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NEWPORT NAVAL MANEUVERS.
• •|t Allllt'N' AN ATTACK ON
\ K**EL* ND PORTA.
.Ulnrklns l.|ualrnn Was n|i|.iirlnl
t,y TrniHMlo Boats—From HuarA'a
Report II l.oolix tta if .Attar-klna
Hqaailraa *’• Vllarla*-Tarpr<
lloals, Howrvrr Wrrt Nearly All
I oil ml by Hearchllghls—Tnrpedu
Hum I* Not Iwvlolble.
Newport, R. 1.. B*t*l • 15 —From out ot
the .ktrknes* a hostile squadron. mad* up
of the battleships Kesrs.trge and Indiana
and ihr gurvonl* Eagle and Scorpion, to
cher with Ihr fleet of rlx torprdo boats,
taa! nlsht atla.ked an opposing squadron.
ii.Mdr up of lh Masxachusetts, Nr* York.
Vt*<n and Leyden, supported by Iho land
pjiprlr*.
Capl Folger of Ihr Kearearg* com
porlrd the attacking craft and Admiral
Farquhar directed Ihe defenders. The
maneuvers, which commenced at lit:,
oclock and lasted nearly three hour*,
were In reality a night bailie, to teat the
tffr tlveneaa of an attacking squadron,
aided by torpedo boats, against a naval
f o ,,e aided by shore batteries In which
searchlights, for the time being, were
u-ed In plac* of shells.
Finding* of Ihe Hoard.
The Hoard of Arbitrament met al the
war college to-day and considered the re
port* of the umpires on last night's man
euvers off Newport, and gave out this
ufiernoon the following conclusions:
Regarding the attach on the ships hv
the for* the board m> and that the Inter
vals between the ships, represented two
others and the board la of the opinion that
with the actual ships leading and the Im
aginary ship* in the rear the fire from
the actual ships would have been so great
that |t would have had n serious effect
upon the fort, and that the ships would
hive supported each other and the forts
would not have had so good an opportun
ity to concentrate their fire
Regarding the result of the attack of
the tonedo hosts on the Inside fleet the
l.osrd finds that four boats went up the
wst passage, the light from Fort Oreble
righting three, the Porter. Morris and
i- Wynne and putting them out of action
Tie Hodgera escaped and went around
cnanlcut Point and came down on the
Vicksburg which picked her up with her
own light.
The Dahlgren and Stiletto came In hy
the main |-sagc The Dahlgren was
l . ked up by the lights at both Fort
idim* and Fort Wetherel! and put of
.1 don. The Rtlletto ran the forts, the
lights of which could not he kept on her
ire necessary few minute* to put her out
of action, but ihe claim that the Stiletto
e li rrt the Massachusetts has not yet
b*i n finally acted U|>on. The tioard Is of
i e opinion that a torpedo boat Is far
f in being Invisible even without
<ht on account of her bow wave, and
die vessel is under way, and the light
properly manipulated, she haw a good
.sure of escaping from a single torpedo
, or a small fleet of torpedo boats. A
• I remaining at anchor and within i
rt distance off a point of land, or tin
,nd would moke a shield for 'he torpedo
l c and would he In Immediate danger
■it being torpedoed.
NOT SO Ml C II OK A IK rwi.
second Night of Ihr Naval Slant-us
ers tilt Newport.
Newport, n. 1., Sept OS. 12:30 a. fit —The
ee end night of the naval maneuvers off
i- port was not as spectacular as the
I si night and In this respect was not a
The blockading fleet which left the har
bor early In the afternoon Included Ihe
Keatsarge, Indiana. Texa*. Scorpion and
Fogle. It proceeded aeveral miles out lo
.i jar beyond the Hrenton'a Reef light
ship and drew up the line of blockade.
retching from Point Judith lo the east
ward. with long distances between the
•
The plan of the maneuvers for Ihe night
was an attack of the torpedo boats upon
the blockading squadron and an attepnpt
I the inside fleet to run out The Ley
don was the only boat to make Ihe at-
I .Tipl to run the blockade and was held
Up hv the Koorpl.n. and put out of action
In.-'blocked IS evidently tiled to .avoid
n, attack, fearing the submarine boat
Holland. The Scorpion, which had found
the Leydon In the latter's
sic nipt lo run the blockade, wa*
herself Ihe Aral to he torpedoed by the
ii:tie tlwynne, and wo* technically sunk
■i ter being chased for about forty minutes.
The tlwynne also successfully torpedoed
the Bogle. Then she Joined the Morrl*
and Rodgers In an attack on the Kear
rsrgo. The Rodgers was caught In the
ig holtlesnip's searchlight ami put out
of action, but the Morris and Owynue
were up within torpedoing distance and
.in, a point against the Keorsorge.
The Morrla made an especially good
mark. The Dahlgren had to go miles and
mile* out to aea In search of Ihe Indiana,
bet found her flimlly, and claim* lo have
l :! a torpedo Into that vessel. The con
ditions were In many respect* favorable
as Ihe sea was perfectly smooth, anrl It
was very difficult to see the small boats.
The screws, however, made a disturbance
on the water which could be plainly seen
at a distance.
The Porter, escorting th" submarine boat
Holland reached Ihe torpedo station at
:i:35. Both had torpedoed the Kearsarge
THREE KILbHD IN rOLUMO*.
Accident Resulted From Ihe Olare
unrrl of Orders.
Harrisburg, Pa.. Kept. Si.-Two freight
t ains collided this evening on the Phila
delphia. Harrisburg and ntlsburg branch
•>t the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad,
n Grantham. ten miles from Harrisburg,
killing three trainmen and Injuring two
ethers. The dead are:
•'oruluetor John Keller of Hagerstown;
rak-mnn t'hailes Htolser of Hhlppens
-1 "irg; Fireman Frederick Gilford of Ha-
P rsiown.
The accident, ll Is eabl. resulted from
Ir dnmen of Ihe Reading train disregard
ing orders to meet a Western Maryland
’ • Ighi train at Dlllsburg and Mechanlcs
■’org Junction instead of Hrownsdale.
