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The Banner Will Give You AH
The Sews of Conyers and Hock
dale County.
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amendment
and aycock
The Result of North Carolina’s
Hotly Contested Elections.
PESOCRATS WIN THE VICTORY
Tlarion Butler Turned Down and
Adoption of Amendment Will
Disfranchise Many Negroes.
The elections in North Carolina
Thursday for state officers, members
of the legislature aud county officers
god for an amendment looking to a
practical elimination of the negro from
politics, were unexpectedly quiet.
By far the greatest interest centered
in the fight over the amendment. Over
the state a great many negroes voted
for it. The faculty of Livingstone
collegp, at Salisbury, one of the most
prominent negro educational institu¬
tions in the south, voted for it.
The amendment was opposed by the
fusion forces of the Populists and Re¬
publicans headed by Senators Butler
aud Pritchard and the campaign was
the most bitter waged in the Btate
since reconstruction days. There was
a full poll of the Democratic strength,
which, combined with a small negro
vote and some Populist and Republi
can voteB, rolled up an unprecedented
majority. Adams, fusion nominee
Spencer B.
for governor, was defeated by Charles
E. Aycock, Democratic nominee, by
fully 40,000 majority. All other state
officers were elected by equal majori¬
ties. The legislature is Democratic in
both branches. The election through¬
out the state was generally quiet and
peaceable, the negroes, as a general
thing, remaining away from the polls.
The voting in Raleigh was the quiet¬
est ever known. Business was sus¬
pended and the day was Sabbath-like.
There was no disturbance and no ar¬
rests. The negroes who had regis¬
tered polled within fifty votes of the
registered strength. About fifteen of
them Voted for the franchise amend¬
ment and the Democratic state ticket.
The news which came in during the
day from other parts in the state was
that the election was extremely quiet
aud that the Democrats polled their
greatest vote at a number of points.
Never in any election was interest so
intense. Democratic State Chairman
Sinmons said the vote was as good as
could have been desired and that it
was never before cast so early in the
day. The Democrats carried the elec¬
tion by business campaign methods.
This is the first time in the history
of North Carolina when the full Dem*
ocratic vote was polled in every below coun¬
ty. The estimates in fact, were
the poll, as was quickly proved, as all
reports showed an increase. State
Chairman Simmons says he sent out
75,000 personal letters during the
campaign. 9 Raleigh kept
The military in were
on waiting orders all day in the ar¬
mory, but there was no call for their
use.
SKETCH OF GOV. AYCOCK.
Charles Brantley Aycock, elected
governor of North Carolina, in
Thursday's election, is in forty-two Wayne
years old, was born
county. He graduated at the Univer
sity of North Carolina and won there
the medal for oratory, a most coveted
prize. He studied law and began its
practice at Goldsboro. He held many
minor positions, such as county super
intendeut of education, chairman of
the town school board, town and
county attorney. United
He was appointed assistant
States attorney and later district at¬
torney, was a presidential elector in
1884, 1888 and 1892, the last year an
elector at large. He is a Baptist and
a man of the highest type and an ar¬
dent friend of public education. He is
considered the best orator in the state.
He was nominated for governor April
11th and made the greatest canvass on
record, speaking 111 times, and in all
the counties except three. He has
been married twice, his wives being
sisters. Misses Varina and Cora Wood¬
ard, of Wilson county, cousins of ex
Congressman Woodard.
Nashville Will Not Quarantine.
Mayor Head of Nashville, Tenn., re¬
ceived a telegraphic inquiry from a
railroad official at Tampa asking if
Nashville would receive passengers
from that point. The mayor replied:
“Nashville has no fears from yellow
fever and will receive passengers from
all points."
Mississippi Will Wait Awhile.
The Mississippi state board of health
does not think the yellow fever situa¬
tion in Tampa, Fla , at all serious so
far and does not consider the estab¬
lishment of quarantine necessary un¬
less conditions grow decidedly worse.
The Rockdale Banner
ANOTHER BELATED MESSAGE
Received From Minister Conger
Through Consul ’Goodnow
at Shanghai.
A AN asbiugton special says: A be¬
lated message from Minister Conger
was received Sunday at the state de¬
partment. It came through Consul
General Goodnow at Shanghai, who
transmitted messages received by Mr.
