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BISHOP TURNER.
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inj.VT.t'S roLOKED BISHOP TALKS
ABOVT AFKICAX EM lOEATIOX.
Be I* a Strong Believer in It—Liberia an In
viting Republie Under Black Huie.
Advantage* Ottered to Immigrant*.
A striking face, large, round and open,
•hitting with benevolence and intelligence
is that of Bishop H. M. Turner. Georgia’s
colored bishop and missionary. It evi
dences the. largeness of heart and individ
uality of character that have made Bishop
Turner a mighty force in the ranks of his
race. Strong and forceful of mind and ot
body, he is a man who would attract at
tention in any gathering.
He has led an interesting life. It has
been divided between his labors among the
people of h’s race in the southland and
the Datives of Liberia. He is a man with a
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PRESIDENT J. JAMES CIIEFSEMAN.
mission and a purp-e* and is working
steadfastly to ene en 1. The uplifting of
his race and their improvement in morals
and society has l>een his life purpose.
There is perhaps no colored man tn the
United Htat s better informed as to the
condition of his race in this country than
Is Bishop Turner. And there are but few
men who kn w n. >re about the condition of
the negro the world over than he. He has
spent mu-h «f his life in Liberia and has
studied its life, advantages and disadvan
tages.
He has hut recentlv returned from a mis
sionary e-»nv ntk-n at Cleveland, 0., where
he went to further the cause of missions.
A little over a year ago he returned to
Atlanta trom Liberia, where he had spent
some time. Ispeaking of uis trip to Africa,
he said:
"I return d fr m Africa on the 11th of
June la-t year. or.* year from this past
June. Hut pr»»vid» nee permitting. 1 shall
start ag in upon another African voyage
next February. That is a very rough time
to go. as 1 would have to cross the Bay
ot Biscay, that terribly angry section of
the ocean during th-’ month ot March. If 1
should be e mpelled to go by England or
Hamburr. G-rmauiy; but I trust we v. fl!
have a st-: m-r plying between Savannah,
Ga„ and Monrovia, I ale-ria. Africa, before
tha; time, which will be a gnat conveni
ence, as it will make the distance la-tween
here and Africa, about 3.L0 miles,
instead of about 7,<mv miles, which
is the distance byway of Eng
land or Germany. You know it is
but a short distance from America
to Africa in a direct line. Must people
believe taut Africa ta> almost un lae other
Bide of creation, whereas it is but a bit
further than from Atlanta to Ban Fran
cisco, Cat. But it’ you are forced to cross
the ocean twice to g-t to Africa once, it
makes quite a difference in the distance.”
•’Why do you visit Africa, so frequently?”
•'Because I am the bishop of Africa, so
far as the African Methodist Episcopal
church is concerned. We have seventeen
mission stations in Liberia, not all supplied
with ministers, however, and about twelve
or thirt n in Sierra iasme, where we have
some excellent congregations, and several
intelligent preachers, and if 1 had the mon
ey ana ministers io supply the demand I
could organise conferences all aiou„ the
African coast, beginning at Goree and ter
minating at Cape Colony. 1 have let
ters at my home urging me to come to
Bathust, Aera, Gold Coast. Lagos. C >ngo
and other leaves and establish our church.
You see they like the name cf our church,
because Africa is prefixed to its title, and
there are no people U|»jn earth devoid of
the gospel, who desire it as much as the
heathen African—not so much lor its moral
izing virtue, as for the idea, which the
Afri-xtn entertains that Christianity en
lightens and eh-vates mankind. The Af
rican feels the •! of something to make
him great and command lhe respect of the
ino.-e advanced nations an I h>* believes that
Christ.asilty is that something.
••Ilf course I mean a large jtortion of such
heathen Africans as have seen and learned
of the higher r suits of Christian civiliza
tion in a material sense; such as steam
ships. machinery ami the manufactory of
guns, i->i «>f • very description, clothing
of every ia!»ric, watches, clot ks. pr.ntiag
presses, railroads as: such like. There
are no heathen upon the face of the globe
who are more anxious for the gospel and
ni-»rc susceptible • its provisions and vir
tue's than the hen hen African, as the Af
ricans are not pagans, but are the children
of * t:;.-er itioa: a: .1 the principles of super
stition and «’hr U tv. Loth being ab
stract, sustain a • br»-r proximity than
pagan. ~m and Clir tiamty.
•A o-i say you xp"-<1 a line of steamers
will l»* plying - on I-tween Savannah and
Monrovia. Li. ria? Is there any project
of that kind materializing?”
“Yes. sir: the International Migration So
ciety. charter-.-! by the laws of Alabama,
with h alq- -rt. rs at Birmingham, Ala.,
is hard at w rk in that direction, and I
think will have a steam“r running between
here and Africa in a few months at the
most. Ali t«i> efforts put forth by colored
men hate proved al««rtlve, such as th •
Kev. Gaston's •teamship line, which has
caused so mr: h gttation here in Atlanta,
let Mr. Gaston. I must say to bis credit,
could have pr.o a.- 4 lhe ship easily enough
had bls followers been able to have raised
the accessary m -ney. For the Eider
liempster Ship Company, 1! Castle street,
Liverpool. Englatd, would have furnished
Jim with the snip or ships, as they prom
ised to do for m«. had 1 accepted of their
terms. Air>. th- plans of It v. D. E. John
son. of Ban Antonio. Tex., for the •stablt-h
--ment of a steamship lit •, have fallen
through, for the want of financial ability.
