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The State of Dade News.
VOL. X.
ATTACK IS EXPECTED
American Gen. in Command of For
eign Forces.
CHINESE SITUATION IS ALARMING.
l~!ves of Foreigners in Great Danger—
McCalls Put in .u.
Forces.
Washington, D. C„ Special.—The fol
lowing cablegram was received at the
Navy Department Friday morning from
Admiral Kempff, on beard the Newark,
off the Taku forts:
Tong Ku, June S, 1900.
“'J here was a battle yesterday be
tween Chinese and Boxers near Tien
Tsin. A large number of Boxers ex
pected to reach Tien-Tsin tomorrow.
(Signed.) “Kemp'f.”
Minister Conger, at Pekin, also has
been heard from. His message to the
State Department said that there was
no improvement in the situation and
asked for instructions. Secretary Hay
took the message to the cabinet meet
ing, where the answer will be framed.
The State Department is steadfastly
pursuing the line of policy laid down
<at the beginning of this Boxer trouble,
<>f avoiding any interference with Chi
nese internal affairs, beyond such
Pleasures as may be absolutely neces
sary for the protection of American
life and property there. Especially is
it determined to avoid commitment to
the policies of amy of the European
powers which might involve the United
Stages in trouble. Therefore, notwith
standing the ominous news conveyed
in Admiral Kempff’s cablegram, it
peems entirely probable that Minister
Conger will be directed to stick to the
same line of policy which he had pur
sued up to this time.
It is i.ot to be understood by this
that the United States government is
desirous of evading any proper meas
ure of responsibility and the State De
partment officials are careful to point
out that while retaining our independ
ence of action, our government is real
ly acting concurrently with the Euro
pean governments respecting this Box
er agitation. Thus, at Taku, Admiral
Kempff is acting in a similar manner
to the commanding officers of the for
eign navy there assembled, although
his orders arc subject to the approval
of no one.
At Tien-Tsin, forty miles up the riv
or, which the admiral expects to be at
tacked, the foreign naval commands
are acting together. It is said that in
case of an emergency involving jeop
ardy to the lives of foreigners, the
United States forces at Tien-Tsin might
even be directed in their general move
ment by the senior naval officer achore,
even though that officer should happen
to be a German, a Russian, a French
man, or an Englishman. This tempor
ary subordination of authority might
be brought about, and in fact would ex
ist solely through a military exigency.
If Tien-Tsin is to be attacked by a vast
horde of Boxers, it Is entirely conceiv
able, according to military practice,
that a successful defense of the foreign
lives and property in the city can be
maintained only through the assump
tion of the command of the foreign na
cal forces by one competent officer;
too many captains may mean defeat.
In view of this possibility the assump
tion of the command of the American
forces ashore by Captain McCalla may
be significant. It is an unusual course
for a captain of aship himself to take
command of a landing party, as has
been done by Captain McCalla. His
rank would correspond with that of a
colonel of marines and _it may be that
he would himself be the senior officer
at Tien-Tsin and thus be obliged to as
sume command of the European naval
parties landed there. The naval officers
here are confident that Tien-Tsin pro
per is not in particular danger. The
gunboat Helena will soon have the
town under her guns and there are be
lieved to be three foreign warships in
position to co-operate.
Havana Posta! Scandals.
Havana. By Cable. —The troubles of
Mr. Estes Rath bone, former director
of posts, seem to be increasing. The
auditor’s department has thrown out
$15,000 worth of vouchers, including
SB,OOO worth of bills, which have been
paid twice, most of them at Muncie,
Ind. The Fidelity Company has been
notified that it will be held responsible
on Mr. Rathbone’s bond.
St. Louis Outrage.
St. Louis, Special.—A mob of fur
ious women and boys beat and de
nuded Tena Kenher, a young woman
who makes her living by peddling
lunches among the employes of the
California street car line. When the
mob had stripped her to the waist,
one woman daubed her with green
paint, while two others held her, the
jeering boys and women of the mob
applauding the outrage and throwing
mud. Two shop girls were attacked
by the same mob and partly denuded.
An organized “committee” of women
began to visit the public schools Fri
day afternoon. threatening bodily
harm to teachers riding on the ta
booed cars.
