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E1SV VICTORY
FOR ROBERTS
Jafaanaesburg Occupied By Brit=
ish Without Trouble.
BOER OFFICIALS NOT OUSTED
English Troops Were Escorted
liitotheCity and Flag Hoisted
With Ceremonials.
A cablegram was received in Loudon
Saturday from Lord Roberts dated
Johannesburg May 31st, but which
wa9 not dispatched from there until
8:30 a. m. of Juuo 1st, which says:
-•Tho occupation of Johannesburg
passed off quite satisfactorily, thank's
to tie-excellent arrangements made by
Dr. Kraus,’the Transvaal commandant
tee, and orfier prevailed throughout
the town.
“Dr.-Kraus met' me on my entrance
[to Johannesburg and rode by my side
[to tbe government offices, where he
i introduced me to the heads of several
Uenartigeiifs, I all of whom acceded to
my request that they would continue
Itowtij.on their respective duties un
I til thercuald be relieved of them.
I “Aiaunesbnrg is very empty, but
lagooicrowd of people assembled in
[ihe British main flag T square by being the hoisted. time th A
I was
j royal salute was fired and three cheers
j f for the the queen were given. the
“At end of the ceremonies
Seventh and Eleventh divisions
marched past with the naval brig¬
ade, th’e heavy" artillery and two brig
|lile N dimpas of the foyal field artil-.
“Genda#J.Inh IVjsK V. •HaihiWoa's -.H*- > t V
column
aud the cavalry division and mounted
infantry were too far away to taka part,
[inthe vtorkmaubke ceremony. The and evidently troops looked took
[very keen interest in the proceedings. ”
i According to delayed dispatches
.teaching'Pretoria, formally Johannesburg was
handed over to the British at
II o'clock on the morning of May 31st,
mau orderly manner. Lord Roberts
the *19 accompanied by a small force,
banka-are being guarded. There
hnnesburg, M9o slight engagement outside Jo
[scouts aud some Australian
were shot in street fighting.
I After this a message was sent to the
laearest British general notifying him
pt I Lord the Lansdowne, town would not be defended.
secretary of state
f ot w * r > has received the following
|!iom fbove, Lord June Roberts, dated Orange
2d:
ple '‘Johannesburg is quiet. Tho peo¬
ply are three surrendering aims and ponies,
Boer guns w ere left in the
P*. The Queenslanders shipped
p«y 30th, a Cruesot, with eleven
figons fmumandant of stores and ammunition,
P field Botha, of Zoutpanberg,
cornet and one hundred pris
fwnl ' V0 re taken in the fighting
r? to Johannesburg, the some belong*
I* Ir ‘sh brigade. foreign contingents and
|*aianry The Thirteenth
jT*een Kroonstad were attacked May 29th
'ire and Lindley.
were some casualties.”
FBBXCU-NEAB PRETORIA.
London special of June 4 says;
jw, re is ■ no direct news from Pretoria
terlli ' !. w P J[? at6 nc than V cavalr Thursday evening, ‘hen at
B y were
eight miles south of Pretoria,
‘ ng Wa8 heard there. Lord
oh f H 0 s messages about, secondary
Johannesburg, ons elsewhere and the situation
dated at Orange
b a farm four miles northeast of
‘‘asesburg, show that on Saturday,
,'vJ a Pretoria. 1 - he was twenty-five miles
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dispatch, according to a Wash
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■JV’ Borgia 1,258, South Caro
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RiKivf-vejt Signs Seely Papers,
ka KM Roosevelt of New York
Neely extradition pa
Uq. q Sunday '"’ere night. forwarderd to WasB-
The Eockdale Banner
OLD SOLDIERS ADJ3URN.
Next Confederate Veteran Re.
union Will Be Held in Mem.
phis, Tennessee.
The Confederate reunion was brought
to a eloso at Louisville Friday night.
Tho next gathering of the old vete¬
rans will be at ?>Iemphis, Tenn, The
struggle for the reunion by the Ten¬
nessee city was not a very hard one
because it had been conceded that the
reunion would go there next year if
New Orleans did not ask for it. The
candidates were Memphis, Jackson¬
ville aud Buffalo.
Friday was to have been the biggest
day of the reunion, but an almost con¬
tinual downpour of raiu precluded the
possibility of tbe grand parade, which
caused a feeling of distinct disappoint¬
ment in Louisville.
Briscoe Hindman, of Louisville, was
elected commauder-in-chief of the
United Sons of Veteraus by acclama¬
tion Friday morning after Walter Col¬
quitt, of Atlanta, the retiring com¬
mander, had refused to accept a re
ciection.
