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BRITISH MAY BE FORCED TO FIGHT KROGER English Have Exhausted All Diplomacy In Attempting To Amicably Settle Affairs In the Transvaal. MAY BE COMPELLED FINALLY TO RESORT TO FORCE Present Situation In South Africa Is By No Means of a Reassuring Nature, and An Outbreak May Be Expected At Any Time. The morning papers of London are beginning to talk quite seriously of the possibility of war in south Africa. Mr. Chamberlain, secretary of state for the colonies, in his speech in the house of commons Thursday, an¬ nounced that his reply to the petition of the Uitlanders which had been held back pending the result of the confer¬ ence at Bloemfontein, would now be presented to the Transvaal. This reply is semi-offieially ed as “explicit but conciliatory,” but it is believed to be m the nature of a TJ it was President Kruger himself who suggested the conference,and it claims to have reliable authority Milner? for declaring that Sir Alfred the British high commissioner, has his back to the wall and is supported to the utmost bv ^Commenting the cabinet editori.ll, ontle.it- ...ion, Tb. Daily Mai, “If we know our Kruger aright, he will back down, and if not, why—.” The Daily Chronicle deprecates Mr. Ohamberlin’s ‘ w’arlike attitude, but does not deny the gravity of the situa- tion and seriously counsels the Boers to grant reasonable reforms, as the only means of preserving tbeir inde- pendence of the plots against the stock exchange and the violence of Downing street. The Standard, which reminds the Transvaal that its independence is absolute, but is contingent on a faith- ful execution of the agreementstipu- lating equal rights for all white inhab- Hants, save: “We now demand that all English men resident in the Transvaal shall 1# treated with justice and President Kruger may rest assured that the whole country will support the gov- ernment in any measure required to —“■ llio Times says. “Let Mr. Kruger grant the Uitlan- ders full citizenship and the whole question is ended. At present he only offers a note of hand for a ridiculous sum, payable many years hence, in re- turn for our immediate of all.tbe legal rights we now possess for enforcing the payment of debts long overdue.” The Cape Town correspondent of The Times says: “At the close of the conference Mr. Kruger declared that he was pleased at the friendly way in which matters had been discussed and hoped they would understand each other better in future.” BARROWS ARE ARRAIGNED. Both Are Remanded To the Tombs In VArk Under Heavy Bait. George and Addie Barrows, who are accused of kidnaping Marion Clark, were brought to New York from New City Thursday and were taken to po- bee headquarters. Bell Anderson, alias Caine Jones, was taken to police headquarters soon after the arrival of the Barrows. The Barrows and Carrie Jones were arraigned before Justice Fursman. Before pleading, Attorney Howes said that counsel for Mr. and Mrs. Barrows had had no notice of the of his clients and had asked him, Howe, to have pleadings deferred until Friday. Justice Fursman ordered a plea of not guilty to be entered in each case with leave to withdraw and demur. Bail in each case was District fixed at $10,p00. Former Assistant Attorney Davis was assigned as counsel for Carrie Jones. The prisoners were then taken to the Toombs. WILL BENEFIT FRUIT MEN. A New Rule Requires That Freight Shall Be Paid In Advance. A New York dispatch says: Most of tbe roads in the Central Freight Asso¬ ciation have abrogated the rule gov¬ erning the transportation of fruit, melons and other perishable freight from the south by which the freight charges were prepaid, delivering com¬ panies being held responsible for dam- age claims after their establishment and the amount prorated among the lines scaring in the haul. This' is due to the fact that deliver¬ ing companies have been compelled to pay tho claims and then found it diffi¬ cult to collect from the other lines. HEAT SLAYS MANY. A Fearful Fatality Record For One Day in New York. Heat caused the death of nineteen persons in New York and vicinity Thursday. Of these four were wo- men. There were twenty-one prostra- tions, the victims of which are still in the hospitals with more or less hope of recovery. Wednesday’s official death list numbered twenty-six and Tues¬ day’’! 