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VOL. XXV.
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Bryan and Stevenson are Notified
Of Their Nomination.
At Indianapolis, Ind., Wednesday,
son were formally notified of tlrnir
nomination by the Democratic party
[or president vice -
jpectively. where the exercises
Military park,
vere held, was a seething mass of
humanity, 25,000 people crowding
into the open space to hear the notifi¬
cation and acceptance speeches.
The greatest enthusiasm prevailed
despite the hot weather, and the lead¬
ers of the party weie given a magnifi¬
cent reception.
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Hon. Wm. J. Bryan.
Hon. William J. BryaD, in accepting
the Democratic nomination for presi¬
dent, began his acceptance speech as
follows:
“I shall, at an early day and in a
more formal manner, accept the nomi¬
nation which you tender, and I shall
at that time discuss the various ques¬
tions covered by the Democratic plat
L torn. It may not be out of place,
I however, to submit a few observations
1 «t this time upon the general character
of the contest before us, and upon the
question which is declared to be of
paramount importance in this cam
paign.
"When I say that the contest of
1900 is a contest between Democracy
on one hand and plutocracy on the
other, I do not mean to say that all
our opponents have deliberately chosen
to give to organized wealth a predomi¬
nating influence in the affairs of the
government, but I do assert that on
the important issqes of the day the
Republican papty is dominated by
those jnfluencgs fi-bicb constantly tend
tp elepate pepaaiary considerations
»ud ignore hpnqiB rights.’ 1
“Thp Democratic party is not mak¬
ing war upon the honest acquisition of
wealth; it has no desire to discourage
industry, economy and thrift. On the
contrary, it gives tp every citizen the
greatest possible stimulus to lionest
toil, when it promises him protection
in the enjoyment pf the proceeds of
bis labor, Property rights are most
secure when huma u rights are re¬
spected, Democracy strives for a civ¬
ilisation in which every member of so¬
ciety The will share according to bis merits.
most striking sentences of Mr.
Bryan’s speech were the following;
“If elected president, J shall pon
! vene congress jn extraordinary session
j commend as soon as I am immediate inaugurated, declaration and re¬ of
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the nation’s purpose.
“First, To establish a stable form
j islands, government just in the Philippine establish¬
| ing stable form as we of are now in the
island a government
of Cuba;
the “Second, TTlipinos, To give independence to
independence just to'the as we promised to
(?>?« Cubans;
ffom “Third, To protect the Filipinos
?orjj: oqta’fde interference wfiile they
taye put their destiny, just as we
| $outh protected the republics of
ifonrop America, and are, lpy the
Otiha. dootriue, pledged tp protect '
“The tte4 Republicans shall not be per
® ! to evftde tlie stupendous issue
! ^imperialism ’’We
°( elf-goverument qannot repudiate the principle
I 8 in the Philippines
without weakening that principle at
home,
“The advocates of imperialism in
his country dare not say a word in
b *half of the Boers.
O
pose expansion when expansion n
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w 8e8 the area of the republic.
I* we have an imperial policy we
have a large standing army.
Hhe Republican party has accepted
B^^ground ® European idea and planted itself
History taken by Georg <2 III.
furnishes no ex ® mple of
*®?TPitttde baser than' ours if we sub
“*te our yoke for the Spanish yoke,
A war of conquest is as unwise as
u nurigiteous.”
H”S It-' CD O CD i pD CD pq ps tas 3>
Hon. James I). Richardson, cbair
of the notification committee,
made a brilliant speech iu announcing
to the candidates the honor conferred
qn »iion o,
imperialism, entirely iguoring silver,
trusts and other issues of the cam
paign. This fact was the sensational
feature of the day.
Mr. Stevenson covered the several
issues, but made scant reference to
silver, confining his remarks on the
subject to the statement that the party
had reaffirmed the demand for bimet
allism.
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Hon. Adlia E. Stevenson.
Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson, in accept¬
ing the Democratic nomination for
vice president, said in part:
“I am profoundly grateful for the
honor conferred upon me by my selec¬
tion by the national Democratic con¬
vention as its candidate for the high
office of vice president of the United
States. For the complimentary man -
tier in which such action has been of¬
ficially made known to me, I express
to you, Mr. Chairman, and to your
honored associates of the committee,
my sincere thanks.
“Deeply impressed with a sense of
the responsibility assumed by such
candidacy, I accept the nomination so
generously tendered me. Should the
action of the convention meet the ap¬
proval of tho people in November, it
will be my earnest endeavor to dis¬
charge with fidelity the duties of the
great office.
“Imperialism means a permanent
departure from all the traditions of the
past; from the high ideals of the
founders of the Republic. It nbrq*
gates the holding of our great court
that the declaration of independence
is the spirit of the government—Abe
constitution but its form and letter.
“Imperialism . , knows nothing ,, . of .. lug
itations of power. Its rule is outside
the constitution. It means the estab
lishment by the American republic of
the colonial methpds of European
monarehies. ft means the right tq
hold alien force peoples the as controlling subjects, It en
thrones as agency
iu government. It means the empire,
“As a necessary corrollary to stands impe,
riftlism will come the immense
ing army. The dead hand of militarism
will be felt in the new world, as it is iu
the gld,
“In the light of history, can it be
possible that the American people will
consent to the permanent establish¬
ment of a large standing army, and
its consequent continuing and ever
increasing burden of taxation?
“Only those who believe that our
own country has outgrown the doc¬
trines of the fathers are in sympathy
with England’s attempt to establish
monarchy upon the ruins of repub"
lies.
“The baleful bqt logical result pf .
fhe tariff law condemned by our platr
form is seen in the sudden growth qf
monopolies, combinations in re
atraint pf lawful trade aud trusts more
threatening than foreign foe to tLe e*
istenpe “The of ills popular resulting government. from unjust leg,
illation, . and from unwise admimstru
turn qt the government, must find
their remedy in the all-potent ballot,
To |t we now make our solemn appeal,
A paramount incident in the nomi¬
nation, of Stevenson at Kansas City,
which was inadvertently omitted from
these colums in the hurried and brief
chronicling of , iU the event, . tbe ., mi- • ,
was
tial part taken by the Georgia deiega
tion in launching the boon for the I 1 I 1 - j
nois man. It is well-known that the
Georgians, led by Hon.Boykin \Y right,
were first in bringing Mr. Stevenson
to the front and preventing a speech starnpe e
to Hill. The nominating was
made by a member of the Georgia
delegation—Mr. Hutcherson and the
first seconding speech was also deliver
ed by a Georgian.
CONYERS, GA.. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1900.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
Many Ne\c Industries Established During
the Past Week.
The more important of the Dew in¬
dustries reported the past week include
box factories in Florida and Texas;
brass foundry at Charlotte, N. C.; can¬
nery in Virginia; a $25,000 chair and ta¬
ble factory in North Georgia; a $150,
000 cigar manufacturing company at
Tampa, Fla.; coal mines in the Bir¬
mingham and Fairmont districts; coffin
factory in Atlanta; copper and gold
mines in the Dahlouega district; a
cotton mill in South Carolina; a cotton
seed oil mill in Georgia; a municipal
electric light waterworks plant at
Wrightsville.Ga; a ferry company at Sa
vanuah; two fertilizer factories in Vir¬
ginia; flouring mills in North Caro¬
lina, Texas and Virginia; a $25,000
fruit evaporatiug plant at Pensacola; a
harrow factory in Mississippi; a coiled
hoop factory in Florida; au ice factory
at Columbus, Ga.; iron works in South
west Virginia, knitting and yarn mills
in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee;
lumber mills in Florida, Mississippi
and West Virginia; machine shops in
New Orleans; a branch packing house
for the Armours at Louisville; a roof¬
ing manufactory (rebuilt) iu Atlanta;
a spoke and handle factory iu Alaba¬
ma; steel works at Newport News; a
sugar refinery at Tampa; a tannery in
Virginia; a telephone exchange at Ma¬
con, Ga.; tobacco factories in Ken¬
tucky and North Carolina.--Trades¬
man (Chattanooga, Teuu.)
