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CARNESVILLE ADVANCE
VOLUME II.
CHINESE EDICTS
ARE
oinccmy , of Impcri3l Government
Ic Is Honhind Doubted R™ By Diplomats.
AMERICA MAY BE HOODWINKED
‘Report Conies That the Orientals
Have Voluntarily Begun Pun¬
ishment of Boxer Leaders.
A London special says: Beyond a
number of imperial edicts, which
throw into still worso confusion the
complicated Chinese situation, thcro
was little in Sunday’s nows to arrest
attention. From Shanghai comes an
unconfirmed report that the allies have
seixe .i Shan Hai Kwan,
All the news with regard to the edicts
.•emanates from Shanghai, According
»o thoso advices, in addition to the
'edicts ordering Grand Councillor Kun
Kang to offer oblations before the
coffin of Baron Von Ketteler and the
edict directing that Li Hung Chang’s
entire plan be followed in regard to
itlie punishment of the princes and
High ministers of state responsible for
the anti-foreign outrages, and the
decree ordering tbit funeral honors
be paid in Pekin and Tokio to the
remains of Suglyama Akira, the mur¬
dered chancellor of the Japanese lega¬
tion, Emperor KwangSu has addressed
further letters to the. czar and tho mi¬
kado renewing his requ»st for their
aid in the peace negotiations.
Various opinions are expressed as to
the importance of tlio edicts and tho
sincerity of the Chinese, While these
-edicts have promulgated, however,
feverish war preparations are still re-
poiiod from Sliaughui, and new ap¬
pointments have been made to tho
Chinese army and navy.
"The Chinese Official Gazette has
resitmod publication,” says the Fekiu
correspondent of The London Morn¬
ing Post, writing September 25tli,
"and contains an order directing the
Pekin officials to follow the court mi -
less their duties here prevent 'hem
leaving,”
'THINA ACCEPTS OUR SUGGESTIONS.
Important news reached Washing¬
ton Saturday afternoon, which in itself
tends to advance materially the efforts
for a finnl settlement. China has ac¬
cepted the suggestions of the United
States contained in the answer to the
Germau proposition, nnd lias begxn
■HQtionary voluntarily the punishment of the re-
Chinese leaders who were
responsible for the Pekin outrages.
The department of Btuto was informed
by Consul Geueral Goodnow, at Shang¬
hai, that Sheng, Chinese director of rail¬
ways and telegraphs, has handed him
a decree of the emperor and empress,
dated at Talgnau, September 25th,
blaming their ministers for encourag¬
ing the boxers. The edict orders the
degradation of four princes and de¬
prives Priuce Tuan of his salary and
official servants. He is to be brought
for trial before the imperial clan court.
It will be recalled that iu our answer
the stato department was earoful to
state that while it did not believe in
vlemanding tho surrender of the Chi¬
nese ringleaders as a condition prece¬
dent to negotiations, it was resolved
firmly, as Secretary Hay had said in
his note of July 3d, that in tho end
tlio gnilty parties should be hold to
the uttermost accountability. The
Chinese government has tnkon this in¬
timation lo heart, and perhaps hasten¬
ed in iis action by the recent manifes¬
tations of dissatisfaction by the United
States government at tho reported pro¬
motion of Trinco Tuan, already has
begun the punishment of him and tho
other Chinese leaders who are held
guilty.
P.USSIA WITHDRAWS FROM PEKIN.
At the conference of generals at
Pekin on September 25 tho Russian
commander, General Linevitcb, an¬
nounced the immediate withdrawal
from Tckin of tho bulk of the Russian
troops nnd the legation. There will
remain n mixed force of shout 2,000 to
represent Russia.
MANY WORKING AT GALVESTON.
Nearly Two Thousand area Are Engnped
In Clearing Streets.
Nearly two thousand men are en¬
gaged at Galveston clearing the streets,
removing debris and disposing of dead
bodies. Twenty-five bodies wero re¬
covered Wednesday and thirty-five
Thursday.
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Philadelphia's Gilt lo Galveston.
The citizens’ permanent relief com¬
mittee at Philadelphia has voted $20,-
000 additional to tho relief -of the
Texas sufferers. Tlie remittance of
this amount makes the total cash sub¬
scriptions sent to Governor Sayers
890,000.
