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ENGLISH THREATEN KRUGER
Affairs In the Transvaal Are Far From Being
Satisfactory Just Now.
WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA MAY BE PRECIPITATED ANY TIME
Diplomatic Resources Have Been Exhausted In Trying
To Maintain Peace.
The morning papers of London ait
beginning to talk quite seriously of
the possibility of war in south Africa.
Mr. Chamberlain, secretary of state
for the polonies, in his speech in the
house of commons Thursday, an
nounced that his reply to the petition
of the TJitlanders which had been held
back pending the result of the confer
ence at Bloemfontein, would now be
presented to the Transvaal.
This reply is semi-officially describ
ed as “explicit but conciliatory,” but
It is believed to be in the nature of a
practical ultimatum. The resources
of diplomacy are regarded as exhaust
ed with the failure of the conference.
Nothing is left, it is felt, but a re
course to force.
The Daily Mail says it learns that
it was President Kruger himself who
suggested the conference,and it claims
to have reliable authority for declaring
that Sir Alfred Milner, the British
high commissioner, has his back to the
wall and is supported to the utmost
by the cabinet.
Commenting editorially on the sit
uation, The Daily Mail says:
“If we know our Kruger aright, he
will back down, and if not, why—.”
The Daily Chronicle deprecates Mr.
Chamberlin’s warlike attitude, but
does not deny the gravity of the situa
tion and seriously counsels the Boers
to grant reasonable reforms, “as the
only means of preserving their inde
pendence of the plots against the
stock exchange and the violence of
Downing street.”
The Standard, which reminds the
Transvaal that its independence is not.
absolute, but is contingent on a faith
ful execution of the agreement stipu
lating equal rights for all white inhab
itants, says:
“We now demand that all English
men resident in the Transvaal shall be
treated with justice and President
Kruger may rest assured that the
whole country will support the gov
ernment in any measure required to
make this demand effective.”
The Times says:
“Let Mr.' 'itrvger grant the Uitlan
ders full citizenship and the whole
question.:’Tende}. At present he only
offers a note of Hand for a ridiculous
sum, payable many years hence, in re
turn for our immediate abandonment
of all the legal rights we now possess
for enforcing the payment of debts
long overdue.”
The Cape Town correspondent of
The Times says:
“At the close of the conference Mr.
Kruger declared that he was pleased
at the friendly way in which matters
had been discussed and hoped they
would understand each other better in
future.”
BARROWS IN THE TOOMBS.
Alleged Kidnapers of Baby Marion Clark
Are Remanded By Justice Fursman.
George and Addie Barrows, who are
accused of kidnaping Marion Clark,
were brought to New "fork from New
City Thursday and were taken to po
lice headquarters.
Bell Anderson, alias Carrie Jones,
was taken to police headquarters soon
after the arrival of the Barrows.
The Barrows and Carrie Jones were
arraigned before Justice Fursman.
Before pleading, Attorney Howes said
that counsel for Mr. and Mrs. Barrows
had had no notice of the arraignment
of his clients and had asked him,
Howe, to have pleadings deferred until
Friday. Justice jFursman ordered a
plea of not guilty to in each
case with leave to and demur.
Bail in each case was fixed at SIO,OOO.
Former Assistant District -ATorhey
Davis was assigned as covn u|l for
Carrie Jones. Tjbe .-Dk were
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NEGRO WAS CHARGED WITH AS
SAULTING AIRS. LUMPKIN.
VERDICT OF JURY “NOT GUILTY”
Victim Could Not Positively Swear That
Her Assailant Was Bell, and This
Fact Saved His Life.
At Cedartown, Ga., Thursday after
noon, the jury in the case of Grant
Bell, colored, charged with assaulting
Mrs. Susan Lumpkin, returned a ver
dict of not guilty. The jury had been
out over twenty-eight hours and the
opinion prevailed that a mistrial would
result. In the meantime feeling and
excitement were dying down and the
public rapidly drew its own conclu
sions as to the guilt or innocence of
the prisoner.
