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WILL SOON VISIT THE SITES.
MTAL nOARI) WILL LOSE *0 TIME
OYEIi ITS DOCK WORK.
Expected That It Will Reach Char
leston To-morrow—The Fimt In
spection Will Be Made at the Port
ftoyai Station Maas of Official
Data Relative to the Present sta
tion and t liarlcaton's Facilities
Has Been Fnrni*hcd the Board.
Washing on, July 6.—Rear Adn. ral Rod
gers, with hU board of admirals to inves
tigate and report upon the transfer of
the naval station from Port Royal to
Charleston, is expected to arrive in
Charleston Sunday morning. The board
is now in session at the Navy Depart
ment and Rear Admiral Rogers stated
to-day that It is the intention of the
board to leave here Saturday and reach
Charleston the following day.
The board organized yesterday, but did
r.ot get down to busir.ees until to-day. All
the members of the board were in at
tendance, and the instructions given
them by the Score ary' of the Navy were
formally read for information. The in
structions are to the effect that the board
shall first pro eeil to Port Royal and
make a thorough examination of the con
dition? existing there and determine
wnether or not it will be feasible and to
the advantage of the government to fur
ther attempt to make h* dry dock ser
viceable for the accommodation of big
battleships, and also whether the money
already expended on the naval establish
ment at tha* point has produced satisfac
tory result*.
Leaving Port Royal, the board is direct
ed to proceed to Charleston and ascertain
whether the harbor facilities and other
lequiremems for a first- lass naval sta
tion are sufficient to warrant the govern
ment in transferring the naval station to
a point at or near Charleston.
After reading the instructions the board
was furnished with a mass of official
data, showing the amount of ex
penditures already made on Port Royal,
together with recommendations and es
timates for further improvements at thit
station. The *ngineers’ report relative
to the river and harbor work that has
been done and to additional work neces
sary' at Port Royal was also laid before
the board. Similar Information bearing
upon the river and harbor facilities at
Charleston were also submitted, fo that
the members will go south fully inform
ed, so far as the past and present condi
tions of the two places are set forth in
official reports.
Rear Admiral Endieott, chief of the
Bureau of Yards and Docks, was sum
moned before the board to-day and made
a comprehensive statement, the subdance
of which was set forth in his official rec
ommendation. favorable to the transfer
already printed in the official reports and
the Congressional Record. It was evi
dent from these statements of Rear Ad
miral Endieott that he is strongly in
favor of the transfer. He commented
upon the advantages which in his judg
ment, Charleston has over Port Royal,
and he does not hesitate to express the
belief that It would be of material bene
fit if the transfer could be made within
a reasonable period and upon reasonable
term'.
In further commenting upon the subject,
Rear Admiral Endieott stated that the
law under which tlie transfer may lx- mad -
ia not open to general competition. It
provides that, should the board deem it
advisable, the station now at Port Royal
may be transferred to an available site
at or near Charleston. The law limits the
competition to Port Royal or Charleston,
so that the board has no authority to con
sider a site elsewhere.
In connection with the rumor that land
syndicates were being formed in Charles
ton with a view to putting an extrava
gant price on desimble sites. Rr Admiral
Endieott said that such a report had
found its Way to Washington. He was
not prepared to state where or how the
rumor originated. It might have been
a mere suggestion made while the sub
ject was under consideration before the
Secretary of the Navy. He added that
there need he no fear of extortion being
practiced upon the government in connec
tion with the purchasing of a site, for, if
the proposed transfer is agreed upon, the
low gives the government the right to
aeleet an available site end institute pro
ceedings of condemnation should the own
ers of the site desired place what is deem
ed to be an unreasonable price upon it.
Admiral Rodgers is not prepared to state
how long the board will be engaged at
Port Royol and Charleston. It is the in
tention of the Secretary of the Navy as
well as of the members of the board to
make a thorough investigation of the mat
ter, and at the same time expedite Ihe
work to be done eitner at Port Royal or
Charleston. The promptness with which
the board assembled indicates an intention
on the part of the navy department to set
tle the question without unnecessary de
day.
COTTON ON THE IT TURN.
Continued So In Response to an Al
most Unbroken Rise at Liverpool.
New York. July 6.—The cotton market
opened firm at an advance of one to six
points and continued on the up turn much
of the forenoon In response to an almost
unbroken rise in Liverpool, where a bear
panic seemed prevalent.