Ragsdale, United States consul at
Tien Tsin, from Mr. Conger and Mr.
Squires, secretary of the United States
legation at Pekin. The advices are
the same as those received a day or i
two ago by the state department from
Consul Eowler at Chee Foo. The
messrge was transmitted to President
MiKiuiey at Canton, and Mr. Adee,
acting secretary of state, issued the
following statement concerning it:
“Consnl General Goodnow, in a ca¬
blegram dated Shanghai, August 5th,
which was received at the state depart¬
ment at 5 o’clock this (Sunday) morn
iug, reports the receipt by Consul
Ragsdale at Tien Tsin of message from
Minister Conger aud the secretary of
the latter, Mr. Squires, dated July
21st, to the following effect:
< « ( All well; no fighting since the
15th by agreement. Enough provis¬
ions. Hope for speedy relief.’
“Mr. Goodnow adds that the direc¬
tor of posts, Sheng, had on the 5th
communicated to him an imperial edict
dated July 30th, ordering Jung Lu to
provide an escort for the ministers to
Tien Tsin when the ministers fix the
date. The edict says the ministers
can receive messages not in cipher, but
notwithstanding this, plain messages
were returned to some consuls on Au¬
gust 4th.”
While the messages from Minister
Conger and Secretary Squires bear the
date of July 21st, the belief, founded
not only upon them, but also upon
collateral and later information, is that
the legationers are yet safe from im¬
mediate harm
At present there is no means of know¬
ing whether the ministers will accept
the offer of the Chinese imperial gov¬
ernment to provide an escort for them
to Tien Tsin, but it is surmised that
they will prefer to remain within the
British legation at Pekin until the
arrival of the allied forces. Should
they start for Tien Tsin in all proba¬
bility it would be because they re¬
garded that the safer course to pursue.
It is thought to be not unlikely that
the Chinese will be very insistent up¬
on the departure of the ministers in
the hope, if they can be gotten to Tien
Tsin in safety, the storming of Pekin
may be averted._ The inhibition of
cipher dispatches to the minters,while
a serious breach of diplomatic usages,
is not regarded here with apprehen¬ it
sion. The Chinese government, is
pointed out,is suspicious of the actions
and intent of the powers, and preba
biy has adopted this precaution to pre¬
vent communication to the ministers
of the details of military movements.
ANARCHISTS MORE RETICENT.
Sinoe Detectives Are After Them They
Huye Changed Their Tune.
The tone of the anarchists at Pater¬
son, N. J., has greatly changed dur¬
ing the past few days. They are inclined keep¬
ing very quiet and are even
to call back what they said early in the
week. They know now that .beaidea
all that has been published about them
the secret service agents are at work
a nd must know more,
In the possession of the police and
of the Italian authorities is evidence
which the investigators regard as in
dispensible proof of the formation in
New York and in Paterson, N. J., of a
gigantic plot against the lives of the
crowned heads of the world. ^Various
shreds and patches of proof have been
gathered which indicate that the orig
inal fabric woven by the master weaver
was intricate and subtle,
NEW ORLEANS NEGROES
Hold Meeting and Resolve to Re-E*tub
lUli Friendly Relations With Whites.
At large meeting of the most influen¬
tial colored men in New' Orleans, held
Saturday, it was resolved to perfect an
organization that would re-establish
friendly relations between the whites
and negroes in the city, discourage all
incendiary pamphlets and literature
intended to stir up trouble between
the races, and frown on the movement
proposed in Boston and other north¬
ern cities to send an agent or emissa¬
ries to New Ohleans to inquire into
the condition of the negroes.
MAJORITY GROWS LARGER.
N'ortli Carolina Democrats Claim Nearly
Sixty Thousand for Amendment.
It is learned at the state Democratic
headquarters in Raleigh, N. C., that
the majority for the state ticket is
50,000 and that for the franchise
amendment to the constitution is
58,000. The Democrats have certainly
thirty-nine senators and 102 represen¬
tatives. ___
_
Allies of Nobody*
The officials of this government in
ered, sist that, so far as Americans are con- ,
they are allies of nobody,
though, of course, acting in co-opera
tion with the forces of other govern
ments toward the same end,
CONYERS. GA.. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1900.