■Aliudd to Speak In Ohio.
t’hlcago. Sept. 2fi.—Bx-Qov. John P Alt
*ll will leave on Sunday of next week
' Ohio, where he will make four
<-hes. Following hi* Ohio tour Mr.
Al *<-|r| will deliver a number of speeches
tn i to New England states.
A STOMACH
REMEDY
• Id Ire Judged by Its merits. That
*">> n cures—and ha* for half a century—
d' rve* he hlghext praise. Such a rem
.* Hostetler's Stomach Hitlers. It
•I ' ild he taken for Indigestion, t'onstl
-1 a'.lon, Dyspepsta. Hlllousness. Nervous
*•< •. or Malaria, Fever and Ague. There
I* no medicine known lo science which
r 111 give belter results In stomach dlaor
'l*r*. A trial will certainly convince you.
0"r Private Revenue Biamp cover* the
"" I of the bottle ___
It is HOSTETTER’S
Without STOMACH
An Equal. BITTERS.
KtHLILN DEMAND EOH MO*BY.
'r. \ nndrrllf* Hnyu it I* ( a u f ,| |, y
* !•• lli&th of lotion.
Wauhliiffton. 2% AnsUtant feci*,
tary Van lrrltp has rnirttfd lo (ho city
from New York where hi* hml a confer
cruf with the nuh-tr 4ury ofllchila in re-
K4rtl lo•piit'plyini* the pr- iw*tu <lcmanl for
ivnoll notes lo tno\p the crop* now bcinf?
kafhervl.
.Mr Yamlcrltp said today that whll*
demand came a little earlier and in i
■likhlly hirongrr voiumc than la?! year.
It ih not in any ienw> extraordinary. The
ttcaMiry. he* hjM. w m never In a better
condition to me t alt (Dm a mis than at
preiMUt Thin wa equal y true of not* h
of *mall a- romin ul n*. small silver cer
tlncatci* m any quantity could be *u|>-
pil and iniKantly to meet Mny coll and upon
the deposit of rthcr certitie*tea of larxe
d*nomination!*, onen, twos and five® or
|f*ne woul i l . forthcoretng. For lh* prei
ent the department would meet the pres
ent ea I hy oxrhar Klnfr email gold certlfl
caten and United tit.iteit notes for large
*ne* in ul>out equal proportion*
The higher pri* • of cotton In the South.
Mr. Yanderllp explained, ban Mimulated
an early movement *f the crop and thla
ha* called for larger amount* of mull
note* than In*! yeir. Chicago and the
Writ generally had thought that th* call
for email note* from that eectfton wmild
he le** urgt*nt Ihle year than laxt. hut
latterly the demand haa tncroaaed to or
beyond that of laet year Thie. ttgether
with the call* from the rioutli. had found
the N* w York b ink* re rather shorthand and
In amoll note. but It w.g expected that
all demand* would be met promptly after
a very few day a.
o a i
l>l*.%flTKOr* ATORM NT NOME.
Much Property Oeatroyed nl J*e?-
eral l.lvea l.oat.
Seattle, Wash., ept. 25.-The Meitner
Roanoke bring? new? of a mod
atorm at Nome. It r.iged with ununual
violence for nearly two daya up to the
evening of Sept. 11, anl wm th* neverexi
that ever visited Northwestern Alaska
A numbfr of bargee and lightera were
driven aehore and totally wrecked. Ail
along the beach for mite*, both eawt and
west of Nome, the wind and water have
enwted havoc with tents and mtn.ng ma
chinery. A number of live* are t**lteved
o have been lost It la known that A.
A. Rvan. of U>* Angeles, wa* dmwne.l
.Several captains ind seamen on small
tug* are missing, and It is thought they
are lo*t. Fully Mu people are homel# sh
while the lo** to property and *upplt***
I* over a half million dollar*. Them 1*
not on alley leading to the bench that 1*
not filled with debris. Many of the
front afreet buildings abutting on the
beach have been damaged. Numerous
email buildings were swept completely
i way.
The heaviest Inner* are probably the
Alaska Commercial Company and Wild
goose Mining and Trading Company.
THKV \\ l\r HKTTKR TEH MX.
Xnatliern l.lnaa Confer Wllh Trank
I,ln# People.
New York. Sept. 25.-Thr Passenger
Commuter of thr Trunk Line Association
mrt to-day und h.id a conference with
representatives of doll (hem line* conrern-
Ing thr Inter.'liargr of railroad business
and other matters con.-rrntng thr rela
tion# between Ihe Eastern and Southern
roads. The committee of Western gen
eral passenger agents submitted a report,
and lbe meeting wa- devoted o a discus
sion of Ihe report. \
The Southern lines wrrr represented by
W. A. Turk, of thr Southern. W. S Al
len of thr Srabonrd. and W. B. Bevlll of
Ihe Norfolk and Western.
The representatives of the Southern
lines hope to secure better terms with the
trunk line*. The result of the meeting
was not announced.
LAfKCHI*G OK THE BAWI.BT.
hew Torpedo Hnnt Cbrlxtened hy
l.ate Ensign's Slater.
Bath. Me., Sept. 35—The torpedo boat
Pogley was successfully launched from
the yard of the Bath lion Works to-day
In the presrnce of a large number of spec
tators The vessel which was named for
Rnslgn Worth Bagley, who fell at Carde
nas Bay. Cuba. May 11. IMS, was ehrls
tened with champagne by Mrs. Josephus
Daniels, a airier of Ihe ensign. Mrs. Bag
lev. mother of Ensign Bagley. and oilier
relatives were among Ihe guests of the
builders.
poxtofkh K.x nv am kd.
Statesboro Itnlxed From Fourth to
Third Claes.
Washington. Sept. 25.—The poetofflee dr-
Itartment to-day announced the following
postolfices which have advanced from the
fourth to the third class:
Alabama—Attall.i. Oxford. Scottaboro.
Georgia —Statesboro.
I ,oul-la no—Covington.
