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VOI, 1?. LEGISLATORS ARE AT Georgia House and Senate Organ* ,ze an<1 Elect Officers. AhflORABLE SESSION PROMISED Hon ’ ri- '-’ark i Howell, . ^enate; President o\ Hon. John D I L,tt ‘ttl C Speaker * ’ of 1 it. the Ho « «se- lbe Georgia legislature , . tQ . Atlanta assembled »• ” edaesd ay at 10:45 o’clock m., aEa , beg au what promises be an interesti promises to to be U S session. Hon, Jobn' 1 'ta' e ^. a ^ 9 of o’clock Muscogee, a. m., 'va« hoihiDitel To*: ted ^7 ( *°«H hamed ; a A. 5erbyaunani- Morris was T. Boifeuillet 1 tcm; Hon hAin Durhai - ’ A ’of° f i b f ° r cIerb; F - B ’ ’ a s»^°*^^ tbo was eeper,he bouse a re- was L Jn.°. 0rder in It w s ' session, was 1 ’ l V ° ° c oc ^ before the house ct. £ ^ I “I* 1 " l Hon. Boiteu erb ’J John I. p. ’ c ° 4 the last bouse. Sha rk I member Waf \ offe! irom -ed by the Rev. J. A. Wilkaa county of God e ,nvobed the blessing of n, P ° n tl,e *i members nnd their fam- n , aud i-i L*me asked His guidance ^ tl deliberations of the body at all Ihe members were'called to the bar s vl n ln • ‘T° by Associate iu batches Justice of twelve and i Kin, • ot , the Lump- ininu.ee supremo court. Twenty were consumed in swearing 111 members. The officers named in tho caucus were then elected in order. Speaker Little delivered a short, nd- tress.m uhmhhe feelingly thanked tho memoers for the honors conferred. He was deeply sensible, he said, of the honor and accepted it with a keen sense of ihe obligations it carried with it, and pledged himself to measure up fully to every duty as far as be was able to do so. A message was received from the senate through Secretary Northen an- nouncing body. the organization of that Dr. Robert II.* Hnnis, of Thomas county, was selected as chaplain by ihe committee appointed for that pur¬ pose. The house adjourned at 1:15 till 10 a. Some m. Thursday. * surprise did was created that, the governor not send in his annual message during the session. THE SENATE. The senate was organized and ready for business in less than an hour’s time. With the entire forty-font mem¬ bers present at 10 o’clock, the hour of convening, Hon. Charles S. Northern, seclretary of the last senate, cailed the body to order and announced that the session would be opened with prayer by Rev. Dr. Watkins, of Man¬ chester. The roll was then called aud Judge John S. Candler ad ministered the oath of office to tbe senators. Having announced a full attendance Secretary Northen then declared the election of president of the senate iu order aud Hon. Clark Howell, of Ful¬ ton, received the unanimous vote of tho senate. Ho expressed his thanks for the liouor which had been con¬ ferred upon him, stating that he would bo “more than human,” if he “de¬ served the extreme laudation of the senators who bad spoken of him in presenting his name to the senate; and “less than human” if he failed to “ap¬ preciate to the fullest degree the meas- ure of the compliment” of which he was the recipient in being called upon to preside over the seuate. The president then declared the senate organized aud ready for busi- UC of the other officers The election proceeded with, and was then rapidly Hon Charles S. resulted as follows: Northen, secretary; Hon Roland Ellis, president pro tempore; F.yn Hargett, messenger; Major R. E. Wilson, door- keeper. Rev. G. W. G. Watkins, the The who has tilled that of- blind chaplain, senate for so many years, fice in the was re-elected. then introduced • A resolution was president ., . , to appoint . , authorizing the the pages and gallery keepers. AU of Ihe officers then being elec ed resolution was passed to notify the a the senate xvas organized hmise that au ‘ l rC “ f aud Hardaway SC Ld t oM Alien were as senate members of a joint CmS '• rP m ee <‘o »rrango tho tanngural IKS of tho governor. senate adjourned o’clock the Thursday morning at 10 , REZZLKlt UNbfctt ARREST. [.Ms Colton Firm Boses Heavily Thvow5.lt a Confidential Agent. n Siiapp, confidental agent for & Smith, cotton brokers of Alompbis, Thursday, Tenn., charged was arrested with the in Chicago of $32,000. Later in embezzlement tS, turned over to Deputy day be was of Memphis, who, J. F. Alexander, member