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THE CO UR ANT AMERICAN.
V()L- NX.
Serous
IDE! IDEAS
yyill Be Introduced in China as
Result of Negotiations.
aB 3UT INDEMNITY REQUIRED.
,t Will Amount to an Enormous
Sum-How It will be Financed-
Economic Reform.
New York, Nov. 12.—'The open
jug of the interior of China to mod
ern civilization is regarded at
Washington, says a Journal and
Advertiser special, as a probable
outcomeof the present negotiations
between China and the powers.
While the details are being left
to the ministers at Pekin in order
to secure a basis of agreement, the
information which is reaching the
state department and the various
representatives of the*p° wers in
Washington, indicates that several
important steps will probably be
taken in the negotiations now go
ing on which will tend to make
easier the adpption of modern
economic ideas in the celestial em-
pire.
The steps to be taken turn to a
considerable extent upon the ques
tion of the payment of the indem
nity. An effort is being made by
the United States supported by the
other liberal powers, to check the
excessive demands and limit the!'
money payment to the actual dam
ages suffered b£ the powers with
their citizens and subjects during
the recent troubles.
Notwithstanding this policy of
moderation, the amount to be ask
ed of China by all the powers will
be considerable —say $100,000,000
or 200,000,000. It may be possible
to accept the principal in bonds,
but these bonds will not find a
ready market unless the interest is
secured in some effective manner,
and it is understood, tacitly at
least, that the support of the civil
ized powers will be given for its
payment in case of default on the
part of the Chinese imperial gov
ernment.
It is felt, both by the Chinese
liberals at home, and by the rep
resentatives of some of the powers,
that it is not wise nor practicable
to force reforms upon the whole of
China with a rapidity which might
lead to fresh outbreaks among the
ignorant masses, like those which
have recently aroused them against
the “foreign devils.”
It is hoped, in view of the rep
resentations which are reaching
the state department, that the Chi
nese imperial government w ill adopt
a policy which will extei.d eco
nomic reform and open the interior
of China to the commerce of the
civilized powers as rapidly as ad
vantage can be taken of such op
portuuity.
SEA GIVES UP ITS DEAD-
Twenty-Five Bodies Are Recover
ed From Wreck of the Steamer.
Yarmouth, N. S., Nov. 11. —
The shore of tnis connty for ten
miles east and west of this county
for ten miles east and west is
strewn with the wreckage of the
hull and cargo of the steamer city
of Monticello. which foundered
Saturday morning, and twenty-five
bodies ot victims of the disaster
have been recovered from the sea.
which is still raging with terrific
fury.
Many people have assembled at
Rockville, near where the first body
came ashore, and numerous rela
tives of members of the crew, who
nearly all belonged to points on
have arrived to identify
the dead
The bodies were arranged in a
room in the public hall and Coroner
Fuller, who held an inquest, gave
an opinion of accidental drowning.
A:1 the bodies are terribly battered.
The first body was found at day
bght, when the zinc lifeboat, which
Was supposed by the survivors of
fhe first boat to have been swamp
ecL was discovered on the shore. A
Rw,- yards distant were the bodies
ri Eldridge, a passenger; S-econd
Engineer Poole, Mr. Fripp, a trav
er f° r McGee & Sons, of St.
Johns, and the body of a seaman.
AH tour had life belts around them.
t short intervals along the beach
!t even bodies were found making
te en discovered up to noon today.
. *’ev had all evidently come ashore
in tne lifeboat and were killed on
diking the beach, not one escap-
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1)00.
GREAT CIS
FOR REW SHIPS.
Most Powerful in the World to be
Tested This Week-
SOME NEW COALING STATIONS
Are to Be Established on the Coast
of Maine and Massachusetts.
Purchases Made.
New York, Nov. 12. —Two na
val guns, the most poweiful of
their respective calibres in the
world, will be tested this week at
the Indian Head proving grounds,
says a Washington dispatch to the
Herald.
One of these weapons is 12 inches
and the other is 6 inches in cali
bre. They are intended for the
monitors of the Arkansas class and
the battleships, armored cruisers
and protected cruisers under con
struction and projected.
Both guns were built in the na
val gun factory in the Washing
ton navy yard, under plans passed
b> Rear Admiral O’Neill, chief of
the bureau of ordinance.
