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CARNESVILLE ADVANCE. VOLUME II. WAR STATUS IN SOUTH AFRICA Roberts Reports Two Small En¬ gagements With Enemy. IN BOTH BOERS WERE BEATEN Within the Last Few Days British Have Captured 5,000 Rifles Belonging to Burghers. •' Lord Roberts has sent bulletins to London of two small fights occurring on June 26th and June 27th in which the Boers were discomfited. In a dis¬ patch from Protoria dated Thursday ne says: “A small force of mounted troops, with mounted guns, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Dreiper was at¬ tacked by the enemy under Prefers and Nel, on tho morning of June 26tb, seven miles north of Sonekal. They beat off tho enemy and burned their laagers. Onr casualties were three wounded and ten killed. “Hunter, temporarily commanding Ian Hamilton’s, made a march yester¬ day from Heidelberg toward Frankfort without meeting any opposition. “The euemy attacked our Koodeval spruit post on the railway yesterday, (Thursday), but were easily beaten off by a detachment of the Derbyshire light infantry, the West Australian mounted, a fifteen pounder and an ar¬ moured train. “fiaden-Poweil reports the capture of an influential Boer named Ray, who was endeavoring to raise a commando / in tho Rustiuburg district. A patrol brought in over a hundred rifles. More than 4,000 rifles and 1,000 infe¬ rior pieces have been taken during the last few days. “He states that thirty Boers have nrrived at Rustenburg, going to their homes from Delareys Icffpbefore commando. They would have if ihey had seen the proclamation which wafT carefully^ withheld by the Boer authority.” Lord Roberts says that Wednesday, Juno 27tli, was a record market day in Pretoria for Boer farmers selling produce. Parties of Boers are still hanging on General Bullet’s flanks. F. R. Burn¬ ham, the American scout, is invalided, Ou June 20th the war office cabled Lord Roberts that disquieting reports regarding the hospital were accumu¬ lating, and asked him if anything couki be done, and particularly if more nurses were needed. On June 25th Lord Roberts replied, saying that he did not wish to shirk responsibility or to screen the short¬ comings of the medical corps, and he suggested a committee of inquiry. He said that there had been an abnormal number of siek at Bloemfontein due to the exhausting nature of the march and the terribly unsanitary condition of tho camp at Paardeburg, There the only water available for drinkiug flow¬ ed from the Boer camp higher up, where the river was crowded with de¬ composing animals and also with a number of wounded after the fight on March 10th. To improvise accommodations at Bloemfontein for such a number, which had become 2,000 before he left Bloemfontein, was no easy task, said Lord Roberts. No tents were carried, and tho pnblic buildings had to be turned into hospitals. Jn three months there bad been 6,369 admissions to the hospiffils of patients suffering deaths from enteric fever, while the num¬ bered about 1,370—about 21 per cent. Lord Roberts observed that he did not know - whether this would be an ab¬ normal bate in civil hospitals in peace times, bnt if the rate was abnormal it was due to the exhausted state of the men, and not to the neglect of the medical corps. RUSSIA MAKES PREPARATIONS. All Military and Civil Authorities Secretly Ordered to Get Ready. The „ Vorwearts (German newspaper) , , says: “From an absolutely reliable I source we hear the Russian war min- rter has sent to all military and civil authorities iu Russia secret orders to prepare everything for mobilization.” RUMOR CAUSES APPREHENSION. Alleged Discord Between Russians nnd Anglo Americans Worry Officials. The officials at Washington receive with regret and concern the reports from Che Foo that discord exists be¬ tween the Buscian and the so-called Anglo-Americans. Coming from the officers of tho Terrible, it is considered as largely “sailor talk.” At the same time .it has been recog¬ nized from the outset Hint such a heterogeneous force gave opportuni¬ ties for serious division, as it is woll known that the sailors and soldiers of certain conntries do not like to serve UDder a foreign superior. LIGHTNING KILLS TWO GIRL*. Sleeping In Different Beds, But Were Struck By Same Bolt. Tho residence of John E. Estridge, in Lancaster, S. C., wns struck by lightning Monday night after the family had retired. Two sisters, eigh¬ teen nnd fifteen years, sleeping in separate beds in the same room, were WOOLEY FOR PRESIDENT. Prohibition National Convention Finishes Work at Chicago