Road Officials Adjourn.
The the meeting of the roads executive adjourned officers at j
of western
Chicago Thursday after failing to or¬
ganize the four territorial committees.
Considerable progress, however, wns
made in the matter of agreeing to ter¬
ritory.
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Ex-Policeman a Robber.
At Savannah, Ga., Thursday, Ex-.
Policeman-J. B. York was convicted
in the superior court of robbing A.
Slater of $200. He was sentenced to
the penitentiary for two ■ •
years.
M'REE DENIES CHARGES.
Superintendent of Lownde*
Chaingnnff Say* Edmondson
Ha* April ng Boomerang.
In nn interview with Mr. McRee, one
°f Iho superintendents of the Lowndes
| county, 11,0 cllar On., of ohaingang, Mr. J. W. Edmondson, referring to
Se
the attorney of Quitman, against the
Lowndes county ohaingang, an account
of which has just appeared in the pa-
j pers, he said, among other things:
"The charges arc blit a boomerang
and the motive of Mr. Edmondson is
concealed. The truth is, Mr. Edmond¬
son is a brother-in-law of Mr. M. Brice,
owner and proprietor of the Brooks
county chaingang. Mr, Brice has a
contract with some counties for tho
misdemeanor convicts and recently in
one county we made a contract with
some misdemeanor convicts, agreeing
to pay their fines and let them go to
Ivinderton and cook with us, rather
than be confined at Brice”s camp under
the fentence.
“Mr Brice learned of this and Mr.
Edmondson, his attorney, came to our
place and stated that he had been em-
ployed by Mr. Brice, his brother-in-
law and proprietor of the Brooks coun-
ly chaingang, to investigate the mat¬
ter and get these men away from our
place because, ho said, we had inter¬
fered with him when we paid
Ihe fines, ns he wanted the
convicts at hi3 works in Brooks
county. He was short of laborers.
We explained oiir contract with them
nod what we had done. He was given
access to lhem aud we find that he did
his utmost to induce them to leave onr
place, and they refused to do so.
"He also claimed that he was repre¬
senting some relatives of parties ho
insisted were illegally restrained of
their liberty, not in the Lowndes
superintendents, county chaingang, nor by any of its
but by Mr. W. 8.
MoBee, who does not work any con-
victs but works free labor and con-
ducts a farm adjoining ours, and when
assured that they were not legally re¬
strained he said that if allowed to see
Ihe laborers on the McRee place, and
they were illegally restrained, he would
not be making charges and bringing
habeas corpus proceedings to test these
questions. He accordingly was allow¬
ed to go alone among the employees of
W. 8. McRee, and wo are ^assured by
the negroes that he sought to induce
them to leave by offering a better posi¬
tion to them, and if they would meet
him at Corbett’s bar in Valdosta he
would give them money to go and get
the position he referred to—Brice’s.
"He succeeded thon in getting only
six out of the crowd and three of this
number, failing to meet him in Val¬
dosta, returned to work at McRee’s
placo. Unsatisfied, Mr. Edmondson,
in order to get these servants away and
get them where he could offer
them sufficient inducement to leave
their employment, filed habeas corpus
proceedings for a number of vomea
and children and they were carried at
once before the city court of Valdosta,
where ihe case was tried, Mr. Edmond¬
son appearing and representing his
case.
“Befbre the trial was over Mr. Ed¬
mondson stated to the court the weak¬
ness of his contention and judgment
was rendered against his client for the
cost, and declaring them not legally
restrained, but Edmondson succeeded
then in decoying away these servants,
and he *nd a party with him carried
them to Brooks county. Everything
at the county gang, or at our place,
has always boon opon to inspection by
the prison commission, county com¬
missioners and graud juries, and is
now.”
CHINAMEN KEPT ON BOARD.
Captain of Vcbb© 1 Refused to Ijet Crew of
Orientals Land In Savannah.
The steamship Ettrickdale arrived
at Savannah with twenty-nine China¬
men in the crew. Health Officer
Brunner demanded that they be made
to sleep ashore in accordance with tho
city ordinance.
Captain Stewart declined to give the
Chinamen into the care of the city,
stating that he could not land them
under the exclusion act.
