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VOL. II.
PEACE DISCUSSIONS BEGIN IN
CITY OF PARIS.
COURTESIES ACCORDED AMERICANS
first Meeting Taken Up With Introduc
tions and Preliminaries—How tho
Members Stand.
A special of Wednesday from Paris
says: The American and Spanish peace
commissioners are all present.
During the afternoon the American
commissioners assisted at their first
formal function in France—their re
ception by the minister of foreign af
fairs, M. Deleasse.
At l o’elock the United States am
bassador, General Horace Porter, call
ed at the Continental hotel for the
Americans. He took three of them in
to hi* own carriage, and the remainder,
with Secretary Moore, followed in an
other carriage, through the Rue do
Rivoli, over the Place de la Concorde,
aoross the River Seine to the ministry
of foreign affairs. M. Henri Vignaud,
the secretary of the United Statos em
bassy, led the way into the building.
General Porter, Judge Day and the
others followed.
Courtesies Extended.
The party was received immediately
by M. Crozier, the chef de protocol,
who showed the Americans into the
ante-room of the minister’s chamber.
After a few moments of waiting the
doors were opened and the party en
tered the room oeoupied by the minis
ter of foreign affairs and were pre
sented in turn to M. Deleasse, who
cordially gieeted the visitors aud bid
them take seats. Through M. Vig
naud, who acted as interpreter, M.
Delcasfie only speaking French, the
party chatted briefly upon generalities
aad the minister finally assured the
commissioners of the great pleasure
experience by France in the part she
has take® _jr fleeting a suspension of
hostilities tween Spain and the
United Statos.
Judgo Day, as 'president responded. of the
United States commission,
He said the United States appreciates
the good offices of France and, after
M. Deleasse had expressed his pleas
ure at such recognition of the disin
terested action of France, the inter
view ended and the Americans retired.
The first session of the United States
commission did not result in anything
being given out for publication.
Spanish Ambassadors Fro smiled.
After the presentation of the Ameri
can commissioners Senor Leon y
Castillo, the Spanish ambassador, pre
sented the Spanish commissioners to
M. Deleasse. The ceremonies were
exactly similar to those gone through
in introducing the members of the
American commission.
The Gaulois (newspaper) says: “In
epite of the mystery surrounding the
matter, we are able from a high source
to give an outline of the position of
both commissions. While the Ameri
cans have instructions which are much
more precise than those of the Span
iards, there is a diversity of opinion in
regard to the Philippines. Senator
Gray is a very ardent democrat, con
sequently belongs to the party which
repudiates expansion. He opposes all
annexation and his opinion, therefore,
totally differs from that of the other
four commissioners, some of wfiom
would be content with a coaling sta
tion at the Philippines,possibly Cavite,
while others, like Senator Davis, ad
vocate the annexation of the whole
archipelago.” that
The Gaulois* however, believes
the Americans, by mutual concessions,
will come to an agreement and that
will be all largely influenced by Major
Gsneral Merritt’* reports on the situa
tion.
The instructions to the Spanish
commission still, according to Tho
Gaulois, are, briefly, to hold out and
make the best terms possible. Madrid
is well aware, it appears, that the
conferences, at the best, only have to
please the Spanish people, and the
only hopes entertained are that the
Americans will not abuse the situation
too much. Popular sentiment in Spain,
it is added, thinks it better to abandon
the Philippine islands than to keep
them under conditions rendering them
ungovernable.
YOUNG HOBSON SUSTAINED.
He Will Be Given Encouragement In Ef
fort to Raise the Colon.
A Washington dispatch says: As
sistant Secretary Allen, directly in
charge of the arrangements mado for
raising such of the Spanish war ships
sunk or stranded in the battle of July
3d os can be removed, said Thursday,
referring to Constructor Hobson’s
work on tho Teresa, that the navy de
partment had given the young con
structor all of the assistance which it
was possible to extend iu the prosecu
tion-ef his work. Moreover, it is now
proposed to give him further aid in his
eflort to raise the Colon, by far tbe
finest of the Spanish squadron.
EXECUTED SIX REFORMISTS.