Mississippi—ldimbcrton. Ocean Springe
North Carolina—BmlthfleKl.
rioutli Carolina—Cheruw
Tennessee— I-awreiiceburg. Mosey Creek
Woverly.
riHI, COM Ml AHIO h*M BE PORT.
Anaonnrra That It Will Re Able to
Kuhmlt tine tn Congee*#.
Washington, Kept. 25.—The Isthmian
Canal Commission staled to-day that It
. import u
grexx mifflclently comprehensive to rerve
as a basis for th# action of that body
at the approaching session If II should
b# dea'rahle lo nci. The field parlies have
all reported, and only a few of the hydro
graphic partler- and several boring parties
remain on Ihe Isthmus, clearing up the
work.
TWO KH.I.ED lb A WRECK.
Train* llnelng to the state Fair
(•rounds Cam# Together.
Springfield, 111 ■ Hept. 35.-While the Chi
cago. Peoria and Ht l-oul* and Ihe Chi
cago and Alton trains were racing to the
slate fair grounds this 'afternoon on par
allel tracks, th# locomotive of the Chi
cago. Peoria and Hi. Ixiul* Jum|K*l the
track smirk ihe other engine and l>ih
* ere badly wrecked Engineer John lt>an
and Ki gin- er Jerry Hall of the Chicago,
Peoria an'l rit Ixuils train were Instantly
killed No passtnger* were Injured
Engineer In Wreck.
Charlotte. N C.. Hept 25.-The engine
of a freight iraln on the Carolina and
Northwestern Railroad left the rails near
l-enolr to-day and rolled over Into a field
Engineer Jack Palmer Jumped and wax
crushed • |,y " rt ,t car lo ?‘ lr '
ibhT'ml-r whl. h fell on him IBs body
wa, brought to fhaHotlc for burial.
Hobson's Aril Halle*.
Washington. S'l*' 21-Ueul. Hobson lx
....acted lo report lo the commandant of
yard' a. New Vork after w hich
lie nrnhablv will I# granted leave, and
aill vl -1 r Washington before taking up
his new duties In the .s.nstruclon branch
of 111# New York yarl
flanrlrltlge lor t ongrees.
Knoxvlll# Tenn . Hept. 25.-W K. Park
t tandrtdgc wa* nomirta'ed to-day fer
La' Ik. DcmovraU of Ut.
and is trie
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 2fi. 1000.
MICHAEL DAVID GAVE IT UP.
Ilf*. NN N* ni*Ul *TI* NT TOR %C.
TIOY* OF TOR Hot it v
Tried in tirt Them to Surrender for
Tlielr ttwn i.ihml—Derlnrra They
Held Out *nlel> for the *>nke of
Digit log More flora of fioltl out oi
llir tllnes—l aasrd Dailtt to l.oe ,
111 Ilia Eiilluuiliihtn
(Cotre*|*ondcnce of the Associated Prttf-1 !
laondon.Bept. IS.—'The Pret*rla correspon
dent of Hie Rtandatd. In a recent dispatch
throw* an entirely new light upon .Michael
Duvltt'a ex|*erlencea In the Trwtinvaal and
hi fejlngs toward the Boer*. In view of
Mr. l>uvitt‘* . ontrl but lon* to the Ameri
can pr**s during And subsequent to hi*
visit to the seat of war, the Standard's
dispatch 1* o( Interest. It I* a* follow*
"Mr. Mi'hael Dovttt left I‘retiwi.i on the
15th of May, broken and sick of heart,
according to the word* he himself u**d
on the railway platform. lisv. H. J.
Hail*. Raptist minister, ha* recorded
them and they am testified to by Rev.
Henry W. Ooodwln, ('ongregathmal min
ister. 'lie told me,* soy* Mr. Ilaltw, 'that
lu- had that morning advised the Trans
vaal government If they would commend
thtmoelvt* in the eve? of the world and
obtain the *>mp ithy of Furopean nation*,
that they should at on<S wire L*ml Rob
ert* to this effect:
** ‘Now that the Free State I* conquered
and we re quite unable to restat alone the
might of England, in the interests and
humanity anti to prevent further blood
shed. we will surrender.*
" ‘lnstead of lotng this.' said Mr Dovitt,
‘they have sent a message of a threaten
ing character, telling Lord Roberts that
they will blow up the mine? or destroy
Johannesburg. If *ome term* are not
made. What the term* are they do not
state, and they do net really mean to
carry out the threat. Their whole action
will *-over them with Ignominy and con
tempt before the civilised world. They
purpose prolonging the business, without
seriously meaning to tight, for the one
object of heaping up the bar* of gold they
are t.iking from the mine*, and of accu
mulating and hoarding them In obedience
to the dictation of that old man Paul
Kruger.
'* ‘That old man Paul Kruger.’ contin
ued Mr Davitt, 'is engaged in a sort of
*t(ritualist seance business with some
hind boy predicting event* that were to
happen on some lay. I came out here at
my own expense. It cost me .100 pound*
sterling. I was full of enthusiasm for
thore |eof>ie. They knew me. they know
my feeling*, hut they never trusted me.
To-day they refused to give m* any In
formation as to the situation for my pa
tter* and Igo away broken and sick it
heart. I am thoroughly disillusioned. For
rn< to m main In thi* atmosphere l* no
Icnger possible. I cannot endure it.' "
I.F.MKYT TO TUB RTRIKERA.
Hrlnunrr. I.nrknu nin and NN’estera
Aids Its Employ ea.
Bernrton, I*a.. B*-pt. 25.—The IMu ware,
Lackawanna A Western Company will be
gin paving off It* men to-morrow instead
of waiting for the first of the month, fly
direction of Superintendent Isoomls, the
rental for company hmtae* was not sub
tracted.
The company is also allowing its men to
have limited quantithn* of coal on credit.
Superintendent Isonmie ?ay* he Is Inspired
to do this by th" firm belief that the ma
jority of hi* men *r striking solely b**-
< auio* they were driven to it by the dread
of being considered dtsloyal to their fel
low workmen, ahd that at the very first
opportunity to gracefully desert the
strikers they wtH do so.