A PPROPRIATION FIGU RES.
Calculation of Clerks Shows Con¬
gress Paid Out $710,150,86‘4.88.
The volume of appropriations re¬
quired by law to be prepared and pub¬
lished at the end of each session of
congress under the direction of the
committee on appropriations of the
senate and the house, has been com¬
pleted for the first session of the fifty
sixth congress by Thomas P. Cleaves
and James C. Courts, chief clerks,
respectively, of the committees. A
summary of the appropriations shows
the grand total of $710,150,862,88.
The details of bills are as follows:
Agriculture $ 4,023,500.00
Army...... 114,220,095.55
Diplomatic. 1,771,168.76
District of Columbia.. 7,577.369.31
Fortification......... 7,383,628.00
Indian .............. 8,197,989.24
Legislative........... 24,175,652.53
Military academy..... 674,306.67
Naval................ 65,140,916.67
Pension............. 145,245,230.00
Postoffiee............ 113,658,238.75
River and harbor..... 560,000.00
Sundry civil......... 65,319,915.45
Deficiency........... 15,688,330.61
Miscellaneous........ 132,712,220.00
Grand total 710,150,862.88
APPEALED TO REPUBLICANS.
Migg Jewett> of 4 n«-Lynctu.. K Fame,
“Snubbed” By Hanna.
Ferhaps the most interesting visitor
ftt the natioual Republican Monday heftdquar- Lillian
j. erg j n Yor]$ w^s
0 . Jewett tbe so-called ‘Moan of Arc”
q{ the Anti-Lynching League of Ros
t0Q Miss J ewe tt waited for some
tim0 Governor Roosevelt was
talking with Senator Hanna, Bhe
(heu h d au audie npe with the chair
man herself. When Senator Hanna
wag asked { about the matter, he re¬
j; e q, !
“Poor , girl- She wanted the indorse Repub
j; can na ti 0 nal committee to
^ Auti-Lyncliing League. Of course
we ul(J nc q do £ We all deprecate moral
]yuclliDg j tp ld her that all
* ou8 and i aw . a biding ones are
gaillst lynching. This is not a party
matter.”
WRECK INJURES MANY.
Southern Train Has Smash-Up In City
Limits of TenniUe, Ga.
The Southern train from Augusta,
Ga., due at Tennille at 12:15 noon
Monday, was wrecked inside the town.
The train left Sandersville, three
miles distant, ou time. Justoqe iqiltr
from Tennille there is a steep grade,
aud it is supposed that several cars,
including two cpaches and qne box
car, broke lpose from the rest of the
train. As the front septioq slacked
speed for Tennille the second section
collided with it, smashing one coach
and box almost fo splinters and wreck¬
ing several others, Ten
There was an excursion from
qille to Ravannab and a large crowd
was aboard to go ou the excursion.
There were quite a number of these so
badly injured that they were placed
under medical attention.
REBUTTAL TESTIMONY
Taken In Powers Case Wherein the De¬
fendant’* Story la Contradicted.
A large number of witnesses in re
bnttal for the prosecution was heard
at Georgetown, Ky., Saturday an the
tr j a ] 0 f former Secretary State Powers,
^ alleged complicity in the Goe
shooting. Some of them were
gtron g j n their contradictions of wit
nesse8 f or the defensense. Theprose
cu G on laid much store by the testi
mon y 0 f two witnesses who swore to
6 g e j n g Caleb Powers with other lead
€J , 8 ^jj e m0 untain crowd on the
ev . en , n g 0 f January 25th. T?b e d e ^ e ^'
dan t had testified that he was ill in
bis room all that afternoon.
HEAT’S FATAL WORK
Hundreds of Lives Out Short In
Big Cities of the North,
NEW YORK CITY LEADS THE RECORD
Intensity of Hot Wave Equals Any Ever
Experienced Heretofore For the
Month of August.
