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SOUTH AFRICA AN OLD STORY. < IIIX A THE ONLY THING THAT IS AGITATING GERMANY. Kp*ror anti Von lluclow Were Dn l>iou nt First But They Are Now Thoroughly Aroused—The Kaiser Says German Interests in China llust Not He Allowed to Suffer—Not Yet Ileeidetl What Will Be Done With Empress Downier. (Copyright, 1900, the Associated Press.) Berlin, June 23.—Tile Chinese troubles have almost completely swept the South African war from public attention'. Even the latest Pretoria news went uncom unit' 1 upon except by the military. About Chinese events the foreign office US es great reticence and above all siudi ou avoids' admitting that the present t v.! mean an actual and probably bit r .md protracted war with China. This m i.v be partly owing to the attacks of the radical and socialist press, which main tains that the present rising of the Chi nese against the “foreign devils” is di rectly or indirectly due to the German seizure of Kiao Chou. In this the papers are strengthened by the public utterances of the German missionary bishop of Shan Tung, Von Anzer, who recently described the disastrous effect upon missionary work of the Kiao Chou seizure. In political cities here it is known that the foreign office was quite surprised by the increasing serious character of the Chinese uprising. While it is true, Baron von Ketieler. the German minister at Pe kin, sent two months ago a detailed re port from Pekin containing alarming ad vices from the German consuls through out China, and predicting serious trouble before. long, not much importance was' attached here to this report, because Ket teler was new in Pekin. Bur. though the Emperor and Count von Buelow, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, did not at tach much importance to the first news from China, they are now thoroughly aroused. His Majesy declared Friday at Kiel, that German interests in China, under no circumstances, must be allow ed to suffer, no matter how great the sacrifice. Has No Late News. The foreign office says that its latest' news-from. Tien Tein is substantially the same as that set. forth in the statement of Right 'Hon. John Broderick, the under, secretary of state for foreign affairs in the House of Commons in London. The foreign office states, however, that “the Chinese soldiers have made desperate re sistance to the international forces, which again proves that it will be necessary for the Powers to continue their present pol icy, jointly enforcing order in China and, also the necessity for harmonious action between the Powers.” Lord Gough, the British charge d'af faires in Berlin, to-day said to the corre spondent of the Associated Press, that he doubted tf the Powers hod yet ex changed views concerning the future state of tfie . Chinese government, or what would be done with the Dowager Empress and those filled with her. The only course at present, he thought, is to en force order and protect Europeans. CLARK CHOSEN CHAIRMAN. MoLin Was Elected Commissioner of Agriculture*. Jacksonville, Fla., June 23.—The State Democratic Executive Committee met to day at noon for the purpose of organiza tion. Frank Clark was chosen chairman and J. E. Crane of Hillsboro secretary. As the candidates are ail entitled to name members of the committee, J. N. C. Stock ton of Duval, F. M. Simon ton of Hills boro, J. E. Wolff of Escambia, and L. L. Wilson of Jackson were named as mem bers. Rules for the state primaries will be ready in twenty days, as ordered by the convf ntion. Hon. W. S. Jennings was present and participated in the deliberations. Much work was laid out for the committee in the coming campaign. The State Democratic Convention, after a continuous session from S p. m, Friday to 3:40 a. rn. to-day. adjourned sine die. Judge George P. Raney of Tallahassee, was chosen Lie Florida member of the National D mocratF Committee. For the place of Commissioner of Agri culture, 'Hon. L. B. Wombwell, the pres ent occupant of tire office; Hon. S. M. Robinson of Washington county, S. W. Overstreet, and Hon. B. E. McLin, were the candidates. The fight continued through three bal lots, with a final victory for Mr. McLin.. Mr. Robinson was withdrawn after the second ballot, and the nomination was made unanimous. The Governor an I state officials hold office for- four years. This is the last State Democratic Con vention that will be held in Florida for many yeans, probably, as the platform adopted. provides for primaries from i.'ted States Senator down. 'i mlroeuer (UKKI.Y lynched. >nfesetl to Killing' Well Known J I,ouin<una Woman. >w Orleans, June 23,-Mrs. Josephine tes, mother of Mrs. Sallie Otts of •Vity, ‘Avas assaulted and bru ally mur -o£x es erday in her r. r?idcnce in an ch nei£hborho d< n the Tiokfa river p!r . ‘gston parish. ?he was 60 yoars of cle r,d’ reputed to have considerable 42T ' * k Gilmore, a white man who lived miles from h who • harmed with the murder. 