of the r firm St b»d'gl, nstoChiMS «rf tor MempU., 0 “> cfrac ‘ tb r .nd .u r ’-^51 i A K p • - T - jv; » MUMS m mas. Improvements Recommended In the South By Chief Engineer Wilson In His Report. A Washington special says: The im- * port of General J. M. Wilson, chief of engineers. Generally speaking he re- ports most gratifying progress in' the execution of the various projects during the last fiscal year. Because the re- port included the fiscal year only, the subject of the destrustion of the Gal- v ? Bton defenses by the September hur- ricaue is left for treatment in a subse- <l uaat report. The estimates above $25,000 for the ZVZl ‘.“.tno™ 1 “ eI ‘ ye “ " * he Inland waterway from Chincoteague bay, Virginia, to Delaware bay, SCO,- 000; Pata P«™ river and channel to Baltimorej $522 ,362. Harbor,southeast Baltimore,$80,000. Potomac river, Washington,$200,000. Potomac, below Washington 8 $80,- 400. Rappahannock river, Virginia, $25,000. James river, Virginia, $390,000. Norfolk harbor,Virginia, $56,700. Waterway from Norfolk, Va., to the sounds of North Carolina, $29,870. Pamlico aud Tar rivers, North Car¬ olina, $32,500. Cape Fear river, above Wilmington, N. C., $25,000. Cape Fear river, at and below Wil¬ mington, N. C., $200,000. Winyab bay, South Carolina, $525,- 000, Hautee river, South Carolina, $38,- 000 . Congaree river, South Carolina, Co¬ lumbia to Granby, $50,000. Charleston harbor, $50,030. Savannah harbor, Georgia, $50,000. Savannah river, Georgia, $100,000. Doboy bar, Georgia, $30,000. Alt amah a river, Georgia, $26,003. Ocmulgee river, Georgia, $40,000. Cumberland sound, Georgia and Florida, $400,000. ht. Johns, river, FJoridn, $400,000. St. Johns river, at Orange mills flats Florida, $40,000. Key West harbor, Florida, $100,000. Sarasota river, Florida, $37,500. Tampa bay. Florida, $137,000. Hillsboro buy, Florida, $175,000. Apalachicola bay, Florida, $41,000. Flint river, Georgia, $300,'000. Chattahoochee river, Georgia and Al.ibama, below Columbus, $80,000. Pensacola harbor, Florida, $180,000. Coosa river, between Rome, Ga., and the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad, $450,000. Coosa river, between the East Ten¬ nessee, Virginia aud Georgia railroad bridge and Wetumpka, $35,000. Mobile harbor, Alabama, $350,000. Black Warrior river, Alabama, $53,- 676. Warrior and Tombigbee rivers, $255,000. Tombigbee river, from its mouth to Demopolia, $200,000. ON CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT. Albert Howcll. Sr., Ts Flaced on Trial In Atlanta, Ga., Court. The ense of Albert Howell, Sr., in¬ dicted for alleged embezzlement of $30,816 from the Atlanta and West Point railway, was taken up in Atlanta Monday morning. The defendant filed through the his attorneys a demurrer to indictment. The first paragraph alleges that the Howell charge of conspiracy between Mr. and Thomas J. Hunter is barred by the statute of limitations and should be stricken. The second paragraph says that the oonrt in the indictment does not with sufficient particularity set out the sum charged to be embezzled within the statute of limitations, tho indictment alleging the embezzlement of a certain sum, part of which was without the statute of limitations. Judge Candler overruled the objec¬ tion and ordered the trial to proceed. Some difficulty was experienced in getting a jury, each side being ex¬ ceedingly careful in regard to qualifi¬ cations. Mr. Howell did not. appear to be in as good health as usual. He pleaded not guilty. It will be remembered that Thomas J. Hunter, co-jointly indicted with Mr. Howell, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on«April 27th, 1900. AS A TRIBUTE TO SHERMAN fSepublican CampalKnWoik In Ohio Was Stopped Thursday. The Republican campaign in Ohio was at a standstill Thursday as a trib¬ ute of respect to the memory cf Hon. John Sherman, whose funeral occurred at Mansfield in the afternoon. The order of Secretary Dick, of the Republican state executive committee is regarded as unique in the political annals df Ohm, but all meetings were either declared off or postponed, and the political opponents of the parly had the field to themselves for the day. The state offices in the capitol build¬ ing were closed during the afternoon. VIGOROUS KICK COMING. People of XXinisTi Antilles Obj Ct to Island* liolng Sold to United States. According to dispatches intense ad¬ verse feeling has been raised at St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, by the renewal of the report that Denmark intends to sell tho Danish Antilles the United States. A meeting o? colonial council has been convoked St. C-roix for the purpose of ma]ciug formal protest. ADEL. BERRIEN COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2. 