■ , ■ ■ i
WILL MAKE KLKA’B* irKSTIHS*.
Chamberlain to ho on the ktnmp la
the I'nitllali t'nmpnlitn.
I/ondon. Rept —Mr. Chamberlain, sec
retary of state for the colonies, has ar
ranged to deliver eleven speeches In fif
teen days in the pa rll.i merit ary election
campaign. All the leaders on both side®
tinder similar heavy engagements.
At present ihere Is a slight slackening of
confidence on the government ski*- and a
revival of hote on the Liberal and Radi
cal side that the result. t any rate, will
not be quite a walkover for the Conserva
tives. _
AFTER STKVN AND KBIT*.
(Irltlsh Force* Kndeavorla* to lu
terrept Them.
London. Bcpt. —The Dally Mall has
the following dispatch from Ix>rrnso
Marques:
• 11. ivy fighting is reported across the
Buhl river. This means that the British j
are Intercepting Bteyn and Relti who
with their forces are attempting to push
northward and effect a junction. A com
mando Is sakl to be surrounded near
Peltersbunr”
lll*ill of %lr*. Ntt !*■*•
Richmond. Va . Sept. 25 —Mr* Ellxabelh
Van lew who. luring the war between
the states, furnished the t'nlon force*
with valuable Information against the
infederate government, aselsieil prlson
e,- to e-c.ipe from l.lbby prlaon. and
who. after the war was rewarded by lien
tlrans with the posinuistcrshlp at Klc-h
--mottd. died at her residence here thla
morning at an advanced age
Naturalised by Aaaeialla*.
Baltimore. Hept 15 -"Natlirallaed by
nnncxailon." are the words entered op-
U .he natrer of Dr. Francisco del
Vil'e his son. and four other Porto lll
.ana on Baltimore CBy regflratlofi, books
The m-n piesert and themselves to-day for
reglxtration in several voting
| Ihr re are probably Iwenty-flve Port®
Ricans In llus r"> who w lll <'•* ,h * lr
\ot** u Hovfwbtr.
Population of Fort AVoi-th, Tex.
Me hlngton. <pt f. -The censu.bu
resit announces that tin population of
Forth Worth. Tex I 'M -
~-g in 10. This lx an Increase of 3. U or
13.45 pfr cent.
new communities,
Prediction of Hr. Ogborwe.
"There Is no ungallan In my mind but
that whole communities who now suffer
from Ihe bod rffectx of .-017##, would be
rcvoluiioblxisl If hy knew of Ihe actual
fads regarding lb# uxe of coffee and the
help that could be obtained from Hie ua
of Pox,uni Cerrai Final Coffee. In nt>
oWn ..... coff e produced rfiaafnees. heart
palidtmion. and all Avncsx of • omp eM,
When I nbandonol me ordinary coffee and
look up pnrium. 4hc .Uf"iltle* were re
movrsl. ' Rev: W. N. Ogborne, ti.immoit
ton. N. J
riotn* people. wh#n uylng to break off
Ihe coffee habit feel the lock of Ihe atim
ulant so much that they mi* half coffee
and half Poafum. then gradually rerluce
Ihe amount of coffee until <hey drtnk
Posittm alone. _ _
\| o4 ( |xi>(if4- c.n nrf*ak oil from
at once If they ran have the Posium Food
roflie, for the taste of fhelwo Is xo muon
a'lkc that many times the change lx not
noticed The user Invariably Improves lu
health. n*t * n * month'* tlono show* w
marked change for the better.
DYSENTERY,
DIARRHOEA,
CHOLERA MOHBUS.
A half to * tea?oonful of Radway •
Ready Relief in a half tumbler of water,
repeated a* often a* the discharge* con
tinue. ami a flannel .-a turn ted with R *dy
Keitef placed o\rr the ototnach and bow
els, will affoid Immediate lelicf anil soon
< fTr. t a cure,
Internally A half t .1 teatpoonfttl In
half a tumbler of water will, in a few
minutes, cure Cramp*. Biaism-. Hour
Blomach, Nausea. Vomiting. Ibsrtburn.
Nervousness. Sleeplessness. Sick Ib'gd
ache, F!atulenc> nnd all internal pain*.
HRR
There Is not n remedial agent in Die
world that will euro fever and ague and
all other malarlmi**. blkiu* and oih*r f
vers, aided by RADWAY H FILLS, so
quickly as BADWAYH Hi: ADY Hb>
LI IIF Sold by Druggists
Rtim’AY A t 0., .W F.lm St., n,
FRUIT OF AMERICAN POLICY.
(Continued from First Page.)
others. Kven assuming that active work
igainst (''hln* should be loft to only 1
part of the Powers, that part will b*
strong enough to imt*oe its will on <'bi
ns. and any elate standing a*M would
never think of opio*lng th* work of jus
tice under taken by the other*
"There t* no denying that Prince Tuan’s
apjiointment ha* brought about a chant*
In the situation .Many power* will u*k
themselves whether It I* |>o**lbJe to enter
upon dlidomatic negotiations with a Mate
headed by a man strongly suspect* | of
being guilty of the gravest breaches of in
ternational law."
Proceeding to refer to the proposed in
structions from the Fnlted Htate* to Mr
Conger to arrange with the Chinese |4**nl
|iotentarles for t preliminary *'onference.
the lhaptred statement runs a* follow*.
"One may be well curious a* 10 how
negotiations between Mr. Conger .ind
Prince Tuan’s plenipotentiaries will re
sult. Mr. Conger had an opi*ort unity
Wtiiie the legations we under siege to
become acquainted with Prince Tuana
method* against the representatives of
the Powers The Indulgence of the Fnlted
States of late toward* China cannot have
softened the Chinese Prince, who intend*,
if possible, to Impose as a I'ondltton that
American missions is* shall hereafter be
excluded from China
"When it I? said In a Washington tele
mam that Mr. Conger. Prince Ching aul
Id Hung Chang will arrange a place for
the representative* of the-Power* for pre
liminary negotiations. It must he remark
and that nothing k* known in Berlin of any
mandate for such negotiation* as are sug
gested hy the United Htate*."
