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THE MACON TELEGRAPH.
MACON. GA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 12. 1891.
SluglM Oopy f |ft Ceuta.
V
TOM WATSON
BACKED DOWN
—
Ho Refused to Accept the Challenge
of Joe James for a Joint
Debate.
VERY POINTED CORRESPONDENCE
It Looked for a While Like a Personal
Kneoanfar Would Follow, but It
Waa Happily At*tied—Other
Capital City Kent,
nr?**'
'Atlanta-, Getpt. 11.—(Special.)—Thire
was no Joint debate at Canton today
between 'Dll&tfet (Attorney Joe Jdfnes
and Hon. Tam Wuteam, the bombustic
oracle of nhe Populists. Both had ap
pointments to speak ait Canton toduy
and Col. James had challenged Watson
So divide time. But Wait son declined,
and today Cod. Jaimes received a tele
gram -ft-ocn tots Canton friends notify
ing Mm tl*W tot* engagement had been
declared off. Therefore, Col. Jumes did
not gv> to Canton. Had he gone there
would have been $ very hot time, al
though the speaking would not have
hean from the same plait form. Last
night when Cot. James askid Mr. Wat
son for a final decision as ko a division
of time today, he sent he following
letter In reply, mMOh has been a po
litical sensation here today:
‘'Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 10, 1894.—Hon.
J. S. James, Diktribt lAiOborney United
States Court—SSt: Your note has Just
■been handed me. As I sta'tnl In the
©ally Press of Friday last, I am willing
Uorateetany member at the Democratic
party who holds the same position In
the partly which I hold in mine. I will
• meet Mr. Clay or any Democratic
nominee for congress w any of the
•gentlemen who an* candidates tor the
senate, K they with. I would not meet
you under any cfrmfcus'tunces, simply
because you do not come tip to the rule
wihloh respect for my party and respect
for myself suggosm at the proper one.
"There Is. however, a special reason
why your challenge Is peremptorily de
clined. It Is that you have vtHfled me
' in the moot unprovoked and ungentle-
m-inly manner through the hired tra-
ducer who runs your paper, and be
come you have publicly repeated the
falsehoods of 'this campaign j-urnmaker
In a speech made by you at Forsyth.
"To these charges of yours end his I
have replied through the Daffy Press,
denounotng hhem In the language they
deserved.
"la the Atlanta Journal Of today you
practically reufflnm the churgcs, which
1 had denounced uo false.
"These charges concern my Integrity
us a man. If true, I am not an honor
able man. You Wove made the charges
and I have denounced them as false,
Tnerdfore It seems to me that the de-
hat between you and me would be sim
ply oi personal quarrel, and, perhaps,
a personal collision.
"I cannot have any relations with a
man wtmo charges me wlih dlshc i-.esty.
I cannot have at public debate with a
man 1 would not speak to on Hit a street.
While this charge of yours stands unre-
tractctt you must know that “•
of meetings between us wouoo lv» U»
a series of piraonal quarrels, beta which
the pulbllo sliould not he drawn. At a
great mass meeting of tjw people,
where men, women and children meet
to hear governmental principles fairly
and decorously discussed, I' can khlnk
Of nothing more discreditable to ua
than to Involve them In consequences
of a personal rancorous dispute be-
it ween yv>u and mo and In the collision
Which en'jtfhil follow. ...
•T\\Then on tssue between two premie-
men reaches the stage where the He
has been passed there Is nothing ko
debate—so far as public Joint discus
sions uro concerned.
"You have oald <1 have' acted dis
honestly. You have been charg<d wUh
the 'Now, one of two things
•things you should do: Prove the
charges nhrotftfh the <putMo prints,
•wihere your hireling first made it, or
prove yourself a gentleman by. rtlirhci-
inb *he Charge-Yours, ^c*.
“Ithomas E. Wattson,
-"Chairman. P. P. Ex. Com."
•Mr. James' reply was one that must
have been hard for Col. Watson to swal
low. The district attorney Is not as pro
ficient In the art of vituperation and
Blimoslinglng as the Populist dictator,
but he nude hlmsstf lAainly under
stood. He says Watson’s choree Is ab
solutely and unconditionally false, ana
then concludes:
"I challenged you tor a Joint debate
In each of the several congressional dis
tricts of the state. This J did because
of the unwarranted, malicious, false and
low-bred-, attack made upon me by you
In tho Dally Press ct last Saturday; and
I state to you Ubw. that the editorial
referred to was not only false, but
showed a desire on your part, to conceal
from the public the truth of history,
and a palpably apparei* desire to pre
varicate and smother the truth. I rave
not said in public speech anywhere
anything against your private charac-
ter. I have only dealt with you as you
are related to the public, and as your
public acts affect the people. The truth
of the matter Is. Mr. Watson, I have
often seen a* flippant and high-sound
ing and word-palntln* ftfllows ax you
Imagine youneelf to be. held down to
the proper level and. (despite the ego,
an imaginary force that you suppose
yourself to posse*, shown up before the
pdbllo iu their true light.’’