8 seven, making a total of fifty-two deatjks- GRANT BELL NOT GDILTY Such Was the Verdict of Twelve Conscientious Jurymen. THE PEOPLE ARE SATISFIED End Qf a Most Sensat ional Trial in Georsria^Court. Mrs. Susan Lumpkin, returned a ver- diet of not guilty. The jury had been nn ° Ut * nvpr ° V6r twentv twaB .'^ eirrht ? hours houl8 and and the tbe opinion prevailed that a mistrial . would result. In the meantime feeling and excitement were dying down and the JfW. r.pidl, tiro, «-* ite « own oonoln- «’ The failure of Mrs. Lumpkin to positively identify the negro at the time of the assault proved the salva- tion of Grant Bell. Nine-tenths of those who heard the testimony and know all the parties accept the.jury s conclusion as a right- eous verdict. The first ballot with the jury stood seven for acquittal to five tor conv.o- tion m some form. The second bal- lot was ten to two and the third and instballot was the verdict. When the jury announced that they j^L'des'ring "o'protect thenegfo from the possibilitv of any form of mob violence, quietly directed Sheriff Crocker to spirit the negro out of town to a place of safety. A swift;hore*) was procured and a trusted officer drove quietly to lounged the rear of the jail, as the strong guard 11 ^ on , ,. e lon P°l c , , , J ... awaiting the jury’s verdict, the de- fenseless negro, liberated by a ; 0 f twelve men, was putting miles be- tween him and Cedartown toward the Alabama state line, just seven miles away. The jury’s verdict was received in the presence of only the lawyers in the case and a few individuals. Judge Janes thanked the twelve men tor their excellent course throughout the trial and assured them that the public would accept the conclusion as a con- scientious deliberation. Thus closed the most intensely ex- citing courthouse drama ever enacted i n Polk county and the conduct of the people throughout the trying ordeal is certainly a tribute to their self-control and conservatism. DUANDJEDVINO. Dispatches From Lebanon, Go.; Say }-|j s Condition Is Hopeless. A £ a[ from Lebanon , Mo Btete d that V) 0 , clock Thursday night Mr. Bland a d somew hat brighter , nrnll „L, v Hva speechleS thrnno-Vi S night He had been en speechless for twe nty-four hours I he physicians re 8 ard tho ® a8e as hopeiess and have so informed the family. A1 1 of his family are at the dying , 8 bedslde e X ° eP th! 8 Jud 8 e C - Bland, , of f the 8t St. Louis cour * a PP ea,s > who has been tel0 - g ra P hed ior - Filipino . Congress Dissolved. Special dispatches received in Lon- don from Manila, say it is reported that Aguinaldo has dissolved the Fili- pino congress and has proclaimed him- 8 ®W dictat or, _ CONSOLID ATE RIC E FARITS. Syndicate With Big Capital Are After Georgia Coast Lands. An eastern syndicate is the prime mover, in which is George C. Baldwin, of New York, after Georgia rice plant¬ ing interests. The company is to be formed, says Baldwin, with a capital of $1,000,000 to consolidate the rice farms of Georgia. A levee is to be constructed twenty miles long to protect the crops during the harvest season from heavy storms and floods. Four hundred thousand dollars’ worth of bonds will be issued. The planters approached appear to be desirous of furthering the scheme, it is said. NO RESIGNATION NOTICE. Governor of Maine Has Received No Word From the Hon. Tom Reed. A dispatch of Thursday from Au¬ gusta, Me., says: Secretary of State Byron H. Boyd and Private Secretary Smith say that Governor Powers has positively not received any notifica¬ tion from Hon. T. B. Reed of the lat¬ ter’s resignation as congressman from Maine. RIOTOUS DEMONSTRATIONS. Revisionists and Anti-Revisionists Create Much Disorder In Paris. Slight riots occurred iu Paris Thurs- j day evening between the revisionists and the anti-revisionists, after a meet- mg addressed by M. Francis de Pres- seuse, of the Temps, in the Clichy j district of Paris. There were several fights between riotors and police who I charged visionists the made populace. Finally toward the the re- j a move residence of M. Zola with the object of demonstrating, but the police inter- j fered. Several revolver shots were fired during the disturbance and twen¬ ty perso :s were placed under arrest. I In the lobbies of the chamber of deputies Thursday there was