1 in the ev nlngr a crowd gathered f oat s h us . where G lmore was 1 held aid ook him out in the near limber. There he confessed to the ’ . He was promptly s>rung to a tree H ,b. The brat eh broke and the mob ri 'died his body with bulle s before he '■•■'Uld arise fri m the gr und. A hole was and undrr th tfee where the lynching tO ‘k place. Gilmore’? body was tumbled ‘to it dnd then the mob dispersed. II AM A SA VS Hi: WON Ol'T. T> civic* That lie Made Terms With riatt anil Quay *1 veland. 0., June 23 Senator Hanna *u Ivrd home at noon to-day from Phila d'lphia. He was driven directly from the in to his office where, he spent half • h"iir looking over his mail and at t ling to b is'nfss affairs. Mr. ih.nna denied eniphat eal y ihit he \' 1 1 n compelled to make terms with Platt and Quay and added that rr 1 ad been any fight won it result *'! 1 ' favor. Hanna said that President McKln* 1 make no speeches during the ‘ •mp n ~x or- .pt pet h ips a few brief talks eg ch legations at his home in Can ' 1 1,1 the chief executive will spend v vacation. v - Mor . v p, the Fenntor said, would 1 Mi v t ; kn the stump during the cam* ku ii and di 1v r a number <ff eo ih* s. 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None better ever ant Valaes CIR ffl CIQ Inducement to trade here, where made. AT LI FTLI: 141 IS OF PRICES. tJJIU IU you have an unlimited variety and M fill rs/rl .. , 7 lowest prices, is the additional wnii! anu ff if c i bonus, Madras Pajamas Id. n. Levy cc t>ro. 10 % discount. CHOKER'S POLITICAL VIEWS, Owned lee Trust Stock Bat Was Not inclined to Tclk. New York, June 23.—Richard Croker ar rived from England to-day on board the Cunard Line steamer Lucania. He says that, he is in the best of health and that he is ready to take a very active part in the coming national campaign. Xlr. Croker, when questioned upon the subject of the relations, of (he American Ice Company with certain high city offi cials and his ownership of ice sto.k, said: “There is no secret about the latter. I told Mr. Moss about it before the Mazet investigation. It was Philadelphia stock which 1 bought two years before the ice trust was formed. I don't care to say now whether I still hold or not.” Upon matters pertaining to the national campaign,' Mr. Croker said that, witli Roosevelt os McKinley's running mate, we should hare "San Juan Hill all over again." He said that he was going to Kansas City as a delegate. It looked, he said, as if Bryan would be the Demo cratic nominee for President. Mr. Croker was asked whether he thought Controller Coler would make a good vice presidential candidate or a stronger candidate for Governor, hut he said that he could not answer that. Mr. Croker said in their trust plank the Republicans were simply straddling the matter. “They cannot take that plank away from the Democrats." he said. EVIDENCE OF DECEPTION. Bryan's Comment on the Platform of the Republican*. Milwaukee, Wis., June 23.-The Daiiy News to-day says: Col. IV. J. Bryan, en route to Chicago and Lincoln from his vacation, said re garding the Republican platform adopted at Philadelphia: “The Philadelphia platform is the best eVidenec thus far given of the deception attempted by the Republican party. Tak en in connection with the speeches made ul tite convention, it shows that the Re publican party's platform of ISM was a deliberate fraud as far as the promises of international bimetallism were concern ed; that the party’s attitude on the trust Question is insincere and that the party is not willing to state its attitude on the Philippine question and Invite the judg ment of the people. Nothing was more manifest in the convention than the mil itary spirit, and yet the convention did not dare Indorse the demand of the Presi dent In ISC'S for a standing army of 100,000 "coi. Bryan declared that the reports of serious difference? between himself and Chairman Jones were absolutely false. BOTHERED 111 DELHI,ATKS. Many of Them Stopped Over to Worry the President. Washington. June 23.—Home-going Re publican delegates filled the White House to-day. They came in singly and in pairs and m whole state delegations. Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi. lowa, Georgia Tennessee. Missouri. Florida, and South Carolina were represented In the day's callers. The President shook hands with them all and extended his thanks for their congratulations. _ Two Irishmen Deported. New York, June 23,—b s-ph Mullet nnd janes' Fitzhat i Is, the Irishmen who ?crte,l sentences In an English prison for complicity In tho Phoenix I atk murders and who arrived at this port on May J 7 last, were deported to-dnv on the <r.tinatd steamship fcServia, which tailed * 1 @'clock. THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JUNE 24. 