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CONVICT CAMP WIPED OUT.
-PER COUNTY INSTITUTION OH
‘ , )b RED DISCONTINUED.
4 hll r ß r Of 111 Treatment of the Con-
Ida Were Continued—'They Hud
j, f eu Uet Oat to Wall and Praler.
Tbls( was Declared Contrary to
I>n fl nd the Convlctn Unit Be
lornrd Over to Jefferson County.
Atlanta, July 19.-The convict camp
conducted at McDonald's mill, in Coffee
count!* for Wall & Peaglef. turpentine
distillers, has been discontinued by the
following joint order of the Governor and
the Prison Commission:
■Ordered: That this camp be, and the
6 atne Is, hereby declared to be illegal, and
)ts management contrary to law, and that
t t, # same be broken up and discontinued.
~j, j„ further ordered that State War
dm J- C. Moor* remove the convicts there
confined, and that their custody and con
trol be given to the county authorities of
jefferson county, who work iheir own
misdemeanor convicts as required by law,
and in conformity with the rules adopted
by authority. Witness our hands and offi
cial signatures the day and year above
written. Allen D. Candler, Governor; J.
5 Turner, Chairman Prison Commission.”
The charges preferred against the man
agement of the camp that the prisoners
were badly clothed, underfed and treated
in the main like so many brutes, were
sustained.
The Coffee camp from to-morrow will
cease to exist, not becaus it could not be
Improved and placed on the same basis
with other convict camps, but because
the Commission believes it good for the
service that such a camp should be com
pletely wiped out.
State Ward n J. C. Moore left Atlanta
for Coffee thise afternoon to see that no
vest ge of the camp is left, his o'ders
ie:ng to transfer the inmates, fifteen in
number to the county convict camp of
Jefferson county at once.
Complaint was made several weeks ago
against the management of the eamo by
the state warolen, who was sent by th?
Comm s-t-n to investigate. The plea was
made by D. S. Wall cf the firm of Wall
6 P agler. who appeared before the Com
mission that the order abolishing the
camp would b'eak his firm. This state
ment appears to have cut no figure what
ever in the decision of the Governor and
members of the Commission, and what
ever result may follow, the camp will soon
cease to exist.
With the Ccffce camp disappears, ac
cording to the Commission.the last vestige
of the barbaric treatment under the old
convict lease system and the new order
of things, typlfltd in the humane manage
ment of the prison farm at Milledgevilie
and the several penitentiary camps of the
state, will become the sole order of the
day.
PRESIDENT GOES TO CANTON.
Had Carting Conference With Sec
retaries Root and Smith.
Washington, July 19.—After a stay of
two days in the city, the President start
ed back for Canton to-night, taking th©
7:15 express on the Pennsylvania Rail
road With him also went Secretary Cor
telyou, Col. Webb, Hayes and William
Barbour, the President's nephew. They
occupied a private car.
Secretary Root and Postmaster General
Smith were at the station and both had a
brief private consultation with the Pres
ident before the train left.
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Delcasse’s proposal and finally sign an
agreement on the China question.
HAS NOT HEARD OF IT.
State Department Knows Nothing of
French Circular. **•.
Washington, July 19.—Inquiry al the
state department developed the fact that
no such circular as that described in the
Rome dispatch as having been received
from M. Delcusse had reached here.
While our government end tint at Pa is
nppear to he pursu ng exactly the same
line of policy as to China and consequent
ly are moving forward toward the com
mon objects without friction ,it has not
been deemed necessary or expedient to
attempt to reduce to form and substance
an agreement upon which common action
shculd be had. The statement is equally
t'ue as to Germ a y ad o her Powers.
Our governin' nt has not found it politic
to tmbark upon any joint formal pro
gramme b°yond the matters touched upon
in the no.e of July 3, • eiinii g the objects
of the United States in China.
In French official quarters here the
Rome report is denied with equal posi
tiveness. Mr. Hay and M. Thiebaut have
discussed a number of the details con
stantly arising, but it can be stated posi
tively that at no time has anything like
a circular from M. Delcasse, proposing an
agreement of the Powers as to China been
presented.
Just at present there are no negotiations
of special importance under consideration
and certainly France is not awaiting any
response from the United States to a cit*
cular note.
TOTAL AMERICAN LOSS 140.
Ninth Infantry Withdrew Under
Cover of Darkurstt.
(Copyright, 1900, by the Associated Press.)
