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KRUGER REFUSES PROPOSAL
P-R ESI DE/NT OF TRA/NSVAAL OBJECTS
TO A eOUHT OF I/NQUIBg.
Britons Who Arc Well Posted Can See No Other
Alternative Just Nov/.
A London cable dispatch says: The
colonial office in confirming ‘the dis-
patch , , from . Cape _ Town, saying the
Transvaal government had handed its
reply to tho British agent at Pretoria,
says that Mr. Alfred Milner has
graphed a message to that effect. All
that the officials of the colonial office
•would say in regard to the matter
was:
“The reply is not a complete accept-
ance of . the proposal of . , Mr. r Chamber; .
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There is no longer any doubt that
President Kruger has refused to sub-
mit to the demand , of . ,, Mr. Chamber- ~ .
lam for the appointment of a court of
inquiry. He may have done so diplo-
matically or hedgingly, but that his
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eminent as tantamount to positive re-
fusal is now an established fact. The
colonial office is normally non-com-
mittal, but there are other evidences
which amply justify the statement,
The report that President Kruger has
proposed new terms is somewhat veri-
fled by the guarded comment of the
colonial officials and the irritability
displayed there.
There is not the slightest doubt that
they now believe that war is the only
way to settle the controversy.
The colonial officials would far rather
have a curt, defiant answer than the
temporizing answer which the Boer
president has sent. With the former
Great Britain would have plain
grounds for a quick commencement of
hostilities.
Under the circumstances which it is
believed now exists, aggressive action
needs considerable explanation, to jus-
tify it in the eyes of the world and the
English majority who still declare that'
the war would be an outrage; however,
if Mr. Chamberlain has his way, it is
THE ELBERTON CARNIVAL
Opens With Large Attendance and
a Speech By Senator Ben Tillman.
The Elberton, Ga., carnival was
opened Monday morning with a con¬
cert by Bearden’s band, of Augusta.
At noon the welcome address was
made by Mayor Adams. Hon. J. I’.
Shannon then introduced Senator B.
B. Tillman, who made the opening
address. His theme was the elimina¬
tion of the negro from politics.
After referring to his boyhood days
spent in Elbert county, he launched
into lire discussion with his old-time
vigor. The race question was a seri¬
ous problem and politics should be
freed from it. The disintegration of
the republic was apparent when people
had to buy votes and it cost $5,000 to
go to the legislature. It was time to
call a halt,
He explained the South Carolina
workings and held up a constitutional
convention as the one thing which
would save the state, white primaries
would do for awhile, but would soon
be worse than now.
WH1TECAPS BOUND OVER.
Negro-Whippers In South Carolina
Will Be Tried In Courts.
The four men charged with whip¬
ping negroes in Greenwood, S. C.,
were arraigned before Magistrate Aus¬
tin for a preliminary hearing Monday
afternoon. They waived a prelimi¬
nary trial and gave bond in the
sum of $1,000 each for appearance at
the circuit court. There have been no
further arrests and no more whippings.
Signed Wage Agreement.
The Western Anthracite Coal com¬
pany, of Spadra,. Ark., has signed tho
district wage agreement with the
United Mine Workers’ and their old
men have resumed work. Other small
operators have also signified their in¬
tention to sign.
FOURTEEN” FISH ERGEN DROWN.
Fearful Fatalities of Hurricane Off the
North Carolina Coast.
Sixteen fishermen were camping on
Swan Island, N. C., near the mouth of
the Neuse river, during the recent,
storm. The island was overflowed,
compelling them to seek the mainland.
In the attempt, all of their boats were
capsized except one, drow-ning four¬
teen men, consisting of four Smith
and four Salter brothers and six others.
All were married and men of large
families.
The two survivors saved themselves
by cutting away their boat’s mast,
throwing their cargo overboard and
drifting ashore.
FIVE PEOPLE DROWNED.
Schooner, Struck By a Squall, Goes
To the Bottom.
Five lives were lost near Ann Har¬
bor Beach, Mich., Sunday afternoon
by the oapsiziug off Pointeau Boarques
of the schooner Hunter Savidge. She
was bound from Sarnia to Alpbona
light and when struck by a squall cap¬
sized.