Tho treasury department advised
the collector of tho port that tho China¬
men must not be allowed to leave the
vessel, and guards were stationed
aboard it to see that they do not g5t
on shore.
INTOLERANGE CONDEMNED.
Toller County,Colorado, Ilemocrnls,Ariopt
Strong Resolutions.
The Teller county, Colo., Demo¬
cratic convention, and the Democratic
club of Victor adopted the following
resolutions unanimously:
“Whereas, Governor Roosevelt and
party were not received in Victor with
the tolerance and courtesy duo to the
governor of a sister state, therefore,
“Resolved, That wo, the Democrats
of Victor, in convention assembled,
condemn the spirit of intolerance and
discourtesy exhibited on that occasion,
and disavow all responsibility for the
disturbances.”
VON KETTELER’S SLAVER
Courtinart!filed at PeUIn, But Sentence I.
Deferred For Good Reason..
Advices from Pekin state that the
Manchu assassin of Baron von Ket¬
teler was tried by conrtmartial Thurs¬
day. No new evidence was presented
and the court decided that it would be
uujustified in pronouncing sentence
upon the prisoner, who, however, will
be held in the hope that further infor¬
mation will be obtained.
CARNESVILLE. GA.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5. 1900.
OFFER MADE MINERS
Advanoe of Ten Per Cent Promised
By Coal Operators.
NOTICES TO THAT EFFECT ARE POSTED
President Mitel.,-11t. ipnrtrcil a.1.1 DVeltlreS
No Attentlttn Will lie Paid
tho Offer.
The following notice, bearing dnto
of October 1st, was posted Sunday in
the vicinity of all the OolleHbs of the
Bhiladelphia and Beading Coal and
Iron company in the anthracite region.
"Philadelphia and Rending Coal
nnd Iron Company, October 1,
1900.—This compnny will pay an
advance of 10 per cent on tho
wages of oil men nnd boys employ¬
ed at its collieries. This advance
takes effect today.
“R. C. Luther,
“General Superintendent.”
Bene nth this notice another was
posted, which reads as follows:
"Fellow Mine Workers—United
Mine Workers of America—‘Do
not pay any attention to this
notice the Philadelphia e posted by Mr. LtithfiV; of
and nnd Beading Coal
Iron Compnny, but wait un¬
til you hear from President Mitch¬
ell, of the United Mine Workers
of America, or until you have de¬
cided by your own locals what is
right for you to do.
“O. B. Fotteb. ”
Mr. Pottor is an officer in the dis¬
trict branch of the United Mine Work¬
ers of America. The regular Beading
company advance for the last half of
September and tho first half of Octo¬
ber had previously been fixed at C per
per cent above tho 82.50 basis. The
scale for tho preceding thirty days was
at the 82.50 basis, Tho advance of i0
per cent offered in the posted notice
by the Beading company is separnto
and distinct from tho natural scale in¬
crease, and hence the total increase to
the miners wonld be 16 per cent.
MITCHELL IGNORED.
The posting of the notice granting
nn increase of ten per cent to employ¬
ees of collieries in the Schuylkkill did
not cause any apparent commotion at
headquarters of tho United Mine
Workers at Hazleton.
President Mitchell did not know of
tho action of the Beading company
until informed of it by a reporter of
the Associated Press. He did not
express the least surprise. He refused
to discuss the advance, but it is un¬
derstood that he knew the ten per cent
increase would be made, and was anx¬
ious to see in what manner the infor¬
mation would conveyed to the men.
The action of tho Beading company
in directly notifying its men through
posters indicates that the operators will
not recede from the position of refusal
to recognize the union.
What President Mitchell’s first movo
will bo in view of this new phase of
the situation is not known.
“The operators ore evidently not
taking me into consideration,” he said,
“but they will wish they had.”
Discussing the question of compro¬
mise, the national president said it
would depend upon circumstances
whether a compromise would be con¬
sidered. When asked if the amount
of the increase would bo one of cir¬
cumstances, he said it would be a con¬
sideration.
A special from Scranton says: The
miners’ striko in the Lackawanna re¬
gion closed the second week without
any noticeable change in condition.
The strike officers at district headquar¬
ters have instructed the men, in view
of a possible proposition from the
operators to remain away from the
mines nnd take no action towards going
back to work until advised to do so
through their local unions, which will
got the word from President Mitchell
aud tho general executive board.