an>! another project in New Orleans and in
Philadelphia have terminal I in th same
•way. But as white no n are about to take
h<.!d of the matter, who are m re familiar
with busin- *s methods. I hope the si heme
will be successful. I received a letter ujmci
tny arrival home from a very distinguished
White gentleman, of West Siiminit, N. J.,
who informs me that he is trying to organize
* capital of B'l.drt.WO to run a line of st< tim
ers between southern jr«rts and Afrit a. to do
a large commercial business and for the im
migration of su<-h persons, white or col
ore't, as may desire to move to that great
eontini nt. I have lieen trying tor years to
get the south< ro shite p<- :>le to start such
a line; but having failed to Arouse our
•ou'hcm whitei I tried New York, and fail
ed there, also. I thin went to England
and tried there, but they fed tne up on
promises. It njifHmrw, howev r. that some
of the white friends are about to lake h< !d
of it here, at h-»me. an-! th- men who do,
will be in possession of a bonanza. For
if Europe can keep 171 steamers hugging
the shores of Africa throngh white agents,
the south, with the ai l of the black man.
Indigenous to the climate, as its agent,
could easily enough keep twice the number
•nd Dake the negro a millionaire; and the
white* who invest their murny, billionaires.
For Africa is not only the richest division
of the globe, but will yet be the paradise
of the world. 1 may say. however, and
1 do not believe I speak egotistically, that
had 1 engaged in the African steamship
j>ro,!>!Ct in jierson, 1 would have had at least
one steamship on the high seas, running to
and fro to Africa. Fur several whites
and thousands of colored have offered to
invent their money if 1 would take hold of
It and manage the whole affair, but as a
nigt. functionary in my chu.cl:, and believing
that to my church 1 owe supreme allegi
ance, 1 could not consistent with my con
scieuee leave the pulpit at my age to en
gage in such an experimental enterprise,
however commendable.”
••You are in favor of the negroes emi
grating to Africa, Ib< lieve? Dj you be
lieve it is to the interest ot the negro to
leave their white fiienus here in the south,
with whom th< y were born and reared, and
go off on a wild goose chase in search ot
a country and a ciimt.ie to which they a»e
not adapted? l*o you not think your policy
would be cruelly to lhe colored people?”
“Yes, sir; 1 uni an African etuisrationist.
1 favor it, because 1 bedeve Cod doea, and
1 believe that all these lynchings and strifes
between white and colored is the voice of
the Eternal, telling the negro to 'get up and
get,’ and that the outrages which you
white people charge us w.th perpetrating
ui»on your wives and daughters, are telling
you to assist such as are not able t » g*
if they desire. This abnormal condition
ot things niir t have a signiticanc-, and
white and black would do well to study it,
not in reciprocal prejudice and hate, but in
the light of sr-ciological phiknophy. Such
abnormal occurrinces do not happen in the
history of nations for naught. The power
of sin and satau is not on the increase in
this world, but oa lhe decrease, and no
pessimist can muke me believe that mai
lers and things in the r.gnegate i:r grow
ing worse; they are growing better, and
these lop-sided freaks, win n studied and in
terpret d, point to a remedy, if men will
sober dawn «>nd search lor that rem
edy; and the n me iy for the great evil about
which so much is written and said, is to
provide some pi n for the s: o-reliant ne
gro io get to the .'and of his ancesirj, and
build up a country of his own, and work
out a destiny that -.wll Law a reformatory
effect upon the lower strata cf his race.
But 1 do u»t favor all tne colored people
leaving th: - country enmasre. There are
at.-vut • oiM not i.i a condition to go any
where. Tney need to remain under the dic
tum ot lhe while man for the next hun
dred years; but there are three or four
million ot sufficient manhood, self reliance
and have sufficient sense and the power ot
application to build up a civilized nation and
Intelligently manipulate It, and thus secure
r«*sjxet for the negro race from one cud of
lhe world to the other. Beside that was
lhe purjiose of God in permitting the negro
to b- brought to this country; slavery was
simply a manual laboring school, and the
negro is now in his senior year in the ex
ercise of his locomotive freedom, and just
as fast as he graduates and secures the
diploma of self-reliance he ought to start
back to Africa, and this nation ought to
help him to get back. You speak about my
< niigrational }>oiicy being cruel. 1 do not
see it in that light. Hundreds of thousands
of white p.-opie have gone into Africa and
they are going « v< ry day and hour yet, and
they live, and thousands gel rich and re
turn io Europe to spend the remainder of
Ufeir lives in luxury. People I’ve much
longer in Africa than they do in the United
Stales, an<i what is called the African fever
*.<>ie i tn“-i, leading -t. ml I l.k** to read the let’ 1
Bath. J tl" 'our: ; very n:a**!i.
I n l V.» papi i.a 'H a. her He pn ebes at I
f * iii'.i. ii. • f-rv smiit.j t.airiiing and muht.
1 . .. d-iriiiitr Lille -'i>l- r’n it.ied bii.-ie; >he died
Bbie t«nw<''!>- ago, and yon ti ay know lur
1 to in kes us all feel '• r?
, ami II tbeqtiect; .11 a-kCli by Pearl Ivey has no
■■ant an- v, :c<L. I vill an.-wi r it.
f I Til.. dy.iig moid- oi lie, e.al Wolfe were: <
I (i.al l.<- pi ii'e.l. I <l'.e happy.”
hd I • I'an i.iyof t!-<-•• ii-.i.s tel! mh.it is the st
sake, eet ndlit-.ry sirongimhl in Hie world?
bra '
• the ,Ta!ia I.rake. <h!..n<|o. >'a I neve- had tlf
aus'.y age t«» write a letter to the Noting l<> ks’
'“‘Juo eq v u’-" 1
j souorno.i ..tn i<> .>■.:«• ut «*avc gone
tnere and died in a few Weeks, just as Hun
dreds would do if they would go ten miles
in lhe country to live from Savannah or
Charleston; and you must r member that
nearly uli the colored people who have
gone to Africa have settl'd upon the sea
coast, amidst swamps, lagoons and low
lands, subject to the ebb and How of the
ocean. Just us soon as immigrants shall
tiegin to go back into toe interior and set
tle upon lhe highlands there will be a radi
cal change in the reports of the health of
Africa?”
