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IS NOW FOR BRYAN
Bishop H. M, Turner Is Anxious
to Give Nebraskan a Trial,
HE IS DISPLEASED WITH M KINLEY
Other Prominent Cclore<l I’rtltte* Alto
Ori'lnrp Tliflr Intention In Follow
Suit—The Bishop's View*.
The Chicago Daily News in a recent
issne contained the fpllowing:
“Bishop Henry M. Turner, of At
lanta, head of tho African A. M. E.
church, and idolized leader of the col
ored race since the death of Frederfck
Douglass, has deoidotl to come out for
Bryan.
He will be attended in his conver
sion to Democracy, it is further an
nounced, by Bishops Derrick and
Grant of the same church. This state
ment was made by the Rev. J. A.
Whitman, a colored minister of At
lanta, Ga., and the personal represen
tative of Bishop Turner. Just before
the departure of ex-Govcruor Stone, of
Missouri, to the cast, the bishop sent
the vice chairman of the Democratic
natioual committee a telegram saying
that the Atlanta minister had full au
thority to speak for him.
“Anti-imperialism is said to be the
mainspring that has governed Bishop
Turner’s action in leaving the Repub
lican party in which he has grown old.
Bishops Grant and Derrick are in
fluenced more by their resentment of
the way in which they assert the ad
ministration has treated the colored
troops. They also blame McKinley
for what they call his “apathy” con
cerning iynchiugsin the south and his
alleged failure to keep a promise they
say he made them to appoint a colored
man on the labor commission.
Tho decision of Bishops Turner,
Grant and Derrick partakes of the
startling. coming as it does immedi
ately nfter the failure of the Afro-
American council in the natioual con
vention at Indianapolis to take sides
with either party. It is also signifi
cant in view of the statement of Vice- j
Chairman Henry B. l’ayue, of the Re
publican national committee, that the |
div ding of the colored vote between
the Democrats aud the Republicans
•this yavr will mean the breaking up of
the solid south, which has only been
held together for the last dozen years
by its antipathy to the colored voters
and the additional fact that practically
all colored men in the country have
been Republicans,
'‘Chairman Jones, of the Demo- 1
eratie national committee, is known to
l>e a great admirer of Bishop Turner,
and to have wide respect for his opin- j
ions, and Bishop Turner’s friends are
already asserting that the work of
corraling the colored vote for the
Democratic ticket will be intrusted to
the hands of the Georgia bishop. Thus
far in the campaign the colored Demo
crats have been in charge of J. Milton
Tnrner, of St. Louis.
“There are now three distinct factions
of colored Democrats. One is headed
by Bishop Turner. The second is led J
by ,T. Milton Turner,who has gathered
around him Frederick L. McGhee, of
M inueapolis; William A. Crosthwaite, ;
of Nashville; J. A. Sweeney, William i
Miller aud A. E. Manning of Indianap- j
olis, and Harvey A. Thompson and A.
T. Watkins, of Chicago. The third is
under the lealershipof George E. Tay
lor of Oskul.iosa, lowa, who is presi- j
dentef the Negro Natioual Democratic j
League. The support of the national '
Democratic committee, it is thought,
will install Bishop Turner as the chief j
of all the factions."
BISH P TTJBNKK TALKS.
Bishop Turner lihh modified tho
above statement somowhat, as regards
himself, by saying that politics has no
bearing upon the question whatever;
that he is disgusted with McKinley
and is in favor of giving Bryan a trial.
He deprecates the “apathy" of the
present administration toward his im
migration scheme, which,as his friends
well know, is nearest his heart, and
feels that probably the Democrats will
show more consideration for his efforts
on that line.
The bishop further states that he is
neither Republican or Democrat, iu
the common acceptation of these
terms, bnt, if anything, Le is a de
cided Prohibitionist; that his sole in
terest lies in the upbuilding, advance
ment and welfare of his r^ce.
OTIS SUCCEEDS WHEELER.
.Retirement of Alahatnlan Will Cbm
Promotion of General Chaffee.