Twenty-Eight Bodies Found Saturday,
Twenty-eight bodies were reported j
to have been recovered from the debris
st Galveston Saturday. Up to that
date 2,339 bodies have been officially
reported as found,
Roberts Heads British Army.
It is officially announced in London
that Lord Roberts has been appointed :
commander in chief of the British
army '
ELECTIONS IN ENGLAND.
Chamberlain Is Returned In Nominations
For House of Commons.
A London special says: Ono hun¬
dred and sixty-seven constituencies,
returning one-fourth of the member-
ship of the house of commons, made
their nominations Saturday. !
Sixty-six candidates were returned
unopposed. Ihe ministerialists aggre-
gate 59, liberals 5 and nationalists 2.
Among the interesting personalities
on the government side returned with- j
ont opposition were Joseph Chamber-
lain, George Wyndham, the parlia- •
mentnry secretary for the war office,
and Charles T. Ritchie, the president (
of tho board of traae.
Peru May Invite Boers.
The Peruvian consul at Liverpoo
has suggested to the government that
it invite the discontented Boers to im¬
migrate into Peru and grant to them
lands in the interior, says a cable to
The New York Herald.
Bryan’s New York Dates.
Chairman McGuire, of tho New
York State Democratic committee, said
that Bryan will speak at Albany Octo¬
ber 17th and at the convention hall iu
Saratoga October 18th.
WHILE SEEKING BURGLARS
Chas. A. Collier, a Prominent At¬
lanta Han, Is Accidentally
Killed By His Own Pistol.
Charles A. Collier, former mayor of
Atlanta, On., diod at. 4 o’clock Friday
morning at his residence in that city
from tho effects of a pistol shot wllicU
he atoidcutitliy retoivod 1’hiirsday
morning while attempting to locate a
burglar who was trying to break into
Ihe house.
It is supposed that in fulling from
tho back porch, which was some dis¬
tance from the ground, his pistol was
accidentally discharged, aud thnt the
death wound was received in this mau-
ncr. At first it was not thought tho
wound would prove fatal. The news
of his accident was the sotiroo of the
greatest solicitation in the city.
Mr. Collier, wbo was a member of
the t’aris deposition oomnlir.8ioii; fe-
tilrnod to Atlanta on Wednesday. Ho
remained with tho members of his
family until a late hour that night and
then retired to his room, which is
located in tho rear purt of tho house.
It is now believed thnt during the
cnrly heard hours of Thursday morning he
a sound which he believed to
have been mado by soliie diie attempt¬
ing to enter the house, and getting his
revolver started out to investigate. A
member of the family heard a sound as
if some one had fnllcn aud then a shot.
Immediately the household was awak¬
ened.
Mr. Collier was found at the bottom
of tho stairs which lead from the back
porch to the yard. He was lying on
tho brick pavement with one wortnd oii
his head, where he had struck it in
falling, and another in his left side
immediately below the ribs, caused by
the bullet from his pistol.
ne was unconscious and was carried
into the house, where, after a time, he
occurred. revived sufficiently t6 tell what hftd
When he was first discov¬
ered no pistol was to be seen.
After his explanation another search
was made and the revolver was
fonnd under tho back steps in
some grass, where it had bounded
after striking a brick pillar.
Some months ago Mr. Collier went
to Baris in the Capacity of commission¬
er from this country. He returned,
but went back again several weeks
ago. He had jus returned from this
second trip when the accident oc¬
curred.
POSSE IN PURSUIT,
A Troaedy Near Elberton, Ga., Wherein
Negro Kills His White Captor*
Near Elberton, Ga., Thursday morn¬
ing about 8 o’clock William Branch,
colored, shot aud almost instantly
kiHqJ > _Gc orge B ell, a yoj.ng white
man. with his friend, uighfypeU, Tfi Mills, in (Wfe com¬
pany
returning home fro^o Hiberton ntid
met Branch on tho road with a load
of cotton they believed lie had stolen.
Mills started toward him, when Branch
shot him in the arm.
Thursday morning Bell, with two
other friends, arrested Brauch and be¬
gan marching to town. Suddenly
Branch snatched Bell’s gun from him
and shot at him twice, the entire sec¬
ond load entering the right lung, kill¬
ing him almost instantly. Branch
broke away aud managed to escape.