Shanghai, July 19.—The following addi
tional details of the allied forces attack
on the native city of Tien Tsin reached
here to-day from the Associated Press
correspondent with the allies:
“Tien Tsin, Friday, July 13, midnight,
via Che Foo, July 16.—After a day of
hard fighting and having lain for hours
in shallow, hastily dug trenches full of
water, and suffering from hunger and
thirst, two battalions of the Ninth United
States Infantry which participated in the
attack on Tien Tsin, retired under <*over
of darkness, British sailors assisting them
to withdraw by tiring volleys to cover
their retreat. The Americans brought out
all their wounded under a terrific fire. An
official list of the officers wounded is ns
follows:
“Ninth Infantry: Maj. Reagan, Capts.
Bookmiller and Noyes; Lieuts. Lawton
and Lang.
“Marine Corps: Capt. Davis, killed;
Leonard, Butler, Lawton and Lemiy,
wounded.
“The total loss of the Americans was
140.”
EIRL LI IS AT HONG KONG.
Says He Heard Legation* Were All
flight on July S.
Hong Kong, Wednesday, July 18.—Li
Hung Chajig and his suite arrived here
yesterday evening and landed this morn
ing. The Chinese were received with a
salute of seventeen guns and with a guard
of honor from the Welsh Fusiliers and a
band proceeded to the government house.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1900.
LI Hung Chang was extremely reticent.
He stated that he had received definite
news that the ministers and foreigners at
Pekin, with the exception of liaren von
Ketteier, *he German minister, were safe
July 8. The imperial edict recalling him
to Pekin, the Viceroy said, was due to
Empress and Emperor and not to Prince
Tuan.
Gov. Blake exerted all possible powex to
induce Ii Hung Chang to rema n in Can
ton. but the Chinese Viceroy proceeded,
csiensibly for Shanghai. The governor of
Cantcn is regarded as an exceptionally
weak official and the natives fear ho will
never succeed in maintaining order.
Tr ufs erts with a porion of the Bengal
Lancers, a native fifld hospital and Gens.
Gaselee and Barrow have proceeded to
Taku. The deck protected cruiser Dido
has gene to Woo Sung.
STORMING OF TIEN TSIN.
Fighting Wn* Still in Progress on
Morning of July 15.
Berlin, July 19.—A report has been for
warded by Count von Usedom, captain of
the German second-class cruiser Hertha,
of the capture of the native city of Tien
Tsin by the allied forces. The report
says;
“Scarcely any resistance was experi
enced when the Americans, British and
Japanese finally stormed the walled na
tive city on the afternoon of July 14.
Fighting was still in progress on the east
side of the town where the Russians were
trying to seize a Chinese camp, on the
morning of July 15. Russian flags were
floating from the Chinese camp and cita
del.”
C.ERMANY’S EXPLANATION.
Why Chine*? Minister’d Dispatches
Are Cenaored.
Per.in, July 19 Berliner Post this
evening contains an arncl , evidently in
spired. giving the views cf the German
foreign office regarding the withdrawal
from the Chinese minister in Berlin of the
right to us the telegraph for s cret mess
age s.
The article admits that the step Is un-
P’ecedent and, bu: declates that it was ren
d red necessary by the “abnormal rela
tions between Germany and China .”
“The regular Chinese troops,” the ar
ticle says, “are in the field against the
German troops. It also remains unknown
whether the government from which the
Chinese minister was accredited still ex
ists. Since the status in China is not ab
solutely clear, and since the news given
out by the Chinese minister has not al
ways been confirmed by the facts, it is
impossible to i>ermit him to communicate
freely with his government under the
fiction that there is no war.”
MINISTER WU UNRESTRICTED.
Storle* of Di*eorl Among the Powors
Are Not Credited.
Washington. July 19 —ln the absence of
direct news from China this morning, at
tf-nt’on was directed mainly to the more
or less speculative stori s < manating from
European capitals indicative of discord
among the Powers.lt is realized that these
little bulletins of mutual suspicion al
ways characterize allied movements and
so are to be expected in the present case.
It can be stated that, so far as official
record discloses, thee is absolutely no
ground for them. Our government having
fully defined its intentions in Secretary
Hay’s note of July 3. other govern
ments interested in the Chinese situation
have entered into the spirit of that de
claration of principle with perfect accord.
At least that is the record, both written
and oral and Russia, a Power more than
any oth r under suspicion in these stories,
has not been backward in assuring the
state department of the coincidence of
Secretary Hay’s declaration with Russia's
purpose in China.
It is, of course, possible that some of the
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Powers are swayed by motives that do
not appear In their formal declarations.
