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The Banner Will Giro Ton AH The hews of Conyers and Bock dale County. VOL. XXV. GAILEY DRY GOODS COMPANY Is the place to spend your cash; they believe in small profits and quick sales something all who go there appreciate. Go and see for yourself, then tell your friends and they will tell others, showing each one what our Cash House is doing. Patterns given away for the next thirty days. PEHN WELL GUARDED Cliinoss to tin Numbir of 380,000 Invest the City. HEAVILY EQUIPPED WITH ARTILLERY Krunps and Maxiins Galore and Am nuxiHlm Is <ln Hand In Inex¬ haustible Quantities. I I “General Mu’s army,” says a eor respondent of a London paper at I I Shan Hai It wan, “consisting of four thousand men, left a week ago I [forces, for Pekin, and General Suug Ching’s numbering 2,500, left for the Line place on June 15th, “A careful estimate of the number [ami |around armament Pekin puts of the the total Chinese at 360,000, troops [and [possess it is 220 calculated seven-centimeter that these Creusot troops [gnus, eighteen Krupps and 150 Max im-i. ‘Their supply of ammunition is Ipracticrtlly Imaiuly inexhaustible. It bas been supplied by a Germau firm at ICnrlowitz. Fully three-fourths of the ■Chinese forces are badly drilled, whol Ily [with undisciplined aud quite unfamiliar modern weapons.” [ | Another ‘‘Li Ping Shanghai Heng, former dispatch says: of IShan governor Tung, who is intensely anti-for leign, Ion has gone to the Kiang Yin forts the Yang l’se. He has declared his ■intention of resisting the lauding of ■lkiuak forces in that region.” ffi husotiling to a Hong Kong dispatch, ■(Ink/ Sunday, strong reinforcements ■('/Mian police, witii three Maxims, ■lira been sent to Kow Ij°P n ! on the ■mainland. A Che Foo message of |ilfouclay | “Four ! s date says: Rave been added to cannon ■ the west fort here, where there are ■ lenmped, now 1,000 further soldiers force permanently having arrived en a I from King Hai Chou, There is ail [uneasy [attack ig feeling generally prevailing anticipated. here and Chi- an Inese merchants are closing their offices | I and business preparing is to standstill, leave tho port, AH at a Extensive preparations by the allies are going forward. The First regi¬ ment of British Indias, 10,000 men, embarked at Calcutta Sunday and 833 more marines received orders to go out from English ports, j The British war office, in anticipa¬ tion of a prolonged campaign, is con¬ tracting for winter clothing and fur raps. J by The Russia, Amur army corps, 52,100 ordered with out number men, mghty-four land guns. Japan proposes to "itkin 15,000 men on Chinese territory j Among a fortnight. the minor military tions prepara¬ the Portuguese government at 1’iacao, island of Macao, at the south¬ west entrance of Canton river, is send¬ H ing arms to the Portuguese in Can Hve 011 - The Germans in Hong Hong qgblpd Emperor William tp ask | it they may serve in tho local forces in defense of Hong Kong. A million rounds left Hong Kong Monday for ; Taku by the British steamer Hai I Loong, The Loudon Shanghai correspondent of The Her Times sends the following un “A Sunday’s date: military correspondent at Taku I s ays that the operations of the allies a (e suffering from the want of a recog uized head, defective organization and fbe lack of transport.” Mr. Kinder, the noted engineer, has “Hived at Che Foo. The British cruiser Terrible bas ar H^ed at Che Foo from Toku with the latest news, which is as follows: *'elsh "Eight hundred Sikhs and 200 Fusiliers have effected a jnne i°n with the American, German and by FCeS 1C ^ h ad be C1 t ro°m the TS CV hlne r? ^ . Tl up S AiT f Tien »«™“„,t.Vo».r, 0 S d *e° e B anv’ been relieved Ie ! ie bv , vi “ another. 8 T e ' Atanyrgte At it 18 apparently certain ice be&JjiZ SV alh m SLl • "2^ UDdaJ *“ ? t0 aU k the besieg ing Chinese. Will Order Troops Home. As soon as Secretary Root returns {o e Washington made final arrangements will tf for the withdrawal of as many °ops as can be spared from farther ^fvices in Cuba. The Bockdale Banner. CONFLICTING REPORTS Keep the World Guessing As To True Condition of Affairs In the Chinese Empire. The British torpedo Boat destroyer Whiting, at Chee Foo, China, reports that nothing has been heard from Seymour’s force for seven days. Vice Admiral Sir Edward H. Seymour is the commander of the British squad¬ ron in Chinese waters, and is also in command of the force of 2,040 marine guards, representing all the powers, which started for Pekin June 10, but has, it is reported, been compelled