UNITING FOR 1.l HtKQ < N\G.
Hy Home Vila Nufliorlty to Treat for
Pence la Still Doubted.
(Copyright. !!**. the A**oclat*d Preae.)
Pekin. Hept. 20. via Taku, Jtepf. 34
The diplomatic and military Authorities
here are noxiously nwaiting the arrival of
Id Hung Chang. There tea gsvieral e
sire for Ihe estabiiahlng \>f some sem
blance of Chinese authority, which, when
•lone. I# is believed, will tend to a clear
Ing of the situation. The military is
deemed unable to secure a return of peace
to Ihe country.
The authority of Id Hung Chang to
treat for peace la still doubted. Refer
ring to this matter. Fnlted Stale* Minister
Conger said.
"Our Hr*t task Is to examine and pas*
upon the redent la Is of LI Iflung Chang.
Beyond that wo have no policy or plan
of action."
All. Koekhlll. special Fnlted Rtatea rep
resentative In ChlnA. probably will not
await the arrival here of Karl U. He Is
busy conferring w.th the ministers and
investigating the sltiiatl n
Th* Russian* are Inaugurating a Red
Cross hospital under the patronage of Ihe
Cxarlna. The Institution w.l! be opened to
sridler* of all nationalities.
Thirty British who were wounded in the
Tun Chao explosion, are dead
HtftßlAKft TOOK M TAI FORTH.
Indications Arr They AA 111 Hnld on
In (he Railroad.
Taku. Sept. 24 —A Russian force of six
ermpaniea of infantry and two squadron*
of cavalry occupied the lu Tal fort* last
night without suffering any casualties.
Tile Chinese trad previously fled.
The Russians are building the Tien Tain
railroad station and other*, and the pros
pect that Ihe railway will be handed over
lo another Power I* remote. The Russian
minister will remain In Pekin for Ihe
present.
An exprdlilon will start from Taku for
Pao Ting Fu. Hep,, 29.
1.l IS UI'AHItKO Ht Ht AAI.ATA.
Hr Onr* Tot Think nn Early Srftlr
•nent Is Probable.
(Copyright. 1900, the Associated Press.t
Tien Tstn. Hept. 23. via Taku. Hept. 24
1.1 Hung Chang avIII proceed for Pekin
In a few days. Hr remain* under close
Russian guard ami access to him Is diffi
cult.
In the course of a conversation with a
representative of Ihe Associated Press,
Earl Ll said he did not believe that an
early *elllmen, of ihe difficulty wax
probable, because of Ihe number of na
tions to be trealed with, and he did not
think the attack upon Ihe Pel Tang forls
complicated (he situation.
PI T 5.1NN1 I HIAH9K TO FLIGHT.
Russians Reported ,n Have ( aplureif
I bu l.na Ckes,
Ht. Petersburg. Kept. 25 The war office
announces that Gen. Hacharoff, Ihe chief
of the Kuaxlan general xtaff, cap'ure. I
Chit lain Chen, near Ihe Hungarl river.
Hept. 12. prating to flight 5.0,* Chinese. It
Is added that Ihe Russians sustained no
casualties.
The Hungarl river of Manchuria, rise*
near the frontier of Corea, flows north
and northeast and Joins Ihe Amur river
125 miles southwest of the Influx of the
Oowooree.
FAMINE IS KAI'KITKO.
Anglo-American Expedition Met
AA Kb nifllculGes.
London, Bept. 24—A Iteuler dispatch
from Hhanghsl. deled Hept. 26. says:
"Advices from 4ho Ires, sources In the
north Indicate that n famtne among the
native* Is Inevitable during Ihe coming
winter! The usual rice supplies have not
been shipped.
"There arc rumor* of movements of
the fleets lending toward op#rn4luns near
Shan Hal Kwnn, th< terminus of the
railway."
According to the Pekin correspondent
f tha Dally News, writing Sopl. It, th#
Anglo-American column under Oen James
H Wilson, which went westward from
IVkln M ro capture Pel Taehu.
sart*d too early. In consequence of a mis
understanding. got into dlffluclHea before
the object of the expedition wa* accom
plished and hod to ak for reinforcement*.
NLI.FGKD HICT FOP T.
fCnrl 1.l said to lists Hera Ordered
tn lleeaptare IVkln.
Shanghai. Hept 2-V—lt I* reported from
Chinese sources that the BmPres* Dow
agrr has issued a secret edict command
ing Ll llung Chang to raise an army and
n■ apture Pekin
Ml RUKH OF WIMO*ARIR9.
Fleien Xald to Haxe Been Killed la
*hsn Proviwer.
London. Hept 25 The China Inland mis
sion has received a cable message an
nnut ring the murder of eleven mission
aries in the province of Hhan HI
Hussls watt Japan Nent.
Berlin .Hept 2f The foreign office offi
cial* here inform the A***dated Press
that Russia and Japan have formally an
swered the Oarm n note. * prth
emphasising their agreement tntli** propo
sition to hive th minister* designate the
; guilty."
Japan's Ngiproval Iniphatlr.
iMndon. A’pt 25.—According to n dl
patch rci'eived hen* ft\m Merlin the Rus
sian and JatMnese rephe? to Uermany’s
l>ro|Hs*l. received yesterday asserted the
Russia assents m principle," while Ja
pan** answer Is an "emphatic approval."
Triad* Threaten Canton.
London. Hept % A news agency dis
patch from Hang Kong say* that
Triad* have congiegated tn the nctghfor
hood of Chung Chuln and threiten to
make an attack on Canton.
German N easel* tin In Taka.
Berlin. Hept 21 The Herman naval dl
vls oti left Shanghai 10 lay foe Taku
TO VI NN F/ A M HI P NKFIfMIY.
Death of Mr*. N. A. Marahall—Val*
ilnnls \fw Note*.
