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ADVANCE.
I'uLIiMr it:
THIRTEEN DEAD
IN COLLISION
torsion Train Crashed Will!
Fearful Force Into Milk Cars.
OVER THIRTY PERSONS INJURED
The Impact Was Terrific and Both
Trails 5iilasHed Almost td
kiridlirig Wood.
Thirteen persons killed and over
thirty others injured iu the appalling
record of a renr-eud collision between
au excursion train and a milk train on
tho Bethlehem branch of the Philadel-
phia and Rending railway Sunday
morning at Hartfield, Pn., twenty J
seven miles .. north of Philadelphia.
The wrecked train consisted of ten
day coaches and was tho first section
of a largo excursion ma le up of peo-
pie from Bethlehem, Allentown ind
rurrouuding towns to Atlantic CLy.
It left tho union depot ill Bethlehem
at (5:05 Sunday morning exactly tliiry-
five minutes beliiud the milk train,
Tho latter train consisted of two milk
cars and two passenger conches nnd
had stopped at every station on the
road from Bethlehem en route to Phil-
adelphia.
At 6:54 the milk train drew up at
Ibe milk platform at Hatfield and in
less than two minutes the special ex-
cursion train, running at the rate of
thirty-five miles nu hour, crashed into
the rear of tho milk train, Tho lo 0-
motivo plowed through the two pas-
senger coaches aud crushed them as if
they wero egg shells. The milk eat
immediately iu front was also badly
wrecked. Four persons, Godfrey ILae-
lin. his daughter Mamie, Harold Lau-
dis nnd William Blackburn, on tho
passenger car of tbo milk train, wero
utmost instantly killed Fortunately
there were very few persons on this
The excursion train was a picture of
indescribable horror. Tlio locomotive
was a mass of bent and broken iron
nnd firmly held the bodies of its en¬
gineer nud fireman beneath its great
weight. Behind the engine six of the
ten cars were also a mass of wreckage.
The first c ar wns ln oke.it i n twain and
the other five cars were thrown ou
their sides, com pletely demolished.
Ni»e persons were killed in the first
two cars and the others in these
coaches were badly maimed.
As soon as the crash came a terrible
cry rose from Ibe smashed cars, nnd
Those who had not been injured quick¬
ly crawled or jumped from Ihe cars
and went to tho assistance of the in¬
jured. Many were pinned down by
wreckage and bad to bo freed by the
liberal uso of axes. Messougers were
sent to the nearby villages for physi¬
cians and a relief train was telegraphed
for from Bethlehem. With fifteen doc¬
tors aud a half dozen nurses a special
train was sent from Bethlehem, but
before it reached the sooiio of the
wreck it wns signaled to return to
Bethlehem, as a special carrying nearly
all the injured bad started for the hos¬
pital at that place. Ou Ihe run from
Hatfield to the hospital three of the
injuved died.
Thero arc conflicting stories as to
responsibility for the accident. Ono
version is thnt the engineer of tho ex¬
cursion train bad been warned nt Sou-
derton, tho station above Hatfield, that
a milk train was a few minutes ahead
of him. Another story is that the
train dispatcher's office in Philadel¬
phia was nt fault. TUe trainmen re¬
fused to talk of the accident.
WETS HANDSOME FEE.
Goebel ICsInto Will Pay Hr. McCormick
8*10,000 For Services.
One of tho handsomest fees ever
ipaid a general practitioner for services
in a single case will be received by
Dr. J. N. McCormick, of Bowling
Green, for bis attendance upon Wil¬
liam Goebel after lie was shot at Frank¬
fort. Arthur Goebel, brother of the
dead governor and his devisee under
the will, has jilaced a claim against
the estate of Governor Goebel for
810,000 for Dr. McCormick’s services.
JAPAN FOR PEACE.
Mifcmilo’s Government. Stamls Uratly to
Withdraw All Troops From Chinn.
A tolegram has been received nt tbo
Japanese legation in Washington to
the effect that having been iuformed
by tho Japanese consul at Amoy that
he has been assured by tho Chinese of
their roadiues*io afford full protection
to tho foreigjyPresidents at thnt post,
theJapniiese government has marine's already
ordered the withdrawal of the
in Ihe nntivo. town, nnd nre prepared
to withdraw the rest of the marines ns
soon as they nre satisfied thnt the
pence and order of the port are'ns-
sured.