Three women and two men were the
victims. Dot" 1 * —“ v «ry meager.
! believed that President Kruger’s coun-
ter proposals will meed with scant at-
tention and unless the Boers complete-
, y bftck &ov/J} which is not likelV( the
cr ; s j 3 quickly develop into war.
1 It lias developed that the war office
1ms been aware of the nature of the
| Transvaal government’s move for sev¬
eral days, and that it was communi-
j cated to the war office, hence it is
probable that Great Britain will delay
the denoument as little as possible.
A hi 8 h colonial official expressed to
a representative of the Associated
p resa hig diagust at what be te r me d
“Kruger’s cupidity and hypocrisy.”
He said:
“The kind of game which Kruger is
playing ^ * must be clear to Americans,
p otestatious of the Boers that
they w j s h to live quiet, agricultural
lives may be tho tune of some on the
veldt, but the gang in Pretoria is
of the qjitlanders, he never hesitated
to make money out of them, either by
fair or foul meanB.
“This Transvaal question cannot be
judged by recent occurrences. You
must go back fifty years. It has been
hanging fire all that time, and the
sooner it is settled now, the batter.”
Though the official did not actually
say so, it was clear that he believed
war was tho only mode of settlement,
It is learned that the government is
somewhat annoyed at the public’s
slight interest in the Transvaal,
The official above quoted said to the
Associated Press representative:
“Dreyfus seems the only thing that
our people think about, though Eng-
land is in the most serious crisis. This
indifference is perhaps typical.”
A special dispatch from Cape Town
says there is great danger of an out-
break of violence on the frontier, and
that the scum of South Africa are en-
listing throughout the colony and are
being sent to Pitzaui and Jameson, on
the border.
FLAMES DESTROY TOWN.
Buildings In Business Section of Vic¬
tor, Colorado, Burned Like Paper.
Eire has utterly-destroyed the busi¬
ness portion of the city of Victor, Colo¬
rado, causing a loss estimated at $2,-
000 , 000 .
Beginning shortly after noon Mon¬
day, the fire raged until evening, con¬
suming everything in its way. It had
its origin, it is thought, in the Mer¬
chants’ cafe, adjoining the Bank of
Vietor, on the corner of Third street
and Victor avenue.
A strong wind from the south fanned
the flames and in a few minutes all the
surrounding houses were afire. Help
was summoned from Cripple Creek,
but the toivu had been built in fhe
early days of the camp and was of pine
timber for the most part and burned
like paper.
Efforts were made to stop the prog¬
ress of the flames by blowing up
buildings in their path by means of
dynamite and all the afternoon the
hills roared with explosions, but the
effort was in vain.
FEDERAL COURTS SCORED
For Alleged “Unfairness” to Labor
Unions---Raiiroads Also Roasted.
The Atlanta Federation of Bail way
Employes held an interesting and en¬
thusiastic meeting in Atlanta, Ga.,
Monday afternoon at which the new
president 'of the federation, Mr.
Charles Daniel, arraigned the federal
courts for “their notorious unfair¬
ness” to labor unions, and he de¬
clared many of them are dominated by
corporate influences. «
He also declared that some of tho
road officials in Georgia are discrimit
nating against members of the railroad
orders and are trying to intimidate
and prevent their employes from be¬
longing to the organization represent¬
ing their class.
DEWEY’S HARINES ATTACKED.
They Went Ashore at Leghorn and
Were Met By a Mob.
A special dispatch received at Lon¬
don Monday from Leghorn, Italy,says
that five men have been arrested there
on the charge of attacking and wound¬
ing some sailors who had gone ashore
from Olympia.
Alabama Cotton iTill Sold.
The Selma, Ala., cotton mill, which
was erected about three years ago by
public subscription, was sold by Sheriff
Lumpkin at auction Monday. It was
purchased by the Cawthon Cotton Mill
Company, of Saeima,, for $62,100. The
mill originally cost $125,000.
EARLY DECISION EXPECTED.