The failure of Mrs. Lumpkin to
positively identify the negro at the
time of the assault proved the salva
tion of Grant Bell.
Nine-teuths of those who heard the
testimony and know all the parties
accept the jury’s conclusion as a right
eous verdict.
The first ballot with the jury stood
seven for acquittal to five for convic
tion in some form. The second bal
lot was ten to two and the third and
last ballot was the verdict.
When the jury announced that they
were ready to deliver a verdict, Judge
Janes, desiring to protect the negro
from the possibility of any form of
mob violence, quietly directed Sheriff
Crocker to spirit the negro out of
town to a place of safety.
A swift horse was procured, and a
trusted officer drove quietly to the rear
of the jail, as the strong guard lounged
idiy on the front porch of the Jail to
prevent thp possibility of trouble. All
unknown to the town, then peacefully
awaiting the jury’s verdict, the de
fenseless negro, liberated by a verdiot
of twelve men, was putting miles be
tween him and Cedartown toward the
Alabama state line, just seven miles
away.
The jury’s verdict was received in
the presence of only the lawyers in
the case and a few individuals. Judge
Janes thanked the twelve men for their
excellent course throughout the trial
and assured them that the public
would accept the conclusion as a con
scientious deliberation.
■ Thus closed the most intensely ex
citing courthouse drama ever enacted
in Polk county and tbeconduot of the
people throughout the trying ordeal is
certainly a tribute to their self-control
and conservatism.
BLAND’S CONDITION HOPELESS.
Physicians Have Abandoned All Expecta
tion of Prolonging Fife.
A special from Lebanon, Mo., stated
that at 10 o’clock Thursday night Mr.
Bland appeared somewhat brighter
and would probably live through the
night. He had been speechless for
twenty-four hours. The physicians
regard the case as hopeless and have
so informed the family.
All of his family are at the dying
man’s bedside except his brother,
Judge C. C. Bland, of the St. Louis
court of appeals, who has been tele
graphed for.
Filipino Congm* Quits.
SpeciftHKspatches received in Lon
don from Manila, say it is reported
that Aguinaldo has dissolved the Fili
pino congress and has proclaimed him
self dictator.
AFTER GEORGIA RICE FARMS.
Syndicate Headed By George Baldwin To
Pool the Planters.
An eastern syndicate is the prime
mover, in which is George C. Baldwin,
of New York, after Georgia rice plant
king interests. The company is to be
Armed, says Baldwin, with a capital
■ $1,000,000 to consolidate the rice
Ams of Georgia.
levee is to be constructed twenty
long to protect the crops during
season from heavy storms
Four hundred thousand
worth of bonds will be issued.
§■■ planters approached appear to
of furthering the scheme,
Named for Army Officers.
' By direction of the president two
Arts in Alaska have been named in
Amor of General John Gibbon and
Aolonel Henry C. Egbert. The latter
■as killed while leading his regiment
■ battle in the Philippines, March
Will Replace the Steamer Paris.
American line has decided to
in this country a $2,000,000
equal to the St. Louis and St.
|HI to replace the steamer Paris.
NEGROES ISSUE APPEAL.
Council of United States Address
Southern States Governors
and Officials.
A Washington dispatch says: The
Afro-American council of the United
States has issued an appeal to the gov
ernors, legislators and judicial officers
of the southern states “to prevent
lawlessness and to secure to all citi
zens the protection to which they are
entitled under the laws.”
After reference to the burning of
Sam Holt, the lynching of Lige Strick
land and the political riots in South
Carolina and North Carolina, the ap
peal says:
“Since the first day of January there
have been twenty-eight cases of lynch
ing in the south and every one them
colored. This is not only an unwar
ranted outrage upon them, but demor
alizing,to the white race. It terrorizes
and unmans the former. It familiar
izes the latter with lawlessness and
crime, creating in them contempt for
lawful authority and desire for mob
rule. It is hurtful and destructive to
the best interests of both.