China’s New Ruler Is Now Having Her
Revenge.
A cable dispatch from Peking, says:
Six reformists, namely, Kang-Yuwel’s
brother, one censor and four head
clerks of the cabinet, including a soi
of the governor of Hu Foi, were exe
cuted Thursday for alleged conspiracy
against the dowager empress. and
There is no excitement every
thing is proceeding as usual.
The Abbeville Chronic le
BATABD PASSES AIT AT.
Olaatay K»n>a»U of Brilliant Ban's Hit
Ware Poaoofn’,
A spaoigl from Dedham,Mass., says:
Thomas F. Bayard died at half past 4
o’olosk Wednesday afternoon at Karl
atein, the summer residence of his
daughter, Mrs. Samuel D. Warren,
aftar aa illness of six weeks. His
death was without pain. His wife, his
two daughters—Mrs. Warren and Miss
Florence Bayard—and his son,Thomas
F,, Jr., saw him draw his last breath,
and his daughter, the Countess Lauen
haupt, was on her way to Dedham.
The remains will bo conveyed to
Delaware and the funeral services will
be held in the old Swedish church at
Wilmington.
Karlstein lies off tho Needham road.
Hero about tho middle of August
oamo Mr. Bayard.to bo the guest of
his daughter and son-in-law. He was
sick, but it was given out that his ni
nes* was merely due to declining
years. He steadily grew weaker, how
ever, and had spells of semi-conscious
ness and of delirium. A consultation
of physicians was held August 26, and
they agreed that Mr. Bayard was suf
fering from artorie-colorosi and a gen
oral breaking down incident to old
age. He suffered no pain to any
noticeable degree, and the chief ten
dency was to aleep.
During the first few weeks of his
illness Mr. Bayard was able to sit up,
but as time passed he became gradually
weaker, aud three weeks ago he laid
himself on his bed aud never again
rose from it. At times he would rally
to some extent, but the relapse carried
him always nearer the end. His won
derful constitution resisted the ravages
of disease for a surprising period. _•
Much of the time he was in a semi
consoioua condition, seldom recogniz
iug any of tho family, and at intervals
having sinking spells, accompanied by
choking. These left him always weak
er. Wednesday morning it became
evident that his death was a matter of
only a few hours. Still he lingered,
having a slight rally during the night
and during the forenoon his condition
showed little change. At 4 o’clock he
begau to sink rapidly, and half an
hour later he gently passed away.
HISS HILL HONORED.
Title of Daughter of Confederacy Conferred
Upon Virginian.
Miss Luoy Lee Hill, an examiner in
the office of the civil service commission
at Chicago, is the new Daughter of the
Confederacy. Her southern friends
have conferred this honor upon her
since the death of Miss Winnie Davis.
Daring the day she received numer
ous congratulations over the distin
guished honor. of Virginia and
Miss Hill is a native
comes of one of the oldest and most
aristocratic families in the south. She
is a distant relative of General Fitzhugh
Lee.
Iu 1833 she went to Chicago as one
of the world’s fair commissioners from
Kentucky and since then has made the
city her home. She has been engaged
in the office of the civil service com
missioner since last winter.
When seen by a reporter Miss Hill
said:
“Yes, my friends in the south insist
that the mantle of Miss Winnie Davis
shall fall upon my shoulders. You see
I have always been considered next in
rank and the death of Miss Davis nat
urally confers the honor upon me.
“In the future I will be known as
the Daughter of the Confederacy. Miss
Davis aud myself were chums. We
wont to school together and onr fami
lies were intimate. My father was
General A. P. Hill, a warm personal
friend of Jefferson Davis. My father
was killed on the last day of the siege
of Petersburg while fighting at the
head of a column.”
JUDGMENT AGAINST ZOLA
To Bo Satisfied By Sonins Ills Effocts In
Paris At Auction.
A dispatch from Paris says: Tho
house and furniture of M. Emile Zola
are about to be sold to satisfy a judg
ment of 30,000 francs obtained against
Kim by three handwriting experts who
recently won a libel suit growing out
of the Dreyfus case against the author.
