The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, October 03, 1900, Page 5, Image 5

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AMERICAN BANKERS >IM riXAtMIBB* L t'l llt-Ki:i> AT nil IIHOTD. VA. WELCOMED BY THE GOVERNOR t s I'HUMi IKEIH II IDE IIY Till. GHUI BXEtTTIVB. |lr 1 rged Thnt llir Mmnlnu of tl. latcrul Should ll*- Ruluigrtl Ile > (inil ••1.1-tcd" ktoelts nml Hnntl* \ llcttrr tixrHi Should Prevail, lurrruar iu Membership *lmnu h> •tpfrrlsr)'* 11-i**ri limaiil Ail i*tMi hy l*ppuiiai Halki-r Mill Richmond. Vs., Oct. 2—The American Hanker*' Association convened In annua: n hen- this morning and n-aa In session until alter It p. m. on the ataae dur.ng the opening session were President Walker Hill of 81. Louis, dveretary Jamca R. Branch ef New York. Hon Elite H. Roberta. Treasurer of the pnted Hates; Hon. J. Hoge Tyler. Mayor St M Taylor. Col. John B. Purcell, and other*. Af.tr the ***ooiatlon had been called •o orrteh and Invocation offered by Rev. Carey Morgan. Mayor Taylor delivered a lort addres* of we come on behalf of the , ;iy Tbla am followed by the reading of ihe address of welcome by Virgintur Newton, on behalf of the bankers of Richmond, and r.-rponse by ITestdent Walker Hill of the association. Gov. Tyler then made an address of wel ima on behalf of the s>ate. In which he urged a broader huals of security In the * idlng of money. 1 believe 1 will speak my mind on on or two eubjecis." he said "In the first j> ace you have heard of the word collat eral’ Well, my frirnds. Its meaning needs to be enlarged. It usually meons In all of our Amerl .an eltle*. the s*eurllle that arc Ifsted on the stock exchange, ard utiless a morn can : rteent to the great tru*t i-omr>anles. savings hanks and national banks, the**- s .-c ill and 'listed' securities he Is unable to borrow from them Who lints these se . urltles? The company of men who do :hia are themelve* usually large bidders of these listed *e<urltl s anil are, there fore. little Inclined to enlarge the limits of this fevord circle. Yrai may have lands and houses and cattle, manufacturing I lants. municipal bonds and a hundred k nis of property whose Interest bearing at aclty Is assured. yt you cannot tap with ever so small pipe these greit re- ivolrs. Even the small country banks thrmselvss cannot provide the right kind of rollateral and so re-dlscount their not**. I Better System Needed. A tetter system ought to prevail. A man Is not discontented with our Ameri . in *>stem because It will not lend Its money on worthless and precarious risks; i. is not discontented because you refuse ■ go Into *p.-ul*Hon* of a doubtful Issue, but he I* discontented because so many mm with Incomes hrlnglng properly can not always he accommodated with a loan upon It. not these call loans which will .■iv you on a moment’s notice to dump the eccurltk* on tha market whenever panl 4y tremor runs through the street, oat time loans, when a mnn can trct*ar<> to inset them. l>oth principal and Interest, a .1 |*a> hack the money he has borrowed. A better system should lie ib-vlsrd either t >*h branch looks or bureau* of In formation or a closer union and Inspection • lid lie mail*- among the banka of the din. rent states so that a surplus In one < dd help to make up a deftcll In another. Hi methods can never be applied to country ways." The annual reporta of the president, the ’*tarjr and the treasurer were then read .*r.| Just before the hour of adjournment a* re a iso read the reports on "Education, *' Iform Lows," and "Kldeltty lnsur- An Informal report was male on ex *-sa company taxation and the report ■ the Detective CVmmittee was submitted : I all of them were briefly discussed Secretary’s Report, The Secretary's report was .is follows: he mrmber.-hip and nvource* *: the i--nclatlr.it ba In* reared as follows: * >. oher I. ISSa— Pal*! momhei ships 1.511 Annual dues E.4K! it.-toiler 1. limb i’ 1 111- m'lri-jhlp A.aOO Annual dues 81.200 in Ihe |>aei year 234 members were loat i ' >Xh failure. liquidation an*l withdraw- I a from the association, reducing the 1 Membership to g.ttl. Eight hundred ami t intntn members have Joined since Hep p :oher 1. HM. a net gain over last year’s total membership of SBS The roll now embraces 4,5>10 members, • e capital, surpius and undivided pto.’- 1 iggregate tl.4l2.te:>*; •'< m blind dcioelts 5.1tR,377.7*' Total M.MU.558.1M * is WttifdlfTh more than the came ei* of last year’* members. These r.g'ires do not Incltnle the. capita! and de b" Its of t3d members, who are private -ankers and make no sMtemen's. Rcapertftilly submitted. JAS. R BRANCH. Secretary. t'rfßhlrnl If 111 * Adtlrrii*. lii ills id drees President Hl!l atd imonf ot. r thing*: I fc.xc llcncy. Your Honor, Mr. ■ nt, Uadle* and Gentlemen. and '■ lulcmen of the American li.mkeis' A -1 1lion: 11 I difficult for me to assume the role MMt In thi*. the he.iutiriii Capital ll,v "i Vi rein la. where I wan born and •Ii apt nt the itrst ten yearn of my n. i nluxal, and nerved an apprenticeship at ' kick' In all ponltlons from collector to ca-hier. " ith my knowledge of the people of 1:1 'unond I feel assured that we will re from all sides most rourteoua and *" i'l attention!!, and mo effort will be ■ to make the visit to thta city of member of tbla association on event In *)l life. ' nweet ringer thu* heau'lfully de- Uie love of her children for Rlrh- I and their pride In her glories, and ,:,| t>le achievement* of the aonn of ' ir> " • ia In her cauae and In the *ervlce ' common country. though fate may !t them, aa It hae me, far from her thi re to finish. It may be. such -p>t> of life a* may remain to them. 1-'Mt>n ' mond. loved city of my earlier days, - ' r: hntlshed t 111 in memory's tander mood, ■o non of thine hut proudly nlnga thy Pralne. fl feels hi* love by thought of thee re !