Ool. Jamea and Mr. Watson did not
cross each others paths today. When
they meet It Is not Improbable there
will be a coMsfon. Watson is evidently
BpoRktt (or t> light with some good
Democrat. He would doubtless like to
pose as a martyr Tor awhile.
Col. James, in referring lb the mat
ter today, said he Intended to denounce
Wat«>n every time he speaks. He has
an appointment at Tftcsneeton tohior-
row and will send up the first rockets
there.
(At Carrollton on Saturday Watson
ami Hon. Charlie' Moses wtil meet In
lint dUwueMon. Wabran has an appoint
ment there and Mr. Moses has taken
Mm at hla word and will offer to meet
tlm.
campaign appointments tor the remain
der of the week, subject to addition for
any other rallies that may be arrange!
for.
September 12—Thom as tan: J. S. James
ami H. W. J. Mam.
lAimericus—Sneaker Criop and Gen.
Evan*.
Edatmaiv—Robert Whitfield.
MUirHvlUe—Murry Reed.
September IS—Elberton: A. 8. Clay.
Sept. 14—Fayetteville: J. S. James.
'September 15—iN«wnan: F. G. duBlg-
non.
Dahlanega—Governor Northen.
Waynesboro—H. W. J. Ham and T.
H. Lewis.
Fayetteville—Charles Bartlett, Wash-
Ingon Dessau. Dupont Guerry.
Vienna—tA. S. Clay.
Dalton—Hoke Smith. H. G. Turner,
J. W. Maddox and W. C. Glenn.
Cochran—S. P. Gilbert,George Bright.
iRHlfiivlIlri IA it Dowkuii tui.it
'Palmetto—(B. J. Cbnyero.
Dawson—Carter Ttste.
SHOWING UP HINES.
Affidavits Being Produced That Nall Him
to the Wall.
Atlanta, Sept. ll.-(Spectal.)-lf there li
a man In Georgia who deserves the right
eous contempt end condemnation of the
colored people that man IS Judge James
K. Hines, tbs Populist candidate for gov
ernor, who Is now miking evefy effort
,n hie power to elicit the vote, of the
people he has traduced, to gain a politi
cal office. , ,
Every day some new proof showing the
real feeling of contempt that Hines has
for tho colored people, comes to light.
Here Is the latest. After reading It no
self-respecting negro can think of voting
far him:
The Stiteboro Star of August 10. ISM.
charged Judgo James K. Hines, Populist
nominee for governor, with saying In a
public speech that a negro was a brute
and their women were common prosti
tutes f
To this Judge Hines addressed the fol
lowing card to the Bulloch County Ban
ner, a red-hot third party sheet, published
at Statesboro, the curd appearing hi the
Isaue of A ugust 10, 1891:
Editor Banner: My attention has been
called to the fallowing extract from the
Statesboro Star:
"Rev. J. H. Anderson, colored, Informs
us. that after duo consideration, he has
decided that it behooves the colored peo
ple of this county to act with the Demo
cratic party In county and state elections.
He informs us that he had at first ex
pected to voto the Populist ticket, but
after hearing that Judge Hines, the Pop
ulist nominee for governor, has raid In
a public speech that the negro was no
more than a common brute, and denounced
the women of the colored race in such
terms that If wilt not admit of public
print, he himself will not vote for a man
of this hind and cannot see how any
other of his race can do It
It Is absolutely false, that I said In a
public speech that the negro Is no more
than a common brute and that I de
nounced the colored women so that it
would not do to go Into the public prluts.
Neither In public or private utterance
have I-used such language nr anything
like It.
Rev. J. H. Anderson has been Imposed
upon. I would bo glad If he would furnish
his authority. Yours truly,
J. K. Hines.
Atlanta, Ga.. August 13, 1891.
G Ho KOI A—nullin'h County.
Wc, tho undersigned citizens of said
county, de hereby certify that we heard
Judge J. K, Hines, in a opoech In the court
house In Stntcboro, On, on October 28,' 1891,
say that It would ba eg difficult to com
mit an outrage on a tar barrel or railroad
tunnel us on a negro woman; intimating
that they were already prostituted.
C. A. Sorrier, S. L. Moore. Jr., J. T.
Brady, T. A. Waters, Coroner B. C. W.
Atkins, M. D. Olllff. 'F. D. Olllff, J. W.
Waters, O. P. Rountree, J. R. Groover
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
August IS, 1891.
J. W. Rountree, J. P.
GEORGIA—Bulloch Cbunty.
W. the undersigned citizens of said
county, do hereby certify that wo heard
Judge J. K. Hines, In a speech in the
court house In Statesboro, Ga., on April
26. 1*H, characterize a negro os "an otri-
mal,” and other similar expressions con
cerning the race.
Harrison Olllff, Clerk. 8. C. B. C.; J. R.
MMler, (editor Statesboro Star; C. C,
Atkins, X,. O. Akins, M. D. Olllff, H. B.
