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SOUTH FLORIDA VICTORIOUS. PALMER DEFEATS FLETCHER FOR TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN. Vote NVa* Clone and a Recount Was Suß&ented, llut It l>id Not Co—Can didates Hard at Work for the Nomination Which May Be Made To-day—Stockton Talked of as a Hark Horse Other Convention New a. Jacksonville, June 19.—The unexpected always happens, especially in matters po litical, ami this was exemplitied this after noon, at the State Democratic Convention, when, at the first contest of strength be tween the tw'o muin struggling factions, State Senator Palmer of Hillsborough, was elected temi>orary chairman, defeat ing Hon. D. U. Fletcher of Duval, by a narrow margin, but sufficient to insure his election. Fletcher had been confidently expected to be elected with but little opposition, but the deals and shuffles on the political chess board, turned the scales, and Hills boro's champion won. Of course this may be overturned on other questions, but nevertheless it was the first trial, and he southern and western del gat*-s came out on top. It is very pro t >ie that the temporary organization will be made per manent, without any further struggle. Fletcher’s friends were greatly disappoint ed over the result, as all Jmd confidently predicted his selection without doubt. The greatest Democratic State t'onven t:on Florida has ever kn wn, I h a jo the number and intelligence of th* dele gates and the arrangements or the tr.i s action of the convention work, began iis work here at noon, in the big Emery Au ditorium. The big hall, with its elaborate decorations, presented a magni irent sight. As the delegates Iked in they speedily found their plac s. each county ha . ing large gaily painted p'ac-a a- over their seats. All were seated without co -.fusion, owing to the splendid arrangements made by th** various committees in charge. Hundreds of visitors tilled the side and end seats, among them scores of fair ladies in their bright gurnun s. These, with the gay badges of th and le-a es, made the hall bright with color and pre sented a pretty eight. Prelim iua rj Organ iznt ion. Promptly at noon Hon. W. A. Rawls, chairman of the Sat Democrats Exec utive Commi ee, cal ed the convention o order. John C. Co* pr of th sc\ y, sec retary oT the comm t . retd the offi cial cal’, and Rev. R. V. A ki son of the McTyicire Church off ted pray- r. Chairman Raw s then announced that the next bu Iness was the ie tio i of a temp- rary chairman. Hon. D. I T . Flecher of Duval was plac ed in nomination, by Judge B. S. Hid don cf Pensacola in an eloquent sp?*ch. It was received wi h leng and prolanged cheers. Mr. Williams of D Soto county placed in nnm nafi n Senator Thcmas F. Palmer of Hillsborough. Dr. L. Montgomery of Alachua oc tid ed the nomination of Fletcher and in the course of his speech made a happy Hit by recognizing the presence of the fair Svx and paying them prompt tribute. He als> complimeted Jacksonville for its work in providing such a magnificent hall for the delegates. Hon. W. Career of Hillsboro seonded ♦he nomination of Mr. Palmer in a neat and witty speech. Hon. M. L. Mershon of Osceola and Mr. Tlilburn of Putnam lx>th warmly second ed Fletcher’s nomination. Hon. Fr nk Clark of Duval then delivered one cf his forcible and eloquent addresses seendin* the nomination of Mr. Fletcher in a •.'Tv earnest manner. He had his heare's wi h him and all applauded his efforts most vigorously. The roil call was then proceeded wi h, the result being Fletcher 137 V 2. Palmer 139*. Wonted a Recount. As the vote progressed, cheers filled the air as each one's choice received votes, and at the close, \as the chairman an nounced the vote, the air was rent wit it cheers for minutes, hats were thrown m the air. and general pandemonium reign ed for a few moments. As there was some idea that a mistake had been made, Hon. Frank Clarke tiros*? and made a motion to have the vote re counted. This was res- me ! by tie- Hi! - borough delegation, and a few others. Sev eral attempted to address the chair upon the subject. After some deliberation he stated his decision that, as the vote ha 1 not been doubt'd before it was announced he could not enter tain the motion now. Mr. Clark accepted the situation gracefully, move 1 that the election !