The experts have refused the offer of
M. Octave Mirabeau to be responsible
for the amount.
It is expected that the minister of
justice, M. Sarrien, if he has not al
ready done so, will issue directions
that the rigors of the imprisonment of
Dreyfus be modified, according to cus
tom, pending a final decision in his
case, which is now before the court of
cassation.
GENERAL GRAHAM RETIRES.
Members of His Staff Present Him With
Loving Cup.
A dispatch from Camp Meade, Mid
dletown, Pa., says: Wednesday was
the sixty-fourth anniversary of Major
General Graham’s birth and it also
marked his retirement from the United
States regular service as a brigadier
general. He will, however, continue
his command in the volunteer service.
To mark the day the members of his
staff presented him with a silver loving
cup appropriately inscribed.
CALIFORNIA HAS CLAIM.
State Wants 8100,000 For Property Turn
ed Over to the Government.
A San Francisco dispatch says: Ad
jutant General A. W. Barrett, of the
national guard, as the agent of Gov
ernor Btidd, will leave for Washington
in a few days to present to the secre
tary of war a claim for 8100,003 on
behalf of the state for property turned
over to the government during the war
with Spain.
ABBEVILLE, GA., THURSDAY. OCTOBER <>, 1898.
A CLASH BETWEEN WHITE AND
I1LACK COAL DIGGERS.
BLOODSHED SEEMS IMMINENT.
governor Tanner Orders Out Troops and
Martial Law Declared at Pana.
Troops Parade Streets.
A special from Pana, Ill., says'.
Thursday night was a terrorizing one
for the poople of Pana. Two-thirds of
the residences were unoccupied. Each
. tbe . houses occupied . , contained ... a
group of fainilios. In some cases all
the residents of an cutiro block spent
^ 10 ( ] al ^ hours in one home, armed,
terrorized aud awaiting attacks ex
pected to be made on their homes by
the negroes importod from Alabama,
n jght the striking union miners,
reinforced by brother miners from oth
er towns, armed with shotguns and
rifles, paraded the streets, and in some
cases lay in ambush on housetops and
, B „ owalting ? the coming of the
blacks , , from a Springfield and Renwell „ „
stockades, who had announced their
intention to march into the city and
drive out the whites. But the deputy
sheriffs were successful in keeping the
negroes under control and within the
stockades. Mauy shots were fired in
the vicinity of the mines throughout
tho night, but with what re.sults could
not be ascertained.
Friday, in response to Sheriff Oo
burn’s urgent appeal, Battery B, of
Galesburg, and two companions of
Hamilton’s Sons of Veterans- were
sent on the way to Pana. They were
by the governor’s instructions to pro
tect the lives of citizens and their
property, but under no consideration
to assist the mine owners in operating
the mines with imported labor,
Many visiting miners, heavily arm
ed, arrived in the city Friday, and
later, with 200 local miners, left the
city for Shelby county, throe miles
east, to intercept a Baltimore and
Ohio train conveying sixty negro min
ers to Pana to take union meu’s
places. dispatched
Sheriff Coburn a posse
to the county line to prevent a hold
up of the train within Christian
county, but the miners met the train
at the line of Shelby and Christian
counties. The train was carrying six
ty imported negroes for work in the
mines. At the point of guns the miners
compelled the negroes to unload and
started to march them to Tower Hill to
ship them back to Washington, Ind.
The miners liad handkerchiefs over
their faces when they held up the
train, which was delayed but a few mo
■meats. The sheriff’s party started for
Tower Hill to release the negroes.
Walter Otterbaugli, who brought the
negroes from the south, left the train
at Flora, being fearful of a hold-up
aud knowing that he would suffer
rough treatment at the hands of the
miners.
Company C, of Colonel Hamilton’s
new regiment,Illinois national guards,
seventy-five strong, Captain L. M.
Harris, commanding, left Aurora for
Springfiled in response to orders.
They are intended for service in strik
ing troubles at Pana.
Sent Hack to Xelila.