“We deplore, condemn and de
nounce in unmeasured terms criminal
assaults upon women, by whomsoever
committed, and desire the apprehen
sion and legal punishment of every
criminal guilty of the crimfe. All we
ask is that tlie regular machinery of
justice be employed and the accused
given a fair, impartial trial—the course
pursued with white men charged with
the same offense. In most of the
southern states the white people are in
a large majority and in all of them you
are in absolute control.
“Every branch of the government—
executive, legislative and judicial—is
in your hands. The judges are all
white men and the jurors are almost
exclusively composed of white men.
Colored offenders have little chance
for escape when guilty of a petty of
fense and if guilty of a serious crime
their conviction is certain. This fact
is known to all men. There is, there
fore, not the slightest excuse of justi
fication for a resort to mob violence
against colored criminals.”
GERMANS ARE DISSATISFIED.
The People Think Government Was Cheat
ed In Buying Carolines.
A Berlin dispatch says: The ces
sion of South Sea Islands to Germany
focused attention the past week.
A curious feature was that while on
receipt of the news the press as well as
everybody at first expressed satisfac
tion, this changed rapidly as the week
advanced, and the terms of the bar
gain became known. Not only did the
radical and social press severely criti
cise the terms as exhoritaut and far be
yond the value of the islands, but a
large portion of the press reflecting
the views of other parties did the same.
The Frankfort Zeitung says:
“The text of the agreement shows
that Spain retains all the advantages
of ownership, retains full liberty for
the clerical orders; has a coaling sta
tion in each group of the islands and
is put, commercially, on the same
footing as Germany, while she merely
cedes to Germany the onus of the cost,
of the administration and receives an
exhorbitant price (seventeen millions)
which probably no other power would
have paid.”
FITZ GOT MOST MONEY.
Though He Was Defeated By Jefferies
llis i’lpfiß Was Darkest.
The New York times prints the fol
lowing: The division of spoils of tlie
Jeffries-Fitzsimmous tight win as fol
lows:
Half of the receipts went to the Co
ney Island Sporting Club and half to
the contestants. The amount taken
in at tlie door was #85,270.
Half of the admission money
amounted to #42,635. Of this Fitz
simmons received 60 pr cent, or #25,-
581 and Jeffries 40 per cent, #17,054.
The purse said to have been offered by
t e club was #20,000. In the event of
Jeffries winning, this was to be equally
divided, thereby making Fitzsimmons’
to' al receipts #35,581, and Jeffries
#27,054.
It is declared that Fitzsimmons
would not make tlie match until he
had been guaranteed tlie largest end
of the purse and the gate money,
owing to his reputation and position.
Manager Brady accepted 40 per cent
for his man, believing that in tlie long
run such an amount and a decision
were worth 60 per cent and a defeat.
LYNCHING IN CUBA.
Bandit Chief Taken From Hi* Captor* and
Swung Up By Citizen*.
An official report from Holguin dis
trict, Cuba, describes the lynching of
Antonia Garcia, a bandit chief, who
was taken from the gendarmerie by
indignant citizens and hanged. Hol
guin is one of the most lawless districts
in the island.
Several of Garcia’s accomplices have
offered to surrender to the American
commander at Holguin, who cabled
Major General Leonard Wood, for in
structions. General Wood’s answer
was:
“Make to terms with them; arrest
the criminals.”
LOUBET HAS REVENGE.
Route to the Race* Wan Dined With
Troop* and Police.
President Lonbet, of France, has
had his revenge for the recent outrage
at Auteuil. When he drove to Long
Champ Sunday, to attend the Grand
Prix, he was the hero of a great popu
lar demonstration, expressed in one
form or another, along the whole route
from the Elysee palace to the race
course.
HOTTEST FIGHT
OF THE WAR
Lawton Unexpectedly Stirs Up a
Desperate Engagement.
SIXTY AMERICANS ARE KILLED
Insurgents Use Concealed Artillery
Effectively—Our Troops Were
Nearly Surrounded.
Advices from Manila state that Gen.
eral Lawton unexpectedly stirred up
one of the liveliest engagements of the
war south of Las Pinas Tuesday
morning, upon which occasion Ameri
can field guns were engaged in the
first artillery duel against a Eilipiuo
battery concealed in the jungle.
