The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900, August 22, 1900, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Banner Will Give You AH The News of Conyers and Bock dale County. V01.. Allied Forces Enter City of Pekin Without Serious Opposition. LEGATIONS RELIEVED; MINISTERS RESCUED The welcome news was received at W&shiDgtou Friday morning of the capture of Pekin and the rescue of the besieged legationers. .. - " Tbe rescue was effected on Wedn&k | Sir, August 15, the allied force enter¬ ing Pekin apparently without opposi tion. TELLS OF RESCUE. The acting secretary of state made | public the following plain telegram re¬ ceived Friday evening from the United States consul at Che Foo: “Che Foo, August 17, (Re¬ ceived August 17. 7:55 p. m.)— Secretary of State, Washington: Seventeenth—Japanese admiral reports allies attacked Pekin east loth. Obstinate resistance. Even¬ ing Japanese entered capital with other foices. Immediately sur¬ rounded legations. Inmates safe. Japanese loss over 100. Chinese 300. Fowler.” The navy department received the following cablegram from Admiral Kemey: “Taku, August 17, 1 a. m.—Bu¬ reau Navigation, Washington: Just received telegram from Tien Tsin dated 16th, 10 p. m.: « « Pekin was captured on August 15th. Foreign legations are safe. Details follow shortly.’ “Remet.” LONDON IS ADVISED. A special dispatch received in Lon Son, from Shanghai, says: “The allies entered Pekin Au [ Rust 15th. It is believed that 1 X«an Shi Kai’s troops have gone ■ thence to Shen Si to protect the W empress, who, according to re F ports received by local officials I here, with Tuan, the imperial [ [ household and boxers, and the left bulk Pekin of Au- the army gusth 7th for Hsian Fu.” EARL LI HEARS NEWS. Li Hung Chang, who is at Shang¬ hai, received a telegraphic dispatch announcing that the allied forces en¬ tered Pekin Wednesday, August 15th, I without ‘ opposition. All is quiet in Shanghai and in the Yang Tse valley. QLAD TIDINGS FOR REBLJN. : The following received from the German consul at Shanghai was given lout by the Berlin foreign office at 1 p. m. Friday: London, August 17.—“The al i lies have entered Pekin without j fighting, the legations are relieved and the foreigners are liberated.” The collapse of Chinese resistance |' hai 9 explained being in due dispatches to the failure from Shang¬ of the as Chinese to flood the country below beeted Tung Chow. The earth-works con with the dam at the Pei Ho here unfinished and the canal at Tung Chow was full of water, facilitating h°at transport when tho allies arrived there. Previous information which has been received in Washington showed that the allied armies took possession on August 12th of Tung Chow, twelve RHYNE to CHASE ROOSEVELT. I U°P«U»t Leader Intends to Stick Close to tlie Rongh Rider's Trail. Charles A. Towne, it is stated, will open his campaign at Duluth within tea days. Later he will tour Idaho, other Oregon, Washington, California and the western states, keeping close to path of the Roosevelt itinerary. Mr. Towne will also tour the south, •Peaking phia, at Atlanta, Louisville, Mem cities. Nashville and other important be Mr, Throughout, Towne's it is stated, it will j Mention mission to pay special to the Republican vice presi boatial nominee and to answer argu¬ ments made by the latter during the •ampaign. HOW ADVANCE WAS MADE. Chinese General lh Disappeared During the Fighting at Vang Tsun. Extracts from a long dispatch from j of Oa io, Japan, describing the the allied forces from Tien Tsin N General Ma disappeared during ^ediate fighting at Yang Tsun; that the 5* advance on Pekin was de u Pon at a council of war in “ck 385 officers took part, held at ifDg Tsun, August 2d, and that the T »nce columns drawn in ^ Allowing were up British order: Japanese, Rus p *• and American. The ^ 2“* at contingent Yang Tsun was obliged of to re- its “Mequate on account commissariat. ockdale Banner miles from Pekiu. After a halt of three days for rest and preparation the army attacked the capital. Contrary to the press reports, Con¬ sul Fowler’s dispatch shows that the attack on the city met with strong re¬ sistance. The Japanese force engaged with the advance numbering 10,000 men. The president was overjoyed on hearing the news of the safety of Minister Conger and his associates. He has been hopeful all along that, their rescue from the perilous position, in which they have been for so long, would be successfully accomplished. Friday’s news confirms that hope and brings a feeling of great relief to him. The German press, while express ing joy at the happy discharge of one part of the program, the papers point out that there is much left to do. The Berliner Post says: “A great thing has beeu done, but a greater must be done before the al¬ lied powers will be satisfied. It re¬ mains to obtain redress for attacks upon the legations aud other wrongs, particularly the assassination of the