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initial steps
TO END WAR
l„ r Good Offices are Being
Secret!)' Sought by Kroger.
PROPOSITION a delicate one
l
Negotiations are Being Carried On
Through Our Representative
at Pretoria.
A Washington special says: There
ifi reason to believe that the United
states government ia using its good
offices to restore peace between Great
Britain and the South African Re
publics.
presidents Kruger and Steyn have
appealed to this government, asking
that it act as intermediary to the end
that peace in South Africa may be se
cured. That appeal was sent to the
president through the American rep
resentative at Pretoria, Adelbert Hay,
and the understanding here is that
Ambassador Choate has already laid
the appeal before the British foreign
office. So far as is known, no reply has
yet reached Washington.
Great Britain’s answer to such sug
gestions on our part will in all likeli
hood be of the same nature as Presi
dent McKinley’s diplomatic reply to
the suggestions of the ambassadors,
headed by Lord Pauucefote, upon the
occasion of that historic visit to the
white house during the progress of the
war with Spain, when the president
reminded the ambassadors that this
country was not forgetting its duty to
humanity. The president’s reply, it
will be recalled, was exceedingly di
plomatic, but it meant that the matter
we then had in hand would be dis
posed of in our own way and without
the assistance or the interference of
anybody else.
In all probability such will be the
reply —in effect —of the British for
eign office to this suggestion of the
American ambassador. There will be
nothing offensive in the reply, nor is
there anything offensive in the action
of this government in acting as the
agent through which the request of
the South African government is con
veyed to England. This is not at all
the same thing as the voluntary offer
of mediation coming from this govern
ment. Such an offer would mean in
truding upon a neighbor’s affairs
"here we had no business to intrude,
and would bo considered by England
as offensive and unfriendly.
President McKinley has all the time
taken the position that no such step
wouid be taken—that there would be
no offer of mediation unless the re
quest came from both governments.
Ibis action in carrying the request of
the weaker party to the death straggle
in Africa to the stronger is on an en
tirely different piano, however, and
give no offense.
It can bo stated on authority, in
“‘ 3 connection, that so far as this
government is concerned there will be
no concert of powers in any represen
ations made to Great Britain. If
° 'ter powers are discussing among
frasel ves whether they should join
a ' J ' tell England to quit, they must
COUDt the United States out. This
government will take no part in any
Uc ' a ®t e P any more than it would vol
, -tarily in and independently in
,,rm England that she must quit.
cable dispatch from the Hague
I s - It is learned from a reliable
*oorce that President Kruger, through
-■ consuls at Pretoria, has appealed
J e intervention of the great pow
3in the Transvaal war and has also
p.pealed to the governments of Bel
■“in, Holland and Switzerland.
Is BUBONIC PLAWUE.
( *> ln #town In San Francisco
.°** Th t Scourge Has Reached Us.
ashington special says: The
ar ' ne hospital service dispatches
- ay night confirm the diagnosis
of thp .
San P reC6n * case Chinatown in
I nn „,. ranc isco as bubonic plague.
den atl ° n * u ra * a a monkey
Caft ' u ' ira te that it is a genuine plague
CONSPIRACY CASE
1 p For Trial y United State*
re. foart In Savannah.
D ' A '. T y son n< * others,
mails ; nta CoD9 P ir acy in using the
fr 4Q( ] n Pursuance of a scheme to de-
Statto " as ta k en op in the United
day :. COUrt iu Savannah, Ga., Mon
*as ' , r ; r T ng ' ‘^ mo8 t as soon as-it
to the i fe j attorue y s filed a demurrer
ot„ir n - Ctm . eilt olaioaingthat it aval
dea Ce 1 T? 1 * n * aw l^at no ey i‘
the trJiu a P r °fioced to show that
l ,Qr pose JS een use d for fraudulent
meat T i A^er listening to argu
the dn, U ' En3or y Speer overruled
trial. *^ Urrer autl ordered the case to
“PEGLEG” AGAIN ARRESTED.
Alleged Labor Agent Is Having rienty
of Trouble On Hand.
An Atlanta dispatch says: It. A.
Williams, better known as “Peleg”
Williams, the man who has been in so
much trouble about sending negro
emigrants westward, has again been
arrested on the same old charge of
hiring negro labor for emigration with
out a state license.
There is also a warrant for Williams
from South Carolina, and still another
warrant which is in the hands of the
sheriff of Fulton county.
Chief Manly, of Atlanta, received a
warrant for Williams several days ago
from South Carolina, but Williams
was not in the city and the warrant
was temporarily pigeon-holed.