The approximate amount of
smokeless powder required for
each charge of the 12-inch gun is
400 pounds. The projectile weighs
850 pounds. Rear Admiral O’Neill
estimates that the muzzle velocity
will reach, if it does not exceed,
2.800 feet a second, and the energy
is estimated at 46,442 foot tons. A
shell fired by this gun will perfo
rate 23.5 inches of Harveyized steel
and 20.4 inches of Krupp steel. By
using capped projectiles a still
greatei thickness of Krupp armor
can be perforated.
The latest 12-inch gun built
abroad has only produced a maxi
mum velocity of 2,600 feet a second
at its muzzle. The 13-inch gun
now on board the Oregon and oth
er battleships of her class, has a
maximum velocity of 2,300 feet a
second with smokeless powder.
Rear Admiral Bradford, chiei of
the bureau of equipment,
timate in his forthcoming annual
report for SBOO,OOO for the con
struction of the new coaling sta
tions. He has awarded a New
York firm a contract for construct
ing a coaling station at French
men’s Bay, Maine. His station
will accommodate 12,000 tons of
coal. He has concluded negotia
tions for the purchase of a site tor
a coaling station in Narragansett
Bay, obtaining a tract of 148 acres
possessing a water front of three
quarters of a mile. The price paid
for the laud was $35,00.
ATTEMPTED ASSAULT.
Charles Brooks a White Man. Ar
rested on Serious Charge.
Deputy Sheriff Warren Tinsley
last Monday afternoon arrested
Charles Brooks, a white man, in
the neighborhood of Emerson, at
the instance of Rev. D. M. Turner,
a Primitive Baptist preacher,whose
little daughter Brooks attempted
to assault.
Brooks was traveling the road
from Emerson by the C. M. Jones
farm afoot, about nine o’clock in
tne morning, when he saw in front
of him in the road a negro woman
named Lula Hawkins. He over
took her and attempted to assault
her, when she screamed and ran
out of his reach. He then turned
back in the direction of Emerson
and soon met Miss Fannie Turner,
a thirteen-year-old white girl who
had been with her little brother
and sister to see them safe to
school, and was returning home.
lie approached the child with
demonstrations which eyidenced
his purpose and when she scream
ed and ran in affright he called to
her to stop. Her cries frightened
him and he fled into the woods.
Mr. Turner, the girl’s father, lives
at the C. M. Jones farm.
Brooks had a splendid Smith &
Wesson pistol on his person when
arrested. He is said to have come
from Cherokee county and is said
also to be a rather bad citizen.
Great indignation over his con
duct has been manifested and but
for the fact that he is believed by
some to be off his mental balance
he might have been dealt harshly
with ere this.
Brooks, it is said is a married
man, and his wife has just been
taken from Cherokee county to the
asylum.
ERE FILIPINOS
STIFF FIGHT.
* \
Will Probably Continue Guerrila
Warfare for Years-
LIKE EXTENSIVE FREEBOOTING.
Country Cannot Look for Any No
table Decrease of War Ex
pensesfor SomeTlme
New York, Nov. 12. —A special
to the Herald from Washington
says:
The higest official of the war de
partment believe the election in
the United States will have a good
effect in the Phillippines and will
lead the more sensible Filipinos to
abandon the insurrection.
At the same time the officers
look forward to a long period of
guerrilla warfare. It is realized
that the independent irresponsible
li|e of the military freebooter has
many attractions for the Filipinos,
who would rather extort tribute at
the muzzle of their rifles than work
for their living. Eyen if the insur
gents should be deprived of the
leadership of Aguinaldo. and many
of the other influential among
them, it will probably take several
years and a considerable military
force to eradicate all the wandering
bands,
Much is expected to be accom
plished by the American troops
between this time and January 1,
when the withdrawal of the volun
teers will be actively begun.
Unless congress shall so amend
the law under which the present
volunteer army enlisted as to per
mit volunteers to be discharged in
the Phillippines and subsequently
transported to the United States, it
will be necessary to begin the
homeward movement of the volun
teers by January 1, in order that
all may be mustered out in the
United States by June 30.
This necessity is regarded by
the military authorities as most
unfortunate. When only two
regiments of infantry' and a battery
of artillery were withe' 'awn for
service in China the Filipino lead
ers encouraged their followers to
believe that the United States was
abandoning the struggle. It is
feared that the withdrawal of more
than 30,000 men will lead the Fil
ipinos to believe the abandonment
of the island has begun in earnest.