Au interesting incident occurred
when the report of the committee on
resolutions was read. Among tbe rec¬
ommendations was one that “the Con¬
federate veterans recognize with ap
priciation the language of General
Daniel Sickles at the recent reunion of
the army of tho Potomac at Fredericks¬
burg, and reciprocated the feeling
shown; that the reunion of Union
soldiers or Confederate soldiers at¬
tended by the president of the United
States aud his cabinet showed that
that there is no sectionalism in recog¬
nition of valor of the American soldier;
that a copy of these resolution be for¬
warded to the Society of tho Army of
the Potomac.”
When the vote was called on this
there were cries of “No."
General Gordon declared the resolu¬
tions adopted, but hearing the “noes,”
resubmitted the question.
W. II. Burgynn, of North Carolina,
who presented the resolutions, made
a strong, speech urging, the adoptiou
of the resolutions. J. H. Shepherd,
of Virginia, secured the floor aud an¬
nounced that he was opposed to the
resolution and asked that it be voted
down. He said.
I want no coque mg wi o
Yankees who defeated us. For God s
lake don’t accept any thing from Union
soldiers Vote it down, my comrades,
vote It down.
The hall , .
was ms an y i «P
men calling vote, indiscriminately. question, no,
“ ,es” and yelling Gordon!
There were loud calls of
“Gordon ” The commander came to
the front and was gree ec y an c
cheers that for several minu os pr
vented his voice from being heard
When silence was pai ia y res
he * al “ :
f ‘ ‘ 9* , , ...
ru8 ; e ev ? r
while I stand on southern soil among
the chivalrous men of the south when
I will refuse to send a message of cor
dial greeting to an enemy. (Cheers.)
I know the sender of this message.
On the heights of Gettysburg he stood
gallantly in my front and it was my
bullets that sent him to the rear with
a leg off, and, for me, I am going to
reciprocate - the kindly message of the
northern soldiers.”
Wild* cheers greeted this speech,
and on a vote tho resolution weut
through with a rush.
ATLANTA CARPENTERS STRIKE.
■They Demand That Kmployers Recognise „
Their Oreanisation.
The carpenters and joiners in Allan
ta, Ga., went on a strike Friday.
hundred men walked away from their
jobs to return no more, the y 8a L u '
til their organization is recognized y
employers and their demands complied
with. These demands are for a day
eight hours work; a uniform price
25 cents per hour ^ ‘heir work, as a
minimum wage, or $2 per day, witn
half price of minimum wage for over
time aud double time for legal ho l
days and Sundays; recognition of their
organization by tbe employment o
none but un i 0 n men by contractors,
builders aud planing mill managers.
Public Debt Greatly Decreased.
The monthly statement of the public
debt shows that at the close of busi¬
ness, May 30, 1900, the debt less
cash in the treasury amounted to
$1,122,608,811, a dec. ease for ‘ e
_
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bonds.
CONYERS, GA.. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1900.
VETERANS IN PARADE
Old Soldiers at Last Given Chance
For an “Outing.”
THEY LINGERED AT LOUISVILLE.
£xcrci$es Commemorating Jefferson
Davit*’-Birthday Was Closing IS vent of
Confederate Reunion.
The last exercises counected with
the tenth annual reunion of the United
Confederate Veterans occurred at
Louisville Sunday when the ninety
second anniversary of the birth of Jef¬
ferson Davis was observed at Reuniou
hall, with services in memory of Mr.
Davis, Winnie Davis, the “Daughter
of the Confederacy,” and tho Confed¬
erate dead.
Although thousands of the Confed¬
erate reunion visitors had left the city,
5,000 persons attended tho exercises.
They wore largely of a religious char¬
acter, hut nevertheless there was ap¬
plause at times from the audience.
General Stephen D. Lee, who pre¬
sided, suggested that there be no dem¬
onstrations. The Rev. J. William
Jones of Virginia, who delivered the
sermon of the occasion, earnestly made
the same suggestion, and a few min¬
utes later caused not only loud ap¬
plause, but one cheer, by relating a
well known incident of Spottsylvania.
Mrs. Hayes, the daughter of Jeffer¬
son Davis, aud her daughter, Miss
Variua Hayes, were on the platform,
but as the services were concluding,
had to hasten to a railroad station to
catch a train. After they had left Gen¬
eral Stephen D. Lee held up to the
sight of the audience a battleflag bear¬
ing the same crepe it bore when it
waved over the grave of Winnie Davis,
who had always heretofore attended
the reunions of tho Confederate vet¬
erans. General Gordon had been ex¬
pected to preside and also to address
the audience, but he was oalled away
from Louisville and his plaoe was
taken by General Stephen D. Lee.