>• made unanimous, which was done wi h a sh ut, amid cheers tor Clarke. Messrs. Fletcher, Mershon and Palmer (W. B. of Orange) were appointed a com mittee to escort the wly elected chair man 10 tli" stage. Mr. Fletcher introduc ed him to the convention in a most com plimentary manner, amid cheers and shouts. Mr. Palmer thanked the conten tion for the honor and was greeted wuh grfat applause. H. W. Zim of St. Johns county was elected secretary, and Editor Frank Wal pole of the Palmetto 'Ntyvs assistant sec retary. The Committee on Creden ials was then named. Th" committee went into s* s s'.on this afternoon, and owing to the contested del pat ons, have plenty of work before them. After this there being no business that could be transac ed, the de! gates ac c pted the invito ion extended by 1 lie East Cos Ist Railroad fo a trip 10 Pal-h by ihe sea. and the convention adjourned till 8:30 tbi- evening. Fully 500 delegates went down to Pab lo, while many otlnrs went cut t> te? the ball game. Others spent he remaind er of the afternoon visit ng rid friends i .l the city, while o hers still got into quiet consultations In their headquarters. Most of the delegations held caucuse? this afternoon before the eve ning m s ion, and decided what action to take upon cer tain questions, how to billot and other matters of the kind. Much activity was displayed around the leaders’ headquart ers and it could he seen that all were pre paring for the fight they confidently ex pected, either to-night or to-morrow. Convention Note*. The question of the capital removal s still a vexing one with many delegations, according to inside information, and they don’t know how to handle it. Other dele gations are using this a point to inak*- deals upon, and it has had a Kood deal of affect already upon the situation. Th friends of the measure are confident that the convention will pass the resoluti n, as large number* of the delegates admit its necessity and say they are in favor <f it What the Committee on Resolutions will do in the premises will dept n 1 upon is composition somewhat and also upon the situation ns it would affect their can *i dates. The temporary organization may be made permanent without any further contest, unless some important eh nice o: front is made by some of the del* nations, and this does not appear probable at present. Ex-United Stars Serator Pasco of Mont cello Is in the city, mingling wi'h the delegates, among whom h* i very popular. United S ates Senator James P. Tal iaferro of this city is at hand, and is much Interested in the work of the con vention. tall Not n i und Ida Ex-Senator ( all is visible at the head quar ers of the Boggs dl*giPc, find it watching development clo*e!y. Call is a shrewd werke-, and k'eps close tab upon all that is going on In fho political line. In an interview to-day he was asked if his name would be formally presented to the convention. "It will not." replied Mr. Call, “end 1 have not authorized any on** to present it, either. If the convention chooses to in dorse me, it would be a great honor, and I would appreciate it. I am a Chicago platform Democrat.” As if an afterthought he added: "What the state convention should do to make itself popular would be to refer the nom inations of candidates back to the people. I believe that in all such matters the voice of the people should be heard. “1 am not bound by the action of the convention, ns I am not an aspirant before it.” Whether he meant by this that he might run independent of any nomination by this convention is not known, but his friends ore working hard, in a quiet way, in his interests. Stockton n Dark Horse. John N. C. Stockton is developing strength as a “dark horse." so it is ru mored about the various headquarters, and the leaders are looking into the mat ter. showing tha* th-.y would recognize in h m a strong a 1 tagon : st. He is a brainy man, full of political sagacity, has many friends throughout the state, and in case of deadlock would make a strong candidate. It is stated that the Hillsborough dele gation will present the name of Con gressman Sparkman for rational commit te man. Mr. Sparkman is popular throughout the s aief and doubthss his name would be well received by the con vention. The Bryan club officials took up the matter of having several hundred reserv ed s- ats to the State Executive Commit t*c. After both eid s were heard the com mittee made a decision to the effect that the Jacksonville committee had full charge of the Convention Hall arrange ments and the commute could not, and would not, change them. The Night Session. The convention met again at 8:30 o’clock. The c mmi tee on credentials s atel that they would not be ready to report until to morrow. C. H. Dickinson of Madison was ap p inted assistant secretary. A motion was then made to adjourn un til 9 a. m. to-morrow. M. D. Payne, ex county school superintendent of Marion and a delegate from Marion county, in stantly objected. He began a grandilo quent address, saying, “My countrymen, w - came here for business,” when shouts f laughter an<j che rs drowned his vo ce The delegates were in a boyish humor and they badgered him for several min utes and then in luced him to go on the stage. Here h* was greet- and with cat calls shouts, cheers, whistles, etc., whenever he attempted to talk. Finally, after ten or fifteen minutes of this funny busi ness, Chairman Palmer recognized and put a motion to adjourn until to-morrow and it was quickly passed, leaving Mr. P.jyne on the stage in the midst of a half ut ored sentence. The credentials committee is wrestling wi h contests from Wakulla. Clay and Volusia counties, and is hard at work to n;ght. Most of the and legations are now In se ret caucus, preparing for the morn- Lg’s balloting. Jennings and Biggs seem to be ahead and iheir friends apeak very confidently cf their chances. TWO SIIIMITWG AFFAIRS. Spvernl Arrests n* the Rexnlt ctf the? St. I.oniK Strike. St. Louis, June 19.