Valdosta, Oa . Kept 25—Valdosta I* to
have a sjrup refinery, steam corn shred
der and grits mill all In one enterprise
Mr A. H. Pendleton lx building a large
wooilen building on Ms place a mile or xo
above Ihe city, amt Mr T. E. Goodwin I*
lo xiart up a xyrup refinery, corn ehred
der and grits mill at once 1 lie enter
prise Is to be largely experimental thlx
par, but tl should prove profitable II will
b# greatly enlarged for next sea son Mr
Goodwin alatiisl a broom factory some
lime ago. which lx doing well A rood
deal of broom corn nan raised In tltla
county as a result
The remains of Mr* A A Marshall, of
Quit man. who died Sunday night at Bu
waniiee Hplingt. were brought through
this rlly yesterday and carried to Uuit
m.tn for burial. Bh* went to the Springs
lo rectiierote from a long spell of fever,
and wax taken violently II before xhe
reached there. Her condition grew wor#
end sh# died late Sunday evening She
was well known through thla section and
leaves a husband and three little daugh
ter# to mourn her death.
Congressman AA'. G. Brantley and Judge
AN". N. Spmre were visitors to Valdoata
text night and spent the night here, hoth
of thr-m being nn th. Ir way to Echols
county. Judge Spence Is to hold couft
ilti-re, nnd Congressman Brantley la to
and a-ties the political tssuea of the day
before Ihe voters
|
THR VENXI ELAN Hut NIMH V.
A enesaela Has Appointed an Engi
neer to Act for Her.
Washington. Hept. 25—The Veneiuetan
government ha advised It* charge d'af
faires here. Bettor Pulido, of Ihe appoint
ment of Felipe Aguerevere, a distinguish
ed civil engineer of that country, ae head
of the Venrguelan government to Join
writ ft a British commission In marking Ihe
British-Veneiulati boundary, settled hy
the court of ahriiratlnn at Paris. Mr
Aguerevere will have uKxoclated with him
six other civil engineers, and a working
party of almut sixty. A similar force of
British engineers will Jo n them and begin
the actual work In November
The work will take some month#, and
will mark th* elostrg steps of one of the
most serious diplomatic struggles of re
cent year*.
I heap Earuralnn Rates.
Chicago. Hept. 28,-The ChrotritT* say*:
"Following the lead of the NA'eatern line#
several of the Southern roads are about
to Inaugurate a |ierlod of rhetfp fares for
long-distant# excursionists. In the mailer
of dales, lb# some time limits have been
chosen hy the Southern rood* as by the
Western—Oct. 2 to 14. The rale I* much
less than usually made for excuralons, be
ing on the basis of |!S (or the round trip.
The roads announcing the ■■oncexslon are
the Illinois Central, th# Eastern Illinois.
Hie Alton and the Wabash. The 315 rale
to New Orleans la leas than regular fare
on# way,"
INTERESTING, IF TRUE.
Ana tan Try It for A ourself and
Prove It.
One grain of the active principle In Stu
art's Dyspepsia Table.* will digest 3.040
grains of meat, eggs or other wholesome
food, and thla claim ha* been proven by
actual rxpeilment whlrh anyone ran per
form for himself in the following man
ner: Cu! hard billed egg Into very small
pbees, as It would Ire If masticated plac*
the egg arid Iwo or thrte of the tablets
In a buttle or jar containing warm water
healed to 94 uegreca (the temperature of
th# body, and keep ll al thl# tempera
ture for three and one half hours, at the
end of which time the <g will lie a*
completely dlge-led as It would have been
In the healthy stomach of a hungry hoy.
The point of tills experiment Is that
what Stuart's Uyspepda Tablet* will do
to the egg In Ihe buttle It will do lo Ihe
egg or mrat In the *!omn< h and nothing
el*'- will tec, nnd Invigorate Ihe stomach
so safrly and effectually. Kven a little
child rati take Stuart's Tablets wtih safe
ty and benefit If Its digestion Is weak and
the thousands of . ures a -oompllshed by
their regular dally ue arc easily explain
ed when It Is understood that they are
composed of Vegetable #a*nr##. aseptic
p* pstn, diastase and Golden Heat, which
mingles with th# food and digest It thor
oughly, giving the over-worked stomach
a chance to recuperate.
Dieting never cures dyxp’psla, neither
do pill# and cathartic medicine#, which
simply Irritate and Inflame th# Intestine*
When enough firod I* etten and prompt
ly digested there will lie no constipation,
nor In fact will there It# disease of anv
k nd because good digestion means good
health In evrry organ.
The merit and succes* of H'uart'x Dya
prp-ia Tablets are world wide and they
a.# sold a' the moderate pr ce of 50 ceot*
tor full six and pt< ksg* In every drug store
In the Fnlted H ates and Canada, as well
as In Europe. \
For Ihe Information of (hose Interested
a ll'tle hook will he mailed free hy ad
dressing F A Blitarf Company. Marshall.
Mb h . giving bn* fly Ihe symptoms of th*
various forma ol alomach w* -kner*. caus
ae and cur
NEVER WITH LESS
HESITANCY
Did we invite the Ladies of
Savannah to participate in this
feast of the beautiful which we
will offer for their enjoyment on
WEDNESDAY
and THURSDAY.
The opening of onr
MILLINERY DEPARTMENT
Will mark an epoch in the lives of the Ladies
of Savannah who enfoy and appreciate the
beautiful.
Our imported PATTERN HATS are
gems, and that is all that can br said about
diamonds.
6^^ fc BULL'SIX
PHINIZY MEN SUCCESSFUL
THKIR 111 N till < HiKlvN CHAin
\n in Atmm.
Il.rxlxr Rl,rll(l. Hr 111 f.r (li.lrni..