Thirty persons died in New York
City aud vicinity Saturday from heat
prostrations and three from falling
from fire escapes on which they had
crowded to get relief from tbe heat.
All it all, it was the hottest continuous
weather New York has ever experi¬
enced. The local forecaster said that
it surpassed the heat record of 1896.
The thermometer reached ninety-five
at 2 p. in., and registered the fame
figures an hour later. This was the
official record in the bureau, high
above the street, and is several degrees
cooler than the temperature ou the
streets.
While ninety-five was reached on
the seventh aud ninth days of August
there was a higher range Saturday and
the thermometer hardly wavered be¬
low the highest figures for many hours.
Death after death resulted. The fact
that it was a half holiday enabled
many to escape the heat of offices and
factories.
On Friday eleven persons died from
the excessive heat. The greatest suf¬
fering was endured by the thickly pa¬
lliated east side. In these neighbor¬
hoods numerous families oconpy a sin¬
gle apartment aud many of them sleep
on the pavements to get a little fresh
air.
BECORD BROKEN AT PHILADELPHIA.
The temperature at Philadelphia
Saturday broke all records for Au¬
gust, when at 3 o’clock in the after¬
noon the government thermometer ou
top of the posteffice building register¬
ed 100.6 degrees. This was withiu 1
degree of the highest temperature
ever officially recorded in the city.
Five deaths and twenty prostrations
occurred Friday. The maximum tem¬
perature -was 97.
FATALITIES IN CHICAGO.
Six deaths iu Chicago were due to
the heat Saturday. It was the eighth
day of the torrid spell and there were
twenty-five prostrations, three of
which will prove fatal.
Nine deaths aud fifteen jiroslrations
was the record for Friday. The max¬
imum temperature was 95 degrees.
The heat of Sunday resulted iu sev¬
enteen deaths in Rhiladeljihia and
scores qf prostrations. After a week
of almost unprecedented hot weather
Sl wind $ncl electric storm Sunday
night caused a, fall of 24 degrees in the
NOT YELLOW FEVER.
Drs.Porter and White Make State¬
ment as to Illness at Tampa,
Florida.
Drs. Porter and White issued their
valedictory to the people of Tampa,
Florida, in the recent “scare” Satur¬
day night iu the following signed
statement;
“The house to house inspection in¬
dicated in the last statement to the
public has this day been completed.
Ocular examination has been made of
all febrile disorders and many others
by either the United States health
authority, Dr. J. H. White, surgeon
of the marine hospital service, or state
health officer, and often times by both
co-jointly with negative results as to
doubt or suspicions of yellow fever
existing in Tampa iji any of those sick
o,r seen. Wigal's agglutination test
of the blood of Baker and Parker
made in the laboratory of the marine
hospital service at Washington gave a
reaction positive in both specimens,
thus confirming the diagnosis made at
first of typhoid fever in Parker and
suspected in case of Baker.”
Dr. Porter, as state health officer,
addressed the following order:
“The quarantine restrictions on
travel to and from Tampa will be re¬
moved at midnight this date.”
Bailroad and steamer lines resumed
their regular schedules Sunday morn¬
ing and the cordon of special guards
about the city was called in.
MERCY IS REFUSED.
Georgia Prison Commission Turns Down
Application For Clemency.
The Georgia state prison commission i
Thursday refused to recommend to
life sentence James L. Baker, of At
lanta, and Dillard Herndon, of Wilkes j
county, both of whom were under
sentence of death for murder.
Ihe action of the commission leaves |
tbe men without the shqdow of hope j
unless the governor interferes in their |
behalf, and as it is not Governor |
Candler’s custom tqmake recommend- j
atiops qgainst the decisions of the
cou*miSBion, it is likely that both the
men will be hanged on the date named
by the courts.
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TRAIN SMASHES BUS.
Frightful Accident on a Penn¬
sylvania Railroad—Eleven
Lives Crushed Out.