Europe was the leading buyer in the
local pit. with r om shorts if less intense
bear convictions, close seconds. Although
the August delivery attracted the Hone
share of attention and exhibited special
strength, the firmne s of the new crop
deliveries was a noteworthy feature, In
view of the continued fine weather over
the belt and the apparent willingness of
Southern interests to sell unlimited
amounts of cotton for delivery in October
and later months.
There was a singular absence of bull
speculation, and rot a few holders were
tempted to unload by Hie exceptional
profits within easy reach. Private cables
attributed the gr at strength abroad to
the strong statistical situation,heavy cov
ering by influential Alexandria parties
and demoralization in European bear eli
des in general.
The government chart r.oted further
rains In Texas, but rerorted clear with
er e'sewliere—Just the condition needed to
Invigorate the crop and permit farmers
to rush cultivation.
Mnrtgnifr olt Jck? 1.
Brunswick, Ga , July 6.~ Attorneys Cro
vat & Whitfield for the Jekyl Island Club.
imlay placid on record u mortgage for
$200,u00. to retire an old mortgage arid ee
cure money to make further Improve
ments at Jekyl. The mortgage was from
the Jekyl Island Cluh to the Hudson Trust
Compauy of New York.
His tlund Crushed Off.
Atlanta,, July 6.—Pinkney Tuggle, son of
Paul L. Tuggle, foretnnn at the Western
and Atlantic shops, fell while nlightlng
from the Southern Belt this afternoon,
near hla home, 21 Yotinge Btreet. Ills
hand was cruHhed off. Though hut 12
years old, he stood the pain hcroieully.
INorsford’s Acid Phosphate
Relieves Fatigue.
A wholesome acid tonic relieving the
lassitude of the summer months.
Genuine bean name Hourano‘ on wrapper.
Did You Ever Know
any one who smoked the same kind
of Five Cent cigar any length of
time? Five Cent cigar smokers are
always dissatisfied —always trying
something new—or something differ
ent, as there always seems to be some
thing wrong about the cigars they have
been smoking. Ask your dealer for
Old Virginia Cheroots
They are always good. •
Three hundred million smoked this year. Price, 3 for 5 cents.
THE NEWS FROM TIBS TSIX.
Story of the Situation In That City
as It Was on June 20,
(Copyright, 1900. by the Associated Pres*)
Tien Tsin, June I*9, via Che Foo, July 1.
and Shanghai, July 5 —Those best inform
ed In Tien Tsin consider the position of
foreigners in Pekin as almost hopeless.
It is hopeless to attempt to force the
way* with the force available. Command
ers are willing to rfsort to deeperate
means, but to attempt a forced march
from Tien Tsin with the forces at hand
means certain destruction to the army,
besides slaughter of the civilians left at
Tien T?in.
Enough soldier* are necessary to defeat
the Chinese army, maintain commun.ca
tion with the base of supplies and guard
the hospitals en route. Water supply is
.an important problem, the country fur
nishing none except the river, the wells
having been poisoned.
The Chinese are committing terrible
atrocities upon the wounded. They are
mutilating all the dead which fall into
their hands.
Gen. Tung Fuh Siang. with 10 000 of the
best disciplined troops In the Chinese
array. Mohammedans, is marching from
the southwest towards Pfkin. The army
thereabouts numbers jO.OO. The Empress
fled to her summer palace. The Mvh mme
dans and Boxers are fighting in Pekin.
Ten regiments of Gen. Nieh's command
north of Tien Tain are reported to have
deserted and gone to pillaging the coun
try. Residents declare that a Chinese
commune has been inaugurated and that
the peaceable Chinese are the greatest
sufferers. . .
The foreign soldiers are burning the out
skirts of Tien Tsin to deprive the enemy
of shelter, end the Boxers are destroying
outlving village, for loot. The smoke of
a hundred tires Pan be seen in every di
reel ion.
Tien Tsin was not bombarded to-day for
the first time in a fortnight. Families art
returning to their home, within th co ""
cessions. Women and children win be
sent to Taku as soon as travel is safe. No
unfriendly Chinamen are visible in
streets A few of the richest, with their
families, are huddled in the outhouses for
protection, badly frightened. Others, con
cealed in various houses, shoot at the Eu
ropeans on the street.
The Chinese dead about Tien Tsin num
ber thousands. Most of ‘hose who have
been killed lie unburied in the fields. The
river to Taku Is full of floating bodies, and
many have been washed up J^. the
Dogs are feeding on these bodies along
the bank?.