( Ihr t llr HfHIM-Hxrr.il Hn.l m
MMlorlti nr <MO VHIn-WlkM ll
l.noh l.lUr n X\nlliOnr tor Phlnl
■y_lt l\M llr-nldnl In Idapl Ihr
Xrrrrt llnllnl Hj.lrn,
Augnxtx. Hrpt. 55 AuffxixlH ItA'l t> r-finp
trr In pollltcx t-ntxht lh*t lx pnt>xt>lv
unprrrrrtrtMrfl
At ■ m mrrtlnit Ixxt Thnrx.lv ntsli'
It v.h ImpoaalMr jo rff t nrc*ntxntloii
Onr of thr raiKtldxtm tiomlnatr.l for ■ hnlr
nian w pul forwxnl by th I’hlnlxv
party for Mayor, and thr othrr by tlir
Itaynr irarty. Nrlthrr max wllltn* for
Ilia otlirr lo carry thlx firxt bant In Ihr
mayoralty raoa. ami xo tbrrr bourn w*ro
xprnt |n dlxortlrr, thr rrowrl rrftlnln# o
hr oountrrl ox n rail for a dtvtxton. anrl
howling down all who trlrfl to xprok.
Rrprrxrntallvrx from rich xblr mrt lha
nrxt day and nffrrrd upon a mmmlttra
lo arranfjr for ordrrly prorrdiirr al to
-I.l*l I'a mrrtlnft nrallxtba that II would
Ht tmpoaxlbu. lo dnrrtnlnr lha quaatlon
of chairman hy a viva vrrr vola a ra*u
lar rlrrtton wax a*rrrd on. lha pollx to
ba opanad from 7;J# o'r lork a m to 9*l
o'rlork p m.. and a'l lha |>arapbarnall*
of a raanlai rlarllon m lha way of bat
lota. alartlcn maraaera, Iml oi boxaa. ale.,
wrra had
Thornnx Harrtll, Jr, wax nomtnatad for
chotrmxo of tha nwrttiui by lha Phtntxy
parly, and J- II Atrx.rridrr by Ihr llayna
porly. and lha alarlloii of lha chairman
wax made a taxt of xtrrnifth In thr may
oralty raca, tl brln* undarxlood that II
hax not a nuxxtl It of atranalh balwarn
Itnnolt anil Alxx inrlar. hut brtwaan Phln
ly ami Hayna. whom thay rapraaantrd
Arrordln*ly. friamla of I'htnliy volrd for
Harrait, nml Ihoxr who fovorad Haynr
for Mayor, votad for Alrxandar.
I'btnlxy Man Woo.
Thr re wrrr tiraxx handx prorraalonx of
valarx. luw ax In a rrftolar rlrrtion. and
1,14* voirx wrrr imltrd. Of thrxr Alrxandrr
rrorlvrd ] 5M and fiarrrit l.m. or a ma
jority of H>. for thr Fhlnlxy xldr.
Tha atari lon of Hnrrait mxkra him no!
only chalrmnn of ihr maxx mrralnK. but
of ihr whim primary eommltfrr, and
aulhortirx him lo *|i|>olnt thl Phlnlxy
mm In ilia llftarn compoalns th# i-ommll
laa.
Anolhrr Ixanr in thr rontrxi to-nlatil wx
lha aarrat hollol and a hardar flaht wax
mnda on Ihlx Ixaur than on tha rhalrman
xhlp. Thr voiliir for "Bri-rrl llallot" or
"Opan llallot" wax in a xrparata box and
man volrd ax Ihry plrxxrd on thlx Ixaur,
without rrfarenra to Ihrlr rholrr for may
or
Thrrr wrrr 5.097 votrx raxi In Ihlx box.
and of thrxr "Opan ballot" rrcaVrd 1,495
and "Barrrl bailar" I,*W. a majority of
107. Thlx mranx ,9hxt Ihr mayorally pri
mary. whl.h will hr hrld a frw wrrkx
latrr. muxl hr umtrr thr booth xvxirm.
Ilka thr rlrrtlonx now hrld In Allaiua, a
nmdtflratlon of thr Auxtratlan hollot.
Thr frlrndx of Phlnlxy and of Ihr aa
rrrt ballot irr both hllarloux ovar ihr rr
autl of 10-ntAlil’x ballot and i-rowdx ra
malna.l up umll lam. whan th# count
of Ihr ballot# wax .om-tlxlxxl,
NM.IIO WTOI.K NIINKY.
VA a .cross' Pahlte Hefcaala—Other
New* Note*.
Wayeroxs. Ga.. Hept. 25.—Jim Btuwart.
a mulatto hoy. who has been driving Dr.
J. L. Walker'S buggy, the p*l xeveral
month*, wax locked up yeaferday after
noon, charged with faking money from
the doctor. The amounl lost was 915. Af
ter being in the elty-lock-up. a while th#
hoy confcsed to asking Ihe money, nnd
he wa* transferred to the county Jail.
Five dollar* of the money wn* recovered
from the negro
The public school* have opened up un
der the most favorable allspices of any
year In the history of the school*. The
number of students enrolled Is 4*4. as
against *WV In 1*99. Prof. Pound, the *u
perlniendetM, suya ihe large increase in
th# school will necessitate the addition of
two new rooms, sod snot hrr teacher.
raft K l Hendry, of this city will
celebrate his 741 h birthday Friday.
J. W Hlguamlih and W t. Branham,
are candidates for Justice of the peace,
from the 12315, dl*lflrt.
Mrs. Harah Barnes, wife of Mr H V.
Earn** 1* reported In a dying condition,
und has be n f r several hour*. It lx
thought xhe rannnt r. covet
The Rev. Floyd Grant rinelxon. Ph D.,
F R. G 8., has Juat arrived here from
Africa Hnelson haa been general super-
Int* n.lrnt of Ihe African Methodist Epis
copal church In III# native country four
years. He I* nn a lecturing tour through
the Houth He Is a son of Prof. Floyd
Hnelson. of Wayrros*
There I* a rumor current al Offerman Id
the effect that Mr Middleton, the super
intendent of the riouthern Pit-* Company's
mill there, had met with a serious acci
dent while on a visit to his h#mc In Nor
way. It Is -ad h< had both his legs
broken, hut as the rumor Is not cnnllrm
ed. II I* h p--d there Is a mistake
Jason Woods a negro wanted In Al
bany for murder, wa* arrested last night
hv officer Jesse M< 'lellen. Tha Albany
Offlctrs ha vs Wtan no that.
ABM ATOM f im:HV RKIMXII.