A later dispatch says: The negroes
going to Pana who were taken from a
train near Tower Hill by union miners,
were compelled to walk back to that
place, where they were locked in the
depot until 10 o’clock Friday night.
At that hour the negroes were placed
on board au eastbound train and taken
back to Xenia at the expense of the
miners’ union.
Nows of the capture of the blacks
having reached Sheriff Coburn, at
Pana, lie sent an armed posse of depu
ties, including negroes from Spring
Side camp, toward the town to inter
cept the miners on their return. Sher
iff Coburn’s force bad not arrived at a
late hour.
Military Rules the Town.
Light Battery B, of Galesburg, ar
rived at Pana on a special train from
Springfield Friday afternoon. The
battery consists of two gattling guns
and sixty-eight men, wi h side arms
and Springfield rifles, in charge of
Captain Craig. Two camps of the
Sons of Veterans from Aurora and
Elgin, in command of Colonel Hamil
ton, arrived during the evening.
They were equipped with guns Na- at
Springfield and mustered in as
tional Guards. The military are in
full charge of tho city and are parad
ing the business streets. The utmost
quiet prevails.
Tanner Gives Orders.
Governor Tanner instructed the
sheriff to withdraw his deputies at the
mines and turn the command over to
Captain Craig, who has now declared
martial law in Pana. Captain Craig
will at once carry out Governor Tan
ner’s orders to disarm all those carry
ing weapons.
BURIAL SERVICES OMITTED.
Dead Soldiers at Camp Wikoff Interred
Without Military Salute.
A New York dispatch says: Major
It. G. Elbert, who has had charge of
the burials at Wikoff, replies to criti
cisms in regard to the way tho men
were buried in the camp. Ho says the
reason no burial service was read or a
volley fired was because it would dis
turb the sick men. When the sick were
removed there will be a general service
over all the dead.
8HAFTER SCORES THE PRESS,
General W»j* Naw.»»p.r Artlalaa Afeaat
Him Are Uutrajreoa* Um.
In a letter to Postiaaitar Wills, of
N ush vil le, Tonn • I Qeueral Shatter
says:
‘‘The and attacks of the yellow administration press up
on me others of the
are simply outrageous. The article of
Davis, in the Harpers, is tilled with
untruths, beginning with the one that
I was responsible for the equipment
of the army with Springfield rifles,
which you and every other sensible
man knows is a lie. The behavior of
some of the yellow journals wns so
outrageous before we even got into
Cuba that I had to put my hand on
them, and after we got into Cuba it
was worse. Their letters are the re
sult of personal spits. If I had come
back with a defeated army there might
have been some excuse for their talk,
but having commanded one of the
most successful campaign* of modem
military history, it is simply an out
rage.
“I am very fond of Evans, pension
commissioner, and am very glad that
you are defending him. Some of tho
Grand Army of the Bepublio men are
simply unbearable and seem to think
if they can’t have tho treasury turned
open to them they are being defrauded.
Very truly yours, SHWTEB. ”
“WlIiLIAM R.
GEN. GORDON TALKS.
Says That No Ono Is Eligible to Boaf
Miss Davis' Title.
General John B. Gordon, ooinmand
er-in-chief of the United Confederate
Veterans was shown the Associated
Press dispatch from Chicago in which
Miss Lucy Leo Hill claims to have had
the title of “Daughter of the Confed
eracy” conferred upon her by her
southern friends since the death of
Winnie Davis. The general was asked
if the title could be thus transferred,
and replied with great earnestness:
“Emphatically no. Miss Winnie
was the only daughter of President
Davis born in the confederate ‘white
house’ during the life of the confeder
acy. As Jefferson Davis was the only
president of the confederate govern
ment, no daughter of any official
could truly represent the confederacy.
For that reason it would not be ap
propriate to call even the daughter of
Robert E. Lee the ‘Daughter of the
Confederacy.’ To designate any one
else as ‘Daughter of the Confederacy’
would not only be inappropriate and
meaningless, but would deprive the
title of all its value.”
IfAY TAKES THE OATH.
New Secretary of State Id Formally In
stalled Iu Office.