Saturday a warrant came to the po
lice authorities from Athens, Ga. Sun
day morning Officer Hill found Wil
liams just as he stepped from a train
at the depot, and the alleged labor
agent was arrested and locked up at
the police barracks.
Later in the day the prisoner was
turned over to the county officials, the
sheriff having a warrant for him.
In the meantime the South Carolina
warrant was brought to light, and
Williams now has three new charges
for labor hiring to answer to.
Williams was arrested on a warrant
in South Carolina last summer, and he
got out of that scrape in some way and
came to Georgia. He was arrested on
the charge of hiring negroes in Morgan
county. The case went against him,
and he gave bond and took au appeal.
He was again arrested in Greene
county and gave bond, the case being
postponed to await a decision by the
supreme court in the Morgan county
case.
The prisoner is charged with em
ploying squads of negroes for planta
tions in Mississippi nud Arkansas.
There is a state law in Georgia, he
states, which makes it necessary for a
labor agent to have a SSOO license for
each county in which he operates.
This he considers prohibitory and
unconstitutional. He has appealed
his case on the ground that the law
is not constitutional and that he can
no more be taxe<J than any railroad
agent.
Williams does not admit that he is
working for the owners of the western
farms, where the negro labor is want
ed, but states that he is employed by
the railroads, on a salary, to induce
emigrants to travel over certain routes.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Various New Industries Established
the Fast week.
The more important of new enter
prises reported during the past week
include brick works in Teunessee and
Texas; a bridge construction company
in West Virginia; coal mines in Texas;
two cottony-mills in Georgia, one in
North Carolina, three in South Caro
i lina, two in Teunessee and one in
Texas; one cotton seed oil mill each iv
Alabama and Texas, and two each in
Georgia and Mississippi; a cracker
factory in Alabama ; a §300,000 electric
light and power plant in Virginia; an
| engine and machine works in West
Virginia; flouring mills in Georgia and
Tennessee; two furniture factories in
North Carolina and one in South
Carolina; a grain elevator in Ken
tucky; hardware companies in Louis
ana and Tennessee; ice and cold stor
age companies in Kentucky and North
Carolina; iron ore mines in Alabama
and Georgia; an irrigation company in
east Texas; lumber mills iu Alabama,
Florida and Tennessee; planing mills
in Alabama and North Carolina; a
plaster company in West Virginia;
sandstone quarries in Texas; a stave
factory in West Virginia; telephone
companies in Alabama and the Caro
linas; a tobacco factory in North Car
olina; aBIOO,OOO waterpower company
in Georgia; zinc mines in Arkansas.—
Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
FROM CHAPEL TO GRAVE.
Goebel’s Body Is Consigned to £art)a In
Frankfort Cemetery.
Monday evening the remains of
Governor William Goebel were taken
from the chapel at Frankfort, where
they have been under guard since
February Bth, and buried in the plot
of ground west of the chapel on the
hill overlooking the Kentucky river.
The services were brief, consisting
simply of prayer and singing. Mem
bers of the legislature attended iu a
body. Memorial services were held
in both houses of the legislature dur
ing the day.
FRENCH AT BLOEMFONTEIN.
Vacoe Dispatches Canto Much Excite*
ment In London Town.
Advices of Tuesday afternoon from
London stated that General French,
with his entire army, had reached
Bloemfontein, capital of the Orange
Free State.
Nothing more can be said of the ad
vance on Bloemfontein beyond Lord
Roberts’ own dispatches. Nothing
more has been permitted to come
through. Doubtless Lord Roberts
himself is fully occupied with military
operations. “General French has ar
rived at Bloemenfontein” probably
does not mean that he has entered the
city.
I Could
Hardly
Breathe
"I had a terrible cold and
could hardly breathe. I then
tried Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral
and it gave me immediate relief.
I don't believe there is a cough
remedy in the world anywhere
near as good."—W. C. Layton,
Sidell, 111., May 29,1899.
Cures
Night Colds
How will your cough he
tonight ? Worse, probably.
For it s first a cold, then a cough,
then bronchitis or pneumonia,
and at last consumption. Coughs
always tend downward. It’s
first the throat and then the
lungs. They don’t naturally
tend to get well. You have
to help Nature a little.
You can step this downward
tendency any time by taking
Aver’s Cherry Pectoral. Then
take it tonight. You will cough
less and sleep better, and by
tomorrow at this time you will
he greatly improved.
You can get a email bottle of Ayer’s
Cherry Pectoral, new, for 25 cents. For
hard coughs, bronchitis, asthma, and tho
croup, tho 60 cent size is better. For
chronio cases, as consumption, and to
keep on hand, the €I.OO size is most
economical.
Money in lullabies.