MILITIA MAY BE CALLED OUT.
The Sheriff Unable to Cope With the
Situation In St. Louis.
St. Louis, Mo., Special.—Governor
Stephens, Brigadies General H. C.
Clark, Adjutant General M. F. Bell, of
the Missouri National Guard, police
officials and a committee of citizens
who held a conference Saturday night
with a view of calling out the militia
f o suppress disorder in connection with
the street railroad strike, were clos
eted again Sunday at police head
quarters. The feature of the meeting
was the presentation to the Governor
of a formal written request by Sheriff
Pohiman to call out the militia, as fol
lows:
“As sheriff of the city of St. Louis,
I desire to inform you that there r yv>
exists in this city a condition of tu
mult. Acts of violence and disorder
are of daily occurrence. I (have sum
moned to my assistance a large posse,
and have exhausted every means at
my command, but the civil authorities
are unable to cope with the situation
.All other means being exhausted, I
respectly call upon you and request
that the National Guard of Missouri
be called out in numbers sufficient to
restore order and prevent further acts
of violence.”
The Governor left soon afterwards,
Generals Bell and Clark said positively
that they have not yet received any
definite orders. If the militia is called
out, it is likely that the entire Na
tional Guard of the State, comprising
four regiments and a battery, will be
pressed into service.
Progress of the Enumerators.
Washington, D. C., Special.—lt has
been reported to the Director of the
Census that complete returns have
been made from 175 enumeration dis
tricts, principally in New York and
other large cities. The entire enum
eration of the large cities will be fin
ished by the middle of this month, and
as soon as they can be checked and
tabulated the results will be made pub
lic. An enumerator in the Indian Ter
ritory has informed Director Merriam
that certain Indians there refuse to re
ply to questions contained in the cen
sus schedule. The Director advised
him to let the matter drop, as an ef
fort to compel the Indians to reply
would probably lead to serious diffi
culties.
Hanna Will Bt Re-Elected.
Washington, D. C., Special.—lt is
stated on high authority that Senator
Hanna will succeed himself as chair
man of the Republican national com
mittee and will conduct the coming
campaign. The only thing which can
change this programme, it is stated, is
some change for tlhe worse in the Sen
ator's health. Senator Hanna and
Secretary Dick had a long conference
with the President about political mat
ters in general. Mr. Dick will go to
Philadelphia next Monday, and Sena
tor Hanna will arrive there on the 13th
inst.
Native Police Did the Work.
Manila, By Cable.—General Pio del
Pilar, the most aggressive and most
persistent of the Filipino leaders, who
was captured as previously cabled to
the Associated Press, was made a
prisoner at GGuadaloupe, six miles east
of Manila, by some of the Manila na
tive police. Upon information receiv
ed that Pio del Pilar was to be at a
certain house, Captain Lara and twelve
policemen proceeded in a launch to
Guadaloupe where, aided by a de
tachment of the Twenty-first infantry,
they surrounded the house, captured
the general and brought him to Manila
this morning, where the was positively
identified before the provost marshal.
Killing at Ocala.
Ocala, Fla., SpeciaL—Joe Pitts, a
well known citizen of Kendrick, be
came intoxicated and went to the
house of Mrs. Chappell. The latter’s
son Will, seeing Pitts enter the house,
ran’ to his mother’s t -rotection armed
with a shot-gun. Pitts attempted to
shoot young Chappell, but the latter
emptied a load of buckshot into the
former’3 body. Pitts died a few hours
later.
Grave* at Camp Chase Decorated.
Columbus. 0., Special.—Palmetto
wreaths from South Carolina, Mag
nolia*, from Tennessee, daisies and
roses from Kentucky, and flowers from
North Carolina were Saturday after
noon strewn on the graves of the Con
federate soldiers who sleep in the old
burying ground at Camp Chase. Sec
tionalism was foTgotten, members of
the Grand Army taking cousypictiotis
part and floral contributions were a
numerous from Federals as Confed
utes.
TRENTON, GA„ JUNE 14.19(10.
CHINESE ARE HOSTILE
Government Openly Sides With Thi
Boxers.
