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OL 12.
ON. JOHN SHERMAN DEAD
Aged Statesman Answers Silent
Summons of Grim Reaper.
NOTiRI ULL F fAPPPD LfUVLLR
His Demis: Is Sincerely Regretted
B.V All, Regardless of Party or
Creed-President Issues
Proclamation Accord¬
ing Unusual Hon¬
or to Dead.
Ron. John Sherman, former repre- tJx
native in the house for a long m,
« member of the senate and twice
Md'tig cabinet positions, died at his
rt i' ' nee in Mashiugton City nt 6:45
o clock Monday morning in the
fuly-eighthl vear f his age Ilia
'hath had been expected for some
days, oinl , loving fiiends \ him
gavo
their unremitting care and attention
to the end
1 he immediate cattso of death was
described as . rain exhauston, , ...
to extreme wenkn ess duo to old age,
mid to sever al attacks of sickness from
which he h ,!,"™ 0r th °
and a ...... 1,0 ' , a-ternoou
. ibherman
l. had been for the most
time unconscious, rallying partially at
intervals when some slight nourish-
ment was given him Sunday after-
noon evidences of the approaching end
were manifest, nnd ho failed to regain
consciousness after 3 o’clock, passing
away peacefully just after daw n broke.
Several days ago, realizing the criti¬
cal condition of Mr. Sherman, tho
members of the household and many
Volativ sent telegrams to a largo
Humber of the family connections
throughout Ihe country notifying them
of his extreme illness, and some were
nlde I reach there before ho died,
Most of th who arrived were at the
bedside when the end eame. the nnm
tier including Mr. nnd Mrs. Colgate
Hart, of New York; Mr and 1 Mrs. Mis
Frank Willing, , f Cincinnati; Mrs.
’•Vi li lam K. O.is, of New York oily; P.
Tecimseb HUeunan, a son of the late
General Sherman; Charles M. SI,or-
man, of Chica and Miss Lizz ‘0
Sherman.
Others who were at the bedside
were Mis. Jiiiiicn McCollum, the his adopt
ed daughter, who had been con¬
stant attendant, nnd her husband.
General ami Mrs. Miles, the latter
niece of Secrobuv Sherman, were at
the house the greater portion of
,lav ami evening, but left for their
..........'"f"-«*<• were snmmooed when it was apparent
that the end was near, and reached
the house a few minutes after the veu-
erable statesman had passed away
Mr Sherman had not been iu robust
lieallh for considerably over a year, the
In March, IMS, while on a trip to
French and Spanish West Indies in
company with a relative, Frank
Wiborp, he suffered a severe attack
of pneumonia, which almost proved
fatal. The ship on which they were
traveling touched at Santiago, from
which place reports came to the
United States llint tlie well-known
statesman had succumbed to the dis-
ease. and ... the family , ..
He rallied, h-wever.
accepted the offer "f the United States
government to bring him ■«< « 10
Uuited States on the erm-. r Chicago,
then in the virmny of Cuba, and he
was safely landed at Fortress Monroe,
nnd brought m bis lmme in
mil. He gained strength, and was
strong enough hv summer time to vis-
it his old home in Ohi". The family
governor fillers Keward.
Governor Candler, of Georgia, lias
issued a pr ■la,nation offering 8150
d for the murderer or murderers
J. M Franklin, of Bartow comity,
was assassinated by unknown
o 23d last.
parties on Inly
McKIMJ V woes TO CANTON.
Will 1! ,, r ,ain In Ohio
Chief I'veeiill' 1
rrinber Klecti ii Is Over.
train the ?i McKinley left
(’resident and Mrs.
Washington at 7:43 o’clock Monday
night. via the Pennsylvania railroad,
Canton, O where they will re-
for MeKinley casts his
return to Wi n.
Jetty Pars inished.
jetlv at the en-
-go, Cal., harbor
loid"' About thirty
ins of k have been put
rork.
RTH (AltOLDiA DAILY.
t<, 15c Henceforth
Eve' l)ar In ,h « ' v,,ek
Iftgued issued
Chariot ...... an
qqie < and
edition last -■ l V morning
rice. ' „t that it has
makes the ann seven iiyAe&d
concluded to ,? ome a This
six-day p 3 ’ .«• 1 as hen d'fore.
of a first , started in
is the ; sd taougii s . vera! Mon-
North Caro is, printed urine
day issues
finish-An-;.
