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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. 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