••Ho many cf the colored people desire to
return to Africa, and what do the colored
leaders say about it?”
“Yes, sir; there are about two million
who believe that the future of the race
de|>ends upon returning to Africa and build
ing up a great negro nationality and estab
lishing a civilization of thgir own, and 1
believe it would i»- an improved civilizatian.
1 believe it f <r many reasons, nut 1 will only
it<miixe o|i<, for instance: Liberia, on the
west coast of Africa, is what you would
denominate a negro nation. You know that
l.ib sri-1 was estabiish.-d by ex slaves from
lhe United States. It ins a sea frontage
ot U*» miles an t runs back into the interior
iiVl miles. It lets a president, a 1 gisjp.ture
or c.mgress, supremo court and other judi
ciary. and Is model- d after the United States
and .here is not a barroom in the
republic; not a voice can lie heard except
Hie minister’s on th' Sabbath day. beyond
,i little conversation. Xeariy every house
has the Liberian flag flaunting on a pole
for that purpose in the yard in front of
Uie house, and the Sabbath is observ’d so
punctiliously that it is said that chick, n
roosters will not crow till they steal off to
some private place. I was r< proved by Gen
eral Robert A. Sherman, who was born in
S-'.annah, <la., in reff, and went to Liberia
in is-*?, for laug! ii’.p too loud on his front
piazza on the Sabbath day, bishop as I
wa’. Why the Liberians hang out the
national flag in front of neatly every house
on the Sabbath day, I did not learn, and I
was ashamed to ask. For if you show your
self too simple they will look at one an
other and twitch their eyes and flash a
siiiil**-**
“What relation do you sustain to Liberia
in this country?”
"I am the consular representative of the
I.ii.ciian g vernment to ’he United States
government, am! my tetrir-ry extends from
Baltimore to the Rio Grande, but m;. diplo
matic r- sponsibilities have n it amomib-d to
v ry much up to lhe present; therefore. 1
have not hung out the Libcrian flag in front
4f my residence as my position demanus.
W hen 1 g -t a little nvoe basin' ss to tl uis
a t ami bi 'Hie a ft tor of more resprisi
bility, 1 will lift the flag of the nation 1
nr: representing, as ti’ ■ United .Stales flag
nan s in front <4 cur consul general's office
tn Liberia, every 'lay.”
•’Would the colored people of this coun
try receive a welcome in Africa and es
pe< -iii> in Lib ria'.”
•’O. y, s; they woui 1 be cor-linlly welcom. 1
ai.yv. I.- ie in Africa tiny might choose to go.
The I’hris’tirui negro, ami especially tho a
wno are skilled laborers, are wanted every
where. as w -II as prof' sional men, such
us doctors, lawyers, minist* rs of the gos
p I. school teachers and especially land
surveyors, carpenters, Orick m.i -is. !• ..is-
< k and -a hnu k Howt ver,
I c.-iii answer your question better by letting
you copy a I< tier which 1 have just received
from President Uhei. man, cf the Liber.an
republic. It aiqiears that a large number
ot letters have been receiv'd by him from
colon i people m the United States, pro-
I"jui >1 ng :nt« rrogat-c ics as to the resources
of the »■ iiintry of v.hieh he is the chief ex
ecutive. ami he scuds me lhe following let
ter for publicath'ii, amt ’ would l»e glad to
Ji.iVe you publish it for the b netit of many
who d,» not take my paper nor any other
col »red p iper. President Cheeseman is a
scholarly man, a far-seeing states:nan.__a
Baptist minister, though not a pastor of
any church; a Christian gentleman and a
min of i xtraordiary rciinement. He has
be n elected to the presidency the second
time, and may be elected again. He Is
: rupulomdy and his word
can be relied upon:
Inquiries an.-word by his excellency, J. J.
Ch'-eseman. presid nt of Liberia, Africa.
Executive Mansion, Monrovia. Liberia,
May 25, IS34.—My Dear Sir: X am in re-
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. AUGUST 13, 1894,
celpt of several letters fr m colored per
sons living in various parts of the United
States, asking me many questions about
Liberia and the advisability of coming to
Africa. As it is impossible for me to an
swer them separately, 1 b.-g that you will
have this letter pirtdished as an answer
to my correspondents.
of the many questions asked I have made
selection of the following and will answer
them in their order:
1. Are there horses in Africa?
2. Are there cattle in Africa?
3. Is the soil in Liberia fertile?
4. Are the natives savage?
5. Is it necessary to M ing rifles to defend
one's self against the attack of the na
tives?
ti. Can one make a living there?
7. Can land be obtained in the Interior?
K Is it necessry to organize an exploring
party to go into the interior?
The answers to the above are as follows:
1. Yes; there are splendid horses in lhe
interior.
2. Yes; there are cattle in abundance and
of various species.
3. Soil is all that can be desired and com
pares favorably with any soil on the globe.
4. The natives are not savage and are
under perfect.government control.
