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FIRST DETfIIkED STORY
Os BATThE AT TIER TSIfl
Correspondent Aymar Tells How the Allied Forces
Stormed the Walls of the Chinese City.
Good Work of Americans.
By R W. Aymar.
TIEN TSIN. July 16. (Special Corres
p < nder.ee.)—The lone. R rlm nlght
mar* to over, but all Is yet chaos
here. The spasmodic bombardment of
the foreign secthm. which had lasted for
weeks. Is at an end. and the American and
European civilians who have endured all
the diabolical tannetsts and in ("finable
gasp< r.se that goes with barbarian war
fare now Gel that they can b.eaihe
safety. Already their flicht to Taku has
l»eun The military officers are bcgyluK
every non-combatant who Is not needed
to the army to leave the cltv at once, for
Tien Tsln sits uneasily on a powder keg
with bonfires raging all al«out.
The Chinese enemy have seemingly van
fehed though bodies of scouts ir. n->si i x
out small parties* of them just beyond the
c»ty. The .nain body of the yellow cm my.
defeated hero, bit by so means diseour
•i-.sl is believ* d to be not many miles
■way on .he IVkln road. Chinese run
r.cr.. bearing alarming reports are coining
in at ee ry h®ur. T.o v secure quick ud
niissi -r to the various military head
quarters. There. In consideration of the
"secret service" money handed to them,
they glibly tell the most wonderful
star! s Regiments of imperial troops and
h..rd. sos m w yellow recruits, so they
s.- y. are sw.nming the roads to Pekin.
But c«n a Cbinam.m be believed? Espe
cially one vh» claims that he Is selling
out his own countrymen for pay?
Yet In ill the chaos, through the storm
of conrtl ting report- that come in here
momentarily, one fact is assured. Me
■re n-t lighting boxers, but imperial
troops- B- xers there are in -warms, uiw
they are vrv incarnate devils—but they
are only camp-follower*! They do tne
t .etril’a work; thev come in through our
Um - at time* in the guise of Christian
Ct nv< rt> : th«-y spy. thev loot and th> y cut
• ft stragglers, attack the outposts of the
allßs. but it was the imperia! troops, with
tine r:fl.-s, using accurate alm. and serv
ing mwkrn artillery with a fair degree of
pr.- sion. who attacked the foreign con-
- gon here, and who were two days ago
fought <"’mple!ely out of Tien Tsln. Im
per 11 tr • -ps and their officers were found
lying tn -watha In the positions that the
mill- < t.~»k. Whatever the government is
at Pekin. that government is directing its
j...... It I fairly good army tn revolt
ag.-a nst the rest of the world. Let dlplo
n- »is say what the exigencies may re
quire. but every military officer here
knows that he has been fighting against
the imp rial power of China. As so." the
b>»xers units* every Chinaman be a
b, yer—f• w of them have been found
am- ng the dead It Is vet too early to
write the full thrilling story of the cap
ture of TV n Twin For days the Chin-s*
j>..sted on the walls of the native walled
, ty had amu—d themselves with potting
at every s-ldler of the allied camps who
got near etm igh tn be within possible
range. It was more than annoying, an t
b. sides. If the reported heavy Chinese re
er.b-n rm. nts on the way reached here,
it was likely to result in making the na
tive citv Impregnable to an army mwh
I, ■ on Thursday the com-
m.indcrs met. The Russians advocated
twist. reckless attack. The Japanese were ;
*ll but «il. nf. merely replying that they I
were ready to attempt whatever the < oun- 1
ell do i 1 4. Brigadier Gen« ral Dnrward, |
army, favored vigorous at
t: k ,n« i K. 11. IJscum. of the Ninth
United Fiates infantry, aererd with h.m.
There was rotne opposition on the ground
that the arrival Os more troops from Taku
should precede general attack. The voice
off the majority was for Jet. rmined attack
on Friday morning, the 13th.
The ->uncil hr -be up as soon as er
rang> rnotits had been made. The decision
was k. pt a secret- Not even the corres
j indents In camp knew what was to be
cone, th High a suspicion of the plan was
ro nted. Through the nigh: a desultory
shell f re was kept up between the artil
lery of th" allies and the Chinese on the I
walls. ¥«• throughout the allied camps ■
most of the men slept soundly.
Preparing for the Attack.
befcre davliglit on Friday morn
ing reveille sounded far and wide. In the
camp »f the Ninth the qui- k. sharp or
der- »f the officers told the men that
r..m«-”iii ■ tbelsive was up at last. "Cook
J ■ ur bn akfasts as fast as you can. men.
but no exposed fires!" Nevertheless, some
. i the tires over which bacon was sizzling
must have been seen from the wails, for i
the enemy tried to reach the blaze with
shells. No casualties resulted from this.
Ou* boys the N.nth lauirh-d quietly,
•ml l-l led down bacon, hardta -k and
s. tiding • -nee. There was a hauling on
of htv-r a--ks. a slinging of canteens, the
aij s.'tnunt of blanket rolls and ammuni
ti n belt?—ami none too soon, for the as
■iml L- I. ew briskly out. Men t*H in. Al
n st in.uv Hat. ly the column swung c«T
d- wn the road, just after Colonel IJscum
c m< riding up with his final orders from
• n i d. There was • softly
m nni r- 1 < heer from the British as we
. I th-tn. it is the soldier’s wish to
1■! With hne courtesy General I>»rward
had giv<-’ us thy advance of his brigade.
