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ONGRESS MH BE
MILEDTDGETHEB
i linese Crisis Is Calling for
Close Attention by the
United States
ROUBLE SEEMS TO GROW
itnese Government Unable To Cope
With the Rebellion, but There
Is No Evidence That Bal
ers Are Responsible
for Condition.
Washington, July 2.—(Special.)
implications in China, the pos
bilitv of an extra session of con
fess and the probable recall of
'resident McKinley to Washing-
Mi from Canton, overshadows the
[ansas City convention and dwarfs
fie republican campaign.
A member of the cabinet, who
5 familiar with all the details of
he Chinese question, so far as of
cial developments are concerned,
i commenting upon Admiral
iempft’s latest official dispatch
rom Che Foo, says the point had
ot been reached to justify the
,’nited States in making a formal
Ice ia ration of war against the
'hinese government
"It is evident from the infor
mation we have received,” he
rent on to say, "that China is in
j state of revolt and the govern
rtrnt of the empire is unable to
»ut down the uprising prevailing
i Pekin and vicinity. We have
eccived many conflicting reports
nd thus far we have no direct
vider.ee that the Chinese govern
nent is responsible for the depre
cations already committed on
breigners.”
Will War be Declared.
'To what extent must th* Chinese go
Before our government will be warranted
In formally declaring war?" I asked.
•That depends entirely upon clrcum
ttance.«." replied the cabinet officer.
•“H.. re are many questions to be consid
ered before taking such a step. First
jrr must be assured that the Chinese
government has violated the laws of tn
ierc >ur e aupposed to exist between
krUi. Ily powers. Then, we must be ctf-
K;- t‘ it the government Is a participant
L the d-predations against representa
nd dtlxen* of the Vnlted States.
, r tr Hrrctlv sympathising and encourag-
• > violator* of International agr< e-
In addition, we mutt consider
11 - It will be to our advantage to
C. • > a . r with Chin* or whether we can
, r •» t the rights of our citlx* ns witn
>■;*. »ng t» that extreme. A nation
t declare war against one of its
.h' r« : ss It expect* to be bene
y . d,.|n* so. We have nothing to
tv d<•'taring war with China. Our
• 1 intention is to protect Am.rl
whether officially employed
i- vise .end to rescue those who are
I r 'r m an uprising of what *p-
, lawless class of Chinamen.
I •- lan who watts
I • his « upon tne throne- 1 re
) • .. Tuan Our advices all con-
) w f the situation, and. If the
■ . seem to grow morn and
...» dally, we derive some en-
I • ■ ■ ft en the fact that th* up
r . not appear to be general
i » • the empire, but Is confined to
1!. » : -hem t r »rince*-"
Solicitude About Conger.
•"Vl.vt Is y<ur idea as to the safety of
U ..g»-r. In view of the aKsenco
i»f r.tte information concerning
h.. r .i. irs tn any of the dispatches
It. tar r< IvtdT* was the next leading
,u* -'lon ak.-»d
I . f.ot ire to think what his fate
I ■■■<:■ striving, by every means
k ■■ , tabUsh communication with
•• dl‘p«tches received today
*:.d f r th* p-Jrt. few days tend to con-
. - ry that the uprising la too
I I »n by the Chinese gov-
kri.i • It :s true, some of the Chines*
I
h - <f the uprising. Prfnco
ru..n. r . MUM W Impr. ssbns I
fe ming the safety of Min
is- r a.; . t.iu.'t keep to myself. I a*-
k., . i u ■r. 1 am filled with ths
f. reg it.ting his safety, but
| future developments
blil • «• tl it ho has been spared the
I.• '■ ' O rn.an minister."
Ex*ra Seasion Not Probable.
"Is tl ■ pr t« itlon to call an extra eee
p*on •: r ;.4,r ?43 being seriously consid-
k Don’t, Don’t
r \ keep forever taking harsh cathartics, as salts, K a
r 1 laxative mineral waters, and unknown mix
r.tures. The way to cure constipation, bilious
t J ness, sick headache, dyspepsia, and other liver
L 1 troubles is to take laxative doses of the best
6 J liver pill you can buy, and that’s Ayer’s. |g
H j Ayer’s Pills will never k. -
r Abuse Your Liver.
I . They are laxative pills, purely vegetable;
E*3 they act gently and promptly on the liver, pro
rM ducing a natural, daily movement.
