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SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS. DEYOTED TO GIYING THE NEWS, ENCOURAGING THE PROGRESS AN® AIDING THE PROSPERITY OP SCHLEY COUNTY, R. E. ELLIOTT. Editor anflBiuiitessHaiiapr. MANY BOERS CAPITULATED Vanquished After An All-Day Fight With the British. FIVE THOUSAND ARE PRISONERS Pleaded For Conditions But Were Refused—Hunter Accords Them Courteous Treatment. The following official telegram was received in London Monday from Lord Roberts, dated Pretoria, July 29th: “On July 26th McDonald fought a rear guard action with the enemy from early morning until dark, nine miles outside of Nanuwpoort, in the Bethle hem hills, resulting in his effectually blocking Nauuwpoort Nek to the Boer wagons. “Hunter reports that the enemy twice checked his advance by holding strong position on two neks, one of which was taken before dark by the Scots, the Royal Irish, the Wiltshire and the Leinster regiments. Our cas ualties were only five or six. The sec ond nek was taken during the night by the Scots and guards without opposi tion, the enemy retiring closely to Nauupoort. “Prisoners taken state that 1,200 burghers would surrender if guaran teed that they would be treated as prisoners of war and not as rebels. To this I ha 1 assented. As a result of these operations Prinsloo, command ing the Boers, asked under a flag of truce this morning a four days’ armis tice for peace negotiations. “Hunter replied the only terms he could accept were unconditional sur render, aud until these were complied with hostilities could not cease. I expressed my approval aud told Hun ter on no account to enter into negoti ations. ( i As I am writing a telegram has come from Hunter saying that Prins loo had written a second letter ex pressing willingness to ban I over himself aud his men, rifles, ammuni tion and other firearms upon condition that the horses, saddles, bridles and other possessions of the burghers be guaranteed to them and they are free to return to their homes. “I have replied that the surrender must be absolutely unconditional, that all rifles, ammunition, horses and oth er possessions must be given up and that the burghers will be considered prisoners of war. I added that Prins loo’s overtures will not be allowed in any way to interfere with Hunter’s operations, which must be continued until the enemy is defeated or has surrended.” A later dispatch from General Rob erts dated July 29th confirms the sur render of Prinsloo, with 5,000 Boers. HUNTER ACCEPTS SURRENDER. General Hunter, having received a written unconditional surrender of all the Boers in Caledon valley, attended to accept the surrender. General Prinsloo, lately elected to the chief command, arrived and tried to repu diate the unconditional surrender. General Hunter, however, refused any concessions, except to allow the Boers to keep one riding horse. About 11 o’clock the troops were drawn up in two long lines on the hills aud over the valley, and the Boers 'rode in between, throwing down their rifles, together with a motley collec tion of clothing, blankets and gear, such as was fouud in General Cronje’s danger. first The Ficksburg command was to lay down arms, consisting of about 550 men. Then came the Ladybrand commando with about 450. Two can nons aud fifty wagons were given up. General Prinsloo aud Commandant Crowther were received by General Hunter at his tent, where they were well treated and accorded every cour tesy. would not have The Boers say they surrendered had they not been sur rounded. The prisoners have been kept in a laarger under guard and will be kept there until all arrive. ELLA VILLE. GA.. THURSDAY. AUGUST •>. 1900. VICTOR EMANUEL IS KINO. Further Particulars of the Assassination of Italy’s ltuler. A special of Monday from Monza, Italy, gives further particulars of the assassination of King Humbert, as fol lows: “After the shooting of King Hum bert here last night, as soon as his msjesty’s attendants could realize what had happened, he was placed in his carriage and driven as rapidly as possible to the palace. He was, how ever, beyond human aid. The assassin’s name is variously given as Angelo and Gaetno Bressi. He was born in Prato, November 10, 1869, and is a weaver by trade. He comes from America, where he had re sided at Paterson, N. J. He says he had no accomplices and that he com mitted the crime because of his hatred of mouarchial institutions. He reach ed Monza July 27th from Milan where he stayed a few days. It appears that when King Humbert was wounded, he exclaimed: “It is nothing.” The royal carriage covered the dis tance between the Gymnastic Society clubhouse, where the crime was com mitted, and the royal villa at full speed, requiring but three minutes. The king expired on the way, and though placed on a bed, was dead when the doctors arrived. Some of the London papers have attempted to trace