AMERICANS TR PPED
Filipinos Either Capture or Kill a
Scouting Party of Fifteen Men.
THE FIRST SERIOUS CHICK SO FAR
Insurgents Ilceinio Mure Active In Am¬
bushing and Attacking Small Re
connoitcriug Par ies.
The first serious check which thfc
American troops have met in the Phil¬
ippines duriug the last two months is
recorded in a dispatch received in
Washington Saturday morning from
General MacArthur.
There has been an increase of insur
gent activity duriug the last three
weeks, especially in the way of am
bushes and attacks upon small parties.
First Lieutenant Alstetter, of the en
gineer corps, with an escort of fifteen
men, was taken in ambush in the
province of Ecija, Luzon, by a large
force. The Americans fought until
their ammunition was gone and as
they were surrounded, there was noth
ing to do but surrender. One man
was killed and three wounded.
General Lacuua, in command of the
insurgents, returned the wounded
with a letter promising to treat the
prisoners well. Lieutenant Bocton
Huelsberg was ambushed and killed
near Santa Cruz, province of LaguD#.
Five men of the Twenty-fourth in
fantry were captured in Nueva Ecia,
but Sergeant Schmidt, of the Twelfth
infantry, with seven men, trailed the
captors and killed five.
Captain Lara, of the Manila native
police, was dangerously shot by an
unknown assailant Saturday while on
the street. He had been effectively
engaged in enforcing regulations, and
had made enemies among the Filipinos.
some of whom have long threatened
vengeance. Lara had been generally
accused of gross corruption in office
and specific charges were made against
At ^71 the American suggestion officers. of Archbishop
Chappelle Judge Taft has been exam
imug he heads of the religious orders
as well as Monsiguor Nozaledas ami
other ecclesiastics, preparatory to the
time when it shall be necessary to
take definite action regarding the at
fairs of the friars and the church
It appears that the real esta e hold
ings of the friars are smaller than hod
been expected.
CHARGED WITH PATRICIDE.
young Ru; Accused <>f Shooting- sitter and
l’olsonitiff His Father.
On the afternoon of July 28th last,
while John I. Tindall, who was a
highly respected and industrious
er, living two miles south of Gordou,
Ga., with his wife, were visiting neigh
bore, his daughter Buby, aged tan
years, was shot and instantly killed
by her oldest brother, aged seventeen
years, with a shotgun, which shooting
at the time was supposed to have been
accidental, but in the light of subse
quent events is now thought by many ;
to have been intentional. The motive ;
for the shooting is supposed to have j
been revenge for his sister having pre
viously told his father of the brother’s
his father to
bim.
On Friday morning, August 3d,
John I. Tindall, who had been slight
ly indisposed for several days, woke
up complaining of a headache, and as
he had been taking medicine for some
time, took a dose for this ailment, and
was seized within fifteen or twenty
minutes afterwards with violent con
vulsions, one convulsion succeeding
another in rapid succession, ending in
death within fifteen minutes from the
first seizure.
The coroner’s jury, after a thorough
investigation and autopsy by pbysi
cians, rendered a verdict in effect that
Tindall came to his death by strych- been
nine poisoning, the drug have
mixed in the medicine he was taking
by his eldest sou, James Tindall, with
intent to kill.
The motive for this deed is supposed
to have been furnished by a whipping
given the boy by his father a week or
two previous to his death.
Boers Continue to Give Up.
Lord Roberts telegraphs to the war
office in London that General Huntei
reports that , 3,348 men have surrender- ,
ed to him altogether. General Hunter
also secured 3,04G horses and three
guns.
COLLIER ON THE STAND.
Defense In Powers Case Trying to Im
peach state’s witnesses.
The cross examination of Adjutant
General Collier, of the Taylor admin
istration, and the examination, direct
and cross, of , Reuben _ , Miller, ,,... chief ,. ,
clerk of the defendant, w i e e ac e
as secretary of state, were the features
°f the Powers trial at
Ky., Saturday. ± 1 e * ia
brought back rom n ^y e
defense. It was °P
shot whicn resulted m the death , of .
Governor Goebe was »
those which followed it, outstde the
executive budding.
ULTIMATUM ISSUED
China Must Meet Demands of the
United States at Once.