L* J 25 cents a box. All druggists.
f-| 5 “For tea years I suffered terriblywith stomach trouble. I never k»•
bK< could retain "all nr; food and had many hard hemorrhages from the
frSg stomach. 1 then began taking Ayer’s Pills. They promptly cured ■‘Mjl
EW me, and I feel exfemely grateful to you."—John Good, Pro
prietor Washington House, Washington, March 11, 1900,
ered?" was the next question asked the
cabinet officer.
“No; the suggestion has been made In
various newspaper*. but It has never been
considered by the president or the mem
bers of the cabinet. Under existing con
ditions nothing would bo gained by call
ing an extra session of congress. The
members of the senate and house are so
engrossed in national and state politics
that they would be slow in assembling
and late in getting away, besides the con
stitution does not warrant the calling to
gether of an extra session of the two
houses. As I stated before, this govern
ment has no desire to make war on Chi
na. for we have nothing to gain in that
direction. We propose, however, to safe
guard our citizens and our Interests in
that country and preparations are now
going forward to render such relief as
the circumstances demand. At the first
intimation that the Chinese government
was either unable to put down the upris
ing or tn collusion with Insurrectionists,
We proce<-ded to take precaui lonary
measures to protect and defend our own
interests in the Chinese emigre. It would
not be wise or prudent to relate all that
has been don* in that direction. Sufficient
to say we aro putting forth every effort
within the limit of international law and
friendly relationship to protect American
interest* in China."
RICHARDSON IS NOMINATED.
He Will Succeed General Wheeler In
Congress.
Do-atur. Ala.. July 3.—(Special.)—The
eighth congressional convention convened
here this morqlng at S:3i> o’clock In the
opera house to nominate a successor to
fill General Wheeler’s seat for both the
short and long term. Hon. Emmet
g fififi MR c ’ !,on teip,s
THROUGH JUNE 33th.
.. . SECRETARY HESTER GIVES FIGURES TO
THAT DATE AND WILL FURNISH NO MORE
ST ATI ST IC S
NewOblkaßS, Jnly J. tqoo.—Editor Constitution, Atlanta, Ga. —Dear Sir! I have
delayed answering you letter of June 28th until completion of my statement to the close of
June. This was done today. The figures show as follows:
CROP IN SIGHT JULY Ist.
1900. 1899- 1893 1897-
To July Ist 8.886,846 11.004.055 11,023.336 8,487,891
After July Ist (?) 270,785 176.558 270,073
Total crops ••• ~7?) 11,274 840 11,199,994 8.757,964
Please state that I will issue no further statements until the annual report on the cotton
crop on September Ist next, and will give out no approximates in reply to private letters.
Very truly yours, HENRY G, HESTER,
Secretary New Orleans Cotton Exchange.
O'Neal, of Ijiuderdulc. was elected perma
nent chairman of th* convention. H®
made a abort speech and called the con
vention to order and buslneae was pro
ceeded with. Hon. William H. Hawtelle.
CUltxrt’H defeated candidate, placed in
nomination the name of Judge William
Richardson, of Mudlson qounty, and
pledged for him from Colbert county the
largest democratic vote of any county in
the district.
Upon motion of Hon. Wilson Drown, of
Colbert, the rules were suspended and
Judge WUi-am Richardson was nominated
by acclamation. The Hons. Jesse E
Brown. Samuel Blackwell and W. 11.
Sawtelle were then by motion appointed
ft committee to escort Judge Richardson
to the platform. When Judge Richardson
appeared he was given a tr< ova
tion and dellwred one oi >e happiest
speeches he ever made, piophesyiug a
glorious victory for the democratic ticket
in both August and November.
Mr. Brown made a telictlous hit when ho
said that he had discovered that it was
useless to run against any man with the
name of William. He had tiled it and
you couldn't head him. and he would
never run for office against any man
whose first name was William.
The convention was thoroughly har
monious and good-humored.
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NOAKES SAYS HE IS INNOCENT.
That He Had No Hand in Goebel’s
Assassination.
Knoxville, Temu. July 2.—<Bpe I*l.)
Robert Noakes, who was arrested at Rig
stone Gap, Va.. by Constable 11. D. 11 ir
rod. ot Frankfort. Ky., passed through
this city tonight route to Frankfort.
He is charged with being in accessory
to the Goebel murder. He 1* In charge ot
Constable Harrod, and is returning to
Kentucky without requisition paper*
While here Noakes professed his tnno
censr, stating that be knew nothing ot the
assassination until it had occurred- lie
says he can prove an ait! i. He is a rail
road conductor by profession, and It Is
cie»mt-d he was u conductor on a train
taking an armed mob to Frankfort l<cfore
Goebel was killed.
