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THK MORNING NEWS • -lablUhuil ISSO - Incorporated 1W J H. BBTIUU Rrmlrtom i ie pun 9f|i oid Min# TalKed lo Mornlond Holers. WHERE SENATOR STANDS. Left His Party on the Issue ot Imperialism WAS GREETED WITH HISSES They Were Turned to Applause When Bryan Spo'<e. I rnnrd t her red AA Hen Hr* an Frill .'!•> <1 Them tar lllsalna Urlllni fnn Deitinerallr Prl|r Glad of thr trquialllnn at thr Maryland Sena tor—4'al. Ilryan Amatml Ihr t harar With Hrfrrrarr to Ilia Al- Irgril "Aalunblr" Oat t rp— (ilna a Warm Reception Every where Hr Spoke. < umberland. Md.. Sept. 4.—Thr opening of :hr Democratic campaign for the state* <4 Maryland and West Virginia, at this ; „ r to-night, wa* rendered memorable 1., thr appearance on thr same platform thr Itemocratlo national standard brar , Hon. William J. Bryan, and l’nitr.l * lies Benator George L. Wellington, who via elected a* a Republican. Both there distinguished gentlemen were in good voter, and both spoke with their ustomed force. Senator Wellington'* -,..ech marked hi* format renunciation of t>> party tie* on account of the burner ci -wing out of the war with Spain. He end for thl* reason, prepared hi* speech tvth care, and he read It from typewrit ten manuscript. Mr. Bryan spoke without note*, and he 0 cared at the meeting almost imme diately after the arrival of hi* epecitl int . The Journey of the presidential ( iul.ide aero** the state was not dc v I t labor for him. for while he left i itn only once on the Journey, he tn.td' a number of brief addresses from tic r. >r platform ot tbe hindmost car. A' Kenwood Immediately after croaslng t Ohio river, about noon. Mr. Bryan feund Mr. MeOraw and Col. L. Victor Haughman, the personal representative -t nator Gorman. National CommlUee ni.it: for thl* stale. B> ginning at Kenwood, Mr. Bryatj spoke in succession at Cameron, Mannington, ! airman!, Grafton. Deer Park and Pled n ett! He also made very brief remark* at a few oilier place*. At each place there were good stxed crowd* and the candidate w , cordially greeted. The aperches of t lay manifested a somewhat greater t- n lency to discuss economic Question# than had been shown on former occa sions. Col, Bryan'# flat ( rap. During the day Mr. Bryan’* attention r e ' til'd to an extract from a New York I'-i'chilcon newspaper saying that Mr. it an had made more money out of the '■it top raised on hi* Lincoln farm the l ent season than the entire farm had ' him. putting the result at 81.4>*> on l.' l acre* of land Commenting upon this i .lament Mr Kr>an said: The entire farm contains only thirty res ond cost me nearly 14.000. although the land I* not worth that much to-day Instead of having 13(1 acres of oat*. 1 had only live acre* In oat* and the oats have no: yet been threshed. They will hardly ■ id forty bushels to the acre. Gat*, tn ■ "1 of being 30 cent * a bushel In Ne -k.t are worth 21 cents In Chicago. Mv out crop will not bring me over 34". The five acre* upon which the oat* were t"lsed coet me a little over lino an acre, i that the gross income this year will 1 less than * per cent, on the original 'i'*sment. After taking out the cost ■ t seed, cultivation, borvesilng and threshing the Income will be reduced to !► than & per cent. The Republican pa !' r use my firm to Illustrate the proa l-roue condition of the farmer. If my ■ xperlence I* a fair Illustration of wha going on In the country. It I* *"• •r-inge that the Republican party Is * *lng vote* among the agricultural * 1 *s*. The Repttldloan# point to the far rier when hi* crop Is good, but make i > mention of the fnct tha* when his ' top fall* he not only lose* hi* Income, but lone* the money put Into the crop " A i Fairmont Mr. Bryan eloeed a* fal lows: The Republican policy mrains that we shall have a form of republic here and a 1" lice of elespnttsm lr the Orient. In 1 • ibe Republicans said every dollar mini ■la mot as every other doller. ond we ’ l ' that every cllixen shall be as good as ' •;y other cltlxen. and that the some > ■ c l bin lon shall ptolecl them all” Left the Train nt Deer Park. At Derr Park Mr Bryan left the train h r a visit to Mr. McGrow's country home f’ib was hi* only departure from the new > ile laid down for him by Chairman Jones ' ii p.. shill not go ewav from the cor lo make Incidental speeches. Thl* exception " < however, a pleasant diversion ond Partook more of the nature of a social call in of n polllleal experience. Her# Mr. on was Introduced to Mr. McGraw's ’ ally and neighbors, acd aficr making * 'rief speech was Invited lo partake of a tnpiuou* luncheon. Mr. Bryan was In ' luced in very laudatory language by • ' ix' 1 mm Tin' b'Sintfii! surround of Col MrGraw'a home seemed to ' ' I Inspiration for Mr Bryan's re mirk*. which were few. H# ssld; I never visit a summer retort and tee 'he refreshing shade and beautiful home* without thinking how few, eomparattvelq. the people of this country are able to , ' ri l n y a summer home. It I* the thought * hat ta always uppermost In my mind When I visit the settdtore or the lakeside. *■ the mountain* In |h* lumrotr tlm?. §iUwnnui) iHm niitci A'ctoG and when I think of this I wonder whether It I* due to natural or to human law# that so many people arc compelled to toil the year around and have o little opportuni ty for reM and recreation. 