A Washington social ways: General
■Otis ban been selected to fill the post
of commanding officer of the depart
ment of the lakes made vacant by the
retirement of Geuerat Joe Wheeler.
General Chaffee will be made a briga
dier general on General Wheeler’s re
tirement.
Germany Adheres to First Plan.
Bemi-lficially it is reaffirmed in
lin that Germany now, as heretofore,
dheros to the programme mapped out
in the circular of July 3d and then ap
proved by all the powers.
CHARITY WON THE DAY.
Impeachment of Atlanta’s Hayor
Is Stopped By City Council.
Apology and Promise.
Mayor James G. Woodward, of At
lanta, has been given another chance
to redeem himself and retain his job.
The impeachment proceedings,
which charged drunkenness, neglect
of duty and irregularity, in that he,
while drunk, signed a contract for 100
cars of coal when he should have sign
ed for only fifty, wore withdrawn fif
teen minutes before the impeachment
trial was scheduled to begin. His
apology to council was accepted, and
he is now to be mayor of Atlanta so
long ns he abstains from strong drink
and atteuds to the duties of his office.
The impeachment trial was fixed for
Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock. Short
ly before that hour Judge H. M. Reid,
of the civil branch of the city court,
who was to have presided, was notified
by City Attorney Anderson that the
trial would not be held, as the pro
ceedings had been stopped by the ac
tion of council.
All of this charity work was not ac
complished until after one of the most
interesting sessions that has been
held by the city council of Atlanta.
Some eloquent speeches were made
by tho members of that body, both
for and against the withdrawal of the
impeachment proceedings.
Following is the letter of resigna
tion signed by the mayor:
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 3, 1900.—T0
the Honorable General Council of the
City of Atlanta —Gentlemen: I here
with teuder this, my resignation, to
your honorable body and give the
same to Councilmen Rawaon and Har
well, to be banded in by them at their
discretion aud to be effective when so
transmitted to you.
J. G. Woodward, Mayor.
After the session of council, the
resignation was handed Councilmen
Dawson and Harwell, and by them it
will be tendered council when they
ileem it necessary to do so. As has
been stated, they will consider it to
the best interests of the city to tender
the resignation as soon as they have
positive knowledge that the mayor has
taken one drink of an intoxicating
beverage.
FACTIONS REACH COMPROMISE.
The Brownlnw-Ernns Muddle In Tennes
see Settled By Campaign Committee.
After a fourteen hours’ session and
exchange of propositions, the cam
paign committee of the Browulow and
Evaus factions at the meeting iu
Nashville reached a compromise short
ly after midnight Wednesday morning,
under the terms of which there is to
be but one state and electoral ticket
in the field. Under the terms of the
compromise the Evans men get tho
electors in the third, fifth, sixth aud
tenth congressional districts and one
elector for the state at large.
Both candidates for railroad com
missioner are to be withdrawn aud
W. P. Chamberlain, of Knoxville, is
to be made the nominee. W. F. Pos
ton, the Evans nominee for governor,
is to withdraw in favor of John E.
McCall, the Brownlow nominee for
governor. The Evans men will add
ten members to the Brownlow state
committee.
Evans meu get the organization in
Rutherford, Bradley, Rhea, DeKalb,
McNairy, Crockett, Gibson aud Shel
by counties, while the Brownlow side
gets the organization in White, Bed
ford, Davidson, Benton, Weakley,
Obion, Dyer, Coffee aud Putnam
counties. The Evaus state organiza
tion disbauds.
MISSING VESSEL SHOWS UP.
Transport California Reaches Manila*
Was Delayed liy Broken Propeller.
The war department Tuesday re
ceived the following cablegram:
‘•Manila, September 4.—Adjutant
General, Washington: Transports
Meade and California arrived today.
Latter delayed Guam, broken propel
ler. MacArthcb. ”
The Meade carried a squadron of the
Third cavalry, battalion of the Fif
teenth infantry and a company of en
gineers. This force originally was in
tended for China, but was diverted at
Nagasaki for Manila.