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HANNA FIXES HEADQUARTEHS.
Chairman Will Direct the Campaign
from a New Jersey Cottage.
New York. Ju’.v 7 —The Evening Post
says: Senator Hanna has arranged to
come to Elberon. N. J., on July 20th and
take possession of tho Elberon cottage ot
N*w Jersey Republican State Chairman
Frankdn Murphy, who is now in Paris
gs exposition commissioner. Senator
lT.vnna wilt occupy the cottage until
September Ist and direct the summer
campaign from Elberon, making frequent
trips to this city. Philadelphia, and other
eastern ettte*.
CAPTURE OF W. C. MATTHEWS.
Absconding Clerk of Pnine & Murphy
Caught in Alaska.
Beattie. Wash.. July 7.—(Special.)—W.
C. Matthews tho absconding clerk of
Murphy & Pnine. In Savannah, has been
captured at Juneau, Alaska, after an ex
citing chase across the continent by spe
cial officers. He will be sent back to
Georgia, as soon a* the customary papers
have been signed.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JULY 9, 1900.
Sim PERSONS ARE
CRM TO DEATH
Trolley Car Plunges Down
a Hundred Foot Em
bankment
FORTY DEAD RECOVERED
Undertakers’ Shops Are Crowded,
While Hospitals Were Unable
To Accommodate All the
Injured—Was an Ex
cursion Car.
Tacoma. Wash., July 4.—Nearly a hun
dred people, passengers on a car bound
for this city, wege plunged down a gulch
at Twenty-Sixth nnd C street* at 8 a. m.
Those who were standing on the platform
dropped off. only to bo bruised and wound
ed by the heavy body of the coach, while
others Inside were killed and maimed be
fore they know what had happened. The
ear jumped the traek and was smashed to
kindling wood In the bottom of the chasm,
over a hundred fret below. The dead will
number nearly three score, for there are
many of the Injured who will never re
cover and who arc expected to die at an/
moment, ami there are at least sixty of the
passengers of the car now in the various
hospitals and under the care of their own
physicians.
Residents of the nearby towns—Edison.
Lakeview, Parkland, Jaikc Park and other
places—were coming to Tacoma to spend
the Fourth. Their journey was nearly at
an end when they met death In a horrible
manner. Crushed, maimed and mangled,
the unfortunates were dragged from be
neath the wreck of the car and laid on the
grass. It was a spectacle of carnage such
as is scarcely ever oh-i rved, even In w.ir,
for carwhet Is and trucks ami heavy tim
bers make more horrlbb wounds than bul
let and shell. The agonizing cries of the
wounded and the dying as they lay on
the sides es the gulch and on the bottom
or were held down under heavy timbers
that had once formed a part of the wreck
ed car. could be heard for blocks away.
< Iliz* ns, policemen, tiremen, guardsmen,
ex-volunteers and women and children
aided. Ihe sides of the gulch are steep;
in fact, so stet p that a goat would hardly
venture to descend them, but the cries of
the wounded made men forget this and
they plunged downward without regard
to their own safety. Ropes were quickly
procured and the victims of the wreck
were drawn carefully to the top of the
guieh. Every physician in the city was
called. The Fanny Paddock and St. Jo
seph hospitals were soon crowded with in
jured. Hacks, express wagons and ail
sorts of conveyances were pressed into
service, but the dead wagon was there,
and that was la use. too. It made journey
after journey, and it was always full.
Roys, girls, men and Women were its
freight The morgues of the various un
dertaking rooms were scarcely large
enough to hold all. When the dead had
been sorted from the living and the la it
one had been rescued from the wreck,
excited men and women ami children be
sieged the morgues searching for missing
friends.
A little git! of four and a girl babo aro
mm to be deserted.
