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v OL. 13. IS SILENT Riser's An swor to French Note Has Not Materialized ' 5U,7lNG ME AS REGARDS CHINA I VUiug Thr, •ghoul in,. "ii'ire Serin, Ii 1 Outbreak, »iy Have Already O; a. A si'eeial dispatch from Paris says sterniauy j s q, y power which has 11 replied f ■rma.lv to France’s note ui C n: a, though she has verbally ao- cepted tori lapau’s answer, re- oe d M, accepts tho proposals, refers retaining ( ily one condition. This to ti,. permanent prohibition of the imports <>u of arms. While agree- mg with prineipal, Japan offers suggest io 8 to h v the prohibition can I plished A dispatch receis it the I li foreign office fri Hank I a ted ( tober 13th savs the Chii rt arrived at Sian Fu Oct, >er 121 It is oflir ly understi I that if an internationa .inference i The Hague, regarding th in indemnity qnes- ti. y decided uj m, it will 4 ah China the amount ot ‘I 1 st pay, but will tine t ting and disirib- t dial!' fien of the indemnity •k the s» nil countries inti H Tl DlSFATl’IIRD. \ mu if tr< nas dispa‘ched n H K - loiubiy morning to the Ji fi in, with the obj et 4 h in ed rtf itker rebels 1 t , from entering British territ on defeated. The rebels r ported to he 3,000 a _ thirty i rth of the British frontier. A t id "f Admiral tie’s it f them, while in tr oops have left Canton, ovei laud, ti intercept the rebels. Admiral ITo has inf< d the gov- ernor that tin ‘helliou was carefully V d. Tho rel) ous to tl lagers, hence the ab- ill fliid pillage, All in- tbcntii ponit to the rising being 1'f Outbreaks occurred n- milltin ii several oentels of 1< T 1 Kwanor 81 MU>«- reutly Kang Yn Wei, Sn Yat Hen and the The Triads h amalgamated their f, iu the common earn the over- Hi .f Mi ■tin rule in nitb China, 8. • in : vc indicatio of tbeatti- tilde of Hi. 1> :rs is an ' is ‘ ly awaited (.nowin oi mi: mh■ in i.i.t i.r n i u imi t I ot i ; a l>!i*lw*<l Ilur. 1*14*1 \\ •k The pnrtant industries re¬ poite <1 mg x' past week include a 10 hex fa, dory in ’I :as; a I oat factor v iu Vi t Virginia a $20,000 brick works and $2 5,000 chair factory in All aud basket factory and a $4 ttou mill in Bonth Carolina: light plants at Ur- 1 Shelby. N. ( Navasot r<* r plant at lloanoke Rapids, Va ; a fertilizer fac- torj flouring mills in Georgia; fnrtii! factories in Missis- sipni. North ( nnd Air inia a 1 in West Virginia; gold mines in G iery mills in Virginia;ice M st rage plants I b ■ran Mies., and Laredo, Tex, ipber mills in Arkan- saf (if I niMiinu, North Caro- ]inn, Texa d Y lia, railroad ran- chine sbo; lex a i $300,000 na val stores »P y in Mobile; two V man nt fac North Carolina; a ilaning ir 1 in Gi eorgia; a sash aud flind fact< y in Te unessee; a sewing machine i .ry in Alabama; a stationery itory in Georgia; sugar mill I 11181! and Texas; telephone ixcli rt-H in Florida and Georgia; a factory in Georgia; ft wood wo •kii piu lant in Louisiana Tradcsmai [f ittai ra, Ten n.) Investigating i onvict ( amp Case. T1 risen commission nt down to A’al ta Monday to hear timoiiy in the McCree convict camp After hearing evidence the com- IDISHJOII will return to Atlanta to con- eider the cn c. Governor Candler did nut to Valdosta reported he would. Y01TS1V It As PARALYSIS. His riijrelc tn M.tkr-s Statement Showing St*rIoni4 Condition of Prisoner. While the Youtsey trial was contin¬ ued at Georgetown Saturday till Mon¬ day there seemed little chance that it would lie resumed then. Dr Garrick testified, under oath, that Youtsey brain is partially par- that he conld not ta,k or cn- in i< that it was a case of ak'.own or nervous i>tok- The commonwealth cross- [' l" ra 0! * llje K ‘J; a las shamming amt J r. U.sr- [that if be was, he as a Jcoiild not detect it. Lia holii ih movisu. mentr Jlarte From Dflh- |„ to Mint at Charlotte. lipments of gold from Dah- I are being made to the it mint at Charlotte, N. C. it through pounds the past and week fghteeu was |0 A portion of the stamps lump milt are now steadily 1 and the clean up shows Icentoge of gold 4° 4he ton Ian had been expected. ADEL NEWS. GEORGIA NEWS Brie! Summary of Interesting Happenings h ulled at