Davis, F. D. Olllff, W. T. Womack.
Sworn to ond eubscrled before we. this
August 16, 1S9I. J. W. Rountree, J. P.
The affidavits were gotten up In about
one hour, and MO or more of the beat
citizens of Bulloch county can be added
to them, should the judge deroan them.
After tho appeanneo of the affidavits In
the Statesboro Star on August the 17,
1891, the same Populist sheet, ths Bull
och Banner, referred to above. In Its next
Issue, on August tho 23, 1894, cams out In
Its editorial columns, and said: "Mr. Star,
we arc forced to believe the affidavits are
true."
SAYS IT IS NOT SO.
Chairman Clay Denies That He Has
• 'Received tlio Resignation of Mar'uu
Harris. *
Atlanta, Sept 11.—(Special.)—Chair
man Clay this afternoon said lio had
not received tho resignation of Marion
Harris of Macon as a meinher of the
executive committee. Watson's paper
tcidny declares that Mr. Harris 1ms re
signed bccauso tho Populist demand
for Populists at tho polls was given no
consideration by tho oxocutlvo commit-
-tec at Its-meeting last week.
(POLICE INVESTIGATIONS.
New York, Sept. 11.—Tho hwestifcu-
tlon of ttie police department by tho
Lex»w committee and Mr. Goff was re
sumed today iwlth all the flags and a
big head of steam on.
William C. Applegate, the young ex-
green goods man, -whose, sister. Lou
Applegate, ho says, ts now living with
King McNally In (Patio, svub reculled ns
tho -first witness. Applegaie swore that
central office detectives aiddl the
swindlers and that Detective Han fey
waa the go-between. WMness-stso came
out flait-roated and told how he had
paid money ko Wanlman Charlton and
Dipt. Meikln. Applegate said that he
had another telegraph operator "-, V ••
Rlnndger, In the offloe on One-Hundred
and Twe-mty-flft’i eftreet. He-also re
ined that the green good* men had
police offlcjrs In Connecticut and New
Jersey fixed and declared that the
green goods men ojuld snap their
fingers in the faces of the victims and
defy arrest.
Postofflce employes “from the mana
ger down,” said- Applegate, were
"right.” (McNaMy, he declared, had paid
1800 for each 1.000 ciretflUrs sent
-through the malls. Applegate, In the
course «yf further testimony, said that
Dipt. Price wau also paM money for
protection by the green goods men.
Several other witnesses were lexitm-
hed before the committee adjournVJ,
but Hotle eg aaeiuaitlonal character was
wrdm^. One witness, Alexander
Howefl. caused something of a stir by
menaonlng the name of dipt. Wtlilims
ss a recipient of bribes, but he Imme
diately declared that ho was not telling
the truth.
MAJOR BACON’S
GOOD SHOWIMG
Later Advices From Walker Counfy
Show That He Received
712 Votes,
HIS VICTORY NEARLY FIVE TO ONE
Mr. Gordon Lee Was Nominated for the
Lrgtelnture by a Handaome Ma
jority-Democrats Hold n
» Primary Election,
(Later advice* from Walker county
show that we were tn error as to our
statement of the vote of that county In
the recent senatorial' primary. The ulfl-
clal report of the vote shows ‘an even
more gratifying result to the.frlends of
Maj. Bacon than.' stated In our Issue of
yesterday. The exact figures are as fol
lows:
The -total vote coAt was...... 858
Of tlicoe MnL (Baron received....-...712
Mr. Gaffonl ]»
Mr. Turner 12
Mr. Walsh 0
From this statement it wilt bo seen
thst Mai. Bacon carried Walker county
by neariy live to one over all the other
candidates combined.
Mr. Gordon Lee. a young, progressive
and Influential farmer, was nomtoited
for representative by a very ba-ndaaiaa
majority. Air Lee has been especially
conspicuous 4n (level ping the rtuoui-tn
of his Cbunty and -will prove a most
valuable member of the next .house.
BACON 'ATT LUMPKIN.
He Makes a Masterly Effort for the
Cause of Democracy.
Lumpkin, Sept HI.—(Special.)—By In
vitation of the executive committee of
this county, MaJ. A. O. Bacon delivered
an address hero last Saturday in the
Interest of the cause of Democracy.
While (Mad. Bacon la a candidate foe the
senu/te, his •neoch was nut Intended to
advance Ida own esuse, but was sim
ply for the benefit of bis party. That It
accomplished the purpose Intended
there can be jm doubt. It waa indeed
on able preseijitaition of tho principles of
Democracy, and MaJ. Bacon clearly
Bhomed that the evils which we are
now Buffering are attributable to Re
publican misrule. Ill* references to the
Populists, while delivered In a kindly
manner, wens such that must have con
vinced-them of their errors, and the
speech will undoubtedly came numbers
of them to return to the Democratic
P^. y - d'one-.tbe party great
good ana he certainly lesar.’eu the
gratitude of the people of this cunty.
