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9 good witness for powers. miller said the shot did >ot COME FROM HIS OFFICE. # \ , ... , U. Wns Powers* C hief Clerk, and He Believed the Shot Wns Fired Out aide the Executive Bui hi Ins—Who t He Heard Ciov. Taylor Say—Collier on CroM-Kinmlnntlon Showed Troops Were Not Called Out on Former Troublous Occasions. Georgetown, Ky., Aug. 4.—Reuben Mil ler. chief elcirk of Caleb Powers, while he as Secretary of Slate, was the chief witness in the Powers trial to-day. Miller had been brought back from In diana by the defense, and he proved a oocd witness. He expressed the belief that the shot which resulted in the death of Gov. Goebel was fired, as were those which ‘followed it, outside the executive building. He was ihe person closes* to the private office of Powers, and he said the shot did not come from that room. MUler located the spot where Goebel fell about fifteen feet away from the point fixed by the prosecution, and stated that the militia did not appear on the scene tor thirty minutes. He declared that Powers w*as not in his office during the afternoon of Jan. 25. the day on w’hich the mountain petitioners arrived at the state capital, and at which time Witness Noakes charged the defend ant with making several statements of a threatening nature, and of conferring with Youtsey, Culton and others. Ben Rowe, colored porter of the execu tive office, also brought back from Indi ana by the defense,corroborated the state ments of Miller about movements of per sons in the public office of the Secretary of State at the time of the shooting. Miller quoted Gov. Taylor as saying as he ran from his private office into the room on hearing the shpts: “What is the matter?” and on being told a man was shot, said: “This is horrible.” Collier Again on the Stand. Gen. Collier, on cross-examination, told of keeping soldiers at the state arsenal at Frankfort prior to the shooting, but could net remember whether he had brought any arms into the stare capital grounds. He admitted having refused to allow civil officers to go Into the executive building to execute the writ of habeas corpus, say ing that he had orders from Gov. Taylor to do so. Over the objection of the defense. Judge Cantrill allowed the prosecution to show by the witness that on two occasions prior to Jan. 30—that is. on the day of the Col son-Scott duel, and on the arrival of 1,200 armed mountain petitioners, the feeling at Frankfort was intense, but that no sol diers were called to preserve peace. Witness said he never, before the shoot ing. heard anyone say the best way to set tle the contest was to kill Goebel. Witness told of preventing, by "military force, the assembling of the Legislature in the city of Frankfort on the day following the shooting. After an objection by the fenae which had been overruled, witness said that he went to the Capital Hotel and warned the proprietor that he would close his hotel if he permitted the assembly to meet there. Gen. Collier left the stand after two hours, and Rev. C. T. Cody of George town. was called. He testified to meeting Wharton Golden about March 21, at the house of witness, John Stamper, and of Golden saying that he had made a con fession only for his own protection. On cross-examination the prosecution sought to show that the witness had dis played much interest in the case on the side of the defense. RECIPROCITY WITH GERMANY. Text of the Commercial Agreement Made Public. Washington, Aug. 4—The text of the commercial agreement with Germany, upon which the President’s proclamation v as issued on July 13, was made public to-day. It mak“B certain tariff reductions on importations from Germany of argols of crude tartar or wine he#, brand es. still wines, paintings, drawings ands atuary. Reciprocally the German government guarantees to the products of the United States on their entry into Germany, the tafiiff rates which have befn conceded by the recent commercial treaties with Eu ropean countries. The German government also agree® to annul the regulations providing that the dried or evaporated or dried fruits im ported from the United States into Ger many be inspect el on account of the San Jose scale. SOiTHERY TO GO TO CHINA. Center W’lll Be Put In Condition for That Station. Waarhington, Aug. 4.—The collier South ery, now at the Norfolk Navy Yard, prob ably will soon be placed in commission. Inquiries are being made as to her con dition. She has not been in service since she was on the naval register during the Spanish war. The Southery has a ca pacity of 3,000 tons, and carries two 8-poundera. She is destined for service on the China station. ENGINEERS* PAY RESTORED. Those on the Southern Given Same Wages a# In ISR3. Washington, Aug. 4.