and Adjourns. The prohibition national convention at Chicago adjourned sine die Thurs¬ day, after having placed in nomina¬ tion for president John G. Woolley, of Illinois, and for vice president II. B. Metcalf, of Rhode Island. The nomi¬ nations in each instance were made on the flrst ballot . The candidates for the presidential nomination balloted for were Mr. Woolley and Rev. S. 0. Swallow of Pennsylvania, Ilnle Johnson of Illi¬ nois withdrawing his name at the last moment and throwing his strength to Mr. Woolley. This undoubtedly had a great effect upon the result, as the convention earlier in the day had by been nearly stampeded for Swallow an eloquent speech of Homer Castle of Pittsburg, and had tho friends of the Pennsylvania clergyman forced a bal¬ lot at that time the result might have been different. For vice president three candidates were balloted for—H. B. Metcalf, Thomas R. Oaskardon, of West Vir¬ ginia, Air. and Rev. L. Eaton, of Iowa, Metcalf receiving au overwhelm¬ ing majority of the votes cast. Imme¬ diately after the announcement of the result of the ballot for the tho presidential nomination Dr. Swal¬ low was proposed as the vice presi¬ dential nominee. The convention went wild over the suggestion, but Dr. Swnllow, after a hurried conference with the Pennsylvania delegation, re¬ fused to accept the nomination. Dariug the last day’s session Chair¬ man Stewart, of the national commit¬ tee, called for contributions for the campaign and over $7,000 was realized in a few minutes. John G. Woolley is descended in a direct line from Emannel Woolley, an English Quaker and friend of George Fox, who came to New England in 1058 and later became a largo land owner in New Jersey, which is still tho family 6eat. Dr. Woolley was horn at Collinsville, O., February 15, 1850. He was graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan university in 1871, practiced lawiu Paris, III., Minncapo lis and New York u ntil 18S8, when he became a Prohibitionist, and from ac¬ cepting occasional invitations to speak upon the liquor traffic, drifted out of (he practice of his profession into tho lecture field. He has resided in Chi¬ cago since 1892. Henry B. Metcalf, of Rhode Islaud, prohibition nominee for vice president, was born seventy-one years ago. He is president of the Providence County Savings bnnk. Mr. Metcalf was for¬ merly a Republican, but joined the Prohibition party several years ago, and has been prominently identified with that party since. He has been tho candidate of his party for governor several times. BLACK HOOT IN COTTON. South Georgia Planters Threatened With Loss of Crop. An Atlanta dispatch says: Commis¬ sioner of Agriculture O. B. Stevens snys that black root, a very damaging disease, hns been discovered iu the cotton crop in South Georgia. Reports have been coming in from the farmers telling him of a peculiar color the cotton has and describing the roots of “the cotton plant to be black. Remedies for the disease were asked for. Mr. Stevens fcn speaking of the black root says: “Black root is a terrible thing for cotton. It always destroys it and if the reports that I have been getting for the last two days are true, the cot¬ ton crop in this state has been greatly damaged and the loss will amount to thousands of dollars.” FROM LI HUNG CHANG. Minister Wu at Washington Receives Cablegram From Canton, Chinn. Minister Wu called at the state de¬ partment Thursday afternoon and ex¬ hibited the following cablegram to Secretary Hay: “Canton, June 28.--The legation ministers having left Pekin are now twelve miles from Tien Tsin with Ad- mh , al 8eymmlr . Ll Hung Chang.” The ® 5lnl8tw . explained . . ...... that the ca¬ blegrnm reached him from the Chinese minister in London. He believes the cablegram to be correct. Rosing To Nominate Towne. L. A. Rosing, chairman of the Min¬ nesota Democratic state committee nnd delegate at largo to the conven¬ tion nt Kansas City, will make tha speech placing the name of Charles A. Towne before the convention as a can¬ didate for vice president. Two Instantly Killed. By explosion of a boiler to a thresh¬ ing machine at Cross Hill, 8. C., Wednesday, William P. Fuller, a young graduate of Clemson college, nnd Marshal Owens, were instantly killed. Two others were seriously hurt. LISCUM LEAVES MANILA. Sails On Transport With 1,971 Men For Scene of Trouble In China. The war department received tho following undated cablegram from General MacArthur Thursday morn¬ ing: “Adjutant Gekebad, Washington— Transport left Manila at 8:30 this CARNESVILLE. GA., FRIDAY. .JULY 6, 1000. MINISTERS ARE SAFE Foreign Representatives Were Protected By Government. ARE WITH THE RELIEF EXPEDITION Washington Officials Are Greatly Relieved. Some Details of tlie righting lie- fore City of Tien Tsln. The following cablegram was re¬ ceived at tho navy department Idle Wednesday afternoon: “Ohr Foo, June 27.