5. You may bring rifles or shotguns to
sbeot game in the interior, not men. Should
it become at any time necessary to send
Alt armed force against any native tribe
the government will supply improved arms
from Its armory.
tl. An Indus.rious man can make a living
anywhere in the world—a lazy man is a
nuisance in any community.
7. Land can be obtained without cost, as
the government gives free to every family
twenty-live acres, and to single adult ten
acres. You can buy very cheap as much
land as you desire; average price of un
cultivated public lands is $1 per acre.
K You ne-’d not organize to explore the
country, only bring working tools and
niunev to support yourself wnile you are
bu'Mi’ng a house to live in. Atter you will
h ”i -• ttle i yourself if you desire to travel
through the country you are at liberty to
do so, and if you just mind your business
no one will molest you.
Immigrants who arrived here lately are
c iiL<ui I and gone hard to work, of
cour • there are one or two who, I suppose,
would LJt be contented if they were put
in as good a place as heaven —their rest
1. ->•:!>• .j and ingratitude would urge them
to nqu re if a better place can be found.
The old settlers are glad at ail times to
receive Immigrants and render what heip
they < m to make them comfortable and
contented.
The government wants about ?.0O good
nun or families to open a new settlement
in Cape I’almas. Soeclal care will be
taken of them. Any person or persons in
tending <’ ming for the new .settlement at
Uape Painias will give their names to
Hisiiop Turner and he will give them a
paper to that effect, which they will pre
s nt to the immigration agent at Monrovia.
(Mr. It. T. Sherman, Monrovia.)
i'he government has no time to refute
lhe many falsehoods told about Liberia.
Ad the government asks is for the negroes
of every land to conic and see for them
selves. We do not promise you will find
large and populated cities like London,
Paris, New York or Charleston, but we
promise you that you will find towns and
villages built up by negroes who are striv
ing hard to gi t what makes a great people
—wealth and intelligence. Yours truly,
J. JAMES UHEESEMAN.
To Rt. Rev. Bishop H. M. Turner,
Atlanta. Ga., U. S. A.
A FEA KI < L WRECK.
Twelve Were Kilted on the Rock Island
Hoad ami Many Injured.
Lincoln, Neb.. August 9.—The northbound
Rock Island passenger train was wrecked
on a high bridge between four and five
miles south of here shortly after 10 o’clock
tonight. Seven persons are known to have
been killed, live of them being burned to
death.
The I.ntest Report.
Lincoln, Neb., August 10. —It was long af
ter daylighf besot« the burning Idle at th*
scene of last Slight's frightful railroad
wre -k nad Hiifticiently cooled to allow the
gruesome work of removing the debris and
si arch for the victims to begin. The cor
rected list of dead and injured Is as fol
lows:
I.lst of the Dead.
C. D. ETANNAP!’, conductor, St. Jo
seph, Mo.
IKE DEPEW, engineer. Council Bluffs,
lowa.
WILLIAM CRAtG, fireman, Fairbury.
W. o. HAMULE, farm r, Jansen or Fair
bury, Neb.
JOSEPH MYNGBR, farmer, Fairbury,
Neb.
E. 11. ZKERNECKE, abstractor, Lincoln,
Neb.
HENRY PETEItS, Omaha. Neb.
L. I>. MATTHEWS, traveling man, Oma
h... Neb.
DK. C. N. BIRNEY. Council Bluffs, la.
E. IL MYERS, traveling man, Kansas
City, Mo.
A. B. ABEE, Insurance agent, Pawnee
City,. Neb.
J. N. BEAVER, clothier, Pawnee City,
Neb.
Ali the abov • were buried in the wreck
and so badly burned as to be almost un
recognizable.
The Injurea.
H. C. Foote. J. C. McDowdl, A. Well
born, F. T. Scott, C. 11. Cherry, E. H.
B’ll, Mrs. Nellie M. Firtz, John Ruther
ford, J. u. Puetz, Colonel C. J. Bills. None
of their injuries ar serious.
Everything today points to the fact that
the train was deliberately wrecked. Clti
clals of 'h< Rock Island railroad will ac
cept no other theory, and have offered a
reward of fL'uO for Ur capture of the mis
creants. The 4ish plates were removed with
a crowbar, which was found, witn V ie
plates, in the tali grass mar ’he burned
bridge. The rail was left in place, ro that
th engineer was unable to discover the
dastardly work.
DASHED TBROIGH THE PILE.
Hoxv » Brave Engineer Thwarted the
" Plans of Train-Wreckers.
Cleveland, O„ August 7.—Lake Shore ex
press train No. 12, arriving from the west,
puffed into the union station this morning
after having enjoyed a most thrilling expe
rience on the plains of Indiana. An at
tempt was made late last night to hold
up the train at Kessler, Ind., upon the
identical spot that the train was held up
last f il. The ’rain was just approaching
a split switch at Kessler when the engineer
noticed that the switch was turned so
as to run the train on the riding. A tig ob
struction of ties and lumber was piled upon
the siding a few rods ahead ol his engine.
The obstruction did not appear to be im
passable ami the engine t put on all the
steam and dashed through the pile, passing
safely on to the main line through lhe
split switch at a high rate of speed.
As the train passed the obstruction *the
engineer noticed a group of masked men
ami as the engine cleared the track ot all
ob. taeles the would-be highw iyiren tired
se. oral shots Into the tram none of which,
however, took effect.
The Unit'd States express car was at
tached to the train ami had on board a large
amount of money, it is thought that this
was known to the desperadoes who ut
tempted to hold up the train. Their disap
pointment in m»t carrying out their plans of
, topping lhe train was evinced in their tir
ing of shots Winn they saw that their
plans iiad been foiled by the boldness < f
li.e engineer in dashing through Jie heap
of ties upon lhe track.