to return to Tien Tsin. He is supposed to be fighting against overwhelming numbers of Chinese fanatics between Tien Tsin and Pekiu. The French consul wires that the British mission at Tsang Chow has been looted and the missionaries con¬ veyed to an unknown place by a Chi¬ nese general. A semi-official dispatch received in Berlin frdna Tokio, Japan, dated June 21st, says the Japanese consul at Shanghai confirms the report that Vice Admiral Seymour has arrived at Pekin, and that the members of the diplomatic corps are safe. According to an official Japanese report from Che Foo, the foreign settlement at Tien Tsin was reduced to ashes June * ,„*■ Ihe ^ Petit Lieu (Brussels , newspaper) , slates that a telegram was received Thursday by an important Brussels firm from China saying that Admiral Seymour’s releiving force and the Kgs sian column entered Pekin simiiltane ously. The legations were reported intact and all the Belgian residents are said to be safe. Reports have been received . at , „ Hong •Kong representations from Canton, of the that foreign oivqng consuls, to tjie Li Hung Chang has consented to re main in Cautoq. ALLIES WILL ADVANCE, Rear Admiral Bruce Insqe* Proclamation to Chinese Authorities. The admiralty iu London has re¬ ceived the following dispatch from Rear Admiral Bruce: Taku, via Che Foo, June 21.— No communication from the commander in-chief (Seymour) iu seven days or from Tien Tsin in five days. The allies hold the Taku forts and Tong Ku se¬ curely, and they will advance to the relief of Tien Tsin when in sufficient strength. Troops are expected from Hong Kong and from Wei-Hai-We. It is believed that fightiug is con¬ stantly proceeding around Tien Tsin. Onr garrison thero should be about 3,000 men. The following proclama¬ tion is to be issued forthwith: “The admirals aud senior naval offi¬ cers of the allied powers in China de¬ sire to make known to all vicoroys and authorities along the coasts aud riyers and iu the cities and proyinpes pf China that they intend to usp armed force only against the Roxers and peo¬ ple that opj pse them on their march to Pekin fo rescue their fellow country m«u.” __ able to prkskkye reace. Minister Wu Till* Fan* Delivers Reassur. lug Messages at State Department. Mr. Wu, the Chinese minister, eall ed on Secretary Hay at the state de pavtment Thursday and informed him that he had received a dispatch from the viceroy’of the three great provinces of the Tang Tse Kiang, saying that he felt himself perfectly able to keep the peace in his provinces and insure the safety of the foreign missionaries and that in conjunction with his colleagues is eble to answer for the preservation of peace and order in all the great southern provinces, RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT DEAD. Foreign Minister Expired Suddenly Fr«m While a* Breakfast. The Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Count Muravieff, died sudden- 8t. Petersburg ™- 1 dS/TS u.2 ,h« ZwL , j gj- and eX pi re d in a few between 9 and 10 o’dock. Count Muravieff was the head of the Russian diplomatic service which is admitted on all sides to be the most aggressive and successful in the world. Th? marvelous success of Russia’s Asiatic policy of territorial extension in connection with the Trans-Siberian ' railway and Pacific ports is largely j due to him. CONYERS. GA„ WEDNESDAY, JUNK 27. 1900. REPUBLICAN PLATFORH. Salient Features of the Document as Formulated By the Committee on Resolutions. Following are the salient features of the platform presented in the Repub liean convention by J the committee on resolutions: We renew our allegiance to the principles of the gold standard and de¬ clare our confidence in the wisdom of the legislation of the fifty-sixth oon groas by which the parity of all our money and th<> stability of our cur¬ rency on a gold basis has been se¬ cured. We declare our steadfast opposition to the free and unlimited coinage of silver. No measure to that end could be considered which was without the support of the leading commercial countries of the world. The Democratic party must be con¬ vinced that the American people will never tolerate the Chicago platform. We recognize the necessity and pro¬ priety of the honest co-operation of capital to meet new business condi¬ tions, and especciallv to extend our rapidly increasing foreign trade, but we condemn all conspiracies and com binations intended to restrict business; crea p e monopolies; to limit produp jj on or ^o control prices and favor such-legislation as will effeptpally re atrain and prevent