German minister, ,and to install a gov¬ ernment which will punish the guilty and give guarantees against a recur¬ rence of similar crimes.” The National Zeitung, The Freis sinige Zeitung and The Vossiche Zei¬ tung, express themselves in a similar strain. Referring to a number of special dispatches appearing in German pa¬ pers, which claim that the United States government, now that the mem¬ bers of the foreign legations are re¬ lieved, is about to withdraw from the international undertaking, a high offi¬ cial of the German foreign office said: “The Washington government has assured the other powers of its willing¬ ness to co-operate in carrying out a joint programme. This assurance has sufficed so far and will continue to suf¬ fice in spite of newspaper stories to the contrary.” John B. Jackson, United States charge d’affaires in Berlin, when his attention was called to the specials, said: “The United States government has acted with the greatest harmony re¬ garding China with Germany from the outset. In fact, up to Pekin the pow¬ ers are all agreed, but beyond that no agreement has even been attempted. The future must be left to now diplo¬ matic negotiations.” IVILL PROTECT NATIVE CHRISTIANS. A cabinet official said that the native Christians in China, said to number several thousand, will be included in any arrangement made between thia government and China incident to the cessation of hostilities. At the present stage of the Chinese situation this subject has not yet been seriously discussed by the cabinet, but there is uo doubt, according to this member, that the United States is in honor bound to protect them and will sacredly look out for their security. It was stated that, while the matter has not been formally considered, the indemnity to be collected by the United States will be not only for the families of the victims, but also prob¬ ably to compensate this government for the expense it has been put to in prosecuting the campaign. ARTIST WILKINSON DEAD. Whs On Staff of Atlanta Constitution anil Well Known In tlie South. Ernest Wilkinson, an artist on tfie staffof the Atlanta Constitution, died Friday morning at 4 o’clock in Afton, Va., of heart failure. Mr. Wilkinson was spending his vacation in the Vir¬ ginia resort. Wilkinson of the Ernest was one best known newspaper artists of the south. His work had attraoted wide attention since he began his sketches an d portrait work on the Constitution in 1899. He was born in Atlanta June 24th. 1873, and was 27 years of age at the time of his death. CARTER STILL HOPES. HU Relatives Working Hard to Secure Fardon From President. Oberlin M.-Carter, serving a sent ence in the military penitentiary, - of , Leavenworth, has renewed , , hopes obtaining pardon. The prisoner was visited Friday by Dr. Carter of _ Chicago, his brother, aud L. • Car ter, of Oakland, Ill., an uncle. After a conference Carter s relatives are quoted as saying they have strong hopes of securing a pardon. Hottes „ „ ay . 11 ... , > > ' Friday was the hottest day of the , year in St. Louis. Maximum, .9. Fourteen infants died from heat. CONYERS. GA.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 22, 1900. J. 6. INGALLS DEAD Former United States Senator Dies at Las Vegas, New Mexico. HIS CAREER A DISTINGUISHED ONE Celebrated Far ami Wide as Parliamen¬ tarian, Orator, Journalist and Lecturer. Former United States Seuator John J. Ingalls, of Kansas, died at East Las Vegas, New Mexico, at 2:25 a. in. Thursday. IIe was surrounded by his family. Senator Ingalls’ illness dated from March, 1899, when at Washington his throat began troubling him. He work ed steadily writing political articles for newspapers throughout the conn try. He was treated by several spec ialists, but received no relief, aud on their advice returned with his family to Atchison. At home he grew no better. , m Ten months ,, ago he i sought , . another change of climate, traveling through New Mexico. The remains of ex Seuator Iugalls were started for Atchison, Kas., his late home, Thursday afternoon, ac companied by Mrs. Ingalls aud her youngest son, Sheffield. In accordance with a special request of Senator Ingalls every feature of the funeral will be simple. Seuator Ingalls has been growing _ weaker gradually for some time from inability to assimilate his food, and there were also heart complications. John James Ingalls was born in Middleton, Essex county, Mass., De cember 29, 1833. Though a New Eng lander by birth, he has beeu so closely identified with western affairs for more than forty years, that he is gen eialiy believed to bo a native of Kansas. Mr. Ingalls’ original American an cestor, Edmund Ingalls, was the first settler of Lynn, Mass., and members of his family performed distinguished services in the French and Indian war of the revolution. His father was noted for many in ventions, the most important of which re volutiomzed the manufacture of s Mr. Ingalls attended