Fate of Captain Carter May Soon Be
Made Known to the Public,
A report was current in Washington
Monday which, in the absence of the
attorney general, cannot be confirmed,
that a decision in tKb Carter court-
martial case will be handed down
shortly after Mr. Griggs’ return to the
city, and that he will not await the
return of Wayne McVeagh, Captain
Carter's counsel, who, it is stated,
would ask for a new trial.
LABORI IN COURT.
Wounded Lawyer Is Welcomed.
President Jouaust Shows
Hiji Hand.
The third week of the Dreyfus trial
at Rennes, France, began without in¬
cident at 0:30 Mondny morning.
M. Labori was present. He drove
to tlie court in a carriage and entered
the hall at 6:30. Tho audience greeted
him by standing up and by a general
clapping of hands.
Muitre Labori walked quite briskly,
but holding his left arm close to his
side in order not to disturb the wound.
He met General Mercier and General
Billot in the middle of the courtroom,
stopped, chatted and smiled. Labori
looked very well. He was given a
cushioned arm chair. Madame La-
bori, looking well, Was also in court.
Labori was warmly congratulated by
his friends. Captain Dreyfus, on en¬
tering, smilingly shook hands with
Labori.
It is said the court will get through
with the ninety odd witnesses by the
beginning of September, and it is
probable that the verdict will be de¬
livered about September 7th.
All of the witnesses examined dur¬
ing the day were hostile to Dreyfus,
but as none of the evidence was fresh
but mostly a reiteration of the old
statements, the audience followed the
depositions with comparatively little
interest.
The session wound up with a scene,
on account of extraordinary conduct
of Colonel Jouaust, president of the
court, who permitted himself to make
an unwarrantable display of partiality.
M. Bertullus had been confronted
with the last witness, Captain Junolt,
and General Gonz had defended the
latter when Colonel Picquart was asked
to be allowed to refute some of Junck’s 1
remarks. Colonel . Jouaust made a
gesture of impatience and shouted:
“What, again?”
An outburst of loud hissing came
from the audience at such a display of
unfairness from the president. Judges
and gendarmes quickly suppressed the
noise, but Colonel Jouaust understood ;
the well-merited rebuke administered
him, turned red and adjourned the
court ten minutes later.
GERMAN CABINET CRISIS.
Kaiser Williams’s Advisors Have Da-
cided to Resign.
A special cablegram from Berlin,
Germany, states that Monday after¬
noon a cabinet meeting was held at
the residence of Prince Hohenlohe,
the imperial chancellor, and the whole
cabinet agreed to resign.
The acceptance of the minister’s res-
ignation is uncertain.
Emperor William will return to Ber-
linon Wednesday, when, it is reported,
he will preside at the cabinet council
and decide what steps are to be taken.
AU kinds of rumors are afloat. One
paper asserts that the kaiser has ao
cepted the resignation of the whole
cabinet. Others are of the opinion
that the fall of Dr. A on Miquel will
ential the fall of Prince "Von Hohen-
lohe also, but nothing will be deli-
nitely known until the emperor ar-
~* vea-
The newspapers are still actively , ,
commenting upon The difficulties of
t le situation.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Various New Industries Reported
For the Past Week.
The more important of the new in-
dustries reported during the past week
include brick works in Texas; coal
mines in Kentucky; cooperage works
in Arkansas; three cotton mills in
Georgia, one in Mississippi, two in
South Carolina and Tennessee; cotton
seed oil mills in Mississippi and Texas;
two electric light plants in Tennessee;
flouring mills in North Carolina and
Virginia; a foundry and machine shop
in Alabama; a furniture factory in
North Carolina; a grain elevator in
Arkansas; iron ore mines in Alabama;
a knitting mill in South Carolina;
limestone quarries in Alabama; lumber
mills in Louisiana, Novtli Carolina,
South Carolina and Tennessee; a pa¬
per mill in South Carolina; a tele¬
phone supply factory in North Car¬
olina; a telephone company in
Virginia; tobacco companies in the
Carolinas; a water and power company
in Florida; a woodworking plant in
North Carolina.—Tradesman (Chatta¬
nooga, Tenn.)