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A NEWS
left early in the summer for the old
homestead in Mansfield, Ohio. They
wero there but a short time when Mrs
Sherman, whoso health had been verv
frail, died. This was a severe blow to
the secretary, from which he lieVor
fully recovered. He remained at
Mansfiold until the middle of Sept era-
her. when bo returned to Washington.
Among Mr. Shermau’s former asso-
dates in tb* senate his demise will be
sincerely felt without reference to
party. In this field of activity his
service had been particularly able an 1
euccosBful. Ho had served so long
that experience added recognised to Ids natural
talents. Ho was a master
of all the great public questions 'inker’s past
-1 present, and he had at his
^‘subject. h He was r'egm'ded is’n ,
guide, rather than a party loader, for
his conservatism, caution, inate good
judgment and power or effective ex
of C “ Uo action " iatp which "i ° be oaa advised. * eu ° e . ia This * n 7 Uuv was
partienlarly leading trne iu plai later years, when
he hill a in the Benate
on the questions of finance and foreign
affairs.
The president was at once informed
plough the state department of Mr.
Sherman’s demise, and the (tags on the
public buildings in Washington wero
lowered at half mast, so to remain un-
tit after the funeral The president,
19 „f special honor to the de-
censed, who was not at the time of his
death connected in any official capae-
'J7 w '**' government of (lie United
resorted to the unusual course
of personally preparing an expression
of tho nation’s grief in the shape of a
proclamation descriptive of the per-
sonal qualities and civic abilities erf
the deceased statesman.
At the state department also a mss-
sage was framed to be transmitted to
the Uuited States ambassadors, minis
ters and charges abroad, officially no-
tifyiug them of the demise of ex Sec-
retnry Sherman. Tho department was
ordered closed for business during the
funeral services, in order to allow the
officials,and employees to attend in
person.
by Vi"' the news. . He immediately nffeitod direct
ed that the white house he closed to
visitors, and the (lag «ver the exeeu-
live mansion placed at half mast, Af-
ter ordering some beautiful (lowers
from the white house conservatory, he
went in person to Mr. Sherman’s late
residence to express his grief and offer
what consolation he could to the ho-
reaved family.
It is known that Mr. Sherman left a
will, lmt no information as to the con-
tents or even when it will he probated
will be obtainable until after the fu-
neral.
sued a proclamation announcing tlie
death of Mr. Sherman and paying
tribute t > bis memory. It says:
"Whether iu debate during the dark
hours of our civil war, or as the ilirec-
tor of the country's finances during
the period of rehabilitation, or as a
trusted councillor in framing the
nation's laws for over forty years, or
as the exponont of its foreign policy,
his course was ever marked hy devo
tion to the best interests of his beloved
land aud by able and conscientious
effort to uphold its dignity and lioDor.
His count,ymeu will long revere his
memory aud see in him the type of
.... ,, the uprightness . and , the
zeal that go to molding aud strength-
emog a nation.”
I he proclamation directs that on tb*
day of the funeral the exeentive offices
of the United States display the ns-
tional flag nt half mast, and that the
representatives of tho United States
in foreign countries shall pay in like
manner appropriate tribute to the il-
lu strions dead for a per io d of ten days.
Hotels In Florida Open.
An , announcement , was made , 5Io ,» 0 .
day thatwill interest all the United
States, the opening of the w.nter hotels
in Florida. Ihe tourist «ea«on k®*
gins with these openings aud this year
will be earlier than usual.
MOSELEY BALKS AT JOB.
Koror* (*»., Man Resigns Vlce-Commlshlp
t<> Singapt
Caotain Captain A. V b. B 8 8 Moseley, Moseley of of Rome, Rome
Ga., hns resigned his office of vice
con snl general to Singapore Htraits
settlemen ts
Captain Moseley was appointed
this position last spring by President
McKinley, and expected to leave received for
his post early this month. He
his passport last Monday signed by
Sccretary of State Hay.
The declination of Captain Moseley
to serve comes in the nature of a snr-
prise, as the office carries with it good
perquisites and is a hig h hon or.