—There were two shootinir affairs to-night as a result of the strike. v Asa passenger wagon was passing a Transit Line car some of the passengers taunted those on the car by calling them scabs. Someone on the car fired a shot at the wagon, the bullet lodging in the foot of Peter lionifer, a salcon keeper, otle of the passengers on the wagon. It is said the ear carried several members of the pcsse comitatus. Miss Winnie Alien was shot and seri ously wounded under similar circum stances. In her case it is known that a posso man tired the shot, the weapon used being a riot gun. Judge William E. Fissen, captain of Company B of the sheriff's pcsse, and his men arrested George O'Keefe and Wil iam Woodling, strikers, yesterday for fol lowing Mrs. Joseph Cornelius and Mrs. John Farber and threatening violence an I using insulting language toward them Mrs. Farber's husband is a nen-union conductor. Luther S. Smith and Forest Bird, strikers, were arrested last night, charg ed with conspiracy with one of the dyna miting affairs. They admitted blowing ■up the car. Four sticks of dynamite and a revolver were found in the men’s room. A car on the Ea ton .avenue divis.oa was blown off the track with dynamite a* Pendletcn avenue at midnight to night. William Rutholtz, the motorman, sustaim il a severe injury to his right arm. The conductor and live policemen who were on the car were not hurt, ai ' hough they were badly shaken up. The e were two other cars disabled to night. but as in the Easton avenue case, no cn was injured. TO MAKE A FIGHT OX BAILEE". Tlmt I* the Only Contest Before the Texas Convention. Austin, Tex.. June 19.—The State Demo cratic Convention meets here to-morrow and many delegates arrived to-day. There is no formidable contest coming before the convention over the selection of the Kansas City delegation. Those opposed to Bailey on general principles are arraying their forces with a view of making a fight against him at every turn, but they are not securing that supiort which would in dicate that they will have very much weight in the convention to-morrow. Bailey's fight will be for a strong anti expansion plank in the platform and that Is the only issue to come before the con vention The tie legates will undoubtedly be instructed for Bryan. HAIHSTOX TO HE EXECITBD. Militia Held In Hrndlness to Prevent Any Trouble. Richmond. Va., June 19.—Henry Hairston is to he executed at Martinsville, Henry County, Wednesday, for rape. Owing to rumors that negroes would attempt to rescue him, and the whites would endeav or to lynch him, militia have been ordered by the Governor to hold themselves in readiness to proceed to the scene. A Count in Custody. Chicago, June 19.-Count de Toulous Enutre. who claims to lie a French noble man and who was arrested In this city several weeks ago. on a telegram from the police authorities of Montreal, charg ing him with forgery and embezzlement, was turned over to a Canadian ofilcer to day. and left in custody later for Mon treal to stand trial, PARALYSIS AND COFFEE. Symptom* Disappear When Oruß I* Mm n dotted. “Ten and coffee were forbidden by tny physician, for I had symptoms of paraly sis anti it was plain that the coffee was iho caueo of the trouble. I began using Post urn Food Coffee and am now' n steady advertisement for Postum. The old symt toms of paralysis disappeared in a very brief time after I began the not; of Pod ium and quit the use of coffee. Do not us* my name publicly, if you please." Morrow'. O. The above name <an be Riven by the Post urn Cereal Com pony. Limited. Paitie Creek. Mich. Coffee in such a direct i*olson to the nerve centers of many highly organized people that it produces oil sorts of dis orders. from stomach and Imwel troubles, palpitation of the heart, kidney troubles, etc., etc., up to more Intricate nervous troubles, such as paralysis. The way o keep well is to leave off coffee or any nerve destroyer of that sort, and use os turn Food Coffee, which Is a direct re builder of the nerve centers. Sure and well defined improvement in health will follow this course, bh can be proven by any person who will make the trial. THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1000. Apollinaris (“the QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS”) BEWARE OF SUBSTITUTIONS, MORE BRITISH CASUALTIES. AS ACrOI NT OK THOSE TOT lIITII EHTO REPORTED. Boer* Gathering: to Attack Bundle** Line—lt I* Weak, and They 'lay Break Through—Hnilroad Bridge Destroyed and a Train \\ reeked. Robert* Getting Heady for Another Move—Man (might Stealing: Gold From Prenident Kroner. London, June 20, 3:25 a. m.