The state department, however, cannot go
behind their formal expression and can
now only await results.
There is not the slightest disposition on
the part of our government to follow the
example of certain European "Powers and
restrict in any measure the liberty of the
Chinese minister here. Mr. Wu, In commu
nicating with the Chinese viceroys and
whatever remains of the titular Chinese
government. On the contrary, crediting
the minister with an earnest desire to do
everything in his power to protect for
eigners in the Chinese empire, and con
fident that he ha* no sympathy with the
insurrectionary Boxer element, the stale
department regards it as good policy to
facilitate rather than to restrict his com
munications with the Chinese viceroys.
Acting itself on this theory, the depart
ment does not credit the stories that any
of the Chinese ministers In Europe have
been given their passports.
One of Two Course*.
If there should be a declaration of war
by Russia upon China, based on what is
said to have occurred on the Siberian
border, the technical relations of ihe al
lied Powers toward* China might, it is
said here, undergo a radical change. It
is believed that the story of Boxer activ
ity is considerably exaggerated so fnr as
it relates to (he country north of the
Siberian border, and it Is hoped that the
trouble has been confined to Manchuria.
But if war should actually and formally
open between Russia and China, that fact
might oblige the other Powers to do one
of two things, either Join in the declara
tion of war, or withdraw their forces
from Chinese soil, t
Minister Wu and Mr. Wollant, the Rus
sian chargr, again called upon Score ary
Hay this morning, but neither had news
from China.
Developments In the military situation
to day w< re the formal designation of
Brig. Grn. Chaffee as a major general of
volunteers, and making of other arrange
ments for a prolonged campaign on a
large scale in China. The officials hope
that it will be short, but they are pre
paring to send coal and winter clothing,
so they are getting ready for the other
contingency.
FROM JAPANESE MINISTER.
Dispatch Dated June 21} on .Serious
Conditions In Pekin.
Washlngion, July 19.—The Japanese le
gation here has made public the latest
communication received by it from Baron
Nlssi, the Japanese minister at Pekin.
This telegram was received to-day at the
legation from the Japanese minister of
foreign affairs and is given as Important,
because of the dates. The telegram was
dated July 13 by the sender, the Japanese
consul at Che Foo, and is as follows:
"I receiced at 10 o. m., on the 12th, a
dispatch from Baron Nlssi, dated Pekin,
June 29. The letter was brought by a spe
cial messenger—a Chinese, who left Pekin
July 1 and managed to make the journey
with great difficulty. The substance of
the letter is as follows:
" ‘The situation at Pekin is extremely
critical. The foreign legations are sur
rounded on all sides by Chinese soldiers
and bombarded night and day. The mem
bers of the legations, the guards and resi
dents, are resisting to the utmost, but
the overwhelming numbers of the enemy
make opposition hopeless; our ammunition
is being exhausted, our lives are in such
danger that we may be massacred at any
moment. We earnestly request the imme
diate dispatch of reinforcements for our
rescue from our precarious condition.' ”
The Japanese consul at Che Foo adds
that he communleaied this letter to his
colleagues of the consular body there and
also to the commanders-in-chlef of the
forces of the Powers.
Another cablegram received here
through the foreign office from the Japan
ese consul at Che Foo reports that Tien
Tsin castle was captured by the forces of
the allies on the 14th and the safety of
the foreign settlements is assured. Japan
ese troops took possession of Susz Ying.
the Chinese naval station, on the 14th.
MARINE CORPS CASUALTIES.
List of Killed mid AAonnded < allied
by Admiral Rcntey.
Washington, July 19.—The navy depart
ment this afternoon received from Admi
ral Remev a list of casualties of the ma
rine corps In the tighttat Tien Ttsin. It Is
as follows:
“Taku, July 18, 1990.—Bureau of Naviga
tion, Washington: Official casually report
from marine regiment:
“Killed—Capt. Austin R. Davis; Sergt.
C. J. Kollock, Corpl. Thomas Kelly, Pri
vates J. E. 'McConkey, I. W. Partridge.
"Seriously Wounded—First Lieutenant
Henry Leonard Corp’l. J. A. McDonald,
Privates P. J. Kellcher, C. D. Miller, C.
J Mathews, John Stakes, J. Van Horne.
"Wounded—Capt. Charles D. Long.
Capt. William B. Bemly, First Lieutenant
Hmedly D. Butler, First Bergcant James
Murphy, Sergt, F. T. Winters, Corpl. Jo
seph W. Hunt, Privates W. S. Chapman,
James Cooney, Robert Desmond, F. O.