-
AFTER THE COFFIN TRUST.
Indictment I. Ketnrned Aenln.t Fnneral
I>lr»-ctor» of LouUvIlle.
An indictment charging conspiracy
was returned Monday by the grand
jury at Louisville, Ky., against the
members of the local Funeral Dircc-
tors’Association. The indictment iB
the first in the county under the anti-
trust law. It alleges that the under-
takers who are named have combined
for the purpose of regulating and fix-
ing prices.
ADEL. BERRIEN COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 26. 1900.
moroia news items
Brief Summary of Interesting
Happenings Culled nt Random.
Win lniyioet Troop*.
Irtspestoi* (lulloral \V ; (\. Obenr is
t>h‘3>rtnng to begin another tour of in¬
spection among tho companies of tho
atato militia. It is Colonel Oboar’s
P'"I" "" to pay a visit flrst.to the com-
l"" neK ”> need of organisation, lint his
Bmerai y has not yet lietin completed.
' 1Uo Cob
, “ ls >•> “ et b» r condition now
uvcr before, but we still have a
f ’'"' ‘"K'l'bzations that need encour-
" r,1 « r tu 1,ri »g ,ho ™ n P °
-'nodard. My tour of be state
"'J 1 l| egtu next week, but I have not
D'^V^'ded wl «ich company to inspect
v„,* r..r .l., rt »e. ren.elldate.l..
s , ( ,„ * of Ht „, 0 (look has com-
, ’ , U , \ , ‘l»« «.»«. ,,. WaHoh .. . of . the .. TO»e „
'‘V’T'.T „ * ,n 11 f"
, a ' U eIe f 1 0 "’ ■ llj8 , b, 8 b , ® 8 J 0 '*!
None of the Democratic nominees foi
11,0 ^Igoshins had any opposition.
Uniform School Hooks iViliiti'il.
Governor Candler is preparing tin
way for it vigorous campaign iu favor
of u Uniform schoolbook law I u ad
lttnoe of the meetingo( the legislature, and
he is securing from tho governors
school officers of other stales the in¬
formation showing how this law works
elsewhei e, and if tho information ho
receives from other governors is in
lino with that which comes to him
from Governor Sayers, of Texas, ho
will find good reason for making his
campaign on this lino the most vigor¬
ous possible.
Atlanta A«.ttr,«i of Viaduct,
The question of tho Whitehall slroct
viaduct at Atlanta is practically set-
tied. There is now no obstacles iu
(ho way of its building. Major Thorn-
as, of the Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis road, has agreed to every
proposition that has been made hy tho
city did nnd stands in the same position in
ho at the conference held the
office of Mayor Woodward a few days
ago. Any intimation that he has nt-
tempted in any way to depart from
his agreement at that time and tho
proposition ho made then does Major
Thomas an injustice,
Governor Issues Proclamation.
Governor Candler has issued a proo- 1
, dec aring the widows , pension .
foment by *°‘ b ® ,^ n ?? ? TvVT 7 ’i ’
“»J°Hty of ™no 52,609 for , the(amendment.
Jim only county that did not Vote
for tho amendment was Miller, and it
in believed that Homo mistake has been
, • tbo )turuK , , ,ro m ,, ! nt , ,
11 r ‘ J
ns not * vote . W " H ca f . 0,tber . ,or or
the amendment.
* ollow, "K ! ,w * be n ext 8te P ,H f Hr
M>l>r<>p.-.aUon . . the
* n pensioning m-
widows of confeilcrato so < .ors
to be made by the general assembly
c rsr.:Ss«::
number of now pensioners placed on
the state by tho passage of the amend-
meht, estimates that an additional ap¬
propriation of 8150,000 will he sulli-
aient to meet tho demand.
That tho indigent widows of confed¬
erate soldiers are thoroughly alive to
tho result of the election so far as it
applies to them is attested hy the fact
that Governor Candler aud Commis¬
sioner Lindsey have already received
applications from that class for pen-
siourf.