The Colifornia was about ten days
overdue. It is reported that 700 tons
of commissary stores, which she car
ried, have been damaged or destroyed.
How this occurred was not stated in
the brief cable by the war department.
NOW HOLDS SECOND PLACE.
The Steamer St. Paul Make* Quick Run
Acro.s the Briny.
The steamer St. Paul arrived at New
York Friday night from Southampton
and Cherbourg after a quick passage
of six days seven hours and six min
utes. This time is the best made by
the St. Paul between New York and
Cherbourg and beats the best time of
each of the big fleet of ocean grey
hounds with the one exception of the
present record holder, the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Grosse, whose time is
five days seventeen hours and thirty-
Beveu minutes.
The St. Paul now holds second
place in the westward record.
DATES MUST APPEAR
Confusing Messages Received
Fram China Cause Disgust,
STATE DEPARTMENT TIRES OF THEM
Order# are Ts.uml Tliit the Practice of
Omitting Ditto Line* 'Vlu.t Be Stop
ped Henceforth.
A dispatch from Minister Conger
was received by the state department
Monday. It was chiefly interesting
from being the first word from him
since his dispatch of about August
27th, referring to the proposed parade
of troops through the imperial pnlace
iu Pekin. Like that dispatch, this
was dateless as to Pekin. Tho con
tents were not made public, but it was
stated that it contained nothing mate
rially changing the situation. The
lack of date led to a determination to
take energetic steps by which all dis
patches coming to the state depart
ment from China will have the date
clearly stated.
Two other dispatches received Mon
day frem China referred to the state
of health of the troops, which gener
ally is satisfactory. It cannot be
learned that theie has been any mark
ed advancement of the negotiations
between the powers touching the with
drawal of the international forces from
Pekin. The plain indication is that
the powers are acting upon the hint
conveyed in the last note of the state
department and are bringing all tlieir
influence to bear upon Russia to in
duce her to change her mind as to
withdrawing her troops.
For some reason the Washington
authorities appear to feel a growing
confidence that this effort will be suc
cessful. It is noted as a fact of great
significance that the proposition is
being advanced to have Prince Ching
return to Pekin as the acting head of
the Chinese government. The sugges
tion is made that the progress of this
wave of reorganization while the in
ternational troops are still in Pekin,
promising, as it does, to speedily pro
vide an actual de facto Chinese gov
ernment which the nations may treat
without further doubt as to its
strength, may solve the present prob
lem aud put the Chinese question iu a
fair way to final and satisfactory set
tlement.
Much may depend upon tho atti
tude of Russia in this matter, and the
manner ip which she treats this appeal
from the Chinese notables may prove
to be a test of the sincerity of her ex
pressed desire to deai with the Chi
nese government as soon as possible.
Dr. Hill, the first assistant secreta
ry of state, returned to Washington
Monday and assumed the duties of act
ing head of the state department, re
lieving Mr. Adee, who has performed
these duties during the perplexing
diplomatic exchanges of recent date.
Soon after arriving, he went to the
white house and spent a half hour
with the president, going over the
present status of the Chinese negotia
tions.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
Many New Industries Established During
the Past Week.
Among the more important of the
new industries reported during the
past week are a §300,000 brewery at
Charlotte, N. C.; brick works in Ken
tucky; cotton mills in Georgia and
Kentucky; coal mines in Alabama,
Kentucky and West Virginia; cotton
seed oil mills in North Carolina and
Virginia; a $50,000 electric power plant
in West Virgiuia; foundry and ma
chine shops in North Carolina; flour
ing mills in Alabama and West Vir
giuia; gold mines in Georgia; a sixty
ton ice factory at Charleston, S. C.;
iron works in South Carolina and Ten
nessee; lumber mills in Alabama,
Florida and Tennessee; a mattress and
spriug bed factory iu Mississippi; pulp
and paper millß in North Carolina and
West Virginia; a pearl button factory
in Middle Tennessee, a peanut factory
iu North Carolina; quarries in Arkan
sas and North Carolina; a stave factory
in Florida; telephone systems in Ken
tucky, South Carolina, Texas aud W est
Virginia; a table factory in North Caro
lina; a $25,000 woolen mill at Win
chester, Va.; water works at Southern
Pines, N. C., and Aiken, S. C. —
Tradesman (Chattannooga).