The car which plunged into the ravine
left Edison at about 8 o'clock. Evory
inch of space on thu platforms uus ta
ken. Uno report is that the motorman,
after starting down Apex Hill, turned on
his current instead of shutting it off, and
vt hen the car had gained such momentum
as to threaten to get away from him, he
turned off the current, but it was then too
Ute for the car was going at lightning
speed, and the incline is steep. Passen
gers on tha front platform who saw
the sharp curve on the bridge endeavored
to ji nip, and several of them reached tho
giound in safety. The dead are:
Louis Drake. Annie Glass, Lettie Sult-r
perky Dinger, Lois Dinger, Lake view*
Ldward Bray, Carl Miser, Albert .Mos. R
So. .. A,rti - Grossman, G. Bertoli,
llill llurjt; Oils Larson. Parkland; Ole
Raneeen, James Ber.eton, Hillhurst;
Charles Davies; WiUiam Williams, bouth
Tacoma; John Paulus, South Tacoma
'•‘‘(•u" latko Park. Robert
fl 1 " Tacoma; Seidenborg.
b<uth Tacoma; Rev. Herbert Gregory
I.ako Park; Grifhth Vandershclden Res
erxaUon; A. L. lieolv, Lag.j Park; G.
McMullen, Tacoma; John J. Shaugher
Parkland; unknown man; W. II Davis’
Lakeview. Joseph McCann, Roy Longer
rr.nn. South laenina; Gordon Newton
S< uth Taxoma; Richard Shinburn. South
Tacoma; Millie Hardings, Mr. Morge El
liott. Mrs. Shaigher, Parkland; J. D. Cal
he un. conductor, Tacoma.
Resides these there were about sixty
five more or less serioussly Injured.
VICTIMS OF HOBOKEN FIRE.
CHARRED AND MUTILATED ARE
PICKED UP.
Number of Missing- Still Placed at
About Three Hundred—The
Search Goes On.
New York. July 2.—Sixty-seven bodies,
victims of the Hoboken fire, have been
recovered. Each hour that passes wit
nesses additional recoveries of bodies,
scarred and burned beyond all semblance
of humanity. And the half has not yet
been told, as all the bodies brought to
tho surface today were caught on grap
pling hooks. About tho first of next week
people will realize tho appalling loss of
life, as it will then bo time for tho bodies
that now lie nt the bottom of the river
to come to the surface of the water.
Th« missing is still placed a few below
SOO and when the bodies begin floating
to the surface the grewsomeness of the
situation will be realized. The bodies re
covered up to 11 o'clock tonight Include
forty-one now In O’Donnell's undertaking
establishment in Hoboken; ten in Hoff
man's. in the same city; twelve in the
morgue, New York, and four on the decks
of the Saale, which were recovered too
late to be brought to the city. Os these
thirty-seven have been either positively
or partly identified, most of them, so far
as has been discovered, being victims
from the Saale.
Those who will undoubtedly swell the
list of the dead are the two hundred,
and forty-odd men from the Saale, in
cluding officers, sub-officers, seamen, oil
ers, machinists, coal passers and trim
mers, the greater loss, of course, being
among the men who were below decks
and could not get to the open before the
flames choked them back, and the heavy
falling debris beat them down to their
death. Os these most are foreigners, and
the lists of their names are being checked
off by the steamship company officers
as soon us any identification can be made.
Then, too, there are some thirty-five peo
ple who were on-local boats, lighters and
about the docks In various capacities.
The general agent of the North Gor
man Lloyd, G. 11. Schwab, was at his
temporary oftlces In Hoooketi most of
the day, trying to straighten out the sit
uation. He could not form any exact
estimate of the losses as yet, but the
company was doing all It could to get
itself out of the tangle. The company
sent money down to the docks and paid it
out to the survivors.
More than fourteen thousand dollars
was dealt out to the inen today and suits
of clothing were given to every man
that asked for them. Food and shelter
was also provided for the company's
men.
Second Ofln-er Sanders, of the Saale,
said tonight that several of the officers
of the steamships would issue a state
ment in a tew days, signed and sworn to,
that the captains of the tugboats did not
d.» all in th.-ir power to help the ships
that were lying In their docks. Gilt er
Sanders said his ship had been cut loose
from the pier, and that he and another
officer stood a.t the stern ot the ship with
men ready to man lines to the tugboats.
He said they shouted to the tugboat cap
tains. a number of whom were closa un
der his ship. but that no response was
m ide, tho tugs simply lying by until they
could get near enough to tho great
Kaiser Wllhem der Grosse to render
enough assistance to claim salvage.
List of the Dead Growing.
New York. July 4.—Up to 11 o'clock to
night 12S bodies had be. n recovered from
the waters of tho North river, victims of
the disaster to the North German Lloyd
Steamship line. and docks. 1 here are jet
over 125 people missing.
FIVE MEN BLOWN TO ATOMS.
