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‘ .. .'i he Mttilra VOL. XIX. NO. 16 VIENNA GA.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 6, 1900 PREPARE TO ATTACK PEKINQ, Chlncso Will Attempt to Drive the A1-" lies Out i f 'lie City. Peking, Aug. ail, via SHANGHAI 1 ,' Sept. 8.—According to numerous reports flic many thousnuds of Boxers who' wor . scattered on the arrival of the alllei are again massing to attack Poking. These rumors .create great unousiuess. The Japanese have captured 5,000,000 bushels of rice and silver ballon to the amount of 91,000,000. At Tieu Tsin the Amorlciuis have cap tured bullion to the vuluo of 1500,000. RUSSIANS GIVE NO QUARTER Gzur’s Troops Meet. With strong Op. position In M'inuliurin. Portland, Or., Sopt. 8 The steam ship Monmouthshire has arrived 14 days from Yokohama. The Kobo Herald of Aug. 14 saysi •‘Russia is pouring tons of thousands of Oossaoks from tho north into the Manchuria and repofts say no human soul is being spared and a wldo open ttaok is being mado as the troops press forward. They are nevertheless meet ing some opposition enroute, ns the en tire Chinese population oomo out against them. Executed By liiiporlal Order. Peking, Aug. 80, via Shanghai, Sept. 8.—Three moro members of tho tsung U yamon havo been oxeoutod by the em press. Thoy are Hon Tun, a member of tho imperial seoretariato; Li Shan, a Tend of the foreigners, and Li. Yion ng. Thoy were put jo death just bo KNIFE BLADE IN HIS BRAIN. An Unusual Case Comes to Light In Ware County. Waioross, Ga., Aug. 81 —Two r > groe$ Nelson and Thomas, got into a dispute and in the row Thomas out Nel son with an old rusty pooketknife, in- flloting soveral ugly gashes, principally about the head aud face. Tho wounded negro was taken to a physlolon and his wounds oxamiued and pressed. Later the negro began aoting strange- ly,. appeared to be partially paralyzed and in ten days from the day he was cat he died. An autopsy was hold, aud to the as tonishment of the doctor ho found a piCce of tho old rusty knife blade meas uring lh> inohes in length imhodded in tno man's.brain. It had broken off and Entered the man’s head at a place whoro appeared a little soratoh too insignifi cant to demand attention from the It is a mystery how the man could live ten days with that piece of knife blade inside of hla brain. FATHER’S FEARFUL- CRIME. ire tho arrival of tho alllod forces, British Dofout tho Chlnosc. Peking, Aim. 81, ‘via Shanghai, Sept. 8.—Tho British forcos met, 5 miles to the westward of Peking, 800 Boxers a l 8,000 rogular Chinese troops. The or fled without a shot aud the Boxers owed suit after losing 70 mou. Ho Is Charged With Assuultlug Ills Own Daughter. ' Dublin, Ga., Aug, 81.—Parties Jiving 4n the east side of tho river bring to the city details of an assault by Jordan A. Outlaw on his own daughter. He de- Blstod only when assailed by his wife. Outlaw threatened to kill his wife aud LUghterif they spoke of the oconrrehce. ’t a close watoh upon their move- fbr sovoral days, but his wife id away and swore out awarrnnt ,st her husband. Outlaw was or- ited under the warrant by Constable .orson. He submitted very quietly soQmed perfeotly willing n accom pany the officer and stand a commit ment trial. Seeing an opportunity to escape, Outlaw made a-dash for freedom nn'd is still at large. Legations Undermined. Peking Aug. 80, via Shanghai, Sppt.'8.— It has boen ascertained that the positions held by tho legatloners duping their Bioge wore undermined by tpe Boxers aud in a few days more the mine Would have been sprung. SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT. List of the Now Industries' Reported During tho Past Week. Chattanooga, Sept. 8.—Among the more Important of tho new industries reported by The Tradesman during the week ended Sept. 1, aro the following; A 8800,000 brewery at Charlotte, N. O, j. brick works in Kontuoky; cotton mills in Georgia and Kentucky; coal mines in Alabama, Kentuoky and West Virginia; cottonseed oil mills in North Carolina ahd Virginia; a 850,000 eleotrio power jjlant in West Virginia; foundry and maohine shops in North Carolina: flour ing mills in Alabama aud West Virginia; gold mines in Georgia; a six-ton ioe fac tory at Charleston, S. O.; iron works In South Carolina aud Teuuessee; lumber mills In Alabama, Florida and Tennes see; a mattress and spring bed factory in Mississippi; pulp and paper mills in North Carolina and West Virginia; s pearl button faotory in middle Tenner Bee; a peanut faotory iu North Carolina quarries in Arkansas aud North Caro lint,; a stave faotory iu Florida; telephone systems in Kentucky. South Carolina, Texas and West Virginia; a table faO' tory In North Carolina; a 825,000 woolen mill at Winchester, Va., waterworks at Southern Fines, N. 0>, and Aikou, S. O. LINEMAN IS ELECTROCUTED. Traglo William DeLoach Meets . Death In Augusta, Augusta, Ga., Sept. 1.