A “SHIRT WAIST” DECISION.
Southern Railway Lawyer Reetdes Men
Can Ride in I.atest Costume.
A lady passenger on a Southern rail¬
way train complained that a man woro
a shirtwaist without his coat in a
ladies’ coach. The matter wos refer¬
red to the legal department of tho
road, nnd it has submitted an opinion,
bolding that “so long as a man is de¬
cently dressed, whether lie has on his
coat or not, his appearance cannot be
offensive to any sensible person,”
QUESTION OF INDEMNITY
Is Only Factor In Chlncae ftuddll
That Powers Are Fully
Agreed Upon,
A Washington Npets'iol snjps: rfLie
calling of d splscidl tinlfinbt mfeetlu/j
tyr Wedue.sdny morning to Sonaidet
I ho latest developments iu the hliin’eso
situation following n midnight confer¬
ence of Tuesday night and several
similar conferences with Secretary
Root and Mr. Adeo within the Inst two
days, emphasiz'd the amount of at-
tention the pro: blent is devoting to
this troublesome lojilij*
Germany's reinUttl tb ttbefept Li iis
jdenlpbtentithy Will delu^ peKco hegb-
liaiions several weeks. Ileiioe this
fact is not contemplated with cqunnim-
[ ily being by desirous our government, of terminating the president tho
unsatisfactory pres¬
ent state of affairs in
China as soon ns t It is can be done with
honor and Security, and providing the
objects laid down in his vafiotts notes
?“ n he ' vil1 Consider that
the United States has performed its
duty from a military point of view.
Therefore, if our government can
find some responsible person with
whom to conclude an agreement and
such on agreement can bo arranged On
a basis that wilt fully conserve the
l ights of the United States Without
infiingtug upon tliofen of tbo other
powers United a s* endy withdrawal of trio
States troops from Chinn may
be expected and it is entirely possible
that Field Marshal Count WflldersVe
will not after all exercise command
over any American troops ill China.
It is believed that the point has been
readied where it is proper that there
should be a clear eXptessioti of ptii-posn
on the part of tho principal powers, iu
ordur thnt the United States govern-
ment may know how far it. may go
consistently in the execution of'the
common program*
the Most of the Objects had in view by
president when ho made an au-
Bwer to the CliiDese government’s ap¬
peal, and began the campaign upon
Pekin, have been achieved, Two
others roniain to l)o secured, namely,
for the safeguarding of American It!tetests
the future and some ptoper guar¬
antee for indetBification for the ex¬
penses of rocent operations and losses
of American citizens.
AWAITS COMPLAINT.
Surgeon Sternberg Says He Was
Unaware of III Treatment
of Captain Crenshaw.
Surgeon General -flteirnberg, at
Washington, to whom all complaints
of ill treatment of wounded soldiers
are made, states positively thnt no
complaint has reached the department
as to the alleged ill treatment of Cap¬
tain F. D. Crenshaw, of Atlanta,
which is said to hove caused his death.
If any complaint is made, bo prom¬
ises that it will receive the Careful con-
sideratiou of the war department and
he will make a thorough examination
flt once. He is, however, disinclined
to do 'anything on the strength of
newspaper reports alone, nnd thinks it
better to wait for some official com¬
plaint to bo lodged with tho depott-
ment.
“I have no information with regard
to Captain Crenshaw outside of the
press dispntches,” being General Sternbirg
said, on interviewed on the sub¬
ject. “He would not have been sent
to his home if it had not been in ac¬
cordance with his own Mushes. He was
entitled to treatment nt the Presidio
and would no doubt havo been receiv¬
ed and cared for there, receiving the
most careful treatment.”
The war department authorities re¬
gard it as very unfortunate that there
should have been cause for such a
complaint and hope that a thorough
investigation will show that the re¬
port is an erroneous one.
Sues For Burned Cotton.
In the federal court at Little Rock,
Ark., Wednesday tho Lessor Cotton
company and thirteen firo insurance
companies filed suit against the St.
Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern
railway for an nggregate of $195,000
and interest, being the amount of in¬
surance paid on cotton burned at New¬
port, April 1, 1900.
BIG STRIKE PREDICTED.
Atiihraclle Miner. In Prnn.rlvunia Kc-
clon to I.ny !>own thnlr Pick..
