The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, August 12, 1900, Page 3, Image 3

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TRAINS MET IN COLLISION. passeisgeb and freight train COLLIDED AT LIBERTY CITY. They Were the Southern'* ranee user No. 53 and the riant System’* Freight No. 20S—Nobody Waa Seri ously Hnrt. Though Engineer Hen derson Had an Arm llruised and F. M. Greggs, a Colored Porter, Had Hl* Head Hurt—Dense Fog at the Time of the Accident—Some of the Rolling Stock Was Iladly Smashed—Tralllc Was Delayed Hut a Short Time. Passenger train No. 53 of the Southern Railway and Plant System freight No. 208, mot In a head-on collision yesterday morning at Liberty City, forty-six miles south of Savannah, the first station north of the Altemaha river. Two or three per son* were bruised up in the collision, but no one was seriously hurt. No. 53 left Savannah at 5:20 o’clock. Engineer D. B. Henderson was at the throttle, and Conductor Dowling was in charge of th# train. Engineer Robertson was running the freighl train, and Con ductor Buck was in charge of it. Both engineers and both firemen ore eaid to have jumped when they saw the collision was inevitable, and their jumping saved their lives,’in all probability, chough En gineer Henderson did not escape scot free, as he had his arm slightly injured. There was a dense fog enveloping the country at the time of the accident, about 6:20 o’clock. This made it impossible for the engineers to see clearly from a dis tance. The freight train was on the main track and had pulled up beyond the sta tion in order to take a siding. The pass enger train was about one minute ahead of time, which, It is said, was no fault of the engineer, as trains have the privi lege of running that much ahead to take water at the station. It was with a heavy crash that the trains came together. The two engines were locked in an iron embrace, the smokestack and headlights being jammed off. Several of the freight cars were badly smashed, and the mail car was rammed Into the tender before it. F. M. Greggs, a porter on a sleeping car, was bruised about the head. A number of passengers were aboard the train, but not one was hurt. The first news of the accident received was by a telegram from Mrs. W. B. Stubbs to Mr. Stubbs, whom she assured that she had not been injured. Mrs. Stubbs was one of the passengers aboard the Sotuhern train. Superintendent of Transportation W. J. Haylow of the Plant System went to the scene of the wreck with a force of hands. After about five hours the track was again open to traffic. The steamship Kan sas City of the Ocean Steamship Line was held for a while for the convenience of sev eral passengers who were expected, but wno had been delayed on account of the collision. ROBERT EBBS’ FUNERAL. Dad Man Had \o Hein t ions So Far a* Known. The funeral of Robert J. Ebbs, who was killed Friday afternoon by falling from the Tybee train at three-mile post, took place yesterday afternoon from the undertaking establishment of Coroner Goette. The burial was made in Lahrel Grove Cemetery, Rev. M. J. Epting, pas tor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, con ducting the services at the grave. On the night of the accident and all through yesterday, numerous friends of the dead man called to pay their last re spects, and several accompanied the body to the cemetery. As far as can be learned the dead man had no relatives in the city. Even the friends who knew him best say thet he seldom talked of himself or his relatives, and though he had at one time mentioned that he had relatives living In the West, he had neither stated their names nor the degree of kinship. It was rumored at the time of Ebbs’ death that he had re.'ently received a large sum of money, several thousands, from the government as payment of a claim for cotton destroyed during the Civil War. His friends yesterday said, however, that the only money received had been about *3OO, and that he had spent the greater part of this prior to his death. They did not think it had come from the government. Ebbs' father had a claim against the government for cotton seized after the war. amounting to a good many thousand dollars. It was reported some months ago that this claim had been compromised for a good round sum. but it is not known that euch was the case. ‘ i * FOR THE FREE LIBRARY. The Chain Letter Scheme Prodnclirjt Good Results. The chain letter scheme for raising a fund with which to start a free library for Savannah is getting along splendidly, says Mrs. Selina Cole Hall, who inau gurated it. Besides numerous replies from the chain series itself there have been also separate amounts sent in much larger than those asked for in the let ters. Mrs. Hall is very much pleased with the progress thus far made, and with the evident support that the scheme is receiving, one of the most promising features of which she considers the fact that the letters have already begun com ing In from other sections of the state, and even other states. 