—The casual ties made public by the war office, includ ing a long list cf missing, show’ British . losses in engagements hitherto not re ported. In an attack on a reconstruction train at Leeuw Spruit, June 14, three were killed, five wounded and sixty captured. Leeuw Spruit is feny miles north of Kroonstad. This was the day of the Zand river at tack, eighty miles distant. Another list show's nine wounded and eleven missing in an action at Vredefort on June 7, no previous mention of which has betn made. The Daily Mail points out that it is quite possible the wires have again he n cut in Lord Roberts’ rear, as no dispatch later than June IS has been received. The Boers are gatherin in force In front of Gen. Bundle near Ficksburg. His forces stretch forty miles. As some parts of the line are weakly held, the British fear that the Boers may break through. Out last skirmishes are of daily occurrence. The Boers there, are commanded by De- and Hermann. Mr. Steyn is at Bethlehem, the tempo rary capital of the Free State. A Bridge Blown (ji. According to dispatches from Lorenzo Marquez, dated yesterday, the Malana bridge has been destroyed. One account says it was blown up. Another asserts that it was undermined by a patrol from Swaziland, and so collapsed under the weight of a train. This will temporarily interrupt the flow of supplies to the. Boors from Lorenzo Marquez. The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Daily Mail, telegraphing June IG, says that Lord Roberts is getting provisions for 30,- 000 men and is arranging reiransport for a part of his army, although His plans are not to take effect immediate y. The Lorenzo Marquez correspondent of tie Daily Express says: "A German-Amcrican well known io the New York police is alleged to have, planned a desperate attempt to steal some of the bar gold from the trucks attached (o President Kruger's traveling capfiol. He is said to have carried olf some bars before he was discovered.” The Lorenzo Marques correspDndent o: the Times says: “Three escape*! British prisoners arc be lieved to have tampered with 'Malana bridge. A freight train pitched into the stream and two men were killed. CHAMBERLAIN ON THE WAR. Believe* Eng la nil Will I Itinmtely Have Our Approval. London, June 19.—Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of the State for the Colonies, addressing a meeting of the Women’s Lib eral Unionist Association this afternoon, said the colonies had seen through the haze of ihe South African ante-bellum negotiations, when Sir Henry Campbell Bennerman and others were mystified. Now that the war was concluding, he added, all were unanimous that whatever the final settlement might be, it must be final. The opposition wanted to know w r hen a general election would occur. He was un able to gratify their natural curiosity, but whether the election took plac** to morrow or was postponed indefinitely, it would be momentous, involving the ques tion of the future of the empire. Referring to continental criticism, Mr. Chamberlain, after remarking that Eng land always expected this, went on to say: "But there are quarters whence even a note of disapproval would be a matter of serious concern. I refer to our colonies and the United Stales. I think we are happy in that we have their good opin ion and approval. "It Is true this good opinion of the United States is not unmixed with other sentiments. I believe the great majority of true Americans recognize that our aims in this war are as high and unselfish as those which oftimated themselves in the Spanish-Ameriean struggle. We recog nized that they were carrying out, as Anglo-Saxons, a great work of civiliza tion and humanity. "Now we are asking their sympathies and we believe that in the long run we shall gain the final seal of their ap proval.” MANY’ ARMS M SI RENDERED. They W ill Be I sell to Equip Recap tured Prisoner*. London, June 19, 2:20 p. m.-No Impor tant developments mark the progress of the British in the Transvaal. Lord Roberts reports that over 2,0)0 stands of arms have given up at Pretoria since the occupation of the cap ital. These will be utilized by the released Biidsh prisoners. Of w r hom there are 148 officers and 3.309 men. Of the former twelve and of the latter 228 are in the hospitals. The total of the* British lesses June 4, says Lord Roberts, amounted to only two m m killed and one officer and forty-eight m n wounded. G<n. Duller reports that the first train through passed l.aing’s Nek tunnel Mon day. Juno 18, and proceeded to Chari* s tewn. The first batch of Mafeklng’s sick and wounded arrived at the hoepi al a* De l fontein June 15. W %KKERSTROOM SI It REN DERS. f Rifle* of American Manufacture Were Found There. Volksruat, Transvaal, June 19.—The town guard of Wakkerstroom has sur rendered to the Brit sh and a numb r of Maus'irs. wl h seviral rifle* of American manufacture, have been handed in. G n. Hildyard has returned here. llor*c* for tlie Brltl*li. New Orleans, June 19.—The steamer Knight Bachelor cleared to-day for Cape Town with I.CJO horse *for the British gov ernment. WAS GIVEN #r*,(MM) IMMAGKA. Cnpf. Kill* Sued by Ml** fSlnir of VonnRRIOWD, O. Youngstown, 0., June 19.