1900. U-L EYES TURNED ON CHINA. SITI'ATION IN THE EAST KEEPS THE OFFICIALS BI ST. President and Ills Advisers Had Lit tle Time to Devote to the Proceed ings at Philadelphia Secretary Hay Busy Sprinting; Between the White House and the Stute De partment—Foreign Diplomats Ex pect War With China. Washington, June 23 —This has been an eventful week in the Nation's Capital. In addition to the excitement and national interest which usually centers around the presidential convention, the country has divided its Interest in the war-like re ports received from China. President McKinley would doubtless have preferred to dtvote this week to the consideration of his prospects for re-nom ina'lon and re-election, but the crisis In China has developed so rapidly that he has been obi ged to return to the customs whi h prevail'd 'turns the Rpani.h war when war consulta ions were held in the While House early in the morning, at noon day and late at night. So alarming and so conflicting have been the reports from China that these war conferences have been held daily during the present week. The war board room which became famous pend ng tb Spanish contest has been re-establ shod and war charts and maps of China and contiguous territory have b en hung on the wall for the convenienre of the Pres ident and his advisers. On these maps are marked the location and estimated force of the Chinese and the allied for, ign Powers. Owing to the limited means of commun ication between the principal points In T'-'-a a-d 't'e world the progress cf the campaign In the Orient cannot be follow, and with as much accuracy and sat i action as prevailed during the Spanish yar. Hay Calls Often. Secretary Hay has probably been at the White House on an average of f.om three to foig- times daily, each time bearing uiTc*- s or lijuireci itiwrtitdiiOf rtiM live to the conditions in China. Several weeks ago all of the American representa tives in China were cabled Instructions to keep the department of state fully advised as to the developments in their respective vicinities. Those who have been able to overcome difficulties of rigid censorship o dedroved lines of eomrrain'eat'oi have Unpra iiflflM# 4 '• *"a fo throw any satisfactory light on the *l‘- uation. In other words, so far as the state department Is concerned, the actusl conditions In the Chinese Empire are <t • lark secret. In his haste to communicate with the I resident. Secretary Hay has temporn r y abandoned the use of his stylish vic i via lc which ha usually rides to nnd l.w—a 1 u ta Out M.-ut t, ~u .a .egg.ug ,t Itui and forth with the agility of a trained col lege sprinter. On these visits he has also discarded the use of the large buff leather portfolio stamped with gold letters. In which be frequently carries great scorns of state. There is nothing Imposing or dignified In his appearance as he rushes through the White House grounds to the White House with a cablegram in his left hand and his right hand employ 'd in nervously striking his silvery Van Dyke beard. Root llnl to Work Too. Secretary Root has not been able to give much aid and comfort to the administra tion in regulating New York politic* dur ing convention week, a pari to wnlcn he CHALLENGE SALE! No bait thrown out to catch the wary on single items. We have extended our sale through all lines. We wish to show the pub lic that we appreciate their past patronage, and as we celebrate % our twenty-first anniversary July 1, you can rest assured that what we say we mean. Twenty-five years ought to be a guarantee of my integ rity. All SHOES marked in plain figures; their WORTH and CUT PRICE. You can save 50 PER. CENT, by finding a selection at my store. • ♦ A. S. NICHOLS, 8 BROUGHTON STREET, WEST. had been originally assigned. The ques tion of withdrawing a certain number of regular troops from the Philippines and sending them to China to reinforce Rear Admiral Kempff, compelled him to leave he convention city on Monday, and re turn to hts desk In the War Department and join In the war conference* held In the White House. Rear Admiral Crownlnshleld, who, as chief of the Bureau of Navigation, is practically the controlling spirit in Ihe navy, Is freely consulted relative to the proposed movements of our warships in Chinese waters. Secretary Long has been absent the entire week in Philadel phia, tenderly nourishing his vice presi dential boom. His absence during this crisis hns been endured as it might have been during the Spanish war, for it will be remembered that Secretary I-ong is a man of peace, and ho dots not seem to realize that wur is Inevitable until after several battles have been fought nnd thousands of lives and property has been destroyed. Rear Admiral Crowninshleld, in