1900. HILL ARP’S LETTER -- Bartow Man Decides to Take Some of His Own Advice, ™ W0RKS OUT like a charm f*e Reconciled to What You Can’t Help.” Bill Eipr, tMs Himself With¬ out Reserve. “Nil desperandum.” “Carpediem.” Don’t despair. Enjoy the day. Be recon «led , 4o what , J on cannot , heI , , P that’s good advice and I wish that we could all take it. I try to, but sorne- times it is hard work. When it rained f moetli June „d w bad a )Urn > D S fiua a11 the moa * h of Se P*f m ' ber I couldent “carpo diem „ Mhen ’ PhiL 1 P OQder the cruel, «seless ‘DP 1 **® war and the Porto Rico steal \ ud 1be Chinese muddle and all the f. ther dev J I,fl? “A that this ad “»» st ™- tlou , bft8 brought about, I can t be rec- oncilcd. When I hear these McKinley men shouting prosperity it makes me hot under the collar. They remind me of a gang of highway robbers who murder helpless travelers and rob them and then go off and cry prosper¬ ity. Manufacturers of army and navy supplies are getting rich on contracts, aud army officers in Manila and Pekin are taking in the loot and cry prosper¬ ity. War always brings a show of prosperity, but it is at the cost of blood and tears. But still we live in hope that there will come a change. If Bryan is elected I know there will, and if he is not, we will be no worse off than ive are now. We can’t be worsted, and so we will try to be reconciled. When I was a young man I was a Democrat because my father was, but I cast my first vote for W. W. Clayton, who was a Whig. I was a college boy at Athens, and Mr. Clayton was kind to us and we all voted for him for state senator. I kuew Mr. Clayton for many years and always respected him, for he bad a kind heart and was a gentleman. After liis election he gave the college boys a } arty one night and was espe¬ cially kind to me,aud I have never for¬ gotten it. “How far that little caudle throws its beams So shines a good deed in a naughty world.” Before the war, when I was in my prime of manhood and had more vital¬ ity than sense, I was a strong partisan aud really believed that if my party did not succeed the country would be ruined. My father used to laugh at my zeal and say, “Oh, no, my son, the country is safe; don’t let the poli¬ ticians and the newspapers alarm you.” What a pity it is that when a man has treasured up a lot of wisdom and ex¬ perience he is old enough to die! What a pity it is that we pass the best portion of our lives in looking afar off for aud happiness within when really it is nearby our grasp. Of course, I. get excited uow and then about poli¬ tics, but I fight it off, for I realize that “Domestic happiness is the only bliss that has survived the fall.” The best things on earth are the cheapest and most abundant. The joys side, and comforts of home and the five-* the flowers and fruits, the air and water and sunshine, the garden, tho birds and the welcome visits of kind friends and nabors. Neither wealth nor fame nor office will compare with these. Iu most cases office means spoils; rewards from the public crib. Judge Underwood said that one time when he was a candidate and waa making a stump speech and had closed an eloquent paragraph, a long, lank countryman, who wa3 agin him, ex- claimed: “Boys, ~ he’s jest eidewipin’ around huntin’ the orthography of a little office.” The judge studied politics as a scienco aud understood it. One day when we were discuss¬ ing the great steal of Boss Tweed & Co., in New York, a preacher, who was present, remarked: “Why all these charges against Tweed must be political lies and slanders, for they are Democrats.” “My innocent friend,” said the judge, ‘ yes, Tweed & Co., are all Democrats, but my ob¬ servation