,
and wo will go,to his fiine-ul.
I was r,uminn!tiijj) about thas good
old negro who had and seen- thirty-three
year* of slavery thirty-seven and 0 /
freedom, aud knew the good the
bad of both -conditions, and. then, my
thought wandered to tho malignity
of those who have slandered us so
long without a ennse Here is a book
of poems by John G. Whittle! and
thirty-seven of them are pitiful invoking ap¬
peals for the poor slnvc and
heaven’s onrses upon his master. Ho
knew no moro about slavery ns it
really was than ho did about Barbara
Freitchie, and ho fed the young peo-
plo of New England upon poetic lies
for thirty years nud instilled into their
hearts that hatred from which they
lmve never recovered. Strnngo it is
that smart, peojtle Will.' write about
things they ha,ve never seen. Now,
the idea of an nnoducat'-d negro slave
getting down on his knees and mak¬
ing nn apostrophe to the north rtar—
and yet that is the title of ono of the
poems—“Tho Slave’s Apostrophe to
the North Star." That nigger was
’possum hunting right then, but the
poet makes li,im to say:
"Star of tho North, I look to thee,
"Thy light and truth shall set me froe. ”
But enough of this. The question
still survives whut will become of tho
negro And that other question looms
up bgforo ns, wlut will wo do with
10,090,000 more of them over in tho
Philippines? A more spjmeless war
waged. # It conceived in
was never was
si'n nud is being carried on in iniquity.
Prosperity! Yes, ami it js war that glosses
over stiff, ring death and grief with
a coat of prosperity. But it is nothing
but a c oat. pi War prosperity, always produces lor armies a
seinblan ce
lmve to be fed and clothed and equipp¬
ed. Ships have to be built and cannon
made and a thousand tilings collateral
to these show activity and give em¬
ployment, to labor and to capjtal. This
activity began with tho Cuban cm-
broglio and still goes on, but iu tho
long ruu somebody will have to foot
tho money bill. Toe bill for blood and
suffering will never be paid. •
Who wants tho war but contractors
who are growing rich frofn their
profit*? When I was last in Texas I
heard a cattle man sny lie hoped that
Russia and England would get tip a
fight, for he had 109,000 head of eat-
tlo-jhat would go np 50 per cent in a
day. Daily wages don’t go np, but
everything tbe laborer is obliged to
consume lias advanced. IIow about
clerk hire, male *nd female, in the
towns and cities How about child
JjltxJT in the factories—not in all the
factories, but in most of them, for
there are not many Gnnby Jordans at
the head of southern cotton mills.
What a beautifnl tribute bis people
paid him in Columbus when ho re-
from Europe. What a toucli-
ing ovation those factory workers gave
him. Why can’t the owners of every
mill do tbe same by their operatives
ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM.
and secure their love, which is worth
more I than a crown of gold. about
rend in an Atlanta paper a
poor woman who snore her soil would
not be nine years old until hekt Christ-
UittSj but her Lm-burnt cel t i lied tb the
Superintendent of the mill that be was
oluVett so as tb got him a plttcei for hb
boy under ten would be employed.
What a degree of misery must be in
a family who have to resort to such
methods. The poor have but few
friends, but I hope they have eiiongh
to press that labor bill before the next
general assembly. lots
P. 8.—-That multitudinous poem
Hot ceased to Conte. Yestord&y brought
it copy from Minnesota nud ouo from
the stale of Washington. Only 317
have been received tip to dnte. I can
hardly find thanks to go round.—Bit,t,
Ann in Atlanta Constitution.
AMERICANS QUIT PEKIN.
Our Troops Were Withdrawn on
September 3d In Conformity
With Orders Issued.
According to dispatches from Pekin
tho withdrawal of the United States
force from the city bogau Wednesday,
October 3d. The marines, Major Will¬
iam P. Biddle, commanding, marched
to Tien Tsin and tho Fourth infantry
regiment followed them closely.
The American garrisons nt Ho Si
Wu and Pei Tsang will also bo with¬
drawn,
Most of tho allied generals nro
opposed to tho campaign of roVetige,
which it »is supposed tho Germans
have in view.
The Germans nro planning a move¬
ment east of Tung Chow to capture
the arsenal.
General Gaseleo olaims that tho
British, from the gunboat Pigmy,
wore first to receive the surrender of
tho Shan Hai lvwan forts.
Tho persecution of Christians has
been revived in the province of Bhang
Tun.