IT WAS AX ELOPEMENT.
Congrensmiin Harris's Daughter In n
Itoniiiiitic Affair.
Hagerstown, Md., August s.—Miss Lavinia
L. Harris, the young ami attractive daugh
ter of Congressman Harris, of Kansas, was
quietly jnarried here today to Wade I>. Bon
h muon, proprietor of a livery stable at
Luray, Va. Miss Harris has been attend
ing school at Luray and during this season
was spending the summer there. Some
ttm< ago she met Bonhannon, with whom
she formed a close friendship,which repened
Into love. Saturday, when Miss Harris re
ceived a letter calling her to Washington,
she notified her affianced and an elope
ment was arranged ami carried out. The
couple reach'll Hagerstown late Saturday
night and were married in the parlors at
the Baldwin house, the ceremony being
p. riorim d by Rev. Dr. 8. W. Owimis, ar
rangements having been made by tele
graph.
POOR LI IIUNG CHANG.
THE I'lll‘j:lion t>l VESTS HIM OF HIS
XELI.OIV HIDIXII CO A E,
Also, II is I’encock l eal her—The Late Kn
gagemvnt Between tile Chinese mid
Japanese—lhe Japs liepuUed.
Shanghai, August 12,-The Japanese
squadron that attacked Wei Wai Wei Fil
day, consisted vs twenty-six vessels. It i.->
not definitely known how many of the
fleet were men of war. The warships drew
up in line of battle off the port ami opened
fire early Friday morning. There were m«
Chinese warships in the vicinity and the
engagement was entirely between the Japa
nese men of war and the forts. The where
abouts of the Chinese fleet was unknown.
The forts, h'owever, were able, without
much difficulty, to repulse the att.uk.
About fifty shots were exchanged but no
material damage was done on cither side.
The soldiers manning the guns of the for
tifications showed themselves to be la
mentably deficient in marksmanship. Most
all of their shots were ill-directed, the
shells either falling short of the vessels
aimed at or going wide of their marks
When the fleet withdrew it proceeded to
Port Arthur, which place it attack?'! Fri
day evening. Little, if any. damage was
done at this latter place. The operations
are regarded as having been n »t attempts
to capture either Wei Wai Wei or I ort
Arthur, but simply a ruse on the part ol
the Japanese commander to ascertain the
exact position ami strength of tne Chinese
guns at the two places.
On Thursday last two small Chinese S’ 1 ’ 1 *
boats were sighted going at full speed in
the direction of Tlen-Tsin.
Chitns'K Rifle Facfory Burned.
San Francisco, August 12.—News from
Hankow, China, is that a great calamity
has befallen tho Viceroy Chang, of Hu
Kuang, in the total loss of the rifle factory
which he had just completed ut Han Yung.
The viceroy had been working on this fac
tory for several years, and he expected it
to demonstrate that Chinese workmen
could turn out as good guns as foreigners.
He also exjs'eted to fill large orders lor
the government to supply troops for Corea.
Just at this time some workmen who had
been discharged, set fire to the buildings
and they were destroyed, ami all the cost
ly machinery ruined. The buildings would
not have burned had the viceroy followed
his architect’s advice, but he insisted on
using wooden bearings and supports for
the roof instead of iron. The flames spread
so rapidly that nothing could be saved,
and in four hours the great works were a
heap of ashes, The total loss will reach
$1,000,W0. It Is doubtful if the viceroy will
be able to raise funds for rebuilding the
works, as he met with great opposition
from those who hate all European Inno
vations.
Discipline of the Japanese.
A Chemulpo correspondent gives a
graphic account of the way over 12.000
Japanese troops were landed at that, port
early In July within four days. The troops,
he said, were admirably equipped and un
der perfect discipline. Boats from the
cruisers in the harbor and hired transports
landed the men, work going on by night
under the powerful searchlights of the men
of war. The troops brought everything
they i iild possibly need, including kindling
wood and the materials for an army tele
graph line.
About half the force was pushed on to
ward Be >ul, where it took possession of all
the commanding positions near the capital.
This move will cost China dear if she at
temi is to capture Seoul. The remaining
troops went Into camp near Cl emu’po,
whi’h the Japanese eng net rs fortified in
S(i-!’'l.lc style. All the forriiuMu s rteie
struck with the perfect discipline of the
Japanese.
Took I.i’s Peacock Feather.
London, August 12.—The Shanghai corre
spondent of the Central News has been
able to obtain from an official Chinese
source a full confirmation of the report that
Li Hung Chang had been reproved and de
graded by the emperor for dilatoriness in
prosecuting the war. The correspondent
says:
•'Th'* emperor expressed his displeasure nt
the backward disposition of the soldiers,
censured Li Hung Chang for remissness,
and in a secret decree deprived him of the
yellow coat and the pe.ecock feather and
reduced him in rank three degrees.
•‘Nevertheless Li Hung Chang retains of
fice. and, inasmuch as he has been given
entire charge of the naval and military
for. es, enjoys all the privileges of victory.”
The correspondent says .the incident is
entirely comprehensible to anybody con
versant with Chinese customs.
In British naval circles the Japanese at
tacks upon VVei-hai-Wei and Port Arthur
are regarded as daring to rashness and the
jrluek of the Japanese is praised unsiinting
ly. The attacks are compared to a suppo
sitious attack by the British upon Toulon.
Wel-hai-Wei and Port Arthur have ex
ceedingly strong defense. Moreover, ac
cording to the testimony of Captain Lang
and others conversant with the facts, the
Chin<-.-” are ogpert torpedoists and gunners.
