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The <l«rrn’« Follower* Would I.ike to
Otrrlhruo the Republic.
San Francisco. December ——Correspond
ence of the United Press, per steamer
Arawa. from Honolulu.—The royalist con
spiracy has Fng been known to the police.
It has supplied material for sensational
reports front here containing a modicum
of truth. It has at last fairly materialized
fr m the domain of rumor into that of
tangible fact by reason of the capture of a
number of rifles ro-creted in different houses
of royalists and the arrest of several of the
conspirators.
The existence of a definite conspiracy to
overturn th- repuldie and rest re the mon
archy accordingly has ceased to he a matter
of derision in royalist dailies. Definite evi
dence of conspiracy having accumulated itt
the h inds of th • marshal, four persons were
arrested on Saturday, December Sth. John F.
Bush was the first man arrested. He is ed
itor of Th« Kalfo. issue*! both in English
and Hawaiian and loaded full of violent
abuse of the government. Bush is as prom
inent as any man of that party. Crick came
next, the chemist who fixed dynamite
bombs tn K-X. but was discharged for lack
of evidence. He has Inen writing for Bush's
English edition of The Kalfo. • ’rick is in
very low spirits. The next am— t was that
of Joseph Nawaki. a prominent native
lawyer. Freed Weed was the fourth, a half
white clerk in a book store. Shortly after
Bush's arrest his house was searched ami
sewn rifl.s were found behind a false parti
tion. At a house on Liiiha street four more
were found hidden under the flour of an
outhouse. He vTa I m «rv have liwn found,
one <r two in a house.
A number of (wnrons have been am sled
on suspicion, but they have b*-»-n released
on bail. Bail was refused to the four first
arrested.
It Is understood evidence of treason is
very str ng. The examination of conspira
tors. expected daily, will d- übtless be inter
esting. It is understood an immediate upris
ing was to have ben attempted, hut that
the marshal thought best to nip the
business in the bud insteau of luting it
gain headway. There was not the least
danger of the insane attempt su-feeding,
but It was »i« -irvd t prevent b!**>ish.-4. No
Mood has yet been rpiit in this re-voiuti* n.
The last arrest of a conspirator was that
of Joseph Tinker yesterday. Two guns and
a quantity of ammunition were found con
cealed under his r of. Tinker is an English
man. a butcher, and has a young white
family. No ba.l was allowed him. No pure
natives seem to bv in the conspiracy ex
cept Nawahi. who has always bwn an ar
dent partisan of royalty. Tuose concerned
are chiefly British subjects.
The natives are showing very little inter
est in the matter.
Tr.e government of President Doi * is ex
tremely cons’-de rate* of the interests and
sentiments of the nativ people and they are
growing very contented with it. W.lii this
ignominious collapse it may be hop’d that
tnis conspiracy to restore the queen wiil be
tn - last one. Everything moves on qua tly
and there has been no more excitement
than would attend the arrest of an oruinary
gang cf house»re.Jti-r*.
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The lusurxvnts in Brasil— Moraes Very
I ken*»i.
New York. Dei-ember 17.—A special cable
from Buenos Ayrvs. Argentine, says: Ad
mit al de Mello says he will leave here
after January Ist to assume command of
the Brazilian revolutionary forces.
A cablegram from Montevideo says that
thr grand council of the Brazilian revolu
tionary junta has decided io forward arms
and ammunition as fast as possible to the
rebel forces and push the war vigorously
against I’ret-id*-nt Clones, because his
peace prc|«ositi"»ns are not considered to
have been made in good faith, ami he is
pursuing the same fiolicy as ex-President
Pcixoto adopted. Amtu-sty. if offered, wiil
come too late. No confidence will be f.-it
in any government in which I’eixoto iias
influen*-*
Governor Castilho. of Rio Grande do Sul,
was nearly captured by the rebels at Rio
I*ar>lo. Fourte* n of his escort were killed.
i'a«ti!ho's < scape was due to the fleetness
ol his horse.
President Moraes is very uneasy, a
Rio Janeiro telegram reports, since he has
di.—• v-ri-i a plot to place IMxoto again
in p »wer. S -veral persons arrested at Rio
Janeiro are said to have confessed to par
ticipation. l'*ixoto. several of his former
ministirs and one memlier of th*- present
cabin* t are implicated in the conspiracy.
The r. Is-ls expect to capture I'ort Alegre
soon and then the rebel fleet wili appear,
having its hare of ofn-ratioiis then-, and
a< five naval operations wiil begin.