a connection be tween the assassination of King Hum bert and a rancorous propaganda that the Vatican is alleged to have conduct ed against the supremacy of the sov ereign. These journals point out that the assassination occurred in the vic inity of Milan,where, it is alleged, the recent insurrection was largely fo mented by the Roman curia. The Italian embassy in London re ceived the following official announce ment of the death of King Humbert: “We have the sad news to announce to you that his majesty, King Hum belt, just died last evening (Sunday) at Monza, being the victim of an in famous assassin. Kindly inform the English government of this sad news. “His majesty, King Victor Emanuel HI, (successor to King Humbert) who is off the coast of Greece, is on his way back to the kingdom. “Visconti Venosta.” The Temps (Paris) says the Italian government was warned June 30 that secret anarchists had decided on the death of King Humbert and four other sovereigns. As a matter of fact an anarchist wao arrested June 20 at Pontifa, on the Austro-Italiau fron tier, who declared he had been select ed to assassinate King Humbert. In creased guards w r ere attached to King Humbert, who, however, protested and ordered them withdrawn. MILITARY OFFICER CHOKED. Act of Huntsville Negro Doctor Creates Kxcitement In Alabama Town. News comes from Decatur, Ala., that there came near being some serious trouble there last Saturday night be tween the blacks and whites. One Aldrich, a negro doctor, was walking on lower Bank street in compauy with two negro women named Sykes,daugh ters of a wealthy negro saloonist. Aldrich and the women are said to have been several feet apart, when Lieutenant John Bacon passed be tween them. Bacon was in fatigue uniform witln side arms, and on his rounds drilling his company (Dick Adams Rifles) in picket duty. It is possible that Ba con brushed Aldrich in passing, and, without warning,Aldrich seized Bacon by the throat and began choking him, shoving him to the curb and off, and had nearly choked the life out of the officer before he recovered from his surprise. Bacon then drew his sword aud slashed and beat off his assailant, who is a large, powerful negro. struck Aldrich is also said to have Bacon over the head with a heavy piece of board, splitting the board. Another account is that Bacon was struck with a brickbat. Both men were severely hurt. Several members of the company were on the streets in uniform, and a crowd quickly indulged congre gated and a lot of ugly talk in. both The affair has worked up the whites and blacks and trouble is liable to break out at almost any time. Lieu tenant Baker’s company is the one that was under arms to go to Hunts ville, but was held back by Governor Johnson after he had received a fake message from that city. the Aldrich and his friends say trouble is not done with yet. HOPE IS FRESHENED Reassuring Cable Dispatch From Minister Fowler at Che Foo. GEN. CHAFFEE ARRIVES AT TAKU Lieutenant Stamford, Volunteer Signal Officer at Taku, Send* Important Dispatcher. The effect of Monday’s news from China was to freshen the hope that the government can soon get in direct communication with Minister Conger. The mass of testimony as to his be ing alive as late as the 22d instant is now so great as to warrant the depart ment in resuming the consideration of projects for the future. With all of its anxiety to get Mr. Conger and the Americans in Pekin safely away, the department is proceeding with proper caution and is by no means disposed to accept any proposition that would unduly jeopardize their lives. The secretary of state received at midnight Sunday night a dispatch from Mr. Fowler, American consul at Che Foo, dated noon, July 29th, Mr. Fowler says: “A letter from the German legation dated 21st instant received at Tien Tsiu. German loss is ten dead and twelve wounded. Chinese ceased their attack on the 12th. Baron von Ket teler’s body said to be safe. The Aus trian, Italian, Dutch and Spanish lega tions destroyed and the French par tially. A letter from the Japanese le gation, dated 22d, arrived at Tien Tsin on 25th. Ten battalions of Chinese shelled the legations consecutively from the 20th of June and stopped on the 17th of July, but may renew. The enemy are decreasing. The German, Russian, American, British and half the Japanese and French legations still defended. Japanese say they have food for six days, but little am munition. The emperor and empress are reported at Pekin.” Baron Hollenben, the German am bassador, called upon Secretary Hay Monday morning. He said he had not received any word from Berlin on the receipt of the* important letter from the German legation at Pekin de scribed by Mr. Fowler. As is always the case with Chinese advices, a discrepancy appears imme diately upon a comparison of the Ger man and the Japanese advices. The German report says the attack stopped on the 12th; the Japanese report places the cessation of firing on the 17th. f pke state department officials believe this is easily explained by a considera tion of the differences between the Christian and Chinese calendars. Another curious statement however, is contained in the Japanese report to the effect that six legations were still being defended on the 22d. This is in apparent conflict with Mr. Conger s last reported statement that the lega tioners were “in British under contin ued shot and shell,” etc. CHAFFEE AT TAKU. q^e war department has received the following cablegram from Major General Chaffee: “Chee Foo, July 19.