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BOER PRISONERS
OFF AMERICA’S
Are Quartered Opposite Hamilton,
Itermuila.
T HE 2300 Boer prisoners In
Bermuda are quartered on
Tucker's and Morgan islands,
in Great Sound, opposite the
city of Hamilton, writes a corre
spondent of the New York World.
Tlie entire area of the Isles on which
these men and their guard will be
encamped Is less, than thirty acres.
Darrell’s Island, containing the first
lot of prisoners, those who arrived
from Cape Town In June, Is less tlinn
twenty acres In extent, a long nar
row strip of land on Which the fierce
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GENERAL VIEW OF TIIE BERMUDA ISLANDS, WHERE THE
BRITISH ARE SENDING BOER PRISONERS. TIIE LONG, NAR
ROW ISLAND IN TIIE CENTRE IS DARRELL’S ISLAND, WHERE
‘ THE FIRST DETACHMENT WAS SENT. OPPOSITE THIS IS
7 PORT’S ISLAND, WHERE THE HOSPITALS ARE STATIONED.
l IN TUCKER’S BACKGROUND. ISLAND IS THE SMALL ONE AT EXTREME LEFT
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the glare of the tropic sen. Its rocky
surface Is covered with a thin soil
on which grows a coarse grass and
5 few scrubby cedars. Darrell’s Is
’distant about GOO yards from the
main island and is surrounded by tlie
bright shallow waters of tlie sound.
Across this island is a stronf Iron
fence, to the cast of It Is the Boer
camp, composed of ten rows of tents,
set ns closely together ns possible.
Here and on a tiny island, Burt’s one
ncrc, to tho north, are huddled to
gether like sheep in a pen some 930
prisoners of war, eighteen of whom
kiv officers.
The sick have been placed on an
other small islund. Port’s, on which
a eofivnlesccnt tent nnd hospital for
their accommodation is being built.
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It has been very hot and dry for
weeks, and no provision has yet been
made for an ample supply of fresh
water. A condensing machine was
scut out from England, but It is
useless so far, because an important
part of the machinery was left be
hind.
There are no wells in Bermuda.
All the water used on the main island
Is ruin water caught in huge cisterns,
and the supply is low, owing to the
drought. Their cooking places are
still incomplete.
Euglnnd hns sent these prisoners
to the smallest and most helpless of
her colonies, from which the brand
of a penal colony lind been wiped
away chiefly by the Introduction of
the Industry of lily-growing by an
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1IOW THE PRISONERS ARE FENCED IN ON DARRELL’S ISLAND.
A THICK NETWORK OF BARBED WIRE OFFERS UNCOMFORT
ABLE RESISTANCE TO ESCAPING BOERS.
American and by the winter visits
of Americans to an American hotel.
The inhabitants of the islands
mostly seem to believe that a Boer
is a mixture of pirate and cannibal
with n dash of wildcat thrown In*
New rifles can now be found in priv
ate possession among the colonists
to defend their household If one of
the Boers get loose!
A Boer prisoner nmused himself by
making a toy, a little box, and threw
It to n resident who rowed past the
camp In his boat. The lid of the box
slid back and showed a snnke’s head
with a pin for n tongue. The Ber
mudan keeps it ns a relic of war, but
with the greatest care, not allowing
any one to touch it, as lie thinks the
pin Is probably poisoned.
Precautions are taken to guard the
prisoners ns if they were dangerous
wild beasts Instead of unarmed gray
haired old farmers, some of them
nearly eighty years of age, kindly
fathers of families, three with grand
children with them, little boys under
twelve years of nge.
A gunboat lies on either side, and
not far away are the batteries of
one of Great Britain’s greatest dock
yards, all pointed day and night at
that helpless camp. Since the escape
of David du Ploy a powerful search
light lias swept tho camp from time
to time during the night to prevent
further escapes.
Two prisoners did swim to tho
shore of the main island lately, div
ing under the water to avoid tho
search lights, only to be caught by
the negro soldiers.
A rewind is offered for information
concernlng any runaway, and all per
sons are warned that a severe pun
ishment awaits any person who fails
to Inform tho nearest F.nglisli officer
or magistrate of the whereabouts of
an escaped Boer.
Along the shore of Warwick Par
ish a sentinel paces, watching the
Boers, ready to alarm the camp of
negro soldiers Just over the hill.
On a few small sun-baked isles
within 700 miles of New York Bay
3000 men will soon be sweltering in
the August sun. There are only about
5000 white inhabitants in Bermuda.