—Mbs Blair was to-day awarded $>.090 dam * against Capt. Richard T. V/ills, Thirty third Regiment, United States Volunteers, in the Philippines, for ailcxed seduc.ion. She sued for slo,ouo. Miss Blair la under 16 years of age. CHEEFOO LINE MAY BE CUT. (Continued from First Page.) orations. The reason for the probable isolation of Che Foo consists in the fact that it is only connected with the main line by loops. The junction is inland at Chin Ing and Boxers are believed to be in that neighborhood. If successful, their first step is sure to be the destruc tion of the line. EXTRA SESSION NOT LIKELY. The President \\ ill Aet on Hi* Own Responsibility. Washington, June 19.—Adjt. (Ten. Cor bin declared positively to-day that up to date, only one regiment, the Ninth Infan try, bad been ord r and from Manila to China. Further additions may be made to the military force representing the United States in China, but no orders have been given to that effect. In addition to the Oregon, which is to go up to Taku from Hong-Kong. the Buf falo, with 30) green landsmen aboard, has been ordered at once, from Southampton, England, to the Philippines, while the gunboats Princeton and Marietta, admir ably suited to service in the Pei-Ho river, above Taku, have been held at Cavite under orders to be. ready for service at any moment. The Z a tiro also has been he’d at the same place, in readiness to take on supplies for the naval contingent at Taku. If the Princeton and Marietta join Ad miral Kempff, as seems probable now, he will have at h s command a more numer ous and effective Reel of gunboats adapt ed to service cn the. Pei-Ho river as far up as Ti n Tsin than any of the other naval Powers there represented. Admiral Kempff’s powers are wider than was supposed yesterday. He is not lim ited to the protection of AmeriJan life and property. He may do anything prop er in his judgment to conserve American interests of any kind in China and that means that he may take action to insure the United States against loss of trade or commercial position in China. Not \ ct n St:t** of M ar. It may be significant in this connection that the official view here is still that there is not yet a state of war between China and the United States. It is con tended that the stirring events of Sunday morning did not of necessity involve us In war and that the action of the Chinese commander at Taku may yet he disavow ed, or prove to have be* n based upon ig norance or misunderstanding. In this ease, there is still opportunity for an explana tion by the Chinese government and suita ble reparation that shall close this indi dent without wot. The Russian- charge here, Mr. WoMant, this morning notified Secretary Hey that his government was dispatching 4,000 Rus sian troops from Port Arthur <0 Taku. The department accepted this statement without comment. It is known to the officials hero that Japan also is sending a corresponding number of troops to the seat of trouble, and that England, Ger many and France are doing likewise. it is believed that with our own force numbering about 2,000, including the Ninth Infantry, the international army Will be quite strong enough to relieve the siege of the embassies and legations at Pekin. If a large number of American troops were available, they would be sent for ward at once, according to the officials, but as it is the force will be further in creased as soon as the troops can he con centrated at Manila from the outlying posts, if there shall be necessity for re inforcements. Yetion of IliiMMin and Japan. When the official day closed it was found that a message receive*! in the morning from Admiral Remey at the navy de partment touching the readiness of the Princeton, Marietta and Zattro for immedi ate service, represented all the news* that had come to the government from the East since yesterday. One fa* t of the utmost importance developed, however, namely, that the notice-of the Russian government of its intention to dispatch 4.000 trooi>s to China was accompanied by an undertaking that these troops were to be used for the assistance of Europeans and Americans, and with no purpose of territorial aggression on the part of Rus sia. This assurance was received with the greatest satisfaction. It Is understood that Japan, in view of Russia’s frank dec laration, will consent to assume the same obligation toward the other nations, in which case the greatest obstacle to ef fective action, whether concurrent or joint, by the Powers in China, may be consid ered as removed. Lord Pauncefote, the British ambassa dor, called at the- state department this afternoon, and spent half an hour in con ference with Secretary Hay. His lord ship hod no news from his own govern ment beyond that conveyed by Ihe morn ing papers respecting Ihe developments in China, and he was particularly anxious to l>e informed as to the details of the re ported battle Sunday morning. The state department was without information on this point. It is expected that Admiral K mpff will be heard from within a day or two. LI RING CHANG SUMMONED. French %rinorol frnlaer I* Soon to Leave for TnUu. Pari?, June 19.