“In my opinion there will be a
strike in the anthracite region of Penn¬
sylvania nnd it will bo the biggist the.
United States has over known,” said
President Mitchell, of tlio United Mine
Workers, at Indianapolis Friday. Mr.
Mitchell had just returned from a trip
cast during which ho was present at
the convention of miners at Hazleton,
Ta.
“Of course, a strike must ho oider-
ed by tbo executive committee of the
council,” he continued, “but all indi¬
cations point to a big tie-up. ”
CHARGES AGAINST EMPLOYES.
Immigration Official, at New York Ae-
cnsetl of Corruption In Office.
Charges wero received at. Now York
Friday ^ from tho treasury department
at Washington against ten employes
of the immigration service at the port
of New York.
The charges are of various charac¬
ters, including incompetency, brutali¬
ty and accepting bribes and nre the
result of an investigation held last
spring.
CARNESVILLE. GA., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER r. moo.
f^EW <1. L R. HEAD
Mnjor Raasieur Elcoiuu C ! ? niraan-
der-IirCliief By Veterans.
Sf. LM’iS flAN SiiCGEEPS GEN. SlIAW
Closing; Pay of Grand Encampment at
Chicago—Denver Selected as llto
Next l*laco of Meeting;.
With tho selection of officers and
the choice of Denver for tho national
etIQiliUptttent of loOl* the thirty-foUrth
nnnufliencaiiipnleiithf the Grrtnd Arffi*
o,« c* io „
close at Chicago Ihursdn>.
At the closing session, the commit-
tee appointed to cousider the nunual
report of tho commander iu chief op-
proved it with the exception of his
recommendation of an effort to secure
the rthange of tbo date of Memorial
Dlty fttJra May .doth to the lrtst Sunday
iit May.
The report was adopted and the del-
egates took up the vexed question of
pensions. The report was ndoptod
without ntticndmont and practically
without debate. Its main feature Was
tho petition to congress to pass a bill
providing iiiiiUodintbiy for a coltrt thousands of appeals to act
on tho Of pen-
slon applications now pcb'-ling* Which
court of appeals shall have final juris-
diction*
1, ttter in the day pension matters
Wete fterflih brotight fjefotb the dfele-
gates of by majority rttul liliuority re-
ports the committee on restTutions
on tile subject of service pensions,
Tile after majority ropotij which Wiis discus¬ adopt¬
ed a Somewhat lengthy
sion recommended that the whole mat¬
ter be referred to tho committeo Oil
pensions* Until tltb thus practically burying it
next SnButtl enhaUlpinent.
The minority report, presented by
Past Commander Hurst, of Ohio, rec¬
ommended the passage by tho encamp¬
ment of a resolution favoring service
pensions based on length of service.
Pension matters being disposed of,
the election of offioei's Wits taken tip
and iu an eloquent speech Major AVil-
li n m 'Warner, of Kansas City, placed
Major Leo Rassieur the pbsitioii of St: Louis* iu
nomination fob of Coirt"-
biauder in chief.
Judge Advocato General Torrenco
made a brief seconding speech. Thero
wero no other nominations and a mo¬
tion to suspend tho rules and declare
was:carried Major Rassieur amid elected inuth by rtppiaiiSe. acclamation
Tbb new commander in chief was
escorted to the platform amid hearty
cheers from his comrades and returned
his thanks for tho honor, which he ac¬
cepted.
The other officers were also elected
by Acclamation as follows:
Senior Vice Commauder—E. C.
Miltiken, Portland, Me. I
Junior Vice Commander—Frank
Seaman, Knoxville. General—John Teun*
Delta, Surgeon A, Wilkins,
O.
Chaplain iu Chief—P.ev. A. Drnhms,
San Quentin, Cal.
BUBONIC IN SCOTLAND.
Dredd Stoilrge Seems io Have a
Good Hold In Unfortunate
Scotch fletropolis.
Eleven persons are now suffering
from bubonic plague in Glnsgotv*
Scotland, and live others have symp¬
toms of tho plague. The post mortem
examination of the body of a person
who died from plague August 27th es¬
tablishes the disease of bubonic plague*
This has been officially announced by
Dr. Chalmers, the chief medical officer,
and is supported by Prof. Muir and
Dr. Brownlie. The foreign consuls
are in communication with the medi¬
cal authorities, and all Glasgow ships
may be quarantined,
American Coal In Demand.
