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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-;. - T* ■ 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.