OLD VSTS PARADED.
Although the reunion proper had
adjourned, •> the veterans who had not
Saturday. paraded streets of
Louisvllle ; There was no
forma , p>ra(Je) altl ough flbo ut 5,000
veterans were in line, aud fifteen musi
ca | organizations ?. made the air ring
uh Dixie> » Evory ^ baud in line
Vmselves „ D „ ftnd veterftn8 yelU
hoarse. “Dixie” was
^ ^ of th<j duy
parade bad been called off,
but when tho suu broke through tho
dismal cloudiness of the week the old
fellows could not resist the temptation
aud fell into line, marching through
the principal 1 r streets of the city,
odd oppicess re-elected.
while the exercises of the reunion
were in progresg a Il the officers of the
United Confederate Veterans were re¬
elected by acclamation. The election
was put through iu record time, the
whole thing taking less than one
minute. The list of officers is as fol¬
lows;
General John B, Gordon, general
commanding.
Lieutenant General Wade Hampton,
Army of Northern Virginia depart¬
ment.
Lieutenant General S. D. Lee, com
manding » army V of Tennessee depart
Lieutenant General W. L. Cabell,
cotnm#nding Trans-Mississippi depart
r3en ^
^ bg reunion W as one of the most
successful from a standpoint of bnsi
Ileg8 ever be j d- The work was done
^ ^ mflnaer ent jrely satisfactory, and
tbe demonB t ra tions made cause the
officers to believe that any feeling of
unkindneg8 tbat ba d existed toward
t be 8 i x ties has been wiped
Deficiency Bill Passes.
The last of the appropriation bills,
the general deficiency, was passed in
the senate Saturday, as was also the
emergency river and harbor bill pro¬
viding for numerous surveys and for
certain other public works.
Mrs. Gladstone Slowly Dying.
It is announced in London that
Tyj rg Gladstone is in a semi-conscious
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clining steadily.
MAY BE AGUINALDO.
Americans Kill Filipino Officer
Who Is Thought To Be the
Aluchly-Sought Leader.
A special from Vigan, Luzon, via
Manila, under date of June 3d, says:
Maj. March,with his detachment of the
33d Regiment,overtook what is believ
ed to have been Agninaldo’s party on
May 19, at La Gat, about 100 miles
northeast of Vigan. The Americana
killed or wounded on officer supposed
to bo Aguiualdo, whose body was re¬
moved by his followers. Aguiualdo
had 100 men, Maj. March 125.
The American commander reached
Laboagan, where Aguinaldo had made
his headquarters since March 6, on
Slay 7th. Aguinaldo had fled seven
Honrs before, leaving all tbe beaten
trails and traveling through the forest
along the beds of streams. Toward
evening, May 19th, Major March struck
Agninaldo’s outpost about a mile out¬
side of La Gat, killing four of the
Filipinos aud capturing two. From
the latter he learned that Aguinaldo
had camped there for the night.
Although exhausted and half starv¬
ed, Major March's men entered La
Gat on the run. They saw the insur¬
gents scattering into the bushes or
over the plateau. A thousand yards
beyond tbe town on the mountain side
the figures of twenty-five Filipinos, leader
dressed in white, with their
on a gray horse, were silhouetted
against the sunset. The Americans
fired a volley and saw the offiqer drop
from his horse. His followers fled,
carrying the body.
The Americans on reaching the spot
caught the horse, which was richly
saddled. Blood from a badly wounded
man was on the animal aud on the
ground. The saddlebags contained
Agninaldo’s diary and some private
papers, including proclamations. One
of these was addressed “To the civil¬
ized nations.” It protests against the
American occupation of the Philip¬
pines. There was also found copies
of Senator Beveridge's speech trans¬
lated into Spanish aud entitled “The
Death Ivnell of the Filipino People.”
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
Many New Industrie** Established During
the Past Week.