Advices from Rio Grande do Sul state
that four prisoners caught by Governor
t'astilho'a «-s*-ort wire horribly butchered,
and, it is asserted. by his orders, though
this is disputed. The rebels also are com
mitting atr>>* ities *ai prisoners. The war
is being waged in a manner wo: thy of
Turks.
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Madrid. December 17.—The government
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home ru»e members of the cortes upon the
basis of the formation of a council which
will partially supercede the present pro
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in Havana and will consist of twelve
members appointed by the home govern
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dent of the mgr court, the highest chureii
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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA- GA.. MONDAY. IJECEMBEK ”4,
fl WAR OF RAGES
THE n HITES jtxn IILJCKS AHVEI)
Ilf BROOKS COUNTY.
TRE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE
ficvca Acgroca XT ere Killed 'lliirlng
the Fight—The Black* Shielding
the Murderer* of Mr. lalinui.
Quitman, Ga., December 23. -(Special.)—A
race war, a war surpassing all previous
records, is now on in Brooks county.
Anl the indications are that it will re
sult in mor* bloodshed than the south has
known since the days of ISHS unless the
state troops are quickly called, out and the
trouble is stopped.
But there are indications that the trouble
cannot be stopproi until th" ugly temper of
the negro has IH-vn conquered and the
whit-'s have had revenge for what the ne
groes have done.
I Gathered in groups, the whites and ne
j groes are heavily armed, and each group
■ is waiting for an adv:ouby th" ’'the:.
CnuMi* of tl><* Trouble.
The tiouble which has arrayed the two
races in war came about when Mr. Joseph
Isham, one of the most prosperous and
itllaential planters in the county, was killed
in cold blood by a gang of negroes a lew
nights ago Mr. Isham was in Quitman
ai;d started home late in the evening and
after reaching home and putting away his
h< rse and walking along the big road, a
gang of five negroes came along. Two of
the negroes w**re on horseback an l thre*
were in a wagon. Mr. Isham knew them
ail and they all knew him. One cf the
neeroes att*.*inpted to guide his horse over
the planter, who called to him in a friendly
manner to stop. Instantly the negr<> pulled
his pistol anil began shooting. The first
j bullet entered Mr. Isham's txxly near the
| heart and caused his death instantly. Then
I the negroes continued firing at the pros
tiate form until the members of the family
w* re aroused an<t came to the scene.
It was then that the five regrues fled,
and w la-n th-* news of the trag* dy liecame
known the «ntire community turned out
and tiegan a search for the negroes. They
were all well known throughout the coun
try and there was no possibility of th ir
escape. Thi. e of the five, two Hi rring
negices mid West McFaul, wen- arrest-il
mid pt.ice.l in jail, but Pike, the negro who
I did the shooting, made his escape and
cannot b<- f-und.
Negrete* t'nnitrrgatr.
Today tile search for Pike ca-iseil the ne
: grees from ali sections to congregite and
I from them came threats that they would
go to the jail of the county and take from
! it the three pi isoners who were there.
They threatened, too, to prevent tin- capture
of Pike if they could do so. Tins cause I
the whites to turn out. and i* was not 1 ng
1 before two good-slz* <1 arim.-s were in the
field within a mile of each other. I olh
J wire well armed and both wire anxious
If- r the advance of the other. It was then
that the rheiiff attempted to secure a p sse
t- prevent any trouble, but It api»»-:irs that
every one of the whites ar** in sympathy
witii the tn n wno are arm* <1 mid prepared
♦o defend their homes. A cull up.in the
negroes to *lisj*-rse was of no avail and
then the willtea could not be induct'd to
do so.
During Saturday night the two forces
which had Isgun to grther came together
. and when tiie sun came up this morning
there were seven deml bodi.-s in the county.
Four of these wi re n -groes well known
•mil easy of recognition, while the other
three aie strangers and comparatively un
, known.
I The people of this section are now in a
' fearful state **t excit* ment and the s* e*i»-
: of th*- tr lub.'e is b*-ing visited every hour
b> large throngs of people- people wiio are
going to n-infon e the whites, if ih.it should
become nvci-ssary. The li*-groes are all
moving in that dinsition. too, and there is
every indication ti.at a pitched battle may
I ensue at almost any moment.
Lisi of Hi*- ixilleil.
The names of the killed are;
SAM TAYLOR,
Ei.i FRAZIER,
SAM PIKE,
HARRY SHERAD
and three your correspondent did rot
get. No shite nun have been ki.’.-J so
Pike'* W ife I inter IrccM.