HAY SO NOTIFIES THE ORIENTALS
President McKinley Return* to Washing¬
ton and Discusses the Situation
With the Cabinet.
The state department has made pub¬
lic the correspondence between Li
Hung Chang and the department fe
garding the abandonment of the cam¬
paign in Pekin.
“Telegram sent to the United States
embassies in Berlin, London, Paris,
Rome and St. Petersburg and to the
United States minister to Tokio:
“Department of State, Washington,
August 1, 1900.
“I n reply to a suggestion of Li
Hung Chang that the ministers might
l )e sent under safe escort to Tien Tsin
provided the powers would engage not
to march on Pekin, the secretary of
state replied on the 30th of July:
“This government will not enter in
to any arrangement regarding dispo
sition or treatment of legations with
out first having free communication
with Minister Conger. Responsibility
for their protection rests upon Chinese
government. Power to deliver at Tien
Tsin pre-supposes power to protect
an( f open communication. This is iu
sisted on.”
This message was delivered by Mr.
Goodenow on the 31st to Viceroy Li,
who then inquired whether if “free
communication were established be
tween ministers and their govern
.
' ments it could be arranged that the
powers should not advance on Pekin
1 pending negotiations,
j To the inquiry the following reply
was 8en t 0 n the first of August;
, .. QoodenoTr Consnl General, Shang-
hai.
“I do not think it expedient to sub
mU the £ £ ition of Earl Li to the
other ^ w g# Free communica tion
^ represell F tati V eB in Pekin is
demanded aB a maUe r of absolute
rj £ ht and not a8 a favor . since the
c inege government admits that it
“ 8seB the £ er to giv0 comm nni
ation it pu it80 if iu an unfriendly
altitude by £, denying * it. Negotiations
flre adviga e un al the Chinese gov .
eminent shall have put the diplomatic
representatives of the powers in full
and free communication with the re¬
spective governments aud removed all
danger to their lives aud liberty. We
would urge Earl Li earnestly to advise
the imperial authorities of China to
place themselves in friendly commu
nication and co-cperation with the re
lief expedition. They are assuming a
heavy responsibility in acting other
wise. Hay.”
m’KINLEY IN WASHINGTON.
President McKinley returned to
Washington from Canton Thursday
morni d called B 8pec ial cabinet
meeting . to , consider the Chinese situa
tion. Two hours were consumed in a
general review of the latest develop
nients in China, special attention be
ing given to Secretary Hay’s vigorous
and unequivocal reply to Li Hung
Chang’s proposition to escort the
foreign ministers to Tien Tsin, on
condition that the advance of the allied
forces upon Pekin be stayed,
The language employed by Secretary
Hay in refusing to deviate from the
original position taken by the United
States with regard to free and unre
Rtricted • communication being estab
listed between foreign representatives
at Pekin and their respective govern
tnents i 8 universally commended. In
diplomatic circles it is considered that
a crisis has been reached, otherwise
the correspondence between Secretary
Hay and Li Hung Chang would not
have been disclosed,
That correspondence emphasizes
that the attitude of the United States
government as one of unalterable op¬
position to any negotiations with
China in advance of free communica
tion with the foreign ministers at
Pekin. China must act promptly upon
Secretary Hay’s ultimatum, otherwise
the march of the allied forces on Pekin
proceeds. f The president being fully
Katisfie( tbat Secretary Hay has the
situation well iu hand, decided to re¬
turn to Canton.
CANAL CONCESSION REVOKED.
Tlie Governor of Nicaragua Seize* Prop
erty of the Maritime Company.
Advices from Managua, Nicaragua,
state that the governor of Nicaragua
has taken possession of the property
°t the Maritime Canal Company and
removed the company s cars, rails and
property to the int erior from Grey
town, under article 54 of the conces
-
g oD
Under the terms of the concession
the Nicaragua Canal company was al
j owe( j a period 0 f ten years, after the
^ preliminary J surveys, £ in which to corn¬
^ constr ctioa of the canal .
That period expired nearly two years
ago.
Official Organ of Rockdale t'oun*
ty. Has Largest Circulation in
The County.
FROM CONSUL G00DN0W.
Our Representative at Shanghai
. Sends Ominous and Disquiet¬
ing Hessage.