MOB LEADERS JAILED.
Thirty-Five Negroes Arrested By Of¬
ficials At Darien, Ga.
Henry Dolegal was conveyed from
the jail at Darien, Ga., to Savannah
Wednesday night under the detach¬
ment of soldiers sent by the governor.
The authorities are arresting the
ringleaders of the mob and all who arc
found with arms. At the time this
dispatch was sent there were in jail
thirty-five. A company of troops
from Savannah, with the local compa¬
ny, is on hand ready for any trouble
that may arise. 9
FIRST BRICK LAID.
Work On Spalding Cotton Mills Begins
At Griffin, Ga.
The first brick was laid on the Spald¬
ing Cotton mills at Griffin,Ga., Thurs¬
day, and Was witnessed by a large
number of citizens. A large force of
hands were then put to work and the
building will be ready for the machin¬
ery early in December.
Tho paid up capital of the mills has
been increased from $100,000 to $125,-
000, which was done to accommodate
a few personal friends, and it could
have been increased to $150,000.
TIKE ALL GREAT MEN
PHILANTHROPIST FINDS HIM¬
SELF IN NEED OF MONEY.
Gave Away n Million Dollars, All IIo
Had, for the Benefit* of IIis Fellow
Men ami Ih Now in Abjco IV III ft Hla
Home Sold for ©07,000.
Oakwood, the beautiful Probasco
home in Clifton, near Cincinnati, on
which over $500,000 was expended, was
recently knocked down at auction to
Louis B. Iieakirt for $07,000, and thus
passes from his possession the last- as¬
set of Henry Probasco, art connoisseur,
bibliophile and philanthropist, who re-
Ure.d from business over a quarter of
a oentury ago, worth easily $1,000,000.
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He gave Cincinnati, the beautiful Ty-
ler-Davidson fountain, an art treas¬
ure which has added to the fame of the
Queen City the wide world over; he
made public and private donations to
every kind of cause until it is estimat¬
ed that his gifts and benefactions ag-
negated over $700,000 and now, In . his
old age he finds himself a hopeless
bankrupt, homeless and practically
penniless in the city which he so last¬
ingly enriched by his munificence. He
* s credited with having been a remark-
good business man and every
transaction down to the present time
exhibits the man of most careful and
methodical habits, for his accounts are
models of bookkeeping, accuracy and
precision, but giving grew to be a
passion with him, and he literally gave
his all away.
CACTUS PRICKS A PROPOSAL.
Voting Man Struggled Besperately Against
Fate, but Had to Give Up* I
From the Washington Post: The
man in the case has been studying law
here, but on Saturday he went to
Omaha to share the practice of a kins¬
man. The girl lives herq, and the man
thinks the climate of Nebraska would
agree with her wonderfully. He has
been meaning to tell her so for a long
time, but he has put the matter off
ugain and again, awaiting a favorable ■
opportunity, till last week, the sum-
mons to Omaha coming unexpectedly,
determined to risk all at once,
There was a party to Great Falls, a
par |;y so properly chaperoned that most
0 j da y p asse( j before he had a
t hance to speak to the girl alone. Then,
connivance of the chaperon, he had
her off t0 look for wi] d flowers. They
climbed the rocks, and there they
found cgctua> or at i eaat , something
that lcoked Pxactly j ike cactus of the
western plains. It was so curious and
so enticing that the girl picked a great
bunch of it. Little white hair-like ob¬
jects which grew in patches on the
leaves stuck to her fingers. They looked
innocent enough, but when the young
man undertook to squeeze her hand she
discovered, and he, as well, that the
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Bellamy Storer, the new minister to
1 Spain, who was lost sight of for a
week or two, is a son of the late Judge
Bellamy Storer of Cincinnati, and a
personal friend of President McKinley.
He is a second edition of his father,
and in the opinion of many who knew
the elder Storer and also know the son
he is even more brilliant than his sire.