—General Manager F. S. Gannon of the Southern Railway Company has issued an order restoring the pay of locomotive engineers employed by the company to the rate which pre vailed before their wages were cut 10 per cent, about sever years ago. The order was the result of an appeal made to Mr. Gannon by the Brotherhqpd of Locomotive Engineers for restoration of pay to what it was in 1303. RESULTED IN TWO DEATHS. Fatal qnarrel at an Election In Hancock Connty, Tenn. Bneedville, Tenn., Aug. 4.—Election to day In Hancock, a r mote county of East Tennessee, resulted in two men being killed and two fatally wounded. The dead are: John Lamb, deputy sheriff, and T li man Collir.s. The wourdfd are Wiley Brewer and Whitten Gibson. Brewer was a candidate for Justice of th* The difficulty arose over his election. A GARRISON DISCONTINUED. Second Artillery fiosi From St. Francis to Fort Dnle. Washington, Aug. 4.—By direction of the Secretary of War, St. FrancU Barracks, Fla., has b*en discontinued as a garri soned poet, and the detachment of Bat tery B. Second Artillery, now there, has been tranferred to ita former station, Fort Dade. Fla. PoNtmater at Titusville* Fin. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 4.—The coal miners of Alabama have accepted a re duction of cents a ton from Aug. 1. I'ndor the contract that went into effect July l, the maximum price to be paid for digging coal is to be 5I cent# a ton, with No l foundry Iron selling at 111 P* r ton. With each reduction of 60 cen*s a ton In the price of iron, the miners are to accept a reduction of cents a ton. The coal miners’ committee to-d*y rec ommended the reduction of cent*. UNDER FALSE PRETENSES. Rev. Henry !H. Wharton Charged With a Serious Offmiie. New York, Aug. 4.—Rev. Henry M W harton, D. D., of Baltimore, was placed under arrest at Ocean City, N. J., to day. Rev. Wharton is charged by Miss Som ers of Ocean City, with obtaining money under false pretenses. Dr. Wharton came to Ocean Grove at the close of the ! Spanish-American war. and agitated a home for destitute and orphan children. Ml>e Somers, it is said, offered a home for the purpose. The house was to be put in trust, but it is alleged that Dr. Whar ton secretly had the property made to himself. Miss Somers claims she signed the agree ment without taking the precaution of reading the papers. It is further alleged that in \ irginia. Dr. Wharton borrowed 5-yOOO on the property, but at his request, the mortgage was never recorded. Later. ** Ik> e * he borrowed a further sum or SB,OOO from A. W. Cooper of Baltimore, using the property to effect it. Or. Whnrton'x Career. Baltimore, Aug. 4.—Dr. Wharton led a strenuous life in Baltimore. Com.ng here from Virginia in 1881 he assumed the i as. torate of a small Baptist Church on Do street, this city, which lie presently gave up to embark in the publication business. Meanwhile Dr. Wharton was engaged ac tively in street evangelical Work among fallen women and degraded men of the city, and formed many projects for their reform and for the amelioration of the condition of the children of the streets and slums. Of these the most fapious is the Whosoever Mission, for children, in Dr. Wharton’s native state, Virginia. A few years ago he organised th Brantley Mission Baptist Church. Of this Dr. Wharton remained pastor until about a year ago, when he suddenly resigned and left, the city. It was freely intimated at the time that his departure was largely clue to financial troubles, but no sugges tions of dishonesty were made against him here. STEVENSON AT BLOOMINGTON. Made a Brief Speech nt a \on-Fnrtl xnn Gathering. Bloomington, 111., Aug. 4.—A hearty we conr.e was given Hen. A. E. St venton on his arrival here at 2:80 o'clock this af ternoon. A big crowd gathered at the union station. Carriages carried the party of the Dem ocratic vice presidential candidate, who was returning from Minnesota to prepare for the campaign to Franklla Square where, just across the street from the Stevenson home was the speaker's s tiJKi Judge Lawrence Weltion welcomed Mr. Stevenson and eulogised his life and ca reer In a speech of twenty minutes. Mr. Stevenson replied in part as fol lows : “The future danger of the republic is not from foreign foe, as during the first two decades, nor along sectional lines, as at a later period of our history. But with the multiplication and increase of individual fortunes—thus emphasising the distance that separates their possessions from the tolling millions, with the rapid augmentation of aggregated wealth and the murmurings and unrest that follow 'as night and day,' with the influx and growth of an element whose principle in action Is the destruction of the safeguards of law and of constitutions; with the rapid increase in every field of endeavor of appliances which mercilessly dispense with the labor