private schools , , in Haverhill and entered Williams oollege, from which he graduated in i8o5. He immediately began the study of law and was admitted to the bar in 18o7. Ine following year ho moved to Atchison, Kas., and made that city his home ever after. His professional success was rapid, aud, beiug a man of strong personality, he was soon a power in politics. In 1859 he was a delegate to the Wyandotte convention, which framed the first state constitution of Kansas. In 1860 he served as secretary of th« territorial council, in 1861 he was ap pointed secretary of the state senate, and in 1862 he was elected state sena tor. In the latter year Mr. Ingalls was also the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, but was defeated. Mr. Ingalls then entered the news paper field and was editor of the Atoll issu Champion for three years. In 1863-65 he was judge advocate of the state militia, with rank of major and lieutenant colonel, doing duty on the frontier. Oace again Mr. Ingalls found him self the unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant governor in the state cam paign of 1864. Following this second defeat, he devoted the next nine years entirely to his law practice and jour nalism. He was elected to the United State* senate in 1873, and served, by re-elec tion, eighteen successive years, As senator, Ingaljs was a pictur esque figure. He was a fearless cham¬ pion of every cause he espoused, and whenever it was known that he would speak the senate chamber was filled to overflowing. I rom 1889 to 1891 Mr. Ingalls was president pro tem, of the senate. Senator Ingalls a few years ago re¬ tired from politics and devoted him¬ self to farming and writing for the daily press and magazines. Mr. Ingalls married September 27, 1865, in Atchison, Anna Louisa Ches brough, of New York city. Eleven children, four sons and seven daugh¬ ters, have brightened the Ingalls household. MINISTER WU GETS NEWS. Viceroy U Hung: Chang: Sends Informa¬ tion of the Fall of Pekin. Mr. Wn, the Chinese minister at Washington, received an official cable¬ gram Saturday night announcing the entry of the allied forces into Pekin on the night of the 15th. It was e<lit by Li Hung Chang and transmitted to Minister Wu by the Chinese minister at London. The text of the dispatch was not given out, but it was explain¬ ed that the message was a simple an¬ nouncement from the Chinese govern¬ ment confirmatory of the other ad¬ vices reporting the fall of the Chinese capital. OFFICIAL NEWS IS RECEIVED Chaffee Tells of Pekin’s Capture and Rescue of Besieged. DETAILS, HOWEVER, SCANT Admiral Remey Cables That the Allies Began at Once to Bom¬ bard the Inner City. From Genera , chaffee tbe w „ dfl . partment received official confirmation o{ tbe {all o£ p ekiu aud tbe reficua o( the besieged legations. Tbo dispatcb of the American com mander was received Sunday and cou taiued few but details. However, the unconcealed satisfaction with which it was received by / the officials indicated fcLe anxiety th t ba8 beeu ongendereil by his prolonged silince. Chaffee's last communication to the government prior to the receipt of Sunday’s advices, was dated August nth, at Matow, almost thirty miles froln p e kin. The explanation of his silence is suggested in advices receiv ed by f be navy department from Ad miral Remey, who, telegraphing from Taku on the 18th, stated that the tele graph line between that point and Pe b i n was interrupted, The cablegram from Admiral Remey contains some important information not mentioned by General Chaffee. jj e makes the startling statement on Japanese authority that the inner city G f Pekin was being bombarded by the a Hi e d forces. Admiral Remey says also that the dowager empress is de tained in the inner city by Prince Yungedo. Advices received from the foreign office, Japan, by the Japanese legation j n Washington, confirm and amplify previous accounts of the capture of Po b ; n by the allied troops. Following is the text of the dispatch from Gen era [ Chaffee: .. Cia p 00) August 19.-Adju¬ taut General, Washington. Pekin, August 15.—We entered legation ’ nds at 5 0 - c , ock Jast Di ht with Fourtee nth and light bat t % Bight wounded during d fighting . otherwise all well> Chaffee. ” J} is believed that the word “fifteenth is an error of transmission and should be “sixteenth.’' All pre ' 10US a f. vices * °^ lcla a nd ^official, have . dlcate ? tbat tb legations , 1Q e w«e relieved 1 on the i evening . of the 15th, W ednesday. Admiral Remey s dispatch, which contains much interesting information ln a ^ ew words ’ 1S a8 follows: “Che Foo, (uo date),-.Bureau of Navigation, Washington: Taku, August 18.