The department of state has received
a dispatch from Consul Goodnow, at
Shanhai, saying that the governor of
Shan Tung wires that the boxers and
soldiers -were bombarding the lega¬
tions for a final attack upon the 7th of
July. Ho is extremely auxioua for the
safety of the ministers and friendly
Chinese in Pekin. The consul adds
that fears for the worst are generally
entertained.
The state department has abo re¬
ceived a dispatch from Consul McWade
at Canton, saving that the viceroy, Li
Hung Chang, has engaged quarters
upon the Chinese steamer Apping, but
that the date of his departure from
the north is still undecided. Consul
General Goodnow’s message terribly
depressed the officials here. All along
they have suspected that the various
communications received from Chinese
sources in Shanghai have been prepar¬
ing the way for the announcement of
the extermination of the foreign minis¬
ters and their wives, children, attacn
es, dependents and guards.
The consul general’s message, it is
understood, is but a repetition of the
latest press reports from Shanghai,
but the state department has come to
place a high estimate on Mr. Good¬
now’s messages. It appreciates the
fact that he does not send every piece
of unreliable gossip afloat in the sen¬
sational center where he is stationed,
but uses good judgment in sifting out
the probable from the other kind of
news. Moreover, his advice this time
is from the Chinese governor of the
province wherein Shanghai is situated.
It is hard to conceive of an adequate
reason for falsification of the facts by
that official in the direction of this re¬
port. Thereforo the state department,
which has all along been hopeful of
the ultimate rescue of the ministers at
Pekin, has now joined European chan¬
cellories in the belief that they have
all been killed.
DATE OF NOTIFICATION.
Committee Will Call On Bryan and Stev
enaon at IiullmmnolU, Ansrnst 8.
William Jennings Bryan and Adlai
E. Stevenson will be formally notified
of their selection as the presidential
and vice presidential nominees of the
Democratic party August 8, at Indian¬
apolis, Ind. Information to this effect
has been received by Representative
Richardson, of Tennessee, chairman of
the Democraticcongressional campaign
committee, from' Senator Jones, the
national chairman. Mr. Richardson
will make the speech of notification to
Mr. Bryan, and Governor Charles S.
Thomas, of Colorado, that to Mr.
Stevenson.
A Lincoln special says: The date,
August 8th, on which Mr. Bryan is to
receive official notification of his nom¬
ination by the Democratic committee
is satisfactory to him. It is doubtful
if he will leave Lincoln much before
that time, though he does not himself
know just what his programme will be.
He does not, however, expect to make
any speeches in advance of his notifi¬
cation. Mr. Bryan is spending much
of the time in his library with his
stenographer, working on material for
the campaign. Charles A. Town# has
been with him most of the time.
BOLOS FOUGHT FEROCIOUSLY.
Americans Were Forced To Kngage In
Hand-to-Hand Fight With Filipino*.
The war department has received an
interesting report from Captain George
A. Dodd, of the Third cavalry, in re¬
gard to the operations in northwestern
Luzon with troop F, of that regiment,
from April 8th to May 3rd last.
Captain Dodd's force, consisting of
eighty-seven men and ninety-three
horses, left Yigan on April 8th and
headed northward, Early on the
morning of the 15th his command en¬
countered a large party of insurgents
under Gregorio Aglihay in the moun¬
tains near Badoc.
In a fierce fight, lasting an hour,
forty-nine insurrectos were killed,four
were mortally wounded and forty-four
were made prisoners. The affray took
place in a thick jangle whicn made the
movements of the soldiers very diffi¬
cult. The command then proceeded
to hunt down a large body of insur¬
gents which was believed to be some¬
where in the vicinity of Bad oo. At
daylight on the 25th instant they met
their quarry and another sharp en¬
gagement took place.
The bolo men are said to have
fought with great ferocity, and the
troopers were obliged to put aside
their carbines and close in with tbeir
revojvers in a hand to hand fight. In
this fight 120 insurgents were killed
outright and five captured with rifles
and horses.
Captain Dodd’s only casualty was a
spear wouud snffered by sergeant.E. B.
Coppeck in the fighting at close quar¬
ters. This engagement, says the re¬
port, practically squelched an attempt¬
ed uprising in Ilocos Norte. Next day
the Filipinos were again at w r ork in
the fields. Captain Dodd’s command
arrived back of Yigan on May 3d, hav¬
ing covered a distance of 435'miles.