1 heHeve It Is partly due to humnn laws and not en tirely to the laws of God, I believe that our government Is not administered as nearly as it should be for the protection of the right# of all and for the ad vancement of ihe Interest# of all. And when we protest against legislation which has for It* re sult the spreading of tge arm# of society further and further apart, we are usual ly denounced as disturber* of the peace and stirrer* up of dlscdnient and some times characterised as anarchist*. But those who bring this accusation against u* err either Ignorantly or wilfully. There Is nothing in the principles of the party to which I belong that would lead a man lo do aught to injure the property of any man or to put an obstacle In the way of the honest accumulation of wealth. All that we seek Is to enable the man who accumulates the wealth to enjoy It. and protect him from the man who wishes to enjoy It, but does nol earn It. Would It make the real of those who can. h-a# sweet to know that more are able to rest, I believe It would Increase the enjoyment of those who now enjoy a rest to know that their enjoyment was not shared by so few. and that every year Increase* the number of those who might partake In be summer time of the recreation and recuperation neceeeary for the active per formance of the dudes of life.” The atop at l tear Park consumed about an hour and a half Senator At elllnatnu'e stand. At ' 'umlvrl.md the principal meeting was held at the Academy of Mustc, be ginning at * o'clock. Mr Bryau entered the hall a few minutes before that hour and was received with a volume of ap plause. which fairly shook the building The hall wa* crowded to Its dome, and the meeting was a very enthuslosilc one throughout. Hon Frederick Williams pre*. shled. Senator Wellington mode the first speech of the evening He was listened to with Interest, and was frequently ap plauded. although at times there were very pronounced hisses. The Maryland Senator lost no time In declaring hi* op position to the present administration and his determination to support Air Brynn. He had taken this position, he said, be cause of hi* views upon the Spanish war nnd It* .'onsequences, and because of his opposition to Imperialism He said In part: "A# the governmental policy of Presi dent McKinley was developed, 1 wa* com piled to differ from it at several point*, and gave evidence of my disagreement in the speeches delivered by me during the past three years upon the floor of the Senate, touching the Spanleh-American war. the Philippine Islands, Porto Rico and the South African affairs. Fpon the principles (herein advanced. 1 stand to day. I gave friendly warning lo the Re publican party the*. If they became re sponsible for certain policies. 1 would not follow Therefore, the party having be come so responsible. 1 am compelled to refuse submission to Its behest* and to range mvaelf against It for conpeletwe Cannot Forswear Convictions. •i cannot see my way clear to Inveigh against imperialism, against the uncon stitutionally of the Porto Rican tariff bill, the unrighteousness at attempting to enslave the Inhabitant* of the Philippine Island* and the dishonor of breaking our pledge lo Cuba, and then hecaune of the mandate of a sinister Influence which dominates the President. forswear my con victions, set at naught my declaration* and do as did (tenaior Hour and other*, appeal to thr |>a*i and Ihe future The past Is dead. 1 cannot change It. The future I* not In my keeping ami It Is not In tny power to fashion it. Therefore. 1 am here tn-ntghi to reiterate the conviction* I voiced In the Renate. and record my op position to the principle* of President Mc- Kinley. as evidenced In hi* foreign pol icy, and with all the vehemence of a pos itive nature protest against the violation of the principles upon which our govern ment la founded, against the desecrailoo of the constitution and the reversal of the policy which has given tie a century and a quarter of national life, such c* the history of man hagi not recorded In any ago or clime. "J am here to-ntght to declare my un alterable antagonism to the policy of Im perialism end my opposition to the rep tesentatlw of that vlctous principle II is an occasion of more than ordinary Im portance for any man to antagonise the political party which he ha* served for a quarter of a century. I have, however, determined to do that which I believe for Ihe best Interest of my country and In