Unless General MacArthur’s
pending campaign shall be attend
ed by very good results, and unless
the effect of the election in the
United States shall be all that h s
been hoped for, the country cann t
go forwarclt any immtdiat de
crease of expenditures on account of
the military and naval operations
in the Phillippines.
City Tax Books to Close-
I am ordered by the mayor and
aldermen to close the books for
collection of the City Tax for the
year 1900 on December Ist. and to
issue fi fas on all who fail to pay.
I will be at the council chamber
from 9 am. to 3 p. m., until said
date, Dec. 1,1900. Please call and
pay. S. P. Satterfield,
td. City Tax Collector.
Come to Us for
Your
Winter Shoes.
Men’s $3.00 Shoes at $2.50.
Men’s $2 00 Shoes at $1.50.
Men’s $1.25 Shoes at $1 00.
Ladies’ $2.50 Shoes at $2.00.
Ladies’ $2.00 Shoe at $1.50.
Ladies’ $1.50 Shoe at sl-25.
SEE THE NEW
Inpoved Plow Horse Collar.
FREEMAN& HALL
THOUSANDS OF
CORPSES IN RIVER.
A Large Proportion of the Cadavers
Were Women and Children-
DROWNED BY THE RUSSIANS-
Locked To*ether by Their Long
Hair, the C<*aavers Form a
Tangled Mass of Putridity.
London, Nov. 13. — The Globe
this afternoon publishes a letter
from a Belgian gentleman who has
been traveling to Pekin via the
Trans-Siberian railroad. He de
scribes, under date of Sept. 9, what
he saw on the Amur river. His
account surpasses in horror those
previously published.
“The scenes I have witnessed
during the three days since the
steamer left Blagove f chensk,” he
says, “are horribly beyond the
powers of description. It is the
closing tableau of a fearful human
tragedy. Two thousand people
were deliberately drowned at
Morxo, 2,000 at Rabe and 8,000
around Blagovetchensk, a total of
12,000 corpses encumbering the
river, among which were thousands
of women and children. Naviga
tion was all but impossible.
“Last week a boat had to plunge
her way through a tangled and
mangled mass of corpses lashed
together by their long hair. The
banks were literally covered with
coipses. In the curves of the
stream were dark, putrid smelling
masses of human flesh and bone,
surging and swaying in the steam
er’s wake and wash. The captain
vainly ordered full speed ahead.
The sight and smell will be ever
witk us.
-•‘From Blagovetchetisk to Ai
gune, forty-five kilometers, numer
ous villages had studded the bank,
with a thriving, industrous popu
lation of over 100,000. That of
Aigune was 20,000. No one wi I
ever know the number of those
who perished by shot, sword and
stream. Not a village is left. The
silence of death was around the
smoking rums of Aigune on the
right, with broken down, crumb
ling walls and shattered roofless
houses.”
To Ask for Larger Army-
Washington, Nov. 11. —Senator
Proctor, of the senate committe on
military affairs, and Adjt.-Gcn.
Corbin, of the war department,
held an informal conference with
the president yesterday relative to
the legislation to be asked of con
gress in connection with the pro
posed increase of the regular army.
‘‘Under the existing law,” said
Senator Proctor at the conclusion of
the conference, “the present
strength of the army, 65,000 regu
lars and 35,000 volunteers, will be
reduced on the first day of next
July to 27,000 regulars. Congress
will be asked by the president to
reorganize the army upon a larger
basis.
“My own judgment is that con
gress will provide a regular army
of about 55,000 or 60,000 men with
direction of the president to raise the
total to 100,000. I have no doubt
that this legislation will be enacted
at the coming session.”
ROYAL
• The Absolutely Pure
BaKing-Powder
is the baking powder r of general
use, its sale exceeding that of all
other baking powders combined, i
Royal Baking Powder has not
its counterpart at home or abroad.
Its qualities, which make the bread
morel healthful and the cake of finer
appearance and flavor, are peculiar
to itself and are not constituent
in other leavening agents.
tat efforts are made to sell alum taking
powders under the plea that they arc so may
cent* a pound cheaper than Royal. The admis
sion that they are cheaper made is an adasia
sion that they are Inferior. But alum pow
ders contain a corrosive poison and should
not be used ia food, no matter how cheap.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 100 WILLIAM BT., NEW YORK.