Tayloi was Pike's stepfather ami the cth
j er two negroes his cluse piis. ali of whom
were supposed to know of Pike's wherea
i bouts. It these negtoes knew, they refused
to tell, r.nd the penally of not telling was
death. Pike's wife was seen to slip into
■ his h »u.«e al 4 o'clock this morning. She was
j supfiosed to have known wnere the murder
j er was, and every effort was made to make
ih»-r divulge. The mob still has her securely
held, and may suveei-d in making her tell.
i The negroes killed were all shot down
lon this side of ih»- Oeonilco creek, about
ten mili-s above Quitman. The report is
, Hint a second |h>ssc, which was scouring the
: wo«-l s north ol tile Oeopilco, have killed
four other negroes.
This wholesale killing i> terribl*-, but th*-
people of that community have had terrible
provoi-ation. Hardly three weeks ago Tip
' Mauldin, a respectable white man, was
brutally murdered on the public ru i*l in the
same neighborhood by two worthless ne
groes. The |M*ople were greatly incensed
over this murder, but tin- law to*k its
i course and Hie murderers are now in jail
awaiting trial. Numbers of negroes exulted
i over this murder and even w«-nt so tar
! as to hold a war dam ea few nights as-
I terwards around the spot in the road
I where the murdered man's life bh>od oozed
l out.
I This, ol coni sc, enraged the people still
• more, ami when Isham, the h< it citizen
’ in the community, w .s cowardly murdered
by one of tills -anie gang, the |>*-nt-up rage
and vengeance was turn***) loose. AH of
the negroes kill*-d are those intimately c >n
li* i ted with Isham's murder and those
supjiosed to be aiding in the eseaj**- of
the murderers, or were in the gang which
held the exulting dance over poor Maul
din's life biuud.
Ih p sse wiib li did last night's terrible
work is still bamied together doggedly and
det* rinini-dly looking foi Waverly Pik*-. The
record of tonight and tomorrow remains to
be seen.
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'VVII 1(14441'141 V
Augusta. Ga., December 23.—(Special.)—A
! bl* od-cunlling affair occurred t* day about
2 o'clock near the North Augusta bridge.
A negro desperado ami murderer from
South Carolina shot three police oitieers
and an eld white man ami two of the of
lictrs—Detectiv* Murray ami Policeman
Stringer—are Imth shot in the head and will
probably die. Policeman Wrenn is shot in
the 1* g and Davis was shot somewhere in
i the breast.
it Is th • most terrible affair that has
occurred in -Augusta in modern times.
An att* nipt was made lonigut to attack
the jail and lynch the negro, wut Sheriff
O'Conner had tin- .tail strongly guarded
ami prevented the mob fr tn entering.
Last night James Wiggins, who lives at
Graniteville, waited on the road about six
miics from Augusta in South Carolina tor
another m-gro named Anderson vVdliauis
and murdered him in cold mood. Wiggins
then went to another eld man's house and
tried to kill him, but the old fellow es
caped.
Astir the killing last night several no
groes in the neighborhood traced him *.*.
toward Augusta. On their way they mot
going into the country an old negro wo
man. whom they knew, a sister ot Sarah
Jacksqn. who is a relative 4-f Wiggins.
They asked her how Jake was, and she
said that he was all right; they had just
left him at Seth's house, just above the
North Augusta bridge, where he arrived
before day.
Siirronmttog the itiiuse.
One of the negroes went tt> police head
quarters with this Information ami Detec
tive Murray was sent with hint to capture
Wiggins. The detective also had instruc
tions to get help from the uptown force.
The detective got Policemen Stringer am!
Wrenn and later Sergeant Damash joined
the party. Mr. Aleck Webb pointed out a
house on Market street where hi- said a
negro name*! Jackson lived. Lieutenant
Di smond told the men to surround the
place. They did so.
By this time hundreds of people had
gathered. The men knocked at the door
fronting on the street and the door was
opcnci! by an old colored woman. She
said there was no one but herself. Seeing
this to he the truth, the men then sur
rounded the kitchen building in the rear.
Murray knocked at the door, hut as he did
so he saw a negro peep out through the
crack of the door and then slam it and
evidently lock it.
"He's there!” the crow*! began yelling,
ami Murray, with his pistol drawn, threw
himself against the door and it crashed in.
A negro was inside with two long nlckel
plated pistols drawn and ready for fight.