Colonel John Hay was sworn into
office as secretary of state at Washing
ton Friday morning. The ceremony
took place in the president’s room at
the white house aud the oath was ad
ministered by Justice Harlan, of the
supreme court. Mr. Hay immediately
joined his colleagues in the regular
Friday cabinet session.
On leaving the white house Mr. Hay
went to the department of state and
entered actively into the discharge, of
the duties of his new office. During
the afternoon he received the heads of
bureaus, clerks and other employes of
the department, in many cases renew
leg acquaintances formed when ho
was assistant secretary of state many
years ago. Although no appointment
has yet been made, it seems to be set
tled that Mr. Spencer Eddy, who was
Mr. Hay’s secretary in London, will
be his private secretary in the stato
department.
NOMINATE HENRY GEORGE.
Chicago Platform Democrats of New York
Formulate a Ticket.
At a meeting of the Chicago platform
democrats at New York Friday night
Henry George, the son of tho single
tax advocate, was nominated to head
an independent democratic ticket. The
nomination of Elliott P. Danforth for
lieutenant governor by the regular
democratic convention at Syracuse was
indorsed. The other candidates noiii
inated are as follows:
Secretary of State—Gideon Tucker.
Comptroller—J. McDonough, Al
bany. Buffalo,
Treasurer—M. C. Caton, of
Attorney General—Ole F. Snider,
Buffalo.
Engineer and Surveyor—General
James A. Lee, Roeldand county.
The Chicago platform in its entirety
was reaffirmed.
LEE AND WHEELER
Will Give Testimony Before the War
Investigating Committee.
The war investigating commission
has decided to ask General Lee to
follow General Wheeler in giving test
imony concerning the charges made
against the war department.
General Wheeler will be before the
commission on Thursday, and will be
interrogated both about Camp Wikoff
and the .Santiago campaign, the covering exam
ination concerning Santiago
especially the facilities for caring for
the sick and wounded and the precau
tions taken to preserve the health of
the men in tho trenches.
INSURGENTS SEE PRESIDENT.
Aguinaldo’s Representatives Hold Secret
Conference With McKinley.
A Washington special says: Agon
cillo and Lopez, the representatives of
Aguinaldo, the Philippine insurgent
leader, called at the white house Sat
urday in company with Gen. Greene,
and had a private conference with the
president in tho cabinet room.
No significance whatever is attached
to the call, as they were received un
officially.
BY NEW YORK DEMOCRATS FOR
UOVERNOR OF THE STATE.
SURPRISE IN THE CONVENTION.
Nomlu«e a Brother of New York's Mayor.
Bryan's Name Cheered In tee Con
vention—The Platform.
New York democrats, at their state
convention in Syracuse Thursday,
named the following ticket:
For Governor—Augustus Van Wyok,
of Kings.
For Lieutenant Governor—Elliott
Danforth, of Chenango.
For Secretary of Stato—George W.
Batting, of Niagara.
For Comptroller—Edwin S. Atwater,
of Duobess.
For State Treasurer—E. B. Norris,
of Wayne.
For State Engineer aud Surveyor—
Martin Scheuek, of Beunsalaer.
For Attorney General—Thomas F.
Conway, of Clinton.
When the convention met soon after
noon, Frederick Scrnub was elected
permanent chairman aud was escorted
to tho chair. He made an address in
which he scored tho republican state
administration, charged the national
government with criminal neglect of
troops in the Spanish war, and said:
“Everywhere, democrats were in
tho van, Dewey, Schley, Hobson, Lee,
Wheeler, democratic horoes all, have
written high their names in American
temples of fame.”
In conclusion he said: “Momentous
questions affeoting the future policy
of America must be passed upon by
the next national congress. It should
be the oaruest effort of every democrat
to so shape the work of this conven
tion that it shall render possible the
return to the upper house of our be
loved senior senator, Edward Mur
phy.” resolutions then
The committee on
reported aud the nominating speakers
were recognized.
The roll call was begun at 2 o’clock
and enough votes had boon cast to
nominate Judge Vau Wyck before
two-thirds of the roll of delegates had
been finished.