the performance of that duty 1 find It necessary not only to oppose the re-elec- Uon of President McKinley, but to em phasize that position by supporting his antagonist who In thl* election stand* for free government according to She coast! tutlon." Continuing, he said that ihe nation wa* at the parting of the ways, and he be lieve! the present tendency of the Re publican party was full of Inevitable dan ger* and disasters. Intermitted by lll*e*. Senator Wellington did not believe there was any danger of material changes In the tariff and financial law* In caae of Mr. Bryan's election. "In Ihe last CongTesa," he said, “the money measure became a law And there I* not at Issue In thl* campaign any di rer* legislation tifwn Ihe money question, for there is no possibility that there should be within the next four years, after Mr. Bryan's election, unified ma jorities in both house* of Congress.” Hhfltpoyt -tfifflffl shrdlu etnfwyp vbgk At the mention of the probability of Mr Bryan's election the biases, which had for a time b-en growing In volume, became fern ’km*. Tne Senator stopped short In hltFspeech and said: "Did you ever heir that there were three things that hiss, now and then The first Is a serpent, the second l a goose, and the third I* a fool ” This sallv brought out a roar of ap plause. which was followed by a still larger volume O fhlsse- Thee, soon sub sided however, and afterwards the Intr roption*' were tfK '* ~m' '<<>>er so fre quent nor so pronounced Continuing. Mr. Wellington referred to Admiral Dewey * bloodless victory.” and added: "The policy of equivocation upon Ihe part of mu administration began at an outpost skirmish for which m> respon sible party has yet been found, and which made the pr<texl for n tierce, cruel *nd relentless war II has lasted two cam paign*. It has cost us many precious live* and nearly five hundred million* of mon ey of the gold standard by thl* time Yet what have we ac. ompllshed? At the end of the first campaign the Filipino* were within five mile* of Manila Since that time we are regaled frequently by reporta that 'he war I* almost over. But the oth er day an American garrison surrendered to the Filipinos, and I doubt whether our llnr* have been much advanced beyond the five miles for a year.” The President's Assaraaee. Referring to hi* position upon the Parts treaty Mr Wellington said he had voted tor it because he wanted to bring the war to a technical, as well as to a real, close oo Fifth Page.) SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, WM>. VERMONT ELECTION I fit'AL RF.l’t RLH AN MAJORITY Aw Cl T DOWN. DEMOCRATS MADE GAINS. W ARM FIGHT CARRIED ON BY BOTH PARTIHB. Hrpnhltran l ate Shon e a l.oee nf it" Per t eat.. W hile the Demaeratle Gaia Was About I. il Per Cent.—Re publican l.oee In tUO (litre sail Tootle |e About .l.tMMt— However. They Fleeted Their Entire Tlrkel Front liovertyar Hawn. White River Junction, Vt,. Sept. 4.—ln the state election he4d*ln Vermont to-day, the Republican* elected tho following llcket: Governor—William Rtb-kney of Ludlow. Lieutenant Governor—Martin F. Allen of Ferrlaburg. Treasurer—John L. Bacon of Hartford Secretary of State—Fred A. Howland of Montpelier. Auditor—Orrln M Barber of Arlington Member* of I’ongreas—Flrst District. David J. Foseer of Burlington; Scrotal District, Ktttredgc Harkins of Brattle boro. The Republicans, a* usual, will control the general assembly, having elected the thirty senators and the usual large ma jority of representatives. Of the thirty state senators elected the supporters of ex-Gov. Dillingham cllam that nineteen will support him for Fnlted States senator, although hi* opponents do not concede that he will have over oeie haif of the total number Many conserva tive Republican* claim that Dillingham will receive the support of sixteen sena tor*. while Congressman Grout will re ceive the support of nine. Hon. Charles Trouty of Newport three and ex-Senator Ross two. The election 10-day ended the most In teresting anil exciting campaign carried on by the Republicans and Democrats for over thirty year*. The fight ha* been con tlnuou* since the national conventions went* held and In many of the cttle* and towns oloelng rallies were held last night, there being addreesses by men of state and national reputation. The work of the two parties during Ihe past few weeks ha* differed from that of previous years, the Republican# deal ing wholly with national Issue*. Every town In the state has been visited by speakers, and from Ihe beginning It ha* been termed an educational campaign. Vermont Flection Hnlletlas. The vole of the flr twenty-five town* gave fttlckney (Rep.) for Oovenor, 5.7*4: Renter (Dene), 2.283. Compart'd with the vote for the same office In IS9B there Is a net Democratic gain of B**. Return* from fifty town* gave the gub ernatorial vote as follows: fttlckney lltep). 