of human hands and with population pressing upon means of sub sistence—who can doubt that from all these may. spring dangers to society, to the state, unknown to the first century of our history. “The safety of the republic during the century upon which we are soon to enter will rest, not upon its material wealth, Its physical powers, nor its splendor, but upon the conservatism, the Intelligence, the virtue, the lofty patriotism of all the peo ple. "At the fireside. In the schoolroom, in public assemblages, everywhere through out this broad land, let there be incul cated a sublime love of country, a ven eration for government, for law, for jus doe—for all that it has cost our race, the toll and sacrifice of Centuries to achieve. In this highest and grandest sense let there be taught veneration for the memory of our fathers, the builders of the re public." The entire proceedings were non-parti san. Both the orator and the president of the day are Republicans. ANARCHIST* SHE STUDIED. Those In Paterson Are Quiet Since Investigation Wns Begun. New York, Aug. 4.—The tone of the an archists at Paterson, N. J., has greatly changed during the last coufde of days. They are keeping very quiet, and are even inclined to call back what they said early In the week. They are getting hazy in their recollections of Malatesta and the others. They know now that besides all that has been published about them, the secret service agents are at work, and must know more. Among some of those who were talkative early in the week there is something resembling a panic, and men who on Monday and Tuesday and Wed nesday could talk English quite fluently, now do not understand English, or say they do not. Ernestine Gravello is still in Paterson, and she says she does not Intend to go away. Her brother has done everything in his power to get her out of the city, but she refuses to go. She has declined the offers made her as an attraction for continuous performances. She says the cause of anarchy is too sacred to allow her to go upon the stage, even though it promised a means of her being able to contribute large sums to it. The Paterson Italians who ore not in sympathy with the anarchists, and who are sorry for the death of King Humbert, will go to Passaic to-morrow and partic ipate in a service there in honor of the dead ruler. There will be no demonstra tion in Paterson by advice of the au thorities, because of the fear that one might lead to some unlawful act on the part of the anarchists. NEGRO COMMITTED SUICIDE. Wss Arrested In Connection With New Orleans Blots. New Orleans, Aug. 4.— John Willis, one of the negroes arrested in connection with the killing of Sergt. Porteous and Corpl. larlly. and citizens at the corner of Clio ond Saratoga, on July 27, by Robert Charles, committed suicide In his cell in the parish prison this evening. He tied two handkerchiefs about his „eck and. making them fast to a hook on the wail, raised his feet from toe ground and strangled slowly to death. He was alive when he was discovered by dep uties, hut died before the arrival of the ambulance. _ ELEVEN MEM BROKE JAIL. his Marianna, Eln.. Crtmlnnla Are still nt Large. Marianna, Fla.. Aug. 4-Eleven men broke jail here to-day. Four of them have been tttpiured. Two white men, Mil ler and Sheffield, and five negroes, are at large, with a sheriff’s posse In pursuit. Bread's Alleged Accomplice. Monza. Aug. 4 —lt is now believed that the shoemaker. Niccoilni of 81110, was Breed’s accomplice Nlcoilnl disappear ed but he telegraphed to Bread on July jo,' announcing his departure, "everything being ready.? N THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. AUGUST 5, 1900. PARIS’ WEEK OF PASSIONS. Continued from First Page. able disposition and easy of approach. The manly calm with which he passed through the attack upon him by Salson endeared him to Parisians and he has since been the recipient of ovations wher ever he goes. The Killing of Hhlkili. The more grave happenings of the week have diverted public attention from the celebration in a fitting manner of the suc cess of the French arms in Africa. The killing of Rabah and the dispersing of li!s army is a feat which mean# the final su premacy of France in the Lake Tchad region, where she is deeply interested. This Sultan has been a stumbling block to the success of France in that territory for some years. It was he who defeated the Rretonnet mission and who killed an other French explorer. He had a most remarkable career. The son of a slave and himself a slave of Zol>elr Pacha, he learned from the latter the art of war fare and finally succeeded him in that po sition of ruler of that section. He was a natural born fighter and was feared by all the tribes in that locality. His death probably means peace. Dankrniitcy nt ExiioMition. So