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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. YOU WILL BE INTERESTED. WHY? Because We- Are- Selling 512.00 to §!5.00 SUITS at B. H. LEVY & BRO. JOINT ACTIONJJF POWERS. Continued from First Page. 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. 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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. 5