has been that it i% within the range of possibility for a Democrat to steal.” Politics is a most demoralizing busi¬ ness, and has been so in all go vern- ments. Sheridan said, “There is no conscience in gallantry or politics,” and Hamlet said, “A politician is one who would circumvent God.” Still there are some honest politicians, but they don’t go about in droves, The mam reason wny x aamire m-yan so much is because of his honesty his sincerity. His political enemies ad- mitt-hat, aud everybody admits that ho is a very wonderful man, both mantally and physically. If a ll tbe people could see him face to face and hear him he would be elected bv a million or two majority. When a politician speaks he has to be verv careful what he says, but when a statesman likeBryau speaks, the truth comes gushing forth spontaneous. Hur- rah for Bryan! I’m getting excited now. Let me walk about and cool off. My wife is caliing me; wants me to build a little house for the Muscovy ducks. That will cool jpe off. Yesterday she kept me busy an the evening sifting earth and ashes and fertile for the plants that are to go m the pit. She has the earth changed every fall, and my back is nearly broken today. Shehassome avTd I -ot my old hauls ii t . P gettiug them out of the pots and tnhs Oh, my country, is there no rest r the wicked’ Now here is a letter from another Mississippi girl giving a poetic answer to that scriptural enigma. She as follows: ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM. “Hazeehubst, Miss.—I am a school girl. Can't work out your Bible puzzles, but my d id can. My mamma is a Presbyterian and my dad is a Baptist. They are taking both chances and the one that gets to heaven will pnll the other in, for yon knowUhe Bible aeys, ‘They twain shall be one flesh,’ sorter like the Siamese twins. “My name is Tellie, and here is the answer to your puzzle: Yes, God made Adam out oUdust The truth of this admit we must. Some time before by His own wishes He made some small and some great fishes They had no souls or Immortality. “Now Jonah for his great rascality Was swallowed by a whale one day, And in its belly had to stay ’Till he repented. Then he found The Lord’s will he must not question, Then was he thrown npon the ground By the fish’s Indigestion. The whale doth live in all the zones, In pleasure or in toll. And, dying, gives to woman bones And yields to man his oil.” The Mississippi girl is now ahead. Nextl I am getting poetry now, world without end.—Bin Arp in Atlanta Constitution. MOB LYNCHES lYVO. James Greer ami James Callahan Meet X intent Death In Bike County, Ga. A Macon, Ga y special says: Near the village of Liberty Hill in Pike James county, Cal Monday James Greer and law ay, two negro men, while out on a hunting expedition passed a farm house, and fired their guns into it, to the gr’eat fright of a youna wo¬ was man, there the daughter alone, her of the house,“ ho been called from parents having awmy the pi ace. The young woman was prostrated with terror but was not injured by ihe shirts. The men of the neighborhood undertook a search and found both Greeu and Callahan. One of them, uuder pressure, it is said, stated that thiy had a grudge against the farmer and had fired into the house hoping to kill him. The negroes were, during the early hours of the nigh*, carried into the woods. They were then plac¬ ed on horseback, ropes tied about their necks and fastened to the limb of a tree. The horses were started and the negroes left dangling. DIED IN PULPIT. Rev. Dr. John Newton Craig Sncctimbs at I'ost of l>uty. “When 1 die I want to be at my pott of duty iu tho Master’s work; I want to die iu harness.” These words wore spoken Wednes¬ day by Rev. Dr. John Newton Craig, of Atlanta, in conversation with a friend between the sessions of the Presbyterian synod of Virginia, West Virginia aud Maryland, which is now in convention at the First church in Newport News, Va. His wish was gratified. He died in harness. The morning session, attended by an audience which filled the church, was brought to an unexpected aud tragic close by the sudden death of Dr. Craig, just as he was concluding one of the most remarkable speeches ever heard from this prominent