<• Wed; !■ of the Old Dominion tn her pflde, ' me of the statesman and the cavalier, -e far my path* may lead, and wide. s 111 I* thy glory to my uplrlt dear. M _ ’ I’. ' hmend, aaeretl to the name , 1 ■ *>*• Cauae. It* faithful citadel. • "I'l* r talc live* In the book of fame. how brave Richmond fought, and . trved. and fell; 'Kuat shade of the lllostrlouf Idte. 1 In thy air. and dreaming eye* , fiy view. 1 "t army that defended thee, and forth—the Gray against the ltlue. A 1 " n. the Gray and U!uc In union •'■i.nd. Their sons went forth to battle wteh Spain, Another Lee of Virginia swift was found. The beloved Fltshuch—to prove the pa triot strain: Dauntless he stood against the Spaniard’s hate. Fearless, with treachery on every hand. Defender of his country’s Consulate, Guarding the standard of hi* native land. Dear Richmond, these the thoughts that stir the souf Of thy proud sons who see thee now ar rayed. In peaceful beauty where the thunder roll. Of batile once It* dreadful music made. Live. In the glory of thy splendid past. And In thy greater giory yet to he. Loved City of the South, while life shall last. My heart—a son's heart, Richmond— bests for thee.” tlf Historical Interest. "Because of the character of I t people lie commercial Importance, and it- h.- terlc fame, I am cor-Adent that all w.ll commend the choice which has brought u- together In the city before which those mighty captains. Lee and Grant, fought their periless armies In the greatest war of modern times, as thereby we may be reminded of that which we should not forget, especially In this eampaiaa year, that a Qrar.t and a I- now wear the same uniform, and that the latest addition io the battleships of the I’nlted Bi.it-s bears the name of a state in which wa located the fleet capital of the Confed eracy. a name made famous In naval an nals by the cruiser which drove Ameri can commerce from the seas, ami whl h was sunk off the t oast of France by the Kearearge on a beautiful Bund>ty morn ing In June of ls*t That which re-lothed a IA-c In blue and placed in Alai ama amongst the warships of the I’nlt'd States, evidencing a* It happily does, that we are again, and more than ever before, one people, has brought It* burden* 1 will not call Ihem the "White Min t Bur dens." hut they arc ours, and wre must bear them one way or another, though Just how we should h*ar them 1 do not propose to discuss, but ll I* altogether proper that 1 should call your attent on to some feature* of conditions resulting Jiom the late war with Spain, und the foreign policy of our country during th* past eight or nine years, that must affect more or less directly a large numliei of the members of this association Our flag has been carried Into distant parts of the world; how long ll will fly In those parts, and Just what It will there represent no one can now say. hut this ituy be safe y said: We have broken our commercl *♦ shell and th trad* of our country will never again be pushed Tack wlih’n the confines of the t'ntted State* This new condition the hank*r* of the country mu*t meet, for they are the custodian* of tne money of the country, and If they do not use Intelligently and to the l>**: advan tage It* medium of exchange, othets. for eigners. will reap rewards that should be our*, for rest assured that we will no be permitted to long do awkardly, slowly und expensively what we can he better done by others Excellence of service will be demanded of us, and therefore we gmst educate ourselves In the commerce of the world. • • • liMokcr* I)*s*b4 on Good Time#. • eesesss "That some of the lewder* of the people shou'd And It to their advantage to decrv the patriotism of hankers Is. I am sure, a source of regret to all the mi-mleb of this association; hut 1 may venture to say. without fear of successful .-ontmdl lion, that no other single cla-s of men are so dependent on "good time*" as haiikers. and none do more to make times good or stand more bravely in the breach und sac rifice more to stint a panic and avert the untold evils that follow In Us trail, than hankers. Ami no one class of men. from the days of Robert Morris to the present time, have mad*- more personal sacrifices and ventured their fortunes mor* freely for their country than American banker*; and yet some who must know this hesi tate not to Induce many to believe the* hankers are the enemies of their country. 