Court lfcrobtam UhhoTvmI,
The Gwinnett county court problem
ig Bt m unsolved. Solicitor General
j SrnlU) p re6 ented Governor Candler
with tho returns from that county,
growing that tho people had voted to
ttboUgU Ul0 courk uu< i w the act of
1B99> But Governor Candler has
iHgned his proclamation * abolishing the
nd wil! uot <lo g0 llnli | he ex-
nmilles the law and can decide if the
time for filing the returns bus elapsed.
. , .
't’iT'd The Rome Kvcrdn* Commercial I’ai.m ni rr: Argns, ,f with
)afit Hatllrd /qhis afterij0on - p is8 e> ceased
pn b ljc a t i ou (caves Rome for the
firgt y in man without an
afternoon paper II*
A Uryan County Murfrilo.
A peculiar state of affairs has arisen
over the appointment of a solicitor for
the city court of Bryan county. The
death of the former incumbent has left
,bo 8
ney, but Mr. Charles G. Edwards of
Rcidville, Tattnall county, has applied
for the position, and presented his en-
dorsemonts to Governor Candler Ho
he expects to move to Rry.n
couuty if he secures the appointment,
...
stite Fair ai VaLiosia.
qq 10 Georgia 8tate Fair at Valdosta,
f ro m October 29th to November 4tb,
j oc l n8 i ve . jg going to be one great big
gbogr f rom beginning to end.
The fuir people have neither spared
pain# j JO r money to put on one of the
most interesting as well as instructive
agricultural displays ever given at a
state fair in the south and most of tlie
prominent counties of the state wilt be
well represented at the fair.
There will be handsome premiums
offered on all farm products, agncnl-
tural nnd mechanical exhibits, and
live stock, etc. The races will also be
an interesting feature of the program;
the race track is one of the finest
south, and some of the swiftest racers
in the country will be there. The raid¬
way attractions will he as great as
ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM.
those feon at the fairs in the large
citiosi The city will be dressed in
llei* gayest colors, and there will be
sights for the visitors every minute iu
the day—parades, concerts hy famous
bands, and shows of every description
duy and night.
Will Protect Stuto'a IntorcmUi
The railroad cbm mission of Georgia
lias added its endorsement to that of
the state’s spooinl committee for the
building of n depot on the stato’s prop¬
erty in Atlanta upon tho plans agreed
Upon hy the railroads;
In its report just tiled with the gov¬
ernor tlie railroad commissic u devotes
considerable to ihe depot mat¬
ter, pointing out tho “great interest
which the state necessarily li-»s in tho
maintenance of its present, controlling
position ns the owner of terminals iu
the heart of the city and which all the
railroads converging nt that point
would be bound to use for their own
profit and convenience,” and stating
with emphasis that "the depot build¬
ing now Upon the state's property is
able Confessedly inadequate to the comfort¬
accommodation of the great vol¬
ume of passenger traffic which passes
through Atlanta ov or tho various lines
of railway which converge at that
point
This matter, tho commission says, is
not only of tho gravest importance to
the state, hut to "tho whole southern
country, a traffic large proportion of whoso
passenger passes through this
depot;”
.
('Iuitkcs llttvtt Been InvcntitfiitcMl.
The prison commission, consisting^
of General Clement A. Evans, Judge
Tom Eason and Hon. Joseph 8. Tur¬
ner, was in Valdosta for several dnys
the past week investigating tho charges
against the McKee brothers, which
were brought hy Mr. Edmondson, of
Brooks. The commission finally ad¬
journed and went home, when the case
will he presented to tho governor and
a verdict given lati l'he charges
brought against McKee Bros., proprie¬
tors of the convict camp, were Very se¬
rious nnd caused a large crowd to
gather around the court house through¬
out the trial. An impatient people aro
now awaiting tho decision of the com¬
mission, but it is generally thought
that nothing will como out of it.
Mnimnotli Bixlo of Cotton.
The biggest halo of cotton evor re¬
ceived in Macon xvns brought to Moore
& Holmes' a day or two ago hy G. K.
Hooks, of Heard. It weighed H01
pounds, and was bought for foreign
export by W. H. Snowden.
1>! »Khic: ( lutrgpH Bt>foro Oovnrnor.
,Tbo damaging charges against Lieu¬
tenant G. I. Watts and Quartermaster
Sergeant Huff, of company K, Fifth
regiment, have been filed with Gover¬
nor Candler by Colonel Park Wood¬
ward, and an investigation hy the chief
executive will bo followed shortly by
the appointment of n eourlmartial.