and popular divine. WRONG-DOERS IS ARMY. Annual K« port of Courtniartials By Gen¬ eral Uelber, Judsc Advocate General. General Leiber, judge advocate gen¬ eral of the army, in hiB annual report to the secretary of war, says there were 6,680 trials by general courtmar- tials during the past fiscal year, of wliPwh number thirty-five were com¬ missioned officers officers, four cadets, 6,618 enlisted men aud twenty-three civilians serving with the army. Of the commissioned officers, twenty-five, and of the enlisted men, 6,020, were convicted. A total of 2,588 men were sentenced to dishonorable discharge. Six death sentences were imposed, all of which were commuted by the presi¬ dent. COLOR LINE IN CUBA. Wry Bitter Fpcling Sattl to Exist Between Whites atnl Blacks. A Santiago dispatch says: The de¬ parture of the provincial delegates to participate in the proceedings of the forthcoming constitutional convention at Havana caused an immense demon • stration Wednesday afternoon. It is estimated that they were escorted to the wharf by upwards of 12,000 per¬ sons, of whom nine-tenths were colored people. The political parties are drawing the color line very closely,and this is causing bitter feeling between the races. TESTING SOLIDITY OF SOIL. Govern,nen ~ * T ” Aspect Sites T U t nder j direction « r ^avat of stations, the navy depart- L,eut enaut Chambers, Unrted Sta tea T7 de , P art ^ t ’ haS be f U ° a - f b° at Charleston, , S. C., ° ri “f 3 a* c e * ermlD ® character of the un- der y> u g soil ’"'here the government ®M iec !j 8 estab!l sh a naval station. la ®. ldea has b ® en more tba navaI afatl ° n at . , io Charles- J? n lf xt “ fo,l “ d ^ at a11 the condl ~ tluns are * aYorable - _ Carter Hearing Postponed. The bearing of tbe habeas corpus case of Oberlin M. Carter, ex-captain of engineers, against Warden Me- Claughrey, of the federal prison, through which tbe ex-captain expects to gain his freedom, has been post- poned at Leavenworth until November 9th. Defaulter Alrord EiHdes Poricc. A New Y ° rt ‘W- C 0 ™ 0 ' lins Alvord > ib e defardting teller of the First National bank in the sum of j $700,000, had not been arrested up to Wednesday noon, and it was said no news had been received of him. Kansas has 140,000,000 fruit trees In Ota ring. GEORGIA NEWS ITEMS Brief Summary of Interesting Happenings Culled at Random. Snminer Term at University. A measure of the greatest iropor- tance to the common school teachers of the state will come before the pres- ent legislature in the shape of a bill appropriating $4,500 for a summer course at the State University for loose teachers who may wish to avail themselves of the opportunity. Attn-if a Fair a Success. Last Saturday night saw the end of Ihe great Sou the n Interstate fair at Atlanta, and for a year solitude will brood over the broad acres of Pied¬ mont park, and in the stuccoed palaces emptiness and silence will reign. It was a splendid fair—the best Atlanta has ever had—and its management, so strongly backed 1 y the experience aud catrgy of Secre‘a-y T. H. Martin, has reason to be entirely satisfied with the result of i's labors. This year’s fair was a success in every particular. Some of its features live w ere exceptionally strong—notably the stock show—and the experimental attraction, the horse show, was a bril- liant event that tho whole country is talking about. From the very material standard of finance, the fair surpassed the most sanguine expectations. There ’.s a substantial balance ou the right side of the ledger. Floyd County Bond Issue. The couniy commissioners of Floyd voted to issue $69,000 Floyd couutv bonds bearing 4 per cent interest. Bonds wiil probably run from ten to fifteen years, and be so arranged as to make $5,000 fall due each year, and payable in cut rency. The bond issue is neces ary to meet pressing obliga- tion.s. Arraiifftii)- For Wav cross Fair. Tho arrangements for the third an- nual far of the Wayeross fair associa- tion are about completed. The pro¬ moters of the fair are very much grati¬ fied at the outlook. The fair will open on Monday, November 5th and will continue through the week, ending Saturday night, November 10th. To Visit State Fair. A joint resolution