The small American contingents every
where distinguished themselves, Capt
McCalla and Maj. Waller are most popu
lar at Tien Tsin, ar.d their men are placed
in the lead in every movement by com
mon consent, with the British close behind
The foreigners in Tien Tsin declare they
owe their lives to the Russians, without
whom the other small detachments must
have been overwhelmed. On the darkest
day. Wednesday, a week, when the Chi
nese were pressing on every side and the
bravest men were abandoning hope, lh-
Russian commander. Col. Wozack, ar
ranged that the main body of the troops
should make a sortie with the civilians lit
the direction of Taku, leaving 400 Rus
sians to defend the city, engage the at
tention of the Chinese, and ultimately sac
rifice thmselve*. The arrival of th*
Americans saved the day and proved a
surprise. , . .
Among the military evidences of the Im
mense Chinese preparation for war. .t
may be mentioned that arsenals and stores
hitherto unknown, have been discovered
About ten million dollars' worth of arms
and ammunition, mostly modern, has
been destroyed in three arsenals outside
of Tien Tsin. . _ ... .
Several thousand troops under Gen. N teh
are holding the native city five mile*
north of Tien Tsin. It was rumored that
40 000 Chinese would make on attack at
noon to-day. The troops were under
arms, Imt the Chinese failed to material
ize. Admiral Seymour was wounded
slightly by a spent ball which struck him
In the alioulder while in the house with
Commander McCalla and Commander
Taussig. „ _.
The hero of Tien Tsin is James Watts,
a young Englishman, who with three
Cossack . ran the gauntlet to Taku with
messages for reinforcements, charging
through villages under fire repeatedly.
Several foreign commanders have recom
mended that the quartette be decorated.
Y. M l A 7 IMPROVBMBXTS.
Building in Atlanta Will Hove New
Features Added.
Atlanta. July 6.—The Building Commit
tee of the Young Men's Christian Asso
ciation has decided to enlarge the present
structure on North Pryor street. An arch
itect is now at work preparing plans for
the installation of the best features of an
up-to-date club house.
The committee has determined to add a
natatorlum to the building This will be
done, if the architect thinks It practica
ble, by adding two stories to the present
structure, changing the gymnasium from
the ground tioor to one of the upper stories
uttd using the present gymnasium for the
pool. No olher floor in the building could
be utilized ns a gymnasium, as they are
occupied by the educational and lecture
rooms. No member of the committee Is
willing to cut down this valuable feature
of the association.
CDS SIDE HKD THE DECLINE.
Cotton Mill Men Held Another Alert
ing In Philadelphia.
Philadelphia. July 6.—The committee of
the Board of Governors fer the Southern
I Cotton Spinners' Aesoclatlcn was in se<-
s.on again to-day considering the decline
in pilcoe. President Samford, of the
‘ American Y'arn Exchange of Boston, who
was before the committee yesterday, was
called in to-day and with the committee
went over the Southern situation. Syeral
local commission men were al-o present
The commits* will probably hold Its
laid se salon to-morrow and then go to
Boston hd Chicago.
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, JULY 7. 1900.
JIDC.E JAMES BELT DEAD.
Postranstor of Gainesville, Fla., Ha*
l*ael Aivay.
Gainesville, Fla.. July 6.—One of the
saddest deaths which has occurred in this
city for many years was the demise of
Judge James Re-11, postmaster and adju
tant of Lew Wallace Rost, G, A. R.,
who expired suddenly from an apopletic
stroke at 9 o’clock yesterday morning.
Judge Bel! was born in Brooklyn', N.
Y.. May 28, 1827. He was reared and edu
cated in Sullivan county. New York. At
the breaking out of the war between the
srates he enlisted as a private in the First
New York Infantry, and was present at
the first and las* battle fought in that
famous and bloody campaign. After a
few months’ service he was promoted to
major on the staff of Gen. Kearney, short
ly after which that lamented officer was
killed in battle. Judge Bell received the
last order given from the lips of Gen.
Kearney, and was executing this order
when information reached him of the Gen
eral’s death.
At the close of the war Judge Bell re
turned to New York city, where he enter
ed the law office of Gen. Charles Van
Wyck. Hp afterwards attended the Uni
versity of New York, from which college
he was graduated with high honor.