There are 10,000 colored subjects of
King Edward. Books, papers, food
can be sent to the Boer prisoners of
war, but nobody may go to speak to
them. They are Incommunicado, shut
off from sound of a voice of sym
pathy.
Fashion! For Dynamite Workers.
In factories where gunpowder and
the modern high explosives are made
the greatest precautions against acci
dent are taken.
Not only are the buildings so con
structed ns to minimize the danger of
explosion, but the dress of the work
men is also regulated by the manage
ment.
All workers in smokeless or nrtro
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powder and other high explosives
rubber aprons and sleeves.
safety appliance is the aluminium
met, which causes the simian
ance of the men in the picture.
object of this queer costume is to
tect the man from splashes of
and other chemicals. The tongs car
ried by one of the men are made of
aluminum and are used for making
guncotton from its bath of nitric acid,
which has no effect upon aluminum.
Georgia.\CulIings
Brief Bat Interesting Summary
UappeningS . , iR tue , , State.
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New Postmaster at Louisville.
L. R. Farmer has been appointed
postmaster at Louisville, Jefferson
county, vice R. H. Watkins, removed..
Simpson Succeeds Hutcherson.
B. F. Simpson, of Alpharetta, has
been appointed by Governor Candler
as solicitor general of the Blue Ridge
circuit to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Hon. Thomas Hutcherson.
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Bitten By Mad Dog.
A Few days ago F. H. Qunte, a gro
cer of Savannah, was bitten by his
horse, which had the rabies, and phy
sicians advised Qunte to take treat
ment at a Pasteur institute. He has
gone to one in Baltimore.
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Colored Mob After Ravisher.
Negroes at Adrian are greatly ex
cited over the assault made on a wo
man of their race by Green A. Allen,
another negro. Officers were busy for
some time in keeping the prisoner out
of the hands of the colored mob.
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Big Question For Commission.
The railroad commission will have
before it for consideration at its next
meeting, on August 30th, one of tho
most important questions it has ever
had to consider. The commission must
determine, and it will do so under le
gal advice, how far its rules apply to
interstate traffic, meaning such freight
as is shipped from other states into
Georgia for delivery.
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To Enjoin Comptroller.
A bill for injunction has been pre
pared by the attorneys for the Louis
ville and Nashville railroad to enjoin
Comptroller General Wright from is
suing executions against the Georgia
Railroad and Banking Company for
back taxes on $1,500,000 of stock of
the Western Railway of Alabama.
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To Write Up Big Tobacco Farm.
Commissioner of Agriculture Stev
ens has received a letter from Alvin
Hovey-King, of Washington, D. C.,
asking certain information regarding
the great tobacco farm in south Geor
gia, which Mr. Hovey-King says he
wishes to embody in an article on to
bacco culture in the United States for
one of the magazines. Mr. Stevens
will reply, giving him the desired in
formation and referring him to the
owners of the big tobacco farm.
Guard Kills Convict.
Joe Weston, a negro convict, was
shot and killed at Savannah by J. B.
Davis, a white guard. The negro at
tempted to escape from the work at
the state fair grounds, where a gang
of the convicts is employed. He was
called repeatedly to stop, but contin
ued to run. Davis then fired with fa
tal effect. The coroner's jury pro
nounced the killing justifiable.
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New Bank For Macon.
Macon is to have a new bank. The
Home savings bank, with a capital
stock of $100,000, was organized last
Saturday with a number of well known
citizens and business men. A number
of these are directors of the Ameri
can National bank. In fact, the Home
Savings bank can be termed an off
spring of the American National bank.
The place of business of the nev- bank
will be in the American National bank
building. The personnel of the direc
torate of the Home Savings bank js a
guarantee of the great success of the
institution. The Home will make the
ninth bank in Macon. All of the pres
ent banks are in most prosperous con
dition.
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Te,e P hon « w "' - ' s °"
The hands employed by the South
ern Bell Telephone Company in put
ting up poles along the streets of Car
tersville for the use of the companys
exchange that is being established
there were forced to stop work by or
| der of Judge Fite. A bill of injunc
| tion was filed by the Cartersville Tel
ephone Company on the plea that its
business would be ruined if the new'
exchange is established. Judge Fite
granted a temporary restraining order
and set the case for hearing on Sep
tember 20th.
Health of State Convicts.
Captain Goodloe Yancey, executive
officer of the state prison commission,
owing to the numerous reports which
have been appearing in the newspa
pers regarding the health of the con
victs of the state, has prepared a com
parative table in w-hich he shows the
number of convicts in each camp and
the number in the hospitals.