The charges against tho two officers
of compayy K are of sue,h a serious na¬
ture that Colonel Woodward hns pushed
the investigation forward Watts and
and Huff'aro chargod with conduct uu
becoming an officer anil a gentle
man, with diunkcnness and an assort
ineut of minoi barges, nny ouo of
which sustained before a eourtmartial
would end in their dismissal from the
the state's servico.
l-kjuippliij? I’laiit. 8y*1om.
The Plant system is providing itself
with a lot of new equipment of all
classes. It has just ordered 150 box
cars from the Georgia Car and Manu¬
facturing company, of Macon, and
fifty flat ears from tho Southern Car
and Foundry company, of Gadsden,
Ala. Eaoh of tho oars is to have
capacity of CO,000 pounds. Eleven
new engines, five for passenger nnd
six for freight traffic, have just been
received from P rovidenee, R. I.
i-m... s,„ it It Ditpot.
The well known architects, Messrs.
Grant Wilkins and G. L. Norman, of
Atlanta, and Frank V. Wilburn, of
Charlotte, have deposited with Pr, C81
dent W. W. Mackall plans for n new
union depot in Savannah. Bradford
L. Gilbert, of New York, will also
submit plans, nnd they are now being
""(q^ident, Mackall, of the depot
company, ^id tba it . is propo ___v„ uA l to
H’ 011 '! on ‘ b “ "'I' 1 ’
" b ’ cb '' lU ^'’annah and the
roads eutenng . the city a magnificent
Btructuro.
FIVE HOYS AT ONE BIRTH.
A „ Wolna „ Flfty . s)z om ,u.
aiother of Q,.Inlet.,
M Hailey, a negress, gave birth
to five children, all boys, at her homo
f(jUf wilcg west of Ja-cknottvillo, Fla.,
ond ig HtiU uIive The children died
a gbor( . whHo ofter tbeir birth and un .
fortnnate)y wera not preserved.
j> r . Hoyle Haddock, county physi-
c ; aD ^ attended tho woman, and de-
scribed the children a» weighing about
three pounds each. Three joined of them
well formed, aud wore to-
getber at tho umbilical cord, similar
to the Siameso twius. Tho mother is
fifty-six years of age and the father
sixty-three,
Alabama Mine Workers to Meet.
The annual meeting of the United
Mine Workers of Alabama will oc ar
in Birmingham on December 1 fl the
election of officers being one the
numerous important matters which
will come before the ineeti'
Cholera In Afghanistan,
Associated Press dispatches report
a serious outbreak of cholera iu Af-
ghanistau and appalling mortality is
reported.
BILL ARP’S LETTER
Attaoki on South By Northern
Papsrs R lea Bartow Man.
HIS INDUCTION KNOWS NO BOUNDS.
To ftontoro Ills I.ncemti*(l IIo
t.ilfirtra III I Jim Onr ( |«u With
(ircat l iRor;
As Patrick Henry said, “It is use¬
less to cry peace when there is no
Pl ace. ” Henry Grady never loved the
nation into pence for more than about
a week. Bettor take thnt inscription
off his monument. What alnrins mo
is the fact that tho northern papers
that nto most hitter against us are the
most popular With their people. This
is a bad sign. 1'he Now York FresS
boasts that its circulation is twice as
great as that of all tho Republican pa¬
pers of New York and Brooklyn com¬
bined and it is increasing every day.
It is ably and bitterly edited. Not a
daily issue but the has south. some fling or slan¬
der against I wouldn't
care for what an editor said if his
readers dident approve nnlt indorse it,
and it is reasonable to sitppose that
ihe million northern readers of The
Tress hate ns ns cordially as does the
editor.
I can't Recount for this antipathy,
for we aro not doing anything to them.
In last Sunday’s paper Tho Press says
that, we “should build a monument to
Paul Slonll, tho deputy sheriff of Lake
Chnrlos, La,, beenuno he lust his life
in trying to protect a negro from a
mob. 1 ' That is not so bad,, but lie
coulinnes his remarks and snys we
“should sot Up his statue In place of
ono of those crcctod to Cathottn nnd
Tnney nnd Davis, whom their own fol¬
lowers admit were incurably wrong iu
every question of their time, and th*
noi thorn mind rends Paul Bloan’s titlu
to a monument ns clearly as John
Brown's."