B.>inewh«re near us In the dark at the
rt <-t w.-r- the splendid American marim-s.
W.- did not see them afterwards, as the
Fr» i < n and the Japan, se. in the center
of the line, were between the two Amer
lean b-ei- Off tr Mpß. It was a lltt - al
ter ♦ o’do. k that the artillery of the allies
op. ned with a sound like that of thunder.
Th. walled «-sty was getting its deserts at
last in the shape of a fearful bembard
in front of the walbd city the
mud vlliag. - w-re receiving a |<»rtlon of
the shells, from the walla came uccas
!..r.al Chine-e shells. For a while we
t ought th. main body of the enemy had
rr-tnated. Tin- west arsenal fell without
much res.-tance. which, for a time,
str. i gthened the belief In the foes’ re-
It was dav. ght. now. and the Ninth,
p; elding ai‘ ng wretched mads and across
muddy rk- fields, was making slow work
..f t. .-et to keep its place »n
line. Th. Cnlnne r.fle lire In font be
came so t-tnfi tint our men were
• idiged to lie down at intervals along the
wiv sighting and firing last at the
Iliv - From the walls and the
mud villages came a galling firs that
hilte.l us frequently. Our men were on
open ground, unable to find rover, au-l
the casualtiss were frequent and unn- -
Ing. Who was it said the Chinese cauld
not -hoot? We entertained the same de
lusion nb<.ut the Spanish before the nattle
of Santiago. The Chinese in the mud vil
las?. s and on the walls on the 13th shot as
Well as lhe SisaniarJsL These Chinese
muld not have been other than the best
pr -1 ><-t of framing by European ott.c r :
WMe th- walls wer- «M» «ol!d for
br> a hing by artillery. It proved also im
possiMe to reach the walls, for a deep
< nal lay between th® attackers and the
DyeJj
A Natural Black forthe Zfl
Efe\ WhMmrs
wait At a bend In the river the Ninth
was halted. There was slight protection
behind a mud wall, but every time our
men rose to tire, casualties resulted. The
display of a head or an arm resulted 1” a
wound. The Ninth's splendid fellows were
lying In water, exposed to a tire that
threatened to annihilate them, yet obeying
every order with a coolness and precision
that have sln?e brought them unstinted
praise from British General Vorward. it
was Dorward's mistake, since frankly ad
mitted by him. that placed our men in
such a position. But it was not Dor
ward’s fault. It was one of those awful
mistakes that must sometimes happen itt
war. and no American officer has other
than praise for the English commander.
Death of Colonel Liscurn.
Dawn the line traveled the news th it
Colonel Llscum had been killed. It did
not dishearten the Ninth’s boys, but
made th.m all the more determined on
victory. It was proposed at one time to
withdraw them from their position along
the river. Their officers protested. As H
was finally decid.xi that to withdraw
would result tn as many casualties as to
advance, the Ninth was allowed to have
its way. and stuck to Its position, firing
heavily at the Chinese riflemen and gun
ners on the walls.
The light artillery fire of the Chinese
during the morning proved a snare. Those
yrllow fiends had abundant cannon mask
ed along the walls. Beside* heavy ord
nance. there were numerous machine
guns, admirably served.
"Are white men serving those pieces?"
was a question that Americans frequently
asked each other. We have hoard plenty
of rumors that renegade white men were,
the ones who ran up our list of dead and
wounded. So far we do not know if it be
true. No white qten were found among
the dead Chinese.
The Ninth’s men wore their blue flan
nel shirts, without khaki blouses. These
same blue shirts have before this proved I
splendid marks In the field. All day ,
the surgeons were busy, they and the
hospltl men showing splendid plmk.
Men with trenching tools and men using ,
their hands made artificial «iepresslons
In the ground back of the firing line,
and here the wounded were taken when
ever possible and cared for. Hut th. rc
was no safety. There was not even
comparative safety fur our wounded
Major Regan, Major I>ee and Captdnj
Bookmlller. when wounded, resisted the
Idea of leaving the firing line. The other
wounded officers among our men be
haved with equal gallantry. Many of
the men were so slightly hit that they 1
refused to report to the surgeons, but I
kept on firing.
So the day wore on to night. Some ;
three-quarters of an hour before dark '
the artillery of the allies opened ter
rifically on the wails.