—Telegraph line to Pe kin interrupted. Information, Japanese sources, empress dow »ger detained by Prince Yungedo inner eit y> wlj ich being bombard ec l by allies, Chaffee reports en tered legation grounds evening of 14th. Eight wounded during day’s figting; otherwise all well, “Remey. ” The startling feature of the dispatch is that fighting within the city of Pe kin was continuing, according to the advices of Admiral Remey. The in¬ ner, or as it is popularly knowD, the Forbidden City, evidently had not been taken. It is surrounded by a massive wall of solid masonry more than twenty feet high, and it is not regarded as surprising that the Chinese should make their final stand within it. A MORE SERIOUS ASPECT. Rear Admiral Bruce’s report to the London war office of the continuation of fighting in Pekin puts a more seri¬ ous aspect on the Chinese situation than was generally expected in Eng¬ land, It appears effectually to dispose of all statements that the empress dowager bad fled, although circum¬ stantial accounts of her departure continue to come from Shanghai. De¬ spite defeat, the Chinese are appar¬ ently resolved to make a desperate struggle not only in their ancient cap¬ ital, but also in other parts of the em¬ pire. BARKER INELIGIBLE! Unique Question Arises Affecting: Candi Jat* of Mlddle-of-the Koadt*r*. A Chicago dispatch says: A sensa¬ tion has been caused by the discovery that Wharton Barker, the middle-of the-road candidate for president on the Populist ticket, is ineligible for the office. It is said that while superintending some improvements in Russia some years ago Mr. Barker was made “lord of St. Wenchelas” by the czar. Before accepting the title he did not ask congress to grant the privilege,and he iR, therefore, said to be ineligible because he forfeited his citizenship by accepting the honor. Official Organ of Rockdale ('•nn ty. Has Largest Circulation in The County. BLACKS TERRORIZED New York Mob Uses Tactics Sim¬ ilar to One In New Orleans. AVENGING DEATH OF POLICE OFFICER Many Negroes Were Badly Beaten and Special Detail of 400 Policemen Were Necessary to Quell Riot. A New York dispatch says: A mob of several hundred persons formed at 11 o’clock Wednesday night in front of the home of Policeman Robert J. Thorpe, Thirty-seventh street aud Niuth avenue, to wreak vengeance upon the negroes of that neighborhood because one of their racehad caused the policeman’s death. Thorpe was stabbed Sunday night by several negroes while he was at¬ tempting to arrest a colored woman. The man who is said to have inflicted most of the injuries is said to be Ar¬ thur Harris, a negro who reached the city several weeks ago from Wash¬ ington. In a few moments the mob swelled to 1,500 people or more, and as they became violent the negroes fled in ter¬ ror into any hiding place they could find. The police reserve from four stations, numbering 400 in all, "were called out. The mob raged through the district, aud negroes, regardless of age or sex, were indiscriminately attacked. Scores were injured. It took the combined efforts of the reserves, with as many more policemen on regular duty in the four precincts, to restore order. Clubs were used until the policemeu were almost exhausted. Revolvers were emptied into the air and in one or two instances fired at the upper stories of the negro tenements from which the negroes defensively threw bricks, paving stones and other mis¬ siles. For the next hour the streets were filled with a rioting, surging mob. It was a scene of very much the same order as took place a few days ago in New Orleans. New York has seldom had its equal. The shouting of the men, the shrieking of the women, the lamentations of the children, the shoot¬ ing of revolvers, crashing of windows and all made a perfect pandemonium. There were at one time more than 5,000 persons in Broadway. Up and down, into and out of hotels and sa¬ loons, into Herald square and side streets the mob went looking for ne¬ groes. Any unfortunate black was set upon and beaten. Many were hustled ipto the West Thirty-seventh street station for TELEGRAPH OPERATOR SLEPT. Disastrous Wreck Occurred, Seven Lives Crushed Out and a Dozen Or More Injured. A special from Grand Rapids, Mich., says: A dense fog, a changing of train orders and a moment’s drowsiness of a telegraph operator combined Wed¬ nesday morniDg to cause a collision and wreck two of the heaviest and finest trains in the service of the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad, aud the loss of seven lives and the injury of about a dozen more persons. The fog was so dense as to hide from sight every object, no matter how large, outside a radius of a hundred feet from any given point. Train or¬ ders had been changed the night before, but after the northbound ex¬ press, a resort flyer containing through sleeping coaches from Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis had left the city at 4:05 o’clock, a. m,, the train dispatcher’s offices decided to cancel the arrangement. One engineer received his orders all right, the other did not. The opera¬ tor at Mill Creek, a small station five miles north of the city, had been asked if the express had passed him, and upon