11.153; tfetiter (Dtm), 3,2*8. other r Republican loss In these towns. 1.389: Democratic loss 802. Returna from one hundred elites and towns out of 3ki cltlee and towns In the state gave the vote for Governor a* fol lows: Stlckney. 24.835; Renter. 8.834; oth ers. 7M Republican loss In these cities and town* 2.327. and the Democratic gain 271. The vote for Governor In I*o cities and town* out of 248 In the state gives Rtlck ney (Republican). 36.871: Renter (Demo crat), 13.883. other*. 1.127. The Repub lican majority over all le 11.837: Ihe Heptib. Itcan majority In the same town* In 1898 was 23.483. The Republican vole on the figure* shows a loss of practically per cent., while the Democratic gain t substantially 13 per cent. If the eatne ratio should be maintained In the remaining towns, the Republican majority would be about 29.500. Most of the cities and larger town* have so far reported and the outlook la (hat the Republican majority will not much, if any, exceed 27.000 for the entire slate. The vote for congressmen appears to be running substantially he anm* as that for Governor. While River Junction. Vt.. Bep, 4 Ht.ite Issues, of which that of local option was the most Important, caused a 20 per cent, decrease In the Republican vote in to-day's state election, and a large pro portion of that loss went to the Demo cratic parly. The Republicans, of course, carried the. state by an Immenae margin, but It la likely they fall at least WOO" under the vote of 1898. though at Ihe same time tt I* probably ab< ut 5.000 ahead of the guber natorial vote two year# ago. I) t V l*‘ MtJOttITY GROWING. Republicans 4 oared# That It Will Reach lO.OtMi. Utile Rock. Ark . Sept. 4.-Return to night from forty of the *eventy-flve eoun tla of the state, give Je Davis, tne Democratic candidate for Governor. 3W majority over Retnmel. Republican. The Republican Fader* concede that Davis’ majority will ultimately be 40.4)00. Thus far Itemmel ha* not carried a sin gle county, but two are believed to be reason.,Mv safe for him Democrat!# leaders to-night claim Davis' majority will he 58,<W). AGRKFMKNT IN TENNBRMBR. F.vaa* and Bronitlnw Faction* (term to He Getting Together. Nashville. Tenn , Sept. 4. The Republi can faction* In Tenures*, will olmoet cer tainly get together and present a united front to the Democrat*. Committee* from each faction met here to-day and It I* said they have about agreed upon a plan of compromise The Evans men will with draw their candidate for Governor, leav ing John E McCall, the Browniow candi dal*. a clear field against McMillan. D. W. Owens, the Evan* candidate for rail road commissioner, will hr placed on the ticket with McCall. The Evane men also wtu be & riven elector* and representation on committee*. LEG Til 4% ONE TtMH'NAND. I I harleatna'a Increased •■npwlatlaa llnr.ll t Anllcrahle. Washington. Repl (.—According 10 the offlctnl figure* given out gt the rensus office to-day, 4he population of th# city of Charleston has Increased but eight hun dred and fifty-two duitng Ihe past ten year*. AII of the details of Charleston's cen- j ! su* have not yet lieen worked out. and tke following statement Is all chat ie ob tainable at present: !9t !> City of Charleston 83.887 &4.5 V figures show for the city, a* a whole, an Increase of population of *53. or 1 #. per cent., from IW<> to IR*V The population In 18*0 was 49.9*4. show ing an Increase of 4.971. or 9 95 per cent., from 18*8 to 1890. The population by wards In 1900. was a* follows: Wards—Find. 3.292; Second. 2.459. Third. 3.228; Fourth, 4.882; Fifth, 4.971; Sixth. 4 - 414; Seventh. 4,1*1; Eighth. 5.277; Ninth, 3.119; Tenth. 5.511; Eleventh. *.524. Twelfth. 4.721. Director Merrlam states that the wore of tabulating the returns front most of the Southern cities Is nearing completion. Savannah wifi probably be reached dur ing the present week It Is imposelhle to get nv statement on the subject, ap proximating Savannah's Increase, an there Is an Iron elad rule In the bureau, which prohibit* any advance information being given out. Director Merrlam state* that he has not received a line of protest from Mayor My era, or anyone else, reflecting on the accuracy of the census work In Savan nah He Ie satisfied that the work was done honestly and faithfully In that city, a* he believes It was done, nnd he ha*, endeavored to liave It done, all over tho I mini State* HARTFORD'S RIG GAIN. Increased Over AO Per Cent.—Fort Wayne's Tnpatntlnn. Washington, Sept. 4.—The census bureau announces the pop.tlatlon of Hartford Conn., as 79.M0. a gain of 38.120. or M.R> I*t cent.; Fort Wayne, 45,115. a train of 9.722, or 29.7 per cent. Charleston IMsnppntnted. Charleston, S. C.. Sept 4 —The whole of the census here wa* officially announced to-dny. Charleston's population wa# put •town at 55.407. an Inciease of less than 1.000 There Is great dissatisfaction and disappointment ovu the result. Richmond's Gain Is Small. Washington. Sept. 4 —The population of Richmond, Va.. in |3,f160, a gain of 3.882. or 1.5 per cent. RKPI'UUI IV* OF NEW YORK. Their Finns for Nominations to Re t nrrled oat To-day, Saratoga. N Y-. Rept 4.