'Mrs. Hall la particularly anxious that the chain should not he broken, and so offers to write the letters for those per sons who have not the time, providing they will send her the names and ad dresses of the persons to whom they wish them sent. Mrs. Hall also intends to send letters asking for subscriptions to the fund to prominent persons throughout the coun try, end thinks that she will receive large additions to the fund from such sources. geese; WEiRE POISONED. A Neighbor to Whom Their Clatter Gave I’lnbragr Suspected. Mr. J. H. Grice, of No. 750 Gwinnett atreet, east, reported at thg barracks yes terday, that a flock of ten geese belong ing to him had been poisoned, that the greater number of them were dead, and the remainder likely to die before the day was out. He stated that he thought that the poison was strychnine, and that he believed it had been given by a neighbor w'ho had threatened o poison both the geese and several doge of the neighbor hood because annoyed by them. The mat ter was turned over to the detectives for Investigation. REPRESENTED THE CITY. A Committee of Business Men Left Yeaterdny for Baltimore. A committee of Savannah business men was aboard the steamship Itasca, bound for Baltimore yesterday afternoon. The gommlttee was appointed by the president of the Board of Trade, to represent the oily at the meeting of the National Hay Dealers' Association, to be held In Bal timore (his week. Among the gentle men on the committee, were Messrs. NV . D Simkina, R. G. Fleming and R. E. Browder. Tk first When bahy comes to the home it will bind the wife closer to the husband, or it will gradually tend to cut her off from his conipanship. A sickly mother loses in physical charm, and often in temper and disposition. A fretful child is a trial, even to loving parents. The use ol Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription prepares the wife for motherhood. It strengthens the body, and induces a healthy condition of mind, free from anxiety or fear. It makes the baby’s advent practically painless. The mother being healthy her child is healthy, and a healthy child is a happy child, a joy to the parents, linking them together with anew bond of affection. There is no opium, cocaine or other narcotic in "Favorite Prescription.” " I read what your medicine has done for other people. writes Mrs. Edwin H. Gardner, of Beechwood, Norfolk Cos. Ma 9 , Box 70, "so thought 1 would try it, and I found it a blessing to me and family. I took your medicine a year when I had a ten pound girl I had the easiest time I ever had with any of my three children, and I have been very well ever since. I took three bottles of ' Favorite Prescription,* three of 'Golden Medical Discovery,’ana three vials of ’Pellets.' Before I tool yonr medicine I only weighed 135 pounds, and now I weigh 175 pounds.” Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets cure sick headache. KILLED HIS BROTHER. A Ornnken flow Among - Negroes Re sults in r Fratricide. James Bunkum, colored, killed his brother, Jeff Bunkum about midnight last night in a fit of drunken anger by stab bing him in the neck. The wounded man died within a few minutes. His murderer, together with his wife, his brother's wife and his adopted daughter, the last three as witnesses, were taken to the bariacks. The story of the trouble, as told by Mar tha Brown, the adopted daughter, is to the effect that James Bunkum was drunk when she reached home shortly before the crime was committed, and that he de manded of her the wages that she gets each Saturday night from her employes. She did not give him all, or at least he thought so, and he gave her a severe beating in consequence Jeff Bunkum, who was in the room where the row' was going on, remonstrat ed with his brother on his unwarranted brutality, and while the talk was going on, the girl had turned to another side of the room, her back being to the two men. On-ly a few words were passed, she said, when she heard her uncle cry out, "My God, he’s cut me.” She turned and saw her uncle with the blood streaming from hie neck. He died a few minutes after ward. Patrolman Dyer was notified and ar rested James, who was quite drunk, and had made no effort to escape, not even so much as to leave the house. The wo men were taken to the barracks as wit nesses. Bunkum denies all knowledge of the affair, but his wife, Florence Bunkum, when asked who did the cutting, buret out crying, and said “my husband.” Coroner Goette, who was notified, went to the house on Dumber street, near Pine. Owing to the lateness of the hour, he did not make an investigation, but locked up the house, and will do so to-day. CITY BKE'VHIES. Those Superior Court jurymen who were relieved from further attendance upon the court until Tuesday morning, have been directed by Judge FalHgant to appear on to-morrow morning, when several crim inal cases have been assigned for trial. Friday evening a small but de ightful bicycle parly consisting of Misses Jeade and Daisy Crosby, and Sarah Boriss, Messrs. Lancelot Hayes of Bahimore, Md., J. W. Turner and W. E. Creamer were entertained at the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Johnson on Estl.l avenue. Light refreshm. n'.s were served and al together the even ng was a very enjoya ble one, the party was chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Boriss entertained Wedneslay evening at th-dr home on President street a salimagunda party in honor of Mr. Lancelot Hayes of Ba’tl more. Md., and Mies Barbara Schmeal- Irg of Alabama whom th y have as thdr charming guests. Those present w re Mes dames Brown, Hecht, Hall. Pmi h, Boriss, Aires Boriss, Mieses Jeesie and Daisy Cro by, Ada Brown, Lizzie Roundtree, Matte Lou Flcurence, Sarah Boriss, L>- rena Carrol, Messrs. NV. N Brown, T. M, Haym s. J. E. Hecht, T. W. Hall, I. D. Bo iss, J. W. Turner, L. Hayes, C. Ruth e ford' J. J. Murphy and W. E. Creamer. Ices of all kinds were served during the evening and the guests departed at a late hour, feeling very much Indebted to their host and hostess. The pupils of Ryan’s Business College met at the residence of their principal, Miss M. E. Ryan, on last Thursday even ing, and, chaperoned by her. look a pleas ant bicycle ride to Thunderbolt, where they enjoyed a watermelon cutting. So pleased were they with their outing that they are anxious to repeat the excursion. The only regret was that the entire school was not able to Join in the