Oil Car Exploded at Parkersburg,
W. Va., Spreading Death.
Parkersburg, W. Va.. July 4.—An acci
dent occurred here this morning in which
live mtn were blown to atoms, one other
so badly injured that he soon died, two
more probably fatally Injured and more
than fifty persons seriously hurt.
The dead are:
J II HAMILTON, superintendent of
the’ Ohio River railroad.
E A. LA LIME. master mechanic.
CHARLES MOHLER, yardmaster.
C o. SHANNON, train dispatcher.
BRADLEY REEVES, freight brake
man
GEORGE CHALK, a fireman.
A tank car containing 6,000 gallons of
oil was In the Ohio Riv< r railroad yards
for shipment. A freight coming into the
yard ran into an open s- Itch and collided
with tho tank cars. Th collision caused
a hole to be bored in the top part of the
tank and the oil Ignited. All attempts
to put out the tire failed and it burned
for several hours. Finullj an explosion
occurred, caused by the lire igniting wltn
the gas that hud formed from the burning
oil.
The larger pertion of the car was blown
about a hundred yards down the track.
The dome wan blown it- irly two hundred
yards. At tho time of tho explosion
there were a hundred <-r more persons
standing around in close proximity to
the burning car w itching the Hames and
the work of clearing the traek. There
was a loud report, shaking the earth, toe
oil car Hew high into tho air and tho
burning oil was scattered in every direc
tion for a radius of at least fifty yards.
The coroner’s jury found that the acci
dent was duo to the night crew of tire
yard sleeping while on duty.
——— ■—
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TWELVE PERSONS CREMATED.
Crowded New York Tenement Proves
a Death Trap.
New York. July 3—Fire in the crowded
t< neme.nts Nos 127 to 131 Adams street.
IL boken early this morning, caused a loss
of twelve .Ives, five cf whom were mem
bers of tho Winkle family, who were
caught bj’ the Hames while asleep. Thu
building was e three-story wooden affair,
and contained about fifteen families who
v.e<r made homeless by the lire. They will
b.‘ cared tor by th ■ poormaster. The tene
ments burned were of comparatively
small value, and the 10-s. It Is thought,
will not exceed I'i.UOO. The origin of tho
tile has not yet been learned.
WANTED.
A traveling salesman In each southern
state; to per month and traveling
expenses; experience not absolutely nec
essary. For particulars, address Penicks
Tobacco Works Co., Penlc'ks, Va.
EIGHT DEATHS FROM HEAT.
Chicago Woman Become Crazed and
Tries To Kill Herself.
Chicago, July 4.—Christina Johnson, a
domestic employed at a residence on
Sheenfield avenue,"hecamo crazed by the
excessive heat today and attempted to
burn herself to death with kerosene oil.
She was removed to a hospital, where she
continued to rave in her delirium.
The thermometer registered U 0 degrees
steadily throughout the day.
Up to l'» o'clock tonight eight deaths
and four prostrations had been reported.
ROOSEVELT MAKES AN APPEAL.
Republican Nominee Speaks to Rough
Riders at Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City, July 3.—The weather
was extremely hot and dry today. Ths
Rough Riders' reunion was fairly inau
gurated by a civic and military parade,
in which Governor Roosevelt was given
the place of honor. After devoting him
self to a graceful tribute to tho Rough
Riders and veterans of the Spanish war,
and also to the members of tho Grand
Army of tho Republic and the Confeder
ate Veterans present. Governor Roosevelt
launched into the subject of tho nation's
duty to ii'T newly-acquired territory.
•T appeal to the great people of the
west ’’ said he, "1 appeal to thu men who
fought in the civil war and to their sous
vli<> < tunc forward when the nation again
called, whatever their party, to see to it
that tho nation does not shrink from its
work; that the flag which has so far been
borne to honor shall he upheld forever
n ore. as the flag of the greatest, mlght
1, “t nation of mankind; the nation that
shrinks from no duty where duty calls.
When ver the flag Is as long as there io
an armed foe against it there the flag
shall stay.’’
I Black Whiskers!
! Buckingham's Dye |
I S mu of >U dnctlH* or a P. IUU • o*., SMbia, It. H. I
ROYAL Mts
delicious
ROYAL Baking .
Powder is indispens
able to the prepara- tasty
tion of the finest . .
cake, hot-breads, hot bISCUIt
rolls and muffins.
Housekeepers are sometimes importuned to
buy other powders because they are “ cheap.”
Housekeepers should stop and think. If
such powders are lower priced, are they not
inferior ?