—The prartleal work of the HepHihllcan State Convention was completed to-day with the adoption of the platform. There only remains the formal naming of the candidate* and these have already been agreed upon Former Gov. Black will formally present the name of Mr Odell for Governor and Sen ator Depew will nominate Mr Woodruff for lieutenant governor These nominations out of the way. there will follow the renomlnatlon of the pres ent ataie "fib er* by reeolution and then will hesln the ratltlcwtlon of the ticket nominated In a speech by Gov. Roosevelt The platform adopted lays girat atress no the prosperity of the country under Mr McKinley's administration and de clare* this to be the ‘‘paramount" Issue before the people. The effort of the Dem ocrats to "push Into conspicuous position an Issue which they describe and stigma tise by the word lmi>er allsm” I* declared to he "characteristically dishonest." It says the cause of human liberty neither In the Philippines nor elsewhere will look, for Its champion to a party whose only hope of obtaining power lies In nullifying the constitution and suppressing the ne groes at the polls AAKHF. POISONED RY ARSENIC. liar \ let I m la Dead and Several inhere Arr Aery sick. Charlotte. N, C., Sept. 4.—At a when* threshing near Long's store. In Fnlon county, to-day. Dr. 8. J U>ve, hi* moth er. brother and sister, and five farm hand* were poisoned by arsenic, which Is be lieved to have been placed In the dinner with murderous Intent. Dr. Ix>ve died within three hours. All the other victims were alive at last reports, but very sick. There Is every Indication that arsenic, In some state, had ben put tn one of the dishes served at dinner, but when or by whom the deadly drug wa* placed In Ihe food I* a mystery. It was understood that tbe meal was prepared by several member* of the family, assisted by some neighbors who were guests for the day The neighborhood I* much excited over the affair. HOLLAND FOR CfINGRF.R*. Named by Alabama llepnhlloau* to Oppose Richardson. Birmingham. Ala., Rept 4 —Andrew N Holland of Jacksesi county, wa# io-.lay nominated for Congress at 4he Convention ot Republican* of the Kighth District at Ibe-frliir Mr Holland will oppose Judge William Richardson, who ws* nominate,j i hy the Democrat* to fill the unexpire, | j term caused by the resignation of Gen. | Joe Wheeler, and who Is a candidate for ; re-elect lan. TO 9TOP RI VING SPOT COTTON. AN 111 line tbe Fltert of Mapping tbe English Mills. Manchester. Cept. 4.—The Federation of Cotton Spinner*, at a meeting to-day, de cided to Invite all the L" n ‘' a hlre spin ners to attend a conference Friday, at which II will be proposed to discontinue I buying American spot cotton. Thl* will have the effece of almost stopping the mill* until Ihe new cotton 1* marketed, as the mill Mock* are low. ARTHI R NEW.ALL CANNOT LIVE. The .Indications AVer# He NVoald Nof Last the Nlbt Oat. Bath, Me., Sept. I. 12:15 a. m.-The phy glctan# attending Hon. Arthur CFwall state dun he continue* In grow weaker The indications are (Hbl he will not live •ut tbe night. CHAFFEE’S INQUIRY U IIIKK TO KNOW AHOIT WITH DRAWING FROM riCKI*. SAYS FIGHTING IS ALL OVER. .ANNAAF.H TO HIS At I EH Y Dll Ml IN Ot H HEFI.A TO tt I SSI A. No Order Has Hern Srnt tn t hatlrr to Leave t'ekla, us tbe Iteanlt of Any Heeent Developments—4 oaditions tn China Are still Disorderly, and Ferelgs I. lfr Is I nsafr—Russia's Mysterious Attitude la AA airbed AN lib Great Interest. * Washington. Rept. 4 —A very Intereetlng dispatch wa* received 10-.lny al Ihe War Department from Gen. Chaffee. It de scribes the military situation as eminent ly wallsfactory. and would have been of great value but for the omission common to all of the other official dispatches from China, namely, the dale line Jtowever, taking Into consideration that a cablegram was received by the State Department to-day dated five days ago from Mr Conger, the conclusion was reached that Gen. Chaffee's dispatch nbo was sent from l’ekln about Aug. 29 or 3a. Gen. Chaffee asks a very Important ques tion a* to the withdrawal of the American troops The answer lo that question. It la raid, might have been found In the Stnte Deaprtment'g answer to Ihe Rus sian evacuation proposition. But that answer, or rather a synopsis of It. w as not cabled to Gen. Chaffee until the 30th ultimo and It Is assumed that, allowing for ihe same time In transmittal as wua consume,* by Gen. Chaffee's dispatch re calved to-day. the synopsis ha# Just reach e4 him. When the American answer to the Rus sian proposal wa* made public M was stated here that Gen. Chaffee had been InsTrueted some time before hy telegraph. Juat what course to pursue In the matter of retiring