frolic, as some of the pupils had prior engagements, and others were unfortunate enough not to be bicyclists. Among those present were Miss Bessie Alexander, Miss Josle Rob erts, Miss Eva Roberts, Miss Gertie Cronk, Miss Minnie Moehrke, Miss Reta McCarthy. Miss Nellie McCarthy, Miss Maggie O’Connor, Miss Rena Whitaker, Messrs. Carl Collins, Clarence Goette, Ed ward Barrett, Edward Arnold, Emmet O’Marn, L. Symons, Masters Willie O’Connor, John Cornell, Lawrence Mc- Carthy, Oliver Ryan, Harry Hodgson and E. Cornell. , _ IIIG PASSENGER LISTS. The Kansas Clly Carried 151 People North Yesterday. The tide of travel northward Is now at Its heaviest. All the steamships going north are crowded. The Kansas City, which sailed yesterday, carried 142 tlrst ciass passengers, two Intermediate and seven steerage, or 151 In all. A number of well-known Savannahlans were among the number. THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 1000. LOt AL I'KRSONAL. Mr. Wtn. Kllng of Atlanta is at the Pu laski. Mr. O. Hicks of Atlanta is at the Pu laski. Miss Eva Baker Is visiting friends in Atlanta. Mr. J. W. Hughes of Atlanta is at the Pulaski. Mrs. Sherriff of Atlanta is a guest of the Pulaski. Mr. S. J. Hill of Cordele is registered at the Pulaski. Miss Fannie Lane of Butia ii a guest of the Screvtn. Miss Johnson of Atlanta is a guest of the De Soto. Mr. M. P. Carroll of Atlanta is a guest of the Pulaski. Mr. H. K. Weed of Griffin is a guest of the Pulaski. Mr. J. M. Oliiff of Statesboro is a guest of the Pulaski. Mr. C. R. Hates of Columbus is a guest of the Pulaski. Mr. J. C. Jones of Statesboro is a guest of the Pulaski. Mr. W. H. Adkins of Atlanta is regis tered at the Pulaski. Mr. J. H. Bailey of Wine ton is regis tered at the De Soto. Mr. John H. Baird of Fort Valley is a guest of the De Soto. Mr. Spencer S. Marsh of Atanta is a guest of the De Soto. Mr. W. M. Whiteley of Winston is a guest of the De Soto. Mr. W. E. Adams of Thomeston is reg istered at the Screven. Mr. W. R. Hendricks of Claxton is a guest of the Screven. Mr. D. J. Forlaw of Rldgeland is reg istered at the Screven. Mr. R. H. Lord left via the Southern yesterday for Asheville. Mr. J. E. Gutman sailed for Baltimore yesterday on the Itasca. Mr. and Mrs. John Keiley of Atlanta are reg stered at the Pulaski. Mr. C. Mack left for Montgomery yes terday via the Plant System. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Henry w r ere regis tered at the Pulaski yesterday. Mr. R. M. Butler, Jr., left via the Southern yesterday for Asheville. Mr. H. M. Hummie left via the Plant System yesterday for Jacksonville.. Mr. John L. Tye and Miss Myrtle Tye of Atanta are guests of the De Soto. Miss Gibbons left on Thursday to visit relatives and friends in Forsyth, Ga. Mr. F. A. Bohn of Augusta was in the city yesterday a guest of the Pulaski. Mrs. M. J. Ives will soil for New York to-morrow' on the City of Birmingham. Mr. J. J. Leffler of Sanford was in the city yesterday, a guest of the Pulaski. Mr. M. Hall of Fort Valley was among the arrivals at the De Soto yesterday. Mr. John A. Calhoun will leave today for Philadelphia via the Plant System. Miss Mamie Quinlivan is the guest of Mi 8. P. Hagan at 316 Liberty street, west. Mr. J. G. Williams of Register was among the guests of the Pulaski yester day. Miss Mary Greene of Shellman was among the gu<Bts of the Pulaski yester day. Mr. D. H. Dugan of Augusta was among tne arrivals at the Pulaski yester day. Miss Annie A. Jones will sail for New York to-<morrow on the City of Birming ham. Mr. Robt. Joerg of Columbus was in the city yesterday, a guest of the Pu la ski. Mr. J. G. Blitch of Statesboro whs among the arrivals at the Pulaski yes terday. Mr. Willie Moore of Groveland was among the arrivals at the Screven yes terday. Mr. S. J. Schley was among the pas sengers of the Plant System yesterday for Tajnpa. Mr. G. A. Brooks of Fort Valley was In the city yesterday a guest of the Screven. Mrs. W. B. Stubbs and children left over the Plant System yesterday for In dian Spring. Mr. J. G. Moore and the Misses Mamie ar.d >laud Moore of Groveland are guests cf the Screven. Mr. J. P. Schwarz will be among the passengers of the Plant System to-day for Wilmington. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer R. Atkinson of Atlanta were among the arrivals at Che De Soto yesterday. Mrs. M. S. Jones will be among the passengers of the City of Birmingham to morrow for New York. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Keener of Augusta will sail for New York on the City of Birmingham toimorrow. Miss Mabel Gibbons left during the week to visit her friend, Miss Mae Muel ler, in Charleston, S. C. Mr. John J. Carrick ha* returned home, after spending two weeks at the Isle of Palms, Charleston, S. C. Mrs. Ralph H. Cutter and Miss Ray monde Cutter left last week for Bain bridge on a pleasure trip. Miss Margaret A. Doyle left last week for Aimar. Ga., where she will spend the balance of :he summer. Mrs. E. M. Peck and Mrs. W. C. De Vane and children left last week to spend some time in Johnston, S C. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Quinan and Mis* Beulah M. Wlddows have returned home, after spending two month* at Tybee. Miss Alma Brown has returned home after a dt-lightfuJ stay of some we ks on Warsaw Island, a guest of Mrs. P. Man nlr.g. Mrs. M. J. O'Leary and daughter will be among the passengers of the City of Birmingham which sails to-morrow for New York. Mr. and Mrs. Hardy C. Cunningham left during the week for North Georgia, where they will spend, several weeks among rel atives and friends. Mrs. Patz and children have returned to their home in Bluffton. after a pleas ant stay of two weeks with relatives on Gordon street, east. Miss Agnes Mahoney, a popular young lady of Augusta, Ga., Is visiting relatives in the city. Her many friends are glad to have her with them again. Mrs. V. M. Smith of Dupont, Ga , spent several days with Mrs. J. H. Quinn en toute to her old hrm\ Paterson, N. J., where she will spend some time. Miss Annie Aulberry of Charleston will return home to-morrow night, after two weeks pleasantly spent as the guest of Miss Mamie Finn, 513 Congress, east. Tlney Molina returned Monday after a two months' visit to the Isle of Palme, Charleston and Mount Pleasant. Mr. Mo lina will remain home thl* summer and paint miniatures. Mrs. P. Goldsmith of Dallas. Tex.. Is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. Joel of 307 Broughton street, west. She leaves this morning for Charleston, 8. C., to be pres ent at the Joel-Rubensteln wedding. Little Miss Lula Fowler entertained on Monday evening quite a number of her lit tle friends, the occasion being her four teenth birthday. Games were played and the little folks spent a very pleasant evening. Many pretty gift* were received. Mr. Joseph Molina, one of the attache j n the office of the ordinary of the coun ty, will leave to-morrow morning for re sorts In North Georgia, where he will spend his vacation. Mr. Molina expects to he absent from the city a week or more. Mr. J. P. Merrlhew of the Savannah Cotton Exchange has been Indisposed for rev'rel days past, and ha a been confined io his home a pert of the time. Mr. Mer- rihew is having trouble with his eyes also, and is now under the care of an oculist. Mr. Harvey Granger tf the E. B. Hunt ing Company leaves to-<a.\ for the Kenne bec districts of Maine. While the trip is a purely business one, .1 Is a sou roe of plt to Mr. Granger to anticipate the need of an overcoat, which he proposes to take along with him. A THRIVING TOWN That Contribute* Mach to Savan na li’* Trade* Sumter, S. C., Aug. 11—Trooping down the corridors of memory come recollection* of the days of “Auld ling syne” when this present “game cock city” of Carolina was little else than a central cross roads with the conventional Amrt House on one side, the road and tie grim jail house on the other, feome thne or four retail stores of general merchandise, hauled over many miles in wood-axle wagons, a few scattered dwellings and an old-fashioned sanded-fioor inn or tavern, constituted the congeries knows as Sumpterville. A trip to Savannah in those days involved much preparation and comprehended a three days’ weary plodding to Charleston, th -n a tortuous route through the serpentine channels of the inland passage to Yama craw bluff, a landing and an exhausting pull up the sand bank to Bay street, by which time one had undergone enough to fray the piety of the very elect—only the piety of those days was of the three-ply sole leather sort—while Savannah herself then comprised but a small fraction of the area, population, trade, wealth, health and beauty of the metropolitan city of to-day that reaches out her iron tentacles to ev ery point and portion of inland territory, and brings them in close intercourse and their products within the grasp of those other prehensile organ*, her steamship* and other ocean craft. Among the many other points recently orought within quick reach of Savannah lies this pretty midland Carolina city of Sumter. The sandbed X-roads have given place to broad paved boulevards crossed and recrossed by numerous streets, lined on either aide by busy marts of purchase and sale. There are factories and founderles. warehouses, shops, banks, churches, palatial residences and all else that goes to constitute a live, hustling, thriving and growing city, the heart of seven iron highways, a veritable Atlanta in embryo, and surrounded by a magnificently fertile undulating hinter land, capable of producing everything nec essary to the sustenance, comfort and lux ury of the human or brute crea tion. The city is a cotton and tobacco market of no mean proportions, besides the barter in much other country produce. To-day, instead of a week’s weary lumbering to reach your city, one may take a midnight lunch here, at the foot of the Piedmont escarpment, board a train to Denmark, run down the straight stretch to the border river, enjoy an easy breakfast in Savannah, dine, sup. attend a play and breakfast here again among the soughing pine* without much attrition of his piety or abrasion of his purse. The writer speaks ex cathedra, having accomplished just such a trip the past week, the occasion being the second excursion during the w*k from thia point to the Forest City, and they will not prob ably be the last. Our own city is only one of the many point© of busy traffic and commerce tapped by the Seaboard Air Line Railway and brought within daily communication with Savannah, there are numbers of other smaller towns, villas and hamlets already launched out and growing in business Importance, and still other fledglings rapidly featheripgand ambitious to spread their commercial wings and catch the “trade wßds.” We predicted one year ago that there would be trade advantages opened up and golden oppor tunities presented in this direction and broached the subject to many of Savan nah's business magnates and men of lesser note, with a view to anticipate and seize them by some systematic effort of adver tisement, information and instruction as to the city’s advantages and trade induce ments, shipping facilities, health, etc. A few of the more enterprising and public spirited taw the opportunity and did a generous part in forwarding the effort, the results of which are already material izing; but there were too many who treat ed the matter with an amusingly, pro voking sang-froid, a welf-complacent non chalance, or