all such abuses, , p ro tect and promote opromercial pom petitipn and j secure Rie rights of pro dnpprB a borers an<} all who are pu gaged in industry and commerce, renew our faith in the policy of protection to American labor, In that po]icy Q)Jr indastrie8 bave been estab jj^bed, diversified and maintained. By protecting the homo stimuhfted market the com¬ petition has been and pro¬ duction cheapened, In the further interest of Amerioau workmen we favor a more effeotive re¬ striction of the immigration of labor from foreign lands, the extension of opportunities of education for working children, the raising of the age limit for child labor, the protection of free labor, as against contract cor»-vict labor and an effective system of labor insur anee. The national defense and naval efficiency of this country moreover sujiply a compelling reason for legis¬ lation which will enable us to recover our former place among the trade ryiug fleets of the world. The nation owes a debt of profound gratitude to the soldiers and sailors who have fought its battles, and it is the government’s duty to provide for the survivors aud widows and orphans of those who fell in the country’s wars. Wp recommend tfie policy of the Republican party in maintaining the efficiency of the eivil servioe. The administration has acted .wise in its effort to secure for public servioe in Cubs., Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippine islands only those whose fitness has been determined by train¬ ing and experience. of the fif¬ It was the plain purpose constitution teenth amendment to the to prevent discrimination on account cf race or color in regulating the elec¬ tive franchise. Devices of state gov¬ ernments, whether by statutory or constitutional enactment, to avoid the purpose of the amendment are revolu¬ tionary and should be condemned. Public movements looking to a per maDcnt improvement of roads and highways of the country meet with our cordial approval, and we recommend this subject to the earnest considera¬ tion of the people of the legislatures of the several states. We faver the extension of the rural PUGNACIOUS DELEGATES. A Pair of Texans Have a Lively and Exciting Fisticuff In Cre¬ dentials Committee Room. A Philadelphia dispatch says: The Republican committee on credentials, after an all night session, adjourned at 6 a. m. Wednesday, having com¬ pleted all its business. A lively fist light between two Texas delegates occurred at 4:30 o’clock, just after the committee had listened to arguments from contesting delegates in that state. As the delegates were leaving the ommittee room, W. H. Love, a dele- free delivery service which may be justified. f ? vor boil ? e / or au, J * he early admission , to statehood . of the territories of New Mexico, Arizona und Oklahoma, The Diugley act amended to provide sufficient revenue for the conduct of the war has so well performed its work that it has been possible to reduce the war debt in the sum of $40,000,000. The country is now justified in ex¬ pecting, and it will be the policy of tie Republican party, to bring about a reduction of the war taxes. We favor the construction, owner¬ ship, control and protection of au Isthmian canal by the government of the.United States. In . the interest of our expanding commerce we recommend that con¬ gress create a department of com¬ merce and industries in charge of a secretary with state portfolio, If should be organized under the basis of appointment and will render it ser¬ viceable to the nation’s increasing trade. The American government must protect the person and property of every citizen wherever they aro where they are placed in peril. We congrat¬ ulate the women of America upon the splendid record of public service iu the volunteer aid association and as numerous in camp and hospital during the recent campaigns of our armies in the eastern and western Indies, and we appreciate their faithful work in education and industry. President McKinley has conducted the foreign affairs of the Uuited States with distinguished credit to the Amer ienu people. We oommend the part taken by our government in the peace conference at the Hague. While the American gov¬ ernment must continue the policy pre¬ scribed by Washington, affirmed by every succeeding president, and im¬ posed upon us by the Hague treaty, of non-intervention iu European con¬ troversies, the American people earn¬ estly hope that a way may be found honorable alike to both Great Britain and the South African republics, to terminate the strife between them. In