1-ot us hope that the ever-increasing In telligence of the people will soon make them lmi*ervlous to such unjustifiable mis representation and such unmitigated a- m agoguy as now misleads them to the In jury of their most tmpnrktnt Interest*. Let us. the hanker* of she country. In the mewntlme go steadily along Ihe pathway that conservative but progressive commer cial methods mark* nut for ti*. working In the future, as we hive In Ihe post for the pro*|erlty of the people In times of peace and the honor ond safety of our country In the troublous times of wart which, let us pray, may not come upon us again In our generation." To night the visiting bankets were given a reception at the Jefferson Hotel and at ]o:3li o'clock sat down to an eltganl ban qiiH. MORE BOXES OF GOLD. And Via it y Greenbacks. To secure additional Information di rectly from Ihe people. It I* proposed to send little l*oxes of gold and greenbn-k* to persons who write the moat Interesting, detailed, and truthful description* of thetr experience on the following topics. 1. How hav you been affected by cof fee drinking and by changing from t offee to Postum. 1. Do you know tiny one who has been driven away from Postum because It came to the table weak and characterless at the first trial? 1. Did you set such a person right re garding the easy way t make Postum clear, black, and wMh a crisp, rich taste? I Have you ever found a belter way to make it than to use four heaping tea spoonfuls to the pint of water, let stand on stove until real boiling begins, then note the clock and allow M to continue e#*y boiling full IS minute* from that time. stirring dowr occasionally? (A piece of butter about the *le of a navy twnn. placed In the pot will prevent boiling over.) 5. Give name.t and aecounl of thone you know 10 have been cured or helped In health by the dl-mlMtil of coffee and the dally use of Poflum Food Coffee In It* place. * Write name* and add re* "e* of twenty frlende whom you Iwlleve would be ben efited by leaving off coffee. (Your name Will not be divulged to them.) Addre** your letter to the postum Ce real Cos.. I-td.. Battle Creek. Mlrh.. writ ing your own name and address clearly. Be honest and truthful, don't write poe try or fanciful letter*, Just plain, truthful statement*. Decision will tw made between October Seth and November loth. !**'■ by three judges not number* of the Postum Cereal Company, and a neat little bo* containing a Silt gold piece rent to each of the five ~ m writer*, a box containing u S-* gold piece to each of the next best writ er*. a lit greet)bo- kto each of the neat heat, and a II greenback to ta b of the 33o next beet writer*, making r%sh prlxe* dis tributed to 335 reraon*. AlmoM avery onr In p*>r* food and drink I* willing to have their name and letter appear In the |stp*r. for such help a* It may offer to th- human race. HowfVfr, ft request to omti nanv 1 win * respected. . . . Kvery friend of Postum Is urged to write and each letter Will be held In high eateem bv the company, a* an evidence of such friendship while the little boxes of gold aod envelope* of money will reach many modest writers who-e plain and aen stblc letter, contain the fact* desired, al though the sender n.ay bave but srnal faith In winning at the lime of writing Talk thi* subject over with your freed* and **c how many among you prlxe*. It 1* a good honest competition and In the best kind of a cause. tit t . statement out for K wIU not oppear again. THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1000. LIVER PILLS. Dr. Rndnio * Cos., New York. Dear Sir* l have N*eu sit* for nearly tuo year*, anti ha\e bon <kK*(orlng with of the moet *xrri doctor* of tIM I nit?*) Htaie 1 h\4 been bathing tn anti drinking hot *air .it th* Hot B:>r‘ng*, Ark..but ll #e*itid every thing fulled to do me good After I mu your ulvertln#mnt I though! 1 Mould try your pill*, and have nearly used two bo***; been taking tar© a( bedtime and on* after brrakfaM. and they have done me mor* good than any thing ebo I have ued. My trouble ha* bv*n with th' liver. My ekiu and rye* were all > .kw; 1 had lkep> , drowry f * I- Inge; Mt lik>* o drunken man; pain rlgh .•nose the navel, like a* If It wa> bib on lO'.* of ihe MiXiutci). My bowel* very eoatlve. M> mouth and tongue wre inOit of lho lime A|>{ elite f.ilr. but fo.nl would no! digent, bui.neitl* heavy on my coni tv'h. and >ome mouthful** of fo*l _ nr up ogam. I (<ouM only eat light food (hot digest* easily Pleatr Advice. ’* Keapectfully, BEN ZAl'dG. Ifot B|rlnt. Ark DAOWAYS n PILLS, Price. a box Sold by druggist* or *ent by mall. Bthd to DR. RADWAY A CO, X, Elm at real. New York, for Book of Advice. PUNISHMENT OF LEADERS. (Continual from Ftnu Tage.) Chwang Prince Y'lh. secondary Prince* T?ml Elen and Thii Ylng. are deprived of ail iheir respex'tlve r.nk* und oUb'e**: that Prime Tuan is deprived of office and handed over to the imperial clan court, which ehall tonsult and de.