from Fekln In the event of the emergency that afterward arose. This being *o. to-day's application for Instruc tion* ought no* be regarded a* an Indi cation that he had not received the orig inal Instructions when he srnt hi* mes sage No Order to Leave IVbln. It Is stated that no order ha* been sent to (Jen. Chaffee to leave I’ekin aa the re sult of any recent development. In fact tt would seem that the War Department I* not able to Instruct him more specific ally on this point until the derision of the Power* relative to general evacuation la known. It wa* stated at the War Department that our position I* unchang ed; If Rusala withdraw* her troop* then Gen. Chaffee will do the *ame. Hut we will not act unle* there I# a general agreement or Russia actually does with draw her troop*. Meanwhile It Is gathered that condition# In China are disordered and foreign life and prop(rty are aim unsafe. The dispatch received from Minister Conger wa* gratifying to official* In that It contained the date of Pekin, Aug J". as an Integral part of the message, and thla part In cipher. The text of Ihe Conger dispatch was not made public, hui tt was authoritatively stated that It did not change the situation, and wa* devot ed somewhat to expression* of opinion. It wa* authoritatively stated in ihls con nection that Minister Conger will remain nth) poet until further order*. tip to this time he has expressed no with to be relieved. • Russia's Mysterious Motives. In diplomatic quarter* Russia's motives continue to be a fruitful theme. The the ory advanced by M. Blown*. In the Lon don Times, that It was an offset to Franco for Russia's supposed nomination of Count WaWlrrsee, Is regarded as purely fan ciful. A much simpler and more reason able explanation Is advanced by one of ihe diplomatic officials, who Isas taken active part In the negotiations. Me says that Russia recognises the obvious fact that It I* to her advantage to nave a weak neighbor, Instead of hav. Inga partition of China, winch would range a number of ihe power* along*lde of Russia. For thl* rea son. It Is said. Russia's chief aim I* to maintain Ihe piesent territorial condi tions An official communication received here through diplomatic channels make* the rathr surprising statement that LI Hung Chang I* at present using all hi* efforts ta have one or more of the Power* dis sent from Russia's proposition, believing that a rupture of the alllc* 4111 be of gr< ater advantage to China than any agreement even on the favorable basis put forward by Russia. Still AAnltlna aa the Power*. It is stated that up to the present. less than a majority of the Power* Interested in the Chin*se questl.n have r(pnnded to the Russian proposal so far aa our government Is advised, and our officials here agree with the general tenor of the European dl*ptctus this morning In the conclusion that final action on the pari of all the Power* may not he had for several days at least. Everything now de pends on the action of Russia. Ihe atti tude of the other Powers bring negative, and If she does not hasten to carry out her announced purpose to withdraw the troop*, the other government* probably will be content, cherishing the hope that In the meantime aome kind of Chinese government can be re-established In Pe kin. with which the Power* may negoti ate for a final settlement. LI Hung Chang's attempt to secure im prr al wariant fer the Institution of peace negotiations, through hlmeslf and ihe Chi nese nßabies referred to In the Euro pean dispatehra. Is regarded here aa a step In the rght direction, while on the other hand some disquiet has been caused by the report that the internationals In pektn have been arresting aome of the .members of tha Tsurtg I# Yamen, who acre endeavoring to nprn negotiations and re-establish ihr government There I* no disposition here to condone the offenses ! of any of the-- Chin sc officials may have participated In the outrages tn I'ekln. but It Is questioned whether Ihe present Is an opportune time lo admin ister punishment. Tt) MAINTAIN FDHCNBOF fi.4K;tl. Chaffee Maklaa Preps rattans tn AYlalrr ta China. AVashlngbn. Rept. 4 —Tlie following dis patch was received to-day hy the war d> partment from Ihn Ohnffce: "Taku To Adjutant General. Washing! n. Written report of operation* up to relief of Iraatlon* will he forward ed as soon as possible. J'resent condition* arc that hostilities have practically ceased, only occasional shot* fired from (Over on small party repairing telegraph line ami foraging No considerable body of Chi nese troops or lioxer* discovered here or along line of communication. * * * • "We hear 1,1 Hung Chang has full pow er hut he Is not here Will fnlted Rtates keep military foree here until terms of peace are arranged? Now In China about s*> effectives. Btxth Cavalry. Light Bat tery s*. Fifth Artillery, batteries Third Artillery. Ninth Infantry, Fourteenth In fantry. i.