was adopted for the general assembly to adjourn for a day in order that the members could attend in a body the Valdosta state fair. On motion, tha house agreed that Thursday, November 1st, should not count as a legislative day, as on that day the members propose to be in Valdosta. Georuist at Charleston. Georgia and Atlanta will do their part towards making a success of the Charleston exposition, which will be opened during Decomber, 1901. Ar- rangements are already under way to liave both tho state and the city repre- sented and there is little doubt that a splendid display will be made. Col- onel W. A. Hemphill, of Atlanta, has been appointed by Governor Candler as special commissioner to represent Georgia at the exposition. He will at once begin making arrangements to have the resources of Georgia well dis- played at Charleston and there is no doubt that a splendid showing will be made by both Georgia and Atlanta. Slot Machines Illegal. It is held by the supreme court of Georgia that a merchant who gives to a designated class of customers an op- portumty to secure by lot or chance eny article of value additional to that for which such customers have paid violates that provision of the penal code which declares that no person shall keep, maintain, employ or carry on any lottery in tins state, or other scheme or device for tee hazarding of money or valuable thing, notwith¬ standing that the hazard lie all on one side. J. H. Meyer was tried and convict- ed in the city court in Richmond county for a violation of section 407 of the Penal Code. The accused was a wholesale and retail dealer in cigars and chewing gum, and was operating a “nickel slot trading machine.’’ In this machine a nickel is placed in the slot, a handle is pulled clowu, a wheel within the machine revolves and when it comes to a stop the number ox cards constituting a “baud’ iu a game of poker are exhibited. The person depositing the nickel is entitled to a cigar or package o cncw- mg gum, each valued at o cents, and to the hand <t,sp ayed, e' g 1 prize being 100 cigars or packages of chewing gum for a royal fbisb, and the lowest two of either eommotht, for two jacks or a better pair. w ar On Trading Stamps, Another war is on between the retail mercbauts of Atlanta and the trading stamp people. The war, which is to be a g gbt Vke to the finish, resolution was precipitated by passage of a at the recent convention of the Retail Gro- cars’ Association of Georgia deuounc- tb o trading stamp business is now being carried on throughout }bo « ta *e- Ik was a biow direct with a labc on tha {ace o{ ^ ar * d no attempt whatever at concealment. Ihe mer- chaut3 athat tbe business is inju- rlo, b ? ;; 3 to la ,he ; 1 ;f ^’ enltme^r enactment - They rhey wlut Want “ “-*™. T nr . T " There is every prospect of important and radical pension legislation at this session of the general assemoly, look- iug to a general assembly weeding out the frauds and impositions which have crept into the state pension syr, tem. Pension Commissioner Lmasay MS urges the leg slatnre to take steps to tlio rolls and to provide the safe S U£Uvls against imposi- . * * Must Sleep Asliore. ITealth Officer Brunner at Savannah and Surgeon General Wyman, of the marine hospital department, have shown the treasury department of the United States government the danger that parts in the south incur during 'he ’. cited term by allowing crews of le-seD, whether Chinamen or not, to icep on board ship, and the d<ptrt- ment has just irsaed an order touch¬ ing on (bat point. The order provides tb °\ ns health matters are paramount !o anything else, when a ship with a crew Clvnameu enters a port where the r gulations call for the crews of vessels 10 sleep ashore, the Chinamen Hbab EOt be exempt from this rule, because the It^says they cannot land lu the Uuitea^Rates. The Chinamen must be brought ou shore to sleep and be gawded there, BOXERS STILL ACTIVE Hj-. DriVQ . n (Jilt , tu.3 ,, £ 0r61gH . JJsvilSj _ . , Is Burden of Tk-?ir Cry, THEY DECREE ncrDCC WAR win m TO the THE anru DEATH ___ Minister Conji r Hus Been Authorized By This Government to Begin Negotia¬ tions For Fence «t Once, According to a Washington special ° f , m rhnrs<la . y