The more important of the new in¬
dustries reported during the past week
include brick works in Mississippi; a
building and contracting company in
North Carolinu; canning factories in
Georgia and Virginia; a carriage facto¬
ry and a cigar factory in Alabama;
coal mines in Alabama, Kentucky,
Tennessee and West Virginia; cotton
mills in Alabama, North Carolina and
Tennessee; a cotton felt manufactory
in Tennessee; cotton and oil mills
in Alabama, Houth Carolina and Tex¬
as; electric lights in Alabama, Ken¬
tucky aud Louisiana; flouring mills
in Georgia, North Carolina, Ten¬
nessee aud Texas; foundry and ma¬
chine shops in Georgia and Texas; a
glass factory in West Virginia; a
handle factory in Tennessee; a harness
factory in Georgia; a hemp factory in
Kentucky; iron works in South Caro
lina; lumber mills in Florida, Louisi
aua, Mississippi, Tennessee and West
Virginia; lumber mills in Florida,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee
and West Virginia; a natural gas and
oil company in West Virginia; a plan
ing mill in West Virginia; a post dri
ver manufactory and a stave factory in
Tennessee; steel works in West Vir
ginia; a tobacco stemmery in Ken¬
tucky; a telephone exchange in Texas.
-—Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
TEXAS FUEDISTS DIE.
Clans Shoot Out quarrel. In tl.e Pobllo
square at San Au e .«tine.
Three prominent men gave up their
live in a shooting affray at tho court
house in Snn Augustine, Texas, Mon
day. They were Felix Roberts, cor
respondent of Tbe Galveston News;
Sid Roberts and Sheriff Noel Roberts.
A few weeks ago SheriffGeorge Wall
was shot to death by Curd Borders,
as the result of an old feud. Wall’s
nephew, Noel Roberts, was appointed
sheriff. Last Saturday the second life
was taken in the quarrel, when Eu
gene Wall, son of the murdered sheriff,
killed Benjamin Brooks, a member of
the opposing faction.
Monday the contending factions
met in San Augustine with the result
as above stated. More trouble is fear¬
ed, and telegrams have been ssnt to
Governor Sayers requesting him to
call out the militia.
Official Organ of Rockdale Conn
ty. Has Largest Circulation in
Ihe County.
PARAGRAPH CAUSED ROW.
Colored Newspaper Editor at Au¬
gusta, Ga., Narrowly Escapes
Rough Handling By Mob.
Augusta, Ga., narrowly escaped
more ™leace last Saturday night,
8 rowln f? °ut of a pnblieatioaoon
oernin 8 tha recent killiu 8 of Alex
Whitney and the lynching of his mur¬
derer, William Wilson, Saturday
afternoon more than 200 white men
marched from an indignation meeting
on the river bank a mile across town
to The Georgia Baptipt office on Camp
'bell street, near Gwinnett, to demand
a retraction from the editor, and at
night another party was organized to
force Editor White to leave town and
to wreck his printing office.
The indignation in the community
arose over a paragraph published in The
Georgia Baptist, a denominational ne¬
gro paper, published for years past by
Rev. W. J. White. It purported to
have been copied from another paper,
“The Bee,” said to tye published
Washington city. It was as follows:
“The lynching of William Wil¬
son, a popular young mechanic, in
Augusta, Ga., a few days ago, is
another one of those damnable
Bins for which the south must be
held responsible. Mr .Wilson died
upholding tho virtue of one of
Georgia’s most refined and highly
respected young ladles. The white
wretch who offered the insult fell
at the hands of this young martyr
and the unpleasant thought that
such a brilliant career had to be
sacrificed for one portraying the
worst type of criminality is not
only unfortunate, but sad to the
very extreme.”
The entire statement was so palpa¬
bly false that it filled the friends of
young Whitney with indignation.
An indignation meeting was called
and the publication denounced and it
was proposed to run Editor White out
.of town, to wreck his newspaper office,
while some even wanted to tar and
feather him, or do'him other violence.
The meeting deckled upon the appoint¬
ment of a committee to wait upon
White and demand that he sign an
apology and a repudiation of the arti¬
cle. - *
In the meantime White had gone to
The Herald and Chronicle offices and
stated that ho did not know the para¬
graph was in his paper; that it was
published without his knowledge or
consent; that it was absolutely false
and he was anxious to put a card in
both papers repudiating it and apolo
giz'ng for its publication in his paper.
Tho following is the cord whjcb the
committee dictated for Editor White’s
signature:
“Tho infamous article that appear¬
ed in Tho Georgia Baptist on May
31st as a clipping from The Bee, was
inserted without the knowledge or ap¬
proval of tho editor of this paper,
who hereby emphatically disclaims
connection with its publication.