By imperial orders, by Chinese
troops, artillery and stores which
would regularly follow tho grand
canal, are 110 W diverted to Shen Hi
province by the way of Hail How.
It ia reported from Chineso sources
that tho imperial court has already
been removed to Hi Ngnau Fu.
11ANNA WAS TARGET,
Sc Miscreant Throw* Chunk af lea
White Spunking Was In Progre**.
Senator Hntinn was tho target for a
ten-pound chunk of ice Thursday
night at a Republican meeting in Chi*
cflgo. The missile was dropped
through an apportnre in the tont di¬
rectly over tho speaker’s stand. It did
not miss Mr. Hanna’s head over two
inches and had it, struck him would
have knocked him down and probably
fractured bis skull.
The police who surrounded the
speaker’s stand were astounded for a
moment and thou made a rush for tho
street Senator Hanna retained his
ijotnposure aud seated himself, while
Congressman Mann went on with the
speech-making. The police could got trace of tho
no
person who threw tho ice. They said
it was probably tho work of some boy.
Senator Hanna left the tout escort¬
ed by a double row of police.
As he rolled away iu bia carriage
there were cries of "How would you
like to be tho ieo man, Mark?"
TWO NEGRO ItKPlIKSENTATIYES
Will Hold Heats In tlm Next Kloctlon* Oeorfljla I>g~ j
Irtlaturo a* UonuH of
As a result of tbs Georgia state i |
electipn on last Wednesday there will
be two negro representatives called in tbe
house when that body is to or¬
der this month,
They are from the counties of Mc¬
Intosh and Liberty, in both of which
a natural negro m-jurity prevails and
where tho Democratic white candi¬
dates were beaten w ithout trouble.
Fuller returns indicate that Governor
Candler’s majority and that of the full
state ticket will go to 70,000.
Half a score of counties that have
for years maintained a Populist ma¬
jority go over to tho Democrats, while
iu only two, Haralson and Paulding,
out of the entire 187, are any populist
gains noticeable.
APPLY FOR CONVICTS.
New Coal Mine May li t Opened In Walker
<’<»nniy, On., In Near Future.
Tho Georgia Coal and Iron company
has filed application with tho state
prison commission for the right to
sub-lease fifty penitentiary convicts to
tbe Chickaroauga Coal company, which
expects to begin the operation of a
new coal mine in Wnlker county in
the immediate future,
Tbe property to be mind in Walker
county is that adjoining the Chicka-
meuga Coal and Coke compnny and is
said to be on the same vein as the
mine of that company.
Ilaraiia’s Fever Report,
Tbe yellow fever situation at Havana
is not improved During tbe officially month of
September^ mortality cases were of 25 cent. re-
ported,with a under treatment, per
Eighty-four cases eight are repm-ted
and twenty new cases w
within forty-eight hours.
. England . .--------7. Answers German ‘ ... Not'
Lord Salisbury, the Associated Press
understands, answers Germany’s last
note Saturday accepting its proposals.
Boiler Hursts; Many Injured,
The boiler of a traction eng' ttie m a
woodyard nt Indianapolis v. :p 11(1 ed
with great, force Monday morn: A
a* a result two or three men may die.
GEORGIA NEWS ITEMS
Grief SUrrtmjiry af Interesting
Happenings Culled at Random.
8«*a Iulnml Cotton Growers Moot.
Tho Sea Island Oolton Growers’ as¬
sociation hiul n meeting in Valdosta
tho past week, and after hearing re¬
ports from every section ns to
the condition of the crop, etc.,
tho advisory board advised that
tbfl price bo advanced to 23 cents, It
is belieVe.d flint 25 cents will bo tho
basis for sales before many dhj-s, as
reports indicate a very small crop.
Chairman B. 1’. Jones, of the advis¬
ory board, made a ringing speech at
the meeting, advising the farmers not
to sell for less than 23 cents. They
voted unanimously to hold out for that
price.
* A A
To Itnilil Negro Iiuliifitrlrtl Collogo.
There is a movomont oil foot among
the negroes to establish a largo indus¬
trial school nt Dawson.
A site for tho proposed college build¬
ing has already been bought, it being
located in tlie extreme southern end of
the city find containing throe aOreS,
Tho erection of the College iff pftibitbly
an assured fact, and the board of di¬
rectors state that, work on the build¬
ing will be begun ut an early date.
One of the members of the executive
board Rtntes that n handsome brick
structure will bo built at a cost of
about $50,090. Northern capital lias
been largely subscribed, mid those
who are ttt tho head of tho raoVeillebt
any that northerners will ctfdow ihe
institution.