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RE-ORGANIZATION ON BOXER BASIS
The Empress No Longer Makes Con
cealment of iiustiiity to Foreigners
—Protestants Erect Barricade.
London, by Cable. —The last mes
sage out of Pekin to reach London left
there Sunday morning at 11 o’clock,
going by way of the Russian telegraph,
the Tien Tsin line being cut. It is as
follows: “General Tung, a Mohamme
dan, extremely hostile to foreigners,
arrived here this morning and had a
long audience with Prince Tuan, father
of the heir apparent, who is seemingly
friendly to the Boxers. Prince Tuan
has been appointed chief of the Foreign
Office over Prince Ohing, who is more
freindly toward the foreigners. Ths
dispatch of more marines was in re
sponse to a telegram from the minis
teers to the consuls at Tien Tsin for ad
ditional troops. Conveyances have
left Pekin to meet the troops eomiajg
by the first train.
The arrival of the Empress Dowager
has rendered the city somewhat more
quiet than it had been recently. The
Protestants have erected a barricade
before the building in which they have
taken refuge, and they have a small
guard. The Catholics are concentrat
ed north of the Cathedral under the
protection of a French guard of 25 men
who will hold out to the end. I am
convinced that Pekin, especially the
Tartar city, is safe.
“At Tien-Tsin the Viceroy finally
consented to furnish transports for a
Telief of 400 under an American com
mander. The partial restoration of the
railway is expected to be effected by
Monday. More massacres of Christians
are reported.”
Shanghai cables that there has been
street fighting in Pekin since early
Sunday afternoon. The Russians are
making large purchases of canned pro
visions at Sfaanghai, and everything
points to an ■otit.hreakj of hostilities.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily Telgeiraph in a dispatch dated
Monday at 1.45 p. m., says: “Reports
from the Yun Nan Fu district say that
the French minister has telegraphed
that a crisis is imminent and that he is
advising all foreigners to evacuate Yun
Nan.”
All telegrams indicate that the sit
uation has not in the least improved 1 .
On the contrary the disorder has
spread from the neighborhood of Pe
kin to the capital itself, which ds grow
ing turbulent in anti-foreign demon
strations. In addition to the burmning
of the Pekin Chib, the secretary of the
Belgian legation has been roughly han
dled in the streets. Hostile crowds
continue to demonstrate against he le
gaions.
The United States, according to dis
patches, have given “hearty adhesion"
to the scheme for a European demon
stration. The Russian minister in Pe
kin. who also acts as the envoy of Den
mark. is credited with having sent a
dispatch to the Danish Foreign Office
to the effect that a demonstration has
been planned, under the leadership of
England and Russia, in which all the
great powers and several of the smaller
will take part. The latter are not call
ed upon to send troops, as there are
enough on the* spot; but they are to be
asked to delegate the right to hoist
their flags to the great powers in order
that a demonstration may be made, or
a battle fought under the flags of all
Europe. Japan and the United States
have been informed and agree to the
arrangement.
Virginia Beach Sold.
Norfolk, Va., Special.—On Saturday
a contract was signed in Philadelphia
consummating the largest transfer of
real estate that has occurred in this
section for many years. Practically
the entire Virginia Beach property
passed from the hands of the Norfolk
and Southern Railroad Into the posses
sion of a stock con faay composed of
capitalists from Phil**-ijJi a and At
lantic City-
The Cotton Acreage.
Washington, D. C., Special.—The
statistician of the Department of Agri
culture estimates the total area plant
ed in cotton at 25,553,000 acres, an in
crease of 2,036.000 acres, or 8.7 per
cent, over the productive area of last
year. He. estimates the increase at 7
per cent, in South Carolina and Ala
bama; 8 per cent, in Texas and GeGor
gia; 9 per cent, in Ixmisiana and Ten
nessee: 10 per cent, in North Carolina,
Mississippi and Arkansas; 15 per cent,
in Indian Territory; 18 per cent, in
Oklahoma; 25 per cent, in Virginia and
27 per cent, in Missouri.
I'KMOCRATIC.
GATHERING AT PHILADELPHIA.