There .were 1,000 neple present, and
nothing -but the highest praise or tho
speech can bo -heart! from any of them.
At the conclusion of MaJ. Bacon’s ud-
di-ess an Intermlwtbn was had for din-
ner, after which the crowd was ad-
1 V - 3 1 layette,the- Dem.
S2J * 1 * «P* ,ln e« for the legislature, and
r™ ¥k. L - ® ve f«rtt. ex-rcprescntatlve,
frwnthls county. Both made able
"peaches and contributed greatly to tho
he'sh^wu 1 if^J? em i OCratl0 party ’ will
October 1 th * eleoU ' >n <o bo held In
Mr. Boyette's flpexh was particularly
to^oK?Ji 0 . nv £ cln *- wm certain
mikt th >® "S? 1 h<,usc aTul w,! '
valuable member. Our
K&™KSKi“
THE JAPANESE
CHINESE WAR
Conflicting Reports as to the Position
and Condition of the Oppos
ing Forced
JAPAN STILL HOLDS THE SEAS
An Attempt Drlng Slade la Concentrate
the Chinese Fleet-Ui!n* , « Army-
In Cerea in nn At moat Starr
ing Condition.
STORY FOR THE SENATE.
Tie Vote for Indorsing Turner for the
Federal Upper House.
JAIbiny. Sept. ll.-(Sp«fixl.))-rhe
convention
md. acre this morning, p. m. Heath
Lee county was made chairman [111,1
J. C. Casslty of ’D 0 ugher:y, so5?o ar y
Hon. W. L. Story of Wtortti was unan-
tmously nbmlnutod for the state Ben-
h t, V" b0 ove TW*mlmIng?y
slactsd. Ho Is ono of -ohe best and
aiT, , <nm , tl1 lthe district or any other
- A fs—rtutlon to Indorse Mr.
Turner, for tho Uni-tied Btultes sena/te
'^voledUown. The votHSsTue!
rtHon h ® ch’alrmun voted with «he oppo-
DEMOORACY IN PIKE.
Milner, Sept. 11.—(Special.)—The
Populists held tttdr primary for county
officers Ln this county last Saturday.
f y vrtln* mliMirs, negroes u-nd every-
tlilnig: else iVhvy could evrr.'ipe up they
•managed ko poll 1,125 vor.es. At tola
-precInA they polled 107. Toduy tho
Democrats held their primary. At this
precinct ’they polled 121 votes, any ev
ery one strictly white. Wo halve every
reason to believe tha t (all the precincts
In Dhe county h-ave rolled op a larger
majority chan thte one. as the Popu
lists seem to make tt a point to poll
more votes hi this -precinct than the
Democrats could poll.. But we are
ahead, when they have tall the default
ers on their side, which «M be chal-
lerfgdl on the final day, when you m-ay
bot on old Pike rolling up a large ma*
Jortty for Dedcracy. ■>
DEMOCBATO AT IRWINTON.
Irwin ton .Segrt. 11.—(Special.)—There
was a big •Democratic rally here today.
Hon. J. C. C. Black, Hon. It. L.
Berner asid Hon. H. W. J. Ham ad
dressed a large crowd In the court house
and also a vaJt throng who could find
no room listened from the outside. Col.
Berner was eloquently Introduced by
Cell. John Lindsay, and made the m-jr:
effective aa.-ack upon the Populist
platform and third party vagaries we
have ever baud. Mr. Ham followed
In a speech replete with argument, wJ.
and humor. Col. Black made a mas
terly defense of national Democracy
and toe work of the late congress.
These speeches have done much good
an 1 will surely Increase tfie Democratic
majority tn the county.
THE L. AND N.’S REPORT.
New York, Bept. 11.—It ts Intimated
thit the l/iulsvllle and Nashville re
port to be submitted to the stockhold
ers at the annual meeting will show
that the tosses sustained by the com
pany 111 Its efforts to control the South
Carollnt railroad have been charged
to profit .nuil loss. The amount lias
been variously stated. The exact sum
however. Is not far from 31,200,000. The
report will ocso show that ths floating
Indebtedness of the company has been
reduced to lets than $1,250,009, all of
which Is carried on time..
London, Sept, 11.—A dispatch to the
Times from Wel-Ha-UWel ‘today says
that u committee composed of foreign
ers, after examining the incidents of
•Che naval fight of July 20, declares that
the Japanese were the aggressors. The
OhUnese, the committee* adds, were
csn-rul to <avi>:‘J I9he appearance of pro-
vooaitlon, but the Japanese mUyhrtd the
Chinese, selctotlng a good position. Tho
Chinese senior ship escaped, making a
running fight, while greatly damaging
‘her purnusr. Tho wound Chinese ship
fought unfll her ammunition was ex
thaurtted and bwo of her guns were de
stroyed. The same mcmlng, It appears,
the Juipunese arrived ft-am Seoul und at-
backed the Chinese -at AShan. These
operations were evidently well con-
Tiro Chinese fleet, according to tho
Times dtsfzrtch. It now collected- nt
Wel-Hot-Wel and Is th perfect fight
ing (trim. The Chln-Yuen bas been re
paired a-ad ts receiving seamen freely.