Pursuit was immediately begun.
MAN AND WIFE SHOT.
Fired On I5y Would-Be Assassin as They
Wero Retiring For tlie Night.
About 11 o’clock Thursday night an
unknown party went to the window of
the bedroom of George H. McLaua-
han, who lives about three miles be¬
low Elberton, Ga., and shot him and
his wife, just as they were retiring.
Mrs. McLanahan was not badly ■
hurt, Lanahan but is it is fatally thought shot. that It Mr. is Me- |
not
known who did tho bloody work, but
as McLanahan was with George Bell
when he was killed by William Branch
* s thought probably that the same
person did tho work.
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Mobile's Total Subscription.
The subscription of Mobile, Ala., to !
the Galveston relief fund was closed I
Thursday, showing actual cash $9 .
773.74, besides $500 in clothing, largest' sup- !
plies, etc. This is the con-
uibution for the size of population of
any city iu tho couutry.
TO DEPORT CHINESE.
Six Orientals at Jacksonville, Fla., Must
Go Back to China.
United States Commissioner Good-
ell, at Jacksonville, Fla., has made
fl„ a [ disposition of the cases of six
Cbi ua men regarding their deportntion
in aocordance w ith the exclusion law.
jj 0 or ,i org them deported to China and
or j er jj as been forwarded to the
treasury department.
United States Marshal Horr will ae¬
com p tt ny tho Chinamen to San Fran-
c j 8C0 _ Upon arriving at New Orleans
j) lc prisoners will be taken into tho
cus t, 0( |y of the railroad agents, who are
^ on ,j e q by the government to trans-
p 0r j. S n C h prisoners across ihe country.
WILL KEEP THE FLAG.
Iowa Q. A. R. Camp Will Not Return
Confederate Emblem.
At the reunion of Crocker’s Iowa
brigade at Keokuk a proposition to
return to the state of South Carolina
the flag which Colonel J. C. Kennedy,
now of tho national home at Milwau¬
kee, captured on the Columbia, was
nnauimonsly voted down and the flag
will remain iu the rooms of the Iowa
Historical Society, at Ipwa City,
CONGER IS INFORMED
Our Minister In China Now Has
Instructions From Washington.
KNOWS CONTENTS OF OUR REPLIES
IFo In Also Made Aivuro of IH
fco to Votlaco Oiiv Force to a
I-rg ilion Guard*
A Washington special of Thursday
says: Minister Conger has been ad¬
vised by tho stato department of tho
substance of the replies mndo by this
government last Friday to the govern¬
ments of Germany, Russia and China
respecting Chino, which clearly indi¬
cated to him tho general lintliro of the
instructions lib iS to receive. Jlotcover
by this time lie is ihfbtlnetl of the
orders issued to General Chnffed to re-
duco his force to a legation guard.
The note to China specifically point¬
ed out the lines on which this govern¬
ment will issue its instructions to its
minister. Tho document itself is in
course of final approval, Acting Sec¬
retary .Hill hating completed forwarded the draft
somo days ago and it 10 the
president. It was tho belief of the
state department late Thursday after¬
noon that the actual transmission of
the instructions would he carried out
very soon, probably within twelve
hours.
It is said that the text of the instruc¬
tions will not be given publicity at
present fof diplomatic h-ftsems, but
there is no concealmeut of the general
scope of the document, which is on
the lines laid down in tho tiireo notes.
In this connection it is said at the
etate department that Mr. Conger will
put these negotiations in motion with¬
out any pitrpbse of acting for Any gov¬
ernment other than tlio Uhitbd 8tatos,
although the government keeps in
mind that the United States is but one
of the several nations mutually inter¬
ested in obtaining a common end, aud
it is hoped thnt the efiect of Mr. Con¬
ger’s making a beginning toward ne¬
gotiations may bo to induce other
powers to fallow. At the same time
the government has never assiitned to
lay down any mandate as to tho conrso
to be followed by all or any of the
other powers.