What is the use of trying to keep
calm aud serene under such provoca¬
tions? Chief Justice Taney and John
O. Calhoun were dead before oiir civil
war and I did not know that nny re-
spootnblo cltisen of the United States
would dure to dishonor their great
names They were statesmen, not
politicians, and the tributes and eulo¬
gies paid to them hy northern men
were full of praise nnd overflowing
with national lamentation. Even Dan¬
iel Webster spoke with mttch emotion
in his beautiful eulogy on Mv.Calhouu. old
But now at this lute day the same
fanatical cry is heard that caused Now
England to send John Brown on his
malicious and devilish errand The
same malignant howl that inspired
John G. Whittier to write of Webster:
“Ho fallen! Ho lost! tho light withdrawn
which once he wore, «
The glory from Ids gray hairs gone for¬
evermore,
All else ts gone; from those great eyes the
soul has fled;
When faith Is lost und honor dies, the man
Is dead.”
And this bccauso ho honored Cal¬
houn and in his old age dared to say
in his speech at Capon Springs thnt u
stute had the right to secede from the
union when tho compact xvns brokon.
My father was from Massachusetts and
lionore’d Mr. Webster above all men
and xvns intensely indignant at Whit¬
tier’s fanatical puritanical verses. That
triumvirate, Webster, Clay nnd Calhoun
was his ideal of great men, patriots
and statesmen, ami it is mine today.
My contempt for old Whittier is very
great and none of his slanderous effu¬
sions shall find a place in my collection
of poems. I was surprised to find a lot
of them in William Cullen Bryant’*
collection.
But I am going to quit reading such
newspapers ns destroy my serenity. 7.
have to hurry out into my garden
dig too hard and too often this hot
weather to keep my choler down. I’ve
been building a woodshed, aud a
chicken coop with txvo apartments,one
of which is for the Christmas turkeys,
when the time comes. Oid Uncle 8nm
is dead nnd gone, and I am now
emphatically the boy—but I reckon it
is good for me. My wife sayB it is.
I’ve xvorn out my forked hoe digging
tho hard in the rose beds
for the worse—I am insulted the
er I dig. I don’t understand Borne
things. Genoral Gordon and General
Wheeler and some of our orators and
preachers go up north and mix up
with those yaukees and come back
loaded doxvn and say: Oh they aro
all right; they are harmonious, but I
notice that the Grand Army wants to
regulate our school hooks, and tho ed¬
itors dictate how we shall manage our
negroes. '
I’m doing my best to harmonize, but
when I read their editorials I want to
hire a cussin’ man—one that can’t bo
broke of it—and I’ll give him $2 a day
to use language on that editor. He
wouldent mind being cussed afar off,
and maybe it would relieve my feel¬
ings. He knows that every follower
of Taney nnd Calhoun still glory in
their constitutional teachings. He
knows that Dr. Andrexvs, who is the
honored head of the public schools in
Chicago, declared in a public address
that every principle the south main¬
tained and fought for had been decid¬
ed in our favor by tho supreme court
of the United Btates bofore the war,
and has been since the war confirmed
by the present conrt. He knows all
that and he knows all about Pana and
Akron and New York city’s treatment
of the negro, and in face of all this he
dares to spit out his venom at us. I
don't understand him nor what man¬
ner of man ho is, nor how ho can
sleep food. in pence or enjoy and digest his
daily
But wo will got even next month,
and then yon will hear a howl. Good
gracious! What a consternation—
what weeping nnd wailing nnd gnash¬
ing of teeth—Bryan and Btovotisonl
13c th names end with a big N nnd that
Combination has never failed yet.
\l ell; I an working on that book
now, and my friends are sending the
names of their fnvorito poems from all
over the south. It is already inter¬
esting and curious to note tho ones
that are Inoat popular. I shall pnblish
a list of them before long iu the order
in which tiny stand.