BIG STRIKE PREDICTED.
Anthracite Miner* In Fennujlvnnin Re
gion to Bay Down their Pick.*.
“In my opinion there will be a
strike in the anthracite region of Penn
sylvania and it will be the biggist the
United States has ever koowu,” said
President Mitchell, of the United Mine
Workers, at Indianapolis Friday. Mr.
Mitchell had just returned from a trip'
east daring which he was present at
the convention of miners at Hazleton,
Pa. - -
“Of course, a strike must be oidar
ed by the executive committee of the
council,” he continued, indi
cations point to a big tie-up.
“PREACHER” JONES HANGED.
/lost Dastardly Crime In Recent
History of Tar Heel State
Is Avenged.
Thomas Jones, a negro preacher,
the murderer of a family of six par
sons, was hanged at Raleigh, N. C.,
Friday at noon in the county jail*
When tho death struggles of the
negro ended, the last chapter iu the
bloodiest crime of North Carolina was
brought to a close.
A great many negroes were in the im
mediate vicinity of the jail—the same
negroes who thronged the streets of
Raleigh last March and attempted to
lynch Jones, but on this occasion
they were orderly and no demonstra
tion was made. They were there simply
to ascertain for sure that the bloody
crime had been avenged.
On March 22 last, the day of the
crime, none ever believed the negro
would be legally executed, for mobs
formed quickly and every one thirsted
for the negro’s life. Quick and de
termined work by the officers, how
ever, saved the prisoner from a death
of toture. Though at first denying
his guilt, Jones has siuce completely
confessed. On last Monday he again
professed religion and was baptized
in his cell in the county jail.
Although a preacher at tho timo of
the crime, he dates his actual conver
sion only as far back as three days
before he felt the noose about his neck.
With the object of exterminating a
family of eight,Jones, in order to con
ceal his crime, murdered Ella Jones,
colored, and her 14 year-old daugh
ter, and then set fire to the building
in which they resided, burning alive
four smaller children.
By remarkable presence of mind
Laura Jones, an 8-year-old girl, es
caped, carrying with her Sid Jones,
her 3-year-old brother, thereby re
ducing the number of Jones’ victims
to six.
Among the victims was a 3-weeks
old baby, whom Lanra Jones, the
mother, had declared was the child of
Tom Jones. Pressed by the mother
to contribute to its support, Jones de
termined to wipe out the entire family
by murder and arson.
Accrrding to the story told by the
girl who escapee, Jones entered the
house where they were sleeping at
midnight in March. The negro crushed
in the heads of her mother and little
sister with an axe aud then set fire to j
the beds iu which four children were
sleeping.
Neighbors were awakened by the i
light of the conflagration aud hurried j
to the scene of tragedy. The little girl j
who escaped then told the story of the
frightful crime.
Jones was arrested at his home, half \
a mile distant, a few hours after the j
crime. In his room were a pair of i
overalls, which were splotched with j
blood.
TWO CONVICTS KILLED.
They Were Ksenywg find Refused To Sur
render To a Pursuing Posse.
Wes Austin and Bob Armstrong,
two escaped convicts, were killed and
a third wounded by pursuers near
Whiteside, 15 miles from Chattanooga.
Austin, Armstrong and Jim Westbrook
escaped from the convict stockade at
Coal City, Ga., several days ago.
Warden Brock learned that the con
victs had been committing depreda
tions near Trenton, Ga.. and organized
a posse for pursuit. They came upon
the men cooking at a camp near White
side and demauded surrender. The
conflicts fled and the posse opened fire
with the result stated. Westbrook
escaped.