Random. fiporfift'* YVt'.tlt'i OiTitfly Inorcttsori. The net increase in the taxable prop¬ erty o( Georgia is ju t 857,475,818 These figures are made public by Com- troller Wright, who has just completed Jjjg annual report. The increase in genoial property is $15,‘227,33(5 and iu railroad property $2,327,3*6. This meiease iu taxable values based on the present rate of 5 2-10 mills would bring into the state treasury an additional sum o! $00,873, which, but for the constitutional amendment recently adopted pensioning indigent widows, would result iu lowering the tax rate. There seems to be a wide difference sf o| union ns to just how nine i money will be needed to pay the widows’ pen¬ sions. Commissioner Lindssv seems to think it may amount to $250,000 or ! 3 )0,000, while other state officials do not believe it will ho ovor $50,000 for tiio first your or two. On this depends whether or not the tax rate nn bo le vered, but it is known that every effort will be made to do so. The total value of general property returned 'or taxation in the state is $388,154,413, and of railroad prop erty $46,181,721, but this does not molude the Southwestern, Georgia, Western aud Atlantic and those roads which pay a lax on thoir income. These would add another $18,000,000 to the value of railroad property. The state treasurer’s report for the fiscal year past ending shows receipts ,,f $3,542,00.1,69 and disbursements of $3,514,647.11. The state had a sur- plus in the treasury a year ago of $438,723.72. Tt.ar, surplus is now $416,146.30, but it will bo increased by about $200,000 when the next pay- ment from the salo of the Northwestern railroad is icct-ived. Treasurer l-|, or •llred oil XAttl. Treasurer Speer, who has been in barge of the finaui of the state for the past four venrs, will retire ou Oe- tob( 24tb, and will be succeeded by Treasurer-elect Ii. E. Park, of Macon. Treasurer Speer has made a remark able record while in office and leaves the treasury in splendid condition. He succeeded the late R. I Hardeman, tmt f a number of years previous had h n connected with the treasury depa rtment. will Mr, Park announces that he re¬ tain the same office force as was em¬ ployed by Treasurer Speer. The force consists of Captain C. T. Fnrlow, assistant treasurer,and Sterling Grimes Turner, cashier. A,iiulnnnenl Only Tern I As will he seen from the following order, the appointment of Colonel Byrd as adjutant general of Georgia is a temporary appointment, and holds until the expiration of the present term of Governor Candler, which ex pnes n October 27th: State of Geoikha—E xecutive Office Atlanta, October 11, 1930 Whenas ft vacancy xista in the office of adju tant g oral, occasioned by the death of General John. McIntosh Kell, and tile best interests of the military of the e.tate demand that said vacancy bo fill¬ ed, it is thereforo Ordered, That the assistant adjutant general, Colonel Phil ( 1. Byrd, lie and l )e ’ H hereby appointed adjutant gen era L 1° serve ns snob till the expira- tiou of the present term of the present governor, and until bis successor is appointed and qunlifiel D. Canju.kh, Governor, The j liability is that the successor General Dyrd, whoever lie will be will not l apt pointed for two or three :ks afte th :e inauguration of Gov ernor Candler ,<nk Weldon, Oil Inupielor Mr. E ik Weldon has been ap- pointed inspector of illuminating oils for the district of Atlanta to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of Inspector J. P. Atkinson some days ago. His term will expire October 1, 1902. The appointment of Mr. Weldon to H'' s office , which is oue of the best po¬ sitions in ttle disposal of the commis¬ sioner of agriculture, gives pleasure to the many friends of the appointee and to the state officials Mr. Weldon was formerly a ] uiar member of The At- lanta Constitution staff. Top Crop a “.Ityth, The government’s bearish cotton re¬ port causes considerable ta’k among the farmers an 1 cotton men of the state. All who express opinions from the farmer's point of view state that it is ridiculous to talk ahont a top crop in Georgia or Alabirna, because in many fields the