replying in the negative wan told to flag it and give new instruc¬ tions. But it had paesed him un¬ noticed a few minutes before, while he slept. He is an experienced opera¬ tor and had always been one of the most trusted employees of the road. He discovered his awful mistake a moment too late, but rushed to his in¬ strument and notified the Pierson operator just as the flyer went whiz¬ zing by his office. NEEDS CONFIRMATION. Cablegram Received at Vienna, Austria! Announce! Fall of Pekin. A cablegram received in Vienna Thursday from Hong Kong a:* nouuced the capture of P»kiu, but the Austrian government, like other European powers, was without con¬ firmation of this report. An official telegram dated Taku, August 14th, was received at Rome, which asserts that the attack on Pekin began on Monday; that Sir Claude MacDonald, the British minister, had opened com¬ munication with the relieving force, and that the allies had established their headquarters at Tung Chau. NO. 81. LIFE SENTENCE FOR POWERS : U* IT The Jury at Georgetown Reached Conclusion in Short Order. A SURPRISE TO THE PRISONER Only Republican Member On the Jury Expressed Himself as Favoring Hanging. At Georgetown, Ky., Saturday afternoon, Caleb Powers was found guilty of conspiring to kill Wil¬ liam E: Goebel and. sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. The jury was out only about 45 min¬ utes, when the following verdict was returned: “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty and fix his punishment at con¬ finement in the penitentiary for the rest of his natural life.” Juror Craig stated afterwards that the verdict could have been returned even sooner,but considerable time was taken up in reading the instructions. The vote in favor of a life sentence was unanimous. When the jury re¬ tired the belief was general that it would fail to agree and in this opin¬ ion the defendant himself was firmly convinced. When the verdict of guilty was re¬ turned, Powers for the first time du¬ ring the weary six weeks of the trial, betrayed his feelings. Under all of the trying incidents of the trial, he bad maintained a changeless expression, the same whether things were going favorable or against him. The ver¬ dict of guilty, however, staggered him. Always pale, he grew ghastly as the verdict was read, aud his face be¬ tokened great mental anguish. This was for only a few seconds, however, and tlign somewhat regaining his com¬ posure, he turned to the Misses Dan gerfield, who had been in conversation with him, and said: “I was not expecting that. The verdict is unjust.” There was no sort of demonstration, following the verdict, and the crowd filed out of the court house almost in siteuce. Powers remaiued in the court room for some time after the verdict was rendered, in conference with his attorneys, who will at once move for a new trial, and, failing in that, will tuke an appeal. Juror Porter, the only Republican on the jury, was the first to speak and said: “Gentlemen, I am a Republican and I have said that I did not believe Goe¬ bel’s murder was the result of a con¬ spiracy. I did not think Caleb Pow¬ ers could be guilty, but I have heard the evidence and I am convinced he is.” Others also made talks, and it is said that one of the members of the jury intimated that he thought the death penalty ought to be inflicted. However, when a ballot was taken, all twolve of the jurors voted for life im¬ prisonment. The jury which sat in the case was composed of eight Democrats, three anti-Goebel Democrats and one Re¬ publican. One of the jurors said afterwards that the jurymen were influenced in making up their verdict by many things in the evidence, but that some of the chief points were Powers’ ad¬ mission on the stand that he organized the crowd of 1,200 armed mountaineers which came to Frankfort January 15th, his corroboration of parts of the testi¬ mony of Noakes, Golden aud Culton; the proof that he gave Youtsey the key and that the shot was fired from his office. FibHTING IN PEKIN. Roma Is Informed That Allies Are Using: Artillery. A dispatch received in Rome from Taku, via Che Foo, August 18th, says: “Fighting continues in the streets of Pekin and the allies have bombard¬ ed the point that is still resisting. Prince Yung prevented the departure of the empress dowager.” A FORTY-YEAR SENTENCE. Private Boakes Deserted In Face of Enemy and Joined Their Ranks. Private Chester A. Boakes, of the Fourth infantry, was convicted by courtmartial at Imus, P. L, of desert¬ ing in the face of the enemy, and also of advising other soldiers to desert. He was sentenced to be dishonorably discharged from the service of the United States, forfeiting all pay and allowances due or to become due and to be confined at hard labor for a period of forty years. General McArthur ap¬ proved the sentence and designated Bilibid prison, Manila, as the place of confinement.

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