Companies F and I, of • the Twenty
first infantry, were nearly surrounded
by a large body of insurgents, but the
Americans cut their way out with
heavy loss.
Tlie United States turret ship Monad
nock and the gunboats Helena and
Zafiro trained their batteries on Ba
koor and the rebel trenches near Lan
Pinas all morning. Bakoor was once
on fire and the natives stopped the
spread of the (lames.
The fighting at Las Pinas continued
hot all day long. General Lawtou
called out the whole force of 3,000
men and at 5 o’clock he was only able
to push the insurgents hack 500 yards
to the Zapote river, where they are in
trenched. The insurgents resisted des
| perately and aggressively. They at
! tempted to turn the left flank of the
American troops. The American loss
is conservatively estimated at sixty.
At daylight Tuesday the rebels at
Cavite dropped two shells from a big,
smooth-bore gun mounted in front of
the church into the navy yard. The
only damage done was splintering the
top of the huge shears on the mole.
The gunboats Callao, Mila and Mos
quito then proceeded to dismount the
gun.
After breakfast the rebels opened fire
along the beach to Bakoor. After
silencing the big gun at Cavite the
gunboats ran close along the shore,
bombarding the rebel position. The
rebels replied with rifle tire and with
the fire of some small pieces of artil
lery. So vigorous was the enemy’s
fire that at 9:20 a.m. the gunboat Hel
ena joined (he small gunboats already
named and the Princeton, Monterey
and Mouadnock from their anchorages
dropped^occasional big stclls among
the rebels.
This apparently only served to in
cite the rebels, as they kept up an in
cessant fire of musketry and artillery
near the mouth of the Znpote river two
miles north of Bakoor.
The fire of all seven warships was
concentrated on this point shortly af
ter noon, when the upper hay pre
sented the appearance of being the
scene of a great naval battle. The
rebels were eventually forced to aban
don their guns after holding out about
four hours, only to he confronted by
General Lawton’s force on land and in
the rear,- where (here was heavy light
ing.
During tlie morning General Law
ton took a battalion of tlie Fourteenth
regiment and two companies of the
Twenty-first regiment to locate the
rebel battery, and then two guns of
the Sixth artillery and four mountain
guns were planted against it at 600
yards distant.
The rebels had a large gun from
which they were firing home-made
canister loaded with nails, and two
smaller guns. Their shooting was
most accurate.
PIC 'QUART IS EXONERATED.
No Cane For Forgery In Charged AgainHt
French Colonel.
A Paris dispatch says: The chamber
of indictments Tuesday .decided that
there is no case against Colonel
Picquart, charged with forgery in the
Dreyfus case, or against Maitre Le
hlois, his counsel, against whom
charges were also made in connection
with the case.
The judgment of the court thus
finally exonerate* Picquart.
* MANY LYNCHERS JAILED.
Gov. Sayern Hh<l Attorney General to In
veHtigMte Killing of the Humphreys.
Governor Sayers, of Texas, made
public Sunday the report of the as
sistant attorney general, Morris, who
went to Athens, Henderson county,
Texas, recently at the governor’s in
stance, to investigate the lynching of
the Humphreys brothers at thai p’ace.
The report reviews the entire situa
tion attendant upon the lynching, and
reports that the united efforts of the.
state and county officials have resulted
in the apprehension of twelve persons
charged with being in the mob, and
that the apprehension of all those be
lieved to he guilty will follow.
MEDIATION PROBABLE.
T/miiTAal Trouble Mny Be Settled By
The ( iiited Staten.
The Westminster Gazette (London) j
says a rumor is current ‘'’om a well
informed source that it has bet\ pro
posed in a responsible quarter th\itthe
United States mediate between Great
Britain and the Transvaal.
It is added that the
being considered and “it is
improbable that such
be undertaken.”
JEFFRIES IS ROW CHAMPION
BOILER MAKER WRESTS LAURELS
FROM FITZSIMMONS.
WAS A HARD FOUGHT BATTLE.