As the detective forced himself in the room
the firing began and it was so fast that the
shots could not be distinguished apart. Pg
llcen an Stringer had also burst in the oth
er door.
Murray nml Stringer Shot Down.
The excitement was terrific. Everybody
was yelling, "He's killed Murray and
Stringer.”
The shooting occurred in the space of five
seconds, then the negro sprang from the
back door and rushed towards Reynolds
street.
Neither Murray nor Stringer appeared in
the punuiit. Th*-y pad been shot down in
the house.
The murderer is a short, black, builet
hended negro with only his pants on ami a
lagged shirt. He won* no shoes. He
juni|»ed intervening fefi’es like a eat an l
started *ip Reynolds street. Policeman
Wn nn and Lieutenant Desmond follcwed,
firing at every step, but ns the murderer
was getting away Lieutenant !><-sniond
jumped on his horse am.' gave chase. He
eas closing up with the outlaw just above
Mills street and the latter turned to th**
right towards tin- river and event between
the* houses. Then he turned into Mills
street and went towards the river.
By this time a thousand people were scat
tered alsnit in chase, every one having a
pistol trying t-> bring down the desperado.
Wiggins ran down the bluff of Hie river to
the water's edge ami h d under some wil
lows just at Hie foot ol Mills street. Ho
could n -t l-e seen, but Polio* man Wrenn
advanced cl >se io the shrubbery, and then
the . desperate villain opened lire again,
hitting Wrenn once or twice in the leg.
disabling him. T.ie murderer tnen dashed
up to the top of the bank and ran down
towards the North Augusta bridge.
The MioiHlum «»f Duels.
When the n* gr*> tired at Policeman Wrenn
a crowd gathered on the top of the bluff.
At the second shot : n old w-iitv gentle
man n un* it Davis fell back into the arms of
Mr. Aleck Webb, nu ailing, “He bus kiile*
il*.! lie has killed nr!” He placed Ins
hand on his breast. He hud ueel* shat in
the vicinity ol the heart.
Polici-iucn's 4 nrtriilucs 4,<>nc.
'the policemen hail used al! the cartridges
in their pistols, but k pt on the pursuit.
Not so with Wiggins, however. He had
cartridges in his jacket am! as he ran
ali ng on Reynolds street, bi-f ire returning
to the river, reloaded his pistol.
At th*- river bank the timing and blood
thirsty scoundrel was met by a larg*? party
of sightseers, who scattered before his ap
priiich. A young man mimed D. J. Jordan,
<i***w his pistol am! opened lire on the m-gro
am! til*- latter returned it.
Th*- negro then dashed und--r th.- Georgia
approach of th* bridge and tu.n.-d at bay.
•Icrdan covered him with his pistol, and
another young fe!i*>v.', num* *1 Gleason, rush
'd at th*- 1 inh-r -r. As he did so Wiggins
let go with both pistols at close range. For
tunately tor Hie youth neither bullet hit
him. Ihe negro continued to snap his weap
ons, but in another instant Gleason was
i p**n him ami held both pistols in the air.
Al! the cart’iilg s had been tired.
Threat* «»f l.jiii-htng.
The next moment Desmond and Wren
real-tied tiie scene ami took charge of the
prisoner. He was sullen, but showed no
more fight, b. cause his pistols were gone,
an I in all probability, his strength too, from
the continuous running.
Many of th*- men were infuriated ami
screamed
"Lynch him! Lynch him! Burn him to a
stake!”
But Lieutenant Desmond and nil the po
licemen, in face, had their pistols drawn
ami warned the crowd to keep away or
some on*- would be hurt.
Had some leader appeare*! the crowd
would undoubtedly have tried to take the
negro from tiie officers. Many of them
wen- crazy with the sight of blood am! in
discriminate tiring which had gone on for
fifteen or twenty minutes. After the first
shooting in the building many of lii- crowd
who didn't join in the pursuit rushed into
the yard ami found .Murray am! Stringer
both dangi-musly wounded. Both of them
hud been shot in the head ami were fearful
I*** king sights, their faces covered with
blood.
Stringer was also In a desperate condi
tion. in fact it was believed at tin- time
that neither man would have more than an
hour to live. Mr. Webb took ol*i man Da
vis to his home on Marki I* street, just
across ftom where tit*- murderer was first
discovered. The old man was in great ago
ny but retained his consciousn ss. He died,
however, in less than an hour.