In 1868 Judge IJell came South, settling
in Jacksonville, where for several years
he enjoyed a successful and lucrative
practice of law. In 1876 he proceeded to
Montlcello, having received the appoint
ment of probate judge of Jefferson coun
ty. which position he filled with justice
and impartiality until the change of the
political situation. From Monticello be
went to Washington, where he received an
appointment in the department of the in
terior. On account of his superior
knowledge of the geographical lo
cation of land in Florida, he
v.a,- appointed a special agent of the
United States land office, and assigned
to duty at Gainesville. Assuming his new
duties in 1880, which position he held for
a number of years. He has occupied
various government positions in this state
as special agent, all of which have been
performed accurately and efficiently.
He was appointed to be postmaster at
GainesviUe for the first time, under the
Harrison administration, which position
he held for five years, when again hie
popularity was demonstrated when a num
ber of prominent Democrats joined in a
petition to have him continued under a
Democratic administration. He was suc
ceeded by Dr. King under Cleveland's ad
ministration, but was reoppointed when
the Republicans again came in power.
WANTS A NEW \OHIv ENGINEER.
Atlanta \fter Expert Inspection of
the Pumping Engines.
Atlanta, July' 6.—Rudolph Herring, hy
draulic engine?r of New York, will be in
vited to come to Atlanta to investigate
the trouble in the waterworks depart
ment. At a nietl rig of the water board
this afternoon Park Woodward. G. YV.
Harrietn. H. C. Erwin and A. C. Mlnhin
iv tt were appointed a committee to re
quest the New Y'ork engineer to come to
this city.
The board voted confidence in Chief En
gineer J. R. Travis, upon whose shoulders
much censure has fallen on account of
the recent deplorable rtate of affairs at
the pumping station.
Water is once more flowing freely in the
mains. The patched up crossltead appears
to be as efficient as anew one, but all
uneasiness has not lx en dispelled. The
coming of Engineer Herring will be anx
iously awaited.
Chairman Ashley cf the Fulton County
Board of Examiners of stationary en
gines made a s a -melit to-day in which
he declared the engineering corps at the
pumping station was net at fault. He
highly commended Mr. Tiavls for discov
ering the break in the machinery before
a more serious accident occurred.
ATLANTA'S BIG BUILDING.
Contrnct for the 14-Story Structure
Ho* Been Let.
Atlanta. Ga.. July 6.—The contract has
been let for the Empire building, the
fourteen-story' structure which is to be
erected by H. M. Atkinson, Samuel Carr
and YV. 11. Asplnwall, trustees for the
owners, end work will be started In three
weeks.
The building will stand at the northeast
corner of Marietta and Broad streets, and
extend through to Walton street. It will
be the tallest in the South, in fact, there
will be none taller south of Philadelphia.
It will reach 184 feet to the top of the
parapet'wall, and 2'io feet to the roof of
the elevator house. There will he a front
age of 60 feel cn Marietta street. 205 feet
on Broad, and 40 on Walton street.
The exterior will be faced with cut
stone to the hight of three tstorlef, and
above that pr< ucd brick and terracotta
will be used. The brick in view just now
has n new shade never used before, and
will m ike a very handsome effect. Glass
In the exterior of the building will be
plate. The building will have three en
trahees, one on each of the three streeis
named, with the main entrance possibly
on Marietta street.
M H IDE NEAII ATLANTA,
Ercni'hnian Killed Himself Beeanss*
His Wife Left Him.
Atlanta. July 6—Separation from his
wife is attributed the cause of the suicide
of Emile Barnard, which occurred to-day.
He took Paris gi-en this afternoon and
died at 2 o'clock.
Barnard was a member of a French col
ony on the Mayeon and Turner road be
yond the city limits. He was 50 years of
age. His wife left him about h year ago,
and has been working in a factory to earn
a living for herself and one child. Bar
nard lived wiih his married brother lu the
iOlony. He was discovered In the bouse
in a dying condition shortly before 2
I o'rlotk. A physician was summoned, but
Barnard was dead before the doctor ar
ilvcd
NO COMFORT FOR PESSIMISTS.
Hradatreet’s How No Cause for Com
plaint In Trade C-omlitions.
New Yoik, July 6.—Bradstreet’s to
morrow will say: Business is usually
dull at this season, and this yejr no ex
ception to the general rule is to be re
marked. A review of the pas: six months,
however, gives little comfort to pessi
mists. Bank clearing*, it is true, arc
smaller by about 11 per cent, than they
were in the fir?t half of ls99t but railway
earnings are about 10 per cent, larger and
bu*ines failures, as reported to Brad
street’s, ore the fewest reported for eight
een years back, with liabilities of fading
traders the smaWest. with one exception,
and that las: year, since .892.