An excellent 'esprit do corps exists
among tho Chinese sailors ortd they ore
awaiting orders to enable them to es-
ssrt ths supremacy of China la Corson
waters.
Comlnulng, the Times correspondent
cables that both ’the Chinese and Jap
anese armies In Corea are seemingly In
active. Tbs Japanese have ordered-the
Ooreana to cut their bulr us ft token
of subject Pen: The Ooreans refused to
do so, preferring to fight for their lib
erty. t ■
A dispatch received here from Shang
hai says -!9>:K advices received there
from various sources say that the Chi
nese army In 'northern Corea Is in ft
deplorable V'li lili'.ii. Thv Chine:-: g.-n
ends are regurted to.huwe proved thm-
selves udterly incocnpetent 'and theolfl
oers of fthe lower grades are discontent
ed and disheartened, while -the rank,
and file of 'the Chinese army are ex-
•haustd and dlsplrinpU.
.tY'hwt roads itu-re were hi that por
tion of tlhe country a moivih ago htive
been wituheid ,i>vuy 'by tlhe floods und
been washed iijray 'by ehe floods anu
osnoeqirenlfly Vt Is Impossible to trans
port guns, munitions and. food htrougU
Mtvn'lchura Into Coroa for the Chinese
army. Quantities of guns and ammunt
tlon and food .previously sent south-
ward h-ave been blocked ln different
parts of the country by Hie bad rt'alo
of 'the nyaUs, and lthe food and nmmunt-
Xlcn are catd to be Bpolllug all along
the route southward. As a result food
Is becoming very scarce In tlm Chinese
army, (although they are doing their
best to live on the country’s products.
But the couritry is poor, and nlthough
the Coreans express willingness to help
ths Chinese 'they send In very little in
tho way of supplies.
According to the dispatch referred to
the preteaae of 'the Chinese naval ac
tivity 13 absurd. The Japanese are said
to be maintaining such a strict block
ade of the Core.m coast tha t not even
tlie smallest vessel jean get through.
Hundreds of Chinese soldiers are re
ported to have died of want nnd ex-
posuro and tnutoh alckneps Is Ha ^
®jd»t ln ‘fhtlr ranks. Oin 'the oth«r hand,
the japeneae are ealdlto he much better
pnpared (or active operations, /rhey
L... In Ifpi-n'nir tnclr II 110.4
GORDON AND THE G. A. R.
Tlie Gallant Georgian Given an Oration
at Pittsburg nml Union Veterans
Cheer His Utterances.
Plttabmg, Pa„ Sept. 11.—Well on to
ward midnight last night that, which,
to the members of the Union Veteran
Legion attending the G. A. It. encump-
nii'iit, uid tin- I'lttsburg iiii-mln-ix "f
the organization, waa, perhaps, tho
most remarkable scene alnco the close
of the rebellion, took place when Gen.
John B. Gordon, one of the leading
cummaudi rs rf the l-unfedecate army,
appeared before the vast number of fist-
H-.'.l K'ddlera "11.1 rais'd Iks vulre t'-.r
tlie oblltenitlon of sectionalism and for
a united America.
To say that the old union soldiers
aero responsive to Senator Gordon's
plea, gives no mlequntc Idea of tlie re-
rlpr-ieul feeling manifest'd by the thun
derous clieeni and hearty baud grasps
with which the cx-Com'ederato general
was received.
It was the regular meeting night of
tho Union Veteran Legion, nnd tho hall
was thronged.
Gen. Gordon was the first member of
tho Confederate army to ever enter the
hall. The great crowd give three very
hearty cheew..
Gen. Pearson ln a few happy remarks
Introduced the great rebel general,
whm many present had "met” at the
surrender of Appomattox. Gen. Gordon
said:
"I and all rt*bt thinking men of any
section would always admire men who
fought.”
Turning to the Union flags which pro-
fuscly covered I he sneakers’ stand, he
delivered a vety eloquent apostrophe,
pledging hie devoltlon and that of the
ex-Oonfederattes of the South to that
banner and alt that It symbolizes.
(Ho addressed lire soldiers as com
rades and countrymen, ami every timo
tlie general. In hla calm, deliberate
tones, used these endearing terms, the
nudlence was vfclblv affected, nnd at
the end of his eloquent address three
tn-unendous cheers wore given.
Corporal Tinner responded in an ad
dress of no Irek ierv4d eloquence, pledg-
ln * loo, respect nnd admiration of oil
real Union soldlore who fought a Ad suf-
,,, ror » eurtl ,oyaI - Patriotic men and
soldiers retoresen-ted by Oen. Gordon.