—A dispatch received here from Shanghai, says Li Hung Chang has been summoned to Pekin from Canton. The French Consul at Shanghai tele graphs that the danger of complications in the Yang-tse-Kiang valley, and the province of Tsachuan appears to be dimin ishing. The Minister of Marine, M. Delanessan, .announces that the French armored cruiser Gulchen will leave France for Ta ku. June 23. and that the armored cruiser Admiral Charner and the aecond-elasa cruiser Friant will sail June 29. He add ed that two transports conveying two bat tall* ris of Infantry, and two batteries of artillery would leave atNhe same time. TO GET THE WIRE* IN SHAPE. Cable Company Look* for Aid From lll** I nllod Fleet*. New York, June 19.—The central cable office of the Western Union Telegraph Company is advised by the Great North ern Company that it hopes <0 be able to organize shortly, with the assistance of the united fleets, the service between Che F(V> and Tien Tain (taking Taku cn route), abandoned by the Chinese administration. In the meantime the Great Northern Company recommends that government telegrams for these destinations be ad dressed to the respective consulates a Che Foo, whic h will be able to forward them to their destination by the dispatch and torpedo boats calling at Che Foo. FRANCE’S FORCE AT TAKE Mu* lln* Ordered l,2<Mt Troops to Get Ready to Go There. Paris. June 19.—The French government will have 4,200 troops at Taku when the reinforcement* just ordered out arrive there. Two thousand will reach Taku before July 3. The dispatch of a cruiser division,, which was decided upon to-day, will give France a strong naval force, consisting of seven modern cruisers, three of the first class and four of the second, four gunboats and a dispatch boat. THOI RLE OF LONG STANDING. Plot of Emperor to Depose the Em press Do winter. New York. June 19. Richard Blind y Sheridan, who is returning from a diplo matic mission for tlie British government in the Far East, and who hat/spent I'u teen months in Pekin and Tien Tsin, says: “The trouble dates back to Sept. 10, 1898, when the Empress was in her sumine palace. During her absence the Empnor. temporarily in authority, plotted under the advice of his tutor, Kank Wu Wai. to depose the sovereign. To this end ar rangements had been made to the extent of securing the general eommandii g .h* troops at Tien Tsin, who was to much to Pekin and support the Emperor. “The Empress, learning of the pot, hur riedly returned to Pekin only to find the Emperor in communication with Marquis lto of Japan. The Marquis, who is a prime minister at the M kudo’s court, re signed his office to go to China, ostensi bly to further a treaty when under Japa was to educate the fleet and the army officers of Chins. Upon learning that re Emperor was to confer with Mar quis lto she succeeded in b ing present at the intervl w conceded bell nd a screen and unkn wn to the Marquis. When the interview took place, therefore, the Emprror onfin <1 himse'.f <> asking a fe>v coinm nplace questions, after which he drank his tea. signifying thai the nu uience wat at an end. "Tha* night >h* Emperor was arrest ed an i imprisonel on an Island tin tHe palace . nd reports were cireulatd by the Empress of hts death. Many of the Emperor’s supporters were executed. The people began to clamor for their Emperor and tlie Powers, n order to disprove his death, insisted upon the Emperor receiving their representa tives. A rising of the secret societies was expected and feared. Pekin*, Tien Tsui and all of the northern towns were pla carded. overnight to the effect, that if the Emperor did not appear, there would be 1 an uprising and massacre, not only of all the foreigners who were believed to side with the Empress* policy, hut also of all Chinese who were anti-reform. Thereupon the Powers ordered their ma rines to Pekin to protect their legations.” Li Hung Chang to Go North. Hong Kong, June 19.—1 t is understood (hat LI Hung Chong leave* Canton for the North June 20. Canton is quiet and the viceroys of the provinces bordering on th* Yang-tse-Kiang are believed to be strong ly opposed to the revolutionary movement. Rtisohm Troop* for Tnka. Washington, June 19.—Secretary of Statr> Hay has been notified by the Russian em bassy here that 4,000 Russian troops have been dispatched from Port Arthur to Taku. SAYS REPORTS IRE FALSE. Gov. Gen. Wood's Statement on tlie Treasurer** OOloe. Havana, June 19.—Gen. Wood has issue 1 the following statement: "The examination by expert acc unt nnt.s of the treasurer's offi e from the dale cf its in ept! n list year has been enmple fd. The offle * was found in <x cel ent condition It has also b- cn co 1- ciusive'y pr* v< and that the chn ge of xtrav agafice In the natter of salarle#io Amer icans paid from the island funds \•* ah sclu ely without fo nduion. The fan of he cnee i, that the h ghest sal rt s laid in the island are pall to Cubans. The repo U tf extravagance In tram portati n and the 1 k<' are absolue ly false.” ONLY ONE REGIMENT TO GO. I nited State* Not Yet in n State o> War With China. Boston, June 19.