Winter wheat has about all been har
vested in the Southwest, and the yield
there has been very large.
Copious rains in the Northwest, too,
have apparently worked some improve
ment. judging from the more cheerful
tone of advices received) thence this week.
Raw cotton has been rather i!Tegu.ar
this week. Some improvement in crop
advices is to be noted, but the main in
terest center* in the efforts of the over
grown shonage to cover on the old crop
deliveries.
In manufacturing lines, dullness and
weakness are- most marked in products
of iron ana steel. Talk of an effort by
the great combinations to control prices
in the latter industry is heard. The basic
material, pig iron, weakens steadily, with
some authorities predicting 25 per cent,
reduction from present purely nominal
prices which are not attracting buyers.
Th*- settlement of labor troubles is re
flected in the better demand for building
materials a: affected centers, while rains
:ti the Northwest have allowed white
pine manufacturers to open their works
and give employment to many thousands
of men. Southern pine prices ore week,
and the market for that material is very
duM.
Business failures in the United States
for the week number 146, against 185
last week, and 156 last year. Business
failures In the Dominion of Canada num
ber 25. as compared with 18 last week, and
25 last year.
FORAGE AND SUPPLIES.
For American Forces Are to Go to
Taka at Once.
Washington, July 7.—C01. Miller, quar
termaster at Manila, acting under instruc
tions from Quartermaster General Lud
ington, has arranged to dispatch the
transport Westminster from Manila to
Taku with a full cargo of forage and other
supplies for our military forces in China.
The transport win discharge her cargo
at Taku. and will then proceed to Naga
saki for the purpose of getting the sup
plies on the transport Grant from San
Francisco, intended for the troops to the
Philippines, in the event that the Grant
is compelled to proceed from Nagasaki to
Taku with the two squadrons of the Six:lt
Cavalry, and the marine detachment un
der Maj. Biddle, who are passengers on
that vessel.
J h:s action of the d-partment is.accept
ed as a practical admission that the
troops on the Giant are expected to go
to China instead of the Philippines. Inas
much as it will not be possible for the
transport Sumner, which is scheduled to
sail from San Francisco on the 15th in
s ant. to take more than a sQuadron of
the Ff eonth Infan ry acros* the Pacific,
it has been arranged that another battal
ion of that r. giment shall be forwarded
on th- transport Hancock, which will sail
from San Francisco on the first prox
imo. These troops will follow the course
prescribed in the case of the Ninth In
fantry. While others are bound for the
Philippines, they will be kept in readi
ness for service in China, and will be
diverted to that country upon the arrival
of the transport at Nagasaki, in case it
is found necessary- to increase the mili
tary strength in China.
OTIS IN WASHINGTON.
He Warn Called There for nn Official
Conference.
Washington, July 6.—Gen. Otis arrived
in Washington to-day front his home fit
Rochester, N. Y’., in answer to e tele
graphic summons from the war depart
ment, and called immediately upon Secre
tary Root. The General spent the entire
morning in close conference with Secre
tary Root, Gen. Miles and Adjt. Gen.
Corbin.
In answer to inquiry as to the nature
of his business, he referred all question
ers to the Secretary of War. but the lat
ter declined to make any statement on
the subject. It is supposed that Gen.
Oiis has been called to Washington to
inform the authorities as to the military
situation in the Philippines, with special
reference to the possibility of calling upon
the troops there for further reinforce
ments for the I'nited States force In China.
It may be decided that the emergency
warrants a change in policy In the Phil
ippines, so as to secure the needed troops
for China, by a temporary contraction of
the military line of occupation.
BIG HANDICAP TO-DAY.
Great Racing: Event to Be Pulled Off
at Brighton.
New York, July 6.—The fourth of the
big handicaps will be run at Brighton to
morrow. Considered from every stand
point. It should be as great an attraction
as either the Brooklyn or Suburban. It
is worth as much, and more. If there are
ten starters, the value of the stake will
reach $11,745, which Is more than the
Brooklyn or Suburban Is worth.
This year's race will serve to establish
the vexed question of superiority between
Kinley Mack, the two-time winner of the
Brooklyn and Suburban, and Ethelbert.
who has been styled the king of the
turf. Imp is entered in the Brighton as
a probable starter, as Is also Jean Be
ra ltd.
Col. Irquliart Den<l.
Saratoga. N. Y\, July 6—Col. David
I'rquhart of New Orleans. La., died here
to-day at his summer cottage. He was
the father of Mrs. James Brown Potter,
the actress.