Minister Conger , has , been authorized by this government to be- gin negotiations at once with the Chi- nese envoys on the basis of the points in the German and French notes upon w 'bich all the powers are agreed. Up- on these points where divergence of views has been found to exist, the government of the powers themselves wiU negotiate with' a view to reaching a further understanding. It is understood that the ministerial representatives at Pekin of other pow¬ ers have similar instructions, but whether they have or not, Mr. Conger is not to be restrained. The Berlin statement that Germany has agreed to Japan’s proposal that peace negotia- tious with China shall for the present be entrusted to the foreign represent- atives at Pekin is regarded as an indi cation that Germany has taken similar action on the case of Minister Mumm Von Schwartzenstein. The state department received no- tice Thursday from the British of the terms of the arrangement reached be- tween Gnat Britain and Germany ns to China. Now that both govern- ments have been heard from formally, the state department will turn its at teution to the preparation of the an swer. BOXERS ROST NOTICES. A cable dispatch from II«ng Kong aavs: Advices from Lien Chan, on N ; rth ri aro to the effect that Amcr . . . . Property there ... threat- lcan mi3S10n is eued wit h destruction by boxers, who have posted the following proclama- niation: .. We Lavo organize d to prote ct our country aU(1 bome8 and we rely npon one anothcr to support the order to drive out the foreign devils. Tbev ave ma d. Their follv passes descrip- tion> Tb are usurper8 of our Iand . They disturb our borders, “ Ia a n the provinces and prefcc- tnre8 ebapels baye been opened; and our people are deceived, ripped open and disembowled while the foreigners grow fat on the revenues of China, in- sulting our officials and merchants, aud seizing our temples and palaces. ‘‘The emperor is indulgent and per mits this. Who can foretell the intern tions of theBe fore ig n devils. Dav bv day they act more outrageously. When we behold the present condi- tions of affairs our hearts are bruised with grief. Therefore xve have organ- j ze d our strength to destroy the de- vouring wolf throughout the empire.” The boxers took the American Pres- byter j an m i SH ion buildings, but have no t destroyed them. Rebellion is spreading along East riyer and ^ ortb r i ve r, in the prov- j nces 0 f Kwangsi. It is supposed to be aimecl at tbe ove rthrow of the Manehu dynasty, bat tbe report, .r. so contradictory that it is next to lm- possib i e to form a lucid impression. In Canton the Chinese officials are „ Mag tUc i M „„ec«o„ so lightly th.t foreigners believe it will be very diffi- cult to suppress. The governor of Hong Kong has been informed that 4,000 villagers in the Samtochuok-Kwaishin district were attacked by rebels at Pengkok. The villagers were defeated and 2,000 of them killed. The rebels, who lost 400 killed, burned two villages con- taining 3,000 houses. A force of 2,000 troops went to tho assistance of the villagers aud engaged the rebels on October 22d. No details of the result , b reCf q ye d Chinese officials have ptacarded district, offering several hundred dollars reward for the head* of the four foreigners who are *up- poaed to be leading the rebel. The ric6 cr j >1 ’ f,,led “ P 10 / 1 ?.? 6 and ™ bb ? rs pil la g ia g* ^ belll0Q aud famiUe ther6 816 CM ' tain. _____ _ j TQe (j outll African war being prac- ticlll3 -o Ver op ^e 0 f the'miiitary crit- | without loss tQ the public, out NO. 36. CANDLER'SWORN Georgia’s Governor Takes Oath of Offioe For Second Term, CEREMONIES BRIEF BET IMPRESSIVE InnuKtu.il Address Short and to the Point. Oath Was Administered By Chief Justice Simmons. In the presence of the general as¬ sembly of the state of Georgia, the justices of the supreme court and slate officials, Governor Allen D. Candler took the oath of office as ohief execu¬ tive for the second time Saturday looming. The ceremony of the in¬ auguration was brief and interesting, the senate and house convening in the ball of representatives in joint session at noon for the purpose of hearing the inaugural address and witnessing the oeremony. Governor