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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. _ 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. _____ 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. - 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 ■