—Secretary of Navy, Washington: Pekin force and ministers reported with Pekin relief expedition intrenched eight miles from Tien Tsin. “Kemi-ff." The developments of the day re¬ specting Chinn wore important and interesting. The Chinese minister’s report of the departure of the foreign ministers and their guards from Pekin greatly relieved the officials at Wash¬ ington, who took it as the flrst tangible evidence that the imperial Chinese government had a full realization of the enormity of permitting the minis¬ ters coming to personal harm and of doing all in ih.eir power to observe the amenities of international exchange. At the state department it is said that if it shall be explained that the imperial government did this, pot with a purposo of rupturing diplomatic re¬ lations, bnt simply to insure the safety of the ministers, which they were unable to guarantee as long us tiny remained in Pekin, there is still ground for an amicable understand¬ ing. The keenest interest is shown by the officials to learn the conditions under which tho ministers left Pekin. Min¬ ister Wu’s dispatch was ominously silent on that point, and though the minister himself maintains almost ob¬ stinately bis confidence in the non¬ existence of a state of war, it is gen¬ erally admitted that it will be difficult to aocept his conclusion if it shall transpire that the Pekin government itself has sent the ministers away with their passports or, what inny come to T he same thing, with a guard ns snf e conduot. Notice has come to the government that the cable companies have again re-opened communication telegraphi¬ cally with Taku and Che Foo. This arrangement has been made by meaus of the Russian telegraphic system con¬ necting with the Siberian railway sys¬ tem. A European agent has managed to re-open the lines, though the means of communication between Che Foo and Taku and Tien Tsin are tortuous and probably precarious. NEWS PROM LONDON. A special dispatch received in Lon¬ don Wednesday from Chee Foo was as follows: “The fight of the allied forces against the combined boxers and Chi¬ nese soldiers barring the road to Tien Tsin opened at daybreak. One hun¬ dred and fifty Americans were among the 2,000 international troops. The Chinese soon broke under heavy shell¬ ing and then the arsenal was attacked and the guns were gradually silenced. The fight was practically over at noon. “The keen friendly rivalry for the honor of first entering the city result¬ ed in the Americans and British going iu neck and neck, with the others close up.” The composite brigade of 2,300 men who raised the investment at Tien Tsin and pushed on to help Admiral Seymour, has relieved him. SULZER GOES TO LINCOLN. l*arty of New Yorkers Confer With Bryan Hegarding Yiee Presidency. A special from Kansns City says: Congressman William Sulzer, who is being boomed for vice president on the Democratic ticket, and Richard Croker and ex-Seuator Murphy, of New York, will have a conference at LincoiD, Neb., with W. J. Bryan be¬ fore attending the convention. Sterling Price, of Texas, who has opened headquarters for Mr. Sulzer, received a telegram Wednesday from that gentleman saying he had left New York for Linooln. Another telegram stated that Messrs. Croker and Mur¬ phy would be in Lincoln on Friday night. GERMAN OFFICER TALKS. Predicts a Bong and Bloody Struggle Be¬ fore Boxers are Suppressed. General Stahl, of the Imperial Ger¬ man army, who has been investigating conditions in the Orient under a spe¬ cial commission from the German gov¬ ernment, arrived at Vancouver, B. C., Thursday ou his way home. When asked if he thought the Boxers would be quickly suppressed, he said that in his opinion the powers had started in upon a long, bloody conflict. In the end, the Boxers would be disbanded, bnt the destruction of life would be appalling for the movement was spreading like wild fire, throughout China’s vast territory. ALLIES NOT FRIENDLY. British Officers Say Russia May Decide to Act Independently. The officers of the British first class cruiser Terrible at Che Foo, China, assert that discord exists between the Russians and Anglo-Americans and they say they believe the Russians nre planning to break the independent¬ Concert and take possession