"This means a night assault on the
wall,” was the word that passed along
the Ninth’s line. It meant murder, pure
and simple, as these jaded fighting men
saw It. To swim the canal and try to
get through thoae thick, high walls, J
seemed an imi«»ssible feat, as indeed, ,
it would have been. But the artillery ,
fire continued with unditnlnished feroci- \
ty until after dark. Then word came
that a conference of commamlers had do- ;
elded that the Ninth was to be with
drawn under cover of the darkness. Dur
ing the latter part of the afternoon Lieu
tenant Colonel Coolidge, now command
ing the Ninth, had foreseen this possi
bility. He had been anxiously debat
ing whether it would be j»ossible to car- ,
ry away all the wounded on withdraw-
Ing. Unless he could do so with com
parative safety for the wounded he was
opp'»se<l to the Idea of retreat. But
dark came, and the tired men were
moved back In small parties, others of
their comrade* remaining in position to
cover their retrent. Stretchers and Im
provised stretchers were used In getting
t».e wrtnded b;t< k T'lf tn.mtfv. r Wail
accomplished. And now the officers <f i
the Ninth had their first opportunity to
do more than merely guess at their
losses during the day. Out of a total
of a little over four hundred men. th"
losses amounted to one officer killed
and five wounded; seventeen enlisted ,
m«n killed and seventy-two wounded. It
was heavy, frightful; but the men of :
the Ninth puffed at their pipes when all
was over, and said quietly:
"Oh. we’ll get even."
These men were grimy with powder
and the foulness of their rifle barrels.
They wore plastered with mud from head
to foot, and there was no wnter In
which to wash. Wash? There was none
to drink! The river and canals were
muddy and foul with the bo<iles of the
dead enemy floating down. Sleep would
have been a Gotl-send. What do you I
think these men of the Ninth were ,
doing In the darkness when they could i
hardly keep their eyes open? Passing j
gun grease and oil to one another, ear
ing off fragnu nts of cloth and swabbing
out the barrels of their rifles. Every
where that one stepped through the close
knots of njen In the night he came up
on men so engaged. They wanted th«-1r
guns up to the mark for the morrow. The
Ninth has been called the “Suicide j
Club" by English officers. By sticking
to their position all day on the 13th they
stopped a vast number of the enemy from
advancing, turning the right flank and
probably producing fearful slaughter on
the Japanese and French. Had the Ninth
faltered, lhe tale of Tien Tsin's capture
would have been far different; it would
have meant defeat for the allies.
Saturday we entered Tien Tsln. The
Japanese blew up one of the gates an 1
rushed In fighting hand-to-hand in the
streets with the Chinese. For this
hand-to-hand work the Japanese have
nn especial liking. They enter into it
with the gusto of schoolboys playing
“shinny." The Japanese have lieen firm
er friends of ours than ever since th®
tight of Friday. Some of them deciare
1 even in the presence of representatives
of other nations, that our men are the
best fighters with the allied army. It is
certain, however, that in recklessness, the
Japanese, when they get started, are not
to be surpassed. The men whom they
fought hand-to-hand In the streets of the
walled city were mainly boxers, the ritie
bearing troops of the enemy having made
* good their escape and left the fanatics
> to bear the brunt of the second day’s
j work.
To English "jackies" b< longs the dis
tinction of fighting behind the costliest
barricade that troops have ever used
lin fighting in the open. They found a
go-down stocked with bales of camels’
hair. These bales they dragged into
the open and threw them up into a wall
behind which a number of them fought
most effectively.
No Russian Atrocities.
Some one. name unknown, is industri
ously circulating stories of Russian atro
cities here in Tien Tain. These stories
may be true, but I do not be'.lve ft. So
far as I have Investigated, these yarns
are undoubtedly false. The Cossacks
serving here are a magnificent lot of fel
lows physically. They rush Into danger
without a thought, and without the more
than two thousand of them who assist
ed In taking Tien Tsin’s walled city, the
allies would have had a hard time In
deed. Big, savage fellows, these
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1900.
Cossacks certainly are, so far as ap
pearance goes. They do not love the
Chinese, and clearly enjoy fighting them,
but of the stories of outrage and
atrocity that I have so far had time to
run down not one has developed Into
more than a slandej.
Americans Were Splendid.
There has been looting since we en
tered Tien Tsln. That I connot doubt,
since I have seen it. But no American
soldier has been engaged In it. You in
America will have no need to blush for
your soldiers or marines. Both have
stood well to the front In the brunt of
the lighting. Their discipline has been
irreproachable. In one way this Chi
nese business will prove a blessing to
the world. It will afford the powers full
and ample data on the courage, fight
ing powers, discipline, style of equip
ment and comparative value of the troops
of the different nations.
Story of the Looting Next.
In no way could the discipline of ottr
men have be®n better proved than it was
in the way they refrained from looting,
even when it could have been done away
from tile gaze of their officers, and in th"
way in which they stopped others from
looting. But the story of Tien Tsin's
treasure trove 1 shall have to reserva
for another letter.
(Copyright, 1900.)
AMERICANS LED THE ASSAULT.
Captured Four of the Courts of the
Imperial Palace.
London. August 23. —4 a. m.—" Today
fifteen hundred Americans attacked the
imperial palace," says a dispatch to The
Morning Pest, from Pekin, dated August
15th. "and captured four of tl>e courts.
The American flag is Hying over tile im
perial granary, and the imperial bank has
been looted."
Des ri bi ng events prior to lhe relief.
The Morning Post's correspondent says:
"On August 12th the tsung If yamen re
quested a conference with a view to
p< a< e. No armistice was granted, how
ever. and that night we endured the long
est fusil'ide of tile whole siege. It lasted
twelve hours.
"August 13th the tsung 11 yamen begged
to be excused from any conference, say
ing that the members were too busy,
l-iter they wrote that they had forbidden
firing on us, and would courtmartial any
who disoli yed. During the evening many
shells fell tn the legation compound."