cows are now follow¬ ing the pickers, and the last of the crop will be marketed in a short while; but even where the plant is late it is short lived, and could not possibly be mac j e p ro da C o a top crop. However, lt lr a „ r( . e< i that the farmers have not been in a better condition since the w v and niliU y w ( 10Se backs have been hirm by the weight of heavy murt- pae[eg are , low f r ,. e f rom debt, and liave thar liana accounts. Ana tuey declare they have learned well the lesson of diversified farming. Fruit Grower* Not I>i*conrng:«<l. Regardless of the past season, which was only partly successful to the fruit crop of the state, the Georgia growers are preparing for extensive additions lo their orchards and are already con trading with the big nurseries of the country for thousands of peach trees. State Entomologist Scott returned to Atlanta a day or two ago and ADEL. BERRIKN COUNTY. GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1900. orougut wiin nun tue announcement : that by this time next year Georgit will have practically 1,000,000 more fruit trees thnu are to be found in the state nl present. Hardwick Will Try Again. Representative Hardwick, of Wash¬ ington county, says that ho will again introduce his bill limiting the suffrage at the opening of the next general assembly. lie expresses great confi¬ dence that the measure will secure fa¬ vorable consideration when presented, despite the overwhelming defeat of the proposition at the last session, llo thinks there has beeu a change in legislative sentiment and says lie may make some modifications in the orig¬ inal draft. Special Meeting of State Kmbnlmer*. Tho Georgia State Board of Ein- balmers will hold n special meeting iu Atlanta ou October 27th for the pur¬ pose of examining applicants for tho state lieonse. The board is only required but by this law to hoi.I one meeliug a year, special meeting is held for tho nocom- modatiou of thoso who could not np- pear before the last mootiug, which oocnrred iu Savannah. Tho meeting in Atlanta will be bold at 24 J West Alabama street, and it is expected that thero will bo about twenty-five appli¬ cants present. Tho hoard will be iu session perhaps two days Hurfoit «f Prosperity. As a result of tho prosperous condi- tions now prevailing iu Georgia mid the increase in business which lias followed, charges have been brought against tho Southern railway in the railroad commission of Georgia for failure to Supply the demand for cars. This complaint was file 1 a few days ago by the oitizens of Mayaville and Villa Rica, who allego that traffic is congested in both towns and that they are suffering an injury as a result. The road’s officials promised to make every effort to relievo the con¬ gestion nt the points montiono nt tiled earliest, possiblo moment. If the road complies the matter will probably drop whore it is, but if not, then the commission will prooeod with a further investigation. Dopendu (lio Sfat«. If the’ railroads entering Atlanta agree to pay as rental 6 per cent per annuli on" tho cost of a union station to he erected by the state, the outcome of the recent conference betweon the railroads and the depot commission will iu all likelihood be that before the close of 1901 Atlanta will have a new depot on the site of tho present one, costing between $400,000 aud $600,000. If the new statiou is erected it will be erected by the state and not by the railroads. Through the president of the lessee road, Major J. W. Thomas, the announcement was formally made that it is out of the question for tho depot to bo built by tho railroads. That proposition is no loHger in con- temptation. Gridin’* CttrnlvHl a Surcem*. Secretary Searcy, of tho Griffin ear- i Lai company,made a statement show¬ ing that after paying all expenses and outstanding bills tlicro was a balanco on hand of $372.20 After some dis mission it was decided to leave the amount in the hands of President Drake, to he out at interest as n nucleus for a carnival fund for next year. It is now a settled fact that Griffin will havo another carnival next year. r«*rio<!I cjiI IiiHpeettou liGcoinmundo J. Inspector