loud has become the outcry of those holding concessions at ihe exposition on account of the loss of money that finally a committee has appealed to the commis sioner general. The matter is really se rious to many, as bankruptcy is staring them in the face. An effort will be made to assist them. So far the management has agree,! to the inauguration of a se ries of fetes and spectacles in an attempt - ■, , imKEiHW This is one of the nw autumn frocks, n ow in course of makirvir for school wear in October. It is of light weight,%ro ugh surfaced wool In a dull ruch red tone, charmingly trimmed with a course yellow lace. to attract the crowd, which has been de cidedly wanting recently. ANARCHIST SAI,SON'S RECORD. Shah's Escape Due to Hi* Filing Hl* Pistol Hammer. Paris, Aug. 4.—To-day's inquiries have cleared the entire history of Francois Sol son. the would-be assassin of the Shah of Persia. It seems that Salmon’s army record was most exemplar;' and that he was promot ed for soldierly qualities. After the death of his father he resigned from the army and began anew the roving life he had previously followed. During the inquiry Salson related that he once made an effort to assassinate the former President of the French re public. M. Casimir-Perier. He hid in the shrubbery beside the road M. Casimir- Perier was accustomed to take in his dolly walks, and when the latter passed Salson says he attempted to shoot him with a pistol. The weapon, however, missed Jjre, and no one perceived his pres ence. Salson's hatred of M. Casimir-Perier. he asserted, was due to the latter's laws against anarchists. He admitted that he pulled the trigger of his pistol at the time of his attack upon the Shah, but in this case again the weapon missed fire. Salson explain ed. that, hoping to insure the explosion of the cartridge, he had filed the point of the hammer. This saved the Shah's life, as the hammer had been filed too much.and the pulling of the trigger only resulted In making a small dent in the cartridge. Salson's last employer states that he was a model workman, thdk he never discuss ed polWics, but that one day he astonished his companions by saying: "Why should we work? Thus we enrich others and gain only livelihood. Would It not be better to return to the state of nature when men lived happy and Idle, on fruits and game?" A special dispatch received here from Madrid, says the Spanish premier, Senior Sllvela, Intends to take the initiative looking towards nil International confer ence for the suppression of anarchists, and that the Spanish government has de cided to apply rigorously the laws against anarchy. MILLER DEFEATED PIERCE. Earl Kl*er Won Five Mile Hare Over lAnltliour of Atlanta. New York, Aug. 4.—Charles Miller of Chicago and Burns Pierce of Boston, the long-distance riders, met this afternoon In a 25-mlle motor-paced race on the Man hattan Beach track and the Western man defeated the New Englander handily by a third of a lop- Time 43:51. Earl Kl-cr won the five-mile profession al handicap from scratch, a length In front of Bob Walthour of Atlanta. Oa., fifty yards, who beat A1 New house of Buf falo by a wheel for second place. Fred Titus, who had 250 yards, led Into the stretch, but could get no better than fourth. Time 11:23 2-5. HIS 44 IFB Tl> ACCOMPANY HIM. Pnrty to Go 44 Ith Rr;nn on Hi* Trip to Indlnnnpoll*. Lincoln. Neb.. Aug 4.—lt was announc d to-day that W. J. Bryan will be ac companted on hi* tilp to Indiirmpolls by Mts. Bntii and their ynting son, William j jr They will be Jolrod here Monday by Gov and Mrs. Thomas of Colorado, who will accompany them to Indianapolis. The party will leave Lincoln at t p. m., Monday, IN THE -GOOD OLD TIMER.” Queer Ha ppeu i ug# in Nontli Caroli na Many \earn \o. Columbia, S. C., Aug. 4.—The “random recollections”’of Edwin J. §cott. dating back ninety years, embrace many facts now of peculiar interest. Mr. Scot* came to Columbia es a child in 1812. Within the last month there have been seventeen men tried for murder in Greenville, Spar tanburg and Richland counties, and not one conviction. Seventeen men have been kifled, and in almost every case the kill ing was admitted by the defendant. The severity of the law in earlier days is re cited by Mr. Scott. wno in 1816. saw the deputy sheriff brand a white man on both cheeks tvith a hot iron, ami then cut off his ears with a dull knife for theft: years later, he saw a white man convicted of horse stealing, publicly whipped on his bar# back, on four successive sales day#. Henry Schultz of Hamburg-on<he-Elbo, established the town of Hamburg on the Carolina side of the Savannah river, op posite Augusta, and became .Mayo’ hen the town was incorporated in 1832. He narrowly escaped hanging, although quite wealthy, because he caused a young man, suspected