accepting by the treaty of Paris the just responsibilities of our victo¬ ries iu the Spanish war, the president and the senate won the undoubted ap proval of the American peoplo. No other course was possible than to de¬ stroy Spaiu’s sovereignty throughout the world and in the Philippine islands. The cpuyse created our responsi bility before the world and with the unorganised population whom Spain our in¬ tervention had freed from to provide for, the maintenance of law and order ond for the establishment of good government and for the per¬ formance of international obligations, our 1 authority could not be less than our responsibility; and wherever sov¬ ereign states are extended it is the high duty of the government to maiu taiu its authority, to put down armed insurrection and to confer the blessings of liberty and civilization upon all the rescued peoples. The largest meas¬ ures of self-government consistent with their welfare aud our duties shall be secured to them by law. To Cuba independence aud self government were assurred in the same voice by which war was declared, and to the letter thia pledge shall be per-, formed. The Republican party, upon its his-> tory and upon this declaration of prin cipiles and policies, confidently in¬ vokes the considerate and approving judgment c*f the American people. gate from MoKinney, Texas, accused Walter Burns of having made state¬ ments in the committee room which were not true. Burns denied that he had made any such statement, and Love called him a liar. Burns promptly planted his fist in Love’s face with a violence that would have laid Love low on the floor had not some of the by¬ standers caught him. Love was finally hustled down the stairs and taken away by his friends. Immediately after this row two col¬ ored delegates began to make violent threats and warlike demonstrations at each other. This trouble also involved a question of veracity. They were dragged apart without difficulty. 7 Official Organ of Reekdale Conn* " ty. Has Largest Cirenlation In I The County. OUR MARINES SLAIN Onslaught of Allied Forces Upon Tien Tsin Is Disastrous. CHINESE HANDLE GUNS EFFECTIVELY Washington Oilleials Alavmed and Decide To Transfer Asiatic Squadron To Taku. The following bulletin was issued by tho department at Washington Saturday: “Acting Secretary Haekett has this morniug received a dispatch from Admiral Kernpff, dated Che Foo, Juue 22, to the effect that the marines under Major Walter, together with 400 Rus¬ sians, have had au engagement with the Chinese army near Tien Tsin. They could not break through the line. A force numbering 2,000, the admiral roports, is now ready to make another attempt.” The main importance of this dis¬ patch is Admiral Kempff’s disclosure that it is the Chinese army, and not the Boxers, who are lighting the for¬ eign troops. A SECOND CABLEGRAM. The navy department Sunday after¬ noon issued the following bulletin: “A cablegram from Admiral Kernpff, dated Che Foo, Juno 24th, says: “In ambuscade lieuv Tien Tsin, on the 21st, four of Waller’s command killed and seven wounded. Names will be furnished as soon as received. Force of 2,000 going to relievo Tien Tsin today. Kempff. ” The secretary of the navy has order¬ ed Admiral Remey to go with the Brooklyn to Taku and to tender Gen¬ eral MacArthur conveyance of any army troops which tho Brooklyn can Admiral Kempff’s dispatch hte first definite news of the of American blood on Chinese soil came early Sunday morning aud was turned over to Secretary Long as soon as be arrived at the department. With Admiral Crowningshield, the secretary carried the dispatch to the white bouxe, where, on the president’s Return from church, it was laid before him. The determination thereupon was reached to order Admiral Remey, in command of the Asiatic squadron, from Manila to Taku, on board tho armored cruiser Brooklyn. The secretary and Admiral Crowin shield returned to the navy depart¬ ment, where the necessary orders were dispatched to Admiral Remey. The effeot of this transfer is to make Taku the headquarters of the Asiatic sqnail rou. The Brooklyn is expected to sail at once, if possible, as the orders sent contemplate getting the admiral on the scene at the earliest moment. PEKIN WHOLLY ISOLATED. Advices of Monday from London state that the position of the interna¬ tional forces in the section of northern China, where 10,000 men are striving to keep a footing and succor the lega tious iu Pekin, appears to increase in peril with every fresh dispatch. Pekin has not been heard from direct for fourteen