They Endorse Stevenson.
Kansas City. July 7.—The National Com
mittee of the Silver Republicans deoid,*d
to Indorse Stevenson. The Populist Com
mittee Is still in session.
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CRANKS’ LETTERS TO PCBLIC MEN.
Just Now Admiral Dewey I* a Fav
ored Recipient, but There Are
Other*.
Washington letter In New Tork Herald.
During ihe last two years more babies
have been named for Admiral Dewey than
for any other one person In this coun
try. The Admiral has a couple of trunks
full of pictures of these babies, sent him
by fond parents, and that many hundreds
of letters have been received in addition
informing him of the appropriation of his
name. In all probability most of the
writers of these letters are actuated mere
ly by an honest desire to do homage to
he Admiral, but some of them get the
most absurd notions as to the gifts wh ch
It is thought he will give to every child
named for him. Here Is one of the curios
ities of this kind:
"Dear Sir: you may be suprlse to find
twelve ctn s in this let’er as Christmas
is coming and I would like to give a pres
ent to my little sisters and bro hers as
I have only twelve cents 1 thaught that
I would send them to you. If you will
change them for pennies and that way
I would give them a nice present I live
on a farm and my name is Edwin Avery
Park and I am 8 years old. I love to
draw picture®. I have made one to send
to you. It is not any special sh p but one
I drew* out of my head. I hope you will
like it. Yours truly.
‘ Edwin Avery Park.”
Another letter received by the Admiral
Is as follows:
"May the 10, 19(0.
Mr. Dewie 1 Take my pn in hand to
write to you in reguard to my little boy s
name, a fr end of myn reqested me to rite
you and let you know that my baby name
was dewie. I named him dewie when he
was bout 3 days old he will be one year
old the 9 day of april, my friend said he
red in a newspaper that you had made
a present of $5,000 to a little child named
dewie. Mr. dewie if you are going to
make a present to the children, that is
named after you. Remember my little boy
if vou please.
dewie was the first name I thought
about naming my little boy. I will bring
my letter to a close, yours answer soon
"from
"To Mr. george Dewis."
Here is one from a mother who does not
seem to anticipate the possibility of te
ceiving so large an amount as that men
tioned by the preceding writer:
"June 19 1900
•'Mr. Admiral Dewey
"Gentleman Dear Sir I thought I write
you to let you know I have Just Named
my Son (Noble Dewey Miles) after one of
the bravest and Noblest men of my Coun
try not that I wont to flatter you but U is
so he will be 2 year® the 33nd of this month
now if you think you can send the Little
boy a present it will never be forgotten as
I am sorry to say I am very Poor Hoping
you will Receive this alright I will simply
await a answer and Obliged
“Address
One of the etrangest "crank" letters ever
seen in Washington has been received by
Admiral Dewey. The writer appears to
think that it is the intention of the Eng
lish authorities to place President Kruger
of the Boer republic, oil the Island of St.
Helena, and that the Admiral can Hive
Kruger. It is as follows:
May the 51.
"Dear admiral will you use your juddg
ment in be half of Mr. kruger the peple Is
goin' to put him on ailand to die from his
fatnly please see how you would fell to
leav your wife pleas help the poor Boer
pleas’hilp them if you can the country
and sitie the people is mad at Mcklnly for
not help Boer while you was in batle I
prad the good father proettect you in batle
and he did thank god for it please stop
the peple from takn kruger pleas if you
can I think you can If eny man can it Is
you _
"I am sixty for and 1 will help the Boers
fit If nesary.
"pleas excus bad ritin bad spellln
"Mr Ch A
"Wee think what you sa la law and gos
pel!
"My eys is very bad
"pleas admiral help them if you can I
now you will you are so good you will I
now If you can."
One of the presidential possibilities not
long ago received encouragement 1n his
aspirations from the following letetr writ
ten by the wife of a railroad man in Mich
igan:
"Honored Sir:
"In case you nre a presidential candi
date, my huaband. who is a railroad man,
will vote for you, providing you promise
to do all that you can to bring about gov
ernmental ownership of railroads. All
other railroad men would work hard for
you could they know that during your ad
ministration you would try to bring about
the above named much desired change.
They consider themeeleva oppressed and
111 tra'cd. ns you no doubt know."