of stealing A trunk, to be so severely whipped *hat he died. At his death Schultz left his large in terest in the Augusta bri Ige, crossing Sa vannah river, to two f.lends named Jon s and Kennedy. They invoked and obtain ed from the Legislature of this state the right of em'nent domain in the Carolina half of the bridge with the privilege of erecting a t 11 g; te. This out off trade fom Augusta. The pr sklent of the bridge company in Augusta, trained a cannon on the toll gate io demolish It, whereupon two old cannon on the hlghts of Hamburg, commanding the city of Au gusta, were leaded aid aimed at the bus iness section of the town. This caused an application from Augusta for an arm isti e; mediation followed, and peace was restored by the Augusta people paying the Schultz heirs |IO,OOO for tlielr Interest in the bridge. Speaking of the clave trade, Mr. Scott 'describes the arrival of several cargoes of negrees, slender In form, chan limbed and very active. Their love of liquor was such that for a single drink one of the Africans would stand with his head against a post or wad and let a strong man strike him In the forehead with his fist. Mr. Scott remembered when Col. Wade HampKn, who hastened from his fa ther's planta.tl n in Mlsslsdrpi to Join the Americans at New Orleans, and beam, a member of Gen. Jackson's staff, brought the rows of the victory of New Orleans to Columbia. He rode all the way on a single horse. A SENSATIONAL CASE. Thomas 4\ nter* Coliiinltted In Rnl locli for Wife Murder. Statesboro, Ga., Aug. 4—The Court House hos been full of people since Thursday morning, occasioned by a court of inquiry, of unusual Interest. On Jan. 10, 1900, Mr. Thomas Waters and Miss Sable Hagln of this county, were mar ried. The couple did not live nmlcahly together. About six weeks ago the wo man was taken violently ill with convul sions, and died In a few minutes. Biie was burled, but on the third day after wards, her brother made affidavit before the ordinary, thol he suspected foul play, and had the coroner disinter the body and hold an inquest. The verdict of the coroner's jury was, that the deceased came to her death from poison, and recom mended that the stomach be analyzed. Dr. H. R. Slack of LaGrange, an ex pert chemist, made the analysis, and reported that strychnine was found, which was the cause of her death. Warrants were sworn out before J. F. Brannen, Judge of the County Court, against Wa ters, the husband of the dead woman, and his mother, Mrs. Hester Waters, charging them with the crime of murder. After hearing the evidence, which was voluminous, the woman was acquitted, hut the man was iximmitted to jail, on the charge of murder. No commitment trail in this county has ever attracted the Interest this one has. The pnrtlea connected with this unfortunate affair have always hod the respect and confi dence of the, people who knew them. "7 *“•"* SMASHED A I’OSTOFFICE. Mob Entered That nt Mnlat, Fla., anil Did Mnch Damage. Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 4.—An official telegram to the postoffice Inspector's of fice here states that a mob entered Ihe postoffice at Mulat, Fla., last night, smashixl the windows and doors, destroy ed some of the content* of the building and threatened the life of the postmaster The postmaster has become terror-strick en and fled, and that no one is in charge of the office. McKinley Hooches CuiMon. Canton. 0., Aug. 4.—President McKin ley returned to Canton at lo:45 a. m., #o-day on <he regu.ar Pennsylvania train from Washington. *He was accompanied by Secretary Cortelyou and Controller of the Currency Dawes. The President’* car riage was In waiting at the station, and Jie was driven direct to his home afier hew n* greetings to a large crowd ai the C depot. TROOPS JOINED THE BOXERS. Continued from First Page. viceroy that the werk wou’d be atopped, five guns hive been mounted. The dispatch accuses the British of a secret undcistandU g wi'h the v.oeroy In accounting for the indifference of the British fleer to the strengthening of the Chinese fortifications at Wu Sung. FIR!. 1.1 REPORTED A SUICIDE. Mcftnenger \\ rut to lunqnlre flat % mover Wns Refused. Shanghai, Aug. 5,. 5:25 a. m.— A report having been circulated here, to the effect that Li Hung Chang had comltted sui cide, r foreign official sent a messenger to his residence, but an answer was re fused. THAT CONGER MESSAGE. Tlie State Department Ha# Finally Straightened It Out and I# Satis fied of It# Genuineneaci. Washington. Aug. 4.