The Daily Chronicle publishes an Jnter
vl w with the Japanese minister in Lon
don, Kato Takakl. which represents him
as having said:
"Tlie empress is the heart and soul of
China. So long as she lives, so long as
she remains in China, whether the su
preme power is taken from her or not,
she will always be lite greatest force, tne
one above all others to be reckoned with.
The difficulty will be to get any one who
can sp ak for tier. I fear that the influ
ence of ),i Hung Chang is now of cx
tr- ntely little weight.
"The lowers must come to a final un
derstanding qul> kly. Riots. anarchy,
bi >'ih.ii q :-.nd misery thioughout China
will b_* the inevitable ri’sult of a policy
that does not immediately disclose itself.
Tli<- government must be re-established.''
Tire Japanese envoy expressed his ap
proval of tlie reported American sugges
tion reg irding tlie • onference of the pow
cis. ami sa*d lie believed that .satisfac
tory pecuniary compensation could is:
made if tire resources were properly de
veloped, de spite Hi< fact that h< r present
revenues are pledged.
Field Mir-Irii «'ount von Waldersce, ac
cording to Tlie Dally Mail's cdFrcspon
tleiil, expresses the opinion that ills labors
in Chine will of long duration, "as
pacific itio?t will be a difficult undertak
ing."
KENTUCKY LAWMAKERS MEET.
Goebel Election Law Will Be Repeal
ed During the Session.
Frankfort. Ky„ August 25. The Ken
tucky legislature will meet Tuesday In
special session for the purpose of amend
ing the state election law. Governor
]I. cl...am will send a brief message to lhe
!. . .-lature with suggestions regarding
changes.
Orly a few members have arrived, but
ft is apparent that nearly every demo
cratic member will come with a measure
of bis own, and that the democratic leg
islative caucus will have to decide be
tween them. Altout a dosen members have
declared in favor of the Ohio election
law.
Tlie advocates of tills bill declare that
the Ohio law is .similar in some parts to
the Go lt.! law of • late and that
to adopt it will I- •'”> the reptib-
ii •ai front the' nt argument
as'illis’ th.- stntut. publlean mem-
bers of both hitiis .' ... .n« et in caucus
Tuesday night They will declare In fa
vor of the rep* al the t.oebel law, but
it Is not settled win ther they will put for
ward any party measure as a substitute
for it.
GUAM A GREAT NAVAL BASE.
Navy Department Determines To
Fortify the Island.
Washington. August 25. The navy de
partmen: has taken the Initial steps. in
the preparation for the complete and
«,mm.bensive system of fortifications
ami har'oor improvements by which it Is
intend'd to make the island ot Guam a
thoroughly vrot« t.d base for
V. seels in the west, rn Pacific. The au
thority for the preliminary work on this
line was granted under the act of June
fith of this vear in the appropriation for
river and harbor Improvements.
The nivv department has been at pains
to ascertain fitst what harbor facilities
other nations have in this part of the
world and the maps alreadj prepared
show that southward from Guam we aro
flanked for 2,500 miles by a chain of i. -
and< containing thirteen tin. harbors, all
of them potential oases of hostile powets,
some of them iteing equipped and fortl
fi‘ln vi< wof these facts, it has been de
termined to make Guam a great naval
base thoroughly equipped With supplies
for s<iua.li on< and as nearly Impregnab. •
as possible against a hostile fleet. A
mixed' ‘eorimi .- on of one army and two
naval officers lias been assigned to tile
w-ork of preliminary survey.
New York August 25.—General E. P.
M< xander who was appointed by 1 resi
din' ('levelan.l arbitrator in the boundary
diq.ut ■ l.et v. en Nicaragua <nd Costa
Iti.'-i lias just returned from those coun
tries’on tlie completion of his mission.
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CONGRESS IWfIY MEET i|(
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
By Jos: Ohl.
Washington, August 23.—(Special.)—
There is a strong possibility of congress
being caHed together in extraordinary
session. For some days the president
has been considering this and has,
through letters, been sounding prominent
republican leaders. Tlie views of a num
ber of these have already I.een received,
but it is probable that no final decision
will be reached for a few days yet, within
which time others will be heard from.
There is a division of opinion in the re
plies which have been received in re
sponse to the president's inquiries, some
republicans being strongly of the opinion
that the president should summon con
gress and place upon its shoulders the
responsibility for the future policy of
the government in China, while others
arc strongly opposed to an extra session
on politleai grounds. Tlie president is
understood to incline toward the extra
session idea, while Senator Manna and
some of the other active politicians take
the other view of it.