This statement shows that there are
2.015 convicts in Georgia, and out of
this number there are fifteen in the
hospitals.
I Captain Yancey regards this as one
of the best showings from the stand
point of health that can be made by
t any penitentiary in any state of the
union.
The number of convicts in thte hos
pitals is taken from the reports of the
camp physicians, made to the prison
commission on August 17th, the date
of the last reports.
i Sanford's Sureties Paying Up.
I Attorney R. A. Denny appeared be
fore the board of county commission
ers of Floyd county Saturday morning
and handed Chairman Gannon a
cheek for $18,000, the amount to be
placed upon an execution issued by
the county against V. T. Sanford, tax
collector, and the United States Fidel
u y and Guaranty company, of Baiu
more, security. The amount due Floyd
county is $1 9 , 042 . 13 , but Attorney Den
ny asked that the bond company be
given until the first Tuesday in Sep
tember, the next regular meeting of
the commissioners, to pay the balance.
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Atlanta Depot Under Consideration.
Having been in session for nearly
three hours, the special depot com
mittee adjourned at Atlanta Saturday
morning, agreeing to meet again about
September 10th, to complete its la
bors. Before adjourning the commit
tee took the precaution to agree that
secrecy should be maintained regard
ing the plans that received favorable
consideration. A statement, however,
was prepared and issued to the press
of the city. It was as follows:
"The committee has determined
upon a line of action which it believes
will insure a new and adequate depot
for the state upon its railroad prop
erty. At Its meeting in September in
formation will probably be given out
which, on account of the many contin
gencies liable to arise, it is now deem
ed advisable to withhold.”
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Sanford Still Owes the State.
Tax Collector V. T. Sanford, of
Floyd county, still owes the state
about $2,700, as was discovered a day,
or two ago by Comptroller General
Wright In figuring up the insolvent tax
list from Floyd county. It appears
that several mistakes were made in
this insolvent list, on account
which Mr. Sanford was given a credit
of $5,527.77. This amount should hava
been $2,700 smaller, and his surety,
the United States Fidelity and Guaratv
ty Company of Baltimore, will be call
ed on for that sum.
The company has already made ap
plication to Governor Candler, asking
to be relieved from the bond of Tax
Collector Sanford. The governor now
has the application under considera
tion.
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To Increase State Tax Rate.
The tax rate for the state of Geor- j
gia for 1901 will probably be $5.40 on
each thousand dollars worth of prop
erty, an increase over the rate of 1900
of twenty mills.
Comptroller General Wright and
Governor Candler will hold a confer
ence at once to fix the rate, and it is
announced that they will without
doubt decide upon the Increase stated.
This increase will make the highest
rate the state has had since 1898, when
It was $6.27 per thousand. The rate
for 1899 was $5.36.
Comptroller Wright states that the
Increase in the rate has been necessi
tated by the extra appropriations made
at the last session of the general as
sembly causing a depletion of the
funds in the treasury.
Among these appropriations were
$100,000 for widows’ pensions; $75,
000 to the state sanitariums; $30,000 to
the state university, and $15,000 to the
Soldiers’ Home. These appropria
tions were made in addition to the
general appropriations, which the op
eration of the state government de
mand.
If the rate is fixed at $5.40. accord
ing to an estimate made by Statisti
cian Harrison of the tax department,
it will bring into the state as near as
can be calculated at this time about
$2,279,988. This is placing the total
increase in taxation at $20,000,000.
The increase in the rate with the
increase in the taxable valuations for
the year will bring into the treasury
in addition to that colected last year
about $115,000.
The rate for 1901 would have been
lowered and probably made the low
est rate the state has had in many
years had it not been for the extra
appropriations made by the legisla
ture last year.
These were uncommon and called
for a heavy drain upon the funds of
th€ 8tate s0 that thla year the rate hag
been forced up to meet thege
tures which the treasurer 5s called
upon to pay according to legisla(Iye
enactment.
CHARGER WITH SMUGGLING.
Authorities Allege Crooked Work By
Custom Oflicerss at Nogales.
A Washington dispatch says: Prob
ably the most important arrest ever
made in connection with the smug
gling of Chinese across the Mexican
border Into the United States were
made Friday in Arizona, when William
H. Hoey, collector of customs at No
gales; B. F. Jossey, an immigrant in
spector; Frank How, a Chinaman liv
ing in Nogales, and another Chinaman
living at Clifton, Mexico, just across
the border from Nogales, were taken
into custody by special agents of the
treasury and secret service operatives.