-The department of state authorizes the following state ment in regard to ihe probable date of the telegram from Minister Cotiger, to which, in transmitting it through Sheng ;it Shanghai, and Minister Wu, the Tsung-ll- Yamen, assigned the date of July 18. The department of state is in posses sion of the original cipher text of the en tire message s received by Minister Wu on July 20. and communicated by him to Secretary Hay on the morning of that day’. It is partly in the Chinese cipher code and partly in that of the United States. The two texts were separated by several groups, not intelligible in either cipher. As deciphered on July 20, the Conger message appeared to begin with the words: “In British legation under continued shot and *hell, etc.” With the aid of the full text as tele grnphed from Che Foo by Consul Fowler, and already given to the press, the doubt ful groups, which were distorted in tele graphic transmission. have now been cor rected and found to read: “For one month we have been besieged." which intelligibly completes the sentence, making the telegram read: a** “For one month we have been besieged in British legation under continued shot and shell from Chinese troops. Quick re lief only can prevent general massacre. Conger.” As it is known that the various legations and foreigners took shelter in the British legation about June 17 the date of Mr, Con ger’s telegram is fixed with approximate certainty as July 17. This agrees with Consul Fowler’s statement that the orig inal message as written on a regular tele graph form and signed “Conger.” Is aup plemented by the rode “E. H. Conger. July 17, address United States legation,' 1 written on the same form, but evidently not transmitted. The fact that the authentic text of the original nieaaefe as received In Washing ton on July 20. agrees literally with Con sul Fowler's report of the wording of the orignal form, written by Miniater Conger ond bearing the file date of July 17, ap pears to establish the genuineness of the message and its date beyond doubt. ON THE HI SSIAN FRONTIER. Several Pnrtte* of Troop* AVrre At- Inckrtl by Chlnene. St. Petersburg, Aug. 4 —Gen. Grodekoff has sent the following dispatch to the war office: "Khahamvisk, Aug. 3—Two column* from Blagove'schensk w< re ferried over the Amur river at 3 a. m. under Cols. Schwerin and S?rkianoff, attacked the Chinese troops and took the town of Hak h illn, one gun and n quantity of Mauser cartridges. The sttamer Silenga suffered severely from rifle fire. “The Transselsk detachment under Col. Pfotenhauer bombarded Aigtin with twelve mortars, and the Chinese replied. One officer and five men were kited, and fifte n men were wounded. Four armored steamer* are jatrollng the Amur.” A telegram received here to-day from Engineer Offenberg dated Kawgkumschl. Gasimur. In the Tianshaikal province Wednesday, Aug. 1, says: "In the retreat to the frontier the agents, workrmn and guards were sur prised and bombarded by Chinese In the Shingan trasses. Three guards and one workman were killed and twenty work men fled to the mountains, none of whom have re'urned.” ATTACK ON THE CHINESE. Hniaiuni Started It Wlthont Any Apparent Cause. Che Foo, Aug. 3. Dispatches from New Chwang state that 200 Russians suddenly appeared on July 26 at the railway sta tion, and attack**! the Chinese camp out side the south gate. The Chinese had behaved wlfh propriety, and the attack did not appear to be Juatlflid. AflPr two hours of fighting with little damage on either side, the Russians retired. The consuls at New Chwang. Including the Russian consul, protested, and received a verbal reply Io the effect that the attack would not be repeated. FORTIFYING THE YANG-TSE. Chinese Claim That It I* a Precau tion Ignlnst Boxer*. Shanghai, Friday. Aug. S.—According to trustworthy reports received here to-day the Chinese are fortifying he Yang-tse river. At a fort near Manlcin, two 6-Inch qulck-flro guns were disabled a* the flrst trial. Chinese official* affirm that the guns were mounted a* a precaution against Boxers advancing southward. ACTIVITY AT BOGIE FORTS. Cantonese Said to Fear an Attack by the French. Hong Kong, Aug 4.—A1l Is quiet a* Can ton. but there In great activity at\the Bogun forts, which are fully manned and on the walla of which flags are hoisted Constant practice is had with th* big guns at channel targets. The Chinese state that the Cantonene are in fear of an attack by the French. FLAGS OK THE CHINESE. Ilmae keen on Seymour'* Mreh In <l leu ted l.enuoe \4 Ith Hover*. Ran Francisco, Ang. 4.—The Kobe Her ald of July 17, print* Ihe full report of Commander Mori to the Japanese govern ment on the attempt of Admiral Seymour to reaeb Pekin. On June 13. tha relief expedition first became convinced that tha Boxer* and the Chinese Imperial troops were acting In concert. In review ing the skirmish on that date, Command er Mori reported: “The troop# facing ihe British were Gen. Tung's main body. 