Detective Murray is tonight resting quiet
ly, but his comlitien is precarious, lie is
shot twice in the face.
Policeman Stringer's eye was shot com
pl* tely out.
The negro received a slight flesh wnim) in
th*- right breast.
Mr. Davis, who was killed, was standing
outside of his house, ami was a disinterest
ed party. Ho received a ball in the left
chest an inch above the heart. ll*- lingered
between life ami death until fifteen minutes
to I o'clock, w hen he finally succumlM-il and
died, lb- was here visiting his family. Mr.
Davis himself being an operative at Rich
mond factory, alxn’.t seventeen miles from
Augusta.
The 4 rmvil nt I In* JniL
All the evening there was talk of lynching
ami at 8 o'clock tonight a crowd of about
,7'ii left the Arlington hotel ami marched to
th ■ jail, but were slopped in the street by
Chief Hood. lion. W. !!. Fleming ami Judge
Eve. who addressed the crowd ami succeed
ed in getting them to disperse without mak
ing an attack.
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STAKVING T4> DEATH.
Drought Caused the Crops to bo Almost a
Complete Failure.
Niobrara, Neb., December 23.—The suffer
ing among the inhabitants of tiie drought
blighted part of Nebraska, including threo
fourtiis of the residents of five counties,
is becoming more intense dally, and imme
diate steps alone can prevent many deaths
by starvation. Three years ago the farm
ers of these drought-blighted counties
raised a very light crop, and the past two
years the crops have been I’lnost total fail
ures. Many families have not enough pro
visions in their homes for one week's sus
tenance, and no money to purchase the
necessities of life. Many of t)>*» merchants
hi-re feel that they have aided the poor
fanners to the extent of their ability, and
are unable t'o do any more for them or to
sell them goods on credit.
The sufferers cannot obtain employment,
and unless they receive aid very soon, it
is Hie genera) opinion that many will
starve to death, and should the weather
turn very cold, many will freeze to death.
as it is a fact that many are bail off for
clothes.
A nfother anil her two children were found
uead in their little cabin this week. It is
supposed the mother lei*! been confined to
her bed by sickness ami she and Iter two
little ones starved to death. There is not a
stream of water in Perkins county, nor a
living spring. Wells run from 60 to -00
feet deep, the majority being 150 to 2*'O
feet. The soli, If watered, will raise good
crops; if not it is no good. The roads ami
much of resemble asphalt, so
hard packed and smooth are they. Well
diggers say that the soil is a solid mass
150 feet down, so hard that picks have to
be used t’o loosen it. Over this smooth sur
face the never-ceasing winds blow from
every direction. They are filled with minute
sand particles and are almost resistless.
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KOI.BITES 4OM'FST.
Colonel I'.i-es® •» <■> " a.tiingfn After ben
ntor 3l*il--r>i<*'" seal.
Washington. Deecmber 19.-Tho test steps
in the direction of an investigation <*i
Alabama elections ami the contest for tne
seat In the senate of Mr. Morgan wer •
taken today. For several '
g Reese, of Alabama, who claims .*> ia.v
ta*en elected Fnit.-d States senator bv the
legislature of Alabama, has oeen in tin -
city making arrangements for this contest.
He has a certificate of electi -n sign* I *•'
state officials claiming to have been elecu.- l
on the Koibite ticket. K lb's name is mi'
of those affixed to Ih" ccrtiticate.
Colonel Reese asserts that t*>e
islature of Alibama wax elected I ) t n
democrats through frauds ot the most ~l r
ing sort, am! says that had tner*- M-m. an
honest election then- would h. t. b ; " ;
populist legislature iir.d he won I*l h.l»( ■ -
elected as senator to st) *- *1 Morgan. <>■-
onel Reese has been agitating In
subject of an investigation
of elections With a view to showing up ti*«-
frauds which he asserts were committed,
and for that purpose has been in conference
with populist members of the senate.