General Obear in bis an¬ nual report to the adjutant general of the state, strongly recommends that the eight military schools of Georgia which have been supplied at the state’s expense with arms and accoutrements bo inspected periodically as contem¬ plated by law. « The report points out that while these institutions are bene¬ ficiaries of the state to a certain de¬ gree, they have never been subjected to an inspection with the idea of en¬ couraging the worthy ones and priving tho unworthy of the state's equipment. Farmer I* A**n**iiiated. News was received in Valdosta Satur¬ day that Youtnan Padgett, a well known farmer of the Cat Creek dis¬ trict, was shot and instantly killed by an unknown assassin while at the house of a neighbor, Thomas W. Ray, assisting in nursing a sick child. Pad¬ gett was about to retire and walked to the door, when the fatal shot was fired, and he fell dead. The as¬ sassin escaped and there is no clue to hia identity. It is supposed that l'at- gett was shot iu mistake for Ray. Croaker Did Not Contribute. Richard Croker emphatically de¬ nies the story that $00,000 had beeu contributed by him, as coming from Tammany Hall to tho Democratic national committee. Steamer Made Safe Trip, Tbe steamer Bertha arrived at Seat- tie Monday frdm Copper River with 17 passengers aud $75,000 worth of gold dust, the first from New Chisua and Cbristoehina placers. CONVENTION OF FARMERS In ( ailed to Meet In M«con, Oa., Novero- lier 20 and Ul. A convention of all of the cotton growers and business men of the south generally is called to meet in Macon, Ga., on November 20 and 21. It is expected that there will be one or more representatives from each of the belt counties aud the attendance at ,n the h ^® 00 “ 0n tton will be the largest ever known at a Georgia convention. ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM. BILL ARP’S LETTER Ho Now Bomoans tin Doath of His Faithful Dog “Laddie.” CHILDREN HOLD FUNERAL SERVICES in With Wheelbarrow, Acted ns Horse and Henrse—Some Interesting “Dok” Talk. OM Laddie Is dead; our good old dog. Wo ne’er shall see hi in more. Ite died las' Sunday at 10 o'olook| Wo burled him at 4. Laddie was seventeen years old. We raised him from puppyhood to doghood and all those years he seemed like one of the family. He loved ns all and we loved him, for he was affectionate, goad - ninmiered, dignified, courageous aud very handsome. He mvev sought a fight vidi another dog, but he never dec ined oue and aiwin s eaino off the victor. His face nnd neck and foot and part of his tail were white; his hair long and glossy and his eyes were amber or rather a brilliant yellow sapphire. In • mill, he was a very handsome dog and came from well-bred stock, bis graudsire having hceu sold for $500 in Montgomery, lie was known ns a shepherd dog—a Hootch collie—and knew his duties and qualities l>y in¬ stinct aud inheritance. Wo did not have to train him to go after the slieop or the cattle aud bring tliem home. \\ lion I left the farm and movod to town he seemed lost and unhappy for awhile, but soon adapted himself to tho little grandchildren and followed them around, and during his Inst ill¬ ness, when ho conldent walk, it would please him for me lo lift him up to the sandbed, where tho children were playing. The smaller tho children tho etrouger his love for them. They were the sheep and ho was tho good shep¬ herd. We did not send his carcass to the potter’s field. I dug a shapely grave down in the corner of the garden, then lifted his dead body gently into the wheelbarrow nnd rolled it to the place. Tho wheelbarrow was the hearso. I was the horse and five of the grand¬ children were the escort. When all was ready my wife nnd daughters eamo down to the funeral aud ivo buried Laddie nnd mounded up his grave and placed a hoard with his uamo and ago Upon it at, the head and another nt the foot. The little children plnok- cd some green asparagus nearby mid some Texas pinks and roses nnd slow¬ ly and sadly we went away as mourn- i ■ s Dogs have a carious and interesting history. In ancient times they were under the ban of Jewish contempt aud "' ero pronounced and denounced ns 11 ui'lcan by the Mosaic law. Not a 6 0u| l " 01 ^ '•* said <’f them in all scrip- ! lm ‘: “The price of a dog is an abom- ,na G° n to the Lord,” eaitk Moses, J°b saith: “I disdained to set their fathers with the dogs of my flock.” Am I a dog?’ Beware of dogs.” “For without are dogs and sorcerers and idolaters and murderers, and who¬ soever loveth and maketh n lie But surely lliey must, havo had some good reputable dogs, or' they would have killed off the breed. It. was the mean, thievish, trifling dogs that gave a had name to all the race, just as they do now. Ouvior says that dogs in general are the most contemptible of nil domestic animals, but that the improved species are the most useful aud complete con¬ quest ever made by man. All their faculties are adapted to profit and pleasure arid protection. Barbarous nations owe much of thoir better na¬ ture to the possession of tho dog. Cuvier says that tho principal and best species aro indigenous to certain countries. Such as tho shepherd to Arabia, the Esquimaux and Newfound¬ land to Siberia, St. Bernard to the Alps, etc. But dogs have got mixed and crossed into all sorts of forms and fashions, like the Cubans in Cuba. 'They now range from tho little pug alu , ia *' tcrncr n ”‘* , benching fiee, up *° Hie boar bound of Germany and Hi* masfiff and drover’s dog of southern Europe. and and spaniels Pointers -setters and tho long eared hound have eomo in later by training and breeding, but most of Hie different kind of dogs are degraded mongrels. But a dog is a dog and every man and boy loves Ins own aud will defend him. “Love me love my dog” is a proverb 350 years old. Alexander Stephens was asked tyhat was the secret of his attachment to a dirty little snarling dog that fol¬ lowed him around. Ho replied, “Well, I hardly know, but I reckon I love the little dog because he loves That was reason enough. He hail neither wife nov children to love him, and so he concentrated ou the dog, lint still his friends thought ho might have chosen a more attractive one. The poorer a man is and tho more friendless, the stronger in his nttach- to h > ,lo K- »“ d the do « “™ ni " to reciprocate and will not desert lus mas- (cr. A nigger s hound is as happy and Rented as a fine lady a poodle, Hope says: ‘Lo! the poor Indian wli untutorod mind Sees God in clouds and bears Hi rutin tbo wind, But, thinks nilmlttefl to the lu .••illy sky, His faithful dog shall hear bin ompany.” Wo have had lint .five dogs in fifty years at onr hon Lev wore oil |^‘j ‘ K faitlifnl d -ad” loved the ’ don’t include dr en of c 0Ur a e , I (bfi va]ler pnp t h 0 ,t wa had not long ago utid were using to take Laddio’e P Ho was an ignominious fraud, , 0 | e ever yti;,ing that was In sight wj jn re#chi / Qne A tha pantry door was left open and he carried o(T half of a boiled bain. lie stole eggs and butter and eajried off ’hfets and books and bonnets and kept us'contin¬ ually alarmed. One day our old peach man, wha lives sixteen miles away, eiimoJip with a load of fruit and f gently persuaded him that lie neodiyl a smart dog, no ho tied him in his wagon and hauPbd him home. I asked him the other day rate," how the pro p was getting on. ‘‘Fust ho said. “When 1 got him homo that night 1 turned him loose and fed him, and the next morning tie boat me up and run six chickens before breakfast and chawed on ’em I give him a de¬ cent lie ng and r fi rmed him. That night te tol owed the toys to the wio ’s an I caught a ’possum and lie’s gettiu’ to b' 4 a. flue deg,” lie dident bare room enough here in town to i xpuud. not As a general rule womefi are fond of dogs. Tin y prefer oats. The dogs are in the way and take up too much room,'and are always scrubbing for fleas and when bad weather comes they truck up the I ouse and want to lie 1 the lire. ■ ' y told that he My old friend Foote me and his old ’email had lived together fifty-two years and there was never r cross word or a har’d thought between them about anything' excepting dogs. “I was fond of dogs," said he, “and my wife despised 'oin, and just as soon as they followed mo into the house she would take the broom or - something and maul ’em opt, especially in muddy weather, for she v a a powerful neat housekeeper and I Wasn’t." “How many d< gs did you keep, Air. Foote?