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Eetibllsheci ISSO. . Incorporated 18SS
J. H. ESTII.r President.
IS WITH DIPLOMATS
CHINESE QUESTION SEEMS TO HAVE
REVERTED TO THEM.
MINISTERS CALLED ON ADEE.
REASONS FOR THEIR VISITS WERE
NOT GIVEN OIT,
Mevsa|?ea From Chaffee—Government
Is Determined to See if Dispatches
Cannot Be Sent Bearing Date*.
Russia, England and the United
Staten Seem Willing: to Negotiate
With Earl El—No Friction Expect
ed Regniding China.
Washington, Aug. 28.—Several communi
cations came to Washington from the
United States officials in China to-day,
but being without dates in most cases, the
government was by no means satisfied
with the state of communications, and
the cabinet meeting held this afternoon
gave the largest part of its attention to
the problem of rectifying this state of af
fairs.
Evidence of interference with the mes
sages have accumulated to a point where
the government has determined to take
. tops to establish channels of its own and
to employ the rather expensive device of
man-of-war plying between Shanghai
and Che Foo for this purpose. Either the
New Orleans or the Princeton will be or
dered on this duty. Meanwhile word
comes that rapid progress is making with
ic short cable which is to connect these
points, and it is believed that within a
week this means of communication will b#
open.
Siege Battery Not Needed.
Three messages from Gen. Chaffee were
received to-day, and while they cast no
direct light on the military situation, they
were inferentially important. One was as
follows:
“Taku, Aug. Adjutant General,
Washington.—Siego battery not needed.
Chaffee.”
This dispatch is in reply to an inquiry
sent some time ago to Gen. Chaffee rela
tive to the siege battery which was taken
from Manila to Nagasaki to be sent to
China, if needed.
Announcement was received of the ar
rival of the Garonne, with eight companies
of the First Cavalry aboard, at Kobe, Ja
pan, and a companion ship with animals
for the troopers. An order was sent from
here to the government’s agents at Kobe
to divert the cavalry and their animals
from that port to Manila, instead of al
lowing them to proceed to Taku, accord
ing to their original orders. Gen. Chaf
fee’s statement that he need* no siege
batter; taken in connection with the di
version of the First Cavalry, which was
b * for Taku to Manila, seems to make
that there is no intention to enter
into i prolonged campaign in China, such
ns would involve the use of heavy artil
b v or of reinforcements in the shape of
nun and horses.
Battle of Diplomacy.
At the time it cannot be said that the
government has shown any sign of a
purfose to alandon ary just claim it
may have s cured upon China through
the bril'iant operations cf the little Amer
i an force in the Flowery Kingdom. But
i begins to appear that the battle of to
il y is one cf diplomacy, rather than one
of arms, and, notwithstanding, the va
rious rumors that heve filtered out from
Chine-e sour es of heavy engagements
betwe n the international forces and the
Boxers, the officials here are satisfied
that no formidable organized resistance
will be oft red by the Chinese if the de
mands of the Powers are limiteu to he
principles laid down by the United States
in its several notes.
Therefore, more interest attaches to a
series of diplomatic calls upon Acting
Secretary Adee this afternoon than any
report of purely military operations in
China. First came the Japanese minister,
next the Russian charge, and finally Mr.
Thiebaut, the French charge. These train
ed diplomats naturally ore averse to let
ting the public know the developments of
lncomj lete negotiations. Nevertheless, ic
was gathered that one of the principal
topics of discussion was the propriety of
accepting Id Hung Chang as a proper per
son with whom the Powers might nego
tiate for a settl- ment in China.
It is quite evident, from the conferences
held this afternoon, that this matter is
Htill an open issue. Otherwise it would
not have been necessary for the officials
to enter into a laborious comparison of
the texts of the credentials
supplied by Li Hung Chang to
the various Powers of Europe, as well as
Japan and the United States. Past ex
perience with some of the Chinese de
crees has shown very radical differences
in the translation, and as so much turns
on the form of Earl El’s credentials, it is
remarded as highly important that these
shall be shown to agree in each c'ase.
Willing to Deal With Id.
The statement is made that the Russian
government, for one, is willing to deal
with Li, of course upon properly framed
conditions, and this appears to be borne
out by the earnestness with which Mr.
Wollant, the Russian charge, Is trying
to impress upon the state department the
entire agreement between Russia and the
United States as to China. At least he In
sists that Russia wishes to jrevent the
dismemberment of China, ond, also, that
her animating purpose is the restoration
of order and the safeguarding of the fu
ture. Under thes* limitations, it is urged
here that Russia’s objects can be achiev
ed as well as those of the United States
by dealing with LI Hung Chang, who oc
cupies the advantageous position of being
the only Chinese personage so far offi
cially accredited as a peace plenipoten
tiary.
Acting Secretary Adee found suffleiont
matter of interest in these three calls to
(•pair to the White House later in the
afternoon to confer with the President.