Eleven persons were instantly killed
and a dozeen others, several of whom
will die, were seriously injured
Sunday night in a grade crossing ac¬
cident three miles east of Slatington,
Pa., by a passenger train on the Le¬
high and New England railroad crash¬
ing into an omnibus containing twenty
five persons. All the dead aud injured
were in the omnibus and but three es
caped uninjured.
The accident occurred about 5
o’clock. The omnibus driven by a man
named Peters, was returning to Sla
tiugton, from a funeral the occupants
had been attending at Cherriersville.
The coach belonged to Henry Bitter, of
Slatington. aud the dead aud injured
were nearly all relatives of Sophia
Schoeffner, at whose obsequies they
had been present. The train was a
special and consisted of au engine and
oue car.
At the point at which the collision
occurred there is a sharp curve in the
road and the omnibus came along at a
good rate of speed, the occupants un¬
conscious of any impending danger.
As the bus swung around the curve
the engine and car came in sight. It
was too late to stop either the omui
bus or the train, and as the driver of
tbe former whipped up the four horses
to cross the track ahead of the train,
the latter crashed into its middle.
Tbe occupants were thrown in all
directions, bruised and bleeding. The
eleven dead were killed outright. Phy
sicians and a special train were sent
for and the injured were taken to
South Bethlehem.
No watchman is employed to warn
teams or pedestrians of any approach
iug train aud those living in the vicin
ity state that it is impossible to hear
au approaching train.
A peculiar feature of the accident
was that the horses drawing the bus
ercaped unhurt.
THREATENED RACE WAR.
Two White Men Killed Hy NeK«'<>es on
tho Public Highway.
News reached Sylvania, Ga., Sunday
of a colored race war in the upper part
of Screven county, twenty miles north
of town, which, though already serious,
threatens to grow more so.
Saturday night, about 9 o’olock, R.
F. Herrington and Milton Hears, two
wlpte men, were driving in a buggy.
They met two negroes mimed Alexan¬
der and in passing their buggy wheels
collided. Words ensued aud the ne
groes di^ew postals aud ftliafc the white
death
Captain Jessie T. Wade, living near,
organiaed a party and went to capture
the negroes. As he reached their
home the party was fired upon and
Capt. Wade was seriously wounded.Tlie
attempt at capture was temporarily
abandoned
Tho negroes are quartered on the
plantations bordering on the Savan¬
nah river swamps. It is claimed they
are planning to resist arrest and their
number is being increased, In the
section where the tragedy occurred
there are only about twenty-five white
families and a hundred negroes.
STILL UNDER SIEGE.
Additional MesBuge From Conger Keache
Washington Through Me Wade.
The following dispatch communicat¬
ing an additional message from Minis¬
ter Conger was made public Saturday
morning by the state department:
Canton, August 11.—Secretary of
State, Washington—Conger, date Au¬
gust 10, Tsinan, answering my mes
saya that the legations are under
by the imperial soldiery. The situa¬
tion is desperate. Tho losses of the
legations is 60 killed aud about 100
wounded. There is some sickness,
nevertheless the general health con¬
tinues good. He concludes: ‘Whatever
may be the outcome, we will hold on
indefinitely.’ Mg Wade. ”
More Missions Destroyed.
The United States consul general at
Hong Kong, Mr. Wildman, has re¬
ceived a telegram from the American
Baptist mission at Swato, province of
Kwang Tung, saying that three more
chapels have been demolished and
that there has been much looting of
mission property.
REFUSES TO SIGN WRIT.
Judge Lacotnbe Makes a Decision Favor¬
able to C. F. W. Neeley.
Judge Lacombe, of the United
States circuit court at New York,
Monday, refused to sign the writ of
extradition of Charles F. W. Neeley
on account tho action of Judge WaL
jag. in granting an appeal to the su
p reEtt e court iu the habeas corpus pro
cee( ]i DgSt l )ut indicated that he did
oot think Judge Wallace understood
tbe M8 | situation of the case, and he
believed if it went to the supreme
court in it8 present shape the applica
tj on for a writ of habeas corpus would
be denie d.
NO. 30.