Anew Industry Is that of lullaby
singing. Young women who are study
ing vocal music very often turn their
growing talent to small account, at
least, by going to nurseries two or
three times ft week to sing to the chil
dren at bedtime hour soft, crooning
lullabies. It is in households, of course,
where the mother has no singing voice,
and who believes in the influence of
sweet and correct singing on the de
veloping ear of the child. This may
seem the exaggeration of detail, but
in these days it is the trifles that are
considered iu their bearing upon the
iarge results.
New York and Chicago.
“Some day,” we ventured to pre
dict, “a man will be able to go to
sleep in Chicago and wake up in New
York!"
“Do you really suppose Cbicago
will ever get to be *o quiet as that?”
faltered the Chicago man in evident
concern.
It requires no experience to dye with Tut
kau Fadeless Dies. Simply boiling your
goods in the dye is all that’s necessary, Sold
by all druggists.
Nature As an Inkmaker.
In Alpeiia there is a river of ink. It is
formed by the union of two streams, one
coming from a region of iron ore, the other
drain ng a peat swamp. The water of the
former is impregiiatM(| with iron, that of the
latter with gallic acid. When the two mingle,
the acid with the iron forms a true ink,
Ccn't Tctaccc Spit and Smoke Your Lite Away.
To quit tobacco er.siiy and forever, be mag
netic, full Of life, nerve and vigo". take No-To-
Tao, tho wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 50c or sl. Cure guaran
teed. Booklet and sample /roe. Address
Sterling liemedy Cos., Chicago or New York.
lYomjn suffer more from disappointment
than men, beoluse they have more of faith
and are naturally more credulous.—Mar
guerite de Valois.
To Cure a Cold in Olio Day.
Take Laxative Bromo QciNrvn Tablets. All
druggi-ts refund the m ney if it falls to cure.
i£. W. Crovk's signature is on each box. 25c.
Primitive Woes.
Lillian—What rwful. awful hardships cur
forefathers must havo experienced.
Blanche—Yes; Just think, they didn’t have
olives.
How Are Tour Kidneys
Dr. Hobbs' Sparagus Pills cure ail kidney ills. Bane
pie free. Add. Sterling Remedy Cos., Chicago or N. V.
Ambition has but one reward for all—a lit
tle power, alittle transient fame, a crave to
rest in, and a fading name.— William Winter.
Vitality low, debilitated orexhaasted cured
by I)r. Kline's Invigorating Tonic. Frrr $1
trial bottle for 2woeks’ treatment. Dr. Kline,
Ld., 931 Arch St., Phlladeipha. Founded 1871.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gutns, reduces Inflamma
tion. allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle.
Woman and War.
Mr. Simplon—So you are not steadfastly
for either Boer or British?
Mrs. Simpson—No, indeed! I'm going to
sympathize with either side. Just as they hap
pen to need It. —Indianapolis Journal.
To Cure Constipation Forever.
TakeCascarets( ondy Cathartic. 10c or 25c.
If C. C.t, tail tocure. drugglMsrefuiidmoney.
Puzzling Exceptions.
Folk tell us, "Don't procrastinate -
The prompt m .n holds the key to fate;”
Like all advice, this hea-'s revision
Once late, 1 mhsed a hid collision.
—Detroit Free P.tee
wm,
A Northern Publisher With Sense.
From New York Town Topics.]
A society has been formed at Mont
gomery, Ala., with Colonel Francis
G. Caffey as chairman, that deserves
the cordial commendation and support
of all sections of the country. It pro
poses to hold annual conferences to
discuss the race problems of the south,
such as the franchise, the education
of the negro, religious work and so
cial order and equality. The society
has no theories; its directors are di
vided in opinion upon most of the
problems; it invites the fullest and
freest discussion in order to get at
the truth. lam glad to know that my
life-long contention, that the southern
people are best fitted by knowledge
and experience to deal with their own
difficulties, is now conceded. North
ern interference, even with the best
motives, can accomplish nothing,
because of ignorance of the real
conditions. The south must work
out its own salvation, and 1 believe
that its people are intelligent and con
scientious enough to do it grandly.
At the Front.
He was a newspaper man. “Late
war news kept me down town,” he
stammered as he entered the bouse at
5:30 a. m.
“Humph!” replied his wife. “Well
we’ll make a little more war news
right here for a late edition.”
And the battle was on.
Beauty Is Blood Deep.
Clei.ii blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep It clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets, —beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 60c.
One Drawback. ,
Bobba— Wish 1 could live as long as Methuse
lah did.
Dobbs—Oh. Id n’t know. Think of having
to go through nine of these end of-the-century
discussions.