*i marines. 1 think ample force for fnlted St.it* s unless political reason nol apparent to me. demands larger force Rhail take MU as basis of requirement for supplies. If troops remain must winter In tent# and conical wall tent* will be re quired. one tent ten men Escort wagon* mentions and will be required Immediately. Have mules for same shipped No mors pack trains required, wagon transporta tion best Water falling in river rapidly, must soon haul supplh* forty mile# R.it latled railroad will not be repaired before river frees#*. Chaffee ” All the transportation and tentage ask ed for by Gen. Chaffee has ben anticipat ed by the department and haa been ship p'd Much of It I* at Taku and the bal ance is due there very soon. Preparation# are going forward here for wintering the troop* In China tirPONITION TO AA ITflllH A W Al- It la latenee Among Foreigner# at the Treaty Parts. Copyright. 1900. the Associated Press. Bhsnghal. kept 4 —Reports received hete from the treaty ports show that the npp*ltlnn to the allied forces evacuating fekln before a final settlement with the Chinese la arrived at. la universal and Intense among the foreigner*. The com mercial and missionary bodies are cabling protests to their governments The matte and military officers except the Russians share this feeling. Ll Hung Chang, since his understand ing with Russia, has changed front to ward* the of the other Powers and has been Insolent and almost Insulting tn hi* Interview with them. IJ Hung Chang ha* recommended the Dowager Empress to appoint the two southern viceroys who made the agree ment with the consuls lo keep order In their territories, the president at the Tsung LI Yamen and himself as a com mission to treat with the Power* Ll starts for Tien T*ln In a week on a Chi nese ship convoyed by a Japanese war ship. Mr. W. W Rockhlll. the fnlted Rtates special commissioner, started for Pekin Thursday. A CHINESE COMMISSION. _____ * Speculation an thr t (imposition nf Rurh a Rady. Washington. Rept 4 —lt la reported that the Chine*# government has issued an edict appointing Ll Hung Chang. Yung Lu. Hsu Tung, and Prince chlng as com missioners lo negotiate peace. No such edict, however. It can be stated, has been communicated to the Rials Department thus far. nor so far as can he learned have Ihe Chinese authorities here receiv ed such an edict. It 1* pro! SI bis, however, that eome such communication Is In the course of trans mission. with ihs tss viceroys of Nttti klng and Woo Chow In place of Yung Lu and Hsu Ting. The latter belong o the Pekin regime which has been Identified against the foreigners, while the other two viceroy* are regarded as ftlendly to the foreigner*. THE MI#ION ARIES PROTENT. They Day the F* nrunlinn of Pekin Would He Fatal la Them. New York, fiept. 4 —The Rev. Dr. Dodd, one of the secretaries of the Method bit Episcopal Missionary Rociety, r#re*ved Ihs following cablegram from Shanghai to day signed “Central China:” "Protest government against evacuation of Pekin and lecognltion of Ll Hung Chong Roth disastrous to missions” Robert B Bprer of the Presbyterian Board of Missions received a number of letter* from Presbyterlao missionaries to China to-day. One ftom Runnel Cochran, dated Arlma. Japan. Aug. *, give* an ac count of tbe decapitation of nine mlaslona. rles near Hang chow. THE FEELING AT (SHANGHAI. There la Great ftppnsltlnn to With drawal From Pekin. Copyright. 1990. the Associated Pres*. Shanghai. Kept. 4.—Dispatches announc ing that the American government re fuses to *gree to the withdrawal of the troop* from Pekin before satisfaction for the outrage* upon ihe loss of ha subject* Is given, have been received here and are applauded by Ihe entire foreign colony In Rhanghal. Any other policy, according to the busi ness mm nnd missionaries with whom the Associated Press representative ha# talk ed, would be a vital blow to the prestige of the foreigners and would weaken their statu* In China. The local English pa pers fiercely denounce the propoeals to evacuate Pekin and say that the Chi nese would interpret evacuation aa de feat. The masse* of Chinamen now be lieve that tbe Chinese arms are victorious. The Chln. se papers printed In Rhang hal contain long, circumstantial accounts (Continued on Fifth Page) DAILY. *8 A YEAR 5 CENTS A COPY WEEKLY 2-TIMKB-A-WKEK.iI A TEAR WILL BE CHANGES \KU CK*t* UlUt R§3 %I*PO HTt o**llo\T. SOME COUNTIES WILL GAIN. LOOK Foil AA AHD TO II A A ING MORB REPRESENT ATIA K. Darke County Likely ta layer One, AA I.lle Muscogee AA 111 C ->| Ou# More—lrm la, AA liras and AA ortk 4 nnntlea. Bark Espeef to Gala One Member id Ihe Lealslstare, Chancre Are Hrdisirlrtlna A\ilt Give I,eorgliy Another t onareae* man, Atlanta. Rept. 4—Representation In the Legislature for * vers I counties of Geor gia may lie changed when the result of the present census I# made known I’nder the constitution of the