The Advance Guard of Republican
Delegates Pouring In.
Philadelphia, Special.—This city is
rapidly taking on a national conven
tion aspect. Quite a large number of
national committeemen and delegates
arrived Tuesday and the hotels are be
ginning to fill up. Prominent among
the national committeemen now on the
ground are Ambassador Powell Clay
ton, of Arkansas, and John W. Yerkes,
of Kentucky. Nearly all the other
members of the national committee are
expected Wednesday morning to at
tend the meeting of the committee,
which is called for noon. Chairman
Hanna is due at 1 o’clock p. m. The
old question of representation in Re
publican conventions which agitated
the national committee at its meeting
in Washington last December, is more
than likely to come to the front at the
committee meeting. The resolution of
Henry C. Payne, of Wisconsin, pre
sented at last winter’s meeting, and
which was withdrawn before it was
put to a vote, will again be pressed,
but not by its author. The strongest
supporters of the Payne measure come
from New England. This resolution
provides for four delegates at large
from each State and an additional dele
gate for every 10.000 Republican votes
or majority fraction thereof, based on
the returns for the last presidential
election. The Rhode Island delegation
has prepared a substitute for the
Payne resolution and will present it in
place of that resolution, if they find the
sentiment in favor of the latter is not
strong enough to put it through the/
committee. It is claimed that the
siubstitute will meet all the objections
of a majority of the national commit
teemen.
Government Crop Report.
Washington, D. C., Special.—The
Weather Bureau’s weekly summary of
the crop conditions says: Heavy
rains in the Central and East Gulf
States, including portions of Ken
tucky and Tennessee, have retarded
cultivation and in some sections caused
injury to crops. The high average
temperatures, with generally sufficient
moisture in the great corn States of
the central vaiieys have been decided
ly favorable to corn, which has made
rapid growth, although needing culti
vation in some sections. In Mary
land, Virginia and portions of North
Carolina and Texas corn is needing
rain, while it has suffered from exces
sive rains in the Central Gulf States.
The winter wheat harvest is now in
progress in Virginia and will begin in
Kentucky this week. Except some
lodging in Kentucky and Tennessee
the reports generally indicate that the
crop has made satisfactory advance
ment during the week.
Asa result of the light rains in Tex
as, much of the State receiving no pre
cipitation, cultivation has been vigor
ously pushed and there has been a de
cided improvement in the condition of
cotton. Several days of fair weather
are still needed, however, to put the
crop in a proper state of cultivation in
some parts of Texas. While there is
a general complaint of lice in cotton
over the central and eastern portions
of the cotton belt, the crop has made
substantial progress, although quite
generally In need of cultivation, 'ihe
least favorable reports are received
from Louisiana, where cotton has
made but growth and is turning
yellow. i
Big Storm in Mississippi.
Bay St. Louis, Miss., Special.—The
storm which has prevailed for the past
24 hours, continues with unabated
fury, causing some uneasiness. Several
schooners have been blown ashore to
gether with a number of smaller craft.
The jlectrjc lights are out and the
town is in darkness.
The Train Dispatches.
Atlanta. Special.—The first session
of the 13th annual meeting of the
Train Dispatchers’ Association of
America was held here Tuesday. One
hundred dispatchers from all parts of
the country and representing many
systems of railroads were present. C.
S. Evans, assistant general superinten
dent of the Western and Atlantic Rail
way presided and presented the speak
ers.
Schley Not a Candidate.
Philadelphia, Special.-The Times
says editorially: “The name of Rear
Admiral Schley has been reipeatedly
suggested as in the list from which
the Democrats would like to # choose
their candidate for President or Vice
President, but all who know- the views
of Rear Admiral Schley uniformly de
clared that such use of his name was
not only unwarranted, but against his
own distinctly expressed wishes and
purposes. He was specially careful be
fore gong to sea in command of the
South Atlantic squadron to declare to
hie friends that under no circum
stances would he consent to become a
political candidate
IN COEUR D’ALENE.
A BLOODY PICTURE OF REPUB-,
LICAN MILITARISM,
Over Eleven Hundred Persons Held
Without Process of Law and at the
Points of Hayonets Compelled to Sub
mit to Vile Abuse of Soldiers.