Announcement was made today that the
president would not be able to leave
for Chicago tomorrow, as ho had intend
ed, to attend the Grand Army of the
Republic < ncatnpment. The explanation
is that the condition of affairs in China,
as revealed particularly l>y the dis
patches from Conger and Chaffee which
have not been given to tlie public, is such
as to necessitate his remaining at tlie
seat of government. It is probable that
the president’s chief reason for remaining
in Washington is that the next few
days will be full of conferences over
this subject of an extra session. Os
course in its consideration tlie chief prob
lem with tlie president and his advisers
is as to which course will be the bettor
politics from an administration stand
point. Senator Hanna and other leaders
who have up to the present time been
hooting at the idea of any necessity
for an extra session have taken that po
sition because they fear that the assem
bling of congress will accentuate politi
cal questions and will give the democrats
an opportunity of arraigning the admin
istration for a lot of its sins. The abso
lute failure of the republicans to do any
thing toward the further development
of the Cuban scandals and the adminis
tration programme witli regard to tlie
Philippines arc matters which the re
publican leaders do not want to have
aired at tills time. More than this, how
ever, is the conviction of republican
leaders that so far the democrats have
not been able to get the public to consider
political questions because the Chinese
situation has absorbed attention, and
they fear that with congress in session
polities will necessarily be given the more
prominent place.
In a sense the republican leaders realize
that they are between the devil and the
deep sea. I'p to the present time there
has been practically no criticism of the
course of the president with regard to
the rescue of Americans in China, but
many republicans feel that he will make
a great mistake if he permits the use
of American troops for rurtner operations
over there, save, of course, those of a
purely defensive character. Th" promise
he laid down in his note of July 3.1 is
regarded as Involving this government
in the work of establishing a stable gov
ernment for China, and there is grave
doubt, even in the president's mind,
whether the executive has tlie authority
to do this without direct sanction of
congress. A number of those whom he
has consulted have advised that it would
bo better to risk any danger of politics
growing out of an extra session rather
than for him to assume the full responsi
bility for future policy, esjiecially In view
of the doubt as to his authority.
As he lias demonstrated in all similar
crises, Prcsi.lent McKinley is anxious to
get a line on public sentiment before
making up his own mind wnat he will
do. lie has hoped that pence and quiet
would follow immediately upon the res
cue of the ministers, but the advices
lie has received indicate not only that
conditions in Pekin are still chaotic, tint
that there is grave danger of trouble
spreading throughout the entire empire.
It was his extreme anxiety for peaee
which led to ids reply to LI Mung Chang
being couched in the mildest possible
language consistent with his ideas of tho
conditions. If it were certain that other
governments with whom we have been
acting are as anxious for peace as we
are further trouble might be averted, but
the attitude of some of the other gov
ernments which have an eye to territory
is not as favorable to peace, and as we
arc In a sense Involved with them, the
outlook for early peace and quietude is
not as favorable as it might be.
All these things have conspired toward
the consideration of tho extra session
proposition. The republicans will avoid
it if they possibly can. but those who
are most strongly against It fear that
the developments of tlie near future may
make it necessary.
McKinley won t go to Chicago
President Will Not Be Able To At
tend the Reunion.
Washington. August 23.—Secretary to
the president, Cortelyou, has advised Wil
liam M Harper, executive director of the
thirty-fourth national encampment of the
Grand Army of the Repuoifc, that while
the president had Intended leaving Wash
ington tomorrow. reaching Chicago
Saturday afternoon to participate in tho
exercises of tho encampment, the condi
tion of business here of immediate im
portance will delay his departure from
Washington and may prevent him from
visiting Chicago at this time. If the
president finds .that he can leave here so
as to be present at some of the exerckff s
he will do so and Mr. Harper and others
having th’in In charge will be promptly
notified.
The president fully realizes that an
other crisis Is rapidly approaching in
China and that momentous questions
which may Involve the life or death of
the empire may at any tim© be presented
for solution. Under these conditions the
president deems it to be his duty to re
main nt the sent of government until the
crisis, for the present, at least. Is passed.
STONE Win. BE IN CHARGE
Gorman, of Maryland, and Campau,
of Michigan, Are To Help.
Chicago. August 25.—Chairman Johnson,
of the democratic executive committee,
stated today that on Wednesday next
eastern headquarters will bo opened In
New York city with Vice Chairman Wil
liam J. Stone in charge.
Associated with Mr. Stone will he form
er Senator Gorman, of Maryland, and
Messrs. Campau, of Michigan; Gussy, of
Pennsylvania, and Richardson, of Ten
nessee. The location of the headquartern
has not yet been determined upon, but
Mr. Campau is now in New York for
that purpose.
There will be a conference in this city
September 3d at the rooms of tho demo
cratic national committee of the chairmen
and secretaries of aJI the state central
democratic committees of the. middle
western states, including Illinois. Indiana,
Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebras
ka. Kansas. Ohio. Missouri. Kentucky
and West Virginia. The object of this
conference is to establish a thorough co
operation between tile committees of the
various stales in the matter ot assigning
prominent speakers and fixing the dates
and places ai which they are to speak.
Til '.se state committees are also to form
alllanc.s with the national committee for
tlie purpose of becoming valuable auxil
iaries in the work of the campaign.
YAQUTS ARE SUING FOR PEACE.
Indians Want Mexico To Give Them
Old Agreement.
El Paso. Tex.. August 25.—The Yaqu’.
Indians in the. state of Sonora. Mexico,
who have been at war with the Mexican
government for over a year, are now
suing for peace and endeavoring to be
reinstated on their former reservation
and retain their property. Petablata and
Bata. Matal. two prominent Yaquis, ar
rived here from Hermosillo last night
and gave out this information. They are
en route to southern Mexico, where they
go to learn, if possible, what has become
of the differ, nt Yaquis who have been
captured and sent to the interior. Matal
stated that about 2.WJO of tlie Yaquis are
still holding out against tlie government,
but he thinks they will surrender.