As an outcome of th- *-onf.-ri-nee Allen,
of Nebraska, this morning introduced tn
the senate the following resolution:
"Resolved. That a committee of five sen
ators, not more than two of whom shall
be of the same politic.*! party, shall, on
adoption of this resolution, b*- appoint’d by
tin- vice president, whose duty it shall be
to make inquiry whether there ts, and for
the last two years post, lias ixen, a re
publican form of government in th" state
of Alabama and inquire into the manner oi
the election of Vnitod States senators an i
congressman from said stat*- ami wheth*-i
there was any fraud, force, intimidation or
other ttnfairne.-.-* in the election in said
state. The committee shall inquire into th*-
election of state senators and meinoers of
the legislature, in so far as their election
might affect the i lection of a Fnited States
senator, ami into all other matter.-' ami
things in any way pe'-talning ’•> or affecting
tiie political autonomy of said stat*- ami
Matus of its membership in the I nited
States senate and the c ingress of tiie
I'niti-*! States and the fairness of the el*e
tiuns by which the selection of l'nit*-d
States senators ami members ->f congress
was brought about. Said * onimili*- - may sit
by full or sub .-omni 11* e as it mty elect,
ami in vacation *>r during th*- session ol
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proper an*! shall have power to send for
personsffiml pan rs, einnloy a stenographer,
swear and examine witnesses, take ami re
port all testimony and evidence ami shall
make a report by bill or otherwise with ali
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IIESTORIAG THE HELUS.
'The Detroit Arrives nt Rome wKli
the Yiitieuii Exhibit.
Rome. December 22.—Command r Newell,
of the I'niti-.l Stat -- cruiser Detr it, which
f . ssf-I'eonveyetl from th*- i'nit <i rit.it' .-* th*-
tali*-.in exhibits at lit' t'olu-t b - • . *> i
ti n ia Chicago, together with lighthouse
officers and new cruiser, arrive ! in this city
today with the exhibits. < nie of tiie officers
anti four of the crew remained at the rail
way station to guan! the car <■ .igtain'.iig
tin- six huge eases in wi ieti wei»- ti.e e.
hibits, pemiing their r*-e*-i ti *n on behalf
of tiie pope by Monsignor O’Connell, reel, r
of tit* American college in R-un--. Tiie
rest of the party pro;-; *•*!• ■! to the Cent tu-nt
al hotel. The pope, it is believed, wiil re
ceive the party tomorrow. Subsequent ly.
the exhibits were taken to the vatic;Jv un
der th.- escort of th*- officers ami men from
the Detroit. The Americans were given a
brilliant reception tins afternoon at the
residence of Monsignor < 'mm* 11. at which
toasts to the l.'nited States w*-re proposed
and drank.
SEE OI R 4 04.1 MX OF 4 I!RISTMAS
PRESEX I'S - SELEt T FROM TH AT.
Subscribe for The XXeckly < «»inti it *i
liou nil*' year mol *eud it to yoiir
friemlM io* mi :t pp*--»priul<- 4'hristmiis
proMCiii. H ivili last then* until next
4'liriNtiiiMM. A yenr's* resoling for St.
LOU.XD IN HIE FLHRUWS.
Augusta Chronicle: In the face of the
ruinous *-x;*e! iem- - w hich the fanners have
had as a result of the big cotton crops, in
l« * th * f tile cut nest appeals .rom tile pres *,
and Hie urgent advic ■ of m* n like Mr. In
man, and lite resolutiurs pass- i by in>*etings
of eottun men, it wo'i’'l seem that n was
entirely immee.ssary tossy an* tiling in .r *
on tin- subject. Wliy should lanners want
to plant another big cotton i-rop if it is n d
needed ami they cannot g t any mone." tor
it? Ami yet they will d > it. They will go
on year after year raising il as if it wa ;
Hie most lucrative crop in th; w-nl.i. Y» h.* .'
in part be<-aiis< it is th*- tasi-.-sf er*.*.' to
rais.-; in p.iit be • ills.- tin y- don't know now
to raise anything else; in past I cans- they
have been brought up that way, and it is
fiard to learn an old dog new nicks; and
in part because the c tto'i f:i*-lors and
country merchants make advances only on
a basis of cotton. What the farmers need
to encourage them to raise provision crops
is the establishment of factors in Hint line
who will take their corn, whe at, oats, po
tatoes and fresh meat and handle it for
tiiein as flic cotton factors do their cot
ton.
Eatonton Messenger: Cotton is no jyr.ger
a profitable crop, and is not iikdy io ba
again soon. Even if a small crop is mar
keted next year, tiie surplus from the li.sit
two crops will make th*- supply n.-re than
sufficient for tiie demand in fb*ts, an 1 10-np.J
unsatisfactory pri* es. Two success!v* * , all
crops would make cotton a profitable com
modity, but even then the matnuulutors
would, by overestimating the crop, try to
cut short tiie profits to the planters.
Columbia Sentinel Tiie report frequent
ly comes in nowadays of .'*oo pound pork, rs
which have been and are to b«* slaught red.