—Adjutant General, Washington: Left Nagasaki daybreak on July 26th. Arrived Taku at 10 nig ht 0 f July 28th. “Chaffee, Maj. Gen.” General Greely, chief signal officer, has received a cable message from Lieutenant Stamford, the volunteer e jg na i officer serving at Taku, with the Ninth infantry. It is dated Che Foo> j u ] y 2 7th, and is as follows: “Conditions, prospects, health corn man( j good. Officers killed Ninth in f an try, Colonel Liscum; wounded, Major Regan, Captains Noyes and Bookmiller; Lieutenant Lawton, all q 0 j n g well. Marine eorps, officers killed, Captain A. R. Davis; wounded, Lieutenant Leonard, serious, arm am p U tated; Captains Long and Lemley, Lieutenant Butler; last three doing we ib, Coolidge, commanding Ninth infantry, informs all necessary material been requested. Colonel Meade, ma r ti^-y i De8 , senior, opinion battery field ar and some Maxims sufficient. '0ne experience would indicate need Q f heavier guns. Further advance may not be made before September. Corn man d should have plenty of good food an( j heavy clothing. Fairly reliable re p 0 rts state our minister and people j n p e kin all well on the 20th. Can you place funds with cable company so j cau keep yon advised?” PEACE IN NEW ON LEA NS. Mayor Takes Charge of Affairs With Mis Special Force and Works Wonders. Peace and order reigns in New Or leans, only one disturbance being re ported throughout Saturday. This was an old negro woman being pelted by a gang of boys for making incen diary speeches. The courage and con fidence of the negroes has been re stored. The result was brought about by two causes—the vigorous and ener getic action of Mayor Capdeville and the killing of the negro desperado, Robert Charles, who caused all the trouble. The mayor increased the number of his special police to 1,.500. Thif was composed almost entirely of the very best elements in the city—merchants, bankers, business men of all kinds. The special police, with the militia, furnished a force of 3,000 men, all armed with rifles and so distributed in squadB and companies throughout the city as to prevent any forming of mobs or rioting. The barrooms were required to close at 2 p. m. Saturday and remain closed until Monday. No liquor was sold Sunday for the first time in many days. The killing of Charles had a marked effect in restoring quiet. Had he es caped the riots and attacks on the negroes could have been prevented only with difficulty, even by a large force of military. With a record of having killed eight white men in four days, a hater of the white race and preaching the doctrine of resistance to the alleged oppression by the whites, Charles would have been indeed dangerous to the peace and order of the community and would have instigated and stirred up race troubles. He was of a roving disposi tion, had been a railroad hand, waiter, newspaper carrier, immigration agent, etc., and always a hater of the whites, The police find that he had three or more rooms in the city; that he was an active proselyter among the negroes, endeavoring to persuade them to go to Liberia to escape white oppression. In all of his rooms were found incen diary literature, books and pamphlets on the negro question, all taking a radical pro-African view of the ques tion. In the Saratoga street house he had a large quantity of lead for the manufacture of bullets. The police have entered charges against all the negroes in the Jackson house as accessories to the murder of Officers Porteous and Lally. These include Silas Jackson, who rented the house and subleased rooms to the other negroes; Martha Jackson, his wife, who hid Charles in the closet of thehonse; George Ford, who was found wounded under a bed; John Willis, who was found masquerading in wo man’s clothing, and John Madison, who was found between two mattresses. The police believe that some of the other negroes took part in the defense of the house against the attacking par ty and say that one man could not have fired all the shots. This story, however, received little credence, for all the dead and wounded show that they were shot by Charles's winches ter. He fired about fifty shots, kill ing four, fatally wounding two, seri ously wounding seven and slightly wounding about twelve—more than half his shots taking