much talk of the possibility of the overthrow of the Dupuy cabinet. Gossip says that president Loubet is not too well j pleased rnent to at the failure precautions of the govern- to j ] take greater prevent ... the Auteuil , , demonstration, and would not be adverse to a change probable member s of a new cabinet are passing from band to hand. Much depends upon the outcome of the M dem ° Ustratl ° n8 at the Grand Prix M. Dupuy presided at the council when the measures to be taken were considered. i and anti-revisionists deputy for Greers, to interpellate on the Dreyfus affair, led to “ renewal of violent scenes in in the chamber Thursday. His motion wa s finally shelved by an overwhelming majority. --- OENliRAL OTIS SUSTAINED. P „„ de „, * .nTp^ppin, Commie- sion To Resign His Post. The situation in the Philippines is described by General Otis in the fol- lowing ^ ut-° cablegram to the war depart- - r —- U ‘ e Manila, Manila, June June 8.-Adjutant 8.-Adjutant General, General, Washington.—Result Washington.-Resffit movement movement Mo- Mo- ^mountains, Jrive insurgents ’ capturing ^ Antipolo £ 8nd other town8 in hat section ith n t i„„,i h„v q hey retreated and scattered before our advance, leaving twenty-five dea( j on the field; our loss, four “1^ i.„, r ^ nt b pr Inhabitants of provinoe pro f e ss fri end ship, ask pro- tection; largo numbers wish to enter ManUa; r e fnse as city population in- creasing toorapidIy . Leading natives througbout island, including active insurgent leaders, seek permission to r^ e conc iusions drawn by the war depar tm e nt officials concerning the condition in the Philippines given in tbe dispatch of General Otis are that tbe i nsur gents are little more than marau di D g bands which continually decrease when the men find that there ] ife and ]jb er ty under the American government ° The New York World’s special says p reB ident Schurman will resign from tbe Philippine commission because of f r i c ^i ot , with Otis, who has severely criticised him in telegrams to Presi- dent McKinley. lias McKinley will up- bold Otis and sent word to all re- cru iting offices to enlest every availa- ble map fol . Philippine service, as Otis bas cab i ed j b at he will need 10,000 to 15,000 men for garrisons, in addition to 30,000 already demanded for field ___ . nP . n| v i A«i n ci mp ' _ Twenty-Eight Railroad Workmen Are Burled Under Mountain of Dirt. it it is is ieporie reported from o Little Bock ’ * ^ wTt'r Ho i lo w and engulfed twenty-eight t men , all of whom are supposed to have been killed. Koss Hollow is a pass between two sma U mountain ranges about twenty- eight miles west of Little Rock on the line of the Choctaw and Memphis railroad, now under construction from Little Rock to Howe, I. T. A large forge of graders has been engaged in grading the road through the pass, and, according to the report, it was a part of this force of men that were caught under the falling earth. The reo-oft mnld not be confirmed, FIREWORKS FACTORY DESTROYED Explosion and Subsequent Fire Wipe Out Many Buildings. Thirty-six buildings, comprising al¬ most the entire plant of the Nordlin- ger-Oharlton Fireworks company at Graniteville, Richmond borough, N. Y., were blown up Thursday afternoon and the entire fireworks plant practi¬ cally wiped out of existenoe. Although the fires which followed the explosion lasted for several hours, the wreck was complete within a few minutes. No lives were lost, and but three persons injured, two of them se- riously. ORDER CAUSES KICK. League of Civil Service Reformers Protest Against New Rules. A New York dispatch says: The na¬ tional civil service reform league in a statement just made public declares that the order of President McKiuley of May 29th, changing the civil ser¬ vice rule, is a backward step of the most pronounced character. is The order, the League says, a long succession of violations of both the spirit and the literal terms of the law and rules in various branches of the service. brighter p of> Settlement of A laskan Boundary Question. | COMMISSION RENEWS WORK j ; - English “ Proposal Promptly J Accepted, While the American Amend’ ; I meut Fails. | . i 1 A Washington special says: Late ia the day Wednesday the officials learn- ■, th details of the i atest negotia- ' tions in London regarding Alaskan » boundary ' referred to in cable dia- Wednesday . and , „ Sec- : patches , morning, retary Hay and the'British charge, Mr. Tower, conferred on the subject. The details of the proposition were not made known. Z". ify this by saying that the agree- meut is not yet concluded and that when concluded it will still leave much to be settled by future negotiations. In view of the fact that the protocol recording the proceedings of the joint high commission in Washington FobvnB, 18tl l.et 1„ been m«d« public in the Canadian JXTZ, legislature, while an abstract of its contents has been been also also published published in in London, London, as as in ' this “ ' country, A the state " 1 “ i ~ department ' 1 bas deemed it proper to give out for publicaHon^t^e This particular ejithe^ protocol protocoh is regarded b by portanee, J th the ® department department for it marked as as one^of one the of failure great great of the commission under peculiar condl- t.ons.The record shows that the joint commission me at 10 o’clock that morning; that the British side propos- ed arbitration, and that the Americans accepted the proposition in general, using it as a Usis for a trea y, as of- “■> that when the Americans’offer- ed an amendment the British side promptly refused to accept it, and without affording further opportunity for the erection of an arbitration trea ty stopped the, negotiations and re- withstanding . *?.^ e the u gi g of % the J Amei l can 81 ’ zs: Xc“ , 8 .... u p « 8 These facts were the basis of tbe American contention that the Cana- d ’ ans Dad not afforded a real oppor- tonity for arbitration and were re¬ sponsible for the disruption of the joint commission. The points of the British arbitration proposal and also of fk® proposition put forward by the Americans as an amendment have al- ready been Indicated in the cable dis- patches and the following points are : given 88 those upon which importance i s i a ' d B 16 American side. In put- ting forward their proposal the British said: “They therefore made the following as a b a8 i 8 to L* e proceeded upon in framing a treaty.” Th® attitude of the Americans upon tt\ i8 j 8 set do w “ as fol tows: “The com- missioners of , the UVited States main- an amendment in relation to the arbitral tribune and a modification of rule C to make it conform to pres- “t local conditions m Alaska. The Bnt \ sb ob ^ ect, ° U8 to tbe Amerlc an counter-proposals have also been t pub- “shed and the record on that point reads: “Holding these views, the British commissioners are of the opinion that no useful end will be served by further pressing at the present time the nego¬ tiations, and must refer the matter to their government.” Militia Organized in Virginia. Wednesday Governor Tyler of Vir¬ ginia took final steps in the reorganiza¬ tion of the state volunteers, by issuing an order permitting the reorgani¬ zation of fourteen companies of in¬ fantry. FISH DEALERS COMBINE. Handlers of the Finny Tribe In Florida Join a Pool. The headquarters of the Florida Fish Company, just organized, with a capital stock of $100,000, is in Jack¬ sonville and the incorporators are men engaged in the business from all parts of Florida. It is a consolidation of all the fish interests in the state. All orders will be handled by the main office in Jacksonville, and per¬ sons who have for years been fleecing the fish dealers of the state will now have tc go out of business or else pay cash. A branch office has been established at Tampa WRONG nAN ACCUSED. The Negro Harve Minifee Did Not Assault Little Leomie Smith. Citizens of Dallas, Ga., have with¬ drawn the reward offered tor the ar¬ rest of Minifee. It develops that he is not the negro who committed the assault on little Leomie Smith. It is rumored that Minifee was at work on the railroad above Chattanoo¬ ga at the time the assault was made on the little Smith girl. M ' swEENE L SW0RNiN New Governor of South Carolina Takes the Oath—Governor Ellerbe’s Funeral. At 11:15 o’clock Saturday night in the parlor of Wright’s hotel, in Co¬ lumbia, 8 C., M. B. McSweeoey was administered the oatli of the office of governor of South Carolina. The oath was administered by Chief Justice Mclvor and Associate Justices Pope and Gary. Governor MoSweeney said only a few words. He fully realized the re¬ sponsibilities of