Such news goes a long ways in nit ng tiie
state of depression and brightening me
skies.
Brunswick Times: The Georgia farmers
are now fully into the discus.mms as to
what it costs to raise a pound of ejHon.
A more important question is as to what
it costs to buy a pound of me.it. Tnat's
tiie vital question in Georgia.
Thomasville Times: The farm r who de
pends on cotton next year is bus.-d world
without end. And if lie sticks - .*y it witii
lliixiighls before him he will not ue en
tities to any sympathy.
Albany iterant: i'wo well grown pigs will
f« Uh more in the market today than a bale
of cotton will, and those who speak from
experience say that it costs much less to
produce the pigs.
Brunswick Times: The Putnam county
farmers have resolved a good plan—to in
crease their other crops and reduce that
of cotton. It won’t knock any figures ent
of th’e annual product, but it will make
Putnam all right.
Today Hood's Sarsaparilla stands at tlio
heud in the medicine world, admired in pros
perity and envied in merit by thousands of
eor p’etitors. U has won success by its won
derful cure..
CHINA IIAS ENOUGH.
SHE WANTS TO QUIT J IGHTING AT
ANY HEASOtiABLE COST.
Envoys on Hie XVay to Japan and 1 li«-y Have
l-'nll Authority t<» Negotiate a Trc-ity
of I’eace —No Mori- i'igiil.iig i'robable.
London, December W.—A dispiteh from
Ti-i.io Io the <!*?ntral N* ws says the .Jana
nes<- * jui.-er *-lf Wei-Ilai-V. ci h is c iptured
a sailing vessel lo.ide 1 with arms, ammuni
tion and provisions consigened to Admiral
Ting, of th*- t'hines? fleet. The vessel wis
towed to Talif-VVim.
Field Marshal tb-imt Yameghata will re
sign the presidency of ihe privy council
(sumitsun) and will be app Anted general of
the Japanese army.
Tiie Central News corri spon.lent at Tien-
Tsin says -in Devrmber loth *'!i.*r’es I'enby.
I’nited Stvt*-s mim.-ter at •’♦-king, received
through Tsungli Yumen n nite from the
*i**w::gi-r empr- s of China, aeeomninivd by
valuable prt scuts of siiks anil s atin hand
ktrcl.iefs, embroidered with crepe, which,
Ih*- note explained, were intend'd for the
foielgn ladies who had subscribed to the
purchase of the testament which was pre.
s* i.led to ti lew:! r empress on Hie se
en ion of her b'.tlulay.
The enipiT >r i. 's ordered the troops to
protect til*' chinches in Peking.
4 ill nil Huh XVs«r.
London, December 2ti.—lmportant dis
patches hav * been received here lonignt
fr*-rn Tokio indicating clearly that practi
cally tiie war between China and Japan lias
oii'ied. Whatever instrui t :ons hav- been
cinveyiil to the i-ontmaii'lrrs of th*- respre
tive military and na val f-r* es from the
governing powers of the t.vo countries is
mu told in Hie advices. Assurances are
given in quarters known to Ih- thoroughly
cognizant of diplomatic affairs that tiie
emper. r of China lias been prevailed upon
to hasten t!i<- .- >*n:iii.-si* n*-rs to Japan an i
that these env ys hav • such power of con
cession as will, without doubt, enable them
to bring about an immediate anil thorough
end of hi siiiths. The details of their au- J
thurity are not given, but the presumption
is not ignored in diplomatic quarters that
the concessions asked by tiie Japanese gov
ernment met with the approval of the gov
erning powers of China. Japan will insist
on a heavy indemnity , perhaps s3,UtW,twu.oW.
4 hina uas to iilaiue-
London, December 2th—A dispatch from
Ti*n T.-in to the Central News says that
Prime Ching, presid nt of the Tsungii-
Yamen, is wholly to bl:*tn*- forth- refusal
of the g*>vernment to issue passports to
the foreign guards to proceed to Peking
to protect their respective legations. The
protests of tin- various foreign representa
tives against this have resulted in dissen
sions hi tiie imperial eotim ii and Prince
Ching lias be n giant*-*! two days' leave
of ahs* nee on tin- plea of ill health. It is
probable that he will resign his office.
Tli** Tsungii-Yanien lias granted to tiie
British legation puss, s for fifty in n and to
tiie other foreign legations an average of
from ten to twelve ii.i-o'S have been
issued. A nutiv- nev< iper published in
Chee-Foo accuses the Japanese at Port
Arthur of inaltreati*:;- all the Chinese that
have fallen inf*, their hau ls. Chinese fisher
men, tin- paper charges, have been met
when nearing port and eith -r killed or
forced into hard labor.