Tlie movement for peace was brought
about by tlie peaceful Yaquis on the west
.coast who have never participated in tlie
war and they were actuated to the move,
fearing that the Yaquis would be scat
tered throughout the republic and tlie
tribe practically exterminated.
Dr. Hathaway’s method Is the only one
which cures Stricture by means of a pain
less home treatment. J. Newton Hatha
way M. D., 22‘/b E South Broad street, At
lanta, Ga.
LEADER OF THE PLOT SHOT.
Lieutenant Cordua Meets Death at
Pretoria.
London. August 24. —A special dispatch
from Pretoria says that Lieutenant Cor
dite was shot yesterday (Friday) after
noon. Cordua was formerly of the Staats
artillery and was convicted of being a
ringleader In tlie plot to abduct General
Roberts and kill British officers.
BRITISH PRISONERS RESCUED.
Rundle Finds 140,000 Rounds Am
munition Which Had Been. Buried.
I.ondon, August 24.—The following dis
patch has been received at the war office
from Lord Roberts:
"Pretoria. Thursday, August 23.—Baden-
Powell rescued UM) British prisoners at
Warm Baths August 22d, and captured
twenty-five Boers and a German artillery
officer. Bullers casualties August 21st
w.-re seven men killed and <<ptain Eller
shuw and twenty-one men wounded, and
live men missing. Kitchener, August 23d,
had eight casualties. Wliile reconnoiter
ing in the Komatt valley Rundle found
lt.i.i’uo rounds of ammunition buried. Tlie
columns pursuing Dewet made wonderful
marches. Colonel MacKinnon covered 221
miles in fourteen days.”
Buller Loses Men on. Advance.
London, August 23. Lord Roberts re
ports to the war office, under date of Pre
toria, August 23d, as follows:
"Buller's division marched to Van
Wyeksvlei, fifteen miles south of Belfast,
yesterday. His casualties were twenty.
"Pagel reports from Hamman's kraal
that 1 iaden-Powell engaged Grobler’s rear
guard ail day yesterday. Grobler was
driven back east of Pinaars river. Baden
powell occupied the railway station of
that name. During the fight Baden-
Powell’s advance ami that ot tlie enemy
gailoped into eaeli other, the Rhodesians
losing Colonel Spreckley and four men
killed and seven wounded. Many of the
80. rs were killed or wounded. They were
at Cerfurkil this morning. Plumer and
Hickman were closely pursuing them.
"It seems certain that Dewet, finding
it hopeless to make ills way eastward,
lias recrossed the Magaliesberg, with a
tew wounded, with the intention of re
turning to the Orange river colony. He
is in a very different condition from
that when lie left Bethlehem with six
or eight guns and 2,O<M) men. His guns
have mostly been buried and his per
sonal following cannot be more than
300.
"It is stated that Steyn, with a small
body guard, has crossed Pienaars river
on his way to join Kruger at Machado
dorp.
“The Boers yesterday blew up a por
tion of the railway at Koetzes drift, five
miles north of Now Castle, and dam
aged the rails at a point thirty miles
south of New Castle/’
THOMPSON DENIES THE STORY.
Miss Heil, of Shelbyville, Did Not
Marry B reset.
Huntsville. Ala.. August 23 —(Spoofal.)—
Colonel N. F. Thompson, of Huntsville,
denies the stories that are going the
rounds of the press that the wife of
Bresei. tlie assassin of King Humbert, of
Italy, was a Miss Sophie Neil, ot' Shelby
ville, Tenn. Colonel Thompson is person
ally acquainted with the woman, and
while in New York a few weeks tgo, saw
her and talked with her. She is employed
bv the Western Union Telegraph Com
panv. Miss Neil, it Is said, is living in
New York as the widow of Tom Owens,
with whom she eloped from Shelbyville,
and one of Owens's sons is with her.
MAJORITY FOR AMENDMENT.
Raleigh, N. C.. August 23.—(Special.)—
The state board of canvassers today met
here and canvassed the vote cast August
2.1 on tiie constitutional amendment dis
franchising illiterate negroes. The vote
was found to have been for amendment,
J 82.217; against amendment. 128,285; ma
jority for amendment. 53,932.
Canvass of North Carolina Vote.
Raleigh, N. C.. August 24—(Special.)—
The state board of canvassers today
completed the canvass of the vote for
governor and found it as follows: Ay
cock. democrat. 15t>,650; Adams, fusionist.
125,295. Democratic majority, 60,354.
Asheville, N. C.. August 23—A girl baby
has been born to Mrs. George Vanderbilt,
in Biltmore house. Mr. Vanderbilt an
nounces that her name will be Cornelia
Stuyvesant. The little stranger is heir
to a fortune of $30,000,000.
THE DEWEY HOMESTEAD.