—William R. DeLoaoh, a telephono lineman, climbed a polo on Broad street to straighten out somo difficulties among the wires con tering there. To steady this giant pole which is probably 80 feet high, guy wires run to other poles In the vioinity. 'One of theso goes straight across Broad street and. above the wires of the eleo trio railway In the center of the street. The insulation booame disarranged and the guy wire sagged down on the ? leotrio roilway’s live wires. When JeLoach reaobed the guy wire in as- pending the pole ho'threw his leg over it. In an Instant a deep gash was burned in bis leg and he tumbled head long to the asphalt, 80 or 40 feet below, NEGRO WOMAN SHOT DOWN AMERICAN WOMEN SUBJECTED TO MOST HORRIBLE TORTURE led Through Country Naked ahd Repeatedly Outraged by the Chinese. DIE IN FEARFUL AGONY RESCUED Terrible Puulslimoiit Meted Out to Missionaries—The Dowager Kmpross Made Wm'on the FprOlgnors Against the Emperor's Protest—Europeans Demand Destruction of Poking, 'Shanghai, Sept. 4.—Dispatches an- nounoiug that the Ainerloan govern- eminent refnsoB to agreo to tho with drawal of tho troops from Peklug boforo satisfaction -for the, outrages and the lossos of its subjects is givon have boon secoived hero and are applauded by tho entire foreign colony In Bhaughai. Any other polioy, according to business men and missionaries, Will bo a fatal blow to tho prestige of the foreigners, and would Weaken their status In China. Thelooal Buglish papers florooly de nounce the proposals to evaouato Peklug, and say that the Ohlneso Interpret evac uation as dofeat. The massos of China men now believe that the Chinese arms aro 'viotorlons. The Chinese papers printed in Shan ghai contain long, olroumstantial ac counts of aUeged Ohlneso viotorios at Tien Tsin and Lung Chao Si rthd tho shops and nativo quarter display for salo lurid photographs of tho oolostial army driving the European soldiers into the sea at Taku and tearing them to f s at Tien Tsin. They also show res of the foreign, admirals bc-iug rod in tho presence of tho viceroys. Admiral Soyihour Js roproseuted his arms piuloued'knooling boforo hrono. > The people accept tlioso re ports and pioturoB as. oorreotly repre senting the foots ahd anything con, trary as merely foreign lies. Domiiud Destruction of Poking. Tho European community continues to demand tho dostruotiou of Poking nn.1 ' ikn nvnmnlnsir tin III dl III Ml f. rtf ‘Timely Arrival of the Omnors Proba bly Provontocl a Lynohtuff. Atlanta, Sept. 8.—A uogro fleeing for life and 60 othnr uogratw, armed with knives and pistols, oloso on his heels, caused tho greatest oxoltomont Sunday afternoon on Oalu streo. There wore cries of “kill him!" "lynch himl" "lmnglilml" The fugitive hold an open knifo in his hand and whenever any of his pursuers got too near ho would turn, brandish the knife aud get a'fresh start. It was uogroos after a uogro, nud It seomod evident that if the' man lining ehasod was caught thoro might hn a Suuday lynching in the vory heart of the oil It May Bo tho Moans of Securing Sirs. Maybrlok’s Pardon. London, Sopt. I,—A tangible resnlt of the recent visit to Mrs. Florence May- briok at Aylesbury prison of Dr. Clark Boll was the discovery of a hitherto un known letter from the Into Bnron Rub- soil of Killoween, lord chief justice of England, to Mrs. Mnybriok reaffirming his belief in Ills client's innocoiioo aud vigorously declaring his oonvlotion that she had beon unfairly condemned. This lottor has slneo beon mado the basis for a now memorial praying for Mrs. May brlok’s roloaBo, and so strong is Mr. Boll's beltof iu the force of this docu ment that a copy of it has boen sont per sonally to Sir Matthow White Ridley, soorotary of stato for tho homo dopart- -ty- - ■■■I ... w „ HUB. All that could be asoortaiuod along tho ; ment, at Ills sumraor homo In Narthum, lino of battlo was that fifty angry ne groes,^sqmo of whom had boon p'artnk- blind tiger liquor, wero bent on __ ug another negro who had also boen imbibing whisky froni a Suuday blind tiger. . The polloo arrived on the soone In time to prevent sorious trouble. Tho negro, whoso name Is Clemons, stated borland, nooompanlod by tho 'request that ho glvo his oarllost consideration. Dr. Bell started for the continent to day moro than satisfied with tho olfoats of his visit to England. Ho has not only snoooodedln seeing his aliont for tho first thno slnoo hor lncarooratiou, hat has since soourod for Mrs. Maybriok an audienoo with hor mother (Baroness Do- when rosouod by the poUoe, that tho ‘ Roques). The discovery of tho Russoll row resulted from his rofusal to pay for a drink of .whisky at a blind tiger. DIVIDEND OF 3 1-4 PER CENT. Holders of First Proforred Income Bonds to Get $180,000. Savannah, Aug. 80.—Tho directors of the Control of Goorgla Railway com pany havo deolarod a dividond of 8 per cent on the first preferred inoome bonds, payable Oot. 1, lottor is regarded as important, not bo- canso many pooplo doubted his sluoorlty, but booanso It is conohod iu suoh terms as to proolndo any question of his belief that Bho was unfairly tried. Mrs. May-, briok’s frlouds say Dr. Clark Bell feels the mysterious influence of- opposition somowhoro which hinders a successful result. Tho Into Mr. Bayard ovldoutly felt this whou ho deolarod tho oaso had reaohod tho ond of diplomacy, aud sub sequent ambassadors also met It. Bat many recent evidences of louiouoy to- mm«.»».«»4h* • and tho amount of this dividond is 9189,- j 000, to be paid out of the earnings of tho ' Central for the past flsoal year. : A resolution was passed confirming the notion of tho finanoial board to with draw 980,000 of the consolidated 5 por cent bonds of the Central railway to pay ; certain oharges against the oapital ac count for lmprovomonts and better- bo prolonged. Valuable Coal Lands PurohiiBcd. Knoxville, Sopt. 1.—Tho Virginia Iron, Coal nud Ooko comp/my has just dosed a deal with tho Dunn Coat Laud company for 8,500 aoros of ooal lauds near Ooeburu, Va. TUo prloo paid is 825,000, . , . .i . , . of which amount 810,000 is oash. Tho *2S®K*,XS! 1 * ? hla i y»‘5 e 5 Ooeburu property is Bald to bo one of 8200,000 of the 82,000,000 sot aside fqr ^ho most vnluablo coal deposits in south bettermeutB that has boon withdrawn. — ■ A sale of 8100,000 worth of first pre ferred bonds of the Ooutral is roporto- from New York. Thoy wero sold to a Savannah account at from 42>£ to 44. ROUSE HELD FOR ASSAULT. COLONEL GIRARD ANNOYED. Anderson Young Kills Ida Carter aud Wounds IIls Wife. Savannah,Sept. 1.—And orson Young, a negro, has been arrested for the mur der of Ida Carter and for an assault with intent to murder his wife, who was shot during the%ielee. The. quar rel started over some root medioine, which Young’s wife purohased from a herb dootor. Ho took the medioine from her, and when she tried to recover it, ho fired at her. She ran down stairs into the Car- tor woman’s room, Young following, still firing his pistol. Tho Oartor. wo man was killed and his wife was shot twice. t He Claims That Captain Crenshaw Was Given Every Attention. San Francisco, Aug. 80. — Colonel Girard, commanding officer of the gen eral hospital, is much annoyed at the re-1 ports published regarding the accusa tions of Captain Crenshaw, who died at Atlanta last Tuesday. Crenshaw made ah ante-mortem statement, saying that bp had reoeivod Uut little treatment at the general hospital while suffering from a serious gnu shot wouud. Colonel Girard said: “I am at a Joss to understand why Captain Crenshaw should mnkp suoh a statement. He hud a female and male nurse in attendance all the time nud re ceived every attention possible.” haymans burned to death One Man Perished Whllo Another Had a Nurrow Escape. Savannah, Aug. 81.—A dispatch from Ways Station gives on account of the burning of tho store of W. G. Sutton yesterday morning aud the cremation of his clerk. D. L Haymans. Haymans slept over the store with the telegraph operator, and could not escape whou the store was found to he on fire. Tho telegraph oporator barely oscapod. Will Be Investigated. Washington, Aug. 80.