Aud now about that scriptural enig-
inn. 1 have received soveral letters
about it, and lint one correct answer
nnd so I will have to give the solution
as sent by the Mississippi girls:
You liavu heard, no doubt, the oft-told
tub JL
Of Prophet Jonah whale
rib living soul was kept within
Till ho repented of tils sin.
When the whale (Vies its oil gives light
Dispelling darkness from the night."
—Bill Anv In Atlanta Constitution.
RUSSIA CUTS LOOSE
C*ar DeolareB Hi Will Act Inde¬
pendently of Allied Powers.
TIRED OF THE INACTIVITY IN CHINA
AnnounoimiPiit la No Bnrprlao to Wnali-
liifffon Oflit lain, An Such a IMtoVO
Ilna I.onff I too n Kx|«rotod.
A cable dispatch from 8t. Peters¬
burg saysi The Russian government
permits it to become known that its
attitude in China will be increasing
from independence of the concert of
the powers. Russia, it is explained,
is disposed to attach less valne to joint
action since hor interests hove been
fully secured by tho successful cam¬
paign in Manchuria. Moreover, Rus¬
sia is not willing to "follow the irre¬
concilable policy of some of tho pow¬
ers. "
The expectation, the publication
adds, is that the Chinese government
is about to ntilizo all its resources of
dnplicity to keep tho powers occupied
with vain negotiations and proposals order
and tho dispatching of notes counting in
to gain time until the winter,
on the rigor oi the oliinnte to prevent
military operations and allow Chinn
to gather her resources for a spring
OFFICIALS NOT SIHIPBISED.
The cable dispatch from St. Peters¬
indicating that Russia’s attitude
China will be independent of the
of tho powers, caused no sur¬
among officials in Washington,
who have been looking forward for
lime to just such a Hue of actiou.
It was noted when the aggressive mil¬
itary movement was inaugurated by
Germany, and ihe expedition against
Pao Ting Fn started that Russia was
among tho powers which did not join
in the movement
As the hulk oi tho American troops
had withdrawn from China, leaving
General Chaffee only a legation guard
at Pekin, the American forces also ro-
frained from participating Tho .Ta
paneso foroea participated in the a very de¬
limited degree, by continuing
fenses of Pekin during the ulisonce of
the other allies. Tho dispatch from
8t. Petersburg is looked upon as
merely another step similar to that
taken when Russia withheld from the
Pao Ting Fu expedition and other
aggressive military regarded moves. quite in
Moreover, it is as
consonance with the pacific tendencies
of this government, which have been
directed all along to securing a settle¬
ment hy diplomatic means, rather than
by fhe sword. The Russian purpose
of pursuing independent, action has
not made itself evident in any official
or formal way thus far, either to tho
state department or to the Russian
embassy here.
FATAL FIRE AT DETROIT-
Manufactory Burn.; Two Men Dnn<l
anil Eight lieoelva Injuries.
As a result of a fire at Detroit,Mich.,
afternoon in the building at
No. 15 Jefferson avenue, occupied by
the Witohell Brothers Company, man- dead
ufacturcrs of shoes, two men are less
Bnd eight persons are more or se¬
riously hurt. The fire started iu the
basement, which was used as a store
room for boxes and lumber. The or¬
igin remains a mystery. rapidly that
The flames spread who so the
none of the employes were able on to
second and third floors wore
escape hy the stair.way. The girls em
ployed in the building wore on tho
third floor, and when the cry of fire
was raised they became panic stricken
and rushed for the windows, where a
general fight followed in tho efforts to
get ont. The firemen took several
girls from tho third story front win¬
dows, while others caenped from the
rear by mean* of fire escapes. The
money loss was small.
$2,000,000 Fire In Costa Hlca.
A fire which started in Port Limon,
Costa Rico, Saturday, according to late
dispatches received in New York Tues¬
day destroyed the entire business Bec-
tion of the city and einaed a property
loss of over $2,000,000.
NO. r>5.
WALDERSEE IS
NOW IN PEKIN
Received With Military Honors
and Escorted to the Palace.
EARL L! DICTATES PEACE TERMS
Conner Cables Department the
Substance of the Propositions
Advanced for a Settlement.