One of the pemiTtlcs of greatness is that
one mil!t have inflicted upon him an abun
dance of |>oe try. Sometimes the poetry
which great men receive relates, nt least
Indirectly, to them, but it frequently hap
pen* that much that does not refer to
them In any way is sent—presumably as a
mere sample.
A Log on the Track.
Columbus. Ga.. July B.—As a Joke, some
small negro children rolled an eighteen
foot log on the Central Georgia track near
Salem, Ala., this morning, shortly before
the passenger train from Cohimhua pass
ed along. A wreck was only averted
through :he vigilance of the engineer, who
saw the tog and stopped the train In time.
The children were too young to prosecute.
WHO’S WHO IN CHINA.
The . Different Parties Distinguished
and Described l>- the Leader of
One of Them,
From the London Times.
The following extracts from a memo
randum prepared last autumn for an Eng
lish friend by the Chinese reformer, Kang
Yu Wei, will be read with interest at the
present juncture:
"In order properly to comprehend the
inner affairs of the Chinese empire, the
first thing needful is rightly to distin
guish the different parties in China. The
Emperor Dowager holds on to the old
ways; her party is known as the 'Em
press' party.' The Emperor and his
friends who desire reform are known as
the 'Emperor's party.' Then there is a
third party, known as the ‘Middle party.’
which is chiefly concerned with its own
interests and dares not interfere in poli
tics. Nineteenths of the people and offi
cials are comprised in this party.
"The Empress Dowager, notwithstand
ing that she is the head of the ruling
party, possesses few or no friends outside
of official circles and the Yamens. Other
wise her Influence is small. Her inti
mates are all Manchus. Yung Lit. ap
pointed by her commander-in-chief;
Kangwei, special commissioner for the
collection of additional revenues from the
provinces; Prince Tuan, Y'un Yu, BwaJ
ta-pu, etc. The only clever man among
them Is Yung Lu; the rest are densely
ignorant and care for nothing but wealth
and official rank. Of the high military
officials, Tung-Fu-Siang belongs to the
Empress' party and Y'uan-Shi-Kai to the
Emperor’s. All the remainder may be
said to belong to the Middle party Thus
I am right in saying that the Empress'
party are few In number, although at the
moment their power is great.
"The Middle Party, on the other hand, is
spre-ad throughout the whole empire. The
majority ere in their heart of hearts de
voted to the Emperor, admiring his intelli
gence and rectitude, and these are alarm
ed and angry at the Empress' usurpation
They know how ignorant she is and whnr
a dissolute life she has led for the last
thirty years, and that the weakness of
China is largely due to her misdeeds. But
the high officials are too old; they sit
blinking in the twilight, not daring to act,
but leaving success or ruin to come, as
the Emperor or the Empress gains the
upper hand.
"Ruined as the Emperor's Party' is. yt
they are the real reformers; both officials
and people, they long for reform and new
methods, but while the Empress' Party
hold the power they are In drtod of se
vere punishment. At the time of the coup
d'etat the Empress falsely asserted that
the Bmneror's Party were planning re
volt. She prohibited newspapers, killed
and drove out hundred® of reformers, and
exiled numbers of high officials to the
frontiers. Six of the reformers executed
were high metropolitan officials, one a
member of the Grand Council and one
whom the Emperor had nominated to be
Prime Minister; all were the Emperor’s
personal friends; they were behead ,l
without trial, while hundreds of smaller
officials and thousands of the common
people were prescribed. These measures
were carried out in order to clip the Em
peror's wings. "Why were all these lead
ing men willing to associate themselves
with the reform party? The answer I
that they were loyal subjects, anxious
to save their country and deserve the Em
peror's benevolence. Y'ou have only to
read the Chinese newspajters. Ko-wen
pao, published in Tien Tsin: Su-pao. pub
lished In Shanghai; Chi-hsin-pao, publish -
ed at Macao: Ching-ni-pao, published it
Yokohoma; Tien -nan/-pao, published u;
S.ngapore—these are all published under
foreign protection, and so arc able to
speak the truth; they one and all svinpi
thize with the party of reform. The Ja >
ancee newspapers all take the’ game
view; their criticism Is independent The
Empress Dowager Is a licentious old wom
an. She Is not the Emperor's real moth
er. and she had no hesitation in deposing
him so as to retain her power. But she
was wrong lit taking Y'ung Lu's advice to
depose the Emperor and place the power
in hts (Yung Lu's) hands As soon as he
got control of the Northern troops Y'un-
Lu threw off the mask and did what lie
willed, and the Empress lives In constant
dread of treachery on the part of her
eunuchs.”