It is believed that the state depart¬
ment has already taken steps through
Minister Wu to impress upon the Chi¬
nese government the Undesirability of
the appointment of frlncfi Titttli as
grand secretary and the painful im¬
pression this appointment has created
throughout this country. The effect
of his appointment if persisted in, it is
said, might be to retard seriously the
flnr.l negotiations, or in fact any nego¬
tiations at all. i
The government feels that it is
much re-enforced in its presenHyosi-.
tion by the note from Li Hupg Chang
in which h'- a^Ve positive assurance to
tho United HtiUes- K at 1-x, had suffi¬
cient authority to protect^-,11 see'that Ameijsaa
interests and would thin'w*
thority was exercised. Tho govern¬
ment now looks upon this Assurance
as a guarantee which must tks f fnith-
fully performed as a condititiiDprece-
dent to even the establishment o' re¬
lations with Li and Princo Chiug.
If the appointment of l’nan prom'-
isos in any manner to obstruct tho
performance clearly of violative this pledge, then it
wonld be of the guar¬
antee laid down and would Warrant
the immediate withdrawal of Mr. Con¬
ger from further relations with the
Chinese envoys. So it appears that
much more depends upon what Tuan
does than upon what he has done.
CHAFFEE AT TIEN T.SIN.
Advices from Tieu Tsin September
24th, via Taku, September 25th, state
tliat General Chaffee has arrived nnd
conferred with tho staff officers of dif-
ferent departments with in a view of es-
t ft blishing a winter baso the vicinity
0 f Turn Tsin. general He paid a visit to Tong
Ku, making a inspection. Tho
present plan is understood to be tenta-
tive and based upon the possible re¬
tention of the existing force. Tho
plan contemplates placing the troops
under canvas outside the city.
Gen0r a c,iafl [ e ® P al<1 a vla ! t to Ll
Hang TT Chang 1 and informally discussed
the outlook * or a settlement. It «
understood he proffered an American
ofllc ! )r to accompany the vicoroy to
Pekin.
A “SYMPATHY” STRIKE.
Three Hundred Coal Creek Miners Re¬
fuse to Continue Caborg.
A special from Coal Creek says
about 300 miners and day laborers ea-
ployed by the Coal Creek Coal Com-
puny went on a strike Tuesday night
nt 0 o’clock
The men demanded that the day la-
borers be given an increase in wages,
which wonld make their pay equiva-
lent to that of laborers employed by
other companies in the Coal Creek and
Jellico districts.
The company refused to grant tho
increase further thon a geueral riso of
7$ per cent, as agreed upon at the
Jellico conference some days ago.
PRICE OF SILVER ADVANCED.
Government Will Now Pay 57 Cents Per
Standard Ounce.
Owing b to the advance iu the price
of , silver, _. Director of the Mint Roberts
\as increased the price to be paid by
'flic government of silver purchased
from 55 to 57 cents a standard ounce.
The government at present pm chases
only such silver as is contained in gold
deposits from the Klondike and other
gold producing seotions.
BRANCH JAILED AT ATHENS
Negro Who Killed Bell and At¬
tempted to Assassinate Mc-
Lanahan and Wife Caught.
William Branch, colorod, who shot
and killed George Bell at Elberton,
Ga., Thursday morning, was caught
in Athens Friday, whore, it is under¬
stood, he has confessed the deed, also
to shooting G. H. McLanahan and his
wife 1'ilrifBday night while they were
asleep. of the shoot¬
Sioce the former report
ing it is learned that Branch went to
McLntinhan’s house aud watched him
ami bis wife retiro, getting his bear¬
ings throiigfa an open window. bis
When Lanahan and wife had
been in bed about ten or fifteon min*
ntes, the lights having boon put out
and the window left open, Branch, ac¬
cording to bis own confession, walked
lip to tho window aud deliberately
shot the parties because McLonnhnn
had shot Ct him that morning after ho
had killed Bell.
Governor Candlor stated Friday
night thnt no coll had been made oil
him by tho coiitlty officers life at Athens
for trtops to protect the of Branch.
Tlio question of his removnl from
Athens, where ho was captured, to El¬
berton, thirty miles away, where the
murder was committed, was apparently
l«ft by Gftndlef; the arresting officers to Gover¬
nor
The chief eiectitiv*) stated when
approached on this subject that he
had absolutely no authority to say
what disposition should bo made of
Branch aud that it was a question for
tho judge of the superior court of the
western circuit to determine. Until
called Upon for troops and the cnll has
been granted and tile negro is in pos¬
session tit tile military the governor
can exercise no initiative*
All,E(1 ED SECRET MARRIAGE
Clf^ecs Pistol Duel Between Young Mien
tit iSnat Point* Oa.