Mity Kxtoml lie nn«l Southern.
Tt is reported that the Clinltnuoogn,
Homo and Southern road, which now
lias ila terminus at Carrollton, will ex¬
tend tho line cm to Columbus, n dis¬
tance of about ninety niilefl. At this
point connection will lie made with
the old Georgia nud Alabama road,
now a part of the Seaboard Air Liuo
system. This new extension, it is un¬
derstood, is now being figured on anil
wliat will be done remains to bo seen.
ISi-fourt? Afrltse Cnttl|t.
Tho MoRoe convict cairtp, ttgrtiust
which severe charges were recently
filed by Solicitor J. W. Edmondson,
ia warmly defended by Dr. J. B. Bur¬
ton in a card. Dr. Burton writes:
"I have been tho physician attend¬
ing tho MoRee ohaingnng evor since it
had au existence, and am pleased to
state that during that time, although
I have scon much of tlie convicts,
lmve never seen any ease of brntul
or inhuman treatment of any convict
of either sex or of any color.
"White convicts are not confined With
tho nogroes Many negroos, after ex-
of senteuoe, remain thoro un¬
der wages. All nro well fed aud well
clc thed.
"I never considered McKee's chain-
gang a place of punishment, but rather
a paradise for vagabond nogroes.
“Tbe story published is false slander from
beginning to end, and is a vile
upon four excellent young men and
their noblo father, now deceased.”
Mormons llarr<*<l Out,
Wilford Bouillon, of Idaho, and
James J. Facer, of Utah, Mormon
elders, applied to Mayor Myers, of
Savannah, for permission to preach
on tho streets and to offer Mormon
books and other literature for sale.
The mayor consulted tho city attorney
with respect to his authority in the
premises and was informed that it was
in his discretion whether permission
should be g vou. He thereupon de¬
clined to allow tho Mormons either to
preach or pedillo thoir books.
Atkinson Memorial He ml.
Tho memorial in honor of ex-Gov-
eruor W. Y. Atkinson was presented
to the supreme court Monday morning
on tho call of the Coweta circuit. The
preparation of the memorial lias beon
in the hands of ncommilteo appointed
nt the last session,of the supremo
court.
Tho review, which was prepared
largely by Judge Freeman, of Coweta,
one of the staunchest personal friends
of tho deceased, dealt with the career
of cx-Governor Atkinson at the bar of
the state, and as a member of the bar
of the supremo court.
A great amount of Intorest attache!
lo tlio memorial, and many of tho
friends of the late Governor Atkinson
went up to Atlauta from Coweta and
immediate section to hear it road.
Local Taxation Favored.
The annual report of State School
Commissioner G. K. Glenn, which is
now being prepared for the general
assembly which meets on the fourth
Wednesday of October, wilt contain
several important snggestione relative
to proposed changes in the manage¬
ment of the schools. The question of
putting the burden of tbo common
schools on tbe various counties and in
that way relieving the cohstant drain
1 n the state treasury is discussed by
Commissioner Glenn in an able man-
H „ ,, „ 6trong afIvocat e of local taxa-
^ for the support of schools and rec-
ommen(lB a change of tbe present sys-
tem in hij! r< , port . with few of tho
Georgia, together stands alone a in the
southern states, for school
matter oflevying a state tax
purposos i„ the north and west, be-
. three-fourths of
t ween two-thirds and
jjie total appropriation to education is
ra j se d locally.
North Georgia Methodist Conference.
Atlanta will entertain one of tho
largest bodies of ministers in the
south on November 27 when tbe
North Georgia 'MelhocUst conlerenoo
convenes there.
Tho conference will he hold in Trin¬
ity church and under the direction of
that congregation, although all the
families in the city of every denomi¬
nation will eo-opornto in entertainlug
tile distinguished visitors. ISotwcon
300 and 400 of them will bo hero and
great preparations will be made roynl short¬
ly toward giving them a recop-
tiou.
Subject to Sfparate Taxation.
On nn opinion rendered by Attorney
Genernl J. M. Terrill, Tax Collector
Stewart, of Fulton ecuuty, has issued
seven executions against the firm of
Mttrphy A Co., of Atlanta, for back
taxes, covering the years between 1820
nud 1900 It is understood that tho
firm of commission brokers against
which tho fi. fas. have been issued,
amounting in all to $7,01)0, will refuse
to ncoept, tho deohion of the attorney
general and proposo to fight tho execu¬
tions in court,
The executions against Murphy k
Co. follow the disOoVery made recontly firm in
by tho tax collector that the
question operates two soparate nud
distinct commission houses in the
city, while tile lax of $1,000 auuually
is paid on only one of them
•flirt Dflnlti of Ofimnil Koll.