of Pekin ly, They assert that Vice Admi ral Seymour's command sulking, lacked nation, the foreigner* COL. TRAMMELL DEAD. Chairman of the Georgia Railroad Commission Passes Away At Harietta. After an illness of six weeks Colonel Trammell, chairman of the railroad commission of Georgia, died at his home iu Marietta early Friday morn¬ ing. All members of his family were at his bedside at tho time of his death. They had been thero all night, waiting and hoping for some signs of return¬ ing strength. The beginning of ths end came at noon on Tliursd ay. Pre- vions to that time he had rallied con¬ siderably and it was believed by his family and friends that he would re¬ cover. that It was caused a complication tho death of of diseases Colonel Trammell. Chiof among them was an acute stomach trouble. This, com¬ bined with extreme nervonsness nnd a sluggish circulation, so cufeebled his constitution and sapped his strength that the restoratives of the physicians had but littlo effect. Colouei Trammell has been a mem¬ ber of tho Georgia railrond commis¬ sion since 1881, and during tho term of his service his headquarters havo been in the capitol building. He was probably one of tho best known men in the state, and being at the head¬ quarters of the state government for so many years, wns iu touch with prom- iuentmeu from all sections in Georgia, • and being a member of the railroad commission, he was known also throughout the United States. As soon ns Governor Candler heard the nows of Colonel Trammell’s death he ordered the flag to float at half mast. GUERRILLA WARFARE Is Now Being Adopted By Boers to the Discomfiture of Brit¬ ish Tooops. According to London advices Boer guerilla operations are reported from points on Orange river colony. The war office has reoeived tho fol¬ lowing from Lord Roberts: “Pretoria, June 29.—Pagotreports from Lindley ho wns engaged on Juue 26th with a body of the enemy strongly re-eufoiceu dining the uny.—A CGiT- voy of stores for the Lindley garrison was also attacked op June 26th, , bnt after a heavy rear vruard action, the convoy reached Lindley in safety. “Our casualties were ten killed and four officers nnd about fifty men wounded. “The fight reported yesterday was under Lieutenant Colonel Grenfell, not Dreipci. Brabant came up during the engagement. “Total cnsnaltiesof the two columns, three killed, twenty-three wounded. “On the previous day near Fioks- burg, Boyes’ brigade was in action with a body of tho enemy. “Our casualties were two officers killed, four men wounded nnd one man missing. “Methuen found yesterday that the Boer laager near Vachkop and Spitz Kop had beeu hastily removed in the direction of Lindley. He followed the enemy twelve miles and captured 8,000 sheep and 500 head of cattle which the euemy had seized in that neighbor¬ hood. Our casualties were four men wounded. “Hunter continued his march yes¬ terday toward the Vaal river unop¬ posed. A few farmers along the route have surrendered. Springs, the term¬ inus of the railway from Johannes¬ burg, was attacked early yesterday morning. The Canadian regiment, which garrisons the place, beat off the euemy.” „ Boer official reports from Machodo- dorp aver that a part of the British convoy was captured on June 23d, near Winburg. Tho Lourenzo Marques correspon¬ dent of The Times says: “Both the burghers and the foreign- ers who are arriving here profess a strong belief that it will take from three to six months to subdue the Boers.” Another dispatch from Lourenzo Marques says: “A consignment to a foreign firm marked ‘Dutch cheese damaged’ prov¬ ed on lauding to contain army boots for tho Boera; it passed the customs nevertheless with unusual dispatch and the British consul is making rep¬ resentations to the Portuguese govern¬ ment.” MINISTERS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR. Navy Department Receive. Important Message From Knmpflr. The navy deparment Friday morn¬ ing received the following cablegram from Admiral Kempff: "Che Foo, June 29.