—Senator Hoar was to day questioned regarding a special dis patch from Washington, that rumors of an extra session 'of Congress, to empower the Presklent to send troops to Chinn, was current in that city. "Of course,” said the Senator, "I can give only party opinion, but I should think it would require an* earthquake suf ficiently severe to shake every house in the nation, to induce the President to call an extra session, particularly at Ihl.** time, with #>n election impending. 1 have no doubt the President will act upon hts own responsibility, and send to China as many troops as may bo needed there.” BECKHAM IS V CANDIDATE. Announce* to .Succeed Hlinnelf * Governor of Kentucky. Frankfort, Ky., June 19.—Gov. Beckham Issued a statement to-night formally an nouncing his candidacy for the Democratic nomination to succeed himself. Lutheran* May Change Rule*. Burlington, la., June 19.—The Swellsh Augustana Lutheran Synod to-day adopt ed o resolution declaring that the ru>s of the church shutting members of the secret societies out of membership ought to !e revised and that a committee will l o se lected to present a revised plan at the next annual meeting. Independent Lutheran Church. Stillwater, Minn., June 19.—A large num ber of German Lutherans in this ei:y, who have been excommunicated because they belong o secret societies, have or ganized an Independent German Luth eran Church and wijl seek to extend it. THE CHINESE CAPITAL. Pekin Said to He a Nest of Densest Ignorance. From the New York Press. Pekin, the capital and metropolis of China, is one cf the most ancient cities on tin globe. Pia -tically it is in th * Game condition now as it was hundreds of years ago, no progress having b** n made by the Chinese either in moderniz ing the city or developing it as a trade center. The same old-style houses and the same old s r ets, badly laid out and wretchedly paved, bear silent witne-s to the backwardness of the Chinese nation. While oth*r cities in the far Fast have taken s'eps to keep pace with the tini* s Pekin has laid dormant. No fore, gn cap ital has been permitted within 1 s walls, and no suggestions f* r the amelioration of its condit.o 1 have been accepted. Lying within th* gr*ai walls that encompasses it, It has slept for years while the res' of the world has been taking g gantle st:ides to k ep up with th*- march of j ro- and civlilzat on. Pekin is divided into two great cities ihe northern part being known as the lar tar ci y and the .-outhorn l h th Chinese c| y. The former has an ana of twelve r qua re miles and The latter nn area of fifteen square miles. The Tartar <Dy Is surrounded by a wall HO fe t high, 69 feet thick at Die barn and 40 fee.' at th top, and the Chinese city is encircled by a wall 30 Uet high, 25 feet thick at the base and 12 fe t a r the top. On sde th c walls th suburbs in lude, with ihe cites, an urea of nearly 25 miles in elrcumfer cnee. Within the. Tartar city lies the im pe ial or Y* II w City, which in turn con tains the Purple, or Forbidden City, en circling the Emperors palace. With a population of nearly 1 .700,000 and growing fast Pekin has plodded along * n th same dd ant'quaUd lines lor ceniu rle'. It has not even made p.ovialons for sanitation, to neceuary to the health and w< Ifare of a largo community, and the conditions as they exist to-day are unus ually filthy. Standing on an extremely nut huiii ®P THOUSANDS. Expectations More Than Real ized. THE CONTINUED DRY GOODS SENSATION Great REMOVAL Sale BARGAINS, Like stars of the first magnitude, reduce all other bargain attempts to the brilliancy of “Cape May Diamonds” ground out at a glass factory. Bona fide versus fake —Savannah public the judges- —The citizens ol Savannah demonstrated to us during the last three weeks that they are capable of discriminating between bona fide and fake sales. Never in the history of Savannah was there such a continuous bona fide sale at tempted. TO-DAY and every day this week, you will have an op* portunity of seeing the difference between gen' uine and imitation sales. Extra special induce* ments will be offered in every department. Not a few, a dozen or so articles reduced prices as baits, but everything throughout the entire house at lower prices than competitors are pay ing for same goods to-day. ■A call here means that you will save more money, secure better results, obtain greater val ues than you ever did before. Foye & Morrison sandy plain, 1 has no water supply, and what wat r it does get is never pure. Through many of its streets it would he impossible to drive a vehicle, and after nightfall pregrrs- is uillleull even for |><- * estrians, th*- toroughfares being lit only by lanterns swung from the doors of 1 011: ca. In dry weather its streets are’ covered with dust, und in rainy weather they at • knee deep in mud. The houses are of brick, usually one story, und are roofed with tiles. AH D*: necessaries of life me exceedingly dear, and the great ma jority of the Inhabitants are m