Candler spoke but fifioen minutes. He reviewed the pi ogress of Georgia along industrial aud govern¬ mental lines and referred to its great¬ ness not only in territory, but iu the integrity and uprightness of its people. He advised the general assembly to deal lightly with that class of citizen*’ which had been impoverished by re¬ cent shrinkage in values. He would not levy upon them a single dollar of taxes not absolutely essential to the running expenses of the state. During the address nnd the inaugu¬ ration the gallery and floor of the house were crowded with visitors -and Governor Caudler received an enthusi¬ astic reception as he came in the hall and later when introduced by Presi¬ dent Howell of the senate. The president of the senate an-* uomiced that the resolution under which the joint session had convened would be read. “It gives the chair great pleasure,” eaid President Howell in presenting the governor, “to introduce Governor Allen D. Candler. He needs no pre¬ sentation to this assembly, for ho was known to the peoplo of Georgia before ho was elevated to the chief magis¬ tracy of the state. His popularity with the people is attested by the nearly 70,000 majority received by him less than a mouth ago in his second election to the governorship. It gives me great pleasure to present the gov¬ ernor-elect, Hon. Allen D. Caudler, of Hall.” The scene was an enthusiastic one as Governor Candler rose to deliver his inaugural address. At its conclu¬ sion the presiding officer announced that the governor-elect would besworu in by the chief justice of the state. Chief Justice Simmons, of the supreme court, stepped forward and in a clear voice recited the oath under which the governor agrees to defend the consti¬ tution of the United States. Governor Candler then delivered to Secretary of Slate Cook the great seal of the state with the injunction: “I commit the great seal of the state of Georgia into your hands, feeling as¬ sured that its use will not be abused.” This ended the ceremony and the joint session of the assembly was dissolved. Ft) I SON ED BY GAS. Well Known Gi orgia I,c”!»latorFonnd In Dyln" Condition at Boarding; House. M. B. Walker, a representative in the Georgia legislature from Crawford county, was found in a dying condition in bis boarding house in Atlanta as the result of gas poisoning. The well known representative was found in his room in an almost lifeless condition aud the apartment filled with stifling gas from a jet which had apparently been turned on for hours. The ex¬ planation of how the gas was turned on cannot be made clear, for no one "[ a3 w4 tk the legislator when he re¬ Lred. most natural presumption is tba t Mr. Walker was unused to gas bgbt in his room and that be must have blown the light out instead of Unning . it off when he retired for the n '8bt. Republicans Parade In Chicago, For six hours and a half Saturday working men from every branch of in- dustryin Chicago, lawyers, merchants, railroad men, financiers, marched through the down town streets of the city in the parade of Republican voters which was planned as the culmination of the national cpmpaign in Chicago. P«.OIUI»IfH»I»rS i imtihvists DATTfim CAUCUS. ...... ..... f T„„ r. B„. W111 Go ,{ t . fore Gc0 r B i» De*uiatarc. * An Atlanta brief'caucus Ga. special says: Asa res nlt of tbe "room of prohibi- .isle- i 14 at the house Thursday afternoon it is proba- b]e tbat no atate prohibition measure will be j ntro dnced at the present ses- gion of the i eg j s i a ture. In tbe conrse 0 f the discussion it ^ eve j ope q that a majority of the iead- gra presen t did not believe that a measure as drastic as the YVillingg^^f bi]I wonl( j bave the slightest Q ^ p^ggjQg bo th branches ie j a * ure> NOn^i li was ou* Tiled or s „ 6 es " t e< j W- .....- CANTLl^PLAW not OPPOSED. Presbyterian Synod of Missouri Refuses To Condemn President. A resolution offered before tha Presbyterian synod of Missouri, bit¬ terly comdemniug President McKin¬ ley and administration generally for its attitude on the liquor question as expressed in the canteen law and eu* joining the voters of Missouri to vo™ for the candidate of the prohibition party, was defeated by a vote of 2$ to 13