In the death of Adjutant General
Kell, Georgia loses and honored and
faithful servant.
Probably no man in the state was
held more dearly in tho estimation of
the people than General Kell Unos
tentntioiis, unassuming, gentle, liappy-
disposol, he taught the people tee
secroctof lovo and the maimer to posses
human affection and kindness of heart.
Ho was charitable to a fault, patient
in the small things of life ns Well ns in
tho great things. To his family he
was ever thoughtful anil considerate
nud was Ihe idol of tho household.
Contracted Not. to litre With Her.
Waltor II, Hudson, one of the East
Point duelists, who was despnrately
wounded by young Harringtotl, made
a sworn statement before a notary
public in which I 10 tolls tho story of
his connection with the shooting affray.
It is understood from members of the
family that Hudson had secretly mar¬
ried Sheffield Harrington’s sister un¬
der all assumed name, but bad a con¬
tract with her father aud mother not
to live with her.
SWIFT JUSTICE MET EH OUT.
Will Itrnlicli, Colored, Nontcncml to liana
For tho Murder of tieorgo l.t.11.
Will Branch, who murdered George
Bell on tho 27ih of September, wan
tried at a special term of Elbert supe-
rlor court nt Elberton, Go., Monday
Court Convened at 10 o’clock Tho
grand jury indicted him and a jury to
try the case was secured by noon.
Tho afternoon was
ing evidonco and argument, and the
caso wont to the jury about sundown.
After being out six minutes tho jury
roturned a verdict of guilty.
Judge Boeso seutouced tho prisoner
to hang on October 20th.
Carl hcliurz Resigns.
Carl Soburz has resigned tho presi¬
dency of the Nntional Civil Service
Reform Association in order, it is
stated, so that his personal advocacy
of the election of Mr. Bryan shall not
ill effect bear in nny way against the
non-partisan usefulness of the associa¬
tion.
Cnmpnign of Rcreugo Begins,
Some concern is expressed at Pekin
regarding tho plans of the Germans,
fht> are bringing a largo force which is
expected to embark on a campaign of
revenge, which it is prcdictod will se¬
riously delay the establishment of
peace.
Price of Coke Unexpectedly Advances.
Tho strike of the anthracite -coal
minors in eastern Pennsylvania coke has
bad an unexpected effect in tho
market of Pittsburg. During the past
few weeks tbe demand has ao stiffened
that tho landing producers hove in¬
creased their prices $1.25 to $2.50.
Robbers Dynamite Rank Vault.
Wolf Brothers’ bank.at Coutersville,
Mich., was robbed Thursday night of
$10,000. The thieves gained entrance and
through the rear of the building
blew tho vault open with dynamite.
FLORIDA MAN MISSING.
B.n.IIlirRlns, Wealths lliwlilunt of Wahlo,
T * 0t * ,, ‘ T ” H ” ve
The fr , disappearance of E B. Higgins,
“ wea,t hy of Waldo Fin. is
■ Rowing . mystery Ho visited Jack-
«™v.lle on September 15 h and pur-
chaBed a t,cket at the riant
ticket office for Marengo, Iowa, where
he was going to join his family, they
having preceded him to that point
from Waldo some six week* ago. It
was several days before his family
ascertained that bo was not at bis
Florida borne.
Higgins left Waldo with a large
nmount of money, and his relatives be¬
lieve that he haa met with foul play.
MATTHEWS FOUND GUILTY.
Young Man Wan Charged With '‘S’W’lpIngf*
Coin From III* Kmployer*.
W. C. Matthews, former manager at
Savannah, Ga., for Murphy k Co., of
Atlanta, was convicted in tbe Chatham
county superior court Tuesday of lar¬
ceny nfter trust of about $2,000. Mat¬
thews is charged with taking some¬
thing iiko $7,000, but the balance of
the money is specified in two other in¬
dictments on which he is still to be
tried. For that resiwn tho court did
not pass sentence upon him, The pen>
i* from two,A «even years,
NO. 33.
BRITONS FOLLOW US
_
McDonald Dots Instructions Sim¬
ilar to Those Given Conger.
WILL NEGOTIATE WITH THE CHINESE
Dlucrntionury Power* Given to PflM tf’
CreilcnttuU htuI Kfllcloncy of Ori¬
ental Peace Envoy*.