He came out of Harvard in 1867, and
two years later was assistant United
States district attorney for southern
OMo. In 1890 Mr. Storer was elected
to congress and was returned for a
tiny white halts were so many almost
invisible needles, They sat themselves
down on a rock, and lte went to work,
gently, with his handkerchief, to rid
her dainty hands of the torturing white
“stickers," You can’t urge the ad-
vantages of the Omaha climate on a
girl who says "Ouch!” every time you
take her hand, you know. The young
man hided his time, and when the lit¬
tle hands were free of needles, he took
his handkerchief and quite absently
blew his nose. If you have ever blown
your nose on a handkerchief loaded
with cactus spines you know what hap¬
pened. An overdose of snuff and an
acute attack of hay fever are mere
bagatelles compared with what hnp-
penerl to him. He was gasping and
sneezing and cursing his luck when the
chaperon name in search of the two of
them, and he hadn’t said a word about
the Omaha climate, You can’t say
things like that between sneezes to a
girl who is giggling, you know. Mourn¬
fully he left for the west on Saturday.
He may he foolish and bring up the
climate matter in a letter to her. He
may be wise and wait to tell it to her
in person when he comes to Washing¬
ton again next winter. If he Is fool¬
ish, she may reject Mm. If he wisely
waits, somebody else may carry her off.
Either way you look at It, it is a mel¬
ancholy state of affairs, and he blames
It all on the cactus.
STALKING A PEACOCK IN INDIA
“The gods made nine gems, but only
one peacock,” says a proverb of India,
the native ancient home fit the beau¬
tiful bird. The proverb, however, is
not strictly in keeping with facts.
There are two peacocks—the bird of
India and Ceylon, and a second species,
the peacock of the Far East, of Java,
Burmah and Siam. It is a legend of
the Indian jungles that leopards and
tigers can fascinate peacocks, .and a
writer in the London Spectator refers
to the experience of Col. Tytler to show
how-strong is the faith of the natives
in the story.
Col. Tytler. while stalking a pea¬
cock, was surprised to see how near
it allowed him to approach. The birtl
paid no attention to him, but was gaz¬
ing intently, as if fascinated, at a little
patch of- jungle just in front.
Looking in, the same direction, he
saw a leopard stealing on its belly to¬
ward the bird. He was surprised, but
his astonishment was greater when, on
raising his gun, one barrel of which
was loaded with ball, and covering the
animal, the leopard threw up its paws,
and shrieked in a voice hoarse with
terror, “No, Sahib, no, don’t fire!” Col.
Tytler for a moment thought he must
be going mad. The next moment ho
saw a man disguised in a leopard-skin^
with a well-stuffed head and a bow and
arrow in one paw, standing before
him. The man so dressed was a pro-
fessional fowler, who said that in that
disguise he could always approach near
enough to shoot the birds, and some¬
times catch them in hfS hand.
New Kind of Matches.
The French match factories are now
turning out friction snatches which
will ignite on any surface, but which
are free from the objections raised
against white sulphur. No smoke or
odor is perceptible in the factories. The
inflammable ingredients of the paste
are sesquisulpbide of phosphorus and
chlorate of potash.
She Was Fortunate.
Mrs. Gadabout—That Mrs. Hardhead
next door doesn’t seem to have many
friends. Hostess (wearily)—N-no. I
wonder how she manages it.—New
York Weekly.
second term. The head of the Spanish
mission is admirably fitted for the del-
icate and Important post which he will
soon assume. A profoundly read
jurist, he is well informed on interna¬
tional law. Then, too, he is an Amer¬
ican clear through. The Storers were
among the earliest settlers* of the state
of Maine. His mother was Elizabeth
Drinker of Philadelphia, and she her¬
self was descended directly from the
copioneers of William Penn. Mr.
Storer is a suave, polished, keen, far-
seeing man, anB can be firm as iron
when occasion calls him.
STORY OF STRAUSS.
THE GREAT COMPOSER WHO
RECENTLY PASSED AWAY.
lie Ilrtd Bekn Cut Out for a Utwinosa
Career ( but Mnnuged to Learn Musii)
In Heeret How He Won Ibo Atlmirn-
tlcm of (ho Musical ‘World,
' Johann Strauss, the famous Aus¬
trian composer, whose death has re¬
cently been announced, was born 1
Vienna, October 25, 1825, He was the
eldest and most distinguished of three
sons, who followed more or less suc¬
cessfully in their father’s footsteps.