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The allies losses were -■( veil F.nglUh and Germans killed and two German officers, one Kusslan officer and over fort\ Krxllsh. German and Russian soldiers wounded. The Japanese had no casualties. The flays captured had the tdographs "Imperial Command' Inscribed on the right corner, whereas all the. Box er flairs previously taken hore merely ine name “Iho“ and a place name. They had also seven tdograph* signifying 'The Iho save the empire and destroy foreigners Such a legend was now seen for the nist time. It showed that the Boxers and Im perial troops were acting In oomMtiatlon. ihhdgkmktd for bhvan. Finns for the JSnflßentlon Meeting Have Been Made. Tndlnnapolte. Ind.. Aug. 4.—The ar rangements for 4he Bryan notification meeting are about complete. Mr. Bryan and his party will arrive here Tuesday evening at 6:30 o’clock. Wednesday after noon the notification meeting will take piaca. The committee saya that from reports, it has appeared, the city will be lilterally decorated. The committee has ordered handsome banners to be placed across the principal streets. Barrels of l-ewater will be placed at differed plnces in Mil itary Park, where the notification exer cises are arranged to take place, and no hucksters or refreshment stands will ho oliowed there. Night meetings will no held When Messrs. Bryan, Stevenson and others will speak. It Is now thought that It will take near ly four hours for th notification exercise* Wednesday, as It Is understood that Mr. Bryan’s speech will contain nearly 40.0 IX) words. James D. Richardson of Tennes see. who will notify Mr. Bryan, probably will speak for nearly an hour. The speeches of Mr. Stevenson and Gov. Thomas of Colorado, who will notify Mr. Stevenson, are nol expected to be lengthy. If It ratlin. Tomlinson Hall, which ac commodates 5.000, will be used for the notification. It has been handsomely dec. orated for Ihe night meeting. Bryan and Stevenson parties will leave here Thurs day morning. FOR KLECTHIO LIGHTS. An Election to He Held nt Wrlghts vllle to Decide the Matter. Wrlghtsvll'.e, ()., Aug. 4.—There will be an election held here Monday to get the wishes of the citizens whether they want electric light or not. If there is a auffi elent vote the Mayor and eouncllmen will Issue J 15.000 worth of bonds, and by Jan. 1, 1900, will have an electric light plant and a better ssystem of water works. There are aeveral new buildings going up here, together with a large ginnery, which Ib being built by Messrs. T. J. Ar line * Cos. They will put In two presses, one square and one round-bele press, which will give the farmers their pref erence. ~a~ \ KPEF.D TRIAL OF ALABAMA. Beard of Naval Officers Appointed to Conduct It. Wnahlngfon, Aug. 4—Acting Secretary Hackett has appointed a hoard consisting of Admiral Rodgers, Capt. Kvans, Com manders Hemphill and Boelker, Construc tor Knapps and Lieutenant Commanders Vreeland and Henderson to conduct the speed trial of Ihe battleship Alabama. The board is to meet at the New Fork navy yard on Thursday morning, the 16th In stant, and again In Boston on the l#th Instant. The trial Is to take place over the meixurcd course from Cape Ann to Cape porpoise, two runs being made. MF. 143 4 GB} TO Me KIN LEV. New Kina of Italy kentla Thanks to American People. Washlrgton, Aug. 4 —The King of Italy baa sent the following message to Pres ident McKinley: “Monza. Aug. 3, I*oo.—His Excellency, William McKinley, President of the I'nlt cd Staten of America. 1 hearllly thank vour exctllertcy and the great American people, who, sharing my grief and that of my country, have strengthened the old bonds of frltnshlp existing between the two nations. "Victor Emmanuel.” Col. L, D. Richardson Dend. Ho* Springs, Ark.. Aug 4.—C01. L. D. Richard sen died to-day of a compile-.'on of Ills, aged 74. He was one of the most piorrlncut citizens In this stale. He was for twelve years superintendent of the Hot springs Railroad, between this city and Malvern Junction, which position he held up to the time of hi* death. In his earlier life he was associated with Joe Reynolds of c Chicego, better known ss "Diamond Joe," In the operation of a Una of steamers between Ht Louis and St. Paul, He was a thirty-third degree Mason. Ronr<l of Anrvey Named. Vancouver, Wash., Aug. 4.—A board of survey ha* been appointed to meet at Sc uttle. Aug. 25 to examine Info and report upon the circumstances pertaining to a shortage of government property and the failure of certain officers In Alaska and , Manila to receipt for government stores Invoiced to them by the quartermaster. Korean Prince Here. San Francisco, Aug. 4.