—Surgeon Gen eral Sternberg, to whom all complaints of ill treatment of wounded soldiers ore made, states that no complaint^ has reaohed the department as to the al^ed iU treatment of Captain F. D. Oreni which is said to havo caused his death, If any complaint is made he promises that it will receive tho careful consider ation of the war department. Negro Murderer Hangt- MrB. Mayes Suicides. Valdosta, Ga., Sept. 1.—Mrs. Anue Day Mayes of Atlanta committed sui- oip’e here. Despondenoy from the fail ure of her play, “Bibi,’’ is assigned!® the reason of her act. r J tho cause of her death, and''the oxomplary punishment of tho officials, deeming indemnity nud inhor promlsos of new treaties iuado- luato. Undoubtedly the Information of .ne massacre of foreigners reoontly re ceived inflames this sentiment. Missionaries Put to Douth. The dowager empress is living iu the yamen at Tai Yuan Fu, in Shan SL prov- luco. Fifty missionaries havo been slaughtered in that, yaraou under ordors, practically in tho presemjo of tho vice roy. Three wore boheiidod in the inner ooiirt and others wero killed barbarously in the yards. The bodies wore thrown to theaogs. It is learned from official sources that several Amorlcan women missionaries have boon killed. At the request of the mission board the details were withheld out of regard for tho feelings of the velativos of the murdered women. American Women Outrngod. Two of these women were captnrod while attempting to lcavo the stations where thev were located, were led about the country naked, repeatedly outraged, and finally killed by a method too re volting to bo described. Two other American women wero coming to the oeast with a party which a number of Qhinamen followed and Btoned. Tho women fell exhausted and were taken by the Chinamen into tho presence of the local officials. They wore prostrated upon tho execution blook and a feint was made of their bo- ing beheaded. One of thorn became hys terical and laughed, and, thinking her insane, the Chinese escorted her to the coast because of their superstition ro-. gardiug the insane. On tho journey, however, the woman was repeatedly criminally assaulted by hor escort, the other woman being exhibited naked for some days, suffering assault by sovoral’ men and tortured to death by the same shameful methods as wero pmotioe'd in other cases. Swrdl-l) Wombn Al-o Tortured. Ho Is Arrostcd at Savannah For Out raging a Whtto Girl. Savannah, Sept. 8.—B. J. Ronse, a white man from Sylvnuia, has beon ar rested bore oharged with criminally as saulting Bessie Lewis, a 17-year-old whito girl from Oyolono, Screven coun ty. The girl, who is tho dough tor of poor hut rospootable parents, was sent to Savannah iu chr-go of a negro wo man, who was given 810 to pay for board. Tho girl was sont here to re ceive medical treatment. Tho negr< woman betrayed her trust. Rouse took tho girl out riding with him aud it is stated that upon their return he as saulted the girl. Rouso and tho negro woman wore ar rested. Rouso ndmtttod having at tempted an assault. west Virginia. Plaguo Continues to Spread. Glasgow, Sept. 8.—Tho area infooted with bubonic plaguo has spread to Go- van, ou tly> left hank of tho Clyde. A boy died there Saturday ahd today tho modioal authorities cortlflod that bo was a viotlm of tho disease. Three addi tional suspootod casos of tbo plaguo have been reported iu the otty. Firebugs Arrested. Savannah, Sopt. 8.—City Dotootive John Gnrrity of this olty has just re turned from Estill, S. O., where he ar rested two negroes who aro oharged with having sot fire to that town. Both men, Garrity states, havo confessed and arerin jail at Estill. Guld Ki-oiii Alaska. Seattle,Wash., Sept. 8.—The steamer Olty of Seattle has arrived from Skag- way with 9700,000 In Alaskan gold. extraordinary incident. HE JUMPED FROM THE TRAIN. To Kscapo Arrest a Negro Takes n Frightful Leap—Neck Dislocated. West Point, Go., Aug. 30. — Tom Rawls, a uogro passenger on tho excur sion' train from Montgomery to Atlanta, happoned to a serious accident about !) miles below hero, by jumping.from tin- train ou tho'WoHteru of Alabama rail road, whilo it was running about oi miles an hour. Ho landed on his hum. In mud 48 feet from the traok, dllocat ing his ueok. It was reported to Deputy Sheriff J H. Pe te that Tom was running a pooki blind tiger ou the train, and. before tit deputy could make tho arrest Tom made for the rear of tho train and leaped from the platform. Laudanum was Killed by Lightning. Douglas, Ga. Sept. 8.