*ide upon a severe penalty. anl hi* Milary le to be flopped; that Duke Tmi Lan und the prenblent of ihe ceneorare. Ylng Nlen. are hnncletl over t" tne *. ild U>ard who ahall t'onfiili anand anl that Kang Yi •**la(ant grand fer ret ary arwl prefldent of the civil board, and Chao Bhu president of tha hoard of punishment, are handed over to :he Uiard of cennora. who ehall consult and decide upon a patiaHy." GRHMDS P*OI OHT noXRRA. Sofnrlnn* % n (I->'or• Iu Ofllelal Tap* fnred by Jn pHnrar. (Copyright, 1900. ihe A*socla*ed Press > Fekln. Wednesday, f*ept. via Taku, Sept 29 and via 8 i ngh.il. Oct. 2 - The Herman column consisting of 1.700 men under Own von Hopfner. encotmterod a ma!l Boxer force south of Ihe imoerlal deer park yasterday, ,ind ktllel forty of the Chinese during a fight which follow ed. The Chinese wrerg put to flight and scattered. Four Hermans w’ere wounded Chi Hsin, a member of the Tsung-ll- Yamen. of notorious antl*for tgn venden cfe.- ami a pafon of the Boxer-, ha- been captured In the imterlal city ty the Jap anese. HU fate has not been determined upon. TO PI MMI THE 4 Hl*Kftfr.e Ktprdlllnn of €*erinaii Troop* Uaa Menf Owl for Nsrrsgr. Pekin. Bcpt. 2*?. via Shnnghst. ryet. 2. rhe object of yesterday’s movement south of the imperial hunting park was to pun ish the Chinese for fit mg on a Herman p.trol Gen. von Hoepfner’s force, which include* o battery, burned several village* where rnn were found. The German commareler then proceeded to Nun Hung Nm anti li-persed a body of boxers outride the town. Half were •urm'd with rifle* and the others with pikes ind sword*. Some of ihem advanced to within twenty yard* of the German rifles. [er forming Boxer exercises, and were mowed <k*vn. M MAY NOT GO TO PKKItf. V' 111 Take n Month tn Get American Troop* Out of f 'Mnn. (Copyright. 1900. ihe Aseoctated Dress.) Tien Tern, fltpt. 29. via Taku, Sept. 29.. %la HhiinghaJ, Oct. !.-U Hung Chang ha* abandoned hi* decision to proceed to l*ckln and will. If omrounced, liegtn nego tiations with the ftusslan minister to Chi na upon the latter** arrival at Tien Tsln. Gen. t'baffee retimateci that It will take a month o get the American troops out of China. # Elll I>ITIO\ WH POBTPORIBD. tirneral* 11 ho Will Command Fekln nnd Tien Twin C olumn*. Taku. Bept. 29.—The expedltiovi to Pao Ting Fu ha* been postponed, and the start will not be made until Oct. €. Gen o.i*eiee .r-d the German general will com mond the Pekin and Tien coluras, rrepectlvely. The Hueslnns hav-e occupied Tong Hhan wlilmtit oppoeltlon. The New South Wales contingent of the British :roop* will winter In Pekin. TOLD TO SHOOT Ft HI I: IG > t-'.H V Order* from a l*r!nre < aned lUan • Innflon of Yon Ketteler. Berlin. Chet. 2 Ofllelal advirtNi from Peklfl, dated Sept. 23. assert* that a further examination of the Chinese non commissioned officers accused of th# mur der of lUron von Kettler resulted In this statement: ••On. June 21, I and my pe>pie received onlgr* from a prince to shoot foreigners, wherever we ante aorou them ’* The acdueed. It appears, denies that the order was to *hoot a mini*ter. or the Ger man minister, and ho declared himself un able to say which prince gyve ihe order. Order Forbidding l.ootlng, Washington. Oct. 2.—Th# War Depart ment has made public General Order No. 2 lH*ued by Gen. Chaffee In China The order refers especially to the condm t of the soldiers and calls attention to the ar ticle* of war which hear especially upon the protection of cltlsen*. The order was deslmed to prevent looting, abuse of the Chinese, and to enforce the same disci pline In China as Is maintained In the T’nlted States. I.lttle Ir* from I'htna. Igmdon. Oct. 2. 4:iV> a. m —There Is no fresh news from China to-day, except a Khmtgha! rumor that the allies have cap tured Hhan Hal Kwan. end a report from Cant on that mission prop* rty ha* been destroyed at Rung Mun. on the Weet rlv*r. France** loir 4 onflrtned. parts. Oct. I—An offl'la! of the French foreign office to-day formally confirmed the accuracy of the detgdl* of France’s note to the Power* on the Chinese ques tion as telegraphed from Vienna last night. % ffyetem of t*aelfleaflon. Pekin. fG|f 2*. vi * Hhanghal. Ort 2 The with the assistance of missionaries are m in* a ersiem of ra<*l flrallon throufftv Ut numerous vlilate* In the vtrinity of Tun* Chau Itnsslan l.raatlnn llrnarla. Wahln*:on. Oi’. 2—The flints Depart runt hr* received dispatch from Min tsisr t or.grr formally annottncln* thr Withdrawal and departure of the Russian | Ufstion from Pekin. CLAIM OF THE REPUBLICANS. Continued from First Page. Alabama. Arkansas Florkin. Ooorcla, Louisiana, Mistls.-ippl. the Carolina*, ini’ ■lessee. Texas nnd Virginia Dr thr doubtful column ! put Colorado, Idaho. Kentwhy, Mi-sourt. Montun r N. • vada. Nebraska arid I'm: Kvervihn : else la pul ilgn for McK'nlev, but Indi ana which with its tlftecn vote# - adtnt’.- lel to br In doubt. When shown thl# Ilepubit in claim M* Richardson, fur th Democrat*, chtrr.i - tert*el It •< onl> "n> inucli boasting !!• added lhai the Democrat* also had a jh.:i which was vo.