8100 Reward. 8100.
The readers of this paper will be pleaded to
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages, and that is < 'atarrh. Hall’s Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being acon
stitutional disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nslly, acting directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of thesystem, thereby destroy
ing the foundation of.the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the con
stitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have somuch faith in
its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollar- for any case that it fails tocure.
Send for list of testimonials. Add ress
F. J. Cheney & Cos., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial.
Is a virtue which he alone who can practice
it himself can willingly believe in another. —
Colton.
Educate Your Bowels AVltli Csneureti.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever,
lie. lihc. 11 C.C. C. fall, drugglbtsrefund money.
It is with books as with men; a very small
number play a great part; the rest are con
founded with the multitude.—Voltaire.
Piso’s Cure Is a wonderful Cough medicine.
—Mrs. W. Pickeut, Van Sielen and Blake
Aves.. Brooklj n, N. Y., Oct. 28.1834.
Includin'; Our Own.
She —When the papers speak of the lower
branch of congress what do they mean?
Ho-It’s pretty hard to say Just now. Some
of the peoplo In the senate are low enough.
PR. BULLS COUGH SYRUP
Cures a Couglt or Cold at once,
Conquers Croup v/ithout fall.
Is the best for Bronchitis, Grimje,
Hoarseness, Whooping-Cough, ana
for the cure of Consumption.
Mothers praise it. Doctors prescribe it.
Small doses; quick, sure results.
SAFE
. FOR ALE LUNthTROUBLE
TYPEWRITERS.
Write for our bargain list.
Rebuilt machines good av new
(for work.) cheap. Machines shipped
for examination. Largest, best
and cheapest stock in the country.
We rent typewriters.
IHG TV?EWHITER EXCHANGE,
HOH North 9 h St..
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Most uikidof potato on earth !
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z 9r‘ EttiiUot Sir Weeks’ Potato. i
Ij&rgmt farm and vegetable JjFTjX* Wi
growcTslu U.H. Potatoes, f I.2band
up % bbl. Hend this notice and oc. ,
•tai&p fsr Big Catalog
JOHN A.SALZER SEED S-IA CROSSCwis
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cams. Koo Sol testimoD's n sad 111 day a’ tremtms it
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THP RPST FIVE ‘ cent
I IIL DLO I SMOKING
Tobacco on Earth is
NOT in the TRUST
' TOP
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over twenty years, and 1 cun say that Ouscarota
have given me more re lief than any other reme
dy 1 have ever tried. I shall certainly recom
mend them to my friends as being all they are
represented.” Thus CliiXAnn, Elgin, ILL
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OTASH gives color,
flavor and firmness to
all fruits. No good fruit
can be raised without
Potash.
Fertilizers containing at least
8 to io% of Potash will give
best results on all fruits. Write
for our pamphlets, which ought
to be in every farmer’s library.
They are sent free.
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
93 Nassau St., New York.
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: © FOR 14 CENTS
I Wo wish to gain this year 200/80
new customer*, and hence oner
,&2s3& K Hkg City Garden Beet. . He
1 ' Pkg Earl’st KmeraldCucnmberlßc
i 1* 1 " La Oroese Market I.sttuco. 100
' TO Irkuf 1 " Strawberry Melon, Ho
1 HmF 1 " Lj Da/ Radish, ICO
llivtV l fifl* 1 " Early Ripe Cabbags, loc
I I * Early Dinner Onion, 10e
C 1 FWi/f * " Brilliant Flower Seeds, 10c
I PTWWI Worth 1.00, Tor 14 cents. fTui
• I yM Abovo 10 rkgs. worth SLOO, we will
I Eft 181 mail you free, together with our
i Hil KM great Catalog, telling all about
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US H upon receipt of this notice A |4c,
'll KM stamps. W invito yonr trade, and
IRR Efl-l know when yon once try Mat r.fr’e
1 you will never do without.
I nuflWWeJiHt Prisoson Sslr.er'e IWUO-rsr-
I *st ssrlieetTomato Giant on earth, t -
! JOHB A. BA 1,7,EH StD CO., LA CHOUSE, IH.
W. L. DOUGLAS
S3 & 3.50 SHOES
Srth $4 to $6 compared
with other makes. M m
Indorsed by over Aj. 9
1.000,000 wearers. tSt 32
he genuine have W. L. P 7 Yn
ougias’ name and price l ' y
amped on bottom. Take AbP*® jt y
) substitute claimed to be
i good. Your dealer iKkt
hould keep them —
lot, we will send a pairßM/nfcL..■ iv V&b
i receipt of price and 25c. Tkz'j/
tra for carriage. State kind of leather,
:e, and width, plain or cap toe. Cat. free.
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if they have not sold their additional homestead
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