Crpor.ll Tanner’s remarks were deliv
ered most earnestly nnd eloquently. Ho
a ®‘rt*d In a chair, Tecent aniputa-
«>*» “mlis nrevontlng him from
standing bn his feet.
ropresenCaldves of tho surviving
yoDcrana oTstihe Un'low <airoiy RiiiMcrr'l
fiwm mrartyjtyveny atmte and territory
■mar-ahad lflU#<morni/n^ ithroug-h the t*vln
Pit tabu fltod AMeg*hen.y end
roocaved Hbm plaudits nnd homaae of
more tnan a lohtrd off the million, spec
catarv.
Promptly at 10.-50 O’clock the senior
uld-de-cajmp, iSIlxs Burton, reported so
Commaailder-lnChlef Adams that tho
flrat division was ready to move. There
■was n rctar of cannon, a burst uf trump
ets «md then an eco.ldng platoon of
-police, tho pick and (pride of Pittsburg,
and astride magntd.-ent anl-mnls,
moved down Smrdltfleld strsrtL spanning
the roadway.
1 as mouniicd staff of tlie commander
ln-chlef moved ln columns of fours. It
had cub a special escort Gen. Lyons
Post No. 5 of Lyren, Mass., and tho
post haU In, turn a mounted 03cort of
nearly 200 local members of -tho order.
By virtue of sen-Mrttry the Illlnola dl
vlsloii ’hud .the -rJjh't of -Mne, btrt it
point at numbers did not make the np-
-pearonoo that h-ad been; expected.
Judge Long at Michigan has with
drawn from 'the race for G. A. R. com-
mander-Jn-chh-f. In a loiter to be pre-
aenl.od itomonuw (he stated tltft't his
withdrawal Is to prevent discord or tho
-possible introduction bf tiny political
question.
THE TROUBLE
AT BLUEFIELDS
S. Lampton, Ono of - the Exiles,
Gives Out a Report as to tho
Treatment Received.
ALLOWED ONLY ONE HOUR’S TIME
1« Which to Fricndi nnd WlndUp
Their Bnilntu AfTolra—Property I
Will Bm Conflaoatid by tho /
Gorarnmants
hav succeeded in keeping their lines
of communication open and have
puttied their forces forward until they
•arc now 'threnKonlnfi? the Chinese flunk.
The •positron of the KbCter, with wlhler
rapidly advawcin'ar, ‘threatens to become
untenable.
Rerardlnir the naival opemtlons of the
Chinese, the Shanghai dlspaitch says
that orders wept sent from Pt-kln over
a fortnight ivgo for nil the Chinese
Sliu-lrons to concentra-to to -t'he Gulf l»r
Pe-Chl-D, but it mppeaw that .three or
dors wore never carried out nnd It Is
announced that theChlrv-ne naval plans
have again been modified. I'eremptory
orders having been sent for three of
the ustst powerful ve«o)3 bf the South
ern squadron to Join Admiral Ting's
fleet In the nartlh without delay. When
these rdnfonoemento tu-rtve tt Is also
asserted the Chinese fleet will com
mence operations In real earnest against
Japan. No confidence, however. Is felt
ln Admiral Ting’s ability to hold even
the Gulf of Pe-Chl-Ll 'against tho Japa
nese fleet, and consequently many
steamera belonging to Chlnreo firms are
being trareiferred to tho BrlUsh flag.
The malatiig of money for war pur-
pceesproceeds and the Mandarins com
manding tho provinces -and dlatvtbts ure
l*;■;--1 (.*» b-- oiuv.-zlng the untuti.
note Chlncrte without mercy.
Traders and others poroesetng prop
erty are receiving particular attention
upon the part of tlie Mandarins. Three
merchants t< Shan Tung, who showed
some lies Hatton In complying with tho
official demands, had thetr property
confiscated.
RAILROAD SOLD.
Tho Middle Georgia and Atlantic Was
Sold In Sayan nan yesterday.
Savannah. Sept. 11.—Tho Middle
Georgia and Atlantic railroad was sold
at public outcry before the court house
hero today under for OCR'S UTS by tho
Oglclharpo fi.-ivlug.aud Loan Company
lo satisfy a mortgage executed to kc-
enrq an Indebtedm-ns of about (UtUOU,
loaned by ft syndicate composed mostly
of stockholders of the properly, Tlie
road was bought for the pooling com
mittee of tlio syndicate by Ilcrmay
Meyers, whoso bid was $11)3,000, The
total Issue df bonds Is $71(2 and those,
with the stock of tho rodd, which was
owned by tlio Seaboard company, and
all other assets, wet* sold under mort
gages. For the present tho road will
be operati-d as heretofore.
HE KILLED JWO MEN.
(TTaynevIlle, Ala.. Sept. 11.—Robert
Dickson, H-i , charged with tho killing
of James and Lnumr Anderson of Lc-
tolmtehle. on necuunt uf a dog trad-;,
and who himself wag badly wounded,
has partly recovered and today surren-
a MAINE REPUBLICANS.
