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The Banner Will Give Ton A!i The News of Conyers and Rock dale County. VOL. XXV. it 1M 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. K, H £ 3 % y s . 0 v-a li \ 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 an 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 , 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. i I 3 9 r M sum m 4 m m 'h 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. o Z* 5 c S- ex » £ 3 a 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 . ‘ - 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.