L TO**’
The abqve picture shows the house where George Dewey was bom Decem
ber 26. 1837. It was occupied by the Dewey family until after the death of th®
Admiral’s father. It then came into the possession of Captain Edward Dewey,
who sold it to its present owner and o ccupant, T. R. Gordon, Esq. In the sum
mer of 1889. Mr. Gordon moved it to It s present site in the following February
1890. and has occupied It until the present time. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon are un
failing in their courtesy to the thousands who visit this shrine, the birthplace of
Admiral Dewey. t
A recent letter from T. R. Gordon to the Peruna Drug M’f’g Co., Columbua,
0.. reads as follows:
"It Is with great satisfaction that I find myself able, after an extended trial,
to write you In this emphatic manner of the good your Peruna has done my
Wife.
“She has been troubled with catarrh from childhood, and whenever
she has a cold, or any unusual condition of the weather it was worse
than usual and seemed more than she could bear.
"The dropping in her throat at night prevented refreshing e’.een, in fact,
we hud com® to look upon It as Incurable, and from the many remedies used tn
Vain, we had reason to. i
“We are thankful and happy to say that your “Peruna” has been
of great benefit to her, and I confidently look for a complete and en
tire cure.
“High praise Is not too much to bestow upon your remedy.”
T. R. GORDON.
Address the Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus. 0.. for free book on catarrh,
The People’s Forum
A New Englander Talks.
Editor Constitution—As a native of old
New England and a descendant of Puri
tan ancestors who came to this country
in 1653, I want to give you and your
southern friends an idea of my feelings
with regard to that phase of the negro
question that has to do with criminal as
saults, rioting, burning and lynching.
It Is the honest opinion of most south
ern folk that every man. woman and
child in the section of our republic geo
graphically styled New England is a
negro-Phile, therefore a southern Phobe,
anil a Justifier of everything African,
from a Sam Hose affair to the calm,
good work ot Booker Washingtoff. Such
an opinion is based upon ignorance and
Indifference. I can recall without much
casting about of mind a hundred New
England men and women of my acquaint-'
ance, young and old, who have very pro
found and pronounc’d feelings with re
gard to the negro, whether he be of the
south or of the north. These friends, all
of good station, share my views upon the
matter and their opinion Is mine. I'or
instance, when the news was spread in
the north regarding that arch fiend. Hose,
the burning ot’ him and the other details
of him. these people did not at once pass
judgment upon the whole southern peo
ple, nor, indeed, upon the whole negro
race; but. Instead, they calmly reviewed
the facts, ami while they deprecated in
general the assumption of law and its ad
ministration by armed, frenzied mobs,
they declared that any man. of what
ever color, who should so completely
beastalize himself was worthy no finer
sentimt nt nor no litt- r punishment than
that which befell this black beast in hu
man form.
The feelings of these few friends of m ne
are not solely th**ir feelings, nor mj
feelings, but if the truth could be had,
th's feding of trite punishment Utting
the crime lurks in lhe breast of every
fond mother and in the heart of e'ery
true man in country, city and lowa ot
New England.
When the news came of the riot.ng In
New Orleans, and the death ol a icw
blacks and a few whiles, and when it be
came known that the riot started by the
hand of a lawless black, did these friends
of tho south in the east visit indignation
and reviling upon the entire sou-htm
pcoole? Net so! Whib- thev again felt
certain reerets and depre.alion.-. ..nitc
pride Anglo-Saxon pride, c-.n- a iguaial
pride’enteie.l their hearts, and thev wish
ed that every black man who lilted .us
deadly hand agatns. a white shu-.d be
visited Willi red punishment.
When .he news of the not in New \o-w
reu ir-d the ears of these New Ln.—a d
people, th y were not at a loss tor an ex
planation of the causes ot the riot i
Simply turned back the p.ims of u •*
diaries and looked al th » rv...'-'>ns li . - -
New Orleans riot, and the i. as ns a : n
prompt 1 this southern lynching and that
southern burning, and cit’v
visit A 0 ™ 0 rather ’ ndl’d summary puni A
woman in Boston, of lh
ghe calls h< rseif th wh. • • '.. .. -
cess t<> her in her new relation but .he
southern press ma, now. with selt
respect, take up In .' name, in .hat ln-1
mi’y. without lessening therr diu-nnj. sug
gest that, while on th" way t” A vw Or
leans, siie, slop in that great nott.ie. n ’
N^J^ k ’-Vd K e ’lmn%”M frmn
Boston, Wh. re she is organizing her in
vading forces. 1 trust the southern pco
i>le and th.- south-rn prvs< will r
Miss Jewett m her true ‘>ght. and n .
take her too s’Tio'isiy. ior a-cr. • h.
views and utterances to tn * tnu -y
England people, for. md.wd and in wuth
she is not taken very seriously .>av bv
newspapers i eporters and correspondents,
even in her own bailiwick.
Ami last, but not leust. it is the opinion
of the best bred and most substantial
citizens of the east that it would be
better wiser and productive ol more good
It’ the other citizens of the east and of
the north tend to their own matters and
fi t their southern neighbors adjust theirs
alter their own style and in their own
‘time. And the people of the east and the
north will have plenty to do.