-y different from Ihe It. publican one, but that it would not I made public. HAfinianx tui tut t\ Tt *ir. If Not Hr Will Write a l.etter Favttr- Inu -IcH Inley. New York. Oct. 2 ~-t*oncert:ln* the re port that ex-I*resldem llnrrtaon. who came to the ely last night with his family, from the mountain*, would make a few epee, he- dunn* the campnign, 1. was learned 10-day that the national campaign committee wrote him about a month .iro askln* him to take some aeltve part in the cam|Ml*n. Mr Harrison replbd aaklng the committee not to press him to mak" any speeches early in the cam paign. It Is now said on the highest au ihorlty that Gen Harrison will not he atknl to make any speech*- until nearly the close of the camp.il*n—ill! after Gov Roosevelt ha* mode hi* tour of New I.>r* slate. Then he will take the slump nml make several speeches, nt least two of which are to be delivered in thl* clt. Henator Rcotl called on ex-President Harrison at ihe latter's hotel to-!a\ an I said afterward that Mr. Harrison will re main here ten ir eleven day* and will be able to streak, probably within that time. If he should not be able to deliver an ad dres*. said Senator Bcotl. he will writ, a letter giving hi* view* and showing hi* position, at.d the letter will favor Ms- Ivin ley. I* AIM? NAMED Et*ll GOV HR AIH. I'lat form Adopted by Hss.ScllßSStts llfdinpr* •*. Boston. Oct. 2 —Robert Treat Pane. Jr., x*a* again nominal#*! for Governor hy Bay Btate Democrats to-day. The i:t -form adopt##! det .arct* th# dominant qu - • lon to be the conllntiane * 1 govemm**nt by coreei! of th# govemel. t'u* Porto Rico law le an outrage on the lib erties of the people, call.-* for a fre* ■#>•- •tituilon for Cuba. i*l In th# Philippines (• speedy rest>rrtflon of independence, op (losee any alllan e. op*n or s# re*. wl*ti any foreign nation; nHKlemn* coni|*iny stores in the ro*i tleldi: calls f*r the Ini tiative and referendum, also sit Inherit .•nee tax and munn ipni ovtrr.erehlp of pub lic utilities. An Innovation woe the rea<Hng of th* De# lra!ion of Independence previous to :he work of the convention. n:U(M t< %TV ANK kITIIRRHO. Meeting of nt Indianapolis Will It# a Urge One. Indian*polls, Ind.. Oof. 2.—Frnm to 1.000 visitors have arrived for the National Convention cf Demo ratlc CTuba* whl* n will open to-morrow afternoon In Tom linson Hall. The New York and New England dele gations arrived to-night, the first l lega tions of any six# to reach here. The Matos represented hy the arrivals so far are New York. Milne. Miism-HuhH!s, t'onnectlciit, Vermont, N w Hampshire, Tenneuw. Flor Ma. New Jersey, K* tucky. Missouri. Ohio, Illinois. Texns. Virginia. West Virginia, Minnesota. Ala bama and Nebraska The Indiana crowd, which U expected ,o form three-fourths of the entire attend ance, ha* not hr gun to arrive In num bers as yet. but the leaders of the party who arrived to the number of s'V<rul hundred, all say their sections will he largely represented To-night at a meeting of the conven tion managers the official programme of speeches was arrang'd oocktrY*ft chop 4 iiMirrioi*!. home geetlnn* >eed Hair*. It bile Oth er* Itmr Hern Too *9oll. Washington. Ort. 3—Th# weather bu reau’e weekly summary of crop con sa>*s: Haln Is generally needed In the Bou h Atlantic and East Gulf flt.iles. and over portions of the I’pj er Ohio Valley, l*ake Region ami .Middle Atlantic state-*, while excessive moisture, due largely to the rains of the previous week, rat ard 1 farm work over the region extending from Arkansas and Oklahoma rorthward to Minnesota and the Dakota*. Except where interrupted hy rains In portions of Arkansas, Oklahoma nnd Mis souri. cottcn picking hu* progressed un der exceptionally favorable* conditions,and via unusually well advanced. In th* cen tral and astern portion* of the rotten belt the hulk of the crop will be galhrr and hy Ort. 10. Picking I* ir vgrc-slng rapidly In Texas, except in the Dower Braxo- bot tom* Inundated ly the rains of the pre vious week, where the crop Is almost u failure. Oaman Paalta m Fugitive. Peril*. Hi'S. 2.—Gen. Osman Pasha, a near relative of th# deceased Osman Pa*ha. Ihe *TI roof Plevna.” arrived to day at Marseille# from Constantinople, from whence he fl#d owing to th* H lltan’s suspicions thvt he was engaged in a con spiracy He embark'd surreptitiously on the steamer Bagdad In order to rejoin hi* relative, Mahmoud Pasha. In Pari*. Jonea tn Arrompanr llr>an. New Tork, Oct. 2.—The lM*mocratlc managers have arranged to have M ivor Jones of Tbledo. accompany Mr Bryan on his tour of New York stare following Mr Bryan's appearance at Mid*son tOjusic Garden. Nature’s Health Drink l • No ne,J o journey to Saratofa Sprinp in starch of health. Saratoga ' Arondaca Water, th* peat health drink, Is now bottled and brottf ht to J you. The benefit to stomach, nerves and kidneys ar* Immediate, jrsat and laslin-. Arondack Water u preacrifccd bv leadin* ph. L dar., everywhere. It t the fureit aikal-nc water Laca n. .