Is it economy to spoil your digestion to
save a few pennies?
Alum is used in some baking powders be
cause it is cheap. It costs but a few cents a
pound whereas the chief ingredient in a pure
powder costs thirty. But alum is a corrosive
poison which, taken in food, acts injuriously
upon the stomach, liver and kidneys.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK.
BATTLESHIP OREGON HAS BEEN
FLOATED AND IS GOING TO PORT
Shanghai, Monday. July 2.—The United States battleship Oregon, which ran
ashore off the island of Hoo Kle in the Miao Tao group, thirty-five miles north
east of Che Foo. June 28th, has been floated and is expected to reach Port
Arthur.
Washington. July 3. —Secretary I-ong this morning re-elved the following
cable message from Lieutenant Key. naval attache at the United States legation
at Tokio, Japan, in regard to the docking of the Oregon:
"Toklo, July 3.—Secretary of Navy, Washington: Port Arthur too narrow.
If Oregon can not dock at Nagasaki, Japanese navy department tenders use of
either Kuro or Yokoksuka docks, offer any assistance desired. Has ordered
AkitlsusMma from Che Foo to the Oregon. Have cub.ed Wilde efler of docks.
•KEY.”
The naval officials are disappointed at the statement that the Oregon cannot
be docked nt Port Arthur, as that place is only about sixty miles distant from
where she struck. Nagasaki is 600 miles, and can be reached only by the Ore
gon venturing far outside of the tolerably smooth waters of the gulf of pechlll.
if the docks there are too small, their she must push on to the Yokoksuka
docks. These are located just below Yokohama, In the harbor. The Kure docks
referred to aro suppose.! to be the Kobe docks. The difficulty In the case of the
Oregon is that she is fitted with bilge and docking keels, ranking her very
broad in cross section at the bottom, and consequently unsuited to even large
dry docks of the ordinary construction.
The Japanese vessel Akitisushima. which Lieutenant Key reported as going
to the help of the Oregon, Is the famous cruiser which covered hers-if with re
nown at the battle of Yalu.
ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETE.
BLUE AND GRAY REUNION OUT
LOOK PROMISING.
Indications Point to Large Atten
dance —Preparations for Mon
ster Barbecue.
The location for the big barbecue which
will be tendered tike veterans who attend
the reunion of the blue and gray has
been selected, the details of the other
forms of entertainment have been
mapped out, and now little remains to be
done by the committee in charge of the
notable gathering.
Monday afternoon the executive com
mittee, consisting of Colonel W. A. |
Hemphill, chairman, J. Wiley Tope. E. .
P. Black, R. F. Maddox. Dr. George
Brown, Joseph,Jacobs, William 11. Smyth,
John O. Miller. H. C. Stockdell, A. J.
West. Charles R. Haskins. E. P. Howell
and R. I*. Beecher, drove out to Peach
tree creek in carriages for the purpose of
selecting a place to hoid the mammoth
barbecue, which will be a feature ol ;
the 20th. The committee finally ue.ided
to lay the tables in a beautiful gn-ve
about a quarter of a mile from Deeriund, I
which is to the left of the Bro-kwo >u
road. Tlie spot an ideal one » could
not poosibiy have been improved on. it
was al lliis point that Howell’s battery
made a determined stand during the
bloody battle that was waged.
In the trenches that run through the
grove tables will be spread for 5,Cw guests,
and the most delicious of viands wall be
served to the gilzzled veterans who thirty
three years before met in tho identical
spot in mortal combat. Following the
barbecue, a number of speeches Mil w
made, and in all Rs details the affair
promises to be one of absolute enjoyment.
On July 19th, the day preceding tne
barbecue, a “camp fire" will be held at
the Grand opera house, wnlch will bring |
together some of the most prominent sur
viving officers of both federal and con
federate armies. Eloquence will be t-h
--order of the hour, and the o*™ 4 ’ l "** 1
nccled to pave the way for the good
fellowship which will prevail on the fol
lowing day.
Details of Reunion.