MINES TEMPORARILY CLOSED.
Conference Between Worker# and Opera
tor# In Tenuesiee Postponed a Week.
A Knoxville, Tenn., dispatch says :
Failing to reach an agreement on the
wAge scale iu the conference between
miners and coal operators at Coal
Creek, the annual contract with miners
was not signed Saturday, as has been
the custom. The miners decided to
adjourn the conference until Septem
ber 10th.
On account of the failure to agree,
all coal mines in Coal Creek, Jellico,
Middlesboro and intervening points
with the exception of two or three
miues, are closed down. It is not a
strike, as both miners and operators
are hopeful of reaching an agreement
by September 10th. About 3,000
miners are affeoted by the shut down.
TOTE BUYERS KNOCKED OUT.
Jury C*mmllonera of Le County, Ga..
Taka SumlnaryAction.
There has been considerable com
ment in Lee county, Ga., upon the
recent action of the board of jury
commissioners, by which many names,
among whom are the names of mauy
prominent citizens of the county, are
stricken from the list of qualified
jurors of the county.
The commissioners are very reticent
regarding their action, but the fact
has become known that the priDoipal
reasons for such summary action was
that these parties, or a majority of
them, had engaged in the nefarious
practice of buying and selling votes.
A Little Shelf Worn.
“Just look at these eggs,, dear ” ex
claimed Mrs. Newlywed at the break
ast table; “such a bargain! They
were marked down from 21 cents to
14 cents. And then she wondered
why Mr Newlywed didn’t want any
breakfast. —Philadelphia Record. 7
< Russia's New Caleiuiar.
It lssatdthat Bus la is about to adopt anew
w a i h yeur comai fcs 13 months of
twenty-eight days each, and begins or. Mon
day and ends on Saturday. he main feat
ure of this calendar is its apparent stability
il It resembles the sovereign rem
edy Hostetter’s Ktomaeh liltters, which has
hold an unmovable - position for half a cen
tury. Try it for indigestion, dyspepsia
constipation, nervousness or insomnia but
be sure you get the genuine.
She Striven to Please.
I told Miss Oliictrl the other evening for
JOfce, that.every rime she laughed I warned to
kiss her.” “Did she think you meant Ur?
W ell. whenever 1 meet her u w she begins to
laugn for all she’s worth.”~Pick-Me-Up.
To Cure a Cold In One Day.
Take Laxxtivb Ekomo Quinine Tablkts ah
druggists refund the money if it falls to care
“• ' v - Ukovk'B Signature is on each box.
The Pap and Cholly.
Edith—“ Papa’s awful mad! He unchalnsd
the dog tonight and what do you think the
brute did?’ Cholly— I “Aw-what did tho fool dor’
Edith—“ Why, he went and bit three awfully
nice people before you gut here.”—Judge.
Happiness cannot be bought, but one of
the great hindrances to its attainment can
be removed by Adams’ Pepsin Tutti Prutti.
Her Kemai'k
Husband—Didn’t you tell that cook I wanted
my breakfast rigut on the minute?
Wife—l did.
“And what did she say?”
“She said that we all have our disappoint
ments.”
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children
leetbing. softens the gums, reduces inflamm*.
don, allays pain, cures wind colic. Mic. a uottls.
I am sure I’iso’s Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ugo.—.Mrs. Thos. Ko
lilN’3, Maple St., Norwich, X Y., Feb. 17, WOO.
A Modern Tantalus.
ltev. Mr. Gooaeuough—Wine is a mocker, my
brother.
Frayden Thurstle—Right you are. for once,
boss! Look at dem bottles a-grlunln’ at me
t’rough de windy—an’ me not a centl
Carter’s Ink Is Scientifically
compounded of the best materials. If your
dealer does not keep it ho can got it for you.
Wood-Pulp Cotton.
Wood-pulp cotton is made from whltewood
which has oeen macerated with chemicals un
til It can be drawn Into a thread. The threads
so produced can be readily woven, aud good#
made from them can be readily washed.
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