It is quite certain that our government
i* willing and anxious to do all It can to
bring out a speedy peetbment of the
Chinese difficulty and a retirement of the
forces. Hut it is determined that no prop
er advantage Is to be lost through this
w|-h, and the government wll not be
coerced by foreign combinations or
threats of comblnatl n Against our inter,
este. One of the officials of the govern
ment to-day slated that "The United
Htuba Is not going to turn tall and run
because some of the Powets show a dis
fwsltt* n to break a compact, under whUh
became allies in Chine. The Powers
Satiannul) fHarnimj ffrto#.
accepted the note of Secretary Hay of
July 3, as a basis for Joint action, and
they will be held to that agreement. The
question of actual f3rce in Ch na is sec
ondary—one regiment of United States
troops is as good as 10X000 men to estab
lish a principle and indignity offered to
them would be resented as quickly as if
we had 100 0 0 men on CMnese soil, and
the United Statea government is willing
to try the case as to whether one thing
could be said cn July 3. and accepted by
all the Powers and changed two months
later to advance a selfish interest.”
No Friction Expected.
Notwithstanding this firm attitude on
the part of the government, there is not
the least doubt that friction between the
Powers will be averted and that the re
sources of diplomacy will be fully equal
to the needs of the present case, though
the Powers are slow to announce their
views as to the future policy to be pur
sued in China. The administration con
siders it of the greatest importance that,
in the negotiations for a settlement of
the Chinese difficulty, all the Powers
should act in unison and harmony, and
its efforts are being directed to that end.
Several replies have been received to
the instructions sent to our ambassadors
and ministers a few days ago asking them
to sound the governments to which they
are accredited on Ljvo propositions; first,
the willingness of these governments to
accept the sufficiency of Li Hung Chang’s
credentials to treat with the Powers for
a settlement, and, second, to ascertain, if
possible, what the future policy of each
Power is to be.
Regarding the inquiry, the replies, thus
far, have developed nothing. The Powers
appear to be watching one another with
out definite or fixed purpose as yet of their
own. With regard to the first inquiry,
ICnginnd and Russia are agreed that Earl
Li’s credentials are sufficient. Germany,
however, takes a firm stand against the
sufficiency of his credentials, and is the
only power os yet which has returned a
flat-footed dissension. The attitude of
the United States is that his credentials
oppear authentic. They were promulgat
ed by what appeared to be a genuine im
perial edict, duly transmitted through tne
Chinese minister, Mr. Wu, end the Uni
ted States is willing to accept them ut
their face value, at least for the present.
The administration, from the advices
it has received, does not credit the rumors
that Russia, Jaj>an and Germany intend
to declare war against China, and it is
willing to accept all disclaimers of ulte
rior purposes on the part of the Powers.
Just what would 'be done, in case some of
the Powers inaugurated war for the pur-
I>ose of territorial aggrandizement, is not
known, and the administration is not dis
posed to cross that bridge until it reaches
it. But a member of the cabinet stated
to<hy that, if any of the European Pow
ers entered upon such a programme, It
probably would be reminded by the United
States that it had ogreed to the “open
door” policy which all the Powers are
placed upon an equal footing, and that if
territory were acquired under the agree
ment, we would be entitled to the same
privileges in the matter of trade, etc., as
the conqueror.
Movements of American*.
Public! y was given to the following ca
blegram. received by the war department
yesterday:
“Taku, China.—Adjutant General,
Washington —Have offered assistance to
Baroness von Kett ler; will furnish trans
portation and escort Tien Tsin few days;
have offered transportation do Nagasaki
also. Chaffee.”
Baroness von Ketteler, the widow of
the murdered Geiman minister to China,
is an American, being a daughter of
President Ledyard of the Michigan Cen
tral Railroad, whose home is at Detroit,
Mich.
This telegram which was called forth
by an inquiry from Washington on the
17th. taken in connection with the press
report of the arrival of Miss Condil-
Smiih ot Tien Tsin In safety on the 25th.
leads to the that ihe Baroness is
with the little party of rescued Ameri
cans at Tien Tsin.
Inquiry at the state department as to
the personality of the persons named in
• he. press dispatch among the refugees
shows that, besides Miss Smith, there is
a Miss Paine, a resident of M Iwaukee,
Wis., and Mrs. and Miss Woodward of
Chicago, mother and daughter.
Adjutant Genera Corbin received a dis
patch from Gen. Chaffee saying that he
had received no dispatches from Gen.
Corbin since Aug. 14. This was the date
on which the allied army attacked and
entered Pfkin. Many dispatches have been
sent by Gen. Corbin since that date, and
the delay in their delivery is astonish
ing. even with the strange conditions
which l ave existed in Crina. Like the
Conger cUjatches. the one* from Gen.
Chaffee is undated.
PREPARING FOR 15.000 MEN.
Gen. Clmfifee Expect* to Winter With
That Force—'“.lnch” Iyer I*
I’rohnlily 111 With Typhoid
Fever.
Copyright, 1900, the Associated Press.
Tien Tsin, Aus. 24, via Taku, Aug. 27.
Officers who have arrived here from Pe
kin report that Gen. ChalTee,commanding
the American f rc;s in Chit a. is making
all the necessary preparations for 15,000
men through the winter.
Fifte n of the American wounded, In
cluding the marines wounded during the
siege of the legations, have arrived here
by boat from Pekin.