Tho executive committee oil the reunion
has issued the following ‘-‘rcular. *’“' ch
gives some interesting details of the oc
caslan: . .
o/ rCom. d will be given
prompt attention. ThO!,e , . wh ß °
:s m r»
ble Such requests will be given Immediate
attention, and parties notified regarding reser-
V l.Tom all points south of the Ohio and Potomac
rivers the associated rellroads have announced
a rate of one fare for the round trip. tgL l ' l ’*
purchasable on the 16th and 1 7 th insHhls.
an<l allowing ample time limit. Some of the
associated lines north of the Ohio and Potomac
rivers have declined to give a lower rate than
one and one-third fare for the round trip, on
the certificate plan; that Is. passenger will be
required to purchase full fare ticket coming to
Atlanta and Fecure certificate from ticket agent
Indicating such purchase. This
when properly signed tn Atlanta, will entitle
the holder to purchase a return ticket for one
third fare. This plan, however, will apply to
only the few sections, as one fare tickets may I
be purchased from almost all points through-
out the north and w< st and from all points
I south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers.
I All aro urged to reach Atlanta on Thursday,
the 19th Instant, If p.sslble. as the blue anl
gray "camp fire,** to be held at the Grand opera
house that night, will be one of the nest in
teresting features of the reunion. The follow
ing are a few of the notable veterans who will
be present and take part In the
camp fire: General O. O. Howard,
<tenei-al John B. <Jordon, General Albert I*.
I Shaw. General Slepli. n D. Lee. General Joseph
I Wheeler, Governor J- A. Jbaint. General 11. V.
Boynton, General Alex P. Stewart. Colonel Cor
nelius Cadle, General J. <’. Breckinridge, Gen
eral Willard Warner and many others.
The mammoth barbecue will lie given at 2
o’clock p. m. on Friday, the 20th. In the old*
trenches, Peachtree creek battlefield. These
trenches grv still in a g.s>d state es preserva
tion, and a great portion of the battlefield Is
thickly wooded. Carriages will convey guests
to the barbecue.
Forty-second Will Come.
Members of the Forty-second Georgia
regiment have had several meetings re
i cently for the purpose of discugsin.t: th®
matter of holding their regular annual
! reunion. For the past twenty-live years*
; the survivors of that famous regiment
have met together, usually on ’u‘lv 2.1
unless that day fell on Sunday, and in
that case the reunions have been held one
day earlier.
It was about decided this year that a big
barbecue should be one of the enjoyable
features of the gathering of the veterans
who saw such active service in the great
■ battles that were fought around Atlanta,
> and arrangements looking to that end
I were practically male v hen the move
ment to hold a big reunion of the blue
and gray on the 20th was inaugurated.
The executive committee of the blue
and gray reunion communicated with the
officers of tho Forty-second Georgia regi
ment Association, of which Colonel L. I’.
Thomas has teen president for a number
of years, asking thvt the regiment co
operate ns far as possible and hold their
reunion at the same time wi.h the na
tional reunion. This has het n agreed t ■.
and Congressman Dm Livingston, who is
a member of the famous regiment, will
attend the reunion and address his old
comrad ?s.
Opium, Morphine Free Treatment.
Cure guaranteed at home without pain.
Trial free. Dr. Tucker, IS and 20 Broad
St., Atlanta, Ga.
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DEATH OF CHARLES COWARDIN.
Editor of The, Richmond Dispatch
Breathes His Last.
Richmond, Va., July s.—(Special.)—Colo
nel Charles O’Brien Cowatdin, the editor
mid president of The Dispatch, and one of
the best known newspaper men in the
south, died here ‘oday. He probably
knew rno.e than any one now connected
with the press of the south.
Colonel Cowardin was born and reared
in the newspaper business. His father,
the late Colonel James A. Cowardin. was
tho founder of The Richmond Dispatch,
and edited it with signal ability until his
death, in IfSl. The edler Cowardin was
one of the first newspaper editors in Vir
ginia to open a fight against General
Alahone. Upon the death of the father,
the son, having just graduated from
Georgetown college, succeeded him. Colo
nel Cowardin, tho younger, has remained |
at the head of tile paper ever since. His
force and ability have marked the vigor
ous light which The Dispatch has made
in some of the most Tmous political con
tests known in Virginia Although not
an original free-silver paper. The Dis
patch, under Colonel Cowardin's editor
ship four J ears ago, camo out for Bryan
and the Chicago platform. The battle
which it waged against the greatest op
position ever known in this state is a
matter of significant history. The late
Charles A. Dana, editor of The New York
Sun. a few years ago characterized the
I deceased Richmond editor as one of the
' brightest, sunniest and most interesting
i lb had met in the whole south.
I Colonel Cowardin was one of the best
I ra> onteurs»in the country. His stories.