Johan, the younger, was destined for
a business career. He was, however,
enabled to study music secretly by
the aid of his mother. When only six
years old he composed his first waltz
(“First Thought”). Carefully instruct¬
ed in harmony and thorough bass, he
was, even as a youngster, a clever vio¬
linist.
But until he was 18 the secret was
kept from his father. There was a
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THE LATH JOHANN STRAUSS.
curious vein of artistic jealousy in Jo¬
hann, the elder. As a father he loved
his heir apparent, but as a musician he
would tolerate no rival and no suc-
cessof. When, on October 15, 1844,
young Johano threw aside all conceal¬
ment and boldly accepted the position
of conductor at Dommayer’s, at Hvist-
sing, near Vienna, the storm broke.
The old gentleman left his home and
refused for a while to have anything
further to do with his recalcitrant fam¬
ily. But the nineteen-year-old conduc¬
tor sprang Into immediate success.
Vienna admired his audacity. The
young heir apparent had a party as
enthusiastic as his royal father. He
showed his appreciation of the latter
by conducting his famous “Lorelei”
waltzes and followed those by a num¬
ber of his own compositions. Johann
I died in 1849. Then Johann II joined
together his father’s orchestra and his
own and made a successful tour in
Austria, Poland and Germany. For ten
years he undertook the direction of the
summer concerts in the Petropaulew-
skl park at St. Petersburg. Mean¬
while, in 1853, he had been the first
to introduce fragments of “Lohen¬
grin” in Vienna, and later it was he
who first played portions of the “Meis-
tersinger” in the same' city. While
thus showing appreciation and fore¬
sight, he did not neglect his own orig¬
inal talents. He wrote in all some five
hundred waltzes, of which “The Beau¬
tiful Blue Danube,” the “Thousand and
One Nights,” the “Roses from the
South” and “Wine, Woman and Song”
were among the most successful. He
also produced a number of light oper¬
ettas. The best known are “Indigo”
and “The Forty Thieves” (1871), “The
Carnival in Rome” (1873), “Die Fled-
ermaus (1874), “Cagliostro,” “Prince
Methusalah,” “The Merry War,” and
“The Queen’s Lace Handkerchief.” His
single effort in the line of regular op¬
era, “Ritter Pazmann,” achieved only a
success d’estime, when produced at the
imperial opera htouse, in Vienna, in
1893. From 1863 to 1870 Johann had
held the much coveted position of court
ball musical director to the emperor of
Austria. This he resigned in the lat¬
ter year to liis brother, Eduard, in or¬
der to devote himself to composition.
He had also made public appearances
in London and in Paris. During the
great Gilmore jubilee he came to the
United States, but without his orches¬
tra,-which was first heard in this coun¬
try in 1893, under the direction of his
brother Eduard. In October, 1894, the
corporation and citizens of Vienna
joined in a monster celebration of the
golden jiibilee of her most popular
musical composer. A new operetta by
Strauss himself, entitled “The Apple
Feast,” was produced for the first time
in the Vienna theater, and during the
week which marked the duration of
the festival every theater and opera
house in Vienna performed selections
from his dance music or produced
some one of his operettas. The occa¬
sion wound up with a grand banquet,
congratulations and presentations of
addresses and floral tributes. Strauss
children was thrice married, but he leaves no
of his own.
Trees That Live on Birds.
On the outlying spurs of the Sierra
Madre mountains In Mexico a tree was
recently discovered which catches and
eats birds. The tree was long, slen¬
der limbs, which dorop like the fami¬
liar weeping willow, but the moment
a bird alights on the trees the branches
curl upward and silently encircle the
bird and crush It to death.
A botanist who discovered this re¬
markable tree touched one of the
limbs with his hands, The branch
closed upon his fingers so firmly that
it tore the skin when he wrenched it
away. /
A Montclair (N. J.) clergyman pub¬
licly gave a boy a whipping in church,
the other day, for cutting his initials
on the back of a pew.