Myers (possibly Capt. Myers of the
United States Mailne Corps) is suffering
from typhoid fever and cannot be mov
ed.
A large batch of refugees are due here
to-morrow.
The American Slgnnl Service corps, co
operating with that of the Critlsh, has
completed the telegraph lines from Taku
to Pekin.
Cap*. John T. Myers, or "Jack” My ere.
as he Ik familiarly known, who. accord
ing to a dispatch received at the navy
department In Washington from ,Admiral
Kempff. July 5, was assigned to command
tho legation defenders at Pekin, was born
in Germany and was appointed from the
state of Georgia, entering the Marine
Corps in September, ISB7.
He is the reputed author of the famous
satirical poem "Hoch der Knlaer,” which
involved Cap*. Coghlan in so mueh diffi
culty. tie was attached to tire (lagship
Baltimore and was afterwords assigned to
duty with the marines on board the bat
tleship Oregon.
ARRIVED AT TIF.V TAIN.
American Refugee* From I’rkln
Journeyed by llont.
Copyright, 1900, The Associated Press.
Tien Tsin, Aug. 25, via Taku, Aug. 27.
Fifty Americans, Including the Misses
Condlt-Smlth, Woodward and Paine, hava
arrived iv re from Pekin, which city ihey
left five days o by boat.
The commissary department Is preparing
on Fifth Face).
SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY/AUGUST 20, 1900.
QUEEN BF THE NAVY
THE BATTLESHIP ALABAMA HAS
WON THE TITLE.
MADE A GREAT TRIAL TRIP.
HEII AVERAGE SPEED FOR FOUR
HOURS WAS 17 KNOTS.
The love a Made Greater Speed ou
Her Trial Trip, hut the Condition*
Were More Favorable—Cramp*
Said the Trial of the Alabama Was
the Mont Remarkable the Country
Ha* Ever Seen—\\ ill Be Ready in
Six Weeks.
Boston, Aug. 28.—There is anew queen
of the American navy, the United Sta:e
battleship Alabama, which to-day won the
title in one of the most magnificent sj>eed
trials yet held in the history of the navy.
Her average speed for four hours contin
uous steaming was 17 knots, a figure not
quite as high os that made by the lowa,
but notable from the fact that it gave
an idea of the yet undeveloped power in
this latest product of American shipbuild
ers.
The Alabama was built by the Cramps
at Philadelphia, and while of the first
class, she is unlike any of the earlier
creations, both architecturaiiy and as
a fighting machine. Built under o con
tract 'required at least an average
speed of j{ y knots per hour, she has been
turned out to do 17 knots or better und i\
conditions that will not be termed extra.
The lowa, when she left her builders'
hands in 1897, was officially recorded at
17.04. Her speed trial tvas made under
the very best possible conditions. After
a lapse of more than two years, the Ken
tucky, on Sept. 24, and the Kearsarge, two
months later, came >to the New England
coast and under favorable, but not ex
traordinary conditions, made high figures
of 16.81 and 16.80 knots, respectively.
Those figures have now been beaten, by
a narrow margin, to be sure, but the Ala
batnu, apparently, was not made to do but
a little beyond her mean speed.
The <Hay for the trial was an excellent
one. The starting line was five miles
southeast of Thatcher Island light, near
the extremity of Cape Ann. The course
then ran about northeast for thirty-three
nautical milee, divided as near as trian
gulation could make them, into five *egs.
Over this course the battleship was to
do her four hours of steaming, and, in
addition, was to be tested for control
and steering power. An interesting fea
ture. ond, as it proved, a somewhat pic
turesque one, was the use of sister bat
rleehipe as stake boats, five of them being
lined up. There was the Texas. Massa
chusetts, Indiana, Kentucky and Keer
sarge.
The flhip** Rnick Ron.
The Alabama came down to the start
ing line about 30:30 under fair headway
and went by as if on a cruise. Tho first
stake boat was the Texas, and in the
clear light the people on the Cape Ann
shore could have seen the marine specta
cle with case and also watched the new
comer until she had passed the United
States steamship Osceola, the second
mark. The third leg was marked by the
Kearsarge, and as the Alabama went by,
now at great speed. Car*. Folger had his
Jackies lined up to chter, This is not cus
tomary. but the great yell which went
up as the Alabama went by seomed to
gather force as it swept over the waves,
and a cheer went back. The
fourth mark was the Kentucky,
the fifth the Indiana, and y* the
out-mark, which was not far out to sea
from Boone Island, was the Massachu
setts. This last ship was passed shortly
before 12:30 and then the Alabama was
given a few* evolutions to test her helm.
The return of the Alabama over the
course had little more of moment than
the run out. She crossed the finish line
about 3:30 with a blast from her own
whistle and a like* answer from the Texas
and a fleet of tugs gathered there with
excursionists. Afterward the ship was
again circled at full speed, with the Texas
as the center, until she was cleaving a
wake, which, in diameter, was not over
twice her length. Fifteen minutes later
the Alabama was headed for Boston light.
The red flag of the trial had been replaced
by the Cramps’ house flag and a broom
had been sent aloft.