—Secretary of Navy, Washington: Pekin relief ex¬ pedition now in Tien Tsin with 200 sick and wounded. Ministers and Pekin party not with them. No news from them. Kempff.” The department was also advised that Admiral Remey, on the Brook¬ lyn, had arrived at Hong Kong en route to Taku. CHAFFEE LEAVES WASHINGTON, General Aulgn.il to China One. to Ran Francisco For Kmbnrkation. General Chaffee, who has been or¬ dered to commaud the American troops in Chinn, left Washington Wednesday morning for San Francisco, accompa¬ nied by Lieutenant Harper, his aid. Ho was due at Ban Francisco at 0 o’clock Snndny morning and to sail for Naga-aki on the transport Grant with the Sixth cavalry the earn* day, SNEIX PAYS PENALTY Former Georgian Hanged at the National Capital. i KILLED A THIRTEEN-YEAR OLD GIRL Owing to Snell's Heavy Weight, the Hope Cut Through ami Almost Decap¬ itated lllm, Benjamin H. Snell, formerly of Georgia, paid tho death penalty on tho scaffold in the district jail at Wash¬ ington Friday for one of the most fiendish murders over committed within the confinoB of tho District of Columbia, His victim was Lizzie Weisenberger, n little white girl, thirteen years old. Snell wnB a clerk iu ths pension oflice, n giant in size, measuring six feet six inches and weighing nearly 200 pounds. The drop fell at 12:07 and his neck was broken by the fall of 6 feet, and tho rope cut through to the spinal col urnu, almost decapitating him. There were only a few present at the execution, bnt among them wns Karl Wiesenborger, the father of the murdered girl. The crime for which Snell paid the penalty wns committed August 6th, 1890, at the residence of the victim’s parents. The evidence ou the part of the prosecution tended to show that Suell want to the house of Karl Weif,- enberger, father of littlo Lizzie, that morning and asked for a drink of water. There being no water in the bouse, Mr. Weisenberger went to a hydrant, some distance away, to procure some. Thereupon Snell pns,el through the house and entered the kitchen, where Mrs. Mary Weisoubergor, the wife of Karl and mother of Lizzie, was pre paring the morning meal. Snell greet¬ ed her in his usual raanuer, to which she responded by ordering him out of the house and accusing him of having seduced her daughter Lizzie. Snell thereupon went from the kin-h¬ en iuto tho adjoining room, where Liz¬ zie Weiseubergor was sleeping, drew a razor from his pocket aud cut her throat, inflicting five wounds and nearly severing her head from her body. When the mother, nearing me cries of her child, rushed into the bed¬ room to protect her, Snell assaulted the mother, cutting her twice. Snell knocked the woman down and made a lireak for liberty nnd was chased several blocks before being captured and disarmed. Ho at once feigned insanity, and made that his plea in the trials that followed. SEYMOUR’S CASUALTY LIST. Allied Tronpe Killed In lt.ttlA. With lingers snml Chinese Soldiers. According to a message from Ad¬ miral Seymour, casualties iu tho bat¬ tles with Boxers aud Chinese troops up to last Friday were as follows: “British killed 27, wounded 75. Americans killed 4, wounded 25. French killed 1, wounded 10. Ger¬ mans killed 12, wounded 62. Italiaus killed 5, wounded 3. Japanese killed 2, wounded 3. Austrians killed 1, wounded 1. Russians killed 10, wounded 27.” AS AN OBJECT LESSON LI Hung Chang Orders Over a Hundred Pirates and Boxers Beheaded. The Canton correspondent of Tho London Daily Telegraph, iu a dispatch' dated Thursday, says: “One hundred nnd thirty pirates nnd boxers were beheaded yesterday by Li’s orders to terrorize law break- ers. The United States steamship Trinceton has beeu ordered to Can¬ ton." BATTLESHIP OREGON AGROUND. l»K Naval Vessel Reported Asliore Fifty Miles From Che Foo. It is reported in Shanghai that the United States battleship Oregon is on shore on the island of Hoo Kie, in the Miao Tao group, fifty miles north of Che Foo, aud that a steamer of the Iu- do China Steam Navigation company has gone to her assistance. Queensland Is Patriotic. The government of Queensland has offered the British admiralty a gun¬ boat for service iu Chinese waters. DOERS STILL IN EYIDENCE. Their Renewed Activity Gives Britons Plenty of Work. Telegrams reaching London from South Africa indicate that the renewed Boer activity increases in proportion with Lord Roberts’ acquiescence, so tho completion of the commander in chief’s enveloping movement supposed to be in progress is anxiously awaited. The latest news supports tho reports that Boors succeeded in piercing Gen¬ eral Bundle's lines nnd penotrated southward. WILL SPRING SURPRISE. I’ro.ecntlon In Goebel Murder Ca.o Ha. a Sensation In Store. A Frankfort, Ky., dispatch says: Governor Beckham, at the instance of T. Campbell, lias made Virginia, requisition on Governor Tyler, of for a Goebel suspect whose name is with¬ held. It is said this arrest Will sur¬ prise the defense. Franklin comity officers left Thursday night hr Bieh» mead, ENVOYS ISSUE AX ADDRESS. Tliank I’fi-plo of United Staten ami Only Ask For Cm tin uod Sympathy. A Now York special says: Tho Boer euvoyB who