- \ ' 1 Saratoga p Arondack fqj Water 1 -CteteKjr Fcr aak by froci : ar.d drt-xfirta. - ' - James M. Dixon & Cos., Wholesale Agents. WHITE *\ PH EM AFT. ( 01. I. It. I.rwlii* UW la a \ olr far Vi hltilr) n I*tr for tkr Irgrof Editor Morning New* You klndiy pub lished my communication which appeared tn the New York Hun of Kept. 29. apd also extt .tets front th* Hun's editorial of the earn*- date, to which 1 lt*v replied by a >tid communication to that paper. In the hi Irtirir I have endeavored to present .de;>i* for the iuvnalderatlon of Northern Urpuhli au and their support ii f the pre>- But your Inur of tht hum ! u.r- contains < speecit of Hr. Bryan s which f.• lid bring careful fail act lon to tlu mmi of every white man in the Heath IV * who announced our Intention of vot ing for McKinley arc .uused of *le*ert ing the • *u*# of white supremacy and pro moting negro dominafloti, and the course of Mr McKinley in hi* first term Is point cd to os Jus'lffcation for the charge It mut b remembered, however, that the conditions of the * mpalgit of IWC and 19nn are tnnienully different. In IR** ths no groes of the South ha<l great weight in the selection of th* Republican candidate (the only issue in which they ever have any influence or weight), ami Mr McKinley had e fulfill the political promises made bv his supporter* Now lie I* nominated without opposition, and la free front such promises, wild even If It be contended that he la only a poltlirtan, and not a ataes m.iti, It wouhi nevrtheleas be good |*oll tt s for him to adopt a different course from that heretofore pursued as to the distribution of federal offices In the Houth. This 1 believe he will do But wht I wished to point out la that In this campaign Ihe Hon them peop’.e have more re ison to fear Bryan ttran McKinley N gro**s all through the North and We at in organising against m- Ktniev on the issue of the rights #.f the negro and they ar* )<4ilng for support from Hrvau A Kentiemun fr*m Lowell. Mn*. has sent me a (lipping from ihe Boston Herald of 8* piemiM r >th. .giving in account of a nv 'tlcg in Lynn. Mass, on the preceding • vemng. In wM h the ‘‘Auditorium an crowded with hi audience of colored I people wht* hiss# I the nam * of McKinley and Roosevelt. and listened t> the de nviiu illt rv of Ihe policy of Ihe present Hepihll ar* 4lminlstrw!p)n with enthua.- ustl?' HppioMil. ' Amoi.g the s|eakers n that meeting wu William IJoyd Gar rison. a name w hich Is the perroolflcation of the nlYolltionlst movement, who claim ed that that tlm# had com* for the tiegr.* to lay down hla allegiance to the I Republican party.** Is i*t Mr. Garrison Justified In this i dalvn? Who >s It that In this campntgr advocates the bestowal of blgir office on the negro? Mr Rryen. and Mr Brvan alone. Negro Bryan clubs are forming nil over tb** North and West, snd your Im ig of this morning give* an account of a Fjkect h which Ihflr candidal# made to one of these rluh* yesterday In Ht Paul, Minn After referring o the course which he should pursue If he should le elected President, ami promising that the right* of the negro would b protected, he says •‘Certainly you have re|tald the present Republican leaders for all that they have •lone for your race. Ho far a offices ar# concerned, you have bear owed Prenldencie* upon th*- Republican party, and received Janltorshlpa In return.” What does this man. save that the negro Is entitled to hlrber feJeral office than Janltorshlpe. higher Indeed than he has heretofore re*-elved, and that Mr I‘ryon. If he should l*e ome iTesident. will give them to hltn? lyt the fUMithern man who thinks that by voting for Bryan end agalnat McKin ley he Is sustaining white supremacy note what hi - candidate thinks and promt*#.- a candidate who In justification of hl •‘our-' and Ihe alleged prln Iples which he tidvoc oes. (jtiol * alrno-t ex# bistvely frrun Ahratiam Lincoln* As my Is>we!l corre spondent says ”#he Wen. Lloyd Garrfaon • ranks of former years are nil f.*r Bryan now.** I>o the gout hern peofde belong with them? Alexander B Lawton, H.ivannah. Ga.. Oct 2. 190 r. WON Hit II MtTROV 9TIKRI. Ileou (sallnnt Won the t*rle nt the Brlee of 80 to I. New York. Oci. 2 —Bean Gallant won the r* h Matron stakes at Morris Park to-day a half length before the odds-on favorite C>mmander Bull man brought him up with a rush In the last sixteenth and catching Hpenrer napfiing was first fast the Judges for Ilia ptlxe. Th# stake of s3r.ti> was tle feature of the opening day of the fall meeting of the Westchester Racing Association. It was a perfect fall day and an unusually big crowd was In attendance ftpcncer was suspend'd for a week for carries* ildlng Hummarlea: Fir si Race—One mile. Hiar Bright, i o won, with t*imi(ensotlon. I to 1 and 2 to 1. second, and Brigadier. ** to .*. third Tim* l^D. 8* . ond Kaco Five and a half furlong** Trigger. < to 1. won. with Hpry. 4 to 1 ami % to i. uvoinl, aml Pigeon Post, 7 to 2. third. Tim# IW4 Thlr*l Race—The Matron, six furlong*. Eclipse course Beau Gallant. 2T> to I. won with Fommando. 2 to 5 and out, second, and The Parader. 15 to 1. third. Time 1:10%. Fourth Rare—The Manhattan, six fur longs. Firearm. 9 to 6. won, with Hal'a ot I** xlntgon, 7 lo 1 and 2 ro 1. second. ai S 4| Vulo*n. sto 1, third. Time 1:14k Fifth Race—The Jerome Handicap, on* mile and quartet Ak*edo. 7to 2. won. with Gonfalon. 11 to 19 and 1 to 2. ##-#n| and M* Meekin. 