Thv> trial throughout, to use Mr. E. S.
Cramps’ own words, was a success in
every particular. To quote a member of
the engineering force, the trial was a per
fect one. For nearly three legs of the
outward run the boilers made steam so
fast that the surplus was allowed to blow
off. At the same time the men In both
engine and stoke rooms suffered no in
convenience from lack of fresh air, an l
the temperatures were not high. The
maximum revolutions of the engine were
118. This figure was only for a half hour,
the mean being much below this. Tho
highest steam pressure was- 180 pounds,
or nine under the limit. The horse pow r er
developed was supposed to be 11,-
50. although this figure, like those for
the speed, will be officially given at
Washington.
Mr. Cramp said further that the run, in
his opinion, in which many naval men
aboard agreed, war not a forced trial, but
a fair day's work, which he claimed can
be eualied at any time under ordinary
condition*. Moreover, he sold that the
trial was the remarkable the coun
try had ever seen.
The Alabama will be ready for delivery
to the government in six weeks, when she
will go into commission under Capt. W.
H. Brownson. The trial to-day was under
direction of the board of inspection and
survey, headed by Rear Admiral Freder
ick Rodgers. Among the guests on board
were Capts. Behr and Fernson and Lieut.
Sverbieff and Vasliieff of the Imperial
Russian navy .
DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY.
National Meeting 1* In Prngre** In
Charlotte.
Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 28.—The Society
of the Daughters of Liberty met her* to
day in the hull of -the Junior Order of
United American Mechanic*, of which or
ganization it is an auxiliary, os well as
of the order of United American Mechan
ic*. About 115 delegate* were in attend
ance. Mayor M’Call of Charlotte, deliv
ered the addrers of welcome, while the
response va* by National Counsellor
Thorn.* U Ivey <X Poteruburg, Va.
Tin* *oclny now lia* a m*mb*i?hlp of
19,332 1n nil part* of tho Uni tad Btalp*. arvj
.•li-vcii now routx'll* w.re org.ni.Ml 'luring
thn I*l*l ynr I* I* hallnvad John P,
T.irnganit. naiionoi ife* chan allor, win
h< nlected to *uec*J National CouiiMifor
Jv.y,
WILL CONFER ABOUT YARN.
vSoutliem Cotton Mill Men Are Going
to Philadelphia.
Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 2S —Dr. J. H. Me-
Aden, president of the Southern Cotton
Spinners’ Association, left to-night for
Philadelphia in company with a committee
consisting of George B. Hiss, Charlotte,
and Messrs. A. P. Rhyne. Mt. Holly; A.
C. Miller, Shelby; J. P. Leak. Rocking
ham; W. C. Heath, Aononce, and R. S.
Reinhardt, Lincolnton.
They go to Philadelphia in response to
a request of the commission men of that
city to confer us to the present condition
of the yarn market. Three of the commit
tee, Messrs. W. C. Heath, J. P. Leak and
R. S. Reinhardt, formed the special com
mittee that was appointed to consult with
the Southern Yarn Spinners relative to
their co-operation under the new famous
selling agency plan, by which the South
ern spinners are expected to sell their
yarn through their own commission
houses.
When several members of the commit
tee were questioned es to the object of
their visit, the/ stated that they were
not quite sure as to v/hat was expected
to be accomplished by the commission
men. “It is certain.” said one of the com
mittee, “that the commission men will
attempt to give us a logical reason for
the decline in the prices of yarn—ft rea
son thot we are already familiar with.
Tho market is overstocked With yarn, that
is all. ‘The commission men bought too
much yarn; they sold too much to the
weavers, who, in turn, sold too much to
the consumers. The demand for yarn is
licking, and the weavers and consumers
cannot dispose of the goods they have on
hand.”
In spite of the expressed wish of the
Southern manufacturers to establish their
own commission houses, they are on
friendly terms with the middle men; and
their conference with the commission peo
ple, whether they effect a compromise or
not, should result in a better understand
ing and industrial benefit to both.
GOV. BECKHAM’S MESSAGE.
Asked tlie Legislature to Formulate
n .lust Elect lon Low.
Frankfort, Key., Aug. 28.—The Kentucky
Legislature convened in extra session to
day. Both houses adjourned after hear
ing read Gov. Beckhem'o brief message,
which stated that the only purpose for
which the session was called was •
amend the state election law.
The message stated that the. law wns a
good one, but that party and factional
prejudice had been engendered against
it to such an extent that it was thought
best to make changes before another elec
tion was held. The message concludes:
“Imaginary ills, whether physical or po
litical, should be treated as well as real
ones. Your task in this matter is a diffi
cult one. You cannot satisfy everybody.
I do not desire to suggest in detail any
law for your consideration. I have confl
uence in your judgment and wisdom, and
I believe that you will earnestly and pa
triotically set to work to frame a law, in
appearance as W'ell as in fact, so fair and
so just <o all parties that no honest citi
zen can find fault with It.”