Since February 19 of this year the
committee on military affairs of the
lower house of congress has conducted
an investigation of the troubles in the
Coeur d’Alene mining district of
northern Idaho, which began May 3,
1899, and continue to the present
time. From the testimony brought
out in this investigation and from the
statements of reliable eye witnesses
who have not yet testified, the fol
lowing information has been obtained:
The Coeur d’Alene mining district of
Idaho is one of the greatest lead and
silver producing districts in the world.
It employs upwards of 3,000 miners.
All the great mining industries of the
district have paid a uniform rate of
wages to their employes except the
Bunker Hill & Sullivan Company, em
ploying about 400 miners at Wardner.
Long before the beginning of the
troubles this company paid from 50
cents to one dollar per day less than
Wui paid in any other part of the dis
trict. It persistently maintained a
non-union force, refused to recognize
organized labor, and in this particular
openly violated the statutes of Idaho,
which make it a penal offense for em
ployers to discriminate against organ
ized labor in the employment or dis
charge of employes.
Early in April, 1899, the great In
crease in the price of lead and silver
induced the employes of this company
to demand an increase of wages equiv
alent to the current rate paid in ths
district. Other mine operators, as well
as miners, joined in the plea to unify
the conditions, realizing that such uni
fication would have a good effect upon
the industries and would insure the
entire district against turbulent condi
tions characteristic of labor troubles;
but the Bunker Hill Company stub
bornly refused to grant the requested
increase or even confer with the com
mittee’s representatives. Simultane
ously with the demand for an increase
of wages in the Bunker Hill mine, or
very soon thereafter, a large number
of the employes of the mine joined the
miners’ union, and when the company
flatly refused to grant any concession
its employes struck. The company for
years prior to this time had made it
a practice to discharge any person in
its employ as soon as it discovered
that he belonged to a union or other
labor organizations, and on or about
April 26 the company was required by
the exigencies of conditions to grant
an increase in wages nearly equal to
the union rates; but much to the sur
prise of every one it refused to re
employ any of its- old faithful em
ployes who had joined the miners’
union. This action on the part of the
company exasperated the working peo
ple in the entire district, and matters
from that time grew from bad to
worse, the company flatly refusing to
arbitrate the differences.
On April 29 an armed mob was
formed at the adjacent mines at Mul
len, Gem and Burke, which, accom
panied by a large number of curiosity
seekers, took possession of a train of
cars, procured a large quantity of
dynamite and made an attack on the
Bunker Hill concentrator. The mill
was blown to atoms, and in the riot
two men were killed. How or by
whom this riot was organized has re
mained a matter of speculation. It
has been charged to the miners’ union,
but no evidence has ever been offered
to sustain this accusation. The min
ers themselves were indignant over
this outrage, and citizens generally of
fered their services to aid in appre
hending and punishing the rioters.
Frank Steunenberg, governor of
Idaho, daclared the entire county
(Shoshone) to be in a state of insur
rection ami rebellion, declared the dis
trict under martial law, suspended the
habeas corpus act, called on the presi
dent for United States troops, and pro
ceeded to redress the grievances of the
mine operators.
A drag net was thrown over the
county and the people were arrested
by communities, and to the present
time nearly 1,100 persons have suf
fered imprisonment, ranging in time
from ten days to ten months. All were
arrested without warrant, criminal
charge, indictment or examination.
The people arrested were imprisoned
first in a large barn with a mud floor,
and the stories told of their sufferings
are almost beyond belief. Miners com
ing from the mines, their clothing sat
urated with water, were not allowed
to dry themselves, but were crowded
into the barn, or bull pen, compelled
to sleep dn the dirt floor without bed
ding and with insufficient food. Later
a regular prison was built, which be
came the historical bull pen. It was
a large building built around an open
court, constructed roughly of green
lumber and without windows. The
roof leaked and the cold winds of
night blew through the cracks between
the boards.
The soldiers furnished by the presi
dent were negroes, and, if the sworn
I evidence of good citizens can be be-
lieved, their conduct was not only of
fensive but brutal towards their pris
oners. The language they used in ad
dressing them was too profane and
filthy to be repeated, and their threats
to shoot and stab were constant and
emphatically uttered.