Mail Aecordigg order to The placed Loudon Now Daily Cas¬ j
nil wns at
tle Thursday for 70,000 tons of Ameri¬
can coal for tho Mediterranean.
Storm Was Fearfully Fatal.
Advices received in Seattle from
Nome say thirty-eight dead bodies
have been found as the result of the
recent storm.
LAWYERS DISCUSS LAW.
The American liar Association Holds An¬
nual Meeting at Saratoga.
The opening session of the twenty-
third annual meoting of the American
Bar Association was held at Saratoga,
N. Y., Wednesday.
The president’s address was deliv¬
ered by ex-Senator Charles F. Man-
dorson of Omaha, Neb., communicat¬
ing tho most noteworthy changes
in statute law on points of general in¬
terest made in several states aud by
congress during the preceding year.
Tbo report of the treasurer, Francis
Rawlo, of Philadelphia, gave the re¬
ceipts as $11,691 and tho disburse¬
ments as $8,234.
TO DISCUSS RATES.
Itailruad Commissioners of Southern
States Gather at Chattanooga.
A Chattanooga dispatch says: Tho
railroad commissioners of the southern
states met Wednesday at Lookout Inn
on Lookout mountain for confercnco
purposes pursuant to a call issued by
J. D. Mclnnis, of Mississippi, nnd
others, for a conference as to railroad
rate* and classifications.
“PREACHER” JONES HANGED.
Host Dastardly €rlnie In Recent
History of Tar Heel Stdte
Is Avenged.
Thomas Jon*:. * uo « ro Poacher,
the murderer of a family u» 5* x P er ‘
«mS* Wits hanged flt Raleigh, N. C„
L’flday rtt nood in the coduty Jail,
■^heh fhe flenth struggles of tho
| negro etfdbd; the lrtSt c1irtn(Ct id the
bloodiest crime of ^orth O vro'liria was
brought to a ciosfl;
A great many negroes were iii the Im¬
j mediate vicinity of the jail—the snme
negroes who thronged the streets of
llfllelgh last March and attempted to
*/ r,u 'h tone*, but ott this occasion
t crltiib y ns fc C r*hin f6'f siGo theft fhfl Mottdf
had March been.avenged,
On ifs foist;; th'6 da^ of tho
crime, none ever believed lift) G^gjo
would be legally executed, for mobs
formed quickly and every ono thirsted
for tho negro’s life. Quick and de-
tefiflihed work by the officers, how-
tAer; satfid tbp Tlibhgti pfisober from ft ileStli
of tortiirb. rtt flt eomfdfc'iciy rtt denying
his guilt, Jones has since
confessed. On last Monday ho again
professed religion and was baptized
!u Although bis cell iu the county jail,
it prertbher at, the time of
the brittle* he dates his actual cflntef-
Siott only its far bttek rts threo days
bfefoie lie felt the nObfte ttbottl his uflek.
With the Object of efttotminfUibg rt
family of eight,Jones, in order to con-
ceal his crime, murdered Ella Jones,
colored, theti nud her 11 year-old dniigh-
tfet* ttnfl Set resided* Are to, the building
iu which smaller they children. bulbing ftlife
foitr
By reiflflriiablb presence tlf blind
Laura Jttnbsj fin N yerif old girl; es¬
caped, carrying with her Sid Jotles,
lier 3-year-old brother, thereby ro
ducing tbo number of Jones’ victims
tb six.
Among ilie ficUrfifl Wns s 3-weeks- tiie
old bnby, whom Laura Jones,
mother, bad declared was the child of
Tom Jones. Pressed by tho mother
to contribute to its support, Jonos de¬
termined to wipe out the entire family
fay Accetdiiig mtitdbt' find arson: tjib fold by lib
lb story I
girl who escaped* Jonbs entered tho
hqriso whfeie.they wefe sleeping at
midnight iti Marfih* Tlib t1bj»t-o brushed
iu Ihe heads of her mother i.tid little
sister with an axe and then set fire to
the bods in which four children were
sleeping.
Neighbors were awake-.ed by the
light llio of the conflagration and hurried
io soenb of tragedy. Tile 1 ittlo girl
who escaped then told the story of tho
frightful crime.
Jonos was arrested nthis home, half
n mile distant, a few hours nfter tile
crime. In his room were a pair of
overalls, which xVero sploifchcd With
blood.