The Republican minority will wait for
the Democratic majority to take the ini
tiative. The Democrat* held a caucus
to-night to fill vacancies and consider
changes in the election law. Thtre ore
scores of election bills for caucus consid
eration. It is the. opinion here to-night
that a fair election law in the form of
an amendment to the Goebel law will be
passed. A vote on the repeal of the Goe
bel law r would be close, and it is believed
it would be lost.
LETTER TO THE “THOUGHTFUL.”
Question* Relative to Trout* Are
Asked by J. A. Van lloone.
Birmingham, Ale., Aug. 28.—President J.
A. Van I loose of the Southern Wholesale
Grocers’ Association has addressed an
open letter to the “thoughtful” men of
the country regarding general trade con
ditions, with a view to harmonizing es
pecially inviting expressions of opinion on
the question of trusts and the legislative
powers vested in the general government
and the several states regulating them.
He asks, among other questions, whether
production, manufacture, transportation
and distribution are departmental, and
should, especially in America, be regarded
as separat spheres of action? The query
is put:
“Is there any sound difference between
‘trust’ and a ’corporation?’ and how can
either be prevented from becoming a mo
nopoly?” Another question is:
“Do you think that it is advisable and
practical for the different states to sev
erally attempt to prevent by state legis
lation a ‘trust’ or a corporation’ from be
coming a monopoly?”
CENSUS OF TWO CITIES.
Population ot Rowton and San Fran
cisco Made Public.
Washington, Aug. 28.—The censufe of San
Francisco, as just announced in a bulle
tin of the census bureau, Is 342,782, an in
crease of 43,785, or 14.64 per cent.
Boston's population Is 560,892, a gain of
116,415, or 25.07 per cent.
CHOYNSKI WAS ILL.
The Fight Between Him and Maher
Warn Called OIF.
New York, Aug. 28.—The heavyweight
fight between Peter Maher and Joe
Choynski, which was to have taken place
at the Broadway Athletic Club to-night,
had to be dec arod off on account of
Choynski’* eickn*-S3.
ANARCHIST ARRESTED.
Sonpected of < (inspiring to A**n**l
nate the New King.
Paris, Aug. 28 —A dispatch to the Petit
Bleu from Rome says an anarchist has
been arrested at Carrara, on suspicion of
having conspired to assassinate King Vic
tor Emmanuel 111.
Discredit tle Story.
Washington,. Aug. 28.—N0 confirmation
comes from any quarter of the report
from Russian sources that the Chinese
have raptured Pekin, and ther war depart
ment officials here completely discredit the
t*ory.
i rol**r for Murphi f
New York, Aug. 28—A s'ory N circulat
ing In Dem >rratlc circle* to-night that
cx*Benator Murphy I* Richard Oroker’a
candidate for the gov rnorsblp nomina
tion The story ar se frem s remsrk made
by the Timm.my lesd#r.
Nominated Spear*.
Birmingham. Ala . Aug. 28 —N. B.
Hpfur*, populist of Hi. Clair county, wa
nominated for Congress in the He tenth
District at Cullman to-day by Lit Popu
klist Republican Convention,
COTTON THEIR KING
COMMISSIONERS OF AGItICVLTt RE
MEET IN RALEIGH.
THE STAPLE WAS DISCUSSED.
COTTON’S PRODUCTION AND MANI-
F ACT IRE CONS! DER KD.
Gov. Russell Welcomed the Southern
Commissioner*—Dr. (I. ( . W hite
Responded—President O. R. Steven*
Reported. Giving Interesting: Com
parisons—Secretary James A. Wil
son Gave an Address Upon the
South'* Advantage*.
Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 28.—The Commis
sioners of Agriculture of the cotton states
held their opening session here to-day In
the new auditorium of the agricultural
department.
Gov. Russell welcomed the visitors on
behalf of the state. He said it was always
a pleasure to him to welcome anyone to
the state, and he especially welcomed any
people or association which had for its
object the betterment of the. farmers, who
are the basis of prosperity. The welfare
of the farmers is the welfare of all.
Years ago. he said, the farmers believed
that cotton was king and endeavored to
subject the world to -the idea by the raw
material, but they had learned that for
cotton to be king they must manufacture
it in tho section in which It is grown, as
they are now doing. Instead of selling it
at six cents, as then, they are now send
ing it out as manufactured product worth
twenty cents a pound.
Prof. H. C. White of the. University of
Georgia responded in a happy manner to
the address of welcorpe. He stated that
the association was confined to the Com
missioners of Agriculture of the cotton
states, not on account of sectionalism,
but on account of tho common interests
with which the commissioners had to deal.
The agricultural department in many of
the states had joined with the scientists
to further The interests of the agricultur
ists. He referred to the achievements
made by North Carolina and the progres
sive spirit which to-<lay is alive in the
Industrial sphere.
Among those attending are O. B. Stev
ens, commissioner of agriculture of Geor
gia; Hon. J. A. Redhead, commissioner of
agriculture of Mississippi; Prof. H. C.
White, of the University of Georgia;
Secretary Royal Daniel of Atlanta; Chan
cellor Hill of the University of Georgia;
John M. MeCandless of Georgia; Col. R.