New I Mii:ese lo in.
Shanghai, December 22—The- British
rquardron- eight ironclads and cruisers—
is now at Kiii-Tang in Cli'-isan archipelago.
Great al irm prevails among the natives
there. Mongolian cavalry from Sonaria are
hastening suthward in force in response
to the appeal of the emperor, while their
countrymen are nn aging Jcpol. People
everywhere are clamoring against the it:-
famics of th * mandarins and are ready to
welcome any change.
Louis Spitz 1 asserts that preliminaries
la ve been in an.-;<-il w til the Itothsohildsi
of London, for tiie issue of a new Chinese
loan of iio.Uuu. ■■■-, with customs dues as sei
cerity. Those who are acquainted with the
situation scoff at this security, for when
peat-- is concluded, the Japanese will us
suredly, take over the customs.
Lticullus live*! too soon. His feasts
would have been much liner if prepared
with Dr. Price's Baking Powder.
SOME OF ’Ull.’.l ( niCIFIED.
JniMitiftu- Cbiii-gc Tii:i4 Prisoner* Tnu
«*ll b> 4 hi.iese '.X ere Put t<» Death.
Washington, December 17. —Full* r in
formation concerning th • reported massacre
of Chinese by Japanese troops after the
fall of Port Arthur was received by
the Japanese minister, Mr. Konng, this
morning from Mr. Mutsti, minister of
foreign affairs at Tokio. .Mr. Mutsu says
in his dispatch that the government is
nut yet in possession of all th** liu-ts about
the alleged atrocities, but that many de
tails have been ascertained. What is)
known to Mr. Mutsu, as stated in the
cable message, is as follows:
"Many o“ the Chinese soldiers at Tort
Arthur, and from outlying fortifications,
taken by the Japanese discarded their
uniforms and it is now ktwvvn to a cer
tainty to be tiie ease that almost all qf
those Chilli se in plain clothes who were
killed there were soldiers in disguise. The
inhabitants of Port Arthur left before Hie
engagement. -X few remained, however,
under orders To resist the Japa
nese by firing upon them. Th*-s they
did ami in Hie confusion of tiie tight it was
impossible to distinguish them from Chi
nese soldiers. The Japanese army entering
Port Arthur was greatly excited by tiie
sight **f the fearfully mutilated bodies of
tiie Japanese pri '.oners, some of whom had
been burned aliv- and s. nic crucified. Nev
ertheless, the discipline of the army was
maintained. A number of Chinese pris
oners were taki n and kindly treated. Th-j
wounded (Chines,* or J; , ; n.-se) who could
be moved are on their way to Tokio and
wiil arrive in a few days.”
The Treat) with Japan.
Washington, Decembs r W. -Th? senate
committee on foreign relations at its meet
ing this morning decided to favorably re
port to the senate the tr -aty recently
negotiated with Japan. There was no op
position in the committee room, all of tiie
ni*-mbers present favoring the convention,
tli,- full committee, with the exception of
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A Silver Chalice to Be Presented to
the Hawarden Church.
London, Decemlier 2b.—The Armenians of
L**n l.ui and Paris, in recognition of Mr.
Gladstone’s letter of sympathy and en
couragement. wiil present a silver and gilt
• •halite to the Hawarden church on his
e|ghty-iifih birthday. Tiie Daily News
correspondent in Vienna says:
’"The Christian Armenians are about to
aisk for an autonomous government, simi
tar to that formerly given to East Roume-
Ija. Failing to obtain this, they will ask
fbr institutions like those of Crete. A
■ Reputation of Armenians will call upon the
eommissiun of inquiry to impress upon its
tiienibers the necessity of procuring a
Christian government of some sort for Ar
menia."
Refn*r to Mnke Chnngie*.
\ ienna, December 22.—1 tis stated here
that the British, French and Russian min
isters at Constantinople have refused to
rtiake any change in the instructions giv
en the delegates of Ihe powers in*?ntioned
by the commission to investigate the Ar
menian outrages, as the sultan desired
them to do.
Diphtheria, in Npringlieid. 111.
Springfield, HI.. December 17.—Diphtheria
has broken out in the Sangamon county
jail. William Lumme, a federal prisoner
from E*ig ti* id, this state, has it in bad
form. The jail has been quarantined.
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