An order was issued forbidding men
from working in the district without
procuring a permit from the governor.
Men were arrested for working on
their own claims, and even profession
al men were forbidden to practice their
professions without the governor’s
permission. The sheriff of the county
anS a majority of the members of the
county board were imprisoned, and
many of the best citizens of the coun
ty, in no way associated with the out
rages, were arrested by the negro
soldiers without excuse or warrant and
driven qt the point of the bayonet
into the bull pen, there to remain un
til the military officers saw fit to re
lease thffm.
One of the prisoners attempted to
escape by making a tunnel, and, being
discovered, he and all the other pris
oners ill the pen were kept on bread
and water for nine days"; he for at
tempting to escape, and the others for
not notifying the guards that such an
attempt would be made. Even per
sons arrested after the attempt was
discovered received the same punish
ment.
No one was tried, but when the bull
pen was full those whom the military .
thought had been sufficiently punished
were released in order to make room
for new prisoners, and sometimes *■
man was arrested a second time, b s
first imprisonment not being
to satisfy the wishes of those * n
thority. Gradually the number’ A’f'
prisoners decreased until all were re
leased, yet no man can today tell on
what charge he was arrested or for
what he was punished except to grati
fy a whim of the governor, the re
venge of the Bunker Hill Company or
the malice of the negro soldiers.
Gov. Steunenberg has never been
able to explain satisfactorily why he
jcalled for United States troops or why
|be ordered these arrests or
(why he forbade men from working
without a permit. The civil power
was at all times able to control the
situation; the courts were competent
to punish all violations of law and
competent to enforce their decrees.
The case is one of the most remark
able in the history of the country, and
the report of the committee investi
gating it will tell a story that people
will find difficult to believe.
A COLONIAL SOUPHOUSE.
Compared with the present condition
of the Puerto Ricans, their future fate
causes a shudder to come over every
American citizen, and that shudder
Jaodes ill to McKinleyism and its at
tendant benevolent assimilation. The
addition of a colonial pauper territory
to our home pauper instltittions is
something to
except to an utter iippenalisdr Thirty
thousand women and children, says
the last report, are in such a condition
of nakedness usually attributed to the
newly horn. So naked, indeed, are
the children starving for food and
education that the modest pedagogue,
through shame, can not permit them
to attend their schoolhouses.
Mr. Charles M. Pepper, correspond
ent of the New York Herald, furnishes
that Journal with the most mourn, ul
statistics of the miserable condition of
that once happy island. Their pitiful,
poverty-stricken misery would bring
sadness to the heart of everything but
an Oxnard sugar beet. "Trade stagna
tion is widespread. There is little le
gitimate trading and few goods are
being brought into the island except
such as are sent to relieve the starv
ing. “This condition has been existing
for months,” says Mr. Pepper, “and
the poor and the laboring classes are
in a state of destitution.”
The Kansas City Times summarizes
the situation as "idleness and demora
lization for the unemployed poor ana
bankruptcy for the mercantile and m
difttrial classes. Had the president
bad any backbone and followed his
plain duty Puerto Rico today would
have been a beehive of industry and
the abode of prosperous activities in
stead of a souphouse and the breeding
place of disaffection and hopelessness
that the Republican party’s obedience
to trust magnates has made it.”
The Constitution Never Yield*.
Judge Cooley, a life long Republican,
in his work on Constitutional Law —a
recognized authority in every court of
the United States, says:
“The Constitution never yields to
treaty or enactment. It neither
changes with time, nor does it. in
theory, bend to the force of circum
stances. It may be amended according
to its own peimission; but while it
stands it is "a law for rulers and peo
ple, equally in war and in peace, and
covers with the shield of its protection
all classes of men. at all times and
under all circumstances." Its princi
ples cannot therefore be set aside in
order to meet the supposed necessi
ties of great crises. ‘No doctrine in
volving more pernicious consequences
was ever invented by the wit of man
than that any of it* provisions can
be suspended during any of the great
1 exigencies of government.’’
NO. 13.