J. Redding of the Georgia Experiment
Station; Col. Robinson, of Louisiana; Com
missioner J. W. Lee, of Alabama, and As
sistant Commissioner Frank Hill of Loui
slana.
Mill* of Three State*.
At the afternoon meeting the report of
the president, O. B. Stevens, ar.d of the
secretary. Royal Daniels, were read. The
president’s report said:
“If the Textile of the World is correct
in its figures, then South Carolina stands
first among Southern states in the
number of spindles; North Carolina, which
we know is first in the number of mills,
stands second in the numb r of spindles;
while Georgia is the third cotton manufac
turing state of the South, unless the pro
duct of her mills exceeds in value that of
either of her Carolina sisters, which was
the case in 1890.
“But what should especially please cvery
nwnihor of this convention is the fact that
the whole South is marching on to the
goal of industrial independence. For the
season of 1899 and 1900 the South, for the
first time in its history, fixed the price of
cotton. If the growth of the cotton mill
industry in the South continues at Its
present rapid rate, with the consequent
increased consumption by the mills of the
world, we confidently exj>eet the
South will henceforth be able to fix the
price of her own great staple.”
Secretary Wilson'* Addren*.
Secretary James A. Wilson of the De
partment of Agriculture to-night deliver
ed an address before the body. Tho speech
was ns follows:
Secretary W Ison said there was no ag
r.cultural product that tho Department of
Agriculure makes greater effort to report
upon accurately than the cotton crop. De
tailing the organized n of th s service he
pointed out that theiY were in all 17,090
r gu’.or cot respond* in the cotton
growing states. Largely as th* result of
the sp ciai measures put In the
departnent was able last December to
I übl.sh on estimate of the crop that has
proven to he with n cnc-tonth of 1 per
< ent. of the figure* shown by its subse
quent movement. From the department's
lut<st sources cf information l.e said
there wer * now in Nor.h Carolina 168
mills. 21,178 looms, and J,O 3,16. spindles,
which consumed LBO 231 bales of cotton in
1:99.
The total consumption In the Southern
states for the year w r a.s 1 409,026 bales. The
Secretary est mated that one-llf.h of the
crop of the Southern s ales is being man
t factured with n the South’s borders.
Pointing to the figures of exj or:s of raw
cotton manufacturer', fit* re:ary Wilson
s i id:
“When we find the United States ’oan
ing money to reveral foreign ctArntries,
and certain lines of manufactured cotton
goods being bought In the United S at s by
dealers in Scotland, it Indi an -very em
phatically the position now o’cupb'd by
our country among the nations of the
earth.”
Drought in the South.
He referred to the fact that the South
ern states have a much heavier rainfall
than the Northern states, and that the
Southern states suffer much more from
the drought thnn do the state* of the
j Mississippi valley. The cause, he said, is
I to be found in the condition of the sol.
i In the new fiortion of the country where
i there is a sufficient rainfall to grow crops,
and where there is n deep s- il full of hu
mnf*. much less rainfall will mature
crops. The Southern states have been un
der cultivation for a long time. Humus,
decayed vegetation, is becoming *car< e In
the soil. When the soil is well stocked
with humus It Is able to retain moisture.
He suggested the practicability of South
ern cultivator* replacing the humim in
their soil by growing grasses and legume*,
i because there la a great demand *t the
prerent time, atid piubably always will
be, for flrat-cla** hors*a, cattle, aheep and
other grazing animal*. The Southern cul
tivator, he said, Is fnmed for hla excel
lence as a flock maatf r.
“The cotton < rop of the Bouth,” he *ald.
“h** been aufb rlnti on account of drought
and on account of heavy tains. There
are, of course, method* by wrd *h the bad
effect* of heavy rain# OU bottom land*
can be avoided that, no doubt, are well j
known to intelligent cultivators of the j
South. A greater problem is the loss of .
crops from drought anil the necessity of
adopting systems of management that will
prepare the soil to resist to as great ex
tent s possible the effect of the long
continuoti droughts. It would be entirely
practicable on your hilly lands to double
the amount of cotton grown by putting
the lands Into grazing pasture* or even
into meadow' condition, where the crop
is taken off by the mower or by green
manuring.”
Demand for .Southern Stoek.
The secretary pointed *o the great de
mand abroad for horse®, end
especially, such horses as are more com
mon to the South than anywhere el.<>.
We car* produce, he said, such cattle and
such meats ns are wanted in foreign coun
tries, nnd> bring the best prices there,
cheaper than they can bo produced else
where.
Two influences, he said, in conclusion,
are at work to help the Southern farmers.
One Is a better homo market and the other
is less competition from tho great West.
The former, he said, will come largely
from the large percentage of Southern
workers, who in the future, will devote
their lives to manufacturing, and the lat
ter from the production of the great Mis
sissippi valley turning westward more and
more to find markets in the mountain
state*, the Pacific coast and the Far
Orient.
THE WORK FILL TO BULLER.
Robert* Reported the Capture of
Bergondal—Operation* in South
A f rlea.
London, Aug. 28 Lord Roberts reports,
under date of B< Ifast, Aug. L 7, ns fol
lows:
“Our movements are slow on account
of the extent and raturo cf tho country.