Acoording to Asssointeil Press dis-
patcliq^from China, the Pekin column
of tho Pao Ting Fu expedition arrived
at a point six miles south of Chi
Chow without encountering opposi¬
tion. They found tlie heads of four¬
teen boxers on the walls at Chou
Oboou, and they kiilod seven of the
imperial troops. Count Walder-
Field Marshall von
sce has arrived in Pekin and has been
accorded full military honors. IIo was
accompanied by an escort of interna¬
tional troops to tho palace of the dow-
agor empress.
LI DICTATES THUMB
Tho Havas Agency at Paris lma re¬
ceived tho following dirpatch from
Pekin:
“The diplomatic corps has received
a joint note from Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching, saying that it is time to
end tho present situation and to treat
for peace and that the princes and
ministers who wore accomplices of tho
boxers will bo handed over to the
courts to he judged and punished ac¬
cording to Chinese law.
"In their capacity of plenipotentia¬ Cbing
ries Li Hung Chung and Prince
offer to treat for peace and accept tho
principles of indemnity for tho lega¬
tions destroyed. The losses aro to be
estimated by delegates of the powers.
"European nations can be accorded
fresh commercial advantages on tho
old treaties modified; hut ns the re¬
quirements of the powers vary, each
power must formulate its own.
"The plenipotentiaries demand an
immediate cessation of hostilities be¬
cause oi their oiler, and request an in¬
terview with the tsung li yaff’en for
October 21st.
"Ileplying to the note, M. Pichon,
the French minister, said that China
having recognized that she had vio-
luted the law of nations, was bound to
accept, for that Yevy reason, the re¬
sponsibilities involved. Consequently
he demanded that exemplary punish¬
ment bo inflicted upon the principals Prince
guilly, namely, Prince Tuan,
Chwang, KntigYi and Tung FuKsiang,
adding that as long ns their heads had
not fallen it was impossible to cease
hostilities.
"Owing to the arrival of Count von
Waldersee, General Vejrrlu'ing, has com¬ de¬
mander of the French forces,
cided to not prolong his stay in Pekin
until ho receives fresh orders.’'
IrtSTMCB FUOM COKOEB.
A Washington special says: Minis¬
ter Conger was heard from at tho stato
department Thursday. He communi¬
cated by cable the subfttauce of certain
propositions advanced by Prince Ohing
and Li Hung Chaijg ns e. basis for the
conduct of negotiations for a settle¬
ment of tho Chinese troublo.
The Chinese government had pre¬
pared tho way for these by a prelimi¬
nary action looking toward tliexpun-
isbment of Chinese officials guilty of
complicity in tho boxer uprisings,and,
while the text of Mr. CongeFs com¬
munication is not made public, it is
believed that the last Chinese advance
is addressed to somo of tho proposi¬
tions contained in tiie French note,
being in the nature of a counter propo¬
sition and proceeding upon the theory
that what has been done in the matter
of punishmefats is sufficient to meet
the demands of the powers in that re¬
spect. learned at tho state depart¬
It was in¬
ment that Mr. Conger’s previous deal
structions fit him perfectly to
with the new phase of the Chinese sit¬
uation developed by the general ac¬
ceptance of the French note as. the
basis for action.
M. Tbiebaut, the French
called at the Btato department and
proposed to tho secretary the imme¬
diate institution at Pekin of negotia¬
tions for a settlement, aud it appears
that the secretary agreod to do his
psrt. His promise was made verbally,
and it may not be reduced to writing
at all, but Mr. Conger is already acting
in conformity therewith.
Most of the powers have accepted
tho French note with reservations, but
it is said that they all ngreo upon a
sufficient number of points of tbe ffrst
magnitude to warrant tho assembling
of the diplomatic body at Pekin to
the work of formulating objecia.of divergent com-
moil desire, and reconciling to Hd*
views It is probably that
body will oounter-propositi<jji*£|geel^S bo referred tH iaM
Chinese JH
from Mr.
BOEB JP; AUtiRKSSlVE.
D*7 <it Takes tlie Field Acs In and Fra.
pitrna to Kaep Ilrlton. Busy.
Advices from Cape Colony state
tb nt General Dewet is reported to be
a few miles south of Wepener, in the
Orange River Colony, about seventy
miles north of Aliwal North. The
Boers are in a state of great excitement. ,
All the outpost camps have been called
in and preparations are being made to
defend the town.