Just now some of tlie newspapers of
New York city are making puerile at
tacks upon the police for»*’’ UP OI >
Croker, upon Tammany Hall. It is an
outgrowth of the anti-negro riot of a
few days ago. The Herald is particular
ly ambitious in its screeching. It wants
to know why the police clubbtd inotien
sive negroes, and why the riot was not
put down more promptly. It has taken
under its wing a certain negro bell boy
who was clubbed into submission by the
police. It makes light of the tact that
tills negro of light skin went armed with
a shooting iron and swore that he would
kill the first white man that said boo
to him. The first white man happened
to be a police detective who searched hint
and found upon him a revolver, and who
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had to administer a locust rebuke before
the colored gentleman could be made to
understand that going about with pocket
guns was against tlie law. And the fur
ther truth is if this particular colored
unfortunate of police malignity had not
been clubbed he would have laid the po
liceman low. as Policeman Thorpe was
laid low. which killing was the cause of
the anti-negro riot and the anti-negro
feeling.
Finally the negro is a negro whether
in the north or in the south. There are
many good negroes, as the southern peo
ple can attest, but there are many bad
ones, and a southern bad negro plus
the arrogance he relegates to himself
when he comes north makes him especial
ly dangerous, undesirable, and a constant
menace.
Tlie attacks of such papers as Tho
Herald may be safely ascribed to poll
tlcs. and bad polities, at that. The Her
aid was once democratic in its aims, but
now? W. A. HAYE3.
New York City, August 20, 1900.
Northern View of the Riot.
Editor Constitution--No doubt the story of
the negro riot in New York has reached At
lanta long before this—how a Pit of innocent
r.< groes were treated by tho people who aro
always upholding that race ns horribly mal
treated and persecuted by the southern peo
ple. All were treated alike, men and wom-n—
a scene of vlo!< i ce enacted that really Is a
blot on civilization.
What have the northerners to say (who liava
ranted about "letting the law take its
course”) where the southern men executed
swift justice on the negro when womanhowl
was outraged? When the guilty party was
captured an.l speedily received his just desert,
and that was the end of it. I have not as
yet heard of th® man who was tho cause of
this trouble being captured, and I know the
nob never even ’ook the trouble to look for
him. If they cannot r< - train th- ms- Ives when
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what ivul l they do had the pnnocaffon that
is constantly given in the southern states, day
after day, confronte.l them? They would not
have the south think that the north considers
tl is cause greater than that ot outraged wo
manhood—it so. more shame on them.
It Is simply a case of having the troubles
that have confronted the south for the past
thirty years fraught to th.-lr own hearth
stone. and th.y find it much easier to con
dor e with a crim® commut’d a thousand or
so miles away, which does not affect them in
dividually or collectively, than with one com
mitt’d at. home and well in their line ot vis
ion.
In conclusion I will say. that I. a northerner
by birth though a resident ot Washington for
a great many years, with two southerners,
followed the mot, Ir its course last night and
saw the greater part of the indignities com
mitted. and all were unanimous in condemn
ing the treatem. nt th. blacks received and
were dishearten, d and disgusted with tho
scenes enacted. I w.-uld consider it a great
favor If you would publish this letter so tho
southern pea rl® may -»e how at least ona
nerth.-rner. wi. «» father served four years aa
a inion .Idler and vvno Is very proud of h!s
ynnkeo bb .«!. reg.-! th® great race quesv
tlon. ARTHt’R B. PROCTOR, JR.
121 E. 29th Ft.. New- York. August 16.
MANILA TO BE ORGANIZED.
Philippine Commission To Considei
Otis's Scheme.
Manila, August 21.—Tlie Philipplna
Contraissioners. when Installed on Sep
tember Ist. will consider a bill for munlp
ipal organization. General Otis’s munic
ipal scheme, as modified, includes pro-
■ ng 1 tax ition and a
civil service 101 l empowering the commis
sion to make appointments by a system
of civil service advancements, by which
it will be jiossible for the incumbents
of tile lowest offices, through efficient
service and compt itive examinations, to
attain positions at the heads of depart®
ments and under secretaryships.
Th’* heads of the civil service depart
m. nts are t-mpovv. red to discharge em
ploy.-.s for cause, but are powerless to
fill vacancies, except through the regular
path ot promotion. The commission’s
executive sessions will probably be open
to the public.
Casualty List Grows Smaller.
Washington, August 22.—General Mac-
Arthur's latest casualtv list Is a s follows:
Killed. August 9th. company A. Nine
teenth Infantry. Edward Baker. Henry
\V Errlcson.
Wounded. July 24th, company B, Forty
third infantry. J. R. Campbell, foot,
slight: June 19th, company A. Sixth in
fantry. Corporal Otto O. Hanson, abdo
men. 'slight. May 31st, company L. Eigh
teenth infantry. G. 1,. Borden, abdomen,
serious; Edward J. Stewart, thigh, seri
ous.
HUNTSVILLE DEMOCRATS MEET
Huntsville. Ala.. August 23.—(Special.)—
A Bryan. Stevenson and Richardson dero
ccratic club was organized tonight with
5v memo-rs Officers w-re elected as fol
lows: R. K. Pettus, president; W. I’.
Newman, vice president; R. D. Ecke
berg?r. «aeretary; T. M Ramey, treas
urer. Senator E. W. Pettus delivered an
address to lhe club. commending the
ni"ml>ers for their promptness in organiz
ing in accordance with me advice of na
tional democratic leaflets.
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