days. The last dispatch was one imploriug aid. Admiral Seymour’s columu of 2,000 was last heard from twelve days ago. At that time it was surrounded midway between Pekin aud Tien Tsin. Possibly now internationals it has reached Tien Pekin. Tsin The 3,000 at were hard pressed aud fightiug for tlieir lives on Thursday and a relieving force of less than a thousand had been beaten back to Taku Friday. Observ¬ ers on the spot think that 100,000 men would not be too many to grasp China firmly. A message from Shanghai dated Sunday at 4 p. m. embodies some later information. It says: “Official Japanese telegrams con¬ firm the reports of a defeat of the al¬ lied forces at Tien Tsin. The foreign¬ ers there are placed in a most desper¬ ate situation. “Among those killed of the relief force Friday was the commander of her majesty’s ship Barfleur. The foreign casualities were 300. Captain Beatty and Lieutenant "Wright, British, have been severely wounded at Tien Tsin, according to a Shanghai dispatch to The London Daily Express, dated Saturday. NO. 24. JENNINGS IS NAMED By D3mocrats of Florida as Can¬ didate For Governor. F0RTY F0UR BALLOTS WERE TAKEN. List of Other State OOicer. Nominated at the State Convention Held In Jacksonville. The Florida state Democratic con¬ vention nominated Hon. William 8. Jennings as candidate for governor. On tho thirtieth ballot a stampede was attempted for Mays, his vote be¬ ing jumped up from 38 to 122$. His strength was drawn from Beggs, My¬ ers and Milton, only 14 votes leaving Jennings in tho stampede. Myers dropped out of the raco after the thirtieth ballot, though no formal withdrawal was made. On the forty-first ballot Mays with¬ drew in favor of Milton; on tho forty third ballot Beggs withdrew, and on the forty-fourth ballot William 8. Jen¬ nings receivod the required two-thirds vote and his nomination was made unanimous amid a scene of wild en¬ thusiasm. The nominee is a first cousin of Wil¬ liam Jennings Bryan of Nebraska. He is a native of Illinois, but removed to Florida in 1886. He is thirty-seven years old. The following state officers were nominated: Francis Bicar, justice of the supreme court; John L. Crawford, secretary of state; W. H. Reynolds, comptroller; W. B. Lamar, attorney general. superintendent of W. N. Sheats, public instruction. lion. B. E. MeLin, commissioner of agriculture. John L. Morgan, railroad commis¬ sioner. The governor and state officials hold office for four years. Judge George P. Raney, of Talla¬ hassee, was chosen the Florida mem¬ ber of the national Democratic corn tee. This is the last state Democratic convention that will be held in Flor¬ ida for many years, probably, as the platform adopted provides for prima¬ ries for United States senator down. BRYAN Oi PLATFORM. Nebraskan Gives HI* Opinion mt the Re¬ publican Document. When asked his opinion of the Phil¬ adelphia platform, Colonel Bryan saidr “The Philadelphia platform is the best evidence thus far given of the de¬ ception attempted by the Republican party. Taking in connection with the speeches made at the convention, it shows that the Republican party’s platform of 1896 was a deliberate fraud as far as the promises concerned; of inter¬ national bimettalism was that the party's attitude on the trust question is insincere and that the party is not willing to state its atti¬ tude on the Philippine question and invite the judgment of the people.” FILIPINOS WIN YICTOItY. An American I>etacli*nent Is Forced flack liy ttie liebeli. A Manila special says: A detach¬ ment of forty men of the Fortieth regi¬ ment, Captain Thomas Miller com¬ manding, left Cagayan de Misamis, is¬ land of Mindanao, scouting, June 13tb. During the morning of June 14th they encountered a strongly ambushed and entrenched force of the enemy. The Americans’ attempts to charge were frustrated by the Filipinos’ pit falls and troops. The advance line consequently was under a heavy fire in front and on its flanks, and fell back on Cagayan. The American loss was nine men killed and two officers and ten men wounded. CUBAN TEACHERS COMING. Bound For Boston, “Where They Will Be Given Instruction. Quartermaster General Ludington received word Saturday of the depart¬ ure of the transport McPherson from Manzanillo, Cuba, with 250 Cuban teachers bound for Boston by way of the eastern porta of Cuba. This move¬ ment makes the beginning of the gen¬ eral movement of about 2,500 teachers from Cuban ports to Boston, where they are to receive a general course of instruction during the summer under the auspices of ths Harvard university.