THE APPORTIONMENT.
The Census Figures Will be Avail*
able as a New Basia*
Washington, Nov. 13 —Director
of the Census Merriam today called
the attention of the president to
the fact that the figures on the
population of the United States
will be at the disposal of congress
for action on a reapportioument
bill.
The apportionment following
the count of the twelfth census
will become operative by law in
1903. There probably will be a
considerable increase both in the
ratio and total number of repre
sentatives under the new appor
tionment Starting with a ratio of
one to every 30,000 inhabitants
there were sixty-seven representa
tives in the first congress. The
eleventh census, in 1890, gave a
population of 62,622,250, or an in
crease of 12,500,000 in ten years.
The ratio was 173,901 people to
each representative, and the house
numbered 356 members. The ra
tio under the new census probably
will reach 200,000. With an in
crease of 13,225,464, shown by the
present census, and letting major
ity fractions of the apportionment
count for an additional member, as
has been the custom, this would
make an increase of eighteen mem
bers in the next house.
Reapportionment on this basis
would cause only four states to
lose representatives. They are
Maine and Virginia in the east and
Kansas and Nebraska in the west.
These states would lose a member
each. Any ratio smaller than 200,-
000, which would save chem their
full representation, would cause a
considerable addition to the mem
bership of the house.
Concert-
There will be a first-class con
cert at the opera house Friday eve
ning, November 23d, given by Mrs.
Simmons, of Shorter College, for
benefit of Cartersville Public Li
brary. Ten of her best pupils will
take part. Among them Miss
Worril, Miss Lavender, Mr. Will
McWilliams and others quite as
; ccor .'bed. Mrs. Simmons needs
no .Mruction, being one of the
finest teachers in the south. She
studies in Germany during vaca
tion, keeps up with the latest
methods, and takes great pains
with her pupils.
We hope a large audience will
greet-her and show their apprecia
tion of her interest in our town
library. She refuses to accept any
thing but the expenses of the trou; e
A complete programme will ap
pear in next week’s paper.
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SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES:
Proirimm* ot tho Convention at
Now OrlMnt.
The Southern Industrial Con
vention takes place in New Orleans
December 4to 9. This association
was formed to assist in the devel
opment of the southern industrial
conditions.
The programme is an exhaustive
one, and many proiuineut men
from different parts of the country
will address the convention on the
topics in which the association is
interested. Secretary Cannon will
address the convention on “The
Mississippi river and tributaries.”
Among the prominent railway offi
cials who will discuss the lelative
value of railroad facilities t > the
advancement of trade conditions
are Stuyvesant Fish, president of
the Illinois Central Railway; T£. L.
Russell, president of the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad; S. F. B. Morse,
traffic manager of the Southern
Pacific Railway, and M. V. Rich
ards of the Southern Railway Com
pany.
The mayors of several southern
cities will address the convention
on different subjects. Presidents of
many southern universities will
discuss the relation of technical
education to industrial conditions,
and the relation of the southern
press to the industrial future of
the south will be discussed by the
editors of the prominent southern
newspapers. Every subject touch
ing upon the improvement of
southern industries will be touched
upon by able speakers. Carter Har
rison, mayor of Chicago; We Tin
Fang, Chinese Minister, of Wash
ington, D. C.,are also on the pro
pramme.
Afraid of Russia.
New York, Nov. 10. —Forty-five
cotton mill owners in the south
fearing the recent war will serious
ly change trade conditions between
this country and China, have pre
pared a petition to Secretary Hay.
They fear that Russia may ob
tain possession of Manchuria and
impose such heavy duties on
American goods as to render a
withdrawal of the American inter
ests necessary.
They express approval of the
open door policy and express the
hope that the administration will
take what action it may deem
proper to maintain the protection
and perpetuity of existingcommer
cial relations with China and es
pecially as regards Manchuria.
The petition is signed by eight
een mill owners in North Carolina,
twenty-one in South Carolina, four
in Alabama, one in Georgia and
one in Maryland.
The total capital invested in the
mills is $14,364,500, total number
of looms, 31,089, and total number
of spindles 1,072,652.
NO.