It is assumed that the Japanese attack is
part ot' a scheme ;o keep the Chinese fleet
in the gulf of Fe-clu-Li, While Japan
pours troops into Corea.
WAR ON CURN ISLAM).
Four Men Were Killed and Four
Others Wounded.
New York, August 12.—The schooner
George W. Whitford arrived today from
Corn island with a full cargo of eoeoanuts
for L. Schepp, which will be discharged at
the foot of Visey street. New York. The
Whitford was at Corn island during the dis
turbances which commenced about July
4th or sth. last, and resulted in the 1 illiug
of two men and the wounding of two oth
ers. One ot the latter was the se-rotary of
the governor of the island. A-.- o:dmg io
the statement of Captain Henuricks, the
ibtficulty arose out of a claim made by an
English lawy r from Jamaica mtd Rus
sell to the title of some kind at Corn is
land. Russell presented his papers which
were written in English, to Governor Mi-xi
mo Diaz, who is a Spaniard, and was vna
bl. • to read them, but having imiimiti >n ot
their contents toie them in pieces b lore lie
could bo prevented. Russell then raised such
a disturbance that the gov rnor, having no
one present but nis secretary, became
alarmed and sent to the mainland for as
sistance. In answer to his r quest a beat
tilled with Nicaraguan soldiers appear'd,
ami after landing alt niptod to arrest Bus
sell, who. in th” meantime had . ell eted
several of his acquaintances and re.-ist-.d
arrest. Both parties opened lire and four
of th- soldiers were killed and two of the
soldiers, the governor's secretary and a
merchant of the place were wound d. Both
the latter were shot thniugh 111. high.
DIET ON A < 4 RVE.
Had Wreck on the Ateliison, Topeka
nii«l Santa Fe.
Kansas City. Mo., August 12.—A disastrous
headend collision occurred on the Atchi
son, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad be
tween Hurdland and Gibhs. Mo., at 3::t0
o'clock this morning between express train
No. 5, westbound, and express No. 4, east
bound. resultmg in two trainmen being
killed and several passengers injured and
the engines and combination express and
baggage cars completely demolished.
According to orders the trains were to
have met at Gibbs, and it is alleged that
No. 4 violated orders. The trains met on
a slight curve and came together with
territlic force. Both engineers applied the
air brakes and reversed their engines. As
soon as the passengers and those of the
train crew recovered from the shock they
proceeded to rescue the unfortunate victims.
Engineer Humphreys, of No. 1. was found
at his post with one of his limbs cut off
at the thigh and his head almost split in
two. lie died in a few minutes. Express
Messenger Caplinger was instr.i.i.ly killed.
Vee Derrick, the express messenger and
baggage man, of No. 5. had a very narrow
escape, and his injuries may yet prove
fatal. The momentum forced him through
th. side of the car and landed him on the
embankment about fifty feet away. His
face was mashed to a jelly and his body
terribly cut and bruised.
11 Al) BEEN GIVEN I 1* AS DEAD.
An Old Soldier Rea p pen rs Among;
FrlemlM anti Sutltlenly Di'-wtppei’rs.
Jackson, Tenn., August B.—(Special.)
James Rainey, of this county, who was
supposed to have been dead ami buried thir
ty-one years ago, returned to his home last
Saturday, and mysteriously disappeared
again almost Immediately. He was a young
confederate soldier in the sixties, and en?
listed in tne Sixth Tennessee regiment when
that gallant band went out. At the battle
of Yazoo City, Miss., he was shot through
th” head a.. I left tor dead on the field. Af
ter the battle, when the duty of burying
the dead came, his comrades looked for the
remains of Jim, but he could never be
found, though no one hoped that he had
survived the desperate wound., lhe news
was sent home that he hud been killed in
battle.
Tho years rolled on and father and moth
er went to join the silent majority. Last
Saturday Mrs. Cobb, an aunt of Rainey's,
n" t a wan figure at her door begging for
something to eat. The old lady was at
tracted to the stranger and she scrutinized
him < losely and recognized him. She called
him by name. He started visibly, but stout
ly denied his identity. He was pressed, and
finally acknowledged his name. He had
walked up accidentally upon his old aunt.
He had a wild look, and with an effort
seemed to rather his wandering reas.m
biilficiently to ask about his mother and
father and broth’”- ' friends of his early
life. He was told that in a little while his
uncle would arrive, and that he should be
driven over to his brother’s, near by, but
he exhibited much restlessness, and said
that he would walk across the meadow to
wnert| he was told a cousin E v ed. Against
the protests of his old aunt, who was over
joyed at seeing him, he started off alone.
This was the lust seen or heard of him
around there. A little while afterward
some one went over to the houtte where he
was supposed to have gone, but Jim had
not been there. Men immediately began to
scour the country, hoping to find him, but
as yet no trace has been found of him.
While at the Cobb residence he toid the
family that he had been in the penitentiary,
but it is believed that he has spent the long
years in an asylum, having been demented
by the effects of the shot in his head.
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A DIEMCAN DUEL.
A Congreasinti» KiHm the Chief of the
Stump Department.
City of Mexico, August 10.—In a duel with
pistols last evening Henor Jose Verastugui,
chief of the government stamp department,
was killed by Francisco Romero, a well
known congressman. The seconds of Ve
rastugui were Apolianaio Costillo, president
of the Mexican senate and editor of El
I’artido Liberal, and Ramon Prida, a con
gressman and editor of El Univer.->al. The
seconds of Romero were Seuor Barrolo, a
Spaniard, and General Lanro Carillo, ex
governor of Chihuahua and a member of
the senate. The duel was the result of
a quarrel over a woman and occurred
shortly after 4 o’clock, near the American
cemetery, on the outskirts of the city.
