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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; . Imm” 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 i. * *. Britial, g „v- 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. III !i i III Ar 1 v j \-A ft* 1 m W m $ WWW' \ HENRY PROBASCO. 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 MINISTER BELLAMY STORER. F m F- a "(but m l ■ 1 M ^47, 7 7 V' % \ I 55s \ 8 ii y-f v SI \ r A ‘ \ \ 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 X m ft Hl IP IF 7a u \7 W W r !1 ft / 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.