havo been in this country for the past two months, havo issued an address to tho poople of tho United States. After expressing regret at their ina¬ bility to accept invitations extended fo them, they expressed their thanks to the American pnblio for the “doep sympathy they have shown for the causa of the two struggling repub¬ lics.” The address snys: “Wo now feel convinced that tho boastful allegation of tho colonial sec- remry and other British statesmen that thiB great country sympathized with the British in its attempt to crush the liberty and independence of our two small states, is absolutely de¬ void of truth." The address then goes at great length into the history of the rela¬ tions between grent Britain and the Boers, which it characterizes as one of violated faith and broken pledges un¬ der the display of magnanimous and irropronohnble principles. The address dcolares that the capi¬ talists control the press of South Afri¬ ca, and that the leaders of these sub¬ sidized journals were appointed special correspondents cf the principal London dailies. The broad charge is made that Mr. Chamberlain’s revival of the suzerainty claim in 1897, bin i>ublic utterances, Sir Alfred Milner’s speeches nnd in¬ flammatory dispatches, and the efforts of tho South Africnn league, under the direction of Cecil Rhodes, were ail directed towards the ultimate destruc¬ tion of tho two Dutch republics. Taking up the campaign to date, the report says: “The Boers may be in tho end de¬ feated by overwhelming numbers and may ultimately he forced to surrender, owing to tho difficulty of securing ammunition and provisions, but the conduct of the present war, as well as tho history of the past 100 years, jus¬ tifies us in saying that ihey will never be conquered.” The address concludes by saying that tho envoys do not ask the direct or forcible intervention of the United States, hut a continuance of publio sympathy and support VICEROYS TURNED DOWN. They Appealed to United States to With¬ draw Troops From China. The six great viceroys of China, act¬ ing through the Chinese minister, re¬ newed their efforts to have foreign troops kept out of China until Li Hung Chang reaches Pekin. The re¬ quest was a formal document signed by tho six viceroys, including Li Hung Chang, presented to Secretary Hay Tuesday. The answer of the United States government was the same as that to the formal request of Minister Wti Monday, and amounted to a declina¬ tion. The viceroys are informed that there can be no abatement of efforts to se¬ cure the safety of onr officials and citi¬ zens. Minister Wu Ting Fang looked gloomy on leaving the department. ARKANSAS DEMOCRATS ACT. Nmne State Ticket and Indorse the Chi¬ cago Flutform. The Arkansas Democratic state con¬ vention at Littlo Rock, Tuesday, nom¬ inated the following partial state ticket: Governor—Jeff Davis, Pope county. Secretary of State—John W. Crock¬ ett, of Arkansas county. Attorney General—George W. Mur¬ phy, of Pulaski county. E. Little, State Treasurer—Thomas of Sebastian county. The report of the committee on res¬ olutions favors reaffirmation of the Chicago platform, opposes imperialism and contains a vigorous anti-trust plank. TO HOLD REUNION. Survivors of Forty-Second Georgia Regi¬ ment Will Meet In Atlanta. The Forty-second bold Georgia regiment reunion has decided to its annual in Atlanta, July 21st, and arrange¬ ments looking to holding a barbeoue are now being made. Congressman Livingston will be in¬ vited to act as orator of the day. The date of tho reunion, July 21st, was selected on account of the fact that tho reunion of tho bluo and the gray will be held at that time. Germans and Russians Confer. A Berlin special says: It is evident that Germany has been interchanging opinions with Russia and other pow¬ ers, and that the foreign officers have been receiving new instructions from Count Von Buelow, German minister of foreign affairs. Appealing For Rig Army. According to advices from Che Foo the foreigners everywhere are urging tho immediate concentration of au ar¬ my of 100,000 men or at least 60,000 men for au advance on Pekir. GENERAL CHAFFEE’S FORCES. He Will Have In the Neighborhood of Right Thousand Troops in China. The transport Grant, which sails for China from 8an Francisco will carry 800 men of the Sixth cavalry, which in addition to a hospital corps, made up nt the presido, 300 recruits and 200 marines will constitute the force going to China. Tho Ninth infantry and a signal corps from Mauila and the marines already In China will com plefe General Chaffoe'tt making 