Ion RUSSIANS FIRE
AMERICANS
Mistaken For Chinese and Many
Were Killed or Wounded.
THE ERROR A DEPLORABLE ONE
5ir Claude JTacDonald Again Sets
Forth Fearful Condition
of Affairs in Pekin.
a special cable dispatch to the New
York Eveui 8 WorJd of Monday, J
dated Che „ h August . . 9th, ..l . a Shang- ,
00 , via
hai, says:
A terrible mistake occurred at the
taking of YangTsuu. Russian artillery
opeued fire on the American troopB.
Before the mistake was discovered
many American soldiers had been
killed or wonnded by the Russian
shells.
The Fourteenth took part in the at
tack on the Chinese trenches. As the
Chinese fled the regiment entered
a utl occupied one,of the Chinese po
sitions.
The Russian battery, it seems, did
not notice the movement. It open
ed fire on the position and planted
shells among the American troops,
The Russians w'ere quickly notified,
and ceased their fire,
Commenting upon this occurrence,
The London Standard says:
“It is melancholy to learn that the
losses of the Americans, who seem to
have borne themselves with conspicu
ous gallantry, were increased by a
! deplorable error, in consequence of
which one of their regiments was
pounded by Ilussiau and British cau
non. The incident emphasizes the
necessity of that close co-operation
which is not easily obtainable without
a single commander and a general
staff.”
SITUATION OF FOREIGNERS IN PEKIN IS
DESPERATE.
The British consul at Canton, says
I The London Daily Telegraph's corre-
1 spondeut there, has received the fol
j lowing message, dated August 6th,
1 f rom am Claude MacDonald, British
minister in Pekin:
“Our situation hero is desperate.
In ten days our food supply will be at
au f nA , TT Uulesa , we .
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era J-he Chinese 18 P ro offer ^ ,a ^^ to e * escort us to
Tien Tsin, but remembering Cawn
P ort> ' ' ve refused the offer. There are.
f er 200 European women and chiL
™ ln * hlB [ eKatlon -
L ie Express, Shanghai correspondent Monday, of I h»
wiring says,
“The allies at noon Saturday were
within twenty miles of Pekin.”
As General Chaffee’s report, which
is the only authentic news received at
Washington regarding the advance,
located the international forces about
forty miles from 1 ekin on Friday, it
seems probable that the Shanghai re¬
port is optimistic. It is scarcely likely
that the allies could advance twenty
miles in as many hours.
A Yang Tsun dispatch dated August
7th, giving details regarding the cap¬
ture of that place, says:
The Russians and French held the
left, the British the left center, the
Americans the right center and the Ja¬
panese the extreme right. The British
and Americans advanced on the vil¬
lage at a rapid rate for 5,000 yarcla
under a severe shell aDd rifle fire. The
Russians opened and the British-Amer
ican advance became a race for posi¬
tions, culminating in a brilliant
charge. The heaviest loss of the day
was sustained by the Americans, the
Fourteenth infantry, having nine
killed, sixty-two wounded and several'
missing. The Bengal LancerH unsuc¬
cessfully attempted to cut off the
Chinese retreat.”
British Offer Money to China.
The British government, according
to the Shanghai correspondent of The
Londou Times, has offered to lend
£75,000 at 4J per cent to the viceroy
of Wu Chwang, province of Hu Pee,
on the Yang Tse Kiang, for ths pay¬
ment of provincial troops.
TRIED TO “STEAL” ROBERTS.
Unique Plot of the Boers Is Disco re red
ami Frustrated.
Lord Roberts wires to the London
war office from Pretoria under Friday’s
date: ..
“A plot to carry me off has been
discovered. It was clumsily conceived.
The ring leaders and all concerned Tare
now under arrest.”
Great Britain Is Willing.
It is learned at the foreign office in
Berlin that Great Britain has signified
ts Wllhn .... . . Count „ , _ Wal- ,
* g nes ®
L° feraee rc ,t 8 lf aa i h leader ® a PP olntmeDt of the international »« favored
the other Powers.