TiYO CONVICTS KIIXMII.
They Were .Kgcanes *u»cl I5efi»s«t| To Sur
refttier To a ruvsiilns i*o
Wes Austin and Bob Armstrong,
two escaped convicts, were killed and
a third wounded by pursuers near
Whiteside, 15 miles from Cbnttauoogn.
Austin, Armstrong and Jim Westbrook
escaped Goal Gitjr* front the Convict days Stockade at
Gn., several ago*
Warden Brock learned that tl*o con-
victs had boen committing and depreda¬
tions near Trenton, Ga., organized
a posse for pursuit. They came upon
the men cooking at a camp near While-
side and demanded surrender. The
Conflicts fled and tlio posse lipeneil fire
with tho result stated. Westbrook
escaped.
MINKS TEMPORARILY CLOSED.
Uonfereiuio ltetween Worker* ami Opera¬
tors In Tennessee Postponed a Week.
A Knoxville, Tenn , dispatch says-
Failing to reach an agreement on the
wage scale in the conference between
fiiiiiers 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-
her 10th.
0a account of the failnfe to Agree,
all coal mines in Coal Creek, Jellico,
Middlesboro and intervening points
with the exception of two or three
mines, are closed down* It in not a
strike, as both miners and operators
are hopeful of reaching an agreement
by September 10th. About 3,000
miners are affected by the shut down.
CENTRAL PAYS DIVIDEND.
Three nnd a Half For Cent on First Pre¬
ferred Income Ponds.
The directors of the Central of Geor¬
gia Railway Company at a meeting la
Savannah Wednesday declared a divi¬
dend of per cent on the first profor-
red income bonds, payable October 1.
There ate $4,COO,000 of these bonds
and tho amount of this dividend is
8130,000, to be paid out of the earn¬
ings of the Central for the post fiscal
year. It is said that some of the direc¬
tors were in favor of not pnying more
than 2} per cent, but a majority of ^he
board voted for the larger figure. The
money ivas there, one of them said,
and it should go to the bondholders.
ENGLAND SHOWS DISAPPROVAL.
Times Ueclnres Conntiry’s Honor Will Pre¬
vent Her Following Czar’s Ktample.
Tho London Times feels perfectly
clear, it says, that neither honor nor
the interests of England will permit
her to follow Russia's example. It
trusts that Germany will also refuse to
leave Pekin and expresses the hope
thnt the report that the state depart¬
ment in Washington disapproves tho
Russian suggestion may prove correct.
RAPIST DIES
Sam Robinson Pays Penalty
His Crime at Marietta, Ga.
nCTIM AND HER HUSBAND
7
/.tlrg© Crowd 1 Vim On Hand ££ No JMs-
Hrdt'f OtCilr red*-Prisoner UmiftaRAn
III# tfcrliWtf the Gt»lloWf9«
5,W> Robinson paid the penalty of
his crime on f?.*o pal lows at Marietta,
Gn., Saturday in plain vie** of about
fifteen hundred people. The ooriiilfj
people began gathering iu town cnrly
In the (1«y flfld by 10 o’clock some two
fhbTfsfin’fl Were in town. Tho streets
wero efovMed,’ manifested. tuft not H sign of vio¬
lence wns It Was « qttiel
and (fl-flrtrly crowd of people, fill
anxious to see f J.’5 hanging.
The train from Atlanta stopped su’d nt
Confederate cemetery crossing tho
prisoner was taken off there. Sixty
ftfiiled guards mot tho trniu and escort-
fc'd fbo prisoner and party to the placo
of oxeciitlofi’: The sbertffs incident* and pris¬
oner arrived without rorio Robin-
son smoking a cigflr as they (rtiitt
tho train, a distance of about a half
mile, to the gallowa. Ho seemed in
fairly good spirits him. and conversed with
those nbotlt
tin lit striving flt the found grtllows a great
crowd people Wrts there Unit¬
ing- inclosed by liOflfd
The gallows was a
fence sixteen feet high, nud only
guards* officers, newspaper men amt
twO Colored ptet’Cbors—Revs. G. A.