Tho vote for governor os announced,
was: Van Wyck 350, Titus 41, Mc
Guire 21, Stanchfield 38.
The convention Went wild at the an
nouncement.
The other candidates on the slate
prepared by Croker were nominated
by acclimation, Danforth agreeing to
accept the second place on the ticket.
The mention of the same of William
Jennings Bryan by Thomas Carmondo
in seconding the nomination of
Stanchfield produced the greatest
demonstration witness d in the con
vention. Delegates stood oil chairs,
waving hats, while in the galleries
men waved hats and even coats, and
one man grabbed a Cuban flag from
the decorations and waived it nmid
the wildest excitement. The demon
stration continued several minutes.
Delegate Pierce,of Monroe,attempt
ed to speak on the silver question,but
was ruled out of order.
Tho Resolutions.
The report of the committee on res
olutions was then read as follows:
The democratic party of tho stato of
New York, in convention assembled,
declares as follows:
“It congratulates tbe country upon
the successful termination of war un
dertaken—not for conquest or aggran
dizement —but in the interest of hu
manity, liberty and civilization. We
glory in the patriotic devotion and
valor of cur bravo soldiers and sail
ore, who have honored the American
people and heightened the Iustro of
our national fame,
“The scandalous abuse by the pres
ident of his power of appointment in
scattering army commissions among
inexperienced and incompetent civil
iaus as rewards to personal favorites,
and almost to the exclusion of expo
rienoed officers in the service, is largo
]y accountable for the fearful suffering
and appalling loss of life among tne
gallant soldiers that have brought dis
grace upon the administration and a
sense of shame to the nation.
“A Democratic congress will, if
chosen by the people, rigidly investi
gate the conduct of the war and expose
and punish all who may bo responsible
for the unnecessary deaths, privations
and sufferings of the soldiers."
( < Wo demand justice and equal tax
ation; no tax dodging. Wo denounce
all attempt to evade the burdens of
taxation upon personal property by
pretended changes of residence or
otherwise. Under the constitution
and laws of our state, eligibility to
public office and liability to personal
taxation both depend upon long resi
dence. If the affidavits and official
statements of the republican candi- ineli
date for governor are true, ho is
gible to the office of governor; if false,
ho lias committed perjury, .and is
morally disqualified. He cannot
escape from his dilemma—there is
either legal disqualifications or moral
unfitness.”
M’COY KICKS CORBETT.
Pugilist* Met In a Hotel and a Dispute
Caused Trouble.
James J. Corbett and Kid ^eCoy
met in the corridor of the Gilsey house
in New York, Wednesday afternoon,
and entered into a dispute as to the
prospects for a fight. Each called the
other some pretty hard names, and
McCoy kicked Corbett in the groin.
The men were separated by their
friends.
FOUH MEN ASSASSINATED.
—
Outrageous and Cold-Blooded Murder Oc
#un» At An Auction Ju Toujuiahoo.
A special received from Nashville,
Teuu., statos that on Saturday Rev.
A. C. Webb, Baptist minister; Joff
HiggiuB and James Vinson, well
know n citizens, were victims of a cold
blooded assassination on the place of
SSSb *°om,r°' ,hl "" Lib “ l *
The men were attending an auc
tion sale on tho farm and were swept
down by a cross-lire from a cave on
one side and a barn on the other.
James Hollingsworth vud confed
erates are believed to be the assassins.
About a year ago Hollingsworth
killed Jim Higgins and left home.
Higgins' wife sued for damages and
got judgment by default. Tho auction
sale was to satisfy the judgment.
Jeff Higgins was a brother of Hol
lingsworth’s victim and Rev. A. C.
Webb was bis father-in-law. It is
thought Vinson’s death was not in
tended. The assassins escaped with
out detection.
A luter dispatch states that four men
are dead and a fifth dying as the re
sult of Saturday’s shooting.
When tho party of men went to
Hollingsworth’s home to sell his prop
erty to satisfy a judgment against him
his wife was very abusive, but no at
tention was paid to her, and all enter
ed the barn where the sale was con
ducted. The auction had just com
menced, when suddenly some ono
stuck a double-barrel shotgun in the
door and turned loose both barrels,
charged with buckshot.