They. Carry itho State by an Over
whelming Majority. „
Dewlaton, Mo., Bept. 11.—The Lewis
ton Journal bus received rdturns fro-m
205 Itawna. whlchi give Henry B.
Cleaves, Republican, 59,724; Charles F.
Johnson, Democrat, 25,835; L. C. Bate
man, Populltt, 3,013; Ira G. Horsey,
ProhlblUorlst, 1,825. -Republican plural
ity 3,889. In 1892 tho tamo towns guvo
a Republican plurality of 11,682.
'itho majority of Dln-gley, Ropubllcnn,
over McGlltlcuddy, Democrat, will reach
ulbout 9,000, ugalnnt 4,016 two years ugo.
ComJpicto returns from li'ho Fourth
M'.ilno district cleots Boukelle by the
phenomenal plurality uf 10,000 over
HImpsun, Democrat. This la doubtless
the largest plurality ever known (n the
Ulatrlot-
CONORE8SIONAL NOMINATIONS.
(WUiihlnglpn, 8opt. 11.—The following
coivgri.-DsSonal nomlrwlttons -wore made
toduy ifor represenUiJilves: Hatch, Dorn-
ocrav Flrot Missouri dlalrlot; John P.
Tracy, Republican, Seveatih Missouri
district; Thomas F. DattkOtworth, Dem-
crat, Uecond Mlcfafgan district; Lewis
Stewart. Democrali, Eighth lllnola dis
trict; 'M. R. Baldwin, Democrat, Sixth
Minnesota, dlutrlct: Ixnv Warner. Dem
ocrat, Thlrtcenlth IPlIana district: W.
C. Naiggny, Democrat, Twelfth Ind’.'anu
district; E. O. Carlrton. Democrat, Bov-
enth Michigan 'dlatrict; Edward Cook
KsonSdy. Democrat. Tenth Wisconsin
dlstridt; Edward McrrlfltM, Democrat,
Eleventh Pennsylvania, district.
THE CONTEMPT CASES.
TMo Contempt Trial Has Resumed
Against the A. R. U. Ofllclali.
New Orleans. Sept. 11.—'Hto TImi»-
Democrat has the following;
Llmon. Costa Rica. Tuesday, Sept. 4 —
The following exiles from Blucflelds,
eleven ln bumbor. arrived In this purl
via (Puntnrcnns this aifternoun: E. D.
Hatch (English), acting HI. B. M. vice
consul; O. S. 3Iodgson (native), clerk
supreme court: S. A. Hodgson (native),
Judge supremo court: Washington Glov
er (English), clerk: (A. Mnrkland Taylor
(English), editor and ownor Blucflelds
Messenger:G. B. Wlltbank (American),
p!anterCW. -H. Brown (English), mer
chant; J. S. Lampoon (American), plant
er: Cha-rles (Patterson (native), vice
president: J. W. Cu-t-hbert (English), nt-
torney general, amd J. O. Thomas, En
glish), Judge supremo court.
These ore all prominent business men
In tho reserve, most of them leaving
considerable property behind. They am
undecided aa to their future movements,
their Intentions at present being to re
main 'hero until eomo definite action hi
regard to their arreut nnd detention him
been -taken by tholr respective govern
ments. They all exprera themselves ai
highly indignant at tho reports of somt
of the American ipapem to the effect
that thslr actions are tn a way respan-
slblo for the uprising of July 5. This
they emphatically deny, uml they say
that tho foreigners who were nt all im
plicated ln this uprising left the coun
try Immediately after they found that
the partthey had played made them sub
ject to lamest bv the Nicaraguan gov
ernment. nnd after -being refused pre
lection by -their respective consuls anti
the captains at tho war vessels. They
say that during tho whole trouble but
two lives have -been tost, and these were
of two 'Nicaraguan soldlero who word
killed OH Uift evening nt July ti.
The following ds a verbatim report of
tho account given by Mr. J. 8. Lamp.
(i'll of their arreut August Pi anil their
treatment toy tho Nicaraguan authori
ties since that dole. The utatement la ■
made tn the pre.vence of "E. D. Hatch,
W. H. Brown. G. B. Wlltbank nnd oth
er members of tho nutty, who corrob
orate It ln eve-y particular. They nay,
that no accurate report has yet been
sont toy the realdent reportem in Idlui-
flttfas bn account of tho fe.ur they enter
tain of tho Nicaraguan authorities. Tho
data at thp* account is furnished toy Mr.
Taylor at tho Blueflelda (Messenger,
who apparently has gone to great pains ■
ln kcoplnie records of every UetjW.
Mr. igmipton says; "On the morning
of August 16 twelve of us. all residents
of Blueflelda, Nicaragua, business men
of more or less prominence, were notl- ,
lied toy the chief of police In tho flei-vlew
ryf the Nicaraguan government, that Dr.
Juee Madris, special cuimnlhsloncr fan
tho Ucscrttito reserve, desired to seo us.