11 tot. third. Time |:f.7 Hixtb Race One inlle. selling It* I grad'-. 30 to 1 won. with Annoy, 11 to !•> and 2 to &. second, and Locoehee, & to 1. third. Tmle HIM* C olored Mnsonle 4 oagreat, Washington. Ocl- 2.—Tha olored Maaon i - gei>etal •mßre*s met l.ere (otky. T>r. H L Harris of Petersburg, Va . reported tha' he h and verlff* *1 by the reoorda of the 4)1 it >• Is**>N,*e of England, the granting of Mu*onlc piv. gee. and th*- right t* father . Agr* of negroes in the Enlied Htates to prkn-e Hull, also that the African lyxlge had never frfelted Its perfect Masonic standing with the Grand lslge of K*ig 1a nd. To Soften and Whiten the HANDS w *d® rtd. rwu^l ’itlid?u'thU OT "'VrniWb t urn of t.Alh. for uio'-tibk Irrlt.Uon., f..r •* otr.o.tT. pr.B<r.tina, m th. “fV v "I Dn* of —Mhrt for ulcrati.. .Nln'.lu, C tw mnv aanatlrrs antiMptt. purp<s.. ,n<l foe all tb* a„, -A-~ ’■ ’■ .TlßifJ l of th. rurlst, hath, and rurnm rtTimn *.*(oniGas. IdOrb * *""* r *• <> * !*■'■. •* . Twaxrr mi mm, th- rb.t ~ia Ai VJ ***B*iT7 *"* '"•P•-•'* p. ih *rr tuilrt awl ai.T tab. mm* lo tha C‘ -sri'i. nrtrm I>*i’.i a*>, <’*■■. t’.Mir . s a l-rosa kusto*. - All about lb. ahl*. ab<l fcss. ’ NOVTIiI.Y fOTTtd NOYrgRYT. Deerese s I *psred %% Ifh lw*t Year Is SltlMMin Vtsles New Orleans. Oet. 2.-Secretary Hast#r‘a New Orleans t’otton Exchange statement Issued to-day covers the monthly move ment to the close of 8 member Compared with last year. It shows a de crease for the month tn round figure* of 229.00 bales The ’element shows re celpt* at ports for the month. CD.tfci agalnat 79M-* laM year; net shipment ovrrlai.fi 22. **22 avalnst W2M lat year. Houthem mill taking*, exduaive of con *umpt|on at Southern outpori*. 111,737, against l>n.SM last yar. InterWtr sto> ks In excess of amnuni* held H#p 1, 121.071 against 1M.945 lasi year American mills have ttken during the month hales against 2&.4M la year, of which by Northern aplnners and (*ar>ada. overland M 72ft against UQ 71; Foreign exports for Heptember were .W. 973 showing a decr#a*e under the s.im‘ (eriod last year of 18,18 Bto<-ks at tle nab ard and the SP had ing Southern Interlrr markets at the close of September, were #99.gM. agalnat 1.DM.311 last i^ear Including stock* left over at tort* and Interior towns from the last crop and th# number of li e* of the new crop brought 'lnto eight during H#neml*er. th# auonlv to dale I* l.tftH.Ml. against 1.727.4b') laat year. FIRST lAgISOS MlljgD. Wat slim Roy and U 111 Yerer Forget Ike Second One. Columbia 8. (’.. (Vi J.—At Rmeavllle Orangeburg county, the would-be ravlah er haa l>een given another never# lesson Six months ago Jim Boyd, w young ne* rro, mad# an Improper remark to a young w'otnan In Roweavllle. He was taken out by clt liens and given two hundred la*h*tv s But the remrdv did not cure him Yes terday, when the family of a very pretty ard estimable young lady were absent from home, nnd she wua in the yard of her house. ’Boyd made an attempt to *e!sc her. The girl fU-d and screamed Bhe ran to neighbors an*l Bovd ma|e his es cape. Bui he w.im porsu*t n*l captured He was taken into the county, btH Instead of fieing lynched, rhe knife was used Then after the negroe'g ear* were m.irk**) h# waa released He may dl*. RIG It 41.1.1 AT lilt I Itfttt ICK. 4 ontrrr.amon llrnotlsy • onaralolot c.l on Hl* flprsrh. Rrunswh k. Ga . Ort. J.-A biff rally was hsld hsts 10-nlffhl under the auspice* of the Yolinff Men’* I>e macro He Club of Glynn Conffremman Rrantlsy w*s the orator of the evenlntr *nd rer-tved an ovation from his loyal ron.riluvnis. It wa lntrodur*>l by President Owen* John ston. Concressman lira nt ley devoted mo*’ or his addres* to trust* and im perialism and delivered one of th* finest rampslffn speeches .ver heard here He was crowded with ronffratulatlon* on th effort anti held a si*.-ntan oti. handshak- Inff rereptlou after It was ovrr An at count of Hie rally and ffrestlna* were sent to the- Iw-mrt-railc Club’s convention in Indfctnapolt* by President Johnaun and et retary C, W Demmln* no 4i;iilmh:h 01 ahuisr. Itrpreaentailse* of Two t ompooles Met fleerelor, l.ooa. Washlnffton, Oct. 2.—Only two of the steel companies were represented at the conference which had hsstt arranard for it ths Naty Department to-t Jay to treat of the subject of naval armor. These were Mr Underman, for the Bethlehem Bteel Company, and Mr Hchwnb for the Cnrnegte company. The Midvale Com pdViy the |owc,t bidder when hid* were last opened for supplying naval armor, sent no rs|M’ca< nt-tlve* to the conference to-dy. It could not Its learned whethr r either of the two minor companies rspre aentedawcrc prepared to offer any belt, r rate* than tho-e set out In their orifflnn! hid*. In view of tills fact, the Secretary of the Navy did not attempt to-dy to reach a decision on Ihe armor question. Harder of lan tllanlnnarlea. Washlnffton, Oet 2 Mr. Ooodnow, oon- Atil ffencral of the I’nl.’ed States at Shanit hal, report* to th* department of stat in Ills dispatch of Au. Si. Just received, the murder of two American missionaries, Ml** Hattie J Mice and Mis* Mary K. Huston, both of tb* China Inland Mis sion, tend station and at Lu Chen*. In Shan SI province It I* urulststood that a slater of Ml** Rice Mi* J. P L-wls. resides at Hartford. Conn . and that Miss Hus ton’* moth-r reside* at Mobile, Ala Both ladle have ■•#.n communicated with on ths sublsct. Marn Company Fall*. Ma-on, Oct 2.