an apathetic Indifference, and yet we overheard an intelligent man, on the train coming down, one who ha* trav eled some and is officially addressed a* “Your Honor,” say to his wife, “I guess we can get a hath in : that yellow (?) wa ter at Savannah; we’ll have to drink yel low water anyway.” Sic! Our people are prosperous, are asking no odds, no fav ors. Savannah brooms and Bavannah candy are sold right here in reac’h of the writer's desk, hut only Incidentally A Savannah firm has one or more cotton buyers in this county, a successful mer chant has removed, his business to your larger business sphere, besides others, who were more or less attracted and influenced by the letters written and broadcasted from Savannah last year. These ere mere “straws,” but they are sufficient, to indi cate a trend of the current whioh, with a little inducement, might be made to flow in that direction. Excursions are promo tive of pleasant intercourse, but might be made more powerful auxiliaries to more substantial mutual acquaintance in the way of trade relations. The trade is here. We are too near now to be any longer strangers. If you will reach out in the proper spirit and disposition we are all within the grasp of our big and beautiful and flourishing Forest Sister. VIKEYING WITH fIYCCBSS. Whitman Sister* Acquiring Talent for Their Next Organ Isn lion. The Whitman sisters, May and Essie, are meeting with muon success in organ izing the company with which they will take the road this season. They have se cured four promising piccaninnies in Sa vannah, who will furnish the "kid” talent for the company, and have other engage ments in view, including a soprano In Charleston, who Is said to be something great. , The company will organize in Cincin nati, and will lane the road about Sept. 20. playing Ihe Ohio towns first, and then coming South. They will reach Savannah about Feb. 20. The company will be un der the management of M. Lehman of New York. The company will be of the vaudeville order, with some farce and dramatic fea tures. Prince Ishmael, whose ability as a prestldlgator is well known In Sa vannah. will attend to this feature of the show. The Whitman sister* are accomplished entertainers, and have received high com mendation from the newspaper* of the vartoua cities In which they have ap peared The Birmingham News, In a re cent edition, tn speaking of an entertain ment given by the slaters in that city, said: "These three bright mulatto women are daughters of the pastor of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Atlanta. They have wonderful voices, that of Essie Whitman being the lowest contralto on record. The slaters all play the banjo and sing coon songs with a smack of the original flavor. Their cos tuming Is elegant, their manners graceful and their appearance striking In a degree, as they are unusually handsome.” Alberta, the third sisters, is only 12 years old. but has already shown consid erable talent. Germany'* New Meat lav. Washington, Aug. 11.—The State Depart men ha* been Informed that the main pro visions of the meat law recently enacted by the German government, effecting among Other things Ihe absolute prohibi tion of the Importation of American can ned meals and sausages, will take effect Oct. 1 next. FIGHT AGAINST PROGRESS. REV. II %St OM %\TMO\Y DlfiCl SSft£A THE CHI.SESK VITIATION. He Declare* That tlc Fault Is Not the Missionaries*—They Are Not ItespoKMihlf for the 1 prlslng—The y Introduced Progress mid Learn ing, Which Arc Not In Accord With the Ideas of the Common Herd of Chinos©—lt Is Against This Awakening to Advancement That the Chinese Have Risen—Air. An thony Makes Predictions for Chinn. “The view the newspapers generally in sist upon taking of the Chinese situation and the way they have of fixing the re sponsibility for the uprising upon the mis sionaries is unfair and not in accord with the facts,” declared Rev. Dascom Anthony, pastor of Trinity Church, yesterday. “The papers seem to misunderstand the position of the missionaries. I n> interested in the matter and should like to see It perfectly understood, for criticisms of the mission aries, such as I have observed, are unjust. When the situation is studied it is mani fest that they are not fair. “This revolution against the existing or der of things in China was not nearly so much anti-Christian as anti-progress. Re ligion is not responsible for the uprising, but it is responsible for the general awak ening of the literary class of the Chinese to a sense of the ad vantages of West ern civilization. Young J. Allen, the mis sionary from Burke county, Georgia, went to China Just before the Civil War. He was a Methodist, and his mission was to convert the heathen. The missionary forces of the church were not then organ ized. however, and he had no means of support. Of necessity, he had to mix i>ol iiies with religion, state with church, and he. accepted u position under the Chinese government. His great abilitj' marking him for advancement, he became a man darin. and his position among the Chinese has been one of power and influence. He and the college of which he has been the head have done n great deal for the re ligion and civilization of the West, intro ducing them into China and influepcing many of the best people of the empire, particularly in the southern part, to ac cept them. “The Chinese are an astute people. The better class awoke to a realization of their needs. They easily recognized advan tages, and the opportunity to seize upon them was eagerly embraced. Business and commerce np|>enlcd (o them, and i wa* clear that they could best succeed by being educated as were those who had profited beyond the Chinese because of the methods and advancement of