To-day we made a satisfactory advance
and met with decided jsuccess. The work
fell entirely to Bulbr’s troops and re
sulted in the. rapture of Bergendal. i very
siroi.g position two miles northwest of
Dalmanutha.
“I met Buffer at Bergendal shortly af
ter It was reached by our troops. I am
glad to find the occupation cost less than
was fear<d, on account of the approach
being aerosei the oprn for two or three,
thousand yards and the dtt rmlnerl stand
cf the enemy. The Tnniskllllnß and Sec
ond Rifle Hr gade fotmod the attacking
party. The latter suffered most. I hope
the casualties do not exceed fifty or six
ty Ore off!-er wns killed and two were
wounded. A good many Boers wore killed,
and h pompom (quick firing gun) was
captured.
“Gen. French will advance on the left
to Swart* kopjts on the Leydenburg road
ond prepare the way for the movement
cf Pole-Uarcw’s division to-morrow.
“Baden-Powell rfports that he occupied
Nylstroom without opposition. As the
country where he and Puget are operat
ing is dmse bush and veldt, it Is not de
sirable at the present to proceed further
north, and their troops are returning to
Pretoria.”
HEAVY FIGHTING REPORTED.
Boer* Siitd to Have Been Defeated
With Great Lomn.
Lorenzo Marques, Aug. 27.—Heavy fight
ing is reported to have occurred at Mach
ad< dorp. The Boer* are said to have been
defeated with great loss, leaving their
guns and ammunition In the lends of
the British.
FOR ARBITRATION.
Pre*llent A*k* Kx-Pre*ldent* to
Serve on a Hoard.
Washington. Aug. 28.—The United States
is one of the first of the great. Power* to
demonstrate its good faith In carrying out
the provisions of the treaty of The Hague
looking to the universal arbitration of in
ternational differences.
Under this treaty each of the notions a
party to it was authorized to np|>olnt four
members of an international board of ar
bitration. this authority, President
McKinley has request*d former President
Harrison and Cleveland to accept appoint,
ments on this board. Responses are ex
pected very soon, when the two remaining
members may be selected.
QUID A TO BE DEPORTED.
The C*:*e of Mn resen Ha* Not Yet
Been Settled.
N' w York, Aug. 28.—The Italian Gulda,
w’ho arrived in this country two weeks
ago cn the Kaiser \Vilh< Im 11, In rom
| pany with the alleged anarch!** Maresca,
another Italian, was ord< red excluded to-
He will be departed to Europe. Ma
resca’s case has not been decided.
Gulda and Maresca w*ere suspected of
filing ar-archM* wh*n they arrived in
tM< country, aid thure were reports that
Maresca h..d ccrne t kill Pre ident Mc-
Kinley In accordance with a plot hatch' and
in lta y. The men have been detained on
Ellis I land.
Y K LLO W FKV ER AT HAV AN A.
Report Upon It Made to the Sargeon
Genera 1.
Washington, Aug. 28.—The surgeon gen
eral of the Marine Hospital Service to-day
received a telegram from the chief quar
antine officer at Havana, slating that dur
ing the month of August, up to the 29th,
there have been 201 cases of yellow fever
reported at Havana, and 34 deaths. Many
of the case* were mild. There were 31
new cases on the 27th.
On oocount of the mildness of the cases
and their duration, the eurgeon general
has wired tho various quarantine stations
on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts to use
particular cure to detect such cases.
LYNCHED A NEGRO.
The Mob Also Tried to Find a Woman
Implicated.
Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 28.—A negro was
lynched at Forest City, N. C., this morn
ing for the murder of a white man named
Flack. Threats were also mu!e to lynch
i negro woman, who had taken the gun
to the murderer, and a mob went in
search of her.
The trouble arose over the theft of some
peaches by the negro.
For Municipal Improvements.
Milwaukee, Wls., Aug. 28.—'The Ameri
can Uodety of Municipal Improvements
h<ld the first session of a three-days’ con
vention In this city thl* afternoon. Alkhr
ffih itiemler* ar present. The convention
will take a strong stand for strict gov
ernment supervision of streams to prevent
the pollution by sewage.
DAILY. 18 A YEAR.
5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK,SI A YEAH
DIED OF HIS WOUND
CAPT. FRANK CRENSHAW A VICTIM
OF A FILIPINO’S BULLET,
TREATMENT ON A TRANSPORT.
IIIS WOUND WAS AGGRAVATED BY
LACK OF ATTENTION,
Officer Was the Son ot Col. Thomas
C. Crenshaw, Chairman of tho
llullrond Comml**lon Made a
Statement to 111* Father About tho
Treutment to Which He Wu* Sub
jected—Tc leg rn in* Pusned Between
Col. Crenshaw and Secretary Root.
Atlanta, Aug. 28. Capt. Frank Cren
shaw, Twenty-ninth Volunteer Infantry,
died here this morning. Capt Crenshaw
saw service in Cuba and the Philippines,
and a wound received in the battle of
Putol eventually caused his death.