I while always pure, had been heard at
nearly all of the notable”gatherings of
new-ptper writers in th- south. The de
ceased was chief of staff under Governors
Fitzhugh lx<*. O'Ferrall. McKinney and
Tyler. He was a musician of a high or
der. and performed on sev.-ral instru
ments.
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MAY BE AMONG THE VICTIMS.
Anxiety Over Mrs. Reid, a Missiona
ry in China.
Greenville. S. C._ July s.—(Special.)—Dr.
S. M. Reynolds, of this city, lias just re
ceived a letter from his sister. Mrs. Gil
bert Reid, who is a missionary in China,
The letter was written in Pekin on May
. 30th. and Mrs. Reid says that she might
i be murdered before the d iv dawned. She
had not slept nor undressed for several
' days and was in momentary expectation
of an itta-k from the boxers. Inasmuch
as he has heard nothing from his sister
by cable. Dr. Reynolds has little hope of
any good news, though a dispatch has
stated that some missionaries, one of
tl.cni named Reid, escaped from Pekin on
, June 34th. The dispatches in today's
I pa|»Ts. however, give n<> hope. Mrs.
Rei.l v . nt to China several years ago as
a Meth.alist mssionary. but later married
I Dr. Gilbert Reid, who is at the head of the
big internatioral institute at Pekin. He
; is a friend of Li Hung Chang and this
; may have saved him. Dr. and Mrs. Reid
| have one child.
LYNCHING AT COLUMBIA. ALA.
Negro Assaults a Lady—Mob Dis
patches Him.
; Albany, Ga., July s.—(Special.)—Advices
; received here this afternoon from Colum
bia. Ala., tell of the lyn hitig of John
R >e, an «Ighteen-year-old negro, near
! there this morning. He was strung up
■ and liter illy shot to pie.ts by an infurl
| ated mob of several hundred persons.
I Roe att •mptid a crimin 11 assault yester
day afternoon on Mrs. Mary McGriff, the
! wife of a prosperous Henry ounty farm
er. She si*« ceded in beating him off with
I a heavy poker, after a desperate struggle,
i Roe was pursued all night, and was
caught < tri) th s mo ning. Mrs. IfcGriflt
i c-.it.ti-J I Im before he was killed by the
mob.
MONUMENT TO LAFAYETTE.
Gift of American School Children
Unveiled in Paris.
Pans, July 4.—ln the presence of the
I president of the republic. M. Loubet; the
Unit -d States ambassador. General Hor
ace Porter, and a brilliant assemblage of
repres-ntative Frenchmen and the most
important niembtrs of the American col
ony, tho statu • iu honor of Gene.ai tho
Marquis t.e Lafayette, tile gift of Ameri
can s hool children to France, was pre
sent'd to the nation by Ferdinand W.
i I'eek, president of the i-aiayette memo-
I rial commission, and was a*cepted by
Presidcnt Loubet in behalf of France.
This latter fact constitutes eloquent testi
mony of the iniiKirtance the French gov
ernment attached to the t.evasion and its
desire to < : hance the significance of th •
j presentation by having the president of
France ar.- ume th, leading ro»e in the ex
er< is-s, for whicn the minister of foreign
, affairs, M. Dei Casse, was originally des
’ ignated. At the last moment the mat
' ter was recous dereu and it was decided
that on the occasion of this great Franco
• American demonstration the chief magis
trate of the republic was the only fitting
; representative of the French republic.
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REPUBLICANS MAKING A TEST.
Election Registrar Arrested and Ta
ken Before Commissioner.
Raleigh. N. July 6.—(Special.)—Dem
ocratic State Chairman Simmons today
was informed that ui>on an affidavit by
the negro janitor of the government build
ing at Winston, a registrar of election
was arrested and taken before a United
States commissioner. The affidavit charg
ed that refusal to register tho negro de
nied his right to vote for congressman in
November. The ease was continued until
next Tuesday. Bond was given. (‘hair
man Simmons telegraphed directing that
counsel be employed to defend the regis
trar. He said:
“I expected this move. It will not deter
registrars from doing their dutv. R is
a bold attempt of federal office holders to
do it. It is Instigated l»v Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Blackburn, so thera are
three federal officers concerned—he and
the commissioner and janitor—attempting
to Intimidate a registrar. This conclusive
ly proves, what we have before charged,
that this fight is between tne people- and
federal office holders. Which shad rule?
That is the question."
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If your brain won’t work right and you
miss the snap, vim and energy that was
once yours, you should take Pricklv Ash
Bitters. It cleanses the system and in
vigorates both body and brala.
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