the West. Not only Allen’s school, but those of all the missionaries became centers for the education of the progressive class of the Chinese. Advancement was sought, hut that meant a clash with old customs and old ideas. It is this clash that is now responsible for the bloody uprising. The educated class is hut small, possibly ten per cent, of the population, and is unable to cope with the great mass of the ignorant people. The heat Chinese have progressed, hut they’ could not carry their country with them. They make do nations to the schools, colleges and mis sions. but the work of the regeneration of China will be consummated only after the Powers have been successful In quell ing the disturbances and restoring the progressive party. “To a great degree Ihe seizure by the foreign Powers of the beet ports of China and the talk of i(s ultimate division among them has been responsible for the uprising. All the best ports have been taken away from the Chinese, and there Is not a single advantageous one that remain# her own. unconditionally and un trammelled. It Is not strange that the Chinese should have arisen against euch a state of affairs. Mr. Anthony said that he is fully per suaded that the Christian work! should make China its own. Passing over a whole book of arguments, he said he might adduce, he simply turned to pas sage In Genesla that declares Ood said: “Replenish the earth and subdue it and have dominion.” This i© a divine com mission, and it is not possible, Mr. An thony said, in a heathen country. “We send aid, and properly, to the starving In India. Christianize and civilize China and it would not be possible for such a famine to occur there. The earth must be subdued. The wonderful natural ad vantages of tihat country cannot be devel oped so long as it remains in the hands of the people. Their superstitions are against It. for the ground cannot be dis turbed. railways cannot be built, improve ments of this age cannot be made for no other reason than that ignorance and paganism declare that the souls of ances tors must not be disturbed. Philanthropy, if no other sentiment, demands the Chris tianizing and civilizing of China. “There should be no forcing. I do not believe In forcing anything down a man’s throat. That is the very reason I am go ing to vote for Bryan this year. Last election I voted against him because of his *l6-to-l-lsm.’ hut I cannot accept a doctrine, of imperialism, and this year I am for Bryan. Do not force it upon China, hut let Christianity work its own reception upon the people. “He is a bold man who turns prophet, but I believe I can foresee the rcult of the trouble in China. The outcome, in my Judgment, will be that the Powers will quell the uprising and restore the young Emperor, or place someone else upon the throne who will be favorable to foreign ers. Then the progressive party will l> to the fore again, and the demand for the Christian religion and Western civiliza tion will be greater than ever. A great demand upon the church will result, and the church must look to it to see that this demand is met. Educators, too, will be in demad. “China, under the impetus of the renew ed life and spirit of the progressives will forge ahead Let’s say twenty-five years, though I believe It will he let-* time, have elapsed since the restoration the Powers are sure to make. A great change has come over China. She has advanced to a wonderful degree. Most of her people have received the Christian religion, the old fanaticism about ancestors has disap peared, railways and great enterprises are common in the land, and Western ideas and Western customs have crept in and displaced those that China entertained for centuries. Now is the country in a con dition that will not admit of its being dic tated to at the cannon’s mouth. “The end is Inevitable. The Chinese see it. They saw it before their uprising They are not kicking against nothing. It was clear to them that the Inroads of for eign advancement were sounding the deathknell of old-time China. In one last effort to prevent foreigners and foreign civilization from becoming dominant, they arose In their might. But their days of supremacy are numbered. Within a short time the missionaries will have gained a firmer hold than ever in the land.” FROM A THIRD STORY. Negro Alnn Fell Ont a Window and May Alot Recover. A colored man whose name could not be ascertained by the police, as he was in no condition to give it, was picked up at 1 o’clock last night after a fall from a ihirty-story window of a building on Bt. Julian sreet. He was placed in the am bulance and carried to the police station, where a physician attended him. The man’s condition was pronounced very se rious. and It was not known whether he would recover. Rllili ( omit) Shows Increase. Macon. Aug. 11.—The tax returns were made up to-day. They show an Increase of taxable values amounting to The total returns are $15,427*595., NOT THE REAL ADVANCE. Continued from First Page. ing the intended extent of the expedition Is received by the foreign office favorably, since the alms of the United States, viz., the re-establishment of order, the award ing of damages to Americans for injury' and guarantees against the recurrence of idmilar events, tally precisely, so the for eign office says, with the German pro gramme. It is here surmised, however, that such diplomatic negotiations will not meet the approbation of Great Britain and Russia, whose enormous sacrifices In men and money owing to the Chinese troubles seem worth some equivalents. Regard ing Great Britain's apparent designs upon tho Yang-Tee valley, particularly Shang hai, Germany will not allow their realiza tion, and in this France support Ger many, and, it Is hoped here, the United Beales will also do so. since such action contravenes the open-door policy. Germany before long will have a good si/.