Parish and 1). R. Bond—weffl allowed
inside* except rt fCV who had Ofdcffi
froth Jiidjfo Gobot. Mt. stud lilts. Ili¬
zer wore on the ghbhhdfl rtfid lirtd nil
order to allow them to see tflC thing
iug, but they did not go inside the
ixclosuro, but remained on tho hill
some (JIslStRJB dftdt
At 10:30 o’clock tnfc ttrts closed
to nil outsido except those menlioiiflfL
Rev. Parish read a passage of scrip¬
ture and talked very sympathetically
find earnestly with Robinson, taking
hiiii by the hfitid and asking him if bo
realised libit soo'il ho Wiis to ifioct his
,
God, rth’d if he wds prepared to (fleet
death; Io, which he replied hfi wrts.
Rev. fi. B. Bond tben offered a Very
fervent and earnest pra+er* Closing by
saying the jury did right in ebii«'iCtf*>g
him and the judge in sentencing him.
Robinson was then asked if he
w ished to sny anything nnd he said ho
dill; btft before the crowd -be rose pushed to mnko dqwn his
statement one the
side of tho inclosnre, exposing
whole thing to view, so that the great,
crowd who had gathered on thnt side
could see everything that transpired.
Robiilgcii farted the crowd and walk¬
ed steadily to the end of tiio gftlloWR
and made his statement., speaking in a
loud, clear voice. He said:
“Let me tell you all, friends, my
coloftil ftisnds nnd white, never com¬
mit tho crime that I have. If I had
not committed it this timo I might
some other. Tench your children
never to commit this crime. I am
guilty. I committed tho crime and
don’t deny It. I am going before my
God flhd that is nil I have to say.”
Ho tlieh stciod xvkol'e he had made
his statement aud the black cap wrts
placed over his head and rope around
his neck. Tho trigger was pulled nt
10:41 o’clock. The drop was live feet
broke Iiohiuson’s neck. He shrugged
his shoulders afew times and all was
soon over.
Robinson’s father, Derry Robinson,
from Anderson, S. C., thon came for¬
warded and asked if ho might havo the
body. He was told thnt he could. The
old man took tlic corpse’s head in his
arms and wept. He said Sam was
twenty-four years old and Mas mar-
r ied, leaving a wife nnd two children,
s ara | eft llomCi ho said, iu May with-
ou j telling where be was going, as ho
bad often done before.
The old mail did not have money
enough to pay the express to Ander¬
son, but a contribution was made up
for him thnt enabled him to leave Sat¬
urday evening with bis boy.
The crowd thnt witnessed the hang¬
ing wns orderly throughout nnd every¬
thing was done in a decent manner.
After the wall was torn down, so they
could see, tbo crowd made no attempt
to come nearer the gallows and was
easily kept back by tho guards at a
safe distance.
POPULlsTS ISSUE ADDRESS.
Appeal to llic Party to Support Bryan nnd
Justifying Indorsement of Htevenson.
A dispatch from Lincoln, Neb., says:
V ico Chairman Ddmisten and Secretary
EdgertoD, of Ibe Populist nntional
committee, have issued au address ap¬
pealing for tho support of W. J. Bryan
and justifying the indorsement of Ad-
Ini Steveuson as vice presidential can¬
didate.
Rig Lumber I'lniif Burned.
Tlio plants and yards of the Otter
Creek Lumber Company at Hambleton,
W. Va., were burned Saturday, with
120,000 feet of lumber. Loss $250,*
000, partly covered by insurance.
M UST MO YE U A ME.
American Troop. Aro Allied to Vacate
German Concession at Tlnti Twin.
The Germans have formally demand¬
ed for themselves all the buildings
aud grounds of the camps of tho
United States troops at Tien Tsiu ex¬
plaining that these will be needed by
the large German forces soon to ar¬
rive. As the American camp lies in
the German concession, the demand
will probably be complied with; and a
new camp for the United States troops
will be established uutside the city.
RUSSIA’S PURPOSE DECLARED
Caar 5enda Out Statement Ex¬
plaining His Intentions as
Regards China.
A special from 8t. retorsbug says:
Tbo Cznr lins directed the acting for¬
eign minister to address to his repre¬
sentatives abroad tho circular which
follows:
“J ho immediate objects which the
imperial government had in viow ai
(ltd tbi ” outlet of tho Chinese trouble
were ns folio*:'. 81
“First, to prutcei /He Russian lega¬
tion rtt Pekin.
“Second, to asinro the safeiy of
Russian subjects against the criminal
intentions of tho Chinese rebels.