—The Macon B*h. Door and I aim her Company failed to-day for 52514X1 Ths osseta are mid to be Itn.ffsi Ths receiver was appointed or s forecloa ure by ths Kxchanffe flank for IlS.tsL. Tn f omman.l Key Heat flint ion. Washlnffton, Oct. 2.—Commander Wil liam H. Kmory. ha, le n orde ed to tem porary duty In 10-nmand of th* naval •tenon at Key West. Fl*. TO INVESTIGATE THE CAMPS. ottm.it* hv m HitniT stTiion- ITIFfI IIF IliriMlM. tenar Mum (mm- Ulif th, Mrlta. llUlMMf.nnr 4 oasis. Cam,. sh.nl4 flint ns Abltabs4—Ortisp Wo. 1.. 11. it lit tl.t- litn.r.nr t'poo Iks 1 Kara'! Mods It* tc<l.n.nit.nn. t'rt.on t nnimlHt.R Will Hrtt la 4 ildmr, Ost. IR to Hror fks Gaos. AI Isnl*. Ort 2 —Tha Prison Cummteslon ro-rtay *•• out ths following ortter rolo rlvs to th* '-har*s mat* bjr J. W. IM ■nonaon nnln*t ths I/Crwn<ls* county au thorltls, bscauar of thr nllßS>l irrsffular- Itirs of thr Mcßrr sonvln ramp. Ths fol lowlny l ths orrlrr: "To thr <’omm!*lonrr* of Rortrli ,nd llrvrnurs or !ownilr* County: "Whrrs*., J. W iCilmonrtson. ■ rltlisn of Rrookfl rounty, ho* prrfrrrod writtsn (-harffrn attain*! ths Ixtwndr* rounty u -thortrls*. s ropy of whFh la hsrsto st tarhrfl. tn which It I* al!a2 that aak! authortliss bass fnllnl. noil aro naalrctin* 10 comply with ths law* of thl* tats, ami ths rule* rraularlna ths control and man ■ incrmrnt* of rllrilrmaanor ronvicta, and ars prrmlttln* and allotarlna many rrUnt nnl and Inhuman art* to hr don* tn con nscrlon with, nnd under color of th# chatnanna of said rounty. ov*r whlrh tbsy havr and should oxsrctes full and com plstr mot ml "You ar*. . hrrrfors. notlflsd to I* and appsar brforr- ths Governor and ths Pris on Commission. In Valdosta. Ga., on tho 15th of Octobrr, Inst., at o'clock a. m., thsn and thrrr to show cause why th# Mr- Ksr mis.lrmianor rhalnasna should not h# ahollshr.t and ths ronvicta thsrsln eon flnsd tflkrn from your custody and con trol and disposed an provided by thr law. "Allen D. Candler. Ths I’rlaon Commis sion of Georala. by Jossph Turner. Chair man." SBMQCTION WIU. IIH Ql IKT. IMstrlet Mts.lonnry t’owfersars— Other Moyernss Note*. Wayeross, Oa , Oct. 2—Th# outlook now point# to a very quiet election day tn Wars county. Hut llttlo Interest la man ifested In the election, a, there I* no con test In thl* ,ounty, for any of th* orth-m. Democracy has a clear field thl* tlm*. and all the nomlnero will he elected without Opt 10*11Ion ll I* predicted that a eery llffht vote will be polled Mr* S. W ffltch. district secretary an nounce* nn Interesttntf prowramm* for ths Distrht Mloslonory Conference lo bo held here Oct. 1. to 12. A sermon will ho delivered by Kev. Mr T. H. Thompson, of Brunswick, and paper, will no read by Mr*. R. O. Nee lay. and Mr*. N F. Cook, th* former treasurer, and the tatter a vie* president of the Houth Georwta Coofse enc* Moctsty. I'rof K. A. Pound will do liver an address on the situation In Chin*. Mayor A M Knlffht ha* called a meet- Ins of cinien* to discus* the question of Kraritlntt franchise* asked for hy h# Way rroaa H'reet and Huhurban Railway. Contractor Geore M Ellteum has 000 to McDonald with * force of hand* to build a large lumber warehouse for J. •. Halley A Cos. ll Will be 10 by W feel, and the workmen wlil be busy on N about eta weeks. Th# Plant Rystem coal chut* Is finished. It hold* 1 •< carloads of coal and la M hy ion feet. It was hullt by Mr. J. D. Weed, the railroad contractor. * - t KfATIthV TROTTKRH' MF-RTT. Twrnty-rlahlh l.slhrrls* Hrsagkl Hot Nome l.oud Talent. Lex Ire ion. Ky.. Oct. 2-Th# twenty elKhth fall meetln* ot the Kentucky Trot ting Association opened to-day. The fea ture was Ihe great Kentucky Futurity for 518.000 for J-year-old*. There were nlno starter* and Frreno. the Walnut Hall farm Ally, owtnd by L. V. Darkness, won in straight heat*. In the second heat Fero no broke the Futurity record by cemtns under the wire In 2:1044. the previous re cord l-lng that made by Cxtasy, laat yar. 2:114. Summary: Kentucky Futurity. 2-year-old*, pure# 518.100. Frr.no won three straiitht heats and race; Busts J. second; I-ady Thlsbo third Time 2:124; 2:104i; 2:12. ThV Tetuieisec, 2X daas, pacing, puree tamo Connor, won t!rt. second and fourth heata nnd race; Will Leyburn sec ond. winning third heat. The Admiral third Time 2;t&4; 2 04: 2; 2:8*4. 2:l* class, trotting, purse 5!,000. Chestnut Ktuff won Aim. s cond and fourth heats and race; Flashlight King sroond. winning third heat. Wauhan thltd. Tima 2:114. 212; 2.124: 3:124- * pi i taolu the Miwbte Pistol. Columbia. 8. 0., Oct. 2—Two white men, named Gr.tttfeV and Johnson, em- P’oyed a: the M-n th m cotton Mill, near Greenville, mot in o a dispute last evening over eome trivial matter. The ready pte <o! was pullel almost simultaneously hy each man nnd shooting began. Both wero wounded, and Granger ta expecsd to dla. 5