<d force in Shanghai to checkmate sin gle handed the British schemes there. The correspondent of the Associated Press hears that a single brigade of 5,000 men is now forming und will proceed |o Shang hai for that purpose and to protect Ger man commercial interests in the Yang- T-* valley, notably at Shanghai und 1 iankow. Hardly a ||*| of Roses. The German press comment anent the pr'fcent situatl n isvaißd. The Lckal An zdger deems it probable that Held Mar shal von Walitei s e will not he b< dded in roses in China, owing partly to the lack of harmony among the Powers oven at tho early stage, and it believes before long quart els w ill arise between Russia and Japan, France and Groat Britain and the United States and G rmany. It points out that the main differences between the Bowel’s arc “not of a military hut of a commercial character.” DISTRESS AT CAPE NOME. ’ Gen. Riindnll .Apiillow fur Authority to AfYoril Relief. Washington, Aug. 11.—<Gen. Randall, commanding tho department of Alaska, has made the following report upon the conditions and necessities at Nome: “At present there are about 15.000 per sons in and about Nome. It Is estimated there will be 1,000 destitute here nt the close* of navigation. 1 request that I be authorized to send nil destitute persons out of the country by any vessel avail able in case army transports are not here.’’ A post, site has been celecHed at th© month of Nome river, three and one-third miles east of Nome. The work of construc tion Is now progressing rapidly. He recom mends that the post be named “Davis'* tn honor of Copt. JeffersDn C. Davis, who commanded the first troops in Alat-ka. H© also r.poits that he has chartered the tugboat “Meteor" and collected the des titute natives between Bin Rock and Top kuk and encamped them on the beach east of Ntme river. The commanding officer of that camp has been directed to furnish subs stence and medical attendance. Reports indicate that th** natives all along the roust are dying of measles and pneumonia. Small pox ha been checked; no new oiiw hav ing been reported In twelve days. All reg ulations and the action of Gen. Randall, above noted, have received the approval of the Secretary of War. AftGIKR WINS CHAMPION fill IP. Defeated Ctinmnlon Ward in tlie Final Tennis Match. Atlanta, Aug. 11.—Clarence V. Angler, Jr., of Atlanta, won the championship In tenuis of the Southeastern states and of Georgia ahd the Agelesto trophy In a challenge match to-day against T. Cole man Ward of Birmingham, who formerly held these honors. The match was mark er! for Its brilliant plays throughout. The score wa* 10-8, G-3, 5-7, 6-3. Two hours and forty minute* was required for the contest. This practically closed the Southeastern state tennis tournament. The champion ship in doubles will be played next Mon day by Angler and Williams of Atlanta and Brown and Ward of Birmingham. Mr. Angler will enter the tournament at Newport next week for the national championship. PEWS FOIL THE CATHEDRAL. Workmen Now knsuget) in Putting the Fnrnltnre tn Place. The furniture for the Cathedral of Bt. John the Baptist Is being put In place. The pews are very handsome, being of quarter oak and highly ornamented with carving. Workmen are now engaged in flttlng them together, as they are ship ped in their various division*. The work has not progressed very far, and it is probable that some days will be required to get all the pews In position. Many have visited the Cathedral to view the restored interior. General sat isfaction with it has been pronounced. It je easily the handsomest in the city, and, when the furniture has been put In place, the general appearance will be even more pleaeing. CHUHC'H PROPERTY IN CURA. Gen. Wood Found It Necessary to Name a New Committee. Havana, Aug. U.~Bettors Llorente Gl berga and Tamayo met the Bishop of Ha vana and Gen. Wood at the palace last night and discussed the question of church property. This committee of Judges fin ally declined to undertake an investiga tion and resigned. Oen. Wood wl.l ap point another committee of live, who will Investigate the claims of the church. After seizing all of the church property In 1842 the Spaniards allowed the church 3400,(100 annually. This revenue to the church was stopped on the American oc cupation of the Island and the money now goes into the Island fund. The Bishop of Havana Is seeking a restitution of this money. BAPTIST MISSION DESTROYED, Violence Has Broken Ont In Another Section of Chinn. Boston, Aug. 11—The American Baptist Missionary Union of thl* city to-day re ceived a cablegram from Swatow, China, reading: "Ung Kung and four chapel* were wrecked. Consuls acting. Bcotts, Wilkin son, China, Ja|n, Foster, Bpeecher. sent families Victoria, Tacoma Qroeabeck.” This message Is from Rev. A. F. Groes beck, In charge of the Baptist Mission of IJntf Kung. about seventy miles north of Swatow, and announce* that his mission has been destroyed by the Chinese, to gether with four out stations. This is the flrst intimation received of actual violence In that teuton of China. LAYING NEW GERMAN CABLE. Rig Steamer Anglia Will Run It to the A sores. New York, Aug. 11—The laying of th* new German cable to the Azores was be gun to-day off Coney Island. The big ca ble ship Anglia could not come In shore, and a section bn mil** long was laid from the beach out to sea by a tug wh-re It was secured by a buoy. The Anglia will dig it up from that point when she start* on her long voyage next Tuesday. Extradition lontestieu Approved. Madrid, Aug. 11.