*’ , “Well,you see in rny younger dnvsl was powerful fond of fox hunting and I kept four good fox dogs most of the time and then f had . a ’poSsmu squirrel dog and a rabb.t dog and a dog and a pinter. That’s billy (light. That’s rein enable, I thought, but my wife didu’i and she used to let mo know il sometimes. ” lint our good old dog is dead and we all mist him:' Nobody ever struck him a lick, or had to say a cross word to him. He was a dog, hut he was a gentleman in a'l his deportment. I wonder where I can got a good young dog to raiso tq take his place. The winter is coping on and ns soon ns the chicken thieves And out that Lad¬ die is dead they will come prowling around. Higbor education hasn’t stopped the niggers from stealing chickens.—B ill Ahp in Atlantn Con¬ stitution. ELECTION WITS POSTER. Hopubllonn anil Deinoorutto Uecrotnrtos I.ny Wagers fin NeW York’s Vot.o. A Now York. dispatch says: The first bet between tho opposing com¬ mittees directing the state national campaigns was made Friday morning when George W. Hauser, manager of the press bureau of the national Re¬ publican committee, wagered $500 even with Geoigo N. Graham, who acts in a simitar capacity for the Democratic stutp. committee, that Mc¬ Kinley and Roosevelt would come down the Bronx'with 100,000 plurality, HEN. <;t)KIM>> is I’lU SIDKNT Of ft New Iilf« IiiMtintncn Company Or- Kunimoil at: Atlanta, Ga. An Atlanta, Georgia, dispatoh says: Secretary of State Cook has received application and for Mutual charter fortho Life American Annuity Insurance 1 orapany, of which General' John B. Gordon is one of tho organizers. Tho other incorporators are Hugh A. Haralson, .of .Selma, Ala.; J. L. McCullum, of Marietta; Albert H. "Cox, of Atlanta; Heiity The'principrl F. Emery, ol DeKalb county. offief is to be in Atlanta, EN'Sf. EY PL A NT CLOSE I). Thirty Kkllled Operatives Strike and Mill Forced To fjlmt Down, Thirty skilled operatives Alt., went in tho stool plant at Ensley, and out on a strike Friday afternoon forced the mill .to shut down. , Tbo grievance is that tbo, superintendent Four refuses deputy to recognize word the .union. to Euslcy, thero sheriffs sent being some fears that trouble might follow. The Teuucsseo Coal, Iron and 'Railroad company, who operate the mill, will settle the strike at once. LAST PAYMENT MADE. i. Government Now.,/Own* ,(l»e Savannah (in,, Quarantine .Station. Monday Maypr Meyers, of Savau. nab, received from tho United States government a check'for $20,000, being the final payment' for tho Savannah quarantine station. - This money has been placed in the hands of tho city treasurer. It is probable that it will soon bo used up in public improvo- ments Tbe check was made payal lo to Herman Moyers, mayor of tho e ty of Savannah. BOERS STILL AGGRESSIVE. Dewet Take* tlio Field Again nnd Pre¬ pare* to Keep Briton* Bti*y. Advices from Cape Colony state th (it General Dewet is reported to ho a few miles south of AVepener, in the Orange River Colony, about seventy miles north of Aliwal North. The Boers are in a state of great excitement. AU the outpost camps have been called in and preparations are being made to defend the town. Mrs, Mart Skips Out. Acoording to Tho New York Journal aud Advertiser, Mra. Anna Hart, the woman upon whom it is alleged Wil- liam Sobreiber, the missing Elizabeth- port Banking company clerk, lavished money from the bank, has eluded, the vigilance of the deteotives who were watching her and gone to parts un- known . / COMPANY F RESCUED A Belief Party Finds Captain Shi ilds and His Mm, GOOD NEWS COMES FROM MANILA. Deli,11, Aro I-noliIng Itut. It,-port Will r Great <J«>y to Friend, and tlves of Ml,,lng Mm. According to Rdviccs from Manila, Captain Dcvereux Shields, who, with fifty-one men of company F, 29th regi¬ ment, United Slates volunteer infan¬ try, was capttured by the insurgent last mouth iu the island of Mavindu- que, was rescued Sunday by the American rescue foicc, with all tho members of liis