—The son of D. W. Gaskins, clerk of the superior court, was killed by lightning which struck tho family residence. Considerable dam age was done the building. s$nm Robinson lluugcd Marietta, Ga., Sopt. 1.—Sam Bobin- Fort. Worth, 'Tex., Sept. 8.—Enoch I BQ1 ^ ttle neg ro who outraged Mrs. Inner - Moss, a negro, was legally oxeouted at iu ^ 00 uuty, was hanged today at Bastrop this morning. In July last noou There was no trouble of any Moss killed Neal Lane, q white man. kind, riddling his body with budlsshot. — ‘ Two Swedish missionary women ar- ! rived at Shanghai after similar experi ences, except that their lives were spared. The 14 English missionaries, includ ing six women aud four children, who wero murdered nt Ohu-Uhau, in the province of Che Kiaug, according to the story of the Spanish priest who escaped, were killed with hayforks aud anoienr spears by the magistrate’s bodyguard, an-' -heir nuked bodies wero hanged from trees. ' Pine Lumber Shipments. Savannah, Sept. 8.—Millions of feet I of southorn pine timber is finding it- 1 way to foreign ports now, almost in th- j rough state. Vast quantities of thi. timber are boing brought to Savannah in' regular tows built like rafts, and here I it is loaded.. The tug Neptune has just. ! brought iu 1,000,000 feet of timber from ! Darion. The tow comprised seven raft composed of 1,000 heavy stioks of timber. Tramp stoamors take largo quantities o suoh timber as deck loads, aud the in dustry is rapidly growing. Forty-SIxih Ohio Returns Hattie Flags of tho Thirtieth Louisiana. Oolumiius, O., Sept. 4.—Au incident out of the ordinary ooourrod at tbo re- imlon of tho Forty-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry nt Washington, a suburb of Oolnmbns, today. The colors of the Thirtieth Louisiana regiment were re turned to a commit too of the survivors of that old organization. Tho flags were captured nt Ezra courthouse, just out side of Atlanta, during the war of the rebellion and have been In the relio room of tho state capitol here for inauy years. \ Today, during the romiioti, Judge David Pugh made au address and turned tho flags over to a committee composed of Shepherd D. Harris, John A. Landry anti James H. Browu of New Orleans.. Governor Nush wits present and partici pated iu the exercises. NEW LAW IS NOW EFFECTIVE. Govei-iiiiinnt.ls Restrained. Non-Members or tho Cotton Exchange Musi Pay Commissions. New York, Sopt. 4.—The new cotton commission law recently adopted by the Cotton Exchange went into practical offoct today. Tho law was to' become opomtivo on Sept. 1, but as that day was made nn extra -holiday and yester day was labor day, tho new rule is really In force from today. The law, iu substauoe, makes it oblig- ViNtiA, I. T., Sopt. 4.—In tho Unlto'd a tory on tho part of brokers and com- States court tho jtidgo rendered a dooi- mission houses charging those not mem- sion in *0 pns° of W. O Rogers against bers ofjlm exchange George Wnghfc, and others, officers in roull( j turn iu the purchase aud salo of the interior department, restraining the ooutrauts of 100 bales each, secretary of the interior eroni enforcing Thc-e incidents make a lenient polioy the'coHection of tho n-ib.,1 tax iu tHu uni-opultir i.. Shanghai, whore all tbo 1 Chcx.ol.-ee wit-jon- W- O. Rogers is n victims hml friends. merchant and lias largo stores at throo • Piccards were posted to-lay in public places in tho Cherokee nation. The pin.- -it exhorting forei::- era to oppose a tribe! law provides t\mt onch citizen of cor-pr,-mis- with the ::.-vr«imoi:t and tite'Cherokee nation selling morohan- attiicUiug Li Hung Ui.inig. quoting the l dise shall pay a tax of one-fourth of I ------ ■ - . „ . remark to Consul Gouduow credited to 1 pel - oen t of all invoices of goods received trial of tho negro rapist who is oounuea Earl Li that "the foreigners in Peking, by him for salo in tho Cherokee nation, in jail at this fclace except the ministers, were of no. go- Nogroos Demand Trial. Leesburg, Ga., Aug. 80.—A commit tee of negro citizens of this county waited on Justlco McBride nud Sheriff Martin and demanded the immodiato