state of Georg a the fix i ouniles having the larg est population, are allowed three members each In the General Assembly, the twenty six text largest are allowed two each, while the remaining WS have one each. There .re several changes under the census of 1881 and Hkewlae under the cen sus of I*9B I'ltder the last cenau* Pike and I’utnam each tost a representative and the same were won hy Pulaski and Dooly. In 8 uth Georgia there ore several coun- Ih s which have’forgi and far ahead of some of the other r unties n iw having two rep resentattv, * It Is claimed hy aome of tho cltlxen* of Irwin. Wilcox and Worth counties that they wilt crtalnly win an additional repnaentatlve each Henry county In Middle Georgia ha* also shown a marked Increase In population and such an Increase as to Ju*tlfH_lt* claim la being put forwaid hy Its e|!t*n*. Burk# county, which now ha* three rep resentative*. may lose to Muscogee coun ty. which Is oolv entitled now to two member*. Muscogee ha* *hown a won derful Increase In population during the (Mist ten years, and the general opinion ie that when the apportionment is made, that county will be allowed three mem bers. May Get Another ( aaaresamnn. After Ihe completion of the census- re turn* It will be necessary for the General Assembly to redlstrtct the state mo as to make as near a* practhJahle each district contain Ihe earns population. Should Con gress not change the basis of representa tion. Georgia will he entitled to another congressman. In which event It will lye necessary for the legislature lo redtatrtet all tho congreaslona! district* tn the state One congressman Is allowed for •very ITl.Wtt inhabitants, and the belief I* now that Georgia will surely get one more representative In Congress. As the matter now stands, Georgia has elevstt representatives, atwl when another la ad ded It will give the Democratic party ona more vote In the national body It I* probable that the censu* returna of Georgltf will be made known In tltoo for the General Assehly, which meets tha fourth Wednesday In October, to take tha necessary action. WILL LEA At; NORTH CAROLINA. VA kite, Negro 4 ongeesstyyaa, Raya He Cannot Mlay There. Asheville. N. C., Rept. 4.—George C. White, the only negro congressmen In the United Rtates. has announced that he will give up his residence In North Carolina, if the recently adopted amendment to tho state constitution I# upheld hy the higher courts, and will begin the practice of law In New York He says: "I nm not only going myself, but I am going to take (O.OffJ negroes with me. "! am going to New York to live. I cannot live in North Carolina and be a man nnd be treated like a man. t used to feel at home In my atate. When I practiced law at Ihe bar of North Caro lina 1 was not discriminated against be cause I wa* a negro. That la alt In the past now. "A* a matter of fact. I nm going to practice law In New York. 1 feel I will be given a eordlal welcome there.” Whit# will not be a candidal* for re election to the seat he now occupies. Hl* term expires next March. He helleven tha negroes of the slate will gradually leave It and make tnetr nomes in (h- Kotiu anti West. Ten year* he sage will be requir ed for any extensive emigration. TAAO ••OLICFMEN KILLED. W shocked to Death by Llghtalug Over Telephone AVtrr#. HI. Dulls, Rept. 4 —Two policemen war* killed last night by electric shock* sus tained while they were using the police telephone and eleven other officer* were injured In the name manner The dead are Nicholas Br. nkham and John V Looney. The men had gone to patrol boxes (.* their heat* to call up headquar'er*. When they touched the receiver* (hey# were knocked a distance of ten feet, falling limp to the ground. Both died half an hour after being conveyed to the hos pital Th other eleven patrolmen had their hand* burned and suffered from shock, (hi! none waa seriously Injured The crcawlng of an electric light wire with the telephone circuit caused the ca tastrophe THREE AAIHF. MILL* OPENED. Rut II la said There Has Been a Gen eral t at la AYatiee. Cleveland. 0.. Rept 4.—'Three mill# own. ed hy the American Rteel and Wire Cora* pany In this city which wrre closed down June t. resumed operation* to-day. giving employment to between SOU and * men. It Is said that (here has been a general cut lit wage* amounting to a* high a* 23 per cent In eome case*, nnd also that the hour* of lab>r have be n lnore*##d. I,oo*l Officials of ihe company refused ta deny or confirm tide atatem*nt. HI LLEU AFTER THE R4IERR. They Tamed Loose Three t.ang Toma 1 pan British Force*. rrockodtle River Valley. Transvaal. Sunday. Sept 1 —Gen BuUer to-day re connotiered the Boer position In the moun tain* overlooking Lydenhurg Gen. Botha and 2.990 burghers had previously joined the force* holding the pass. The Boers opened with three "lamg Toma" and fired conelnuotaly all day tong. The Brit ish had few casueltlae.