The number of Chinamen who have
bought their way into the United
States through the connivance of the
Nogales officials is not known, but it
is believed to be large. Hoey declares
there is no truth in the charges. “I
have not been arrested and do not be
lieve I will be,” said he. “No smug
gling has been done through Nogales
during my term. More Chinamen
have been deported from my district
than any other, with on exception.”
Negroes Killed In Explosion.
At Rapidan landing, near Donalds
ville, La., Thursday night, the boiler
of a pump boat exploded killing two
negroes and injuring fourteen. The
pump man, a negro, fell asleep and
the boiler went dry, causing the explo-
6ion.
BURGHERS SCORN
KITCHENER’S BLUFF
Proclamation of British
General Totally Ignored.
NO CESSATION OF STRUGGLE
Styne and Botha Send Word That
Boers Will Not Give Up-Kruger
Is Heartily With Them.
A dispatch received in London
from Lord Kitchener, dated from Pre
toria Monday, says:
“Three officers and sixty-five men,
who were sent north of Ladybrand,
Orange River Colony, on the right of
Elliott’s columns, were surrounded on
unfavorable grounds and captured by
a superior force August 22. One man
was killed and four wounded, The
prisoners were released. Am holding
an inquiry.
“Have received a long letter from
Steyn containing an argumentative
statement of the Boer case, and he
says he will continue to fight; also a
short letter from Dewet to the same
effect.
“Botha writes acknowledging the rs
ceipt of my proclamation and protest
ing against it, and stating that the
Boers intend to go on fighting. On the
other hand, the surrenders lately have
increased considerably.”
Consul Stowe Talks.
Mr. Stowe, consul of the United
States at Cape Town, who is just now
in London, said to a representative of
the Associated Press Monday:
“I find myself marooned in London.
Apparently every berth on steamers
bound for America is taken till the
end of September, and I am anxious to
get home, where I can do away with
official cares and talk as a private cit
izen. You know more in London about
the military conditions of South Afri
ca than it is possible for any one to
know at Cape Town.
“While I have resigned from the con
sular service, my resignation does not
take effect till I reach Washington,
hence it is impossible for me to say
anything. The South African prob
lem, however, Is undoubtedly difficult
and complicated.”
Kruger Is Undaunted.
The London Daily Telegraph pub
lishes a long interview with Mr. Kru
ger at Hilversum on Lord Kitchener’s j
latest proclamation. The correspond
ent says:
“Mr. Kruger, who seemed greatly
improved in health, spoke vehement
ly and with intense feeling, rejecting
the idea that anything had been chang
ed except the attitude of the British
government. He insisted that the tac
tics of the Boers were still as regular
as at the beginning of the war. Their
forces, he said, were smaller and were
split up into small parties because the
British had split their forces into in
numerable small columns. He de
clared that ever since the capture of
Bloemfontein the British had tram
pled upon the code of international
law.
“He contended that Lord Kitchen
er’s proclamation itself recognized
that the Boers had a regular adminis
tration and an army. The proclama
tion could have but one effect—to em
bitter and intensify resistance. He
said the question whether any protest
against it would be issued and was
still under consideration, but this mat
ter was of little import to the burgh
ers, who did not look to Europe for ap
proval, blame or instructions.
“Having characterified the procla
mation as ‘the blackest crime com
mitted against the Boers,’ Mr. Kruger
closed the interview by solemnly call
ing heaven to witness that the story
of a Dutch conspiracy against the Brit
ish was ‘an abominahVe lie, the most
mischievous and diabolical lie ever
coined since man first appeared in the
world.’
“He said, how-ever, that peace was
still possible on the basis of give and
take, and that the Boers were ready to
make reasonable sacrifices and to give
satisfactory guarantees on the basis of
independence and free pardon to co
lonial Afrikanders.”
CHUN ORDERED TO HALT.
Chinaman Bearing Apology to Ger
many Gets Temporary Countermand.
The illness of Prince Chun, a broth
er cf the emperor of China, who, w-ith
a Chinese commission, has arrived at
Basel, Switzerland, on his way to Ber
lin to apologize for the assassination
of Baron von Kettler, the German
minister at Pekin, is, according to a
dispatch received from Basel, a pre
text fo rdelay, Prince Chun having re
ceived orders from Pekin not to pro
ceed, as fresh complications have aris
en with reference to the settlement
protocol.
Miners Drop to Their Death.
Four miners w-ere instantly killed
Monday morning at a mine-in Chenoa,
Ill., by the snapping of a cable sup
port from the cage. The men fell 240
feet.