Tho fourth victim is an unknown
man. Vincent, the fifth man, is dy
ing. Nine buckshot were taken from
one of the bodies,
The sheriff of Cannon county and a
large posse is looking for thea sas
sins,
Lynching is certain if the guilty
ones are caught.
A special to tho Nashville American
from Murfreesboro says a telephone
message has been received from Wood
bury, Cannon county, stating that the
Cannon county murderer and assassin,
James Hollingsworth, has been severe
ly wounded. A crowd of sixty men
havo him located and expect to capture
him together with his accomplices.
MR. BAYARD'S FUNERAL.
Laid to Rest In Family Burial Orouml at
Wilmington* Del.
Funeral services over the late Hon.
Thomas F. Bayard were held in tho
old Swedish church at Wilmington,
Del., Saturday. Thousands of peo
ple assembled at the edifice, but were
not admitted, as it had been decided
not to tSAa the casket and permit tho
public to view the remains.
Tho honorary pallbearers were:
Former President G aver Cleveland,
Former Secretary of' the Treasury
Charles S. Fairchild, E. W. Tunnel,
governor of Delaware: John T ’lives,
of Now York city; John V. Craven and
Thomas Craven, of Salem, N.J., Judge
Ignatius G. Grufibe, Dr. James A.
Draper, Henry G. Banning, of Wil
mington, and Chancellor John It.
Nicholson. The services comprised
simply the prayer book service for the
burial of the dead of the Protestant
Episcopal church.
When the service ended the coffin
was taken to tho Bayard burial placo
in ,the graveyard adjoining the church.
A great crowd had assembled waiting
to see this tho only public feature of
tho funeral. Slowly and solemnly the
body was lowered into the vault,where
lie the romains of Mr. Bayard’s father
and mother and three of her children.
CAMPS FOR TJIE SOUTH.
Si teg Selected For Winter Quarters in
Various Southern States.
A Washington special says: While
no official information on the subject
is forthcoming, it is said the selection
of sites for camps in the south lias
been practically determined.
It is understood they will be located
at Augusta and Athens, Ga., and Co
lumbia, Greenville and Spartanburg,
S. C. Americus, Ga., may also be
selected.
The main camp, it is said, will boat
A ugusta, on a site of about 600 acres,
juse outside the city.
Representative Fleming, ex-Senator
Walsh and Col. Dyer, of Augusta,
were in Washington Saturday and
called upon the president, secretary
of war and Adjutant General Corbin,
relative to the Augusta fanip.
TO BE A TERRITORY.
Form of Government of Hawaii Has Been
Decided Upon.
A San Francisco dispatch says: Sen
ator Cullom, one of the commissioners
sent to Hawaii by tbe United States
government to examine into tbe con
dition and affairs of the island and re
port as to the form of government that
would bo most suitable, and who ar
rived in that city on the steamer Gaelic,
says that the commission has conclud
ed its labors and as a result of their
observations they will recommend a
territorial form of government, differ
ent from that of the territories in tbe
United States, modified to suit the
conditions of Hawaii. They will give
particular attention to tho changes
neejssary in the land, labor and navi
gation laws.
MAGNANIMOUS GIFT.
Ohio Man Contributes 8100 to Winnie
Davis Monument Fund.
A splendid contribution to tbe Win
nie Davis monument fund comes from
a man who wore the blue in the war
between the north and south. Tbe
amount is §100 and the contributor is
Mr. Harrison T. Chandler, of Cleve
land, O., president of the Chandler &
Price company, manufacturers of
printing presses and printing ma
chinery.
NO. 37.
WAS FIRST REPORTED AS HAVING
SUICIDED.
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DEATH DUE TO ASSASSINATION.
Torture Wu. Must Frightful—Member of
Brlti.li T.eentlon Mobbed and Am«.
iron Missionaries Stoned.