—Prince Kni Wha. second son of the Kmperor of Ko | rea. arrived to-day on the steamer City iOf Pekin, en route to Roanoke, Va., to . enter college. He was accompanied by i Bln Feh Moo. a member of ths Korean , legation at Washington. ATWOOD FOR LEGISLATURE. NOMINATION 41411F IN A M.A9R MELTING AT DARIEN. Halle; Xomlaated to Sneered filming ns Mierin of Mclntosh fonntyt Itlou til's It emit Condnct W nut Aaalnst film—Senatorial ll.li-ot.s 44' 111 Probably Vote for Smiley, New County Executive fonimltteal Was Chosen. Darien, Ua., Aug. 4.—Docsl politic* reached the boiling point in Mclntosh county to-day. A mass meeting was held at the Count House to-day in response to a call Issued by the County Executive Committee, r* was largely attended and those present appeared to be greatly IntercHtetl In tho purposes of the meeting. Shortly after 12 o'clock Col. H. H. Knox, chairman pro tern, of the Executive Committee, nailed the meeting to order and announced thaO the election of a chairman was In order. Mr. James K. Clarke was made chair man and Mr. T. J. Brooks secretary of tha meeting. The following delegated were elected to represent Mclntosh oourv. ly at the Senatorial Convention! J. Tt, Juasely, 'J\ K. Dunham, F. E. Duran*. E R. Poppell, W. H. Strain, D. M. Dmv wody, B. T. Sinclair and J. M, Hopkinat, These delegates go to the convention! without Instruction. They are all said to he Smiley men, but the mass meetinß was not disposed to tie their hands. The following gentlemen were unart** monsly elected member* of the County Executive Committee for the ensuing* two years: R. H. Knox, Dlvlngston Ke nan, James K. Clarke, Jr., Ft. D. Wylly, W. H. Strain, T. K. Dunham, Wililana Smith, J. A fNelson and J. R. Juasely. The committee will meet next Buturday at the Court House for the purpoee of or ganizing. Editor Grubb made a motion that th mass meeting go Into Ihe nomination of a candidate for representative. Mr. F. H. MucFarland offered a substitute that tha rose ting do not go into a nomination. Judgo C. l„ Livingston propoood that the meet ing nominate all .county officers. Tha chairman ruled the last motion out of order and put the motion of Mr. MaeFar land, which was defeated. The motion to nominate prevailed and the name of Mr. W. H. Atwood was placed In nomination. He was unanimously nominated and will carry the banner of Democracy to success against the colored candidate, Crawford. The surprise of the day came when Mr, Clarke vacated the chair to place In nom ination the name of Tnomas A. Bailey for sheriff. In doing so he took occasion to say that Mclntosh now had a sheriff In name only and while the present In cumbent was a good citizen, he was un fitted for the position whUAi he holds. Bai ley was unanimously chosen as the nomi nee. Mr. T. B. Blount, who ha* been sheriff for many yearn, and who Is a candidate to succeed himself. Is generally popular, but his conduct during the riots last year has been criticised by some, and the ac tion of the party to-day was the outcome of these criticisms. Mr. T A. Bailey, the nominee, held the office of sheriff some years ago and made a most acceptable officer. He was fearleea and prompt. In the dls.barge of his du ties. His nomination to-day was entirely unsought. q r * AN ODD ACCIDENT. Holler of a steamboat Dropped OvejN board and Lost. Besufort, S. C., Aug. 4.—The boiler ad the steamer I.lHian, which is undergolnß repairs here, was lost overboard yester day ufternoon. It was found nereesary to remove the toller In order to expedite re pairs. and II was while this work was It* progresa that It toppled overboard *t three fathoms of water. The Lillian was recently purchased by Mr. T. E. Danner for the route between Beaufort and Land's End and the naval station. The work of recovering the lost Isjller was begun Immediately, and It H hoped the etearner will soon be In condi tion to resume her schedule. Meanwhile the aldewhecl steamer I-oulse of Charles ton is on the line. WILL CAUSE A WARM FIGHT. Proposition to Neparate Solldtor ■ hlps In Macon. Macon, Aug. 4.—T. B. Felder, one of Bibb's nominees for representative, hap caused a political sensation here by an nouncing that he Intends to Introduce a bill In the next assembly similar to tho one. that stirred Chatham at the lan ses sion. He proposes to take Ma'on City Court out of the solicitor general’* Ju risdiction and make It anew office. Pol htll'i friends are up In arms. Two of tho representatives say they will tight tha bill. A FIIk Steamship Line. St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 4.-President James J. Hill’s scheme for a big steam ship line to the Grlent seems to have tak en sha|ie In articles of Incorporation filed with ihe Secretary of Slate to-day by. of ficers of the Ore.it Northern Steamship Company, with a capital stock of W.flOO.ufiO. The Incorporators x>lected the mem bers of the first beard of director*: J. J. Hill, D. Miller. W. P. Clough, M D. Grover and W. A. Clark, all officiate of tha Great Northern Railroad Company. Tho new company will extend It* business ui Asia.