This call was willingly answered. It
being tho oolnlon that it waa the com
missioner's tleslro to seo us on matteril
appertaining to the> causes that brought
about tho -troubles ln tho reserve. On
arrival at tho government building wo
were mot at tho head of tho stairs by
armed soldiers, who demanded to know 1
our buslitcHH lin'd on learning It tho in
cur in commajtd carried up our ren;>cc-
live Cards and we were at once adroit-
tcU into the council chamber. Here we
were notlfled to consider ourselves as
prisoners of Nicaragua, and tho decree
wav read to tho effect that wo would
have lo proceed at unco to Managua to
answer certain changes, and ln ejee of
refusjl to do so we would be expelled
from the country. On Inquiring the :na-
turo of theilo chargee, the Nicaraguan
mln-istiv at war told us that he was ,111-
ahle to glvo them, upon which eight of
t,he twelve (Including E, D. Hatch,Will
iam AI. Drown nml O. B. Wlltbank)
elected to leave the country bn tho
ground* that tho Atlantic coast haul
been declared toy tho Nicaraguan gov
ernment to toe under martial law, and
therefore they wero entitled to too tried
anil prepared at the placo of their ar
rest—Blueflelda. Tho others agreed to
go to Minaoun to answer whatever
charges might bo brought against tlum.
Wo then naked for rime to wind up uur
affairs, but tt wan ugreert by the attor
ney general that three days should ba
given us for that purptre, -After consid
eration toy tho Nicaraguan officlntoi.how-
ever, title conceuslon wan countenn-iml-
ei! nnd ws were given one hour only to
consult with our.people, end this had
to toe done In writing with copying ink
.— .. .. ,, y I,, gen toy the Nicaraguan
Chicago. Sept 11.—William Kirtoy, a
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy trail,
manter. was tho first witness today Ir.
the contempt case against Doha ot al.
to even Indirectly connect any of the
officers or directors at the American
Railway Union with net- of violence
committed during the strike.
-Mr. Kirby took the atand early In the
afternoon ntsslon. He related h'ow a
train on which he was riding wna
stopped, end continued:
"I was seized toy two or three switch
men whom I knew and told to get off
the engine. .1 said to the men: ’’-to
away and leave my alone; I am acting
under orders of my superiors.’ To this
they replied: ’We are acting umiar or
ders. too.' When 1 asked them wtioee
orjens they answered: ’Under Debs’ or-
dsrs.’"
On objcctibn of'counsel for the de
fense, Judge Woods ruled: "I will ad
mit the testimony, tout I .will say une
quivocally that untats It Is toorne out
by further evidence I will not consider
it as detrimental to Mr. Debs' cans.’’
Judge Woods also said: “I am willing
to state this much at the present stags
of the cam-—that I will not bold theso
defendant* responsible for acts commu
ted toy their constituents while the de
fendants were ln power, tven though
they stood t»r a nd saw these thlngi done
and did not Interfere, tout tonly for such
as they themselves directly Instigated
or took part In."
CAPT. TURNER DEAD.
Richmond, Bept. lL-CSpL John T. Tur
ner, for ten years th* yardmaster of the
Richmond and I’etiratour* railroad. In
Manchester, fell from tbs top of a oar
list night and received Injuries from
which he died corlyt his morning.
and
government. At this timo we were ail
rcnnllere und without extra clothes or
bedding. This fact wj.i treated with
perfect indifference by the Nloaraguan
authorltPe. We wero taken to Mana
gua. From this point we were sent to
Punt.t Aronas. We have never been in
formed at any charge or charges against
us; in fact, wo are Just as well inform
ed no when wo left Blucflelds.”
1
NEW YORK POPULISTS.
Saratoga. N. Y., Sept. 11.—Dio Pop.
iff hi: convention an it today and elected
C. It. W-hKe of Millers Corners. On
tario county, penm-aeient chairman.
Thaddeus IJ. Wcckmun reported the
'pl.vtfurm prepared toy the commrtteo on
resolution*, wtoich 'won adopted. The
Platform reafllrm-# Thu cardinal doc
trines of Popull.-mi as contained In the
Onubi 'pla-th-rm of 1692.
The nomtndgfoo uf v. ntate ticket wa*
then prow led -with. Ctkirles B. M-it-
•thuws of Buffalo toM nominated for
governor by «oclint-u;Lon; Robert C-
Howson of Penn You was nominated
for for lieutenant governor und ThtiJ-
tdeu* 11. Weckman of New York city,
•was named for Judgu of tho court of
appeals.
ONE GERMAN LODGE OUT.
ImHtoldpolls. Kept. llv-Ytoo first ef
fect of Iho ktauil takes by tlie Knights
of I’ylhluH In ri-gurd lo ili>- German
ritual was felt last night, when Kcrner
Lodge No. i) Voted unanimously to sur-
reiiUrr Its ebafter. It had -.-.'a, meta-
ir-rs. The liK-nibcrs then urganizi-d a
benevolent order whtcli they named
the "Indiana Zeituug Rood." It was
one of the oldi-st and most Influential
..lodges In the state.