effect, while oth ers whizzed by the heads of the attack ing party—wonderful marksmanship for a man with two severe wounds. The grand jury will thoroughly in vestigate the riots. The negroes take the burning of the Thorny Lafon school very hard. It was set fire to by the mob on the ground that the negroes had guns and ammunition stored in it. There was no insurance on it, but the school will probably be rebuilt. The city will have to make good the loss. It will also have to pay for stores broken into and robbed by the mob, and for the buildings destroyed or in jured in burning Charles out of his citadel. On the other hand, the sup pression of the riots and the restora tion of order will cost it nothing, as the special police are giving their ser vices free and the arms and ammuni tion are furnished free by the dealers. The (ieronlmo Story Denied. A special has been received at Fort Worth, Texas, denying that Geronimo, the noted Apache prisoner, has gone stark mad. He is not imprisoned, but is living with his squaw on the Fort Sill reservation. VOL. X. NO. 31. MORE EDICTS ISSUED Latest Crop Engenders a Mora Hopeful View Among Skeptics. MR. WU VOLUNTEERS EXPLANATION Kockhlll II»« Final Conference With MinUter Hay and Depart* For San FraneUco. A Washington special says: Satur day brought forth the usual crop of edicts and reports from various quar ters, and the usual visit from Minister Wn to the state department, all bear ing directly upon thp welfare of the foreign ministers in Pekin. This constantly growing mass of assertion is beginning to have a cumu lative effect upon the skeptics, and there was a Doticeably more hopeful view taken of the state of affairs. Beyond the fact that it is scarcely conceivable that the Chinese authori ties should persist in repeating and strengthening theoe stories np to the rapidly approaching moment when the whole truth must be disclosed by oth er agencies, it appeared upon careful consideration of the reports that there was really little more ground for hopes as to the safety of Mr. Conger and his oolleagues at Pekin. The depressing fact is always in mind that the Chinese authorities, by their own statements, able to commu nicate with the legatioaers, for some mysterious reason do not permit these unfortunates to communicate with their own governments. Mr. Wu’s expla nation of this, namely, that the Chi nese methods are different from our own, i s scarcely sufficient for the ofti c i a l s here. The minister, however, is honestly trying to get a farther eom muuication through from Mr. Conger, and it may be that success in this un dertaking will afford him a brilliant vindication, There was nothing of interest from China respecting the military or naval forces there. The war department officials now calculate that General Chaffee with his troops on the Grant has arrived at Takn, though it may be several days before his report of the fact can reach the department, The Chinese minister visited the ^tute department eariy to deliver an edict received by him to Secretary Hay. It is similar in form to the edict published in London. The minister says that the only differences are those involved in separate translations. Mr. Wu’s translation of Sbeng’s dispatch is as follows: ( i Edict of 28th of the sixth moon (corresponding to July 24th) states that fortunately all ministers, except Baron von Ketteler,<are alive and un harmed. They are now being sup plied with vegetables, fruit and pro visions by the government to show its sympathy for them.” Special Commissioner Rockhill call ed at the state department Saturday morning and had a final conference with Secretary Hay respecting his mission to China. It was not deemed proper to make public the exact in structions given to Mr. Rockhill, but it is stated generally that he is being sent out to ascertatu the condition in China for the guidance of the state de partment and to serve as its direct representative in that country in case it should be necessary hereafter to con duct negotiations there instead of in Washington. Mr. Rockhill left Washington Satur day afternoon for the Pacific coast. The secretary of state has received a dispatch fiom Mr. Fowler, the Amer iban consul at Che Foo, dated at mid night on the 26th. It follows: ‘‘This morning by request of the allied admirals I wired to the gover nor (supposed to be governor of Shan Tung) their wish to get news from ministers themselves. The governor now replies: << i Have received today edict from emperor saying that the ministers are well. They are sending provisions to the legations. Am confident ministers out of distress and request you (Fow ler) transmit this preliminary an nouncement to admirals. li « Yuan, Governor. 9 19 Secretary Hay also received a cable gram from United States Consul Mc Wade, at Cauton, stating that the Viceroy Tak assures him that the ministers were alive and well on the 12th of July.