Tennessee Town Fire-swept.
Tiptonville, Tenn., county ^ eat of
Lake county, was almost destroyed
by fire late Sunday afternoon. The
loss is not known.
CRASH OF GIRDERS
On New Railroad Bridge Causes
Death of Four Workmen anil
Injuring of Others.
In an accident at the bridge the
Southern railway is building across
the Congaree river near Columbia, s
C., four men were killed, three injur
ed, one fatally and two seriously.
The accident was caused by the fall
ing of two steel girders about seven
feet long, weighing fifteen tons each! midi
The girders were hoisted about
way of the river bridge. The rains of
the night previous had probably caus
ed the ropes holding them in place to
slip.
The crash came without the slight
est warning and at the time when
there were seventy-five people on the
bridge, spectators and workmen.
Three of the men were pinned to
the bridge and instantly killed, four
more were knocked into the river, two
of whom were rescued by a govern
ment tug which came up from the
Conagree locks a quarter of a mile
away. The names of the dead are:
S. J. Castleberry, Reuben Alston, Job
DeBvas, Jim Reese. The wounded,
David Stiles, A. T. Thornton and Sam
Willifred.
The bridge is being built by the
Phenix Bridge Company, of Philadel
phia. The structure was not damaged
materially, but it is feared some of
the iron work has been considerably
strained by the falling girders.
The Seaboard Air Line’s tracks
were used by the Southern until the
wreckage could be cleared. All of the
killed and injured belong to Columbia.
STOWERS WON’T RESIGN.
Governor Eongino Not Yet Satisfied
Over Treasury Shortage Matter.
A special from Jackson, Miss., says:
State Treasurer Stowers will not re
sign his office because of the recently
discovered shortage in the treasury
by Governor Longino.
It is now the current belief that
the governor will demand of the trea
surer to state where the $107,000 was
deposited and what security was giv
en for its return to the treasury. On
this information depends his future
action.
The amount of the shortage was on
deposit in the banks of Jackson, but
none of the bankers will admit that
they had any of the money. This re
luctance to confess possession is eas
ily understood after a perusal of sec
tion 950 of the code, which makes
them particeps criminis before the
fact, and provides a punishment as in
felony cases. If the treasurer has
been guilty of violating the criminal
statute, the bankers are equally guilty.
“POINTERS” FROM STONE.
Fx-Governor Announces For Senate
and Talks Some oil the side.
In an interview Monday former Gov
ernor William J. Stone, of Missouri,
and vice chairman of the democratic
national committee, declared himself
a candidate for the United States sen
ate, to succeed the Hon. G. G. Vest,
and said he still believed that silver
should be coined into standard money.
“Bimetallism,” he said, “is still an
issue, but the United States is better
off than other countries today with the
gold standard.” reorgani
Speaking of the proposed
zation of the democratic party, the
governor said none was necessary. He
declared W. J. Bryan to be the most
powerful man in the democratic par
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SPOT CASH ONLY.
Texas Treasurer Loses Faith In Safety
of Hank Checks.
The state treasurer of Texas has
issued an order which sets the finan
cial machinery of the state back some
thirty years. He gave official notice
that henceforth he would not accept
checks in payment for money due the
state; that any person owing the state
would have to come across with the
cash. that
This action is due to the fact
the $358,000, for which the state was
caught in the First National Bank fail
ure in Austin was in the bank by rea
son of the collection of checks depos
ited there for collection.
PEACEMAKERS DISCREDITED.
Shaffer Says Would-lie Mediators We
Acting Without Authority.
A Pittsburg dispatch says: Repor ■
ed peace negotiations for the settle
ment of the strike through the media
tion of disinterested parties—ofRcial- Civic
and members of the National
Federation—received a jolt when P res '
ident Theo J. Shaffer, of the Amalga
mated Association of Iron, Steel and
Tinn Workers, declared Monday nigh
absolutely that he had no official
know-ledge of such proceedings and
that if such a move had been stait* *
did not have the official sanction o
it
the organization.
THIEF CHASERS IN TROUBLE*
Chicago Detectives Placed On Trial
For ( rooked Work. detective
The three officers of the depart
bureau of the Chicago police
ment w-ho are charged w-ith defram
of fictitious eX > 5 '- r ‘_
the city by means Monday
accounts were put on trial
fore the civil service commission.
accused officers are Sergeant Lieutenant J oIir e ‘ ^
J. Joyce, Detective
Cr–mer and Detective