Married nt Oniraon.
Swalnshom, On.. July (i.-C’ol. Thom.ts J.
Parrish of this city returned from Daw
son, Ga.. yesterday afternoon, where, on
July 4, he was married to Miss Berta
Barnes, one of Terrell county's most
beautiful and accomplished daughters.
The bride is well known in our town
and Is very popular. The groom is a
member of the law firm of Daniel & Par
rish of this city. Is very prominent in his
profession and In social circles.
Two Nrgroc Hanged.
Rayville. L„ July 8.-Sim Parker and '
Bell McSwayn. colored, were hanged here
to-day. They murdered Dr. Frank <’
Parnell In a fiendish manner lust April
Pimples and Freckles on Knee.
Your druggist will refund your money If
Pazo Ointment falls to cure you SOc
—ad.
-Office and the Man—"ln England they 1
say a man 'stands' for office. In this
country we say s man 'runs' for office.
Why Is this?" "Well, the prim I pal rea
son is that If a mail 'stood' for office- over !
here he'd never get one."—Chicago Herald. I
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(90th) meridian time, as follows:
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July 8, at la. nt
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt. Burg
MONDAY, July 9, at 2 p .m.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Asking, TUES.
DAY, July 10, at 3 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett.
FRIDAY, Juiy 13. at 5 a. m.
NACOOCHBE, Capt. Smith, SATURDAY
July 14, at ( p. m.
KANSAS CITY", Capt. Fisher, MONDAY',
July 16, at i p. m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Burg
TUESDAY, July 17, at 8 p. m.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Asklns, FRIDAY
July 20, at 11:30 a. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett
SATURDAY', July 21, at 12 noon.
NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, MONDAY
July 23. at 2:30 p. m.
KANSAS CITY', Capt. Fisher, TUESDAY
July 24, at 3 p.m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt. Bu'g
FRIDAY, July 27 ,at 3 a. m.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Asklns, SATUR
DAY, July 28 at 6 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Dagger
MONDAY, July 30, at 7 p. m.
NACOOCHEE. Capt. Smith. TUESDAY
July 31. at 8 p.m. ’
NEW YORK TO BOSTON.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage
WEDNESDAY'. July 11, 12:00 noon.
CITY OF MACON. Capt. Savage
MONDAY, July 16. 12:00 noon.
CITY OF MACON. Capt. Savage
FRIDAY. July 20, 12:00 noon.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage
WEDNESDAY. July 23, 12:00 noon
CITY OF MACON. Capt. Savage
MONDAY. July 30. 12:00 noon.
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without liability or accountability there
for.
Sailings New Tork for Savannah dally
except Sundays. Mondays and Thursdays
5:00 p. m. '
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enger Agent. 107 Bull street. Savannah.
Ga.
E. W. SMITH. Contracting Freight
Agent. Savannah. Ga.
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Gs
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Traffic Dep't, 224 YV. Bay street, Jack
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BOSTON, MASS.
CHICAGO, ILL. CLEVELAND, O.
ERIE, PA.
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more as follows (slandaiJ (.me):
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DAY. July 7, 12 noon.
TEXAS. Capt. Foster, TUESDAY, July
10, 3 P m.
D. H MILLER. Capt. Peters, THURS
DAY, July 12. 4 p m.
ITASCA, Capt. Diggs, SATURDAY, July
14, 5 o. m
ALLEGHANY'. Capt. Billups, TUES
DAY. July 17. 6 p. m.
TEXAS. Capt. Poster, THURSDAY, July
19, 11 n. m.
D. H, MILLER. Capt. Peters, SATUR
DAY'. July 21, 12 noon.
ITASCA, Capt. Diggs. TUESDAY, July
24, 2 p. m.
And from Baltimore Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays at 4:00 p. m.
Ticket Office, 39 Bull street.
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J. J. CAROLAN, Agent.
Savannah, Ga.
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J. C. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager.
General Offices, Baltimore, Md.
FRENCH LINE.
COiPAME 6ENEMLE TRANMIim
DIRECT LINE TO HAVRE—PARIS (France)
Sailing every Thursday at 10 a. m.
From Pier No. 42. North River, toot Morion st
La Gascogne July 12 L'Aquitaine. Aug 3
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Columbia Drug Company, Savannah,
Ga.:
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During the Cotton States and Inter
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I your circular with enclosed sample. I
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der." It is without doubt the best
powder I have ever used.
Respectfully,
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