“Third, to render help to the Chi¬
nese government in its struggle with
these troubles, the Interests of a speedy
establishment of tho legal order of
things in the empire.”
As a result all the powers interested
decided with the samo object in view,
to send the troops to China. The im¬
perial government therefore proposed
tho following fundamental principles
to guide the powers in China:
“I’irSf* the maintenance of a com¬
mon agreement among maintenance tho powers
“Second, tho of tho
former state organism in China,
“Third, the removal of everything
that Cfrttld lead to the partition of th*
Celestial empire, establishment
“Fourth, the with the
united powers of a legal cefltfal gov¬
ernment at Pekin nblo alone to pf«-
Berve order and tranquility in tho
country. “On these points
vailed agreements pre¬
With almost all the powers.
“While pursuing no other objects
the imperial government Will continue
to steadfastly adhere to its former pro¬
gram of action. When the course of
eVonts, such as rebel attack on our
Hoops flt Now Chwnng and n series of
hostile state nets by tho Chinese on our
frontier,- as* for instance, the
bombardment of Blsgovetclieiisk, In¬
duced Russia to occupy ffew Chwang
and march troops into the Manchurian
territories, which such timely measures,
nceossltiug Wero exclusively prompted by
the of the warring acts of
the Chinese robeis, cfld in no way tes¬
tify to auy independent plans* which
are completely foreign to the policy of
the imperial government.
“As s oaii ns Ifisllug order shall have
been established In Manchuria and
indispensable measures taken for the
protection of railway eonstmctbl i
Which, according to formal agreement iAt
China assflfed, Russia will tail Hj
recall her troops from these territories
of tiie neighboring empire, provided
the action of other powers does iloi
plaeo any obstacle in the way of such
a nieflsHrO.
R0CKI11LL IS SifASGIIAI.
Njipclfll Cominl«n|oner S«y§ Unity of Act¬
io!! Is Absolutely Necessary.
William Woodvillo Rockhill, special
commissioner of the United States
government to investigate aud report
on conditions in China, in an inter¬
view With a ropresenntivo of the As¬
sociated Press at tlhaugliai, emphasiz¬
ing the importance of the harmonious
action of tho powers as a measure of
self-defense, said among other things:
“If the Chinese government is able
to break the concert of nations and to
bring nbout a disagreement on tbo
part of any government in such a way
ns to socuro any relaxation of the joint
demands, all the foreigners In China
may as well pack up ond lenve.
“This is the very best opportunity
to settle for all time tho status of for¬
eigners in Chinn. If that matter is
not settled now, tho Chinese will be
encouraged to persist in their present
policy, and the powers will have the
whole trouble to thresh over again ev¬
ery two or three years. I believe thnt
all the governments arc impressed with
this truth.”
Bryan In Indiana.
Saturday Mr. Rryau made his second
brief visit of tho campaign to Indiana.
He arrived at South Bend late Satur¬
day afternoon, speaking briefly at La
Porte en route and at South Bend more
nt length.
Bids For Battleships Wanted.
The navy department has prepared
its advertisement calling battleships for bids for
constructing tho five au¬
thorized by the acti of 1S99 and 1900.
November 15th is fixed as tho date for
opening the bids.
oris SUCCEEDS WHEELER.
Retirement of AlnlMiwinn Will Cans©
Promotion of General Chaffee.
A Washington special says: General
Otis has been selected to fill the post
of commanding officer of tbo depart¬
ment of the lakes made vacant by tho
retirement of General Joe Wheeler.
General Cliaffoe will ho made a briga¬
dier general on General Wheeler’s re¬
tirement.
Germany Adheres to First l’lan.
Bemi-flicinlly it is reaffirmed in Ber¬
lin that Germany now. as heretofore,
adheres to the programme mapped out
in the circular of July 3d and then ap¬
proved by all the powers.
ENGLAND IS SUSPICIOUS.
Th© Russo-American Program, However,
Is Considered Wise Move.
The Russo-Americnn “surprise,” ns
it is cnlled, is the chief feature of the
London morning papers. While Rus¬
sia’s part in the proposal is regarded
with considerable suspicion, it is gen¬
erally recognized that the flight of the
empress dowager and Ihe emperor ren¬
ders the situation extremely difficult,
nnd tberefote, that it might be wise to
adopt the Russo-American programme
NUMBER 43.