Both Mon Receive Severe Puntfthment.
FUzsimtnon* Went Down to
Defeat Gamely.
James ,T. Jeffries, another sturdy
1 young giant, has come out of the west
to whip champion pugilists. At the
arena of the Coney Island Athletic
Club Friday night he defeated Robert
Fitzsimmons, world’s champion in two
classes middleweight and heavy
weight—in eleven rounds of whirlwind
fighting.
j He came to the ring a rank outsider
and left it the acknowledged master of
the man he defeated. He was never
at any time in serious danger and af
ter the sizeup in the early rounds of
the contest took the lead. He had the
Australian whipped from the ninth
round.
It was acknowledged that Jeffries
would have au immense advantage in
weight, height and age; but the thou
sands who tipped and backed his op
: poneut to win were sure that he
was slow and that he would
in that respect be absolutely
at the mercy of the past master at the
science of fighting that he was to meet.
He proved on the contrary that he
was just as fast as the man he met
and heat him down to unconscious de
feat in a fair fight. He is a veritable
giant in stature and marvelously
speedy for his immense size.
Less than a year ago he appeared in
New York a great awkward, ungainly
hoy. Today he is the lithe, active,
alert, trained athlete. The men who
prepared him for his fight worked
wonders with him. They taught him
a nearly perfect defense, improved his
foot movement and instructed him in
the methods of inflicting punishment.
The transition since he appeared last
lias been little short of miraculous.
At twenty-four lie has defeated Rob
ert Fitzsimmons, Tom Sharkey and
Peter Jackson, and if he cares for him
self he will probably he able to suc
cessfully defend the title for many
years.
Jeffries fought from a crouching at
titude that was hard to get at. He
held his head low, his back was bent
down and Ins left arm was extended.
He kept jabbing away with the left
and found no trouble in landing it. It
was there his superior reach told. That
giant arm served as a sort of human
fender to ward off danger. He showed
an excellent defense and the ability
to use both bauds with skill. Ho is
game, too, for he never shrank from
liis punishment. It was a great fight
to watch and commenced and ended
amid scenes of intense excitement. It
was all very dramatic.
Filz Whh In Good Form.
The defeated man was just as good
as when on the crispy morning on the
plains of far-away Nevada he lowered
the colors of the then peerless Cor
bett. He was just as active, just as
clever, just as tricky and just as fear
less of punishment. He went unfal
teringly to his defeat. He was the
aggressor even at moments when he
was bleeding and unsteady, and when
stunned by the blows he received
he reeled instinctively toward his op
ponent. He was lighting all the time
and punished his opponent, hut found
him a different opponent from any he
had met and a different man to fight.
The men fought before a crowd of
9,000 persons, and there wns not. a
suggestion of interference from the
police.
The contest was pulled off without a
wrangle and was devoid of the brutal
element that Chief Devery alleged he
feared. Never was u crowd handled
with greater order and less friction.
It was all perfectly orderly.
Fliz Dldh Game.
The knockout blow came in the
eleventh round when Jeffries assumed
the aggressive and jabbed his left to
head. A left on the jaw from Jeffries
dazed Fitzsimmons, who stood in tlie
middle of the ring. Jeffries looked at
him for a second and when he had him
at his mercy swung his right to the
jaw and Fitzsimmons went down and
out, relinquishing the championship
to the Californian.
ENGLAND READY FOR WAR.
British r'omtnrtmlcr-ln-rhtef Kavlhlbk;
Lint of FlrMt-GIaMH Kenerveg.
A London dispatch says: Comman
der-in-Chief Lord Wolseley haH been
busy for several days at the war office
preparing for possible eventualities in
South Africa.
The effective lists of the first class
reserve have been prepared and trans
portation for the First army corps has
been provisionally arranged.
The officers on furlough have been
warned to hold themselves in readi
ness to return to their regiments.
The general trend of news, however,
is more pacific.
PICQUART GETS RELEASE.
French Officer Was Imprisoned For Dig.
dosing Confidential Documents.
