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.