NO. 29.
RIOT CAUSED
BY ANARCHISTS
Chicago Police Had a Serious
Problem on Their Hands.
WIDOW PARSONS IS ARRESTED
Relict of Long Dead Bomb-Throw¬
er Instigator of Trouble In The
Windy City.
An anarchist riot occurred in Chi
cago Sunday afternoon in which twen¬
ty-five people were bruised in a strug¬
gle with forty-five police, summoned
to quell the disturbance.
Five persons wore arrested, among
them beiug Mrs. Lucy Parsons, widow
of Albert R. Parsons, who was execut¬
ed November 11th, 1887, iu Chioago for
aiding and abetting the bomb throw¬
ing in the Hay Market roit. She was
charged with disorderly conduct, ob¬
structing the street and resisting an
officer.
The others arrested were: Paul
Vandree, charged with distributing in¬
cendiary literature; Clement Pfuetz
ner, charged with assault, disorderly
conduot and obstructing the street;
Herman Goodman, charged with dis¬
tributing incendiary literature; Ahra
liam E. Dtfistadt, charged with’disor
derly conduct, obstructing the street
aud resisting an officer.
A mass meeting had
West side Turner hall at which speech¬
es were to be made by Mrs. Parsons
and others on the topic, “The Execu¬
tion of the King of Italy.” The oall
concluded, “workmen, come in crowds
and show that the feeling of brother¬
hood is strong among you.”
Mrs. Parsons was on her way to the
hall, when, feeliug ill from the intense
heat, sho stepped into a shaded door¬
way to rest. Soon a crowd formed and
a police officer, pushing through the
crowd, caught a glimpse of Mrs. Par¬
sons.
Thinkiiig she was making, an anar¬
chistic speech he endeavored to dis¬
perse the crowd. His efforts were in
vain and the officer sent in a call for
reinforcements. Additional officers ar¬
rived and immediately a general fight
was precipitated. Fists and clubs
wero used and the officers, finding
Ihemselves being worsted, sent in a
riot call. The number of police was
increased to forty-five gnd they rushed
into the throng. Mrs. Parsons was
seized. It is claimed she resisted ar¬
rest and her associates fought for her.
Bricks were thrown, clubs were wieldr
ed and a fierce struggle ensued before
the crowd was finally dispersed.
Clement Pfuetzner, one of those ar¬
rested, was badly cut in the hand. A
number of children in the crowd were
knocked down in the melee and
trampled upon, but none were seri¬
ously injured. In all twenty-five per¬
sons were badly beaten and bruised.
After the affray numerous small
cards wero found on the street and in
vicinity containing two verses of poetry,
urging the workingmen to be free, to
throw off the yoke of bondage and
fight for liberty and to lay down their
lives, if necessary, to overthrow the
government and attain freedom. The
card bore the heading:
“Workingmen, emancipate your¬
selves!”
The police assert that these cards
were printed in San Francisco and
were received here by the anarchists
several days ago and have been se¬
cretly distributed. A large quantity
of literature advocating anarchy and a
book containing the names and ad¬
dresses of several hundred anarchistic
sympathizers were received by the po¬
lice.
UNDER GOOD ESCORT
Foreign Ministers Are Authorized to Reave
Pekin For Tien Tgln.
Cheng, director general of railways
and telegraphs, has at last communi¬
cated to the consuls at Shanghai, ac¬
cording to a special dispatch to The
Paris Temps, dated August 5th, an
imperial decree dated August 2, au¬
thorizing the foreign ministers in Pe¬
kin to communicate without rectric
tion with their governments and oidar¬
ing their departure for Tien Tsin un¬
der a good escort.
KENTUCKY POPULISTS
Hold Convention at Louisville aud Op¬
pose Goebel Election Law.
The state convention of the People’s
party of Kentucky was called to order
in Louisville Wednesday with the
largest attendance ever seen at a Popu¬
list gathering in Kentucky. There
was no question as to the platform,
and as outlined, it was unanimously
adopted.
It opposes the Goebel election law
and demands direct legislation, these
two planks composing its main fea¬
tures.
A. H. Cardin of Crettenden county
was nominated for governor.