—The cabinet ha* ap proved the extradition convention between Aipaln and the United Slates. DEMOCRATS’ GOOD CHANCES. THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO GEHP Mi, JTORITY IN THE HOUSE*. Congressman Overstreet, m RspabOU ran Leader, Figures Out That thet Chances of the Demooreds Are Bet ter Than Those of the Republi cans—Still He Thinks the Republi cans Will Win by Ntutlof Dosbt fnl Districts. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 11.—Congress man Overstreet, of this district, secre tary of the National Congressional Bu reau of th© Republicans at Chicago, left tonight for Chicago. He said: “In '9B we carried the House by a ma jority of thirteen. By contests decided in our favor, our majority was increased, but we cannot now depend upon the dis tricts they came from. We had threo congressmen form North Carolina, but, of course, since the disfranchisement of the negroes, we shall not get a represen tative from that stale. In ’9B we had two from Kentucky, but one was by the nar row majority of ten. We are not counting on that as certain. The other district in. Kentucky gave us a large majority, and they cannot count tis out of it. We had one representative from Texas, from the Galveston district, hut It is always close there, and the presidential eleotion may j change the result this time. “This makes . total of live that we are almost sure to lose from what we now have, ieaving us a bar© majority of three. We are making estimates on a majority of three now, but the odd this time aro really in favor of the Democrats. They have, to begin with, 122 representatives from the Southern states, that always give sqlid congressional delegations for them. In some Northern states they have 40 per cent, of the congressmen. In New York they had eighteen in the last House, or tkJ per cent, of the New York delega tion. “So. on the face of ihe outlook, their chances for carrying the House are bet ter than ours, but I am sure we shall de feat them and have a majority again. We are going about the campaign In a prac tical way. In 1898 we sized up the sit uation and found that we would lose thirty district© of the 'Missouri river, so 'vent to work in districts that had been <touhtful, and were successful in carrying • oough of them to give us a lead. W© expect to get the same result© again, and to redeem many of the districts that went against us In 1898.” SHE SI AIIIII ED t CHINAMAN. Now Yonng Mna Eldrnl Wants an Absolute Divorce. Augusta, Aug. 11.—Nina Eldred, who married a Chinaman, Charilo Li Chow, filed a suit for divorce to-day. She was IK years old when she married Li Chow, who was DO about (wo years ago. She has grown tired of her bargain and awks a total divorce and the restoration of her maiden name. SPECIAL NOTICES. PAULDING OF LONG ISLAND CELE BRATED PIPPIN APPLE CIDER. This pure cider la served on steamers on the American line, and at the Waldorf-As toila and leading family grocers in New Yoik city Paulding s Pippin cider Is made from fhe pure Juice ot hand picked apples from his own mill on the premises. It la abso lutely pure apple Juice, and all the effer vescent e IS natural, and we guarantee It to be the choicest cider in the world. Leading physicians in New York and Brooklyn recommend this elder to their patients its perfect purity Is guaranteed. In Paulding’s Pippin cider, only Long Is land Newton’s Pippins are used. The ap ples are left on the trees until lat in Oo tober when they are hand picked and placed In a dry room to ripen. Paulding says "the apples are thorough ly crushed in his own mill and the Juice pressed out and run Into sweet clean racks." The difference between crushing and grinding apples Is very great. You will know the difference between crushed app ea and ground apples If you take some stems and chew them, you will And that bitter taste which Is not with Paulding’s crushed apples. This elder has not the extreme sweetness of the Russet elder, and everyone will find the Pauld *ng s Pippin cider Just right to take with dinner. LIPPMAN BROS., Sole Agents in Savannah. CHOICE CREAM. The beat Cream and Sherbets to day at MASONIC TEMPLE I PHARMACY. Send in your dinner order. WHITAKER AND LIBERTY. kAtttiSi V\ AHLiiUI tL AND OFFICE to rant, located head of Broughton ■freer on West Broad, now occu pied by the Savannah Carring* and Wagon Cos. A* they will give up business in the city on June l, l offer it for rent from that data. H P. SMART. fas .000. On* of our clients bu placed In our hands (Z>,ooo to loan on good Savannah raal eatata at raaaonoble rates of Interest. BECKETT & BECKETT, 14 President street, east. UUIO9 EXSOCTED By the American Bonding and Trust Com pany of Baltimore. We are authorized to execute locally (Immediately upon Appli cation!. all bonds In Judicial proceedings In either the state or United States courts, and of administrators and guardians. DEAIUNG * HULL. Agenta Telephone 114. Provident Halloing. YOI H PBSCHIPTIO!IS will be filled at Park Avenue Pharmacy while yo wait. We fill them at any hour day or night. The only live drug etore In southern section of Savannah. PARK AVENUE PHARMACY, J. L. Branan, Proprietor , Corner Park avenue and Barnard Bt. So-Phone 114*. IF IT’S NICE WK VI IVR IT. Drop In and get a Jar of allced dried beef or sliced breakfast bacon, a bottle of Pin-Money Pickles or Btuffed Olives from HARDEE ft MARSHALL, Phone 956. PLASTERI'iIIS’ ABO MASONS’ SUP PLIES, Cement. Lime. Plaster, Hair and Rlvar Band. Prompt delivery. Reasonable price. SAVANNAH BUILDING BUPPLT COt. Corner Drayton and Congress. Pbona U*. AUCTION OF BICYCLES. Every day next week my surplus sto k of second-hand bicycler will bo sold at auction prices. If you have any money. It le good for c, wheel. All In good con dition. THOMAS' BICYCLE EMPORIUM, All Jefferson Street. 3