As the result of the aflfcgefl secret
wedding of Walter Hudson to Miss
Ruby Harrington, both of East Point,
Ga., young Hudson and Sheffield Har¬
rington, the yoiing lady’s brother, lie
dangerously wounded by pistol shots
at their homes in East Point, while
George Hudson, the sixteen-year-old
brothel 1 of Walter, is couflned in a cell
in the Tower fit Atlanta.
Tho shooting occurred Iti tile little
village Friday morning. Harflngtotl
received four wounds, one in the shoul¬
der, one in the thigh, one grazing the
abdomen and the fourth, which is said
to bo the ouo likely to cause his death,
directly in tho abdomeu.
Hudson, Who is twenty years of age,
was hit only once, a ballet striking
him in the chest on the left side, just
below the heart. The bullet struck a
rib and glanced around tho side.
The shooting, as above stated, was
the outcome of the alleged marriage
of Hudson and Miss Harrington. The
young couple, attached it is Raid, have been
very much to caoh other, and
tloir relations had caused consider¬
able Cpiiinient. About two weeks ago
Miss Harrington; or Mrs. HudsoD, in
corejjnny with her mother, left homo
very siiuft-wly for Waynesboro to visit
the young Indy's' tMKor, who is mana¬
ger of a large oil mill at (hai place.
After she left, it is said there# was
considerable speculation as to the
cause of her departure, and Mr. Har¬
rington began an investigation. It is
a’leged thnt ho discovered tho young
couple wero married, Ho wont to Mr.
Hudson and demanded thnt he send for
his wife and bring her home.
At this point tho stories differ.
Feny Thompson, Miss Harrington’s
or Mrs. Hudson’s brother-in-law, said
that Mr. Hudson told Mr. Harrington
that bo could not afford to announce
the wedding, as his uncle objected aud
it might cause him some embarrass¬
ment in his business relations.
Mr. Hudson, it in alleged, said that
he had never married Miss Harrington
nud refused to send for her.
A “PACIFIC BLOCKADE”
Is the I.titcMt Move on tho Part of Russia.
Aecoftlintf to Report.
The report from St. Petersburg said
to have been made on the authority of
the Russian naval staff, that owing to
the hostile attitude of the Chinese fleet
at Shanghai, Russia proposes to block-
ade the Chineso “naval forts” created
much intorost at the navy department
and in government circles generally
Friday.
RACE TROUBLE IN FLORIDA.
Serious Row Starts Between Whites and
Blacks at Mayport.
The town of Mayport, Fla., at the
mo uth of St. Johns river, twenty miles
from Jack80nvi i le( is repo rted to be
fall lf of excitement .. . and , a conflict a . . u be-
tween w ^ iteB alKl 1,la(dcs ia j" 11 ™-
nent. The trouble , , is confined to the
hundreds of men now engaged 111 the
construction of docks and railway
tracks.
The trouble began to brew on bun-
day last when a negro,Henry lillman,
^ ad a misunderstanding with ouo of
the white men, which culminated in a
desperate fight betwoen the two.
British Take Charge of Railroad.
Advices from Cape Town state that
the military authorities have token
over the Netherlands railway. Gen-
« ral Macdonald hasty ompeUed flight from «he_Boers tne vet
to mako a
. er Ho captnre( j thirty-one wagons,
<} JJ unnt j ty ' 0 f cattle aud stores, and 65,-
00 lou > 0 -£ ammU nition.
Cincinnati Hives $7,000.
On Saturday the Texas relief fund
at Cincinnati v.as over $7,000. Lex-
ington,^/.. Bent $1,200 to Galveston.
NUMBER 47.
MOB MENACED
ROOSEVELT
Rough Rider Receives Rough
Treatment From Rough Gang.
OCCURRED IN COLORADO TOWN
Hoodlums Were Paid to Break Up
Meeting and a Company of
Rough Riders .Saved Him.