parly. This regiment was organized nt Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Ga., and the men composing it enlisted in that and other Georgia cities. Since tho onptnro of the company by tho Filipinos last month friends and relatives have been very solicitous regarding its fate, and the news of the rescue of the company will be received by them with great rejoicing. BOY BEATEN TO DEATH. Alabama Negro Commits Most Horrible Crime-Victim’s Neck and Limbs Were Broken. Oil the plantation of C. E. Ghobton, at Suspension, Ala., twelve miles northeast of Union Springs, Hemy Hough, a negro, killed a ten-year-old negro boy who lived with him by heat¬ ing him to death and then breaking his neck in several places, breaking his limbs and then leaviug him to rot iu a cotton patch because ho ran off from home nftd did not return at the regular hour. living people, no The boy had no seemod to have simply taken him in charge. On examination at the official investigation held at that place Satur¬ day the injuries above mentioned were fonnd-ou the dead body. Proof is said to ho positive aud Sheriff G. A. Uitch now holds Henry Hough behind the liars to await judgment for his crime. ANSWER TO FRENCH PROPOSAL United StivtvR Arrows With Fra* ft. to Appropriate iJoparatlon. The reply of the state department to the French note, relative to the bases of Chmeio negotiations, rends as fol¬ lows: The secretary of state to the French charge d’affaires (Sent to Mr. Thie bant, October 10, 1900.) Memoran¬ dum: The government of the United StateB agrees with that of France in recognizing as the object to be obtain¬ ed from tbo government of China ap¬ propriate reparation for the past, and substantial guaranties for the future. Tho president is g ad to perceive in the basis of negotiation put forward in the memorandum of October 4th the spirit that has animated \lie declara¬ tions heretofore made by all the pow¬ ers interested, and would be pleased to see the negotiations begun imme¬ diately upon tho usual verification of credentials. WILE PAY FOR MOB VICTIMS. President to BiiffjfT'St Indemnity For Ital¬ ian* Killed In Lonlstanu. A Washington dispatch says: The president will recommond to congress the payment of au indemnity to the families of the four Italians who were (he victims of a ■ mob at Tallulah, La., ssru'er rwfc ed by the mob, and none of the perpe- tratora of tho crime were ever pun- ished Lytho state authorities, not- withstanding the representations of (he national government. The governor of Louisiana caused an investigation to be made and there wero some proceedings before a grand jury, but the result was tha the na- tioual government found itself bound to make some sort of reparation in answer to the Italian government’s representations. HI SPA NO-AM E It It AN CONGRESS Will Open In Madrid, According to I>e* crt*o. On November 11* The Ilispano-Ameriean congress, decree which was authorized by a signed by the queen regent in April last, wilt open November 11 in grand hall of the National library at Mudrid. The number of delegates pointed already is over 3,000 A pro- gram of fetes has beeu arranged Gotham’s Gift to Galveston. ... The New York chamber of commerce of Galveston relief committee reports additional contributions acknowledged,$109,- amounting $0,304[previously $115,998. 093; grand total, O’Brien Denies Report. Genoral Superintendent Mark J. O’Brien, of the Southern Express pany, with headquarters in ga, denies the rumored change of general offices from Chattanooga to Atlanta. Flagno Stamps*! Out At Glasgow. Bubonic plague ’ Glasgow, Soot land, has at lyt .....ta cn sta mped out. All suspected/-* were in dismissed hospital Thursday, Wa y eases are convalescent. NO. 34. WU SEEMS WORRIED Situation In China Is in a Very Muddled Condition. A WAITING GAME IS BEING PLAYED m Kxpedltinn of Allie, Start Fiom Tleti T,ln Kor Fan Ting Fu—-Strong Ito- ■Utaneu I, ICxpreted. A Washington special says: Minis¬ ter Wu was one of Seeretary Hay’s early callers Thursday. lie had no lojp advices from China, hut camo to learn the course of this government on tho French proposition. Ho ex¬ pressed