6,009 to 8,000 in all. NUMBER U. CHAFFEE IS ASSIGNED To Command Our Troopa In the Oalestial Empire, GOES WITH SIXTH CAVALRY News That Ninth Infantry Goes at Onoe to Taku Greatly Pleases the Offi¬ cials at Washington. President McKinley has assigned General Adua It. Ghaffeo to the com¬ mand of the American military forces operating in China. Tho plana of the war department were somewhat clear¬ ed up by the announcement. General Chaffeo was at the war de¬ partment Tuesday receiving instruc¬ tions and will loave for Han Francisco in timo to sail with the sixth cavalry. This dutaohmont sails on the Grant, which has been ordered to touch at Nagasaki for further orders. It is probablo that the ship will then sail direct for Che Foo, with General Chaf¬ feo and the sixth cavalry. Geueral MacArther, at Manila, was cabled an order directing the com¬ manding officer of the Ninth infantry and such other forces as may be oper¬ ating in China by the timo of tho Grant’s to report to Genoral Chaf- fee on his arrival. Unless present plans change headquarters will be es- tablised at Che Foo. The nows that the Ninth infantry sails at once from Manila for Taku was recoived with pleasure nt the war department. Gen. Corbin said be reg¬ iment will compare favorably with any similar organization sent by any of the othor foreign governments in Chinn. The Ninth hns beon recruited to its fullest possible limit of 1,170 and in provided with an ample supply of field gnus, tents and complete field equipment. It goes to Cliiun prepared for active service and is thoroughly equipped in the matter of transporta¬ tion nnd subsistence supplies for a long campaign. Tho regiment is com¬ manded by Colonel Liscurn, one of the bravest and most discreet officers in tho army. Tho trip from Manila to Tnkn will bo made on the transports Logan and Fort Albert, the latter car- ryiug transportation outfit and ma¬ chine guns. MOBILE FLOODED. Over a Foot of Water Fell In the Spuce of Nine Hours in Alabama Citys’ Tho heaviest rainfall in the history of the weather bureau of this country was experienced at Mobile, Ala., Tues¬ day, when 12.57 inches of rain was precipitated in the immediate section. It was merely a local, rain extending only a few miles in almost every direc¬ tion, although the Mobile and Ohio railroad announced that they had rain in great volume all along their line to St. Louis. The rain began about 4 o’clock, and the heaviest fall was between the hours of 5 and 7, the record for the two hours being five inches. The rest of the fall was recorded between 7 and 2 o’clock, the entire fall of 12.67 inches being within nine hours. Only onco before in this country has this record been nearly equalled, whon on September 3, 1893, in Donaldsonville, La., there was recorded a fall of 21.70 inches in thirty hours. The damage done by the fall cannot be estimated. The crops are ruined entirely, and bridges in all sections of the country are either washed away or severely damaged. All of the country roads are impassable. All of the rail¬ roads experienced washouts and there is heavy damage, as the road beds are weakened to a great extent. The section has nover before ex¬ perienced such a protracted period of heavy rainfalls, and there is no way of estimating the total amount of damage done. The farmers, according to well in¬ formed cotton factors and commission men, are well nigh ruined, and there is no hope for them to recover their losses. The cotton is gone to grass to a great extent, while the other farm products arc receiving no attention whatever owing to the impossibility of working the Helds in the rain. HOLE IS INAUGURATED a* Chief Executive of the Hawaiian Is¬ lam!., In Honolulu. An Associated Press dispatch says: fhe lust of the three great epoch- making events in the history of tho an¬ nexation of the Hawaiian islands to the United States of America, took place Thursday morning when Gover- nor S. B. Dole, first executive of the American territory, was inaugurated. The oath of office was taken and the inaugural address delivered on the spot that was the scene of tho other two events—the reading of tho all- important proclamation of 1893 and the flag-raising of 1898. SEYMOUR SENDS MESSAGE. According to It Ho Had 63 Men Killed and Over 800 Wounded. Admiral Seymour, it is said, suc¬ ceeded in getting a message into Tien TBin on last Monday, according to which he was eight miles westward, terribly harrassed, could only hold killed out ,another two days, and had 63 and over 200 wounded. He did sot mention the minister* ft otfctfi Koto PikiHi