spite of his unfortunate personal char acteristics, which have rendered him more or less unpopular in certain quarter*, is master of every detail in connection with •he navy, and upon hts suggestion and ad vice every reasonable precaution Is being taken to equip the naval forces in the Far East. With tin- Diplomatic Carps. While the member* of our government have been kept on the Jump during the past week or ten day*, because of the un settled condition of affairs in China, the representative* of the foreign lowers In cluding Russia, Japan, Otrmany, Eng land, France and China, have contrived to earn their respective salaries to a greater extent than usual in their efforts to keep ddvlsed of what Is going on here a* well a* In China The British Ambas sador, Lord Pauncefote, has been a daily visitor at the department of state and on other occasions he rarely calls there, except oti diplomatic day, Thursday. Min ister Wu of China has displayed the keen est anxiety for information from Pekin. If he ha* been able to maintain direct communication with hts home government during the past week, he has had a scoop on the President and all of the other members of the diplomatic corps. He has Insisted thet he has been without direct advice* from homo end In that way his repeated visits to the stale department and diligence, and the dlplomatio cleverness he displays In trying to ascertain how much inside Information Secretary Hay has on the subject. France, through her ambassador. M. Cambon. has evinced the keenest Inter eat In the situation, and he or some at tache of the French Embassy has dally visited the department of state, and some of the leading newspaper office* in search of information. In Ihe absence of the Russian Minister, the charge daffairs, Mr. De Wollant, ha# also been a conspic uous visitor at the department of state. Mr. De Wollant would never be token for an influential and clever diplo matic representative of a great nation like Russia. Nature has not dealt kindly with hlin in her gifts of physical manhood. He la small and diminutive lp stature with a complexion, yellow, wrinkled and drawn resembling Huh of • venerable Lilliputian. He is gen erally described as bearing a close resem blance to Dr. Mary Walker who c'alms to be the female pioneer in discarding , feminine skirts for mm Ine trousers and bloomers. Mr. de Wollant 1* regarded, however aa an able and accomplished diplomat, and he la popu'ar here owing to the fhet that he recently married one of the most attractive and accomplished young ladles of Washington. They Expert War. Unless all of the members of the ad ministration and the, representatives of the foreign powers with whom I have discussed the Chinese situation are terrl- ‘ bly ml* aken, war between China and the allied foreign Pow'rs seems to ba Inevi table. Naturally these officials cannot af ford to give expression to their Judgment as it would be regarded a* u vlola'lon of International courtesy, but nevertheless, w: en they permit themselves to discuss the situation wbhout reaerve, they all agree that the Empress Dowager haa probably employed all of her well known sk.ll and court Intrigue to unite all the factions In the Chinese Empire against what she conceives to be her common enemy, the allied Powers of Europe and the United States. Heady for the President. Canton, 0.. June 23—The President's household goods have arrived and hts res idence her© wily be tttud up at once. The bath tub presented him by Pennsylvania workmen In lkSsi, has been placed in the house Ths residence has been painted a dark lead color with whits trimmings. WIIKELKR FOR CO’SGRKSS. lotlmatcN Vie Mill Be n Cnnilldatt in Flection in 1002. Huntsville. Ala., June 23.—Gen. Joseph Wheeler may become a candidate for Congress when the unexpfred term re cently resigned by him expires. A prominent politician of the Eighth district has received a copy of a cir cular letter from Gen. Wheeler, In which he intimates tha he will be at the dis posal of his friends at that time. All candidates who are contesting for Gen. Wheeler’s seat entered with the una derstanding that the man who wins will also he entitled to servo the full congres sional term of tw'o years, which follows. This provision was inseried by the Dis trict Executive Committee in the call for a special primary election. REORGANIZATION OF A HOTEL. Receiver Named for Ho-tel Chamber lain at Norfolk. Norfolk. Va„ June 23.—In> a friendly suit brought In the Circuit Court of the Untied State* by (he Knickerbocker Trust Com- IKiny of New York, trustee, against th* Hampton Roads Hotel Company, on order waa entered 10-day appointing William Butler Duncan, Jr., receiver of the Hotel Chamberlain. The object of the proceed ing is to effect a friendly reorganization of the company. The hotel will rcraata open. 7