Xtxirixrnl t.lrrx Oat a# to Why Ha
Darltnro tn Mon.
Naw Tork flap! 55 Rob#rt A Wldatl
irin. rhatrmau of tha r'ampaltn fom
mtitr#. and Kvrrotl V. Abbot!, aacraiary
of thr National (third ttokat) ftarly. *av#
out 10-day Ihr ofllclal dr.-llnatlon by Brri
ator <"affrry of thr prraldanllal nomlna
lion of Ihr National puny.
tn xubxtanor tha raaaona flrnalor rtf
frry glvax for dxr-ltntnx nra ax fntlowa:
Hr lx unalirrably oppoxwt lu thr potlrjy
whl'-li would make thr country tha rhani
pion of flat money, which ha ronxidara (ho
fra to yov*rntnetii by law; ha lx oppoxad
in thr |ieltry which would drxiroy (ha
ideal of tovrrnmatn foundrrl on lha ron
xetit of lha covrrnad and whlrh would
In.lld up favorad claaxra hy lx(txlatlon
"I am haartlly In ar-oord," ha aald. "with
lha movamrna whlrh la dralvnrd to irfTord
a rrfufr for thoa# who ara dlmldanta
from all lha pollrlaa antrrlalnad by ana
or olhar of ihr iwo Kraal parllrx of lha
narlon, which arr now rncnßrd In a drx
parma lru|i*lr for anpremary. Tha
nailonallxia <'annn' hop* (o win. Thay
know ihry will nrvrr xurrandar Ihalr prln*
rlplao. win or loaa,"
TUI*KKD TIIH NOMIh 9110*.
I'arqahar Dei-lined to Han for tha
V*r#aftdairy.
Tork. Fa.. Bap< * -A. R. Fnrquhar. a
manulai'iurar of thla rlly, haa bam ten
darad lha nntnlnutlon for tha praaldan-y
on lha llrkat of lha National parly by tha
rxarutiv* lomrnlile. of Iha ( orranixallon.
Mr. Farquhar to-day darllntxt ihr noml*
imiion on account of praaaure of bull*
naaa. ,
MtMATOM HRVKNIIHIK 9POHB.
Hrpiiad la I hieagn la llrraa'a Ltlttr
of lerrylaarx.
Chlcapo. Map* 25 —Urn*tor J. Bararkl|a
of Indiana, wax thr rhlrf xpaakrr at a
Rrpubllcan moxx meettny whlrh wax held
10-ntaht al Ihr Auditorium, undor ilia
auxptcaa of Ihr MarqU#t(a Club. Thrrr waa
a are.it dratrr lo hear lha aanaior and
tarly In lha day all tha Hrkata that had
baan prxparrd for admlasloti. had bran
Klyan away, and hiin.lredr of iwopla wara
admitted lo the hall after Ihe ticket hold
ara hod lakan their xaata.
Judjre Nathaniel C, Hrara of Ihla rlly,
preaided, and when In hla apa*ch ha an
notim-ad that Rena4or Bavarlde would
reply lo Mr. Rryan'a letter of accaplanra
and aleo dlaciixx tha FhlUpptna quretlon,
there wax o loud outburxt of cheerx.
Tha addraax wax received with every
manlfaalatlon of approval hy tha audtanco.
HNYAVM MIN VOHh HUrnXCI.
I'rnarxerxe tor Oat. Itl hatllad by
Tammany t ommtttee.
Naw Tork. Hept. 53.—Tammany Hall to
nlthl aalllad Ihe protramma of lha Bry
an meeting to br held In Madtxon Square
Garden. Get. I* K. M Bhepard of Hrook
lyn will prrxldr and addraxxrx will ba
made by Mearrx Rryan and 44'rvrnaon and
by Mcxxrx Hiatt lifirld and Markry. lha
Damocralle r andidairx for Governor and
lieutenant governor Mr llryan will than
xprok from a atxnd ( Twrmy-thlrd xtraat
and Madlaon avenue, and Immediately af
terwards at I'ooper t'nlon.
Hr. an Hark al Idaeola.
1,in...1n, Nab.. Hept. B.—William J.
Rryan raiurn#.! to-day to Unrntn after
hlx trip lo Chicago lo cnnxult lha Dtmo
cratle Nallonal commlltea Ha xald he
had no announ. rmenl lo make ax to Iho
irxuli of hla trip, further Ilian that al
ready made.
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HBAVV JIIM.UKVI HF.M>I*HKf.
Fly Inn l.and In. Maal Pay Ptalutlffa
KJ.4tMI.IMMI.
Birmingham. Ala.. Brp(. 55 —ln the I*4-
led Htalxa Circuit Court ru-tlap AVulfSu
K Halit. Jr., of New Tork. ond the Mary
land Trust Company of Baltimore, trus
tee, obtained Judgment ngalnol lha dyton
I atnd Company for 13,400.(1)0.
There aulte ware brought upon the divi
dend trust bond# of tha company, and
tha coupons ihrreon. Thla action sub
jects thr property of the company to ex
ert! non to satisfy the Issue of the truel
Imiwlx The company'* property, whlrh
lira In xn>l around Birmingham. |x esti
mated to he worth upwarda of KVUCXMIOO,
ihr Klyion company having founded lllt
mlngham
Th# xulix ar# th# lax', of a mass of fill
gallon growing out of tha suit* of stock
hr.ldr r* who did not consent lo th# trans
fer of the Kiyton l.md company to ihe
E yton Company, Its successor, and who
refused lo exchange ihalr Block In th* aM
company for xtcck In the naw rornarb
llon Arr elyrr has turn appointed for '
ihr oM conyainy. but th# case la held up
pending an appeal.
Hrlllah llxtr Many spoil*.
Cape Town. Sxpt 15.-A large nurahor
of guna. meetly dim.igml. have been found
along the l'two>lllr river, #xpr. lolly near
Hrciorxprult. FrartlraUy, th# whoi# of
th# republic railway stock has b*#n cap
tured on (he rieh.tr Una. There are right
miles of vehicles, th* majority of tbaaa
■bring tn good oosmUUou.
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