Governor Roosevelt had a most ex¬
citing experience Wednesday at Vic¬
tor, Colorado, a few miles from Crip¬
ple Creek, among tho mines, where a
demonstrative crowd had assembled.
Tho governor had a narrow escape
from serious persotial violence. The
incident wns the only ouo of the kind
that has occurred during the progress
of tho trip, nnd it is said the trouble
was occasioned by a body of roughs
who had been organized aud pn'd tor
the purpose of breaking up the n'f J mg.
The men engaged were between 1,000
nud 1,500 in number and were violent
in their attack.
Governor Roocavelt spoke at Armory
hall, which,was filled. He had hardly
begun speaking whan he was inter¬
rupted by noisy demonstrations. He
said:
“In my stato the men who wero put
on the committee on platform to draw
up an anti-trust platform at the Kan-
pas City convention had at that time
their pockets stoffed with ice trust
stock. The Democratic leader in New
York, Richard Croker, upon whom
you baflo your only hope, and it is »
mighty slim hope, too, was another
great stockholder, and if, in fact, you
wero to read through the list of stock¬
holders in that trust it "would sound
like reading the roll of the members of
Tammany Hall.”
A voice cried: "What about the rot¬
ten beef?”
Tho governor replieiU "I ate it and
tott will never got ne. nr enough to ba
hit with a bullet, or vfithin five miles
of it.” ;
Governor Roosevelt , succeeded ia
finishing his remarks, 4ipugh there
was an evident intention ambflg those
present that he should not do so. When
tho governor left tho hall with hi®
party to go toward the train he was
.surrounded by a company of rough
riders, commanded by one of his own
soldiers in the Spanish war. Gener¬
He was also accompanied by
al Cnrtis Guild, Jr., of Boston; John
Procto# Clarko of New York; General
Irving Hale of Colorado; United States
Senator AVolcott; shrank L. Goudy,
caudidftie for governor of Colorado;
Percy C Ryder, candidate for lieuten¬
ant governor; A. M. Stevenson, Lieu¬
tenant Tice and sovoral others.
Governor Roosevelt and his party
wero on foot. A crowd of boys and
^ began throwing stones apd shout¬
ing io, Vvy.nn. The rough riders,
mounted »m. r aTj«i<junted, closed in
around tho governor fo orotoct him
from assault by the mob. One t»«de
a personal attack upon tho governor
with a stick. Tlie assailant was im¬
mediately knocked down by the postj.
piaster of Cripple Creok.
A rush was then made bv the
to drag tho mounted men in khaki uni-
forms from their horsts. The mem on
foot, also in khaki, closed in around
the governor, making a wedge which
pushed through tho crowd, and they
finally succeeded in gaining the train,
which was surrounded by the mob.
By this time there were probably excited a
thousand or fifteen hundred
people in the vicinity, and fisticuffs
were exchanged on all sides. Many of
the mob were armed with sticks and
clubs, some with rotten potatoes, stale
eggs and lemons. The entire party
regained th3 train, however, without
serious injury and it palled out of the
place with the rough riders on the rear
platform. Roosevelt, regretting
Governor while
the occurrence, was not disturbed by
the incident and was ready to proceed
with hie speeches in Cripple Creek.
REPORT ON GALVESTON STORM
Is Sent lo Wiislilnifton Weather Bureau
By Forecast Officer Cline.
The weather bureau at Washington
has received from its local forecast
official at Galveston, I. M. Cline, a re¬
port on tho great hurricane of Septem¬
ber 8th. The report is remarkable in
several respects. It gives a complete
scientific record of the groat storm,
with a-snccinct account of the damage
done, a map of the ruined area of the
city and records of tho meteorological
instruments at the station tip to the
time they were destroyed by the hur-
, ricane. Mr. Cjmo wns one of the
sufferers by the disa^tor.
GALYESTON IMPROVES FAST.
Governor Saver. Vl.il. the CHy. Mnlte*
Inspection ami Issues Statement.
Returning to Austin Thursday nporn-
:ing from Galveston, Governor in^that cjty payers,
reported conditions as
greatly improved. The njlufC^
tee is doing excellent w.
people generally talk fc y •?» ‘ J
It is his opiniwi £lrl,-- . " -
3,000 men, wifhn lmpc “ "
all den ,
to remove within the ia jj
storm two
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