A Washington spooinl says: Tho
British government has followod in tho
wako of tlie United SlateB’steps in the
Chinese agreement. Sir Claude Mac¬
Donald, the British Miuistor at Pekin,
has been instructed to enter into re¬
lations with the Chiuose officers just
ns our government did in tho case of
Minister Conger. It has givon its
ministers discretionary powers to pasa
on tho sufficiency of tho credentials of
Li Hung Chung, Prince Ching aud the
other Chinese envoys.
Although tho formal response to the
latest German proposition has been
relured by Lord Salisbury, tho United
States government bus been informed
that, though such an answer may not
he nindo nt nil, being unnecessary in
tho light of recent developments, yet
Sir Clande MacDonald will be instruct¬
ed to make the same inquiry relative
to tho punishment of the Chinese
rin gleadcrs that have been committed
to Mr. Conger.
Tho first practical outcome of Special
Commissioner Boekbiil’s invnatigation
has been an instruction to him by the
stato department to co-opornte with
Mr.Conger in the inquiries with which
that official is now charged, relative to
the character of tho Chinese envoys
and punishments. the final settlement
Tho next step to
of tho Chinese troubles mUBt come
from Mr. Conger and liis brother min-
inters nt Pekin . They are charged
with inquiries into the matter of
punishments, which certainly will oc¬
cupy some time, and it is not expected
that much headway will bo made in
any direction until this phase of the
case lias been passed. is distinct
Tho Intcst French note a
movt meut toward the initiation of ne-
gotiutions for a settlement while ibis
question of punishments is still pend¬
ing. It is now probable that ex¬
changes will taiso place with tho
French note as tho basis which tho
ministers at Pekin are at work under
their instructions upon the subject of
punishments, but even though sotno
odvnuce is made with tho French
note, it is not likely in tho judgment
of officials here that all of the com-
plex questions involved therein can bo
agreed upon by the powers before Mr.
Conger and tho other ministers are
ready to report upon their brauoh of
the case. proposals tho
Touching the French
officials at Washington have already
received intimations that tho Chinese
government is preparing to offer stren-
nous objection to some of them,notably
to tho propositions looking to the
razing of tho Taku forts and interdic¬
tion of tho importation of fire arms. It
is believed here, however, that the
impenal government will be in earnest
to meet tho demand of the powers re¬
spiting the punishments. Y'uug Ln is not to
The news that
bo forced upon the Chinese peace 0 UH—
mission it is well known here as indi¬
cating the readiness of the Chinese
government to hoed any reasonable re*
monslranco from tbe powers.
QUARANTINE IS PUT ON.
Suspects From Mexico Aro ltcln* DclalneA
on the Texas Horilor.
Tho slate and United States quaran-
t i n 0 officittls at El Paso, Texas, are
enforcing a strict donble infected quarantine ports
against the yellow fevor
of southern Mexico and have orders
to allow no ono to enter the state who
lms been in tlio infosted district until
the time limit has passed.
After Member* of Akron Mob.
Tbo special grand jury at Akron, O.,
investigating tho riot of August 22d,
reported Friday afternoon, returning
sixty-one true bills and indlctingforty-
fivo men and boys. One of these,
Councilman George Brodt, and an-
other, A. A. Halter, arc prominent
politicians.
QUAY SPRINGS' A SURPRISE.
Tcll* Ill* Audience that He Will Be
'fitolr Next United State* Senator.
M. H. Quay addressed a large meet-
ing nt Meadville, Pa., Saturday nfght:
Quay’s speech opened with the words:
"You see before you the next Unit¬
ed States senator from Pennsylvania.”
After a gasp of surprise *! the assnr-
nnco of this utterance, a,burst r»f apr
plnuso was given.
Aetorj urti* * »
M. B. dirt'- ^petition L*it Posen,’ff
th® tor. til iu bank-
ruptev at Si, 1, yy Minn., Sa’nrday,
confer dug Hi lies $ 117 , 000 , as-
seis $25.
Texa* Loses"400,000 Rale*.
The Intest report made of cotton
damage in the state of Texas by the
recent floods and high water plaoos
the loss at 400,000 bales. Tbe valne
is estimated at not less than $20,000,*
'
000.
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For Expenses In Philippines,
A Manila special says: The new
Philippine commission Thur’sday ap¬
propriated $287,000 (Mexican) for the
payment of sundry expenses tho benefit l of
by the military for
insular government during S«pte»