A special dispatch from Shanghai,
published at Loudon Saturday, says
telegrams furnished by the Taotal, or
local governor, to a Chinese paper
there, allege that the emperor of China
committed suicide on September 21,
after signing the decree* which placed
the dowager empress at the head of
affairs in China. This, it is added, is
understood to mean that the emperor
was assassinated.
All the English-speaking secretaries
aud tho principal members of the Chi
nese foreign office, it is further an
nounced, have been banished.
A later dispatch announces that the
of the emperor is confirmed.
the employe ’
The reports as to means
to his tnking'off differ. One story
has it that he died by poison, and
another that death was caused by
strangulation, while a third states
that ho was subjected to frightful tor
ture, a red hot iron being thrust
through his bowels.
The foreign office at London receiv
ed n dispatch Saturday from her maj
esty’s minister at Pekin saying that
Mr. Mortimer, a member of the British
legation, on returning home with a
Indy, was insulted and attacked by a
mob, which stoned him and covered
him with mud.
Later in the day, the dispatch adds,
some American missionaries were sim
ilarly attacked, ns was the Chinese
secretary of the United Slates lega
tion. The latter’s ribs were broken.
Sir Claude McDonald, the British
minister at Pekin, reports that there is
a dangerous feeling abroad.
Steps have been taken to call the
attenion of tho Chinese government to
these outrages.
YELLOW FEVER SPREADS.
l'reslclent Soueli*)n< of l.oulnlnna Board of
Health, Makes Report.
Dr. Souchon, of the Louisiana state
board of health, reports ns follows:
New Orleans—Five cases, one death.
Harveys Canal—-Throe eases, three
deaths.
Baton Rouge—Two cases, no deaths.
Franklin—Nino canes, no deaths.
Wihon—Nine cases, one death.
One case lias been reported in St.
James parish. October 1st:
Kewapitulation to cases,six
New Orleans'—Thirty-three
deaths. .
Harveys Camri- -Fourteen cases,
three deaths.
Wilson—Fifty cases, one death.
Franklin—One hundred and seven
ty-two cases, five deaths.
Baton Rouge — Three cases, no
deaths.
Houma—Two cases, no deaths.
Clinton—Two cases, no deaths.
Plarpiemine—One case, no death.
DeLoguy—Ono case, no death.
The hoard of health is daily apprised
of all sorts of rumors concerning the
health of tho city. Several rumors
were run down and denied, and as for
the rest, tho official report is tho an
swor.
AGUINALDO SPEAKS.
Tho Philippine Insurgent's Remark^
Cause Comment.
There is considerable comment in
Manila upon Aguinaldo’s speech at
Malolos a few days ago. The keynote
was the independence of the Philippine
islands. During the course of his re
marks Aguiualdo said:
“Our friends, the Americans, came
for the purpose of demonstrating the
generosity and grandeur of their gov
ernment, and to assist in releasing the
people from slavery without annexing
the islands, thus setting a good exam
ple. We now understand and appre
ciate the famous Monroe doctrine of
‘America for Americans,’ and justice
demands that they add, ‘the Philippines
for the Filipinos.’ ”
MRS. BAGLEY IN WASHINGTON.
Mother of Ensign K lied on the Winslow
Visits McKinley.
Saturday, Secretary Long called on
the president wft.k Mrs. Bagley, of
North Carolina, mother of Ensign
Bagley, whoso tragic death in action
on the torpedo boat Winslow occurred
early in tbe war.
President McKinley, soon after tho
Winslow incident, wrote the mother
of tho ensign a strong letter of asked sym
pathy and stated that he had
tor legislation authorizing the appoint
ment of another son as a naval cadet.
Mrs. Bagley thanked the president of
very heartily for his expressions
interest in her behalf.
GRABBED A LIVE WIRE.
A Macon Street Car Conductor Meets Hor
rible Death.
A Macon, Ga., dispatch says: Nem
Burke, a street car conductor was kill
ed Sunday night while trying to re
move a fallen electric light wire from
the car track. He caught hold of the
wire and inynediately commenced cry
ing for help. Nobody dared to touch
him and he fell, dying in great agony
in the presence of the carload of peo->
pie.