considerable apprehension over tho press reports that a consid¬ erable military expedition was moving on Pno Ting Fu. Ho looks upon this ns likely to cause serious complica¬ tions nnd a renewal of ugitntiou among tho Chinese. Ho says that the reports of serious boxer uprisings in south China nre not correct and nro set afloat with a view to creating the impression on this side of the water that grave dangers exist which call for a military campaign by the allies. Tho best evidence of this, ho says, is the fact that tliore are no boxers in the south of China. Tho minister feolH certain that Earl Li Hung Chang lias arrived at Pekin. Nothing has been heard from Mr. Couger for a day er two. It appears (hat it was an erroneous assumption that tho minister had submitted to the state department a list of Chinese offi¬ cials who had beon punished. Ho did supply the department with n copy of the imperial odict in which a number of officials were mentioned, hut made uo prescriptions himself, although ho did express the opinion that other Chinese besides those nauiod were Jit subjects for punislimont. EXPEDITION STAItTS OFF. An Associated Press dispatch from Tien Tsin says: General Von Walder- see, commanding the allied forcos, has issued orders to the I’no Ting Fu ex¬ pedition to depart on the 11th. The expedition consists of n mixed force of 5,000 British, German, French and Italians. The lorce will leave Tien Tsin mid will connect near Pao Ting Fu with a column of the same strength from Pekin under the command of General Gaselee. Four battalions of French troops which left. Yang Tsun on October 4th on an independent expedition of have been halted to await tho arrival the main force. The Americans, Russians nnd the Japanese nre not participating Chineeo in the movement. Despite assurances to the contrary the com¬ manders of tho forces ordered to ad¬ vance expect resistance. The following was published brigade on October 8tli iu the British orders: Count Von Waldcrsce assumed chief command of the troops in Chi Li prov¬ ince September 27 and expresses the following sentiment: “It fills my heart with pride nnd pleasure to he placed at the head of such distinguished troops who have already given glorious proofs of their valor and heroism. Well known as I am, entrusted with the difficult task, I nevertheless, have a firm conviction that I shall succeed, and surely with the htlp of those proved troops, iu at¬ taining tho object placed before me, DOW that thoy nre combined under a single lendor.” CHARGES AGAIST M'MDINUTON. Employee of War Department Makes Home Serlou* Allegations. A Washington special says: JohnO. Cole, formerly an employee ot the war department, reiterates his charges •zzrsxssrn* that they * flrst obargeB was but tbo personal [ in character, B ,| PKa ^, jonlJ have not been answered, 0 e now mako8 affidavit to the fact ond finishes details to the seeretary . 0 wnr search- wj|1 M nnder the , j htof publicity .nd possibly of in¬ «„■ ° tio|1 by congress the criticised depart- t w)licU waB con8t a„tly on the same grounds during the Span¬ ish war. FKKK1LL ON TRIAL. KUli-a KxpreM Messenger l ine For (he l*iir|>o*« of Kobbery. At Marysville, O , Monday, Itoslyn Ferrill was placod on trial for bis life on the charge of murdering Adams Express Messenger Charles Lane ou August 10, 1900. Ferrill.made a writ- ton confession of bis crime, in which all the details of how he shot Lane and robbed Tbo the express of the safe murdf|^H werejgffl forth. purjiose tAifirjrpJlro^B to secure money g0«kkAIiweLiliian for bis CosteH iD(? nia rFi B ^*j^ la 11)0 lad H^HTro eeu Ra bp,enaed. insanity, tg Tbo only atteuRnvilt will be and an be made to prove him a degeuerftte. NEARLYA MILLION DOLLARS. Treasurwr of Gnlveat on Aokoowletlgro* Ke- colpt of «070 f ft9d to October IU. John 8eaIyi treasurer of the Galvos- ton re |j e f fund, acknowledges receipt (){ contributions from October 1st 12th inclusive amounting to $198,5? This iooludes $125,000 receiv through Governor Sayers and $04,- MJ-W received through acknowledged Mayor Jones, The amount proviously making the total to W1 » $781,043.68, $979,695.06, fiat*