A PROPOSAL
TO WITHDRAW
Russia and America Suggest the
Evacuation of Pekin.
OTHER POWERS ARE SOENDED
If Answers Are Satisfactory the
First Steps Toward Peace
Will lie Taken.
The course of tbo United States
pending tbo Chinese negotiations was
made more clear Thursday by an im¬
portant noto ombodying a communica¬
tion from Russia and advising the
powers of the action taken by this
government. Tho Russian note de¬
clared the interdiction of Li Hung
Chang’s communication with tho Chi-
ueso government was inexplicable,
and asked that tbo powers direct their
commanders io vneato tbo order.
The state department has dispatched
its instruction to the United States di¬
plomatic representative abroad in con¬
formity with tho decision by tho cabi¬
net upon the Russian proposal to with¬
draw tbo troops in Pekin to allow the
empress dowager and Emperor Kwaug
Sn to return to tho capital, to institute
negotiations for a nottlcment with the
powers. of
All of those steps nro mntters
common agreement, so it was possible
for two nations concerned, Russia and
the United States to niako agroomenta
between themselves at this stage, at
least as it ifl necessary to advise each
of tho governments represented in
China of the various propositions as
they nre broached.
Ihe instruction sent to our repre¬
sentatives recalls to their mind tho
conditions which the United States
has already laid down as the proper
basis for tbo institution of negotia¬
tions for uu amicable settlement.
Some of theso conditions have been
me!}, tbo international column is iu
Pekin and tho foreigners in that capi¬
tal are safe for the time-being. The
remainder of tho conditions, namely,
those looking to tho future protection
of American interests, are yet to be
complied with. made for
If arrangements can be
their acceptance under proper guaran¬
tee for the performance, our govern¬
ment will withdraw its troops from
Pekin in order tofnciliate the negotia¬
tions for pence, and this nnsurnneo has
been given tq tho Russian government
along with the others. The Chinese
government must guarantee jts ability
to prevent tho spread of disorder to
the other provinces and a recui'rouce
of such disorders as have occurred.
AWAITING IlESPONSEH.
The United Htfttes government ia
now quietly waiting for responses to
the notes which have been sent to our
various representatives for presenta¬
tion to tbo powers. Perhaps a week
may pass before all of these replies
are received.
According to their formal expres¬
sions all the powers are agreed upon
this one poiut—they do not desire to
enter upon a formal, war with China.
Tho United States government is try¬
ing to bring about this result.
For the moment it finds itself side
by side with Russia, whose earnest¬
ness cannot be questioned. The ob¬
ject is to bring about a situation ia
China that will admit of negotiations
looking to the re-establishment of
order and the cessation of hostilities
with the assurance of protection to
foreign life and property.
It is with this object that Russia has
suggested witdrawal from Pekin in or¬
der that the Chinese government may
resume tho reins of power, for th»
Chineso people, being guided by ex¬
ternals, arc not apt to yield fenity to a
government not in possession of its
own capital. The United States gov¬
ernment has been earnestly champion¬
ing the cause of Li Hung Chang from,
a precisely similar motivo, namely, a
desire to rehabilitate speedily the
Chinese government in order that it
may carry out its desire to sottle the
difficulties which have arisen. This
has been tho object of the negotiations
of the last few days aud the Russian
note and the United States response
were but parts of the general plan.
In responding to the Russian note
the United States government availed
itself of the opportunity of directly
inviting tho remaining powers to ex¬
press their desires in the matter of a
settlement, or rather to indicate how,
in their judgment, peace negotiations
could be thus instituted. This note
is calculated to secure a full disclosure
of the intentions of the powers if tho
inquiry is met by them iu the frank
spirit iu which it was conceived by the
United States government. The diffi¬
culty apprehended now iu reaching a
settlement lies iu intentional procras¬
tination on the part of any power
which does not desire to avoid a formal
war.
SEEMS SURE OF ADOPTION.
Announced Thnt Americnn-Russian Pro¬
posal Will lies Accocpted By Powers,
The Associated Press nt London has
official authority for announcing that
the American-ltussian proposal in fa-
vor of the withdrawal of the allied
forces from Pekin, with the view of
facilitating negotiations for the con¬
clusion of peace, has not only met
with considerable favor at European
chancellories, but is almost certain to
be adopted.