serably poor. Its nianulaetures are trifling and the trade of 4he city is con lined principal ly to supplying the wants of its citizens. Pekin is essentially a domestic city In that it has no foreign quarter, as has marly all of the larger cities of the world. Its foreign element consists, most ly of members of legations, mission aries and a few merchants. The houses of foreigners are nearly al 1 n Legation street, one of the city’s principal thor oughfares, and they are built some dis tance from ea* h other. It is said that this portion of Pekin is the cleanest part of the great city. • v> r *dS'• is permitted to decay and go to water in Pekin, the walls surround ing me efty are kept in good repair. They were built, tradition has it, to keep out Invaders, and to this day the Inhabitants believe that behind these massive piles of brick and stone they are safe from any enemy which may want to attack them. On the outer faces of these walls at In tervals of sixty feet are built square but tresses and on top of these there are guard houses occupied by troops. Six teen gates, each surmounted by 11 tall tower, lead into the city. These lowers are built in tiers or galleries, and are pro vided with many loophol -s from which fire can be directed toward any quarter. Kwang Hsu. th** present Emperor of China, was born on Aug. 2, 1K72. He is n son of Prince Chan, and succeeded to the throne by proclamation at the death of Emperor Tung Chi, on Jan. 22. 1875. He was married on Feb. 26, 18S9 Kwang Hsu Is the ninth Emperor of China of the Munchu dynasty of Tsing, which over threw the native dynasty of Ming In 1044. There is no hereditary succession to tho throne, but each sovereign ap- his successor from among tho members of hi}j fam ly of a young t gen eration than his own. Kwang Hsu was made the nominal occupant of the throne when he was 3 years old by arrangements made by the Empress Dowager, and 110 assumed control of Die government in February, 1889. On S pr. 2-’. D9B, ;>n impe rial edict was Issued stating that tho Emperor had resigned power to the Em press Dowager, who has since retained the direction of affairs. The death of Kwang Hsu has been reported many times, but it Is bellevd that he still Is alive. On Jan. 24. 19 9. it was declared by decree that Pu Tsing, n son of the Scotch and Irish Whiskies. 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The nnm b* r maintained on a war footing is from ,80,000 to 100,000. This force is subdbidet 1 * * gr< linn if M mehus. Mongolr and Chinese. The Imperial Guard, in Pe kin, contains from 4.000 to 6.000 men. He sides “Th- Eight Danners" there is ‘‘The 'i irg Pina:.” or National army, which con sists of eighteen corps under a g over not or governor general. Their nominal rerunh i from rdO.ono to 663,0C0 men. oj whom 200,< 0 are Available for w r ar. The most Important contingent is the Tien- Tsin army corps, About 100,000 strong, with rwslem organization, drl { end aim*, employed in garrison duty at Tlen-Tsln. Taku and other ports. There are also other branches known as mercenary troops, raising in emergencies, Mongolian and eom*' irregular cavalry, which are- of no real military value. The total lard army on a peace footing Is about VO.00) men. and on a war footing about 1.000,0.0. but the army a* a whole has no un’ty or coh<slon. There Is no discipline, drll lng is a pastime, their weapons are obsolete, and there is no transport, eoTbmlssariat or medical service. The war between Ja pan and China a few years ago Is still fresh in the recollection of many. Tn a short space of time the Japanese w'ped tb Chine.'* nnv.v •*tT the seas. Bince that time, however. China bus added several swift cruisers to her fleet. The Tsung-11-Yameti < r f^re s gn office of China was created on Jan. 19, 1861.' It com prise* among! its memb rs all th'se of the < oun<dl of state and six other officials of ihe high'*, t rank. It controls all the mat i* i's with foreign nations. From this of fice Prince (Thing bus been retir<d, and to his place- Prince Iu m, who represents ignorant, reactionary interests, has suc c*eded. This I looked upon as a step backward, ;< Prince (Thing had ronse knowledge of international relation*, but Prince luan has none at all. This change also elevates the Manchu clement, which is responsible for the policy of seclusion and hostility to foreigners. Until recent ly the foreign board had three Manchu and five Chinese members; now it has seven Manchus ond four Chinese. —Victor Smith of ihe New York Presr thinks tli.it what this country needs is a “school of unlearning.” He says: “There are so many distorted facts engraved on the tablets of our memory that we shall never get them straightened out unless w go to school at 40, 50, 60 and 70 to unlearn that which we stored up in youth ond tak in a fresh cargo of corrected Information. Perhaps U were better that wo should not go to school at all until wo have knocked about for half a cen tury. It is much harder to •unlearn and learn over again than to learn correctly nt the start.” 5