On the first fire Verastugui fell, with a
ball through his heart, and the body was
taken to the police station.
The affair has creat ’d a huge sensation
in government social circles, and is the
most notable duel which has occurred in
the republic fur a dozen years. The quar
rel started Wednesday afternoon and was
so warm that challenge, acceptance and
date were at once attended to.
It is exp -ti ff that ihe duel will put an
eli vli.LH* i . 4 ULTwi> mx* i.i*e * title of uu-
eling in Mt xico, and may result in the
enactment of new and stringent laws
against meetings on the field of Honor.
There are seven duels on the tapis in this
city at present. All the principals are
prominent men, three of them being mem
bers of the national congress and the oth
ers well-known business men. Personal
misunderstandings of different kinds are
the cause in each ease.
TEE TARRING OF TARSNEY.
Deputy Sheriff VI ilson Confesses and
Implicates Others.
Denver, Col., August 7.—The News today
says that Joseph R. Wilson, the El Faso
county deputy sheriff, who was captured by
Adjutant General Tar. ney in Missouri, has
made a lull confession and given to Chief
ot' Police Armstrong the names of all the
men connected with the outrage committed
in Colorado Springs a few weeks ago. He
confirmed the story that the murderer from
El Paso county jaU was allowed to help
put the tar and feathers on Colorado’s ad
jutant general. According to Wilson’s
story those engaged in the disgraceful en
terprise were Sheriff Bowers, his deputy
sheriff, Bob Mullins; Captain Saxton, of
troop A; Sergeant Bancroft, of troop A;
Dtputy Sheriff J. R. Wilson. Deputy Quack
enbush, of Sheridan county; Walter Crum
ley, "Shorty” Allen, Smith Shellenbarger
and perhaps one or two others, including
a woman.
The police now have three confessions—
those of Wilson, Parker and the prisoner in
’IK- El Paso jail, who is being held as u wit
ness to a murder committed in Cripple
C“eek. These qien wiil all be brought be
fore the grand jury, now sitting in Colo
rado Springs. Chief of Police Armstrong
confirms the report that Wilson made a
full confession, as stated in The News.
Tarsuey Fined.
Colorado Springs, Col., August 7. —Adju-
tant General Tarsney was fined $250 and
costs by Judge Campbell today for con
tempt of court in refusing to appear before
the grand jury at once and testify regard
ing the outrage of which he was the vic
tim.
EXPLORERS OF THE ARTIC.
A Party Arrives sit St. John's from
Labrador.
St. John’s, New Found!:!nd. August 12. —
The steamer Grand Lake arrived from Lab
rador yesterday and brought i-n American
hunting and xploring party, consisting of
Messrs. Llneawea . or, T. nny, Talus and
Root, who were landed from th a steamer
Miranda, carrying the Cook arctie e .peai
tion. Th y report that other exploring par
ties were north of them. The r'.eamer re
ports quantities of ice along the coast. The
captain still thinks that the whole northern
so i is covered with icebergs, lendering arc
tie exploration very dangerous, it is re
ported that the schooner Princess Alice,
v.itn three of the crew, has been lost.
for DESEI It VI ING THE SABBATH.
Poiiuiist Speakers Vi ere Arrested in
Jnd inns polls 1 esteri’ii y.
Indianapolis, Ind., August i2.—Leroy Tem
pleton, the populist eanuidate for governor
in 1:92, Philip liappaport, editor of The
G rm.tn Tribune, daily, a socialist publica
tion; ••Colonel” All. n Jennings, late of
Coxey's army and just home Iron Wash
ington, and Thomas Jefferson Gilligan were
arrested tonight in West Indianapol’s, a
suburb of lilts city, by Marshal Perry and
taken to the county jail on a eharg ■ of dcs
cera'ing the Sabbath by ra iking populist
speeches. The poj Pisis wore warned ry the
marshal this afternoon that the night meet
ing would not b. permitted, but they paid
no attention to th? warning.
Found Dead by the Track.
Jacksonville, Fla., August 12.—This morn
ing two unknown negroes wore found dead
by the side of the Florida Central and
Peninsular railroad track about four miles
front this city. The heads of the negroes
were crushed in on top, but there were no
other marks of violence. It is said that
they were the negroes who so brutally as
saulted Policeman Dillon lust night. It is
supposed that they board’d an outgoing
freight train in order to escape and were
thrown off by the trainmen.
FOOLED bFa FORGED TELEGRAM.
Virginia Politicians* Allow Theinstelve*
to He Taken in Estsiiy.
Bristol, Tenn., August 11.— (Special.)—lt 13
rumored here that Judge H. S. K. Morison,
of Scott county, Virginia, who was nomi
nated fur congress by the democrats of
the ninth Virginia district, will decline the
nomination. The report though has nut
been verified. It is also reported, and on
reliable authority, that a forged telegram
from the county seat of Dickenson county
authorized her votes to be east against
James W. Marshall.
The Bristol Courier came out in a lengthy
editorial this morning exposing the forgery
and will come out tomorrow morning giving
names. The affair is the subject of mucn
comment. The p.ujser claims Liat Maishail
would have been nominated on the first
ballot with Dickenson’s four votes not
counted, wnile able legal talent say that
Marshall had tb have a majority of tne
votes in the district. Marshall received 92
votes and 91 were required to nominate.
ENDORSED BRkAA.
The Omaha Jacksonian Club Stuuda
Ip to Bryan for the Senate.