Eleser, Larvin I-arson, M. E. Mclver, J.
M. Megonegal, A. B. Penney, H. Rick
ers. “Remey."
In the list of seriously wounded Private
P. J. Kelleher should be J. J. Kelleher;
John Stakes should be John Stokes.
In the list of wounded, Robert Desmond
should be Roderick Desmond; Larvin
Larson should be divided into two names,
as follows; James J. Baurln and Baurln
B. Barsson, and M. E. Mclver should be
George E. Mclver.
OREGON WILL GO TO TAKU.
She Is at Knrr, Where She Will lie
Pat In Keiinlr.
Washington. July 19.—The navy depart
ment this morning received the following
dispatch from Capt. Wilde, commander
of the Oregon, dated Kure, July 18;
"Secretary of the Navy, Washington.—
Oregon and Nashville arrived Kure 2
o'clock this afternoon. Expect to dock on
the nineteenth. Shall I make permanent
or temporary repairs? 1 would suggest
putting on steel patches, which can he
done in a very short time and ship go
back to her duty or Taku. To make per
manent repairs it will require at least
sixty days, probably more. No 4 a single
man injured in any way. Wilde.”
To this dispatch Secretary Bong re
plied at once as follows:
"Universal rejoicing over safety of Ore
gon. She is the “Constitution" of this gen
eration. If safety of Oregon permits
patch and go 4o Taku. I commend your
preference for service there. "I-ong."
TOW Anus .A STATE OF WAR.
Tendency of Heeent Events Is in
That Direction.
London, July 19.—The action of Count
von Buelow, the German minister of for
eign affairs, in informing the Chinese le
gation at Berlin that ail telegraphic mes
sages must be in plain language and sub
mitted for approval by the censor, and the
suggestion of M. Delcasse, the French
ministser of foreign affairs, that the ex
portation of arms to China be prohibited,
Which was generally regardful here as
long steps in the direction of treating
China as a state engaged in war, have
been supplemented to-day by the official
announcement from St. Petersburg that
certain portions of the Amur territory, in
cluding parts of the Khabarovsk district
and the coast territory as well as the
towns of Blagovestchensk, Khabarovsk
and Nlkolskussuri, have been declared in
a state of war since July 17.
Russia's announcement is regarded in
Bondon as at foreshadowing a speedy
unconditional recognition of the fact that
a condition of war exists between China
and the civilized world, and the general
opinion seems to favor sur'h recognition
as the beat means of meeting the bar
barian upheaval, while at the same time
endeavoring to isolate the Independent
viceroys from the general conflagration.
CHAFFEE A MAJOR GENERAL.
Ilia Hank Made Commrnanrnte With
Ilia New Command.
Washington, July 19.—The President to
day appointed Brig. Gen. A. R. Chaffee,
U. 8. V., who Is to command the Ameri
can military forces In China, a major gen
eral of volunteers, In order that his rank
should be commensurate with his com
mand.
This action was rece'ved with great sat
isfaction at the war <N partment, and in
official circles generally, where Gen. Chaf
fee Is held In the highest esteem. He is
considered by his brother officers as one
of tlie most capable and thoroughly equip
ped soldiers in the service.
Although Gen. Miles recommended that
Maj. Gen. Bates, now in the Philippines,
be assigned to the command of the troops
In China, he is well pleased with the pro
motion of Gen. ChafTee. Ilia recommenda
tion was made on the ground that the
services called for rtquired an officer of
the rank of a major general anrl he nam
ed Gen. Bates for the reason mainly that
Gen. Chaffee held only the rank of a
brigadier gtneral.
Adjt. Gen. Corbin has sent a cable mess
age to Gen. Chaffie notifying him of his
promotion and he will receive the tele
gram on the arrival of the transport at
Nagaski about the first proximo.
INSTRUCTIONS TO CHAFFEE.
Will Re of a Diplomatic as Well a*
Military Nature.
Washington, July 19.—At to-day’s cabi
net meeting the question of Instructions
to Maj. Gen. Chaffee was gone over at
considerable length, and a cablegram was
drafted which will be forwarded to reach
him on his arrival at Nagasaki.
These Instructions are of a diplomatic
ns well as of a military nature, and in
dicate the line of policy to be pursued by
the commander of the United Stales'
forces In China. The exact nature of the
Instructions was not disclosed, but It can
be stated on good authority that they
follow the same line of policy that already
has been outlined In statements from the
state department.
The runk of major general for the com
mander of the Chinese expedition will
necessitate the presence of two or per
. haps three brigadier generals In China.