A Paris special says: Lieutenant
Colonel Picquart has been provision
ally released from custody. Picquart
was imprisoned in July last, charged
with communicating confidential docu
| merits, and he ba
lubricating a
■S ■ ‘ Major
DEATH DEALING
TEXAS FLOODS
i
Wide District Swept By Madly
Raging Waters.
LIST OF FATALITIES UNKNOWN.
! Currents Were So Swift That
Everything Was Carried
Away.
j
Information received in Austin,
j Texas, Friday night from the flood
] stricken district along the Colorado
I river to the northwest of the city,fully
j confirms former reports of loss of life
and property. All telegraph and tel
ephone wires are prostrated, while
great tracts of wheat and corn have
been devastated by the raging waters.
Several people are known to have per
ished, and many more are unaccounted
for at present.
The reports say the river rose so
rapidly at San Saba that farmers and
J people living in the lowlands were
j unable to make their escape. H. H.
I Wells, a prominent farmer living a
few miles north of the city, in attempt
ing to rescue his family by boat, lost
two daughters and barely succeeded
i in saving his own life and that of his
wife and one small child. The body
of one of the daughters, Lydia, w.-.s
| recovered during the day hanging from
the top of a tree
During the day something like 100
! people, who had been swept away in
the first flush of the flood, were res
cued by means of volunteer parties in
i boats from their perilous position in
| tree tops. There are quite a number
i of these unaccounted for, and it may
he that they have been drowned, al
though searching parties are still out
looking for them.
Tlie entire wheat crop was swept
away by the flood, thus entailing a loss
of thousands of dollars. Cattle, horses
and hogs were drowned by the hun
dreds, and their carcasses have been
washed awoy by the current. From
all reports obtainable below San Saba,
the entire country lias been laid waste
and the loss from the* flood vs almost
beyond accurate estimate at this time,
though it is thought to be in the
neighborhood of #IOO,OOO.
Friday at noon the water began re
ceding very rapidly, and it is believed
the worst is over.
During the flood a large number of
houses were swept away, and many
that withstood the flood are under wa
ter and their contents are wrecked.
There was no direct news from Ma
nardville during the day, but indireot
information via Llano is that the con
dition there iR about the same as pre
viously reported. The town has been
badly devastated by the flood, and
while no loss of life is assured, quite
a number of negroes are reported
missing, and it is presumed that they
have been drowned. Here the river is
falling rapidly, and it is believed that
the flood has about subsided.
CANAL COMMISSION
Appointed By President McKinley—Mem
bers Will Determine Plan.
The president Friday appointed the
following commission to determine the
most feasible and practicable route for
a canal across the Isthmus of Panama:
Rear Admiral John K. Walker, United
States navy; Hon. Samuel Pasco, of
Florida; Alfred Noble, civil engineer,
of Illinois; George S. Morrison, civil
engineer, of New York; Colonel Peter
C. Haines, United States army; Pro
fessor William H. Burr, of CouUeoti
cut; Lieutenant Oswald H. Ernest,
United States army; Lewis M. Haupt,
civil engineer, of Pennsylvania; Pro
fessor Johnson, of Pennsylvania.
By the terms of the river and harbor
act, under which this commission was
appointed, the commission is to exam
ine and investigate all the isthmus
routes and report to congress upon
two or more of them. Congress ap
propriated #1,000,000 to defray the ex
penses of the commission. Admiral
Walker, who is at the head of
the commission, says that he will
call the members together at the
earliest practicable moment.
CHILD MAY DIE.
Marion Clarke Contracted Mf*aftleii Whtlfr
In Her Captor*' Hau l*.
A telephone message was received at
the district attorney’s office in New
York to the effect that Marion Clarke,
the kidnaped child, is very low from
measles a* her home.
Assistant Attorney Lebarhier said
that if the child should die the de
fendants in the case might be indicted
for murder in the first degree, as the
child contracted its illness in the
country while in their care and while
they were committing a felony.
PRETORIA TRIALH BEGIN.
Arraignment of Eight Alleged Britteh
Officer* For Treason.
The trial of the eight alleged foripej/
British officers, who were
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