Omaha, Neb., August 12.—(Special.)—The
Omaha Jacksonian Club, the leading demo
cratic organization ot .xeuruska, passed a
resolution at Rs meeting last mgm, enaors
ing W. J. Lryan lor the Limed States
senate, and pledging its members to vote
for no candidate fur the legislature who is
not pledged for Bryan. ,
This club is composed of some of the
most prominent men of the state and is
conservative on the silver question. The
endorsement was a surprising triumph lor
Bryan.
Altgcld to Springer.
Springfield, ill.. August 12. —Governor k.ll
- tonight wired Hon. W. M. Springer,
house ut representatives. Vvusaington, aS
follows:
•’Secure free sugar if possible The whole
American people are interested in this. Free
bituminous coal could only be for the bt n--
lit of New England and the seaprrt towns
and help a f”‘„ men wno own lareiga n u.es.
fli emu country west cf New fork ear.*
nothing about it, for our soft _oul is now
soli ut starvation prices *or <he miners.”
SOL I iIhRJS NE B o' AO7 A6'.
The Raleigh Chronicle says that Mr. H.
Fv nnel. ol Wilkes, on his seventy-third
birthday, on the 14th instant, cut and
shocked forty shocks of wheat from dinner
time till night, and was still as fresh and
active as a buy.
There are thirty-six postofflees of the
presidential class in North Carolina. The
salaries of some are changed. Increased—
Charlotte, $2,G00 to $2,700; Concord, $1,500 to
$1,600; Shelby, H,000 % to $l,loo; Statesville,
$1,7V0 to sl,Buo.
A correspondent wrnes The Raleigh News
that there is no truth in the statement that
eight men are to be hanged in Montgomery
county next month. There is not one on
the list of that distinction. There hasn’t
been a hanging in Montgomery in twenty
live years.
Near Brenham, Tex., a horse created a
sensation by walking into a church while
service was going on. The animal was,
with difficulty driven from the building.
A negro, whose name Is Robert Powell,
and who lives at Campville, a station on
the Florida Central and Peninsular rail
road, about eight miles from Rochelle,
claims to have invented a perpetual motion
machine.
A farmer from Wayne county. North
Carolina, says he has heard twenty tar
mers in tb.it county say that so tine are
their crops thal
for tl. :r cotton ti.CpV' i'i«» . —L— <~, infrw
their debts.
The jailer of Clinton county, Kentucky.
has a bloodhound which is a remarkable
animal, although quite young. The dog
was recently sent to Missouri to ferret
out a murderer. A man, named Foley,
had been assassinated in a field near
East Prairie, in that state, and the dog
took the trail of the murderer and tracked
him down.
One of the liveliest men in the little city
of Dycusburg, Ky., is Lark Hard. His
friendliness extends not only to human
kind, but the domestic animals seem to
understand and appreciate his sunny dis
position. He ha -a trained cat that read
ily answers “mew” to his question, that
hands out his left foot when the left hand
is called for, and the right when it is
wanted; he can c unt five, and do other
Intelligent thing Then Larkin has a
ro»wter that has l ”en trained to crow, to
play dead, to feel despondent and to tell
his politics.
AN ASSYRIAN BIiEIZ-
A People Where Origin Is T.ost In th®
Past and Home Is on the Euphrates.
Syria, In "Western Asia, lies along the east
ern shore of the M> rranean for about three
hundred and ei a : < Its boundaries are
not clearly defin'd or marked off from the
great Arabian desert, it has for its eastern
limit the Euphrates. I tit merges insensibly
into the Steppe country, which really belongs
to Arabia.
It is a dirersif cd terrlt rv. with a dnal rang®
of mountains, the I.is: . ■ and Anti-Libauns,
ranging f rura three t hou id five hundred upto
six thousand fei’t .li a ’>? the se i front, and
behind these is a table-, nd that falls away to
the desert. Natural;.' l.- r> are to be found*
great variety of climate ' natural products.
Snow whit ns tho : i: ■'"• of the mountnia
ranges and on the pl- rtHired by irriga
tion grow oranges, figs ai ■ rapes, and it is th*
home of the oliva
The population, estlm.:’- T nt two million, 1*
made up of the ancient ■ ians. with whon*
are now mingled many of Air ian blood. Jew*
and Turks. The prevailing religion is the Mo-t
bammedan.
When the world was yonn - this country was
known as the lend of »li - b utes. who wer®
supreme in northern Str:f.. a l owing to lt»
geographical location it h. been a batt’e
grot,”d’ between the • i ■ and Egyptians.
Toward the close of the < century, B. C..
Syria became a I’ers .in i ' e and twocen
t’.iries 4atcr wa s numbered »t ’ the conquests
of Alexander the <.r< it. o: ’’don. Beeorn-
I’l’ a Roman provinc e i 1 ' ’>oy s cui.questl
in 64 B. it liccanie fam the world of
that day f<.r its thru ing lnuu.< and manufac
turing skill.
Its architecture, of which 1’ ialbek is th*
best known ruin, was in:.;-.-*’ .re
<'n the div:-.on of the Korn: n world it be
came Bvz: 1 i. a ' : was con-
qv. red b, t '.e Vrabs. The b vpiiams in turn
ruled it until tho M >n; si its destruc
tion in 126 c. and its pr, -ent rulers the Ottumaß
Turks, completed the work.
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AN EASTERN PniNO.
Their dress’is oriental and gorewns, and
their skill is not conk :<efl tot liel l icr they
furnish expert swordsmen .Mid horsemen.
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the Wild Last on the .«' ■ way. u iomr tnera
licre Alli Hurfush. v. ho ‘ pte' i.h' is seen
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