Capt. Crenshaw, who arrived in Atlanta
a week ago. made a statement to his fa
ther in which he charged outrageous
treatment and negleo* on board the trans
port Sherman from Manila to San Fran
cisco. The statement was to the effect
that after the vessel left Manila and was
on the high seas, officers In the state
rooms neur Capt. Crenshaw’s complained
that ho. kept them awake by his suffer
ings from tho wound. He was taken from
tho stateroom and, paralyzed in one side,
unable to lift his head, and almost un
conscious, was placed in a berth down in
tho hold of the ship, near the engines, in
the midst of the Insane men who wer#
confined there.
Capt. Crenshaw said he was unable to
hold himself In the 1 erth and fell out
thr,e times while the ship was riding out
stoinn in the China seas. He finally brlb
el hospital steward with giv#
him some attention. At San Francisco
Capt. Crenshaw alleges that treatment
w*as refus and him, the surgeon in eharg#
informing him that it was Imp:* Ible be
cause of limited assistance In the hospi
tal. The wounded officer, accompanied by
his uncle, then started for Atlanta, and
an operation was perform'd here.
The body of Cant. Crenshaw w ill lie In
state t the capltol until ino&n to-mor
iow, when It will be taken to La Grange,
Go., for Intel mnt.
Washington, Aug. 28.—News of tho
death at. Atlanta of Capt. Frank Cren
shaw of the Twenty * Uhth Regiment, U.
S. V., was received this morning at the
war department in a telegram from h!s
father. In bulletining the announcement,
the adjutant general s office gave a brief
revh w of Capt. Crenshaw’s service in thn
Third Volunteer Infan'rv In Cuba, and
in the regiment in which he served in the
Philippines, adding: “He served with
great credi*.”
The dispatch from Capt. Crenshaw’s
fa th r is as follows:
“Atlanta. Aug. 28, 1900.—Ofn. H. C. Cor
bin. adjutant general, Washington.—My
leloved sn. Capt. Frank Crenshaw,
roftche 1 Atlanta on th 23d tns'ant, and
having been operated on, on the 2>th, died
this morning from effects of wound re
ceived in battle in Balangas province,
Phllir pine Islands, on June 6, last. Ho
leaves a young wife and four 1 ttle chil
dren. We pray for sake of all who hav#
fallen there in defense ,of our country’s
honor that the flag under which they sac
ilf cel th ir lives may never le pull'd
down. We shall forever cherish the testi
monial hi* ga lantry of rtco * in your
office. Please cable Col. Byrkheimer.
Tho*. C. Crenshaw.'*
In reply Secretary Root sent the follow
ing message: “War Department Tele
gram. Aug. 28. 1900.—Hon. Thos. C.
Crenshaw. Atlanta: I beg you to believe
in my deep symiwthy with you for the
death of your gallant son from tvounde
received in action. I remember what ft
noble young American he seemed when
I saw him with his regiment at Camp
Meade, just before they sailed for the
Philippine Islands. The flag und**r which
he sacrificed hie life in defense of his
country’# rightful sovereignty, will re
main the emblem and guarantee of peace
and Justice throughout that land. Your
loy’s sacrifice, hard as it is. will not have
been in vain. Eilhu Root,”
“Secretary of War.’*
i
BRYAN WAS GRATIFIED.
Pleased hy tlie Fopallnts’ Endorse
ment of Stevenson.
Lincoln, Neb.. Aug. 28.—Mr. Bryan to
day expressed himself as highly gratified
over tho action of the Populist National
Committee at Chicago in indorsing the
nomination of Mr. Stevenson for the vice
presidency. He said:
“I am very glad that Mr. Stevenson ha#
been Indorsed by the Populists. He 1#
thoroughly committed to the principles #e*
forth in the Kansas City platform and
deserves the support of all who believe in
those principles. To have nominated any
ore else would have weakened the ticket.
Tho Populist organization will profit,
raiher than suffer, hy this evidence of its
willingness to place the triumph of prin
ciples above partisanship.”
MAY REDUCE WAGES.
Cotton Manufacturer* Looking for
Relief of Prenent Condition*.
Faff River, Mass., Aug. 28.—1 t was re
ported unofficially here to-day that the
selling committee of the Cotton Manufac
turer*’ Association has come to a decis
ion respecting action to be recommended
to the manufacturers in hope of removing
some of the serious conditions which ex
ist# In the industry.
As understood, the plan is to reduce
wages, returning to the rate in force pre
vious io December 11, 1899. At that time
a general advance of ten per cent, was
made In restoration of a previous cut. If
it Is decided to reduce wages, more than
25,000 hands tyre will be affected.
AS COMM %NDER-IN-CHIEF,
Report That Lord Robert* Ha* #oe
cecded Lord Wol*eley.
London, Aug. 29.—The Dally Malt this
morning claim* to have the highest #u<
thorlty for the assert km that Lord Rob
erta has already succeeded Lord Wolseley
as commander-ln-chief of the Brltlsa
army.
i
Cholera Mill I'rrvotl*.
Tendon. Aug. 26.—'Th* Viceroy of India.
Ixrd Cusoti, telegraphs that rnJn contin
ue* to fail, but that cholera still pr*v#4ia
/u many, district* ot that country.