These, In all probability, will be chosen
from the officers of that rank now in the
Philippines, but Oen. Chaffee will be
given considerable latitude In the Mleo
tlon of his staff.
HUMBERT TO II I*l SOLDIERS.
Told Them They W eut for DelesM
Not for Conquest.
Naples, July 19.—King Humbert re
viewed tho Chinese expeditionary corps
to-day and afterward addressed the offi
cers and men. His Majesty said:
"I bring you my salute and that of
your country in wishing good fortune o
your arms. You go to a distant region,
where our flag has been outraged. You
go there not for the purpose of conquest,
but only for the defense of the sacred
rights of man and violated humanity. In
your mission you will have for compan
ions soldiers of the most powerful nation*
of the world. Be good comrades with
them. Try to hold aloft the prestige of the
Italian army and honor of the country.
"Depart, therefore, fuli of confidence, I
accompany you in spirit. May God bless
your mission."
Another Viceroy gammoned.
Bondon, July 20.—Tho Shanghai corre
spondent of the Daily Mall says:
"The Viceroy of Nankin has received an
edict summoning him to Pekin. As he t*
pro-foreign In hie sentiments, his depar
ture is undesirable and is an element of
danger.”
Heavy Losses of Chinese.
Bondon, July 19.—A dispatch from
Shanghai received here to-day reports
that the losaes of the Chinese In the fight
ing at Tien Tsin were upwards of 3.000.
Grenfell to Be in Command.
Bondon, July 19.—1 tls understood that
that Bleut. Gen. Sir Francis Grenfell will
have command of the British force* In
China.
Indian Troops Reach Chin*.
Berlin. July 19.—A dispatch from Taku
received here 10-day says the flrst steam
er bringing Indian troops to China ar
rived there Monday, July IS.
The Chinese Jews.
From the Jewish World.
The Chinese Jews—Jews native of China
have been rediscovered. The finder hap
pens to be a Jew, Herr J. J. Blebermann,
an officer in the German army of occupa
tion in Klao-Chau. Rediscovered is a Cor
rect term, for from Marco Polo to the
present time Chinese books of travel have
made conelant reference to the "stickers
of the sinews" to the white and the black
Jews of China. Herr Blebermann write*
of a dwindling community that h* been
settled for 2.C00 years ot Kalfengnu, cap
ital of the province of Honan, on the Yel
low river. He noticed In that city people
of a Semitic cast of countenance, and these
he was Informed were the "Tlan-Kln-
Tchlans," the tearerß of the sinew. On
the door of the Chinese shingle he read In
Hebrew the word Jekemtah. which he
translates "placfe where God assemble* hi*
people." There is, however, no evidence
that these people belong to the "lost ten
tribes.” Such speculation depends upon
their Ignorance of the Ninth of Ab, but
the high priest Informed the German Jew
ish officers that hi* people came by way
of Persia, Khorassan and Samarcand to
China "three year* after the destruction
of the Temple In Salem."
There Is. however, abundant reason for
a thorough and searching Inquiry into the
history and affairs of this pigtailed Jewry
on the Yellow river. Herr Blebermann
was shown the ruins of a temple which,
from Its description, corresponds some
what with that which once crowned the
hlghts of Zion. He was, indeed, shown
the foundation stone, with its Inscription,
and its slone picture of the temple, Such
an outline must be rare, but the Inscrip
tion. which seems to be in Chinese, cor
responds with tradition, so far that it
states. Ihat the Jews arrived from the
West in the Han Dynasty, and that tha
Emperor Mlngi made them welcome. Ac
cording to Chinese historians tha Han
Dynasty nourished about sg c. E. On tha
other hand, Herr Blebermann aaya that,
through LI Hung Chang, he learned that
under the Tang Dynasty, 619 to 600 C. E..
the Jewes in Honan were so numerous
that the Emperor built them a temple at
Kalfengnu, and that the records concern
ing such a temple show that It was erect
ed lu the mtdddle of the tenth century,
and that in 1121 It was enlarged and beau
tified. The dales thus disagree. Whether
the chronology of the fact* are wrong we
do not know, but the especial reason for
an Inquiry is that this obscure congre
gation has preserved, though it la Igno
rant of Hebrews, many writings "dealing
with the last years of Jewish independ
ence and the beginning of the Honan oc
cupation of Palestine.” Here is poaslbly
a valuable addition to our history, out
weighing, if it is genuine, all the manu
script discoveries of Eastern synagogua
lumber rooms.
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