the office, and he was to be the governor of the whole of South Carolina; that wns lus aim. He sincerely regretted the death of Governor Ellerbe and most heartily sympathized with his family. He had been nrged, be said, to come to Columbia weeks ago and assume the duties of governor, but he had not done knowing that it was the wish of Governor EUcrbe to die while actual ° ! R * e ' . f k ^ leconc URion o 1 e ’ state officers present, . turn, assured j m th nor that he wou ld have their he arty co-operation. and E. H. Ault, editor of The News Herald, of Newberry, S. 0., and pres- ident of the South Carolina Press As- =5^555 sociation, has been appointed | ^, d ^ Methodist preacher There , ^ The r e were probably . Th,^iXrment t chiefly neighbors ? took U. the Httle famil burying . in . deluded grove ? ‘ Jj,™® „ . jColumbii ,, , ,, . , , , „ J ' h .. . . 161 ln 0 ce- OBJECTED TO DESIGN. Committee of Q. ^ A. ’ R. Tells Why Floral Tribut w a s Re , ec ted. 1 ne f^rmy oi rue Republic rvep * ^ab t , en lrSy ^ J on^ccAunto? hav- i' 1 !? 1 ® 118 ® e e i ve a flmal tribute P ^d^on Union “graves^in that Th@ floral committee which re¬ ^ emblem has prepare( i a statement explaining the matter. The r 6P 0lt says. “The chairman of the committee, in XflXld 6 into the formation ofX When When it it was was learned that . ^ derat J ray a i )0 ve aid arm olothed in blue beneath “X; the Republic entered their protests against the placing of the emblem up- on the mound, and it was rejected. ” NEW MINISTER GREETED. President Cordially Receives Spanish Representative D’Arcos. Diplomatic relations with Spain, broken off April 21, 1898, were tor- mally resumed at 11 o'clock Saturday, when President McKinley greeted Duc D’Arcos, the newly accredited minister to the United States, in the blue parlor of the white house. Si- multaueously in Madrid, if the pro- gram was carried out, Bellamy Storer, the new United States minister to l-pain, was being presented to Chris¬ tina, the queen regent. It was a notable oecasaion in the world’s history—the resumption of friendly relations beteewn two nations which had been at war and in the brief struggle had changed the map of the world. » The speeches of the occasion were especially notable. They were plain spoken and devoid of the usual hazy diplomatic phraseology. TUMBLED BY TORNADO. House Turned Bottom Up, But Inmates Escape Serious Injury. A special from Rock Rapids, Ia., says: A tornado Saturday night struck a house occupied by Adolph Juergen- sen and family, turned it bottom up¬ ward and entirely demolished it. The family miraculously escaped with but a few jiainful bruises. The storm blew down barns and scooped up earth in several places as it passed on north into Minnesota. The path was only a few yards wide. CONFERRED AT MIDNIQHT. McKinley, Meiklejohn and Corbin Hold Secret Meeting. A Washington special says: Aoting Secretary of War Meiklejohn and Ad¬ jutant General Corbin had a confer¬ ence with the president after midnight Sunday night. They were summoned by the president, it is understood. What the nature or result of the con¬ ference was can only be conjectured as yet, as the parties to it declined to dis¬ cuss it. Mr. Meiklejohn said in response to all inquiries that there was nothing to make public and that the subject under consideration was not of a seri¬ ous character. STEAMER STILL ON ROCKS. The Paris Only Changes Her Position With Shifting Winds. Advices from Falmouth, Eng., state that a chauge in the wind has some¬ what shifted the position of the Amer¬ ican liner Paris, now on the rocks near the Manacles, seriously hamper¬ ing salvage operations. The heavy sea has stopped the work, which is not likely to be resumed for a fortnight. depot matter TO BE SETTLED The Georgia Railroad Commission Issues An Important Order. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE Cityof Atlantaand Roads Ordered To Show Their Hands. The Georgia state railroad commis¬ sion has taken up the Atlanta passen¬ ger station matter again. An order was issued Wednesday di¬ recting the railroads and the city to appear before the board at its next, regular meeting, on June 27th, and show their hands. The commissioners desire to know what, progress has been made, if any, by the roads, the city and state to¬ ward solving the problem. The last time the roads and the city met before the commission, the latter’s represen¬ tatives asked permission of the board to return to the city council and con¬ fer over the verbal proposition wbicli had been made by the roads, and from that day to this the commission has not heard anything official from any of the parties interested The commissioners are tired of wait¬ ing and now propose to call up the rep¬ resentatives of the city and the roads and see if an agreement can be brought about between them. It is the purpose of the commission to have the roads make a proposition to the city in writing, if this can be accom¬ plished. Then it will rest with the city either to accept or decline the proposition. In the event the city de¬ clines, it will then be the commission’s turn to take some definite and positive action. At Wednesday's meeting of the com¬ mission Judge Spencer Atkinson offer¬ ed the following, which was adopted: Ia re, application of the mayor and council of the city of Atlanta for bet¬ ter depot facilities in the city of At¬ lanta. Whereas, At a meeting of this com¬ mission held on the 24th day of March last passed, the above entitled matter came on to be heard, each of the sev¬ eral railroad companies against whom complaints were filed being represent¬ ed, and as well as the complainants, the mayor ami council of the city of Atlanta, and whereas the hearing of said matter at the request of the mayor and council was adjourned in order to give the authorities of the city of At¬ lanta time for further consideration of the matters involved, and whereas the of any conference which may have been held between tbe said par- ties has not been communicated t» this commission, and whereas, the commis¬ sion is of the opinion that sufficient time has elapsed since said adjourn- ! ment to enable the parties at interest ! to have fully conferred, it is now o*- ! dered, That the said mayor and council of the erty of Atlanta, and as well that the several railroad companies do ap- pear before this commission at its ( meehng to be held on the 27th day of June 1899 then and there to make report of their conference in the prem- 18 ® 8 * and tben and tbere *> enter upon a ?«^ al consideration of the matters ™ d things invo ved in the several pe- tltlous flled 111 the above fitated mat ‘ ter. Let each of the parties be served with a copy of this order by forward¬ ing the same hy due course of mail. As the matter stands now, there is no agreement between the roads and the city, and there is no immediate prospect of one being reached. So far as can be learned, it is not likely that the roads will be able to submit a proposition in writing by June 27th. Indeed, the representatives of some of the roads are doubtful if all the lines can unite on any plan looking to the erection of a new passenger station in Atlanta. Their interests are so diverse and the space occupied by the old sta¬ tion is so small that the chances are not encouraging. The action of the state railroad com¬ mission looks as though something tangible would result. In the mean¬ time, the people of the state are taking a very deep interest in the subject. All over Georgia the newspapers are ringing with editorials condemning the roads, the city and the state for not getting together and giving At- iauta a handsome modern station. DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS Is Re-Established By Direction of President McKinley. By irection of the president, the acting secretary of war has issued an order for the re-establishment of the military department of Texas and the assignment of Colonel Chambers Mc- Kibben to tbe Twenty-first infantry to command of the department. Colonel McKibben is now on duty at Colum¬ bus Barracks, O. Adjutant General Corbin states that there is not the slightest chance, he thought, of removing tie Department of the Gulf from Atlanta. No new adjutant general has been jppointed for the department as yet. EVANS SEVERELY CRITICIZED. O. A. R. flen Disapprove Action of Pension Commissioner. Commissioner of Pensions H. Olay Evans was severely criticized at Thursday’s session of the state en¬ campment of the Pennsylvania G. A. R. held at Wilkesbarre, for his recent action in the matter of pensions. A resolution was submitted requesting the national encampment to investi¬ gate.