“I cannot sufficiently deplore the
fact that this disgraceful articlo ap
pcared in our paper, apparently as the
expression of the opinion and isenti
meut of the editor of this paper. And
further I deprecate, repudiate and de
nounce the article and all tho senti
ments it contains, and further guaran
tee to the white people of Augusta that
it is not the intention of The Georgia
Baptist to offend by upholding any
such dastardly acts as that referred to
j n (be article in question. I farther
guarantee to the white citizens that no
such . oftense will ... . the
again occur in
columns of this paper. I respectfully
ask the morning papers to publish this
demal and promise to print it in large
tjpe in 1 he Georgia Baptist.
“Publisher of The Georgia Baptist’
rvnnmsuws KaUKHWAA 1 D1TCa HAifc.i
i>em»n<ie<t By Kansas City notois May
,l * r »*>n<>«r»tic Convention.
As the time for tbe convention draws
near Senator Jones, chairman of the
Democratic national committee, is in
receipt of a number of vigorous corn
plaints from tbe members of the na
tional committee throughout the coun
try over the action of the hotels in
Kansas City in the matter of rates,
Many of the committee have written
Senator Jones on this subject, re
questing that a meeting be called with
a view to. reconsidering its action in
deciding to hold the convention in
that city. Senator Jones has taken
the matter under serious considers
tion.
NO. 21.
BOER CAPITAL
SURRENDERED
Such a Report Is Firmly Believed
In London.
NO CONFIRMATION IS RECEIVED
Latest News From South Africa
Indicates That the War Is
About At An End.
A London special, under date of
Juno 1st, says: Belated messagos
from Pretoria confirm the report* of
the departure of President Kruger
with his cabinet and staff officials
Tuesday uight, and the selection at a
meeting of citizens of a committee to
administer tho city provisionally. Wed¬
Siuco those telegrams left on
nesday nothing apparently has reached
Lourenzo Marquez by telegraph from
Pretoria. Possibly the wires have been
out. Possibly tho Boer censorship at
Borne intermediate point interrupts
telegrams. im.
So thoroughly is the country
bued with the belief that Pretoria lias
fallen, that Mr. Joseph Chamberlain,
the secretary of state for the colonies,
speaking at a meeting of the univer¬
sity of Birmingham, proposed a mes¬
sage to tho queen congratulating her
upon the “capture” of Johannesburg
aud Pretoria, which was sent to the
afternoon newspapers.
Although the war office has not re¬
ceived u word about it, no one in Lou¬
don harbors tho idea that the Boer
capital is not already in tho hands of
the British or about to be there. Tho
possession of Johannesburg, at all
events, as Lord Roberts has telegraph¬
ed, is a fact. States Attorney Smuts
did not deport with President Kruger,
but remained in Pretoria. Tho preSbut
seat of the Boer government, accord*
ing to a .dispatch from Lourenzo
Marques, dated May 31st, is Muidle
btirg, but it will probably be shifted
further east.
The Boors lately confronting Roberts \
appear to hove gone eastward, also to¬
ward the Lyndeuburg regiou. The
defenders of Laing's nek, when their
positions becomos too perilous, will
probably trek straight northward to¬
ward Lyndeuburg. When this con¬
centration takes place there will be
possibly 20,000 men, who may hold
out for a time with scattered bauds of
guerrillas elsewhere.
A ROAST FOR PECK.
Senator Jones, oi Arkansas,
Wants Light on Work of Our
Paris Commissioner
In the senate, Friday, Mr. Jones of
Arkansas, made a vigorous attack upon
the administration of the Paris exposi¬
tion commision by Commissioner Gen¬
eral Ferd W. Peck. Up to January,
1900, he said Mr. Peck had ac¬
counted for less than $400,000 of tbe
$1,400,000 appropriated for expo¬
sition purposes. He demanded to
know where the balance of the appro¬
priation had gone. Tbe so-called de
tailed statement that had been sub
miUc( , contained 8nch item8 as $72,000
for c , erk bi p m for rgona i
troTeJi elpe nses of tho commis
„ ioner genern |, etc ., wbioh Mr . Jones
believed were rediculous as “details."
“It is time,” said he, warmly, “that
thig gort of tbillg ghouId oeage . These
statements ought to be itemized in ac
cordance with the mandate of the
law.” He then a read s dispatch from
p ar j g indicating dissension among the
American commission, some of whom
bad been charged with endeavor to
compel exhibitors to poy for the space
allotted to them in the exposition. He
believed au investigation necessary. said
Mr. Hale, republican, of Maine,
he personally inclined to the opinion
that the Paris exposition was a bad
performance. said that the'.
Mr. Jones, continuing,
a ir has been full of rumors that there
have been most extravagant and un
reasonable expenditures of the fund
provided for the American eihibit, and
we all know there never has been any -
satisfactory report as to how this
money was used.